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WWW.HERITAGEFL.COM YEAR 44, NO. 12 NOVEMBER 22, 2019 24 CHESHVAN, 5780 ORLANDO, FLORIDA SINGLE COPY 75¢ UN condemnation: Israel 8; world 0 GENEVA, Nov. 15, 2019—A against Israel by December, United Nations General As- the same European nations sembly committee today have failed to introduce a adopted eight resolutions that single UNGA resolution on single out or condemn Is- the human rights situation rael, and zero on the entire in China, Venezuela, Saudi rest of the world. Arabia, Belarus, Cuba, Turkey, The texts condemn Is- Pakistan, Vietnam, Algeria, rael for “repressive measures” or on 175 other countries,” against Syrian citizens in the said Neuer. Golan Heights, renew the Earlier this year, 155 Ger- mandate of the corrupt UN man MPs called on the Ger- Relief and Works Agency, and man government to “dissoci- renew the mandate of the UN’s ate from unilateral, primarily “special committee to inves- politically motivated initia- tigate Israeli practices affect- tives and alliances of anti- ing the human rights of the Israeli Member States, and Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 Palestinian people and other protect Israel and legitimate An Iron Dome air-defense system set up in Sderot in southern Israel near the border with Gaza on Nov. 13, 2019. Arabs of the Occupied Terri- Israeli interests from unilat- tories.” All 193 UN member eral condemnation” in the states belong to the Special UN. In 2017, Dutch parlia- Israel waits to see if Gaza Strip stabilizes Political and Decolonization ment resolved to “actively Committee, or Fourth Com- oppose UN organizations By Yaakov Lappin Strip. Defense chiefs are now waiting to warnings to cease from his unprovoked mittee, that each year adopts that devote disproportional see whether the hold in hostilities will rocket attacks on Israeli civilians—that the texts with large majorities. attention to Israel.” (JNS)—A ceasefire that appeared allow Israel to keep most of its focus on he was intent on going ahead with Countries’ votes are repeated “Lawmakers and regular fragile, and which was punctured twice the far larger threats to the north. bombings, sniper shootings and rocket in December when the GA citizens in Germany and the by rocket fire from Gaza, went into effect The combat with PIJ, which began attacks on southern Israel in the near plenary formally ratifies the Netherlands should be out- on Thursday, Nov. 14, after 50 hours of with the precision-missile strike as- future—the Israeli cabinet accepted the texts. raged at how their countries combat between the Iranian-backed sassination on Baha Abu al-Ata—the recommendation of defense officials and “The UN’s assault on Is- voted today. Continued pres- Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror faction faction’s de facto military commander decided to take him out. rael with a torrent of one- sure is needed from parlia- and the Israel Defense Forces. in Gaza—in the early hours on Tuesday ‘Keep Hamas out of the fighting’ sided resolutions is surreal,” ment if their governments’ As many as 450 rockets were fired at morning was largely contained by Israel. Lt. Gen. Jonathan Conricus, IDF said Hillel Neuer, executive anti-Israel voting patterns Israeli cities and towns throughout the The IDF’s intention to keep Hamas out of Spokesperson to the international media, director of UN Watch, a are to change in the future,” escalation, though more than 90 percent the fighting and isolated from the PIJ’s told journalists by conference call on Geneva-based non-govern- said Neuer. of those that were heading into built-up attacks proved a success. Thursday that 10 days ago, Israel took mental watchdog organiza- “Four of today’s resolutions areas were shot out of the sky by Iron “Operation Black Belt” is the code- the final decision to eliminate the PIJ tion. “Days after the Pales- concern UNRWA—yet none Dome air-defense batteries. Some 60 name the IDF gave to the strike on Abu commander “in order to stabilize the area tinian Islamic Jihad terrorist mentions that the agency percent of the rockets landed in open al-Ata and to the events that followed— and remove an obstacle to the various group assaulted Israeli civil- chief was just fired after top areas in Israel. events that the defense establishment had diplomatic arrangements.” ians with a barrage of 200 management engaged in what According to initial Israeli military been preparing in advance for a number He was referring to the in-depth rockets—while the UN’s the UN’s own internal probe assessments, the round of fighting dealt of months. mediation efforts led by Egypt aimed at General Assembly and Hu- described as ‘sexual miscon- a significant blow to PIJ, the second- When it became clear to Israel that man Rights Council stayed duct, nepotism, retaliation, largest armed organization in the Gaza Abu al-Ata was going to disregard all Gaza on page 14A silent—the world body now discrimination and other adds insult to injury by adopt- abuses of authority, for per- ing eight lopsided condemna- sonal gain.’ All EU states are tions, whose only purpose complicit in this conspiracy Jewish Academy of Orlando announces is to demonize the Jewish of silence.” state.” “One of today’s resolu- “While France, Ger- tions—drafted and co-spon- many, Sweden and other sored by Syria—falsely con- honorees of its Wonderland Gala EU states are expected to demns Israel for ‘repressive Celebrating its 42nd year, production, “Alice in Won- support 15 out of a total of Jewish Academy of Orlando derland.” 20 resolutions to be adopted UN on page 14A will be honoring Ellen and Ellen and Simon Snyder Simon Snyder and Jodi and have been part of the Central David Krinker at the school’s Florida community since annual gala, on Saturday, 1975. They have been active in The toll of rocket Jan.25, 2020, at the Citrus the Jewish community and the Club. The Wonderland Gala community-at-large. Ellen will feature dinner, dancing, was a co-chair of Choices and attacks from Gaza and a selection of numbers served on the Congregation of from the spring musical Reform Judaism Sisterhood By JTA Staff One of the rockets hit an and Orlando Shakespeare assisted-living facility in the Theatre boards. She was also (JTA)—Fifty-eight Israelis southern Israel city of Ash- a member of Women’s ORT were injured during the wave kelon, injuring a woman in for 25 years. Before retiring, of rocket attacks fired by ter- her 70s. Israel retaliated in an Ellen worked for 26 years as ror groups from Gaza this operation it called Operation a diagnostic medical sonogra- week. Thirty-four Palestin- Black Belt. pher. Simon has served on the Andrea Simbler Photography ians, most of them reported The initial airstrike into CRJ finance committee, the Simon and Ellen Snyder to be members of Islamic Gaza also killed at least eight Orlando Airport noise abate- Jihad and other Gaza terror members of Malhous’ family. ment committee, and several groups, were killed in retalia- BBC reported that 111 Pal- Orange County and Winter tory strikes. estinians were injured in the Park committees. After a 21 The attacks cost the Israeli exchange of fire. service in the Navy, Simon economy $315 million and “Israel is not interested in worked for Greater Construc- three homes were directly an escalation, and quiet will tion before he retired in 2006. hit, the consulate general of be met with quiet. However, The Snyders have three Israel in New York said in a Israel will take all necessary daughters, two son-in-laws, statement Thursday. steps to protect its citizens and three granddaughters, After the Israel Defense and will not tolerate attacks two of whom attended Hebrew Forces killed two Palestinian by terrorist organizations that Day School/Jewish Academy Islamic Jihad senior com- target Israeli civilians,” the of Orlando. manders—Baha Abu al-Ata consulate’s statement added. Jodi and David Krinker and Rasmi Abu Malhous—in have been contributing to targeted airstrikes, a total of many aspects of the Jewish 450 rockets were fired from community for many years. Gaza at Israel between Tues- Andrea Simbler Photography day morning and Thursday Gala on page 14A Jodi and David Krinker morning’s ceasefire. 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We have to learned about their culture.” At a news conference Tues- report them they way they are. The increased funding for day in Brooklyn to announce We can’t sugarcoat it.” the ADL’s anti-bigotry pro- the new ADL initiative, New Anti-Semitic incidents in gram aims to address that as- York City officials were can- the city have increased signifi- pect of the problem. The ADL did about the urgency of the cantly this year, according to will now spend $250,000 on problem. data from the New York Police No Place for Hate in Brooklyn, On Friday night, surveil- Department. Through Sep- which will allow the program lance video captured a man tember, there have been 163 to be implemented in up to 40 throwing a brick through reported incidents, up from schools across the borough the window of a Hasidic girls’ 108 over the same period last this academic year, up from school in Crown Heights. year—an increase of 50 per- 22 at present. The expansion On the same night in the cent. Anti-Semitic incidents will focus on Crown Heights Borough Park neighborhood, make up a majority of reported and Borough Park, along at least three identifiably hate crimes in New York City. with the Williamsburg neigh- Orthodox men were punched In September, the Mayor’s borhood—they have large by assailants. Also in Borough Office announced that it had Orthodox Jewish populations Park, multiple Orthodox Jews hired Deborah Lauter, a for- and have experienced anti- in Borough Park had eggs mer ADL executive, to head its Semitic incidents in recent Ben Sales thrown at them over the new Office for the Prevention months. ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt announces an expansion of an anti-bias program at weekend. of Hate Crimes. No Place for Hate was Brooklyn schools at a press conference in Brooklyn’s Borough Hall with Borough President On Friday, a 16-year-old boy At the news conference, launched in 1999 and has Eric Adams on Nov. 12, 2019. turned himself in to police and Brooklyn District Attorney been implemented in 1,600 was arrested in connection Eric Gonzalez said the recent schools nationwide. It re- By Ben Sales But city officials say more resentments? Are Jews being with at least three attacks on attacks were mostly commit- quires participating schools to than education is needed to scapegoated for the impact of Jews. He was charged with ted by teenagers who may not form a student committee on NEW YORK (JTA)—Days stop the rash of attacks, which gentrification? Is the persis- two counts of aggravated understand the gravity of, for fighting hate, have students after a series of attacks against have spiked across this city tent influence of anti-Semitic harassment. example, egging a Hasidic sign a pledge against bullying Jews across Brooklyn, the in 2019. That’s because the leaders to blame? Or is it just “The uptick in hate crimes family or drawing a swastika and discrimination, and run Anti-Defamation League an- problem is hard to diagnose. kids acting out? in this borough is a blemish on on a building. an anti-bias or anti-bullying nounced that it would double Is it the local effect of a “We need a much more this entire city and this entire “I think ignorance breeds program. funding for a school program national rise in anti-Semi- aggressive approach,” said country, and it’s a blemish hate, so therefore education combating hate. tism? The resurfacing of old Devorah Halberstam, whose that we’re not going to live is critical to battling bigotry Brooklyn on page 14A High-profile Israel boycott conference at UMass Amherst sparks concern—and a peace march The event has heightened standard when making fa- sented by the Media Education tensions on the western cilities available to outside Foundation, a private group Massachusetts campus and organizations,” Subbaswamy founded by Sut Jhally, the prompted vocal opposition said. “For this reason, and in chair of the college’s com- from local Jewish groups. adherence to the principles munications department It also comes amid a spate of academic freedom, the and a harsh critic of Israel. of anti-Semitic vandalism at university will take no steps Along with Sarsour, West and UMass and at nearby Smith to inhibit this event.” Barghouti, it will also feature College. Five swastikas were Jewish groups welcomed the prominent anti-racism found painted on the UMass the chancellor’s statement. activists Shaun King and fine arts center last week, and The AMCHA Initiative, a Tim Wise, and Dima Khalidi, a week before that multiple national organization that founder of Palestine Legal, swastikas were removed from combats anti-Semitism on a Chicago-based group that buildings at Smith. The heads campus, the local director of provides legal support to pro- of both schools condemned the Anti-Defamation League Palestinian activists. the acts. and Hillel’s Fine praised the In response, pro-Israel In May, a Massachusetts chancellor for his opposition groups are sponsoring an judge refused to issue an to academic boycotts and action of their own, a march Benjamin Alvarez-Dobrusin (l) a junior at UMass Amherst from Marblehead, Mass., is injunction against a similar commitment to free speech. under the banner “End Polar- involved in Israel advocacy on campus through Hillel and Student Alliance for Israel. event after a lawsuit was filed “It’s becoming increasingly ization: Promote Peace” that on behalf of several unnamed difficult for Jewish students will be held at the same time By Penny Schwartz University of Massachusetts event at the university’s main students who argued that the to be open for their support as the BDS panel. at Amherst—and prompting campus titled “Criminalizing event was anti-Semitic. of Israel and sometimes “We want to show there is AMHERST, Mass. (JTA)— concern and counteractions Dissent: The attack on BDS “Many students and mem- students find themselves a whole different community For the second time in six from pro-Israel students. and pro-Palestinian speech.” bers of the UMass community isolated,” Robert Trestan, the that believes deeply that we months, several high-profile Palestinian-American ac- Omar Barghouti, a founder of feel deeply upset by the scale, director of the New England can have opposing views” proponents of the Boycott, tivist Linda Sarsour, Harvard the BDS movement who was tenor and dogmatic messages ADL chapter, told the Jewish without demonizing the Divestment and Sanctions professor Cornell West and denied entry to the United of the anti-Israel events,” said Telegraphic Agency in a phone other side, said Benjamin movement against Israel other BDS supporters were States in April, will participate Rabbi Aaron Fine, executive interview. Alvarez-Dobrusin, a student are sharing a stage at the due to appear at a Nov. 12 by Skype. director of Hillel at UMass But a number of UMass leader with Student Alliance Amherst. faculty members felt the for Israel, a Hillel-affiliated The university seems to chancellor’s statement did not pro-Israel group. agree, though it has declined go far enough in defending For Noam Borensztajn, a Trump will appear at to block the event on the academic freedom. An open sophomore who was born in grounds of academic free- letter to Subbaswamy signed Israel and also is active with dom and because, as a public by more than 130 faculty Student Alliance for Israel, Israeli-American Council institution, it must rent its expressed “deep disappoint- it’s important to promote facilities to private groups ment” with the statement programs that present the nu- By Marcy Oster on Dec. 5-8 in Florida and that strengthens the Israeli on a “content-neutral” basis. and took issue with, among ances of the complex conflict. is expecting nearly 4,000 and Jewish identity of our next In a statement last month, other things, the chancellor’s “It’s not just the black and (JTA)—President Donald attendees from around the generation, the American Chancellor Kumble Subbas- singular concern for the feel- white that I think they often Trump will be the keynote world. The theme of the Jewish community, and the wamy said the school firmly ings of Jewish students. present,” Borensztajn said of speaker at the annual confer- conference this year is “Israel, bond between the peoples opposes academic boycotts “While we acknowledge the the BDS movement. ence of the Israeli-American Together.” of the United States and the of any kind and expressed often strong feelings of Jewish Borensztajn and Alvarez- Council. “This is great news not State of Israel.” Israeli Ameri- concern that the event, which students on this issue, how are Dobrusin expect several hun- Billionaire Sheldon Adel- only for our organization cans reportedly number in the he described as “one-dimen- Palestinian students, other dred students to participate son, a Trump supporter and but for the entire pro-Israel hundreds of thousands. sional and polarizing,” was students of color, and Muslim in the march, which they mega donor to Republican community in America, which Other speakers at the potentially alienating to Jew- students, many of whom see a consider part of their work candidates, is one of the supports unwavering ties event include Stanley Fischer, ish students and undermining genuine connection between with Bridging the Divide, a council’s major supporters. between the United States former vice chairman of the of the campus’ commitment struggles for equality and dig- Hillel initiative to build rela- The council said in a state- and Israel,” Shoham Nicolet, Federal Reserve and former to inclusivity. nity in the United States and tionships with diverse campus ment that it will be Trump’s co-founder and CEO of the governor of the Bank of Israel; “Despite our concerns the Palestinian struggle, sup- communities. Borensztajn first appearance to a non- Israeli-American Council, Isaac Herzog, the chairman regarding this particular posed to feel when the chan- would like to see collabora- political Jewish organization. told the Jewish Telegraphic of The Jewish Agency for Is- gathering, based on its title cellor demeans the voices of tive programs on the Israeli- Since Trump took office, the Agency. rael; Ambassador Dani Dayan, and past statements by its pan- leading civil rights leaders, Palestinian conflict that are only Jewish group he has The council’s mission, ac- consul general of Israel in elists, as a public institution including Angela Davis, Linda not as divisive. spoken to is the Republican cording to its website, is “to New York; and Netta Barzilai, UMass is bound by the First Sarsour, and Cornel West?” “Hopefully this is the start Jewish Coalition. build an engaged and united winner of the 2018 Eurovision Amendment to the Constitu- the letter said. of something larger,” he said. The summit will take place Israeli-American community song contest. tion to apply a content-neutral The Nov. 12 event is pre- PAGE 4A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, NOVEMBER 22, 2019 A hate group gets a college hall pass By Jonathan S. Tobin advocating anti-Semitism do so in the name doesn’t simply advocate for justice for Palestin- stead to disparage, demonize and delegitimize of “justice.” ians. As its foreword rightly notes, Palestinians Jews, and to deny Jewish history. Their false (JNS)—The atmosphere on North American The activities and beliefs of National Stu- are as entitled to justice as anyone else. How- comparisons between Israel and apartheid college campuses today is one in which any- dents for Justice in Palestine are the focus of ever, this group defines justice for Palestinians South Africa—and particularly those made thing that can be labeled, fairly or unfairly, a new study from the Institute for the Study in such a way as to make it indistinguishable between it and Nazi Germany—aren’t merely hate speech or which might make virtually any of Global Anti-Semitism and Policy and their from the demonization of Jews. Those who defamatory, they are blatantly anti-Semitic. group feel “triggered” or otherwise upset can findings constitute a wakeup call for those advocate various formulas for peace in the Moreover, the conduct of its chapters, be banned or otherwise silenced. Universities who foolishly think that the hatred of Jews is Middle East that center around compromises which exist at schools throughout the nation, that once prided themselves on their defense only to be found on the far right. on territory and other issues can say that what including some of the country’s most elite of free speech against efforts to suppress dis- What’s more, NSJP hasn’t just managed to they are doing is trying to empower Palestin- institutions, also illustrate the hateful nature sent now go out of their way to provide “safe avoid the opprobrium that is thrown at far less ians without harming Jews or denying them of their campaigns, whose goal is to shame and places” for those who are too sensitive to hear controversial and divisive groups in order to their legitimate rights. silence Jews who have the temerity to speak views that contradict their own prejudices shun and silence them; the group has found a But the NSJP’s conception of justice is not up for the rights of their people. and biases. comfortable home at many universities, where one that calls for a future based on coexistence Why does NSJP get away with it? Why is But there’s one particular kind of hate they have not only evaded censure, but been and mutual recognition. Rather, it is merely such behavior tolerated and even lauded—New speech that is not suppressed or restricted, able to marginalize Jews and supporters of one in which the State of Israel ceases to ex- York University gave its President’s Award to but openly encouraged, if not honored: anti- Israel. NSJP has become a hate group with a ist and the rights of the Jewish people—to its SPJ chapter for its “civic engagement”—by Semitism. hall pass that gives it carte blanche to spread their homeland, to self-determination and those in power who are usually occupied with Unlike groups that preach prejudice against disinformation, as well as venomous libels of self-defense—are annulled. Their idea of shutting up those who offend the sensibilities virtually any minority group or category of about Jews that go unanswered by responsible Palestinian nationalism is inextricably tied of students? sexual preference, Jew-hatred is all the rage authorities and liberal groups that otherwise not to the advancement of that people’s inter- The answer is that NSJP’s libels against in academia lately. What makes this trend masquerade as crusaders against hate. ests or culture, but to a century-old war on Israel are fashionable, while those of other even more disturbing is that those who are As the ISGAP report documents, NSJP Zionism and the Jews that must always end hate groups are not. in the eradication of the one Jewish state on The rise of intersectional ideology that the planet. claims a link between the Palestinian war on NSJP’s literature and social-media advocacy Israel and the struggle for civil rights in the Everywhere employs all of the classic forms of anti-Semitic United States is widely accepted in academic discourse in terms of the demonization of circles, despite its lack of logic and falsifica- Connecting two very different Jews. Using the definition of anti-Semitism tion of history. promoted by the International Holocaust Others foolishly claim that Palestinian Remembrance Alliance, the study also makes Jew-hatred is distinct from classical anti- places on Earth it clear that the NSJP’s mode of discourse Semitism because they were wronged by routinely crosses into territory in which its goal is not critiques of Israel’s policies, but in- Hall pass on page 15A By Mel Pearlman MY WIFE: Praying for Israel—stay safe. MY SON: Sirens went off after I said that. Technology has brought the world ever Heard two booms from Iron Dome. closer together, but increasingly, political MY WIFE: In Tel Aviv? instability, terrorism and war reminds us how MY SON: Now the sirens are off. Yea 0ver 150 reasons to say no very far apart different places remain. MY WIFE: How is Monty? (My son’s newly In 1963 when I made my first flight to Israel, acquired rescue puppy) our Air France flight had to stop in Paris to My SON: He’s fine. Sirens didn’t scare him. to a Palestinian State refuel in order to complete the journey to our MY WIFE: Glad he is OK—stay safe over destination. That trip to Israel from New York there. Danger where you are. By Moshe Phillips Imagine how the rocket attacks against City took more than 18 hours. Today, that same MY SON: (2:43a.m.) It’s a gorgeous day here. Israel in the wake of the al-Ata killing would route is nonstop and can be accomplished in (Sends photo of beautiful Tel Aviv skyline taken More than 150 rockets were fired at Israeli have looked if the terrorist armies had instead under 10 hours and in greater comfort. from his office) School closures just in the civilian targets by the Hamas and Palestinian been West Bank Palestinians, acting from The same is true for international (and do- south and central Israel. My office is open but Islamic Jihad terrorists from Gaza within hours inside a Palestinian state in the West Bank. mestic) communications. When I first moved only a handful of people are here. I’m going to after the Nov. 12 targeted air strike assassina- Despite the nice-sounding turn of phrase, to Florida from New York, I only called home go home in a little while. tion of Baha Abu al-Ata, a top commander of there is simply no such thing as “a demilita- on Sundays when the long distance rates were (4:08a.m.) Four Israeli Apache helicopters Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine. Coming rized Palestinian state.” An independent state lower. flying along the coast of Tel Aviv. (Sends photo) just over two weeks after the U.S. success- controls its own borders. “Palestine” would We tricked the phone company, for which I Once in a while you see one, but I have never fully targeted ISIS terrorist leader Abu Bakr be free to open its borders to truckload after continue to have no regrets or guilt, by call- seen four together in Tel Aviv... al-Baghdadi to be captured or killed there is truckload of Iranian weapons. ing person-to-person, knowing that whoever While the above conversation embraces a simple question to ask here: What would If Israel tried to intervene, it would be ac- answered the phone would reject the call by war and peace issues and our son’s safety and the U.S. do if after al-Baghdadi killed himself cused of violating Palestinian sovereignty, telling the intervening operator the call’s in- welfare, there is always a place in our hearts his terrorist soldiers fired 150 rockets as U.S. denounced at the U.N., and threatened with tended recipient “was not at home.” Thereafter, to worry about the welfare of a rescue puppy. civilian targets? Would the U.S. then decide to international sanctions from the E.U. I would make the less expensive station-to- While we share our religion, peoplehood, negotiate with ISIS over how large their inde- A Palestinian state in Judea-Samaria would station call to speak with my parents. Even traditions and heritage with the citizens of pendent state would be, where its borders would mean that the border with Palestine would then, our calls were brief because the cost of Israel, and for many of us our personal lives be, and where its capital would be located? reach the outskirts of both Jerusalem and the call was also measured by the length of as well, Jewish Americans are not on the These rockets offer over 150 vivid demon- Tel Aviv. Those over 150 rockets might have the conversation. front lines battling for Jewish survival. That strations of why a Palestinian state must not been aimed at the Western Wall, at the Knes- Today we have the benefit of unlimited burden rests on the shoulders of our brothers be created. Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, set, or at passenger airliners landing at Ben calling and texting to pretty much anywhere and sisters living in Israel. They alone must and ISIS are no different from each other. Gurion Airport. in the world, much of which is free of charge. determine what is in their best interests. The international community for years The terrorists and their rockets would With WhatsApp and Facetime or Skype my wife Our role as Jewish Americans is to support badgered Israel to leave Gaza. Israelis were told quickly vanish behind the civilian shields of and I speak, text and “see” our son, who lives their efforts. Remember, we live in two very that if only the occupation ended, the Gazans Palestinian orchards, tunnels, and safe houses. in Tel Aviv, almost daily. It’s as if we are there different places on Earth. would embrace peace. That the presence of The government of Palestine would declare living just around the corner from each other. If you wish to comment or respond you Israeli soldiers and the Jewish communities that the attacks were “regrettable,” but that Early Tuesday morning a week ago, while my can reach me at melpearlman322@gmail. in Gaza were the obstacles to peace. That once they “cannot control every extremist element.” wife and I were soundly and peacefully asleep com. Please do so in a rational, thoughtful, Israel withdrew, the Gaza Palestinians would All the while, Palestine would continue we were awakened at 1:01a.m. by a text mes- respectful and civil manner. no longer have a reason to attack Israel. And to amass a huge arsenal of weapons—just sage from my son, which demonstrated clearly Mel Pearlman holds B.S. & M.S. degrees in that “if even a single missile were fired into as Hamas and Islamic Jihad have done in and unambiguously that we do not live in the physics as well as a J.D. degree and initially Israel from Gaza,” the Israeli army would be Gaza—and Israel would be completely helpless same neighborhood! came to Florida in 1966 to work on the Gemini justified in re-occupying the area. to stop it, without launching a preemptive war Here are pertinent parts of that conversa- and Apollo space programs. He has practiced At the time, many leading Israeli military and inviting the wrath of the international tion: (Note: There is a seven hour difference law in Central Florida since 1972. He has experts warned that withdrawal was a very community. in time) served as president of the Jewish Federation of dangerous move for Israel’s physical safety. There are many other reasons to be opposed My SON: (1:01a.m.) FYI the IDF made a Greater Orlando; was a charter board member, That Gaza was a vital security belt for Is- to the creation of a West Bank Palestinian major strike in Gaza last night. Lots of rockets first vice president and pro-bono legal coun- rael’s south, and a buffer between Israel and state. There is the likelihood that a drastically being fired today. Schools are closed in Israel, sel of the Holocaust Memorial Resource and an increasingly unstable Egypt. That Gaza shrunken Israel will be unable to prosper eco- but I am going to work. Will let you know if Education Center of Central Florida, as well under full Palestinian control would become nomically and have room for new immigrants, anything happens, but this morning seems as holding many other community leadership a breeding ground for Islamic terrorists and that its cities will become unbearably over- fine in Tel Aviv. positions. one enormous storage depot for weapons to crowded and increasingly unlivable. There is be used against Israel. also the tragedy for the whole Jewish people of THE VIEWS EXPRESSED ON THIS PAGE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THE VIEWS OF HERITAGE MANAGEMENT. But eventually, the international pressure being completely unable to visit Jewish biblical became unbearable. The constant browbeat- shrines such as the Cave of the Patriarchs, in ✡ ✡ ✡ CENTRAL FLORIDA’S INDEPENDENT JEWISH VOICE ✡ ✡ ✡ ing by U.S. State Department officials, New Hebron, and the Tomb of Rachel, in Bethlehem. 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They applicants fill out a nominal one of his classmates teased, bringings very different from and lacked in my own youth: do weekly school kiddushes, Declaration of Practice of BIRMINGHAM, England “Hope you don’t get gassed!” our own. But in many ways I the KD students and their eat in a sukkah during Suk- Faith to receive priority ad- (JTA)—My heart jumped That time I had to bring it to was excited about what that families come from Britain, kot and perform a mock seder mission (this practice-based when I saw the phone number the school’s attention. meant: friends from all kinds Israel, America, Canada and before Passover. determination emerged as a of my oldest son’s school on My husband and I grew up of backgrounds, worldliness, France—as well as Pakistan, In England, where there is result of a 2009 landmark case the screen. in insular Canadian Jewish empathy across ethnic and India, Malaysia and Bosnia. no separation of church and in which a child was not grant- “Hello?” communities. We attended religious lines. Also, who About 85 percent of the state, a “collective act of daily ed admission to a London Jew- “Is this Dr. Skinazi?” Jewish day schools through doesn’t love a British accent? student body of King David worship” is required by all pri- ish state school because his “Yes.” high school, Jewish sleepaway We moved to Birmingham Primary is Muslim. If you mary schools according to the mother’s conversion was not “Don’t worry, Lucas is camps and Shabbatons. We so that we could send our enter the schoolyard, you’ll School Standards and Frame- recognized by the chief rabbi). fine. Only—I just wanted to met on our year abroad in children—who were then all see most mothers wearing work Act of 1998. Unless Answering only one question let you know that there was Israel. When we had kids, I elementary school age—to headscarves; many wear a the school is a specific faith in the affirmative (i.e., “Do a little anti-Semitic incident wanted them to have the same King David Primary, the only full niqab. Some of the girls school, that worship must be you perform the Mitzvah of at school today.” strong sense and love of Yid- Jewish school between Lon- wear headscarves, too, and “wholly or mainly of a broadly Mezuzah by ensuring one is Breathe in, breathe out. dishkeit that I had. So we sent don and Manchester. Small the boys, who are required Christian character.” In other affixed to the front door of “What happened this them to Jewish preschools and and heimish, academically to cover their heads (it is an words, as we and many other your home?”) is sufficient to time?” I asked. Jewish day schools. solid in both secular and reli- Orthodox Jewish school, after religious minority groups see be considered Jewish by the The last time there had been When my husband was of- gious studies and located in a all), wear the Muslim white it, all schools in England are state’s standards. a “little anti-Semitic incident” fered a job at the University of lovely, leafy area of this city, it knit caps that seem barely faith schools—some are just So, Jewish children are was when Lucas mentioned Warwick, in Coventry, Eng- was a no-brainer. My children distinguishable from kippahs. more honest about it. given priority, but with a being Jewish in a religious ed- land, a place with a negligible would not only get a Jewish The kids all participate in daily Religious schools here are ucation class during the first Jewish population, I realized education, but they would also prayers, covering their eyes state-funded and require that School on page 15A As the children of survivors, the Rohingya genocide reminds us of the Holocaust By Susan Lowenberg an unimaginable scale. An board, we primarily viewed tion and loneliness conveyed Burma for generations, but unwaveringly committed and Howard Unger estimated 800,000 Rohingya this unforgettable experience by her words. Few people for decades, the government to nonviolence. Certainly have endured harrowing through our own identities spoke up for our families in has treated them as second- many of them are. But the (JTA)—She was 16 years conditions to reach a country as the children of Holocaust the 1930s and ’40s. That’s class citizens or denied they Holocaust teaches us that old and alone in a refugee that cannot indefinitely host survivors. It’s unlikely that why we went to Burma and were citizens at all. Today, all humans are susceptible camp in a foreign country this many people. A tipping young girl had ever heard Bangladesh today, and why we the Burmese government to hatred and persecution of when we met her. Sobbing, point for the Rohingya and of the Holocaust, and she feel such a deep responsibility has shown it is unwilling to “the other.” That is one of its she told us how she hoped that Bangladesh is coming. If almost certainly had never to tell the Rohingya’s stories. restore full citizenship to the timeless lessons. her brother might be some- their plight is unaddressed, met the children of people We hope to help move the Rohingya. They are required We were shocked at the where in this camp, “camp it will have long-lasting con- who survived Nazi Germany’s international community to to live in segregated areas and blatant official racism and number 18.” She had heard sequences for the region and genocide. The Holocaust hap- action and do for them what denied access to education, nationalism that defines that he might be alive—if so, beyond and for people like the pened in a different time, in a wasn’t done for our families. health care and the basic Burma’s government and he would be her only surviv- girl we met. Yet the Rohingya different place and to different The camps’ conditions are protections of the state. Anti- especially its military. At least ing family member. Or maybe cannot return home, at least people. squalid, and physical depra- Rohingya activity has waxed some Burmese government he was in another of the many not now, as doing so would But the Rohingya can all vations alone are more than and waned, but the persecu- immigration offices post camps that have been estab- be to face the risk of genocide too easily understand the enough for concern. But it tion began accelerating in signs saying “Mother Earth lished in Bangladesh for the yet again. sense of abandonment our is the potential long-term intensity two years ago. will not swallow another race Rohingya, a Burmese Muslim Although we visited the parents felt. Our parents consequences of this human Burma is a predominantly to extinction, but another minority who fled genocide refugee camps as members wouldn’t have needed to speak catastrophe that most con- Buddhist country. Like many race will.” The Rohingya can- in Burma. of the U.S. Holocaust Memo- her language to instantly cerned us. Westerners, we perceived We saw displacement on rial Museum’s governing understand the fear, despera- The Rohingya have lived in Buddhism’s adherents to be Genocide on page 15A Your sympathy isn’t enough to stop anti-Semitism By Elena Gormley ized some time late Saturday community is small, which Not many details had This is exactly what West tion was denied—despite night or Sunday morning. has its challenges (especially been released before it was Michigan is. Beyond the following all their application Everything was going well The posts from former co- when it’s time to do Passover time to turn off my phone facade of “West Michigan requirements. It can be found until I checked my phone. I workers were vague at first shopping and families are for Sukkot. The transition Nice” lies a pernicious moral in the fact that I didn’t feel had just finished teaching and referenced “messages of split between traveling to ko- from regular time to holiday rot that anyone marked as an comfortable putting a mezu- Sunday school at a synagogue hate” that were posted on the sher grocery stores in Detroit time, which already feels like “other” has encountered. It zah on my door when I lived in Evanston, Illinois, and was main doors—the same doors and Chicago). Fortunately it’s floating in a parallel dimen- can be found in the panicked there because a Nazi-friendly on the bus that would take me children use when they come also extremely close-knit. sion while watching everyone texts that a friend sent me bar was in my neighborhood. back to my apartment on the to religious school on Sunday The Reform and Conserva- else around you rush to work on a Saturday night because Each synagogue in Grand far north side of Chicago. It mornings. tive congregations and the and school, can be difficult an angry driver was so fo- Rapids has had tight security was a beautiful day. Sukkot I tried very hard not to Chabad House frequently in normal circumstances, let cused on flipping them off for years, including cameras, would start in the evening. throw up on the bus. I made collaborate on community alone when you’re desperate on their walk to synagogue locked doors and constant And then I opened Facebook it to the train station and events, and everyone goes to know if everyone in your that he almost crashed his contact with police. We had and found a succession of took the train to the campus to each other’s simchas (cel- hometown is doing OK. When car. It can be found in how Sunday school the day after horrifying posts. library, where I studied for ebrations). I turned my phone back on every single one of my queer the Tree of Life shooting in Temple Emanuel, the syna- several hours trying not to This also means that such a Tuesday night, the story had and trans friends has last- Pittsburgh and the rabbi gogue I used to teach at in my feverishly check my phone blatant display of overwhelm- gone viral. Local news re- ing trauma from the hatred greeted every family with a hometown of Grand Rapids, for updates. ing hatred is all the more leased images of the posters, they experienced all through team of squad cars parked in Michigan, had been vandal- The Grand Rapids Jewish devastating. which had disturbing images elementary, middle and high the parking lot. and Nazi slogans. There was school. It can be found in In the aftermath, the syna- coverage on CNN and The a recent case where a local gogue began fundraising for Jerusalem Post. There were real estate company filed a changes to the building itself. Letters To The Editor pretend that anti-Semitism well-meaning comments restraining order against a I worried about how going We are a diverse community and we welcome your hatred isn’t a major problem in from people saying “this is black woman who left them to Sunday school in a locked letters and viewpoints. The views and opinions expressed the United States. Every year, not West Michigan.” a poor review on social media in the opinion pieces and letters published in The Heri- these statistics grow more They are wrong. because her rental applica- Sympathy on page 15A tage are the views of the authors, and do not necessarily dire, and the Jewish commu- reflect the views and opinions of The Heritage Florida nity feels an increasing sense Jewish News or its staff. The Heritage reserves the right of danger. The fact that a dark to edit letters for clarity, content, and accuracy. And underbelly of anti-Semitism respectful of lashon hara, we will not print derogatory lurks in America is hardly new, statements against any individual. but we must be aware that the Please limit letters to 250 words. Send letters to P.O. problem is getting worse. Box 300742, Fern Park, FL 32730. Or e-mail to news@ We at the American Jewish orlandoheritage.com. Congress condemn these at- tacks in the strongest possible terms, and we hope that these The time is now to act shocking figures awaken our leaders to the hatred in our Dear Editor: crimes—105 in total, versus midst. We are calling on our Yesterday, the FBI released 73 in 2017—and was the worst nation’s leaders to engage in their 2018 statistics on hate year ever for homicides in the a serious conversation about crimes. For the Jewish-Amer- Jewish community. In total, how to combat hate, bring these ican community, the results there were 920 anti-Semitic numbers down, and ensure that were nothing short of appall- hate crimes, which amounts our community is safe. ing. The statistics reveal that to 57 percent of all religiously- Jack Rosen 2018 set an all-time record motivated hate crimes. President, American Jewish for violent anti-Semitic hate No longer can we as a nation Congress PAGE 6A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, NOVEMBER 22, 2019 What’s A COMPREHENSIVE Stories from the COMMUNITY LIGHT Happening CALENDAR SHABBAT CANDLES AT For inclusion in the What’s Happening Calendar, copy must be sent on sepa- Orlando Help Desk rate sheet and clearly marked for Calendar. Submit copy via: e-mail (news@ NOV. 22 orlandoheritage.com); mail (P.O. 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Beth Congregation Ahavas Yisrael—Monday - Friday, 7:30 a.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday, 9 to drive the 2-1/2 hours was also introduced a.m., 407-644-2500. from Longwood to St. to an Elder Law at- Congregation Chabad Lubavitch of Greater Daytona—Monday, 8 a.m.; Thursday, 8 a.m., 904- Pete to make sure her mother to help her with physical care; torney who could help her 672-9300. was OK. Her mother, Shirley, she changed her power of at- navigate each of the legal Congregation Ohev Shalom—Sunday, 9 a.m., 407-298-4650. only needed eight stitches this torney twice in the last year; issues that she was encoun- GOBOR Community Minyan at Jewish Academy of Orlando—Monday—Friday, 7:45 a.m.—8:30 time. From the emergency she had changed her will tering. They discussed the a.m. room, Shirley called someone again and who knows what power of attorney, trusts to Temple Israel—Sunday, 9 a.m., 407-647-3055. to help her at home in the else she was changing. Did plan for Medicaid, whether mornings for the next few she have the beginnings of Shirley could qualify for VA FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22 days. Beth had no idea who dementia and was someone aid & attendance through Ahavas Yisrael—Kabbalat, 30 minutes before sundown her mother called or if they manipulating her? Beth was her ex-husband, guardianship were trustworthy. Who was fearful of all the legal changes and more. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 her mother letting into her that were being made and Nothing is settled yet, but Torah Portion—Chayei Sarah: Genesis 23:1-25:18; Haftarah: I Kings 1:1-31. home? why. Shirley refused to move Beth knows she now has a The Roth Family JCC—Author and cohost of Fox & Friends, Brian Kilmeade will discuss his Beth, a retired Orlando area from the St. Pete area. Her team to assist her in making newest book “Sam Houston and the Alamo Avengers,” with book signing to follow, 7 p.m. Cost Medicare nurse, called The mother wouldn’t answer her legal decisions and finding is $35 per person and includes a copy of the book. Orlando Senior Help Desk on questions. Beth also knew care for her mother. The Or- her way home wanting help. that Shirley’s money wouldn’t lando Senior Help Desk would SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Things were getting out of last forever with the additional be happy to help you in all of JCC 39ers—Cinema Sundays, 2 p.m., in the Roth Family JCC Senior Lounge. The movie control. Her mother didn’t care that was required more your senior care needs. Call “Second Act” starring Jennifer Lopez will be shown. always call when there was and more often. 407-678-9363 and visit the a problem. She was allowing The Orlando Senior Help website at www.orlandose- MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 random people into her house Desk referred Beth to a home niorhelpdesk.org. Israeli Folk Dancing—7:30-8:15 p.m. instruction, 8:15-10 p.m., requests. Cost: Free for JCC members, $7 nonmembers. Info: 407-645-5933. JCC 39ers—Meet & Mingle Monday, 1 p.m., in the Roth Family JCC Senior Lounge. Harriet Weiss will present the program “Bubbe Meises.” Quote of the Week “They [Islamic Jihad] have one choice: to stop these attacks or absorb more and more FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29 blows. Their choice.” Ahavas Yisrael—Kabbalat, 30 minutes before sundown. — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated at a cabinet meeting during the rocket attacks from Gaza. Venue location change The venue for New York and book signing of his newest Writer’s Block Bookstore, 316 Times bestselling author book, “Sam Houston and the N. Park Ave., Winter Park, on “Short Parshas” by Yoni Glatt Brian Kilmeade’s discussion Alamo Avengers,” will be at Saturday, Nov. 23rd at 7 p.m. Difficulty Level: Chellenging [email protected]

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HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, NOVEMBER 22, 2019 PAGE 7A Two days under fire By Jonathan Feldstein transportation on two feet. going off like a slot machine in insulated from this and each Even in a bomb shelter not my pocket. time I hear the alert, I think Under normal circumstanc- as cluttered as ours, with a As soon as I heard the news, about those racing to a bomb es, most kids look for excuses desk, refrigerator, freezer and I shared what was going on shelter, the kids who live with to stay home from school, at shelves for storage, how do you with the Israeli woman sit- the trauma and fear, and the least once in a while. This week stay in one room pretty much ting across the aisle. Moments parents who do their best to in Israel, 300,000 kids stayed all day? Especially for or with a earlier she stretched and ex- keep their kids and themselves home from school a few days baby who has no understand- claimed in happiness how glad as safe and living normally as in a row. Under the circum- ing of the looming threat or the she was to be “home.” possible. Of course, “normal” stances, they’d probably rather boxes above him containing She let out an absurd rant, is relative depending on how have been in school. gas masks, just in case. blaming Prime Minister Ne- close you are to the Gazan Beginning early Tuesday, On the second day of the tanyahu for the rockets as part terrorists. Palestinian Arab terrorists attacks, my 14-year-old son of some political ploy. No, I told I also wonder if there are fired more than 400 rockets came home to tell me about her. The terrorists are the ones Palestinian Arabs in Gaza at Israeli communities from a conversation he had with to blame. She wouldn’t let go who, rather than celebrating Gaza, forcing schools and friends. “Abba,” he said, “We of it. Welcome home indeed. their “armed resistance” are businesses to close in order have 90 seconds to get to a Then I shared the situation actually angry at their terrorist to prevent too many people bomb shelter. That’s a lot. with the pastors in front of leaders. Do they realize that gathering in any one place, You could drive home and me whom I had befriended en each rocket they fire represents despite bomb shelters being put away the groceries.” If he route so they should know and resources that could have been required part of construction and his friends know we have be prepared to deal with the invested to make their lives of all buildings. 90 seconds to take cover, can 60 people from their church. better? As of this writing (Nov. 15, they comprehend how little They seemed unfazed, but Do they realize that the re- 2019), a ceasefire is in place, time 15 or 30 seconds are for were grateful for the update. sources used to build bunkers which was “only” broken people living with this daily. Perhaps their true excitement and tunnels in which their three times by the Palestin- How much can you do in 90 at being in Israel overcom- terrorist leaders hide could ian Islamic Jihad terror group seconds, 15, 30? What if you’re pensated for any concern, or have built houses, schools, and including a barrage last night, in the shower? What would you perhaps their faith in God. hospitals? interrupting the attempted be afraid to get caught in the Welcome to Israel. Do they realize that the sleep of a million Israelis in middle of doing not knowing I pray that our guests have a terrorists put them directly range. At the moment, while if the next moment you’d be meaningful and inspiring visit, in harms’ way firing rockets more than a million Israelis running for cover? and that our fellow citizens from areas near schools, were living under fear of an Because of the ban on public will not use their political bias mosques, hospitals, and popu- imminent attack, I and my gatherings of more than 100, to distract from the fact that lated neighborhoods? family were not in harms way, several weddings were can- how terrorists behave is not Do any Gazans realize or impacted directly in any celed. But, with Israelis being the fault of any Israeli. They or care that no matter how significant way. Things are resilient and always looking for are terrorists. That’s their MO. many rockets they fire does quiet, but with the threat of good news, several weddings They are evil. not bring them closer to “Free these terrorists never actually did happen, and became the Throughout the day into the Palestine,” and not even a going away, anything could subject of live broadcasts on next, hundreds more rockets “Palestine” at 50 percent off? change, at any moment. the evening news. In once case, were fired at Israel by terror- Do they consider a revolu- Jonathan Feldstein’s Red Alert app that kept going off Parents stayed home from the famous Israeli singer and ists in Gaza. The Red Alert tion to take their lives in their like a slot machine. work, keeping kids at home Eurovision winner, Neta Bar- app has been going off all the own hands from leaders who and safe. Sitting at home one zilai, even showed up to sing time. Jetlagged, I was annoyed use them as human shields, U.S.-born and educated Jon- thodox Jew in Israel. He writes evening when my daughter and celebrate with a couple she when this happened when I was to build something for their athan Feldstein immigrated a regular column for Standing brought our grandson to visit, had never met. trying to rest. That’s absurd, future rather than trying to to Israel in 2004. Throughout With Israel at charismanews. she looked at the situation I landed at home in Israel I know. There are people who destroy ours? his life and career, he has com and other prominent through the eyes of a parent Monday morning, hours after can’t sleep through the night The latest round may be fellowshipped with Christian web sites. He can be reached of a toddler. “How do you keep the recent barrage of terrorist because they have the real over, for now. We are glad, but supporters of Israel and shares at firstpersonisrael@gmail. a baby in a bomb shelter?” she rockets began. Before even thing, not an app making always cautious. experiences of living as an Or- com. wondered rhetorically as my reaching the gate, the whole noise on the phone dozens of one-year-old grandson strut- plane was talking about this. miles away. ted around the house trying With my phone on checking I feel somewhat guilty that out his relatively new form of the news, my Red Alert app was where I am, we’re completely Jordan reclaims farmland By Cnaan Liphshiz closed off the territory. Re- Naharaim that belong to ports said that Jordan would Jordan in exchange for arid (JTA)—Jordan reclaimed allow farmers to harvest what lands belonging to Israel in two pieces of land leased by they planted in Tzofar before the Aravah desert. But the Israel as part of a 1994 peace completely closing it off. agreement said the deal would agreement. Jordanian Foreign Minis- be reviewed after 25 years. 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The first show opened in just minutes earlier in her After Tucker, other stars the fall of 2006, and since upstairs office. started flowing in and the then the synagogue has It’s a far cry from the synagogue became known as been renting out its stage era when some of the the Actors’ Temple. In addi- for performances almost biggest celebrities in the tion to the famous members, every week. It can host up country used to gather at a number of other big names to eight performances a the West 47th Street shul. would perform at its annual week—only Friday nights The Three Stooges, actors gala, including Barbra Strei- and High Holidays are out. Shelley Winters and Aaron sand, Bert Lahr, Danny Kaye The synagogue also rents Chwatt (better known as and Jimmy Durante. out space to a program that Red Buttons), baseball At some point after Tucker provides enrichment classes stars Sandy Koufax and joined, the synagogue be- for children who are home- Hank Greenberg, and TV came Conservative. Haus- schooled. host Ed Sullivan all prayed man isn’t sure of the year, but Hausman estimates that there. Sullivan, whose wife she says that at one Shabbat there are between 150 and was Jewish, also hosted service, a wealthy woman de- 200 members today and the annual temple benefit cided to sit in the men’s sec- about 20 show up on a at The Majestic Theater. tion with her husband rather typical Friday night. She Headshots of stars who than in the women’s balcony, said around 40 percent of frequented the synagogue as is the Orthodox custom. regulars are involved in show hang on a wall. She was joined by Tucker business in some way. Josefin Dolsten The synagogue was found- and eventually the rest of the “We are not a family The Actors’ Temple is located in the Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood, just minutes from ed in 1917 for a much dif- women. Today the synagogue congregation the way most Times Square. ferent crowd: Orthodox is nondenominational and congregations are,” she shopkeepers who worked in welcomes interfaith couples said. “Not that we don’t like By Josefin Dolsten people gathered for Shabbat Rabbi Jill Hausman greet- Hell’s Kitchen, a neighbor- and members of the LGBTQ families, but our member- services at the Actors’ Temple, ed each one by name with a hood lined today with bars community. ship is mostly singles and NEW YORK (JTA)—On a a synagogue just a few blocks kiss on the cheek and a “Good and restaurants catering to The synagogue continued couples from early through recent Friday night, about 20 from Times Square. 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nary anti-Semitic incidents What lessons do the situa- Orthodox ones, warned their and allegedly engaged in tion of Jews in Ukraine offer congregants to stay out of anti-Semitic provocations. Jews elsewhere? politics. Others, like Josef In response, the Ukrainians I think there are two main Zissels of the Vaad of Ukraine, lobbed similar accusations lessons to be learned from were active supporters. After against the Russians. The Ukraine. First, when Jews the revolution, when Russia Jews found themselves used are in trouble, it behooves attacked, the Jewish com- by both sides. the larger Diaspora to get munity rallied behind the Second, the Ukraine con- involved. There were a few government. While many felt flict is a perfect case study in large organizations that it was prudent to stay out of the way post-Soviet govern- helped resettle the Jews of domestic political conflicts, ments have sought to build eastern Ukraine, but it was it’s much harder to take a heroic narratives around the not a banner issue for most neutral line when fighting efforts to fight against com- Jewish organizations. Many an outside aggressor and munism. Often these efforts Israeli and American Jews all citizens are expected to involve the rehabilitation had no idea anything was line up in support of their of Holocaust collaborators happening at all. country. and the downplaying of local The second lesson relates Do you think that Jewish complicity in the genocide. to the politicization of anti- communities paid a price Studying Ukraine helps us Semitism. As the Russians in- for their initial dithering? better understand wider re- tensified their efforts to paint Is their support seen as op- gional trends. the Ukrainians as violently portunistic? Finally, Jewish communi- anti-Semitic, the Ukrainians I don’t believe so. At one Sean Gallup/Getty Images ties that had worked hard became increasingly unwill- point, as you yourself report- Participants in the March of Dignity gather in Kyiv’s Maidan Independence Square for to re-establish themselves ing to place the blame for ed, government officials even ceremonies marking the first anniversary of the Maidan Revolution, Feb. 22, 2015. after communism found any anti-Semitic incidents held up an ultra-Orthodox themselves shattering un- on their own people. This led soldier as a paragon of the By Cnaan Liphshiz Sam Sokol, a Jewish Tele- particular aspect help read- der the pressure of armed to a situation in which any Ukrainian soldier for propa- graphic Agency correspon- ers understand the broader conflict. Thousands of Jews substantive discussion on ganda purposes. (JTA)—Ukraine is in the dent based in Israel, published conflict? became refugees and com- combating anti-Semitism was Your book does a great news now for its ties to the a book this summer about Sokol: I think it’s important munities in the separatist essentially frozen. It behooves job illustrating how Russian Trump impeachment scandal, the revolution titled “Putin’s for a few reasons. areas lost most of their Americans to learn from the propaganda used, and in some but this year also marks the Hybrid War and the Jews: One, the Russians weapon- members to the flood of Ukrainian example. cases invented anti-Semitism fifth anniversary of a turbu- Antisemitism, Propaganda, ized anti-Semitism during Ukrainians seeking refuge How did the Jewish leader- for its needs. But it also lent revolution that roiled and the Displacement of the conflict. The Kremlin’s outside the war zone. The ship in Ukraine react to the demonstrates the existence the country and ousted its Ukrainian Jewry.” war was what is commonly story of how these com- revolution? Did they embrace of anti-Semitic sentiment then-president. JTA’s Europe correspon- referred to as a hybrid war, a munities ravaged by po- it right away or gradually that some believe is turn- In 2014, anti-government dent, Cnaan Liphshiz, inter- combination of low-intensity groms, the Nazis and the as regime change loomed ing Ukraine into a regional demonstrations became vio- viewed Sokol about his book proxy conflict, disinforma- communists only to rebuild likelier? trouble spot. For all their de- lent, and clashes with police and how Ukraine’s Jewish tion, propaganda, and po- and then find themselves There was a wide range of ception, do the Russians have led to the deaths of dozens of story is intertwined with the litical and economic pressure. destroyed is a tragic one views regarding the revolu- protesters. Ukraine’s parlia- larger currents that led to the Part of the disinformation that must be told. tion. Some leaders, especially Ukraine on page 15A ment voted to oust President revolution. campaign was an effort to Viktor Yanyukovych, and JTA: Can you tell me why divide Ukrainians along eth- voters elected Petro Poro- you decided to examine the nic and religious lines and shenko—who was replaced upheaval through a Jewish delegitimize the Ukrainians Israeli politicians praise earlier this year by Zolodymyr perspective? Beyond an ac- by painting them as Nazis and Zelensky, the country’s first count of how Jews felt during fascists. The Russians planted Jewish president. the revolution, how does this fake news stories about imagi- ‘Operation Black Belt’ (JNS, Israel Hayom)—“The ing” to secure the ceasefire. with Islamic Jihad is not new rules of the game are The source added that “the good, and it will only lead to clear—the IDF will operate situation on the ground will the next round of violence. If HERITAGE freely, without any limita- set the tone going forward. you reward Islamic Jihad for tion,” Israeli Defense Minis- There’s no change in policy. firing 400 rockets, Hamas ter Naftali Bennett said on If anyone tries to harm us, won’t be able to sit on its Presents The Thursday, a short while after we will harm them.” hands. This compromise isn’t a ceasefire between Israel and United Nations envoy to good because it didn’t change SPECIAL Palestinian Islamic Jihad went the Middle East Nickolay anything.” into effect, ending two days of Mladenov wrote on Twitter on Israel’s Public Security intense rocket-fire from the Thursday that Egypt and the Minister Gilad Erdan blasted CHANUKAH ISSUE Gaza Strip. United Nations had “worked Lapid’s remarks, writing on Bennett, who took up his hard” to prevent the situation Twitter: “There’s no com- post as defense minister on from deteriorating into a full- promise to speak of, and you Tuesday as rockets fell across fledged war, calling on all the know it. Islamic Jihad opted central and southern Israel parties to show “maximum to hold its fire and it got following the targeted killing restraint” to avoid further nothing in return. This [the of PIJ commander Baha Abu bloodshed. strike on Abu al-Ata] was a al-Ata, singled out residents Also on Thursday, Israeli proactive, lethal operation of the country’s southern, Foreign Minister Israel Katz by Israel to generate deter- Gaza-adjacent communities told Army Radiothat he be- rence and it sent terrorists for special praise over their lieves the ultimate solution the message that their days handling of the crisis. for the situation in Gaza is are numbered.” “I’m proud of our soldiers, the creation of economic Interior Minister Aryeh who stand vigilant, and of the prospects for the Palestinians. Deri, who heads the Shas Israeli public,” said Bennett, He stressed, however, that Party, said that Israel “has “especially the residents of Israel must maintain an no interest in a prolonged the south, who show the kind aggressive policy against round of violence. We’re try- of resilience that bolsters the those who would threaten ing to reach understandings decision-makers.” it, and pointed to the fact with Hamas and you can see According to a statement that Hamas—the terrorist that they want that too—they Publication Date by the Israeli military on group that controls the Gaza haven’t joined the fighting.” Thursday, in the wake of the Strip—stayed out of the fight- Labor MK Itzik Shmuli said strike on Abu al-Ata, code- ing as being an indication that on Thursday that a diplomatic December 13, 2019 named “Operation Black Israel’s policy of deterrence solution must be devised for Belt,” PIJ fired 450 rockets at was working. the Gaza Strip alongside a Deadline: December 4, 2019 Israel within a 48-hour period. Blue and White No. 2 Yair military one. Israel’s Iron Dome air-defense Lapid disagreed, however, say- “It’s a good thing that Israel system intercepted 90 percent ing on Thursday that “Israeli sent Baha Abu al-Ata and sev- of projectiles aimed at residen- deterrence is practically non- eral of his friends to the next A Chanukah Greeting is a Good Way tial areas and strategic sites, existent,” and adding that the world,” said Shmuli, “but the the military said. country’s southern residents problem of Gaza remains even to Thank Your Jewish Customers The Israel Air Force mount- “don’t feel safe.” after this round of fighting. ed four waves of airstrikes While “Operation Black It’s clear that the military so- for Their Patronage or to against PIJ in Gaza, killing Belt” was an “extraordinary” lution for Gaza cannot be the 25 terrorists and eliminating achievement, said Lapid, on only one, and that alongside Sell Your Holiday Merchandise rocket production sites and its own it was not enough to it there must be a diplomatic launch sites, according to the change the overall situation. solution of civilian restoration military. “[The strike against Abu in exchange for the disarming For More Information A senior Israeli political al-Ata] was an extraordinary of the Gaza Strip. Otherwise, source told Israel Hayom on operational and intelligence the next round is already ap- Call 407-834-8787 Thursday that the “opera- achievement, but it was a proaching.” tion achieved its goal,” and single event,” said Lapid. “The This article first appeared that Israel “has given noth- compromise [Israel made] in Israel Hayom. HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, NOVEMBER 22, 2019 PAGE 11A My encounter with Central Florida Synagogues

al-Baghdadi’s victims Orlando Weekday Morning Minyan (Conservative/Egalitarian), services Monday- By Sara Yoheved Rigler their roots back seven or N.’s voice, like her eyes, was Friday 7:45 a.m. (9 a.m.—national holidays); 2nd floor Chapel—Jewish Academy of Orlando; Aish Hatorah Resources eight centuries. An embattled lifeless, but she told her story 851 N. Maitland Ave., Maitland. For information call 407-298-4650. minority, a half-million adher- like a tired sentinel guarding Celebration Jewish Congregation (R), services and holiday schedules shown at www. An intriguing request ents lived in northern Iraq, in truth, as word after word JewishCelebration.org; 407-479-8377. showed up on the e-bulletin villages clustered near Mosul marched out of her cavernous board of our community in and Sinjar, until they were heart. Her village was cap- Chabad Lubavitch of North Orlando (O), 1701 Markham Woods Road, Longwood, the Old City of Jerusalem a displaced by the ravaging tured by ISIS. She described 407-636-5994, www.jewishorlando.com; services: Friday 7:00 p.m.; Saturday at 9:30 a.m. few months ago: hordes of ISIS. They believe how they separated the men Chabad of Altamonte Springs (O), 414 Spring Valley Lane, Altamonte Springs, 407- Dear Neighbors, that God entrusted the world from the women and children. 280-0535; www.jewishaltamonte.com. Professionals from a for- to seven angels, one of whom The men were given the choice eign country that does not is called, the “Peacock Angel.” to convert to Islam or be Chabad of South Orlando (O), 7347 Sand Lake Road, Orlando, 407-354-3660; www. have diplomatic relations I duly put my Shabbos flowers killed. The women and girls jewishorlando.com; Shabbat services: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. and 10 minutes before sunset; with Israel are quietly be- into a vase decorated with a over the age of 9 were taken Saturday, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday, 8:15 a.m. ing brought for professional peacock and placed it at the as sex slaves. (Because, she Chabad of the Space & Treasure Coasts (O), 1190 Highway A1A, Satellite Beach, development. The lead coor- center of our Shabbos table, explained, Mohammed had dinator host wants them to my meek gesture at trying to relations with his 9-year-old 321-777-2770. encounter the positive face of make our mystery guests feel wife, that is the minimum age Congregation Ahavas Yisrael/Chabad (O), 708 Lake Howell Rd., Maitland, 407-644- Judaism. They will be at the comfortable. for Muslim men to take sexual 2500; www.chabadorlando.org; services: Sunday, 9 a.m.; Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m.; Shabbat Kotel next Friday night. The Barnea brought them to partners.) services: Friday, 6:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m.; Family service, 4th Friday of the month. host body would like to ar- our door—three thin women N. had 91 members in her range home hospitality for 17. dressed in slacks. Two of them, extended family. Only 24 came Congregation Bet Chaim (R), 181 E. Mitchell Hammock, Oviedo, 407-830-7211; www. Barnea Levi Selavan V. and R., smiled warmly. They back after ISIS was defeated. betchaim.org; Shabbat services: Friday, 8 p.m. My husband, Leib, and I spoke English and greeted me All the men chose death rather Congregation Beth Am (C), 3899 Sand Lake Road, Longwood, 407-862-3505; www. volunteered to host three for with a hug. than convert. congbetham.org; Shabbat services: Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m. the Shabbos night meal. Our The third, N., looked pale After Shabbos, we heard neighbor Barnea, a tour guide and worn, older than what from other neighbors who Congregation Beth El (C), 2185 Meadowlane Ave., West Melbourne, 321-779-0740; and archeologist, made it clear we would later learn was her had hosted Yazidi women. Shabbat services, 1st & 3rd Friday, 8 p.m.; 2nd & 4th Saturdays, 9:30 a.m. that no information would be age of 29. One related the story of their Congregation Beth Emeth (R), 2205 Blue Sapphire Circle, Orlando, 407-222-6393; forthcoming about who our They were so open, so guest: She and her two friends Shabbat service: monthly, 8 p.m. mystery guests would be or friendly, so eager to experi- had been taken as sex slaves by from what country they came. ence whatever we wanted ISIS. At some point, they de- Congregation Beth Israel (Rec), Collins Resource Center, Suite 303, 9401 S.R. 200, The day before their arrival, to share about Judaism and cided to escape. This entailed Ocala, 352-237-8277; bethisraelocala.org; Shabbat service, second Friday of the month, 8 p.m. Barnea confided the secret: Shabbat. At that point they running through a mine field. Congregation Beth Sholom (R-C), 315 North 13th St., Leesburg, 352-326-3692; www. They were Yazidi women from had been in Israel, at Bar Both her friends stepped on bethsholomflorida.org; schedule of services on website. Iraq, brought surreptitiously Ilan University, for just a few mines and were blown up in to Israel to get training on Post days, yet they obviously felt front of her. She kept running Congregation Beth Shalom (Progressive Conservative), Orange City congregation Traumatic Stress Disorder in safe with us. Was it because and somehow managed to get holds services at 1308 E. Normandy Blvd., Deltona; 386-804-8283; www.mybethshalom. order to help the thousands of they recognized in us Jews to safety. com; Shabbat services: Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. their fellow Yazidi women who an innate empathy with those Our Shabbos guests were Congregation B’nai Torah (C), 403 N. Nova Rd., Ormond Beach, 32174, 386-672-1174; had been enslaved by ISIS. who suffer? among 18 Yazidi and Chris- I keenly remembered seeing Twelve of us sat down tian mental health workers www.mybnaitorah.com; Shabbat services: Friday, 8 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. years ago the video of a Yazidi around the table, including who had been brought to Congregation Chabad Lubavitch of Greater Daytona (O), 1079 W. Granada Blvd., woman in the Iraqi parliament our adult son and six Jewish Israel by Bar Ilan University Ormond Beach, 386-672-9300; Shabbat services Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. guests. Leib made Kiddush, and IsraAID for an intensive shouting and crying because Congregation of Reform Judaism (R), 928 Malone Dr., Orlando, 407-645-0444; ISIS, at the height of its power, and then we did the ritual two-week workshop on how was raping Yazidi women and hand-washing for bread. Dur- to treat PTSD, C-PTSD, de- www.crjorlando.org: Shabbat services, 7 p.m. 1st, 2nd and 3rd Fridays; 6 p.m., 4th and 5th taking them as sex slaves. It ing the meal, as is our custom, pression, attempted suicide, Fridays; Saturday: 10 a.m. was that video that first woke we went around the table for insomnia, etc. Professor Ari Congregation Mateh Chaim (R), P.O. Box 060847, Palm Bay, 32906, 321-768-6722. up the world to the abhorrent each person to introduce his/ Zivotofsky and Dr. Yaakov Congregation Ohev Shalom (C), 613 Concourse Parkway South, Maitland, 407-298- evil of ISIS and moved Presi- her self. Although Barnea Hoffman organized the pro- dent Obama to use American had cautioned us to ask no gram. Their research among 4650; www.ohevshalom.org; Shabbat service, Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m. forces to stop them. searching questions, the Yazidi women who were Congregation Shalom Aleichem (R), 3501 Oak Pointe Blvd., Kissimmee, 407-935- Leib and I were nervous Yazidi women seemed driven captured by ISIS found that 0064; www.shalomaleichem.com; Shabbat service, 1st and 3rd Fridays of the month, 8 p.m. about how to relate to our to talk about themselves. V., over 50 percent of them suffer guests. On Friday afternoon, who spoke excellent English, from C-PTSD (complex Post Congregation Shomer Ysrael (C), 5382 Hoffner Ave., Orlando, 407-227-1258, call for I googled “Yazidi” and dis- said that she lived in a town Traumatic Stress Disorder) services and holiday schedules. covered the basics of their that ISIS approached but did and another 23 percent suffer Congregation Sinai (C/R), 1200 West Broad Street, Groveland; 352-243-5353; congre- history and religion. They not conquer. R., who spoke from standard PTSD. Of the gation-sinai.org; services: every Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Shabbat Service evert Saturday, 10 a.m. espouse a monotheistic re- halting English, had fled her 6500 women and children ligion derived from various village with her family before kidnapped by ISIS, 3500 Orlando Torah Center (O), 8591 Banyan Blvd., Orlando; 347-456-6485; Shacharis- traditions including Islam ISIS attacked. managed to escape or were Shabbos 9 a.m.; Mon.—Thurs. 6:45 a.m.; Sun. and Legal Holidays 8 a.m.; Mincha/Maariv (although Muslims are forbid- N. spoke only Kurdish and Please call for times. den to marry them), tracing Arabic; V. translated her for. Victims on page 15A Southwest Orlando Jewish Congregation/Ohalei Rivka (C), 11200 S. Apopka- Vineland Rd., Orlando, 407-239-5444; Shabbat service, Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m. Temple Beth El (R) / Temple Israel (C), 579 N. Nova Rd., Ormond Beach, 386-675- OBITUARIES 6615 / 386-252-3097; Friday Shabbat Service 7 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m. Temple Beth Shalom (R), P.O. Box 031233, Winter Haven, 813-324-2882. ROSE E. GOLDIE (www.shrinershospitalfor- nizing several high school Temple Beth Shalom (C), 40 Wellington Drive, Palm Coast, 386-445-3006; Shabbat (Submitted by the family) children.org) reunions, including in recent service, Friday, 8 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. Rose Goldie passed away Arrangements entrusted to years. Temple Beth Sholom (C), 5995 N. Wickham Rd. Melbourne, 321-254-6333; www. Nov. 11, 2019, at the age of 99 Beth Shalom Memorial Cha- Her family recalls her as mytbs.org; Shabbat services: Friday, 7 p.m.; Saturday: 9:30 a.m. Minyan, Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.; years and 9 months. She was pel, 640 Lee Road, Orlando FL loving mother, mother-in-law, Thursday, 10:00 a.m. born Feb. 28, 1920, in “White 32810. 407-599-1180 www. and grandmother. Memories Russia.” At a young age, her bethshalommemorialchapel. of her being a fixture at her Temple Beth Shalom (R), 1109 N.E. 8th Ave., Ocala, 352-629-3587; Shabbat services: family emigrated to Mexico com. grandchildren’s sporting Friday, 8 p.m.; Torah study: Saturday, 10:00 a.m. and later to Stevens Point, events, band concerts, and Temple B’nai Darom (R), 49 Banyan Course, Ocala, 352-624-0380; Friday Services 8 p.m. Wisconsin. She had a zest of TOBY KAYE plays give great comfort to her life and enjoyed traveling with Toby Kaye, age 75, of ‪At- adoring grandchildren. Living Temple Israel (C), 50 S. Moss Rd., Winter Springs, 407-647-3055; www.tiflorida.org; her husband, Earle, in their lanta, Georgia, died Nov. 13, the active life, Toby traveled Shabbat services: Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday 9:00 a.m. RV. She loved dancing, sing- 2019. She was raised in the the world, visiting a dozen or Temple Israel (R), 7350 Lake Andrew Drive, Melbourne, 321-631-9494. ing, arts and crafts, gardening Bronx, New York, graduat- so countries. and cooking. Later in life her ing from James Monroe Toby is survived by her Temple Israel of DeLand (R), 1001 E. New York Ave., DeLand, 386-736-1646; www. passion was playing endless High School, where she was daughter, Stephanie (Joe) templeisraelofdeland.org; Friday Shabbat service, 7 p.m.; Saturday, 10:00 a.m. followed by games of Rummikub. a cheerleader. She is also Duffy; son, Joshua (Kati) Kaye; Torah study. Rose is survived by her a proud graduate of both grandchildren—Andrew, Jor- Temple Shalom (formerly New Jewish Congregation) (R), 13563 Country Road daughters, Sharee (Rick) of Queens College and Hunters dan, and Abby Duffy. She was 101, Oxford, 352-748-1800; www.templeshalomcentralfl.org; Shabbat services: Friday, 7 West Palm Beach and Pamela College in New York. preceded in death by brother, (Sanford) of Longwood, as She moved with her fam- Allen Nudelman, and parents p.m.; last Saturday of the month, 9:30 a.m. well as her granddaughter ily to South Florida in 1971 Ida and Israel Nudelman. Temple Shalom of Deltona (R/C), 1785 Elkcam Blvd., Deltona, 386-789-2202; www. Danielle (Pedro) and great- before relocating to Orlando In lieu of flowers, memorial shalomdeltona.org; Shabbat service; Saturday: 10 a.m. grandson Peter of Delray in 1977. In 1996, she moved donations may be made to Temple Shir Shalom (R) Services held at Temple Israel, 50 S. Moss Rd., Winter Springs, Beach. to Atlanta. Toby was an ac- American Cancer Society or Graveside services were tive volunteer at St. Joseph’s Weinstein Hospice. A grave- 407-366-3556, www.templeshirshalom.org; Shabbat services: three Fridays each month, held at Chapel Hill Cemetery Hospital. Always giving, she side service was held at North 7:30 p.m. with Rabbi Maurice Kaprow has also volunteered at B’nai Atlanta ‪Memorial Park, ‪5188 Traditional Congregation of Mount Dora (T) Mount Dora, 352-735-4774; www. of VITAS Hospice officiating. B’rith and Hadassah. She Winters Chapel Road, Atlanta, tcomd.org; Shabbat services: Saturday, 9:30 a.m. sharp. In memory of Rose Goldie, the worked for many years as a GA. 30360. Arrangements family requests donations to preschool director. Toby had by Dressler’s Jewish Funeral (R) Reform (C) Conservative (O) Orthodox (Rec) Reconstructionist (T) Mehitsa Shriners Hospital for Children many lifelong friends, orga- Care, Atlanta, ‪770-451-4999. PAGE 12A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, NOVEMBER 22, 2019 In Ukraine, aid for needy Jews comes with a catch By Cnaan Liphshiz educational programs. And ish educational programs philosopher Maimonides, in school almost every day for in a Jewish village,” Sergey though she married a Jewish to attending synagogue, in who allowed parents to use being Jewish.” told JTA. ODESSA, Ukraine (JTA)— man and raises her two chil- exchange for help. candy to motivate children Others, however, are clearly For other Ukrainian Jews, Alina Feoktistova always knew dren in an observant home, In Odessa, the estimated to study. induced to get involved out of the community was a ticket she was Jewish, but the first Feoktistova does not fit the 30,000 Jews are eligible for “Of course, Russian-speak- necessity. to big city life. time she sought contact with stereotype of an Orthodox free services through the Jew- ing Jews are not babies, they’re Rivka Bendetskaya at- Haya Saphonchik, a the community was to see if it Jewish woman. ish community’s various in- sophisticated people, but from tended a Chabad school in the 27-year-old kindergarten could pay her tuition. On a Saturday evening stitutions, which include two a Jewish perspective they are eastern city of Zaporizhzhia teacher, enrolled in a Jewish Feoktistova’s family earlier this month, she wore a community centers, a dozen like captured babies – people where she grew up. Her family school in Odessa primarily couldn’t afford to send her black leather biker jacket over schools and two orphanages. who know nothing about Ju- was poor and not religious, to escape her impoverished to college, but the local Jew- a long dress with a matching Families and the elderly can daism because of oppression,” but the Chabad school offered hometown of Kremenchuk. ish community provides an studded kerchief in her hair get hundreds of dollars a Jacobs said. “It’s OK to offer free meals and long hours. “My mom had no money to alternative in the form of the as she smoked her first post- month—a significant sum in them something they need as At 16, Bendetskaya came to send me to Odessa,” Saphon- Jewish University of Odessa, Shabbat cigarette. a country where the average a way to acquaint them with Odessa to pursue a degree chik said. “She asked me when an accredited institution that “I’ve accepted my fate,” monthly salary is about $300. Judaism so they can decide in in business management at I was 17: ‘Do you want to stay offers tuition and room and Feoktistova joked. The Federation of Jewish an informed way if they want Chabad’s Jewish University. in Kremenchuk in a regular board at no charge. Founded About 360,000 Jews are Communities of the CIS, a it in their lives.” The five-year program would school, or do you want to go in 2003, the university fea- estimated to live in Ukraine, network affiliated with the Many young Ukrainians have cost about $17,000 at a a Jewish school in Odessa?’ tures five-year programs in most of them in Odessa and Chabad Hasidic movement, in this city and beyond seek regular university, an unaf- Of course I went to Odessa.” a number of fields, including other major cities, and Jewish also runs a Jewish university a connection to Judaism fordable sum for her family. After graduating from high foreign language, early child- groups have used their robust in Odessa, which it describes without financial incentives. Sergey and Elena school, Saphonchik went on to hood education, law, business welfare systems not only to on its website as “a path out The Limmud FSU conference Yarelchenko had little to do study at the Jewish University and Jewish studies. help those in need, but also of poverty and into Jewish here last month attracted 600 with the organized Jewish in Odessa, where she met her “I was crying. I really didn’t to overcome the indifference service.” participants who paid nearly community before they were husband, Uriel, who came to want to do it,” said Feoktisto- and aversion to Judaism that The engagement-for-aid $200 to attend the weekend forced to flee their home in study computer program- va, 28, who studied literature was instilled here during the model has had a meaningful event at a resort. Lugansk during the 2014 ming from his native Russia. at the school. “[My family had] communist era. impact on “breathing life into One participant, Vlodymyr revolution. At a Jewish refugee Though she came initially for no funds for college for me. The American Jewish Joint the dry bones” of a moribund Zeev Vaksman, a 38-year-old camp set up outside Kyiv by financial reasons, she stayed The Jewish community was Distribution Committee, or community, according to active in the Odessa Jewish Rabbi Moshe Azman, who because the school offered her there for us.” JDC, provides assistance to Rabbi Binyomin Jacobs, direc- community, said he sought named it Anatevka after the more than just an education. After graduation, Feoktis- any Jewish applicant it deems tor of intergovernmental rela- out the Jewish community fictional hometown of Tevye “I found great beauty,” tova found work as an office needy, regardless of their tions at the Chabad-affiliated after suffering bullying in from “Fiddler on the Roof,” the Saphonchik said, “a great administrator with Tikva, participation in communal Rabbinical Center of Europe. school. Connecting with his Yarelchenkos not only found mutual responsibility for the Orthodox group that activities. But other Jewish “Some might even call it Jewish identity, Vaksman said, shelter, but work and a sense each other that I didn’t know runs the Jewish University of organizations often require a bribe, but it’s legitimate “helped restore my pride in it of community. existed and which ended up Odessa along with a host of communal engagement, from – and it works,” said Jacobs, because it’s hard to be a proud “I never thought I’d go to giving me the best things that other identity-building and enrolling children in Jew- citing the medieval Jewish Jew when you’re being beat up synagogue, much less live I have in life.” These Jews made Time magazine’s new list of ‘rising stars’ By Josefin Dolsten diverse range of figures, from directed by actress Olivia that set him apart, from his love woman is the founder of The “Flatiron’s software helps re- pop star Camila Cabello to Wilde, who penned Time’s for his 95-acre farm in Vermont Wing, a women’s co-working searchers track which cancer (JTA)—Time magazine is the viral rapper Lil Nas X to blurb on Feldstein. “Who else to his queerness, gender fluidity space and social club in New treatments—at which doses, building on its list of the most presidential hopeful Pete But- is that earnest and irrever- and polyamory,” reads Time York that now has nine loca- delivered at which times— influential people of the year tigieg. Among them are a few ent?” Wilde asks. “So prepared blurb about him. tions in the United States and work for which patients,” the by releasing a list of “rising Jews and one Israeli politician. and yet so present? Such a Aly Raisman England. “As a young profes- blurb reads. stars,” or what it calls the Keep reading to learn more strong physical comedian and The 25-year-old Olympic sional with a hectic schedule, Ayman Odeh Time 100 Next. about them. a subtle dramatic actor?” gymnast made waves last year Audrey Gelman relied on Odeh, a 44-year-old Arab- The list features what the Beanie Feldstein Ezra Miller after she testified at the trial coffee shops and Amtrak Israeli lawmaker, leads the publication says is an increas- Feldstein, 26, became a Miller is a 27-year-old gen- of Larry Nasser, the former bathrooms to change clothes Joint List, a coalition of Arab ing number of influential household name after por- derqueer actor who got his big USA Gymnastics doctor who between commitments,” her parties that ended up endors- people who aren’t establish- traying the quirky best friend break in “We Need to Talk About was convicted of molesting listing in Time reads. “It ing Benny Gantz’s bid to ment types—the world lead- of the title character in Kevin.” Most recently he ap- girls. “Aly is a true role model, was this experience—and become prime minister. “As ers, CEOs of big companies the 2017 film “Lady Bird.” peared in the Harry Potter spi- inspiring and urging all of us her desire for a more profes- the contest for leadership of and blockbuster actors that Recently she appeared in noff “Fantastic Beasts” films. to be proud of who we are, sional alternative—that first the self-declared Jewish state make up its Time 100 list. “Booksmart,” a comedy about “Miller has fully embraced and inside and out, and to learn inspired The Wing.” teetered between right-wing The new list includes a two nerdy high school seniors broadcast the pieces of his life that confidence is the most Zach Weinberg and centrist factions, Odeh beautiful thing of all,” model In 2012, Weinberg founded emerged not only as a pos- and activist Ashley Graham Flatiron Health with his col- sible kingmaker but also as a writes of the six-time medal- lege friend Nat Turner. The stirring new voice for equality ist, including three golds. health tech company uses and inclusion,” writes Karl Audrey Gelman data from millions of patients Vick, Time’s former Jerusalem Help The 32-year-old business- to improve cancer care. bureau chief. Wanted Student walks out on survivor’s speech after accusing Israel of Advertising Sales ‘ethnic cleansing’ By Ben Sales in Palestine and my question this very issue, trying to help to you is, do you support or do create peace, but it’s really (JTA)—A Palestinian stu- you condemn the establish- both sides need to [be] open dent at Benedictine University ment of the Zionist Israeli to each other and talk to each Salary Plus Commission called on a Holocaust survivor state, and whether it’s OK to other. But if Israel should ex- to condemn the establish- exile and completely—the ist? Yes, I believe Israel should ment of Israel, and then complete ethnic cleansing of exist.” walked out on his speech after the Palestinian people, the Ali responded that she is Flexible Hours he did not do so. way that the Jewish people “a result of experiences that Following a speech last were exiled and ethnically you’ve been through. I am a week by Professor Harold cleansed?” survivor of the intifada.” She Kasimow, who survived the Kasimow, an emeritus said “it’s disappointing to Holocaust as a child, Bene- professor of religious studies know that a Holocaust survi- dictine senior Ayah Ali asked a at Grinnell University who vor would remain neutral in a question which drew a parallel is a visiting scholar at Bene- situation of injustice.” Call Jeff at between Kasimow’s experi- dictine this year, answered Kasimow said that “it’s not ences and Israel’s treatment of that the Israeli-Palestinian a matter of neutral, it’s not the Palestinians. Ali, accord- conflict is “not an area of my total guilt or innocence on ing to her Twitter feed, is af- experience.” He added that either side.” filiated with the Chicago-area though he is “not happy with After reiterating her com- school’s chapter of Students the government in Israel,” he ments, Ali walked out of the for Justice in Palestine. believes the state should exist. speech. The school’s chapter “It honestly means the He said that both sides of the of Students for Justice in world that you were willing conflict bear responsibility for Palestine tweeted out videos to share your story with us, solving it. of the exchange. but I wanted to bring your “It’s such a complicated is- The Jewish Telegraphic attention towards a similar sue,” he said. “There are many Agency has reached out to 407-834-8787 story,” Ali said. “I’m sure you Jews involved in interfaith both Kasimow and Ali seeking know about whats happening centers who are working on comment. HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, NOVEMBER 22, 2019 PAGE 13A Weekly roundup of world briefs Virginia House will have giant BP at 155.6 billion bar- taining 50-plus billion have recorded songs for a Ha- Court of Justice of the Eu- The collaboration is part its first female and first rels of crude oil, according to barrels of crude nukkah album titled “Hanuk- ropean Union was on a case of the Google Books project, Jewish speaker the report. (JNS)—Iran has discov- kah+,” the record label Verve brought by Psagot, a West which includes over 40 mil- By Marcy Oster Iran is a founding mem- ered a new oil field containing Forecast has announced. Bank winery that claimed lion books from over 70 major (JTA)—The Virginia House ber of the Organization of more than 53 billion barrels The album is out Nov. 22 it was being discriminated libraries in the United States, of Delegates will have its the Petroleum Exporting of crude, Iranian President and also features contribu- against because of a require- Europe and Japan, as well as first female and first Jewish Countries (OPEC) and pos- Hassan Rouhani announced tions from folk singer Loudon ment passed by the French from thousands of publish- speaker. sesses what were already the on Sunday, increasing the Wainwright III, Adam Green government for labeling. ers. It includes books in over The current minor- world’s fourth-largest oil country’s proven reserves by (of the band Moldy Peaches), The requirement was based 400 languages, including ity leader, Democrat Eileen reserves and second-largest more than a third. Alex Frankel (of the elec- on European Commission Hebrew. Filler-Corn, 55, of Fairfax gas reserves. Speaking on official state tronic group Holy Ghost regulations from 2015. “We are very happy to be County, Virginia, was chosen Before sanctions imposed TV, Rouhani called the new and a founder of the Jewish The court rejected the working with Google in ful- as speaker by the House’s by U.S. President Donald field, which he said cov- deli Frankel’s in Brooklyn) lawsuit and reaffirmed both filling our mission to open incoming Democrats on Trump disrupted Iran’s oil ers some 920 square miles and more. the French government’s re- access to the treasures of Saturday. She has served in sector in 2015, Iran was the in Iran’s southwestern Rolling Stone reported that quirement and the European Jewish, Israeli and universal the state General Assembly second-largest oil exporter Khuzestan province, “a small the record is a mix of covers Commission regulation. culture for diverse audi- since 2010. in the world. gift by the government to the and original songs. Haim’s The statement added that ences across the globe,” Yaron Filler-Corn said in a state- Hot and dry conditions people of Iran,” according contribution is a cover of the the “path toward resolv- Deutscher, head of Digital ment that she is “humbled spark fires in northern to A FP. late Leonard Cohen’s “If It Be ing the Israel-Palestinian Access for the National Li- and honored” to have been Israel If the figures stated by Your Will.” Black wrote two conflict is through direct brary, said in a statement. chosen speaker by her col- By Marcy Oster Rouhani are correct, the originals, and the Flaming negotiations. America stands “More specifically, it is a leagues. JERUSALEM (JTA)—Hot new field would add some Lips and Wainwright also with Israel against efforts significant contribution to “The firsts are not lost and dry conditions in Israel 34 percent to Iran’s proven penned new songs for the to economically pressure, our work opening digital ac- one me—the first woman have sparked forest fires in reserves, estimated by energy album. isolate, or delegitimize it.” cess to all books published in and the first Jewish person the country’s north. giant BP at 155.6 billion bar- The project is the brain- Jews again were the the first 450 years of Hebrew elected Speaker-designee in At least four fires broke out rels of crude oil, according to child of Grammy-winning victims of most of the printing.” our 400-year legislative his- overnight Sunday to Monday the report. music supervisor Randall religion-based hate Amazon adds Hebrew to tory—but it doesn’t define as Israel’s unseasonable heat- Iran is a founding mem- Poster, who was inspired by crimes in 2018 its international website me. When I joined this body wave continues. ber of the Organization of Yo La Tengo’s annual run of By Ben Sales By Marcy Oster less than 10 years ago, I was The weather is expected to the Petroleum Exporting Hanukkah concerts. (JTA)—Despite the Pitts- JERUSALEM (JTA)—Ama- the only mom serving with remain hot and dry through Countries (OPEC) and pos- “When our old friend burgh synagogue shooting zon has made its internation- school-aged kids. We have Thursday. sesses what were already the Randy Poster asked us to last year, hate crimes against al website available in Hebrew come so far since then. We The largest fire, involv- world’s fourth-largest oil contribute to an album of American Jews decreased 11 and is offering free delivery have the most diverse House ing 10 firefighting teams, reserves and second-largest Hanukkah songs he was put- percent overall in 2018, ac- on purchases over $49. Caucus in our history, which continued to rage Monday gas reserves. ting together, we were kind cording to the FBI’s annual Hebrew becomes the includes cultural, gender and in the village of Nahalal in Before sanctions imposed of stumped,” Yo La Tengo, hate crimes report. eighth language offered by geographic diversity. It also the Jezreel Valley. The fire by U.S. President Donald which is led by singer Ira But Jews were again were Amazon. The Hebrew site means a diversity of experi- consumed the agricultural Trump disrupted Iran’s oil Kaplan, said in a statement. the victims of the majority of launched Monday also pro- ence and perspectives on community’s straw storage. sector in 2015, Iran was the “As non-practicing Jews (and hate crimes that were based vides prices quoted in shekels. issues that affect Virginians, Three people sustained second-largest oil exporter non-Jews), truthfully the on religion last year in the Customer service also will be in all regions,” she said in the light injuries—two in an in the world. holiday has little meaning United States. available in Hebrew, accord- statement. apartment fire in Haifa and In Veterans Day ad- for us (that’s the meta joke The 2018 Hate Crimes ing to the Israeli business Democrats won a majority a third by a bushfire near the dress, Trump told story behind Yo La Tengo’s Hanuk- Statistics Report found that website Calcalist. in the Virginia State house on village of Dahi in the coun- of American who defied kah shows), but we were open of 1,419 incidents of hate last International orders from Tuesday. It is the first time in try’s northeast, the Times of Nazi command to iden- to inspiration.” year based on religion, Jews Amazon will continue to be 20 years that Democrats will Israel reported. tify Jewish soldiers Quentin Tarantino and suffered 835, or about 58 per- subject to local import laws be the majority, The Associ- The fires burning on Mon- By Josefin Dolsten Israeli wife Daniella cent of the total. That’s a drop and regulations. Duty on ated Press reported. day come after large fires on NEW YORK (JTA)—Presi- Pick rent home in Tel of 11 percent in anti-Semitic imports is waived for orders Filler-Corn is on the board Sunday, including one out- dent Donald Trump told the Aviv incidents from 2017, when under $75. of directors of the Washing- side of Jerusalem near Tzur story of an Army sergeant By Marcy Oster Jews suffered 938 incidents. Amazon also has a local ton region’s American Jewish Hadassah, which required 18 who defied a Nazi command JERUSALEM (JTA)—U.S. Religion-based hate crimes sales platform that hosts Committee chapter. Until firefighting teams, includ- to identify which of his fel- filmmaker Quentin Taran- also decreased approximately Israeli merchants for Israeli Saturday she had been serv- ing six firefighting planes to low American soldiers were tino and his Israeli wife, 10 percent from 2017. customers. ing as leader of the Virginia bring it under control, the Jewish. actress and model Daniella But hate crime murders Among the other lan- House Democratic Caucus. Times of Israel reported. During his Veterans Day Pick, are renting a home in totaled 24—the highest guages offered by Amazon are Arizona opens trade of- A second fire on Sunday speech Monday in New York, Tel Aviv. number since the FBI began English, Chinese, German, fice in Tel Aviv next to Kibbutz Ein Shemer Trump told the story of Mas- The home in an afflu- tracking statistics in 1991, Spanish and Korean. By Marcy Oster located near Hadera in the ter Sgt. Roddie Edmonds, ent neighborhood in the according to the Anti-Defa- Foods from Israeli (JTA)—The state of Ari- north, required 15 firefight- Military.com reported. northern part of the city mation League. The ADL said settlements must be la- zona opened a trade and ing teams and two firefight- Edmonds, who died in rents for nearly $23,000 a that the high number was beled as such, European investment office in Israel. ing planes. 1985, was a senior noncom- month, the Israeli business attributable to the 11 victims top court rules Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey 1,000-year-old Hebrew missioned officer in a Ger- daily Globes reported. It is of the Pittsburgh synagogue By Cnaan Liphshiz announced the opening on Bible goes on display in man prisoner of war camp in two floors and 5,000 square shooting in October 2018. (JTA)—Foods made in Friday, Arizona Public Radio Washington 1944. When the camp com- feet, and is located near the Overall, hate crimes de- Israeli settlements that the KNAU reported. By Marcy Oster mander ordered all the Jews Kikar Hamedina, a major creased slightly, to 7,120 in European Union views as The office, established (JTA)—A 1,000-year-old to step forward, he refused plaza of high-end shops and 2018 from 7,175 the previous occupied must be marked as with $250,000 from the Hebrew Bible has gone on to allow it. restaurants. year, with the majority based such when they are marketed state’s 2020 budget, is part public display at a museum “We are all Jews,” said Ed- The couple, who were mar- on race. Almost 19 percent in EU members states, the of the Arizona Commerce in Washington, D.C. monds, who was not Jewish. ried a year ago, are expecting were based on religion and European Court of Justice Authority. The bible, called the Wash- Threatened with a gun, he their first child. They an- nearly 17 percent on sexual ruled. Imports and exports be- ington Pentateuch, was said, “You can shoot me, but nounced the pregnancy in orientation. The ruling Tuesday was tween Arizona and Israel unveiled Thursday at the you will have to shoot all of August but did not say when Israel’s National Library on a court case brought be- totaled more than $460 mil- Museum of the Bible. us, and when the war comes the baby was due. partners with Google to fore the court by the Psagot lion in 2018, according to the It is one of the oldest intact to an end you will be tried as It will be the first child for digitize 120,000 books winery, which claimed that report, double the amount Hebrew Bible manuscripts in a war criminal.” both Tarantino, 56, and for By Marcy Oster it was being discriminated in 2010. Ducey led the first the United States, accord- The commandant turned Pick, 35. She is the daughter JERUSALEM (JTA)—Some against because of a require- ever Arizona trade mission ing to a statement from the and walked away. of the popular Israeli singer 120,000 books from the ment passed by the French to Israel in 2015. museum. It contains all five Trump pointed out that and composer Svika Pick. collection of the National government for labeling. The Iran announces discov- books of Moses. two people connected to Ed- State Department says Library of Israel will go online court rejected the lawsuit and ery of new oil field con- The Bible was first owned monds were in the audience: EU court decision on in a collaboration between reaffirmed both the French taining 50-plus billion by a Jewish community in his granddaughter Lauren settlement labeling pro- the library and Google. government’s requirement barrels of crude Ukraine, which gave it as a Matthews and former Staff motes Israel boycott The digitation process, and the European Commis- (JNS)—Iran has discov- gift to a local archbishop in Sgt. Lester Tanner, one of By Marcy Oster which is expected to take sion regulation. ered a new oil field containing the 19th century. During the the Jewish soldiers saved by (JTA)—The decision by the about two years, is underway, “Foodstuffs originating more than 53 billion barrels 20th century, the manuscript Edmonds. European Union court to up- the library said in a state- in territories occupied by of crude, Iranian President was owned by collectors in Tanner gave testimony that hold the requirement to label ment, which calls the process the State of Israel must bear Hassan Rouhani announced Israel and the United King- helped Edmonds get posthu- foodstuffs that originate in “complex.” the indication of their ter- on Sunday, increasing the dom before it was purchased mously recognized by Israel’s Israeli settlements is ”sugges- The books must be shipped ritory of origin, accompa- country’s proven reserves by by the museum and went on Yad Vashem Holocaust me- tive of anti-Israel bias,” the in containers meeting strict nied, where those foodstuffs more than a third. display in D.C., according to morial as a Righteous Among U.S. State Department said. climate-control and secu- come from a locality or a Speaking on official state Haaretz. the Nations. He was the first “This requirement serves rity requirements from the group of localities consti- TV, Rouhani called the new The Museum of the American soldier to receive only to encourage, facilitate, library located in Jerusalem tuting an Israeli settlement field, which he said cov- Bible, which opened in the award. and promote boycotts, divest- to the Google digitization within that territory, by ers some 920 square miles November 2017 and cost Haim, Jack Black and ments, and sanctions (BDS) center in Germany. the indication of that prov- in Iran’s southwestern $500 million to build, was more record songs for a against Israel,” the statement The collection includes enance,” a statement about Khuzestan province, “a small largely funded by the evan- Hanukkah album issued Wednesday said. the library’s out-of-copyright the ruling said. gift by the government to the gelical Green family, which By Gabe Friedman The statement also said books that have not yet been The NGO Monitor organi- people of Iran,” according runs the Hobby Lobby (JTA)—Adam Sandler is that the United States “un- digitized. zation in Israel condemned to A FP. chain of crafts stores. Its finally getting some competi- equivocally opposes any About 45 percent are in the ruling. If the figures stated by president, Steven Green, tion in the Hanukkah music effort to engage in BDS, or Hebrew, Yiddish and Ladino, Both the European Com- Rouhani are correct, the serves as the museum’s world. to otherwise economically with the rest in languages mission regulations and the new field would add some chairman. Haim, Jack Black, the pressure, isolate, or other- including Latin, English, ruling are binding, though 34 percent to Iran’s proven Iran announces discov- Flaming Lips, Yo La Tengo wise delegitimize Israel.” German, French, Arabic and some EU member states have reserves, estimated by energy ery of new oil field con- and other prominent artists The ruling Tuesday by the Russian. not implemented them. PAGE 14A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, NOVEMBER 22, 2019 Nazi flag seen hanging in state building in Sacramento By Gabe Stutman and photo sharing website simi- By Tuesday, the video had tolerance policy for the display Some of the items con- ity grew around the time of lar to Instagram, shows a red been viewed more than 23,000 of objects that are derogatory fiscated from offenders are prominent demonstrations SAN FRANCISCO (J. The Nazi flag with a black swastika times. in nature, in an office that “used as training tools,” against police brutality in Jewish News of Northern in the center visible through A CDCR spokesperson con- covers gang members and Simas wrote. She did not say Baltimore, Ferguson and California via JTA)—Why was the window of a CDCR office firmed that the flag had been high-risk sex offenders we will whether the flag was among elsewhere. The flag is often a Nazi flag hanging on the in downtown Sacramento. The hung in its state parole office come into contact with items them. associated with the Blue Lives wall inside a California parole video also shows what appears at 1608 T St. In a statement that may be considered objec- The Nazi flag was not the Matter movement. office over the weekend? to be a second flag, black with emailed to J. on Tuesday, press tionable,” the statement read. only wall decoration seen in The Anti-Defamation The state’s Department of SS bolts, hanging below it. secretary Dana Simas said the “However, we take this issue the video. Also visible was League calls the Nazi flag, Corrections and Rehabilita- “This is a trashy way to office deals with high-level seriously and have removed a “Thin Blue Line” flag—a which has been adopted by tion has launched an investi- represent this beautiful city, offenders and often comes the item and are looking into black-and-white version of white supremacists across the gation to find out. especially in a state build- into contact with “objection- the circumstances for why the the American flag with a globe, “one of the most potent An anonymous video upload- ing,” a caption on the online able” items. flag was displayed in potential blue line that represents law hate symbols worldwide.” It is ed Saturday on Imgur, a video post read. “While CDCR has a zero view of the public.” enforcement. Its popular- banned in Germany. Gaza From page 1A restriction that has not ap- The command room com- Gaza over land, the IDF beefed targets because they are the Iranians and their Shi’ite plied to PIJ. bined the operations of the up troops around the Strip, used for military activity, militias are trying to entrench brokering a long-term truce “The aim of ‘Black Belt’ was air force, the Shin Bet and though no cross-border raids storing weapons, and for themselves and build missile and economic improvements to improve the security situa- other branches of the military were attempted. command and control,” bases to threaten Israeli cities in Gaza. tion by delivering a significant to detect and strike targets “We used only a limited he added. “Our operations and civilians. Hamas’s decision to pre- blow to PIJ and thus creating as quickly as possible. This part of our capabilities,” said were very accurate, very “We are ready for various serve those talks and avoid war deterrence afterwards. We of enabled Israel to hit launch Conricus. deliberate and based on scenarios, and we understand with Israel became prominent course wanted to keep Hamas crews at a fast rate. ‘Limit possible collateral highest level of intelligence that Iranian forces and prox- throughout the escalation, out of the fighting. We wanted An estimated 25 PIJ mili- damage’ that we had. One of the key ies, as we speak, are trying as it paid little more than lip to stabilize the situation in tary operatives were killed The IDF’s efforts to avoid considerations was to limit and preparing various attacks service to the PIJ’s fight. In and around Gaza,” stated by Israeli airstrikes, either harming non-combatants to the greatest extent pos- against Israel from various practice, Hamas left PIJ to Conricus. in action as they tried to fire meant that most of the casual- sible collateral damage.” geographical regions, which battle Israel alone, after PIJ The IDF kept its firepower at Israel (around 10 such ties were active PIJ operatives, As Israel watches now to see are not limited to Lebanon and spent months undermining selective, targeting only PIJ cases), or in different stages he added. The organization’s whether the removal of Abu al- Syria,” warned Conricus. “We Hamas’s authority and sabo- military assets only—for the of preparations. PIJ also commanders use their private Ata stabilizes the Gaza Strip, it understand that this is the sit- taging Egyptian diplomatic first time. The Shin Bet intel- sustained Israeli strikes on homes as weapons’ storage remains on a high state of alert uation, and we are operating efforts to reach long-term ligence agency worked tightly infrastructure targets linked facilities, and family members to the much larger threats and preparing accordingly. calm. with the Israel Air Force and to its weapons-production as human shields to protect stemming from the north We are continuing to focus Hamas retains its jihadist with officers in a joint com- industry. The Israeli Navy those weapons. and east. First and foremost on the north, continuing to fundamentalist ideology, mand room set up in the IDF struck PIJ targets on the “We did strike private among those is Hezbollah, stabilize the south, and we will but its role as a regime in Gaza division for the purpose Gazan coastline. homes of the commanders with an arsenal of 130,000 respond to any threat against Gaza has forced it to be more of coordinating rapid strikes Anticipating the risk of of the PIJ, which from a legal rockets and missiles in Leba- Israeli civilians, wherever it pragmatic in its moves—a on time-sensitive targets. terror-cell intrusions from point of view are military non. In neighboring Syria, comes from.”

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 M I K E E G L O N D V A R 14 15 16 UN O L A M K E A N E R E N O regime has killed half a maimed and expelled by “The UN’s disproportion- 17 18 19 From page 1A D A R E E R R O R E N D A million of its own people, Assad’s forces.” ate assault against the Jew- 20 21 22 23 measures’ against Syrian how can the UN call for “Today’s farce at the Gen- ish state undermines the E N A T E G R A N D D A D citizens in the Golan Heights. more people to be handed eral Assembly underscores a institutional credibility of 24 25 26 27 28 M A T M E R E A G E It’s obscene,” said Neuer. over to Assad’s rule? The simple fact: the UN’s auto- what is supposed to be an 29 30 31 32 33 The resolution con- text is morally galling, and matic majority has no interest impartial international body. M O L E D I N E T T E demns Israel for holding on logically absurd.” in truly helping Palestinians, Politicization and selectivity 34 35 36 37 38 39 E L S E O B S E S S T A Z to the Golan Heights, and “Today’s resolutions claim nor in protecting anyone’s hu- harm its founding mission, 40 41 42 demands Israel hand the land to care about Palestinians, man rights; the goal of these eroding the UN Charter’s M A T T P I N C H B A R R and its people to Syria. yet the UN is oblivious to ritual, one-sided condemna- promise of equal treatment to 43 44 45 T R U R E D L I T E S S A “It’s astonishing,” said more than 3,000 Palestinians tions is to scapegoat Israel,” all nations large and small,” 46 47 48 49 Neuer. “After the Syrian who have been slaughtered, said Neuer. Neuer added. S A D N E S S D A K S 50 51 52 53 54 Y E N W E R E B A M 55 56 57 58 59 60 Brooklyn S C H E D U L E D R A C O borhood. The death touched is that authority is breaking there is an uptick because they 61 62 63 64 65 From page 3A E L A D L U L A V O M E R off three days of rioting in down a little, and people are don’t understand the culture 66 67 68 “To stop hate, we cannot which black youths attacked feeling emboldened to defy of the other,” Monrose told P E L E N I D R E A B R A just arrest our way out of religious Jews, killing one. authority,” said Cohen, who JTA. “It’s because all of us live 69 70 71 T O L D A S S E T M I S H the problem, we have got to “You have Louis Farra- also has run educational together and seeing, well, they change hearts and minds,” khan, you have anti-Semitic programs about the Jewish are the other way from us, they ADL CEO Jonathan Green- rhetoric on the internet,” community in local schools. live differently, let’s try to do blatt said at the news confer- Bernstein told JTA. “They’re “Kids that want to act out feel something to them. It’s going ence. “It is so important to getting this information from there’s nothing holding them up because everyone is living focus on children so we can somewhere. They’re getting back anymore.” on top of each other.” inoculate the next genera- this information from their Pastor Gil Monrose, who Bernstein noted that some tion from intolerance, so we parents, or they’re getting it leads a church in Crown landlords in the borough are can immunize them against from social media and from Heights and serves as the bor- Orthodox, including some on anti-Semitism and all forms other platforms.” ough president’s director of lists of the worst landlords of hate.” But Rabbi Eli Cohen, ex- faith-based and clergy initia- in New York City, which can Evan Bernstein, the ADL’s ecutive director of the Crown tives, pointed to gentrification breed anti-Semitic stereo- New York regional direc- Heights Jewish Commu- as a driver of increased attacks types. tor, says kids in the city are nity Council, told JTA that on Jews. As rising housing Several officials said that learning to hate from a mix of he believes the influence of prices draw in newcomers Orthodox Jews are bearing influences, including parents anti-Semitic leaders is a lot and push out some longtime the brunt of a rising climate who might have lived through weaker now than it was in the residents, locals may become of anti-Semitism because the 1991 Crown Heights riots, 1990s. Leaders of the African- frustrated and seek a scape- they appear visibly Jewish and which began after a black boy American community in goat. Monrose also noted that become obvious targets for was killed accidentally by a car Crown Heights are partners overall crime levels are high those who want to hurt Jews. escorting Rabbi Menachem in stopping anti-Semitism, in Crown Heights. “People with hate in their Mendel Schneerson, the late said Cohen, who attributes “We’re living in a commu- heart are specifically target- head of the Chabad-Lubavitch the rise in attacks to a general nity with Jewish individuals, ing this population because Hasidic movement, which is anti-police sentiment. African-Americans, Carib- they know that here is a person headquartered in the neigh- “What’s going on right now bean individuals, you will find of Jewish faith,” Adams said. HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, NOVEMBER 22, 2019 PAGE 15A with anti-Semitic tropes in Palestinian culture and agenda don’t target Israel as It’s for students and faculty groups, but for those who Hall pass thrown in for good measure. among groups like NSJP. They they do Jews who stand up for to unite to advocate against enable or excuse the vitriol From page 4A Many liberal and Jewish forget that the situation in it. It’s they who are vilified and hate and to push back hard espoused by this group. It’s groups give NSJP a pass for the territories exists because attacked, both verbally and against those who traffic in time to revoke the college hall the creation of the State its eliminationist rhetoric the Palestinians have refused sometimes physically by NSJP. anti-Semitism. By letting pass granted by intellectual of Israel. The problem with because they don’t like the peace offers, not because Is- What can be done about NSJP get away with pushing fashion to those who target that argument is that Pal- policies of the Israeli govern- rael hasn’t made any. this problem? anti-Semitic themes without Jews and seek to demonize the estinian suffering in their ment and long for peace with At the root of this problem If universities were to apply being denounced by authority Jewish state. The alternative conflict with Zionism rests the Palestinians in spite of is the plain fact that anti-Zion- the rules it uses on other is- figures and student bodies, is to stand by and watch as a entirely on their refusal to their consistent refusals to ism cannot be separated from sues, NSJP would be banned academic institutions are en- new wave of anti-Semitism compromise. Equally im- recognize the legitimacy of a anti-Semitism simply because everywhere as a hate group. abling and legitimizing hate. sweeps through universities portant, they not only insist Jewish state, no matter where it seeks to deny to the Jews Those who call for consistency And when that happens, they and the nation. on nullifying Jewish rights, its borders might be drawn. that which no one—least of on such matters aren’t wrong. cannot claim innocence when Jonathan S. Tobin is editor but consistently attack Israel Due to their guilt about al- all American liberals—would But the right course of ac- acts of intimidation against in chief of JNS—Jewish News in language rooted in the leged Israeli sins, they turn deny to any other people. tion isn’t so much to silence Jews by the NSJP occur. Syndicate. Follow him on Islamic tradition of treating a blind eye to the hate that This is confirmed by the Israel’s foes, just as they seek The ISGAP report is a wake- Twitter at: @jonathans_to- Jews as second-class citizens is mainstream discourse fact that NSJP and its BDS to silence Jews and Zionists. up call not just for Jewish bin. School From page 5A whose sons are classmates of Let me return to the call The recent incident in- I don’t think that’s why Omar carry with them a respect my children, told me about her from my oldest son’s school. volved a boy who was new stepped up when the situation for Jews that they spread far limited number of Jewish family escaping the Bosnian Lucas is in secondary school, to the school. Every period, arose. I think that in addition and wide. kids to fill the classrooms genocide. I told her that my having graduated from King he was asked the same ques- to having parents with good Karen E. H. Skinazi, PhD, is of King David, the doors grandparents were Holocaust David a number of years ago. tion by the teacher: “What values, Omar is sensitive to a senior lecturer and Director are opened wide to children survivors. She said that our The secondary school has a brought you to our school?” racism, and particularly anti- of Liberal Arts at the Univer- of the neighborhood—and tragic history and sense of diverse student body and tries and every period he gave the Jewish racism, because he is sity of Bristol in the UK. She neighboring faiths. community—similar to her to be sensitive to the different same answer: “My teacher at a graduate of the King David is author of “Women of Valor: Some Muslim families own—was part of what drew needs of the students, but we my last school was Jewish! Primary School. Orthodox Jewish Troll Fight- choose King David because it her to the school. have our grievances. Every And I hate Jews!” Maybe it’s a “funny thing” ers,” “Crime Writers,” and offers a good education. Oth- At its core, Islam has very year we have to argue with When he got to Lucas’ class, that Muslims say the Shema, “Rock Stars in Contemporary ers appreciate its kosher food, close ties to Judaism, and the school to let Lucas take he repeated this behavior— as observers to the school have Literature and Culture” (Rut- which many Muslims consider grassroots organizations are the Jewish High Holidays off and the person who stood noted, and maybe the Jewish gers University Press, 2018). halal. And it is thought that a popping up around the globe (we’ve involved our rabbi and up for my son was a Muslim education does not have the The views and opinions school that is intended for a to remind us of our connec- a religious education advisory student named Omar. depth it would have if all the expressed in this article are religious minority is likely to tions. So why should I be committee). “Hey, that’s rude,” Omar students were Jewish. But it those of the author and do not be more sensitive to religious surprised that our Muslim Still, things go smoothly said. “And also kinda racist!” does seem to have a profound necessarily reflect the views minorities. friends make up some of our for the most part. Lucas likes Omar and Lucas are not re- effect on the children who of JTA or its parent company, One Muslim friend of mine, greatest allies? his school. ally “mates,” as they say here. go there, and these children 70 Faces Media. Genocide From page 5A including English language what makes life worth living: would like nothing more hingya is different from the do what is in our power to en- courses, are reasonably avail- a future. Everywhere we saw than to return to their genocide of the Jews. What is sure that their story does not not forever remain in Bangla- able to school-age children people idling away the hours. homes and support them- not different is the danger of end like those of our families. desh. But how can they return in the camps. But what good A few small, odd jobs may arise selves. But the reality is that inaction and the responsibil- The views and opinions home to such sentiments? is an education if there’s no to relieve some of the intense absent a concerted interna- ity to promote our common expressed in this article are Stranded in one coun- chance of using it to build boredom, but there was noth- tional effort to resolve this humanity, and for the victims, those of the author and do not try and unwanted in their a livelihood? Indeed, one of ing constructive for these crisis, the Rohingyas’ future the sense of profound grief at necessarily reflect the views home country, they languish. the remarkable aspects of people to do or strive toward. is grim. the loss. As the children of of JTA or its parent company, Educational opportunities, life there is the absence of The Rohingya refugees The tragedy of the Ro- Holocaust survivors, we will 70 Faces Media. Sympathy From page 5A I texted the group chat to my Jewish friends to buy the real threats facing the finish the work, but neither lunch. Offer to walk someone for students in my graduate coffee. My fifth-grade Sunday community. Being Jewish are you free to abandon it”) or to and from synagogue on building with security guards school cohort Sunday after- school students also drew throughout history has al- talk about how my students Shabbat. Make an active and infrequent patrols by noon and received positive cards. But having to stand in ways been a tricky balanc- and classmates helped fix a effort to learn more about police would impact students messages of support, includ- front of them and share how ing act between refusing to broken part of the world by anti-Semitism. Donate to a there. I worried about if we ing one student who called I had felt scared and angry assimilate and being cowed expressing their sympathy. local Jewish organization. could trust local law enforce- me as I was taking the train was terrifying. by fear while also having one But right now I just feel Pity and empty expressions ment to actually protect our back home. When I returned I want my students to never eye on the exits. numb and hollow. My main of solidarity are patronizing community after a string of to class, students gave me a have to feel scared of being I wish I had some nice posi- request is for non-Jewish and useless. Actions, no mat- high-profile cases of police card with messages of sup- Jewish, or feel that being tive thing to say at the end folks to do any concrete ac- ter how small, are what keeps misconduct, including an of- port. Friends in Grand Rapids Jewish is something they of this essay. I could cite the tion beyond expressing how us safe. ficer reporting a U.S. citizen donated to the synagogue need to hide and minimize. famous verse in Pirkei Avot bad they feel about anti-Semi- This story originally ap- and disabled veteran to ICE. security fund and gave money I also don’t want to minimize (“You are not required to tism. Buy your Jewish friends peared on Alma. Ukraine From page 10A and graveyards have been Nazi state like the Russians facing Jews today are the a big celebrity with a large but at the same time wary desecrated. And Holocaust are claiming. same as those facing their fan base. He was known for of an anti-Semitic backlash a point about anti-Semitism collaborators have been Do you think Jews are now non-Jewish neighbors: cor- playing an honest man who if he fails to deliver. Do you in Ukraine? rehabilitated. better off in Ukraine com- ruption, economic hardship became a politician and tried expect Jews to pay the price The best disinformation At the same time, Jews have pared to before the revolution? and the war in the east. to clean up corruption on his for Zelensky’s failures? contains a kernel of truth. risen to high government There has been a tendency How do you explain the sitcom. Some of that image It’s a real worry that people Ukraine has shown itself positions and been feted as among some Ukrainians to fact that, despite Ukraine’s probably rubbed off on him have. I won’t say if I agree or to be willing to tolerate heroes. Anti-Semitism in embrace a non-ethnic un- anti-Semitism problem, it when he ran for real. However, disagree because I’m wary anti-Semitic groups that Ukraine is a problem, but derstanding of nationhood, elected a Jewish president in as far as I understand it, most of prognostication, but it’s will fight on its behalf. many local Jews I know, which bodes well for the Volodymyr Zelensky? Ukrainians didn’t vote for him a legitimate concern. I hope Recently, the country’s including some who are very Jews. Overtly anti-Semitic Most Ukrainians seem to so much as vote against his that Ukraine has progressed prime minister attended a outspoken about the issue, parties like Svoboda are no care less about ethnicity and wildly unpopular predeces- enough that should he fail, neo-Nazi concert to benefit don’t seem to be worried about longer in Parliament. This is more about getting someone sor. They wanted a reformer he will bear the blame as an veterans of the war against their physical safety. Things good. But the impunity with into power who can fix their and didn’t care much about individual and not a repre- Russia. And there were a se- aren’t as happy and safe as which far-right movements problems. The fact that Zelen- ethnic issues. sentative of the Jews of his ries of violent anti-Semitic the Ukrainians would have operate (including patrolling sky’s Jewish identity wasn’t a Many Ukrainian Jews I’ve country. incidents in Kyiv during us believe, but neither is the the streets in some cities) is big campaign issue is impres- spoken to are proud that one This interview has been ed- the revolution. Synagogues country turning into a sort of worrying. The biggest issue sive in its own right. He was of their own is president, ited and condensed for clarity. Victims From page 11A hell. I have read innumerable of ISIS, recognition because legacy of horror and brutality on a spiritual approach to world. She lives in the Old Holocaust books and wrote her tragedy was like our Jew- lives on. marriage, with hundreds of City of Jerusalem. Her website liberated (3000 are still miss- a biography of a Holocaust ish tragedies, relief that the Sara Yoheved Rigler is the members throughout the is: sararigler.com. ing), but few mental health survivor, but this was the world had responded to their author of six bestsellers: “Holy services are available to these first time in my life that I was cry and vanquished ISIS, and Woman”; “Lights from Je- survivors. “We feel a moral hearing such a story “raw,” not the prescience of knowing rusalem”; “Battle Plans”: To Publish Legal Notices For obligation not only to study mellowed by decades of time that, even though her group “How to Fight the Yetzer the effects of genocide but to and the mental enzymes the had come to Israel to learn Hara” (with Rebbetzin Tzi- Orange, Osceola, Seminole share our know-how to assist mind uses to digest the indi- how to cope with trauma, she porah Heller); “G-d Winked”: and Volusia Counties, those suffering from it,” said gestible. Hearing N.’s story would never be able to cleanse “Tales and Lessons from My Dr. Hoffman. and looking at her anguished her soul of the nightmare she Spiritual Adventures”; “Heav- Call Heritage Florida Jewish News Listening to N.’s story at visage, I felt a kaleidoscope of had been through. We Jews enprints”; and “Emunah with at 407-834-8787 or our Shabbos table, I felt like I emotions: Horror at what had post-Holocaust know that. Love and Chicken Soup.” She was hearing the testimony of a been done to her people, repul- Abu Bakir al-Baghdadi, the gives a weekly Marriage We- Email [email protected] Holocaust survivor just out of sion at the unmitigated evil leader of ISIS, is dead. But his binar for Jewish Workshops PAGE 16A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, NOVEMBER 22, 2019 Yapchik (potato kugel with meat): The ‘Hungarian cholent’ By Emmanuelle Lee 1 tablespoon Telma onion soup powder (optional) salt Yapchik is made up of two layers of golden, crispy potato cake— black pepper very similar to a kugel—that sandwich a layer of meat. As the fall Directions: days get colder, it will welcome you and your guests home like 1. Preheat the oven to 400 F. a hug, and warm you up from the inside out. Yapchik has been 2. Season the meat with a pinch of salt and pepper. Heat 3 referred to as a “Hungarian cholent” because it is traditionally tablespoons olive oil in a large pan and sear the meat on all cooked in the oven overnight and, while my recipe is a faster sides. Set aside and leave to cool slightly. This stage is optional version, I have included instructions below for how to do this. but adds a lot of flavor to the dish. Developing this recipe made me feel closer to the Hungar- 3. Peel the potatoes and shred them with the larger side of ian grandfather I never knew and brought back memories of a grater or on the grate blade of a food processor. the cooking my paternal grandmother spoiled me with as a This recipe originally appeared on The Nosher. kid. She celebrated family by always making sure each family 4. In a large mixing bowl, combine the eggs, 3/4 cup olive member’s favorite dish was available to them—it’s amazing oil, water and a generous pinch of salt and pepper. Add the to think of how much work she put into every family meal. grated potato, finely chopped onions, onion soup powder and seared meat. Mix well. Her cooking methods were unorthodox. Like most Jew- Emmanuelle Lee ish grandmothers, she had an innate sense of what her food 5. Pour the mixture into an oval or rectangular baking dish needed, despite having no recipe or measurement in sight. I Ingredients: (approximately 9 by 12 inches). like the idea that my two grandparents came from different 2 medium white onions, very finely chopped 6. Bake for 3 hours uncovered. sides of the world—from Hungary and Britain—who would 8 large russet potatoes 7. For the overnight version: Repeat steps 1-5. Bake at 400 have dined on much different cuisines and would have been 1 pound flanken steak, cut into small cubes F. for 40 minutes uncovered, then reduce the temperature to able to connect over the flavors of this hybrid dish. I think of 6 eggs 190 F. and tightly cover the dish with aluminum foil. Bake them both as the yapchik bubbles and crisps, filling the air of 3/4 cup plus 3 tablespoons olive oil for another 6-8 hours. If you want the top to be crispy, bake my little apartment with its hearty aroma. 1/4 cup water uncovered for the last hour of baking. Fish and chips’ surprising Jewish history Inquisition. They ate fish on the where and when of “chips” Joseph Malin, who opened the British government believed Fridays, when meat was for- (what we Americans call first British chippy, aka fish that preserving access to it was bidden by the Church, and also French fries and the French and chip shop, in London in a way of keeping up morale. saved some to eat cold the next call pommes frites). Many 1863. The shop was so suc- A dish that continues to be a day at lunch to avoid cooking historians say that deep-fried, cessful it remained in business mainstay of the British diet. on Shabbat. cut-up potatoes were invented until the 1970s. Think about that the next Frying was natural for in Belgium and, in fact, sub- Who could foresee that time you find yourself feasting Jewish home cooks—think of stituted for the fish during fearful Jewish immigrants on this centuries-old—Jew- latkes and sufganyiot—and as hard times. The first time the hiding their true religion and ish? British?—recipe. the Jewish community began word “chips” was used was in practicing in secret would be These days, some restau- to flourish in England, it Charles Dickens’ “A Tale of responsible for creating one rants are putting a new spin spurred a taste for its beloved Two Cities” in 1859: “husky of the most iconic dishes in on fish and chips. Almond fried, battered fish through- chips of potato, fried with the U.K.? The down-home crusted. Baked instead of out the country. According some reluctant drops of oil.” dish that Winston Churchill fried. Quinoa coated. Sweet to Claudia Roden’s “The Book The official pairing of fish claimed help the British defeat potato fries instead of regu- of Jewish Food,” Thomas Jef- and chips didn’t happen until the Nazis, the comfort food lar. And those are all fine; as Getty Images ferson tried some on a trip a few years later, though. Al- that George Orwell said helped Oliver says, “Dishes evolve.” Fish and chips, the iconic British dish, has Jewish roots. to London and said he ate though there are some who keep the masses happy and But plain old fish and chips “fish in the Jewish fashion” dispute it, most authorities “averted revolution.” The dish, endures and probably always By Ronnie Fein that “Dishes evolve, impacted during his visit. Alexis Soyer, say that it is thanks to a Jew- by the way, that was among will. Good recipes usually do. by trade, war, famine and a a French cook who became a ish cook, this time a young the only foods never rationed This story originally ap- You may be surprised to hundred other forces.” celebrated chef in Victorian Ashkenazi immigrant named during wartime because the peared on The Nosher. learn that fish and chips, Among those “other forces” England, included a recipe for though wildly popular in are dishes born of religious “Fried Fish, Jewish Fashion” England for what seems like ritual. For observant Jews, in the first edition of his 1845 an eternity, actually was a fish is pareve, a neutral food cookbook “A Shilling Cookery Brazilian Jews slam magazine specialty of the Portuguese in kosher terms, thus an easy for the People.” Soyer’s recipe Sephardic Jews who fled way to avoid treif (non-kosher notes that the “Jewish man- the Inquisition in the 16th food) and possibly include ner” includes using oil rather that likened Jewish politician to century and found refuge in dairy in the same meal. It than meat fat (presumably the British Isles. Celebrity was especially important lard), which made the dish chef Jamie Oliver referred to for Marranos, the so-called taste better, though also made Hitler’s propaganda mastermind this recently in an article in crypto-Jews, who pretended it more expensive. The New York Times, adding to be Christian during the There’s some dispute about By Marcus M. Gilban The reaction led to a rare these times of intolerance agreement among both right- and hate preaching, such RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA)— wing and left-wing Jewish an approach must be com- Several Brazilian Jewish voices, who have love-or-hate bated,” said the Brazilian NO MORE GUTTER CLEANING, groups are condemning a opinions about President Jair Israelite Confederation, the OR YOUR MONEY BACK – GUARANTEED magazine news article that Bolsonaro, a fervently pro- country’s umbrella Jewish likened a local Jewish senior Israel Christian politician who organization, in a statement. politician to Nazi Germany’s commonly hails Israel and Several Jewish federations, propaganda minister Joseph has become close friends with which represent most of Bra- Goebbels. current Israeli ambassador in zil’s 26 states, also released Istoe magazine published Brazil, Yossi Shelley. statements. on Friday an article titled “Goe- “There are dangerous trac- “Intense debate of ideas and bbels of the Planalto”—a refer- es of anti-Semitism. 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