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Special Appeal from Rabbi Hammerman
This Tuesday - Aug. 8th, is the Democratic Primary for our
city and our state. Key elected
positions - Governor, Senator, Congress are being determined, your vote
can and does make a difference.
An August primary usually draws a minuscule turnout, meaning that every vote
that is cast is magnified five times over.
This time, that vote is being watched by the entire nation.
Please remember to go to your polling area and vote for your
candidate of choice.
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Contents
of the Shabbat O Gram:
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Just
the Facts (service schedule)
The (Occasionally) Ranting Rabbi
Mitzvah/Tzedakkah Opportunities
Required Reading and Action Items (links
to key articles on Israel and Jewish life)
Announcements (goings on in and around TBE)
Quotes for the Week
(Thanks
to Rhoda Dember for this one)
In
a recent interview, General Norman Schwartzkopf was asked if he thought there
was room for forgiveness toward Hizbollah
The General said,
" I believe that forgiving Hizbollah is God's function.
The
Israelis job is to arrange the meeting."
This next quote somewhat balances the prior
one…
“We
do not rejoice at the punishment meted out to an enemy;
we
have been taught by the holy laws to have human sympathy.”
- Philo (1st
century Jewish philosopher), "Flaccus"
Reprinted from 'A
Treasury of Jewish Quotations,'edited by Joseph L. Baron, Jason Aronson Inc.
Shabbat
Nachamu
Super Shabbat – this portion
contains the Ten Commandments AND the Sh’ma!!!!
Literally, Shabbat
Nachamu means “the Shabbat of Consolation”
As the Calendar turns
from the Fast of 9th of Av, swinging upward toward the New Year, the
tone turns from one of foreboding to consolation and comfort, following the
destruction of
Friday Evening
Candle lighting: 7:48pm
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go to http://www.interfaithcalendar.org/
I am delighted to have
the chance to visit many TBE seniors and others at Sterling Glen at 3 this
afternoon for a pre-Shabbat service – as part of a program of regular Shabbat
and holiday visits that the cantor and I are making there.
Kabbalat Shabbat: 6:30 PM – OUTDOORS – AS THE
HEAT WAVE APPEARS TO BE BREAKING – (but if things do not improve enough, we’ll be in
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Torah Portion: V’Etchanan Deuteronomy
3:23 - 7:11
1: 5:1-18
2: 5:19-24
3: 5:25-30
4: 6:1-3
5: 6:4-9
6: 6:10-19
7: 6:20-25
maf: 6:23-25
Haftarah Isaiah
40:1 - 40:26
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USCJ Torah
For online Parsha quizzes from Pardes in Israel, go to http://www.pardes.org.il/online_learning/parsha_quizzes/ Torah for Kids: http://www.torah4kids.net/ Weekly Lesson of Popular Israeli Rabbi Mordechai Elon: http://www.elon.org/archives/archives.htm - and his parsha sheets: http://www.mibereshit.org/special/download_eng_pdf.htm From Bar Ilan University: http://www.biu.ac.il/JH/Parasha/eng/; http://www.torahproductions.com/weekly_article.jsp
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The
(occasionally)
I recently re-read an article
that I wrote several years ago for the Jewish Week and for our bulletin. It seems most appropriate to reprint from time
to time as a reminder to everyone, including myself, as to what it is that a
rabbi does.
Enjoy the article, and I’d love
to hear your comments!
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The Toughest
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And now a report from our Israeli sister-city of
Afula…
Sent: Monday,
July 31, 2006 16:41 PM
Subject: We’re the
Good Guys (from Jeff)
Shalom,
I am writing this note on Monday
afternoon. Yesterday was the unfortunate incident in Kfar Kana.
I am feeling a little calmer
now. You should have seen me last night and this morning. It has to do
with the bombing in Kfar Kara and the 48 hour "no air
strike" truce we agreed to and Condoleeza's last press conference.
It's like we Israelis are stuck in
some Greek tragedy or some movie that has a sad ending with the hero dying. And
no matter how many times you see it, the ending is always the same. It seems no matter who
Have you seen the air force clips
that were aired last night? I will ask Benay, my wife, to attach them to the
bottom of this mail.
They show how the Hizbolla shoot
rockets from behind civilian apartment buildings and then, my friends,
you watch as the truck carrying the rocket launcher drives into a car park
under a house! How the heck does anyone expect us to clear out these rockets
without bombing the house??? The local Lebanese population was warned by
This morning the reporter on
Sky News asked our former foreign minister why the Israeli army didn't go
house to house in Kfar Kana and confirm, room by room, just who is in that
room and then determine if that person is a civilian or a combatant. For god's
sake! Give me a break! Kiryat Shemona was shot with 100 (one hundred) rockets
in less than 1 hour yesterday. Did the Hizbollah go room by room looking for
civilians? If they had the chance, yes they would. They would find the kids and
make sure they shot each one. I know it. You know it . We just
lived through it. It was called suicide bombers.
Anyone who has toured with me
knows I love maps. But I probably have never pointed out or mentioned
Afula. It is a small town dead in the center of the
Last week Afula hospital was
targeted by Hizbollah long range missiles. How do I know it was
"targeted"? 5 rockets of the 5 shot landed near Afula
hospital. Take a look at one of the attached photos. There are no army bases or
sensitive facilities in Afula. Hizbollah targeted the Afula hospital.
Should you be surprised that Hizbolla targeted a hospital? Well, they've
already targeted Rambam hospital in
Benay volunteers in the ER of Afula
hospital.
She has prepared 300 files for a mass-wounded situation. The ER is in
the basement of the hospital and it is built as one huge bomb and
chemical warfare shelter. Funny how there isn't a single hospital in the Arab
world that would even consider the necessity to build a hospital in a bomb
shelter. Why? Because they know we would never target a hospital.
Yesterday the hospital decided to
empty out its top floors and bring all the patients down to the lower levels.
Lets think what this entails. Cancel all unnecessary operations. Kick out any
patient you can. Double up on bed space in the lower floors and have the
staff and patients live and work in 1/3 of the space they are used to.
Wards are now intermingled. Patient beds are doubled up. Have I
mentioned about privacy, sanitation, confusion...
Here's a quote from the instruction
sheet given by the hospital's director to the various wards:
- Dept. heads will do their utmost
to lower the number of patients in their departments.
- Social Services
will encourage patients to go home.
- The operating rooms
will perform only cancer and emergency operations.
But how does the head of the
hospital end her directive?
And here's the part that keeps
me going:
"In this war we will be tested
as a society, as an organization (hospital) and as individuals.
Working together, in full cooperation,
we will complete the very complicated task before us:
- to clear the wards
- work in very tight surroundings
- give the best service that we can
- be prepared for a mass-wounded
situation."
So what's the part that keeps me
going, that makes me proud of being an Israeli and a Jew? It's the fact that
So you see, we are the good guys.
And we have to win.
We're all in this together,
Jeff
7 missiles fell in our
region yesterday carrying 100 KG of explosive each. The second time happened at
4 PM while all the 20 participants of the upcoming delegation to the
JCC-Maccabi Games in
After the attack the
streets in Afula were almost empty and part of the businesses and shops in the
commercial areas were closed.
Civilians in the region
are requested to stay all the time in close proximity to a protected area
in case of another missile attack.
Eshel
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Affiliated with the
Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion,
August 3, 2006
With things happening
as fast as they are, it seems that as soon as I finish one update for you that
something else happens that you should know about. Yesterday afternoon
Afula was struck by another barrage of deadly long range Fajr missiles.
Several fell around our hospital and others in and around Afula.
Miraculously, nobody was injured ... physically. Today, throughout the
Human Resources corridor of offices, less than half the employees have shown up
for work. They all live in and around Afula and the drive to and from the
hospital has become like running the gauntlet. One young woman, Olga, was
driving home up the hill towards
Are we witnessing
miracles or just blind luck? The difference between the two is
faith. This is a war of blatant Islamic aggression against a nation whose
only sin is to have been born Jewish. The loss of every life leaves an
unfillable gap in our people and every injury is felt by us all. But
something inexplicable is happening. Literally thousands of rockets and
deadly missiles are being sent against
Yes, some of our
people have died painful deaths. And many more bare the scars of physical
trauma. But the Islamic madmen will have to explain to their bosses and
sponsors why they missed their targets and so miserably failed.
Israel's Emek Medical
Center continues to fortify its windows, treat patients in cramped facilities
and do what it does best ... exemplify humanity at its best. And you,
dear friends are full partners in our
quest.
Larry Rich
Director of
Development & International Public Relations
Phone in
Phone in
Fax: 972-4-652 2642
Email:
rich_l@clalit.org.il
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Cathy Satz (968-9191; csscounsel@yahoo.com)Cheryl Wolff (968-6361; cwolff@optonline.net)BETH EL CARES co-chairs
BETH
EL CARES
We
hope you all enjoyed your summer.
Please
give generously to the 2006
HIGH
HOLIDAY
September
22- October 2, 2006
Each
year TBE members help to start the New Year off with a Mitzvah. You can join the team by bringing in food
that will stock the pantry at PERSON to PERSON in
Attached
is the Beth El Cares Article for the bulletin.
In
addition, we have the following information for the Shabbat-o-gram, that we did
not include in the bulletin since you're trying to save space:
HABITAT
FOR HUMANITY VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Habitat
for Humanity is recruiting volunteers to assist with the planning and building
of 6 to 9 housing units on West Main Street in Stamford (near the Kentucky
Fried Chicken). The actual timing of the building depends on site plan and
other approvals, but the ceremonial ground breaking should take place in
October 2006. Please contact
bknebal@habitatcfc.org if you want to help in any way. Assistance is needed now
in the formation stages, as well as later with the building. Bob Knebel, CEO,
can tell you what jobs are available.
LOCKS
OF LOVE HAIR DONATIONS CONTINUED
Any
one wishing to donate 10 or more inches of hair to Locks of Love can contact
Cathy or Cheryl for more information on how to donate and how to get your
before and after photo on the TBE web sit
Cheryl
Wolff
Cathy
Satz
How Can I Help
Click
here: Send Your Hug to the IDF Soldiers
http://switch3.castup.net/cunet/gm.asp?ai=214&ar=1050wmv&ak=null
– thanks to David Satz for sending this TV interview with an American Moslem
woman who speaks courageously to a worldwide Arabic audience.
An Update from Keshet on a Special
Project to Help the
Dear Friends,
Thank you for your support of the
Keshet// Operation Embrace Galilee Relief Project. This week we have raised
about $25,000.Your generosity has made it possible for us to expand our
activities, and our office staff has been busy virtually full time in
contacting social welfare agencies in the north, personnel officers in the army
and non-profit organizations rendering aid and assistance. Those contacts
generated a list of projects, and we are now in the process of filling the
"orders" and raising funds to implement them. Requests for shipments
of equipment or other goods requiring transport are handled by our logistics
team, which makes purchases in
*Last Friday we helped to fund a
supply of special socks and underwear for soldiers in the 51st Battalion of the
Golani Brigade. The shipment was paid for and sent directly to the soldiers on
the same day.
*On Wednesday Amir Levanon and I
made a trip to Zefat. First we distributed 50 cartons arts & crafts
equipment donated by the
*The IDF unit in Zefat is
responsible for supplying shelters with food and other necessities. We explained
the nature of the Keshet Galilee Relief project and they immediately requested
a large supply of diapers for the young families in the shelters. Instead of
returning the rented truck to
*Another IDF request was to help
provide undergarments and and a long list of other necessary items for 60
female soldiers who are serving in combat units along the northern border or in
While I was in Zefat on Wednesday I
visited a number of the key professionals and volunteers working full-time on
relief work. In each case I introduced them to the Keshet-Embrace project, and
solicited specific requests for assistance. These direct meetings seem to be
the best way to do an immediate needs assessment, if not of the entire region
then at least for Zefat. These are the requests that we received, and which we
are now gearing up to respond to, in addition to the request for diapers that
was already met.
-The director of Lev El Lev in
Zefat, which recruits volunteers to assist with organizing activities for children
in shelters, asked us to organize a busload of adults who would come to Zefat,
spread out to the different shelters, and spend a day providing company and a
listening board for adults and elderly Israelis who have now spent up to 3
weeks living underground. We are in the process of organizing a group from
-The director of the community
center in Zefat asked us to arrange day trips outside the region for families
living in shelters. We are already planning to send 2 bus loads of families for
a day's rest in the Shefayim Waterpark near Herzliya on Tuesday, and if we can
negotiate a reasonable price we will attempt to repeat this program almost on a
daily basis for several buses as a time. We will be providing buses, a packed
lunch, admissions fees and a barbecue prepared by the same Keshet team (Gadi
and Amir) that has fed many of you on
your
- The most difficult conversation
was with the Social Welfare department of the
As the Zefat Municipality only has 4 social workers currently working
with almost 10,000 residents in shelters, they have asked us to take the lead
in contacting Field Schools, Youth Hostels, Guest Houses, hotels and school
dormitories around the country to take in these families (not necessarily as
one group). They are trying to find funds from the Social services budget to
contribute towards the costs of accommodations (most of these families are
indigent), and have asked us to help supplement those funds as well a provide
transportation and a project manager. This last job will requires funds far in
excess of the money that we have raised thus far (about $20,000 although more
is coming in ever hour), so we appeal to you to send a recommendation to anyone
you can to help fund this project.
With best regards,
Yitzhak Sokoloff
Executive Director, Keshet
For those who didn’t see it:
Keshet’s Original Message
As you know, during the last few weeks
Keshet was created to provide inspirational
educational programs for our clients,
most of whom live in the
Our method has been to contact the
municipalities, community centers and
volunteer organizations that already are working directly with shelters around the
With your help, we can multiply the number of
shipments and projects exponentially and
we can do it almost instantaneously. There are many organizations working in this field, and we
recognize and appreciate that you may
already be supporting one or more of them. However after speaking with people
in the field all over the Galilee and in
to be done and that a way needs to be found to
cut through the red tape that is slowing
down the relief effort. By advancing our own
money and relying on your pledges to reimburse us for purchases, we will be able to respond to the urgent needs
"from the field" in real time.
We are coordinating our efforts with Operation
Embrace, a grass roots non-profit
organization based in
Costs for purchases vary of course according
to size and content. We are currently
receiving requests for assistance at the rate of $3000 per day, but that number will
grow quickly as we continue to spread
our net. To give you some idea: the clothes sent to the Golani soldiers cost $800 and the shipment of fans and
clothing material we purchased today
cost $2100. We are also offering to send buses to the north to evacuate residents to safer
locations. Many people are still in
shelters because they cannot afford to leave and/or because they have nowhere to go. In most cases buses cost
approximately $400 and room and board
costs run up to $350 per week at the public facilities that have been opened around the country and
which we would also like to support. We will continue to work on the relief
project within whatever framework our
funding allows, but we would be able at this point to put
$100,000 to immediate constructive use.
If you are able to assist us in this
effort, we would appreciate if you would do the following:
1) Inform us of the amount that you
are pledging by e-mail to keshet@keshetisrael.co.il. This
allows us to spend the money immediately!
2) Send your
contribution to this effort made payable to: Operation Embrace
Please be sure to note on the check or in an
accompanying letter "For Keshet
Galilee Relief Project" (KGRP)
Operation Embrace is a
3) Spread the word to family, friends, and
other community members.
We would appreciate your assistance in this
project and indeed would like to serve
as your "Shlichei Mitzva"- your emissaries in this mitzvah work.
With best regards,
Yitzhak
FROM JACKIE SCHECHTER,
BAT MITZVAH STUDENT
Dear Temple Beth-El
families,
My name is Jackie
Schechter, and I'm in 7th grade. In preparation for my upcoming Bat
Mitzvah, I have decided to run a Jewish book drive to supply newly founded Jewish
libraries in
- Jackie
From Lynn Pearce
Many of you
have asked where you can send a donation
in memory of my father. Renee and I have set up a fund
at his temple in
father that every child who wanted one, could have a
Bar Mitzvah or Bat Mitzvah. This fund will ensure that
at least one child each year will be given the funds
to attend
You can send your donations to:
The Allan J. Resler B'nai Mitzvah Fund
Temple Shaarey Zedek
621 Getzville Road
Buffalo, New York 14226
Attention: Rabbi Shalman
Thank you all for caring.
HELP ME HELP OTHERS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY WHO NEED OUR ASSISTANCE BY DONATING TO PERSON TO PERSON. Person to Person located in Darien , Connecticut such as clothing for babies, kids and adults.They are looking for donations for only Spring and Summer items.Needy families in emergency situations will go to Person to Person for assistance.Person to Person services the Stamford , Norwalk and Darien You may donate clothing, food (canned items) and only brand new unopened toys. We will be bringing a large donation of items on the first of every month.Please help me with any donations that you would like to make.I would greatly appreciate it.I am hoping you can help me with this for my Mitzvah Projectbecause it is important for us to help others who may need it. This is how you can help:Please bring your donation to my house, 116 Wedgemere Road or e-mail coopbry@aol.com to make arrangements for us to pick it up.We will do this during June, July and August. Thank you so much for helping the needy. Eric Cooper 968-9591 
Tu
B’Av falls this coming Wednesday.
So…What
is Tu B’Av?
(adapted from a Shabbat O Gram from last Feb.)
Dear Rabbi,
Can Jews Celebrate
Valentines Day?
Dis-heartened
Dear Dis-heartened,
No need to be heart-broken.
While we might ordinarily tend to shy away from holidays dedicated to saints,
Valentines Day, as a celebration of love, fits right into our value
system. There is in fact a Jewish
Valentines Day, called Tu
B'Av which
occurs in the summer. And yes, we can
make the claim that every day should be a celebration of love. And yes, love in our tradition is defined
more by commitment than romance (see the V’ahavta paragraph of the Sh’ma and a
super article, Shema:
A Love Story), but there is a place for romance as well (just look at
the biblical Song of
Songs).
More on Tu’B’Av:
Tu
b'Av (Jewish Virtual Library)
Tu B'Av -
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Israel's Holiday of Love
(Tu-B'Av)
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Technology
| Israeli device monitors diabetes - the
painless way (SEE EXCLUSIVE VIDEO HERE)
One of the biggest obstacles to successfully fighting the current diabetes
epidemic engulfing the US is the fact that pricking one's finger and drawing
blood for testing is so unpleasant. And without regularly testing their glucose
levels several times a day and treating their disease accordingly, diabetics
can make a bad situation worse. Israeli company OrSense hopes to solve that
problem with its non-invasive glucose monitor that sits on the finger instead
of pricking it. Results are available within 30 seconds, and the measurement
can be repeated painlessly multiple times - without a drop of blood in
sight. More...
This link is
an exceptional solidarity video in support of
http://msmedia.a7.org/arutz7/eng-video/music/hazak-300.wmv
It features
the stirring song “Hazak” done by an all-star collection of Jewish musical
artists (sort of the Jewish version of “Live Aid”) called “Voices for
now for the rest
Prime source: Daily Alert of the
See also http://www.theisraelproject.org/site/c.hsJPK0PIJpH/b.672581/k.CB99/Home.htm
Staff Sergeant Michael Levin, 21, was laid
to rest this Tisha B’Av afternoon on
Last Tuesday, in the southern Lebanese
Hizballah
Rockets Strike Israeli Hospital - Matthew Kalman
In Nahariya, Dr. Uri Rehany picked his way through the wreckage of the
"They target civilians - hospitals, schools, whatever they
can. We are so sorry when we hear that something happened to a civilian by
mistake, but they specifically aim at civilian targets. They're not even
ashamed of it," Rehany said, who also recalled that before Israel left
southern Lebanon in 2000, about one-third of his patients were Lebanese. (
See also Israeli
Town Under Attack - Jonathan Finer
Just beyond Anastasia Friedman's ground-floor window, shattered two days ago, sat
a half-dozen abandoned cars, their roofs caved in, their doors pierced by
hundreds of small metal balls. Forty-three rockets fell on Kiryat Shmona on
Thursday, including one about 30 feet from Friedman's front door. Since July
12, police say, 485 rockets fell in or around the town, more than anywhere
else. (
See also Stir Crazy in the
Shelter - Eli Ashkenazi (Ha'aretz)
· Jewish
Charities Seek $300 Million for Israel - Alan Cooperman
An umbrella organization of North American Jewish charities said Wednesday it
will seek to raise a minimum of $300 million in emergency humanitarian funds
for Israel this year, one of the largest short-term goals in its history.
Howard Rieger, president and chief executive of United Jewish Communities,
formerly known as the United Jewish Appeal, said its approximately 120 board
members voted unanimously to launch the
News Resources -
Eight Israeli
Civilians Killed in Hizballah Rocket Strikes Thursday - Sharon Roffe-Ofir
Eight Israeli civilians were killed as Hizballah fired 160 rockets at northern
See also Father and
Daughter Returned to Acre, Killed by Rockets - Hagai Einav (Ynet News)
See also Hizballah
Rockets Kill Three Israeli Muslims - Richard A. Oppel Jr. (New York
Times)
See also Two Killed in
Rocket Attack on Northern Israel Friday
One woman was killed in a direct hit on her house in the Druze-Arab
Anti-Tank Missiles
Kills Four Israeli Soldiers - Efrat Weiss
Three IDF soldiers were killed and another was severely wounded Thursday when
Hizballah terrorists fired an anti-tank missile at their Merkava tank in
southwest Lebanon. Hizballah has equipped itself with missile systems which are
among the most advanced in the world, including "Fagot" and
"Cornet" missiles with tandem warheads that can neutralize tank
shields and destroy even the IDF's advanced tanks. (Ynet News)
A fourth soldier was killed Thursday in
See also Two Soldiers
Killed Friday by Anti-Tank Rocket Fired by Hizballah - Efrat Weiss (Ynet
News)
· Hizballah Not
Hurrying towards Cease-Fire - Roee Nahmias
Reports of eight deaths in northern Israel Thursday brought wide smiles to the
announcers on Hizballah's al-Manar television, which aired militant TV clips
and messages from viewers who called in to support continued operations against
Israel. "A cease-fire is meaningless as long as our lands remain occupied
- if so, naturally, we have the right, as Lebanese, to resist this
occupation," explained Hizballah media chief, Hassan Rahal. In recent
days,
See also IDF: Threat
to Hit Tel Aviv Taken Seriously - Miri Chason (Ynet News)
See also Israel
Air Force Resumes Strikes Against Southern Beirut (Jerusalem Post)
Hizballah Has Time
- Zvi Bar'el
A cease-fire comes with attached conditions, Nasrallah's deputy, Sheikh Naim
Kassem, said Thursday: stopping Israel's attacks, removing all Israeli troops
from Lebanese soil, and returning the Lebanese refugees to the villages they
fled from in the south of the country; in other words, restoring the pre-July
12 situation. Lebanon's conditions for a settlement, that have received
international and Arab support, include the deployment of the Lebanese army
along the border and the strengthening of the international force. By declaring
his own separate conditions, Nasrallah is claiming a right to veto any Lebanese
government decisions, and establishing himself as a central power that must be
reckoned with. He is saying that any agreement with
IDF Prepares
to Widen Security Strip - Moran Zelikovitch
Defense Minister Amir Peretz instructed the IDF on Thursday to prepare for the
next phase of the war in Lebanon with the objective of seizing control of the
area from the international border to the Litani River in a bid to stifle
Hizballah's short-range rocket capabilities. Ground Forces Commander Maj.-Gen.
Benny Gantz said the IDF is planning to deepen its control in southern
Indyk: U.S.
Must Not Speak to Assad - Yitzhak Benhorin
Martin Indyk, the former U.S. Ambassador to Israel and currently head of the
Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution in Washington,
piled hours of conversations with senior Syrian officials when he served as
Director for Near East and South Asian Affairs under President Clinton. "I
am a diplomat and a man who believes in dialogue, but at this stage I believe
it is forbidden for the United States to hold direct talks with the
Syrians," he said in an interview, adding that Syrians would interpret
negotiations with Washington as an invitation to reenter Lebanon. Indyk says
contacts with Syria can be made through the French and the UN, and Washington
should make it clear that if Damascus doesn't stop its support for Hizballah,
it will find itself entangled in the conflict it created. (Ynet News)
Global Commentary and Think-Tank Analysis (Best of
Strategy
A Smart, Successful War
- Yossi Melman
The
See also Analyst:
Israel Moving Slowly to Save Lives - Julie Stahl
Israel is not rushing its campaign against Hizballah in southern Lebanon
because it wants to keep Israeli troop and Lebanese civilian casualties to a
minimum, retired Israeli Air Force Colonel Yoash Tsiddon-Chatto said Thursday.
The army is operating as "slowly, efficiently and thoroughly as
possible" to save as many lives as possible, he said. The Israeli ground
operation is intended to surgically clean out Hizballah positions in southern
America
Needs a Decisive Hizballah Defeat - Charles Krauthammer
Israel's war with Hizballah is a war to secure its northern border, to defeat a
terrorist militia bent on Israel's destruction, and to restore Israeli
deterrence in the age of the missile. . But even more is at stake. Hizballah is
a wholly owned Iranian subsidiary. Its mission is to extend the Islamic
Revolution's influence into
America wants, America needs, a decisive Hizballah defeat. Unlike
many of the other terrorist groups in the Middle East, Hizballah is a serious
enemy of the
America finds itself at war with radical Islam, a two-churched
monster. With al-Qaeda in decline,
Give
War a Chance - Michael Goodwin
Peace is not always the best answer. Not when wrongs have to be righted.
Sometimes, deadly force is the righteous option. Like a schoolyard bully who
deserves a thorough butt-kicking, Hizballah needs to be taught a lesson. It can
either learn to live in peace, or it can die. But it cannot win by playing the
terror card and it cannot be allowed to think it's going to. The terrorists
have proven they are not subject to rational approaches. They are not
interested in compromise any more than a mad dog will share its bone. Hizballah
and its Iranian patrons don't want to make a deal with
Changing
the Rules in the Lebanese Arena - Boaz Ganor
Over the years, Hizballah has succeeded in creating an unprecedented situation
in which it deters
The government of
One positive aspect of the current exchange of fire is that
damaging Hizballah's infrastructure will make it easier for Israel to cope in
the future with the repercussions of a possible attack on Iranian nuclear
facilities. (Institute for Counter-Terrorism)
Hizballah
Nasrallah's Dilemma
- Amos Harel and Avi Issacharoff
As the war progresses, the depth of Iranian involvement in Hizballah activity
is increasingly being revealed. Hizballah has established a Tehran-sponsored
forward outpost next door to
Nasrallah can expect quite a difficult confrontation at home
after the war ends. The questions will be asked: Why was it necessary to drag a
country into war for four prisoners? And to whom does Hizballah owe its
national allegiance? Hizballah faces another dilemma on the question of the
multinational force: Refusal means a negative image, agreement means conceding
the organization's prime asset, southern
The Seven Lost Villages
- Danny Rubinstein
Although Nasrallah's principal demands are Israeli withdrawal from the Shaba
Farms and the release of Lebanese prisoners, it is clear that when
circumstances allow, he will demand the return of seven Shiite Muslim villages
that were part of Mandatory Palestine and that became part of Israel in 1948.
The northernmost of the seven was the tiny
Hizballah's
Prominence Has Many Sunnis Worried - Neil MacFarquhar
"The educated classes think that if Hizballah controls the region, then
the Sunnis will be abused," a
Some of those interviewed at random along the main street in the
Syrian resort town of
International Peacekeeping Force
UN
Peacekeepers in Lebanon? Be Careful What You Wish For - Jonathan D.
Tepperman
Since 1948, the UN has stepped into the Arab-Israeli maelstrom five times. But
few of these efforts have paid off. Unless it takes a radically different
shape, a new intervention could well make matters worse, not just for the
parties on the ground, but for the UN itself. If it is to have any chance of
disarming Hizballah, persuading
Unless those Western states now blithely calling for the UN to
act are also willing to contribute troops (and so far, very few of them have),
any mission is virtually doomed to fail. If recent history teaches anything, it
is that half-hearted efforts - which give a false sense that something is being
done but only end up costing peacekeepers' lives - can be worse than none at
all. The writer is deputy managing editor of Foreign Affairs. (Wall
Street Journal)
Morality
Israel,
Not Hizballah, Hindered by Conscience - Editorial
Hizballah terrorists wear no uniforms. They intentionally locate their rocket
launchers and heavy weaponry in densely populated areas precisely to take
advantage of the reluctance of the Israeli army to shower its formidable
firepower down upon places like Qana. Only the fact that Israelis have built
stout underground shelters for their citizens rather than using them as human
shields in front of their enemies' rockets has kept their death totals low.
That is the essential difference in the "proportionality" by which so
many in the West insist on judging this conflict. One side cares about the
civilian death toll in this terrible
The
Qana Tragedy - Editorial
If
An Issue of
Life and Death - Nahum Barnea
Israel
Is Being Set Up - Editorial
Terrorists Hiding
Behind Babies - Naomi Ragen
Terrorists and their supporters have lost the right to complain about civilian
casualties, since all they have is one goal: this entire war is to target
civilians. Every single one of the 2,200 rockets launched into
Nasrallah's
Achievements - Ahmed Al-Jarallah
So far Nasrallah's only achievements have been causing the destruction of
A
Personal Perspective on the Israel/Hizballah War - Liat Ben David
Life in the Galilee, and generally in
Our kids, even those who are not in shelters, know that they must
be alert, suspicious, connected to the news and to their parents. That is daily
life, everywhere, for all ages. More than half of the population in the north
has left their homes and gone south. (CAMERA)
With Our
Troops in Lebanon - Aviram Zino
The troops in this war include everyone: Young and old, regular soldiers and
reservists, religious and secular, members of all ethnicities. Nobody says
''no" to Lebanon, everyone shows up - just like Shai Shalev, 33, who
traveled to the world championship of poker in Las Vegas. And then the war
started. "We happened to turn on the television at the hotel and suddenly
saw missiles hitting
Everyone talks about the sense of responsibility and about being
the country's first line of defense. (Ynet News)
Kiryat
Shmona's Finest Hour - Dan Izenberg
On Thursday, there were only about 5,000 inhabitants left in Kiryat Shmona, a
city of 25,000. Motti Avraham, owner of the Mor Minimarket, said, "One day
two elderly men walked into my store. I could tell they were from
Cyberhate, Antisemitism,
and Counterlegislation - Michael Whine
The growth of websites and chat rooms that promote racism and antisemitism
enables extremists and terrorist groups to advertise their hate messages,
organize their activities, and facilitate attacks against their enemies.
Despite the original intentions of the Internet's designers that it be a medium
free of state control and subject to no sanction, it is becoming necessary to
impose legal parameters and contractual obligations to protect potential
victims, whose rights are now recognized as being at least equal to free speech
obligations.
European and Commonwealth states have now criminalized incitement
to hatred via the Internet, and have overcome legal barriers to prosecute and
convict offenders; international organizations have issued declarations and
enacted conventions that call on states to outlaw incitement online, while
carefully protecting free speech rights. The writer is Government and
International Affairs Director at the Community Security Trust, the defense
agency of the
Observations:
White
House: Israel Has a Right to Defend Itself (White House)
White House Press Secretary
Tony Snow said Wednesday:
- "Within the Security Council...there
is agreement on all the steps that are necessary....They include making it
possible for the government of Lebanon to have full sovereignty over
Lebanese territory, and to be able to assert effective military control in
the south; for Hizballah to cease to operate independently as a militia in
defiance of UN Security Council Resolution 1559; to provide support for
the government of Prime Minister Siniora so that it is going to be able to
fulfill its obligations. There are humanitarian steps underway, as you
know - there will be reconstruction - and also to try to put together
steps that are going to lay in place the foundation for security in the
future that's going to prevent the kinds of mischief that we've seen on
behalf of Hizballah that have gotten us to this place."
- "We want a cease-fire that is
sustainable, that is going to provide the basis for security in the long
run in Lebanon....All recognize that if you declare an immediate
cease-fire and you do not have the conditions for real peace, it is simply
going to be a hollow declaration....We want an end to violence. We think
that what has happened is a tragedy not merely for the people of
- "Israel will have a right to
defend herself....The question is, somebody fires - somebody goes across
your border, kidnaps some of your citizens, kills some of them, and begins
firing rockets. Do you have a right to defend yourself? By international
law, you certainly do....You're putting all the focus on the Israelis
rather than on the people who started this, and continue to provide the
impetus for the violence, and that is Hizballah."
- "It's hard to imagine that
treating people as human shields is going to be a winner in the long run;
or that the idea of placing rockets in people's homes, radar installations
in civilian areas, and essentially holding civilian areas hostage to
military operations is, in the long run, a winner."
See also Rice: No Return to
Status Quo Ante (State Department)
MYTH #230
"
FACT
The current fighting between Israel
and Hamas
in Gaza,
and Israel and Hizballah
in Lebanon,
was provoked by longstanding threats by the terrorist
organizations against Israel’s civilian population. The final straw that
stimulated
The people in Israeli jails are there
because they were involved in terrorist activities and many committed heinous
crimes. In an effort to win greater sympathy for their gambit, Hamas
has asked for the release of women and children, giving the impression that
housewives and toddlers are being unfairly imprisoned. Out of the 109 women and
313 juveniles currently in prison, 64 women and 91 juveniles “have blood on
their hands.” Palestinian prisoners under the age of 18 threw Molotov
cocktails, transported weapons and associated with terrorist
organizations. The women planned suicide attacks, prepared bombs and
assisted suicide bombers; they also attacked Israeli soldiers and joined
terrorist organizations. Ahlan Tanimi, for example, brought the bomb that
murdered 16 in the Sbarro pizza restaurant in Jerusalem.
Kahira Sa’adi drove a terrorist to King George Avenue, where he blew up three
people. Hanady Jaradats killed 21 in the Maxim restaurant in Haifa
(Jerusalem Post, July 6, 2006).
The focus of Hizballah’s
demand is the release of Samir Kuntar. He was captured in 1979 and tried and
convicted for the murder of Danny Haran and his 4-year-old daughter Einat, and
for killing two Israeli policemen.
It is true that
Prisoner exchanges are dangerous, however,
because they increase the risk that the terrorists will see kidnaping as a
weapon to use repeatedly to force
This article can be found at http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/myths2/exclusives.html#a58
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The psychology behind
suicide bombings.
By - Pierre Rehov, documentary filmmaker
On July 15, MSNBC's "Connected" program discussed the July
7th
One of the guests was Pierre Rehov, a French filmmaker who has filmed six
documentaries on the intifada by going undercover in the Palestinian
areas. Pierre's upcoming film, "Suicide Killers," is
based on interviews that he conducted with the families of suicide
bombers and would-be bombers in an attempt to find out why they do it.
Q - What inspired you to produce "Suicide Killers," your
seventh film?
A - I started working with victims of suicide attacks to make a film on PTSD
(Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) when I became fascinated with the
personalities of those who had committed those crimes, as they were described
again and again by their victims. Especially the fact that suicide
bombers are all smiling one second before they blow themselves up.
Q - Why is this film especially important?
A - People don't understand the devastating culture behind this
unbelievable phenomenon. My film is not politically correct because it
addresses the real problem, showing the real face of Islam. It points the
finger against a culture of hatred in which the uneducated are brainwashed to a
level where their only solution in life becomes to kill themselves and kill
others in the name of a God whose word, as transmitted by other men, has become
their only certitude.
Q - What insights did you gain from making this film? What do you know
that other experts do not know?
A - I came to the conclusion that we are facing a neurosis at the level of an
entire civilization. Most neuroses have in common a dramatic event, generally
linked to an unacceptable sexual behavior. In this case, we are talking of kids
living all their lives in pure frustration, with no opportunity to experience
sex, love, tenderness or even understanding from the opposite sex. The
separation between men and women in Islam is absolute. So is contempt toward
women, who are totally dominated by men. This leads to a situation of pure
anxiety, in which normal behavior is not possible. It is no coincidence
that suicide killers are mostly young men dominated subconsciously by an
overwhelming libido that they not only cannot satisfy but are afraid of, as if
it is the work of the devil.
Since Islam describes
heaven as a place where everything on Earth will finally be
allowed, and promises 72 virgins to those frustrated kids, killing
others and killing themselves to reach this redemption becomes their only
solution.
Q - What was it like to interview would-be suicide bombers, their families and
survivors of suicide bombings?
A - It was a fascinating and a terrifying experience. You are dealing with
seemingly normal people with very nice manners who have their own logic, which
to a certain extent can make sense since they are so convinced that what they
say is true. It is like dealing with pure craziness, like interviewing people
in an asylum, since what they say, is for them, the absolute truth. I hear a
mother saying "Thank God, my son is dead." Her son had became a
shaheed, a martyr, which for her was a greater source of pride than if he had
became an engineer, a doctor or a winner of the Nobel Prize.
This system of values works completely backwards since their interpretation of
Islam worships death much more than life. You are facing people whose only
dream, only achievement goal is to fulfill what they believe to be their
destiny, namely to be a Shaheed or the family of a shaheed.
They don't see the innocent being killed, they only see the impure that they
have to destroy.
Q - You say suicide bombers experience a moment of absolute power, beyond
punishment. Is death the ultimate power?
A - Not death as an end, but death as a door opener to the after life. They are
seeking the reward that God has promised them. They work for God, the
ultimate authority, above all human laws. They therefore experience this single
delusional second of absolute power, where nothing bad can ever happen to them,
since they become God's sword.
Q - Is there a suicide bomber personality profile? Describe the
psychopathology.
A - Generally kids between 15 and 25 bearing a lot of complexes, generally
inferiority complexes. They must have been fed with religion. They usually have
a lack of developed personality. Usually they are impressionable idealists. In
the western world they would easily have become drug addicts, but not
criminals. Interestingly, they are not criminals since they don't see good and
evil the same way that we do. If they had been raised in an Occidental culture,
they would have hated violence. But they constantly battle against their own
death anxiety. The only solution to this deep-seated pathology is to be willing
to die and be rewarded in the afterlife in
Q - Are suicide bombers principally motivated by religious conviction?
A - Yes, it is their only conviction. They don't act to gain a territory or to
find freedom or even dignity. They only follow Allah, the supreme judge, and
what He tells them to do.
Q - Do all Muslims interpret jihad and martyrdom in the same way?
A - All Muslim believers believe that, ultimately, Islam will prevail on
earth.They believe this is the only true religion and there is no room, in
their mind, for interpretation. The main difference between moderate Muslims
and extremists is that moderate Muslims don't think they will see the absolute
victory of Islam during their lifetime, therefore they respect other beliefs.
The extremists believe that the fulfillment of the Prophecy of Islam and ruling
the entire world as described in the Koran, is for today. Each victory of Bin
Laden convinces 20 million moderate Muslims to become extremists.
Q - Describe the culture that manufactures suicide bombers.
A - Oppression, lack of freedom, brain washing, organized poverty, placing God
in charge of daily life, total separation between men and women, forbidding
sex, giving women no power whatsoever, and placing men in charge of family
honor, which is mainly connected to their women's behavior.
Q - What socio-economic forces support the perpetuation of suicide
bombings?
A - Muslim charity is usually a cover for supporting terrorist organizations.
But one has also to look at countries like
Q - Is there a financial support network for the families of the suicide
bombers? If so, who is paying them and how does that affect the
decision?
A - There used to be a financial incentive in the days of Saddam Hussein
($25,000 per family) and Yasser Arafat (smaller amounts), but these days
are gone. It is a mistake to believe that these families would sacrifice their
children for money. Although, the children themselves who are very attached to
their families, might find in this financial support another reason to become
suicide bombers. It is like buying a life insurance policy and then committing
suicide.
Q - Why are so many suicide
bombers young men?
A - As discussed above, libido is paramount. Also ego, because this is a
sure way to become a hero. The shaheeds are the cowboys or the firemen of
Islam. Shaheed is a positively reinforced value in this culture. And what kid
has never dreamed of becoming a cowboy or a fireman?
Q - What role does the U.N. play in the terrorist equation?
A - The U.N. is in the hands of Arab countries and third world or ex-communist
countries. Their hands are tied. The U.N. has condemned
Q - You say that a suicide bomber is a 'stupid bomb and a smart bomb'
simultaneously. Explain what you mean.
A - Unlike an electronic device, a suicide killer has until the last
second the capacity to change his mind. In reality, he is nothing but a
platform representing interests which are not his, but he doesn't know
it.
Q - How can we put an end
to the madness of suicide bombings and terrorism in general?
A - Stop being politically correct and stop believing that this culture is a
victim of ours. Radical Islamism today is nothing but a new form of Naziism.
Nobody was trying to justify or excuse Hitler in the 1930s. We had to defeat
him in order to make peace one day with the German people.
Q - Are these men traveling outside their native areas in large numbers? Based
on your research, would you predict that we are beginning to see a new wave of
suicide bombings outside the
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Shop Rite Opens New Kosher Fresh Fish Dept. and Kosher
Bakery
The new Shop Rite on
Freddie Fish, who manages the dept., looks forward to
serving all of the community's kosher customers. The dept. features a wide
variety of kosher fish, including: Tilapia, Tuna, Salmon, Trout, Halibut, Sea
Bass, Flounder, Snapper, Cod, etc.
Be sure to ask Freddie F. for any special orders (if
you don't see it - please ask).
A few feet from the fish department, the store's bakery
has recently been transformed to allow for kosher DAIRY ONLY - cakes and other
sweet goods. Made to order cakes are available. Please check signs around the
bakery for kosher items.
Kosher Fresh Fish Dept. & Kosher Dairy Bakery are
under the Rabbinical Supervision of the Vaad HaKashrus of Fairfield
County, of which local Stamford Rabbi's Ira Ebbin and Daniel Cohen serve as
officers.
"Breads and rolls at the bakery are currently NOT
under Rabbinical Supervision"
- Check Signs At The Bakery Dept. -
REMINDER -
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Kosher Dairy Dept. now features both Givat and
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Muenster, Goat, Havarti and American (brick package) kosher cheese.
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