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Sometimes the face of evil is so stark, so naked, that its hard not to recoil at its ugliness. Last weeks attacks in Paris were evil cru-el and sadistic. They were perpetrat-ed by bloodthirsty murderers who kill in the name of their religion. One wit-ness said that he saw the face of one of the terrorists and although he looked young, his eyes were empty, hollow, and frightening. It wasnt the face of a madman; it was the countenance of someone whose deepest desire was to inflict pain, suffering and mass mur-der. That is evil.

Throughout history, evil has reared its head but the face is not always the same. Just a few decades ago, it looked like the Nazis; a few years earlier it was the Cossacks; and before that it was the Crusades. We can never understand how such evil can exist. We can never under-stand how people can justify and enjoy killing. One thing we can understand and believe is that history has proven time and time again that evil does not prevail. Yes, evil is frightening and it is powerful but up to a point. We know that there will come a time when this evil will be destroyed and we hope that we will see that time soon.

The world was created with two op-posing, equal forces. Evil has its ad-versary in Good. Although evil may scream from the headlines and seems to make the loudest noise, Good is just as powerful. But Good is not as loud. It whispers as it helps others, cares for others, comforts others. It softly tip-toes as it brings happiness and joy and contentment. But despite its gentle-ness, it is strong. And yes, we believe it will ultimately be the force that will see victory in the end.

I think that in the wake of terror it is easy to point fingers and pontificate on what needs to be done. Most of us, though, are not the ones who will de-cide to bomb our enemies, bring them to trial, or raze their homes. But we can quietly, softly bring more Good into the world. We can care for one another and reach out to each other. We can be-come more thoughtful, more consider-ate, more understanding. We have the power to make Good even stronger.

On Chanukah, we see that a lit-tle light can illuminate a whole room. When we do Good we can hopefully brighten the world.Wishing you a wonderful week,Shoshana

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is a great twist on the generic shid-duch columns that have been circulat-ing in our community. I like how each person involved has their own per-spective and adds their own insight into the question presented.

Looking forward to reading next weeks question!A Reader

Dear Editor,The media is up in arms about

protesters at University of Missouri who are pouting that people arent paying attention to their plight af-ter the horrific massacre in Paris last week. If anyone thought they were sincere about their situation, you can look at this to see that its all about petty, immature people trying to insti-gate and brew up controversy. These students were never told their place in life; they were never told that its not respectful to shout and castigate others just because you feel that you are slighted. Sadly, the way the col-lege is handling it is showing these students that if they throw a tantrum, people will give into their demands. At some point theyll have to join the real world and realize that life doesnt and shouldnt work that way.

But I wanted to bring up another point. Prime Minister Netanyahu, when speaking about the tragic events in Paris last week, equated it with the terror going on in Israel. I agree with Netanyahu: terror is being perpetrat-

ed by terrorists in the Holy Land and 129 people were killed by terrorists in Paris. But I felt that his comments were distasteful. Didnt his mother ever tell him that when someone is in pain you dont bring up your painful circumstances? A person should lis-ten, empathize, and extend sympathy. But dont try to match your pain with theirs. That is not only not comfort-ing; it is almost considered rude.Sincerely,Jay BergsteinKew Gardens, NY

Dear Editor,The attacks in Paris remind us

that evil is alive in this world. Sadly, I feel that there are still those around us who are nave or maybe they wish that we can turn back time and go to a place when this type of evil did not ex-ist. Its important for us to be vigilant. You know the adage, If you see some-thing, say something. Its now more important than ever to do just that.

In Israel, because they are unfor-tunately surrounded by those who hate them, they live their lives look-ing over their shoulders. And many attacks were thwarted because con-cerned citizens or authorities noticed something that didnt look right.

Now many presidential candi-dates are saying that the United States should only accept Christian refugees because terrorists around the world are generally Muslim. I think back to just a few decades ago when some of

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 8

COMMUNITY

Readers Poll 8

Community Happenings 42

NEWS

Global 13

National 25

Odd-but-True Stories 33

Terror in Paris by Susan Schwamm 102

ISRAEL

Israel News 18

Filling their Bellies; Warming their Souls by Baila Rosenbaum 94

Smiling Through the Pain: A Conversation with Eli Borochov as He Heals after a Terrorist Attack 78

PEOPLE

Remembering Yisroel Simcha Possick ah 80

Yisroel Simcha Possick ah: A Life of Giving 81

Dinner for Five Thousand Plus, Please! How Chabad Prepares for the Annual Kinus Shluchim by Malky Lowinger 98

Submarines: Ruling the Oceans Depths, Part III by Avi Heiligman 128

PARSHA

Rabbi Wein 84

The Shmuz 85

JEWISH THOUGHT

What Can I Do? by Rabbi Jonathan Gewirtz 86

JEWISH HISTORY

The Infamous Case of the Get of Cleves, Part I by Rabbi Pini Dunner 90

HALACHA

Birchas Habanim by Rabbi Moishe Dovid Leibovits 88

PARENTING

How Parents Can Speak to Children of all Ages about Tragedy by Dr. Hylton Lightman 101

Anger, Part III by Rabbi Daniel Staum, LMSW 122

HEALTH & FITNESS

Working with Teens A Fourth Way by Deb Hirschhorn, PhD 124

FOOD & LEISURE

The Aussie Gourmet: Shakshuka 116

LIFESTYLES

Dating Dialogue, Moderated by Jennifer Mann, LMSW 118

Show Me the Money! by Rabbi Mordechai Kruger 127

From My Private Art Collection 134

Your Money 140

You Say Tomato, You Say Tomahto by Rivki Rosenwald, Esq., CLC 142

HUMOR

Centerfold 82

Uncle Moishy Fun Page 130

Rockys Rant: Brooklyn Blues 132

POLITICAL CROSSFIRE

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The Most Revealing Debate Yet by Charles Krauthammer 112

Dont Feed the Islamic State Narrative by Michael Gerson 114

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our brothers and sisters were turned away because America had strict im-migration quotas at that time. I would hate to do that same wrong to others who are not deserving of it. So, no, I dont think we should only allow Christian refugees onto our shores. (And who is to say that members of Al Qaeda or ISIS wont pose as Christians to be allowed entry.) But I do think that as a country that is rightfully con-cerned with the safety and security of our citizens, we should thoroughly vet those who are seeking refuge here. There is nothing wrong with being cautious. And I know that those ref-ugees who do find their homes in the United States will also appreciate our vigilance when they see they can live safe lives here. Sincerely,Aliza S.

Dear Editor,Your son has cancer! Those were

the dreaded words my wife and I were told in November 2001.

Our son, now a healthy twenty-two year old, was cured through the grace of Hashem and with the participa-tion of our doctors and friends but our efforts continue to support Chai

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Children with serious illness face a host of challenges on numerous fronts, challenges that immeasurably compound the difficulty of their ar-duous struggle to combat the disease itself. Chai Lifeline is a not-for-prof-it organization dedicated to helping children suffering from serious ill-ness as well as their family members.

As the father of a child who had cancer, I can never do enough to help the organization that was by our side during the entire ordeal. Chai Lifeline addresses the full spectrum of needs, from logistical to social, recreational to psychological. Chai Lifeline reach-es out not only to patients, but also to parents, siblings, classmates, school faculty, and the community as well.

It has been a few years since I last ran in the ING Miami Marathon, because of knee injuries. Now after two surgeries and with my new knee,

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Dear Editor,The state of our countrys nation-

al security is severely perilous. The interminable tide of illegal immi-gration is unconscionableyet still endorsed by the various presidential candidates. Perpetuating our culture and language and promoting a policy of integration will ensure our con-tinuity as a nation. The 20th century commenced a massive wave of legal immigration through Ellis Islandan estimated 24 million personsinto the U.S. But Ellis Island was merely a waiting room as in a doctors officeintensive background checks and screening were performed on all new-comers. Entry to Ellis Island did not constitute entry to the U.S.many were denied admittance. After this colossal influx of immigrants, legal immigration was suspended pro tem-pore for about 20 years, so the new-comers could integrate themselves into American society by learning English and embracing the American

culture. Now we have millions of illegal

immigrants in the U.S. and some of the candidatessuch as Marco Rubio and Jeb Bushadvocate amnesty to assuage the issue. Were unceasingly assailed for not being compassionate towards immigrants, since we are a nation of immigrants, right? Actually, were a nation of American citizens; Senator Ted Cruz said so eloquently in an interview with Fox News an-chor Sean Hannity that, in terms of the economic consequences of illegal immigration, Theres nothing com-passionate about giving away jobs from American citizens to illegal im-migrants. Even more paramount are the human consequences of unfet-tered immigration. According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, in its 2013 Threat Overview report, since 2008in Texas aloneover 2,000 American citizens were killed by ille-gal immigrants. Likewise, we are im-porting thousands of Syrian migrants into the countryeven though only 1 in 5 are actually Syrianand FBI di-rector James Comey testified before Congress that is nearly impossible to vet even most of the migrants, since most birth records and other signif-icant information have either been lost or destroyed in the ongoing civil war in that region, and Syrias civic institutions are almost non-opera-tional. (It is noteworthy that one of the terrorists in last weeks heinous and hideous Paris attack was a mi-grant posing as a refugee.)

If were serious and candid about protecting American citizensour primary concernit is cardinal that we seal our borders, expatriate illegal immigrants to their home country, temporarily demur legal immigra-tion, assimilate those here legally, reject the immigration viewpoints of Rubio and Bush, and instead embrace those of Ted Cruz and Donald Trump, in order to preserve and protect our beloved country, the United States of America. Sincerely,Rafi Metz

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The Week In News

Bombings in Beirut Claim 44 Lives

Seven out of the eleven people who were arrested for last weeks Beirut bombings are from Syria. 44 people were killed in the attacks whose original target was a hospital, officials said. The Islamic State ter-ror group claimed responsibility for the attacks which hit a busy shop-ping street in a mostly Shiite Hez-bollah area in Beirut, Lebanon.

The detained include seven Syr-ians and two Lebanese, one of them a (would-be) suicide bomber and the other a trafficker who smuggled them across the border from Syria, Interior Minister Nuhad Mashnuq related. The whole suicide bomb-ing network and its supporters were arrested in the 48 hours following the explosion, Mashnuq added, calling the arrests an extraordinary achievement. He said the seven Syrians were detained in a Pales-tinian refugee camp. Security forc-es arrested the Lebanese would-be suicide attacker in the northern port city of Tripoli after he had failed to detonate his suicide belt.

The initial plan was apparently to send five suicide bombers to a hos-pital in the neighborhood, but heavy security forced them to change the target to a densely populated area of the capital.

Mashnuq hinted that he expect-ed further attacks: When they send five suicide attackers to one place, it means ... it wont be the last. Sadly, it seems he was correct. Just days after his statement, 129 people were killed in multiple attacks in Paris.

The Beirut blasts were the first

to target a Hezbollah-dominated neighborhood since mid-2014, af-ter a string of such attacks rocked the city in 2013 and 2014. Those ex-plosions were ostensibly in revenge for Hezbollahs military support for regime forces in neighboring Syr-ias civil war. Last weeks attacks were the largest ISIS attack ever in Lebanon and among the deadliest bombings to hit the volatile country in decades.

Kenyan Troops Involved in Smuggling Ring

Kenyan troops stationed in So-malia are allegedly involved in a $400 million sugar smuggling ring that also involves the militant group Al-Shabab, according to a report by investigative journalists in Kenya.

The report, issued on Thursday by the Nairobi Journalists for Jus-tice group, accuses Kenyan Defense Forces (KDF) stationed in Somalia of illegally taxing every bag of sug-ar and every piece of charcoal that leaves the Somali port of Kismayo. Al-Shabab, which is based in Soma-lia but frequently launches attacks in Kenya, also has a sizeable stake in the racket.

KDF forces are currently sta-tioned in Somalia as part of the Af-rican Union Mission in Somalia, a 22,000-strong peacekeeping mis-sion trying to stabilize the country and disrupt Al-Shababs activities. Nevertheless, Al-Shabab still man-aged to launch an attack in April on Garissa University in Kenya, killing 148 people.

The Kenyan government dis-missed the report, with a spokes-person calling it absolute garbage, according to Reuters Africa.

The reports findings are based on interviews with United Nations officials and current Kenyan mili-tary officers. Supposedly, 150,000 tons of sugar enter Kenya illegally via Kismayo each year. The scheme is worth between $200 million and $400 million, the report states, and


the KDF, Al-Shabab and the admin-istration of Jubalandan autonomous region in southern Somalia all have substantial stakes in the profits.

The report also accuses Kenyan forces of extensive human rights vi-olations and of conducting airstrikes in Somalia that target civilians rath-er than Al-Shabab training camps.

The corruption and human rights abuses undermine Kenyas goals in Somalia, provide funds and propaganda to Al-Shabab, and ulti-mately result in the deaths of hun-dreds of innocent Kenyans, the re-port concludes.

A spokesperson for the Kenyan army, Colonel David Obonyo, denied

all the allegations and rejected the notion that the military was coop-erating with Al-Shabab in the sugar or charcoal trade. How can you sit down with [Al-Shabab] one minute, and the next you are killing each oth-er? said one official.

Police Foil Attack Planned for Europe

An Islamic State terror plan was foiled by police last Thursday.

Seventeen arrest warrants were issued and 13 people were detained in Italy, Britain and Norway, according to Eurojust, the EUs Judicial Coop-eration Unit. The group was planning to kidnap diplomats and carry out attacks to try to spring its leader out of detention in Norway. The other wanted suspects were believed to be fighting in Iraq or Syria for the Islam-ic State (IS) group, according to Ital-ian police, who led the operation.

Giuseppe Governale of the Italian polices Special Operations Group told journalists the operation had dismantled an integrated cell that included in addition to Italy Brit-ain, Norway, Finland, Switzerland and Germany. The sting on the cell, which was affiliated with IS, was the most important police operation in Europe in the last twenty years.

Investigators said the network was attempting to free Norway-based fundamentalist preacher Najmuddin Ahmad Faraj also known as Mullah Krekar who is listed as a terrorist by the United States and United Na-tions. Krekar has been serving time on and off since 2012. He was freed in January after completing his sen-tence for intimidation and death threats, but rearrested at the end of February for inciting crime. Krekar founded the radical Islamist group Ansar al-Islam, but insists he has not led it since 2002.

The network developed on the dark web, little-known [Internet] platforms that we have managed to penetrate, Governale said, adding that the swoop has allowed police to spoil a process of recruitment, of sending [fighters] into combat abroad. The network was about to continue sending many other ji-hadists abroad; it was about to carry out attacks, including suicide bomb-ings, to try to free their chief, Mullah Krekar.

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Norways Justice Minister Anders Anudsen said Italy had requested Krekars extradition but Oslo would first need assurances that Italy would not send Krekar to Iraq. If granted, the extradition would be done as quickly as possible, he said.

Italy said the arrests were the cul-mination of an investigation dubbed Jweb launched in 2010 after the discovery of a website called jar-chive, which contained material related to Al-Qaeda and its affiliate organizations. A probe led first to Kurdish Iraqi Abdul Rahman Nauroz, who visited the site and showed clear signs of radicalization, after which investigators wire-tapped his phone and discovered a network of people headed by Krekar.

Rouhani: U.S. Should Apologize

Iranian President Hassan Rou-hani says that the United States and Iran could have a better relationship as long as the U.S. apologizes for past behavior. Rouhani, who championed the July 14 deal, has pushed for closer

engagement with the West since his 2013 landslide election win.

However, Irans top authority, Su-preme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khame-nei, has continued to rule out normal-izing ties with the Great Satan, as he routinely calls the United States. In a recent interview, Rouhani suggested that the United States and Iran could open embassies in each others capi-tals after decades of mutual hostility, but said Washington should apolo-gize, without going into further de-tail. One day these embassies will re-open but what counts is behavior and the Americans hold the key to this.

Tehran and Washington severed ties shortly after the 1979 Islamic rev-olution when radical students seized the U.S. embassy in Tehran and held 52 Americans hostage for over a year.

Relations came under further pres-sure in the last decade over Irans nu-clear ambitions.

Under the nuclear deal reached in July, Iran will curb its nuclear program in exchange for an easing of sanctions on its economy. Tehran denied Western suspicions it wants to develop an atomic bomb.

Khamenei, who has the final say on all state matters, gave his condi-tional approval to the deal with six world powers including the United States, but has warned against allow-ing any U.S. political or economic in-fluence on Iran.

Jihadi John Targeted In Airstrike

Months of planning and tracking led to the bombing and assumed kill-ing of Mohammed Emwazi, a.k.a. Ji-hadi John.

Last week, two U.S. and one Brit-ish MQ-9 Reaper drones cruised above Raqqa, the Syrian heart of the Islamic States self-declared caliph-ate. Two people were seen getting into a car. One of those observed was Mohammed Emwazi, the Brit-ish computer programming graduate who catapulted to infamy in August 2014 when he presented the behead-ing of American journalist James Fo-ley, the first of several grisly videos in which he presided over the behead-ings of foreign hostages.

Brandishing a knife, dressed head to toe in black, and speaking with a London accent, Emwazi became known as Jihadi John, the most po-tent symbol of ISISs brutality and a high-value target for U.S. and British intelligence agencies. U.S. officials said the U.S. and British military op-eration to kill Emwazi had been in the works well before the drones finally unleashed their missiles.

U.S. and British agencies had tracked the Islamic State propagan-dist and executioner for months be-fore delivering information on his movements and location to the U.S. military, officials said. The subse-quent U.S. and British operation

unfolded quickly. Two missiles de-stroyed the car targeted in the strike.

Were 100 percent sure the guy we hit is dead. We are reasonably sure the dead guy is Jihadi John, said one U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity. The strike illustrates an apparent improvement in Western intelligence gathering over the past year or more in a rugged region where reliable on-the-ground information is scarce and where the United States has struggled to infiltrate the extrem-ist group.

The attack on Emwazi follows a series of strikes by the United States and Britain against other relatively well-known British recruits to the Is-lamic State movement. In August, a man from Birmingham regarded as one of Islamic States top computer experts, Junaid Hussain, was killed in a U.S. drone strike. Around the same time, two other British recruits to Is-lamic State, Reyyad Khan and Ruhul Amin, were killed by drone strikes launched by British forces.

Jewish Man Stabbed in Milan

A Chareidi man wearing a yar-mulke was attacked with a knife last week in the heart of Milan, Italy. Na-tan Graf was stabbed 75 feet from his home, leading police to boost security at the citys Jewish sites.

Natan, a husband and father in his forties who holds Israeli citizenship, was stabbed nine times after leaving the kosher restaurant Carmel on his way home. Thankfully, he only sus-tained light to moderate injuries.

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One of the leaders of the Jewish community in Milan, Raffaelo Baso, said that the attack took place near our community. In the past we re-ceived threats, but this is the first time such an incident has occurred in Italy.

Police are prioritizing the attack as a hate crime but an attacker has yet to be apprehended.

Tel Aviv Hearts Veggies

Tel Avivs latest recognition may not appeal to my dietary tastes, but it still very impressive. According to Conde Nast Traveler, Tel Aviv has

the worlds best vegetarian food. Au-thor Raphael Kadushin describes the Israeli city as an herbivore smorgas-bord.

According to the activist group Vegan-Friendly, Israel is home to approximately 300,000 vegans, the highest per capita vegan population anywhere in the world. A separate survey found that 8 percent of Israe-lis are vegetarian and nearly 5 percent are vegan.

Spending a week going meatless in Tel Aviv isnt just easy; it lets you sample the citys best bites, Kadush-in writes. The article lists several rec-ommended vegan and veg-friendly restaurants in the White City, includ-ing one devoted to vegan Georgian food and an Ethiopian vegan cafe. Vegan diets omit not just meat but all animal products, including eggs and dairy.

So shwarma is out but falafel fits the bill.

Father and Son Tragically Slain by Palestinian Terrorists

Rabbi Yaakov Litman, 40, and his son Netanel, 18, who were viciously killed by Palestinian terrorists out-side Otniel south of Hebron on Fri-day afternoon, were laid to rest in Yerushalayim on Motzei Shabbos.

Five other family members Rab-bi Litmans wife, three daughters aged 5, 9, and 11, and a 16-year-old son suffered minor wounds. The family was driving to the aufruf of their oldest daughters chosson when the gunmen opened fire on their vehi-cle. All five were lightly wounded by shrapnel and the resulting crash, but were not shot.

Noa Litman, Rabbi Yaakovs wife, described to ordeal to Arutz Sheva. At a curve in the road they started shooting at us, she said. Our car was stuck on the side of the road, but the terrorist came out to the mid-dle of the road and continued firing at us from the front. The first bullet struck my husband Yaakov. Netanel was driving, and Dvir, my other son, screamed, Save Aba! Save Aba! But Yaakov did not answer back thats when I realized he was no longer alive.

Netanel, who was still alive, opened the door to the car to try to call emergency services. The terrorist then shot him dead. Dvir managed to call for help.

At that moment, a Red Crescent ambulance passed by and Noa tried to flag it down. But they refused to do anything. All they did was tell us to call Magen David Adom and they drove on. Dvir told them that there were injured people, but they told him in English to call the emergency phone number 101 and they left.

As a member of the Internation-al Committee of the Red Cross, said Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, the Red Crescent is required to help

all people who need assistance re-gardless of their affiliation. Failure to do so, he said, was a violation of their mission, and Netanyahu said that Is-rael would demand answers about how and why the ambulance left the scene without helping.

Army units have since launched an intensive search and imposed a siege on the nearby Arab village of Yata. On Sunday, one Palestinian was taken into custody in connection to the attack.

Following the attack, Prime Min-ister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to hunt down the killers and bring them to justice. We will find these low-life murderers and we will prosecute them to the fullest extent of the law, just as we have done in the past, Netanyahu asserted, adding that Is-rael will continue to fight terrorism wherever it strikes.

Speaking at the funeral, President Reuven Rivlin said even in the face of terror we are not afraid, we do not surrender and we do not back down. Our history is intertwined with this land. The president praised Rab-bi Yaakov Litman for his work as a teacher, and Netanels work as MDA volunteer.

Hamas praised the killers as he-roic, although the group did not claim responsibility for the attack. Meanwhile, Palestinian sources in Gaza said passersby handed out can-dy in the streets to celebrate the mur-ders.

PA: Mossad Behind Paris Attacks

According to the Palestinian Au-thority, ISIS and Israel are equal in how they commit terror. The PAs ruling party, Fatah, recently showed the Palestinian flag next to the flags of Russia, Lebanon and France in a Facebook post.

The flags refer to recent ISIS terror attacks that took place in and against


these countries. On October 31, a Rus-sian plane exploded in Egypt killing 224 people. A double suicide bomb-ing in Beirut, Lebanon, on November 12 killed 44 people and wounded over 200. Last Friday, the attacks in Paris killed 129 and wounded over 300 in several simultaneous shooting and suicide bombing attacks.

Terror is terror and we condemn all terror, Fatah said in a post. Be it destroying houses in Nablus (a.k.a. Shechem) and killing our children by Israel or hitting a Russian plane over Egypt. The Paris attacks are criminal acts done by coward terrorists.

Not surprisingly, an Op/Ed in the official PA daily, Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, claimed that the Mossad orchestrated the Paris attacks, insisting that it was a hit designed to cripple Europe for deciding to label goods made in Ju-dea, Samaria, Jerusalem, and the Go-lan Heights. The author added that Israel is the one benefiting from these attacks and that they serve the goals of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, who hides in his soul enough evil to burn the world.

Several PA officials also intimated Israel as being behind the attacks, in-cluding Palestinian Legislative Coun-

cil member Bassam Abu Sharif, Dr. Jamal Nazzal, spokesman of Fatah in Europe, and the spokesman for the PA National Security Forces, Adnan Damiri.

White House Approves EUs Labeling of Jewish Products

Barack Obamas administration has voiced its approval of the discrim-inatory EU decision to label Jewish goods from Judea, Samaria, eastern Jerusalem and the Golan Heights. The administration said the move is only a technical guideline and is

not a boycott, despite the obvious as-sumption that consumers would fol-low the labeling when choosing what products to buy.

U.S. State Department spokes-person Mark Toner said, We do not believe that labeling the origin of products is equivalent to a boycott. And as you know, we do not consider settlements to be part of Israel. We do not view labeling the origin of prod-ucts as being from the settlements as a boycott of Israel. Despite Toners words, an expert at NGO Monitor has revealed that the move is the first step in a planned total boycott of Is-rael based on the stated goals of the groups who brought about the label-ing.

The U.S. had been slightly vague before the decision by the EU, with Toner saying the U.S. opposes boycot-ting Israel but that the EUs position shouldnt come as a surprise given Israels continued presence in its Bib-lical heartland of Judea and Samaria. Toner also said, We understand the objective is to provide EU consumers correct information on the origin of products, as required by EU law. The EU has made clear that measures are not a boycott, and the EU has also

made very clear that they oppose boy-cotts against Israel. EU guidelines for products that are sold in EU countries are for the EU to determine.

Toner went further by saying the U.S. similarly labels imports from Ju-dea and Samaria, noting such prod-ucts must be marked products of the West Bank, although there is no distinction between Jewish and Arab products, as is the case with the EU.

Israel reacted to the recent an-nouncement by the EU by pointing out the discriminatory nature of the EU labeling, with many noting that there are hundreds of territorial dis-putes around the globe which have not been targeted for labeling or boy-cotts by the EU, such as in Western Sahara, Tibet, and northern Cyprus.

Three Israelis on Impressive MIT List

Of the 35 young researchers hon-ored by MIT this year for having a huge impact on the world, three are from Israel. Drs. Gilad Evrony,

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Since 1999, MITs 35 Innovators Under 35 list has selected young in-novators whose work, the university believes, has great potential to trans-form the world. The awards, which cover fields such as biotechnology, materials, computer hardware, ener-gy, transportation, communications and the web, were presented last week at EmTech, the annual confer-ence of the MIT Technology Review.

Evrony was recognized for his work developing a new way to look at brain cells analyzing the DNA of single neurons in order to under-stand how they mutate and how the brain grows and develops. The tech-

nology has shown that every persons brain is sprinkled with countless ge-netic mutations invisible to prior research, which may help explain some of the many neurologic and psychiatric diseases whose causes are not known, Evrony explained.

A graduate of MIT, Evrony com-pleted Harvard Medical Schools MD-PhD program where he worked in the laboratory of Christopher Walsh, chief of genetics and genom-ics at Boston Childrens Hospital. There he developed a way to read the tiny amount of DNA inside single brain cells, which led to a surprising discovery that every neuron in a persons brain contains many genet-ic mutations that occur as the brain develops in the womb and through-out life.

Early during his studies, Evrony managed to take off three years to serve in the IDFs Intelligence Divi-sion, in the Israeli armys elite com-munications and technology group whose graduates have made a huge impact on the Israeli start-up scene. It was there I realized I could do this kind of work, where I was en-couraged to think outside the box and learned the power of technology innovation, Evrony said.

Rikky Muller and her colleagues are focused on developing innovative medical devices to study and treat neurological disorders. Under her leadership, Cortera Neurotechnolo-gies, a company she co-founded, is a key contributor to a DARPA program aimed at developing neurotechnolo-gy as a therapy to treat neuropsy-chiatric disorders such as major de-pressive disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder.

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Got Milk?

Children who do not drink enough milk will be 1.5 inches short-er than they could be, according to a new Israeli study. Dr. Tali Sinai from the School of Nutritional Sci-ences at Hebrew Universitys Faculty of Agriculture conducted the study together with the Assaf Harofeh Medical Center.

The research was conducted on 100 twenty-year-old subjects. Twen-ty is the age almost everyone has already reached their full growth potential. Some of the subjects were allergic to milk and had therefore never consumed it, while the rest drank milk regularly. According to Dr. Sinai, a clinical dietician, the re-search findings determined unequiv-ocally that the subjects who never consumed milk were shorter than the ones who consumed the product. The study further found that those who did not drink milk were shorter than the general average in the pop-ulation.

The heights of the parents of the subjects who have never drank milk were also analyzed. Sinai found that the parents, who have been drinking milk all their lives, were 4 centime-ters taller than their children, on

average. In other words, if their chil-dren had drank milk, they would be a few centimeters taller, according to the research. Some of these children are even 10 centimeters shorter than their parents, Dr. Sinai points out. These are clear statistical differenc-es. Its not a coincidence.

Milk is a source of energy, of high-quality biological protein, of vital fatty acids, of vitamins and of minerals, which are all concentrated in one type of food, Sinai explained. Children who dont consume milk must find a way to make up the nu-tritional deprivations in order to pre-vent growth problems.

Israel Bans Islamic Movement

On Tuesday, Israel declared the northern branch of the Islamic Move-ment in Israel an unlawful gathering, effectively outlawing the group led by Sheikh Raed Salah. The decision, made by the Security Cabinet, means that any person or group that official-ly associates with the organization from now on will be subject to crim-inal penalties, including arrest. In addition, the organizations property can be confiscated.

Following the decision, police searched more than a dozen of the groups offices around the country, seizing computers, files and funds. Authorities also froze its bank ac-counts and said that 17 organizations affiliated with the party were served with orders to close down. Police also called in several of the movements members for questioning, including Salah, his deputy Sheikh Kamal Khat-ib, and the organizations head of Je-rusalem and Al-Aqsa mosque affairs, Dr. Salman Abu Ahmad.

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ered showed, among other things, the tight ideological connection and pub-lic relationship between the northern branch of the Islamic Movement to Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood.

Security officials made a distinc-tion between the northern and south-ern branches of the Islamic Move-ment. While the northern branch is considered radical, the southern branch is considered moderate, and has not been sanctioned.

The movements connection to Hamas was a major factor in the Cab-inets decision. The two collaborated in joint ventures through the north-ern branchs institutional activities, and for years, the northern branchs activities have been funded by organi-zations connected with Hamas.

The leader of the northern branch of the Islamic Movement, Sheikh Raed Salah, called the decision un-acceptable, and said the Islamic

Movement will keep on its path un-til its victory, especially on the issue of Al-Quds (Jerusalem) and Al-Aqsa mosque.

Salah, who is set to start serv-ing an 11-month prison sentence for inciting violence in a 2007 sermon, vowed to take all measures to undo the governments decision.

The Security Cabinet decision was made following a series of in-depth discussions with all relevant

legal and security elements, said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The goal is to stop the dangerous in-citement at home and prevent harm to innocent life. My government will continue to act as necessary against incitement and terrorism; at the same time, we will continue to invest re-sources for the betterment of Israels Arab and Jewish citizens alike.

Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan added, The State of Israel must set an example and spearhead the fight against radical Islam, whose messengers we witnessed slaughter-ing innocent people in Paris, New York, Madrid and Israel.

The Islamic Movement, Hamas, ISIS, and the other terror organi-zations have a common ideological platform that leads to terror attacks in the world and the wave of terror attacks in Israel. It is time we use all the tools at our disposal in the fight against terror and those inciting to it, Erdan said.

Hamas saw the decision to out-law the northern branch of the Is-lamic Movement in Israel as a badge of honor, but said the decision was racist, and hurts Israeli Arabs. The terror organization called on the in-ternational community to take re-sponsibility for the decision.

Salah has alleged in speeches and annual rallies under the head-ing Al-Aqsa is in Danger that Israel plans to expand its control there.

Since 2001, the Islamic Movement has bused tens of thousands of sup-porters to the Al-Aqsa mosque com-pound every year to strengthen its Muslim presence. Several years ago, the movement helped form groups of male and female activists, known as Morabitoun loosely translat-ed as defenders of Islamic lands who spend hours each weekday at the shrine trying to disrupt visits by Jews. During periods of tension, po-lice at times block busloads of Islamic Movement supporters from Jerusa-lem. Earlier this year, Israel outlawed three associations suspected of fund-ing the Morabitoun and later declared the groups illegal.

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In the 2010 incident, a group of human rights activists which in-cluded members affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood boarded sev-eral aid ships to try and break an Israeli naval blockade of the Gaza Strip. Israels navy was able to stop several of the ships without incident, but its commandos were attacked when boarding the Mavi Marmara, leaving 10 activists dead in an ensu-ing gun battle.

Three Spanish nationals who were onboard the ship then sued Netanyahu and other Israeli gov-ernment officials, who at the time made key security decisions for Is-rael. Among the officials are former Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman; Moshe Yaalon and Ehud Barak, the former defense ministers; former Interior Minister Eli Yishai; former Intelligence Minister Dan Meridor; and Bennie Begin, minister-with-out-portfolio.

A judge in Spains National Court in 2010 determined that the coun-try no longer has the authority to file lawsuits in international inci-dents and referred the case to the International Criminal Court, which dismissed it. But on Friday, Judge Jose de la Mata found a loophole that would allow Spanish authorities to re-open their investigation of the raid if any of the officials enter Spain.

Its a provocation, Foreign Ministry spokesman Emmanuel Nahshon told The Times of Israel on Tuesday. The Israeli Embassy in Madrid is in touch with Spanish General Prosecutor in order to close the file as promptly as possible. We hope that this will be over soon.

If the seven officials enter Spain, a judge could question and detain them for their alleged role in the incident. But Netanyahu could be exempt if the Spanish government determines he has diplomatic im-munity.

Controlling Parents More Likely to Have Obese Children

Bad habits, like constant snacking and overeating, are contributing fac-tors to childhood obesity but a new study suggests that caregivers par-enting style is a contributing factor as well.

Researchers at Montreals Con-cordia University studied how par-enting styles and social environment affect childrens risk of obesity. Per-haps unsurprisingly, the study re-vealed that parents play a crucial role in their childrens eating habits.

According to the study released last week, preschoolers with author-itarian parents (described as not responsive but demanding) were 35 percent more likely to be obese than those with authoritative parents (described as both responsive and demanding). For school-age chil-dren, the likelihood went up to 41 percent.

The study, Parenting style and obesity risk in children, was pub-lished in the journal Preventative Medicine.

It could be that a controlling parenting style essentially overrides a childs own internal satiety and self-regulation signals, so that when the opportunity to overindulge is presented and the child is not being monitored, the child is less able to self-regulate, Lisa Kakinami, an as-sistant professor in Concordia Uni-versitys Department of Mathematics and Statistics who led the study of more than 37,000 kids, said.

Another theory is that a con-trolling style may increase stress lev-els in the child, which has also been linked with obesity. Its likely that the answer is not simple, and several dif-ferent factors are likely interrelated.

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The family environment is im-portant to help turn the tide for the millions of kids facing an overweight future, Kakinami points out.

Experts suggest parents loosen on up on the finish whats on your plate demands and get more involve in eating, choosing, and serving food. A combination of warmth, while also enforcing rules with an open dia-logue, has been shown to be best for a childs social and emotional develop-ment, Kakinami explains. And this research indicates that its also good for a childs health development as well.

Mizzou Protestors Dont Want to Share the Spotlight

Black Lives Matter and Mizzou protesters took over campuses last week protesting racial injustice. But since Friday nights tragic Paris at-tacks they are upset with the media. Activists and protestors turned to Twitter to complain that the non-stop news coverage of the Paris at-tacks and the developing IS threat is hogging the spotlight.

Students at the University of Missouri are protesting several ra-cial incidents they claimed were mis-handled by university officials. Uni-versity President Tim Wolfe, who is white, was forced to step down last week amid the controversy. Missou-ri Student Body President Payton Head, who is black, apologized last week after it was revealed that he

lied about a confirmed Ku Klux Klan threat on campus.

On Twitter, Mizzou protestors spoke about how their struggles with racial oppression were being erased by the overwhelming news coverage of the killings of 129 people at the hands of Islamic State extrem-ists. Racist white people kill me, you want everyone to have sympa-thy for YOUR tragedy, but you have none for ours, one user tweeted, adding #Mizzou.

Disgusted @ white conserva-tive Americans using Paris as a see black people, your woes here w/ us could be more extreme, but not sur-prised, another user tweeted.

Protestors and leaders of the Black Lives Matter called racial in-justice at college campuses acts of terrorism and drew similarities to the attacks in Paris. Interesting how the news reports are covering the Paris terrorist attacks but said nothing abut the terrorist attack at #Mizzou, one user tweeted reads.

Paris attacks were terrorism. black students getting death threats on their college campuses (A SUP-POSED SAFE SPACE!!) is also TER-RORISM, another tweet reads.

There is no rank order to injus-tice, DeRay McKesson, a prominent civil rights activist, tweeted. We fight for #Mizzou, #PrayForParis, and seek justice for #SandraBland at the same time.

In response to the outrageous, insensitive and harsh tweets, the University of Missouri released a statement on Saturday night. Our hearts go out to the citizens of Par-is and all those affected by the tragic events of last night, the universi-ty said. While our community has faced difficulties over the past week, we express our sincere sympathy to those who have been affected by the events in Paris and remain commit-ted to making Mizzou stronger and more inclusive.

Want to Be Happy?

Adults and kids alike are addicted to social media and choose to spend their time on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter instead of doing more productive activities. The negative ef-fects seem pretty obvious but a recent study actually proves them.

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We focused on Facebook because it is the social media that most people use across age groups, Meik Wiking, HRIs chief executive said on Tuesday in Copenhagen, the Danish capital.

The sample of people who re-frained from Facebook activity re-ported being more satisfied with their lives after a week; 88% described themselves as happy compared with 81 percent from the second group. Some 84% percent said they appreciated their lives compared with 75 percent in the other group, and only 12 percent described them-selves as dissatisfied, compared with 20 percent among those who contin-ued using Facebook.

In short, Facebook users are 39 percent more likely to feel less happy than non-users is it worth it?

The group that continued to use Facebook reported no change in so-cial life. Its been said that one needs to disconnect to connect, and the abstainers reported having a rich-er social life and fewer difficulties in concentrating by the end of the ex-periment.

Instead of focusing on what we actually need, we have an unfortu-nate tendency to focus on what other people have, the authors of the study wrote.

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The Facts of our States Taxes

Generally people consider real es-tate, community, job opportunities, and schools when choosing where to settle down. But there is another factor that can greatly impact your quality of life and your bank account. Each state regulates its own state taxes, creating a large range of taxes across the nation.

There are several states that boast low income taxes but many compen-sate with high property taxes. Most states allow cities and counties to add their own sales taxes to statewide sales levies, boosting combined sales taxes in some cities to 10% or more. Before you turn to Zillow.com to search for a new home in these states, keep in mind that in some circum-stances states that have aggressively cut taxes have less money circulating for things like social services, roads and education.

Looking to pay less state taxes? Consider these ten states with the lowest taxes in the nation:

1. DelawareState income tax: 2.2% - 6.6% State sales tax: None2. WyomingState income tax: NoneState sales tax: 4%3. AlaskaState income tax: NoneState sales tax: None4. LouisianaState income tax: 2% - 6% State sales tax: 4%5. AlabamaState income tax: 2% - 5%State sales tax: 4%6. MississippiState income tax: 3% - 5%State sales tax: 7%7. ArizonaState income tax: 2.59% - 4.54%State sales tax: 5.6%8. New MexicoState income tax: 1.7% - 4.9%State sales tax: 5.125%9. NevadaState income tax: NoneState Sales tax: 6.85%10. South CarolinaState income tax: 3% - 7%State sales tax: 6%

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The network is encouraging view-ers to engage in random acts of kind-ness, from something as simple as holding open a door to giving some-one your seat on the bus.

A random act of kindness can be the smallest thing in the world, but it can change everything, said TO-DAYs Hoda Kotb.

As part of NBCs mission they teamed up with chalk artist Hans Honschar, who makes it his duty to improve New Yorkers days, one sidewalk message at a time. Hon-

schar chalks messages around Times Square and other New York side-walks, always drawing a large crowd.

Im always a crowd stopper, he related. People will stop in their tracks whatever theyre doing and theyll kind of be in awe of the human typewriter. Theyre always curious what the message will be. Usually I let them wait until Im finished.

Kindness is the first step to great-ness. You cant have greatness with-out being kind, Honschar said. So I always try to keep it positive and uplifting.

Participants are sharing pictures, videos, and stories on social media using the hashtag #ShareKindness. Each day NBC broadcasts a tip or inspiration for kindness. On Sun-day, day 4, they revealed the results of a poll regarding the kindest states. Participants in the NBC News State of Kindness poll, which was conduct-ed online by SurveyMonkey, were asked to rank some large cities in terms of their kindness quotient a whopping 36% of survey participants ranked New York as least kind (hey, thats not very nice!). Detroit got 15% of the least kind vote, followed by Washington, D.C., at 11%.

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named most kind by 20% of the surveyed, followed by Dallas at 18%, and Atlanta at 15%.

Remember to do a random act of kindness; you never know whose day youre about to make.

NYU Langone Medical Center Performs Extensive Face Transplant

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He was badly burned on his face, skull, and much of his neck.

The surgery took place in August, however, the patient, Patrick Hardi-son, 41, is still undergoing physical therapy at the hospital. Hardison and his doctors hope that he will be able to return home to Senatobia, Mississip-pi, in time for Thanksgiving. He will have to continue taking medications to prevent his body from rejecting the transplant.

One of the major goals of the sur-gery was for Hardison to regain nor-mal vision. In an interview last week he said that hopefully this will allow him to go back to normal life. Ill start driving again, Hardison antic-ipated.

Since the first face transplant in 2005 in France, over two dozen have been performed. Dr. Eduardo Rodri-guez led the surgical team that did Hardisons transplant and recently wrote a review of the field. He claims this specific case is by far the most extensive transplant performed suc-cessfully in terms of the amount of tissue transferred.

The surgery was conducted on Au-gust 14 and lasted 26 hours. There are no visible scars on Hardisons new face because the seam of the trans-


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The donor was 26-year-old New York artist and competitive bicyclist David P. Rodebaugh who died when he passed away from injuries from a biking accident on a Brooklyn street.

Hardison was tragically burned on September 5, 2001 in Senatobia in northwestern Mississippi. At the time, he was a 27-year-old father of three whod served for seven years as a volunteer firefighter. He had heroically entered a burning house to search for a woman trapped in-side. The roof collapsed, giving him third-degree burns on his head, neck and upper torso. The injuries were irreparable; he had lost his ears, lips, most of his nose and virtually all of his eyelid tissue.

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