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by GABE FRIEDMAN cy. Multiple reports say that (JTA) — Tony Blinken, Presi- Blinken will seek to rejoin dent-elect Joe Biden’s choice for many of the international secretary of state, is the stepson agreements that Trump left of a Holocaust survivor whose as president, notably the Paris stories shaped his worldview Climate Accords and the Iran and subsequently his policy nuclear deal (an agreement decisions, including in the Mid- with major diplomatic conse- dle East. quences for Israel). Biden named Blinken to the Under Blinken, the State De- post on Monday, a day after partment will usher in a much news leaked about his plans different foreign policy era, in- to bring on the Jewish former cluding on Israel. Like Biden, A Satmar wedding takes place in Williamsburg, breaking coronavirus restric- high-ranking official in the Blinken has close ties to the tions. (Courtesy) Obama administration. country forged from his de- Blinken, 58, has been one of cades of strong support of the by JEREMY SHARON less wedding it staged two Biden’s closest policy advisers Jewish state. New York City Mayor Bill weeks ago in Brooklyn in viola- for over a decade and espous- Tony Blinken, when he was deputy Here’s what you need to de Blasio has announced that tion of city and state COVID-19 es the opposite of Trump’s secretary of state, is seen at a news know about the new top diplo- the Satmar Kiryas Joel Has- regulations. “America First” agenda, which conference at the State Department, mat, who hasn’t been much of sidic community will be fined The wedding, staged on No- prioritized nationalist goals Aug. 10, 2016. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via a household name until now. $15,000 for the massive, mask- (Satmar — Page 6) over international diploma- Getty Images) (Blinken — Page 13) Opinion... Janet Yellen to Be Nominated as Many Jews of Color and Diverse Jews Are Politically Conservative First Female Treasury Secretary — and Many Voted for Trump by RON KAMPEAS She assumed the job in early WASHINGTON (JTA) — Joe 2014. Read our guide to Yellen’s by MIJAL BITTON go living at the collision point Biden is set to nominate Janet career and Jewish background (JTA) — After Joe Biden between my life as a scholar Yellen as secretary of the here. won the presidency, my liberal working in liberal settings and treasury, according to multi- Yellen, who attended a Re- friends — mostly Ashkenazi as a traditional Jew with deep ple reports on Monday. She form synagogue in Berkeley, Jews with deep roots in Amer- ties to conservative immigrant would be the first woman in California, featured in an ad ica — were aghast that over 70 Jewish communities. This af- the role and the third Jewish Trump ran during his 2016 pres- million Americans voted for forded me a dual vantage point treasury secretary in a row, idential campaign that featured Trump. to a political division that is not after President Trump’s choice Yellen and Jewish investor and My Syrian, Persian, Bukha- understood or acknowledged Steven Mnuchin and President philanthropist George Soros. rian and Hispanic friends and by the liberal Jewish establish- Obama’s second term pick Jack Jewish groups denounced the family members — Jews with ment: that entire populations of Lew. video for juxtaposing them immigrant identities — were diverse Jews (or Jews of color, Yellen, 74, has already made Janet Yellen speaks during her last with the “levers of power in shocked, too. But most mourn- depending on one’s definition) history as the first woman news conference as Federal Reserve Washington” and “global spe- ed the president’s defeat. lean Republican, and many chair of the Federal Reserve, chair, in Washington, D.C., Dec. 13, cial interests.” Throughout this election, I within them voted for Trump. appointed by Obama in 2013. 2017. (Alex Wong/Getty Images) (Yellen — Page 6) kept feeling a sense of verti- (Voted for Trump — Page 8) Moderna Chief Medical Convicted Spy Jonathan Pollard Goes Officer Wins Award Free, Capping 35 Years of American-

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ing him to do for years. In the wide-ranging Let Us Dream: The Path to A Better Future, Francis also says the COVID-19 pandemic should spur governments to consider permanently establishing a uni- versal basic income. “I think often of persecuted peoples: the Rohingya, the poor Uighurs, the Yazidi,” he said in a section where he also talks about persecuted Christians in Islamic countries. While the pope has spoken out before about the Rohingya Then US Vice-President Joe Biden (L) meets with Palestinian President Mah- who have fled Myanmar, and (Image by Getty/Dave J Hogan) moud Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah March 9, 2016. (REUTERS/DEBBIE the killing of Yazidi by Islamic HILL/POOL) State in Iraq, it was the first Streisand. to shake a negative association, Reema Dodin To Be was described as a moderate time he mentioned the Uighurs. The widow of Dylan’s friend as “a lot of people think that First Palestinian- alternative to the PLO. ©Israel Hayom Tony Glover found a cache of Jews are only money lenders In an interview with The draft lyrics, letters and inter- and merchants.” American White Christian Science Monitor in Why Bob Dylan view transcripts in the belong- And while Dylan would have House Staffer 1981, Dodin insisted on self-de- Preferred I.B. ings of her late husband and a strange relationship with his by TZVI JOFFRE termination for Palestinians, Singer Over originally believed them to be Jewish faith — having a brief Reema Dodin, a Palestin- but added that Jews and Arabs “junk.” Christian period that shook ian-American, will serve along- “must live together and no po- Jack Kerouac She realized her mistake, and many of his landsmen to the side Shuwanza Goff as a deputy litical solution can cancel this.” by PJ GRISAR on, Friday the Boston-based core — the interview reveals director of the White House Of- ©The Jerusalem Post Dylan fanatics will never tire R.R. Auction sold the memo- him to have had steady links to fice of Legislative Affairs, Presi- of looking through his papers rabilia for a total of $495,000. Jewish culture. dent-elect Joe Biden announced Pope: China’s — but those who bemoan his Devotees of Dylan’s process Asked about writers who af- on Monday. Dodin will be the Muslims Uighurs a growing distance from Judaism and folk music history will fected him, Dylan admitted that first Palestinian-American to ‘Persecuted’ People may be pleased with the latest surely moon over his scratch Jack Kerouac’s “On the Road” serve as a White House staffer, trove of Dylan ephemera sold at lyrics inspired by a meeting didn’t stick with him, but sug- according to Palestinian media. by REUTERS and ILH STAFF auction. Not only does the col- with Woody Guthrie. Those gested a work that did. “Now The new White House staffer In a new book, Pope Francis lection address the Nobel-win- concerned with the erstwhile Isaac Singer, he wrote a story was born to Jordanian-Palestin- for the first time calls China’s ning singer’s early awareness Robert Zimmerman’s Yiddish- called ‘The Slave,’” Dylan said. ian immigrants in the US. Do- Muslim Uighurs a “persecut- of antisemitism, they also re- keit will take special interest in “It must have stayed in my head din’s family is originally from ed” people, something human veal Dylan’s intended singer Lot 5035, a typed and hand-ed- for months afterward.” Dura, near Hebron, according rights activists have been urg- for “Lay Lady Lay”: One Barbra ited conversation between Glov- That novel by Singer, a fa- to Palestinian media. er and Dylan conducted for an mous contributor to the Jewish Dodin served as deputy chief unpublished 1971 Rolling Stone Daily Forward, deals with the of staff to Democratic Senator piece, where Dylan dropped Dylan familiar themes of faith, Richard Durbin and has also that shoutout to Babs. orthodoxy, secret marriages served on the Judiciary Subcom- In the discussion, Dylan and the love between Jews and mittee on Human Rights and the speaks candidly of anti-Jew- gentiles. It concerns a young Law, among other positions. ish prejudice in his hometown scholar sold into slavery after She is a graduate of the Uni- of Hibbing, Minnesota “I did a brutal pogrom in Pale of Set- versity of California at Berkeley know a lot of people were prej- tlement Poland. It is extremely and the University of Illinois at udiced,” he said. “My first 18 Jewish. Urbana-Champaign. She is also years I encountered that, sure. Asked by Glover about anoth- a Truman National Security Fel- I could always go to the public er Jewish luminary, Norman low, a New Leaders Council Fel- toilet tho.” Mailer, Dylan was characteris- low, an Aspen Socrates alum, Discussing his decision to tically laconic: “I can dig him,” a former term member of the change his name from Zimmer- he said. b Council on Foreign Relations, Pope Francis (File photo: EPA/Angelo Carconi) man, Dylan hinted at wanting ©Forward. Reprinted with authorization. and a member of the Jenkins Hill Society — a consortium of women in politics supporting female politicians. During the Second Intifada, Now friends and family around the globe in 2002, Dodin spoke about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict with residents of Lodi, California, can be part of a loved one’s service. saying that “suicide bombers Brighton Memorial Chapel offers live funeral broadcasting were the last resort of a desper- ate people,” according to the for services that take place within our chapel. Lodi News-Sentinel. In 2001, Dodin took part in a All at NO CHARGE. demonstration at UC Berkeley calling for the university to divest from Israel, according to the Berkeley Daily Planet, a local news publication. The demonstrators compared Israel to apartheid South Africa. Reema is also the grand- daughter of Mustafa Dodin, who was the social affairs min- ister in Jordan and later helped establish the Village Leagues Rochester’s Jewish Funeral Home in the West Bank in the 1970s, according to Al-Arabiya. The 585-427-8520 Village Leagues were estab- 3325 Winton Road S., Rochester NY 14623 • www.BrightonMemorialChapel.com lished in order to lead to peace negotiations with Israel, ac- cording to MEMRI. Mustafa See why Brighton Memorial Chapel is Establishing a New Tradition. Page 4 • THE JEWISH LEDGER • Thursday, November 26, 2020 Headstones Smashed at Gaza Terrorists Launch Rocket at Jewish Cemetery in Ukraine Israel’s South; IDF Hits Hamas Targets

by CNAAN LIPHSHIZ (JTA) — Multiple headstones were destroyed at the Jewish cemetery of Malyn in Ukraine. The damage at the grave- yard, which is about 60 miles northwest of the capital Kyiv, was discovered last week, ac- cording to a Facebook post by Evgeny Gorodetsky, a Ukrainian Jew who has helped raise donations for renovating the cemetery. Police have no leads in their attempt to identify the cul- prits. A ball of fire and smoke rises during Israeli airstrikes in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, Last month, headstones on Aug. 16. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90) were desecrated at Jewish The aftermath of vandalism at the Jewish cemetery cemeteries in neighboring of Malyn, Ukraine. (Evgeny Gorodetsky) The Israeli military struck two Hamas and several underground infrastructures Moldova and Hungary. sites in the Gaza Strip in the early hours belonging to Hamas. One of the headstones smashed in responsibility for the care of Jewish of Sunday morning in response to a There have been several rocket attacks Malyn was of Faina and Gregory Getz, cemeteries on national governments. rocket fired on Saturday from the coastal from Gaza over the past few weeks, each a husband and wife who were buried The resolution was based in part on a enclave into Israel, the IDF spokesperson triggering retaliatory IDF strikes. in 1965 and 1947, respectively. A new report that said Jewish cemeteries are confirmed. Most recently, the Israeli Air Force marble headstone installed by their “probably” more vulnerable than other Sirens blared across southern Israel struck Hamas military infrastructure on families on the joint plot featuring the cemeteries. on Saturday night as Israel Defense Nov. 15 following a rocket attack on cen- couple’s portraits and a Star of David In addition to frequent vandalism, Forces radars detected incoming rocket tral Israel. Hamas later said that the fire was smashed to pieces. including for anti-Semitic reasons, at fire. was the result of a system malfunction The perpetrators also climbed into Jewish cemeteries, the report also noted According to police, a rocket hit a caused by stormy weather. some fenced burial plots to smash instances of cemeteries in Eastern Eu- warehouse on the outskirts of Ashkelon, According to the IDF, the Nov. 15 headstones, which collapsed against rope that have been turned into “res- causing significant damage. No casual- strike targeted several Hamas assets, the fencing. idential areas, public gardens, leisure ties were reported. including “underground infrastructure In 2012, the Council of Europe ad- parks, army grounds and storage sites; In a Twitter post, the IDF said it had and military posts.” b opted a nonbinding resolution placing some have been turned into lakes.” b struck two rocket manufacturing sites © Israel Hayom.

Pollard (Continued from Page 1) have the U.S. government mon- over the years to secure his thanked Israel’s ambassador to Aubrey Robinson Jr., towards prison in North Carolina, where itor his computer use. release first from prison and the United States, Ron Dermer, the maximum penalty was clas- he remained until his release on He is now free to travel any- then parole. acting in behalf of Israeli Prime sified and never made public. parole in 2015. where, including Israel, for tem- After serving a 30-year sen- Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Since his sentencing, Pollard’s Shortly after his release from porary or permanent residence. tence, Pollard left prison in for their efforts in his behalf. staunchest supporters have prison, Pollard was invited to He was granted Israeli citizen- 2015. He was put on probation “Mr. Pollard is deeply grateful been in the Orthodox commu- speak before the heads of major ship in 1995 and has said it was under conditions that required to so many others in the U.S., Is- nity. Rabbi Avi Weiss, who had Jewish organizations in New his dream to live there. him to remain in Manhattan rael, and around the world who gained prominence for his ef- York amid his battle to ease his Pollard had tried to cast and imposed a 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. have helped devotedly … [and forts to push Soviet Russia to parole conditions. The meeting himself as a sacrifice for Israel curfew. to] all people of good will who allow its Jews to emigrate, vis- had been announced via tele- who helped the Jewish state by In a statement, his attorneys, have kept him in their prayers ited him during his early years phone, and not email, so as not compensating for the Ameri- Elliot Lauer and Jacques Sem- and hoped for this day.” in a maximum-security prison. to alert the press. can intelligence community’s melman, said that over the Pollard is the only person in Farley Weiss, a leader of Young But the Forward obtained ad- failings. Yet the question of past several months they have U.S. history to receive a life sen- Israel, an Orthodox synagogue vance notice of the meeting, his imprisonment divided the “communicated with the U.S. tence for spying for an ally and group, has been an important which led to Pollard scuttling American-Jewish community Department of Justice and the the only American citizen con- ally as well. plans for a speech. A represen- for decades. U.S. Parole Commission, em- victed of such a crime to be sen- Over the years, other lead- tative for Pollard said at the Pollard, 66, said he was phasizing that Mr. Pollard has tenced to more than 10 years in ing Jewish organizations, such time that his lawyers feared that happy to finally be able to assist had an exemplary record, both prison, Haaretz reported when as Hadassah, B’nai Brith, the if he said anything more than his wife, Esther, who is battling as a prisoner and as a parolee, Pollard left prison in 2015. Conference of Presidents and basic remarks, his words could an aggressive form of breast and that there is every reason Upon his arrest, most Jewish the Union for Reform Judaism, be used against him, and poten- cancer. He attributed his ability for confidence that he will be groups stayed silent, hoping to also came to push for Pollard’s tially send him back to prison. to survive 30 years in prison to a model citizen after his parole diffuse charges of “dual loyalty.” release. Jewish organizations — as the love and support of his wife. restrictions are lifted.” Over the years, some American Malcolm Hoenlein, longtime well as the Jewish House lead- A former civilian analyst for That argument was persua- Jews distanced themselves from leader and now vice-chairman ers Rep. Jerry Nadler and Rep. the U.S. Navy, Pollard was con- sive. The Parole Commission what they saw as his disloyalty of the Conference of Presidents Eliot Engel — continued ad- victed of passing U.S. military concluded that he would be and lack of patriotism for the of Major American Jewish Or- vocating for Pollard about the secrets to Israel in 1987. His unlikely to violate the law fur- country of his birth. ganizations, called news of Pol- conditions of his parole, which imprisonment strained U.S.-Is- ther, said Nicole Navas Oxman, The Forward, for example, ar- lard’s release on Friday “very included wearing an electronic raeli relations; Israeli leaders, in a spokeswoman for the Justice gued against leniency for him. welcome and overdue. I hope monitoring bracelet and being addition to high-profile Ameri- Department. “Jonathan Pollard is not a now he can go and live with confined to his home from 7 can Jews, tried unsuccessfully In the statement, Pollard Jewish martyr,” wrote New Re- his wife in peace and quiet in p.m. to 7 a.m. public editor Martin Peretz.“He Israel.” Allies such as Weiss had also FOUNDED 1924 is a convicted espionage agent Pollard’s punishment was tried to interest President Don- who spied on his country for also a perennial subject of dis- ald Trump, beloved by many THE JEWISH LEDGER both Israel and Pakistan (!) — cussion between Israeli leaders Jews for moves he’s made re- ISSN 002165 Albert Klineman, Publisher 1924-1930 • Joseph H. Biben, Publisher 1930-1953 a spy, moreover, who got paid and American presidents, with lated to Israel, in the Pollard’s Donald Wolin, Publisher, 1953-1986 for his work. His professional Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin case. 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Email [email protected] for more information. “The man who stops advertising to save money is like the man who stops the clock to save time.” Biden Nominates Alejandro Mayorkas Pittsford Village As Homeland Security Secretary Estates “TheOn man whothe stops Go? advertising to save money is like the man who stops the clock to save time.” by RON KAMPEAS the Orthodox Union about non- “Ali has consistently demon- WASHINGTON (JTA) — Presi- profit security grants, Mayorkas strated that he is not only a dent-elect Joe Biden announced said, “The need is most acute in strong and highly respected lead- the nomination of Alejandro the Jewish community because er, but an empathetic one who Mayorkas, a Latino Jew who of the ascension of anti-Semi- knows the heart of the stranger, has emphasized the heightened tism and hate crimes we see.” as the child of a Holocaust survi- threat facing American Jews, as Mayorkas grounded his con- vor, as a Latino, and as a refugee his Homeland Security secre- cern in his background and his and immigrant himself,” said tary on Monday. upbringing. Among the things Mark Hetfield, the president of Mayorkas, 60, the deputy sec- that “keep me up at night,” he HIAS, in a statement. Located off Monroe Avenue close to the quiet, upscale retary of Homeland Security said at the time, was the threat The Biden transition team in Village of Pittsford. There are 114 spacious one, under President Barack Obama, to “my community,” the Jewish its news release naming Mayor- two and three bedroom units with air conditioning, was born in Cuba to a Cuban community. kas emphasized the precedent garages and storage units included. These apartments Jewish father and Romanian “I come from a tradition of a he will set. are situated on beautifully maintained grounds in a Jewish mother. His mother sur- lack of security instilled in me “Alejandro Mayorkas is the Take the news with you! vived the Holocaust. as a very young person,” said first Latino and immigrant The E-Editionpeaceful of The park-like Jewish Ledger setting. The Estates are less than As deputy secretary, Mayor- Mayorkas, whose parents had nominated to serve as Secre- TheJewishLedger.coma mile from shopping centers and theaters, close to kas worked closely with Jewish moved to Cuba after marrying, tary of Homeland Security,” expressways and on the Greater Rochester bus line. groups and spoke often about then the United States following it said. “He has led a distin- For your convenience, the Rental Agent is located at #3 Colonial Parkway. the specific threats facing the revolution there. guished 30-year career as a American Jews. Mayorkas is a board member law enforcement official and a 18 Colonial Parkway • 381-3520 Speaking in 2016 to the an- of HIAS, the Jewish immigra- nationally-recognized lawyer in Managed by the I Gordon Corporation • 546-8111 nual Washington conference of tion advocacy group. the private sector.” b

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Commentary... When Will Jewish Refugees From Arab Nations Get the Justice They Deserve? by JAMES SINKINSON nic-cleansing events in modern whenever the issue of refugees When the mainstream media history. is raised. and United Nations refer to ref- In 2014, the Israeli Knesset Most Jews in Israel are Miz- ugees in the context of the Isra- passed a law mandating that rahim (literally meaning “East- el-Palestinian conflict, they’re Nov. 30 would be the Day to ern”) — from the Middle East usually referring only to the Commemorate the Expulsion and North Africa. They or their so-called Palestinian refugees. of Jews from the Arab Coun- descendants were kicked out of While much can be said about tries and Iran. The Jewish ref- their homes with next to noth- the Palestinian refugees and ugees from Arab countries issue ing, and many were murdered their controversially unique remains an unresolved one, or died during their flight. and privileged status globally, even though international law Israel, as the national home- the media and international or- and United Nations resolutions land of the Jewish people, took ganizations rarely address hun- mandate a redress. them in as it did all Jews flee- dreds of thousands of Jews who On two separate occasions the ing persecution, and helped were forcibly exiled from their United Nations High Commis- them integrate and be absorbed homes and communities in the sioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Jewish Yemenite refugees in tents. (Eldan David) to their new-old home, where Middle East and North Africa ruled that Jews fleeing from they created new lives for them- during the mid-20th century. Arab countries were indeed billions of dollars disbursed by Jewish refugees, the difference selves. This does not, however, While many, if not most, Pal- “bona fide” refugees who fell the international community to in personal and communal as- mean their pain and suffering estinian refugees had only ar- under its mandate. Many of the provide services and assistance sets was stark. Though the av- should be forgotten, or that re- rived in their new homes in the most pertinent and relevant to Palestinian refugees. erage Palestinian refugee was dress should not be demanded. Holy Land during the previous resolutions on the conflict that During that same period, the rural and had few assets, the The crux of this conflict — century, Jews had been liv- reference refugees — including U.N. offered no specific res- Jews of places like Baghdad and and the reluctance of media and ing in places like Iraq for over U.N. General Assembly Reso- olutions, no support by U.N. Cairo were urban, cosmopoli- international bodies to address 2,500 years. In fact, the Jewish lution 194 and U.N. Security agencies nor any financial as- tan and wealthy. it — has always been about presence in the wider Middle Council Resolution 242 — do sistance from the international According to the research un- recognizing the Jews as a na- East predates the rise of Islam so without defining the type of community to reduce the suf- dertaken by an international tion who reconstituted national — as well as the Arab conquest, refugee. This means that such fering of Jewish refugees from accountancy firm, the total as- sovereignty in their indigenous occupation and colonization resolutions — whether referenc- Arab countries. sets of these dispossessed Jews and ancestral homeland. The of the region — by over 1,000 ing compensation or assistance Unlike Palestinian refugees, in today’s currency would be attacks and ethnic cleansing of years. — can and should also apply to the Jews from Arab countries worth around $250 billion. The Jews in Arab countries was one In the early part of the 20th Jewish refugees. were not involved as combat- calculations took into account of the most egregious examples century, some 850,000 Jews Meanwhile, there have been ants, Jewish leaders had not land, real estate in cities and of the violent rejectionism of lived in what is today known 172 resolutions specifically on called for the destruction of villages, business value, loss of Jewish human rights by Arab as the “Arab world.” However, Palestinian refugees, 13 U.N. the countries they lived in nor income and income potential, leaders. today there are no more than a agencies and organizations the annihilation of their inhab- movable property and Jewish While some measures — like few thousand Jews left in that mandated or newly created to itants, and were not even in a public and community property. the Clinton Parameters, guide- region — meaning this was provide protection and relief to theater of war. They lived as In 2009, the U.S. Congress lines for an end to the conflict one of the most successful eth- Palestinian refugees and tens of law-abiding citizens, under re- passed a bill recognizing the presented by then-President Bill pressive dhimmi subjugation — plight of the Jewish refugees, Clinton in 2000 — did refer to a special discriminatory legal noting that for any “compre- an international fund for both Yellen (Continued from Page 1) system for Jews, who had to hensive Middle East peace Arab and Jewish refugees dis- pay special anti-Semitic taxes agreement to be credible and placed by the conflict, the issue Yellen lasted one term as bilizing than inflation. and endure pogroms and mas- enduring, that agreement must remains on the sidelines. Federal Reserve chairwoman There have also been three sacres. address and resolve all out- Ideas such as an internation- before Trump replaced her in short-term interim Treasury Overnight, in 1946 — two standing issues relating to the al compensation fund, or one 2018. secretaries over the last 12 years prior to Israel’s declara- legitimate rights of refugees, funded by Arab countries that 1-8She Page believes • 2x5 • 101617 in an • SH activist years — all, as it happens, tion of independence — thanksHOUSE including Jews, Christians and expelled the Jews, or the pro- role for government in combat- Jewish: Stuart Levey in 2009, to a decision by the Arab other populations displaced from posal for one refugee crisis to ing market volatility, and sees Neal Wolin in 2013 and Adam League, all Jews in member countries in the Middle East.” annul the other, have all been unemployment as more desta- Szubin in 2017. b states were considered ene- The U.S. resolution encour- raised at one point or another. mies. Their citizenships were ages the president and admin- Regardless, in order for the revoked, their bank accounts istration to mention Jewish Israel-Arab conflict — including were frozen, tens of thousands and other refugees when men- the Israel-Palestinian conflict were thrown out of certain pro- tioning Palestinian refugees — to be resolved, the crime of fessions and many imprisoned, in international forums. This ethnic cleansing of Jews has to simply because of their identity. was followed by a law in the be acknowledged. Then gener- While the number of 1948 Knesset that also mandated that ous redress must be demanded _ONE Palestinian refugees is around the Israeli government bring up and granted. b two thirds of the number of the issue of the Jewish refugees © FLAME, via JNS

Satmar (Continued from Page 1) Eighth vember 13, was that of Joel synagogue complex in Brook- ties in the world with the larg- Teitelbaum, the grandson of lyn. est number of hassidim of any If you’re an advertiser who needs a little Grand Rabbi Aaron Teitelbaum, The wedding was arranged hassidic group in the world. the head of the Satmar Hassidic with great secrecy to avoid de- In 2006, before the split in the space like this one-eighth page, call our community of Kiryas Joel, in tection by New York state and community took place between sales representative today. You’ll find upstate New York. city officials. the two sons of the late Grand It was held in Williamsburg, “There appeared to be a real Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum, the out you don’t have to spend a lot to reach Brooklyn, where there is also a effort to conceal it, which is ab- dynasty was believed to have large Satmar Kiryas Joel com- solutely unacceptable. There’s more than $1 billion in assets. the people who do spend a lot. munity, and where the father going to be a summons for On Monday night, another of the groom serves as its head. $15,000 immediately for that Satmar wedding was held in Videos of the massive wed- site, and there could be addi- Kiryas Joel. It is unclear how ding celebrations emerged last tional consequences as well,” many visitors attended the

Weekly week showing thousands of de Blasio told Spectrum News event, although the Daily Beast aSince 1924 hassidim standing shoulder to NY1 on Monday. reported that the parking lot of shoulder on bleachers, singing, The two branches of the Sat- the central synagogue was full 427-2468 • TheJewishLedger.com jumping and swaying together mar Hassidic community are by 5 p.m. b inside the Satmar Kiryas Joel the wealthiest hassidic dynas- © The Jerusalem Post THE JEWISH LEDGER • Thursday, November 26, 2020 • Page 7 A Proud Boys Leader Is Trying to Rebrand the Group As Explicitly White Supremacist and Anti-Semitic

by BEN SALES fascism,” Tarrio has said, ac- Trump’s words would encour- (JTA) — One of the leaders cording to the right-wing outlet age far-right groups to foment of the Proud Boys, the far-right Washington Times. “I denounce unrest on Election Day. group that President Donald communism and any other -ism That has not happened, but Trump told to “stand back and that is prejudiced toward people the Proud Boys and other right- stand by” during a presidential because of their race, religion, wing groups are preparing to debate, is trying to rebrand the culture, tone of skin.” mobilize in support of Trump’s organization as explicitly white However, the Proud Boys false claims of election fraud. On supremacist and anti-Semitic. have documented ties to white Saturday, protesters are expected Kyle Chapman, the founder of supremacist groups. McInnes to converge on Washington in a “tactical defense arm” of the posted videos surrounding a an event being billed as a “Mil- Proud Boys known for engaging 2017 trip to Israel in which he lion MAGA March.” The rally in street violence, claimed in a made anti-Semitic statements. is being led by Scott Presler, a message on the encrypted chat A former Proud Boys member pro-Trump activist who has been app Telegram that he has staged Proud Boys activist Kyle Chapman now claims he has transformed the group was the organizer of the deadly affiliated with ACT for America, a “coup” against the current lead- into an explicitly white supremacist organization, though it’s unclear whether 2017 white supremacist rally in an anti-Islamic group. er of the Proud Boys — a Black he has a following. (Screenshot) Charlottesville, Virginia. In his post on Telegram, man named Enrique Tarrio. Members are known for Chapman said he deposed Tar- “We will confront the Zionist Boys are preparing to protest and then referred to him with wearing gold-and-black Fred rio, whom he referred to with criminals who wish to destroy with other right-wing groups in an ableist slur. Perry polo shirts, which the a racial slur. He wrote that the our civilization,” Chapman Washington, D.C., on behalf of The Proud Boys were founded retailer has discontinued in group will now focus on “the wrote after using other bigoted Trump’s unsubstantiated claims in 2016 by Gavin McInnes, a opposition to the group, and issues of White Genocide, the language. “We recognize that that the presidential election far-right provocateur and mi- engaging in street brawls with failures of multiculturalism, the West was built by the White was stolen from him through sogynist who also co-found- left-wing protesters. and the right for White men Race alone and we owe nothing widespread voter fraud. ed the Vice media brand. The At the first presidential debate and women to have their own to any other race.” It is unclear how Chapman’s group has billed itself as a in September, when asked if he countries where White interests Chapman also wrote that call has been received by others “Western chauvinist” fraternal denounced the group, Trump are written into law and part of he has renamed the group the in the group. Other Proud Boys organization but thus far has told the Proud Boys to “stand the body politic.” Proud Goys, referring to the channels on Telegram have not insisted that its preference for back and stand by.” Trump “White genocide” is a myth Jewish term for non-Jews that reflected the changes he wants “Western civilization” was not later said he didn’t know about advanced by white supremacists neo-Nazis have tried to appro- to institute, and a message from built on racist or anti-Semitic the group and told it to “stand that falsely claims that non- priate and use to symbolize the administrator of one said, views. It has a chapter in Israel. down.” But the group adopted white immigration and interra- their anti-Semitism. “No, we are not the Proud Goys. “I denounce anti-Semitism. “stand back and stand by” as a cial marriage are a conspiracy The move comes as the Proud No, Kyle didn’t stage a coup,” I denounce racism. I denounce rallying cry, sparking fears that to destroy white people. b Iran-Backed Houthi Forces In Hard-Hit New Jersey, Jewish Group In Yemen Claim Successful Seeks to Boost Small Businesses

Strike on Saudi Oil Facility “empower everyone” in business. Lakewood was hit hard by (JNS) — Iran-backed Houthi In 2015, a Saudi-led military the coronavirus in the spring, forces in Yemen had launched coalition restored the Yemeni and to date, 1,100 people have a successful missile strike on government after the Houthi died. Still, the economy has a Saudi Aramco oil distribu- forces ousted it in 2014. suffered as well, and companies tion station in Jeddah, a Houthi Saudi Arabia has not con- are looking towards this spring. spokesman said on Monday. firmed the strike and the state- “The Expo was even more Houthi spokesman Yahya owned Aramco company did important than ever because Sarea warned foreign com- not comment, according to the businesses are suffering, and panies and residents in Saudi report. people don’t have a platform Arabia to exercise caution as The September 2019 com- where they can find services to “operations will continue,” re- bined cruise missile and drone help their businesses or poten- ported Reuters. The attack was attacks on the Saudi Aramco’s tial new clients,” said Honig. in response to Saudi-led actions Abqaiq and Khurais oil-process- Pariticpants taking part in the JBiz 2020 COVID-19 Business Expo and Confer- In addition to networking, in Yemen, said Sarea. ing facilities, which caused ex- ence sponsored by the Orthodox Jewish Chamber of Commerce in Lakewood, businesses and organizations The Houthi spokesman said tensive damage and have been N.J. on Nov. 16. (Courtesy) had tables set up around the pe- that the strike, which used a attributed to Iran, were a “glob- rimeter of the park where people Quds-2-type missile, was “very al wake-up call” regarding the by FAYGIE HOLT the event. could get information. Work- accurate,” adding that “ambu- missile threat, a senior former (JNS) — A minor league “The Orthodox Jewish Cham- shops were offered on various lances and fire engines rushed Israeli air-defense source told baseball stadium in Lakewood, ber of Commerce has been an industry topics, including cyber- to the target.” JNS at the time. b N.J., served as the outdoor invaluable partner throughout security, small-business loans, meeting ground for some 500 this crisis. All of New Jersey the art of networking and scal- participants in the JBiz 2020 thanks for helping keep every- ing a business. A “Women in the Marijuana Plants COVID-19 Business Expo and one safe,” said Murphy in his Workplace” panel for women Conference sponsored by the address, which was shown on entrepreneurs was also held to Orthodox Jewish Chamber of a jumbotron at the Blue Claws address issues of concern spe- Seized From Argentine Commerce. Stadium. “Considering the wel- cifically for that demographic. The event held on Nov. 16 fare of others is a core tenet of Speakers came from a Synagogue’s Courtyard was attended by both Jews the Jewish faith and now as we cross-section of the local busi- and non-Jews, and featured a look to restore the health of our ness community. BUENOS AIRES, Argentina not responsible in any way for recorded message from New economy, I know the Orthodox During his keynote address, (JTA) — Police seized two pots the marijuana seized last week Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and Jewish Chamber of Commerce Zelden announced that due to of marijuana plants from the and that people took advantage an address by Mark Zelden, will be an incredible asset and the efforts of OJCC of “forth- courtyard of a historic syna- of the empty space, which was director of the Center for Faith leader in this complex effort.” coming legislation would make gogue in Medanos, a small vil- closed during the coronavirus & Opportunity Initiatives, a di- According to OJCC’s founder it easier for small and mid-size lage in the Buenos Aires prov- pandemic. vision of the U.S. Department of and CEO Duvi Honig, the busi- organizations to apply for gov- ince. The synagogue, built between Labor. Several local politicians ness expo was originally sup- ernment grants and funding.” Medanos, once the rural 1913 and 1915, is designated a were also in attendance includ- posed to be held May to celebrate He also presented OJCC’s Honig home of about 100 Argentine heritage site and was in the ing State Sen. Robert Singer, the first New Jersey Econom- with a pair of gold cufflinks sent Jews, is in the Villarino district. process of being turned into a Ocean County Freeholder Joe ic Development Day, which the by President Donald Trump in Villarino Mayor Carlos Bevil- museum before the pandemic Vicari and Lakewood Mayor OJCC has been instrumental in recognition of Honig’s work on lacua said the synagogue was struck earlier this year. b Raymond Coles, who opened getting established as a day to behalf of small businesses. b Page 8 • THE JEWISH LEDGER • Thursday, November 26, 2020 Prominent Rabbis Pray for Ukrainian President Zelensky, Who Is Recovering From COVID-19

by CNAAN LIPHSHIZ ed video of themselves Zelensky were Rabbi of Israel and the fight against (JTA) — Prominent rabbis reciting prayers at their Levi Duchman of Dubai anti-Semitism, and someone from five countries prayed for synagogues and sent the in the United Arab Emir- who cares deeply about the the health of the president of footage to Asher Gold, ates and two community memory of the Holocaust.” Ukraine, Vlodymyr Zelensky, an Israel-based public leaders, Naum Koen and In January, Zelesnky heaped who announced two weeks ago relations professional Solly Wolf. unusual praise on Israel ahead that he had contracted the coro- who has worked with Zelensky’s election of his visit there to attend a navirus. Zelensky’s staff, Gold last year has been a Holocaust commemoration The prayers came from Rabbis told the Jewish Telegraph- source of pride for many event. “The Jews managed to Israel Miller at the Synagogue ic Agency Wednesday. Jews in Ukraine and build a country, to elevate it, of Europe in Brussels; Moshe “You were here, you beyond. Asked whether without anything except peo- Sebbag of the Grand Synagogue prayed here, and we are this was the reason for ple and brains,” he told Times of Paris; Moshe Reuven Azman, now praying here for the prayers, Gold said of Israel. one of Ukraine’s two Orthodox you and your health,” it owed primarily not to Zelensky was hospitalized last chief rabbis; Shmuel Rabino- Rabinovitch said in foot- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky attends a Zelensky’s origins, but week because he had a fever. He vitch of the Western Wall in age filmed at the West- ceremony welcoming Ukrainians who were freed by to how he has been “an is feeling well, recovering and Jerusalem; and the chief Sep- ern Wall. pro-Russian rebels during a prisoner exchange at the important friend to the will soon resume work as usual, hardic rabbi of Israel, Yitzhak Also featured in the Boryspil Airport outside Kyiv, Dec. 29, 2019. (Sergei Chu- Jewish community in his staff told the news site Delo Yosef. The rabbis each record- video greeting sent to zavkov/AFP via Getty Images) Ukraine and of the State on Wednesday. b

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Demographic data is scarce details at synagogues. broad American racial or eth- best compete in the interna- label diverse communities ver- about the voting patterns of di- Others commit this flatten- nic categories foreign to their tional arena to protect both sus how those very diverse com- verse Jewish communities like ing between groups, lumping immigrant experiences. Israel and American interests. munities choose to self-identify. the ones to which I belong. But together Black, Asian and non- This summer, I participated Moreover, many are socially More often than I can count, I as an Argentine immigrant Jew white Middle Eastern Jews as if in several private roundtables conservative and identify with have been mislabeled as a Lat- of Middle Eastern background they all see themselves as parts focused on questions of rep- Trump’s economic policies. inx, Mizrahi or a Jew of color. and scholar of Sephardic Jews, of the same communities with resentation in which diverse In her widely shared 2009 Yet I do not use any of these I see that much of the Amer- shared goals and interests. One Jews were described as fully TED talk, Nigerian writer terms to describe myself, main- ican Jewish political fracture example is the way some use aligned with progressive ide- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ly because my communities of stems from precisely these di- the term “Jews of color” as a ologies. This is demonstrably highlighted what happens to origin do not use these labels. vergent identities. Our current catchall phrase that includes all untrue. While liberals in my underrepresented populations The overwhelming majority Jewish communal efforts to- kinds of populations — Black newsfeed were arguing this when they are mainly por- of American Hispanics — 97 ward understanding our diverse Jews, Middle Eastern Jews, summer that the best way to trayed through monolithic sin- percent, according to the Pew community overlook conserva- sometimes even all Sephardic honor Jews of color would be gle stories. One danger of single Research Center — do not use tive-leaning Jews from minority Jews and Hispanic Jews. to march with Black Lives Mat- stories — or of ideologically the term Latinx, a word that groups. We have learned how Yet we have no indication ter on the streets, many of my monolithic stories — is that we reflects American progressive to check off diversity require- that these diverse populations Hispanic friends were anxious only hear from minorities when gender norms more than the ments without making space identify as part of the same about BLM’s anti-capitalist dis- they fit the majority culture’s language used in Latin America for ideological difference. group, use this label or have course, and my Middle Eastern narrative. In the liberal media, by its indigenous people. The These challenges are not shared interests. In fact, the Jewish friends were more likely those who are ideologically pro- pan-ethnic category of Mizrahi unique to the Jewish com- data suggest otherwise. One to be dropping off cookies at gressive are increasingly repre- reflects a uniquely Israeli con- munity. Despite progressive prominent example relates to police precincts than support- sented, but people of color who text and has not emerged or- conventional wisdom that as Hispanic Jews in America. Al- ing anti-racist demonstrations. question progressive orthodox- ganically in my American Sep- America became more diverse though these Hispanic Jews — As Limonic says, “Latino Jews ies are largely absent. hardic communities. And the the Democratic Party coalition mainly from Mexico, Venezuela are not, on the whole, political- Similarly, Jewish communi- classification of Jews of color would grow, Trump’s share of and Argentina — are typically ly conservative,” but there are ties seeking to become more has distinctly American racial ethnic and racial minority votes the largest group assigned by electorally significant popula- inclusive will often invite guest undertones that feel foreign to increased in 2020 compared to scholars to estimates of Jews of tions of Hispanic Jews who defy speakers or activists who tend my personal identity as a non- 2016. While we can argue as to color, most are likely to identify this mold. According to the 2019 to embody liberal viewpoints white immigrant. why this occurred, it is clear both as Hispanic and white. American Jewish Yearbook, and values. Of course, there are popu- that there is no monolithic cat- In other words, although Florida, a battleground state, Some years ago I was invited lations of diverse Jews who egory of American “people of they are increasingly labeled contains the third largest popu- to speak at a panel about being deserve visibility and advocacy, color” who universally vote for as Jews of color, Hispanic Jews lation of Jews in America. Since a Sephardic Jew. One of my who proudly identify and orga- Democrats. in America are just as likely Jews tend to vote at higher rates co-panelists made a comment nize through these and other The now-obvious gap be- to identify as white. (For more than other Americans, and Jews about how my own experiences identities. But every time I am tween how minorities identify on Latino Jews in America, in Florida at higher rates than were a powerful window into called a name that does not re- and “mainstream” institutional including their negotiation of other Jews, the Jewish vote is my community. Her words so flect my identity, it reminds me leaders speak of them is also whiteness, I recommend Laura particularly important there. troubled me that I turned to my that we have a long way to go present in the Jewish commu- Limonic’s fabulous book “Kugel While we do not have data on mostly Ashkenazi crowd and as our communities undertake nity. This gap interferes with and Frijoles.” ) how Jewish Hispanics voted in said a version of the following: what should ideally be a com- our understanding of diversity An unintended consequence Florida, my own anecdotal inter- “I want you to consider that plex and disruptive American and ability to perform critical of this between groups flat- actions with Latino Jews there I am on this stage because I Jewish diversity project. political work in our own com- tening is that it obscures some indicate that many have immi- am a progressive feminist who Many liberal Jews were munities. needed anti-racist work. When grant identities that contribute knows how to speak to a plu- shocked that so many Jews In the course of my work, I we group together all diverse to their support of Republicans. ralistic and liberal audience. I could have supported the pres- have found three most preva- or nonwhite Jews, it actually In particular, Cuban Jews — share many ideas and values ident, much less diverse Jews. lent fallacies that impair Jewish undermines what we are try- many of whom experienced the with my Sephardic family, com- But if we want to truly under- diversity projects: the idea that ing to achieve. Black Jews, for tyranny of left-wing regimes — munity and with the Sephardic stand those who hold views dif- all diverse Jews are the same, instance, face greatly differ- oppose what they perceive as Jews I have researched. At the ferent than ours, we must take that nonwhite or diverse Jews ent challenges given the long the Democrats’ affinity toward same time, most of them are the time to get to know diverse are all progressive, and ram- history of anti-Black racism in communism or socialism. politically conservative. I want communities rather than as- pant tokenism. America, including in our com- Among Middle Eastern Sep- us to think about what it means cribing our own political beliefs Many have a well-meaning munities, than, say, white-iden- hardic Jews living in America, to have representative ethnic and assumptions onto others. but mistaken impulse to flat- tifying Hispanic Jews or Sep- many share family histories of diversity if we were to take In the wake of this election, ten the differences within and hardic Middle Eastern Jews. having escaped Arab national- moral and political diversity my commitment for my beloved between diverse Jewish popu- Categorizing a group with a ism and anti-Semitism in the seriously.” country’s democracy leads me lations. They assume that all term the community doesn’t Middle East. Their recent expe- If you want to appreciate how to reaffirm the difficult work Syrian Jews, for instance, have actually identify with is espe- riences of Jewish displacement badly these three fallacies have of working to move hearts and the same political orientations cially problematic in the case of have led many to identify with led us to misunderstand Jewish minds and cultivate common or that all Black Jews would feel immigrant Jewish populations, a realpolitik approach in which diversity, consider how liberal cause with political opponents. uncomfortable with security which are often labeled with a “strongman” politician can Jewish organizations choose to This work begins at home. b  THE JEWISH LEDGER • Thursday, November 26, 2020 • Page 9 Waqf to Allow Gulf Tourists Israeli Plant-Based Baby To Visit Temple Mount Food Hits No. 1 on Amazon

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Those who travel agreement of this kind after An official familiar with from Israel to the Emirates will several clashes between the these developments told Israel be required to pass coronavirus Waqf officials and UAE citizens Hayom that another goal of the tests after landing. b who visited the Temple Mount. agreement was to convey to US © Israel Hayom Tlaib and Others Peddling Anti-Jewish Rhetoric To Speak on Panel About Anti-SemitismCerames • 2x4.5 • 052317 • SH Fax/Email: [email protected] (JNS) — Rep. 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“The man who stops advertising to save money is like the man who stops the clock to save time.” Page 10 • THE JEWISH LEDGER • Thursday, November 26, 2020 Amsterdam’s Jewish Museum Wades Into Dutch Blackface Controversy With New Exhibition

by CNAAN LIPHSHIZ “It’s proof that this tradition AMSTERDAM (JTA) — For isn’t just racist, but that it’s ac- the past two decades, a con- tually rooted in racism,” Sergio flict has been slowly escalating Berrenstein, a Dutch anti-rac- in the Netherlands over the ism activist, told the Jewish wintertime custom of wearing Telegraphic Agency. (Berrenstein blackface ahead of St. Nicholas is not Jewish.) Day, the pre-Christmas festival The booklets showcased at honoring the saint who inspired the museum, written in the Santa Claus. form of letters from Lavie to Opponents of the custom say his mother, begin with a sa- the portrayal of the saint’s side- tirical note in broken Dutch kick, Black Pete, in processions from Levie to his “mammele,” a and parties leading up to the Yiddish term of endearment for Dec. 6 holiday is racist. Propo- mother. Following the success nents resist what they see as of the first booklet, Schenkman censorship of an ancient tradi- penned another in which Levie tion that they believe not only boasts about selling tent parts doesn’t demean Blacks, but is to freezing soldiers during the a celebration of them by a fa- Siege of Sebastopol in 1854. It mously tolerant Dutch society. came with a grinning carica- A child poses for a photo with a woman dressed as Black Pete and a man portraying St. Nicholas in northern Am- Clashes over the issue in recent ture of Levie depicted with an sterdam, Nov. 16, 2019. (Cnaan Liphshiz) years have occasionally turned enormous hooked nose and a violent. bushy mustache. (“as bombs fly by his eyes, our This year, the Jewish Histor- Some 50,000 copies of the friend Levie sat tight when in ical Museum in Amsterdam is booklet were printed – “a figure fact he had to fight”), along wading into the debate with a that in 19th-century terms was with illustrated comic book new exhibition that features huge and a testament to the let- strips. In one of the latter, from material that some hope might ters’ enormous popularity,” said 1855, Levie is depicted wearing finally settle the question of Emile Schrijver, the director of makeup to resemble a “bush- whether depictions of Black the Jewish Historical Museum. man” – a reference to Africans Pete are racist. Its decision to The Levie booklets are not that at the time were making address the subject is a po- widely known today, accord- appearances at fairs in France. litically sensitive one and the ing to Robert Vuisje, a Jewish It was the first depiction of a museum’s director is clear that author who has explored Jew- white person wearing blackface his institution is opposed to the ish-Black relations in his writ- in Dutch literature, according to custom. ings and is a prominent critic of the museum. An early depiction of Black Pete, left, by the Dutch author Jan Schenkman HighlandThe exhibit Lawncare shows • 2x5 • 110614that Jan • DS Fax/Email:the Black - Pete custom. By the 1860s, Levie had in the 1850s, and a caricature of the cowardly Jewish soldier Levie Zadok. 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On Saturday, ancient tradition but something dierIMPORTANT… called Levie Mozes Zadok. enough We on want how YOUR Blacks AD can to be be perfect…hit,” said Schrijver, who also four people were arrested in from the 19th century, and that TitledYour “Leviead will Zadok run andas itBlack appears treated.” here unless we hear fromruns you the Jewishimmediately. Cultural Quar- the eastern city of Venlo after it’s part of a broader context Pete: Two Caricatures,” the Schenkman went on to write ter of Amsterdam, which com- clashing with protesters op- in which people saw no harm museumPlease display review is based this on adtwo carefully. more Levie booklets, at prises the museum and several posed to the Black Pete custom. in offending whole groups of ◗ a book published Check spelling last andmonth punctuation which point the series became other Jewish institutions. Last year, anti-Pete activists people.” ◗ titled “Laughing Check addresses about Levie,” and phone so numbers, popular as that well asit e-mailtook onaddresses a andBy comparison,web sites. Schenkman’s were besieged by counterpro- The exhibition has received ◗ the first to Check examine dates andBlack times Pete of alllife events of its listed. own, with fans cir- depictions of Black Pete were testers inside a school building, considerable media attention in in light Ifof there Schenkman’s are any corrections, an- culating please their call usown immediately versions. at 427-2468.far more polite. His 1850 chil- which the attackers vandalized the Netherlands, exposure that ti-Semitism. Poems about Levie followed dren’s book “St. Nicholas and by smashing windows and set- Berrenstein, the anti-racism ac- his Aide” depicts Black Pete ting off firecrackers. tivist, says is important because merely as a Black man walking While Schrijver warns about it “sets the record straight” on alongside the horse-riding St. judging a 19th-century cultural Black Pete. Nicholas. The first depictions of phenomenon by present-day “It’s a significant find be- Black Pete feature none of the standards, he says the muse- cause it goes down to the root characteristics that were later um’s stance is transparent. of the problem,” he told JTA. added to the character, possibly “Yes, we’re coming down on But, he added: “It will inform by advertisers, such as exag- the side of the Black Pete op- those who wish to be informed. gerated red lips, earrings and ponents by choosing that as a I’m under no illusions of its clownish costumes. Proponents topic,” he said. But the exhi- ability to reach those who do of Black Pete often point to this bition’s main contribution to not with that.” b Fall Cleanups Moderna (Continued from Page 1)

It will be available in the — scientific breakthroughs versity alumnus Dr. Tal Zaks United States and Israel pend- alongside community action. is overseeing at Moderna to ing further study and approv- Those were Ben-Gurion’s val- eradicate this coronavirus pan- als. Zaks, originally from ues, and they are our values.” demic,” says American Asso- Ra’anana, Israel, moved to the The awards ceremony is held ciates, Ben-Gurion University United States in 1996 and first annually on Ben-Gurion Day, an of the Negev chief executive worked on cancer research Israeli holiday that marks the officer Doug Seserman. “There at the National Institutes of death of one of Israel’s founding is no better example of David Health. He joined the Bos- fathers and the namesake of the Ben-Gurion’s vision to share ton-based Moderna in 2015. university. A virtual ceremony Israel’s resources and brain- “David Ben-Gurion’s vision will be held on Nov, 22 at 11 power with the world than the Snow Plowing continues to resonate strongly a.m. Eastern Standard Time (6 success being achieved by Dr. Contracts Starting at $199 with these award winners,” p.m. Israel time). Zaks at Moderna. We congrat- says BGU president Professor “All eyes around the world ulate him and are proud he is Call today 233-9599 Daniel Chamovitz. “We recog- are focused on the critical a recipient of the prestigious nize their unique contributions work that Ben-Gurion Uni- Ben-Gurion Award.” b

“The man who stops advertising to save money is like the man who stops the clock to save time.” THE JEWISH LEDGER • Thursday, November 26, 2020 • Page 11 Israel Delegation to Sudan Talks Agriculture, Healthcare Cooperation while, Defense Minister Benny becoming the third Arab gov- locutors on Monday included "a Gantz refused to allow senior ernment to engage Israel with range of figures" from the Khar- IDF officers to partake in the the encouragement of Washing- toum leadership, the source trip, contrary to Prime Minister ton, which sees such contacts said. Benjamin Netanyahu's request, as helping to isolate Iran. A group of Israeli and US en- Channel 12 reported on Monday But the military and civilian voys flew to Khartoum on Oct. night. echelons of the transitional Su- 21 to finalize the terms of the Gantz reasoned that Sudan danese government have been normalization announcement still has not been removed from divided over how quickly and made by the countries' lead- the "blacklist" of countries that how far to go towards normal- ers and US President Donald support terrorism. According izing relations with Israel. Trump two days later. b to the defense minister, IDF The Israelis' Sudanese inter- © Israel Hayom/Reuters officers should not partake in such a delegation because they could find themselves in an Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the leader of Sudan’s Transitional Military embarrassing or dangerous Council. (APF/Mazen Mahdi, file) predicament in an emergency situation. by ARIEL KAHANA bers of the National Security Interviewed by Israel's Army Israel sent its first delegation Council, also met separately Radio last week, Intelligence to Sudan to discuss potential with representatives of the US Minister Eli Cohen said the ini- economic and humanitarian co- Embassy in Khartoum, the tial delegation to Sudan would operation on Monday after the source said. be followed within weeks by a countries announced a US-bro- The Israeli delegation was larger "economic delegation" Your support of JFS kered agreement on October 23 headed by former Shin Bet — raising the prospect of a means that YOU are to take steps toward establish- agent "Maoz," who is slated to possible signing of cooperation directly helping the ing relations, a source said. be appointed director-general deals. thousands of families, The talks focussed on how of the Intelligence Ministry. He The source familiar with individuals, and Israel might shore up Sudan's has spearheaded relations with Monday's mission said those children who turn to US agriculture, food security, water Sudan over the past few years. talks did not touch on the pros- in their times of supplies and healthcare, the Israeli and Sudanese officials pect of a more comprehensive greatest need. source, who declined to be had no immediate comment; peace treaty between Israel and identified by name or national- nor did the US Embassy in Je- Sudan. ity, told Reuters. rusalem. Sudan followed the United The Israeli delegates, mem- Behind the scenes, mean- Arab Emirates and Bahrain in

CNN Silent as Nurse’s Viral Tale of Patients This is US because of YOU! Denying Coronavirus From Deathbeds Falls Apart (585) 461-0114 [email protected] by BRIAN FLOOD do this, why would CNN want but not a national TV spotlight,” www.jfsrochester.org CNN is silent after South Da- to give a platform to this awful, Krakauer wrote. b kota emergency room nurse Jodi inhumane treatment of dying © Fox News Doering claimed on the liberal Americans? The story was writ- network that patients dying from ten up in The Washington Post, coronavirus often don’t believe USA Today and others. Eliza- FREE ONLINE SEMINAR it despite her story appearing to beth Warren quote-tweeted it,” have been a “massive exaggera- Krakauer wrote. “But ... was it tion” if not worse. real?” CNN’s interview went viral, Last week, journalist David with one clip piling up over 5.8 Zweig penned a column “Are million views on Twitter. News- COVID Patients Gasping ‘It Isn’t Busters conducted a study, indi- Real’ As They Die?” for the tech cating that CNN spent 23 minutes publication Wired, declaring, “An and 38 seconds on Doering’s tale ER nurse’s anecdote of deranged over a two-day period. denialism went viral. But when “Of course, CNN has yet to air the media caught wind of the an acknowledgment or correction story, reporters didn’t do their because, when there’s a narrative jobs.” to push, CNN subscribes to the The New York-based Zweig – mantra of if it rings true, it is who is an author and columnist Many families are deciding how best to help their loved ones get the true,” NewsBusters managing who has written for The Atlantic, editor Curtis Houck wrote. The New York Times and The Wall care they need while navigating the challenges of the COVID pandemic. "It wasn’t one particular pa- Street Journal, among other out- It’s not an easy question to answer. tient. It’s just a culmination of lets – examined Doering’s claim, so many people, and their last, contacting other hospitals in the dying words are, ‘This can’t be same area of South Dakota but Wolk Manor invites you to a virtual seminar featuring Marsha Raines, LMSW, happening, it’s not real.’ And nobody else seemed to have the C-ASWCM, President of Aging Well Rochester. She’ll discuss the advantages when they should be spending same experience as the nurse and challenges facing families as they consider relocation during COVID. time FaceTiming their families, who appeared on CNN. Aging Well Rochester has offered private elder care consultation and care they’re filled with anger and ha- CNN did not immediately re- services for over 32 years. tred, and it just made me really spond to a request for comment. Caring for Aging Parents During Times of COVID sad,” the nurse told CNN on “New Doering’s story began on Twit- Day” last week. ter and ended up on CNN, but Wednesday, December 9, 2020 from 4:30-5:00 pm CNN digital produc- Krakauer feels the liberal network Open to the public, but pre-registration is required. Contact Alison Bearer at er-turned-Fourth Watch editor should have verified her claims (585) 341-2307 or [email protected]. Steve Krakauer wrote about the before extending her a platform. situation his most recent news- “Had they done any journalistic letter, first noting that Doering is legwork, like Wired and National “generally gross” for choosing to Review did, Doering would likely agingwellrochester.com go on TV and share the private still be getting Twitter traction words of dying patients. to tell what appears to be, at the Wolk Manor is an affiliate of Jewish Senior Life “Even if the nurse wanted to least, a massive exaggeration ... Page 12 • THE JEWISH LEDGER • Thursday, November 26, 2020 2021 Grammy Awards: All the Jewish Nominees, From Haim to an Orchestral ‘Diary of Anne Frank’ Adaptation

by EMILY BURACK of composer Menken and lyr- (JTA) — This year’s Grammy icist Ashman’s “Little Shop of Awards will almost certainly Horrors” was also recognized be different from past years, in the musical category. The thanks to the coronavirus pan- two of them also worked on demic. But despite the lack of “The Little Mermaid,” “Beauty details surrounding the cer- and the Beast” and “Aladdin.” emony, it’s still taking place, Ashman passed away in 1991 and as usual, several Jewish at age 40. artists made the nominations In the film soundtrack cate- list, which was announced gory, Jewish composer Thom- Tuesday. as Newman received a nomi- Ranging all the way from nation for his score for “1917.” the sister rock band Haim to If he wins, this would be New- comedian Tiffany Haddish, man’s seventh Grammy. “Jojo these are the Jewish artists Rabbit,” the Taika Waititi-led who made the biggest impact Holocaust satire, received a on the recording industry this nomination in best compila- year. tion soundtrack. For best music film, Spike The Big Awards Jonze’s “Beastie Boys Story” Leading the way are the received a nomination. It’s a Jewish Haim sisters — Alana, documentary that premiered Danielle, and Este — who are on Apple TV earlier this year nominated for album of the From left: Jack Antonoff, Doja Cat and the Haim Sisters. (Emily Burack/Getty Images) telling the tale of the pioneer- year for “Women in Music Pt. ing rap group — whose three III,” and for best rock perfor- nod for his work on Taylor best new artist. Her hit song ther with Israeli heritage. members were all Jewish. mance for their song “The Swift’s album “folkore.” “Say So” also received a nom- And singer J.P. Saxe shares Jonze, known for directing Steps.” The album, which is Also nominated for producer ination for best solo pop per- a nomination for song of the the movies “Her” and “Where their third, was released in of the year is Jewish musician formance. She was born to a year along with Julia Mi- the Wild Things Are,” is also June to rave reviews. Dan Auerbach, the frontman Jewish mother and non-Jewish chaels for their hit ballad “If Jewish. Jack Antonoff — the Jew- for the rock band The Black South African father in Cali- the World Was Ending.” Saxe’s And while superstar Beyon- ish musician who has become Keys, for his work on music fornia. grandfather was Janos Starker, cé is not Jewish her visual a go-to producer for some of by CeeLo Green, Early James, Daniel Maman, better known a renowned Grammy-winning film “Black Is King,” which the industry’s biggest pop Marcus King and others. His by his professional moniker cellist and Hungarian Holo- adapts the story of Moses, also stars and often wears a Star father is of Polish Jewish her- The Alchemist, shares a nomi- caust survivor. received a nomination in that of David in public — is up itage. nation for best rap album with category. for producer of the year, for Breakout Jewish rapper Doja Freddie Gibbs for their record Jewish Comedians, hisBeing recent Part of thework Community with • Taylor3x6.75 • 051617Cat •(real SH nameHOUSE Amalaratna “Alfredo.” The prominent hip- of Course An Orchestral Anne Swift, The Chicks (formerly Zandile Dlamini) had a stand- hop producer, who has worked Two Jewish comedians are Frank Adaptation the Dixie Chicks), FKA Twigs out 2020 after going viral on with dozens of rappers, from up for best comedy album: Nominated for best classical and Sia. He received another TikTok and is nominated for Eminem to 50 Cent, has a fa- Jerry Seinfeld for “23 Hours compendium is an orchestral to Kill” and Tiffany Haddish adaptation of “The Diary of for “Black Mitzvah.” Haddish Anne Frank,” narrated by Is- celebrated her bat mitzvah on abel Leonard and conducted the same day the Netflix spe- by Michael Tilson Thomas for cial premiered. the San Francisco Symphony BEING A PART OF THE “When I came up with the Orchestra. Thomas produced concept for my special,” Had- the work back in 1990 with the dish explained to Alma, “I help of Audrey Hepburn, who was trying to figure out a way originally read Frank’s words to tell my truth, my experi- in performance. ences in life, and also maybe Israeli cellist Matt Haimovitz MEANS KNOWING open other people’s eyes to the is also in this classical com- fact that in African American pendium category, for “Woolf, WHAT GOES ON IN THE culture, there is nothing that L.P.: Fire And Flood.” His last community says, ‘Okay, you’re officially a nomination was a decade ago, woman,’ or, ‘You’re officially in 2010. a man.’ There’s no ceremony. There’s no rite of passage.” Other Notable Nominations Musicals and Movies Black Jewish rapper Drake Stephen Schwartz’s West added three Grammy nomina- End adaptation of “The Prince tions to his long list of acco- of Egypt” received a nod for lades — for best music video, community best musical theater album. for the accompaniment to the The recording was released track “Life Is Good,” and for shortly before Passover, fitting best melodic rap performance for a production that tells the and best rap song for “Laugh tale of Moses and the Exodus Now, Cry Later.” story. Leonard Cohen, who passed “A lot of times you put stuff away in 2016, received a post- out there and don’t know how humous nomination for best it’s being received. So if people folk album for “Thanks for have found something inspir- the Dance.” The record, his fif- ing or comforting, there’s just teenth and final studio album, no greater gift a writer can ask was finished by Cohen’s son for,” Schwartz told the Jewish Adam. Telegraphic Agency. And Joanie Leeds' “All the Schwartz will be compet- Ladies” is up for best chil- To Subscribe, Call 427-2434 ing against a Jewish super- dren’s album. TheJewishLedger.com star pair: Alan Menken and The Grammys are set to air on Howard Ashman. The new Jan. 31 on CBS, hosted by Trevor off-Broadway cast recording Noah of “The Daily Show.” b  THE JEWISH LEDGER • Thursday, November 26, 2020 • Page 13

Shabbat Shalom …

Genesis 28:10-32:3 BY RABBI SHLOMO RISKIN Parshat Vayetze Chief Rabbi of the City of Efrat, and Dean of Ohr Torah Institutions of Israel EFRAT, Israel — “And Jacob in Haran. His first stop, as the ever. A monument is a gateway to escaping Laban’s blandishments, the G–d of Abraham and the G–d rose up early in the morning, and sun is setting, is in the fields Heaven, a House of G–d on earth. and eventually secretly absconds of Nahor, the G–ds of their fa- took the stone that he had placed outside Luz (Beit El) — the last The Land of Israel, with its laws with his wives, children and live- thers, judge between us’ [ibid. v. under his head, and set it up as a site in Israel he will spend the of tithes, Sabbatical years and stock to return to Israel. Laban 53]. Jacob refuses to give an inch; monument, and poured oil on the night before he begins his exile. Jubilee, magnificently expresses pursues them, and they agree this monument must give testi- top of it.” [Gen. 28:18] He dreams of a ladder standing the link between humanity and to a covenant-monument: “And mony to the eternity of his com- Our Biblical portion, Vayetze, (mutzav) on land with its top the Almighty, and the promise Jacob took a stone, and set it up mitment to Israel, both the faith tells of Jacob’s journey into exile reaching heavenwards, “and be- of Jacob’s return from exile bears for a monument” [ibid. 31:45]. and the land: “But Jacob swore to and, not coincidentally, the first hold, angels of G–d are ascending testimony to the eternity of the Here again, we find the expres- the fear of his father Isaac’ [ibid.]. instance of a monument (matze- and descending on it” [ibid. v. relationship between the People sion of an eternal promise: Abra- Jacob’s response is a subtle — but va) to G–d in Jewish history. 12]. G–d is standing (nitzav) of Israel and the Land of Israel. ham’s descendants will never emphatic — rejection of Laban’s Until this point, the great Biblical above the ladder, and promises Furthermore, a monument is completely assimilate — not even attempt at assimilation. personalities have erected altars Jacob that he will return to Israel made of stone, the Hebrew word into the most enticing Diaspora. Although this monument is (mizbahot, singular, mizbeah), and that this land will belong to for stone being even, comprised The Torah continues: erected with Laban after Jacob to G–d: Noah when he exited him and his descendants eter- of the letters aleph-bet-nun. It is “And Jacob said to his breth- leaves his home, it is nevertheless from the ark, Abraham when he nally. Upon awakening, the pa- also a contraction of parent-child ren, gather stone, and they took still established in exile; therefore first came to Israel, Isaac when triarch declares the place to be (Hebrew, av-ben) which also uses stones and made a heap…. And it is not anointed with oil. What- he dedicated the city of Be’er “the House of G–d and the Gate the letters aleph-bet-nun sym- Laban called [the monument] ever important role the Diaspora Sheva, and Jacob on two signifi- of Heaven” [ibid. v. 17]. He then bolizing the eternity of family Yegar-Sahaduta, but Jacob called may have played in the history of cant occasions. An altar is clearly builds a monument (matzeva) continuity. And the monument is it Gal-Ed” [ibid. v. 46-47]. Israel — as long as we maintained a sacred place dedicated for ritual from the stones he has used as a consecrated with oil, just as the The wily Laban wants the mon- our unique values and lifestyle — sacrifice. But what is a monu- pillow and pours oil over it. Redeemer will be consecrated ument to bear an Aramean name, the oil of redemption will emerge ment? An understanding of this Jacob’s experience leaves us with oil — and herald eternal a symbol of the gentile aspect only in the Land of Israel. When first monument in Jewish history in no doubt: a monument is a peace and redemption for Israel of Jacob’s ancestry, while Jacob Jacob returns to Beit El, the House will help us understand the true symbol of an eternal relationship. and the world. firmly insists upon the purely He- of G–d, he will erect another stone significance of the Land of Israel It is the physical expression of a In exile, Jacob spends two de- brew inscription of Gal-Ed — the monument in order to fulfill his to the Jewish People. ladder linking Heaven and earth, cades with his uncle Laban, who eternal, Israelite language. oath [ibid. 35:14]. And, of course, Fleeing the wrath of his broth- the Land of Israel and the Holy does his utmost to assimilate his When they take their respec- that monument — erected to G–d er, Esau, Jacob leaves his Israe- Temple of Jerusalem (House of bright and capable nephew / son- tive oaths at the site of the mon- in the Land of Israel — will be li parental home and sets out G–d), which connects the descen- in-law into a life of comfort and ument, the deceptive Laban still anointed with oil. b for his mother’s familial home dants of Jacob to the Divine for- business in exile. Jacob resists, endeavors to manipulate: “May Shabbat Shalom

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His Jewish parents were in- the global stage. Here’s one story During those years, Blinken Boycott, Divestment and Sanc- don’t expect to know about it. A fluential in their own right. he tells frequently, via Jewish was heavily involved in the craft- tions movement, and Blinken has big part of keeping things copa- Blinken was born in New York Insider: ing of Middle East policy, includ- backed up that stance. cetic, as Biden and Blinken see City, where he spent most of his “One day as they were hiding ing the landmark Iran deal. Blinken’s appointment drew it, is leaving policy disputes be- early years. His father, Donald, out, they heard this deep rum- Blinken has been described as praise from centrist Democrats hind closed doors — something co-founded the hefty E.M. War- bling sound,” Blinken recounted, a centrist and an interventionist, on Sunday night, but also from Blinken pushed for during the burg Pincus & Company (now “and as my stepfather looked and he’s said to have a “mind Sanders’ foreign policy adviser, Obama years, sometimes to no Warbug Pincus) investment firm out, he saw a sight that he had meld” with Biden on foreign pol- Matt Duss, who tweeted that it avail. and served as the U.S. ambas- never seen before — not the icy — an area of governance in would be “a new and great thing As he told a “Sesame Street” sador to Hungary for four years dreaded Iron Cross, not a swas- which the president-elect special- to have a top diplomat who has character, Blinken is compas- under President Bill Clinton’s ad- tika, but on a tank a five-pointed izes and wants to prioritize in the regularly engaged with progres- sionate toward refugees. ministration. There is an archive white star. And, maybe in a fool- Oval Office. sive grassroots.” Rep. Rashida President Trump prioritized at George Soros’ Central Europe- hardy way, he rushed out toward Blinken is more hawkish on Tlaib, D-Mich., a progressive who closing off U.S. borders and pun- an University in Hungary named it. He knew what it was. And he issues such as Russia, whom is known for her harsh criticism ishing immigrants who sought for Donald Blinken, now 95, and got to the tank, the hatch opened he considers a foe (he helped of Israel and support for boycot- asylum in a policy set by a Jewish his second wife, Vera, who sur- up, and a large African-Amer- Obama’s team respond stiffly to ting Israel, responded that she adviser, Stephen Miller. vived the Holocaust, in part for ican G.I. stared down at him. Vladimir Putin’s encroachments would be happy as long as “he Biden has said his approach to their support of the “democra- And he got down on his knees into Crimea). doesn’t try to silence me and sup- immigration — an issue import- tization process in the United and he said the only three words On Israel, Blinken’s views press my First Amendment right ant to many American Jews — States and in Hungary.” that he knew in English, that his reflect the Democratic main- to speak out against Netanyahu’s will be much different. Blinken Donald Blinken’s grandfather mother had taught him before stream. racist and inhumane policies.” explained his attitude about ref- Meir Blinken also was a noted the war: ‘God bless America.’ Within the Democratic Party, a Blinken’s record has earned ugees in a 2016 video with the Yiddish author whose stories And at that point, the G.I. lifted minority of lawmakers and advo- him respect from Israeli officials, “Sesame Street” character Grover, were published in a book in the him into the tank, into freedom, cates have been trying to shift the even when he hasn’t always in which he explains to the fuzzy 1980s that features an introduc- into America. That’s the story party to the left on Israel issues. agreed with them. Michael Oren, blue puppet that refugees should tion by scholar Ruth Wisse. that I grew up with — about Progressives including Bernie a conservative former U.S. am- be treated the same as “you and His stepfather’s Holocaust ex- what our country is and what it Sanders have suggested that aid bassador to Israel, called Blinken me.” perience shaped his worldview. represents, and what it means to Israel ought to be conditioned a man of “singular intelligence “We all have something to Tony Blinken’s mother, Judith, when the United States is en- on certain policy choices. and warmth” in a passage of learn and gain from one another, remarried Samuel Pisar, a Ho- gaged and leading.” The Trump administration has his 2015 book “Ally: My Jour- even when it doesn’t seem at first locaust survivor and attorney His diplomatic career has shifted U.S. policy to the right in ney Across the American-Israeli like we have much in common,” who advised President John F. spanned decades and gained recent years, moving the U.S. Em- Divide” — even in describing Blinken said after asking Grover Kennedy and multiple French him a reputation as a centrist. bassy to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv how Blinken rebuked Prime Min- to imagine how challenging it presidents. Pisar, who survived That career began on the Na- and, just last week, saying that ister Benjamin Netanyahu for must be for someone to feel so three concentration camps, also tional Security Council under the United States would consider expanding settlement building unsafe that they decide to leave worked for the United Nations, Clinton. Blinken also was ap- the movement to boycott Israel after agreeing not to. their home. wrote a libretto title “Kaddish-A pointed staff director of the Sen- officially anti-Semitic. “How could you do this to Is- He’s got a lighter side — and a Dialogue With God” at the behest ate Foreign Relations Commit- Blinken is a centrist here, too. rael’s best friend?” Blinken said band with a clever name. of Leonard Bernstein and penned tee, which was headed by Biden He has said that a Biden admin- about Biden to Oren, who was the At one point the Harvard grad an award-winning memoir about during the George W. Bush years. istration will not condition aid to ambassador at the time. — who married Evan Ryan, a his Holocaust experiences. Read In 2008, Biden tapped Blinken Israel on policy choices, will keep On Twitter Sunday night, Oren former assistant secretary of state more about him here in a Jewish to help his presidential campaign, the embassy in Jerusalem and said he could think of “no finer in a ceremony that involved both Telegraphic Agency obituary and and when Biden was chosen as will staunchly support Israel at choice” for the post, and news a rabbi and a priest — wanted the description of a Yad Vashem Barack Obama’s vice president, the United Nations — a body that of Biden tapping Blinken drew to be a filmmaker. Blinken also program named after him. Blinken followed, becoming one often singles out the Jewish state praise from a cross-section of has a ’70s-inspired band called Blinken has said that Pisar’s of his national security advisers. for human rights abuses without Israelis who have encountered Ablinken — wordplay on multi- experiences have informed his In 2014, Obama elevated Blinken condemning offenders such as him in the course of diplomacy. ple levels — that has two tracks vision for the “engaged” role that to deputy secretary of state under Syria and China. In May, Biden If there’s ever tension between on Spotify and was making head- the United States should play on John Kerry. wrote that he “firmly” rejects the Israeli and American leadership, lines Monday. b Page 14 • THE JEWISH LEDGER • Thursday, November 26, 2020

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Notice of Formation of Limited LEGAL NOTICE of the Company upon whom process in Candle Lighting Liability Company (“LLC”) Notice of Formation of Rutherfred Li- any action or proceeding against it may Name: Mattiacio Group, Canandai- quor, LLC a domestic Limited Liability be served, and the address to which the November 27, 4:19 — December 4, 4:17 gua LLC. Articles of Organization filed Company (LLC). Art. of Org. filed with the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of pro- with the Secretary of State with the State SSNY October 19, 2020. Office location: cess in any action or proceeding against of New York (“SSNY”) on: October 15, 3360 Culver Road, Rochester, New York the Company served upon him or her is Thursday, November 26 — Thursday, December 3 2020. Office Location: County of: Mon- 14622. SSNY is designated agent upon 700 W Metro Park, Rochester, New York whom process against the LLC may be roe. Principal Business Location: 1505 14623. The purpose of the business is any served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of Lyell Avenue, Rochester, New York 14606. lawful business. Purpose: any and all lawful act or activity. any process to Rutherfred Liquor, LLC RELIGIOUS SERVICES The Secretary of State of the State of New 3360 Culver Road, Rochester, New York LEGAL NOTICE: NOTICE OF York has been designated as agent of the 14622. COUNTY OF FORMATION: Monroe FORMATION OF LIMITED Most in-person services have been canceled LLC upon whom process against it may PURPOSE: To engage in any lawful act or LIABILITY COMPANY: activity. due to the Pandemic crisis. Please refer to be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any The name of the Limited Liability Compa- process to: 1505 Lyell Avenue, Rochester, LEGAL NOTICE ny is Abundant Solar Power (B5S) LLC. your syagogue’s website for information about New York 14606 Notice of Formation of 130 Main Boon- The Articles of Organization were filed online services and events. ville, LLC a domestic Limited Liability with the New York Secretary of State on NOTICE OF FORMATION Company (LLC). Art. of Org. filed with the October 19, 2020. The office of the Com- EPIC WINE & SPIRITS, LLC has filed SSNY October 19, 2020. Office location: pany is located in the County of Monroe, Temple B’rith Kodesh • tbk.org Articles of Organization with the Secretary 3360 Culver Road, Rochester, New York State of New York. The New York Secre- 2131 Elmwood Ave. 244-7060 of State on October 15, 2020. Its office is 14622. SSNY is designated agent upon tary of State is designated as the agent located in Monroe County. The Secretary whom process against the LLC may be of the Company upon whom process in Temple Beth El, Geneva • bethelgeneva.org of State has been designated as agent served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any action or proceeding against it may 755 S. Main St. (315) 789-2945 upon whom process against it may be any process to 130 Main Boonville, LLC be served, and the address to which the served and a copy of any process will be 3360 Culver Road, Rochester, New York Secretary of State shall mail a copy of pro- Temple Emanu-El • emanuelrochester.org mailed to The LLC, 100 White Spruce Bou- 14622. COUNTY OF FORMATION: Monroe cess in any action or proceeding against 2956 St. Paul Blvd. 266-1978

levard, Rochester, New York 14623. The PURPOSE: To engage in any lawful act or REFORM purpose of the LLC is any lawful activity. activity. the Company served upon him or her is Congregation Etz Chaim • congregationetzchaim.org 700 W Metro Park, Rochester, New York Notice of Organization: LEGAL NOTICE 14623. The purpose of the business is any 2 Mountain Rise, Fairport 223-5344 28 Laburnam Crescent Holdings LLC Notice of Formation of Chap Winery, lawful business. Temple Sinai • Tsinai.org 363 Penfield Rd. 381-6890 LLC a domestic Limited Liability Company was filed with SSNY on 10/14/20. Office: 10:30 a.m. Shabbat Morning Service. Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent (LLC). Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY LEGAL NOTICE: NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED of the LLC upon whom process may be July 31, 2020. Office location: 2300 Buf- Congregation Beth Hamedresh-Beth Israel falo Road, Building 100a, Rochester, New LIABILITY COMPANY: served. PO address which SSNY shall mail bhbirochester.org • 1369 East Ave. 244-2060 any process against the LLC served upon it: York 14624. SSNY is designated agent The name of the Limited Liability Compa- 130 E. Montecito Ave #237, Sierra Madre, upon whom process against the LLC may ny is Abundant Solar Power (Cameron) Temple Beth Am • bethamrochester.org CA 91024. Purpose is to engage in any be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of LLC. The Articles of Organization were 2131Elmwood Avenue, Entrance A 334-4855 lawful activity. any process to The Company 2300 Buffalo filed with the New York Secretary of Road, Building 100A, Rochester, New York State on October 19, 2020. The office of Temple Beth David • tbdrochester.org NOTICE OF FORMATION 14624 COUNTY OF FORMATION: Monroe the Company is located in the County of 2131Elmwood Avenue, 266-3223 Expert Concise Innovative Consulting, PURPOSE: To engage in any lawful act or Monroe, State of New York. The New York E.C.I.C., LLC filed Articles of Organiza- activity. Secretary of State is designated as the CONSERVATIVE Temple Beth El • tberochester.org tion with the New York Department of LEGAL NOTICE: NOTICE OF agent of the Company upon whom pro- 139 Winton Rd. South 473-1770 State on 8/17/2020. Its office is located in FORMATION OF LIMITED cess in any action or proceeding against it Monroe County. The Secretary of State is LIABILITY COMPANY: may be served, and the address to which Chabad Lubavitch • chabadrochester.com designated as agent of LLC upon whom The name of the Limited Liability Compa- the Secretary of State shall mail a copy 1037 Winton Rd. South 271-0330 process against it may be served and shall ny is Abundant Solar Power (B1S) LLC. of process in any action or proceeding Congregation Beth Hakneses Hachodosh mail process to: PO BOX 90860, Rochester, The Articles of Organization were filed against the Company served upon him or with the New York Secretary of State on NY 14609. Purpose: Any lawful purpose her is 700 W Metro Park, Rochester, New congbhh.org • 19 St. Regis Dr. North 406-7561 including expert medical-legal forensic October 19, 2020. The office of the Com- York 14623. The purpose of the business file review analysis for cases involving pany is located in the County of Monroe, Congregation Beth Sholom is any lawful business. malpractice, and quality / standard of care State of New York. The New York Secre- bethsholomrochester.org • 1161 Monroe Ave. 473-1625 determinations. tary of State is designated as the agent LEGAL NOTICE: NOTICE OF ORTHODOX of the Company upon whom process in FORMATION OF LIMITED Congregation Light of Israel (Sephardic) NOTICE OF FORMATION any action or proceeding against it may LIABILITY COMPANY: lightofisrael.org • 1675 Monroe Ave. 271-5690 GRO Properties, LLC filed Articles of be served, and the address to which the The name of the Limited Liability Compa- Organization with Sec. of State (SSNY) on Secretary of State shall mail a copy of pro- ny is Abundant Solar Power (Deiter) Ohel Avraham • ohelavraham.net April 24, 2020. Office location: Monroe cess in any action or proceeding against LLC. The Articles of Organization were Temple B’rith Kodesh, 2131 Elmwood Ave. 389-2525 County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC the Company served upon him or her is OTHER filed with the New York Secretary of upon whom process against it may be 700 W Metro Park, Rochester, New York State on October 19, 2020. The office of served. SSNY shall mail copy of process 14623. The purpose of the business is any the Company is located in the County of 700 W Metro Park, Rochester, New York served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to to the LLC, 30 Hagen Drive, Suite 220, lawful business. 14623. The purpose of the business is any the LLC, 355 Paul Road, Rochester, New Rochester, New York 14625. Purpose: any Monroe, State of New York. The New York LEGAL NOTICE: NOTICE OF Secretary of State is designated as the lawful business. York 14624. Purpose: any lawful activity. lawful activity. FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY: agent of the Company upon whom pro- LEGAL NOTICE: NOTICE OF NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION The name of the Limited Liability Compa- cess in any action or proceeding against it FORMATION OF LIMITED Notice of formation of limited liabili- Notice of formation of limited liability ny is Abundant Solar Power (B2S) LLC. may be served, and the address to which LIABILITY COMPANY: ty company (LLC). Name: Wegman De- company (LLC). Name: Gigs Recruiting The Articles of Organization were filed the Secretary of State shall mail a copy The name of the Limited Liability Compa- velopment & Construction LLC (the LLC (the Company). Articles of Organi- with the New York Secretary of State on of process in any action or proceeding ny is Abundant Solar Power (G3S) LLC. Company). Articles of Organization filed zation filed with Secretary of State of NY October 19, 2020. The office of the Com- against the Company served upon him or The Articles of Organization were filed with Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) (SSNY) on 10/14/20. NY office location: pany is located in the County of Monroe, her is 700 W Metro Park, Rochester, New with the New York Secretary of State on on 10/20/20. NY office location: Mon- Monroe County. SSNY is designated as State of New York. The New York Secre- York 14623. The purpose of the business October 19, 2020. The office of the Com- roe County. SSNY is designated as agent agent upon whom process against the tary of State is designated as the agent is any lawful business. pany is located in the County of Monroe, upon whom process against the Company Company may be served. SSNY shall mail of the Company upon whom process in State of New York. The New York Secre- may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of a copy of any such process to: c/o the any action or proceeding against it may LEGAL NOTICE: NOTICE OF tary of State is designated as the agent any such process to: c/o the Company, Company, 11 Stonebridge Lane, Pittsford, be served, and the address to which the FORMATION OF LIMITED of the Company upon whom process in 550 Latona Road, Building A, Rochester, New York 14534. The Company is to be Secretary of State shall mail a copy of pro- LIABILITY COMPANY: any action or proceeding against it may New York 14626. The Company is to be managed by one or more managers. No cess in any action or proceeding against The name of the Limited Liability Compa- managed by one or more managers. No members of the Company shall be liable in the Company served upon him or her is ny is Abundant Solar Power (G1S) LLC. be served, and the address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of pro- members of the Company shall be liable in their capacity as members of the Company 700 W Metro Park, Rochester, New York The Articles of Organization were filed their capacity as members of the Company cess in any action or proceeding against for debts, obligations or liabilities of the 14623. The purpose of the business is any with the New York Secretary of State on for debts, obligations or liabilities of the the Company served upon him or her is Company. No member of the Company, lawful business. October 19, 2020. The office of the Com- Company. No member of the Company, 700 W Metro Park, Rochester, New York solely by reason of being a member, is an LEGAL NOTICE: NOTICE OF pany is located in the County of Monroe, solely by reason of being a member, is an agent of the Company for the purpose of FORMATION OF LIMITED State of New York. The New York Secre- 14623. The purpose of the business is any agent of the Company for the purpose of its business, and no member shall have the LIABILITY COMPANY: tary of State is designated as the agent lawful business. its business, and no member shall have the authority to act for the Company solely The name of the Limited Liability Compa- of the Company upon whom process in LEGAL NOTICE: NOTICE OF authority to act for the Company solely by virtue of being a member. Purpose/ ny is Abundant Solar Power (B3S) LLC. any action or proceeding against it may FORMATION OF LIMITED by virtue of being a member. Purpose/ character of the Company: any and all The Articles of Organization were filed be served, and the address to which the LIABILITY COMPANY: character of the Company: any and all lawful activities. with the New York Secretary of State on Secretary of State shall mail a copy of pro- The name of the Limited Liability Compa- lawful activities. October 19, 2020. The office of the Com- cess in any action or proceeding against ny is Abundant Solar Power (Wheaton) NOTICE OF FORMATION pany is located in the County of Monroe, NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION the Company served upon him or her is LLC. The Articles of Organization were Hero’s Transport, LLC filed Articles of State of New York. The New York Secre- Notice of formation of limited liabili- filed with the New York Secretary of Organization with the New York Depart- tary of State is designated as the agent 700 W Metro Park, Rochester, New York ty company. Name: VC Athletics LLC ment of State on September 9, 2020. Its of the Company upon whom process in 14623. The purpose of the business is any State on October 19, 2020. The office of (the Company). Articles of Organization office is located in Monroe County. The any action or proceeding against it may lawful business. the Company is located in the County of filed with Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) Monroe, State of New York. The New York Secretary of State has been designated be served, and the address to which the LEGAL NOTICE: NOTICE OF on 10/15/20. NY office location: Monroe Secretary of State is designated as the as agent of the Company upon whom Secretary of State shall mail a copy of pro- FORMATION OF LIMITED County. SSNY is designated as agent upon process against it may be served and a cess in any action or proceeding against LIABILITY COMPANY: agent of the Company upon whom pro- whom process against the Company may the Company served upon him or her is cess in any action or proceeding against it copy of any process shall be mailed to 687 The name of the Limited Liability Compa- be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any 700 W Metro Park, Rochester, New York may be served, and the address to which such process to: c/o the Company, 545 Portland Avenue, Suite 4, Rochester, NY ny is Abundant Solar Power (G2S) LLC. 14623. The purpose of the business is any the Secretary of State shall mail a copy Meadowbriar Road, Rochester, New York 14621. Any lawful purpose. The Articles of Organization were filed lawful business. of process in any action or proceeding 14616. The Company is to be managed by with the New York Secretary of State on Notice of Formation against the Company served upon him or one or more managers. No members of LEGAL NOTICE: NOTICE OF October 19, 2020. The office of the Com- ACRG IRA Investors Thru PTC, LLC her is 700 W Metro Park, Rochester, New the Company shall be liable in their capac- FORMATION OF LIMITED pany is located in the County of Monroe, (“LLC”) filed Articles of Organization with LIABILITY COMPANY: York 14623. The purpose of the business ity as members of the Company for debts, State of New York. The New York Secre- the NY Sec. of State (“SSNY”) on 9/22/20. The name of the Limited Liability Compa- is any lawful business. obligations or liabilities of the Company. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is ny is Abundant Solar Power (B4S) LLC. tary of State is designated as the agent No member of the Company, solely by rea- NOTICE OF FORMATION designated as agent of LLC upon whom The Articles of Organization were filed of the Company upon whom process in son of being a member, is an agent of the process against it may be served and shall with the New York Secretary of State on any action or proceeding against it may MitoTechnologies, LLC filed Articles of Company for the purpose of its business, mail a copy of process to c/o Shawn M. October 19, 2020. The office of the Com- be served, and the address to which the Organization with Sec. of State (SSNY) on and no member shall have the authority Griffin, Harris Beach PLLC, 99 Garnsey pany is located in the County of Monroe, Secretary of State shall mail a copy of pro- October 16, 2020. Office location: Monroe to act for the Company solely by virtue Road, Pittsford, NY 14534. Purpose: any State of New York. The New York Secre- cess in any action or proceeding against County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC of being a member. Purpose/character of lawful activity. tary of State is designated as the agent the Company served upon him or her is upon whom process against it may be the Company: any and all lawful activities.  THE JEWISH LEDGER • Thursday, November 26, 2020 • Page 15

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Notice Of Authority Of Foreign LLC. Articles of Organization filed with office is in Monroe County, New York. County. SSNY is designated as agent upon process will be mailed to The LLC, 103 N. Limited Liability Company (“LLC”) Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on (2) The principal business location is 256 whom process against the Company may Washington Street, East Rochester, New Name: Corpus Lavish Realty, LLC. Ju- October 23, 2020. New York office loca- Hinkleyville Road, Spencerport, New York be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any York 14445. The purpose of the LLC is any risdiction: Nevada. Date Of Formation: tion: Monroe County. SSNY is designated 14559. (3) The Secretary of State has been such process to: c/o Phillips Lytle LLP, 1400 lawful activity. 10/14/2020. Office Location Within State as agent upon whom process against the designated as its agent and the post office First Federal Plaza, Rochester, New York. Of New York: County Of Monroe. The LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy address to which the Secretary of State The Company is to be managed by one NOTICE OF FORMATION Secretary Of State Of The State Of New of any such process to: 7 Clover Park Drive, shall mail a copy of any process against or more managers. No members of the THE MARATHON CONTINUES LLC York Has Been Designated As Agent Of Apt. 1, Rochester, NY 14618. LLC is to be it is c/o The LLC, 256 Hinkleyville Road, Company shall be liable in their capacity Articles of Organization filed with Sec’y The LLC Upon Whom Process Against It managed by one or more members. LLC is Spencerport, New York 14559. (4) Purpose: as members of the Company for debts, of State (SSNY) on 12/20/2019. Office loca- May Be Served. SSNY Shall Mail A Copy Of organized to engage in any lawful act or Any lawful purpose. obligations or liabilities of the Company. tion: Monroe County. SSNY designated as Any Process To: 58 Raeburn Ave., Roches- activity for which limited liability compa- No member of the Company, solely by rea- agent of LLC upon whom process against ter, NY 14619. Principal Business Location: nies may be organized under the Limited NOTICE OF FORMATION OF CENTER MASS FIREARMS, LLC son of being a member, is an agent of the 58 Raeburn Ave., Rochester, NY 14619. Liability Company Law. Company for the purpose of its business, it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of Center Mass Firearms, LLC filed Ar- The Foreign Limited Liability Company and no member shall have the authority process to c/o the Company, 1900 Empire NOTICE OF FORMATION OF ticles of Organization with the New York Was In Existence In Its Jurisdiction Of to act for the Company solely by virtue Boulevard, #116, Rochester, New York EARTHTECH DEVELOPERS, LLC Secretary of State on August 18, 2020. (1) Formation At The Time It Applied For Au- of being a member. Purpose/character of 14580 EARTHTECH DEVELOPERS, LLC filed Its principal office is in Monroe County, thority To Conduct Business Within New the Company: any and all lawful activities. Articles of Organization with New York York State And Is Currently In Existence. New York. (2) The principal business loca- NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION State Department of State on October Authorized Officer Where Articles Of tion is 1224 Lake Road West Fork, Hamlin, NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIDESTRI Notice of formation of limited liability 7, 2020. Its office is located in Monroe REAL ESTATE HOLDINGS, LLC Organization Are Filed: Nevada Secretary New York 14464. (3) The Secretary of State company (LLC). Name: Safe Self-Storage County. The Secretary of State has been of State, 202 North Carson Street, Carson has been designated as its agent and the LiDestri Real Estate Holdings, LLC LLC (the Company). Articles of Organiza- designated as agent of the Company post office address to which the Secretary filed Articles of Organization with NYS City, NV 89701. tion filed with Secretary of State of NY upon whom it may be served and a copy of State shall mail a copy of any process on 10/28/2020. (1) Its principal office is in NOTICE OF FORMATION of any process shall be mailed to 85 FAY- against it is c/o The LLC, 1224 Lake Road Monroe County, NY. (2) The Secretary of (SSNY) on 10/28/20. NY office location: First Choice Roofing II, LLC filed Articles ETTE STREET, BROCKPORT, NY 14420. The West Fork, Hamlin, New York 14464. (4) State has been designated as agent upon Monroe County. SSNY is designated as of Organization with Sec. of State (SSNY) purpose of the Company is any lawful Purpose: Any lawful purpose. whom process against it may be served agent upon whom process against the on October 16, 2020. Office location: Mon- purpose. and a copy of any process will be mailed Company may be served. SSNY shall mail NOTICE OF FORMATION OF a copy of any such process to: c/o the roe County. SSNY designated as agent of NOTICE OF FORMATION OF McDonough Design+Production, LLC to the LLC, 1010 Lee Road, Rochester, NY LLC upon whom process against it may be 14606. (3) Purpose: Any lawful purpose. LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY McDonough Design+Production, Company, 25 Bradford Hill Road, Fairport, served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Logic International LLC filed Articles LLC filed Articles of Organization with the New York 14450. The Company is to be the LLC, 250 Albermarle, Rochester, New Notice of Formation of LLC of Organization with the NY Department New York Department of State on October managed by one or more managers. No York 14613. Purpose: any lawful activity. Van Heel, LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of of State on 10/20/2020. Its office is located 19, 2020. Its office is located in Monroe Org. with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on members of the Company shall be liable in Rollin The Roc Golf LLC filed Articles in Monroe County. The Secretary of State County. The Secretary of State has been 10/30/2020. Office location: Monroe Coun- their capacity as members of the Company of Organization with NYS on 7/20/20. Its is designated as agent of the Company designated as agent of the Company upon ty. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC for debts, obligations or liabilities of the principal office is in Monroe County, New upon whom process against it may be whom process against it may be served upon whom process may be served and Company. No member of the Company, York. The principal business location is 115 served, and a copy shall be mailed to 155 and a copy of any process shall be mailed SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at c/o solely by reason of being a member, is an Summit Drive, Rochester, NY 14620. Its Glen Haven Rd Rochester, NY 14609. The to BSW Properties, LLC, 167 Brentwood John Van Heel, 9 Foxboro Lane, Fairport, agent of the Company for the purpose of purpose is any lawful business. Dr, Penfield, NY 14526. The purpose of Secretary of State has been designated as NY 14450. Purpose: any business permitted its business, and no member shall have the Company is any lawful purpose. its agent and the post office address to NOTICE OF FORMATION under law. authority to act for the Company solely which the Secretary of State shall mail a GREECE BENNINGTON DEGEORGE, NOTICE OF FORMATION OF NOTICE OF FORMATION by virtue of being a member. Purpose/ copy of any process against it is c/o Rollin LLC has filed Articles of Organization with BENTBROOK HILLS CAPITAL, LLC TOP NOTCH DEVELOPMENT, LLC the Roc Golf LLC at 115 Glen Haven Rd character of the Company: any and all the Secretary of State on October 27, 2020. BENTBROOK HILLS CAPITAL, LLC Articles of Organization filed with Sec’y Rochester NY 14609. Purpose: Any lawful lawful activities. Its office is located in Monroe County. The filed Articles of Organization with NYS of State (SSNY) on 10/21/2020. Office loca- purpose. Secretary of State has been designated on 10/20/2020. Its principal office is in tion: Monroe County. SSNY designated as Notice of Formation NOTICE OF FORMATION as agent upon whom process against it Monroe County, New York. The principal agent of LLC upon whom process against BK Holding Preferred III, LLC (“LLC”) ADRIENNE COOPER INTERIORS, LLC may be served and a copy of any process business location is 38 Bentbrook Circle, it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of filed Articles of Organization with the filed Articles of Organization with the NY will be mailed to The LLC, 1080 Pittsford Webster, New York 14580. The Secretary process to c/o the Company, 362 Hillview NY Sec. of State (“SSNY”) on 10/16/20. Victor Road, Suite 200, Pittsford, New of State has been designated as its agent Secretary of State on October 16, 2020. Its Drive, Rochester, New York 14622 Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is office is located in Monroe County. The York 14534. The purpose of the LLC is any and the post office address to which the lawful activity. Secretary of State shall mail a copy of Notice of Formation of River designated as agent of LLC upon whom Secretary of State has been designated Hospitality Group LLC process against it may be served and shall as its agent upon whom process may be any process against it is c/o BENTBROOK NOTICE OF FORMATION River Hospitality Group LLC filed mail a copy of process to 171 Sully’s Trail, served and a copy of any process shall be HILLS CAPITAL, LLC, 38 Bentbrook Circle, 2 STEVES LLC filed Articles of Organi- Articles of Organization with NYS on mailed to 12 Creekside Drive, Honeoye Webster, New York 14580. Purpose: Any Suite 201, Pittsford, NY 14534. Purpose: zation with the New York Department of October 27, 2020. Its principal office is in Falls, NY 14472. The purpose of the Com- lawful purpose. any lawful activity. State on JUNE 11, 2020. Its office is located Monroe County, New York. The principal pany is any lawful activity permitted by in MONROE County. The Secretary of State NOTICE OF FORMATION OF business location is 167 Hinchey Road Notice Of Authority Of Foreign laws of New York. has been designated as agent of the Com- McDonough Design+Production, LLC Rochester, NY 14624. The Secretary of Limited Liability Company (“LLC”) pany upon whom process against it may McDonough Design+Production, Driscoll’s Restaurant & Take Out LLC State has been designated as its agent Name: Progressive First Enterprises be served and a copy of any process shall LLC filed Articles of Organization with the filed Articles of Organization with NYS on and the post office address to which the LLC. Jurisdiction: Florida. Date Of Forma- be mailed to PO BOX 18201, Rochester, NY New York Department of State on October 09/20/2020. Its principal office is in Monroe Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any tion: 06/25/2020. Office Location Within 14618. The purpose of the Company is any 19, 2020. Its office is located in Monroe County, New York. The principal business process against it is c/o United States Cor- lawful purpose. County. The Secretary of State has been State Of New York: County Of Monroe. location is 122 Main St. East Rochester NY poration Agents, INC. 7014 13th Avenue, designated as agent of the Company upon The Secretary Of State Of The State Of 14445. The Secretary of State has been Suite 202 Brooklyn, NY 11228 Purpose: NOTICE OF FORMATION OF whom process against it may be served New York Has Been Designated As Agent designated as its agent and the post office KSB Properties, LLC Any lawful purpose. and a copy of any process shall be mailed Of The LLC Upon Whom Process Against It address to which the Secretary of State KSB Properties, LLC filed Articles of to McDonough Design+Production, LLC, Notice of Formation of May Be Served. SSNY Shall Mail A Copy Of shall mail a copy of any process against it Organization with the New York Depart- Rather Unique LLC 167 Brentwood Dr, Penfield, NY 14526. Any Process To: 18117 Biscayne Boulevard is c/o Driscoll’s Restaurant & Take Out LLC ment of State on October 26, 2020. Its Articles of Organization filed with The purpose of Company is any lawful #1168, Miami, FL 33160. Principal Business 122 Main St. East Rochester NY 14445. office is located in Monroe County. The the New York Department of State on purpose. Location: 18117 Biscayne Boulevard #1168, Purpose: Any lawful purpose. Secretary of State has been designated 07/06/2020. Its office is located in Monroe as agent of the Company upon whom Notice of Formation of Limited County. The Secretary of State has been Miami, FL 33160. The Foreign Limited Notice of Formation of Liability Company (“LLC”) LIVINGSTON PET SERVICES LLC process against it may be served and a designated as agent upon whom process Liability Company Was In Existence In Its copy of any process shall be mailed to KSB Name: Fantigrossi Farms, LLC. Arti- LIVINGSTON PET SERVICES LLC filed against the Company may be served. SSNY Jurisdiction Of Formation At The Time It Properties, LLC, 44 Briarcliffe Rd., Roches- cles of Organization filed with the Secre- Articles of Organization with NYS on shall mail a copy of process to: 1703 Crit- Applied For Authority To Conduct Business ter, NY 14617. The purpose of Company is tary of State with the State of New York 10/02/2020. Its principal office is in Monroe tenden Road Rochester NY 14623. The pur- Within New York State And Is Currently any lawful purpose. (“SSNY”) on: October 28, 2020. Office County, New York. The principal business pose of the Company is any lawful activity. In Existence. Authorized Officer Where Location: County of: Monroe. Principal location is 484 Woodbine Avenue, Roch- Articles Of Organization Are Filed: Florida NOTICE OF FORMATION Business Location: 65 Harbor View Terrace, LEGAL NOTICE: NOTICE OF ester NY 14619. The Secretary of State OF TEAM RICK 4, LLC Rochester, New York 14612. Purpose: any FORMATION OF LIMITED Secretary of State, The Centre of Talla- has been designated as its agent and the Team Rick 4, LLC filed Articles of and all lawful act or activity. The Secretary LIABILITY COMPANY: hassee, 2415 N. Monroe Street, Suite 810, post office address to which the Secretary Organization with NYS on 10/21/2020. (1) of State of the State of New York has The name of the Limited Liability Com- Tallahassee, FL 32303 of State shall mail a copy of any process Its principal office is in Monroe County, been designated as agent of the LLC upon pany is Bano RE Holdings LLC. The Arti- against it is c/o LIVINGSTON PET SERVICES Notice of formation of limited NY. (2) The Secretary of State has been whom process against it may be served. cles of Organization were filed with the LLC, 484 Woodbine Avenue, Rochester NY liability company (LLC) designated as agent upon whom process SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to: New York Secretary of State on October 14619. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. against it may be served and a copy of any 65 Harbor View Terrace, Rochester, New 22, 2020. The office of the Company is Name: Shaheen Kozlowski, LLC. process will be mailed to the LLC, 1272 Salt NOTICE OF FORMATION York 14612 located in the County of Monroe, State Articles of Organization filed with the Road, Webster, NY 14580. (3) Purpose: Any Hero’s Transport, LLC filed Articles of of New York. The New York Secretary Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on lawful purpose. Notice of formation of limited of State is designated as the agent of Organization with the New York Depart- liability company (LLC) October 19, 2020. Office location: Monroe ment of State on September 9, 2020. Its NOTICE OF FORMATION OF WILBERTS the Company upon whom process in any Name: Penfield Heights LLC (the County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC office is located in Monroe County. The U-PULL IT OF BUFFALO, LLC action or proceeding against it may be Company). Articles of Organization filed upon whom process against it may be Secretary of State has been designated Wilberts U-Pull It of Buffalo, LLC served, and the address to which the Sec- with Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on served. SSNY shall mail copy of process as agent of the Company upon whom filed Articles of Organization with NYS retary of State shall mail a copy of process 10/16/2020. NY Office location: Monroe to: P.O. Box 17785, Rochester, NY 14617. process against it may be served and a on 10/21/2020. (1) Its principal office is in in any action or proceeding against the County. SSNY is designated as agent upon Purpose: to engage in any lawful act or copy of any process shall be mailed to 687 Monroe County, NY. (2) The Secretary of Company served upon him or her is 1755 whom process against the Company may activity. Portland Avenue, Suite 4, Rochester, NY State has been designated as agent upon Gloria Drive, Fairport, New York 14450. be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any 14621. Any lawful purpose. whom process against it may be served The purpose of the business is any lawful such process to: c/o Phillips Lytle LLP, 1400 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF and a copy of any process will be mailed business. NOTICE OF FORMATION OF First Federal Plaza, Rochester, New York. LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY to the LLC, 1272 Salt Road, Webster, NY LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY The Company is to be managed by one NOTICE Notice of formation of limited liability 14580. (3) Purpose: Any lawful purpose. (1) Name: Register Appliance Service or more managers. No members of the Not. of Form. of Valerie Nix Enter- company (LLC). Name: Sprouting Speech LLC (the “LLC”). (2) Articles of Organiza- NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Company shall be liable in their capacity prises LLC, Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of LLC. Articles of Organization filed with tion of the LLC were filed with the Sec- 550 POUND ROAD, LLC as members of the Company for debts, State (SSNY) 11/2/2020. Office location: Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent retary of State NY (“SSNY”) on October 550 Pound Road, LLC filed Articles of obligations or liabilities of the Company. June 23, 2020. New York office location: No member of the Company, solely by rea- of LLC upon whom process against it 15, 2020 (3) Its office location is to be in Organization with NYS on 10/21/2020. (1) Monroe County. Principal business loca- Monroe County, State of New York. (4) Its principal office is in Monroe County, son of being a member, is an agent of the may be served. SSNY may mail a copy of tion: 572 Granger Circle, Webster, New The SSNY has been designated as agent of NY. (2) The Secretary of State has been Company for the purpose of its business, any process to LLC. 74 Rio Grande Drive, the LLC upon whom process against it may designated as agent upon whom process and no member shall have the authority North Chili, NY 14514. Purpose: any lawful York 14580-1673. SSNY is designated as be served. The post office address to which against it may be served and a copy of any to act for the Company solely by virtue purpose. agent upon whom process against the LLC of being a member. Purpose/character of may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process process will be mailed to the LLC, 1272 Salt NOTICE OF FORMATION against the LLC is: 5 Carolina Cherry Court, Road, Webster, NY 14580. (3) Purpose: Any the Company: any and all lawful activities. any such process to: 572 Granger Circle, TEDDY BEAR SUPPLY COMPANY, Fairport, NY 14450 (5) Purpose: Any lawful lawful purpose. Webster, New York 14580-1673. LLC is to Notice of formation of limited LLC has filed Articles of Organization act or activity. NOTICE OF FORMATION liability company (LLC) with the Secretary of State on October be managed by one or more members. NOTICE OF FORMATION OF OF BROCKWAIE LLC Name: APTA Development LLC (the 28, 2020. Its office is located in Monroe LLC is organized to engage in any lawful LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Brockwaie LLC filed Articles of Orga- Company). Articles of Organization filed County. The Secretary of State has been act or activity for which limited liability Notice of formation of limited liability nization with the New York Secretary of with Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on designated as agent upon whom process companies may be organized under the company (LLC). Name: Joorg Acoustics State on October 27, 2020. (1) Its principal 10/21/2020. NY Office location: Monroe against it may be served and a copy of any Limited Liability Company Law. Page 16 • THE JEWISH LEDGER • Thursday, November 26, 2020

World … Netanyahu, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize (JNS) — Former First Minister of There is every likelihood that the work Northern Ireland Lord David Trimble of these two leaders, which continues, has nominated Israeli Prime Minister will encourage further Middle Eastern Benjamin Netanyahu and Abu Dhabi states to join them in normalizing rela- Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al tions, leading to much needed prosperity Nahyan for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize, and peace for peoples across the region.” according to a statement from Netanya- In conclusion, Trumble wrote that hu’s office. despite resistance from the Palestinian Lord Trimble won the prize himself leadership, the “changing paradigm” in in 1998 for his efforts to find a solution the region resulting from the Abraham to the conflict in Northern Ireland. As Accords stood the best chance of encour- a Nobel laureate, his nomination of aging the Palestinians to reach a lasting Netanyahu and Prince bin Zayed will accommodation with the State of Israel. lead the Norwegian Nobel Committee “I know from my own experience how to discuss the issue. dangerous, damaging and corrosive are The announcement comes less than decades of violent ill-will between close a month after a ministerial delegation neighbors and I wish for nothing more from the United Arab Emirates landed than to see peace between Israelis and in Israel for the first-ever official visit Palestinians. I believe this comes within from the Gulf state following the Sept. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, U.S. President Donald Trump, UAE Foreign Minister closer reach as a direct result of Prime 15 signing of the U.S.-brokered Abraham Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani hold Minister Netanyahu’s and Crown Prince Accords with the UAE and Bahrain at up the Abraham Accords, during the signing ceremony at the White House, Sept. 15. (Avi Ohayon/GPO) bin Zayed’s leadership. the White House. “Award of the Peace Prize will not In a Nov. 20 letter to the Nobel Com- He went on to state: “Despite decades peace with Israel: Egypt in 1979 and Jor- only recognize the achievements of mittee, Lord Trimble explained that he of intensive efforts, until now peace dan in 1994. In the last few weeks, three these men, but will also serve to en- was nominating Netanyahu and bin between Israel and Arab nations has more countries, the United Arab Emir- courage a widening and deepening Zayed “in recognition of their historic proved elusive. Four major wars have ates, the Kingdom of Bahrain and the peace in the Middle East. I strongly urge achievements in advancing peace in the been fought between Israel and Arab Republic of the Sudan, have all agreed to governments everywhere and interna- Middle East.” states, and Israel has been subjected to normalize relations with Israel: the first tional bodies such as the United Nations Noting that U.S. President Donald countless terrorist attacks, leading on such peace deals in 26 years. and European Union to play their own Trump “has already been nominated four further occasions to major conflicts “These far-reaching achievements roles by supporting and advancing the for the prize for his contributions to this between Israel and Palestinian Arabs. are the result of the courageous leader- foundations laid by Prime Minister Ne- cause,” he said that therefore the Israeli In the 72 years since the foundation of ship, diplomatic energies and relentless tanyahu, Crown Prince bin Zayed and and UAE leaders deserve the same rec- the modern State of Israel in 1948, until pursuit of peace by Prime Minister Ne- the others involved in the Abraham ognition. recently only two Arab countries made tanyahu and Crown Prince bin Zayed. Accords,” he wrote. b Legal Notices …

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF New York 14580. Purpose: any and all law- 33480. Address of office maintained in ju- by virtue of being a member. Purpose/ Colorado (“CO”) on November 30, 2017. LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ful act or activity. The Secretary of State of risdiction of formation: Corporation Trust character of the Company: any and all SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon (1) Name: Schaeffer HVAC & Home the State of New York has been designat- Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, lawful activities. whom process against it may be served. Service LLC (the “LLC”). (2) Articles of ed as agent of the LLC upon whom process DE 19801. Copy of Certificate of Formation NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION SSNY shall mail process to: 1 South Nevada Organization of the LLC were filed with against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a on file with the Delaware Secretary of Avenue, Suite 200, Colorado Springs, CO the Secretary of State NY (“SSNY”) on copy of any process to: 5296 County Line Notice of formation of limited liability State at 401 Federal Street, Suite 4, Dover, 80903. address of LLC: 1 South Nevada October 30, 2020 (3) Its office location is to Road, Webster, New York 14580 DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. company. Name: FCP Driving Park LLC be in Monroe County, State of New York. (the Company). Articles of Organization Avenue, Suite 200, Colorado Springs, CO (4) The SSNY has been designated as agent NOTICE OF FORMATION NOTICE OF FORMATION filed with Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) 80903. Arts. of Org. filed with CO Secy. of MODERN DEVELOPMENT ROC, LLC of the LLC upon whom process against it KANEBRIDGE ESTATES LLC has filed on 11/05/20. NY office location: Monroe State, 1700 Broadway, Suite 200, Denver, may be served. The post office address to Articles of Organization filed with Sec’y Articles of Organization with the Secre- County. SSNY is designated as agent upon CO 80290. Purpose: any lawful activity. which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any of State (SSNY) on 11/04/2020. Office loca- tary of State on November 10, 2020. Its whom process against the Company may NOTICE OF FORMATION OF process against the LLC is: 2978 Church tion: Monroe County. SSNY designated as office is located in Monroe County. The be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any ROCHESTER SPRAYFOAM Road, Hamlin, NY 14464 (5) Purpose: Any agent of LLC upon whom process against Secretary of State has been designated such process to: c/o the Company, 90 ASSOCIATES LLC lawful act or activity. it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of as agent upon whom process against it Goodway Drive, Rochester, NY 14623. process to c/o the Company, 1900 Empire may be served and a copy of any process The Company is to be managed by one Rochester Sprayfoam Associates LEGAL NOTICE: NOTICE OF Boulevard, Suite 116, Webster, NY 14580 will be mailed to The LLC, 1080 Pittsford or more managers. No members of the LLC filed Articles of Organization with FORMATION OF LIMITED Victor Road, Suite 200, Pittsford, New Company shall be liable in their capacity LIABILITY COMPANY: Notice of Formation of Limited NYS on 11/12/2020. (1) Its principal office is Liability Company (“LLC”) York 14534. The purpose of the LLC is any as members of the Company for debts, in Monroe County, NY. (2) The Secretary of The name of the Limited Liability Com- obligations or liabilities of the Company. Name: Mattiacio Group, Batavia lawful activity. State has been designated as agent upon pany is 50 Faraday LLC. The Articles of No member of the Company, solely by rea- whom process against it may be served Organization were filed with the New LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Notice of Formation of son of being a member, is an agent of the York Secretary of State on November 5, the Secretary of State with the State of Dusenberg, LLC Company for the purpose of its business, and a copy of any process will be mailed 2020. The office of the Company is located New York (“SSNY”) on: November 9, 2020. Dusenberg, LLC filed Articles of Or- and no member shall have the authority to the LLC, 388 Mason Road, Fairport, NY in the County of Monroe, State of New Office Location: County of: Monroe. Princi- ganization with NYS on October 28, 2020. to act for the Company solely by virtue 14450. (3) Purpose: Any lawful purpose. York. The New York Secretary of State is pal Business Location: 1505 Lyell Avenue, Its principal office is in Monroe County, of being a member. Purpose/character of NOTICE OF FORMATION designated as the agent of the Company Rochester, New York 14606. Purpose: New York. The principal business location the Company: any and all lawful activities. upon whom process in any action or pro- any and all lawful act or activity. The is 107 Mount Vernon Avenue, Rochester, Meristem Solutions, LLC filed Articles ceeding against it may be served, and the Secretary of State of the State of New NY 14620. The Secretary of State has been NOTICE OF FORMATION of Organization with Sec. of State (SSNY) address to which the Secretary of State York has been designated as agent of the designated as its agent and the post office CAROLINA HAVEN LLC (the “LLC”) on November 4, 2020. Office location: shall mail a copy of process in any action LLC upon whom process against it may address to which the Secretary of State filed Articles of Organization with the Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent or proceeding against the Company served be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any shall mail a copy of any process against it New York Department of State on OCTO- of LLC upon whom process against it may process to: 1505 Lyell Avenue, Rochester, BER 5, 2020. Its office is located in MON- upon him or her is 2 Cheshire Ridge, Vic- is c/o ML Tax & Accounting Services, Inc., be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process tor, New York 14564. The purpose of the New York 14606 2166 Brighton Henrietta Townline Road, ROE County. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the Company to the LLC, 355 Paul Road, Rochester, New business is any lawful business. NOTICE OF FORMATION Suite B, Rochester, NY 14623. Purpose: Any upon whom process against it may be York 14624. Purpose: any lawful activity. Notice of Formation of 1800 ENGLISH ROAD PROFESSION- lawful purpose. served and a copy of any process shall be Notice of Formation of M. J. Equity Holdings LLC AL BUILDING LLC has filed Articles of NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION mailed to THE LLC, c/o Anthony B. Iacovan- Wordsongs Online, LLC M. J. Equity Holdings LLC filed Ar- Organization with the Secretary of State Notice of formation of limited liability gelo, Esq. 180 Canal View Blvd., Suite 100, The name of the limited liability com- ticles of Organization with NYS on No- on November 10, 2020. Its office is located company (LLC). Name: WRP Operating Rochester, NY 14623. The purpose of the vember 9, 2020. Its principal office is in in Monroe County. The Secretary of State Vestal LLC (the Company). Articles of Company is any lawful purpose. pany is Wordsongs Online, LLC. Articles Monroe County, New York. The principal has been designated as agent upon whom Organization filed with Secretary of State of Organization were filed with the New NOTICE OF FORMATION business location is 3 Brooktree, Aliso process against it may be served and a of NY (SSNY) on 11/10/20. NY office loca- York Department of State on November 9, Viejo, CA 92656-1908. The Secretary of copy of any process will be mailed to The tion: Monroe County. SSNY is designated ORANGE 345 LLC has filed Articles of 2020. The office location is Monroe Coun- State has been designated as its agent LLC, 1800 English Road, Rochester, New as agent upon whom process against the Organization with the Secretary of State ty, NY. The Secretary of State of the State and the post office address to which the on October 30, 2020. Its office is located York 14616. The purpose of the LLC is any Company may be served. SSNY shall mail a of New York is designated as the agent Secretary of State shall mail a copy of lawful activity. in Monroe County. The Secretary of State copy of any such process to: c/o the Com- of the limited liability company upon any process against it is c/o M. J. Equity pany, 550 Latona Road, Building A, Roch- has been designated as agent upon whom Holdings LLC, 3 Brooktree, Aliso Viejo, CA NOTICE OF FILING OF process against it may be served and a whom process against it may be served. APPLICATION FOR AUTHORITY ester, New York 14626. The Company is to 92656-1908. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. copy of any process will be mailed to The The Secretary of State of New York shall OF 50 MIDDLE LANE LLC be managed by one or more managers. No LLC, 1080 Pittsford Victor Road, Suite 200, mail a copy of process to PO Box 25124, Notice of Formation of Limited Name: 50 Middle Lane LLC (LLC). members of the Company shall be liable in Pittsford, New York 14534. The purpose Rochester, NY 14625. The Company is Liability Company (“LLC”) Authority filed with NY Secretary of State their capacity as members of the Company of the LLC is any lawful activity. formed for any and all lawful purposes. Name: Divine Equine, LLC. Articles of (NYSS): 11/6/2020. LLC organized in Dela- for debts, obligations or liabilities of the Organization filed with the Secretary of ware: 11/4/2020. NY office location: Mon- Company. No member of the Company, Notice of Qualification of The Company is to be managed by one or State with the State of New York (“SSNY”) roe County. NYSS designated as agent of solely by reason of being a member, is an Analog Properties LLC more members, and no member shall be on: November 9, 2020. Office Location: LLC upon whom process against it may be agent of the Company for the purpose of Authority filed with Secy. of State of held liable in their capacity as members of County of: Monroe. Principal Business Lo- served. NYSS shall mail copy of process to its business, and no member shall have the N.Y. (SSNY) on September 22, 2020. Office the Company for any debts, obligations cation: 5296 County Line Road, Webster, the LLC, 195 Via Marina, Palm Beach, FL authority to act for the Company solely location: Ontario County. LLC formed in and liabilities of the Company.  THE JEWISH LEDGER • Thursday, November 26, 2020 • Page 17

The News in Brief …

Rena Glickman as the mother of women’s judo the first American of either sex of the husband’s dementia. In to Nathan Alterman, S. Yizhar Featured by Sports and would receive the Emper- to win a gold medal in judo, its review, the newspaper lauds and others. These are the great Illustrated or’s Order of the Rising Sun Kayla Harrison, 22, of Massa- the “great beauty” found in Zvi’s authors we’ve had, and yet they later that week. chusetts, who was a victim of “essential human decency. Rath- never received much recogni- Titled “Chicken Soup for the sexual abuse as a teenager and er than retreat inward and hide, tion overseas. The focus of lit- Martial Artist”, Smith’s article took up judo as part of her re- he chooses — yes — to live.” erature is its country and its recounted the unlikely, inspir- habilitation. Asked how he felt about home.” ing, and often bizarre lengths As Rusty would say, “Injus- being included in the list, Ye- Sarid said he was surprised to Glickman went to so she could tice drives me nuts.” hoshua said, “Since the age learn that The Memory Monster excel in her sport – flattening ©JWA.org of 30 I have been saying this, had been included in the list. her breasts with Ace bandages, and I will say it when I’m 84. “I didn’t know about it until wrestling under a male alias, Two Israeli Authors From my standpoint, the most a friend in Israel told me, and winning the 1959 New York Included in ‘New important thing is the reviews then my publisher in the U.S. State YMCA championship only York Times’ List in Israel and the reading of my also sent me an email updating to surrender her title when it books here. Reviews in reput- me. Tens of thousands of au- was learned she was a woman. of ‘100 Notable ed newspapers like Le Monde, thors contend for the list each Smith’s original feature arti- Books of 2020’ The Guardian and The New York year, and that’s why it’s a really cle on Glickman appeared in SI by ASSAF GOLAN Times are less important to me nice achievement for me. Rusty Kanokogi fought to make under the title “Rumbling with The New York Times has in- than a review in Israel Hayom He said the book’s inclusion women’s judo an Olympic sport. Rusty” in 1986. cluded works by two Israeli and other newspapers in Isra- was “confirmation that my (Courtesy of Jean Kanokogi) She tussled, she threw, and authors in its 100 Notable Books el.” books don’t speak only to an she won, over and over. And of 2020 list: Yishai Sarid, the Yehoshua asserted, “The Israeli audience but to other “The father of men’s judo she often had to twist a few son of the late Meretz lawmaker author’s importance is in his audiences around the world. was a small, quiet, disciplined arms outside the ring. As Yossi Sarid, for his book The homeland, and it is here that Every author always wants to athlete who lived in Japan a Smith wrote, “She had to collect Memory Tunnel, and A.B. Ye- his remarks and his influence address new audiences, and century ago. No big surprise 25,000 signatures and threaten hoshua for his book The Tun- are weighed. Beyond that, I’ve that’s why it’s [given me] a there. The mother of women’s legal action for sex discrimina- nel.he memory of the Holocaust already been on this list, and sense of satisfaction. Neverthe- judo? She’s a large, loud, Jew- tion against the International as “a brilliant short novel that that’s why I’m not excited. But less, what made me the happi- ish great-grandma who lives Olympic Committee and its TV serves as a brave, sharp-toothed beyond that, greater and more est was being on the same list in Brooklyn, and she’s a big partner, ABC, to get women’s brief against letting the past important names in Hebrew as A.B. Yehoshua, who is one of surprise every day.” judo into the Games in ‘88.” devour the present.” literature have not been includ- the greatest Israeli authors, and Thus Sports Illustrated’s Gary The 2012 Olympics in Lon- The newspaper’s second pick ed in the list, and they are still whom I admire. It’s a really big Smith began his article about don saw two firsts for women: for the list, The Tunnel, tells considered very important in honor,” he said. b Rena Glickman, AKA Rusty the first female Saudi Arabian the story of a couple, Zvi and the context of the State of Is- This article first appeared in Kanokogi, who was recognized competitor in the Olympics and Dina, dealing with the onset rael. I’m referring, of course, Israel Hayom. Legal Notices …

NOTICE OF FORMATION served, and a copy shall be mailed to P.O. Notice of Formation of York Secretary of State on November agent upon whom process against it may OF MERAN SDN LLC Box 1823, Lenox, MA 01240. Its purpose S.D.K Properties LLC 19, 2020. The office of the Company is be served. Address to which SSNY shall Meran SDN LLC filed Articles of Or- is any lawful business. S.D.K Properties LLC filed Articles of located in the County of Monroe, State mail a copy of process 750 St. Paul Street, ganization with NYS on November 12, Organization with NYS on 10/30/2020. Its of New York. The New York Secretary Suite 1100, Rochester, New York 14605. NOTICE OF FORMATION OF principal office is in Monroe County, New of State is designated as the agent of 2020. (1) Its principal office is in Monroe LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Purpose: any lawful purpose. County, New York. (2) The Secretary of York. The principal business location is the Company upon whom process in Sandstone Hollow Apartments State has been designated as its agent 3611 Culver Rd. Rochester NY 14622. The any action or proceeding against it may NOTICE OF FORMATION Member, LLC filed Articles of Organi- Secretary of State has been designated as and the post office address to which the be served, and the address to which FLOWER CITY RE LLC has filed Arti- zation with the NY Department of State its agent and the post office address to Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any the Secretary of State shall mail a copy cles of Organization with the Secretary on 11/10/2020. Its office is located in which the Secretary of State shall mail a of process in any action or proceeding process against it is: the LLC, 2300 Buffalo Monroe County. The Secretary of State copy of any process against it is c/o S.D.K of State on November 23, 2020. Its office Road 100-D, Rochester, NY 14624. (3) against the Company served upon him is designated as agent of the Company Properties LLC, 3611 Culver Rd. Rochester or her is 1216 Lake Road, Webster, New is located in Monroe County. The Sec- Purpose: Any lawful purpose. upon whom process against it may be NY 14622. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. York 14580. The purpose of the business retary of State has been designated as NOTICE OF FILING OF APPLICATION served, and a copy shall be mailed to P.O. NOTICE is any lawful business. agent upon whom process against it may FOR AUTHORITY OF SUMMIT Box 1823, Lenox, MA 01240. Its purpose Articles of Organization with respect be served and a copy of any process will KNOLLS TOWNHOMES LLC is any lawful business. Notice of formation of BLONSKY to Shankev Properties, LLC, a New FAMILY CHIROPRACTIC PLLC be mailed to The LLC, 19 Orchard Street, Name: Summit Knolls Townho- NOTICE OF FORMATION OF York limited liability company, were filed Art. 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Purpose: Any lawful purpose. under the laws of the State of New York. filed Articles of Organization with the Disenyo.co LLC filed Art. of Org. NY Department of State on 11/2/2020. Its NOTICE OF FORMATION Let us publish your with SSNY on 8/10/20. Off. Loc.: Monroe office is located in Monroe County. The HANGING TOOTH, LLC County. SSNY design. as agent of LLC Secretary of State is designated as agent Hanging Tooth, LLC filed Articles of upon whom proc. may be served & mail of the Company upon whom process Organization with the NY Department of LEGAL NOTICES to 26 Lawendra St., Rochester, NY 14624. against it may be served, and a copy shall State on November 3, 2020. Its office is located in Monroe County. The Secretary Purp: any lawful. be mailed to 600 East Avenue, Suite 200, Rochester, NY 14607. 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LAKEPORT PROPERTIES, LLC has Genesee and upon whom process against it may be The county in New York State where its filed Articles of Organization with the served, and a copy of any process shall be office is located is Monroe County. The Secretary of State on November 19, 2020. Orleans Counties. mailed to 933 University Ave., Apt. 233, Secretary of State has been designated Its office is located in Monroe County. Rochester, NY 14607. Its purpose is any as agent of Almar Meat Markets, LLC The Secretary of State has been des- lawful business. upon whom process against it may be ignated as agent upon whom process served; and the post office address to against it may be served and a copy of NOTICE OF FORMATION OF which the Secretary of State shall mail a any process will be mailed to The LLC, 49 LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY copy of any process against, Almar Meat Vineyard Hill, Fairport, NY 14450. The BD Sandstone Hollow Apartments Markets, LLC served upon him or her is purpose of the LLC is any lawful activity. Member, LLC filed Articles of Organi- c/o the Company, 1337 North Goodman LEGAL NOTICE: NOTICE OF zation with the NY Department of State Street, Rochester, NY 14609. Almar Meat FORMATION OF LIMITED on 11/10/2020. Its office is located in Markets, LLC is formed for the purpose LIABILITY COMPANY: Monroe County. The Secretary of State of engaging in any and all business ac- The name of the Limited Liability Weekly is designated as agent of the Company tivities permitted under the laws of the Company is 1216 Lake LLC. The Articles Since 1924 upon whom process against it may be State of New York. of Organization were filed with the New Page 18 • THE JEWISH LEDGER • Thursday, November 26, 2020

Reflection … I Had No Idea Joe Biden Had a Jewish Family. That’s Actually a Good Thing. by SOPHIE VERSHBOW them up as proof of his support ing coronavirus guidelines, but in Charlottesville with swastika site lists health care, climate This story originally ap- for America’s Jewish popula- that’s a shanda for a different banners and causing members change, immigration, women’s peared in Alma. tion — with nothing more to time). The fact is that despite of a local synagogue to flee. rights, LGBTQ+ rights and gun Last Thursday night, 567 days back it up. declaring himself “the least Just this fall, Trump referred to violence on its page about Biden after Joe Biden officially an- Case in point: At the vice anti-Semitic person that you’ve Israel as “your country” while and the Jewish community. nounced his presidential cam- presidential debate with Ka- ever seen in your entire life,” on a call with American Jewish These are issues that American paign and five days after he mala Harris in October, Mike we know that Jews have been leaders during the High Hol- Jews actually care about, not won the election, I learned that Pence deflected concerns that less safe during Trump’s pres- idays, a confusing notion to whether or not the president all of Biden’s children married the president failed to condemn idency. many American Jews like my- can tolerate a Jew at Mar-a- Jewish partners. neo-Nazis when he told the Anti-Semitic incidents in the self with virtually no connec- Lago. I’ll admit, I was surprised. Proud Boys to “stand back and U.S. skyrocketed between 2016 tion to Israel. The issue is not that President There I was, gushing over stand by” because “President and 2017 when Trump took According to one poll, in the Trump wants to talk about his our new Jewish second gen- Trump has Jewish grandchil- office. The Anti-Defamation 2020 election, 77% of Jewish Jewish family — to be hon- tleman-elect, Doug Emhoff, dren. His daughter and son- League reported a 12% increase voters favored Biden. There est, it’s kind of nice to hear when I discovered there was in-law are Jewish. This is a in anti-Semitic attacks from are many reasons why Jew- him speak about his family at a gaggle of Jewish grandchil- president who respects and 2018 to 2019, the highest jump ish voters like myself voted for all. The issue is that he only dren to coo over, too. But here’s cherishes all of the American since they started collecting Biden without needing to know trots them out to defend him- what makes Biden’s extended people.” data 40 years ago. And it’s no about his many Jewish rela- self against the valid claims of Jewish family so significant to But the way you treat those wonder when the president has tives. Biden’s entire candidacy anti-Semitism. No one wants me: I didn’t need to know they closest to you is not an accurate consistently engaged in behav- stemmed from seeing white to be tokenized, and that’s ex- exist in order to believe that representation of your support ior that does not reflect support supremacists march in Char- actly what Donald Trump did Joe Biden supports the Jewish for an entire community, es- for the American Jewish com- lottesville “spewing the same with Ivanka, Jared and their community. pecially a marginalized one. munity. anti-Semitic bile heard across children. His treatment of his For the past four years, It does not matter that Trump During the 2016 election, Europe in the ’30s.” He has re- Jewish family members isn’t President Trump has used his loves his Jewish daughter or Trump tweeted a photo of Hil- peatedly spoken out publicly on representation, it’s exploitation. daughter Ivanka, her husband doesn’t seem to mind that his lary Clinton on top of a pile of anti-Semitism — a far cry from Thankfully Joe Biden doesn’t Jared Kushner and their chil- grandchildren attend a Jewish money next to a Jewish star the “good people on both sides” need to do that — he’s already dren as the “I have a Black day school (or did, until they that says “most corrupt can- rhetoric spewed by Trump. proven himself to be a mensch. friend” of Judaism. Any time withdrew their kids after fel- didate ever.” In 2017, he fa- Biden also understands that The fact that he has Jewish he’s been accused of anti-Semi- low parents raised concerns mously refused to denounce American Jews care about grandchildren is merely icing tism, he and his surrogates hold about the couple publicly flout- the literal neo-Nazis marching more than just Israel. His web- on the cake. b History … How Australia Almost Became a Jewish Homeland by GOLDIE GOLDBLOOM genealogical documents. white sheep had been pasted alternate “Jewish Home of Ref- many felt that it was extremely Growing up, I spent most of The first thing I discovered on street lamps in London. Free uge.” Israel Zangwill and Luc- unlikely that any land would be my time with my family at my was a census record showing ticket to Australia! Land grants! ien Wolff, the two writers who granted. One of Zangwill’s arti- grandparent’s farm in Western that my grandfather was one No mention was made of the founded the ITO, researched cles, “The Territorial Solution to Australia. I didn’t know how of 10 children. I’d never known massive hardwood forests that Galveston, Texas and Angola the Jewish Question” appeared unusual my grandfather was, he had any siblings at all! His would need clearing, the high in East Africa. A parallel group in “The Fortnightly Review” with his shade house full of the father had died of tuberculo- cost of sheep, the lack of water under the direction of Baron in 1919. The article was wide- roses and orchids he hybrid- sis contracted in the trenches and tools, the impassable roads Maurice de Hirsch, the Jew- ly distributed in London and ized, with his robust singing during World War I and his and the crushing isolation. ish Colonization Association triggered intense discussion of of opera and his dry sense of mother quickly remarried one Farming might seem like an (ICA), formed small colonies Zangwill’s suggested alternate humor. He was a polite, re- of the German Jewish refugees odd choice for a young Jewish at Colonia Lapin near Buenos homelands, one of which was served gentleman who looked flocking to London. The oldest man but in the early days of Aires, and in parts of Brazil, in Western Australia. and sounded completely differ- members of my family all said the 20th century, London was Canada and the United States. 1919 was a year of transitions ent from the regular Australian that my grandfather left home alive with groups that wanted Unfortunately, due to lack of ag- for my grandfather. His father neighbours. I didn’t know that because he didn’t get on with to get Jews out of the dangerous ricultural training, the colonies had died two years earlier, his he’d developed the farm using this new stepfather. and unhealthy cities and onto that formed were abandoned beloved grandmother died in scientific principles during a State records indicate that he the land. In the wake of the and the settlers returned to the the beginning of the year, his period when most farmers were traveled to Western Australia Dreyfus trials and the haunt- cities. mother was about to get remar- using inherited knowledge, and by himself at the age of 19. ing cries to “Kill the Jews!” The ITO had long had its ried to a man he deeply disliked, that, as a result, the farm was The Group Settlement Scheme, Theodore Herzl, had suggested eye on Australia, in particu- and his 7-year-old brother, Al- very successful and he became a plan drawn up between the mass emigration to Palestine. lar the large northern region exander, was dying. Though I known to his friends as “Mr. British government (which After pogroms in Kishinev in of Western Australia that was don’t know that the entire plan Science.” wanted to get rid of 6,000 men 1903 had killed and injured still unsettled. In 1907, Zang- unfurled in his mind right then, When I was young, I wasn’t on welfare) and the Australian hundreds, Herzl, frantic, was will met with the Australian it seems possible, given both his curious about how my grand- government (which wanted to willing to take any land and ac- Prime Minister, Alfred Deakin, 1919 move to agricultural school father had ended up in West- settle more land and produce cepted an offer from the British to discuss the possibility of a and dramatic enrollment in the ern Australia, one of the first more food), gave men free tick- government for a homeland in Jewish homeland on the north- settlement scheme. My mother men to pioneer a remote area. ets to Australia and parcels of Uganda. The Jewish commu- west coast of Australia. Deakin told me that my grandfather It was only as I got older and land in the virgin bush. nity was up in arms. Uganda? dismissed the idea. Three years planned to purchase land before more interested in Jewish life More family lore: My grand- What happened to Palestine? later, in 1910, Zangwill spoke a larger wave of Jewish immi- in general that I began to won- father had studied agriculture The manure hit the fan. Imme- with the Western Australian gration arrived on Australian der why the son of a German in England. My mother told diately following Herzl’s death premier, Sir Newton Moore, but shores, and that he believed he merchant sailor had traveled all me that’s why he was called in 1904, the Uganda Scheme was rejected again, as Moore would have a financial advan- the way to Australia and started “Mr. Science.” From 1919 until was shelved. was not willing to allow immi- tage in being an early settler. I a farm an entire world away 1921, he’d attended classes at However, there were still fol- grants with strange religious was told that when he arrived in from his homeland. By the time the Royal Agricultural Col- lowers of Herzl who felt that laws to create their own state Perth in 1922 — young, strong, my interest was piqued, my lege in Gloucester, as part of a Uganda was a better Jewish within Australian borders. De- educated, wildly handsome grandparents had already died, special program for men who homeland than no homeland at spite the Balfour Declaration of — he stood on the gangplank as had my mother and her sib- wanted to move to the colo- all. These men formed the Jew- 1917, in which the British gov- and called out, “Who wants to lings. The only breadcrumbs nies. Posters showing bucolic ish Territorial Association (ITO) ernment gave their support for marry a farmer?” and that my left were family stories and rolling hills dotted with clean to continue searching for an a Jewish homeland in Palestine, (Australia — Page 20)  THE JEWISH LEDGER • Thursday, November 26, 2020 • Page 19

Obituary … Sharon Gillerman, a Gifted Scholar of German Jewish History, Dies at 60 by PAUL LERNER German Jewish history around the Los Sharon Gillerman, scholar of German Angeles areas, Sharon and I, together Jewish history, who wrote with excep- with a mutual friend and colleague Ann tional depth, originality, and insight Goldberg, founded the Southern Cali- about the Jewish family, and the social, fornia Workshop in German Studies, a cultural and gender history of Jews in group of faculty and graduate students Europe and the United States, passed who met semi-annually at a local campus away Friday morning, Nov. 20, in Santa to discuss works in progress in the field. Monica, CA. She was 60. Several years later Sharon and I joined She held the Kutz Chair in Jewish with an international network of schol- History at Hebrew Union College-Jewish ars united by an interest in putting Institute of Religion, Los Angeles, and gender at the center of German Jewish taught courses on the Holocaust, gender history; inspired and led most of all and religion, and Jewish history at HUC by Benjamin Baader, we organized a and the University of Southern Califor- conference at the University of Cali- nia for more than twenty years. fornia at San Diego on German Jewish I knew about Sharon Gillerman for Sharon Gillerman masculinities where we foregrounded a long time before I actually met her. constructions and lived experiences of When I headed off to Berlin for a year her undergraduate and graduate degrees. es to pre-Nazi German Jewish history, masculinity over several centuries of of dissertation research in Fall 1992, She returned to LA after extensive especially the Weimar years, which were German Jewish history. my professor Atina Grossmann gave me periods in Germany, Israel and New often treated solely as a prelude to perse- In contradistinction to persistent an- Sharon’s address and phone number and York, when she landed at Hebrew Union cution, emigration, and destruction. tisemitic notions of Jewish men as weak told me that I most certainly needed to College in 1998, after teaching for a year This book shows, rather, how Jewish or effeminate, the conference stressed contact this wonderful UCLA student at Brandeis. It was here that we met, educators, social welfare workers, health the wide variety of norms and behaviors who was working on the history of through common friends in overlap- care activists, and others worked to re- associated with German Jewish men Jewish social welfare organizations in ping academic and Jewish circles, and vitalize Jewish communal and familial from the early modern period through Weimar Germany. thus began an exceptionally close and bonds in this period. In such a way, Nazi-era emigration. Somehow I never managed to reach rewarding collaboration that lasted over Sharon built on and amplified a turn Our collaboration on this topic cul- out to her during those months, but two decades. away from assimilation and toward minated in the 2012 volume “Jewish perhaps it’s fitting that it was not in That dissertation on Jewish social “dissimilation” as a framework for the Masculinities: German Jews, Gender, Berlin, but rather in LA where I first met welfare organizations ended up becom- modern German Jewish experience, and History” (Indiana University Press) Sharon. Even though she was at home in ing Sharon’s prize-winning 2010 book emphasizing the reassertion rather than which Sharon, Ben, and I co-edited. The Berlin, as she was in New York or Jeru- “Germans into Jews: Remaking the Jew- the withering away of a vibrant and volume included a chapter that drew on salem, she was through and through an ish Social Body in the Weimar Repub- avowedly German Jewish community. Sharon’s second major research project, Angelino, having grown up in West Los lic”(Stanford University Press), a work Aware of the incredible richness of her still unfinished book on the Jewish Angeles and attending UCLA for both which helped reframe common approach- people and resources in German and (Gillerman — Page 20) Viewpoint … We Need to Step Up Our Charitable Giving During the Pandemic — It’s the Jewish Thing To Do

by YVETTE ALT MILLER would take me back to the suburbs, I Research Center found that about one- navirus Emergency Fund and the Jewish This article originally appeared in asked myself why I hadn’t helped any- fourth of Americans have had trouble United Fund of Chicago’s COVID-19 Kveller. one. After all, I had some cash on me: paying their bills over the past seven Initiative, which provides direct aid It’s been decades since I ordered food Why hadn’t I given any out? Just then, I months. Demand at food banks has and assistance to those affected by the at a McDonald’s. I’ve kept kosher since was approached by a skinny man about risen at an “extraordinary rate,” accord- pandemic. I was 18 and, outside of Israel, at least, my age who asked for help. ing to The New York Times, and up to In this unprecedented moment, it’s Mickey D’s is decidedly treif. “Sure, I can help you,” I said as I 14% of American parents now say their wonderful that many Jewish institutions Except the other day, I found myself reached for my wallet. children are not getting enough to eat. are reimagining themselves and redou- entering and ordering a decidedly non- “I don’t want your money,” he re- “The number of families having dif- bling their efforts to help those in need. kosher cheeseburger and fries. sponded. “Can you buy me a meal in- ficulty affording food has exploded But are we, as Jewish individuals and To be clear, the food wasn’t for me. stead?” during COVID-19,” the nonpartisan families, doing the same? After months of sheltering in place in my “Of course,” I replied, trying to mask Center on Budget Policy and Priorities Judaism mandates giving charity: The suburban neighborhood, I could no lon- my shock as it occurred to me that as I recently noted. Talmud goes into great detail about the ger put off a downtown appointment. So almost rushed by, there was a human Each week, a food pantry near my many obligations we have to help others, the other day I headed to Chicago’s cen- standing here hungry. I’d given plenty of home offers drive-through food assis- declaring “Charity is equivalent to all tral business district, making my first money to beggars in my life, but nobody tance. The line to receive these donated the other mitzvot combined” (Talmud journey to the Loop since March. It felt had ever asked me to buy them food boxes of food is long and filled with Bava Batra 9a). The Jewish mitzvah of like something out of a dystopian movie. directly. I asked him where he wanted later-model minivans. Just a few months “maaser kesafim” instructs us to donate The typical afternoon crowds had disap- to go, and he led me to a nearby McDon- ago, many of these people would never a portion of our income to charity. Rab- peared: There were no masses of people ald’s, one of the few restaurants that was have imagined being in this position. bis through the ages interpreted this to hurrying along the wide avenues; gone still open — another shocking aspect of But jobs have been eliminated, salaries mean that we should donate at least a were the packs of tourists that stopped Chicago’s newly quiet downtown. have been cut and workers have been tenth of our income to charity. foot traffic as they gaped at the city’s My new acquaintance ordered a furloughed. Poverty and food insecu- For too many of us, however, perform- skyscrapers. There was also hardly any cheeseburger. Before I paid, I hesitated. rity aren’t always easy to spot — your ing this mitzvah feels like an impossible litter — even the alleyways, usually full “Why didn’t he order dinner, too, neighbor, your child’s teacher, the parent ideal rather than a tangible rule for life. of detritus, were eerily clean. for later?” I asked. He ordered Chicken serving on the PTA with you can all be I once heard a Jewish children’s song Homeless people seemed to be the McNuggets and some sides. I swiped my suffering from food insecurity now. that described the Jewish mitzvah of largest contingent I saw. On most cor- credit card: a total of $16 for providing a I’d like to say that the American Jew- tzedakah as “coins clinking in a can,” ners I passed, there were several. day’s worth of food. ish community has stepped up to help. and I was so surprised: Jewish views of “Can you help me out?” one implored. “God bless you — you’re the only one And, in many ways, Jewish institutions tzedakah are traditionally much more Another asked for money, saying he who stopped,” he told me. have indeed pledged funds to allevi- substantial — not just pocket change was cold and wet and needed help. The In a time of such enormous need, his ate the worst effects of the pandemic. but enough money to materially help amount of need felt so overwhelming words broke my heart. After all, the For example, Jewish federations have other people. that at first I rushed past them all, ig- coronavirus pandemic has decimated launched dedicated COVID-19 relief Perhaps now it’s finally time for us to noring their pleas. the U.S. economy — as well as much funds, such as the Combined Jewish have a difficult conversation about our Then, just before I boarded a train that of the world’s. A recent poll by the Pew Philanthropies’ of Greater Boston’s Coro- (Charitable Giving — Page 20) Page 20 • THE JEWISH LEDGER • Thursday, November 26, 2020

Charitable Giving (Continued from Page 20) attitudes to giving charity and echoing what she’d heard at sudden destitution, we need to community. If you feel they’re dles, I set aside money for tze- to the poor. Over the years, home. “That’s why they’re rediscover the central Jewish not doing enough, urge them to dakah. I might have said I was I’ve heard some troubling com- poor!” tenet of charity more than ever. do more, and consider volun- maxed out — I certainly would ments reflecting a profound re- Unsurprisingly, the reality When people can no longer teering to help spearhead new never have thought I’d be pay- luctance to help others. A friend is very different: A report in feed themselves — when people programs. Contribute to the ing an impromptu visit to Mc- once told me she didn’t donate October from the U.S. Bureau are begging on street corners, emergency relief funds. Donate Donald’s. But there’s always her children’s castoffs to charity of Labor Statistics found that wracked by hunger and asking to established charities. And more we can do, more we can because she didn’t believe in the overwhelming majority of for succor — we have no choice remember, too, that tzedakah give. helping people bear “children unemployed workers — 7.2 but to step up and help. isn’t always made up of money Judaism teaches that we are they can’t afford.” A 10-year-old million — expressed hope of It’s time for us as a commu- — if funds are tight, we can each here to fulfill a specific student in one of my Sunday finding another job soon. That nity to step up to the plate and, also help by volunteering our set of tasks that only we can school classes was taken aback number was substantially high- if we are in a position to help, time and expertise. perform and for which we’re one day when we learned that er than before the pandemic we must increase our charitable A few weeks ago, if you had given the precise, individual the Jewish sage Maimonides hit. giving. Whatever your current asked me whether there was tools we require. Let this be taught that the highest form These attitudes have long level of giving is, consider giv- more I could do to help, I might our moment to shine. Let this of charity was giving a poor been a problem, but today ing more. Reach out to your have said no. I already donate pandemic be our time to step person a job. they’re a crisis in our coun- local synagogue, JCC or Jewish between 10% and 20% of our up and start helping our fellow “But poor people don’t want try that we can’t ignore. In a federation and ask what they’re income to charity. Each week, men and women in their hours to work,” she said, no doubt world buffeted by recession and doing to help people in your before I light my Shabbat can- of need. b

Gillerman (Continued from Page 19) strongman Zishe (Siegmund) ing, for example, how Sieg- al association of scholars of ment in 2016 involved “open- nieces, Shayna, Alyssa, and Breitbart, a Polish-born enter- mund became zishe (“sweet”) Jewish popular culture in Ger- ing up more opportunities for Ana. Having been a scholar tainer whose feats of strength to his fervent Yiddish-speak- man-speaking lands which met examining a range of construc- of extraordinary subtlety and (bending iron, biting through ing fans, or shimshn hagibr, in LA, Graz, Jerusalem, and tions, expressions, and nego- nuance, a person of exception- chains, lifting elephants) daz- or “Samson the strongman” to Washington, DC. tiations around meanings of al warmth and sensitivity, a zled audiences. other audiences.” In this context Sharon Jewishness and its boundaries, friend, and a mentor to a great Sharon’s research follows The conundrum of under- pushed her Breitbart work fur- and the variable ways in which many, Sharon Gillerman’s un- Breitbart’s journeys and per- standing the interrelationships ther, charting his reception in Jewishness can be formed, re- timely passing is a devastat- formances through Eastern Eu- between Jewish cultures and early-twentieth century mass formed, represented, and col- ing loss to the HUC and USC rope, Central Europe and ulti- German cultures, of seeing be- culture and, for example, in laboratively constituted.” communities and the worlds of mately the US. With her usual yond the famous leading lights the nascent American fasci- Sharon Gillerman is survived German and Jewish studies. b sophistication and incisiveness, of German Jewish high culture nation with physical culture by her husband Mark Quigley, Paul Lerner is Professor of His- Sharon treated the multiple and looking past notions of the and commodified approaches associate professor of English tory at the University of South- meanings and messages Breit- so-called German-Jewish sym- to strength and fitness. at the University of Oregon, her ern California where he directs bart communicated to Jewish biosis inspired a third major Here as in so much of her daughter Maya Gillerman, her the Max Kade Institute for Aus- and non-Jewish spectators as a organization we helped form work, Sharon’s project, as she mother Roberta Gillerman, her trian-German-Swiss Studies form of code switching, show- together, a loose, internation- wrote in an unpublished frag- brother David Gillerman and ©Forward. Reprinted with authorization.

Australia (Continued from Page 18) tiny grandmother, looking up collected rainwater. He had north, scouting out water sourc- less, of course, the uninhabited succeed in finding a country to at this 6’7” man from the dock, kerosene lanterns and a wood es and good soil as part of an land could be quickly occupied. save the Jews from the Nazis. called back, “Me!” Similarly to burning stove, an outhouse and investigation into the feasibil- It was the Group Settlement The governor, John Willcock, the biblical Jacob, he worked some draft horses and one good ity of the Kimberley Project. Scheme all over again: England and the Western Australian the land for seven years before riding cow. When he needed A furrier took samples of the wanted to get rid of their re- government gave their official he was able to marry my grand- to travel down to the city, he local rabbit fur, a tanner carried fuJews; Australia needed the go ahead for the Kimberley Plan mother. rode a horse or walked through away skins. Geologists searched Jews to occupy the land and in June 1939, though approval Like all utopian schemes, the the bush, whistling. He lived for gold and ore. block a Japanese invasion. for the changes to Australian Group Settlement Scheme didn’t in a canvas tent, he lived in a The Australian government The rise in antisemitism immigration policy still needed exactly live up to its promises. humpy, he lived in a tiny wood- was conflicted about the pros- in Europe had caused tens of to be received from the federal Over 40 percent of the trainee en cabin, he built a house with pect of tens of thousands of thousands of Jews to flood into government in order for visas farmers walked off their prop- three rooms and carried his Jews moving into Western Aus- London; many wanted to es- to be issued and immigration erties due to tremendous hard- bride across the doorstep, he tralia. The Jews would never be cape Europe entirely. Australia to commence. ships and financial pressures, built a bigger house with many House was receiving 120 appli- Alas, Steinberg was still in which were exacerbated by the rooms for all of his children. cations for visas from refugees Australia, no closer to getting Depression. By 1926, my grand- In the early 1930s, Melech a day. A Jewish homeland in a commitment from the fed- father was one of only four Ravitch, a Yiddish poet who Western Australia, a plan that eral government, when Ger- farmers in the region. He had represented the Freeland had been vetoed just five years man tanks rolled into Poland cleared and planted 200 acres League for Jewish Territorial earlier, suddenly seemed like on Sept. 1, 1939. The Kimberley with an ax and an ox, and just Colonization, traveled through a viable solution to the Jewish Plan was officially vetoed by a few years later, he began to Western Australia and up to Problem. Sir John Curtain, the Austra- purchase nearby abandoned the Northern Territory. His Michael Durack, the real lian Prime Minister on July 15, farms. Instead of the 161 acres goal was identifying suitable landed gentry of the Northwest, 1944. He is supposed to have the government had promised acreage for a Jewish homeland. offered to sell the Freeland said, “How many homelands do him, he had more than 5,000. Though my grandfather wasn’t League a parcel of land larger the Jews need?” For comparison, an Amer- currently the landed gentry, the than Great Britain in 1938, with Among my mother’s papers, ican dairy farm might have possibility of a flood of Jewish Australia, 1920: Grandpa and a work- the idea that over 10,000 Jewish she kept several newspaper 400 acres, and grow a hundred immigration had become far er outside a tent. (Courtesy of Goldie refugees would emigrate en pages showing the first pho- acres of corn and soybeans to more realistic. Pamphlets such Goldbloom) mass and develop the region. tographs to come out of Aus- feed the 80 cows the farmer as “The Rich Northwest of Aus- The Freeland League sent a chwitz. She told me that my milks. A farm in New York tralia: An Appeal to Youth and able to assimilate and become representative, Isaac Nachman grandfather, a stoic man, had State might have been settled the Spirit of Adventure” had “dinkum Aussies”! Polish Jews Steinberg, out to Western Aus- wept like a child when he saw 200 years earlier, passed down been handed out in London. “lived as their ancestors lived tralia in 1939 to rally support the images. “They could have through several generations Cartoons were appearing in 2000 years ago!” But they had for the creation of a Jewish come here,” he said. “They from father to son, and by 1926, the Western Australian news- a problem: Australia was a huge homeland from amongst the could all have come here. They many families would have had papers, showing indigenous country with a tiny population. government, clergy, intellectu- could have been saved.” b electricity, running water, a Australians peeping out of the Fewer than 7 million inhabi- als and newspapers. Steinberg, Goldie Goldbloom is the au- telephone, a flush toilet, a car bush at a fantastic city labeled tants lived in an area the same a charismatic man, was wildly thor of the novel “On Division,” and roads for the car to drive “The New Jerusalem.” Every size as the United States. Just to successful. Everyone knew who which won the 2020 fiction on. In rural Western Australia few months, groups of Jewish the north, Hitler’s ally, Japan, he was and what he wanted. award from the Association of at that time, there was no in- explorers traveled through the had a population of 69 mil- Knowing what was happening Jewish Libraries and was a nom- frastructure. My grandfather farmland of Western Australia lion. A hostile invasion wasn’t in Germany and across Europe, inee for the 2020 Gotham Prize. had several large tanks that and made their way further just possible but probable. Un- he felt tremendous pressure to ©Forward. Reprinted with authorization.