KOSHER TO GO
PASSOVER MENU 2012
STEPHEN YATES • CATERING DIRECTOR
TYSON SCAIFE • EXECUTIVE CHEF
>> analysis
©Td@
CD[i@E@
Israel's Iron Dome defense
system near the Israeli town
of Ashdod has intercepted
a volley of rockets fired by
terrorist groups from the
Gaza Strip area.
VAA Supervised
Please call to place your orders
248.788.2531
6710 W. Maple Road
West Bloomfield, Ml 48322
Orders must be received by Friday, March 23, 2012
pre-paid with a check, cash or credit card.
ORDERS MAY BE PICKED UP on Friday, April 6, 2012
BETWEEN 8:00 A.M. AND 2:00 P.M.
STARTERS
SEDER PLATE INGREDIENTS
GEFILTE FISH LOAF (serves 12-14)
BEEF CHOPPED LIVER
CHAROSET
$10.95 each
$50.00 each
$10.00 pound
$5.50'/2 Pint
SOUP
CHICKEN SOUP
MATZOH BALLS
$9.95 per Quart (4 Servings)
$ .95 each
ENTREES
PAN SEARED SALMON*
BAKED APRICOT CHICKEN*
BEEF BRISKET*
WHOLE ROASTED TURKEY
$16.95 per person
$12.95 per person
$14.95 per person
$75.00 (serves 15)
SIDES — SERVES 12
GLAZED ROOT VEGETABLES
SWEET MATZOH KUGEL
MASHED SWEET POTATOES
ROASTED CARAMELIZED CARROTS
POTATO KUGEL
ZUCCHINI & CARROTS
$14.95
$14.95
$14.95
$10.95
$14.95
$14.95
PAREVE PASSOVER DESSERTS
WINE NUT SPONGE CAKE
FLOURLESS CHOCOLATE CAKE
FRESH FRUIT TRAY
$28.50 serves 10-12
$28.50 serves 10-12
SMALL serves 10 TO 15 $50.00
LARGE serves 20 TO 25 $65.00
* denotes a minimum order of 10
KOSHER TO GO CATERING
WISHES ALL OUR FRIENDS
A VERY HAPPY PASSOVER!
30 March 15 a 2012
Are targeted killings of terrorist
leaders moral acts of self-defense?
Rabbi Donnie! Hartman
Ynet News
A
fter weeks in which all that
was talked about was "the
existential threat" of a nucle-
ar Iran, it was somewhat comforting
in a macabre sense to return back to
((
normalcy" and the "regular" conflict
between Israel and the terrorist groups
that populate Gaza.
Israel assassinated Popular
Resistance Committee Secretary-
General Zuhir al-Qaisi, the terrorist
leader who was involved in the plan-
ning of an imminent terrorist attack
from Sinai. In response, more than
100 rockets were fired at Israeli civil-
ian population centers. In response to
that, Israel bombed munitions factories
and missile launching pads in Gaza.
In world parlance, the above is often
coined, "a cycle of violence!'
Should we exercise self-restraint? Or
should we engage in preemptive, tar-
geted assassinations, knowing full well
the "cycle of violence" that will ensue?
I cannot speak to the military efficacy
of Israel's actions. I am, however, both a
citizen of Israel and a teacher of Jewish
law and thought, and I can speak from
those perspectives.
As an Israeli, I want my government
to do everything in its power to change
the status quo. This requires courageous
moves of diplomacy but also audacity on
the battlefield. I don't want a government
arrogant enough to believe that for every
problem there is a military solution.
I do, however, want a government
that is willing to experiment with the
means at its disposal to make the lives
of those who aim to harm me and
my fellow citizens both difficult and
extremely dangerous. As a citizen of
Israel I embrace the need to act and to
attempt to proactively give us the secu-
rity that we deserve.
As a teacher of Jewish law and
thought, what do I think about targeted
killings? While the Jewish tradition
elevates the sanctity of life, it does
not merely allow but obligates acts of
self-defense. As human beings, we are
endowed with power in order to com-
plete and repair the world.
At times, this requires of us generos-
ity of spirit and social responsibility
and action. At other times, however, it
requires that we use that power in order
to root out evil.
When we do so, we are neither act-
ing immorally nor amorally, but rather
fulfilling our core moral responsibility.
One cannot be committed to the sanctity
of life in general without being com-
mitted to valuing the sanctity of one's
own life. Self-defense is a higher moral
expression than self-sacrifice. Our tradi-
tion teaches us haba l'horg'cha hashkem
l'horgo (when someone arises to kill you,
preempt them, and kill them first) and
in so doing, gives moral legitimacy to
preemptive acts of self-defense.
Preemption, however, is a slippery
term and can, in a slippery slope,
morph into aggression. While power
can be a vehicle for profound moral
expression, it can also corrupt. Targeted
killings of known terrorist leaders,
those with blood on their hands and
the self-expressed desire and capacity
to spill more blood, are not morally
ambiguous, but rather acts of tikkun
olam, repairing the world.
I hate to see 20 percent of Israel liv-
ing under the threat of missiles. I am
pained by the fact that they must bear
the brunt of our actions. I am thank-
ful that the Iron Dome missile defense
system is able to mitigate somewhat the
price that is demanded of them.
At the same time, I recognize that
evil exists, and that it is our responsibil-
ity as Israelis and moral duty as Jews
to see this evil, and even if we cannot
destroy it completely, to do everything
in our power to limit it and to not allow
its terrorist intent to rule our neighbor-
hood. In doing so, we are not instigat-
ing a cycle of violence, but rather giving
expression to the value we place on life
and our right as a sovereign people
to try to provide a safer future for our
citizens.
I pray and expect that the innovative-
ness on the battlefield will not lead to
arrogance and that the pro-active use of
power will always be accompanied by
pro-active attempts to make this use of
power unnecessary. When we do so, we
will be fulfilling our mission as Israelis
and Jews.
❑
Rabbi Dr. Donniel Hartman is president of
the Shalom Hartman Institute.