Community Magazine August 2017

14 Letters 26 Living Emunah More Than You Deserve Rabbi David Ashear 54 From The Files of The Bet Din Double Rent? Rabbi Max Sutton 55 You Be The Judge! Unwarranted Defamation And Legal Fees 56 Back to School 2017: What’s Your Vision? Ellen Geller Kamaras 72 Ask Jido 74 Jewish Parenting & Food Norman Balassiano 76 Mabrouk 78 Community M.D. Dr. Jaques Doueck 80 Israeli Invention Stops Brain Tumors FromGrowing 82 Community Highlights 86 The Ultimate Sonar System Rabbi Ben Tzion Shafier 90 Peleh the Boy Wonder How do volcanoes form? 92 The Lighter Side 94 Riddles 96 Classifieds Community Magazine is published monthly by Bnei Aram Soba, 1616 Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11223. Periodicals postage paid at Brooklyn, NY, USPS Number 0021-802 (ISSN 1552-809X). Copyright 2017 Bnei Aram Soba. Subscriptions $18 or $3 when included in membership dues. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Community Magazine, 1616 Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11223. Advertising and sponsorship proceeds are used exclusively for charitable purposes. Advertisements do not necessarily carry the endorsement of the Publisher. Readers should verify kashrut status independently. Ads for Internet and related services are intended for those who have a heter for use of such services. Printed in Canada. THIS PUBLICATION CONTAINS MESSAGES OF TORAH AND HALACHOT. PLEASE HANDLE IT APPROPRIATELY. Av-Elul 5777 August 2017 Volume XVI Number 11 COMMUNITY Departments 60. woman towoman An Exclusive Interview with Sari Cohen 62. Positive Parenting The Most Powerful Parenting Technique 64. HealthyHomelife Beloved Friends 66. Shaatra Does It Miriam Sasson 68. TASTEWITHVICTORIADWEK the sabich 70. One Smart Cookie! s'mores pops ’ 10 COMMUNITY MAGAZINE & Style FOR THEWOMAN OF TODAY SPIRIT 50 SECRETS of the FOOD INDUSTRY REVEALED The Surprising Truth About What is in the Food You Eat 28 36 Deal YMSL Softball League Ends 42nd Season in Dramatic Fashion Spain’s Offer of Citizenship to Descendants of Sephardic Jews to Expire in 2018 SARINA ROFFÉ 40 Expanded Screening Helps Ensure the Health of Future Generations of Jews HILLARY KENER 44 Has the Media Lost Its Credibility? 46 DAVE GORDON HaGaon HaRav Shalom Cohen Encourages All to Study Daily Halacha CHAIM COHEN Hitchhike Turnpike 34 on the DAVE GORDON 16 Words of Rabbi Eli J. Mansour It’s Time to Repeal and Replace the ‘Business is Business’ Mindset