Crossword Puzzle for 8-28-09

The Jerusalem Post Crossword

By David Benkof

Issue of August 28, 2009 / 8 Elul 5769

Across

1. First name in Jewish painters

Slice of life: High Holiday decadent desserts

By Eileen Goltz

Issue of August 28, 2009 / 8 Elul 5769

Holiday time, while full of family, friends and davening, can be stressful. What to wear, where to sit and what to serve all play a part in the four weeks that I like to call ‘Eat, pray fast (or pray, fast if you prefer), now it’s diet time.’

One thing for certain, dessert is always on the menu. I might have just served and eaten my 14th

Is the wine worth the money?

Carmel Kayoumi Shiraz 2005

Reviewed by Adam Neustadter

Issue of August 28, 2009 / 8 Elul 5769

When I search for a wine to write about I try and find something that most people have never heard of, or are too concerned about spending the money to find out if it’s worth the shelf price. This time I admit my curiosity got the best of me. I saw a

That’s Life: Don’t fly on a Friday

Issue of August 28, 2009 / 8 Elul 5769

Dear That’s Life,

As if catching a flight is not stressful enough, note to self: don’t fly on a Friday.  Shabbos could start at 8:11 p.m. and your flight could be scheduled to arrive twelve hours earlier but it does not matter. Unless you are a prophet

Editorial: CIA prosecution unfair; suit frivolous

Issue of August 28, 2009 / 8 Elul 5769

Obviously, it doesn’t say anywhere that we must agree with everything done in our names by the President of the United States and his administration —

Letters to the Editor 8-28-09

Issue of August 28, 2009 / 8 Elul 5769

Less secular education is the answer

To the Editor:

The article says, “It used to be called Talmud Torah,” he said, referring to the after-school learning program that educated generations of Jews before the

Long Island singles go west

In my view

By Etta Chinskey

Issue of August 28, 2009 / 8 Elul 5769

I am 30 and I am single. Without thinking too hard, I can come up with a couple of dozen other singles just like me. I am sure, as you read this article, your own list of beloved eligible singles will play through your mind. Some are having

Blogger chronicles her Catholic past, Jewish present

By Kevin Deutsch

Issue of August 28, 2009 / 8 Elul 5769

When Aliza Hausman told her mother she wanted to be Jewish, the Dominican-born Catholic reared her arm back into a pitcher’s wind-up, slugged her daughter hard as she could, and, for a time, destroyed any hopes a 13-year-old Aliza had of changing religions.

“It didn’t go over very well,” said Ms. Hausman, now a 29-year-old Orthodox Jew living in Riverdale. “Obviously, that

Seidemann: Lessons in numbers

From the other side of the bench

By David Seidemann

Issue of August 28, 2009 / 8 Elul 5769

FOUR young educators of this generation once asked Rabbi Moshe Feinstein zt”l why it is that when we begin teaching

I’m thinking: Mubarak on center stage

By Micah Halpern

Issue of August 28, 2009 / 8 Elul 5769

President Hosni Mubarak wrapped up a successful trip to Washington, DC.  He proved to the Obama administration that he is worth the $1.5 billion a year and $28 billion over 30 years Egypt

Back to school advice from the experts

By Mayer Fertig

Issue of August 28, 2009 / 8 Elul 5769

A student moves into a dormitory on Yeshiva University's Wilf Campus in Washington Heights earlier this week.

After all the anticipation, summer is coming to an end and maybe that’s not such a bad thing. Children who’ve been away at camp are home and parents can enjoy having the whole family beneath one roof again; there are holidays to look forward to and, of course, in no time at all, school will be underway.

Preparation before school can go a long way toward helping students get off to a good start. “As we get closer to the school year take a week to get them reorganized and back

Back to School: what’s new?

Issue of August 28, 2009 / 8 Elul 5769

B’not Shulamith of Long Island

Enrollment is up in the Bnot Shulamith middle school by a whopping ten percent, bringing the total number of students to 163 girls. Despite that,

Greening up Yeshiva of South Shore

Issue of August 28, 2009 / 8 Elul 5769

Yeshiva of South Shore’s annual Concert on the Lawn featured Yehuda Green

The Kosher Bookworm: Rav Kook and Teshuva for our time

The Kosher Bookworm

Issue of August 28, 2009 / 8 Elul 5769

You might not know this from most of the other Jewish weeklies, but this past Sunday marked the 74th yahrtzeit of HaRav Avraham Yitzchak Kook zt”l, the first Chief Rabbi of the Holy Land, and one of the first and most articulate advocates

NCSY to merge Long Island and New York regions

By Michael Orbach

Issue of August 28, 2009 / 8 Elul 5769

Long Island NCSY will be merging with New York NCSY to form one New York Region that will include Long Island, Westchester and the Five Boroughs.

Rabbi Aryeh Lightstone, the former director of the Long Island region, will head

Mission Accomplished for Camp Hillel

Issue of August 28, 2009 / 8 Elul 5769

Camp Hillel staff members Aidan and Dotan Horowitz represented the Camp Hillel/HAFTR community as they drove upstate to the Fallsburg, N.Y. post office with bins overflowing with donated items to be shipped to US troops in Iraq. The ‘From day camp to base camp’ project

Kulanu’s camp-within-a-camp

Issue of August 28, 2009 / 8 Elul 5769

Kulanu’s eight-week summer camp ended Tuesday. 30 children with special

How I spent my summer vacation: New York City for play, not work

By Miriam Bradman Abrahams

Issue of August 28, 2009 / 8 Elul 5769

Miriam Abrahams and daughter Nina enjoying the view on the Staten Island ferry.

Many of my friends commute to the city for work but can’t imagine riding in for a day of leisure; I delight in the cultural opportunities available to New Yorkers. I recently got to play tour guide to cousins visiting from abroad. My organizational and

Parshat Ki Teitzei: baby birds and their mother

By Rabbi Avi Billet

Issue of August 28, 2009 / 8 Elul 5769

Here is a contradiction for you. The Torah commands that if a person happens to come across a bird nest with a mother bird sitting with her eggs or babies, we are to send away the mother in order to take her offspring. (Devarim 22:6-7) This mitzvah is one of two mitzvot directly linked to lengthening a person’s life. It is so special,

Only Simchas 8-28-09

Issue of August 28, 2009 / 8 Elul 5769

Engagement

• Engagement of Lulu Grace Feldhamer (Cedarhurst/Binghampton, NY) & Nathaniel James Dubin (Brooklyn/Queens) – August 21, 2009

Wedding

• Wedding of Sara (Stacey) Herron (Lindenhurst, NY) & Stephen (Meir Velvel) Goldenzweig (Centreville, NY) – August 16, 2009

On the Calendar 8-28-09

Issue of August 28, 2009 / 8 Elul 5769

Cedarhurst - The JCC of the Greater Five Towns “Kosher Culinary Institute”

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“Irrelevant,” “Nonsensical,” “Frivolous”; Judge throws out Lawrence School lawsuit

By Michael Orbach
Issue of August 28, 2009 / 8 Elul 5769

Using the harshest possible language, a Federal judge has thrown out a civil rights

Excerpt of judge's opinion throwing out civil rights suit against the Lawrence School District.

lawsuit brought by parents in the Lawrence School District who sought an injunction to block the shuttering of the Number Six School.

“Nothing Plaintiffs have pled remotely resembles any violations of the First or Fourteenth Amendment — except, ironically, for Plaintiffs’ requested relief, which itself violates the First and Fourteenth Amendment,” wrote United

Crossword Puzzle for August 21, 2009

The Jerusalem Post Crossword Puzzle

By David Benkof (DavidBenkof@aol.com)

Issue of August 21, 2009 / 1 Elul 5769

Across

1. Tool for Shawn Green
4. “Howie Do It” network
7. Dov ___ of Mezrich
11. “Racially ___”
12. Take on
13. Red sea port
15. Portuguese Bible commentator Don Isaac
17. Chevra Kadisha concern

OU and Agudah petition court in HAFTR case

By The Jewish Star staff

Issue of August 21, 2009 / 1 Elul 5769

The Orthodox Union and Agudath Israel have submitted a ‘friend of the court’ brief to the New York State Appellate Division asking that court to defend a beit din’s verdict

Seidemann: Our very own Jacob and Joseph

From the other side of the bench

By David Seidemann
Issue of August 21, 2009 / 1 Elul 5769

In a few days I’ll be celebrating another wedding anniversary with my wife. And while it’s been a few years, when we meet new people, we are still asked, “So how did you meet? When did you know? What was

I’m thinking: Arabs criticizing Arabs

By Micah D. Halpern

Issue of August 21, 2009 / 1 Elul 5769

“Radicalism begets radicalism.”

That quote does not come from a Western source. It is from an editorial in al-Sharq al-Awsat, a London Arabic newspaper. It is a reflection on murderous events that took place in Gaza,

That’s Life: Julia, Julie and me

Issue of August 21, 2009 / 1 Elul 5769

Dear That’s Life,

It’s rare to see part of your own life played out onscreen.

During my viewing of “Julie and Julia,” a number of different moments on screen seemed to be actual moments from my life.

Letter to the Editor 8-21-09

Issue of August 21, 2009 / 1 Elul 5769

Shidduchim  disorders

To the Editor:

Your report about the rise of eating disorders among the young women in the Frum community came as no surprise to me (Eating disorders in the Orthodox get new emphasis; August 14, 2009).  Over the past several years I have

The Kosher Bookworm: Torah from the heart

A cardiologist’s commentary collection

Reviewed by Alan Jay Gerber

Issue of August 21, 2009 / 1 Elul 5769

This week’s review will focus on a very interesting anthology of rabbinic insights and practical advice for daily living. It was compiled by a Woodmere native, born and bred on the South Shore. With doctors

Five Towns students find career opportunities in Israel

By Baruch Spier

Issue of August 21, 2009 / 1 Elul 5769

Carly Rothenberg of Woodmere planted a tree in a Jewish National Fund forest in Aminadav during one of many trips with Yavneh Olami’s Summer Internship Program.

Two Five Towns women have returned from Israel after a summer spent taking advantage of unique career opportunities there and strengthening their connection to the land.

Each had an internship with an Israeli company that was

New twist on old flour

First ever yoshon flour storage facility opens

By Tova Ross
Issue of August 21, 2009 / 1 Elul 5769

In yet another sign of how important the kosher market segment is becoming, ConAgra Foods, in a joint venture with Kof-K, is designating an entire facility for the production of yoshon flour.

For those unfamiliar with the concept of yoshon, it literally means “old,” and refers to grains that took root prior to the first day of Passover. Halacha states that those older grains are the only that may be eaten in the current year. Grains that took root after the second day of the holiday were to be stored until the next year’s grain offering

Parshat Shoftim: The perversion of the blemished animal

By Rabbi Avi Billet

Issue of August 21, 2009 / 1 Elul 5769

There are many behaviors which the Torah describes as to’evot, translated as abominations or perversions. Other than in Acharei Mot and Kedoshim, all of the to’evot appear in Moshe’s good-bye speech that

Editorial: Even Bernie couldn’t do this alone

Issue of August 21, 2009 / 1 Elul 5769

Even Bernie Madoff isn’t completely to blame for the current crisis over yeshiva tuition. And he gets blamed for everything, including the weather.

Tuition or mortgage: Choosing public school over homelessness

By Mayer Fertig
Issue of August 21, 2009 / 1 Elul 5769After years of talk about a tuition crisis, many families that scrimped and sacrificed to send children to yeshiva in the past have hit a financial wall.

“Many children will end up in public school as a result of all this,” said Rabbi Shneur Wolowik, director of Chabad of the Five Towns. He says he is inundated with calls for help from parents who simply have run out of options.

“Parents have to choose between having a home foreclosed on or having a Jewish education. It’s a very tough decision,” he acknowledged.

An email he received this week from a woman in the Five Towns outlined her situation: “They have two children, she’s pregnant with a third, they’ve all but canceled the babysitter, have two old cars and a very simple home. She said it’s either tuition or their home and they can’t be homeless. She did the numbers with me

No frills? No problem

Port Washington’s answer to the tuition crisis

The Max and Ruth Schwartz Torah Academy in Port Washington (Photo courtesy Schwartz Torah Academy)

Michael Orbach
Issue of August 21, 2009 / 1 Elul 5769

A so-called “no frills” yeshiva is one of the solutions proposed to solve the tuition crisis threatening Jewish education.

An recent attempt to create a day school without commonplace “extras” such as

The internet goes kosher

With over 15,000 products and free delivery, Kosher.com hopes to change the way we shop

By Michael Orbach
Issue of August 21, 2009 / 1 Elul 5769

On Monday, Cedarhurst becomes the center of the online kosher world.

That’s the day the revamped Kosher.com goes live, offering free delivery of over 15,000 kosher products in Nassau County, Manhattan, Riverdale and parts of the Bronx and Brooklyn. Perhaps more importantly, after two years of development and advances in packaging, Kosher.com will be able to ship any of its goods worldwide — a kosher food happening that may be the best thing since sliced challah.

In the coming months, Kosher.com plans to expand its free delivery area

Trophy season for Beth Sholom

Issue of August 21, 2009 / 1 Elul 5769

Congregation Beth Sholom of Lawrence beat Young Israel of North Woodmere 12-2 last Sunday in the championship game of the intershul baseball league led by Commissioner Eli Dworetsky.

And the champion is … Cong. Beth Sholom of Lawrence, beating Young Israel of

Running for Sarina; BACH summer carnival in Long Beach

Issue of August 21, 2009 / 1 Elul 5769

A Great Neck man and three friends joined 10,000 runners in a half-marathon Sunday to benefit Chai Lifeline and Camp Simcha. They raised $13,000 in memory of his baby daughter, Sarina (Sara Ruth Bat Ephraim z”l), who benefited from Chai Lifeline’s services while hospitalized in

Bake sale raises $14k for JEP

Issue of August 21, 2009 / 1 Elul 5769

Holy chocolate cake, Batman!

Huckabee in Israel

August 21, 2009 / 1 Elul 5769

Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee (center), a possible Republican presidential candidate in 2012, arriving in Israel earlier this week for a three-day tour accompanied by Dr. Joseph Frager of the Ateret Kohanim—Jerusalem Reclamation Project (wearing tie), Dr. Paul Brody of Great Neck (third from right), radio host Zev Brenner of Long Beach (far right) and others. Huckabee made news Tuesday when he told reporters that establishing a Palestinian state in "the middle of the Jewish homeland" would be "unrealistic."

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Lawrence teachers lose bid to teach less

Arbitrator can’t find ‘the beef’ in union grievance

By Michael Orbach
Issue of August 14, 2009 / 24 Av 5769

An arbitrator has upheld the Lawrence School District’s decision to divide the seven-hour school day into eight periods, instead of nine. The Lawrence Teachers’ Association claimed a breach of contract because its members must now teach

Editorial: Feeling the love in Lawrence

Issue of August 14, 2009 / 24 Av 5769

Disgusting.

Simply put, no other words are needed to describe the civil rights lawsuit recently launched by five parents in the Lawrence school district.

Opinion: Truth and untruth

Lawsuit based on a big lie

By Asher Mansdorf
Issue of August 14, 2009 / 24 Av 5769

Last week, a federal judge refused to issue a temporary restraining order to block the closing of the Number 6 School. Why? Because she is of the opinion that this latest lawsuit by a small group of parents against the Lawrence school board has little chance of success on

Seidemann: Cash for the other clunkers

From the other side of the bench

By David Seidemann

Issue of August 14, 2009 / 24 Av 5769

By now everyone is familiar with the “cash for clunkers” program administered by the government of the good old USA. The gist of the program is that if your willing to trade in your old clunker

I’m thinking: Gestures of ill will

By Micah D. Halpern

Issue of August 14, 2009 / 24 Av 5769

Nicolas Sarkozy, president of France, recently sent a letter to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. In his letter, Sarkozy made an appeal to Netanyahu to release Salah Hassan Hamori.

Salah Hassan Hamori, a French citizen, was arrested and imprisoned for attempting to assassinate the former Chief Rabbi

That’s Life: Cheap, but not that cheap

Issue of August 14, 2009 / 24 Av 5769

Dear That’s Life,

Admittedly, I am pretty cheap by nature. Coupons are close friends of mine and there is nothing that makes me happy like buying something off-season. However, as I have learned in my ripe old age, my time is worth money. Shopping online, for example,

Still missing: Wallenberg on his 97th birthday

By Michael Orbach
Issue of August 14, 2009 / 24 Av 5769

A petition seeks the answers behind hero diplomat Raoul Wallenberg’s disappearance behind the Iron Curtain during World War Two.

Over sixty years later, the Jews saved by Raoul Wallenberg during World War II are still looking for their savior. Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat, provided passports to tens of thousands of people during the war. In 1945, he was captured by the Red Army

Parshat Re’eh: Perversions hated by G-d

By Rabbi Avi Billet
Issue of August 14, 2009 / 24 Av 5769

With all the discussion about healthcare in this country, we can make the argument that Jews have valued human life more than anyone through the millennia. While ancient Greeks left unwanted babies to die, and some civilizations did not care for

Letters to the Editor 8-14-09

Issue of August 14, 2009 / 24 Av 5769

Pointing fingers

To the Editor:

If the Orthodox Jewish community in general, and the Syrian Jewish community in particular, ever wanted greater evidence of the mire and morass

Only Simchas in The Jewish Star 8-14-09

Issue of August 14, 2009 / 24 Av 5769

Engagements

After-hours doc with a touch of Disney

New urgent care clinic for kids in Lynbrook will cut down trips to ER

By Michael Orbach
Issue of August 14, 2009 / 24 Av 5769

Dr. Robert van Amerongen of Priority Pediatrics Urgent Care. (Photo by Susan Grieco)

When Dr. Robert van Amerongen decided to open an own urgent care clinic for children he spent five years looking at the best clinics in the United States. Then, he went to Disney World.

Dr. van Amerongen, a Five Towns resident who is chief of the pediatric emergency

How I spent my summer vacation

Philly to West Hempstead: Pre-Bar Mitzvah charity bike ride

By Michael Orbach
Issue of August 14, 2009 / 24 Av 5769

Noam Katz and his father, Marc, pausing during his Bar Mitzvah-ride through Philadelphia.

Noam Katz found a novel way to celebrate his Bar Mitzvah: riding his bike to raise money for charity.

This past Sunday, he and his father, Marc Katz, drove down to Philadelphia and began pedaling their way back home

The Kosher Bookworm: A hidden chapter of American Jewish History and Ellis Island

Reviewed by Alan Jay Gerber
Issue of August 14, 2009 / 24 Av 5769

Were I to survey readers and ask them to identify Benjamin Harrison, I’m certain many would not be able to offer a correct answer. Yet, though little known and even less hailed, U.S. President Benjamin

On the Calendar 8-14-09

Issue of August 14, 2009 / 24 Av 5769

Great Neck – Young Israel of Great Neck is proud to host Rabbi Natan Slifkin, the noted “Zoo Rabbi,” at the Young Israel as a Distinguished Scholar in Residence

Eating disorders in the Orthodox get new emphasis

First kosher program tailored for frum women

By Tova Ross
Issue of August 14, 2009 / 24 Av 5769

Entrance to Renfrew Center in Philadelphia for patients with eating disorders.

In a reflection of the rising rate of eating disorders in the Jewish community, the country’s oldest residential facility for women with disorders such as anorexia and bulimia now offers a track specifically for Orthodox Jewish women.

Since it opened its doors some 25 years ago, the Renfrew Center in Philadelphia has maintained an inclusive atmosphere that welcomes patients of all faiths,

Massive model Temple mounted on rooftop

Aish builds ‘Beis Hamikdash’ in Old City of Jerusalem

By Michael Orbach
Issue of August 14, 2009 / 24 Av 5769

The Third Temple? No, you didn't miss the memo about Moshiach (the Messiah). A scale model of the Beis HaMikdash was lowered by crane this week onto the roof of the new Aish HaTorah museum overlooking the Kotel.

Waiting for the Third Temple? It isn’t here yet, but thanks to Aish HaTorah, you can have what might be the next best thing: the largest scale model of the Beis Hamikdash in the world.

The model will be a part of the new Aish museum, The Exploratorium, scheduled to open later this year. Created by

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In My View: Don’t point fingers

‘Not just a Syrian problem; we are all scapegoats’

By David Bibi
Issue of August 7, 2009 / 17 Av 5769

The way the Jewish papers and blogs wrote about the recent arrests in New Jersey requires some comment. One expects misstatements and exaggerations from the international media, but do the Jewish papers need to follow suit? Rumor had become perceived fact, as so often happens. What happened to dan lekaf sechut —

A people in harmony: An open letter to Israel’s President Shimon Peres

Issue of August 7, 2009 / 17 Av 5769

Dear Mr. President,

The letter writer, David Ebin, and his wife, Barbara, photographed together in the Roman Amphitheater in Caesarea after a travel mishap accidentally separated them for several hours.

My wife and I recently spent two weeks in Israel where a most unexpected thing happened to us. It seems to me that it is worthwhile to write about it because of what it says about Israelis.

We were traveling from Jerusalem to Caesarea

Health: Racing the clock after a heart attack

Balloon angioplasty and the 90-minute deadline

By Malka Eisenberg
Issue of August 7, 2009 / 17 Av 5769

As the EMT’s roll the heart attack patient out of their ambulance and the wheels of the stretcher are locked into place, a clock begins to tick.

For patients who require balloon angioplasty to open a blocked artery, the clock moves even faster. During the procedure a balloon-tipped tube is threaded through to the heart, where it is inflated to clear plaque that is blocking or partially blocking an artery. However, research has demonstrated that the procedure is most effective when performed within 90 minutes of a patient’s arrival at the hospital.

“We know it improves mortality,” said Dr. Jason Freeman, director of interventional cardiology at South Nassau Communities Hospital. “If you open up the blood vessel for them within 90 minutes, patients die less and live more.”

South Nassau Communities Hospital is among the 569 hospitals awarded

Health: The Shabbos RV

How two parents put the Day of Rest on wheels

By Michael Orbach

Issue of August 7, 2009 / 17 Av 5769

Josh and Rachel Itzkowitz want to give parents of hospitalized children a restful Shabbos experience.

Nessa, the youngest of their eight children, was born with a severe congenital

Health: Free Healthcare for new moms

Dr. Jill Maura Rabin  
Issue of August 7, 2009 / 17 Av 5769

Ask any woman and she will tell you-pregnancy is one of the most important times in her life. And, the most important thing to remember is that having a healthy baby begins before conception.

To help women and their babies get off to a good start, the Prenatal

That’s Life: Visit to the liquor store

Issue of August 7, 2009 / 17 Av 5769

Dear That’s Life,

There’s something about the image of a pregnant woman walking into a liquor store that just screams ‘trailer park.’

Parshat Eikev: Struggle for observance

By Rabbi Avi Billet
Issue of August 7, 2009 /17 Av 5769

Abe and David were long-time study partners (chavrusas). One day Abe asked David to sign a document as a witness and was shocked when David declined: “Sorry Abe. I can’t be a witness because I’m actually not Jewish.”

I’m thinking: Israel’s newest arrivals

By Micah D. Halpern   
Issue of August 7, 2009 / 17 Av 5769

For centuries people have risked their lives leaving their countries of birth to come to Israel. They leave behind family, property and belongings, bringing with them only their dream – to settle in the land of Israel.

Every day, another group of 500 to 600 people enters Israel

Seidemann: Hope for the President

From the other side of the bench

By David Seidemann  
Issue of August 7, 2009 / 17 Av 5769

The only light more red than the one I passed through was the light on top of the NYPD patrol car that pulled me over. I had all sorts of defenses planned but then remembered the advice I have given clients many times over. Accept the ticket, allow

Editorial: Required viewing

Issue of August 7, 2009 / 17 Av 5769

Everyone makes mistakes. That is the legitimate and charitable reaction from the most charitable among us to the arrests that brought shame and embarrassment to the entire Jewish world.

Our mistake didn’t involve anything illegal, immoral or fattening.

Is the wine worth the money?

Asif Dessert Red 2005

Reviewed by Adam Neustadter

Issue of August 7, 2009 / 17 Av 5769

We often think of red wines as dry and full bodied with lots of tannin and acidity. We leave sweet to the white wines — the Moscatos, the Late Harvest wines and so on. For the more adventurous there is Port,

Letters to the Editor 8-7-09

Issue of August 7, 2009 / 17 Av 5769

Thanks for the subscription

To the Editor:

I’ve been receiving your paper and am really enjoying it. Your columnists

Sports: Inter-shul baseball

Issue of August 7, 2009 / 17 Av 5769

RESULTS

WEEK 6 – AUGUST 2

Home at last

Issue of August 7, 2009 / 17 Av 5769

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Jewish Agency Chairman Natan

Clowning from coast to coast

Issue of August 7, 2009 / 17 Av 5769

The Five Towns-based medical clowning troupe Lev Leytzan is busy in Budapest

A short shopping list for the troops

Issue of August 7, 2009 / 17 Av 5769

The Living Torah Museum in Fallsburg, N.Y., Camp Hillel and HAFTR are conducting the “From Day Camp to Base Camp” project, collecting tube socks, Ziploc bags, Purell, granola bars and baby wipes to be delivered to troops serving in Iraq. Those items, specified by the U.S. Army, can be placed in the labeled bins outside the Camp Hillel office at 33 Washington Avenue in Lawrence before 4:00 p.m. this Friday, August 7, 2009. Camp Hillel staff members will drive the bins to the Fallsburg Post Office on Monday, where postal workers and local families whose sons and daughters in uniform are in Iraq, will pay to ship the items overseas.

— Photo by Miriam L. Wallach

The Kosher Bookworm: Why a teacher is reviewing a book by a writer named Student

By Alan Jay Gerber
Issue of August 7, 2009 / 17 Av 5769

Our review this week is of a book by an author named Gil Student. As unlikely a name as this may be, the material contained in his work is even more intriguing.

“Posts Along The Way, Volume One: Shul” is, according to Rabbi Gil Student, an adaptation of Torah teachings from his popular blog, Hirhurim, which expresses opinions on Jewish law and

Another day, another lawsuit

Public school parents claim Orthodox conspiracy in Lawrence

By Michael Orbach
Issue of August 7, 2009 / 17 Av 5769

A federal judge Tuesday refused to temporarily block a Lawrence School Board consolidation plan that will close the Number Six School and bring all of the district’s fifth graders into the Middle School.

With just a month before the beginning of the new school term, five parents, including Andrew Levey, a litigious former candidate for school board, brought a Federal civil rights lawsuit against the board that claims the consolidation plan and previous actions by the Lawrence Board of Education have violated the First Amendment separation between Church and State. It also alleges a wide-ranging conspiracy by the Orthodox Jewish community to promote Orthodox interests.

The lawsuit was filed at Federal Court

Summer in Camp Simcha Special

What summer is like for the doctors

By Michael Orbach
Issue of August 7, 2009 / 17 Av 5769

Dr. Robert Van Amerongen’s patients have kidney diseases, cerebral palsy, hydrocephalitis and familial dysautonomia — a rare disorder that causes a failure in the autonomic nervous system. Some patients suffer from

Girls at this year’s session of Camp Simcha Special making a run for it through a gauntlet of friends and staff members. (Photo courtesy Chai Lifeline)

conditions that so far doctors have been

On the Calender 8-7-09

Issue of August 7, 2009 / 17 Av 5769

Lawrence - An Ancient Spy, A Modern Conspiracy: Historical Revisionism on the Temple Mount is the name of a talk that will be given by author Daniel Levin this Shabbat afternoon at 7:45 p.m. at Cong. Beth Sholom in Lawrence, following Mincha

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