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Week of March 11 - 18, 2016 • 1 - 8 Adar 2, 5776 Vol. 9 • Issue 13 PAGE 19 PAGE 21 PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU GREETING VICE PRESIDENT JOE 33 BIDEN ON HIS VISIT TO ISRAEL THIS WEEK. RAV SHIMON COHEN k’’mz 38 Iran Test Fired Two Missiles In Order To Wipe Out Israel This week saw Iran firing two Kirby said that if the Iranian test is found Jerusalem. additional long-range ballistic missiles to violate United Nations Security Council U.S. State Department spokesman with each said to carry the Hebrew words resolutions, then the U.S. will raise the Mark Toner said Tuesday that for “Israel must be wiped out” on the matter in the council. Firing of ballistic Washington would review the reported CHARLIE HARARY AT LAST rocket bodies. missiles capable of delivering nuclear tests and raise them in the U.N. Security YEAR’S “BIG EVENT” The state-run Tasnum news agency weapons would be a violation. Council to seek an “appropriate reported that the two missiles successfully The tests came as Vice President response” if they are confirmed. struck targets 1,400 kilometers (870 Joe Biden visited Israeli Prime Minister “We also continue to aggressively ISSUE miles) away. Iran also tested ballistic Benjamin Netanyahu, who was strongly apply our unilateral tools to counter missiles fired from silo-based launchers in opposed to the nuke deal. threats from Iran’s missile program,” he SHMUZ: Amalek: Breakdown of Aura various locations nationwide on Tuesday, “I want to reiterate because I know added. Rabbi Ben Tzion Shafier...................9 according to Press TV. people still doubt: If in fact they break Things are happening so quickly From Pesach to Purim State Department spokesman John the deal, we will act,” Biden said in with Iran and the world is sleeping. Rabbi Jonathan Gewirtz................15 California Rasin Couscous with Vegetables Canada’s Trudeau backs anti-BDS bill, For Israelis, Donald Trump is Jamie Geller.....................................22 Pintrest Beauty Hacks - but leaves people ‘guessing’ on Israel U.S. history’s most ‘Israeli’ Do They Really Work? SEAN SAVAGE presidential candidate Racheli Fried....................................22 Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, whose election ARIK PUDER JNS NEWS.....................................30 victory over Stephen Harper last year ended nearly a decade This presidential election season is nothing if not fascinating, of Conservative party rule in Canada, recently made a and the media coverage itself is driving considerable debate. significant pro-Israel policy move. But questions on Israel What’s also interesting, but has so fa r gone unexplored, is linger for the Canadian leader. how Israeli media are covering the American elections. Israeli During the election, many questions arose regarding election coverage offers insights into how the press in the U.S. CONT. ON P4 CONT. ON P3 ,urb ,eksv 1 Adar 2 c rst "t 5 Ways to Accept Rejection Exercise Helps Shrink Tumors and Parashat ALEEZA BEN SHALOM Combats Cancer in Many Ways Pekudei “I don’t want to continue, I’m not interested. It’s over.” 5:40 P.M. FIVE TOWNS DR. JOSEPH MERCOLA 5:41 P.M. STATEN ISLAND Ouch! Your ego may be bruised and your heart broken, 5:41 P.M. BROOKLYN but rejection is an unavoidable part of life. Coping strate- Compelling evidence suggests 5:41 P.M. TEANECK, NJ gies will help you move through breakups with greater ease exercise is an important compo- 6:10 P.M. MIAMI BEACH, FLA. and be more prepared for the right person waiting for you nent of cancer prevention and care; 5:05 P.M. JERUSALEM down the road. slashing your risk of developing CONT. ON P5 CONT. ON P6 3/11/16 2 To advertise in THE JEWISH CONNECTION call: 718.761.2626 • [email protected] 3/11/16 PUDER American) or if they remain wary the right and hardly a Trump back- the U.S. press. While many abhor CONT. FROM P1 of his pledge to remain objective in er, has written extensively about his message and feel that frequent and Israel stack up against each Mideast negotiations. The fact that him, including a recent piece warn- coverage only encourages the dem- other in treating both this election he reminds them of themselves and ing that “Trump has unleashed agogue, they recognize that Trump cycle and politicians in general— is the polar opposite of Obama in America’s monsters.” means big headlines and better TV and how Israelis themselves view every way makes him an attractive ratings. the elections. candidate, or at least a compelling Meanwhile, the American media one. They believe that whatever coverage of Trump’s presiden- That media debate is unlikely to As someone who worked for happens, he will be a better pres- tial campaign reveals a lot about ever take place in Israel, though. many years as a media advisor for ident for Israel than Obama has how the U.S. press operates. Even While Americans generally respect leading Israeli politicians, and who been. Further, they remember that though most of the media, in- and even idealize the rich, Israelis has run a PR agency in New York Trump has an Orthodox Jewish cluding Fox News, fear a Trump harbor a deep dislike for billion- for the last six years, I’ve had the daughter who is raising her chil- presidency and make fun of his aires, and they would likely never chance to explore up-close how dren in a kosher home. style and arrogance, they cannot support a wealthy political candi- American politics operate, how ignore him. He’s led in the polls for date. The Israeli media, therefore, American media work, and how Israeli press coverage of Trump months, dominated Super Tuesday, would certainly go after such a American media differ from Israeli echoes this sentiment. Israeli media and is bottom line the best show candidate. media. are closely following the elections, in town. Cable TV stations like sending reporters to cover the pri- CNN are seeing YUGE (in Trump Generally, there is a big differ- What really stands out this year maries and interview voters, and lingo) ratings spikes. Everybody ence between how the American is that this U.S. election has gener- paying unusually close attention to wants to know what Trump will and Israeli media handle politi- ated much more interest than past Trump. Even Israel’s widely read have to say—whether they agree or cians. As a rule, the American me- American elections in the Israeli liberal daily newspaper, Haaretz, not. Further, Trump’s candidacy dia accords much greater respect media—and, by association, in the while not naturally a supporter of has generated an internal debate in CONT.ON P25 Israeli public—for two main rea- sons: Donald Trump and Sen. Ber- nie Sanders (I-Vt.). With Sanders, Israeli media are excited about the fact that there is a serious presidential candidate who is Jewish. Even though Sanders is shying away from his Jewish roots and has avoided detailed discus- sions about Israel, this isn’t dampe- ning Israelis’ Jewish pride. For or- dinary Israelis, it is practically un- imaginable that a Jew whose family lost members in the Holocaust stands a real chance of occupying the world’s most powerful role. It’s about Jewish DNA and Jewish his- tory, and the sense that centuries of persecution could symbolically end with Sanders reaching this exalted office. Trump, on the other hand, is seen by many Israelis as the most “Israeli” presidential candidate America has ever had. All of the things that many observers in America criticize him for—being aggressive, arrogant, blunt, loud, stubborn, argumentative, confron- tational, and so on—are all attri- butes many Israelis admire and see in themselves. In short, Trump’s personality is 180 degrees from President Barack Obama’s, who is known for being cerebral and deliberative. Trump talks tough and appears unafraid to deal with the rough-and-tumble Middle East. Ultimately, Israelis relate to Trump, even if they wouldn’t nec- essarily vote for him (if they were To advertise in THE JEWISH CONNECTION call: 718.761.2626 • [email protected] 3 3/11/16 Web & Print Design • Social Media Marketing • Virtual Tour Photography Enhance Your Company’s Image and Increase Your Awareness On And Off The Web! Make Your Mark With eb ark esign, Inc. Creativity. Originality. Experience. SAVAGE abroad.” resolution. 18. CONT. FROM P1 “We must fight anti-Semitism “The motion was brought In particular, Dion took issue Trudeau’s limited foreign policy in all its forms,” Canadian Foreign to the House by the popular with the resolution’s rhetoric, experience. Under Harper, Canada Minister Stephane Dion said Conservative MP Michelle Rempel which he said “elicits mistrust.” became one of Israel’s top allies, in a statement supporting the and her caucus colleague Tony “Yes, some supporters of the regularly defending the Jewish legislation. “We must oppose the Clement, a powerful cabinet boycott have bad intentions, do state in international forums as boycott, divest, sanctions campaign minister in Stephen Harper’s not want peace, and are working well as boosting bilateral trade and in our communities and continue to Conservative government, which against Israel,” Dion said, adding cultural ties. Concern arose in some speak out forcefully against them.” went down in defeat in last that some BDS supporters are pro-Israel circles that Trudeau, who The bipartisan rejection of BDS October’s polls,” Terry Glavin, “mistaken in good faith.” as a center-left Liberal party leader was roundly praised by Canadian a columnist for Canada’s Ottawa “Many organizations and promised a new and more nuanced Jewish organizations.