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Defense Forces’ veterans have at the memorial site for fallen Eyal Moshe Karim and other died as a result of their injuries. Bedouin soldiers in the lower senior defense-establishment In 2020, the Jewish Soldiers over to Jewish service members A siren blared out across Isra- Galilee, the IDF deployed honor representatives. Project faced an unprecedent- serving our country around the el at 8 p.m. on Monday evening, guards who stood next to a me- The Defense Ministry’s ed challenge in bringing Pass- (Soldiers — Page 6) and a second siren will sound morial torch. A senior officer Families and Commemoration at 11 a.m. on Tuesday morning. saluted the fallen. Department placed a flag at Recalling San Remo and Across 52 military cemeteries A prayer for the fallen was (Fallen — Page 10) International Law Regarding the Unity Government Is a Big Win for Jewish State, 100 Years Later Netanyahu — and Questionable for Gantz by JOSH HASTEN Conference,” Britain was given (JNS) — Exactly 100 years the mandate to control the by MICHAEL KOPLOW has been to remain in office ir- ago this week, World War I al- areas, which consist of what WASHINGTON (JTA) — After respective of his legal troubles. lied powers including the Brit- is now modern-day Israel and three Israeli elections in the The agreement accomplishes ish Empire, Italy, France and Jordan (along with Iraq), that course of 12 months, Prime this through multiple avenues. Japan, along with the United formerly were controlled by the Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Short of having his trial can- States serving as an observer defeated Ottoman Empire. and his rival Benny Gantz have celed, Netanyahu could not nation, met in San Remo, Italy, The mandate was ratified two finally signed a deal to create have drawn up a better way to and ratified the 1917 Balfour years later in a unanimous vote a unity government that could circumvent the consequences of Declaration, calling for a na- by more than 50 member coun- last 36 months. his legal issues so thoroughly. tional home for the Jewish peo- tries of the League of Nations From a substantive perspec- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu First, it allows Netanyahu ple in “Palestine.” with the explicit goal of over- tive, the deal has gotten Ne- campaigns in Ramat Gan, Feb. 29th. to remain prime minister for Known as the “San Remo (San Remo — Page 4) tanyahu all of the things he (Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images) the next 18 months as his trial prioritized the most through a on three separate indictments series of tangled loopholes. For arching goal — the shadow of takes place, granting him the Israel’s Counter-Terror Fighters Gantz, it is the opposite. which has fallen across nearly ability to maintain all of the Adapt to Coronavirus Netanyahu’s primary over- every action he has taken — (Unity — Page 6) Israel Film Archive Digitalizes Extensive Collection, Starts to Release Films Online (JNS) — After years of work on digitizing its collection of Israeli film clips, the Israel Film Archive (IFA), part of the Jeru- salem Cinematheque, is begin- ning to share its collection on- line with the goal of eventually digitalizing its entire archive of more than 5,000 hours of film. Police anti-terror unit disinfect themselves and their gear ahead of their “To restore films is to touch mission in the West Bank. (Ziv Koren) history,” said IFA manager Meir Russo, as reported by The Jerusa- by ELISHA BEN KIMON lem Post. “And digitizing our col- The special counter-terror- lection and making these films The Jerusalem Cinematheque, home of the Israel Film Archive (IFA). (Wikimedia ism unit of the Israel Police, widely available have always Commons) known in Hebrew by the ac- been our dreams and our goals.” ronym Yamam, has not been The IFA features a copy of films, documentaries, news- century. Among them is an idle since the breakout of the practically every film ever shot reels and home movies. 1896 film shot in Palestine that 0474470 90456 (Fighters — Page 6) in Israel, including feature The clips go back to the 19th (Archive — Page 2) Page 2 • THE JEWISH LEDGER • Thursday, April 30, 2020 The 10 Commandments of Zoom

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Culture … The Secret Jewish History of William Shakespeare Shakespeare’s Plays?” author Is Shakespeare,” author Ken- ing general of Nebuchadnezzar John Hudson proposed that it neth Gross argues that the key — is taken down by Judith, a was Lanier herself who wrote to understanding the character beautiful Hebrew widow who the works attributed to Shake- of Shakespeare’s most notorious entered Holofernes’s camp, se- speare. Hudson points to Lani- Jewish character is to view him duced him with wine and salty er’s cosmopolitan upbringing as the voice of the playwright cheese, and then beheaded him and familiarity with the many himself. while he was drunk — thus literary, geographic, religious One of the key characters giving us an excuse to smother and factual touchstones in in Shakespeare’s play “The our potato latkes in sour cream (Kurt Hoffman) Shakespeare’s work, to which Tempest” is named Ariel, a at Hanukkah. a country bumpkin from Strat- spirit rescued, controlled and “As You Like It,” which con- by SETH ROGOVOY 84 possible “Shakespeare au- ford-on-Avon would presum- eventually freed by the play’s tains one of the most famous Had William Shakespeare thorship candidates” — histor- ably not have had access. (In hero, the magician Prospero. Shakespeare speeches (“All the never died, he would be turning ical figures whom scholars have fact, an entire theater compa- Ariel serves as Prospero’s eyes world’s a stage…”) is set in 456 years old this year, which proposed are the actual authors ny in Manhattan called The and ears throughout the play, the Forest of Arden, a possible would put him in biblical ter- of the Bard’s plays and poetry. Dark Lady Players is devoted using his own supernatural allusion to eden. Indeed, some ritory for longevity. As it turns Among the better-known candi- to performing Shakespeare’s powers to cause the tempest of read the play as an edenic alle- out, that’s not necessarily such dates, including Francis Bacon works as the biblical allegories the title and to fend off plots gory, an idea supported by the an unusual place for him to be. and playwright Christopher its members believe Lanier em- to bring down Prospero. Ariel, fact that the play also includes While little is known about the Marlowe, is Amelia Bassano bedded in them, as religious of course, is a Hebrew name a character named Adam, a historical Shakespeare, there Lanier, a crypto-Jew born in parodies that were then brought meaning lion of God, which po- kindly old servant rumored to is much to suggest in his work 1569 into a family of Venetian to the public by a theater owner etically suggests that Ariel was have been played by Shake- and in what we know of his Jews who were court musicians and impresario named William a defender of righteousness. speare himself. It has also life and times that he just may to Queen Elizabeth I. A creative Shakespeare.) “Love’s Labour’s Lost” in- been suggested that the Book well have been familiar with and independent figure on the It doesn’t end there. Author cludes a character named Ho- of Job, rather unique among the Torah — and perhaps even cultural scene who had an af- Ghislain Muller has suggested lofernes, a pedantic schoolmas- the books of the Bible, was the engaged with Jewish thought. fair with Marlowe, Lanier was that Shakespeare himself was ter who plays the role of Judas original literary tragedy, and The search for Shakespeare’s the first woman to publish a a crypto-Jew with a grandfather Maccabeus in the Pageant of that Shakespeare’s “King Lear” true identity has long fueled a book of original poetry. named Shapiro in “Was Shake- the Nine Worthies — a know- holds many echoes of the bibli- cottage industry of books, doc- In his book, “Shakespeare’s speare a Jew?: Uncovering the ing allusion to the story in the cal Job; its eponymous protag- toral theses and crazy theories. Dark Lady: Amelia Bassano Marrano Influences in His Life Book of Judith in which the his- onist, like Job, is a great man Wikipedia lists no fewer than Lanier — The Woman Behind and Writing.” And in “Shylock torical Holofernes — an invad- (Shakespeare — Page 16) History … The 5 Million Members of the Palestinian Jewish Diaspora

by RAYMOND APPLE grandmother who is said to have Orthodox). He had various busi- enclaves in many places in the lians knew that Harry was from Until 1948 the name “Pales- been the women’s zoggerte at nesses in Australia, never achiev- Diaspora, including Australia. Palestine. So if ethnicity goes by tine” was associated with Jews. the old Hurva Synagogue in the ing much success or prosperity, There were Palestinian clubs descent, I too am a Palestinian as That meant that the Palestinian Old City. Haim Yitzhak was a but occasionally sending his fa- ranging from Perth in Western well as an Israeli, an Australian people were mostly Jewish. The Yiddish-speaking heder boy in ther a five-pound note. He had a Australia to the eastern sea- and (of course) a Jew. name “Palestine” or “Palesti- Jerusalem who went to Alexan- Palestinian passport and when board. Melbourne, for example, Instead of “California here I na” had ancient origins. It was dria with his family in World his relatives wrote to him there had a Hebrew-speaking Eretz come”, we Habonim boys sang brought into use by the Greeks War I because the Turks and the were Palestinian stamps on the Israel club. “Palestina here I come, right and Romans after the Philistines Russians were at odds. envelope. Born and brought up My father settled well into Aus- back where I started from.” who lived in the coastal southern Shortly after the family re- in Australia, my brothers and I tralian life and spoke unaccented Some of my Habonim madri- area of the country. turned to Palestine, Haim were intrigued with our father’s English, which he picked up in chim are still alive in Israel, Jews had settled there after Yitzhak emigrated to Australia origins, and Palestine was part the British army workshops in Al- though it took many decades their exodus from Egypt in Mo- in order to escape from an un- of our being: Zionism was part exandria. He also knew some Ar- after 1948 before I joined them ses’s time — indeed even before welcome shidduch (possibly also of our ethos. abic, though not all of his Arabic in making aliyah. b the Egyptian episode it was the because he found his family too There were Jewish Palestinian sayings were printable. Austra- ©The Jerusalem Post Hebrew homeland. Palestine went through ups and downs but its Jewish associations were constant and Jews maintained a presence there from Biblical Now friends and family around the globe times. When Theodor Herzl was prepared to accept Uganda as a Jewish “asylum for the night,” can be part of a loved one’s service. vast numbers of the Jewish peo- Brighton Memorial Chapel offers live funeral broadcasting ple were only interested in Pal- estine. The Balfour Declaration for services that take place within our chapel. of 1917, followed by the League of Nations Mandate, acknowl- All at NO CHARGE. edged that the Jews regarded Palestine as their holy land. Bi- ble-lovers everywhere associ- ated Jews with Palestine and Palestine with Jews. The Jews themselves — wherever they lived, sang, prayed and dreamed — worked toward making Pales- tine as their home. Jews from Palestine — in- cluding my own father Harry — formed a Palestinian Jewish Rochester’s Jewish Funeral Home Diaspora in other parts of the world. Harry (Haim Yitzhak), 585-427-8520 born in Jerusalem, was one of 3325 Winton Road S., Rochester NY 14623 • www.BrightonMemorialChapel.com the sons of a Russian Jewish couple called Yablotchnik who had come to Palestine to join a See why Brighton Memorial Chapel is Establishing a New Tradition. Page 4 • THE JEWISH LEDGER • Thursday, April 30, 2020 New York Mayor Says San Remo (Continued from Page 1)

He Broke Up Rabbi’s seeing the establishment of a State for the Jews. Funeral, Lashes Out at In other words, the resolu- tions passed at San Remo, and subsequently by the League of ‘Jewish Community’ Nations, codified the Jewish people’s rights to a homeland under international law. To mark the historic, but often times downplayed, event in modern Jewish history, the Im Tirtzu Israeli NGO, which seeks to strengthen and ad- vance the values of Zionism in Israel, along with the Cana- Delegates at the San Remo conference in 1920. (YouTube) dians for Israel’s Legal Rights (CILR) Organization, held an worldwide and provide them She says that Britain’s Mandate online conference this past Sun- with knowledge to stand up for was in fact one of 12 League of day. The broadcast featured Israel because “how can you Nations’ mandates. interviews with top academics, confront anti-Israel propaganda Regardless of motive, she told legal experts and other leading if you don’t know Israel’s legal JNS that what made the San Israeli personalities to discuss right to exist?” Remo decision legally binding New York City Mayor Bill DeBlasio. (Getty Images) San Remo at 100. Citing the importance of San was the fact that “it was writ- On the conference, former Remo, Eugene Kontorovich, ten under the agreement of the by JOHN KUNZA specific ethnic community (a Deputy Foreign Minister and director of the Kohelet Policy League of Nations, and there- New York City Mayor Bill De- community that has been the Knesset member Danny Ayalon, Forum and a professor at the fore, it has legal validity.” Blasio issued a message to the target of increasing hate crimes who also served as Israel’s Am- George Mason University School She explained that as op- “Jewish community” Tuesday in HIS city) as being noncom- bassador to the United States, of Law, told JNS that it was a posed to U.N. General Assem- night after several hundred pliant??” noted that many people, in- “scandal” that Jerusalem and bly Resolutions, which are people attended the funeral for The Orthodox Jewish Public cluding diplomats, have little other cities in Israel name streets just suggestions, or even U.N. a Satmar rabbi in Williams- Affairs Council called out the knowledge about the legally “Kaf Tet B’November” (Nov. 29), Security Council Resolutions burg. mayor for not criticizing the binding resolutions passed at to celebrate the passing of the which carry more weight, for In a string of tweets, the many New Yorkers who took to San Remo. U.N. General Assembly resolu- something to become binding mayor called the funeral “unac- the streets Tuesday to watch a He said to JNS that “I was tion in 1947, calling to partition in international law, “you need ceptable,” adding that he went flyover by the Blue Angels. privy to many diplomatic con- Israel into a state for the Arabs a bilateral signed treaty by par- there himself “to ensure the Ben Shapiro and others joined versations, including those by and the Jews, while there are no ties.” And not only this, but it crowd was dispersed.” in voicing their condemnations. heads of state, who call for Is- streets named for San Remo. requires “major world consen- Social media was filled with rael to carry out territorial evac- He believes that the partition sus,” which she says took place images of hundreds of people Overwhelmingly uations [citing international plan is the more celebrated an- at San Remo. attending the funeral for Rabbi Compliant, a Few law]. But this is wrong. This niversary because it was “a Nevertheless, Darshan-Leit- Chaim Mertz who died earlier Rogue Agents neglects the binding resolutions one-time dramatic event, with ner argues that “relying on San in the day from coronavirus. Continue Gathering passed at San Remo, which in- the vote aired on the radio, with Remo is not the best strategy In a following tweet DeBlasio The funeral procession high- ternationalized Balfour.” seven times more Jews living in Israel should adopt [to justify issued a warning to the Jewish lights the spotty record that Ayalon added that the United Israel in 1947 [when compared its existence] because people community: “My message to Orthodox groups have shown in Nations “respected all commit- to 1920], while San Remo was don’t really care about the legal the Jewish community, and all trying to maintain a near-total ments passed by the League of part of a set of long and drawn argument. Maybe it’s good in communities, is this simple: the shutdown of communal reli- Nations, except when it comes out set of conferences. It wasn’t court, but you can’t really bring time for warnings has passed. gious life in the city. While to San Remo. Furthermore, the a single moment.” it up in the public arena or dip- I have instructed the NYPD to major Orthodox umbrella orga- barrage of countless biased Kontorovich says that while lomatic world.” proceed immediately to sum- nizations, like Agudath Israel and discriminatory anti-Israel the League of Nations Mandate Instead, she suggests that “Is- mons or even arrest those who of America and the Orthodox U.N. resolutions, which are the is, in fact, mentioned in Israel’s rael has to base its rights to the gather in large groups. This is Union, as well as influential result of an automatic Arab Declaration of Independence, it Land of Israel on our historical, about stopping this disease and schools and leading rabbis have and Palestinian majority, refer is “often downplayed for polit- religious and moral rights to be saving lives. Period.” called for Orthodox Jews to re- to these [U.N. resolutions] as ical reasons.” He explains that here, and not on signed docu- Police were on hand at the frain from attending any prayer carrying the weight of interna- “those who are opposed to Isra- ments.” funeral, and videos from the gatherings or sending their kids tional law, but that’s not true. el’s legal rights in Judea and Sa- Mordechai Kedar, an Arab-af- scene show organizers and of- to in-person classes, there have Unfortunately, nobody really maria use the partition plan to fairs expert and a professor at ficials attempting to disperse been high-profile funeral gath- bothers looking into real inter- bolster their arguments,” while Bar-Ilan University in Ramat the crowd and encourage social erings in Borough Park, and national law.” failing to cite San Remo. Gan, seemed to agree with Dar- distancing, however accord- some ritual baths and schools Ultimately though, he says shan-Leitner about focusing on ing to reports no arrests were in Williamsburg have remained League of Nations that Israel exists today not be- Israel’s ancient connection to made. open. Mandate Is ‘Downplayed cause of the mandate or the the land for public diplomacy DeBlasio’s comments were Recently a smaller funeral for Political Reasons’ United Nations, but because purposes. quickly condemned by the Jew- procession was held in Crown Matan Peleg CEO of Im Tirtzu Israel won its war of Indepen- When asked during the con- ish community. Chaim Deutsch, Heights, and minyans — prayer agrees that many are unaware dence in 1948. Even with sound ference to share his thoughts a New York City Council mem- groups — in front of 770 have of San Remo’s significance in- legal claims, he adds, “If we as Israel prepares to celebrate ber who represents an Ortho- proved impossible to end com- cluding many Israelis. He told had lost the war, we would its 72nd birthday, he responded dox neighborhood in Brooklyn pletely. b JNS that while San Remo inter- have been one crocodile tear that “the State of Israel made a wrote on Twitter, “This has © Forward, reprinted with authorization. nationally legitimizes the fact under the bottom of the [U.N.] big mistake when it claimed it to be a joke. Did the Mayor of Ari Feldman contributed to “that the land of Israel belongs Secretary General’s ink blotter was established in 1948. 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Pittsford Village Estates features an attractive entrance on popular Monroe Avenue. Colonial Parkway winds through a beautiful park-like atmosphere to French Road. Hezbollah fighters march in a ceremony. The new Lebanese government under Prime Minister Hassan Diab is backed “The manThe who buildings, stops eachadvertising of colonial to design save in money perfect keepingis like the with man who stops the clock to save time.” by an Hezbollah-Iran-controlled alliance, Feb. 7. (Wikimedia Commons) traditional Pittsford, are widely spaced in the quiet countryside of this exclusive residential area. Every apartment enjoys a (JNS) — Germany on Thurs- of international understand- countries as well as the Eu- scenic view, and offers comfort and spaciousness with all modern day designated Iran-backed ing,” Germany’s interior minis- ropean Union to do the same. conveniences. Hezbollah a terrorist organi- try said in a statement, adding All the parts of Hezbollah, in- The relaxation and graciousness of country living is everywhere zation and banned all activity that the group’s assets can now cluding the social, political and apparent, yet the area is only a few minutes from the Village of Pittsford and the expressway to downtown Rochester, and is within by the group on its soil, a move be confiscated. military wings are terror orga- easy walking distance from Pittsford Plaza. long urged by Israel and the Security officials estimate nizations and they should be Your inspection is invited. United States. that around 1,050 people in treated as such,” he added. 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Rd., Rochester, NY 14623 427-2434 • www.thejewishledger.com home to Canada’s largest Jew- are alarming,” said B’nai Brith this abhorrent trend.” b Page 6 • THE JEWISH LEDGER • Thursday, April 30, 2020 Senate Confirms Chassidic Jew for First- Unity (Continued from Page 1) Ever Senior Position in US Administration privileges of his office despite diciary from political influ- (JNS) — The U.S. Senate on shout-out to “my amazing wife the legal circus that will inevi- ence or attempts to circumvent Tuesday confirmed by voice Yocheved Rivka,” who “serves tably ensue. It also allows him its authority. On every one of vote the first Chassidic Jew for our community as a physician’s to maintain the privileges of these issues, Gantz folded. a senior position in a U.S. ad- assistant in a family practice in being the “alternate prime min- In return for all of this, ministration. Brooklyn [N.Y.] while looking ister” after that — essentially Gantz becomes defense min- The upper congressional after our eight children and the backup to Gantz, who will ister — no small prize, to be chamber confirmed Mitchell doting on our three grandchil- take over the role. sure — with the promise of Silk as assistant secretary of dren.” That status also will exempt becoming prime minister in the Treasury for International “My grandparents immigrat- Netanyahu from the require- 18 months, though it is note- Markets. He had held the posi- ed to this country from hard- ment of resigning as a non- worthy that only 31 percent of tion in an acting role since July. ship and persecution in Eastern prime minister under indict- Israelis think the rotation will In this position, Silk is re- Europe. Their life experiences ment. actually take place. Gantz’s sponsible for leading the U.S. were chilling,” he said. “My Netanyahu has also consis- Blue and White, which is now Treasury Department’s role on U.S. Assistant Secretary of the maternal grandfather, the guid- tently raised the issue of West in tatters after Gantz’s shock the Committee on Foreign In- Treasury for International Mar- ing light of my life, grew up Bank annexation and applying compromise, also gets to chair vestment in the United States. kets Mitchell Silk. in abject poverty, witnessed Israeli sovereignty to settle- the Defense Ministry, the For- He will also direct the depart- Cossacks brutally murder his ments since he first pledged to eign Ministry, the Justice Min- ment’s portfolio on internation- LinkedIn profile. family members and struggled do it days before the first elec- istry, the Knesset Foreign Af- al financial services regulation, “He advised on many of Chi- to cope with the extermination tion, in April 2019. By explic- fairs and Defense Committee trade, banking and securities, na’s landmark project financ- of his family in the Holocaust.” itly including the issue in the and a host of other plum posts, development and technical as- ings in a number of sectors and “For my family, this country coalition pact with Gantz — all of which give it authority sistance. on China’s largest investment represented freedom, security and all the more so by setting over a wide set of issues. Previously, Silk was “a proj- in Colombia, which was in the and immense opportunity,” he a specific date for its consider- The flip side is that in many ects partner in the banking de- energy sector, as well as on continued. “They worked hard ation and initial implementa- ways, these are Potemkin po- partment and head of the U.S. major wind, solar, gas, coal and as tradesmen and laborers.” tion — Netanyahu has moved sitions that appear powerful China group in the New York nuclear-power project acquisi- Senate Banking Committee annexation much closer to be- but actually are not. Gantz is office of the global law practice tions and financings in the U.S., chairman Sen. Mike Crapo coming reality. It’s a policy that defense minister, but Netanya- of Allen & Overy LLP, where he Asia, Latin America, Caribbean (R-Idaho) called Silk “a key he will now be associated with hu is free to decide the ulti- concentrated on project finance and Africa.” voice on trade negotiations, in the history books. mate fate of the West Bank on and direct investment matters In his opening statement energy and infrastructure fi- Furthermore, by nesting his own. Avi Nissenkorn will in the energy and infrastruc- during his nomination hear- nance, export credit and finan- its contours in the coalition be justice minister, but any- ture sectors,” according to his ing in November, Silk gave a cial services.” b agreement within the precise thing he does can be hampered ones drawn up by the Trump by the Constitution, Law and administration, Netanyahu Justice Committee, which is Fighters (Continued from Page 1) has provided the Trump team chaired by Netanyahu’s Likud with near absolute power to — not to mention the veto Ne- coronavirus pandemic. pect’s presumed location. “Our fighters have a responsi- implement whatever vision it tanyahu has over senior Justice And while reality has “Our methods of operation bility that they comprehend,” A desires. Ministry appointments and the changed almost every aspect have remained unchanged. We says. “Anyone exhibiting even Along with annexation, in- situation with the judges selec- of life in Israel and around the initiate contact and proceed as mild symptoms must stay away stalling right-wing judges in tion committee. world, this group of highly always until we have appre- so that others in the unit do not order to limit the power of the Assuming that Netanyahu trained fighters has had keep hended our target,” says A. get sick.” judiciary relative to the Knes- honors the rotation agreement operating with new protocols “Once we have our guy, we The counter-terror unit had set has become as important and yields to Gantz after 18 and new and often challenging explain that we must protect been called into operation a to the Israeli right as the issue months, Gantz will take his equipment in order to protect him as well as ourselves and number of times since the pan- of confirming federal judges new position with Israel’s lon- themselves from the possibility that he too must wear the pro- demic broke out and has func- is to the American right. It’s gest serving – and arguably of contagion. tective gear we provide for tioned well with their new pro- the Israeli right’s goal to roll politically savviest – prime Before leaving on their mis- him. We want to prevent con- tective gear. back the so-called constitu- minister still enjoying the trap- sion Monday, in pursuit of a tamination in our vehicles,” They have been in contact tional revolution instituted by pings of the office as alternate suspect near the West Bank city he says. with similar squads around the former Supreme Court Presi- prime minister, and saddled of Tulkarem, the Yamam forces “In most cases, we found our world, all operating under the dent Aharon Barak. The deal with a Knesset majority that followed new protocols. suspects were cooperative be- same conditions. agreed to by Netanyahu and relies on more than twice as They disinfected themselves, cause of the coronavirus.” “We’ve kept in touch with Gantz guarantees that no jus- many Likud Knesset members their gear and their vehicles Back at base, the forces re- our colleagues in Italy, which tice will be appointed who as his own Blue and White. and added oxygen masks to peated a disinfection proce- was so badly impacted by the does not meet a right-wing The entire arrangement is their personal tool kits. dure for themselves and their virus,” E says. litmus test. reminiscent of 2013, when Ne- “Our masks are connected to gear so that they would be set “We have a close relation- In addition, Netanyahu gets tanyahu appointed Tzipi Livni bellows that provide the men to go the next time they are ship with them and hold joint a veto over the appointments to lead Israeli-Palestinian nego- with oxygen, “ says Super- called to embark on a mis- training sessions. When the of the new state attorney and tiations but made his personal intendent A, who commands sion. pandemic began, we called attorney general — not coin- attorney Yitzhak Molcho her the unit. “We have fitted spe- Each fighter is vital, each one the commanders and offered cidentally, the two positions minder who had a veto over cial communication devices has a specific role in the unit tips and advice on how best to that had to recommend and ap- anything she did or any deci- inside.” so strict protocols are in place maintain the level of combat prove the indictments against sions she made. Though covered in gleaming when on a mission and when under these conditions. We are him. The deal is being portrayed white protective gear that is back in base, to ensure none fighting a new, invisible enemy, Whereas Netanyahu is sacri- as a mechanism for transition- easily visible from afar, fight- is infected by the coronavirus but we have adapted ourselves ficing some measure of politi- ing away from the Netanyahu ers attempted to conceal them- and unable to carry out his for any scenario.” b cal power (for now) in return era, when in reality it appears selves as they neared their sus- duties. © YNetNews.com for tangible policy wins, with to set the stage for him to re- this deal, Gantz gave up on main in power. This is all es- every substantive issue that sentially a bid for time on the Soldiers (Continued from Page 1) he has spoken about as critical part of both Benjamins: time over the past year and a half for Netanyahu to sort out his world. Because of the COVID-19 ber of requests for individual from: Wegmans for their annu- in return for political power — legal troubles while staying pandemic, the military can- packages. al donation; Five C Foundation both real and perceived. in power, and time for Gantz celled dozens of base Seders Because of the incredible (Cleveland); Temple Beth Zion Gantz spoke about not le- to figure out how to take his and drastically restricted the generosity of Rochester Jewish Sisterhood (Buffalo); JWV gitimizing a prime minister illusory gains and turn them distribution of Kosher for Pass- community and Jews across the Jersey Shore Post 125; JWV under indictment and under no into real ones. over foods by Chaplains and nation, a record 125 Passover Kauffman Post 41(Rochester) circumstances serving under We don’t know with certain- lay leaders. Additionally, the care packages were sent to our and many individual dona- one. He spoke about preventing ty which one will use his time Jewish Chaplains Council of brothers and sisters in the mil- tions. any West Bank annexation not to better effect, but considering the Jewish Welfare Board re- itary serving in 25 nations, 30 If you would like to con- endorsed by the international which of the two men got near- quested the JSP step in to assist bases in the U.S. from New York tribute to the Soldiers Project community and/or done in ly everything he wanted out of underserved communities. As to Alaska and ships at Sea. please contact Project Founder coordination with Jordan and this deal and which did not, I a result, the Jewish Soldiers Special thanks must be Keith Freedman at jewishsol- the Palestinian Authority. He know where I would be placing Project received a record num- given for generous donations [email protected]. b spoke about protecting the ju- my bets. b THE JEWISH LEDGER • Thursday, April 30, 2020 • Page 7 Burial Societies and Funeral Homes Are Overwhelmed. Cremation Isn’t the Solution.

by RABBI SHLOMO BRODY lime seed be posthumously MODIIN, Israel (JTA) — Re- placed on him. Following these counting past plagues isn’t precedents, Shlomo Goren, Is- pleasant, but Jewish history rael’s chief rabbi in 1980, issued is replete with leaders whose directives to the Israeli army to decisions can help us address utilize body bags and chemical the challenges we’re facing sanitizers in the event of mass during the current COVID-19 casualties from biological war- pandemic. fare. Similarly, while Karelitz In particular, rabbinic author- generally opposed anatomic ities throughout history have dissection of cadavers, he per- done their best to protect the mitted clinical autopsies during public while also ensuring the an outbreak so that scientific burial of the deceased and pre- knowledge could immediately serving, as much as possible, advance to save those now at their dignity. Their brave deci- risk. sions demonstrate that one can An Israeli rabbi walks alongside the body of Eliahu Bakshi-Doron, the former Sephardic chief rabbi of Israel, who Yet with all of these dispen- preserve public health while re- died from complications of the coronavirus. (Ahmad Gharabli via Getty Images) sations, Jewish legal scholars specting religious liberty, some- have always rejected the option thing as vital today as ever. victims who desire cremation, difficult for Diaspora Jews to be was an outspoken opponent of cremation against the trend Amid the current pandemic, Jewish burial societies today flown to burial spots purchased of ritual reforms and generally of greater social acceptance of funeral homes around the world can efficiently and carefully in Israel. In this circumstance, was adamant that burial so- this practice since the 19th cen- are overwhelmed, leading some bring our beloved to their final Jewish decisors have permitted cieties maintain the old prac- tury and increased calls for it in to call for quick cremations in- resting spots. temporary interment in their tice of interring corpses in the a time of plagues. Part of this stead of traditional burials. On Thankfully, in most coun- hometowns until normal travel ground without a casket. Yet resistance stems from a tech- Wednesday, the commissioner tries around the world, Jewish conditions resume and the cas- he required the use of a casket nical legal distinction: While of the New Jersey Department and other religious leaders have ket may be flown to the Holy when someone died from an many burial rites have a lower of Health issued an executive found solutions that satisfy the Land. infectious disease. The Torah legal status as mere customs, directive stating that “Licensed demands of health officials In other historical occasions, demands prioritizing public interment in the ground is a mortuary practitioners are while ensuring the proper in- corpses would be left unbur- health over burial customs. biblical commandment. strongly encouraged to provide terment of coronavirus victims. ied or cast aside in forests as More challenging, however, Yet underlying this distinc- for the disposition of human In a few cases, this has even no one wanted to handle their were cases in which the au- tion is the deeper belief that remains by direct cremation or included rabbinic dispensations bodies for fear of contagion. thorities required some form these laws are meant to bring immediate burial or entomb- for immediate burials on the Rabbis, however, demanded in- of physical tampering of the honor to the deceased. No one ment, regardless of whether the Sabbath or festivals without the terment, even in the shallowest corpse, which is generally who dies from an illness wants cause of death was related to presence of family members. of graves, to prevent the body’s proscribed as a desecration of to see their body spread con- COVID-19.” Unfortunately, rabbis have disgrace. During one cholera human dignity. In an attempt tagion. At the same time, all These calls for cremation are ample legal precedents from outbreak, when the local buri- to bring under control an ex- deserve a final interment that unlikely to make meaningful which to draw, as this is not the al society was neglecting to tended bubonic plague in 1713, bears witness to the inherent inroads among Jews. Tradi- first time that Jews have faced handle corpses entirely and Vienna officials demanded cov- dignity granted to all human tional Jewish practice is that the threat of cremation and left them in a state of disgrace, ering corpses with slaked lime beings created in the image of corpses should be interred and other dilemmas of interment Rabbi Avrohom Yeshaya Kare- (calcium hydroxide) to has- G–d. not cremated in consonance during a scourge. litz himself personally handled ten decomposition of the body. Pandemics call upon us to with the belief that humans For example, in 1824, Rabbi one corpse to shame the burial Rabbi Yaakov Reischer of Metz, remember the mutual responsi- were created in the image of Eliezer Papo of Bulgaria (then society back into action, there- Austria, allowed this treatment bility that we all have to protect G–d. A desecrated body, as a part of the Ottoman Empire) by preventing further spreading for the sake of the deceased’s communal health while pre- Deuteronomy 21:23 states, is praised modern Western Euro- of the disease while paying the honor so he would be buried serving human dignity. Particu- an affront to G–d. The Jewish pean societies for taking pre- deceased their final respects. in his family plot and not in a larly as our global society faces world is filled more with sto- cautionary measures against This does not mean, of distant forest. such mortifying losses, we call ries about overwhelmed burial plagues, yet criticized them course, that Jewish burial so- Similar techniques were uti- upon national authorities to societies and socially distanced for going too far by cremat- cieties were callous toward the lized in the 19th century on respect religious opposition to graveside burials than about ing their victims or leaving concerns of exposure of infec- corpses of cholera victims, with cremation and prevent this final people considering cremation them unburied. In contrast, tious diseases to their volun- Papo himself requesting that grave indignity. b who wouldn’t have before the he claimed, Muslim societies teers, especially during repeat- pandemic. took commendable measures ed cholera epidemics in the But that doesn’t mean the to both treat the victims and 19th century. Rabbinic decisors issue isn’t worth discussing. bury them appropriately. Sadly, wisely minimized or waived Unfortunately, the body of the Papo himself would require the customary tahara washing first Jewish victim of corona- this benevolence when he died process, especially with regard virus in Argentina, Ruben Ber- a few years later from cholera. to external body orifices. We covich, was cremated despite His grave remains a pilgrimage desire to provide this final act communal protests. Argenti- site to this day. of respect to the diseased, yet na is now committed to not As Papo’s statement indicates, we must prioritize the health cremating Jews against their burial decisions have not al- of the living. families’ wishes, but many ways been left in Jewish hands, As contemporary science countries are still encouraging with many diseased bodies now shows from recent cases families to cremate. quickly discarded in mass in West Africa, cholera will reg- That is especially not justi- graves. This scenario created ularly spread through funeral fiable when the World Health predicaments for rabbinic au- rites performed without hygien- Organization and other health thorities since Jewish law gen- ic precautionary measures. In agencies have asserted that erally prohibits, out of respect light of the coronavirus and there is no increased threat for the deceased, the transfer the need to preserve social dis- of transmission of COVID-19 of remains to an alternative tancing among burial society STAND OUT through handling these corps- burial spot. workers, many burial societies Today, it’s not good enough to be one of the crowd. You’ve got to es. A recent study in the Journal Would the law be different have waived these honorific of Forensic and Legal Medicine if the current cemetery was purification rites. stand out, be different from the competition. You need a targeted Study concluded that transmis- not properly guarded? Might Similarly, rabbinic scholars ad campaign that’s professional, specialized and affordable. Get sion may be possible, based exceptions be made to transfer have permitted corpses infected noticed. Get your fair share, and more. 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Weekly morgue workers will need to cussions were invoked again as the Hungarian Rabbi Moshe aSince 1924 safely handle corpses of those disruptions in air travel make it Greenwald in the 1800s, who Page 8 • THE JEWISH LEDGER • Thursday, April 30, 2020 Jewish Democratic Council Chinese Researchers Find Airborne of America Endorses Biden Coronavirus in Wuhan Hospitals by JOSEFIN DOLSTEN presumptive Democratic nom- (JTA) — The Jewish Demo- inee. mean that the virus particles on cratic Council of America has In a statement to Jewish Insid- the gear could become airborne endorsed Joe Biden for president. er, Biden said he was “honored” again, according to Bloomberg The group released its en- to have the group’s support. magazine. dorsement on Friday along with “They are an important new The World Health Organi- a statement from the former vice voice for the progressive values zation has downplayed the president. that unite us here at home and possibility of the coronavirus “You share the Jewish commu- for a secure, peaceful future for being spread through aerosols nity’s commitment to the princi- the Jewish and democratic State and, even with the findings ple of tikkun olam, healing the of Israel,” he said. from Wuhan, it is still unclear world, in addition to our com- Earlier this month, Biden whether the airborne virus is mitment to combatting the rise earned an endorsement from J able to replicate and infect peo- of anti-Semitism and supporting Street, the liberal pro-Israel lobby, ple. a strong U.S.-Israel relationship,” and his former 2020 primary op- Researchers at the University the council said in a letter to the ponent Sen. Bernie Sanders. b of Nebraska Medical Center also found coronavirus RNA Doctor chief of the intensive care unit (ICU), Luiz Gustavo Marin poses for in the air. The research is still 11th Grader Becomes First pictures at the Nossa Senhora da Conceicao hospital, where patients suffering being peer-reviewed, but found from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are treated, in Porto Alegre, Brazil. RNA in out-of-the-way loca- Female Student in a Decade to (Reuters) tions, including under a bed and on window sills, which Win International Bible Contest Researchers in China have the Times that the fact that could suggest that small drop- found genetic markers of the these droplets can stay in the lets are carried around rooms by NOAM DVIR novel coronavirus in airborne air for "at least two hours," by air currents. Ruth Cohen, a 16-year-old stu- droplets, which can remain in "strongly suggests that there The researchers from Ne- dent from the Barahan Ulpana the air for over two hours, ac- is potential for airborne trans- braska also did not determine school in the southern Israeli cording to a new study pub- m ission." whether the viruses were still village of Mercaz Shapira, won lished in the journal Nature. Scientists collected samples infections, but expressed hope the 2020 International Bible This had previously been at Renmin Hospital of Wuhan that more definitive statements Contest held in Jerusalem on demonstrated in laboratory ex- University and at a makeshift could be made in the next week Wednesday, becoming the first periments, but the scientists temporary medical facility as or so. female student in a decade to were able to find tiny droplets well as in public areas, includ- No viruses were detected in win the prestigious contest. in real-world conditions in two ing a residential building and a most public places studied in The Bible quiz is held annual- hospitals in Wuhan, China, ac- supermarket. Wuhan, although some levels ly on Independence Day. Like all cording to The New York Times. Very little virus was detected were detected in crowded areas other Independence Day events, It is still unclear whether the in well ventilated areas, such outside of one of the hospitals the contest, organized by the virus in the droplets were in- as isolation wards or patient and in the department stores. Education Ministry, the IDF, the Ruth Cohen, Wednesday. (Channel 11 News) fections, but droplets such as rooms, but elevated concentra- Marr calculated that it would Jewish Agency and the Jewish these, expelled by breathing tions were found in less venti- take about 15 minutes for a National Fund, was held without the Bible. Each generation adds and talking, can remain in the lated areas, such as small toilet person to breathe in one virus an audience over the restrictions new layers to the acts of the he- air and be inhaled by others. areas. particle, according to the Times. imposed on public gatherings roes of the book of books.” "The potential for aerosol Marr emphasized that this Room ventilation, open space, due to the coronavirus out- The Ruderman Family Foun- transmission is poorly under- showed the importance of sanitization of protective gear break. Participants from outside dation, a leading organization stood," warned the scientists avoiding confined spaces. and disinfection could reduce Israel took part via video link. committed to bridging the gap involved in the study. Especially high concentra- the concentration of coronavi- Seventy teenagers from 39 between Israelis and US Jewry, Linsey Marr, a professor of tions of the virus were found in rus aerosol concentration, ac- countries answered a host of denounced the remarks as “hurt- civil and environmental engi- rooms where medical staff take cording to Vice. b trivia questions about various ful.” neering at Virginia Tech, told off protective gear, which may © The Jerusalem Post details from the most obscure In a letter to Education Min- biblical books. ister Rafi Peretz, foundation’s Moshe Giladi, a student President Jay Ruderman and Biden Marks Poway Synagogue Shooting at the Makor Chaim school Executive Director Shira Ruder- from the community of Alon man accused Kor of “using this Anniversary With Plan for Increased Shvut, southwest of Jerusalem, respected platform to speak in won the second place, American a condescending manner to the Protections for Jews and Others Chaim Nosson Shildes came in teenagers representing different third, and fourth place went to communities from around the by RON KAMPEAS cation,” said the plan attached presidency, likened the plan Miriam Sharam from Mexico. world.” WASHINGTON (JTA) — For- to Biden’s statement. in his statement to his pro- Knesset Speaker Blue and Peretz, the letter said, should mer Vice President Joe Biden The plan’s second point posals to reduce gun violence White leader Benny Gantz “distance [himself] from these marked the one-year anniver- would make prosecuting hate should he be elected. He also praised the competition for hurtful comments and make it sary of the deadly shooting at crimes a priority for the Jus- said President Trump bore re- bringing together Jews from all clear [that] the Ministry of Ed- a synagogue in Poway, Cali- tice Department and would sponsibility for the spike in around the globe. ucation’s views strengthening fornia, with a proposal to add seek legislation that increases violent attacks. “We need this connection just Israel’s ties with the Diaspora is protections for Jews and other penalties for attacks on reli- “He has fanned the flames as we need a tradition that con- an important value and national targets of hate attacks. gious institutions. Hate crime of bigotry and racism for po- nects our shared history, present mission. “These are acts of terror- legislation already increases litical gain, and made a moral and future,” he said. “Jewish “These statements are not only ism, plain and simple,” Biden penalties for crimes commit- equivalence between those per- heritage is the source of our co- offensive to the participants and said Monday in a statement to ted with a motive of racism or petuating hate in our country, hesion. It is the introduction to their families, but also to the the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. prejudice. and those standing against it,” the State of Israel and the power millions of Jews who celebrat- “They are bound together by The third point is a proposal Biden said. of the Jewish people,” he said. ed Israel’s 72nd Independence the common thread of perpetra- to convene faith communities Trump equivocated in con- Prime Minister Benjamin Net- Day, out of love to the land, the tors using fear and violence to to consider “whole of society” demning the neo-Nazi perpetra- anyahu asked the final question country and the people,” the undermine individuals’ ability reforms that would address tors of deadly violence in Char- via a video link, and said that Foundation added. “Mr. Kor has to freely exercise their faith.” hate attacks, including improv- lottesville, Virginia in 2017, but the Bible is not an ancient doc- contributed and continues to Biden’s three-point plan ing information sharing among has since condemned anti-Sem- ument, but a vibrant, constantly contribute to Israel and the Jew- would increase the $90 million law enforcement agencies, itism. His administration has revitalized book. ish People in many fields, but the Department of Homeland improving mental health care rolled back programs tracking “There is no statute of lim- this cannot justify offensive be- Security now hands out for se- as a means of inhibiting the white supremacists and then itations on the Bible, just the havior. We call on Mr. Peretz to curing nonprofit institutions by violence and demanding that restored some of them. opposite — what characterizes make it clear that his comments “multiples.” “social media and technology Trump last year signed an ex- the Bible above all is constant do not reflect the position of the “Upon taking office, Biden platforms do more to root out ecutive order tackling anti-Sem- revitalization,” said Netanyahu. education ministry or his own will convene the faith-based toxic extremist content.” itism, but it has been employed “Each generation finds answers personal opinion.” b community with DHS to identi- Biden, now the presumptive since then in tackling leftist an- to the challenges of its time in © Israel Hayom fy an appropriate funding allo- Democratic nominee for the ti-Israel activity on campus. b  THE JEWISH LEDGER • Thursday, April 30, 2020 • Page 9 USAID Blocks Corona Relief World’s Top Fashion Magazine Celebrates Funding for Gaza Due to Israeli Actress’ Stellar Performance The American lifestyle and Hamas Control of Strip fashion magazine Vogue fea- tures a lengthy interview with Israeli actress Shira Haas in its latest issue. Haas, 24, is the star of the Netflix hit Unorthodox, which revolves around the life of an Good News • Size • Date • Designer HOUSE ultra-Orthodox Hasidic woman, Esty, who rebels against her community’s strict prohibitions. The show’s dialogues are mainly in Yiddish, but despite being focused on a lifestyle not known to many around in the Palestinians spray disinfectant as a precaution against the spread of the world, including Jews, Unorth- Covid-19 coronavirus, in Gaza City. (EPA/Mohammed Saber) odox has been a remarkable success among viewers, who The Trump administration providing $5M for Palestinian wanted to glean insights into will not be sending US coro- hospitals and households to the haredi world and under- navirus assistance to the Gaza meet immediate, life-saving stand their way of life. Strip due to concerns that funds needs in combating COVID- Beanie Feldstein, who con- Shira Haas receives a prize in the Israeli Oscars. (KOKO) could fall into the hands of the 19. The US, as the world’s top ducted the interview asked US-designated terrorist group humanitarian aid donor, is Haas, “What does it feel like Hamas. committed to assisting the Pal- to be a part of the new Netflix “The Trump administration estinian people, & others world- generation of shows?” is not supporting assistance to wide, in this crisis,” tweeted Haas provides the following Gaza,” a senior administration Friedman. answer: official with knowledge of the The relief would come from “It is really amazing and it decision told The New York Post. international-disaster assis- was a surprise. I can really “There is a Hamas government tance from the US Agency for feel the love. I always believed in Gaza. They have indicated International Development, ac- in the show and the role that no interest in engaging with us, cording to the US State Depart- I did, but, as you know, you no interest in peace with Israel, ment. The funds would go to can never tell what is going and in fact, they continue — de- Palestinians through a contrac- to happen with the thing that spite having coronavirus cases tor in the West Bank. you are doing. I can’t take it for in Gaza — to fire rockets at the The Trump administration granted that so many people all Israelis on a regular basis.” has defunded almost all US around the world — no mat- US Ambassador to Israel assistance to the Palestinians ter what their religion is, not David Friedman announced on since the enactment of the Tay- necessarily Jewish, or secular April 16 that the United States lor Force Act in 2018 due to the — connected to the show and is now offering a wide would give $5 million to the Palestinian Authority’s “pay to Esty. The fact that it is has range of custom design Palestinians to help them deal to slay” program of rewarding touched so many people and and printing services with the coronavirus pandemic. terrorists and their families. b that it is universal is such an “I’m very pleased the US is © JNS/Israel Hayom amazing thing. It is everything for all of your you could ask for as an artist. needs including International … The highest form of connect- ing is art. If you just heard postcards, about the show or a story about brochures, Report: One Dead, Dozens someone like Esty on the news, maybe some people would say, fliers and more Wounded in Clashes as Lebanese ‘Oh, those people,’ but once you Currency Crashes, Food Prices Soar see the show you’re like, ‘She Call 427-2468 is like me’ — not only Esty but (JNS) — At least one person the first sovereign default in the also different people as well.” died and dozens more were country’s history. 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half-mast, with a “Remember” ribbon tied around it at the grave of every fallen soldier, as “In prior years, as many as 1.5 well as flowers and a memorial candle. million visitors flooded cemeteries The central Remembrance Day ceremony was held at the to pay respects to Israel’s fallen Western Wall with limitations on number of participants that soldiers and citizens.” could attend. Last week, Defense Minister Naftali Bennett ordered the de- State of Israel, a day in which and-a-half people in the space “The man who stops advertising to save money is like the man who stops the clock to save time.” fense establishment to prepare the entire nation connects with of a minute, or an hour, rep- a different kind of program to the memory of the fallen. Every resents a real danger to life. mark the day in the shadow of year, around a million-and-a- Therefore, we are forced this the coronavirus pandemic and half Israelis gather at the cem- year, with great sorrow, to pre- its restrictions. eteries during the time that vent the public and the families Bennett arranged for a num- the siren sounds. This mighty from coming to the cemeteries ber of IDF soldiers to be sta- participation is testimony to the on Remembrance Day itself,” tioned in shifts at Mount Herzl mutual solidarity that exists in he said. Adrian Morgenstern, MBA, CIC National Hall for the Fallen and the Israeli public and to the re- In the days preceding Yom 1170 Pittsford-Victor Rd. to read the names of all of the spect the public feels for those Hazikaron, immediate rela- fallen since the establishment who have sacrificed themselves tives of the fallen were able Suite 265 Pittsford of the state. for the country.” to visit the cemeteries. Ben- 416-4100 In a message sent to bereaved He noted, however, that in nett described the decision as [email protected] families, he stated in recent the shadow of the corona pan- “unbearably difficult,” though days, “This is a holy day in the demic, “gathering a million- added that “it is necessary.” b

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Miriam at the River by Jane Yolen, Illustrated by Khoa Le Kar-Ben Publishing, 2020, 32pp. (softcover) The biblical story of baby Moses as told by his big sister. Giving her baby brother a kiss, brave little Miriam places Moses’s basket into the river. With one quick push, she sends him into the water, hoping her wish will come true and her brother will be saved from Pharaoh’s orders. But will Pharaoh’s daughter arrive in time to rescue him? Jane Yolen lives in Massachusetts and has written more than 300 books across all genres and age ranges. She has been called the Hans Christian Andersen of America and the Aesop of the twentieth century. Khoa Le has illustrated picture books published in a number of different countries. She is also an author, a graphic designer, and a painter. Khoa has a passion for travel, an eagerness to learn about different cultures, and a desire to discover the beauty of the world. Her inner moth makes her attracted to any source of light, but her dream is to one day see the northern lights. She lives in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, with her five cats.d

Peter’s War by Deborah Durland Desaix and Karen Gray Ruelle Holiday House, 2020, 40pp. (hardcover) Ages: 7 and up Grade Level: 2-4 The harrowing true story of a German-Jewish boy who had to survive World War II on his own, separated from his parents as they fled the Holocaust. Beautifully illustrated in a scrapbook style, featuring original artwork alongside historical photographs from Peter’s early life, this one-of-a-kind nonfiction picture book offers a very personal look into the lives of young people trying to evade-- and resist-- the Nazis. Excerpts and images from Peter’s diary of those years add irre- placeable, first-hand details to the account of his survival. Karen Gray Ruelle is a former librarian turned full-time author and illustrator of children’s books. Her books include the Harry and Emily easy readers, as well as picture books and nonfiction. She lives in New York City. Deborah Durland DeSaix is a former college professor who now devotes her time to painting, ceramics, and writing. Hidden on the Mountain, cowritten with Karen Gray Ruelle, was a Sydney Taylor Notable Book and received a starred review from Kirkus Reviews. She lives in Lisbon, Portugal. d

Mr. Tempkin Climbs a Tree by Cary Fagan, Illustrated by Carles Arbat Kar-Ben Publishing, 2019, 32pp. (softcover), Ages: 3-8, Grade Level: Preschool-2nd A young boy and his elderly neighbor bond during the summer months. When school is out, Marky enjoys helping Mr. Tempkin with his garden. While watering the flowers and pulling weeds Marky listens to Mr. Tempkin impart his philosophy on aging well. When the elder falls and gets hurt because he decides to climb a tree to hang a bird feeder, Marky is there to get help. Once Mr. Tempkin is back from the hospital, in a wheelchair with a sprained ankle, Marky is even more willing to be there for his friend; it’s a mitzvah, after all, to wheel Mr. Tempkin to synagogue and do the work in the garden. A gentle story with minimal intrigue and plenty of compassion highlights the beauty of intergenerational relationships. Cary Fagan is the award-winning author of many popular novels and picture books for kids. He is also the author of several novels and story collections for adults. He lives in Toronto. Carles Arbat’s greatest treasure as a child was his box of colored pencils. One day, he even colored the walls of his parents’ dining room, which got him into a bit of trouble. He is a graduate of Olot’s Art School in Graphic Design and the author of nine children’s books. He lives in Barcelona. d

Benny Goodman & Teddy Wilson by Lesa Cline-Ransome, Illustrated by James E. Ransome Holiday House, 2014, 32 pp (hardcover), Grades 2-4 Teddy Wilson and Benny Goodman broke the color barrier in entertainment when they formed the Benny Goodman Trio with Gene Krupa. Here is the story of how two musical prodigies from very different backgrounds grew up, were brought together by the love of music, and helped to create the jazz style known as swing. Ransome’s line-and-watercolor pictures also flow with movement and color. Kids drawn in by the story of the young artists will go on to ponder the history. Lesa Cline-Ransome and James E. Ransome have collaborated on several award-winning picture books for children. Their Quilt Alphabet was praised as ‘a blue-ribbon ABC book’ in a Publishers Weekly starred review. They live with their children in New York. d  THE JEWISH LEDGER • Thursday, April 30, 2020 • Page 13

Shabbat Shalom … Parshat Aharei Mot Kedoshim Leviticus 16:1-20:27 BY RABBI SHLOMO RISKIN Chief Rabbi of the City of Efrat, and Dean of Ohr Torah Institutions of Israel EFRAT, Israel — “And you you; rape Y or I’ll kill you,” the so far as to say that Abraham this-world oriented religion. after all, I am not aware of any shall observe My decrees and Jew must give up his or her misunderstood the Divine com- What still remains strange individual who got out of this My laws which a human being life rather than commit these mand, that G–d never meant and difficult to understand is world alive! Hence if a person shall perform and he shall live crimes. Similarly, in times of that he should slaughter his that immediately following the wishes to die, let him continue by them; I am the Lord.” (Lev. persecution, Jews must demon- son, but rather dedicate him in biblical mandate to “live by to try to stay alive forever. He 18:5). strate that they will not give life and not in death. G–d’s laws,” in our weekly por- will surely die because he will It is fascinating that our in to gentile pressure — even Unlike the Christian symbol tion of Aharei Mot comes a long surely fail. Bible commands us to perform pressure unto death — to re- of the cross, which eternalized list of prohibited sexual rela- And what ought someone do the laws and statutes of the tionships which fall under the if he wants to keep on living? Lord, and then it adds “and rubric of “one must die rather Let him slay himself, or at least he shall live by them.” Would than transgress.” If living by let him find an ideal to live by any moral individual think to “And I submit to you that if a man G–d’s laws is so important, why and for which he is ready to perform laws that could cause follow that stricture with laws give up his life. Then even if he him to die? Our Sages use this hasn’t discovered something that he for which one must be willing dies in pursuit of that ideal, his seemingly superfluous phrase to die rather than transgress? life will have gained ultimate to teach a most important les- will die for, he is not fit to live.” I believe the answer is to be meaning, and he will thereby son, one which distinguishes found in a difficult conundrum be linked to eternity. Judaism from some other reli- suggested by the Elders of the Martin Luther King, Jr. put it gions: “You shall live by these Negev. The Talmud (BT, Tamid very well in his Detroit speech My laws and not die by them. linquish their faith or to relin- the martyrdom of the founder 32b) records a discussion be- in June 1963: “And I submit to If someone says to you, ’Des- quish their land in milchemet of Christianity, and far from tween Alexander the Great and you that if a man hasn’t discov- ecrate the Sabbath or I’ll kill mitzva. But under ordinary the glory some militant Islamic the Elders of the Negev: Alex- ered something that he will die you,’ you must desecrate the conditions, no Jewish law groups ascribe to the shahidim ander asked, “What ought peo- for, he is not fit to live.” Sabbath; desecrate one Sab- overrides the preservation of — the so-called martyrs who ple do if they wish to keep on The only life that is truly bath so that you will live to human life — as we have re- are urged (and handsomely living?” The Elders answered,: meaningful is a life dedicated observe many more Sabbaths” cently experienced surround- paid) to blow themselves up “They must slay themselves”. to an idea which is greater than (BT, Yoma 85b). ing the Corona epidemic. together with innocent Israelis Asked Alexander: “What ought one individual’s life. Our religion revels in life. Even the famous test of Abra- amid the promise of eternal people do if they wish to die?” Hence it is specifically our To be sure, there are instanc- ham, the apparent Divine com- bliss with 72 virgins — Judaism Answered the Elders. “They portion which praised the value es when one must be ready mand that Abraham sacrifice has never courted martyrdom. should try to stay alive!” Permit of life teaching that “You shall to die for one’s faith, but this his son to Him, concludes with Indeed, our priests-kohanim me to explain. Let us answer live by My laws,” which appears is limited to three most egre- Abraham being forbidden to aren’t even allowed to come into the second question first. If an within the context of a group gious crimes: murder, sexual harm his son (Kierkegaard not- contact with a dead body, so individual lives only in order to of laws for which one must be immorality and idolatry. If one withstanding). The most classic consistent are we in promoting keep on living, he is bound to willing to give up his life! b says to a Jew “kill X or I’ll kill commentary, Rashi, even goes Judaism as a life-fostering and fail, and he will die in the end; Shabbat Shalom Trump Administration Health Jewish Family in Texas Converts Kipahs to Face Masks Spokesman Tweets About Soros for Homeless Community and Rothschild Family ‘Control’

Caputo said that Rothschild “is an inbred elitist sphincter whose family craves control. That’s one reason why he con- stantly lies about President Trump.” The New York economist is not related to the European family, which for centuries has been the target of anti-Semitic slanders that it is seeking world A member of the Jason family from Houston shows off his new protective dominance. gear. (Screenshot) On March 15, Caputo re- sponded to a far-right figure, (JNS) — A Jewish family in The family’s synagogue, Con- Former Trump campaign official Michael Caputo, shown in May 2018, tweeted Jack Prosobiec, who wondered Houston is turning kipahs into gregation Brith Shalom, is help- about George Soros that his “political agenda REQUIRES a pandemic.” (Mark on Twitter why George Soros, face masks for their town’s ing to collect kipahs and set up Wilson/Getty Images) the liberal philanthropist was homeless population to wear a drive-through collection box at ready to give to his favored during the coronavirus pandem- the temple so congregants could by RON KAMPEAS Caputo, known for his pu- political causes but not to ef- ic. drop off unwanted ones. WASHINGTON (JTA) — The gilistic style, deleted tens of forts to combat the corona- The Jason family has already To make the face masks, the man President Donald Trump thousands of tweets just be- virus. collected nearly 700 from dona- family has been sewing six-inch just named to speak for the fore the appointment. CNN “Are you kidding? Soros’s po- tions and has dubbed their cam- elastic strips to both sides of a Health Department accused on Thursday uncovered doz- litical agenda REQUIRES a pan- paign “Kippahs to the Rescue.” kipah to anchor it around the George Soros and the Roth- ens of the tweets, including demic,” Caputo said. Soros has The family has collected many ears. They later switched to clip- schild family of seeking to ex- attacks on the Chinese tinged given tens of millions of dollars yarmulkes, as they are also ping the bands since it is faster ploit the pandemic for control with racially charged imag- to coronavirus relief. called, from various events over and just as sturdy. Food Not and to advance their agendas. ery, accusations that Demo- On March 27, Caputo tweeted the years. Bombs is helping hand out the Michael Caputo, who advised crats wanted people to die so a photo of Soros captioned “The “We decided to put them to masks to those in need. Trump’s 2016 campaign, last Trump would not be reelect- real virus behind everything,” good use,” said teenager Mat- “My parents, brothers and I week became the spokesman ed and disparagement of the and added skulls and cross- thew Jason, the youngest of three worked very hard to sew elastic for the Department of Health media. bones. brothers. He and his brother Jer- bands on them. It was so great and Human Services, reported- On March 17, responding to Soros has frequently featured emy were already volunteering to see how I was able to help out, ly in part because of Trump’s David Rothschild, an econo- in anti-Semitic attacks as some- every Friday in downtown Hous- and people were so apprecia- dissatisfaction with how the de- mist who often is caustically one seeking world control. ton with the organization Food tive,” said Matthew. “There’s a partment secretary, Alex Azar, critical of Trump and accused CNN said it was unable to ob- Not Bombs, a nonprofit that feeds lot of people out there that really was handling communications Trump of “wanting to mur- tain comment from the Trump the hungry, before they started need help and anything can help during the crisis. der” people to stay in power, administration or Caputo. b their new effort. even in the smallest way.” b Page 14 • THE JEWISH LEDGER • Thursday, April 30, 2020 Legal Notices … Candle Lighting NOTICE OF FORMATION OF limited liability company is POINT AND against the LLC served upon it: 415 PARK LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY RAVINE, LLC (the “Company”). 2. The AVE, ROCHESTER, NY 14607. Purpose is to April 24, 7:45 — May 1, 7:53 The name of the Limited Liability Com- Articles of Organization of the Company engage in any lawful activity. pany (LLC) is 1476 Ridge Road LLC. were filed with the Secretary of State of Articles of Organization were filed with the State of New York on March 18, 2020. NOTICE OF FORMATION OF the Secretary of State of NY (“SSNY”) on 3. The office of the Company within the SHADY BROOK HOLDINGS LLC Thursday, April 23 — Thursday, April 30 June 24, 2019. Office location is Monroe State of New York is in the County of SHADY BROOK HOLDINGS LLC filed County, New York. The SSNY has been des- Monroe. 4. The Secretary of State of the Articles of Organization with New York ignated as agent of the LLC upon whom State of New York is hereby designated as State Department of State on March 10, process against it may be served. The SSNY RELIGIOUS SERVICES agent of the Company for the purpose of 2020. Its office is located in Wayne County. shall mail a copy of any process to the LLC service of process. The address to which The Secretary of State has been designat- at 1900 Empire Blvd., Ste 108, Webster, NY the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of Most religious services have been canceled ed as agent of the Company upon whom 14580. Purpose: any lawful activity any process against the Company serviced it may be served and a copy of any process due to the Pandemic crisis. Please refer to NOTICE OF FORMATION OF upon him or her is 1000 University Avenue, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Suite 500, Rochester, New York 14607. 5. shall be mailed to 10110 MINER ROAD, your syagogue’s website for information about The name of the Limited Liability Com- The character and purpose of the business NORTH ROSE, NEW YORK, 14516. The online services and events. pany (LLC) is Florac LLC. Articles of Orga- of the Company shall be real estate devel- purpose of the Company is any lawful nization were filed with the Secretary of opment and any other purpose permitted purpose. Temple B’rith Kodesh • tbk.org State of NY (“SSNY”) on June 24, 2019. by New York law. Office location is Monroe County, New NOTICE OF FORMATION OF 2131 Elmwood Ave. 244-7060 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF York. The SSNY has been designated as SLPF HOLDINGS LLC TREEBROOK VENTURES II, LLC Temple Beth El, Geneva • bethelgeneva.org agent of the LLC upon whom process SLPF HOLDINGS LLC filed Articles of Treebrook Ventures II, LLC filed against it may be served. The SSNY shall Organization with New York State De- 755 S. Main St. (315) 789-2945 Articles of Organization with NYS on mail a copy of any process to the LLC at partment of State on January 30, 2020. Its 3/23/2020. (1) Its principal office is in Mon- Temple Emanu-El • emanuelrochester.org 1900 Empire Blvd., Ste 108, Webster, NY office is located in Monroe County. The 14580. Purpose: any lawful activity. roe County, NY. (2) The Secretary of State 2956 St. Paul Blvd. 266-1978 has been designated as agent upon whom Secretary of State has been designated as NOTICE OF FORMATION OF process against it may be served and a agent of the Company upon whom it may Temple Emanu-El Batavia ROCHESTER 3 INVESTORS, LLC

copy of any process will be mailed to the be served and a copy of any process shall REFORM facebook.com/TempleEmanuElBatavia Rochester 3 Investors, LLC filed LLC, 63 Angels Path, Webster, NY 14580. be mailed to 115 EAST AVENUE, HILTON, 124 Bank St., Batavia 343-7027 Articles of Organization with NYS on (3) Purpose: Any lawful purpose. NEW YORK, 14468. The purpose of the 3/12/2020. (1) Its principal office is in Mon- Congregation Etz Chaim • congregationetzchaim.org roe County, NY. (2) The Secretary of State NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Company is any lawful purpose. M. CERONE DEVELOPMENT, LLC 2 Mountain Rise, Fairport 223-5344 has been designated as agent upon whom NOTICE OF FORMATION OF COUNTY process against it may be served and a M. Cerone Development, LLC filed ROAD GROOM & BOARD, LLC Temple Sinai • tsinai.org copy of any process will be mailed to the Articles of Organization with NYS on COUNTY ROAD GROOM & BOARD, 363 Penfield Rd. 381-6890 LLC, 91 Knollwood Drive, Rochester, NY 3/24/2020. (1) Its principal office is in Mon- 14618. (3) Purpose: Any lawful purpose. roe County, NY. (2) The Secretary of State LLC filed Articles of Organization with Congregation Beth Hamedresh-Beth Israel has been designated as agent upon whom New York State Department of State on NOTICE OF FORMATION OF March 10, 2020. Its office is located in bhbirochester.org • 1369 East Ave. 244-2060 BRISTOL 23 AC, LLC process against it may be served and a Monroe County. The Secretary of State has Bristol 23 AC, LLC filed Articles of copy of any process will be mailed to the Temple Beth Am • bethamrochester.org Organization with NYS on 3/17/2020. (1) LLC, 18 Crowne Pointe Drive, Penfield, NY been designated as agent of the Company 2131Elmwood Avenue, Entrance A 334-4855 Its principal office is in Monroe County, 14526. (3) Purpose: Any lawful purpose. upon whom it may be served and a copy NY. (2) The Secretary of State has been NOTICE OF FORMATION INTERSTATE of any process shall be mailed to 5987 Temple Beth David • tbdrochester.org designated as agent upon whom process FREIGHT MANAGEMENT LLC SPRINGWATER ROAD, DANSVILLE, NY 2131Elmwood Avenue, 266-3223 against it may be served and a copy of any Interstate Freight Management LLC 14437. The purpose of the Company is any CONSERVATIVE Temple Beth El • tberochester.org process will be mailed to the LLC, 11876 filed Articles of Organization with the NY lawful purpose. via Salerno Way, Miromar Lakes, FL 33913. Department of State on March 18, 2020. 139 Winton Rd. South 473-1770 (3) Purpose: Any lawful purpose. Its office is located in Monroe County. The NOTICE OF FORMATION Chabad Lubavitch • chabadrochester.com Kleehammer Communications LLC Notice of Formation of Limited Secretary of State has been designated 1037 Winton Rd. South 271-0330 Liability Company (“LLC”) as agent of the Company upon whom filed Articles of Organization with Sec. Name: Fort Drumm LLC. Articles of process against it may be served, and a of State (SSNY) on March 30, 2020. Office Congregation Beth Hakneses Hachodosh Organization filed with the Secretary of copy of any process shall be mailed to location: Monroe County. SSNY designat- congbhh.org • 19 St. Regis Dr. North 406-7561 State with the State of New York (“SSNY”) 1083 Mt. Read Blvd., Ste. A, Rochester, NY ed as agent of LLC upon whom process on: December 23, 2019. Office Location: 14606. The purpose of the Company is any against it may be served. SSNY shall mail Congregation Beth Sholom County of: Monroe. Principal Business Lo- lawful business. copy of process to the LLC, 150 Hinkleyville 1161 Monroe Ave. 473-1625 cation: 198 Park Road, Pittsford, New York bethsholomrochester.org • ORTHODOX 14534. Purpose: any and all lawful act or NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Road, Spencerport, NY 14459. Purpose: LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Congregation Light of Israel (Sephardic) activity. The Secretary of State of the State any lawful activity. of New York has been designated as agent (1) Name: Strategos Consulting LLC lightofisrael.org • 1675 Monroe Ave. 271-5690 NOTICE OF FILING OF APPLICATION of the LLC upon whom process against it (the “LLC”). (2) Articles of Organization FOR AUTHORITY OF UNILINK, LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of of the LLC were filed with the Secretary Ohel Avraham • ohelavraham.net any process to: 198 Park Road, Pittsford, of State NY (“SSNY”) on March 16, 2020 Name: Unilink, LLC (LLC). Authority Temple B’rith Kodesh, 2131 Elmwood Ave. 389-2525

New York 14534 (3) Its office location is to be in Monroe filed with NY Secretary of State (NYSS) on OTHER County, State of New York. (4) The SSNY 4/1/2020 under the fictitious name Uni- NOTICE OF FORMATION OF 900 has been designated as agent of the LLC SHOEMAKER ROAD LLC link DE, LLC. LLC organized in Delaware: upon whom process against it may be 3/31/2020. NY office location: Monroe 900 Shoemaker Road LLC filed served. The post office address to which DEATH NOTICE County. NYSS designated as agent of LLC Articles of Organization with NYS on the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process 3/11/2020. (1) Its principal office is in Mon- against the LLC is: 124 S. Main St., Pitts- upon whom process against it may be Morton Jay Skirboll roe County, NY. (2) The Secretary of State ford, NY 14534 (5) Purpose: Any lawful served. NYSS shall mail copy of process On April 7, 2020, at age 82 in has been designated as agent upon whom act or activity. to the LLC, 333 Metro Park, Suite F202, Sarasota, Florida from com- process against it may be served and a Rochester, NY 14623. Address of office copy of any process will be mailed to the Notice of Organization: plications of COVID-19. He is maintained in jurisdiction of formation: LLC, 1085 Gravel Road, Webster, NY 14580. LAUGHING GULL CHOCOLATES, LLC survived by his devoted wife 1675 South State Street, Suite B, Dover, (3) Purpose: Any lawful purpose. was filed with SSNY on 3/10/20. Office: DE 19901. Copy of Certificate of Formation of nearly 60 years, Bunny, lov- Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent NOTICE OF FORMATION OF on file with Delaware Secretary of State ing children Stephen (Lauren), 1085 GRAVEL ROAD LLC of the LLC upon whom process may be Lisa (Larry) Axelrod, and his served. PO address which SSNY shall mail at 401 Federal Street, Suite 4, Dover, DE 1085 Gravel Road LLC filed Articles of adoring grandchildren, Jordyn, Organization with NYS on 3/11/2020. (1) any process against the LLC served upon 19901. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. it: 1868 E. MAIN ST, ROCHESTER, NEW Rian, Bayley, Isabella, and Ben, Its principal office is in Monroe County, Notice of Formation of YORK, 14609. Purpose is to engage in any NY. (2) The Secretary of State has been Professional Service Limited who affectionately referred to lawful activity. designated as agent upon whom process Liability Company (“PLLC”) him as “Poppy”. He will be against it may be served and a copy of NOTICE OF FORMATION dearly missed by all who knew any process will be mailed to the LLC, Name: Blue Heart Massage Therapy, 1085 Gravel Road, Webster, NY 14580. (3) Corporate Drive 6B LLC has filed PLLC. Articles of Organization filed with and loved him and remem- Purpose: Any lawful purpose. Articles of Organization with the Secre- the Secretary of State with the State of bered for his compassion, gen- tary of State (SOS) on 3/24/20. Its office New York (“SSNY”) on: January 2, 2020. erosity, keen sense of humor, NOTICE OF FORMATION OF 1314 is located in Ontario County. The SOS has Office Location: 1344 Schlegel Road, Web- and warm personality. RANCHESTER ROAD LLC been designated as agent upon whom ster, NY 14580 County of Monroe. Princi- 1314 Ranchester Road LLC filed process against it may be served and a A proud native of Pittsburgh, Articles of Organization with NYS on copy of any process will be mailed to The pal Business Location: 1344 Schlegel Road, PA, Mort earned his Chemical both communities, Mort was a 3/11/2020. (1) Its principal office is in Mon- LLC, 1127 Corporate Dr. East, Farmington, Webster, NY 14580. Purpose: to practice Engineering and Business Man- generous supporter of numer- roe County, NY. (2) The Secretary of State NY 14425 The purpose of the LLC is any the profession of massage therapy. The agement degrees from Carnegie ous cultural and health-related has been designated as agent upon whom lawful activity. Secretary of State of the State of New Mellon University. Relocating organizations, including the process against it may be served and a York has been designated as agent of the copy of any process will be mailed to the NOTICE OF FORMATION to Rochester, he founded Liq- Jewish Federation of Rochester PLLC upon whom process against it may LLC, 1085 Gravel Road, Webster, NY 14580. Motivated 4 Change filed Articles be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any uitane Corporation, a manufac- and Sarasota, Jewish Senior (3) Purpose: Any lawful purpose. of Organization with the New York De- turer of plastic containers with Life, Temple B’rith Kodesh, partment of State on March 5th,2020. Its process to: 1344 Schlegel Road, Webster, NOTICE OF FORMATION OF NY 14580. four factories in New York and Jewish Community Center, and 6027 COUNTY ROAD 36 LLC office is located in Monroe County. The Secretary of State has been designated as Pennsylvania. Throughout his the University of Rochester. 6027 County Road 36 LLC filed NOTICE OF FORMATION business career, he was highly He was so appreciative of the Articles of Organization with NYS on agent of the Company upon whom pro- cess against it may be served and a copy of Notice of formation of limited liability regarded by his customers and love of his family and many 3/11/2020. (1) Its principal office is in Mon- company (LLC) True North Sales Consul- roe County, NY. (2) The Secretary of State any process shall be mailed to 77Virginia employees for his integrity and friends, and the life that he was tants, LLC. Articles of Organization filed has been designated as agent upon whom Ave Rochester, NY 14611. The purpose of loyalty. able to lead, never forgetting the Company is Counseling Services and with the Secretary of State of the State of process against it may be served and a Upon retirement, he and his humble roots. copy of any process will be mailed to the Mental Health. New York (SSNY) on April 3, 2020. Office Bunny became part-time resi- Private graveside service. A LLC, 1085 Gravel Road, Webster, NY 14580. Notice of Organization: location: Monroe County. SSNY designat- (3) Purpose: Any lawful purpose. dents of Longboat Key, Florida memorial service may be held DD & L HOLDINGS, LLC was filed with ed as agent upon whom process against where he remained active in at a later date. To honor Mort’s NOTICE OF FORMATION OF SSNY on 3/30/20. Office: Monroe County. it may be served. Address to which SSNY LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY SSNY designated as agent of the LLC shall mail a copy of process is 14 Connema- the arts, as well as enjoying life, donations may be made (Under Section 206 of the Limited Lia- upon whom process may be served. PO ra Drive, Pittsford, NY 14534. Purpose: any his love of tennis and golf. In to a charity of your choice. b bility Company Law) 1. The name of the address which SSNY shall mail any process lawful purpose.  THE JEWISH LEDGER • Thursday, April 30, 2020 • Page 15

Current Events … British History Textbook Withdrawn Over Anti-Israeli Bias by DONNA RACHEL EDMUNDS Tsalic, argues that, indeed, the And it frequently refers to A British publisher has with- very title of the text is prob- “terrorism” or “terrorists” when drawn a history textbook for lematic. “The book focuses ex- discussing Jewish actions, but GCSE students on the Arab-Is- clusively on the Arab-Israeli not when discussing those car- raeli conflict, after a number of conflict, which was neither the ried out by Arabs. inaccuracies and biases were only, nor — arguably — the Tsalic notes in his report: found within the first chapter main Middle East conflict,” he “The judgmental term “terror- alone. wrote in his report. A better ism” may be employed in the Conflict in the Middle East, title, he suggested, would be: news industry, but it is mis- 1945-95 is marketed by the pub- The Arab-Israeli conflict, 1945- placed in history lessons. Its lisher, Hodder, as covering “all 1995. meaning — still not clearly three key topics” in the GCSE Similar inaccuracies include defined nowadays — changed Edexcel syllabus: The birth of references to Arabs but not through history. It is disputable the state of Israel, 1945-63; The Jews as “Palestinians” when whether attempts to assassinate escalating conflict, 1964-73; At- discussing the era of the Brit- the British High Commissioner tempts at a solution, 1974-95.” ish mandate, during which all (a senior figure in an oppressive According to the marketing residents, Arab and Jew alike, colonial administration) con- A JEWISH solider stands guard outside a building days after the British Man- description on Amazon, the would have been understood stitutes an act of terrorism or date ended in 1948. (REUTERS) title was endorsed by exam to be “Palestinian,” while the of violent struggle for national board Edexcel for students tak- Kingdom of Judea is referred liberation.” UKLFI that the book has been and accurate manner. We are ing its syllabus. to as “Palestine” when the He continues: “In addition, removed from sale, adding “we pleased that another misleading However, a detailed analy- Romans had not yet named it the term is employed selective- will reconsider its future.” They and inaccurate school textbook, sis of the first chapter by UK such. ly: it is not used to describe noted that it may take some purporting to teach about Mid- Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) has Describing the results of Is- Arab violent acts against Jew- time for channels selling the dle East history, is being with- found a number of inaccuracies rael’s War of Independence, the ish civilians, against British book to reflect the change. drawn and reconsidered.” and a general lack of context textbook states that Israel had targets or against dissenting Caroline Turner, UKLFI’s di- The withdrawal of the book within the book, leading over- gained “further land” from the Arab individuals and organiza- rector, welcomed Hodder’s deci- follows similar withdrawals all to a lop-sided presentation conflict, but fails to mention tions; it is, on the other hand, sion to pull the book, saying: “It of the Pearson Edexcel GCSE of the Arab-Israeli conflict to that the Arab states of Egypt employed to describe violent is very important that children and IGCSE textbooks following British school children. and Transjordan gained even acts committed by Jews.” learning about this complex similar critique by UKFLI. b The analysis’s author, Noru more land. Hodder has confirmed to subject are taught in a balanced ©The Jerusalem Post

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Culture … Betty Friedan is the ‘Moses’ of The Women’s Movement in ‘Mrs. America’ by LINDA MALEH say that the show mostly de- the series’ events took place, I said from this day forward, are even more impressive, but This story originally appeared picted Betty Friedan (Tracey so you can see why the show women all over the world will also explain why she felt such on Alma. Ullman) as annoying, and a might want to cast her as a be able to say “I thank thee a fire lit under her to change The women’s movement is chore to deal with, but in this sort of Moses-like figure. More Lord, I was created a woman.” things. In a sweet moment led by Jews … or at least it episode centered around her, it than just regarding her as a Friedan the character is in the episode, Gloria (Rose was in the ’70s. Betty Friedan, reminds viewers that Friedan leader, however, a lot of the quoting Birkot Hashachar, the Byrne) expresses the struggle Bella Abzug, Gloria Steinem was basically the Moses of the language used to describe her blessings traditionally said of working with Friedan and — they were all Jewish, and women’s movement. in the series often seems to be each morning. (Women, by her “difficult personality,” and they’re all characters on FX’s I’m not kidding. One char- a nod specifically to Friedan’s the way, say “I thank thee, Friedan’s friend Natalie (Mir- new show “Mrs. America,” acter, named Jill Ruckelshaus Jewish identity. Lord, for making me accord- iam Shor) speaks up for her. now airing on Hulu. (Elizabeth Banks), even says Set up on a date in the epi- ing to thy will.”) “Betty is impossible,” Na- The series, created by Dahvi that women were “wandering sode, Friedan talks about her On paper, Friedan can cer- talie says. “But without her Waller, chronicles the rise in the wilderness for 40 years” accomplishment in launching tainly seem like a larger than there’s no NOW, no Women’s and fall of the Equal Rights before Friedan “lit a match.” the women’s movement, and life figure, but the show does Political Caucus, no NARAL. Amendment, which would That match would be her 1963 her date, a Jewish man, quotes an excellent job of fleshing her We get to do what we do be- have guaranteed equal rights book “The Feminine Mys- Pirkei Avot to characterize the out and showing the human cause she risked everything. for all American citizens re- tique,” which is often credited movement’s inception. struggles that she dealt with, So, before you tell her what gardless of sex and probably with sparking second-wave “Every assembly that is for a like having her husband leave she can and cannot do, con- would’ve been ratified if Phyl- feminism. hallowed purpose shall in the her for a younger woman sider just saying thank you.” lis Schlafly (Cate Blanchett) It’s no doubt that Friedan end be established,” he says, or having been fired from a Gloria seems to take those hadn’t organized conservative was an impressive figure, a which is a rather beautiful newspaper job for being preg- words to heart because at the women in opposition. force of nature even. Follow- way of saying that Friedan is nant. On her date, Friedan end of the episode, after Frie- Along with the ERA, the ing her book, she co-founded doing God’s work. talks about growing up in dan crashes and burns at her aforementioned leaders of the the National Organization for Of course, Friedan also ar- Peoria, Illinois, where there debate with Schlafly, instead women’s movement fought for Women, or NOW, in 1966. In ticulates her issues with the weren’t a lot of other Jews. of calling her to say I told you women’s rights, like the right 1970, she organized the na- patriarchal sentiments in Ju- She says that in high school so, Gloria calls her to tell her to abortion, child care and tionwide Women’s Strike for daism. Referring to her expe- she was the only one of her that in case she never men- equal pay. The series does a Equality on the 50th anniver- rience leading the Women’s friends not to get into the so- tioned it, “The Feminine Mys- good job of giving each of its sary of the 19th Amendment, Strike, Friedan tells him that rority because she was Jewish, tique” changed her life and leading women, conservative which gave women the right “when I got up to speak to so her friends “dropped” her, thanks her. and liberal alike, significant to vote, and garnered 50,000 the crowd at Bryant Park, it something I’m sure many Jews I suppose it’s easy to take all focus, which means that the people in New York City alone. suddenly hit me that down can relate to. of the rights we have now as show got an influx of Jewish In 1971, she and other femi- through the generations, Between being discriminat- women for granted, and all of identity, especially the fourth nists established the National through history, our ancestors ed against for being a woman the opportunities, but maybe episode titled “Betty.” Women’s Political Caucus. prayed ‘I thank thee Lord, I and also for being Jewish, we all owe Betty Friedan a Until this episode, you could All of this happened before was not created a woman,’ and Friedan’s accomplishments thank you as well. b

Shakespeare (Continued from Page 3) who experiences a remarkable Side Story,” a collaboration the Lower East Side. The book et,” written by Irving Block es, which begins: “Now is reversal of fortune. among playwright Arthur for Cole Porter’s musical “Kiss and Allen Adler — grandson the winter of our discontent/ The affinities among Shake- Laurents (born Levine), cho- Me, Kate” was written by Sam- of Yiddish theater star Jacob Made glorious summer by this speare, his plays, and Jewish reographer Jerome Robbins uel and Bella Spewack, each of Adler — drew its inspiration sun of York…” Having seen themes run in both directions. (born Rabinowitz), composer whom won Tony Awards for from “The Tempest.” Al Pacino perform the role on In modern times, Jewish au- Leonard Bernstein and lyricist their efforts on the show based I need no more proof of Broadway in his inimitable thors and playwrights have Stephen Sondheim, was based on “The Taming of the Shrew.” Shakespeare’s Jewish inclina- New York Jewish accent, I found plenty of resonances to on “Romeo and Juliet.” In its The Rodgers and Hart musi- tions than the opening solilo- can report that the speech is inspire their own work. One earliest versions, it was called cal “The Boys from Syracuse” quy to “Richard III,” in which basically just a long-winded, of Philip Roth’s best-known “East Side Story,” and depict- is modeled on “The Comedy the title character bemoans fancy-schmancy way of say- novels is “Operation Shylock.” ed a gang conflict between of Errors,” while the science his fate in one of Shake- ing, “Oy vey iz mir.” b The Broadway musical “West Jews and Irish Catholics on fiction film “Forbidden Plan- speare’s most famous speech- ©Forward. Reprinted with authorization. Legal Notices …

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Opinion … ‘Counting to 10’ Won’t Bring Peace to The Middle East

by STEPHEN M. FLATOW the leadership of the Palestinian Jewish-led innovations. But that el in the late 1800s and early succeeded. (JNS) — One of the main au- Authority has obviously decid- has no effect whatsoever on 1900s brought unprecedented Counting to 10 won’t bring thors of the Trump Mideast ed that they will hold out of a the unending Palestinian war modernization and prosperity peace, either. Because the Pal- peace plan is appealing to Pal- better deal. against Israel. to the Arabs, too. estinian Arabs are not little estinian Arab leaders to “count My concern is with the prem- Anybody remember the Is- For the first time, Palestinian children throwing a temper to 10” before rejecting the plan. ise that apparently lies at the raeli greenhouses in flames Arabs had jobs and running tantrum who just need to calm Despite spending years observ- heart of the Trump adminis- in Gaza? The diplomats and water and electricity. Not to down a little. They are proud ing Palestinians and negotiat- tration’s approach. Greenblatt’s pundits and peace activists all mention trains, automobiles, Arab nationalists and devout ing with Palestinian officials, appeal for the Palestinians to insisted that Israel should hand refrigerators and telephones. Muslims who see their war to he still believes that peace is “count to 10” follows a similar them over intact when it pulled Arabs from neighboring areas destroy the State of Israel and possible if Mahmoud Abbas statement at the United Nations out of the Gaza Strip in 2005. poured into the country. They its inhabitants as a national and would just take a deep breath. the previous week by a senior After all, they argued, the enjoyed better housing, foods religious obligation. They can’t Writing last week in The Jeru- U.S. representative, Cherith Nor- hothouses were immensely pro- and employment. They made be won over with bribes or salem Post, former U.S. special man Chalet. “When this [coro- ductive and profitable. Surely, war against the Jews anyhow. concessions, settlement freezes envoy to the Middle East Jason navirus] disease passes,” he the residents of Gaza — who, Long before the Trump plan or hothouses. Greenblatt pleaded with Pales- said, “we will be able to point we are always being told, are were numerous other plans. I suppose one should admire tinian Arab leaders to “see the to the cooperation we’re seeing desperately impoverished and U.S. State Department officials the tenacity of Greenblatt. No advantages of counting to 10 now and say that dialogue be- on the verge of starvation — came up with all kinds of for- matter how many times that before officially reacting to the tween the Israelis and Palestin- would greatly appreciate this mulas for “peace.” Freeze set- Abbas and other P.A. leaders proposed peace plan.” ian is possible. We will be able kind of Israeli gesture. So in- tlements, and the Palestinians have denounced the Trump Greenblatt’s article was to say that achieving mutually stead of dismantling the hot- will make peace, they said. plan, Greenblatt doesn’t want to co-authored by Bishara Bah- beneficial solutions is possible.” houses and taking the pieces Give back territories, and the take “no” for an answer. But at bah, a former Palestinian nego- The P.A. “cooperates” with back to Israel, they left them. Palestinians will make peace. some point, you just have to face tiator. I get why Bahbah likes Israel only to the extent that of And Arab mobs promptly Dennis Ross said Israel should reality—that there is no hope for the plan: It would create an its immediate, practical advan- burned them to the ground. let Hamas import concrete; that a meaningful peace without a independent Palestinian state tage. It’s like when P.A. officials That wasn’t some aberration. gesture would bring peace. complete transformation of Pal- in three-fourths of Judea and quietly go to Israeli hospitals That’s how it’s been in that part David Makovsky said Israel estinian Arab society and atti- Samaria, with a capital in part for medical treatment. They of the world for more than a should admit 100,000 Gazans tudes. And that’s not happening of Jerusalem and a corridor to don’t mind exploiting Israel’s century. The Zionist pioneers daily; that would bring peace. anytime soon. Certainly not by the Hamas state in Gaza. But kindness or benefiting from who rebuilt the Land of Isra- Funny, none of that ever the count of 10! b

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Democratic Senator during a webinar hosted by the prospect of a negotiated to a its employees, he said. Founded tors. The new round bring’s the Hopes Gantz Can the Jewish Democratic Council two-state outcome less likely is in 2010 by Israeli entrepreneurs company’s total raised to date Caution Netanyahu of America that also included something he opposes, and that Yoav Schreiber, Yaron Gueta, to $30 million. former U.S. Deputy Secretary includes annexation.” and Hanan Blumstein, Glassbox “The funding round was con- Against Annexation of State Tony Blinken, who is develops a service that collects cluded about a month and a (JNS) — Sen. Chris Coons (D- currently serving as senior Customer Analytics data and provides companies half ago, but our technology Del.) said on Tuesday that he foreign-policy advisor for pre- Startup Glassbox with analytics and insights per- today is one of the most sought hopes Blue and White leaders sumptive 2020 Democratic pres- Raises $40 Million taining to customer behavior after since it allows remote mi- Benny Gantz and Gabi Ash- idential nominee Joe Biden. across digital platforms and croscopic testing without the kenazi — Israel’s new defense Regarding how a Biden ad- mobile applications. Glassbox’s need for a laboratory. We in- minister and foreign minister, ministration might react to system is designed to optimize tend to use the funding to ex- respectively — will persuade West Bank annexation, Coons web and mobile customer ex- pand to areas where there is Israeli Prime Minister Benja- said “it’s hard to exactly pre- periences, identify information less regulation like veterinary min Netanyahu not to move judge the circumstances on the technology (IT) performance and research labs. and con- forward with annexing parts of ground as of January of next issues, and direct real-time cus- tinue to receive regulatory ap- the West Bank. year, and we only have one tomer support. provals in the U.S.,” Itai Hayut, “My hope would be that Ash- president at a time.” ©Calcalistech.com the company’s co-founder and kenazi as foreign minister and Blinken said he is “not going CEO, said in a Monday inter- Gantz as defense minister — in to prejudge what we might do Digital Microscope view with Calcalist. Founded what will be internal delibera- or not do in the context of a Startup Scopio Labs in 2015, Scopio Labs develops tions—given their deep expe- Biden administration,” as “lots Raises $16 Million digital microscope systems rience in the [Israel Defense of things can happen between that contain built-in artificial Glassbox CEO Forces] and given the securi- now and then.” by MEIR ORBACH intelligence-based technolo- Yaron Morgenstern. (PR) ty consequences of an abrupt Nonetheless, he reiterated Tel Aviv-based digital micro- gies, dedicated image analysis move, would caution [Netanya- the fact that the former vice by MEIR ORBACH scope startup Scopio Labs Ltd. tools, rapid scanning of entire hu] against some significant president “has been literally Customer analytics startup has raised a $16 million series slides at an oil-immersion-level step like this,” said Coons, a opposed to annexation” and Glassbox Digital UK Ltd. has B funding round, the company resolution, and equipped with member of the U.S. Senate For- has been “on the record several raised $40 million in a series announced Tuesday, the round intuitive file sharing and com- eign Relations Committee. times [that] unilateral steps C funding round, the company was led by Olive Tree Ventures, munication capabilities. The He commented on the issue taken by either side that makes announced Monday. Bringing with participation from Aurum company currently employs a Glassbox’s total funding raised Ventures, OurCrowd, LR Group, team of 35 people in Tel Aviv to date to $70 million, the cur- and additional private inves- and New Jersey. b rent round was led by Brighton Park Capital Management LP. While the funding round began before the coronavirus (Covid- 19) pandemic’s outbreak, it was only completed last month and the company is continuing to hire additional people, Glassbox CEO Yaron Morgenstern said in a Tuesday interview with Calcalist. Glassbox currently employs a team of more than 100 peo- ple in Israel and has dozens of openings it is looking to fill despite the current situation, Morgenstern said. The compa- ny does not have plans to lay off Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.). (Wikimedia Commons) or reduce the salaries of any of Tel Aviv’s skyline. (Bloomberg) Page 18 • THE JEWISH LEDGER • Thursday, April 30, 2020

National … A Trump-era Compromise on The Presidents Conference Chairwoman Reveals Jewish Organizational Tensions

by RON KAMPEAS “Dianne is a visionary leader whose against the nomination, citing Lob’s in- Presidents Conference is navigating its WASHINGTON (JTA) — The American personal history embodies the Jew- volvement with HIAS, which has clashed first professional leadership transition in Jewish community’s leading lobby coali- ish-American story,” he said. “As the child with the Trump administration over more than three decades. It underscores tion elected its next leader on Tuesday in of refugees who fled Nazi Germany and immigration policy. Leading the charge major, longstanding fault lines in an orga- a confirmation vote that was anything but the grandchild of family members mur- was Morton Klein’s Zionist Organization nization founded in 1956 with the goal of routine, having followed a week of tumult dered in the Holocaust, she understands of America, which has strongly opposed bringing the Jewish community together over her selection. the role of Jewish leadership during these efforts to resettle Muslim refugees from to speak with one voice on Israel-related So instead of beginning her term as uncertain times and the unique impor- Arab countries in the United States and issues to the U.S. administration. board chair of the Conference of Presi- tance of the Jewish State of Israel in Europe — something that has topped the The injection of immigration politics dents of Major American Jewish Organi- securing our survival.” HIAS agenda in recent years because of into Presidents Conference deliberations zations on June 1, as originally planned, Stark cast the delay in a statement unrest in the Muslim world. underscores the degree to which the left- Dianne Lob will take over in April 2021. as an opportunity to show the ropes to In an email to its more than 50 constit- right divide in Jewish communal affairs Amid the change in the selection process, Lob, who is not broadly known in the uent organizations on Sunday evening, has increasingly expanded beyond nar- the members also opted to keep the cur- community. “I look forward to working Stark and Lob blamed the disruption row Israel matters to reflect the country’s rent chair, Arthur Stark, in his post for closely with Dianne over the next year, caused by the coronavirus pandemic for wider political discord. another year. as she becomes fluent in the unique and the proposed change. The group mostly lobbies the U.S. gov- The tensions informed the discussion complex work of the Conference and “Given the extraordinary time in which ernment’s executive branch, which is why ahead of the vote Tuesday afternoon, becomes familiar with the leaders of the we are living with the uncertainty caused Lob’s nomination was unusual, given the which was 31-8 with five abstentions. An- member organizations while she brings to by COVID-19 and its ramifications, this antagonistic relationship between HIAS other five were absent from the meeting, bear her exceptional skills in leadership, strategy is particularly relevant and im- and the Trump administration. HIAS which took place over Zoom. management and interpersonal relation- pactful,” the statement said. has clashed repeatedly with the current “We are disappointed that we have to ships,” he said. But others said they attributed the administration on its immigration policy vote for a whole new process because of Lob is a Wall Street financier who delay to the pressure campaign from and has been lead plaintiff in at least two a few loud and harmful voices when we recently finished a term as board chair Klein’s group, which spurred not just lawsuits against the administration. would have been proud to support Dianne of HIAS, the lead Jewish immigration like-minded right-wing organizations to One possible result of the delay in Lob taking this position now,” said Sheila advocacy group. Her selection earlier this oppose Lob, but center-right groups to becoming board chair is that Joe Biden, Katz, the National Council of Jewish month drew praise from across the Jewish urge the Presidents Conference leadership the presumptive Democratic nominee Women CEO. “She is ready now. She’s the world. Her statement after the vote was to consider a compromise. who is much more sympathetic to HIAS’ leader we need now.” an appeal for unity. “I am appalled that Mort Klein, who is immigration posture, may be president The delay appears to have short-circuit- “We will continue to build on our past an extremist leader, has blocked a woman when she does. ed a fight over Trump-era immigration successes and unify around our shared from becoming chair of the Conference of The White House, according to a Jew- policy and cooperation with Muslim mission of strengthening the Jewish com- Presidents,” Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi, the ish organizational source, did not object groups instigated by some of the umbrella munity, combatting antisemitism, and co-founder of the Mizrahi Family Char- to Lob as the conference chairwoman organization’s more right-wing members. standing shoulder to shoulder with Isra- itable Fund and the former CEO of The as long as immigration was not on the William Daroff, the Presidents Con- el,” she said. Israel Project, a nonpartisan Israel lobby agenda — an easy ask, considering the ference’s CEO, emphasized Lob’s back- But over the past week, right-wingers group that is now defunct, told JTA in an Presidents Conference does not deal with ground as a child of refugees in his first within and outside the Presidents Con- unsolicited email. domestic issues. A Trump administration official statement. ference launched a pressure campaign The nomination fight comes as the (Tensions — Page 20)

Perspective … My Ex and I Disagree About Coronavirus Safety. What Does This Mean for Our Kids?

by SHEVA GANZ jobless people start rioting in in my stomach was now feed- to our 65/35 timeshare, but to be with them? Is the risk to my I’m not a wait-for-a-pandem- the streets? ing on new concerns: how my be more flexible on how we split health, my children’s health and ic-to-come-knocking-at-my-door On the advice of my ex-mili- ex’s actions would affect my up those days. However, as it the health of anyone we might kinda gal, so I took COVID- tary personal trainer (who has children and me. Normally he became clear that my ex was not come into contact with really 19 very seriously as soon as been waiting almost too glee- and I have a very good working taking this virus as seriously as that great? Is that risk greater it began spreading across the fully for this kind of scenario), relationship, which until now I was, I tried to keep my kids than the risk to my children’s U.S. I started working from I bought a solar-powered radio, has never been tested by the with me for as long as possible, mental and emotional health home about a month ago, be- a road map, canned food, dry strain of a global pandemic. We hoping that the Florida govern- of not being with their father fore my office officially closed. goods, propane gas, a first-aid don’t see eye to eye on many ment would catch up and impose for the foreseeable future? Now I’m a single mom, and I kept kit, extra toiletries, water puri- things, which likely contribut- stricter restrictions. But Passover that we’re facing a pandemic, my three children, ages 15, 13 fication tablets, seeds, batteries, ed to our divorce, but we have was fast approaching and it was do I get to have a say in how and 9, home from school before gas canisters and bear spray (as both worked hard to co-parent his turn to have them for the my ex conducts himself and the their private schools shut down. an alternative to a gun). with respect and deference for holiday. When we discussed this choices he makes, when the ap- I ran to Costco and stocked up I think you get the gist of it: I the other’s opinions. on the phone, I found out that he proach we’ve adopted until now on food and supplies. I bought was PREPARED. The one thing So I gave serious thought was planning on having other has been “to each their own”? weights online and stopped I was not prepared for, though, to his perspective. While I families over for the Seder, that I worried that by keeping our going to the gym even though was how my ex-husband would strongly disagreed with him, the children in his neighborhood kids, I’d open a Pandora’s box of it was still open. I got an In- react to the pandemic. He and he did have some valid points, still played outside together, that issues. How would I feel if my stacart account so I wouldn’t I are rather different, and he’s and who’s to say my extreme, people he was in close contact ex, who is more religious than have to go out to go shopping. adopted a more laid-back, devil- doomsday-esque approach was with still went to work, and that I am, wouldn’t send the kids I bought board games, books, may-care attitude in response. right? I thought about the inher- even with the new government to me unless I agreed to strict- art supplies, jump ropes and Over the past few weeks, ent lessons we were both offer- restrictions and rabbinic sug- er adherence to Jewish law? sidewalk chalk. he’s talked about prioritizing ing our children. My approach gestions, he still thought the As a therapist and coach who I live in Florida — a place the economy over lives, how taught them about social re- media was blowing this out of specializes in divorce and par- that some might argue has al- self-isolation will be psychologi- sponsibility, sacrificing for the proportion. enting, who pushes an agenda ready seen a societal break- cally damaging, how the media greater good and the value of I struggled with what to do. of peaceful co-parenting, will down — so on top of worrying is fear mongering, how the per- life. His approach taught them The area he lived in had the this affect my career? Can my about the virus, I now need to sonal risks aren’t that great and about independent thinking, second highest number of cases own mental health (and bank worry about how the proverbial how he was being cautious (he helping others in need (he in the state. Had he already account) survive nonstop par- “Florida Man” will react to an was washing his hands often), was able to do more for others been exposed? Do I keep the enting without reprieve? And economic breakdown. How am but wasn’t too concerned. while not self-isolating), and kids with me or send them to finally, is this worth the poten- I supposed to protect myself I stood in my overstocked, the value of living. him? Do my safety concerns tial fallout between us, undoing and my kids if essential ser- overstuffed house and pan- When the schools officially for my children and myself su- years of positive relationship vices are disrupted and hungry, icked. The growing pit of fear shut down, we agreed to keep persede their father’s rights to (Disagree — Page 20)  THE JEWISH LEDGER • Thursday, April 30, 2020 • Page 19

History … How Nazis Taught German Children to Hate Jews

by CHEN MALUL of children who grew up to time she embarked on a career in the service of Nazi Germany, Among the dozens of chil- serve in the Fuehrer’s army. as a kindergarten teacher. all dripping with blatant and dren’s authors active during the One of the coloring books The stated purpose of Bauer’s venomous anti-Semitism. 12-year reign of the Nazi party included in the gift bag is the book was to teach the children One such publication was over Germany, Elvira Bauer notorious book “Trust No Fox of Germany how to read. The “The Father of the Jews is the might be the most successful on his Green Heath and No Jew secondary purpose was to in- Devil,” a book written relatively and well known of all. on his Oath.” The book was still feelings of hatred and fear late by Bauer and that has since The secret of Bauer’s success written by Bauer and illustrated towards Jews from a young age. been translated to English. is exceedingly simple: From by Philipp Rupprecht, the cari- When Bauer compared Jews Anti-Semitism also featured 1936, every six-year-old Ger- caturist of the Nazi tabloid Der to foxes, she tried to instill two in high school classes, where man child received a present Stürmer. anti-Semitic concepts: Firstly, race-based anti-Semitism was from the state - a backpack While information about her that Jews were conniving crea- taught - no longer was the Jew filled with books explaining life is scarce, it is known that tures much like foxes and sec- only responsible for the death of concentration camps, the im- Bauer wrote her first book at ondly that they spreads disease. Jesus Christ, from now on the portance of obedience and tales the age of 18, around the same Bauer wrote three other books (How Nazis — Page 20)

The Poisonous Mushroom (Courtesy)

In an image taken from ‘The Poi- sonous Mushroom’, a German boy An image from Bauer’s book (Courtesy) A picture from Streicher’s book depicting a Jew as a sexual deviant (Courtesy) identifies a Jew by his nose (Courtesy) Issues … Israel’s New Government is Centrist, And That’s OK with Netanyahu by JONATHAN S. TOBIN political opponents could not, (JNS) — Israel’s yearlong gov- and depose Netanyahu. ernment standoff is finally over, The assumption in some and the only real winner is quarters is that this is frustrat- Prime Minister Benjamin Ne- ing for Netanyahu. That isn’t the tanyahu. Although there were case. While he is the undoubted moments when it seemed as if idol of Israel’s right-wing voters, there was no way he could hold he is perfectly pleased not to onto office for long, Netanyahu be leading a narrow right-wing again proved that it’s a mistake government largely dominated to underestimate his political by ideologues. To the contrary, acumen or survival instincts. his preference has always been But there’s something else for assembling the most broad- about this outcome that Net- based government possible. anyahu’s American detractors That was true in 2009, when need to understand. The agree- he assembled a government ment does reaffirm the con- that included the Labor Party ventional wisdom that views then led by Ehud Barak, even Netanyahu as a ruthless, skilled though he could have assem- and self-interested partisan ded- bled a majority that was solely icated to holding onto power at composed of right-wing and virtually any cost. But contrary Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks while social distancing during a press conference about the coro- religious parties. to most mainstream media cov- navirus (COVID-19), at the Prime Minister’s office in Jerusalem on March 25. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90) After the next election in 2013, erage of Israel, the deal with the same thing happened as Gantz also debunks the notion enable the prime minister to in the Likud and in its erst- settlements in the coming year, Netanyahu invited both Yair that he’s an extremist who is remain in office for the next while right-wing partner Yam- the new government is not Lapid’s centrist Yesh Atid Party wrecking Israel by dragging it 18 months and generate a new ina Party ally are pointing out, committed to the platform Net- and Tzipi Livni’s Hatnua Party to the right, as well as sabotag- election which he might win while Netanyahu got what he anyahu ran on. into his government, disappoint- ing hopes of peace with the Pal- even if the Israeli Supreme wanted out of the agreement, On judicial reform, econom- ing those on the right who want- estinians. The new government Court rules that he is ineligible the interests of the national ics and, yes, even settlement ed him to govern with a narrow is instead proof that Netanyahu to stand as prime minister be- camp that he has led by for a growth, the government will majority that he had won. is at heart a consensus politi- cause of his upcoming corrup- generation did not fare as well. be split rather than united. That It’s true that those who join in cian most happy when leading tion trial. That’s not just because the ensures that stalemate, rather coalitions with Netanyahu gen- from the center and with his Netanyahu’s enemies are deal left both Yamina and lead- than right-wing governance, erally find the experience to be right-wing allies cut out of the lamenting what they see as ing Likud figures without their will largely characterize the extremely unpleasant. Barak, decision-making process. Gantz’s weakness, as well as share of power. The unity deal next three years — assuming, Lapid and Livni all emerged The deal he signed this week the way the coronavirus pan- also ensures that outside of that is, that the judges don’t cut from their time at the Cabinet with Blue and White Party demic strengthened the prime guaranteeing a vote on the an- the scheme short by seeking table determined never to do leader Benny Gantz will likely minister’s hand. Still, as many nexation of some West Bank to do what the voters and his (New Government — Page 20) Page 20 • THE JEWISH LEDGER • Thursday, April 30, 2020

Tensions (Continued from Page 18) How Nazis (Continued from Page 19) official who deals with the Jew- cused the group of violating tern of racist and Islamophobic Jew was the enemy of the entire ter and depicts Jews as reveling ish community did not respond Presidents Conference rules by behavior.” master race. in animals’ prolonged suffering. to requests for comment. making ad hominem attacks. The Presidents Conference Bauer’s picture books em- The eighth tale in the book The vote leaves the Presidents The complaint earned the ZOA leadership making the deci- ploy many historic anti-Semitic depicts the Jews as a potential Conference openly divided at a a rare reprimand. sions included Stark; his im- beliefs and imagery to convey rapists through a story about a crucial moment. Lob has been Klein’s campaign against Lob mediate predecessor, Stephen Jews as a lesser race, includ- Jewish man who tries to seduce forced into a defensive posi- has unleashed a countervail- Greenberg; and its two profes- ing early anti-Semitism based a young German girl with can- tion, emphasizing in a letter ing burst of criticism of the sional leaders, longtime exec- on Christian pseudoscience, a dies only to be arrested by two to the group’s constituents her ZOA leader. And the resulting utive vice president Malcolm variety of folk tales and “real” German police officers. bona fides as the daughter of compromise sparked furious Hoenlein and Daroff, who is current events. According to historian Ran- German refugees and her em- reactions from Jewish women newly installed as CEO. In 1938, new children’s book dall Bytwerk, the Nazi expan- brace of mainstream pro-Israel leaders and from those on the The pandemic frustrated “The Poisonous Mushroom” sion of anti-Semitism did not positions, including rejecting left who see the Presidents Con- efforts to push back against (Der Giftpilz) was published, stem from racial difference but the boycott Israel movement ference as overly cowed by the Klein’s initiative. Lob, a finan- penned by Der Stürmer editor on its insistence on depicting as “reprehensible” and calling right wing. Lob would be only cier, was unable to personally Julius Streicher and again illus- Jews as a constant danger and anti-Zionism “a modern form of the third chairwoman in the meet with the leaders of the trated by Rupprecht. who caused great pain to the Jew-hatred.” umbrella group’s nearly 65-year groups to assuage concerns. One of the mushroom’s many world from the shadows. b Meanwhile Klein, who prides history, and the Presidents Con- She will also forgo the tradi- tales deals with kosher slaugh- ©Ynetnews himself on confronting Israeli ference has been slammed on tional immediate inaugural trip leaders over actions he feels en- social media for group photos to Israel post-election. That trip danger Israel and chides other that are exclusively male. would have provided photo ops Jewish officials for not follow- On Twitter, Rabbi Jill Jacobs, of Lob with Israel’s right-wing ing his lead, has burst into pub- who leads T’ruah, a rabbinical government and gone some way lic view again. His organization human rights advocacy group to tamp down criticism of her has criticized HIAS for years, that is not a member of the Israel credentials. saying it allies itself with critics Presidents Conference, said the Klein in an interview prior to of Israel and claiming that its decision “demonstrates that [the the vote said the compromise work makes Jews in Ameri- Presidents Conference] is held was “somewhat positive, but ca less safe. In fact, all recent hostage by a small and loud minimal” because Lob’s elec- terror attacks against Jewish group of right-wing extrem- tion, once it occurs, appears Americans have been carried ists who do not at all represent irreversible, even if it is delayed out by native-born Americans, the overwhelming views of the for a year. One of Klein’s com- including the deadly Tree of American Jewish community.” plaints was that Lob appeared Life shooting in Pittsburgh Some 70 Jewish students at to be uninvolved in Israel is- whose perpetrator said he was top universities wrote to the sues. But he said the leadership motivated by hatred of HIAS. Presidents Conference this transition could stave off his The rancor between Klein weekend urging it to impose criticism. and HIAS erupted in 2018 with “appropriate institutional con- “We do have almost a year to a complaint filed by HIAS sequences” on the ZOA for what get to know her and see if she An image from Bauer’s book depicting a Jew envying the hard working against the ZOA, which ac- the students called Klein’s “pat- can learn more,” Klein said. b German (Courtesy)

Disagree (Continued from Page 18) building, and destroying a fu- my rights and know the legal im- We were at a standstill and decision. My children cried credit, accepted the decision ture of amicable co-parenting? plications involved. As his plans agreed to bring in a mediator. and said they missed their dad. with grace, as did my children I mustered every internal involved violating the shelter- The stress was overwhelm- I cried, too, and told them I who told me they would make therapeutic resource I had and in-place order, I was within my ing. I was having flashbacks wished things could be differ- the best of the situation. began a completely different legal rights to withhold, and I to my difficult and emotionally ent. I thought about recant- When it comes to co-parent- kind of preparation for negotia- was advised to prioritize my draining divorce. My children ing, but the ever-present pit ing, I generally believe that tions with my ex. When speak- health and my children’s health. were starting to question why in my stomach reminded me neither parent has more rights ing with him, I kept calm, used And still I was hesitant. So I sat they weren’t going to their dad’s that in such an unsettled time, over the other. But when safety “I” statements, expressed my down and composed an email, and I was torn about how much where things are drastically is a concern, that belief can personal fears and concerns, where I asked him to adhere to information to share with them. changing day by day, where be challenged. I did not make and even laughed with him certain guidelines (those of the I told them that the newly im- life-and-death issues are on the this decision unilaterally. I got at my “insane” approach, but CDC and WHO) and agree to posed government stay-at-home line, how can I send my kids experts involved and put the begged him to please pander to them in writing. He could have order left us unsure about how to someone who will not take final decision in the hands of a it. I searched for objective truth the kids, I said, I just needed a to proceed with timesharing. my sensitivities, opinions and mediator. I do not know what and questioned how much my few assurances. They didn’t buy it. maternal instincts into consid- the long-term effects of this are ego was at play here. I called But it was too late. He felt I So I explained to them that eration? In a world brought to going to be, but right now I am on every external resource I was infringing on his parental these are unprecedented times, its knees by a tiny, powerful operating day by day. I’ll show could think of to help give me rights, interfering in his person- that nobody is really sure what virus, isn’t it better to simply my kids extra love, I’ll extend perspective, clarity and advice, al life and making demands I the best approach is, that their err on the side of caution? olive branches to my ex, I’ll among them my friends, family, had no right to assert. He was dad and I have different opin- We both presented our sides deal with my frustrations over rabbi, a government official and concerned that my negligent re- ions, that having different opin- to the mediator and in the end, the unfairness to everyone and, my pediatrician for their official ligious observance would keep ions is OK, and that instead of he decided that the safest deci- most important, I’ll be thankful recommendation. me from giving the kids a prop- fighting, we were letting an sion was to have the children for all that I have. b I called my lawyer to go over er Jewish Passover experience. unbiased third party make the stay with me. My ex, to his © Kveller

New Government (Continued from Page 19) it again. That’s one of the rea- Ya’alon and other former mem- ity while still resisting — as control Israeli judiciary branch. that most Americans still strug- sons that Netanyahu wound up bers of Gantz’s Blue and White he has throughout his career And if that leads to stasis rather gle to understand. They rep- leading a narrow right-wing/re- coalition to take sides against — pressure on Israel to make than pushing ahead the agenda resent a broad consensus that ligious coalition after the 2015 the prime minister, was root- concessions to the Palestinians. of the settlement movement or believes that in the absence of a election. ed more in personal animosity While Netanyahu’s flacks at- others in his core constituency, credible peace partner, the best The defection of Avigdor Lieb- rather than ideology. tacked Gantz as a leftist during Netanyahu won’t shed a tear so Israel can do is to manage the erman’s Yisrael Beiteinu Party, Netanyahu is probably quite the three election campaigns long as his grip on high office conflict and secure those areas which leans strongly to the glad to see his Yamina allies of 2019-20, the prime minister remains secure. — like the Jordan Valley and right on security issues though decide to go into opposition, and the new defense minister/ The easy way that Netanyahu the settlement blocs — that the is avowedly secular, from Net- as opposed to joining his new future prime minister are largely and Gantz, who ran to the right Jewish state will never surren- anyahu’s bloc at the end of 2018 government. Yamina wants to in agreement on most security in the elections to appear as der, even if peace were possible. led to the long stalemate that prod Netanyahu to push the issues. When they clash, it will close to the prime minister on Say what you like about Ne- has just ended. That dispute, envelope on establishing Israeli be about Netanyahu’s efforts to the peace process as possible, tanyahu, whose ultimate fate along with others that led to sovereignty over more of the gain immunity from prosecution will be able to cooperate on will be settled in court, but other right-wing figures such West Bank when he’s content or when he pursues efforts to re- security issues demonstrates an- calling him an extremist is sim- as Telem Party chief Moshe merely to discuss the possibil- form what he sees as an out-of- other element of Israeli politics ply untrue. b