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WWW.HERITAGEFL.COM YEAR 43, NO. 29 MARCH 22, 2019 15 ADAR II, 5779 ORLANDO, FLORIDA SINGLE COPY 75¢ Giving is in the Farb’s blood

Matanya Tausig/Flash90 An Israeli Iron Dome interceptor rocket flies above the Tel Aviv skyline as seen from a rooftop on July 17, 2014. Rockets on Tel Aviv an escalation

Peter Burg Photography that could cost Hamas dearly Stuart and JoAnn Farb By Paul Lefton ing is rooted in a simple but By Yaakov Lappin able and highly unusual, by holding a pointed Ziad Nakhleh, who resides in the powerful philosophy: Do the demonstration on the streets of Gaza to organization’s Damascus headquarters, You can see it in their faces right thing. (JNS)—Last Thursday night’s twin protest the impossible economic situa- and is extremely close to Tehran. and hear it their voices, which The Farbs’ long history of rocket attack on greater Tel Aviv from the tion in Gaza. This was a protest directed With Egyptian-led talks between come alive with passion as doing the right thing and giv- Gaza Strip marks a dramatic escalation against Hamas, and it was repressed by Hamas and Israel over a long-term they speak about their 40-year ing back to the community— of the security situation that could prove Hamas police. The images of Hamas arrangement for Gaza reportedly mak- commitment to the Greater specifically their decades-long to be highly costly for Hamas. police beating protesters is just the kind ing some progress, Iran and PIJ may Orlando Jewish community: commitment to The Roth While it remains unclear at the time of of thing that Sinwar is desperate to avoid, have decided that the time has come to Stuart and Jo Ann Farb de- Family Jewish Community this writing which terrorist organization as it contradicts Hamas’s entire image as sabotage them, and light a match in a rive pure joy out of the act Center—has earned them a is responsible for the rockets, the attacks the spearhead of the Palestinian struggle gas-filled room. of giving. well-deserved moment in the represent a break from the past months against Israel, instead positioning Hamas In recent days, Qatar injected an ad- From the simple act of spotlight as the top honorees of controlled escalation, a policy led by as the oppressor of Palestinians. ditional $5.5 million into Gaza, and in helping out a stranger to more at next week’s J Ball gala at Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar. Hours after those scenes emerged January, it transferred $15 million, with formidable undertakings the Orlando Science Center. The symbolism involved in firing on from Gaza, media reports cited Gazan much of that money reportedly going like shaping a community, Israel’s largest metropolis and economic sources as speculating that Hamas may to needy families, taking some pressure the Farbs’ approach to giv- Farb on page 14A hub, causing many Israelis to hear air raid spark a new conflict with Israel to divert of Hamas. sirens and seek cover, and disrupting the the pressure away from itself, and nip the Egyptian mediators were in Gaza at routine in Tel Aviv, is a direct challenge to protests in the bud. the time of the rocket attack on Thurs- Israeli deterrence, which will likely spark But another possibility is that the day, seeking to promote more moves to Forming the new a significant military retaliation by Israel. second largest terror faction in Gaza, stabilize Gaza. PIJ may have decided to Up to now, Hamas sought to use a lim- Palestinian Islamic Jihad, is behind the throw a spanner in the works. ited degree of violence to pressure Israel rockets. PIJ is much like a man holding Yet another option is that a smaller into allowing more funds and goods into a grenade at a gas station—a reckless Gazan faction decided to challenge PA government the Strip, to avoid an economic meltdown actor that is prepared to take extreme Hamas by firing on Tel Aviv. The fact that that could lead to an internal rebellion in measures to challenge Hamas when it Gaza is filled with smaller terror factions, Gaza. Hamas fears that such an implo- feels that Gaza’s regime is going in the some of them hostile to Hamas, makes sion would jeopardize the existence and wrong direction. the situation even more complex. legitimacy of its hardline Islamist regime. PIJ, which has some 10,000 operatives What is beyond doubt is that the pat- In what may or may not be a related and its own arsenal of ballistic rockets, is tern of recent months, involving Hamas- event, earlier on Thursday hundreds of a direct Iranian proxy. It takes its orders Gazan civilians did something remark- from its overseas leader, the recently ap- Rockets on page 15A A new play about freedom from addiction is coming to Orlando Today there is a severe ad- more than a play, it is a power- After the play, the cast diction problem in the United ful show for adults and teens opens the floor to discussion States. Jews are rarely as- that exposes the truths of the that “will open your eyes to Mohammed Shtayyeh (l) accepts the position of prime sociated with this side of life. real life struggles and chal- the real life struggle against minister of the Palestinian Authority and the duty to appoint However, no one is immune, lenges of people recovering the ‘bondage of self’ that we a new government by leader Mahmoud Abbas. and Jews are not immune from addiction. all fight every day.” to the devastation of addic- The play will be shown here “From the moment Mi- By Pinhas Inbari Mercy” (Sha’ar HaRacha- tion. One residential addic- at Congregation Ohev Shalom chal Osteen shared ‘Free- mim or Bab el Rahma). tion treatment center, Beit on April 11, 7 p.m. dom Song’ with me, I felt (The Jerusalem Center for Until Shtayyeh forms a T’Shuvah, has taken steps to “Freedom Song” is the story passionate about bringing Public Affairs via JNS)—Two government, Rami Hamdal- reach out to communities in of a Jewish family’s struggle it to our community. Michal developments currently tak- lah is still the acting prime an effort to bring prevention with an addicted daughter. is the one who spearheaded ing place in the Palestinian minister of the P.A. It may and presents the play “Free- The actors are real recover- ‘Freedom Song’ coming arena deserve our attention, still take some time for him dom Song” to communities ing addicts who share their to Orlando. This program and both of these are inter- to form a new government across the country. experiences and shatter the resonates with almost all linked: the proposed new unless Abbas is ready to Beit T’Shuvah is more myth that anyone is immune people,” said Donna Shader government in Ramallah make a big compromise on than a treatment center. It to addiction. Render, a life-long Orlando and the situation at the Al- the nature of this new ad- is also a congregation and The setting is a Pass- resident. Aqsa plaza on the Temple ministration. education center. Rooted over Seder and the “guests” Tickets are available at Mount. in the spiritual principles share their personal exodus www.eventbrite.com/e/free- In Ramallah, P.A. leader PA on page 14A of Judaism, Beit T’Shuvah from the slavery of addiction dom-song-live-show-tick- Mahmoud Abbas has asked members are taught to live in through song and dance. It’s ets-57550943421 and are $8 Mohammad Shtayyeh to form concert with their own inner a perfect setting actually since for adults and $5 students. a new government, while on value, dignity, and Kedusha: the story of the Passover is the Congregation Ohev Shalom the Temple Mount, tensions holiness. story of being set free from is located at 613 Concourse continue to mount around “Freedom Song” is also bondage. Pkwy S. Maitland. the Golden Gate or “Gate of PAGE 2A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, MARCH 22, 2019 Rollins’ students learn core life lessons from The Apple Tree Series

own life, amongst them lemma presented in the book. of “empathy, self-reflection, struggling and failing English Honing their problem-solving and compassion.” Another Literature A-Level in London, skills, the students engaged in student, Frantz Timothee, the equivalent of a first-year a conversation not only about felt deeply for both parties. He university course. At that “the mistake,” but also about explained, he could empathize time, she was feeling very the value and importance of with the hungry child and the poorly about her own self- forgiveness. Initially, Farmer disappointed/angry farmer. worth. After moving to the Friedland is quite angry about He felt each side was deserving States, David enrolled in the his loss of apples, especially of reflection, as sometimes Hamilton Holt School at Rol- after he falls from a ladder when we are wronged, we have lins College at the right time while trying to reach apples outsized reactions. in her life and earned a degree higher on the tree. Bach brought mindfulness in English and Organizational In the story, Adam seeks back to the table. Comment- Communication, graduating guidance from his rabbi, who ing, “Often we live our lives summa cum laude. suggests he ask the farmer in a rush. Taking a step back David shared the origin of for forgiveness three times. helps us break our life into her book series, explaining Eventually, Adam and the a series of meaningful mo- that the story of farmer reach an understand- ments. Most situations evoke the Bieman family came to ing, where Adam atones for reactions. These quick reac- her one night while unable to his wrongdoing by picking tions (like the farmer’s anger) sleep. She arose in apples for the injured farmer. are driven by emotions rather the pre-dawn hours and “You see, if I held the anger than reason. Mindfulness put together an outline of the in my heart, it would make allows us to pause and our main character, me revengeful and unhappy. reactions enhance our rela- Adam Bieman. In her It would have made me sick, tionships and keep the lines Shown here (l-r): Allison Lessne, Rose Dorval, Marilyne Polyne, author Yvonne David, mind, he was wearing a cap too. Like eating a bad apple,” of communications open.” Frantz Timothee, Iris Rodriguez and Dr. Susan A. Bach, Ph.D. and knickerbockers from the David quoted from her book. For more information about early 1900s. His thoughts Holt student Iris Rodriguez The Apple Tree Series, visit By Pamela Ruben “Today, we are going to Rather than presenting and actions would become pointed out that Adam needed www.appletreeseries.com or discover how making a dif- through a “PowerPoint,” the cornerstone of a series not only forgiveness from the www.yvonnedavid.com “Gratitude. Mindfulness. ference through creative David chose to interact with that promoted the concept farmer, but also forgiveness Pamela Ruben, a specialist Community Engagement.” expression can break certain the students by sharing Rod- of problem-solving through from his own-self. “Otherwise on aging, is managing direc- These are just some of the barriers for leadership de- den’s pen and ink paintings. storytelling, as well as shar- you are hurting yourself by tor of “Ruben Writes.” She is merits, which Dr. Susan A. velopment. It is my goal to She stated, “In 1910 when ing immigrant stories and life constantly thinking about a grant writer, teacher, life Bach, Ph.D., formerly the ex- enhance these good decisions the book was set, there were lessons from a Jewish lens. the moment.” Students Rose historian and author. Contact ecutive director of the Center and insights made through- no computers, so I am going The leadership students be- “Gabby” Dorval and Allison Pam at PamelaWritingTeach- for Leadership Development out this session.” to go old-school and show came passionate about the di- Lessne discussed feelings [email protected]. at Rollins College Crummer As David shared her book each of you the illustration Graduate School of Business, with the exquisite illustra- one-on-one.” This individual has been imparting on her tions by international artist, and important face-to-face more than a dozen students Lyn Rodden, she commented, communication, interacting Fair Trade Values and Jewish ethics enrolled in the two- to- four- “What may seem like a sim- with each student, enhanced Each year, Susan Bern- year leadership program. plistic children’s book on the engagement. By helping the stein, Jewish Pavilion pro- With an upcoming assign- surface deals with the deeper students share connections, gram director, travels to ment on the theme of forgive- themes of how to handle mis- everyone met the author in Guatemala to visit with ness, Bach brought in Orlando takes, being wronged, asking an up-close and personal way. Mayan women artisans who area author Yvonne David as for and granting forgiveness, Engaging in a conversation have been trained to use their an authority on the subject. and making up for your with Holt School students, skills in weaving, beading, David’s award-winning book, wrongdoings. We are going to David shared the book’s “cen- and crocheting to produce “Out of the Apple Orchard” examine poignant examples tral mistake” which is made beautiful Judaic products (Book 1 of a 4-part series), and take the lessons learned when Adam pilfers apples from that include kippot, tallitot, features forgiveness as a in my book, ‘Out of the Apple the orchard. She remarks, challah covers, and mezuzah central theme (from a Jew- Orchard,’ to help solve prob- “Nobody likes to admit that cases. ish lens), emphasizing that lems in our own lives. These they made a mistake. But Fair Trade Values closely the totality of our lives is not are essential tools to pave it is not a sign of weakness. match Jewish ethics, making measured by our mistakes (or the way towards leadership Nor is asking for help a sign it a logical partnership for those of others). Her upcom- development.” of weakness.” Bernstein, who sees her work ing book, “The Night Sky David went on to sum- To create connectivity to with the Jewish Pavilion as a Lined with Silver,” Book 2 in marize “Out of the Apple the situation, the students way to connect with Jewish The Apple Tree Series, focuses Orchard,” a story which takes were divided into pairs to residents in the Orlando area on life-learning lessons from place in the fall of 1910 after discuss mistakes of their while educating and inform- challenging situations. the Bieman family moves to own. Freshman Samantha ing non-Jewish seniors, who Leadership development Mountaindale, a hamlet in Guillaume shared an incident might choose to attend Jewish workshops meet monthly and the Catskills, from the Lower from her middle school years Pavilion programs. East Side of New York City. when she wore “wedgie san- start with a “mindful break- One of the Fair-Trade prin- Susan Bernstein (center) with Mayans. fast,” which the students have The move allows the ailing dals” to school, because she ciples states that the artisan learned to facilitate. David was father to take advantage of was so excited by the prospect must receive a fair price for states, “You shall not abuse his needs and his life depend able to take part in this past the fresh mountain air. With of having new, stylish shoes. their product and receive a needy or destitute laborer, on it.” month’s “mindful breakfast,” Papa too sick to work and food Later, she suffered as she payment in a timely manner. whether countryman or a For more information re- observing the thoughtful a scarcity, a hungry 12-year- tripped in a classroom line, This is directly associated stranger in one of the com- garding Mayan Judaic prod- insights discussed by the old Adam Bieman is tempted her ankles giving out from with the Jewish value of Linat munities of your land. You ucts, please visit the following students with guidance from by the apples in the nearby her poor choice of dress. While Sachar—pay wages on time. must pay wages on the same websites: www.mayanhands. Dr. Bach. Student Marilyne Friedland orchard. her “pridefulness” had gotten In Deuteronomy 24:14-15 it day, before the sun sets, for org and www.mayaworks.org. Polyne took a moment to David shares, “This engag- the better of her, she realized appreciate the food on her ing American tale, interwoven there was value in the requi- plate, noting the value of with historical details site gym shoes. Guillaume assessing how each type of about the Catskills, cap- commented, “The activities Get tee’d up for Congregation food “makes you feel.” She tures the essence of the Jewish Yvonne David had us do has remarked, “Staying mindful High Holidays. When trouble caused me to realize a lot of Sinai’s annual golf tournament (in all aspects of life) allows begins to multiply for Adam, reflection I need to do with you to make better decisions.” can he learn to ask for forgive- my own life.” Congregation Sinai will Adding to the conversa- ness, make amends, and start The British-born author host its annual Golf Tourna- tion, the author commented, anew?” shared mistakes from her ment on Sunday, March 31, at the Green Valley Golf Course on Sunday in Clermont, Florida 34711. This tourna- ment offers lunch, plenty of awards and prizes. It is open to the public. This annual tournament Custom Printing Invitations & Announcements includes 18 holes of golf, Digital & Offset Printing Brochures & Booklets range balls, lunch, on-course Direct Mail Services Forms & Letterheads contests, prizes and awards. Registration will begin at 8 Envelopes Business Cards a.m. Shotgun will start at 8:30 a.m. in a scramble format. 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Ilhan Omar, dential elections showing a married in December in an WASHINGTON (JTA)— Political Action Conference we’re Jewish, and Jews vote for D-Minn., which were seen by decline in Jewish support for Orthodox Jewish ceremony President Donald Trump by Jeff Ballabon, a Republican Democrats.” Jewish Democrats as invoking the Republican candidate. at the Trump-owned Mar-a- promoted on his Twitter feed a strategist who advised the In the tweet he posted anti-Semitic slander. Jewish “President Trump—Let’s Lago Club in Palm Beach, group founded by Republicans Trump presidential cam- shortly after the “Fox and Democratic leaders in the get the facts straight,” the Florida. “We invited the that hopes to draw young Jews paign. Pipko, 23, is a former Friends” segment, Trump House led efforts to pass a JDCA posted. “Republicans President but, unfortunately, away from the Democratic Trump campaign staffer. continued: “‘We saw a lot of resolution condemning the have lost support among Jew- it was just before the federal Party. In a news release an- anti-Israel policies start under kinds of anti-Semitic tropes ish voters since you’ve been shutdown began,” she told the “‘Jewish people are leav- nouncing its launch, Jexodus the Obama Administration, seen in Omar’s comments, in office.” New York Post last year, in ing the Democratic Party,’” wrote, “We are proud Jewish and it got worsts [sic] and although the resolution even- On the Jexodus web site, an article about how she felt Trump said Tuesday morning Millennials tired of living in worse. There is anti-Semitism tually was expanded, under Pipko is described as an “in- she had to hide her work for on his feed, quoting Elizabeth bondage to leftist politics. in the Democratic Party. They pressure from party progres- ternational model, Trump Trump to protect her model- Pipko, a spokeswoman for We reject the hypocrisy, don’t care about Israel or the sives, to include Islamophobia 2016 campaign staffer, poet, ing career. “Our invitations “Jexodus,” who appeared the anti-Americanism, and anti- Jewish people.’ Elizabeth and other forms of bigotry. patriot, and fiercely proud were red hats that read ‘Make same morning on “Fox and Semitism of the rising far-left. Pipko, Jexodus.”” On Tuesday, the Jewish millennial Jew.” Marriage Great Again,’ with a Friends” on the Fox News Progressives, Democrats, and Trump’s comments follow Democratic Council of Amer- She and her husband, Dar- tag hanging off that listed all network. far too many old-school Jew- a controversy within the ica posted on Facebook poll ren Centinello, a staffer on the the wedding information.” Political rivals Benny Gantz and Benjamin Netanyahu will face off at AIPAC conference

disappointed that his govern- Council also will appear on a Israel that Revivi’s appearance ment hasn’t made good on a panel discussing the legacy of does not indicate a shift in deal to allow them to pray the 1967 war—the first time the organization’s position in according to their customs a senior settlement leader has support of a two-state solu- at the Western Wall. been invited to the conference. tion to the Israeli-Palestinian The conference comes two Revivi told The Times of conflict. weeks before the April 9 elec- Israel that he has addressed House Majority Leader tions, in which Netanyahu AIPAC delegations that visit Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., and is facing a serious challenge Israel over the last two years as House Minority Leader Rep. from Gantz, Yair Lapid and his organization has worked Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., also Moshe Yaalon, whose parties to build a relationship with confirmed their participa- make up Blue and White. AIPAC. tion in the conference, as did Meanwhile, Oded Revivi of AIPAC spokesman Marshall Senate Majority Leader Mitch the West Bank settlers Yesha Wittmann told The Times of McConnell, R-Ky.

Retired General Benny Gantz and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

By Marcy Oster that after the election he will home that they are suited to work to rebuild the relation- preserving the critical alli- (JTA)—Israeli Prime Minis- ship with American Jewry and ance with the United States HEALTHY EYES WEAR SUNGLASSES ter Benjamin Netanyahu and ensure that Israel will once and its Jewish community. Every day that you’re outside, you’re exposed to dangerous, but invisible, ultraviolet (UV) sunlight. Left unprotected, prolonged his chief rival, Benny Gantz, again enjoy the support of its Netanyahu has made his close exposure to UV radiation can seriously damage the eye, leading to cataracts, skin cancer around the eyelid and other eye disorders. will speak at the annual AIPAC friends across the spectrum relationship with the Trump Protecting your eyes is important to maintaining eye health now and in the future. in the United States,” a party administration a centerpiece policy conference in Washing- Shield your eyes (and your family’s eyes) from harmful UV rays. Wear sunglasses with maximum UV protection. ton ahead of national elections statement read. of his re-election campaign, next month in Israel. AIPAC announced in late although his relations with For more information, visit www.thevisioncouncil.org/consumers/sunglasses. A public service message from The Vision Council. Gantz, whose new center- February that Netanyahu a largely liberal and centrist left Blue and White party is would appear at the confer- community of American Jews leading Netanyahu’s Likud in ence in person this year. He have been strained. the polls, will address the pro- has often spoken via satellite AIPAC last month slammed Israel lobby’s main session during his tenure in office. a political maneuver by Ne- ELIMINATE GUTTER CLEANING FOR LIFE! plenary on March 25. Netanyahu is scheduled to tanyahu that they and others Gantz, a former chief of speak the day after Gantz. said would bring legitimacy staff of the Israeli military who Why it matters: Israeli poli- to the far-right Jewish Power heads Blue and White, will ticians who are feted at AIPAC party, or Otzma Yehudit. “use his speech to emphasize hope to signal to voters back Non-Orthodox Jews remain State Department drops

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(JNS)—On paper, the United Church of Palestinians. Israelis and Palestinians might invoke the 1985 “just peace” resolution in their The “just peace” resolution also declares Christ should be well-equipped to promote not like everything the church’s peace activ- pronouncements about the conflict, but the that the “state should be based on participatory peace between Israel and the Palestinians. ists would have to say about the conflict, but church simply does not abide by its demands. consent and should be primarily responsible The UCC, a liberal Protestant denomination if UCC leaders applied the proclamations in an It weighs in on the side of the Palestinians for developing justice and well-being, enforcing with 800,000 members and a little less than honest and responsible manner, neither the against Israel every time it opens its mouth law, and minimizing violence in the process.” 5,000 churches in the United States, has said Israelis nor the Palestinians would be able to about the conflict. This would seem to necessitate a critique of the all the right things about the Jewish people, dismiss the church’s pronouncements about The 1985 “just peace” resolution declares Palestinian Authority and its leader, Mahmoud anti-Semitism and the type of things that need the conflict. Nor would either side be able to say that the church is “a real countervailing power Abbas, who has not held an election to affirm to happen in warring countries for peace to that the denomination is in their hip pocket. to those forces that divide, that perpetuate hu- his legitimacy in more than a decade, but take place. In 1987, the denomination’s Gen- But as it stands, very few Israelis or American man enmity and injustice, and that destroy.” It the UCC’s General Synod has refrained from eral Synod passed a resolution condemning Jews take much of anything the UCC says about also calls on local churches to stand “against commenting on his corrupt, unaccountable anti-Semitism. And two years before that, the the conflict seriously while the Palestinian social structures comfortable with violence and authoritarian rule. same body passed a resolution declaring the Christians falsely portray the denomination as and injustice.” This is a big deal. Polling data indicates UCC to be a “just peace” church. being part of the BDS movement, even though But if you look through the resolutions that many Palestinians support a negotiated In this resolution, the General Synod made the church’s money managers still own stock passed by the denomination’s General Synod settlement with Israel, but because democratic a number of faith proclamations that, if ap- in companies that were proscribed in a 2015 since the late 1960s, the denomination has institutions are non-existent in the West Bank plied to the Arab-Israeli conflict, would give its “divestment” resolution (which as it turns said next to nothing about anti-Jewish and and Gaza, rank-and-file Palestinians have no members and peace activists the intellectual out, wasn’t really a divestment resolution, but anti-Israel incitement broadcast by Arab and mechanism to make it happen. This is not a Muslim leaders over the past few decades. subject that peacemakers in the UCC or any In particular, the denomination’s General other mainline denomination have addressed. Everywhere Synod has not said a word about the anti- When would-be peacemakers remain silent Semitic incitement broadcast by Imams in about Palestinian misdeeds while banging Al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount. Such on about the things Israel does to protect its Contemporary Hamans and their incitement, which takes place under the cus- citizens, it promotes Jewish fears of isolation todianship of the Jordanian government and and fear. predecessors the leadership of the Palestinian Authority, By doing what it has done over the past is a violation of the U.N. Convention on the few decades, the UCC’s General Synod has Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of made things worse, not better. In his most By Mel Pearlman peaceably lived in order to satisfy their own Genocide, but the UCC’s General Synod has recent book, “Catch-67: The Left, The Right, petty jealousies, gain political advantage, said nothing about this violation of interna- and the Legacy of the Six-Day War,” Micah This past week we celebrated the holiday of blame the Jews for their own short-comings, tional law. Goodman reports how Palestinian violence Purim. It is a festive holiday because it com- and play out their own fears, insecurities and The 1985 resolution condemns “all label- has activated an age-old “Jewish fear in the memorates the victory of the Jewish citizens quest for power by seeking to alienate the Jews ing of others as enemies and the creation of Israelis’ subconscious.” of Persia over their fellow citizens who were from the general population. institutions that perpetuate enemy relations” Sadly enough, this is exactly what the UCC— given license by the king’s decree to destroy Today, the Hamans come in all genders and and affirms that nations should provide “public a self-declared “just peace” church—has the Jews in their midst. backgrounds disguised in more sophisticated education that portrays other nations fairly, assisted in this process. By remaining silent How did it come about that the people costumes and roles. They masquerade as breaking down enemy stereotypes and images.” about Palestinian misdeeds, it has provoked of the Persian Empire, who peacefully lived congressional representatives from Min- If applied to the Israel-Palestine conflict, Jewish fear. And by placing all the blame for side-by-side with their Jewish neighbors for nesota, Michigan, and New York. They take these passages would require a condemna- Palestinian suffering on Israel, it has affirmed many generations, suddenly were manipulated positions of leadership in organizations to tion of the hate-filled textbooks, children’s Arab and Muslim feelings of humiliation even to follow the king’s decree to vanquish their fight oppression where they themselves be- television shows and Facebook images that when the cause of such humiliation lies with fellow citizens of the Jewish faith? come the oppressors. They cloak themselves encourage school-age Palestinians to view Arab and Muslim leaders themselves. In do- And a more poignant question is what led in pseudo-respectability and try to hide their Jews as their eternal enemies. To be fair, one ing these things, the UCC’s General Synod the king, who was pre-occupied with his own hatred of Jews in euphemisms and metaphors, resolution put on the agenda of the 2007 Gen- has placed itself on the side of fear, anger and pleasures of the flesh and who reigned over which turn out to be the same old tropes of eral Synod did try to address this issue, but the bloodshed. a peaceful and apparently contented Persian anti-Semitism. UCC’s board of directors effectively buried this That’s the wrong side of history to be on. society, to issue such a decree that clearly They hide behind the shields of racial, ethnic resolution and the denomination’s staffers by Dexter Van Zile is Christian media analyst would endanger the stability of his kingdom? and feminist victimhood to avoid criticism putting it on a consent calendar for approval. for the Committee for Accuracy in Middle The answer to both these questions is simple: of their own prejudices, racism and ethnic Church staffers do not even list this resolution East Reporting in America (CAMERA). His a man named Haman. Haman was a highly misogyny. They use American freedom and with the other resolutions about the conflict opinions are his own. ranked and power-hungry government official, democracy in an attempt to destroy American who was the influential and trusted adviser to freedom and democracy. Social media has the king. From this high and trusted position magnified the menace they represent. and his quest for personal power, recognition These Hamans may have their day in the Letter from Israel and honor at any cost, he was able to ma- media and in the halls of Congress, but the nipulate the king with false representations American people are too smart, too devoted to create suspicions in the king’s mind that to the Constitution and to their heritage of Tied score the Jews within the kingdom were disloyal, a freedom and fair play to follow these Hamans. threat to his reign, and needed to be eliminated. Just as the biblical Haman did not prevail Haman’s plot to alienate and ultimately and was hanged from the same gallows he By Ira Sharkansky indictment. And from some Likud ministers destroy the Jews was motivated, according to prepared for the Jews; and just as the subse- the need for Likud to lead the country. That the biblical account in the Book of Esther, by quent Hamans of history were defeated, these There are polls every day or two. You can doesn’t necessarily mean Bibi, but who can his petty jealously of Mordechai who refused modern day Hamans of whatever gender and see the latest at be sure. to bow down before him; and his subsequent background, and whatever manifestations of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_poll- Reports are that Bibi has support from reli- humiliation when the king ironically decided hate they embrace, will be consumed by their ing_for_the_2019_Israeli_legislative_elec- gious Jews, many of whom are settlers in the to have Haman lead the procession to publicly own evil intentions. tion West Bank, as well as from die hard Likudniks. honor Mordechai for foiling a plot to assas- In you wish to comment or respond you They pretty much are showing a tie, or close The latter include individuals convinced that sinate the king. can reach me at melpearlman322@gmail. to it between the center-left and the right. they are on the outside of a cluster that includes The intervention of Queen Esther on behalf com. Please do so in a rational, thoughtful, Bibi is a sharp campaigner, managing to left wing Ashkenazi intellectuals who control of her people, who exposed Haman’s treachery, respectful and civil manner. label his opponents the leftists, with the help the media, the police, and the prosecutors. That persuaded the king to issue a second decree Mel Pearlman holds B.S. & M.S. degrees in of media and the Arabs. According to him, Bibi and key ministers in his government are to permit the Jewish people to take up arms physics as well as a J.D. degree and initially they are manufacturing stories that would all—or nearly all—Ashkenazim doesn’t seem to successfully defend themselves. came to Florida in 1966 to work on the Gemini incriminate him. There’s nothing wrong about to deter the thinking. In the history of the Jewish people there and Apollo space programs. He has practiced accepting a few cigars or bottles of champagne We’ve heard from Likudniks who identify have been many Hamans down through the law in Central Florida since 1972. He has from close friends. Bibi with King David, for his power and wisdom. ages who have sought to alienate the Jewish served as president of the Jewish Federation of He’s more articulate—in both Hebrew and There’s an element of the mystic that belies people from the societies in which they have Greater Orlando; was a charter board member, English—than his opponents, and seems to what we know about the cement that usually resided peacefully with their non-Jewish fel- first Vice President and pro-bono legal coun- have convinced a substantial part of the popula- links politicians with their supporters. low citizens. sel of the Holocaust Memorial Resource and tion that his service is essential to the nation. Bibi’s campaign reminds us of his American These Hamans have always disregarded Education Center of Central Florida, as well We’ve heard interviews with people who say friend, Donald Trump. Truth seems to have no the Jewish contributions to the welfare of as holding many other community leadership that Bibi could get as many cigars and bottles weight. Gantz et al deny allegations that they the communities and nations in which they positions. of champagne as he wants; that he’s working would withdraw Jews from the West Bank and 24/7 for Israel, and that’s what’s important. divide Jerusalem with the Arabs. Ahmad Tibi will not be quick to join with Gantz. But Bibi’s THE VIEWS EXPRESSED ON THIS PAGE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THE VIEWS OF HERITAGE MANAGEMENT. 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Tobin Tibi,” meaning that the members of the Likud-led created equal, and that even prime minister in which he of the Jewish people first and real choice voters face is coalition defect to them. the Arabs and the Druze and reminded the country that foremost. (JNS)—He’s done it again. not between Netanyahu This will be sorted out the LGBTs and—shock—the there are “no secondhand This shouldn’t be contro- After being called out for and Gantz, but between a after the voters render their leftists are human.” citizens.” versial; that has been made allegedly employing racist government led by the in- verdict on April 9. But the This was elevated to a major Rivlin is right about that, clear in the country’s Decla- incitement against Israeli cumbent or one that will in- current controversy stems political controversy because as is Sela when she says that ration of Independence and Arabs during election cam- clude Ahmed Tibi, the leader from the fact that some none other than the prime non-Jewish citizens deserve its basic laws even before last paigns, Israeli Prime Minister of the Ta’al Party, which is people have taken offense at minister chose to respond respect. year’s nation-state legislation Benjamin Netanyahu is being running on a joint list this Likud’s mention of the facts to it. But though it is considered was passed. This latest argu- attacked again for saying year with Hadash, the Israeli of Israeli political life. Saying Netanyahu used his own impolite by some to point it ment actually illustrates why things that hurt the feelings Communist Party. that it’s “Bibi or Tibi” is just popular social-media ac- out, Netanyahu is also right that law was necessary. of Israel’s non-Jewish citizens This attack is part of the another way of reminding count to say, “Dear Rotem, when he says it would be un- A “state of all its citizens” is and offend the sensibilities Likud’s effort to portray everyone that while Arabs an important correction: thinkable for any government the goal of Arabs and others of some Jews. This has led to Blue and White as leftists have full and equal rights, Israel is not a state of all its to include the Arab parties. who want to eliminate the sole renewed charges that he is in centrist clothing, but the including voting and holding citizens. According to the That’s not because they Jewish state on the planet. guilty of denigrating Arabs charge is pretty far-fetched. office, the unwritten law of nation-state law we passed, are Arabs, but because their Anyone who embraces it is and trashing the democratic All four of the Arab parties, Israeli politics is that Arab Israel is the nation-state of avowed purpose is to change not opposing anti-Arab rac- nature of the state. But as which ran on one Joint political parties will never the Jewish people—and not Israel from a Jewish state into ism; they are, whether they with past claims, there’s less List in previous elections be invited to join a governing anyone else.” He went on to one in which its Jewish char- understand it or not, backing to this allegation than the but have split into two for coalition. claim that a government led by acter is no longer protected. anti-Zionism. anguished criticism directed the April vote, have made Some call that racist. Blue and White that included The four Arab parties vary That’s why the claims that at Netanyahu would lead one it clear that—as has been Which is why Rotem Sela, a the Arab anti-Zionist parties in character with Tibi’s and Netanyahu is fomenting rac- to believe. their stated policy in the 35-year-old Israeli model and would “undercut the state’s its rival Balad being secular ism are blatantly false. It may This latest kerfuffle stems past—they won’t join any actress, and host of a popular security.” anti-Zionists, while Ra’am is seem rude to say it, but Ne- from Netanyahu’s Likud government formed by a reality-television show, took The blowback against Sela Islamist and Hadash is Com- tanyahu, Gantz or any other Party’s attack on its Blue and Zionist political party. And to Instagram to denounce from Netanyahu’s supporters munist. But all four reject the person who could conceivably White Party rivals. Likud is Blue and White and every Netanyahu for showing such allowed her to claim that she founding principles of Israel as be Israel’s prime minister has asserting that the only way other party, other than the disrespect to Tibi and those was being intimidated from accepted by Jews—be they of no plans to include Arabs that Blue and White Party hard-left Meretz, have stated who vote for him by saying: speaking up and prompted the right, center or the left. determined to undermine leader and former Israel De- in turn that they won’t invite “What is the problem with others, including Israeli ac- While Sela’s claim that “Israel or destroy the state into the fense Forces’ Chief of Staff Arab anti-Zionists or Com- the Arabs??? Dear god, there tress and “Wonder Woman” is a state of all its citizens” government. That isn’t racist. Benny Gantz will be able to munists into any coalition are also Arab citizens in this star Gal Gadot, to speak up sounds harmless, the prime It’s common sense. form a government, even if to govern Israel. Blue and country. When the hell will in her defense. President minister is correct when he Jonathan S. Tobin is editor he finishes first, will be to White doesn’t currently someone in this government Reuven Rivlin, a Likud mem- says all citizens have equal in chief of JNS—Jewish News reach out to Arab political have a path to a majority convey to the public that ber but also a bitter foe of rights, but that the state’s Syndicate. Follow him on parties. The shorthand for coalition without doing the Israel is a state of all its citi- Netanyahu, also weighed in essential purpose is to guar- Twitter at: @jonathans_to- this argument is “Bibi or unthinkable unless current zens and that all people were with a veiled response to the antee the rights and the safety bin. Fear and loathing at IDF checkpoints By Douglas Altabef and objective from those who Internet, social media, and Of course, this could lead Usually such monitoring rass soldiers protecting their come to support soldiers with Photoshop and other apps, to a soldier reacting, which is accompanied by verbal own country seems inconceiv- (JNS)—A critical function pizzas and good wishes. These we live in a world increasingly might also make for a choice harassment, and that was able, yet until recently it has of the Israel Defense Forces is folks come with loathing, and filled with such out of context video morsel. But more fright- exactly what happened on been a common Israeli reality, to secure borders and sensi- an unvarnished hatred of who videography. Yet the situation eningly, it could result in a Sept. 26, 2017, while Solo- devoid of pushback. tive locations, in addition to the soldiers are and what they at a checkpoint is far more soldier losing his concentra- mon was on duty. Reports Happily, the days of free the transition points in and are doing. fraught with risk, rather than tion and being vulnerable. from his fellow guards said reign for demonizers might be through such areas. These people are there to just embarrassment from ma- This appears to have been that he was relentlessly ver- coming to a close. Not because Guard duty is deceptively play the game of “gotcha.” nipulated misrepresentation. what very well happened in bally abused for more than the government or the army routine and simple. Like They come armed with video There are life-and-death the appalling case of Solo- a half-hour by Machsom has changed its protocols to other military functions, cameras, often planted just implications at checkpoints, mon Gavriya. Solomon was Watch operatives. prevent such behavior from most of the time there is a inches from the face of the and no one knows that bet- a 20-year-old Border Police Minutes after the verbal as- occurring. Change is coming familiar routine that can seem guarding soldier, and hope ter than the soldiers on duty. officer of Ethiopian descent sault ended, a terrorist broke because Zionist organizations mind-numbing to the casual to catch the soldier doing Besides obtrusive and invasive who was standing guard at through the gate, shooting and citizens are revolted observer. something—anything—that cameras, there is often verbal Har Adar, an agricultural Solomon and two others dead. by the free hand that these However, the trained sol- can, out of context, look like harassment as young soldiers town right on the 1949 Green Is it unreasonable to suspect loathers have had. dier knows all too well that some heinous act. are being demonized for doing Line and next to Abu Ghosh. that Solomon’s concentration One effort undertaken by the seemingly mundane and Whether it’s a scowl at an their duty. While on duty, Solomon and preparedness had been Im Tirtzu, Israel’s largest insignificant can be a ruse—a uncooperative Palestinian For some soldiers this is and other guards were ver- compromised by the verbal grassroots Zionist organiza- cover for something intended passing through a checkpoint a non-event, but for others, bally harassed by people attack that immediately pre- tion, is particularly promis- to be deadly. Therefore, vigi- or an attempt to search a it is profoundly unsettling from Machsom Watch, an ceded the physical one? ing. Im Tirtzu has recruited lance and skepticism are part suspicious-looking person, to be told that you are a dis- Israeli anti-Zionist NGO, The clear implication of the a group of volunteer “Video of a checkpoint soldier’s pro- there are ample opportunities grace and a war criminal. The heavily funded by European groups harassing soldiers is Commandos” who have been fessional DNA. to create a context in which risk—actually, the desired governments and organiza- that they—and the state they fighting fire with fire, em- Unfortunately, it is not the soldier appears to be the result—is for the soldier to tions, as well as the New Israel represent and protect—are ploying the same rights of uncommon to see groups, personification of an oppres- become flummoxed, upset, Fund. Machsom Watch’s mis- illegitimate, and thus worthy proximity exploited by the often from Europe, hovering sive Israel. and therefore less vigilant sion is to show up at various of such contemptuous treat- demonizers. around checkpoints with a This is cynical manipu- and attentive than he or she checkpoints and monitor the ment. The idea that foreign very different orientation lation, but sadly, with the should be. activity of the guards there. nationals are allowed to ha- Checkpoints on page 15A lhan Omar, the Benjamins and Purim today By Rabbi Benjamin Purim ritual to remind us that Let me remind you a little for the king to let them be truth puts on its boots.” The Benjamin” was revealing to us Blech people often conceal their true bit about the Jews in Persia (Book of Esther 3:8). lie of Jewish dual loyalty is at the outset that Mordechai Aish Hatorah Resources intentions under the guise of of old. When King Ahasuerus The Jews have dual loyalty! perpetuated by the Hamans of was “Ish Yemini,” from the noble goals even as they plot celebrated his ascent to the That is their crime. Ilhan history even as Jews wherever tribe of Benjamin. And why George Elliott is credited the genocide of our people. throne he threw a huge party Omar didn’t invent the bril- they reside prove the truth was that so significant? The with saying, “History repeats What happened in Shushan to which all were invited. Jews liant lie. It’s always been Ama- of the promise given by God rabbis explain that was the itself.” Mark Twain sharply is the story of our people were welcome guests. The lek’s secret weapon. Hitler to Abraham that “I will bless reason Mordechai was able to improved on it with his throughout the ages. It isn’t drinking was in accord with knew it. Stalin knew it. Read those who bless you.” counter Haman’s libel and to observation that “history just ancient Persia, the per- people’s different faiths. In ret- the Torah on the way in which Purim, happily, is not demonstrate to us throughout doesn’t repeat itself—but it secutions and the pogroms rospect, a bill decrying hatred Pharaoh was able to turn the merely the story of anti- the ages how best to overcome does rhyme.” No matter how of the Middle Ages or even against any and all minority Egyptians against the He- Semitism; it is the biblical our enemies. much things may change, one the Holocaust of the 20th groups would almost certainly brews—the same Egyptians record of a major victory over While others bowed down constant always remains: the century. Tragically it is the have passed in the Persian who had been saved by the a nefarious anti-Semite. And to Haman, Mordechai refused. Hamans of the world, the Jew story once again of our own Congress. Yet it only took a wisdom of Joseph—and you perhaps the most ironic part It was a trait he inherited haters who seek “to destroy, to times. Not only Persia/Iran but short while for Haman to turn will find the similar strategy: of the story is a truth made genetically. The rabbis tell murder and to bring to an end sophisticated France, cultured his strategy of genocide into “He said to his people, famous these past few weeks us that when Jacob met with all Jews, from young to old,” England, educated Europe and national policy. ‘Behold, the people of the by a contemporary Jew hater. his brother Esau he bowed are somehow forever with us. the rest of the “civilized world” What was the key to Ha- children of Israel are more Ilhan Omar is right; “It’s all down to him. According to It was foretold in the Torah. are again proving the truth of man’s success? His speech is numerous and stronger than about the Benjamins.” some commentaries, it was In the first battle against Elie Wiesel’s insight that “the recorded in the Megillah: we are. Get ready, let us deal For Omar “the Benjamins,” a sin for which he would be Amalek, prototype of the only thing we have learned And Haman said to King shrewdly with them, lest they a reference to American held accountable. And 11 of anti-Semite throughout the from history is that we do not Ahasuerus, “There is a certain increase, and a war befall us, hundred-dollar bills, was her Jacob’s sons bowed down as ages, we are informed that learn anything from history.” people scattered and separate and they join our enemies and despicable insinuation that well. Only Benjamin, who was although the Jews won the As we recall the Purim among the peoples through- wage war against us and de- Jews, as the forged Protocols not yet born, did not bow. And fight, Joshua only “weakened” story once again, its warn- out all the provinces of your part from the land’” (Exodus of the Elders of Zion long so Mordechai, a direct descen- our enemy. Amalek survived. ing of enemies who seek our kingdom, and their laws differ 2:9—10). ago put it, control the world dent of Benjamin, maintained He continues to plague us destruction assumes such from [those of] every people, Winston Churchill famous- behind the scenes with their the tradition of his ancestor. in many disguises—masks powerful relevance even here and they do not keep the king’s ly said, “A lie gets halfway money. which have become part of in the United States today. laws; it is [therefore] of no use around the world before For the Book of Esther, “the Purim on page 15A PAGE 6A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, MARCH 22, 2019 Congregation Beth Am—Mommy and Me class with Cantor Nina Fine, 10 a.m.-11:30 a.m. $7 What’s A COMPREHENSIVE per family; free for CBA members Info: 407-862-3505. 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PAGE 8A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, MARCH 22, 2019 ‘Mitzvah Maj’ is fun for Jewish Pavilion volunteers and residents By Lisa Levine for it,” said Levitt. Games such yearly when the National as mahjong are especially Mahjong League releases a The clatter of a bagful of important for facility-bound card with many new possible mahjong tiles spilling onto seniors because they provide variations, the game is com- a table broke the quiet of continuity from their previous plicated and requires close the commons at Tuskawilla lives and also contribute to attention. “It’s good for the Nursing and Rehab Center on preserving mental acuity and mind,” said Meitin. “That’s a recent Thursday morning. social engagement. why Ruth’s 89 and she’s still Jill Cousins had just arrived Levitt, herself a mahjong playing.” and was catching up with her enthusiast who has been play- “Almost 90, girly,” Elison friend Ruth Elison, a nursing ing for about 15 years, decided reminded her playfully. home resident, as they began that since Elison could no Around the time that Elison setting up the game. Debbie longer travel to games, she moved to Tuskawilla Nurs- Meitin came next and imme- would bring the games to her. ing, Levitt got to know a new diately pitched in to set the And the Pavilion’s “Mitzvah Jewish resident who had just dozens of tiles in place, Dale Maj” program was born. moved to Brookdale Altamon- Perreault soon completed the “It’s a pleasure for us to te and was also a mahjong foursome. Perreault, Meitin play with Ruth because we player. Levitt recruited more and Cousins are part of a pool know that it’s such a pleasure volunteers to play with the of mahjong players, organized for her,” said Cousins, who new resident on the second by Jewish Pavilion program was gearing up to defend her and fourth Tuesday of the director Julie Levitt, who champion title at the annual month. Unfortunately, vision come to the nursing home JCC Maj Madness tournament problems have prevented the every other Thursday to play at the end of January. “I look woman from playing of late. Shown here (l-r): Debbie Meitin, Dale Perreault, Jill Cousins and Ruth Elison play mah- with Elison. forward to it,” responded But the game still continues jong biweekly at Tuskawilla Nursing and Rehab Center. Rotating with Pavilion Elison with a warm smile. like clockwork, because an- volunteer Meril Salzburg She gives the other players other resident, Joan DeCarlo, ed, “all my life,” explaining play.” Intro says that it helped Said Intro, “This is my and a pool of subs, the group little presents at Chanukah joined in when she moved to that she had learned the game her to make new friends when favorite volunteer work be- has been playing together and other times to show her the facility about a year ago from kids in her neighborhood she moved to the Orlando area cause I get to play!” She has for about six years, follow- appreciation. “She has been and was excited to come upon when she was in junior high from Kansas City. grown attached to DeCarlo ing Elison from the former very generous to us,” said a game in progress. school and had been playing One of those friends was and the other resident with Horizon Bay, now Brookdale Perreault fondly. On a recent Tuesday, De- ever since—even teaching Masin, who has been volun- whom she was originally Altamonte Springs, when she The game moved quickly Carlo sat at a table at Brook- the game at a community teering for the Jewish Pavilion recruited to play, and they moved to Tuskawilla Nursing for the four very experienced dale Altamonte and expertly center in New Jersey years since she moved to Orlando very much look forward to following a hospitalization. players: the clack of tiles and rearranged the tiles in her ago. Although the game is well 14 years ago and, along with visits with her and the other They have a breezy and com- din of conversation were oc- hand to decide which to keep known to be popular among Intro and Deanna Freedland volunteer players. panionable chemistry that casionally punctuated with and which to pass along to Jewish women, DeCarlo is and a few alternates, has been In addition to enjoying the comes from years of facing little gasps of frustration Pavilion volunteers Melissa not Jewish. However, she very playing the twice-monthly game, playing at the facility each other around a table for a when someone’s revealed tiles Masin and Leslie Intro dur- much appreciates the Jewish games at Brookdale Altamon- twice a month is a way for 2-hour game. It’s a friendship included one that another ing the preamble to the game Pavilion volunteers who make te for about two years. Masin Intro to stay in touch with that began when the Pavilion’s player needed to make her known as “the Charleston” it possible for her to continue learned the game while she her friends who live there. “I Levitt met Elison soon after hand work. “Kvetching is part for its ritualized sequence of playing a game that has been was pregnant more than 21 like keeping an eye on them,” she moved to Horizon Bay of mahjong,” laughed Cousins directional tile passes. The an important part of her life years ago, also at her mother’s said Intro. and learned that she was an after several such outbursts in players use the passes to try for so long. suggestion. She moved to To volunteer for Mitzvah inveterate player who loved quick succession. to improve their hands before “I love it—we have so much new towns several times Maj or any of the Jewish Pavil- the game. With its six suits, eight the game begins. fun,” said Intro as she took after that and, like Intro, has ion’s other programs, contact “She used to play mahjong jokers, elaborate rules, and Asked how long she has her turn. “I’ve been playing found being a mahjong player the Pavilion at 407-678-9363 five or six days a week, and she multiple combinations for been playing mahjong, the mahjong about 20 years, and to be helpful in forging new or email NancyLudin@Jew- got there, and she was lonely winning hands that change 85-year-old DeCarlo respond- my mom taught me how to friendships. ishPavilion.org. On this Spanish island, Purim used to be the biggest holiday for persecuted Jews The fast aligned comfort- “Of course we connect in a One of them, located on a ably with Lent, a 40-day period very powerful way to her story quiet alley so narrow that only in early spring during which and character,” said Iska bat small cars can negotiate it, is Catholics abstain from certain Valls, a 60-year-old chueta now a leather shop. Another indulgences, including meat. who converted to Judaism sev- is a church. Many Christians would fast eral years ago. She is now an But after the fall of the on Ash Wednesday, the first active member of Mallorca’s pro-Catholic dictatorship of day of Lent, thereby provid- tiny Jewish congregation of Francisco Franco in 1975, ing a handy alibi for chuetas several dozen people. anti-chueta sentiment de- observing the Fast of Esther For generations, the near- clined and with it the need at around the same time, Ben- homophones Estelle and Stela for secrecy around the Purim Avraham explained. were particularly popular first customs. By then, thousands Some chuetas fasted on Pu- names for chueta girls as a of tourists to Mallorca had rim as recently as 30 years ago, tribute to the heroine. transformed the remote is- according to Dolores Forteza Both Toni Pinya, a chu- land into a European party Rei, a member of the Memoria eta who converted back to capital, Forteza Rei said. de la Carrer association that is Judaism and is now a board “Suddenly we were not the dedicated to the preservation member of the Jewish Com- foreigners anymore. Being Cnaan Liphshiz of chueta heritage. Her late munity of Mallorca, and Rabbi chueta became irrelevant. An Toni Pinya enters the synagogue of Palma de Mallorca, Spain, Feb. 11, 2019. father, Jose, began fasting on Ben-Avraham recall getting anecdote,” she said. Purim in the 1930s upon his beaten up and harassed at Pinya, a chef who also cooks By Cnaan Liphshiz ing the Spanish Inquisition, customs to be practiced safely. return to the island from the school in Palma as late at for the synagogue, is one of the forcibly converted Jews But Purim was obscure Spanish Civil War. the 1960s by classmates who dozens of chuetas who con- PALMA DE MALLORCA, of Mallorca had exploited enough to be observed unde- “He kept fasting on Purim called them “Christ killers” verted to Judaism over the Spain (JTA)—On this island their persecutors’ relative tected, according to Ben-Avra- right until he died,” Forteza and “dirty chuetas.” past two decades. south of Barcelona, Jews ignorance of Purim to mourn ham, who had served until two Rei said. Pinya’s parents were mar- Nowadays, “Purim is just celebrate Purim these days their situation and sustain years ago as the emissary to Chuetas today form a mi- ried in secret at dawn in the a great attraction for unaf- pretty much as they do most their faith and culture. Mallorca for Shavei Israel, a nority of about 15,000, very 1950s to avoid a riot because filiated Jews, especially the anywhere else in Europe. “Purim wasn’t celebrated in group that helps those with few of whom regard them- his father was a chueta, Pinya Israeli ones with children,” There’s the reading of the Mallorca, it was sorrowfully Jewish ancestry reconnect selves as Jews. In the past, explained during an interview said Dani Rotstein, a founder Book of Esther at the small observed in secret,” said Rabbi to Judaism. however, they had a deeper, at the local synagogue. of the island’s Limmud confer- synagogue near the marina, Nissan Ben-Avraham, a Mal- In previous centuries, a emotional connection to the A small space on the ground ence of Jewish learning. followed by a costume party lorca native from a family of holiday that celebrates the story of Purim and particu- floor of a residential building A New Jersey native who bringing together the differ- chuetas—the local name for Jews’ triumph over people who larly to its protagonist Esther. next to a Thai massage parlor, specializes in video produc- ent contingents of Palma’s anusim, or those who were conspired to annihilate them According to the story, the synagogue boasts a Star tions, Rotstein settled in Jewish population of several forcibly converted to Christi- in fifth-century B.C. Persia Esther was called upon by of David on its gate and a Mallorca in 2014 and started hundred: unaffiliated Israeli anity during the Inquisition. was far less joyous than its her uncle to enter the harem mezuzah on its front door. the Limmud festival there families, retired British sun Celebrating any of the major carnival-like character today. of the Persian king Ahasuerus Such recognizable features last year. lovers, Sephardic locals and Jewish holidays—including Jews only began dressing up and foil his evil adviser’s plan were unthinkable at the three Still, Purim resonates French businessmen, to name Passover, Sukkot and Shavuot on Purim in the 16th century. to annihilate the kingdom’s secret synagogues where with Mallorca’s Jews in much a few. – would have been too risky Before that, the holiday’s es- Jews. Hiding her Jewish chuetas had practiced their deeper ways than elsewhere, But only 50 years ago, for chuetas, a minority that sence was primarily in the identity until the story’s Judaism discreetly for many he said. Purim was the holiest day for centuries had been treated daylong Fast of Esther, which climax, Esther was defined years after the Inquisition. “It’s not surprising, when of the year—comparable to with suspicion and occasion- comes immediately before the as an “anusa” already in the Located at the old center of you think about it,” Rotstein Yom Kippur—for this island’s ally violence. Those holidays actual holiday and is meant as 19th century by the Malbim, Palma de Mallorca, the capital said. “Many chuetas basically unique Jewish community. were too well-known and a sign of gratitude to God for a rabbinic sage from what is of the island of Mallorca, these feel that this story is about Persecuted for centuries dur- featured too many distinctive the survival of Jews in Persia. now Ukraine. synagogues no longer exist. their own lives.” HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, MARCH 22, 2019 PAGE 9A Scene AroundAround By Gloria Yousha—Call 407-657-9405 or [email protected] can be purchased at the following locations: ORANGE COUNTY JCC, 851 N. Maitland Ave., Maitland • JCC South, 11184 South Apopka-Vineland Rd., Orlando • Kinneret, 515 South Delaney Climate change?... celebration service starting on Friday, March 23 starting at 6 Ave., Orlando • SOJC, 11200 S. Apopka Vineland Rd., Orlando I received a report from the Environmental Defense Fund p.m. This service will be filled with entertaining music, special • Brown’s New York Deli, 156 Lake Ave., Maitland • Most Publix recently. It said in large red letters, “WE ARE A PLANET IN foods and a festive party celebration. There will be Purim piz- Supermarkets • All Winn Dixie Supermarkets DANGER! zas, salads, drinks, schpiels, a Megillah reading and groggers I pass it on to you: for everyone. There will be prizes for the best Purim costumes. SEMINOLE COUNTY “United Nation Secretary-General, ANTONIO GUTERRES Friday night Purim family services will begin at 7:30 p.m. Heritage News, 207 O’Brien Rd., Fern Park • Barnes and Noble said,’ This report by the world’s leading climate scientists is Everyone is welcome to the services. Purim dinners will only Booksellers, 451 E. Altamonte Dr. Suite 2317, Altamonte Springs an ear-splitting wake-up call to the world. It confirms that be $5 per person and $10 for families. For further information, & 1260 Oviedo Marketplace Blvd., Oviedo • Bagel King, 1472 climate change is running faster than we are, and we are call 352-243-5353. Semoran Blvd., Casselberry • Kosher Kats, 744 W. S.R. 434, running out of time.’ Congregation Sinai is located at 1200 West Broad Street, Longwood • Central Florida Hillel, 4250 Alafaya Trail, Ste. And EDF president FRED KRUPP said, ‘No single entity Groveland, Florida. 212-363, Oviedo Most Publix Supermarkets • All Winn Dixie can mitigate climate change. We must build a global set of To RSVP for the Purim party, contact KAREN MILLER, Supermarkets partnerships resolved to accelerate our transition to a clean 407-729-9823. energy future.’” JCC 39ers Cinema Sundays... VOLUSIA COUNTY (I hope leaders of our planet listen to this warning and The event begins at 2 p.m. in the JCC Seniors Lounge. The Federation of Volusia/Flagler, 470 Andalusia Ave., Ormond prepare. I am not so much worried for me as I am a senior movie is “The Grand Budapest Hotel.” Beach • Most Publix Supermarkets • All Winn Dixie Supermar- citizen. But I have dear grandchildren, and what about their Refreshments will be available. kets • Barnes & Noble, 1900 W. International Speedway Blvd., children? We must act starting yesterday... or at least now!) JCC 39ers Meet & Mingle Mondays... Daytona Beach • Perrys Ocean Edge Resort, 2209 South Atlantic It’s getting worse... The event takes place at the JCC Seniors Lounger at 1 p.m. Ave. Daytona Beach • Debary City Hall • Debary Library • Vienna I’m referring to anti-Semitism. I repeat, I am a senior There will be an address by KEITH DVORCHIK. Coffee House, 275 Charles Richard Beall Bl • Starbucks, 2575 citizen, but I worry about my children, grandchildren, etc. Refreshments are included. Enterprise Rd • Orange City City Hall • Orange City Library • Anti-Semitism is definitely on the rise. We must stop it NOW! Dine Around Town... Dunkin Donuts, 1296 S Woodland • Stetson University Carlton Switzerland is a beautiful country. I have had the pleasure On Thursday, March 28th, the JCC 39ers and all other JCC Union • Deland Chamber of Commerce • Sterling House, 1210 of visiting there a few years back. But now, stories like this members are welcome to gather at The Breakfast Club, 745 Stone St • Temple Israel, 1001 E New York Ave • Beth Shalom, are beginning to happen: Orienta Avenue #1061 in Altamonte Springs, at 1 p.m. 1310 Maximillan St • Deltona City Hall • Deltona Library • (No Calories? I’m attending!) A kosher butcher shop in Basel, Switzerland, fell victim to Temple Shalom, 1785 Elkam Dr. • Temple Israel, 1001 E Shout-Out... what local Jews are calling an anti-Semitic campaign of intimi- New York Ave, Deland • College Arms Apt, 101 Amelia Ave, dation, according to a report by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. There’s a new restaurant called the Metro Diner on State Deland • Boston Gourmet Coffee House, 109 E. New York Ave, In one of the attacks, unidentified perpetrators removed Road 436 in Casselberry Commons. One of the manager’s is Deland • Stetson University Carlton Union, 421 N Woodland the letter J from the German-language word for Jewish from KEVIN, a friendly and helpful person. Our server, KAY CARR, Ave, Deland • Family Bookstore, 1301 N Woodland Ave, Deland a shop sign, as well as two of the Hebrew-language letters is absolutely the best at what she does... and is sweet, pleasant • Deland Chamber of Commerce, 336 Woodland Ave, Deland from the word kosher. In another incident, the shop’s window and friendly. • Deland City Hall, 120 S Florida Ave, Deland • Beth Shalom, display was shattered. Also, I found out that we have something in common. Kay 206 S. Sprng Garden Ave, Deland • Orange City Library, 148 LEOPOLD STEFANSKY, the president of the Basel Jew- is an aspiring vocalist! Right now, as a server, she can sing Albertus Way, Orange City • Boston Gourmet Coffee House, ish community, said the community is considering hiring a the praises of the Metro Diner food! (And I will too!) Yum!!!!) 1105 Saxon Blvd, Deltona • Deltona Library, 2150 Eustace Ave, security firm and a video surveillance system, ‘but it costs.’ One for the road... Deltona • Temple Shalom, 1785 Elkam Dr., Deltona • Deltona In 2016, the Swiss Interior Ministry’s Service for the Fight One day, as young Arnold is walking in the park with his Community Center, 980 Lakeshore Dr, Deltona • Debary City Against Racism published a report saying that Switzerland’s friends, he comes across a white-haired old man sitting on a Jews need to pay for their own security, even though this is park bench reading a book. Hall, 16 Colomba Rd, Debary • Debary Library, 200 Florence the responsibility of the government. Arnold loves books, so he goes over to the old man and asks, K. Little, Debary Following an outcry, a motion calling for the federal gov- “What are you reading, mister?” ernment to fund the security costs of Swiss Jews, estimated “A history book,” replies the old man. OSCEOLA COUNTY at about $450,000 annually, was adopted by the lower and Arnold quickly looks at the book’s cover and can’t help Cindy M. Rothfield, P.A., 822 W. Bryan St., Kissimmee • Most upper chambers of the Swiss parliament and approved by the noticing that it’s called, “Making Love the Shmutzy Way.” Publix Supermarkets • Verandah Place Realty, 504 Celebration government. Feeling a bit embarrassed, Arnold says to the old man, “But Ave., Celebration • All Winn Dixie Supermarkets • St. Cloud Purim celebration... it’s a book about... about sex, isn’t it?” City Hall, 1300 9th St, St. Cloud • St. Cloud Library, 810 13th I recently heard from spokesman LARRY OSKIN and pass “Oy, you’re right there, son,” replies the old man looking St, St. Cloud • Southern Oaks, 3865 Old Canoe Creek Rd, St. it along: rather sad. “But it’s also a history book because unfortunately Cloud • Plantation Bay, 4641 Old Canoe Creek Rd, St. Cloud Congregation Sinai will host their annual Purim Pizza Party for me, sex is history.” • Osceola Chamber of Commerce, 1425 Hwy 192, St. Cloud • Valencia College, 1800 Denn John Ln, Kissimmee • Kissimmee City Hall, 101 Church St, Kissimmee • Kissimmee Library, 211 E. 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Isabelle Filleul de Brohy Michel Nedjar at his studio in Paris in 2016.

By Cnaan Liphshiz is no cryptic metaphor by Nedjar, whose 2005 exhibi- (JTA)—Though he may be tion titled “Purim Puppets” one of France’s best-known was featured for years at the puppet makers, Michel Nedjar Paris Museum of Jewish Arts insists he does not really cre- and History. ate the acclaimed and haunt- He literally buries some of One of the items in Michel Nedjar’s exhibition titled ing figures that he calls his his puppets in the ground for ‘Purim Puppets.’ “Purim puppets.” long periods of time before A former tailor’s apprentice digging up their decomposed titled “The Forbidden Areas create while touring Central whose life’s work last week remains. The process is a of Michel Nedjar.” America, Southern Asia and went on display at the presti- communion with many of He doesn’t bury all his beyond in the 1970s. gious Metropolitan Museum his relatives shot dead by the puppets. Some live up to the But the exhumed ones, of Lille, Nedjar says he merely Nazis and dumped into mass title of his collection refer- with their hollowed-out, gap- “exhumes” his puppets to graves in his ancestral Poland. encing Purim—the holiday ing eye sockets, earth-filled reconnect to his brethren “The Holocaust is some- of costumes and buffoonery, mouths and rotting beards, who were murdered in the thing I carry within myself when Jews are encouraged are the stuff of nightmares. Holocaust, to his lover and wherever I go, since I first to drink alcohol and rejoice. And they are the reason that mentor who died of AIDS — learned of those graves” as a They include the colorful institutions like the Lille Met- and to his Jewish roots. boy, Nedjar, 69, said in a 2016 and sophisticated piñata-like The talk of exhumation documentary about his life objects that he was inspired to Puppets on page 15A PAGE 10A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, MARCH 22, 2019 Israel has no plans to leave the Golan Heights By Israel Kasnett the Jerusalem Institute for “I will go back to the U.S. Strategy and Security, told Senate, working with Sena- (JNS)—After Israeli Prime JNS that “international law tor [Ted] Cruz; I will start Minister Benjamin Netanya- recognizes acquisition of an effort to recognize the hu visited the Golan Heights territory via defensive wars. Golan as part of the State of this week together with U.S. In 1967, Syria was the ag- Israel, now and forever,” said Senator Lindsey Graham and gressor.” Graham. “Because to give U.S. Ambassador to Israel Inbar noted that the Golan this territory up would be a David Friedman, former U.S. Heights has been in Israel’s strategic nightmare for the Ambassador to Israel Martin hands longer than it was ever State of Israel...” Indyk set off a firestorm when in the hands of the Syrian Companion resolutions he tweeted, “Like it or not, state (from 1946). calling on the United States to the Golan Heights are Syr- Given the threat that Iran follow through with this rec- ian territory. Israel cannot now poses in the region, as ognition were introduced last give them up now given its well as the fractured status of month by Cruz, in addition legitimate security concerns. the Syrian regime after eight to Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) But to recognize Israel’s an- years of civil war, most Israelis and Rep. Mike Gallagher (R- nexation of territory that is view the region as essential to Wisc.). not its own is to play with its security. On Wednesday, Support for Israel’s con- fire for partisan political the Israel Defense Forces trol over the Golan Heights purposes. No Arab state will exposed a Hezbollah terror also has bipartisan support, Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO accept it.” cell that was established in with top Democrats, such as U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham (l) with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. There is general consen- a border village in the Golan House Majority Leader Steny Ambassador to Israel David Friedman on the Golan Heights, March 11, 2019. sus in Israel that the Golan Heights. Hoyer (D-Md.) calling for the Heights in Israel’s north is “This morning, Israel ex- United States to recognize ‘The status under interna- ensure Israel’s security, and Israel’s remaining on the essential to Israel’s security, posed a Hezbollah terror net- Israeli sovereignty. Rep. Josh tional law’ therefore its annexation by Golan Heights.” and that the region played work on the Golan Heights. Gottheimer (D-N.J.) also sent Others, however, were less Israel is compatible with Gold emphasized that the an important role in Jewish Hezbollah is a terror organi- a letter to Trump in January, critical of Indyk. UNSC 242.” commitment made in the history as well. Where that zation. It’s a proxy of Iran. It also calling for recognition of Pnina Sharvit Baruch, a Israel’s continued presence Ford letter was renewed on a consensus ends is in regard does Iran’s bidding and this the Golan. senior research fellow at the on the Golan Heights has long number of occasions, includ- to whether Israel can and terror network is part of Iran’s Additionally, the United Israel Institute for National been recognized by America ing by U.S. Secretaries of should keep it. aggression against Israel,” States also changed its de- Security Studies, told JNS as essential for the Jewish State James Baker and Warren Towards the end of the 1967 Netanyahu said in response. scription of the Golan Heights that she read Indyk’s com- state’s security. Christopher. Six-Day War, Israel captured During his tour, Graham from “Israeli-occupied” to ments and said thought “he In a speech last year to the Yet Sharvit Baruch noted the Golan from the attacking demonstrated strong support “Israeli-controlled” in it an- is right in his analysis.” U.S. House of Representatives, that while Israeli legislation Syrian army. In 1981, Israel’s for Israel’s presence on the nual global human-rights Sharvit Baruch agreed with Dore Gold, president of the applies there because of the Knesset voted to apply Israeli Golan Heights and promised report released on Wednesday. Indyk that the Golan “never Jerusalem Center for Public 1981 Golan Heights Law, “this law to the Golan Heights, but to push for U.S. recognition Gently mocking what he belonged to Israel nor was it Affairs, noted that in 1975, does not change the status stopped short of formally an- of Israel’s right to govern the seemed to consider Indyk’s part of the [1947 U.N.] parti- President Gerald Ford wrote under international law.” nexing it. After 1967 and for region. apparent double standard, tion plan.” a letter to Prime Minister Regardless of whether or the next 40 years, multiple He told reporters: “There Inbar said, “I did not hear In- One Twitter user wrote in Yitzhak Rabin with respect to not Graham will be success- attempts by a number of Is- is no construct I can imagine dyk speaking about returning response to Indyk, “I beg to the Syrian front: “The U.S. has ful in his efforts to attain U.S. raeli prime ministers to give now or any time in the future American territory in the West differ. UNSCR 242 says Israel not developed final position recognition, Sharvit Baruch the Golan Heights to Syria in for the state of Israel to give to Mexico.” Inbar was refer- has the right to ‘secure and on the borders. Should it do agreed that, due to the cur- exchange for peace ended in the Golan up.” ring to the disputed annexa- recognized boundaries free so, it will give great weight to rent security situation, “it is failure over Syrian refusal to The senator added that he tion in 1845 of the Republic from threats or acts of force.’ Israel’s position that any peace logical for Israel to keep the cut ties with terror organiza- would ask U.S. President Don- of Texas by the U.S. Congress. The Golan is necessary to agreement be predicated on Golan under its control.” tions and Iran. ald Trump about recognizing Mexico refused to formally Efraim Inbar, president of the area. recognize its sovereignty. The Romans tried to ban " Our family has been focused on world-class steak for over 100 years… wild Purim parties in 408 CE

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DANIEL “DANNY” him success. He worked with Diamond Spivak, Milvia mar- ), services Monday- GARRISON ALTMAN at-risk youth, and loved reach- ried fellow Brooklynite Harold Orlando Weekday Morning Minyan (Conservative/Egalitarian Danny Altman, age 25, of ing out and connecting with Lester Oxer in 1947. They Friday 7:45 a.m. (9 a.m.—national holidays); 2nd floor Chapel—Jewish Academy of Orlando; Lake Mary, passed away, sud- the kids. spent most of their life in 851 N. Maitland Ave., Maitland. For information call 407-298-4650. denly, on Saturday, March Danny touched so many Connecticut, where Harold Celebration Jewish Congregation (R), services and holiday schedules shown at www. 9, 2019, at his home. He is lives and brought his light to worked as an aerospace engi- JewishCelebration.org; 407-479-8377. survived by his mother, fa- them. He will be remembered neer for the United Technolo- ther, and siblings—Margaret, for his overwhelming kind- gies Corp. and Milvia served Chabad Lubavitch of North Orlando (O), 1701 Markham Woods Road, Longwood, Jim, and Evan Altman, of ness, loyalty and friendship. for several years as registrar 407-636-5994, www.jewishorlando.com; services: Friday 7:00 p.m.; Saturday at 9:30 a.m. Altamonte Springs; and by He helped his many friends, for the National Morgan Horse Chabad of Altamonte Springs (O), 414 Spring Valley Lane, Altamonte Springs, 407- his aunt and uncle, Susan wherever and whatever the Association. They moved to 280-0535; www.jewishaltamonte.com. (Suni) and Stanley Hausman, need. Orlando in 1990. of Lady Lake. A truly special soul, we will Milvia and Harold loved Chabad of South Orlando (O), 7347 Sand Lake Road, Orlando, 407-354-3660; www. Danny was a graduate of all remember him forever in to travel and they loved jewishorlando.com; Shabbat services: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. and 10 minutes before sunset; Florida State University and a our broken hearts. the outdoors. They visited Saturday, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday, 8:15 a.m. member of the Zeta Beta Tau Funeral services were held campgrounds large and small Chabad of the Space & Treasure Coasts (O), 1190 Highway A1A, Satellite Beach, fraternity, as well as an avid at Beth Shalom Memorial across the U.S. and Canada member of Seminole Nation. Chapel with Rabbi Arnold (often bringing their grand- 321-777-2770. He was a talented guitarist Siegel officiating. Interment sons with them) and toured Congregation Ahavas Yisrael/Chabad (O), 708 Lake Howell Rd., Maitland, 407-644- and musician, performing followed in Congregation of extensively all around the 2500; www.chabadorlando.org; services: Sunday, 9 a.m.; Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m.; Shabbat under the name D-Alt and Reform Judaism Cemetery, world. services: Friday, 6:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m.; Family service, 4th Friday of the month. others, writing, arranging Gotha. Milvia is survived by her and contributing to others’ In memory of Danny Alt- husband, Harold; and daugh- Congregation Bet Chaim (R), 181 E. Mitchell Hammock, Oviedo, 407-830-7211; www. works. He collaborated with man, the family requests ters, Ruth Oxer-Hasenzhal, betchaim.org; Shabbat services: Friday, 8 p.m. many musicians in his short contributions to Coalition Jacksonville, Fla.; and Pamela Congregation Beth Am (C), 3899 Sand Lake Road, Longwood, 407-862-3505; www. life, sharing his love of music for the Homeless of Central (Matthew) Bates, Derwood, congbetham.org; Shabbat services: Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m. and his great talent. Florida. https://www.central- Md. She is also survived Danny played basketball floridahomeless.org by her grandchildren—Jer- Congregation Beth El (C), 2185 Meadowlane Ave., West Melbourne, 321-779-0740; from an early age, coaching Arrangements entrusted to emy (Jessica) Bates, Daniel Shabbat services, 1st & 3rd Friday, 8 p.m.; 2nd & 4th Saturdays, 9:30 a.m. as well. He was selected to Beth Shalom Memorial Cha- (Sheila Kragie) Bates, Jona- Congregation Beth Emeth (R), 2205 Blue Sapphire Circle, Orlando, 407-222-6393; represent the championship pel, 640 Lee Road, Orlando FL than Hasenzahl and Michael Shabbat service: monthly, 8 p.m. Team USA at the International 32810. 407-599-1180 www. Hasenzahl; and two great- Maccabi Games tournament, bethshalommemorialchapel. grandchildren, Elon Kragie Congregation Beth Israel (Rec), Collins Resource Center, Suite 303, 9401 S.R. 200, held in Sydney, Australia, an com. Bates and Henry Joseph Ocala, 352-237-8277; bethisraelocala.org; Shabbat service, second Friday of the month, 8 p.m. honor and experience his Bates. She was predeceased Congregation Beth Sholom (R-C), 315 North 13th St., Leesburg, 352-326-3692; www. valued. MILVIA YVETTE OXER by her brother, Eugene bethsholomflorida.org; schedule of services on website. He was a water safety in- Submitted by the family Spivak. structor, teaching toddlers Milvia Y. Oxer, age 93, of A graveside service was held Congregation Beth Shalom (Progressive Conservative), Orange City congregation and children how to swim. Orlando, passed away on at Ohev Shalom Cemetery, holds services at 1308 E. Normandy Blvd., Deltona; 386-804-8283; www.mybethshalom. He was generous and patient, Wednesday, March 13, 2019, with Rabbi Gary Karlin of com; Shabbat services: Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. encouraging both the learners at Cornerstone Hospice at Southwest Orlando Jewish Congregation B’nai Torah (C), 403 N. Nova Rd., Ormond Beach, 32174, 386-672-1174; and the parents. ORMC following a brief ill- Congregation officiating. Danny was an avid snow- ness. Blessedly, she was In memory of Milvia Y. Oxer, www.mybnaitorah.com; Shabbat services: Friday, 8 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. boarder, and worked at a re- surrounded during her final the family requests contribu- Congregation Chabad Lubavitch of Greater Daytona (O), 1079 W. Granada Blvd., sort in Snowmass, Colorado, week of life by all her immedi- tions to the American Cancer Ormond Beach, 386-672-9300; Shabbat services Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. perfecting his skills. He was ate family including: Harold, Society, www.cancer.org Congregation of Reform Judaism (R), 928 Malone Dr., Orlando, 407-645-0444; thrilled to host his Florida her husband of 71 years, and Arrangements entrusted to buddies on the slopes, lovingly her two daughters, Ruth and Beth Shalom Memorial Cha- www.crjorlando.org: Shabbat services, 7 p.m. 1st, 2nd and 3rd Fridays; 6 p.m., 4th and 5th and happily introducing them Pamela. pel, 640 Lee Road, Orlando FL Fridays; Saturday: 10 a.m. to the sport, sharing his joy. Born on December 2, 1925, 32810. 407-599-1180 www. Congregation Mateh Chaim (R), P.O. Box 060847, Palm Bay, 32906, 321-768-6722. Danny worked in sales, where in Brooklyn, New York, to bethshalommemorialchapel. , 613 Concourse Parkway South, Maitland, 407-298- his natural charm brought the late Joseph and Sophie com. Congregation Ohev Shalom (C) 4650; www.ohevshalom.org; Shabbat service, Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m. 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 Why is this issue different services and holiday schedules. Congregation Sinai (C/R), 303A N. S.R. 27, Minneola; 352-243-5353; congregation- from all other issues? sinai.org; services: every Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Shabbat Service evert Saturday, 10 a.m. Orlando Torah Center (O), 8591 Banyan Blvd., Orlando; 347-456-6485; Shacharis- Shabbos 9 a.m.; Mon.—Thurs. 6:45 a.m.; Sun. and Legal Holidays 8 a.m.; Mincha/Maariv Please call for times. Southwest Orlando Jewish Congregation/Ohalei Rivka (C), 11200 S. Apopka- Vineland Rd., Orlando, 407-239-5444; Shabbat service, Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m. Temple Beth El (R) / Temple Israel (C), 579 N. Nova Rd., Ormond Beach, 386-675- 6615 / 386-252-3097; Friday Shabbat Service 7 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m. Temple Beth Shalom (R), P.O. Box 031233, Winter Haven, 813-324-2882. Temple Beth Shalom (C), 40 Wellington Drive, Palm Coast, 386-445-3006; Shabbat service, Friday, 8 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. Temple Beth Sholom (C), 5995 N. Wickham Rd. Melbourne, 321-254-6333; www. mytbs.org; Shabbat services: Friday, 7 p.m.; Saturday: 9:30 a.m. Minyan, Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.; It's Big • It's Colorful Thursday, 10:00 a.m. Temple Beth Shalom (R), 1109 N.E. 8th Ave., Ocala, 352-629-3587; Shabbat services: It's The Friday, 8 p.m.; Torah study: Saturday, 10:00 a.m. Temple B’nai Darom (R), 49 Banyan Course, Ocala, 352-624-0380; Friday Services 8 p.m. Temple Israel (C), 50 S. Moss Rd., Winter Springs, 407-647-3055; www.tiflorida.org; Shabbat services: Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday 9:00 a.m. Temple Israel (R), 7350 Lake Andrew Drive, Melbourne, 321-631-9494. Temple Israel of DeLand (R), 1001 E. New York Ave., DeLand, 386-736-1646; www. Special templeisraelofdeland.org; Friday Shabbat service, 7 p.m.; Saturday, 10:00 a.m. followed by Torah study. Temple Shalom (formerly New Jewish Congregation) (R), 13563 Country Road 101, Oxford, 352-748-1800; www.templeshalomcentralfl.org; Shabbat services: Friday, 7 Passover Issue p.m.; last Saturday of the month, 9:30 a.m. Temple Shalom of Deltona (R/C), 1785 Elkcam Blvd., Deltona, 386-789-2202; www. April 12, 2019 shalomdeltona.org; Shabbat service; Saturday: 10 a.m. Temple Shir Shalom (R) Services held at Temple Israel, 50 S. Moss Rd., Winter Springs, Advertising Deadline: April 3, 2019 407-366-3556, www.templeshirshalom.org; Shabbat services: three Fridays each month, 7:30 p.m. Traditional Congregation of Mount Dora (T) Mount Dora, 352-735-4774; www. For Further Information tcomd.org; Shabbat services: Saturday, 9:30 a.m. sharp. Call 407-834-8787 (R) Reform (C) Conservative (O) Orthodox (Rec) Reconstructionist (T) Mehitsa PAGE 12A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, MARCH 22, 2019 Journalist turned politician Caroline Glick turns the spotlight on Blue and White Party, Israeli left By Avrohom Shmuel community and speaks to between the three branches Lewin the whole nation. At the end of government. We have to of day, they realized that legislate amendments to the (JNS)—Caroline B. Glick, a a leopard can’t change its laws regarding the operation senior columnist at Breitbart spots; it remained a national of the institution of the At- News, was the senior contrib- religious party, and the ability torney General. Right now, uting and chief columnist for to bring in new constituents you have legal advisers who The Jerusalem Post until she to that party was stymied by think they get to decide what decided to run for the Knes- the very nature of the party. the government can do and set in the upcoming April They had hoped to change an what it can’t do, what the national elections. institution and realized that Knesset can legislate and Born in Houston, she grew the institution did not want what not. That is a problem up in Chicago and moved to to be changed. Even as lead- because they are seizing pow- Israel in 1991, two weeks after ers of that party, they were ers that belong to the Knesset earning her bachelor’s degree not able to accomplish to be and to the government, the in political science from Co- a voice for all Jews. executive and legal advisers lumbia University. She joined Q: Isn’t New Right an- to prevent policies from be- the Israel Defense Forces that other version of the Hatehiya ing formulated or adopted. summer and served as an of- Party of the 1980s, which also They do the same thing with ficer for five-and-a-half years. wanted to prove that it was legislation. It is, therefore, From 1994-1996, as an a party for all Jews in Israel, very important to restore the Gershon Elinson/Flash90 IDF captain, Glick served religious and secular alike? power to legislate and to re- Israeli journalist and New Right Party candidate Caroline Glick speaks at the Oz VeGaon in the Defense Ministry as CG: On the surface, it may store the power to determine reserve in Gush Etzion on Feb. 8, 2019. a core member of Israel’s look that way, but Hatehiya policy to the elected officials negotiating team with the was not good at politics. They and remove it from unelected but it had also to do with jamin Netanyahu back in have, Area C, and apply Israeli Palestinians. In 1997 and weren’t able to get any of attorneys. the nature of the coalition. 1997-98. Did he change ideo- law to it, and that is the end 1998, she served as assistant their positions implemented, Although there were drafts The same thing happened in logically since then? of the discussion. foreign-policy adviser to they weren’t able to change put forward by Justice Min- 2013 when the first person CG: I think Netanyahu is Q: Do you think that in Israeli Prime Minister Ben- the way things were done in ister Shaked regarding the to join Netanyahu’s govern- a better politician today than order to maintain the alli- jamin Netanyahu. Israel, and ultimately, they position of the Attorney ment was Tzipi Livni. She was he was during his first term ance Netanyahu made with In its Israeli Indepen- played a key role in Yitzhak General [Avichai Mandelblit] appointed justice minister, in office. As I said before, Arab states in the region, he dence Day supplement in Rabin’s premiership and and the means of selecting and led the talks with the the Likud is the ruling party would be ready to go along 2003, the Israeli newspaper the Oslo process. This was him, all of those legislative Palestinians and was ready and rules by an alliance with with the Trump plan as is Maariv named her the most because they did not under- initiatives were stymied by to give up everything. coalition partners, and the being leaked—withdrawals prominent woman in Israel. stand the way politics works. Finance Minister Moshe Q: How do you explain senior partners he has are from Judea and Samaria, a In January of this year, she I think Ayelet Shaked Kahlon, who had veto power the position of the Israeli left the ones that set the tone of Palestinian state, etc.? joined the New Right Party and Naftali Bennett are two over all legislative initiatives after seeing what happened the way things are run. That CG: The Arabs need Israel and is currently in the sixth leaders who have a very clear relating to the legal fraternity following the disengagement is why I joined the New Right, more than Israel needs them. position on the party’s elec- ideological vision for this and used it to protect them from Gaza, after seeing what which is an ideological party Let’s be clear about this: The toral list. country and core beliefs that from checks and balances. happened after Oslo. They very attuned to the people of reason the Saudis are acting In an exclusive interview they act upon. But at the same We are seeking to build a big are still advocating for a Pal- Israel, and wants to be that in condominium with Israel is with the JNS, she spoke of time, they understand that as enough party that will have estinian state, and a massive senior partner in the coali- because they need us. We don’t her legislative agenda and of ministers you have limited the sufficient power in the withdrawal from Judea and tion to ensure that this ship have to pay for that. what she feels is the deception powers, and you have to use next Knesset to ensure that Samaria. How do they ratio- is being steered in the right Q: If, as you say, the Trump of the Blue and White Party, them judiciously in order to the right-wing bloc will have nalize this? direction. administration is very friend- which pretends to be center- institute gradual change. the sufficient votes to make CG: Part of it is social; they Q: If Israel is such an impor- ly towards Israel, then surely right, but is really the left. Q: You wrote that “the these changes and restore the are part of a herd, and in a tant ally to the United States, as the plan is being formu- Q: How are you transi- authority of the Knesset to democratic balance of power. herd you are not allowed to why would you think it wants lated, Netanyahu is in the tioning from journalist to promulgate laws has dimin- Q: What will you do if you think independently; people to weaken Israel by presenting loop about it, and yet there are politician? ished. The combined forces of have another Moshe Kahlon who do get punished. It is a plan that calls for withdraw- leaks that this plan contains CG: Well, all beginnings the attorney general and the in the next Knesset who will similar to what Moshe “Bogie” als from Judea and Samaria, big chunks of withdrawals. are a bit hard, but I chose to justices of the Supreme Court veto your initiatives? Ya’alon is doing now by joining which would eventually lead Does that mean this plan has be with the people who share have seized not only the CG: That is why we are all Benny Gantz’s party and is to a Palestinian state? Netanyahu’s consent? my values and goals for this power to abrogate laws and campaigning so hard in order going back on all the prom- CG: I cannot speak for the CG: That is exactly what our country, so it has not been interfere with the legislative to win enough votes to bring ises he made to the voters of United States, but I can say party is about. We are running too hard. process, but to dictate laws to bear our ideological vision, the Likud. He is supposedly that the Trump administra- a party that is going to ensure Q: Why was there a need through legal opinions and which is also shared by the right-wing, and yet he wants tion as opposed to the Obama that we don’t have a Palestin- to break away from Jew- judgments and the elected Likud. But the Likud as the to prevent the public from hav- administration are people to ian state. You can see that ish Home and form a new officials must be empowered governing party governed ing any significant say in the whom you can talk to. You during the past four years of party, New Right when Ayelet to challenge this legal frater- from the position of its stron- way the country is governed couldn’t talk to people in the Likud government, there Shaked and Naftali Bennet nity.” If elected, how do you gest coalition parties. So in by joining a party that pledged the Obama administration. was no talk of Palestinian were the heads of that party plan to challenge this? 2009, Netanyahu formed from the outset that it’s going During Obama’s tenure, his statehood. That is because the anyway? CG: There are a whole se- a coalition with the Labor to block all reform in the legal national security adviser, Bayit Hayehudi were partners CG: Jewish Home is a re- ries of things that have to be Party with Ehud Barak as fraternity. Susan Rice, would not speak and not the Labor Party. ligious sectoral party. When done; it is a legislative agenda. defense minister, and much On the other hand, the to the Israelis; it is an extraor- Q: If you get elected and Shaked and Bennett joined I think one of the things we of our policies were dictated reason the center-right is the dinary thing, but it is true. offered a ministerial position, it, their vision was to end its have to do is to reconsider a by the nature of the coali- largest bloc in Israel is because That is not the case with the which ministry would you appeal only to the national lot of the basic laws and see tion, so you had a release people have become very Trump administration. If the choose? religious sector by widening if they have to be amended. of thousands of terrorists disenchanted with the sort of plan will include withdrawals, CG: We are not talking its appeal from the national I think the Judiciary Basic from jail, you had freezing cultish, irrational positions of then Israel can say no and about it, but if I was offered religious sector to include Law has to be amended to of construction for Jews in the left, whether on strategic tell the president we cannot a ministerial position, obvi- all of the Jews in Israel. It constrain the power of the Judea and Samaria, and you or economic or social issues. give [the Palestinians] any ously it would be in areas shouldn’t be a party just of High Court of Justice and had the Bar-Ilan speech. A It’s all about just following the land because it would only where I have expertise, like a limited community, but a balance it to restore the lot of that was a response to line of the tribe. empower them against us. We foreign affairs and defense, voice that comes out of one democratic balance of power the Obama administration, Q: You worked with Ben- must take the land we already Diaspora relations, aliyah. Diaspora Jews—a campaign issue By Marcy Oster elections on April 9 are not The video includes the bridge the gap between tions, but we’re trying to see reporters, all alumni really worried about having hashtag #VoteDiaspora. various segments of Israeli make it something,” he said of of the Diaspora programs, JERUSALEM (JTA)—Dias- Diaspora Jewry on their agen- It came out ahead of two society. And in recent years Diaspora Jewry issues, saying interview them about their pora Jews can’t vote in Israeli das or their platforms. incidents in Israel that high- it has also attempted to give the campaign “creates public stances on Diaspora Jewry. elections. But that isn’t stopping one light the disconnect between Israeli opinion leaders an discussion.” The heads of two of the par- It’s been proposed and, so nongovernmental organiza- Israeli and Diaspora Jews: in-depth introduction to Klein says the 280 alumni ties – Rafi Peretz of Jewish far, consistently shot down by tion from trying. Violence at the Western Wall Diaspora Jewry. of the Gesher programs that Home and Tamar Zandberg Israeli lawmakers. Gesher is circulating a on Friday during a morning Israeli journalist Tzvika teach Israeli opinion leaders of Meretz, will be among the And, let’s be honest, the 30-second video clip in which Rosh Chodesh prayer service Klein is an alumnus of a to appreciate Diaspora Jewry representatives. average Israeli voter rarely, if nine young Diaspora Jews that marked 30 years of such Gesher leadership program. and take them for weeklong “The State of Israel is the ever, thinks about Diaspora from communities around the services by Women of the Klein, who made aliyah from visits to those communities state of the entire Jewish Jews. And they base their world, including in Australia, Wall, and the cancellation by Chicago with his family as a in the United States and people, and this calls for us votes on the same issues that Amsterdam, Spain and the Culture Minister Miri Regev child, was a natural fit for the United Kingdom have to think also about the issue voters in other countries do— United States, call on Israeli of the lighting of a torch the program since he is the embraced the #VoteDiaspora of Diaspora Jewry,” Ilan Geal- for example, the economy, voters to “Please ask Israeli reserved for a representative Jewish World reporter for campaign, including sharing Dor, CEO of Gesher, said in a education, health care and politicians what they will do to of Diaspora Jewry during the the Hebrew-language Makor it on social media. statement. “Without this help security (OK, so the last one connect Israel with Jews from ceremony on the eve of Yom Rishon newspaper, spending The political parties run- from Jews outside of Israel, is more an Israeli thing). all over the world.” The video Haatzmaut, Israel’s Indepen- his professional life reporting ning in the upcoming elec- we may not have survived. So it should come as no is subtitled and the question dence Day. about Diaspora Jewry. tions have agreed to send Without connections and surprise that most of the is repeated in Hebrew for said Gesher is a 40-year-old “It’s not ever going to be a representatives to a Gesher partnerships, we have too candidates in Israel’s national politicians. NGO that has worked to subject that drives the elec- event next week that will much to lose.” HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, MARCH 22, 2019 PAGE 13A Weekly roundup of world briefs

Cruz to introduce reso- the victim’s direct environ- fibrosis, a respiratory disease was convicted last week for the a sitting prime minister will husband Alistair Goldsmith! lution condemning anti- ment increased to 40 from 24. in which scar tissue forms in 2014 attack that left four dead, face criminal charges. And well done on picking a Semitism In one incident in June, the lungs, causing difficulty including two Israeli tourists. Netanyahu has denied all name for your child that has (JNS)—U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz a teenager was violently re- to breathe. In public, she usu- He smirked and told the the charges and called the knocked everyone sideways. (R-Texas) has reportedly been moved from a nightclub in ally carries an oxygen tank Brussels criminal court on investigations a “witch hunt” After all, what kind of a name spearheading a resolution Vlaardingen by security after with her. Monday that “life goes on,” as by the political left and the is Zion for a Jewish boy?” explicitly condemning anti- inspecting his identity card, Jordan’s King Abdullah the jury was about to leave the media. She wrote: “Let’s face it, Semitism that he plans to which carried a distinctly Jew- meets with White House courtroom to decide on the New PA prime minister every Jewish parent naming introduce early next week. ish name, CIDI wrote. peace team sentence, the French news praised mastermind of their baby has to decide how Jewish Insider reported the In another, a man waiting By Marcy Oster agency AFP reported. The jury Munich Olympics mas- far to ‘out’ their child.” development on Friday, citing for the metro in February 2018 (JTA)—The Trump admin- did not decide on the sentence sacre With a name like Zion, he “a source familiar with the was approached by another istration’s Middle East peace until early Tuesday morning. (MEMRI via JNS)—Pal- is totally out there. plan,” who said it is “just a con- man who told him “God will team met in Washington, He has 15 days to appeal estinian Authority leader Israeli bank pays $195 demnation of anti-Semitism. kill you.” D.C., with Jordan’s King the sentence. Mahmoud Abbas recently ap- million fine for help- There’s nothing extraneous. Trump administration Abdullah II. His accomplice received a pointed his longtime adviser, ing customers evade US The entire thing clocks in at requests no taxpayer Secretary of State Mike sentence of 15 years in prison. Muhammad Ishtayeh, to the taxes just over 100 words.” assistance to West Bank, Pompeo, White House special White House budget plan position of prime minister of By Marcy Oster It comes one day after Gaza representative for interna- contains full $3.3 bil- the Palestinian Authority. JERUSALEM (JTA)—Is- the U.S. House of Repre- By Jackson Richman tional negotiations Jason lion in promised mili- In 2010, MEMRI TV re- rael’s third-largest bank will sentatives overwhelmingly (JNS)—The Trump admin- Greenblatt and White House tary aid for Israel leased a clip of Ishtayeh’s pay a $195 million fine after passed a resolution condemn- istration requested in its 2020 senior adviser Jared Kushner, By Marcy Oster interview on July 9 of that admitting to helping its ing anti-Semitism and other budget proposal, released President Donald Trump’s (JTA)—Military aid for year with Hezbollah’s Al- customers avoid paying U.S. forms of bigotry. on Monday, that the United Jewish son-in-law, attended Israel apparently has avoided Manar TV; in that interview, taxes. The House legislation was States continue not to give the meeting Monday at the the budget axe. Ishtayeh said of Abu Daoud, The fine was announced in response to Rep. Ilhan any taxpayer assistance to the Jordanian ambassador’s resi- The 2020 fiscal plan sent by the mastermind of the 1972 Tuesday by the U.S. Justice Omar (D-Minn.), who on West Bank and Gaza. dence, Reuters reported. the White House to Congress Munich Summer Olympics Department and it is the result Sunday defended her recent In the past few years, the Pompeo and Abdullah on Monday includes the full massacre of 11 Israeli athletes of a five-year investigation, remarks accusing her “Jew- administration has cut off U.S. also met alone, the State $3.3 billion in assistance and coaches, that “the martyr Reuters reported. ish colleagues” for attacking assistance to the Palestinians Department confirmed in a promised under a 10-year Abu Daoud continues the Under the settlement, Miz- her and Rep. Rashida Tlaib through enacting measures statement. memorandum of understand- convoy of martyrs who fell rahi Tefahot, accepted re- (D-Mich.) for labeling every such as the Taylor Force Act “Pompeo reaffirmed the ing, despite spending cuts for the sake of Palestine. We sponsibility for the actions of criticism of theirs as anti- and the Anti-Terrorism Clari- strength of the U.S.-Jordan throughout the proposal. all follow this path.” former employees who, it says, Israel because of the faith fication Act. bilateral relationship and “The Budget fully supports Ishtayeh: “As for the claim acted in contravention of the of the two congresswomen, The United States cut fund- discussed several matters of the U.S.-Israel Memorandum that history can be rewritten policies of the bank and its in addition to slamming her ing to the U.N. Relief and mutual interest, including of Understanding and includes in a different way, I think it is management, the Israeli busi- critics regarding “the political Works Agency for Palestine Jordan’s commitment to $3.3 billion in Foreign Military unjust to say that Palestinian ness daily Globes reported. influence in this country that Refugees in the Near East, or economic reform and develop- Financing grant assistance to history can be written in a The employees, who were says it is OK to push for alle- UNRWA, in August. ments in the region related bolster Israel’s capacity to different ink.” not in senior management, giance to a foreign country.” The administration re- to the conflict in Syria,” the defend itself against threats “The ink in which Palestin- worked in private banking and It is unclear if the Cruz quested that American as- statement said. in the region and maintain ian history has been written customer relations between resolution, unlike the House sistance to Israel remain at Abdullah also met Vice its qualitative military edge,” is red, and I believe that it 2002 and 2012. version, will call out Omar $3.3 billion. President Mike Pence on the budget document says, will continue to be written The bank also has put in or any members of Congress Germany not designat- Monday. Israel’s business daily Globes in red ink.” place a new tax and money explicitly. ing Hezbollah a terrorist The Trump peace plan likely reported. NASA to include Israeli- laundering measures pro- The office of neither Cruz group will be released after Israel’s The $38 billion Memo- manufactured radiation gram. nor Senate Majority Leader (JNS)—Germany has said April 9 national elections. randum of Understanding, suit Genesis Prize advisory Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) that it will not officially des- British university union a 10-year defense agreement (JNS)—NASA will include a board member resigns immediately responded to a ignate Hezbollah as a terrorist rejects motion to adopt signed under President Barack radiation suit produced by the over Robert Kraft honor request for comment. group, a development likely to anti-Semitism definition Obama, went into operation Israeli firm StemRad Ltd. for By Marcy Oster Comedic rapper Lil cause tension between Berlin By Cnaan Liphshiz in October at the start of the its Orion Exploration-Mission JERUSALEM (JTA)—A Dicky is getting his own and Washington. (JTA)—The Leeds Uni- last fiscal year. 1, scheduled for June 2020, member of the Genesis Prize FX show The country’s minister of versity Union voted against Under the MOU, the United according to a blog post pub- advisory board resigned in By Curt Schleier state, Niels Annen, told Der a motion calling on the States set funding for Israel lished last week on the Euro- protest over the decision to (JTA)—Lil Dicky, the Jew- Spiegel on Friday that the British institution to fight at levels of $3.3 billion in for- pean Space Agency’s website. move forward with plans to ish rapper known for his U.S.-designated terrorist anti-Semitism, prompting a eign military financing and “The crewless mission is set honor Robert Kraft with the comedy and collaborating group plays a crucial role in university-wide referendum $500 million for cooperative to carry out radiation testing “Jewish Nobel” despite the with the likes of Snoop Dogg, Lebanon, and that the Euro- on the subject. programs for missile defense as part of the Matroshka As- New England Patriots owner is going to star in a show based pean Union already blacklists The draft motion submit- over each of the next 10 years. troRad Radiation Experiment, being charged with soliciting on his life. the organization’s terrorist ted by the Leeds University The budget plan includes a collaboration between NASA, a prostitute. As of now the show is wing, reported Reuters. Jewish Society to the student domestic cuts to education the German Aerospace Center, Rivka Carmi, a former untitled (“Untitled Lil Dicky This comes two weeks after government called for the and social welfare programs, the Israeli Space Agency, Lock- president of Ben-Gurion Uni- Project” on IMDB), but it’s the United Kingdom officially adoption of the International among others, and includes heed Martin and StemRad, ac- versity of the Negev, tendered centered on a “suburban designated Hezbollah as a ter- Holocaust Remembrance $8.6 billion for a controversial cording to the blog,” reported her resignation earlier this neurotic man in his late 20s rorist group, joining 12 other Alliance definition of anti- border wall with Mexico and the Israeli financial news week, Haaretz first reported who has convinced himself countries that have a similar Semitism. The definition increased defense spending. site Calcalist. “Two dummies Wednesday. Her resignation that he’s destined to be one designation. includes some examples of Leaders in the House of Rep- designed to record radiation letter cited “frustration and of the best rappers of all Previously, the United anti-Israel vitriol, but states resentatives said the plan had levels, one donning StemRad’s disappointment” with the time,” according to a news Kingdom distinguished be- that criticism of Israel that no chance of passing. radiation suit, will be used to decision, according to the release. tween the Hezbollah terrorist is comparable to criticism of Netanyahu pre-indict- assess and compare the levels Israeli newspaper, and takes Lil Dicky’s real name is and political facets. any other country does not ment hearing delayed astronauts may be exposed to immediate effect. David Burd, who was raised in Nechama Rivlin, wife of constitute anti-Semitism. until after elections during a lunar mission.” It is the first public break an upper-middle-class Jewish Israeli President Reuven In the vote Monday at a By Marcy Oster StemRad, founded in 2011 with the Genesis Prize over home in suburban Philadel- Rivlin, gets lung trans- union policy forum, the mo- JERUSALEM (JTA)—Pros- and headquartered in Tel Aviv granting the prize to Kraft, phia. His big break came in plant tion came up two votes shy ecutors in the corruption with other offices in Tampa which was announced in Jan- 2013 when the YouTube video (JNS)—Israeli President of the required number for cases against Israeli Prime Bay, develops and makes suit- uary prior to the prostitution for his song “Ex-Boyfriend”— Reuven Rivlin’s wife, Ne- adoption, though 10 repre- Minister Benjamin Netanyahu able anti-radiation materials scandal. The honor comes think Woody Allen meets late- chama, 73, received a new sentatives voted in favor and will not be able to get their for scientific, military and with a $1 million prize that is 2000s hip-hop—went viral. lung on Monday after be- five against. A university-wide hands on the investigation medical purposes. generally donated to the cause Burd plays on his Jewish ing matched with a donor: referendum is likely to fail. files until after the country’s Labour Party maverick of the recipient’s choice. identity on social media and 19-year-old Yair Yehezkel The Leeds Jewish society election on April 9 over fears Luciana Berger gives her Kraft, 77, has pleaded not occasionally in songs such as Halabli, who drowned on is “incredibly disappointed,” of leaks to the media. newborn son a very Jewy guilty to two counts of solic- “Jewish Flow.” Friday while diving in Eilat. its spokespeople wrote on The Justice Ministry made name iting prostitution in Florida. Anti-Semitic incidents “Nechama Rivlin under- Twitter. the announcement on Mon- By Marcy Oster The businessman and philan- rise in the Netherlands went a lung transplant today Leeds University is the fifth day evening, responding to (JTA)—Luciana Berger, thropist was one of some 100 to record number at Beilinson Hospital in largest school in the United a request from Netanyahu’s the British lawmaker who men caught in a police sting By Cnaan Liphshiz Petach Tikvah,” said the Kingdom with a total of more attorneys. last month left the Labour at a string of massage parlors (JTA)—The Netherlands in president’s spokesperson in a than 33,000 students. The prosecutors and the at- Party over its failure to reign in South Florida. 2018 saw a 19 percent increase statement. Critics of the anti-Semi- torneys for the prime minister in anti-Semitism, has named Carmi’s biography and pho- in recorded anti-Semitic The spokesperson added tism definition, which was will be given three months to her newborn son Zion. to remained on the Genesis incidents in 2018 to a record that her condition was stable adopted last year by the British review the materials before The baby’s full name, given Prize website on Wednesday 230 cases. following the several-hour- government as its working a pre-indictment hearing in on Tuesday, is Zion Benjamin afternoon in Israel. She is the The Center for Information long procedure. definition of the phenomenon, which Netanyahu can present Manny Goldsmith. Berger is only woman to serve as the and Documentation recorded Halabli’s sister, Amit, told the say it obstructs free speech. his argument for dropping married to Alistair Goldsmith. head of a major Israeli univer- 135 real-life incidents—those Israeli news site Walla that “it is Belgium Jewish museum the case. Berger was one of seven sity, retiring from Ben-Gurion that did not occur online— very moving that my brother’s killer sentenced to life in This means that the hear- Labour lawmakers who quit University in December fol- Dutch Jewry’s watchdog lung was transplanted into the prison ing will be held on or shortly the party on Feb. 18 to found lowing 12 years at the helm. group said in its annual report body of the president’s wife, and By Marcy Oster after July 10. the Independent Group. She Kraft was awarded the Gen- published Monday. There I wish her a full recovery. We (JTA)—The French Mus- Attorney General Avichai called the Labour Party led by esis Prize a year after its previ- were 113 real-life incidents will be happy to meet with the lim extremist convicted of Mandelblit announced late Jeremy Corbyn “institution- ous laureate, actress Natalie reported in 2017. president’s wife and the presi- murdering four people in a last month that pending the ally anti-Semitic.” Portman, refused to attend However, violent incidents dent after she has recovered terrorist attack at the Jewish hearing he plans to indict Writing in the London- the prize ceremony in Israel decreased to only one com- from the operation.” Museum of Belgium in 2014 Netanyahu for bribery, fraud based Jewish Chronicle, col- because of her objections to pared to five in 2017. Rivlin, 73, has been di- was sentenced to life in prison. and breach of trust in three umnist Keren David said “Ma- the policies of Prime Minister Incidents that occurred in agnosed with pulmonary Mehdi Nemmouche, 33, separate cases—the first time zeltov to Luciana Berger and Benjamin Netanyahu. PAGE 14A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, MARCH 22, 2019 Columbia University student government rejects BDS By Jackson Richman “Students worked very hard polarize campus and contrib- Jewish and pro-Israel Tammi Rossman-Benjamin the more anti-Semitism on to defeat this BDS campaign ute to a difficult environment groups heralded the result. told JNS that “we commend campus,” she continued. “Ku- (JNS)—The student gov- and should be commended for Jewish students,” he said. “A politically diverse coali- Columbia students for seeing dos to Columbia for rejecting ernment at Columbia Univer- for their work. Columbia/ “I am proud of our students, tion of students came together through the BDS charade. intolerant BDS.” sity rejected a referendum on Barnard Hillel will continue who spoke so eloquently and to oppose the discriminatory Everyone knows these resolu- “The pro-Israel students at Sunday night calling on the to invest in connecting stu- passionately about Israel, the proposal,” said Rena Nasar, tions carry no weight. Their Columbia deserve enormous school to support the move- dents to Israel, including the danger BDS poses both to StandWithUs managing di- only purpose is to divide the credit. They opposed this ment to boycott Israel. more than 200 who travel to Israelis and Palestinians, and rector of campus affairs. campus, shut down legitimate resolution with courage and After a four-hour intense Israel with Hillel annually. the negative ways it impacts “They successfully argued discourse and debate, induce confidence,” Maccabee Task meeting consisting of more This continued investment the campus community.” that it failed to meet CCSC’s hate, and marginalize and Force executive director David than 150 onlookers, the has never been more impor- Ofir Dayan the president requirement that referendum ostracize those on campus Brog told JNS. “And they did Columbia College Student tant,” its executive director, of Students Supporting Is- questions be fairly worded, who support, or are presumed so together as a community, Council failed to reach the Brian Cohen, told JNS. rael (SSI) Columbia, which feasible, and in adherence to support, Israel—namely, despite organizational dif- two-thirds majority needed to “While I am relieved that was involved in the lobbying with the mission and poli- the vast majority of Jewish ferences. They prove that pass the BDS proposal, similar the vote will be the end of BDS against the BDS resolution, cies of CCSC and Columbia students.” the truth about Israel is still to one in 2017 that also proved on campus for now, damage called it a “historic moment” College.” “In fact, research demon- unsuccessful. has been done: These votes for the school. AMCHA Initiative director strates that the more BDS, BDS on page 15A Farb From page 1A grown and built friendships ber evening in Gainesville that ery school in that original Stuart said, “but I would be also be honoring Judy Galkin, on a campus that Stuart was Jo Ann said changed her life. converted farmhouse. She foolish if I didn’t think there a 33-year employee at the “We often talk about giv- instrumental in shaping. As “We were poor college immediately began making were so many others out there Richard S. Adler Early Child- ing your time, your talent, JCC president from 1991 to students. We had gone out connections with other moth- who deserve it just as much as hood Learning Center, with your treasure,” said Keith 1993, he helped to coordinate to eat, and on the way out we ers. These connections, along Jo Ann and I.” the Harriet Weiss JCC Legacy Dvorchik, CEO of The Roth a major campus expansion walked past a bell-ringer,” with those she and Stuart For the JCC’s Dvorchik, the Award. The award was estab- Family JCC. “Stuart and Jo that was well underway but, she recalled. “And Stuart made at their synagogue, were selection of the Farbs is not lished to celebrate the efforts Ann have given all three. We with a nation in recession being Jewish... the Salvation the roots of what Jo Ann calls only deserved; it’s personal. of a dedicated individual who wouldn’t have the type of com- and donors cutting back on Army... it just didn’t connect their extended family. They “I was lucky enough to meet has paved the way for others munity we do without leaders charitable giving, was threat- to me. But he walked over are friendships she cherishes Jo Ann and Stuart through and will leave a legacy for oth- like them.” ened by financial challenges. and put money in the kettle. to this day. their Gator and Hillel con- ers to carry the torch. The Farbs’ involvement as He served as a steady hand And I was so impressed by his Jo Ann describes The Roth nections,” said Dvorchik, who “We are very fortunate a couple with the JCC dates and kept the community fo- generosity.” Family JCC not as a place, but previously served as CEO of this year to be able to put to the late 1970s, when the cused on achieving its dream He explained to Jo Ann that as an experience that encom- UF’s Hillel. the spotlight on Stuart, Jo Maitland campus was poised of a large, modern Jewish he believed tzedakah applies passes family, community and “A big part of my choos- Ann and Judy—three truly to blossom from its humble Community Campus. Just to everyone, not just Jews. a sense of history. ing to come to Orlando was extraordinary people whose origins as a single converted as important, he worked to “I had never met anyone “We made friends with based on knowing the com- good work is a permanent farmhouse to a complex that help the JCC develop future who was that willing to give, people who had children that munity and knowing people part of our JCC’s rich history,” became the bustling hub of leadership to ensure that the from his heart and from his were our children’s age,” she like Jo Ann and Stuart were Dvorchik said. Jewish life in Central Florida. organization was prepared for pocketbook,” she said. That’s said. “In a way, we all grew involved,” Dvorchik said. Tickets are still on sale for The Farbs’ children, Joel the responsibilities that came the moment that cemented up together, as parents... The “They are the cornerstone of the March 27 gala and can be (“M.J.”), Rebecca and David, with an expanded campus. their bond, one that has grown coolest thing to me now is our community, and we are purchased online at orlando- attended the JCC’s preschool Stuart has also held various stronger through 47 years of when I go to the J to pick up all blessed to be able to call jcc.org/jball: $100 general and summer camp. Two of board and leadership roles marriage and the raising of a my grandchildren, I see my the Farbs our friends.” admission; $75 for parents their grandchildren followed in the community at Jewish loving family. children’s contemporaries Stuart hopes this award of JCC preschool students suit. Their two newest grand- organizations such as Temple Ask the Farbs’ children with their children, and I see shows other JCC supporters and seniors over 64; $36 for children, ages 6 months and Israel, Central Florida Hillel what they cherish most, and my contemporaries with their that gifts of all sizes really members of The Tribe young 10 weeks, will attend the and the Jewish Federation of they don’t miss a beat: family. grandchildren. It’s an amaz- are appreciated and really do adults group (must have at- preschool in the near future. Greater Orlando. It is a value instilled in them— ing community—a circle that make a difference. And when tended at least one Tribe event And there’s little doubt that To see how important giv- and reinforced to this day—by just keeps on growing and it comes to talk of a legacy, he previously). one day the Farbs’ great- ing is to the Farbs, you need their parents. To Jo Ann, the growing.” says it all hinges on the values The ticketing page also has grandchildren will be regulars look no further than one of idea of “family” applies not Both Stuart and Jo Ann we cherish most. information about creating at the J as well. their first dates when both just to her blood relatives, are characteristically humble “Hopefully my legacy will a personalized congratulatory Although they may be too were students at the Univer- but also to the larger Jewish when the discussion turns be that he was a good man, a message for this year’s J Ball young to fully appreciate sity of Florida. It was a chance community. to their being lauded at this good father and a good grand- honorees. Those messages it today, the Farbs’ grand- encounter with a Salvation Jo Ann began her involve- year’s J Ball. father... who always tried to do will be displayed on the main children have learned and Army bell-ringer one Novem- ment with the JCC in 1979, “I am honored, I am hum- the right thing.” stage video screen throughout when son Joel started nurs- bled and I am appreciative,” The Roth Family JCC will the J Ball. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 B A B K A S A B R A S E N 14 15 16 I R O N S U N I O N A C E PA 17 18 19 E L L I S C O L I N T O V From page 1A cisions of the Fatah Central At the very least, Shtayyeh legitimacy of the historic PLO 20 21 22 Committee to nominate a may be expected to give Fa- and to make it the legitimate B E T T E R C A L L S A U L 23 24 25 26 First, who is Shtayyeh, Fatah-controlled govern- tah senior officials leading source of the proposed new E N O T I A P R O D and what does he stand ment, and he delayed doing positions in his new govern- government. 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 for? so even after Hamdallah ment. However, according to Siding with ‘terrorist’ or- R E N T T H E P A S S A G E submitted his resignation. an interview he gave to RT, ganizations? 34 35 36 37 Like Hamdallah and A A A Y O H O T Y S Salam Fayyad before him, The timing of the decision Shtayyeh does not appear But here lies the main 38 39 40 Shtayyeh comes from Nablus came, according to sources, to be thinking in this direc- problem, which is the inability F U L L E R H O U S E when he heard about progress tion.2 Rather than referring of the P.A. chief to make the 41 42 43 44 and is linked to the busi- A V I T I K I L P S ness community. Previ- in the talks in Cairo between to his new administration as main compromise in forming 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 ously, he was president of Egypt and Hamas. a “Fatah government,” he said this government. K I L L I N G E V E E G G O He therefore wanted to that it would be “everybody’s The leading PLO organiza- 52 53 54 55 the Palestinian Economic A N T I S I A R O D Council for Development dissolve the government led government.” tions, including the Popular 56 57 58 59 60 61 and Reconstruction,1 the by Hamdallah to set back any Fatah’s main concern now Front, the Democratic Front T H E W A L K I N G D E A D progress in Cairo. is that their senior officials be and Islamic Jihad, are aligned 62 63 64 leading economic institute H A I A C I N G I R A T E in the Palestinian Authority. Egypt, Hamas and Fatah promoted to key positions that with Hamas rather than 65 66 67 Unlike his predecessors, he Egypt is not holding con- will reflect what will happen Ramallah. It is now taken for A G E S A L O N N O S E S tacts with Hamas as a legiti- the “day after” Abbas. granted that they will not join 68 69 70 is a senior Fatah official in N E R P I T T S G R E E T the West Bank. mate power, but on an ad hoc If no Fatah senior figure is Shtayyeh’s new government, He is a promoter of the basis, and it insists to Hamas promoted in the government, but will instead stay with the BDS movement, in favor of that Ramallah is the legal rul- it may mean that after the Hamas War Chamber. ending security coordination ing authority. By dissolving demise of Abbas, the “private It is expected that Shtayyeh with the Israel Defense Forces the current and recognized sector” (meaning the business will “open the door” to those and seeks to end the Paris Hamdallah government, any community) will take the organizations, which are Protocols that refer to a joint progress between Egypt and reins of power rather than “terrorist” according to every economy with Israel. Hamas is blocked. Fatah. definition, thereby putting the It is interesting to watch the It is important to note that The reason why Abbas is continuation of world finan- extent to which these popular Hamas is also not in a hurry not interested in promoting cial aid to Ramallah at risk. campaigns inside Fatah may to renew its own “Gaza Com- any of the “real Fatah” seniors Only tiny organizations, reflect real life. mittee,” which was the actual is to avoid inflaming the suc- such as the once pro-Saddam The Nablus connection government in Gaza, and they cession struggle now. Arab Front, are aligned with Shtayyeh’s appointment are waiting to see if a Fatah Instead of a “Fatah govern- Abbas through financial sub- indicates that the P.A. follows government will indeed be ment” as such, Abbas is more sidies, of course. a tradition of nominating its established in Ramallah. interested in a “PLO govern- All of the above is linked to prime ministers from Nablus Why would Hamas have ment” due to his struggle with the Jerusalem issue. Ramal- to avoid alienating the north any doubts about this? Hamas over the legitimacy of lah wants to make to fight from its main body, which is Firstly, Shtayyeh is not a the PLO’s authority. for Jerusalem the leading centered in Ramallah. Fatah fighter. According to While Hamas derives its national struggle, while for In this respect, Hebron in Palestinian criteria, to be con- legitimacy from the 2006-07 Hamas, the central battle is the south appears to be lost. sidered a true Fatah fighter, elections and the Palestinian along the borders. Abbas’s aim According to Ramallah one must spend time in an Legislative Council, the par- is to attract the PLO organiza- sources, Abbas was in no Israeli prison. With Shtayyeh, liament that was elected then, tions to join Ramallah at the hurry to implement the de- this is not the case. Abbas wants to solidify the expense of Gaza. HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, MARCH 22, 2019 PAGE 15A During a conference call or- among the Jewish parties that organization should be who has already prioritized It will employ artificial Rockets ganized by the Israel Project, about the need to react,” he on the receiving end of most war readiness in the south, intelligence to help the mili- From page 1A Amidror was asked whether said. of Israel’s targeting. held drills and reportedly tary acquire valuable enemy Israeli Prime Minister Ben- Asked if the attack can lead “I think what is important ordered the IDF Southern targets, and Kochavi told the orchestrated low-level vio- jamin Netanyahu might be to war, Amidror acknowledged is not to react from emo- Command to refresh its battle center to prioritize “southern lence, has taken a radical and swayed in his response by the that this could happen, even tional side but from logical plans. areas” (a reference to Gaza), sudden new direction. upcoming elections. Amidror though “it’s not in our inter- side. We have to calm down, In addition, earlier this “as part of an effort to improve Israel likely to ‘respond replied that “Netanyahu is est or in Hamas’s interest. learn the event, see who is week, the IDF’s Military Intel- readiness for fighting in the strongly’ sober enough and experienced But in the past, it happened responsible and then react ligence Directorate opened a Gaza Strip.” According to former Na- enough that elections will not even when both sides did not based on conclusions and new Targeting Center at the This suggests that Ko- tional Security Adviser, Maj. be a factor.” have an interest, because the not do something that will Glilot base north of Tel Aviv on chavi will not be shocked Gen. (ret.) Yaakov Amidror, He added that the big situation in Gaza was leading ignite the whole area and the instructions of Kochavi. by the rockets, and that he Israel will certainly be looking majority of political forces in Hamas... to not make the right that is not in our interests,” The center will be the focus has already concluded long to figure out who conducted the Knesset will stand behind decision.” stated Amidror. point of all units that need to before the attack that Gaza the attack, but even if it does him when it comes to punish- Israel’s first priority, he The incident forms the first know about enemy targets, is the most likely arena to not find out for sure, it will ing Gaza’s terrorist factions. said, is to figure out who test for the new IDF Chief of during routine times and escalate in the short-term respond strongly. “There is no real argument fired the rockets because Staff, Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi, emergencies. future. Sharkansky From page 4A indication of it in the behavior reached an accommoda- port for Israel. A generation of campaigner, and Ashkenazi ing access to marijuana And of Greeks in Alexandria. The tion, belied by the actions immigration from the Middle has some problems in his Moshe Kahlon may also find left, measured by Labor and New Testament offers a basis of religious and nationalist East is making itself felt in background that have come enough voters to move him Meretz, as getting about one of Christian anti-Semitism. figures claiming leadership, Congress, with or without to the fore. He can’t seem to over the line and into the tenth of the Knesset. Muslims gave expression to with Arab governments pro- Bibi. get away from the Harpaz- Knesset. Both have expressed And would the Palestinian their own feelings throughout viding support even while While Bibi plays to the Barak issue. Moreover, the doubts about Netanyahu, as State include Gaza as well as history. And now it’s merged those same governments are mood created within Israel, wide range of postures in well as muddled support of parts of the West Bank? with an opposition to what cooperating with Israel—of- claiming that those not voting Gantz-Lapid-Ya’alon and his candidacy. Presently it doesn’t seem Israel is said to be doing to ten against the same Muslim for him will be voting to put Ashkenazi have left the party Most likely a rebellion that the two parts would agree the Palestinians, far out of extremists who make trouble Ahmad Tibi in government. with little to offer other than within Likud would lead a to unite. proportion to what other for Israel. And with things heating up opposition to Bibi as Prime race, but so far that seems And East Jerusalem? countries have expressed And in the West, leftists on both the Temple Mount and Minister. unlikely. Netanyahu’s appeal Would the worthies of the about minorities. and rightists find Jews and in Gaza, the Prime Minister- Two small right-of-center remains strong, but perhaps world force those Palestinians Here the Palestinians Israel a convenient target, Defense Minister (one and parties may end up being not strong enough to end up into an alliance with the West seem to be suffering from often not bothering to dif- the same) is in position to do deal-makers or deal-breakers. with another term as Prime Bank, when most of them say their own faults. Claiming ferentiate between Jew and something heroic to advance Moshe Feiglin has a long Minister. that they prefer continuing rights of return to what Israeli. his position. history on the extreme right of Comments welcome. their status with Israel? refugees from 1948 and their Ilhan Omar has become a Recent polls indicate the Israeli politics. Now his com- [email protected] Origins of anti-Semitism descendants never knew. symbol of this, and represents Blue-White has peaked or is bination of wanting a Jewish Ira Sharkansky (Emeritus), go back before the New Testa- Many West Bankers and East a split within the American declining. state with extreme liberalism Dept. of Political Science, He- ment. Josephus provides an Jerusalemites seem to have Democratic Party about sup- Gantz is not a powerful has attracted the crowd want- brew University of Jerusalem. Checkpoints From page 5A ily Scandinavian EAPPI, an turning the tables on them, perspective is exactly what the to make sure soldiers can do filmers with impunity, there affiliate of the anti-Zionist presenting EAPPI with a new Video Commandos seek to do their duty without having is nothing more fitting than With the slogan of “Aim, World Council of Churches, reality. wherever where is harassment to worry about cynical, ma- to fight fire with fire. Click and Shoot,” the Video announced that they were Suddenly, the Video Com- of Israeli soldiers. nipulators who are seeking Douglas Altabef is the Commandos film the demon- leaving Hebron because of mandos were showing exactly It is a classic grassroots to denigrate, and yes, even chairman of the board of Im izers as they film soldiers. the “harassment” their vol- what EAPPI members were effort, like Im Tirtzu itself. It endanger soldiers in the name Tirtzu and a director of the The Video Commandos unteers had recently been doing in their efforts to de- reflects the desire of Israelis of their ideology. Israel Independence Fund. recently achieved a significant subjected to. That “harass- monize soldiers. to protect those who are doing At a time when IDF soldiers He can be reached at dougal- victory when the primar- ment” was nothing more than That new reality and new the protecting. It is an effort are being harassed by these [email protected]. Purim From page 5A not for a time such as this Benjamins and those who of anti-Semites and anti- survival, who put aside their Yeshiva University and an have you been placed in this refuse to remain silent when Semitism. It also confirms differences, united in the internationally recognized The man who would not position of rulership.” enemies again plot “the final the Divine intervention that face of a common enemy, educator, religious leader, and bow down to an enemy in Mordechai and Esther solution” for Israel and for has invariably assured our and collectively recognize lecturer. He is the author of 19 humble submission is the are the heroes of the Purim our people. survival. And this miracle— that it must’ve been for “a highly acclaimed books with one who encouraged Esther story because they refused Maybe it isn’t a coincidence in the one biblical book time such as this” that we combined sales of over a half to similarly stand proudly to cower before those who that all this is happening at in which God’s name isn’t are given the opportunity million copies, A much sought and firmly, without embar- sought to destroy our people. the very time Jews around mentioned even once—is a to partner with God. after speaker, he is available rassment or fear, and speak They spoke out against their the world are celebrating miracle we desperately need Rabbi Benjamin Blech, a as scholar in residence in your up on behalf of our people. Haman with all of their Purim. History records not today: The miracle of Jews, frequent contributor to Aish, community. See his website “Who knows,” he told her, “if strength. It’s all about the only the recurring story aware of the threat to their is a professor of Talmud at at rabbibenjaminblech.com. Puppets From page 9A Nedjar says in the documen- “It devastated me,” Nedjar attempt to reach the surface grandmother, who taught Hernández, who would be- tary, referring to his sister. said. “I was one with the and breathe. That puppet him Yiddish, at the main flea come Nedjar’s great love and ropolitan, which the Le Figaro “I remember them always victims. There was a shot of saved me.” market in Paris. Back then, it artistic mentor. daily has ranked among the laughing and smiling.” a grave, and I entered that In a way, that puppet also was a heavily Jewish institu- Upon leaving Mexico, Ned- seven best French museums His only concern as a child, grave and I felt all those bod- made Nedjar a well-known tion, with many Ashkenazi jar sank into an acute depres- outside Paris, are lining up to Nedjar recalls, was hiding ies around me.” artist in France. After display- merchants. sion that worsened as many of display the work of a tailor’s from his parents that he Nedjar said he realized for ing his buried Purim puppets Nedjar says it was good for his friends contracted the HIV apprentice with no formal liked to play with his sister’s the first time that had he been he was able to present and his development as an artist. virus that causes AIDS – the education. dolls—a preference he says born just two years earlier, he sell his work at prestigious “There was always disease that in 1992 claimed Nedjar’s Sephardic father, was an early manifestation also “would’ve been killed for art galleries. schmattes lying around Hernández’s life. an affluent tailor and textile of his sexual orientation. So being a Jew.” But it would take decades the house and at the mar- Bereaved, depressed and merchant, and his Ashkenazi he would bury the forbidden It was after watching the for Nedjar to transform that ket,” he recalled, using the considering psychiatric mother sought, like many playthings in his backyard. film at the age of 9 that Nedjar childhood experience into Yiddish word for rags. “I treatment, Nedjar’s mind parents of their generation, Growing up privileged and said he exhumed his doll for the inspiration behind his started working with it, circled back to the puppets to insulate him from the happy, nothing prepared Ned- the first time as a therapeutic trademark technique. sewing crazy clothes and he buried and exhumed as horror that ended just two jar for the 1956 documentary exercise. A poor student who flunked designs from old curtains, a child decades earlier to years before his birth, when film “Night and Fog,” which “Exhuming that puppet high school, Nedjar was put which the hippies during the deal with his grief over the a quarter of French Jews shocked the world by show- was to exhume all those dead to work at his father’s atelier, 1970s absolutely adored, so I Holocaust. were exterminated along with ing, for one of the first times that were inside me now. It where he completed a tailor’s was able to save money and “I told myself I needed to much of European Jewry. in wide distribution, graphic was too heavy, too painful,” apprentice training. Then he travel the world.” rescue myself with the pup- “Our parents did not want footage from the concentra- he said. “You can call it started selling clothes and In Mexico, Nedjar lived pets,” he said. “I don’t know to talk to us about any of it,” tion camps. therapy, you can call it an textiles with his maternal with the filmmaker Teo why but I had this intuition.” Romans BDS From page 10A everyone and everything can lation using their position of From page 14A of relief, they also expressed Masha Merkulova, founder be laughed at. If you were power to demean a hapless caution. and executive director of Club viewers should develop a to forbid that, you would be minority on the other. compelling, and that unity is “While the vote appears Z, told JNS, “Columbia’s stu- sense of humor about the attacking the DNA of Aalst But I have to give this one still powerful.” on the surface to be a partial dents proved once again that holiday. Yet isn’t that the at its core.” to the Romans: The law of 408 He added that “while the victory for those rejecting when it comes to BDS, being same argument recently Not everything is fair game wasn’t anti-Purim—it was vote was closer than we would BDS, it’s only on a technical- pro-active is what works. made by Bram De Baere, the for mockery, even on Purim. anti-poor taste. have liked, this victory in ity that it wasn’t adopted,” Having a strong presence of designer of a carnival float True, there’s a big difference The views and opinions such a challenging environ- the organization told JNS in openly pro-Israel community, in Aalst, Belgium, that de- between a tiny, relatively expressed in this article are ment should encourage pro- a statement. “That so many and normalizing Zionism as picted Jews in stereotypically powerless community poking those of the author and do not Israel students across the voted in favor of BDS speaks to an inseparable part of Jewish ugly ways? De Baere told fun at the dominant people on necessarily reflect the views country.” the deeply troubling nature of identity is what will continue a Belgian newspaper that one day of the year on the one of JTA or its parent company, While representatives for pro-BDS activity on university to make a difference on cam- “Carnival is a time when hand, and the majority popu- 70 Faces Media. B’nai B’rith breathed a sigh campuses.” puses across the country.” PAGE 16A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, MARCH 22, 2019

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