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by BEN SALES (JTA) — Days before NFL star DeSean Jackson posted anti-Se- mitic quotes falsely attributed to Adolf Hitler that set off a nationwide debate about an- ti-Semitism, Jackson praised Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan. “This man powerful I hope everyone got a chance to watch this!! Don’t be blinded. Know what’s going on!!” Jackson (JNS) — An overwhelming Israel and want the Democratic wrote on his Instagram account majority of Americans, includ- Party platform to remain at on July 4, after Farrakhan gave Louis Farrakhan, center, surrounded by, clockwise from top left, DeSean ing Democrats and voters in least as pro-Israel as it was in (Quoting Louis — Page 7) Jackson, Stephen Jackson, Nick Cannon and Ice Cube. (Getty Images) battleground states, consider 2016, according to a new poll. themselves pro-Israel, oppose Moreover, when it comes to reducing U.S. security aid to (Pro-Israel — Page 7) Abe Foxman’s Next Act: Raising Shin Bet Foils Iran, Hezbollah $28 Million to Feed Thousands of Terror Plot in Judea and Samaria Struggling Holocaust Survivors

by SHIRA HANAU (JTA) — Since retiring from his post as national director of the Anti-Defamation League in 2015, Abraham Foxman has had plenty of opportunities to take on other projects in the Jewish world. Until now, he’s almost always said no. But now the 80-year-old is coming out of retirement with an ambitious goal: to raise $28 million to feed Holocaust survi- Assad Al-Amali (left) and Muhammad Abu Salah. (Shin Bet) vors during the pandemic. A volunteer packs groceries at the Met Council’s warehouse in Brooklyn. Vol- Foxman will lead the national unteers there assemble more than 1,200 packages of groceries for Holocaust by LILACH SHOVAL and launch high-profile attacks in (Next Act — Page 10) survivors each week. (Courtesy of Met Council) ISRAEL HAYOM STAFF Judea and Samaria by means of (JNS) — The Shin Bet an- a Popular Front for the Libera- nounced on Tuesday that it tion of Palestine cell. Despite Global Uncertainty, had thwarted an Iran and Hez- The Syrian military reported- bollah-backed terrorist plot to (Terror Plot — Page 4) Some Israeli Companies View JFNA Names Former Capitol China as Major Growth Market

Hill Veteran, Acting Pentagon by YAAKOV LAPPIN (JNS) — Despite the ongo- Official as Public-Affairs Head ing coronavirus pandemic and increasing tensions between (JNS) — The Jewish Federa- the United States and China, tions of North America (JFNA) Israeli companies continue to announced on Monday that Elana view China as a major market Broitman, a Capitol Hill veteran for growth and development. and former top Pentagon official, Executives from two such com- has been tapped as senior vice panies have told JNS in recent president for public affairs. weeks about their ongoing op- In her new role, Broitman erations in China. will lead JFNA’s work to en- The PTL Group is an Israe- gage all the elements of civil li-owned Chinese company that society in helping support Jew- provides support to multiple A view of a Plataine manufacturing plant. Plataine’s optimization systems ish life, and strong and en- international companies taking have been installed in heavy industrial plants, such as wind-turbine manu- gaged civic communities. Elena Broitman. (The Jewish Federations their first steps in the Chinese facturing, automotive supplies, furniture manufacturers and civilian-aircraft (JFNA — Page 8) of North America) (Growth Market — Page 4) production sites. (Courtesy) Fox’s Deli • 2x3 • 072120 • JT

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Israeli Model until September, when the final remains stronger than ever. their minds and in their believ- [I’ve never] uttered the words Bar Refaeli, 35, decision is expected to be de- This administration strongly ers’ minds greater than God’s of death to the Jewish people.” Convicted and livered. supports the development of word,” declared Farrakhan in In the comments section of Eastern Mediterranean gas re- the speech. Madonna’s Instagram post, Sentenced for Chevron to Buy sources, and we look forward to Farrakhan has always refuted users lambasted her for sharing Tax Evasion Noble Energy for $5 what American ingenuity can those who say he is anti-Semit- the video and cited his history Billion, Bringing Oil do to boost energy development ic, even though he has called of anti-Semitism, homophobia, and security in the region.” Jews “termites” and worse. sexism and other bigotry. Giant in Control of Separately, Israel approved “They tell lies to make you Other celebrities who have re- Israel’s Gas Fields a deal on Sunday with Cy- think I am a bigot or anti-Sem- cently supported Farrakhan on (JNS) — Chevron Corp said prus, Greece and Italy for the ite, so that you won’t listen to social media include comedian on Monday that it plans to buy EastMed pipeline to transport what I’m saying. So far they’ve Chelsea Handler; Philadelphia Noble Energy for $5 billion in natural gas to Europe. been pretty successful,” he Eagles wide receiver DeSean stock, a deal that would make said during the speech that Jackson; and actor, rapper, di- it the first major oil company to Users Blast addressed coronavirus pandem- rector and TV-show host Nick enter the Israel energy market. Madonna for ic, racism and abuses by U.S. Cannon. Besides boosting its invest- Posting July 4 police. Separately, over the weekend, ment in U.S. shale, the purchase He added that “if you really Madonna published a series of will net Chevron Noble’s Levi- Instagram Video of think I hate the Jewish peo- now-deleted Instagram posts in athan natural-gas field off Isra- Farrakhan Speech ple, you don’t know me at all. solidarity with “Palestine.” b el’s coast, according to Reuters. (JNS) — Madonna is the lat- Chevron CEO Mike Wirth est celebrity in recent days to Community … told Reuters that the company promote Nation of Islam leader Israeli model Bar Refaeli at the Gen- was “mindful of the fact that Louis Farrakhan, who has an esis Award Ceremony at the Jerusa- there are political differences extensive history of anti-Jewish Mazel Tov! Mazel Tov! lem Theater on June 18, 2015. (Marc and tensions” between Israel rhetoric, on social media. Bar/Bat Mitzvahs, Graduations, Awards, Israel Sellem/POOL) and its neighbors, where Chev- The superstar singer, who Promotions, En­­gage­­­ments, Weddings, Births… ron also does business, thought will turn 62 next month, posted E-mail information and photos to: [email protected] (JNS) — A Tel Aviv court con- emphasized that it is “apoliti- a trailer for a July 4 speech by or mail to The Jewish Ledger. Announcements are free. victed Israeli model Bar Refaeli, cal” and “a commercial actor.” Farrakhan on her Instagram 35, on Monday on four counts “We engage with all of our page, which has more than 15 Mazel tov to Joanne Prives Mazel tov to Ava Mendler, of tax offenses and sentenced different stakeholders as we go million followers. It did not in- on the engagement of two of her daughter of Jason Mendler & her nine months of community through something like this,” clude the anti-Semitic remarks grandsons: Benjamin Zax to Ticia Valle, who competed on service. he said, according to the report. from his almost three-hour Michelle Miron and Jacob Zax American Ninja Warrior Junior Refaeli, along with her moth- Chevron is active in Saudi speech, in which he accused to Hannah Mellman. Benjamin against others in her age group er, 65-year-old Tzipi Refaeli, Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar and Iraqi Jews of replacing the Torah is the son of David & Marcia on the ultimate obstacle course. was ordered to pay a $1.5 mil- Kurdistan. with the Talmud. Zax of Ithaca, and Jacob is the lion fine on top of millions of Israel’s Energy Minister Yuval “They made that word in son of Jeffrey Zax & Judith Mazel tov to Anna Rutberg, back taxes owed to the State Steinitz welcomed Graham. daughter of Pauline & David of Israel. Tzipi Refaeli is slated the deal, calling it Rutberg on her graduation from to serve 16 months in prison, “a tremendous ex- Mazel tov to Aidan Leit, son Pittsford Sutherland High School though her lawyers are appeal- pression of confi- of Michael & Candice Leit on and her future plans for attend- ing on medical grounds. dence in the Israe- his graduation from The Harley ing Lafayette College. Mazel The punishments were part li energy market School. Aidan has been accept- tov to Sarah Zwart, daugh- of a plea agreement that Refaeli and the continued ed to Tulane University. He willl ter of Barbara Guttman and accepted in June as she was development and be deferring college and will be Steve Zwart on her graduation accused of roughly $10 million export of natural serving in the Israeli Defense from Pittsford Sutherland High in income undeclared. gas from the State Forces this August. Aidan will School and her future plans for Tzipi Refaeli, who acted as of Israel.” be studying Psychology. attending Fordgam University at her daughter’s agent, used other U.S. Energy Lincoln Center to pursue The- relatives’ names in signing Secreta r y Da n Mazel tov to Gene Brodsky, ater Production and Design. property leases. Brouillette tweet- Dr. Joel Greenberg, and Ar- The tax investigation started ed in response to thur Sharf, who were recently Mazel tov to Rabbi Shlomo in 2015. the news that “the certified as 50 Year Veteran Life & Malkie Noble on the engage- “Israeli tax law determines U.S.-Israeli ener- members at Jay Lodge Knights ment of their son Yaakov Ba- residency primarily upon gy relationship Madonna. (Wikimedia Commons) of Pythias. ruch to Elisheva Winlarz. whether the person spent most of the calendar year in the country. Refaeli claimed that she hadn’t and therefore did not have to declare her worldwide Now friends and family around the globe income in certain years,” re- ported Fox News. “But prosecutors rejected her can be part of a loved one’s service. claim and charged her with Brighton Memorial Chapel offers live funeral broadcasting providing incorrect tax infor- mation. For instance, Refae- for services that take place within our chapel. li’s indictment said she earned some $7.2 million between the All at NO CHARGE. years 2009-2012 while claiming to reside overseas to avoid pay- ing taxes on her income.” Refaeli had an extensive dat- ing relationship with American actor Leonardo DiCaprio, whose residence Refaeli claimed to al- legedly avoid paying all taxes she owed to the State of Israel. 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Growth Market (Continued from Page 1) market. Its chairman, Zvi Shal- ‘The Chinese Economy are there to help our clients max- go, said in a statement that “the Has Resumed Its imize their profit potential, but to demand for the Chinese market Functioning’ also safeguard their users expe- goes on and continues to grow. The Chinese market is an “ob- rience,” he stated. “Our clients’ We haven’t seen companies vious destination” for Plataine, ad revenue decreased, but their avoid entering the market or said Ben-Bassat. After setting up need for our services increased, change their plans. On the con- operations, the company “quick- creating a special phase in the trary, some are working to set ly realized we can’t do this by relationships,” he acknowledged. up new operations right now.” remote control and decided to “We were very much strength- Avner Ben-Bassat, CEO of set up a local team of Chinese ening our ties with our clients Plataine, an Israeli developer citizens,” he explained, enabling during this time.” of artificial-intelligence-based Plataine to engage local clients Navon is the company’s sole solutions for the optimization with local know-how on deal representative in China, where of manufacturing processes in closing and business culture. he works with tens of clients. advanced industries, said he Ben-Bassat said that in Jan- Even when he couldn’t fly to projected that the company’s op- uary, just before the pandemic visit clients, his fluency in Chi- erations will grow significantly erupted, Plataine was experienc- Avner Ben Bassat, Plataine CEO. Eran Navon – Regional Director, Asia nese and the fact that he was in with time, “even though we had ing “very good momentum” with (Courtesy) Pacific, GeoEdge.(Courtesy) the same time zone meant that to update our plans due to the a rise in sales and future clients he could continue to work with COVID-19 outbreak.” in the pipeline. This occurred the U.S. and Israel, in line with nese. He has been promoting them on a daily basis. Plataine’s optimization sys- despite the ongoing trade war Israeli regulation. In China, we Israeli-Chinese technological “I haven’t left Beijing in six tems have been installed in that had already been raging limit ourselves to the civilian cooperation for nearly a decade, months because of the restric- heavy industrial plants, such as between the United States and sector. That provides more than mainly with small- and medi- tions,” he noted. “But it now is wind-turbine manufacturing, China, which caused some of enough business.” um-sized companies, ranging becoming possible to travel. The automotive supplies, furniture Plataine’s companies to simply from startups to media compa- objective is to visit clients, to manufacturers and civilian-air- pick up their entire factory and ‘Bolster Our Partnerships nies. strengthen ties.” craft production sites. “Our move to Vietnam, where Plataine With Existing Customers’ GeoEdge, which specializes in Navon said he has not felt core technology is an AI-based is also active. The Trump administration, cyber scanning of digital adver- the consequences of growing software system. It can con- Once the pandemic struck, which has had a strong relation- tising in real time, ensures that U.S.-China tensions, adding that nect to the production line, to “we were first worried about ship with Israeli Prime Minis- ads have no malicious malware many of his competitors are the machines online and their the welfare of our employees in ter Benjamin Netanyahu, has and don’t redirect users to un- American companies operating sensors and gather figures on China,” he said. pushed heavily on its allies to wanted content without their in China. them. It ‘understands’ what is Nevertheless, after two distance from China. In June, consent. The company is active “The Chinese private sector is happening, and makes predic- months of lockdown, the compa- U.S. Secretary of State Mike around the world; in China, it very oriented towards finding the tions. If something negative is ny saw that activities had picked Pompeo told the American Jew- works with app developers and best quality partners and sup- about to happen, it will generate up just where they left off, he ish Committee’s Virtual Global advertising platforms. pliers. If companies here see an an alert,” explained Ben-Bassat. added. “The Chinese economy Forum that China is “a growing “We also block inappropriate opportunity to work with Amer- The system knows how to has resumed its functioning; challenge to the United States, to content thereby ensuring a high ican technology that meets their alert operators to flawed com- my team in China flies to visit Israel, indeed to all free people.” level of content and user experi- needs, they will do so. There is ponents, warn about upcoming clients and close deals.” In the In particular, America has ex- ence,” he told JNS. “The adver- no declared boycott here.” bottlenecks and urge production meantime, he noted, the local pressed concern over Chinese tising world lacks regulation and Israelis, he said, have a posi- managers to take action. It can team has become more inde- control over investment in infra- is exposed to malicious actors. tive reputation for innovation in even notify production lines of pendent since Israeli executives structure and technology, such We are an indication of quality China — a factor that provides a delays up ahead and the need and product managers cannot as 5G networks. Israel has taken and regulation,” he added. certain advantage at the start of to change a working plan, or currently fly into China. heed of these warnings to some When the coronavirus pan- interactions. to gather materials from other Chinese companies that are extent, recently denying China demic erupted, the company’s “As an Israeli and even a Jew sources. The technology is pow- directed towards local consump- the opportunity to build Israel’s entire environment was natu- living in China, I can say that ered by advanced algorithms, tion have weathered the storm Sorek B desalination plant. rally affected. “The uncertainty we have a favorable reputation said Ben-Bassat, adding that better, Ben-Bassat said, while Eran Navon, regional director and financial instability meant among Chinese people, espe- “the secret to success is mak- those that are based on exports of Asia-Pacific at GeoEdge — an that large advertising budgets cially in Shanghai, which had ing this available — not only to are facing greater difficulties, Israeli company that provides au- were frozen,” said Navon. Low- a Jewish community made up math experts, but to employees due to the recessions in Europe tomated Quality Assurance and er-quality ads filled the vacuum of [World War II] refugees. This on the production line.” and America. cyber-security tools for online as a result. community is very fondly re- The software creates a “smart “In the end, the whole world ads — said “advertising trends in With people at home during membered,” he noted. factory,” said Ben-Bassat, making is a community, connected by China are currently quite similar lockdowns, a growing numbers “There is an aspect to Chinese hundreds and even thousands of the umbilical cord. I live these to Europe and the USA.” of online users visited Chinese society that very much welcomes routine decisions that would nor- links,” he said. “China will con- He explained that “we are see- websites and applications. At the foreigners,” he elaborated. “The mally occupy employees’ time. tinue to be a central market.” ing a slowdown and cutting back same time, malicious advertisers cultural differences are very sig- “We believe in human-ma- Asked about the recent pres- on the advertising budgets of the were taking advantage of the nificant. No matter how well I chine teams and giving people a sure placed on the Israeli gov- large brands. Contrary to what situation due to their ability to speak Chinese, it will be there, better tool to free them up from ernment by the United States many might think, this creates purchase greater online space. but the overall sense — even the simpler decisions and get to reduce contracts to Chinese a large supply of programmatic This helped contribute to a rise during the coronavirus period them on to the bigger challeng- companies, Ben-Bassat said that advertising space at a relatively in defective advertising, designed and accusations between China es. This gives them more time his own company does not deal low cost. As a result, viewers to pull users to questionable land- and the U.S. — is of mutual re- to think ahead, for example, to with security-based or sensitive are exposed to low-quality ads ing pages, explained Navon. “We spect with foreigners.” b work on the next proposal to a technology sectors in China and with inappropriate content, often client,” he said. sticks to manufacturing. accompanied by security issues, The company is active in the “There are some sectors I pass too. These issues drive the need Terror Plot (Continued from Page 1) United States, Europe, China and on for a variety of reasons. It’s for our services. We are using Israel, and every year, it adds not a difficult dilemma,” he said. the current time to bolster our ly was also involved in training As part of the Shin Bet crack- new sectors, such as shipyards. “We do have security clients in partnerships with existing cus- the PFLP cell, which allegedly down, Yazan’s cousin, Muham- tomers. At the same time, we operated under the guise of a mad Abu Salah, was also ar- FOUNDED 1924 have had quite a few success civilian welfare organization rested, along with eight other stories with newly introduced known as “Al-Shabab Al-Alumi radicals involved in the plot. THE JEWISH LEDGER customers.” Al-Arabi.” The cell was plotting major ISSN 002165 Albert Klineman, Publisher 1924-1930 • Joseph H. Biben, Publisher 1930-1953 Navon said that the coming The cell first appeared on the attacks on Israeli targets and Donald Wolin, Publisher, 1953-1986 months represent significant op- Shin Bet’s radar during the in- communities, and the abduc- BARBARA MORGENSTERN, Publisher and Executive Editor portunities in China with the terrogation of 23-year-old PFLP tion of an Israel Defense Forces Published weekly by The Jewish Ledger, economy reopening and com- member Yazan Abu Salah, who soldier to use as a bargaining 2535 Brighton-Henrietta Town Line Road, Rochester, NY 14623 • Phone: (585) 427-2468 panies returning to spending. was arrested in April. He was chip for the release of Palestin- “China is going through a pro- revealed to be a member of a ian terrorists in Israeli prisons. Periodicals Postage Paid at Rochester, New York Subscription Rate: Within Monroe County $40 per year cess of reorganization. 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“The man who stops advertising to save money is like the man who stops the clock to save time.” Page 6 • THE JEWISH LEDGER • Thursday, July 23, 2020 Giants Jewish Manager Kneels ‘The Painted Bird,’ Gruesome Adaptation of During National Anthem Holocaust Novel That Had Viewers Walking Out of Festivals, Is Now on Demand

by CURT SCHLEIER (JTA) — Jerzy Kosinski’s 1965 Holocaust novel “The Painted Bird” was mired in controversy almost from its release. The film adaptation, which became available through on-demand platforms this weekend, has Gabe Kapler takes a knee during the National Anthem before the start of an raised eyebrows as well. exhibition game. (NBC Sports) In the 1960s, the author sug- gested that the novel — about by MARCY OSTER temic racism in our country, and a Jewish boy who witnesses (JTA) — Gabe Kapler, in his I wanted them to know that they sexual deviance and violence first season as San Francisco got to make their own decisions, while wandering through East- Stellan Skarsgaard, left, as Hans in “The Painted Bird.” (Courtesy of IFC Films) Giants manager, took a knee and we would respect and sup- ern Europe during World War during the National Anthem be- port those decisions. I wanted II — was autobiographical. rector Václav Marhoul has said Satan. He finds himself in the fore the start of an exhibition them to feel safe in speaking up,” Prominent Jewish reviewers, that he wanted to take the boy home of a jealous husband who game. Kapler has been a public including survivor Elie Wiesel (unnamed until the film’s end) gouges out the eyes of the man Kapler, 44, who is Jewish and backer of Black Lives Matter, and Cynthia Ozick, heaped it “on a journey to the very heart he believes is his wife’s lover. a former coach for Team Isra- including posts supportive of the with praise. Ozick wrote that of the dark human soul.” Some Marhoul shot in black-and- el, was joined by several of his movement on Instagram. He is she recognized the writer’s au- might say that he has succeed- white, adding to the feeling players on Monday night before the first Major League manager thenticity as a “Jewish survivor ed: At some pre-pandemic film of desolation. The film may facing the Oakland Athletics. to kneel during the National and witness to the Holocaust.” festivals, many viewers actually be more satisfying if seen as The Giants won, 6-2. Anthem. Subsequent investigations, walked out of screenings. intended, on larger theater He told the team earlier in the He comes to the Giants after however, indicated not only As in the book, the unnamed screens. But on the smaller at- day that he planned to kneel and managing the Philadelphia Phil- that Kosinski survived the war boy’s parents leave him with home screen, it comes off al- the Giants organization would lies for two seasons. in comparative comfort (a Cath- an old woman, ostensibly for most ghoulish. support any player that made the Along with coaching the Isra- olic family sheltered him), but protection from the Nazis. In the end, “The Painted same decision, ESPN reported. el team competing for the 2013 also that he possibly plagia- When she dies, he wanders Bird” isn’t really a Holocaust “I told them that I wanted to World Baseball Classic, Kapler rized the story. If there was one around the Eastern European film. The war, the camps and use my platform to demonstrate visited Israel in 2017 and toured thing that everyone could agree landscape (no country is men- the soldiers play secondary my dissatisfaction with the way with the national team, The Je- on, however, is that its presen- tioned by name) from calamity roles. It is more about what we’ve handled racism in our rusalem Post reported. Kapler tation of pedophilia, bestiality to catastrophe. A woman buries Hannah Arendt called the ba- country,” Kapler told ESPN. “I has a Star of David tattooed on and general depravity meant it him up to his neck and allows nality of evil. And there is al- wanted to demonstrate my dis- his right calf and “Never Again” would never be filmed. crows to peck at him because ready enough of that around in satisfaction with our clear sys- tattooed on his left calf. b But times have changed. Di- she believes he is possessed by the real world. b There’s Space in the Jewish Community for Queer People. I Just Had to Find It.

by SHIRA ROMANOFF a distinct desire. I had never addition of an aggressively het- be transparent to campers who my Judaic studies classes and “Would you be comfortable heard the word “bisexual.” My erosexual environment, and the could possibly also be queer cut spent half of my gap year in Is- with a gay guy being in your exposure to LGBTQ people was assumption that it operates that me deeply. rael studying Talmud. I realized cabin?” limited to stereotypes that I saw way for everyone. At my camp, I quit camp near the end of my I didn’t want to sacrifice my It was another humid sum- played out on TV and people my boys and girls went on what we second summer working there growth and values for a world mer day in which some of us age making fun of them. I was called “Shabbat walks” togeth- for a multitude of reasons, but in which I never felt comfortable. had taken shelter back in our already different enough in my er through the woods. They’d mostly because I finally came Instead I needed to find a new cabin to avoid the heat. I re- own mind without being that. sneak out at night to hang out to terms that I was done trying space, both queer and Jewish, member my breath catching in I had dealt with, and still deal with each other, later sharing to fit into an environment I had that I could live in and fully be my chest, feeling out of place as with, severe anxiety since I was their exploits with their cabin never fully felt comfortable in. myself. some other people in my aidah, in elementary school. I had trou- late at night where no one could I also went to high school at a I was lucky enough to find or grade, sat on a bed on a quiet ble making friends. I felt out of keep any secrets. Girls would Jewish day school. In my com- that community in college, full afternoon discussing if another place already. I vowed to ignore cuddle each other and sleep to- munity in the tight-knit northern of accepting and loving people camper our age was gay or not. my feelings for girls for fear of gether in tiny twin beds, but the suburbs of Chicago, kids often who are queer, Jewish, both or I was 13. being othered in my own head idea that it meant anything more would go to Jewish school and neither. I spent every Shabbat The guy shook his head. more than I already was. than friendship was discarded. camp together until graduating at Hillel, fully comfortable with “Of course not. I don’t care,” My Jewish camp had always I never truly felt comfort- from high school. I saw most of myself and my devotion to my he said. felt like an escape from the able with my sexuality while the same people nearly 365 days faith, without any hesitation to The girl who had asked him pressures I felt at school, to a at camp, even when I came out a year, but at least in high school try to blend in or waver in my looked pensive. small extent — I still struggled as bisexual at 17 and came back I was able to meet new friends values. As I’ve gotten older, I’ve “I don’t think I’d want a les- to make friends and find my as a counselor after high school. who had come from other mid- begun to see more similarities bian in my cabin,” she said. “I place as I dealt with my anxiety I noticed a much more tolerant dle schools. than differences between queer don’t think I’d be comfortable and the discomfort of my attrac- environment than when I was a I first learned what bisexuali- and Jewish communities. Both with them watching me change.” tion to other girls. I became boy camper, but the assumption of ty really meant on Tumblr, and value the chosen families of I averted my eyes, the discom- crazy that summer I was 13 not heterosexuality still remained. learned most of my knowledge community, and both experience fort starting to flare in my body. only because I desired the atten- My first summer as a counselor, of queer history and structures life with a deep sense of pride I shook my head and willed my- tion I felt like I never had, but my campers would make lists of on the internet. But no one in and the desire to live joyously self not to give away the guilt also to distract my fellow camp- guys they thought I was possibly my school was out, and I still despite external struggles. It’s I felt, like I always did. I had ers from the way I felt about dating, and I suggested they felt alone and terrified as I came a life in which I can’t choose always tried to be respectful, girls. I hated that summer; it not add girls to the list, which they out one day in a classroom, sur- between, and which I often find never looking at the girls in only caused me to struggle with reluctantly did. As counselors, rounded by the watching eyes of myself deliriously happy. my cabin in that way. But my my budding sexuality, but ce- we were not allowed to discuss my class. While the reaction to I never formally came out to stomach turned into knots and mented my feelings of alienation our sexualities or private lives my coming out was greatly sup- my synagogue and my commu- I reminded myself to keep pre- as the people around me made with campers, which was well portive, it was terrifying being nity at home, although I will al- tending I wasn’t affected by that fun of my obsession with boys. and good in theory. In reality, the only out person when I knew ways value my childhood there. small exchange. There’s a long-running joke campers almost always assumed many of my peers were making I still feel no need to try to force It wasn’t until the previous for Jewish institutions: that their us to be straight, and merely homophobic jokes and rolling myself into an environment I school year that I noticed my sole purpose is to create more contesting or telling the truth their eyes at me and my friends never felt truly comfortable in. eyes wandering often to the girls Jewish families by introducing about ourselves could get us in at the same time. Instead I choose to move for- in my grade as well as the boys young Jews to other Jews who trouble with staff. There was But in time, I became more ward, to continue to find new — glancing at their bodies in they will eventually marry and no room for me to completely comfortable with my love for chosen homes and Shabbat din- a way that didn’t just feel like have Jewish babies with. But be myself with my campers, Judaism and my queer identity. ners that feel more like home. b a comparison to my own, but that attempt also comes with the and the fact that I couldn’t fully I became heavily invested in © Alma THE JEWISH LEDGER • Thursday, July 23, 2020 • Page 7 News Outlets Covering Quoting Louis (Continued from Page 1) Israel Found, Again, to Have called “The Farrakhan Factor” in 1999, in part because white Run ‘Deepfake’ Op-Eds leaders give him so much at- tention. He knows his outra- by MARCY OSTER Masri, who was involved in geous statements will raise his (JTA) — For the second time bringing a lawsuit against an profile, so he keeps making in a month, news outlets re- Israeli surveillance company, them. porting on Israel and the Jewish Reuters concluded after an in- “Minister Farrakhan has community were found to have vestigation. voiced anti-Semitic rhetoric for published opinion pieces by Some of the publications that nearly a half-century. It is odi- fictitious authors. ran pieces by “Taylor” have ous and unacceptable — but Publications including Israel since removed them, while oth- should by now be completely National News, The Jerusalem ers have left the pieces online expected,” she told the site Post, The Algemeiner and the with editor’s notes. Journal-isms in 2018. “Farra- Times of Israel published pieces The Daily Beast earlier this khan’s anti-Semitic ramblings by a writer identified as Oliver month reported that 46 conser- only succeed in riling up some Taylor, who does not appear vative news outlets, including folks (including journalists) to exist, according to a Reuters some reporting on the Jewish who vastly overestimate his report this week. community, were duped into impact.” Rather than being a real publishing Middle East “hot That attention ends up in- person, Taylor appears to be a takes” by 19 nonexistent au- flating his image beyond the “deepfake,” or a hyper-realistic thors as part of a massive pro- actual impact he has in Black forgery, created in part to criti- paganda campaign that appears communities, says Ward. cize a London academic, Mazen to have started in July 2019. b “I think folks would be sur- Louis Farrakhan speaks in front of the Capitol building at the Million Man prised at how little the Nation March in Washington, D.C., Oct. 16, 1995. (Richard Ellis/AFP via Getty Images) of Islam and Louis Farrakhan Pro-Israel (Continued from Page 1) are on the mind of most Black a three-hour speech on You- ties. It may also come from the Americans,” he said. “It is votes, pro-Israel Democrats do for the U.S.-Israel relationship, Tube. attention that white Americans about as much on the mind of better against Republicans than a pledge to security funding Jackson is among several give to Farrakhan, as well as the Black community as the those who are not aligned with for Israel and backing for a Black celebrities who has de- the fact that enduring segre- Klan is on the average mind the Jewish state, according to two-state solution “that en- fended or praised Farrakhan gation and white flight from of a person in white America.” the poll, which was released on sures Israel’s future as a Jew- and echoed his anti-Semitic cities mean that many Black This dynamic has played out Monday by the Mellman Group ish and democratic state with rhetoric over the past several people have little exposure to many times before the recent on behalf of Democratic Major- recognized borders and up- weeks. That includes former Jewish communities, as well controversy involving DeSean ity for Israel. holds the right of Palestinians NBA player turned talking as a lack of education around Jackson and the others. According to the poll, 67 per- to live in freedom and secu- head Stephen Jackson, TV anti-Semitism and its dangers. In 2018, then-Rep. Keith El- cent of U.S. voters, 68 percent rity in a viable state of their star Nick Cannon and rapper Black commentators have lison of Minnesota was scruti- of Democrats and 68 percent of own.” and actor Ice Cube. All but Ice pointed out for years that it’s nized over past ties to Farra- voters in battleground states de- The platform also expresses Cube apologized. difficult to be involved in so- khan that he had since cut off. scribe themselves as pro-Israel. opposition to “unilateral steps Chelsea Handler, who is cial activism in Black commu- Last year, Sen. Cory Booker Moreover, according to the by either side” that jeopardizes white and Jewish, also took nities without encountering of New Jersey had to force- poll, two-thirds (66 percent) the prospects for two states, heat for boosting an old video the Nation of Islam. The group fully disavow any ties with of all voters, along with 63 in addition to an objection to of Farrakhan talking about has been particularly active in Farrakhan on the presidential percent of Democrats and 68 Israeli settlement expansion. racial justice. She later deleted helping formerly incarcerated campaign trail. Tamika Mallo- percent of battleground-state Regarding the status of Jeru- the video and apologized. people, and also has worked ry, a co-founder and leader of voters, oppose reducing U.S. salem, the platform states: “We Farrakhan, 87, is known for on anti-poverty campaigns the Women’s March, declined security assistance to Israel—a believe that while Jerusalem is his anti-Semitic and homopho- and making neighborhoods to withdraw her praise of Far- point of contention amid Israel’s a matter for final-status nego- bic rhetoric. He has praised safer. rakhan in 2018, leading to a plans to apply sovereignty to, or tiations, it should remain the Hitler, accused Jews of con- If you’re a Black commu- backlash against her move- what some call annex, parts of capital of Israel, an undivided trolling the U.S. government nity organizer working on ment. And in 1994, Arsenio the West Bank, also known as city accessible to people of all and railed against what he those issues, or a Black ce- Hall ended his talk show in Judea and Samaria. faiths.” calls the “Synagogue of Satan.” lebrity advocating for them, part because of widespread Only 18 percent of voters, This reflects the stance of But he’s also known for says hate movement researcher criticism he faced for host- including just 29 percent of the presumptive Democratic empowering Black activism, Eric Ward, odds are you’ll find ing a long — and, critics said, Democrats, responded that presidential nominee, former organizing social service pro- yourself alongside people af- softball — interview with Far- they want the Democratic Par- U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, grams in low-income Black filiated with Farrakhan, espe- rakhan. ty’s 2020 platform to be more that the U.S. embassy, which neighborhoods and advocat- cially in neighborhoods with Several Black commenta- “pro-Palestinian,” whereas, U.S. President Donald Trump ing for Black self-reliance de- a dearth of other civil society tors have called out the latest after reading the text of the moved from Tel Aviv to Jerusa- cades after he organized the organizations. round of Farrakhan praise. In 2016 platform planks on Israel, lem in May 2018, five months 1995 Million Man March, a “An organization like the response to DeSean Jackson, 70 percent want a platform at after recognizing Jerusalem as rally that brought hundreds of Nation of Islam is prosperous NFL player Zach Banner post- least as pro-Israel as this one, Israel’s capital, should remain thousands of Black people to because it has no competi- ed an emotional video defend- if not more so, while only 15 put. Washington, D.C. tion,” said Ward, executive ing the Jewish community and percent prefer a less pro-Israel The platform expresses op- “[D]espite the Nation’s many director of the Western States detailing how the Pittsburgh platform this year, according position to “any effort to un- flaws, it is present for black Center. synagogue shooting affected to the poll. fairly single out and delegit- people in America’s most “If you’re a person who’s him — especially as a member Moreover, the poll consisted imize Israel, including at the deprived and segregated en- politically active and socially of the Pittsburgh Steelers. of 71 percent of Democrats who United Nations or through the claves when the state itself is conscious, it is not uncom- The prominent ESPN com- were just as likely to prefer a Boycott, Divestment and Sanc- not present, to say nothing of mon that you will find yourself mentators Stephen A. Smith platform no less pro-Israel than tions [BDS] movement, while those who demand its condem- sharing space with the Nation and Michael Wilbon both the document adopted in 2016. protecting the constitutional nation,” wrote the Black and of Islam,” he said. “They have called out Stephen Jackson. right of our citizens to free Jewish writer Adam Serwer of a track record on work around “He has no credibility now,” ‘Support for Israel speech.” The Atlantic in 2018, explain- former felons that, without Wilbon said on his ESPN Is Wise Policy’ “While some deny the facts, ing why Black leaders are often putting value on it, is highly show “Pardon the Interrup- Last week, the drafting com- the reality is, American voters reluctant to condemn Farra- respected. It’s pretty unlikely, tion” about Jackson, who was mittee voted to approve the lan- have overwhelmingly posi- khan. “Then there is the sense in any major city in America become a leading Black Lives guage of the Democratic plat- tive attitudes towards Israel that while Farrakhan’s views that has a substantial Black Matter activist. NBA Hall of form in a virtual meeting on and are strongly supportive are vile, he lacks the power or population, that you’re doing Famers Kareem Abdul-Jab- Wednesday ahead of the July of the U.S.-Israel alliance,” authority to enforce them.” work around the formerly in- bar and Charles Barkley have 27 vote by the full 187-member said DMFI president and Black journalists and activ- carcerated and are not at least weighed in on the subject, too. platform committee, including CEO Mark Mellman in a state- ists say Farrakhan’s enduring in a loose coalition with the “I’m so disappointed in these the party’s conventional lan- ment. “Support for Israel is appeal comes from the social Nation of Islam.” men,” Barkley said in a video guage surrounding the U.S.-Is- wise policy. This poll shows service work that he and his Farrakhan also gets so much posted Monday. “I don’t un- rael alliance. that it is also smart politics for Nation of Islam continue to do attention, said Amy Alexan- derstand how you beat hatred The platform includes lan- Democrats, especially in crit- in low-income Black communi- der, who edited an anthology with more hatred.” b guage that expresses support ical battleground states.” b Page 8 • THE JEWISH LEDGER • Thursday, July 23, 2020 John Lewis and the Jews: 6 Moments Adelsons Give $25 Million That Showcase an Enduring Alliance to Republican Super PAC by MARCY OSTER It was the couple’s largest do- by RON KAMPEAS (JTA) — Sheldon Adelson and nation for the 2020 campaign. WASHINGTON (JTA) — his wife, Miriam, donated a total Super PACs can spend an un- When John Lewis, the civil of $25 million to a Republican limited amount with the caveat rights icon and congressman super PAC trying to ensure that that they do not work directly from Georgia, died at 80 over Republicans maintain the major- with a political candidate. the weekend, Jews in America ity in the U.S. Senate. A newspaper reported in Feb- and abroad lost an ally of near- A filing made Monday with ruary, citing three unnamed Re- ly six decades. the Federal Election Commission publican fundraisers, that the Lewis never tired of telling show that the billionaire casino Adelsons plan to spend $100 folks to “get into good trouble,” mogul and his physician wife million to elect Republicans and to defy the authorities and the each wrote a check last month for reelect President Donald Trump. conventional wisdom. It was $12.5 million to the Senate Lead- The Adelsons are known for a creed that guided him as he ership Fund, according to reports. their generosity to Republicans, helped organize the 1963 March The Republican fund, which is pro-Israel causes and medical re- on Washington; that led to po- John Lewis, D-Ga., and Norbert Bikales, who was part of the Kindertransport controlled by Senate Majority search. They typically spend tens lice severely beating him in from Berlin to France in July 1939 following the deportation of his parents Leader Mitch McConnell, raised of millions of dollars on the cam- Selma, Alabama, in 1965; and and brother to Poland, light one of six candles representing the more than a total of $30 million in June. paigns of Senate Republicans. six million Jews who were killed during the Holocaust, in a ceremony in the b that underscored his 33-year rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., April 9, 2002. (Scott J. Ferrell/ career in Congress. Congressional Quarterly/Getty Images) He also had a close relation- Two Synagogues Vandalized on ship with the Jewish communi- and thousands of members of Pro-Israel groups and figures ty dating to the 1960s, fortified the Jewish community marched also had been caught by sur- Same Day in Sarasota, Florida by alliances he forged through- with us then. I think it’s fitting prise by the invitation; none- out his congressional career. for me to be with you today. theless, the prospect of a boy- by MARCY OSTER the doors of the synagogue. Many Jewish leaders on both “Our message, the message of cott appalled them, and they set (JTA) — Two Reform syna- The Sarasota Sheriff’s office sides of the aisle lauded Lewis the Black community, is one that about trying to persuade Dem- gogues in Sarasota, Florida, were told the newspaper that a man when he announced his cancer is very simple. We are saying to ocrats to turn up. Lewis would vandalized with swastikas and was seen on surveillance video diagnosis last year and mourn- President Reagan, Mr. President, not have it — but he emphasized other hateful messages. on the grounds of Temple Ema- ed him this week. tell Mr. Gorbachev to open the his support for Israel in his de- The incidents at Temple Sinai nu-El at around 2 a.m. Video Here are six Jewish moments doors, open the gates and let the cision not to attend the speech. and Temple Emanu-El reportedly shows the same man on the from Lewis’ long and storied people out. I said that as long “I am saddened that the took place early on Wednesday grounds of Temple Sinai later on career working toward justice as one Jew is denied the right speaker would threaten this his- morning, the Sarasota Herald-Tri- the same morning. in America. to emigrate, as long as one Jew toric position, bipartisan sup- bune reported. The two temples issued a joint is denied the right to be Jewish port of our Israeli brothers and The Temple Sinai campus was letter to their memberships. Praying With His Feet in the Soviet Union, we all are sisters, by this action,” he said. extensively vandalized, includ- “We will be ever vigilant in That Selma March? It start- Jews in the Soviet Union.” Israeli officials joined the cho- ing many walls made of porous looking after the safety and se- ed with 12 men and women rus of worldwide leaders mourn- Jerusalem stone, making the re- curity of our members and our joining arms and leading oth- Spurning Farrakhan ing Lewis this week. “The US moval of the messages difficult. children. But we will not allow ers across the Edmund Pettus In 1995, Nation of Islam lost a hero. Israel lost a friend,” It is the second time that Temple hate to distract us from the holy Bridge. Among those 12 were founder Louis Farrakhan set out tweeted Dani Dayan, the out- Emanu El has been attacked in work that defines our temple Martin Luther King, Jr. and to convene Black men in Wash- going consul general of Israel the last four months. In April, missions,” the letter said. b Rabbi Abraham Joshua Hes- ington, D.C., at a rally meant in New York, along with a pic- swastikas were spray painted on chel. The rabbi was asked after to extend the symbolism of the ture of a 2015 tweet from Lewis the march whether he found 1963 March on Washington. himself saying, “I don’t take a time to pray. Heschel famously Some prominent figures from backseat to anyone in my com- JFNA (Continued from Page 1) answered: “I prayed with my the civil rights movement at- mitment and support of Israel.” feet.” Lewis, then 25, was right tended the Million Man March She previously served as a “This is the only way we will alongside them. on Washington, including Rosa Opposing BDS senior adviser for Sen. Kirsten keep our communities healthy Parks, but Lewis said he would While Backing the Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), and was U.S. and safe, protect the needs of Coalition-Building not because of Farrakhan’s track Right to Boycott acting deputy assistant secretary Holocaust survivors and other There’s a narrative that record, which then as now in- Lewis was opposed to the for manufacturing and indus- vulnerable groups, support Is- the unity that defined the cluded anti-Semitic comments. movement to boycott Israel, but trial-base policy under former rael and Jews around the globe, Black-Jewish alliance in the “I cannot overlook past state- — his thoughts cast back to the U.S. President Barack Obama. A and be good partners to all who 1960s dissipated by the 1980s, ments by Louis Farrakhan — business boycotts that helped lawyer, she worked on cases for wish us well and want to work in part because Black leaders and others associated with the propel the civil rights move- the U.S. House Foreign Affairs together to sustain the open and like Andrew Young and Jesse Nation of Islam — which are ment — he was fiercely defen- Committee, in addition to being supportive civil society that has Jackson vocally embraced ad- divisive and bigoted,” Lewis sive of the right to boycott. an advisor to the U.S. Agency allowed the Jewish communities vocacy for Palestinians. told Newsweek at the time. He opposed state laws and for International Development’s of North America to flourish.” If that was the narrative, “Although its general goal of proposed federal laws that Europe and newly independent In the statement, Broitman Lewis did not seem to be encouraging African Ameri- would penalize boycotters and states operations. noted that “so much of what I reading the book. In 1982, he can men to be responsible is joined two freshmen congress- “There is no doubt that Elana have accomplished professional- worked with the American Jew- sound, the march is fatally un- women who back the move- is the right fit for this important ly has led me to this position. As ish Committee to found the dermined by its chief sponsor.” ment to boycott, divest and position at the right time,” said an active member of the Jewish Atlanta Black-Jewish Coalition. sanction Israel in sponsoring JFNA board chair Mark Wilf in community, I have always been It was an alliance that culmi- Boycotting Bibi but a resolution affirming the right a statement released by JFNA. proud to secure programs that nated in 2019 in the founding Supporting Israel of Americans to boycott, a reso- “She feels passionately about the help those in need and strength- last year of the Congressional Israeli Prime Minister Ben- lution centrist pro-Israel groups Jewish community and has been en civic engagement. And now, Black-Jewish Caucus. jamin Netanyahu in 2015 ac- lobbied against. a lifelong advocate for the issues I will get to do that manifold cepted an invitation from Co-sponsoring the resolution we care about most, including while empowering others. Let My People(s) Go then-U.S. House of Represen- was “a simple demonstration communal security, bringing “My family instilled in me Jews have been hesitant at tatives Speaker John Boehner, of my ongoing commitment to services to those in need, chari- the importance of making the times to link Jewish suffering a Republican, to speak in Con- the ability of every American to table giving and supporting the world a better place, and as new with that of African Ameri- gress against President Barack exercise the fundamental First U.S.-Israel relationship.” immigrants, we worked hard cans. Lewis was not. At a mass Obama’s Iran policies. Amendment right to protest “This is one of the most im- to embrace American idealism Washington demonstration in Boehner, who had not con- through nonviolent actions,” he portant jobs in the North Amer- and opportunities. Being able to 1987 calling for the liberation of sulted with Democrats in Con- said at the time. ican Jewish community, espe- give back — as a representative Soviet Jewry, Lewis did not hes- gress or the White House about “I want to make it very clear cially at this critical time,” said of the Jewish community that itate to make the connection. the invitation, framed Netanya- that I disagree strongly with JFNA president and CEO Eric welcomed us and shaped who I “I stand here not so much as a hu’s speech as a more serious the BDS movement,” Lewis said Fingerhut in the statement. am — makes this work partic- member of Congress but I stand take on Iran, and members of in the same statement. He put “To thrive in this uncertain ularly meaningful. I am truly here as a human being,” Lewis the Congressional Black Caucus his words in action, co-spon- environment, we must be fully honored and humbled to join said. “Almost 25 years ago I saw it as an all-too-familiar dis: soring a resolution that con- engaged with the decision mak- the Jewish Federations team participated in a march here for The white man was pushing the demned but did not penalize ing and decision-makers in our and to work with communities jobs and freedom. Hundreds Black man out of the limelight. the BDS movement. b civil society,” he continued. throughout North America.” b Malek’s Bakery • 2x3 • 080812 • SH Fax/Email: - Expositor-Ledger Newspapers Rochester Golf Week • The Jewish Ledger 2535 Brighton-Henrietta Town Line Road, Rochester, NY 14623  THE JEWISH LEDGER • Thursday, July 23, 2020 • Page 9 (585) 427-2468 • FAX (585) 427-8521 Opinion … IMPORTANT… We want YOUR AD to be perfect… Your ad will run as it appears here unless we hear from you immediately. 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“The man who stops advertising to save money is like the man who stops the clock to save time.” Page 10 • THE JEWISH LEDGER • Thursday, July 23, 2020 Christians United for Israel Opposes Van Hollen Amendment (JNS) — The Christians United U.S. security-assistance funds on Israel having the necessary for Israel (CUFI) Action Fund for extending sovereignty to operational freedom to protect announced on Monday that it parts of Judea and Samaria. against terrorist activities in the opposes an amendment by Sen. CUFI Action Fund chairwom- West Bank.” Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) to the an Sandra Parker said in a state- She said that by limiting sys- National Defense Authorization ment that the proposed amend- tems such as the Iron Dome from Act for fiscal year 2021, which ment “would endanger Israelis being deployed there, this legisla- would prohibit Israel from using and Palestinians who both rely tive language would only “ensure that any future military conflict in the area would result in a much bloodier confrontation.” “Despite focusing this amend- ment on the discussion over the U.S. President Barack Obama, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and extension of Israeli sovereignty other officials next to an Iron Dome battery near Tel Aviv in March2013 . (Nati to Israeli communities in Judea Shohat/Flash90) and Samaria,” she went on, “Senator Van Hollen and sever- Van Hollen was joined in filing robust security assistance to our al of the amendment’s backers the amendment by Sens. Patrick friend and ally Israel, includ- seem to consistently find a rea- Leahy (D-Vt.), Elizabeth War- ing the Memorandum of Un- Home 2015 • Size • Date • Designer son to undermine key elements ren (D-Mass.), Chris Murphy derstandingHOUSE forged by [former of American support for the (D-Conn.), Tom Udall (D-N.M.), U.S] President [Barack] Obama, Jewish state. This amendment Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Martin providing $3.8 billion in annu- should never see the president’s Heinrich (D-N.M.), Bernie Sand- al Foreign Military Financing desk, but it is very unfortunate ers (I-Vt.), Tom Carper (D-Del.), and missile defense support,” that a small but vocal minori- Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Jeff Van Hollen said in a statement. ty in Congress feel the need to Merkley (D-Ore.), Tim Kaine “However, I oppose the use of seemingly seek out opportuni- (D-Va.) and Sherrod Brown any of these funds to support ties to attack our strongest ally (D-Ohio). the unilateral annexation of Pal- in the world.” “I am a strong supporter of estinian territories by Israel.” b

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Social Vision by Philip Wexler Crossroad Publishing Company, 2019, 266pp. (hardcover) Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson (1902-1994), known as the Lubavitcher Rebbe, was one of the most influential personalities of the 20th century and the only rabbi ever awarded the Congressional Gold Medal. Despite wide recognition of Schneerson’s impact, this is the first volume to seriously explore his social ideas and activism. Schneerson not only engineered a global Jewish renaissance but also became an advocate for public education, criminal justice reform, women’s empowerment, and alternative energy. From the personal to the global his teachings chart a practical path for the replacement of materialism, alienation, anxiety and divisiveness with a dignified and joyous reciprocity. Social Vision delves into the deep structures of social reality and the ways it is shaped and reshaped by powerful ideologies. Philip Wexler, is Executive Director of the Institute of Jewish Spirituality and Society, and emeritus Professor of Sociology of Education and Unterberg Chair in Jewish Social and Educational History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. d

A World Divided by Eric D. Weitz Princeton University Press 2019, 550pp. (hardcover) Through vivid histories drawn from virtually every continent, A World Divided describes how, since the eigh- teenth century, nationalists have struggled to establish their own states that grant human rights to some people. At the same time, they have excluded others through forced assimilation, ethnic cleansing, or even genocide. From Greek rebels, American settlers, and Brazilian abolitionists in the nineteenth century to anticolonial Afri- cans and Zionists in the twentieth, nationalists have confronted a crucial question: Who has the “right to have rights?” A World Divided tells these stories in colorful accounts focusing on people who were at the center of events. And it shows that rights are dynamic. Proclaimed originally for propertied white men, rights were quickly demanded by others, including women, American Indians, and black slaves. Eric D. Weitz is Distinguished Professor of History at City College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York. His books include Weimar Germany: Promise and Tragedy and A Century of Genocide (both Princeton). He lives in Princeton and New York City.d

Rembrandt’s Shadow by Janet Lee Berg Post Hill Press, 2016, 290pp. (softcover) October 20, 1942. Benjamin Katz and his frightened family stand at the train station in occupied Holland, unsure if they would be taken to their freedom — or the death camp. Sylvie, his granddaughter, who was six years old at the time, would later recall the madness as they wondered if their desperate last minute escape would work. When the German officer received the order to allow the escape he said, “I would have much rather been given the order to kill all of you.” Their entire art collection had long made them a prime target of Adolf Hitler and his greedy henchmen. Now they had one big trade — a Rembrandt in exchange for twenty-five lives. Based on a true story, Rembrandt’s Shadow is the story of two women from different generations — each with their own distinct horrific memories—who find themselves at odds when forced to confront the here and now. Janet Lee Berg earned a Masters Degree in Creative Writing and Literature at Stony Brook Southampton, where she was mentored by many authored professors such as the late, great Frank McCourt. d

The Convert by Stefan Hertmans Pantheon Books, 2019, 292 pp (softcover) In this dazzling work of historical fiction, the author of War and Turpentine reconstructs the tragic story of a medieval noblewoman who leaves her home and family for the love of a Jewish boy. In eleventh-century France, Vigdis Adelaïs, a young woman from a prosperous Christian family, falls in love with David Todros, a rabbi’s son and yeshiva student. To be together, the couple must flee their city, and Vig- dis must renounce her life of privilege and comfort. Pursued by her father’s knights and in constant danger of betrayal, the lovers embark on a dangerous journey to the south of France, only to find their brief happiness destroyed by the vicious wave of anti-Semitism sweeping through Europe with the onset of the First Crusade. What begins as a story of forbidden love evolves into a globe-trotting trek spanning continents, as Vigdis undertakes an epic journey to Cairo and back, enduring the unimaginable in hopes of finding her lost children. STEFAN HERTMANS is an internationally acclaimed Flemish author. For more than twenty years he was a professor at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Ghent, where he wrote novels, poems, essays, and plays. His previous book, War and Turpentine, was awarded the prestigious AKO Literature Prize in 2014. d Page 12 • THE JEWISH LEDGER • Thursday, July 23, 2020 Vogue Arabia Posts a Map of Israel Labelled ‘Palestine’ by PJ GRISAR tion, Vogue Arabia wrote that noticeably excludes Israel from Earlier this week, Vogue “the image, which showcases the illustration.” The Insta- Arabia posted a provocative Palestine in place of Israel, gram post itself noted that “the image to its website and Insta- was quickly shared by some Palestine/Israel conflict is a gram page, showing a map of of the Arab World’s [sic] most hot-button, often controversial Israel festooned with flowers prominent celebrities, includ- and divisive topic with histori- surrounding the Dome of the ing [Egyptian actors] Sherihan cal complexity.” Rock. and Yasmin Raeis. The artist But many commenters on But instead of being labeled commented: ‘I wanted to en- the post were outraged by “Israel,” the map was cap- courage hope for the protest what they viewed as an at- tioned “Palestine.” against Palestine being ignored tempt to erase the Jewish The image, created by Tur- on Google Maps. The flowers State’s existence or legitimacy. key-based illustrator Adige seen here are also symbols of “You cannot fight Injustice Batur and titled “The Real this hope.’” Palestine, which is with Injustice [sic],” one com- Map,” was made in response also not listed on Apple Maps, menter wrote. “Google didn’t to a recent controversy over has never been the name of delete Palestine, they never put Google Maps not displaying an internationally recognized it on the maps simply because the name for Palestine on its independent country, although it is not recognized as a sepa- platform, with some claiming Google Maps does demarcate rate country by most Western that the name had been re- disputed territories in Israel countries. I am not saying this moved. (Google Maps, in fact, with dashed gray lines. is right, but this is the reason has never listed the name “Pal- The Instagram post encour- why. Put Palestine on the map estine” on its platform.) This ages followers to “read the full Google!! But the art deleting accusation against Google has story at Vogue.me,” but doesn’t Israel is not cool either.” been leveled in the past, no- link to the story in question. Others were more laconic, tably in 2016 by the Forum of The article, published July 20, writing “pretty sure this is Palestinian Journalists during addresses why the image is Israel.” a time when a bug on the web- controversial, saying its crit- The image remains on the site erased the labels for the ics claim it “doesn’t offer a magazine’s Instagram and West Bank and Gaza Strip. balanced understanding of the Facebook pages. At press time, In a lengthy Instagram cap- Israeli-Palestinian conflict and representatives for Vogue did not respond to requests for comment. b Save Now On Home Security © Forward, reprinted with authorization. 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One of the documents found in the shoes belonging to victims of Auschwitz camp. (Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum)

“We can guess that it was the spring or summer of 1944 most likely his mother who during the extermination of made sure that her child’s shoe Hungarian Jews,” Kubik said. was signed,” Hanna Kubik of “I hope that more detailed re- the museum’s collections de- search will reveal details about partment said in a statement each individual.” Tuesday announcing the find- Vast quantities of children’s ings. “The father was deport- shoes are on display at Aus- ed in another transport. We chwitz, and the museum has know that on October 10, 1944, been engaged in an ongoing he was transferred from Aus- effort to preserve them. Many chwitz to the Dachau camp. He historical artifacts have been was liberated in the Kaufering found in this process, includ- sub-camp.” ing letters, newspaper frag- In another shoe, employees ments and bank notes, some found documents in Hungar- of which were used as lining ian with several names: Ack- or padding. ermann, Brávermann and Be- About 230,000 children are es- inhorn. timated to have been imprisoned “These people were proba- in Auschwitz, the vast majority bly deported to Auschwitz in of whom perished there. b  THE JEWISH LEDGER • Thursday, July 23, 2020 • Page 13

Shabbat Shalom …

Deuteronomy 1:1-3:22 BY RABBI SHLOMO RISKIN Parshat Devarim Chief Rabbi of the City of Efrat, and Dean of Ohr Torah Institutions of Israel EFRAT, Israel — There are of the Bible are G–d’s words Israel. This would be the per- G–d and conquer the Promised internalized the will of G–d two important issues which written down by Moses, this fect introduction to a re-tell- Land. Moses spent so much and was then able to express must be studied when ap- fifth Book of the Bible contains ing of the sin of the scouts time in the companionship the Divine Will in the proper proaching this week’s Torah Moses’ words, which G–d com- whose evil report dissuaded of the Divine that he lost the human verbiage! Hence we portion, the first theological manded the prophet to write the Israelites from attempt- will — and ability — to con- can readily understand why and the second textual. down. In this manner, Deuter- ing the conquest. Indeed, he sort with regular humanity, Moses, the greatest prophet of The theological question onomy has equal sanctity with does begin to recount, “But to indulge in “people” talk, in all time, loved to communicate strikes us from the moment the rest of the five Books. you all drew near to me and “small” talk! and transmit the messages and we open this fifth Book of the How can we understand this said, ‘Let us send out men be- Moses knew himself. The commands of the Divine, but Bible: Moses is speaking with interpretation of Abarbanel? fore us, and let them scout out verses leading up to the sin of had little time or patience to his voice to the people of Isra- Perhaps Abarbanel is agreeing the land and report to us on the scouts are hardly an ex- communicate with his all-too- el. Each of the other four Bib- with a provocative interpre- the matter…” (Deut. 1:22). But cuse. They explain his failure human and often grumbling lical books are written in the tation of the verse, “Moses this retelling comes fourteen to give proper direction to the nation. Hence Moses may not third person, in G–d’s voice, as will speak, and the Lord will verses after G–d’s initial invi- delegation of tribal princes, his have always succeeded in re- it were, recording the history, answer him with a voice” (Ex. tation and these intervening inability to censure their report, laying G–d’s wishes to his gen- narrating the drama and com- 19:19), which I once heard fourteen verses are filled with his unwillingness to convince eration, but he did succeed in manding the laws. This fifth in the name of the Kotzker what appears to be recrimina- them of the critical significance giving over G–d’s commands book is written in the first per- Rebbe, who asked: “What is tions against a nation which of the conquest of the land. He to all subsequent generations son. Does this mean that the the difference whether G–d Moses “cannot carry (bear) could not bear the burden, the in the words of our eternal first four books are G–d’s Bible speaks and Moses answers alone” (ibid 1:9). Only after grumblings, of a nation which Torah. and the fifth Moses’ Bible? Amen, or Moses speaks and this excursus from the topic at was too removed from G–d to But Moses also had a per- The fifteenth Century Span- G–d answers Amen?” G–d said hand does Moses discuss the be able to follow Him blindly. sonal legacy to leave and an ish Biblical interpreter and Amen to the interpretation failed reconnaissance mission. Back to theology. Maimon- interpretation to give especially faithful disciple of Maimon- of Moses in the fifth Biblical Why the excursus? How does it ides explains that even at to the Jews of his generation! ides, Don Isaac Abarbanel, book, I hope to further eluci- explain the failed mission? Mount Sinai, the entire nation And so in the book of Deuter- queries “whether Deuteron- date this idea by the end of From G–d’s initial approach only heard a sound emanating onomy, he spoke to his people, omy was given by G–d from this Commentary. to Moses at the burning bush, from the Divine, a kol; each telling them not G–d’s words heaven, containing words from The second issue is textual Moses was a reluctant lead- individual understood that but his own. And G–d com- the mouth of the Divine as the in nature. The Book of Deuter- er. The reason was clear: sound in accordance with his manded him to write down rest of the Torah, or wheth- onomy is Moses’ long farewell Moses called himself “heavy specific and individual spiri- the words of this Book as well er Moses spoke this book by speech. Moses feels compelled of speech.” I have previously tual standing, in accordance for all eternity, G–d was thus himself... what he himself un- to provide personal reflections explained this on the basis of to the level of his/her “tzelem granting the Divine imprimatur derstood to be the intent of on the significance of the com- an interpretation of the Ralbag, Elokim,” hence Divine Portion. of Torah to Moses’ Book of Deu- the Divine in his elucidation mandments as well as his per- to mean that Moses was not Moses was the only one able teronomy — and making it His of the commandments, as the sonal spin on many of the most given to “light banter”. He was to “divine” the precise will of (G–d’s) Book as well. In Deuter- Biblical text states, ‘And Moses tragic desert events. so immersed in the “heavy” G–d within that sound — the onomy Moses speaks and G–d began to elucidate this Torah’. From the very beginning of issues, that he had neither the words of the 10 command- answered Amen. This is how (Deut 1:5).” Moses’ monologue, he cites patience nor the interest to ments (Guide to the Perplexed, I would interpret the words of Abarbanel concludes that G–d’s invitation to the Isra- convince an ungrateful and II: 32). Moses was on such the Abarbanel. b whereas the first four Books elites to conquer the land of stiff-necked people to trust in a high spiritual level that he Shabbat Shalom

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The song was originally theatre and music they could, the sounds of swing music, a found joy in performing jazz ish people to be more Amer- written by Sholem Secunda and did, cement themselves in genre that emulated free love, and swing music. In their ican, more assimilated, more for a Yiddish operetta in 1935. the New World. Benny Good- independence and peace. darkest hours it was an escape. macho, more cowboy-like After hearing the African man furthered the Yiddish Members of Swingjugend “When I played I forgot than the old skinny, left-wing, American jazz duo Johnnie jazz craze with his iconic 1938 let their hair grow long. The where I was. The world seemed intellectual type so common and George perform the song performance of “Bei Mir” at men carried umbrellas, the in order, the suffering of peo- with Yiddish culture,” Alicia in the Catskills, Jewish lyri- Harlem’s iconic Apollo Theatre women wore heavy makeup ple around me disappeared Svigals, a founding member cist Sammy Cahn bought the — within months, a myriad of and collectively they mocked — life was beautiful,” wrote of the Klezmatics, tells The rights and rewrote the lyrics in popular artists like Ella Fitz- Hitlerjugend’s infamous “Sieg Ghetto Swingers guitarist Coco Washington Post. English, preserving just the tit- gerald, Belle Baker, Kate Smith, Heil” with proclamations of Schumann in his autobiogra- Nearly a century after ular chorus in Yiddish. With- and the Barry Sisters recorded “Swing Heil.” With songs like phy. “We knew everything and the golden era of klezmer- in a month of the Andrews covers, hoping to cash in on “Bei Mir” beating in their forgot everything the moment meets-jazz, I think the song Sisters’ recording of the song, the fad. hearts, the 1993 movie “Swing we played a few bars.” that started it all is due for some 250,000 records and To highlight the new mu- Kids” depicts the countercul- “Bei Mir Bist Du Schein,” of a comeback. So much of the 200,000 copies of sheet music sical fusion of klezmer and ture German rebels as they are course, was one of the songs landscape that gave way to were sold. (Hilariously, Amer- jazz, New York’s WHN created confronted by the Nazis. The that “tranquilized ourselves Yiddish swing has returned, ican fans couldn’t quite catch “Yiddish Melodies in Swing,” movie is fiction, but the histor- into the dream world produced and the parallels are chilling: the song’s title, confusing it for a program that lasted two de- ical atrocities are chillingly ac- by the Germans for reasons of recent acts of police brutal- “Buy a Beer, Mr. Shane” or, my cades. The feat was a “sense curate: In 1941, 300 swing kids propaganda,” Vogel said. Filled ity launched a fiery wave of personal favorite, “My Mere of mastery over the challenge were punished for praising the with notes of hope and love Black Lives Matter protests; Bits of Shame.”) of integrating in the Ameri- “degenerate music” of Jewish that transcend language, that anti-Semitism is at an all-time “The lyrics were revamped can mainstream while main- and Black people — some were blissful bubble burst in 1944 high; the crushed economy in for popular release to tran- taining ties to their distinctive given haircuts, others were when the camp was cleared the United States is being lik- scend the song’s Jewish roots immigrant heritage,” writes sent back to school, many were and most of the remaining ened to the Great Depression, and celebrate America’s melt- Hersch. deported to Nazi concentration prisoners were sent to Aus- the very historic crisis that ing of multiple languages and Back in Germany, swing camps. chwitz. gave way to the swing era. cultures,” writes Charles B. music was hardly a relief from But even in the Nazi-drawn By the end of World War II Made most famous by three Hersch in his book, “Jews and the woes of war and Nazi vi- ghettos, the popularity of in 1945, swing music was re- non-Jewish sisters, “Bei Mir Jazz: Improvising Ethnicity.” olence. While Hitlerjugend — swing endured. In 1942 Ther- placed with new sounds like Bist Du Schein” is hardly the “As the song’s lovestruck pro- Hitler Youth, the Nazi’s youth esienstadt —the “model” con- Bebop and rhythm and blues. only Yiddish swing tune we tagonist imagines saying ‘bella organization — grew in popu- centration camp, designed to As Jews embraced a state of should revere and revive as an bella‘ or ‘sehr wunderbar,’ larity, so did the countermove- fool the world into believing their own in 1948 with Hebrew unlikely protest song. But it’s each foreign tongue is simply a ment known as Swingjugend. all was well and dandy in the as the lingua franca, Yiddish the rich history of Black and vehicle to express how “grand” Rejecting societal oppression, Third Reich — Eric Vogul led was swept to the side, left to Jewish musicians who made the beloved is.” uniformity, and police bru- the Ghetto Swingers, a jazz gather dust along with the this “degenerate music” irre- In America, the success of tality, these teens separated orchestra forced to perform memories of pogroms and gas sistible to the Nazis that makes “Bei Mir” helped Jews feel they themselves from the Nazi state in the main square for long chambers. this shtetl swing melody an made the right choice in fleeing by dancing the Charleston in hours. 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Principal business NV Secretary of State, 202 North Carson roe County, New York. (2) The Secretary an active community volunteer In lieu of flowers, the family location: 1924 Dublin Road, Penfield, St, Carson City, NV 89701. Purpose: any of State has been designated as its agent in Elmira and in Sarasota. She requests that contributions in New York 14526. SSNY is designated as lawful activity. and the post office address to which the was predeceased by her par- memory of Dorothy be made to agent upon whom process against the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any ents, her husband of 63 years, New College Foundation, 5800 LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a Notice of Formation of process against it is: the LLC, 1 S Clinton Limited Liability Company copy of any such process to: 1924 Dublin Avenue #2207, Rochester, New York Milton, and her sisters Esther Bay Shore Road, Sarasota, FL 1. Name of Limited Liability Company Road, Penfield, New York 14524. LLC is 14607. (3) Purpose: Any lawful purpose. Levy and Sarah Lewis, both of 34243, Tidewell Foundation to be managed by one or more members. is LILAC CAPITAL LLC. 2. Articles of Rochester, NY. She is survived (supporting Tidewell Hospice), LLC is organized to engage in any lawful Organization were filed by Department PUBLICATION NOTICE OF act or activity for which limited liability of State of New York on JUNE 4, 2020. 3. ORGANIZATION OF LIMITED by her sister Helen Gordon of 5955 Rand Blvd., Sarasota, FL companies may be organized under the County of Office: Monroe. 4. The Com- LIABILITY COMPANY Niles, IL and by her three chil- 34238, or a charity of the do- Limited Liability Company Law. pany does not have a specific date of The name of the Limited Liability Com- dren, Judy (Alan) Wertheimer nor’s choice. b dissolution. 5. The Secretary of State has pany is Monroe Avenue 3130, LLC; its Notice of Application for Authority been designated as agent upon whom Articles of Organization were filed with Majane & Company, LLC (“LLC”) process against the Company may be the Secretary of State on June 16, 2020; NOTICE OF FORMATION NOTICE OF FORMATION filed an Application for Authority with served. The address to which process the County within New York in which Dano’s Tree Stump Grinding LLC 121 SOUTHVIEW TERRACE, LLC the NY Sec. of State (“SSNY”) on 6/4/20. shall be mailed: 2425 CLOVER ST., BLDG. its office is to be located is Monroe; the filed Articles of Organization with Sec. Articles of Organization filed with LLC was formed in CT on 03/10/03. Of- A LOWER LEVEL, ROCHESTER, NEW YORK fice location: Monroe County. SSNY is Secretary of State has been designated of State (SSNY) on June 22, 2020. Office Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 6/25/2020. Office 14618. 6. Purpose: Any lawful activity. as agent upon whom process may be designated as agent of LLC upon whom location: Monroe County. SSNY designat- location: Monroe County. SSNY designat- NOTICE OF FORMATION served; the post office address to which process against it may be served and shall ed as agent of LLC upon whom process ed as agent of LLC upon whom process mail a copy of process to 34 Lafayette Mohawk Home Services, LLC filed the Secretary of State shall mail the against it may be served. SSNY shall mail against it may be served. SSNY shall mail Road, Rochester, NY 14609. Address Articles of Organization with Sec. of process is 9 Rippengale Road, Pittsford, required to be maintained by LLC in CT State (SSNY) on June 15, 2020. Office New York 14534; the purpose of its busi- copy of process to the LLC, 151 Dorsey copy of process to c/o the Company, is c/o Incorporating Services, Ltd., 59 Dog- location: Monroe County. SSNY designat- ness is to conduct any lawful business Road, Rochester, New York 14616. Pur- 117 Southview Terrace, Rochester, New wood Road, Wethersfield, CT 06109. The ed as agent of LLC upon whom process under law. pose: any lawful activity. York 14620  THE JEWISH LEDGER • Thursday, July 23, 2020 • Page 15

Politics … Meet Aaron Keyak, the Orthodox Political Wunderkind Who’s Helping Biden Turn Out the Jewish Vote

by DAN PINE he was active in Jewish and Aaron Keyak started out in Democratic student organiza- Democratic Party politics as tions, he enjoyed a rise in party a kid, stuffing envelopes for politics. He served on the staff campaigns in his native San of House Judiciary Commit- Francisco. He clearly found his tee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, a niche early. This week Keyak, Democrat from New York, and 35, was named Jewish engage- had a stint as interim director ment director for Joe Biden’s of the National Jewish Dem- presidential campaign. ocratic Council. Also, he has His mission: devise strate- been a contributing opinion gies to reach Jewish Ameri- writer for the Hill, the Times of can voters and convince them Israel, Huffington Post and other that Biden is the best choice outlets. in November. It’s a task he In 2014, he co-founded says will consume him 24/7. Bluelight Strategies, a premier Then, Keyak, an observant Jew, Washington, D.C., public re- quickly corrected himself. lations firm serving mostly “Make that 24/6,” he said, Jewish and progressive institu- accounting for Shabbat. tions, and for which he serves The issues of Jewish concern as managing partner (he has range from the U.S.-Israel rela- taken a leave of absence to tionship to ensuring Iran never serve the Biden campaign). acquires nuclear weapons to the Aaron Keyak stands with Vice President Joe Biden and Dr. Jill Biden at a Jewish Leaders reception at the Naval Ob- Keyak, his wife, Avigail increase in anti-Semitic violence servatory Residence in Washington, D.C., Sept. 9, 2015. (Official White House Photo by David Lienemann) Goldgraber, and 3-year-old in the United States. And then daughter, Shira, live in the West there are broader issues such as Keyak said he doesn’t buy nity throughout his decades in the campaign. His grandfather End neighborhood of Washing- health care, the economy, racial Trump’s professed philo-Sem- politics, he has faced criticism chaired the state’s Democrat- ton, D.C. That will be his home justice and COVID-19. itism, and hasn’t ever since for the Obama administration’s ic Party, and he remembers base for the next few months as “One of the great things the infamous 2017 neo-Nazi chilly relationship with Israeli his family routinely discuss- he tries to make Biden the 46th about the Jewish community march in Charlottesville, Vir- Prime Minister Benjamin Net- ing politics around the Shabbat U.S. president. is the wide range of issues we ginia, after which the president anyahu and what some saw as dinner table. His mother, Vicki, Though Biden has, like many care about,” Keyak said. “It said there were good people “on too much daylight between the co-founded the Raoul Wallen- Americans, remained in lock- keeps me busy.” both sides.” two allies. berg Jewish Democratic Club of down mode, his campaign Given the Trump adminis- “That the most powerful per- Keyak counters by pointing San Francisco, and his late fa- has made big strides against tration’s many policies seen as son on Earth would say there out that the Obama adminis- ther, Jeffrey, served as president an incumbent president, and favorable to Israel, such as relo- are fine people on both sides, tration passed a $38 billion aid of Congregation Adath Israel, a he’s leading Trump in national cating the American Embassy and to embolden that hatred, package to Israel and offered Modern Orthodox synagogue polls and in most battleground to Jerusalem in 2018, Keyak made me feel unsafe in my own unqualified support during out- in San Francisco, and sat on states. Keyak attributed that to said the Biden campaign cannot country,” Keyak said. “I’m sure breaks of war between Israel the board of the Friends of the what he calls Biden’s “positive take Jewish votes for granted, he inspired these anti-Semites and Hamas in Gaza, including Jewish Community Library. message.” even though the Jewish vote is to feel encouraged. He exposed providing technical assistance Keyak went from stuffing “During the Obama years, traditionally overwhelmingly how fundamentally dangerous with the Iron Dome anti-rocket envelopes to landing his first I got to know Joe Biden,” he Democratic. he was and remains.” system. real campaign job as a precinct said. “I’ve seen him in big pub- “We have to campaign like Keyak contrasts Trump with “In Joe Biden we have a stal- captain in San Francisco Mayor lic events, in smaller events, we’re a few points down,” he Biden, stressing what he called wart supporter of the U.S.-Israel Willie Brown’s 1999 victorious celebrating Rosh Hashanah at said, even as national poll av- “the fundamental sense of de- relationship,” Keyak affirmed. reelection campaign. He was the vice president’s residence. erages give Biden a 10-point ad- cency [Biden] emanates. There “When it came to Israel’s se- given the job even though at the It’s so obvious the genuine con- vantage over Trump. “We have are Trump supporters in the curity, there was no stronger time he was too young to drive. nection and understanding he to know we’re doing everything Jewish community, and they supporter that Joe Biden, and he “They teamed me up with has of the Jewish community. we can to build a broad coalition will have a well-funded effort speaks out against anti-Semitism someone with a car,” Keyak You can tell he gets it in his in the Jewish community and we will have to combat.” clearly and without hesitation.” recalled. “I went door to door.” kishkes.” b the general public to show that While Biden has maintained Keyak seems to have been After attending Washington © J. The Jewish News of Northern Donald Trump isn’t America.” close ties to the Jewish commu- born for the job he has with University in St. Louis, where California via JTA Legal Notices …

NOTICE OF FORMATION of shall mail copy of process to c/o the Com- it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy Jurisdiction of Organization: Delaware. served, and a copy shall be mailed to 600 HOME GROCERS LLC pany, 1274 Dewey Avenue, Rochester, of any process to: 235 Elmdorf Avenue, Date of Organization: 6/22/2020. Office East Avenue, Suite 200, Rochester, NY Rochester, New York 14619 Articles of Organization filed with the New York 14613 location: Monroe County. Principal busi- 14607. Its purpose is any lawful business. NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION ness location: 986 Monroe Ave., Roches- Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Notice of Filing of Application Notice of formation of limited liabil- June 11, 2020. Location: Monroe County. BOWER HOLDINGS, LLC ter, NY 14620. SSNY designated as agent for Authority of Foreign LLC ity company. Name: FSI MLFD LLC (the SSNY designated as agent for service of BOWER HOLDINGS, LLC filed Articles of the LLC upon whom process may be Company). Articles of Organization filed Waters Edge 2 Management LLC of Organization with New York State served and SSNY shall mail process to process on LLC. SSNY shall mail a copy with Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on (LLC) filed App. of Auth. with Secy. of c/o Excelsior Communities, 986 Monroe of process to: HOME GROCERSLLC, 115 Department of State on June 29, 2020. Its 04/13/20. NY office location: Monroe State of NY (SSNY) on June 25, 2020. office is located in Monroe County. The Ave., Rochester, NY 14620. Address of Liberty Pole Way, Rochester, New York County. SSNY is designated as agent upon Jurisdiction of Organization: Delaware. Secretary of State has been designated whom process against the Company may office required to be maintained in the 14604. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. Date of Organization: 6/22/2020. Office as agent of the Company upon whom it be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any jurisdiction of formation is United Corpo- location: Monroe County. Principal busi- Notice of Organization: may be served and a copy of any process such process to: c/o the Company, 90 rate Services, Inc., 874 Walker Rd. Ste C, ness location: 986 Monroe Ave., Roches- shall be mailed to 3 SWEDEN LANE, APT Goodway Drive, Rochester, NY 14623. Dover, DE 19904. The name and address BlueWave Boating, LLC was filed The Company is to be managed by one ter, NY 14620. SSNY designated as agent 34, BROCKPORT, NY 14420. The purpose of the authorized official in its jurisdic- with SSNY on 6/29/20. Office: Monroe or more managers. No members of the of the LLC upon whom process may be of the Company is any lawful purpose. tion of organization where a copy of its County. SSNY designated as agent of the Company shall be liable in their capacity served and SSNY shall mail process to as members of the Company for debts, articles or organization is filed is: Jeffrey LLC upon whom process may be served. Notice of Formation of Limited c/o Excelsior Communities, 986 Monroe Liability Company (“LLC”) obligations or liabilities of the Company. W. Bullock, Delaware Secretary of State, PO address which SSNY shall mail any Ave., Rochester, NY 14620. Address of Name: JJB Mechanical, LLC. Articles No member of the Company, solely by Division of Corporations, 401 Federal St., process against the LLC served upon it: 28 reason of being a member, is an agent office required to be maintained in the of Organization filed with the Secretary Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any business Mount Liberty Dr, Penfield NY 14526. Pur- of the Company for the purpose of its jurisdiction of formation is United Corpo- of State with the State of New York permitted under law. business, and no member shall have the rate Services, Inc., 874 Walker Rd. Ste C, pose is to engage in any lawful activity. (“SSNY”) on: May 18, 2020. Office Lo- authority to act for the Company solely NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Dover, DE 19904. The name and address cation: 235 Elmdorf Avenue, Rochester, by virtue of being a member. Purpose/ NOTICE OF FORMATION LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY of the authorized official in its jurisdic- NW UJAMAA LLC New York 14619 County of: Monroe. character of the Company: any and all Principal Business Location: 235 Elmdorf lawful activities. 535 Exch Court IL LLC filed Articles tion of organization where a copy of its Articles of Organization filed with Avenue, Rochester, New York 14619. of Organization with the NY Department articles or organization is filed is: Jeffrey Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 06/29/2020. Notice of Filing of Application Purpose: any and all lawful act or activi- for Authority of Foreign LLC. of State on 6/24/2020. Its office is located W. Bullock, Delaware Secretary of State, Office location: Monroe County. SSNY ty. The Secretary of State of the State of Waters Edge 1 Apartments LLC in Monroe County. The Secretary of State Division of Corporations, 401 Federal St., designated as agent of LLC upon whom New York has been designated as agent (LLC) filed App. of Auth. with Secy. of is designated as agent of the Company Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any business process against it may be served. SSNY of the LLC upon whom process against State of NY (SSNY) on June 25, 2020. upon whom process against it may be permitted under law. Page 16 • THE JEWISH LEDGER • Thursday, July 23, 2020

The News in Brief …

Report: Israeli The Syrian military said on Germany started tracking such and covered faces. Balliet was Schuster said in a statement. “It Airstrikes in Monday that its air defenses crimes in 2001, amid an overall handcuffed and his feet were was a miracle that they could Syria Kill Five, responded to Israeli airstrikes increase in right-wing extremist shackled, the German news evade this massacre.” and intercepted most of the criminality. agency dpa reported. As the suspect tried to break Wound Four missiles, reported Syria’s state Stephan Balliet, 28, is alleged Igor Matviyets, a member into the synagogue, terrified Foreign Fighters news agency SANA. The at- to have posted an anti-Semitic of Halle’s Jewish community, worshippers inside were able (JNS) — Israel launched air- tack injured seven soldiers and screed before carrying out the who stood vigil with dozens of to watch him through a surveil- strikes on Monday against mil- caused damage, it said. Oct. 9 attack in the eastern Ger- others outside the court build- lance camera. itary targets south of Damas- man city of Halle. He broadcast ing, said he worried the assault Schuster demanded that the cus, killing five foreign fighters Yom Kippur the shooting live on a popular would be considered a crime court looks into all aspects of and wounding four others, the Synagogue gaming site. against Jews only and not as the attack, and continues to Britain-based Syrian Observa- Attacker Goes on The attacker tried but failed an attack on the entire society. investigate whether the suspect tory for Human Rights said on repeatedly to force his way into “That is something I’m trying had any support from others. Tuesday. Trial in Germany the synagogue as 52 worship- to fight against,” Matviyets told He lauded the German gov- It was not known if the killed by KIRSTEN GRIESHABER and pers were inside. Prosecutors The Associated Press. “Because ernment for making the fight and wounded fighters were Ira- VOLKMAR KIENOEL allege he then shot and killed a everyone could become a target against far-right crimes one nian or were affiliated with MAGDEBURG, Germany (AP) 40-year-old woman in the street of far-right crime, of far-right of its top priorities in recent the Lebanese Hezbollah, said — A German man went on trial outside and a 20-year-old man terrorists.” months and said that while the opposition affiliated Syrian Tuesday for a Yom Kippur at- at a nearby kebab shop as an During his attack, Balliet was the sense of security among Observatory for Human Rights. tack on a synagogue that is “appropriate target” with immi- armed with eight firearms, sev- Jews in Germany had taken a Another seven air-defense forc- considered one of the worst an- grant roots. eral explosive devices, a helmet hard hit after the attack, it was es were injured. ti-Semitic assaults in the coun- Balliet is charged with 13 and a protective vest, according now “almost back at the level A missile depot and other try’s post-war history. crimes including murder and to the indictment. Prosecutors before the attack, though addi- weapons warehouses were The trial comes at a time attempted murder, along with have said the weapons were tional security measures have also destroyed, according to when anti-Semitic crimes have bodily harm, incitement and apparently homemade. partially led to restrictions in the report. reached their highest level since other charges. Forty-three vic- Following the attack, the sus- community life,” dpa reported. tims and relatives have joined pect fled the city, wounding German authorities vowed the trial as co-plaintiffs, as al- another two people in a small to step up measures against lowed under German law. town near Halle where he aban- far-right extremism following The start of the Magdeburg doned his car and stole a taxi. the killing of a regional politi- state court trial was delayed Balliet was arrested about 11/2 cian by a suspected neo-Nazi, for two hours due to the intense hours after the attack as he got the attack on the Halle syna- interest from dozens of national out of the taxi, which had been gogue and the fatal shooting and international reporters and in an accident. of nine people of immigrant others who lined up for hours The head of the Central Coun- background in Hanau over the in front of the court building to cil of Jews in Germany, Joseph past year. get through security. Schuster, called the attack “one of A lawyer for the co-plaintiffs, The suspect, clad in all the worst anti-Semitic incidents Juri Goldstein, said the trial black, with a blue face mask of the last years in Germany.” was also about trying to find and shaved head, was taken “The suffering of the people out how somebody could devel- A tunnel under excavation at the Imam Ali base near the Syria-Iraq border. to the court room by special in the Halle synagogue on Yom op so much hatred “for people (ImageSat International) forces with bullet-proof vests Kippur remains inconceivable,” that he doesn’t know at all.” b Legal Notices …

Notice of Filing of Application County. The Secretary of State has been the LLC at c/o Christa Construction, 64 which SSNY shall mail a copy of process Rochester, New York 14608. SSNY is des- for Authority of Foreign LLC designated as agent upon whom pro- Commercial St. Ste. 401, Rochester, NY is 48 Howell Street, Canandaigua, NY ignated as agent upon whom process Waters Edge 1 Management LLC cess against it may be served and a 14614. Purpose: any business permitted 14424. Purpose: any lawful purpose. against the LLC may be served. SSNY (LLC) filed App. of Auth. with Secy. of copy of any process will be mailed to under law. NOTICE OF FORMATION OF shall mail a copy of any such process to: State of NY (SSNY) on June 25, 2020. The LLC, 27 Trout Creek Run, Mendon, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY 312 State Street, Rochester, New York Jurisdiction of Organization: Delaware. NY 14472. The purpose of the LLC is any Notice of Formation of Limited 50 Ridgeland LLC filed Articles of Date of Organization: 6/22/2020. Office lawful activity. Liability Company (“LLC”) 14608. LLC is to be managed by one location: Monroe County. Principal busi- Name: HQ252, LLC. Articles of Orga- Organization with the NY Department or more members. LLC is organized to of State on 6/30/2020. Its office is locat- ness location: 986 Monroe Ave., Roches- NOTICE OF FORMATION OF nization filed with the Secretary of State engage in any lawful act or activity for LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ed in Monroe County. The Secretary of ter, NY 14620. SSNY designated as agent with the State of New York (“SSNY”) on: which limited liability companies may Amira Parenting LLC filed Articles State is designated as agent of the Com- of the LLC upon whom process may be 6/29/2020. Office Location: County of: of Organization with the NYS Depart- pany upon whom process against it may be organized under the Limited Liability served and SSNY shall mail process to Monroe. Principal Business Location: 350 ment of State on 7/2/2020. Its office is lo- be served, and a copy shall be mailed Company Law. c/o Excelsior Communities, 986 Monroe East Avenue, Suite 204, Rochester, New cated in Monroe County. The Secretary to 50 Ridgeland Road, Rochester, NY Ave., Rochester, NY 14620. Address of Notice Of Authority Of Foreign of State is designated as agent of the York 14604. Purpose: any and all lawful 14623. Its purpose is any lawful business. office required to be maintained in the act or activity. The Secretary of State of Limited Liability Company (“LLC”) jurisdiction of formation is United Cor- Company upon whom process against NOTICE OF FORMATION it may be served, and a copy of any the State of New York has been desig- Name: Arrows Capital Group LLC. porate Services, Inc., 874 Walker Rd. Ste Macarthur Ellis Systems LLC filed process shall be mailed to 6 Stonegate nated as agent of the LLC upon whom Jurisdiction: Delaware. Date Of For- C, Dover, DE 19904. The name and ad- Articles of Organization with Sec. of dress of the authorized official in its ju- Lane, Pittsford, NY 14534. Its purpose is process against it may be served. SSNY mation: June 16, 2020. Office Location shall mail a copy of any process to: 350 State (SSNY) on July 1, 2020. Office loca- risdiction of organization where a copy any lawful business. tion: Monroe County. SSNY designated Within State Of New York: County Of East Avenue, Suite 204, Rochester, New of its articles or organization is filed is: as agent of LLC upon whom process Genesee. The Secretary Of State Of The Notice of Formation of Limited York 14604 Jeffrey W. Bullock, Delaware Secretary Liability Company (“LLC”) against it may be served. SSNY shall State Of New York Has Been Designat- of State, Division of Corporations, 401 Name: 63 West Road, LLC. Articles NOTICE mail copy of process to the LLC, 74 Selye ed As Agent Of The LLC Upon Whom Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: of Organization filed with the Secre- Terrace, New York 14614. Purpose: any Process Against It May Be Served. SSNY any business permitted under law. Articles of Organization with respect tary of State with the State of New to Reside in Rochester, LLC, a New lawful activity. Shall Mail A Copy Of Any Process To: Notice of Filing of Application York (“SSNY”) on: July 7, 2020. Office York limited liability company, were NOTICE OF FORMATION 6734 Hessenthaler Road, Byron, NY for Authority of Foreign LLC. Location: County of: Monroe. Principal filed with the Secretary of State of the Motorific LLC filed Articles of Or- 14422. Principal Business Location: 6734 Waters Edge 2 Apartments LLC Business Location: 4700 Clover Street, State of New York on July 3, 2020. The ganization with Sec. of State (SSNY) on Hessenthaler Road, Byron, NY 14422. (LLC) filed App. of Auth. with Secy. of Honeoye Falls, New York 14472. Pur- county in New York State where its July 8, 2020. Office location: Monroe State of NY (SSNY) on June 25, 2020. pose: any and all lawful act or activity. The Foreign Limited Liability Company office is located is Monroe County. The County. SSNY designated as agent of Jurisdiction of Organization: Delaware. The Secretary of State of the State of Was In Existence In Its Jurisdiction Of Secretary of State has been designated LLC upon whom process against it may Date of Organization: 6/22/2020. Office New York has been designated as agent Formation At The Time It Applied For as agent of Reside in Rochester, LLC be served. SSNY shall mail copy of pro- location: Monroe County. Principal busi- of the LLC upon whom process against Authority To Conduct Business Within upon whom process against it may be cess to the LLC, 164 Donovan Street, ness location: 986 Monroe Ave., Roches- it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy Suite 8, Webster, New York 14580. Pur- New York State And Is Currently In ter, NY 14620. SSNY designated as agent served; and the post office address to of any process to: 4700 Clover Street, pose: any lawful activity. Existence. Authorized Officer Where of the LLC upon whom process may be Honeoye Falls, New York 14472 which the Secretary of State shall mail served and SSNY shall mail process to a copy of any process against, Reside in NOTICE OF FORMATION Articles Of Organization Are Filed: Sec- c/o Excelsior Communities, 986 Monroe Notice of Formation of LLC Rochester, LLC served upon him or her Lord of the Barflies LLC filed Arti- retary Of State Of Delaware, John G. Ave., Rochester, NY 14620. Address of 270 On East MM, LLC (LLC) filed is c/o the Company, PO Box 334, 206 W cles of Organization with Sec. of State Townsend Building, 401 Federal Street, office required to be maintained in the Arts. of Org. with Secy. of State of NY Commercial Street, East Rochester, NY (SSNY) on July 7, 2020. Office loca- Suite 4, Dover, DE 19901 jurisdiction of formation is United Cor- (SSNY) on 07/07/2020. Office location: 14445-9998. Reside in Rochester, LLC tion: Monroe County. SSNY designated porate Services, Inc., 874 Walker Rd. Ste Monroe County. SSNY designated as is formed for the purpose of engaging as agent of LLC upon whom process NOTICE OF FORMATION C, Dover, DE 19904. The name and ad- agent of the LLC upon whom process in any and all business activities per- against it may be served. SSNY shall mail TRIPPANY SIGN COMPANY LLC may be served and SSNY shall mail dress of the authorized official in its ju- mitted under the laws of the State of copy of process to the LLC, 77 East Blvd, (the “LLC”) filed Articles of Organiza- process to the LLC at c/o Christa Con- risdiction of organization where a copy New York. Apt B-1, Rochester, New York 14610. tion with the New York Department of of its articles or organization is filed is: struction, 64 Commercial St. Ste. 401, Purpose: any lawful activity. State on MAY 1, 2020. Its office is locat- Jeffrey W. Bullock, Delaware Secretary Rochester, NY 14614. Purpose: any busi- NOTICE OF FORMATION of State, Division of Corporations, 401 ness permitted under law. NOTICE OF FORMATION OF ed in MONROE County. The Secretary Notice of formation of limited liabil- LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: of State has been designated as agent Notice of Formation of LLC ity company (LLC) Shouting Hill, LLC. any business permitted under law. Notice of formation of limited lia- of the Company upon whom process 270 On East, LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Articles of Organization filed with the bility company (LLC). Name: L2P West- against it may be served and a copy of NOTICE OF FORMATION Org. with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) Secretary of State of the State of New side MM LLC. Articles of Organization ALEXANDRA ELISE PHOTOGRAPHY on 07/07/2020. Office location: Monroe York (SSNY) on June 30, 2020. Office filed with Secretary of State of New any process shall be mailed to THE LLC, LLC has filed Articles of Organization County. SSNY designated as agent of location: Ontario County. SSNY des- York (SSNY) on July 9, 2020. New York 548 BRIDGEWOOD DRIVE. ROCHESTER, with the Secretary of State on July 2, the LLC upon whom process may be ignated as agent upon whom process office location: Monroe County. Princi- NY 14623. The purpose of the Company 2020. Its office is located in Monroe served and SSNY shall mail process to against it may be served. Address to pal business location: 312 State Street, is any lawful purpose.  THE JEWISH LEDGER • Thursday, July 23, 2020 • Page 17

Business … Son of Millionaire US Businessman Makes $75 Million Bid for Major Stake in El Al Airlines

by MARCY OSTER younger Rozenberg owns in canceled all passenger flights JERUSALEM (JTA) — Eli Israel. through the end of the month, Rozenberg, the son of million- The airline, known as Isra- as well as cargo flights and aire U.S. businessman Kenny el’s flagship carrier, has been other special passenger flights Rozenberg, has made a $75 laid low by the coronavirus to specific destinations, Globes million bid to acquire a large pandemic. reported. stake in El Al Airlines. A government bailout pack- Most of El Al’s pilots and Rozenberg, 30, is a resident age accepted by the airline last other employees are on leave of Israel and an Israeli citizen, week would include a govern- without pay due to the pandem- which makes him eligible to ment-backed loan and a stock ic and a dispute between the become the controlling share- offering on the Tel Aviv Stock airline and its pilots. holder of the airline. Exchange. Under the bailout, Kenny Rozenberg, who lives His bid would give Rozen- the state would retain a 61 per- in New York, owns the Cen- berg a 45 percent stake in the cent stake in the airline, leading ters Health Care, a national airline, the Israeli business again to its nationalization. The chain of nursing homes and daily Globes reported. The offer airline was privatized in 2004. affiliated services in the United An El Al plane at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv. The airline has been laid comes through a company the At the end of June, El Al States. b low by the coronavirus pandemic. (David Silverman/Getty Images) Legal Notices …

NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION NY Secretary of State (SSNY): 07/01/2020. is to engage in any lawful act or activity which limited liability companies may NY. (2) The Secretary of State has been Notice of formation of limited liability LLC organized in Delaware: 06/27/2014. for which limited liability companies may be organized under the Limited Liability designated as agent upon whom process company. Name: Viking Advisors LLC NY office location: Monroe County. be organized under LLCL. Company Law. against it may be served and a copy of (the Company). Articles of Organiza- any process will be mailed to the LLC, 29 SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon NOTICE OF FORMATION NOTICE OF FORMATION tion filed with Secretary of State of NY whom process against it may be served. Wheelock Road, Penfield, NY 14526. (3) 3725 S Parker Road, LLC filed Ar- OF C VENTURES LLC (SSNY) on 07/06/20. NY office location: Purpose: Any lawful purpose. SSNY shall mail copy of process to The ticles of Organization with the NY Sec- C Ventures LLC filed Articles of Or- Monroe County. SSNY is designated as LLC, 270 Commerce Drive, Rochester, ganization with NYS on 7/14/2020. (1) agent upon whom process against the retary of State on June 30, 2020. Its NOTICE OF FORMATION OF NY 14623. Address of office maintained office is located in Monroe County. The Its principal office is in Monroe County, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Company may be served. SSNY shall NY. (2) The Secretary of State has been in jurisdiction of formation: Corporation Secretary of State has been designated Notice of formation of limited liability mail a copy of any such process to: c/o designated as agent upon whom process Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilm- as its agent upon whom process may be company (LLC). Name: EM17 LLC. Arti- the Company, 128 Greece Ridge Cen- against it may be served and a copy of ington, Delaware 19801. Copy of Articles served and a copy of any process shall be ter Drive, Rochester, NY 14626. The any process will be mailed to the LLC, cles of Organization filed with Secretary of Organization on file with Delaware mailed to 26 Autumn Wood, Rochester, Company is to be managed by one or 1460 Lake Road, Webster, NY 14580. (3) of State of New York (SSNY) on July 21, Secretary of State, 401 Federal Street, more managers. No members of the New York 14624. The purpose of the Purpose: Any lawful purpose. 2020. New York office location: Monroe Company shall be liable in their capacity Suite 4, Dover, Delaware 19901. Purpose: Company is any lawful activity permitted County. Principal business location: 36 as members of the Company for debts, Any lawful purpose. by laws of New York. NOTICE OF FORMATION OF King Street, Rochester, New York 14608. obligations or liabilities of the Company. LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY NOTICE OF FORMATION OF NOTICE OF FORMATION OF GP SSNY is designated as agent upon whom No member of the Company, solely by The name of the Limited Liability process against the LLC may be served. LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Property Inpections LLC Company is 5180 Sunnyside LLC. Arti- reason of being a member, is an agent SSNY shall mail a copy of any such pro- Notice of formation of limited liability GP Property Inspections LLC filed cles of Organization were filed with the of the Company for the purpose of its cess to: 36 King Street, Rochester, New business, and no member shall have the company (LLC). Name: Revive RE LLC. Articles of Organization with NYS on Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) York 14608. LLC is to be managed by one authority to act for the Company solely Articles of Organization filed with Sec- 7/14/20. Its principal office is in Monroe on June 30, 2020. The office of the LLC or more members. LLC is organized to by virtue of being a member. Purpose/ retary of State of New York (SSNY) on County, New York. The principal busi- is located in Monroe County. The busi- engage in any lawful act or activity for character of the Company: any and all July 10, 2020. New York office location: ness location is 402 Crosby Lane Roch- ness street address is 4476 Clover Street, which limited liability companies may lawful activities. Monroe County. Street address of the ester NY 14612. The Secretary of State Honeoye Falls, New York 14472. SSNY be organized under the Limited Liability principal business location, if any: none has been designated as its agent and is designated as the agent of the Com- NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION Company Law. at this time. SSNY is designated as agent the post office address to which the Sec- pany upon whom process in any action Notice of formation of limited liability retary of State shall mail a copy of any or proceeding against it may be served, upon whom process against the LLC Notice of Formation of Limited company. Name: FSI Acquisitions LLC process against it is c/o GP Property In- and the address to which the Secretary may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy Liability Company (“LLC”) (the Company). Articles of Organization spections LLC 402 Crosby Lane Rochester of State shall mail a copy of any such of any such process to: P.O. Box 26347, Name: Harving Financial, LLC. Ar- filed with Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) NY 14612. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. process is 4476 Clover Street, Honeoye on 06/30/20. NY office location: Monroe Rochester, New York 14626. LLC is to be Falls, New York 14472. The purpose of ticles of Organization filed with the County. SSNY is designated as agent managed by one or more members. LLC NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LAZER the LLC is to engage in any lawful act Secretary of State with the State of New upon whom process against the Compa- is organized to engage in any lawful GROUP OF ROCHESTER LLC or activity for which limited liability York (“SSNY”) on: May 22, 2020. Office ny may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy act or activity for which limited liability Lazer Group of Rochester LLC filed companies may be formed. Location: County of Monroe. Principal of any such process to: c/o the Company, companies may be organized under the Articles of Organization with NYS on Business Location: Harving Financial, 90 Goodway Drive, Rochester, NY 14623. 7/9/2020. (1) Its principal office is in LEGAL NOTICE: NOTICE OF Limited Liability Company Law. FORMATION OF LIMITED LLC, 140 Metro Park, Suite 6, Rochester, The Company is to be managed by one Monroe County, NY. (2) The Secretary LIABILITY COMPANY: NY 14623. Purpose: any and all lawful or more managers. No members of the NOTICE OF FORMATION OF of State has been designated as agent act or activity LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY The name of the Limited Liability Company shall be liable in their capacity upon whom process against it may be Company is Prok Cubed, LLC. The Ar- as members of the Company for debts, Notice of formation of limited liability served and a copy of any process will be NOTICE OF FORMATION OF ticles of Organization were filed with 62 Bristol View LLC obligations or liabilities of the Company. company (LLC). Name: Luxe Develop- mailed to the LLC, 919 S. Winton Road, the New York Secretary of State on July 62 Bristol View LLC filed Articles of No member of the Company, solely by ment LLC. Articles of Organization filed Rochester, NY 14618. (3) Purpose: Any 15, 2020. The office of the Company is reason of being a member, is an agent with Secretary of State of New York lawful purpose. located in the County of Monroe, State Organization with NYS on 07/08/2020. of the Company for the purpose of its (SSNY) on July 10, 2020. New York office Its principal office is in Monroe County, LEGAL NOTICE: NOTICE OF of New York. The New York Secretary business, and no member shall have the location: Monroe County. Street address of State is designated as the agent of New York. The principal business loca- authority to act for the Company solely FORMATION OF LIMITED of the principal business location, if any: LIABILITY COMPANY: the Company upon whom process in tion is 7126 Valentown Rd Victor, NY by virtue of being a member. Purpose/ 14564. The Secretary of State has been none at this time. SSNY is designated The name of the Limited Liability any action or proceeding against it may character of the Company: any and all designated as its agent and the post as agent upon whom process against Company is Roxy2DL, LLC. The Articles be served, and the address to which lawful activities. office address to which the Secretary the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail of Organization were filed with the New the Secretary of State shall mail a copy NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION a copy of any such process to: P.O. Box York Secretary of State on July 13, 2020. of process in any action or proceeding of State shall mail a copy of any process against the Company served upon him Notice of formation of limited liabil- 26347, Rochester, New York 14626. LLC The office of the Company is located in against it is c/o 62 Bristol View LLC 7126 or her is 6-6.5 Rowley Street, Apt. 4, ity company (LLC). Name: Little Wing is to be managed by one or more mem- the County of Monroe, State of New Valentown Rd Victor, NY 14564. Pur- Rochester, New York 14609. The purpose Food LLC (the Company). Articles of bers. LLC is organized to engage in any York. The New York Secretary of State pose: Any lawful purpose. Organization filed with Secretary of of the business is any lawful business. lawful act or activity for which limited is designated as the agent of the Com- NOTICE OF FORMATION State of NY (SSNY) on 07/08/20. NY liability companies may be organized pany upon whom process in any action LEGAL NOTICE: NOTICE OF office location: Monroe County. SSNY is Boom Payments LLC filed Articles under the Limited Liability Company or proceeding against it may be served, FORMATION OF LIMITED designated as agent upon whom process LIABILITY COMPANY: of Organization with the New York Law. and the address to which the Secretary Department of State on 7/08/2020. Its against the Company may be served. of State shall mail a copy of process in The name of the Limited Liability office is located in Monroe County. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any such pro- NOTICE OF FILING OF ARTICLES any action or proceeding against the Company is Prokperties, LLC. The Ar- Secretary of State has been designated cess to: c/o the Company, 19 Summit OF ORGANIZATION OF LIMITED Company served upon him or her is 22 ticles of Organization were filed with as agent of the Company upon whom Crest Circle, Penfield, New York 14526. LIABILITY COMPANY County Clare Crescent, Fairport, New the New York Secretary of State on July process against it may be served and a The Company is to be managed by one 1) The name of limited liability com- York 14450. The purpose of the business 15, 2020. The office of the Company is or more managers. No members of the located in the County of Monroe, State copy of any process shall be mailed to pany is SHAMROCK COVE PROPER- is any lawful business. Company shall be liable in their capacity TIES, LLC. 2) The Articles of Organi- of New York. The New York Secretary 1341 Fairport Road, Fairport NY 14450. as members of the Company for debts, NOTICE OF FORMATION OF of State is designated as the agent of zation of the limited liability company The purpose of the Company is any obligations or liabilities of the Company. LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY the Company upon whom process in were filed with the New York Secretary lawful purpose. No member of the Company, solely by Notice of formation of limited liabil- any action or proceeding against it may of State on March 3, 2020. 3) The office reason of being a member, is an agent ity company (LLC). Name: Palermo’s be served, and the address to which NOTICE OF FORMATION of the limited liability company is to of the Company for the purpose of its Market LLC. Articles of Organization the Secretary of State shall mail a copy Complete Tile Solutions LLC filed business, and no member shall have the be located in Monroe County. 4) The filed with Secretary of State of New of process in any action or proceeding Articles of Organization with the New authority to act for the Company solely Secretary of State has been designated York (SSNY) on July 15, 2020. New York against the Company served upon him York Department of State on 7/16/2020. by virtue of being a member. Purpose/ as agent of the limited liability company office location: Monroe County. SSNY is or her is 422 Westchester Avenue, Roch- Its office is located in Monroe County. character of the Company: any and all upon whom process against it may be designated as agent upon whom process ester, New York 14609. The purpose of The Secretary of State has been desig- lawful activities. served. The post office address to which against the LLC may be served. SSNY the business is any lawful business. nated as agent of the Company upon NOTICE OF FILING OF APPLICATION the Secretary of State shall mail a copy shall mail a copy of any such process NOTICE OF FORMATION whom process against it may be served FOR AUTHORITY OF LILY CACHE of any process against the limited liabil- to: 21 Arnold Park, Suite 8, Rochester, OF LARKIARZ4 LLC and a copy of any process shall be mailed CREEK BOLINGBROOK, IL. LLC ity company served upon him or her is: NY 14607. LLC is to be managed by one Larkiarz4 LLC filed Articles of Or- to 32 Nelson Street, Fairport NY 14450. Name: Lily Cache Creek Boling- 2425 Clover Street, Rochester, New York or more members. LLC is organized to ganization with NYS on 7/17/2020. (1) The purpose of the Company is any brook, Il. LLC (LLC). Authority filed with 14618. 5) The purpose of the Company engage in any lawful act or activity for Its principal office is in Monroe County, lawful purpose. Page 18 • THE JEWISH LEDGER • Thursday, July 23, 2020

Viewpoint … Consequences of the Current Madness by RICHARD W. RAHN whatever is necessary to protect their Those who are pushing the Black family and themselves. Lives Matter and related agendas are in Some idiot politicians and others ad- denial about the real-world consequenc- vocate seizing guns or draconian gun es. Many more, young Black lives are control measures. No one knows for and will be lost (for the most part at the sure, but most of the estimates indicate hands of their fellow Blacks), not fewer. there are many more guns than people It will be more difficult for Blacks to ob- in the United States. Fewer, law-abiding tain goodpaying jobs, not easier. Income citizens are going to give up their guns disparities will grow, not diminish, as or comply with the restrictions — be- they recently had been. Gun ownership cause they, unlike their political leaders, (both legal and illegal) will grow, not understand that criminals do not pay decline. There will be more accidental attention to gun or other laws, they can gun deaths, as gun ownership increases no longer depend on the government to among those who are not well-trained. protect them and that it is very easy to Respect for the rule of law and govern- acquire a gun illegally or even make a ment will decline, as equality under the simple one. The technology has been law declines, and government becomes around for a very long time and the even more ineffective. needed tools are available anywhere, Underground markets and tax evasion even without a 3D printer. will increase. News organizations that According to news reports, the Uni- fail to report honestly and completely versity of Washington is going to have what is happening and are in denial lower grading standards for Black stu- about things that “don’t fit the narra- dents than other students (because tive” will continue to lose influence and (Illustration by Greg Groesch) “they have more to overcome and need markets. All of the above will result in to spend time protesting”). Ben Carson a decline of a civil, just, fair and pros- gave me permission to write about it.) A friends suddenly feel a need for them. became a world-class brain surgeon perous society. couple of weeks back, a journalist friend When you have some political activ- whose services were in much demand This past week, I was having dinner told me that his wife was pressuring him ists, elected politicians and members of by people of all races because he was with a couple of friends. As we were to buy a gun (they have two young chil- the news media who advocate defunding viewed as the best. discussing the current situation, one, dren and live in the D.C. suburbs). He the police and at the same time claim If some doctor is going to perform a who is a world-renowned orthopedic asked for my recommendation — which that guns are the problem rather than difficult procedure on your child, do surgeon, mentioned that he had just he immediately followed — since neither criminals, most thinking people un- you want someone who competed with bought his first gun — he is 86 years he nor his wife knows anything about derstand the real problem is with those the best or someone who got the degree old. Another friend at the dinner, who is guns. There are news reports that gun who wish to defund the police. Almost through affirmative action? Requiring a well-regarded attorney and former se- sales are at record highs. I expect that all people — even those who have never lower standards for one group of people nior government official, allowed that he many, if not most, of these sales are to read the U.S. Constitution — understand because of race, sex, religion or what also had just purchased his first gun — people who are not “gun people” and ac- that there is no more basic human right have you will, in the real world, reduces but he is only 79 years old. (They both tually dislike them — but like my three than that of self-defense and will do (Consequences — Page 20)

Books … Ernest Hemingway Was a Great Writer. He Was Also an Anti-Semite by MARY DEARBORN Carlos Baker, Hemingway’s first biog- Unquestionably, Ernest Hemingway rapher, reassured readers that his sub- was anti-Semitic. Studded throughout ject’s anti-Semitism “was no more than his letters are nasty remarks about Jews. skin deep.” We’re meant to give him a But Hemingway felt his prejudice had a pass, it seems, because it was mainly place in his fiction as well, most notably “a verbal habit” and not “a persistent in “The Sun Also Rises,” his classic 1925 theme” — whatever that means. The novel about a group of Paris expatriates very currency of this kind of prejudice at the bullfights in Pamplona. is itself offered as compensation: If these Hemingway routinely describes Rob- sentiments and beliefs were so wide- ert Cohn, introduced in the novel’s spread, we can mentally edit them out first lines as “the middleweight boxing or read them uncritically. champion of Princeton,” as a “kike” and Indeed, it could be a parlor game on a “rich Jew”; his obnoxiousness fuels the order of listing the famous alcohol- the plot. (Cohn was based on Harold ics in American literature: Name the Loeb, a friend who gave Hemingway 20th-century authors who were an- crucial support in getting his early work ti-Semites — Theodore Dreiser; Heming- published; Hemingway could not forgive way; F. Scott Fitzgerald (a little); Sinclair anyone who did him a good turn.) The Lewis; Ezra Pound, of course; T. S. Eliot; anti-Semitic insult of writing a character William Faulkner; Thomas Wolfe — the like Cohn into his first major novel is list goes on. Posthumously, there’s safety breathtaking: it was not, like Heming- in numbers: writers are less likely to be way’s letters, intended for private con- called out for their beliefs if their peers sumption only, but as characterization share them. and a plot device in a work of fiction I heard from many quarters when I — a novel, as it turned out, written for began my research for my biography the ages. that, yes, Hemingway was an anti-Sem- “The Sun Also Rises” is, for many ite — but “everyone” was “back then,” readers, their introduction to Heming- I was assured. Perhaps the fact that he way. It is taught in our schools. In writ- aired his prejudice against Jews almost ing it, Hemingway felt no need to censor 100 years ago — that is, before the Holo- himself, assuming, apparently, that caust — and was a dedicated anti-fascist readers shared his prejudice or at the at a crucial time makes the difference very least did not object to it — indeed, for many people. It’s another matter (Wikimedia Commons) that it added color to his story. (Hemingway — Page 20)  THE JEWISH LEDGER • Thursday, July 23, 2020 • Page 19

Current Events … ‘Training and Sweating and Bleeding’: American Jews Learn How to Shoot Back at Synagogue Terrorists

by ARI FELDMAN to the space. Drills involving loaded Colonel Sharon Gat wants to put a guns, where volunteers are expected gun-wielding terrorist response team in to shoot accurately while running or every synagogue in America. being shoved, take place on a special- How? By training volunteers from the ized gun range or in a “shoot house,” synagogue itself. a plywood-and-sheetrock mockup of a His firm is launching the first orga- space under attack by a terrorist, where nized effort to teach Jews across the participants practice dragging wounded country how to use guns to defend their people out of the line of fire and aiming congregations against shooters like the in close quarters under pressure. ones who perpetrated the attacks in Gat said that he seeks out the best Pittsburgh, Poway and Jersey City, by- volunteers before training begins by passing the traditional security guard doing criminal and psychological back- model and drawing concern from top ground checks, and that 95% of the communal security officials. people selected for the training get his “The average person in these train- recommendation to bring handguns to ings, after 40 hours, I can say there’s a their synagogues. very, very good chance that if an active “I’m not looking for heroes, I’m not shooter comes into his synagogue, the looking for show-offs, people who can be active shooter will be dead, and people dangerous,” he said. “I want an average will be saved,” Gat said. person with a sense of responsibility.” In the next two months, even amid (Image by Cherev Gidon) Some Jews consider the tactical train- uncertainty about whether synagogues ing so important, they have taken it will be open for the High Holidays due synagogues in the San Diego and Los An- United For Israel, and supports Project without their synagogue’s knowledge. to the coronavirus pandemic, he will be geles, reflects a broader American trend. Veritas, a conservative group that uses One Orthodox Jewish community doing 10 week-long training sessions in Across the country, Americans are hidden cameras to try to film journalists leader in the Los Angeles area said he synagogues, mostly Orthodox, in Cali- on a gun-buying spree. Gun purchases in sting operations.He has also funded has attended tactical trainings — and fornia and Texas. spiked during the beginning of the pan- several figures and groups known for has carried his handgun to religious But the trainings contradict a key rec- demic, then spiked even more dramat- their vitriol against Islam, such as the services — without the knowledge of ommendation of major North American icallyduring the marches against racist David Horowitz Freedom Center and the his synagogue, and spoke on condition Jewish security groups: Leave the guns policing and systemic inequality. There academic William Kilpatrick. of anonymity for that reason. He said he to law enforcement professionals.It is were 3.9 million guns sold in June, the Caliber-3 was founded in 2003, and is has kept his synagogue in the dark to professionals who receive costly, lengthy highest number recorded since such headquartered in Efrat, a West Bank set- shield it from liability issues, but feels trainings in which they learn how to data collection began, in 1998, according tlement outside Jerusalem. The company that having a single security guard is not deescalate a situation, and how to rec- to the Brookings Institution. was included in a “blacklist”released enough to keep his family safe. ognize biases themselves and mental Security experts who primarily serve by the United Nations earlier this year Not everyone can be handed that re- illness or impairment in others. That ed- Jewish communities say that Orthodox of companies that operate in the West sponsibility, he acknowledges. ucation forms the backbone of effective Jews are likely among those buyers. Bank, and which the U.N. said “raised During a days-long training with security and policing, communal secu- “It used to be one Sunday a month I’d particular human rights concerns.” Cohen, “The Tactical Rabbi,” another rity experts say, and it’s not included in have a class of 10,” said Jonathan Burs- The company trains thousands of congregant performed so poorly that the more “tactical” training Gat offers, tyn, an Orthodox Jew in Chicago who Israeli soldiers, police and security per- the community leader advised the man which emphasizes aggressive pursuit of teaches basic gun safety classes required sonnel a year in courses that can last not to carry a gun into a Jewish setting. a terrorist threat until it is neutralized. for a carry license, primarily to Jewish months, and in recent years has begun That man agreed with the assessment. “I think that it’s a slippery slope for clients. “I’m doing weekly classes now offering half-day or shorter training to Stil, the community leader said, any us to think that we can train non-law of about 15, 18 people.” tourists,as well as weeks-long paramili- gun is better than no gun. enforcement individuals to understand tary drill courses marketed to observant “I’m scared to death that some people all the perils and pitfalls of carrying a Training and Sweating American teenagers and young adults. I know who carry them on Shabbos handgun in support of security for an And Bleeding It opened its first American location have no business,” said the leader. But, organization,” said Brad Orisini, a near- Indeed, individual Jews and syna- outside San Diego in 2018. he added, “I would rather have a couple ly 30-year veteran of the FBI and who gogues have sought out tactical training After the attack on Chabad of Powayin amateurs in the room, than be sitting served as head of security for the Jewish — meaning training that teaches skills April of 2019, Shillman called Gat, Gat ducks with nothing in the room. That’s Federation of Pittsburgh from 2017 until primarily used in combat zones, in this said, and proposed the joint project. In the alternative.” earlier this year. case with a focus on fighting in build- addition to the 10 synagogues already ings and enclosed spaces — for a few trained, Gat said he has 10 more com- ‘What Works in Ramallah’ A Gun-Buying Spree years already. munities in California and Los Angeles Communal security officials worry Most of Gat’s clients are synagogues in If you’re in the Los Angeles area, you lined up for week-long sessions over the having amateurs in the room could ac- the Orthodox and Hasidic communities. can book Raziel Cohen, a.k.a. The Tac- next two months. The trainings, with tually be more dangerous. Together, they make up about 10% of tical Rabbi. In the New York area there small groups of five to 10 people, are Michael Masters, the head of the Se- American Jewry, and they were the vic- is Cherev Gidon, a training firm and going forward as of now despite rising cure Community Network, which helps tims of the two most recent attacks on facility in Pennsylvania run by Yona- Covid-19 cases in both states. He de- shape security policy for nearly all major American Jews: last December in Jersey tan Stern, an Israeli-American security clined to name the synagogues, citing institutions of American Jewish life, City, N.J. and Monsey, N.Y. Those deadly instructor. Stern said his company is privacy and security concerns. said he has heard concern from law episodes themselves followed a years- partnering with Caliber-3 in the tac- The synagogue team trainings last 40 enforcement officials in areas where long spate of random street assaultsin tical training initiative, while having hours, and are run by Caliber-3 instruc- Jewish communities have pursued their Brooklyn. already trained volunteer teams at 40 tors who are former IDF special forces own training to defend against terrorist In learning synagogue defense from synagogues around the country over officers. The synagogue volunteers learn attacks. former Israeli commandos, these com- the past year. handgun skills and safety, Krav Maga He said he worries that people who munities are now planning to mimic Gat’s training is free to participants hand-to-hand fighting techniques, first undergo tactical training will think the Israeli model of security, where because a Jewish Republican political aid and strategies for responding to an that’s all they need to know about Jews with guns are an accepted part of donor and philanthropist based near active shooter as a team. security. That, he said, could lead to synagogue life. San Diego, Robert Shilman, covers most “There’s not a lot of speaking, not a knee-jerk responses to incidents with Synagogues across the country al- of the costs through his foundation, Gat lot of theory,” Gat said. “Besides eating people of color or mentally ill people, ready employ members in service of day- said. a little bit at lunch, you’re just training undermining relationships between the to-day security, often standing alongside Shillman, founder and chairman of a and sweating and bleeding, that’s it.” Jewish community and the surrounding security guards as greeters, to monitor large tech company, Cognex, contribut- Gat declined to say how much money community — and eroding security. who is coming inside. Overall, few of ed more than $660,000 to Republican Shillman or he were donating to the ef- “It’s not about being” a soldier, Mas- these volunteers are armed, though campaigns and committees during the fort, or divulge how much such a train- ters said. “It’s about understanding the there are clusters of communities, such current election cycle, according to the ing would cost a paying participant, but complex dynamics of human engage- in northern Chicago, where the greeters most recent Federal Election Commit- similar ones cost up to $500 per person ment. When all you’re taught to be is a carry concealed handguns. tee filings. He is also a major donor to per day, Stern and Cohen said. hammer, the whole world is nails.” That Gat’s initiative is going national pro-Israel causes such as Friends of the Part of the training takes place in the There are also differences between now, after a pilot run last year with 10 Israeli Defense Forces and Christians synagogue, to tailor response strategies (Training — Page 20) Page 20 • THE JEWISH LEDGER • Thursday, July 23, 2020 The News in Brief … Training David Beckham’s is mine,” which prevent the spread of the coro- Son Brooklyn and is a Jewish line navirus operated a free buffet (Continued from Page 19) ‘Transformers’ from the Old Tes- for the protesters. American-style security — tament, The Daily The young woman who re- which is broadly defensive — Actress Nicola Mirror reports. moved her shirt said it wasn’t and Israeli-style security, which Peltz to Have Big Beckham, the something she planned. The mandates all-out pursuit of a Jewish Wedding, oldest of four social work student climbed the terrorist threat. UK Tabloid Reports children of David sculpture near the Knesset — “There is an incredible Beckham and his not the iconic menorah outside kinship with Israel in many by GABE FRIEDMAN wife, the former of the building. ways,” Masters said. “But what (JTA) — The marriage of Spice Girl Victo- “It is a shame that a woman’s works in Ramallah and even Brooklyn Beckham, son of ria, is a model breasts can make such huge in Tel Aviv is not necessarily David and Victoria, to actress and amateur pho- Brooklyn Beckham, left, and Nicola Peltz at Paris headlines, and even lead to what works in Richmond or Nicola Peltz apparently will be tographer. Fashion Week, Feb. 25. (Dominique Charriau/WireImage/ a response from the Knesset Toledo.” Getty Images) a Jewish affair. Peltz is best speaker, even while the country Yet the tactical training may The Daily Mirror British known for star- is on fire and there are more be here to stay. Yonatan Stern, tabloid reported Saturday that ring in the 2014 movie “Trans- tanyahu to resign due to sev- than a million unemployed,” of Cherev Gidon, said that “Brooklyn, who announced his formers: Age of Extinction.” eral corruption cases against she told the Kan public broad- Hasidic communities around engagement last week, has told him. There have been daily and caster. New York, where gun rules pals the pair are likely to follow Thousands Protest weekend protests in front of the Knesset Speaker Yariv Levin are stricter than California or ­traditions such as marrying Netanyahu in prime minister’s residence and had called for her arrest. Texas, are clamoring for more. under a chuppah — wedding Jerusalem — in Tel Aviv, as well as some Meanwhile, the country’s so- Stern called the Secure Com- canopy — signing a ketubah — smaller cities in recent weeks. cial workers returned to work munity Network’s guidelines ­marriage contract — and even Including a Restaurant owners demon- on Wednesday morning, ending that guns be left to law en- smashing the odd wine glass.” Topless Woman strating to be allowed to reopen a 17-day strike for pay reform forcement personnel “totally The pair will have two ceremo- by MARCY OSTER despite tightened regulations to and protection services. b ridiculous,” saying that a high- nies, in the United Kingdom JERUSALEM (JTA) — Thou- ly trained volunteer, who will and the United States. sands gathered in Jerusalem to lay down their life to protect Beckham, 21, and Peltz, 25, protest Prime Minister Benja- their community, is always bet- bonded over their Jewish her- min Netanyahu and the actions ter than a paid guard. Though itage when they started dating of his government, including a he emphasizes that the teams last fall, the publication wrote. woman who removed her shirt must be officially sanctioned by David Beckham, the former and sat topless at the top of a the synagogue, he says congre- British soccer star, has often menorah sculpture. gants secretly carrying is better identified as Jewish because of Some 34 demonstrators were than no guns in the sanctuary a Jewish grandfather. Peltz’s fa- arrested in clashes with police at all, like the community lead- ther, Nelson, is a Jewish-Amer- when the protest Tuesday night er in Los Angeles. ican billionaire businessman moved from the Knesset to out- “Members of a congregation, who, according to The Daily side of the prime minister’s that’s their community — if Mirror, spent well over a mil- residence after midnight. someone comes in shooting, lion dollars on the 2016 bar The protesters came from a it’s their children, their par- mitzvah of his twin sons. group opposed to the economic ents, their spouse,” Stern said. Like his father, Beckham has policies of the government in “Those are the people I trust to a tattoo of the phrase “I am the wake of the coronavirus Demonstrators protest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his govern- defend a synagogue.” b my beloved’s and my beloved crisis to those calling on Ne- ment in Jerusalem, July 21. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90) ©Forward. Reprinted with authorization.

Hemingway (Continued from Page 18) entirely after World War II and er era. One Hemingway critic, culcated by this cultural habit thetic satisfaction and sheer us a more fully rounded pic- the massacre of the European Richard K. Peterson, referred to and, say, the fact that American joy of reading such works as ture of the writer, which can Jews: if he wrote now what he the “fashionable anti-Semitism leaders during the war did so “In Our Time” and “A Move- enrich our reading and inform did then, the response would of the 1920s,” which another little in response to mounting able Feast,” or encountering the how we live, as the best liter- be shock and outrage. And yet scholar called “modish,” as if evidence that the Nazis had set enduring truths of such novels ature always does. I’ve tried he gets a pass, it seems, be- there was no connection be- out to exterminate Jews. as “A Farewell to Arms,” “For in my book to understand the cause he was writing in anoth- tween the desensitization in- It’s a curious, distressing and Whom the Bell Tolls” and, yes, man behind Hemingway’s great familiar state of affairs that it “The Sun Also Rises” are unde- achievements, to re-create the took the Holocaust to make it niable. The books remain. epic scale of his finally tragic Let us publish your not okay to voice the kind of An argument could be made, life. But he no longer gets a casual venom we see in Hem- in fact, that this terrible fail- pass, not from this biographer, LEGAL NOTICES ingway’s letters and his first ing gives us another reason to anyway, for what he said and major novel. look at Hemingway’s life and wrote about Jews. b Does this make Ernest Hem- read his fiction: to understand Mary Dearborn is the author We are authorized to ingway a bad writer? Does it how a man of his complexity of “Ernest Hemingway: A Biog- mean we should no longer read and humanity could hold such raphy” (Knopf). publish legal notices him? I don’t think so. The aes- beliefs. In turn, this can give ©Forward. Reprinted with authorization. in Monroe, Ontario, Genesee and Consequences (Continued from Page 18) Orleans Counties. the demand and salaries for education, no property and little discrimination. History cannot those people. Such actions are idea of what to do as a free and be rewritten, which makes it less a favor and more of a death independent individual. even more important to treat wish. Yet, within a couple of gener- all as distinct individuals with Most American Blacks are ations, they created hundreds the same rights. Attempts to now part of the middle class, of thousands of businesses define and divide Americans with much higher average-in- and rose to the top in many by physical characteristics or a come levels than the average Eu- professions. family history over which they ropean, Asian or African. They As a result of considerable have no control has the unin- achieved this by participating in intermarriage and immigra- tended consequence of causing the great American opportunity tion, Americans come in a full destructive resentment, and society, where education, initia- range of skin colors and very needs to stop, now. b tive and hard work account for mixed national origins. In the Richard W. Rahn is chairman

Weekly Since 1924 much more than race, religion, past, women, people of many of the Institute for Global Eco- ethnic origin, etc. What is re- different races, ethnicities, re- nomic Growth and Improbable markable is when the slaves ligions and the handicapped in Success Productions. were freed, most of them had no one form or another suffered ©The Washington Times