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A Legacy Of Words

Making A Big ImpressionOur Aliyah Chronicle

B Y S H M U E L K A T Z

Last week, I was privileged to

participate in the shalom zachor

of my newest nephew, born in

the U.S. to Goldies sister and her

husband, Debra and Sruli

Ehrenberg (Mazal tov!). As I have

said in the past, we miss a lot of

smachot being so far away

(including his brit milah, which

will happen after press time, so

I dont know the name yet), and

it is terrific when circumstances

Misconceptions EHUD BARAK:

OCCUPATIONEQUALSAPARTHEID

DIVORCE: THE CAUSE AND EFFECT

New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly and Israel PoliceCommissioner Dudi Cohen served together on a security discussion panel

at the Herzliya Conference of the Institute for Policy and Strategy inIsrael earlier this week. See Page 70

B Y L A R R Y G O R D O N

Have you ever wondered

how we could apply modern

technology to the challenging

task of being a leader? Its easy

to be critical and say that

these days there are no real

leaders in the secular political

realm, nor for that matter is

there universally respectedand accepted leadership in the

Jewish community.

But Im really not sure where

the fault liesin leaders who

might possibly be short on quali-

fications or accomplishments,

or in the attitude of the multi-

tudes who desire to be led.

Someone said to me the

other day that he didnt under-

stand why we need human

leaders at all in the political

arena or in Jewish life, when a

well-programmed computer

system could make precisedecisionsand get it right.

For example, if the White

House had a carefully pro-

grammed computer system, do

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My father left me a few mil-

lion. Its been over two decades

now, and Im not sure what Im

going to do with those millions.

Ive frequently thought about

using them for some productive

and educational purpose. Maybe

I would do what so many other

children have done before me,

and use them as a way of perpet-

uating his memory, his time

here in this world and all that he

accomplished as well as the

important things that he impart-

ed to us, his children.

I know youre thinking that

what my dad left methose few

million, that isare dollars, but

they are not. My father, Nison

Gordon, zl, whom Ive written

about here from time to time,

left me a legacy of millions of

words. As a writer in Yiddish

publications from the early

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Leaders And Leadership

COMMISSIONER KELLY IN ISRAEL

Sukkos in February at YDT.

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Rabbi Jaeger forBeer Hagolah

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The annual parlor meeting in the Five Towns for Yad LAchim was heldlast Saturday night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Moshe Hirth in

Lawrence. The guest speaker was Rabbi Abraham Twersky, MD, whospoke about the concept of true happiness. Above: Rabbi Shlomo Kohn,

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B Y R A V A R Y E H Z .

G I N Z B E R G

CHOFETZ CHAIM TORAH CENTER

I have previously written

about the very painful topic of

divorce in our community. As

the number of divorces of

young couples rises to unprece-

dented proportions, leaving dev-

astated families and at times

devastated communities in its

wake, the Torah community as a

whole has not stepped up ade-

quately to address this modern

plague in our community.

From a personal perspective,

in my first 15 years of being

blessed with the opportunity of

serving as a community rav, I

dealt with approximately ten

divorces. In my last five years, I

have dealt with approximately

ten each year. Ive often been

asked something that Ive

already been asking myself for

years: what is the common

denominator in so many

divorces today, particularly

among young people.

Until recently, Ive felt that

there really is no common

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ISRAEL CORRESPONDENT

Speaking at the tenth annual

Herzliya Conference at the

Interdisciplinary Center, Israeli

Defense Minister Ehud Barak

warned of the dangers of

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Skelos visits HolocaustMemorial Center.

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I Want!Rabbi Meir Orlian 24

MindBizEsther Mann, LMSW 30

Getting ItHannah Reich Berman 32

Take TwoRabbi Avi Shafran 43

Clever But Clueless

Rifka Schonfeld 47

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ISRAEL CORRESPONDENT

New York City Police Commissioner

Raymond Kelly visited Israel this week to

speak at the Herzliyya Conference. The

conference, held annually at the Inter-

disciplinary Center in Herzliyya, is one of

the most important political events of theyear in Israel, with influential politicians,

businessmen, journalists, and religious fig-

ures from around the world participating.

Kelly, a longtime supporter of Israel,

described the close relationship between

the NYPD and Israeli National Police. The

NYPD has had an officer assigned to Tel

Aviv as an intermediate between the two

forces since 2002. This is one of eleven

posts that the NYPD has created in cities

throughout the world in what the NYPD is

calling its international liaison program.

The liaison works in the field, accom-

panying police to crime scenes and terror

attacks as well as acting as an official con-

duit between Israelis and New Yorkers.There is also at least one former New York

City officer serving in the Israeli National

Police in the Jerusalem District. Kelly

attended the event to take part in a panel

entitled The Community Front: An inte-

grated approach to personal security.

Kelly last visited Israel in 2009, when

he accompanied Mayor Mike Bloomberg

and Queens Congressman Gary Acker-

man on a solidarity trip to Sderot to

express support for the IDFs Cast Lead

incursion into Gaza. At the time,

Bloomberg said, All Hamas has to do is

stop sending rockets over to kill people

and agree on the accords that were nego-

tiated earlier and come to an agreement

that is verifiable, durable, and effective to

stop people from being killed.

Kelly has also shown his support of

Israel in New York, attending the

American Friends of the Open University

of Israel annual dinner in March. My

presence here, I think, is a manifestation

of the special relationship that exists

between the New York City PoliceDepartment and the State of Israel, Kelly

stated. Since September 11, we knew that

we had a great deal to learn from Israel,

he added. Kelly met with his Israeli coun-

terpart, Commissioner Dudi Cohen, on

February 3. The two discussed ways in

which their forces can collaborate on

issues such as organized crime and the

proliferation of illegal weapons.

Cohen was on the same panel with

Kelly and spoke about the fight against

serious crime, public corruption, and vio-

lence in society. The Israeli commissioner

also discussed the international nature of

modern crime, saying that criminals do

not know or respect borders.New York City and Israel collaborate

on security issues beyond their police

ties. The Metropolitan College of New

Yorks Emergency and Disaster Manage-

ment graduate program includes a study

abroad component in which students are

trained in emergency management by

Israel Military Industries, one of the

Israeli armys main weapons suppliers

and innovators in hightech warfare and

disaster response.O

Ray Kelly HighlightsSpecial RelationshipBetween NYPD And Israel