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Clearwater, FL 33758-6970 FL Clearwater, O. Box 6970 P. Jewish Press of Pinellas County Inc. Bay, Tampa The Jewish Press Group of www.jewishpresspinellas.com VOL. 32, NO. 2 ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA A AUGUST 11 - 24, 2017 16 PAGES Fed Fellows scope out worthy Israeli non-profits on trip The first contingent of Federation mission. Fellows returned from Israel on July The group consisted of Korri Kra- The Jewish Press Group U.S. POSTAGE PAID U.S. POSTAGE 10 with more than pleasant memories. jicek, Hilary Hemmins, Jamie Gray, Inc. Bay, Tampa of PRESORTED With a $25,000 earmark from the Jennifer Rosoff, and Sam Eshelman. STANDARD Jewish Federation of Pinellas and The group was joined by Lance Miz- Pasco Counties, the group got to play stal, who received a partial subsidy to philanthropists, determining how participate in the mission. they felt the money should be div- In the months leading up to the vyed up among non-profit programs mission, the group participated in they visited on the trip. activities designed to expose them to The five young adults were selected the specific activities of the Federation a year ago to participate in this first- and the broader Jewish community. JustJust Compliedaa fromnosh...nosh... JTA news service of-its-kind program that involved 10 Projects included working on Super hours of volunteer service per month Sunday, writing thank you cards, Trump sending top envoys to Mideast in the 10 months leading up to the Rachel Golden, Jamie Gray, Korri Krajicek at the SAHI program FED FELLOWS continued on PAGE 6 which the Fellows recommended donating $15,000. to advance Israel-Palestinian peace WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump will soon send a team of his top aides, including his son-in-law, FIRST PERSON Jared Kushner, on a tour of the Middle East to advance “substantive” Middle East peace talks. Hate in Carlottesville: The delegation “will be meeting with leaders from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Jordan, Egypt, Israel and the Palestinian Authority,” a senior The day the Nazi administration official said in a statement sent to JTA. The delegation will comprise Kushner, a top aide whose portfolio includes Middle East peace; Jason called me Shlomo Greenblatt, the White House’s top peace negotiator; and By RON KAMPEAS Dina Powell, the deputy national security adviser. JTA news service The president, the senior administration official CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA — The white su- said, “believes that the restoration of calm and the stabilized situation in Jerusalem after the recent crisis premacists, for all their vaunted purpose, appeared on the Temple Mount/Haram al Sharif has created an to be disoriented. opportunity to continue discussions and the pursuit of The city of Charlottesville, thanks to pressure peace that began early in his administration.” from the American Civil Liberties Union, had al- A lethal July 14 attack by terrorists that killed two lowed them — 500 or so — to rally in Emancipation Israelis police at the Temple Mount led Israel to install Park, or as they prefer to call it, Lee Park, to protest metal detectors. That was followed by increased tensions the city’s plans to remove from the park a statue of among Palestinians, who worship at the site, which is Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. holy to Jews and Muslims. Israel removed the metal That worked for an hour or so on Aug. 12 and detectors following interventions by Jordan and by Trump then the protesters and the counter-protesters started administration officials. The trip, which does not yet have dates, reflects to pelt one another with plastic bottles – it was un- Trump’s approach of brokering a broader Middle East clear who started it. There were gas bombs – mild- peace and includes meetings with some of the regions ly irritating – that seemed to come more from the most important players. white supremacists. And then the sides rushed each “The president has asked that these discussions focus other headlong and there were scuffles. on the path to substantive Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, So Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe declared a state A noteworthy prayer combating extremism, the situation in Gaza, including how to ease the humanitarian crisis there, strengthening of emergency and, heeding the police, the white su- While in Jerusalem earlier this month. Congressman Charlie Crist , D- St. Petersburg, premacists filed out of the park. As they approached our relations with regional partners and the economic posted this photo on Twitter, showing him placing this note in the Western Wall, steps that can be taken both now and after a peace deal the Dogwood Vietnam Memorial, a bucolic hill praying to keep “storms and other difficulties” away from Florida. In 2007, he began overlooking an overpass, they sputtered to a stop is signed to ensure security, stability, and prosperity for the yearly tradition while visiting the holy site as Florida’s governor. Since then, the region,” the statement said. for consultations and did what marchers on a sea- with the exception of 2016, he has had a similar note delivered to the Wall each year sonably warm day do: They sat on the grass, sought prior to hurricane season. During that time, 2016 was the only year that a hurricane shade and chatted. made landfall in the state. Crist will speak about the trip, which was hosted by an Teen in JCCs case sold his bomb I had been following at a distance with a AIPAC affiliate, at a program at Congregation Beth Shalom in Clearwater. For more threat services, FBI alleges information, see Page 6. CHARLOTTESVILLE continued on PAGE 11 The Israeli-American teenager accused of making hundreds of threats against Jewish community centers in the United States including Tampa sold his bomb threat services. Museum to display objects from killing center Michael Kadar, 19, from Ashkelon in southern Israel, also offered to frame others for the threats for a higher Ordinary personal items – a key, a razor, a hairbrush, a baby’s fee, the FBI reportedly alleges in newly unsealed court shoe, a prayer book - offer a glimpse into the lives of their own- documents reported by The Atlantic and The Daily Beast. ers. That is before everything changed for millions of Jews herd- The teen sold his services on AlphaBay, a “dark web” ed into concentration camps by the Nazis. marketplace website selling illegal goods and services These simple objects and others recovered from such a camp in that was closed by U.S. authorities in July. Majdanek, Poland, are going on exhibit at the Florida Holocaust He reportedly sold his services from $30 for a single Museum (FHM) in St. Petersburg threat to $90 for “emailed bomb threat to a school On loan for three years from the State Museum of Majdanek, districts\multiple schools + framing someone for it.” the items will be displayed as part of the local museum’s perma- The messages were found on a flash drive confiscated nent exhibition: History, Heritage and Hope. by the Israel Police during a raid on the teen’s bedroom earlier this year. Police reportedly identified an individual The FHM staff worked through a lengthy process with the State in California who is believed to have ordered and paid for Museum of Majdanek, as well as the governments of Poland and Kadar’s threats. the United States, to secure the loan of these important objects. He was arrested in Israel in March in a joint operation Some things in the small collection like the children’s shoes, with the FBI. The teen’s parents and attorney have said The Florida Holocaust Museum hairbrush and razor “were likely taken from individuals upon Kadar has a benign brain tumor that affects his behavior, Two children’s shoes and baby shoe from Majdanek. MUSEUM continued on PAGE 16 as well as a very low IQ. Join our page @ www.facebook.com/jfed.pinellas Welcome Home, Fed Fellows! Did you know? The 2017-18 cohort of Federation Fellows is Pictured: Lance Mizstal (Pinellas YAD member), currently seeking applications from young Jennifer Rosoff, Jamie Gray, Korri Krajicek, Rachel adults interested in a free trip to Israel. Contact Golden (Tampa YAD member), Sam Eshelman, and the Federation for more information. Hilary Hemmins. 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