Netanyahu to Jewish Federations: U.S., NEVER FORGET AMERICANAMERICAN FRIENDSFRIENDS OFOF Israel ‘Should Work Together Now’ on Iran
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November 12, 2015 | Published Bi-Weekly | 30 Cheshvan, 5776 Issue #18 HOW To Save an hour See page 3 JEWISH LINK November 13- 1 Kislev 5776 Parshat Toldot BRONX, WESTCHESTER & CONNECTICUT CANDLE Light Candles: 4:20 PM LIGHTING Shabbat Ends: 5:27 PM AN EVENING YOU WILL Netanyahu to Jewish Federations: U.S., NEVER FORGET AMERICANAMERICAN FRIENDSFRIENDS OFOF Israel ‘Should Work Together Now’ on Iran By Jacob Kamaras/JNS.org A day after meeting with Pres- Second, mirroring JFNA Pres- Sunday, December 6th, ident Barack Obama at the White ident and CEO Jerry Silverman’s 2015 Despite their disagreement House, Netanyahu told the JFNA call for post-Iran deal unity a day over the Iran nuclear deal, the delegates, “You work tirelessly to earlier, Netanyahu said, “No mat- U.S. and Israel “can and should strengthen Jewish identity…you ter what disagreements there have See ad on page 5 work together now” to ensure are my partners in building the been within the Jewish commu- and article on page 7 that Iran complies with the agree- Jewish future.” He said the Jew- nity, maintaining the unity of our ment and to curb Iranian ag- ish community should “always re- people is of paramount impor- gression throughout the Middle member two simple truths.” First, tance…we must work together to East, Israeli Prime Minister Ben- that regardless of any disagree- unite the Jewish people and secure jamin Netanyahu said Tuesday at ments between Israel and the U.S., the Jewish state.” from $3 billion to $5 billion, the the General Assembly of The Jew- “Israel has no better friend than Regarding U.S. military aid to prime minister said that he had a ish Federations of North America America and America has no better Israel, amid reports that Israel is (JFNA) in Washington, DC. friend than Israel.” seeking an increase in annual aid CONTINUED ON P. 6 ‘The Bayit’ to Install Construction Begins See ad on page 36 Steven Exler as Senior at Riverdale Mikvah Rabbi By Tamar Weinberg Naomi Spira, “we found out over the last few years that many of the By Sy Oshinsky The Riverdale Mikvah has re- women weren’t using the mikvah cently begun its construction for because of the aesthetics, and Rabbi Steven Exler will be in- a brand new state-of-the-art facil- there were structural issues that stalled as senior rabbi of the He- ity. 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LAKEWOOD, PASSAIC, BALTIMORE & CLEVELAND 718-564-6710 • WWW.JEWISHLINKBWC.COM November 12, 2015 • 30 Cheshvan, 5776 3 WORLD NEWS BRIEFS London Mayor Calls BDS with wearing a corduroy jacket,” Johnson confi dence, government spokesman Ste- there should be with any individual.” Movement ‘Foolish’ quipped. ffen Seibert told a news conference: “Of Pollard, 61, has spent nearly three dec- (JNS.org) London’s charismatic and out- Johnson is in Israel for a three-day trip course he does.” ades in prison for spying for Israel. He was spoken mayor, Boris Johnson, said that focused on bolstering economic ties be- arrested in Washington in 1985 and sen- those seeking to boycott Israel are “fool- tween London and Tel Aviv, Israel’s leading Report: Obama Will Not Let tenced to a life term in 1987. An American ish” and do not have any clout in the Unit- fi nancial center. During the visit, Johnson Jonathan Pollard Leave U.S. Jew, Pollard was granted Israeli citizenship ed Kingdom. toured Google’s headquarters and the Tel (JNS.org) President Barack Obama will in 1995. His upcoming parole, scheduled for “I cannot think of anything more fool- Aviv Stock Exchange. not intervene to allow Israeli spy Jonathan Nov. 21, was announced in July. ish than to say you want to have any kind Pollard to travel to Israel after his sched- of divestment or sanctions or boycott Merkel Backs Her Interior uled parole from federal prison next week, Israel Uncovers West Bank Hamas against a country that, when all is said and Minister After Refugee Row The Washington Post reported Monday, cit- Network Funded by Gaza and Qatar done, is the only democracy in the region, German Interior Minister Thomas de ing Obama administration offi cials. (JNS.org) Israeli authorities arrested is the only place that has, in my view, a plu- Maiziere retains the confi dence of Chan- The terms of Pollard’s release stipulate 24 Hamas terrorist operatives in the West ralist and open society,” Johnson said in an cellor Angela Merkel, a government spokes- that he remain in the United States, under Bank on Monday who are suspected of try- interview with an Israeli Channel 2 report- man said on Monday, after a spat within supervision, for fi ve years. Obama has the ing to revive the Hamas network in the area er in Tel Aviv. her cabinet over whether to limit the asy- ability to use his executive power to waive with the help of Hamas leaders in the Gaza Johnson dismissed any infl uence sup- lum rights of refugees from Syria. that condition and allow Pollard to leave the Strip and Qatar. porters of the BDS movement may have in The government was forced to clarify U.S., but he will not do so, the report said. Among the detainees were several the UK. on Friday that its asylum policy for refu- Last week, top Obama adviser Ben Rho- high-ranking Hamas members who have “The supporters of this so-called boy- gees from Syria remained unchanged after des said, “President Obama has not inter- been arrested before, some of them more cott are really just corduroy-jacketed aca- de Maiziere said their applications would vened in the judicial process here in the than once.