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by MOLLY BOIGON Tribe’ Arrive in Israel Some New York police offi- cers, even those who respond to cases of anti-Semitic graffiti in Orthodox swaths of Brook- lyn, don’t seem to know how to spell “swastika” or “yarmulke.” Surveillance cameras, even those in the subway, cannot al- ways be relied upon to capture vandals who paint or carve hateful messages. And police officers frequently either fail to inform victims about their rights to seek com- (Illustration by Molly Boigon) pensation from the state, as is required by law, or fill out the the state’s public records law, have already been handed over New immigrants from the Bnei Menashe community step off the plane at Isra- related forms inaccurately. did not include the more than to the alleged perpetrator/de- el’s Ben-Gurion International Airport. (Eleonora Shiluv/Ministry of Aliyah and Integration) These are some of the things 30 cases that are pending in fendant in the underlying crim- we learned combing through criminal court. (The depart- inal proceeding,” he said in an by NAAMA BARAK the First Temple period in the more than 1,800 pages of New ment did not tell the Forward email. “It is therefore perplex- Immigrants from the Jewish eighth century BCE. York Police Department records how many records were with- ing to understand how their “lost tribe” of Bnei Menashe The 252 new immigrants, on crimes referred to the Hate held — this number is based release to the Forward would landed at Ben-Gurion Inter- who made their way to Isra- Crime Task Force because of- on a comparison between the necessarily interfere with those national Airport this week to el this week with the help of ficers suspected anti-Jewish number of cases that were de- judicial proceedings.” build a new life in Israel. the Ministry of Aliyah and In- motivation in 2019. What we livered versus the department’s While the department reject- Hailing from Northeast India, tegration and the Shavei Is- did not learn was what percent- tally of anti-Semitic hate crimes ed our attempts to access the the Bnei Menashe community is rael organization, joined the age of such crimes led to ar- from 2019). records administratively, we said to be descended from the 3,000-strong Bnei Menashe rests and prosecution that year; The records officer for the anticipate that the court will Lost Tribes of Israel — specifi- community already in the coun- whether the perpetrators or vic- department said that the “dis- compel the N.Y.P.D. to disclose cally, the tribe of Menashe — try. Some 7,000 more communi- tims fell into any distinguish- closure of the records would the withheld records. that scattered across the globe ty members await immigration able demographic patterns; or interfere with ongoing judicial A spokesperson, after initially after being exiled at the end of (Lost Tribe — Page 9) how much worse anti-Semitic proceedings or criminal inves- indicating she would make offi- activity was across Brooklyn tigations.” Joseph Aron, the cers available for an interview, than it had been in prior years. lawyer from Aron Law who is ultimately declined. The de- Saudi Authorities Remove That’s because the N.Y.P.D., representing the Forward, said partment, in response to nearly which turned over the records that the N.Y.P.D.’s assertion is 50 emailed questions about the Anti-Semitic, Anti-Zionist via DVD only after the Forward “completely misplaced.” patterns outlined in this report, sued demanding them under “Many of these documents (Hate Crime Reoprts — Page 4) Content From Textbooks Israel Makes Quarantine Compulsory by SHAHAR KLAIMAN Jewish state and the Arab Gulf Saudi authorities have been power. Saudi Arabia’s neigh- removing anti-Semitic and bors, the United Arab Emirates For All Arrivals From Abroad anti-Zionist content from the and Bahrain, normalized ties country’s textbooks for the with Israel in September in a by ITAMAR EICHNER the Health Ministry will then Prime Minister Benjamin Ne- coming school year, a report deal brokered by the United and ADIR YANKO draw up a list of people who tanyahu had been pushing for by the Jerusalem-based Insti- States. Washington has made The coronavirus cabinet on could be authorized to go into all flights in and out of Israel to tute for Monitoring Peace and it no secret that it would like to Monday ruled that all Israelis quarantine at home. be halted altogether. Cultural Tolerance in School see Riyadh join the Abraham returning from abroad will be All returnees within the next On Sunday, ministers decided Education has found. Accords before U.S. President required to go into isolation of 48 hours will go into quaran- to require all Israelis returning The report came amid grow- Donald Trump’s term in office at least 10 days in state-operat- tine at home, where they will from the UK, Denmark and ing speculation of a potential ends next month. ed hotels, due to concerns over be tested for coronavirus. (Arrivals — Page 6) rapprochement between the (Textbooks — Page 6) a new, more infectious muta- tion of the coronavirus. Foreign nationals will not be With Arms Embargo Lifted, Over 50,000 Israelis Have admitted into the country at all for two weeks, except in special Iran Races to Update Arsenal circumstances. by NETA BAR T-90 tank and S-400 air-defense Already Visited the UAE Ministers decided that the With an international arms system. It has also expressed measure will go into effect embargo lifted, Iran plans on interest in several Chinese de- Since Peace Deal Signing Wednesday at 2pm and be in buying advanced military sys- fense systems, including the place for 10 days. tems, including armed drones, J-10 and J-20 fighter jet, but by GABE FRIEDMAN That number is the result of Israelis will enter quarantine air-defense systems, fighter was prevented from purchas- (JTA) — Over 50,000 Israe- only two weeks of open com- at state-run hotels for up to jets and tanks, Iranian Defense ing such items under the 2015 lis have visited the United Arab mercial flights between the 14 days, but could be released Minister Gen. Amir Hatami told nuclear deal. Emirates since the recent normal- countries, which agreed to open after 10 days if they present a local media on Wednesday. Hatami noted that Iran en- ization pact between Israel and the diplomatic and tourism negative test on the first and The Islamic Republic has tered negotiations “with several the UAE, according to a report floodgates in a historic agree- tenth days of isolation. previously shown interest in countries” even before the arms this week in The Washington Post. (Visited — Page 10) If the hotels run out of room, Russia’s Su-30 and Yak-130 jets, (Arsenal — Page 6) Page 2 • THE JEWISH LEDGER • Thursday, December 24, 2020 Advice for the life you lead Community … Advice. Beyond investing. JSL Recognized for 2020 Senior Housing

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Opinion … History … Why Christmas Is the Archaeologists Recreate Tiles of Temple Where Best Day to Be a Jew Jesus Walked by ALEX KIRSHNER ed, or skip it), shoot baskets at to shul, standing up on the rab- (JTA) — The Christians of my the still-open JCC (whenever bi’s request and waiting out a childhood tried hard to make I wanted), go sit in a 100-seat service of several hours. Pass- me feel welcome around Christ- auditorium to watch a movie over is a week-plus of reflection mas, and they succeeded as with 30 other people, nearly all — but I like bread. Yom Kippur much as possible in a Catholic of them from our synagogue is a vital day of atonement, but and Protestant suburb of Pitts- (whenever I wanted, pending the whole premise of the day is burgh. Our next-door neighbors showtimes), and go for Chinese that it is difficult. invited my family to their big food, coincidentally with many On Jewish Christmas, my sole Christmas Eve party every year. of the same people. I just as obligation is not to inadvertent- The crowd always welcomed easily could have done none of ly get dumplings with shrimp in us, and eventually we reached these things and faced no con- them. Even that is only because a customary status as the Jews sequences or guilt. of an allergy, not because any- of the party. We were among When I moved away from one would bust me for eating the last to leave, with a short home and joined the workforce, treif. commute and no church the I adopted a new Jewish Christ- The last two years, I have next morning. mas tradition: to talk to exactly been in an interfaith relation- Christmas could be hard, one person all day, and for that ship with an Episcopalian. Our though, especially early on. person to be the woman who time together has strengthened When you are 5, the slow drip took orders over the phone at my respect for Christianity, as of Hanukkah presents doesn’t a Chinese restaurant on 14th I’ve seen how her family’s inter- match a bearded man chimney- Street in Washington, D.C. pretation of faith meshes seam- Israeli archaeologists unveil a replica of flooring of Jerusalem’s Roman-era ing in to shower you with gifts Roommates need me to clean lessly with our concept of tik- Jewish temple, near Jerusalem’s Old City (Reuters) all at once. (And when you are the kitchen? No, they’re home kun olam, to repair the world. 5, you don’t realize how lucky with their families. Colleagues They have welcomed me into When Jesus strode through cast out its money-changers in you are to get gifts at all.) A me- need something? No, this is all their traditions, including the ancient Jewish temple in anger. The Gospel of John de- norah in the window for eight the one day they’re not on filling a stocking for me and Jerusalem, his feet met hewn- scribes him “walking in the tem- days doesn’t match extravagant Slack. Parents want to talk? No, having me to my first Mass last stone, earth-tone tiles that were ple in the portico of Solomon”. lights all over the yard for a they’re napping. All day? Yes. I Christmas Eve. I didn’t eat the geometric in design and cool, The temple was designed whole month. Christmas isn’t fell in love with the extreme sol- little wafer or drink the wine, dappled and scuffed to the by King Herod, as were other for us, and it’s hard for a kid itude of this one day, despite a but I took joy in seeing a com- touch. grand structures in Roman-era to internalize the notion that general extraversion that makes munity of a different faith com- Such is the understanding Judea. Surviving tiles from something so culturally dom- silence grating in normal times. ing together on one of its most of Israeli archaeologists and those ruins told the archaeol- inant is not for you. Shouldn’t There are many wondrous sacred days. masons who, drawing on relics ogists what materials had been everything be for you? days to be Jewish. I haven’t ex- On Christmas Day, my girl- and historical texts, have rec- used — hand-tooled limestone But adulthood brings wisdom. perienced weddings of enough friend’s family even eats Chi- reated the sacred flooring so it and Dead Sea stone, as well as As I’ve aged, I’ve come to view denominations to firmly call nese food – an incursion on can be experienced today. imported marble — and that Christmas as a uniquely won- Jewish weddings the world’s Jewish turf, I have told her, but “We even made the scratches the inlay had been the ornate derful experience for American best, but the combination of one I can forgive. The chance to and all kind of marks that cre- “Opus Sectile” style. Jews. In fact, when I look upon the chuppah, the hora, and li- see another religion in action up ated the same appearance as it Josephus Flavius, a Jewish Christmas through a particular quored-up pre-wedding tish close, without any proselytiza- used to look like at the time,” historian of the period, wrote lens, Dec. 25 reveals itself as have to put our nuptials near tion or pressure, has hopefully archaeologist Assaf Avraham that temple courts were “laid the single best day of the year the top of any list. Shabbat, made me more well-rounded. told Reuters near the one-metre with stones of all sorts”, anoth- to be Jewish. Passover and the High Holidays I’m embracing these new tra- square, ankle-high replica on er indication the tiles were of As Jews, we spend a lot of have many virtues. ditions. But they have severe- the Mount of Olives, overlook- various colours and textures. time being yelled at. Even when But all of these days also ly cut into an event that for ing Jerusalem’s Old City and Recreating the floor was we are not being implicated in carry obligations. A wedding me carries a different kind of holy sites. “very tough work” that took world-dominating conspiracy is expensive and hassling. The sacredness. Long live Jewish According to the New Testa- seven months, said Avi Tavisal, theories by anti-Semites, life is sabbath is a day of rest that, Christmas, the most blissful 24 ment, Jesus went to the tem- manager of the team of arti- hectic. But on Christmas, there at least during nonpandemic hours this Jew has ever been ple as a boy for pilgrimage and sans. b may be nobody at all to even times, still involves schlepping blessed to enjoy. b study and, as an older preacher, ©Reuters bother us, much less subject us to their worst vitriol. In fact, on Christmas, Jews can enjoy an almost unprecedented serenity. Even before a pandemic rele- Now friends and family around the globe gated many Americans to work- from-home setups that tore can be part of a loved one’s service. down whatever thin boundar- ies existed between work and Brighton Memorial Chapel offers live funeral broadcasting home, it had become difficult to live a single day of respon- for services that take place within our chapel. sibility-free life without going All at NO CHARGE. on a solo vacation or throwing your phone into a lake. Even then, your boss or someone in your house might find you and ask for something. The bill from ignoring them comes due with- in days. Unless, of course, you are ob- serving Jewish Christmas. To be a Jew on Christmas is to spend an entire day doing either nothing at all or whatev- Rochester’s Jewish Funeral Home er you want. Like most Jewish families, mine had traditions 585-427-8520 for this day. I kept a strict cal- endar growing up: Wake up 3325 Winton Road S., Rochester NY 14623 • www.BrightonMemorialChapel.com (whenever I wanted), clean out my closet (whenever I want- See why Brighton Memorial Chapel is Establishing a New Tradition. Page 4 • THE JEWISH LEDGER • Thursday, December 24, 2020 IAEA Head Says New Iran Deal Necessary Due to Multiple Hate Crime Reports (Continued from Page 1) provided only the following ered words were on reports how cases were classified and Violations Since 2015 statement: about incidents in neighbor- whether victims were notified “The N.Y.P.D. will never toler- hoods with few Jews where of their rights to apply for com- (JNS) — International Atomic ate hate in our city in any form. anti-Semitic hate crimes are pensation. Energy Agency Director-Gener- The N.Y.P.D. has the largest rare, and perhaps those offend- But the manner of classifying al Rafael Grossi has said that if Hate Crime Task Force in the ing officers should be forgiv- crimes was not consistent — U.S. President-elect Joe Biden country comprised of investi- en. But what about the officer some nearly identical swasti- wants to revive the nuclear deal gators that work tirelessly with in the 77th precinct, home to ka-graffiti crimes, for example, with Iran, it would have to be our patrol officers, detective Educational Institute Oholei were classified as “making graf- redone because of the numer- squads and community leaders Torah, the flagship yeshiva for fiti” while others were “crim- ous breaches of the 2015 accord to vigorously investigate every the Chabad-Lubavitch move- inal mischief” and still others that need to be reversed. reported hate crime.” ment, who responded to the were “aggravated harassment.” “I cannot imagine that they Without the criminal-court Nov. 25, 2019 case of a “yaka- The department declined to are going simply to say, ‘We cases, it is impossible to do ma” knocked-off the head of a answer questions about why are back to square one’ because any meaningful macro-analysis 14-year-old white male whose officers would be classifying square one is no longer there,” of the trends. But the records name was redacted? these crimes differently. said Grossi, according to a Re- we have do provide at least a Another officer twice de- The shorthand officers use uters interview published on International Atomic Energy Agency foggy window into how the scribed the “swatzika” painted was also inconsistent: some Thursday. director-general Rafael Grossi in Vi- police handle anti-Semitic hate on a street sign at Astor Place cases were marked “agg harass- “There is more (nuclear) ma- enna on Oct. 2, 2019. (Dean Calma/IAEA crimes. and 8th Street on Sept. 30 — a ment” and others “harass agg.” terial, … there is more activity, via Wikimedia Commons) Here are some of the interest- central stomping ground for Officers also noted in the vast there are more centrifuges, and ing things we found: New York University students, majority of cases that victims more are being announced. So withdrew from the nuclear ac- 14 percent of whom are Jewish. were not told of their rights to what happens with all this? cord with Iran in May 2018, Does a swastika victim’s compensation, a noti- This is the question for them but Biden has said the United misspelled hurt as deep? Surveillance Relevance fication that is required by law. atMorgenstern the political DeVoesick level •to 2x5 decide,” • 101917 • SHStates would rejoin the deal Of theEmail: 208 [email protected] that we got In a post-9/11 world, many The state will sometimes pay said Grossi, who last year be- “if Iran resumes strict compli- records about, the majority, Americans, and especially New — up to $30,000 in some cases cameExpositor-Ledger director-general Newspapers of the ance.” nearly 80 percent, involved van- Yorkers, assume we are under — to people who lost wages, UnitedRochester Nations nuclear Golf watch Week- Iran• The has stockpiled Jewish more Ledger than dalism or graffiti, and most of constant video surveillance. have to pay for a burial, need dog2535 group. Brighton-Henrietta Town Line2.4 Road, tons of Rochester, enriched uraniumNY 14623 — those involved swastikas. 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It might be cident, though, says the “video appeared to be blocks of ice derived from the Polish word collected is not identification while driving in his work truck “jarmułka,” which also means quality,” and the case was in Crown Heights. He suffered skullcap, and many prefer the closed without an arrest under a small injury to his head and simpler “kippah,” which means the classification “investigative was treated by emergency-med- “dome” in Hebrew but refers to leads exhausted.” ical services, but according to the same head covering. When a photo mural in front the police report, he was not But some of New York’s finest of the Jewish Children’s Mu- notified of the crime-victim have taken phoneticization to seum in Crown Heights was compensation law. a new low in these reports. It vandalized on Jan. 1, the de- The N.Y.P.D. did not respond is, variously, rendered as “ya- partment noted that the “video to requests for comment on this FOUNDED 1924 maka” and “yamica,” which cameras at location are not matter. at least sound basically right if working.” That case, too, was Joseph Giacalone, a former THE JEWISH LEDGER said fast in a Brooklyn accent, closed under “investigative N.Y.P.D. detective and a profes- ISSN 002165 but also the just plain wrong leads exhausted,” with a re- sor at the John Jay College of Albert Klineman, Publisher 1924-1930 • Joseph H. 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Genesis 44:18-47:27 BY RABBI SHLOMO RISKIN Parshat Vayigash Chief Rabbi of the City of Efrat, and Dean of Ohr Torah Institutions of Israel EFRAT, Israel — And Joseph forced upon Jacob under false Even Reuben, who attempts the verb ahot meaning to sew save Jacob further pain — he is could not hold himself back in pretenses, refused to recognize to rescue Joseph, never calls or to stitch, even, if you will, demonstrating the bond of ul- front of all who were standing the beloved wife Rachel’s son him “brother,” only referring to patch up. It derives from a timate unity between siblings, around him... And Joseph said as a legitimate brother; hence to “him” as a pronoun (Gen. sense of unity, oneness (ehad, and between them and their to his brothers, “I am Joseph; Is the 17-year-old Joseph had no 37: 21, 22). It is only Judah who ahdut) which comes from the father. This is ahva (brotherli- my father still alive?”’(Genesis recourse but to find his com- refers to him as a brother, but understanding of having ema- ness) and ahdut (unity) which 45:1-3) panionship with the younger since he is desirous of making a nated from one father. creates an indissoluble bond Why does Joseph suddenly brothers, and compensated by profit by selling him as a slave, Since the source of their (hibur, haverut, profound at- wake up to his familial ties and “shepherding” his siblings, the the use of the term may be unity is their common father; tachment). It is at this point reveal himself as the long-lost sons of Leah, acting the big ironic: “What profit have we in they should not want to cause of Judah’s self-sacrifice for Ra- son and brother? Apparently, he shot, and reporting all their killing our brother? Let us sell pain to each other and certain- chel’s youngest son that Joseph was inspired by Judah’s stirring foibles to his adoring father him to the Ishmaelites, for he ly not to their father. Apparent- recognizes his brothers’ repen- speech, which opens our Torah (Gen. 37:2). is our brother, our flesh” (Gen. ly, the hatred of the 10 brothers tance and is ready to forgive reading of Vayigash. How did Joseph always refers to his 37:26-27). for Joseph even overwhelmed and reunite with them. Judah strike such a respon- siblings as his brothers, but As the story progresses, the their filial concern for their The prophet Ezekiel provides sive chord in a Joseph whose they never refer to him as lack of brotherliness towards father’s welfare — and so they the ultimate vision of a united heart had previously been so “brother”: “And he [Joseph] the sons of Rachel is empha- seemingly had no difficulty in Israel when he is told by G–d to impervious to filial and sibling said, I am seeking my broth- sized even more: “And the ten telling Jacob that his beloved take one stick and write upon sensitivity? I believe that the ers... and Joseph went after his brothers of Joseph [they felt Joseph had been torn apart by it “For Judah and the children crucial phase is, “because your brothers... And they saw him towards each other as broth- a wild animal! When Judah of Israel his friends” (haver, servant guaranteed my father from afar. The men said, each ers] went down to Egypt to declares to their father Jacob hibur, bond), and to take anoth- that I would serve as a surety one to his brother, behold, that purchase grain, but Jacob did that he will stand as surety er stick and write upon it, “for for the youth” (Genesis 44:32); master of dreams is coming, not send Benjamin, brother of for Benjamin, he is expressing Joseph, the stick of Ephraim Judah informs Joseph that he is let us kill him and throw him Joseph” (but not the brother of his newfound recognition that and the entire house of Israel an arev, a co-signer, a stand-in in one of the pits and say that the other 10). this youngest son of Rachel is his friend,” and to join both for Benjamin. an evil animal devoured him” And when the sons of Jacob truly an ah, a brother, an in- sticks so that they are united This concept is quite radical (Gen. 37:16-20). stand before the Grand Vizier, extricable part of him, Judah, in his hand (Ezekiel 37: 15-20). for these warring siblings and The young Joseph was des- the Bible stresses the inequal- even though he was born of This is the Jewish goal, learned resonates in subsequent Jewish perately seeking a brotherly ity in their relationship with a a different mother. When he from Judah, when every Israel- legal and ethical literature in relationship with his siblings ringing declaration, pregnant tells the Grand Vizier that he ite sees themselves as a co-sign- the axiom that “all Israel are — but he was constantly re- with a double meaning, “Joseph is willing to be a slave instead er (surety) for every other Isra- co-signers (or sureties) for each buffed. When he tried to over- recognized his brothers [their of Benjamin — so that this son elite for the greater glory of our other.” come their rejection of him by identity as well as a sibling rela- of Rachel may be restored to common Father in heaven. b Joseph was born into a family recounting his (perhaps com- tionship to them], but they did his loving father in order to Shabbat Shalom of jealousy and hatred. pensatory) dreams of grandeur, not recognize him” (Gen. 42:8). The six sons of Leah, the it only caused them to hate him The Hebrew word ah (broth- “hated” wife who had been even more. er) means to be tied together, Textbooks (Continued from Page 1)

The monitoring group said Jewish “wrongdoers,” who are Senate Passes Bipartisan Bill to Elevate that while it “did not find that described as monkeys. new tolerant material had been Despite this progress, the re- Status of US Special Envoy on Anti-Semitism injected into the curriculum, a port found that Israel is still not substantial amount of offensive shown on maps of the region, (JNS) — A bipartisan bill to Senate took it up and made ment, to an ambassadorship material had been removed.” while Zionism is depicted as a elevate the status of the U.S. changes to it. Therefore, the requiring U.S. Senate confir- The report said that many of racist political movement and special envoy on anti-Semitism bill will now go to the House mation. the books no longer include the in many places, the name “Is- overwhelmingly passed in the for passage and, barring any The president would be re- prediction of a religious war in rael” is replaced with “Zionist U.S. Senate on Wednesday. changes to the latest version, quired to fill the position within which Muslims would annihi- enemy.” Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) re- will then go to U.S. President 90 days. late all Jews. Furthermore, the According to the report, introduced the Special Envoy Donald Trump to sign into Having been vacant at the classic anti-Semitic trope saying “There is clearly still work to to Monitor and Combat An- law. start of the Trump administra- that “Zionist forces” use ne- be done. However, the chang- ti-Semitism Act in January If enacted, it would upgrade tion, the special envoy was des- farious methods to control the es made thus far show prom- 2019. Although the bill passed the status of the special envoy ignated in February 2019 with world has been dropped. ise for a moderate and tolerant the U.S. House Representa- to combat anti-Semitism, a po- the appointment of Iraq war vet- “Examining the trendline of curriculum. Further improve- tives that same month, the sition at the U.S. State Depart- eran and attorney Elan Carr. b our 2002, 2008 and even 2019 ments need to be made. But reports of the Saudi curriculum, the overriding impression is of it is clear that these new 2020 a willingness to engage, to par- Arrivals (Continued from Page 1) textbooks represent an institu- ticipate in dialogue regarding tional effort to modernize the curriculum content and finally South Africa to quarantine in new COVID-19 cases were con- the ministers on Sunday that Kingdom’s curriculum,” said move towards textbook refor- government-operated corona- firmed on Sunday, after 70,000 he recommends a partial lock- IMPACT-se CEO, Marcus Sheff. mation.” virus hotels. tests conducted, indicating a 4.1 down that includes suspension “The Saudi authorities have Responding to the findings, Sunday’s decision was made as percent positivity rate. of all commerce. begun a process of rooting out a U.S. State Department offi- two flights from London were en Of 24,999 patients currently Ash said the rise in the num- anti-Jewish hate.” cial told Time Magazine that route to Israel, carrying a total of battling the disease, 456 are ber of seriously ill patients sur- Attitudes towards Israel are Washington is “encouraged by 120 Israeli passengers. Dozens of in serious condition, with 117 passed the amount recorded in becoming “more balanced and the report that finds positive the passengers decided to return connected to ventilators. Eight November. tolerant,” the institute said, giv- changes in influential textbooks to the UK rather than go into people have succumbed to the He warned that with no mit- ing as an example the removal used throughout Saudi Arabia.” isolation, despite having been virus in the past 24 hours, rais- igation measures taken, Israel of an entire chapter that was ti- The magazine quoted Fahad informed before boarding that ing the death toll since the start would see up to 1,900 seriously tled “the Zionist danger,” which Nazer, spokesperson for the the new policy could be in effect of the pandemic to 3,101. ill patients within three months delegitimized Israel’s right to Saudi Embassy in Washington, when they landed. Coronavirus czar Prof. Na- and the death toll rise by up to exist. as saying that the kingdom is The Health Ministry on Mon- chman Ash, who backed the 1,250 in the same period. b More generally, the majority making “a very concerted effort day morning reported that 2,821 closure of the airport, also told © YNetNews.com of references to jihad have been to remove all [offensive materi- removed, whereas a decade ago al] from the entire curriculum.” the focus of the curriculum was Director of International In- Arsenal (Continued from Page 1) to prepare students for martyr- terreligious Affairs at the Amer- dom, the group found. ican Jewish Committee Rabbi embargo was lifted earlier this anti-tank missile systems, he iate” over the Jan. 3 killing of “This being said, anti-Israel David Rosen presented the re- year, adding that the talks were said. Islamic Revolutionary Guard content does still remain in the port to senior kingdom officials now in their “advanced stages.” Earlier on Wednesday, Irani- Corps’ Quds Force Gen. Qassem curriculum,” IMPACT-se noted. when he visited Riyadh at the Tehran is also in talks to sell an Supreme Leader Ayatollah Soleimani in a U.S. drone strike Hatred of Jews is still present, invitation of ruler King Salman, several domestically produced Ali Khamenei warned that his in Iraq. b including “a decontextualized said the statement. b weapons systems, including country had yet to “fully retal- © Israel Hayom and ambiguous” story about © Israel Hayom Page 2 • THE JEWISH LEDGER • Thursday, Date, THEYear JEWISH LEDGER • Thursday, December 24, 2020 • Page 7 Supreme Court Punts Census Case, CommunityGiving … Trump an Iffy Chance to Alter Numbers administration, added: “We tatives, as required by law, the That has never happened be- will continue to do whatever is clerk of the House, if the clerk fore. But Trump’s norm-busting necessary to stop the president chooses, may decline to accept attempt to exclude unlawful from putting politics above the them as reliable, kicking them immigrants from the census law.” back to the new Biden admin- could provoke yet another first. While Friday’s decision took istration for completion. (Census Case — Page 8) no position on the merits of the case, at the oral arguments a majority of the justices indicat- ed a hostility to the Trump ad- ministration’s position. Trump’s newest appointee, Amy Coney Barrett, noted that reappor- tionment has never excluded residents of a state because of their immigration status, and she pointedly told the acting solicitor general that “a lot of Protesters carrying signs about the census gather outside the U.S. Supreme historical evidence and long- Court in 2019. Immigrant rights advocates have vowed to continue fighting standing practice cuts against President Trump’s proposal. (Aurora Samperio/NurPhoto via Getty Images) your position.” For now, though, the court The U.S. Supreme Court three liberal justices — Stephen has avoided any ruling on that ducked a direct ruling Friday Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and or other issues presented by on whether President Trump Elena Kagan — disagreed. Trump’s census policy. can exclude undocumented im- Writing for the three, Breyer So, what happens next is migrants from a key census noted that Trump’s July mem- murky. NPR and other news count. orandum explicitly stated his organizations have reported At issue in the case was purpose, namely to take away Census Bureau officials have Trump’s July memorandum or- congressional seats from main- indicated that because of the dering the U.S. Census Bureau ly Democratic states that are pandemic, they are not likely for the first time to exclude now home to many unautho- to be able to meet the Dec. 31 undocumented immigrants rized immigrants. deadline for submitting their from the decennial census for “The harm is clear on the report to the president. purposes of reapportionment. face of the policy,” Breyer said. But even if Trump gets the The count is used to determine The “costs” of Trumps census figures in time, and does send how many seats each state gets order, he said, are more than “a them to the House of Represen- in the House of Representatives departure from settled law.” and the Electoral College. “The modern census emerged In an unsigned opinion, the from periods of intense political court said it would be “prema- conflict, whereby politicians ture” to rule on the case right sought to exploit census pro- There’s No Place now because it is “riddled with cedures to their advantage,” he contingencies and speculation” wrote. “In enacting the 1929 and even the Trump adminis- [Permanent Apportionment] tration doesn’t know how many Act, Congress sought to address Like Hillel undocumented immigrants that problem by using clear and there are or where they live. broad language that would ... In fact, at oral arguments just remove opportunities for polit- 18 days ago, acting Solicitor ical gamesmanship.” General Jeffrey Wall, represent- Departing from the text of ing the Trump administration, that law, he said, “is an open told the justices that “career invitation” to allow a return to officials at the Census Bureau that kind of gamesmanship. still don’t know even roughly While Friday’s decision does how many illegal aliens it’ll be leave open the possibility for able to identify, let alone how Trump to try to remove some their number and geographic undocumented immigrants concentration might affect ap- from the census count for ap- portionment.” portionment purposes, the de- At the end of the day, the cision was at best an interim court’s six-justice conservative and uncertain victory for the majority said, the case was not president. yet ripe for resolution because But Justice Department none of the 23 states or immi- spokesperson Mollie Timmons grant groups that brought it had said, “We are pleased that to- yet been injured. day’s ruling clears the way for Though the court’s opinion the Commerce Department to was unsigned, Chief Justice continue its work on the census John Roberts almost certainly and send its full tabulation to was the author. He signaled the the President.” outcome at the oral arguments, Immigrant rights advocates observing, “Right now ... we warned immediately they don’t know what the president would sue again if the admin- is going to do. We don’t know istration seeks to implement how many aliens will be ex- the policy. cluded. We don’t know what “We’ll sue ... and we’ll the effect will be on apportion- win,” said Dale Ho, director of ment,” so why, he asked, aren’t the American Civil Liberties we “better advised” to wait Union’s Voting Rights Project. until we have that information. 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NOTICE OF FORMATION State Street, Suite B, Dover, Delaware against it is c/o S.D.K Properties LLC, Candle Lighting CAROLINA HAVEN LLC (the “LLC”) 19901. Copy of Certificate of Forma- 3611 Culver Rd. Rochester NY 14622. filed Articles of Organization with the tion on file with Delaware Secretary of Purpose: Any lawful purpose. December 25, 4:22 — January 1, 4:27 New York Department of State on OC- State, 401 Federal Street, Suite 4, Dover, NOTICE TOBER 5, 2020. Its office is located in Delaware 19901. Purpose: Any lawful Articles of Organization with respect MONROE County. The Secretary of State purpose. to Shankev Properties, LLC, a New has been designated as agent of the Thursday, December 24 — Thursday, December 31 York limited liability company, were Company upon whom process against Disenyo.co LLC filed Art. of Org. filed with the Secretary of State of the it may be served and a copy of any with SSNY on 8/10/20. Off. Loc.: Mon- State of New York on November 17, process shall be mailed to THE LLC, c/o roe County. SSNY design. as agent of RELIGIOUS SERVICES 2020. The county in New York State Anthony B. Iacovangelo, Esq. 180 Canal LLC upon whom proc. may be served & View Blvd., Suite 100, Rochester, NY where its office is located is Monroe mail to 26 Lawendra St., Rochester, NY County. The Secretary of State has Most in-person services have been canceled 14623. The purpose of the Company is 14624. Purp: any lawful. any lawful purpose. been designated as agent of Shankev due to the Pandemic crisis. Please refer to NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Properties, LLC upon whom process NOTICE OF FORMATION LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY against it may be served; and the post your syagogue’s website for information about ORANGE 345 LLC has filed Articles MADE Creative Marketing + De- office address to which the Secretary of online services and events. of Organization with the Secretary of sign LLC filed Articles of Organization State shall mail a copy of any process State on October 30, 2020. Its office with the NYS Department of State on against, Shankev Properties, LLC served upon him or her is c/o the Company, Temple B’rith Kodesh • tbk.org is located in Monroe County. The Sec- 11/16/2020. Its office is located in Mon- retary of State has been designated as 1337 North Goodman Street, Rochester, roe County. The Secretary of State is 2131 Elmwood Ave. 244-7060 agent upon whom process against it NY 14609. Shankev Properties, LLC is designated as agent of the Company may be served and a copy of any process formed for the purpose of engaging Temple Beth El, Geneva • bethelgeneva.org upon whom process against it may be will be mailed to The LLC, 1080 Pittsford in any and all business activities per- 755 S. Main St. (315) 789-2945 Victor Road, Suite 200, Pittsford, New served, and a copy of any process shall mitted under the laws of the State of York 14534. The purpose of the LLC is be mailed to 933 University Ave., Apt. New York. Temple Emanu-El • emanuelrochester.org any lawful activity. 233, Rochester, NY 14607. Its purpose is any lawful business. NOTICE OF FORMATION 2956 St. Paul Blvd. 266-1978 Notice of Qualification of HANGING TOOTH, LLC REFORM Analog Properties LLC NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Hanging Tooth, LLC filed Articles of Congregation Etz Chaim • congregationetzchaim.org Authority filed with Secy. of State LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Organization with the NY Department of 2 Mountain Rise, Fairport 223-5344 of N.Y. (SSNY) on September 22, 2020. BD Sandstone Hollow Apartments State on November 3, 2020. Its office is Temple Sinai • Tsinai.org 363 Penfield Rd. 381-6890 Office location: Ontario County. LLC Member, LLC filed Articles of Organi- located in Monroe County. The Secretary 10:30 a.m. Shabbat Morning Service. formed in Colorado (“CO”) on Novem- zation with the NY Department of State of State has been designated as agent ber 30, 2017. SSNY designated as agent on 11/10/2020. Its office is located in of the Company upon whom process Congregation Beth Hamedresh-Beth Israel of LLC upon whom process against it against it may be served, and a copy Monroe County. The Secretary of State bhbirochester.org • 1369 East Ave. 244-2060 may be served. SSNY shall mail process is designated as agent of the Company of any process shall be mailed to 324 to: 1 South Nevada Avenue, Suite 200, upon whom process against it may be Burnt Mill Rd, Churchville, NY 14428. The Temple Beth Am • bethamrochester.org Colorado Springs, CO 80903. address of purpose of the Company is any lawful served, and a copy shall be mailed to 2131Elmwood Avenue, Entrance A 334-4855 LLC: 1 South Nevada Avenue, Suite 200, P.O. Box 1823, Lenox, MA 01240. Its business. Colorado Springs, CO 80903. Arts. of purpose is any lawful business. NOTICE OF FORMATION Temple Beth David • tbdrochester.org Org. filed with CO Secy. of State, 1700 2131Elmwood Avenue, 266-3223 Broadway, Suite 200, Denver, CO 80290. 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Purpose: any lawful activity. LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY CONSERVATIVE Secretary of State on November 19, 2020. Temple Beth El • tberochester.org Sandstone Hollow Apartments NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Its office is located in Monroe County. 139 Winton Rd. South 473-1770 Member, LLC filed Articles of Organi- ROCHESTER SPRAYFOAM The Secretary of State has been des- zation with the NY Department of State ASSOCIATES LLC ignated as agent upon whom process Chabad Lubavitch • chabadrochester.com Rochester Sprayfoam Associates on 11/10/2020. Its office is located in against it may be served and a copy of 1037 Winton Rd. South 271-0330 LLC filed Articles of Organization with Monroe County. The Secretary of State any process will be mailed to The LLC, 49 NYS on 11/12/2020. (1) Its principal of- is designated as agent of the Company Vineyard Hill, Fairport, NY 14450. The Congregation Beth Hakneses Hachodosh fice is in Monroe County, NY. (2) The upon whom process against it may be purpose of the LLC is any lawful activity. congbhh.org • 19 St. Regis Dr. North 406-7561 Secretary of State has been designated served, and a copy shall be mailed to as agent upon whom process against it P.O. Box 1823, Lenox, MA 01240. Its LEGAL NOTICE: NOTICE OF Congregation Beth Sholom may be served and a copy of any process FORMATION OF LIMITED purpose is any lawful business. LIABILITY COMPANY: bethsholomrochester.org • 1161 Monroe Ave. 473-1625 will be mailed to the LLC, 388 Mason ORTHODOX Road, Fairport, NY 14450. (3) Purpose: NOTICE OF FORMATION OF The name of the Limited Liability Congregation Light of Israel (Sephardic) Any lawful purpose. LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Company is 1216 Lake LLC. The Articles Sandstone Hollow Apartments, of Organization were filed with the New lightofisrael.org • 1675 Monroe Ave. 271-5690 NOTICE OF FORMATION LLC filed Articles of Organization York Secretary of State on November Ohel Avraham • ohelavraham.net Meristem Solutions, LLC filed Ar- with the NY Department of State on 19, 2020. The office of the Company is ticles of Organization with Sec. of State located in the County of Monroe, State Temple B’rith Kodesh, 2131 Elmwood Ave. 389-2525

11/9/2020. Its office is located in Monroe OTHER (SSNY) on November 4, 2020. Office County. The Secretary of State is desig- of New York. The New York Secretary location: Monroe County. SSNY des- nated as agent of the Company upon of State is designated as the agent of ignated as agent of LLC upon whom whom process against it may be served, the Company upon whom process in Victor Road, Suite 200, Pittsford, New Notice of Formation of any action or proceeding against it may Wrays Properties, LLC process against it may be served. SSNY and a copy shall be mailed to P.O. Box York 14534. The purpose of the LLC is shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 355 be served, and the address to which 1823, Lenox, MA 01240. Its purpose is any lawful activity. Wrays Propeties, LLC filed Articles Paul Road, Rochester, New York 14624. the Secretary of State shall mail a copy any lawful business. of Organization with NYS on 10/27/2020. Purpose: any lawful activity. of process in any action or proceeding LEGAL NOTICE Its principal office is in Monroe County, NOTICE OF FORMATION OF against the Company served upon him Westgate Nursing Home Inc d/b/a New York. The principal business location Notice of Formation of or her is 1216 Lake Road, Webster, New Wordsongs Online, LLC LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Creekview Nursing and Rehab Center is is 160 Despatch Dr., East Rochester, NY York 14580. The purpose of the business 3300 Brother Blvd Bartlett TN LLC an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) 14445. The Secretary of State has been The name of the limited liability is any lawful business. company is Wordsongs Online, LLC. filed Articles of Organization with the employer and does not discriminate on designated as its agent and the post Articles of Organization were filed with NY Department of State on 11/2/2020. Notice of formation of BLONSKY the basis of race, color, national origin, office address to which the Secretary Its office is located in Monroe County. FAMILY CHIROPRACTIC PLLC of State shall mail a copy of any process the New York Department of State on religion, gender, age, veteran status, November 9, 2020. The office location The Secretary of State is designated Art. Of Org. filed with the Sect’y of against it is c/o Wrays Properties, LLC, 160 political affiliation, sexual orientation, is Monroe County, NY. The Secretary as agent of the Company upon whom State of NY (SSNY) on 11/13/20. Office in Despatch Dr., East Rochester, NY 14445. of State of the State of New York is process against it may be served, and a Monroe County. SSNY has been designat- marital status or disability (in compliance Purpose: Any lawful purpose. designated as the agent of the limited copy shall be mailed to 600 East Avenue, ed as agent of the PLLC upon whom pro- with the Americans with Disabilities Act) NOTICE OF FORMATION OF cess against it may be served. SSNY shall with respect to employment opportu- liability company upon whom process Suite 200, Rochester, NY 14607. Its pur- LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY against it may be served. The Secretary pose is any lawful business. mail process to the PLLC, 3019 MONROE nities. of State of New York shall mail a copy AVE ROCHESTER, NY, 14618. Purpose: Swiftwater Strategies LLC filed of process to PO Box 25124, Rochester, NOTICE Any lawful purpose NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Articles of Organization with the NY De- NY 14625. The Company is formed for Articles of Organization with respect MEDICAL TREATMENT GROUP partment of State on November 19, 2020. NOTICE OF FORMATION any and all lawful purposes. The Com- to Almar Meat Markets, LLC, a New OF ROCHESTER PLLC Its office is located in Monroe County. pany is to be managed by one or more York limited liability company, were Notice of formation of limited liability Medical Treatment Group of Roch- The Secretary of State has been desig- company (LLC) KAPC, LLC. Articles of members, and no member shall be held filed with the Secretary of State of the ester PLLC filed Articles of Organization nated as agent of the Company upon Organization filed with the Secretary of liable in their capacity as members of State of New York on November 16, whom process against it may be served, State of the State of New York (SSNY) with NYS on 11/25/2020. (1) Its principal the Company for any debts, obligations 2020. The county in New York State and a copy of any process shall be mailed on November 13, 2020. Office location: office is in Monroe County, NY. (2) The and liabilities of the Company. where its office is located is Monroe to 145 Culver Rd., Ste. 160, Rochester, NY Monroe County. SSNY designated as Secretary of State has been designated as 14620. Its purpose is any lawful business. NOTICE OF FORMATION County. The Secretary of State has been agent upon whom process against it may agent upon whom process against it may designated as agent of Almar Meat Mar- OF MERAN SDN LLC be served. Address to which SSNY shall be served and a copy of any process will NOTICE OF FORMATION kets, LLC upon whom process against Meran SDN LLC filed Articles of Or- mail a copy of process 750 St. Paul Street, be mailed to the PLLC, Attn: Seth Rock- Lanmark 1 LLC has filed Articles ganization with NYS on November 12, it may be served; and the post office Suite 1100, Rochester, New York 14605. off, 919 S. Winton Road, Rochester, NY of Organization with the Secretary of 2020. (1) Its principal office is in Monroe address to which the Secretary of State Purpose: any lawful purpose. State on December 1, 2020. Its office is 14618. (3) Purpose: Any lawful purpose. County, New York. (2) The Secretary of shall mail a copy of any process against, located in Monroe County. The Secretary NOTICE OF FORMATION State has been designated as its agent Almar Meat Markets, LLC served upon of State has been designated as agent FLOWER CITY RE LLC has filed Arti- Notice of Formation of and the post office address to which him or her is c/o the Company, 1337 upon whom process against it may be cles of Organization with the Secretary Professional Service Limited the Secretary of State shall mail a copy North Goodman Street, Rochester, NY Liability Company (“PLLC”) served and a copy of any process will be of any process against it is: the LLC, 14609. Almar Meat Markets, LLC is of State on November 23, 2020. Its office Name: Christopher J Richardson, mailed to The LLC, 84 Wakecliffe Drive, 2300 Buffalo Road 100-D, Rochester, NY formed for the purpose of engaging is located in Monroe County. The Sec- retary of State has been designated as DO PLLC. Articles of Organization filed Rochester, New York 14616. The purpose 14624. (3) Purpose: Any lawful purpose. in any and all business activities per- agent upon whom process against it may of the LLC is any lawful activity. mitted under the laws of the State of with the Secretary of State with the State NOTICE OF FILING OF APPLICATION be served and a copy of any process will of New York (“SSNY”) on: November NOTICE OF FORMATION FOR AUTHORITY OF SUMMIT New York. be mailed to The LLC, 19 Orchard Street, 10, 2020. Office Location: County of Notice of formation of limited liabil- KNOLLS TOWNHOMES LLC Fairport, New York 14450. The purpose Notice of Formation of Monroe. Principal Business Location: 69 ity company (LLC) Bear Spruce, LLC. Name: Summit Knolls Townho- S.D.K Properties LLC of the LLC is any lawful activity. mes LLC (LLC). Authority filed with NY Cascade Drive, Apt. 402, Rochester, New Articles of Organization filed with the S.D.K Properties LLC filed Articles Secretary of State (SSNY): 11/06/20. LLC NOTICE OF FORMATION York 14614. Purpose: to practice the Secretary of State of the State of New of Organization with NYS on 10/30/2020. York (SSNY) on November 25, 2020. organized in Delaware: 11/04/20. NY LIMELIGHT TREE HILL LLC has filed profession of Medicine. The Secretary of Its principal office is in Monroe County, Office location: Monroe County. SSNY office location: Monroe County. SSNY Articles of Organization with the Secre- State of the State of New York has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom New York. The principal business loca- tary of State on November 20, 2020. Its designated as agent upon whom process designated as agent of the LLC upon process against it may be served. SSNY tion is 3611 Culver Rd. Rochester NY office is located in Monroe County. The against it may be served. Address to shall mail copy of process to The LLC, 14622. The Secretary of State has been Secretary of State has been designated whom process against it may be served. which SSNY shall mail a copy of process 940 Summitville Drive, Webster, NY designated as its agent and the post as agent upon whom process against it SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to: 1279 Pittsford Mendon Road, Mendon, 14580. Address of office maintained in office address to which the Secretary may be served and a copy of any process 69 Cascade Drive, Apt. 402, Rochester, New York 14506. Purpose: any lawful jurisdiction of formation: 1675 South of State shall mail a copy of any process will be mailed to The LLC, 1080 Pittsford New York 14614 purpose. Page 12 • THE JEWISH LEDGER • Thursday, December 24, 2020

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF one or more managers. No members Goodway Drive #1002, Rochester, NY whom process against the LLC may it may be served and a copy of any process HARD ROAD REALTY LLC of the Company shall be liable in their 14623. The purpose of the Company be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy shall be mailed to 28 Samantha’s Way, Hard Road Realty LLC filed Articles capacity as members of the Company is any and all lawful act or activity. of any process to The Company 253 Pittsford, NY 14534. Any lawful purpose. of Organization with NYS on November for debts, obligations or liabilities Hollybrook Road, Rochester, New 24, 2020. (1) Its principal office is in Mon- of the Company. No member of the NOTICE OF FORMATION NOTICE OF FORMATION OF MORRIS HOLDINGS GROUP, LLC York 14623. COUNTY OF FORMA- roe County, New York. (2) The Secretary Company, solely by reason of being a LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Articles of Organization filed with TION: Monroe PURPOSE: To engage of State has been designated as its agent member, is an agent of the Company Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 12/03/2020. in any lawful act or activity. Notice of formation of limited liability and the post office address to which the for the purpose of its business, and Office location: Monroe County. company (LLC). Name: Prince Develop- Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any no member shall have the authority NOTICE OF FORMATION OF SSNY designated as agent of LLC ment Group, LLC. Articles of Organiza- process against it is: the LLC, PO Box 230, to act for the Company solely by PROFESSIONAL LIMITED upon whom process against it may be Henrietta, NY 14467. (3) Purpose: Any virtue of being a member. Purpose/ LIABILITY COMPANY tion filed with Secretary of State of New served. SSNY shall mail copy of pro- lawful purpose. character of the Company: any and Tracy Nemecek, LMHC, Men- York (SSNY) on December 14, 2020. New cess to c/o the Company, 6 Crabtree all lawful activities. tal Health Counselor, PLLC filed York office location: Monroe County. Circle, Webster, NY 14850 Methodical Transport, LLC filed Articles of Organization with the Principal business location: 1537 Pleasant NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION Articales of Organization with the New Notice Of Authority Of NY Department of State on Novem- Harbour Way, Tampa, FL 33602. SSNY is York Department of State on 11/18/2020. Notice of formation of limited lia- Foreign Limited Liability ber 9, 2020. Its office is located in designated as agent upon whom process It’s office is located in Monroe County. bility company. Name: FSI 2599 LLC Company (“LLC”) Monroe County. The Secretary of against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall The Secretary of State has been desig- (the Company). Articles of Organi- Name: Semify, LLC. Jurisdic- State has been designated as agent mail a copy of any such process to: 1537 nated as agent of the Company upon zation filed with Secretary of State tion: Virginia. Date Of Formation: of the Company upon whom pro- whom process against it may be served of NY (SSNY) on 11/19/20. NY office 05/13/2008. Office Location With- cess against it may be served, and a Pleasant Harbour Way, Tampa, FL 33602. and a copy of any process shall be mailed location: Monroe County. SSNY is in State Of New York: County Of copy of any process served upon him LLC is to be managed by one member. to: Methodical Transport, LLC, P.O. Box designated as agent upon whom Monroe. The Secretary Of State Of or her shall be mailed to P.O. Box LLC is organized to engage in any lawful 31144 Rochester, NY 14603. The purpose process against the Company may be The State Of New York Has Been 25295, Rochester, New York, 14625. act or activity for which limited liability of the Company is Commercial Trans- served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any Designated As Agent Of The LLC The profession to be practiced is companies may be organized under the portation. such process to: c/o the Company, 90 Upon Whom Process Against It May mental health counseling. Goodway Drive, Rochester, NY 14623. Limited Liability Company Law. NOTICE OF FORMATION Be Served. SSNY Shall Mail A Copy The Company is to be managed by NOTICE OF FORMATION 209 Sanford Street LLC has filed Ar- Of Any Process To: 46 B Sager Drive, Notice of Formation one or more managers. No members Notice of formation of limited lia- ticles of Organization with the Secretary Rochester, NY 14607. Principal Busi- 44 Hurst Avenue, LLC (“LLC”) filed Ar- of the Company shall be liable in their bility company (LLC) DMZ Properties of State on December 1, 2020. Its office is ness Location: 46 B Sager Drive, Roch- ticles of Organization with the NY Sec. of capacity as members of the Company LLC. Articles of Organization filed located in Monroe County. The Secretary ester, NY 14607. The Foreign Limited for debts, obligations or liabilities with the Secretary of State of the State (“SSNY”) on 12/2/20. Office location: of State has been designated as agent Liability Company Was In Existence of the Company. No member of the In Its Jurisdiction Of Formation At State of New York (SSNY) on Decem- Monroe County. SSNY is designated as upon whom process against it may be Company, solely by reason of being a agent of LLC upon whom process against served and a copy of any process will be The Time It Applied For Authority To ber 1, 2020. Office location: Monroe member, is an agent of the Company it may be served and shall mail a copy of mailed to The LLC, 16 Smallwood Drive, Conduct Business Within New York County. SSNY designated as agent for the purpose of its business, and State And Is Currently In Existence. upon whom process against it may be process to 461 Claybourne Road, Roches- Pittsford, New York 14534. The purpose no member shall have the authority of the LLC is any lawful activity. Authorized Officer Where Articles served. Address to which SSNY shall ter, NY 14618. Purpose: any lawful activity. to act for the Company solely by Of Organization Are Filed: Virginia mail a copy of process 408 Mt. Airy NOTICE OF FORMATION virtue of being a member. Purpose/ Secretary of State, 1111 E Broad St #4, Drive, Rochester, NY 14617. Purpose: NOTICE OF FILING OF APPLICATION 537 South Goodman LLC has filed character of the Company: any and Richmond, VA 23219 any lawful purpose. FOR AUTHORITY OF YES Articles of Organization with the Secre- all lawful activities. PARKS NEW YORK, LLC Notice of Formation of Limited Notice of Formation of LLC. tary of State on September 30, 2020. Its NOTICE OF FORMATION Liability Company (“LLC”) Name: YES Parks New York, LLC office is located in Monroe County. The Clifford TIC, LLC (LLC) filed Arts. OF HURRICANE 22 LLC Name: Tall Poppy Farm, LLC. (LLC). Authority filed with NY Secretary of Secretary of State has been designated of Org. with Secy. of State of NY Hurricane 22 LLC filed Articles of Articles of Organization filed with State (NYSS): 12/1/2020. LLC organized in as agent upon whom process against it (SSNY) on 10/19/2020. Office location: Organization with NYS on 12/2/2020. the Secretary of State with the State Pennsylvania: 11/24/2020. NY office loca- may be served and a copy of any process Monroe County. SSNY designated as (1) Its principal office is in Monroe of New York (“SSNY”) on: December will be mailed to The LLC, P.O. Box 326, agent of the LLC upon whom process tion: Monroe County. NYSS designated as County, NY. (2) The Secretary of 9, 2020. Office Location: 1921 Harris Manchester, New Hampshire 03105. The may be served and SSNY shall mail agent of LLC upon whom process against State has been designated as agent Road, Penfield, NY 14526 County purpose of the LLC is any lawful activity. process to the LLC at 26 Guilford Way, it may be served. NYSS shall mail copy of upon whom process against it may be of: Monroe. Principal Business Lo- Pittsford, NY 14534. Purpose: any busi- process to the LLC, 200 North Monroe NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION served and a copy of any process will cation: 1921 Harris Road, Penfield, ness permitted under law. Notice of formation of limited li- be mailed to the LLC, 2370 Monroe NY 14526. Purpose: any and all law- Street, Suite 100, Media, PA 19063. Ad- ability company. Name: IBH HQ LLC Avenue, Rochester, NY 14618. (3) ful act or activity. The Secretary of NOTICE OF FORMATION OF dress of office maintained in jurisdiction (the Company). Articles of Organi- Purpose: Any lawful purpose. State of the State of New York has 1901 LAC DE VILLE BLVD, LLC of formation: 600-G Eden Road, Lancaster, zation filed with Secretary of State NOTICE OF FORMATION been designated as agent of the LLC 1901 Lac de Ville Blvd, LLC filed PA 17601. Copy of Certificate of Formation upon whom process against it may of NY (SSNY) on 11/30/20. NY office 707 PVR LLC has filed Articles of Articles of Organization with NYS on on file with the Pennsylvania Secretary of be served. SSNY shall mail a copy location: Monroe County. SSNY is Organization with the Secretary of December 9, 2020. (1) Its principal office State at 401 North Street, Harrisburg, PA of any process to: 1921 Harris Road, designated as agent upon whom State on October 19, 2020. Its office is in Monroe County, New York. (2) The 17120. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. Penfield, NY 14526 process against the Company may be is located in Monroe County. The Sec- Secretary of State has been designated as served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any retary of State has been designated LEGAL NOTICE: NOTICE OF its agent and the post office address to NOTICE OF FORMATION OF such process to: c/o the Company, 90 as agent upon whom process against FORMATION OF LIMITED which the Secretary of State shall mail a MBDAJD VENTURES LLC Goodway Drive, Rochester, NY 14623. it may be served and a copy of any LIABILITY COMPANY: copy of any process against it is: the LLC, MBDAJD Ventures LLC filed Articles The Company is to be managed by process will be mailed to The LLC, The name of the Limited Liability 71 N. Country Club Drive, Rochester, NY of Organization with NYS on 12/10/2020. one or more managers. No members 1080 Pittsford Victor Road, Suite 200, Company is Abundant Solar Power 14618. (3) Purpose: Any lawful purpose. of the Company shall be liable in their (1) Its principal office is in Monroe County, Pittsford, New York 14534. The pur- (Erwin) LLC. The Articles of Organi- NY. (2) The Secretary of State has been capacity as members of the Company zation were filed with the New York Notice of Formation of Limited pose of the LLC is any lawful activity. Liability Company (“LLC”) designated as agent upon whom process for debts, obligations or liabilities Secretary of State on December 7, of the Company. No member of the Notice of Formation 2020. The office of the Company is Name: Tortarella Properties, LLC. against it may be served and a copy of any Company, solely by reason of being a WaistNot Skin & Body Wellness, located in the County of Monroe, Articles of Organization filed with the process will be mailed to the LLC, 2370 member, is an agent of the Company LLC. Articles of Organization filed State of New York. The New York Secretary of State with the State of New Monroe Avenue, Rochester, NY 14618. (3) for the purpose of its business, and Sec’y of State (SSNY) 10/23/20. Office Secretary of State is designated as York (“SSNY”) on: December 11, 2020. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. no member shall have the authority location: Monroe County. SSNY des- the agent of the Company upon Office Location: County of Monroe. Prin- to act for the Company solely by ignated as agent of LLC upon whom whom process in any action or pro- cipal Business Location: 823 Arlberg Circle, NOTICE OF FORMATION OF virtue of being a member. Purpose/ process against it may be served. ceeding against it may be served, and Webster, New York 14580. Purpose: any AAA 70 CEDARFIELD, LLC character of the Company: any and SSNY shall mail copy of process to 192 the address to which the Secretary of and all lawful act or activity. The Secre- AAA 70 Cedarfield, LLC filed Articles all lawful activities. Penhurst Street Rochester, NY 14619. State shall mail a copy of process in tary of State of the State of New York has of Organization with NYS on 12/10/2020. Purpose: any lawful activities. NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION any action or proceeding against been designated as agent of the LLC upon (1) Its principal office is in Monroe County, whom process against it may be served. Notice of formation of limited li- Notice of Formation of Limited the Company served upon him or NY. (2) The Secretary of State has been her is 700 W Metro Park, Rochester, SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to: ability company (LLC). Name: WF El- Liability Company (“LLC”) designated as agent upon whom process New York 14623. The purpose of the 823 Arlberg Circle, Webster, New York mridge LLC (the Company). Articles Name: Rum Buffer LLC. Articles against it may be served and a copy of any of Organization filed with Secretary business is any lawful business. 14580 of Organization filed with the Secre- process will be mailed to the LLC, 244 Kirk of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/19/20. tary of State with the State of New NOTICE OF FORMATION NOTICE OF FORMATION OF KB Road, Rochester, NY 14612. (3) Purpose: NY office location: Monroe County. York (“SSNY”) on: December 7, 2020. & SON PROPERTIES LLC EMPIRE DP INVESTORS LLC has Any lawful purpose. SSNY is designated as agent upon Office Location: County of Monroe. filed Articles of Organization with KB & Son Properties LLC filed Articles whom process against the Company Principal Business Location: 300 Hylan the Secretary of State on December of Organization with the New York Secre- NOTICE OF FORMATION OF may be served. SSNY shall mail a Drive, Suite 6 #302, Rochester, New 9, 2020. Its office is located in Mon- tary of State on December 10, 2020. (1) Its LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY copy of any such process to: c/o the York 14623. Purpose: any and all roe County. The Secretary of State principal office is in Monroe County, New Company, 550 Latona Road, Building Tessera Wealth Management, LLC lawful act or activity. The Secretary has been designated as agent upon York. (2) The principal business location is A, Rochester, New York 14626. The filed Articles of Organization with the of State of the State of New York has whom process against it may be 15 Stamber Lane, Spencerport, New York Company is to be managed by one been designated as agent of the LLC NY Department of State on 12/8/2020. served and a copy of any process will 14559. (3) The Secretary of State has been or more managers. No members of upon whom process against it may Its office is located in Monroe County. be mailed to The LLC, 69B Monroe designated as its agent and the post office the Company shall be liable in their be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of Avenue, Pittsford, New York 14534. address to which the Secretary of State The Secretary of State is designated as capacity as members of the Company any process to: 300 Hylan Drive, Suite The purpose of the LLC is any lawful agent of the Company upon whom pro- for debts, obligations or liabilities shall mail a copy of any process against it 6 #302, Rochester, New York 14623 activity. cess against it may be served, and a copy of the Company. No member of the is c/o The LLC, 15 Stamber Lane, Spencer- Company, solely by reason of being a NOTICE OF FORMATION NOTICE OF FORMATION OF port, New York 14559. (4) Purpose: Any shall be mailed to 500 Linden Oaks, Suite member, is an agent of the Company 1919 NORTH UNION LLC has filed LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY lawful purpose. #301, Rochester, NY 14625. Its purpose is Articles of Organization with the Sec- for the purpose of its business, and Centre Park DeSoto TX LLC filed NOTICE OF FORMATION any lawful business. no member shall have the authority retary of State on December 7, 2020. Articles of Organization with the NY AMD GROUP PROPERTIES LLC has to act for the Company solely by Its office is located in Monroe County. Department of State on 11/19/2020. Notice of Formation of Limited filed Articles of Organization with the virtue of being a member. Purpose/ The Secretary of State has been des- Its office is located in Monroe Coun- Liability Company (“LLC”) character of the Company: any and ignated as agent upon whom process ty. The Secretary of State is designat- Secretary of State on December 14, 2020. Name: The Quiet Place Getaways, Its office is located in Monroe County. The all lawful activities. against it may be served and a copy ed as agent of the Company upon LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State has been designated as of any process will be mailed to The whom process against it may be the Secretary of State with the State of NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION LLC, 308 Edgemere Drive, Rochester, agent upon whom process against it may served, and a copy shall be mailed New York (“SSNY”) on: December 14, Notice of formation of limited li- New York 14612. The purpose of the to 600 East Avenue, Suite 200, Roch- be served and a copy of any process will be 2020. Office Location: County of Monroe. ability company. Name: FSI DWO3 LLC is any lawful activity. ester, NY 14607. Its purpose is any mailed to The LLC, 146 Old Meadow Drive, LLC (the Company). Articles of Orga- lawful business. Rochester, NY 14626. The purpose of the Principal Business Location: 823 Arlberg nization filed with Secretary of State Morillo Strategic Consulting LLC is any lawful activity. Circle, Webster, New York 14580. Purpose: of NY (SSNY) on 11/24/20. NY office LLC filed Articles of Organization LEGAL NOTICE any and all lawful act or activity. The NOTICE OF FORMATION location: Monroe County. SSNY is with the New York Department of Notice of Formation of Retrolight Secretary of State of the State of New designated as agent upon whom State on 07/30/2020. Its office is locat- Studios, LLC a domestic Limited RTST Group, LLC filed Articles of Orga- York has been designated as agent of the process against the Company may be ed in Monroe County. The Secretary Liability Company (LLC). Art. of Org. nization with the New York Department served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any of State has been designated as agent filed with the SSNY December 7, of State on December 7, 2020. Its office is LLC upon whom process against it may such process to: c/o the Company, 90 of the Company upon whom process 2020. Office location: 253 Hollybrook located in Monroe County. The Secretary be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any Goodway Drive, Rochester, NY 14623. against it may be served and a copy Road, Rochester, New York 14623. of State has been designated as agent of process to: 823 Arlberg Circle, Webster, The Company is to be managed by of any process shall be mailed to 21 SSNY is designated agent upon the Company upon whom process against New York 14580  THE JEWISH LEDGER • Thursday, December 24, 2020 • Page 13

Combating Hate … Sharansky Responds to Anti-Semitism Panel: ‘Progressives’ Portray Jews as ‘Oppressors’ (JNS) — Human-rights icon Natan and are neo-colonialists,” she said. noted a common theme is often “the Sharansky told a special event on an- Anila Ali, president and founder of perceived power of the Jewish people.” ti-Semitism on Wednesday that too American Muslims & Multifaith Wom- Arizona State House Rep. Alma Her- many progressive voices regard Jews en’s Empowerment Council (AMWEC), nandez, a Jewish Mexican American, as “oppressors,” and are not protecting firmly stated, “We believe that as Mus- said, “I am a very progressive Democrat, individual freedoms and human rights. lims we don’t get to define what an- but being told that I have to choose He was speaking at an event countering ti-Semitism is. That is up to Jews.” between being part of the progressive a panel the day before on anti-Semi- Relating specifically to the Dec. 15 movement or support Israel is not some- tism headlined by Rep. Rashida Tlaib panel, she said “when Rep. Tlaib’s office thing I am prepared to compromise on.” (D-Mich.), Professor Marc Lamont Hill was contacted over this sham of an an- On the question of where attitudes and journalist Peter Beinart —individ- A panel of Jewish activists from diverse back- ti-Semitism conference, she only called towards Israel become anti-Semitic, uals who have themselves perpetuated grounds debated aspects of contemporary out white nationalists.” Ashager Araro, founder of Batta-Ethio- anti-Semitism. anti-Semitism on Dec. 16, 2020. Credit: Combat pian Israeli Heritage Center commented, Sharansky was joined by U.S. As- Anti-Semitism. ‘Not a left or right problem’ “Once you say that the Jewish people sistant Special Envoy to Monitor and A panel of activists from diverse back- are the only people who don’t have Combat Anti-Semitism Ellie Cohanim rights from Jews by so-called progres- grounds debated various aspects of the right to self-determination, it is an- and a range of high-level speakers and sives. …For the so-called progressives, contemporary anti-Semitism with many ti-Semitism.” activists, amplifying the voices of actual all the world is the fight between ‘op- decrying the false contradiction too Mahrinah Shije, executive director of Jewish leaders to provide an accurate pressors’ and ‘oppressed.’ ‘Oppressors’ often presented between being both Pueblo Development Commission, called account of anti-Semitism. The online are always wrong, and the ‘oppressed’ progressive and Jewish. for education towards a better under- event was organized by the Combat An- are always right. There is no such thing Hen Mazzig, a senior fellow at The standing of Zionism as self-determina- ti-Semitism Movement, in partnership as individual justice; it has to be for the Tel Aviv Institute said, “It is so harmful tion, saying “the banning of Zionists with the Tel Aviv Institute. group.” to feel that our identity is being chal- from these [progressive] spaces takes It took place in the aftermath of Tues- He said in the eyes of these voices, lenged—that we must choose between authority away from our narratives.” day’s “Dismantling Anti-Semitism: Win- “Jews are guilty of belonging to the our progressive values and the fight Combat Anti-Semitism Movement di- ning Justice” panel that featured Tlaib, wrong state — the State of Israel,” and against anti-Semitism.” rector Sacha Roytman-Dratwa explained a strong supporter of boycotting Israel; that “Jews are accused as a group and Rabbi Sandra Lawson, associate chap- that “our event was an opportunity to Temple University professor Hill, who Israel is accused as a Jewish state.” lain for Jewish Life at Elon University in set the record straight. The likes of Rep. has endorsed the Palestinian slogan Cohanim outlined her own personal North Carolina, emphasized that “an- Tlaib and Professor Hill have no right to “from the river to the sea” commonly and family background from Iran, em- ti-Semitism is a problem, which is not a attempt to define Jew-hatred, especially viewed as a call to destroy Israel; and phasizing the hundreds of thousands of left or right problem.” given their track record of stoking an- the panel’s sole Jewish participant, CNN Jews originally from Arab and Middle That was a point also made by Craig ti-Semitism. Instead, they should listen commentator and New York Times col- Eastern countries. She said that there Dershowitz, CEO of Artists 4 Israel and to the many Jewish leaders and activists, umnist Beinart, who has publicly reject- is a “pernicious new form of anti-Sem- president of the Healing Arts Kits and like those we heard from today, who by ed the need for a Jewish state. itism” that seeks to erase this history. Healing Ink. He said, “We need to rec- definition truly understand anti-Semi- Sharansky said “today, there is an “This erasure of history allows the ac- ognize that the anti-Semitism we are tism and have dedicated themselves to attempt to hijack the cause of human cusation that Jews enjoy white privilege seeing is not one model,” although he fighting for minority rights.” b Legal Notices … San Gabriel LLC filed Articles of Orga- Company shall be liable in their capacity and no member shall have the authority ignated as agent of the LLC upon whom to act for the Company solely by virtue nization with the New York Department as members of the Company for debts, to act for the Company solely by virtue process against it may be served. SSNY of being a member. Purpose/character of of State on 12/09/20. Its office is located in obligations or liabilities of the Company. of being a member. Purpose/character of shall mail process to the LLC, 59 AVALON the Company: any and all lawful activities. Monroe County. The Secretary of State has No member of the Company, solely by rea- the Company: any and all lawful activities. DR ROCHESTER, NY, 14618. Purpose: Any been designated as agent of the Company son of being a member, is an agent of the NOTICE OF FORMATION OF NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION lawful purpose LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY upon whom process against it may be Company for the purpose of its business, served and a copy of any process shall be and no member shall have the authority Notice of formation of limited liability Notice of Formation of Limited Notice of formation of limited liability mailed to San Gabriel LLC PO Box 10819 to act for the Company solely by virtue company (LLC). Name: BNC APM LLC Liability Company (“LLC”) company (LLC). Name: 1090 State LLC. Rochester NY 14610. The purpose of the of being a member. Purpose/character of (the Company). Articles of Organization Name: Epstein Brothers LLC. Articles Articles of Organization filed with Sec- Company is general. the Company: any and all lawful activities. filed with Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) of Organization filed with the Secretary of retary of State of New York (SSNY) on on 12/14/20. NY office location: Monroe State with the State of New York (“SSNY”) December 22, 2020. New York office lo- Notice of Formation of Limited NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION County. SSNY is designated as agent upon on: November 9, 2020. Office Location: cation: Monroe County. Principal business Liability Company (“LLC”) Notice of formation of limited liability whom process against the Company may County of Monroe. Principal Business Lo- location: 11 Sturbridge Lane, Pittsford, Name: Lindner Security LLC. Articles company (LLC). Name: Capstone Family be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any cation: 137 Heatherstone Lane, Rochester, New York 14534. SSNY is designated as of Organization filed with the Secretary of Buffalo Street LLC (the Company). Arti- such process to: c/o the Company, 23 NY 14618. Purpose: any and all lawful act agent upon whom process against the LLC State with the State of New York (“SSNY”) cles of Organization filed with Secretary Chamber Valley Estates, Spencerport, NY or activity. The Secretary of State of the may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of on: November 26, 2008. Office Location: of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/14/20. NY 14559. The Company is to be managed by any such process to: 11 Sturbridge Lane, 23 Birch Crescent, Rochester, New York State of New York has been designated office location: Monroe County. SSNY is one or more managers. No members of as agent of the LLC upon whom process Pittsford, New York 14534. LLC is to be 14607 County of: Monroe. Principal Busi- designated as agent upon whom process the Company shall be liable in their capac- managed by one or more members. LLC is ness Location: 23 Birch Crescent, Roches- against it may be served. SSNY shall mail against the Company may be served. SSNY ity as members of the Company for debts, a copy of any process to: 137 Heatherstone organized to engage in any lawful act or ter, New York 14607. Purpose: any and shall mail a copy of any such process to: obligations or liabilities of the Company. Lane, Rochester, New York 14618. activity for which limited liability compa- all lawful act or activity. The Secretary of c/o the Company, 100 Savannah Street, No member of the Company, solely by rea- nies may be organized under the Limited State of the State of New York has been Rochester, NY 14607. The Company is to son of being a member, is an agent of the NOTICE OF FORMATION Liability Company Law. designated as agent of the LLC upon be managed by one or more managers. No Company for the purpose of its business, JUG PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LLC whom process against it may be served. NOTICE OF FORMATION OF members of the Company shall be liable in and no member shall have the authority has filed Articles of Organization with the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to: LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY their capacity as members of the Company to act for the Company solely by virtue Secretary of State on December 21, 2020. 23 Birch Crescent, Rochester, New York Woodland Ave Reno NV LLC filed for debts, obligations or liabilities of the of being a member. Purpose/character of Its office is located in Monroe County. The 14607 Articles of Organization with the NY De- Company. No member of the Company, the Company: any and all lawful activities. Secretary of State has been designated as solely by reason of being a member, is an partment of State on 12/15/2020. Its office Notice of formation of limited NOTICE OF FORMATION BUFFALO agent upon whom process against it may agent of the Company for the purpose of is located in Monroe County. The Secretary liability company (LLC) STREET REALTY ASSOCIATES LLC be served and a copy of any process will be its business, and no member shall have the of State is designated as agent of the Com- Name: Gabrielle’s Legacy, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with mailed to The LLC, 500 E 4th Street, Unit authority to act for the Company solely pany upon whom process against it may Articles of Organization filed with the Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 12/15/2020. 232, Austin, TX 78701. The purpose of the by virtue of being a member. Purpose/ be served, and a copy shall be mailed to Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) Office location: Monroe County. SSNY LLC is any lawful activity. character of the Company: any and all 600 East Avenue, Suite 200, Rochester, NY on November 26, 2019. Office location: designated as agent of LLC upon whom lawful activities. NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION 14607. Its purpose is any lawful business. 290 Linden Oaks, Suite 200, Rochester, process against it may be served. SSNY NY 14625. SSNY designated as agent of NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION shall mail copy of process to c/o the Notice of formation of limited liability NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LLC upon whom process against it may company (LLC). Name: Capstone Buffalo Notice of formation of limited liability Company, 784 Admiralty Way, Webster, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY be served. SSNY shall mail copy of pro- Street LLC (the Company). Articles of company (LLC). Name: KAC APM LLC New York 14580 Notice of formation of limited liability cess to: 7586 Blanford Court, Alexandria, (the Company). Articles of Organization Organization filed with Secretary of State company (LLC). Name: ABI Road EEC VA 22315. Purpose: to engage in any Notice of formation of filed with Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) of NY (SSNY) on 10/08/20. NY office loca- LLC. Articles of Organization filed with lawful act or activity. FARM & COUNTRY HOME, LLC. on 12/14/20. NY office location: Monroe tion: Monroe County. SSNY is designated Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) Art. Of Org. filed with the Sect’y of NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION County. SSNY is designated as agent upon as agent upon whom process against the on November 10, 2020. New York office State of NY (SSNY) on 12/17/20. Of- whom process against the Company may Company may be served. SSNY shall mail a location: Monroe County. Principal busi- Notice of formation of limited liability fice in Monroe County. SSNY has been be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any copy of any such process to: c/o the Com- ness location: 116 West Avenue, Fairport, company. Name: FSI Development LLC designated as agent of the LLC upon such process to: c/o the Company, 23 pany, 100 Savannah Street, Rochester, NY New York 14450. SSNY is designated as (the Company). Articles of Organization whom process against it may be served. Chamber Valley Estates, Spencerport, NY 14607. The Company is to be managed by agent upon whom process against the filed with Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 59 14459. The Company is to be managed by one or more managers. No members of LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy on 12/03/20. NY office location: Monroe AVALON DR ROCHESTER, NY, 14618. one or more managers. No members of the Company shall be liable in their capac- of any such process to: 116 West Avenue, County. SSNY is designated as agent upon Purpose: Any lawful purpose whom process against the Company may the Company shall be liable in their capac- ity as members of the Company for debts, Fairport, New York 14450. LLC is to be be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any ity as members of the Company for debts, Notice of formation of obligations or liabilities of the Company. managed by one or more members. LLC is such process to: c/o the Company, 90 obligations or liabilities of the Company. HYDESVILLE ROAD FARM, LLC. No member of the Company, solely by rea- organized to engage in any lawful act or Goodway Drive, Rochester, NY 14623. No member of the Company, solely by rea- Art. Of Org. filed with the Sect’y of son of being a member, is an agent of the activity for which limited liability compa- The Company is to be managed by one son of being a member, is an agent of the State of NY (SSNY) on 12/17/20. Office Company for the purpose of its business, nies may be organized under the Limited or more managers. No members of the Company for the purpose of its business, in Monroe County. SSNY has been des- and no member shall have the authority Liability Company Law. Page 14 • THE JEWISH LEDGER • Thursday, December 24, 2020

World … The UN’s Eternal Hypocrisy on Israel refugees from Palestine and ref- ugees from Poland or the Czech Republic? No, there is not. Each group identified with the aggressors, and each paid a price for that, even if they themselves were not part of the war machine. The difference is that BdV is considered an extreme right- wing organization and even a neo-Nazi one in the past, which even the German government disregards along with its de- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meeting with UN Secretary-General mands for property restitution. Syrian refugees fleeing the fighting in Aleppo(AFP) Antonio Guterres in Germany in 2018 (GPO) It is clear that if the Germans by BEN-DROR YEMINI Palestinians. World War II, in precisely the among the tens of millions of and tens of millions of others On the day Israel received the The decision is a reminder same years as the Palestinian refugees created in those years, were granted the “right” to re- happy news of normalization to the world that every person Nakba. Who among them re- at least 12 million were Ger- turn or property restitution, with Morocco, it was business has the right not to be deported ceived the right of return? Who man-speakers deported after Europe would have found itself as usual for the rest of the inter- from their homeland, and that got their property back? WWII from the Czech Republic, in the middle of World War III. national community, with the every Palestinian refugee has Of all the Western countries, Poland and other countries. But when it comes to the Ar- UN General Assembly adopting the right to their property. only Canada and the United They had paid the price for ab-Israeli conflict, Germany, seven draft resolutions against Really? Tens of millions of States — and Israel of course German aggression. like all other European coun- the State of Israel. Europeans became refugees in — voted against the decision. They even set up an organi- tries, automatically supports It is true that there are other the first half of the last century. Germany, unfortunately, voted zation in Germany to represent the Palestinian demand for the countries in the world. It is also Tens of millions were expelled in favor. them by the name of BdV. “right of return” to their former true that on a list of countries from their homeland after This is interesting because Is there a difference between (Eternal Hypocrisy — Page 15) that violate human rights, Israel would not even be in the top 10 or even in the top 20. Millions around the world have been transferred to re-ed- ucation camps, vast territories have been occupied, thousands of civilians have been killed, journalists have been impris- oned and much, much more. But none of these are of interest to the international community. Just Israel. One of the resolutions reiter- ates Resolution 194 of the 1948 UN General Assembly, which deals with Arab refugees from Palestine, who later became The UN General Assembly in New York (AFP) UN food distribution at a Gaza refugee camp in 2018 (MCT)

Viewpoint … Don’t Let the Palestinians Fool Israel Twice by STEPHEN M. FLATOW to “take legal measures to prevent such of terrorism, violence and incitement.” that the “peace process” should consist (JNS) — Reading a prominent think incitement by any organizations, groups, In addition, Annex IV, Article 2 (7)(b) of Israel giving up additional land for tank’s latest proposal for a new Israeli or individuals within their jurisdiction.” and (7)(f)(1) states that if Israel requests previously-made promises, waiting a peace initiative reminded me of that BDS: The term “BDS” (Boycott, Di- it, the P.A. “shall effect the arrest and few years, then giving up more land, timeworn adage: “Fool me once, shame vestment and Sanctions) did not exist transfer requested” to Israel of any “in- and then a few more years and giving on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.” at the time of the Oslo accords, but the dividual suspected of, charged with, or up more, and on and on, until Israel has The new proposal, crafted by the Jeru- concept of normal, friendly relations — conceited of, an offense that falls within nothing left to give? salem Institute for Strategy and Security, as opposed to organizing international Israeli criminal jurisdiction.” I understand that many people have claims that Israel could win over the boycotts — is the entire premise of the How could any of that possibly be short memories. And I guess that applies next U.S. administration by preemptive- agreements. It’s the entire premise of more explicit? as well to some people who are paid to ly putting forth a plan that would trade peace between two opponents. The Oslo said that the P.A. has to stop in- think about Israel-Palestinian matters. Israeli territorial concessions for “an end preamble to Oslo II states that the pur- citing against Israel. It has to maintain But that’s no excuse for the never-end- to Palestinian incitement, BDS efforts pose of the accords is “to put an end to normal, friendly relations with Israel. It ing stream of proposals, plans and ini- and support for terrorists.” decades of confrontation and to live in has to disarm and arrest terrorists and tiatives, all of which are based on the Are they kidding us? Is it possible that peaceful coexistence, mutual dignity extradite them to Israel. equivalent of amnesia. they really do not know that the Pales- and security.” Obviously, for the past 27 years, the The P.A.’s obligations have been tinian Arab leadership already made Support for Terrorists: Article XV obli- P.A. has continued inciting against Is- spelled out in black and white in the those exact same promises, in writing, gates the Palestinian Authority to “pre- rael, in its media and schools and ev- Oslo agreements. If those obligations are 27 years ago? Do they really think it vent acts of terrorism” and “take legal erywhere else; it has promoted BDS not taken seriously, then the agreements makes sense for Israel to now surrender measures against offenders.” Annex I, boycotts of Israel instead of friendly have no meaning. If the Palestinians’ even more territory in exchange for lit- Article II, (1)(b) requires the P.A. po- relations; and it has not disarmed or obligations are overlooked or forgotten erally the same promises? lice to “act systematically against all outlawed terrorist groups, imprisoned or dismissed, what is the point of Israel For those who have forgotten, here’s expressions of violence and terror”; (1) terrorists or honored any of Israel’s doz- signing any agreement, ever? b what the Palestinian-Arab leadership (d) requires it to “arrest and prosecute ens of extradition requests. Stephen M. Flatow is a vice president previously agreed to in the September individuals who are suspected of perpe- Yet now, the think-tank crowd wants of the Religious Zionists of America, an 1995 Oslo II Agreement: trating acts of violence and terror”; (3) Israel to hand over even more territory attorney in New Jersey and the father of Incitement: Article XXII requires the (b) requires it to “actively prevent incite- — land which is vital for Israel’s security Alisa Flatow, who was murdered in an Palestinian Authority “to foster mutual ment to violence”; and (3)(d) requires it — in exchange for the P.A. making the Iranian-sponsored Palestinian terrorist understanding and tolerance” with Isra- to “apprehend, investigate and prosecute same worthless promises. attack in 1995. He is the author of the el, “to abstain from incitement, including perpetrators and all other persons di- Is this what they mean by the term book, “A Father’s Story: My Fight for Jus- hostile propaganda” against Israel, and rectly or indirectly involvement in acts “peace process”? Do they seriously think tice Against Iranian Terror.”  THE JEWISH LEDGER • Thursday, December 24, 2020 • Page 15

Reflection … My Husband is Jewish. Now a DNA Test Says He’s Not. What Now? by SHIRA TELUSHKIN and find strong evidence of what you From its start in 1906, A Bintel Brief suspect, then I do think you should was a pillar of the Forward, helping gen- eventually tell your children, at age-ap- erations of Jewish immigrants learn how propriate moments. Mostly because it’s to be American. Now our columnists are part of their father’s story, and as they helping people navigate the complexities get older they will want to know they’ve of being Jewish in 2020. Send questions been given the truth too. It doesn’t have to [email protected]. to be a dramatic, sit down moment, but Dear Bintel, there might come a time when they ask I have been married to a wonderful a question that requires a more surpris- man for 10 years. We have two small ing answer than they expected. children. We are practicing Reform To the extent that you want to discuss Jews. I am Jewish and my husband is this with other people,: I’d say follow half Jewish; his mother is not Jewish but your heart but be cautious in these early his father is. His mother was and is gen- moments. You don’t want to open a hurt- uinely terrible and his father died when ing heart to every passing comment or my husband was young; my husband immediate reaction. heavily identifies with his wonderful My sense is that some of the confusion father whose life was cut short. comes from having this unalterable truth We both took at-home DNA tests re- about your husband — something you cently. My results exactly reflected what didn’t have to think about — suddenly I already knew, but my husband’s results presented as a choice. Does he now have were devastating — no Ashkenazic a choice to opt out of being Jewish? And DNA. It appears that his mother has does that present him to you in a differ- been living a lie, and lying to her son, ent light? I can see how that might hap- for over 40 years. pen, but this is where I fall back on his I am writing because I want help in already formed identity. He can no longer sorting out my feelings. I feel genuinely (Image by Liana Finck) read himself out of the Jewish people. His sad for my husband but also confused — identity is already formed, and the expe- what does this mean? My children are his DNA. In that respect, you are doing connection. As Rabbi Lisa Rubin at riences that made him who he is came, Jewish no matter what because I am, but this absolutely right. Central Synagogue emphasized when I in part, from his sense of being Jewish. I married a (Jewish enough) husband I might push back on the finality of reached out to her about your question, The sudden and somewhat disorienting who apparently isn’t. your conclusion, however. The informa- “Jewish identity can come from either appearance of choice is just an illusion. I don’t know what, if anything, I tion you have is not conclusive! Having parent by birth (according to the Re- Nonetheless, I’m thinking about ways should tell my children. I don’t want Ashkenazi DNA reflected in one of these form movement), but it can also come to reclaim the stability of your husband’s them to one day take a DNA test and be tests, or not, does not determine whether from choosing to live a certain way and choice. And your own! If you both surprised by the results (and think that or not your husband’s biological father accepting a certain covenant.” She was truly feel this has shifted the ground on their dad is not their dad). On the other was Jewish. also emphatic that these test results, which he built his Jewish identity, you hand, I want to honor the memory and I know that can seem faint comfort faulty as they can be, should in no way might want to find some sort of ritual or legacy of my husband’s dear father who when you feel your whole sense of self change you or your husband’s sense conversion-like ceremony where he can is not here to speak for himself. I also has been upended, but it’s true. These of Jewish identity, which is something formally choose to align his fate with his want to continue to think of my husband tests can be inaccurate or show an in- other Reform rabbis agreed with as well father’s people. in exactly the same terms: his father is complete story. Your husband’s father when I reached out. Your husband has And I want to name that this is all Jewish, his mother is awful. Am I doing could have been Ashkenazi but not lived as a Jew his whole life, and his in the context of practicing Reform this wrong? reflected in their system (in fact, there Jewish status has not changed. I hope Judaism. In other Jewish communi- Please help! is some reason to think that only 40% that brings you some comfort. ties, the legal questions around Jewish Signed, of Ashkenazi Jews might be reflected as The shock of identity loss came to you identity would likely come more to Dad Not Ashkenazic such in these DNA tests!), or he could wrapped inside the shock of betrayal, the forefront. But it sounds like for the Note: We followed up with this letter have been Sephardic, Roman Jewish, and it is a lot of unsettling information two of you, the legal ramifications of writer, who clarified that for several adopted, or had converts in his ances- at once. Especially inside an already this question are minimal, or at least reasons, reaching out to the husband’s try — all of which would mean his DNA painful family situation. not motivating your sense of loss. I’d mother was not an option. wouldn’t necessarily read as Eastern But I want to address these feelings of investigate more, if you can, and then Dear Not Ashkenazic, European Jewish. confusion, because I realize discounting ask if your feelings might prompt you I say your husband — raised Jewish, And even if the worst truth is true, the test results might feel like an easy to reinvest in some way in your Jewish choosing to be Jewish, embedded in the and his mother did have an affair, we way out. For many Jews born Jewish, identity —, not because you need to, cultural experience of being Jewish — is still have no way of knowing if his that DNA connection has been a pillar to but because you want to. b as Jewish now as he was the year you biological father was Jewish, or not their sense of Jewish identity for most of Shira Telushkin lives in Brooklyn, met him. Our DNA is such a small part (though again, that might be cold com- their lives. It’s the thing that reads them where she writes on religion, fashion, of our story. Your feelings about the fact fort, even if relevant). There is just not into the Jewish story, even if there are and culture for a variety of publications. that his father is Jewish (and his mother enough information here. other ways to do that. She is currently finishing a book on mo- is awful) have no reason to change. The You also have recourse to Jewish If you do more digging — perhaps nastic intrigue in modern America. Got a values and memories that he inherited history. After all, tons of Jews join the speaking to relatives or others who question? Send it to [email protected]. from his father means so much more than family after they are born, with no DNA can shed more light on the situation — ©Forward. Reprinted with authorization.

Eternal Hypocrisy (Continued from Page 14) homes. And according to those who in- Europe. The working definition of anti-Semi- Syrian territory. sist on it, this is in fact a demand for the It is unclear why Israel has not pre- tism adopted by many countries includ- There was not a single word about elimination of Israel. sented one simple question to Germany: ing Germany, defines it as, among other the Syrian civil war that has claimed a This may not be the intention of Ger- Why do you support the “right of re- things, “Applying double standards by massive half a million lives. many or Denmark or France. But when turn” when it comes to the Palestinians, requiring of [Israel] a behavior not ex- There was not a single word about the these countries vote over and over again but oppose it when it comes to Europe? pected or demanded of any other dem- fact that the residents of the Israeli side in such a disgraceful and hypocritical And when you keep bringing up the ocratic nation.” of the Golan Heights enjoy peace and way, they are not helping to get the Pal- Palestinian Nakba, why the hell do you So yes, Germany is behaving in an an- tranquility and not a single one lost their estinians to climb down from the tree. forget and reject the Jewish Nakba? ti-Semitic manner and there is no reason life in the war. Quite the opposite. The Jewish refugees did not declare not to point this out. There was no need to cheapen this There is no chance in the world that war on the Arab countries in they lived. Another of the UN draft resolutions newfound peace with Morocco, and the Palestinians will ever drop the de- And yet they were expelled or forced to passed last Thursday focused on the certainly not with the United Arab Emir- mand for the elimination of Israel when flee, and most of them had their proper- Golan Heights, which, according to the ates, Bahrain and Sudan. b it is supported by Israel’s friends in ty seized and confiscated. majority that voted in its favor, is solely ©Ynetnews Page 16 • THE JEWISH LEDGER • Thursday, December 24, 2020

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