Largest selection of baking equipment at the best prices Plus all our American products… Serving the English speaking community of Modiin and the surrounding neighborhoods Alex Weinreb explains new finds to Modiin young archeologists. Fresh spices, nuts and dried fruit Gourmet products from around the world Located in the Shilat shopping center (next to Home Center) S i l i c o n u t e n s i l s S p e c i a l N I S e a c h N I S e a c h September 2005 n Av/Elul, 5765 n Volume 2, Issue 9 5 0
September 2005 n Av/Elul, 5765 n Volume 2, Issue 9 Serving the English speaking community of Modiin and the surrounding neighborhoods September 2005 Av/Elul, 5765 Volume 2 Issue 9 Inside this Issue: What’s New in Modiin Archeological Digs Eye Care Plus more! Baruch Grossman, CPA. Ligad Center, Modiin. 08-926-8048 [email protected]Need a reliable accountant to deal with your taxes? Comprehensive accounting services by a team of professionals specializing in U.S. and Israeli tax filing and planning. Call us for a free consultation. Shum, Pilpel v’Shemen Zayit Fresh spices, nuts and dried fruit Gourmet products from around the world Plus all our American products… • Mandarin oranges • Drakes Cakes • Dr. Pepper • • Frozen Pie Crusts • and much more Located in the Shilat shopping center (next to Home Center) 08-976-3888 Largest selection of baking equipment at the best prices Wilton, American Color and other name brands Silicon pans and spatulas Baking molds and cake decorating utensils Kosher under the supervision of Chevel Modiin; daily mashgiach Special Silicon pans 50 NIS each Silicon utensils 15 NIS each Alex Weinreb explains new finds to Modiin young archeologists.
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September 2005 n Av/Elul, 5765 n Volume 2, Issue 9
Serving the English speaking community of Modiin and the surrounding neighborhoods
September 2005Av/Elul, 5765Volume 2Issue 9
Inside this Issue:
What’s New in ModiinArcheological DigsEye CarePlus more!
Baruch Grossman, CPA. Ligad Center, Modiin. 08-926-8048 [email protected]
Need a reliable accountantto deal with your taxes?
Comprehensive accounting services by a team of professionalsspecializing in U.S. and Israeli tax filing and planning.
Call us for a free consultation.
Shum, Pilpel v’Shemen Zayit
Fresh spices, nuts and dried fruitGourmet products from around the world
Plus all our American products…• Mandarin oranges • Drakes Cakes • Dr. Pepper •• Frozen Pie Crusts • and much more
Located in the Shilat shopping center(next to Home Center)
08-976-3888
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everyone back from their vacations. The Modiin community has grown over the summer with families who made Aliya as well as families who came from other cities in Israel. Included in the recent Aliya are 18 Nefesh B’Nefesh families who moved to Modiin, four to Hashmonaim, one to Kiriyat Sefer and one to Nof Ayalon. Welcome and be’hazlacha!
Please join us on Monday night, September 19, for an evening to welcome new arrivals and see familiar faces. Deputy Mayor of Modiin Alex Weinreb will be joining us with a Q&A session (for details, please see p. 19).
Best wishes for a healthy and happy new school year.
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Uniting IsraelBy: Moshe & Nessie Fisher
No matter where one stands on the political spectrum, most people would agree that these past few weeks have been some of the most difficult in Israel’s history. The surreal scenes we viewed on television and in the newspapers were enough to break the strongest of hearts.
Yet, despite this backdrop of national disunity, there was one experience this week that left our family with a sense of faith in the achdut and internal bonding of Am Yisrael.
Last Friday we heard that several families from the Gush Katif settlement of Gadid had been bussed to the Neve Ilan Hotel. Our children packed bags of sweets and treats to bring along for the families. As we set out, feelings of doubt plagued us – what would we say to complete strangers who had just suffered a huge trauma? How could we comfort them in their time of pain?
When we arrived at the hotel the sense of sadness was palpable. Parents and children arrived appearing bewildered and exhausted as they hugged each other in the lobby. A sense of heaviness and gloom filled the air.
Suddenly, a burst of color shot through the hotel entrance. Bouquets of fresh roses and white gladiolas were being delivered to the families courtesy of communities throughout the country. Other families cradling kugels and cakes began to fill the lobby. We started to feel a small shift in the mood of despair that had enveloped us. As we made our way to a special room that had been set aside for donations, we realized that we were far from alone in our mission. Piles of baked goods, drinks, clothing, books and toys filled the room. Notes and signs expressing love and admiration adorned the walls and tables. Even a makeshift shoe store had been set up.
Volunteers from Dolev with notepads in hands were writing names and phone numbers of families and volunteers who all had the same question, “What can we do to help?” The Gadid community members we spoke to were awed by the outpouring of support they saw. One man told us that a part of his anguish had been relieved by seeing how many people cared about his family’s future.
As we headed home for Shabbat, our thoughts were directed at the long road that lies ahead for the communities of Gush Katif. We hoped, at least, that some of the community members of Gadid would spend their first Shabbat away from their homes comforted in a small way by the knowledge that Kol Yisrael Arevim Zeh L’zeh.
AACI National Memorial Ceremony Sunday Sept 18th at 3:30 PM, near Shaar Hagai.
For more information phone 02-561 7151 or 02-566 1181.
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New in ModiinBy: Deputy Mayor Alex Weinreb
The opening ceremony for the new shopping center, Ezur HaMlacha, is scheduled to take place on August 31st. The Yishpro company is opening approximately twenty stores including big chains such as Mega supermarket, Ace Hardware, Office Depot, SuperPharm, Steimatsky, H&O, Aroma Café, Crazy Line, Fox, Keds, Diadora and more. In four-to-five months time up to ten movie theaters will open there along with additional restaurants and possibly a bowling alley. Yishpro Center is located off Hashmonaim Street near Sderot Yitzchak Rabin. A policeman will man the intersection until a traffic light can be installed.
The Modiin public library officially opened on July 12th. It contains Hebrew, English and Russian sections for adults and a Hebrew children’s section. It is located on Emek Dotan on the left of the Rabin School. (See box on page 16 for more information.)
An updated city map has just been released in Hebrew and will be available in English shortly. Copies may be obtained from the Iriyah.
Coming soon:On September 20th between 16:30-20:30 the Cathedra
fair will take place at Mercaz Harav Tchumi located on
the bottom floor of the library. Residents are welcome to register for a large array of adult courses ranging from crafts to skills to academics offered in Hebrew, English, French and Russian. I am hoping to offer my course, Modiin: Past, Present and Future for the first time in English. To do so, 25 people must request the class in English. The course consists of five lectures held one evening a week from 20:00-22:00 and five Friday excursions from 8:00-11:00 each relating to a lecture. The cost is 360 NIS. To register, call 08-972-6107.
A cultural hall (Ulam HaTarbut) is being built in front of the library. It is slated to be finished within the year. The hall will contain 600 seats with ample parking and will be used for performances, concerts and shows for kids and adults.
The Azrieli mall project broke ground on August 1st and is scheduled to open Pesach 2007. On September 20th at 17:00 the cornerstone laying ceremony will take place at the site. Mr. Azrieli, Moshe Safdie (city architect), the Modiin chief rabbis and other guests will attend. Residents are welcome to enjoy the event, refreshments and entertainment.
Once complete, the entire 35-dunam site, located in the center of town, will be closed off to cars and traffic. It will house the mall, buildings, a park, the train station and a large open area to be used for open fairs and farmers markets. The mall will be comprised
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of two, five-story buildings the first few floors of which will be used as private offices. Ligad Center, which now houses several private offices for lawyers, accountants and various businesses, will be exclusively used for the hi-tech industry as originally planned. The city hopes that the opening of the mall will virtually eliminate unemployment in Modiin by providing jobs and opportunities for new businesses. In addition, the city hopes to receive substantial sums in the form of arnona and other taxes from businesses and stores. These additional profits will be used to improve the quality of life of Modiin residents. The basket of needs, which are being considered, are public pools, additional nursery schools, synagogues, youth group buildings and additional school hours.
The Modiin Hasminean Visitor’s center I initiated is moving forward at a quick pace. Within 90 days the miniature model of the future center will be complete along with a CD Rom about the site. The planned center, located on 47 dunams of preserved land, will be available for tourists and residents as well as for tiyulim for schools from Modiin and throughout the country. It will contain two parts: An archeological park will house the ancient city, synagogue, and mikvah and will be open for visitors to walk through and experience. The visitor’s center will contain a museum displaying
all the artifacts that have been uncovered while building the modern city of Modiin and a movie about the history of Modiin from the biblical time of Yehoshua through 1948 up until today. The center will also be used as a lecture hall and as a base for bicycle, jeep and bus excursions to tour Modiin and the surrounding area. In addition, there will be a Hasmonean style restaurant (kosher). The project will take two-to-three years to complete. I am actively looking for donors who wish to contribute to the building of this historical site. Anyone interested in making a contribution may meet with me, tour the prospective site and receive a copy of the CD. A promotional package is available and may be mailed upon request to those abroad seeking more information.
Transportation:Road 431 will open shortly leading directly to the
Tel Aviv-Jerusalem Highway (route 1). The road is off of Hashmonaim Street (the same road that leads to Yishpro Center) and will eliminate the need to take Route 443 to Highway 1 in the direction of Tel Aviv. The train, originally scheduled to start running in 2006, may be delayed because of ancient artifacts found along the route. Plans have been made to slightly alter the exact location of the train route but at the cost of a delay of up to a year and a half.
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Yoatzot HalakhahBy: Nomi Englard-Schaffer
On the way to the makolet my cell phone rings, not an unusual occurrence since I keep it on so that my husband and boys can always reach me. A male voice identifies himself as Eliya (not his real name) and says, “You don’t remember me, I have called in the past two months.” I apologized that I didn’t identify his voice but explained that I don’t keep voices and information stored in my memory, this way people have a true sense of privacy. He continues to tell me that he has additional questions for me regarding his wife’s status as a niddah. I tell him that it would be a pleasure to speak to him but that I have to ask a few questions of my own. I ask a number of detailed personal questions such as is your wife nursing, is she taking birth control pills, is she taking any type of medication, is there any unusual stress and are you trying to get pregnant. The answers to these questions will help to properly evaluate his wife’s status. At this point I am at the entrance to the makolet, speaking to the husband about these intimate matters. People walk past me and look and I realize that this conversation must have sounded rather odd to the passerby.
I receive questions like these everywhere, including at smachot and at Beit Knesset. At home when my younger son calls out, “Ima it’s for you and it is a lady,” it usually means that a niddah question is on the way. There is not a day that goes by without questions.
Questions about a woman’s personal halakhic status and the couple’s permissibility to each other are the kind of issues that I address as a yoetzet halakhah.
The position of yoetzet halakhah reflects the quiet and almost undetected shift that is underway regarding the place of women in Orthodox Judaism. After Rabbanim became increasingly aware that they were not receiving the expected amount of hilkhot niddah questions, they realized that women were either being too lenient or too stringent halakhically. Either extreme is uncalled for, especially in the area of hilkhot niddah.
Rabbanit Chana Henkin, director and founder of the Nishmat Jerusalem Center for Advanced Jewish Study for Women, addressed this problem by setting up the yoetzet halakhah program to train women to answer questions in the area of hilkhot niddah. The program consists of over two years of intensive study of the relevant halakhic sources including Talmud, Rishonim and Ahronim and pertinent units of the Shulhan Arukh. After the study program, including lectures on physiology, psychology and medicine (to name just a few), the yoetzet must pass a four-hour oral examination. Rav Yehudah Henkin and Rav Yaakov Warhaftig, as well as other rabbinic figures supervise the program.
Today, the six-year-old program has graduated over 40 yoatzot halakhah, most of whom live in Israel and a few who live abroad. Nishmat runs an international hotline “manned” every evening by one of the yoatzot (in Israel call 02-642-0102). In addition, Nishmat runs a website
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(www.yoatzothalacha.org) so that a person can send in a question from virtually anywhere. While working on the hotline I have received calls from all over US including Virginia, Texas and South Dakota. I recently had a call from a woman in Alabama, whose family was sent on shlihut by the Israeli government. I have also received calls from Canada, England, France and Switzerland. My latest international call came from Chile.
As yoetzet halakhah of the greater Modiin area the questions are non-stop. Some questions are more routine such as: when sunset is, what if a woman has forgotten a check during the seven clean days, or should a woman go to mikvah if her husband is out of town. There are questions concerning tvilah (immersion) such as: how to prepare for tvilah on Friday night and how early one may prepare. There are questions from women who are undergoing chemotherapy and are immuno-surpressed so the doctor is concerned about the mikvah water. Added to this are the questions raised when a woman is being treated for breast cancer and the halakhic ramifications of treatment on the tvilah. Just as complicated are the problems of staining caused by different birth control methods and staining that may cause a woman to be assurah (a niddah) for an extended period of time, thereby missing her ovulation because it occurs before she may go to mikvah. Issues of IUI, in vitro fertilization and medical testing are all areas that a yoetzet may address.
We live in an age when a woman may ask a Rav these intimate halakhic questions directly or turn to another woman who is trained to answer them. Some women undoubtedly feel more comfortable and secure with a rabbinic figure but some women do not. There are women who have called and said that in their 20 years of marriage neither they nor their husbands ever asked a Rav such a question out of embarrassment. They’ve said that now there is a woman they feel comfortable speaking to and can ask questions that require halakhic answers, thereby keeping halakhah more accurately. Yoatzot have made a difference in the lives of these couples. When it comes to halakhah the most important thing is to ask the question.
Occasionally questions arise that a yoetzet halakhah is unequipped to answer. As a result, further consultation with a Rav is required. After discussing the matter with the couple’s Rav or one of the Rabbanim of the program I will return to the couple with the proper answer. Prior to serving as the yoetzet halakhah for the greater Modiin area, Rabbanit Henkin and I met with Rav Lau, chief rabbi of Modiin. He acknowledged the service a yoetzet could provide and understood the benefits for the community. He extended permission for me to consult with my Rav when necessary with regard to questions from the Modiin community.
A final note, Eliya recently called again to let me know that they are finally expecting a baby. What joyous news!
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Are Your Children’s Eyes Ready for SchoolBy: Dr. Chaim Silva and Dr. Shlomo Schrader
Vision disorders are a common disability in Israel and the most prevalent handicapping condition during childhood. In spite of the high prevalence of vision disorders among kids, a surprisingly low percentage of children under age 14 have had a comprehensive vision examination within the past year. Early professional vision care, as opposed to a simple screening, is needed to prevent unnecessary problems with vision as well as to improve educational readiness. Vision problems generally are not the direct cause of learning disorders, however, they can interfere with children’s abilities to perform to their potential.
Extensive research has demonstrated the importance of the first few years of life in the development of vision. Within the first six months of life, rapid changes occur in most components of the visual system including visual acuity, focusing and binocular vision. Interference with development during this critical phase may lead to lifelong effects on vision.
A large percentage of children experience blurry vision due to what are known as refractive errors: nearsightedness, farsightedness, astigmatism, or a combination of these factors. The eye care professional considers many factors when determining whether these conditions need to be corrected with glasses.
Other than refractive errors, the most prevalent vision conditions in children fall into the category of focusing and eye coordination. These conditions may interfere with school performance, causing a number of symptoms. These include eyestrain, blurred vision, double vision, loss of place and skipping lines while reading, word movement on the page, inability to sustain attention when reading, and decreased reading comprehension over time. Careful evaluation of these conditions in the school-age population is crucial.
The extent to which a child is at risk for development of vision problems determines the appropriate reevaluation schedule. Many factors may place an infant at risk for visual impairment, the most important being premature birth or low birth weight.
If the child should need eyeglasses, there are a myriad of features to consider. For example, spring hinges in the frame allow for greater range of movement helping to prevent breakage when temples are accidentally forced backward, as happens when wearers whip glasses from their faces quickly with one hand.
All lenses for children’s frames are made of plastic. A special type is Polycarbonate, an impact resistant lightweight plastic that also provides ultraviolet (UV) protection by filtering 99% of the sun’s damaging rays. UV exposure has cumulative effects and is a major concern here in Israel, so protecting your children’s
eyes may save them from potential problems later in life. Polycarbonate is the lens of choice for children involved in contact sports.
A comprehensive visual examination before your child starts school is an important part of getting them and their eyes ready for the school year. Your eye care professional can guide you through the process of making sure your child achieves the best vision that he or she can.
Dr. Chaim Silva and Dr. Shlomo Schrader are both Doctors of Optometry who provide comprehensive vision care, in addition to selling eyeglasses and contact lenses in Maccabim at their office called Tazpeet. They are available by appointment six days a week, 08-926-6061. (See ad page 4)
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Invites you toan open house to meet new people,
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Featuring a Q&A eveningin English with
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Learn more about Modiin –Past, Present and Future
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By: Daniella Hellerstein
One afternoon over summer vacation I packed up my kids, camera, hats, sunscreen and lots of water and headed out to our backyard. Well, almost our backyard. We went down the road to where the city was conducting public archeological digs and excavating remnants of ancient Modiin. After a long trek down a dusty road, we came to the site where each one of us was given a bucket and array of tools – some bigger than the small people carrying them. We found our spot and went to work, only we’d never had so much fun. Every small find of pottery, ancient glass, and fragments prompted squeals of excitement.
As I looked around, I realized that I was now standing in ancient Modiin looking at views of modern Modiin. After more time than I ever thought we would spend, I instructed my resisting children to stop. They kept thinking they were just one more shovel of dirt away from the big find and couldn’t stop. Eventually we headed back, dirty and tired but overjoyed with the pieces of pottery that the dig permitted them to take home. Who knew one of the most thrilling experiences of the summer would be in our own backyard?!
Digging in My Backyard
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City Parks:Anabe Park, the city’s largest park, is scheduled to
open in a year and a half. It will include a man-made lake with fish and boating, an amphitheater with 2,500 seats and space for another 3,000 seats on the surrounding lawn. There will be three rooms under the amphitheater, their actual use is yet undecided. I have proposed they be used for restaurants and cafes facing the water. The park will include a large jungle gym and a bicycle route.
The undeveloped piece of land found behind the Mesuat Neriah School (Modiin) and the Reim School (Reut) on Levi Street will be transformed into a natural park for use by the two schools. Students of the Mesuat Neriah School, who enjoy exploring and playing there, initiated the idea. I presented the idea to the Ministry of Housing and received approval and full financial support for this special project. A joint meeting between the two schools and Gad Barkai, the city’s park architect, resulted in the name Park Hashchenut (Neighborhood Park). The park is to be a community project that will help foster friendship between the two schools and the two communities. They also decided that, in keeping with the initiative of the children, students from both schools would determine the plan and direction of the park. The only guidelines are that all materials used must be natural or recycled and that a section of the land be retained as is, with all its natural elements such as wildflowers and other indigenous nature. The area already contains many ancient finds such as a cave and mikvah that will be preserved.
A note about the Hesder Yeshiva of Modiin:Modiin is a city that must meet the needs of all its
residents according to a set of priorities. Given that there is a limited amount of land available, preference must be given to institutions that most directly meet the needs of those living in Modiin. For example, the city is currently lacking youth centers (to house Bnei Akiva and other youth groups), sports fields, synagogues and other much needed community buildings. Although I believe a Hesder Yeshiva is a valid and laudable asset to Modiin it is not a priority at this time and does not sufficiently benefit Modiin residents to warrant allocating limited land to it. From my understanding, there is only one student from Modiin registered in the yeshiva at this time. Therefore, I have advised the yeshiva to rent a private building until they have registered a sufficient number of Modiin residents in the institution. At that time, I have recommended that the city designate a piece of land for the worthy purpose of building a Hesder Yeshiva.
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Volunteer OpportunitiesHow To HelpBy: Aryeh Bak
It is now August when there is little legislative action as the U.S. Congress is on its summer recess. August also means that we are nearing the yamim noraim, a time for us all to refocus our energies in ways to help others in any way that we can.
This column will deviate from its general topic and instead spotlight two of the many chesed opportunities available right here in the Modiin area for those interested in helping out but still unsure how. Unfortunately there are many in Israel in need of assistance – 22% of the country (1.1 million people including 600,00 children) is living in poverty. Those of us who find ourselves in a more fortunate situation have a duty to help in any way that we can.
1. Ezer ModiinEzer Modi’in was founded by Modiin resident and
former IDF Rabbi David Segel. Rav Segel and his wife run a massive operation that benefits an estimated 500 families a year. Their activities include: Delivering groceries and hot meals to those in need, supplying school equipment for children who need it; arranging travel for those who need medical attention in other parts of the country; finding carers for the homebound and handicapped; delivering donated furniture and other household items.
The Center for Healing Emotional Eatingpresents an 8 session Overcoming Overeating Workshop in English Learn How • to stop destructive eating patterns • to stop bingeing and/or yo-yo dieting • to stop eating under stress • to identify and resolve underlying issues
Learn positive behaviors around food toincrease self-esteem and improve body image
also offering individual and group therapy
for more information, call 0546-720-213Tamar Varon M.S., Rivki Kern M.S.W., C.S.W.
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For those considering a donation note that there are no salaries paid to anyone in the organization.
Monetary donations can be made through Bank Leumi, 680-11991/62. In addition to monetary aid, Ezer Modiin is always in need of additional volunteers and any skill set can and will be put to use.
Rav Segel can generally be found at the Ezer Modiin caravans in the early evenings (4-8 PM on Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday and 6:30-8 PM on Monday and Wednesday) for those who would like to offer their assistance.
2. Table to TableTable to Table (http://www.tabletotable.org.il/) is
a food rescue organization. Founded less than three years ago, Table to Table already boasts eight full-time employees and 700 part-time volunteers. This organization uses volunteers to collect leftover fresh food from catered events, restaurants, farmers, food manufacturers and army bases. The food is then transported to various non-profit agencies serving the needy and hungry. Ezer Modiin is one of the organizations that receive food collected by Table to Table, so this is an organization that helps out our own local community as well as the disadvantaged throughout Israel.
Like Ezer Modiin this organization depends upon people like us being willing to give of our time or resources. For those wishing to contribute financially, visit the website for detailed information.
Similar to Ezer Modiin this organization takes on a lot of work and offers many volunteer opportunities. Primarily they are looking for people from the Modiin area that can assist with food collection. This generally means traveling to a local wedding or other catered affairs (often in Neot Kedumim). As the affair ends the staff needs to ‘clean up’ the leftover food. Until recently this meant throwing out a lot of delicious fresh food. Now Table to Table volunteers arrive on the scene with tin pans and fill up as many as possible (usually 5-20) with fresh food. The pans are delivered to a local freezer where they are later picked up by a Table to Table refrigerated van and delivered to a soup kitchen, community center or shelter to be distributed to those in need. As little as one hour of a volunteer’s time translates into dozens of meals for those in need.
Project Leket is a fun, productive event in which Table to Table volunteers go into fields and orchards to pick fruits and vegetables not collected during the season’s harvest. All of the produce is then distributed to Table to Table’s affiliated agencies.
There are, of course, many other volunteer opportunities throughout Israel and here in the Modiin area. This article has highlighted just two of the many ways that we may choose to give back to those less fortunate in our wonderful community.
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Attention YU AlumniSome universities contact their alumni to ask for
money, but Yeshiva University in Israel wants to track down alumni of its various schools to give money away! Among the services on offer to graduates of YU, Stern and Yeshiva University graduate schools are the Rosenbaum Aliyah Incentive Fund (RAIF) which provides grants to help repay their student loans, and the Shmuel & Pearl Lamm Free Loan Fund (Gemach) which offers short-term interest-free loans to anyone who attended Yeshiva University, Stern College or any YU affiliated high school. This year Yeshiva College is celebrating its 75th Anniversary and YU in Israel is planning a major Conference, Convocation and Shabbaton in March, to which registered Olim will be invited.
To make sure you are on the Yeshiva University Israel Alumni database, or to update your details, please call Alumni Coordinator Ellen Clyman on 02 643 0326 or email [email protected].
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Why We Live in IsraelBy: Caryn Meltz
I never would have thought that I would have missed Israeli aggressive behavior.
My family and I went to America for the first time in almost five years. I was pretty certain that I would feel reverse culture shock. For the most part, I didn’t until our second Friday night. There were terrible thunder storms in the East and the power was knocked out Erev Shabbat for 12 hours and then again two days later for 36 hours! All I kept thinking was, “now this is a primitive country, we would never be without power in Israel for this long.” Israelis would immediately be dialing 103 to find out when the power would go back on. In America, it was amazing how passive the neighborhood was. It took 18 hours for someone to call the power company and another 18 for them to come and actually take care of the problem. That never would have happened in Israel. That’s when aggressive behavior would have paid off.
Aside from darkness, I was happy to return to Israel and not have to worry about making sure my kids were by our sides at all times in fear of kidnappers. I was happy to be back in Israel and live the freedom of a Jew. We have all given up something in making Aliya. When things look bleak, we must remember that living in Israel is not just about what Israel adds to our lives, but also what America can’t offer us.
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• Different colored wool or string (the string should be cotton – the thicker the string/wool, the easier it is to manipulate)
• Cold water
• Wallpaper powder glue
• 2 sticks (same size) – the sticks are for the frame of the mobile, so choose the size according to the size of mobile you want to create
1. Blow up the balloons to various sizes, but not too big.
2. Brush oil or dish washing soap evenly over the balloons.
3. Follow the instructions on the pack of the wallpaper glue powder to create about 1 cup of paste. If the instructions are not included, you should mix about 1 cup of water with 1 tablespoon of wallpaper glue powder or until you create a paste-like consistency. Try and eliminate the lumps.
4. Dip string or wool into the paste. Wind it around the balloons.
5. Tie a string to the balloon knots and hang them up to dry. Make sure the paste is absolutely dry.
6. When the paste is dry, burst the balloons with a pin and take them out. You will be left with a lovely round shape.
7. Tie the sticks together in the middle to make an x.
8. Tie a string from the balloons to the ends of the sticks to create your mobile. Adjust the different lengths of the hanging strings to make sure that the different string balloons are balanced.
9. Tie a strong string to the center of the sticks and hang it from the ceiling. Beware not to hang it in a windy spot for it is quite delicate.
Adina Yagod Morris is a registered art therapist and professional storyteller. Adina works in Jerusalem and runs chugim at her studio in Modiin. Tel: 08-975-0455
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Recipe CornerPoached Salmon By: Dina Hellerstein
Ingredients:1 1/2 cups dry white wine
1 cup water
3 lemon slices
1 onion, peeled and quartered
Dill, parsley, bay leaves or other herbs, in sprigs
12 peppercorns
1 tsp. kosher salt
1 lb. fresh salmon filet, skinned and boned
Serves three portions
Combine all ingredients except salmon in a covered saucepan large enough to hold everything. Bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer, add the salmon and cover. Cook for 5-8 minutes until just done. (The salmon can finish cooking in a covered pan.) Carefully remove the salmon and refrigerate until 15 minutes or so before you are ready to serve Overnight is also fine. Serve with a sauce, cucumbers, or in a salad.
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