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Freshman Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-MN) attempted to head off a storm of criticism on Monday with a statement saying she was “listening and learning, but standing strong” following the furor over her tweets the previous day that were widely slammed as antisemitic. While Omar said that she “unequivocally apolo- gized” for causing offense, she also appeared to stick by her earlier false allegation that the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) exercises an outsize influence

One of the antisemitic slogans ap- pearing with increasing frequency in pubic spaces in France. Photo: Screenshot.

Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-MN) speaks to the media on Capitol Hill. Photo: Reuters / Joshua Roberts. BY BEN COHEN “disturbing liberation” in France on Sunday of a mural of the from the taboo around antisemitic late Simone Veil — a Holocaust in national politics because of its financial clout — a claim hatred established after World War survivor and pioneer of women’s that echoes modern antisemitic conspiracy theories about The representative body of II, Francis Kalifat — president of the rights in France who was interred Jewish economic and political power. Omar claimed she Jews in France called on Tuesday French Jewish communal organi- last July in the famous Pantheon in was learning about “antisemitic tropes,” but her statement for French society to “break the zation CRIF — said in a statement. Paris that commemorates French did not connect her study of the problem with the senti- wall of indifference that surrounds Kalifat emphasized that citizens of distinction. ments expressed in her tweet. antisemitism,” as figures published incidents recorded only in the last Kalifat also pointed out that Omar’s statement on Monday came shortly after by the country’s Interior Ministry few days “testify to the banalizing on Monday, a tree commemo- top Democrats called her Sunday tweets “antisemitic.” showed a colossal increase of 74 and violence of antisemitism in rating Ilan Halimi — the young “Congresswoman Omar’s use of antisemitic tropes and percent in the number of attacks France in 2019.” French Jew kidnapped, tortured on Jews in 2018. Among the outrages he cited and murdered by an antisemitic Continued on Page A3 The increase reflected the was the defacing with swastikas Continued on Page A3

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Sarah Leah Whitson. Soon after she took over appointed Jabarin as an adviser. as Middle East director, HRW endorsed a Labeled a terrorist group by the US, DAVID MAY & campaign led by vehemently anti-Israel groups European Union, Canada, and Israel, the JONATHAN SCHANZER to suspend sales of Caterpillar equipment to PFLP was notorious in the 1960s and 1970s the Jewish state after pro-Palestinian activist for high-profile hijackings and attacks against Rachel Corrie was killed when she stood in the Israelis. In October 2001, the group assas- way of an Israeli military bulldozer. sinated an Israeli minister. In 2014, the PFLP When Airbnb, the online lodging service, By 2009, the anti-Israel invective reached claimed responsibility for a gruesome attack announced in November that it would a fever pitch, prompting HRW founder Robert on a Jerusalem synagogue that left six dead, ban Israeli listings in the disputed West Bernstein to pen a critical New York Times including three American rabbis. Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Bank, hardcore anti-Israel groups took an op-ed. Around this time, HRW became part Jabarin denies his PFLP connections Rights Watch, speaks at the World Economic Forum in January 23, 2015. Photo: World Economic undeserved victory lap. Surprisingly, though, of the boycott, divestment, and sanctions while he continues to assail Israel through his Forum/Benedikt von Loebell. the credit belongs to Human Rights Watch, campaign. The Simon Wiesenthal Center, a NGO, which has called for a European boycott a non-governmental organization with group dedicated to countering antisemitism, on Jewish goods from the West Bank and a to blacklist Israel as an abuser of children in seemingly no reason to enter into the circus of describes BDS as a “thinly-veiled, anti-Israel French financial boycott of Israel. Jabarin armed conflict. In 2016, the group unsuccess- anti-Israel activism. and anti-Semitic ‘poison pill,’ whose goal is the submitted several reports to the Interna- fully petitioned the world soccer federation With ground support from a big tent of demonization, delegitimization, and ultimate tional Criminal Court as part of an anti-Israel FIFA to block matches in Israeli settlements. vitriolic groups, it was HRW that pressured demise of the Jewish State.” lawfare campaign, and he was instrumental In January 2016, HRW published “Occupa- Airbnb into boycotting Israel. It was HRW Connections to the Palestinian NGO in the recent push in Ireland to criminalize tion, Inc.,” a report claiming Israeli businesses that published “Bed and Breakfast on Stolen al-Haq may also explain HRW’s BDS contor- business transactions with Jewish businesses in the West Bank contribute to Palestinian Land,” a report documenting alleged human tions. The two groups have collaborated since in the West Bank. human rights violations. The UN Human Rights rights violations associated with renting at least 2007, when HRW urged Israel to allow Jabarin is not al-Haq’s only contribu- Council, the group former US ambassador Jewish properties in the West Bank. To avoid al-Haq director Shawan Jabarin to travel tion to HRW. A former legal researcher with to the UN Nikki Haley blasted as a “cesspool bad press, Airbnb yanked its Jewish-owned abroad. According to a 1994 Israeli submis- al-Haq, Anan Abu Shanab, is currently HRW’s of political bias,” soon called for a blacklist of listings one day before the report dropped. sion to the United Nations, Jabarin is a senior West Bank researcher. There is also Charles companies operating in Israeli settlements, in It’s unclear exactly when HRW began to member of the terrorist group known as the Shamas, a co-founder of al-Haq, who has been line with HRW’s vision. HRW brass cheered the juggle both human rights research and anti- Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. an HRW adviser since at least 2002. Shamas move and even recommended three compa- Israel activism. One could point to the joint He was detained on seven occasions for his also founded the MATTIN Group, which nies to blacklist for good measure. declaration of the 2001 NGO Forum in South ties to the group, which he denies. In 2007, lobbied Europe to exclude Israeli products In October 2016, HRW hired BDS Africa, reportedly formulated with Human Israel Supreme Court Justice Elyakim Rubin- from free trade agreements. advocate Omar Shakir as its new Israel-Pales- Rights Watch’s assistance, which endorsed stein described Jabarin as a “Doctor Jekyll HRW has since joined several other tine director. In 2017 and 2018, HRW began sanctions against the Jewish state. It also could and Mister Hyde,” heading an NGO while also controversial BDS campaigns. This includes pressuring banks to cease operations in Israeli have been 2004, when it hired anti-Israel activist belonging to a terrorist group. In 2011, HRW the malicious 2015 effort to lobby the UN Continued on Page A4 Ilhan Omar’s Anti-Semitic Tropes Echo the New York Times

Even New York Times columnist lican donors Sheldon and Miriam Adelson the Michelle Goldberg, last seen insisting, “Anti- described Dr. Miriam Adelson as “Israeli,” Algemeiner Journal IRA STOLL Zionism Isn’t the Same as Anti-Semitism” and ignoring that she is also an American. The BOSTON defending the movement to boyoctt, divest Times article, as I wrote at the time in the (USPS 927800) is published weekly from, and sanction Israel, acknowledged, Algemeiner, tried to make it seem like the (except for the week of Passover “Omar invoked a poisonous anti-Semitic Adelsons were buying Trump’s positions on and Succos) narrative about Jews using their money things such as the Jerusalem embassy and the Subscription rate $40 per year Could the intense and outraged reaction to manipulate global affairs.” Explained Iran nuclear deal in a kind of quid pro quo, to Congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s tweet be Algemeiner Journal Goldberg, “it’s particularly incumbent on using phrases like “return on investment” and the key to reforming The New York Times’ Israel’s legitimate critics to avoid anything that “deliver major, long-sought policy victories 508 Montgomery Street coverage of Israel and Jewish topics? smacks of anti-Jewish bigotry. And the idea for conservative Jews like the Adelsons.” The Brooklyn, N.Y. 11225-3023 When Omar tweeted recently suggesting of Jews as global puppet masters, using their Times said, “More than a dozen people who that Jewish campaign contributions had Periodicals Postage financial savvy to make the gentiles do their know the Adelsons professionally or person- swayed America’s Middle East policy, nearly Paid at Brooklyn, N.Y. bidding, clearly does.” ally, some of whom are also friendly with Mr. everyone seemed to agree she had crossed and at additional mailing offices Yet the “anti-Semitic trope” for which Trump, said in interviews that the durability of some important line. Omar was widely condemned, the claim that Mr. Adelson’s relationship with the president POSTMASTER: The speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, American support for Israel is financially hinges not on any personal affinity between Send address changes to and six members of the House Democratic motivated — “it’s all about the Benjamins the two, but on a mutual appreciation for leadership issued a “statement on Anti- Algemeiner Journal baby,” as Omar put it in a reference to the $100 something both men have built their careers Semitic comments of Congresswoman Ilhan bills featuring Benjamin Franklin’s portrait on: the transaction.” P.O. Box 250746 Omar,” condemning as “deeply offensive” — is a consistent feature of New York Times In February of 2018, a Times op-ed, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11225 -3023 what they called “Congresswoman Omar’s use news and opinion articles. Here are just a few subsequently corrected, warned that Jewish of anti-Semitic tropes and prejudicial accusa- recent examples. billionaires were about to drag America into tions about Israel’s supporters.” Let your voice be heard! In September of 2018, a front-page war with Iran. The op-ed claimed, “the analysts The national director emeritus of the New York Times news article about Repub- claiming close ties between Al Qaeda and [email protected] Anti-Defamation League, Abraham Foxman, Iran come from the Foundation for Defense said, “Rep. Omar’s continued blatant anti- of Democracy, which vehemently opposes Semitism needs to be vigorously condemned the Iran nuclear deal and unabashedly calls To advertise in by both political parties. There is a need for for regime change in Iran, while taking money the new Algemeiner consequences for such bigoted expressions from hawks like Sheldon Adelson and Paul by elected officials.” e-mail: [email protected] Singer, who have made clear what their goals Omar herself eventually said, “I unequivo- are with Iran.” or call cally apologize,” though she did proceed in her A front-page New York Times article from next sentence to complain about the “problem- December 2017 reported, “In March 2016, Mr. 718-771-0400 atic” role of the American Israel Public Affairs Congresswoman Ilhan Omar at an event for Trump sought to burnish his credentials as Committee, which she likened to the National Hillary Clinton in 2016. Photo: Lorie Shaull via Wiki- Rifle Association and the fossil fuel industry. commons. Continued on Page A4 www.algemeiner.com | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2019 A3 World News.

Continued from Page A1 values and interests. We will not be deterred Congresswoman in any way by ill-informed and illegitimate attacks on this important work.” BDS in South Africa Jonathan Greenblatt — head of the Anti- Defamation League (ADL) — weighed in, Determined to Wreck tweeting, “Words matter Rep. @IlhanMN. Anti- Semitism is on the rise in the US and abroad. The use of this tired anti-Semitic trope about $354 Million Purchase Jews and money is inappropriate and upsetting.” “As Americans and Jews, we expect our politicians to condemn bigotry, not fuel it,” he of Local Dairy by Israeli added. Mark Mellman, president and CEO of Led Consortium the new Democratic Majority for Israel group issued a statement saying, “Congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s recent statement reveals both woeful ignorance and flagrant bigotry.” “By suggesting pro-Israel views are prejudicial accusations about Israel’s paid for, Congresswoman Omar has driven supporters is deeply offensive,” House headlong into the gutter, slandering America’s Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Majority Leader Steny pro-Israel community and the vast majority Hoyer, House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn of her colleagues of both parties, in the House and other party leaders said in a statement. and the Senate, who back a strong U.S.-Israel “We condemn these remarks and we call relationship,” Mellman added. upon Congresswoman Omar to immediately Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) Execu- apologize for these hurtful comments.“ tive Director Matt Brooks expressed a similar The latest controversy surrounding sentiment, saying, “Rep. Omar’s suggestion Omar began on Sunday when she responded that congressional support for Israel is about to a tweet by journalist Glenn Greenwald, in money brings a vile antisemitic stereotype into which he referenced a statement by Repub- the partisan politics of our day.” lican House Minority leader Kevin McCarthy The Jewish Democratic Council of Supporters of the BDS movement in South Africa. Photo: Twitter screenshot. that “action” should be taken against Omar America (JDCA) tweeted, “Rep. Ilhan Omar’s and fellow Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib for decision to publicly repeat an antisemitic trope suggesting that Jewish money is directly BY BEN COHEN Cyril Ramaphosa has set himself the goal their anti-Israel views. of securing $100 billion in foreign invest- “GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy threatens correlated with political influence is deeply offensive and painful.” Shares in South Africa’s largest dairy firm ment over the next five years, in a bid to punishment for @IlhanMN and @RashidaT- plunged by nearly 10 percent on Thursday, as anti- boost employment and increase consumer laib over their criticisms of Israel,” Greenwald Democratic Congressman Max Rose of New York condemned Omar, saying, “When Israel activists attempted to wreck a $354 million purchasing power. tweeted. “It’s stunning how much time US buyout deal with an Israeli-led consortium. Not everyone was cheered by Monday’s political leaders spend defending a foreign someone uses hateful and offensive tropes against people of any faith, I will not be silent.” Composed of local, black-owned invest- announcement of what Bloomberg News nation even if it means attacking free speech ment companies and the majority stakeholder, called a “rarity… foreign takeovers of rights of Americans.” “Congresswoman Omar’s statements are deeply hurtful to Jews, including myself,” the Tel Aviv-based Central Bottling Co. (CBC), South African listed-companies.” In a state- Replying to Greenwald, Omar tweeted, the consortium announced the buyout of ment on Wednesday, BDS South Africa “It’s all about the Benjamins baby” — with he added. “Implying that Americans support Israel because of money alone is offensive South African dairy company Clover on — the pro-boycott lobby’s campaigning arm “Benjamins” being slang for $100 bills. Monday, sending the company’s stock soaring — denounced the Clover deal, accusing CBC Batya Unger Sargon — the opinion editor enough. But go a step further, and retweet someone declaring their pain at her senti- by 21 percent. of being “complicit in human rights abuses of BDS Lobby in South Africa Determined ment is truly unacceptable.” But after protests from the influential and violations of international law.” to Wreck $354 Million Dollar Purchase of “At a time when anti-Semitic attacks are political lobby in South Africa that advocates One of the allegations leveled at CBC Local Dairy Giant by Israeli-Led Consor- on the rise, our leaders should not be invoking for an economic and cultural boycott of Israel, concerned its apparent hosting of a recep- tium — pointed out that Omar’s tweet had Brimstone Investments, one of the four South tion for a late former Israeli defense minister, antisemitic connotations. hurtful stereotypes and caricatures of Jewish people to dismiss those who support Israel. African partners in the consortium, said on Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, whom the South “Would love to know who @IlhanMN Thursday that it would “reconsider” its partici- African boycott lobby accused of “presiding thinks is paying American politicians to be In the Democratic Party — and in the United States of America — we celebrate the diver- pation in the deal, sending Clover’s share over the 2002 storming of Jenin, a refugee pro-Israel, though I think I can guess,” tweeted price tumbling. camp, leaving hundreds of Palestinians dead.” Sargon. sity of our people, and the Gods we pray to, as a strength,” he concluded. “The Congress- News of the Israeli-led buyout earlier in No such “storming” ever took place in Jenin, Omar responded to Sargon’s query with the week had been warmly welcomed by South a Palestinian city in the West Bank where 23 one word: “AIPAC!” woman’s statements do not live up to that cherished ideal.” African financial analysts, who are concerned Israeli soldiers and 53 Palestinians were killed However, AIPAC does not give money to by the sharp decline in foreign direct invest- during fighting in April 2002. political candidates or sitting officials. Another New York Democratic congressman, Jerry Nadler, called Omar’s ment in the country in recent years. After meeting on Thursday with repre- AIPAC later tweeted, “We are proud that “Yesterday’s South African Rand 4.8 sentatives of local deal partner Brimstone we are engaged in the democratic process remarks “deeply disappointing and disturbing,” as well as “hurtful and offensive.” billion takeover offer for Clover Industries by Investments — which describes itself as “a black to strengthen the US-Israel relationship. Our an Israeli-led consortium is notable,” wrote controlled and managed investment company” bipartisan efforts are reflective of American leading financial commentator Douglas Hogg — BDS South Africa declared itself satisfied with on Tuesday. a “positive and productive meeting.” Continued from Page A1 for a “national surge against antisemitism.” Despite ongoing international concerns “BDS South Africa believes that South French “Beyond being a threat to Jews, antisemi- about South Africa’s business climate, partic- African companies are attractive investment gang in Paris in Feb. 2006 — was chopped tism is a signal of the democratic weakening ularly in the politically-sensitive agricultural opportunities for global investors and that there down in an act of vandalism. The tree was of our country,” Kalifat asserted. “On the eve of sector, the offer for Clover showed that will be many alternative investors who are not discovered by municipal workers in the the anniversary of the murder of Ilan Halimi, “the smart money is returning to SA,” Hogg tainted by the violation of international law and suburb of Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois — CRIF is hoping for a welcome surge from asserted. “Believe it.” human rights,” the statement continued. where Halimi’s body was discovered — as French society to break the wall of indiffer- According to figures released in 2018 by In a separate statement, Brimstone — they arrived to prepare for the annual remem- ence that surrounds antisemitism.” UN trade body UNCTAD, foreign investment which will acquire 15 percent of Clover should brance ceremony for him that is scheduled French Interior Minister Christophe in South Africa contracted by 41 percent in the deal go through — said that the company for later this week. Castaner headed straight to the site of 2016-17 — the result of investor disappoint- had “taken note of the widespread outrage” at The attack on Halimi’s memorial, Kalifat Halimi’s memorial on Monday after learning ment in the lack of domestic demand in its partnership in a consortium in which an continued, came two days after the window of of the vandalism. South Africa, where unemployment currently Israeli company owns a 60 percent stake. a popular Jewish-owned bakery in Paris was “We are crying tonight like we were runs to 26.6 percent of the workforce, with “Brimstone has therefore decided to daubed with the antisemitic slogan “Juden!” thirteen years ago,” a visibly moved Castaner 55 percent of the population living on less review its role in the proposed transaction,” — the German word for “Jews.” told journalists at the site. than $75 per month amid rampant public the company’s statement went on, ending The CRIF statement underlined that the “Antisemitism is spreading like poison,” sector corruption. South African President Continued on Page A4 figures issued by the Interior Ministry “do not Castaner continued. “By attacking Ilan include acts that did not lead to a complaint, Halimi’s memory, it is the [French] Republic According to the National Office of René Lévy, secretary general of the BNCVA. or antisemitic remarks on the internet.” that’s being attacked.” Vigilance Against Antisemitism (BNVCA), Lévy said that of the incidents recorded The numbers “therefore only very partially Perhaps even more worryingly, data on more than 100 complaints concerning antisem- so far in 2019, around half had involved direct reflect the reality of the ‘everyday antisemitism’ antisemitism recorded by one Jewish organi- itism have been filed with the authorities since threats, with violent assaults reported in eight facing the Jews of France,” the statement said. zation since the beginning of 2019 indicated January. “Over the same period, compared to of the cases. CRIF’s Kalifat added that he was now calling that the number of attacks was still on the rise. 2018, the figures have almost doubled,” said A4 | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2019 World News. Shas Party Tells High Court That Women Can Become Members, Run for Office

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The sephardic religious Shas Party has formally informed Israel’s High Court of Justice that its regulations do not prevent women from becoming members eligible to run for public office. The statement came following a petition A ‘Bagelstein’ cafe in Paris targeted with antisemitic graffiti.Photo: Twitter. filed by haredi activist for female political Israeli Minister of Interior Affairs and head representation Ruth Colian in 2016 through the of the Shas party Aryeh Deri, seen with Shas Rackman Center women’s rights organization, parliament members at the campaign opening which argued that Shas refers to candidates in event in Bat Yam on Feb. 10, 2019. Photo: Yehuda ‘Juden!’: Antisemitic Graffiti Haim/Flash90. the masculine throughout its party regulations and directs women towards the “Women of Shas to appoint any female candidates to its From Europe’s Nazi Past Sprayed Shas” sister organization, which supports the electoral lists, but is believed to open the door political entity but does not produce candidates. to the possibility. on Jewish-Owned Bakery in Paris Shas responded that while the Agudat In its decision on Monday, the court found Yisrael ultra-Orthodox party specifically excludes that using the masculine form in Hebrew is women, Shas has never expressly done so, and not inherently discriminatory, as set forth in that membership to “Women of Shas” does not the 1981 Law for Interpretation, and that “Shas BY BEN COHEN ened by the “thousands of messages of support” preclude membership in the primary party. regulations do not discriminate between a man received from around the world. The announcement does not obligate and a woman.” French broadcaster RMC meanwhile Graffiti declaring “Juden!” — the German reported on Monday that a different branch word for “Jews” — was discovered early Continued from Page A2 first choice during the Republican primary of the Bagelstein chain was also targeted with on Saturday morning on the window of a Ilhan Omar’s season last year, he has been generous since: antisemitic graffiti last week. The words “La Jewish-owned bakery in Paris, hours before a friend of Israel, telling the American Israel The billionaire donated $5 million to the pourriture juive se repand” — “Jewish rot is 31 supporters of the populist “Yellow Vest” Public Affairs Committee, the most powerful committee organizing Mr. Trump’s inaugura- spreading” — had been written in black magic protest movement were arrested in violent pro-Israel lobbying group, ‘We will move the tion festivities — the largest single contribution marker on the storefront. clashes with police in the French capital. American embassy to the eternal capital of given to any president’s inaugural committee.” Interior Minister Christophe Castaner Staff at a branch of the bakery chain the Jewish people, Jerusalem.’ The Adelsons TheNew York Times used to have a brand expressed disgust at the antisemitic “Bagelstein” in the fashionable 4th arrondise- were persuaded and donated $20 million to a campaign promoting its help-wanted classified vandalism, vowing that the authorities would ment of Paris arrived for work to be confronted political action committee that supported Mr. advertising, “I got my job through the New York do everything to apprehend the offender. with the word “Juden!” spray-painted in large Trump’s campaign, and another $1.5 million Times.” In this case, Omar could have legiti- No clear link has been established yellow letters under the store’s logo. to the committee that organized the Repub- mately claimed, “I got my anti-Semitic tropes between Saturday’s “Yellow Vest” demon- The vandalism was clearly meant to lican convention. Since Mr. Trump took office, through the New York Times.” Perhaps if the strations and the vandalism. Suspicions provoke associations with the persecution Mr. Adelson has communicated with him Times news and opinion articles were greeted were raised as a result of several antise- of Jews in Nazi Germany that began with regularly, talking by phone and visiting the with the same waves of outrage that Omar’s mitic incidents involving supporters of the economic boycotts and discriminatory White House, and has used his access to push tweet was, the newspaper would back off. movement, including the spectacle ten days legislation in the 1930s, culminating in the the relocation of the embassy.” The different reaction may suggest that ago of a protester urinating on the wall of the Holocaust. Nazi Party street thugs would mark A cutline on a Times video published Omar is being singled out for severe criticism Great Synagogue in Strasbourg while Shabbat out Jewish-owned stores by painting the words along with that article helpfully explained, for some other reason. Or it may just be that services were taking place inside. “Juden” or “Jude” on their entrances. The word “When President Trump formally recognized the Times has been so bad on these issues for Originally launched to protest a also featured in popular Nazi slogans of the Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, one man who so long that at this point, no one other than now-abandoned fuel tax imposed by the time, such as “Kauft nicht bei Juden!” (“Do not was probably smiling was the Republican perhaps me and my readers even expects French authorities, the “Yellow Vests” have buy from Jews!”) and “Die Juden sind unser mega-donor Sheldon Adelson.” the paper not to spread anti-Jewish myths. evolved over the last three months into a Unglück!” (“The Jews are our misfortune!”) A front-page Times news article from Perhaps, at this point, the Times has lost so street-based opposition to the government The Paris prosecutor’s office said the April, 2017 was headlined, “Trump Inaugural much credibility that no one takes the paper of French President Emmanuel Macron, incident was being treated as incitement to Drew Big Dollars From Donors With Vested at all seriously when it does spread such anti- providing a political home for both far-left racial hatred. The management of the Bagelstein Interests.” That article began, “The casino Jewish myths. Either way, the Omar episode and far-right activists. Critics of the movement chain had filed a complaint with police after the magnate and philanthropist Sheldon G. is an excellent opportunity for the pro-Israel point out that the number of people attending graffiti was found, co-owner Gilles Abecassis Adelson wants some big things from the community to consider revisiting its approach the protests has declined each week since they told the AFP news agency on Sunday. Abecassis Trump administration: banning the online to the way the Times covers these issues. began, from a peak of 282,000 in November to said that while he and his colleagues had been poker sites that compete with his luxury Ira Stoll was managing editor of The just 51,000 last weekend. “shocked” by what took place, they were heart- casinos, for example, and moving the United Forward and North American editor of The States Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. And Jerusalem Post. Continued from Page A3 that it was taking a long-term view of the South while President Trump was not Mr. Adelson’s Local Dairy African market. with a warning to Brimstone’s own share- “We are investing in a well-run company Continued from Page A2 to al-Haq may explain some of this. But it’s holders “to exercise caution when dealing and are taking a long-term investment Human Rights Watch unclear why HRW’s leadership, beginning with in the company’s securities until a further approach which reflects our confidence in settlements. It was also around this time that Executive Director Kenneth Roth, allowed an announcement is made.” the prospects for the local economy,” CBC HRW began lobbying Airbnb and Booking.com otherwise mainstream group to become a All the companies involved in the Israeli- Chief Executive Officer Aran Oelsner said in to de-list Jewish properties in the West Bank. ringleader for BDS. led consortium are black-owned. Alongside an email on Monday to South African outlet When Airbnb relented in November, Arvind David May is a research analyst at Brimstone, there is Ploughshare, another Biz News. “Combining Clover’s abilities with Ganesan, business and human rights director at the Foundation for Defense of Democra- black-owned local investment group, which our global expertise will provide real oppor- HRW, crowed, “Airbnb has taken a stand against cies. Jonathan Schanzer, a former terrorism will hold 11 percent; Incubev, a group of tunities to grow Clover’s dairy and beverage discrimination, displacement, and land theft.” finance analyst for the US Department of the executives with experience in the dairy sector, portfolios across sub-Saharan Africa.” While HRW may do serious work on Treasury, is senior vice president. This article with 8 percent; and Clover’s own manage- If the Clover deal goes through despite other issues, it is now an activist group aligned was originally published by The Washington ment, with a 6 percent holding. the pro-boycott lobby’s objections, the dairy with a vitriolic movement. The connection Examiner. Despite the pro-boycott lobby’s confi- company is set to substantively increase its dence that an alternative investor will emerge present workforce of 8,500 employees, as it it continues to trade with Israel, annually nent in the country’s powerful trade unions to replace the Israelis in the Clover buyout, expands its 13 production plants in South importing approximately $150 million of and within the ruling African National the deal with CBC involved several months of Africa and builds on a regional distribution Israeli-produced goods, especially insecti- Congress (ANC). negotiations. In its own statement on the deal, network that includes Botswana, Lesotho, cides, fertilizers and agricultural equipment. In December 2017, a special congress of CBC — which owns the franchises for Coca Mozambique, Namibia and Swaziland. Misrepresenting the Jewish state as a the ANC voted to downgrade South Africa’s Cola, Carlsberg beer and other leading inter- South Africa has long been a strong- carbon copy of the former Apartheid regime diplomatic relations with Israel in the presence national drinks brands in Israel — emphasized hold of the pro-boycott movement, although in South Africa, boycott advocates are promi- of a visiting Hamas delegation from Gaza. www.algemeiner.com | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2019 A5 U.S. News.

features record high unemployment rates Bolton Warns Iran It Won’t Have and a low-valued currency. “So, Ayatollah Khamenei, for all your boasts, for all your More Anniversaries if It Keeps threats to the life of the American president, you are responsible for terrorizing your own people and terrorizing the world as a whole. I Threatening America don’t think you’ll have many more anniversa- ries to enjoy,” Bolton said. Last week, Khamenei explained that the “Death to America” slogan is directed at US US National Security Adviser John Bolton BY JNS.org President Donald Trump and Bolton, and speaks during an interview with Reuters in will stand “as long as America continues its Jerusalem, Aug. 21, 2018. In the wake of reaffirmation of Tehran’s readiness to attack Israel and America by wickedness.” Bolton’s remarks came the same Photo: Reuters / Ronen Zvulun. top-ranking Iranian officials, US National Security Advisor John Bolton told Supreme Leader day as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netan- Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps political Ali Khamenei, who celebrated 40 years since the Islamic revolution in Iran, that “I don’t think yahu warned Iran that “if this regime makes the bureau, Yadollah Javani, that “the United you’ll have many more anniversaries to enjoy.” “This week, Iran marks the 40th anniversary of terrible mistake and tries to destroy Tel Aviv or States does not have the courage to shoot a the Islamic Revolution, and what a 40 years it’s been. Tyrannizing its own people and terrorizing Haifa, it won’t be successful, and it will be the single bullet at us despite all its defensive and the world. Iran continues to seek nuclear weapons, to intimidate peaceful people all around last anniversary of their revolution they will military assets. But if they attack us, we will the globe and ballistic missiles to use as delivery systems,” Bolton said in a video uploaded ever celebrate.” Netanyahu’s video response raze Tel Aviv and Haifa to the ground.” by the White House. He accused the ayatollahs of funding terror across the Middle East and came following a threat by deputy head of the causing massive suffering inside their own country, which Antisemitic Flyers Accusing Jews of Attacking First Amendment Found at University of Montana

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Antisemitic flyers accusing Jews of attacking the First Amendment of the US Constitution were discovered at the University of Montana campus on Friday. Placed under the windshield wipers of cars parked outside student housing buildings, the papers — titled “Jews Attack 1st Amendement” — were not signed by any group or individual. They appeared to target the “Combating European Anti- Semitism Act of 2017,” which improves State Department reporting on Jew-hatred on the continent and encourages European nations to adopt a uniform definition of antisemi- tism. It was signed into law by President Donald Trump in January. The university said that it removed the flyers once alerted to their presence. “It’s important to condemn these efforts that target our friends and neighbors in the Jewish community,” stated the Montana Human Rights Network, which shared photos of the flyers to social media. The school — which is estimated to have a very small Jewish community, totaling less than 100 Jewish students out of more than 9,000 undergraduates — has in the past struggled with antisemitic incidents. A member of the Jewish student group Hillel told the student newspaper Montana Kaimin in 2016 that over the past two decades, nearly every sukkah that was built on campus for the Jewish festival of Sukkot was destroyed by either antisemitic or drunk vandals. The sukkah built in 2010 was told down and recon- structed as a cross, while one raised the previous year was spray-painted with penises.

Antisemitic flyers found at the University of Montana campus. Photos: Montana Human Rights Network. A6 | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2019 Opinion. Cory Booker’s Jewish Enablers

he needs to secure his party’s nomination. Yet Cory has found a number of Jewish Cory voted against a critical federal anti-BDS enablers — prioritizing political access before bill, itself designed simply to protect Israel principle — who have allowed him to continue SHMULEY BOTEACH Senator Cory Booker. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. ENGELWOOD from being brought, economically, to its to vote against Israel while maintaining Jewish knees. Known as the Strengthening America’s support. Like the path to hell, they may have Other Jewish leaders would go further, Security in the Middle East Act (S.1), the act good intentions. But in the end, it allows Cory allowing themselves to be entirely recast as provides legal cover to state governments that to abandon Israel’s vital security interests Cory’s sycophantic apologists. In particular, seek to stymie the BDS movement. The law while continuing to raise significant sums from Rabbi Shmully Hecht of Chabad of Yale Ten days ago, Senator Cory Booker of passed 77-23, earning yeas from every Repub- Jewish networks. The thought of being on first- worked tirelessly to draw Jewish leaders into New Jersey announced his candidacy for the lican except one, and with a substantial 25 name basis with a man who might become the meetings with Cory to preserve his standing presidency of the United States. Democratic senators supporting the bill. most powerful on earth can be dizzying for in the Jewish community. My closest friend since his years as a Yet Cory voted against. some and intoxicating for others. For the Cory Interestingly, you don’t need to be a Rhodes Scholar in Oxford, where he served Funny thing, that. Just last December, enablers, it became dangerously addictive. Presidential hopeful to get Rabbi Hecht to go as president of my organization The Oxford Cory committed himself to co-sponsoring Which is why no matter how far Cory veered wobbly on Israel — Middle Eastern dictators L’Chaim Society, Cory was once considered anti-BDS legislation. “I have long and from protecting the nation he swore to fight apparently make the cut as well. The Rabbi the greatest ally the Jewish community might staunchly opposed the BDS movement, and for, they continued not only to forgive but to recently leaped into the center of the Jewish ever have in elected office. Having spent count- support this bill,” he claimed then. Even in provide the senator with the political cover he community’s Qatar scandal, defending the less hours studying Torah texts with me, Cory his own recent explanation for voting against needed to forsake the Jewish state. Jewish leaders (Rabbi Genack was one) who was able to dazzle Jewish audiences with his it, Cory insists on his “strong and lengthy Before Cory shockingly announced traveled to Doha to sit with the foremost insights on the Parsha, often quoting passages record of opposing efforts to boycott Israel.” his support for the Iran Deal, the head of funder of the Hamas terror organization. that we practiced together in Hebrew. But instead of actually keeping his word, he NORPAC, my friend Ben Chouake, joined me Hecht published a bizarre column praising Upon his rise into the Senate, however, abandoned Israel while meting out lame and then-Governor Chris Christie at a press Nick Muzin, the Washington swamp lobbyist Cory’s support for Israel has cratered. He excuses that add insult to injury, claiming that conference in which we implored Cory to who took millions to whitewash Qatar when notoriously voted for the Iran nuclear deal, the law “raised First Amendment concerns.” join Senator Menendez in pressuring Presi- the Emirate faced American censure for which presented a clear-cut existential “There are ways to fight BDS without dent Barack Obama to negotiate a better deal funding terror. Hecht has not revealed if he threat to Israel and did so even as his senior compromising free speech,” Cory declared. with Iran. Considering NORPAC is Cory’s and Muzin have any financial relationship or Democratic senator from New Jersey, the His explanation itself leaves us with two second-biggest lifetime source of campaign why he published the obsequious column. heroic Bob Menendez, led the charge against possible explanations. Either 80 percent of contributions, one might have expected the Most tellingly, though, is the fact that it. When it was brought before the Senate the Senate overlooked a critical threat to the senator to pay some price for having broken last Thursday — on the very same day that subcommittee on Foreign Affairs, Cory First Amendment or Cory sold out America’s with their primary purpose. Cory voted against the anti-BDS bill — Rabbi betrayed his moral convictions when he voted closest ally to more tightly align with far-left But despite Cory’s yes vote on Iran, Ben Hecht fawned over Cory for The Yale Daily against the Taylor Force Act, a law that merely Democrats whose influence has grown in the would publicly forgive him without Cory ever News, calling Cory “a truly an out-of-this- forbade the Palestinian Authority from using primaries. Considering all but one of the seven having condemned the Mullahs repeated world person … and the most magnetic American taxpayer funds to finance the other Democratic presidential candidates voted promise to annihilate Israel. “When he saw and charismatic person I have ever known.” families of terrorists. Even as his pro-Israel against the bill, that’s not a tough riddle to solve. that his vote either way was not going to make Though Booker had just officially crossed into support evaporated, however, some expected But Cory wants to have his cake and eat a difference,” Chouake explained, “[Cory] felt the quadrant of the Senate most critical of presidential-candidate Cory to adopt a more it too. He wishes to appease far-left anti-Israel this was not one to fall on the sword for. He Israel, Hecht still felt the need to endorse him. sympathetic approach to the Jewish State. activists whom he believes have a veto on the said, ‘I’m going to give the president a leap of “America,” he concluded, “would be lucky to Perhaps in his efforts to represent the entirety Democratic party nomination. But mindful faith.’ I trust his intentions.” So Chouake went have a president like him.” of Democratic America he might finally of the fact that pro-Israel contributors have from calling on Cory to oppose the Iran deal Now comes the news that AIPAC is consid- commit to the Democratic Party’s stated been his biggest financial backers, he deflects to explaining to the Jewish community why it ering giving Cory and other similarly declared approach — and his own countless promises by using the “Torah thoughts” I taught him was ok that he didn’t. Presidential candidates with flimsy records — to be a stalwart friend of Israel. to demonstrate his kinship before Jewish Shortly after voting for the Iran deal, Cory on Israel a speaking platform at next month’s This past Thursday — less than a week audiences. But repeating Hebrew verses I held a closed-door session with Jewish leaders policy conference. If this were an election year into his race — Cory removed all doubt as practiced with him is no substitute to standing ostensibly to explain his stance. Because only — as next year is — it would be vital that AIPAC to just how firmly he would pander to anti- with Israel against the genocidal onslaught those who defended him were invited (I, under- show fairness and balance to all candidates. But Israel extremists whose support he believes from Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran. standably, was not) it seemed the meeting’s real providing a platform to those who vote against message to Jewish leaders was that access to Israel on BDS sends the message that there is no Cory would hinge upon a public endorsement. price to pay for such betrayal. Further confirming this theory is the fact that And that would be the wrong message Rabbi Menachem Genack, head of the Kashruth Who Are the Real Racists for America’s most important pro-Israel division at the OU, told a reporter from The New group to deliver. York Observer that he would be attending the Shmuley Boteach, “America’s Rabbi,” in the Middle East? meeting, though he was “profoundly disap- whom The Washington Post calls “the most pointed” in Cory. This disappointment seemed famous rabbi in America,” is the inter- odd because Genack had helped arrange a national bestselling author of 32 books, conference call for Cory to explain his position including his most recent, The Israel Warrior. to Jewish leaders. But even that rare moment of He served as rabbi at Oxford University criticism would be exceptionally short-lived: just JONATHAN S. TOBIN for 11 years where Cory Booker was his moments after expressing his disappointment, JNS.ORG student president. Follow him on Twitter @ Rabbi Genack demanded that the reporter not RabbiShmuley. publish his criticism (he did).

It’s a familiar refrain. Critics of Israel izes the ads run by Gantz, as well as some out a Jewish girl to rape and murder. It’s no use aren’t content to merely bash the policies of Likud Knesset members like former Shin Bet trying to pretend that such heinous acts are Ori Ansbacher, 19, who was murdered on head Avi Dichter. not encouraged and rewarded by mainstream the government of the Jewish state. As part Thursday, February 7, 2019 in a terror attack. of their indictment, they allege that Israeli Photo: Twitter screenshot. It’s also wrong because those who Palestinian society. politics is conducted in a racial manner. The throw around largely inaccurate charges of As for evidence of Israeli racism, let’s in The Forward claimed is a “reverse beauty accusations start with claims that Israeli Israeli racism seem to have no interest in the concede that the Jewish state has its share contest,” elections in the Middle East’s only Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu used incontrovertible proof that the Palestinian of louts, hotheads, and yes, haters. But such democracy were portrayed as largely driven racist rhetoric against Arab voters in 2015. Authority and Hamas spew antisemitism on people are not lauded as heroes or role by “celebrating the killing, abuse, impoverish- The latest charge has been lodged against a daily basis from their official organs and models. They are generally condemned and ment and incitement against Palestinians.” Netanyahu’s principle opponent in this year’s educational systems. face prosecution if they translate their vile talk It bemoaned ads that are “glorifying killing election, former Israeli Defense Forces Chief What they broadcast, publish, and teach into unlawful action. Palestinians, destroying our homes, mocking of Staff General Benny Gantz. He is accused is objectively hateful in a way that Israeli state- The evidence for Netanyahu’s racism is our way of life … and holding up our of basing his successful campaign roll-out ments lambasted by critics are not. It is also based on a single comment he made during murderers as patriots.” on his military career, during which he led directly linked to acts of violence, such as last-minute campaign stops on election day in There are two things that are deeply the country’s counterattacks against Hamas the horrific murder of an Israeli teenager last 2015 in which he said: “The right-wing govern- wrong about this argument. terrorists in Gaza. week. Her killer has now admitted not only to ment is in danger. Arab voters are coming out One is that it took Netanyahu’s In what one Palestinian advocate writing the crime, but pointedly told the Israeli police comments out of context and mischaracter- that he had “nationalist” motives in seeking Continued on Page A7 www.algemeiner.com | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2019 A7 Opinion.

eral Israeli action in Judea and Samaria, withdrawals in the West Bank, disengagement Benny Gantz, More of the from settlements — without peace or any diplomatic concessions from the Palestinians. Same? Gantz went further in a recent interview with Yedioth Ahronoth, where he praised the unilateral Gaza withdrawal and the destruc- tion of Gush Katif towns, saying that it was sunny deportment offers a counterpoint “carried out with a lot of political consider- DAVID M. WEINBERG/ to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ation,” “done legally,” and “handled well.” JNS.ORG negative campaign messaging. And let’s face “We must take the lessons of the disen- it, Netanyahu has been in office for a very long gagement and implement them in other time, and some voter fatigue is setting in. areas,” he added ominously. But when evaluating Lt. Gen. (ret.) This is both frightening and clarifying. It Gantz’s suitability to lead Israel, inevitably Benny Gantz, chairman of the new Israel suggests that Gantz would willingly repeat the we must seek out his defense and diplomatic Ex-IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz. Resilience party, got off to a fine start in late mistakes of the late Prime Minister Ariel Sharon Photo: Reuters / Nir Elias / File.Joe’s. worldview, and this has been hard to discern January with a smooth speech. My esteemed and that, in Israeli Resilience party parlance, the self- an organization called “Blue White Future” to — purposefully so. colleague, Jerusalem Post columnist Professor referential term “centrist” in reality means “leftist.” push a “compensation law” that would provide There was, however, one roaring policy Gil Troy, enthused that it was an “oratorical Gantz’s spokesmen are trying to wriggle payment to tens of thousands of settlers for hint in his inaugural speech. Gantz said that “if grand slam” and a “testament to tempera- out of these remarks, contending that the refer- leaving their West Bank homes. it turns out that there is no way to reach peace ment” that “showed how to dream and build.” ence to “lessons” in his interview referred only to In 2015, the same plan for unilateral [with the Palestinians] at this time, we will shape I’ll grant that Gantz has charmed the the importance of preventing a rift in the nation withdrawals and the starving of settlements a new reality. Israel will not be deprived of its Israeli electorate with soaring Zionist rhetoric (really?) and making sure that any future border outside settlement blocs, even in the absence status as a strong, Jewish, and democratic state.” and his rising poll numbers reflect this. His decisions include strict security provisions (sure). of peace with the Palestinians, was the political “Shaping a new reality” is code for unilat- But Gantz’s hints at unilateral Israeli platform that General Yadlin used when he stood withdrawal don’t come in a vacuum. They as Zionist Union candidate for defense minister. Continued from Page A6 of the Palestinian Authority’s official press, have a pedigree. For seven years, center-left Last month, Yadlin and company Real Racists broadcast media, and education system. The generals and Barak-Olmert era officials have launched another version of their grand in droves to the polls. Left-wing organizations same is true of the Hamas government of been pumping plans for more unilateral withdrawal plan, with Israel unilaterally are busing them out.” Gaza. Moreover, the PA continues, despite Israeli withdrawals. granting a contiguous Palestinian “entity” on That sounds bad and it is. It earned Netan- threats of aid cutoffs from the United States, Ehud Barak and Shaul Mofaz, both approximately 65 percent of the West Bank. yahu condemnation from Israeli Arabs, as to pay salaries and pensions to imprisoned former defense ministers, have touted unilat- The INSS “new strategic framework” is well as President Barack Obama. The prime terrorists and their families. eral Israeli action. “We are on borrowed time,” nicely wrapped up as “professional, politically minister subsequently apologized. But appear- This reflects a consensus within Pales- Barak said in 2012 speech. “If it isn’t possible neutral” research that took a year of intensive ances notwithstanding, all he was pointing out tinian society that those who commit acts to reach a permanent agreement with the discussions to produce. was that if his base of voters didn’t turn out, the of violence against Jews and Israelis are role Palestinians, we must consider an interim Lo and behold, private citizen Benny Joint List of Arab parties would earn a larger models and heroes to be celebrated rather arrangement or even a unilateral move.” Gantz took part in these consultations. And share of the vote and block the creation of a than shunned. Maj. Gen. (res.) Amos Yadlin of the Insti- — surprise, surprise — the plan is couched in Likud-led government. Moreover, he was also Will it be any different for the murderer of tute for National Security Studies backed up lofty language about “taking Zionist initiative,” not wrong about European NGOs intervening Ori Ansbacher, a teenager from the settlement Barak with an “academic study” that reached as was Gantz’s speech. in the election and seeking to bolster the vote of Tekoa who was doing national service for the conclusion that no agreement can be The problem is that unilateral Israeli for the Arab coalition, which is split between her country? The Israeli media has reported reached with the Palestinians and therefore withdrawals will neither enhance Israeli supporters of Hamas and secular factions that that the murderer is affiliated with Hamas and Israel “should go forward [with withdrawals] security nor improve Israel’s international also want to see the Jewish state eliminated. said he wanted to be a “martyr.” Unfortunately, without depending on the Palestinians.” position and moral standing. As the Lebanon Seeking to offset their influence is reasonable, nothing that has happened up until now gives In 2013, Barak’s former bureau chief, and Gaza precedents proved, unilateral Israeli not proof of racism, even if Netanyahu chose us much hope that many Palestinians will treat Gilead Sher, tabled a report that also advocated his words poorly. the death of a Jewish teenager as anything unilateral Israeli withdrawal. He then launched Continued on Page A8 As for the ads by Gantz and Dichter, the other than a victory for their cause, no matter claims in The Forward that the boasts about how egregious the crime. their role in fighting terrorists are racist is risible. Neither Israel nor its citizens are perfect. the third person singular is used. Literally, his brother be vested with the Urim and Tumim. Dichter has nothing to apologize for in speaking But friends of Israel can be proud of the efforts they read: “He was Aaron and Moses,” “He was The Urim and Tumim were a form of of his part in taking out Hamas killers like Yahya of the Israel Defense Forces to spare innocent Moses and Aaron.” The text should have said, oracle, carried by the High Priest in his breast- Ayyash and Ahmad Jabari. The same is true lives even when it means that sometimes “They” – all the more so since the pronoun plate. They conveyed divine inspiration and about Gantz’s command of a 2014 counterat- terrorists might escape. Moreover, Israel’s “they” is used in the middle of the passage: guidance, a kind of priestly equivalent of the tack against Hamas terror. Claiming that it is political system, however flawed it might be, “They were the ones who spoke to Pharaoh.” divine word that came to the prophet. It was offensive for him to speak of the price Hamas rests on democratic principles that ensure The unmistakable implication is that precisely the fact that Aaron did not envy was made to pay is as ridiculous as it would that Israeli Arabs are equal before the law they were like a single individual; they were his younger brother but instead rejoiced in have been to assert that it was in bad taste for and have rights to representation unknown as one. There was no hierarchy between his greatness that made him worthy to be Gen. Dwight Eisenhower to campaign for presi- elsewhere in the region. them: sometimes Aaron’s name appears High Priest. So it came to pass – measure dent of the United States in 1952 on the strength Those who wish to talk about racism first, sometimes Moses’. There is a wonderful for measure – that just as Aaron made space of his actions as Supreme Commander of the should point their barbs at Palestinian leaders Midrash that bears out this idea, based on the for his younger brother to lead, so the Torah Allied forces that defeated Nazi Germany. who bear personal responsibility for creating verse in Psalms (85:11) “Loving-kindness and makes space for Aaron to lead. That is why But the difference here is that while an environment in which “nationalist” truth meet together; righteousness and peace Aaron is the hero of Tetzaveh: for once, not genuine racism exists in Israel — as it does in murders like that of Ansbacher are made kiss each other.” overshadowed by Moses. any other society of imperfect human beings possible, not at Israel. Loving-kindness – this refers to Aaron. “Who is honoured?” asked Ben Zoma. Truth – this refers to Moses. Righteousness – — to claim that the government promotes Jonathan S. Tobin is editor in chief of “One who honours others.” Aaron honoured this refers to Moses. Peace – this refers to Aaron. his younger brother. That is why Moses (not hate is a bald-faced lie. To the contrary, classic JNS—Jewish News Syndicate. Follow him on The Midrash brings proof-texts for each mentioned by name but by implication) is told antisemitic tropes and blood libels are a staple Twitter @jonathans_tobin. of these identifications, but we understand in this week’s parsha, “Make sacred garments them immediately. Moses and Aaron were for your brother Aaron, to give him honour and Continued from Page A10 Amram married his father’s sister quite different in temperament and role. splendour” (Exodus 28:2). To this day a Kohen Brothers Yocheved, who bore him Aaron and Moses. Moses was the man of truth, Aaron of peace. is honoured by being the first to be called up Egyptian taskmaster, had fled to Midian. Amram lived 137 years…It was this same Without truth, there can be no vision to inspire to the Torah – the Torah that Aaron’s younger Besides this, Moses was Aaron’s younger Aaron and Moses to whom the Lord said, a nation. But without internal peace, there is brother Moses gave to the Jewish people. brother, and yet it was he who was about to “Bring the Israelites out of Egypt by their no nation to inspire. Aaron and Moses were The story of Aaron and Moses, the fifth become the leader of the people. Always in the divisions.” They were the ones who spoke both necessary. Their roles were in creative act in the biblical drama of brotherhood, is past, when the younger had taken something to Pharaoh king of Egypt about bringing tension. Yet they worked side by side, each where, finally, fraternity reaches the heights. the elder might have believed belonged the Israelites out of Egypt. It was this same respecting the distinctive gift of the other. As And that surely is the meaning of Psalm 133, naturally to him, there was jealousy, animosity. Moses and Aaron. (Exodus 6:20, 26–27) the Midrash goes on to say: with its explicit reference to Aaron and his Yet God assures Moses: “when Aaron sees you, The repeated phrase, “It was this same,” “And he kissed him” [the brothers kissed sacred garments: “How good and pleasant it he will rejoice.” And so he did: is emphatic even in translation. It is all the when they met] – This means: each rejoiced is when brothers live together in unity! It is And the Lord said to Aaron, Go to the more so when we note two peculiarities of at the other’s greatness. like precious oil poured on the head, running wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and the text. The first is that the phrases, though A final Midrash completes the picture down on the beard, running down on Aaron’s met him in the mount of God, and kissed at first they sound identical, in fact place the by referring to this week’s parsha and the beard, down upon the collar of his robes.” him. (Exodus 4:27) names of the brothers in a different order: vestments of the High Priest, especially the It was thanks to Aaron, and the honour he The second fascinating clue is contained the first says “Aaron and Moses,” the second, breastplate with its Urim and Tumim: showed Moses, that at last brothers learned to in a strange passage that traces the descent of “Moses and Aaron.” Even more striking is the “His heart will be glad when he sees you” live together in unity. Moses and Aaron: grammatical oddity of the phrase. Both times, – Let the heart that rejoiced in the greatness of Shabbat Shalom. A8 | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2019 Impressions.

Al Jolson in Twenty-First Century Perspective

BY HAROLD BRACKMAN Harlem’s Lafayette Theater showedThe Continued from Page A7 Jazz Singer with a floor show around the movie Benny Gantz Washington Post columnist Jamelle Bouie, featuring a cantor singing “Eli, Eli” and “Kol Nidre,” writing about the political crisis engulfing Virginia, and a black performer singing Jolson’s jazz songs. withdrawals only guarantee continuation of the conflict where 10 percent of whites in a new poll admit to Remember this was an era when African-American and even its escalation, not its deescalation. wearing or knowing someone who wore blackface, comedian Bert Williams and young Eddie Cantor Nor will unilateral moves provide Israel with diplo- argues that burnt-cook minstrelsy was “the worst of — both wearing blackface — played father and son matic breathing room. Withdrawing from one part of the American racism.” in the Ziegfeld Follies. territories won’t convince anyone that Israel has a right to The new African-American columnist at the Unlike Jewish performers Sophie Tucker and keep other parts. Post, Bouie’s editors chose a picture from Vanity Eddie Cantor, Jolson never ceased blacking up. He On the contrary: A partial Israeli pullout will Fair in the 1920s of Al Jolson for his column. But started before 1908 when he left the Dockstadter intensify the illegitimacy of any remaining presence there is not one word about the controversial Minstrels because they would not allow him to in the territories. Every Israeli retreat is taken as proof subject of Jewish performers in blackface perform jazz music. that the territories are all stolen property that must be Bouie and the Post may not have wanted to In the 1920s, restaurants would not serve returned to their rightful Palestinian owners. stir up antisemitism. However, as a knowledgeable Eubie Blake and Noble, African-American Jazz Age Unilateral withdrawals will bolster Palestinian Jewish historian, I am revisiting this subject before musical comedy innovators. Jolson took them to a maximalism, not engender Palestinian cooperation or someone less familiar moderation. with the subject does so. Worst of all, unilateral withdrawals will unneces- Born in Lithuania, sarily and unjustifiably tear asunder the internal fabric of the son of a rabbi and Israel. It’s indefensible to tie a death-knell tourniquet on cantor, Jolson grew Israeli towns in Judea and Samaria — if at all — without up in Washington DC comprehensive and sustainable peace in the offing. and Baltimore where Gantz’s Israel Resilience party partner, Lt. Gen. he spent time (as did (ret.) Moshe “Bogie” Ya’alon, knows that Palestinian slugger Babe Ruth) in radicalism and the unpredictable nature of regional the Xaverian Brothers’ events make Palestinian statehood a very doubtful home for orphans venture. and delinquents. He says that Israel must not jeopardize its Young Jolson met existence by embarking on rash initiatives — neither his enduring friend, unilateral withdrawals nor annexations — that would African-American tap radically worsen its situation, just to please propo- dancer Bill “Bo Jangles” nents of “forward progress” at any cost. A publicity still of 20th century movie star Al Jolson. Photo: public domain. Robinson, on the streets. Moreover, Ya’alon supports significant increases in Sensitive to charges that blackface minstrelsy delicatessen to eat pastrami sandwiches and said he Jewish settlement of Judea and Samaria. How does this promoted white racism, Jolson in 1911 campaigned would punch anyone in the nose who didn’t serve square with Gantz’s views? to integrate the Broadway stage. This was four years them. Jolson was the only white man admitted by Perhaps Ya’alon should explain to Gantz that before Rabbi Stephen S. Wise picketed the racist Leroy’s, an all-black Harlem cabaret. “Zionist initiative” means reinforcing Israel’s hold on filmThe Birth of a Nation. In 1918, Jolson wrote an African-American architect Paul R. Williams the Greater Jerusalem envelope and other key settle- essay trying to persuade readers that — compared designed Jolson’s mausoleum at Hillside Memorial ment zones, not unilateral withdrawals. to old Irish minstrel men — he had made blackface Park, including a sarcophagus inspired by the And that long-term conflict management is more subtle, nuanced, and less prejudiced. historic 1822 design of Napoleon’s tomb. Inside preferable to wild diplomatic escapades like unilateral Currently, there is a school of historians — the dome stands Moses holding the tablets of the withdrawals. mostly white, politically-left Jews — who specialize Ten Commandments. Jolson is identified as “The And that managing the conflict indefinitely is not in “Jewish whiteness studies.” They argue American Sweet Singer of Israel.” His black friends attended a cowardly choice by hapless political and military Jews have, so to speak, risen on the backs of Jolson’s star-studded 1951 funeral, although they leaders but a rational choice; especially when the African-Americans by becoming “white” in the eyes were invisible in the newsreels. African-American Iranian challenge looms larger than ever on Israel’s of American society and their own. Their exhibit pop singer Jackie Wilson recorded a tribute album horizons. number one is Al Jolson in blackface because, to Jolson in 1960. Jewish rappers, though not in Judicious conflict management requires a steady according to them, Jolson “blacked up” only to show blackface, still pay tribute today. hand at the helm of state, and self-confidence in the his audiences that, underneath, he was really white. Jewish blackface performance is a perplexing justice of Israel’s long-term interests in Judea and Irving Howe countered that Jolson’s black- part of America’s problematic racial history. This Samaria. face was “a mask for Jewish expressiveness.” Howe is no excuse to stereotype a complicated human Most of all, it requires patience. It’s sad to learn that echoed the judgment of the Forvertz newspaper being and performer like Al Jolson. Gantz is leaning toward precipitance. about Jolson: “The son of a line of rabbis well knows Historian Harold Brackman is coauthor David M. Weinberg is vice president of the how to sing the songs of the most cruelly wronged with Ephraim Isaac of From Abraham to Obama: Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security. His people in the world’s history.” If this was racially A History of Jews, Africans, African Americans personal website is davidmweinberg.com. condescending, why did Harlem’s Amsterdam (Africa World Press. 2015). News say of Jolson “every colored performer is proud of him”? www.algemeiner.com | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2019 A9 Legal Notice.

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Office location: Bronx Main Street, Suite 1700 Rochester, NY Kamaras, Esq., Referee CHJNC500 Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale upon whom process against it may County. SSNY has been designated 14614-1990 Tel. 585/760-8218 Dated: AJ; 1/25; 2/1/8/15 duly dated, January 3, 2017 and be served. SSNY shall mail copy of the as the agent of the LLC upon whom January 9, 2019 - entered with the Kings County Clerk process to: Felice Priante 1769 W. 13th process against it may be served. AJ; 1/25; 2/1/8/15 NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court on January 26, 2017, Elena K. Makau, Street Brooklyn, NY 11223 purpose: all SSNY shall mail copy of the process - County Of Kings U.S. Bank NA, Esq., the Appointed Referee, will sell lawful activity to: Fatima 2080 Wallace Ave. Suite 429 REFEREE’S NOTICE OF SALE IN successor trustee to Bank of America, the premises known as 689 East 19th AJ; 2/1/8/15/22; 3/1/8 Bronx, NY 10462. Purpose: all lawful FORECLOSURE SUPREME COURT – NA, successor in interest to LaSalle Street, Brooklyn, New York 11230 at - activity COUNTY OF KINGS WELLS FARGO Bank NA, as trustee, on behalf of the public auction in Room 224 at Kings NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT AJ; 1/4/11/18/25; 2/1/8 BANK, N.A. AS TRUSTEE FOR holders of the Washington Mutual County Supreme Court, 360 Adams COUNTY OF KINGS, STATE OF - OPTION ONE MORTGAGE LOAN Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Street, Brooklyn, New York 11201, NEW YORK MORTGAGE AGENCY, “Notice of Formation of a Professional TRUST 2007-FXD1 ASSET-BACKED WMALT Series 2006-8, Plaintiff on March 7, 2019 at 2:30 P.M. All that Plaintiff, vs. GLORIA LOPEZ, ET AL., Limited Liability Company (PLLC). CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-FXD1, AGAINST Eric D. Garnes, individually certain plot, piece or parcel of land, Defendant(s). Pursuant to an Order The name of the PLLC is: Family Plaintiff – against – CHRISTOPHER and as surviving joint tenant of Delia situate, lying and being in the Borough Confirming Referee Report and Health Care PLLC. Articles of Organi- BRANDON, et al Defendant(s). Curtis, et al, Defendant Pursuant to of Brooklyn, County of Kings, City and Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale zation were filed with the Secretary Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclo- a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale State of New York known as Block: duly filed on December 21, 2018, I, the of State of New York (SSNY) office sure and Sale entered on January 4, duly dated 10/10/18 and entered on 5240; Lot: 80 will be sold subject to undersigned Referee will sell at public on: 12/11/2018. The County in which 2019. I, the undersigned Referee will 10/18/18, I, the undersigned Referee, the provisions of filed Judgment, Index auction at the Kings County Supreme the Office is to be located: KINGS. The sell at public auction, in room 261, will sell at public auction at the Kings No. 6953/2009. The approximate Court, Room 224, 360 Adams Street, SSNY is designated as agent of the 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, Kings County Supreme Court, 360 Adams amount of judgment is $1,476,235.56 Brooklyn, NY on March 14, 2019 at PLLC upon whom process against it County, New York on the 28th Day Street, Brooklyn, NY on March 07, plus interest and costs. FRIEDMAN 2:30 p.m., premises known as 190 may be served. The address to which of February, 2019 at 2:30 p.m. All that 2019 at 02:30 PM premises known as VARTOLO LLP 85 Broad Street, Suite Cozine Avenue Unit 6-1J, Brooklyn, the SSNY shall mail a copy of any certain plot, piece or parcel of land, 245 E 46th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11203. 501, New York, New York 10004, Attor- NY 11207. All that certain plot, piece process against the PLLC is: 2116 with the buildings and improvements All that certain plot piece or parcel of neys for Plaintiff. or parcel of land, with the buildings BATH AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11214. thereon erected, situate, lying and land, with the buildings and improve- AJ; 2/1/8/15/22 and improvements thereon erected, Purpose: any lawful activity. being in the Borough of Brooklyn, ments erected, situate, lying and being - situate, lying and being in the Borough AJ; 1/11/18/25; 2/1/8/15 County of Kings, City and State of in the County of Kings, City and State NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court of Brooklyn, County of Kings and - New York. Premises known as 1091 of New York, BLOCK: 4851, LOT: 40. County Of Kings HSBC Bank USA, State of New York, Block 4415 and SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE Ralph Avenue, Brooklyn, (City of Approximate amount of judgment National Association as Trustee for Lot 1155. Approximate amount of OF NEW YORK - COUNTY OF KINGS New York) NY 11236. (Block: 4746, is $780,358.49 plus interests and Wells Fargo Asset Securities Corpo- judgment is $286,823.65 plus interest SANTANDER BANK, N.A. F/K/A Lot: 29) Approximate amount of lien costs. Premises will be sold subject ration, Mortgage Asset-Backed and costs. Premises will be sold SOVEREIGN BANK, N.A. F/K/A $244,005.33 plus interest and costs. to provisions of filed Judgment Index Pass-Through Certificates Series subject to provisions of filed Judgment SOVEREIGN BANK, V. VERONA Premises will be sold subject to provi- # 505910/2015. Steven Z. Naiman, 2008-1, Plaintiff AGAINST Joel Index # 509296/2014. Jack Segal, Esq., DALLAS, ET AL. NOTICE OF SALE sions of filed judgment and terms of Referee FRENKEL LAMBERT WEISS Milord, individually and as surviving Referee Schiller, Knapp, Lefkowitz & NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant sale. Index No. 508192/2014. Leonard WEISMAN & GORDON LLP 53 joint tenant of Dolly Thomas, et al, Hertzel, LLP, 200 John James Audubon to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure Spector, Esq., Referee. Davidson Fink Gibson Street Bay Shore, NY 11706 Defendant Pursuant to a Judgment Parkway, Suite 202, Amherst, New dated April 30, 2018, and entered in LLP Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 28 East AJ; 2/1/8/15/22 of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated York 14228, Attorneys for Plaintiff the Office of the Clerk of the County Main Street, Suite 1700 Rochester, NY - 2/21/18 and entered on 3/23/18, I, the AJ; 2/8/15/22; 3/1 of Kings, wherein SANTANDER 14614-1990 Tel. 585/760-8218 Dated: NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court undersigned Referee, will sell at public - BANK, N.A. F/K/A SOVEREIGN January 11, 2019 County Of Kings U.S. Bank National auction at the Kings County Supreme NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME BANK, N.A. F/K/A SOVEREIGN AJ; 1/25; 2/1/8/15 Association, as trustee, in trust for Court, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, COURT COUNTY OF KINGS 21ST BANK is the Plaintiff and VERONA - registered holders of First Franklin NY on March 07, 2019 at 02:30 PM MORTGAGE CORPORATION, DALLAS, ET AL. are the Defendants. NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME Mortgage Loan Trust, Mortgage Loan premises known as 4608 Avenue M, Plaintiff AGAINST JOHN J. VOTTO, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at COURT COUNTY OF KINGS 21ST Asset-Backed Certificates, Series Brooklyn, NY 11234. All that certain LINDA M. VOTTO, et al., Defendant(s) public auction at the KINGS COUNTY MORTGAGE CORPORATION, Plain- 2007-FF1, Plaintiff AGAINST Joselito plot piece or parcel of land, with the Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure COURTHOUSE, 360 ADAMS STREET tiff AGAINST ANDREW GRANT, et al., Vasquez, Nelcy Vasquez a/k/a Nelcy buildings and improvements erected, and Sale duly dated 1-15-2019 I, the ROOM 224, BROOKLYN, NY 11201, on Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment M. Vasquez, et al, Defendant Pursuant situate, lying and being in the County undersigned Referee will sell at public February 28, 2019 at 2:30PM, premises of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale of Kings, City and State of New York, auction at the Kings County Supreme known as 1305 EAST 83RD STREET, 1-10-2018 I, the undersigned Referee duly dated 12/12/2018 and entered BLOCK: 7871, LOT: 42. Approximate Court, Room 224, 360 Adams Street, BROOKLYN, NY 11236: Block 8074, will sell at public auction at the Room on 12/21/2018, I, the undersigned amount of judgment is $563,432.42 Brooklyn, NY 11201 on 3-14-2019 Lot 28: ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, 224 of the Kings County Supreme Referee, will sell at public auction at plus interests and costs. Premises at 2:30PM, premises known as 1462 PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, WITH Court, 360 Adams St., Brooklyn, NY on the Kings County Supreme Court, 360 will be sold subject to provisions of East 65th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11234. THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVE- 2-28-2019 at 2:30PM, premises known Adams Street, Brooklyn, NY on March filed Judgment Index # 501159/2014. All that certain plot piece or parcel of MENTS THEREON ERECTED, as 433 Jerome Street, Brooklyn, NY 07, 2019 at 02:30 PM premises known Jeffrey R. Miller, Referee FRENKEL land, with the buildings and improve- SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE 11207. All that certain plot piece or as 1126 Hancock Street, Brooklyn, NY LAMBERT WEISS WEISMAN & ments erected, situate, lying and being BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN, COUNTY parcel of land, with the buildings and 11221. All that certain plot piece or GORDON LLP 53 Gibson Street Bay in the Borough of Brooklyn, County OF KINGS, CITY AND STATE OF improvements erected, situate, lying parcel of land, with the buildings and Shore, NY 11706 of Kings, City and State of New York, NEW YORK Premises will be sold and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, improvements erected, situate, lying AJ; 2/1/8/15/22 Block: 8386 Lot: 72. Approximate subject to provisions of filed Judgment County of Kings, City and State of and being in the County of Kings, City - amount of judgment $607,622.77 Index # 504788/2015. Joel Abramson, New York, SBL: 4030/39. Approximate and State of New York, BLOCK: 3396, NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT plus interest and costs. Premises will Esq. - Referee. RAS Boriskin, LLC 900 amount of judgment $753,960.02 LOT: 20. Approximate amount of COUNTY OF KINGS Homebridge be sold subject to provisions of filed Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, plus interest and costs. Premises judgment is $625,189.60 plus interests Financial Services, Inc., Plaintiff Judgment Index #511154/2014. Jack Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys will be sold subject to provisions of and costs. Premises will be sold subject AGAINST Josianne Valery; et al., Segal, Esq., Referee Carter Conboy for Plaintiff. For sale information, filed Judgment Index #503926/2014. to provisions of filed Judgment Index Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment Case Blackmore Maloney & Laird, PC please visit www.auction.com or call Bruno Codispoti, Esq., Referee Carter # 511834/2015. Steven Z. Naiman, of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated 20 Corporate Woods Blvd. Albany, NY (800) 280-2832 Conboy Case Blackmore Maloney & Referee FRENKEL LAMBERT WEISS February 1, 2017 I, the undersigned 12211 26801 61080 AJ; 1/25; 2/1/8/15 Laird, PC 20 Corporate Woods Blvd. WEISMAN & GORDON LLP 53 Referee will sell at public auction at AJ; 2/8/15/22; 3/1 - Albany, NY 12211 26743 60164 Gibson Street Bay Shore, NY 11706 the Kings County Supreme Court, 360 - REFEREE’S NOTICE OF SALE IN AJ; 1/25; 2/1/8/15 AJ; 2/1/8/15/22 Adams Street, Room 224, Brooklyn, NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT FORECLOSURE SUPREME COURT - - NY 11201 on March 7, 2019 at 2:30PM, COUNTY OF KINGS HSBC BANK – COUNTY OF KINGS CITIMORT- NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC AUCTION premises known as 871 East 46th USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS GAGE, INC., Plaintiff – against – RIFKY COURT KINGS COUNTY BANK Supreme Court of New York, KINGS Street, Brooklyn, NY 11203. All that TRUSTEE FOR NAAC MORTGAGE GRUNHUT, A/K/A RIVKY GRUNHUT OF AMERICA, N.A., Plaintiff against County. MVMF III FIN TRUST, certain plot piece or parcel of land, PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to a MICHAEL ADLER, et al Defendants Plaintiff, -against- JOSEPHINEwith the buildings and improvements SERIES 2007-1, Plaintiff AGAINST Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale Attorney for Plaintiff(s) Fein, Such JEAN PIERRE; PHENICIEN JEAN erected, situate, lying and being in the SANTO LOPEZ, CRISTOBALINA entered on December 3, 2018. I, the & Crane, LLP, 28 East Main Street PIERRE; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings, ARROYO, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant undersigned Referee will sell at public Suite 1800, Rochester, NY 14614 REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS City and State of NY, Block 4980 Lot to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale auction, at the room 261, 360 Adams Attorney (s) for Plaintiff (s). Pursuant NOMINEE FOR MORTGAGEIT INC.; 51. Approximate amount of judgment duly dated November 02, 2018 I, the Street, Brooklyn, Kings County, New to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale PRA FUNDING, LLC; CRIMINAL $405,534.36 plus interest and costs. undersigned Referee will sell at public York on the 28th Day of February, entered December 13, 2018, I will sell at COURT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK; Premises will be sold subject to auction at the Room 224 of Kings 2019 at 2:30 p.m. All that certain plot, public auction to the highest bidder at NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF provisions of filed Judgment Index# County Supreme Court, 360 Adams piece or parcel of land, with the build- the Kings County Supreme Court, 360 TAXATION AND FINANCE; PEOPLE 501049/2014. Joseph Defelice, Esq., Street, Brooklyn, New York 11201, on ings and improvements thereon Adams Street, Room 224, Brooklyn, OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK; Referee Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC March 14, 2019 at 2:30PM, premises erected, situate, lying and being in NY 11201 on February 28, 2019 at KINGS SUPREME COURT; NEW Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff 175 Mile known as 100 HENDRIX STREET, the Borough of Brooklyn, City of 2:30 PM. Premises known as 1343 East CENTURY FINANCIAL SERVICES; Crossing Boulevard Rochester, New BROOKLYN, NY 11207. All that certain New York, County of Kings, State of 34th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11210. Block CAVALRY PORTFOLIO SERVICES, York 14624 (877) 430-4792 Dated: plot piece or parcel of land, with the New York. Premises known as 1139 7634 Lot 13. All that certain lot, piece LLC, ASSIGNEE OF CALVARY December 20, 2018 60032 buildings and improvements erected, 42nd Street, Brooklyn, (City of New or parcel of land, with the buildings SPV I LLC, ASSIGNEE OF SPRINT; AJ; 2/1/8/15/22 situate, lying and being in the Borough York) New York 11219. (Block: 5592, and improvements thereon erected, ARROW FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC; - of Brooklyn, County of Kings, City and Lot: 64) Approximate amount of lien situate, lying and being in the Borough MIDLAND FUNDING NCC-2 CORP; Notice of formation of limited liability State of New York, BLOCK 3933, LOT $772,321.00 plus interest and costs. of Brooklyn, County of Kings, City NYC ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL company(LLC) Name: 594 MARCY Continued on Page A10 A10 | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2019 Tradition. Legal Notice.

glad when he sees you.” How different this is from the tense encounters LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE Brothers: A Drama in between brothers in Genesis! Aaron, we may have thought, Lot 26. The approximate amount of the services inc 1967 wehrle drive suite 1 Five Acts would have many reasons not to current Judgment lien is $890,086.65 #086 Buffalo,NY 14221. Purpose: all rejoice on seeing Moses return. plus interest and costs. The premises lawful activity The brothers had not grown up will be sold subject to provisions of the AJ; 2/15/22; 3/1/8/15/22 together. Moses had been adopted aforesaid Judgment of Foreclosure and - Sale; Index # 500644/2015. Gregory SUPREME COURT – COUNTY OF a Levite]. Rather, what God meant by Pharaoh’s daughter and raised Cerchione, Esq., Referee. SHELDON KINGS THE BANK OF NEW YORK was: I originally intended that you in an Egyptian palace, while Aaron MAY & ASSOCIATES Attorneys at MELLON AS TRUSTEE FOR CIT JONATHAN SACKS [Moses] would be a priest and he remained with the Israelites. Nor Law, 255 Merrick Road, Rockville MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2007-1, LONDON [Aaron] would merely be a Levite. had they been together during the Centre, NY 11570 Dated: 1/7/2019 File Plaintiff against RUBY STRACHAN; But now [because of your refusal], Israelites’ sufferings. Moses, fearing Number: 27393 MNB VERONICA STRACHAN; SAPPHIRE he will eventually become a priest for his life after his assault on an AJ; 2/8/15/22; 3/1 STRACHAN, et al Defendant(s). - Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure It is interesting to note the and you will only be a Levite. Continued on Page A7 NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT and Sale entered on October 29, 2018. absence of Moses from the parsha According to Rabbi Shimon - COUNTY OF KINGS WILMINGTON I, the undersigned Referee will sell of Tetzaveh. For once Moses, the bar Yochai, the lasting effect of SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, at public auction in Room 224 of the Moses’ reluctance to lead was that D/B/A CHRISTIANA TRUST, NOT Kings County Courthouse, 360 Adams hero, the leader, the liberator, the LEGAL NOTICE lawgiver, is off-stage in the only one vital leadership role – priest- INDIVIDUALLY BUT AS TRUSTEE Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. on the 21st day instance where the name of Moses hood – would eventually go to FOR PRETIUM MORTGAGE of March, 2019 at 2:30 p.m. premises Aaron rather than to Moses himself. ACQUISITION TRUST, Plaintiff, described as follows: All that certain is not mentioned at all in any parsha Continued from Page A9 Against CARMEN MENDEZ, ET AL., plot, piece or parcel of land, with the since the first parsha of the book of Basing himself on this passage, Rabbi Jacob ben Asher (1270– 24. Approximate amount of judgment Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment buildings and improvements thereon Shemot (in which he is born). $966,864.28 plus interest and costs. of Foreclosure and Sale, duly entered erected, situate, lying and being in the 1340) suggests that Moses’ name Instead our focus is on his elder Premises will be sold subject to provi- on 5/7/2018, I, the undersigned Borough of Brooklyn, City New York, brother Aaron who, elsewhere, is is missing from Tetzaveh, which sions of filed Judgment for Index# Referee, will sell at public auction, County of Kings and State of New York. often in the background. Indeed, deals with the priestly garments, “to 408/2014. ROBERT HOWE, ESQ., in Room 224 of the Kings County Said premises known as 462 East 40th virtually the whole parsha is devoted spare him distress” on seeing Aaron Referee Gross Polowy, LLC Attorney Supreme Court, 360 Adams Street, Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11203. (Block: to the role Moses did not occupy, acquire the insignia of priesthood for Plaintiff 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite Brooklyn, NY 11201, on 3/14/2019 4939, Lot: 9). Approximate amount except briefly – that of priest in that might have been Moses’ own. 100 Williamsville, NY 14221 60529 at 2:30 pm, premises known as 2297 of lien $ 622,145.45 plus interest and AJ; 2/8/15/22; 3/1 Utica Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11234, and costs. Premises will be sold subject general, High Priest in particular. Without negating this or other explanations, there is also a more - described as follows: ALL that certain to provisions of filed judgment and fundamental message. One of the NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT plot piece or parcel of land, with the terms of sale. Index No. 506263-13. KINGS COUNTY MTGLQ INVES- buildings and improvements thereon Philip L. Kamaras, Esq., Referee. Stern recurring themes of Genesis is TORS, L.P., Plaintiff against BERISH erected, situate, lying and being in the & Eisenberg, PC Attorney(s) for Plain- sibling rivalry, hostility between ROTTENBERG, et al Defendants Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings, tiff Woodbridge Corporate Plaza 485 brothers. This story is told, at ever- Attorney for Plaintiff(s) Fein, Such City and State of New York, and desig- B Route 1 South – Suite 330 Iselin, NJ increasing length, four times: & Crane, LLP, 28 East Main Street, nated on the tax maps of the Kings 08830 (732) 582-6344 between Cain and Abel, Isaac Suite 1800, Rochester, NY 14614 County Treasurer as Block 8490 and AJ; 2/15/22; 3/1/8/ and Ishmael, Jacob and Esau, and Attorney (s) for Plaintiff (s). Pursuant Lot 27. The approximate amount of the - Joseph and his brothers. to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale current Judgment lien is $392,717.23 CITATION File No. 20182205 SURRO- There is an identifiable pattern entered December 14, 2018, I will plus interest and costs. The premises GATE'S COURT, QUEENS COUNTY sell at public auction to the highest will be sold subject to provisions of THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF to this set of narratives, best seen in It is important that we have a bidder at the Kings County Supreme the aforesaid Judgment of Foreclosure NEW YORK, By the Grace of God Free parsha dedicated to the legacy of the the way each ends. The story of Cain Court, 360 Adams Street, Room 224, and Sale; Index # 500833/2014. Jack and Independent TO: The heirs at law, priestly role for Judaism. However, and Abel ends with murder – fratri- Brooklyn, NY 11201 on March 14, 2019 Segal, Esq., Referee. SHELDON MAY next of kin, and distributees of Sally need this focus have removed cide. Isaac and Ishmael, though they at 2:30 PM. Premises known as 4412 & ASSOCIATES Attorneys at Law, 255 Ann Silverstein deceased, If living, and Moses from the passage entirely? grow up apart, are seen together at 10th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11219. Merrick Road, Rockville Centre, NY if any of them be dead to the heirs at Is there any larger significance to Abraham’s funeral. Evidently there Block 5607 Lot 40. All that certain 11570 Dated: 1/7/2019 File Number: law, next of kin, distributees, legatees, had been a reconciliation between lot, piece or parcel of land, with the 28768 MNB executors, administrators, assignees his absence? The commentators buildings and improvements thereon AJ; 2/8/15/22; 3/1 and successors in interest whose offered various suggestions. them, though this can only be read between the lines (and spelled out erected, situate, lying and being in - names unknown and cannot be One given in the Talmud refers the Borough of Brooklyn, County of NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT ascertained after due diligence. Public in midrash), not directly in the text. to an event at the beginning of Kings, City and State of New York. COUNTY OF KINGS U.S. BANK Administrator of Queens County Moses’ leadership: his encounter Jacob and Esau meet, embrace and Approximate Amount of Judgment is NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS Shelly Anne Quilty-Lake, Guardian with God at the burning bush. go their separate ways. Joseph and $956,249.26 plus interest and costs. TRUSTEE FOR CREDIT SUISSE FIRST at Litem. A petition having been duly Moses repeatedly expressed reluc- his brothers are reconciled and live Premises will be sold subject to provi- BOSTON MORTGAGE SECURITIES filed by BRUCE MOSKOWITZ who tance to undertake the mission of together in peace, Joseph providing sions of filed Judgment Index No CORP., CSMC MORTGAGE-BACKED is domiciled at 294 SMOKETREE leading the people out of Egypt. them with food, land, and protection. 506418/2014. Bruno Codispoti, Esq., PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, AVENUE, OAKPARK, California 91377 Genesis is telling us a story Referee RRJC004 SERIES 2006-6, Plaintiff AGAINST YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW Finally we read: AJ; 2/8/15/22; 3/1 MOSES OTOTE, et al., Defendant(s) CAUSE before the Surrogate's Court, But Moses said, “O Lord, please of great consequence. Frater- nity – one of the key words of the - Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclo- QUEENS County, at 88-11 Sutphin send someone else to do it.” GROEZ LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with sure and Sale duly dated October 11, Boulevard, Jamaica Rm 62, New York Then the Lord’s anger burned French revolution – is not simple or the SSNY on 01/09/19. Office: Kings 2018 I, the undersigned Referee will on April 11, 2019 at 9:30 o'clock in the against Moses and He said, “What straightforward. It is often fraught County. SSNY designated as agent of sell at public auction at the Room 224 fore noon of that day, why a decree about your brother, Aaron the with conflict and contention. Yet the LLC upon whom process against of Kings County Supreme Court, 360 should not be made in the estate of Levite? I know he can speak well. He slowly, brothers can learn that there it may be served. SSNY shall mail Adams Street, Brooklyn, New York SALLY SILVERSTEIN, aka SALLY ANN is already on his way to meet you, is another way. On this note Genesis copy of process to the LLC, 17 Spring 11201, on March 14, 2019 at 2:30PM, SILVERSTEIN lately domiciled at Hollow Road, Old Tappan, NJ 07675. premises known as 193 SUMPTER 98-40 64 Avenue, Unit 5G, Rego Park, and his heart will be glad when he ends. But it is not the end of the story. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. STREET, BROOKLYN, NY 11233. All New York 11374, United States admit- sees you. You shall speak to him and The drama has a fifth act: the relationship between Moses AJ; 2/8/15/22; 3/1/8/15 that certain plot piece or parcel of ting to probate a Will dated Ju;y 3, 2017 put words in his mouth; I will help - land, with the buildings and improve- a copy of which is attached, as the Will and Aaron. Here, for the first time, both of you speak and will teach you NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME ments erected, situate, lying and being of SALLY SILVERSTEIN deceased, what to do.” (Exodus 4:13–15) there is no hint of sibling rivalry. COURT - COUNTY OF KINGS in the Borough and County of Kings, relating to real and personal property, The Talmud records a debate The brothers work together from CSAB MORTGAGE-BACKED PASS- City and State of New York, BLOCK and directing that Letters Testamen- about the lasting consequences the very outset of the mission to THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 1519, LOT 54. Approximate amount of tary issue to BRUCE MOSKOWITZ of that moment when Moses, as it lead the Israelites to freedom. They 2007-1, U.S. BANK NATIONAL judgment $1,183,755.14 plus interest Letters of Trusteeship issue to BRUCE were, refused one time too many. address the people together. They ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, Plain- and costs. Premises will be sold MOSKOWITZ f/b/o All Cats and all stand together when confronting tiff, Against H. RICHARD ADELMAN, subject to provisions of filed Judgment other Animals In possession of Sally To decline a leadership challenge ET AL., Defendant(s). Pursuant to a for Index# 22250-12. ARNOLD JOEL Silverstein at her death Pursuant to once or twice is a sign of humility. Pharaoh. They perform signs and wonders together. They share Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale, LUDWIG, ESQ., Referee Gross Polowy, EPTL 7-8.1 Dated, Attested and Sealed, To continue to do so when it is God duly entered on 2/6/2017, I, the LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 1775 Wehrle Februaty 7, 2019 HON PETER J. KELLY Himself issuing the challenge risks leadership of the people in the undersigned Referee, will sell at public Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY Surrogate James Lim Becker Chief provoking divine anger, as happened wilderness together. For the first auction, Room 224 of Kings County 14221 Clerk David S. Shor, Esq. Attorney here. The Talmud comments: time, brothers function as a team, Supreme Court, 360 Adams Street, AJ; 2/8/15/22; 3/1 Salem, Shor & Saperstein, LLP “Then the Lord’s anger burned with different gifts, different talents, Brooklyn, NY 11201 on 3/14/2019 - (516)472-7030 3000 Marcus Avenue, against Moses” – Rabbi Yehoshua different roles, but without hostility, at 2:30 pm, premises known as 1146 Notice of formation of limited liability Suite 1W6, Lake Success, New York ben Karcha said: every instance each complementing the other. 39th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11218, and company(LLC) Name:AESTHETIC 11042 NOTE: This citation is served Their partnership is a constant described as follows: ALL that certain BK LLC . Articles of organization filed upon you as required by law. You are of [divine] anger in the Torah plot, piece or parcel of land, with the with the secretary of state of New not required to appear. If you fail to leaves a lasting effect, except in this feature of the narrative. But there are certain moments where it is buildings and improvements thereon York(SSNY) on 01/09/2019. Office appear it will be assumed you do not instance. Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai erected, situate, lying and being in the location: Kings county. SSNY has object to the relief requested. You have said: here too it left a lasting effect, highlighted. The first occurs in the Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings, been designated as the agent of the a right to have an attorney appear for for it goes on to say, “What about passage already cited above. God tells City and State of New York, and desig- LLC Upon whom Process against it you. your brother, Aaron the Levite?” Moses that Aaron “is already on his nated on the tax maps of the Kings may be served. SSNY shall mail copy AJ; 2/8/15/22; 3/1 Surely Aaron was a priest [not just way to meet you, and his heart will be County Treasurer as Block 5585 and of the process to: Legalinc corporate - www.algemeiner.com | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2019 A11 Social.

Patriots Owner Kraft Offers Thanks for Super Bowl Victory at South Florida Shabbat Service

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A week after his football team won Super Bowl LIII, New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft attended a Shabbat service in South Florida on Israeli fans celebrate at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv, after Netta Barzilai won the Grand Final of Eurovision Song Contest, Saturday. May 13, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Corinna Kern. Kraft’s Patriots defeated the Los Angeles Rams 13-3 in the NFL championship game in Atlanta on Feb. 3 — their sixth Super Bowl title in 18 years. ‘Good Morning Britain’ Deletes On Saturday, the 77-year-old Kraft — who is a major donor to numerous Jewish and Israeli causes — ‘Disgusting’ Survey on Boycotting prayed at the Palm Beach Synagogue. Eurovision in Israel After Sparking Anger

BY SHIRYN GHERMEZIAN coercing people to vote against Israel. When the conde- scending mockery backfires, they delete the tweet. New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and The UK television program “Good Morning Britain” Hypocrisy at its best!” team owner Robert Kraft celebrate winning Super deleted on Friday a Twitter poll that asked members of The Israel Britain Alliance called the poll “prepos- Bowl LIII, Feb. 3, 2019. Photo: Reuters / Kevin Lamarque. the public whether they thought Britain should boycott terous” and David Collier, a researcher who documents Jew-hatred, described it as “disgraceful” and “disgusting.” this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, which is being held “After I congratulated Bob and wished him, He added, “Will media outlets please get the in Israel. ‘Mazal tov,’ on his Super Bowl victory, he spoke to message. BDS isn’t about Palestinian rights nor settle- The poll, published on Thursday, asked, “There are the congregation,” Rabbi Moshe Scheiner told The ments. It is a call to destroy Israel. When you sanitise calls for Britain to boycott this year’s Eurovision Song Algemeiner. “He opened his remarks by saying, ‘I am [sic] the boycott movement you do the work of antisem- Contest in Tel Aviv, over Israel’s human rights record. Do here to thank the Lord.’” ites and radical Islamists. Please stop it.” you agree?” Scheiner recalled, “He quoted his bar mitzvah A spokesperson for “Good Morning Britain” said Supporters of Israel and members of the UK Jewish parsha — not by strength and not by might, but with on Friday that the poll was removed because the matter community were outraged by what they saw as a legiti- my spirit. The strength of the Jewish people is our could “not be effectively addressed” in that format. The mization of efforts to boycott the Jewish state. synagogues where we come together and pray. He spokesperson explained that the show “regularly invites Former IDF Spokesperson Peter Lerner called then spoke about how he feels at home when he viewers to respond to questions on subjects which are on “Good Morning Britain” to apologize and said that comes to shul and how after Pittsburgh he went to the going to be debated the following day. On reflection it the results of the poll — 60 percent said they did not Tree of life Synagogue.” was decided that this multi layered issue could not be agree with efforts to boycott the Eurovision contest — Following the Patriots victory, wide receiver effectively addressed in a simple yes or no question/ indicated “the disgust people have with you asking.” Julian Edelman became the first Jew to win the Super answer format and needed to reflect the complexity of Elad Ratson, the Israeli Foreign Ministry’s London- Bowl MVP trophy. based special envoy for digital diplomacy, said that the the subject matter which was thoroughly covered in the morning show “must take their audience for fools! They studio debate this morning.” run a twitter poll with a misleading question deliberately www.algemeiner.com Attention Not-For-Profit Organizations

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