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Editorials ..................................... 4A Op-Ed .......................................... 5A Calendar ...................................... 6A Scene Around ............................. 9A Synagogue Directory ................ 11A News Briefs ............................... 13A WWW.HERITAGEFL.COM YEAR 43, NO. 34 APRIL 26, 2019 21 NISAN, 5779 ORLANDO, FLORIDA SINGLE COPY 75¢ Jews who made Time 100 list By Marcy Oster ed to advocating for women, designer Diane Von Fursten- (JTA)—One week after berg wrote in her entry in the winning election to a fifth Titans category. term as Israel’s head of state, In his tribute to Mark Prime Minister Benjamin Ne- Zuckerberg, also in the tanyahu was named to Time Titans category, Facebook magazine’s list of the 100 most founding president Sean influential people. Parker wrote: “Mark may Other Jewish people on have changed the world the list include: Facebook more than any living person, founder Mark Zuckerberg; so it’s surprising how little Jennifer Hyman, whose $1 success has changed him.” billion company Rent the He added that Zuckerberg Runway allows subscribers to will have to make “hard rent designer clothing online; choices” in order to keep and Leah Greenberg and the social media platform’s Ezra Levin, who started the openness while staying clear Win McNamee/Getty Images progressive activism group of privacy abuses. U.S. Attorney General William Barr speaks about the release of the redacted version of the Mueller report as Deputy Indivisible. “My hope is that he remains Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, right, and acting Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General Ed O’Callaghan listen “Israel grows more prosper- true to the ideals upon which at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., April 18, 2019. ous. It grows more power- the company was founded— ful,” Time columnist David choosing to promote univer- French wrote for his entry for sal values like decency over 6 takeaways from the Mueller report Netanyahu in the Leaders sensationalism, intimacy category. “And as the election over social status, and human By Josefin Dolsten and dinated” with the Russian interference Jewish links and tidbits. Here is what we shows, sufficient numbers of dignity over tribalism—or Laura E. Adkins effort, which was described as “sweeping found, including the story of an unusual Israelis believe not just that in Zuckspeak, simply: ‘good- and systematic.” The report drew no gift that Jared Kushner received from the Netanyahu is partly respon- ness,’” he wrote. NEW YORK (JTA)—Special counsel conclusion as to whether the president head of a Russian government-owned sible for that success but that Indivisible, founded by Robert Mueller’s report about Russia’s or his aides had engaged in obstruction bank, the president talking about how he’s the nation’s indispensable Greenberg and Levin, who interference in the 2016 presidential of justice. he missed a former lawyer who was Jew- man.” election was released to Congress and Trump was more than pleased by the ish and how the transition team tried to Hyman is a mentor dedicat- Time on page 14A the public Thursday, adding new details findings, praising the report and tweet- influence a U.N. Security Council resolu- to what had been disclosed about its find- ing several times “No Collusion—No tion on Israeli settlements. ings by Attorney General William Barr Obstruction” on Thursday. As expected, The head of a Russian govern- when Mueller concluded his investigation Democrats did not share the view, with ment-owned bank brought Kush- AOC trivializes last month. congressional leaders calling for Mueller ner an unusual gift. The 448-page document, released to testify before the House of Representa- In November 2016, Russian Ambassa- after a nearly two-year long inquiry, says tives and the Senate. dor Sergey Kislyak requested a meeting Holocaust memory Mueller’s investigation did not establish The Jewish Telegraphic Agency the Trump campaign “conspired or coor- combed through the report in search of Mueller on page 15A (Nashville, Tenn.)—Evan- and host of the award-winning gelical leader Laurie Cardoza- Christian television pro- Moore has called out the gram Focus On Israel that ill-informed Congresswoman reaches a global weekly audi- Local genealogist helps Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for ence of over 2 billion viewers trivializing the memory of worldwide stated: “If Ocasio- the Holocaust by tweeting Cortez is going to quote cousin find her birth family a statement by Pastor Mar- someone from the Nazi-era tin Niemöller in defense of to support Omar, she needs Hear a compelling story of the anti-Semite and Muslim to quote a Nazi collabora- a woman’s search to find her Brotherhood terrorist group tor! Niemoller was against birth family, and succeeding collaborator Ilhan Omar. the Nazis and used his influ- with the help of a dedicated The statement AOC quoted ence to mobilize the Germans Orlando Jewish genealogist at was written by Niemöller who against them.” the next Jewish Genealogical lived under the Nazi regime Cardoza-Moore went on Society of Greater Orlando and used his influence to to say, “Are Ocasio-Cortez, meeting, Wednesday, May defend the innocent vic- Omar and Tlaib an example 8. The Jewish Genealogical tims of his government. In of the growing number of Society of Greater Orlando contrast, Ilhan Omar is a uneducated graduates from treasurer, Dave Rowitt, will collaborator of the Muslim U.S. schools? ‘God help us’! explain how he helped a cousin Brotherhood which histori- You just can’t make this stuff find and meet her relatives. cally supported the Nazis up! They have no clue about then, and is aggressively seek- history! Or worse, are they ac- ing the destruction of Israel tively engaged in a Goebbels- and America now. style media propaganda war Ocasio-Cortez’s tweet ap- in order to re-write history?” peared on April 13 after Presi- Cardoza-Moore contin- Dave Rowitt dent Trump tweeted a video ued: “Alexandria Ocasio-Cor- of Omar belittling the 9/11 tez is a traitor to her Sephardic Rowitt is a talented gene- attacks at a Muslim Brother- Jewish ancestors and the alogist, who has compiled hood (CAIR sponsored) terror- memory of all of us from His- much of his family history. Elliot and Lynne (last names not used for privacy reasons). ist fundraising event in which pania whose ancestors were Working with his cousin, he she described the worst terror tortured and murdered during has discovered and located family for Lynne, and that DNA data, Dave applied his attack on American soil as the Spanish Inquisition. Her the vast majority of his fam- family adopted her, resulting years of genealogy knowledge, “some people, did something”. tweet equating the President’s ily—nearly 3000—that live in in new first and last names the majority of it gained from PJTN has added the names criticism of Ilhan Omar with the U.S. His research has led for Lynne. attending JGSGO meetings, to of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Nazi-era Jews facing extermi- to interesting discoveries and While Lynne’s adoptive find Lynne’s birth relatives, and Rashida Tlaib to their Il- nation by the Third Reich is intriguing family reunions, parents provided a wonder- and arranged for Lynne and han Omar petition calling absolutely pathetic! Not only and led him to contact a ful life for her, she frequently Elliot to meet these relatives, for their removal from Con- was her statement not befit- second cousin, Elliot, which wondered if she had any including her cousins in Cali- gress in addition to Omar as ting of a U.S. lawmaker, but it eventually led to quite a gene- siblings. Years after Lynne’s fornia from her birth mother they are now working in alogy detective story. Elliot’s adopted parents died, Elliot and birth father. After joyous unison to achieve the same AOC on page 15A wife, Lynne, was surrendered and Lynne sought Rowitt’s meetings with newly-found goals. The petition has already to child welfare authorities in help to find her blood relatives. family, Lynne learned that amassed tens of thousands of 1950, months after she was Rowitt encouraged Lynne to some of her relatives had also signatures. born. New York City’s Free do a DNA test, which provided been trying to find her. Laurie Cardoza-Moore, Synagogue Child Adoption essential clues to learning president of Proclaiming Committee soon found a foster about her family. Using the Family on page 14A Justice to The Nations (PJTN) PAGE 2A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, APRIL 26, 2019 Upcoming programs at the Holocaust Center during Yom HaShoah The Holocaust Memorial Narrated by Martin Landau, International Film Festival. memoration will take place Register for this event sion-with-the-three-wise- Resource & Education Cen- the film chronicles the story After the movie there will on Wednesday, May 1 at 6:30 at www.holocaustedu.org/ guys. ter’s Week of Remembrance of Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi be a “talk back” with Joanie p.m. at the Congregation of events/all/yom-hashoah-4. Finally, instructor Dana begins on April 28 from 2 Germany in the 1930s and Schirm and Mitch Bloomer. 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