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Hadas Parush/Flash 90 The separation wall runs along the Palestinian refugee camp, Shuafat, separating it from the Jewish town of Pisgat Stephanie Pilick/picture alliance via Getty Images Zeev, near Jerusalem, on Jan. 29, 2014. The Israeli writer Amos Oz reads from his book “Judas” at the award ceremony of the International Literature Prize in the House of World Cultures.

Is Israel’s security barrier a By Andrew country’s most vocal peace Silow-Carroll activists, calling on succes- sive governments to resolve terrorism deterrent or political tool? (JTA)—Amos Oz, one of the Palestinian issue and Israel’s most widely read and embrace what he called “the By Josh Hasten ies (BESA), who conducted the study He is adamant that while some experts best-known writers, has died. logic of demography and the in conjunction with the Kohelet Policy claim that the fence reduced attacks in- He was 79. moral imperative to withdraw (JNS)—Many have pointed to Israel’s Forum, would lead to Israel’s demise. side Israel’s population centers by up to The cause was cancer, the from governing a hostile security barrier in Judea and Samaria as “If this fence becomes a border, it will 90 percent, “it wasn’t the fence, but the Israeli media reported. population.” being one of the primary contributors to be suicide for Israel,” he tells JNS. “We are permanent day and night IDF activities Barely older than the coun- In novels like “My Michael,” the reduction in Palestinian terrorism facing a new reality in which the Iranians inside [Palestinian Authority] cities and try he chronicled in dozens of “Black Box,” “Where the since the years of the Second Intifada, are trying to attack Israel from all direc- refugee camps [that reduced attacks]” novels, essays and nonfiction Jackals Howl” and his 2002 from 2000 to 2005. However, a growing tions: Hamas in Gaza, Iranian militias during what Israel dubbed “Operation books, Oz represented a gen- autobiographical novel “A Tale chorus of experts disputes this notion, in the Golan, Hezbollah in Lebanon, Defense Shield.” eration of writers who traced of Love and Darkness”—later while pointing to the barrier instead etc. Who will be able to inspect if they That military campaign was launched the country’s emotional arc made into a film by and star- being used as a political tool to divide are deploying forces by proxy armed by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon following from its adolescence to the the land. with rockets in Judea and Samaria if we the 2002 Passover massacre at the Park present. He also was one of the Oz on page 15A A new study on Israel’s separation fence go with the ‘separation plan [between Hotel in Netanya, where an Arab suicide- in Judea and Samaria asserts that while Israel and the Palestinians]?’ What we bomber murdered 30 Israelis enjoying a the yet-to-be-completed barrier was are engaging along the Gaza border seder meal and service. constructed under the guise of security and Lebanon, it will be the same in Kfar Hacohen says that while a fence might Vote to dissolve against Palestinian suicide-bombers Saba, Rosh Ha’ayin and Tel Aviv. The only work on the U.S.-Mexico border to reduce (only around 62 percent of the 790-kilo- reason it’s not happening now is because illegal immigration and the flow of poten- meter route has been erected), the fence of the operational freedom of the IDF.” tial criminals into America—with Trump Knesset is in reality a political apparatus, which Hacohen, who was a battle-tested IDF referencing a belief in the effectiveness of would likely become an international commander for 42 years, says that the Israel’s “wall” in a recent meeting with (JNS)—The governing Israel’s Supreme Court had border between Israel and a future Pal- decision to construct the barrier back in democratic leaders—he doesn’t believe partners of Benjamin Netan- given the government a Jan. estinian state. 2002 was an attempt by Israel’s leadership that is the case with the Jewish state. yahu’s ruling coalition voted 15, 2019 deadline to pass legis- And that border, according to Maj. to “manipulate public opinion in Israel “Even while former U.S. Ambassador unanimously on Monday lation increasing the number Gen. (res.) Gershon Hacohen of the using anxieties from terrorist attacks and to dissolve the Knesset. of Orthodox draftees. Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Stud- suicide-bombings in the name of security.” Wall on page 15A New elections are tentatively Netanyahu had hoped to scheduled for April 9, 2019, enlist the support of par- four years since the last elec- ties outside the coalition to tion, and six months before support the bill, but when it Artist Stephen Gamson gets his the previously scheduled became clear that the govern- election date of Nov. 5, 2019. ment would not garner the “In the name of budgetary parliamentary support neces- and national responsibility, sary from the opposition, new own day in Miami Beach party leaders in the coalition elections were announced. By Christine DeSouza majority will say a resounding agreed unanimously to dis- The coalition parties an- “Yes!” He is so well known that solve the Knesset and go to nounced that they would all Ask people in the Miami Dec. 3, 2018, was proclaimed new elections at the beginning remain in the government area if they have heard of Stephen Gamson Day by of April, following a full four- until the new election date and Stephen Gamson, and the City of Miami Beach Mayor year term,” said a government would attempt to cooperate on Dan Gelber and Vice Mayor spokesperson on behalf of the other legislative issues. Michael Gongora. governing parties. In a meeting of the Likud The honor was bestowed The decision came during Party faction following the upon Gamson during a pre- a five-hour meeting in the announcement, Netanyahu Art Basel party held on Fisher Prime Minister’s Office be- said “we agreed to submit a Island, an exclusive private tween leaders of the coalition’s bill to dissolve the Knesset island off the coast of Miami five parties. The party leaders and go to elections in early Beach. recognized that the narrow April.” He added that “the Gamson was the featured 61-member parliamentary government will complete artist at the party, a forerun- majority did not have the four years in office with tre- ner of the art festival held in staying power to pass key leg- mendous achievements. We Basel, Switzerland annually, islation, including a bill aimed have turned Israel into a rising and Miami Beach hosts the at increasing the number world power.” American version of this of Orthodox Israeli citizens The average Israeli govern- famous festival at the same serving in the military. ment historically remains time. The Haredi Draft Law, as intact for 3.8 years. Rarely “This whole city transforms it is called would impose fi- do governments last an entire into the Olympics of the art nancial sanctions on religious term, due to Israel’s complex world,” Gamson told Miami. learning institutions which parliamentary system. com. “To do something on this City of Miami Beach Vice Mayor Michael Gongora (l) hold- failed to meet enlistment Previous elections were private island is very special.” ing the proclamation given to Stephen Gamson. quotas, while simultaneously held on March 17, 2015. When he was invited to the enabling those who have al- island, he was told to invite was too many guests (plus ever to have to uninvite ready selected to defer their his friends as well. More than cars) for the ferryboats to people,” he stated. military to service to extend 1,000 people were on his guest transport. So, Gamson had According to Miami.com, their deferments. Religious list. The only way to get to the to uninvite many. parties in the coalition refused island is by ferryboat, and that “That’s the worst feeling Gamson on page 15A to back the legislation. 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HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, JANUARY 4, 2019 PAGE 3A Russia struggling to stop the Iranian-Israeli shadow war in Syria By Yaakov Lappin which could be part of a face- red line, which has triggered saving effort on behalf of the many reported airstrikes in (JNS)—It didn’t take long Assad regime. the past. for the recent Israeli Air Force These comments reflect This shadow conflict is a strikes on Iranian or Hezbol- a wider Russian frustra- threat to the stability of the lah targets in the Damascus tion over its failure to end Bashar Assad regime. While area to receive Russian con- a shadow Israeli-Iranian the regime has no desire to demnation. war that continues to rage get involved in a war with Russia issued a public in Syria. It is a low-profile Israel and would rather focus rebuke to Israel, accusing it conflict, mostly fought away on reconstruction, it is forced of conducting “provocative” from the headlines, in which to issue “permits” to Iranian attacks. The Russians also Israel is playing an active activities since Assad owes his claimed to reveal operational defense against Iran’s offen- existence to Tehran. Assad details about the airstrikes, sive attempt to set up a war also gets dragged into the saying that six Israeli F-16 outpost in Syria. Hundreds of conflict when his surface- jets fired missiles at targets Iranian targets in Syria have to-air missile batteries fire in Syria from Lebanese been destroyed in the past 18 at Israeli aircraft, attracting airspace. months alone. Israeli return fire. When Iran According to the spokes- Iran seeks to create weap- uses Syrian military bases man for Russia’s Defense ons factories, missile bases for its purposes, it also pulls Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Ministry, the strikes endan- and a Shi’ite army of 100,000 the regime into the firing gered two civilian airliners fighters in Syria, while Israel zone. These encounters are investment. attempts to keep Iranian- The Israeli campaign is that were on their way to has no intention of letting flashpoints that can escalate In the process, Moscow backed forces away from based on calculated risks, the land at airports in Damascus it succeed. Iran’s tendency into a wider conflict. has partnered up with radi- the Israeli border have not most advanced intelligence and Beirut. The spokesman of using Syria as a transit Russia is not happy about cal Shi’ite forces led by Iran been very successful. Shi’ite imaginable and long-range claimed that Syrian air zone for moving advanced such risks. It has invested and Hezbollah, which were militias and Hezbollah units precision firepower. These defense intercepted most of weapons to Hezbollah, in military efforts to rescue the already neck deep in the are deeply embedded among come together to form an the Israeli missiles—a claim neighboring Lebanon, is Assad regime from defeat, battle to save Assad. the Syrian army’s forces that Israeli gate around Syria, that remains unverified, and also a violation of an Israeli and it wishes to safeguard its Now, however, the Syrian stormed southern Syria ear- blocking Iranian plans to war is largely over, and Rus- lier this year. take over. sian President Vladimir Putin Despite Russia’s rebuke Comments made on wishes to convert his gains in and posture against Israel’s Wednesday by Israeli Prime Genetic study finds Sephardic Syria into geo-strategic ben- actions, it is the Iranian Minister Benjamin Netan- efits. Yet Moscow must now axis that is jeopardizing the yahu contained the latest worry about a new conflict stability of the region. signal from Jerusalem re- genes in Latin America that could end up jeopardiz- Publicly, Russia is taking garding its total commitment ing Assad. a stance against Israel alone, to continue this way for as By Cnaan Liphshiz populations from each coun- The study is the most com- Russia has already tried probably to avoid a showdown long as necessary. try, ranging from 1 percent in prehensive of its kind in Latin to put the brakes on Israel’s with Iranian-led forces on Speaking at an air-force (JTA)—In a genetic study of Brazil to 4 percent in Chile. America, but “it doesn’t repre- campaign in September. the ground in Syria, which pilot cadet graduation cer- 6,589 people from five Latin The researchers used a set sent the whole population” of At that time, Syrian anti- Moscow still needs to keep the emony, Netanyahu said: American countries, about of DNA variations, or haplo- the genetically diverse region aircraft fire, targeting Israeli Assad regime safe. But behind “We are not prepared to a quarter displayed traces of types, observed to be common and “has biases,” Chacón- jets, accidentally shot down a closed doors, it seems highly accept the Iranian military what may be Sephardic Jewish among Jews with roots in the Duque said. Russian intelligence aircraft, likely that the Kremlin is not entrenchment in Syria, which ancestry. Iberian Peninsula. While the study indicates resulting in the loss of 15 crew very pleased with Iran, Hez- is directed against us. We Geneticist Juan-Camilo But converso genes “are that converso genes have members. bollah and other members of will act against it vigorously Chacón-Duque and his col- widespread,” Chacón-Duque spread far and wide in Latin Russia blamed Israel for the Tehran axis for attracting and continuously, including leagues published their find- told JTA. America, he added, the re- that incident and saw it as Israeli fire. during the current period.” ings last week in Nature Some 23 percent of the search sample of fewer than a turning point to restrict ‘Not prepared to accept Ira- Netanyahu made clear that Communications magazine, 6,589 people sampled showed 7,000 people “doesn’t neces- Israel’s activities. It armed nian entrenchment in Syria’ a decision by U.S. President in an article titled “Latin some genes—or more than 5 sarily mean that a quarter Assad with advanced S-300 Israel, for its part, is signal- Donald Trump to withdraw Americans show wide-spread percent of their ancestry—as- of Latin Americans have air-defense batteries as part ing absolute resoluteness to American troops from east- Converso ancestry and im- sociated with Sephardic, East Sephardic genes.” of an effort to deter Israel. Yet continue with its preventa- ern Syria will have no ef- print of local Native ancestry Mediterranean or South Medi- Earlier this month, U.S. the latest events show that tive active defense campaign. fect on Israel’s preventative on physical appearance.” terranean ancestry, “probably Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio- when Israel sees a necessity This campaign has two goals: policy. Converso is the Spanish- stemming mostly from the Cortez (D-N.Y.) announced at to prevent a new threat from disrupt the force build-up of Warned the prime minis- language word for people clandestine colonial migra- a Chanukah candle-lighting growing in Syria, it continues the enemy and try to avoid ter: “We stand firm on our who converted from Juda- tion” of conversos, the re- ceremony that she is de- to act. an all-out conflict in the red lines in Syria, and every ism to Christianity during searchers wrote. scended from Sephardic Jews On the ground, Russian process. other place.” the Inquisition in Spain and “For every individual we who fled to Puerto Rico dur- Portugal. Many conversos, characterized more than ing the Spanish Inquisition. or anusim in Hebrew, fled to 600,000 genetic variants,” During the ensuing debate, Latin America. they added, “creating a dense genealogists noted that any Overall, converso genes genome-wide profile of ge- individual can count some account for only a small part netic variation for each in- 1 million ancestors between ELIMINATE GUTTER CLEANING FOR LIFE! of the ancestries of the study dividual.” the present and the year 1500. Last surviving Warsaw Ghetto Uprising fighter passes away ganization in 1942, after comrades in fleeing to forests having been a member of a outside the city through the Zionist youth movement in Warsaw sewer system. 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We promise to 1924, joined the Warsaw defeat the fighters, Rotem was try every day to be deserving Ghetto Jewish Combat Or- instrumental in assisting his of the description ‘Human.’ ” PAGE 4A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, JANUARY 4, 2019 Pros and cons of the US pullout from Syria By Caroline Glick could endanger the American F-35’s stealth ing their supplies. Moreover, according to Oil 2014 to wage a campaign to defeat IS in Syria www.carolineglick.com systems. Price, Syria’s oilfields and infrastructure were and Iraq. As Middle East expert Lee Smith In announcing the departure of U.S. forces, destroyed during the war. To bring the fields noted in an article in Tablet magazine in President Donald Trump’s sudden an- Trump essentially told the Kurds that they are back to pre-war production levels, Russia will April, Obama’s decision to deploy U.S. forces nouncement that he is removing U.S. forces on their own. Unless the U.S. agrees to arm need to invest $35-40 billion. With oil selling to Syria was of a piece with his larger strategic from Syria shocked many. But it shouldn’t and supply YPG forces, and unless the U.S. for $46 per barrel, it isn’t clear whether Russia realignment of the U.S. away from Israel and its have come as a surprise, because the move is intends to use other means to deter Erdogan has the funds to rebuild Syria’s oil industry. traditional Sunni Arab allies and toward Iran. consistent with key aspects of Trump’s military from attacking them, Syria’s Kurds will face At a minimum, it will be difficult for Russia to Since ISIS is a Sunni terror group, it was and foreign policy. the unenviable choice between facing the Turks cash in on its investment in Syria even after the largely assumed that Iran and ISIS were Trump promised to bring the 2,000 U.S. alone or throwing their hats in with the Rus- U.S. forces leave. The fact that most of Syria’s enemies. This despite the fact that Iran and Special Forces home from Syria in April. When sians and Iranians in the hopes of receiving fields are in territory under Kurdish control ISIS had a live-and-let-live relationship in Iraq his announcement sparked opposition from some sort of protection from the Turks. gives the YPG a significant bargaining chip and Syria. Moreover, Iran has a documented the Pentagon and from key allies, Trump said Despite their relatively small numbers, the in its dealings with the Russians. Russia does record of supporting ISIS’s progenitor, al- that he would give the Pentagon six months U.S. forces in Syria have had a massive strategic not want those fields to fall to Turkish control. Qaeda in Iraq. to complete its mission to defeat so-called impact on the power balance in the country. From Israel’s perspective, the U.S. presence All the same, in deploying U.S. forces to “Islamic State” forces in Syria. Deployed along the border triangle joining in Syria has served as a key deterrent against Syria to fight ISIS, Obama believed he was Seven months later, he announced the Syria, Iraq and Jordan, the U.S. forces in Syria Russian, Iranian, and Hezbollah aggression. advancing his strategic realignment in two troops will be coming home. have blocked Iran taking over the Iraqi-Syria The thought that U.S. forces in Syria will fight ways. First, he strengthened Iran’s position Trump’s decision will have negative con- border and so forging a land bridge linking with Israel if Israel finds itself at war against in Syria by weakening a rival for power. In so sequences. But it will also have positive con- Iran to the Mediterranean through Iraq, Syria Iran and its aligned forces in Syria and Lebanon doing, he advanced his goal of convincing the sequences. Only time will tell if the positive and Lebanon. has been a deterrent to Iranian aggression. It Iranian regime to conclude the nuclear deal implications of the move will outweigh the U.S. forces at the border have also prevented has arguably also been a rationale for Russia with his administration. As Obama’s deputy negative ones. But it is important to set out Iranian-controlled forces from attacking limiting the scope of its strategic partnership national security advisor Ben Rhodes told both to consider the wisdom of his decision. Jordan. with Iran in Syria. a group of activists in 2014, Obama viewed On the negative side, the most immediate Then there is Russia. Last January, Russian Trump’s announcement that he is removing his realignment towards Iran as the most casualties of Trump’s decision are the Kurdish- President Vladimir Putin and Syrian President U.S. forces from Syria, consequently, increases important policy of his second term in office. dominated People’s Protection Units militia. Bashar Assad concluded a deal that gave Russia the likelihood of war just as Iran’s pending The second goal Obama sought to achieve The YPG has been America’s partner and its control over Syria’s oil and gas. The following seizure of the Syrian-Iraqi border increases through the deployment to Syria was one di- ground force in the U.S.-led campaign against month, Russian mercenaries attempted to the likelihood of war. rected toward domestic opinion. Obama sought IS in Syria. YPG forces are the only forces on cross the Euphrates River to seize the Conoco That means it increases the likelihood that to use the deployment in Syria and Iraq against the ground in Syria that are loyal to the U.S. oil field. The area is under YPG control. Forty Israel will find itself under attack and at war ISIS—in coordination and cooperation with At the same time, the U.S. partnership U.S. forces blocked the Russian offensive. with Iran and its proxies in both Lebanon Iran—to convince the American public that with the YPG has raised the prospect of a war Hundreds of Russian mercenaries were killed. and Syria. Iran was no longer their enemy. between the U.S. and Turkey. Turkish dictator Last month, the U.S. Treasury sanctioned But that brings us to the positive im- When Trump came into office, he contin- Recip Erdogan threatened to launch an offen- an Iranian-Russia network that sent millions plications of Trump’s move. ued to implement Obama’s policy. He did not sive against the YPG forces. Trump reportedly of barrels of Iranian oil to Syria and hundreds From a U.S. perspective, it is fairly clear ask for an expanded mandate for U.S. forces decided to announce the withdrawal of U.S. of millions of dollars to Hamas and Hezbollah. that if a full-blown war erupts between Israel in Syria. This despite the fact that National forces from Syria after that threat. The purpose of the network was to permit Iran and Iran-Hezbollah in Lebanon and Syria, the Security Advisor John Bolton told Breitbart Also during the course of Erdogan’s and to bypass the U.S. sanctions by passing its oil 2,000 U.S. forces in Syria will not be sufficient News in August that the writ of U.S. forces in Trump’s discussion, Erdogan reportedly off as Syrian oil. to make a significant contribution to their Syria had been expanded to containing Iran agreed to cancel his order of the Russian S-400 Apparently in response to America’s move, defeat. Instead the forces are liable to serve and blocking Iran from seizing control over surface-to-air missile system and to purchase a Russia’s largest oil company Rosneft cancelled as a tripwire, which could place pressure on the Syrian-Iraqi border. The Pentagon, for package of U.S. Patriot missile systems valued a $30 billion deal to develop oil and gas projects Trump to deploy a much larger force to Syria. its part, insisted on maintaining the Obama at $3.5 billion instead. in Iran. And so on the face of it, the withdrawal Presuming that Trump has no interest in administration’s pro-Iran policy and rejected Turkey’s planned purchase of the S-400 of U.S. forces from Syria gives Russia and Iran being sucked into a war that would place the attempts to abandon it in favor of an anti-Iran caused a rift between NATO member Turkey an open road to bypass U.S. sanctions. U.S. in direct conflict with Russia, keeping the policy in Syria. and NATO. The S-400 is not interoperational But with the EU still embargoing Syrian oil, forces on the ground is problematic. with NATO systems. Turkish use of the system Russia and Iran have limited options for sell- U.S. forces were first deployed to Syria in Glick on page 5A LeBron James doesn’t deserve a free pass By Rabbi Efrem Goldberg recognizable athletes on the planet posted to of how not to say you are sorry. Rather than ist. Mallory, who is now co-president of the Aish Hatorah Resources Instagram the lyrics of a song by the performer accept responsibility for making a mistake, Women’s March organization, has called Louis 21 Savage: “We been getting that Jewish money. he wrote the popular but ineffective if: “if I Farrakhan, the leader of the Nation of Islam LeBron’s apology is the perfect example of Everything is Kosher.” offended anyone.” Rather than take owner- and unrepentant anti-Semite, “the GOAT,” or how not to say you are sorry. Throughout our history, it is well-docu- ship, he offered an explanation. Rather than “greatest of all time,” on social media. LeBron James has a following on Instagram mented that oppression, persecution and at- admit it was poor judgment and an objective According to Evvie Harmon, who was at more populous than 203 countries. When tempted exterminations began with rhetoric mistake, he said it was misunderstood. Apolo- that initial meeting, Mallory and Perez began nearly 46 million people sign up to read every- and propaganda revolving around Jews and gies filled with rationalizations, explanations berating Wruble. What do you think they at- thing you have to say, you have a responsibility money. Invoking the trope connecting Jews and deflections are not apologies. tacked her about? What else, Jews and money. to be extra thoughtful, careful and mindful to money is as hurtful to us as posting a lyric In fact, even using the word apology is very Harmon recounted the conversation: “They of what you post. LeBron is well aware of the that contains a stereotype that would offend different than saying sorry. The origin of the were talking about, ‘You people this,’ and ‘You platform he has, as he mentioned in his state- any other minority. word “apology” is the Greek “apologia,” which people that’ and the kicker was, ‘You people ment reacting to the events in Charlottesville, The author of the lyric tweeted to his 2.8 means justification, explanation, or excuse. One hold all the wealth.’ I was like, ‘Oh my God, Virginia last year: million followers what he thought was an apol- who truly feels regret and feels bad for the hurt they are talking about her being Jewish.’ The I know there’s a lot of tragic things hap- ogy, but in actuality was just a further insult: he caused others doesn’t offer an apology, but greatest regret of my life was not standing up pening in Charlottesville. I just want to speak The Jewish people I know are very wise with simply says the simple but effective words that are and saying ‘This is wrong.’” on it right now. I have this platform and I’m there [sic] money so that’s why I said we been missing from LeBron’s apology—“I am sorry.” We must not have that same regret. These somebody that has a voice of command, and gettin Jewish money I never thought anyone The news media and sports world apparently anti-Semitic comments cannot go unanswered the only way for us to get better as a society, would take offense. I’m sorry if I offended have accepted the explanation LeBron offered and nobody deserves a pass simply by offer- and for us to get better as people, is love... everybody never my intention I love all people. and have given the superstar an unconscio- ing an excuse. The ADL, which does so much He continued by calling for us to take per- LeBron’s Instagram post attracted attention nable pass for posting a hateful slur. important work in calling out and fighting sonal responsibility for how we speak and our and criticism. He responded: Many celebrities and public figures have lost anti-Semitism, was shockingly silent. It is sad attitudes towards one another: Apologies, for sure, if I offended anyone. their jobs for mistakes and missteps that were enough that the media moved on, but where It’s about us looking in the mirror. Kids all That’s not why I chose to share that lyric. I equally or even less egregious, but not only are Jewish organizations and groups express- the way up to the adults. All of us looking in always [post lyrics]. That’s what I do. I ride in did the NBA announce that LeBron wouldn’t ing outrage and calling for more? the mirror and saying, ‘What can we do better my car, I listen to great music, and that was be fined, the world moved on immediately, If LeBron is sincerely sorry, he shouldn’t to help change?’’ And if we can all do that and the byproduct of it. So, I actually thought it spending more time on his recent injury than move on, he should educate himself and then give 110 percent and give both foots forward, was a compliment, and obviously it wasn’t how he has injured an entire people with his others about why that lyric is so hurtful, wrong then that’s all you can ask for... through the lens of a lot of people. My apolo- callousness and carelessness. and even dangerous and we should demand Fast forward to this week, when LeBron gies. It definitely was not the intent, obviously, Am I overreacting about the impact of that of him. Moral people of conscience, no failed to meet the very standard he called for. to hurt anybody. publicly associating Jews and money in a post matter their politics, should hold the founders Last Saturday, one of the most famous and LeBron’s apology is the perfect example to 46 million followers? Maybe if it were an of the Women’s March accountable and refuse isolated incident, but LeBron is not the only to participate in their activities until these THE VIEWS EXPRESSED ON THIS PAGE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THE VIEWS OF HERITAGE MANAGEMENT. one promoting old stereotypes. individuals resign from their positions of lead- This week the New York Times picked up ership and the movement publicly repudiates ✡ ✡ ✡ CENTRAL FLORIDA’S INDEPENDENT JEWISH VOICE ✡ ✡ ✡ on a story that has been picking up steam and distances themselves from these views. ISSN 0199-0721 Winner of 46 Press Awards Editor/Publisher for weeks regarding the Women’s March and Comments like LeBron’s, even if posted Jeffrey Gaeser how it has been roiled by accusations of anti- without malice, contribute to a stereotype

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Fern Park, FL 32730 FAX (407) 831-0507 David Lehman • Gil Dombrosky Joyce Gore a black gun control activist, and Carmen Rabbi Efrem Goldberg is the rabbi of the email: [email protected] Perez, a Latina criminal justice reform activ- Boca Raton Synagogue. HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, JANUARY 4, 2019 PAGE 5A Getting ‘fed up’ with critical tone of Federation leadership By Alex Traiman pay some of the organizations’ Israeli policies vis-à-vis the moment, and Israel has no the costs of Jewish education challenges that affect Jewish overhead costs.” Palestinians, it appears as if choice but to work with him, remain unaffordable for most peoplehood. (JNS)—For the second JFNA’s General Assem- the Federation leadership is whether American Jewry likes families. Jewish identity is The Federation is repeat- time in two months, the bly buying into the rhetoric of him or not—just as they had declining. edly asking for an “honest leadership of the Jewish Fed- In October, the JFNA held Israel’s detractors, including no choice but to work with “You have failed to keep conversation.” But this “dia- eration of North America has its annual General Assembly those on university campuses former President Barack Jewish university students logue” that the Federation made it clear that it is fed up in Tel Aviv under the banner and within the new progres- Obama, who was unpopular insulated from anti-Israel is starting is poisonous, and with the policies of Israel’s of “We need to talk,” where sive fringe of the Democratic in Israel but supported by and now purely anti-Semitic only threatens to rip Israeli government. plenary after plenary dem- party who view Palestinian American Jews. activities. Your multimillion- and American Jewry further According to multiple news onstrated how supportive the national aspirations as a Yet today, both Trump’s dollar Jewish-student orga- and further apart if it contin- reports, JFNA leaders told Federation system can be of liberal cause. supporters and detractors nizations have even become ues in this tone. Israel’s Ministry of Diaspora Israeli technology, innova- While Federation lead- readily recognize that public breeding grounds for anti- Now that the issues are Relations this past week that tion and entrepreneurship, ers are quick to reject and discourse surrounding his Israel activists from amongst on the table—and America’s “relations between Israel and yet decidedly upset with how oppose any forms of anti- administration has become our own people, while you tell Jewish leaders have stated U.S. Jewry are at their lowest the country is being run in Semitism at home, continued toxic. Sadly, American Jewry your donors the opposite. them bluntly, and have been point since the state of Israel relation to certain issues they criticism of Israel’s inability may now be injecting this “And politically, you have heard loud and clear as per was established.” view as being inconsistent to reach a long-term peace same venom into its political allowed the new guard of the their intention—let’s recog- Eric Goldstein, chief execu- with their values. accord raises questions as relationship with Israel. Democratic Party—the party nize that the strength of the tive of the UJA-Federation of The tone of the conference to whether Federation lead- Goldstein acknowledged as that you vote for and whose Jewish people is to be united, New York—the only leader was something along the lines ers have grown tolerant of much in an exclusive inter- candidates you fund—to despite geographic and cul- willing to come on record— of: “Israel, we’ve always sup- decades of Palestinian anti- view with JNS at the General wane in support of what many tural differences. is reported as stating that ported you in the past, and Semitic incitement, and the Assembly. “I think that the consider America’s greatest Israelis generally like and “people who, up until three by support, we particularly recently exposed policy of the political situation in America democratic ally. While Israel appreciate Jews living in years ago, were the biggest mean funding everything Palestinian Authority to pay is certainly a part of this, was always a bipartisan con- America, including the more supporters of Israel now say you have asked us to fund. terrorists to carry out brutal but a part. It has to be some cern, you have passed the than 600,000 Israelis who to us they want to throw up But today, we’re just not so acts of murder on Israeli dimension of that, of course.” banner of supporting Israel have chosen to make America their hands—that all of their sure that Israel fits into our territory. What if Israelis slew to evangelical Christians and their home. And most Ameri- love and labor on behalf of progressive values set. So we America’s toxic political some of the ‘hard the Republican Party.” can Jews have a strong con- Israel went down the drain.” have a big problem.” environment truths’? It would be an ugly day nection to and appreciation Goldstein noted that on the Many Israelis in atten- In Israel, public opinion Along the lines of the Oc- in Israeli-American Jewish for the State of Israel. These top of the list of the concerns dance, who have generally polls demonstrate that much tober conference, imagine if relations if those and several bonds need to be strength- affecting American Jewry are appreciated both the JFNA of the general public and Israeli leadership would come other truths had been spoken ened, and that cannot happen the support that Israeli Prime network and the GA, could political leadership on both to a GA in the United States, by Israeli leaders in such through continuous criticism Minister Benjamin Netan- not help but notice that for the Israeli right and left see get up on stage and state: unbecoming terms in public and the harsh discourse of yahu shows U.S. President the first time, the tone had U.S. President Donald Trump “You know, we’ve always felt forums. late. Donald Trump, who is gen- shifted to the negative. Many as a key ally, who has helped connected to the Jewish com- Israelis appreciate their Let’s put aside our disap- erally loathed by American Israelis left the Tel Aviv con- strengthen the standing of munity in the United States, American brethren pointment and this newfound Jews and their communal vention center disappointed, the Jewish state by acting on and we dearly appreciate your There is no doubt that toxic rhetoric, and instead leadership, as well as Israel’s feeling like they, too, for the bipartisan legislation to of- support for our efforts. And the Federations fund many focus on commonalities that inability to reach a two-state first time wanted to “throw ficially recognize Jerusalem we believe that it actually worthwhile causes to the bring us together and make us settlement with the Palestin- up their hands.” Even some as Israel’s capital, staunchly strengthens your own Jewish tune of billions of dollars a proud of one another, as well ian Authority. recently retired Federation defending Israel at the United identity by supporting our year. Many of those causes as on constructive solutions “Actions taken by [Israel’s] leaders expressed their disap- Nations and pulling out of the progress; however, we think are in Israel. that strengthen our people. government have a decisive pointment with the program. Iran deal that gave Iran $250 your communal leadership is And let it be stated clearly Together, both American role in shaping our attitude to In launching its new billion and access to trillions failing you. that Israel is not resentful Jews and Israelis should let Israel,” Goldstein is reported pattern of public criticism more. “Your synagogue mem- of the Jewish community their leaders know that they as saying, while noting that against the Jewish state, it And while Trump may be bership is declining, with in America, Israelis are ex- are ‘fed up’ with the tone the many UJA donors request appears as if the Federation extremely unpopular among institutions closing down. tremely grateful for all that Federation is introducing to that their dollars no longer leadership no longer ac- an American Jewish popula- Your community is shrinking America’s Jewish communal the relationship. go to Israel. knowledges that Israel is tion that historically votes instead of growing. Jews now groups do to make the entire Alex Traiman is manag- The statements come less one of the most progressive overwhelmingly Democratic, intermarry at astonishing and world a better place. And ing director and Jerusalem than a week after UJA raised societies in the world. De- it would be unwise and poten- seemingly irreversible rates. Israel does not blame Ameri- Bureau Chief of Jewish News $31 million at a Wall Street spite ongoing issues with the tially dangerous for Israel to For the billions you raise, can Jewry for its numerous Syndicate. dinner and raised an all-time state-run rabbinate, Israel show disdain to an American high $250 million in its last remains a country where president that Israeli Ambas- fiscal year. 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HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, JANUARY 4, 2019 PAGE 7A Of miracles and gratitude: ‘Make new friends but keep the old...’ By Marilyn Shapiro at her home, playing with her Madame Alexander dolls. In Two years ago, Peter and seventh grade, Betsy and her Margaret Hunter, friends family moved to Texas, and from England, visited us in I was devastated. She and our home in Kissimmee, her parents came back for a Florida. They brought two visit when we were 16. A few bottles of Moet Chandon Brut years later, my father got Champagne, which we tucked the phone call that Betsy’s away for a future occasion. father had died in a car ac- Miracles and Relation- cident. After that, Betsy and ships I shared an occasional letter. This week, the Hunters She reported that she had two were back in Florida, and sons, had divorced and gone Peter asked us if we had drunk back for her master’s in nurs- the wine. When I told him it ing, and then had remarried. was still sitting in the box, he And then came Facebook. admonished me. We reconnected, and in “That kind of wine doesn’t 2011, Betsy and her second age well,” said Peter. “It husband visited Larry and Marilyn Shapiro (l) and her friend Betsy Porter in 1961. Marilyn and Betsy in 2014. doesn’t last unless refriger- me in Clifton Park. She still ated properly. We’ll pop it was beautiful, still had her touch while we were in col- at Dom’s sandwich shop on second book and checking 1984, when her daughter open next week before we gorgeous red hair, and still lege. I didn’t even invite her Central Avenue. When she in with her. Both of us were Katie and my son Adam were head back to the other side loved me. “My best friend!” to my wedding, a decision I came home around 11:30 shocked when we realized on the same tee-ball team. We of the pond!” she cried as we shared our regret to this day. But two p.m., I would wake up and that she owned a condo only met up again when our two During Chanukah, we first hug in over 40 years. years ago, she came to visit we would catch up while one mile from Fran’s place in younger daughters bonded celebrate miracles: There She was the first friend to me at my brother’s cottage on munching on tuna subs she South Carolina. The four of when they were on the same was only enough oil in the call me after the Pittsburgh Lake Champlain. We walked brought home in long white us met for dinner this year swim team. It is a friendship Eternal Light to last for one tragedy to express her grief and talked for an hour and a bags. Until this day, I can’t when she and Phil came to that has lasted over 20 years, day, but somehow, it lasted for and outrage. half, and we hadn’t missed a smell an onion without think- Orlando for Phil’s reunion through our children’s high eight. I was thinking about It took me a while to find step. We still keep in touch ing of our midnight snacks. with college friends. We plan school years, through Katie’s the Hunters and the wine in a friend to be as close with with snail mail, and I will be A month after our gradu- on meeting up in Murrell’s death from leukemia in 2009, relationship to our upcom- as Betsy, but in high school, in touch when I head north ation, Deni married Phil and Inlet this winter when Larry and through the Lynch’s part- ing holiday. Yes, Chandon I met Chris Allen, who was to visit family and friends. settled near Syracuse. Larry and I visit Fran. time residence in Boston and Brut Champagne doesn’t last a year behind me. Chris was Forever Bonds and I would visit her when Lots to Talk About long, but our friendship with brilliant and compassionate I met my college roommate we went out to visit Larry’s Judy Lynch and I met in Friends on page 14A the Hunters, that began on and a wonderful listener. Denise Gorham Donato my Uncle Asher and Aunt Fran. a Jamaican beach, gets bet- We shared confidences and first day of college, and we The four of us went to a ter with age. And I began to Simon and Garfunkel and bonded immediately. Within Syracuse University game in reflect on special friendships lots of notes. She was the one a week, she nicknamed me the snow and kept in touch in my life that miraculously who encouraged me to pur- ‘PTuke,’ a moniker that stuck with an occasional letter. have stood the test of time and sue writing, and she was the through college and beyond. After Asher passed away, Fran distance between us. one who suggested we take a We were so different: I was in- moved down to Murrells’ Inlet Custom Printing Invitations & Announcements In and Out of Touch summer class at Plattsburgh tense, organized, and feverish near Myrtle Beach, South Digital & Offset Printing Brochures & Booklets Direct Mail Services Forms & Letterheads Betsy Odams Porter and State in 1967. 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But his legendary was especially heartbreaking (JTA)—The end of every characters and stories, from for many in Israel and around year brings the grim task of “Portnoy’s Complaint” to the world. rounding up the prominent “American Pastoral” (which Stan Lee Jews who passed away over helped him win numerous Few had as significant the previous 12 months. But other prizes, including a and enduring an impact in doing so, we are able to Pulitzer, the National Book on the comic book indus- pay tribute to their incredible Award and a Franz Kafka try—and the international lives and accomplishments, prize), will eternally live on mega-blockbusters that it and revel once again in the the American Jewish psyche. would eventually spawn—as talents and resilience of the Rona Ramon Stan Lee, the genius behind Jewish community. After her husband Ilan Ra- Marvel comics. Among the This year, we lost Pulitzer mon, the first and only Israeli characters he co-created with Prize winners, TV stars, astronaut to make it to space, other artists are Spider-Man, scholars, Holocaust survi- died in the Columbia shuttle the Hulk, the X-Men, the vors, spiritual leaders and crash of 2003, she became a Fantastic Four, Iron Man and many more. Here are just public figure and started the Thor. He was born Stanley some of those who inspired Ramon Foundation, which Lieber to Romanian-Jewish Philip Roth Claude Lanzmann Evelyn Berezin us the most. promoted academic and so- immigrants. Philip Roth cial leadership among Israeli Neil Simon Jewish identity—his mother overdose—Miller was some- religion in the 20th century In the end, the giant of youth. Her death this month, There was arguably no was Jewish but he was never what of an unlikely star in the and she taught at the City playwright as popular or as religious—was not widely mainstream hip-hop world. University of New York. astute at exploring the anxi- known or talked about until Born Malcolm James Mc- Connie Kurtz Angel Caring Hands Services, LLC eties, and foibles, of middle- he made an episode of his CNN Cormick to a Jewish mother The LGBTQ activist was class Jews as Neil Simon, series “Parts Unknown” about and Irish father in Pittsburgh, best known for her lawsuit whose comedies dominated Israel. While sampling cuisine Miller at times referenced his against the New York City the Broadway box office for from Israel and Palestinian Jewish identity in public and Board of Education, which much of the second half of territories, Bourdain painted in lyrics, and he had a Star of established domestic partner the 20th century. Among a nuanced portrait of the David tattoo. benefits for all city employees his most famous creations country’s social and political Rachel Cowan in 1994. 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At the Jewish Life ish immigrants. death in July. several of the largest and most and Values Program at the Clara Schwarz Kramer Office 407-777-8307 [email protected] Anthony Bourdain powerful Jewish organiza- Nathan Cummings Founda- During the Holocaust, Cell 321-356-5028 Licenced & Insured The renowned chef and tions—from her local federa- tion in New York, she helped Kramer hid in an under- daredevil travel show host’s tion in her native Baltimore to direct grants for programs ground crawl space in Poland the Conference of Presidents that addressed the spiritual for nearly two years. Her of Major American Jewish dimensions of serious illness, diary from that time is held Organizations (she was also bringing Jewish wisdom on at the U.S. Holocaust Memo- president of the Jewish Tele- wellness to a wide audience. rial Museum in Washington, graphic Agency from 1999 Charles Krauthammer D.C., and her memoir further to 2001). She passed away in Krauthammer was a first recounts the harrowing expe- May at 91. year medical student at Har- rience. With a group of other Connie Sawyer vard when a diving accident survivors, she co-founded the The “Clown Princess of left him wheelchair-bound for Holocaust Resource Center at Comedy” was also known as life. He became a psychiatrist, Kean University in New Jersey. the oldest working woman in and then started writing—at Victims of the Pitts- Hollywood when she passed first he tried speechwriting, burgh synagogue shoot- away at age 105. Born Rosie then turned to political com- ing Jewish Graveside Package: Cohen to Orthodox parents, mentary. He rose to become On Oct. 27, an anti-Semitic Sawyer had over 140 acting one of the country’s most gunman entered the Tree of credits, mostly small roles, in widely known and respected Life synagogue in Pittsburgh’s • Service of Funeral Director and Staff films and shows ranging from conservative columnists, quiet Squirrel Hill neighbor- “Hawaii Five-O” to “Seinfeld” remaining a staunch Israel hood and killed 11 Jewish • Sacred Burial Shroud to “Pineapple Express.” supporter along the way. His worshippers. It was the worst Evelyn Berezin son Daniel recalled how his shooting in American Jewish We can thank Berezin, a dad Charles helped untold history, and it reverberated • Filing all Necessary Paperwork child of Jewish immigrants numbers of Americans “ori- around the country and the from Russia, for the first ent themselves with the world, spurring heartwarm- computerized word processor, political landscape” through ing tributes and calls to take • $200.00 to Chevra Kaddish Society donation for washing which she built and marketed his weekly Washington Post action against right-wing in the late 1960s. “Without column and his frequent ap- anti-Semitism. Ms. Berezin there would be no pearances on Fox News. 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This event is free for babies, toddlers, children and their City Hall, 1300 9th St, St. Cloud • St. Cloud Library, 810 13th Last year’s campaign reached more than 650 million people, families and is sponsored by Jewish Academy of Orlando. St, St. Cloud • Southern Oaks, 3865 Old Canoe Creek Rd, St. including “Wonder Woman” star, Gal Gadot (an Israeli), and JCC39ers Meet & Mingle Mondays... Cloud • Plantation Bay, 4641 Old Canoe Creek Rd, St. Cloud was the largest Holocaust remembrance event in history. On Monday, Jan. 7, the program will be “Identity Theft and • Osceola Chamber of Commerce, 1425 Hwy 192, St. Cloud • A Reminder... how to Protect yourself.” It will be presented by LEE MILLER. Valencia College, 1800 Denn John Ln, Kissimmee • Kissimmee On Sunday, Jan. 6, 2019, starting at 2 p.m., the Congregation The meeting begins at 1p.m. in the JCC Senior Lounge. City Hall, 101 Church St, Kissimmee • Kissimmee Library, 211 Ohev Shalom Seniors will resume their fabulous meetings with It will be followed by refreshments. E. Dakin, Kissimmee • Robinson’s Coffee Shop, 114 Broadway, entertainment and complimentary noshes (yum) with little Shout-Out... Kissimmee • Osceola County Courthouse, 2 Courthouse Sq, or no calories! (OK, I’m only joking!) While shopping in the Publix Market on Aloma Avenue, Kissimmee • Barnies, 3236 John Young Pwy, Kissimmee • The show, featuring the talented STEVE ROMAN & JUSTIN, Winter Park, I was assisted by employee, LAUREN KELLEY. Reily’s Gourmet Coffee, 3831 Vine St, Kissimmee • Shalom will really entertain you. She was so sweet and pleasant... and with her much younger Aleichem, 3501 Oak Pointe Blvd, Kissimmee • Books-A-Million, Steve Roman has impersonated Sammy Davis Jr. (a lands- eyes, helped me find the items I was looking for on the shelves. 2605 W. Osceola Pwy (522), Kissimmee • Lower East Side Deli, man), & Cab Calloway over the last 9 years. According to COS (Actress Bette Davis once said “Getting old is not for sissies!”) 8548 Palm Parkway, Lake Buena Seniors President JERRY LEIBMAN, “You will be in for a huge One for the road... surprise when you hear and see his son Justin.” Abe’s father is a widower and a multi-millionaire. He also Steve is part of a “Rat Pack” Headliner show across the nation. has a terminal illness and is likely to pass away soon. Abe, a Sudoku (see page 14A for solution) Justin is Steve’s young son and he performs Frank Sinatra. single man, decides he needs a woman with whom to enjoy Can a young man perform Sinatra? Come judge for yourself. his soon-to-be-received fortune and where better to find one Of course the cakes and other noshes are delicious, and there than in a single’s bar. is always coffee and soft drinks... and just good old meeting With luck, on his first visit, Abe meets Rifka, a woman whose and mingling. Everyone is welcome! beauty literally takes his breath away. Admission is $5 for COS Senior members; $8 for all others. “I’m just a standard kind of a nice guy,” he says to her, “but The meeting will be held at Congregation Ohev Shalom, 613 in a week or two’s time my dear father is expected to die and Concourse Parkway, South, in Maitland. For further informa- I’ll inherit over $20 million.” tion, you can phone 407-694-0546. Rifka goes home with Abe and the following day becomes (I’ll be there for sure because the nosh’s have no calories!) his stepmother. 2,000-year-old ring found in the City of David A 2,000-year-old ring with it would appear that in the uncovered by archaeologists a solitaire gemstone was past, rings and jewelry were in the City of David. It is yet uncovered in archaeologi- removed before bathing, and another piece in the puzzle cal excavations in the City sometimes forgotten. This that is ancient Jerusalem.” of David National Park in phenomenon, perhaps, is The City of David is Israel’s Jerusalem. The ring was behind the discovery of the largest active archeological found by Israel Antiquities ring in what appears to be a site, situated upon the an- Authority archaeologists in ritual bath. The ring, along cient city of Jerusalem. It what appears to be an an- with other finds, can shed is the place recorded in the cient Mikveh (ritual bath) on light and expose the lives of Bible upon which King David the Pilgrimage Road which people during the Second established Jerusalem as dates back to the time of the Temple period “ the united capital of Israel second Temple period. The Doron Spielman, vice 3,000 years ago, and which ancient paved road runs up president of the City of David remained the seat of the from the Shiloach (Siloam) Foundation which oversees Davidic dynasty for centuries pool to the Temple Mount and the City of David National thereafter. The City of David is thought to have been the Park where the ring was is an Israeli National Heritage cance to Jews and Christians main thoroughfare taken by found added: “It’s incredible Site with over half-a-million alike, deeply influencing pilgrims to the Temple. to think that this beauti- visitors annually where some the development of western According to archaeolo- ful ring sat at the bottom of the most compelling civilization; and continuing gists Nachshon Zenton, of a Mikveh on the ancient personalities and seminal to serve as an inspiration in Moran Hajabi, Ari Levy and Pilgrimage Road for two events of the Biblical period the lives of millions. http:// Dr. Joe Uziel, “Just like today, thousand years, until it was unfolded; rich with signifi- www.cityofdavid.org.il/en. PAGE 10A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, JANUARY 4, 2019 7 of the most heartwarming Jewish stories of 2018 The Saxon Friends of An Iranian refugee Israel brings volunteers raises over $1.2 mil- from Germany to Israel to lion for the Pittsburgh fix the houses of Holocaust synagogue survivors living there. The Khashayar “Shay” Khatiri group’s efforts drew public- was moved to action shortly ity in October when a rabbi after hearing about the met one of its volunteers on shooting at Pittsburgh’s Tree a flight and posted about it of Life synagogue that left 11 on Facebook. Rabbi Zalmen dead in October. So the Iran Wishedski described his native and Washington D.C. meeting with a 54-year-old resident, who is not Jewish, house builder named Roland started a fundraiser through who had been traveling to the GoFundMe website. Do- the Jewish state twice a year nations started pouring in, for around five years to help quickly reaching more than Holocaust survivors. $1.2 million. “I cannot change or repair Khatiri, who is seeking the whole world, I cannot political asylum due to his repair all my people did 70 political activism against years ago,’” the rabbi recalled the Iranian government, Roland telling him. “All I can says that he was happy to do is painting. It’s what I’m see people coming together doing, bringing a little bit of to aid the synagogue. good to the world.” “It was nice to see that In a promotional vid- people really cared and eo, one volunteer explains wanted to help the survi- Mikhl Baran with campers at Camp Kinder Ring in that both of his parents vors,” he said. Hopewell Junction, N.Y. Gabby, Cole and Serena Deutch. were avid Nazis and that he A rabbi saves 4 Torah is the only one in his family scrolls from being By Josefin Dolsten Mikhl,” Baran told JTA, not- ch is a Democratic congress- about anti-Semitism in who wants to “deal with the burned in the Califor- ing that the name is the Yid- man representing the district British politics in April, J.K. issue.” nia wildfires (JTA)—This year hasn’t dish form of Michael. “That’s where the shooting took Rowling used Twitter to de- 10 American baseball At 3 o’clock in the morn- been an easy one. From already, in a sense, imbuing place—came up with the fine the term for her 14-plus players become Israeli ing, a neighbor roused Rabbi shootings that claimed many the idea that Yiddish is a idea to bake and sell haman- million Twitter followers. citizens to help country Barry Diamond from sleep innocent lives, including at great national treasure of taschen, the traditional pastry “Most UK Jews in my time- make the Olympics to let him know that their a synagogue in Pittsburgh, the Jewish people.” eaten during the holiday. line are currently having to Ten American baseball Southern California neigh- to political turmoil in the Camp Kinder Ring, start- They started recruiting field this kind of crap, so players became Israeli citi- borhood had been given a United States and abroad, ed in 1927 by the Workmen’s friends at campuses around perhaps some of us non-Jews zens so they could play on voluntary evacuation order there have been many mo- Circle, was originally a the country to do the same should start shouldering the the country’s national team due to the wildfires that ments of sorrow. Yiddish-language camp, but and urged them to donate burden,” she said in response in international competi- were ravaging the state that But there were bright today the mamaloshen isn’t the proceeds to groups fight- to a user arguing that “Juda- tions leading up to the November. About 20 minutes spots too. As 2018 comes heard quite as often. That’s ing gun violence as well as ism is a religion not a race.” 2020 Olympics. The Jew- later, the rabbi arrived at to a close, JTA looked back why Baran’s lessons—both the families of the Parkland “Antisemites think this ish athletes made aliyah Temple Adat Elohim, the Re- at some of the heartwarm- about Yiddish and the world victims. is a clever argument, so tell in October. They want to form synagogue in Thousand ing stories we reported on in which it was spoken—hold Gabby Deutch, a student at us, do: were atheist Jews represent Israel in 2020 in Oaks where he works, to see this year, from a group of a special significance. Yale University, said she was exempted from wearing the Tokyo. Some of the players fire surrounding the area by German volunteers who “I worry a great deal happy to make a difference. yellow star? #antisemitism,” also represented Israel in the building. are fixing Holocaust survi- because my generation is “I was feeling disappointed Rowling continued. last year’s World Baseball But that didn’t deter vors’ houses to an Iranian passing already,” he said. by a lack of response, at least But she didn’t stop there. Classic, where Team Israel Diamond, 56, from dashing refugee who raised money “It’s almost gone. And we on Yale’s campus,” she told In August, she called out shocked followers by reach- into the synagogue to save for Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life are the remnant. If we will JTA, “and a lot of people a fellow British writer on ing the quarterfinals. his congregation’s holiest synagogue. Here are some not tell the story, who will?” since this has become pub- Twitter over his criticism “These players showed objects. He ran in twice, of the highlights, sorted A Florida congress- lic have come up to me and of Jewish complaints about great enthusiasm for work- grabbing four Torah scrolls, chronologically. man’s kids use haman- really expressed gratitude anti-Semitism in the Labour ing in Israel to reach the one of which had survived A 95-year-old Holocaust taschen to help end gun that something is happening Party. And her latest book, Olympics in particular and to the Holocaust, as well as survivor teaches camp- violence about it, which makes me feel “Lethal White,” which came develop the game in Israel in the Book of Esther scroll ers Yiddish Gabby, Serena and Cole like there are people who care out in September, comments general, and the players who traditionally read on Purim. There’s one teacher Deutch wanted to do some- about this issue.” on the dangers of anti- played in the World Champi- “I would say I was a cross at Camp Kinder Ring in thing after 17 people were J.K. Rowling uses Semitism by including a onship were exposed to Israel between nervous and de- Hopewell Junction, N.Y., who killed in February at Mar- Twitter to fight anti- character whose obsessive and saw how they can help termined to get these out,” always keeps kids captivated jory Stoneman Douglas High Semitism anti-Zionism morphs into the country become a force Diamond told JTA. “Some- with his stories: Mikhl Ba- School in Parkland, Florida. The Harry Potter author, anti-Jewish hatred. to be reckoned with in in- times you just have to put ran, a 95-year-old Holocaust Since Purim was around who is not Jewish, has taken A German group reno- ternational baseball,” Israel your head down and do the survivor from Lithuania. the corner, the college-aged it upon herself to fight Jew vates Holocaust survi- Baseball Association Presi- work and worry about your “I ask them to call me trio—whose father Ted Deut- hatred online. Amid debates vors’ homes for free dent Peter Kurz told Ynet. feelings later.” Hundreds of gap-year students gather in Jerusalem to explore futures in Israel (JNS)—Here Next Year, The goal of the fair is to in partnership with Nefesh give these students an op- B’Nefesh, hosted its fifth portunity to best learn about annual Israel Fair on Sat- their options in order to urday night in the center of choose different career paths Jerusalem. in Israel. The fair is designed to At the Dec. 23 fair were help young potential new organizational representa- immigrants (olim) who are tives, as well as those from currently in their gap year universities and colleges from learn about their options for throughout Israel. There were service in the Israel Defense also recent olim in attendance Forces, Israel National Service to share their own personal (Sherut Leumi), ulpan and experiences and act as peer higher education in Israel. resources for the gap year “We were so pleased to students. welcome nearly 500 people “It is an incredibly spe- who attended this event and cial night at the Here Next to have helped these students Year Israel Fair,” said Marc explore their futures in Israel,” Rosenberg, director of Pre- said Yael Engelhart, director Aliyah at Nefesh B’Nefesh. of Here Next Year. “With advis- “To be with nearly 500 young ers from across the country, people, together exploring and specialty food vendors future options in Israel, is like Crave, Urbun and Muf- just an amazing sight to be- fin Boutique, these students hold. We are proud to partner both enjoyed themselves and with Here Next Year on this learned a lot about the options event, and see more and more Yonit Schiller open to them if they choose young people interested in Hundreds of gap-year students in Israel attended the fifth annual Israel Fair in Jerusalem on Dec. 23, 2018, sponsored to stay in Israel.” aliyah.” by Here Next Year, in partnership with Nefesh B’Nefesh. HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, JANUARY 4, 2019 PAGE 11A OBITUARIES Central Florida Synagogues

RUTH BORENSTEIN at Florida Hospital—East. He and Anne Jacobs Greene. Orlando Weekday Morning Minyan (Conservative/Egalitarian), services Monday- Ruth Borenstein, age 94, of was born on June 1, 1943, in Larrie attended college and Friday 7:45 a.m. (9 a.m.—national holidays); 2nd floor Chapel—Jewish Academy of Orlando; Apopka, passed away peace- Ciego de Avila, Cuba, to the served in the U.S. Army, re- 851 N. Maitland Ave., Maitland. For information call 407-298-4650. fully at her residence on late Manolo Paz and Augus- locating to the Orlando area Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018. A tina Dumenigo Paz. from Connecticut in 1989. Celebration Jewish Congregation (R), services and holiday schedules shown at www. native of New York City, she Rigo earned his bachelor’s He worked as a salesman in JewishCelebration.org; 407-566-9792. was born on Oct. 19, 1924, degree in Camaguey, Cuba. retail jewelry. Chabad Lubavitch of North Orlando (O), 1701 Markham Woods Road, Longwood, to the late Hyman and Ethel He was a man of varied in- He is survived by his daugh- 407-636-5994, www.jewishorlando.com; services: Friday 7:00 p.m.; Saturday at 9:30 a.m. Siegel Schreier. terests and talents, working ter and granddaughter, Alexis Ruth, a high school gradu- as a rancher and pilot for and Eve Greene of Maitland Chabad of Altamonte Springs (O), 414 Spring Valley Lane, Altamonte Springs, 407- ate and homemaker, moved to many years. In 1980, he left and his former wife, Barbara, 280-0535; www.jewishaltamonte.com. the Orlando area in 2003 with Cuba and made his way to also of Maitland. A graveside Chabad of South Orlando (O), 7347 Sand Lake Road, Orlando, 407-354-3660; www. her late husband Max, who the United States, where, in service was held at Edgewood/ jewishorlando.com; Shabbat services: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. and 10 minutes before sunset; passed away in 2011. 1986, he married the former Greenwood Cemetery—Apop- Saturday, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday, 8:15 a.m. She is survived by her sons, Yolanda Moura Iglesia, his ka, with Rabbi Arnold Siegel Gary (Barbara) Borenstein wife of nearly 33 years who of Jewish Family Services of- Chabad of the Space & Treasure Coasts (O), 1190 Highway A1A, Satellite Beach, of Longwood and Robert survives him. ficiating. In memory of Larry 321-777-2770. (Marjory) Borenstein of Wyn- In addition to his wife, Rigo I. Greene, the family requests Congregation Ahavas Yisrael/Chabad (O), 708 Lake Howell Rd., Maitland, 407-644- newood, Pa.; and her daugh- is survived by his sons, David contributions to Jewish Fam- 2500; www.chabadorlando.org; services: Sunday, 9 a.m.; Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m.; Shabbat ter, Amy (Peter) VanWestering Paz (Andrea) and Daniel Paz ily Services, 2100 Lee Road, of Longwood. She was the (Victoria); and his daughters, Winter Park 32789. www. services: Friday, 6:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m.; Family service, 4th Friday of the month. proud grandmother of Marc, Genesis Paz (Antonio) and jfsorlando.org. Congregation Bet Chaim (R), 181 E. Mitchell Hammock, Oviedo, 407-830-7211; www. David, Seth, Josh, Daniel, Acasia Paz (Abelardo). He is Arrangements entrusted to betchaim.org; Shabbat services: Friday, 8 p.m. Erik and Jessica. In addition alsosurvived by six grandchil- Beth Shalom Memorial Cha- Congregation Beth Am (C), 3899 Sand Lake Road, Longwood, 407-862-3505; www. to her husband and parents, dren and his brother, Manolo pel, 640 Lee Road, Orlando Ruth was predeceased by her Paz Dumenigo. 32810. 407-599-1180. www. congbetham.org; Shabbat services: Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m. brother, Fred Schreier. A graveside service was held bethshalommemorialchapel. Congregation Beth El (C), 2185 Meadowlane Ave., West Melbourne, 321-779-0740; A graveside service was held at Greenwood Cemetery—Or- com. Shabbat services, 1st & 3rd Friday, 8 p.m.; 2nd & 4th Saturdays, 9:30 a.m. at New Montefiore Cemetery lando, with Rabbi Arnold Sie- Congregation Beth Emeth (R), 2205 Blue Sapphire Circle, Orlando, 407-222-6393; in Farmingdale, New York. gel of Jewish Family Services ROBERT MARK “ROB- Arrangements entrusted to officiating. BIE” PITT Shabbat service: monthly, 8 p.m. Beth Shalom Memorial Cha- Arrangements entrusted to Robert M. “Robbie” Pitt, Congregation Beth Israel (Rec), Collins Resource Center, Suite 303, 9401 S.R. 200, pel, 640 Lee Road, Orlando Beth Shalom Memorial Cha- age 29 of Winter Garden, Ocala, 352-237-8277; bethisraelocala.org; Shabbat service, second Friday of the month, 8 p.m. 32810. 407-599-1180. pel, 640 Lee Road, Orlando passed away on Dec. 3, 2018, Congregation Beth Sholom (R-C), 315 North 13th St., Leesburg, 352-326-3692; www. 32810. 407-599-1180. at Orlando Regional Medical ROBERTA GERSON Center. He was born on May bethsholomflorida.org; schedule of services on website. DAVIS LOIS FISHER GARNER 17, 1989, in Boynton Beach to Congregation Beth Shalom (Progressive Conservative), Orange City congregation Roberta G. Davis, age 74, Lois Fisher Garner, age 61, Lawrence B. Pitt and Renee holds services at 1308 E. Normandy Blvd., Deltona; 386-804-8283; www.mybethshalom. of Clermont, passed away Saint Cloud, passed away on E. Posner Pitt. The family com; Shabbat services: Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 23, 2018, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2018, at relocated to the Orlando area at the Mike Conley Hospice her residence. She was born in 1991. Robbie was a graduate Congregation B’nai Torah (C), 403 N. Nova Rd., Ormond Beach, 32174, 386-672-1174; House in Clermont. A native on Dec. 17, 1986, in Houston, of Florida State University, www.mybnaitorah.com; Shabbat services: Friday, 8 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. of Winthrop, Massachusetts, Texas, to Samuel and Ina majoring in psychology and Congregation Chabad Lubavitch of Greater Daytona (O), 1079 W. Granada Blvd., she was born on April 30, Marilyn Grossman Fisher. worked in real estate sales. Ormond Beach, 386-672-9300; Shabbat services Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. 1944, to the late Perry and Lois received her Bachelor of In addition to his parents, Pauline Bean Gerson. Roberta Nursing degree and worked Robbie is survived by his sis- Congregation of Reform Judaism (R), 928 Malone Dr., Orlando, 407-645-0444; attended college and during in medical sales. Locally, she ters, Lindsey of Orlando and www.crjorlando.org: Shabbat services, 7 p.m. 1st, 2nd and 3rd Fridays; 6 p.m., 4th and 5th her working career, was an is survived by her husband, Danielle of August, Ga. He is Fridays; Saturday: 10 a.m. administrative assistant in William Donald Garner, Jr. also survived by his maternal Congregation Mateh Chaim (R), P.O. Box 060847, Palm Bay, 32906, 321-768-6722. the U.S. Government. Services and interment grandmother, Roz Posner of She is survived by her hus- were at Beth Yeshurun Post Boca Raton. Congregation Ohev Shalom (C), 613 Concourse Parkway South, Maitland, 407-298- band, Paul Davis of Clermont, Oak Cemetery in Houston. A graveside funeral service 4650; www.ohevshalom.org; Shabbat service, Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m. and her daughter, Meredythe. Arrangements entrusted to was held at Congregation of Congregation Shalom Aleichem (R), 3501 Oak Pointe Blvd., Kissimmee, 407-935- A funeral service and burial Beth Shalom Memorial Cha- Reform Judaism Cemetery, 0064; www.shalomaleichem.com; Shabbat service, 1st and 3rd Fridays of the month, 8 p.m. were held at the Children of pel, 640 Lee Road, Orlando Gotha, with Cantor Doug Abraham Cemetery in Law- 32810. 407-599-1180. www. Ramsay of Southwest Or- Congregation Shomer Ysrael (C), 5382 Hoffner Ave., Orlando, 407-227-1258, call for rence, Mass. bethshalommemorialchapel. lando Jewish Congregation services and holiday schedules. Arrangements entrusted to com. officiating. Congregation Sinai (C/R), 303A N. S.R. 27, Minneola; 352-243-5353; congregation- Beth Shalom Memorial Cha- In memory of Robbie Pitt, sinai.org; services: every Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Shabbat Service evert Saturday, 10 a.m. pel, 640 Lee Road, Orlando LARRIE I. GREENE the faily requests contribu- 32810. 407-599-1180. Larrie I. Greene, age 79, tions to the Jewish Pavilion, Orlando Torah Center (O), 8591 Banyan Blvd., Orlando; 347-456-6485; Shacharis- of Maitland, passed away on www.jewishpavilion.org. Shabbos 9 a.m.; Mon.—Thurs. 6:45 a.m.; Sun. and Legal Holidays 8 a.m.; Mincha/Maariv RIGOBERTO SEGUNDO Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018, at Arrangements were en- Please call for times. PAZ DUMENIGO Quality Health Care Center in trusted to Beth Shalom Southwest Orlando Jewish Congregation/Ohalei Rivka (C), 11200 S. Apopka- Rigoberto “Rigo” Paz Du- Winter Garden. He was born Memorial Chapel, 640 Lee Vineland Rd., Orlando, 407-239-5444; Shabbat service, Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m. menigao, age 75, of Orlando, in Waterbury, Conn., on Nov. Road, Orlando, 32810. 407- passed away on Dec. 10, 2018, 10, 1939, to the late James 599-1180. Temple Beth El (R), 579 N. Nova Rd., Ormond Beach, 386-677-2484. Temple Beth Shalom (R), P.O. Box 031233, Winter Haven, 813-324-2882. Temple Beth Shalom (C), 40 Wellington Drive, Palm Coast, 386-445-3006; Shabbat service, Friday, 8 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. Temple Beth Sholom (C), 5995 N. Wickham Rd. Melbourne, 321-254-6333; www. mytbs.org; Shabbat services: Friday, 7 p.m.; Saturday: 9:30 a.m. Minyan, Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.; Thursday, 10:00 a.m. Temple Beth Shalom (R), 1109 N.E. 8th Ave., Ocala, 352-629-3587; Shabbat services: Friday, 8 p.m.; Torah study: Saturday, 10:00 a.m. Temple B’nai Darom (R), 49 Banyan Course, Ocala, 352-624-0380; Friday Services 8 p.m. Temple Israel (C), 50 S. Moss Rd., Winter Springs, 407-647-3055; www.tiflorida.org; Shabbat services: Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday 9:00 a.m. Temple Israel (R), 7350 Lake Andrew Drive, Melbourne, 321-631-9494. Temple Israel (C), 579 N. Nova Road, Ormond Beach, 386-252-3097; Shabbat service, Friday, 7 p.m.; Saturday: 10:30 a.m. Temple Israel of DeLand (R), 1001 E. New York Ave., DeLand, 386-736-1646; www. templeisraelofdeland.org; Friday Shabbat service, 7 p.m.; Saturday, 10:00 a.m. followed by HEALTHY EYES WEAR SUNGLASSES Torah study. Temple Shalom (formerly New Jewish Congregation) (R), 13563 Country Road Every day that you’re outside, you’re exposed to dangerous, but invisible, ultraviolet (UV) sunlight. Left unprotected, prolonged 101, Oxford, 352-748-1800; www.templeshalomcentralfl.org; Shabbat services: Friday, 7 exposure to UV radiation can seriously damage the eye, leading to cataracts, skin cancer around the eyelid and other eye p.m.; last Saturday of the month, 9:30 a.m. disorders. Protecting your eyes is important to maintaining eye health now and in the future. Temple Shalom of Deltona (R/C), 1785 Elkcam Blvd., Deltona, 386-789-2202; www. Shield your eyes (and your family’s eyes) from harmful UV rays. Wear sunglasses with maximum UV protection. shalomdeltona.org; Shabbat service; Saturday: 10 a.m. Temple Shir Shalom (R) Services held at Temple Israel, 50 S. Moss Rd., Winter Springs, For more information, visit www.thevisioncouncil.org/consumers/sunglasses. 407-366-3556, www.templeshirshalom.org; Shabbat services: three Fridays each month, A public service message from The Vision Council. 7:30 p.m. Traditional Congregation of Mount Dora (T) Mount Dora, 352-735-4774; www. tcomd.org; Shabbat services: Saturday, 9:30 a.m. sharp. (R) Reform (C) Conservative (O) Orthodox (Rec) Reconstructionist (T) Mehitsa PAGE 12A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, JANUARY 4, 2019 Cyclists put pedal to the metal to raise record $3.5 million for sick kids

Tomer Feder Sport Photography. Tomer Feder Sport Photography. Adults and kids participate in the “Wheels of Love” annual bike race in Israel. Riding through the desert for a worthy cause.

By Simone Masha given a hero’s welcome from around Silver Spring, Md., current patients, the staff, says the children of ALYN are (JNS)—Madonna, Cher, friends and families who have the “real heroes/heroines” of Michael Bublé and Kath- gathered to pay tribute to the ride. “They struggle every leen Turner were among their efforts and generosity. day of the year, long after we well-wishers for the annual “Coming into ALYN on have gotten off our bikes. bike ride dubbed “Wheels of the last day of riding is a They haven’t volunteered Love,” which broke records very exhilarating, yet hum- for the uphill effort on their for Israel’s leading pediatric bling experience,” says Ben part, and they can’t simply rehabilitation hospital ALYN, Cohen, who cycles with the ‘stop riding’ when they want. raising more than $3.5 mil- team AK Riders around his They fight and never give up lion. hometown of Woodmere, N.Y. every day.” The five-day cycling tour, “You have just completed five Indeed, the most inspiring which offers a wide variety of days of riding, accomplish- group of participants are the routes for many riding levels, ing and overcoming many patients and former patients just finished up in Israel. The obstacles—heat, wind, rough themselves—the Swift and goal was to raise $3.2 million terrain, crazy downhills, Bold ALYN Riders, who join in for children in ALYN Hospital grueling uphills and then you full or just for a day by riding in Jerusalem, a nonprofit see the kids, who every day of on tandem bikes, on a hand medical center founded 85 their lives wake up to great cycle or even on a regular bike, years ago to rehabilitate sick challenges … and they are according to their individual ALYN kids as quickly as possible. giving us the medals!” ability and under the guidance A cyclist received a medal from a young hospital patient. By the end of the ride, that Harmon Grossman from of dedicated volunteers. number reached $3,517,634. Teaneck, N.J., has now com- “I feel amazing,” says the beginning, the children In Witztum’s words, “being hospital’s actual expenditure, It is the most comprehen- pleted the bike ride eight 17-year-old Qais Oweis, who and the families thought that on a bike has given these kids the quality multidisciplinary sive annual international times. “People talk about all had just completed 50 kilome- it would be impossible. Some better health, independence rehabilitation treatment it sports charity event in Israel, the holy sites in Jerusalem, but ters of road biking on his hand could not walk, some could and mobility. We just needed provides and the reimburse- attended by hundreds of rid- I can tell you that the holiest bike for the second time. Qais, only take assisted steps—and to find the right bike for each ment of the regular official ers and volunteers from the site in Jerusalem is that hos- who can now walk assisted Witztum was asking them to one. More importantly, being payment received for each Jewish state and around the pital, where professional and with crutches after having ride 2-kilometer race! a successful rider enables hospitalized child. world. volunteers help kids from ev- undergone multiple opera- But the children rose to them to redefine themselves Dr. Maurit Beeri, direc- Some 600 cyclists par- ery corner of Israel overcome tions, has been rehabilitated the challenge, and Ruth saw no longer by their disabilities, tor of the ALYN Hospital, ticipated with the largest the most profound challenges post-operations at ALYN for a remarkable change. The but by their riding capabili- explains that “funds raised contingent of cyclists from that life can pose.” months at a time. “dreamed of” 2 kilometers ties.” allow us to give the children outside Israel (nearly one- He adds that “the final Redefine themselves by became 10 kilometers; with Now the children, ages 10 the treatments and therapies third) flying in from the climb up to Jerusalem is al- their capabilities that, the self-confidence of to 22 years, train seriously they require, rather than limit United States. During the ways physically challenging, Ruth Witztum, a physio- the children grew, as did the with a group of volunteers care to the basic needs covered first three days, riders en- but when you ride into the therapist in ALYN’s rehabilita- confidence of their parents. for four months leading up to by the Israeli national health- joyed challenging road and hospital and there are these tion center, has run the Swift Parents had been so used to the ride. This year there were care system. Every extra mountain routes in the south profoundly disabled kids and the Bold for the past 7 working schedules around 15 members of the Swift and penny goes towards additional and Dead Sea region, and on waiting happily to see you and years. A bike rider herself, treatment times that they Bold Team, who took to the therapists, a wider selection the final two days the riders place a medal around your in the first year at ALYN she had to “switch gear” and know off-road and on-road routes of emotional-support mo- faced the inclines of the Ju- neck, well, I’m not embar- rode in “Wheels of Love” as that they were now arranging on tandems and hand bikes dalities, innovative interdis- dean Hills. At the end of the rassed to tell you that I cry a participant. The following scheduling around training together with the other cy- ciplinary projects and more ride, cyclists from all routes every year.” year, she looked at the chil- sessions. Children who could clists from Israel and abroad. hands-on care. It helps give converge and ride together It was Ron Offer’s sixth dren that she was treating not participate in other after- Donations collected as the child that extra chance with a police escort into time participating. Offer, and thought that some of school activities were now part of the campaign help that might just make all the the hospital, where they are who trains for the ride in and them could participate. In part of the group. bridge the gap between the difference in the world.” Patriots star Julian Edelman wears cleats with Hebrew on them to honor Pittsburgh synagogue shooting victims By Gabe Friedman Edelman wore special cleats a game against the Pittsburgh “My heart is broken in honor of the victims of Steelers. for the families in Pitts- (JTA)—New England Pa- the shooting attack on a As he showed in a tweet, burgh,” Edelman tweet- triots wide receiver Julian Pittsburgh synagogue during Edelman’s cleats bore the ed in October following words “The Tree of Life” writ- the shooting. “It’s hard ten in Hebrew, the logo of to even imagine such the Tree of Life Or L’Simcha senselessness. As a Jew, Congregation—the syna- an American and a hu- gogue targeted in the mass man, I’m devastated. We shooting in October—and an are with you, Pittsburgh.” Israeli flag, with the hashtag Patriots owner Robert Kraft Construction, Remodels, Additions, Handyman #strongerthanhate. travelled to Pittsburgh on does most anything His tweet also listed in Saturday ahead of his team’s alphabetical order the 11 game against the Steelers to victims of the Oct. 27 attack. visit the Tree of Life synagogue Ricardo Torres The cleats were sponsored building and attend Shabbat by the Combined Jewish Phi- services. Handyman lanthropies of Boston. The Steelers snapped a Julian Edelman/Twitter Edelman’s father is Jewish three-game losing streak Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman wore these cleats 407-221-5482 and he has come out in sup- and beat their division rivals on Dec. 16, 2018 to remember the 11 Jewish victims of the Available in Central Florida Area • References Available port of the Jewish community on Sunday in Pittsburgh by a Oct. 27 shooting at the Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue in the past. score of 17-10. in Pittsburgh. HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, JANUARY 4, 2019 PAGE 13A Weekly roundup of world briefs

Chabad House in Mary- Vashem Holocaust memorial JDC has had a presence came to set every day, giving Roseanne Barr to speak Women’s March, citing the land files federal lawsuit in 2004, one of some 7,000 in Indonesia since the 2004 everything they have into our at Knesset high cost and overextended By Marcy Oster Poles to have received this Indian Ocean tsunami. More movie,” she wrote in a post on By Sam Sokol volunteers. (JTA)—A Chabad House designation. recently, JDC has provided Instagram. JERUSALEM (JTA)—Rose- The announcement was serving Towson University Poland’s Institute of Na- aid after an earthquake and She also praised director anne Barr will speak at the made at the end of November, in Maryland filed a federal tional Remembrance has tsunami in September stuck Patty Jenkins and the “amaz- Knesset in January, saying but local media reported it lawsuit against Baltimore shown an interest in the Indonesia’s Sulawesi Island, ingly talented cast who made she has “important work this week. The Chicago groups County alleging religious hideout. Its film crew docu- and an earthquake that in every day enjoyable and fun.” to do as a voice against the said in the announcement discrimination and defama- mented its uncovering before July hit Lombok. She also wrote: “This jour- insidious and anti-Semitic that it would hold a Women’s tion after a judge affirmed its disassembly. Information IsraAID has had an Emer- ney was so demanding and BDS movement.” March “anniversary action” an order to demolish an over about the find already has gency Response Team in challenging but we all came The American comedian’s on Jan. 19, the day the third 4,000 square-foot addition. been sent to the Polish His- Indonesia since the Sulawesi and did our very best every address will come during annual Women’s March is Chabad of Towson filed the tory Museum, which collects earthquake and tsunami in take, every day, putting a tour organized by celeb- scheduled to take place in $10 million lawsuit on Thurs- artifacts for the emerging September, it noted. our all out there and I’m so rity Rabbi Shmuley Bote- Washington, D.C., and cities day in U.S. District Court. permanent exhibitions in its In a post on Facebook, the proud... Thank you universe ach’s World Values Network, across the country. It charges that the order to new building. Israeli-based international for this opportunity. I love this the organization announced In October, the Chicago demolish the significant ad- 4 Palestinians killed in humanitarian aid agency character. And thank you to Monday. group held a March to the dition following decisions by weekly protests at Gaza wrote: “IsraAID’s team cur- all of you for being the best In a news release, Barr said Polls to empower women prior the county government, its border rently in Indonesia has been fans in the world. It was you that she was looking forward to last month’s midterm elec- Board of Appeals and the Cir- By Marcy Oster monitoring the situation that made me push myself to the trip as “a lover of Israel” tions. The event drew some cuit Court all violate Chabad’s JERUSALEM (JTA)—At following the deadly tsunami every day.” and said the country is an 100,000 people. constitutional right to free least four Palestinians were and volcanic eruption. At The first “Wonder Woman” “oasis of openness, freedom, The cancellation an- exercise of religion. reported killed in weekly pro- the moment, we are assess- film was the highest-grossing democracy and tolerance nouncement came two The lawsuit is filed under tests at the border with Gaza. ing needs on the ground, movie of summer 2017 with amidst a desert of brutality weeks after the Women’s the federal Religious Land Terrorist organizations in in conversation with local $412.5 million in the U.S., from an age gone by.” March Chicago said in a Face- Use and Institutionalized Gaza said they are weighing partners.” and $821.8 million worldwide. Earlier this year, Barr’s re- book post—in response to Persons Act, designed to pre- a response to the deaths, ac- Israel’s Foreign Ministry “Wonder-Woman 1984” is set booted sitcom “Roseanne” was questions about whether the vent discrimination against cording to reports. in a tweet offered “profound to be released on June 5, 2020. canceled after she retweeted a Women’s March organization religious groups in land use At least 25 others were sympathies” for all those af- https://www.instagram. statement that accused former is “anti-Semitic”—that “we and zoning, the Baltimore wounded in the clashes Friday fected by the natural disaster, com/p/BrvQoyHlVN1/?utm_ Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett have ZERO affiliation with Sun reported. between Palestinian protest- but did not offer concrete aid. source=ig_embed of having evil intent toward Women’s March Inc. We are Four other congregations ers and Israeli security forces. Indonesia does not have Knesset committee ap- Jews and Israelis. Barr had an independent organization in Baltimore County—three The protests at the border, diplomatic relations with Is- proves $185.5 million previously come under fire for that decries hate in any form.” churches and the ARIEL which began in March, are rael and has rejected previous grant to Intel Company a racist tweet that mocked Jar- Top leaders of the main or- Russian Community Syna- referred to as the “Great offers of aid. By Marcy Oster rett, who is African-American, ganization have been accused gogue—have filed similar March of Return.” The tsunami hit on Satur- JERUSALEM (JTA)—The saying that “muslim brother- of engaging in or condoning lawsuits, according to the The some 8,000 protesters day night without warning, Knesset Finance Committee hood & planet of the apes had anti-Semitism, of not cut- newspaper. threw rocks and firebombs and may have been caused approved a $185.5 million a baby=vj.” ting ties with Nation of Islam Chabad of Towson opened at the Israeli troops guarding by a volcanic eruption on grant to the Intel Company She later released a video leader Louis Farrakhan, and in 2008 in a residential the border. Anak Krakatau, a volcanic to expand a production plant in which she ranted about the of failing to heed the concerns neighborhood. In 2015 the “Troops responded with island. Over 100 people are in southern Israel. tweet, yelling “I thought the of its thousands of Jewish outreach center applied for a riot dispersal means and fired still reported missing. The grant is part of a b*tch was white!” backers. permit to build a parsonage in accordance with standard Rapper apologizes for planned $5 billion invest- https://www.youtube.com/ Knesset passes law to on the property. After that was operating procedures,” ac- lyrics deemed anti- ment by Intel in its plant in watch?v=Io6OIcPZ-z0 prevent early release of denied, the directors, who live cording to an Israeli military Semitic Kiryat Gat, which the com- Israeli lawmakers legal- terrorists on-site, applied to expand the spokeswoman. By Marcy Oster pany announced in May, the ize export of medical (JNS)—The Knesset passed house, and received a county “Following Israel’s crimes (JTA)—A rapper whose Israeli business daily Globes marijuana a law on Tuesday night that building permit. The addition yesterday against non-violent song lyrics deemed anti- reported. The company also By Marcy Oster will prevent the early release was completed in 2016. protesters in the March of Semitic got NBA superstar committed to hire 250 new JERUSALEM (JTA)—Israel of convicted terrorists serving Neighbors filed legal chal- Return that led to the death LeBron James into hot water employees, and use local is going into the medical mar- sentences in prison. lenges and in 2017, a judge or- of four demonstrators and when he posted them on Ins- vendors and retailers for ijuana export business—if its The legislation, proposed dered Chabad to tear down the injuries to dozens, the joint tagram has apologized to the some deals. Cabinet agrees. by Knesset members Anat addition. Chabad appealed, command center is in ongo- Jewish community. The Fab 28 plant manufac- The Knesset has passed Berko (Likud) and Oded Forer but in November a Maryland ing consultations,” the mili- The rapper who goes by the tures chips for servers, work- legislation that would have (Yisrael Beiteinu), will deny Circuit Court judge affirmed tary wings of the Gaza terror name 21 Savage in a tweet on stations, mobile computers, Israel join the Netherlands terrorists the ability to be re- the demolition order. groups Hamas and Islamic Monday said he never thought and desktops, according to and Canada as nations allow- leased after two-thirds of their “Baltimore County has Jihad said in a statement. that anyone would be offended the Israeli business publica- ing the legal export of medical sentences, as can occur with sought by various illegal Meanwhile, the anti-Zi- by the lyrics in his new song tion Calcalist. cannabis. other prisoners who show means to burden, obstruct onist Israeli group Return, “asmr.” In it, the rapper sings Intel is Israel’s largest Among the countries re- remorse and demonstrate and suppress Jewish religious which works in solidarity “We been gettin’ that Jewish private employer and biggest portedly eager to trade with their rehabilitation. observance in Towson by with Palestinians in support money, everything is Kosher exporter, with Intel Israel Israel include Australia, Ger- The law was submitted fol- delaying and now demolish- of the protests, said in a (On God)” and then boasts exporting $3.6 billion worth many, Austria and Mexico, lowing an exposé in the Yediot ing the premises where such statement that Israeli soldiers about buying Lamborghini of goods in 2017, according according to Forbes. Achronotnewspaper in which religious exercise is made pos- fired live ammunition in the and Tesla cars. to Globes. “Israel is perfectly posi- the Zionist organization Im sible,” the attorney represent- air at over 30 of its members 21 Savage said in his In wake of Hamas fires, tioned to enter and disrupt Tirtzu exposed the plans ing Chabad of Towson, Nathan as they marched on Friday tweet: “The Jewish people Gaza border wheat farm- the medical cannabis market of the Defense Ministry to Lewin, said in a statement. through the Israeli military I know are very wise with ers will make beer that is expected to soar to reduce the sentences of ter- Hideout for Jewish tai- buffer zone on the eastern there [sic] money so that’s By Sam Sokol $33 billion worldwide in the rorists by one-third for good lor discovered on farm Gaza border toward a protest why I said we been get- JERUSALEM (JTA)— next 5 years,” Saul Kaye, CEO behavior. in central Poland camp. The live fire was an tin Jewish money I never Farmers on the Gaza border of iCAN, an Israeli medical “A reduced sentence is a By Katarzyna Markusz attempt to halt and disperse thought anyone would take who lost much of their wheat cannabis company, said in a privilege that terrorists are WARSAW, Poland (JTA)— the protesters. offense I’m sorry if I of- crop in Hamas fires are team- statement. “In Israel alone, not worthy of receiving,” In an old barn in Otwock, The group met in a public fended everybody never my ing with a local brewery to we quickly expect over $1 said Berko. “Terrorists are near Warsaw, an underground manner with the mother intention I love all people.” make beer. billion in sales to countries proud of their actions and hiding-place was discovered, of Palestinian medic Razan His tweet follows an apol- They will use their remain- interested in our products.” therefore must bear the full in which during World War Najjar, who was killed at a ogy by James, who removed ing wheat to produce Gaza The Cabinet still must ap- consequences. We won’t stop II the owners of the farm hid June 1 protest while working the post on Monday. The NBA Border Beer, whose profits prove the legislation. Exports working for our citizens’ their neighbor, a Jewish tailor. as a medic. has accepted James’ apology will go toward helping make would not begin for at least security.” The hideout probably will Jewish groups offer and will not take further ac- up the shortfall caused by six months. Forer said: “This is an be moved to the Polish His- assistance after Indone- tion, ESPN reported. months of arson, Ynet re- The Knesset rushed to vote important precedent in the tory Museum, according to sian tsunami Responses to the tweet ported. Tuesday on the measure a fight against terror and the local reports. By Marcy Oster ranged from people identify- Since April, some 1,729 day before the parliament effort to increase deterrence. The hideout is located un- (JTA)—Jewish groups are ing themselves as Jews who acres of wheat fields have been dissolved itself. Only 21 of Now every terrorist knows der the barn floor. It is 6 feet offering assistance in the thought the lyrics were funny burned by Gaza Palestinians the 120 members in the body that he has no hope of being and 6 inches long and 4 feet wake of a tsunami in Indo- or a compliment to those that sending incendiary kites and voted, Globes reported. released early.” 9 inches wide. It was discov- nesia that has left more than called critics too sensitive. balloons over the security The legislation, which He added that “I am happy ered when the area was being 400 dead and thousands Gal Gadot posts thank fence, causing millions of regulates export procedures, that moments before the cleared for the construction homeless. yous as next ‘Wonder shekels in damage to the local had the support of several key Knesset is dissolved. We of a new road. The American Jewish Joint Woman’ wraps up agricultural sector. Despite ministries. succeeded in doing justice The owners of the farm were Distribution Committee is By Marcy Oster the risk of fire, local residents There are eight cannabis to all those families who lost Sabina and Aleksander Smo- providing emergency relief (JTA)—Israeli actress Gal have largely refrained from growing companies operat- their loved ones in terrorist larek, who during World War and assessing emerging needs Gadot thanked the crew fleeing, telling JTA that they ing in Israel and several oth- attacks.” II hid Moshe Bajtel from the in the Kalianda and Rajabasa and cast of her latest film as are determined to stay put. ers involved in production, Im Tirtzu CEO, Matan Nazis at their home. Bajtel subdistricts of Lampung, a shooting on “Wonder-Woman “I cannot be indifferent to marketing and distribution. Peleg, called the law “a victory escaped from the Nazi camp province on the southern tip 1984” wrapped up. the heartwrenching scenes Dozens of other farmers hold for justice and sanity.” Treblinka and went to the of the Indonesian island of “We did it. Again!! And of burning fields. My heart licenses to grow cannabis, but “It is a shame that we are home of his friends the Sumatra, which was hard hit as much as the first time goes out to the farmers,” Ori have delayed planting as the in a situation in which a law Smolareks. He hid there until by the tsunami. Some 14,000 shooting Wonder Woman was Sagi, the founder of Alexander export legislation has been is needed to prevent terrorists the end of the war, though it people also were injured in the amazing, this time was even Brewery, which is making the considered. from receiving early parole,” was originally believed that natural disaster. more unique and special. We limited-run beer, told Ynet. Organizers cancel Chi- said Peleg. “We need to con- he hid only in their attic. The aid provided so far shot in 4 very different loca- Sagi called the beer “excel- cago Women’s March tinue promoting a strong The Smolareks were named includes health services, tions in 3 countries, and I’m lent” and said it “showcases By Marcy Oster deterrence package against Righteous Among the Na- clean water and supplies for so soooo proud of the almost the quality wheat grown by (JTA)—Local organizers terrorism that will prevent the tions from Jerusalem’s Yad survivors. 1000 crew members who our dear friends.” canceled the 2019 Chicago next attack from occurring.” PAGE 14A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, JANUARY 4, 2019 Amos Oz’s fiction is forever, while reality left his politics behind By Thane Rosenbaum The author of 40 books, novels such as “My Michael” ning, he also captured the with multiple wars in Gaza to shoulder with Hamas ter- including 14 novels, and and “Black Box,” as well as mood, rhythms and sorrow and Lebanon, ISIS and Hez- rorists: (JTA)—The young nation hundreds of articles and es- the literary memoir “A Tale of its people for nearly every bollah in Syria, a nuclear Iran, “What would you do if your of Israel has witnessed in says, many of which delved of Love and Darkness,” that decade of Israel’s existence. and intifadas of the suicide- neighbor across the street sits recent years a dwindling of its into the messy politics of the captured the finer points But there was more. Is- bombing, mortar-throwing, down on the balcony, puts founding generation—from Middle East, Oz was Israel’s of domestic Israeli life, the raelis related to Oz not only car-ramming, knife-stabbing his little boy on his lap, and the passing of statesmen like first great man of letters, an yearnings and sexual pas- as a storyteller, but also as and incendiary kite-flying starts shooting machine-gun Shimon Peres to the death last old-school public intellectual sions, and the madness of a unofficial statesman. He was variety, Israelis have largely fire into your nursery? What week of novelist and political in a brand new nation with people who reinvented them- one of the founders of Peace abandoned the aspirations would you do if your neighbor activist Amos Oz. Oz was 79; many jobs to fill—from the selves so soon after nearly Now. Indeed, he was among of Peace Now. The vision for across the street digs a tunnel Israel is but 70. Oz was old brawny to the brainy. Those being annihilated en masse. the first, almost immedi- Israel that Oz helped pioneer from his nursery to your nurs- enough to witness Israel’s patriarchs and matriarchs Long before Netflix’s “Fau- ately after the euphoria of had suddenly become anach- ery in order to blow up your fight for independence, and made the saying “next year da,” or the inexplicably sabra- the Six-Day War, to attribute ronistic, a byproduct of a home or in order to kidnap now his death turns the page in Jerusalem” both a reality accented Wonder Woman, Oz, a doomsday prophesy to the bygone, hope-filled era. your family?” on yet another chapter of its and redundancy. With little through the 45 languages capturing of Arab land. In The hardened reality of The founder of Peace Now, improbable resurrection— natural background, they in which his novels were his writings and public state- Palestinian rejectionism, who never gave up on the with an old language that willed themselves to become translated, introduced the ments, Oz spoke of a moral violence and incitement left dream, gazed at Gaza not became new again. equal parts poets, farmers world to Israelis in all of their corruption that could only many Israelis cynical and with the romanticism of a Oz had a lot to do with that. and soldiers. rambunctious, high-strung, be corrected by a two-state contemptuous of Oz’s mis- novelist but through the He imbued Hebrew with a Oz was a living embodi- pattering essence—the kib- solution. No longer was he spent idealism. Sephardic, eyes of a protective father. literary style and gave it a ment of those multiple duties. butz kibitzers, the brave sabra a mere fiction writer; he had Russian and Orthodox Israelis And to the surprise of many, novelistic voice, finding new After his mother’s suicide, boys, the Mizrahi misfits, the become the conscience of a formed their own political despite the civilian dead, he ways to maneuver the aleph which occurred the year lost European intellectuals nation and a pesky activist movements that mowed over acknowledged Israel’s true and bet so that a once purely before his bar mitzvah, he trying to scrape out a life of in its political culture. the humanistic kibbutzniks moral dilemma and the tragic liturgical language suddenly came of age on a kibbutz and the mind in a barren desert. Beyond advocating for and Peace Now advocates like dimensions of this theater of possessed a richly lyrical fought in two of Israel’s wars. Without the wizardry of Amos Palestinian justice, Oz blamed a political bulldozer. war. An insistence on peace— descriptive power. He then published acclaimed Oz, many around the world Israel’s government for not In response, some of Oz’s that it must come “Now”!—is would have had no knowledge making Palestinian statehood later books dealt with issues not a sustainable political of Israeli society, no feel for a reality. For a time, many of betrayal, fanaticism and strategy when peacemakers its people, no sense that they Israelis, especially those who zealotry—as if he was taking are nowhere to be found and were more real than Jews identified with the left-wing, on his critics, Palestinians martyrs are aplenty. from, well, Oz. social democratic Labor and and even himself. But no one (Thane Rosenbaum, a nov- And Israelis would not have Meretz parties, joined Oz in would have expected what Oz elist, essayist and law profes- known how they appeared promoting an idealized view told a German interviewer in sor, is the author of “The in the imagination of one of of Palestinian intentions and the summer of 2014 when Golems of Gotham,” “Second their own. a self-flagellating opinion of asked about Israel’s military Hand Smoke,” “Elijah Visible,” The Start-up Nation had to Israeli policy. conduct during the Gaza War, “The Stranger Within Sarah start somewhere, and Oz was But now, so many years and the killing of Palestinian Stein” and, most recently, not only there at the begin- after the failed Oslo Accords, civilians standing shoulder “How Sweet It Is!”) Pompeo: Syria pullout ‘in no way changes’ HEALTHY EYES WEAR SUNGLASSES commitment to Israel’s security

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The U.S. forces in Syria are drawal from Syria. which will also deal with the A public service message from The Vision Council. “The decision by the presi- part of an effort to defeat the Additionally, Pompeo ex- questions following the deci- dent on Syria in no way Islamic State terror group in pressed support for Israel’s sion, the American decisions changes anything that this the country. “Operation Northern Shield,” on Syria—on how to intensify administration is working “The counter-IS campaign which was launched in early even further our intelligence 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 on alongside Israel,” Pompeo continues, our efforts to December to find and destroy and operations cooperation in Z A P A G I L E C R A N E told Netanyahu during a joint counter Iranian aggression Hezbollah tunnels under the Syria and elsewhere to block 14 15 16 A C E L A P E L H E L E N press conference prior to their continues, and our commit- Lebanese-Israeli border. So far Iranian aggression in the 17 18 19 meeting in Brazil, where the ment to Middle East stability Israel has found and destroyed Middle East, to roll it back.” H A R R I S O N I N A F O R D two men are attending the and the protection of Israel five Hezbollah tunnels. “That’s a common aim, and 20 21 22 N I M O Y D O J O R E D S inauguration of Brazilian continues in the same way it “We understand the threat I have to say that I’m also very 23 24 25 26 President Jair Bolsonaro. did before that decision was that violation of Israeli sover- appreciative of the support, Y A P A S E A Since U.S. President Don- made. So we have a lot to talk eignty presents to the region strong support and unequivo- 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 J O N A H U P T H E H I L L ald Trump’s abrupt announce- about today. and the country, that threat cal support that you and the 34 35 36 37 ment late last month that “We will work closely to- from Iranian Hezbollah,” said president gave our efforts E V I L S I R U N I O N he would be removing some gether to make sure we get Pompeo. at self-defense against Syria 38 39 40 41 42 D E E A S T O U N D T R E 2,000 U.S. troops in Syria, this right,” said Pompeo. Netanyahu said that he will and Hezbollah just in the last 43 44 45 46 some Israeli officials and On Monday, it was reported discuss with Pompeo the U.S. few days.” I N C A S U S E D R N O 47 48 49 50 S E T H O N T H E G R E E N 51 52 H Y D E D R E Fun fact about new year’s celebration in Israel 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 E L A L I S O F O A T H S For a significant majority The Jewish People Policy Revolution,” was published most) Israelis join these 63 64 65 of Israeli Jews (78 percent), Institute is releasing this a few weeks ago by Dvir celebrations. One in five K A T E O N T H E H U D S O N Dec. 31st is considered a “com- data as part of its #Israeli- Publishing. Dec. 31 is not Israeli Jews (20 percent) 66 67 68 E V I T A E I T A N A R I pletely ordinary day.” Only 2 Judaism research project, only a (mostly unutilized) celebrates the New Year. 69 70 71 percent say that they conduct based on an extensive time for soul searching; it Of those without children, S E D E R R O A L D R A P “soul searching” on the New survey of Israeli Jews. A is also a time for celebra- especially young people, Year, and only 6 percent say new book based on the re- tion. People around the the percentage rises to 34 that Dec. 31st feels like their search: “#IsraeliJudaism, world celebrate the New percent, about a third of “real New Year’s Eve.” a Portrait of a Cultural Year and many (but not all Israeli Jews. Friends From page 7A than our differences. Along The Lights Continue to at Thanksgiving. Larry and I with our friend Melanie, we Glow share our American holiday our move to Florida. When we became ‘The Three Amigas.” In 2008, Larry and I spent with fellow American, British, talk, we have to reserve one or Mel passed away from non- a week in Jamaica, where and Canadian friends. two hours of free space. Our smoker’s lung cancer the we met up with the Bunny Since moving to Kissim- cell phones have often come month before Larry and I Bunch, several couples who mee, Larry and I are grateful close to losing battery power moved to Florida. Sue has had already met over Easter to have met many people in before we finish. come down to see us for the Week at the same resort for our 55 plus community, in In 1987, a year after I had past two years on Martin several years. It was through our synagogue, in our greater gone back to teaching at Luther King’s Birthday and our many visits to that Carib- community. As we celebrate the Capital District EOC, already made plans to make bean Island that the friend- the secular new year, I am Susan Hoff Haynes came it three in a row this year. ships grew. When Larry and I grateful for the joy of estab- on board as a new academic Each time she comes, she moved to The Sunshine State, lishing new friends. I am also instructor. What started out and I swim laps, attend a we curtailed our Jamaican grateful for the miracle of as mutual hatred changed book club, talk politics, and trips. However, members of sustaining so many long-time when Sue called to talk. We share confidences, just like the Bunny Bunch, includ- friendships. found out that our simi- we have done since 1987. We ing the champagne-bearing By the way, the champagne larities were so much more don’t miss a beat. Hunters, now come to see us was great! HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, JANUARY 4, 2019 PAGE 15A or something else to better for handicap access). His art lectors in Orlando. His paint- Gamson the city. projects broke geographical ings have sold from $3,000 to From page 1A How did this former Or- barriers and have become $60,000. landoan become so famous universally recognized. Gamson’s artwork has music producer Timbaland, in South Florida (and around Gamson’s love for art start- turned up all over the world. who was invited to the Island the world)? Gamson, who grew ed at an early age. When he His painting titled “At the Mu- to attend the launch of his up in Winter Park, is a multi- was 5, his mom enrolled him seum” is on permanent display son’s book at the same event, media pop artist. His iconic, in art classes. “My teacher at El Museo Casa Turquesta in was turned away at the ferry bold and colorful works of art was Roz Brown and she lived Mexico, and in Europe one can because the quota of visitors can be seen all over Miami, as in Palomar,” he said. spy his art on the red carpet was already met. well as in commercial artwork His artistic flair wasn’t lim- at the Cannes Film Festival. Gamson didn’t receive the for Bacardi, Café Bustelo, and ited to artwork. He has always A project Gamson is cur- honor of having a day named Lamborghini (he is proud considered himself different, rently working on is to host for him for his artwork alone. to have designed an official even admitting that he was a non-partisan art auction The proclamation made by Lamborghini Art Car in his “a bit odd.” featuring his creations at Mar- Gongora also stated “his trademark style) to name only “As a kid, when my mom A-Lago on Feb. 2, 2019. The artwork has made a positive a few of the many brands he would tell me to put on my proceeds from the sales will impact through charitable has colorfully enhanced. shoes, I’d put on one green go to veterans organizations in causes. Gamson works from “It’s based on a vocabulary shoe and one blue shoe. She’d Florida. He is also designing a his Miami studio and gets of symbols, a visual language let me express myself,” he travel series of affordable and much of his influence from that represents the lifestyle we shared. functional tapestry blankets of its multi-cultural and vi- live. That’s what it’s about,” he For Gamson, his upbring- various icons in his style such brant surroundings. Thank told Heritage while he was in ing paid off. His work is col- as the Statue of Liberty and St. you for your contributions town to celebrate the 55th an- lected by A-list celebrities, Basel’s Cathedral in Moscow. to the betterment of Miami niversary of his parents, Bob such as English business Gamson lives in Miami with Beach.” and Elaine Gamson. magnate Sir Richard Charles his wife of one year, Yung. “She Although Dec. 3 will not Gamson got his idea for his Nicholas Branson and Prince converted to Judaism and be annually recognized as style while traveling in Russia. Albert II of Monaco, who com- circled me back to it,” he said. his day, Gamson does plan Not knowing the language, he missioned Gamson to custom They are members of Temple to honor it each year doing had no trouble getting around design a Lamborghini for the Emanu-El in the South Beach something for the city and by following the universal 67th Monaco Grand Prix in district of Miami Beach. enlisting others to join him, signs and symbols (i.e., the honor of the Princess Grace To view Gamson’s art, visit whether it be feeding the men and women silhouettes Foundation. And he is proud gamson.com or gamsonart. Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson with Gamson’s homeless, picking up trash for restrooms, the wheelchair to say that he has several col- com. artwork. Wall From page 1A for security, and make it clear route encompasses 85 percent side of the barrier in a final should have been a wave of can they be explained? Ac- that it would not be a final of Jewish residents [of Judea deal. One of the most vocal suicide bombings. But there cording to Frisch, “since the to Israel Martin Indyk claimed political border, but rather and Samaria], and only less opponents of the fence is Oded weren’t.” mid-1980s, there has been an that ‘good fences make good be used to stop [potential] than 1 percent of Palestin- Revivi, the mayor of the Gush In line with Hacohen, Re- incessant attempt by Hamas neighbors,’ that’s absolutely suicide-bombers [entering ians, which means the current Etzion community of Efrat. vivi thinks that the reduction and Islamic Jihad to create not true. Putting a fence be- Israeli cities] from Judea and fences’ contours are similar The planned route of the in terror is a result of “IDF professional terror cells. It tween Israel and Gaza [as was Samaria.” to the Clinton parameters of barrier in that area, which action and more intelligence never ends. Now most of them done in the 1990s] didn’t lead Diker explains that in 2003, 2000,” referencing the failed would include Efrat (aside and security.” He also believes are nipped in the bud. Less to making good neighbors, the original route of the fence talks overseen by U.S. Presi- from a section of the com- the Palestinian Authority than 5 percent of the cells as the fence didn’t change was to envelope 16 percent of dent Clinton between Israeli munity that hasn’t been de- has changed their mindset, are under the radar, and of the motivation of the [Arab] areas in Judea and Samaria Prime Minister Ehud Barak veloped) along with Western understanding that images those, 1/10 become very le- struggle against Israel. Actu- west of the fence. However, and Palestinian/Fatah head Gush Etzion, has not been of the carnage from suicide- thal. The last two cells [that ally, because of the fence we petitions filed by left-wing Yasser Arafat at Camp David. constructed yet. Revivi hopes bombers in Israeli cities aren’t carried out the deadly attacks lost freedom of action from Israeli groups on behalf of Diker says the barrier has it never goes up. good for their PR efforts or for in recent weeks in Binyamin] an operational point of view, Arab landowners led the Is- become understood by past He argues that fences don’t their optics. were local cells with efficient so it was a mistake.” raeli Supreme Court to view U.S. governments, and even really provide security. He Effective strategy? Terror killers. But around 95 percent Turning his attention back the move as a “land grab,” among some in the Israeli tells JNS that his belief is based cells nipped in the bud are caught.” to the Judea-Samaria barrier, and so ruled that the barrier public, as more or less in terms on three examples. “Number Professor Hillel Frisch, an Nevertheless, while both Hacohen says his study shows had to be rerouted, thus only of what borders would look one, we built a fence on the expert on Palestinian and Frisch and Hacohen clearly that the fence “went from around 8 percent of the area like in a final political deal southern border with Gaza, Islamic politics, institutions believe that an offensive ap- being a tactical instrument was included. since the route includes the and what did we get? Missiles and military strategies at proach to terror should be to being a strategic engine to He says that Sharon had Ariel bloc of Jewish commu- over the fence, so we installed BESA, has does extensive Israel’s strategy, neither goes just divide the land.” hoped to protect as many resi- nities, ensuring that a high Iron Dome [essentially], rais- research on what halted the so far as to call for Israel to tear He adds that Knesset mem- dents of Judea and Samaria as percentage of Jewish residents ing the fence to endless wave of suicide-bombings in the security fence down. “It ber Tzipi Livni, head of Israel’s possible with the fence, while would be part of “Israel.” heights to catch rockets. Then the early 2000s. does make a small contribu- opposition, is “making all at the same time was trying However, Diker warns, we got the tunnels, and we dug He says that ever since tion,” acknowledges Frisch, as efforts to divide Israel” utiliz- to gain acceptance of the “the security barrier does not underground, so we are in an Israel developed an offen- one of his studies shows that ing the barrier as the official original route by the United provide Israel with defensible endless challenge of raising sive strategy in 2002, which there is a slight benefit—a re- border in her plan of “separa- States, using the planned borders in the West Bank and lowering the fence. And granted the IDF and other duction in successful attacks tion” between Israel and the Gaza pullout as a way to buy which are vital to protect now there are [incendiary] security forces access to “Area in areas where the fence exists Palestinians. political capital. But Israel’s Israel’s major cities, Ben- kites. So it’s all a false sense A” under full Palestinian compared to areas where there ‘Fences don’t really provide Supreme Court had other Gurion Airport and major of security.” Authority control in order to is no fence. security’ considerations. infrastructure. The Trump “Secondly, after 9/11, we arrest terrorists on a nightly So regarding the idea of Director of the Project on The fence, therefore, devel- administration seems to started surrounding airplanes basis, which continues until eliminating it, Hacohen re- Political Warfare at the Jeru- oped into “a mixture of the understand Israel’s require- with fences [in the form of today, there has been a sharp sponds: “Not now, it’s already salem Center of Public Affairs original idea.” ment for defensible borders, airport security], so we got at- reduction in suicide-bombing there.” Dan Diker disagrees some- He describes that “it be- especially retaining the Judea tacked in the terminals before attacks. He views the fence However, he adds, “I wish what with Hacohen on the came a temporary barrier and Samaria hill ridge and the you board the plane. So they as being a supplementary that one day we will destroy original intent of the barrier. to guard against terror pen- Jordan Valley.” then move the security ‘fence’ measure only in achieving it. The investment was more He tells JNS that “Sharon’s etration, but has become a But not all Israelis are on outside the terminal, and it’s security. than 15 billion NIS [$3.9 bil- original idea was to put the political football. Any barriers board, including some of never-ending.” But what about the recent lion]. With that money, we fence deeply east in order to that run through Judea and those in Judea and Samaria “And third, in Efrat, we deadly shooting attacks in could do more to improve depict that the purpose was Samaria are political. This who would be on the Western don’t have a barrier, so there Judea and Samaria? How our army.” Oz From page 1A a celebrated novelist whose of the typical media coverage The book’s brilliance is its the street or at school some another pen to tell the gov- oeuvre has been translated of Israel involves extrem- blurring of personal memoir day. They may do it precisely ernment to go to hell.” ring Natalie Portman—he into dozens of languages, from ist settlers, ultra-Orthodox and national drama, as in an because you are a bit like me. Oz died at a time when so drew on his own experience Arabic to Chinese. fanatics and brutal soldiers, unforgettable description But from now on, from the many of the things he stood as a first-generation Israeli He won countless awards, “and 1 percent saintly intel- of the night in 1947 when moment we have our own for—a vital Israeli left, a ro- raised in Jerusalem and later including the Israel Prize, lectuals like myself.” the United Nations voted to state, you will never be bullied bust peace process, a vision a kibbutznik to tell intimate and his books have been If Jews were in the canon- partition Mandatory Pales- just because you are a Jew and for sharing the land—are in stories that were inevitably translated into dozens of ization business, Oz would tine, giving international because Jews are so-and-sos. retreat, if not dead and bur- read—despite his frequent languages. For several years have earned his wings on the legitimacy to a Jewish state. Not that. Never again. From ied. But even until the end, protestations—as political he had been mentioned as a basis of “A Tale of Love and His father, Yehuda Klausner, tonight that’s finished here. he never gave up trying. His allegories. “A Tale of Love and candidate for the Nobel Prize Darkness,” his 2002 novel still “drenched in sweat from Forever.” latest book, “Dear Zealots: Darkness” tells the story of his for Literature. cum memoir. Like so much the crush of the crowds” In his 92Y talk, Oz ex- Letters from a Divided Land,” family’s roots in Volyn (his- Oz would often speak in the of what he wrote, the book celebrating the U.N. vote, plained that the book was published last month in Eng- toric Volhynia), Poland, and kind of tossed-off epigrams is not just autobiographical, crawls into bed with the neither a memoir nor a lish, contained essays on the his childhood in Mandatory that come only with a lot of but a biography of Israel itself. young narrator. He tells novel, but in fact a “tale,” rise of zealotry in Israel and Palestine where Oz—then practice. But just when you Although his story ends be- the boy of the “hooligans” a designation that unfor- around the world. Amos Klausner—was born wanted to smack him for his fore he is out of his teens, the who tormented him and his tunately has no category “Politically speaking, I in 1939. breezy erudition, he would young Amos bears witness brother back in Odessa and in the Library of Congress. have been engaged and in- Though his parents did not redeem himself with a flash to the destruction of Euro- Vilna, and how the bullies Instead, “A Tale of Love and volved in writing articles, speak Hebrew at home, He- of spot-on—and hilarious— pean Jewry, the height of the forced the boy’s grandfather Darkness” combines Oz’s making speeches for 60 brew was the language spoken self-awareness. British mandate, a Hebrew “down on the paving stones strengths as both a novelist years,” he said. “Now it is by Oz as a boy, the language In 2011, speaking at the renaissance in Jerusalem, and removed his trousers and a writer of impassioned my time, not to retire but to from which Oz the teenager 92nd Street Y about the novel the great Zionist debates (and too in the middle of the political nonfiction—as provide my ammunition, my forged a new last name and the he’d just published in Eng- debaters) of the day, the rise playground.” he often would put it, he experience to the younger language Oz the man would lish, “Scenes From Village of the kibbutz movement and His father continued, “Bul- had two pens on his desk, generation and let them take eventually write in, becoming Life,” Oz said that 99 percent the birth of the state. lies may well bother you in “one pen to tell stories and it from here.” PAGE 16A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, JANUARY 4, 2019 The classic, but tricky, Apple Strudel By Chaya Rappoport For the filling: 3/4 cup raisins (The Nosher via JTA)—My bubbe is Swiss and one of the best 1/4 cup rum bakers I know. My childhood memories are filled with visions 5 large Granny Smith apples of her glazed schnecken (Swiss buns like rugelach), her rich Juice of 1 lemon babkas and her waehes, which are seasonal Swiss fruit tarts. 1/2 cup granulated sugar When I first started baking, I knew I wanted to re-create those 1 teaspoon vanilla extract recipes from my childhood. But no matter what I did, and how 8 tablespoons unsalted butter, divided many times I called her for advice and instruction, they never 1/2 cup breadcrumbs came out quite the same. 2 tablespoons sugar One year when she was visiting from Switzerland, I decided Confectioners’ sugar, for dusting to make strudel in an effort to impress her. I should have known Lightly sweetened whipped cream or vanilla ice cream, for right then I was setting myself up for failure. serving Strudel, a traditional Austrian pastry filled with apples Directions: and raisins that become popular in Eastern European Jew- 1. Combine the raisins with the rum and microwave them ish communities, is made with a notoriously finicky dough together for 30 seconds. Let them sit to plump while you make similar to phyllo. It needs to be rolled out very thinly, and the dough. it’s commonly considered best left to experienced European 2. Make the dough: Combine the flour and salt in a medium grandmothers. bowl. Add the oil and water and mix with your hands until a Well, an experienced European grandmother I am not, rough dough forms. and when I started researching recipes, I got intimidated and 3. Turn it out onto a lightly floured counter and knead for decided instead to make something closer to a danish than a 10 minutes, until soft and silky. strudel—just as delicious, and far easier, right? Needless to 4. Form it into a ball, place it on the counter and cover with butter. On the right side of the rectangle, a few inches from say, my grandmother was not impressed. a clean tea towel. Let rest for half an hour. the end, spread the breadcrumbs top to bottom in a thick line, “This isn’t strudel, Chaya,” she informed me after a glance 5. Meanwhile, make the filling: Peel the apples and slice leaving margins at the top and bottom. at the pretty plaited danish I’d made. “I’ll have to teach you them into matchsticks. In a large bowl, toss them with the 12. Pile the apple mixture over the crumbs. Stretch the how to make it.” lemon juice, sugar, vanilla and rum raisins. top and bottom edges of the dough over the apple mixture. I knew she was right. And when my grandmother returned to 6. Make the breadcrumbs: In a skillet over medium-low heat, Pull the right edge of the dough up and over the filling as Switzerland, I decided I’d have to learn how to make it myself. I melt 3 tablespoons of the butter. Add the breadcrumbs and far as it will go without tearing. Working carefully, use the finally did—and guess what? It’s not at all as hard as it sounds. sugar. Stir to coat, and cook until crumbs are golden brown towel to roll up the strudel all the way. Place the parchment The apple filling’s as easy as pie (no, but really), the traditional and fragrant. Transfer to a bowl and set aside. paper from your baking sheet at the edge of the roll and roll breadcrumbs are simply toasted in butter, and the dough has 7. Heat the oven to 400 F. Line a large baking sheet with the strudel onto it five ingredients and comes together by hand. Stretching it out parchment paper. Melt the remaining 5 tablespoons butter in 13. Brush the strudel generously all over with the remain- to get it paper thin can be tricky—but do your best, be gentle a small saucepan; set aside. ing butter. Bake for 25 minutes, then rotate. Bake for another and if the dough rips, just patch it together by hand. 8. Roll out your dough. Cover your work surface with a 20-25 minutes, or until the dough is crisp and golden brown. It might take you one or two times to perfect it, but even clean tea towel that’s at least 24 by 32 inches. The long side 14. Remove the baking sheet from the oven and let the imperfect strudel is still strudel, and there’s nothing a spoon- should be horizontal to you. Sprinkle the cloth lightly with strudel cool on a rack for at least 20 minutes before serving. ful of schlag (whipped cream) or a scoop of vanilla ice cream flour. Place the dough in the middle, sprinkle it very lightly Dust with confectioners’ sugar and slice into pieces to serve can’t fix. with flour and roll in both directions, picking it up and mov- with either whipped cream or vanilla ice cream. Serves 10 This strudel is insanely flaky, completely authentic and, best ing it around as you go, until it’s 10 by 13 inches or you can’t Chaya Rappoport is the blogger, baker and picture taker of all, I know it will finally satisfy even my bubbe. roll it out anymore. Re-flour the dough if you feel it sticking. behind retrolillies.wordpress.com. Currently a pastry sous chef Ingredients: 9. Ball your hands into fists, put them under the rolled-out at a Brooklyn bakery, she’s been blogging since 2012 and her For the dough: dough and gently start stretching the dough using the back work has been featured on The Feed Feed, Delish.com, Food 1 1/4 cups all purpose flour of your hands. and Wine, and Conde Nast Traveler. 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt 10. Pull the edges of the dough gently with your fingers and The Nosher food blog offers a dazzling array of new and 1/4 cup vegetable water continue stretching it with the back of your fists. Continue classic Jewish recipes and food news, from Europe to Yemen, 2 tablespoons sugar stretching until the dough is about 16 by 24 inches. from challah to shakshuka and beyond. Check it out at www. 1/3 cup water 11. Brush the dough evenly with half of the reserved melted TheNosher.com. Felicity Jones on playing Ruth Bader Ginsburg before she was the ‘Notorious RBG’ age to her grandchildren— even that is tainted when she erases “any trace of Ginsburg’s he remembers being at the realized it was a token hire. roots.” Ginsburg house for Passover She is angry but at the Besides the Shabbat refer- seders and Thanksgivings. time, the broad equal protec- ence, nothing else in the film (Chanukah was normally held tion clause was by precedent stands out as Jewish. at the home of his cousin Jane, applied only to cases of race, Jones has played a Jewish Ruth’s daughter.) not gender. There was little character: Margot Frank, sis- The idea for the film origi- recourse until Marty sug- ter of the famous diarist Anne, nated in 2010 at Marty’s gested a unique approach. in a 2009 BBC miniseries. funeral. Charles Moritz, a Denver Stiepleman would have “In a eulogy, someone resident, was denied a tax none of the criticism. mentioned the only case the deduction for home health “I was desperate [to cast] two argued together,” Stieple- care for his mother because Felicity,” he said. “Ruth has man said. “Until the end of he was unmarried. Women, a particular alchemy—steely, his life, he said this was one divorced men and widowers driven and precise. But when of the most important things were entitled to the benefit, you get to spend some time he did.” but unmarried men were with her in the comfort of Jonathan Wenk/Focus Features “On the Basis of Sex” recalls that when Ruth Ginsburg entered Harvard Law School in Ginsburg entered Harvard not. The Ginsburgs believed her home, all of that is under- 1956, the sixth ever to accept women, she was one of nine women in the class. Law School in 1956, one of a male plaintiff could change girded by joy and optimism. nine women in the sixth class the dynamic. Some actresses can play By Curt Schleier ages to paint a subtle portrait and “Rogue One: A Star Wars ever to accept women. Ginsburg herself was pe- steely. Some can play the joy. of a woman finding a place for Story,” had an emotional con- “Why are you occupying a ripherally involved in the film But Felicity can combine the (JTA)—The young attorney herself in a society that wants nection to the film. place at Harvard that could from the beginning, giving two and she channeled Ruth’s seems unsure of herself. As a her to stay home and cook. “I understood what it felt have been occupied by a man?” her blessing to Stiepleman, essence.” law professor, she is unaccus- Viewers here don’t meet like as an outsider on so many the dean asks in the film. opening her files to him and When asked about it, Jones tomed to appearing in court, “Notorious RBG,” as she is levels,” she said in a telephone “So I can be a more under- reviewing the script. She sidestepped, talking instead so she hesitates at first, unable often called these days—the interview. “I grew up on film standing wife,” she responds. never asked for changes in- about how she focused on cap- to begin her summation. But tough, take-no-prisoners sets where there were only a Her husband (played by volving her character—her turing details of Ginsburg’s once she gets going, there is liberal pop culture icon of handful of women.” Armie Hammer), a year ahead focus was on assuring that the persona. no stopping her. the last decade. Young Ruth Reading the script, Jones of her in school, is diagnosed law, and Marty, were presented “Felicity has to depart, and It is the climactic scene is not yet a superhero in 1972. said she felt an immediate with testicular cancer. So accurately. it’s all about becoming Ruth,” of “On the Basis of Sex” a Yes, she is as determined connection. Ruth juggles her own classes, On the subject of accuracy, she said. “I become obsessive biopic about Ruth Bader to fight for truth, and is a “What was interesting to attends his to take notes some have argued that the about costume, hair, makeup. Ginsburg that debuted on respected lawyer, but she is me was trying to find out and cares for their newborn casting of Jones erases Gins- I became meticulous, listen- Christmas. It focuses largely still shackled by the misogyny who is the woman behind infant daughter, Jane—all burg’s Jewishness from the ing to Ruth in court, how on Charles Moritz v. Internal of the time. the icon,” Jones said. “What while earning a spot on the film. Natalie Portman had powerful her voice is and how Revenue Service, a major That nuanced and honest are the decisions she made prestigious Law Review. been slated to fill the role, her Brooklyn accent comes on gender discrimination case approach to the character and how did she get to the Despite her academic suc- but that fell through in 2017. strong when she’s frustrated.” that Ginsburg shepherded to is thanks in large part to place where she is now. How cess, no law firm will hire her. When the trailer debuted At the time of shooting, trial years before she became the approach of two key cre- did she harness that essence One offers secretarial work. in July, viewers called atten- Jones was also preparing a justice on the U.S. Supreme atives—screenwriter Daniel and anger and use it to her Another tells her, “We hired a tion to Jones’ accent—a far for her wedding to her long- Court. To succeed, she would Stiepleman and the film’s star, advantage.” woman last year. What would cry from Ginsburg’s nasal time fiance, director Charles have to overturn years of Felicity Jones. Stiepleman, 37, is Gins- we do with two of them?” A Brooklyn tone. Guard. For Guard, the timing precedent. Jones, a British actress burg’s nephew. Ruth’s hus- third wonders warily if she Anna Miriam wrote in wasn’t the best. But the film is more than who launched her career at band, Marty, was his mother’s observes Shabbat. Alma that Jones, with her “fine “I kept telling him he had your typical courtroom dra- age 12 and has gone on to older brother. And while he Ultimately, Ginsburg lands features and her awkward big shoes to fill,” Jones said. ma. While powerful and star in blockbusters such as wasn’t exceptionally close to a job teaching law at Rutgers American accent, beauti- “Look at what Marty does for inspiring, the movie also man- “The Theory of Everything” his aunt—he was closer in University in New Jersey, but ful, perfectly manicured,” Ruth!”