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Palestinians to sue British
over the 1917 Balfour Declaration
With the 100th anniversary of
a key Zionist declaration approaching, the Palestinian Authority said it plans to sue Britain
for issuing the edict.
The PAs foreign minister, Riyad al-Malki, told Arab League
leaders in Mauritania that the
Palestinian Authority will sue
over the Balfour Declaration, saying it led to all Israeli
crimes committed since 1948,
according to the Times of Israel.
Signed on November 2, 1917,
by British Foreign Secretary
Arthur Balfour, the Balfour
Declaration said that the British
government views with favor
the establishment in Palestine
of a national home for the Jewish people and would use their
best endeavors to facilitate the
achievement of this object.
The declaration, issued while
the area that is now Israel still
was under the control of the
Ottoman Empire, represented
a pivotal victory for Zionists. It has
been credited with helping pave the
way for the establishment of the State
of Israel in 1948.
The declaration, al-Malki said, gave
people who dont belong there something that wasnt theirs.
Merchant of Venice
plays in citys ghetto
For the first time, Shakespeares
The United Kingdom has not responded to the lawsuit threat, and media reports did not
specify in what court the PA would file
such a suit or what, if any, damages it
would seek.
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A death-row prisoner in Kentucky
is suing the penitentiary where he is
incarcerated for kicking him out of the
states kosher food program.
In a lawsuit filed in federal court last
week, William Harry Meece claimed that
he was being penalized unfairly for eating rotisserie chicken that had not been
certified kosher, the Louisville CourierJournal reported.
Meece said in his lawsuit that as a
Reform Jew, he can eat meat that is not
certified kosher, and that his observance consists of avoiding pork and
shellfish and not mixing meat and dairy.
The chicken in question was from Sams
Club and had been bought from the
prison canteen.
Since 2008, Kentucky has required
prisoners who receive kosher meals
to agree not to purchase, possess or
consume any food items that are not
permitted under my religious diet.
Rabbi David Ariel-Joel of The Temple,
one of two Reform synagogues in Louisville, told the Courier-Journal that he
is supporting Meece in the conflict.
Jews dont keep kosher in one way,
but in many ways, Ariel-Joel told the
newspaper.
Lisa Lamb, a spokeswoman for Kentuckys Department of Corrections, told
the Courier-Journal that she could not
comment on pending litigation.

Because kosher meals cost 72 percent more than standard meals and
the state is concerned about prisoners falsely claiming they are Jewish in
order to receive what they consider to
be better quality food, the state is eager to limit the number of inmates who
qualify, the Courier-Journal reported.
Rabbi Aryeh Blaut, director of Jewish Prison Services International, which
provides resources for Jewish inmates,
said Kentuckys policy is not unusual
and is reasonable.
If you are accepted on to the kosher
meal program, you must be consistent,
he told the Courier-Journal.
Meece, 43, was sentenced to death
in 2006 for killing three members of a
Kentucky family Joseph and Elizabeth Wellnitz and their son Dennis.
Meece insists he is innocent and
claims that his confession was coerced.
In 2013, Meece lost another suit
related to his religious observance,
in which he requested to pray in the
prisons chapel on Shabbat with other
Jewish prisoners. The Kentucky Court
of Appeals denied his bid after Meece
was deemed too dangerous to be
permitted to join the general prison
population.
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the action takes place the main
square of the historic Venice Ghetto.
The production opened on Tuesday night and runs for a week. It is
part of a yearlong series of events
marking the 500th anniversary of the
ghettos creation as well as the 400th
anniversary of Shakespeares death.
The Merchant of Venice is most
famous for its charismatic antihero,
Shylock, the stereotypically Jewish
moneylender whose greed eventually brings him down. Directed by
Karin Coonrod and featuring an
international multilingual cast, the
production is a joint project of the
Compagnia de Colombari theater
company and Venices Ca Foscari
University. Frank London, the New
York-based trumpet player best
known for his work with the Klezmatics, wrote and performed the music.
The first performance of The
Merchant of Venice in the ghetto
is our reckoning with an imaginary

figure that has been haunting this
place for centuries, overshadowing its real inhabitants while gaining enormous fame worldwide and
becoming a proverbial name, Ca
Foscari professor Shaul Bassi wrote
in the program notes.
In the audience at Tuesday nights
premiere was Supreme Court Justice
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, whose grandson, the actor Paul Spera, is in the
cast. He plays Lorenzo, the Christian
suitor of Shylocks daughter, Jessica.
On Wednesday, in an accompanying event, Ginsburg was set to
preside over a mock trial that questioned the outcome of the one in
the play. International lawyers were
to represent Shylock and his opponents, and the jury was to include
the U.S. ambassador to Italy as well
as noted Shakespearean scholars.
The program also includes a reading
by the actor F. Murray Abraham and
other panel discussions.
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Noshes
Donald Trump is not a tikkun olam kind of

guy. Hes more a destroy olam kind of guy.
Pennsylvania State Senator Daylin Leach, speaking at a Jewish
Round Table discussion at the Democratic national convention.
ADVANCE PRAISE:
Roths Indignation
heads to theaters
Many top
critics are
hailing
Indignation as the best
film, to date, made from
a PHILIP ROTH novel or
short story. (The film
version of Goodbye
Columbus is considered
the next best. Most of
the other six films are
described as terrible,
including Portnoys
Complaint.)
The 2008 novel and
the film begin in 1951.
The Korean War is raging, and many young
men, like central character Marcus Messner
(LOGAN LERMAN, 24),
go to college at least in
part to be exempt from
the draft. Messner, like
Roth, now 83, is Jewish and from Newark,
and he goes to a local
college for his freshman
year. However, he wants
to get away from his
neurotic father, a kosher
butcher, and he accepts
a scholarship offer from
a small, conservative
Ohio college. He transfers to this school for his
sophomore year. There
he becomes infatuated
with a beautiful student
(Sarah Gadon) with
major mental problems.
Meanwhile, he clashes
with a dean about mandatory chapel attendance and that friction
has a profound effect
on his life. The film was
written for the screen
and directed by JAMES
SCHAMUS, 56, who has
a doctorate in English
from U.C. Berkeley. Hes

probably best known as
the partner of director
Ang Lee, producing and
often co-writing Lees
films, including Brokeback Mountain. Indignation is Schamuss debut as a director. (Opens
some places July 29.
Check theater listings
for the next few weeks.)
Director,
writer, and
producer
Garry Marshall died on
July 19 at 81. In 2006,
then San Francisco
Chronicle film critic Mick
LaSalle gave a good
review to Keeping Up
with the Steins, a
comedy directed by
Garrys son, Scott
(whose wife is Jewish).
Its about a family
coming together to
celebrate a boys bar
mitzvah. Marshall played
the boys elderly Jewish
hippie grandfather.
LaSalle, who calls himself
Italian-American in the
review, noted: It may
come as a surprise that
Garry Marshall is not
Jewish but Italian his
family is from Abruzzo.
And he doesnt try to act
Jewish for the role
thats really him. Marshall
just happens to be a
Jewish-seeming Italian, a
sort of Harvey Keitel in reverse.
Actually, LaSalle was
just a bit off. Marshalls
father was Italian Catholic, but his mother was
mostly WASP and he
was raised Protestant.
Philip Roth
Logan Lerman
Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, and Woody

Allen filming Caf Society.
James Schamus
Martin Garbus
However, as Marshall
details in his 2012 autobiography, My Happy
Days in Hollywood,
his Jewish connections
began early and were
a lifelong constant. His
Bronx neighborhood was
all Italian and Jewish and
his building was almost
all Jewish. His childhood
baseball team included his buddy MARTIN
GARBUS, now 81. Garbus
is a famous legal scholar
and the father of famous
documentary maker
LIZ GARBUS, 45. Fast
forward to 1961, and
Marshall begins finding big-time success
writing sitcoms with
the late JERRY BELSON. Then they began
creating series, and
the second, The Odd
Couple (1970), was a hit.
The first series Marshall

created alone, Happy
Days (1974), became a
monster hit. Ive often
thought that if Marshall
was Jewish, and not
just philo-Semitic, he
wouldnt have the guts
to cast so many Jewish
actors both stars of
The Odd Couple were
Jewish, as were four of
the seven lead actors
in Happy Days. So, in
tribute to Marshall, you
must rent The Flamingo
Kid (1984), the first flick
Marshall directed and
wrote. While the word
Jewish doesnt come
up, Marshall perfectly
captured the milieu of an
overwhelmingly Jewish
beach club circa 1965
and its a good movie,
to boot.
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Woody thickens plot

with Caf Society
Caf Society, directed and written by WOODY
ALLEN, 81, stars JESSE EISENBERG, 32, as Bobby, a
Bronx Jewish neurotic who heads west in the 1930s to
work for his uncle, a powerful Hollywood agent (Steve
Carrell). There he falls in love with Vonnie, his uncles
mistress (Kristen Stewart). She doesnt return his affection, and he returns to New York, where he works as a
nightclub manager for his gangster brother (COREY
STOLL, 40). Bobby turns the club into the hottest in
town the place where caf society goes. He meets and
weds a beautiful socialite (Blake Lively) and everything is
fine until Vonnie walks into his caf. (This film opened
on July 22; but check local theater listings for when it
opens near you.)
JEANNIE BERLIN, 66, the daughter of comic legend
ELAINE MAY, 84, is in Caf Society, playing Bobbys
mother. Berlin got an Oscar nomination for playing the
sad-sack wife in The Heartbreak Kid (1972). By the way,
Entertainment Weekly recently ranked all of Allens 46
N.B.
films and placed Society in the middle (#22).
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Neil Sedaka keeps trying to raise the bar
LOIS GOLDRICH
is mother wanted him to be

a classical pianist.
His classmates at Brooklyns Abraham Lincoln High
School wanted him to play rock and roll.
S o m e p ro m i n e n t c a n t o r s wh o
attended his bar mitzvah wanted him to
be a chazan.
And what did he want? Neil Sedaka
wanted to do it all.
Ive tried to reinvent myself, raise the
bar, develop, and grow, said the versatile performer, now in the 60th year of
a stellar career. With few awards left to
win a sampling of honors includes
induction into the Songwriters Hall of
Fame, a street in Brooklyn bearing his
name, and a star on the Hollywood Walk
of Fame and no sign of slowing down,
Mr. Sedaka, who will appear at bergenPAC on August 17, continues to write and
perform both classical and pop music.
Add to that an album of Yiddish songs,
and more recently, an album of childfriendly songs done in collaboration
with his own grandchildren, and you get
some idea of the mans creative drive.
Born in Brooklyn in 1939 to a Sephardic father (the name Sedaka is a
variant of the Hebrew word tzedakah,
charity) and an Ashkenazic mother, and
cousin to the late singer Eydie Gorme,
Sedaka grew up in Brighton Beach. His
musical talent, he said, may have come
from his great grandfather, a chazan
in the Bronx. In fact, he said, I just
learned a few months ago from a cousin
who found an old article that many
great opera singers from the Met made
special trips to the Bronx.
Neil Sedaka, who has written more
than 700 songs, readily admits to being
inspired by composers like George Gershwin, Jerome Kern, Irving Berlin, Cole
Porter, and Frank Loesser. My songs
are a combination of the Great American Songbook, rhythm and blues, soul,
and Yiddish music, he said. Theyre
a reflection of all the music I heard
throughout my entire life.
Who: Neil Sedaka
What: In concert
Where: At bergenPAC,
30 N. Van Brunt St., Englewood
When: On August 17 at 8 p.m.
Tickets: Call the box office,
(201) 227-1030
Information: Email boxoffice@
bergenpac.org.
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He also has been influenced by his Jewish background. In songs like You
mean Everything To Me
or One More Ride On the
Merry-Go-Round, you can
hear the tam, he said. You
can hear the flavor. You
cant take the Jew out of me.
One of Mr. Sedakas earliest memories is of sitting
with his mother, listening
to the Barry Sisters. In a
strange twist of fate, he had
the opportunity to sing with
Claire Barry at a Folksbiene Yiddish Theatre gala at Carnegie Hall in 2004. (Ms.
Barry died 10 years later, in 2014.) At that
performance, Mr. Sedaka offered selections from his album Brighton Beach
Memories Sedaka Sings Yiddish.
The songs invoke wonderful memories
for me, he said. Produced with a klezmer
band and featuring works such as Exodus, My Yiddishe Mama, Mein Shtetele
Belz, Sunrise, Sunset, and Bei Mir Bist
Du Schoen, the album, which he called a
labor of love, was a major success. People tell me they cry when they put the
record on, he said, adding that he consulted his mother, Eleanor, and his wife,
Leba, to ensure correct pronunciation.
Mr. Sedaka best known, perhaps, for
hits such as Oh Carol, written for his
then-girlfriend, the singer/songwriter Carole King, Calendar Girl, Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen, Breaking Up Is Hard
to Do, recorded both as a rock song and
then years later as a ballad, reaching number one on the charts both times, and
Laughter in the Rain did not start off
as a rock and roll wannabe.
By the time he was 9 years old, Neil
already had begun intensive classical
piano training at the Juilliard School of
Music, his ultimate goal was to earn a
doctorate in music. His life took a sudden
turn, though, when he began to play rock
and roll music in high school. Not only did
he form a successful doo-wop group, The
Tokens, which he left in the late 1950s to
pursue a solo career but he also had the
good fortune to meet Howard Greenfield,
his longtime songwriting partner.
He and Mr. Greenfield helped create the
so-called Brill Building sound in the late
1950s and early 60s,when they were the
first to sign with Don Kirshner and Al Nevins at Aldon Music. (The company would
go on to sign Neil Diamond, Carole King,
and Paul Simon, among many others.)
After Connie Francis recorded his Stupid
Cupid and, later, Where the Boys Are,
Mr. Sedaka, now hugely successful, was in
Neil Sedaka has written more than 700 songs in his long and varied career as a
performer. Inset, Sedaka on his bar mitzvah day in Brooklyn.
a position to sign with RCA as a writer and
performer of his own material.
The rest is history.
Was his mother happy about this? After
all, she wanted him to be a classical pianist. My mother was not happy, he said.
I had to wait until she left the house to
write my rock and roll songs. But she
was okay after I got my first check. As
for the chazans who wanted him to join
their profession, they no doubt were disappointed as well. At his bar mitzvah,
which had taken place years before in
Manhattan Beachs Temple Beth El, all
the chazans were crying. They said, He

has to be a chazan.
Asking Mr. Sedaka about his favorite
song is like asking a parent to say which
child he likes best, the singer said. Still, if
compelled to do so, he probably would say
Laughter in the Rain, released in 1974,
because it was responsible for his remarkable comeback.
At the time, he had been off the charts
for 13 years.
The Beatles changed the face of music
in the 60s, Mr. Sedaka said. While he
still kept busy as a songwriter, writing
Local
pieces such as The Hungry Years for
Frank Sinatra and Solitaire for Elvis
Presley not to mention other hit songs
for Tom Jones, the Monkees, and the
Fifth Dimension it was difficult to
pursue his solo singing career. So while
the United States fell prey to the British
Invasion, Neil Sedaka went to England,
where fans were faithful to me and to
original American rock and roll. There
he met Elton John, both a fan and a
record producer. He put me on his label
and my album, Sedakas Back, went to
number one.
In his new CD, I Do It for Applause,
Mr. Sedaka has gone back to his roots,
including a classical piece as his last track.
Its my first symphonic piece, he said,
adding that he recorded the work, Joie
De Vivre, with the London Philharmonic
in England. The 12-song acoustic collection
represents the culmination of 63 years of
writing. My main objective is to always top
the last collection, raise the bar, and reinvent Neil Sedaka.
At his August concert, Mr. Sedaka
will perform a few songs from the new
collection. But Ill do the old hits, he

promised, adding that hes proud of the
lyrics he wrote with both Howard Greenfield and Phil Cody. Now, however, No
one is putting words in my mouth. Now it
comes from deep down inside me.
Hes performed at bergenPAC several
times, Mr. Sedaka said. My music brings
back memories for people. The songs are
therapeutic, even when people are down
in the dumps. Music has that ability. I
never knew it. I only realized it in my older
days. When I was feeling down, Id put on
an old Sedaka record and smile.
Mr. Sedaka first met his wife, Leba, at
the Esther Manor, a kosher hotel in the
Catskills. Theyve been married for 53
years now. Esther Strassberg, who owned
the hotel with her husband, Irving, was
Lebas mother. I played at all the kochalains the Jewish boarding houses with
communal kitchens and dining rooms, Mr.
Sedaka said. Part of a band, he also played
gigs at hotels, including for comedians
Totie Fields and Jackie Mason.
Leba and Neil Sedaka have two children.
Dara is a recording artist and vocalist who
makes television and radio commercials,

and Marc is a screenwriter in Los Angeles
and the father of Sedakas three grandchildren, twin granddaughters Amanda and
Charlotte, and a grandson, Michael.
Fortunately, his grandchildren love Mr.
Sedakas old rock and roll music. But
they wanted to change the words to make
them more child-friendly, he said. Thus,
we now have Waking up is hard to do,
Where the toys are, and Lunch will
keep us together. These and other songs
were compiled into a CD called Waking
up is hard to do.
The CD, a family collaboration involving
Marc, Amanda, and Charlotte the twins
made their recording debut as backup
vocalists on it led to a series of books
based on the songs. Dinosaur Pet, featuring Marcs new lyrics for Calendar Girl,
was released in May 2012 and reached
number three on the New York Times
bestseller list.
Mr. Sedaka has no plans to retire in
the near future. Theres a certain magic
when you get in front of an audience,
something you dont get from records or
My main
objective is to
always top the
last collection,
raise the bar,
and reinvent
Neil Sedaka.
television, he said. Theres an adrenaline rush. Its a marvelous feeling. He
wants to go out while hes still in top
form. Unlike older performers who read
teleprompters or whose voices are shot,
I would like to know when to bow out.
In the meantime, though, Ill give it a
little bit more, he said.
And why not? My fans are still supporting me after 60 years. I reach them emotionally. Its more than just a recording
its a live person with a God-given gift, and
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Leaving a legacy
Remembering Asher Strobel of Englewood
LOIS GOLDRICH
hen Asher Strobel of Englewood died suddenly in January 2011 at the age of 21, his
friends went from shock to sorrow to the
need, somehow, to honor his memory.
Now, six years later, they continue to run the basketball tournament created as a tribute to their friend.
I knew him since first grade, we grew up together, said Ari
Sarna, who grew up in Englewood and lived two houses away
from Asher. His friends death was devastating not only to him
but to all who knew him, he said.
When someone passes, people always seem to say that he
was a nice guy and the last person this should have happened
to, but in Ashers case, it was the truth, Mr. Sarna continued.
He was so pure and good and nice and funny, warmhearted
and well-intentioned. There wasnt a mean bone in his body.
He was also selfless and extremely considerate. He would walk
into a room and people would gravitate towards him. He was
inquisitive. He would engage people and genuinely care about
what they said.
His passion and zest for life made him unique and affected
all of those around him, Mr. Sarnas sister, Danielle Zaria Praport, added in an email. He was funny, intelligent, charming,
and very social always able to lighten the mood with a funny
joke or even just through his presence.
His death was sudden, she said. Asher, who studied at the
Moriah School, the Frisch School, and Binghamton University, died during a ski trip to Jackson Hole, Wyoming, from
a heart condition which neither Asher nor his family knew
about. Chabad of Wyoming was very helpful both to Ashers travel companions and to his family, Mr. Sarna added.
That is why the proceeds from the first years tournament
were donated to that group.
Ron and Diane Strobel are surrounded by the winners of last years tournament.
Today, the tournament, scheduled for July 31, has grown

from 36 men playing three-on-three basketball to many more
mens and womens teams. There will also be a 5K run.
Mr. Sarna said that he is both pleased and surprised by the
increased number of participants and the large sum of money
raised; through entry fees and donations it has been averaging
about $13,000 each year. So far, the tournaments have raised
about $60,000. This year, with the run added, the organizers
hope to bring in even more.
Mr. Sarna said he is proud of his friends and everyone
involved who helps and volunteers. Not only do parents offer
their homes, donate money, and make food, but
even the little kids help, he said. I cant express
how touched I am personally that the whole community gets involved with such love and passion.
He noted also that if Asher were here, he would
not only participate but be in it to win it. He was
very competitive. In addition, this is a very social
event, and Asher also loved just hanging out, barbecuing, and messing around.
The tournament, and the events surrounding it, create an amazingly fun day, Ashers
mother, Diane Strobel, said. People come for
the enjoyment, not from a sense of obligation.
And the 5K run, organized by Isaac and Benjy
Strulowitz, will give more people a chance to
Asher and his friends went fishing. From left, Daniel Boiarsky,
participate, she added.
Eli Sipzner, Tye Bird, Isaac Strulowitz, Asher Strobel, Joseph
The Strobels have established two programs at
Cohen, Matthew Greif, and Ethan Potasnick.
East Hill Synagogue in Ashers memory. Proceeds
from the tournament will benefit the Asher Strobel Leadership Program.
My two older kids wanted to do something in his memory, but I said it wouldnt be easy, Ms. Strobel said. After all,
he just passed away he had no disease, and therefore no
existing charity to link to. Asher had three siblings: Joshua,
30; Aryeh, 23; and Joey, 15; Joshua is married, and he and his
wife, Sarah, have a daughter, Lily. Not knowing how to honor
her son, I spoke to Rabbi Reichman and [his wife] Chana,
Ms. Strobel said. They saved us. The community saved us.
Rabbi Reichman told her to wait as long as it might take. Eventually, he said, the right idea would come to her.
The Strobels involvement in East Hill Synagogue is deep
and longstanding, as is their continued connection to Englewoods Congregation Ahavath Torah. Dr. Ronald Strobel,
Ashers father, was a founder of East Hill, a past president,
and a continued supporter. Ashers brother Joshua was the
first gabbai. Ronald Strobel also ensured, through a system
of reciprocal membership, that the two synagogues, East Hill
and Ahavath Torah, would remain close. The rabbis at both
shuls, Rabbi Zev Reichman and Rabbi Shmuel Goldin, each
devoted a Shabbat to speaking about Ashers positive attributes, his mother said.
She recalled that some four years ago, then East Hill president Gabriel Bousbib asked if he and Rabbi Reichman could
come to the Strobels house. The Strobels knew that Rabbi
Reichman was deeply concerned about todays Jewish high
school students. He wants to keep people in the fold, to
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heritage, she said. We knew that was his
thing, he was very concerned about the
youth in town. He wanted to come up with a
leadership program.
The four jointly decided to launch the
Asher Strobel Leadership Program, which
would be based at East Hill Synagogue and
open to all Jewish teenagers in the Englewood community. A congregant who was
born in a DP camp and wanted to ensure
that the program would include a trip to
Poland would provide seed money. To date,
some 67 teens have participated in the program and the feedback has been extremely
positive. The course includes 10 classes,
ranging from public speaking to first-aid
training to public advocacy, and includes a
five-day trip to Poland.
Asher was Jewish to the bone, said his
mother, pointing out that he once said he
would be either a great businessman or a
rabbi in Ranana. The two worlds didnt collide for him. We thought it would be appropriate to have a leadership program in his
name. He was also, she said, a pied piper.
Kids loved him. So it was also appropriate
to present an award to an outstanding youth
group leader in Ashers name every year.
Diane Strobel participates in the Poland
trip each year. Kids say it totally changes
their life, she said. This program is a must.
From left, Aryeh, Ron, Asher, Joshua, Joey and Diane Strobel smile at the camera during a family outing.
STROBEL FAMILY
Kids must know who they are and where
they came from. The trip is special; it
includes nightly sessions where participants
can discuss the days events. We have a
little game going to get the kids to speak,
she said. For example, on one trip participants were asked, Whats the worst thing
that happened to you as a Jew? Almost
all of them said nothing, though one boy
said, my bris. For this reason, she said,
its good to have group leaders from Europe
who know what the world is about, what

our kids never encountered.
On the last trip, with a group leader
from South Africa, we got candles and
everyone held one. We sat down and she
said to discuss what this trip has done for
you. We want the kids to feel comfortable
and not intimidated by each other. They
started in grade school with each other;
theres a synergy, even if they go to different
high schools. The very diverse group, she
said, included 10 girls and 10 boys, one with

payot (side locks), one socially awkward,
and one from public school.
One girl said it was the most menschlich
group she ever met. She was amazed. She
thought we wouldnt be talking to each
other. But now shes proud to say, Youre
all my friends. One boy cried. He has a disabled sister and knew when he saw the
glassed-in area in Auschwitz containing discarded wheelchairs and crutches that my
sister wouldnt have made it.
The feeling of unity was what Asher
would have wanted for the group, his
mother said, adding that she cried when
someone rose to acknowledge her and her
family in the candlelit room.
Asher was comfortable in his own skin,
and he wanted others to be just as happy
as he was, she said. He had so many best
friends. He was perfect for the internet age.
He utilized it to the maximum for socialization, to meet people. He always made
friends. So many, in fact, that more than
1,000 people attended his funeral. Asher
had such an impact, she added, and many
people have approached her to share their
positive memories of her son.
Through those memories, and through
the thriving programs now bearing his
name, his legacy surely will live on.
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We got the WhatsApp message from our son Chaim
around noon on July 5:
Miriam went into labor this
morning. Were still home
and the doula is here. Ill
keep you posted.
At 3:15, he sent a photo of
our newest granddaughter
wrapped in a pink blanket in
her smiling mothers arms.
A fourth Leichman sabra,
thankGod!
Like her siblings, Yehuda
(7), Elisheva (6), and Tehila
(3), Avital Chana entered
the world following a labor
filled with the singing and
prayers of her parents.
Miriam is a music therapist, and last year, when
they moved into their
Abby Leichman meets her newest grandchild,
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Avital Chana.
ELISHEVA LEICHMAN
Adam near Jerusalem, she
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her dreams. It was here that she, Chaim,
Hebrew words for light and leather
and the doula spent the intense hours
both are pronounced ohr, though
before leaving just in time! for Hadassah Medical Center on MountScopus.
they are spelled differently. We were
Before Tehilas birth, Miriam and
impressed by his attempt at translation.
Chaim professionally recorded a CD of
Occasionally the children lack the English translation for a word theyve heard
Miriams original Hebrew and English
in school, or there simply isnt an Engsongs for laboring mothers, Movements
lish equivalent.
and Life. (Its very amusing to hear our
When I was walking Elisheva home
grandchildren singing snippets from
from kindergarten one recent Friday,
tracks such as I Can Do This.)
she started spinning a fantastic yarn, in
As she tunes in to the songs and spoken words around her, baby Avital will
English, about the silly things she had
discover that English reigns supreme
done that day. Then she stopped walking and burst out laughing. STOM! she
in her house (except when theres an
cried, giggling uncontrollably. Stom is
Israeli guest or service person) and in
Hebrew slang for just kidding!
the homes of both sets of grandparents,
By the time they turn 2, the chilwhile Hebrew is spoken in daycare and
drens Hebrew comprehension is at
on thestreet.
a much higher level than ours. From
Through miraculous maneuverings in
their point of view, actually, our Hebrew
her growing brain, she will sort it all out
is nonexistent.
and learn to flip back and forth between
Last year, my husband took Yehuda
languages effortlessly, depending upon
along when he went to pick up Tehila
her listener.
from daycare. The metapelet (caregiver)
Well, almost effortlessly. Especially
greeted Steve in Hebrew, and Yehuda
when they are about 3 or 4, the kids
spoke up before Steve could reply. He
often mix Hebrew and English in the
doesnt know any Hebrew, our curlysame sentence, sometimes even in the
haired cutie solemnly explained to
same word. Or they confuse similarthe caregiver.
sounding Englishwords.
In fact, we have come to realize that
For instance, Elisheva calls Barbie
we are a modern version of our own
dolls Barbiyot, adding a feminine
grandparents, most of whom spoke Yidplural Hebrew suffix. Tehila sometimes asks for more tomato when she
dish much more fluently than they spoke
meanspotato.
English. As children we found their YingTrue homophones are really tricky.
lish quaint, and as teenagers we found it
One year, Yehuda told us he had learned
a bit embarrassing.
The difference is that while we
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key phrases we picked up during visits
with the grandparents, Israelis understand that sooner or later, they must
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to get ahead in todaysworld.
Our grandchildren are extremely
fortunate in their bilingual upbringing, and we are extremely fortunate
to be able to communicate easily with
our sabra grandchildren. This bilingual
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next generation, so were conscious of
enjoying it while itlasts.
Why, the very first time we met baby
Avital she greeted us with both hello
and shalom.
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This year in Ramat Beit Shemesh

Gielchinsky family making aliyah from Bergenfield in time for Tisha BAv
LARRY YUDELSON
Last July, on the fast of Tisha BAv, the
thought crossed Aryeh Gielchinskys
mind that there was something off about
his mourning the destruction of the Temple and the exile of the Jews from Israel
when at least part of the damage was in
his power to repair.
Its peculiar, its bizarre, to mourn Jerusalem from America, he thought. It wasnt
a new thought. He often had felt that way
on Tisha BAv.
This year, Tisha BAv will be a bit less
bizarre for him. Hell be fasting in Israel.
He, his wife, Hadassah, and their three
children Miriam, 7, Batya, 4, and Yoni,
20 months are flying to Israel and making aliyah on Tuesday, August 2. When
Tisha BAv arrives this year, they will have
been Israeli citizens for nearly two weeks.
When Aryeh came home from synagogue last year Bergenfields Congregation Ohr Hatorah he told Hadassah that
maybe they should think about moving to
Israel as he had mentioned before.
This time, to his surprise, Hadassah
agreed that maybe they should.
What had changed? A friend who
lives in Israel had recently sent Hadassah a picture of her son. Something in
the picture suddenly made the idea of
Israel feel alive for her. Maybe the tile
on the floor? She doesnt quite remember. But the picture had an impact. It
was summer vacation from her job as a
math teacher at Maayanot Yeshiva High
School in Teaneck, and she had time
for introspection.
So this time, when the idea of moving
to Israel came up, she agreed that maybe
they should start looking into it.
Both Hadassah and Aryeh had spent a
year in yeshiva after high school. (Hadassah first went before she was in first grade,
when her family spent six weeks in Israel.
I dont remember so much from that
trip, she said.) But that was a decade ago.
In January, they spent two weeks in
Israel, scouting out the situation, examining places to live, and learning about
schools and career options there.
Soon after their return, they made the
decision. They were moving to Israel.
We knew we would have to start registering our kids for school, so we had to
make a decision quickly. It took a couple
of weeks, Hadassah said.
Not that the time since the decision has
been all clear sailing.
There have been plenty of times Ive
gone back and forth, she said. Its hard
to turn your whole life upside down. Its a
big change.
In particular, Family is hard to leave,
Aryeh and Hadassah Gielchinsky will be observing Tisha BAv in Israel this year with their children, Miriam, 7, Yoni, 20
months, and Batya 4.
she said. Hadassah grew up in Teaneck,

where her parents, Jane and David Carr,
and her sister, Devorah, still live; her
brother, Aryeh, and his family are not far
away, in Lakewood.
Aryeh comes from Elizabeth, where
his parents still live. He has a sister and
brother-in-law, Dina and Adam Loskove,
and nieces and nephews, Ilana, Andrew,
and Serena, in Teaneck, and a brother
in Miami.
And though Bergenfield is a good community, with a lot of choices, I never really
felt it was the right place, she said. She
looks forward to the feeling of belonging
she expects to feel in Israel.
Here, I have to teach my kids that we
dress differently than the kids we see
outside, she said. I have to teach them
that certain holiday images that they see
on television are not for them. Its a little
easier in Israel. It feels more natural when
youre in an environment that observes
the things you observe.
She looks forward to being wished chag
sameach happy holiday by bus drivers
at the time of the Jewish holidays. Its how
I expect the non-Jews feel around here
when they get wished happy holidays at
Christmas time, she said. We just spoke
to a friend who has been there for two
years. She definitely feels different when
she comes back here. She doesnt feel she
belongs as much.
Their house in Bergenfield is half empty.

In the living room, the couch is gone and
bookcases are empty; the books have been
shipped to Israel, along with clothes they
wont need until winter. Furniture is being
parceled out to family members rather
than being sent to Israel.
Theres an Ikea there, Hadassah
said. We can buy some of the same stuff
we had.
They have rented an apartment in
Ramat Beit Shemesh, in a neighborhood
with many other young American families.
Its going to make the transition somewhat easier, she said.
In making the move, theyre helped
by Nefesh BNefesh. The organization
was formed to promote aliyah from
North America in 2002. Last year, 3,500
North Americans made aliyah and a similar number is expected this year. One of
next months immigrants will be number
50,000 for the organization.
Nefesh bNefesh gave the Gielchinskys
advice on where to consider living, and
helped Aryeh make professional contracts.
(He is an insurance actuary.) Nefesh
bNefesh has helped them with the paperwork needed to receive Israeli citizenship.
When they get to Israel, Aryeh and
Hadassah will enroll in an ulpan, an
intense Hebrew language course. My
father spoke to us in Hebrew when we
were little, Hadassah said. My Hebrew
is not terrible. Its a little bit dictionary

Hebrew, not colloquial. Im hoping to get
more of the idioms.
Aryeh has been improving his Hebrew.
He took a six-month ulpan course in
Teaneck this year.
And the children?
Miriams Hebrew is okay, Hadassah
said. Last year, Miriam was a first grader
at the Rosenbaum Yeshiva of North Jersey in River Edge. I think she learned a
good amount.
Batya, the 4-year-old, knows a couple
words, such as etzbaot, fingers, but other
than that her understanding of Hebrew is
gibberish. Shell talk in gibberish and say
shes speaking Hebrew.
Hadassah is trying to get Batya excited
about the little things. We dont have
that many sidewalks here in Bergenfield.
We tell her that not only do they have
sidewalks in Israel, you can walk in the
street because there arent so many cars
on Shabbat.
Yet Hadassah knows that the transition
will be hard.
The beginning of school is not something Im looking forward to, she said.
They are all going to go into new environments. Im sure it will come out at home.
But the parents see the short-term disruptions as worth it.
Its going to be a good thing for them,
Aryeh said.
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New lay leader for Franklin Lakes shul
BCHSJS students visit Rockleigh
Alvin Reisbaum of Wayne, a past president of the Jewish

Federation of Northern New Jersey, was elected president
of Temple Emanuel of North Jersey in Franklin Lakes at the
shuls annual meeting on June 27. The shuls vice presidents
are Ellen Lipschitz of Fair Lawn, Joelle Rubin of Wyckoff, and
Yael Israel of Hawthorne; the treasurer is Marcia Hofflich of
North Haledon; the financial secretary is Linda Schwager
of Oakland, and the recording secretary is Rosalie Berman
of Wyckoff. These officers will be in their positions until
next June.
Alvin Reisbaum
Founded in Paterson in 1908, Temple Emanuel of North
Jersey is a welcoming community for all, including Jewish
and interfaith families. Prayer services are traditional, egalitarian, and Conservative.
Current members come from Bergen and Passaic counties, New York, and beyond.
For information, please go to www.tenjfl.org or call (201) 560-0200.
Bergen County High School of

Jewish Studies students Benjamin Kosiborod, David Stack,
and Walter Stack visited the
Jewish Home at Rockleigh
earlier this month to present
an end-of-the-year leadership
project. The students told residents about the ways in which
Jewish teens and young adults
are getting involved in the
international Jewish community to promote tikkun olam
and continue the legacy and
David Stack, Walter Stack, and Benjamin Kositraditions of the Jewish peoborod.
ple for generations to come.
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The teens talked about local
Taglit Birthright Israel, which sponsors
and national programs and organizations,
trips to Israel for teens and young adults.
including the Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey, BCHSJS USY, and BBYO,
The students also sang traditional Hebrew,
that provide opportunities to get involved
Yiddish, and American songs and socialin the community. They also discussed
ized with the residents.
Assemblywoman Sheila
Oliver, speaker emeritus
of the New Jersey State
Assembly, recently visited Bris Avrohoms headquarters and met with
its rabbis and staff. Ms.
Oliver learned about the
organizations programs
for the Russian Jewish
community. As a token of
Bris Avrohoms appreciation for her assistance in
expanding its programs,
she was presented with a
sculpture of Jerusalem.
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Bris Avrohom hosts state official
Rabbi Mordechai and Shterney Kanelsky, Bris Avrohoms executive director and associate director,
respectively, flank Assemblywoman Sheila Oliver.
Judith Kuper Jaffe, front row center, joins participants at the educator enrichment workshop.
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JCT installs leadership team

At a recent membership meeting at the
Jewish Center of Teaneck, its Shabbat
baal tefillah, Yitzchok Cohen, installed
new officers and trustees.
Above, from left, Isaac Student, president; Dr. Steven Meyers, vice president;
Allen Ezrapour, treasurer; trustees Robert Rabkin, Eva Gans, Judi Resnick, and
Henry Dubro; Daniel Chazin, secretary;

Sigi Laster, trustee; Reb Cohen, and
Michael Laves, trustee. Past president
Sandy Hausler and trustee Yossi Rosner
are not pictured.
The Jewish Center of Teaneck is a
modern Orthodox synagogue that offers
daily, Shabbat, and holiday services.
Judith Kuper Jaffe, the director of congregational learning at Shomrei Torah Wayne
Conservative Congregation, participated
in the Center for Israel Education and the
Emory Institute for the Study of Modern
Israel at the annual educator enrichment
workshop in Atlanta in June. She was
among 77 participants from the United
States, Canada, and Mexico, and was one
of the 11 Jewish educators who earned the
first Certificates for Jewish Education.
The five-day workshop on the history,
culture, and politics of Israel, funded by
the Avi Chai Foundation of North America,

included learning with scholars. Specialized learning tracks were included to provide strategies for implementing materials
in educational settings.
Kenneth W. Stein, the president of CIE
and a professor at Emory, founded the
workshop in 2000. The 2017 workshop is
tentatively planned June 2529. For information about the Center for Israel Education, email Rich.walter@israeled.org or go
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Whos retired now?
Rabbi Richard Hammerman takes on interim pulpit in Montebello
Joanne Palmer
ome people just cant stay retired.

They may think theyre getting tired. They may
think that theyre getting out at the top of their
game. They have some ideas about puttering
around, doing some charitable work, reading or writing
or thinking.
And then, well, someone asks a favor, and the favor
turns into a commitment, and there they are. Back at work.
Thats certainly Rabbi Richard Hammermans story.
Rabbi Hammerman is the new interim rabbi at the Montebello Jewish Center, a Conservative synagogue in Suffern, but to say that hes new as a rabbi in any way is a bit
of a stretch. About to turn 70, he is in a sense coming full
circle, taking over the bimah at a shul that reached out to
him through connections he made when he was just out
of rabbinical school, a lifetime ago.
Heres his story.
Richard Hammerman grew up in Washington Heights,
on Manhattans northern tip, in a very Jewish neighborhood, and he grew up deeply connected to the Jewish
community. His shul, like most in the neighborhood,
was Orthodox. It was called a Mizrachi shul, he said.
Although now that term is used to refer to Jews from the
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Upper West Side. Its rabbi, Leo Jung, a highly respected
German refugee, told him about the undergraduate joint
program that the Jewish Theological Seminary, then as
now the leading institution in the Conservative movement, ran with Columbia University.
The rest was history, Rabbi Hammerman said.
Rabbi Hammerman graduated from the joint program
with degrees from JTS and Columbia, and then went to
rabbinical school at JTS. He and his wife, Sharon, lived in
Riverdale, in the north Bronx, and belonged to the Conservative Synagogue Adath Israel there; in fact, his rabbinical internship was there, at his own home shul.
After he was ordained, Rabbi Hammerman became the
director of collegiate activities at the United Synagogue of
Conservative Judaism, running Atid the short-lived program for college students that later was replaced by the
longer-running-but-still-ultimately-abandoned Koach.
When Adath Israels Rabbi Chaim Pearl went on a yearlong sabbatical in Israel, he asked his most recent intern,
Richard Hammerman, then still in his 20s, his smicha
certificate barely dry, to cover for him. I was a kid,
Rabbi Hammerman said. I had no compunctions about
doing it.
It was a formidable synagogue. The congregants
included JTSs chancellor, Gerson Cohen, its vice chancellor, Stanley Schachter, many JTS faculty members, and
very many rabbinical students, he said. Sharon loves
telling about how she was at a Rabbinical Assembly convention, and Rabbi Cohen and Rabbi Schachter each stood
on either side of her, and introduced her as their rebbitzin.
She was 26 years old then.
When Rabbi Pearl came back to Riverdale, Rabbi Hammerman took a job leading Congregation Bnai Israel in
Toms River, N.J. That pulpit had been a revolving door,
hed been warned.
The door must have gotten stuck. He stayed there for
31 years, becoming the beating heart of a vibrant community. Eventually, though, he and Sharon decided together
that it was time to leave. I learned from Las Vegas comedians that its better to get offstage while the audience still
wants more, he said. Beyond that, we wanted to be in a
more Shabbat-observant community.
They moved to Congregation Agudath Israel in Caldwell,
N.J., in 2005. We found the community we were looking
for there, Rabbi Hammerman said. We are proud to be
members there.
Theyre also proud of their three children, whose life
choices mirror their parents with unusual faithfulness.
Their oldest child, Eytan, a JTS graduate, is the rabbi of
the Jewish Community Center in Harrison, N.Y., and his
wife, Rebecca, is the principal of the Carmel Academy, a
Jewish day school in Greenwich, Conn. Their three daughters, 8-year-old twins and a 7-year-old, all are students at
the Schechter Academy in Westchester.
Their middle child, Leah, teaches elementary school at
the Joseph Kushner Academy in Livingston, N.J.
Their youngest child, Rabbi Yael, another JTS graduate, is the director of congregational learning at Ansche
Chesed on Manhattans Upper West Side, and Yaels
husband, Rabbi Joshua Rabin, is United Synagogues
director of kehilla enrichment. They have a 4-year-old
Rockland
daughter, Hannah, and another child is due
in the next few weeks.
When he left the bimah, Rabbi Hammerman meant to retire, even though he was not
quite old enough. He was tired. A bit burnt
out. But the retirement thing just didnt stick.
He became the vice president for North
America at Masorti Olami, the Conservative
movements worldwide organization. That
was fund raising; he stayed for a bit, until the
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entire place was restructured. Next, he did

some substitute teaching at the local Schechter school. His plan was to teach full time. I
realized that I was too young to be retired,
but I didnt want overarching responsibilities, he said.
That didnt stick either. Rabbi Hammerman

had worked with the rabbi of Agudath Israel,
Dr. Alan Silverstein, at Masorti Olami; Rabbi
Silverstein had been that bodys president. The
shuls building was being renovated; the project was huge, ongoing, and had forced the congregation to move out and find different alternative spaces for three years. The executive
director decided to retire, Rabbi Hammerman
said. He didnt want to have the burden of finishing the building. So the president asked me
to become executive director, on a temporary
basis. Why? Because Rabbi Silverstein knew
about my executive abilities, and he recruited
me, Rabbi Hammerman said.
So there he was, pledged to spend six
months helping his own community move
into its old-new building, working as a rabbi/
executive director hybrid, mainly running
the synagogue but taking over pastoral duties
from time to time, when necessary.
Those six months lasted for five years,
Rabbi Hammerman said. Finally, though, he
said that it really had to end.
I enjoyed it but I didnt like it as much as
being the rabbi because it wasnt really mine.
And I was wedded to the office daily, which a
rabbi generally isnt. Its not a good job if you
have shpilkes which I have.
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Rockland Federation lists upcoming events

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Hammerman
search committee chair, Harriet Spevack, remembered Richie Hammerman

from back in Riverdale, decades ago,
when she, her husband, Harold, and the
Hammermans all were members of the
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over 40 years and asked me if I would
consider it.
That was erev Shavuot, Rabbi Hammerman said. June 10. I started here
at the beginning of this month. That
was July.
Rabbi Hammerman likes what he
sees at Montebello. Im very impressed
with the level of participation, he said.
People here are very passionate. Maybe
because its small, they have a sense of
ownership and pride.
I see my mission as keeping the ship
afloat, and piloting it in a direction similar to the one Rabbi Baldachin set it on,
he continued. I will support the search
committee as it looks for a permanent
rabbi, and I will work to keep the sense
of joy and learning alive in Montebello.
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worked for Israel Tour Connection, selling rabbis on the importance of taking
their congregants to Israel, developing
a real, physical, visceral relationship to
the land; hed led 15 trips himself, so he
knew what he was talking about.
He also led High Holy Day services in
Temple Beth Sholom of Pascack Valley in
Park Ridge, N.J.
What next?
The job at Montebello came to him
serendipitously, Rabbi Hammerman
said. The shuls rabbi, Adam Baldachin,
who was much loved, moved on to a bigger synagogue in Scarsdale, and Montebellos search for a permanent rabbi
stalled. The rabbinic search committee
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Editorial
The power of words
he Jewish calendar, the civil calendar, and the

natural world all are conspiring to make us all
uneasy this year.
On the Jewish calendar, its the Three Weeks,
leading up to the emotional and rhetorical devastation
of Tisha BAv, the book that includes imagery that is too
brutal to think about.
In the natural world, its the middle of the summer,
still lush outside but punishingly hot. The world will
offer us one of two summertime options. Either it will
be so humid that we will lumber through a miasma of
sweat, or it will be so dry that all the green will die and
the dirt will turn to dust and clog our nostrils. (We tend
more toward the grossly humid here; in Israel, where the
Temples were destroyed, its more toward the cracked,
sere, baking-alive end of the discomfort spectrum.)
And the civil calendar offers us more of the most bleak
and terrifying presidential elections in any of our living
memories. The dystopic thundering of the Republican
convention presented a horrifying version of reality, and
the Democratic email scandal, with its hints of Russian
meddling bringing back nightmares of the Cold War, is
terrifying. (But if youre old enough, at least you can
amuse yourself by remembering Boris Badenov and
Natasha Nogoodnik. And quick does Natashas curvaceous body, knife-sharp cheekbones, and, um, Pottsylvania accent remind you of anyone?)
Without being at all partisan, maybe we can acknowledge that there was at least one shining ray of hope at
the Democratic convention. Michelle Obama, gorgeous,
brilliant, articulate, warm, and elegant, talked about the
future with fullness and generosity.
And, oddly, the focus of her talk seemed Jewish.
To Michelle Obama, everything is filtered through her
children, and after that, through everyone elses children as well. The need to protect, to nurture, to challenge, to mold, and to love her children, to understand
that all her actions will affect them, to do the absolute
best she can to bequeath them a better world, and to
teach them that soon making the world better will be
their responsibility as well, is a deeply Jewish impulse.
Certainly it is not only Jewish, but it is unmistakably
Jewish.
Just as words of blind, senseless hatred of sinat chinam caused the destruction of the Temple and led to
millennia of sorrow and wandering, so too do words of
love have the power to heal.
We hope that we all can cast partisanship aside at
least enough to acknowledge love when we find it, and
to share it. We can go back to fighting about ideas and
philosophies, but how much better the world would be
JP
if love could undergird those fights.
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KEEPING THE FAITH
Down with Judaisms downer days
isha BAv is two weeks from tomorrow, up your eyes and see what you choose for yourself.
although it will be marked one day later
Dont set your eyes upon beauty; rather, set your eyes
this year. That is because, unlike Yom Kip- upon family. For grace is false and beauty is vain; a
pur, neither Tisha BAv nor any other pub- woman who fears, the Lord she will be praised.
lic fast (there are four others) may be observed on a
Nevertheless, that Yom Kippur was a day of fasting
Shabbat. The reason why opens the door to a serious
even in biblical times can be seen in Isaiah 58, where
question about fasts in general: Other than on Yom
it is assumed with good reason that Yom Kippur is
Kippur, should we be fasting at all?
being referenced. Yet there is no question that fasting per se is not mentioned in the Torah in connecThe reason for not delaying the Yom Kippur fast
is a simple one. The Torah commands the obser- tion to Yom Kippur, or any other day.
vance of Yom Kippur on the tenth day of the seventh
The Torah knows nothing about mourning past
month, meaning on Tishrei 10. Besides, the day itself
calamities, either. The lifestyle it prescribes celebrates life; it does not burden life by establishing
is considered a Shabbat. (See Leviticus 23:32.)
memorials to the catastrophes of yesteryear.
It also could be argued that Yom Kippur is not a fast
We celebrate the Exodus from Egypt, but we pass
day in the sense that the other five annual fasts are.
over the catastrophes that befell Israel in Egypt, and
Liturgically, in fact, it contains elements found only
especially the horrific mass murder of
on festival days elements that would
the newborn male children. We celebe totally inappropriate on the other
brate the giving of the Torah on Mount
five fast days. The Torah, in fact, does
Sinai, but ignore the murderous attack
not refer to Yom Kippur as a fast day.
Amalek launched against Israel on the
Rather, it is a day to afflict your souls,
way to Sinai an attack that targeted the
or exercise self-denial, depending on
elderly, the infirm, and the very young.
how you choose to define vinitem et
The Torah does not memorialize
nafshoteichem. (See Leviticus 23:27
catastrophes. They will not be forgotten
and 32.)
because they are on record, and that is
This phrase has been taken to include
enough. Move on.
a number of activities, not just fasting, Rabbi
Shammai
Fasting was practiced in biblical times,
and certainly not fasting for the purpose
Engelmayer
of course. There are several biblical
of mourning. Whether any of these are
examples of private fasts, such as when
what the Torah had in mind is open to
David sought to convince God to spare his and Bathspeculation, if for no other reason than that the Yom
shebas firstborn. (See II Samuel 12:2223.) Fasting
Kippur of the Torah is a cultic observance involving
also occurred following calamities, but these were
specific rituals to be performed by the High Priest
within the sacred precincts. It is through those ritu- of the moment only. (See Judges 20:26, I Samuel 7:6
als alone that atonement is achieved.
and 14:24, and II Chronicles 20:3.)
There also is serious evidence that Yom Kippur
And, of course, there were fasts meant to thwart
afternoons were not only festive occasions, but were
calamities, the most famous of which were the spontaneous fasts that broke throughout Persia after
something akin to Al Capps mythical Sadie Hawkins
Hamans plot was revealed, and the three-day fast
Day, in which young women went out in search of
husbands. As the Talmud explains (see Mishnah Ta- Esther ordered in Shushan before she approached
the king. (See Esther 4:3 and 16.)
anit 4:8):
There is nothing in the Book of Esther, howRabban Shimon ben Gamliel said: There were no
ever, that ordains a permanent annual fast in
more joyous days in Israel than the 15th of Av [known
commemoration.
colloquially as Tu BAv] and Yom Hakippurim. On
That the three other minor fasts and Tisha BAv
these days, the daughters of Israel went out dressed
in [borrowed and ritually cleaned] white clothing. were ordained by the prophets is also questionable.
Yes, the prophet Zechariah (see 8:19) talks of the
[They] would go out and dance in the vineyards
[where the young men awaited them]. And what is fast of the fourth month and the fast of the fifth and
the fast of the seventh and the fast of the tenth, but
it that they said [as they danced]? Young man, lift
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Not so fast
Responding to a day of ambiguity
this reference is problematic. It would seem
to confirm that the three minor fasts the
Seventeenth of Tammuz, the Third of Tishrei (the Fast of Gedaliah), and the Tenth of
Tevet as well as Tisha BAv were ordained
by some authority during biblical times, but
not necessarily the prophets. Zechariah,
however, did not characterize these fasts
in any way, and he did not provide specific
dates for their observance.
The biblical texts that are cited to support
prophetic initiation of the fasts do provide
specific dates, but these are at odds with
when we observe three of them. If the walls
of Jerusalem were breached on the 17th
of Tammuz, there is no biblical record of
For reasons far

beyond the
destruction of the
Temple, Tisha
BAv is much too
important to be
ignored or
tossed aside.
that. The First Temple was supposed to
have been destroyed on the Ninth of Av
(Tisha BAv), but the biblical record puts
the destruction on the seventh of Av (see
II Kings 25.:8-9) or the tenth (see Jeremiah
52:12). We know Gedaliah was killed in Tishrei, but not on what day. (See II Kings 25
and Jeremiah 41.)
Differing dates aside, none of these texts
refer to fasts being observed or proclaimed.
For reasons far beyond the destruction of the Temple, Tisha BAv is much too
important to be ignored or tossed aside.
The minor fasts, however, need to be reexamined, as do the mourning-like rituals
between Passover and Shavuot, and of the
Three Weeks. These color Judaism as being
obsessed with tragedy and death.
Yes, there is a reason the Torah avoids
mention of fasting, much less ordains such
fasts. Judaism is about reaffirming life, not
dwelling on death and destruction.
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write these words as I fast in observance of Shivah

a world away Americans celebrated our independence
Asar bTammuz the Fast of the Seventeenth of Tamfor the last time before entering World War II.
muz. The fast commemorates the breeching of the
The Sages of the Talmud taught: Good things are destined to occur on historically auspicious days, while tragwalls of Jerusalem during the siege that culminated in
edies befall us on days with a history of misfortune (Taathe destruction of the Temple. In point of fact, I write these
nit 29A). By all accounts, the seventeenth of Tammuz is a
words on the eighteenth of Tammuz. The fast was delayed
day with an ambiguous legacy. In many ways it is an Indein deference to Shabbat, which fell on the seventeenth of
pendence Day to be celebrated with heartfelt gratitude
Tammuz this year.
The continued relevance of this minor fast is underas a watershed moment in the history of Jewish freedom,
standably questioned by many. Repeatedly continuing to
achievement, and opportunity. Yet the seventeenth of Tammuz also has a deeply dark record, comprising some of the
mourn the destruction of Jerusalem and the loss of Jewish
most profound losses of both our distant past and our more
national sovereignty when Jerusalem is a vibrant, modern
recent history.
Jewish city at the political and spiritual heart of a beautiful, living, sovereign, free and democratic Jewish state
I fervently believe that the Prophet Zechariah was right.
seems to some Jews to be spiritually obtuse, scandalously
One day, even the darkest moments in our history will be
lacking in gratitude, and insensitive to the miraculous
transformed into joy and gladness and celebration. I fervently believe that the events of Shivah Asar bTammuz 5536
nature of the State of Israel.
( July 4, 1776) represent a significant step forward in achievI am not immune to such feelings of cognitive dissonance
and spiritual inconsistency in maintaining this
ing such an enlightened and redeemed future.
historic commemoration. After struggling with
I also fervently believe that we as Jews and
we together with all Americans have a great
the contemporary tensions inherent in this fast
deal of work to do before the transformation
day, however, I remain committed to its observance. In fact, I am convinced that this years
envisioned by Zechariah can be realized fully.
Shivah Asar bTammuz offers a uniquely comI fervently believe that such a divine transformation can be brought about only through the
pelling message, especially to American Jews.
It was 240 years ago, on Shivah Asar
concerted efforts of very human agents. The
bTammuz 5536 (that is, July 4, 1776) that the
political and cultural divides in American society today represent a lamentable stain on the
Declaration of Independence was signed in
Rabbi
legacy of the founding fathers. The analogous
Philadelphia. (This calendrical confluence
Joseph H.
infighting and petty partisan religious politics
recurs not infrequently.) It is tempting to see
Prouser
bedeviling the Jewish state and the Jewish peoirony in the fact that Jews were mourning and
ple from within despite the very real threats
fasting and looking back in time to the losses
from increasingly hostile external detractors
of antiquity just as the American founding
make it clear that Shivah Asar bTammuz is no time to celfathers were attending the birth of a nation and inaugurating a future of unprecedented freedom and opportuebrate. Not yet.
nity, full acceptance, and genuine enfranchisement for the
It is a time to reflect on both our copious gifts and our
Jewish people.
considerable challenges. It is time to get to work. We occupy
It is tempting to identify in the founding of the United States
a moment in history at which both the United States and
on Shivah Asar bTammuz fulfillment of biblical prophecy.
the House of Judah find ourselves at a crossroads. American
Zechariah (8:19) foretold: The fast of the fourth month (i.e.,
Jews must take to heart our obligations both as citizens of
Tammuz) shall become an occasion for joy and gladness, a
the nation founded on Shivah Asar bTammuz and as heirs
happy festival for the House of Judah. The events of 17 Tamto an ancient and sacred tradition that met some of its most
muz 5536 (the fast of the fourth month) indeed are observed
dire perils on Shivah Asar bTammuz.
as a happy festival (though marked according to the GregoI spent the first days of this historic month visiting Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. I was haunted there by the words of
rian calendar!) worthy of celebration, joy and gladness by
Abraham Lincoln, who (First Amendment objections notthe House of Judah in the twenty-first century. The historic
alliance and friendship between the United States and the
withstanding) famously declared a day of national humiliState of Israel accounts in no small part for the Jewish signifiation, fasting and prayer as the Civil War raged. Lincolns
cance of this modern festival.
call for a day of fasting and reflection speaks to todays
The modern history of Shivah Asar bTammuz is not
Americans, who similarly must recognize the onerous cost
all cheerful news for the House of Judah. This years fast
of continued divisiveness. Let us then rest humbly in the
represents a dark historic anniversary, far more recent
hope authorized by the Divine teachings, that the united
and in many ways more compelling than the breeching
cry of the Nation will be heard on high, and answered with
of ancient Jerusalems city walls. It was precisely 75 years
blessings, no less than the restoration of our now divided
ago Shivah Asar bTammuz of 1941 that the rabbis of
and suffering Country, to its former happy condition of
Vilna were arrested en masse, abused and tortured by the
unity and peace. Fasting, prayer, and national introspection, together with the wise, principled, and effective disNazi regime, and at days end, shot to death at Ponary
charge of our responsibilities as Jews and as Americans, still
an isolated, deceptively bucolic expanse of farmland some
are very much the order of the day, lest painful breeches
five miles from the city. Vilna was perhaps Europes most
give way to a still more devastating calamity.
vital center of Jewish scholarship and piety, dubbed the
I write these words even as I fast in (an albeit delayed)
Jerusalem of Lithuania by no less a visitor than Napoleon.
observance of Shivah Asar bTammuz. We must begin this
The Jewish national losses of Shivah Asar bTammuz 5701
process in earnest. Now. Some obligations unlike minor
were incalculable.
The executions at Ponary (also known as Ponarz, Punar,
fast days can simply not be put off until tomorrow.
and Panarai) lasted for months, claiming thousands of victims. As many as 2,000 Jews were murdered on a single day.
Joseph H. Prouser is the rabbi of Temple Emanuel of North
The lethal liquidation of Vilna Jewry began on July 4, 1941, as
Jersey in Franklin Lakes.
Opinion
The Berrie Fellows go to Israel

Cohort of local leaders learn to listen to each other
s I write this, I am preparing

my thoughts, expectations,
and goals for what promises to
be a transformative 10-day trip
to Israel with the Berrie Fellows Leadership Program.
The Berrie fellowship is an 18-month
learning and training program for 20 Jewish men and women who hold lay leadership roles in the northern Jersey area
theyre presidents and board members of
synagogues, JCCs, JFNNJ, day schools, the
Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey,
and similar groups. It is funded by the Russell Berrie Foundation, whose president,
Angelica Berrie, is a leading philanthropist
and visionary, and it is administered by
federation.
Our Berrie cohort, the fourth of five, is
working to expand on the Berrie Foundations twofold mission to promote the
continuity and enrichment of Jewish communal life and to foster the spirit of religious
understanding and pluralism.
The 20 of us represent religious denominations ranging from Orthodox to Reconstructionist, as well as political philosophies
from the most liberal to the most conservative. In other words, we are not going to
agree about Donald Trumps acceptance
speech. But what we all share is a desire to
improve the lives of the Jewish community,
a commitment to the vibrancy of the Jewish

people, and an understanding of the importance of the State of Israel.
The program consists of lectures, discussions, meetings, forums, and the study of
both secular and religious texts. Berrie Fellows add to it their desire to make Jewish life
more inclusive, open, and accepting. While
we disagree, often vehemently, over such
hot-button issues as intermarriage, Jewish
practices, Israeli settlements, responses to
terrorism, and Palestinian issues, we do so
respectfully. We also do so without judgment
and without questioning other peoples
motives or vilifying their belief systems when
they differ from our own.
Most importantly, we exemplify what is so
sorely missing in the Democratic and Republican parties today. That is, we accept that
the people whose views we disagree with
are good people, people who are just as committed to the same goals as we are that the
Jewish people and Israel must be strong but
with differing ideas about the way to accomplish those goals.
The Fellows are open to learning about
each other and our divergent experiences,
so that we can bring the strength of our joint
commitments, rather than the divisiveness or
our differences, together, using it to advance
the future of our community. The issues that
divide us are far fewer than those that bind
Dont call them names

Its time to figure out how to accept
and welcome LGBT people
t a recent Zion and Jerusalem

conference attended by 700 rabbis and educators in Israel, Rabbi
Yigal Levenstein, the co-director
of Bnei David, Israels original and flagship
Mechina program in the West Bank town of
Eli, made some highly controversial comments about LGBT people and Reform Jews.
The comments elicited criticism across
the political spectrum, and even from some
Orthodox leaders.
Rabbi Levenstein has had enormous influence on thousands of religious Zionist Israelis, young men who have completed his
Mechina program. The program aims to prepare students to meet the challenges they will
face from encountering secular society during their army tour of duty.
At the conference, Rabbi Levenstein
labeled the Reform movement a Christian
Dr. Kenneth Prager is professor of medicine
and director of medical ethics at Columbia
University Medical Center. He is a member of
Congregation Ahavath Torah in Englewood.
movement. He also criticized the IDF for

allowing gay men to serve. He said: Soldiers
and officers are taught to refer to [LGBT people] as proud, but I dont dare call them that
perverts is what I call them.
It is surprising and chilling to hear such an
influential rabbi, who has a profound influence on thousands of religious young Israelis,
using a term as ugly as perverts when referring to LGPT people and criticizing the IDF
for accepting gay men.
What is even more depressing and disturbing is the fact that 300 religious Zionist
rabbis signed a petition supporting Rabbi
Levenstein.
Compare this to the Statement of Principles on the Place of Jews with a Homosexual Orientation in Our Community. Signed
in 2010 by more 100 Orthodox American
rabbis, the statement called for the inclusion of gay people as full members of the
Orthodox community. While Rabbi Levenstein made no distinction between same-sex
attraction and a single act between gay men
prohibited by the Torah, the Statement of
the formidable challenges that

us. We are mindful of the fact
are before us, we must come
that we are one people, bound
together. The insidious BDS
by a common history and the
movement and its older cousin,
teachings of the Torah.
anti-Semitism, are back in
In Israel, the Berrie Fellows will study at the Shalom
vogue. They are both rampant
Hartman Institute, meet with
now, especially in our no longer intellectually open or honphilanthropic and political
est institutions of higher learnleaders, visit diverse sites to
Dan
ing. The world is a dangerous
see programs in action, and
Shlufman
place, with ISIS, unrelenting
tour various settlements,
terrorism and nonstop verbal
Arab areas, ultra-Orthodox
attacks (of the liar, liar pants on fire kind)
towns, and secular neighborhoods to better understand the fabric that makes up
on the State of Israel.
the modern State of Israel. We will explore
We Berrie Fellows are being equipped with
the complexities of Israeli life and look at
the tools necessary to fight the internal and
the burgeoning philanthropic environexternal threats to the Jewish people. I anticiment that is growing as a result of expandpate that the experiences in Israel will supering economic opportunities.
charge the learning that we have already had
I am excited to travel with this group of
in the first 12 months of the program. Howextraordinary people, who are leaving their
ever, though we will have many of the tools to
families and jobs for 10 days to devote themdo the job, we will still need many others to
selves to the advancement of the Jewish peoassist us with the building, and in many cases,
ple. We know that what we will see and do
remodeling of the Jewish philanthropic and
in Israel will be unique and extraordinary.
leadership models.
When we return to northern New Jersey,
I know that when we work together, we
our charge will be to take these experiences
can do great things. To thrive, we must focus
and use them to improve the availability and
on that which unites us and not that which
efficiency of Jewish religious institutions and
divides us. We must also believe that Jewish continuity and a strong State of Israel is
social organizations. It also will be to conimportant to us, our children and the future
tinue to work to bring our people together
that is the only way we will survive.
of our people.
As Abraham Lincoln famously said, A
Daniel Shlufman of Tenafly is a member of the
house divided against itself cannot stand.
board of the Jewish Federation of Northern
For too long, the Jewish people have built
New Jersey and one of its Berrie Fellows. He is
our institutions upon an unstable foundation of separatism and exclusion. To accept
an attorney and a mortgage broker.
Principles made this distincof Principles, was premature.

tion very clear, emphasizing
The statement, while adhering to the Torah prohibition
that Jewish law does not prohibit orientation or feelings of
against a single homosexual act
penetrative sex between two
same-sex attraction, and nothing in the Torah devalues the
men stated: embarrassing,
human beings who struggle
harassing or demeaning someone with a homosexual orientawith them.
tion or same-sex attraction is a
As a modern Orthodox Jew
Dr. Kenneth
violation of Torah prohibitions
who loves and accepts his lesPrager
bian daughter, her partner,
that embody the deepest values of Judaism.
and their two sons as deeply
It is clear that given our secular societys
as I love my three other children and their
increasing acceptance of LGBT peoples right
families, I find Rabbi Levensteins comments
to live their lives in a manner comparable
contemptible and utterly contrary to a Torah
to heterosexuals, Orthodox Judaism faces a
whose ways are ways of pleasantness
great halachic challenge. How to treat Jews
(Proverbs 3:17). Imagine how thousands of
whose inborn sexual orientation is uncongay Orthodox Jews and even accepting
ventional with respect and acceptance, while
the most conservative estimates of the percentage of the population that is gay, their
remaining true to the Torahs prohibition, is
number must reach the thousands react to
a challenge but it clearly is doable. What is
Rabbi Levensteins use of the term perverts
needed is a new approach to the entire question of what it means to be LGBT in the light
to describe them.
of the narrow Torah prohibition of a particWhat I fear is that Rabbi Levenstein may be
ular sexual act between two men. What is
looked up to by many modern Orthodox Rabbis as a hero for bravely stating what they feel
needed is an acceptance by rabbis that gay
in their hearts but are too politically correct
people were made that way by God, and that
to say. If that is true, then the optimism I have
it is therefore cruel to demand that they live
felt over the past few years, thinking modern
loveless and lonely lives within halacha or
Orthodox rabbis were making slow progress,
leave Judaism entirely.
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along the lines enunciated in the Statement
Letters
Biblical intermarriage
Regarding the discussion of intermarriage by Rabbi

Zahavy (Dear Rabbi, June 30) I agree with his views,
and note that he cites Ruth as a favorable, indeed admirable, example. But I am surprised that in his and others
discussions of intermarriage, the two notable instances of
intermarriage in the Torah, by arguably its two greatest
figures, are rarely noted.
To make matters worse, they married daughters of pagan
priests! I refer first to Joseph, who married Asenath, the
daughter of a priest of On (mentioned twice, for emphasis,
in Genesis 43:45,50). (On was an Egyptian city, the center of
the cult of the sun-god Re.) Second, there was Moses, who
married Zipporah, the daughter of a Midianite priest, Jethro
(Exodus 2:16-22). One might explain these away by noting
that the husbands were leaders not likely to be led astray,
but still were they setting an example?
Dan Mosenkis, Fair Lawn
In defense of Orthodox institutions
I write in response to Mr. Joseph Kaplans July 22 op-ed,

Sorrowful Words. I follow the order of his letter.
Disappointments with the RCA Geirus GPS
The key benefit of establishing the GPS protocols is that the

convert is assured of the acceptance of their geirus in North
America and Israel. Mr. Kaplan claims the GPS contains
overly strict procedures that put up barriers to conversion rather than help people convert. I am sure that Mr.
Kaplan does not endorse the position that there can be a
conversion without any standards. So, I ask Mr. Kaplan,
which provisions of the GPS are overly strict?
Mr. Kaplan continues his assault on the GPS by seeking
to tarnish it by calling out the arrest of Rabbi Barry Freundel, the former chairman of the GPS Committee of the RCA.
Rabbi Freundel pled guilty to 52 counts of voyeurism and
was sentenced to 6 1/2 years in prison. While it is crystal
clear that what Rabbi Freundel did was criminal, unconscionable, and cannot be condemned enough, at the same
time, it also should be crystal clear that none of his atrocious activities bear on the GPS or, most importantly, on the
giyuirm that were performed under the GPS.
Mr. Kaplan further seeks to undermine the GPS system
by citing the GPS Review. On the contrary, the GPS Review
stands by the purpose and halachic standards outlined in
the GPS Policies and Procedures. The following is from the
Reviews opening:
While there were those who expressed opposition to the
entire notion of a centralized system of conversion courts
calling for a return to conversions done by local rabbis, the
RCA affirms the value of its centralized system of Regional
Courts for Conversion, the GPS system. In particular:
1. The RCA affirms the fundamental value of the GPS system, whose standards in halacha are in accordance with the
most widely accepted views of our poskim. A conversion
completed through this system grants the convert the assurance that the conversion will be the most widely accepted
both in North America and by the Chief Rabbinate of Israel.
2. The RCA affirms the halachic standards of the GPS
system.
3. While the Freundel arrest is an unmitigated tragedy and
gives urgency to this review, the GPS system includes many
people who have worked appropriately, including rabbis,
administrators, teachers, and mentors. These people are
not to be judged unfairly due to the criminal activity of one.
4. While affirming the strengths of the GPS, the GPS is
acknowledged to have weaknesses, as does any system.
Some of these are due to the nature of a centralized system
and some are due to the delivery of the services.
5. The RCA is committed to improving the GPS system by
both making it more efficient and by improving the experience of the convert.
In the words of Rabbi Josh Yuter, the real importance

of the report can be found on page 11, and worth quoting
at length.
From the report: At the time of the establishment of the
GPS system, attention was paid primarily to the development
of Batei Din that would function according to standardized
halachic procedures. Primary concerns included the essential requirement of conversion candidates full observance of
Jewish law at the time of the conversion, as well as with their
expectation and commitment to continue to live as observant
Jews. The emphasis in establishing this system was to maintain a high quality of the conversions in order to assure that
they would be widely recognized.
The emphasis of the RCA in establishing these Batei Din
was thus primarily on the halachic practices of the Batei Din
and not on the experiences of the converts. It was assumed at
the time that the experiences of converts, their training, their
spiritual and religious development, their emotional process
and comfort would be tended to by their sponsoring rabbis
who had much experience in these areas.
The collection of data from the surveys, from input of those
involved in conversion preparation as teachers and sponsoring rabbis, as well as from the collective experience of the
Review Committee members, have made apparent, however,
that the RCA must not limit its attention to halachic details, but
to the many areas and aspects of the complexity of the total
conversion experience for conversion candidates, including
emotional, spiritual, social issues, power dynamics, and other
factors. While many converts felt satisfied with the process
of conversion, a significant minority felt vulnerable, unduly
stressed, and sometimes even resentful of the process. These
recommendations expand the attention that must be given to
the quality of the experiences of converts.
While there are opportunities for improvement to the GPS
Policies and Procedures, they are, as they exist today, halachically sound and certainly not problematic.
With regard to the very unfortunate circumstance about
Nicole, who converted under the auspices of Rabbi Lookstein, the incident itself gives support for the need of the GPS.
The GPS anticipates this unfortunate outcome by stating:
Rabbis and lay people who carry out conversions outside
of this framework should know that they cannot be assured
of recognition by the RCA/BDA with respect to such conversions. And, in my own words, by extension, by the Chief Rabbinate of Israel.
Disappointments with the RCA Press Releases
For the record, the full text of both press releases is offered
below. Mr. Kaplan is disappointed in that the statements do
not make specific points and do not pass his editorial muster.
I prefer to see the RCA statements as being on point and representing the best of modern Orthodox rabbinic leadership.
Your readers can judge for themselves.
RCA Condemns Terror Attack in Orlando
Jun 14, 2016 The Rabbinical Council of America, the leading
organization of Orthodox rabbis in North America, expresses its
shock at the hate filled terrorist attack in Orlando that brutally
murdered 49 innocent people and wounded 53.
Murderous attacks in the name of religion are anathema
said RCA president Shalom Baum. We condemn the philosophy and actions of radical Islamists which are the antithesis
of personal responsibility, coexistence, and peace. We call on
world leaders to continue the fight to protect innocent people
from the violence motivated by ISIS and those sharing its cruel
philosophy.
We categorically condemn the hatred and violence perpetrated against the patrons of the Pulse nightclub said Vice
President Elazar Muskin. No individual or group should be
singled out in such a nefarious way. Our deepest condolences
are extended to all the bereaved families, their friends and
community, in this time of pain. Our thoughts and prayers for
a speedy and full recovery are with all the wounded.

RCA Protests Court Ruling on Same Sex Marriage
Jun 26, 2015 The Rabbinical Council of America expresses deep
concern over todays ruling of the Supreme Court of the United
States regarding same-sex marriage.
While recognizing the civil rights of all who live in a democratic country as well as the diversity of religious and political
opinions in a multi-religious society, the RCA rejects the Courts
redefinition of marriage. Marriage is an institution defined by
the Bible and subsequent religious codes and it is upon the
foundation of traditional family life that our society has been
built for millennia.
We are sobered by the response of Chief Justice John Roberts,
that people of faith can take no comfort in the treatment they
receive from the majority today and are alarmed about the
threat articulated by Justice Samuel A. Alito that the majority
opinion will be used to vilify Americans who are unwilling to
assent to the new orthodoxy. In the course of its opinion, the
majority compares traditional marriage laws to laws that denied
equal treatment for African-Americans and women. The implications of this analogy will be exploited by those who are determined to stamp out every vestige of dissent.
We call on the United States government to ensure, in the
words of Justice Anthony Kennedy, That religious organizations and persons are given proper protection as they seek
to teach the principles that are so fulfilling and so central to
their lives and faiths.
Rabbi Leonard Matanky, president of the RCA, said, We
remind all Americans of faith, Jewish and non-Jewish, that no
court can change Gods immutable law. We will redouble our
efforts to use persuasion to make the case for Gods eternal
truths about the nuclear family and the bond between husband
and wife. We stand committed not to lose faith in faith itself, and
hope that others who cherish Gods teaching will join us.
Disappointments with the OU Rabbinic

Coordinator Open Orthodoxy
Mr. Kaplan is disappointed that the OU does not publically

distance itself from articles by Rabbi Avrohom Gordimer that
are critical of open Orthodoxy. But, why should the OU do so?
Where is the opportunity for a discussion and debate of the
issues? Instead of calling for the OU to disassociate from Rabbi
Gordimers articles, Mr. Kaplan should be encouraging Rabbi
Gordimers articles and their respective responses. This way
the public can make an informed judgment based on transparent presentations of both sides of the debate.
Disappointments with the OU Rabbinic

Coordinator Rabbi Belsky
Mr. Kaplan is disappointed that the OU featured a profile

about Rabbi Belsky after his recent petirah. Mr. Kaplan omits
that while he was still alive, Rabbi Belsky made clear in a public letter that he favors the reporting of credible suspicions of
abuse directly to the civil authorities without the need to seek
prior rabbinic permission. I prefer to view Rabbi Belsky in the
very words of the OU Koshers CEO (for whom Mr. Kaplan has
strong respect and admiration) Rabbi Menachem Genack, He
advocated on behalf of people for whom everyone else had
lost hope and he did so at enormous risk. He wasnt necessarily always right, but he was always motivated by compassion and a sense of profound kinship for the most unfortunate
and isolated person. He was extraordinary in that way. He was
incredibly unique and irreplaceable. I loved him very much.
Conclusion
Instead of focusing on his disappointments and generalizing

from specific events to negatively characterize our community institutions, I would urge Mr. Kaplan to draw inspiration
from all of the good work that is done by our flagship modern
Orthodox institutions, the OU and the RCA.
Yisrael Gottesman, Teaneck
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Turkey after the failed coup, fascism
e live in an era of resurgent strongattention that had been focused on the previous days
man leaders.
terrorist atrocity in Nice, France, suddenly lurched
Some of them, like Russias Presitoward Ankara and Istanbul, where tanks were in the
dent Vladimir Putin, carry an aura of
streets, fighter jets were flying overhead, and state
invincibility, a sense that they effortlessly control the
media was announcing the existence of something
levers of power at every level of state activity, from
called a peace council that henceforth would manparliament to intelligence operations to the military.
age the countrys crisis. Erdogan himself was rumored
Some of them cling to power even as
to have left the country, and there even
the states they created crumble under
were reports that he had requested asythe weight of corruption, mismanagelum in Germany.
ment, political repression, and ecoBut by Saturday, Erdogan and his
nomic degradation; Venezuelas leader,
cohorts were back in control. We perhaps
Nicolas Maduro, is a prime example of
will never know the true story of what
this. Still others cling to power through
happened during those fateful hours,
brute force and mass murder, propped
but it is striking that this coup appears to
up by outside allies. The most obvious
have been so incompetently executed, all
case here is the Syrian tyrant Bashar althe more so in Turkey, which has had its
Ben Cohen
Assad, who has lived another day thanks
fair share of violent transitions of power
to his friends in Moscow and Tehran.
in the recent past.
Theres another class of strongman
Certainly, Erdogan has reaped great
leader, who accumulates more and more power by prerewards in the aftermath, which has seen him move
senting himself as the innocent victim of murky outside
several steps closer to the sultan-like status he craves.
conspiracies, spinning his unfortunate condition as an
Does that he mean that he staged the coup? Ive always
attack on the sovereign will of the people, and not just
been highly skeptical of false flag operation theories,
upon himself or his political party. Case in point? Enter
but if youre hunting for one, youre probably on more
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
solid ground with the attempted coup in Turkey than
For a few hours on Friday, July 15, the world believed
you are with 9/11 in America or the assault on the Charthat Erdogan had been the target of a coup. Media
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Erdogan can claim the
support of around half of
Turkeys population now.
The other half detests him.
There were many antiregime Turks who laughed
bitterly when they saw
Erdogan, as the coup was
under way, imploring his
people to get into the streets
and demonstrate. They
remembered, of course, the
defeated uprising against
Erdogan in 2013, when
more than 8,000 were
injured in clashes with the authorities
and thousands more were arrested.
Internally, Erdogan is far stronger
now than in 2013, when more than 3
million Turks defied him openly. In
terms of Turkeys regional status, it is
a slightly different matter. The regime
has been humbled in its dealings with
both Russia, with whom Erdogan has
been at loggerheads over the war in
Erdogan has named

and blamed his most
hated enemy, the
Pennsylvania-based
Muslim cleric
Fethullah Gulen, for
the coup, in which
approximately 200
people were killed.
Erdogan has named and blamed his
most hated enemy, the Pennsylvaniabased Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen,
for the coup, in which approximately
200 people were killed. The figurehead
of a movement that blends fealty to
Islam with a commitment to scientific
inquiry and interfaith dialogue, Gulen
was a close ally of Erdogan until 2013,
following an enormous corruption
scandal that was centered upon leading
figures in the Turkish presidents
ruling AKP Party, including Erdogan himself.
Rather like Leon Trotsky, the
founder of the Soviet Red Army,
who was hounded and chased
out of the USSR by Joseph Stalin, Gulen has become an allencompassing explanation for
the existential threats, as Erdogan perceives them, that are
plaguing Turkey. Stalin saw the
influence of Trotskyite counterrevolutionaries everywhere, and brutally purged every element of the Soviet
apparatus. Erdogan now is doing much
the same with the Gulenist terrorists.
Since Trotsky himself was eventually
assassinated in Mexico City in 1940,
after more than a decade of wandering the globe, Gulen can be forgiven
for wondering whether he will face a
similar fate at his home in the Poconos
assuming, that is, that the Obama
administration doesnt accede to Erdogans demand that the cleric be extradited to his homeland.
In Turkey itself, Erdogan has
embarked up on a rapacious statewide
purge. About 60,000 soldiers, police,
judges, civil servants, and teachers have
been suspended or detained, or are
under investigation by the regime. At
Istanbul University alone, nearly 100
academics have been ousted from their
positions, and all academics are now
banned from traveling abroad. Nearly
700 private schools have been closed
down summarily. The crackdown on
the media long the subject of Erdogans hatred, which means that Turkey
is at number 151 in the global press freedom rankings, just below Tajikistan
has been especially fearsome, with 24
Erdogan can claim

the support of
around half of
Turkeys population
now. The other
half detests him.
Syria, and Israel, which endured his
vulgar anti-Semitic rhetoric for more
than a decade before reaching a reconciliation deal with Turkey in June. You
might even marvel at the fact that Erdogan has purged more than 600 leading
military officers at a time when youd
think he needs them but remember
that Stalin did exactly the same.
Erdogan has established himself as a
dictator, and Turkey a NATO member
and still a candidate for membership of
the European Union is dismantling
what precious few civil liberties remain.
There was a time when Turkeys
apologists, particularly in the American-Jewish community, sycophantically described the country as the only
democracy in the Middle East beside
Israel. Only the most foolish of them
would do so now.
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Teaneck resident Eitan Hiller, a Mitzvah Clown, invited his friends to get trained as Mitzvah Clowns as part of his bar mitzvah party. They then visited residents at the Jewish Home at Rockleigh.
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At least thats what organizers of
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launched by local chesed organization,
Areyvut, are hoping: That is, that the exposure to a variety of nonprofit, charity
organizations on chesed-themed days,
which are filled with lessons, activities,
and fun, will make a positive imprint on
the hearts and minds of their middlegrade campers.
We live in a community where there
are lots of different options during the
summer, said Areyvut founder and director Daniel Rothner.
With many camps, including sleepaway camps, folding in chesed activities as part of its overall curriculum, Mr.
Rothner said that Areyvut wanted to
create a camp exclusively dedicated to
chesed every day.
Especially important, Mr. Rothner
added, was to target middle-grade students because many of the available
chesed opportunities are geared to
older students, those who are already in
high school and beyond.
The camp will be based at the
Friends of Lubavitch of Bergen County
in Teaneck, and meet the week of Aug.
8 through Aug. 12 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Each day there will be games, craft projects, and activities as participants learn
about a different Jewish value and how
to use that value to make the world a
better place. They will go on a field trip
and have the opportunity to put their
new skills to work visiting seniors, cleaning trails, packaging food, and reading
to children.
Chesed is integral to Judaism and
the world at large, and there are a multiplicity of ways to do chesed, said Alisa
Danon Kaplan, co-director of the camp.
Children from the Montclair Jewish Workshop participated in a tikkun olam tour facilitated by Areyvut. They created bags to be donated to Leket, a food
rescue organization in Israel.
At Areyvut, we want participants to

imbue chesed into their lives while having fun in a psychologically safe and
supportive environment. The camp will
show the participants the ways that
they can do kindness for themselves, for
those around them and for the greater
community at large.
The camp will inculcate core Jewish values, and help participants to develop skills in consensus building and
inclusion. They will be challenged and
pushed outside their comfort zone as
they deal with new situations and meet
new people. Participants in the program
will make friends, learn new chesed
skills, maximize their talents, and gain
new insights on community service and
Jewish tradition.
We want the kids actions to make a
difference, said Ms. Danon Kaplan. Its
not about the faade of doing good, but
to actually do something like improving
a trail or providing blankets to bone marrow donors.
Each day will feature a theme, and
will be put the theme within a context.
The day will include a guest speaker and hands-on volunteering. The
themes include: The Environment; Kol
Yisrael Arevim Zeh Bzeh (All of Israel
is Responsible for One Another)/Israel
Day; Caring for the Sick & Elderly; Hunger and Poverty; and Intergenerational Understanding.
Included in the weeklong curricu-
lum will be training to become a Mitzvah Clown, one of the most popular
programs put forth by Areyvut; weather permitting, weeding and trail maintenance at the Teaneck Creek Conservancy; a visit to the Community Food
Bank of New Jersey, and more, organizers said.
The exposure to these agencies
may prompt the students to become
future volunteers for the agencies and
to bring back their experiences to their
families, said Ms. Danon Kaplan. We
also hope that the kids have a lot of fun
during the week, and make new friends.
After all, they are still kids.
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musings from the editor

I
was thrilled when Yehuda read

Macbeth.
It brought back memories of
my sixth grade speak-out, a poetryperformance competition that I won in
that grade. At the time, I had not read
the Shakespearean play, nor did I understand the significance of the three
witches who steer Macbeth toward
his ambitions, and act as symbols of
fate, temptation, and the supernatural.
I only knew that the witchs chant
was very dramatic.
And so was I.
So I double, doubled in memorizing the famous lines of the Weird
Sisters, feigned a voice with a crackle
and a cackle, made sure to carefully
enunciate the stomach-turning ingredients of the witchs brew (eye
of newt and toe of frog, wool of bat
and tongue of dog) and brought a
touch of magic into the auditorium
of my Brooklyn middle school during
the performance.
It worked like the proverbial
charm, and I was on my way to
bigger competitions.
That was the last time I dabbled
in magic.
That is until one my
children anointed me
mighty with power.
Ma, do your magic,
Yehuda said.
My magic??
Exactly what kind of
hocus-pocus was he talking about?
Was it cajoling the
ear doctors office manager (having bypassed the scheduler)
for an appointment on a day when
the doctor had a double-booked, jampacked schedule? A day when I was already told: no way, no how, sorry but
we cant accommodate you, absolutely not. And after more pleading (there
was no other possible day and the kid
couldnt hear!), I got an appointment.
Is that the kind of hocus-pocus he
was talking about?
Okay, magic.
Or was it the time I managed to get
that silly prop for Pink Day after being
informed of its necessity pretty much
last-minute, and then called several
stores, and had to travel to the least
Fundraise ndmore!
convenient one, and

got there a few minutes
before the store closed,
but luckily found it and
bought it?
Is that the kind of
hocus-pocus were talking about?
Okay, magic.
Or, the more serious and frenetic runaround when I went
looking for the medicine that was necessary, but more than one of the bigbox drug stores in the neighborhood
didnt have it on its shelf, but after
an exhaustive and late-into-the night
hunt, I found a lone box.
Sometimes I wondered whether
my doggedness in these situations,
was not some kind of vestige of an occupational hazard. Was that trait left
over from my gunning and running
days when I was a hard-news street
reporter? If I was on the beat, I may
have come up against one too many
nos, but I knew that no was not an acceptable answer. I had to bring back
the story, not excuses. I knew that if I
wasnt getting in the front door, I needed to get through the window. And if
that window was closed, I needed to
climb down that chimney.
But then recently, I listened to another mother talk.
She is a friend, who was never
a journalist, and she was speaking
about her youngest daughter. She was
explaining that she needed to find out
what her daughter wanted to do in
a situation.
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Rachel, make up your mind. If you
want to go, Ill make it happen.
Ah. She said shell make
it happen.
Not with a twitch of her nose, or
a swirl of a wand, or an abracadabra.
With her blood, sweat, and tears. And,
with a hefty dose of luck. Shell make
it happen. For her kid, shell make
it happen.
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H E I D I M A E B RAT T
ts not often that a bar mitzvah takes

place in the sanctuary at the Daughters of Miriam Center in Clifton.
But it was the recent venue of plenty
of simcha that was shared by four generations on a very happy occasion.
Yavnah Academy student and
Teaneck resident Joel Varnai took his
steps into Jewish manhood when he
was called up to the Torah on his Hebrew birthday last month, and recited
his first aliyah and then led the davening inside the Garfinkle Chapel at
Daughters of Miriam Center as he was
surrounded by family, friends and residents of the center.
Joel Varnais great grandmother, Marian Bernstein, 85, has resided in Miriam
Apartments II since 2010, and the family
thought it a great idea to bring the simcha to her, and make her journey easier
than put her through the ordeal of traveling elsewhere.
Mrs. Bernstein is the mother of Susan
Thaler of Teaneck, whose husband, Len
Thaler, is a board member of Daughters of
Miriam Center/The Gallen Institute.
We did this so my mother-in-law
could participate in the religious ceremony, said Mr. Thaler. My mother-inlaw is amazing. She is terrific. But she is
in a wheelchair so it is a challenge to
travel, said Mr. Thaler, a former health
care executive.
The bar mitzvah also pays homage
to one of the central concepts of Judaismldor vldorfrom generation
to generation. And what better place to
blend the generations than here?
Flanked by a proud family, which includes mother, Gila Varnai and 14-yearold brother, Adam Varnai, Joel flawlessly
led the service with the help of Rabbi
Moshe Mirsky as the glow of the stained
glass windows of the Garfinkle Chapel
made for a nice background.
A reception afterwards in the Daughters of Miriam Center celebrated both the
bar mitzvah young man as well as the spirit of intergenerational connections that
bind families and communities together.
Multigenerational programming at
the Daughters of Miriam Center regularly bring together nursing home residents, apartment tenants, and families
for religious celebrations, life events, as
well as for the simpler purposes of min-
From bottom left, Marian Bernstein, Susan Thaler, Gila Varnai, Joel Varnai, and Len Thaler.
gling and enjoying activities together.

Needless to say, the centers residents
and staff were thrilled to share Joels
special event with him.
To me the takeaway is that Id like

to encourage similar family celebrations, Mr. Thaler said. It is a particularly beautiful way for all the genera-
tions to participate and feel an integral

part of the celebration.
Heidi Mae Bratt is the editor of About
Our Children.
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GENERATION G
Grand Aunt Fritzie

Always There for Her Family
E D S I L B E R FA R B
he had four grandchildren but they were just part

of her matriarchal flock. What about the children
and grandchildren of the two sisters who predeceased her? And lets not forget her brothers offspring.
Frieda (Fritzie) Wahl Schachner was a surrogate grandperson to some 20 young people. She preferred the title
grand aunt to great aunt because the latter put her an
additional generation apart.
And she worked at it. Was there a bat mitzvah in
Bowling Green, Ohio? A wedding in Baltimore? A brit in
New York? Fritzie was there, a materfamilias who took on
the joyful duty of celebrating simchas, sometimes representing a beloved grandparent, who was long gone.
She demonstrated family loyalty at an early age.
Born on Bastille Day, she was the second of four children growing up in Jersey City. When her kid brother
came home one day having been roughed up by the
neighborhood bully, Fritzies gentle sister said of the attacker, Well, Im going to give him a piece of my mind.
Fritz was more direct. She gave him a punch in the nose.
They became young adults in the midst of the Great
Depression. When they were ready for college there
was money for only one. It wasnt Fritzie, but she would
not be denied. She took up residence with a New York
cousin, thus becoming eligible for the prestigious, tuition-free Hunter College. She studied the sciences, but
her interests ranged far beyond, into art and music.
When I was bedridden with various childhood diseases, my Aunt Fritzie saw my confinement as an opportunity. You could be studying art, she said, and
thus began a bedside course in the Great Masters. But
she was still concerned that boredom and indolence
might set in so she introduced me to an activity that
seemed wild and mysterious.
Knitting?
Yes, knitting. Thats what firemen do in their station house during long periods between fires.
So equipped with needles and yarn, I began Knit
one, pearl two. I may even have finished a square for
an afghan by the time my fever broke and I was back in
school and out on the street.
Fritzie married Sam Schachner on her birthday. It
Never a dull moment with Aunt Fritzie, seen reading a book.
was a marriage that drew a mixed reaction in the family.

He was a person of multiple interests and enthusiasms,
not readily accepted by his more conservative in-laws,
but fascinating for the adventurous Fritzie. Like many in
the harsh days of the Depression, he was on the fringe
of communism, and if not a Party member, he was at
least a fellow traveler, ironic because his livelihood
was the loan business, a citadel of capitalism.
Though Fritzie shared his left-wing views, it was
a rocky marriage. They separated. Fritzie went off to
Mexico and returned with exciting stories and exotic
souvenirs. Now, 75 years later I still have the serape she
brought back.
She and Sam reunited and had two children. The
older brother had a congenital heart defect, and thus
may have been spared some of the usual parental
discipline. Not so the younger one who was a happygo-lucky under-achiever, and a natural target of adult
reprimand. Years later, he became a Ph.D., a prominent
psychotherapist, an instructor at the University of
Pittsburgh, father of two, and in his spare time, a successful real estate entrepreneur. Fritzie acknowledged
his achievements with a shrug of amazement.
Meanwhile, Frizies own career won an A-rating as a
high school science teacher, but not without bumps in
the road. When a dispute arose among biologists over
the efficacy of Mendelian genetics, Fritzie sided with
the politically tainted Russian, Trofim Lysenko. A new
voice, new ideas, was her reasoning.

As we grew older, the difference in our ages seemed
to shrink. At age 70, she was a frequent golf partner of
mine. She went skating with grandchildren until a fall
and a broken arm slowed her down. She was a vigorous sports fan, yet a virulent critic of the objects of her
affection. A season after winning the Super Bowl, her
beloved Giants let her down. Fortunately for Coach Bill
Parcells, she never got closer to him than the television
screen. Some of her sports heroes, however, could do
no wrong. One was a nephew who played ice hockey in
high school. His parents would cringe with embarrassment at her unrestrained cheering at games.
She loved to travel, and with the help of what was
then the elder hostels, her adventures knew no bounds.
There were trips to Russia and to China, and hardly a
year went by without one of her continuing education trips around the country or abroad. Yet she complained after every one, vowing never to go anywhere
again until she signed up for the next one. She eventually liked winters in Florida, and was older than 80
when she bought a condo there.
When her 80th birthday loomed in the near distance,
she was adamant, No party! No celebration! Nothing! So
naturally we all began planning the surprise party. There
was fierce competition among nieces and nephews as to
who would be the host. It was like bidding for the venue
of the next Olympic games. Preparing the guest list was
a challenge as we traveled the byways of her past. There
were cousins we had never met, but of whom she often
spoke. There was an award-winning pianist. There was
an elderly aunt who gained fame as a latter-day Grandma
Moses. And there were friends of her youth. Despite her
no-party commandment, she obviously enjoyed the affair, but refused to admit it.
Weddings in Pittsburgh and Vermont, funerals in
Amherst and New Jersey, Fritzie was there for joy and
comfort. It was a role she filled to the end.
Ed Silberfarb was a reporter for the Bergen Record in New
Jersey, then the New York Herald Tribune where he was City
Hall bureau chief. Later, he was a public information officer
for the New York City Transit Authority and editor of one of
its employee publications.
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Are Not for Everyone
luten-free products have become the all

the rage, from snacks
to restaurant menus
that feature gluten-free
meals. Its safe to say
that the popularity of
a gluten-free diet has
increased dramatically
over the past decade.
While in some
cases, going gluten
free is a health necessity, in most cases it is
not, said Dr Katherine Orellana, a pediatric gastroenterologist
with Valley Medical
Group. For people
who do not have celiac disease or a wheat
allergy, especially for
children, there is no
data supporting the
presumed health benefits of a gluten-free
diet. In fact, the opposite may be true in certain cases, particularly when the
diet is followed without the guidance of an experienced
registered dietitian or physician.
There are a few particular concerns to having a
gluten-free diet without a medical reason to be on such
a diet:
Gluten-free packaged foods frequently contain a
greater density of fat and sugar than their gluten-containing counterparts.
Individuals on a gluten-free diet are at risk of increased fat and calorie intake.
A gluten-free diet also may lead to deficiencies in B
vitamins, folate, and iron since many gluten-free products are not nutritionally fortified.
Many patients become constipated after starting a
gluten-free diet since most of their fiber intake previously came from fiber-fortified foods.
So how do you know if your child is in need of a
healthy diet change due to celiac disease, a wheat allergy or otherwise?
A queasy stomach can have many causes and celiac disease, as well as food intolerance, can be amongst
those causes, said Dr. Diana Volpert, a pediatric gastroenterologist with Valley Medical Group. As such,
queasiness may be the sign of celiac disease, an allergy
to food or intolerance to food, but it can be difficult to
pin down the source and severity of the reaction.
Celiac disease is an immune mediated inflammation secondary to exposure to gluten, which is a component in wheat and some other grains. Symptoms of
food intolerance and celiac disease can include nausea,
bloating, stomach pain, vomiting and diarrhea. Celiac

disease can present without any gastrointestinal symptoms and may instead manifest as short stature, poor
weight gain and iron deficiency anemia.
Food intolerance is a digestive system response,
which is the inability to properly digest certain proteins in food. It occurs as secondary response to an
enzyme deficiency such as lactose. The most common
type of food intolerance is lactose intolerance, when
the digestive system reacts adversely to milk or other
dairy products. It is due to low amounts of lactase,
which is the enzyme that breaks down lactose, the sugar in dairy.
A true food allergy is an immune system response,
the bodys way of fighting off a substance it has identified as harmful. In children, milk, eggs, peanuts, wheat,
soy and tree nuts, such as walnuts and pecans, cause
almost all food allergy reactions.
Avoiding whatever causes a reaction is the best
way to protect against the issues that arise from food
allergies and food intolerance. If you are not sure what
food is the culprit, keep a food diary for your child. This
may help you correlate reactions with a certain food.
It is important to see a doctor for help with identifying and testing for food allergies and intolerances,
understanding whether changes in your childs diet
are necessary and to learn how to safely change your
childs diet.
Dr. Katherine Orellana and Dr. Diana Volpert are pediatric
gastroenterologists with Valley Medical Group.
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Up, Up, and Away

in my Beautiful Balloon!
You can watch them fly high at the annual QuickChek New Jersey Festival of Ballooning,
the largest summertime hot air balloon and music festival in North America. Held at
Solberg Airport in Readington, the festival has something to entertain everyone and is a
great family attraction. From twice daily mass ascensions of up to 100 special shape and
sport hot air balloons, to headlining concerts, family entertainment, hundreds of crafters and vendors, fireworks, a balloon glow, and more, the festival is packed with activities. Friday, July 29 though Sunday July 31. Solberg Airport, 39 Thor Solberg Road
Whitehouse Station.1-800-HOT-AIR-9, www.balloonfestival.com
Israels Stomp Drums

Near Museum of Jewish Heritage
Its been called Israels Stomp a reference to the long-running off-Broadway show
that uses percussion, visual and comedy Tararam, is an exciting musical theatrical and dance experience from Israel, and is making a special appearance in Robert
Wagner Park, located adjacent to the Museum of Jewish Heritage in Lower Manhattan.
The free show cleverly weaves together body drumming and a variety of extraordinary sounds and rhythms, which celebrate the world from a fresh Israeli and Middle
Eastern perspective. Sunday, Aug. 7, 4 p.m. Robert Wagner Park, 20 Battery
Place, Manhattan.
Rhythm Works
Integrative Dance Comes to
Cresskill Performing Arts
New this fall to the menu of the
many options offered at Cresskill
Performing Arts in Cresskill,
owner Betsy Daly has just added
Rhythm Works Integrative Dance
for special needs youngsters.
Cresskill Performing Arts is
a newly certified provider for
Rhythm Works Integrative Dance,
which is designed for students with
learning disabilities and special
needs, including autism, Down
syndrome, cerebral palsy, lowtone, sensory integration disorders,
and other developmental challenges. Rhythm Works Integrative Dance uses
basic hip-hop dance moves, rhythm, and games. Ms. Daly said the program
will be for youngsters 4 through teenager, and will be able to integrate the
work that other therapists are currently doing with the youngsters. Cresskill
Performing Arts, 300 Knickerbocker Road #1100, Cresskill. 201-3907513, www.cresskillperformingarts.com
Free Childrens Movie

Series in Washington Township
When youve had enough of the pool or park, or you know its going to be a rainy
day, or the heat is just too much head over to Washington Township Cinema and
get in some early-morning popcorn and enjoy the free summer movie series
on Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 10 a.m. Upcoming films include, Ramona and
Beezus on Aug. 2 and 3; Home on Aug. 9 and 10; and Alvin and Chipmunks, The
Road Trip on Aug. 16 and 17. Washington Township Cinema 3, 249 Pascack
Road, Washington Township. 201-666-8020, www.bowtiecinemas.com
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good idea to call to verify details before you go.
Young Adult Book into Movie: Join a

young adult group discuss various books.
On tap, Divergent by Veronica Roth. 3
to 4 p.m. Englewood Library, 31 Engle St.,
Englewood. 201-568-2215. www.englewoodlibrary.org.
Friday, August 5
Preschool Story Time: Join in the story
fun for children 3 to 5 years old. 10:30 to
11:30 in the Childrens Room. Englewood
Library, 31 Engle St., Englewood. 201568-2215. www.englewoodlibrary.org.
Saturday, August 6
Bubblemania. See Thursday, August 11
Monday, August 1
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Celebration:
The store is opening early at 8 a.m. for fans to
rush in and pick up their copy of the just published
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. Barnes &
Noble, 765 Route 17 South, Paramus. 201-4454589, www.stores.barnesandnobel.com/store/2597.
Dino Dig at Liberty Science: LSC is transforming
its backyard into a paleontological dig site for a
limited time Dino Dig. Work alongside Dino Digs
teams to discover replica fossils of prehistoric
creatures. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free with admission.
Liberty Science Center, Liberty Science Center,
Liberty State Park, 222 Jersey City Boulevard,
Jersey City. 201-200-1000, www.lsc.org
Tuesday, August 2
Toddler Time: Bring your walking toddler up to
age 2 to the library for fun at a session at 10
or 11 a.m. Teaneck Public Library, 840 Teaneck
Road, Teaneck. 201-837-4171, www.teaneck.org.
Free Movie in Washington Township: Bow Tie
Cinema presents Ramona and Beezus. 10 a.m.
show. First come, first seated. Also on Aug. 3.
Washington Township Cinema 3, 249 Pascack
Road, Washington Township, 201-666-8020,
www.bowtiecinema.com.
Wednesday, August 3
Story Time Craft: Children ages 3 to 6 years
old, and their caregivers come and meet in the
Childrens Reading Garden, weather permitting,
for a story and a simple craft. 3 p.m. Teaneck
Public Library, 840 Teaneck Road, Teaneck. 201837-4171, www.teaneck.org.
Crocodile Tricks: For puppet story time come
hear a tale from India performed by puppeteer
Diane Koszarski. 7 p.m. The performance by Pink
Flamingo Puppets is free. Teaneck Public Library,
840 Teaneck Road, Teaneck. 201-837-4171, www.
teaneck.org.
A Look at Lenape Culture: The Passaic County
Historical Society hosts Lenape Culture: An
Introduction to American Indian Life in New
Jersey. 7 p.m. 3 Valley Road, Paterson. Free. 973247-0085, www.lambertcastle.org
Thursday, August 4
Filmstrip Story Time: Come and see classic
picture books come to life on the big screen. For
youngsters ages 3 and up. 10:30 a.m. No registration required. Groups welcome. Teaneck Public
Library, 840 Teaneck Road, Teaneck. 201-8374171, www.teaneck.org.
Dinosaurs Love Underpants & Aliens

Love Dinopants: Join in for a wacky celebration of underpants from a bestselling
author-illustrator team featuring Dinosaurs Love
Underpants and Aliens Love Dinopants. Coloring
and activities to follow. 11 a.m. Barnes & Noble,
765 Route 17 South, Paramus. 201-445-4589,
www.stores.barnesandnobel.com/store/2597.
Sunday, August 7
Family Art Project: Celebrate the sun and discover its importance. Through handmade sundials,
learn about shadows and discover a simple way to
tell time. Work on a project. Free with admission.
10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wave Hill House 675 W. 252 St.,
Bronx, NY, 718-549-3200, www.wavehill.org.
Monday, August 8
Jersey City. 201-200-1000, www.lsc.org.
Tuesday, August 9
Summer Hikes: Offered by the staff at the
Kearney House in Alpine, free hikes for youngsters 7 or older, accompanied by an adult. The
three-mile hikes will take place Aug. 9, 16 and
23 from 10 a.m. to noon. First hike will begin at
Allison Park in Englewood Cliffs. For details, 201768-1360, www.njpalisades.org/calendar.
Cinema presents Home. 10 a.m. show. First
come, first seated. Also on Aug. 10. Washington
Township Cinema 3, 249 Pascack Road,
Washington Township, 201-666-8020, www.
bowtiecinema.com.
Pajama Hour: Children ages 2 to 5 are invited to
come in their jammies for a story at Englewood
Library. Children must be accompanied by a parent or caregiver. 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Englewood
Library, 31 Engle St., Englewood. 201-568-2215.
www.englewoodlibrary.org.
Wednesday, August 10
Stories in the Garden: Discover the creepy
crawlies and wiggly wormies as Wave Hill educators share some of their favorite nature tails.
Ideal for children 3 to 6 years old, accompanied
by an adult. Free with admission. 11 a.m. On the
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Story time Craft: Children ages 3 to 6 years
Thursday, August 11
Library Lap Time: Enjoy your little one not yet
walking at the weekly lap time session. Meets
11 a.m. Teaneck Public Library, 840 Teaneck
Bubblemania: Comic bubble artist Casey Carle
brings his show to the Teaneck Library. Its a
wild and wacky show. 7 p.m. For children 5 and
older. Teaneck Public Library, 840 Teaneck Road,
Teaneck. 201-837-4171, www.teaneck.org.
Saturday, August 13
Lake Tappan Family Paddle Day: Join a familyfriendly day of paddling on the Lake Tappan
Reservoir in Old Tappan. The partnership fundraiser between SUEZ and the Hackensack
Riverkeeper helps the Riverkeeper protect the
Hackensack River. From 9:30 a.m. to noon, and
12:30 to 3 p.m. To register and information, www.
hackensackriverkeeper.org, 201-968-0808.
Teen Science Fiction: Meet Karen Bao, science
fiction author who will discuss her books and sign
copies of sci-fi novels, Dove Arising and Dove
Exiled. 8 p.m. Barnes & Noble, 765 Route 17
South, Paramus. 201-445-4589, www.stores.
barnesandnobel.com/store/2597.
Monday, August 15
Thursday, August 18
Library Lap Time: Enjoy your little one not yet
walking at the weekly lap time session. Meets
11 a.m. Teaneck Public Library, 840 Teaneck
Young Fantasy Reads: Join the Young Fantasy
Reads book group discuss The Giver by
Lois Lowry. Barnes & Noble, 765 Route 17
South, Paramus. 201-445-4589, www.stores.
barnesandnobel.com/store/2597.
Sunday, August 21
Auditions for The Wizard of Oz: Auditions for
the all-time favorite play will be held from 2 to 5
p.m. at the Wayne Y, 1 Pike Drive in Wayne. 973595-0100, www.wayneymca.org.
Monday, August 22
Jersey City. 201-200-1000, www.lsc.org
Monday, August 29

Tuesday, August 16
Cinema presents Alvin and the Chipmunks: The
Road Trip. 10 a.m. show. First come, first seated.
Also on Aug. 17. Washington Township Cinema 3,
249 Pascack Road, Washington Township, 201666-8020, www.bowtiecinema.com.
Wednesday, August 17
Story time Craft: Children ages 3 to 6 years
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. See

Monday, August 1
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B'nai mitzvah
MAX BENJAMIN
Max Benjamin son of Cindy
and Matthew Benjamin
of Tenafly and brother of
Zach celebrated becoming
a bar mitzvah on June 18
at Temple Sinai of Bergen
County in Tenafly. As a mitzvah project, he took one of
his dogs to visit residents
at the Jewish Home at
Rockleigh and spent time
with the residents.
PETER CLOSTERMAN
Tenafly. As a mitzvah project,

he worked with Project Night
Night, an organization that
collects and delivers a tote
filled with a security blanket,
age appropriate childrens
book, and a stuffed animal to
homeless children in Bergen
County shelters.
May 21 at Temple Sinai of

Bergen County in Tenafly. As
a mitzvah project, she volunteered at the Bergen Family
Center in Englewood working
with children to improve their
reading and writing.
Soccer Program. This is the

second year she supported
those with special needs by
raising money and running
in the Rubin Run on the Tutu
Team at the Kaplen JCC on
the Palisades.
LEAH KRANTZ
ISABEL SHKLYAR
LAURENCE FINE
Leah Krantz, daughter of

Marianne and Jonathan
Krantz of Franklin Lakes celebrated becoming a bat mitzvah on June 11 at Barnert
Temple in Franklin Lakes.
Isabel Shklyar, daughter

of Amy and Pavel Shklyar
of Demarest, and sister of
Ryan and Ava, celebrated
becoming a bat mitzvah on
a mitzvah project she volunteered at the Kaplen JCC
on the Palisades in a special
needs class.
Laurence Fine celebrated

becoming a bar mitzvah on
July 21 at Masada in Israel.
He is the son of Alla and
Rabbi David Fine, spiritual
leader of Temple Israel &
Jewish Community Center
of Ridgewood.
Peter J. PJ Closterman
of Cresskill, son of Kim
Closterman and Joseph
Closterman and brother of
Logan and Samantha, celebrated becoming a bar mitzvah on June 18 at Temple
Sinai of Bergen County in
SKYLAR GREENBERG
Skylar Greenberg, daughter of Wazel and Kenneth
Greenberg of West Milford
and sister of Peyton, 7, celebrated becoming a bat mitzvah on June 18 at Barnert
Temple in Franklin Lakes.
ZOE KARAGEORGE
Zoe Karageorge, daughter of Samantha and John
Karageorge of Demarest
and sister of Ari, celebrated
LAUREN NAIDRICH
Lauren Naidrich, daughter
of Shari and Steven Naidrich
of Tenafly, and sister of
Danielle and Jack, celebrated
Bergen County in Tenafly.
As a mitzvah project, she
participated in the Challenger
ALEXANDRA SUNSHINE
Alexandra Sunshine, daughter of Pamela and Andrew
Sunshine of Tenafly, and the
sister of Daniela, celebrated

a mitzvah project she collected spring and summer clothing for the Bergen Family
Centers Closet where BFC
families can go shopping for
summer clothing and have
a store-like experience. She
has been volunteering at BFC
since the 4th grade.
JACOB WOLMER
Jacob Patrick Wolmer, son of
Margaret and Robert Wolmer
of Tenafly, and brother of
Sophia and Makenna, celebrated becoming a bar
Mitzvah on June 4 at Temple
Sinai of Bergen County in
Tenafly. As a mitzvah project,
he organized a food drive
benefitting the Center for
Food Action in Englewood.
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Dov Drizin and teen volunteers.
Saying Thanks with Cookies for Cops

In light of the recent attacks on law enforcement throughout the country, teens
from Valley Chabads CTeen group decided they could do something to show
appreciation and say thank you to the local police officers for their commitment
and dedication to our communities.
So the teens gathered to bake cookies. When they were done, they delivered
the goodies to the Woodcliff Lake and
Hillsdale police stations. The edible gifts

were very appreciated and very tasty.
The Valley Chabads teen leadership initiative provides middle and high
school Jewish teens with meaningful
experiences through community service, education and recreation. Open
to all, membership or affiliation is not
required. For more information, 201-4760157, rabbiyosef@valleychabad.org.
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Jewish orGaniZation
Jewish Community Center
First PlaCe
First PlaCe
Jewish Federation of
northern new Jersey
Kaplen JCC on the Palisades
Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey is a

convener, a connector, and a rallying point of
action for the Jewish community of northern New
Jersey. Federation is proud to take care of people
in need, support the state of Israel and vigorously
fight anti-Semitism, all while working to ensure a
vibrant Jewish future. It provides services for the
elderly and people in crisis, programs for Jewish
youth, including summer camp and educational
opportunities. Federation maintains close ties to
Israel through support of programs in its sister city,
Nahariya, as well as throughout the country. It makes
a range of missions and specialized trips overseas
available to families, young adults, professionals, and
to those geared specifically for mens and womens
groups. Federation works to deepen connections
in our community through widespread volunteer
opportunities. Federations public policy and
advocacy arm provides a forum for discussion and
action on issues that concern the Jewish community
from local to international.
50 Eisenhower Drive, Paramus
201-820-3900 www.jfnnj.org
The Kaplen JCC on the Palisades is a thriving social service

agency and a major cultural resource in the metropolitan
area, serving more than 13,000 individuals in the community.
With outstanding programs and services for everyone, the
JCC features state-of-the-art health and recreational facilities;
dance and drama schools; the nationally acclaimed Thurnauer
School of Music; early-childhood programs with sunny, outdoor
play areas and state-of-the-art classrooms; two spacious, airconditioned gyms; five indoor and outdoor swimming pools, an
indoor running track; a wellness center and spa; a teen fitness
center, racquetball, tennis and basketball courts; outdoor soccer
and playing fields, a professional theater; a state-of-the-art
teaching kitchen for cooking classes; and a state-of-the-art
multi-purpose auditorium. The JCC also features an awardwinning Therapeutic Nursery; a thriving after-school program,
more than 75 weekly/monthly programs for individuals with
disabilities and their families; excellent year-round programming
for senior adults, which includes transportation services, hot
meals, concerts, trips, holiday celebrations, wellness programs,
free exercise classes, lectures and more; support groups for
widows and widowers; JCC University, where top professionals
and experts in their fields present dynamic discussions on topics
ranging from humanities and history to wellness and the arts
the Israel Connection, which provides a cultural, social and
educational center for Israeli families in our community; and
more something for everyone at every age and stage of life.
411 E. Clinton Ave., Tenafly
201-569-7900
www.jccotp.org
Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey
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Jewish Life
Jewish Day sChool
First PlaCe
solomon schechter Day school

of Bergen County
Solomon Schechter Day School of Bergen County
(SSDS) is a nationally accredited Jewish day
school (3-year-olds through eighth grade) that
cultivates independent thinkers and the next
generation of global leaders through an inquirybased educational approach. Now in our 43rd
year, SSDS has been accepted as an International
Baccalaureate (IB) World School candidate for the
Middle Years Programme. Our school successfully
integrates a rigorous dual curriculum with Jewish
values-based moral development, and provides a
warm, nurturing environment guided by awardwinning educators. We also oer such innovative
programming as the Suzuki violin method and
chess in pre-kindergarten, an organic teaching
garden, musical theater and yoga in our music
and dance studio, a research-grade Zeiss
microscopy lab for scientific exploration, and a
digital library media center for Holocaust Studies.
Schechter is the only area Jewish day school to
be accredited by the New Jersey Association of
Independent Schools (NJAIS) and the Middle
States School Association.
275 McKinley Ave., New Milford
201-262-9898
www.ssdsbergen.org
Solomon Schechter Day School of Bergen County
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Jewish Life
Jewish Day sChool
First PlaCe
the moriah school

The Moriah School, now entering its 52nd year,
is one of the nations premier Jewish day schools.
Located in Englewood, Moriah serves more
than 700 students from across Bergen County.
Their Early Childhood Department begins
with a 2-year-old class and continues through
Kindergarten. Students are immersed in the
Hebrew language with Israeli and American
teachers, while they are introduced to the
chaggim, Shabbat, seasons, the calendar, reading
readiness, math and so much more. Continuing
until the 8th grade, Moriahs dual curriculum,
prepares students to be life-long learners both
in general and Jewish studies. The goal for a
Moriah student is that they can connect the dots
between Torat Yisrael, Am Yisrael and Medinat
Yisrael (Torah, the people and the land of Israel.)
Students graduate from Moriah to the top
Yeshiva High Schools in the area and to the Ivy
League colleges.
53 S. Woodland St., Englewood
201-567-0208
www.moriahschool.org
Jewish early ChilDhooD

First PlaCe
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53 S. Woodland St., Englewood
201-567-0208
www.moriahschool.org
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yavneh academy, Paramus
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yeshivat noam, Paramus
The Moriah School
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torah academy of Bergen County, teaneck
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Ben Porat yosef, Paramus
2016
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FOR
YOU CHOOSING
MORIAH!
The Moriah School was voted First Place in 2 categories in this
years Jewish Standard Readers Choice Survey! First Place
Jewish Day School and First Place Early Childhood Program.
This is a great vote of confidence and an honor. Thank you.
Inspiring Tomorrows Leaders
53 South Woodland Street | Englewood, New Jersey 07631

201-567-0208 | www.moriahschool.org
TO SCHEDULE A TOUR CONTACT:
Erik Kessler | 201-567-0208 ext. 376 | ekessler@moriah.org

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Jewish hiGh sChool
First PlaCe
the Frisch school

The Frisch School is a private, co-ed Jewish high school with a demanding dual
curriculum of Judaic and college preparatory studies. Frisch seeks to foster the
development of young men and women whose commitment to Torah and mitzvot
permeates every aspect of their lives. Whether engaged in serious Torah study
or researching DNA replication; working on Israel activism or playing basketball;
exploring great works of literature or immersed in medieval Jewish thought, Frischs
students learn there is an opportunity for personal and spiritual growth at every turn.
Rebbeim and teachers help students grow as complete and well-rounded people in
a warm and supportive environment. Frisch is home to the arts track, an innovative
program for yeshiva high schools that blends Torah learning, music and visual arts,
and which recently added a professional pottery kiln for students to create their own
ceramics. This past year also saw greater focus on Israel advocacy and awareness
with a new position directing Israel education. At its core, Frisch remains dedicated
to its bedrock values of intellectual inquiry, spiritual growth, community and
opportunities to explore ones passion.
120 W. Century Road, Paramus
201-267-9100
www.frisch.org
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torah academy of Bergen County, teaneck
thirD PlaCe
maayanot yeshiva high school for Girls, teaneck
The Frisch School
We want to thank our dedicated

and hard-working faculty; their
efforts on behalf of our students
have been recognized by The
Jewish Standard readers who
named the Frisch School best
Jewish high school of the year.
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JEWISH HIGH SCHOOL
aFter-sChool ProGrams
First PlaCe

JCC Kids Club oers a great way to end the day for children in Kindergarten to 6th Grade.
Program provides door-to-door transportation from most schools, settles children with a
snack, and has teachers on hand to oer homework assistance in both English and Hebrew.
Set in a welcoming environment, it is a place where children can unwind with lots of games
and books, enjoy open playtime in a fabulous gym and playground, and socialize and relax
with friends in a fabulous lounge. Children enrolled in JCC after school programs are escorted
to their classes as well. The fun begins on the first day of school and follows the school
calendar, except when the JCC is closed for Jewish holidays. Kids Club runs September-June,
Mon-Thurs, after school-6 pm.
201-569-7900.
www.jccontp.org
seConD PlaCe
120 West Century Road Paramus, NJ 07652

201-267-9100
moriah Plus, englewood
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yavneh academy, Paramus
Camp
SLEEPAWAY CAMP
FIRST PLACE
Camp Moshava
Camp Moshava IO: An Adventure in Religious Zionism. At
Camp Moshava, we pride ourselves with extraordinary
programming that strengthens our love of Am Yisrael,
Eretz Yisrael and Medinat Yisrael. Weve created a
magical place where campers thrive and camp has a
profound impact on all participants. Moshava is a warm
and welcoming environment where friendships and
bonds are made that will last a lifetime. Located in the
Pocono Mountains with 300 acres of rolling greenery,
a magnificent lake, a newly renovated Olympic-sized
pool, and outstanding facilities, our campers are actively
involved in a plethora of sports activities, multi-faceted
arts and specialty programs. Our unique experiential
religious, Zionist themed educational activities permeate
throughout all aspects of camp. The ruach of Moshava is
truly all encompassing and not to be missed.
520 8th Ave, NY, NY
212-465-9021
245 Navajo Road, Honesdale, PA
570-253-4271
www.moshava.org
Camp Moshava
TEEN PROGRAM
FIRST PLACE
SECOND PLACE
NCSY
Camp Morasha, Lakewood, PA

Camp Ramah in the Berkshires
1345 Queen Anne Road, Teaneck

201-862-0250
www.ncsy.org
THIRD PLACE
Camp Lavi, Lakewood, PA
SECOND PLACE
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Applications summer 2017 open September 5th!
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Summer 2017 Dates:

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Second Session: 07. 26 - 08.22
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DAY CAMP
FIRST PLACE
Neil Klatskin Day Camp

at the Kaplen JCC
on the Palisades
This fabulous all-inclusive day camp for children ages 3 to 11 is situated
on a beautiful 21-plus acre campus right in our communitys own
backyard. It features 3 pools, a sprinkler park, sports fields, baseball
and tennis courts, a low ropes course with a zip line, indoor rainy day
facilities and more. Children 3 and 4 are home based in air-conditioned
classrooms with head counselors who are certified educators. Campers
enjoy the outdoors, learn new skills, make new friends and explore
personal interests with dynamic age-appropriate programming including
sports, Red Cross, instructional and recreational swim, art, music, Judaic
programming, special events and more. Camp is all-inclusive, where
campers are given lunch, snacks, camp shirt, camp swag and towel
service, so parents dont have to worry about a thing. Camp runs eight
weeks from the end of June through mid-August, Monday through Friday
from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Flexible registration allows people to choose from
four, five, six, seven or eight-week options. The JCC also offers all-inclusive
specialty camps for ages 8+ in sports, dance, drama, music, fine arts and
technology, which run from 9 am-4 pm and provide lunch, snacks, daily
swim and towel service. All JCC campers have access to transportation
and extended care services.
201-569-7900
www.jccotp.org
SECOND PLACE
Camp Shalom, Chestnut Ridge, NY
THIRD PLACE
Ramah Day Camp in Nyack, Nyack, NY

Neil Klatskin Day Camp at the Kaplen JCC on the Palisades
Arts & Entertainment
ENTERTAINMENT VENUE
FIRST PLACE
Bergen Performing Arts Center

Founded in 2003, the 1,367-seat Bergen Performing Arts Center,
or bergenPAC, is the areas cultural mecca. Housed in a historic Art
Deco-style theater boasting one of the finest acoustic halls in the
United States, bergenPAC attracts a stellar roster of world-class
entertainment. The jewel in our crown is The Performing Arts
School at bergenPAC the innovative, educational performing
arts initiative that reaches more than 30,000 students annually.
The Performing Arts School provides the community of all ages
and abilities with unique hands on training in music, dance and
theater by industry professionals.
30 North Van Brunt St., Englewood
201-227-1030
www.bergenpac.org
Bergen Performing Arts Center
JEWISH MUSEUM
FIRST PLACE
The Jewish Museum

Located on Museum Mile at Fifth Avenue and
92nd Street, the Jewish Museum is one of the
worlds preeminent institutions devoted to
exploring art and Jewish culture from ancient
to contemporary, offering intellectually
engaging, educational, and provocative
exhibitions and programs for people of all ages
and backgrounds. Established in 1904 when
Judge Mayer Sulzberger donated 26 ceremonial
objects to The Jewish Theological Seminary,
the museum today maintains a collection of
more than 26,000 works of art, artifacts, and
broadcast media reflecting global Jewish
identity. Visitors can now also enjoy Russ &
Daughters at the Jewish Museum, a kosher
sit-down restaurant and take-out appetizing
counter on the Museums lower level.
1109 Fifth Avenue at 92 St., New York City
212-423-3200
www.thejewishmuseum.org
SECOND PLACE
Jewish Childrens Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Gymnastics Jazz Silks
Cresskill
Performing Arts
300 Knickerbocker Rd Cresskill
Watch Your Child Soar

in the Arts
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Ages 3-Teens, Through August 26
modern/Ballet IntensIve
Preteen/Teen, Week of August 15
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Ages 7-Teens, Week of August 22
2016
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Bounce Safari, Waldwick
The JCC Dance School offers a dynamic,

progressive program for students of all
ages looking to attain professional or
recreational goals. Dance classes include
ballet, jazz, tap, hip-hop any lyrical. The
goal is to offer the highest standards
of dance education in a fun nurturing
environment, where instructors inspire
students through movement and teach
them to appreciate dance as a form of
creative expression, whether they are
aspiring performers or simply taking class
for fun. The Dance School also features
4 Dance Companies, where students
perform in competitions and venues such
as amusement parks, malls and nursing
homes. Students learn on a very high
level and perform in recitals and JCC
special events. Dance workshops and
performance opportunities are offered
for every skill level.
201-569-7900 www.jccotp.org
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Cresskill Performing Arts Center,

Cresskill
THIRD PLACE
Broadway Bound Dance Center,

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MUSIC SCHOOL
FIRST PLACE
Thurnauer School of Music at the Kaplen JCC on the Palisades

Recognized as a Major Arts Institution by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, the
Thurnauer School serves nearly 450 students from infancy through adulthood, offering a
comprehensive program similar to the finest pre-college conservatories. The Thurnauer
experience includes instrumental lessons, ensembles, and classes, master classes with
world-renowned artists; a chamber music series; faculty recitals; and frequent student recitals
and performances. It is a member of the National Guild for Community Arts Education and
received an award.
SECOND PLACE
School of Rock, Cresskill, Saddle Brook, other locations
201-569-7900
SECOND PLACE
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Ackermans Music Center, Wyckoff
Celebrations
VENUE FOR A FUNDRAISER
FIRST PLACE
FIRST PLACE
The Rockleigh
Foremost Caterers
26 Paris Ave., Rockleigh

201-768-7171
www.therockleigh.net
Foremost Ram Caterers is honored to be recognized by the

Jewish Standard and its subscribers as a top kosher caterer.
We work diligently to offer innovation cuisine with an
emphasis on fresh and healthy selections. Our culinary team,
along with our service staff, strives to exceed our customers
expectations. We are most grateful for this recognition. With
appreciation, Foremost Ram Caterers.
65 Anderson Ave., Moonachie
201-664-2465 www.foremostcaters.com
SECOND PLACE
Teaneck Marriott at Glenpointe, Teaneck
THIRD PLACE
Congregation Keter Torah, Teaneck
VENUE FOR A BAR/BAT MITZVAH
Paper Works and Events
FIRST PLACE
PLACE TO ORDER INVITATIONS

FIRST PLACE
Paper Works and Events

Paper Works and Events has created a niche for itself in
Bergen County as a full service design studio specializing
in unique custom invitations, event branding, logo design,
and giveaways for weddings, bar and bat mitzvahs. Other
services include: digital calligraphy, event day stationery
(such as programs, escort cards and napkins), digital
calligraphy and sign-in boards. Also offering customized
giveaways and event swag, such as sweatshirts, bags,
custom pillows and much more.
13 A W. Hudson Ave., Englewood
201-569-4418
www.paperworksandevents.com

201-768-7171
SECOND PLACE
THIRD PLACE
Factory 220, Passaic
Thank you
for your loyalty
THIRD PLACE
Having
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Cohen Printing, Teaneck

All Occasion Creations, Fair Lawn
KOSHER CATERER
FIRST PLACE
Northern Valley
Affairs
When you have a big event
or simcha, whetherit is a
wedding, bar or bat mitzvah,
major birthday party or
corporate event, the team
at Northern Valley Affairs at
Temple Emanu-El in Closter
serves up unparalleled
Northern Valley Affairs
service and scrumptious
food to help make memories
that will last a lifetime. Owner Les Friedman and general
manager Marty Maged each have 35 years of kosher catering
experience. That experience translates into an expertise
and a breadth of industry knowledge that will help make
perfect every aspect of the party or event. Northern Valley
Affairs is where you will find the most delicious cuisine that
keeps up with the trends of the day, served elegantly and
artfully. What makes Northern Valley Affairs most unique,
said Mr. Friedman, is that we do only one event a day. That
means that we concentrate entirely on the one party that
we are doing to make sure that we deliver custom-designed,
personal service from start to finish.
180 Piermont Road, Closter
201-750-0333
Five Star Caterers, Totowa
Maadan Catering, Teaneck

8th Day Catering, Bergenfield
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SECOND PLACE
Main Event Caterers, Englewood
THIRD PLACE
The Rockleigh
The Write Impression, Teaneck
www.northernvalleyaffairs.com
OFF-PREMISE CATERER
THIRD PLACE
Main Event Caterers,

Englewood
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Largest Selection
of Eveningwear
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Mishelynes Fashions
SPECIAL OCCASION DRESSES

FIRST PLACE
Mishelynes Fashions
Mishelynes Fashions has been servicing the tri-state area for
the past 51 years. Mishelynes Fashions is a high-end fashion
boutique that carries clothes for women of all sizes and
ages. With a full line of evening wear, sportswear, jewelry,
handbags, as well as other fashions, Mishelynes Fashions
has something for everyone, and is well known for providing
expert professional alterations on the premises. Mishelynes
prides itself on providing very personalized customer service.
It is in our best interest for everyone to look as beautiful as
possible, said Sara, the owner.
885 Teaneck Road, Teaneck
201-862-9595 www.m-fashions.com
SECOND PLACE
The Engle Shop,

Englewood
THIRD PLACE
Hartly Fashions,
Westwood
Mishelynes
Fashions
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885 Teaneck Rd
Teaneck, NJ
201-862-9595
www.m-fashions.com
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Celebrations
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HOTEL CATERING FACILITY

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Teaneck Marriott at Glenpointe

Guests of the Teaneck Marriott at Glenpointe
can access the excitement of New York City,
just 15 minutes away, without sacrificing
the relaxation, space, and comfort they
crave when on the road. Offering luxurious
accommodations, elegant event facilities
and modern amenities, this northern New
Jersey hotel is a top choice with business
travelers and brides alike, who use the
hotels newly renovated 26,500-square-feet
of event space to make an impact whether
hosting a meeting or a wedding. Kosher
catering is available. And, with a location at
the intersection of I-95 and I-80 and close
to Newark Airport, the hotel is convenient
for out-of-town and local guests alike. The
property boasts 351 newly renovated guest

rooms, five suites, Marriotts M Club Lounge,
as well as a renovated lobby, restaurant,
and event space. Guest rooms are elegantly
appointed with plush bedding and a 37-inch
HDTV, and also offer conveniences including
high-speed Internet access. a workspace
with ergonomic chair, refrigerators, and in
room mini-safes.
100 Frank W. Burr Blvd., Teaneck
201-836-0600
SECOND PLACE
Hilton Meadowlands, East Rutherford
THIRD PLACE
Clinton Inn, Tenafly
Celebrations
PARTY PLANNER
PARTY FAVORS
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FIRST PLACE
Penny & Co. Events
Party City
Penny & Co. Events, formerly Save the Day Events, is

now headquartered in Israel following owner Penny
Rabinowitzs recent aliyah. Ms. Rabinowitz said her
wedding, bar, bat mitzvah and event planning business
would continue to provide the same quality out-of-thebox experience in Israel as it has in the United States
for the last 20 years. She said she would continue to
operate in both Israel and the United States. Among
other services, Penny and Co. Events offers in-house
custom dcor and design, creating a full package and
simplifying the process for the client.
Israel: 058-630-1065
US: 917-475-0091
pennyandcoevents.com
With more than 800 company-owned and

franchise stores throughout the United States
and Puerto Rico, Party City is the leader in the
party goods industry. Party City, which carries a
large stock of costumes and party favors that will
make a difference in all of your celebrations, will
help you plan your event and make each party
the best party ever.
145 Route 4 W., Paramus 201-845-8844
509 River Road, Edgewater 201-943-3966
669 Route 17 S., Paramus 201-652-8888
www.partycity.com
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Paper Works and Events, Englewood
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THIRD PLACE
Make an Impression/Stacy Lawrence, River Edge
THIRD PLACE
Penny Rabinowitz/Penny & Co. Events
Party Box, Lodi
Ari Greene/BaRock Orchestra, Teaneck
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Teaneck Flower Shop
Nothing says it like flowers. Whether its a single rose, a
bouquet of Gerbera daisy flowers, or any other large mixed
arrangement marking a birthday, anniversary, Sabbath or
decorative flowers for a wedding, bar mitzvahs or any other
occasions, Teaneck Flower Shop will accommodate any
request large or small. In business for two decades, and at its
current location for the last 10 years, the shop gets its flowers
from sources as far as South America and the Netherlands.
The flowers are always in bloom at Teaneck Flower Shop.
324 Teaneck Road, Teaneck 201-833-1400
SECOND PLACE
Privet Flowers, Teaneck

Denis Flowers, New Milford
Teaneck Flower Shop
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Flowers By Lynn, Teaneck
Flowers by Lynn
Since 1931

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The Rockleigh
26 Paris Ave., Rockleigh 201-768-7171
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VENUE FOR A WEDDING

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The Rockleigh
Set amidst lavish gardens, The Rockleigh has been
family-owned and operated for more than 20 years and
continues to enhance and create a unique state-of-theart facility to inspire its clientele with the renowned
Rockleigh elegance.This exquisite facility can comfortably
accommodate 150 to900 guests with fabulous indoor and
outdoor chuppah areas.The unsurpassed personal service
and custommenus as well as its in-house Kosher Kitchen
welcomes many of the areas Glatt Kosher caterers.
201-768-7171 www.therockleigh.net
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201-750-0333 www.northernvalleyaffairs.com
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Main Event Caterers, Englewood
THIRD PLACE
Five Star Caterers, Totowa
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Temple Emanu-El, Closter
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Stefanie Diamond Photography

With a keen eye and a feeling for family, Stefanie Diamond
captures the moments of memories from newborns to bar
and bat mitzvahs. Stefanie, a boutique photographer, officially
has her business for the last six years, but shes been snapping
pictures for as long as she can remember. Herself a mother,
Stefanie aims to capture true emotion especially in her
portrait work. She considers herself a full-service professional.
By that she means that she not only takes the images, but also
helps the family take those pictures and create art that would
be displayed proudly on their walls. Many of her clients wind
up becoming close friends. Nothing makes me happier, she
said, than seeing the artwork I create hanging in peoples
homes for them to enjoy for years to come.
484 Emerson Ave., Teaneck 201-305-3686
www.stefdiamond.com
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Stefanie Diamond Photography

Yaron Karl, New Milford
The Event of a Lifetime
Celebrate your dreams

in our elegant ballroom
and stately lobby,
set amidst lavish gardens
and the historic homes
of Rockleigh.
Our unsurpassed personal
service and custom menus
enhance the magic
of your wedding day.
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GIFT SHOP
FASHION BOUTIQUE
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On the Table
Ginger N Cream
Rachel Kupfer, owner of

On the Table, has created
a wonderful shop where
one can buy gifts for the
home, such as tabletop
items, and funky and
fashionable jewelry. Ms.
Kupfer, who has an eye
for unique and artful
gifts with price points
from modest to more
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shop know-how from
her aunt, who has a gift store in the Five Towns. I really
love doing this, said Ms. Kupfer. The Queens, N.Y. native
hunts high and low to find her merchandise. She attends
gift shows around the country and searches catalogues to
find items that are fun and different. When I was looking
to open a store, I looked at this neighborhood and thought
Teaneck needed something like this. Thankfully, the
feedback has been very positive, she said. My customers
are loyal to me, and I really appreciate it.
201-342-1089
From the very beginning, we wanted to offer a one-stop

shopping experience for all fashionable women and children.
From casual to dressy, from trendy to classic, the fashions here
are set in a unique boutique environment. We specialize in
head-to-toe dressing with accessories, and to boot, we also
have a shoe boutique within the boutique. After 10 years,
weve expanded to four buildings. Our original Ginger N Cream
is complemented by a childrens store, an accessories and gift
store, and our newest addition, a young contemporary store
for up-to-the-minute fashions, all at great prices. Thank you
everyone for voting and see you soon!
350 Center Ave, Westwood 201-664-2440
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Englewood
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Carlyz Craze, Teaneck
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Carlyz Craze
TEEN BOUTIQUE
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Carlyz Craze
Carlyz Craze is where fun meets fashion. Our styles for girls,
teens, and women range from everyday needs to trendy styles
that give your wardrobe a touch of excitement and individuality.
We are always getting new styles and offer great accessories,
too. We strive to give our customers a delightful shopping
experience, from the littlest ones to the most mature. Our
selection offers styles to fit many different body types in modest,
well-priced, up-to-date looks. Come and enjoy!
472 Cedar Lane, Teaneck 201-342-3398
www.carlyzcraze.com
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The Canteen, Westwood
Marcias Attic for Kids, Englewood
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Ginger N Cream
The Judaica House, Teaneck
Dennys Childrenswear, Paramus, Englewood
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very well. In fact, there is much history to the family
business. It opened in 1946 at its first location
in Montclair; launched a Millburn store in 1959;
unveiled one in Deal in 1974, and then came to
Englewood more than three decades ago. The store
sells such high-end fashion brands, which include
Rag & Bone, Loeffler Randall, Stuart Weitzman, and
its exclusive brand, 275 Central, among others.
Mr. Hausman said there is more to come. The
Englewood store is undergoing a renovation this
summer to keep moving forward and stay current.
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SECOND PLACE
Shoe Inn, Englewood, Ridgewood
CONSIGNMENT SHOP
FIRST PLACE
Savvy Chic Consignment Boutique

At Savvy Chic Consignment Boutique, its easy
to see why it has been voted best in Bergen
County for the last seven years. Ranging
from Chanel to Tory Burch, Savvy Chic has
an amazing selection of womens clothing,
shoes, handbags, jewelry, and accessories.
Owner Randi Morein says her customers
compare their shopping experience to
treasure hunting. They love finding unique
and interesting items. Everything that
comes in is in pristine condition. Each item
is inspected before it goes out on the floor
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and most of the items are new or in near new
condition. It is not unusual to find items with
their tickets still on from the store where they were originally bought. At Savvy Chic, you can find a
Chanel handbag with the tags still on it, Christian Louboutin shoes never worn before, or a Carolina
Hererra gown for a third of what it retailed for. Names like Gucci, Dior, Tahari, Nanette Lepore, and
more are waiting for the smart woman who doesnt want to spend a fortune to look like one. Highend purses are another big attraction.
30 Cottage Place, Ridgewood 201-389-6900
SECOND PLACE
www.savvychicconsignment.com
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in a comfortable setting. Come see
why so many flock to us to
sell or trade their watches.
Visit us at our store or online.
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The right price to buy, sell and trade

16 N.Van Brunt Street, Englewood, NJ
201- 871-0400 palisadejewelers.com
Jewelry
repair
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Shop til You Drop

JEWELER
CHILDRENS BOUTIQUE
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Garden State Jewelers
Carlyz Craze
If you want a little bling, or if you want a lot of bling, Garden

State Jewelry, which opened in 2009 in Englewood and
then moved four years ago to its current Teaneck location,
is a good place to shop. Owner Ryan Schwartz said the
store carries jewelry items that run the gamut, from sweet
bat mitzvah gifts in silver, to diamond tennis bracelets, to
custom-made engagement and wedding rings Garden
State Jewelers specialty. The store also buys jewelry items
and watches from estate sales.
www.gardenstatejewelers.com
SECOND PLACE
Jewelry by Vincent,
New Milford
THIRD PLACE
Callahan Jewelers,
Closter
Portage & The Jewelry Box
HANDBAG BOUTIQUE
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Teen BouTique
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marcia's attic for kids

29 n. dean street englewood, nj
201-894-5701
2016
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FIRST PLACE
Pumpkin & Bean, Englewood
Portage & The Jewelry Box has been accessorizing teens and
women for more than 17 years at their Englewood location.
You can find plenty of designer bags, such as MZ Wallace,
Gigi New York, Zac Posen, Sondra Roberts, Pietro Alessandro
and more. They are also known for their fabulous collection
of fashion designer jewelry and NJs best selection of evening
bags. Customer service is a number one priority at Portage
& The Jewelry Box. Complimentary gift-wrapping. Stop by
Portage & The Jewelry Box and let Patrice, Hilda or Anne find
you the perfect accessory.
17 N. Dean St., Englewood
201-569-5150
www.portagehandbags.com
The Purple Bow, Teaneck

Classy Kids, Englewood
Portage & The Jewelry Box

Carlyz Craze is a fun

store for girls and
their moms! The
girls enjoy shopping
here. They find many
varieties of tops,
bottoms, dresses,
and accessories for
school, play, and
fancier events that
fit their individual
needs and wants.
Carlyz Craze
We help the girls
(and their moms)
find the right fit and style. This makes shopping for the girls
an enjoyable and fairly stress-free experience. Our favorite
line? We love going to Carlyz Craze!
201-342-3398
www.carlyzcraze.com
SECOND PLACE
Footnotes, Englewood
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COSTUME JEWELRY
FIRST PLACE
Michal Negrin
Israeli designer Michal Negrins jewelry designs are romantic,
dramatic and based on lace and vintage designs. The pieces,
which are handmade in her studio in Israel, are intended to
evoke images of a fantastic world filled with happiness and
optimism. The jewelry features Swarovski crystals or glass
beads set in nickel-free bases made from a mixture of metals.
Ms. Negrin began selling her designs with husband, Meir
Negrin, in 1988 at Tel Avivs open-air marketplace. The couple
opened their first store in Tel Aviv. There are now have 65
stores in two dozen countries worldwide.
Westfield Garden State Plaza
1 Garden State Plaza Blvd., Paramus
201-843-3544
www.michalnegrin.com
SECOND PLACE
FIRST PLACE
JEWELRY STORE
Claires, Paramus
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Exotic Gems Custom Settings Expert Repairs

Beautiful Engagement Rings Great Bat Mitzvah Gifts
We Buy Old Jewelry

441 Cedar Lane Teaneck, NJ
201-677-2274 www.gardenstatejewelers.com
FIRST PLACE
HANDBAG BOUTIQUE
Jewelry, Handbags
& Accessories
17 North Dean St. Englewood, NJ
201-569-7076
Michal Negrin
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MENS SHOP
SUITS
Emporio
LOCAL MENS SHOP

FIRST PLACE
Emporio
SHOES
Emporios newest store located in the heart of Teaneck offers men and boys a wide selection
of fine tailored clothing, all-wool dress slacks in regular and tropical weights, cotton dress
slacks, dress and casual shirts, as well as outerwear, shoes and a full line of accessories, all in
traditional and modern slim fits. Some of the labels we carry include, Canali, Jack Victor, Alesso,
Hugo Boss, Vertu, Ted Baker, Joseph Abboud, Tallia, Lario, Sanyo, Hamilton & Hayes, Ike Behar,
Oliver, Hook and Albert, Silvio Fiorello, Princeton, Jan Leslie, Tateossian. Shoes from Ecco,
Johnston & Murphy, Bruno Magli, Florsheim, Geox, Mephisto, Sperry and much more. Emporio
has been in business for 35 years with five locations in the tri-state area. Stop into our newest
store to discover our quality offerings at great prices.
215 W. Englewood Ave., Teaneck 201-530-7300
www.emporioclothing.com
SECOND PLACE
Scarpa
Vero Uomo, Englewood
FURRIER
BOYS
FIRST PLACE
Closter Furs & Fashions

Closter Furs & Fashions has been serving the
Northern Valley region for more than 25 years. This
unique establishment carries ladies (and some
mens) genuine outerwear, including sheared furs,
shearlings, reversibles, leathers,micro fibersall in
a variety of jacket to stroller lengths.Many pieces
are one-of-a-kind and their loyal following swears
by their unbeatable value,special attention and
individually customized service. Florence New, the
proprietor, says their real strength lies in their ability
to remodel and restyle an old fur into an exquisite
new garment. They also give generous trade-in
allowances to those who wish to use an old fur
toward the purchase of a new one. Florence and her
manager, who has been with her more than 22 years,
realize that todays consumer is younger,has a hectic
lifestyle and appreciates the genuine outerwear
Closter Furs & Fashions
styles that reflect that. Closter Furs & Fashions also
offers repairs, cold storage, cleaning and glazing.
201-767-0448
SECOND PLACE
www.closterfursandfashions.com
Cedar Lane Furs, Teaneck
215 W. Englewood Avenue

Teaneck, New Jersey
201.530.7300
Mon. 10-7, Tue. 11-8, Wed. 10-9, Thurs. 11-8, Friday 10-3, Closed Sat. and Sun.
Hardware
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Hardware Designs Inc.
The Judaica House

What items are needed in a Jewish home?
Mezuzahs, seder plates, books, music,
candleholders, menorahs, and the list
goes on. These and other ceremonial
items, including Cool Kippahs, make up
the stock of Judaica House, where most
of the items are imported from Israel. For
the People of the Book, Judaica House
offers a wide variety of Jewish scholarly
and religious texts in Hebrew and English,
as well as a full line of fiction, cookbooks,
and more. Judaica House has served the
Jewish communities of Bergen County
and the Tri-state area for the past 42 years.
201-801-9001
www.judaicahouse.net
For more than 30 years Larry and Ken

Goren have been pursuing their vision
of creating the regions finest showroom
for bath, kitchen, architectural
hardware, lighting and accessory items.
Whether youre building a new home
or renovating an existing one, your
ultimate resource is located right in
Fairfield. Visit their website to preview
the range of products they handle, but,
to fully experience Hardware Designs,
pay them a visit. All manner of sinks,
Hardware Designs Inc.
tubs, whirlpools, vanities, faucet sets,
toilets, fully functioning shower and
steam displays, thousands of locksets, cabinet pulls and specialty architectural hardware and
accessories await you. Their skilled and knowledgeable staff will make your visit a thoroughly
pleasurable experience. Great prices, too. Stop in soon and let Hardware Designs turn your
dreams into reality.
135 New Dutch Lane, Fairfield
973-808-0266
www.hardware-designs.com
The Judaica House
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Porcelanosa, Ramsey, Paramus
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HOME DCOR
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Greenbaum Interiors
Greenbaum Interiors offers complete interior design services and resources to provide that
special look for your home or office. With personal shopping and tremendous resources,
if you cant find the right product in its inventory, they can locate it, design it and make it.
No job is too big or too small. Greenbaum Interiors carries the lines of over 2,000 vendors.
Contemporary and traditional styles are available as well as one-of-a kind antiques and
area rugs, unusual accessories, fabrics and wall coverings. Many pieces are custom designs
manufactured in their workrooms in Paterson. Greenbaum-Gross emphasizes that they work
to meet all design needs, large or small, as well as all budgets. And the new G2 Collection is
great for younger clients just starting their
first home.
101 Washington St., Historic Paterson, 973-279-3000
1105 Mt. Kemble Ave., Route 202, Morristown, 973-425-5500
584 Route 17 North, Ridgewood 201-857-3600
www.greenbauminteriors.com
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Contempo Space, Passaic

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On the Table, Teaneck
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The reasons were still here are

the best reasons for buying
from Hardware Designs
The regions finest bath, kitchen,

architectural hardware, lighting and
accessories showroom.
Over 50 years of service to the
tri-state area.
Extremely price competitive.
An unparalleled and knowledgeable
sales staff with years of experience.
Nothing like the big box chain stores
burdened with high staff turnover,
minimal product knowledge and
lackluster customer service.
One visit is all it will take to convince
you theres no better source for bath,
kitchen and architectural hardware for
throughout your home.
Our focus is you!
Stop in or visit us on the web at:
www.hardware-designs.com
135 New Dutch Lane, Fairfield, NJ 07004

T: 973-808-0266 E: info@hardware-designs.com
Shop til You Drop

LOCAL BOOKSTORE
FIRST PLACE
Books and Greetings

Books and Greetings celebrated its 9th anniversary on July 7, 2016. Books and Greetings was one of
the original stores in The Northvale Plaza. The friendly book, card and gift store has been a valuable
neighbor ever since. If you need a unique personal gift, a high-quality card or great reading options,
head to Kenny Sarfins store. You will be greeted with friendly staff that will address your need as a
reader, and help you find that perfect gift. The store has brought in celebrities such as Marie Osmond,
Neil Patrick Harris, Julie Andrews and Mariano Rivera, as well as local authors, for pictures, signings
and talks. The store also features a great selection of toys and childrens books.
271 Livingston St., Northvale 201-784-2665
www.booksandgreetings.com
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The Judaica House, Teaneck
Capitol Lighting
LIGHTING STORE
FIRST PLACE
Capitol Lighting
Capitol Lighting has been creating beautiful spaces for more than 90 years. From traditional to
transitional, mid-century to modern, Capitol Lighting offers exceptional choices for those who
understand that great design begins with great lighting. Unparalleled expertise, outstanding
selection, and the guaranteed best prices in-store and online.
75 Route 17, Paramus
201-843-5353
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365 Route 10, East Hanover
Shades of Soho, Glen Rock
973-887-8600
353 Route 35, Eatontown
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732-542-9311
Spivak Lighting, Fair Lawn
159 Route 22 East, Green Brook
732-926-1115
www.1800lighting.com
Books and Greetings
SHOPPING TOWN
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THANK YOU FOR VOTING CAPITOL LIGHTING AS THE #1 LIGHTING STORE!
Paramus
With so many malls, dotted with so many stores lining Routes 4 and Routes 17, Paramus
offers the shopping aficionado as well as the casual shopper a dizzying array of options.
Outlets? Find them by the dozen at The Outlets at Bergen Town Center where stores
carry discounted merchandise in the outlets of the toniest stores like Saks, Neiman
Marcus, among others. If you want a big indoor mall you can shop at Westfield Garden
State Plaza. And lets not forget Paramus Park, for that matter. Just get your plastic in
gear and head out to Paramus.
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Englewood
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Teaneck
LOCAL PET SHOP

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Troys Trims
and Treats
Unparalleled Expertise, Outstanding Selection, and the Guaranteed Best Prices In-Store and Online.
NJ LOCATIONS: EAST HANOVER | EATONTOWN | GREEN BROOK | PARAMUS
FL LOCATIONS: BOCA RATON | PALM BEACH GARDENS | WELLINGTON | STUART
Troys Trim and Treats, based

in Englewood, and Troys
Stay and Play, based in
Ridgefield, offer dog services
grooming, bathing, accessory
and treats in Englewood,
and doggie day care and
boarding in Ridgefield. The
service also offers Silver
Troys Trims and Treats
Nickel Puppies, healthy
puppies for sale from trusted
breeders at both locations.
85 West Englewood Ave., Englewood
201-871-2040; 201-871-8484
9 Victoria Terrace, Ridgefield
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201-943-1200
Kazimirs Pet Shop, Hackensack
www.troysonline.com
Shop til You Drop

CARPET STORE
LOCAL
APPLIANCE STORE
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G Fried Carpet & Design
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At G Fried, now celebrating its 37th

year, customers can choose from a wide
selection of carpets and rugs to fit their
homes, or design something to fit their
unique tastes. G Fried Carpet & Design
specializes in wool carpets, woven the old
fashioned way. After a consultation with
in-house decorator Gaye Levine, customers
can have their carpets custom made at G
Frieds in-house fabrication shop. G Fried
will custom make a rug with a border and
a trim in any size and shape that fits your
home, measured down to a half inch, and
install it to fit your home. Youre not just
buying fuzzy carpet, youre buying style
and design, which is really missing from all
the home centers; they sell price and price
only, said owner Sam Levine.
495 Route 17 S., Paramus
201-967-1250
www.gfriedcarpet.net
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Abbey Floor and Window Fashions,

Bergenfield
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Carpets Unlimited, Paramus
Yudins Appliances
Yudins Appliances is proud to
serve the community with quality
kitchen and laundry appliances
at discount prices with stores
in Wyckoff and Passaic. Their
knowledgeable salespeople are
all familiar with the requirements
for kosher kitchens. Yudins has
been a family-run business since
1935 and carries most major brand
appliances from basic to high-end.
The Passaic store charges only 3.5
percent sales tax.
378 Main St., Wyckoff
201-891-3111
218 Brook Ave., Passaic
973-777-3849
www.yudinsappliances.com
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Karls Appliance, A Ferguson

Enterprise,
Paramus, Fairfield, Madison,
Orange, Sparta
Yudins Appliances
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Renos Appliance, Paterson
The staff at Yudins Appliances

thanks our customers for their
support in voting us #1
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Fifth Year in a Row!
378 Main St, Wyckoff, NJ 07481, 201-891-3111

218 Brook Ave, Passaic, NJ 07055, 973-777-3849
378 MainSt, Wyckoff, NJ
218 Brook Ave, Passaic, NJ
201-891-3111
973-777-3849
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TILE STORE
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Fuda Tile
The Cosmic Wheel
BICYCLE SHOP
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The Cosmic Wheel

Since 1976, owner John Russo has been offering his
customers the top name brands in cycling. A knowledgeable
and attentive staff is there to help and focus on making your
cycling experience as fun as it can be. The staff puts each and
every customers needs first and offers a variety of bikes for
all skill levels. They have everything from kids bikes all the
way to the highest-end specialty bikes.
184 Main St., Ridgefield Park 201-440-6655
www.cosmicwheel.com
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Since 1950, Fuda Tile has been importing direct from the finest factories all over the world with over 400 tile designs in stock
to choose from and millions of square feet of ceramic, porcelain, mosaic, granite, glass, and marble tile and stone at the
guaranteed best prices. Visit any one of Fudas five NewJersey tile stores,each with huge showrooms showcasing over 100
kitchen and bathroom tile displays for your inspiration. The tile store in Ridgefield has a 40,000 square-foot fabrication center
and indoor slab yard, while Fudas huge main warehouse is located in the Elmwood Park store. As a tile wholesaler and direct
importers, Fuda has hundreds of designs to choose from. Whether your project needs include kitchen tile, bathroom tile, floor
tile, bathroom vanities, vanity tops, or kitchen countertops, Fuda is sure to have what youre looking for.
1401 Route 23 S., Butler
973-838-3988
261 Route 46 W., Elmwood Park
201-797 8980
800 Route 9 S., Freehold
732-308 0110
455 Route 17 S., Ramsey
201-825 0900
313 Broad Ave., Ridgefield
201-945 - 3832
www.fudatileandmarble.com
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Porcelanosa, Paramus, Ramsey, other locations
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Artistic Tile, Paramus

Wayne Tile, Ramsey, Wayne, Rockaway
Fuda Tile
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Strictly Bicycles,
Fort Lee
Tenafly Bicycle Workshop,

Tenafly
LOCAL SPORTING GOODS STORE

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THE
COSMIC
WHEEL
BICYCLES FOR
EVERYONE...
Campmor
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184 Main Street BICYCLE SHOP

Ridgefield Park, NJ
The TimePiece Collection
(201) 440-6655
WATCH STORE
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Campmor was established in 1978 and has grown over

the years into one of the worlds foremost retailers of
outdoor gear and camping equipment by providing
superior products and service, great customer support, and
fair prices. When it started, Campmor offered tents, bivy
sacks, sleeping bags, backpacks, camp stoves, lanterns,
outerwear, boots, and small necessities like knives,
compasses, binoculars and survival tools. Later, they added
mountaineering and climbing gear, bicycles, clothing and
footwear for men, women and children, canoes and kayaks,
and gear for all water and winter sports.
810 Route 17 N., Paramus
201-445-5000
www.campmor.com
The TimePiece Collection
Lowest Prices on Tile &

Marble GUARANTEED
Largest Direct Importer of the
Worlds Most Beautiful Stone & Tile
Expert Fabricators of Custom
Granite and Marble Countertops
www.fudatile.com
Butler
Elmwood Park
1401 Route 23 261 Route 46 W.
973-838-3988
201-797-8980
Ramsey
455 Route 17 S.
201-825-0900
Howell
800 Route 9 S.
732-308-0110
Ridgefield
313 Broad Ave.
201-945-3832
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tile store
The Timepiece Collection, Ltd. was established October 2001

by owners Jeffrey Khalaf and Michael Rosenberg. The store
had immediate success by catering to both first-time buyers
and seasoned collectors with an impressive selection of highend and often hardto-find timepieces spanning price points
and styles. The Timepiece Collection is an authorized retailer
for Audemars Piguet, Bell & Ross, Blancpain, Bovet, Breguet,
Breitling, Breitling for Bentley, Chopard, Giuliano Mazzuoli,
Girard-Perregaux, Glashutte Original, Harry Winston, Hermes,
Hublot, Jaquet Droz, Longines, NOMOS Glashtte, Omega,
Parmigiani, Perrelet, TAG Heuer, Ulysse Nardin and Zenith.
There is also an online selection of pre-owned watches, as
well as an in-house repair department.
58 E. Palisade Ave., Englewood
877-678-8463
www.thetimepiececollection.com
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Tourneau, Paramus
THIRD PLACE
Englewood Jewelers, Englewood

Hartgers Jewelers, Wyckoff
Campmor
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AUTO DEALERSHIP
FIRST PLACE
Benzel-Busch Motor Car Corp.

Come visit Benzel-Busch Motor Car Corp., awarded the
Sales and Service Laureates Award from Mercedes-Benz for
outstanding customer service, and experience why BenzelBusch is Americas premier automotive dealership. They are
proud to also be named Customer Champions Honoree by
1to1 Magazine as well as named one of the Most Generous
Companies by New Jersey Monthly. At Benzel-Busch you
will find all the benefits of a large highway store in a unique
boutique environment of our family-owned state-of-the-art
sales and service facility. Benzel-Busch offers one of the largest
inventories in the country, and provides a range of service
offerings centered on a reputation built on a foundation of
honesty, transparency and trust delivering an unparalleled
ownership experience. For nearly half a century, we have
built our processes keeping the customer in mind that move
at the customers pace, not ours and moves the business to
the customer rather than moving the customer through the
business. Our customers are provided with a free car wash,
Mercedes-Benz loaner transportation, as well as courtesy
pick-up and delivery service within our designated pick-up
areas. Benzel-Busch offers Premier Express Service at your
convenience for minor service and repairs within thirty
minutes and there is no appointment necessary. We also
offer Mercedes-Benz Roadside Assistance, complimentary
36-point safety inspections, refreshments, WIFI within our
customer waiting areas and cafes, as well as a new playroom
for the kids, and you can browse our Mercedes-Benz boutique.
We are located five minutes from the GWB, the Palisades
Interstate Parkway, Routes 4 and 80 on Grand Avenue in
Englewood. Please visit us, contact your Benzel-Busch Account
Representative for further information, or start your journey
now at benzelbusch.com and Define the Way You Drive.
28 Grand Ave., Englewood
800-836-0945
www.benzelbusch.com
Benzel-Busch Motor Car Corp.
SPIVAK LIGHTING
A Family Business Since 1920
WE WONT LEAVE YOU IN THE DARK
SECOND PLACE
DCH Paramus Honda, Paramus
Fall Garden
Lighting
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Englewood Lexus, Englewood
by
HINKLEY
ANTIQUE SHOP
LANDSCAPE LIGHTING
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Illuminate the night with

Hinkley Landscape Lighting
If you are looking to furnish your home, Grannys Attic can

satisfy your needs with its enormous, extraordinary showroom
and eclectic selection. The store is 30,000 square feet and
contains every style imaginable, from primitive to formal
French. Due to its massive size, the staff recognizes many
customers initial reaction as overwhelming, but because of
the staff s love for schmoozing with each and every customer,
expert guidance and advice is available whenever it is needed.
So whether you are looking for a hand-carved wood bookcase,
a two-year-old Bakers dining room set, or chachkas from
inexpensive to museum quality, Grannys Attic is the place to
go. Come in and see Chief Yenta Maury and Vice Yenta John.
While in the store, check out Maurys book, Mishagoss: Poetry
for People That Hate poetry, covering every subject from war
to politics to romance.
619 N. Maple Ave., Ho-Ho-Kus
201-632-0102
www.grannysatticnj.com
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Bogota Antiques & Estate Buyers, Bogota
After all the time, effort and

expense youve put into your
landscaping to create the most
beautiful panorama possible,
why lose the beauty at night?
Stop in today to see our
complete working selection of
HINKLEY LANDSCAPE LIGHTING
Grannys Attic
We do
Lamp
Repairs
Attention New Home Buyers

Bring in your plans for a FREE Lighting Consultation
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LIGHTING STORE
For hours and directions Call 201-791-5543
35-10 Broadway, Route 4 Fair Lawn
(One mile west of Garden State Plaza)

www.spivaklighting.com
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Dougies Bar-B-Que & Grill
ice Cream on Grand
184 Englewood Ave., Teaneck

201-833-6000
www.dougiesbbq.com
From pretzel chicken, to pastrami egg rolls, to citrus wings just for starters; to
soups, salads, pastas, burgers galore; to grilled chicken and meat, spare ribs, and
hot, hot, sauce, wings, chicken poppers, and a kids menu, there is plenty of variety
at Dougies. There is no problem for each family member to find something on the
menu to eat at Dougies. With its pleasant atmosphere, and wide menu selection,
the casual, kosher dining experience at Dougies is a place for the family to enjoy.
84 W Englewood Ave., Teaneck
201-833-6000 www.dougiesbbq.com
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Fresh and flavorful ice cream is what Ice Cream on Grand

has to offer. The great tasting ice cream that comes in more
than 30 flavors is prepared fresh with the highest quality
ingredients. Its a sweet decadence that is well worth it.
Come enjoy the friendly service, great atmosphere and the
affordable prices. Ice Cream on Grand is a peanut-free facility
that operates under the Kof-K supervision. There is plenty of
outdoor seating and parking.
201-569-5346 www.icecreamongrand.com
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Teaneck Doghouse, Teaneck
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Smokey Joes Tex-Mex Barbeque,

Teaneck
noahs ark Kosher Deli & Restaurant, Teaneck
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Blue Moon Mexican Caf, Englewood
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Bischo s, Teaneck
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201-837-2326
www.lazybean.com
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CHINESE
201-530-5665
Sun 11:30am - 10pm Mon-Thurs 12pm - 11pm
www.estihana.com
Bar/Bat, Brissim, Kiddushim,

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FAMILY RESTAURANT
WINGS
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FRENCH FRIES
HAMBURGER
184 W Englewood Avenue Teaneck NJ

Tel: 201-833-6000 Fax: 201-833-6020
Order online at
www.dougiesbbq.com
Special Shabbat Menu

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HUMMUS
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at Rinat Yisrael
201-530-0808
www.SababaGrill.com
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Cedar Market
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hummus Elite

201-855-8500
www.thecedarmarket.com
Six years ago, Giyora Malka and

Shlomo Cohen opened the doors
of Hummus Elite. This Israeli-style,
glatt kosher restaurant promises
customers healthy, well-priced
dishes, without compromising the
fresh ingredients and customer
service. The hummus is freshly made
daily, has no preservatives, and uses
only the best available ingredients.
In addition to creamy hummus and
crisp falafel, Hummus Elite also has
a delicious variety of grilled meats
and fish, including shwarma, kabobs,
burgers, and salmon. Let Hummus
Elite take you to Israel for the night.
201-569-5600
www.hummuselite.com
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201-855-8500
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Mediterraneo, Ridgewood
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Samdan, Cresskill
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Kosher nosh Deli Restaurant

Those who grew up eating on Manhattans
Lower East Side may have greasy memories
of fried potato knishes. The sought-after
knishes at Kosher Nosh Deli are baked,
therefore they are healthier, but they are
no less delicious. Folks clamor for the most
popular potato knish, followed in popularity
by kasha, spinach and, brisket knish.
894 Prospect St., Glen Rock
201-445-1186
www.koshernosh.com
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Hummus Elite
noahs ark, Teaneck
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Glatt Kosher
Mediterranean Cuisine
39 East Palisade Ave Englewood, NJ

Sun-Thurs: 11:30am-10pm Fri: 10:30am-3pm
www.HummusElite.com
201.569.5600
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WINES & SPIRITS

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89 New Bridge Road

Bergenfield, NJ
201-385-0106
The store with the largest selection of

kosher wines in Bergen County!
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Wine Country
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At Wine Country, were a neighborhood store dedicated to providing our customers with
the ultimate in friendly service. We pride ourselves on being a vital part of our community,
participating in local fundraisers, sponsoring charity events and giving our customers
exactly what theyre looking for, including the largest selection of kosher wines in Bergen
County, guaranteed lowest prices and free delivery. Our Bergenfield store, one of 13 Wine
Country stores in northern New Jersey, is conveniently located between the Farmers
Market and Grand & Essex for easy one-stop shopping. That is perfect for purchasing
wine for your mitzvah events. Weve expanded our selection to include more of what you
want most like popular ros wines and the newest kosher offerings. And, coming soon
our brand new website (wineandwhiskeycountry.com), which will offer online shopping,
incredible gifts and more. We look forward to serving you soon.
Wine Country Bergeneld
89 New Bridge Road, Bergeneld
201-385-0106 winecountryspirits.com
39 E. Palisade Ave., Englewood,

201-569-5600
www.hummuselite.com
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39 E. Palisade Ave., Englewood,
201-569-5600
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Total Wine and More
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Total Wine and More opened in 1991 when two brothers, David and Robert Trone,
opened two stores in Delaware. Now there are over 115 stores across 16 states and
the company is still expanding. The store in River Edge has over 8,000 different wines
from every wine-producing region worldwide. As soon as you walk in the door you are
greeted by friendly, knowledgeable staffers who will help you find exactly what you
need. The next time you need a gift basket, are hosting or invited to a party, want the
perfect glass of wine to accompany dinner, or unwind from a long day at the oce stop
in, youll love the prices, too.
River Edge Crossings, 1001 Main St., River Edge
201-968-1777 www.totalwine.com
Sababa Grill, Teaneck
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Tavlin, Tenay
Total Wine
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Filler up Kosher Wines, Teaneck
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noahs ark
noahs ark
At Noahs Ark, the pastrami, cut from the fatty belly of the
cow, is cured, smoked, and then steamed before its served
hot on fresh rye bread. The fat melts away in the process,
leaving the flavor, says owner Noam Sokolow, adding the
pastrami is one of the most popular items on the menu.
People come for our pastrami sandwiches from all over, he
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stay true to our mission, keeping our standards high, serving
fresh, delicious homemade food, and making sure that our
service satisfies the customer.
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Licious, a family-run business offers a variety of sour and sweet
flavors. There is truly something for everyone, from pickles in
wooden barrels, to zesty olives, pickled condiments, specialty
relishes, olive tapenades, and your all-time favorite penny
candies. Pickle Licious products are sold in their store at the
Teaneck store and at over 40 farmers market a week through
out New Jersey, New York, Connecticut and Pennsylvania.
Pickle Licious recently added an old fashion popcorn machine,
popping fresh pareve popcorn daily. Along with seven gourmet
sea salts and six varieties of cold-pressed olive oil.
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nobo Wine & Grill
The Teaneck Farmers Market has been part of the

Cedar Lane business district for more than 21 years.
Its located off Cedar Lane at the Garrison Avenue
and Beverly Road intersection in back of Wells Fargo
Bank. The market is open on Thursdays from noon to
5 p.m. from June until the last Thursday in October. It
features a diverse group of local and regional farmers
who bring with them freshly harvested produce,
and the market has grown to include artisan bakers;
specialty and gourmet food creators, such as honey-maker New Jersey Bees and Pure
Juice, and freshly made empanadas; pickle makers; and even a masseuse. The market is
a project of The Cedar Lane Management Group for the Township of Teaneck.
201-907-0493, www.cedarlane.net
Nobo Wine and Grill serves an

eclectic mix of modern American
cuisine. The menu is seasonally
drivenand seamlessly integrates
some ofthe most state-of-the-art
cooking techniques. Noboswine
Nobo Wine & Grill
program is extensive, offering
a variety of outstanding wines
across many price points. Chef/Owner Joshua Massin brings over a decade of experience in food
and service to the table, providing outstanding experiences time after time.
1400 Palisade Ave., Teaneck
201-837-1000
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etc. steakhouse, Teaneck
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The Kosher nosh Deli Restaurant, Glen Rock
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new Bridge Farmers Market, Bergeneld
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Veggie heaven
Dont let the menu fool you. It may say chicken,
or beef, but there isnt any meat, dairy, or eggs to
be found at Veggie Heaven, where every dish is
prepared vegan. Everything in its international
offering is done with soy or wheat protein or
mushrooms, said manager Gary Wu. Delicious
vegan desserts are also available.
www.veggieheavennewjersey.com
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Rabica Caf, Teaneck
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Grand and Essex Market

Its Tuesday and youre getting home
too late to prepare food for the family.
Or its been a grinding week and you
are having more than you expected
guests for Shabbos. What to do? Head
to the take-out counter and order up
some food. At Grand and Essex, the
take-out does a brisk business and
some folks come from far to get some
of their special items, like the shallot
dip, said Yitzy Elbaum, deli manager.
We put our focus on the customers
and make sure they are satisfied with
the food they are taking home, he
Grand and Essex Market
said. In addition to chicken specials
(a service item), the take-out deli
sells a lot of pretzel chicken, deli roll and potato kugel for Shabbos. It also smokes fresh brisket
for sale on Thursday and Friday. The deli now features more healthful options such as turkey
zucchini burgers, cauliflower kugels and other lighter options. Grand and Essex will also make
sure to deliver a free full meal to a new mother in the community.
89 New Bridge Road, Bergeneld
201-244-9955
www.grandandessex.com
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Gotham Burger
Lazy Bean Caf
Zadies Kosher Bakeshop
Wheres the beef?

Its in the juicy
hamburgers served
up at Gotham Burger.
The first thing in
making a great patty,
said chef-owner Avi
Gotham Burger
Roth, is to use the best
blend of the freshest,
finest, proprietary meats. And at Gotham Burger youll find
burgers to satisfy all cravings. Most popular is the classic
Gotham Burger served on a toasted brioche bun, topped
with Gotham sauce, shredded lettuce, sliced tomato, pickle
chips and caramelized red onions, followed by the Brisket
Burger, made from ground brisket. But dont stop there.
There are a plethora of others, including a Breakfast Burger
Bonaza, featuring egg, beef fry and pareve cheese; a Lasso
Burger with a heft of onion rings, and a popular chickpeabased homemade vegetarian three-bean burger, to name
a few. Get out the napkins.
1383 Queen Anne Road, Teaneck 201-530-7400
www.gothamburgerco.com
Lazy Bean Caf is again voted the

top coffee house and meeting
place in Bergen County. With their
fan-favorite menu that includes
French crepes, fruit smoothies, fresh
pastries, healthy foods, and specialty
coffee drinks, Lazy Bean Caf is the
preferred destination for teens,
millennials, and families, alike. The
secret to their continued success
lies in their familiarity with their
customers. Lazy Bean Caf is cozy
enough to know every customer
by name and big enough to quickly
embrace changes in customer
tastes. While large chains become
increasingly unpopular and less
personal, Lazy Bean Caf personifies
what a community coffee house
should be intimate, relaxing, and
dedicated to quality. You may always
start your day off Lazy... but youll
never want to leave.
201-837-2326 www.lazybean.com
Zadies Kosher Bake Shop may have begun

by supplying all kinds of challahs and
cakesto North Jersey only about 11 years
ago, but its formula is a classic. They now
wholesale across the tri-state area and can
ship anywhere in the United States with a
simple phone call. Thanks to Zadies loyal
customers, the bakerys popularity and
support have grown over the years, but
Zadies commitment to quality and freshness
has never faded.
19-09 Fair Lawn Ave., Fair Lawn
201-796-6565
www.zadiesbakeshop.com
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Grill, Teaneck
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Sammys
Yossi Niazoff, owner of Sammys New York

Bagels, Pizza and Coffee, provides his
customers with the best food, and that starts
with the basic building blocks of his pizza.
His flour comes direct from Napoli, Italy,
in order to make the first kosher American
Neapolitan pizza. He uses fresh San Marzano
tomatoes from Italy for his tomato sauce
and only the best cholov yisroel cheeses on
the market, imported from the West coast.
This is what makes our pizza the best, the
flour, the tomatoes, and the cheeses, he said.

Mr. Niazoff wants his customers to have the
best experience and therefore he doesnt
cut corners when it comes to his ingredients.
His staff provides each customer with fast
and friendly service for a memorable dining
experience.
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Matisse Chocolatier
Matisse Chocolatier, in Englewood and Orangeburg, N.Y., has a
sweet multitude of gourmet chocolate treats. The locations also
have a private party room for birthday parties, bridal showers, kids
parties, girls night out parties and more. This family run business
has been sweetening up customers for 21 years, said co-owner
Gregory Skroce, who works with his mother, Lucille. Very popular
are the specialty gifts, baskets, platter and molded items, which
could be made for any occasion. All platters and baskets are
certified by the Star-K, while the store is certified by the RCBC.
260 Grand Ave., Englewood 201-568-2288
320 Orangetown Center
Orangeburg, NY 845-365-0285
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Chocolate Works, Fair Lawn
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Large selection of delicious
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Sammys

201-837-0515
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Lazy Bean Cafe, Teaneck
Matisse Chocolatier
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Chopstix
Teaneck Doghouse
Sammys
There was a time when

Chinese food wasnt kosher.
That has changed with
establishments like Chopstix
in Teaneck, a takeout eatery.
We work hard to make sure
our customers are getting
the best, said Elie Katz, coowner with Uri Herzog and
chef Peter. Of course, there
are accommodations. The
restaurant substitutes veal
for pork, for instance. But
Katz said some 40 percent
Chopstix
of his customers do not
keep kosher they come
for the quality. A best seller is General Tsos chicken. Because
every dish is made fresh for the customer, almost every order
can be customized for different diets from gluten-free to sugarfree or to include no oil. Mr. Katz said that the restaurant has
added Asian-fusion dishes such as Pad Thai and Mango Chicken
to its offerings. Its Nine-Day Menu, Mr. Katz said, has even been
written about in The New York Times.
172 W. Englewood Ave., Teaneck
201-833-0200 www.chopstixusa.com
The Teaneck Doghouse is a one-of-a-kind eatery in Bergen

County where you can catch as much sports as you like on
28 screens and grab a hot dog or juicy kosher hamburger
and wash it down with a kosher beer. The multiple screens
allow for viewing all games all the time. The menu is classic
sports bar hot dogs, burger, wings chicken, nachos, spicy
all-beef chili, fried pickles, pulled BBQ brisket, sliders, fries and
more. The restaurant also does some work for you pairing its
extensive selection of brews with its hot dogs, burgers, and
salads. You can also bring the family in, anytime.
201- 530-7733 www.teaneckdoghouse.com
The bagel, the most quintessential of Jewish delicacies, also

seems to be the most simple. Not so fast, said Yossi Niazoff,
owner of Sammys New York Bagels, Pizza and Coffee. Theres
more to the bagel than meets the eye. You have to start with
the best ingredients and the bagels must be rolled by hand,
boiled in a kettle, and then baked, the old-fashioned way, he
said, which is just what Sammys has been doing for years to
create the tastiest and chewiest bagel around. We dont cut
any corners to make our famous best round bagels, he said.
201-837-0515 www.shopsammys.com
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Teaneck Road hot Bagels,

Teaneck
noahs ark, Teaneck
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Gotham Burger, Teaneck
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Celebrity Bagels &

Restaurant, Tenay
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Estihana, Teaneck
Teaneck Doghouse
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World of Goodies,
Teaneck
World of Goodies is a
kosher candy paradise
with a wide selection of
chocolate, candies, dried
fruit and nuts more than
World of Goodies
2,500 different types, said
owner Michael Amsel.
The store also designs beautiful baskets to suit all occasions,
whether for a new baby, bar or bat mitzvah, engagement,
house warming, you name it. So if you want to sweeten your
or someone elses day, this is the place. The store delivers
locally and ships throughout the United States. World of
Goodies - Its gonna do you a World of Good.
198 W. Englewood, Teaneck 201-833-9950
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Sweets on Cedar,
Teaneck
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Conrads Confectionery,
Westwood
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Smokey Joes
TEX-MEX
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Smokey Joes
Smokey Joes is the first authentic wood-fired, slow-cooked,
pit-smoked glatt kosher BBQ restaurant in the USA. It is famous
for its trademark ribs, beef brisket, chicken, blackened fish, and
other southwestern and Tex-Mex specialties. This restaurant offers
a comfortable full dining experience with warm and friendly
service, vegetarian selections, and homemade desserts. Lunch,
dinner, take-out, in-house and off-premise catering are available.
Smokey Joes is certified kosher by the RCBC.
www.smokeyjoesbbq.com
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Its been called Jewish penicillin and Ashkenazi ambrosia. Matzo

ball soup is an all-time favorite whether you are Jewish or
not. The folks at Kosher Nosh Deli Restaurant in Glen Rock have
perfected the fluffy matzo balls that float in a golden broth
redolent with herbs and vegetables. It is one of the most popular
items on the menu, said owner Haim Peer. Perhaps the airiness of
the matzo balls has to do with a special cooking technique that
helps them become so light. The matzo balls are always nice and
fluffy and always good, Mr. Peer said.
894 Prospect St., Glen Rock
201-445-1186 www.koshernosh.com
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Every Tuesday night, Shellys Vegetarian Cafe offers a

sumptuous dinner buffet, featuring a variety of different
creative and inventive dishes each week, such as Mediterranean
bouillabaisse, spinach ravioli in tomato cream sauce, beautiful
desserts and hot soups. Shellys provides a perfect option
for a midweek dinner for a family that wants a little bit of
everything. The mean includes dessert and choice of soup. And
on Sundays, check out Shellys brunch buffet, offering omelets,
waes, pancakes, fresh fruit, pastries, salads, and more.
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Grand Buet, Ramsey
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Salsa Metsuyan,
Teaneck
Kosher nosh Deli Restaurant
Shellys Vegetarian Caf
Blue Moon Mexican Caf,

Englewood
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Rabica Cafe
Zadies Kosher Bake Shop

201-837-7558 www.rabicacafe.com
19-09 Fair Lawn Ave., Fair Lawn

201-796-6565
www.zadiesbakeshop.com
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Lazy Bean Cafe, Teaneck
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Butterake Bakery, Teaneck
noahs ark, Teaneck
ThiRD PLaCE
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Challah Fairy, new City
harolds Kosher Market, Paramus

RCBC
Where every day is a

Challah-day!
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Chef Josh and the entire Nobo team would

like to thank the Jewish Standard and all of
its readership for this outstanding honor!
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We look forward to welcoming you at

Nobo Wine and Grill soon!
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first place
845.323.4582 www.thechallahfairy.com
1400 Palisade Avenue, Teaneck

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Baked Fresh Daily
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Lox Cream Cheese
Coffee Sandwiches
Muffins Spreads
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Cedar Market

201-692-0001
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Lazy Bean Caf, Teaneck
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Mocha Bleu, Teaneck
iTaLian RESTauRanT
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Rabica Cafe
At this restaurant on Teanecks Restaurant Row, one can enjoy

a dairy, Cholov Yisrael experience with plenty of Italian flare.
Choose from among a variety of pastas, fish and salads and
other items. Some of the popular dishes include penne alla
vodka, fettuccine alla alfredo and mushroom lasagne. Nearly
Italian, but not quite, is the extremely popular French Onion
Soup made with bread and cheese. It is especially a briskselling item during their lunch hour where a soup and half
sandwich are offered on the special lunch menu.
201-837-7558
www.rabicacafe.com
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il Mulino
Jimmy Lulani brings his Roman culinary training, plus his

experience as former owner of Caf Italiano in Englewood
Cliffs, to Il Mulino in Dumont. His secrets are, well, no secrets
at all great food, substantial portions, outstanding service,
good prices and atmosphere. Italy is known for regional
dishes, and Il Mulino picks and chooses. A favorite is veal
osso bucco, Lulani said, a dish from the northern and central
regions of Italy. Another is stuffed artichoke: We cant make
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Our motto is Fine Foods. Great Savings, and we really
try to stick to that, says owner Jeff Hollander. The
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experience is the true secret behind Cedar Market.
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At Oceanos, every fish dish is specially prepared to

perfection, and the fish itself, is as fresh as it could be, said
owner Peter Panteleakis, who oversees the 150-seat Fair
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but can also can enjoy fresh baked homemade bread, and
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Ida Martin has created a sanctuary for the gluten-free diner. She
and her staff take such diligent pains to keep gluten away from
those with sensitivities, that the restaurant is even equipped with
a separate gluten-free oven. Other separation precautions are
strictly adhered to. But the absence of gluten in no way means
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Among the highlights of the Hudson Water Club are its

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experience in a warm and friendly atmosphere. Executive
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Greek meze, seafood bites, meatballs traditional Greek
spreads with pita bread are great starters for sharing, along
with a family style Greek salad. Big Plates include standout
fish dishes, either grilled or pan roasted, incredibly tender
roasted free-range chicken, pastichio, moussaka and the
nightly specials from Chef Alex. General Manager Tim
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restaurant and customers have come to expect his warm
presence as they are greeted with a smile and a handshake.
Axia features a full bar and sommelier-chosen wines. Tim
takes great pride in the Greek varietals, which are one-third
of the 360 bottles offered. Two dozen wines are offered by
the glass. Tim handles all requests for parties on Axias upper
level, as well as off-site catered parties. AXIA Taverna is open
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Tenafly restaurant certainly lives up to the name.
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This is a warm, relaxed Italian eatery serving Tuscan-inspired
grill fare that was opened in 2013. At this upscale, casual
restaurant, located in the Willowbrook Mall, you can choose
from a wide variety menu of items, including specialty-grilled
items, such as espresso rubbed ribeye, whole roasted chicken,
lamb chops. Or choose chef specialties, such as lasagna
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Spectacularly located on the Hudson
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Lincoln Harbor, Pier D-T, Weehawken
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For a Mediterranean meal that covers the region from Israel

to Italy, come to Mezza. This four-year-old restaurant opened
by Jordan Levison and her husband, Rafael Cohen, has top
chef Roberto Ortega in the kitchen. The restaurant has a
variety of seafood, with such dishes as seafood cous cous,
salmon and branzino, as well as meat dishes such as grilled
skirt, chicken tagine and more. Open for lunch an dinner
seven days a week.
20 Jeerson Ave., Westwood
201-722-8822
www.mezzawestwood.com
If you want good, classic Italian fare, this is the place to come.
From the starters like eggplant rollatini, fresh mozzarella,
tomato and basil, to buffalo wings, and more, you can
graduate to salads, pastas, steaks, specialties, fish dishes,
pizza, sandwiches for the entrees, and dont forget the
luscious desserts. You can be sure to find a Italian dish that
will satisfy you. Mangia!
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201-722-8881
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Specializing in Seafood and Steaks
Private Room Available For All Occasions
When you walk into Patisserie Florentine in Englewood, you

feel as if you have walked into a Parisian bistro. Marbled
surfaces blend with wrought iron and antique dcor for
an ambience both rustic and contemporary to put you in
the mood to indulge in a French-style breakfast, brunch or
lunch, said chef-owner Tomer, Zilkha, a trained pastry chef
and a native of Israel, who opened Patisserie Florentine with
his London-based brother, Itay, three years ago. Customers,
whove been enjoying the pastries, specialty coffees and
meals at the artisan bakery and petit bistro rave about their
favorites, the Eggs Benedict and almond croissants.
10 S. Dean St., Englewood
201-408-4890
www.patisserieorentine.com
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If you savor the flavor of Manhattan-style dining without

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the premises. Black caviar is a good seller, as well.
10 Washington St., Tenay
201-568-2050
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Open for dinner, guests can enjoy such eclectic appetizers like
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onions, lemon and thyme; followed by an entre that might
be honey mustard glazed 8-ounce hanger steak served with
Jerusalem artichoke, artichoke bottoms, hazelnuts and mostarda;
or a Grow and Behold bone-in rib stead with fries and housemade ketchup. Just a few of the eclectic options.
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American Cut Bar & Grill pays homage to the original and
aspirational New York dining experience, the steakhouse.
The restaurant is an outpost of LDV Hospitality and Chef
Marc Forgiones critically acclaimed American Cut, ranked
#1 steakhouse in America by Fox News/Gayot. American
Cut Bar & Grill offers an approachable menu with a unique a
modern take on classic American dishes in a contemporary,
casual ambience, reminiscent of Art Deco fused with a bit of
rock & roll. The restaurants signature tableside preparations
and dishes found on the original American Cut menu join a
selection of lighter fare, including large salads and grilled fish
dishes. The Bar & Grill also serves up a more approachable
lunch menu, taking Chef Forgione s classics and giving them
his signature modern twist along with bar snacks and the
famous in-house burger.
495 Sylvan Ave., Englewood Clis
201-510-4460
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Fresh as fresh could be, is the mantra for the fish and other
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has been recognized as a favorite. We use the freshest fish, like
tuna, for our sushi, which is only available at the Franklin Lakes
location. We create new things, and we are very busy, Mr. Shen
said. We always work to please our diners.
825 Franklin Lakes Road, Franklin Lakes
201-891-7866 www.goldendynastynj.com
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Glen Rock
Chef Linda Dickstein, considered one of the most creative

and eclectic chefs in New Jersey heads up the kitchen in this
family-owned and run restaurant that blends the best of Italian
and American cuisine with Asian and Spanish influences, said
Don Dickstein, Lindas husband and owner of the restaurant.
A wide-range of wines also is available to diners, as are craft
beers, which change on a monthly basis. Some of the signature
dishes include a delicious mango-crusted stuffed veal chop.
The restaurant is also known for its outstanding steak and
fresh seafood, which is brought in daily.
23 Hardenburgh Ave., Haworth
201-384-1551
www.andiamorestaurant.net
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Gao Thai Kitchen

Opened since 2010, this relatively small restaurant with 44
seats puts out dishes with big-time flavors. Some of the most
popular dishes, said owner Phol Ammata, are the braised
short ribs massaman and the pad thai. Also on the menu
are several gluten-free options. The restaurant has a goodweather bonus. It opens up its patio for diners to enjoy their
meal al fresco. I think that we are well liked because of our
food and service, Mr. Ammata said.
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Peters Fish Market
Coach house
For nearly 40 years, Peters Fish Market has provided a

wide variety of fresh seafood, for both retail and wholesale
customers. Small enough to care, large enough to compete,
Peters Fish Market provides a fresh product, at a competitive
price. Quality and service continue to provide the foundation
for success, said the owner Steven Sclafani who works with
his father, also Steven. We try to get our fish from the water
to the showcase, with daily shipments of fresh fish. The
owners said that anything a customer purchased in their
store they would serve in their own homes.
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Take warm decor, add top-notch ingredients, solid

portions, and reasonable prices, and you have a
delicious place to dine. Thats how owners George
and Vivien Pappas sum up their success at the Coach
House in Hackensack. With delicious omelets and
other breakfast favorites served all day, and comfort
foods such as pot roast and brisket, as well as fresh
seafood such as salmon and sole, Coach House has
something for everyone. A fully loaded salad bar
featuring more than 30 items comes complimentary
with most dinner entrees, and the New York
cheesecake is second to none. George Papas said
that in an age of frozen, processed, mass-produced
food, its good to come to his restaurant for some good
authentic and wholesome dishes.
4 Hackensack Ave., Hackensack
201-488-4999
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Tenay Diner
This all-day restaurant has an old-fashioned diner exterior and an extensive, mostly American menu. We are serving breakfast,
lunch, brunch and dinner every day. We love the opportunity to offer our customers a wide variety of comforting and
sophisticated dishes, selecting and serving only the finest and freshest ingredients for all of our delicious house-made dishes.
16 W Railroad Ave., Tenay
201-567-5522
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The Stone Center for Yoga

& Health is a serene oasis
located in the heart of the
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of Teaneck. Since 1999,
Teaneck resident Charlotte
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and director, and her team
of highly trained instructors,
have been oering yoga
classes, Pilates, therapeutic
yoga for osteoporosis,
back pain and stress relief,
Stone Center for Yoga & Health
and wellness programs,
that are sensible, empowering, and fun. The center oers nationally respected, Yoga
Alliance-accredited teacher training programs, and a free Monthly Meditation Circle that
is open to all. Stone Yoga is also home to Wellness Motivations with Beth Taubes, RN,
OCN, and the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program with Ellen Schwartz,
Ph.D. In addition, Stone Yoga oers free classes for cancer survivors and their loved
ones; participants can come for classes in gentle yoga, Qi Gong and Guided Imagery/
Meditation, all taught by volunteers. Anyone interested in these programs is encouraged
to call the studio for more information. Whichever program they attend, students leave
class feeling relaxed, refreshed, revitalized, and renewed.
1415 Queen Anne Road, Suite 204, Teaneck
201-833-5955 www.stoneyoga.com
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YOGA STUDIO
to all our students and friends

for making us your
#1 YOGA STUDIO
in Bergen County
FOR THE SIXTH YEAR IN A ROW!

Charlotte Chandler Stone, CYT, E-RYT Director
And the Entire StoneYoga Family of Instructors
1415 Queen Anne Road, Ste. 204 Teaneck, NJ
201.833.5955
www.stoneyoga.com
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Imagine a place where you
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are no worldly pressures.
The Fountain Spa is truly a
The Fountain Spa
resort spa experience close
to home, and has been
voted Best Spa in Bergen County seven times
in a row for its extraordinary massages, facials,
and salon services.
1100 Rte. 17 N., Ramsey
The Shops at Riverside, Route 4, Hackensack
201-327-5155
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1100 Rte. 17 N., Ramsey
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Back in touch massage therapy, teaneck
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the gym
Lillian Lee Salon
Hair salON
First Place
lillian lee salon

Beauty outside and beauty inside is the motto of salon
owner and stylist Lillian Lee whose eponymous Teaneck
salon is constantly abuzz with women having their hair, or
their wigs, styled, shaped, cut, colored and pampered. We
genuinely care how our clients feel, said Ms. Lee. Our clients
will definitely look great when they leave here, but we also
want them to leave feeling very good about themselves.
Ms. Lee has been in the hairstyling business for a quarter of
century, and she has been at her present Teaneck location
for 12 years. One of her crowning glories is her non-for-profit
charity that she founded, Do Wonders. Do Wonders donates
free wigs to women and girls who are in chemotherapy. I
am very grateful for the support that Ive received from the
community, Ms. Lee said. If not for the support from the
community, and the Orthodox community, I would not have
been able to start Do Wonders.
201-837-6770 www.lillianleesalon.com
The Gym is no ordinary experience. It is a complete lifestyle

and fitness center, designed to promote healthy living in a
first-class, luxury setting. Members have access to a variety of
options under one roof and at one price; including unlimited
barre, Pilates, spin and yoga. Everything we do at The Gym
is with one goal in mind: to help our members achieve their
individual health and fitness goals. Whether our members
are beginners or enthusiasts, every program, product, and
experience we oer begins and ends with creating a premier
and comfortable atmosphere. Members receive 5-star
customer service and access to special amenities such as a spa
and complimentary childcare. With 13 years under our belt
we continue to grow and evolve to surpass the needs of our
members. Call us for a complimentary 3-day guest pass and
see what makes us the best health club in Bergen County.
20 Nordho Place, Englewood
201-567-9399 www.gettothegym.com
2 Chestnut Ridge Road, Montvale
201-802-9399 www.gettothegym.com
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glenpointe spa & Fitness, teaneck
Pumpkin & Bean
Kids HaircUts
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Pumpkin & Bean

How do you get little ones, who may be squirming and
crying, to get their hair trimmed? You put them in little cars
that double as chairs, give them some screen distraction and
make sure that the person with the scissors is kind, patient
and skillful. That formula has worked at Pumpkin & Bean
since it opened in 2006, said owner Claire Bader. Our hair
stylists have a lot of patience and are very good with kids,
she said. In addition to haircuts for boys and girls, stylists will
also do braiding and up-dos, and even will style an American
Girl doll that might accompany a young client. For first-time
haircuts, Ms. Bader said, the youngsters leave with their new
do, a certificate and a lock of their hair.
55 North Dean St., Englewood
201-503-9001
www.pumpkinandbean.com
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thanks all its clients for voting Tenafly
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HAIR SALon
Tenafly - 195 County Rd. (201) 569-1114

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Full Prescription Service Accepting All Insurances
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Parkview Pharmacy
1430 Queen Anne Rd. Teaneck, NJ Tel 201-837-6368
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Nail salON
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czin Opticians
Bora Nails & spa
Located just a few doors away from the

Teaneck Cinemas, Czin Opticians has been on
Cedar Lane for more than 37 years providing
Excellence in Fashion Eyewear. The new
owner, Dr. Steven D. Starkman, is proud to bring
his brand of quality eye care to the Teaneck
community. He is certified in the treatment and
management of eye diseases and disorders
of vision, but always welcomes your eyewear
prescriptions. Our job at Czin is to oer
people frame styles that are unique, said Dr.
Starkman. One of our featured collections is
made by iGreen. These frames are extremely
lightweight, and customizable, oering more
than 100 colors and patterns. They also have
17 interchangeable temple colors. As an
authorized Varilux lens provider, Czin oers the
highest quality optical lenses available. They
also oer contact lenses, including astigmatic,
1 Day, and bifocal contacts. Call for an eye
appointment, or stop by with your prescription
for an excellent experience.
201-836-9199
From your hands to your toes,

some of the best-bued and
polished nails are courtesy of
Bora Nails & Spa. The salon oers
its clients an array of beauty
services, including manicures,
pedicures, waxing and spa
pedicures. Popular brands of
polish that are used include OPI
and Essie. The salon also oers
long-lasting polish that stays
intact for about two weeks, as
well as gel polish, said manager
Gina Kim. The salon is open
seven days a week, walk-ins are
always welcome, and the cost
of services is very aordable. A
mani-pedi will cost $25.
1033 River Road, New Milford
201-530-1033
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lenswear, Hasbrouck Heights
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Bora Nails & Spa
alvins Pharmacy
Alvins Pharmacy oers medical, surgical,
diabetic, and home health-care supplies for
all of your daily needs. Alvins specializes
in service and individualized attention.
The pharmacy accepts all insurances and
can bill Medicare. Alvins also oers free
delivery seven days a week and can transfer
your prescription hassle-free.
201-836-4586
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Czin Opticians
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We thank our customers

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Medical, Surgical, Diabetic and
Home Health Care Supplies
We can bill Medicare for you!
We Accept All Insurances
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Thank you to all our friends at the Jewish Standard

for voting us NUMBER ONE. We hope to continue
to provide you with excellent frames, lenses and
convenient oce hours for examinations and eye
emergencies for many years to come.
Dr. Steven D. Starkman, O.D.

489 Cedar Lane, Teaneck, NJ
(201) 836-9199
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ALVINS PHARMACY
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115 Cedar Lane Teaneck, NJ (Next to 7-11)
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TEL: (201) 836-7003

FAX: (201) 357-2297
527 Cedar Lane, Teaneck, NJ 07666
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Barbers for Men
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mens salon
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Hoda
1358 Queen Anne Rd. Teaneck, NJ (201) 837-6515
PT, OT, Speech, and Behavioral Therapy

Classes for Kids
Dr. Elisheva Fuchs, PT, DPT
Physical Therapist/Owner
(We bill insurance directly so you dont have to)
2016
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B. Dinelli or Hair
Where hair is your most important accessory!
201-836-0477
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First Place
Holy Name medical center

Holy Name Medical Centers George P. Pitkin MD Emergency
Care Center is a modern facility that combines experienced,
specialized sta with todays best practices in health care
and the highest industry standards for a superior care
experience. Accommodating more than 55,000 visits per
year, Holy Names Emergency Department oers physical
space engineered for eciency, comfort, privacy, and a care
delivery system focused on quality and optimal patient
experiences. Sta work as a team to manage the most
critical of patients on a daily basis who experience stroke,
heart attack and cardiac arrest as well as orthopedic injuries,
infection, lacerations that need repair and pain through a
safe care delivery system. The Emergency Department is
staed by board-certified emergency medicine physicians,

physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and Magnetdesignated registered nurses with certification in emergency
nursing. In the Pediatric Emergency Department, on-site
board-certified pediatricians and specialized pediatric
nurses provide safe, compassionate care, private rooms
and a kid-friendly atmosphere to ensure that a visit to Holy
Names Emergency Department is a positive experience for
both the patient and family.
George P. Pitkin MD Emergency Care Center
Holy Name Medical Center
201- 833-3000 www.holyname.org
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englewood Hospital and

medical center,
englewood
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the Valley Hospital,

ridgewood
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205 West Englewood Ave

Teaneck, NJ
Thank you for your support.
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dr. david m. Wild

Holy Name
cardiology associates
David Wild, MD, began
his career path at Yeshiva
University, where he
graduated cum laude.
Dr. David M. Wild
Dr. Wild earned his medical
doctorate from RutgersRobert Wood Johnson Medical School. He completed his
cardiology fellowship at St. Lukes Roosevelt Hospital Center
in New York, where he served as the Chief Fellow. While
there, he focused on additional training in cardiac imaging.
Dr. Wild is board-certified in cardiovascular disease, nuclear
cardiology, echocardiography, and vascular ultrasound. He
is a member of Cardiovascular Specialists of North Jersey,
which is part of Holy Name Medical Partners and is Director
of the Echocardiography Laboratory at Holy Name Medical
Center. His knowledge and expertise led to Castle Connolly
Medical Ltd. Top Doctor recognition and The Jewish
Standard Readers Choice program. Dr. Wild has special
interest in preventive cardiology and cardiac imaging and a
passion for caring for his patients.
954 Teaneck Road
Teaneck, NJ
201-833-2300
www.csonj.com
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dr. Jerey s. matican,

englewood
tHird Place
dr. Nate lebowitz,

advanced cardiology institute,
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a good haircut and he doesnt want to spend a whole lot
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20 years of experience, knows how to make her customers
happy. Among the services oered at Chubbys are haircuts
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Pulmonologist and
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Cardiologist and Director,
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recognize leaders like ours.
Whos the best? Readers like you were asked to vote, and the results are in. Cardiologist David Wild, MD, FACC,
and Pulmonologist Selwyn Levine, MD, FCCP, are First Place Jewish Standard Readers Choice 2016 winners. We
congratulate them on this recognition. And we thank you for acknowledging the skill and compassion of these
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Richard S. Gertler, DMD, FAGD

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Dr. Gertler, a gentle, caring dentist who is precise with every tooth
and every smile he touches, makes going to the dentist a pleasant
experience. Dr. Gertler joined Teaneck Dentist on July 5, 1983 after
graduating from New Jersey Dental School and Newark Beth Israel
Medical Center, where he still teaches. Dr. Gertler is a member of
the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, The Academy of
General Dentistry, The American Academy of Oral Implantology,
and the Academy for Computerized Dentistry. He is also a Fellow of
the Academy of General Dentistry. Dr. Gertler has become a leader
in the practice, which provides the highest quality family, general,
cosmetic, implant dentistry and Invisalign. Treatment is tailored
to each patients individual needs to create a foundation for their
long-term dental health.
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dr. tzvi small,

Bergen Plastic surgery
As a premier plastic surgeon in Bergen County, Dr. Tzvi Small
has extensive experience in all cosmetic and reconstructive
surgical procedures with a special interest in reconstruction of the
breast. He oers his patients help in perfecting their appearance,
reversing the signs of aging, and embracing a better self-image.
Dr. Tzvi Small
His extensive surgical knowledge combined with his artistic finesse
ensures stunning outcomes for men and women alike. As the Chief
of Plastic Surgery at The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, and with a
convenient location in Paramus, Dr. Small and the sta at Bergen
Plastic Surgery are eager to help you reach your goals.
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dr. selwyn levine

Selwyn Levine, MD, FCCP, is a board-certified pulmonologist who
specializes in treating patients diagnosed with a broad range
of respiratory and pulmonary conditions, including asthma,
emphysema, pneumonia, lung cancer, and critical care medicine.
Dr. Levine has been practicing pulmonary medicine for almost 30
years and is a member of Holy Name Medical Partners. He earned
Dr. Selwyn Levine
his medical degree from New York University and completed his
pulmonary training at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and
Montefiore Medical Center. In addition to The Jewish Standard, Dr.
Levine has been recognized as a Top Doctor by Castle Connolly
Medical Ltd and New York Magazine.
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dr. Barry Zingler

Barry M. Zingler, M.D., is a board-certified
gastroenterologist who graduated from Rutgers
Medical School and trained at NYU Medical
Center/Bellevue Hospital. He and his partners,
Richard K. Chessler, M.D., Mitchell K. Spinnell, M.D.,
Michael E. Meininger, M.D. and Marc A. Fiorillo,
M.D., see patients and perform endoscopic
procedures in their state-of-the-art Ambulatory
Surgery Center in Englewood Clis. Dr. Zingler
is chief of the Division of Gastroenterology at
Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, an

attending physician at Holy Name Medical Center
and clinical instructor of internal medicine at
Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
The Gastroenterology Group of
Northern New Jersey
140 Sylvan Ave., Suite 101 A/B,
Englewood Clis
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Dr. Michael Scherl completed a six-year BioMedical program at Rensselaer Polytechnic

Institute and Albany Medical College and
graduated with a B.S.-M.D. combined
degree in 1982. He completed a residency
in Otolaryngology at Mt. Sinai Hospital of
New York in 1987 and was board certified in
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery in 1987.
He was involved with the Mt. Sinai academic
program teaching residents and medical
students for 10 years following his completion
of the residency program. Dr. Scherl has had a

private practice for the past 20 years and has
been on the sta at the Mt. Sinai Hospital of
New York, Englewood Hospital, Pascack Valley
Hospital and The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood in
New Jersey. Dr. Scherl served as chairman of the
Department of Otolaryngology at Pascack Valley
Hospital. Dr. Scherl has been elected as a fellow
of the American Academy of Otolaryngology.
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Hackensack
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once again as first place
Thanks so very much for choosing me
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gastroenterologist for 2016. I am hon
been recognized in the
It is tremendously rewarding to have
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community for distinction and excelle
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hardworking, dedicated,
to me and I pride myself on being a
an.
competent and compassionate physici
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Originally built in 1970, Tenafly Racquet Club was bought

by CourtSense in 2006 and oers an extensive list of tennis
programs for children and adults. CourtSense uses tennis
as a vehicle to tap into the spirit of each customer. Tenafly
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well as a variety of adult programs, private and semi-private
instruction, fitness sessions, court rentals, and adult and
junior leagues. CourtSense cares about students being the
best they can be physically, emotionally and intellectually
and instructors work diligently with students to develop
deeper commitments to patience, discipline, fitness, and
focus. At Tenafly Racquet Club and CourtSense, it is essential
that students learn life lessons while also learning tennis.
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for honoring me as the #1
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SPECIALIST
At Northern Valley ENT, our team of audiologists and physicians work

closely to provide every patient, pediatric to adult, with a personalized
treatment plan and follow-up care designed to fit their lifestyle.
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dr. Joseph Fishkin

Dr. Joseph Fishkin is a board-certified comprehensive ophthalmologist
treating all ages and specializing in all aspects of eye care, including
cataract surgery, laser vision correction, contact lenses, glaucoma, and
eye infections. Dr. Fishkin completed his eye surgery training at NYU
and the Manhattan Eye, Ear, and Throat Hospital. He has been awarded
both the Patients Choice award and the Most Compassionate Doctor
award, a distinction shared with fewer than 3 percent of the nations
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doctors. Dr. Fishkins philosophy is that every person who visits his oce
deserves a comprehensive eye exam. Every patient is greeted with a
smile. You will not be rushed in and out. Every question you have will be
answered, and you will leave the oce with a complete understanding
of your ocular health.
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Bergenfield, NJ
201-384-2880
Not only is Dr. Marcy Goldstein an excellent

dermatologist providing solid care to adults and
children alike, she is also a mother and philanthropist.
She has excellent relationships with her patients and
she also has close ties with the Jewish National Fund.
For over 20 years she has attended to the medical,
general and cosmetic dermatology needs of her
Dr. Marcy Goldstein
patients in the same location. Dr. Goldstein is aliated
with Valley and Montefiore hospitals and is assistant
clinical professor of medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
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The Family Birth Place at Englewood Hospital
and Medical Center oers expectant parents
a family-centered experience in a modern,
comfortable space with amenities that rival
a luxury hotel. Valet parking, room service,
and a sleeper sofa for spouses or a partner
staying overnight are complimentary.
Englewood Hospitals award-winning
maternity care team is prepared to handle
any expected or unexpected complications
that may arise before, during, or after a baby
is born. High-risk mothers and newborns
have access to timely, high-quality care in the
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medical center
Under the direction of a registered dietitian
and an executive chef trained at the
renowned Culinary Institute of America,
Englewood Hospital and Medical Centers
food service department oers fresh, healthy
patient meals as well as a popular caf for
visitors. The Drapkin Family Caf serves
traditional American fare and international
cuisine, in accordance with various cultural
and dietary needs, including low sodium
and low-carb options, glatt kosher items,
Breast care ceNter

First Place

medical center
The Leslie Simon Breast Care and
Cytodiagnosis Center at Englewood Hospital
and Medical Center recently expanded to
oer patients a more comfortable experience
in a modern space. The center provides
personalized attention for women in need
of mammograms and other evaluations,
procedures, treatment, genetic testing, and
other services. The centers model allows
for rapid diagnosis in a matter of hours and
an opportunity to discuss results with a
physician. An in-house team of specialized
board-certified pathologists and radiologists,
modern Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).

Families can feel confident and reassured
that mom and baby will receive expert care
and attention and a full spectrum of services,
from prenatal care, to high-risk testing and
monitoring, to childbirth education, and
post-pregnancy resources and support.
The Family Birth Place
201-894-3000
www.englewoodhealth.org

is a leading provider of high-quality,
comprehensive, and humanistic care
serving northern New Jersey and beyond.
Consistently earning high marks for clinical
excellence and patient safety, Englewood
Hospital and Medical Center is the only
hospital in Bergen County and one of fewer
than 100 in the nation to earn The Leapfrog
Groups Top Hospital award for safety
and quality. Nine consecutive times since
2012, the hospital has earned a Safety Score
A by Leapfrog, a record of achievement
maintained by only five hospitals in New
Jersey. In 2016, the medical center earned
its fourth consecutive designation since
2002 by the Magnet Recognition Program
for excellence in nursing. Nationally, only
seven percent of hospitals have achieved
Magnet designation by the American Nurses
Credentialing Center. The goal of every

member of the hospitals healthcare team
is to do everything possible to ensure the
needs of patients and their families are
always met during a hospital stay. No matter
where the experience originates from valet
service upon arrival or as a transfer from the
emergency department every healthcare
team member is committed to providing
individualized high-quality, safe patient and
family-centered care.
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vegetarian choices, and a Korean menu.

Selections available daily include a grill
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homemade soup and hot food items, and a
dessert bar.
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whose primary focus is on breast disease,

perform and interpret tests in one central
location. Patients also have access to clinical
trials and complementary medicine, which
includes physician-supervised acupuncture,
yoga, and massage, oered by the hospitals
Graf Center for Integrative Medicine.
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Readers Choice 1st place Family Doctor.
I deeply appreciate your confidence,
support and friendship.
Harvey R. Gross, MD
Family Practice and Geriatric Medicine
370 Grand Avenue, Englewood
201-567-3370
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Tenafly Pediatrics
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tenay Pediatrics
Tenafly Pediatrics was founded in 1976 and has
oces in Tenafly, Fort Lee, Paramus, Clifton,
Oakland, and Park Ridge. They have a sta of welltrained pediatricians with extended oce hours
to meet the needs of their patients, including
walk-in hours at certain locations, after-hours
check-ups during the week and emergency visits
on weekends. Their computerized chart system

ensures the physician always has easy access to
their patients medical information. Parents have
access to their childrens basic chart information on
a secure website. They have onsite lab equipment
for immediate test results at every oce location.
32 Franklin St., Tenafly
201-569-2400
www.tenaflypediatrics.com
You have to know your medicine, of course,

said Dr. Harvey Gross of Englewood, and you
have to enjoy dealing with people. A family
doctor must have a perspective on the makeup
of patient families, which often span three
generations, and he treats young adults on up
to the elderly. Fostering relations with patients is
both the challenge and reward of being a family
doctor, he said.
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to thank our patients
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englewood Orthopedic associates
Dr. Miller, a graduate of Princeton University and Harvard
Medical School, is board-certified in orthopedic surgery and
holds a certificate of added qualifications in hand surgery. Her
specialties include disorders of the hand, wrist and elbow. She
has been an examiner for the American Board of Orthopedic
Survey for the past 12 years and served as President of
the American Foundation for Surgery of the Hand, and as
President of the New York Society for Surgery of the Hand.
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Dr. Jerey Altman has been a chiropractor for 33 years, and
worked at his current location, New Milford Chiropractic Center
in New Milford, for three decades. He is a graduate of New
York Chiropractic College, and has a post-graduate degree in
Chiropractic Orthopedics, also from New York Chiropractic
College. His patients see him for a host of problems, including
problems of the neck, lower back, joints and headaches. Through
a drug-free, surgery-free modality, Dr. Altman helps his patients
feel better. He is also skilled in functional nutrition. Dr. Altman is
a member of the Association of New Jersey Chiropractors. When
hes not helping his patients, Dr. Altman works as a volunteer
state safety ocer for the New Jersey Little League.
New Milford Chiropractic Center
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506 River Road, New Milford
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201-262-0470
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Dr. Meier-Ginsberg has served the female community in Bergen County for more than 13 years
with her father, Dr. Ronny Meier. She is a graduate of Albert Einstein College of Medicine and
trained at North Shore University Hospital where she graduated with awards in leadership and
laparoscopic skills. She strives to be compassionate, understanding, and sensitive to the delicate
issues of her patients and tries to individualize care. She feels fortunate to be in a field that she
can make a dierence in womens lives from the teenage years through menopause. Dr. MeierDr. Efrat
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Goldfischer will be celebrated in September 2016 and she looks forward to blending her family
of four children with four new stepchildren. But dont worry. She is not moving. Dr. Meier-Ginsberg
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The Benjamin Bergen Youth Fitness Center for youngsters 6 to 13 is outfitted with all the
latest in sports and fitness equipment, including Expresso bikes, treadmill, punching bags,
and conditioning equipment such as mats, steps, jump ropes, agility ladder and rings. Youth
members can work out, arrange for personal training sessions with certified trainers, make
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Five Star Premier Residences of Teaneck, formerly Classic Residence by Hyatt, is celebrating 27
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Kaplen Family Senior Residence
The Jewish Home Assisted Living Kaplen Family Senior

Residence provides a nurturing, upscale home-like assisted
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Amenities include RCBC kosher dining, common areas for
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and a full range of supportive services tailored to the
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any hospitalization. Memory Lane, the specialized dementia
unit specializing in care for those with mild to moderate
dementia, is a model of care, compassion and stimulation.
685 Westwood Ave., River Vale
201-6662370 www.jhalnj.org
The Jewish Home at Rockleigh (JHR), a member of the Jewish Home Family,
is a non-profit, non-sectarian skilled nursing facility situated on 16 park-like
acres in northeastern Bergen County. JHR provides a dedicated short-term
rehabilitation wing and long-term care, including a secure environment
for those with memory impairment. Our community offers each resident
the dignity of their own private room with private bathroom. Also on site,
designed to help the elderly meet the challenges of aging at home, Jewish
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services while remaining independent with dignity. Apartments are available to seniors age 62 and over and/
or persons with mobility impairments. The Miriam Apartments, located on the 13-acre campus of Daughters of
Miriam Center/The Gallen Institute, are just over five miles from Routes 4 and 17 and directly off the Garden
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15 miles from New York City. Independent living at the apartments is just one facet of the continuum of care
offered at Daughters of Miriam Center. Whatever your needs might be independent living, rehabilitation,
or skilled nursing care the Center offers it all, in a Jewish environment, in one location.
Apartment Features:
24 Hour Security
Beauty/Barber Shop
Healthcare Counseling
Housekeeping
Kosher Dinner Meal
Rabbi & Synagogue on-site
Recreational Activities
Shabbot Elevators
Social Services
Transportation Assistance
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(973) 253-5311
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Have a pesky stain on your garment? Dont worry. Sterling

Cleaners in Teaneck will get it out, said owner Ed Snyder. He
attributes the establishments success to attention to detail
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NVE Bank
One of New Jerseys oldest and strongest community banks,

NVE has proudly served Bergen County since 1887. In
2016, Bauer Financial Inc., the nations largest independent
bank rating firm awarded NVE its coveted 5-Star Rating
designating it as one of the strongest banks in the nation. As
a Mutual Bank, NVE is not reliant on Wall Street, allowing the
bank to put its full focus and unwavering commitment on
customers and social responsibility. Staff members are deeply
involved within the community, spending hundreds of hours
annually participating in civic and charitable events. NVE also
gives back to the community through its High School and
Middle School Scholarship Program, awarding over $120,000
since its inception. NVE has 12 branches conveniently located
in Bergenfield, Cresskill, Closter, Englewood, Hillsdale, Leonia,
New Milford, Teaneck, and Tenafly.
201-816-2800
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Pawdicures Grooming
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team to help your pet achieve the best quality of life possible.Bergen Veterinary Hospital is fully
equipped with state-of-the-art technology and offers seven-day-a-week service, emergency
care, surgery, drop-off appointments, boarding, and pet daycare. Bergen Veterinary Hospital
understands the bond between people and their pets and is committed to serving the community
with the highest quality veterinary medicine and personalized customer service in a caring and
compassionate manner. Dr. Suss was a volunteer veterinarian at the Van Saun Park Zoo for four
years. Dr. Suss has served on the board of the Northern New Jersey Veterinary Medical Association
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Cover Story
Benjy? Is that you?

Sothebys chairman of Americas,
Benjamin Doller, talks about growing up in Teaneck
Joanne Palmer
ts not that theres any reason that the chairman of
Americas for Sothebys, the
huge, iconic art dealer and
auction house, created in
London in 1744, shouldnt
have grown up in Teaneck.
Theres no reason why
that chairman, who is also
a senior auctioneer and
top expert in 19th-century British art,
the Impressionists, and modern art,
shouldnt have been a member of an
Orthodox shul and have been educated
in part in a yeshiva.
Its just that although theres no reason
why it shouldnt be, you dont expect it.
Benjamin Dollers logical path to the top at
Sothebys confounds expectations.
Of course, part of being an artist, or of
understanding art on the profound level
that Mr. Doller does, is to confound expectations. Its part of the job description.
Ben Dollers parents, Samuel and Shirley
Falk Doller, both were born in the Bronx
to parents with roots in Eastern Europe.
In fact, his unusual last name, complete
with the e toward the end that makes
clear that were not talking about money,
can be traced back to the 19th century, Mr.
Doller said.
When his parents first married, they
lived in Greenwich Village, but soon after
he was born, in the late 1950s, the family,
which also included his older sister, Shira
now Shira Doller Grosser, a beloved
teacher at the Yavneh Academy in Paramus moved to Teaneck.
My father was an optometrist, and my
mother was a womens dress designer,
Mr. Doller said. She was eccentric, and
everyone knew her in Teaneck for always
wearing hats. Now, many Orthodox
women live in Teaneck, and many of them
cover their hair, often with hats, so thats
not a surprising thing to say. Then? Really,
not so much.
Shirley Doller didnt wear hats to fulfill a
religious mandate. She liked hats. The crazier the better, her son said. She had fun
with them.
His father had a great big moustache,
Benjamin Doller, far left, leading an auction; above, at right, he stands with a museum director in 2011 as they discuss a work
by the Belgian painter Charles Hermann. It sold for $1 million and now hangs in an Asian museum.
Both Samuel and Shirley Doller

loved art, and they took their
children to museums and art
galleries on Sunday afternoons.
Mr. Doller added, so his parents were visually striking, both separately and together.
People in town knew them.
They became even more well known
locally when friends invited them to a
party. Those friends had another friend
Alan Funt, the friendly, avuncular, bearshaped man, whose white hair framed his
shining bald head, and whose specialty
was setting people up in embarrassing situations on nationwide television and filming them as they made fools of themselves.
Alan Funt, that is, of Candid Camera.
My parents were invited to a wrongnight party, he said. They were invited

into a stunt.
It was classic. They argued with each
other about who was wrong. It was blackand-white 60s TV, and they were like a
comedy act. They were funny. They were
good. Eventually, the stunt was revealed
Youre on Candid Camera, Mr. Funt
would crow. I think they enjoyed it, Mr.
Doller said. Certainly they enjoyed the
local fame it got them, he added.
Both Samuel and Shirley Doller loved
art, and they took their children to museums and art galleries on Sunday afternoons. When I was very little, I remember going to the studio of the artist Chaim
Gross, Mr. Doller said. (Chaim Gross was
a well-known European-born Jewish sculptor who was born at the beginning of the
20th century and escaped the continent
between the two world wars to flourish in
New York. ) He picked me up, and he held
the hammer and I held the chisel. That
was very exciting.
It was also very exciting that at one of
the first auctions I ever did as an auctioneer, he was in the audience, buying.
At one point Sothebys sold part of his
collection, and I was able to tell his daughter the story.
As important as art was to the Dollers,
it was not all that motivated them. They
moved to Teaneck for the public schools;
friends who lived there told them that
the system was good. But once they got
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to town, their next-door neighbors, Janet
and Hy Sainer, told my parents that you
should send the kids to Yavneh.( Janet
Sainer went on to be Mayor Ed Kochs
Commissioner on Aging from 1978 to 1989.
New York Citys benefit was Teanecks loss,
Mr. Doller said, because in order to take the
job, the Sainers had to move to the city.)
When the Dollers moved to Teaneck,
they had been Conservative Jews; they
belonged to the Teaneck Jewish Center.
But then Congregation Beth Aaron was
created, in a local house, and my parents
were founding members, Mr. Doller said.
I was at the first minyan at Beth Aaron.
As Teaneck became more observant
and Orthodox, so did the Dollers. Still,
when he graduated from Yavneh, Mr.
Doller went to Teaneck High School,
where he felt more at home. It was a
really strong progressive liberal education, he said. We had about 20 Merit
Scholars at one time. The school also
took advantage of being so close to New
York. I remember that we read Cat On
a Hot Tin Roof in one of our classes, and
then we were taken to Broadway and we
saw Elizabeth Ashley in it, he said. And
Katherine Hepburn was in the audience
that day. (And, he added, many years
later, I was the auctioneer for her estate.)
After high school, Mr. Doller went to
college at NYU but not in the liberal arts
school. Despite his love of art, he enrolled
in the undergraduate business school.
In those days, in the 1970s, if you were
a Jewish kid you had three options for
your major, he said. Pre-med, pre-law,
or accounting.
Its not that my parents said that they
didnt, they would have supported anything I did, but it was in our DNA.
And one day I was sitting next to a
friend in a marketing class, and he asked
me if I had a summer job. No, I said.
Why? And he said that he worked at the
Frick Library, and We need some parttime help this summer.
It was that one conversation, that
chance conversation, that got me here,
Mr. Doller said.
I worked at the Frick Library for two
years while I was in college, he continued. I started taking more art history
classes, but I wouldnt major in art history,
because there were no jobs. My major still
was in business and marketing.
Mr. Doller has fond memories of the
Frick. When I worked there, Miss Frick,
the daughter of Henry Clay Frick, was
still alive, he said. (That was Helen Clay
Frick, who established and directed the
Frick Art Reference Library, to give it its
full name. She died in 1984.) She would
pay Christmas bonuses to employees from
her personal account. I do have the pay
stubs, he added. One was for $10, and
the other was $15.
When I graduated, I was going to go for
an MBA, but again by chance somebody at
the Frick had a girlfriend who worked at
an employment agency, and he mentioned
that hed heard that there were some jobs

at the accounting department at Parke Bernet, Mr. Doller said. (Parke Bernet was an
auction house that Sothebys had bought
a decade or so earlier; Sothebys retained
the name for some time.)
It turns out that Mr. Dollers combination of business and art was a wise one.
I like to say that when I started working at Sothebys, I was walking around
delivering paychecks, he said. I ran the
payroll office. I got the job because of
my accounting background I do really
like math and then after two years, in
Cataloguing is
when you look
at the painting,
you title it, you
measure it, you
research it.
1979, I switched over to the client end, to
accounting and credit, and then after a few
years I landed a job as a cataloguer trainee
in the 19th-century European paintings department.
Before he made the move, Mr. Doller
spent a lot of time challenging himself and
questioning his knowledge and assumptions. I spent every weekend at exhibitions, he said, looking and absorbing and
learning. Even when I wasnt sure if I
would make the move, I knew I wanted to
learn, he said.
And then theres the job he took. What
does cataloguing mean in this context?
Cataloguing is when you look at the
painting, you title it, you measure it, you
research it, Mr. Doller said. Lets say
there is no specific catalogue on the artist. I would have to check it by writing to
specialists, learning about the painting and
about its context.
By handling a work and looking at it,
you train your eye.
Why did he pick 19th-century Europe?
Because it seemed to be a good place to
start. I always loved the Old Masters, but
they scared me, Mr. Doller said. More
often than not, theyre not signed. And I
thought that because the 19th century is
just 100 years, I could learn it and figure it
out, and I could become a specialist in that
one area. I felt that I didnt have a strong
enough background in art history.
His plan worked. I became a specialist
in that area, and eventually I became the
head of the department, and then worldwide head of the department, he said.
When I was worldwide head, I was really
coming up with selling strategies and overseeing staffing and business for the global
19th-century department.
One of the many advantages of his job,
Mr. Doller said, was the travel. Join Sothebys and see the world, he said. Some of
Shirley, Samuel, and Ben Doller all cherished their museum and gallery visits.
A young Ben Doller, as a Sothebys cataloguer, in the early 1980s, holds a work
by the American painter Frederick Childe Hassam.
the travel was exotic, but some was to

small towns across the United States. If he
was told about a painting if someone
sent a photograph or emailed an image,
Id get on a plane if it seemed as if it might
have value.
Sometimes those images could come
from home. One day, in 1989, we got a
photograph of a very interesting painting
from someone in Teaneck, he said. It
was from not quite five blocks from where
my parents lived. So I called the people,
and we chatted, and I said that I wanted
to go to see it, so I went with a colleague.
It was a painting that we thought probably was worth around $4,000 to $6,000.
My colleague and I talked to them about
the picture, told them what we could do
with it, and they said, That sounds great.
So I gave them a receipt and wrapped
up the painting, and I said, By the way,
you probably dont know this, but my parents live just a few blocks from here. And
the woman said, We know your parents
from Beth Aaron, and this was a done deal
before you got here.
In the end, the painting sold for about
$8,000 dollars, and we took my parents
to dinner and a show, Mr. Doller said.
My mother was the welcome wagon for
Beth Aaron, and she had gone over to
meet this woman immediately when she
first came to town.
When Mr. Doller was 29, at just about
the same time that he began to learn how
to catalogue, he also learned how to lead
an auction. When he realized how much
he wanted to stand at the front of the room
and use his intuition and theatrical flair to
cause huge sums of money to flow from
one owner to another, with some diverted
toward Sothebys, he met with the auction
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houses John Marion, one of the greatest
auctioneers ever, he said. I told him that
I wanted to be an auctioneer, and he said
okay, but first go get a haircut, and then
we will go to lunch. I got a haircut, and the
next day we went to lunch, and he said to
me, I think you will be a good auctioneer,
because you really want to be one.
He also told me that you have to give
the last lot the same gusto as the first, and
I remembered that when I sold an estate
and was on the rostrum for five hours.
Being an auctioneer is like conducting
an orchestra, he continued. And sometimes there are great surprises. I had a
painting by Alma-Tadema, a once-storied
Victorian painter whose work has had
clockwork turns from adoration through
disdain back to adoration. It was estimated
to sell for $3 million and sold for $35.9 million. That, parenthetically, was the painting that had belonged to Alan Funt.
It took about eight minutes to sell, he
said. It was wonderful. I remember not
looking over to one particular colleague,
because I knew that if we caught each others eye, I didnt know if we would laugh or
cry, it was that exciting.
We used to have more auctions than we
do now, he said; the internet has cut into
that business, as it has so many others.
Mr. Doller no longer lives in Teaneck,
or anywhere else in New Jersey. He now
lives in the Dakota, the massive, dark late
19th-century quintessentially Central Park
West Gothic Revival apartment building
that looms over Central Park. It always has
housed and continues to house large
numbers of wealthy celebrities, and was
the backdrop to Rosemarys Baby and John
Lennons murder.
A serious player and fan, here Ben Doller stands with tennis great Pete Sampras.
Mr. Dollers home is the apartment

once owned by the actors and art collectors Ruth Ford Scott and Zachary Scott.
Ms. Fords brother, Charles Henry Ford,
was a writer, artist, and the partner of
another artist, the French Russian Surrealist painter and set designer Pavel Tchelitchew. When Ms. Scott died, she left the
whole vast trove, combining all four collections, to her butler. It fell to Sothebys,
in the overseeing form of Mr. Doller, to sell
the collection.
As he spent time in the Scotts two
apartments, coming to know their art, Mr.
Doller fell in love with the space. Eventually he bought one of the apartments, and
he now sits on the buildings board.
This sculpture, Alberto Giacomettis Chariot, sold for $101 million in 2014.
Mr. Dollers work does not keep him

from outside activities. He is an avid supporter of tennis, and is on the board of the
United States Tennis Association. He is
also on the board of the American Friends
of the Musee dOrsay.
And Mr. Doller still is an active member
of the Jewish community. He is a member
and supporter of Manhattans LGBT synagogue, Congregation Beit Simchat Torah
the shuls rabbi, Sharon Kleinbaum,
who comes from Bergen County, graduated from the Frisch School in Paramus. I
helped raise funds for the new building
the shul moved to its new home in a landmarked midtown building earlier this year
and I had Butterflake, a kosher bakery
Here, hes at a family wedding with his

sister, Shira Doller Grosser of Teaneck.
in Teaneck, make cookies for it that said

CBST, he said.
I do tons of charity auctions too, he
added. I once did one in Israel for Betzalel, the Jerusalem-based art institute.
He is championing the work of a Viennese Jewish artist, Isidor Kaufmann, who
is the best Judaica painter of the 19th century, Mr. Doller said. He is so good that
Ive sold some of his paintings to nonJewish clients, including the theater composer Andrew Lloyd Webber. Kaufmanns
subjects included rabbis, chasidism, and
other stereotypically Jewish scenes, presented non-stereotypically.
Although it was not his project, Mr.
Doller was both struck and moved by the
public reaction to the Valmadonna Library
Trust, a great private trove of about 13,000
Jewish manuscripts that Sothebys displayed in Manhattan in 2009. The exhibit
drew enormous crowds who waited to see
all those riches, together in a few small
rooms. The show, which was more or less
a gift to the public, was a huge success.
We never advertised the collection anywhere, but there were lines around the
block as word got out, Mr. Doller said.
Whenever I went up in the elevator to
the 10th floor, inevitably someone waiting
on line or in the exhibit would say, Benjy?
Benjy Doller? Is that you?
I was with our CEO one day, and he
looked at me and said, Im going to start
calling you Benjy.
All in all, Mr. Doller said, his background
and education positioned him perfectly.
Now that hes chairman what does that
mean? More work, he said he continues to love his work, which he feels
suits him perfectly. I am a very visual
person, and I love doing deals. The perfect combination.
And it all started in Teaneck.
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KAUNAS, LITHUANIA In this drab city 55
miles west of Vilnius, there are few heritage
sites as mysterious and lovely looking as the
Seventh Fort.
This 18-acre red-brick bunker complex,
which dates to 1882, features massive underground passages that connect its halls and
chambers. Above ground, the hilltop fortress is carpeted with lush grass and flowers, whose yellow blooms attract bees and
songbirds as well as families who come here
to frolic in the brief Baltic summer.
Its also a popular venue for graduation parties and wedding receptions, complete with buffets and barbecues, as well
as for summer camps for children who
enjoy the elaborate treasure hunts around
the premises.
Most of the visitors are unaware that they
are playing, dining, and celebrating at a former concentration camp.
In 1941, thousands of Jews were imprisoned, starved, and finally massacred by

Lithuanian Nazi collaborators at the Seventh
Fort, in what was then the largest mass killing in the countrys history. The complex is
believed to be the first concentration camp
on territory that Nazi Germany conquered in
its eastward invasion.
Even by the unfortunate commemorative
standards in Eastern Europe where many
Jewish cemeteries and Holocaust sites have
been damaged or neglected the Seventh
Fort is unusual for its erasure of the recent
past. It was privatized in 2009 and now is
owned by the Military Heritage Center,
a nongovernmental association run by a
37-year-old Lithuanian informatics specialist, Vladimir Orlov. It charges admission
fees of approximately $4 to some parts of
the compound and organizes parties at
the venue.
Critics say this reality is a byproduct of
the Lithuanian states alleged failures in
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confronting the countrys dark history

during the genocide.
It just says a lot of bad things about
my country, said Ruta Vanagaite, a Lithuanian novelist who drew international
attention to the site in a book she cowrote last year with Efraim Zuroff, the
Israel director of the Simon Wiesenthal
Center. The apparent amnesia surrounding the fort, she added, also is indicative of the attitude to the people who
were killed.
The remains of 5,000 murdered Jews
are buried at the fort in mass graves that
are marked by a few poles and rocks.
Relatives sometimes light candles in
memory of the dead.
The Military Heritage Centers website tells of the areas Holocaust-era significance. For a fee, it offers tours of the
former killing site, as well as a general
tour about the forts military history. It
also has a military history museum but
does not have a permanent exhibit about
the Holocaust.
The Seventh Fort is one of several controversial issues featured in Vanagaites
best-selling book, Our People, which
now is being translated from Lithuanian
to English. A groundbreaking treatise
on Lithuanians complicity in the Holocaust, the book flies in the face of the
government-promoted narrative that
speaks of Lithuanians merely as victims
of the Russian occupation that replaced
the German one.
This sentiment is prevalent across
Eastern Europe but is particularly strong
in Lithuania, the only country in the
world that formally considers Russias
domination of its territory a genocide.
For decades, Zuroff said, the countrys
perception of victimhood has precluded
an open debate on the prominent role

of thousands of Lithuanian collaborators some of them honored as patriotic
heroes for their anti-communist credentials in the murder of 95 percent of the
countrys Jews.
Jonny Daniels, founder of From the
Depths, a Holocaust commemoration
group in Poland, said he was shocked
and disgusted during his visit to the
Seventh Fort earlier this month. The
site is below any level of decency and
respect, he said, adding that Lithuanias
government should hold their heads in
shame and be condemned internationally that such an important and holy site
be privatized.
In Poland, Daniels said, one could be
prosecuted for much less.
The criticism notwithstanding, Lithuania recently made gestures that drew
praise from local and international
Jewish groups. Last month, the countrys parliament passed naturalization laws that facilitate the acquisition
of Lithuanian nationality for descendants of Litvak Jews. The city of Vilnius, which opened a Yiddish institute
in 2001, is planning to build a $10 million Jewish museum and is carrying an
archaeological excavation of its former
great synagogue.
But Lithuania also has faced harsh
criticism for honoring collaborators,
including Jonas Noreika, who is believed
to have helped murder Jews, and Juozas
Ambrazevicius-Brazaitis, the leader of
a local pro-Nazi government. The latter was reburied in Lithuania in a state
funeral in 2012, while the former is commemorated with a memorial plaque on
a park near the home of Vilnius mayor.
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Nazi and communist symbols, but it is one
of a handful EU countries where someone
can display a swastika with impunity, as
per a 2010 court ruling that defines a Baltic variant of the symbol as an ancient part
of Lithuanian tradition predating its use by
the Nazis. Nonetheless, classic swastikas, identical to the ones featured on Nazi
Germanys flag, sometimes are featured
in ultranationalist marches that are held
annually across Lithuania.
In a country where many again feel
threatened by an expansionist Russia, the
veneration of such figures as Noreika and
Ambrazevicius-Brazaitis goes hand in
hand with cases of disrespect toward the
victims at the Seventh Fort, Zuroff said.
Theres also an element of concealment if its not commemorated, then it
didnt happen, he added.
Orlov, the operator of the fort, insists
that events are not held on the area where
the Holocaust victims are buried. That
ground, he said, accounts for 2 percent of
the entire compound.
Every place you see in Lithuania has
some tragic story. This place is no different, he told a JTA reporter who inquired
about costs for a wedding reception.
Assuring his interlocutor that a reception would not be a problem, Orlov
promised to send a quote indicating cost.

The email was never received, though
perhaps it was snared in the interviewers
spam filter.
Orlov said the financial reports of his
organization were confidential information, but added it had a growing income
of approximately $35,000 annually. All
revenues go toward maintenance and
educational work on the Seventh Fort, he
said, and to paying a staff of 11 an average
monthly salary of $110, about a third of the
minimum wage in Lithuania.
In their book, Vanagaite and Zuroff
revealed that in 2012, Orlov discovered human remains in the area he had
bought. When authorities did not answer
his request for resolving issues that arose
with his discovery, he had the remains of
thousands of Holocaust victims exhumed
and placed in trash bags.
In the pit we discovered a layer of
lime, through which what looked like
sticks were sticking up, the book quoted
Orlov as saying. They were the bones of
the people shot. After pumping the water
out of the ditch and sticking a hand down
there, I felt an endless number of bones.
Their depth might be several meters.
He went to the police, the Cultural
Heritage Protection Department, and the
A film crew prepares to record at the Seventh Fort.
Jewish community to report his discovery, according to the book. But failing to
achieve any result, the book said, Orlov
packed the bones into three garbage bags
and left them in a storage space. Following reports on the situation by the local
media, in 2014 the Kaunas city administration had the bones reburied where they
had been discovered.
Despite these problems, for the first time
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Lithuanian society is on the path to dealing with its Holocaust record, Zuroff said.
The book he wrote with Vanagaite triggered the first major public debate in mass
media on the subject, leading to initiatives
to revoke state honors for collaborators
and a pledge by state historians to try
to publish this year a list of about 1,000
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The rise and fall of Debbie Wasserman Schultz

RON KAMPEAS
PHILADELPHIA When Debbie Wasserman Schultz spoke to the Florida delegation as the national Democratic convention got under way on Monday morning,
some delegates cheered.
Other delegates booed.
The chaos at the Marriott Hotel here
demonstrated the degree to which the
Florida congresswoman, perhaps the
partys most prominent Jewish leader,
had become a divisive figure since she
emerged a decade ago as the tyro no one
in the party could praise enough.
Wasserman Schultz, 49, was forced to
step down over the weekend as the chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, a post she has held since 2011, after
leaked emails revealed that she and other
DNC insiders had little love lost for Clintons primary campaign challenger, Senator Bernie Sanders.
Wasserman Schultz appeared game at
the breakfast, overcoming the noise to say
that she appreciated a little bit of interest in her presence.
We know that the voices in this room
that are standing up and being disruptive,
the Florida we know is united in backing
Clinton, she said over cries of Shame!
It couldnt have been easy for Wasserman Schultz. The political leader most
out front with her Jewishness now must
contend with the fact that the most significant setback in her career came in part
because an aide had questioned whether
Sanders, the first Jewish candidate to
win major nominating contests, was Jewish enough.
The chaos on Monday was a radically
different scene from the first day of her
second term in Congress, in January 2007,
when Wasserman Schultz commandeered
one of the larger rooms on the ground
floor of the Cannon U.S. House of Representatives Office building for her re-election party.
Snagging the room was a bold move for
a sophomore just turned 40 in a congressional pecking order that at times seems
like high school in perpetuity, but she
could get away with it. She was the third
top fundraiser among Democrats that election year, pulling in $15 million, trailing
only Representatives Nancy Pelosi of California, the first female speaker in House
history, and Rahm Emanuel of Illinois.
Pelosi rewarded Wasserman Schultz
with a spot on the powerful Appropriations Committee, rare for a sophomore,
and with the title of deputy whip.
But the theme of the party in Cannon
was unmistakably Jewish. Staff approached
guests to reassure them that the pastrami,
imported from a deli in Wasserman Schultzs South Florida district, was kosher. And
the walls were lined with headlines touting
a triumph that meant more to her than all
the titles Pelosi could confer: Wasserman

Schultz, in her freshman term, had passed
a law itself extraordinary establishing
Jewish American Heritage Month.
During her spectacular rise, Wasserman Schultz has made her Jewish identity abundantly clear. A typical refrain for
her was that she considered her policies
not merely as a lawmaker but as a Jewish mother. She took time out to attend
Jewish events, appearing in 2011 at a roast
for Ira Forman, who had retired as the
director of the National Jewish Democratic
Council where she had one of her first
political jobs in the early 1990s. (She was
a gofer.)
At the 2012 convention in Charlotte,
North Carolina, Wasserman Schultz
spent an inordinate amount of time working with Jewish Democrats to push back
against the inroads that Republicans were
making among Florida Jews. The efforts
paid off. Those gains showing up in internal polls were rolled back by November,
helping President Barack Obama win the
key state.
The organized Jewish community sometimes appreciated her attentions and
sometimes was wary of them. National
Jewish leaders learned to expect her
scorching dressings-down if she did not
deem them responsive enough to perceived Republican sins against the Jews.
Still, for Democrats, and Jewish Democrats particularly, she could do little
wrong. Wasserman Schultz originally had
kept her battle with breast cancer hidden,
but starting in 2009, she spoke about it
with eloquence and force. She said the
health plan she had as a member of Congress was critical to her care and one she
wanted to extend to all Americans through
Obamas signature legislation, the Affordable Care Act.
In 2011, when her close friend Representative Gabrielle Giffords, a Jewish Democrat from Arizona, was shot, she joined
with New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
in maintaining a bedside vigil. In their
media appearances, Wasserman Schultz
and Gillibrand became the best friends
everyone wanted during that drama
fierce, loving, and protective.
Soon thereafter, Wasserman Schultz
achieved a new pinnacle, chairing the
DNC. She brought to the job her prodigious fundraising skills and what had been
a talent for balancing effective attacks
against Republicans with a sympathetic
(to her allies, anyway) presence.
Turns out, maintaining that balance
was harder than it seemed. Republicans
pounced and Democrats and feminists
winced in 2014, when she likened Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker to a wife beater
while criticizing his policies. She later said
she regretted the analogy.
Her fundraising lagged. This election
cycle, the DNC has raised just short of
Debbie Wasserman Schultz sits for an interview in Las Vegas last October, before the first Democratic presidential debate. LUKE SHARRETT/BLOOMBERG VIA GETTY IMAGES
$130 million to the Republican National

Committees $180 million, according to
Open Secrets.
In recent years, Democrats have been
all too eager to leak details of her alleged
excesses, which included demanding that
the party pay for her wardrobe for special
occasions and naming unskilled loyalists
to inside jobs. (She denied the allegations.)
These pressures mounted as differences
between Obama and the pro-Israel community sharpened, especially during the
debate over the Iran nuclear deal. Wasserman Schultz became one of the mostwatched Democrats as the American Israel
Public Affairs Committee and Obamas surrogates took opposite sides over a Republican bid to kill the deal. When she finally
announced in favor of the deal, appearing on CNN just days before the vote, she
again said that she was doing so as a Jewish mother and she wept.
The deal out of the way, Wasserman
Schultz set about contending with an election season in which the conventional wisdom was that Clinton would be the inevitable nominee.
Sanders proved a more formidable
candidate than anyone had anticipated,
including Sanders himself, and tensions
soon arose. Sanders accused Wasserman
Schultz of tilting the scales against him
with a debate schedule he said favored
Clinton, as well as a reluctance to deliver
the assistance that parties must distribute
evenly among all candidates.
Wasserman Schultz vigorously denied
the accusations until last week, when
WikiLeaks dumped emails believed to
have been hacked by Russians. There
was no smoking gun showing an actual
attempt to sabotage Sanders, but there
were proposals to do so. The most damaging came from Brad Marshall, the
campaigns finance boss, who suggested

depicting Sanders as an atheist alienated
from his Jewish heritage. (Sanders says he
believes in God, and he celebrates his Jewish background.)
Wasserman Schultz is down but not yet
out of the 2016 campaign. Negotiating her
exit from the DNC, she secured a senior
surrogate spot on the Clinton campaign,
and she insisted in sticking out the week.
She also said she wanted to speak at the
convention, despite the Clinton campaign
seeming none too enthusiastic about the
prospect, before opting to stay away from
the stage just two hours before she was set
to open the gathering.
I have decided that in the interest of
making sure that we can start the Democratic convention on a high note that I am
not going to gavel in the convention, Wasserman Schultz told her hometown newspaper, the Broward County edition of the
Florida Sun-Sentinel.
Wasserman Schultz faces a Sanders
backer, Tim Canova, a law professor, in
her district in the primary next month.
Canova, spurred by Sanders enthusiastic
endorsement, has raised more money.
Ron Klein has known Wasserman
Schultz since they both were elected to
the Florida House of Representatives in
1992, when Wasserman Schultz was 26.
He is now consulting with Democrats,
and said he expected her to triumph,
in part because she remains a hyperactive campaigner who is still beloved in
her district.
First things first, he said. She has to
fight hard and win this next election.
And dont count out Wasserman Schultzs return to a leadership role, he added.
Maybe she will go forward and try to run
within the House leadership down the
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A French flag flies
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empty beach on
the Promenade des
Anglais in Nice on
July 15, the day after
a terrorist attack in
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AMSTERDAM To the millions of tourists who visit Nice
annually, the city in southeast France is an ultimate holiday destination that offers inviting beaches, luxury casinos, stunning architecture, and world-class museums.
Sandwiched between the Maritime Alps and the Mediterranean Sea, Nice is Frances largest tourist destination after Paris, with 5 million arrivals each year and the
countrys second largest domestic airport. Nice sees $1.6
billion in annual tourism revenue 40 percent from its
region known locally as Cte dAzur and abroad as the
French Riviera.
But Nice has a dark side, as demonstrated in the terrorist attack of July 14, when a Muslim extremist killed
84 people on the Promenade des Anglais by plowing
his truck through the crowds gathered for a fireworks
show on Frances national holiday, Bastille Day. After the
attack, thousands of tourists checked out hurriedly from
hotels that had not had occupancy issues in years.
The attack came as no surprise to many locals, including many of the citys 20,000 Jews, who for years have
been the targets of anti-Semitic attacks and harassment
by members of a growing minority of fundamentalists
from within the citys large Muslim population.
The only Jews you see walking around with a kippah are the foreign tourists, said Chalom Yaich, 53,
a caretaker at the Michelet Jewish community center
and synagogue. One of Nices dozen-odd shuls, Michelet is located next to a car repair shop at the northern
downtown area, about a mile and a half from the glitzier beachfront.
We locals have stopped wearing it years ago or covered it with a hat for safety, Yaich said.
He was considering immigrating to Israel before the
attack, and he is even more inclined to do so now. Many
have left already because Nice is especially affected by
Frances problem with Islam, Yaich said, noting that its
young Jews are especially prone to leave, either for Paris
or Israel.
We have an aging local population, with an average
age of 50 or 60, he said.
Nice has at least 60,000 Muslims. Thats about 17 percent of the citys population, according to estimates published in Le Monde. Across France, Muslims account for
about 8 percent of the population. Indeed, more than a

third of those killed in the Nice attack were Muslim, the
head of a regional Islamic association told the New York
Times. Other estimates say that 30 to 40 percent of the
citys population is Muslim.
One Jew, Reymonde Mammane, was killed in
the attack.
The attacker, who was shot dead by police while carrying out the rampage, was identified as a Tunisian
immigrant, Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel. Although Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, 31, was a petty criminal with no known
links to terrorism and little apparent interest in religion,
the Islamic State terrorist group has claimed responsibility for the attack, which French police believe involved
several accomplices.
Local Muslim leaders denounced the attacks and
organized a blood drive for survivors, saying that the
attacker was hardly representative of their community.
Yet several other terrorist cells have emerged from the
community in recent years.
In February, a Muslim man with suspected terrorist
ties stabbed three soldiers outside a Jewish community center in Nice. Like other possible Jewish targets
throughout France, the center has been under armed
guard since January 2015, when four Jews were killed
by an Islamist at a kosher supermarket near Paris. The
following month, Nice police raided several homes of
alleged Islamist terrorists who were in advanced stages
of attack preparation, prosecutors said at the time.
In recent years, Nice was among the five most troubled areas listed in the annual report of the Paris-based
SPCJ, a watchdog group on anti-Semitism, with an average tally of 15 to 20 violent incidents per year.
In relative terms, Jews in Nice are twice as likely to
experience such an attack than their co-religionists
in Marseille, a nearby city with 220,000 Muslims and
80,000 Jews, which sees approximately 25 to 35 physical anti-Semitic attacks annually, according to SPCJ.
The difference is felt on the ground, according to Yves
Kugelmann, the Swiss editor-in-chief of Tachles, a Jewish
weekly. Kugelmann is among hundreds of non-French
Jews who have pieds--terre in and around Nice.
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Pinchas: The meaning of a split letter
hen I was growing up, one

man was a bit unpopular
in synagogue because it
seemed that every time
he was called up to the Torah for an aliyah, he would find a problem in the scroll.
One Shabbes this fellow got an aliyah and
noticed a split letter, which disqualifies the
Torah from use. So the Torah scroll was
returned to the the ark with the cloth belt
wrapped around its velvet cover to signify
that it was not fit for use. Then another
Torah scroll was opened and this one
oddly enough contained the same mistake. The way I heard the story, they took
out a third Torah, and only then did they
realize that the broken letter, the vav of the
word shalom at the beginning of Parshat
Pinchas, is the only letter in the Torah that
is not invalid if it is split. In fact, this letter
must be written with a space between its
top and bottom half.
This broken letter appears in the
Nice
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seen in recent years, you still also

have cafes with a mixed clientele of
Jews of North African descent and
Muslims from the same place, said
Kugelmann, who was in Nice when the
attack happened.
It didnt fundamentally change
things for the local Jewish population
because, firstly, in France today terrorist attacks are no longer surprising, and secondly because it wasnt
aimed at Jews, he said. Hours after
the attack, Yossef Yitschok Pinson, the
rabbi of Nices Chabad House, said that
synagogue services and community
events would go on as planned.
Amid growing concern about
Islamism, Nice has become a bastion for the French far right, where
Marion Marchal-Le Pen, a niece of
party leader Marine Le Pen, garnered
a whopping 34 percent of the vote in
the second round of voting in the 2015
regional elections, losing by fewer than
10 points to another right-wing candidate, former Mayor Christian Estrosi.
In Nice, the French Jews live among
Arabs in and around the city center,
between the Jean-Medecin neighborhood and Gambetta. And while this
creates more familiarity than in other
French cities with Muslim and Jewish
enclaves, it also generates more friction than in Marseille, where Jews and
Arabs interact but live mostly apart as
sentence stating that God gave Pinchas a

brit shalom covenant of peace. This covenant was granted to Pinchas as reward
for his having ended extreme public misbehavior taking place in the Jewish camp
via a fatal act of zealotry. God showed his
approval by giving Pinchas a covenant of
peace. What is the meaning of this split letter in the phrase covenant of peace?
Perhaps the broken letter in the word
peace is a symbolic critique of this particular peace that Pinchas achieved. The crack
in one of the letters of the word peace is
telling us that a peace that is achieved
through violence is a flawed and incomplete peace.
Gods granting Pinchas a covenant of
peace is a postscript to the story of Pinchas. Most of the story takes place in last
weeks Parshat Balak. Only the postscript
of Pinchas reward appears in the parsha
that bears his name. Why does this story
have a unique break between most of the
a result of Jewish migration to the suburbs in recent decades.

Many Jews also live in the affluent
towns around Nice and in pricey villas atop the lush cliffs overlooking
the Nice Cape east of the city, not far
from the borders of the Principality of Monaco, approximately eight
miles from the city. And while they
sometimes will attend services at the
Chabad synagogue or the Ashkenazi
shul, they are not exactly the synagogue crowd, Kugelmann said.
Traditionally a cosmopolitan and
tolerant port city near the Italian border, Nice has had a Jewish presence
since at least the 12th century, according to Leon Alhadeff of Sefarad, a
French organization promoting Sephardic culture. It drew them because
it was a crossroads of cultures, he
wrote on the groups website.
Ironically, perhaps, Nice now is
drawing Islamists for the same reasons, according to Philippe Granarolo,
a writer and historian who wrote
about the truck attack in the French
daily newspaper Le Figaro.
The city was targeted, he wrote,
because Nice, by far the best-known
French destination in the world after
Paris, for over a century has symbolized Frances touristic appeal; Mediterranean culture and openness to
the other banks of the Mediterranean Sea.
JTA WIRE SERVICE

they are genuinely acting

story and its ending?
in defense of their values.
Rabbi Moshe of Coucy
This can be applied to many
(as cited by Rabbi Abraham
moral and religious choices
Twerski) explains that a thin
made in youth. The strength
line separates impulsive intolerance from righteous zeal.
of ones conviction is attested
Time clarifies motivation.
to only after a space in time.
The pause between Pinchas
The passing of time often is
action and his reward repreneeded to reveal what is real
Neil
sent a period of observation.
and what was just an impulse
Fleischmann
After evaluation proved Pinor a rush of adrenaline. This
Chair of the
chas was mature and sincere,
may be the lesson of the
Torah guidance
his behavior was rewarded.
space between Pinchas
department at the
Frisch School in
Many things that we do
action and his divine reward.
Paramus, Orthodox
The break in a letter and
in life are unclear until time
the pause in the story teach
goes by. Teenagers sometimes act in ways that are
us related lessons that have
part of their phase of self-discovery or
an urgency today. May we be blessed with
rebellion. And sometimes they act in a way
peace, in so many arenas, that is as pure
that is true to who they are for the rest of
and unblemished as possible. And may our
their lives. Activists and protesters someactions and choices of the moment look as
times have their own impetuous moticlear and sincere years from now as we claim
vations of the moment. And sometimes
them to be as when we make them today.
BRIEFS
Israeli teens unearth remains of 3,700-year-old

Canaanite fortress in an olive grove
A group of teenagers working on an archaeological dig in the village of Ibillin in northern
Israel uncovered a Canaanite-era fortress
dating back 3,700 years.
The youngsters from Moshav Alon
Hagalil and Kibbutz Hanaton and who are
spending their summer vacation working
on an Israel Antiquities Authority excavation unearthed the Canaanite structure,
whose existence was previously unknown,
in the middle of an olive grove between Ibillin and Shfaram.
Archaeologist Nurit Feig, who is overseeing the project for the IAA, said that it could
be that the youth who are working with us
have uncovered a chapter in the history of
the Galilee that we didnt know about. The
wall they found is especially massive, and
could have functioned as a wall that protected some ruler or another. It appears that
the place was active in the Canaanite period,
about 3,700 years ago. This is the first time
that weve found a fortified structure from
that era in this area.
Netanyahu rejects claims that Israeli government

ignored Hamas tunnel threat before offensive
The claim that there was never any discussion about [Hamas terror] tunnels before
Operation Protective Edge is the opposite of
the truth, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday, following the publication
of a letter in which Israeli parents who lost
their sons in the 2014 Gaza war demanded
an official state committee investigation into
how the government prepared for and handled the operation itself.
In a meeting with military reporters,
Netanyahu said he directed the Israel
Defense Forces to find operational solutions to locate and destroy enemy tunnels and that the Defense Ministry convened numerous meetings on the subject.
Despite claims to the contrary by some

members of the cabinet, the issue of how
to deal with the terror tunnels was raised
in eight different cabinet meetings that
were held between January 2013 to June
2014. In addition, Netanyahu discussed the
subject with army commanders during his
visits to IDF bases, and directed the military to find a way to detect the tunnels and
remove them.
The letter, signed by the bereaved families of soldiers killed in the Gaza operation,
called for an external and independent
committee to investigate all the events of
the war.

JNS.ORG
Arts & Culture

At this museum, Isaac Mizrahis
influences more Jewish than he claims
LIZ POSNER
heres something striking about viewing Isaac

Mizrahis colorful mix of
street and couture fashion in the gilded Warburg mansion
on Fifth Avenue, part of Manhattans
Museum Mile.
Gold chain bling and puffy parkas
dont quite align with delicate ceiling molding and the glimpses of Central Park, right outside the windows.
Theres something odd about Isaac
Mizrahi: An Unruly History and its
place at the Jewish Museum this spring
and summer. The exhibition initially
seems as if it might be more at home
in the Mets Costume Institute or the
Museum at FIT.
The other galleries at the museum
walk you through artifacts from Jewish history, beginning with ancient
Mesopotamian stone etchings, and
feature entire rooms dedicated to the
diaspora, anti-Semitism in early modern Europe, the Holocaust, and the
founding of Israel. Scattered between
the collections are works of art that
demonstrate the emotional impact of
each event: paintings by Chagall and
Reuven Rubin, gilded menorahs, furniture shipped from wealthy Jewish families who escaped
war in Eastern Europe. How does a 21st century fashion
designer fit into all this?
In an interview with the Observer, Mizrahi claimed that
his religion plays no part in his artistic sensibility. Im an
artist first and a Jew fifth, he said. Fine. We can add his
name to the long list of agnostic and atheistic Jewish movers and shakers who resist the description of Jewish artist. But the exhibition is at the Jewish Museum, and as you
walk through it, youre tempted to consider each Mizrahi
gown, each costume and fur cape and belt, through the
lens of possible Jewish influence.
You enter the exhibit amid an explosion of color. A wall
welcoming you to the gallery at first appears to be made of
stained glass. Upon closer inspection, you see that its an
amusing mosaic of fabric swatches. You are led to a flock
of bright multi-honed dresses and coats in pink, orange,
and blue. Rich embroidery and embossed textiles are a
consistent treat for the eyes.
Its all beautiful, colorful, fun. Art like this makes you
purely happy. While I took photos of Mizrahis gowns, a
New York Times notification popped up on my phone to
inform me that three police officers had been shot dead
in Baton Rouge. How surreal, admiring thousand-dollar
gowns in a Gothic Revival mansion on the Upper East
Side while violence and tragedy erupt. But perhaps thats
why we need luxury and fashion. Its an irony the Jewish
people are used to, and explains why so many Jews have
flocked to the arts for five millennia.
Escapism is on my mind as I stuff my phone back in my
pocket and walk to the next room. Theater and fantasy
Isaac Mizrahis work in on view at the Jewish Museum through August 7.
take up their own section of this gallery, in the form of

Mizrahis costumes for various operas and ballets from the
past three decades. Most striking is a green, scaly, webbedfingered gown guarded on either side by two masculine
mannequins in velvet bodysuits and topped with oversized frog masks. I have this fantasy that shes the Margaret Dumont of eighteenth-century swamp creatures,
Mizrahi said of the amphibian character in Plate, the 1745
LIZ POSNER
French opera for which he designed costumes. Mizrahis

1997 interpretation is adorned with the same matronly
gold and pearls worn by the dowager in the Marx Brothers classic movies.
A nearby sign tells me as a boy at the Yeshiva of Flatbush, Mizrahi sketched fashions in his prayer books and
staged elaborate puppet shows for his neighbors. It hangs
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will go to Tzahal. 950
Queen Anne Road.
www.bethaaron.org or
(201) 836-6210.
Sunday
JULY 31
In New York
Saturday
JULY 30
Torahs adult education
group presents an
encore screening of
When Comedy Went
to School, 7 p.m. The
film is set in the Catskills,
where Jewish immigrants
transformed lush
farmland into the 20th
centurys largest resort
complex. Those hotels
and bungalow colonies
provided the setting for
a remarkable group of
young Jewish-American
comedians to hone
their craft and become
worldwide legends.
30 Hinchman Ave.
(973) 696-2500 or www.
shomreitorahwcc.org.
BERNHARD MUELLER
Film in Wayne: Shomrei
The Passaic County Historical Society

presents lyric soprano Annamaria Stefanelli
and tenor Rory Angelicola in An Afternoon
of Italian Opera Plus for the Lambert
Castle Concert Series in Lambert Castle on Sunday,
August 7, at 5 p.m. 3 Valley Road in Paterson. (973) 2470085 or www.lambertcastle.org.
THOMAS GARSIDE
AUG.
Monday
AUG. 1
Golf in Demarest: The
Kaplen JCC on the
Palisades holds its 16th
annual Play Fore! the
Kids golf fundraiser at
the Alpine Country Club.
Registration begins at
10:30 a.m.; shotgun start
is at 11:45. Day includes
$250,000 Shoot Out,
hole-in-one competitions,
prizes, awards, brunch,
refreshments, dinner
reception, online and live
auctions, tennis, bridge,
mah jongg, canasta, and
Rummi-Q. Proceeds help
provide programming
for children with special
needs at the JCC.
Sponsorships available.
(201) 408-1412 or email
mkleiman@jccotp.org.
Tuesday
AUG. 2
Eitan Kastner
Eitan Kastner, 1 p.m.

Refreshments at 12:30.
The series continues
with The Surprising
World of the Greeks
and the Jews. Kastner
is a history teacher and
department chair at the
Frisch School in Paramus.
Series continues August
9 and 23. 1449 Anderson
Ave. (201) 947-1735.
Alzheimers support:
Alzheimers New Jersey
offers a community
education program,
Alzheimers 101, at
the Englewood Public
Library, 7 p.m. 1 Engle St.
(973) 586-4300 or www.
alznj.org.
Thursday
AUG. 4
Dairy recipes at
ShopRite: Christina
Kamilaris, the registered
dietitian at ShopRite of
Paramus, offers a kosher
event featuring 9 Day
Recipes, noon-3 p.m., in
the kosher department.
The event is under OU
kosher supervision
and with the stores
mashgiach. 224 Route 4
East and Forest Avenue.
(201) 638-8514.
History in Fort Lee:

The JCC of Fort Lee/
Gesher Shalom and
its CSI Scholar Fund
present visiting scholar
Saturday
AUG. 6
Benjamin Eckman
Legal topics for seniors:
Lawyer Benjamin
Eckman discusses
Important Legal Topics
for Seniors at CareOne
at Teaneck, 7 p.m. Topics
include asset protection/
preservation, wills
and trusts, disability/
retirement/estate
planning, probate/estate
administration, power of
attorneys, long-term care
insurance, elder abuse,
and grandparents rights.
544 Teaneck Road.
(201) 862-3300.
Friday
AUG. 5
Shabbat in Emerson:
Congregation Bnai
Israel offers Shabbat
Under the Stars, with
a discussion, Judaism
and Peace, 7 p.m.
Homemade refreshments
at Oneg Shabbat.
53 Palisade Ave. If it
rains, services inside.
(201) 265-2272 or www.
bisrael.com.
Film in Leonia: Women

Art Revolution, a
documentary by
Lynn Hershman
Leeson, is screened
at Congregation Adas
Emuno, 7:30 p.m. The
films delves into the
feminist art movemnet
fusing free speech and
politics. Mature content,
parental discretion
advised. Refreshments.
254 Broad Ave.
(201) 592-1712 or www.
adasemuno.org.
Sunday
AUG. 7
Rose Robinson
in Golem
Fable derived from
Jewish folklore: An
acclaimed production
of The Golem by
Londons award-winning
performance company,
1927, plays at Lincoln
Center Festival at the
Gerald W. Lynch Theater
at John Jay College,
West 59th Street
between 10th & 11th
avenues. Performances
through July 31. Tickets,
LincolnCenterFestival.
org, at the David
Geffen Hall or Alice
Tully Hall box offices,
or CenterCharge,
(212) 721-6500.
Singles
Sunday
AUG. 7
Seniors meet in West
Nyack: Singles 65+
meets for a social
get-together with
refreshments, at the JCC
Rockland, 11 a.m. All are
welcome, particularly
from Hudson, Passaic,
Bergen, or Rockland
counties. 450 West
Nyack Road. Gene,
(845) 356-5525.
Wednesday
AUG. 17
Seniors meet in
Montvale: Singles 65+ at
the JCC Rockland meets
for dinner at Daveys
Locker, 6 p.m. Individual
checks. 5 Park St. Gene,
(845) 356-5525.
Thursday
AUG. 18
Widows and widowers
meet in Glen Rock:
Movin On, a monthly
luncheon group for
widows and widowers,
meets at the Glen Rock
Jewish Center, 12:30 p.m.
682 Harristown Road. $5
for lunch. (201) 652-6624
or email Binny, arbgr@
aol.com.
Lunch and cards

with ORT group
ORT Americas Englewood & Cliffs chapter will hold its
annual luncheon and card party on Tuesday, August 9.
The event at the River Palm Restaurant in Edgewater
begins at 11:30 a.m.
Lunch will followed by games of cards, mah jonng,
Scrabble, dominoes, and Rummikub, conversation,
and the Talking Group. It costs $36. Send checks
payable to ORT America, c/o Marilyn Saposh, 1530
Palisade Ave., Apt 6A, Fort Lee, NJ 07024.
Uniting with Tzahal:

Rabbi Shalom Hammer,
a contributing editor
to the Jerusalem Post,
speaker for the IDF,
founder of Makom
Meshutaf, and author of
four books, discusses
A Time to Unite with
Tzahal: The Challenges
of Ideology in the IDF
Today Purification
and Preservation, at
Congregation Beth
Aaron in Teaneck, 10 a.m.
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DIFFICULT LEVEL: MANAGEABLE
Ferne Pearlstein and Mel Brooks
and Chris Rock; newly discovered footage from Jerry Lewiss never-released
Holocaust comedy, The Day the Clown
Cried, and rare footage of cabarets
inside concentration camps.
Richard Trank, an executive director
at the Simon Wiesenthal Center, said of
the film: I am privy to many films that
are released about the Holocaust.
I cannot think of one project that has
taken the approach of [this film]. The
Last Laugh dispels the notion that there
is nothing new to say or to reveal on the
subject because this aspect of survival is
one that very few have explored in print,
and no one that I know of has examined
in a feature documentary.
A panel discussion will follow the film.
Details will be available on the TIFF website, www.teaneckfilmfestival.org, at the
beginning of October.
COURTESY BERBENPAC
Planning for the eleventh annual

Teaneck International Film Festival is
under way. The Last Laugh, a documentary, will be among the films featured at the festival, which will run
November 36 at Teaneck Cinemas,
the Puffin Cultural Forum, and Temple Emeth.
Created by the award-winning team of
Ferne Pearlstein, Amy Hobby, Anne Hubbell, Robert Edwards, and Jan Warner,
The Last Laugh starts with the premise that the Holocaust should be strictly
off-limits for comedy, but then asks, Is
it? History shows that many Nazi concentration camp victims used humor as
a means of survival and resistance. Still,
any use of comedy in connection with
this horror risks diminishing the suffering of millions. Where is the line? If
the Holocaust is off limits, what are the
implications for other controversial subjects, such as AIDS, racism, or 9/11, in a
society that prizes freedom of speech?
The Last Laugh weaves together an
intimate cinema verit portrait of Auschwitz survivor Renee Firestone alongside interviews with influential comedians, authors, and thinkers, ranging
from Mel Brooks, Sarah Silverman, and
Gilbert Gottfried to Etgar Keret, Shalom
Auslander, and Abraham Foxman of the
Anti-Defamation League. It also includes
archival material from The Producers
and Curb Your Enthusiasm; clips of
comics including Louis C.K., Joan Rivers,
ANNE ETHERIDGE
Film fest to screen Last Laugh
Chicago will play Englewood

The Bergen Performing Arts Center in
Englewood presents Chicago on Tuesday, August 30, at 8 p.m.
Chicago was inducted into the 2016
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The groups
lifetime achievements include a Grammy
award, many American Music awards, a
star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame,
and a Chicago street dedicated in its
honor. Record sales top the 100 million
mark, and include 21 Top 10 singles,
5 consecutive Number One albums, 11
Number One singles, and 5 gold singles.
Twenty-five of their 36 albums were certified platinum, and the band has a total
of 47 gold and platinum awards.

The line-up includes original band
members Robert Lamm on keyboards and
vocals, Lee Loughnane on trumpet and
vocals, James Pankow on trombone, Walt
Parazaider on woodwinds, Jason Scheff on
bass and vocals, Tris Imboden on drums,
Keith Howland on guitar and vocals, Lou
Pardini on keyboards and vocals, and Walfredo Reyes, Jr. on percussion.
The center is at 30 North Van Brunt
St. Tickets are available at www.ticketmaster.com or www.bergenpac.org or
through the box office at (201) 227-1030.
There is limited availability for this show.
Across
1. Lauder of note
6. Game played by some Jews against Moses
11. Begot
16. No kosher animal grows one
17. Jewish agricultural group, with 31-Down
18. Love, to Luigi Luzzatti
19. Movie about Moses relationship with Pharaoh?
21. Citron cousins
22. What Stan Lees Daredevil cant do
23. Fanning in Abrams Super 8
25. A schlemiel lacks it
26. Unlike Eilat roads, ever
29. Country with the least 33-Across, according
to the ADL
32. Rocky where Mickey Goldmill dies
33. ___-Semitism
34. Movie about Hebrew slaves becoming the
Children of Israel?
38. Dreidel, e.g.
39. Author R.L.
40. Like products of 1-Across in the rain
41. Some competitions for Dudi Sela
43. Colorado NHL team Colby Cohen played for,
to fans
44. Girl with an ironic name in Crystals Monsters
Inc.
45. Movie about the Jews by the Red Sea?
51. Letters that connect many Jews
52. ___ Maamin
53. The tribes of Reuben and Gad, on a map
55. Like many Jewish men in Crown Heights
59. Feverish states that might bring one to a
terem
61. Teen-___ (NFTY member)
62. Movie about what the Jews might have said
while G-d fed and protected them in the
desert?
65. How many feel on Purim
66. Try to win over a shiduch date
67. She, at the Great Roman Synagogue
68. One of Remembrance or Atonement
69. David may have played one
70. Some Maccabi players the day after a game,
perhaps
72. ___ Ezra
74. Witch locale in Samuel
76. Movie about what happened on the 15th of
Nisan?
82. Made like Rachel (regarding her fathers idols)
83. Josephs is in Shechem
84. Yitzchaks dad, once
85. Broke in the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo residents
86. ___ Chayil
87. Disney princess who sang Randy Newman
tunes
The solution to last weeks puzzle is

on page 39.
Down
1. IDT is seven hours ahead of it
2. Shecket
3. End of Shabbat?
4. Animals that chew their cud and have split
hooves...and antlers
5. Repeated Hannah Senesh work
6. Major music publisher that once controlled
Maroon 5s copyrights
7. She makes a giant when shes in the middle of
goth?
8. Bancroft married to Mel Brooks
9. 60, to Moses
10. Clarke who has a much bigger Game of
Thrones role than Ania Bukstein
11. Abe (Vigoda) in The Godfather
12. Make like David as Sanders
13. Where Elie Wiesel was born
14. King Solomon, e.g.
15. Bashert, e.g.
20. Draws nigh, as to the Holy of Holies
24. Infinity idea, in Kabbalah
26. Let ___ (Hit for Idina Menzel)
27. Drug lord interviewed by Sean Penn (with El)
28. Arab country home to less than 100 Jews
30. Canadian city whose first Jewish settler was
Moses Bilsky
31. See 17-Across
35. Like a lulav that forms a 90 degree angle
36. Where Arthur Millers works are performed
37. Jewish scholar in 300 CE
42. Kate of the Spewacks Kiss Me, Kate
44. Kramers preferred undergarments
46. Provides with funds, as to Stern or Touro
47. Harden, as in Golani training (Var.)
48. Birthstone for Groucho Marx
49. Bygone Jewish title
50. Non-kosher Banquet that partially led to the
split between Reform and Conservative
Judaism
54. Anastasio who plays with Mike Gordon and
Jon Fishman
55. Mount Hermon is Israels ___ point
56. Setting of Driving Miss Daisy
57. Autocracy known for pogroms
58. Second Plague participant, at first
59. Those who absolutely love their rabbis
60. Famous Fishbein
63. Nag
64. Teva Pharmaceutical test subject
71. Valley where David fought Goliath
73. Yonah or Yoel
75. Like a notable cow
77. ___ Gotta Be Me (Sammy Davis Jr. song)
78. Many an El Al pilot is one, for short
79. Org. for which Charlton Heston was once royalty, of sorts
80. Osem container
81. Jewish mother (Var.)
Arts & Culture

Mizrahi
FROM PAGE 33
across from another Mizrahi theater costume, this one a

gigantic pink and red ostrich that reminds me a bit of my
bat mitzvah dress.
There are subtle touches that nod to Mizrahis background: notably, a black jumpsuit that boasts a thick
leather belt with an enormous Jewish star buckle. He said
once about the outfit, If crosses are everywhere, why
not make the Star of David ubiquitous too? Then there
are the touches that make you wonder: Is this Jewish? For
instance, every other mannequin in the exhibition wears
a white headscarf, reminiscent of a babushka.
In general, Mizrahis gowns awe me, except for a few
ethically questionable pieces, like the dress made of CocaCola cans collected by homeless New Yorkers and shipped
to Paris to be made into sequins, then sent to India to be
embroidered onto silk. Bizarre when you consider that
the Indian people who made the dress probably enjoyed
a lower standard of living than the homeless New Yorkers,
but its an interesting insight into Mizrahis unique brand
of global tikkun olam. It certainly makes a few statements.
Then theres a Navajo-style embroidered jacket from
1991 that is borderline cultural appropriation and would
catch flak from Native American activist groups today. The
curators excuse it as a product of one of the many cultures
that influenced Mizrahi during his upbringing by a modern Orthodox family in melting-pot Flatbush.
Otherwise, most of the designs showcase the designers
artistry and incredible imagination. There is a gown made
of elevator padding. Another gown red lush silk has
a baby carrier attached to the front, suggesting that
mothers can be part of high fashion.
Mizrahis efforts to create couture for the middle
class also are commendable. Its easy to appreciate
his democratization of fashion through his Target
collection, a five-year collaboration. He partners
with QVC and regularly appears on the retailers
television station. No doubt his decade-long work
to bring fashion into the living rooms of Americans
everywhere is not only a smart business move, but
also a great tactic for the designers personal brand.
By comparison, its hard to imagine Karl Lagerfeld
appearing on daytime cable, though the two make
equally beautiful clothes.
In the last room, a three-paneled film reel gushes
over highlights from Mizrahis fashion shows, clips
from I Love Lucy and other inspirations, reels
from the artists stunts on Jeopardy and Project
Runway, and even his dramatic roles alongside
Woody Allen and Kenneth Branagh. The designers
claim that fashion is a form of entertainment fully
sinks in here. After walking through this exhibition,
its hard not to agree.
The curators of An Unruly History do a great
job of bringing you into the artists world. Youre
engrossed in his pop culture influences and you witness the miniature cult of his personal celebrity. You
see the final product in his designs: a purely American aesthetic, of course, that bares little resemblance
to French or Italian high fashion. But its hard to deny
theres a certain New York eccentricity to Mizrahis
clothes, and more than a hint of a manic, ironic zeitgeist that arguably only a Jewish artist can capture.
On my way out, Im struck by one last Mizrahi
quote on the wall by the exit. As I shift into the middle of my career and as my neurosis about my work
deepens, so do the pleasures I take in it. Fashion or
not, that sounds like a Jewish intellect to me.
Isaac Mizrahi: An Unruly History runs through
August 7.
The work is often outrageous,

flamboyant, colorful, funny,
fun and deeply Jewish.

LIZ POSNER
Obituaries
Melvin Freund
Melvin Freund of Delray Beach, Fla. and Paramus,

died July 24.
A U.S. Navy World War II veteran, he was corporate
president of MHW Distributing Corp. before retiring.
He was a past president of the JCC of Paramus.
He is survived by his wife, Judith, ne Epstein, children, Laurie Schwartz (Leonard), and Richard (Dr.
Lisa Duddy), and grandchildren Dina Gluck (Michael)
and David Schwartz.
Arrangements were by Gutterman and Musicant
Jewish Funeral Directors, Hackensack.
Obituaries are prepared with

information provided by funeral homes.
Correcting errors is the responsibility
of the funeral home.
Katharine Frost
Marketing Director
Our heartfelt condolences go out
to her family and co-workers.
Seymour Glick
Seymour M. Glick, 86, of Del Ray Beach, Fla., died

July 24.
Born in Brooklyn, he was a retired computer
engineer.
His wife, Libby, children, Andrew of South Carolina, and Deborah Huelsebusch of Hoboken, and a
sister, Gladys Goldstein of Florida, survive him.
Arrangements were by Eden Memorial Chapels,
Fort Lee.
Gustave Malat
Gustave G. Malat, 93, of Freehold died July 24.

Born in New York City, he was the retired owner of
Malat Trucking in Jersey City and the Bronx.
Predeceased by his wife Rita, he is survived by
children, Annelle Schweber of Manalapan, Alan
of Fords, and Clifford of New City, N.Y.; a brother,
Irving of Florida; nine grandchildren, and nine
great-grandchildren.
Fort Lee.
Mark Salitan
Mark, A. Salitan, 87, of Florida died July 20.

He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Adele, ne
Wechsler, children, Michael (David Kulick), Laurie
Salitan (Marc Kushner), James (Martine Davis), and
Diane Egleston (Michael), and six grandchildren.
Fort Lee.
BRIEF
Hamas ramps up recruitment of

female terrorists, trains girls as
young as 15
Hamas is reportedly trying to recruit more women into
its ranks and is now offering weapons training for teenage girls as young as 15, Israel Hayom reported Monday.
Before 2014s Operation Protective Edge, the Gaza
Strips ruler allowed women to join the terrorist organization only as support staff, but after the conflict
ended, Hamas apparently also began recruiting women
for active duty.
Hamas is reportedly actively recruiting girls and
women between the ages of 15 and 25, and teaching
them how to fire handguns and rifles. Women who join
the organization are reportedly also offered hand-tohand combat training, as well as field skills training such
as learning how to scale walls and learning how to avoid
obstacles like burning tires.

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Heritage Pointe
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