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Chanukah 2017 PAGE 2A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, DECEMBER 8, 2017 Jewish Academy honors the Steinberg family and Dr. Edward Zissman at annual gala

Jewish Academy of Or- Dr. Phillips Performing Arts the best Jewish education lando announced it will be Center. possible. honoring Nathalie and Dr. Nathalie and Jordan moved Jordan has been on the Jordan Steinberg and giv- from Montreal, Canada 10 Board of Directors of the ing a lifetime achievement years ago, with their three school for nearly eight years, award to Dr. Edward Ziss- children. They wanted to build serving as its president from man at the school’s annual a meaningful Jewish life and 2014-2016. During this time, gala, Sunday, Dec. 17 at the provide their children with he led many fundraising, operational and strategic initiatives. Jordan, a urologic oncologist at Florida Hospital, is currently serving his second term as chief of surgery at Winter Park Memorial Hospi- tal. He completed his medical school and residency in Urol- ogy at McGill University- fol- lo wed b y Fello wsh ip in C a nc er at MD Anderson in Houston. Dr. Edward Zissman Nathalie has been an active Jewish Academy of Orlando years, Dr. Edward Zissman is volunteer for nearly 10 years, known as a dedicated advocate and has served as the Gala for lifelong Jewish learning. co-chair numerous times. She Together with his wife, is a graduate of the Bornstein Phyllis, and a small group of Leadership program. Nathalie Orlando Jewish families, Dr. is a lawyer by training; she Zissman founded the Hebrew attended McGill University Day School of Central Florida, for her undergraduate degree Dr. Jordan and Nathalie Steinberg now known as the Jewish in psychology, University of Academy of Orlando. He Montreal Law School for law Orlando our second family, “We take great pleasure served as the first president and followed by articling at and second home here in in honoring the Steinberg of the school’s Board of Direc- Quebec Bar. She currently Orlando. We are honored family,” said Alan Rusonik, tors. He has continued to serve works in real estate for Cold- and blessed to be a part of Head of School. “They have on the Board throughout the well Banker. this unique school and this been integral to the school school’s history and has been Their three children, Ga- special community. We have operations and success, since integral to the school’s suc- briel, Alexia, and David, all m ade li fet ime f r iend s . T h a n k s I moved here in 2014. And, we cess in the capital campaigns, attended Hebrew Day School/ to Je w i sh A c ademy of O rla ndo, are happy to celebrate and re-dedication campaign, Life Jewish Academy of Orlando. our children have thrived and honor Dr. Edward Zissman’s and Legacy campaign, and The menorah at the mall Gabriel and Alexia currently excelled beyond our greatest dedication; his support has general development activi- Chanukah is almost here and it shows at the Al- attend at Trinity Prep, while expectations. We look forward been a lifeline to the school ties. The Zissman family also tamonte Mall. The Chanukah menorah is located on Dav id i s a f i f t h g r ader at Je w i sh to continue supporting this for 40 years.” purchased, restored, and the second level near the food court. Shown here are Academy of Orlando. magical place, and its impor- As a leader of the Orlando Rabbi Mendy Bronstein of Chabad of Altamonte Springs About the school, Jordan tant mission.” Jewish community for over 45 Gala on page 19A with two little friends. and Nathalie state, “We truly consider Jewish Academy of Tyler Gaeser earns Scouting’s highest rank—Eagle Scout

Tyler Gaeser in uniform A Boy Scout doesn’t just be- come an Eagle Scout. He has to e a r n t he ra nk t hroug h a se- ries of requirements, includ- in g: e a r n 21 mer it b ad ge s —13 of which are required; perform a service project that he plans, develops and oversees; and successfully complete an Gaeser standing at the entrance to the trail at Mah-Kah- Eagle Scout board of review. Wee Girl Scout Camp that he restored. Fewer than 5 percent of Boy Scouts earn the Eagle rank. the Mah-Kah-Wee Girl Scout the project, explained that Tyler Gaeser, the son of Camp trail in Chuluota. After vision to his crew of 14 troop Marci and Jeff Gaeser, has approval from the camp lead- members and six adults, and been in scouting since first ers, Gaeser enlisted 21 people oversaw the execution of the grade when he became a Cub to help clean up the trail by project. Scout. He advanced to Boy widening the path by 2 feet, Now 18, Gaeser has com- Scout Troop 617, Oviedo in replacing landscape timbers, pleted the Boy Scouts. How- fifth grade. Now a senior in reinforcing the sides of the ever, the red, white and blue high school, he has accom- trail using rebar hammered Eagle Scout badge he was plished these requirements into the timber, relocating awarded is a challenge to and more. On Nov. 19, 2017, reflectors on the path, and live up to for the rest of his after an Eagle Scout board of mulching the trail. life: white represents honor, review, Gaeser received the Gaeser explained that he blue inspires loyalty; red is rank of Eagle Scout. could have done this project courage; the “Be Prepared” Gaeser didn’t just earn 21 by himself, but the purpose insignia is a reminder of badges, he earned 32. The of the service project was to service; and the eagle stands service project he planned demonstrate the ability to as protector of the weak and and executed was to renovate lead. He had the vision for helpless. HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, DECEMBER 8, 2017 PAGE 3A VP Pence: Trump considering ‘when and how’ to move embassy to Jerusalem By: World Israel Israel’s Ambassador to the UN Jewish Congress President ized the impossible and today, News Staff Danny Danon, took place in Ambassador Ronald Lauder 70 years later, the modern With files from the the Queens Museum, which and Israel Katz, Israel’s trans- State of Israel has made the Israel Mission to the UN served as UN headquarters in portation and intelligence impossible, possible. 1947 when the vote took place. minister, addressed the gath- “From this day onward,” Israel’s Mission to the US Vice President ering as well. he concluded, “for the next United Nations, in partner- Mike Pence served as the “Seventy years ago, in this 70 years and beyond, Israel ship with the World Jewish guest of honor and keynote very room, in these very seats will continue to be a beacon Congress, celebrated 70 years speaker at the celebration, where you are sitting today, of democracy, a powerhouse since the historic November which was attended by US the dream of the Jewish people of innovation and a light unto 29, 1947 United Nations vote Secretary of Treasury Steven of 2,000 years came true,” the nations.” on Resolution 181 that called Mnuchin, over 60 UN ambas- Danon said at the celebra- Trump ‘will never com- for the establishment of a sadors, senior diplomats and tion. “In 1897, Theodor Herzl promise’ Israel’s security Jewish State in the Land of Jewish community leaders dreamed of the impossible, in Speaking of the special Israel. The event, initiated by from around the world. World 1947 the Jewish people real- bond between the US and Is- rael, Pence said: “As we speak, President Trump is actively Democrats demand Israel considering when and how to move the American Em- Shahar Azran bassy in Israel from Tel Aviv Vice President Pence and Israeli Ambassador Danny Danon to Jerusalem. And President at celebration of historic UN vote. ignore illegal Arab construction Trump is also committed to finally bring peace to the toward that noble goal. And state of Israel. President Democratic US senators Israeli-Palestinian conflict. while compromise will be Trump has made clear that have called on Prime Min- As President Trump has said, necessary, you can rest as- under this administration, ister Benjamin Netanyahu “ we wa nt I sr ael to h ave p e ac e,” sured—President Trump will America once again stands on Wednesday to stop the and in recent months, we never compromise the safety with our allies and stands up planned demolition of twoil- have made valuable progress and security of the Jewish to our enemies.” legally built Palestinian vil- lages, claiming that the move could endanger Israel’s future. The Times of Israel re- Trump to declare ported that 10 members of the Democratic Party signed the letter, including Senators Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Jerusalem capital of Israel Warren, Diane Feinstein, Al As the Heritage Florida Franken and Brian Schatz. Jewish News went to press, The letter urged Netanyahu Sen. Bernie Sanders the world was anticipating to scrap an order to demolish the announcement from the Palestinian villages of assault on Israel and is even The Obama administration President Donald Trump to Sussiya and Khan al-Amar, reminiscent of language used had previously put pressure declare Jerusalem as Israel’s situated in the Hebron area. by anti-Israel organizations. on Jerusalem on the issue, capital and beginning the While both are not authorized “Instead of forcibly evict- threatening a severe response process of moving the U.S. and were built illegally, the ing these communities, we if Israel acted in accordance Embassy to the holy city, a plans to raze the villages, encourage your government with its own law. step that threatens to spark as prescribed by law, have to fairly re-evaluate Sus- These so-called defenders unrest across the Middle East sparked international outcry. siya’s professionally developed of human rights have exer- and undermine American “Efforts to forcibly evict en- master plan and provide the cised a double standard efforts to forge a new peace tire Palestinian communities residents of Khan al-Ahmar with regard to Jews. They plan. and expand settlements not equal building rights,” the cho ose to rem a in silent a nd The State Department, President Donald Trump at the Kotel in Jerusalem. only directly imperil a two- letter read. fail to defend Jews whose meanwhile, warned U.S. em- state solution, but we believe Sussiya’s illegal Palestinian homes are destroyed under bassies around the world to as a potent diplomatic step became frustrated during a also endanger Israel’s future structures are situated in Area the pretense that they are prepare for possible protests with implications for regional National Security Council as a Jewish democracy,” the C, officially fully controlled “built illegally” on allegedly and violence and banned peace. meeting last week in which authors claimed in the letter. by Israel as per the 1993 Oslo privately owned Palestin- travel by government em- Trump passed a deadline another waiver deadline was The letter is harsh in its peace accords. ian land. ployees and their families Monday for his decision on discussed, U.S. officials said. to Jerusalem’s Old City and moving the U.S. embassy. A Trump promised to move Judea and Samaria. The U.S. 1995 U.S. law requires the the embassy as part of his will delay the actual embassy U.S. Embassy in Israel to be presidential campaign. By de- UN votes 151-6 against Israel, relocation for now to address located in Jerusalem, but al- claring Jerusalem the capital logistical and security chal- lows for a presidential waiver, of Israel now, Trump can delay lenges, officials said, but U.S. something each U.S. leader the formal embassy relocation an ‘occupying power’ recognition of Jerusalem as has signed. Trump signed a while still fulfilling part of his Israel’s capital also will come relocation waiver in June, but campaign pledge. German TV cancels Waters concert over anti-Semitism highlighting the rocker’s anti-Semitism. The show, “Us and Them,” was scheduled to take place June 11, 2018, at Cologne’s Lanxess Arena. The concert was nixed after Cologne resident Malca Gold- stein-Wolf launched a petition to prevent the Westdeutscher Rundfunk television network from using public funds to sponsor the event. The peti- tion referenced the rocker’s use of anti-Semitic rhetoric The United Nations to impose its laws, jurisdic- Panama, Papua New Guinea, and imagery, and gained General Assembly in New tion and administration on Paraguay, South Sudan, nearly 1,400 signatures. York passed six resolutions the Holy City of Jerusalem Togo), the Monitor said. Waters—who has com- on Thursday, Nov. 30, af- were illegal and therefore null Israel’s delegate condemned pared the Israeli government firming Palestinian rights and void.” the resolutions, claiming that to Nazi Germany and has and condemning Israeli This resolution was adopted the UN “continued to annually claimed the “powerful Jewish violations of international by 151 votes in favor to 6 adopt biased resolutions and lobby” runs the media—is law, Middle East Monitor re- against (Canada, Federated devote precious resources... David W. Baker arguably the most vocal figure ported. States of Micronesia, Israel, to politicized bodies whose Roger Waters behind the anti-Israel BDS According to one resolution Marshall Islands, Nauru, Unit- sole purpose was to attack movement. He also regu- (‘Jerusalem’), “the Assembly ed States), with 9 abstentions and denounce Israel”. The US (JNS.org)—A German concert by former Pink larly pressures other artists reiterated that any actions by (Australia, Cameroon, Central representative “echoed that public broadcaster on Sat- Floyd frontman Roger Wa- to boycott performances in Israel, the occupying Power, African Republic, Honduras, opposition.” urday cancelled a scheduled ters following a campaign the Jewish state. PAGE 4A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, DECEMBER 8, 2017 France’s Socialist Party shows the right way to respond to anti-Semitism By Ben Cohen mu n it y. D ur in g t he wa r in Ga z a in A u gu st 2 014 , Jews—economist Jacques Attali, investor Pat- During the last three years especially, racist JNS.org at a time when one of many pro-Palestinian rick Drahi and banker Jacob Rothschild—who and anti-Semitic imagery has become a staple demonstrations evolved into a riot outside a were themselves flanked by the American and feature on the extremes of left and right, more It h a s b een a lon g t ime sinc e I ’ve he a rd a nyone Paris synagogue, Filoche was issuing wring- Israeli flags. Not very subtle, then. often than not amplified by those who enable say anything positive about the French Social- ing denunciations of Israel’s very legitimacy, A s it t ur ned out , t h at im a ge h ad b een g r a bb ed extremists while claiming not to share their ist Party (PS), once the giant of that country’s declaring that the Jewish state was founded from the website of Alain Soral, a far-right white views. Perhaps the PS’s British sister party, post-war politics, but trounced into fifth place upon “terrorism and colonization.” French activist who is closely associated with Labour, has grasped something the PS has not? in this year’s presidential election, with just 6 As several academic surveys during the last Dieudonne M’bala M’bala, a French-Camer- What kind of calculation lies behind Labour’s percent of the vote going to its candidate. decade or so have demonstrated, individuals oonian propagandist who imagines himself a refusal to kick out Filoche’s equivalent, former But I’m nonetheless going to throw caution to who hold these sorts of views about Israel are comedian. Filoche eventually deleted the tweet, London Mayor Ken Livingstone, for his com- the wind, and offer my modest congratulations far more likely to be anti-Semitic, and Filoche blaming the error on a junior PS official who ment that Hitler was a supporter of Zionism? to the PS for it s Nov. 21 decision to expel Gérard i s no e xc ept ion . O n Nov. 17, he de s cr ib ed F rench “noticed only the references to Macron and Would clamping down on the Israel-inflected Filoche, the party grandee at the center of a row President Emmanuel Macron on Twitter as a money,” and thereby presenting himself as the anti-Semitism that advocates firmly believe over a dismally transparent anti-Semitic tweet “sale type” (“dirty guy.”) Accompanying that victim of a political witchhunt that exploited belongs in a progressive movement alienate from his account, for violating its “core values.” remark was a photomontage that showed Ma- an honest mistake in order to launch itself on the activist base? One could easily ask President Filoche, who began his career as a Trotsky- cron wearing a Nazi armband, with the swastika the world. Donald Trump and those among his support- ist, is—or was—a leader of the left wing of the exchanged for a dollar sign. Immediately behind Pushing a junior PS staffer under the bus ers who have shared anti-Semitic images, and PS, and like most European far left politicians, Macron, towering over him from the shadows, was not Filoche’s only response to the contro- flirted with anti-Semitic and racist language, never endeared himself to the local Jewish com- were im a ge s of t hree of F r a nc e’s most in f luent ia l versy. He repeated until he was virtually hoarse whether similar political calculations underlie the line that as a founder of anti-racist group those deeds. SOS Racisme, he couldn’t possibly be an anti- Some will argue, as they always do, that Semite, and that in any case, the only source Filoche has the right to free speech. But when An unlikely bedfellow of anti-Semitism is capitalism, which after all one is an elected official, or an official of a “elected Hitler.” At no point did he condemn political party or labor union or similar entity, the content of the tweet, nor reflect on why he one’s first responsibility is to the electors, the delivers a wake-up call or his team, as committed socialists, would taxpayers and the entire community one serves. be instantly attracted to anti-Semitic memes Free speech considerations, frankly, hardly rank By Jonathan S. Tobin a tougher stance toward Russia in Syria and that brought to mind—as the French Jewish as a priority for someone who has made a career JNS.org Lebanon before it is too late to do anything to organization CRIF observed—the Vichy regime in democratic politics. restrain the Iranians. in Nazi-occupied France. That is why the punishment for such offenders It’s difficult for Americans to sympathize Sorting out this foreign policy Rubik’s Cube To its credit, the PS did not demur on any is often harsher than it is for private individu- with the rulers of Saudi Arabia. Though a long- would be a difficult task for any president, but it of this. Barely five days after Filoche issued his als, and why it is therefore right that the PS standing ally of the U.S., the oil-rich theocracy is especially hard for an administration with a tweet, the party’s national bureau—of which has booted Filoche from its ranks. Different has helped foment extremism around world by secretary of state who isn’t trusted by the White he had been a member—voted unanimously to parties and leaders in other countries dealing funding fundamentalist mosques and madras- House and is also distracted by the need to deal expel him. One of Filoche’s former colleagues, with instances of anti-Semitism should feel free sas. That 15 of the 19 hijackers who carried out with North Korea’s provocations. But though who had defended him in previous controversies, to copy its example. the 9/11 attacks were Saudis and not Iranians Washington would prefer to ignore the alarm said that this time, the matter at hand was no Ben Cohen writes a weekly column for JNS. is something that can’t be forgotten. about Iran the Saudis are sounding, it’s high longer political, but ethical— “and on ethics,” org on Jewish affairs and Middle Eastern poli- But the moment may have arrived when time President Donald Trump start thinking he said, “there can be no compromise.” tics. His writings have been published in Com- Riyadh may be providing some common sense about the inherent contradiction between his Even as I applaud the PS, I honestly wonder mentary, the New York Post, Haaretz, The Wall advice Washington should heed. By taking steps justified hostility to Tehran and his apparent whether the party is out of step with the times. Street Journal and many other publications. to highlight the need for the West and its Arab crush on Vladimir Putin’s regime. allies to start addressing Iran’s successful drive The confrontation may be part of Saudi for regional autonomy, the Saudis are trying to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s purge Trump rescues the Palestinians alert a Trump administration that is hostile to of potential rivals, as he has begun to take the Iran, but asleep at the wheel when it comes to reins of power in Riyadh. Some, like former U.S. By Stephen M. Flatow Well, it took the administration about two developments in Syria and Lebanon because A mba ssador to Israel Daniel Shapiro, argue the JNS.org days to surrender to the pressure—and it of its infatuation with Russia, that it’s time for Saudis are trying to drag Israel into doing their only took that long because Thanksgiving a wake-up call. dirty work through an unnecessary war with The most prominent Jewish leader in got in the way. Suddenly the administration The confrontation stems from the Saudis’ Iran and its proxies. The fear is that Iran could America did not mince words when it came trotted out a new “interpretation”—actually, decision to intervene in Lebanon, whose Prime distract the U.S. from a dubious “outside-in” to the question of whether the Palestine Lib- a misrepresentation—of the law. The PLO-PA Minister Saad Hariri resigned during a visit strategy, in which Riyadh will bribe or pressure eration Organization (PLO) should have an can keep its office so long as the activities with his Saudi patrons. This may have been the the Palestinian Authority into finally making office in Washington, D.C. In a telegram to conducted there are “related to achieving a result of Saudi pressure or a genuine desire to peace with Israel even though there is little the president, he wrote, “Our country must lasting, comprehensive peace between the rid Lebanon of the Hezbollah terrorist move- reason to think such a plan could succeed. not permit the killers of Jewish children and Israelis and Palestinians.” ment that dominates the country. Either way, But both the Saudis and the Israelis under- the assassins of American diplomats to open What a joke. The PLO-PA considers every- the Saudis have a point. stand the U.S. must stop outsourcing Syrian an office in Washington, D.C.” thing it does to be a contribution to peace. Thanks to President Barack Obama’s with- policy to the Russians—the one example of But I’m not talking about last week’s news. That includes promoting boycotts and sanc- drawal from Iraq, Iran’s allies now control that Trump following rather than rejecting one of I’m taking about 1976. The chairman of the tions against Israel, comparing Israel to the country. The success of Iranian, Hezbollah and Obama’s failed policies. The result is a disaster, Conference of Presidents of Major American Nazis, and inciting the Palestinian Arab public Russia forces in winning the Syrian Civil War as the Israelis learned when the U.S. recently Jewish Organizations was Rabbi Alexander to murder Jews and glorify terrorists. It all for the Bashar al-Assad regime has ensured the signed off on a cease-fire that could put Iranian Schindler. The president was Gerald Ford. promotes “peace,” Palestinian-style. Letting sur vival of Tehra n’s ally in Dama scus a nd given and Hezbollah forces close to the border with And what Schindler wrote about the PLO in the PLO-PA keep its office makes a mockery it a seemingly permanent military presence the Jewish state. 1976 is just as true today as it was back then. of what Congress intended when it passed the there. That gives Iran what is, for all intents and The Saudis may be strange bedfellows. Yet Schindler was no hawk. In the years to fol- shutdown law. purposes, a land bridge to Lebanon, where its what’s going on is not Riyadh manipulating low, he would criticize the Israeli government It’s sad to say, but the list of Trump admin- Hezbollah auxiliaries operate with impunity and Israel, but a case of the two countries having a on various issues. But he understood that istration policies toward Israel that are nearly control the government. Emboldened by wealth common interest as well as a mutual foe. Both Palestinian terrorists should not have an office identical to those of President Barack Obama from the nuclear deal it struck with Obama and understand that if the U.S. sits back and allows in our nation’s capital. It saddens to me that is getting longer and longer. strengthened by the acquiescence of the Rus- Iran to consolidate its gains, there’s no telling when the issue came up again last week, so Obama gave the PA hundreds of millions of sians—who stepped into the vacuum Obama what will happen next. few in the American Jewish community spoke dollars each year, no matter how many ways left when he failed to make good on his “red Americans have good reason to be skeptical out against the PLO office. it violated the Oslo Accords. President Donald line” chemical weapons threat to Assad—Iran of Saudi Arabia. But the Saudis are right to The current controversy began when the Trump is doing the same. is now on the brink of becoming the dominant alert Trump to the need to get over his foolish State Department notified the PLO that, ac- Obama pressured Israel to stop Jewish power in the region. notions about Russia and recommit the U.S. to cording to U.S. law, it cannot keep its office in construction in most of Judea and Samaria. The Saudis aren’t the only ones worried. holding the line against Iran. If Trump fails to Washington so long as it is trying to use the Trump is doing that, too. Iran’s presence in Syria and its renewed alliance listen to them, the price paid by the U.S. and its International Criminal Court (ICC) to harass Obama did not bring a single Palestinian with Hamas in Gaza give it the potential to allies could be higher than he thinks. Israel. That law makes perfect sense. If the PLO Arab killer of Americans to trial. Neither has launch a three-front war on Israel. That’s why Jo natha n S . To bi n i s o pi nio n e ditor of J N S .org and its subsidiary, the Palestinian Authority Trump. the Saudis are desperately trying to push the and a contributing writer for National Review. (PA), genuinely want peace with Israel, they Obama refused to take action against the Americans, with Israel’s tacit support, to take Follow him on Twitter at: @jonathans_tobin. can have their office; but if the PLO and PA PA’s payments to terrorists. Likewise, when are still trying to harm Israel, they can go find Congress initiated the Taylor Force Act, to THE VIEWS EXPRESSED ON THIS PAGE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THE VIEWS OF HERITAGE MANAGEMENT. themselves some other place in which to set up reduce U.S. aid because of those PA payments, shop. And since PLO-PA leaders have indeed the Trump administration watered down $ $ $ CENTRAL FLORIDA’S INDEPENDENT JEWISH VOICE $ $ $ been trying to incite the ICC against Israel, the bill with loopholes that make it almost ISSN 0199-0721 Winner of 46 Press Awards Editor/Publisher their office should be closed down. meaningless. Jeffrey Gaeser There is, unfortunately, a loophole. The law Obama demanded that Israel permit the

Editor Emeritus Associate Editor News Editor says that the president can hold off on closing creation of a deadly Palestinian state, adjacent Gene Starn Kim Fischer Christine DeSouza the office if the PLO-PA engages in “direct and to Israel’s major cities and airports. Trump is HERITAGE Florida Jewish News (ISN 0199-0721) meaningful negotiations” with Israel. reportedly preparing a Mideast peace plan that is published weekly for $37.95 per year to Florida ad- Society Editor Office Manager Since the PLO-PA is not engaged in either will demand creation of a Palestinian state, too. dresses ($46.95 for the rest of the U.S.) by HERITAGE Gloria Yousha Paulette Alfonso Central Florida Jewish News, Inc., 207 O’Brien Road, direct or meaningful negotiations with Israel, Now, in a very Obama-like move, Trump is Suite 101, Fern Park, FL 32730. Periodicals postage Account Executives this should be an open-and-shut case, result- ignoring U.S. law in order to let the PLO-PA paid at Fern Park and additional mailing offices. Kim Fischer • Marci Gaeser ing in the closing of the office. But as soon as keep its office open. POSTMASTER: Send address changes and other the State Department addressed the subject, Where are the Alexander Schindlers of our Contributing Columnists correspondence to: HERITAGE, P.O. Box 300742, own time, to cry out against this outrage? Fern Park, FL 32730. Jim Shipley • Ira Sharkansky the pressure bandwagon got rolling. PA lead- David Bornstein • Ed Ziegler ers started whining and threatening. J Street Stephen M. Flatow, a vice president of the MAILING ADDRESS PHONE NUMBER warned that shutting the office would harm Religious Zionists of America, is an attorney P.O. Box 300742 (407) 834-8787 Production Department the chances for peace. The media demanded in New Jersey. He is the father of Alisa Flatow, Fern Park, FL 32730 FAX (407) 831-0507 David Lehman • Gil Dombrosky that the Trump administration ignore the law who was murdered in an Iranian-sponsored email: [email protected] Joyce Gore and let the PLO keep its office. Palestinian terrorist attack in 1995. HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, DECEMBER 8, 2017 PAGE 5A

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I had a very enlightening ert Morris, the superintendent 13 stars on the $1 be arranged State Department document and latecomers to America, Want to feel that Jewish pride? conversation about the piece of Finance. In this way he as the Star of David. describing the history of the this was very important.” Visit the Orange County Re- with Murray Toborowsky, a aided the Continental Army. “Washington had nothing seal makes no mention of any Goldberg also referenced gional History Center and walk former high school American Toborowsky should know. to do with the design of the Jewish symbolism.” Beth Wenger, director of the through a century of Jewish history teacher, who agreed He holds talks about Jews dollar bill,” Toborowsky told I’m not the only one who Jewish Studies Program at accomplishments right here at t h at it i s a g re at stor y. For Je w- and American history and me. So, the nice part of the was led to believe this story the University of Pennsylvania Kehillah: A History of Jewish ish people, it’s encouraging to Abraham Lincoln and the story about Washington ask- to be true. Apparently it has and author of the book “His- Life in Greater Orlando. read that a Jewish man saved Jews at various locations and ing Solomon what he would captured the imagination of tory Lessons”: The Invention And if you want a great our fledgling new country has taught classes at Rollins like as a personal reward for many American Jews. To- of American Jewish Heri- history lesson about Abraham at the ninth hour. But alas, on the subject. his services and Solomon borowsky has heard the tale tage”: “The Haym Salomon Lincoln and the Jewish people, Toborowsky told me George Did I dutifully fact-check stating that he would like told many times, even from myth has persisted because Murray Toborowsky will be Washington never said “Send the story? Yes, I did, and something “for his people,” rabbis. it provides a way for Jews to giving a lecture on the topic on for Haym Solomon,” when that part about Washington (resulting in the 13 stars So, why has it endured for so demonstrate their patriotism Feb. 25, 2018, at Congregation funds were desperately needed requesting Solomon’s help shaped like the Star of David) long? In the Schmooze maga- and, in particular, it places a Ohev Shalom. for the Continental Army. was taken straight out of was fabricated. zine article, Goldberg quotes Jew in a pivotal role during —Christine DeSouza I’m glad they are enjoying college... but By Ron Krudo I grew up in a very Israeli stated, “that doesn’t exist Turkey and Iraq, and would get an education. But I did the types of problems I home, participating in Jew- here.” be considered people of color gain motivation to learn faced. Your son or daugh- “It’s great to hear that ish youth programs in Or- But I was in for a rude in America. But this was about Israel and the conflict, ter shouldn’t expect to be your children are loving lando and spending most of awakening. I spent the the first time anyone had and become more active in verbally harassed every college, and not experienc- my summers visiting family summer before junior year challenged me about Israel the pro-Israel community. I time they wear a Star of ing much anti-Semitism or in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. for two months volunteer- on campus, and I wasn’t no longer wanted to ignore David necklace or even an anti-Zionism. They deserve But when I got to Florida ing in Israel. Still feeling c on f ident enou g h in my o w n the hate, or be frozen in si- IDF T-shirt. Most will enjoy to enjoy their time at school, State University, I decided energized and inspired by knowledge to respond. My lence when confronted by it. campus communities where just like everyone else!” it was time to just be me that experience, I decided to initial instinct was to pre- So what did I do? I Jewish life is vibrant. But That was my answer to a and not focus on Israel or go to class wearing an IDF tend it didn’t happen and found the pro-Israel club that doesn’t mean that we parent who recently com- Judaism. T-shirt. Suddenly, another keep walking. on my campus and reached should sweep the hate that mented, “my kids say they My first two years con- student started screaming, I realize now that my lack out to organizations like does exist under the rug. never see anything,” and sisted of classes, water “you white colonizer, you of awareness about this hate StandWithUs. I spent 3 years According to a 2015 asked, “is the situation on polo, student government took the land away from the didn’t mean it wasn’t there. doing pro-Israel activism at Brandeis University study, campus really that bad?” and fraternity parties. indigenous people.” I was able to remain oblivi- FSU, organized a statewide 32 percent of Jewish students The truth is that most Aside from the occasional I was shocked. My blood ous to the problem because I conference called Florida r e p o r t e d h a v i n g b e e n p e r s o n - Jewish students will never visit to Chabad and Hillel, boiled. I was especially wasn’t involved or chose not Loves Israel, and ultimately ally harassed for being Jew- e x p er ienc e t he k ind of h ate we I wasn’t involved in Jewish offended because, despite to see it, until I was targeted joined the campus depart- ish, while nearly 40 percent often read about in the news. life on campus. I didn’t know having fairly light skin, personally. ment at StandWithUs, an witnessed this happening to I know, because when I was about anti-Semitism or anti- I’m not white. My Middle My reason for being in international Israel educa- someone else. According to in college, I was one of those Zionism, didn’t want to know Eastern family returned college didn’t change. I was tion nonprofit. kids who didn’t see anything. and would have confidently to Israel as refugees from still there to have fun and Not every school has College on page 19A NY Times article shows how not to write about neo-Nazis By Andrew wrote, “was not to normalize repugnant philosophies of feels that readers will need no It’s not clear if Fausset lations. That’s where readers Silow-Carroll anything but to describe the Nazism and institutionalized reminder how awful they are. directly challenged Hovater rightly sense the “normaliza- degree to which hate and racism. I get the irony when But maybe that presumption with the history of anti- tion” of the fascist fringe. NEW YORK (JTA)—Did The extremism have become far Fausset describes Hovater’s no longer holds—maybe we Semitism or genocide or Jim Again, Fausset repeatedly New York Times just normal- more normal in American “Midwestern manners,” and need a sentence or outside Crow. But he does say that he shows Hovater at his worst, ize an American neo-Nazi? life than many of us want to I think he provides an im- source saying something like asked why Hovater “moved so whether he is paraphrasing a That’s the charge being think.” portant service when he this: “Those kinds of conspir- far right.” The term “far right” Nazi slogan or sharing a social flung at The Newspaper of Re- And that is how I read the warns how the “alt-right” acy theories are at the heart in this context unfortunately media post that imagines cord over its Saturday profile piece—the first time. To me it movement is hoping to make of Western anti-Semitism, puts genocide and racism on a the Aryan paradise Germany of Tony Hovater, 29, a “polite,” was an attempt to understand white supremacism and anti- and formed the basis for the continuum with other right- would have become had it “low key” Ohio man who is the tiki torch-carrying thugs Semitism “less than shocking ideology, revered by Hovater, wing ideas, as if they are just won the war. But the articles’ a “committed foot soldier” who marched in Charlottes- for the ‘normies,’ or normal that justified the systematic slightly more extreme than who helped start one of the ville and a useful reminder people.” slaughter of 6 million people.” lower taxes and fewer regu- NY Times on page 19A white nationalist groups that that not every racist or Nazi That’s a lesson that needs marched in Charlottesville, sympathizer shaves his head, to be heard, especially in the Virginia, in August. The wears jackboots or waves the White House, where the presi- article, titled “In America’s Confederate battle flag. dent once spoke about the Heartland, the Nazi Sympa- Fausset, the writer, insists “very fine people” on the side thizer Next Door,” depicts as much in the article itself. of those nicely dressed young Hovater cooking pasta for his Here’s what journalists call men seeking the separation of sympathetic wife and pushing the “nut graf”—or English the races. a shopping cart through his teachers might call the thesis But how you read the article local grocery, and asserts statement: will depend on your interpre- that “his Midwestern man- He is the Nazi sympathizer tation of the word “But” that ners would please anyone’s next door, polite and low-key begins the third sentence in mother.” at a time the old boundaries the excerpt above. I initially A lot of readers were out- of accepted political activity re ad it a s “don’t b e fo oled b y h i s raged, saying the article by can seem alarmingly in flux. homey tattoos and ‘Seinfeld’ Richard Fausset humanized Most Americans would be references—this guy is a thug.” a racist who deserves only disgusted and baffled by his But I now see how many read it scorn and made a “man who casually approving remarks as “he may sound repugnant, believes the races should be about Hitler, disdain for de- but he is actually a nice guy separated seem likable.” The mocracy and belief that the with some upsetting ideas.” Washington Post’s Karen races are better off separate. Some of the blame for Attiah complained that The But his tattoos are innocuous that interpretation falls on Times “thought it was okay pop-culture references: a slice Fausset. Too often he relays to give prominent space to of cherry pie adorns one arm, a one of Hovator’s “uglier” ideas Nazi ideology” homage to the TV show “Twin without explaining why they The criticism moved Marc Peaks.” He says he prefers to are vile, as when Hovator is Lacey, the newspaper’s na- spread the gospel of white shown “defending his asser- tional editor, to write an nationalism with satire. He tion that Jews run the worlds editor’s note. is a big ‘Seinfeld’ fan. of finance and the media, and “We regret the degree to I applaud Fausset’s attempt ‘appear to be working more in which the piece offended so to understand how noxious line with their own interests many readers,” he wrote. beliefs have infiltrated sub- than everybody else’s.’” But Lacey also defended the urbia, and how the politics Fausset doesn’t comment intention of the piece. of white resentment have on these assertions—pre- “The point of the story,” he breathed new life into the sumably because the reporter PAGE 6A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, DECEMBER 8, 2017

shown, 1 p.m. Refreshments. What’s A COMPREHENSIVE JSU at Oviedo High School—Holocaust survivors Genia Kutner and Gerald Biegel share their COMMUNITY stories with students of Oviedo High School, 601 King St., Oviedo. Doors open at 6 p.m.This is LIGHT Happening CALENDAR SHABBAT a rescheduled program that was postponed because of Hurricane Irma. The program, dedicated CANDLES AT to unity, is titled “One Day Starts Today,” and is presented by the Jewish Student Union, JOIN For inclusion in the What’s Happening Calendar, copy must be sent on sepa- Orlando and StandWithUs. Info: Daniel Nabatian, 516-426-8484. rate sheet and clearly marked for Calendar. Submit copy via: e-mail (news@ DEC. 8 orlandoheritage.com); mail (P.O. Box 300742, Fern Park, FL 32730-0742); 5:10 p.m. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12 fax (407-831-0507); or drop it by the office (207 O’Brien Rd., Ste. 101, Fern DEC. 15 First Night of Chanukah Park) Deadline is Wednesday noon, 10 days prior to publication. 5:12 p.m. Light first candle

MORNING AND EVENING MINYANS (Call synagogue to confirm time.) WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13 Chabad of South Orlando—Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. and 10 minutes before sunset; Saturday, Second night of Chanukah 9:30 a.m.; Sunday, 8:15 a.m., 407-354-3660. Light second candle Congregation Ahavas Yisrael—Monday - Friday, 7:30 a.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday, 9 Temple Israel—Lunch & Learn with Rabbi Neely, noon—1 p.m. A parashat discussion class. a.m., 407-644-2500. Open to the public, no RSVP needed. Info: 407-647-3055. Congregation Chabad Lubavitch of Greater Daytona—Monday, 8 a.m.; Thursday, 8 a.m., 904- Grief Support through the Jewish Lens—Grief support group led by Rabbi Moe Kaprow, VITAS 672-9300. Healthcare Chaplain, 10:30 a.m.- noon at Oakmonte Village, Valencia Building, 1021 Royal Congregation Ohev Shalom—Sunday, 9 a.m., 407-298-4650. Gardens Cir., Lake Mary. RSVP to Emily Newman at [email protected] G OBOR C om mu n it y M inya n at Je w i sh A c ademy of O rla ndo — Mond ay — F r id ay, 7:4 5 a .m . — 8: 3 0 a.m. THURSDAY DECEMBER 14 Temple Israel—Sunday, 9 a.m., 407-647-3055. Third night of Chanukah Light third candle FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8 Ahavas Yisrael—Kabbalat, 30 minutes before sundown FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15 Fourth night of Chanukah SUNDAY, DECEMBER 10 Light fourth candle Kehillah: A History of Jewish Life in Greater Orlando—Ongoing exhibit at the Orange County Ahavas Yisrael—Kabbalat, 30 minutes before sundown. Regional History Center, 65 E. Central Blvd., Orlando, and will continue through Feb. 20, 2018. The Roth Family JCC—Dance festival for Chanukah with the Ramat Gan Israeli dance group, 4 p.m.-6 p.m. The event is free and special Israeli food will be available for purchase. Invitation to a Community JCC39ers—Cinema Sunday, 2 p.m. The movie “Mad Money will be shown. Refreshments available.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 11 Israeli Folk Dancing— 7:30-8:15 p.m. instruction, 8:15-10 p.m., requests. Cost: Free for JCC Chanukah Extravaganza members, $5 nonmembers. Info: 407-645-5933. Join the Orlando Torah mentary dairy Chanukah to Israel! For more informa- JCC 39ers—Meet & Mingle Mondays, video presentation of “Broadway Volume 2” will be Academy for a special Cha- dinner. There will be fun tion, please contact office@ nukah evening at the Rosen activities for all ages, and orlandotorah.com Admis- JCC, Thursday, Dec. 14, at prize giveways raffled off sion is free. 5 pm. Be amazed by a spec- for attendees! Purchase The Rosen JCC is located tacular LED performance raffle tickets as well for a at 11184 South Apopka Vine- while enjoying a compli- chance to win a trip for two land Road, Orlando.

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I terrains,” he wrote in the Vil- author and neurologist who was especially drawn to tales lage Voice. “I’ve since learned died last year, wrote, “I can’t that seemed most tragic—a that those boundaries don’t pretend I’m without fear. But bereaved mom bringing up really exist. Instead the world my predominant feeling is one a baby without her spouse; is composed of the sick and of gratitude.” parents raising a child with the not-yet sick.” I’m lucky to be under the multiple cognitive disorders; While that is a sobering care of a top oncologist who a mom dealing with a grave concept, I’m more surprised remains optimistic about diagnosis of cancer. I remem- by how my new world contin- my plight. I’m lucky to be ber sobbing while I read the ues to resemble my old one. the beneficiary of a support story about this last mom, of I’m still impatient when a system that includes a fan how her life transformed in child chatters on incessantly club of friends, my ready-to- one day. She had been stressed about the magic of chromo- drop-anything parents and a about mortgage bills and col- somes because, well, it’s 8:30 superhero husband—in the lege tuitions, about getting p.m. and it’s me-time. I am guise of a balding, bearded everyone out the door on still infuriated when one child, Jewish dad who is capable of time, about ambitions for both teasing, pretends to snap an rescuing, in a single bound, a career and family, when sud- unflattering iPhone picture of teenager confused by biology denly—bang. Cancer knocked her brother. I am still bogged homework, a child needing to at her door, and she never down by irritations and inse- be picked up from basketball looked back at the frustrations curities. and an ailing wife. Meanwhile, of the old life. She entered a But I also celebrate. The of course, he’s preparing foreign land—that of the sick. many small graces of life dinner, cleaning dishes and, In reality, the lands of the loom larger and brighter. I not incidentally, working as sick and the healthy aren’t as sing the body electrified by a lawyer. far apart as I once imagined. winter sunshine. I honor last Yet I’m also lucky in an- Pau l C o wen, aut hor of “A n O r- week’s memory of running other way: Like others “living phan in History,” about find- in Riverside Park. I rejoice with cancer” or some other ing Judaism, was diagnosed over the thought of wrapping chronic illness, I have a deeper with leukemia just before his myself in the warmth of family appreciation of the present 47th birthday. and friends when we kindle moment and a stronger grasp “Until that day, I had as- the lights of Chanukah. Jennifer Bowles how one’s world can flip up- sumed that health and sick- ҝElicia Brown is a writer Elicia Brown (l) and her family in November 2016. side down without warning. ness were separate, distinct living in Manhattan. So while I plod through the By Elicia Brown delights in the simplest plea- as listening to the sound of darkness of sickness, I am also sures of the world around him. wind whistling through a illuminated by the expected NEW YORK (JTA)—It is the What’s more, we share the tree’s bare branches or as and unexpected marvels of “the witching hour,” around same feeling about Chanukah, profound as witnessing your everyday. 4:30 p.m., when darkness t hat it punctuates a nd bright- daughter’s graduation from The Chanukah story in- descends swiftly on the streets ens what would otherwise be middle school. vokes the joy and hope that of New York, and exhausted December’s darkest, shortest When I stand under a light can offer us in diffi- can be purchased at the following locations: children and their parents days. steaming hot shower, and the cult times. The “miracle of tend to quarrel. 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Check. tonight—one for each of the flushing with each line. 1310 Maximillan St • Deltona City Hall • Deltona Library • Menorah, candles and four nights of Chanukah, “Baruch atah Adonai, Elo- Temple Shalom, 1785 Elkam Dr. • Temple Israel, 1001 E dreidels? Check, check, check. plus the shamash candle, the heinu melech ha’olam New York Ave, Deland • College Arms Apt, 101 Amelia Ave, My husband, kids and I “ help er ” t h at lig ht s t he ot her s Asher kidishanu Deland • Boston Gourmet Coffee House, 109 E. New York Ave, were headed to family dinner and stands taller than the rest. b’mitz’votav v’tzivanu Deland • Stetson University Carlton Union, 421 N Woodland at the home of a dear friend. All four kids put a candle l’had’lik neir shel Chanu- Ave, Deland • Family Bookstore, 1301 N Woodland Ave, Deland She and her husband are in the menorah, and once kah.” • Deland Chamber of Commerce, 336 Woodland Ave, Deland not Jewish, but my friend is the shamash was lit, I began Looking up, no one was • Deland City Hall, 120 S Florida Ave, Deland • Beth Shalom, a history teacher who loves reciting the blessing to a very covering their ears—to my non-Jewish friends that night 206 S. Sprng Garden Ave, Deland • Orange City Library, 148 learning about and sharing captive audience—many of surprise. They were all watch- was a gift. If only more of us Albertus Way, Orange City • Boston Gourmet Coffee House, multicultural traditions. whom were hearing Hebrew ing intently, smiles playing on could experience multicul- 1105 Saxon Blvd, Deltona • Deltona Library, 2150 Eustace Ave, Since she had never lit a for the very first time. their lips. tural and interfaith experi- Deltona • Temple Shalom, 1785 Elkam Dr., Deltona • Deltona menorah before, she asked Looking around the Phew. ences like ours, I truly think Community Center, 980 Lakeshore Dr, Deltona • Debary City me to bring ours—I was room—seeing all four of our “Dreidel time!” the world would be a better Hall, 16 Colomba Rd, Debary • Debary Library, 200 Florence more than happy to oblige. kids staring awestruck into My friend’s son knew about place. We have so much to K. Little, Debary For good measure, I also the bright glow of the meno- the game from a book at learn from one another. brought some dreidels and, rah, shadows dancing on their school and was eager to learn People say, “Be the light you OSCEOLA COUNTY because our kids ate all our t iny f ac e s — I c ou ld n’t help but how to play. After dividing wish to see”—and in uncer- Cindy M. Rothfield, P.A., 822 W. Bryan St., Kissimmee • Most gelt the first night of Cha- break into a grin. up the M&Ms, my 6-year-old tain times like the ones we are Publix Supermarkets • Verandah Place Realty, 504 Celebration nukah, some red and green And then, just as quickly as daughter taught her friends in, it feels good to be able to be Ave., Celebration • All Winn Dixie Supermarkets • St. Cloud Christmas M&Ms. We’d be my grin came on, guilt washed the significance of the four a source of light. It feels even City Hall, 1300 9th St, St. Cloud • St. Cloud Library, 810 13th celebrating the fourth night over me. 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Osceola Pwy (522), Kissimmee • Lower East Side Deli, and her husband, who is not We shared a wonderful voice and all. at their house for our friends’ 8548 Palm Parkway, Lake Buena meal and conversation while “Sing it, sing it!” my friend’s kids to play with. Jewish, live in Michigan with the kids played. We called older son chanted. Sharing traditions with our their two children. PAGE 8A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, DECEMBER 8, 2017 The hidden history of ‘I Have a Little Dreidel’ Myron Gordon, the now to fame as a noted cantor, he said. “With these kinds of memorabilia from his father’s 96-year-old son of Samuel and later became the long- songs, it was the opposite—it early career, including let- Goldfarb, who was aided by serving rabbi at the venerable was an American tone be- ters, songbooks, sheet music his own daughter, Tamar Kane Street Synagogue in ing brought into a Jewish and recordings, which he Gordon, a professor at Rens- Brooklyn. context.” rediscovered only a few years selaer Polytechnic Institute, He wrote his melody to The dreidel song, adds ago. Using that material to and his son-in-law Scott “Shalom Aleichem,” a litur- Gordon, “took some time to reconstruct the past and give Christianson, an author. gical poem written by the catch on,” and did not do so the songs and stories behind While the melodies created kabbalists of Safed in the until the early 1950s, “when them new life was a form of by the Goldfarbs have become late 16th or early 17th cen- Hanukkah was becoming therapy, he said. staples of Jewish American tury, in 1918. It’s popularity more commercial and paral- The result is the album. life—insinuating themselves spread throughout the world, lel to Christmas.” There was The holiday and biblical songs into happy memories of cel- so much so that Israel said no single hit recording of the on “Dreidel I Shall Play” have ebrations and gatherings of that “many came to believe tune—its popularity as a folk an old-fashioned charm, and kin—Gordon said the tunes this music was handed down song seems to have spread Taubman’s arrangements are long held associations that from Mount Sinai by Moses.” organically. contemporary and lively. The represented the antithesis of It wasn’t. Its popularity can Gordon didn’t really know standout song is “Little Candle family togetherness. be traced back to a compendi- his father Samuel, who left his Fires” performed by Bikel—in The Goldfarb brothers um produced by the Goldfarbs mother for a younger woman one of his last recordings—a grew up on the Lower East in 1918 called “Friday Evening in 1929. With his new wife, sweet, sentimental holiday Side of New York in a family Melodies.” Over the next Samuel moved to the West tune that deserves a place in Album cover for “Dreidel I Shall Play” by composer of 11 children that emigrated decade, the brothers—under Coast, where he worked for the Hanukkah pantheon. Samuel E. Goldfarb. from Galicia, Poland. Samuel the aegis of the progressive years as musical director of Musical virtues aside, the was born in 1891, and learned Bureau of Jewish Education of a synagogue in Seattle. (De- release is equally distin- By Albert Stern century by two brothers from how to read and play music New York, where Samuel was cades later, Gordon writes in guished by Gordon’s retell- New York City. from Israel, who was 12 years eventually hired as the musical the liner notes of “Dreidel I ing of his family story in the (JTA)—Within the Jewish Samuel E. Goldfarb penned his senior. director —published expanded Shall Play,” his father “over- liner notes. Family history, musical canon are several “I Have a Little Dreidel” In 1914, Samuel—who versions of this work known as saw a performance space in generally speaking, had never songs that seem to have al- (with Samuel S. Grossman), was making music in Yiddish “The Jewish Songster,” which the temple’s basement, where brought him much happiness, ways existed—tunes we all while his older brother, Israel theaters and other popular was used by Ashkenazi congre- on one occasion he yanked but he says the completion know and pass down from one Goldfarb, composed “Shalom venues—entered into an ar- gations throughout the United from the stage an unconven- of “Dreidel I Shall Play” has generation to the next. Aleichem.” To use a Christian ranged marriage with Bella States for decades. tional guitarist named Jimi helped him salve the hurt of One example is the Hanuk- equivalent, it would be like Horowitz, from the family that The book remains a key Hendrix for his wild playing.”) early wounds. kah favorite “I Have a Little having one brother who wrote owned Horowitz-Margareten, document in the history of Samuel was unable to re- “Finally, I was not a passive Dreidel”—chances are most “Jingle Bells” and another who renowned makers of matzah Jewish American music. pair the broken tie with his victim of my father’s leaving everyone reading this can sing composed “Silent Night.” and Passover products. “Their mission was to son . G ordon w r ite s in t he liner us or the yearnings it caused,” the chorus, at least. Another A CD released last year, Gordon, their second child, present modernized versions notes: “I saw him again on just Gordon said. “I went in the e x a mple , f rom a more ele vated “Dreidel I Shall Play,” called was born in 1920, and still re- of cantorial songs for Jewish a few occasions—once, dur- other direction, to produce sphere of Jewish practice, renewed attention to the members visiting the matzah Americans,” said Gordon, “as ing the war, when I was in my something that would give is “Shalom Aleichem”—it Goldfarbs and their achieve- bakery when he was young. well as some of the Zionist Army uniform, visiting him me a better association with isn’t hard to imagine Jewish ments. The album features “The factory took up a songs coming out of Palestine in Seattle, he introduced me my father. For me, the songs families around the world new recordings of Samuel whole block of the Lower East and old Yiddish songs.” as ‘a friend.’” Gordon said his no longer represent defeat. simultaneously welcoming and Israel Goldfarb’s holiday Side,” he said. “I remember During the 1920s, Samuel father met his own wife and They represent at last what Shabbat with the familiar and liturgical songs from sliding down the flour slides Goldfarb wrote “I Have a children only once, in 1962. they were intended to.” strains of this cherished li- the 1910s and 1920s. The in the bakery.” Little Dreidel.” (A highlight The family gathered around A version of this article turgical melody. new song arrangements are While Samuel started out of the new album: a scratchy the piano and sang “I Have a originally appeared in the What isn’t widely known, by musician Craig Taubman, playing piano in theaters, snippet of the original 1927 Little Dreidel.” Berkshire Jewish Voice, where ho we ver, i s t h at “ I H ave a Lit t le and the album attracted the Israel—a graduate of the recording.) By then, Gordon had dis- Albert Stern is the editor. His Dreidel” and the melody most participation of Neshama Institute of Musical Art (now “Generally speaking, in pensed with the Goldfarb work has also appeared in Ashkenazi Jews worldwide Carlebach and the late Theo- The Juilliard School), the Jew- America Yiddish music in- name and had found his The New York Times, Salon, use for “Shalom Aleichem” dore Bikel. ish Theological Seminary and fluenced the popular music calling as a clinical psycholo- Nerve, the Forward and WAMC were written in the early 20th Driving the project was Columbia University—rose of Broadway and Hollywood,” gist. But he retained boxes of Northeast Public Radio. Chanukah gift ideas for newcomers to the tribe By Julie Wiener Whatever the particulars, of Israeli Cooking” ($21) all MyJewishLearning has you offer traditional Jewish and (MyJewishLearning via covered, with Chanukah gift Israeli standbys adapted to JTA)—Do you have friends ideas designed to please the contemporary tastes and or family members who are Jewish newbies in your life. sensibilities. Each was pub- new to the tribe? Maybe they Cookbooks lished recently (reducing recently converted, married Amelia Saltsman’s “The the possibility that your re- a Jew or became newly inter- Seasonal Jewish Kitchen” cipient already owns it) and ested in their Jewish roots? ($20.23), Leah Koenig’s “Mod- garnered positive reviews Or maybe you’re the newbie ern Jewish Cooking” ($23.33) in mainstream and Jewish and are wondering what to and chef/restaurateur Michael publications. put on your wish list. Solomonov’s “Zahav: A World “Meatballs and Matzah Balls” ($27.95) is not quite as new—it came out in 2013—but will be of par- ticular interest to Jewish newcomers since its author, Marcia Friedman, is a Jew by choice who combines Italian (she is half Sicilian) and Jew- ish cuisine in creative and tasty ways. Other kitchen goodies Maybe your Jewish newbie wants to make challah but is a bit intimidated by the braid- Yair Aronshtam/Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0 ing. A silicon challah mold What better gift to give to a newly minted Jewish person at Hanukkah than a meno- ($14) simplifies the process. rah—unlit, of course. Meanwhile, someone making the transition from Christmas is a bit germ-phobic—try a and inexpensive, try some Hebrew necklace is a great cookies to Chanukah cook- Kiddush Fountain, which pewter ones (Amazon has option for a Jew by choice ies might appreciate a set of pours the wine or grape juice them) that come with a plate who wants to show off his or Chanukah -themed cookie into individual cups. Amazon for catching the wax drip- her new Hebrew name (and A veteran shares his stories cutters ($1.60). and other retailers have a wide pings. newfound Hebrew literacy). with OTA students Chanukiyahs, or menorahs variety of styles and price Mezuzahs Clothing What’s more fitting for points. We like these two on Ama- The “Not In the Tribe, But In honor of Veteran’s Day, Orlando Torah Academy Chanukah than a menorah? Challah covers zon: a simple blue metal one I Dig the Vibe” T-shirt ($48) students had the privilege of hearing from guest speaker Just make sure you give this FairTradeJudaica offers an and an intricate one decorated is perfect (albeit a bit on the Rabbi Jeff Chaitoff. Rabbi Chaitoff shared his experi- one early in the holiday, so array of Judaica items pro- with a Jerusalem scene. Bear pricy side) for someone who ences as chaplain in the Army with students in 3rd, t he recipient get s to u se it t his duced by artisans in develop- in mind that the Jerusalem is married to a Jew or simply 4th, and 5th grades. He brought in photos and relics year. A convenient option is a ing countries. These certified one does not come with a likes hanging out with them, from his days on active duty, including his uniforms. compact travel menorah, per- fair trade items are not just scroll, so you (or your recipi- while dreidel-print leggings Students enjoyed asking questions and hearing about fect for someone who wants to beautiful, you can rest easy ent) w ill need to purch a se t h at ($28) allow Jews and non-Jews what life was like as a soldier. They also loved trying celebrate the holiday outside knowing the workers received separately. to subtly (and comfortably) on the uniforms! Thank you, Rabbi Chaitoff, for your the home. fair pay in safe conditions and Jewelry demonstrate their Chanukah service to the United States Army and to the students Kiddush cups that no child labor was used. A silver Star of David is spirit. of OTA. 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Chabad Lubavitch of North Orlando (O), 1701 Markham Woods Road, Longwood, midrash (house of study) and Israeli life: a life where de- Starting off with a bright, 407-636-5994, www.jewishorlando.com; services: Friday 7:00 p.m.; Saturday at 9:30 a.m. in Jerusalem, Memizrach nominations were not needed hot light—almost a fire—the Chabad of Altamonte Springs (O), 414 Spring Valley Lane, Altamonte Springs, 407- Shemesh, the Social Action and all were included, where fully lit hanukkiyah proposed 280-0535; www.jewishaltamonte.com. Beit Midrash, inspired by the honoring tradition and taking by Shammai reminds us that traditions of Jews from Arab on the responsibility to make sometimes we need to take Chabad of South Orlando (O), 7347 Sand Lake Road, Orlando, 407-354-3660; www. lands. ch a n ge c ou ld go h a nd in h a nd . b old or dr a st ic me a sure s when jewishorlando.com; Shabbat services: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. and 10 minutes before sunset; At Memizrach Shemesh, I relocated to the United we come across injustice or Saturday, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday, 8:15 a.m. we used Jewish texts, with a St ate s in 2 015 w it h my f a m ily, suffering. Chabad of the Space & Treasure Coasts (O), 1190 Highway A1A, Satellite Beach, special emphasis on Sephardic and although I am no longer This may mean putting 321-777-2770. and Mizrachi rabbinic texts, a part of Memizrach Shem- your sel f at r i sk b y c a mpin g out as tools for awareness raising esh, the spirit and mission near a water source to ensure Congregation Ahavas Yisrael/Chabad (O), 708 Lake Howell Rd., Maitland, 407-644- and social change. We trained has stayed with me. Looking you can put out the fire if it 2500; www.chabadorlando.org; services: Sunday, 9 a.m.; Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m.; Shabbat leaders, educators and activ- around my new community I spreads, speaking up when services: Friday, 6:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m.; Family service, 4th Friday of the month. ists in Israeli society with the often wonder: How can I make you see a racist act unfolding Congregation Bet Chaim (R), 301 West State Road 434, Unit 319, Winter Springs, perspective that good com- change here, on my own, in in front of you or walking out 407-830-7211; www.betchaim.org; Shabbat services: Friday, 8 p.m. munity workers need to learn this context? I want to scream of a high school classroom before taking action. I directed out at injustices I see and read with your fellow students Congregation Beth Am (C), 3899 Sand Lake Road, Longwood, 407-862-3505; www. Memizrach Shemesh’s Youth about. But at the same time, when you feel frustrated and congbetham.org; Shabbat services: Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m. Leadership Department for I must grapple with raising betrayed by election results. Congregation Beth El (C), 2185 Meadowlane Ave., West Melbourne, 321-779-0740; a decade. and supporting my family, Like Shammai’s “fire,” these Shabbat services, 1st & 3rd Friday, 8 p.m.; 2nd & 4th Saturdays, 9:30 a.m. Toward the end of my time teaching my children how to actions are strong, radical and at the beit midrash, I came be mensches and readjusting shake up people’s awareness Congregation Beth Emeth (R), 2205 Blue Sapphire Circle, Orlando, 407-222-6393; upon a beautiful text that to American life. about the social issue at hand. Shabbat service: monthly, 8 p.m. summarized the purpose of Often around Chanukah Hillel’s incremental light Congregation Beth Israel (Rec), Collins Resource Center, Suite 303, 9401 S.R. 200, my work. Rabbi Hayim Yosef at Memizrach Shemesh, grows slowly, and little by little O c a la , 3 52 -2 37- 8 277; bet h i sr aelo c a la .org; Sh a bbat ser v ic e, sec ond F r id ay of t he mont h, 8 p.m . David Azulay (born in Hebron, we would examine the dis- the beauty and strength of the Congregation Beth Sholom (R-C), 315 North 13th St., Leesburg, 352-326-3692; www. active in North Africa and Italy agreement between two of light is sustained. This kind 1727-1806) tells us that “Ev- the great ancient rabbis, of social change might look bethsholomflorida.org; schedule of services on website. eryone in Israel got his or her Hillel and Shammai. They like volunteering at a home- Congregation Beth Shalom (Progressive Conservative), Orange City congregation p a r t at Sin a i, a nd e ach need s to disagreed on how we should less shelter, raising awareness holds services at 1308 E. Normandy Blvd., Deltona; 386-804-8283; www.mybethshalom. make efforts to engage in the light the hanukkiyah (Cha- about a social issue or educat- com; Shabbat services: Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. Torah so that they can bring nukah menorah). The house ing people about their rights. Congregation B’nai Torah (C), 403 N. Nova Rd., Ormond Beach, 32174, 386-672-1174; to light their part, and this is of Shammai suggested we Over time, though, this something that can be done should light eight candles on builds into the same bright www.mybnaitorah.com; Shabbat services: Friday, 8 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. by no other.” the first night, then decrease light of Shammai’s first day, Congregation Chabad Lubavitch of Greater Daytona (O), 1079 W. Granada Blvd., We all have a responsibility the number of candles by but not right away. Instead, it’s Ormond Beach, 386-672-9300; Shabbat services Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to find our place in the Torah. one each night of Chanukah. the result of time and focus, Congregation of Reform Judaism (R), 928 Malone Dr., Orlando, 407-645-0444; As a Jewish educator, I want all Hillel believed we should light each small action eventually www.crjorlando.org: Shabbat services, 7 p.m. 1st, 2nd and 3rd Fridays; 6 p.m., 4th and 5th Je ws to feel like a welc ome p a r t one candle on the first night, combining to make a light of this Torah, to realize that adding one candle every night for all. Fridays; Saturday: 10 a.m. the community is incomplete until there were eight candles This Chanukah season, Congregation Mateh Chaim (R), P.O. Box 060847, Palm Bay, 32906, 321-768-6722. without their voice. on the last night. Rabbi Hillel helped me find Congregation Ohev Shalom (C), 613 Concourse Parkway South, Maitland, 407-298- At Memizrach Shemesh, Tradition sided, as it often my way to light what I hope 4650; www.ohevshalom.org; Shabbat service, Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m. I was at the center of an im- has, with Hillel instead of is the first candle of many. I portant issue, showing Israeli Shammai. created a resource guide, Sep- C o n g r e g a t i o n O r C h a y i m ( R e c), Leesburg, 352-326-8745; [email protected]; services society the significant social, I see in the debate of my 2nd and 4th Fridays of each month at Providence Independence of Wildwood. cultural, textual and religious favorite rabbinic pair a meta- Inspiration on page 19A Congregation Shalom Aleichem (R), 3501 Oak Pointe Blvd., Kissimmee, 407-935- 0064; www.shalomaleichem.com; Shabbat service, 1st and 3rd Fridays of the month, 8 p.m. Congregation Shomer Ysrael (C), 5382 Hoffner Ave., Orlando, 407-227-1258, call for OBITUARIES services and holiday schedules. Congregation Sinai (C/R), 303A N. S.R. 27, Minneola; 352-243-5353; congregation- sinai.org; services: every Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Shabbat Service evert Saturday, 10 a.m. FRANCES BERCOV United States in 1979 from Lady at Sunniland, the Or- Frances Bercov, age 105, Ukraine. lando Science Center and Orlando Torah Center (O), 8591 Banyan Blvd., Orlando; 347-456-6485; Shacharis- of Longwood, passed away A homemaker, Mrs. Dan- “Give Kids the World.” A long- Shabbos 9 a.m.; Mon.—Thurs. 6:45 a.m.; Sun. and Legal Holidays 8 a.m.; Mincha/Maariv on Saturday, Nov. 25, 2017, at sker is sur vived by her daugh- time member of Temple Israel, Please call for times. Brookdale—Island Lake. She ter, Lena (Victor) Goykhman Susan served as secretary of Southwest Orlando Jewish Congregation/Ohalei Rivka (C), 11200 S. Apopka- was born in Brooklyn, New of Casselberry; and her the Temple Israel Cemetery Vineland Rd., Orlando, 407-239-5444; Shabbat service, Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m. York, on May 17, 1912, to the grandsons, Mark (Melissa) Committee. She was also a late Louis and Sadie Worth Goykhman of Houston and life member of Hadassah. In Temple Beth El (R), 579 N. Nova Rd., Ormond Beach, 386-677-2484. Sharon. Frances worked as Stan (Angel) Goykhman of her spare time, Susan was Temple Beth Shalom (R), P.O. Box 031233, Winter Haven, 813-324-2882. an administrative assistant Houston. She is also survived an avid reader and excellent Temple Beth Shalom (C), 40 Wellington Drive, Palm Coast, 386-445-3006; Shabbat in the jewelry business and by her two great-grandsons, seamstress. service, Friday, 8 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. relocated to the Orlando area Spence and George. In addition to her husband, from Miami in the 1980s. For A graveside funeral service Susan is survived by her chil- Temple Beth Sholom (C), 5995 N. Wickham Rd. Melbourne, 321-254-6333; www. many years she was affiliated was held at Congregation dren, Carole Kraw of Orlando, mytbs.org; Shabbat services: Friday, 7 p.m.; Saturday: 9:30 a.m. Minyan, Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.; with Congregation of Reform Ohev Shalom Cemetery with Robyn (Dave) Roberts of Fern Thursday, 10:00 a.m. Judaism. Rabbi Arnold Siegel officiat- Park and James (Deborah) Temple Beth Shalom (R), 1109 N.E. 8th Ave., Ocala, 352-629-3587; Shabbat services: Frances is survived by her ing. Arrangements entrusted Murfin of Merritt Island. She Friday, 8 p.m.; Torah study: Saturday, 10:00 a.m. daughter, Sheilah (Richard) to Beth Shalom Memorial is also survived by 29 grand- Tolpin of Tavares; and was Chapel, 640 Lee Road, Or- children, great-grandchildren Temple B’nai Darom (R), 49 Banyan Course, Ocala, 352-624-0380; Friday Services 8 p.m. predeceased by her son, Ste- lando, 32810. 407-599-1180. and great-great grandchil- Temple Israel (C), 50 S. Moss Rd., Winter Springs, 407-647-3055; www.tiflorida.org; phen. In memory of Frances dren. Additionally, Susan is Shabbat services: Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday 9:00 a.m. Bercov, the family requests SUSAN MURFIN survived by her sister, Barbara Temple Israel (R), 7350 Lake Andrew Drive, Melbourne, 321-631-9494. contributions to the Jewish GREENE Hoff of Chicago and Sheldon’s Pavilion, 421 Montgomery Susan Cecelia Murfin children, Fran (Donald) Re- Temple Israel (C), 579 N. Nova Road, Ormond Beach, 386-252-3097; Shabbat service, Road, Suite 231, Altamonte Greene, age 91, of Orlando, isfeld of Edison, N.J., and Friday, 7 p.m.; Saturday: 10:30 a.m. Springs 32714. passed away at Sutton Homes Marcy Greene of Aurora, Col. Temple Israel of DeLand (R), 1001 E. New York Ave., DeLand, 386-736-1646; www. Arrangements entrusted to in Altamonte Springs on She was predeceased by her templeisraelofdeland.org; Friday Shabbat service, 7 p.m.; Saturday, 10:00 a.m. followed by Beth Shalom Memorial Cha- Sunday, Nov. 26, 2017. Born sister, Jean. Torah study. pel, 640 Lee Road, Orlando. in Detroit, Michigan, on July A funeral service was held 407-599-1180. 27, 1926, she was a daughter at the Jacob “Yank” Frank Temple Shalom (formerly New Jewish Congregation) (R), 13563 Country Road of the late Kalman and Jenny Pavilion at Temple Israel 101, Oxford, 352-748-1800; www.templeshalomcentralfl.org; Shabbat services: Friday, 7 GOLDA DANSKER Sugelsky Gross. Cemetery with Rabbi Joshua p.m.; last Saturday of the month, 9:30 a.m. Golda Dansker, age 90, of Susan relocated to the Neely officiating. Burial fol- Temple Shalom of Deltona (R/C), 1785 Elkcam Blvd., Deltona, 386-789-2202; www. O rla ndo, p a s sed away on Tue s - Orlando area in 1956 from lowed in the Temple Israel shalomdeltona.org; Shabbat service; Saturday: 10 a.m. day, Nov. 28, 2017, at LifeCare Michigan and has been hap- cemetery. In memory of Susan of Altamonte Springs. Mrs. pily married to her husband, M. Greene, the family requests Temple Shir Shalom (R) Ser vices held at Temple Israel, 50 S. Moss Rd., Winter Springs, Dansker was born in Uman, Sheldon, for the last 22 years. contributions to the Temple 407-366-3556, www.templeshirshalom.org; Shabbat services: three Fridays each month, Ukraine on Nov. 3, 1927, to She worked as a dental as- Israel Cemetery Fund, P.O. 7:30 p.m. the late Herschel and Malka sistant for many years and Box 941867, Maitland 32794. Traditional Congregation of Mount Dora (T) Mount Dora, 352-735-4774; www. Gefon Greenberg. enjoyed bowling, walking, Arrangements entrusted to tcomd.org; Shabbat services: Saturday, 9:30 a.m. sharp. She and her late husband, dancing and water skiing. Beth Shalom Memorial Cha- Semyon, who passed away in A devoted volunteer, Susan pel, 640 Lee Road, Orlando, (R) Reform (C) Conservative (O) Orthodox (Rec) Reconstructionist (T) Mehitsa July 2006, immigrated to the spent many hours as a Grey 32810. 407-599-1180. PAGE 14A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, DECEMBER 8, 2017 Judah Maccabee went to the doctor... who have thoughtfully con- “Halachically, a person “About 90 percent of the sidered that vaccinations is obligated to follow the cases are among people who are not for their children for doctor’s opinion, especially are unvaccinated,” Turner some reason, and I disagree in matters pertaining to said of the outbreaks. with them and I don’t think vaccines and other forms Neither Koffsky nor Weber the science supports them,” of medicine which prevent said they expect the book to she said. “Those are not the illnesses and death,” wrote change the minds of hard- people who posted reviews.” Rabbi Sholom Shuchat, a ened anti-vaxxers. Rather, What upsets her, she ex- deciser for Chabad-Lubavitch Koffsky hopes to reassure plained, and what prompted r a bbi s world w ide , add in g t h at parents who are vaccinating. her to write the book in the in the Torah, “when someone “It’s just a picture book,” first place, is how some par- does an action which can she said, “but I want to make ents use Judaism to justify cause death, or even refuses them feel good about their their stance against immuni- to do an action which can choice and communicate that zation. The idea came to her prevent death, he is compared to their kids.” early last year, when she be- to a murderer.” The kerfuffle has brought came aware that some Jewish Dr. Akiva Turner, director the book beyond readers in day school parents—Koffsky of the doctoral program in the Jewish community. After is one at a day school near her health science at Nova South- the first wave of negative home in West Hempstead, eastern University and former online reviews, Koffsky said New York—were opting out communicable disease direc- she rallied her friends to post of vaccinations on religious tor for the Broward County reviews in order to get the grounds. Health Department—and ratings back up—and the “It’s one thing to say you an ordained Orthodox rab- effort spread far beyond her don’t want to vaccinate your bi—researches religion and contacts. kids because you have in- health. He points out that “We are Catholic and sane beliefs,” said Koffsky, a while people often separate not Jewish, but the book mother of three. “But to say science from religion, major is still great for us,” one By Victor Wishna “Judah Maccabee Goes to to the barrage of negative ‘and I believe this way because rabbinical authorities have five-star reviewer wrote. the Doctor: A Story for Ha- reviews on Amazon, anti- of the Torah’ just drove me relied on medical science “It lets [our son] see that (JTA)—Like any self-re- nukkah” is about a young boy vaxxers have attacked Koffsky crazy. I was really angry when making their rulings. o t h e r s h o l d t h e s a m e v a l u e s specting author, Ann D. named Judah who—spoiler personally on her Instagram because I felt it was such a Therefore, he explained, as important.” Koffsky checks her Amazon alert!—goes to the doctor. account. distortion of Jewish values.” those Jewish parents who A handful of pro-vaccine rankings on a regular basis. With cheerful illustrations “Your book is a brainwash- For the record, the safety claim a religious objection are and science-focused web- “A little bit ridiculously,” by Talitha Shipman, Koffsky’s ing story by a mental author,” and effectiveness of childhood not so different than secular sites—usually not a popular she acknowledged. story follows Judah as he one commenter wrote. “You’ll vaccines is supported by the anti-vaxxers. forum for critiquing chil- Yet when she noticed the learns to channel the bravery be held responsible for all Centers for Disease Control “If they’re asking for an dren’s Hanukkah books— rating for her most recent of his Maccabee namesake the damages these vaccines and Prevention, the American exemption [on religious have weighed in. A reviewer book had dropped to one- and get a scary booster shot, caused to innocent children Academy of Pediatrics and the grounds]—I don’t know any who blogs as The Vaccine star overnight, it wasn’t so thus protecting his little as a result of your book.” overwhelming majority of other way to put it—they are Mom praised “Judah Mac- funny—especially once she sister, Hannah, who is too Weber feels for Koffsky, medical professionals based erring on the science that’s cabee Goes to the Doctor” as started reading the user young to be vaccinated. who also works as an editor on dozens of studies involving being used by these rabbinic a needed addition to family reviews. “We didn’t do this in order and art director at Behrman millions of children. authorities, who all say that dialogue and wrote that her “This book is filled with to run into a debate,” said House. But at the same time And while some haredi you should get your child vac- young daughter “thought lies,” claimed one. Vicki Weber, a partner at Beh- she’s a bit combative. Orthodox rabbis have made cinated,” Turner said. the Hanukkah story was “Very upsetting,” said rman House, the 96-year-old “I’m not glad that some- news for railing against Nevertheless, there is a very interesting. We learned another. educational publisher that body is saying these kinds vaccines, there is a large noticeable decline in vaccina- something new!” “Utter propaganda...” be- released the book under its of miserable things about pro-vaccine consensus in tion rates in some religious Koffsky added she is proud gan the next. Apples & Honey imprint. “We a colleague and friend of the Jewish world as well. The Jewish communities and a that the message of the Soon the “review war,” as like to u se Je w i sh li fe a nd Je w- mine—there’s no place for Orthodox Union and Rabbini- rise in exemptions at certain book—its Amazon rating is Koffsky called it, spilled over ish views to tell stories that that,” Weber said. “But part cal Council of America have Jewish day schools. A measles back above four stars—has onto her personal Facebook are different, and we thought of me wants to say ‘bring it strongly called on all Jewish outbreak in Los Angeles ear- reached a wider audience page. this was a really interesting on... as long as you spell the parents to vaccinate their lier this year centered on the than expected. “I think my favorite com- way to show courage in a title of the book correctly.’” children according to the Orthodox Jewish community, “It feels like kiddush Hash- ment was the one questioning small child.” Koffsky told JTA that she timetable recommended by and a 2015 wave of pertussis, em [sanctifying God],” she my mental state,” said Koff- Yet the book has drawn ire was not surprised by the their pediatricians, as has the or whooping cough, appeared said. “These are Jewish val- sky, who has written more from what is known as the negative response, though haredi Agudas Harabonim- in the Brooklyn haredi Or- ues, and these are universal than 30 books for children. anti-vaxxer movement—an a bit startled by its ferocity. Union of Orthodox Rabbis of thodox communities of Wil- values, and it feels good to Yes, the target of all this impassioned, small but grow- “I’m sure there are people the United States and Canada. liamsburg and Borough Park. be pa r t of t hat convers at ion.” rage is a children’s pic- ing group that believes vacci- ture book, Koffsky’s latest, nations pose dangerous risks, published just in time for such as a long-discredited Hanukkah. link to autism. In addition Blue Crinkle Cookies recipe for Chanukah By Rachel Kor Ingredients: 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour (T he Nosher v ia J TA) — I n m a ny home s , t here i s a t r ad it ion to 1 teaspoon baking powder b a ke H a nu k k a h c o ok ie s t h i s t ime of ye a r. W het her it ’s t he su g a r 1/4 teaspoon salt and butter mixing in the mixer, the blue and white sprinkles, 3/4 cup granulated sugar or the festive menorah cookie cutters, there is something 1/4 cup oil about cookie baking that propels us into the holiday spirit. 2 large eggs This year, I wanted a new Hanukkah cookie to share with 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste, or pure vanilla extract family and friends. Although I love the classic sugar cookie Blue food coloring with sprinkles, sometimes it’s nice to have a really easy and 1 cup powdered sugar, for coating delicious cookie with limited frill and fuss. Directions: These blue crinkle cookies fit the bill perfectly! They are the Line baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking delicious, soft and chewy cookies we adore, with blue coloring mats. Set aside. for Hanukkah. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside. In the bowl of an electric mixer, mix the sugar and oil together for 2-3 minutes, or until light and fluffy. With the mixer on low speed, add the eggs one at a time, and then add the vanilla. Mix until combined. Add the blue food coloring Happy until the desired color is achieved. Providing Quality Preventive, Slowly add in the flour mixture; mix until fully combined. Empty the dough onto a clean and floured surface. Form Esthetic and Restorative the dough into a ball and wrap with plastic wrap. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours. Management for the Oral Preheat the oven to 350 F. Health of our Patient Family Hannukah Place the powdered sugar into a small bowl. Set aside. Unwrap the chilled dough. Using your hands, roll 1-inch balls. If the dough gets sticky, add powdered sugar to the palm Dental Associates of Maitland, P.A. of your hands when rolling. Then, roll the dough balls in the bowl of powdered sugar, making sure they are completely and generously coated. Bernard A. Kahn, D.D.S. Place them on the prepared baking sheets, 2 inches apart. GENERAL DENTISTRY Bake for 8-10 minutes. Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely. Yield: 20 cookies. 926 N. Maitland Avenue • Maitland, FL 32751 Rachel Kor is the author, recipe developer, designer and photographer behind her blog at rachelkor.com (407) 629-4220 The Nosher food blog offers a dazzling array of new and classic Jewish recipes and food news, from Europe to Yemen, DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER Harriett & Shelley Lake from challah to shakshuka and beyond. Check it out at www. TheNosher.com. HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, DECEMBER 8, 2017 PAGE 15A It’s always Chanukah in this picture-perfect Italian town

This is one of the nearly 200 menorahs at the Museum of Lights in Casale Monferrato.

display are more fanciful symbolically, the continuity then reached out to others sculptural works created of the community.” for contributions. from the likes of metal, At Chanukah, Jews light Other artists—Jews and ceramic, plexiglass and menorahs for eight days non-Jews, mainly from Italy wood. to recall the defeat by the but also from other coun- “Artists were given a com- Maccabees of Syrian tyrants tries—soon began making pletely free rein to create a in the second century BCE. their own menorahs and pre- functional object or a purely According to legend, when senting them to the growing An inside view of the synagogue in Casale Monferrato, Italy, which dates to the 16th evocative one,” curator Maria the Maccabees reclaimed the collection. All of the works are century. Luisa Caffarelli wrote in the Temple, the eternal light mi- donated, most of them by the collection’s catalog. raculously burned for eight artists themselves. By Ruth Ellen Gruber painted walls and lots of gild- Chanukah there is a public Each menorah is what days rather than the expected “It was like a chain of ing. The former women’s sec- ceremony, where we light designer Elio Carmi, who one, symbolizing the survival artists,” Carmi said. “And CASALE MONFERRATO, tion has been transformed menorahs and welcome the co-founded the collection in of the Jewish people. well-known artists began to Italy (JTA)—It’s always Cha- into a Judaica and Jewish new pieces,” she said. the mid-1990s with the non- Each menorah in the mu- be attracted.” nukah in this picturesque history museum. And the Only 30 to 40 can be dis- Jewish artist Antonio Recal- seu m i s a p er s on a l int er pret a - Among those is Arnaldo town in northern Italy’s synagogue’s basement, for- played at a time in the vaulted cati and other artist friends, tion of the Festival of Lights Pomodoro, one of Italy’s Piedmont region. merly a matzah bakery, is underground chambers. The describes as an “homage to and its symbolism. The Ital- leading sculptors. His meno- Jews have lived in Casale now home to the Museum only time the collection was the story of Chanukah” and ian artist Stefano Della Porta, rah, presented in 2013, is a Monferrato for more than of Lights. shown in its entirety was at its message of the triumph of for example, used ceramics horizontal metal girder that 500 years, with the com- Chanukah here is com- Casale’s centuries-old castle, light over darkness. and steel to create a meno- supports the nine candles munity reaching its peak of memorated nonstop with a part of an event connected to They conceived the project rah that appears to be made and is decorated with abstract 850 members at about the year-round exhibit featur- the 2015 Milan Expo. as a way to highlight Jewish from giant burnt matches. symbols. time Jews here were granted ing dozens of menorahs, The Museum of Lights’ culture as a source of artistic American-born artist Robert “I tried to bring out a series civil rights in 1848. The town or hanukkiyot, created by hanukkiyot come in an inspiration, promote creativ- Carroll created his menorah of abstract, imaginary signs still boasts one of Italy’s most international contemporary amazing variety of shapes, ity based in Jewish tradition from olive wood, red Verona to create a story that would ornate synagogues, a rococo artists. The collection has sizes, colors and media. and underscore the vital- granite and brass. It has a connect, on a general level, gem that dates to the 16th some 185 menorahs, accord- Many resemble traditional ity of Jews in contemporary sinuou s, tr unk-like ba se t hat with the idea of thought, expe- century. ing to Adriana Ottolenghi, menorahs: a straight line of society. supports eight branches that rience and memory; without, These days, only two Jew- whose husband, Giorgio, has candles or a candelabra with “The idea was born to show open out like a flower, each however, wanting to enter ish families live in Casale. been president of Casale’s eight branches, with a ninth that Jews, though small in supporting a candle. into the multi-faceted com- The synagogue, which is part Jewish community since branch for the “shamash” number, are determined,” Carmi and his friends plexities of the symbology of of a la rger mu seu m c omple x , the 1950s. There is no other candle used to kindle them. said Carmi, who is the vice provided the first hanukkiyot the Jewish world,” Pomodoro is now a major tourist attrac- museum in the world quite Some of the menorahs can president of the Casale Jew- for the project—Carmi’s was describes in the catalog. tion—and not only because like it. be lighted and used on the ish community, “and to use a silver-plated metal bar with Ultimately, Carmi said, the of its opulent sanctuary with “We receive more ev- holiday. interpretations of the Chanu- small cups for the eight can- Museum of Lights is about huge chandeliers, colorfully ery year, and each year at But other menorahs on kah menorah to demonstrate, dles and the shamash—and “Judaism, art and identity.” Answering some oft-asked Chanukah questions By My Jewish the first Chanukah celebra- Why does Chanukah fall century there was a shift Chanukah). If you’re not sure of Antiochus, which detailed Learning Staff tion was actually a delayed on a different date each year? from Purim to Chanukah. whether the person you are the Maccabees’ victories and Sukkot celebration, and Suk- Chanukah always falls Christmas, which falls at the greeting celebrates Chanukah added numerous legends. (My Jewish Learning via kot—which, like Passover, is on the 25th of the Hebrew same time of year, became a or not, you can always say Why do Jews eat greasy JTA)—How do you pronounce a pilgrimage festival—tradi- month of Kislev, which usu- national holiday in America Happy Holidays or Season’s food on Chanukah? Chanukah? Is there a correct tionally lasts eight days. ally is sometime in December. at this time, and the Jewish Greetings. It is traditional to eat spelling for the holiday? Why What is Chanukah about? Because the Jewish calendar custom of gifts on Chanu- Do Jews traditionally go fried foods, such as latkes does Chanukah last eight Chanukah celebrates the is a combination of solar and kah shifted as the Christian to synagogue on Chanukah? and jelly doughnuts (called days? Maccabees’ rededication of lunar, the date on the Gre- holiday’s consumerism grew. Jewish law does not require sufganiyot in Hebrew) as a These are just some of the the Temple in Jerusalem after gorian calendar fluctuates When it comes to how Jews to observe Chanukah way of commemorating the frequently asked questions its defilement by the Syrian each year. many gifts to exchange and anywhere outside the home. miracle of the oil that lasted about the Festival of Lights. Greeks in 164 BCE. Accord- Is the candelabra lit on when, families have different However, some special liturgy eight days. If you’re worried Here are the answers to those ing to rabbinic tradition, the Chanukah called a menorah traditions. Many people prefer and readings are added to about the health (or waistline) and many more. holiday also commemorates or a hanukkiyah? to limit the gift exchange to the daily and Shabbat prayer implications, try baking your How do you pronounce the miracle of the oil noted Menorah simply means ju st a fe w n ig ht s in order to de - ser v ic e s t h at t a ke plac e dur in g latkes —or consider celebrat- Chanukah? above. lamp and can refer to other emphasize the materialistic Chanukah. ing the oil by dipping bread English speakers generally Some people see Chanukah candelabras. A hanukkiyah aspects of the holiday. I tried to find the story of into a variety of gourmet pronounce it HAH-nuh-kuh. as a celebration of religious is a candelabra specifically for Why is the first night of the Maccabees in the Bible, but olive oils. However, some people prefer freedom, whereas others see use on Chanukah. However, Chanukah one day before the couldn’t. Where is it? Another traditional Cha- the Israeli pronunciation, it as a triumph of tradition m a ny p e ople c a ll it a menor a h date listed on my calendar? The Book of Maccabees, in nukah food, cheese, unfor- which is khah-new-KAH. over assimilation. For many or Chanukah menorah—you While dates on the Grego- which the Chanukah story is tunately isn’t much better Is there a correct way to people, it is simply an oppor- usually can tell from context rian calendar begin at mid- detailed, was not included in for those concerned about spell Chanukah? tunity for festivity during the when a person is referring to night, dates on the Hebrew the Hebrew Bible and instead fat. The cheese tradition is in Chanukah is a Hebrew darkest time of the year, the a Chanukah candelabra and calendar begin at sundown— is in a category of texts called honor of Judith, a woman who word, not an English one, winter solstice. not a general lamp. that means a holiday starts Apocrypha. For centuries, helped the Maccabee effort by and there is no standard Is it OK to celebrate both Why do Jews play dreidel hours before the correspond- some Jews used to read the feeding salty cheese and wine transliteration. My Jewish Chanukah and Christmas? on Chanukah? ing date on the Gregorian story from an Aramaic-lan- to one of Antiochus’ gener- Learning uses “Chanukah,” Depends on whom you There are different explana- calendar. This difference is guage scroll called The Scroll als—and then beheading him. but “Chanukah,” “Chanukka” ask. Many Jews strongly tions for this tradition, but particularly noticeable on and “Hanukka” are also com- disapprove of Jews celebrat- historians believe the dreidel Chanukah, since celebrations mon spellings. ing Christmas, which is a is an adaptation of another tend to take place at night *UHHWLQJVDQG%HVW:LVKHV Why does Chanukah last Christian holiday, and some top-spinning game that Eu- rather than during the day. So eight days? feel alienated by the ubiquity ropeans played at Christmas while your calendar may say IRUD+DSS\&KDQXNDK There are two explanations of Christmas in American time. Ch a nu k a h st a r t s on D e c . 13 , it for the eight-day length. One culture. However, others Do Jews traditionally ex- actually begins the preceding is that Chanukah commemo- see Christmas as more a change gifts on all eight nights evening. Maitland Tire Company rates not just the Maccabees’ cultural celebration than of Chanukah? What’s the proper way to victory and rededication of the religious holiday and enjoy Actually, exchanging gifts greet someone on Chanukah? Robert A. Lesperance Temple, but the miracle of the participating in Christmas on Chanukah is a relatively Happy Chanukah, “chag oil: one day’s supply for the celebrations with non-Jew- new tradition. American Jews sameach” (Hebrew for happy 233 North Orlando Avenue • Maitland, Florida 32751 Temple lamp lasted eight days. ish friends or non-Jewish used to exchange gifts on holiday) or “Chanukah same- 407-539-0800 • Fax 407-539-0608 Another explanation is that family members. Purim, but in the late 19th ach” (Hebrew for Happy PAGE 16A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, DECEMBER 8, 2017 (LJKW'D\VRI&DQGOHOLJKWLQJ *LIW*LYLQJ &HOHEUDWLQJ)UHHGRP :KLFKLVWKHUHDO&KDQXNDK" The Maccabees freely practice fought for reli- their faith. As we gious freedom for light each candle, the Jewish peo- we are celebrating ple. Their success our religious free- led to the rededi- dom, embodied in cation of the Temple the miracle of the one in Jerusalem in which container of undesecrated the "Miracle of Light" took oil that burned for eight days. place. However, the word Without the winning of Chanukah means "dedi- freedom and the rededica- cation" and relates to the tion of the Temple, there Jews being able to once again would be no Chanukah! This message is presented by the congregations on this page. We invite your inquiries regarding prospective membership activities and services. We wish you a Happy Chanukah. 'HFHPEHUWK'HFHPEHUWKWKRI.LVOHYWKURXJKQGRI7HYHW

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Geraldo Rivera apolo- all those years ago. Bette, I said uses a caricature of peace process if Trump have long opposed a poten- Israel, where the tendency is gizes to Bette Midler apologize. Jewish billionaire Sheldon recognizes Jerusalem tial relocation of the U.S. to favor managing tensions for alleged sexual as- — Geraldo Rivera (@ Adelson with anti-Semitic as Israeli capital embassy, repeatedly warn- with the Palestinians as sault GeraldoRivera) December tropes. JERUSALEM (JTA)—The ing that it could spark fresh opposed to resolving them. (JTA)—Television host 1, 2017 The cartoon that appeared Palestinian terror organi- unrest. “We’ve been very focused Geraldo Rivera apologized 27 years ago I wrote a taw- Friday was titled “Murder zation Hamas said it would On Wednesday, Israel’s on the deal,” he said “If you to Bette Midler for an inci- dry book depicting consen- on the tax-cut express” and incite a new intifada, or Hadashot news reported that solve the bigger issues a lot dent in which she says he sual events in 1973-45 years shows Adelson aboard a train uprising, if the United States Trump was set to move the of the little issues—or not groped her. ago-I’ve deeply regretted its conducted by President Don- recognizes Jerusalem as embassy from Jerusalem to little issues, because they’re “Although I recall the time distasteful & disrespectful ald Trump labeled as riding Israel’s capital. Tel Aviv. all very serious issues—will @BetteMidler has alluded to tone & have refrained from in the section for “prior- Hamas on Saturday issued “We have nothing to an- be mitigated over time.” much differently than she, speaking about it-I’m embar- ity passengers.” Adelson is a statement calling on Pales- nounce,” a White House of- Kushner also thanked that does not change the fact rassed & profoundly sorry to shown in a dining car read- tinians to “incite an uprising ficial told JTA later Wednes- the room for sending his that she has a right to speak those mentioned-I have & ing a newspaper headlined in Jerusalem so that this day. negotiating team policy out & demand an apology again apologize to anyone “Estate Tax Repealed,” and a conspiracy does not pass.” Vice President Mike Pence proposals, which also was from me, for in the very least, offended waiter is serving him a large “This decision would rep- told a pro-Israel event Tues- notable as a nod to the publically [sic] embarrassing — Geraldo Rivera (@ sack labeled “$14.6 billion.” resent a U.S. assault on the day that Trump was “actively Washington “swamp” that her all those years ago. Bette, GeraldoRivera) December In a letter to the editor city and give legitimacy to considering when and how” Trump has claimed he hopes I apologize,” Rivera tweeted 1, 2017 published Monday in the )Israel) over the city,” the to move the embassy. to “drain.” The Saban Forum, on Friday. Jared Kushner did not newspaper, Robert Trestan, statement also said. “We call Trump had campaigned funded by Israeli-American Rivera also tweeted: “27 disclose his heading of regional director of the New on the Palestinian people on moving the embassy entertainment mogul Haim years ago I wrote a tawdry a foundation that fund- England region of the Anti- to stand as an impenetrable but backpedaled once he Saban, who interviewed book depicting consensual ed settlement projects Defamation League, and floodgate and a tall wall assumed office after repre- Kushner, is organized by events in 1973-45 years ago- (JTA)—Jared Kushner did Jeremy Burton, executive against this decision and re- sentations by Jordan’s King the Brookings Institution, I’ve deeply regretted its not disclose on government director of the Jewish Com- new the Jerusalem intifada.” Abdullah, who argued that a liberal-leaning think tank, distasteful & disrespectful filings his position as a direc- munity Relations Council The statement is in re- a move would be disruptive and brings together man- tone & have refrained from tor of a family foundation of Greater Boston, said they sponse to reports that U.S. and dangerous. Abdullah darins of the U.S., Israeli speaking about it-I’m embar- that funded projects in West were “deeply disturbed and President Donald Trump will was in Washington, D.C., last and Middle Eastern foreign rassed & profoundly sorry to Bank settlements. offended” by the Ward Sutton give a speech on Wednesday week meeting with govern- policy establishments, some those mentioned-I have & Kushner’s position as co- cartoon. recognizing Jerusalem as ment officials. of whom have been plying again apologize to anyone director of the Charles and “The portrayal—singling Israel’s capital. The White Jared Kushner says Is- their trade for decades. offended.” Seryl Kushner Foundation out, among all the donors House has refused to con- raeli-Palestinian peace “That’s been so helpful to On Thursday, Midler from 20 0 6 to 2015, when t he and interests who stand to firm the reports. Axios first needed for regional us, developing the ideas,” tweeted a video clip of a 1991 foundation donated at least benefit, a prominent Jewish reported plans for the speech. stability Kushner. interview in which she told $38,000 to the building of a individual, Sheldon Adel- Other reports have said WASHINGTON (JTA)— Kushner was cagey about Barbara Walters that Rivera Jewish seminar y in t he West son; depicting him with an that in tandem with recog- Achieving peace between details, resisting Saban’s violently assaulted her the Bank settlement of Beit El exaggerated hooked nose; nizing Jerusalem, Trump Israel and the Palestinians pleas to confirm whether first time they met. and an additional $20,000 linking him with money; and will for the second time sign is a prerequisite for regional Trump would on Wednes- Tomorrow is my birthday. to Jewish and educational positioning him as hidden a waiver suspending a 1995 stability, Jared Kushner said, day recognize Jerusalem as I feel like this video was a institutions in other settle- inside the train while oth- law that mandates moving signaling that the Trump Israel’s capital, as has been g if t f rom t he u n iverse to me. ments, was not disclosed on ers conduct—evokes classic the embassy to the city from peace negotiating team is reported in the media. He Geraldo may have apologized his filings with the Office of anti-Semitic imagery and Tel Aviv. Every president, hewing to conventional no- did offer one substantive for his tweets supporting Government Ethics, News- reinforces existing stereo- including Trump in June, tions of how to arrive at a deal. departure from past efforts Matt Lauer, but he has yet week reported Sunday. types,” they wrote. has signed the waiver every Kushner, speaking Sun- at getting to a peace deal— to apologize for this. #MeToo The revelation comes “At a time when hatred and six months since the law’s day at the annual Saban absolutely no deadlines. pictwitter.com/TkcolFWfA2 two days after reports that bigotry of all forms are seep- passage. Forum convening Israeli and “We’ve been very deliber- — Bette Midler (@Bet- Kushner, President Donald ing into the mainstream, it Friday, Dec. 1, was os- U.S. policymakers, scholars ate about not setting time teMidler) November 30, 2017 Trump’s Jewish son-in-law is critical that the Globe and tensibly the deadline for and influencers, outlined the f r a m e s s o we h av e more ro om Earlier that year, Rivera and a White House senior other responsible media out- Trump to sign the waiver of challenges his father-in-law, to be successful,” he said. published an autobiography adviser, attempted to stop a lets refrain from giving ad- the 1995 law, but there was President Donald Trump, He also acknowledged the called “Exposing Myself” vote on an anti-settlement ditional aid to those who no no sign that he had signed faces in the Middle East, unusual composition of the in which he claimed to resolution that passed dur- doubt will see this cartoon’s it. There have reportedly including Iran’s nuclear team. His past was in real have had—in the words of ing the Trump transition publication as further veri- been instances in the past, ambitions and its disruptive estate and Jason Greenblatt, Walters—a “torrid” sexual period. fication of long-established however, when a president behavior and the prolifera- the top negotiator, and David affair with Midler when she The U.S. State Depart- anti-Semitic views.” delayed until Monday sign- tion of terrorism. Friedman, the U.S. ambas- was a rising star in the early ment has traditionally la- The U.S. Senate early ing a waiver that was due “You have the Israeli- sador to Israel, are formerly 1970s. beled the settlements as an Saturday morning passed a Friday. Palestinian issue,” Kushner, lawyers for Trump. The only Midler, however, explained impediment or “unhelpful” sweeping tax bill along party White House officials who is a senior adviser to member with deep experi- to Walters that she has a dif- to a two-state solution, lines that critics charge continued to be vague on Trump and the most senior ence in the region is Dina ferent recollection of their but charitable donations to would benefit the wealthy Sunday about the prospects official handling Israeli- Powell, a member of the relations. Midler claims Ri- institutions there are legal and raise taxes on the middle of a change in Jerusalem Palestinian peace, said. “If national security council, vera and his producer pushed under U.S. law. class. policy. “There are options we’re going to try and create whom he cred ited w it h work- her into a bathroom, broke Kushner has amended James Franco to direct, involving the move of an more stability in the region ing out a long-term plan. two “poppers” (inhalant his financial records several star in film about poet embassy at some point in the as a whole you have to solve “Her family is Egyptian, alkyl nitrate drugs), pushed times since his first filing Shel Silverstein future, which I think, you this issue” she speaks Arabic, she’s them under her nose and with the government ethics (JTA)—Actor and director know, could be used to gain Kushner’s linkage of been very instrumental in proceeded to grope her. office in March, and also James Franco will direct and momentum toward a—to- Israeli-Palestinian peace helping us develop a regional Last week, Rivera tweeted has made three revisions to st a r in a f ilm a b out ch ild ren’s ward a peace agreement, and to stabilizing the region aspirational economic plan a defense of Matt Lauer, the his security clearance ap- book author and poet Shel a solution that works both for suggested a potential ten- for what could happen post- former host of the Today plication. Silverstein. Israelis and for Palestinians,” sion between the Trump peace,” Kushner said. show whom NBC News fired Newsweek reported that The film, based on the H. R. McMaster, the national administration and the “We don’t view a peace for inappropriate sexual Kushner’s omission was book “A Boy Named Shel,” security adviser, said on “Fox government of Israeli Prime agreement just as signing behavior in the workplace. first discovered by a team by Lisa Rogak, will focus on News Sunday.” Minister Benjamin Netan- a piece of paper and then Rivera said, “News is a flirty of researchers at American Silverstein’s personal life The Palestinian Authority yahu. Netanyahu clashed hoping everything works business & it seems like Bridge, a progressive re- and professional struggles, claims eastern Jerusalem as repeatedly with President out, we’re focused on what current epidemic of #Sex- search and communications Deadline Hollywood first the capital of a future Pales- Barack Obama over what happens after,” Kushner HarassmentAllegations may organization. The group reported. tinian state. he saw as Obama’s attempts said. “How do you create an be criminalizing courtship & shared the discovery with Silverstein, who was born P. A . President Mahmoud to link Israeli-Palestinian environment where ten years conflating it w predation.” Newsweek on Friday after- into a Jewish family and grew Abbas adviser Mahmoud peace to broader regional down the road the people He later apologized for that noon and its researchers up in Chicago, is the author Habash said Saturday that policies. Additionally, Is- who are the beneficiaries tweet. Fox News also dis- suggested Kushner’s failure of the well-known children’s a Trump recognition of raelis have long rejected of peace, have jobs and op- tanced itself from Rivera’s to disclose his position may poetry collections “Where Jerusalem as the capital of the premise that Israeli- portunity that they didn’t tweets. h av e b e e n a n a t t empt t o av oid the Sidewalk Ends” and “The Israel would bring about Palestinian peace would have before.” Rivera, who hosted mul- “potential conflicts with his Light in the Attic,” as well the “complete destruction necessarily ameliorate any of Playing along with a tiple tabloid-style talk shows job negotiating Middle East as the children’s book “The of the peace process,” Ynet the other problems afflicting theme introduced by Saban, for decades and is now a peace.” Giving Tree.” reported. the region. Kushner joked about the contributor on Fox News, Had Kushner disclosed He also illustrated his He also said that “the Achieving Israeli-Pales- team’s religious and ethnic is the son of a Puerto Rican his position in the family books and collections. Sil- world will pay the price” for tinian peace as a prerequi- makeup. “As this process father and a Jewish mother. foundation in his financial verstein also was a singer- any change in Jerusalem’s site to advancing broader has gone through, my team He had a bar mitzvah. records, his involvement in songwriter and screenwriter. status. agendas has been a feature of in particular, being three Midler—the recipient of the settlement donations Franco, who is Jewish, is On Friday, a delegation successive U.S. administra- Orthodox Jews and a Coptic numerous awards, including and potential conflicts of fresh off his latest success, from the Palestinian Author- tions for at least 50 years, and Egyptian, has tried very hard Grammys, Tonys, Golden interest with his govern- “The Disaster Artist,” a ity met with Trump’s Jewish Kushner’s remarks suggest- to do a lot of listening,” he Globes and Emmys—grew ment p osit ion m ay h ave b een biographical comedy-drama son-in-law and White House ed that Trump’s ambitions, said. up in a Jewish family in considered by the Office of film that chronicles the adviser Jared Kushner to for all of the president’s talk Saban, unusually, opened Hawaii. Government Ethics, accord- making of Tommy Wiseau’s warn the Trump Administra- of breaking with the past, by referring to Kushner’s Although I recall the time ing to Newsweek. 2003 cult film “The Room,” tion that any acknowledg- were not so distant from his legal troubles; he has been @BetteMidler has alluded to Boston Globe cartoon a cr it ic a l f lop t h at went on to ment of Jerusalem as Israel’s predecessors. named as directing Michael much differently than she, of Sheldon Adelson uses become a cult classic. Franco capital or of moving the Kushner also abjured Flynn, a top security adviser that does not change the fact anti-Semitic images, and the film are reported to U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv an incremental approach to Trump’s transition team, that she has a right to speak Jewish leaders say be in contention for several to Jerusalem would end the to reaching an agreement, to try to scuttle Obama’s out & demand an apology (JTA)—Two Jewish leaders Oscars this year. peace process, according to preferring to solve the “big plans to allow through a from me, for in the very least, denounced a Boston Globe Palestinians warn of Israeli media reports. issue” first—another area of publically embarrassing her editorial cartoon that they new intifada, end of They and the Arab world potential disagreement with JTA on page 18A PAGE 18A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, DECEMBER 8, 2017 Israel’s emerging underground wall is latest round in ‘competition’ with Gaza terrorists By Yaakov Lappin rails and wheeled cars for in g, on le a r n in g ho w to ut ili z e range rockets that are not about the approach of terror and the other terror orga- JNS.org shifting weapons around, ven- technological developments, very accurate, but do carry a cells. It is modeled on the nizations are watching the tilation systems, an electrical and formulating new strate- massive warhead, inspired by advanced barriers built along work unfold, but are not Within two years, a deep supply, and rooms for storing gies and doctrines for action,” projectiles used with devastat- Israel’s borders with Egypt intervening. underground wall, equipped weapons and uniforms. Some Prof. Boaz Ganor, executive ing effect by warring sides in and Syria. In August, Maj.-Gen. Eyal with advanced sensors, will even had motorcycles parked director of Israel’s Interna- Syria. Such a rocket could The underground wall can Zamir, who is in charge of cut through Hamas’s ability inside. tional Institute for Counter- destroy whole buildings in a also deliver real-time alerts. the Southern Command, to tunnel into Israel. But by 2019, the under- Terrorism, told JNS.org. direct impact. They will be sent to military told reporters that the under- That will lead southern ground barrier will make “The terror organizations In addition, the terror fac- control centers that are pop- ground barrier will “prevent Israeli villages and towns to it extremely difficult, if not are trying to find new tech- tions could try to set up new ping up along the border. the digging of tunnels into breathe a collective sigh of impossible, for terrorists to niques and means to conduct operations out of Judea and These centers are staffed 24 our territory. It is advancing relief. But the Gazan terror- infiltrate Israel by traveling attacks, and Israel is trying Samaria (commonly known hours a day by dedicated IDF according to plan. In the com- ist factions that are currently underground. to develop new technologies as the West Bank), away from operators, and equipped with ing months, this project will arming themselves are likely The wall is being comple- and strategies for defense Gaza, Ganor said. advanced automatic threat be significantly accelerated. already thinking about new mented by a new IDF tunnel and attack,” Ganor said. “The “One must remember that detection computer systems. We will see an expansion of ways to target Israelis. detection system. This is being challenge posed by tunnels despite all of the difficulties The centers could, for ex- the scope of works…We very The IDF and Israeli Defense used with increasing success committed Israel to finding t he y h ave in get t in g orga n i z ed ample, request action against much hope we will not be Ministry are working around by the military’s Southern a technological solutions to in Judea and Samaria for the tunnels detected by the wall’s challenged while working on the clock to complete the Command to discover and prevent infiltration into its purpose of conduction an ad v a nc ed sen s or s , deep u nder- this project.” new underground wall. It destroy tunnels. territory. The more Israel attack, these terror organi- ground. The IDF has additional Prof. Uzi Rabi, director of will stretch 65 kilometers (40 The most recent example of is successful in preventing zations do have the ability ways of keeping a close watch the Moshe Dayan for Middle miles) from north to south, this scenario was the detona- the digging of tunnels into to transfer their infiltration on Gaza, including drones, Eastern and African Studies across Israel’s entire border tion of a PIJ tunnel in late Oc- its territory, it is reasonable efforts, for example to kidnap surveillance flights and field at Tel Aviv University, said the with Gaza. tober, an operation that killed to assume that the terror soldiers and civilians, from units deployed in camouflage new wall could contribute to In the past, the ability to around 15 diggers and those organizations will search for the Gaza Strip to Judea and throughout the border, which Israel’s deterrence power, but inject heavily armed, well- who tried to rescue them. techniques and means that Samaria,” he said. can call in supporting fire that this deterrence would trained terror squads into Is- The underground barrier will help them overcome the Meanwhile, above ground when they detect threats. always be limited. rael via attack tunnels formed is being constructed by Is- new barrier.” on the Gaza border, Israel A pilot program for the “It could restrain those who a key ability in the hands of rael entirely on its own side Those could include at- is working on completing underground wall started in can be restrained,” Rabi told Gaza’s factions. Hamas and of the border. It represents a tempts to infiltrate Israel another project—an eight- the summer. In September, JNS.org. Palestinian Islamic Jihad significant Israeli gain in the through the sea or air, or to meter (26-foot) tall fence, intensive work began to “But since there are pe- poured considerable treasure, high-stakes game of cat and dig deeper tunnels running complete with high masts that complete the project as soon ripheral organizations among sweat and blood (many diggers mouse against Gaza’s terror- underneath the new barrier, hold radars, and far-reaching as possible. them [in Gaza] who view con- died when tunnels collapsed ists, but it is not the final word. he added. day and night cameras. Currently, Defense Minis- flict against Israel as the axis on them) to create them. “In the ongoing campaign In fact, according to the The above-ground barrier try employees are working of their existence,” he said, Some of the tunnels branch between Israel and Palestin- Southern Command’s as- will deliver early alerts on any around the clock, pouring “these groups will channel out into multiple exit shafts. ian terrorist organizations, a sessments, Hamas has been suspicious movement, giving cement onto a superstructure their negative energies to find They are often built with small competition is always happen- working to build new short- the IDF a timely heads-up deep underground. Hamas no less lethal options.” In landmark move, Florida village adopts State Department’s definition of anti-Semitism By JNS.org the time of the year, it’s hard packed room, the Village pledge not to engage in such ficiently and faster than a fests itself with regard to the to believe that this small Council unanimously passed a boycott during agreements state or federal bureaucracy,” state of Israel,” including Bal Harbour, Fla., is best oceanside village, 30 minutes a measure that adopted the with the Village.” he said. “Anti-Semitism in through demonization, dele- known as a popular destina- north of Miami, is now a State Department’s definition “A little less than two years our country is growing at an gitimization and the applica- tion for snowbirds. With a national leader in combating of anti-Semitism—creating a ago, we became the first alarming rate. What is right tion of double standards. population ranging from anti-Semitism. village code that will permit municipality in the country can’t wait for state and federal Before the Nov. 21 vote, the 2,500-8,000, depending on On Nov. 21 in front of a law enforcement to consider to pass an anti-boycott ordi- politicians to act. That is why Bal Harbour Village Council anti-Semitism as a “motiva- nance,” explained Bal Har- I have proposed this measure received letters of support for 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 tion for criminal offenses in bour Mayor Gabriel Groisman. and hope other towns and cit- the measure from two Repub- Y O D A A L D A P Y R E S order to ensure the safety “Because of our leadership on ies will follow our lead.” lican members of Congress 14 15 16 O MEN D OEG L EAVE and wellbeing of its Jewish this issue, over three dozen “We may be a small mu- from Florida, Reps. Ileana 17 18 19 community.” cities, estimated, across the nicipality, but we now rep- Ros-Lehtinen and Carlos U GLY A CME U LNAE This is not the first resolu- country have passed similar resent an important voice,” Curbelo. 20 21 22 W A LK INGST I CK tion Bal Harbour has issued ordinances.” added Groisman. “This fight “The increased presence 23 24 25 26 against anti-Semitism. In Groisman, who introduced is significant not only for the of anti-Semitism around the S E G AL D UHS 2015, the Florida municipal- what is unofficially referred Jewish community but for the world has caused Jewish com- 27 28 29 30 31 P RAY I NG M ANT I S ity passed a first-of-its-kind to as the “Anti-Semitism entire American community munities ever y where to be on 32 33 34 35 36 measure “prohibiting the Definition Act,” told the at large, as hate breeds hate, high alert,” Curbelo wrote. A ILS O NE O NELM Village from entering into Haym Salomon Center that and we cannot stand still and “It is time we take a tougher 37 38 39 40 41 S CI F IREFL Y N EO agreements with businesses the issue of growing anti- allow intolerance to threaten stand on anti-Semitism at 42 43 44 45 that boycott a person or Semitism is too important to our society.” all levels of government. I M ALHA S AO D ASH entity based in or doing wait on federal lawmakers to The State Department’s am proud that Florida’s own 46 47 48 49 S OLD I ERBEETLE business with an Open Trade take action. definition of anti-Semitism Bal Harbour Village will play 50 51 Jurisdiction such as Israel, “As a local municipality acknowledges “the ways in a leading role in this critical S TAN O NE I L and requiring businesses to we can do things more ef- which anti-Semitism mani- effort.” 52 53 54 55 56 57 C A R PENTER A NT S a r a G old R a fel, t he S out h- 58 59 60 61 62 63 e a st U. S . d irec tor for t he I sr ael O NA I R E LAL I D O L JTA advocacy group StandWithUs, 64 65 66 confirmed that he delivered abstention by the U.S.,” he V OICE R IGA S OUP From page 17A said the Bal Harbour legisla- 67 68 69 the instructions. continued. “As far as I know tion “will clarify what Anti- E NDED N ESS T ESS U.N. Security Council reso- Saban then thanked Kush- there’s nothing illegal there, Semitism is and thereby help lution condemning Israel’s ner for allegedly trying to but I think that that this combat it. The bill doesn’t settlement policies. Flynn intervene on Israel’s behalf. crowd and myself want to regulate anti-Semitic speech, on Friday pleaded guilty to “I personally want to thank you for making that ef- or any form of speech. It lying to federal agents about thank you,” Saban said. fort, so thank you very much.” relates only to unprotected a call he made a year ago “You and your team were Kushner muttered, behavior, such as vandalism. to the Russian ambassador taking steps to try and get “Thank you,” as the crowd It is definitely a crucial step at what he claims was the the United Nations Security delivered muted applause. in the right direction.” behest of Kushner. Neither Council to not go along with Kushner at the end of According to village rules, a Kushner nor his lawyers have what ended up being an the exchange tamped down second reading of the legisla- speculation that he was over- tion is scheduled for Dec. 13. whelmed by legal troubles or The measure is expected to the vast portfolio of respon- become law at that time. sibilities he has. In addition “With the passage of this :LVKLQJ

of both The Holocaust member of Congregation Orlando. He co-founded Al- grandchildren, including two Gala tickets are $125 Gala Resource Memorial Educa- Ohev Shalom. tamonte Pediatric Associates, current students at the Jewish per person. Tickets include From page 2A tion Center and the Central Dr. Zissman graduated the first pediatric medical Academy of Orlando. heavy hors d’oeuvres, music Florida Hillel Foundation. from Temple University and practice in south Seminole With board and committee by Two Left Feet, magical maintains a Sefer Torah for Dr. Zissman is also a cur- Hahnemann Medical College. County, where he practiced positions, both families have entertainment and a silent daily use at the school. rent member of the Board Following pediatric medical for more than 40 years. Dr. made quite a difference. “This auction. The event is Sun- Dr. Zissman is very active of Directors of the Jewish training in Baltimore and Zissman served as president of gala night, we celebrate their day, Dec. 17 at 5:45 p.m. in the Jewish community. Federation of Greater Or- Boston, he moved to Central the Florida Pediatric Society/ contributions to our school at Dr Phillips Performing He has served on the in- lando, actively supports the Florida in 1972 as chief of pe- Florida Chapter of the Ameri- and to our community as a Arts Center. To purchase augural board of directors PJ Library and is a longtime diatrics at the Naval Hospital can Academy of Pediatrics and whole,” says Melanie Brenner, tickets, please visit www.jew- National AAP District X vice co-president. ishacademyorlando.org. To chair. He was also the found- This year, the school cel- sponsor or advertise, please College ing medical director of both ebrates its 40th year. It will email Summer Simmons at the Central Florida Juvenile feature a few talented alumni, ssimmons@jewishacademy- freedom and free speech. at StandWithUs. But we also From page 5A Diabetes Foundation and The who will sing for the crowd. orlando.org. This year, we see “white need to be ready to stand Jewish Federation of Greater The Gala is the school’s For more information a 2016 Brandeis follow up nationalist” leader Richard up to the hate and counter Orlando’s Tay-Sachs Disease biggest annual fundraiser; about the Jewish Academy of study, schools with higher Spencer bringing his hate the propaganda that often Screening Program. proceeds fund new curricula, Orlando or to arrange a visit levels of hostility towards to campus and using Israel distorts the debate about Edward and Phyllis have this year was a new Hebrew to the school, please contact Israel also tend to be more and Zionism to whitewash Israel and the conflict. four children who, with curriculum, field trips, new A la n Ru s on ik , He ad of S cho ol, hostile environments for his racist views, while anti- That’s why I’m proud to their spouses, have blessed programs and provide schol- at [email protected] or Jewish students overall. Israel groups exploit this far work with exceptional stu- them with eight beautiful arship funds. 407-647-0713. More and more often, my right resurgence to further dent leaders who do educate colleagues and I are forced smear Israel and the Jewish their peers and stand up to to t ack le out r ig ht a nt i- S em - community, associating us h ate . I n m a ny c a se s , I b elie ve itism. After a wave of racist with fascism and white su- these leaders make it easier incidents in the University premacy. At a time of rising for everyone else to enjoy of Ca lifor nia system in 2015, hate on both sides of the their time at school, and we supported a student cam- political spectrum, support- not have to worry about the paign to persuade the UC ing Jewish and pro-Israel kind of hostility I faced. By Regents to take action. This communities on campus is empowering them further, led to the UC Principles more crucial than ever. we can set the agenda with Against Intolerance, which This doesn’t mean we positive education and en- recognize that, “anti-Sem- should constantly be on the sure that our communities itism, anti-Semitic forms defen si ve . We mu st fo c u s our are prepared for any chal- of anti-Zionism and other energy on building thriving lenge they may face, both on forms of discrimination have Jewish communities and campus and beyond. no place,” at the university, telling Israel’s inspiring Ron Krudo is StandWi- while affirming the crucial story proactively. That is thUs executive director for importance of academic the majority of what we do Campus Affairs. NY Times From page 5A And if Hovater is going to the affluent, the highly edu- assert something as prepos- cated and, yes, Jews. It leads to b e st intent ion s c ome cr a sh in g terous as the notion that Hit- highly critical Israel coverage, down with this: ler was “chill” about genocide for example, because this is [Hovater] declared the and ethnic cleansing, Fausset the way “family” talks with widely accepted estimate that should immediately have one another. six million Jews died in the quoted an actual historian In this case, it led edi- Holocaust “overblown.” He saying how central to his tors to assume that readers said that while the Nazi leader policies were the elimination would read a portrait of Heinrich Himmler wanted to of Jews and other “undersir- a neo-Nazi “normie” as a exterminate groups like Slavs ables.” cautionary tale about the and homosexuals, Hitler “was I’ve often argued that the mainstreaming of hate. Park Maitland School a lot more kind of chill on strength and weakness of But it forgot about a wider those subjects.” The Times is that it often acts audience that still needs a “Widely accepted esti- as if it is having an “insider” reminder that some ideas mate”? How about the “the conversation with the kinds of are not merely “ugly” but wishes all of our historians’ consensus” or “the readers who form its core, or vile, abhorrent and funda- overwhelming evidence”? idealized, audience: liberals, mentally un-American. friends in the Jewish Nutcracker community From page 11A yourself, letting the holidays sical event is produced and truly illuminate everything directed by Scott Evan Gug- a very Kymberli Frueh said. “This around you,” Shannon Gug- genheim, with music adapted, performance is a fun way for genheim, lyricist and one of lyrics, and choreography by Happy Hanukkah! audiences to learn more about the co-producers, said. “And Shannon Guggenheim; mu- the history and traditions of yes, it does sound schmaltzy sical direction and arrange- Serving children in K-4 through Grade 6...since 1968! Chanukah in a kitchy spin, but that’s why we balance ments by Stephen Guggen- 1450 South Orlando Avenue • Maitland • 407-647-3038 using the Nutcracker’s classic it with a lot of schmaltz heim and Thomas Tomasello; music in a way they’ve never in our show! That really is costume and set designs by http://www.parkmaitland.org experienced it before.” what we’re trying to do: give Julie Engelbrecht; lighting by Park Maitland School is fully accredited by The Florida Council “No matter what religion families something bright Derek Duarte; sound design by of Independent Schools & The Florida Kindergarten Council you are, no matter what you and fun but also poignant Steven Cahill; and film editing celebrate this time of year - and meaningful to celebrate by Kyle Burke. it’s about finding the light this time of year.” in people, finding light in This absolutely joyful mu- Inspiration From page 13A Tamar Zaken spent over 
   


 

 
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