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WWW.HERITAGEFL.COM YEAR 44, NO. 18 JANUARY 3, 2020 6 TEVET, 5780 ORLANDO, FLORIDA SINGLE COPY 75¢ UCF has a ‘Top 5’ Hillel ATLANTA—Hillel Inter- “Central Florida Hillel national, the largest Jewish serves as a model of how campus organization in the Hillels around the world suc- world, presented awards this ceed in engaging and edu- week to recognize campus cating students, no matter Hillels that are creating their size or location,” said innovative experiences and Hillel International Interim meaningful connections President and CEO Adam to help students develop Lehman. “We’re incredibly stronger ties to their Jewish proud of our talented pro- identities. Central Florida fessionals for the work they Hillel was one of only five do every day to inspire and Hillel’s in North America to support Jewish students and be recognized for its achieve- their entire campus com- ment in being among the munities.” TOP 5 with the “Greatest The awards, which also Growth in Depth.” recognize those who re- This category measures flect Hillel’s culture of the amount of times that excellence, were presented Getty Images/Photo illustration by Grace Yagel Jewish students on campus at Hillel International’s Dozens of Jewish figures had enormous impacts on the 2010s. are connecting to Jewish annual Global Assembly in life on campus through a Atlanta, attended by more particular Hillel in a given than 1,100 Hillel profes- year and it is considered to be sionals from around the The Jews who defined the 2010s a highly reliable benchmark world as an opportunity for indicating the vibrancy of a professional development, By JTA Staff than the Israeli prime minister. He took bear hug of President Trump have put Jewish community on cam- networking and continuing office nine months before the decade him at odds with most American Jews pus. Central Florida Hillel education. (JTA)—The 2010s were nothing if not began and, barring a drastic change, will and have played a part in changing a has more than doubled the Drive to Excellence Awards turbulent. still be in office when it ends. once-bipartisan consensus on support- number of students it serves recognize campus Hillels The decade brought us unprecedented Over the past 10 years, Netanyahu has ing Israel. in this category in just under that exemplify the mission political polarization, war and increas- governed through two wars in Gaza, two The decade has seen Netanyahu 5 years. of Hillel International in ing conflict in Israel, dozens of horrific fruitless rounds of negotiation with the become Israel’s longest-serving prime “We are humbled by this its continuous efforts to mass shootings, and a new age of elec- Palestinians and two extremely differ- minister. But he ends it under criminal award which really reflects identify and implement best tion hacking and private data collection ent U.S. presidential administrations. indictment for fraud, bribery and breach the leadership and vision practices to engage every enabled by the proliferation of social Under his leadership, Israel’s economy of trust—and teetering on the brink of of our assistant director, Jewish student. media. It was capped by arguably the has grown and the country has shifted electoral defeat. In that sense, the tail Danielle McKinstry, who has “This reward reflects most shocking presidential election in right. Prospects for a Palestinian state end of the 2010s may be the most criti- been the architect behind what I see every time I American history. have become increasingly remote as cal period for the man who defined the this growth,” according to visit Central Florida Hil- These are the Jewish figures who relations with other Arab states have Jewish decade. Aaron Weil, executive di- lel: students engaged with, steered us through it all, and who had started to thaw. —Ben Sales rector and CEO of Central enjoying and learning from the largest impact on life and culture in But Bibi’s influence has stretched far Bernie Sanders Florida Hillel. “Through in- one another. It delights me the last 10 years. beyond the borders of the Jewish state. Before the 2010s, no one could have spirational leadership of her to no end that we are being Benjamin Netanyahu He has aimed to marshal a global cam- expected a septuagenarian Jewish so- team, Danielle has created a recognized for achieving Love him or hate him, no one person paign against Iran’s nuclear program. His campus culture where Jew- one of our primary goals, has dominated the Jewish 2010s more iciness toward President Obama and his 2010s on page 14A ish students can access their which is to inspire the next heritage and identity on their generation of Florida Jews terms and the growth in our to experience the depth of numbers is testament to the their connection to their KCOA rescues holiday meal fact empowering students to identity and community”, own their own Jewish experi- said Eloise Stiglitz, chair ences is the greatest way to of the Central Florida Hillel program from closure grow community.” Board of Directors. The Kinneret Council on the recipients of this program Aging, a nonprofit agency that live in Kinneret Apartments. provides ongoing programs The holiday meal program Netanyahu easily and services to residents of was instituted to provide a Kinneret Apartments, has hot, delicious kosher meal rescued a holiday meal pro- for Jewish residents during wins Likud primary gram that was formerly run three of the Jewish holidays by Jewish Family Services. throughout the year including By Ben Sales Approximately, 83 percent of Rosh Hashanah, Chanukah and Passover. “JFS’s deci- (JTA)—Israeli Prime Minis- sion to sunset the program ter Benjamin Netanyahu has provided KCOA with the op- won his party’s leadership portunity to not only take over primary with 72.5 percent of this program to benefit our the vote. own residents, it has also pre- Challenger Gideon Saar sented us with a real chance got 27.5 percent, according to explore ways of expanding to Haaretz. Turnout for the this program to benefit our primary was 57,677, or 49 community on other holidays percent of the total number as well,” said Ali Polejes, vice of registered members. president, Dining Services. Saar, a popular Likud stal- According to KCOA Board wart and former interior min- President Carol Feuerman, ister, had aimed to dethrone “Kinneret Council on Aging Netanyahu after the prime sees this program as a way to minister was twice unable to serve our current Jewish resi- form a government following Benjamin Netanyahu dents while incorporating the consecutive rounds of elec- core mission of KCOA to create tions this year. Netanyahu’s Israel will hold its third community for low income se- rival, Benny Gantz of the round of elections in less than niors and to reach out to Jewish Ken Davis with bags filled and ready for delivery. centrist Blue and White Party, a year on March 2. seniors who are homebound. was also unable to assemble a In this way we can expand our funded by generous donors in ron Weil, executive director governing coalition. ‘community of care’ and em- the community as well as the of Nonprofit Operations at Netanyahu is also under brace the mission of Caring for Jewish Federation of Greater Kinneret Council on Aging, indictment for fraud, bribery Those Who Cared for Us.” Orlando and the Hevra Kadi- and breach of trust. He has This program is being sha of Central Florida. Sha- KCOA on page 15A led Likud for 20 years. PAGE 2A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, JANUARY 3, 2020 Coming up this month at The Roth Family JCC Israeli-Palestinian Peace They spent four days traveling children’s failures and suc- illness, brain development, Visiting Author: Marcia presentation will be held on Prospects: A View from in Bethlehem and surround- cesses impacts how they see emotional issues that affect Jo Zerivitz Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020, from the Palestinian street ing areas, East Jerusalem, themselves and their place in learning, and parenting. In honor of Florida Jewish 2 p.m.-4 p.m. Tickets are On Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020, and Ramallah, meeting with the world. Learn how to talk This discussion is free and History Month, The Cultural $5 and can be purchased from 6:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m., a diverse array of Palestinian to your children in such a way open to the community. Free Arts Department of The Roth at orlandojcc.og/calendar/ Keith Dvorchik, executive civil society leaders, busi- that they develop resilience, babysitting is available in Kid Family Jewish Community visiting-author-Marcia-Jo- director of the Jewish Federa- ness people, negotiators, and grit, and a growth mindset. Zone with advanced notice Center welcomes home, vis- Zerivitz tion of Greater Orlando and grassroots activists for an op- Join other parents for for children 6 mos. and/or iting author Marcia Jo Zeri- This program was made CEO of The Roth Family JCC, portunity to hear and consider bagels and coffee as Juliana sitting up. vitz, presenting her book and possible with the generous and Central Florida Hillel CEO the perspectives of those who Sanchez Bloom, Ph.D., dis- To register, email register@ lecture, “Jews of Florida— support of Roz Fuchs, Rachel Aaron Weil will discuss their live there. cusses “Raising Successful orlandojcc.org, visit the Regis- Centuries of Stories,” the Heimovics and Mati Braun, recent meetings in the West This event is free. Register Kids: Why You Should Never tration Desk in the main lobby first comprehensive history Sara and Louis Stern, and Lisa Bank with senior Palestinian online at orlandojcc.org/ Tell Your Kids They’re Smart or call 407-621-4036. of the Jews of Florida, from and Eric Schwartz. leaders and residents of the calendar/israeli-palestinian- and What to Say Instead,” on The event will be held in colonial times to present in For more information, West Bank. Hear about the peace-prospects Jan. 15, 2020 from 9:15 a.m. Shayna’s Village at The Roth a sweeping tapestry of voices contact Robby Etzkin at 407- challenges, frustrations and For more information, – 11:30 a.m. Family JCC. spanning centuries. The 621-4031. hope that they experienced contact Keith Dvorchik at Dr. Bloom is a licensed and the varying Palestinian 407-645-5933 psychologist and pediatric narratives they encountered. You’re Not Alone: Rais- neuropsychologist who serves A Q&A session will follow. ing Successful Kids as a member of the board of Beyond Borders: A History of During the first week of Is intelligence something The Levin Center and as a November 2019, Dvorchik you are born with or some- community consultant on and Weil were in Israel for thing that develops? How issues of educational prac- the Arab-Israeli Conflict the Encounter program. This does your child respond to tices and policy in Orlando, program takes senior Jewish frustration, and what should Florida. Dr. Bloom’s areas of Beginning Jan. 6, 2020, debate, and to challenge stu- songs, government docu- leaders for an immersive you do to help them be more clinical interest include dys- Monday evenings, 7 p.m.- dents to appreciate the basis ments, speeches, photographs experience in the West Bank. resilient? How we respond to lexia, ADHD, brain injury and 8:30 p.m. (Weeks 1-7) and 7 of the conflicting historical and memoirs. The course will p.m.—9:15 p.m. (Weeks 8-9) claims made by all sides in provide students with new The course is taught by Yael the conflict. tools for understanding and Weinstein The complexity of the critiquing texts and events Correction Part 1: This 9-week course conflict forces students to as the conflict continues to In the Dec. 27 issue, page 8A, entertaining the senior residents of Savannah Court explores the history of the grapple with issues of religion, unfold. with Chanukah songs are the Jewish ACADEMY kindergartners (not Jewish Pavilion conflict from the inception of culture, history, politics, The cost is $250 plus course kindergartners). Heritage apologizes for this error. the Jewish Aliyah in the 1800s economics, identity and sur- materials. through the Six-Day War. vival—all reflected through Register at https:// Course material is designed primary sources, including www.events.org/ereg. to encourage discussion and newspaper articles, poetry, aspx?e=131267&m=10. 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IC: HMVW-J321 WWW.KELLYPRICEANDCOMPANY.COM HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, JANUARY 3, 2020 PAGE 3A Trump administration opposes Turkey sanctions bill By Jackson Richman 12 and would sanction Tur- Russian Federation would sition of the Russian S-400 Halkbank, if appropriate,” that are incompatible with key for purchasing Russian likely seek to amplify and missile system, and stress the said the memo. “Purporting NATO defense systems.” (JNS)—The Trump admin- surface-to-air missiles and exploit.” S-400 and F-35 cannot coex- to require the President to im- “Our policy towards Turkey istration is reportedly oppos- would prohibit the United A U.S. State Department ist,” continued the spokes- pose sanctions on Halkbank, must match Turkey’s behav- ing a bill that would sanction States from selling Turkey spokesperson told The Daily person. “We will continue constrains the President’s ior,” he continued. “Turkey Turkey for purchasing Rus- F-16 or F-35 fighter jets, Beast that while the United to urge Turkey to ensure its authority to conduct foreign has chosen a policy of black- sian missiles, claiming that including parts, until Ankara States is alarmed with Tur- defense investments adhere relations.” mailing, through refugees, it would push both countries has completely ditched the key’s acquisition of the S-400, to the commitment all al- Diliman Abdulkader, co- diplomacy, and now through towards further cooperation. S-400 missile-defense system it is important for Turkey to lies made to pursue NATO founder of the newly estab- defense purchases. Turkey is The administration also it acquired from Russia—a be part of NATO. interoperability.” lished Washington, D.C.- not too big to fail, the Trump opposes a part of the mea- move that caused the United “NATO is stronger with The bill also includes based advocacy organization administration must adjust sure that would assist Syrian States earlier this year to Turkey as a member, and has sanctions against Turkish na- American Friends of Kurdis- its policy to secure American Kurdish refugees to resettle drop Turkey from the F-35 been for nearly 70 years,” said tional bank Halkbank, which tan, told JNS that the Trump interests.” in the United States. program. the spokesperson. “Turkey was indicted in October by administration is sending the Abdulkader added, “Syr- The Daily Beast first re- In the memo, the adminis- has been a significant con- the United States for alleg- wrong signal to U.S. allies. ian Kurds sacrificed over ported the developments on tration claimed that the bill tributor to NATO collective edly evading U.S. sanctions “If the United States con- 11,000 lives fighting Daesh. Monday, citing a seven-page would “effectively terminate security for decades. One of on Iran. While the Trump tinues to allow Turkey to It would be an American memo sent by the U.S. State U.S.-Turkey defense trade,” Russia’s key strategic goals administration already has get away with violations, investment to allow those Department to senators. causing Turkey to rely on is to drive a wedge between the authority to sanction the then we lose our credibility who are refugees to resettle The bill, the “Promoting Russia and “other adversary NATO members; we are bank, it has yet to do so. among other allies,” he said. in the United States; this American National Security arms providers.” working to maintain strong “[T]he sanctions on Halk- “Turkey cannot be allowed would be in the interest of and Preventing the Resur- The White House also cooperation within the Al- bank are unnecessary be- to act aggressively towards the administration. Turkey gence of ISIS Act,” passed warned that it would “treat liance.” cause the Department of our Kurdish allies while be- should not have any say in out of the Senate Foreign Turkey as a pariah in NATO, “We remain deeply con- Treasury already possesses ing given the green light to American policy towards any Relations Committee on Dec. feeding a narrative that the cerned with Turkey’s acqui- the authority to designate purchase Russian missiles Kurds, anywhere.” US restores assistance for Palestinian security services, humanitarian and civilian purposes By Jackson Richman To avoid U.S. assistance “[Abbas] fears the same that the funding of the Pal- ther strengthen the P.A,” he Gerber added that the or- falling into that program, thing, so it’s unlikely that a estinian security services is said. “The P.A. has oppressed ganizations the Palestinian (JNS)—Part of the $1.37 both USAID programming full cutoff of cooperation will a bad move. and stolen from their people security services stop are trillion spending bill that and the ATCA fix that will occur, but that’s the threat “The catch with aid to for too long, and the West and against the P.A.’s interests, U.S. President Donald Trump enable funding for Palestin- and it cannot be ignored.” the Palestinian people is to [Gulf states] have continu- which in turn “also happens signed on Friday included ian security services are still Jonathan Schanzer, senior ensure that it doesn’t fur- ally looked the other way.” to benefit Israel.” $150 million split evenly be- subject to existing restric- vice president of research at tween assistance for security tions, including under the the Foundation for Defense services, and humanitarian TFA, a congressional source of Democracies, echoed and civilian purposes for the told JNS. Other restrictions Bryen last year regarding Palestinians. include, but aren’t limited security funding for the P.A. The legislation included a to, no funding of salaries “It’s one of the few posi- bipartisan agreement on the of the P.A. in Gaza and no tive points to note in what Anti-Terrorism Clarification assistance to the Palestine is otherwise a very fraught Act that will allow the U.S. Liberation Organization. relationship,” he said. “The Agency for International “Israel-P.A. joint security Palestinians and Israelis Development to resume its activities—and Israel-only have been working closely operations in the West Bank activities—in the West Bank to counter the activities of and Gaza. USAID ceased are what keep [P.A. leader Hamas, Palestinian Islamic projects in those areas ear- Mahmoud Abbas] in power Jihad and other terrorist HEALTHY EYES WEAR SUNGLASSES lier this year in accordance and constrain the emergence organizations.” with ATCA, which provides and growth of Hamas,” “They’ve done a good job,” Every day that you’re outside, you’re exposed to dangerous, but invisible, ultraviolet (UV) sunlight. Left unprotected, prolonged protections for American Jewish Policy Center senior he added. “Cutting Palestin- exposure to UV radiation can seriously damage the eye, leading to cataracts, skin cancer around the eyelid and other eye disorders. Protecting your eyes is important to maintaining eye health now and in the future. victims of international director Shoshana Bryen ian assistance in this space terrorism. told JNS. “That is in Israel’s in particular strikes many, Shield your eyes (and your family’s eyes) from harmful UV rays. Wear sunglasses with maximum UV protection. The United States cut interest as well as that of even those who are hawkish, direct funding to the Pales- the P. A .” as problematic.” For more information, visit www.thevisioncouncil.org/consumers/sunglasses. A public service message from The Vision Council. tinian Authority in March “If the P.A. cuts off the However, Sander Gerber, a 2018 under the Taylor Force cooperation because the New York-based hedge-fund Act for the P.A.’s ongoing U.S. cuts off the money, Is- manager who was instru- program of rewarding ter- rael fears a Hamas takeover mental in the passage of the rorists and their families. from the P.A,” she continued. TFA, told JNS on Monday 2019 immigration to Israel hits Dental Insurance highest number in a decade Call for dental coverage today to help save (JNS)—An estimated people, came from the former Aliyah from the United money on big dental bills. 34,000 immigrants moved Soviet Union. 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(JNS)—Chanukah’s popularity with Ameri- There are those who will decry this, along is far more productive to view this as an at- That sort of delusional thinking is bad can Jews was largely the result of a futile though with the orgy of gift-giving and conspicuous tempt at inclusion and Jewish success than enough, but what this largely distorted debate determined effort to compete with Christmas. consumption that is an American Chanukah, anything else. has not addressed is what should be the atti- While enjoying freedom, prosperity and influ- as a symptom of the assimilation that is causing While there is nothing wrong with Jews tudes of Jewish students towards the odium ence that was unprecedented in the history of the implosion of the non-Orthodox population enjoying holiday movies and the entertainment directed at them. the Diaspora, American Jews needed a holiday in the United States. They may have a point, that goes along with this season, the focus As far as most of academia and much of the that would allow them to play a part in the an- especially when this is manifested in “Chris- on December romances should not distract organized Jewish world is concerned, the right nual December festivities without abandoning mukkah” celebrations that are ostensibly about us from the real message of Chanukah. Far response to the anti-Semitic garbage masquer- their identity altogether. equal time, but which also demonstrate a lack from being irrelevant to modern Jewish life, ading as human-rights advocacy from groups That is why Chanukah has become far more of respect for both faiths while creating a form the message of the commemoration of the like Students for Justice in Palestine is a meek important to American Jews that it was to of Jewish identity that’s neither transmissible Maccabees’ war on Hellenism is actually a request for dialogue. We are told by those who their ancestors in Europe and elsewhere, who nor worthy of much interest or respect. survival mechanism for young Jews that should claim to understand young Jews that the worst regarded it as a minor winter festival. That also The fact that a Jewish festival can be the not and cannot be ignored. thing they can do is to call out these hate groups explains why it became a blue-tinsel version of setting for greeting-card-style romances in Much of the discussion about the wisdom for what they are, and that they should avoid Christmas. The tale of the Maccabees’ struggle which the candles that symbolize the Festi- of President Donald Trump’s executive order at all costs any advocacy that would involve for Jewish independence and the miracle of the val of Light now fit as well into the “White seeking to combat anti-Semitism on Ameri- confronting or calling out those spreading oil lamp that lasted eight days wound up being Christmas” tableaux of trees, Santas, elves can college campuses has been focused on this invective including some who are Jewish. somehow adapted as merely a Jewish version and yule logs that most Americans believe is whether there is something wrong with the If we truly want to honor the original of the December holiday spirit that celebrates an integral element of their culture may be government seeking to penalize institutions spirit of Chanukah, then we should not be good will towards all. worthy of satire. Still, it also demonstrates that enable Jew-hatred in one form or another. encouraging Jewish students to build bridges The fact that the Hallmark channel is the greatness of a nation in which all people Sadly, many on the political left are either too or sit down for dialogue with those who spread broadcasting two Chanukah movies they and faiths are entitled to claim a piece of the obsessed with hatred of Trump to support anti-Semitism. Instead, we should be help- commissioned this year to go along with American dream. While Hallmark’s library anything that he does, or are so influenced ing them to find the courage to stand up to the innumerable Christmas presentations of Chanukah movies may never produce by intersectional myths that they think any for the very first time this year is the perfect the equal of Christmas classics like “It’s a efforts to push back against the work of those Tobin on page 12A Guess who’s leading your child’s tour of Israel? By Stephen M. Flatow Arabs are innocent victims, and Israel must niversary of Israel’s founding by re-tweeting a he will be sharing with the students on the be pressured to make more concessions to the multi-part video from Al Jazeera called “What upcoming trip. (JNS)—The problem of anti-Semitic in- Palestinian Authority. Is the Nakba?” The trip’s co-leader is a student activist timidation on American college campuses The itinerary of the trip posted on the uni- According to the Anti-Defamation league, Al named Aylon Berger, who, according to the is serious, and hopefully, U.S. President versity’s website is short on details, but there Jazeera is “a major exporter of hateful content website, is fluent in Hebrew and once lived in Donald Trump’s recent executive order will are some clues as to its flavor. For example, against the Jewish people, Israel and the United Israel for a couple of years. Defenders of the help combat it. But an equally significant the students will “walk the separation wall.” States.” And the “What Is the Nakba?” video trip will no doubt say that Aylon’s presence problem is the deeply entrenched anti-Israel Not the security wall, which is what Israelis that Yazan Hanouneh is promoting certainly will give it “balance.” But let’s keep in mind bias in the lectures, discussions and even call it, since it was built to keep out Palestinian lives up to that description. what “balance” means in this context. As the student trips abroad that our sons and Arab suicide-bombers. No, the American Uni- The video falsely claims that “over 750,000 former chairman of High School Democrats daughters are participating in at many versity organizers prefer the Arab propaganda Palestinians were expelled from their homes” of America, Aylon represents one particular universities today. term “separation wall,” which is in effect an by Israel in 1948. It features a speaker claiming political perspective. For some reason, no Case in point: an upcoming trip to “Israel and endorsement of the Arab allegation that the that “many times” during the 1948 war, Israeli representatives of any other perspective were Palestine” for students who attend American wall’s purpose is to enforce apartheid-style soldiers went into Arab villages, “took ten of included among the leaders of the trip. University in our nation’s capital. “separation.” the youngsters in the middle of the village, Isn’t that strange? Where are all the propo- The official description of the trip employs all The itinerary also mentions that there will be shot them just in order to kill them in order nents of diversity when it comes to American the usual clichés that indicate the organizers’ a discussion of “the impact of war and violence.” that all the others will see it and run away, and University’s trip to Israel? Are Palestinian slant without being too overt about their bias. The word “terrorism” isn’t mentioned. I wonder if it was not enough they took others also.” advocates and representatives of the youth It will be a “dual-narrative immersive ex- why not. The students will also get to “visit The video does not even acknowledge that wing of the Democratic Party the only ones perience,” which will feature “both the Israeli with a joint peace-seeking NGO.” The NGO is there was a Holocaust. Although the video whose views should be aired on a trip to Israel? and Palestinian narratives.” That means the not named, but when pro-Palestinian activists covers the entire period from the early 1900s If the American University administration students will be taught that the “Israeli narra- use buzz words such as “peace-seeking,” you to the present, viewers are told only this about expects parents to shell out $3,000 (!) to send tive” (in which Israel has a right to exist) and can imagine what they have in mind. the Nazi genocide: “The persecution of Jews their child to Israel under its auspices, it ought the “Palestinian narrative” (in which Israelis According to the website’s description, the across Europe led them to believe they were to consider the idea of ensuring that the student are Nazis and Israel’s creation was an act of purpose of the trip is to “allow” the students not safe there and Zionists saw Palestine as a participants will be exposed to some genuine racist colonialist aggression) are equally valid. “to begin to think critically about the necessary prime location for a Jewish homeland.” diversity and balance in the perspectives of According to the web site, the theme of the steps that must take place for peace to come That’s the Al Jazeera version of Israel’s the trip’s leaders. trip will be “social justice,” and “in order for about.” And what are those steps? No need to creation, which American University’s Yazan Stephen M. Flatow, an attorney in New social justice anywhere to be achieved, a true guess. All we have to do is look at the Twitter Hanouneh promotes—Jews committing Jersey, is the father of Alisa Flatow, who was and lasting peace rooted in a power structure feed of the co-leader of the trip, an American mass murder, Jews undertaking mass expul- murdered in an Iranian-sponsored Palestinian based on equity, security and justice must University senior and Palestinian American sions, and Jews seizing “prime” Arab land for terrorist attack in 1995. He is the author of “A take shape.” In progressive-speak, that means activist named Yazan Hanouneh. their state. Evidently, that’s what Hanouneh Father’s Story: My Fight for Justice Against Israeli policies are unjust, the Palestinian Earlier this year, Hanouneh marked the an- believes, and evidently, that’s the perspective Iranian Terrorism,” now available on Kindle. French Jewish leader questions judicial willingness to confront Islamist anti-Semitism By Ben Cohen lifat—the president of CRIF, the representative Kalifat said he had been left “speechless” by who represents the center-right Republican organization of French Jews—intimated that the decision to excuse Traore on the grounds Party in the French Senate. “Justice must be The head of the French Jewish community the decision not to try Kobili Traore for the Apr. that his intake of cannabis on the night of done for Sarah Halimi.” expressed fear that last week’s decision by 4, 2017 torture and murder of Sarah Halimi, Halimi’s murder had left him temporarily Some of France’s leading political com- prosecutors in Paris to excuse the murderer a 65-year-old widow, in her Paris apartment, insane, and therefore not legally responsible mentators lambasted the decision as a new of a Jewish woman from a criminal trial was ultimately political in nature. for his crime. low for the French judiciary. symbolized a deeper reluctance to confront “Did your Public Prosecutor’s Office want “I want you to know, Madam Attorney Gen- “After having shown great cowardice during anti-Semitism among Muslims in France to avoid, through the trial of Sarah Halimi’s eral, that beyond my own incomprehension, the Nazi occupation, French justice from time through legal means. murderer, a trial at the same time of the it is all French Jews who are plunged into a to time experiences major relapses,” wrote In a forthright letter to Paris Attorney Islamist anti-Semitism that kills in France?” state of collective consternation, and who columnist Franz-Olivier Giesbert in Le Point. General Catherine Champrenault, Francis Ka- Kalifat asked pointedly. now know that it is possible in our country Journalist Françoise Laborde charged that to torture and kill Jews in cold blood without it was the French legal system that had taken THE VIEWS EXPRESSED ON THIS PAGE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THE VIEWS OF HERITAGE MANAGEMENT. being judged,” Kalifat wrote. a “delusional puff” when it concluded that Advocates for the Halimi family stepped Traore could not be held criminally responsible up their public criticism of the decision over because of his cannabis intake. ✡ ✡ ✡ CENTRAL FLORIDA’S INDEPENDENT JEWISH VOICE ✡ ✡ ✡ the weekend. In an extensive interview on the In a sign that French Jews remain deter- ISSN 0199-0721 Winner of 48 Press Awards Editor/Publisher Europe 1 network on Sunday night, Francis mined to eventually bring Traore to trial, Jeffrey Gaeser Szpiner—the lawyer representing Halimi’s Ariel Goldmann, a lawyer and the president

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They fail to to establishment national • Ignoring the fast-growing in a premeditated attack, two Fredrick Douglass under- and ignored the changed understand how promoting Jewish organizations, not to Jew-hatred promoted by “pro- shooters opened fire inside a stood the consequences of battlefield for as long as they tolerance of the intolerant the many brave and dedicated gressives” in our schools, our kosher deli in Jersey City, New failed leadership. He wrote: could. They deliberately, out may be lethal. smaller Jewish groups who media, and politics; Jersey, and murdered four “Find out what any people will of political consideration, Mainstream Jewish leaders fight BDS on campus, and • Remaining silent in the people. The killers included quietly submit to and you have minimized the assaults have also tended to ignore anti-Israel bias in the media, face of the genocidal teachings a former member of a notori- the exact... measure of the coming from “progressives” the ugly ideological assaults K-12 curricula, and liberal of Islamists in mosques and ously anti-Semitic group and, injustice and wrong... which and Islamists. on Jews and Israel by promi- churches. Indeed, most of Islamic community centers; reportedly, a follower of Louis will be imposed upon them.” Recently, there has been nent African-American lead- these start-up groups were • Refusing to deal forth- Farrakhan. It’s hard to ignore the some grudging acknowledge- ers—with the exception of formed as a direct result of rightly with the explosion of It’s becoming obvious to simple fact that Jewish lead- ment of the not-so-new dan- Louis Farrakhan, who is too the decades-long failure of Jew-hatred by certain groups most Jews that we are living ers have failed to stop or even gers, but there is little reason obviously and publicly toxic the ADL, the Federations, within the African American in a state of siege. Practically slow down the accelerating to hope that our leaders will to disregard—assaults which and the JCRCs to fight what community, especially those every Jewish institution in epidemic of Jew-hatred in significantly shift their focus have led to predictable escalat- is now recognized as “the new in leadership positions in America now needs significant America. Good intentions and reallocate resources to ing physical attacks on Jews antisemitism.” Congress and academia; security. College campuses and doing their “best” is not deal with these politically by young blacks. Only now, The Jewish community • Ignoring the failure of have become hostile territory good enough. It’s irrational inconvenient threats. when it is no longer possible to cannot prevail against these Jewish education that has for Jewish students. Jews are to continue with the current Many mainstream Jewish ignore these repeated brutal multiple and mounting as- resulted in the formation of murdered in Pittsburgh, San policies and leaders and expect leaders seem ideologically attacks on New York Jews, saults without strong national anti-Semitic and anti-Israel Diego, and Jersey City, beaten different results. incapable of internalizing the have groups like the Anti- leadership. Jewish organizations, cult- on the streets of Brooklyn, Part of the reason for Left’s betrayal of the Jews. Defamation League begun There is a need for an hon- like groups preying on naïve, bullied and harassed in the their failure is that many They refuse to acknowledge to stir. est self-assessment by Jewish vulnerable, and ill-informed universities, defamed by The mainstream Jewish leaders, the political and social con- The deteriorating Jewish leaders. They need to under- Jewish youth, by offering New York Times and CNN, with a few exceptions, most sequences of the mass influx condition in America must stand and recognize their them secular identities and and now maligned in the U.S. significantly Morton Klein of Muslim immigrants—who be addressed immediately as responsibility for the failures virtue signaling platforms as Congress. of the Zionist Organization have grown up steeped in anti- an existential threat and the noted below: “Social Justice Warriors”; There are many reasons for of America, have failed to democratic and anti-Semitic single most important prior- • Failing to mobilize and the current situation. Many fully understand the new beliefs—into Western societ- ity for our community. We are prioritize communal re- Leadership on page 12A Putting the J in Majorca: Finding my purpose in the Spanish Jewish community By Dani Rotstein unique opportunity to live States and graduating college, the island known as Chuetas challah baking workshops the world! Together, we were and learn in Israel, embark- I had a few stints in Miami and who identify as Catholic yet and Purim parties, and from able to reignite the flames of For millennia, the Jew- ing on a Masa journey with New York but was starting to quietly preserve the light of there, the excitement spread Majorca’s Jewish community ish people have overcome Young Judea Year Course. feel in need of a change. I was a Jewish community nearly to others. Our numbers kept and unite the global Jewish darkness. We have prevailed There, I strengthened my re- missing that same sense of forgotten. The Chuetas are increasing, and we became a community. against those who sought to lationship with Israel and the fulfillment that I experienced descendants of Majorca’s old tighter knit community. In On Masa, I was fortunate to destroy us in each genera- Jewish people. From learning in Israel. But it wasn’t until I Jewish community and feel fact, we’re now up to 60-70 witness the beauty of Jewish tion, by carrying our beliefs, Hebrew and being able to moved to Majorca five years connected to their Jewish attendees at our Shabbat life and the immense power traditions, culture, and most communicate with my Israeli ago that I found my purpose ancestry to this day. This dinners. of a connected community. importantly our strong sense grandparents to training with in the Jewish community. finding blew me away as I Along with a Jewish tour- And now, on the tiny island of peoplehood forward. Cha- the Israeli Air Force for a I moved to Majorca think- thought about how powerful ism company called Jewish of Majorca, I hope to con- nukah, the festival of lights, week to living in a religious ing I would never meet Jewish history is: these people Majorca, my wife, Carla, and tinue sharing that light with is a reminder that each one kibbutz, it was the best year another Jewish person there. are lifting a nearly dissolved I started Limud Mallorca— others, showing that anyone of us can carry the torch and of my life. As I witnessed Jews I was quickly proven wrong Jewish legacy from over 500 a cultural association in- can come together and live in lead our communities out of from around the world come when I found out about a years ago! terested in sharing Jewish harmony. My experience in darkness. And this flame can together in Israel, it opened volunteer-led synagogue with So, I became more involved, culture and history with Majorca shows how the spirit continue to glow when we are my eyes to the value of our a small group of followers on determined to instill the pas- anyone interested. We held a of the Maccabees lives on in connected and dare to share Jewish family—for myself, the island. As I sat at one of sion for and pride in Judaism conference in May 2018 and each one of us. the beauty of our people with my friends, and the global the services, I learned that not I experienced in Israel on expected around 20 or 30 Dani Rotstein is a Masa the world around us. community. everyone there was Jewish. my Masa journey around the people, but we ended up with alum and founder of Limud Early on in life, I had the After returning to the There’s a group of people on island. I started by hosting over 85 attendees from around Mallorca and Jewish Majorca. Memo to all Jews: It’s time to kiss and make up By Rebecca Harary recall how their parents and As progressives, today’s for Trump or Hillary Clinton, Reich. If they were Jewish, anti-Semitism. Let’s look past grandparents voted with pride Jewish Democrats are asking whether they’re conservatives they were sent to die. our differences and accomplish (JNS)—Left, right and as Democrats, and now many history to repeat itself: They or liberals, or whether or not Hate is hate. In the extreme this by living proud as free, sideways, Jews in America are following in their ances- want to ensure that today’s they support the two-state it does not admit of degrees, American Jews who are will- are facing a major dilemma: tors’ footsteps. Most Jews who immigrants—whether legal solution. or care about ideology. By ing to “fight the fight” and Whose side should we take? arrived in America after World or illegal—will enjoy all of The anti-Semite who killed definition, hate is irrational, stand united against anyone Do we take the conserva- War II were poor immigrants, the advantages and breaks 11 innocent Jews and wound- focused, and often arises out of or anything that leads to tive point of view and accept with no job training, educa- their grandparents had when ed six in Pittsburgh’s Tree of cultural stereotypes, jealousy Jew hatred or worse—to the our duly elected Republican tion or place to live. They they came into this country. Life Synagogue in 2018 did and ignorance. It does not care horrible, wrongful, shameful, president as the Jews’ knight could not speak English and Is that so bad? not stop to ask what side of about immigration, reproduc- deceitful and eternally tragic in shining armor? After all, carried their own traditions In any long-term relation- the political spectrum they tive rights, the economy, or murder of innocent Jews. Let’s President Donald Trump and culture with them. ship, two people with every were on. He just wanted to foreign policy. It just cares honor their collective memory, moved the U.S. embassy to FDR’s New Deal helped reason to love and respect kill Jews. Period. about the label it arbitrarily come together and make sure Jerusalem, recognized the to put them back on their one another can still have When the Nazis escorted assigns to the victim, regard- it never happens again. Golan Heights, pulled out of feet again, allowing them to major differences of opinion their Jewish prisoners into less of any other factors. Rebecca Harary, M.S., is the Iran deal, pulled out of become U.S. citizens, become about issues that are impor- the gas chambers of Europe, Let’s kiss and make up. the president and founder UNRWA, signed the Taylor educated, find a job and tant to them. In many cases, they, too, did not ask if they Let’s unite and fight together of Combat AntiSemitism Force Act, signed the execu- earn money, and grow their speaking candidly about why were supportive of the Third as Jews and stop the rise in Everywhere. tive order on anti-Semitism, families while enjoying the something is important is and even has a Jewish daugh- freedom of religion they were the first step in helping the ter, son-in-law and grand- so defiantly denied in their other side to look for common children! countries of birth. ground. During his State of the Despite the fact that FDR And Jews have plenty of Union speech, Trump very was a true anti-Semite who common ground. We all pray movingly said, “We must ignored pleas to bomb the to one God, and all of us share never ignore the vile poison train tracks to Auschwitz a history of over 3,000 years of of anti-Semitism, or those and turned away 937 Jewish persecution just for being Jew- who spread its venomous refugees on a boat named the ish. We all love our families, creed. With one voice, we must St. Louis in 1939, the post-war and our culture and tradi- confront this hatred anywhere Jews felt indebted to the New tions. We all want security, and everywhere it occurs.” Deal and the boost it gave to and the freedom to worship Given all that, why wouldn’t their future as naturalized our God without having to every Jew want to vote Repub- Americans. Today, a vocal part worry that someone might lican in 2020? of American society may be kill us for doing so. But hold on—every action making a hard leftward turn, And as Jews, we also know has an equal and opposite leaving many Democrats in that when a Jew-hating dicta- reaction. Since the days of a bind. How could dedicated tor, or a random, radical anti- FDR, Jews have overwhelm- Democrat Jews abandon their Semite in our midst, wants to ingly voted Democrat. In parents’ and grandparents’ kill Jews, he or she does not fact, most of today’s Jews can party? stop to ask whether they voted PAGE 6A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, JANUARY 3, 2020 GOBOR Community Minyan at Jewish Academy of Orlando—Monday—Friday, 7:45 a.m.—8:30 A COMPREHENSIVE a.m. What’s Temple Israel—Sunday, 9 a.m., 407-647-3055. COMMUNITY LIGHT Happening CALENDAR SHABBAT CANDLES AT FRIDAY, JANUARY 3 For inclusion in the What’s Happening Calendar, copy must be sent on sepa- Ahavas Yisrael—Kabbalat, 30 minutes before sundown. rate sheet and clearly marked for Calendar. 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The fact that locked in a room listening student organizations, in- called Reservists on Duty. automatic exemptions from an open dialogue with anyone these men and women dealt to Israel Defense Forces’ vet- cluding YUGSA, CUPE3903 According to reports, these the army) Israeli citizens willing to discuss any issues with such barbarity, and are erans tell their stories while and Students Against Israeli posters were not just posted serve in the armed forces with them. still willing to come to a cam- people outside chanted for my Apartheid. All this because on York’s campus, but on the in some capacity, including The two combat soldiers pus and brave further threats, blood. For several hours, the an Arab-Israeli and four University of Toronto’s and Bedouin and Druze men. The who spoke on campus were is nothing but admirable. protesters chanted, pounded North American reservists Ryerson’s campuses as well. majority of Israelis currently members of the special-forces Let’s revisit the chant that on the walls and doors of the from the IDF came to share SAIA even partnered with studying at York are veterans counter-terrorist unit com- I mentioned earlier. It was lecture hall, and intimidated stories about their time pro- various off-campus groups of the IDF or, like me, will monly known as duvdevan. reported that some protesters participants trying to enter. tecting Israel from terrorists! in different universities to complete their service after They related several inci- shouted “Jews go back to the While the event pressed on Scuffles broke out between encourage a larger turnout returning from their studies. dents, including one about ovens.” If true, this tells us despite this brazen assault, groups, and police had to for their protest. To make The blatant lie that we are all terrorists hiding weapons in everything we need to know at least two Jewish students intervene several times, in matters worse, their Facebook “murderous war criminals” children’s beds, and others broke down and had to be addition to escorting people event description for the is rank anti-Semitism. The about paramilitary training Anti-Semitism on page 15A escorted out. The relentless to and from the event. protest framed IDF soldiers pounding, chanting and But let’s start from the as murderers with blood on noise continued unabated for beginning. Not long ago, their hands. several hours without letup. strange posters were hung The claims that the IDF Quote of the Week Calls of “viva intifada,” fauda up all over campus; Jews were is responsible for “human- “When a person doesn’t have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity. (meaning “chaos” in Arabic) told that “baby killers” and rights violations” on a daily A person can almost be defined by his or her attitude toward gratitude.” and reports of another chant “murderers” were about to basis or “ethnic cleansing” are —Elie Wiesel that I will address later poi- come to York. outright lies and incredibly soned the atmosphere of what At first, we were mostly hypocritical considering the was supposed to be a peaceful confused. After all, Hillel had IDF’s stellar record compared gathering. already brought a contingent to the armed forces of many The ranks of rioters in- of reservists the week before- other countries engaged in “Mems The Word” by Yoni Glatt cluded at least one Holocaust hand that had been received war. These claims are simply Difficulty Level: Easy denier (Nazih Khatatba); one well and quietly. 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Most foreign visitors ment here for people,” said (JNS)—On the afternoon seemed reluctant to venture George. “Business last year of Christmas Eve, Manger into the steep, narrow alley- was better. The tourists only Square in Bethlehem was ways lined with small jewelry benefit the hotels, not local filled with people, but local shops and houseware stores. businesses,” he added. Without Christians were few and far On one side street, the green elaborating, Gattas’s sister between. The majority of those iron doors of the Palestin- noted simply that “the politics milling around in the sunshine ian Bible Society Christian are not so good right now. Most appeared to be local Muslims, Cultural Center were locked young people are leaving or along with a smattering of tight. A few yards up the street, want to leave.” tourists. the doors of St. Mary’s Syrian Signs on the door of the In previous years, visitors Orthodox Church were open, Evangelical Lutheran Christ- waiting to step into the tiny but the church was empty. mas Church invited people to opening of the Church of the The Orthodox Christmas is English-language Christmas Nativity could expect to stand celebrated on January 6. Eve vespers and a Christmas in line for up to an hour. This Peter, the lone church of- Eve service, as well as an Ara- year, despite the completion of ficial present, was dusting bic Christmas Day morning a four-year, $18 million resto- the empty benches of the service. ration project at the church, ornate church, built in the Prominently on display in the line was short; most of 1920s. He was happy to show the foyer of the church was the those in the square were a visitor the hand-written Ara- 2019 “Christmas Alert” booklet more interested in snapping maic bible used by the Syriac produced by the Kairos Pales- selfies in front of the 55-foot parishioners. tine project, which advocates Judy Lash Balint Christmas tree and perusing Crediting Bethlehem’s for BDS. The church’s pastor, The Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, Israel, on Christmas Eve 2019. the numerous street food stalls Christian Mayor Anton Salman Dr. Munther Isaac, is an active dotted around the square. with helping to preserve a posi- Kairos board member. Much boundary of Jerusalem is just understand that Bethlehem in view of the Church of the Also in contrast to previous tive climate for Bethlehem’s of the booklet is dedicated to a few hundred yards from was the source of many terror Nativity. In the 24 years since, years, there was a lack of ten- Christians, Peter said, “things decrying the Trump admin- Bethlehem. Others on the attacks against Israeli civilians the Christian population of the sion in the air at the square are all good under the Pales- istration’s as-yet unrevealed bus expressed astonishment after Israel handed the town area has dwindled to less than this year. The faces of the locals tinians.” Mideast peace plan, also known at the ease of passage over the over to Palestinian rule a few 20 percent, according to most reflected a certain resignation. Slightly different views were as the “deal of the century.” Rachel’s Crossing checkpoint days before Christmas 1995, estimates. Crowds gathered to watch expressed by members of the This year, Israel’s Tourism between Israel and Area A, the in compliance with the 1993 Few outside the Christians the traditional, colorful and Gattas family, Greek Orthodox Ministry provided round-trip Bethlehem area largely under Oslo Accords. of Bethlehem remember the noisy parade of uniformed Christians who own a sophis- shuttle service for the short P.A. control. Neither Israeli The transfer of power oc- month-long April 2002 take- Palestinian scouts as they ticated women’s clothing journey between central Je- nor P.A. security personnel curred despite the pleas of over of the Church of the marched through town with store directly across from the rusalem and Bethlehem. Most checked travel documents in the city’s Christian mayor, Nativity by 13 heavily armed drums and bagpipes. But once Evangelical Lutheran Christ- of those taking advantage of either direction. Elias Freij, who urged Israel Palestinian extremists, or- the parade was over the crowds mas Church on Pope Paul VI the free service were curi- Gunther Shtas and his wife, to refrain from handing over chestrated by Yasser Arafat. thinned under the watch- Street, where foot traffic was ous European tourists, but Eva, tourists from Hamburg, the town to the P.A. because A prominent poster at the ful eyes of scores of heavily very thin on Christmas Eve. there was also a smattering of told JNS they had no idea he was concerned about the Bethlehem Police station at armed Palestinian police and George Gattas, 42, told JNS American Christians staying Bethlehem was no longer fate of its Christians. the edge of Manger Square Palestinian Authority security the store has been in their in Jerusalem. under Israeli control or that On Christmas Day that featuring Arafat’s smiling face, forces, who closed off streets family for more than 50 years, Three members of the they would be crossing a year, P.A. head Yasser Arafat together with that of current and directed traffic. with his father originally using Carter family from Huntsville, checkpoint. raised the Palestinian flag over P.A. leader Mahmoud Abbas, Following the parade, the the space as an electrical sup- Alabama, were surprised to For many visitors to Manger Manger Square and addressed provides a not-so-subtle re- market streets leading off Man- plies shop. discover that the southern Square in 2019 it’s hard to thousands from a rooftop minder of who is still in charge. PAGE 8A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, JANUARY 3, 2020 Remembering Mr. Rogers “The Good Neighbor: The television experiences in New by Tom Junod, focused less Soon after, Fred Rogers was Life and Works of Fred Rog- York and Toronto first behind on Tom Hanks’ Fred Rogers diagnosed with advanced ers.” I found the well-written, the scenes as a puppeteer and character and more on the stomach cancer and passed thorough account compelling later reluctantly as a person troubled angry reporter who away in February 2003. and—well—fascinating. in front of the camera. I is assigned to interview the Mister Rogers’ Neighbor- I was surprised. To be hon- learned that his interest in television icon. But I loved hood continued on PBS as est, I had not been a huge fan of public television and the the story, the acting, and reruns. In 2006, Fred Rogers the pleasant, bland man in the promise of commercial-free the cinematography, which Productions began the de- zippered knitted sweater and programming lead to his included miniature scenery velopment of “Daniel Tiger’s blue sneakers. My children move to Pittsburgh to join the that imitated the colors and Neighborhood,” an animated frequently watched it when local National Educational scale of the original set. children’s television series it aired on our local public Television (changed to Public In one of the tenderest mo- based on Rogers’s Neighbor- broadcasting station. For Broadcasting Corporation in ments in the movie (and based hood of Make Believe and me, the timing was perfect, 1970) WQED in 1953. on a real life incident) Fred premiered the show on PBS as it acted as a calm, caring I learned that he had gone Rogers was riding on a New Kids on Sept. 3, 2012. “baby sitter” as I prepared din- back to college in his 30s to York City subway filled mostly Three months later, on ner. Years later, my children complete a divinity degree with African-American and Dec. 12, 2012, a 20-year-old had only vague memories of and was an ordained Presby- Hispanic children on their killed 26 people, including 20 watching the program. terian minister. His lifelong way home from school. Rather children, at Sandy Hook El- But there was much to interest in religion and theol- than approaching him for ementary School in Newtown, learn about the man behind ogy expanded to his studying an autograph, the children Connecticut. In the midst the myth. I read about his Catholic mysticism, Judaism, quietly began singing “Won’t of parents trying to explain difficult, lonely childhood Buddhism, and other faiths. You Be My Neighbor?” the pro- the inexplicable to their own in Latrobe, Pennsylvania; Most importantly, I learned gram’s theme song. Soon, the children, 170 million Ameri- the taunts and bullying he that Fred Rogers’ values were entire car joined in. It brought cans for Public Broadcasting endured (“Here comes Fat those shared by all religions: tears to Mister Rogers’s eyes... shared on the Internet an Freddy!”), and the respect he civility, tolerance, sharing, and mine. image of a tiny boy cradling earned from his high school and self-worth. Combined As noted in both the book Mister Rogers’s face. It was ac- classmates through his music with his grandfather’s affir- and the movie, Rogers had companied by a passage from and leadership roles. I read mation to his sickly, over-pro- never been afraid to tackle his1983 book, “Mister Rogers about him meeting his wife, tected grandchild, “I like you difficult topics for pre-school- Talks to Parents”: “When I was Joanne, at Rollins College, just the way you are,” these ers—the death of a pet, a boy and I would see scary Fred Rogers whose beautiful campus in principals shaped not only sibling rivalry, divorce, and things in the news, my mother Winter Park, less than an hour the person but the message he the assassination of Robert would say to me, ‘Look for the By Marilyn Shapiro this predominantly Jewish from us, has been a favorite repeatedly emphasized in all Kennedy. Whether through helpers. You will always find section of Pittsburgh turn place for us to visit. 912 episodes of “Mister Rogers his well-worn puppets in people who are helping.’ To The murder of eleven Jews to him for comfort after the I learned that Rogers origi- Neighborhood.” the Neighborhood of Make- this day, especially in times while they were observing tragedy? And why, 17 years nally planned on a career as a Despite his saintly, oth- Believe or through his “field of ‘disaster,’ I remember my Shabbat occurred in the heart after his death has he become musician. After viewing tele- er-worldly demeanor, Rog- trips,” Mister Rogers reas- mother’s words.” The image of Mister Rogers’s Neighbor- everyone’s favorite neighbor? vision’s early programming, ers—as his wife repeatedly sured children that there was went viral on Facebook, and hood. For several months, I had (“There were people throw- proclaimed—was NOT a saint. good in the world. within three days was shared The Reverend Fred Rogers been reading reviews and see- ing pies at one another!”) he He had a temper, was prone to The last episode of Mister over 88,000 times. and his wife Joanne owned ing the trailers for “A Beautiful decided that he wanted to self-doubt and depression. In Rogers’ Neighborhood aired The “helper” quote went a home and raised their two Day in the Neighborhood,” the find some “way of using this order to vent after a bad day, on Aug. 31, 2001, but he came viral again after the 2013 sons in Squirrel Hill, just two biopic starring Tom Hanks. fabulous instrument to be of he would bang loudly on the out of retirement to tape Boston Marathon bombing, blocks from Tree of Life, the I decided I wanted to learn nurture to those who would piano. In one of my favorite shows focused on the Sept. the 2017 Manchester Arena scene of the Oct. 27, 2018, more about Rogers before I watch and listen.” And who passages in King’s book, 11 terrorist attacks. Rogers bombing, and the 2018 Mar- massacre. headed to the multiplex. I best to nurture than pre- Rogers stubbornly refused to initially expressed concern jory Stoneman Douglas High Who was Fred Rogers? Why borrowed from our library schoolers? give in to the demands of PBS that the specials would be of School shooting in Parkland, did his former neighbors in Maxwell King’s biography I learned about his initial executives regarding a small little value but then turned Florida. As Aisha Harris wrote element of the script, and an- to a basic Jewish tenant to in a 2013 article for Slate, gry words flew. “Tell me,” one support his decision to go “[The message] serves not of the executives said to the forward. “We all are called to only as a comfort to kids, but other, “how old do you have be tikkun olam, repairers of to adults as well, a reminder to be before Mister Rogers no creation,” he said. to ourselves that there is still longer likes you just the way On Sept. 11, 2002, he shared much good amid the bad.” you are?” his first anniversary message The message was especially Armed with all this knowl- on prime time. “I’m just so poignant for his former neigh- edge, I recently went to proud of all of you,” Rogers told bors after an anti-Semite see “A Beautiful Day in the his viewers. “And I know how gunned down Jewish worship- Neighborhood.” I was sur- tough it is some days to look pers on Oct. 17, 2018. 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We came back to the USAID have in combatting the Chinese with over a mil- trator at the U.S. Agency for Hezbollah, an Iran proxy, as a United States from Ethiopia Jew-hatred? lion of the Uighur currently International Development terrorist group. and Nicaragua, and started A: One of the key areas in labor camps that we have Bonnie Glick made headlines JNS talked with Glick by our family and decided that we where USAID works is in very little visibility into as last week after Bloomberg phone on Dec. 16. The in- were interested in the United promoting freedom around the international community. reported that she placed a hold terview has been edited for States so that our kids would the world. The very focus of From the information we have on U.S. economic assistance brevity and clarity. be closer to their parents. the United States is freedom from those who’ve escaped the to Lebanon—a story that she Q: As one of the Jewish When I was in Ethiopia, I of speech, freedom of religion, camps, and from the informa- denies. members of the administra- was involved in “Operation freedom to gather in groups. tion we gather from Rohingya Her agency administers tion, could you describe your Solomon,” which was the In Hungary, the govern- Muslims who are living in ba- U.S. civilian and develop- background? airlift of 14,325 Ethiopian ment sponsored the In- sically concentration camps ment assistance to countries A: I grew up in Chicago on Jews to Israel in 36 hours by ternational Conference on in Burma, we learn about overseas. the South Side in Hyde Park the Israeli military. Christian Persecution, which terrible treatment of Muslim “There was no hold on and went to a small Jewish day Q: How does your Jewish is sort of a misnomer. It’s minorities in those countries. assistance to Lebanon,” she school called Akiba Schechter background impact your the counter-persecution of For us, it’s not enough to say told JNS. “We have a large as- Jewish Day School through work? Christians. The Hungarian we’re protecting vulnerable sistance program in Lebanon eighth grade. From there, I A: When you think about government has taken seri- Christians, but we’re protect- USAID Deputy Administra- that is robust and ongoing.” went to a public high school. Judaism and 613 mitzvot, I ously there are Christian ing vulnerable religious and tor Bonnie Glick She added, “I am absolutely When I went to college, I think we pretty much do all communities around the ethnic minorities. concerned that there be no was very involved in Hillel at 613 here at USAID every day. world that are under really I talked, too, about re- and withdrawing from costly spillover of U.S. government Cornell University and was The focus of our work is help- direct threat from either the surgent anti-Semitism at engagements abroad. Has assistance to benefit directly also involved in the student ing countries on their journey governments of the countries home and abroad. Being in this led to any impact on or indirectly Hezbollah, which struggle for Soviet Jewry. I to self-reliance. in which they live or from Europe where anti-Semitism USAID programing? is a terrorist organization,” went to graduate school and Sometimes, countries need rogue elements within those has taken an incredibly ugly A: Our USAID logo tells the according to the government joined the U.S. Foreign Ser- help in the development countries. The Hungarians turn, vicious attacks on Jews entire story, which goes along of the United States. vice in the State Department areas like in education, wa- asked me to come because as individuals, as well as at- with the administration’s ter, sanitation and hygiene. we are partners with the tacks on Jewish communities, mantra of “America First.” The Sometimes, they need help Hungarian government’s aid is something the European logo is two hands interlocked recovering from a disaster, arm in northern Iraq called countries are being inured to. and it says, “USAID: From the To Publish Legal Notices For whether that’s a hurricane or “Hungary Helps.” They had We know what happens when American People.” Develop- an earthquake or in a case, like been solely focused with the Europeans are inured to ment assistance is a critical Orange, Osceola, Seminole in the Democratic Republic helping the community of anti-Semitism. component of our national of the Congo, they need to Christians that was really We see it here in the United security strategy. For us to and Volusia Counties, recover from a pandemic like devastated by ISIS. They’ve States as well, most recently, disconnect from the world in Ebola. Or in the case of a expanded their focus to help in Jersey City with the brutal terms of offering development Call country like Venezuela, they the Yazidis, who were even murder of Jews in a kosher assistance to countries along need help recovering from more brutally devastated grocery store. It’s important their journey to self-reliance Heritage Florida Jewish News a socialist dictatorship that by ISIS. that we attribute to Ameri- would be to take a step back. at 407-834-8787 has ruined the country to Hungary is able to do cans the line that the price What development assistance the point where there is not certain things that we in the of liberty is eternal vigilance, provides are jobs not only in or Email a single functioning X-ray in United States are not able to though [Holocaust survivor developing countries, but in all of Venezuela. do. They specifically go in and and Nobel Prize laureate] Elie the United States. [email protected] Q: You recently were in build churches, whereas US- Wiesel said that “the opposite By engaging with the pri- Hungary. What did you do AID doesn’t rebuild religious of love is not hate. It’s indif- vate sector, we bridge the gap buildings. 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*Using U.S. and imported parts. raeli state officials or Israeli their purview.” issue, but it failed in commit- academics; and study-abroad “It is the Department’s tee along party lines. HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, JANUARY 3, 2020 PAGE 11A Holocaust survivor dies from injuries in transit to White House Chanukah party Central Florida Synagogues

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Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images Congregation Ahavas Yisrael/Chabad (O), 708 Lake Howell Rd., Maitland, 407-644- Rosalee Glass and her daughter Lillian attend the premiere of Random Media’s “Rein- 2500; www.chabadorlando.org; services: Sunday, 9 a.m.; Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m.; Shabbat venting Rosalee” at Laemmle’s Music Hall Theatre in Beverly Hills, Calif., April 2, 2019. services: Friday, 6:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m.; Family service, 4th Friday of the month. Congregation Bet Chaim (R), 181 E. Mitchell Hammock, Oviedo, 407-830-7211; www. By Marcy Oster history,” Trump said at the Glass: 100 Years of Wisdom betchaim.org; Shabbat services: Friday, 8 p.m. Dec. 11 Chanukah party. to Guide You Thru Life’s Ups (JTA)—Rosalee Glass, a Ho- “After the war, Rosalee came and Downs.” Congregation Beth Am (C), 3899 Sand Lake Road, Longwood, 407-862-3505; www. locaust survivor recognized to America and started a drap- Born Raisla Talerman in congbetham.org; Shabbat services: Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m. by President Donald Trump ery manufacturing business. 1917 in Warsaw, Poland, Glass Congregation Beth El (C), 2185 Meadowlane Ave., West Melbourne, 321-779-0740; during the White House Cha- Now she has written a book, started making men’s shirts Shabbat services, 1st & 3rd Friday, 8 p.m.; 2nd & 4th Saturdays, 9:30 a.m. nukah party, has died follow- starred in an award-winning in her teens. She married her ing injuries sustained during film and is going strong at the husband at the age of 18, and Congregation Beth Emeth (R), 2205 Blue Sapphire Circle, Orlando, 407-222-6393; travel to Washington, D.C. age of 102. after a confrontation with a Shabbat service: monthly, 8 p.m. Glass died in Los Angeles on “Where is Rosalee? Where Nazi soldier they escaped to Congregation Beth Israel (Rec), Collins Resource Center, Suite 303, 9401 S.R. 200, Dec. 14 of a blood clot to her is—hi. You’re looking good,” a Russian-controlled part of Ocala, 352-237-8277; bethisraelocala.org; Shabbat service, second Friday of the month, 8 p.m. heart. She was three weeks shy he continued. “Thank you, Poland. Later they were ar- of her 103rd birthday. Rosalee. Thank you for be- rested and sent to a prison Congregation Beth Sholom (R-C), 315 North 13th St., Leesburg, 352-326-3692; www. She was accidentally ing here. It’s an honor. And camp in Siberia. Their young bethsholomflorida.org; schedule of services on website. dropped while being trans- you do—you really fill our son Elias died in the camps, as Congregation Beth Shalom (Progressive Conservative), Orange City congregation hearts with open joy, Rosalee. did a daughter, Perla. ported in a wheelchair to a holds services at 1308 E. Normandy Blvd., Deltona; 386-804-8283; www.mybethshalom. plane in Los Angeles on Dec. In honor of Rosalee and the A son, Manny, survived, and 8, on her way to Washington, millions of Jews who suffered after the war they were sent com; Shabbat services: Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. D.C., for the White House unthinkable persecution, we to a displaced persons camp Congregation B’nai Torah (C), 403 N. Nova Rd., Ormond Beach, 32174, 386-672-1174; event, her daughter Lillian renew our pledge now and in Germany. The family im- www.mybnaitorah.com; Shabbat services: Friday, 8 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. Glass said in a post on Face- always: Never again. Never migrated to Miami in 1951. Congregation Chabad Lubavitch of Greater Daytona (O), 1079 W. Granada Blvd., book. Her arm was injured in again.” Glass started her own drap- the fall and swelled up, but a Glass and her daughter ery manufacturing business Ormond Beach, 386-672-9300; Shabbat services Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. doctor cleared her to fly to took a photo with Trump at for three decades. She became Congregation of Reform Judaism (R), 928 Malone Dr., Orlando, 407-645-0444; D.C. the next day. the White House. an actress at 82, appearing in www.crjorlando.org: Shabbat services, 7 p.m. 1st, 2nd and 3rd Fridays; 6 p.m., 4th and 5th “We are profoundly hon- Glass was the subject of a commercials and in a reality Fridays; Saturday: 10 a.m. ored to be joined this after- 2018 documentary made by show. noon by Rosalee Glass, a sur- her daughter called “Rein- She was predeceased by Congregation Mateh Chaim (R), P.O. Box 060847, Palm Bay, 32906, 321-768-6722. vivor of the Nazi Holocaust, venting Rosalee.” She also her husband, Abraham, and Congregation Ohev Shalom (C), 613 Concourse Parkway South, Maitland, 407-298- the darkest chapter of human is the author of “Rosalee her son. 4650; www.ohevshalom.org; Shabbat service, Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m. Congregation Shalom Aleichem (R), 3501 Oak Pointe Blvd., Kissimmee, 407-935- 0064; www.shalomaleichem.com; Shabbat service, 1st and 3rd Fridays of the month, 8 p.m. Columbia University accused of Congregation Shomer Ysrael (C), 5382 Hoffner Ave., Orlando, 407-227-1258, call for services and holiday schedules. anti-Semitic discrimination Congregation Sinai (C/R), 1200 West Broad Street, Groveland; 352-243-5353; congre- gation-sinai.org; services: every Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Shabbat Service evert Saturday, 10 a.m. By Marcy Oster It was filed by the Lawfare by a Hamas cell in Israel in Project on behalf of a Jew- 1996. Orlando Torah Center (O), 8591 Banyan Blvd., Orlando; 347-456-6485; Shacharis- (JTA)—A federal complaint ish Israeli-American under- According to the Lawfare Shabbos 9 a.m.; Mon.—Thurs. 6:45 a.m.; Sun. and Legal Holidays 8 a.m.; Mincha/Maariv has been filed against Co- graduate who says he has Project, Jewish students at Please call for times. been a victim of anti-Semitic Columbia “have endured lumbia University accusing Southwest Orlando Jewish Congregation/Ohalei Rivka (C), 11200 S. Apopka- the school of anti-Semitic discrimination over the past systematic discrimination discrimination. year. from tenured professors and Vineland Rd., Orlando, 407-239-5444; Shabbat service, Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m. It is the first case filed since Jonathan Karten told The anti-Israel groups,” including Temple Beth El (R) / Temple Israel (C), 579 N. Nova Rd., Ormond Beach, 386-675- President Donald Trump’s Jerusalem Post that he de- Students for Justice for Pales- 6615 / 386-252-3097; Friday Shabbat Service 7 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m. executive order on combating cided to go forward with the tine and Columbia University Temple Beth Shalom (R), P.O. Box 031233, Winter Haven, 813-324-2882. anti-Semitism, which grants complaint after he learned Apartheid Divest. Columbia Jewish students the same that a well-known professor students and faculty also host Temple Beth Shalom (C), 40 Wellington Drive, Palm Coast, 386-445-3006; Shabbat protections as other minority in the Department of Middle Israel Apartheid Week, which service, Friday, 8 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. groups. Eastern, South Asian and has included bringing viru- Temple Beth Sholom (C), 5995 N. Wickham Rd. Melbourne, 321-254-6333; www. The complaint requests a African Studies at Columbia lently anti-Semitic speakers formal investigation by the had endorsed Hamas’ military to campus. mytbs.org; Shabbat services: Friday, 7 p.m.; Saturday: 9:30 a.m. Minyan, Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.; U.S. Department of Educa- wing, the al-Qassam Terror- A university spokesperson Thursday, 10:00 a.m. tion’s Office for Civil Rights ist brigade, “with impunity.” said in an email that Colum- Temple Beth Shalom (R), 1109 N.E. 8th Ave., Ocala, 352-629-3587; Shabbat services: into alleged anti-Semitic Karten’s uncle, Sharon Edri, bia had no comment on the Friday, 8 p.m.; Torah study: Saturday, 10:00 a.m. discrimination at Columbia. was kidnapped and murdered complaint. Temple B’nai Darom (R), 49 Banyan Course, Ocala, 352-624-0380; Friday Services 8 p.m. Temple Israel (C), 50 S. Moss Rd., Winter Springs, 407-647-3055; www.tiflorida.org; Shabbat services: Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday 9:00 a.m. OBITUARY Temple Israel (R), 7350 Lake Andrew Drive, Melbourne, 321-631-9494. Temple Israel of DeLand (R), 1001 E. New York Ave., DeLand, 386-736-1646; www. ZENA W. SULKES Notably, she served as head of Freeman; and four loving templeisraelofdeland.org; Friday Shabbat service, 7 p.m.; Saturday, 10:00 a.m. followed by FREEMAN school of the Jewish Academy grandchildren. Torah study. of Orlando and director of A funeral service was held Temple Shalom (formerly New Jewish Congregation) (R), 13563 Country Road (Submitted by the family) education at Temple B’nai at Congregation of Reform 101, Oxford, 352-748-1800; www.templeshalomcentralfl.org; Shabbat services: Friday, 7 Dr. Zena Sulkes Free- Israel in Clearwater and Judaism with Rabbi Steven W. p.m.; last Saturday of the month, 9:30 a.m. man, 80, of Winter Park, was a beloved leader within Engel and Cantor Jacqueline died away on Dec. 22, 2019. Congregation of Reform Ju- R. Menaker officiating. Burial Temple Shalom of Deltona (R/C), 1785 Elkcam Blvd., Deltona, 386-789-2202; www. She was born in Detroit and daism in Orlando. She loved followed in the CRJ Cemetery. shalomdeltona.org; Shabbat service; Saturday: 10 a.m. was a proud graduate of the to travel, knit, play mahjong Donations in memory of Zena Temple Shir Shalom (R) Services held at Temple Israel, 50 S. Moss Rd., Winter Springs, University of Michigan. She and enjoy the company of are requested to the CRJ Camp earned her doctoral degree family and friends. Scholarship Fund. 407-366-3556, www.templeshirshalom.org; Shabbat services: three Fridays each month, in education from the Uni- Dr. Sulkes is survived by Arrangements entrusted to 7:30 p.m. versity of South Florida. Dr. her husband, Daniel Free- Beth Shalom Memorial Cha- Traditional Congregation of Mount Dora (T) Mount Dora, 352-735-4774; www. Sulkes was an educator and man; devoted sons, Scott pel, 640 Lee Road, Orlando FL tcomd.org; Shabbat services: Saturday, 9:30 a.m. sharp. taught Jewish and secular (Marc Ginsberg) and Neil; 32810. 407.599.1180 www. studies at all levels from Dan’s daughter, Wendy (Ge- bethshalommemorialchapel. (R) Reform (C) Conservative (O) Orthodox (Rec) Reconstructionist (T) Mehitsa pre-school through college. rard) Bradford and son, Scott com. PAGE 12A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, JANUARY 3, 2020 The almost forgotten Jews who helped make the American West

By Adi Eshman Not being satisfied with The Millers would come ogy of short films set on the relocating Jews from the to accumulate over 100,000 Western frontier. Around NEW YORK (JTA)—A new East Coast, Schiff also es- heads of cattle. After a hand- the same time, Rockstar documentary about the Wild tablished a port of entry into shake agreement, cowboys Games released “Red Dead West covers everything you the United States through would accompany their herds Redemption 2,” which lets would expect – gunslingers, Galveston, Texas. Schiff to the vast tracks of land players experience the world cattle barons, lawmen and believed Jewish immigrants the brothers had purchased through the eyes of a grizzled wide-open spaces. And one could take on the challenge in Wyoming and Colorado, outlaw. The video game had thing you wouldn’t: Jews. of assimilating. keeping the cattle safe from the largest opening weekend “Jews of the Wild West,” “Being American is what coyotes, rustlers and bandits in entertainment history, from director Amanda Kin- you feel on the inside,” he said. along the way. grossing over $725 million in sey, shows how Jews were as Jews spread throughout the But the most prominent just three days. much a part of the American United States, taking risks story of Jewish success in the But as Kinsey notes, the Western expansion as cov- to seek opportunity as the West was that of Levi Strauss. stories of Jews in the Wild West ered wagons and riveted blue nation pushed westward. In The Bavaria native became a have often been marginalized jeans—the latter, of course, many ways, their stories are leader of San Francisco’s Jew- or erased. She believes it’s invented by a Jew. interwoven into the fabric of ish community in the 1800s. important to publicize these Kinsey said their stories how the West is understood Tailor Jacob Davis approached narratives because they shape resonate because America’s and romanticized. Strauss with the innovative how we see our past. true history is diverse, and im- Take Josephine Marcus. idea of putting rivets in pants, “These are also positive im- migrants have always played The daughter of Polish im- resulting in less wear-and- migration stories,” she said. an important role. These migrants, Marcus was born in tear. And so Levi’s, one of the “They put a face to immigra- particular stories of Jewish San Francisco and ran away most iconic American brands, tion. They help humanize pioneers who helped settle from home at 18 to become was born. it and show what happened the West show how integral an actress. She then met the Less well-known is the through dedication, hard immigrants were in building legendary Arizona lawman story of Ray Frank, a Hebrew work and survival.” the America that we know Wyatt Earp and was captivated teacher and journalist born in “Jews of the Wild West” is Robert Lazar Miller on horseback with his grandson at today, she says. by his broad shoulders, blonde San Francisco in 1860. Dur- slated for release in 2020. the Denver Stockyards, 1932. “Their stories were side- hair and blue eyes. It was love ing Rosh Hashanah one year, lined for social, political and at first sight. Frank was invited to speak in economic reasons,” Kinsey Marcus became his com- Spokane, Washington. Tobin said Monday night at a panel mon-law wife for over 40 years. When she arrived, she From page 4A But what those who counsel eration. Doing so now requires discussion at the Center for After Earp died, she buried discovered that a rift between caution and dialogue under Jews, both young and old, to Jewish History in New York. him alongside her parents the city’s Orthodox and Re- their tormentors and answer these circumstances forget is find the courage to embrace “But they were visionaries in a Jewish cemetery outside form Jews meant that there the lies with the truth about that the essence of Chanukah a sense of Jewish peoplehood who saw opportunity, who Colma, California. weren’t enough Jews to form Israel and its enemies. is the willingness of a few that is waning in the face of were rooted in family and “We don’t know if Wyatt a prayer quorum, or minyan. Such a forthright response brave Jews to stand up against assimilation and pressure tradition.” Earp went to temple,” Ann Frank wound up brokering is widely deprecated because the idols of popular culture from those who denigrate So how did Jews from the Kirschner, the executive di- an agreement and then gave many, if not most, Jews seem in their own day. More to the sectarian identity, as well shtetls of Europe end up rector of the American Jewish a fiery sermon to the com- to think that resistance to a point, the survival of the Jew- as to stand up for Israel and becoming pioneers on the Historical Society and author munity, admonishing them popular culture that dispar- ish people has always rested on Zionism. Anything less than frontier? If there’s one man of “The Lady at the OK Corral,” for ignoring their tradition. ages Zionism is both futile the notion that being a Jew has that is not merely abandoning to thank for that, it was Jacob said at the panel discussion. Frank became a traveling and counterproductive (and always meant being willing to the field to the enemies of Schiff. “But we know he went at least speaker who was covered intimidating, especially for stand up against the pressure Jews, but betraying the true After the Civil War, a huge once.” widely by the press. the young). Refusing to accept to conform. meaning of the miracle that influx of Jews arrived at Ellis Or take the Miller brothers, “They called her the Debo- the false premises that are the The true miracles of Cha- is Chanukah. Island. They settled on the whose entrepreneurial spirit rah of the American West,” foundation of intersectional nukah are a reminder that it Jonathan S. Tobin is editor Lower East Side, started busi- was emblematic of the ethos said Annie Polland, executive lies about the Jewish state takes the extraordinary efforts in chief of JNS—Jewish News nesses and formed families. many Jews brought with them director of the American Jew- would also require Jewish and faith of ordinary Jews Syndicate. Follow him on But Schiff was worried. If Jews to the Old West. After migrat- ish Historical Society. “My students to run the risk of to keep the flame of Jewish Twitter at: @jonathans_to- spoke Yiddish all day and never ing from modern-day Lithu- favorite headline was one that being ostracized. civilization alive in every gen- bin. encountered Americans, how ania, the brothers started a called her ‘The Heart Throb could they integrate? butcher shop in Denver. of Israel.’” So Schiff started an organi- After being robbed, they Frank was the first woman Leadership zation, the Jewish Industrial sought work in the stockyards, to speak on the pulpit in From page 5A • Mostly ignoring the rect progressive causes and Removal Office. If you were a which were similar to the Wall America—and perhaps the hostile environment for Jews leaders. They are conflicted Jewish immigrant, and you Street stock exchange except first in the world. • Failing abysmally to con- on college campuses, and when Jew-hatred comes from were sick of living in crowded, traders speculated on heads of The myths and legends of demn Jews who are clearly the growing hostility in K-12 progressive ideologues like filthy tenements, the office cattle rather than corporate the Wild West remain in wide trying to undermine Israel; education funded with billions themselves or certain “pro- would resettle you with a shares. circulation in America. Just • Failing to effectively of dollars by the anti-Semitic tected” minorities. The ADL Jewish family out west. Over “Also,” Kinsey said, “they last year, the Coen Broth- address Jew-hatred from regimes of Saudi Arabia and has become a fraud. 75,000 Jews would eventually conducted their business on ers released “The Ballad of “liberal” mainline Protestant Qatar; The Jewish community take up the offer. horseback.” Buster Scruggs,” an anthol- churches; • Suppressing, marginal- deserves better. We need izing, and even attacking strong, proud and courageous dissenting voices within our Jewish leaders who are not own community; ideologically conflicted or • Abandoning their fi- morally confused, and who duciary responsibilities by are unafraid to fight cou- compromising the needs of rageously. ADL’s leadership our community for the sake must be replaced. of progressive politics. Today, we are calling on Sadly, the failure of estab- establishment Jewish lead- lishment Jewish leadership is ers, including Federation and not a new story: during World JCRC leaders as well as rabbis War II, many American Jewish to examine their failure to leaders were cowards—more effectively respond to the hos- concerned with a potential tility toward Jews in America. backlash of anti-Semitism in Then, consistent with the America than with the fate of highest Jewish values, they their fellow Jews in Europe. should seek forgiveness and Today, still cowering, they resign. fear exclusion from the pro- Only with proud, brave, and gressive community. Then, competent leadership, can they abandoned the Jews we hope for a secure Jewish of Europe; now the Jews of future. Brooklyn, America, and Israel. Charles Jacobs, is co- The biggest Jewish defense founder and president agency, the ADL, is the biggest of Americans for Peace and failure. Their mission has Tolerance and The American been universalized: it changed Anti-Slavery Group. He is from fighting anti-Semitism also co-founder of the David to fighting “all forms of hate Project. with the same vigor and pas- Avi Goldwasser is the co- sion,” as if the Jewish com- founder of Americans for munity has the resources to Peace and Tolerance and do that, as if the community The David Project. He is the is secure and protected. executive producer of sev- In too many instances, the eral documentaries includ- ADL has failed to protect Jews. ing Hate Spaces, The J Street They seem more dedicated Challenge, and The Forgotten to protecting politically cor- Refugees. HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, JANUARY 3, 2020 PAGE 13A Weekly roundup of world briefs

Yeshiva University dorm in attack on West Bank the hotel with the “worst view ‘Homeland,’ is the NY Most of the 255,000 new The school is on Alt- set on fire by man using synagogue in the world.” Every room has Times’ favorite inter- immigrants came from Marienfelde Street, in the matches meant for Cha- By Marcy Oster a view of the security barrier. national series of the countries including Russia, former West Berlin. nukah candles JERUSALEM (JTA)—Sev- Banksy’s true identity decade Ukraine, France, the United In response to the incident, By Marcy Oster eral Torah scrolls were dam- remains a mystery and he By Marcy Oster States and Ethiopia, ac- Lorenz Korgel, the Berlin city (JTA)—A man broke into a aged in an attack on a West was not present during the JERUSALEM (JTA)—The cording to figures released official assigned to combat Yeshiva University dormitory Bank synagogue. revealing of his latest work, Israeli television series that Sunday by the Jewish Agency anti-Semitism, told the Ger- and set three separate fires us- One of the scrolls was set according to The Guardian. was remade in the United for Israel. man press agency dpa that ing matches intended to light ablaze and the synagogue’s Chanukah candles lit at States as “Homeland” took More than half the im- every school in Germany’s Chanukah candles. silver ritual items were stolen Jersey City kosher mar- the No. 1 spot on The New migrants, or about 130,000 capital should be teaching Students were asleep in in the haredi Orthodox city of ket where 3 were killed York Times list of the 30 best people, originated from the students about Jewish life and the building on Manhattan’s Modiin Illit. By Marcy Oster international television shows countries of the former Soviet taking a clear stand against Upper West Side when the The break-in occurred on (JTA)—Family members of the decade. Union. Another 55,000-plus anti-Semitism. incident occurred after 3 a.m. Sunday night and was dis- of the three people killed in “Prisoners of War,” or hailed from Europe, includ- Korgel cited the “Du Jude! Friday, New York City Fire covered early Monday when the shooting at a Jersey City “Hatufim,” was described as ing more than 38,000 from #sowhat?” poster campaign of Commissioner Daniel Nigro worshippers arrived for the kosher market were among “tense but in a quiet, leisurely, France. Of the 36,000 from the Amadeu-Antonio Founda- announced on Friday. morning prayer services, Ynet those who gathered to light realistic style; a taut and intel- North America, over 32,000 tion as exemplary. Launched Peter Weyand, 33, who reported. the first Chanukah candle ligent political thriller that were from the United States in November, the campaign works as a software engineer, The vandals also destroyed there. was above all a melancholy, and most of the rest from seeks to spark discussion was arrested the same day for prayer books and emptied Joseph Seals, a police de- at times heartbreaking char- Canada. Some 13,420 of the about the common schoolyard breaking into the university’s the contents of shelves and tective who was killed after acter study of soldiers and immigrants came from Latin use of the word “Jew” as an Schottenstein Residence in an cabinets on the floor. confronting the two gunmen families damaged by war.” America and nearly 10,500 insult, in part by pointing out incident partially captured Synagogue leaders told in a nearby cemetery before The show began airing in from Ethiopia. that there is simply nothing on security camera. He is Ynet that they were not in any they drove to the store, was Israel in March 2010 and is The report also shows that insulting about being called charged with arson, burglary disputes and had no idea who remembered at the ceremony available with English sub- over 3,040 new immigrants a Jew. with criminal intent, reckless would have desecrated their on Sunday, while Jersey City titles on Hulu. It was remade moved from other Middle In Chanukah greet- endangerment of property, sanctuary. police officers who were in- in 2011 as “Homeland.” Eastern states and other coun- ing, Trump says he will criminal mischief, criminal A similar incident took jured in the shootout at the The popular Israeli televi- tries with which Israel does ‘stand with the Jewish trespass and aggravated ha- place six months ago in a JC Kosher Supermarket were sion series “Fauda” also made not have diplomatic relations. people’ rassment. synagogue in the central Is- honored there. the list at No. 8. It launched Some of the other countries By Marcy Oster Weyand is believed to raeli city of Bnei Brak, home Supermarket owner Mindy in 2015 and is entering its represented include South (JTA)—President Donald have been under the influ- to a majority of haredim, or Ferencz; a shopper, Moshe third season in Israel. The Africa, 2,560; Oceania, 1,950, Trump issued Chanukah ence of drugs at the time of ultra-Orthodox. Deutsch; and an employee, first two seasons featuring the majority from Australia; greetings saying “We will the incident, The New York All-Star second baseman Douglas Miguel Rodriguez, English subtitles is available and about 1,700 from the rest continue to stand with the Times reported, citing a law Ian Kinsler retires were killed in the shootout be- on Netflix. of Africa and Asia, including Jewish people in defending the enforcement official familiar By Marcy Oster tween police and the gunmen. The Israeli series “Our 1,180 from India and more God-given right to worship with the case who spoke on (JTA)—Ian Kinsler, a four- The market remains board- Boys” and “Shtisel” received than 190 from Hong Kong freely and openly.” the condition of anonymity time All-Star second baseman ed up, spray-painted with a honorable mentions. and China. “As the Jewish community because the investigation who played for several teams, mural of a blue heart and the Other international series The year 2019 will conclude gathers together to celebrate is continuing. None of the is retiring after a 14-year ca- Pulaski Skyway bridge. that made the top 30 include with approximately 34,000 this special and sacred time charges raise the level of reer in Major League Baseball. On Sunday evening, a small “The Crown,” “Sherlock,” immigrants—the peak num- of year, we are reminded the incident to a hate crime, Kinsler, 37, the son of a silver menorah and boxes of “Killing Eve” and “Fleabag.” ber per year for the decade, ac- of God’s message of hope, despite the fact that the Jewish father and Catholic doughnuts sat on a folding Poway street renamed cording to the Jewish Agency. mercy, and love,” Trump said university is a major Jewish mother, played last season table in front of the market, Lori Lynn Lane in Astronaut Jessica Meir in the message dated Dec. 22, institution in the city. with the San Diego Padres. The New York Times reported. memory of synagogue tweets Chanukah mes- the first night of Chanukah. The Fire Department re- He ends his career one hit Ferencz’s brother Yoely shooting victim sage from space “Throughout the coming eight leased surveillance video of a away from 2,000, with 257 Greenfeld recited the bless- By Marcy Oster By Marcy Oster days, each candle to be lit on man kicking out the bottom home runs, 909 RBIs and 243 ings and lit the candle as (JTA)—Lori Lynn Lane (JTA)—Jewish astronaut the menorah will signal to the of a glass door to the dormi- stolen bases. He announced residents of Jersey City and was dedicated in memory of Jessica Meir tweeted a Chanu- world that freedom and justice tory’s lobby and then crawling his retirement on Friday. their supporters looked on. Lori Lynn Gilbert-Kaye, who kah greeting that included a will always shine brighter than through it, finally continuing He told The Athletic sports “As we celebrate Chanukah, was killed in the shooting at- photo of her holiday-themed hate and oppression.” into the building. The video news website that a herniated may the lives of our candles tack on the Chabad of Poway socks with earth seen through The message from Trump does not show the fires. cervical disk that ended his shine away the darkness, eas- in April. the window in the back- and first lady Melania went out “Attacking any religious 2019 season on Aug. 12 played ing the pains of all those who Eva Drive, a short street ground. to Jewish people in the United institution is a serious crime a factor in his decision. have suffered,” he said. in northern Poway, near San “Happy Chanukah to all States, Israel and across the and we have zero tolerance “My pride wouldn’t let me David Blatt hired as Diego, was changed during those who celebrate it on world. for acts of arson in this city,” go halfway at something that consultant for New York a ceremony on Friday. The Earth!” Meir tweeted from the “Today, the relationship Nigro said. “Thanks to the I’ve been doing at 100 percent Knicks change came at the request International Space Station. between the United States thorough investigative work for my whole baseball life,” he By Marcy Oster of family and friends and with Meir joined the crew of the and Israel, one of our most of our fire marshals, a dan- told The Athletic. JERUSALEM (JTA)—David the blessing of the city, the space station in September cherished allies and friends, gerous individual has been Kinsler, a two-time Gold Blatt, the former NBA and Los Angeles Times reported. and the following month par- is stronger than ever,” he quickly apprehended.” Glove winner, will stay with Israeli basketball coach, has The street is located about ticipated in the first all-female also said before speaking out Airstrike on Syria that the Padres as an adviser to been hired as a basketball one mile from the Chabad of spacewalk. standing with the Jewish killed 3 leads to Iranian baseball operations. operations consultant for the Poway, where Gilbert-Kaye, Last month Meir posted people and free worship. threat against Israel He was a member of the New York Knicks. 60, was killed in the April 27 photos of Israel as seen from London-area yeshiva By Marcy Oster 2018 World Series champion “I look forward to my next shooting. Three others were space, in which she honored burns down on first JERUSALEM (JTA)—Iran Boston Red Sox. He also played step in my career as I officially injured, including an 8-year- her father. night of Chanukah has threatened Israel over an for the Rangers, Tigers and retire from coaching and pur- old girl and the synagogue’s “My father’s globe spanning By Cnaan Liphshiz airstrike near Damascus, Syr- Angels. sue other opportunities in rabbi, who lost a finger. journey as a surgeon from the (JTA)—A yeshiva near Lon- ia, that killed three Iranians. Artist Banksy unveils basketball,” Blatt, 60, said in “It’s somehow appropriate Middle East, to Europe, and don was heavily damaged in a The attack on Sunday was nativity scene in Beth- a statement released by the that we gather here just be- eventually to the U.S. was an fire that consumed parts of the attributed to Israel by the Brit- lehem representing Knicks last week. fore Chanukah, the Festival inspiration to many in my im- building but ended without ain-based Syrian Observatory Palestinians under oc- Blatt, who once coached the of Lights, because Lori was mediate and extended family. causing injury. for Human Rights. It targeted cupation Cleveland Cavaliers, stepped a bright and shining light,” #TheJourney,” Meir tweeted The fire at Canvey Island, a Iranian and Syrian military By Marcy Oster down in October as head coach Poway Mayor Steve Vaus said in November. fishing village south of Lon- positions near Damascus, JERUSALEM (JTA)—The of the Greek Olympiacos team. at the ceremony. “The name She brought an Israeli flag don where about 60 haredi according to the group. elusive street artist Banksy In August, Blatt announced of the holiday comes from the to the space station as one of Orthodox Jewish families Ali Akbar Velayati, a top ad- has unveiled his latest piece that he has been diagnosed Hebrew word for dedication. her allowed personal items. moved in 2015, broke out viser to Iran’s supreme leader, at his hotel in Bethlehem, a with multiple sclerosis. So it’s fitting that we gather And the Chanukah socks. Sunday night, Essex Live Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, told nativity scene representing Blatt and Knicks President here to dedicate this street in German youth strangled reported. Russia Today Arabic that Israel Palestinians under occupa- Steve Mills played basketball memory of Lori, her life and by 3 classmates in at- It was the first night of will “regret its crimes,” and tion. together at Princeton Univer- truly her light.” tack apparently motivat- Chanukah. The community that “Illegal Israeli attacks The “Scar of Bethlehem” sity and have remained friends The accused gunman, John ed by anti-Semitism members who use the ye- in the region cannot pass unveiled on Saturday at the through the years, according Earnest, 20, has pleaded not By Toby Axelrod shiva structure were not in without a response.” Walled Off Hotel features a to NBA.com. The Knicks have guilty to charges of murder (JTA)—A 14-year-old Ger- the building when the fire The airstrikes are believed nativity scene with Mary and failed to reach the playoffs and attempted murder. The man boy was allegedly tied up broke out because they were to have been launched across Joseph and baby Jesus, but since the 2012-13 season and murder charge has been clas- and strangled at a Berlin high celebrating Chanukah at a the coast through Lebanese instead of a star hanging over are suffering through a 7-23 sified as a hate crime, making school by three classmates rabbi’s home. airspace, Reuters reported, the creche there is a large season that has seen them fire Earnest eligible for the death who hurled anti-Semitic in- The 10,000-square-foot citing a source in the regional bullet hole through a gray their coach. penalty. sults at him. compound, which housed a alliance supporting Syrian wall with scratches around Blatt was fired in 2016 by Earnest told a 911 operator The State Security Agency convenience store, an events President Bashar Assad. the hole that looks like a star. the Cavaliers after leading the in the moments after the at- is investigating the Dec. hall and multiple classrooms, The Syrian army said it The words “Love” and club, powered by the return of tack that he did it to save white 19 incident in gym class as had polystyrene ceiling tiles downed one of the missiles. “peace” in both English and superstar LeBron James, to people from Jews. politically motivated. The that are widely considered a Israel has neither con- France are graffitied on the the 2015 NBA Finals, where More than a quarter of a alleged assailants reportedly fire hazard. firmed nor denied the attack. pieces of the concrete wall. they lost to the Golden State million new immigrants released their victim only after Authorities are investigat- Israel has launched dozens Banksy opened the Walled Warriors in six games. He was moved to Israel in the the gym teacher interceded ing the source of the fire. of airstrikes against Syria in Off Hotel just steps from a hired by the Cavaliers because 2010s immediately upon witnessing Since moving there, the recent years targeting Irani- section of Israel’s West Bank of his success coaching Israel’s By Marcy Oster the attack. community has seen a num- an-backed militias operating security barrier in 2017 to Maccabi Tel Aviv to the Euro- JERUSALEM (JTA)—More The police report does not ber of minor, nonviolent cases in the country and weapons draw attention to the Israeli- League championship and a than a quarter of a million describe the attackers, nor of anti-Semitism but the local shipments bound for Hezbol- Palestinian conflict. The number of European teams. new immigrants from 150 does it note whether the vic- Jews’ relations with the non- lah in Lebanon. hotel, which is filled with ‘Prisoners of War,’ the countries moved to Israel in tim was actually Jewish. He Jewish population is mostly Torah scroll set on fire Banksy artwork, is billed as Israeli show that became the past decade. was slightly injured. cordial. PAGE 14A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, JANUARY 3, 2020 diplomatic events. Jared was attended a Jewish day school Before 2017, Gal Gadot was owned their Jewishness in a praying alongside the first 2010s given a vast portfolio—from in his native Toronto as a kid. best known as a supermodel confident way that nebbishy African-American president. From page 1A the opioid crisis to Israeli- —Gabe Friedman who showed up in multiple icons of the past, like Woody In 2018, she made headlines Palestinian negotiations. He Ruth Bader Ginsburg movies in the “Fast and Furi- Allen or Jerry Seinfeld, did again when she banned for cialist from Vermont would has had a tangible impact in This decade saw Ruth Bader ous” franchise. She was also a not. They also helped redefine a year the music of Shlomo have a real shot at becoming the Jewish state, where he has Ginsburg go from outspoken former Miss Israel, and before the popular image of Jewish Carlebach, the prolific com- president. advocated moving the U.S. liberal Supreme Court justice that an Israel Defense Forces women. poser who had been accused But Sanders made history embassy to Jerusalem and to the Notorious RBG—one of combat readiness instructor. As Elana Spivack put it in by multiple women of sexually in 2016 by becoming the withdrawing funding from the zeitgeist’s foremost politi- These days, she’s Wonder Alma earlier this year, Jacob- inappropriate acts. first Jew to win major party Palestinian institutions. cal and pop culture icons. Woman. son and Glazer took us “from —Ben Harris state primaries, on his way Liberal Jews hoped Ivanka The story starts with the Her role in the 2017 DC shpilkes to chutzpah.” Michael Solomonov to coming close to snagging and Jared, as two young Jews Jewish justice’s resilience Comics film named after the They didn’t shy from di- Ten years ago, you may have the nomination. Whether or from New York City, would in her career and personal legendary superhero skyrock- rectly discussing their Jewish never heard of ingredients like not he wins in his second be a check on some of the life, having fought for gen- eted her to international fame identities on the show either. tahini, harissa, labne, hal- attempt in 2020, Bernie president’s hardline policies. der equality for decades— and transformed her into an One episode harshly mocked loumi and preserved lemon. Sanders’ two presidential Jewish conservatives saw through a series of crucial icon of inspiration for women Birthright. Another took aim Today, you can easily find runs have transformed the Orthodox couple—and Supreme Court cases and and girls around the world. at some of the racist Jews of these and more Israeli staples political discourse in the Trump’s trust in them—as other projects—and battling The character has been hailed Florida. In another, the girls at your local supermarket Jewish community and the a rebuttal of the idea that multiple bouts of cancer. as a long overdue feminist hang out with a Holocaust (or Trader Joe’s). You can United States as a whole. the president condoned anti- In 2013, inspired by this addition to the comic book survivor. That’s on top of also stumble upon them on Because of Sanders, policies Semitism. And when the and more specifically by movie canon, and the film’s countless Jewish-themed trendy restaurant menus in like single-payer health care, administration began, their Ginsburg’s dissent in a case overwhelming box office jokes and references that just about every city, from San free public college and break- Jewish practice was scruti- involving voting rights, New success proved that a female- helped usher in what some Francisco to Boston. ing up the big banks are now nized, something that has York University law student fronted superhero flick could have called the most Jewish The hunger for ingredients commonly discussed within subsided as Jews have gotten Shana Knizhnik started a blog sell just as well, or better, than era of mainstream television like these and Israeli food the Democratic party. He has used to the couple’s unique that compared Ginsburg to ones starring men. in modern memory. more broadly can be credited mobilized a wing of progres- role in the White House. the late rapper the Notorious Gadot, now 34, has an es- —Gabe Friedman in large part to the food gospel sives across the country who —Ben Sales B.I.G. Multiple documen- teemed Jewish yichus — her Andrew Pollack and Fred of chef Michael Solomonov want to abandon center-left Drake taries, books and a feature maternal grandfather is an Guttenberg and his business partner liberalism in favor of his “po- Thanks to some tabloid- film starring Felicity Jones Auschwitz survivor and her Fred Guttenberg and An- Steve Cook. litical revolution.” level drama over the past few later, the nickname has stuck. father is a sixth-generation drew Pollack’s lives were both Solmonov boasts four He has also sparked strong years, many bristle at state- There are RBG action figures. Israeli. She has two young torn apart on Feb. 14, 2018, James Beard awards, two feelings across the Jewish ments about Drake’s influence A U.S. women’s national team daughters with her husband, when a former student entered best-selling cookbooks and community with the way he on the music industry. But soccer player put her name Israeli real-estate developer Marjory Stoneman Douglas more than eight restaurants frames his Jewishness and it’s hard to argue with the on her jersey once. Even her Yaron Varsano. Gadot and High School in Parkland, to his name, including the his outspoken criticism of numbers. workout routine became an Varsano are in the process Florida, and opened fire. Gut- renowned Zahav and the Israel—coupled with support The rapper and singer online phenomenon. of remaking an Israeli crime tenberg’s daughter, Jaime, and popular Dizengoff hummus for its existence. His criticism (and former teen actor), By the end of the 2010s, drama for English-speaking Pollack’s daughter, Meadow, restaurant in Philadelphia. of Israel’s treatment of the born Aubrey Graham to an Ginsburg experienced some audiences, as well as a novel were among the 17 victims. Intentionally or not, he has Palestinians on a mainstream African-American father and more health scares that about an Israeli-Palestinian The men share many simi- brought a passion for Israeli stage has emboldened other Jewish mother, was the most jeopardized the future of romance that was banned in larities: they are both 53 years cuisine to the masses of North progressives to challenge as- streamed musician of the the court—but she quickly Israeli schools. old, Jewish, and not particu- America. He believes that food sumptions about the decades- decade. He broke multiple bounced back every time, true —Laura Adkins larly involved in politics prior belongs to everyone, and has long U.S.-Israel relationship. Billboard charts and Spotify to her well-earned identity as Michael Bloomberg to the shooting. But the mas- sought to bring the Israeli —Ben Sales records. He became the best- a badass. If Michael Bloomberg has sacre led both to dedicate their tradition of ripping, tearing, Jared Kushner and selling digital singles artist —Laura Adkins his way, he’ll start the next lives to activism to honor their dipping and sharing to more Ivanka Trump of all time. Mark Zuckerberg decade as the first Jewish daughters’ memories and and more willing eaters. Jews have long served in His legacy continues to Few people have had as president of the United States. prevent similar deaths. Both He steers clear of politics, trusted White House posi- play out through the count- large an impact on the way But it’s easy to forget how now have more than 100,00 but doesn’t shy away from tions, but never have two Jews less contemporary artists we live and communicate over influential the billionaire has followers on social media showcasing the diverse food been so close to the president. who mimic his smooth sonic the past decade as Facebook already been over the past and have met with prominent traditions that define Israeli As President Trump’s senior style and his combination of founder Mark Zuckerberg. ten years. lawmakers. cuisine. advisers, and his daughter and rapping and singing. As the 2010s draw to a close, After his transformational But the two fall on complete Born in Israel but raised in son-in-law, Ivanka and Jared Though he rarely gives the company founded in tenure as mayor of New opposite sides of gun control Pittsburgh, Solomonov has have the president’s ear in a interviews, Drake has shown Zuckerberg’s Harvard dorm York—during which he left al- debate: while Guttenberg has fundamentally changed the new and unpredictable era of some Jewish pride a few room in 2004 boasts nearly most no big issue untouched, become a progressive advo- way Americans eat, impacted American government. times—perhaps most notably 2.5 billion users—or roughly from crime to tourism to cate for gun reform, Pollack the way we define Israeli food Trump invested both sides during a 2014 “Saturday Night one out every three people on arts initiatives—Bloomberg is an outspoken supporter of and influenced the way Jews, of “Javanka” with tremendous Live” skit about his bar mitz- the planet—and its influence moved on to national and President Donald Trump, who and non-Jews, view Jewish responsibility. Ivanka has be- vah, and a second bar mitzvah reaches into countless corners global issues. He has funneled has said people are too quick to food today. come a presence at high-level party of sorts in 2017. He of our lives. tens of millions (out of his net blame guns for mass killings. He is launching a culinary The 2010s were a period worth of around $56 billion) The two men’s heart- school in Israel and will 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 of meteoric growth for the to gun control initiatives, wrenching stories have in- open yet another restaurant S E R V E R H I N E R A S 14 15 16 company, which is now ranked including his own Everytown spired many on both sides, in 2020. E M A I L E A V E S E E L among the ten most valuable for Gun Safety group. He and the different paths their —Shannon Sarna 17 18 19 public corporations in the has also become a leading shared tragedy led has them Volodymyr Zelensky C A S T M E M B E R S M T A world. But perhaps inevitably, voice on combating climate down resonate especially Last December, Volodymyr 20 21 22 23 T H E A L A A A M E N S the 2010s also saw Facebook change, putting a portion of deeply at a time of deep Zelensky was a television actor 24 25 26 27 28 coming under increasing his fortune towards research political polarization, when in Ukraine most famous for M E M P H I S A M A H scrutiny—and mounting and lobbying on the issue and national tragedies seem only portraying a school teacher 29 30 31 32 33 D O M I N O C A L E B criticism. insisting that American cit- to further entrench those who through an unlikely 34 35 36 37 38 39 The company stands ac- ies can still help the country differences. series of events gets elected U P E N D S H I R E E M U cused of misusing oceans of decrease harmful emissions —Josefin Dolsten president. 40 41 42 43 A I M E E N U N A C R E S personal user data, addicting even while it’s led by a presi- Angela Buchdahl But on New Year’s Eve, 44 45 46 47 people to their phones, oblit- dent who does not believe in Angela Buchdahl’s ordina- Zelensky’s life began imitating L E B A G I N G D O E R S erating the capacity for sus- global warming. tion as the first Asian Ameri- his art: The Jewish comedian 48 49 50 E R R E D T E N D E R tained attention, undermin- And after flirting with can rabbi in 2001, and the announced that night that he 51 52 53 54 55 ing democracy, fomenting the idea for years, Bloom- first woman overall to become was running for president. O F R A M E M O I R S ethnic violence and inciting berg finally went all in on a both a cantor and a rabbi, He won the national election 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 R A S H I O A K O A F S hatred—and that list is hardly presidential candidacy at the was a watershed moment for in a landslide less than four 63 64 65 66 67 exhaustive. Much of this came end of 2019, believing that American Jews. But it was months later. D U H M E M O R I A L D A Y to a head in the wake of the his centrist, get-things-done Buchdahl’s selection in 2014 Just months after that, 68 69 70 I D I A R I S E R E I G N 2016 U.S. presidential elec- reputation would appeal to as senior rabbi of New York’s Zelensky found himself at the 71 72 73 tion, when American intel- voters disheartened by Trump Central Synagogue, among center of President Donald E A P C A R E D E S T E E ligence officials said Russia and unenthused by the slew of the largest Jewish houses of Trump’s impeachment scan- manipulated Facebook as part Democratic candidates. worship in the country, that dal. Zelensky was the world of its effort to swing the elec- —Gabe Friedman really marked her arrival on leader on the phone call with tion to Donald Trump. Abbi Jacobson and Ilana the global Jewish scene. Trump that is at the heart of Zuckerberg has occasion- Glazer The choice of Buchdahl Democrats’ case against the ally tried to contain the Jewy shtick had long been to replace the retiring Rabbi U.S. president. Trump is ac- damage, as in 2017, when he part of the backbone of Peter Rubinstein elevated a cused of pressuring Zelensky posted a Yom Kippur message American comedy—but never woman and a Jew of color on the call to dig up dirt on asking forgiveness for any like this. to a position of virtually un- Joe Biden’s son Hunter in divisiveness he had caused. Abbi Jacobson and Ilana precedented prominence in exchange for U.S. foreign aid But after enduring a sustained Glazer’s Comedy Central the Jewish world and made money. lashing from members of the sitcom “Broad City,” a wacky Buchdahl a potent symbol of Back home, Zelensky’s House Financial Services encapsulation of New York the changing face of American victory was a remarkable Committee in October, Zuck- millennial life that aired from Judaism. outcome in a country whose erberg acknowledged that he 2014 to 2019, fused Jewishness Born in Korea and raised soil has for centuries been might not be the best person and humor in an original way in Washington state by a drenched with Jewish blood. to present Facebook’s case to en route to becoming one of Buddhist mother and Jewish- Following the confrontational the world. the most beloved shows of American father, Buchdahl and nationalist politics of Zel- “I get that I’m not the ideal the decade. spoke at the White House Ha- ensky’s predecessor, his elec- messenger for this right now,” Jacobson and Glazer’s char- nukkah party in 2014, noting tion gave hope to pragmatists he said. “We certainly have acters—two stoners, loosely how incredulous the Ameri- seeking to rebuild Ukraine’s work to do to build trust.” based on themselves, who can founding fathers likely ruined economy and normal- —Ben Sales constantly find themselves would have been at the sight Gal Gadot in ridiculous situations— of an Asian-American rabbi 2010s on page 15A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, JANUARY 3, 2020 PAGE 15A lead: showing up in Jewish ty spiraled into an anti- title season with an injury) who is African-American and violence thrust Rabbis Jeffrey 2010s settlements and Palestinian Semitism controversy after and winning the Most Valu- Jewish, said in her speech. Myers and Yisroel Goldstein From page 14A towns, walking the border Jeremy Corbyn took over as able Player award in the 2019 Wadler’s speech made her into the national spotlight with the Gaza Strip. Fried- party leader in 2015, Luciana victory over the Los Angeles a media darling. She was fea- towards the end of the 2010s ize relations with its aggres- man was posting goofy videos Berger became one of Brit- Rams. tured with Gloria Steinem in a and, for a time, made them sive neighbor, Russia. of himself making last min- ish Jewry’s most visible and Edelman, 33, is the son spread in Vanity Fair, appeared each symbols of resistance to It’s all quite a lot to ask ute Jewish holiday purchases. persistent champions. of a Jewish father but was on “The Ellen DeGeneres rising anti-Semitic violence. of a political newcomer, and But by the end of 2017, it Berger, 38, wasn’t afraid not raised in the religion. Show” and the Smithsonian Goldstein came face to face some worry that Zelensky’s had become clear that David to scorn Corbyn or his sup- However, his Jewish pride has even asked to add the scarf with the gunman who entered failure to deliver could make Friedman was in charge, and porters and talked publicly swelled over the years as his she wore during her speech his synagogue in southern Ukraine’s Jewish community that he exerted more influ- about how she was attacked game has gained in stature. to its collection. California on the last day of a scapegoat. ence on Trump when it came with anti-Semitic abuse He has tweeted about Jew- Her rise to fame helped the Passover holiday in April —Cnaan Liphshiz to Israel issues than any other for speaking out on the is- ish holidays. He went on a break stereotypes of what 2019. He instinctively raised Aly Raisman person in his inner circle. sue—even while she was 8 Birthright-style trip to Israel. Jews look like. In interviews, his arms, and the gunman Aly Raisman spent a little Trump recognized Jeru- months pregnant with her He wrote a children’s book she spoke about having expe- fired, blowing off the rabbi’s over half the decade becom- salem as Israel’s capital, an second child. Other Jewish that references modern-day rienced discrimination and index finger. Then he turned ing and staying an Olympic act that drove Palestinians, politicians and celebrities fol- Zionism founder Theodor bullying both for her race and killed Lori Gilbert-Kaye, gold medalist. She spent the initially flattered by the at- lowed her lead in criticizing Herzl. and religion, including being who became the attack’s only latter part of it becoming tention they received from Labour, which was once the In his latest display, Edel- told she could not be Jewish fatality. an influential advocate for Kushner and Greenblatt, out political home for most of the man debuted custom cleats because she is black. In the months following the sexual abuse victims and an of the peace process. Insiders U.K.’s hundreds of thousands featuring a Star of David and —Josefin Dolsten attack, Goldstein gave speech- empowered role model for said Friedman, who flew to of Jews. the logo of the Israel Baseball Eric Zemmour es at the White House and the women everywhere. Washington to meet Trump “I had too many threats— Association as part of the Frenchman Eric Zemmour United Nations, and in Brazil At the 2012 Olympics in with unusual frequency, had I’d be stabbed, raped, have NFL’s fourth “My Cause, My has become one of the most and Poland. Seven months London, Raisman was the driven the decision. acid thrown on me,” Berger Cleats’’ campaign. The previ- prominent anti-immigration after the attack, he retired as most decorated American In retrospect, it shouldn’t told The Times of London. ous year, he donned special voices in Europe over the past leader of the congregation he gymnast, winning gold in have been a surprise. Of the After a failed attempt to cleats in Pittsburgh to honor 10 years. But on paper, he’s not had founded in Poway, near the floor and team categories four, Friedman had always start a new party with other the victims of the synagogue an obvious fit for a leading role San Diego, in 1996. while performing a routine been the bomb-thrower, unhappy Labour members, shooting there in a game in the debate that has roiled Months earlier, it was My- to “Hava Nagila” on the way. with ties to more extreme Berger left the party in against the Steelers. the continent. ers who confronted a gun- At the 2016 games in Rio de precincts of the Israeli set- 2019 and risked her career —Marc Brodsky For one thing, he’s a jour- man intent on massacring Janeiro, she won silver in two tler movement. He was the by running on the centrist Naomi Wadler nalist who is part of the very his congregants. When the individual categories and gold one targeting liberal Jewish Liberal Democrat ticket in A fifth-grader’s eloquent left-leaning French intellec- shooting at Pittsburgh’s Tree again with the team. groups long before Trump ran a hard-to-win Conservative and passionate address at tual scene. For another, Zem- of Life synagogue began on Raisman would later be a for president, calling J Street district. She lost in the 2019 the 2018 March for Our Lives mour’s own Jewish parents the morning of Oct. 27, 2018, leading voice in the trial of “worse than kapos.” election that saw Prime event captured the attention immigrated to France from Myers was just minutes into her abusive former coach, Among non-family mem- Minister Boris Johnson con- not only of the crowd at the Algeria. leading Shabbat morning Larry Nassar. Her statement bers, Friedman had one of solidate his power, but that gun reform rally but that of Yet this background, and services. When the first shots in court about turning the the closest relationships with didn’t diminish her legacy of millions of people watching his ability to leverage it in his rang out, he assumed some- tables put powerful men on Trump, who once traveled defending her nation’s Jewish from afar. That person, who arguments, are an integral one had knocked over a coat notice. through a snowstorm to sit community. is now just 12 years old, is part of his rising visibility. rack. After leading several In a 2018 BBYO speech, Ra- shiva with Friedman after —Cnaan Liphshiz Naomi Wadler. Zemmour uses it to dismiss people to safety, he returned isman told Jewish teens about his father died. It was an Julian Edelman Together with a classmate, allegation of xenophobia. He to the synagogue’s choir loft the importance of family and intimacy that extended into At the start of this year, Wadler planned an 18-minute cites the experience of his where he heard the gunman Jewish values to her work, their professional relation- JTA asked this question in a walkout at her elementary family, and French Jewry at kill seven of his congregants. and that she sees herself as ship. Trump said recently headline: Is Julian Edelman school in Alexandria, Virginia. large, as a model for other In total, 11 people were representing the Jewish com- that he wished Friedman the best Jewish football player While most schools were do- minorities to follow. killed that morning in the munity when she performs. would go back to calling him ever? We may not be able to ing 17-minute walkouts to His views have placed him deadliest act of ant-Semitic She started gymnastics at age “Donald.” Friedman insists answer that one definitively, represent the 17 victims of under frequent attack in the violence in American Jewish 2 and vows to return for the on “Mr. President.” but the New England Patriots the 2018 Parkland shooting, media, and he has been con- history. 2020 Olympics. In the same speech, to the wide receiver is unquestion- Wadler and her classmate victed of hate speech twice. Myers would become one of —Laura Adkins Israeli American Council, ably the best Jewish pro added one more to represent But he has also become a the Pittsburgh Jewish com- David Friedman Trump described how the his- ballplayer of the decade (in Courtlin Arrington, a 17-year- household name with political munity’s chief spokesmen as When President Donald toric U.S. recognition of the football or any other sport) old girl who had been killed prospects. the national press descended Trump named the team he Golan Heights as sovereign and the one who is least shy in her Alabama high school In a 2015 survey, 12 percent on the city. “I’m a victim, I’m hoped would bring about Israeli territory came about. about displaying his Jewish classroom days earlier. Wadler of the respondents said they a survivor, I’m a mourner,” he peace in the Middle East, “I said to David, ‘David, tell pride. wanted to make the point that would vote for Zemmour if said at a memorial service two David Friedman seemed like me about the Golan Heights As he ascended from a last black victims of gun violence he ran for president. He has days after the shooting. At a a junior member. Unlike Jason in 30 seconds or less.’ He said, round draft pick in 2009 to like Arrington are often not remained noncommittal on service to mark 30 days, Myers Greenblatt and Dina Powell, ‘It’s high. It’s important. It’s top target for Tom Brady the subject of the same media the subject. chanted a Hebrew memorial he wasn’t a full-time peace sovereign. It’s security.’ And (arguably the best quarter- attention as white victims. —Cnaan Liphshiz prayer. A year later, the pain seeker—he had a day job as I said, ‘What do you think, back ever), the Patriots have “I represent the African- Rabbis Jeffrey Myers of that day had scarcely faded. ambassador to Israel. Unlike David?’ He said, ‘I think you dominated the NFL. He has American women who are and Yisroel Goldstein “I live with Oct. 27 every Jared Kushner, he was not could do it.’” been especially prominent in victims of violence, who are In the normal course of minute of every hour of every Trump’s son-in-law. —Ron Kampeas the postseason, playing on simply statistics instead of affairs, synagogue rabbis toil day, and I will for the rest of For a time, it looked like Luciana Berger two Super Bowl champion vibrant, beautiful girls who away in relative obscurity. my life,” he said. Greenblatt was taking the As Britain’s Labour Par- teams (he missed the 2017 are full of potential,” Wadler, But two horrific acts of mass —Ben Harris KCOA From page 1A celebration, Tu Beshvat Seder and we are looking forward many community organiza- willingly continued to do so to 300 independent seniors. and even opportunities to to building upon and even tions who prepared goodies to for Kinneret. Without them, For information on the facil- envisions a broader view that celebrate Yom Ha’atzmaut. expanding this vision to reach include with the meal as well it would be nearly impossible ity or to find out how you can would include providing Jew- “We are so grateful to the even more Jewish Seniors as a big group of dedicated to continue this program.” donate to KCOA, please go to ish seniors in need with the staff and lay leadership of JFS across Central Florida,” said Holiday Meal Delivery volun- Kinneret Apartments, lo- www.kinneretliving.org or opportunity to have a Break for their years of support for Weil. She continued, “We teers who have delivered meals cated in downtown Orlando, contact Sharon Weil at 407- fast at Yom Kippur, a Purim this extraordinary program are very fortunate to have through the JFS program and provides subsidized housing 425-4537, ext. 211. Anti-Semitism From page 6A free rein on campus. The York told to shut up because “white Jews to “go back to the ovens” are not welcome on campus, to show that this behavior has Federation of Students has a people don’t get to talk.” The could now be openly shouted conflating Zionism with Na- serious consequences and about the rioters and their in- history of anti-Semitism and hired diversity officer told on campus. According to the zism and calling for Jews to be will not be tolerated at an in- tentions. This was never about support for murderous and him: “Don’t message me; you Ontario Human Rights Code, burned in ovens are direct vio- stitution whose sole purpose good-faith critique of Israeli radical ideologies that harbor can’t be racist against white “Racial harassment means lations of the human rights of should be the pursuit of truth policies or even about solidar- hatred and malice for anyone people.” Remarkably, the uni- that someone is bothering every Israeli, Jew and Zionist and knowledge. ity with the Arab population who stands against them. And versity didn’t sanction the YFS you, threatening you or on this campus. This hatred Avi Feygin is a CAMERA in Israel. This riot was about the university’s leadership has and hold them accountable. treating you unfairly because casts a shadow over every Jew Fellow and an engineering hatred. It was a throwback shown a distinct lack of inter- The last time calls for intifada of your perceived: ancestry, walking the university’s halls. student at York University. to every blood libel, pogrom est in reigning in this bigotry were heard on campus, no place of origin, ethnic origin, As an openly religious Jew on He is currently working on and instance of incitement and hate. students were expelled for hate creed or citizenship.” campus who faces this hatred various projects related both drawn from a deep well of For example, at the student crimes. They were simply told By any reasonable stan- on campus on a daily basis, I to his engineering degree, and hatred for the Jewish people, government general meeting not to do it again. So it comes dard, advocating for an inti- call upon the president and the global and local political and it is apparently allowed last year, a Jewish student was as no surprise that calls for fada, declaring that Israelis deans to take concrete action situation regarding Israel. Rogers From page 8A thoughts today. While we deep grief in neighborhoods but also through television, Neighborhood” together via is a regular contributor to the always believe in ‘looking for across the country, he would books, movies, DVDs and the FaceTime. “Daniel Tiger is (Capital Region N.Y.) Jewish Rogers Center, established at the helpers,’ we long for a day encourage us, just as he did Internet. This summer, my always doing something new,” World and the Orlando Heri- St. Vincent’s College, Latrobe, when there is no more tragedy after 9/11, to be good neigh- four-year-old granddaughter she announced. “I just like tage Florida Jewish News. She Pennsylvania under Rogers’ born from hatred.” bors and to help the children and I watched her favorite him.” And then she sang. “It’s is the author of two compila- guidance before his death, In an article published soon in our lives to feel safe. His episodes of “Daniel Tiger’s a beautiful day in the neigh- tions of her stories, “There Goes immediately posted on their after in Yahoo news, Karen affirming message about our Neighborhood” on You Tube borhood, a beautiful day...” I My Heart” (2016) and “Tikkun Facebook page a message Struble Meyers, spokesperson inherent likability and worth videos and played with the happily joined in, as I wiped Olam” (2018). Both books avail- tying the tragedy to Squirrel for the Center, reflected on would bring comfort to many.” small miniature replicas of the tears from my eyes. able in paperback and e-book Hill’s favorite neighbor. “We’re the question of what would Mister Rogers’s legacy lives the characters. Recently, she Marilyn Cohen Shapiro, a format on Amazon. Her blog is holding Squirrel Hill in our Mister Rogers say. “Despite the on not only through his quotes and I read “A Busy Day in the resident of Kissimmee, Fla., theregoesmyheart.me. PAGE 16A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, JANUARY 3, 2020 The meat-stuffed pita that’s taking Israel by storm

By Rachel Ringler meat restaurant in the Carmel will be like the Jaffa hummus Within short order, he Market in Tel Aviv. place, Abu Hassan. Once we perfected his take on arayes— I first read about arayes— “We’re not sure which Is- finish the food that we pre- crisp on the outside, succulent grilled pita sandwiches filled raeli chef first served arayes pared, we will close for the inside. They’re served with a with ground lamb mixed with in a restaurant, but Jonathan day and I will go home. Or plate of chopped tomatoes, chopped onions, parsley and Borowitz of M25 restaurant... to the beach.” placed on house-made tahini, spices that are crispy on the definitely made it famous,” The first day he opened, and topped with a dollop of outside and juicy within—a Einat Admony and Janna Gur there were 200 people in line freshly made salted lemon few years ago. The men- wrote in their newly published waiting to get inside. The spread. tions increased over time, cookbook “Shuk.” following week his partners “This is a perfect dish,” like a drum beat growing in M25 is paired with a butcher told him that they “wanted Borowitz said. “It has ev- intensity. shop next door owned by a particular type of kebab erything. Meat. Pita. Tahini. While I had lived in Israel Yaron Kestenbaum and Yaniv inside a pita. I said, “Ah! You Tomatoes. No need to play and visited there often, I had Bar-Nur. The restaurant got want arayes!’ I had seen that with it.” never eaten one. But it became its name because it is only sandwich 15 years earlier in The restaurant now serves clear that it was something I 25 meters from the butcher, Nazareth.” about 800 arayes a week—it’s had to do. Arayes were a new so you know that the meat “I worked on the method of M25’s most popular dish. food THING. you eat in the restaurant—all how to prepare the sandwich,” “Everyone knows we are Arayes have been around locally sourced—is fresh. Arayes is called the perfect dish. Borowitz continued. “It was the first, and now you see it for a long time and there is Meeting Borowitz recently obvious to me that I had to all around,” Borowitz said. lots of discussion as to their at M25, not only did I get to partners’ butcher shop, that at noon,” Borowitz recalled. find the right factory for the “It’s easy to make and it’s origins. Some say they come eat the famed sandwich, but I was not to be. At the time he “We had three dishes on the pita. Then I would halve the very Israeli in terms of the from the Galilee, others from got the answer to my question opened M25, Borowitz was menu. We had kebab. We had pita, grill it, chill it, and then, ingredients. While the dish Lebanon and still others claim as to why the dish’s ubiquity already well known in foodie minute steak. And we had when an order comes in, I was here before us, the way it is a Palestinian dish. started relatively recently. circles for his earlier Tel Aviv kebab inside a pita bread. would slice it and cut it into we executed it caused it to Within Israel, however, M25 opened 4 1/2 years ago. eatery, Cafe 48. When word Some tahini. Some tomatoes. quarters, and place the bread become an instant hit. We there is no dispute that the While Borowitz was hoping got out that he was onto a new Some potatoes. Some onions on the grill so the flavor of the ignited a revolution.” local arayes craze started to run a quiet, under-the- venture, people came. and that’s it. I wanted to keep grill infuses all four quarters This story originally ap- at M25, a small, unadorned radar meat place next to his “We opened on a Friday things simple. I thought we of the pita.” peared on The Nosher. Was ‘The Man in the High Castle’ good for the Jews?

For instance, when the Frink—the show’s most to use visual iconography to show began in 2015, or when prominent Jewish character enhance the narrative, de- the book it was based off was since the beginning—has his signing a world both subtly published in 1962, the idea of bar mitzvah. Watching this and drastically different than Nazis marching in the streets man who used to minimize our own. of a major American city was his heritage now learning The music department too a terrifying bit of fiction. As and embracing it with a whole deserves kudos. Their song we all know, that’s not so far- community of Jews in hiding choices were always on-point fetched anymore. would have been a powerful and insistently subversive, I will admit to having a moment no matter how the from using “Edelweiss” (from complicated relationship show depicted it. “The Sound of Music”) as with “The Man in the High But they did something the theme song to featuring Castle.” While I think it was extraordinary—they chose deliberately anti-Nazi, anti- excellently made, consis- to intercut the bar mitzvah racist music in major plot mo- tently well-acted, and raised with a scene of a Nazi rally, ments. The fourth season in interesting questions worth the audio from one overlap- particular leaned into music chewing over, I find it difficult ping the video of the other by black composers as part to recommend outright. It is as they switched back and of a larger story arc about a extremely dark and bleak— forth. As we watch Frank black American resistance even the lighter moments tentatively read from the movement, though that story Amazon Prime Video/Liane Hentscher always seemed a long way Torah, we hear the chilling itself seems like it should have off or were snatched away reminder of what he is risk- been introduced much earlier. By Julia Peterson When I started watching ferently than it does today. fast—and the inescapable ing, and we know the wolves A main arc of the show “The Man in the High Castle,” That’s not to say 2015 was Nazi iconography is a lot to are howling right outside throughout all four seasons This article originally ap- the idea of a show set in an any sort of idyll free of danger subject yourself to over the the door. On the other was the exploration of a very peared on Alma. Significant alternate universe where the or systemic injustice, but the course of an hour or more, hand, hearing Frank’s voice banal evil. John Smith, a spoilers for all four seasons of allies were defeated in WWII last four years have made especially if you’re Jewish. over the footage of the rally former American soldier who “The Man in the High Castle” and the Nazis rule over half the worst of our politics and Since the show wrapped up shows us that even in this joins the SS and rises through contained below. of North America landed dif- society more overt. its final season last month, world, the Nazis are neither the ranks of the Nazi party, this is a good time to explore all-powerful nor invincible. is a fascinating character some of its highs and lows. They have not stopped Jews precisely because he is not Where did it swing for the from celebrating and revel- a cartoonish villain. He is NO MORE GUTTER CLEANING, fences? Where did it fall short? ing in their Jewish culture, a genuinely devoted family OR YOUR MONEY BACK – GUARANTEED And what can other stories community, and identity. man who would do anything about alternate histories learn Frank gets beheaded in the to protect his children—in- for the future? next episode. I am still irked cluding willingly committing To begin with, I am Jew- about it, because for me this murder, upholding an oppres- ish. I am also queer. And exemplifies the show’s great- sive regime, and participating throughout “The Man in the est pitfall. While “The Man in genocide. High Castle,” I found a bitter in the High Castle” did have Some of the show’s best and relentless hope in watch- its moments of excellence at satire comes in the moments ing the characters like me finding a glimmer of hope in we spend with Smith and his moving through this world. the darkness, it didn’t always family at home, when we see This, for me, was the very know what to do with all how neatly 1950s American best of the show—when even its characters, or why their culture could have fit into this in the worst of times, when survival might matter in the alternate timeline. Many of everything we feared has big picture beyond their im- its most memorably chilling come to pass and the world mediate narrative purpose. moments have been when is as frightful and danger- Over the course of the we saw Smith at his most % AND! % OFF ENTIRE® ous as it has ever been, we series, the writers embraced “ordinary”—reading a book to FINANCING* LEAFFILTER are still here. We are falling a universe where anyone his children at the end of the 0 15 PURCHASE** PLUS AN ADDITIONAL in love, learning, making could die. While this some- day, kissing them goodnight, art, working, worshipping, times made for interesting and tucking them into bed, all SENIOR OR MILITARY DISCOUNT! We offer Senior & Military discounts and resisting a society that stakes, it also meant that while his red armband hovers ON TOP of the 15% off & 0% financing! wants to remove us from some storylines felt rushed or just at the edge of the screen. the world. While some mar- abruptly ended. Others never Ultimately, “The Man in the ginalized characters joined got their due, and characters High Castle” reminds us that  CALL US TODAY and organized resistance who could have had more to the people who do evil things movements, and for others say got dropped by the wayside are still people—and that’s For A FREE Estimate! the act of survival was itself instead. what makes their actions all resistance, I took hope in it From a technical stand- the more horrifying. When 1-877-486-2333 all. Watching the show, I was point, some aspects of the they had the choice to fight often reminded of a Yiddish show were absolutely brilliant back or give in, they chose the Promo Number: 285 resistance song, “Mir Veln Zey because of their attention to path that would keep them Mon-Thurs: 8am-11pm, Fri-Sat: 8am-5pm Sun: 2pm-8pm EST Iberleben,” which translates detail. The costume and set safe and comfortable at the to “We Will Outlive Them.“ designers all deserve signifi- expense of others. 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