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EWISH COMMUNITY OF RHAWNHURST
NE Group Jets to Denver to Comfort
Former Rhawnhurst Family
Chanukah Issue 5764
Inside this issue
By Sam Maron
Special to the JCOR Kesher
U
nited by their shared grief, a group of Northeast
Philadelphians journeyed west recently to provide
solace to their former neighbors.
Two days before Shabbos Vayera, friends of Yechiel and
Tzipora Freedman—who only months before had sent
them off to their new Denver home with a robust Shabbos
kiddush at Congregation Ahavas Torah—were stunned to
learn of Tzipora’s untimely death. Not only was she
Yechiel’s wife, she was also the mother of three children,
Binyomin, Elisheva and Yerachmiel.
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Determined to join the Freedmans in their sorrow, the
group, recalls Bruce Blady, who was among the first wave
of local mourners to fly to Denver, made arrangements by
Motzei Shabbos to be in Denver by Sunday. “We decided,
let’s find out what the airfare is, check the computer and
make reservations.” Joining him in what he called the
“first wave” of mourners to jet out were Dudy Ganz and
his daughter, Gila, a friend of Elisheva, Shmuel Schock,
Josh Sheinbaum, Larry Bell, and Yaacov Yermish.
“We went out in different ‘waves’,” said Blady, “so we
could spread out the mitzvah of menachem avel—comforting the mourner. We didn’t want to all show up at once.
That way when some of us left for home, others would
remain.”
Subsequent waves included Rabbi Mordechai Terebelo,
current Rav of Congregation Ahavas Torah, and his immediate predecessor, Rav Yehoshua Kaganoff, now of
Passaic; Mendel Simpson; Michael Schwartzschild; and
David Goodstein.
Also joining the delegation were Rabbi Avrum Baum and
friends of the Freedman children, including Avi
Lauterbach, Avi Wohlgelernter and Daniel Schuman.
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NE Group Comforts Former Rhawnhurst Family
by Sam Maron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Revolution in Judaica by Howard Riell . . . . . . . . . 1
President’s Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
BIOZ Sisterhood
by Sue Moses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Abrams Hebrew Academy and Noah’s Ark . . . . 7
Memorial Service For Rabbi Kahane
by Howard Riell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Trouble in the Holy Land
by Aaron Klein . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
B’nei Akiva by Shira Blady and Asher Fleisher . . 13
Kayla’s Joke Korner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Philmont Scout Ranch by Neil Schmerling . . . . . 15
Shabbos at the Seminary by Rivka Slurzberg . . . 16
JCCs Klein Branch News
by Phyllis Gerson Actman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Did You Know? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Revolution in Judaica
An exclusive JCOR Kesher interview with
Rabbi Nosson Sherman, General Editor of
Mesorah Publications, Ltd., in Brooklyn,
publisher of ArtScroll Books
By Howard Riell
A
nd then there was ArtScroll.
Founded in 1976 by Rabbis Sherman, Meir
Zlotowitz and Sheah Brander, ArtScroll’s first
publication was The Book of Esther. It proved to be a sensation: Never before had a Jewish book of the Bible sold
more than 20,000 copies in less than two months.
Ironically, that success came as a result of tragedy.
When Rabbi Meir Fogel, a teacher and close friend of
Rabbi Zlotowitz, died suddenly in his sleep, Zlotowitz
wanted to do something to honor his friend’s memory.
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“When I told Yechiel the “troops are on the way,” recalled
Blady, “he broke down…he just completely broke down. It
was an emotional release for him.”
He lauded Rabbi Kaganoff for providing the group with
useful information suggesting “what we should or should
not say” during the shiva period and also noted that it was
Rabbi Kaganoff who walked Yechiel around the block
when he arose from shiva on its final day.
For Shmuel Schock, “I got firsthand to see,” he said, “the
chachmus of Ha’Shem with respect to the Shiva process.
When we first arrived, he (Yechiel) was a basket case. By
the time we left, you could see his transition from hysteria
to calm. He was able to more calmly recall the ordeal he
and his family had been through and re-tell the story more
calmly. His tears had stopped.”
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Likening the west side of Denver, where the Freedmans
now reside, to the Rhawnhurst area, he said Yechiel’s community is “ruchnius” and is composed of very “caring people.” Nonetheless, he added, “they could not believe how
many Philadelphians made the trek to comfort the family.
We blew away their community.”
For his part, Freedman said, the outpouring of consolation
from Philadelphia has helped to strengthen him emotionally. “I have to be strong for my children,” he said. He told
the story of a rav who merited to live until 104. The rav
said he never asked “why” he was permitted to live so
long because, “if I asked why, HaShem would take me to
Heaven and tell me why.” In the same vein, he said, “why
[Tzipora has been taken] is not a question…He has His
plan for me and the kids…I just have to rely on Him.”
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Zlotowitz was already the principal owner of ArtScroll
Studios, a graphics arts house with computerized typesetting equipment and design expertise known for its
fundraising materials, brochures and plaques. It was decided he would publish a book —The Book of Esther — in
Fogel’s honor. Sherman, then principal of Yeshiva Karlin
Stolin in Boro Park, was brought in to edit the manuscript
and write the introduction.
Since then, ArtScroll has made Jewish history, making
available for the first time a lengthy list of classic titles
never before rendered into English — all in concise, easy
to understand and stylish formats.
We wanted to know how it happened — and what’s
ahead.
JCOR: Would you agree that ArtScroll has revolutionized
Jewish publishing?
NS: I’m not going to make that statement, though there are
people who say that. I won’t argue the point.
JCOR: How do you characterize the company’s role in
the Jewish world, and indeed in Jewish history?
NS: I would put it this way, using the old cliche about an
idea whose time has come. ArtScroll began as basically a
one-shot deal, just to produce the one book (Megillas
Esther) as a memorial to a young man who died without
leaving any children. He died in his sleep in his late 30’s.
[The book was] extraordinarily popular in its first year.
Within a couple of months it had done several printings,
and well over 20,000 copies were sold.
JCOR: What was the climate in the Jewish world that led
to the company’s success?
NS: What happened was, you had a generation or two of
American-born yeshiva students, boys and girls, who had
gone through the system — elementary school, high
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school as well, even further — who could read in English
because their native tongue was English. They could study
Hebrew, but they had to really study it. They couldn’t curl
up and read the original texts in Hebrew. That was work.
They had to have something in their own language,
attractively done. The graphics were excellent because
Rabbi Zlotowitz’s background was in graphics. It was well
written, in the popular style, and suddenly people felt,
“Here’s something in Torah and I can enjoy it, I can read
it.” There was demand for us to continue. The ArtScroll
name stuck because it had become a familiar a name.
JCOR: How many titles have you published?
NS: Over 700, with 45 to 50 new titles per year.
JCOR: How and why did ArtScroll pioneer private underwriting of its publications? [Editor’s note: among the
books published by ArtScroll with private financial backing through the Mesorah Foundation are The Schottenstein
Edition Talmud and Interlinear Prayer Book Series, The
Safra Edition French Talmud, The Stone Edition Chumash
and Tanach, The Rubin Edition Prophets, The Saperstein
Edition Rashi and The Kestenbaum Edition Tikkun.]
NS: It’s an interesting story. We once had a visit from Joel
Fleischman, the first senior vice president of Duke
University. He was also a professor, obviously an academic, a scholar, and he had been using our books. He just
came to say thank you. He was a total stranger. He asked,
“How do you do it?” We told him we do it with long hours
and quite a bit of borrowing.
He said he had been at Yale, and now at Duke, and that
“material like this cannot be produced without a not-forprofit organization; that you have to be subsidized. There’s
no way that books like these can make it in the general
market,” which was true. So he undertook, along with the
tax attorney at Duke, pro bono, to set up a not-for-profit
group, and that’s the Mesorah Heritage Foundation. It
sponsors the scholarship. They pay the scholars and the
editors to produce the manuscripts.
Encyclopedia Judaica, which came out about 25 years ago,
went bankrupt. They couldn’t make it on the market.
Yale University produced translations of Maimonides,
and they charged a high price. But it’s a university press,
not for profit; people contribute and it’s a tax write-off.
The Mesorah Heritage Foundation made it possible for us
to undertake things like the Talmud, which is enormously
expensive. One volume — the scholarship alone, getting it
ready for the press — costs upward of a quarter of a million dollars. There’s no way that the market can support it.
In a sense, we’re no different than the New York
Philharmonic. You have to get outside contributions. You
said we pioneered that, and in a sense that’s true. Among
Jewish publishing houses we were the first, but with university presses it has been going on for centuries.
JCOR: I’m wondering whether ArtScroll has a particular
political viewpoint. For example, in your siddur, the prayer
for state of Israel translates the word “yerush” as ‘’occupy’
rather than “inherit.” Am I reading into that?
NS: Yes and no. (chuckling). Twenty years ago when that
was first written — the siddur came out in 1984 — the
word “occupied” was not a politically charged word. It has
become so over the years. It has absolutely no political
connotation. As a matter of fact, somebody once brought
that word to my attention. We bounced it off a couple of
people and they laughed and called it innocuous. If we
were writing it today, we might avoid that word.
JCOR: What new publications lie ahead?
NS: The English language Talmud will be completed in
March 2005 — 73 volumes in all. There will be a grand,
grand celebration marking that great, historic event. It’s
something that has never been done before. These are
books of very intensive scholarship, and they come out on
an average of five-and-a-half a year; one year five, one
year six. Nothing comparable has ever been done, even in
the secular world. I don’t know if something of this magnitude has been done with this frequency.
For example, there is no way the Talmud is a commercially viable undertaking. Even, for example, the
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Aside from that, we’re starting a treatment of
Nachmanides — Chumash with Ramban — which will be
an eight-volume set. It should be out there in 2004. We’re
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President’s Message
We live in a great community! The
people here are second to none. Now,
we are in a very precipitous time. Our
community has all of the things a
frum person could want.
Let’s examine what we have and be
grateful. We have seven Shuls. A new
minyan, Mesilat Yesharim, is meeting
at B’nai Israel-Ohev Zedek; it’s
Sephardic. Ohr Somayach is open and doing well on
Summerdale and Langdon. There’s learning in Rhawnhurst around the clock- pick a topic—pick a time—there’s
a class.
How about apartments, you ask. In northern New Jersey,
where our guests were from, a small two-bedroom apartment goes for over $1,200.00 per month. Here, in
Rhawnhurst, a three-bedroom apartment walking distance
to shuls is only about $800.00 per month. So, be grateful,
you live in Rhawnhurst. Tell a friend about our community-better yet invite them for Chanukah. Oh, that reminds
me, Happy Chanukah to all from us here at JCOR!
Restaurants—we just got two more! That’s right—Bella’s
Bistro is open for business (see their advertisement) at the
JCC. I’ve eaten there and it’s very tasty!
The other is really not a restaurant; it’s Krispy Kreme. I
told our recent guests that we had a kosher Krispy Kreme
and their response was “That’s it—we’re moving here!”
Kosher markets and kosher departments abound; Best
Value, Shop-Rite, Acme, and Genuardi’s just to name a
few.
There’s a new kosher bakery. It’s across from George
Washington High School. It’s called La Romme and it’s
under the Vaad. Another place to satisfy your sweet tooth
is Nut Just Candy, our own kosher candy and nut store
which features 1,000’s of ways to go off of your diet.
Rhawnhurst also has two bakery outlets, Entenmanns’s
and Pepperidge Farm. We do not live on food alone- clothing is also important. Rhawnhurst is only fifteen minutes
from the world famous Franklin Mills Mall.
What about educational opportunities you ask? Politz
Hebrew Academy and Stern Hebrew High School are right
in the community. Torah Academy and Abrams Hebrew
Academy provide bus service for students from here.
Some communities only have one school to choose from,
we have three! The JCC is a quick five-minute drive (see
their advertisement) providing activities and programming
tailored to the lifestyle of the observant individual.
They’ve just started an orthodox Girl Scout Troop. Other
activities in the community for children and teens include:
B’nai Akiva, B’nos, Boy Scouts, Perchai, and Shabbos
groups.
Let’s cut to the chase. Housing- our costs here are the lowest on the entire east coast of the United States. Ask anyone who lives in New York or New Jersey what a one
family house costs. You’ll hear “about $300,00 if you’re
lucky to find one that cheap!”
BIOZ Sisterhood
by Sue Moses
T
he B’nai Israel-Ohev Zedek Sisterhood opening
event for 5764 was held on November 2. Carla
Goodstein described some of the functions of
P’tach, and demonstrated her techniques for making
unique silk flower arrangements to benefit the organization. Everyone in attendance had the opportunity to experiment with the flowers, with helpful tips from Carla.
Also present were Meira Joselit, who had Shabbos
robes for sale, and Shani Bitton, with hand-decorated
accessories for children.
We would like to thank those in the community who
donated prizes for our raffle, including the Dragon Inn,
Holy Land Pizza, Jerusalem Gift Shop, Mrs. Ronnie
Nisenfeld, and Nut Just Candy.
The next planned Sisterhood event is the popular annual Chanukah family dinner, to be held on December 25.
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Abrams Hebrew Academy Celebrates
the Story of Noah’s Ark
I
t didn’t happen after 40 days and 40 nights, but after
nearly a week of torrential rains, the sun broke through
on Thursday, October 30, just in time for Abrams
Hebrew Academy to celebrate Parshat Noach, complete
with a 28-foot long “tevah”, a rainbow of balloons, and
animals by the two-by-two.
The festivities of the day included a visit by all the students in K-8 to the petting zoo in the ark, where they were
delighted to find a goat, a lamb, a pony, a rabbit, chicken,
duck, and llama!
Abrams teacher Rabbi Joshua Ottensoser and a group of
eighth graders produced a video depicting the story of
Noach in a modern and humorous light, with Rabbi “O.”
playing the part of Noach with great aplomb. Parents
arrived later on with family pets including dogs, cats,
birds, fish, turtles, a snake, and even an iguana named
Igor. The largest family pet was Nika, a 160-pound lionberger breed of dog owned by the Lewis family. The
smallest pet was a tiny goldfish in a bowl. Rachel Kallen
described her cat Prince as “not, the biggest, not the smallest, just the “’scaredest.’”
All students spent the week
studying the Story of Noach in
different ways. Math and science
students tried to figure out the
weight of the biblical ark based
on measurements in the Torah
and water displacement theory
(41,184 tons!!). Hebrew language teachers taught the names
of different animals in Hebrew,
and contests were held to see
how many names the students
could memorize. Morah Esther’s second grade class
dressed up in raincoats earlier in the week to learn about
rain and its importance to life.
Much planning and effort went into the success of the day.
Kindergarten teacher Sonia Arusy and her husband Zack
designed and built the wonderful ark. Rabbi Ottensoser
arranged for the activities, and should surely be nominated
for an Academy Award for his talents as both a producer
and an actor. Another Academy Award, no contest, should
go to Sonia Arusy for her design and construction of the
spectacular Ark. Her husband Zack gets the nod for best
supporting husband.
We would be remiss if we did not thank the parents and
grandparents who brought their wonderful, beautiful and
well-behaved pets to school for the fun. Everyone’s participation and cooperation made this learning event a shared
experience for our entire Abrams community, and a happy
memory we’ll never forget!
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Memorial Service for Rabbi Kahane, HYD
By Howard Riell
J
ews of Northeast Philadelphia
gathered on Wednesday night,
November 12th, at Congregation
Beth Solomon Synagogue &
Community Center on Tomlinson
Road to honor the memory of Rabbi
Meir Kahane.
Philosopher, visionary, scholar, warrior, activist, hero,
writer, rosh yeshiva, teacher, author and statesman, Rabbi
Meir Kahane was born Aug. 1, 1932. He received his
semicha from the world-famous Mirrer Yeshiva in
Brooklyn, and earned an International Law degree from
New York University. He is the author of many books in
English and Hebrew on Judaism, Israel, Torah and politics.
Rabbi Kahane founded the Jewish Defense League in 1968
to combat the rampant growth of anti-Semitism in the
inner cities. At that time, the poor and elderly Jews were
easy targets for Jew-hating thugs. Rabbi Kahane rescued
these abandoned Jews and changed the image of the weak
and vulnerable Jew to one of a mighty fighter who strikes
back fiercely against tyrants. He also championed the fight
for freedom on behalf of Soviet Jews.
Rabbi Kahane’s end came at the age of 58. He was shot
dead on November 5, 1990 in New York City in a midtown hotel. The suspect — El Sayyid A. Nosair, 34, an
Egyptian-born Muslim who was a naturalized American
living in Cliffside Park, New Jersey — was acquitted by a
Manhattan jury on December 21, 1991. But on January 17,
1996 he was sentenced to a life term after being convicted
in a new trial of involvement in the assassination and also
of conspiracy to commit terrorism with Egyptian Sheikh
Omar Abdel Rahman, the alleged mastermind of the World
Trade Center bombing.
As many as 30,000 mourners attended Kahane’s funeral in
Brooklyn on November 6, 1990, blocking Ocean Parkway
and hailing him as “a pillar of Zion” and “a prophet who
has fallen for the sacred land.” The next day, in Jerusalem,
some 15,000 persons held a four-hour funeral procession,
shouting “death to the Arabs.”
Rabbi Kahane was known for his zeal for truth and his
reluctance to pull punches. As he recalled concerning his
efforts on behalf of Soviet Jewry in The Story of the
Jewish Defense League, “In the case of the Orthodox
Jewish Establishment, I felt a particular concern because I
had expected so much more from them. From the halfassimilated, fully ignorant men who passed for Jewish
leadership in the secular Jewish Establishment, one could
never hope for courage, warm Jewishness, and total
Judaism. But from the scholar and committed Jews? From
these we had a right to expect full commitment to fellow
Jews.
“I recall a Shabbat (Sabbath) morning when I stopped off
to pray at the Mirrer Yeshiva, where I had studied for thirteen years and had been ordained. Following the service, I
went over to the dean and wished him a ‘Gut Shabbos’
(Good Sabbath). He took my hand and held it saying, in
Yiddish, ‘You are murdering Russian Jews.’ I had no
desire to argue with him and attempted to move away, but
he held on tightly and repeated his words, ‘You are murdering Russian Jews.’
“I looked at the dean of the yeshiva whom I had known for
so many years, before he had reached his present position,
and said to him: ‘Let us say that you are right. Let us agree
that protests, public demonstrations, are bad for Russian
Jews. But I sat in this yeshiva for thirteen years and I cannot recall even one time when Psalms (the traditional supplications to G-d) were said for Russian Jews. I do not
remember even one fast day called for Russian Jews. I do
not remember the subject mentioned. Surely, those things
do not hurt Russian Jews.’ He dropped my hand and did
not say a word.”
As well-known Jewish activist Shifra Hoffman wrote in a
column published a day before the recent gathering, “The
Kahane legacy today lives on through courageous Jews
who, despite being vilified and often beaten and arrested,
continue to espouse the truth concerning the dangerous
‘peace process’ which is leading to the establishment of an
enemy ‘Palestinian state’ on Israel’s border.” Funds are
needed for a nascent project to preserve audio and video
tapes of Rabbi Kahane’s lectures and appearances. Those
wishing to contribute can contact this writer through
JCOR.
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Trouble in the Holy Land:
Palestinians’ Next Leader Hamas?
by Aaron Klein
S
hlomo Ben Ami served as
Israel’s foreign minister under
the Ehud Barak administration and was the lead Israeli negotiator at the Camp David peace summit
in 2000 in which the Palestinians
were offered a state in most of the
West Bank, Gaza and Arab East Jerusalem with the possibility of shared control of the Temple Mount. Now, in an
exclusive WorldNetDaily interview, he looks at the continued violence that some Israelis blame in part on his
administration and talks about Arafat, Camp David and
the future of his Labor party.
Q: At Camp David, you presented the Palestinians with
most of what they said they wanted. Instead of responding
with a counter proposal, Arafat turned you down and started the Intifada. How have your views about Arafat
changed since negotiating with him at Camp David?
A: At Camp David, I thought Arafat was capable of leading his people in a compromise with Israel. It was the
essence of the Oslo accords. I mean, he was brought into
the territories because Israel believed it could make peace
with Arafat. After Camp David, I came to the conclusion
that the man is incapable of making a decision because he
simply doesn’t recognize the right of the Jewish State to
live in peace in the Middle East. I think he is a major
tragedy for the Palestinian people. He is incapable of producing the transition from a revolutionary leader with a
Kafiyah and a gun to a statesman. That’s the problem.
Q: Initially, you told reporters the aim of the Intifada was
to internationalize the conflict so Arafat could be offered a
better deal brokered in the international arena instead of by
the U.S., which Arafat viewed as biased toward Israel. Is
this still what you think his strategy is?
A: Yes, yes absolutely, that is the strategy. You see, Arafat
believes there is hardly any room for negotiations because
a peace agreement needs to be predicated on what he calls
international legitimacy, which according to Arafat is all
the resolutions that were passed by the U.N. Security
Council while Israel was internationally isolated. He says
they need to be implemented. That is it. And he would not
even discard Resolution 181, [the 1947 Partition resolution
which called for the split of British-ruled Palestine
Mandate into a Jewish state and an Arab state]. Israel cannot go into this trap, it is beyond any reasonable possibility. And Arafat continues not to trust that America is an
honest broker. This past American president did more for
the Palestinian cause than any other statesman in the
world. I mean, Chirac can speak until eternity, but he will
not compare to what Clinton did for the Palestinians.
Q: So you don’t think Arafat is trying to destroy Israel?
A: Well, you can never know what is the next stage in his
mind. You see, as a whole, my view of him is essentially
not different from other Arab leaders. They all want now
to reduce Israel to its natural size. What will happen in the
next generation I don’t know, and they don’t know. If you
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ask, for example, the foreign minister of Egypt today,
“Would you accept Israel as part of the Middle East after
Israel gives back all the territories for a Palestinian State,
divided Jerusalem, etc., etc.?” He will tell you that Israel
can never be a part of the Middle East. In the best years of
the Oslo process, when we were growing economically,
[Arab states] didn’t want to make business deals with
Israel. They thought Israel had some master plan to take
over militarily the entire Arab world. Now Israel is trying
economically to penetrate the Arab world, and they hold
against us this penetration.
Q: If you knew then what you know now, that Arafat is
not a peace partner, how would you have handled things
differently?
A: Well, you know the benefit of hindsight is that you see
things in perspective. You see there were people in the
military intelligence that said then what we know now
about Arafat. So the papers about the personality of Arafat
are more or less what is my position today. We are not surprised that this is the profile of Arafat. But what alternative
did we have? You always believe when you go to negotiate, whatever it is for, that your counterpart is incapable of
taking a position. But you believe that perhaps, perhaps
there is a ray of hope, that at the last moment the leader
will emerge. What people tell you about the interlocutor is
important, but it can’t be an obstacle for going and trying
to reach an agreement. Before Menachem Begin went to
Camp David, if [Egyptian President Anwar] Sadat would
have opened a file about Begin in military intelligence, he
would have said ‘I am not going to talk with this guy. He
is not flexible, he is an ideologue.’ And by the way, on his
way to Camp David, Begin made a pompous declaration
that he is planning to buy land in Sinai and build his own
house! This should have discouraged Sadat from going
there. But in the moment of truth, the leader in Begin
emerged. So this is always the hope.
Q: Are you comparing Begin to Arafat? Isn’t there a difference between the Prime Minister of Israel and a dictator
involved in terrorism, who preaches murder of Israelis and
violates Palestinian human rights?
A: Hmm.
Q: You were talking about military intelligence. Do you
think Camp David was an intelligence failure? That Israel,
with its enormous intelligence capabilities, failed to predict
that Arafat would turn down your offer and instead initiate
a war? Or maybe you were presented with this data, but
decided to ignore it?
A: Well, if it was a failure, we are in good company; we
share it with the United States. Because Camp David was
orchestrated by America. By Clinton. But I don’t see it that
way. One day we will have some sort of agreement with
the Palestinians, this cannot go on forever. And then, the
journalists of the next generation, a younger guy like yourself, will see Camp David in the proper perspective. As a
visible step toward maturity. Things were perhaps not ripe
at the time. And now after as a series of errors, the whole
course is trial and error. Maybe we paid the price so that
future generations of peacemakers will learn from our mistakes and problems, our incapacity to win the battle back
then.
Q: Do you, and does Barak, take responsibility for your
part in the “mistake”?
A: Barak never takes responsibility for his part in anything. [Laughing.] Barak is the perfect politician, he never
takes responsibility. But I really don’t think here there is a
question of responsibility at all. You see, why did we go to
Camp David? Because we had signed seven years earlier
the Oslo Accords. According to the Oslo accords, five
years after the signature in 1993, we should have had the
ball ready to find a deal. So we were forced by international commitments. I mean, we didn’t have much of a choice.
We needed to try the possibility of having an agreement.
So we said let us put on the table written proposals and see
if we can develop a dynamic of give and take, and maybe
we can reach an agreement.
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Reprinted with permission of WorldNetDaily.com
©2003
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B’nei Akiva:
Exciting Events for Kids and Teens
by Shira Blady and Asher Fleisher
In B’nei Akiva we like to combine fun with learning. This
year we have only begun a few weeks ago, but already
there is so much in store for the children. B’nei Akiva in
Lower Merion has just started this year, so for our first
event we joined up with them for a Hadracha Shabbaton, a
shabbaton that taught leadership skills to our madrichim
(advisors). For Rosh Hashanah some of the madrichim and
chanichim (kids involved with B’nei Akiva) went around
to the houses in the area to collect money for Rosh
Hashanah baskets. The baskets were sent out to Israeli soldiers so that they may have an enjoyable Yom Tov as
well. We successfully raised more than $500; thank you
everyone who participated!
Land, and the about people who live there and all over the
globe who follow the Mitzvot.
This year, with G-d’s help, will be very successful in
learning and fun for the kids. We hope to see your children
at events and on Shabbat to join us and their friends for a
delightful time. For any questions about B’nei Akiva or
up-coming events, please contact myself or Asher Fleisher
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For Succot we did a couple things. First, we took the
chanichim around for succa hopping, and on chol hamoed
we decorated the shul succa while indulging in
some yummy barbequed food!
Upcoming events include movie nights, bowling, a visit to
The Cat In The Hat, and a Chanukah party. Along with
events for the younger chanichim, we will also be planning
evens for Chavraya Bet kids, which mainly consists of
high school students. For the older kids there is a national
shabbaton, which will be taking place in Niagara Falls on
December 12-14 where they will be staying in a nice hotel
and go skiing on Sunday. Locally, we also plan to have
similar events for Chavraya Alef (middle school to elementary school children) like ice-skating, laser tag, bowling, and when the weather gets nicer, paintball.
Along with the events that take place after Shabbat, every
week B’nei Akiva is held in B’nai Israel for peulot (activities) and sichot (discussions). So far things seem to be
going great and the kids are enjoying themselves. Each
week there is a different Noseh (topic), sometimes it is
about the Parsha and other times it reflects an idea usually
found in Perkai Avot. For the past week, up until the shabbaton, there is a three-week Noseh of Am Yisroel, Eretz
Yisroel, and Torat Yisroel. This is one of the ideals that
B’nei Akiva teaches and stands for that can teach the children Hashem’s Mitzvot, the geography of the Chosen
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Kayla’s Joke Korner
H
i, and welcome to issue number five of Kayla’s
Joke Korner! I spotted a typo on my dad’s computer. I don’t know if the person who edited the
column fixed it, but both the last issue and the one before
it said issue 3! Interesting. Once again, if anyone wants to
send in a joke, my e-mail address is wolfkid27@aol.com.
Anyway, all of this issue’s jokes are from Mr. and Mrs.
Nisenfeld. A big THANK YOU goes out to them. Okay,
here are the jokes!
Q: What kind of dog can jump higher than a building?
A: Any dog—— a building can’t jump!
Q: What is the most musical bone?
A: A trombone!
Q: What mouse won’t eat cheese?
A: A computer mouse!
Q: Why does the car like this joke?
A: Because it never tires of hearing it!
Q: What do rabbits put into their computers?
A: Hoppy disks.
Q: Why did the boy stick a hose in his friends ear?
A: He wanted to brainwash him.
Once again, thank you Mr. and Mrs. Nisenfeld! Keep
Smiling! : )
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The woman says: “Oy vey...Has it come to this? Okay,
Give me 6 Orthodox, 12 Conservative, and 32 Reform.”
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Philmont Scout Ranch
by Neil Schmerling
P
hilmont Scout
Ranch in
Cimarron, New
Mexico is commonly
referred to as “Scouting
Paradise.” This is for
good reason. Philmont
encompasses 215 square
miles of mountains,
canyons, streams, lakes,
forests, and over 3,000
miles of hiking trails and
unlimited adventure.
Since 1940, when Waite
Phillips, the founder of
Phillips Petroleum, donated the land to the Boy Scouts,
hundreds of thousands of scouts and scouters have
explored the wonder of Philmont.
This past summer, two adults and three scouts from our
area participated in a 12-day trek at Philmont while maintaining the laws of Kashrut and Shabbat. Neil Schmerling
and Alan Nadel led a group of nine boys including Joey
Schmerling of Rhawnhurst, Eli Katz of Elkins Park, and
Saul Zebovitz of Melrose Park.
A trek consists of approximately 60-80 miles of backpacking over terrain ranging from 6,500 feet above sea level to
12,441 feet. In order to qualify, participants must meet
rigid physical guidelines and be mentally prepared for all
of the challenges that you can encounter in the wilderness.
We had to carry everything we needed in our backpacks,
including about a three-day supply of food. We were
reloaded at predesignated spots along the way. The average backpack weighed between 40-50 pounds. When we
arrived at a campsite, our first duty was to put all food and
other “smellables” in bear bags that were hoisted up on
cables to be protected from animals. Philmont is full of
wild animals including deer, antelope, bear, coyotes,
mountain lions, bobcats, beavers, rattlesnakes and a variety
of birds including eagles.
We also had to be prepared for weather extremes. The daytime temperatures can exceed 90 degrees with a very
strong sun, while the nights can cool off to 40. At the end
of one hike, we were greeted with a hailstorm.
What distinguished our trek from the others is that were
did ours as observant Jews. This could not have been possible without the support and understanding of Mark
Anderson, Director of Program and Rabbi Scott
Rosenberg, the Jewish Chaplain. Mark Anderson altered
our schedule to we would not have to hike on Shabbos.
Rabbi Rosenberg insured that we would have kosher food.
I learned a lot while at Philmont. However, the greatest joy
I had was to see the mental development of the boys in our
group. Many doubted their abilities but proved that
through perseverance they can set goals and achieve them.
In order for a scout to participate in an experience like
this, they have to be properly trained, both mentally and
physically. It all starts by attending a weekly scout meeting. We teach skills like fire building, map and compass,
first aid, and many others at our meetings. These skills are
then reinforced on hikes and camping trips. Eventually, the
scout builds self-confidence and realizes that he can
achieve goals he didn’t even know existed.
Is your
son up
for the
challenge?
Will he
join us
the next
time we
go to
Philmont? The only way is to take action. Call Neil
Schmerling at 215-742-1758 for more details.
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Shabbos at the Seminary
by Rivka Slurzberg
S
habbos is our time of quasi-seminary, or some
might argue that is it the most seminary-like part of
the whole year. On the one hand, no formal learning
is scheduled and the day does not demand rising early followed by hours of note taking. But by definition, seminary
goes beyond the formal learning atmosphere, and therefore
Shabbos epitomizes this form of learning: by example and
by experience.
For our very first Shabbos in Seminary Chaya Mushka, a
very interesting tiyul was planned. Friday morning, all 27
girls and two madrichot boarded the bus for Har Bental.
Rabbi Chananya Mordechai graced us with much new
knowledge about Israel and its borders. He also gave us a
tour of the real underground trenches built into the mountain. Another short bus ride planted the seminary group in
front of the guesthouses in Moshav Keshet Yonatan.
There, as we prepared for Shabbos, we made an effort to
get to know the unfamiliar faces.
After the Shabbos meal, Mrs. Kaplan gave us our first
taste of seminary farbrengans, not something we would be
lacking in the future. We stayed up late, but still managed
to make the minyan in the morning. A member of the
moshav came to speak to us after the meal with interesting
facts about the entire Golan area. Some girls went exploring and took in the beautiful sights of the land. After
Pirkei Avos and Seder Neggunim, we regretfully said havdollah. Feelings switched to excitement when we heard
the musical sounds flowing from the dining room. Our
first shabbaton ended with leibedik dancing, a great first
step in getting to know each other.
Another eventful Shabbos was spent in the holy city of
Tsfat itself. We were graced by the presence of Rabbi
Vichnin from Mayanot in Jerusalem. We got excited when
we read what was in store for our bodies and souls. Rabbi
Vichnin spoke to us in two farbrengans Friday night and
Shabbos day about different topics including ahavas yisroel within our own community. We got ourselves
acquainted with Tsfat with walks to the new Canaan
neighborhood and Kiryat Chabad. Some nice motzai
Shabbos treats that we have been given on various shabbosim Tsfat include pizza and bonfires. It is really beginning to feel like a heimishe family of Mushkies.
So perhaps we do gain just as much from Shabbos as we
do from our weekday classes. Even though we know that
everyday cannot be Shabbos, we take the phrase
“Viyaakov Halach Lidarko” to heart and try to bring the
enthusiasm into our daily lives. Boruch Hashem for these
once a week “experiences” which enhance (or make up the
basis for) our most wonderful seminary year.
JCCs Klein Branch News
by Phyllis Gerson Actman
O
n behalf of the Jewish Community Centers Klein
Branch, I am pleased to announce the development of new programs designed to meet the needs
of the ever-growing orthodox community. Last year a
group of women participated in a “Frum Friendly Focus
Group” and talked about how the JCCs Klein Branch
could better serve their community. With regard to the
group’s requests the following is now being offered at the
JCCs Klein Branch.
We have a kosher eating facility — Bella’s Bistro —
under the rabbinical supervision of Rabbi Dov Brisman of
Young Israel of Elkins Park. In addition to their regular
hours Bella’s Bistro is open on Saturday evenings after
shabbas until midnight for your eating pleasure.
Our Separate swim and Gym program on Sunday evenings
will begin once again with a year round program on
Sunday January 4, 2004. In addition we are offering a
Tuesday night swim from 9:30-10:30 p.m. for “women
only” at an additional cost of $40 per year. We are looking
into the possibility of offering a “men’s only” swim program one night a week and when that begins we will notify the community.
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The Shomer Shabbas Girl Scout Troops under the direction of Bettina L. Dunn had a successful beginning this
November. The troops meet on Sundays two times per
month from 4:00-5:00 p.m. They are looking for new
members, and anyone interested can call Bettina directly at
215-342-2790. The Girl Scouts are planning activities that
In February we are offering an intergenerational art class.
“Three Dimensional Judaic Art — A Family Project” with
artist Dale Dunoff is a two session project that will enable
each family to complete one three-dimensional picture.
Due to the nature of this class a mother can bring only one
child over the age of 14.
Once again we are pleased to offer boys ages five years to
14 years the opportunity to participate in a summer program designed to meet the needs of the community. Camp
Achdus provides Torah study, socialization, recreation,
sports, swimming and much more to the campers. The
camp will begin on June 21, 2004 and run for eight weeks
through August 16, 2004. For more information call Tuvia
Goldstein at 1-267-456-4532.
will connect them to the other Jewish organizations in the
community. An upcoming program will provide the scouts
an opportunity to meet with Jewish War Veterans and learn
about the flag ceremony. The Jewish War Veterans are
donating an American Flag to the Brownie and Junior
troops. The scouting troop is open to all young Jewish
girls regardless of their religious affiliation.
Many of you already know that the Neuman Senior Center
will be merging with the JCCs Klein Branch this coming
year. We know that there will be many opportunities for
members of our community to become volunteers for the
myriad of programs and services that will be on-going
throughout the year. If you can volunteer just a few hours
a week we would like to hear from you. There are a variety of volunteer opportunities to chose from to fit your
schedule and preference. So consider the possibilities and
volunteer.
The JCCs Klein Branch is pleased to be able to provide
programs and services to the orthodox community.
If you have any program ideas or suggestions or would
like to be included in the next “Frum Friendly Focus
Group” or if you want more information on the programs
listed above or to register, please call Phyllis Actman at
215-698-7300 or you can e-mail Phyllis at
pactman@phillyjcc.com
On Sunday January 18 for eight weeks we will offer
“Simcha and Israeli Dancing for Women and Girls” with
Sarah Duker. There will be a beginners class from 3:304:30 p.m. and an advanced class from 4:30-5:30 p.m.
Mothers and daughters can learn basic steps in classical
and popular dances, practice what they already know and
receive individual attention by the instructor.
The JCCs Klein Branch is on its way
to becoming a more orthodox
friendly center and we look
forward to building a long
and successful relationship together.
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Did You Know?
It’s very easy to take all of the things in our neighborhood
for granted.
This list is something you should read and be aware of
and also use when talking to people about Rhawnhurst.
KOSHER RESTAURANTS
Dragon Inn
Holy Land Grill
Holy Land Pizza
Bella’s Bistro (located in the JCC)
BAKERIES/DESSERT
Weiss’s Bakery La Romme Bakery
Nut Just Candy Krispy Kreme
Rita’s Water Ice
SYNAGOGUES
Rhawnhurst currently has six
Orthodox shuls See if you know
the correct names for all six.
SCHOOLS
Politz Hebrew Academy
Torah Academy (in Ardmore)
Abrams Hebrew Academy
Stern Hebrew High School
KOSHER RETAIL
Best Value Supermarket
Shop Rite Genuardi’s Acme
MIKVAHS
We have a women’s mikvah
And we also have one for the men.
YOUTH GROUPS
Perchai Bnos B’nai Akiva
Boy Scouts Girl Scouts
Sunday swim and gym program
Summer baseball
ERUV
Our eruv is over 10 linear miles long.
The eruv Hotline is 215-333-eruv
OUTREACH ORGANIZATIONS
Eitz Chaim
Ohr Somayach
We are sure that by accident something
was left off of this list.
Please feel free to add to it.
We’ll include it in our next edition
Send your e-mail to JCORmail@aol.com
We are trying to come up with a catchy slogan
for our community to use in advertisements.
If you come up with a good one (make it short),
send it to the address above.
SWIM AND GYM
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“Women/Men Only”
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January 4, 2004
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Bella’s Bistro
Fine Italian cuisine in a comfortable, yet intimate atmosphere.
Wide menu selection with only the freshest food served.
Featuring nightly specials, holiday programs, etc.
Come, let your family become a part of ours.
Cholav Yisrael-Pas Yisrael under Rabbi Dov Brisman
215 698 7300, ext. 129 or Darasdelights@aol.com
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Monday, 9-5
Tuesday - Thursday, 9-9
Friday, 9-1
Saturday night, 8 p.m. - midnight
Brunch served at 10:30 a.m.
Deliveries between 5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m.
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