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David Bowie was into kabbalah and other Jewish facts about the late icon
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nearby.
While Torah codes have been
dismissed by mathematicians
similar patterns have been found
in Hebrew translations of Moby
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thing to blow out of proportion, Ms. Vaxman said. Its not about politics or freedom of speech. [Bethany] is just a child.
She was crying wolf and she caused a ripple effect. Im sure she didnt know that
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not malicious, shes not educated well on
how dangerous the Internet can be, Ms.
Vaxman continued. I dont blame her for
the ripple effect. The rally was not just
about that girl. Shes just a kid.
What the school did was to protect the
other kids, and protect her as well. It can
turn around and hurt her too.
We created the rally to support the
school administration, because theyre
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media attention for the wrong reasons.
While some media claim theyre reprimanding her because of her opinions, they
called her in because she shared [someones] personal information with someone
on the Internet. The other girl felt scared.
Ms. Vaxman said the topic of the
Fair Lawn High School students at the Bergen County High School of Jewish
Studies told a school assembly about their experiences with anti-Israel bullying.
Rabbi Ronald Roth of the Conservative Fair Lawn Jewish Center/Congregation Bnai Israel also has heard claims that
Bethany is not an Israeli Jew.
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There is no such
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consensus any
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sure if there ever
really was but
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becoming ugly
and public.
that we have been undergoing for the last
30 years in the Jewish community, some
of which has been unacknowledged, Dr.
Kurtzer said.
Three interlocking transformations
have affected us most, he said.
The first change is our understanding
of ethnicity. It used to be easy if you
were Jewish, the chances were that you
were white and of eastern European
descent. Now, through intermarriage
and conversion, that is changing, particularly in Israel. Our core narrative that
we are one ethnic group is much more
challenged.
The second change is political, Dr.
Kurtzer continued. There is no such
thing as a Jewish consensus any more.
Im not sure if there ever really was but
now its lack is becoming ugly and public.
Its become very uncomfortable as we air
our dirty laundry in public.
I think its mostly related to the success of assimilation our feeling that
we made it work here. The less you feel
yourself bound to a particular narrative
of an oppressed minority, the more you
see yourself comfortable in the public
square. You spread out politically.
The third is that the institutional
makeup of the Jewish community in the
20th century no longer seems to serve
the Jews of the 21st. The role of the federation still can be strong, but it is no
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revolution like this.
How do we think
differently about
Jewish leadership
and collective
identity?
There surely must have been changes like those at
work in the Jewish community now, Dr. Kurtzer said,
but the reason that this feels so intense is because
in the 20th century we got used to revolutionary
changes coming from massive geopolitical events
like the Holocaust and the creation of the State of
Israel.
Dr. Kurtzers doctorate is in ancient Jewish history, and he has written about the early diaspora
and its Jews relationship to the land of Israel, and I
think about the parallels between then and now, but
since I came to Hartman I have been engaged more
broadly in big moral Jewish questions, he said.
The Shalom Hartman Institutes work relates to
the meaning of the state of Israel, he said. We do a
lot of work around some of the things Ive been talking about Jewish peoplehood, collective identity,
and also about faith and spirituality. That figures into
our curriculum as well.
His Shabbat residency in Closter is a result of Dr.
Kurtzers friendship with the shuls senior rabbi,
David-Seth Kirshner, who completed the Hartman
Rabbinic Leadership Institute, a three-year program
that many participants find transformational.
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am writing this column in order to pro- Arab population in East Jerusalem and the
vide greater understanding about the
Jews in West Jerusalem, there is frequent
differences in feeling between Israels
interaction between the two populations.
two largest cities when the harsh reali- Often Jerusalem Arabs and Jews work in the
ties of the unsettled Israeli-Palestinian conflict
same places, pass each other in the Arab Muslim Quarter souk, or meet each other in buses
show their face.
and on the light rail. It is a place where Jews
The column, however, most definitely
pray in great numbers at the Western Wall,
should not be construed as encouragement
Muslim Arabs pray in great numbers at Alto people who are planning to go to Israel or
might make such plans to change their minds. Aqsa mosque, and crowds of Arab Christians
pray at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. All
Visitors go to New York, Paris, and Madrid, for
of those places are within the
example, despite the fact that
tight confines of the Old City.
those cities all have their dangerous neighborhoods and
The potential for friendships
violent people. Israel is at least
between Jews and Arabs in the
as fascinating and exciting as
city of Jerusalem is great, and
those places, perhaps even
there are more of them than
more interesting than many of
you would imagine. Nevertheless, Palestinian anger, espethem, and given recent events
cially young Palestinians anger
here and abroad it is in many
over the failure to resolve the
ways safer.
Rabbi Dr.
Israeli-Palestinian conflict fuels
Since the High Holidays until
Michael
violence. Further, anger over
now, knifings of civilians and
Chernick
increasing Jewish settlement
members of the Israel Defense
in overwhelmingly Arab East
Force and Israel Police Force
Jerusalem also has created an
and premeditated car collisions into transportation vehicles and the
atmosphere in which violent protest can
people waiting for them have become familiar
break out. This violence breeds fear and a
occurrences. But that hasnt been true every- sense of being under siege among Jerusawhere in Israel.
lems Israelis. In turn, that fuels anger and
The centers of these activities overwhelm- even hatred of those who are the source of
ingly have been in the West Bank, notably in
that fear, whether they are perpetrators or
Hebron and near West Bank Jewish settle- not. The Jerusalem I visited recently was nerments and Palestinian villages and cities. vous, and its streets were not crowded with
Many Israelis who do not live in or near these
its citizens, Jews or Arabs, where West Jeruareas often have a psychologically self-protec- salem meets East.
tive sense that they are distant. Sometimes
Tel Aviv, on the other hand, was the caf
that bubble is burst, as when an attack occurs
society it usually is. No one including me
in a place like Raanana, a suburban commu- was looking over his or her shoulder for
nity about half an hour from Tel Aviv. But a
attackers as far as I could see. Perhaps the
few days go by, at most a week, and people
first time my wife and I sat down to wait for a
stop looking nervously over their shoulders.
bus we were a bit edgy, since knifing and car
The one city that is not distant in the
attacks often take place at bus stops, but that
Israeli mind is Jerusalem. It is the center of
was after our weeks stay in Jerusalem. True,
Israels holy places and major government
there was a knifing attack in a Tel Aviv office
institutions, and it is home to approximately
complex while we were there, but its effect
800,000 people. Sixty-four percent of these
came and went.
residents are Jewish, and thirty-six percent
Why is Jerusalem tense and Tel Aviv almost
are Arab. Despite the concentration of the
blas?
Professor Michael Chernick holds the Deutsch Family Chair in Jewish Jurisprudence and
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First, there is the demographic reality I mentioned
above. The mere number of Jews and Arabs in Jerusalem increases the possibility of friction and violence. But
more essentially, Jerusalem is not just another city in
Israel. It is the epicenter of conflicting narratives about
who owns what in this much-contested piece of land in
the Middle East. In many ways, it is less a place than a
symbol. After the Six Day War, Israel declared Jerusalem
to be its united and eternal capital. In a sense, this declaration was not only about Jerusalem. It was about the
assertion of Jewish historical claims, about millennial
Jewish hopes and yearnings, and about Israels claim
to sovereignty in the State of Israel. For some Israelis it
was a statement about possession of the entire Land of
Israel, from the Jordan to the Sea a united and eternal
Jewish State of Israel, which would be built beyond the
1967 borders.
Neither the minimalist nor maximalist narrative was
one that the Palestinian Arab population was ready to
validate, let alone accept.
The present-day Palestinian Arab narrative is the
hope for a Jerusalem that will be the capital of the State
of Palestine. After all, for Muslims, Jerusalem is Islams
third most holy site, and for Christian Arabs, it is the site
of Jesus last days and his resurrection.
The Dome of the Rock dominates Jerusalems landscape and symbolically makes a statement about the
potential for Arab dominion over Jerusalem and a state
of Palestine. This narrative of Arab sovereignty begins
with Mohammeds Night Journey to Jerusalem as
memorialized by Abu Malik, who built this monument
between 689 and 691. The narrative continues through
the era of Saladin and down to Arab stewardship and
control over the mosques on the place that we would
like to think is our Temple Mount today.
That history is long, and for Palestinians overshadows the historically few years since the Jewish return
to modern Israel. Given enough time, according to this
narrative, Palestinian refugees will return to Jaffa, Haifa,
and the other places their grandparents and greatgrandparents called home. This maximalist narrative is
not one that Israelis are ready to legitimate. And even
the minimalist one two states for two peoples makes
many Israelis nervous, though they believe that this
solution is inevitable.
In contrast, Tel Aviv is the first Jewish and Hebrewspeaking city Jews have created since the Exiles beginning. It was built to replicate a European city in order to
house a European-style high society but a European
high society from which Jews could not be excluded.
It also was built on barren sand dunes. Consequently,
Arab presence was virtually nonexistent. Tel Avivs narrative about itself was clear from the start: it was Zionist,
Jewish, secular, and liberal, and it saw itself as poised to
become a major cosmopolitan city in a state that would
be a normal member of the world community.
Tel Aviv still views itself as a cosmopolitan city, the
majority of whose residents consider provincial ethnic
conflicts as primitive. This is the city where the majority of the population reads Haaretz, the newspaper that
always has supported the two-state solution and has
been critical of right-wing governments, their policies,
and their support of settlements. It does not expect
hostility in its environs from Palestinian Arabs, because
overall Tel Aviv is not hostile to them.
Why should the citizens of Tel Aviv be afraid of Palestinian terror when there is no reason for the Palestinians
to be angry at the residents of Tel Aviv? Why look over
your shoulder for a terrorist when there is no good reason to expect one? Of course, that is easier when only 4
percent of your population is Arab, and many of them
are transient university students.
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This is the tale of two cities, and their distinct identities and narratives. Where the potential for friction
and anger is greater, dangerous behavior is more
likely. Where the potential for friction and anger is
less, the sense rightly or wrongly is that there
is greater safety. Jerusalem is nervous and rightly
so, given its recent experiences. Yet in the main, life
goes on. After all when you run out of milk or have to
prepare for Shabbat, you go shopping. Indeed, Machaneh Yehudah, the Jewish market, was jammed on
erev Shabbat when we were there. On the other hand,
some of our friends thought twice about walking to a
theater or restaurant.
In Tel Aviv, however, the cafes were full as ever. It is
the city that never stops, because it didnt feel particularly threatened. The people of Tel Aviv are either the
mythic brave Israelis who will not cower in their own
homes or Tel Aviv bon vivants who will not forego the
pleasures of their citys bars, restaurants, cafes, and
many interesting cultural institutions.
As I said at the outset, this column was written to foster understanding of the feelings that prevail in times
of tension in Israels iconic cities. If you really want to
understand the real Israel in all its complexity, go there.
If you want to see an Israel that offers you three thousand years of archeological wonders, incredibly beautiful landscapes, and amazing accomplishments in a modern Jewish state, go there.
Take a great guide who will show you around and
make sure youre safe. Id be happy to give you some
names. Youll come to understand this fascinating and,
yes, edgy place better. You will be proud of yourself for
having gone, thereby supporting your brethren, and
you will be proud of your people for accomplishing what
they have in the face of great challenges.
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem and for the joyousness
of Tel Aviv.
f my mother is to be believed, I spontaneously began reading when I was three and a half.
I use the word spontaneous purposefully; in the way
spontaneous combustion comes from nowhere, so did
this magical ability to read.
In my immigrant family, this was pretty much a miracle. For the
most part, my parents educations were suspended in 1939, their
childhoods canceled by the great planet-spanning conflagration
that was World War II. My mothers English was limited, and my
father worked until late, often coming home after we were asleep.
I pronounced the word Wednesday as VED-niz-day until I was
in kindergarten.
Enter Dick and Jane. The characters in Fun With Dick and Jane were
my introduction to American life. The
cheery 1950s artwork looms large
inside my psyche, the boys all wellgroomed, with crisp, nicely pressed
shirts tucked into their crisp, nicely
pressed pants, the girls in frocks with
white lace collars, their hair helmets
Helen
of perfect golden waves.
Maryles
Oh, how I admired Janes poofy
Shankman
dresses and ankle socks! See Janes
parents sitting on the grass and smiling as the kids turn somersaults! See
Father juggle! See Dick and Father throw a football around! See
Dick and Jane visit the State Fair and ride the cotton-candy-colored horses around the carousel! Everyone smiled a lot. They
had a smart cocker spaniel named Spot, and a fluffy orange kitten called Puff. Best of all, their grandparents lived on a farm! My
immigrant grandparents lived in an apartment. (See Helen turn
green with envy.)
Dick and Jane clashed wildly with my American experience.
Where were the mother and father who spoke Yiddish when they
didnt want their children to understand? Where were the grandparents with beards and babushkas, the plastic covers on the
couches, the cutting sarcasm, the adults shouting at each other
across the dining room table in thick accents or foreign languages,
the plates of gefilte fish?
I pored over those illustrations, seeking clues to the way real
Americans lived. I began trying to mold my parents into the correct pattern.
Me: Can I have a dog?
Them: No. What you need is friends. Go out and make some
friends.
Me: Look at this picture, Dick and Janes family are camping
out in the forest.
Them: We spent enough time in forests during The War.
And that was pretty much that. I didnt understand what my
Holocaust survivor parents found important, and they couldnt
fathom why their American-born daughter cared about such silly
things. I turned to books for the life my parents couldnt give me.
In the year that I was seven, Moms hip younger sister came to
visit us, and she stayed for six months. In that span of time, she
bought paperback novels. When she returned to Montreal, she left
them in the bookcase.
Yes, reader, I was too young, and yes, I read them anyway.
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A flutist in Kabul
Tenafly JCC teacher brings music to Afghanistan,
videoconferences home, reflects on experience
JOANNE PALMER
Noelle Perrin teaches flute to a high school student at the Afghan National Institute of Music.
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Ms. Perrin stands outside the school with three of her students.
At the Gardens of Babar "one of the most beautiful spots in Kabul," Ms. Perrin says a strand of hair escapes her scarf.
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some of them dont.
Outside the school, there was no question of whether women should wear headscarves. The only possible answer is yes.
There are many words that apply to
Noelle Perrins time in Afghanistan. Inspiring, challenging, thrilling, profoundly
moving. And also, she said, terrifying. The
world outside the school was terrifying.
I had to be so closely protected that I
didnt see a lot, she said. I was basically
shuttled from one locked gate to the next.
Although I was completely covered, I
still looked different. My skin is very light,
and my hair is blonde. I had to cover my
hair so that you couldnt see any of it.
And that was a problem in itself, because
thats not the style of headscarf that the
Afghans wear.
They tend to wear looser ones, where
you can see a little of their hair. There are
many variants of that, too, and some of
them are just at the back of the head, more
like a thought of a head covering.
And then there are burqas the fullbody covering. Wearing that really was a
possibility but to be discovered impersonating a Muslim would really have been
dangerous. That was not recommended.
I did feel unsafe, she continued. It is
a war zone. It is not like any other place I
ever have been.
It is scary but I knew it was going to
be scary.
Most of the Afghans she met did not
seem particularly well organized, Ms. Perrin said; she got the strong idea that the
culture did not stress western-style planning. Her visit, though, was meticulously
planned. There were two people who
handle the schools international guests,
and they started talking to me and conditioning me for what I needed to do and
know before I came.
After I got there, there was a phone
that I could use to get in touch with them
right away. I stayed in a guesthouse, and
they changed the one I was staying at right
at the last minute, so that no one would
know. There was a lot of expertise at work
there, and I felt very well taken care of.
It was hard to describe exactly what
the little she saw of Kabul looked like, she
added, but the television show Homeland is pretty accurate, she said. Its
visually very similar.
The people are just so warm, she
added. The population of the country is
not militant Muslims. There are some, but
thats a very small group.
Although she spent by far most of her
time in the school, she did get to go shopping once I covered up completely, she
said and just before her trip home, Ms.
Perrin played at a surprise concert at the
United States embassy.
It was unbelievable how many checkpoints we had to get through, she said.
They didnt tell us about the concert until
the night before, and we had to send the
instruments over the night before. And
Atthere still was a bomb scare while I was
26 JEWISH STANDARD JANUARY 15, 2016
Ms. Perrin with fourth- and fifth-graders. One student holds Benson the Suzuki Flute Bear, who has traveled the world with
Ms. Perrin and some of her friends, and has his own Facebook page to document his adventures.
at the embassy.
Because the countrys president and
first lady were to be at the concert, security was particularly tight. The instruments that had been sent over the night
before werent the performers own instruments but the schools. And the schools
instruments, which its not-yet-well-trained
students use, are not of the same caliber
as the teachers instruments. The teachers, after all, are highly experienced
professionals.
I said I need my flute, and they said
We put a flute there for you, Ms. Perrin said. So I get there, and yes theres a
We had to leave the stage, and the security dogs came in to make another search.
The dogs came up and licked all the
instruments.
And I was like, okay. I am going to play
this flute anyway.
I didnt even have an alcohol wipe, but
I was like Yes I can do this. Yes, I can. And
yes I did.
Later, she learned that dogs routinely
search for explosives using two of their
senses, smell and taste. They sniff and
lick for explosives, she said.
Ms. Perrin and other teachers at the
school made a recording, a new childrens anthem, funded by Save the Children. The video to the soundtrack that
includes her flute is beautiful, she said.
They had a helicopter taking views from
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above; it was made at the Paghman Palace, a recording studio thats part of a
concert venue in the lush, lovely Hindu
Kush mountains near Kabul.
But as if the world wanted to make clear
to her that the idea of safety is illusory, not
only is Afghanistan an ongoing war zone, it
is also prey to natures nasty little jokes. A
big earthquake shook the Paghman Palace
as they recorded there on October 26 a
magnitude 7.5 shake that had its epicenter in Afghanistan and is reported to have
killed about 400 people, most of them in
neighboring Pakistan. Thats the only
earthquake Ive ever felt, Ms. Perrin said.
Do the children feel safe at school? She
hesitated. Its hard to tell, she said. Its
all they know.
During her time at the school, Ms. Perrin decided to introduce her students back
home at the JCC to her new charges in
Kabul. I arranged a Skype call, she said.
Carey White the Thurnauer schools
director of violin groups arranged it
on this end. She led it. We had some violin students, and a cellist, and my flute
students.
Although the connection was not all she
had hoped for, it would be from Afghanistan, and a few times the video connection
died. Still it was a wonderful experience
for everyone on both ends.
Ms. White, who lives in Englewood,
agreed. I was very excited about connecting to a very foreign country through
children and through music, she said. She
is an Orthodox Jew, belongs to Kehillat Kesher, am very involved with Israel, have
been there countless times, and spent a
year there, she said. That information is
central to who she is as a person, but I
put every kind of politics aside when it
comes to children and to music, she said.
That is because every kind of human
connection that can be forged is meaningful. It helps to break down barriers and
preconceptions.
The morning of the Skype call, 19 children and teenagers, accompanied by at
least one parent, and three music teachers
gathered at the JCC at 5:30. We decided
to wear rainbow colors, to bring color and
brightness to our interaction, Ms. White
said. We learned some words of Dari
the most commonly spoken Afghan language and we said hello and thank
you and good job. There was a lot of
laughter that could be heard over cyberspace when we said them. And they said
berry gooood to us, and we said thank
you in our own accent, and everyone was
smiling.
Ms. White said that she told the older
students that we are very lucky, going
home to our warm houses and clean
clothes. These students are all away from
home, and some of their parents were
given stipends to send them to school.
Otherwise, theyd be at work, out on the
street, selling plastic bags.
Her own 7-year-old daughter, Talia
Miller, who plays violin, was among the
The students and teachers in front, in Tenafly, videoconferenced a workshop with their counterparts in Kabul, who are visible
on the screen behind them.
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Shimon Peres is 92
Hes very much alive, as busy as ever, and hopeful about peace
YARDENA SCHWARTZ
TEL AVIV Last month, rumors flooded
the Internet that former Israeli President
Shimon Peres was dead.
True to form, the man who tirelessly
trumpets his countrys high-tech sector
took to Facebook to clear the air.
I wish to thank the citizens of Israel for
the support, concern and interest, and
wish to clarify that the rumors are false,
wrote Peres, a Nobel Prize winner. Im
continuing with my daily schedule as usual
to do whatever I can to assist The State of
Israel and its citizens.
Having fought for Israel before the state
even existed, leading its military through
its formative years and founding two of the
nations first kibbutzim, Peres, now 92, is
the last man standing from the generation that built Israel. Appointed director
general of the Defense Ministry in 1953,
when he was 29, Peres political career has
spanned seven decades, ending just over a
year ago with the conclusion of his sevenyear stint as president.
Yet when Peres announced he was still
alive, he meant very much alive and very
much still in action. On a typical day, he
is up at 4:30 to read and do sport (he
walks on the treadmill). By 8:30 he is at
his office, and he often works until 11 p.m.
In an interview from the Peres Center
for Peace, the nonprofit he founded in
1996 to promote coexistence, Peres discussed why hes busier than ever and
why he still hasnt given up on peace.
JTA: Its been over a year since you left
politics. How do you fill your days now?
Peres: The Peres Center for Peace is
working for peace and innovation all over
the world. The center is already 20 years
old, and it has a brilliant record. One of
our programs is called Saving Children. I
found out that there were 2,000 Palestinian children wounded during the intifada.
We decided to bring all of them to Jerusalem and all of them were cured. Once that
was done, other parents of Palestinian
children came to us and said, My child
wasnt wounded in the war, but he has a
problem with his heart or his brain. Please
help us. So our record now is 11,000 children cured in hospitals in Jerusalem on
our account.
JTA: Two months ago it was 20 years
since the murder of Yitzhak Rabin. If you
could speak to him now, what do you
think he would say about the state of Israel
today?
Peres: We would continue to do what
we did. We started making peace. We
started with Jordan, made peace with Jordan. We made peace with the Egyptians,
and we started with the Palestinians. It
wasnt completed, but we must continue
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In spite of the
terror attacks,
we shouldnt
lower our efforts
to make peace.
You cannot
answer a knife
with a knife.
to do the same thing. I think that our security, our well-being, and our Jewish character demands peace. If we will not achieve
peace, we will always be engaged in war
and terror. And I think its possible. I think
we can achieve peace.
In spite of the terror attacks, we
shouldnt lower our efforts to make peace.
You cannot answer a knife with a knife. I
dont think we can live if we continue just
trying to destroy each other. Many Arabs
understand this, too, and we see it now.
For many years the Arab attitude was
reflected in the Khartoum Resolution,
naming three laws: not to recognize Israel,
not to negotiate with Israel, and not to
make peace with Israel. Thats over. Now
there are Arab peace projects. Theres a
Saudi project, theres an Arab League project. Theyre talking about peace and thats
a major change. Maybe their plans are not
exactly what we are seeking, but its a big
difference from being an organized refusal
to making peace with Israel, to an attempt
to see how to bridge the divide.
JTA: Does Israel have a partner for
peace?
Peres: We do have a partner. But we
have to decide do we want a partner for
peace or a partner for war? Im speaking
about Abu Mazen [Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas]. He talks
about peace, he talks against terror. He
doesnt talk the Zionist language, but I
dont expect him to. He has in his police
force 15,000 people, and they in fact are
fighting against terror.
JTA: Do you think Israel hasnt done
enough to take advantage of this partner
for peace?
Peres: Im not going to look at who to
blame. Im not interested in this. Im more
interested in seeing who to moralize for
peace. I know peace is hard to achieve.
I speak from experience. People come
to me and say, Youre right, we need to
make peace. Youre right, we need to pay
a price. But, they say, Why are you paying so much? Why are you so naive to trust
them so much?
There are two things in life that if you
really want to achieve, you have to close
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Hoenlein said it was too early to determine whether Turkeys pivot would be long-lasting. Its a mercurial situation, he said.
Jason Isaacson, the American Jewish Committees director
of policy, said Erdogan should still be viewed with caution
not only because of his past hostility to Israel, but because of
rhetoric blaming Turkeys woes on outside interests, rhetoric that has veered close to anti-Semitism.
Given the proclivities of the president of Turkey, given
actions and statements regarding Israel as well as regarding
the connection he has alleged between the Jewish people
and unrelated political issues in Turkey, [restoring ties with
Turkey] cannot substitute for the relationship Israel enjoys
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WASHINGTON Just months after the conclusion of a
nuclear deal with Iran that the Obama administration
hoped would help defuse a volatile region, the Middle
East seems ready to spiral out of control.
Protests erupted across the region last week in the wake
of Saudi Arabias execution of a leading Shiite cleric. In
response, rioters torched the Saudi Embassy in Tehran,
prompting Saudi Arabia and a handful of Gulf states to
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of bombing its embassy in Yemen, though the New York
Times reported that the bomb fell on a nearby building.
The rivalry between the nations goes back decades,
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conflagration. But the emerging consensus among Middle
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is quickly evaporating.
The Iranians were going to look for opportunities
to demonstrate to their own constituents they are not
cowed and contained, said Tamara Cofman Wittes, a
senior State Department official during President Barack
Obamas first term and now the director of the Center for
Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution. They
were going to look for ways to make that point to the rest
of the world and to their competitors.
The latest tensions date to January 2, when Saudi Arabia executed Nimr al-Nimr, a leading Shiite cleric, along
with 47 other opponents of the regime, most of them
Sunni extremists. The move prompted outrage in Iran,
where rioters overran the Saudi embassy, prompting the
Gulf monarchy to withdraw its ambassador. Several other
smaller Gulf nations followed suit.
The tensions between Sunni Saudi Arabia and Shiite Iran are the modern manifestations of a schism that
dates nearly to the dawn of Islam. But critics of the Obama
administration also see them as the product of a larger
pattern of Iranian assertiveness, enabled by the nuclear
deal reached over the summer.
In December, Iran fired rockets that passed within
1,500 yards of an American aircraft carrier in the Straits
of Hormuz, an act described as highly provocative by
the U.S. military. In October, Iran tested a ballistic missile
capable of carrying nuclear warheads, in contravention
of Security Council resolutions. In Syria, Iran continues
to prop up the embattled Assad regime.
The nuclear deal has emboldened Iran to become an
even more malign force in the Middle East, said Mark
Dubowitz, the director of the Foundation for the Defense
of Democracies, a hawkish think tank that has consulted
with Congress in shaping Iran sanctions. Multiple U.N.
sanctions-violating missile tests, the trashing of the Saudi
embassy in Tehran, continued military support for
Assads killing machine [in Syria] and the Houthi insurgents in Yemen, and a sharp increase in executions of its
own citizens.
U.S. lawmakers from both parties have introduced an
array of bills in recent days to punish Iran for the missile
tests. Some of the top Jewish Democrats in Congress
Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), the
chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee; Representative Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.), the ranking Democrat on
the House Foreign Affairs, and Representative Nita Lowey
(D-N.Y.), the ranking Democrat on the Appropriations
Committee were among seven signatories to a letter to
Obama urging him to reintroduce sanctions against Iran.
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The body of Israels first F-35 joint strike fighter plane was
unveiled at a festive ceremony in Fort Worth, Texas. The
plane, named Adir, will now enter the advanced production
stage, which is set to last until June.
Officials from U.S. aerospace company Lockheed Martin,
which produces the F-35, and Israels Defense Ministry were
at the ceremony.
Israel has ordered 33 F-35s at an average cost of $110 million per plane. The first two F-35s are scheduled to arrive in
Israel in December, and the rest will be delivered by 2021.
At the ceremony, the head of the Israeli delegation, Aharon Marmarosh, signed the frame of the first Israeli F-35,
writing, Onward and upward. May you succeed in your
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Michael Hulton, right, with attorney Mel Urbach in New York, has gone to Congress in his bid for the restitution of Nazi-looted art.
JAS CHANA
co-founder of the Holocaust Art Restitution Project. If it was to finance his exit
from Germany, then we are within the
reach of a forced sale. If it was to pay for
lunches and dinner, clearly not.
Flechtheim probably wasnt eating out
much by 1932, when he is said to have sold
the most valuable works in his collection:
six paintings by the famed German Expressionist Max Beckmann.
After a roaring 1920s spent hobnobbing
with artistic elites from Paris to Berlin, in
1932 Flechtheim became the literal cover
boy for the Jewish problem. A sketch of
his face in profile was published on the
cover of the Nazi magazine Illustrierter
Beobachter, alongside the headline The
Race Question is the Key to World History.
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Netanyahu announces
crackdown on crime
in Arab communities
Ten days after Arab Israeli terrorist Nashat Milhem murdered two Jews in central Tel Aviv and allegedly murdering an Arab cab driver during his escape, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his government would
introduce a series of measures to boost law enforcement
activities in Arab communities.
Among the steps being considered are building more
police stations and extending their hours of operation, confiscating unlicensed firearms, and reducing
illegal construction. Netanyahu met with Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan and asked him to report back
with a comprehensive plan. Israel Police Commissioner Inspector General Roni Alsheikh, Shin Bet security agency chief Yoram Cohen, and Eli Groner, director of the prime ministers office, also took part in the
meeting. It was decided that Groner would oversee the
resources and budgets to implement the plan.
Israel will enforce its laws and its sovereignty over
all parts of the state the Galilee, the Negev, the [predominantly Arab northern area known as] the Triangle,
and everywhere else, Netanyahu said. We will build
new police stations, recruit more police officers. We will
enter every community and demand adherence to the
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Across
1. Bit of gossip?
5. Tzedakah
9. Iron ___ (version of Iron Dome for
Gaza tunnels)
14. Popular city for Yemenite Jews
15. Gershwins ___ Again
16. Hank Greenberg, once
17. ___ of Horror (Simpsons episode
co-written by Sam Simon and Edgar
Allen Poe)
19. Body part Ashkenazi Jews often use to
pronounce a resh
20. Eco-friendly cars driven by Spielberg
and Wozniak
21. Jerusalem Post comic strip since 1973
23. ___ Laughing (1967 Carl Reiner film)
24. Prefix for Jewish theism
25. Liverpool museum with a 2013 Chagall
exhibit
26. Her autobiography is entitled The
Facts of Life
27. West being portrayed by Bette for
HBO
29. New Left student grp. less Jewish than
similar groups
31. Rams, not ewes at the Temple
32. Vehicle for Alaskas Frozen Chosen
34. Tasted forbidden fruit
36. Corn unit in Josephs dream
38. Israels is called Yom Hazikaron
42. Org. for Noah Cantor of the Toronto
Argonauts
43. With out, another phrase for just
making a parnassah
44. It can ruin your tallis if youre not
careful
47. Disease found most commonly among
Ashkenazi Jews
50. Part of HIAS
52. Words at an intermarriage
54. Helgenberger TV show
55. She knew the identity of her husband
Carls Deep Throat
57. Bind them as a ___ upon your hand...
59. She protected Jewish spies long ago
61. One of the original hosts of Barbara
Walters The View
63. Massive Jewish compendium
64. Hold it with your palm in your palm
65. Tech giant once criticized for electronic maps that did not include Israel
67. Followed the chasidic practice of
devekut
68. Oklahoma city whose first Jews came
from Holland in the 19th century
69. Like Pinchas
70. Looks after a kever
71. Israels 1 and 6, e.g.
72. Kind of Zionism popular on many
college campuses
Down
1. Shtreimel-makers
2. Gland that can give you shpilkes
3. Make like Hollywood toward Robert
Downey Jr.s career after Iron Man
4. Anoint, old-style
5. Brouhahas
6. Grant played by Ed Asner
7. Write Hebrew from left to right, e.g.
8. Howard and Isaac
9. Souvenir from an Alex Clare concert,
perhaps
10. Cry by Ross in a classic Friends
couch scene
11. Hotly debated Jewish crisis
12. Arab maps often do it to the word
Israel
13. Wipes away, as sin
18. Subject of the Mishnah known as
Nezikin (damages)
22. Sang The Lonely Goatherd from
Ernest Lehmans The Sound of
Music
24. Eshkols successor
28. What Rabbi David Einhorn wanted to
do to slavery
30. The Pianist, e.g.
33. Kislev mo.
35. Shabbat garb more common in
America than Israel
37. Spiritual teacher Dass
39. James Francos degree from
Columbia U.
40. chasidim and the Amish, from afar
41. A Maccabee brother
45. One kind of Russian anti-Semitism
46. ___ Steakhouse (kosher Japanese eatery in Tel Aviv)
47. Deliver Salks vaccine
48. Act like Itai Kriss with his instrument
49. Practice routine for some IDF soldiers
51. Red ___ baby (one subset of 20th
century Jews)
53. Contents of Solomons mines
56. ...or sweareth an oath to bind his soul
with ___... (Numbers 30:2)
58. Something given by the Schusterman
Foundation
60. Resh Lakish, e.g.
62. Jews may check them for blood
63. Belonging to a particular tribe
66. Never, to Freud
Andrzej Wajdas 1995 Holy Week, a Polish film, is featured in the retrospective.
sponsors a community-wide Israel film festival each year; in Rockland County, a fine
Jewish film festival takes place each spring.
As the New York Jewish Film Festival
passes the quarter-century mark, it has
had to struggle with what kind of Jewish
film to chooses to screen. What makes a
film appropriate for inclusion in a Jewish
film festival often has been an open question. Last year, with new leadership at the
Film Society, the festival chose to include a
full range of films that had little or no connection with anything Jewish, and I, along
with others, had strong objection to the
Calendar
Friday
JANUARY 15
Shabbat in Teaneck:
Temple Emeth offers a
musical Shabbat service
led by Rabbi Steven
Sirbu and Cantor Ellen
Tilem with the Temple
Emeth band, 8 p.m.
1666 Windsor Road.
(201) 833-1322 or www.
emeth.org.
Saturday
JANUARY 16
Wednesday
JANUARY 20
Baseball lecture in
Tenafly: Dumont
historian Dick Burnon
gives a video/lecture
Baseball During World
War II, at a meeting
of the Senior Activity
Center at the Kaplen JCC
on the Palisades, 11:15
a.m. More than 500 Major
Leaguers served their
country during World
War II. 411 East Clinton
Ave. (201) 569-7900, ext.
235 or www.jccotp.org.
Friday
Phyllis Chapell
Rabbi Abraham Joshua
Heschel and Rev. Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr.
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Shabbat in Emerson:
Congregation Bnai Israel
continues its Freedom
Shabbat with a Torah
Town Hall, 10-11:30 a.m.,
an exploration of race
and racism in the United
States in honor of Martin
Luther King Jr. Services
include a participatory
Torah discussion and
talk back with Rabbi
Debra Orenstein about
the weekly Torah
portion. 53 Palisade Ave.
(201) 265-2272 or www.
bisrael.com.
Matt Cooper
Mentalist in Fair Lawn:
Matt Cooper offers
an evening of mental
magic at the Fair Lawn
Jewish Center/CBI,
8 p.m. Cocktail party,
live music, dessert,
and a chance to meet
Mr. Cooper before and
after the performance.
10-10 Norma Ave.
(201) 796-5040 or email
Francy77@optonline.net.
Sunday
JANUARY 17
Comedy in Wayne:
Congregation Shomrei
Torah offers a night
of laughs featuring
critically acclaimed
crowd-pleasing
comedians. Cocktails at
7:30 p.m.; show begins
at 8. Tickets include
show, hors doeuvres, and
dessert. 30 Hinchman
Ave. (973) 696-2500
or adminassist@
shomreitorahwcc.org.
Monday
JANUARY 18
Blood drive in Teaneck:
Holy Name Medical
Center holds a blood
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Tuesday
JANUARY 19
Learning about
Alzheimers: Alzheimers
New Jersey presents
Coping with Behavior
Changes in Alzheimers
Disease, aimed at
caregivers for someone
with Alzheimers disease
or a related dementia,
at the Kaplen JCC on
the Palisades in Tenafly,
11:30 a.m. (201) 408-1409,
(973) 586-4300, or www.
jccotp.org.
JANUARY 22
Study group in Closter:
Womens study group
in Closter: Rabbi DavidSeth Kirshner leads a
study group at Temple
Emanu-El of Closter,
10:30 am. 180 Piermont
Ave. (201) 750-9997.
Health fair in
Hackensack: Senior
Source offers a senior
health fair with about
40 vendors who work
in Bergen County,
11 a.m.-2 p.m., at the
Shops at Riverside
Square Mall, second floor,
outside Bloomingdales
Furniture. 201) 342-0962
or www.seniorsourcellc.
com.
Womens beauty/
spirituality: The
Chabad Womens Circle
in Teaneck presents
Spa for the Soul with
Chanie Krasnianski, codirector of Chabad of
the Upper East Side,
discussing Chava and
the Forbidden Fruit,
fruit carving with artist
Esther Zafrani, spa and
beauty treatments, and
a health and beauty
boutique, at Chabad of
Teaneck, 7 p.m. Gourmet
desserts. Program in
memory of Rivkah
Kantor. 513 Kenwood
Place. (201) 907-0686
or chabadlubavitch.org/
SpafortheSoul.
Barbara Allen
Shabbat in Closter:
Temple Beth El invites
the community to its
guest artist Shabbat
service, led by Cantor
Rica Timman and
featuring harpist
Barbara Allen, 7:30 p.m.
221 Schraalenburgh
Road. (201) 768-5112.
Saturday
JANUARY 23
Zumba in Tenafly:
The Kaplen JCC on
the Palisades hosts a
Zumba party with exotic
rhythms, high-energy
Latin and international
Calendar
beats, and easy-to-follow
moves, for everyone 12
and older, led by a team
of skilled JCC Zumba
instructors, 7:30 p.m. 411
East Clinton Ave. Roberto
Santiago, (201) 408-1481
or email rsantiago@
jccotp.org.
Cantorial concert in
Washington Township:
Join Cantor Sarah
Silverberg for an evening
featuring an eclectic mix
of Yiddish, Israeli, Jewish
folk, and Broadway
music, at Temple Beth
Or, 7 p.m., 56 Ridgewood
Road. (201) 664-7422 or
www.templebethornj.org.
Sunday
JANUARY 24
Tu bShvat in Fort Lee:
Celebrate at a communal
intergenerational seder
at the JCC of Fort
Lee/Congregation
Gesher Shalom,
10 a.m. 1449 Anderson
Ave. Reservations,
(201) 947-1735, ext. 316.
Toddler program in
Washington Township:
As part of the shuls
Holiday Happenings
program, the sisterhood
of Temple Beth Or offers
music and creative
crafts for 2- to 6-yearolds with parents and
grandparents, 10:15 a.m.
56 Ridgewood Road.
(201) 694-1616 or www.
templebethornj.org.
Tu bShvat in Wayne:
Temple Beth Tikvah
hosts a Tu bShvat
seder led by its
songleader-in-residence,
Jacob Kraus, along
with Cantor Charles
Romalis, 10:30 a.m.
Readings, stories, dance,
songs, fruit, juice, and
bagels. 950 Preakness
Ave. Reservations,
(973) 595-6565 or www.
templebethtikvahnj.org.
Tu bShvat in
Ridgewood: Temple
Israel and Jewish
Community Center
celebrates with a seder
and program led by
Rabbi Jacob Lieberman
of the synagogues
Reconstructionist
congregation, 4:30 p.m.
Samplings of foods
associated with the
holiday, a celebration
of all that trees provide,
and teachings on Jewish
values around protecting
the environment.
Reservations, (201)
444-9320 or office@
synagogue.org.
Film in Woodcliff
Lake: As part of Jewish
Federation of Northern
New Jerseys One Book,
One Community,
Temple Emanuel of the
Pascack Valley shows
the film Refusenik,
7 p.m. This years book
is A Backpack, a Bear,
and Eight Crates of
Vodka, by Lev Golinkin.
87 Overlook Drive.
(201) 391-0801 or
www.jfnnj.org/calendar.
Arlene Hirschfelders
book includes a
daguerreotype portrait
of Solomon Carvalho.
Singles
Sunday
JANUARY 17
Seniors meet in West
Nyack: Singles 65+
meets for a social gettogether at the JCC
Rockland, 11 a.m. All are
welcome, particularly
those from Hudson,
Passaic, Bergen, or
Rockland counties. 450
West Nyack Road. Gene
Arkin, (845) 356-5525.
Singles meet in
Caldwell: New Jersey
Jewish Singles 45+ meets
at Congregation Agudath
Israel for food, fun, and
mingling, 12:45 p.m. 20
Academy Road. Sue,
(973) 226-3600, ext. 145,
or singles@agudath.org.
Monday
JANUARY 18
Game show night in
Teaneck: Street Smart
Game Shows hosts an
evening for Orthodox
singles at Congregation
Bnai Yeshurun. Doors
open at 8 p.m. Attendees
answer trivia questions,
participate in physical
challenges, and perhaps
meet their match. Light
refreshments. 641 W.
Englewood Ave. Tickets
available at www.
eventbrite.com; search
for game show night for
Orthodox singles.
Music in Paterson
The Passaic County Historical Society
will host the newly formed Hobart Trio in
concert on Sunday, January 17, at 5 p.m.,
in Lambert Castle, 3 Valley Road, Paterson. There also will be performances by
members of William Paterson Universitys
music department, including cellist Joseph
Kimura, pianist Iris Perry, and violinist
Kathleen Butler-Hopkins. Doors open at
4:15 pm. For information go to lambertcastle.org or call (973) 247-0085.
Hobart Trio
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Art therapy night planned for those
with developmental disabilities
The Jewish Association for Developmental Disabilities ( J-ADD), a nonprofit
agency that serves people with special
needs, is hosting Therapy Through
Art for participants who are 16 or older.
There will be two sessions, Tuesdays
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Michael Ochs and Alaa Alshaham perform as the musical duo Pursuit
of Harmony.
brunchies the chance to meet and socialize. A gathering is set for Thursday, January 21, at 12:30 p.m., at the Glen Rock
Jewish Center. For information, call Fred
Levine at (201) 797-3014 and leave your
name, email address, and phone number.
David Cross
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Yared Zeleke, was chosen as the opening-night offering, and Natalie Portmans
Israeli-made adaptation of Amos Ozs A
Tale of Love and Darkness will close it.
This years festival also includes a retrospective of some of the more important
films screened over the past 25 years.
They include Andrzej Wajdas 1995 Polish Holy Week, Jeroen Krabbes 1998
Dutch-Belgian Left Luggage (a personal favorite), and Daniel Burmans
Argentine 2004 Lost Embrace. As in
previous years, there will be a master
class offered by a distinguished filmmaker. This years excellent choice is
Alan Berliner; several of his films are
being shown.
In all, 15 new feature-length films will
be screened most of them documentaries along with a wide array of shorts.
Two important biodocs to consider are
Catherine Tambinis Art and Heart: The
World of Isaiah Sheffer and Marianne
Lamberts I Dont Belong Anywhere:
The Cinema of Chantal Akerman. Isaiah Sheffer, a Yiddish theater child
actor, playwright, and cultural icon,
left an indelible mark on New York life.
BRIEFS
Iranian official
denies Arak nuclear
reactor is offline
An Iranian nuclear official denied a report that
Iran has dismantled the core of its heavy water
nuclear reactor as part of its deal reached with the
world powers.
Irans deputy nuclear chief, Ali Asghar Zarean, told Irans state television on Tuesday that it
will not change the core of the Arak heavy water
nuclear reactor until it reaches a final agreement with China to modify the reactor, Reuters
reported.
However, the reactor is expected to be decommissioned in the coming days, the official state
news agency IRNA reported, citing the Atomic
Energy Agency of Iran.
The statements were in response to a report by
the state-sponsored Fars News Agency that Iran
finished taking out the core of its heavy water
nuclear reactor in Arak and filling it with cement
on Monday, thus fulfilling its responsibility under
the nuclear agreement reached over the summer
with six countries, including the United States.
Under the agreement, Iran is required to redesign the Arak reactor so it cannot produce plutonium for nuclear weapons. Iran claims it needs
the heavy water reactor for production of medical
isotopes.
The deal, vehemently opposed by Israeli Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Republicans in the
U.S. Congress and many American Jewish organizations, lifts economic sanctions in exchange for
Iran curbing its nuclear program.
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Ripple Maker,
Vuze take top prizes
at CES 2016
Israeli startups and technologies
claim spotlight at Consumer
Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
BANK-OWNED PROPERTY
PRICES NEGOTIABLE
UNDER
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SUNDAY, JANUARY 17
1-3 P.M
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$695,000
$760,000
$479,000
$464,900
$369,000
$98,000
Prime Whittier Area. Charm Eng Tudor. Beautifully updated & decorated. Oak Flrs. 4 BRs, 2.5 Baths. Fin Bsmt. 2 Zone C/A, 2 Car Gar.
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$1,695,000
Classic colonial circa 1906 features grand rooms, high ceilings, 5 fireplaces,
butlers pantry w/leaded glass cabinets, hardwood floors, original pedestal sinks,
front & rear stairways, 9 bedrooms, 6 baths, 2 powder rooms,
basement w/gym, .77 park-like acres w/heated pool.
ALPINE/CLOSTER
TENAFLY
RIVER VALE ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS TENAFLY
894-1234
768-6868
CRESSKILL
Orna Jackson, Sales Associate 201-376-1389
666-0777
568-1818
894-1234 871-0800
OPEN HOUSES
Just Listed! 6 BR, 3.5 Bath Contemp. 75' x 153' Prop. 3 Car Gar.
BONUS: Sep Entry In-Law Apt.
Victorian Colonial. Deep 150' Prop. 4 Brms + Bonus Rm 3rd Flr:
Media/Fam Rm.
Spacious S/L. C Club Area. 4 BRs, 3 Full Baths. H/W Flrs, C/A/C,
Granite Kit.
(201) 837-8800
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Allan Dorfman
Broker/Associate
201-461-6764 Eve
201-970-4118 Cell
201-585-8080 x144 Office
Realtorallan@yahoo.com
facebook.com/jewishstandard
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video recording werent able to combine as the technology, cost and skills
required to create virtual reality video
were simply beyond the laypersons
reach. So the Vuze VR camera was
born, said Shahar Bin-Nun, CEO of
HumanEyes Technologies.
Cell: 201-615-5353
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An Equal Opportunity Company. Equal Housing Opportunity. Owned and Operated by NRT LLC.
Bring on gaming,
IoT and robotics
Israeli companies in mobile, smart
home, smart TV, IoT, robotics, video and
gaming, and automotive technologies
were also big draws at the CES event.
Kidoz is said to be the first contentdiscovery platform helping children find
age-appropriate content they love. Highlighted by Forbes as a company to keep
an eye on this year, Kidoz provides three
platforms: an SDK that helps developers
increase engagement with kid-friendly
apps; a Kidoz mode for kids to explore
offerings themselves; and the Kidoz network promoting child-friendly content.
NUA Robotics hands-free robotic suitcase that follows its owner around garnered numerous headlines from international media. Asked what impressed him
at the CES show, NBAs Shaquille ONeal
listed the Israeli suitcase of the future at
the top of his wow list.
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FORT LEE
95 Chadwick Road
$599,000 76 X 149
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70 JEWISH STANDARD JANUARY 15, 2016
201.692.3700
$439,000 50 X 145
VERA AND NECHAMA REALTY 1401 Palisade Avenue Teaneck, New Jersey
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Miron Properties NY
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STORE HOURS
SUN.-TUES. 7AM-9PM
WED. 7AM-10PM
THURS. 7AM-11PM
FRI. 7AM-1 HOURS
BEFORE SUNDOWN
SAT. CLOSED
Sale Effective
Fine Foods
Great Savings
1/17/16-1/22/16
Sunday Super Saver!
55
FOR
FOR
Bananas
Navel
Oranges
Potatoes
8 $2
5 $5
4 $3
Fresh
Chicken
Cutlets
Steak
Fajitas
$ 99
Lb
Family Pack
Imagine
No Chicken
Broth
32 OZ.
2 $6
Beef Pepper
Steak
$ 99
Lb
Bumble Bee
Chunk Light
Tuna
In Water
89
5 OZ.
FOR
Cinnamon Apple,
Lemon Zing, Chamomile
Celestial
Teas
20 BAGS
2 $5
FOR
General Mills
Honey
Nut
Cheerios
12.5 OZ.
2 $6
FOR
DAIRY
Original Only
Barilla
Marinara
Sauce
2 4
16 OZ.
FOR
Assorted
Axelrod
Yogurts
5 2
6 OZ.
FOR
Boneless
Cholent Meat
LB.
USDA Organic
Butternut
Squash
99
LB.
Cooked
Tuna Roll
Gourmet
Turkey
Pastrami
$ 50
ea.
$ 99
Tropical
Roll
$ 95
ea.
Red Bliss
$ 49
1295
Dark Meat
$ 99
2 $5
FOR
ea.
Hunts
Tomato
Sauce
29 OZ.
99
Snack Pack
Chocolate
Pudding
Les Petites
Shredded Cheese
8 OZ.
$ 99
Batampte
Half
Sour Pickles
2 7
32 OZ.
FOR
Assorted
Almond
Breeze
2 6
64 OZ.
FOR
4 PK.
FOR
Save On!
2 $4
5.5 OZ.
Trop50
Orange Juice
59 OZ.
2 7
$
FOR
Save On!
Achla
Humus
500 GR.
BUY 1 GET 1
FREE
Assorted
Friendship
Fit To Go
Cottage Cheese
5 $5
5 OZ.
FOR
Breaded
Chicken
Fingers
$ 49
$ 99
Lb
Save On!
Save On!
Assorted
Ronzoni
Elbows
or Ziti
All Natural
Achva
Tahini
17.6 OZ.
2 $7
16 OZ.
99
FOR
Save On!
Nutella
Hazelnut
Spread
13 OZ.
Save On!
FROZEN
Aunt Jemima
Mini
Pancakes
2 $5
40 CT.
FOR
Chef A Yam
Tilapia
Fillets
14 OZ.
$ 99
Birds Eye
Steamfresh
Broccoli & Cauliflower
2 4
12 OZ.
FOR
Poland
Spring
Water
Kleenex
Tissues
24 Pk.
Save On!
160 CT.
499 3 $5
2 $7
FOR
Save On!
McCain
Tasti Taters
2 LB.
12 OZ.
49
FOR
2 5
$
FOR
NEW ITEM
3.5 OZ.
$ 99
16 OZ.
Amnon
Falafel
Balls
2 3
100 Ct.
Splenda
Packets
69
Meal Mart
Kishka
FOR
FOR
Save On!
2 $6
6 PK
32 OZ.
16.9 OZ.
FOR
BAKERY
6 PACK
Lenders Plain
Bagels
BUY 2 GET 1
FREE
Smuckers
Grape
Jelly
22 OZ.
16 OZ.
Macabee
Pizza Bagel
Save On!
Ossies
Cheese
Blintzes
Diamond
Crystal
Salt
$ 99
HOMEMADE DAIRY
All Flavors
Save On!
Tu B Shvat
Sectional
Platter
1499 2 $4
Kleins Naturals
LB.
EA.
FOR
LB.
LB.
Bertolli
Olive
Oil
51 OZ.
2 $3
$ 99
Lb
Brook
Trout
Guldens
Spicy Brown
Mustard
12 OZ.
16.9 OZ.
699
$ 49
8
$ 99
6
Steaks
Spinach
Florentine Mix
Lb
Ready To Bake
Ready To Cook
Lb
Beef
Stir Fry
1099
16 OZ.
FISH
Lb
$ 99
Lb
FOR
lb.
Potato Salad
Samurai
Roll
Teriyaki
Turkey
Roast Chicken Wings
Bartenura
Balsamic
Vinegar
Assorted
Unsalted
99
DELI SAVINGS
FISH
`
$ 99
Lb
24
5 5
Mothers
Margarine
$ 99
Lb
$ 49
FOR
FOR
Green
Cabbage
MARKET
Deckle
Roast
3 $4
24 OZ.
Assorted
USDA Organic
SUSHI
Chicken
Breast
$ 99
GROCERY
PKG.
Ground
Fresh
Whole
Chicken
5.3 OZ.
FOR
CEDAR MARKET
Loyalty
Program
Cedar Markets Meat Dept. Prides Itself On Quality, Freshness And Affordability. We Carry The Finest Cuts Of Meat And
The Freshest Poultry... Our Dedicated Butchers Will Custom Cut Anything For You... Just Ask!
MEAT DEPARTMENT
Peeled
5 Lb Bag
FOR
Lb
LB.
Baby
Carrots
LB.
59
All Purpose
39
$ 99
Crispin,
Jonagold, Cameo
or McIntosh
Apples
FOR
California
Chobani
Yogurts
2 3
82
Pomegranates
Kiwis
Farm Fresh
Anise
Two in A Pack
Fire Red
Imported
Loyalty
Program
Squash PRODUCE
MARKET
TERMS & CONDITIONS: This card is the property of Cedar Market, Inc. and is intended for exclusive
use of the recipient and their household members. Card is not transferable. We reserve the right to
change or rescind the terms and conditions of the Cedar Market loyalty program at any time, and
without notice. By using this card, the cardholder signifies his/her agreement to the terms &
conditions for use. Not to be combined with any other Discount/Store Coupon/Offer. *Loyalty Card
must be presented at time of purchase along
with ID for verification. Purchase cannot be
reversed once sale is completed.
CEDAR MARKET
Marquis
Egg Roll
Wrapper
32 OZ.
$ 99
Homemade
Dairy
Tiramisu
Sponge
Cake
Homemade
Heavy
Cocosh Cake
4
$ 49
4
$ 99
5
$ 49
9 OZ.
15 OZ.
20 OZ.
PROVISIONS
Assorted
Tirat Zvi
Sliced
Turkey
Aarons
Sliced
Salami
2 $6
2 $4
5 OZ.
4 OZ.
We reserve the right to limit sales to 1 per family. Prices effective this store only. Not responsible for typographical errors. Some pictures are for design purposes only and do not necessarily represent items on sale. While Supply Lasts. No rain checks.