Jewish Voice and Opinion October 2013

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Promoting Classical JudaismOctober 2013 Vol. 27 • No. 2 Cheshvan 5774

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Uptick in Terror and No PA Condemnations Prompt MKs to Demand an End to Prisoner Releases and Negotiations

From rosh hashana to Suk-kot, the holiday season in Israel was punctuated by ter-rorism on a scale not seen in almost a decade. There was a foiled terrorist attempt on Je-rusalem’s Mamilla Mall; attacks of rocks, bricks, and gunfire at Jewish worshippers and sol-diers at Joseph’s Tomb (Kever Yosef) in Shechem (Nablus) as well as on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem; a foiled firebomb-ing in the Hebron Hills; and a rash of what is being called “terror thefts.” In addition, two

soldiers were murdered in late September, and on October 5, a nine-year-old little girl was shot at point-blank range in Psagot, in the Benjamin region just north of Jerusalem.

Noam Glick had been playing in her yard after Shabbat when a terrorist, his face covered, entered the community and came up to her house. The child screamed, which seems to have prompted the terrorist to shoot her in the neck and then flee. The scream alerted the community.

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On Iran, Obama and Netanyahu May Agree on the Goal but Perhaps Not on How to Get there

on the surFace, it would seem that on the subject of Iran, President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are of almost one mind. After the meeting between the two leaders, the President said through his press secretary, Jay Carney, that it is “understandable and entirely justifiable that Israel is skeptical about Iran and its intentions.” And while the US will not admit to sharing Israel’s suspicions that the Iranian “charm offensive” is nothing but a ruse, Mr. Carney

said Jerusalem and Washington share the same “concerns” and “firm policy objective, which is that Iran cannot be allowed to have a nuclear weapon.”

But Messrs Obama and Ne-tanyahu seem to have very dif-ferent ideas on how to reach that objective. At the beginning of October, after meeting per-sonally with Mr. Netanyahu in Washington, several senators proposed strengthening sanc-tions against the Islamic Republic. The White House, however, said

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PM Benjamin Netanyahu: “Centrifuges and plutonium plants are not needed to produce peaceful nuclear energy. Seventeen countries throughout the world pro-duce nuclear energy without them. .... No partial deals, no enrichment. If they continue enriching, continue the sanc-tions; if they strengthen their nuclear weapons program, you strengthen the sanctions. This is critical for the secu-rity of the world.”

Noam Glick taken by ambulance to Shaarei Tzedek Hospital. “Her scream saved us from disaster,” said her father, Yisrael.

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Are the Gulf States, including Saudi Arabia, in Secret Talks with Israel about Iran?

among those most wor-ried that President Barack Obama’s rapprochement with Iran will lead to the Islamic Republic’s ability to build its nuclear arsenal without interference are the Gulf and Arab states, particularly Saudi Arabia. In early October, there were reports that high-profile Is-raeli and Gulf diplomats have held a series of meetings, overseen by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, to ad-dress the issue of Tehran’s nuclear program.

If true, it would indicate that the Gulf States and Israel do not believe Mr. Obama’s diplomatic efforts will deter Iran, even if sanctions continue. Israel has made clear that it would require the accompani-ment of a credible threat of a military action as well.

At the UN, when Mr. Ne-tanyahu announced that, if necessary, Israel is prepared to stand alone militarily against Iran to ensure it does not se-cure nuclear capability, many observers said it came as a re-lief to the Saudis.

InfidelsSaudi fears of a nuclear-

armed Iran are similar to Isra-el’s concerns. Shiite Iran views Israel’s Jews and Saudi Ara-bia’s Sunni Muslims as non-believers, infidels whom they see as enemies. In addition, Saudi Arabia is one of Iran’s economic competitors.

At a recent meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council, former Saudi intelligence chief, Prince Turki al-Faisal, said a nuclear-armed Iran could threaten to attack Saudi Arabia, thereby interfering with shipments of

oil to the West. This, he said, would increase the chance of war, conventional or otherwise.

The US has said that one of its motivations for demand-ing that Iran shut down its nu-clear arms program is that it could trigger a nuclear-arms race in the Middle East, with the possibility of weapons of mass destruction falling into the hands of terrorist groups.

While Israel has nuclear weapons, the Jewish state has long declared it would not be the first to use them in the re-

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Kol Ami: Easing Sanctions on Iran? continued from page 1said it envisions a “confidence-building” process with Iran that would start with easing the sanctions, which even Iran’s repre-sentatives admit have crippled their economy and prompted their desire to rebuild relations with the US.

At Cong Bnai Yeshurun in early October, a program was

held promoting the relationship between the Jewish com-munity and the Republican Party. Participants were asked: Has President Obama’s decision to ease sanctions on Iran—before getting clear evidence that it has shut down its nu-clear-weapons program—hurt Israel? Y

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Of course it hurts Israel. Obama has a different agen-da than Israel has. My fear is that he is smiling at Israel while planning to damage the Jewish state and the Constitution by trying to run for a third term.

Edith BankNew Rochelle, NY

He doesn’t care about Israel and proves it in every way possible. I have seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren in Israel and I know that what Obama is doing with Iran is very dan-gerous to my family.

Leila GoldbergHillsdale, NJ

Obama is wasting time. He is giving Iran the time and opportunity to build nuclear weapons and this is, of course, bad for Israel.

Goldie AssilEnglewood, NJ

Obama is letting Iran get away with its long-term strategy. For years, Iran has been negotiating the issue of its nuclear program and has given up nothing. In gen-eral, Obama doesn’t know how to make decisions, and, in this case, his heart is not in the right place. The Israelis are justifiably worried.

Michael KarlinTeaneck, NJ


The Current Crisis: “Even in Laughter, the Heart Can Ache”Friends at Arutz Sheva asked some youngsters to discuss the

conflict that President Obama still seems to think is responsible for the prevention of world peace. No, it’s not the civil war in Syria or the Iranian quest for nuclear weapons.

As former White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer told Rabbi Steven Pruzansky at Cong Bnai Yeshurun in Teaneck earlier this month, “Obama views Israel as a problem to be managed, not as a friend to keep.”

The students came up with a program they called “Understanding Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks in Ten Easy Steps”:

Step One: US pressure brings the sides together.Step Two: Israel releases terrorist prisoners in a bid to keep

the Palestinians at the table. Step Three: Both sides (both sides of Israel, that is)

are pressured to budge on core issues, such as dividing Jerusalem, evacuating well-populated communities from the historic heartland of Israel, or accepting the Palestinian “right of return,” the “right” of millions of Arabs (“refugees” who fled Israel in 1948 and 1967 and their descendants) to flood back into Israel proper, demographically erasing the Jewish state.

Step Four: The Palestinians push Israel to make an impossible concession (see Step Three), claiming it is justice.

Step Five: Israel refuses.Step Six: Palestinians storm out of the talks.Step Seven: The US, Europe, Arab League, and the rest of

world blame Israel for the failure of the talks.Step Eight: Hamas and Fatah, freshly enlarged thanks to

the influx of newly released terrorist prisoners, launch terror attacks to show their displeasure with the failed peace talks (when peace talks are in session, they launch terror attacks to show their displeasure with the ongoing talks; when there are no peace talks starting or ending, they launch terror attacks because it’s what they do).

Step Nine: Palestinians blame the terror attacks on Israel for not giving in on items mentioned in Step Three.

Step Ten: Palestinians go to the UN in an attempt to isolate Israel diplomatically.

The extra bonus Step Eleven is that as soon as a new US President is sworn into office, the whole process can begin again.

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As The Jewish Voice and Opinion says: Those whom the gods have already made mad are then given an inkling that they can resolve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

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gion. In fact, Israel does not discuss its nuclear program at all. Unlike Iran and other Muslim countries, which have threatened Israel with annihilation, the Jewish state has never threatened any of its neighbors.

Giving a Green LightFor some time, Saudi Arabia has made

clear its concern with White House deci-sions regarding the Middle East having nothing to do with Israel. Mr. Obama’s seeming inability to stick to his red-line resolution regarding Syria’s use of chemi-cal weapons led to Saudi fears that the President would be just as indecisive re-garding a response to Iran on its nuclear weapons program.

After Mr. Obama conducted his phone conversation with Iranian President Has-san Rouhani, paving the way for relations between Iran and the US, Saudi officials said the Iranians would infer that they now have a green light to continue their nuclear weapons program.

According to Saudi journalist Abdel Rahman Rashad, Saudi officials said they expected the US to take a much stronger position against Iran because, they said, Tehran is likely to take advantage of what it sees as American “softness” to continue and even expand its nuclear program.

“If the Americans do not take the necessary steps against Iran, the states of the Middle East will have to deal with a nuclear Iran,” wrote Mr. Rashad. He said the phone call between Messrs Obama

and Rouhani “shocked the Gulf states, Jordan, Turkey, Israel, and other countries.”

Mr. Rashad said it did not matter whether Mr. Obama called Mr. Rouhani or if it was the other way around. “What is important to know is what stands behind the conversation and how deep the ties are between America and Iran,” he said.

Sunnis v ShiitesThe increase in sectarian tensions be-

tween Sunni and Shiite Muslims through-out the Middle East has prompted a de-terioration of relations between Shiite Iran on one side and Sunni Saudi Arabia on the other.

Allied with Iran in this struggle are the Lebanon-based terror group, Hezbol-lah, and the Syrian regime of President Bashar al-Assad, whose Alawite sect is considered a Shiite faction.

The Sunni states include Saudi Ara-bia, Turkey, Qatar, the Emirates, Jordan, and Egypt. Last month, Egypt announced the formal cessation of all direct flights and tourism ties with Iran.

Fighting for SyriaMany of the tensions have centered

on the civil war in Syria, which has become primarily a religious, sectarian struggle, with the Alawite-Shiite alliance on one side and Sunnis, many of them extremist and allied with Al-Qaeda, on the other. Each side believes it represents true Is-lam while the other consists of infidels.

Each side has also accused the other of fighting on behalf of Israel. Thus far,

the Jewish state’s only involvement in the war has been to provide medical treat-ment to those victims, almost all of them civilians, who manage to make their way to the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights.

In mid-September, footage emerged on Dutch and British television featuring Iranian military forces on the ground in Syria, training and fighting with Mr. Assad’s pro-government militias.

While Hezbollah has officially ac-knowledged that its fighters are actively engaged in battle on behalf of the Assad regime, Iranian officials have maintained that any Iranian presence in Syria was lim-ited to logistical support for Mr. Assad. Iran has said that its “military advisors” in Syria had nothing to do with front-line fighting.

“Holy War”In mid-September, the BBC aired

some footage showing armed men on the ground in Syria speaking fluent Farsi, directing military operations, and engag-ing in battle.

At the same time, Dutch Nieuswsuur TV presented an in-depth look at the ac-tivities of Iranian troops on the ground in Syria, showing how they train, coordinate, and fight alongside Mr. Assad’s militias.

The footage includes a one-on-one interview with a local Iranian commander in which he says that Iranian fighters are in Syria because it is a “holy war.”

“The current war in Syria is that of Islam versus the non-believers, good ver-sus evil,” says the commander, explaining that Iran, Hezbollah and other Shiite “holy warriors,” such as the Iraqi and Afghan Mujahedeen, are on the side of Islam, while a Sunni confederation of “Saudi Ara-bia, Turkey, Qatar, the Emirates, America, England, France, and Israel make up the camp of the non-believers.”

“We are ‘good’ because Iran’s Su-preme Leader is on our side,” says the commander.

New RelationshipsIn his UN speech, Mr. Netanyahu

seemed to hint at the contacts Israel has had with Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States.

“The dangers of a nuclear-armed Iran and the emergence of other threats in our region have led many of our Arab neighbors to finally recognize that Israel is not their enemy,” he said. “This affords us

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In Washington last month, Mr. Netanyahu addressed key Congressmen and Senators, telling them that despite Iran’s insistence that it has no intention of developing nu-clear weapons, he had only one message regarding Iran: “Keep the pressure on.”

He recognized that while Iran directly threatens the annihilation of the State of Israel, the Jewish state is not the Islamic Republic’s only target. “They’re building Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles. They already have missiles that can reach Israel. They’re building these long-range ICBMs to reach the United States and Europe, and they want to arm them with nuclear weapons,” he said.

Regarding Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s remarks regarding his country’s reverence for democracy, Mr. Netanyahu noted that while the Iranian president uti-lizes a Twitter account to send messages to the US and Europe, the Iranian people are prevented from using social media.

“He talks about the scourge of terrorism, but, as we speak, Iran conducts terrorism op-erations in dozens of countries throughout the world. He speaks of the tragedy in Syria, but, as we speak, Iran’s forces are helping Assad perpetrate the massacre of thousands of men, women, and children. So, it’s one thing what they say and another what they do. I look at what they do, not at what they say,” said Mr. Netanyahu.

In the US, he reminded policy-makers that Mr. Rouhani had been at the helm of the Iranian Supreme Council for National

Security from 1989 to 2005. During that time, Iranian agents murdered opposition leaders in a Berlin restaurant, 85 people in the Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, and 19 US soldiers when they blew up the Khobar towers in Saudi Arabia.

“Are we supposed to believe that Rou-hani, Iran’s national security adviser at the time, knew nothing of these Deaattacks? Of course, he knew,” said Mr. Netanyahu.

Congressional SupportRecognizing that many of the Con-

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the opportunity to overcome the historic animosities and build new relationships, new friendships, new hopes.”

He added that Israel welcomes “en-gagement with the wider Arab world” and hopes “that our common interests and common challenges will help us forge a more peaceful future.”

Saudi CancellationIn contrast, Saudi Foreign Minister

Saud al-Faisal cancelled his speech to the UN General Assembly. The Saudis said they were withdrawing because the international body has “neglected issues pertaining to the Arab and Islam-ic world.” Saudi sources told Al Arabiya that the decision was made following the kingdom’s dissatisfaction with the UN’s position regarding Syria and “the Palestinian issue.”

According to Saudi political analyst Jamal Khashoggi, the Saudis believe the international community is too concerned with Mr. Assad’s chemical weapons and insufficiently involved in stopping the civil war.

Some observers said the Palestin-ians were included in the Saudi excuse in an attempt to obscure the working relationship that is developing between the Sunni states and Israel. S.L.R.

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gressmen and Senators with whom he met had worked hard for strong sanctions against Iran, Mr. Netanyahu thanked them for being “in the trenches over the years, fighting for this.”

Sen Robert Menendez (D-NJ), who heads the Foreign Relations Committee, said he and most of his colleagues want the strict policy towards Iran to continue. In fact, he said, he and a few others intend shortly to submit proposals that will strengthen the current sanctions.

“Our determination to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons remains unchanged, and we will not hesitate to sharpen the sanc-tions and use other options to protect US interests and en-sure regional security,” said Mr. Menendez.

Looking to Relax Sanctions

Under-Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sher-

man did not disagree with that sentiment when she addressed the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in early October. However, she told the Sena-tors that the administration is interested in relaxing some of the sanctions imposed on Iran for its refusal to comply with the UN resolution demand-ing a shutdown of its uranium enrichment program.

She told the Senators the State Department was offering the possibility of giving Iran some short-term sanctions relief in re-turn for concrete steps to slow uranium enrichment and shed light on its nuclear program.

One of the problems, said Ms. Sherman, is that the crip-pling sanctions that have been placed on Iran can no longer be enforced because of a lack of funding and manpower due to the shutdown of the US Fed-eral Government. The work of the US Treasury Department’s

Office of Foreign Asset Con-trol, responsible for enforcing and monitoring sanctions on the Iranian regime, has been curbed, she said.

In addition, the shutdown has infringed on the work of the State Department’s intelligence-gathering agencies, which means that “it has become nearly im-possible to monitor any viola-tions of sanctions,” she said.

Still, she said that the ad-ministration was doing its best, and she assured the Senators “that we will continue to vig-orously enforce the sanctions that are in place as we explore a negotiated resolution, and will be especially focused on sanc-tions evasion and efforts by the Iranians to relieve the pressure.”

Not Well ReceivedMs. Sherman’s proposal to

ease sanctions on Iran was not well received by the Senators.

Referring to Mr. Rouhani’s “charm offensive,” Mr. Menen-dez said, “The new face of Iran looked and sounded very much like the old face, with a softer tone and a smoother edge. Even as we debate how to go forward, Iran’s nuclear centri-fuges keep spinning.”

But it was Sen John McCain (R-AZ) who gave Ms. Sherman the hardest time. Mr. McCain recalled Mr. Rouhani’s record overseeing Iran’s nuclear project before he became president. In his 2011 book, Mr. Rouhani boasts that even during the ne-gotiations with Europe, Iran’s nuclear program not only con-tinued, but increased. So far, all negotiations between the West and Iran concerning its nuclear weapons program have failed.

During his recent campaign for president, Mr. Rouhani was asked on Iranian TV if he had suspended building the ura-nium enrichment facility (UEF) during the negotiations with Europe.

He reacted angrily as if the suggestion were an insult. “This is how we completed the nuclear enrichment program. We created the necessary time window to complete the Is-fahan UEF and produce UF4 and UF6. The day I left the nu-clear negotiations project, we had 1,750 centrifuges. When I started, we had 150,” he said.

Trust?“Now, we’re supposed

to trust this guy? How much confidence do you have in this individual?” Mr. McCain asked Ms. Sherman.

“I don’t trust the people who sit across the table from me in these negotiations,” she replied.

While she did not make clear if she meant the Iranians or the Senators, she added that the White House was entering “this period with our eyes open.”

She said the US would not put forward any measures un-less Iran “translated its words into transparent, meaningful, and verifiable actions.”

AssuranceBefore the meeting ended,

Ms. Sherman said Mr. Rouhani’s intentions should be clearer by mid-October when the P5+1 meet. This is the group of coun-tries that in 2006 joined the still unsuccessful diplomatic efforts with Iran about its nuclear pro-gram. The group includes the five permanent members of the UN Security Council—the US, Great Britain, France, China, and Russia—plus Germany. The plan is for them again to sit opposite Iran in Geneva for the start of full-scale negotiations concern-ing Iran’s nuclear program.

Ms. Sherman agreed that until then, the current level of pressure on Iran will be main-tained.

Asked about Ms. Sher-man’s statements, Secretary of State John Kerry said Mr.





Rouhani’s display of a sense of coopera-tion at the UN had to be backed up by quantifiable deeds.

“I assure Bibi Netanyahu and the people of Israel that nothing we do is going to be based on trust,” said Mr. Kerry. Rather, he said, US actions would be “based on a series of steps to guar-antee to all of us that we have certainty on what’s happening.”

No Option Ruled OutDuring his press conference with Mr.

Netanyahu, Mr. Obama said that despite Mr. Rouhani’s “charm offensive,” the US would not take Iran at its word and ex-pected to see a verifiable reduction in the level of uranium enrichment “as de-manded by the international community.”

The rapprochement between Mr. Obama and Iran is based on a 15-min-ute telephone conversation between him and Mr. Rouhani and a few written exchanges. This is the first contact be-tween the US and Iran since the Islamic Revolution in that country in 1979.

At the press conference, Mr. Obama said the US would negotiate with Iran “with its eyes wide open” and would regularly consult “with Israel and our other friends and allies in the region during this pro-cess.” He stressed that Washington was not ruling out any options regarding Iran, including use of the military, “to make sure we do not have nuclear weapons

in Iran that would destabilize the region and threaten the US.”

“Given the statements and actions from the Iranian regime in the past, the threats and actions against Israel, it abso-lutely clear that words are not sufficient. We have to have actions that give the in-ternational community confidence that, in fact, the Iranians are meeting their in-ternational obligations fully and are not in a position to have a nuclear weapon,” said Mr. Obama, adding that he was “look-ing forward to working with our friends in Israel to make sure the US and Israeli security interests are met, but hopefully we can also bring about greater peace and stability in a region that has been wracked with violence and tensions for far too long.”

At the press conference, Mr. Netan-yahu did not differentiate between the leadership of former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and that of Mr. Rouhani. “Iran is committed to Israel’s destruction, so, for Israel, the ultimate test of a future agreement is whether or not Iran dismantles its military nuclear program,” he said.

No RespectThe Iranian government was not

pleased, especially with Mr. Obama’s statement that, for the US, the military option was still open.

“We expect the US government to deal with Iran based on a realistic poli-cy and talk to the great Iranian people with respect,” said Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Marziyeh Afkham.

Referring to Mr. Netanyahu as a war-monger, she said, as far as Iran is con-cerned, “the US is today facing a major test and it remains to be seen how far it will resist the pressure of war mongers.”

“The Tel Aviv regime will continue pressuring the US due to Israel’s grow-ing isolation and its anger over the fact that the Iranian administration’s policies have been welcomed at the international level,” she said.

“Insulted”Iran’s Foreign Minister, Mohammad

Zarif told reporters that Mr. Obama had “insulted” the Iranian people by telling Mr. Netanyahu that the military option to deal with Iran’s nuclear weapon pro-gram remains on the table.

“President Obama should, in fact, stick to his declared intention to deal with Iran on the basis of mutual respect. That’s what he said in his letter to the president. That’s what he said in his address to the UN General Assembly,” said Mr. Zarif. “You do not deal with another state with mutual respect by threatening them, by trying to intimidate them, particularly when you know that that is not useful, that is not of any utility. The Iranian people react very, very negatively to such language of threat and intimidation.”

In response to Mr. Netanyahu’s speech at the UN, in which he said that if Israel is forced to stand alone against the de-velopment of Iranian nuclear weapons, “it will do so,” Khodadad Seifi, a deputy ambassador at Iran’s UN mission said, “The Israeli prime minister had better not even think about attacking Iran, let alone planning for that.”

“Supreme Leader”During his trip, Mr. Netanyahu pointed

out that while most media accounts imply that the 15-minute telephone discussion between Messrs Obama and Rouhani, which led to the rapprochement, was between counterparts, the real ruler in Iran is its “Supreme Leader” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Despite some rumblings from Iranian hardliners who are deeply suspi-cious of Washington, it appears that Mr. Khamenei has endorsed Mr. Rouhani’s diplomatic drive. Mr. Netanyahu said that means diplomacy with no change in policy.

For example, just before Mr. Rou-hani’s trip to New York, Mr. Khamenei suggested that “heroic flexibility” could be “very useful and necessary, with ad-herence to one main condition.”

“A wrestler sometimes shows flex-ibility for technical reasons. But he does not forget about his opponent nor about his main objective,” said Mr. Khamenei.

After the phone call between Messrs Obama and Rouhani and the press con-ference between Messrs Obama and Ne-tanyahu, Mr. Khamenei said, “We are pes-simistic towards the Americans and do not put any trust in them. The American government is untrustworthy, supercil-ious, and unreasonable, and breaks its promises,” he said.

Nuclear PurposeOne of the most serious bones of con-



tention is Iran’s insistence that its nuclear program is for peaceful civilian purposes and the conviction of most Western and many Arab states, especially Saudi Ara-bia, that its primary function would be military, with an eye toward giving Iran hegemony over its region.

Mr. Zarif told Iranian TV that “for 22 years, the Zionist regime has been lying by repeating endlessly that Iran will have the atomic bomb in six months.” “After all these years, the world must understand the reality of these lies and not allow them

to be repeated,” he said.Mr. Obama said US intelligence es-

timates show that Iran is “a year or more away” from building a nuclear weapon. In an interview with the Associated Press, he acknowledged that US estimates were more conservative than those of Israel.

Why Centrifuges?Mr. Netanyahu’s argument is that,

for peaceful purposes, centrifuges for uranium enrichment are not necessary.

“Centrifuges and plutonium plants are not needed to produce nuclear en-

ergy,” he said, pointing to the seventeen countries around the world that produce nuclear energy without them.

“If the Iranians say all they want is peaceful energy—well, I don’t believe them—but anyone who is faced with this should ask a simple question: Why do they insist on those elements that are not necessary for civilian energy? The sole reason Iran insists on plutonium reactors and on centrifuges for enrichment is to produce weapons,” he said.



A real agreement with Iran will require it to relinquish entirely its centrifuges and plutonium plants, he said. “If they do that, I think we could all be satisfied and we could all support such an achievement,” he said.

Telling the TruthWhile Mr. Zarif claimed

Mr. Netanyahu was “the most isolated man at the UN,” the prime minister told Jewish leaders in New York that he found it “exceedingly easy” to convince major policy-makers not to be fooled by Mr. Rou-hani’s gestures.

The key, he said, was simple: “Just tell the truth and people will get it.”

“Once you crystallize the truth, everyone under-stands. No partial deals, no enrichment. If they continue enriching, continue the sanc-tions; if they strengthen their nuclear weapons program, you strengthen the sanctions. This is critical for the security of the world,” he said.Speaking Their Language

On October 3, BBC’s Persian-language station interviewed Mr. Netanyahu, giving the Is-raeli prime minister his first opportunity to address the Iranian people directly. The station, which translated his interview into Farsi, claims to reach 12 million people, but it

is usually blocked in Iran be-cause it allows opponents of the regime to speak freely

Mr. Netanyahu told the Iranians, he would welcome “a genuine rapprochement, a genuine effort to stop the nuclear program, not a fake one, not ‘harf-e-pootch,’” which means “nonsense” in Farsi.

“We are not sadeh-lowe,” he said, using the Farsi word for “suckers.”

He stressed that if Iran de-velops nuclear weapons, it will not only threaten Israel and the US, but will also doom the Iranian people to perpetual “tyranny.”

“You’ll never get rid of this tyranny if it’s armed with nu-clear weapons,” he said.

He noted that he had read Mr. Rouhani’s 2011 book and said he has no reason to be-lieve the now-Iranian presi-dent’s approach will be dif-ferent this time. “If that’s the plan now, and it’s what I hear now, we are not onboard,” he told the station.

Fashion Faux-PasThe one faux-pas Mr. Ne-

tanyahu seemed to have made during the interview was a ref-erence to fashion. He told Ira-nian young people that if they were truly free, they would be able “to wear jeans, listen to Western music, and participate in free elections.”

Many Iranians responded by telling the prime minister that while after the 1979 Islamic Revolution, jeans were seen as a despicable symbol of the US, today, jeans are ubiquitous in Iran. In addition, they said, most Iranians manage to listen to Western music.

In his interview, Mr. Ne-tanyahu recalled Neda Agha-Soltan, a young woman who was fatally shot, probably by Iranian government units, dur-ing the anti-government pro-tests of 2009 over the alleg-edly fraudulent re-election of Mr. Ahmadinejad. Her murder, captured on video, made her a symbol of young Iranians tak-ing a stand against the current Iranian regime.

Mr. Netanyahu said he saw Ms. Agha-Soltan “choke in her own blood.” A Twitter-user with the handle Moham-madmojiran wrote: “Netanyahu saw Neda die, but didn’t notice she wore jeans.”

According to Mr. Netanya-hu’s office, most of the feedback from the interview was positive. An Iranian who called himself Irani Aryai wrote: “Well done, Mr. Netanyahu, for expressing what is in the hearts of the Iranian people. Well done, the great Israeli people, with the hope for the day when both people can live together in peace.”White House Concessions

One of the Senators with

whom Mr. Netanyahu met in Washington said the real test will be whether the White House issues demands or offers con-cessions once negotiations with Iran start. Writing in the New York Times, Vali Nasr, a former senior State Department ad-visor, said he was convinced “Iran’s diplomatic flexibility is serious, but should not be mistaken for willingness to surrender.”

“Expect no grand bargain with Iran in the short run, but rather, the lifting of specific sanctions in exchange for con-crete steps to slow down Iran’s nuclear program and open it to international scrutiny. That would be an important first step, which could build bilat-eral trust and give diplomacy the impetus it needs to suc-ceed,” he said.

Israel, as well as some Arab states like Saudi Arabia, some European states, and many key US Senators and Congressmen, has voiced opposition to this gradual approach. The skep-tics have made clear they are demanding “all or nothing” from Iran.

“Easing sanctions in ex-change for unimportant Iranian concessions would only allow Iran to continue developing its nuclear weapons,” said the Senator, echoing one of the key messages brought by Mr. Netanyahu. S.L.R.


US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman told Senators the Obama administration is interested in relaxing some of the sanctions imposed on Iran and offering the possibil-ity of giving the IslamicRepublic some short-term sanctions relief in return for concrete steps to slow ura-nium enrichment and shed light on its nuclear program.


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Whole Foods: A First Step to HolinessBy Shmuel Shields, Ph.D, NYS Certified Nutritionist

In this high-tech age, it’s not hard to appreciate the need for wholeness. An email miss-ing a single punctuation point bounces back with a message that the address is invalid. On a holier level, if a Sefer Torah is missing even a single letter, the entire scroll is considered pasul, unsuitable for use.

The concept of wholeness applies to food, too. For thou-sands of years, cultures all over the world consumed whole, unprocessed foods. But in the past 150 years, with the onset of the Industrial Revolution, all this changed. At the turn of the 20th century, only about 10 percent of our foods were processed. At the turn of the 21st century, 90 percent of our food supply has been altered from its natural state.

Today more than ever, many grains are available to us. But

in the past, only one or two types of grains were needed to sustain large populations. Asian countries, for example, were primarily nourished by rice; American Indians by corn; European civilization by wheat, barley, and oats; and the Az-tecs and Incas of Central and South America by quinoa and amaranth.

A whole grain—a grain in its natural form—contains many essential ingredients for nourishing the human body. These include fiber (from the husk), starch (from the endo-sperm), and vitamins, min-erals, protein, and essential oils (from the germ). When a grain is refined and processed, it is stripped of its husk and germ. Most of the fiber, vita-mins, minerals, and essential oils are gone—and, primarily, the starchy part remains.

If even one ingredient is removed from a food, that al-

ters the natural state in which Hashem created it. It is no longer a whole food. It has become destabilized and devitalized.

And we are what we eat. As it says in Tehillim (104:24), “How great are your works, Hashem. You make them all with wisdom. The world is full of Your Possessions.”

The phrase “you are what you eat” was coined by the pioneering American health-food advocate Dr. Victor Lind-lahr (1895-1969). Several years ago, this expression was used in connection with scientific discoveries confirming the “Doc-trine of Signatures,” which sug-gests that many whole foods resemble specific body organs and provide nutritional sup-port for those organs.

A typical walnut, for ex-ample, looks like a miniature brain. Even the folds on the wal-nut are similar to those on the neocortex. Remarkably, eating

walnuts help the body produce serotonin, a neurotransmitter essential for brain function-ing. Similarly, kidney beans, which look exactly like hu-man kidneys, may promote kidney health by stabilizing blood sugar levels.

Think about tomatoes. When a whole tomato is sliced, there are four chambers inside, similar to the human heart. Recent research has demon-strated that tomatoes are rich in lycopene, an antioxidant nu-trient particularly beneficial for cardiovascular functioning.

Carrots are another ex-ample. When sliced, the inside of the carrot looks just like the human eye. Carrots have been found to enhance blood flow to the eye and, thus, promote optical health.

This is a good reason to fill up on whole foods. Hashem put into these foods exactly



what is needed for the human body to keep functioning. By providing your body with the proper nutrition-rich whole foods, you will enhance the functioning of each organ. Y

Excerpted from Dr. Shields’ L’Chaim: 18 Chapters to Live By, available online (www.brandnamepublishing.com, and click on “Books”) and at Jewish bookstores. The book is dedicated in memory of the author’s father-in-law, Shmuel (Stanley) ben Zvi So-bolofsky z”l.

New at Holy Name: Center for Physical Rehabilitation and Cutting-Edge Treatment for Prostate Cancer

this past month, Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck opened a new facil-ity to help those who require physical rehabilitation and the medical cen-ter’s Cancer Center introduced a new treatment for patients with advanced prostate cancer.

Holy Name is now the only Bergen County facility to offer Xofigo® (radium 223 dichloride), a breakthrough treatment, which was approved last May by the US Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of patients with bone metastasis who have hormone-resistant prostate cancer.

Bone metastases occur in 90 percent of men with hormone-resistant prostate cancer and can produce significant morbidity, including pain, pathologic fractures, spinal cord compression, and bone marrow failure.

Xofigo’s active ingredient, radium 223 dichloride (radium 223), is an alpha particle-emitting radioactive therapeutic agent which undermines the development and growth of tumors on bone metastases. The treatment is administered intravenously once per month for six months.

Xofigo is the first and, thus far, only alpha particle-emitting radioactive therapeutic agent approved by the FDA that has demonstrated improvement in overall survival and delay in time to first symptomatic skeletal event compared to placebo. The new treatment emits low levels of alpha particle radiation, sparing and exposing little surrounding tissue due to small depth of penetration.

Better Quality of LifeAccording to Dr. Benjamin Rosenbluth,

director of Radiation Oncology at Holy Name Medical Center, Xofigo “is an important new treatment added to our robust nuclear therapeutics program.”

“Xofigo has the advantages of enabling a better quality of life, pain relief, prolonged survival, and fewer side effects for the appropriate patients,” he said.

Dr. Charles Vialotti, a radiation oncologist at Holy Name agreed. “We provide the patients of Bergen County with leading-edge treatments for a broad range of cancers and are proud to play a significant role in the development and delivery of important new breakthrough treatments,” he said.

Dr. Jacqueline Brunetti, director of Radiology at Holy Name said Xofigo represents “a significant advance in the current armamentarium of hormonal, chemotherapeutic, and immunotherapy options available to men with hormone-resistant prostate cancer.”

“As the only facility in Bergen County to offer this new targeted therapy, Holy Name is clearly demonstrating our commitment to providing cutting-edge therapies for our patients,” she said.

Leading-Edge CareHoly Name’s Regional Cancer Center

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The Cancer Center is accredited by the American College of Radiology, American Society for Radiation Oncology, and the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer as a Comprehensive Community Cancer Program.

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Outpatient RehabThis past month, on its main Teaneck

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Fernando Alonso, Republican Candidate for State Senate in NJ’s 38th District, Knows the American Dream First-Hand

By Ira Treuhaft

it’s easy to be jaded about politics in today’s political world. From conserva-tive to liberal, politicians seem to spend too much time worrying about keeping their jobs to actually do their job: repre-sent the people.

Candidates all want to portray ideal-ized versions of their lives, their success-es and more. Everyone wants to be the embodiment of the “American Dream.”

How they came to America with nothing, seeking a better life. How they worked hard—often against prejudice—to build something for themselves, their children, and future generations.

Too often, politicians’ lives don’t meet the ideal. But this year in Bergen and Passaic Counties’ 38th District, there is a candidate for State Senate who actu-ally has lived the American Dream. Fer-nando Alonso is a first-generation Ameri-can whose parents immigrated to New York from Cuba.

“My dad came first in 1949 and then my mom in 1951. They settled in Wash-ington Heights,” he says.

First to Go to CollegeRaised primarily by his mother, Mr.

Alonso was taught early the value of hard work, watching his mother work as a shop seamstress and a cleaning lady to make ends meet before struggling to open her own small clothing store.

Mr. Alonso was also taught that ed-ucation is the key to a brighter future.

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When he was young, his mother joined with other parents to send their children to a better grade school than they would attend in their home neighborhood.

After graduating from Xavier High School in New York, where he served in the ROTC, Mr. Alon-so went on to become the first member of his family to graduate from college, working his way first through Holy Cross where he earned a degree in History and then the Dickinson School of Law where he earned a Juris Doctorate.

Financial Success and Teaching

After law school, Mr. Alonso worked in Europe in interna-tional banking and then re-turned to New York City, where he worked in the finance and insurance industry, specializ-ing in municipal finance. He continued to practice law, fo-cusing on business, immigra-

tion, and criminal law. “Even though I had

achieved much, there was a part of me that wanted some-thing different; something that let me help others the way I had been helped growing up” said Mr. Alonso. “It took a while, but I figured the way for me to help others was through what made the biggest differ-ence in my personal success: education.”

In 2003, he took a posi-tion as an Adjunct Professor at Fairleigh Dickinson University, where he was the first teacher hired for the Puerta al Futuro (Gateway to the Future) pro-gram. He later started the La-tino Promise program. These innovative programs help im-migrants and their children achieve the higher education they might not otherwise at-tain, and prepare for success in the working world and life.

Running for OfficeNow Mr. Alonso has turned

his desire to help others to-ward public service, and, for that reason, he is running for State Senate. His goal is to achieve for others what his parents gave him by coming to America: opportunity.

“I want a government that once again supports oppor-tunity for the middle class—for quality employment, fiscal stability, and a quality educa-tion for their children,” he said

His vision is to bring co-operation, independence, and compromise back to govern-ment, to address that which has been talked about, but not acted upon, for too long.

“There is no Republican or Democrat way to do what’s right for people. There’s just the right way,” he said. “That’s why I will work with both parties when it’s for the betterment of our community.”Tax Relief, Schools, and Jobs

Mr. Alonso is focusing on three major areas in his cam-paign: delivering much-needed property tax relief, improving schools by making the fund-ing formula fair for all our local schools, and helping attract new jobs to our community.

“The fastest way for New Jerseyans to achieve their dreams is through job creation. With jobs comes opportunity,” he said. “Of course, once people are making the money to feel financial stability, we can’t pull the rug out from under them by constantly raising taxes and fees. Unfortunately, that’s all Trenton has done for years.”

He recognizes that “taxes, education, and the economy” are the big issues people care about. “But they aren’t the only issues I care about,” he said. “The 38th District has a vast diversity of people, and each may have ideas and desires of their own.

I want to represent everyone, by representing their needs.”

Jewish CommunityThe 38th District, which

includes Bergenfield, Fair Lawn, Glen Rock, Hasbrouck Heights, Hawthorne, Lodi, Maywood, New Milford, Oradell, Paramus, River Edge, Rochelle Park, and Saddle Brook, has a sizable Jewish community, including many Orthodox synagogues. It is a community with which Mr. Alonso is very familiar.

“Many members of the Jewish community want their day schools better respected, and funded by the state. If we do what’s right, we can support these day schools through increased funding or services, such as im-proved bus services,” he said.

Supported by ChristieA proud supporter of

Governor Chris Christie, Mr. Alonso said the governor is well known for “doing what’s right and standing up to spe-cial interests.”

“I am proud to have his support in this race and to be a member of his team,” said Mr. Alonso.

He said he recognized that voters have a tough choice to make this fall. “Bob Gordon is a nice guy, but he’s got a bad record,” he said, characteriz-ing his Democratic opponent’s record in Trenton as “partisan obstructionist.”

“Although Gordon now claims to support the prop-erty tax cut, he voted to stop Governor Christie’s 10 percent tax cut from even being con-sidered in the State Senate,” said Mr. Alonso.

Although Mr. Gordon has implied that he is somehow allied with Mr. Christie, the Governor, when asked about the State Senate race in the 38th District, said, “I will do whatever I can to unseat Bob Gordon.” Y

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“If it had not been for Noam’s quick response, the attack could have ended in the murder of the entire fam-ily. The terrorist basically was startled by Noam and instead of entering the house, he shot her. Her scream saved us from disaster,” said her father, Yisrael.

By the time Magen Dovid Adom arrived, the community’s medical emergency squad had already begun treatment. The child was fully conscious when she arrived at Shaarei Tzedek Hospital in Jerusalem, where she underwent successful surgery.

Like the FogelsIsraeli soldiers discovered a

break in the security fence con-structed by the Defense Ministry around Psagot, which is located near the Arab town of El-Bireh, adjoining Ramallah. Soldiers also found a makeshift gun.

Two days later, after massive manhunts that continued through-out the night, Israeli troops arrested brothers, Alaa and Fares Adawi, 25 and 26. Their arrest prompted rioting in El-Bireh.

To many Israelis, including Deputy Transportation Minister Tzipi Hotovely (Likud), the shoot-ing was a stark reminder of the murder of five members of the Fogel family in Itamar in 2011.

“We are in an intolerable situation,” she said. “We sur-vived Yasir Arafat, but his heir, Mahmoud Abbas, is no better

when it comes to supporting terror groups. We should tell the world there will be no ne-gotiations if terror continues,” said Ms. Hotovely.

Like her, many Israelis be-lieve the Palestinian Author-ity is actively encouraging the violence, especially through its unrelenting incitement against Jews and Israel in the PA-con-trolled media. Last month, the PA announced that it intends to disburse $15 million to 5,000 former terrorists who served five or more years in Israeli jails. The PA called the disburse-ments “respectable life grants.”

According to the PA report, which was translated by Pal-estinian Media Watch (PMW), the Palestinians have budget-ed for other terror-supporting activities (called “martyrdom-seeking operations”) as well, including the glorification of terrorists, monthly stipends to terrorists as they serve their sentences in Israeli jails, and salaries to freed terrorists.

Hoping to TradeOn Friday, September 20,

two weeks before the attack in Psagot, IDF Sgt Tomer Ha-zan, 20, from Bat Yam, was ab-ducted and murdered by his co-worker at the local Tzachi Bsarim (Meats) restaurant. Nadal Amar, a 42-year-old Palestinian from Beit Amin near Qalkilya, who was employed illegally

at the restaurant, had hoped to exchange Mr. Hazan’s body for the release of his brother, a member of the Tanzim terrorist group who has been in an Israeli prison for the past ten years.

The day after the abduc-tion-murder, IDF forces along with Israeli special police and the Shin Bet raided Mr. Amar’s home. Mr. Amar confessed that he had persuaded Mr. Hazan to come to his village, mur-dered him in an open field, and hid his body in a water hole, where it was discovered.

Many Israelis expressed fury that Mr. Amar had been employed without a work per-mit, the document required of PA residents in order to se-cure a job in Israel. Just before Mr. Hazan’s murder, the Israeli Cabinet voted to grant the PA an additional 5,000 work per-mits as a goodwill gesture.

Other TargetsMr. Hazan was not Mr.

Amar’s first target. Over the years, Mr. Amar, who is mar-ried and the father of eight, had tried to convince other co-workers to accompany him to his home village.

One of them was Moti Alm-shali who, three months earlier, was given a bizarre story by Mr. Amar about a cache of money that had supposedly been discov-ered in Beit Amin in the ruins of an old building “under his house.”

“He said they had told the sheikh of the village who had forbidden them to destroy the house in order to get the mon-ey. Nadal suggested I bring a rabbi with me to his house to break the curse so we could gain access to the treasure hid-den there. Nadal assured me we would both become very rich,” said Mr. Almshali.

Mr. Almshali said he disre-garded the proposal. “When I learned that he was the one who murdered Tomer, I real-ized that had I brought a rabbi with me to his house, we both would have been the victims of a horrible murder. In all the time I knew Nadal, he never mentioned he had a brother who was sitting in an Israeli prison,” said Mr. Almshali.

According to another co-worker at the restaurant, Mr. Hazan was much more gull-ible than the other workers.

“I think that as soon as Tomer got in the cab and real-ized they were going to Qalki-lya and there was no business deal or anything, he must have tried to run,” she said.

Security BreachAccording to Benny Kat-

zover, chairman of the Samaria Residents’ Council, Mr. Amar abducted Mr. Hazan through a large breach in the separation fence between Israel and the

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PA near Shaarei Tikva. According to Mr. Katzover, after the High Court ruled to dismantle the fence at that site and change its location, the breach became part of a major route for illegal entry into Israel.

One day after Mr. Hazan’s murder, another IDF soldier was arrested for transporting 23 illegal PA residents in his private vehicle. The police al-leged that he received payment for taking the Arabs into Israel so that they could find work.

“The radical leftist orga-nizations which filed the mo-tion to the High Court to have the fence relocated cannot say, ‘Our hands did not shed this blood,’” said Mr. Katzover.

Last year, Lior Farhi, the se-curity officer for the Samarian community of Shaarei Tikva, was murdered by terrorists in a vehicle smuggling illegal workers into Israel through the same breach in the security fence. “The secu-rity establishment had a whole year to block the breach. Unfor-tunately, we have now received a reminder that nothing has been done,” said Mr. Katzover.

CurrencyAbducting soldiers has

been a high priority for the PA ever since Gilad Shalit, an IDF soldier abducted in 2006 and held in Gaza for five years, was released in exchange for 1,027 terrorist prisoners.

While Mr. Shalit was re-

leased alive, Israel has been willing to trade terrorist pris-oners just for Israeli bodies. In 2008, for example, Israel traded unrepentant terrorist, Sami Kuntar, for the bodies of kidnapped IDF soldiers Eldad Regev, Ehud Goldwasser, and Omar Sawad. As part of a string of terrorist murders in 1979, Mr. Kuntar crushed a four-year-old’s skull with his rifle, murdered her father, and caused the death of her two-year-old sister who suffocated when her mother tried to muffle her cries.

In a protest held early last month adjacent to Red Cross Headquarters in Gaza, Hader Habib, a senior member of the Islamic Jihad, explicitly called on fellow terrorists to abduct IDF soldiers.

Aware of this situation, an IDF officer from Central Com-mand said the army has been on a state of permanent high alert for several years and that the Shin Bet has repeatedly foiled attempts to abduct soldiers.

Nothing to Be DoneThe officer, who asked that

his name be withheld, said there was nothing the IDF could have done to prevent Mr. Hazan’s abduction or murder.

He blamed the terrorist at-tack on the fact that Messrs Hazan and Amar knew each other from work. “The forces took action in time and located the body in a very short time. IDF soldiers con-

tinue to be threatened through-out Israel by abductions, which terrorists consider to be ‘high quality’ attacks,” he said.

Some Israeli protesters out-side the restaurant where Messrs Hazan and Amar worked blamed the owner for employing illegal PA Arab workers. They have also blamed lax police enforcement.

“Tazachi’s had a respon-sibility to check the PA em-ployees’ family background to rule out ties to terrorism,” said one of the demonstrators.

Kadima MK Yisrael Hasson suggested the restaurant’s own-er, Tzachi Antabi, be charged as an “accessory to murder.”

“Someone who decides to employ an illegal PA entrant is knowingly endangering the public and inviting a terrorist attack,” said Mr. Hasson.

No HeroWhile neither PA chairman

Mahmoud Abbas nor any oth-er PA official condemned the murder, Mr. Amar’s father did. “If the army would give me a machine gun, I would shoot my son in the head without a court’s permission,” said Abdul-lah Amar, who added that “all the members of my family, from young to old, strongly condemn what my son did, killing an un-armed man who came here.”

According to Abdullah Amar, his son had been working in Israel since he was 17. He also said no one in his family knew about the plot in advance.

“I wish to tell the Israeli public that if he committed a crime, he must pay for it as a court orders. He killed a man for no reason,” he said.

His son, he said, “is no hero.” “If he had fought on the battlefield against an armed person and killed him, I would say he was a hero. But like this? Where is the heroism here? To kill someone unarmed who vol-untarily went along with him?

If I had known that this was his intention, I would have stopped him forcibly, even chopping his head off,” he said.

Fatah SupportWhile Abdullah Amar said

his son was not a member of any terrorist group, the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade, the military wing of Fatah, the faction to which Mr. Abbas belongs, took credit for Mr. Hazan’s murder.

In a statement, the group said the kidnapping “was car-ried out in a complicated mili-tary action by our forces. We succeeded, despite the many roadblocks and other methods to stop us the army put up.”

The group also warned against “harming” Nadal Amar. “If one drop of his blood is spilled, many more plagues will fall upon you, O Zionists,” the group said.

Shot in HebronOn Shabbat Chol Ham-

oed Sukkot, one day after Mr. Hazan’s murder, another IDF soldier, Gabriel (Gal) Kobi, 20, of Tirat Harcarmel, was shot in the neck while serving in the Avraham Avinu neighbor-hood, near the Cave of the Pa-triarchs, in Hebron. Mr. Kobi, who was taken by helicopter to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hos-pital in Jerusalem, died of his wounds on Sunday, Sept 20.

The IDF said the perpe-trator was a sniper who hid between the buildings in an Arab neighborhood next to the Jewish section of the city and fired at Jews.

The IDF imposed a lock-down on the city to comb the area and find the perpetrators. Two Arabs with hunting rifles and ten other wanted suspects across Judea and Samaria have been arrested.

Facebook PraiseAfter Noam Glick was shot,

Fatah’s Facebook page drew a connection between the ter-rorist who shot her and the one who killed Mr. Kobi, predicting



the terrorist would strike again.“The sharpshooter of Pales-

tine has passed here. He greeted Hebron and rested at El Bireh. Between these two parts of the homeland, he left a manly signature. He saluted and went on his way, and went to a new place with a new signature, as he tells the tale of those who love the homeland,” the Fatah administrator wrote.

A few weeks earlier, the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade de-clared “war” and said it would give the “green light” to ter-rorists attacking Israel.

No ChangeSending condolences to

the families, Israel’s Econom-ics Minister Naftali Bennett, head of the Jewish Home party, noted that 20 years after the signing of the Oslo Accords, “our partner has not changed.”

“Tomer Hazan’s murder, which was meant to bring about the release of a terrorist mur-derer, one of Abbas’s soldiers, reminds us who our partners are. One does not make peace with terrorists who throw the bodies of soldiers into a pit or shoot nine-year-old girls. Rather, one fights them with-out mercy,” said Mr. Bennett.

After Mr. Kobi’s murder, Mr. Bennett said the “negotiation ‘celebration’ the government is holding with the PA has turned into a ‘celebration’ of blood and death for Jews during Sukkot.”

“Since the release of terror-ists was the key to the opening of negotiations, the unfortu-nate developments behoove the government to rethink its position on the matter. The an-swer to terror must be a fight against murderers, not a dialog with them,” said Mr. Bennett.

“Absurd Dance”Minister of Housing and

Construction Uri Ariel, also a member of Jewish Home, blamed “Israel’s absurd dance of releasing terrorists.”

This, he said, “continues

to threaten the security of Israel because the terrorists have learned that we have no more red lines.”

Like many other MKs, Mr. Ariel demanded a halt to any further Israeli prisoner releases, which are scheduled periodically for the next nine months, as goodwill gestures to the PA as long as the negotiations continue.

These releases, said Mr. Ariel, “do not bring peace—only unnecessary bloodshed.”

“We’ve gone back to the reality in which discussions with the Palestinians equal murder-ous terror attacks. This reality must not continue. I demand that the Prime Minister bring back for discussion the decision to release terrorists and allow the army to act firmly against the murderous terrorism that has raised its head,” he said.

Tragic ProofMs. Hotovely said the reason-

ing behind Mr. Hazan’s murder “is tragic proof that the deals for releasing terrorists are mistakes.”

“The Palestinian street understands that abducted soldiers or bodies are an ef-ficient means to trade with Israel for the release of mur-derers,” she said.

She insisted the rise in Arab terrorism “requires Is-rael to stop the peace talks.”

Tough QuestionsJewish Home MK Moti Yo-

gev, a colonel in the IDF re-serves, a former commander of an elite unit, and the cur-rent chairman of the Knesset’s subcommittee on Judea and Samaria, asked “if this is the morality by which the state and its justice systems act.”

“If not, we must immedi-ately stop the process of re-leasing terrorist murderers, a process of surrender to immoral terrorism and American pres-sure, a process that does not exist today in any country in the enlightened world,” he said.

After Mr. Kobi’s murder,

Mr. Yogev said he would work to implement the “expansion of Hebron and stop the release of terrorist murderers.”

“In addition, we must in-form ourselves and the entire world that this country belongs to the people of Israel and not to the murderers who sent the terrorists,” he said.

Better a CriminalSome members of the Is-

raeli left, including the Ha’aretz newspaper, suggested that Mr. Hazan’s murder was a criminal act rather than terrorist attack. Jewish Home MK Ayelet Shaked scoffed that this view “does a disservice to the terrorist.”

“He’s better off being called a terrorist because he’ll get out of prison faster,” she said.

At Mr. Kobi’s funeral, Mr. Bennett said Israel “must stop giving our enemies the impres-sion that Jewish blood is the cheapest commodity in the Middle East and that there is no punishment for spilling it.”

“We do not pardon car

thieves, but we free terrorist murderers of Jews. We are fighting to change this con-ception,” he said.

Suspend the TalksIsraeli Deputy Defense Min-

ister Danny Danon (Likud) went further, demanding a suspen-sion of negotiations until the PA denounces the murders and halts the incitement.

He added that “whoever harms a nine-year-old girl or backs terrorists does not de-serve to be called a partner for negotiations.”

“We need to put an end to the duplicity of the Palestin-ian leadership which supports terrorism,” he said.

Israel, he said, “should de-mand that the PA leadership stop inciting, stop talking in different voices in Washing-ton on the one hand, and in the mosques and on TV where they incite against the state of Israel on the other hand. We cannot continue negotiating



with the Palestinians while they are attacking us.”

He said he had asked Is-raeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to put the nego-tiations on hold “until Abbas comes and condemns the at-tacks against Israelis.”

No CondemnationAccording to some reports,

while speaking to a Jewish group in New York last month, Mr. Abbas condemned “all acts of violence against civilians,” but, he said, he wanted Israel to condemn the deaths of Arab youths at the hands of Israeli sol-diers. According to Israeli-Arab journalist, Khaled Abu Toameh, the PA’s Wafa news agency re-corded Mr. Abbas’s remarks to the Jewish community, but, said Mr. Abu Toameh, there was no reference to a condemnation of the murders of IDF soldiers.

After Noam Glick was shot, Mr. Abbas publicly said he condemned “violence on both sides,” singling out “attacks by settlers against Palestin-ian property, homes, churches, and mosques.” He called on the Israeli government to pre-vent those attacks. He also con-demned unspecified “Jewish attacks on Palestinians on the Temple Mount,” and warned that such attacks “could lead to dangerous results that no one will be able to control.”

There have been no re-corded attacks by Jews on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem,

although there have been many attacks against them by Palestinians on the site. Arutz Sheva journalist David Lev suggested Mr. Abbas was referring to the “peaceful as-cent of Jewish pilgrims to Juda-ism’s holiest site, which have increased in recent months in spite of fierce opposition by Muslim groups to any Jewish presence there.”

“Despite the peaceful na-ture of such visits, Palestinians regularly refer to them as ‘at-tacks’ by non-Muslims on the Islamic complex, which is lo-cated atop the ruins of the two Jewish Temples which once stood there,” he said.

Israeli-Arab MK Ahmed Tibi recently said the presence of Jews on the Temple Mount was “contaminating” the site.

Blaming the IsraelisAfter the shooting of Noam

Glick, senior PA official Jibril Rajoub said the blame lay with Mr. Netanyahu and the Israeli government.

Asked by Kol Yisrael radio if he would condemn the attack on the child, Mr. Rajoub said, “I condemn everything that causes damage. I condemn it and I condemn those responsible for it. And those responsible for it are the Government and the Prime Minister of Israel.”

He said the child had been shot because Mr. Netanyahu and his government “incites and pro-vokes by building settlements.”

“No decent person would agree with hurting a child, even if the child is in the wrong place, like the settlers are. I myself have a 12-year-old child, and I know how much it hurts, but I hope that you will eventually think about how to move the settlers to areas beyond the Green Line,” he said.

Nukes and Table-TennisIn the past, Mr. Rajoub has

publicly denounced Jews as “Satans” and has called Mr. Netanyahu “a dog.”

Last May, he said if the PA had a nuclear weapon, it would not hesitate to use it against the Jewish state.

Just recently, Mr. Rajoub chaired a PA-sponsored table-tennis tournament which was named in memory of “the Mar-tyr Dalal Mughrabi,” the leader of a terrorist cell that carried out the most lethal terror at-tack in Israel’s history. In 1978, she hijacked a bus on Israel’s Coastal Highway in which 38 Israelis were murdered, among them 13 children.

The table-tennis tourna-ment was geared to women, including children and teenag-ers. According to PMW, Pales-tinian Table Tennis Association official Radwan Al-Sharif, who said the association “acts in accordance with the Olympic Committee’s agenda,” made a speech at the event’s closing ceremony in which he praised “the glorious deeds of hero Martyr Dalal Mughrabi.”

PetitionsThroughout the month,

calls by MKs on the govern-ment to reconsider its policy of releasing terrorists and even talking to the PA increased. A petition, initiated by Ms. Shaked and Likud-Beiteinu MK Robert Itov, demanded cancellation of all planned releases of terrorist prisoners. It was signed by MKs and ministers across the politi-

cal spectrum, including repre-sentatives of Likud, Shas, United Torah Judaism, Jewish Home, and Hatnua, the party of Tzipi Livni, Israel’s chief negotiator at the talks with the Palestinians.

“It cannot be that a country which values life should release murderers while, at the same time as negotiations continue, acts of terrorism continue,” said the petition.

According to reports, MKs from Finance Minister Yair La-pid’s Yesh Atid party refused to sign. Mr. Lapid, however, said the terror acts were “a terrible reminder that Israel deals daily with the murderous terrorism of beastly people” and that “we must not leave the security of Israel to any-one except ourselves.”

Bring Back DeterrenceOthers saw in the attacks

the need for increased vigilance and aggressive deterrence on the part of Israeli security. MK Yoni Chetboun (Jewish Home), who serves on the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, demanded that Minister of Defense Moshe Ya’alon “approve offensive military operations that will bring back the deterrence.”

Mr. Chetboun argued that while Israelis are being shot, the government is “busy ne-gotiating Israeli concessions with the PA.”

“While we have been dis-cussing peace, our ‘partners’ are discussing war. Releasing murderers has acted as a ‘lu-bricant,’ an encouragement, to motivate the terrorists. Terror-ism will not be stopped with gestures, but with deterrence. When the State of Israel freed murderers, terrorists feel free to act. It is our responsibility as MKs to stop this folly of releas-ing murderers. Unfortunately, we are seeing the results blos-som before our eyes,” he said.



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His Jewish Home colleague, Nissan Slomiansky, saw the at-tacks as proof that continuing negotiations with the PA out of weakness leads to increased terrorism. He called on Messrs. Netanyahu and Ya’alon to “en-force aggressive policies and stop releasing murderers.”

Not PleasedMr. Netanyahu did not dis-

agree. “We are not at all pleased that our security and defense measures did not prevent this, during the calmest year in over a decade of terror attacks,” he said, noting that he and Israel’s security forces had identified an increase in terror attacks.

“As long as their media incite-ment continues, the PA cannot absolve themselves of responsi-bility for these events,” he said.

He stressed that neither those who incite the terror nor those who carry it out should expect to be victorious. “We are here and we are here to stay,” he said.

He stopped short, how-ever, of agreeing to suspend the talks, release terrorists, or continue to refer to the PA and Mr. Abbas as peace partners.

Mr. Lev noted that PA po-lice still travel freely on roads in so-called Area C of Judea and Samaria which are under Israeli civilian and military control. The Samaria Residents Committee has logged dozens of witness accounts by drivers who have seen PA police cars traveling on roads used by Israeli civilians in Judea and Samaria.

“According to the Oslo Ac-cords, such vehicles are sup-posed to be accompanied by IDF vehicles, but in almost all cases, the IDF vehicles are no-where to be seen,” he said.

EmbarrassingAccording to some reports,

Mr. Netanyahu took umbrage at the MKs’ petition. Deputy Foreign Minister Ze’ev Elkin (Likud), who signed the peti-tion, was asked not to join the

Prime Minister on his flight to New York for the meetings at the UN and in Washington.

According to a report, the prime minister was also furious that Mr. Elkin demonstrated how Mr. Netanyahu has backtracked on his own principles. In a re-cent speech, Mr. Elkin quoted Mr. Netanyahu’s own words from 11 years ago: “The Palestinians will enjoy all rights except for one—the right to annihilate Is-rael. Self-rule—yes. A state—no. They tell us the Palestinian state is a vision for the future. Well, our nation also has a vision for the future: ‘And the wolf will dwell with the sheep.’ When that vision is realized in the Middle East, we will go back and reconvene the Likud Central Committee and discuss the issue again.”

Mr. Elkin was relegated to taking a regular El Al flight to New York for the meetings.

After Noam Glick was shot, Mr. Elkin again blamed the PA. “Those who engage in incitement in the schools and name town squares after terrorists and pay huge sums to the families of imprisoned terrorists should not be sur-prised that such events take place. We will not compromise on anything when we are pres-sured and terrorized,” he said.

Keeping HebronThe Israeli concerns seemed

to have no effect on the PA, whose leaders said the murders would not deter them from pursuing any of their goals. “There is no reason to renounce the demands of peace in any way whatsoever,” said PA For-eign Minister Riyad Almaliki.

Asked if he expects the next batch of terrorist prisoners to be released from Israeli jails on schedule, he said, “The agree-ment on this matter is clear and both sides are bound by it.”

While Mr. Netanyahu did not contradict him, he did vow that the terrorists would not achieve their goals. Among the aims of

the PA at the negotiating table is to force Israel to leave Hebron.

“Whoever tries to uproot us from the city of our forefa-thers will achieve the oppo-site. We will continue to fight terrorism and hit the terrorists with one hand, and we will continue to strengthen the settlement enterprise with the other hand,” he said.

Beit HamachpelaHe said steps should be

taken “immediately” to resettle Beit Hamachpela, a home in Hebron that was purchased in 2012 from an Arab by 15 Jew-ish families. Fearing that the building, if left uninhabited, would be occupied by local Arabs, the families moved in directly after the sale, before the Israeli Civil Administration validated the purchase.

In August 2012, then-De-fense Minister Ehud Barak or-dered the removal of the resi-dents, despite a request from Mr. Netanyahu to allow the courts to determine ownership.

The military appeals court has since accepted the appeal of the Jews who bought the property, but the military es-tablishment has not yet allowed them to take occupancy.

Last month, at Mr. Netan-yahu’s suggestion, Defense Min-ister Ya’alon issued a “transaction permit” which allowed Jews to enter the house. Those taking advantage of the permit includ-ed Messrs Ariel and Danon and Jewish Home MK Orit Struk, who resides in Hebron.

In response, 14 PA resi-dents of Hebron petitioned the Israeli High Court asking that it prevent the Jews from moving into the house. The Arabs claim the building is still under their ownership.

The government told the court that while Mr. Netanyahu supports allowing Jews to re-sume residence in the build-ing, permission to do so will be contingent on approval from the court.



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Strength-to-Strength Sup-port Group, for parents whose children, ages 15-25, are dealing with chemical dependency, psy-chological disorders, or co-occur-ring issues, Dr. Jeffrey Berman, JCC, Tenafly, 7pm, 201-408-1403 or 201-569-7900

Information Session for JCC Teen Philanthropy Insti-tute, for grades 6-12 (post bar and bat mitzvah), JCC, Tenafly, 7pm, 201-569-7900

Seton Hall Film Festival on Interfaith Dialogue: “I Am

Joseph Your Brother,” with di-rector Amy Kronisch, Seton Hall University, South Orange, 7pm, 973-761-9006

“Aromas of Aleppo” Cook-ing Demonstration, Poopa Dweck, spons by EMUNAH, private home in Fair Lawn, 8pm, www.emunah.org/poopa

“Chicks with Sticks Knitting Circle,” hats for preemies, children with cancer, and IDF soldiers in Israel, private home in Highland Park, 8pm, 732-339-8492

Shomer Shabbos Boy Scout Meeting, for boys in 6th grade or 11 years old and up, Bais Medrash L’Torah, Rabbi Davis’s shul, Passaic, 8pm, [email protected]

Sefer Shmuel I, Rabbi Marc Spivak, spons by Cong Ohr Torah, at private homes, West Orange, 8pm, 973-669-7320

Makhela Israeli-Style Choir, for those who can read Hebrew, Zev Klein, JCC, Tenafly, 8pm, 201-569-7900

“Media Hostility towards Israel,” Aryeh Green, JCC Rock-land, West Nyack, 8pm, 845-362-4400 ext 109

Mach Hach BaAretz Bnai Akiva Summer Trip to Israel for 10th Graders Open House, Dan Katz, private home in Edison, 8pm, 732-572-0329

Moshava Ba’ir Day Camp Open House, fir parents of chil-dren entering grades K-5, Rabbi Menachem Hecht, private home in Teaneck, 8:30pm, [email protected]

Pirkei Avot, Jeffrey Cam-ras, Rutgers Hillel, New Bruns-wick, 9pm, 732-545-2407

Thurs., Oct 17Somaich Achim Jewish

Family Services Food Pantry Program non-perishable food and consumer items and pro-duce available free of charge or for a nominal fee, volunteers needed, too, Cong Adas Israel, Passaic, 9:30am-1:30pm; 8-9pm, 973-246-7717

Teleconference: “Changing Your Relationship with Money,” Chana Borgman, CPF, 10am, http://spiritualityandfinance.blogspot.co.il/p/registration.html

Personal Pre-Aliyah Person-al Employment Consultations,

Kim Ephrat, Nefesh B’Nefesh, Para-mus, 10am-6:15pm, 212-558-9400

Brunch and Learn: “The Kab-balah of the Cheeseburger: Spiri-tual Insights into Jewish Culinary Laws,” Rabbi Avrom Rapoport, and Film: “Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Dark,” JCC, Margate, 10:30am, 609-822-1167 ext 138

“Secrets in the Suitcase: Sto-ries My Mother Never Told Me,” Dr. Rosalie Greenberg, JCC, West Orange, 12:30pm, 973-530-3474

“Havdalah Candle Factory,” Rabbi Ely Allen, includes wraps, Bergen Community College Hillel, Paramus, 12:30pm, 201-820-3905

Breast Cancer Awareness Seminar: How to Identify Your Personal Risk for Developing Breast Cancer and Make Deci-sions Concerning Your Health, Dr. Joshua Gross, Dr. Moira Chris-toudias, Dr. Harris Sterman, Deb-bie Bessen RD, Peggy Cottrell CGC, Kerris Olsen LSW, featur-ing Sharsheret, American Can-cer Society, Lillian Lee Salon, and Suzanne Breast Care Boutique, at Holy Name Medical Center, Teaneck, 6-8:30pm, 877-HOLY-NAME (1-877-465-9626)

“Challah 101,” Amalia Schnei-der, includes the origin of challah-making, spiritual element, and hands-on workshop, JCC Rockland, West Nyack, 7pm, 845-362-4400

“Not to Forget: The Story of Harry Reiss and the Creation of The Rockland Center for Holo-caust Studies,” with Marion Reiss and Rabbi Irving “Yitz” Greenberg, Ellipse Theater, Rockland Community College, Suffern, 7pm, 845-574-4099

“Guardianship, Special-Needs Trusts, and Financial Plan-ning for Your Special-Needs Child’s Future,” Lori Hauptman, Esq, and Barry Goldberg, JCC, West Orange, 7:30pm, 973-929-3129

Couples Program Webinar: “Listening, Patience, and Empa-thy,” Rabbi Adam Jacobs, 9pm, 404-512-1836 or [email protected]

Fri., Oct 18Chabad Torah Studies: “Jew-

ish Culture vs Jewish Faith: Which One Is the True Judaism?” Rabbi Avrohom Rapoport, spons by Chabad at the Shore, at the Linwood

Library, 12:15pm, 609-822-8500Edison-Highland Park Chai

Lifeline Shabbaton, for boys ages 7-15, through Shabbat, Oct 19, [email protected]

Dr. David Luchins, scholar-in-residence, “Kulturkampf: Isra-el’s Religious Wars,” “Is the Party Over? American-Jewish Political Power Faces New Realities,” “When Public Policy and Halacha Clash: The Orthodox Community and Marriage Equality,” Hebrew Insti-tute of Riverdale, through Motzei Shabbat, Oct 19, 718-796-4730

Kids of Courage Shabba-ton, Cong Rinat Yisrael, Teaneck, through Shabbat, Oct 19, [email protected] or [email protected]

Senior NCSY Oneg, for high school students, Cong Beth Aaron, Teaneck, 8:30pm, [email protected]

Shabbat, Oct 19 “Guess Who’s Coming to

Lunch?” spons by Cong Arzei Darom, Teaneck, noon, [email protected]

Cong Darchei Noam of Fair Lawn Anniversary Kiddush, noon, 201-773-4080

EMUNAH Shabbat Kallah Tea, for women, honoring local women who head the chessed committees in their shuls: Valerie Levin, Michelle Wasserlauf, Toby Feder, Tammy Greenberg, Tsipi Gurell, Betty Kay, Ofra Parnett, Lizzie Zimmer Gaverwitz, Estee Kirsch, Elissa Hochbaum, Yael Davidov-ics, Malka Jachter, Audra Lichter, Terri Normand, Marsha Friedman, Devorah Schatz, Robin Mendelson, Hadassah Weinberger, and Rhonda Liebowitz, featuring “Strong or Weak? Women in Tanach,” Nechama Price, private home in Teaneck, 4:30pm, [email protected]

Study Group: “The Thought of Rabbi Tzadok from Lublin,” Prof Alan Brill, private home in Teaneck, 5pm, [email protected]

Edison-Highland Park Chai Lifeline Community Seuda Shlishit, Cong Ohr Torah, Edison, 5pm, [email protected]

Pearls of Prayer, for girls, includes seudah shlishit, River-dale Jewish Center, after mincha, 718-548-1850

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Motzei Shabbat, Oct 19Rainbow Loom (Rubber

Band Bracelets) Melave Mal-ka, for grades 3-5, includes pizza, Cong Beth Abraham, Bergenfield, 7:45pm, Israeli Dance, Cong Beth Abraham, Bergenfield, grades 3-4, 9am, 201-384-0434

An Evening of Songs by Ehud Manar, featuring Ayelet Cogan, JCC, Tenafly, 8pm, 201-569-7900

Sun., Oct 20Gratitude Graffiti Project

Begins, people can write what they are grateful for on the store windows of more than 20 Teaneck merchants, including Best Glatt, Carly’z Craze, Smokey Joe’s, the Teaneck General Store, and the Elie Y Katz Teaneck Museum, for instructions, [email protected]

Davening and Bikur Cho-lim at Daughters of Miriam in Clifton, meet at Cong Shomrei Torah, Fair Lawn, 8:15am; daven-ing, followed by breakfast and bikur cholim, 8:45am, [email protected]

Used Seforim Sale, books in Hebrew and English, Cong Tife-reth Israel, Passaic, 9-11am, [email protected]


The Lev Tov Breakfast, hon-oring Kiddush volunteers, including chairman Barbara Sussman and Roz Bloom, Helen Freund, Rachel Haus-ler, Ron Katz, Debbie Laves, Shirley London, Betsy Malcom, Susan Rab-kin, Martin Rosenfeld, Abbe Rosner, Phil Salzman, Barbara Schneider, Marcia Schwartz, Elizabeth Sher, Marty and Sharon Singer, Margot Stern, Peppie Schlesinger, Nechama Student, Deborah Wenger, Bernie Zierler, and Rabbi David B. Schwartz, Jewish Center of Teaneck, 10am, 201-833-0515

Chug Ivrit, for intermediate to advanced Hebrew speakers, men and women, spons by Raritan Valley Hadassah, private home in Edison, 11am, 732-819-9298

Chug Ivrit, for advanced-beginning Hebrew speakers, men and women seeking to improve their skills in reading and speaking, spons by Raritan Valley Hadassah, private home in Highland Park, 11am, 732-548-9606

Children’s Circle, for special-needs children, includes music, art, baking, story-time, sports, and entertainment, spons by the Friendship Circle, Rosenbaum Ye-shiva of North Jersey, River Edge, noon, 201-262-7172

Teen Circle, for special-needs young adults 12-21, high school volunteers, spons by the Friend-ship Circle, Rosenbaum Yeshiva of North Jersey, River Edge, noon, 201-262-7172

Friendship Circle Walk, for special-needs children, includes Hoop Wizard Basketball show, in-flatables, video game truck, t-ball, batting cages, food, petting zoo, DJ, at the Friendship Circle, Liv-ingston, registration, noon; walk, 1pm; fun, food and entertainment, 1:45-4pm, 973-251-0200

“Jewish Wisdom and Finan-cial Strategies to Help Guide to Financial Freedom,” in prepa-ration for the upcoming Shmitta year, featuring rabbis and financial experts, Hebrew Institute of River-dale, 1pm, 718-796-4730 ext 124

Walk to Remember, for families, friends, caregivers, and professionals who have experi-enced the loss of a baby through miscarriage, stillbirth, or neonatal death, Holy Name Medical Cen-ter, Teaneck, 1pm, 201-833-3058

Friends Walk 4 Friends, spons by the Friendship Circle of Passaic County for special needs children and their fami-lies, includes BBQ and festival, at Wayne Valley High School Track, Wayne, registration, 1pm; walk, 2pm; 973-694-6274

Cong Ahavat Shalom of the Teaneck Apartments BBQ, Votee Park, Teaneck, 1-4pm, 201-837-1924

Apple & Fall Vegetable Picking, spons by Raritan Val-ley Hadassah’s L’Dor V’Dor Young Women, for families, includes corn maze, hayrides, and harvest tours, at Lee Turkey Farm, East Windsor, 2pm, 908-227-4869

Security Training Session, for men and women willing to work about two hours every 5-6 weeks on Shabbat morning, in-cludes dinner, Riverdale Jewish Center, 6:30pm, [email protected]

“Ten Steps to a Better Life,” Rabbi Moshe Meir Weiss, Kehillat New Hempstead, 7:30pm, 845-362-2425

Pirket Avot, student run, Rutgers Hillel, New Brunswick, 9pm, 732-246-2407

Mon., Oct 21“The Secrets to a Long Life,”

Dr. Alex Bailey, Reuben Ebrahi-moff, Rabbi Menahem Meier, Rabbi Steven Pruzansky, Martin Shenk-man, Devorah Wechter, and Marc Weiner, spons by the OU’s Seniors Actively Growing and Exploring Initiative, includes lunch, Cong Bnai Yeshurun, Teaneck, noon, 212-613-8300

“Krav Maga Self Defense,” Rabbi Ely Allen, includes pizza, Ramapo College Hillel, Mahwah, 1pm, 201-820-3905

Tues., Oct 22Power Networking Break-

fast, Joe Apfelbaum and Stepha-nie Abrams, Jewish Federation, Paramus, 7:45am, 201-820-3951

“Krav Maga Self-Defense,” Rabbi Ely Allen, includes pizza, William Paterson University Hillel, Wayne, 12:45pm, 201-820-3905

Network with “The Tribe” Jewish Business Network Busi-ness Development and Network-ing Expo, includes complemen-tary sushi bar, JCC, West Orange,

4-8pm, 201-314-9145 or [email protected]

Cooking Circle, for special-needs children ages 5-12 and their siblings, spons by the Friendship Circle, Ma’ayanot Yeshiva High School for Girls, Teaneck, 5:30pm, 201-262-7172

Film: “Someday Melissa,” eating disorders, with Judy Arvin and panel discussion, spons by Rockland Jewish Family Service and NY State Sen David Carluc-ci, Rockland Community College, Suffern, 6:30pm, 845-354-2121

“Life in the Balance: Jew-ish Perspectives on Everyday Medical Dilemmas: Safeguard-ing Our Health: BRCA, Genetic Testing and Preventive Measures,” Rabbi Levi Azimov, Chabad of North Brunswick, 7:45pm, 732-398-9492

Yiddish Club, for speakers on all levels, Rabbi Gerald Friedman, JCC, Tenafly, 8:30pm, 201-569-7900

Wed., Oct 23“Life in the Balance: Jew-

ish Perspectives on Everyday Medical Dilemmas: Safeguard-ing Our Health: BRCA, Genetic Testing and Preventive Measures,”



Rabbi Levi Azimov, Chabad of North Brunswick, 11am, 732-398-9492

“Krav Maga Self-Defense,” Rabbi Ely Allen, includes pizza, Fairleigh Dickinson University Hil-lel, University Chapel, Teaneck, 1pm, 201-820-3905

Fair Lawn Gown Gemach private location in Fair Lawn, 1-2:30pm, 201-797-1770

“You’re Hungry, Sit Down, Eat,” for parents and children ages 10 and up, JCC, Tenafly, 6pm, 201-569-7900

Second Generation, for children of Holocaust Survivors, Jewish Family Service, Teaneck, 7pm, 201-837-9090

“George Marshall and the Creation of Israel,” Prof Mark Stoler, JCC, Margate, 7pm, 609-822-1167

Seton Hall Film Festival on Interfaith Dialogue: “Sis-ter Rose’s Passion,” with di-rector Oren Jacoby, Seton Hall University, South Orange, 7pm, 973-761-9006

Abused Women’s Confi-dential Support Group, Jewish Family Service, Teaneck, 7:15pm, 201-837-9090

“Life in the Balance: Jew-ish Perspectives on Everyday Medical Dilemmas: Safeguard-ing Our Health: BRCA, Genetic Testing and Preventive Measures,” Rabbi Mendy Lewish, Chabad, Old Tappan, 7:30pm, 201-767-4008

Tehillim Group, Cong Shaare Tefillah, Teaneck, 8:15pm, 201-289-5474, 917-902-9303, or 201-836-3431

Cong Ahavas Achim Sister-hood Book Club: “The Shoemak-er’s Wife” by Adriana Trigiani, private home in Highland Park, 8:30pm, 732-448-1532

Advanced Jewish Learning Fellowship, Rabbi Akiva Weiss,

Rutgers Hillel, New Brunswick, 8:30pm, 732-545-2407

Thurs., Oct 24Teleconference: “Changing

Your Relationship with Money,” Chana Borgman, CPF, 10am, http://spiritualityandfinance.blogspot.co.il/p/registration.html

“Krav Maga Self-Defense,” Rabbi Ely Allen, includes pizza, Bergen Community College Hillel, Paramus, 12:30pm, 201-820-3905

Rutgers Jewish Film Fes-tival: “The Zigzag Kid,” Regal Cinema Commerce Center, North Brunswick, 3:30pm, 848-932-4166

Women’s Health and Well-ness Symposium, Delia Ephron, JCC Rockland, West Nyack, 6:30pm, 845-362-4400

Mishmor, for special-needs and normally developing boys and girls grades 2-5, includes study with rabbinic students, help with homework, stores, sports, and re-freshments, Friendship Circle, Liv-ingston, 6:30pm, 973-251-0200

“Jacob’s Oath,” Martin Fletcher, JCC, Bridgewater, 7pm, 908-725-6994

Rutgers Jewish Film Festi-val: “No Place on Earth,” Regal Cinema Commerce Center, North Brunswick, 7:30pm, 848-932-4166

Couples Program Webinar: “The Best Way to Fight,” Rabbi Adam Jacobs, 9pm, 404-512-1836 or [email protected]

Fri., Oct 25Chabad Torah Studies:

“The Dignity of Difference: A Study of Jewish Gender Equal-ity,” Rabbi Avrohom Rapoport, spons by Chabad at the Shore, at the Linwood Library, 12:15pm, 609-822-8500

Yossi Klein Halevi, scholar-in-residence, Davar, Teaneck, through Shabbat, Oct 26, [email protected]

Hillel Shabbaton, for col-lege-age students, Rabbi Ely Al-len, private home in Bergenfield, through Shabbat, Oct 26, 201-820-3905

Senior NCSY Oneg, for high school students, private home in Teaneck, 8:30pm, [email protected]

“Tisch or Treat,” Rabbi Aki-va Weiss, private home in New Brunswick, 9:30pm, 732-246-0207

Shabbat, Oct 26Educational Prayer Service,


Bnai Akiva Snif (Shabbat Afternoon Groups), for grades 1-6, Cong Netivot Shalom, Te-aneck, 5:30pm, [email protected]

Motzei Shabbat, Oct 26Casino Night and Gift Auc-

tion, Young Israel of East Bruns-wick, includes dinner, 7pm, 732-390-5083

Simcha Dancing ‘n’ Pizza, for girls in grades 3 and up, Cong Ohav Emeth, Highland Park, 7pm, 732-247-3038

Rebecca Teplow in Con-cert: “Kaveh/Hope” and “Te-filot/Prayers,” JCC, Tenafly, 8pm, 201-569-7900

Learn Cook Cake Decorat-ing Techniques, spons by Cong Ohr HaTorah of Bergenfield Sister-hood, at Cake and Co, Teaneck, 8pm, [email protected] or [email protected]

Art, Sport, and Music Mem-orabilia Auction, Kehillat New Hempstead Synagogue, includes refreshments, preview, 8pm; auc-tion, 9pm, 845-362-1824

Theater: “A Shayna Maydel,” Bergen County Players, Oradell, 8pm, also Sun., Oct 27, 2pm; Motzei Shabbat, Nov 2, 8pm; Sun, Nov 3, 2pm; Motzei Shabbat, Nov 9, 8pm; and Sun., Nov 10, 2pm, 201-261-4200 or 201-833-8497

Sun., Oct 27Last Day to See Photo-

graphic Exhibit: “The Legacy: A Daughter’s Experience of the Holocaust,” Beth Burstein, JCC

MetroWest, West Orange, Sun and Fri, 9am-5pm; Mon-Thurs, 9am-9pm, 973-530-3413

“Creating the Marriage You Always Wanted,” Rabbi Doniel Frank and Rivka Stauber, private home in Spring Valley, 9am-7:30pm, 845-354-8094


“Life in the Balance: Jew-ish Perspectives on Everyday Medical Dilemmas: Safeguard-ing Our Health: BRCA, Genetic Testing and Preventive Measures,” Rabbi Levi Shemtov, Chabad of Riverdale, 9:45am, 718-549-1100

Rutgers Jewish Film Festival: “The Boys of Terezin,” Regal Cin-ema Commerce Center Theater A, North Brunswick, noon, 848-932-4166

Rutgers Jewish Film Fes-tival: “Let’s Dance,” Regal Cin-ema Commerce Center Theater B, North Brunswick, 12:45pm, 848-932-4166

Rutgers Jewish Film Festi-val: “Sukkah City,” Regal Cinema Commerce Center Theater B, North Brunswick, 2:45pm, 848-932-4166

Rutgers Jewish Film Festi-val: “No Place on Earth,” Regal Cinema Commerce Center The-ater A, North Brunswick, 3pm, 848-932-4166

Dance Club, for special-needs girls ages 5-12, spons by the Friend-ship Circle, Cong Bnai Yeshurun, Teaneck, 4pm, 201-262-7172

Jewish-Russian Cultural Club, Jewish Federation of Mid-dlesex County, South River, 4pm, [email protected]

Rutgers Jewish Film Fes-tival: “Out in the Dark,” Regal Cinema Commerce Center The-ater B, North Brunswick, 5:15pm, 848-932-4166

JACS Meeting, 12-steps meeting for Jews in recovery, Rabbi Steven Bayar, Cong B’nai Israel, Millburn, 6pm, 973-379-3811

Security Training Session, for men and women willing to work about two hours every 5-6 weeks on Shabbat morning, in-cludes dinner, Riverdale Jewish Center, 6:30pm, [email protected]

“Casino Night,” featuring roulette, black jack, poker, and


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more, with professional dealers, to benefit Young Israel of East Brunswick, a the shul, 7pm, 732-254-1860 or 732-390-5083

Rutgers Jewish Film Festi-val: “Fill the Void,” Regal Cinema Commerce Center Theater A, North Brunswick, 7:30pm, 848-932-4166

Celebration in Honor of the Publication of the Sefer Bereshis Volume of the Chu-mash Mesoras HaRav, insights of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik in the form of a commentary on the same page as the Bibli-cal text, Rabbi Jacob J. Schacter, Cong Keter Torah, Teaneck, 8pm, 201-907-0180

Israeli Families Social Gath-ering, for adults, JCC, Tenafly, 8pm, 201-569-7900

“Life in the Balance: Jew-ish Perspectives on Everyday Medical Dilemmas: Safeguard-ing Our Health: BRCA, Genetic Testing and Preventive Measures,” Rabbi Avrohom Bergstein, Chabad, Fair Lawn, 8pm, 718-839-5296

Mon., Oct 28Smile on Seniors, for se-

nior men and women, includes brunch, Chabad House, Wayne, 11:30am, 973-694-6274

Holocaust Survivor Speaker, Rabbi Ely Allen, includes bagels, Ramapo College Hillel, Mahwah, 1pm, 201-820-3905

Film: “Gatekeepers,” dis-cussion with Harold Chapler, JCC, Tenafly, 7:30pm, 201-569-7900

“Life in the Balance: Jewish Perspectives on Everyday Medi-cal Dilemmas: Safeguarding Our Health: BRCA, Genetic Testing and Preventive Measures,” 7:30pm, Rabbi Mendy Kasowitz, Chabad, West Or-ange, 973-486-2362; Rabbi Mendy Herson, Chabad Center, Basking Ridge, 908-604-8844; 8pm, Rabbi Dov Drizin, Valley Chabad, Wood-cliff Lake, 201-476-0157

“The Life and Legacy of Rabbi Israel Zuber: The Rabbi Who Unchained Agunot,” for women, Chana Sharfstein, Chabad of Teaneck, 8pm, 201-907-0686

Tues., Oct 29“The Lost Ladies of Vienna:

Jewish Women Artists,” JCC of Middlesex County, Edison, 10:30am, 732-494-3232

Rutgers Jewish Film Festi-val: “The Boys of Terezin” and

“Numbered,” Regal Cinema Com-merce Center, North Brunswick, 12:30pm, 848-932-4166

Holocaust Survivor Speaker, Rabbi Ely Allen, includes bagels, William Paterson University Hillel, Wayne, 12:45pm, 201-820-3905

“Legal Eagle David Wi-lentz,” Harvey Hauptman, JCC of Middlesex County, Edison, 1:30pm, 732-494-3232

Rutgers Jewish Film Festi-val: “Sukkah City,” Regal Cinema Commerce Center, North Bruns-wick, 2:45pm, 848-932-4166

Kristallnacht Lecture: “Jew-ish Resistance against the Na-zis,” Dr. Patrick Henry, Richard Stockton College, Galloway, 7pm, 609-652-1776

Rutgers Jewish Film Festi-val: “Gatekeepers,” Regal Cin-ema Commerce Center, North Brunswick, 7:30pm, 848-932-4166

“Life in the Balance: Jew-ish Perspectives on Everyday Medical Dilemmas: End-of-Life Dilemmas: Prolonging Life vs Prolonging Death,” Rabbi Levi Azimov, Chabad of North Bruns-wick, 7:45pm, 732-398-9492

“Tehillim in Today’s Times: Historical Background, Literary Structure, Questions of Author-ship, Spirtuality,” Stephen Geller, Cong Netivot Shalom, Teaneck, 8pm, [email protected]

Teleconference: “Breast Cancer Survivors: What You Need to Know about Recent Developments in Genetics,” spons by Sharsheret, featuring “Strategies for Communicating Genetic Information with Fam-ily Members,” Dr. Karen Hurley; “Legal Rights as They Relate to Genetic Testing,” Anya Prince, Esq; and “How New Developments in Genetic Testing and Additional Screenings Now Available May Impact Breast Cancer Survivors,” Danielle Singer, 8pm, 866-474-2774

“Life in the Balance: Jew-ish Perspectives on Everyday Medical Dilemmas: Safeguard-ing Our Health: BRCA, Genetic Testing and Preventive Measures,” Rabbi Ephraim Simon, Chabad, Teaneck, 8pm 201-907-0686

Wed., Oct 30“Life in the Balance: Jew-

ish Perspectives on Everyday Medical Dilemmas: End-of-Life

Dilemmas: Prolonging Life vs Prolonging Death,” Rabbi Levi Azimov, Chabad of North Bruns-wick, 11am, 732-398-9492

Rutgers Jewish Film Festi-val: “Fill the Void,” Regal Cinema Commerce Center, North Bruns-wick, 12:30pm, 848-932-4166

Rutgers Jewish Film Fes-tival: “Hannah Arendt,” Regal Cinema Commerce Center, North Brunswick, 3pm, 848-932-4166

Seton Hall Film Festival on Interfaith Dialogue: “Shanghai Ghetto,” with Prof Daniel Leab, Seton Hall University, South Or-ange, 7pm, 973-761-9006

“Life in the Balance: Jewish Perspectives on Everyday Medi-cal Dilemmas: Safeguarding Our Health: BRCA, Genetic Testing and Preventive Measures,” Rabbi Mendy Gurkov, Chabad, Haskell, 7:15pm, 201-696-7609, Rabbi Mendy Man-gel, Chabad, Cherry Hill, 7:30pm, 856-874-1500; Rabbi Asher Herson, Chabad, Rockaway, 7:45pm, 973-615-1525 ext 202, Rabbi Chanoch Kaplan, Chabad, Franklin Lakes, 8pm, 201-848-0449

Rutgers Jewish Film Fes-tival: “Out in the Dark,” Regal

Cinema Commerce Center, North Brunswick, 7:30pm, 848-932-4166

“Suddenly 60 and Other Shocks of Later Life,” Judith Viorst, JCC Rockland, West Ny-ack, 7:30pm, 845-354-2121

“Life in the Balance: Jew-ish Perspectives on Everyday Medical Dilemmas: End-of-Life Dilemmas: Prolonging Life vs Prolonging Death,” Rabbi Mendy Lewish, Chabad, Old Tappan, 7:30pm, 201-767-4008

Sefer Shmuel I, Rabbi Marc Spivak, spons by Cong Ohr Torah, at private homes, West Orange, 8pm, 973-669-7320

Rosh Chodesh Shiur: “A Daily Dose of Emuna,” Orit Rit-er, Cong Bnai Yeshurun, Teaneck, 8pm, 201-281-8702

Makhela Israeli-Style Choir, for those who can read Hebrew, Zev Klein, JCC, Tenafly, 8pm, 201-569-7900

Pirkei Avot, Jeffrey Cam-ras, Rutgers Hillel, New Bruns-wick, 9pm, 732-545-2407

Thurs., Oct 31Somaich Achim Jewish Fam-

ily Services Food Pantry Program non-perishable food and consum-



er items and produce available free of charge or for a nominal fee, volunteers needed, too, Cong Adas Israel, Passaic, 9:30am-1:30pm; 8-9pm, 973-246-7717

Rutgers Jewish Film Festi-val: “No Place on Earth,” Regal Cinema Commerce Center, North Brunswick, 10:15am, 848-932-4166

“What’s on Your Mind?” Morris Friedberg, Riverdale YMHA, 10:30am, 718-548-8200

“Holocaust Survivor Speak-er,” Rabbi Ely Allen, includes bagels, Bergen Community College Hillel, Paramus, 12:30pm, 201-820-3905

Rutgers Jewish Film Festival: “400 Miles to Freedom,” Regal Cinema Commerce Center, North Brunswick, 1:15pm, 848-932-4166

Rutgers Jewish Film Festi-val: “Gatekeepers,” Regal Cin-ema Commerce Center, North Brunswick, 3pm, 848-932-4166

Rutgers Jewish Film Festival: “Ballad of the Weeping Spring,” Re-gal Cinema Commerce Center, North Brunswick, 7:30pm, 848-932-4166

Couples Program Webi-nar: “Intimacy,” Rabbi Adam Jacobs, 9pm, 404-512-1836 or [email protected]

Fri., Nov 1Deadline for Applications

for Judaic Visual Arts Online Mentoring Program, for students in grades 7-12 who are interested in learning how to create Jew-ish art, spons by the American Guild of Judaic Art, applications by sending an email to [email protected] or 404-981-2308

Photography Exhibit: “For a Man Is a Tree of the Field,” Rachel Banai, JCC, Tenafly, closes Tues., Nov 26, 201-569-7900

Lunch and Learn: “In the Sands of Sinai,” Dr. Itzhak Brook, JCC Rockland, West Nyack, 12:30pm, 845-362-4400

Carlebach Davening, Jew-ish Center of Teaneck, 5:30pm, 201-833-0515

Shai Held, scholar-in-resi-dence, Davar, Teaneck, through Shabbat, Nov 2, [email protected]

Chai Lifeline Shabbaton, Cong Keter Torah, Teaneck, through Shab-bat, Nov 2, [email protected]

Mishpacha Minyan and Din-ner, Rabbi Jay Weinstein, featuring

Biblical charades program dur-ing dinner, Young Israel of East Brunswick, 5pm, 732-254-1860

Shabbat, Nov 2Carlebach Minyan, Cong

Darchei Noam, Fair Lawn, 8:45am, [email protected]

Tefilat Shlomo: The Car-lebach Tefila of Riverdale, in-cludes light and healthy Kiddush, at the Hebrew Institute of River-dale, 9am, 718-796-4730

“For Your Eyes Only? Big Brother Is Not Only Watching, but Listening, Too,” Rabbi Law-rence Zierler, Jewish Center of Teaneck, 11:45am, 201-833-0515

Study Group: “The Thought of Rabbi Tzadok from Lublin,” Prof Alan Brill, private home in Teaneck, 5pm, [email protected]

Pearls of Prayer, for girls, includes seudah shlishit, River-dale Jewish Center, after mincha, 718-548-1850

“After Kaddish: Reflections on the Transition from Mourn-ing to Memory,” Chanan Kessler, Hebrew Institute of Riverdale, af-ter mincha, 718-796-4730

Women’s Seudah Shlishit, Rabbi Akiva Weiss, private home in New Brunswick, 6pm, 732-246-0207

Motzei Shabbat, Nov 2Rutgers Jewish Film Fes-

tival: “Ballad of the Weeping Spring,” Regal Cinema Commerce Center, North Brunswick, 7:15pm, 848-932-4166

Rutgers Jewish Film Fes-tival: “G-d’s Neighbors,” Regal Cinema Commerce Center, North Brunswick, 9:30pm, 848-932-4166

Sun., Nov 3Mitzvah Day: Building Bridg-

es in Our Community, spons by the Jewish Federation of Northern NJ, locations throughout the area, 201-820-3946 or 201-820-3947

Mitzvah Day: Davening and Bikur Cholim at Daughters of Miriam in Clifton, meet at Cong Shomrei Torah, Fair Lawn, 8:15am; davening, followed by breakfast and bikur cholim, 8:45am, [email protected]

“Creating the Marriage You Always Wanted,” Rabbi Doniel Frank and Rivka Stauber, private home in Spring Valley, 9am-7:30pm, 845-354-8094

Mitzvah Day: Letter Writing to Chayalim in the Israeli Army and Learning, Cong Shomrei To-rah, Fair Lawn, 9:15am, 201-791-7676

Minyan Tiferet Rosh Chodesh Service, includes arts and crafts and a family musical program, pri-vate home in Englewood, 9:30am, [email protected]

“Life in the Balance: Jewish Perspectives on Everyday Medi-cal Dilemmas: Safeguarding Our Health: End-of-Life Dilemmas: Prolonging Life vs Prolonging Death,” Rabbi Levi Shemtov, Chabad of Riverdale, 9:45am, 718-549-1100

Holocaust Museum and Study Center of Rockland County Benefit Brunch: “The Holocaust Didn’t End in 1945,” Dr. Judea Pearl, honoring Paul and Judy Galan and Jules and Lila Stern, Rockleigh County Club, 11am, 845-574-4099

Mitzvah Day, for special-needs children, spons by the Friendship Circle, Rosenbaum Yeshiva of North Jersey, noon, 201-262-7172

Rutgers Jewish Film Fes-tival: “The First Fagin,” Regal Cinema Commerce Center The-ater B, North Brunswick, 12:30pm, 848-932-4166

Rutgers Jewish Film Fes-tival: “The Zigzag Kid,” Regal Cinema Commerce Center The-ater A, North Brunswick, 1pm, 848-932-4166

Meet the Artist: Rachel Ba-nai, photographer, “For a Man Is a Tree of the Field,” JCC, Tenafly, 1-3pm, 201-569-7900

HudsonJewish Community Leadership Forum, for rabbis, cantors, and group leaders, pri-vate location in Hudson County, 1pm, [email protected]

Areyvut Mitzvah Clown Session, CareOne, Teaneck, 2pm, 201-244-6702

Jewish Genealogy, Ron Aar-ons, JCC, Tenafly, 1:30; “Finding Living People on the Internet,” 3pm, 201-569-7900

Rutgers Jewish Film Fes-tival: “400 Miles to Freedom,” Regal Cinema Commerce Cen-ter Theater B, North Brunswick, 3:15pm, 848-932-4166

Rutgers Jewish Film Fes-tival: “G-d’s Neighbors,” Regal Cinema Commerce Center The-

ater A, North Brunswick, 3:30pm, 848-932-4166

“Israeli Music: The Birth of Israel, the Birth of a New Mu-sic Fusion: East Meets West,” in Hebrew, for adults and families, JCC, Tenafly, 4pm, 201-569-7900

Bris Avraham Dinner and Gala Weddings for Russian-Jew-ish Couples, at the Sheraton Par-sippany, 5:30pm, 908-289-0770

Rutgers Jewish Film Festi-val: “Besa: The Promise,” Regal Cinema Commerce Center, North Brunswick, 7pm, 848-932-4166

An Acoustic Evening with Matisyahu, in concert, spons by the ATID Society, Kushner Yeshiva, Livingston, 7:30pm, 862-437-8176

Women’s Rosh Chodesh Event, Rabbi Akiva Weiss, Rut-gers Hillel, New Brunswick, 8pm, 732-246-2407

“Life in the Balance: Jewish Perspectives on Everyday Medi-cal Dilemmas: Safeguarding Our Health: End-of-Life Dilemmas: Pro-longing Life vs Prolonging Death,” Rabbi Avrohom Bergstein, Chabad, Fair Lawn, 8pm, 718-839-5296

Pirket Avot, student run, Rutgers Hillel, New Brunswick, 9pm, 732-246-2407

Mon., Nov 4Rabbi YY from England,

Rabbi Ely Allen, includes kosher Mexican food, Ramapo College Hillel, Mahwah, 1pm, 201-820-3905

“Life in the Balance: Jew-ish Perspectives on Everyday Medical Dilemmas: Safeguard-ing Our Health: BRCA, Genetic Testing and Preventive Measures,” Rabbi Shmuel Gancz, Chabad of Suffern, 7:30pm, 845-368-1889

“Life in the Balance: Jew-ish Perspectives on Everyday Medical Dilemmas: End-of-Life Dilemmas: Prolonging Life vs Prolonging Death,” 7:30pm, Rabbi Mendy Kasowitz, Chabad, West Or-ange, 973-486-2362; Rabbi Mendy Herson, Chabad Center, Basking Ridge, 908-604-8844; 8pm, Rabbi Dov Drizin, Valley Chabad, Wood-cliff Lake, 201-476-0157Tues., Nov 5, Election Day

Vote for Local and State Of-ficials, in Bergen County, the repeal of Blue Laws prohibiting Sunday shopping will be on the ballot.



“Blended Learning: Towards New Frontiers,” for teachers of early childhood, elementary, junior high school, and special-education, spons by I Jewish Day Schools and the International Jewish Resource Center for Inclusion and Special Education, at Yeshiva Noam, Para-mus, 8am-3:15pm, 212-613-8127

Jewish Business Network Lunch, Fumio Grill and Sushi, Liv-ingston, 11:30am, [email protected]

“Boomers—Planning for Retirement and Later Life: Es-tate and Financial Planning,” Dr. Alex Bailey, Reuben Ebrahi-moff, Rabbi Menahem Meier, Rabbi Steven Pruzansky, Martin Shenk-man, Devorah Wechter, and Marc Weiner, spons by the OU’s Seniors Actively Growing and Exploring Initiative, includes lunch, Cong Bnai Yeshurun, Teaneck, noon, 212-613-8300

Rabbi YY from England, Rabbi Ely Allen, includes kosher Mexican food, William Paterson University Hillel, Wayne, 12:45pm, 201-820-3905

Film: “Grace Paley: Collected Shorts,” JCC of Middlesex County, Edison, 1:30pm, 732-494-3232

“Life in the Balance: Jew-ish Perspectives on Everyday Medical Dilemmas: Complica-tions in Pregnancy: Aborting One Life to Save Another,” Rab-bi Levi Azimov, Chabad of North Brunswick, 7:45pm, 732-398-9492

“Tehillim in Today’s Times: Historical Background, Literary Structure, Questions of Author-ship, Spirtuality,” Adele Berlin, Cong Netivot Shalom, Teaneck, 8pm, [email protected]

Pregnancy and Newborn Loss Support Group, Holy Name Medical Center, Teaneck, 8pm, 201-833-3058

“Life in the Balance: Jew-ish Perspectives on Everyday Medical Dilemmas: End-of-Life Dilemmas: Prolonging Life vs Prolonging Death,” Rabbi Ephraim Simon, Chabad, Teaneck, 8pm 201-907-0686

Yiddish Club, for speakers on all levels, Rabbi Gerald Fried-man, JCC, Tenafly, 8:30pm, 201-569-7900

Wed., Nov 6“Life in the Balance: Jew-

ish Perspectives on Everyday Medical Dilemmas: Complica-tions in Pregnancy: Aborting One Life to Save Another,” Rab-bi Levi Azimov, Chabad of North Brunswick, 11am, 732-398-9492

“Life in the Balance: Jew-ish Perspectives on Everyday Medical Dilemmas: Safeguarding Our Health: BRCA, Genetic Test-ing and Preventive Measures” and “End-of-Life Dilemmas: Prolonging Life vs Prolonging Death,” Rabbi Levi Grossbaum, private law firm in Roseland, noon, 973-486-2362

Rabbi YY from England, Rabbi Ely Allen, includes kosher Mexican food, Fairleigh Dickinson University Hillel, University Cha-pel, Teaneck, 1pm, 201-820-3905

Strength-to-Strength Sup-port Group, for parents whose children, ages 15-25, are dealing with chemical dependency, psy-chological disorders, or co-occur-ring issues, Dr. Jeffrey Berman, JCC, Tenafly, 7pm, 201-408-1403 or 201-569-7900

Contemporary Israeli Po-etry Group, in the original with English translation and discussion, Atara Fobar, Hebrew Institute of Riverdale, 7pm, 718-796-4730

Abused Women’s Confi-dential Support Group, Jewish Family Service, Teaneck, 7:15pm, 201-837-9090

“Life in the Balance: Jew-ish Perspectives on Everyday Medical Dilemmas: End-of-Life Dilemmas: Prolonging Life vs Prolonging Death,” Rabbi Mendy Gurkov, Chabad, Haskell, 7:15pm, 201-696-7609, Rabbi Mendy Man-gel, Chabad, Cherry Hill, 7:30pm, 856-874-1500; Rabbi Asher Herson, Chabad, Rockaway, 7:45pm, 973-615-1525 ext 202, Rabbi Chanoch Kaplan, Chabad, Franklin Lakes, 8pm, 201-848-0449

Jewish 12-Step Meeting, JACS—Jewish Alcoholics, Chem-ically Dependent Persons, and Significant Others, Jewish Family Service, Teaneck, 7:30pm, 201-837-9090, ask for IRA (Informa-tion and Referral) or 201-981-1071

“Is This Tomorrow?” Caro-line Leavitt, JCC Rockland, West Nyack, 7:30pm, 845-362-4400

“Life in the Balance: Jew-ish Perspectives on Everyday Medical Dilemmas: Complica-

tions in Pregnancy: Aborting One Life to Save Another,” Rabbi Mendy Lewish, Chabad, Old Tap-pan, 7:30pm, 201-767-4008

Bret Stephens, spons by AIPAC, Cong Ahavath Torah, Englewood, 8pm

Shomer Shabbos Boy Scout Meeting, for boys in 6th grade or 11 years old and up, Bais Medrash L’Torah, Rabbi Davis’s shul, Passaic, 8pm, [email protected]

Tehillim Group, Cong Shaare Tefillah, Teaneck, 8:15pm, 201-289-5474, 917-902-9303, or 201-836-3431

Advanced Jewish Learning Fellowship, Rabbi Akiva Weiss, Rutgers Hillel, New Brunswick, 8:30pm, 732-545-2407

Thurs., Nov 7Women’s Jewish Business

Network, The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf, Paramus, 9:30am, [email protected]

Yedidainu, for special-needs children ages 6-12, spons by the Friendship Circle, Yavneh Acad-emy, Paramus, 10am-3pm, 201-262-7172

Rabbi YY from England, Rabbi Ely Allen, includes kosher Mexican food, Bergen Community College Hillel, Paramus, 12:30pm, 201-820-3905

“The Cohn Sisters and Their Collection of Artists,” Karen Levi-tov, JCC Rockland, West Nyack, 1pm, 845-362-4400

Mishmor, for special-needs and normally developing boys and girls grades 2-5, includes study with rabbinic students, help with homework, stores, sports, and re-freshments, Friendship Circle, Liv-ingston, 6:30pm, 973-251-0200

Kristallnacht Commemo-ration: Film: “Nicky’s Family”

and Kindertransport Survivor Eva Holzer, JCC, Tenafly, 7:30pm, 201-569-7900

Couples Program Webi-nar: “Responsibility and Per-sonal Growth,” Rabbi Adam Jacobs, 9pm, 404-512-1836 or [email protected]

Fri., Nov 8Yedidainu, for special-needs

children ages 6-12, spons by the Friendship Circle, Moriah School of Englewood, 10am-3pm, 201-262-7172

Shabbat, Nov 9Educational Prayer Service,


Bnai Akiva Snif (Shabbat Afternoon Groups), for grades 1-6, Cong Netivot Shalom, Teaneck, 4:15pm, [email protected]

Motzei Shabbat, Nov 9Cong Darchei Noam (Fair

Lawn) Dinner, honoring Rachel and Nathan Bednarsh, Fair Lawn Jewish Center, 8pm, 201-773-4080

Sun., Nov 10Theater Trip: To See “Lies

My Father Told Me” Off-Broad-way, leave JCC Rockland, West Nyack, 8am, 845-362-4400

Blood Drive, Cong Shom-rei Torah, Fair Lawn, 9am, 201-791-7676

Yom Iyun: “Daily Dose of Emunah,” for women, Orit Riter, Cong Shomrei Torah, Fair Lawn, 9am, 201-791-7910

Teleconference: Bilvai Mish-kan Evneh: Chaburah on the Energies of the Chodesh, for women, Rabbi Itamar Schwartz,



9:30am, 973-246-5223“Life in the Balance: Jew-

ish Perspectives on Everyday Medical Dilemmas: Safeguard-ing Our Health: Complications in Pregnancy: Aborting One Life to Save Another,” Rabbi Levi Shemtov, Chabad of Riverdale, 9:45am, 718-549-1100

Children’s Circle, for special-needs children, includes music, art, baking, story-time, sports, and entertainment, spons by the Friendship Circle, Rosen-baum Yeshiva of North Jersey, noon, 201-262-7172

Teen Circle, for special-needs young adults 12-21, high school volunteers, spons by the Friend-ship Circle, Rosenbaum Yeshiva of North Jersey, noon, 201-262-7172

Mitzvah Volunteer Pro-gram Finale, for boys and girls in 6th grade who want to work with special-needs children, spons by the Friendship Circle, Rosen-baum Yeshiva of North Jersey, River Edge, 1pm, 201-262-7172

75th Anniversary Kristall-nacht Commemoration, in con-junction with a town in Germany commemorating Kristallnacht,

Rider University, Lawrenceville, 1pm, 609-896-5000

Yachad Support Group, for fathers of special-needs children, East Brunswick Jewish Center, 2:30pm, 732-754-7061

Film: “AKA Doc Pomus,” JCC Rockland, West Nyack, 7pm, 845-362-4400

Rockland and Bergen County Adoptive Families Meet-Up and Support Group, for those who have already adopted or are in the pro-cess of adopting, internationally and domestically, private home, 7:30pm, www.meetup.com/Rockland-and-

Bergen-Adoptive-Families“Life in the Balance: Jewish

Perspectives on Everyday Medi-cal Dilemmas: Safeguarding Our Health: Complications in Pregnancy: Aborting One Life to Save Another,” Rabbi Avrohom Bergstein, Chabad, Fair Lawn, 8pm, 718-839-5296

Word of new events and classes come in every day. To keep up with a program that might interest you—even if you have to drive a bit—check “Commu-nity Log Additions That Came in Too Late for the Print Edition” at jewishvoiceandopinion.com. Y

New Classes This MonthSundays

Shiur, Rabbi Zvi Sobolofsky, Cong Ohr HaTorah, Bergenfield, 7:15am, [email protected]

Chaburah, Cong Agudath Israel, Highland Park, 7:30am, 732-819-8300Daf B’Iyun, Rabbi Akiva Sauer, Cong Ohr Torah, Edison, 7:30am,

732-777-6840Sefer Melachim, Rabbi Nathaniel Helfgot, Cong Netivot Shalom,

Teaneck, 8:30am, [email protected] and Learn, for children in grades 5-8, Rabbi Shalom

Baum, Cong Keter Torah, Teaneck, 8:30am, 201-907-0180Contemporary Halacha, Rabbi Duvie Weiss, Cong Keter Torah,

Teaneck, 8:30am, 201-907-0180Gemara, Rabbi Yosef Posen, Cong Agudath Israel, Highland Park,

9am, 732-819-8300Dirshu Daf Yomi B’Halacha, Rabbi Gedaliah Jaffe, Cong Ahavas

Yisrael, Edison, 9am, [email protected] Classes, for girls grades 3-4, Esther Vann, Yeshivat Beit

Hillel, Passaic, 9:15am, 973-916-5066Israeli Dance, Cong Beth Abraham, Bergenfield, grades 3-4, 9am;

grades 1-2, 10am; 201-384-0434Insanity Exercise Class, for men, Judah Seidman, Cong Rinat

Yisrael, Teaneck, 9am, [email protected] Circle Torah Circle, for special-needs youngsters,

working with high school and college students, Friendship Circle, Livingston, 9am, 973-723-4085

Gemara Shiur, Rabbi Avrumy Fein, Riverdale Jewish Center, 9:15am, 718-548-1850

Tefillah, for women, Rebbetzin Rivka Eichenstein, Cong Agudath Israel, Highland Park, 10am, 732-572-4408

“It’s All in Your Mind” by Sara Yosef, for women, Rabbi David Bassous, Cong Etz Ahaim, Highland Park, 10am, 732-247-3839

Kids Theater Club, Cong Ohav Emeth, Highland Park, 10am, 732-247-3038

Dance Classes, for girls grades 5-8, Esther Vann, Yeshivat Beit Hillel, Passaic, 10:15am, 973-916-5066

Zumba, for girls grades 3-5, Cong Rinat Yisrael, Teaneck, 10:30am, 201-837-2795

Painting Exhibit: “Berlin-Shanghai-Newark: The Odyssey and Art of John H. Less,” Jewish Museum, Newark, 1-5pm, 973-698-8489

Kol B’rama Girls Choir and Singing Program, for girls ages 9-13, Rachelle Block, private home in Monsey, 2pm, 845-608-9766, begins Oct 13

Webinar: “Midrash Agnon: Agnon’s Hometown,” Rabbi Jef-

frey Saks, www.WebYeshiva.org/Agnon, 7pm, [email protected] Maga, for boys ages 15-17, Young Israel of Teaneck, 8pm,

[email protected] Fusion, Arielle Sheinbein, Cong Rinat Yisrael, Teaneck,

8:15pm, 201-837-2795Mondays

Parsha Shiur, for women, Miri Cohen, private home in Highland Park, 9am, 732-249-5116

PJ Library Story Time in English and Hebrew, for parents with babies 6-18 months, Hebrew fluency not required, JCC, Tenafly, 9:15am, 201-569-7900

“A Journey Pursuing Our Wants,” Rebbetzin Leah Kohn, spons by the Jewish Renaissance Center, at a private home in Teaneck, 9:45am, 201-692-3757

Midrash and Parsha, for women, Rabbi Steven Pruzansky, Cong Bnai Yeshurun, Teaneck, 11am, 201-836-8916

Neve Passaic Torah Institute Bais Yaakov Program, for women, Sara Yankelewitz, includes Chumash with Rashi, dikduk, Navi, Tefillah, must know about to decipher aleph-bais but no comprehension re-quired, Beit Shvidler Conference Center, Monsey, 11am, 908-278-4059

The Gentlemen’s Kollel, Riverdale Jewish Center, 1pm, 718-548-1850Karate, for kindergarten through adult, Sensei Gene, Young Is-

rael of East Brunswick, 4:45pm and 6pm, 732-254-7888Support Group: “Widows and Widowers: You Are Not Alone,”

Judy Brauner, LCSW, JCC, Tenafly, 6pm, 201-569-7900, begins Oct 14“Life of King David,” for high school students, Yoni Glatt, Cong

Etz Chaim, Livingston, 6pm, 973-597-1655Hebrew Reading Crash Course, Hebrew Institute of Riverdale,

6:30pm, 718-796-4730Shomer Shabbat Boy Scout Troop, for boys in grades 6-12, Scout-

master Daniel Chazin, Jewish Center of Teaneck, 7:30pm, 201-836-7019Shmiras HaLoshon, for women, Rebbetzin Leah Drillman, pri-

vate home in Highland Park, 7:30pm, 201-410-1893 or 732-777-6787Neve Passaic Torah Institute Bais Yaakov Program, for women,

Sara Yankelewitz, includes Chumash with Rashi, dikduk, Navi, Tefillah, must know about to decipher aleph-bais but no comprehension required, private home in Teaneck, 7:30pm, [email protected] or 908-278-4059

Support Group: “Uncoupling: Coping with Divorce and Separa-tion,” Judy Brauner, LCSW, JCC, Tenafly, 7:45pm, 201-569-7900, begins Oct 14

Megilat Esther, Rabbi Ian Shaffer, Young Israel of Fair Lawn, 7:55pm, 201-797-1800

Parsha, for women, Rebbetzin Rivka Eichenstein, Cong Ohr To-



rah, Edison, 8pm, 732-572-4408Gemara Shiur: Masechet Sukkah, Rabbi Yosef Adler, Cong Rinat

Yisrael, Teaneck, 8pm, 201-837-2795Zumba, for women, Cong Rinat Yisrael, Teaneck, 8pm, 201-837-2795Parashat HaShavua, Rabbi Yaakov Blau, Cong Rinat Yisrael, Te-

aneck, 8pm, 201-837-2795Torah Class, Rabbi Avrohom Bergstein, Anshei Lubavitch Cong,

Fair Lawn, 8pm, 201-794-3770Pirkei Avos, Debra Korman, private home in Englewood, 8pm,

201-568-6345Parsha, for women, Rabbi E. Samuel Klibanoff, Cong Etz Chaim,

Livingston, 8pm, 973-597-1655“Great Decisions,” Rabbi Steven Pruzansky, Cong Bnai Yeshu-

run, Teaneck, 8:15am, 201-836-8916Navi Shiur: Sefer Melachim Aleph, for women, Aviva Orlian,

private home in Spring Valley, 8:15pm, 845-300-4880“Halachot and Ethics of Interpersonal Relationships,” for

men and women, Rabbi Jay Weinstein, Young Israel of East Bruns-wick, 8:30pm, 732-254-1860

Tefillah, Rabbi Chaim Presby, Cong Agudath Israel, Highland Park, 8:30pm, 732-819-8300

“Tehillos ha-Tefilla: Exploring the Perakim That Shape the Siddur and Can Re-Energize Our Tefilla,” for women, Rabbi Tan-chum Cohen, Cong Beth Abraham, Bergenfield, 8:30pm, 201-384-0434

Beis Medrash Program, for boys in grades 10-12, Rabbi Tan-chum Cohen, Cong Beth Abraham, Bergenfield, 9pm, 201-384-0434

Gemara Masechet, Rabbi Steven Miodownik, private home in Highland Park, 9pm, 732-565-0744 or 732-247-0532

TuesdaysParsha, for women, Rebbetzin Cohen, private home in Highland

Park, 9am, 732-249-5116“Megillos,” for women, Shoshana Sperling, spons by Neve Pas-

saic Torah Institute, private home in Passaic, 9:40am, 908-278-4059Parshat HaShavua, for women, Rabbi Eliezer Zwickler, Cong Aha-

was Achim Bnai Jacob and David, West Orange, 10am, 973-736-1407Talmud, Rabbi Shmuel Goldin, Cong Ahavath Torah, Englewood,

10:30am, 201-568-1315Parshat HaShavua, Rabbi Shmuel Goldin, Cong Ahavath Torah,

Englewood, 11am, 201-568-1315Coffee and Class, Riverdale Jewish Center, 11:30am, 718-548-1850Rambam on the Parsha, for women, Rabbi Ari Zahtz, Cong Bnai

Yeshurun, Teaneck, 11:30am, 201-836-8916Gan Miriam Mommy and Me, for children ages 15-24 months

with a parent, Nurit Bacharach and Ritz Zelkowitz, Riverdale Jewish Center, 1pm, 718-543-2553

Parsha Shiur, for women, Rabbi Eliyahu Kaufman, Cong Ohav Emeth, Highland Park, 1:30pm, 732-247-3038

Shiru Lo Junior Boys Choir and Singing Program, for boys ages 6-8, Rabbi Chaim Block, Kehilat Bais Yehuda, Wesley Hills, 6:15pm, [email protected]

Mitzvah Volunteer Program, for boys and girls in 6th grade who want to work with special-needs children, spons by the Friendship Circle, Cong Beth Tefillah, Paramus, 6:30pm, 201-262-7172, begins Oct 15

Confidential and Anonymous Alateen Meetings, for girls ages 9-19 who have friends or family with addiction disorders, including, co-depen-dency, internet, gaming, OCD, food addiction, eating disorders, and sub-stance abuse, Rikki Wisotsky, Cong Tifereth Israel, Passaic, 7pm, 973-249-7435

Shiru Lo Boys Choir and Singing Program, for boys ages 9-14, Rabbi Chaim Block, Kehilat Bais Yehuda, Wesley Hills, 7pm, [email protected]

Hilchos Shabbos Class, for women, Rabbi Eliezer Krohn, spons by Neve Passaic Torah Institute, private home in Passaic, 7:45pm, 908-278-4059

Yeshiva Night: Study Buddies, learn with students from the Rab-binical College of America, at West Orange Chabad, 8pm, 973-486-2362

“Topics on Tuesdays,” for women, Rabbi Andrew Markowitz, private homes in Fair Lawn, 8pm, 201-791-7910

Rambam and the Parsha, Rabbi Jason Finkelstein, Cong Bnai Yeshurun, Teaneck, 8:15pm, 201-836-8916

Pilates Fusion, Arielle Sheinbein, Cong Rinat Yisrael, Teaneck, 8:15pm, 201-837-2795

Halacha, Avi Kamelhar, Cong Agudath Israel, Highland Park, 8:30pm, 732-819-8300

School Open HousesSun, Oct 13

Heichal HaTorah Yeshiva High School Informational Meetings, for parents of 8th grade boys, held throughout the week in Teaneck, 201-335-0633

Mon., Oct 14Yeshivat Noam Open

House, for prospective par-ents of children grades pre-K-7, Paramus, 8pm, 201-261-1919

Wed., Oct 16SAR Elementary School

Open House, for prospective parents of children in grades pre-K-7, Riverdale, 7pm, 718-548-1717

Sun., Oct 20Ma’ayanot Yeshiva High

School for Girls Open House, for 8th grade girls and their parents, Teaneck, 12:30pm, 201-833-4307

Jewish Foundation School of Staten Island Open House, for prospective parents of children in grades pre-K-7, private home in Teaneck, 8pm, [email protected]

Wed., Oct 23Yavneh Academy Open

House, for prospective parents of children in grades pre-K-7, Paramus, 7:30pm, [email protected] Shabbat, Oct 26

Melave Malka for Heichal HaTorah Yeshiva High School, for 8th grade boys, includes Divrei Torah and a basketball tournament, come in Shabbos clothes and bring gym clothing, Jewish Center of Teaneck, 8pm, 201-335-0633

Sun., Oct 27Rae Kushner Yeshiva

High School Open House, for 8th grade boys and girls and their parents, Livingston, 9am, 973-597-1115

Tues., Oct 29Ben Porat Yosef Open

House, for prospective par-ents of children grades pre-K-7, Paramus, 8pm, 201-845-5007

Wed., Oct 30Moriah School of Engle-

wood Open House, for prospec-tive parents of children grades Pre-K-7, 8pm, 201-567-0208

Sun., Nov 3Bruriah High School for

Girls of the Jewish Educa-tional Center Open House, for 8th grade girls and their parents, includes buffet lunch with the chance to speak to faculty, alumni, students, and current parents, Elizabeth, 9:30am-12:45pm, 908-355-4850

Rosenbaum Yeshiva of North Jersey, for prospective parents of children grades Pre-K-7, River Edge, academic fair, 7pm; program and interactive presen-tations, 7:30pm, 201-986-1414

Wed., Nov 6Yeshivat He’Atid of Ber-

genfield Open House, for pro-spective parents of children in grades pre-K-2, at Cong Rinat Yis-rael, Teaneck, 8pm, 201-374-2272

Sun., Nov 10Frisch Yeshiva High

School Open House, for 8th graders and their parents, Para-mus, 9:15am, 201-267-9100

Tues., Nov 12Rav Teitz Mesivta Acad-

emy of the Jewish Education-al Center Open House, for 8th grade boys and their parents, Elizabeth, 7pm, 908-355-4850

Tues., Nov 19Kushner Yeshiva Lower

School Open House, for pro-spective parents of children in grades pre-K-7, Livingston, 7pm, 973-597-1115 Y



Rabbi’s Shiur, Rabbi Jonathan Rosenblatt, Riverdale Jewish Cen-ter, 8:30pm, 718-548-1850

Parsha Shiur, Rav Meir Goldwicht, Cong Bnai Yeshurun, Teaneck, 8:30pm, 201-836-8916

Parsha HaShavua, Rabbi Uri Goldstein, Cong Ahavat Achim, Fair Lawn, 8:30pm, 201-797-0502

Arachim Lecture, in Hebrew, Rabbi Yinon Kalazan, Cong Etz Chaim, Livingston, 8:30pm, 973-597-1655

Gemara: Prohibitions of Shabbat, Rabbi Shlomo Nussbaum, spons by the Young Israel of East Brunswick and the Highland Park Commu-nity Kollel, at the Young Israel of East Brunswick, 8:30pm, 732-254-1860

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Enlarging PsagotMr. Ariel said the attack on Noam

Glick prompted his ministry to strengthen and enlarge Psagot as well. “When some-one seeks to uproot us, we immediately dig in and send out deeper roots. That is what will happen in Psagot,” he said, call-ing young Noam Glick “a great heroine.”

Mr. Ariel’s intervention may be cru-cial. Last month, in an effort to prevent residents of Psagot from enlarging their community, Israel’s left-wing Attorney General, Yehuda Weinstein, moved to bar Israelis in Judea and Samaria from finding out who owns neighboring land.

The controversy began when a group of residents in Psagot asked to see the land registry. In light of past cases in which Jews purchased land in Judea and Samaria from Arabs, only to have other Arabs appear and claim to be the real owners, the Psagot resi-dents were cautious. They wanted to be certain that any land they purchase will be from the real owner without the risk of an imposter coming later to claim ownership.

Freedom of InformationTheir request for information is per-

mitted by the Jerusalem District Court un-der the Freedom of Information Law. Mr. Weinstein, however, is appealing the court’s ruling. He is arguing to the Supreme Court that the Freedom of Information law should not apply to Judea and Samaria due to the “sensitive nature of land purchases” there.

Residents of Psagot hope Mr. Ariel will be able to support their quest to ascertain who the owners are and make the purchases.

Mr. Weinstein’s actions angered Mr. Yogev who said the Attorney General was more concerned with international poli-tics than he is with the legitimate growth of communities such as Psagot.

“It seems that the Attorney General, too, is missing the awareness that the

land of Israel belongs to the people of Israel,” said Mr. Yogev.

Asking for CalmInternational politics were very much

on the minds of other officials who spoke out on the terrorism in Israel. The UN’s special coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Robert Serry, condemned the murders, but emphasized the need for “calm on the ground during this criti-cal moment in the political efforts.”

The US State Department’s spokes-woman, Jen Psaki, called the terrorism “unacceptable.”

The violence and terror, she said, “un-dermine efforts to establish the positive atmosphere the parties need to progress in peace negotiations.”

She called on “all parties to join in condemning these attacks.”

IntifadaIn response, Hamas spokesman Musa

Abu Marzouk announced more attacks were planned. “We are on the verge of a third intifada,” he said, using the term to describe a violent uprising or terror war.

The first intifada went from 1987-1993. The second, sometimes called the Oslo War, began in 2000 and ended in 2009. It left 1,178 Israelis dead, 70 percent of them civilians, in more than 20,000 at-tacks that included 144 suicide bombings.

Hamas MP Mushir Almasri said the increase of attacks on Jews signal a “re-newal of the resistance” against Israel. On his Facebook page, he called on “the heroes of the West Bank” to carry out a revolution against “the occupation.”

Not a New TrendAccording to some reports, the PA

officially rejected calls for a third intifada saying it would “not allow the West Bank to become an arena for chaos to serve a private agenda.”

However, as Mr. Lev pointed out, not only has Mr. Abbas refused to condemn the terrorist attacks, he has not sought to capture the terrorists who perpetrat-ed them, “as is his obligation under the Oslo Accords.”

IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz said that while the murders were “tragedies that occurred in the same time period,” they were not “part of a new trend.”

“We are faced with terror on all fronts,” he said, calling the month “a reminder that even when everything appears calm and quiet, with the troubles of the region plaguing not Israel but our neighbors, the IDF, its soldiers, and officers, need to deal with many crises on several fronts.”

Holding Him AccountableThis past August, Mr. Netanyahu sent

a letter to US Secretary of State John Kerry complaining that incitement against Israel has continued even though the parties have returned to the negotiating table.

“Incitement and peace do not go together. Instead of educating the next generation of Palestinians to live in peace with Israel, the education to terror poisons them against Israel and lays the ground-work for continued violence and terror,” Mr. Netanyahu told Mr. Kerry.

Sources close to Mr. Netanyahu said he was referring specifically to a recent statement by Mr. Abbas that there would not be a single Israeli or Jew living within a future PA state and a broadcast on PA-controlled television that the PA’s state boundaries would stretch from Rosh Hanikra to Eilat, Israel’s northwestern corner to its southern tip.

“Abbas speaks of a Palestinian state ethnically cleansed of Jews. The first thing to do in response to this attack is to halt the release of terrorists,” said Deputy Min-ister Ofir Akounis, of Likud. S.L.R.


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the murders oF two IDF soldiers and the shooting of a child in Psagot were not the only acts of Palestinian terrorism last month. In light of a wide variety of terrorist attacks, some of which were thwarted by Israeli security, the Pew Research Center conducted a survey over several nations showing that the Obama administration’s apparent optimism over the prospects for peace between Israel and the Palestinians may be somewhat misplaced.

The survey showed that a majority of Palestinians support suicide bomb-ings. According to Arutz Sheva’s Ari Sof-fer, the survey also shows the danger of turning a blind eye to PA-sponsored re-ligious hatred.

Conducted with 11 different nation-alities living in the midst of large Muslim populations, the survey asked respondents for their views on “Islamic extremism.”

When asked whether suicide bomb-ings were ever justified, a whopping 62 percent from the PA’s territories, answered that suicide bombings were at least some-times justified.

By contrast, in Lebanon, which had the next highest level of support for sui-cide bombings, only 33 percent said that they were at least sometimes justified.

Muslims from the PA territories were also far in the lead regarding whether suicide bombings were “often” justified. Thirty-seven percent said they were. In comparison, the next highest percent-age of respondents who answered that way were in Senegal, where 11 percent said they were “often” justified.

Islamic ImperativeThe survey may help explain why Israel’s

security services were so busy last month.According to Itamar Marcus, director

of Palestinian Media Watch, the results reflect the widespread campaigns of in-citement by Hamas and the Palestinian Authority in their media, school texts, and mosques.

“The PA, through its religious estab-lishments, has been presenting the kill-ing of Jews as an Islamic imperative for many years,” said Mr. Marcus.

BrainwashingHe pointed out that, in 2012, the PA-

appointed Mufti of Jerusalem quoted the

same Hadith, or Islamic teaching, that had been used throughout the period of both the first and second intifadas: the end of days will come only when Mus-lims kill the Jews.

“The constant brainwashing of Pal-estinians by their leadership—that killing Jews in the name of Islam is a duty—has clearly influenced them,” he said, noting



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that many media commenta-tors and political leaders turn a blind eye to the PA’s systematic program of religious incitement.

“The continued teaching that Allah wants the Jews to be killed leaves us in a situa-tion in which Israel’s neigh-bors—the Palestinians—believe they have a religious obliga-tion to kill Jews. This is one of the most significant aspects of the conflict, and it is com-pletely ignored by the political establishment,” he said.

If he is correct, then the fruit of that incitement was clearly on display last month.Terror Thwarted at the Mall

At the beginning of Sep-tember, Israel’s General Secu-rity Service announced that, in conjunction with the IDF, it had demolished a Hamas ter-rorist cell that had been in the advanced stages of planning a massive attack against the Mamilla Mall in central Jeru-salem, not unlike the one per-petrated by Islamists in Kenya.

The cell’s leader, Hamdi Rumana, 22, from the Ramallah-El Bireh area, had prepared a weapons-and-explosives lab-oratory in his home, working with a Hamas technical expert and two residents of Ramal-lah, who had provided him with chemicals and instruc-tions necessary to assemble explosive devices.

He was also working with two Arab residents of Jerusa-lem, maintenance men in the Mamilla Mall, who had Israeli ID cards that made moving about the city much easier.

ChocolatesThe plan was for the main-

tenance workers to smuggle an explosive device into the mall and hide it in their personal lockers until the intermediary days of Sukkot when the shop-ping center would be jammed with residents and tourists. The terrorists planned to plant the device, disguised as a gift box of chocolates, in one of the mall’s busy restaurants.

In addition, the terrorists planned to kidnap and murder an Israeli soldier and fire rockets into Psagot and Beit El, Israeli communities near Ramallah.

Using a gun obtained from a resident in Ramallah, Mr. Rumana and his fellow ter-rorists hoped to attack an IDF checkpoint near Jerusalem.Desecrated Joseph’s Tomb

While these terrorists were caught before they could ex-ecute their plans, gangs of Arabs who attacked Jewish worshippers at the Tomb of Joseph (Kever Yosef) in Shechem (Nablus) were more successful.

On September 11, more than 3,000 worshippers, who were accompanied by a large number of IDF soldiers, were

attacked first with rocks and bricks by rioting Arabs. When one of the attackers opened fire at the soldiers with an automatic weapon, the troops and civilians took cover. Soldiers fired back in the direction of the gunfire, hitting the terrorist who had fired on them and injuring him seriously. He was taken to an Israeli hospital for treatment.

After the shootout, sol-diers were able to quell the riot and the Jewish worship-pers were able to reach the tomb to hold Selichot services.

Four other Arab rioters were injured in the melee.Forgotten Oslo Commitment

According to the Oslo Ac-cords, Shechem is designated as Area A, under PA civilian and security control. In the agree-ment, the PA committed itself to ensuring security for Jews who wish to visit and pray at the Joseph’s Tomb. In fact, Jews who visit the site go with IDF

soldiers because attacks by ri-oting Arabs are common.

The tomb has also been the site of numerous terror-ist acts. In October 2000, at the start of the second inti-fada, an Arab mob attacked the site, ransacking the tomb and desecrating Jewish holy items and books. The detach-ment of Israeli border police that had been stationed there was attacked. One of the offi-cers was killed in the fighting along with six of the attackers.

Rabbi Hillel Lieberman, then rosh yeshiva of the Od Yosef Chai yeshiva, which had been housed in the tomb, was murdered in the attack, lynched as he tried to protect sacred Jewish items in the tomb.

In 2011, PA policemen opened fire on a car carrying Jewish worshipers to the site. Ben Yosef Livnat, a 24-year-old father of four, was killed.

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Awe and HorrorThe Selichot Service at

the tomb last month was or-ganized by the Samaria Re-gional Council.

When the Jewish worship-pers reached the tomb, they were met with a scene of dev-astation. During the time when Jews were unable to pray at the site, and it had been under the control of the PA, it had been sabotaged. Windows were damaged, bathrooms had been broken, and the ner tamid candle was destroyed.

Israel’s Deputy Minister of Religious Affairs Eli Ben-Dahan (Jewish Home), who accompa-nied the Jewish worshippers, said his feelings of “awe at the opportunity” to pray at the site mingled with the “horror at the vandalism.”

“It’s outrageous that Jews who come to pray at the tomb of the righteous Joseph have to sneak in like thieves in the night just because the Israeli govern-ment is afraid to exercise its sov-ereignty under the Oslo Accords,” said Gershon Mesika, head of the Samaria Regional Council.

Terror-TheftOn the same day, a couple

from Beit El were attacked while driving in Samaria. Two Arabs, using a stolen Israeli vehicle, blocked the road, damaged the couple’s car, beat the husband, and stole the woman’s purse.

According to the husband,

the Arabs sped past the Jewish driver and then stopped ahead of them in a spot that made it impossible for the Jewish couple to continue.

After the Arabs fled, the Jewish driver alerted secu-rity officials who chased the thieves, tracked the vehicle, and halted it at a roadblock, which the Arabs tried to jump. The Arabs were arrested and the Jewish driver was treated at a medical center.

According to Major Eli Toledano, commander of the Tzabar Battalion, the IDF treats such criminal attacks as acts of terrorism.

“Successful robberies could just as easily be successful ter-rorist attacks,” he said. “Instead of committing a robbery, they could have harmed the pas-sengers. The set-up for a crime is like the set-up for a terrorist attack,” he said.

The Arabs’ stolen car con-tained metal rods, knives, a commando-style knife, and an Israeli ID card, which turned out to belong to the woman whose purse had been taken.

Outmaneuvering the Attackers

Less than a week later, Mr. Toledano’s assessment proved accurate for Yair Weiss and his wife, Rivka, who, at 11:30pm, were driving from Ofra in the Benjamin region to their home in the nearby community of

Ateret. As they approached Ateret, they noticed a car at the side of the road headed toward Shiloh.

According to Mr. Weiss, when the driver saw him, he did a U-turn and started to follow the couple down a winding road that is difficult to maneuver. De-spite the danger, the other car tried twice to pass Mr. Weiss.

“The second time, I hit the brakes so he could keep going and leave me alone,” said Mr. Weiss.

But instead, the other driver pulled quickly in front of the Weiss’s car and an Arab man jumped out waving a metal rod. Mr. Weiss realized he had two choices: run him down or try to get around him.

He opted to turn right, managing to pass the Arab’s car. “He was able to hit the back door. He was in shock that I’d escaped,” said Mr. Weiss.

Afraid of a GunJumping back into his

car, the Arab set out after the Weisses again. “If it were not for the fact that I drove these roads every day, I would have been unable to keep ahead of the other car,” said Mr. Weiss.

Finally, Mr. Weiss slowed down and the Arab quickly did a U-turn and drove toward a nearby Arab community. Mr. Weiss said he believes the Arab thought he had a gun and was preparing to fire.

The Weisses were unable to call the police because there was no mobile phone recep-tion in the area, an issue that local Israeli leaders have warned could lead to tragedy.

When the Weisses reached a point where they were able to use their phone, they called the police and offered a complete description, which allowed se-curity to capture their attacker.

Mr. Weiss had some advice for Jews who find themselves on the roads. “I’ve reached the conclusion that apparently they aren’t going to stop killing and robbing us all the time, so we need to be prepared. Travel with your doors locked and if you have a weapon, travel with it,” he said. “If I had stopped and he had opened the door, it could have ended very badly. You need to be alert. Notice any car parked at the side of the road, a car that suddenly jumps in. It’s better to have a few false reports than one case where a real threat is not reported.”

Hebron Fire BombsWhile police were tracking

down the Arab thieves’ car, IDF soldiers captured four young terrorists in the Hebron Hills, south of Jerusalem, moments before the Palestinians could attack Israeli motorists on a nearby highway.

Soldiers with the Kfir Bri-gade noticed the four Arabs




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hiding near a heavily used junction. When the troops approached, the four tried to escape to the nearby Arab community of Kfar Awa, but the soldiers were faster.

The soldiers discovered the would-be attackers were already in possession of pre-pared firebombs ready to be thrown. They had flammable liquid with them in order to prepare more bombs as well.

Molotov CocktailsA few days later, Israeli Border

Police arrested two Arab men, ages 18 and 20, at the Tapuach Junction after being alerted that the pair were carrying suspicious-looking plastic bags.

The two, both residents of the Raas el Ayn refugee camp near Shechem, were transporting four Molotov cocktails ready for use.

Hours earlier, a terrorist was killed during a night-time operation in Jenin as security forces encountered violent re-sistance when they attempted to apprehend a wanted man.

The terrorists threw hand-grenades and firebombs at the IDF forces who responded with live fire. One of the terrorists was lightly wounded and evac-uated to an Israeli hospital.

The target of the opera-tion tried to escape and was shot by security forces. He was taken for medical treatment, but later died in the hospital.

Yom Kippur FireOn Yom Kippur, an Israeli

Border Police unit came under attack during a routine patrol through the Arab communi-ty of Anata, near Jerusalem, where local youths attacked with concrete blocks, bottles, and buckets of paint.

Police and residents in Je-rusalem have complained of an increase in the frequency of rock attacks.

On Yom Kippur, in the mid-dle of the night, the Fairman family of the mixed Jewish-Arab neighborhood of Abu Tor in Jerusalem, was targeted with firebombs in an attack that de-stroyed most of their children’s toys and nearly burned down the entire house.

Exploding BottleBat-Ami Fairman was in

the house with her two young sisters, ages seven and nine, and her own baby. The chil-dren had already gone to sleep when she heard the sound of rocks and metal being thrown at her building from outside.

“We’re already used to it,” she said, explaining why she did not react immediately. “But when I heard a bottle explode, I realized we needed to run.”

She grabbed her sisters and the baby and ran to her mother’s apartment nearby. One firebomb had missed its target, but a second one hit the family’s sukkah and set it on fire.

“I heard the sound of little explosions as it burned. The flames were six feet high,” she recalled.

Attacking a ChildA security guard tried un-

successfully to extinguish the flames. Mrs. Fairman realized the fire could reach her apartment.

Later, she saw that the first firebomb had been aimed at her living room window. She believes the attackers saw her sister through the window and were aiming at her.

Firefighters managed to save the house, but not the children’s toys which had been near the entrance.

Mrs. Fairman said she be-lieves the police will eventually catch the attackers because of the severity of the damage. She noted that when an Arab gang hurled cement blocks at Jews in the same area a week earlier, police managed to track down two of the attackers and anticipate more arrests.

Lynch-MobDuring Chol Hamoed Suk-

koth, Asaf and Naama Bruchi and their four-year-old son of Beit El were almost not as lucky. The couple believes they nar-rowly escaped death after an “Arab lynch mob” attacked their car in Jerusalem.

The Bruchis were driving through the largely Arab neigh-borhood of A-Tur when they were stopped in traffic and came under attack. A mob of young Arabs surrounded their car and began pelting them with rocks and other missiles.

The family was traveling to the new Kedmat Tzion neigh-

borhood, near A-Tur, which is the neighborhood bordering the road from the Hebrew Uni-versity at Mount Scopus to the Mount of Olives.

“We were caught in traffic and there was no police pres-ence. We found ourselves in the middle of a lynch-mob—huge rocks were thrown at the car, and the Arabs were physically hitting and slashing it,” said Mr. Bruchi.

WoundsThe family escaped, he

said, by driving into the Beit HaChoshen neighborhood, a Jewish enclave adjacent to the ancient cemetery on the Mount of Olives. There the Bruchis met a number of other Jewish drivers whose cars had also been stoned.

According to Mr. Bruchi, his wife was struck by rocks on her head and hand. “I got hit in the head by a rock,” he said.

Their son, who was sit-ting in the back seat, was hit by a rock in his back and was cut by broken glass and flying stones as the mob shattered the car’s windows.

“If they had had a gun, we would have left there dead,” said Mr. Bruchi.

No PoliceThe family was taken to the

hospital for treatment. Mrs. Bru-chi was found to have suffered a concussion during the attack and was in a great deal of pain.

The family was furious at the lack of police presence in the area and the impunity with which the Arabs attacked them.

“The feeling I had was



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Letters to the Editor “Thought Is the World of Freedom” (R’ Dov Ber of Mazeritch)Middle East Forum Fights the al-Dura Libel

On September 30, marking the 13th anniversary of a notorious incidence of fraud by France 2 television, the Middle East Forum announced that it has paid the station a fine of €10,001 (about $13,500) on behalf of media critic Philippe Karsenty (“Israeli Investigation Says the IDF Did Not Kill Mohammed al-Dura; French Supreme Court Says New Evidence Cannot Be Used to Clear a Libel Case,” Sept, 2013).

France 2, a French government-owned television station, broadcast images on Sep. 30, 2000, of Mohamed al-Dura, a Palestinian child appearing to cower in fear in the arms of his father, contending that he was intentionally killed by the Israeli army. Research since then proved that this story is an example of “Pallywood”—false staging of a news story to make Israel look bad and incite antisemitism.

Images of the boy’s seeming death spread far and wide throughout the Muslim world, inciting violence against Israel and Jews that continues to this day. The video was used, for example, to justify the murder of Daniel Pearl, while Osama bin Laden used images of al-Dura to stir Muslims to anti-Western hatred.

Since 2002, Mr. Karsenty has worked to expose France 2’s manipulations, an effort that received a substantial boost in May 2013 when the Israeli government issued a report confirming his work.

Unfortunately, France 2 and Charles Enderlin (the reporter who edited and narrated the Dura story) responded to his critique not by commending Mr. Karsenty and correcting their work, but by suing him for libel.

After viewing raw footage proving the false reporting, an appeals court dismissed their suit. France 2 and Mr. Enderlin, instead of dropping the matter, then appealed that decision to the Court de Cassation, France’s highest court. It overruled the appeals court on a technicality (that the raw footage should not have been admitted as evidence) and fined Mr. Karsenty €10,001.

Truth, thus, was no defense for Mr. Karsenty. To protest this travesty of justice and the privileging of a fraudulent Palestinian narrative, the Middle East Forum’s Education Fund has paid the €10,001 fine for Mr. Karsenty.

For more information, contact me at [email protected] or Mr. Karsenty at [email protected]

Amy ShargelMiddle East Forum

Philadelphia, PA

Vote on October 16A very important date is looming for all New Jersey citizens

who really care about their state—Oct. 16. For those to whom this does not apply, you should simply move on to another section or just put the paper down altogether. Now, to whomever is left, I am sure that you know that this is the day of the special Senate election between conservative Steve Lonegan and liberal Cory Booker.

Without getting into a lot of politics, which I am prone to do, I am going to go way out on a limb and say that if you are planning on voting for the latter, you do not really qualify as someone who cares about New Jersey. I will call you a loyal Democrat, nothing more, nothing less. I do not believe that you

can look at the city of Newark, the city over which Mr. Booker serves as mayor, and, with any intellectual honesty, concede that he is the best we can do for the Garden State. You could only be listening to Obama and the Hollywood left who have no skin in the game beyond votes for their liberal agenda. So I say that if you are not voting for what is best for this state and ultimately for this country, then please, please stay home on Oct. 16 and please do not cancel my vote.

For those who may care about New Jersey but don’t think this is really, really critical, you don’t have to listen to me. Do some research of your own and I am sure that you’ll reach the same conclusion. Not only does New Jersey need a true conservative voice, like Steve Lonegan’s, in the US Senate, but the Republicans need to win back the Senate in order to stop Obama from truly savoring his last two years in office. Because I think we all know what that will mean for America.

Do yourself a real favor in the short time left and become a well-informed voter. Go into that booth on October 16 knowing full well that you are doing what is right for your state and country. Thankfully, Obama will be out of office in three “short” years, but if we don’t make the right decisions now in response to his bad policies, we will unfortunately be paying for them on the backs of our children for many decades to come. So mark it on your calendar now. Show you care by voting Lonegan on Wednesday, Oct. 16.

Gretchen WolfrumOxford, NJ

Pinocchio, Call Your (Oval) OfficePoliticians fudge the truth all the time. And sometimes they

flat-out lie. Bill Clinton’s infamous, “I did not have sex with that woman,” is sometimes the modern exemplar of Presidential mendacity. At least it was until October 2, when Barack Obama gave John Harwood of CNBC an interview. One response to a question makes President Clinton’s finger-wagging whopper sound like the Gettysburg Address:

President Obama said, “John, I think it’s fair to say that, during the course of my presidency, I have bent over backwards to work with the Republican party. And have purposely kept my rhetoric down. I think I’m pretty well known for being a calm guy. Sometimes people think I’m too calm.”

The mind boggles. This is a President who did not meet with the Republican minority leader in the Senate until a year and a half into his presidency; who excluded Republicans from any part in the shaping of the ObamaCare legislation, and forced it through on a strictly party-line vote; who excluded Republicans from any input on the stimulus bill; who invited Paul Ryan to a conference on health care and then insulted him to his face, not allowing Ryan to reply; who accused Republicans of wanting only to deny health care to 30 million Americans; who called them “bitter clingers;” and who told his supporters to get in their faces.

The only thing President Obama, the most divisive, partisan President in the history of the republic, has ever bent over backwards to do was to get out of a sand trap. He has kept his rhetoric down only to the extent of not advocating violence against Republicans.


“Thought Is the World of Freedom” (R’ Dov Ber of Mazeritch)I’m not a psychiatrist, so I don’t know whether this is just

an utterly cynical remark, made in the knowledge that the lap-dog media will not call him on it, or whether it is an artifact of deep problems in telling reality from fantasy.

History will not treat this man kindly.John Steele Gordon

North Salem, NY

Bat Mitzvah Project MenorahFor her bat mitzvah project, my daughter Gittel wants to help

young children in the Teaneck area who might not otherwise have the opportunity, to make a menorah for Chanukah. Families of public school students who are not enrolled in any type of Jewish educational program are encouraged to reply. You can reach her through me at [email protected]

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Helping Terror Victims in IsraelI will be running in the New York City Marathon on November

3 as part of Team OneFamily, the sports training and fundraising program which facilitates participation in endurance events while simultaneously raises money to benefit victims of terror in Israel.

I am asking all those who want to help OneFamily Fund to sponsor me. While many organizations collect money for victims of terror, OneFamily Fund is different. They not only collect money,

they work directly with the terror victims and their families every day of the year, just as any loving family member should.

The organization brings together people who have suffered through terror attacks with caring people who thankfully have not gone through that ordeal. OneFamily Fund connects Israelis with people in almost every country around the world. Together, they volunteer time and money to help families of terror victims in every way.

Team OneFamily brings together like-minded people of all ages and levels from beginners to advanced. The programs are a gateway to get in shape or realize athletic goals, a way to change your lifestyle and get healthy, all while joining a great group of people who care about the future of Israel.

Through each program, Team OneFamily members commit to raise money which helps alleviate the suffering of victims of terrorism in Israel.

Based in Teaneck, OneFamily Fund uses 77.3 percent of its budget for program-related expenses (i.e. helping terror victims and their families); 12.8 percent of its budget for fundraising activities; and 9.8 percent for administrative expenses.

To find out more, you can call them at 866-913-2645.To sponsor me, please go to http://www.teamonefamily.

org/plachikkatviswanath.Thanks

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Anti-Israel Campaign on Rutgers Campusin early october, anti-Israel students at Rutgers Univer-sity in New Brunswick engaged in yet another attempt to delegitimize Israel. The tactic was described as not only a blatant act of intimidation, but also the dissemination of fla-grantly untrue material about the Jewish state, aimed at noth-ing less than demonization.

On Monday morning, October 7, approximately 1,000 students at Rutgers University in New Brunswick awoke to find an eviction notice informing them that they had three days to vacate or their belongings would be destroyed.

The Rutgers chapter of “Students for Justice in Palestine” (SJP) posted the notices in the form of flyers on residence hall doors on the campuses of all five Rutgers schools in New Brunswick.

As part of SJP’s “Palestinian-style eviction movement,” the eviction notice flyer was also shoved underneath the doors of almost 1,000 private rooms as well.

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there is a lack of Israeli sov-ereignty in the area,” he said.

Two weeks later, the fam-ily was still reeling from the trauma. Mrs. Bruchi had been in and out of the hospital sev-eral times.

Their son asked his parents if some terrorists are children. “I told him yes because, after all, he saw who was throwing rocks at us, and some of them were children,” said Mr. Bruchi.

“There is the chilling knowl-edge that our attackers are still at large,” he said.

Similar AttacksThe lack of police protec-

tion is still a source of frustra-tion. “We heard that the next day a hareidi family from New York was attacked in the same way in the same place at the very same time,” he said. “We gave our testimony to the po-lice, but, unfortunately, even though this was a terrorist

attack in every sense, I still need to chase down the Na-tional Insurance Institute to get our money back for the ambulance. The same with damage for the car.”

The evening after the Bru-chis’ attack, Jerusalem police were faced with the task of dispersing dozens of young Arab rioters near the Damascus Gate. Some waved PLO flags, but others hurled stones.

No one was hurt in the incident.

A day after the Bruchis were attacked, IDF commanders or-dered the closure of part of the highway which runs near the community of Beit El. Accord-ing to Arutz Sheva’s Maayana Miskin, the decision to close the highway was made after Arab rioters had made it very difficult for Jewish families liv-ing near the outskirts of Beit El.

“Arab riots have been in-

creasingly frequent near the security fence around Beit El. In addition to the suffer-ing caused to civilians in the area, security personnel were concerned that the riots put Israeli residents of the town at risk,” said Ms. Miskin.

Violent disturbances con-tinued. Arab riots broke out at the Damascus Gate, on the Mount of Olives, and at the Rockefeller antiquities museum.

About 100 Arabs rioted next to Rachel’s Tomb between Jerusalem at Bethlehem. The Arabs threw rocks at Israeli se-curity forces.

Other disorders were re-ported in the Judean com-munities of Hebron, Kadum, the Samarian Arab village of Bituniya, near Ramallah, the junction near Huwara and the Benjamin-region Jewish com-munity of Neve Tzuf.

Third Intifada?The violence came against

the backdrop of a call by Hamas and Islamic Jihad for the launch of a third intifada uprising against Israel while PA Chairman Mah-moud Abbas told the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday evening that his goal is to achieve permanent peace with Israel.

Abu Obaida, a spokesman for Hamas’ armed wing, Izaddin Kassam brigades, has urged PA Arabs to wage a third intifada against Israel in response to Israeli efforts to “judaize Jeru-salem,” especially the Temple Mount. He told reporters in Gaza that Hamas has not aban-doned the option of suicide bombings.

He accused Israel of exploit-ing the current “futile” peace talks with the PA to “liquidate the Pal-estinian cause and create new facts on the ground.” S.L.R.



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