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$40 PER YEAR WITHIN MONROE COUNTY, $42 OUTSIDE COUNTY/SEASONAL 70¢ PER ISSUE n VOL. XCVII, NO. 45 n ROCHESTER, N.Y. n NISSAN 29, 5780 n APRIL 23, 2020 More Than Half of American Jewish Nonprofits Are Jews Have Seen or Experienced Anti-Semitism in Recent Years Struggling. How Should Donors Try to Rescue Them?

by BEN SALES from several American Jewish community centers across the NEW YORK (JTA) — In the umbrella organizations, such United States. weeks after it became clear as the Foundation for Jewish On Monday, a coalition of that the coronavirus pandemic Camp and the JCC Association large Jewish philanthropic foun- would spark a lasting economic of North America. The docu- dations pledged $80 million to crisis, the Jewish world’s lead- ment was produced in March shore up struggling Jewish or- ing funder group put together a and obtained by the Jewish ganizations. But now, with it memo with some back-of-the- Telegraphic Agency. becoming increasingly clear that envelope projections for how The document says Jewish the world will not snap back to much Jewish nonprofits stood camps, schools, communi- its former shape anytime soon, Anti-Semitic incidents in Orthodox areas of New York rose in the months be- to lose. ty centers and other groups that number appears to be a fore the Anti-Defamation League conducted its survey. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images) The tally: at least $650 mil- like college Hillels will need fraction of what will be needed. lion, according to the inter- that much or more to make it Doron Krakow, CEO of the JCC by BEN SALES the past five years, according nal document from the Jewish through the pandemic, which Association of North America, NEW YORK (JTA) — More to an Anti-Defamation League Federations of North America, has already caused widespread told JTA earlier this month that than half of American Jews have survey published Tuesday. which was based on estimates layoffs and furloughs at Jewish (Nonprofits— Page 5) either witnessed or directly ex- The ADL also found that 63 perienced anti-Semitism during (American Jews — Page 13) Netanyahu and Gantz Sign Agreement for A Baby Boom Is Coming. ‘National Emergency Government’ That How Can Couples Prepare? Keeps Netanyahu as Prime Minister for Now

by KAREN ARNOVITZ ganizing their homes. By now, by MARCY OSTER GRINZAID they have established a daily JERUSALEM (JTA) — Prime (JNS) — The COVID-19 pan- rhythm around being indoors Minister Benjamin Netanya- demic has significantly trans- with their quarantine partners. hu and Blue and White chair- formed the daily lives of people But even for the well-adjust- man Benny Gantz signed a deal around the world. We live in a ed, we are all dreaming of what Monday to form a "national new normal, and the long-term the future may hold after this emergency government" that effects of this challenging time crisis passes. For some, that keeps Netanyahu as the prime remain to be seen. includes starting a family. In minister for now. As people spend their days fact, with the extra time some Israel has spent more than trying to find the positive, some people have during the shel- a year under a caretaker gov- are trying new hobbies or or- (Baby Boom — Page 13) ernment as neither Netanyahu, who heads the right-wing Likud party, nor Gantz of the cen- Jewish Nonprofits Receive ter-left Blue and White could as- semble a coalition government. $264 Million So Far in Federal With the agreement, the country Prime Minister and Blue and White leader Benny Gantz Coronavirus Assistance (Emergency Government — Page 6) sign a unity government agreement. (Courtesy)

(JNS) — Jewish nonprofits Annual Holocaust Remembrance Day Torch- have received at least $264 mil- lion in loans under the $2.1 tril- Lighting at Held Without Audience lion coronavirus relief package passed by Congress and enact- by MARCY OSTER ed into law last month, accord- JERUSALEM (JTA) — The ing to the Jewish Federations of coronavirus couldn't dim the North America (JFNA). annual torch-lighting ceremony According to a JFNA survey, in Israel for Holocaust Martyrs’ 579 got loans approved from the and Heroes’ Remembrance Day, Small Business Administration. or Yom Hashoah. The average loan was be- In a prerecorded rite without tween $5,000 and $4.9 million. This illustration, created at the Cen- an audience, six torches rep- The median loan was $256,000. ters for Disease Control and Preven- resenting the 6 million Jews There were 1,331 responses to tion (CDC), reveals ultrastructural killed in were the JFNA survey. morphology exhibited by coronavi- lit in honor of six living sur- The results come as the U.S. ruses. (Wikimedia Commons) vivors at the start of the com- memoration on Monday night Senate passed another funding at Yad Vashem's Warsaw Ghetto bill on Tuesday afternoon total- Square in Jerusalem. ing $484 billion. Usually the survivors, ac- It would give more than $310 companied by children and billion for the Paycheck Protec- grandchildren, light the torches These six Holocaust survivors were honored with torches during Israel’s state 04 74470 90456 (Assistance — Page 9) (Torch-Lighting — Page 5) ceremony. (Yad Vashem) Seager Marine • 2x5 • 042320 • JT Fax/Email: @ Expositor-Ledger Newspapers Rochester Golf Week • The Jewish Ledger 2535 Brighton-Henrietta Town Line Road, Rochester, NY 14623 (585) 427-2468 • FAX (585) 427-8521 IMPORTANT… We want YOUR AD to be perfect… Your ad will run as it appears here unless we hear from you immediately. Please review this ad carefully. n Check spelling and punctuation n Check addresses and phone numbers, as well as e-mail addresses and web sites. n Check dates and times of all events listed. If there are any corrections, please call us immediately at 427-2468. Page 2 • THE JEWISH LEDGER • Thursday, April 23, 2020

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Israel … Haredi Health Minister Ya’acov Litzman Recovers from Coronavirus

by CELIA JEAN Health Ministry’s guidelines, Litzman additionally did not After testing negative twice adding that relief from the lock- take part in critical Health Min- for the coronavirus, Health Min- down is reliant on strict obser- istry meetings on the guidelines ister Ya’acov Litzman reportedly vance of the regulations. “In the and restrictions, KAN reprted. no longer has the coronavirus interest of all Israeli’s and their According to the report, he in- and is expected to return to his health, only in this way can we structed that law enforcement’s full time routine. beat the coronavirus.” harsher guidelines in ultra-Or- After finding out about his This comes following eye wit- thodox neighborhoods be de- recovery, Litzman said, “Hav- ness reports in early April that layed by a week, with the sup- ing the coronavirus was a great Litzman didn’t follow the Health port of Prime Minister Benjamin opportunity for me to become Ministry’s guidelines regarding Netanyahu.Health Ministry di- personally familiar with the physical distancing which may rector-general Moshe Bar Siman dedicated work of our precious have led to his and his wife’s Tov later had a conversation medical teams. My thanks to consequent contraction of the with Litzman, in which Litzman everyone who took an interest virus in early April. His situa- told Bar Siman Tov that he had in my case and took care of me.” tion was considered to be light, followed all of the Health Min- UTJ leader Ya’aov Litzman attends the weekly cabinet meeting, January. He further added that he urges and he was isolated within his istry guidelines. b (ALEX KOLOMOISKY/POOL) Israel to continue to obey the own home. ©The Jerusalem Post

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New York to Offer day that this year’s parade, a halt, but on Monday morning, the 100 or so cele- Kosher Food at scheduled for June 7, will not Mayor Bill de Blasio announced brants at a Hanuk- Select Sites as take place. Organizers are that all non-essential events kah candle-lighting working on a virtual event to scheduled for June, including party and leading to Virus Lingers take place that day, according to concerts, rallies and parades, the death of 72-year- Throughout City Michael Miller, the council’s ex- would be nixed. old Yosef Neumann, (JNS) — New York City ecutive vice president and CEO. “They will be back,” said de is unfit for federal Mayor Bill de Blasio authorized “We’re saddened by the ne- Blasio, who mentioned the Cel- trial, a judge ruled on Monday the serving of ko- cessity of canceling this pa- ebrate Israel parade along with on Monday. sher food at 10 food-distribution rade,” Miller said. “Its absence the Pride Parade and Puerto Grafton Thomas, sites in Brooklyn and Queens, on Fifth Avenue will be notable, Rican Day Parade as hallmarks 37, was previously N.Y., several hours after the but its absence in the hearts of New York City culture that indicted by a feder- Metropolis Council’s Jewish of New Yorkers, Jewish and had to be suspended to pro- al grand jury and Caucus issued a letter stat- non-Jewish, who support Israel tect public health. “That joy pleaded not guilty Grafton Thomas has been charged with stabbing ing that “offering totally free is incalculable.” and that pride that all of these to five counts of ob- five people at a home and prayer hall known as foods to everybody, moreover The Celebrate Israel parade events bring will be back.” structing the free Rottenberg’s Shul in Monsey, N.Y., on the kosher-preserving New York- was first held in 1965 on Riv- exercise of religion seventh night of Hanukkah on Dec. 28, 2019. ers, the metropolis is sending erside Drive on the Upper West Judge Rules in an attempt to kill, (Screenshot) a potent and deeply offensive Side. In recent years, the parade Monsey Machete- a federal . concept about its priorities.” has marched up Fifth Avenue. Attack Suspect Judge Cathy Seibel said that months, after which his status “Hundreds of countless num- Approximately 40,000 people “the defendant is presently suf- will be re-evaluated. bers of New Yorkers hold ko- march in the parade each year, Deemed Unfit for fering from a mental disease or Monday’s ruling does not sher, and they are getting left according to the organizers, Federal Trial defect rendering him mentally apply to the state charges powering in the most various including thousands of Jewish (JNS) — The suspect accused incompetent to the extent that Thomas also faces. metropolis in the world,” stat- day school students. of the Dec. 28 machete attack at he is unable to assist properly Reportedly, Thomas could ed the letter, signed by the The decision to cancel had a home and prayer hall known in his defense.” face an upgraded state mur- caucus’ chairman, Council- seemed inevitable as the pan- as Rabbi Rottenberg’s Shul in She ordered Thomas to be der charge due to Neumann’s man Chaim Deutsch, and its 12 demic brought New York City to Monsey, N.Y., injuring five of hospitalized for up to four death. b other members. More than 4.5 million foods have been served, which in- cludes vegetarian and halal options for Muslims, amid Now friends and family around the globe the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The meals provided by the can be part of a loved one’s service. city include breakfast, lunch Brighton Memorial Chapel offers live funeral broadcasting and dinner. for services that take place within our chapel. This year’s All at NO CHARGE. Celebrate Israel parade is called off as New York City cancels events through June

by SHIRA HANAU (JTA) — Among the many signs of summer that the coro- navirus pandemic is silencing: the annual parade that draws tens of thousands of support- Rochester’s Jewish Funeral Home ers of Israel to New York City’s Fifth Avenue. 585-427-8520 The Jewish Community Re- 3325 Winton Road S., Rochester NY 14623 • www.BrightonMemorialChapel.com lations Council of New York, which organizes the Celebrate Israel parade, confirmed Mon- See why Brighton Memorial Chapel is Establishing a New Tradition. Page 4 • THE JEWISH LEDGER • Thursday, April 23, 2020

N.Y. Issues … Technology … Williamsburg Yeshivas Israel’s Holocaust Memorial Ceremony Operating Secret Schools in Aired Online for First Time Ever Apartments and Synagogues by JEREMY SHARON and MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN Despite Yad Vashem’s War- saw Ghetto Square being eerily deserted, the Holocaust Mar- tyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day ceremony nevertheless went ahead in perhaps the strangest circumstances of the country’s history. In the shadow of the corona- virus epidemic, the host of the ceremony addressed an empty square and vocalists performed without an audience – but the speeches from the country’s leaders, the stories of survivors Yad Vashem Security guard stands at the empty Hall of Names in the Yad and the prayers for those mur- Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum. (FLASH90) dered all went ahead regardless. Speaking via video, Prime delivered a recorded address, tion camps began in May. Some Minister Benjamin Netanya- saying that the coronavirus pan- 430,000 Hungarian Jews were (Bryan R. Smith/AFP via Getty Images) hu said that the fight against demic and its attendant diffi- deported, mostly to Auschwitz, the coronavirus outbreak was culties should not cloud out the where the majority were sent to by MOLLY BOIGON rules, and most of their com- perhaps the biggest global cri- memory of the past. the gas chambers upon arrival. Orthodox yeshivas for boys munity is indeed doing so. But sis since the end of the Second “We must remember! We re- Zohar however, related in a in Williamsburg are running in Williamsburg, some mik- World War. member! We will continue to recorded account of his story underground schools in closed vahs and now, yeshivas, remain He noted that during the Ho- remember! For our own sakes, that at the age of just 16 he met synagogues and apartment open. locaust, multitudes of Jews died and for future generations,” said up with his Hashomer Hatzair buildings despite social dis- Not keeping six feet apart from disease due to the inhuman the president. group leader, who was also a tancing requirements imposed from others in public can be conditions imposed upon them “Even in these difficult times, member of the underground Zi- by the city and state to try to accompanied by a $1,000 fine by the Nazis, but said that al- when we are confronting a glob- onist movement in Budapest, slow the spread of coronavirus, in New York. though Israelis face today anoth- al pandemic and the current which provided thousands of a parent whose child attended The New York City Depart- er contagion, the circumstances sense of anxiety, we hear and young Jews with false papers one of the secret schools told ment of Health did not imme- could not be more different. make place for remembering the and smuggled them into Roma- the Forward. diately respond to a request for “Today we have a national past, the victims and you, the nia. The source, who wished to comment. home, we have our own coun- survivors. You, who survived He was sent by rail towards a remain anonymous for fear of Williamsburg is a Haredi try. A strong, advanced country humanity’s darkest hour. A ca- town on the Hungarian border retaliation from the communi- community home to the largest which is much appreciated,” said tastrophe brought by humans with Romania and subsequent- ty, said one of his sons went to community of Satmar Hasidic Netanyahu. on humans.” ly smuggled into that country, school in a closed synagogue Jews in New York City. The He noted that earlier this year, Traditionally at the Holocaust and then on through Bulgaria, building that was unlocked by community is characterized the country had hosted many Memorial Day ceremony, six Greece, Turkey, Syria and Leba- a teacher’s family member. by very strict religiosity and world leaders at Yad Vashem to Holocaust survivors light the non, finally arriving in Mandate He provided evidence of the yeshivas intensely focused on commemorate the liberation of torches at Warsaw Ghetto Square Palestine in January 1945. underground yeshiva in the religious education. Auschwitz and pledge to fight in Yad Vashem and then speak Ahead of the commencement form of correspondence with Some classes, the source , saying that they about their experiences during of Holocaust Martyrs’ and He- the school and another person said, were broken into smaller had been impressed with the those cataclysmic times. roes’ Remembrance Day, the Fi- sent the Forward a screenshot groups to keep the numbers of Jewish’s states success in “re- Zohar Arnon, from Hungary, nance Ministry released details of WhatsApp messages among students in a room at about 12, placing helplessness with power was supposed to be one of this pertaining to Holocaust survi- Satmar parents. but some are running with full and mighty accomplishments.” year’s lighters. Born in 1928, vors living in Israel today. “It definitely puts everyone classes of 24 to 26 kids. As is wont on Holocaust Re- Arnon was one of five children. According to the ministry, in danger, the kids going,” said The source’s son attended membrance Day, Netanyahu By the time the Second World there are approximately 189,500 the first source, who grew up school just days after the ye- raised the spectre of ongoing War broke out, he was already a survivors living in the country, in the Satmar community in shivas were ordered closed in threats to the safety of the Jew- member of the Zionist Hashomer 77 percent of whom are over 80. Williamsburg. “I definitely be- mid-March, he said. ish people, including “radical Hatzair (Youth Guard) move- The average age of Holocaust lieve that this is putting others The source said the senti- Islam led by Iran,” which he ment. survivors is 83.9, the ministry at risk.” ment among other parents is said would not dissipate in the After the Nazis occupied Bu- stated, and 15,170 of them passed Some of his children were that it has already been prede- coronavirus crisis. dapest in March 1944, depor- away over the last year. b also advised to attend school in termined who is going to get President also tations to death and concentra- © The Jerusalem Post a classmate’s apartment build- coronavirus, a principle en- ing. compassed in the Yiddish term The underground schools are “bashert” — meant to be — so After Racist Tweets Surface, Republican Jewish Coalition operating amidst outcry over there is no point in abiding by videos and photos that show the guidelines. Withdraws Support for GOP Congressman’s Challenger Haredi men and women violat- He also said the community by RON KAMPEAS white people." Jewish Republicans for opposing ing social distancing guidelines does not understand what the WASHINGTON (JTA) — The "The RJC has consistently spo- Holocaust education funding and in Brooklyn and Lakewood. consequences are for getting Republican Jewish Coalition is ken out against hate, bigotry, and actions condemning the boycott Leaders say they are working caught. b withdrawing its support for a racism," the group said Friday on Israel movement. with authorities to follow the © Forward, reprinted with authorization. challenger to a Kentucky GOP Twitter. "As a result of troubling His contrarianism spurred con- gadfly after racist tweets by the comments that have come to light demnation by President Donald FOUNDED 1924 challenger surfaced. by congressional candidate Todd Trump. Rep. 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by RON KAMPEAS Telegraphic Agency, describing ceeding unless there’s an actual firefighter elected to Congress, (JTA) — An already unortho- the April 4 serving. emergency.” I’ll be the first openly gay per- dox primary season is taking an D’Arrigo’s lawyer, Arthur Schwartz said Weinstock’s son to represent New York City even stranger turn in a race for Schwartz, says Weinstock is Jewishness does not feature on in Congress,” he says in his a New York House seat. not observant and dismissed his “About Michael” campaign campaign video. “How cool is Rep. Thomas Suozzi, a cen- the protestations as a “stunt.” site page, and noted his own that?” trist Democrat, is being chal- “He wasn’t ‘served’ by a pro- Jewishness in an email. D’Arrigo, who calls herself “a lenged from the left by Melanie cess server, the Judge required “I am a proud Jew who fights grassroots activist, mom and D’Arrigo and Michael Wein- overnight mail, and it was sent anti-Semitism all the time,” health care advocate,” has cul- stock in the 3rd Congressio- by UPS,” Schwartz said in an Schwartz wrote. “Child of Rus- tivated comparisons to Rep. nal District covering northwest email. “The delivery person sian immigrants; my dad spoke Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, an Long Island and a chunk of the left it outside his door. Despite Yiddish before he spoke En- insurgent young New York fe- borough of Queens. his supposed observant beliefs, glish. Active in my synagogue male candidate who in 2018 D’Arrigo is attempting to Weinstock then went outside, and my daughters teach He- ousted a pillar of the party’s derail Weinstock’s campaign, picked up the envelope, and brew School. Weinstock is a bs center. D’Arrigo has participat- alleging that he included ineli- brought it inside.” artist who is using his religion ed in the Women’s March, and gible signatures on his petition According to most Orthodox to avoid the fact that he doesn’t told Elle magazine that she was to register as a candidate. The interpretations of Jewish law, have enough valid signatures.” Michael Weinstock, shown in a cam- sexually assaulted as a child. two are meeting in a virtual receiving and opening mail vi- While Weinstock does not paign video, is running in a Dem- Weinstock, who prosecuted state Supreme Court hearing olates Sabbath observance. explicitly refer to himself as ocratic primary for a House seat in sex crimes for five years, has on Tuesday. Weinstock rejoined: “Accord- Jewish on the “About” page, he New York and its suburbs. (YouTube) filed a sexual harassment law- Weinstock, who says he is ing to this man, an observant does describe reuniting New suit against Gerard Terry, a observant Jewishly, is argu- Jew would never bring the York state Assemblyman Tony say they are ready to drop the one-time Long Island power ing that the filing is illegal be- Fedex package inside, place it D’Urso with the Italian Jewish case, originally brought by the broker who was jailed for tax cause he was served on Shab- on a table and open the package family that D’Urso helped hide D’Arrigo campaign, and each fraud. Suozzi pleaded for leni- bat. In New York state, serving the following morning.” from the Nazis. As part of that blames the other side for keep- ency for Terry, and Weinstock non-criminal legal motions on Weinstock is asking for the trip, D’Urso and Weinstock met ing it alive. has said that Suozzi’s inter- Sunday is illegal, and the rule filing to be dismissed because Pope Francis, and a photo at the Both candidates face an up- vention triggered his primary can be extended to “a Satur- of the Shabbat serving, al- top of the page shows Wein- hill battle in their bid from the challenge. day if service is upon someone though he said he will not pur- stock wearing a yarmulke at left to oust Suozzi in the June If that stew of issues weren’t who celebrates Saturday as the sue sanctions against Schwartz the meeting. 23 primary. Suozzi succeeded fraught enough, D’Arrigo’s cam- Sabbath.” and D’Arrigo. Weinstock’s Jewishness fea- Steve Israel, a longtime Jewish paign, filing its challenge to “I was getting something to “There’s a pandemic going tures prominently elsewhere congressman from the district. Weinstock’s petition signatures eatPerspective in the •kitchen 1x4, 2x3 •— 111408 when • DSthe HOUSEon and thousands of New York- on his campaign site: His cam- Both Israel and Suozzi strived on March 23, simultaneous- man approached my front door, ers are dying,” Weinstock said. paign launch video, for exam- to maintain centrist credibility ly filed a signatures challenge wearing a mask,” Weinstock “Nobody should be calling the ple, posted in April 2019, is in a district that includes deep against another primary candi- said in an email to the Jewish cops, or initiating a legal pro- titled “Hip Kosher.” (He’s seen pockets of conservatism. date — Melanie D’Arrigo. thumbing through a cookbook Weinstock is a former pros- How did a candidate end up of the same name.) 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The parties The left-wing Labor Party is Senior appointments such as later released a joint statement expected to join the govern- to the Supreme Court and the On the Go? with some details including ment, Israel's Channel 12 report- military Chief of Staff will be that Netanyahu would remain ed, and Netanyahu said there frozen for six months and then as prime minister and Gantz would be a government “with must be agreed to by both par- would be prime minister-desig- the right and without it.” The re- ties. A “Coronavirus Cabinet” nate and deputy prime minister. ligious Yamina party had threat- will be set up that is headed by Netanyahu and Gantz are ex- ened to sit in the opposition if both Netanyahu and Gantz. pected to make statements later its demands to control judicial In nods to Netanyahu, the SHRUB TRIMMING MOWING Monday evening, which is the appointments were not met. deal allows a deputy prime start of Yom Hashoah, or Holo- Along with its demands on minister to remain in office caust Remembrance Day. the West Bank annexations, under indictment and receive “We prevented fourth elec- Likud's insistence that the con- an official residence. tions. We’ll safeguard democ- troversial nation-state law re- According to the statement, racy,” Gantz tweeted Monday mains intact was part of the "the government, once formed, Take the news with you! evening after the agreement deal, according to reports. will be defined as a national was signed. “We’ll fight the Netanyahu's party, which emergency government for a The E-Edition of The Jewish Ledger coronavirus and look out for all narrowly won the last elec- period of six months and no TheJewishLedger.com Israeli citizens. We have a na- tions in March, will hold the legislation unrelated to the bat- tional emergency government.” portfolios for the Internal Secu- tle against coronavirus will be WALKWAYS/PATIOS MULCHING/EDGING The deal came together fol- rity, Health, Education, Interior, brought in Parliament, without lowing reports that Gantz, who Transportation, Housing, Ener- consent. In parallel, a negoti- Since 1993 Call Dennis for a currently serves as Knesset gy and Finance ministries and ating team will be formed to FREE ESTIMATE speaker, threatened to put forth will appoint a new ambassador discuss a policy outline for a legislation that would have pre- to the United Nations. prospective unity government 233-9599 vented Netanyahu from serv- Blue and White will be in over the long term." b

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Opinion … Media … MSNBC Graphic Shows Goebbels Would Have ‘Liked’ ‘Palestine’ in List of Countries Today’s Social Media by STEVEN STALINSKY against Jews and other mi- deniers, including (JNS) — At the entrance to norities, especially the Chi- and groups like the Ku Klux the United States Holocaust nese — something jihadis have Klan, and many others who Memorial Museum’s Hall of done as well. A growing num- are not household names but Remembrance stands a quote ber of these groups and their are major influencers of white of a statement made by Gen. supporters are speculating supremacists and domestic ter- Dwight D. Eisenhower, Su- that the pandemic is a hoax; rorism groups. Their content, preme Commander of the some are saying that the global not to mention actual Nazi-era Allied Forces, regarding his health crisis is orchestrated propaganda and memorabilia, visit to Germany’s Ohrdruf by the Jews, and they are in- are also easily available on concentration camp on April volved in cyberattacks such Amazon. 15, 1945: “The things I saw as hacking into synagogues’ Thousands of videos of A background graphic during MSNBC’s “The 11th Hour With Brian Williams” beggar description… The vi- and Jewish organizations’ on- Hitler, Nazi Germany, and shows “Palestine” in a rolling list of countries, despite it not being an inde- sual evidence and the verbal line meetings. This highlights other Nazi content, includ- pendent nation, April 16. (Screenshot) testimony of starvation, cruel- domestic terrorists’ growing ing issues of Der Stürmer it- ty, and bestiality were so over- reliance on the cyber realm — self, are being shared, liked, by JACKSON RICHMAN to grant de facto recognition of powering… I made the visit in addition to hacking, using tweeted and forwarded on (JNS) — A background graphic statehood is but another example deliberately, in order to be in a encryption, fundraising with these platforms. At the same on MSNBC last week showed of careless reporting at a time position to give first-hand ev- cryptocurrency, and continu- time, newer material such “Palestine” in a rolling list of when we can least afford it.” idence of these things if ever, ing to expand their efforts re- as explicit calls for targeting countries depicting numbers as- HonestReporting CEO Daniel in the future, there develops a cruiting. and killing Jews, including sociated with the coronavirus Pomerantz told JNS, “When news tendency to charge these alle- They are also using the “hunting” guides and naming pandemic, despite it not being an outlets prematurely recognize gations to propaganda.” pandemic to spread fear on- of specific Jews for doxxing, independent nation. a Palestinian state, they are not Tomorrow marks 75 years to line and, most troubling, violence and even murder, The graphic was displayed only being factually inaccurate, the day since Gen. Eisenhower have called to deliberately in- are prevalent as well. It was during “The 11th Hour With but also undermine prospects made that powerful statement. fect Jews with the virus. There reported recently that on one Brian Williams” on April 16 for peace by rewarding unilater- His words can be used to de- is extensive online chatter in Telegram channel, suspected while internal medicine physi- alism and intransigence by the scribe the rampant anti-Sem- which participants state that neo-Nazis are listing Jews and cian Lipi Roy was analyzing the Palestinian government. Jour- itism and they are infected and seek to using violent rhetoric against number of COVID-19 cases, as nalists have a duty to behave now finding fertile ground on- become biological weapons. them including ones such as well as discussing the debate responsibly and to ground their line. As Yom Hashoah — Holo- Sites for spreading infection “[W]e should kill all of these over whether or not some parts work in factual reality: Israelis, caust Remembrance Day — is are discussed, among them Jews. Who’s with me?” of society should reopen. Palestinians and news audiences marked on April 20, the events supermarkets and hospitals. Anti-Semites on social media Media critics criticized MSNBC deserve nothing less.” of the past two years and the Also discussed are visiting are also using other sophis- for the background listing “Pales- Dan Gainor, vice president of ones happening daily world- synagogues and coughing in ticated methods, including tine” as a country. business and culture at the Media wide are all reminders of to- the faces of . bots, to facilitate their efforts, “Now, more than ever, it’s im- Research Center, a media watch- day’s unprecedented anti-Sem- The vast and ever-growing and are also impersonating portant for the media to engage dog group, told JNS that “even the itism. Often, what drives these amount of anti-Semitism on- prominent Orthodox rabbis in careful and thoughtful report- ‘breaking news’ on MSNBC ends attacks is online incitement to line today that is driving white and other Jewish leaders on- ing,”Bodine Sean • 2x5 Durns, • 121219 senior • JT research up as propaganda.” [email protected] violence. Hitler’s propagan- supremacist and domestic ter- line, creating fake Twitter and analyst at CAMERA, the Commit- “There is no place called ‘Pal- da minister rorist groups parallels the mas- other accounts that promote teeExpositor-Ledger for Accuracy in Middle Newspapers East estine,’ yet MSNBC wants to would have “liked” today’s so- sive quantity of online jihadi virulent anti-Semitic content. ReportingRochester in America, Golf told WeekJNS. include • The it in theJewish official Ledgerlist of cial media — and would have content that played a direct An anonymous 4chan user “And2535 theBrighton-Henrietta facts are clear: ‘Pales Town- Lineplaces Road, because Rochester, it’s not NY news, 14623 it’s had many followers. role in the rapid rise of Islam- explained: “We must create tine’(585) is 427-2468not, and has • FAX never (585) been, 427-8521 agenda,” he said. “The interest- Just as it is impossible to ic State (ISIS). In 2014, the a massive movement of fake an independent state.” ing question is what place does imagine the development dissemination on Twitter and Jewish profiles on Facebook, IMPORTANT…He said “that’s what negotia- MSNBC We consider want YOUR to be AD part to ofbe perfect… of the global jihad move- YouTube of the video of ISIS’s Twitter, etc.,” with the aim of tionsYour between ad will Israel run and as the it Palappears- Palestine? here Gaza? unless Or is we it claiming hear from you immediately. ment without the Internet, beheading of American jour- avoiding censorship by social estinian PleaseAuthority review are about this — adJerusalem?” carefully. the same can be said about nalist James Foley prompted media companies and spread- negotiationsn Check that spelling the media and punctuationhas An MSNBC spokesperson told the current development and the companies to finally take ing conspiracy theories about reported non Check for years, addresses and whichand phone JNS numbers, that the as listing well as was e-mail “an addresseserror and web sites. spread of anti-Semitism. 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As Joe Biden Welcomes would not consider leveraging legs with a Star of David on its Saturday night news confer- ize their knowledge about the J Street Endorsement, aid to Israel as a means of influ- back, with the head of a Jewish ence read a post on Twitter that Holocaust to insult the memory a Sign of the Liberal encing policy, and he has touted man but a long pointed nose, Trump had retweeted which of the victims of the Holocaust, Pro-Israel Lobby’s his friendship with Israeli Prime rubbing his hands together. The said: “Let’s see if authorities and further traumatize Jews at a Increasing Influence Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a sign reads “The Real Plague.” enforce the social-distancing or- time when we are experiencing by RON KAMPEAS figure reviled by J Street. A photo of the sign being held ders for mosques during Rama- a demonstrative increase in an- WASHINGTON — Joe Biden Biden also has been a main- out of the window of a minivan dan (April 23-May 23) like they ti-Semitism.” welcomed the endorsement of J stay of the annual conferences driving near the downtown Co- did churches during Easter.” Hunegs praised Nicollet Public Street, the liberal pro-Israel lobby, of the American Israel Public lumbus protest, taken by Cleve- “I would like to see that,” Schools Superintendent Denny on Friday. While it might seem Affairs Committee, the main land.com reporter Laura Han- Trump responded, but then Morrow for the “seriousness” like a small news item today, the centrist pro-Israel group seen as cock, was retweeted hundreds began a rant against the Dem- with which he has approached moment represents something a J Street rival. of time. A second photo tweeted ocratic lawmakers, specifically the incident. much larger: a consolidation More than half of the Demo- by Democratic Ohio State Rep. Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar and Morrow wrote to the students: of the group's influence among cratic caucus in both chambers Casey Weinstein, who is Jewish, New York Rep. Alexandria Oca- “Your recent decision to post a mainstream Democrats. of Congress now accept J Street's showed two men holding the sio Cortez, who have been crit- video on TikTok depicting the “I’m honored to have earned endorsement, making it a key sign outside of their vehicle. ical of Israel, though Israel and Nazi Auschwitz concentration J Street’s first-ever presidential determinant in Democrats' Mid- “There are symbols of hatred Jewish holidays had not been camp during World War 2 as a endorsement,” the former vice dle East policies. mixed in," he told Cleveland.com. mentioned in the question. playful excursion has crossed president said Friday. “J Street Biden is also reportedly ready “I think it’s important to call that He said in his response: “You several lines of decorum.” has been a powerful voice to to accept Bernie Sanders' advis- out. I’m not going to let that pass. know I just spoke with leaders He called it “an affront to our advance social justice here at ers on his foreign policy team. I’m not. There are people out and people that love mosques. school and community to por- home, and to advocate for a two- Sanders has been sharply critical there exercising their rights. By They love mosques! And I’m all tray that one could be educat- state solution that advances Mid- of some Israeli government poli- no means am I saying they’re all in favor of that. But I would say ed here, and then, choose to dle East Peace. cies and has been credited with anti-Semitic, they’re all racists, that there could be a difference. demonstrate such a callous dis- "I share with J Street’s mem- moving the Democratic Party left but there is an element there.” And we’ll have to see what will regard for the plight of others.” bership an unyielding dedication on its views on the Jewish state. In Idaho, Republican state happen. Because I have seen a TikTok reportedly boasts to the survival and security of The language of J Street's en- Rep. Heather Scott called Repub- great disparity in this country. around 800 million users world- Israel, and an equal commitment dorsement kept in line with its lican Gov. Brad Little “little Hit- I’ve seen a great disparity. I mean wide. b to creating a future of peace strong support of Sanders — it ler” and compared his shutdown I’ve seen a very strong anti-Israel and opportunity for Israeli and praised Biden but also empha- orders to Nazi Germany during bent in Congress with Democrats. Danish Bible Society’s Palestinian children alike," he sized that what was key was a podcast interview Thursday, It was unthinkable seven or eight Translation Omits Dozens added. "That’s what we have coming together to defeat Don- the Spokesman-Review reported. or 10 years ago, and now they’re of References to Israel to keep working toward — and ald Trump. “I mean, that’s no different into a whole different thing. Be- by CNAAN LIPHSHIZ what I’ll do as President with J "At a time when the threats than Nazi Germany, where you tween Omar and AOC — I say The Danish Bible Society has Street’s support.” to our core values both at home had government telling people, AOC plus three, add them on. omitted dozens of references J Street committed earlier this and abroad have never been ‘You are an essential worker or You have, the things that they to Israel from translations of year to endorsing the Demo- more serious, all of us in the a nonessential worker,’ and the say about Israel are so bad. And I the Hebrew Bible and the New cratic nominee, whoever she or pro-Israel, pro-peace community nonessential workers got put on can’t believe it. Just a minute. So Testament. he was, and for the first time know that the path to a bet- a train,” Scott said during the I would be interested to see that. Defending the deletions, the its political action committee ter future begins with defeating interview with "The Jess Fields Because they go after Christian society said they prevent con- launched a fund to elect a Dem- at the polls,” the Show" that was posted online. churches but they don’t tend to fusion with the modern-day ocratic president. endorsement read. b Scott defended her use of Ho- go after mosques. And I don’t country. Biden's enthusiastic welcome, locaust analogies in a post on want them to go after mosques! The omissions occurred in a however, is significant because Anti-Lockdown Protests Facebook. But I do want to see what their project titled “Bible 2020” that he has been a standard-bearer Spawn More Anti-Semitic “My videos and interviews are bent is.” was published earlier this year for the Democratic party's pro-Is- Conspiracy Theories generating a lot of positive re- Trump added in response to a under the society’s supervision, rael mainstream — a wing that and Holocaust Imagery sponses and people are waking follow-up question that he does the 24NYT news site reported has not always seen eye to eye by MARCY OSTER up. My recent analogies are poi- not believe Muslim imams will Sunday. It's the first translation with J Street. At its outset in Anti-Semitic conspiracy the- gnant and relative to our times.," flout social distancing rules and into Danish in more than 20 2008, J Street scrambled to get ories and Holocaust imagery she wrote. "While human lives that “the Christian faith is treat- years. Democrats to agree to accept its continue to be mainstays at an- are certainly more valuable than ed much differently than it was Jan Frost, a Bible enthusiast endorsement, and some rejected ti-lockdown protests against gov- a business, we cannot under- (by politicians), and I think it’s and supporter of Israel from it outright, saying the group was ernors and in state capitols. estimate nor ignore that our treated very unfairly.” b Denmark, drew the media’s at- too far to the left. A placard at an anti-lockdown businesses are the life blood of tention to the omissions on You- Biden himself has differed protest held Saturday in Colum- the citizens who own them, the Minnesota High School Tube and other social networks. with the group at times, includ- bus, Ohio, in front of the state communities they are in and to Students Mock Jews He counted 59 omissions out ing last year, when addressing J capitol bore the image of the the customers they serve. Losing Being Sent to Auschwitz of 60 references to Israel in the Street's conference. He said he body of a rat standing on its hind the former destroys the latter.” in TikTok Video Greek origin for New Testament Also last week, Colorado Gov. by MARCY OSTER texts. References to “the People Jared Polis became emotional Two Minnesota high school of Israel” were replaced with during a news briefing about the students were criticized for shar- “Jews,” while “Land of Israel” coronavirus crisis in his state ing a video titled “Me and the became "the land of Jews.” when a reporter said that the boys on the way to camp,” which In other places, references to public has compared his stay- photoshops them dancing in a Israel were translated as ref- at-home order to , and Nazi boxcar and happily skipping erencing all readers or all of chants comparing Michigan’s into Auschwitz, on the video so- humanity. governor to Hitler were among cial media platform TikTok. The Song of Ascents from the those heard at a protest of the The video contains humorous Book of Psalms in the Hebrew state’s stay-at-home order by music whose lyrics include "Tell Bible, a popular Shabbat hymn thousands of demonstrators. b everybody I'm on my way." for Jews, originally states that In response, the two boys “He who watches over Israel Trump Turns shown in the video — posted will neither slumber nor sleep.” Moving? Reporter’s Question by a high school student from In the new translation, Israel is About Ramadan Nicollet High School in Nicollet, replaced by the word “us.” Don’t leave us behind! Social Distancing Minnesota — were assigned a A Bible Society representative Into Screed Against research paper titled “Hitler’s told Frost that the decision was Providing us with your new address saves time and Democratic Lawmakers Final Solution at Auschwitz.” made to avoid confusing the postage. Please contact us 2 weeks in advance. Critical of Israel The incident was first reported Land of Israel with the State of by MARCY OSTER by TC Jewfolk. Israel. However, the names of Call 427-2468 or email us at President Donald Trump Steve Hunegs, executive di- other countries from that time [email protected] turned a reporter’s question rector of the Jewish Community that still exist, such as Egypt, with your new address. about whether authorities will Relations Council of Minneso- have not been changed. enforce social distancing orders ta and the Dakotas, said in a “The old theological expres- for mosques during Ramadan statement that he is “ increas- sion for this is ‘replacement into a screed against liberal Dem- ingly concerned about a grave theology,’ in which you replace

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To ensure that people’s report- movement in terms of accelera- ed activity levels were accurate, tion forces, or how much power the researchers asked their vol- your body is generating when unteers to wear accelerometers you move. for a week. The researchers soon pinpoint- Then they scanned everyone’s ed a narrow range of forces that spines, using a sophisticated type were associated with the health- of M.R.I. that precisely measures iest discs. the size and liquidity of each They then asked 10 of their disc. volunteers to step onto treadmills And they found differences. In and recreate these forces and general, the runners’ discs were found, to their surprise, that run- larger and contained more fluid ning was not required. Walking than the discs of the men and briskly at a pace of about four women who did not exercise. miles per hour — “which for Since both greater size and some people would be a jog,” Dr. “The man who stops advertising to save money is like the man who stops the clock to save time.” increased levels of internal fluid Belavy says — generated enough indicate better disc health, the physical force to bring people’s runners harbored fundamentally movement into the range asso- healthier spines than the people ciated with the healthiest discs. who were sedentary, says Daniel Slower walks and standing in Belavy, the study leader and a place were outside this range, as professor of exercise at the In- were runs at paces beyond about stitute for Physical Activity and 5.5 miles per hour. The sweet Nutrition at Deakin University. spot for disc health seemed to Interestingly, mileage barely reside somewhere in the range of mattered. The discs of the people fast walks and gentle jogs. who ran less than 30 miles per “You can go running” for the week were almost identical to sake of your back, Dr. Belavy those in the long-distance group, concludes, “but you don’t have suggesting that, compared to to.” A brisk walk will also help, moderate mileage, heavy train- it seems. ing does not augment disc health Dr. Belavy and his colleagues but also does not contribute to hope to delve into those issues in deterioration. future randomized experiments. Still, the researchers wished But for now, he says, the avail- to gain more specificity about able evidence strongly indicates the ideal level of exercise for that “discs like movement,” and it disc health and so began rooting would be worthwhile to take your deeper into their accelerometer back for a walk today. 9 –The New data. Accelerometers measure York Times  THE JEWISH LEDGER • Thursday, April 23, 2020 • Page 13

Shabbat Shalom …

Leviticus 12:1-15:33 BY RABBI SHLOMO RISKIN Tazria-Metzora Chief Rabbi of the City of Efrat, and Dean of Ohr Torah Institutions of Israel EFRAT, Israel — “Speak rather now considered brain- our Torah portion. Reaction- sexual intimacy between a mar- inated), this responsum has to the children of Israel saying, stem death), which would allow ary forces opposed his ideas, ried woman and a man not her mitigated to a great extent the when a woman conceives (taz- for heart transplants. burnt his books and harassed husband, not by means of sperm problem of female infertility. If ria) and gives birth to a male… For this reason, the Oral Law his household, but he refused artificially inseminated.” The a given woman does not have a on the eighth day the child’s was never supposed to have to recant. sage added how important it is properly functional ovum, her foreskin shall be circumcised.” been written down — for fear The Hebrew word tazria in for us to understand the deep husband’s sperm can artificial- (Leviticus 12:2-3) existential need a woman has ly inseminate a healthy ovum, The Hebrew word “halacha” for a child and how our “holy which can be implanted within is the term used for Jewish law Who then is the true mother, the one who matriarchs” all yearned to bear the birth mother who will then which is the constitution and provides the fertilized ovum or the one who children “and all women in the carry the fetus until delivery; bedrock of our nation; indeed, world are like them in this re- and if a woman is able to have we became a nation at Sinai carries the fetus to its actual birth? spect.” If the mother does not her ovum fertilized by her hus- when we accepted the Divine know the identity of the sperm band’s sperm but is unable to covenantal laws of ritual, eth- donor, it would not prevent the carry the fetus in her womb, a ics and morality which are to that it become ossified. the above quote literally means later marriage of the child (lest surrogate can carry the fetus educate and shape us into a It was only because our lost “inspermated,” zera being the he/she marry a sibling), since until delivery. “special treasure… a kingdom sovereignty (70 CE), pursuant Hebrew word for seed or sperm. we go in accordance with the The question is to be asked: of priest-teachers and a holy exile and almost incessant per- The rabbi was asked whether a majority of people, who would Who then is the true mother, nation” (Exodus 19:5-6). secution might have caused woman who had been artificial- not be siblings to this child (Igrot the one who provides the fertil- The verb of the root “hlch” us to forget our sacred tradi- ly inseminated, after 10 years of Moshe, Even HaEzer, siman 10). ized ovum or the one who car- means “walk”; progressing tions that the Sages reluctantly a childless marriage because of This responsum opened the ries the fetus to its actual birth? from one place to another, agreed to commit the Oral Law her husband’s infertility, could door for many single women Depending on the response, we and not remaining static or to writing in the form of the still maintain sexual relations who refuse to be promiscuous, will know whether or not we stuck in one place, as in the Talmud, declaring, “It is time with her husband. In other or to take a marriage partner must convert the baby if the biblical verses: “Walk before to do for the Lord, they must words: did the “new invention” solely for the sake of having a true mother was not Jewish. Me [hit’halech] and become nullify the Torah law” not to re- of artificial insemination by a child with him, but who des- Rav Shlomo Goren, a for- whole-hearted” (Genesis 17: 1) cord the Oral Law (Tmura 14b). man who is not her husband perately wish to have a child mer chief rabbi of Israel (and and “You shall walk [ve’halach- However, thanks to responsa constitute an act of adultery, of their own and continue the previously the IDF chief chap- ta] in [G–d’s] pathways” (Deu- literature, where sages respond which would make the woman Jewish narrative into the next lain), provides the answer from teronomy 5: 33). to questions of Jewish law from forbidden to her husband? generation. Especially given our parsha’s introductory text: This is important since sci- Jews in every country in the Rav Moshe responded forth- the obiter dictum Rav Moshe “When a woman is ‘inseminated entific discoveries and social globe, halacha has kept “in rightly and unequivocally: “It included, in which he explained (tazria) and gives birth…” The norms are constantly evolv- sync” with new conditions and is clear that in the absence of the importance of having a word “tazria” seems at first to be ing, and it is incumbent upon new realities. an act of sexual intimacy, a child especially to a woman superfluous. Rav Goren explains scholars to consider these I would like to bring to your woman cannot be forbidden to and specifically states that he that it took 4,000 years for us changing realities when deter- attention a ground-breaking her husband or considered to would have allowed the woman to understand that this word is mining halachic norms, such as responsum published by the be an unfaithful wife… similar- to be artificially inseminated informing us that the true bio- establishing time of death (no great Talmudic luminary Rav ly, the child is kosher, because ab initio (l’hat’hila — since the logical mother is the one whose longer considered the cessation Moshe Feinstein in 1961, re- mamzerut (bastardy) can only woman asked her question after ovum was “inseminated.” b of the respiratory function, but garding the verse which opens occur by means of an act of she had already been insem- Shabbat Shalom

Baby Boom (Continued from Page 1) American Jews (Continued from Page 1) ter-at-home directives, reports have ily planning was solely for Ashkenazi percent of American Jews say they are with the polling firm YouGov, included predicted a baby boom in the next nine Jews. Today, it’s increasingly clear that less safe than they were a decade ago. 538 Jewish-American adults and has a to 12 months. Jews of all backgrounds are at risk for The survey was conducted in Janu- margin of error of 4.4 percent. Beyond the obvious, there are some having children with genetic diseases ary, just before the new coronavirus The results are similar to a survey pub- essential steps a couple can take when and should be screened. This includes pandemic led to a shutdown of much lished in 2019 by the American Jewish starting to plan a family, including se- individuals with Sephardi and Mizra- of American public life, and after a Committee. That study also found that curing vital information that can help chi ancestry (such as Persians, Syrians fatal shooting at a Jersey City kosher approximately 20 percent of Jews had them take the journey safely together. and Bukharians), as well as interfaith supermarket and a fatal stabbing at a experienced verbal anti-Semitism and Genetic screening before having a baby couples. Hanukkah party, both in December, as the percentage that experienced physical is one of those essential steps. This test- JScreen’s test is primarily for diseases well as a spate of attacks in Orthodox assaults was in the low single digits. The ing provides couples with knowledge, inherited in a recessive pattern, meaning neighborhoods in Brooklyn. AJC survey found that one-third of Jews and knowledge is power. that a child can only have the condition Jonathan Greenblatt, the ADL’s CEO, are affiliated with institutions that have JScreen is a national online genet- if both parents carry the non-working acknowledged that the survey does not been targeted by anti-Semitism. ic-screening program based at Emory gene for that condition. With reces- reflect the current national reality. The This is the first time that the ADL has University School of Medicine’s Depart- sively inherited diseases, each child of group has been tracking anti-Semitism conducted this specific study, though it ment of Human Genetics. The program two carrier parents has a 25 percent during the COVID-19 era as well. regularly tracks anti-Semitic incidents tests for more than 200 different genetic chance of inheriting two copies of the “American Jews are deeply concerned and attitudes, meaning that the responses diseases and provides follow-up genet- non-working gene and having the con- for their personal safety and their families’ offer no perfect historical comparison. ic counseling to discuss test results, dition. Typically, people who are carri- and communities’ security in a way that About one in four ADL survey respon- helping couples navigate the journey ers of recessive conditions do not have they haven’t been in more than a decade,” dents said they have done (or refrained towards a healthy family. Thankfully, symptoms because they have only one Greenblatt said in a statement. “We recog- from) at least one thing to avoid anti-Sem- genetic testing through JScreen is con- copy of the non-working gene. The only nize the reality on the ground has changed itism. The most common one, followed ducted from the safety of one’s home. way to know if you are a carrier is to get dramatically for Jewish communities, as it by 12 percent of respondents, is to avoid With its simple spit test, it provides a tested. JScreen also screens for several has for all communities, in recent months; wearing public markers of Judaism, like safe and confidential way to get tested. X-linked conditions that can be passed this survey offers a snapshot of a window a Star of David, or not using one’s Jewish In the age of social distancing, this is from a carrier female to a child who may in time prior to the coronavirus outbreak surname. now more important than ever. have symptoms. that has so altered our daily lives.” The survey found that half of the re- JScreen is there for couples who are Starting down this road can be scary, The survey also found: spondents were worried that those who trying to conceive and even for those but knowledge truly is power. While More than 20 percent of Jews have wear Jewish religious symbols will be at- who are already pregnant. At a time planning to start a family is an exciting directly experienced verbal anti-Semitic tacked in public and a like number feared when many OBGYNs are limiting office and life-changing decision, each couple harassment; a violent attack on a synagogue. The sur- visits, JScreen’s online service is invalu- has to chart their own path towards a More than 20 percent are affiliated with vey was conducted in the wake of a fatal able, sending copies of test results to healthy family. The information provid- an institution that has been vandalized or shooting at a Jersey City kosher supermar- individuals and their doctors. ed by this easy, at-home, spit test can defaced due to anti-Semitism; ket and a fatal stabbing at a Hanukkah Medical professionals agree that ev- truly provide results that help people 5 percent have experienced physical party, both in December, as well as a spate eryone with Jewish background should plan for the health of their future chil- attacks motivated by anti-Semitism; and of attacks in Orthodox neighborhoods in be offered genetic testing before hav- dren. b 14 percent say they have experienced Brooklyn. In April, a gunman killed one ing children. Previously, many peo- Karen Arnovitz Grinzaid, MS, CGC, anti-Semitic harassment online. person at a shooting in a synagogue in ple thought that such testing for fam- CCRC, is executive director of JScreen. The survey, conducted in partnership Poway, California. b Page 14 • THE JEWISH LEDGER • Thursday, April 23, 2020 Legal Notices … Candle Lighting NOTICE VICTOR ROAD, PITTSFORD, NY 14534. W Metro Park, Rochester, New York Articles of Organization with respect The purpose of the Company is any law- 14623. The purpose of the business is any to IMB ASSOCIATES, LLC, a New York ful purpose. lawful business. April 24, 7:45 — May 1, 7:53 limited liability company, were filed NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION with the Secretary of State of the State NOTICE OF FORMATION Notice of formation of limited liability of New York on March 10, 2020. The WESTSIDE HEALTHY CBD LLC (the “LLC”) filed Articles of Organization company. 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(2) The Secretary NOTICE OF FORMATION OF be mailed to THE LLC, 855 PITTSFORD Company served upon him or her is 700 of State has been designated as agent Notice of Formation of Limited 1085 GRAVEL ROAD LLC upon whom process against it may be Liability Company (“LLC”) 1085 Gravel Road LLC filed Articles served and a copy of any process will be Name: IGH Properties, LLC. Articles mailed to the LLC, 91 Knollwood Drive, of Organization with NYS on 3/11/2020. of Organization filed with the Secretary Authorized to Publish Rochester, NY 14618. (3) Purpose: Any (1) Its principal office is in Monroe Coun- of State with the State of New York lawful purpose. ty, NY. (2) The Secretary of State has (“SSNY”) on: March 17, 2020. Office LEGAL NOTICES Location: 1638 St. Paul Street, Rochester, NOTICE OF FORMATION OF been designated as agent upon whom in Monroe, Ontario, NY 14621 County of: Monroe Principal BRISTOL 23 AC, LLC process against it may be served and a Business Location: 1638 St. Paul Street, Bristol 23 AC, LLC filed Articles of copy of any process will be mailed to Genesee and Orleans Rochester, NY 14621. Purpose: any and Organization with NYS on 3/17/2020. (1) the LLC, 1085 Gravel Road, Webster, NY a all lawful act or activity. The Secretary of Its principal office is in Monroe County, 14580. (3) Purpose: Any lawful purpose. Counties. State of the State of New York has been NY. (2) The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the LLC upon designated as agent upon whom process NOTICE OF FORMATION OF whom process against it may be served. against it may be served and a copy of 1314 RANCHESTER ROAD LLC SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to: any process will be mailed to the LLC, 1314 Ranchester Road LLC filed 228 LOGAN AVENUE, FORT BENNING, 11876 via Salerno Way, Miromar Lakes, Articles of Organization with NYS on GA 31905 FL 33913. (3) Purpose: Any lawful pur- 3/11/2020. (1) Its principal office is in pose. NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Monroe County, NY. (2) The Secretary LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Notice of Formation of Limited of State has been designated as agent Liability Company (“LLC”) The name of the Limited Liability upon whom process against it may be Company (LLC) is 1476 Ridge Road LLC. Name: Fort Drumm LLC. Articles of 427-2468 served and a copy of any process will Articles of Organization were filed with Organization filed with the Secretary the Secretary of State of NY (“SSNY”) on of State with the State of New York be mailed to the LLC, 1085 Gravel Road, [email protected] June 24, 2019. Office location is Monroe (“SSNY”) on: December 23, 2019. Office Webster, NY 14580. (3) Purpose: Any County, New York. The SSNY has been Location: County of: Monroe. Principal lawful purpose.  THE JEWISH LEDGER • Thursday, April 23, 2020 • Page 15

Viewpoint … Palestinians Celebrate International ‘Anti’-Women’s Day by STEPHEN M. FLATOW hammed did to Ms. Asraf. But cial place in the hearts of the taking photos of rare birds. Her Tali Aharonovitch. Naomi (JNS) — The Palestinian Au- I will note only what the Jewish P.A. regime and the Palestin- work had been exhibited at Elichai. Galit Ankwa. Mathilda thority celebrated International Telegraphic Agency reported at ian Arab public. The P.A. has the Jewish Museum in New Askenazy-Daniel. Rina Bush- Women’s Day last month by the time: “The body of one vic- named numerous girls’ schools, York City and other prominent kenitch. Liat Gal-On. Naama praising and honoring terrorists tim reportedly was sliced into public squares and sports tour- venues. She was also a niece Hadani. Rebecca Hohman. who murdered women. quarters. Another was nearly naments after her. of U.S. Sen. Abraham Ribicoff Malka Leibovitch-Weiss. Tzio- Official P.A. Television, which decapitated, and the a third was What did Mughrabi do that (D-Conn.). na Lozia-Cohen. Rina Sosensky. had been continuously broad- disemboweled.” so endears her to Palestinian One of the terrorists, Hus- Gail Rubin. That is who should casting news of the coronavirus, After the glowing interview Arabs? sain Fayadh, later explained be remembered on Internation- paused on International Wom- with the murderers’ mother, On March 9, 1978, she led a to the Lebanese Television sta- al Women’s Day. en’s Day to devote some atten- photographs of Arab women squad of Arab terrorists who set tion Al-Manar what happened: Instead, the Palestinian Au- tion to what was apparently a terrorists filled the screen. The out from Lebanon towards Isra- “Sister Dalal al-Mughrabi had thority turned the occasion into more important topic. The seg- narrator described their “hero- el in several small boats. They a conversation with the Amer- a veritable International An- ment began with an interview ic” deeds and hailed them as were members of Fatah, the ican journalist. Before killing ti-Women’s Day. Where were with Um Nasser Abu Hmeid, the “martyrs.” (Thanks to Pales- largest faction of the Palestine her, Dalal asked: ‘How did you all the protests from feminist mother of five terrorists who are tinian Media Watch for these Liberation Organization. At the enter Palestine?’ [Rubin] an- groups who claim to care about serving life in prison for mul- translations.) The fact that time, Yasser Arafat was chair- swered: ‘They gave me a visa.’ women’s rights? Where was the tiple murders. The interviewer many of their victims were man of the PLO and Fatah, and Dalal said: ‘Did you get your outcry from the all the self-de- praised them as heroes, and women did not diminish their Mahmoud Abbas was his sec- visa from me, or from Israel? I scribed progressives and peace their mother spoke about how status as the P.A.’s heroes of ond in command. Today, Abbas have the right to this land. Why activists? Do women’s lives proud she was of them. International Women’s Day. is head of the PLO, Fatah, and didn’t you come to me?’ Then mean so little to them? b One is Muhammed Abu There was Leila Khaled, who the Palestinian Authority. Dalal opened fire on her.” Stephen M. Flatow, an attor- Hmeid. On Dec. 14, 1990, he twice hijacked airplanes on The Mughrabi gang’s first As Gail lay dying on the ney in New Jersey, is the father and a fellow terrorist burst into which there were many women victim was a woman. beach, Mughrabi and her fellow of Alisa Flatow, who was mur- a factory in Jaffa. Using long passengers. There was Fatima When Dalal Mughrabi and terrorists walked to the nearby dered in an Iranian-sponsored knives, they murdered Ms. Iris Barnawi, who planted a bomb in her fellow terrorists landed on Coastal Road. An Israeli bus ap- Palestinian terrorist attack in Asraf, a 22-year-old clerk, along a Jerusalem movie theater where a northern Israeli beach, they proached. They hijacked it. And 1995. He is the author of “A Fa- with two male employees. many women filled the seats. happened to encounter Gail they murdered 37 passengers. ther’s Story: My Fight for Justice I will spare you the horrific Most of all, there was Dalal Rubin, an American Jewish na- Eleven of their victims were Against Iranian Terrorism,” now details of what the “hero” Mu- Mughrabi. She occupies a spe- ture photographer, who was women or girls. available on Kindle. Legal Notices …

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF be mailed to the LLC, 18 Crowne Pointe 77Virginia Ave Rochester, NY 14611. The shall mail copy of process to the LLC, copy of process to c/o the Company, 69B 6027 COUNTY ROAD 36 LLC Drive, Penfield, NY 14526. (3) Purpose: purpose of the Company is Counseling 150 Hinkleyville Road, Spencerport, NY Monroe Avenue, Pittsford, New York 6027 County Road 36 LLC filed Any lawful purpose. Services and Mental Health. 14459. Purpose: any lawful activity. 14534 Articles of Organization with NYS on NOTICE OF FORMATION INTERSTATE Notice of Organization: NOTICE OF FILING OF APPLICATION NOTICE OF FORMATION 3/11/2020. (1) Its principal office is in FREIGHT MANAGEMENT LLC DD & L HOLDINGS, LLC was filed FOR AUTHORITY OF UNILINK, LLC TRYBE ECOTHERAPY, LLC Monroe County, NY. (2) The Secretary Interstate Freight Management with SSNY on 3/30/20. Office: Monroe Name: Unilink, LLC (LLC). Authority Articles of Organization filed with of State has been designated as agent LLC filed Articles of Organization with County. SSNY designated as agent of filed with NY Secretary of State (NYSS) Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 1/22/20. Office the NY Department of State on March upon whom process against it may be the LLC upon whom process may be on 4/1/2020 under the fictitious name location: Monroe County. SSNY designat- 18, 2020. Its office is located in Monroe served and a copy of any process will served. PO address which SSNY shall Unilink DE, LLC. LLC organized in Del- ed as agent of LLC upon whom process County. The Secretary of State has been be mailed to the LLC, 1085 Gravel Road, aware: 3/31/2020. NY office location: against it may be served. SSNY shall mail designated as agent of the Company mail any process against the LLC served Monroe County. NYSS designated as Webster, NY 14580. (3) Purpose: Any upon whom process against it may be upon it: 415 PARK AVE, ROCHESTER, copy of process to c/o the Company, 185 agent of LLC upon whom process against lawful purpose. served, and a copy of any process shall NY 14607. Purpose is to engage in any Caroline Street, Rochester, New York lawful activity. it may be served. NYSS shall mail copy of 14620 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF be mailed to 1083 Mt. Read Blvd., Ste. A, Rochester, NY 14606. The purpose of the process to the LLC, 333 Metro Park, Suite LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY NOTICE OF FORMATION OF F202, Rochester, NY 14623. Address of NOTICE OF FORMATION Company is any lawful business. Escape Keys, LLC (Under Section 206 of the Limited SHADY BROOK HOLDINGS LLC office maintained in jurisdiction of for- Liability Company Law) 1. The name of NOTICE OF FORMATION OF SHADY BROOK HOLDINGS LLC filed mation: 1675 South State Street, Suite B, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on the limited liability company is POINT LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Articles of Organization with New York Dover, DE 19901. Copy of Certificate of 03/04/20. Office: Monroe County. SSNY AND RAVINE, LLC (the “Company”). 2. (1) Name: Strategos Consulting LLC State Department of State on March Formation on file with Delaware Secre- designated as agent of the LLC upon (the “LLC”). (2) Articles of Organization 10, 2020. Its office is located in Wayne whom process against it may be served. The Articles of Organization of the Com- tary of State at 401 Federal Street, Suite of the LLC were filed with the Secretary County. The Secretary of State has been SSNY shall mail copy of process to the pany were filed with the Secretary of 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful of State NY (“SSNY”) on March 16, 2020 designated as agent of the Company LLC, 4 Tippet Way, Pittsford, NY 14534. State of the State of New York on March purpose. (3) Its office location is to be in Monroe upon whom it may be served and a copy Purpose: Any lawful purpose. 18, 2020. 3. The office of the Company County, State of New York. (4) The SSNY of any process shall be mailed to 10110 Notice of Formation of NOTICE OF FORMATION OF within the State of New York is in the has been designated as agent of the LLC MINER ROAD, NORTH ROSE, NEW YORK, Professional Service Limited Liability Company (“PLLC”) BLUE CAR CAPITAL, LLC County of Monroe. 4. The Secretary of upon whom process against it may be 14516. The purpose of the Company is served. The post office address to which Blue Car Capital, LLC filed Articles State of the State of New York is hereby any lawful purpose. Name: Blue Heart Massage Thera- designated as agent of the Company for the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process py, PLLC. Articles of Organization filed of Organization with NYS on April 6, against the LLC is: 124 S. Main St., Pitts- the purpose of service of process. The NOTICE OF FORMATION OF with the Secretary of State with the 2020. (1) Its principal office is in Ontario ford, NY 14534 (5) Purpose: Any lawful SLPF HOLDINGS LLC County, New York. (2) The Secretary of address to which the Secretary of State State of New York (“SSNY”) on: January act or activity. SLPF HOLDINGS LLC filed Articles of State has been designated as its agent shall mail a copy of any process against 2, 2020. Office Location: 1344 Schlegel Organization with New York State De- Road, Webster, NY 14580 County of and the post office address to which the the Company serviced upon him or her is Notice of Organization: partment of State on January 30, 2020. Monroe. Principal Business Location: Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any 1000 University Avenue, Suite 500, Roch- LAUGHING GULL CHOCOLATES, LLC Its office is located in Monroe County. 1344 Schlegel Road, Webster, NY 14580. process against it is: the LLC, 468 South ester, New York 14607. 5. The character was filed with SSNY on 3/10/20. Office: Monroe County. SSNY designated as The Secretary of State has been designat- Purpose: to practice the profession of Pearl, Suite A, Canandaigua, NY 14424. and purpose of the business of the Com- agent of the LLC upon whom process ed as agent of the Company upon whom massage therapy. The Secretary of State (3) Purpose: Any lawful purpose. pany shall be real estate development it may be served and a copy of any pro- of the State of New York has been desig- may be served. PO address which SSNY NOTICE OF FORMATION OF and any other purpose permitted by cess shall be mailed to 115 EAST AVENUE, shall mail any process against the LLC nated as agent of the PLLC upon whom BLUE CAR FUNDS, LLC New York law. served upon it: 1868 E. MAIN ST, ROCH- HILTON, NEW YORK, 14468. The purpose process against it may be served. SSNY Blue Car Funds, LLC filed Articles ESTER, NEW YORK, 14609. Purpose is to of the Company is any lawful purpose. shall mail a copy of any process to: 1344 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF of Organization with NYS on April 6, engage in any lawful activity. Schlegel Road, Webster, NY 14580. TREEBROOK VENTURES II, LLC NOTICE OF FORMATION OF COUNTY 2020. (1) Its principal office is in Ontario Treebrook Ventures II, LLC filed NOTICE OF FORMATION ROAD GROOM & BOARD, LLC NOTICE OF FORMATION County, New York. (2) The Secretary of Articles of Organization with NYS on Corporate Drive 6B LLC has filed COUNTY ROAD GROOM & BOARD, Notice of formation of limited liability State has been designated as its agent 3/23/2020. (1) Its principal office is in Articles of Organization with the Secre- LLC filed Articles of Organization with company (LLC) True North Sales Con- and the post office address to which the tary of State (SOS) on 3/24/20. Its office Monroe County, NY. (2) The Secretary of New York State Department of State on sultants, LLC. Articles of Organization Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any is located in Ontario County. The SOS has State has been designated as agent upon March 10, 2020. Its office is located in filed with the Secretary of State of the process against it is: the LLC, 468 South been designated as agent upon whom Monroe County. The Secretary of State State of New York (SSNY) on April 3, Pearl, Suite A, Canandaigua, NY 14424. whom process against it may be served process against it may be served and a has been designated as agent of the 2020. Office location: Monroe County. (3) Purpose: Any lawful purpose. and a copy of any process will be mailed copy of any process will be mailed to The Company upon whom it may be served SSNY designated as agent upon whom to the LLC, 63 Angels Path, Webster, NY LLC, 1127 Corporate Dr. East, Farming- NOTICE OF FORMATION and a copy of any process shall be mailed process against it may be served. Ad- 14580. (3) Purpose: Any lawful purpose. ton, NY 14425 The purpose of the LLC is OF HEROGARD, LLC to 5987 SPRINGWATER ROAD, DANS- dress to which SSNY shall mail a copy of any lawful activity. Herogard, LLC filed Articles of Orga- NOTICE OF FORMATION OF VILLE, NY 14437. The purpose of the process is 14 Connemara Drive, Pittsford, nization with NYS on April 2, 2020. (1) Its M. CERONE DEVELOPMENT, LLC NOTICE OF FORMATION Company is any lawful purpose. NY 14534. Purpose: any lawful purpose. Motivated 4 Change filed Articles principal office is in Monroe County, New M. Cerone Development, LLC filed NOTICE OF FORMATION NOTICE OF FORMATION York. (2) The Secretary of State has been Articles of Organization with NYS on of Organization with the New York De- partment of State on March 5th,2020. Its Kleehammer Communications RDG PAYROLL + SERVICES LLC designated as its agent and the post 3/24/2020. (1) Its principal office is in office is located in Monroe County. The LLC filed Articles of Organization with Articles of Organization filed with office address to which the Secretary Monroe County, NY. (2) The Secretary Secretary of State has been designated Sec. of State (SSNY) on March 30, 2020. Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 1/3/20. Office of State shall mail a copy of any process of State has been designated as agent as agent of the Company upon whom Office location: Monroe County. SSNY location: Monroe County. SSNY designat- against it is: the LLC, 2604 Elmwood Av- upon whom process against it may be process against it may be served and a designated as agent of LLC upon whom ed as agent of LLC upon whom process enue, Suite 345, Rochester, NY 14618. (3) served and a copy of any process will copy of any process shall be mailed to process against it may be served. SSNY against it may be served. SSNY shall mail Purpose: Any lawful purpose. Page 16 • THE JEWISH LEDGER • Thursday, April 23, 2020

Viewpoint … It’s The Math, Stupid. by VINOD BHARDWAJ was no more left to continue slowed the rate of this expo- This is effective because just two months ago. The real pandemic starts the to fill the chess board. Just the nential growth. But due to the those within a household where The real pandemic will start day lockdown ends. last square alone on the board nature of exponents, decreasing no one is infected will have no the day we start lifting the lock- The coronavirus is a crisis would require 9 trillion grains the rate of exponential growth means of contracting the virus down. of math. of wheat. still leaves you growing expo- without outside contact. For Every country or state has The coronavirus is an easy Just like the king in this nentially, and only marginally an individual who may have announced a date at which problem to solve… if we under- story, every world leader has slower. the virus, they will only be lockdown will be lifted. They stood exponentials. been fooled by a small number • Exponential growth can only able to pass it to those quar- should instead declare that Unfortunately, the human of coronavirus cases and the stop if there are no more antined with them, with 4–6 they will lift the lockdown the mind is incapable of grasping power of exponential growth. people left for the virus to weeks as enough time for the day the number of new cases exponentials. We cannot in- We are accusing China for infect in its environment. virus to pass through the whole has been zero for the past two tuitively perceive how a small hiding the exact number of • There is a ~1% mortality household. Those who end up weeks. Period. number can grow so large in cases. But the important as- rate for the virus in the best at the hospital would only re- We are setting ourselves up such a small amount of time. pect is that 80,000 cases in circumstances. Assuming turn to their homes once they for a cycle of partial lockdown An Indian parable is relevant two months should have been our health care system can are cleared of the virus. for weeks, followed by a lift, at this point. enough for us to wake up to handle the influx of new We have two choices: then a lock down again when A king wanted to reward the the scary reality of this expo- cases (flatten the curve), 1. Everyone in the world gets the spread picks up — over and inventor of chess and asked nential growth. Despite seeing if every US citizen got the virus, so that it can no lon- over again, for the better part of him to name his prize. “I want the data, the world leaders did coronavirus, ~3 million ger spread. The body count the year, at best. In the process, you to fill up the entire chess nothing. people would die. would be horrific. we will lose millions of lives, as board with wheat. One grain Some basic math around the • Stopping exponential growth 2. The whole world synchro- well as our economies. of wheat on the first square, virus: without infecting the full nously goes into a complete If we take a hit of some per- 2 grains on the next square, • Starting from the first local- population requires cutting lockdown for 4–6 weeks. The centage loss in the world GDP double that on the next square ly transmitted case in the US off the supply of healthy effects on the global economy by locking down the entire for 4 grains, 8, 16, 32 and thus on February 26, 15 cases have individuals that can be would be horrific. world synchronously, we could fill up the entire chess board,“ grown to ~460,000 cases (April infected. Every nation is eagerly await- save millions of lives. Or we do said the inventor. 9th) in only 6 weeks, in spite • The incubation period of ing to lift its lockdown as soon nothing and millions get killed At first, the king was offend- of lockdown measures being the virus is ~14 days. If as there are fewer cases. But with a loss in GDP anyway. ed, and thought his paltry re- taken all over the country. On everyone is in complete when 15 cases become 460,000 The reality is that we will quest was a joke, but the inven- April 8, there were 31,000 new isolation for 4–6 weeks, in 6 weeks, how is it ok to lift lose lives as well as the econ- tor of chess was serious. So, the cases. Yesterday, there were the virus will disappear. a lockdown when we are down omy — just because we didn’t king told his servants to fill up 34,000 more new cases. And Complete isolation means no to, say, “only 100 new cases” in bother to understand the math. the chess board. The servants today, there will be even more. going out for any reason at a given day? Once again, our We have a choice to make: do came back and told the king • There is no current indica- all. No walks, no groceries, human mind is incapable of we want to throw money at the that it couldn’t be done. They tor that the virus’s exponen- no “essential” businesses. thinking in exponentials. We problem, or throw bodies at the had used up the entire wheat tial growth will stop. Our cur- This has been proven will not have learned from his- problem? b stock of the kingdom. There rent lockdown measures have successful in China. tory — a history that occurred ©The Center for Inquiry Legal Notices …

Notice of Formation of Rochester, New York 14608. LLC is to Company). Articles of Organization filed be mailed to 1169 Winton Road South, to The LLC, 45 East Ave, Rochester, NY Limited Liability Company be managed by one or more managers. with Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on Rochester, NY 14618. Its purpose is any 14604. The purpose of the LLC is any 1. Name of Limited Liability Company LLC is organized to engage in any lawful 03/18/20. NY office location: Monroe lawful business. lawful activity. is 14B TERRACE LLC. 2. Articles of Or- act or activity for which limited liability County. SSNY is designated as agent Notice of Formation of ganization were filed by Department of companies may be organized under the LEGAL NOTICE upon whom process against the Compa- Notice of Formation of 492 West- Professional Service Limited State of New York on MARCH 24, 2020. Limited Liability Company Law. Liability Company (“PLLC”) 3. County of Office: Monroe. 4. The ny may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy side, LLC a domestic Limited Liability Name: Zendi Moldenhauer Nurse Company does not have a specific date NOTICE OF FORMATION AURELIA of any such process to: c/o the Company, Company (LLC). Art. of Org. filed with MANAGEMENT GROUP, LLC Practitioner in Pediatrics and Psy- of dissolution. 5. The Secretary of State 11 Roxbury Lane, Pittsford, New York the SSNY October 22, 2004. Office lo- Articles of Organization filed with chiatry, PLLC. Articles of Organization has been designated as agent upon 14534. The Company is to be managed cation: 394 Bromley Road, Churchville, Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 04/09/2020. filed with the Secretary of State with whom process against the Company may by one or more managers. No members New York 14428. SSNY is designated Office location: Monroe County. SSNY the State of New York (“SSNY”) on: be served. The address to which process of the Company shall be liable in their agent upon whom process against the shall be mailed: 100 OFFICE PARK WAY, designated as agent of LLC upon whom March 25, 2020. Office Location: County process against it may be served. SSNY capacity as members of the Company LLC may be served. The SSNY shall mail of Monroe. Principal Business Location: PITTSFORD, NEW YORK 14534. 6. Pur- for debts, obligations or liabilities of the a copy of any process to The Company pose: Any lawful activity. shall mail copy of process to c/o the 613 Pittsford Victor Road, Pittsford, New Company, 3545 Buffalo Road, Suite 2, Company. No member of the Company, 394 Bromley Road, Churchville, New York 14534. Purpose: to practice the NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Rochester, NY 14624 solely by reason of being a member, is an York 14428 COUNTY OF FORMATION: profession of Nurse Practitioner in Pe- LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY agent of the Company for the purpose Monroe PURPOSE: To engage in any diatrics and Psychiatry. The Secretary of Notice of formation of limited liability Jettison Property Management lawful act or activity. Company, LLC of its business, and no member shall State of the State of New York has been company (LLC). Name: B3 Group LLC. designated as agent of the LLC upon Jettison Property Management have the authority to act for the Com- NOTICE OF FORMATION Articles of Organization filed with Sec- whom process against it may be served. Company, LLC filed Articles of Organi- pany solely by virtue of being a member. retary of State of New York (SSNY) on JAHREAL & SONS, LLC filed Articles SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to: zation with the New York Department Purpose/character of the Company: any April 10, 2020. New York office location: of Organization on 04/14/2020. Its office 613 Pittsford Victor Road, Pittsford, New of State on 03/23/2020. Its office is lo- and all lawful activities. Monroe County. SSNY is designated as is located in Monroe County. JERRELL York 14534 agent upon whom process against the cated in Monroe County. The Secretary DIXON has been designated as agent NOTICE OF FORMATION LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a of State has been designated as agent of the company upon whom process NOTICE OF FORMATION copy of any such process to: 5017 W. upon whom process against the Compa- 5110 COUNTY ROAD 11, LLC has against it may be served and a copy of Notice of formation of limited liability Ridge Rd, Spencerport, NY 14559. LLC ny may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy filed Articles of Organization with the any process shall be mailed 95 HILLTOP company (LLC) L4-Linden Long Lake is to be managed by one or more mem- of process to 97 Park Avenue, Rochester, Secretary of State on April 03, 2020. Its RD ROCHESTER, NY 14616. The purpose Legacy Property, LLC. Articles of Or- bers. LLC is organized to engage in any NY 14607. The purpose of the company office is located in Monroe County. The of the company is any and all lawful ganization filed with the Secretary of is any lawful purpose. lawful act or activity for which limited Secretary of State has been designated activities. State of the State of New York (SSNY) on liability companies may be organized Notice of Formation of The Eagle as agent upon whom process against it April 16, 2020. Office location: Monroe under the Limited Liability Company Steakhouse and Diner, LLC. may be served and a copy of any process NOTICE OF FORMATION OF County. SSNY designated as agent upon Law. LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) will be mailed to The LLC, 14 Horizon whom process against it may be served. Notice of formation of limited liabil- Address to which SSNY shall mail a copy NOTICE OF FORMATION August 10, 2016. Office location: Mon- Hill, Fairport, New York 14450. The pur- ity company (LLC). Name: Readmount of process is 10 Hidden Creek Circle, OF AJL STYLES LLC roe County. SSNY designated as agent pose of the LLC is any lawful activity. AJL Styles LLC filed Articles of Or- of LLC upon whom process against it LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Pittsford, NY 14534. Purpose: any lawful ganization with NYS on 4/10/2020. (1) may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of Notice of Formation of Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on purpose. Its principal office is in Monroe County, process to the LLC at 4820 Lake Road, IV HOLDINGS LLC April 20, 2020. New York office location: NOTICE OF FORMATION OF NY. (2) The Secretary of State has been Brockport, NY 14420. Purpose: any law- Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on Monroe County. SSNY is designated as LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY designated as agent upon whom process ful activities. 01/22/2020. Office location: Monroe agent upon whom process against the Notice of formation of limited liabil- against it may be served and a copy of County. SSNY has been designated as LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a ity company (LLC). Name: Elementum any process will be mailed to the LLC, NOTICE OF FORMATION agent upon whom process against may copy of any such process to: 15 Emerald Funding LLC. Articles of Organization 1392 Ridge Road East, Rochester, NY RL STEIN HOLDINGS LLC (the “LLC”) Hill Circle, Fairport, NY 14450. LLC is to filed Articles of Organization with the be served. SSNY shall mail process to: filed with Secretary of State of New 14621. (3) Purpose: Any lawful purpose. be managed by one or more members. New York Department of State on FEB- IV HOLDINGS LLC, 81 PARK ACRE RD., York (SSNY) on April 21, 2020. New York LLC is organized to engage in any lawful office location: Monroe County. Principal NOTICE OF FORMATION OF RUARY 11, 2020. Its office is located PITTSFORD, NEW YORK, 14534. All law- LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY act or activity for which limited liability business location: 200 Kilbourn Road, in MONROE County. The Secretary of ful activities. Notice of formation of limited liability State has been designated as agent companies may be organized under the Rochester, New York 14618. SSNY is company (LLC). Name: L2P Westside of the Company upon whom process NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Limited Liability Company Law. designated as agent upon whom process LLC. Articles of Organization filed with against the LLC may be served. SSNY against it may be served and a copy of LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY NOTICE OF FORMATION Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on any process shall be mailed to THE LLC, Jack Thomas Lawn Care, LLC filed shall mail a copy of any such process April 10, 2020. New York office location: BRW of Perinton HC LLC has filed to: 200 Kilbourn Road, Rochester, New 1283 CONIFER COVE LANE, WEBSTER, Articles of Organization with the NY Articles of Organization with the Secre- Monroe County. Principal business loca- NY 14580. The purpose of the Company York 14618. LLC is to be managed by Department of State on 4/3/2020. Its tary of State (SOS) on 4/20/20. Its office tion: 312 State Street, Rochester, New is any lawful purpose. one or more members. LLC is organized York 14608. 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Nation … America … With Services Online, Many Youth Writing Synagogues Are Seeing Greater Contestant: Attendance — At Least for Now “Yesterday Was by JOSEFIN DOLSTEN out for stability,” he said. day night service before the (JTA) — Mike Finesilver But Schnall said it’s not just a coronavirus, and another 20 started attending daily services hunger for stability that might would join by livestream. Fear, But Today for the first time since his bar be causing congregants to log But now that services have mitzvah shortly after joining on to virtual services. been getting more than 600 Congregation Beth El in 2012. “There’s the fact that people views combined through its is Serenity” Praying every day with the are nervous, the fact that peo- website, Facebook and You- same small group of people ple are scared and they hunger Tube, the synagogue also was “a wonderful experience” for something like religion to launched a weekly Havdalah for the 62-year-old paralegal, grasp onto,” he said. “There’s service to mark the conclusion and he enjoyed being deeply the social element that people of Shabbat. involved with the Conservative are lonely, there’s the techno- “People are looking for spir- synagogue in South Orange, logical component that this is itual connection at this time New Jersey. something we can do today in and the synagogue community, But when he accepted a job a ways that are easier than ever the religious community in few years later that required a before. general, I think is becoming commute to New York, attend- “There’s also the lack of more and more important for ing the daily minyan, or prayer whatever else I would be people to feel that sense of group, was no longer feasible. doing.” connectedness in the world “My life went back into the Indeed, most non-Orthodox when everyone is in their own stress of getting up, getting synagogues have long com- home,” Rabbi Danny Burke- on the bus, commuting. There peted for congregants’ time man said. was no kind of spiritual foun- and attention, with work, Temple Rodef Shalom, a Re- dation there,” he said. competitive sports or school form synagogue with nearly That changed last month activities sometimes proving 1,800 member families in Falls when Congregation Beth El more attractive than worship Church, Virginia, typically gets started livestreaming all its services. But with the coro- about 250-350 worshippers at activities rather than holding navirus pandemic upending its regular Shabbat services. them in person to decrease the — and often just ending — Though some virtual services risk of spreading the corona- those options, congregants since the pandemic have seen a virus. Now Finesilver, whose have fewer built-in ways to fewer number, some have been commute disappeared after his experience community. much higher, gaining more office also closed because of Meanwhile, the situation is than 500 views. the pandemic, is praying again different in Orthodox commu- The synagogue had been Kaila Schusterman, age 13, is a student at Torah Day School of Atlanta. (Cour- each morning with the tight- nities. On a typical weekday, livestreaming its services tesy of Kaila Schusterman) knit minyan. the Young Israel of Woodmere, prior to the coronavirus, but “This global pandemic is ter- an Orthodox congregation on it recently started streaming Today, we’re proud to publish And Jewish siblings rifying, really, so to have some Long Island with 1,300 mem- on Facebook in addition to its this poem by 13-year-old Kaila And Jewish food kind of spiritual anchor is a ber families, holds 10 morn- website and has been getting Schusterman from Torah Day And Jewish tradition real gift,” Finesilver said. ing services that attract a total approximately 500 additional School of Atlanta. And I do it all He’s not the only one at Beth of 500-600 worshippers. The views there. The majority who Long ago Without the fear of El making it to morning ser- same number come for their join are members, but there are In a place cold and harsh persecution vices more often. A service afternoon/evening ones. non-members, too. Jewish boys huddled together Freedom means to not be tied that typically drew 15-20 wor- The synagogue has been Rabbi Amy Schwartzman underground down shippers prior to the corona- holding weekday services over said she isn't sure if the higher Drawing on each other’s Constrained virus outbreak now has some Zoom but with a much lower attendance is here to stay — strength It means to be able 30 computers logging on daily. attendance — about 20-30 peo- but of course hopes it is. She And To spread your wings Since multiple family members ple attends its morning service has seen similar spikes during The ever burning light of And fly often watch from one screen, and up to 100 join the after- other difficult times, including Torah I am not held back that sometimes means as many noon and evening ones. (Like when her synagogue was pick- They hid because they were From doing what I love best as 50 people are tuning in. other Orthodox synagogues, eted by the Westboro Baptist persecuted My family and I “It’s been an eye-opening ex- the Young Israel of Woodmere Church, after the 9/11 terror- The KGB walked around Do not celebrate Pesach perience for us, understanding does not offer any virtual ser- ist attacks and following the In their shiny boots In a dark cellar how many of those who have vices during Shabbat.) shooting at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Sniffing out wrongdoers Hushed and rushed joined previously were unable Part of that has to do with Life synagogue. The boys hid and learnt with We celebrate in our beautifully to join,” Rabbi Jesse Olitzky the fact that unlike many Re- “When this all finishes — their teachers decked dining room said. form and Conservative syn- who knows when that will be Torah and Talmud And sing the songs Beth El’s experience is play- agogues, Orthodox ones do — and when we go back to our Gemora and Gematria Our family has been singing ing out in many parts of the not allow for a virtual min- regular scheduled lives, while If they were caught, for centuries Jewish world. As synagogues yan, the prayer quorum of 10 I do think the temple will take It was prison for them A century ago have moved services online, that is necessary to say certain better advantage of technology Or death They were sung rabbis say they are seeing a prayers, including the Mourn- and other people may as well, Why? Quietly and sadly surge in attendance because of er’s Kaddish. I think for a large part we will Because they were practicing But we sing them with joy! the increased accessibility and “I think a lot of people might go back to the usual” in terms their religion And pride Jews seeking solace amid the feel, ‘I’m not praying in a min- of attendance, she said. And speaking to G-d Because freedom is being deadly pandemic. yan anyway, I’m not going to Still, Schwartzman said Now, allowed Indeed, people often seek out be locked into a specific time the high level of interest has Nearly 100 years later To express yourself religious services during diffi- on Zoom, I can just do my caused her to think about how I am my great-grandfather’s And serve G-d cult times, according to Rabbi prayers at home,’” Rabbi Her- else she can use technology to granddaughter Without the fear Eliezer Schnall, a professor of shel Billet said. engage the community. And I live in America Of persecution clinical psychology at Yeshiva Some non-Orthodox syna- “I do think that this expe- Where religion is embraced I don’t live in Fear’s ugly University who researches the gogues are responding to the rience will change us for the I go to a Jewish school shadow relationship between mental increased interest by adding better in so many ways,” she With Jewish friends Like my ancestors did health and religion. services. Temple Shir Tikva, a said. “One of them, I think, is And Jewish teachers I bask in Serenity’s shade “This is a time of uncertain- Reform congregation with 575 that congregations, including And Jewish studies And enjoy ty, whether because of the pan- member families in Wayland, my own, will learn and em- And Jewish culture My demic or the related economic Massachusetts, typically drew brace technology in greater I live in a Jewish home Jewish life meltdown. People are reaching 100 people in person to its Fri- depth.” b With Jewish parents ©Forward. Reprinted with authorization. Page 18 • THE JEWISH LEDGER • Thursday, April 23, 2020

Analysis … Towards a Coronavirus Vaccine: Jewish Ethical Questions by RABBI JASON WEINER a challenge study, just like the tradition- donations from those who have recov- who is not currently in any danger may (JNS) — The coronavirus pandem- al study above, some people are given ered from the coronavirus are shown to opt to risk his or her life for the sake of ic has given rise to some of the most an experimental vaccine and some are be safe and effective in treating current the community, since the brothers in complex and significant medical-ethics not — but unlike with the traditional ap- coronavirus patients, it can be seen as an Lod, and Esther, would have died along dilemmas in recent history, namely the proach, everyone in a challenge study is expectation of Jewish law that those who with their community anyway. question of triaging ICU care and, by ex- deliberately exposed to the contagion. Re- have recovered must make such blood This brings us back to the “challenge tension, deciding who shall live and who searchers then compare the two groups: donations if they are able to. study.” shall die. As society begins to contem- the vaccine versus the control. Running a In Jewish law, hatzalat harabim, or I believe that the lesson here is that it plate how to readjust to the new normal study in this manner could save months, “saving the many,” is given more weight certainly would be permitted for a Jew and eventually lifts isolation measures, and thousands if not millions of lives. than saving the individual when it comes to serve as a participant in a challenge new and similarly challenging ethical However, deliberately exposing people to to risk. For example, in the Purim story study associated with rapidly developing questions will arise. the coronavirus involves risk: some may recounted in the book of Esther, Queen a vaccine for coronavirus, and indeed, One such question that has not yet get very sick, and some may die. Esther was permitted to risk her life by would be a very pious act. This even received much discussion, but which I How do Jewish law and values guide approaching Ahasuerus since it was to according to the stricter opinion, since believe requires our community’s atten- us in this? When it comes to taking risks save the entire community. the level of risk for those in such a study tion, revolves around the rush to develop in general, Judaism obligates us to at- Similarly, the Talmud relates that in is relatively low — only young, healthy a vaccine. While it could take well over tempt to help those in need, such as for the city of Lod, the Roman emperor’s people would be accepted, and would a year before a vaccine is available, the instance jumping into a river to save a daughter was murdered and the Jewish receive careful medical oversight — and associated ethical issues will likely arrive drowning person. But the degree of risk community was blamed. The emperor because everyone in the world is at risk much sooner. one is required (or permitted) to take to threatened the Jews with mass execution for contracting the coronavirus; the par- One reason developing a vaccine takes save life is a matter of debate. unless they could produce the murderer. ticipants were already at some risk just so long is that researchers have to ran- The general consensus is that although To save the Jewish people, two innocent by living in society. domize test subjects into two groups. one is not obligated to put his or her brothers, Lilianus and Pappus, stepped Participating in the study simply trans- Group A gets the vaccine; group B gets a life at risk to save another person, it is forward and falsely confessed to the fers the risk to a controlled setting, while placebo. Researchers wait to see if more praiseworthy to do so — unless there is crime. Only they were executed by the at the same time potentially significantly people from group B get sick than those a significant risk, in which case doing so Romans, sparing the rest of the Jewish benefiting all of society, and thus is a in group A. If that happens, it is a sign may be forbidden. The rabbis encourage community. Many rabbinic authorities mitzvah. that the vaccine is effective. However, us to make a cost-benefit analysis of the have permitted voluntary self-sacrifice to The Jewish community should endorse it can take months before researchers level of risk versus the potential good. rescue the broader community, based on such protocols, and if a Jew has the op- get their answer because, in its simplest For example, kidney donation, which Esther and the Talmudic praise for these portunity to enter such a study, he or she form, this kind of study depends on wait- carries some risk, is encouraged but not righteous brothers. should enthusiastically do so. b ing for people to be naturally exposed to required, whereas bone-marrow dona- On the other hand, other rabbinic Rabbi Jason Weiner is senior rabbi and the virus — which takes even longer with tion, which carries negligible risk, may authorities argued that although saving director of spiritual care at Cedars-Sinai social distancing measures in place. be viewed as obligatory when performed the community is a very high value and Medical Center. To speed up things, an alternative is to save a life. some level of risk is acceptable to this This article was first published something called a “challenge study.” In For that reason, I believe once plasma end, these stories do not prove that one in the Jewish Journal.

Politics … In Miami, Handicapping the Election, Without the Deli by DANIELLE BERRIN locally as big bundlers for the Clintons, “But I would argue back that, you “I don’t think anybody has a stronger Pre-coronavirus, you could walk into and remain friends with the former know, anything Trump would do for or longer lasting relationship with the a trifecta of Jewish delis, all within a president and his wife, the former secre- Jews openly and supportively is going Jewish community in South Florida seven-mile strip of South Dixie High- tary of state, who lost to Trump in 2016. to bring out more anti-Semites.” than Joe Biden,” he said. way, to get a sense of which way Miami “How can 42 percent of Americans Whether or not Trump’s embrace One of those Biden diehards is David Jews are leaning on Trump v. Biden. look at him and think it’s alright what of the Netanyahu government and its S. Adler, the 37-year-old president of The But now that the ground zero of the he’s doing?” she said with disgust. political priorities, such as the U.S. Em- Adler Group, a premier real estate com- Jewish kibitzing scene is off-limits due Real estate developer Russell Galbut bassy move, has any impact on Jewish pany founded by his father. “I’ve had to social distancing, you have to do it knows how. voter preferences is still a guessing the privilege of knowing the former Vice by phone. “He may not express himself in the game. President my entire life,” Adler said. “It’s amazing, even in the Jewish most eloquent of ways, but I think he’s In 2016, Clinton won 70 percent of the What can he tell us about Biden that community, how divided we are,” David been sincere. I think he truly cares Jewish vote nationally, to Trump’s 25 we don’t already know? Strawderman, owner of Bagel Empori- about each and every American,” Gal- percent. While there is no breakdown “I think people know more than um, said. He estimates that his Jewish but said. of the Jewish vote in Florida, an August they realize,” Adler said. “You really clientele is about equally split between As managing principal of Crescent 2016 poll showed Clinton with a 43 get what you see with Joe Biden. And Republicans and Democrats. “It’s prob- Heights, one of the nation’s top build- percent lead over Trump among Florida sometimes it’s a gaffe. But you’re seeing ably a little bit more on the liberal side, ers of luxury high-rise condominiums, Jewish voters. the real person, not an image of some- but you’d be amazed how many Jews Galbut knows President Donald Trump But longtime Florida pollster Keith one he’s trying to portray.” are in favor of our president.” from the business world. Back in 2008, Frederick said the 2020 Jewish vote If the delis were open, I imagine we’d The split among Miami Jews mirrors Trump sued Galbut and his company may lean less Democratic. hear endless arguments over who’s the political divide throughout the state over a licensing deal gone wrong re- The rise of so-called democratic so- better for America, and who for Israel. of Florida, where national elections are garding a property Galbut intended to cialism within the party thanks to the But for now, thank God, political often decided by thousands of votes, build with the Trump name in Tel Aviv. now-aborted candidacy of Jewish Sena- debates remain at a distance. It’s not and the climate is deeply polarized. “So on a personal level, I may like Joe tor Bernie Sanders, may have turned off great for the lox slicers, but it’s good for Cynthia Leesfield, 74, and her hus- Biden more than I like Donald Trump,” Democratic Jewish capitalists. “The real ahavat Yisrael. band Ira, an attorney, are longtime Galbut said, “But that doesn’t mean I’d question is what kind of performances I asked Strawderman, the owner of Democratic donors and activists . Cyn- vote for Joe.” does Joe Biden give when he goes toe- Bagel Emporium, which party he thinks thia said she sees no room for political Galbut added that at a time of “height- to-toe with Trump in the debates, and is suffering more from the prohibition neutrality in the Trump era. ened anti-Semitism,” Trump’s support what shape is he in after the Trump on in-person kibitzing. “Do you know there are children in for Israel and Jewish interests is enough people finish beating him up?” “I think it’s the Democratic Jews,” he cages today?” she said during a phone to secure his vote for a second time. But Reggie Cardozo, a political strat- said. “They like to complain more. And interview, referring to the administra- So what does he make of the accusa- egist who served as state political di- the other ones like to boast.” b tion’s immigration tactics on the south- tion that Trump is partly responsible for rector for President Barack Obama’s Danielle Berrin is a journalist based in ern border. the rise of anti-Semitism in America? 2012 campaign,, said Jewish support Los Angeles. Leesfield and her husband are known “I fully understand that,” Galbut said. for Biden should not be underestimated. ©Forward. Reprinted with authorization.  THE JEWISH LEDGER • Thursday, April 23, 2020 • Page 19

Media … I Cover Anti-Semitism on a Daily Basis. This is Why ‘The Plot Against America’ Is The Scariest Show I’ve Seen. by GABE FRIEDMAN encourages a strain of just-un- (JTA) — I wasn’t expecting der-the-surface white nation- HBO’s “The Plot Against Amer- alism we’re seeing reemerge ica,” David Simon’s miniseries today. adaptation of the Philip Roth begin to appear novel, to scar me the way it has. on Jewish graves. A liberal po- I work with news about the litical rally turns violent when rise of anti-Semitism and hate Nazi supporters crash it with crimes around the world on clubs and fists. A Nazi official a daily basis. As an editor fo- comes to Washington for an cused more on international official visit. coverage recently, here are For some, seeing this play out some of the highlights from on screen in a compelling and this past week or so: a torched well-written TV series would synagogue in Russia, a Roma- be horrifying — but not for nian priest who kind of com- me, the editor who has chroni- pared Jews to the coronavirus cled the growth of this kind of and a neo-Nazi group run by movement in real life for years. a 13-year-old that planned to Or so I thought. bomb a synagogue. But I was completely wrong: I have also covered how an- The show has made everything ti-Semitic and xenophobic atti- Morgan Spector, center, as Herman Levin, and Zoe Kazan, right, as Bess Levin, in HBO’s “The Plot Against America.” I work with feel more immedi- tudes — the kind espoused by (Michele K. Short/HBO) ate, close to home and tangi- the Pittsburgh synagogue shoot- ble — and subsequently more er and those at the Charlottes- I don’t know anything about spray-painted on Jewish monu- worth noting, I haven’t read) frightening. ville rally who shouted “Jews Romania, it just isn’t quite sub- ments and institutions around is about a Jewish family stuck I’ve had time to reflect on it will not replace us” — have urban New Jersey, which is the world in a given week, be- in an eerie alternate history, in (the sixth and final episode airs seeped back into underground where I’ve holed up with my cause many times we can’t get which the infamous anti-Semite Monday night) and I’ve settled discourse across the U.S. parents during this quarantine. to it all. Charles Lindbergh has become on a few reasons why the show The thing is, most of this stuff On the numbers front, we’ve So in some ways, I almost president of the United States. has had such a powerful effect is either a world away from had many discussions among expected “The Plot Against He keeps the U.S. out of World on me. my daily life or numbing in editors about how to best cover America” to feel like old news. War II, establishes friendly re- First, the Jewish world that its sheer quantity. It’s not that all of the swastikas that are Roth’s novel (which, it may be lations with Nazi Germany and (Scariest Show — Page 20)

Culture … What it’s Like to Officiate a Funeral In the Time of Social Distancing by RABBI JONAH GEFFEN It’s not safe. NEW YORK (JTA) — On Monday, I Typically the body is watched until officiated my first funeral in the time of burial, guarded by members of the com- social distancing. My clergy colleagues munity. have been doing this for weeks and been Her son called me heartbroken. No through so much more. I’m in awe. But I shmirah allowed. No guard. Her body, wanted to share my experience — most- like ours, is to be alone. ly to process, partially to inform. The funeral director called me back. If On the eve of Yom Hashoah, I was the you think this pandemic isn’t a big deal, only non-cemetery employee present for or know anyone who thinks that, have the burial of a most incredible woman, them speak to a New York City funeral may her memory be a blessing. She home. Remember I said they typically witnessed as a young teen have one to three deceased to care for? in Vienna. She escaped to Mandatory On this day they had 13. They didn’t Palestine, eventually settling in Man- know when she would be able to be bur- hattan and raising a family with her ied; the cemetery would let the family beloved. She was incredibly kind. She know date and time. This funeral home was beloved. And she loved so many. alone had six bodies already heading to Her Holocaust experience burned in her that particular cemetery. a sense that nobody should suffer. Later in the day, the funeral home Placing stones on a headstone at a Jewish cemetery marks the memory of and honors the de- If her funeral would have taken place called: Somehow she would be able to ceased. (Getty Images) when we weren’t all locked down be- be buried the following day. On Monday, cause of the coronavirus, there probably She went to rehab, and I even dropped spoke to an answering service. I expect- I accompanied her burial, alone. would have been at least 500 mourners off a care package, received at the front ed as much; I’ve read of how busy they This is partially because she has no in attendance. But she died during New door of the facility by a bunch of kind are. Still, I never expected what I was to immediate family in the city; three peo- York on Pause, so everything was dif- security personnel wearing mask and hear next. ple could have been there. But as I said, ferent. gloves. Not even clergy were allowed in. I’d say on a typical day at this funeral in another time, dozens of people would She died Sunday morning before Before she passed, she was emailing, home, they have one to three deceased have made the drive out to be there. dawn. She was cared for, but without calling and FaceTiming. But her condi- to care for. Members of Jewish burial So like my colleagues have been doing family, friends or clergy nearby. She had tion began to worsen — and it seems she societies, called chevra kadisha, come for weeks, I prepared my mask, gloves fallen last week and broken her hip. At made a decision. It was time. She would to perform tahara, the ritual cleansing and rabbi’s manual and prepared to 95, when you fall and break a hip, the let go of life and return to her husband’s and dressing of the body. Performing head out. I set up a Zoom meeting so her hip can be replaced — but the rest of side after losing him six years ago. these rites is the most dedicated and family could “be there.” your body usually can’t handle it. And so my role began. I put in the conscious act. The rabbi’s manual doesn’t have ad- Things seemed OK for a couple days. customary call to the funeral home and Not this day. Tahara is not happening. (Officiate a Funeral— Page 20) Page 20 • THE JEWISH LEDGER • Thursday, April 23, 2020

Personal Essay … Reflections On Our 2020 Seder by DEBBIE GOLDBERG while Dave worked on the content Preparing for Passover is exhaust- and technical aspects which included ing. Between cooking, cleaning and zoom training for 5 people over 70. shopping, the holiday always has a To my surprise, the Zoom Seder was way of creeping up on me. This year, executed flawlessly. By the time signed the days and weeks leading up to in at 6:03, all of our participants suc- Passover were unbearably exhaust- cessfully logged on, enabled their video ing. With the spread of COVID, my and muted themselves accordingly. work at the Jewish Federation shifted While it wasn’t the Seder I would have overnight from raising funds for the imagined, it was also a Seder I won’t Jewish Federation to raising critical ever forget. As I reflect on it now, a few Emergency funds for the Jewish com- things were striking. The first is the munity at large. With so much to do comfort I felt by the familiarity of the professionally, I really lost sight of the Seder. The words, the tunes, the order holiday from a personal perspective. unexpectedly brought me reassurance The thought of braving the grocery and a greater appreciation of the power store and planning a zoom Seder just of tradition. The second is gratitude for seemed overwhelming and for the the people that were at our zoom Seder. first time in 48 years, I found myself There were 16 family members from 9 dreading the Seder and wishing that different locations across the country Passover would just “pass over” me. that would otherwise never be together. In order to understand this, one Each individual group became a square would have to go back to my childhood in a mosaic that collectively made up when Passover was not just a holiday, the fabric of our Seder. Finally, I real- it was THE HOLIDAY. Aside from the ized that so much of our usual Seder is standard cooking and cleaning, the spent looking down at the Hagaddah, Goldberg family took Passover prepa- but this year, I was able to look up, ration to a completely new level, which literally and figuratively. Seeing every- included Kosher for Passover furniture, one safe, healthy and happy brought linens, and even lipstick, which my me great relief and reminded me that grandmother proudly wore. Of course, the real beauty of the Seder in within the pinnacle of the Holiday was the first the people that are around your table, Seder, which always took place at my one does not need to look further than figured I would host something smaller however that is defined. In our case, it Aunt Ruth and Uncle Nate’s (Goldberg) the Seder table to appreciate all that is for our immediate family. Within days, was an IBM 13” Think Pad. house. It was here that I played with gained and all that is lost in this world. however, it became obvious that an The rest of the Passover days were my cousins, recited the four questions My cousin Isobel Goldman has since in-person Seder would be unlikely if not standard, with a few subtle reminders for the first time and earned a $2 dollar inherited the first Seder, which has impossible. This is when I realized that of the real-life plague that is threaten- bill every year just for looking for the grown to include new participants and Passover 2020 might be observed, but ing us. In the end, I am happy to say I afikomen. In hindsight, the table must interpretations, but I am grateful for the it would definitely NOT be celebrated. was wrong. Passover 2020 was not just have been crowded and chaotic with so family traditions, which remain intact. After all, who can celebrate with so observed, it was definitely celebrated. many children, but I remember it being When I received the email from Iso- much uncertainly in the world? This is this testament to the strength comfortable and orderly, albeit long. bel that the First Seder was cancelled, I begrudgingly went through the and perseverance of the Jewish people So much has changed since then and I was disappointed but not deterred. I motions of preparing food for the Seder today, tomorrow and always. b

Officiate a Funeral(Continued from Page 19) vice for this. our turn. Meanwhile, I had the I didn’t expect that. I thought thud hitting a coffin. Something been this emotionally spent The cemetery office had a list family on Zoom. They shared we would fill in the grave, as finally felt normal. from a burial. Then again, I’ve on the door of burials for the memories, saw faces they didn’t is customary. Jewish tradition Then I rose and recited the never been to one like this. day. Close to 30. Nobody was see often. They caught up. It does not like to leave an open memorial prayer. I had called When you clap for the essen- allowed in the office building. was both beautiful and so very grave. But here we were. The this woman up to the Torah so tial workers, make sure you are And aside from mourners at sad. SUV driver let me know this is many times, I knew her Hebrew thinking of the funeral home funerals, the place was deso- Finally it was our turn. I how it is now. No time to fill name by heart. The family, to- and cemetery employees who late. It’s jarring to see a place followed the SUV to the plot. in graves until all are dug for gether but apart, recited the are burying more dead than both busier than ever and more There were the typical sights: the day. Mourner’s Kaddish. they ever imagined. Think empty than ever. employees of the cemetery, a So I was alone, next to an I never believed that things of the clergy who are finding I arrived super early to wait large hole in the ground, a large open grave, with a whole fam- like Kaddish, typically requir- every way they can to care for for the hearse, but then the fu- pile of earth. There was her ily on Zoom. I told them I was ing a quorum of 10, would be the bereaved. neral director called. He wanted husband’s stone. going to put them down for a OK to recite over Zoom. But And think of this amazing me to know that her casket and I exited the car and prepared moment while I used my hands times are different now. It is woman. Who saw and survived body would come by SUV, as the people for what was about to push some earth into the OK. And it’s beautiful. the fires of the Shoah. Who was they were out of hearses. to happen. They took her to her grave. And on my knees, that’s After the funeral, I spent eyewitness to the worst of hu- Out. Of. Hearses. grave, lowered the simple pine what I did. Not too much dirt, most of the day at home. I even manity. And still, she became She arrived. And we waited coffin into the ground and left. but enough. I heard the familiar taught a class. But I’ve never the best of humanity. b

Scariest Show (Continued from Page 19) Roth (and by extension Simon, feel like the 1940s version of ple: Its efforts toward Jewish queasy. When an intimidating- easily slip into a much darker the creator of acclaimed shows my family. They’re not very authenticity rely on matzah ball ly large anti-Semite comes over place. such as “The Wire” and “The religious, but have strong Jew- soup, gefilte fish jokes, prayers to their café table to tell them The tension of being on that Deuce” and one of the best ish cultural ties. They go to and ridiculous Yiddish accents. to be quiet, I cowered into my dividing line, between safety TV writers of any generation) their local Jewish bakery more So when one “Hunters” char- couch pillows. and a lack of it, fills me with has created is incredibly real. than their synagogue. They can acter calls another a “kike,” it But Simon also captures a dread as I watch. For me at There’s never been such a thing recite memorized lines of He- didn’t feel like an attack on me feeling that’s even more cru- least, that made the show more as a typical American Jewish brew, but don’t know what the or anyone like me. cial, from an affect point of powerful than a gut-wrench- family — the country has al- words mean. By comparison, every slur in view, than the characters’ Jew- ing Holocaust film that shows ways been full of a proud range Other recent shows that have “Plot” packs a strong punch. ishness: the feeling of being Jews being violently abused of religious expressions. But depicted Jews have leaned to- When the Levins are told to watched over, manipulated and and murdered. the Levin family that anchors ward stereotype, not archetype. leave their hotel for no reason on one’s own. Their govern- It shows what I could be deal- “Plot” comes close to an Amer- “Hunters,” the recent Amazon other than their Jewishness, ment claims to support them, ing with in the future, should ican archetype. series about Nazi hunters in and the police ignore their but it’s only a nominal protec- the gears of history tilt slightly In many senses, the Levins New York City, offers an exam- claims of , I got tion, a state of being that could the wrong way. b