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2018 - 5778 PAGE 2A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, MARCH 23, 2018 Rosen JCC names lobby in honor of Victoria Siegel

Christine DeSouza The Early Childhood Learning Center’s 2-year-olds.

after school program; and Siegel then shared about win,” he said, encouraging has held 303 events, which his advocacy against drugs parents to have tough love. brought more than 20,000 through the Victoria’s Voice The Rosen JCC’s dedica- people through those lobby Foundation (www.victori- tion to strengthening family doors, in the last year. asiegelfoundation.org). life aligns directly with the “Victoria would have been “There are 170 deaths Westgate Resorts Founda- Shown here (l-r): David Siegel, Harris Rosen and Jacqueline Siegel in front of the plaque so proud to have her name from drug overdose every tion’s mission of building of Victoria Siegel. here,” said David Siegel. day,” he stated. “Think about strong families and a strong He then shared that when it, if North Korea bombed a workforce. The Foundation By Christine DeSouza olds opened the program said that this is “David and people enter the JCC’s lobby naval ship, killing 170 sail- grants more than $1 million miming a song that said Jacqueline Siegel’s moment,” and see her name, “don’t ors, we’d be at war. And yet, annually toward this mis- On March 15, Joel Berger, “Give a little hug and make and thanked the Siegels. think of the money given to that’s how many lives are sion. Additionally, David and CEO of the Rosen JCC, the world a better place.” Berger stated that one year have this naming, think of lost daily because of drug Jacqueline Siegel’s personal unveiled its newly named Later, thanking the JCC for ago, David Siegel, through a life wasted and gone way overdoses. When is enough mission is to guarantee the lobby in honor of David and this honor, Jacqueline Siegel the Westgate Resorts Foun- too soon.” enough?” future generation is not lost Jacqueline Siegel’s daughter, sh a red t h at V ic tor ia h ad b een dation, pledged $50,000 to Seeing the promise of He then stated parents to d r u g add ic t ion . T he Rosen Victoria, who died of a drug two years old when she first the campus. Since that time, the little children who sang should have their children JCC provides a positive en- overdose at the age of 18 on brought her to the JCC. the southwest Orlando JCC earlier, he said “these two- drug tested beginning at age vironment for families and June 6, 2015. Harris Rosen was on hand has grown tremendously in year-olds will have such a 14, and that schools should neighbors to connect and The Early Childhood to witness the unveiling membership, Early Child- wonderful life—if they don’t do random drug tests. create healthy relationships Learning Center’s two-year- and humbly, in a soft voice, hood registration, and the use drugs.” “It takes tough love to that don’t include drugs. Federation announces interim, long-term leadership plans le ader sh ip t h at w ill b e in plac e board and will lead the board plan that leverages the collec- several months of transition the Federation, such as leader- until that time. through the end of Fed- tive experience of its current in the wake of the departure ship development, outreach, The organization has con- eration’s current fiscal year. board. The slate of officers to of Executive Director Olga issues advocacy, and support tinued reshaping its priorities Jacobs will also maintain his be put forth for approval in Yorish in August 2017. of and global Jewish in serving the Central Florida duties as treasurer, Michael August includes: “We are truly impressed causes. Funds will be raised Jewish community. Effec- Soll remains immediate past President: Brad Jacobs, the with the quality of the cur- to execute a budget set to ac- tive March 1, Rhonda Forest pre sident , a nd Ming M a r x will current treasurer; rent board of directors and complish JFGO’s core work, stepped down as president of continue as secretary through Treasurer: Daniel Krise, a your willingness to roll up with additional resources the JFGO Board of Directors the interim period. current board member and your sleeves to make things used to help the community’s to allow her to focus on her Led by Soll, the board has finance professional; happen,” Haber and Jacobs organizations and synagogues service as acting executive embarked on a search for a Vice President: Ming Marx, said in a joint statement to meet their own goals. director through the end of permanent executive leader the current secretary (and the board. The Federation has main- the current fiscal year on Aug. to fit the current strategic Bornstein Leadership Devel- The Federation’s board of tained stewardship of the 31. Forest had been balancing direction of Federation. Soll opment Program alum), with directors is composed of a Maitland Jewish Community her lay and managerial obliga- and the JFGO board will be the candidate to replace him dynamic group of young and Campus while meaningfully tions since last fall, serving as soliciting community input as secretary to be named. veteran community leaders reducing community debt board president while oversee- on the role of the executive After the Federation hires and professionals dedicated to in conjunction with match- ing the day-to-day operation director and of the Federation a permanent executive leader, serve the Jewish community. ing grants from the Harris Rhonda Forest of the Federation. She will now in the larger Jewish com- Forest would become imme- The Board welcomed the op- Rosen Foundation and the focus solely on the executive munity. It is expected that a diate past president and Soll portunity to refine the Federa- Jewish Capital Alliance, and The Jewish Federation of role at the Federation in close permanent executive will be would return to the board tion’s strategic direction with generous community-minded Greater Orlando recently an- association with the board of named by the fall. as an at-large community the needs of a new generation donors. JFGO is now in discus- nounced its leadership path directors. New lay leadership for 2018- representative. in mind. The organization sions with campus agencies for the next two fiscal years Current Treasurer Brad 20 will be voted on during the Co-presidents Jacobs and will continue to focus on regarding a collaborative ef- (starting Sept. 1, 2018) and Jacobs and Vice President next JFGO annual meeting in Haber commended the Fed- functions that are essential fort to bring new permanent confirmed the responsibilities Larry Haber are interim August. The Federation has eration board for its support to the community and can be efficiencies to campus and of interim lay and executive co-presidents of the JFGO also approved a succession and guidance during the past executed most effectively by community operations. Citrus Club hosts benefit for the Jewish Pavilion Raise a toast to a good cause Club only allows one event per Suite 1800; and the event will while enjoying spectacular organization. But because last be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. views of downtown Orlando year’s Jewish Pavilion happy Attendees are encouraged at the Citrus Club’s April 16 hour resulted in record atten- to make use of Orlando’s happy hour honoring the Jew- dance, the Club has invited the SunRail system for transpor- ish Pavilion and its important Pavilion back for a second year. tation to the event, as it will work with senior citizens. A The relationship between make both rush-hour travel ticket purchase of only $15 the Citrus Club and the non- and downtown parking more to the Club’s “United For A prof it i s t he re su lt of h a rd work manageable. The Citrus Club Purpose” event provides an done by Carina Gerscovich, is located one block away evening of hors d’oeuvres and who serves on both the board from SunRail’s Church Street a dr in k , a lon g w it h r a f f le pr i z- of the Jewish Pavilion and stop. Members of the Jewish es and networking. Proceeds on the Citrus Club’s Young Pavilion’s Friends Board will from the event will be donated Executive Board. be hosting boarding groups toward the Pavilion’s mission, “She single-handedly orga- at SunRail stops beginning which serves to connect the nized a fantastic fundraising in Lake Mary and running at elder-care population to the event at the Citrus Club last consecutive stops to Winter Jewish community through year and did such a great job,” Park to assist with any ques- engaging educational pro- said Nancy Ludin, CEO of tions about this unique style gramming and festive holiday the Jewish Pavilion, regard- of travel to the party. celebrations. ing Gerscovich. “We are so Tickets are $15, and park- Charnel Wright, Carina Gerscovich, Anna Marie Christmas, Stacey Marine attending last This is the second year in excited that she will chair ing is $5 after 5 p.m. To year’s event at the Citrus Club. a row for the Citrus Club to ‘United For A Purpose’ again purchase your tickets for host one of its philanthropic this year.” this fun evening, visit https:// The Jewish Pavilion has residents since 2001. You book.com/jewishpavilion. happy hours benefitting the The Citrus Club is located jpav.ticketspice.com/2018- been bringing community to can personally make a differ- M a ke a don at ion or le a r n more Jewish Pavilion. Typically, the at 255 South Orange Ave., cocktails-for-a-cause. the doorsteps of elder-care ence. Become a fan at Face- by visiting JewishPavilion.org. HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, MARCH 23, 2018 PAGE 3A Special evening with author Joanie Schirm who shares incredible Holocaust stories Central Floridians will Schirm ‘s father, Oswald ters locked in a box, which cinating books have led to to help you research your have the opportunity to hear “Valdik” Holzer, M.D., was Schirm found after his death s c ore s of pu blic a pp e a r a nc e s , family history. a compelling Holocaust sur- a young Jewish physician in in 2000. news articles, and interviews Additional details about vival story from local author Prague, as the persecution Recalling her father’s for Schirm. The years of Schirm and her books, Joanie Schirm. On April 3, of Jews intensified during stories about WWII and the hard work and focus on the including links to buy the she will speak on her incred- the approach to World War Holocaust, she knew these stories of Dr. Holzer have books, are on her website, ible global research of her II. In May 1939, he fled letters had great historical enabled Schirm to educate www.joanieschirm.com. father’s letters from nearly Czechoslovakia, and trav- significance. Schirm had the thousands of people on the For more information on 8 0 ye a r s a go, wh ich det a il h i s eled more than 8,000 miles correspondence translated horrors of tyranny and anti- The Holocaust Memorial flight from Nazi-occupied to China. His first location that were not in English. Semitism. Her book also won Resource and Education Czechoslovakia, taking ref- was Shanghai, which was And she began the detective the 2013 Global Ebook Award Center of Florida, visit uge in China, and moving to then a rare refuge for many work of finding the people for nonfiction biography. http://www.holocaustedu. the USA. This special event European Jews. During the in these letters, and their Schirm is now working org/, or its Facebook page, is sponsored by Holocaust next 21 months he cor- relatives. Her years of ge- on a permanent exhibit at https://www.facebook.com/ Memorial Research and responded with 78 other nealogy work, and research the Holocaust Memorial Re- HMREC. The website for Education Center of Florida, people during his time in for publication resulted in source and Education Center the JGSGO is www.jgsgo. and The Jewish Genealogical China. Fortunately, he two highly-acclaimed books: of Florida that is expected to org, and its Facebook page is Society of Greater Orlando. saved the approximately “Adventurers Against Their open in the fall. https://www.facebook.com/ The presentation will be at 400 letters, which provided Will” in 2013, and “My Dear The Holocaust Memo- JGSGreaterOrlando/, and Joanie Schirm 7 p.m., at the Holocaust the riveting narratives of Boy,” which will be published rial Resource and Educa- its Twitter page is https:// Center, 851 N. Maitland Ave., his life and the lives of his in early 2019 by Potomac tion Center of Florida, and twitter.com/jgsgorlando. jgsgo.org, or leave message Maitland. It is free and open friends and family. However, Books. The Jewish Genealogical Contact the JGSGO at info@ at 407-494-4230. to the public. Dr. Holzer kept these let- These sobering, yet fas- Society of Greater Orlando are committed to helping us learn about our heritage, and to share it with oth- Happy Passover New Cub Scout Pack and Boy ers. The HMREC conducts educational events and programs to promote peace Maitland Tire Company and understanding, and to Scout Troop in Mount Dora oppose hatred and prejudice. Jeffrey Solomon of trip to the Ocala National The JGSGO, founded in Robert A. Lesperance the Traditional Congregation Forest was already planned 1990, meets monthly from September through June, of Mount Dora is starting a during Spring Break (this past 233 North Orlando Avenue • Maitland, Florida 32751 Cub Scout Pack and Boy Scout week) for those registered. and has additional presenta- 407-539-0800 • Fax 407-539-0608 Troop that will meet once a “They will learn how to pack tions streamed on the web week at the synagogue (the ‘smellables’ (items that have day of the week has not been an odor, such as toothpaste) decided yet). in bear proof bags and store All boys and girls of all faiths, them in trees,” Solomon said ages 10 to 17, are welcome to of the adventure, in which he join Cub Scout Pack 18 and hoped they would return safe Boy Scout Troop 18. (Rabbi presented a challenge to some and sound. Solomon wanted the number scouts. Pack/Troop 18 will For more information to be 613, but it was taken.) hold activities on Sundays, about the scouting pack and Rabbi Solomon explained allowing for to be troop, contact Rabbi Solomon that there are scouting packs observed. at 352-735-4774. Traditional and troops in the area, how- Registration of adult lead- Congregation of Mount Dora ever most of the activities ers and children is underway, is located at 848 N. Donnelly are held on Saturdays, which and a two-night backpacking St., Mount Dora. HMREC partners with Florida Department of State Secretary of State Ken month of March. The depart- To learn more about the Detzner and the Florida De- ment encourages visitors and Holocaust Center’s mission partment of State announced Floridians to take advantage to create a more inclusive the second annual “March of of this initiative to visit one and caring community, visit Museums” celebrating the of the partner museums for holcaustedu.org. variety and versatility of mu- a new experience, to spend seums in Florida’s communi- some time at one of their fa- ties. In 2017, the department vorite museums and to share piloted March of Museums their pictures on their favorite with partner museums in social media platform using Tallahassee. Building on this #MarchOfMuseums. successful launch, the 2018 Pam Kancher, executive March of Museums has ex- director for the Holocaust Me- panded statewide to include morial Resource & Education the vast and diverse array of Center of Florida said, “March museums that populate the of Museums is an exciting op- Sunshine State. portunity to experience muse- “As Florida’s chief cultural u m s in our c om mu n it y. A t t h i s officer, I am proud of the suc- time we are proud to offer two cess of last year’s ‘March of temporary exhibits in addition Museums’ and I am excited to our permanent collection: to expand this initiative state- Parallel Journeys and In Fit- wide,” said Detzner. “From ting Memory. Parallel Journeys art to animals, from sports to tells the stories of six teenagers science, and from history to who were witnesses, perpetra- horticulture, Florida has an tors, and victims of World War incredible array of museums II and the Holocaust. While In that encourage exploration Fitting Memory photographs and learning. March of Muse- the art and politics of Holo- ums celebrates the important caust Memorials. If you haven’t services museums provide to visited the Holocaust Center our communities.” recently, this is a wonderful The department is host- opportunity.” ing MarchofMuseums.com, The Holocaust Memorial which offers a listing of muse- Resource & Education Center ums by region, including the of Florida has partnered with Holocaust Memorial Resource the Florida Department of & Education Center of Florida State to encourage Floridians and other statewide partner and visitors to Florida to ex- museums. The website also perience the many ways that highlights the mission, col- museums serve the commu- lections, and/or events of nity. Visit MarchOfMuseums. each institution during the com for more information. PAGE 4A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, MARCH 23, 2018 ‘Céline’ redux? ’s publishing problem By Ben Cohen or her works of art—rather like the furious proposition of an entirely different magnitude. the sounds of violence: shattering glass, boots arguments lots of Jews used to have about That was why French President Emmanuel on human flesh, the discordant strains of the (JNS)—Mention the name “Celine” to most the appropriateness of listening to the operas Macron explicitly addressed what has become Nazi anthem, the “Horst Wessel” song. And people in the —or Europe, for of Wagner. And every so often, these debates a bitter domestic controversy in his remarks that is exactly how these words were intended. that matter—and they will think you’re talk- enter the news cycle as ghosts of a past that this week at the annual dinner in Paris of the One can only hope that Gallimard will heed ing about the long-serving Canadian pop has again become part of the present. That is Conseil Représentatif des Institutions Juives de the advice of France’s president, and abandon its diva. But among French intellectuals, there exactly what has happened with Céline, at a France, or Crif, France’s Jewish representative Céline project out if its own volition. There isn’t is only one “Celine”: Louis-Ferdinand Céline, time when anti-Semitism has re-established organization. In a clever swipe at Poland’s re- really a free-speech issue at stake since all these one of a handful of writers who redefined the itself as a serious and enduring problem in cent draconian Holocaust legislation, Macron pamphlets are available on the Internet. Thus, mission and style of French literature in the France. pointed out that there are no “memorial police” the dilemma for Gallimard is whether a publisher 20th century. In brief, here is the backstory: Last De- in France; therefore, these matters are decided of its stature should be distributing anti-Semitic This Céline, whose heyday was in the cember, the legendary French publishing by conscience, not law. Macron personally left ravings in the name of literary endeavor. 1930s, detested the Jews. No surprise there, company Gallimard announced that it would no doubt that he thought Gallimard should No one could possibly believe that Céline’s given the unhealthy number of writers and be reissuing three monstrously anti-Semitic refrain from publishing the pamphlets. words can be read dispassionately in France artists outside Germany who sympathized pamphlets written by Céline between 1937 What is the content of these pamphlets today, where anti-Semitic attacks of the most with the Nazi program for the Jewish people. and 1941. When Céline died in 1961—having that make them so fearful? In 2010, the brutal kind occur with disturbing frequency. There were quite a few, after all, in our own been condemned as a “national disgrace” for Review of Books carried a feature I have written on several occasions in this language. Take, for instance, the American his collaboration with the Vichy regime, with that revisited the original editions of these column about the torture and murder of a writer Ezra Pound, who regaled listeners to whom he fled to Germany during the Allied works—Bagatelles pour un massacre, L’école Jewish pensioner, Sarah Halimi, in April 2017. his radio show, broadcasted from fascist Italy, offensive of 1944—he left explicit instructions des cadavres and Les beaux draps—and quoted To study the account of her ordeal at the hands with stories “about Jew-ruined England. About that these pamphlets never be published again. from them liberally. of a young Islamist intruder is to step into a the wreckage of France, wrecked under y_d In fact, they have been, in French-speaking The venom, frankly, is chilling. “The sordid Céline-like world of hatred, where every word control. Lousy with k___s.” Québec, where the intellectual property rights schemes, the betrayals, a nose that points to, uttered is echoed in physical violence. With cases like these, there’s an inevitable of these works have expired. But publishing lowers toward, and falls over their mouths,” Until France rids itself of these paroxyms debate about whether one can or should them in France under the imprint of one of Céline wrote in Bagatelles pour un massacre. of Jew-hatred—there was also the torture separate the artist’s vulgar hatreds from his the country’s most prestigious publishers is a Small wonder that the author of the New York and murder of Ilan Halimi in 2006; the 2012 Review piece, Wyatt Mason, deemed these texts massacre of a teacher and three small children to be typical of a writer “who, from 1937 to at a Toulouse Jewish school; the 2015 hostage 1944, spent all his flagrant literary energy and situation and slaughter at the Hyper Cacher Everywhere aptitude calling—shouting—for the death of market in Paris; and much more—it cannot every Jew in France.” pretend that republishing Céline’s pamphlets The —A uniquely By the end of the war, 75,000 members of is somehow incidental and unrelated to what a pre-war Jewish population of 340,000 had French Jews are facing now. Jewish experience indeed gone forcibly to their deaths. Céline was Ben Cohen writes a weekly column for JNS a direct participant in this genocide, every bit on Jewish affairs and Middle Eastern politics. as culpable as the semi-literate French peasant His writings have been published in Commen- alerting the SS to a Jewish family in hiding to tary, the New York Post, Haaretz, The Wall By Mel Pearlman times in which these events occurred, trying make a few bucks. Reading his words, one hears Street Journal and many other publications. to define itself. There is a webpage, JewBelong and other G-d freed the slaves with His strong hand, web pages on the Internet, whose alleged but he required the Jewish people to wander purpose is to bring Judaism to new heights 40 years in the desert, to transform from a of “contemporary cool,” and thereby attract dependent slave mentality to a mentality of Moving well beyond the young Jews back to Judaism. The result of independence and freedom. This wandering their methodology is to dilute Judaism. The was not only physical, but also spiritual. Even current effort is to incorporate and to politicize though G-d had made a covenant with Abra- Iranian ‘check’ point the seder with contemporary issues, to change ham that the Jewish people were to inherit the symbolism on the seder plate to include the Land of Israel, the Jewish people were By Michael Oren a tangible military alliance with Russia, which symbols for gay rights and other causes, to compelled to do battle to earn their rights to helped it restore its status as a player in the read selections from Christian and Muslim the Promised Land. (Israel Hayom / Exclusive to JNS via JNS)— Middle East. This dexterity is particularly sources, and to promote a progressive politi- The Torah mandates us to tell this story, our While Israel is mired in domestic scandals discernible on the main chessboard: Syria. cal agenda that has nothing to do with the story, in every generation as if we ourselves and coalition crises, the greatest threat the Influence in Syria, which links Tehran to original Passover story. were delivered from slavery unto freedom. country has known since the eve of the Yom Beirut; and Damascus to Iraq and the Persian Fortunately, this strategy is not going to Why are we obligated to continually remind Kippur War—perhaps since the War for In- Gulf, is a preeminent Iranian interest. In Syria work for a myriad of reasons. First and foremost ourselves that we were slaves in Egypt? It is to dependence—is steadily taking shape. This of a ll plac e s , ho we ver, Ir a n’s st at u s i s q ue st ion- is the false presumption that traditional Juda- give us a deeper appreciation of freedom and menace, posed of course by Iran, essentially a ble due to t he lack of a Sh iite p opu lat ion t here . ism is not “with it” and therefore, is in need of equality. It is to strengthen our conviction consists of a wide range of growing threats Therefore, it is working to cleanse Syria of its change to make it “relevant” to the issues of to help others who have not reached a high closing in on us. The Iranians, who invented Sunni majority and bolster the Alawites, who the day. How many times have we heard that level of equality. It is to give us the strength the game of chess, are exceedingly adept at are essentially an offshoot of Shiite Islam, and in the last several decades! The truth is that and wisdom to free people from their own playing several boards simultaneously, with their regime. contemporary issues the progressives wish to prejudices and hatreds. It is to yearn for and the winner’s prize no less than control of the To replace the banished or killed Sunnis, deal with can already be found in the Passover work for peace. It is to continue our journey entire Middle East and beyond. Iran is importing Shiites from across the story. It is not for the Jewish people to distort through history and assure our own survival The bottom chessboard is regional. The Ira- Middle East from as far as Pakistan and this story, but to embrace and continue it. and our heritage, so we can continue to be a nians cunningly took a step back and allowed Afghanistan. To this end, the Iranians en- We should welcome non-Jews to participate catalyst for progress for all humanity. the superpowers to destroy their main enemies listed Moscow’s help and in return agreed to in the seder tradition, but we should not dilute In you wish to comment or respond to any in the region. The Americans weakened the Russia’s continued presence in the war-torn it. There are many lessons to be learned from of the contents herein you can reach me at Taliban and eliminated Saddam Hussein, country. Through their extensive economic the telling of the Passover story for both us [email protected]. Please do so and, along with Russia, they annihilated the ties with Iran, meanwhile, the Europeans and our non-Jewish friends and neighbors that in a rational, thoughtful, respectful and civil Islamic State group. The Iranians also helped are funding the ethnic cleansing of Syria can guide us through the many issues facing manner. If you wish to respond by ranting and Shiite militias exhaust and chase American and inducing the tsunami of refugees reach- contemporary life. raving, please go into your bathroom, lock the forces from Iraq. The resulting vacuum in ing their shores. All Iran has to do now is The traditional Passover seder tells the door and shout your brains out. Iraq and Syria was filled by the Iranians and establish a military foothold in Syria to story of the singular momentous event in the Mel Pearlman has been practicing law in their proxies. overcome the last obstacle on its path to formation of the Jewish nation: Not only does it Central Florida for the past 45 years. He has Today, Iran is penetrating deeper across the regional hegemony: Israel. tell the miraculous story of a people in slavery served as president of the Jewish Federation Middle East and is guiding the Shiite majorities Iran wants to force Israel into a state of being rescued by G-d and their hurried exodus of Greater Orlando; on the District VII Mental in eastern Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. It has perpetual check; in other words, paralysis from Egypt, but also of their transformation Health Board, as Special Prosecutor for the also established a foothold among the Houthis b efore de at h . Sur rou nded b y t en s of t hou s a nd s from a tribal people to a nation. It tells a story City of Winter Park, Florida; and on the Board reb el s in Yemen . Ju st se ver a l d ay s a go, B a hr a in i of missiles held by Hamas and Hezbollah, and of a messenger from G-d who leads his people of Directors of the Central Florida Research forces thwarted a coup attempt orchestrated in range of the Iranian army’s long-range out of Egypt and then assumes the role of a and Development Authority. He was a charter by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps. missiles, Israel will struggle to impede Iran political leader who has to deal with everyday member of the Board of Directors and served At the same time, the Iranians have forged from entrenching itself in Syria. When this issues of a developing society. The Passover as the first Vice President of the Holocaust unprecedentedly strong alliances with Hamas undertaking culminates, the Iranians will story is a story of an infant nation, having Memorial Resource and Education Center of and Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Together with be able to take the Israeli “king” and declare only recently become bound to a rule of law Central Florida, as well as its first pro-bono their complete control over Lebanon, the checkmate. and ethics, so sophisticated for the primitive legal counsel. Iranians have laid siege to virtually the entire This can be prevented. The Israeli govern- Middle East. ment has thus far set clear red lines prohibit- THE VIEWS EXPRESSED ON THIS PAGE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THE VIEWS OF HERITAGE MANAGEMENT. The upper chessboard is the international ing the Iranians from building missile bases sphere, where the Iranians have secured a and ports in Syria, and from transferring $ $ $ CENTRAL FLORIDA’S INDEPENDENT JEWISH VOICE $ $ $ nuclear deal. This achievement grants them sophisticated weaponry to Hezbollah. These ISSN 0199-0721 Winner of 46 Press Awards Editor/Publisher all the advantages of military nuclear capa- red lines must be stringently enforced, but Jeffrey Gaeser bilities without the costs. While Iran doesn’t international support must also be enlisted.

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Thus, for example, during Michael Oren is a former Israeli ambassador Fern Park, FL 32730 FAX (407) 831-0507 David Lehman • Gil Dombrosky Joyce Gore Tehran’s rapprochement with Washington to the U. S . He c ur re ntly se r ve s a s d e put y public email: [email protected] under the Obama administration, it also struck diplomacy minister. HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, MARCH 23, 2018 PAGE 5A A new consensus on Israel By Stephen M. Flatow settlements will not will not bring our land. The Torah says it.” this Palestinian Authority is our heroes, and they have bring peace. peace. Israel remains vulner- moderate and really wants theirs.” It’s not a matter of (JNS)vJ Street and the radi- “Now, some say there are Schumer: “And [the ob- able. peace.” But it does not, de- “what they do is their busi- cal wing of the Democratic some who argue the settle- stacle to peace is] certainly A generation that has clared Schumer. ness.” Glorifying terrorists Party have worked hard in ments are the reason there’s not because we’ve moved the grown up with an Israel that The Palestinian Author- encourages more terrorism. recent years to chip away at not peace,” said Schumer. “But embassy to where it should seems almost invincible has ity actively supports “The P.A. as to stop calling the party’s traditional support we a ll k now what happened in belong in Yerushalayim [Je- to be reminded that creation terrorism. them martyrs,” said Schumer, for Israel. And they’ve made Gaza. Israel voluntarily got rusalem]. It’s not that either.” of a Palestinian state would It’s not just that the P.A. and “stop giving them pa- some progress, to judge by rid of the settlements there, Most Palestinians do not reduce Israel to just nine leaders are unreasonable and rades.” recent public opinion polls, in the Israeli soldiers dragged accept Israel’s existence. miles wide, as it was before the e x t reme; t he y d ire c t ly supp or t The leadership of the Dem- the changes in the Democratic the settlers out of Netzarim, The reason “why we don’t 1967 Six-Day War. Schumer terrorism. “The dark truth,” ocrats, as represented by Party platform and the num- and three weeks later, the have peace,” Schumer said, is recalled walking through the Schumer said, is “that the Schumer, has now in effect ber of Democratic congress- Palestinians threw rockets “ b e c au se t he f ac t of t he m at ter corridors of his high school Palestinian Authority, every joined hands with the leader- men who have signed J Street’s into Sderot. It’s sure not the is that too many Palestinians in Brooklyn that spring, day, actively aids and abets ship of the Republicans—and letters criticizing Israel. settlements that are the block- and too many Arabs do not his radio glued to his ear, terrorism.” the majority of the American But a speech at the AIPAC age to peace.” want any Jewish state in the “deathly worried that Israel The P.A.’s payments to public—when it comes to conference, made by the se- Giving more Israeli Middle East.” would just be pushed into the terrorists must cease. Israel. nior U.S. senator from New lands to the Palestinians The Torah says the Land sea by the Arab onslaught... The P.A. can’t disguise its J Street and other harass- York, Chuck Schumer, has will not bring peace. of Israel belongs to the Now, the younger generation payments to imprisoned ter- ers of the Jewish state have struck a powerful blow against “Some say it’s the borders,” Jews. never experienced this. They rorists and the families of dead been left behind in the dust. A those trends in his party. As Schumer told the AIPAC It may not be politically cor- haven’t lived through a time terrorists. It can’t pretend powerful new pro-Israel con- the Senate Minority Leader, conference. “But they forget rect to acknowledge Israel’s when Israel’s very existence they are “social welfare” pay- sensus has been reaffirmed. he is t he most power f ul f igure during the negotiations in biblical right to the Jewish was balanced on the edge of ments. It cannot route them I hope it continues to grow. in the Democratic Party today. 2000, Ehud Barak was mak- homeland. But it’s a fact that a knife.” through a third party. What Stephen M. Flatow, a vice What he said to AIPAC has ing huge territorial conces- is acknowledged by millions The Palestinian Author- it must do, Schumer said, is president of the Religious established 10 principles of a sions that most Israelis didn’t of Jews and tens of millions ity isn’t “moderate.” to “cease making payments Zionists of America, is an new American political con- like, it was [Palestinian head of Bible-believing Christians. The great myth of the Oslo to the families of terrorists.” attorney in New Jersey. He sensus concerning Israel and Yasser] Arafat who rejected We don’t have to feel embar- era was that the Palestinian Period. is the father of Alisa Flatow, the Palestinian Arabs. And J the settlement. It’s not the rassed to say it, just as the leadership genuinely made The P.A. must stop glori- who was murdered in an Street is far outside of it: borders, either.” senator was not embarrassed peace and rejected terror- fying terrorists. Iranian-sponsored Palestin- Tearing down Jewish Making concessions on to say: “Of course, we say it’s ism. “Too many believe that It’s not a case of “we have ian terrorist attack in 1995. Why is Trump betraying terror victims? By Jonathan S. Tobin ian Authority responsible for law. American victims of the Palestinian Authority— cheer, and it brought great on terror—reportedly, he its support of terrorism, have Palestinian terror attacks, as the political arm of the PLO. A relief to the Obama admin- yelled at and pounded the (JNS)—It turns out that been a long overdue breath of well as the family members of jury in a federal district court istration, which had opposed table when he demanded that in some cases, the Trump fresh air. those who were killed in such heard voluminous evidence of any effort to punish the PLO. P. A . leader Mahmoud A bba s administration can behave On one significant legal is- attacks, originally filed the the gruesome crimes carried It felt that anything that stop paying salaries and pen- just like its predecessors. sue, however, it appears that case of Sokolow v. Palestine out by the Palestinians, as well undermined the P.A. was, by sions to terrorists and their President Trump has gone establish- Liberation Organization in as the clear proof that these definition, a blow to the cause families—you would think has been rightly accused of ment. Yet rather than cheer 2004. They sued under the acts were committed at the of peace. Like all previous he would reject the Obama smashing precedents as the it as a rare sign of maturity Anti-Terrorism Act passed behest of their leaders. The administrations, Obama and position. But that’s not what commander-in-chief, and or stability, this decision is a by Congress in 1992, which jury ruled for the survivors his team regarded the Anti- happened. m a ny of h i s su b ord in at e s h ave regrettable reversion to the allows U.S. nationals to sue and their families in a 2015 Terrorism Act to be an attempt The Solicitor General is behaved, spoken and tweeted same sort of failed policies international terror groups decision that awarded them by Congress to interfere with asking, along with the PLO’s in ways u n like a ny t h in g we’ve of the past that Trump has for damages in U.S. federal $656 million in damages. the executive branch’s ability lawyers, that the U.S. Su- seen before. Some of this un- rejected in other instances. district courts. But a year later, an appeals to conduct foreign policy. preme Court not hear the orthodox behavior is indeed The issue is the decision of The Sokolow case stems court overturned that deci- That stand, in addition to terror victims’ appeal. The troubling. But other deci- the U.S. Solicitor General to from six specific shootings sion when it ruled that U.S. the appellate ruling, contra- government’s arguments sions, including his willing- side with the Palestine Lib- and bombings carried out courts didn’t have jurisdiction dicts the plain intent of the are highly technical in that ne s s to buck t he foreig n - p olic y eration Organization in a by Palestinians in Jerusalem in the case and claimed that law, which was crafted specifi- they are asking the court to establishment on issues like dispute with those seeking from 2002 to 2004 during the the Palestinians hadn’t spe- cally to deal with instances of consider the PLO a “person,” the status of Jerusalem and to hold it accountable for its second intifada terrorist war cifically targeted Americans. international terror. trying to hold the Palestin- crimes as required by U.S. of attrition orchestrated by That caused the terrorists to Given Trump’s tough talk Tobin on page 18A From a Passover of alienation to a Passover of empathy By Hanan Schlesinger rectives of the Torah is that rise against us to annihilate ebration of Passover, as well struggle to redeem the other, Studies Initiative. His website this division must never be us, and the Holy One Blessed as our Jewish consciousness just as God redeemed us. is www.ravhanan.org. (My Jewish Learning via so stark as to alienate the be He saves us from them.” and our behavior, to reflect Rabbi Hanan Schlesinger This piece appeared origi- JTA)—One of the most oft-re- us from the them. Our love The reason for this la- that change and to go back lives in Alon Shvut, Gush nally on Without peated themes of the Torah is and concern must radiate cuna—at least one of the to basics. Etzion, and serves as the Borders, a dynamic forum that we must remember that out beyond the us toward the reasons—may be that during Let the seder be our forum director of international for exploring contemporary we were slaves and strangers them. Our sense of us must the 1,000-plus years during to proclaim and inculcate an relations for Roots/Judur/ issues in the Jewish world in the Land of Egypt, and empower our people to reach which the text ethic of empathy for the other Shorashim, the Israeli Pal- and beyond. Written by rabbis that God redeemed us with out to them. developed, we Jews were the emanating from two inter- estinian Local Initiative for of different denominations, an outstretched hand. Both We recall and relive our slaves and the strangers, and twined experiences: 1, Never Understanding, Nonviolence viewpoints and parts of the the experience of slavery and experience in Egypt on the the dominant cultures were again! Never again shall any and Transformation. He also country, Rabbis Without the experience of redemption holiday of Passover, the cen- antagonistic to our way of p eople su f fer wh at we su f fered frequently travels to Dallas, Borders is a project of Clal- are meant to radiate one cen- terpiece of the Jewish year life and often to our very in Egypt. And 2, we take it where he serves as the ex- The National Jewish Center tral and fundamental call to and the focal point of the existence. We were the other upon ourselves to continually ecutive director of the Jewish for Learning and Leadership. action that the Torah comes process of handing down the and little love was lost on back to again and again: tradition to the next genera- us. Our forefathers were too Slavery and strangerhood: tion. And the focal point of busy surviving to find room Love the stranger and care Passover is the seder night in our hearts and in our texts for him, provide for him and with its Haggadah text. The to teach ourselves about love show him empathy. Feel his Haggadah tells us: “In every of the stranger and empathy pain and act to alleviate it, generation one must see him- for his suffering. The larger deal kindly with him, for you self as if he personally went message of Passover was post- yourself know what it means out of Egypt.” We spend the poned for the distant future. to be a stranger and a slave. whole night bringing alive That future may have Redemption: Walk in the the events of slavery and arrived. Reality today is footsteps of God, who re- redemption. different, in Israel and to a deemed us from Egypt, and Toward what end? What large degree in many parts redeem the slave and the is the takeaway? Clearly the of America, from that which downtrodden. Provide for answer ought to be to de- our forefathers knew. We them as God provided for velop within us the historical are no longer the other that us. Just as God’s mercies are memory that will constantly we used to be, and there are upon all His creatures, so remind us and inspire us to other peoples, cultures and ought our mercies to be upon love the stranger and redeem et h n ic g roup s t h at h ave t a ken all His creatures. him from his suffering. our place. In Israel we are The world is divided into Yet this message is com- the dominant culture and in us and them. That is the way pletely missing from the America we are part of the that it has to be. In order to Haggadah. It certainly harps mainstream. experience the security and on our misery in Egypt, but These are the conditions of the love of the family, the instead of using that experi- life that the Torah envisioned, clan, the nation, there have to ence to nurture empathy for and not the circumstances be those who are not part of those who suffer, it sees in it under which our forbearers our inner concentric circles. a paradigm for the panorama have lived for the past 2000 At the same time, however, Jewish history, reminding years. As such, it is time for one of the most central di- us “in every generation they our and our cel- PAGE 6A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, MARCH 23, 2018

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Ave, Deland • Family Bookstore, 1301 N Woodland Ave, Deland A reminder... • Deland Chamber of Commerce, 336 Woodland Ave, Deland Natalie Portman U.S. Supreme Court Justice On Sunday, March 25th, fabulous musician, ALLAN VACHE • Deland City Hall, 120 S Florida Ave, Deland • Beth Shalom, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and his clarinet will appear at the Altamonte Chapel, 825 East 206 S. Sprng Garden Ave, Deland • Orange City Library, 148 SR 436, Altamonte Springs, with his musicians to perform, Albertus Way, Orange City • Boston Gourmet Coffee House, and social activist has been named the winner of the 2018 introducing his new CD “It Might As Well Be Swing.” The 1105 Saxon Blvd, Deltona • Deltona Library, 2150 Eustace Ave, Genesis Prize, also referred to as the Jewish Nobel. concert begins at 12:30 p.m. Deltona • Temple Shalom, 1785 Elkam Dr., Deltona • Deltona The Genesis Prize honors individuals who serve as an inspira- His musicians that afternoon are MARK McKEE on piano, Community Center, 980 Lakeshore Dr, Deltona • Debary City tion to the next generation of Jews through their outstanding BEN KRAMER, on bass and WALT HUBBARD on drums. For Hall, 16 Colomba Rd, Debary • Debary Library, 200 Florence more information, phone 407-339-5208. professional achievement along with their commitment to K. Little, Debary Jewish values and the Jewish people. A Shout-Out... MARY JOHNSON, (a Brooklyn gal like me!) is a waitress at Portman, who was born in Israel and moved to the United OSCEOLA COUNTY TooJay’s Restaurant in Altamonte Springs. Not only is she ef- States as a child, has maintained a close connection to her Cindy M. Rothfield, P.A., 822 W. Bryan St., Kissimmee • Most ficient, she is an absolute LOVE! She made me and my friends Jewish heritage and Israeli roots.” Publix Supermarkets • Verandah Place Realty, 504 Celebration smile and feel so welcome. Thanks, Mary! The Genesis Prize Foundation also awarded U.S. Supreme Ave., Celebration • All Winn Dixie Supermarkets • St. Cloud Court Justice RUTH BADER GINSBURG its first Lifetime (And NO calories, right?) City Hall, 1300 9th St, St. Cloud • St. Cloud Library, 810 13th Achievement Award, praising her ‘groundbreaking legal work One for the road... 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Just before he Kissimmee • Osceola County Courthouse, 2 Courthouse Sq, 1 p.m. leaves, he says to the patients, “I hope you all get better.” Kissimmee • Barnies, 3236 John Young Pwy, Kissimmee • (I enjoy all of Sheldon’s videos!) One elderly male replies, “I hope you get better, too.” Reily’s Gourmet Coffee, 3831 Vine St, Kissimmee • Shalom Aleichem, 3501 Oak Pointe Blvd, Kissimmee • Books-A-Million, 2605 W. Osceola Pwy (522), Kissimmee • Lower East Side Deli, Preping for possible Mideast war 8548 Palm Parkway, Lake Buena By Yaakov Lappin Defense Forces, said it was the two years to plan. The com- system said the system has largest U.S.–IDF exercise to manders declined to provide been operational “for almost (JNS) The Israeli and U.S. date, adding that it is expected specific details on the threat over a year.” He added that it is Sudoku (see page 18 for solution) militaries are in the midst of to play out in the course of scenarios they were simulat- “deployed across Israel.” a large-scale missile-defense more than four weeks. ing—the general scenario Col. David E. Shank, com- exercise, designed to simulate Some 2,500 American they described would appear mander of the 10th Air and responses to a Middle East war personnel are taking part in to outline a war involving Iran, Missile Defense, U.S. Army– on multiple fronts. the endeavor. Most were mo- Hezbollah and Hamas firing Europe, told JNS that two The scenario at the heart bilized to Israel, while some heavy barrages of rockets and versions of American Patriot of the planned, biannual drill stayed in Europe and the missiles on Israeli cities and systems are in Israel for the involves the Israeli home front United States. Around 2,000 towns. drill. America’s Terminal High coming under heavy enemy IDF personnel are taking part The arrival of accurate Altitude Area Defense system, fire from several directions as well. rockets and missiles in enemy or THAAD, which is designed simultaneously. The United States European inventories has played a role in to shoot down ballistic missiles The Juniper Cobra 18 ex- Command, based in Germany, the planning of the drill. as they descend, was also de- ercise, held since 2001, prac- sent a number of American The first part of the drill ployed. A powerful transport- tices the rapid deployment of air-defense systems to Israel. involves computer simula- able radar was brought by the American air-defense units “We will practice fighting tions, in which Israeli and Americans to Israel. and equipment to Israel from shoulder to shoulder,” ex- American air-defense systems Clark told JNS that the Europe in the event of armed plained Haimovich. “We are are linked to one another and American Aegis Combat Sys- conflict, in addition to the practicing responses to real, practice shooting down com- tem, which is a ship-based integration of U.S. capabilities complex, multidirectional puter-generated threats. In the missile-defense system, is also into Israel’s air-defense layers. threats. The emphasis is, above second stage, live-fire targets playing a “key and critical part” “If conditions arise, and we all, on cooperation between will be shot down by U.S. and in the exercise. are requested by the govern- commanders and people.” Israeli Patriot systems, and by Meanwhile, the U.S. Navy’s ment of Israel, through our “Savlos, and more accu- an Israeli Iron Dome battery. Mount Whitney, a command government, we will deploy,” rate, precise, multidirectional Israel is fielding all of its and control, arrived from its said Lt.-Gen. Richard M. fire—those are our assump- air-defense systems in the base in Italy and docked at Clark, commander of the Unit- tions” of what a war will exercise. These include Iron the Haifa port to take part in ed St ates 3rd A ir Force. Clark, involve, he said. “It doesn’t Dome; the recently deployed the drill. who is based at Ramstein matter if these come from David’s Sling system, designed Ultimately, said Clark, the Air Base in Germany, added: the south, north, or east... to intercept medium- and ability of America and Israel to “Once we get word, we can get unfortunately, we live in an long-range ballistic missiles moor their systems will define here in days. I could be on the environment in which we need and cruise missiles; and the suc c e s s . He ack no wled ged t h at ground in one day. The fight- to keep up our skills every Arrow 2 and Arrow 3 systems, this would have to be done ing forces can be here within year,” he said. which intercept missile threats under fire during wartime. 72 hours.” ‘Key and critical part’ of in the atmosphere and in space, “From the first day we ar- Brig.-Gen. Zvika Haimov- the plan respectively. rive, we have to be able to link ich, who heads the Israeli Air The exercise costs mil- An interception officer up,” he affirmed. “Every day, Defense Command of the Israel lions of dollars to hold and operating the David’s Sling we get a little better.” PAGE 8A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, MARCH 23, 2018 Trump administration backs PLO in terror lawsuit, angering conservatives By Ron Kampeas tor of its Center for Law and policies. His administration international terror attacks will prevent many if not most the Trump administration is Justice. has frozen $65 million in to sue for damages in the victims of international ter- taking the opposite side from WASHINGTON (JTA)—The The Supreme Court will say transfers to the United Na- United States. rorism from suing to hold them—why it’s fighting their Trump administration sided by March 29 whether it will tions relief agency assisting Francisco’s filing touched their terrorist attackers ac- attempt to claim damages with the Palestine Liberation consider the appeal by the Palestinian refugees and their on issues of preserving the countable,” the ZOA said. from the Palestinian govern- Organization in a terrorism litigants in the case known as descendants. It backs a bill in executive branch’s prerogative In October, Republican and ment. Is there any prospect lawsuit that the Supreme Sokolow v. Palestine Libera- Congress that would cut U.S. to intervene in such cases in Democratic lawmakers in of a change in that policy?” Court may soon consider, tion Organization. funding to the Palestinians order to protect American both chambers of Congress Pollak asked. drawing an angry rebuke The lead plaintiff, Mark until the Palestinian Author- foreign policy interests—the urged the solicitor general Sessions seemed caught from conservatives, includ- Sokolow, told JTA in an inter- ity stops paying the families core argument of the Obama to support Sokolow’s appeal. off guard. ing one of its most steadfast view that he was shocked by of Palestinians who attack and Bush administration’s Rep. Kathleen Rice, D-N.Y., “Those present very difficult Jewish community defenders, the solicitor general’s filing. Israelis and Americans. interventions in the law- initiated a letter in the U.S. legal questions,” he said. “And the Zionist Organization of He noted that the Obama ad- (The Obama administra- suit, which was launched in House of Representatives our team is working on it. So I America. ministration had intervened tion withheld funds com- 2004. But most of it turned signed by 67 Republicans and will have to get back with you In 2015, a federal jury in on behalf of the PLO in 2015, mensurate with the payments on technical constitutional Democrats. Rice is Sokolow’s on the status of that case.” Manhattan ruled in favor of persuading the Manhattan to Palestinian attackers; the arguments. representative in the House. Brian McNicoll, a columnist American victims injured District Court to substantially bill Trump backs would cut The PLO is entitled to due Sen. Chuck Grassley, R- for the conservative Townhall in six terror attacks that oc- lower the bond—usually the almost all funding to the process, the solicitor general Iowa, who helped author the website, chided Sessions and curred in Israel between 2002 equivalent of the judgment, Palestinians.) argues, because it qualifies 1992 Anti-Terrorism Act that Francisco. and 2004, handing down a in this case $656 million— On the other hand, Trump as a “person” under U.S. law. underpins the plaintiffs’ case, “Doesn’t it seem like the $656 million decision against which allowed the PLO the is deeply invested in a bid The filing also says that the initiated a letter signed by administration of the most the PLO. An appellate court resources to file its appeal. led by his son-in-law, Jared presence of two PLO offices 23 senators of both parties. pro-Israel president in a gen- overturned the decision a The Obama administration Kushner, to revive Israeli- in the United States does not Grassley a year ago joined a eration might be interested in year later. argued then that the award Palestinian peace talks. meet the test of establishing number of other senators in winning justice for Americans Solicitor General Noel would cripple the ability of Sokolow, his wife and two of the PLO as a legitimate U.S. filing an amicus brief in the injured or killed by terror- Francisco supported the the Palestinian Authority to his daughters were injured in target for litigation, and that case; the House has also filed ists?” he asked. appellate court’s finding in function, thus posing a risk a Jerusalem suicide bombing the terrorists would not have an amicus brief. James Glassman, a top a Supreme Court filing last to U.S. interests in the region. in 20 02 t hat k illed a n 81-ye a r- necessarily known that some Lawmakers have yet to State Department official in month, mostly on technical “We did not think anything old man. His fellow plaintiffs of the casualties were Ameri- weigh in on the solicitor the George W. Bush admin- grounds. along those lines would come are families of victims of ter- can The latter claim mitigates general’s filing, but cries of istration, wrote in a op-ed The Trump administra- out of this administration,” rorist attacks in Israel that another application of U.S. law outrage are already reverber- for The Hill that siding with tion’s argument “hurts the Sokolow said, citing President killed 33, including several that allows lawsuits against ating in conservative media, the PLO in this case would American terror victims, aids Donald Trump’s invocations Americans, and wounded over entities that deliberately tar- usually a redoubt of Trump not help advance the peace and comforts terrorists, and of “America first” when it 450. Their suit argued that get U.S. interests. support. Joel Pollak, a top process. makes them less concerned comes to foreign policy. the late PLO Chairman Yassir The legalities drew special editor at Breitbart News, in an “In fact, it is counterpro- about facing consequences for Trump has gone much Arafat had paid attackers and ire from critics of the filing. exclusive interview with U.S. ductive,” he said. “Imposing their hideous actions,” said a further than the Obama ad- their families. “The United States has in Attorney General Jeff Sessions actual, financial costs on March 7 statement by Morton ministration in using Ameri- They were suing under the effect assented to the juris- asked about Francisco’s filing. those who use and support Klein, the ZOA president, and can funds to pressure the Anti-Terrorism Act, which dictional hurdles imposed “The question some of [the terrorism is the right way to Susan Tuchman, the direc- Palestinians to hew to U.S. allows American victims of by the Second Circuit, which plaintiffs] have raised is why achieve peace.” Stump the seder guests: A mystery for each day of the holiday metz. It’s not enough to trash the (leavened food). We are commanded to actual- ly burn it in a formal bi’ur cer- emony the morning before the first seder (having searched for it the evening before with a candle and feather). We learn that chametz represents our haughtiness, and setting it aflame is a dramatic way of excising that puffed-up part of us, which we replace with a humble matzah,” said Rabbi Ron Fish. “But the truth is, by then we’ve finished with all the exhausting preparations and are feeling pretty joyous.” At some synagogues, includ- ing Temple Israel in Sharon, Mass., where Fish serves as senior rabbi, the tradition is to burn the chametz with last year’s lulavs, which keep the fire burning bright. Nati Shohat/Flash 90 An Israeli family joins in the Passover seder last year on the first night of the Jewish • Reclining on Pillows. holiday in Tzur Hadassah. The Gemara teaches us to lie back on pillows at the seder, a reminder that we have been and ) and chazeret said Rabbi Shneur Zalman we thank G-d for actualizing Amos Ben Gershom/GPO freed from slavery. “I love (often romaine)—correspond Bendet, co-director of Chabad each of His words with such President Reuven Rivlin with his grandson, looking with a it most when we recline to to six qualities, from compas- of Greater St. Paul in Minne- majesty, letting us know that candle for any sign of chametz as he prepares for the Jewish eat that first taste of the sion to accepting our own sota. “Matzah represents the freedom is a process which holiday of Passover (April 2, 2015). matzah,” said Rabbi Avra- pain, needed for growth. ability to break free from our doesn’t happen overnight.” ham Sutton, an author and “Pesach enables us to have a shackles, the bitter herbs rep- • The Four Questions. By Deborah Fineblum eight days outside of Israel, meditation teacher based in deeper understanding that it resent suffering, and charoset Known as a way to get the kids with two seders held on the Kiryat Ye’arim (also known is only with challenges that symbolizes the cement—the to inquire about the dramatic (JNS)—Why is this year first and second nights of the as Telz-Stone), Israel. We wait we can become who [G-d] elbow grease it takes to serve story of G-d’s rescue of the Is- going to be different from all holiday. Israelis celebrate for for this moment the whole envisions us to be,” she said. G-d,” he said. raelites from Egyptian slavery, other years? Because this year, seven days and hold just one night. Holding my matzah “The seder plate is a visual aid • The Four Cups. Each cup they remind Rabbanit Y. Sara you can stump your guests seder the first night. This in my right hand, I close my of how we need to emulate [G- of wine is designed not to Cohen, a teacher in Brooklyn, with the meaning behind year, Passover begins after eyes, and chew slowly and d] and develop more kindness, increase inebriation, but to N.Y., and on Torahanytime. many of the mysterious rites sundown on the 15th day of consciously.” set boundaries, and appreciate serve as signposts along the com, of a story. When her that comprise the Passover the Jewish month of Nisan, • Seder Plate. Bitter herbs? the beauty in the struggles seder journey. The number community was hit with sev- seder. correlating to Friday, March A burnt egg? Ground-up of life.” four is a motif throughout, eral tragedies, a young man Let’s face it, you finally 30, which is also Shabbat. apples and nuts? A bone? Not • Hillel Sandwich. After according to Rabbi Elan Adler, asked: “Rabbi, what’s going wrap up those frenzied days But Pesach or Passover in your typical meal. But each of wh at seem s like a n et er n it y, we formerly of Baltimore and now on here? These young chil- of cleaning and cooking. And English, which refers to G-d the foods on the seder plate nibble some matzah and then teaching Torah in Jerusalem dren, the parents... how could then your guests arrive (Pass- “passing over” the households teaches us something. Shira build an ancient sandwich—a and the nearby neighborhood this have happened to such over is an even bigger family of the Hebrews in Egypt dur- Smiles, an author who teaches tradition traced to the first- of Ma’ale Adumim. One of the innocent people?” The rabbi reunion than , ing that deadly 10th plague or Torah around Jerusalem, century sage Hillel, who no lesser-known fours comes replied: “Bring me a Pesach the Jewish New Year), and by killing of the first-born, has its credits Rav Pincus with the doubt included the Pascal f rom E xo du s 6: 6 - 8 , where G - d Haggadah.” He opened it up the time you pass out the Hag- fair share of mind-boggling thought that the six items lamb (korban or “sacrifice”) promises four things: “I will and handed it to the young gadahs and the seder actually traditions. Here are eight on the seder plate—shank in his version. “But in our take you out, I will rescue you, man, who replied that “these begins, you often slog through customs, one for each day of b one, eg g, bit ter herbs , k a r p a s post-Temple times, we are I will redeem you, and I will are the four questions.” The it on autopilot. the holiday: (green vegetable), charoset left with the bitter herbs and take you as my nation.” Adler Passover is celebrated for • The Burning of the Cha- (made of nuts, apples, wine matzah with a little charoset,” said “as we bless each cup, Stump on page 18A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, MARCH 23, 2018 PAGE 9A National spotlight shines on Jewish judge in Ohio for role in battling opioids

conditioned him to try to able populations, such as the answer but have pledged to Public Education Initiative, make an impact and affects elderly and veterans, despite help solve the crisis, the A.P. among other legal engage- how he goes about his work. knowing that the drugs are ad- reported. ments he had that day. He “I take our obligation of dictive. They are also accused The Times article said Pol- said she “got a pretty accurate tikkun olam [often defined as of negligent product oversight ster was chosen by a judicial picture of me, my strengths the ‘repair of the world’] very and ignoring suspicious, large panel to hear the case based and weaknesses.” seriously,” he said, adding that orders of the drugs, according on Ohio being hard-hit by the Most recently, Polster and what he said at that first hear- to the Associated Press. crisis, its central location to the lawyers involved in the ing best reflected how those On March 6, the city of defendants and his experience case met March 7 in a closed intentions of helping others Cleveland was added to the with multidistrict litigation, meeting. According to court may apply to these lawsuits. list of cities filing lawsuits or consolidation of many documents, “the parties “I requested that everyone against drug manufacturers similar cases. reported important and sub- try and work together to come and distributors, including Polster told the Cleveland stantial progress on several up with some steps that we other Ohio cities, the state Jewish News that the Times fronts, but also identified bar- can take this year, in 2018, and Cuyahoga County. reporter, Jan Hoffman, shad- riers to a global resolution.” to begin to abate the crisis The city and county have owed him while he tutored a “Everyone,” insisted Polster because we are losing 50,000 been disproportionately af- third-grader through the Jew- on the matter at hand, “is p eople or more a ye a r,” he s a id . fected by the opioid epidemic. ish Federation of Cleveland’s working hard.” The transcript read: “With According to Dec. 31, 2017 all of these smart people here data projections from the and their clients, I’m confi- Cuyahoga County Medical dent we can do something to Examiner, 822 people died last Judge Dan Aaron Polster dramatically reduce the num- year from drug overdoses. Of Wishing You A ber of opioids that are being those deaths, 522 died from By Amanda Koehn of lawyers to settle the case disseminated, manufactured heroin, fentanyl or a combi- in a way that will provide and distributed. Just dramati- nation of both. For context, (Cleveland Jewish News meaningful solutions to the cally reduce the quantity, and the county saw 666 overdose Happy Passover via JNS)—Judge Dan Aaron crisis, rather than focusing on make sure that the pills that deaths in 2016 and 370 drug Polster of the Northern Dis- a trial and “finger-pointing,” are manufactured and distrib- deaths in 2015, according to trict of Ohio is presiding over and how that stance has uted go to t he r ig ht p eople a nd the medical examiner. a case involving more than caused an uproar in the legal no one else, and that there be By filing lawsuits, the city 400 federal lawsuits brought community. an effective system in place and county aim to acquire by communities around the “I don’t think anyone in to monitor the delivery and financial reparations for the country against drug com- the country is interested in a distribution, and if there’s a costs the city has faced due panies and pharmacy chains whole lot of finger-pointing at problem, to immediately ad- to the epidemic. for their role in perpetuating this point, and I’m not either,” dress it and to make sure that Drugmakers targeted in the opioid epidemic. Polster said, according to a those pills are prescribed only the lawsuits include Allergan, The case and Polster—a Jan. 9 legal transcript of the when there’s an appropriate Johnson & Johnson and Pur- member of Congregation first hearing. “People aren’t diagnosis, and that we get due Pharma, in addition to Shaarey Tikvah in Beach- interested in depositions, and some amount of money to three large drug-distribution wood, and Park Synagogue discovery and trials.” the government agencies for companies, Amerisource in Cleveland Heights and Polster told the Cleveland treatment.” Bergen, Cardinal Health and Pepper Pike—were covered Jewish News that his view of The lawsuits allege that McKesson. Drug distributors in a March 6 front-page story the world through a Jewish drugmakers used deceptive and manufacturers named in in It lens—and the Jewish obli- marketing to push the sale of the lawsuits have said they Harriett & Shelley Lake discussed Polster’s urging gation to help others—has opioids and targeted vulner- don’t believe litigation is the

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Gefilte fish is an easy find at Passover. out to the Jewish section of to the store with her instruc- shopping for regular gro- the regular grocery stores, tions: I needed rendered fat ceries, like , or in the to their Pesach tables, and and casings. The butcher Easter aisle buying chocolate to the kosher stores to get seemed mystified. eggs, squishy Peeps and giant everything else I need. How did I become my chocolate Easter bunnies. I’m Shopping for Passover mother? Or, rather, my grand- somewhat surprised that the is like being on the worst mother, great-grandmother world is just ticking along as scavenger hunt ever. My and great-great-grandmother, normal, and there’s not an grocery list looks like it was all the way down the line? emergency in their kitchens written in medieval Poland. How did I get so fascinated like there is in mine. Because I need a really big . with the butchers at all the no matter how far ahead I Locals pose with Rep. Webster at AIPAC Like maybe an entire cow. grocery stores in town, inter- start, no matter how much Over 60 delegates from Central Florida traveled to Washington, D.C., to attend the And chicken livers. Like the rogating the staff about their I’m sure I’m finished the annual AIPAC Policy Conference. The delegates included a strong showing of local whole chicken. , their chicken livers, night before, it never fails college students and several high school students as well. And maybe 10,000 eggs. the weights and when they’re that two hours before the A f t e r 2 1/ 2 d a y s o f g e n e r a l s e s si o n s f i l l e d w i t h i n c r e d i b l e s p e a k e r s a s w e l l a s b r e a k o u t I need horseradish—red expected? seder I have to call my sister sessions, the group successfully lobbied our local congressmen, including Stephanie and white. I need fish and When I’ve bought every- for emergency backup, for Murphy, Darren Soto and Valerie Demmings. Thanks to the AIPAC trip offered to potatoes, matzah and parsley. thing on my list, I start parsley sprig placement or congressmen, all three traveled to Israel last summer and very clearly understand Coconut and carrots. Apples cooking very meticulously. peeling boiled eggs. why Israel is so important to the United States. and walnuts and honey and I cling to the idea that if I’m Back at the store, I find the Shown here are (l-r), UCF Hlllel student Scott Gerstel, UCF Hillel student Spencer wine. Oh, and they wouldn’t organized about this, I can be last thing on my list, horserad- Lasday, Gene Josephs, Congressman Daniel Webster (FL-11), Orly Diamond, Dr. David happen to have four shank- ready. I can’t really be ready. ish root for the seder plate—a Diamond, Judith Hara, AIPAC staffer Briana Felsen, and Bob Hara. bones hanging around, would Sometimes while I’m out gnarled, primitive-looking they? 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By Joshua Ratner out of the story—he appears during our seders. But why? but once. I believe that the seder is a (My Jewish Learning via While remembrance of the literary means of experiential JTA)—What is the essence of Exodus—from the enslave- education. The Haggadah Passover? On the one hand, ment of the to the wants each of us to recall it seems obvious: Passover Ten Plagues to the crossing of that we were once estranged, is about gathering together the —forms a major disenfranchised and mar- with loved ones to recall, portion of the content of the ginalized, so that each of through sumptuous home “Maggid” (retelling) section us will cultivate a sense of rituals, from of the Haggadah, that re- empathy for the estranged, Egypt. We gather round our membrance is but a means the disenfranchised and the seder tables and quickly be- to a larger ends. The end of marginalized in our society c ome en gu l fed in t he wa r mt h the Maggid section reveals today. We honor our past by of family and friends, the cu- why. It says: acting in our present. linary delights of a delicious “In each and every gen- S o a s we get re ad y for Pa s s- meal, and the comforting, eration people must regard over, cleansing our houses of vaguely familiar words and themselves as though they hametz, preparing our Hag- songs we recite year after personally left Egypt, as it gadah selections and invite year. says, ‘Tell your child on that lists, may we also take action Passover is, indeed, a beau- very day: This is what God did to cleanse our society of tiful opportunity for rejoicing for me when I left Egypt.’” The poverty, bigotry and hatred. and celebrating. But it also Holy One of Blessing did not There has been an explo- can be much more. redeem only our ancestors, sion of new and creative social When looking closely at but God even redeemed us justice-themed Haggadahs the Passover Haggadah, we with them, as it says, ‘God and seder inserts created in can see that the rabbis who brought us out of there in re c ent ye a r s b y Je w i sh org a n i- crafted it did not choose to order to bring us to and gave zations Last year alone, there make Passover a holiday us the land that God swore to were new additions about solely focused on celebrating our ancestors.’” global justice (American Jew- the past. Like the Fourth of The seder specifically and ish World Service), LGBTQ July (or Chanukah), Passover Passover more broadly are rights (Keshet), hunger and could have been a day to recall about remembering God’s military families (Mazon), passively our independence deliverance of the Israelites wealth inequality (RRC), from an oppressive regime as not as a one-time, historical racial justice (RAC), mass a historical remembrance; to event but as something that is incarceration (T’ruah), and commemorate the past and perpetually happening in the refugees (Repair the World/ salute our Founding Fathers present. Redemption from HIAS), to name but a few. So (or Maccabees). Instead, Mo- slavery to freedom is intended please consider using any of ses (as Founding Father of to be an experience that we, these, tweet at #ActOnPass- the Israelites) is largely shut too, can and should have over or make use of other PAGE 12A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, MARCH 23, 2018 ‘The Shape of Water’ through a Jewish Lens By Dr. Mark Klafter right—even if not politically stunningly portrayed by ac- other resources at the time expedient—and remaining tress Sally Hawkins in a mute of the Exodus from Egypt, There are no Jewish charac- true to core principles of our role, pleads in sign language and subsequently welcomed ters in the cinematically and religion. There even are some to her neighbor Giles in a strangers into their dwell- thematically beautiful 2018 striking Jewish historical seminal moment: “If we do ings (Sukkot). Immigrants Academy Awards best picture parallels in this adult “fairy nothing, neither are we.” have played a major role in winner “The Shape of Water.” tale for troubled times” set Reaching out to others who the miraculous formation Ho we ver, out of a ll n ine nom i- in 1962, in which society’s are in need has long been a (and transformation) of the nees, this Guillermo del Toro outsiders go against seem- bedrock principle of the Jew- modern State of Israel; I have masterwork best speaks to the ingly insurmountable odds ish people. Dating back to bib- personally seen challenges of Jewish experience: empathy to save the ultimate outsider. lical times, the Hebrews were immigrants in Sheva, for others, defense of what is Protagonist Elisa Esposito, conscious of sharing food and and although there remain

Elisa meets the sea creature for the first time. barriers to successful as- life—and themselves in the similation of Ethiopians and process. History has shown Russians, such efforts have us that during times in which made the Jewish state (and our Jews have chosen (or were     people) stronger. Of course, forced) to remain silent or     the empathy of others has also even convert, both the Jewish    allowed our people to survive people and society at large all too many dark chapters in have suffered. In Israel and history. Del Toro gets that in the US, where Jews can remain referencing the power of hu- true to their core principles         man love of “the other.” and culture, we have become         In interviews during the a light unto other nations. successful film festival sea- In addition to the various     !  son, the fantasy movie writer technical and artistic nods   "#""  and director also drew refer- to classic films, biblical refer-  ence to our society’s rejection ences in “The Shape of Water” ! $ and dehumanization of those make welcomed appearances: who don’t look or politically from the directly-referenced think like us. He and now story of Samson and Delilah to many others see “The Shape the less obvious Book of Ruth, of Water” as an elixir to fight which was the film playing the cynicism and hate seen in the theater below Elisa’s      on the extremes that has apartment. Fittingly, Ruth      become all-too-fashionable. was a poor widow and outsider   # Not surprisingly, some cyn- with few outward attributes.   ics who are close-minded to She was committed to be !" ! a story that emits a sense of there for her mother-in-law, love of others have dismissed Naomi, while adopting faith this film as “sappy,” speaking in the G-d of Israel. Elisa is, to one of the unfortunate in a sense Ruth, while Giles realities of our time. and Zelda socially and ethi- Historically, we have been cally also possess “Ruthian” most successful and fulfilled characteristics. when allowed to just be our- Even Jewish symbolism selves by embracing Judaism was peppered throughout this and Jewish culture—instead landmark film. The concept of of staying between the lines the ritual bath (mikvah) was of coloring-book societies. emulated in the form of the Neighbor Giles, a commer- various water scenes ranging cial artist, lives in a time in from bathtubs to water tanks which his best way to muddle to the stunning climax. While through in society as a gay the egg offering between Elisa man is to be closeted. Before and the “creature” is obviously we learn of the luncheonette a reference to fertility, in Juda- manager’s discrimination i sm (a nd biolog y) it repre sent s against blacks and gays we the potential to become an discover his tendencies to independently living and change his manner of speak- breathing entity. The egg in ing in order to appear to fit in. the seder plate represents the It’s ironic to see who are most Jews at the time of the Exodus miserable in the film—and in from Egypt—potential “life” our world. Similarly, the pri- of a people. mary antagonist, Strickland, Water, itself, forms the buys the teal Cadillac as an shape of the container. Juda- outward display of success, ism is changing and evolving, and we are visually pelted with depending on the vessel car- images on the highway of this ried. Our goal as Jews is to ideal stereotypical definition mold t h at ve s sel so t h at f ut ure of a perfect life. generations can carry the Meanwhile, Elisa and black substrate of life itself in a way co-worker Zelda are outsiders that can also shape humanity who remain true to them- for the greater good. selves. Their actions, taken Dr. Mark Klafter, a former together with Giles (and with Jewish Federation of Greater 'R\RXYDOXH\RXUFRPPXQLW\·V-HZLVKRUJDQL]DWLRQV" the assistance of the Russian Orlando Community Rela- conscientious objector Dmi- tions Council co-chair, is 'R\RXZDQWWKHPWRH[LVWIRUIXWXUHJHQHUDWLRQV" tr y, also an outcast) results in a neurologist practicing in their ability to save a precious Orlando. :KDWLVWKHOHJDF\WKDW\RXZDQWWROHDYH" +RZFDQ\RXPDNH\RXUFKDULWDEOHGROODUVJRIXUWKHU" A Happy and 3HDFHIXO3DVVRYHU WRDOORXUIULHQGV

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matzah in Israel Orlando Weekday Morning Minyan (Conservative/Egalitarian), services Monday- Friday 7:45 a.m. (9 a.m.—national holidays); 2nd floor Chapel—Jewish Academy of Orlando; (JNS)—More than 70 am- 851 N. Maitland Ave., Maitland. For information call 407-298-4650. bassadors and senior foreign diplomats sat down to a festive Celebration Jewish Congregation (R), services and holiday schedules shown at www. “model seder” dinner in Tel JewishCelebration.org; 407-566-9792. Aviv, organized by the Israel Chabad Lubavitch of North Orlando (O), 1701 Markham Woods Road, Longwood, Project and the World Jewish 407-636-5994, www.jewishorlando.com; services: Friday 7:00 p.m.; Saturday at 9:30 a.m. Congress. The pre-Passover seder, Chabad of Altamonte Springs (O), 414 Spring Valley Lane, Altamonte Springs, 407- taking place for the third year 280-0535; www.jewishaltamonte.com. in a row, was led by former Chabad of South Orlando (O), 7347 Sand Lake Road, Orlando, 407-354-3660; www. Israeli ambassador to the jewishorlando.com; Shabbat services: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. and 10 minutes before sunset; United Kingdom Daniel Taub, Avishai Zigman Saturday, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday, 8:15 a.m. who provided the guests with a The Israel Project and the World Jewish Congress host a Chabad of the Space & Treasure Coasts (O), 1190 Highway A1A, Satellite Beach, small taste of the holiday’s tra- pre-Passover seder for foreign diplomats in Israel. ditions. Among the diplomats 321-777-2770. attending were ambassadors dors minutes before heading years of independence this Congregation Ahavas Yisrael/Chabad (O), 708 Lake Howell Rd., Maitland, 407-644- off to vote on the state budget year, takes pride in its ability from Rwanda, Belgium, Argen- 2500; www.chabadorlando.org; services: Sunday, 9 a.m.; Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m.; Shabbat tina, Angola, the Dominican in the Knesset. He reassured to defend itself by itself.” Republic and the Philippines, the group that “as you know, Said Lior Weintraub, vice services: Friday, 6:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m.; Family service, 4th Friday of the month. as well as senior diplomatic things in Israel don’t always president of the Israel Project: Congregation Bet Chaim (R), 181 E. Mitchell Hammock, Oviedo, 407-830-7211; www. representatives from the Unit- go smoothly or easily, but I “This pre-Passover dinner betchaim.org; Shabbat services: Friday, 8 p.m. ed States, the United Nations, promise that this budget will has become a tradition, in Congregation Beth Am (C), 3899 Sand Lake Road, Longwood, 407-862-3505; www. the European Union, Great be approved.” which we take pride hosting Britain and China. Gallant said the “Jewish foreign ambassadors and congbetham.org; Shabbat services: Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m. Israel’s Minister of Con- people marks its freedom distinguished guests, while Congregation Beth El (C), 2185 Meadowlane Ave., West Melbourne, 321-779-0740; struction and Housing Yoav during the holiday of Passover, exposing them to the unique Shabbat services, 1st & 3rd Friday, 8 p.m.; 2nd & 4th Saturdays, 9:30 a.m. Gallant greeted the ambassa- and that Israel, celebrating 70 culture and Jewish tradition.” Congregation Beth Emeth (R), 2205 Blue Sapphire Circle, Orlando, 407-222-6393; Shabbat service: monthly, 8 p.m. Congregation Beth Israel (Rec), Collins Resource Center, Suite 303, 9401 S.R. 200, OBITUARIES O c a la , 3 52 -2 37- 8 277; bet h i sr aelo c a la .org; Sh a bbat ser v ic e, sec ond F r id ay of t he mont h, 8 p.m . Congregation Beth Sholom (R-C), 315 North 13th St., Leesburg, 352-326-3692; www. bethsholomflorida.org; schedule of services on website. IRA N. DAITZMAN Road—Suite 231, Altamonte home until moving to what Ira Daitzman, age 85, of Springs 32714. was then Merrill Gardens in Congregation Beth Shalom (Progressive Conservative), Orange City congregation O rla ndo, p a s sed away on Mon - Arrangements entrusted to the early 2000s. holds services at 1308 E. Normandy Blvd., Deltona; 386-804-8283; www.mybethshalom. day, Feb. 26, 2018, at Florida Beth Shalom Memorial Cha- Etta is survived by her com; Shabbat services: Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. Hospital Orlando. pel, 640 Lee Road, Orlando sons Alan (Marsha) of Apopka Congregation B’nai Torah (C), 403 N. Nova Rd., Ormond Beach, 32174, 386-672-1174; He was born in Union City, 32810. 407-599-1180. and Leonard (Hazel) of New New Jersey, on Aug. 11, 1932, IRA MURRAY GRELL Hampshire; and her grand- www.mybnaitorah.com; Shabbat services: Friday, 8 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. a son of the late Samuel I. and Ira M. Grell, age 89, of children—Jeremy (Tammy), Congregation Chabad Lubavitch of Greater Daytona (O), 1079 W. Granada Blvd., Ruth Shifrin Daitzman. Daytona Beach, passed away Matthew (Lyla), Adam (Ann) Ormond Beach, 386-672-9300; Shabbat services Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. Mr. Daitzman attended on Sunday, March 11, 2018, at and Heather; and her great- Congregation of Reform Judaism (R), 928 Malone Dr., Orlando, 407-645-0444; Union Hill, N.J., High School, University Center East Nurs- grandchildren—Valerie, and graduated from NYU ing Home in DeLand. Mr. Grell Madison, Violet, Johanna, www.crjorlando.org: Shabbat services, 7 p.m. 1st, 2nd and 3rd Fridays; 6 p.m., 4th and 5th Stern School of Finance, was born on Jan. 4, 1929, in Caleb, Mackenzie, Haley and Fridays; Saturday: 10 a.m. where he became a member Brooklyn New York, to the Isaac. She was predeceased by Congregation Mateh Chaim (R), P.O. Box 060847, Palm Bay, 32906, 321-768-6722. late Louis and Cecelia Gerber her brothers, Hyman, Murray of the Alpha Epsilon Pi fra- Congregation Ohev Shalom (C), 613 Concourse Parkway South, Maitland, 407-298- ternity. He earned his B.A. Grell. He graduated New York and George. and served for two years in Technical High School and A graveside service was 4650; www.ohevshalom.org; Shabbat service, Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m. the US Army. During his tour served in the United States held at Beth Israel Cemetery Congregation Shalom Aleichem (R), 3501 Oak Pointe Blvd., Kissimmee, 407-935- of duty, on Jan. 2, 1954, in Army. He spent his working in Gotha, with Rabbi Arnold 0064; www.shalomaleichem.com; Shabbat service, 1st and 3rd Fridays of the month, 8 p.m. Fayetteville, North Carolina, career as a customer service Siegel of Jewish Family Ser- Congregation Shomer Ysrael (C), 5382 Hoffner Ave., Orlando, 407-227-1258, call for he married his high school engineer, retiring from Pitney vices officiating. In memory of sweetheart, Marion Eisen. Bowes. Etta F. Goldstein, the family services and holiday schedules. Mr. Daitzman earned his In addition to his parents, requests donations to Hos- Congregation Sinai (C/R), 303A N. S.R. 27, Minneola; 352-243-5353; congregation- C.P.A. license and moved to Mr. Grell was predeceased by pice of the Comforter, 480 W sinai.org; services: every Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Shabbat Service evert Saturday, 10 a.m. Orlando, Fla., in 1961, form- his first wife, Laurel, and a Central Parkway, Altamonte Orlando Torah Center (O), 8591 Banyan Blvd., Orlando; 347-456-6485; Shacharis- ing a partnership with Mr. son, Jonathan Bernard Grell. Springs 32714. Albert Katz. That partnership On Oct. 17, 2000, he married Arrangements entrusted to Shabbos 9 a.m.; Mon.—Thurs. 6:45 a.m.; Sun. and Legal Holidays 8 a.m.; Mincha/Maariv lasted for 47 years. He was the former Ann Hausner, his Beth Shalom Memorial Cha- Please call for times. an active volunteer at Temple wife who survives him. He is pel, 640 Lee Road, Orlando Southwest Orlando Jewish Congregation/Ohalei Rivka (C), 11200 S. Apopka- Israel of Winter Springs and also survived by his son An- 32810. 407-599-1180. Vineland Rd., Orlando, 407-239-5444; Shabbat service, Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m. an avid biker. drew (Melodee) of New York; ARNOLD H. TRAVITSKY Mr. Daitzman is survived his grandson, Lewis Jesse Arnold Howard Travitsky, Temple Beth El (R), 579 N. Nova Rd., Ormond Beach, 386-677-2484. by his wife of 6 4 ye ars, Marion Grell, and his step-daughter, age 71, of Altamonte Temple Beth Shalom (R), P.O. Box 031233, Winter Haven, 813-324-2882. Daitzman of Orlando; their Diane Miller. Springs, passed away on Temple Beth Shalom (C), 40 Wellington Drive, Palm Coast, 386-445-3006; Shabbat daughters, Lynn (Mark) Fen- A graveside service was held Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2018, at service, Friday, 8 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. ster of Orlando, and Gerri at Star of David Cemetery of Hospice of the Comforter in (Mark) Lifshitz of Scarsdale the Palm Beaches with Rabbi A lt a mont e Spr in g s . B or n on Temple Beth Sholom (C), 5995 N. Wickham Rd. Melbourne, 321-254-6333; www. N.Y.; and their son, Michael Jonathan Kaplan officiating. June 18, 1946, in Brooklyn, mytbs.org; Shabbat services: Friday, 7 p.m.; Saturday: 9:30 a.m. Minyan, Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.; (Lesley) of Wellesley, Mass. Arrangements entrusted to N.Y., he was a son of the late Thursday, 10:00 a.m. He is also survived by five Beth Shalom Memorial Cha- Abraham and Fannie Pakula Temple Beth Shalom (R), 1109 N.E. 8th Ave., Ocala, 352-629-3587; Shabbat services: grandchildren—Avi (Sara) pel, 640 Lee Road, Orlando Travitsky. Lifshitz of Migdal Haemek, 32810. 407-599-1180. An engineering salesman Friday, 8 p.m.; : Saturday, 10:00 a.m. Israel, Rachel (Mordy) Greens- ETTA GOLDSTEIN by profession, Arnie earned Temple B’nai Darom (R), 49 Banyan Course, Ocala, 352-624-0380; Friday Services 8 p.m. pan of New York, N.Y., Jesse Etta Flaster Goldstein, age his associate’s degree and Temple Israel (C), 50 S. Moss Rd., Winter Springs, 407-647-3055; www.tiflorida.org; (Katie) Lifshitz of New York, 98, of Altamonte Springs, served in the United States Shabbat services: Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday 9:00 a.m. N.Y., and Sam and Jacob passed away at her residence at Army. In 1969, he married Daitzman of Wellesley, Mass., Brookdale Altamonte Springs the former Teri Brenner, his Temple Israel (R), 7350 Lake Andrew Drive, Melbourne, 321-631-9494. and four great-grandchildren. on Saturday, March 10, 2018. wife of 49 years, who survives Temple Israel (C), 579 N. Nova Road, Ormond Beach, 386-252-3097; Shabbat service, Additionally, Mr. Daitzman is Born on Jan. 3, 1920, in New him. The family relocated to Friday, 7 p.m.; Saturday: 10:30 a.m. survived by his brother, Myles York City, she was one of four the Orlando area from New (Maxine) of Sun City, Ariz.; children and the only daugh- York in 1979. Temple Israel of DeLand (R), 1001 E. New York Ave., DeLand, 386-736-1646; www. his sister, Janice (Richard) ter born to the late Abraham I n add it ion to h i s w i fe, A r n ie templeisraelofdeland.org; Friday Shabbat service, 7 p.m.; Saturday, 10:00 a.m. followed by Wentz of Santa Clara, Calif.; and Rebecca Fishman Flaster. is survived by his daughter, Torah study. his sister-in-law, Gladys Haber Raised by her mother and Nic ole Tr it sk y, of A lt a monte Temple Shalom (formerly New Jewish Congregation) (R), 13563 Country Road of Greensboro, N.C., and seven brothers following the early Springs; his son, Keith (Flory) nieces and nephews. death of their father, Etta Travitsky of Daytona Beach; 101, Oxford, 352-748-1800; www.templeshalomcentralfl.org; Shabbat services: Friday, 7 Services and interment was fortunate to be able to and his grandson, Aaron p.m.; last Saturday of the month, 9:30 a.m. were held at Temple Beth El/ complete high school. Travitsky and granddaughter, Temple Shalom of Deltona (R/C), 1785 Elkcam Blvd., Deltona, 386-789-2202; www. Cedar Park Cemetery in New She had a varied working Seli Travitsky, and his pet, shalomdeltona.org; Shabbat service; Saturday: 10 a.m. Jersey. career, but ultimately worked Magic. In memory of Ira N. as a clerk/typist for the Nassau A memorial service was Temple Shir Shalom (R) Ser vices held at Temple Israel, 50 S. Moss Rd., Winter Springs, Daitzman, the family requests County NY Police Depart- held a Beth Shalom Memorial 407-366-3556, www.templeshirshalom.org; Shabbat services: three Fridays each month, contributions to Temple Is- ment before retiring. In 1979, Ch a p el w it h R a bbi A r nold Sie - 7:30 p.m. rael, 50 S Moss Road, Winter Etta and her late husband, gel officiating. Arrangements Traditional Congregation of Mount Dora (T) Mount Dora, 352-735-4774; www. Springs 32708; Jewish Family Bernard, who passed away in entrusted to Beth Shalom tcomd.org; Shabbat services: Saturday, 9:30 a.m. sharp. Services, 2100 Lee Road, Win- 1994, relocated to the Wil- Memorial Chapel, 640 Lee ter Park 32789; or The Jewish liamsburg area of Orlando. Road, Orlando 32810. 407- (R) Reform (C) Conservative (O) Orthodox (Rec) Reconstructionist (T) Mehitsa Pavilion, 421 Montgomery Etta maintained her own 599-1180. PAGE 14A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, MARCH 23, 2018 Nine things you didn’t know about Passover By MJL Staff ish territory at the tip of the fected by the president’s death Karaite Jews reject rabbinic observing two seder days was Iberian Peninsula takes the that Congregation Shearith Judaism, observing only laws instituted just to be sure. (My Jewish Learning via brick symbolism to another Israel in New York recited the detailed in the Torah. That’s 7 You’re wrong about the JTA)—Here are nine things level, using the dust of actual prayer for the dead—usually why they don’t drink the tra- orange on the seder plate. that many likely wouldn’t bricks in their recipe. said only for Jews—on Lin- ditional four cups of wine at Some progressive Jews know about the Festival of 2. Abraham Lincoln died coln’s behalf. the seder. Wine is fermented, have adopted the practice of Freedom: during Passover. 3. Arizona Is a hub for and fermented foods are including an orange on the 1. In Gibraltar, there’s dust The 16th American presi- matzah wheat. prohibited on Passover, so seder plate as a symbol of in the charoset. dent was shot at Ford’s The- Hasidic Jews from Brook- instead they drink fruit juice. inclusion of gays, lesbians and The traditional charoset is atre on a Friday, April 14, lyn have been increasingly (Mainstream Jews hold that other groups marginalized in a sweet Passover paste whose 1865, which coincided with sourcing wheat for their Pass- only fermented grains are the Jewish community. The texture is meant as a reminder the fourth night of Passover. over matzah from farmers in prohibited.) The Karaites also story goes that the practice of the mortar the enslaved The next morning, Jews who Arizona. Excessive moisture eschew other staples of the was instituted by the feminist Jews used to build in ancient wouldn’t normally have at- in wheat kernels can result in traditional seder, including scholar Susannah Heschel af- Egypt. The name itself is tended ser v ic e s on t he holid ay fermentation, rendering the the seder plate and charoset. ter she was told that a woman related to the Hebrew word were so moved by Lincoln’s harvest unsuitable for Passover Their (bitter herbs) is a belongs on the synagogue for clay. In Ashkenazi tradi- passing they made their way use. But rain is scarce in Ari- mixture of lemon peel, bitter bimah, or prayer podium, tion, it is traditionally made to synagogues, where the zona, which allows for a stricter lettuce and an assortment of like an orange belongs on a from crushed nuts, apples normally celebratory Passover standard of matzah production. other herbs. seder plate. But according to Abraham Lincoln was as- and sweet red wine, while services were instead marked Rabbis from New York travel 6. Israeli Jews have only Heschel, that story is false. In sassinated during Passover Sephardic Jews use figs or by acts of mourning and the to Arizona in the days leading one seder. that apocryphal version, she in April 1865. dates. But the tiny Jewish singing of hymns. up to the harvest, where they Israeli Jews observe only said, “a woman’s words are community of this small Brit- American Jews were so af- inspect the grains meticulously one Passover seder, un- attributed to a man, and the afikomen is traditionally the to ensure they are cut at the like everywhere else where affirmation of lesbians and last thing eaten at the seder. precise moisture levels traditionally two seders are gay men is erased. Isn’t that 9. For North African Jews, 4. At the seder, Persian held, one on each of the first precisely what’s happened after Passover comes Mi- Jews whip each other with two nights of the holiday. over the centuries to women’s . scallions. Known as “yom tov sheni ideas?” Most people are eager for Many of the Passover seder shel galuyot”—literally “the 8. “Afikomen” isn’t Hebrew. a break from holiday meals rituals are intended to re- second festival day of the For many seder partici- when the eight-day Passover create the sensory experience Diaspora”—the practice pants, the highlight of the holiday concludes. But for the of Egyptian slavery, from the was begun 2,000 years ago meal is the afikomen—a Jews of North Africa, the holi- eating of bitter herbs and when Jews were informed broken piece of matzah that day’s end is the perfect time matzah to the dipping of of the start of a new lunar the seder leader hides and the for another feast, , greenery in saltwater, which month only after it had been children search for; the per- marking the beginning of symbolizes the tears shed confirmed by witnesses in son who finds the afikomen spring. Celebrated after night- by the oppressed Israelites. Jerusalem. Because Jewish usually gets a small reward. fall on the last day of Passover, Some Jews from Iran and communities outside of Most scholars believe the word Mimouna is marked by a large Afghanistan have the tradi- Israel were often delayed “afikomen” derives from the spread of foods and the open- tion of whipping each other in learning the news, they Greek word for dessert. Oth- ing of homes to guests. The with green before the consequently couldn’t be sure ers say it refers to a kind of celebration is often laden with singing of “.” precisely which day festivals post meal revelry common symbolism, including fish for 5. Karaite Jews skip the were meant to be observed. among the Greeks. Either fertility and golden rings for wine. As a result, the practice of theory would explain why the wealth. Making Grandma’s charoset (or how I learned to love Passover)

By Edgar M. Bronfman “Now that Grandma’s that symbolizes the mortar our own story of liberation gone,” she explained, “I have used by the Hebrew slaves to and keep it alive across gen- (JTA)—When I walked to make the charoset.” build Egypt’s real estate—I erations lifts it into universal into the house through the Sensing her culinary dis- chopped up apples and wal- resonance. back door one day as a young comfort, I volunteered to nuts and added raisins. The Exodus from Egypt man, I was shocked to see my take over. I mixed them together, is not to be seen as a one- HAPPY PASSOVER mother in the kitchen. To put With a look of vast relief, then added a couple of spoon- time historical occurrence it mildly, this was not one of she fled the scene. Guided fuls of honey and a generous with a beginning and an from your friends at Sonny’s BBQ her favorite places. When I by the memory of my grand- splash of port wine. end: oppression, struggle, asked her why she was there, a mother’s charoset—the During the seder, my cha- victory. It is not only those look of panic crossed her face. sweet, chunky, fruity mixture roset received wild compli- slaves, but all slaves, that ments all around. concern us; not only that “Who made this?” my fa- struggle, but all struggles. ther asked, clearly pleased. Each generation must learn Give a little Without hesitation, my anew how to overcome the mother told him I had done wrongs of the world; the job ® so. When asked for my secret, will never be done. Children TENDERNESS I proudly answered, “Good w ill not b e b or n into a p er fe c t Save 75%* port.” world created for them by on Omaha Steaks I don’t think it’s a stretch their parents. 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HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, MARCH 23, 2018 PAGE 15A Shmura matzah for Passover: The real reason it’s so expensive By Uriel Heilman ($34 per pound for regular “For the consumer, it is shmura, $37 for spelt). an opportunity to purchase NEW YORK (JTA)—It costs “Renting out a costs the only sacred food that more per pound than filet a lot of money—the space and we have today in our faith,” mignon. It might be burnt the staff. Equipment breaks said Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld or taste like cardboard. It’s every year. Every farm has its of Ohev Sholom synagogue so delicate it often breaks in expenses, and organic farms in Washington, D.C. “It is a the box, rendering it unfit for end up having more overhead. bargain. Buy less brisket and Passover ritual use. We can’t buy the synthetic more shmura matzah.” Yet every year, Jews from fertilizer; we have manure,” Mitchell Weitzman, a law- Brooklyn to Bnei Brak line up B a s s told J TA . “A nd G o d forbid yer from Baltimore, says to fork over their hard-earned I have a bad year and the rabbi shmura matzah has senti- money to buy boxes and boxes comes and says the wheat is mental value. of the stuff. no good, I just spent a whole “There is just a sense of This isn’t your regular lot of time and money on a authenticity about having box of Streit’s matzah. We’re product nobody wants. The sh mura m at z a h on t he t a ble,” talking, of course, about cost has to reflect that.” Weitzman said. “It’s a feeling handmade shmura matzah: Despite its price—and, more than anything else— the artisanal, disc-shaped some say, its taste—there’s certainly more than serving matzahs considered extra a thriving market for hand- up Passover-style Fruit Loops special because the ingredi- made shmura matzah (there’s the next morning.” ents are “guarded” against also machine-made shmura, Others say they like the leavening, or chametz, not which is cheaper and usually taste and eat it year round, just from the time the wheat square but more strictly scru- stocking up right after Pass- Uriel Heilman tinized than regular matzah). over when the price drops is ground into , but from Every shmura matzah is inspected for quality and adherence to kosher standards before Many observant Jews won’t dramatically owing to reduced before the wheat is even har- it is boxed. vested. “Shmura” is Hebrew use anything other than demand. for guarded. handmade shmura matzah on “I keep a box of shmura lyn, a pound of the Passover Northeast typically harvest guarded and stored in a The extra level of scru- their seder table. Some won’t matzah in the trunk of my eve-baked stuff retails for $60. their wheat crop in May or climate-controlled environ- tiny—and the labor-intensive eat non-shmura anytime dur- c a r,” s a id Ta li A ron sk y, a pu blic The line of customers at the June—around the ment. Too moist, it could process required to make ing Passover. The same Jews relations doyenne who lives Rutledge Street store usually holiday (also called Hag Habi- become chametz. Too dry, it handcrafted matzah—is who light expensive olive in Israel. “Keeps crispy in all snakes around the block. kurim, which means Festival will fail to bake properly. At largely what accounts for its oil menorahs on weather and great in a pinch.” The Satmar Bakery em- of the First Fruits). The wheat the Yiddish Farm in upstate high price: anywhere from rather than wax candles Religious Jews consider ploys a number of stringen- is plucked after the kernels New York, Bass says he uses $20 to $60 for a single pound. or buy premium for shmura matzah baked after cies rare even in the world of start to harden but before they fans and computer monitor- “The amount of hours of Sukkot will lay out extra midday on the day before shmura matzah. It harvests sprout new shoots. Kosher ing to bring the moisture level labor going into this between cash before Passover to buy Passover—known as “matzot its wheat in Arizona, where supervisors monitor the grain down to the desired 11-12 me and my staff is incompa- handmade shmura matzah. mizvah”—as especially meri- the dry climate helps guard even as it’s growing to make percent level. rable,” said Yisroel Bass, who (The practice of going above torious to eat, and the matzah against accidental leaven- sure the wheat isn’t sprouting. After the wheat is milled runs a farm in Goshen, New and beyond is known as “hid- is priced accordingly. At the ing (moisture precipitates From the time it is picked into flour—also under close York, that produces organi- dur mitzvah,” beautifying the Satmar Bakery in the Wil- leavening). until being milled months supervision—the baking cally grown shmura matzah commandment.) liamsburg section of Brook- Matzah farmers in the later, the wheat must be process may begin. How Never Again evolved from a Holocaust slogan to a universal call for [fill in the blank]

By Emily Burack New York University, is un- mean that ‘it’ [a holocaust] 2010, Netanyahu and his wife, Japanese internment during York , told J TA , “ For [K a h a ne], fazed by the students’ use of will never happen again. Sara, wrote in the guestbook, World War II and recalling Never Again was not ‘this will (JTA)—After a gunman the phrase. While some may That would be nonsense. “We are deeply moved by the Chinese Exclusion Act not happen again because we took the lives of 17 students object to the phrase Never It means that if it happens the memorial to the victims of 1882. And now the phrase will have a country’ but ‘we and staff at their high school Again being reappropriated again, it won’t happen in the of one history’s greatest is taking on yet another life: Jews will never be complacent in Parkland, Florida, students for gun control, it “does not same way. Last time, the Jews cr ime s — a nd rem inded of t he in the fight for gun control like we were during the war.’ there launched a national mean that reaction is ap- behaved like sheep.” haunting similarities to the in America. That is, for Kahane, Never campaign to promote gun propriate or reasonable,” she Kahane used Never Again genocide of our own people. Shaul Magid, a professor Again was a call to militancy control. They called for a told JTA. to justify acts of terror in Never again.” of Jewish studies at Indiana as the only act of prevention. major protest in Washington, While some have traced the name of fighting anti- Then-President Barack University who is presently a In Parkland it is a call for gun D.C., on March 24, and are the phrase to the Hebrew Semitism. In the anthem of Obama also used the phrase visiting scholar at the Center control. In a way, a call for encouraging similar protests poet Isaac Lambdan’s 1926 the Jewish Defense League, in its universal sense in mark- for Jewish History in New anti-militancy.” and student walkouts across poem “Masada” (“Never members recited, “To our ing International Holocaust the country. shall Masada fall again!”), its slaughtered brethren and Remembrance Day in 2011. And they took a name current use is more directly lonely widows: Never again “We are reminded to re- for their campaign, #Nev- tied to the aftermath of the will our people’s blood be main ever-vigilant against erAgain, that has long been Holocaust. The first usage shed by water, Never again the possibility of genocide, linked to Holocaust com- of Never Again is murky, but will such things be heard in and to ensure that Never memoration. most likely began in postwar Judea.” Again is not just a phrase Custom Printing Invitations & Announcements Parkland junior Cameron Israel. 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Holocaust commemoration violence—including the 205 North Street • Longwood, FL 32750 described as “For survivors But the phrase gained institutions as a call for scourge of anti-Semitism— www.elegantprinting.net of the Stoneman Douglas currency in English thanks peace, tolerance and heed- around the globe.” Bring in this ad and receive 18% Discount Shooting, by survivors of the i n l a rge p a r t to Meir K a h a ne , ing the warning signs of That’s similar to how the Stoneman Douglas Shoot- the militant rabbi who pop- genocide. U.S. Holocaust Memorial ing.” ularized it in A merica when These days, when the Museum uses the phrase. Some supporters of the he created the Jewish De- phrase is used to invoke the In choosing the name Never students’ efforts are put off fense League in 1968 and Holocaust, it can be either Again as the theme of its Wishing You by their use of Never Again. used it as a title of a 1972 particular or universal. Is- 2013 Days of Remembrance, Lily Herman, writing in book-length manifesto. As raeli Prime Minister Benja- its used the term as a call to Refinery29, said “it’s very the head of the American min Netanyahu tends toward study the genocide of the Jews A Happy Passover uncomfortable to watch a Jewish Committee, Sholom the particular when he uses in order to respond to the t er m you’ve u sed to t a lk a b out Comay said after Kahane’s it to speak about the need for “ wa r nin g sig n s” of geno cide s your family and people’s own assassination in November a strong Jewish state in the happening anywhere. heritage and history be taken 1990, “Despite our con- wake of the Holocaust. And Elie Wiesel, the Ho- away overnight.” siderable differences, Meir “I promise, as head of locaust survivor and author Malka Goldberg, a digital Kahane must always be the Jewish state, that never who came to be associated communications special- remembered for the slogan again will we allow the hand with the phrase, also used it ist in Maryland, tweeted, Never Again, which for so of evil to sever the life of our in the universal sense. “When I saw they’re using many became the battle cr y people and our state,” he said “‘Never again’ becomes #NeverAgain for the cam- of post-Holocaust Jewry.” in a speech at the site of the more than a slogan: It’s a paign it bothered me, b/c For Kahane, Never Again former Auschwitz-Birkenau prayer, a promise, a vow ... many Jews strongly [as- was an implicitly violent death camp marking Inter- never again the glorification sociate] that phrase w/ the call to arms and a rebuke of national Holocaust Memorial of base, ugly, dark violence,” Holocaust specifically For passivity and inactivity. The Day in 2010. the Nobel laureate wrote a second it felt like cultural shame surrounding the al- But Netanyahu has also in 2012. appropriation, but I doubt leged passivity of the Jews in used the phrase in its uni- Never Again is a phrase From the kids knew this or did it the face of their destruction versal sense of preventing that keeps on evolving. It was intentionally.” became a cornerstone of the all genocides. After visiting used in protests against the Mardi, Ron, Ben Shader & Hasia Diner, a professor of JDL. 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David Friedman rips an excoriation of Netanyahu’s JERUSALEM (JTA)—In pact in July 2015 agreed to active in Hamas, however, any meeting with him since PA for not condemn- policy in terms more com- perhaps the first direct test “fix the terrible flaws.” The according to the newspaper. then,” he said, referring to the ing deadly attacks on monly heard on the pro-Israel of Poland’s new Holocaust Joint Comprehensive Plan of Hamas praised the at- 2013 U.N. gathering, “and he 3 Israelis. Abbas calls left, including the argument rhetor ic law, a n I sr aeli m ayor Action between Iran and six tack, saying it was an action and I have no communication the ambassador ‘son of that Israel cannot be both a pulled out of a ceremony there world powers—Britain, Chi- to mark 100 days since the of any kind.” a dog.’ Jewish state and a democracy claiming censorship. na, France, Germany, Russia Trump administration rec- Ellison condemned Far- JERUSALEM (JTA)—The unless it relinquises control Eli Dukorsky, mayor of and the United States—could ognized Jerusalem as Israel’s rakhan’s anti-Semitism, U.S. ambassador to Israel, of the lives of the Palestinians the northern Israeli city of collapse if the U.S. pulls out. capital and announced it referring to the letter he David Friedman, criticized living in the West Bank. Kiryat Bialik, was to deliver The joint document by would move the U.S. Embassy wrote to Minnesota’s Jewish the Palestinian Authority for “The Jewish democratic a speech in the Polish town Britain, France and Germany there. Palestinian groups, community in 2006 denounc- not condemning two terror state faces two grave threats of Radomsko to Israeli high s a id t he y were en g a ged in “ in- including Hamas, had desig- ing Farrakhan, the Nation attacks in recent days that that I believe could endanger school students. He canceled tensive talks with the Trump nated Friday as a Day of Rage of Islam and anti-Semitism. left three Israelis dead. its very existence,” Lauder his participation in Monday’s administration to achieve a to protest the announcement. “In a speech just last Later Monday, at the open- wrote. c eremony r at her t h a n deli ver clear and lasting reaffirma- Parts of the Old City were month he again attacked ing of a Palestinian leadership “ T he f ir st t hre at i s t he p os- a speech he said was censored, tion of U.S. support for the closed down after the attack. Jewish people with intoler- meeting, P.A. President Mah- sible demise of the two-state Hadashot news first reported. (nuclear) agreement beyond “Four more children lost ant and divisive language,” moud Abbas called Friedman solution. I am conservative Radomsko and Kiryat Bialik May 12,” Reuters reported. their father last night. For he said, referring to a Far- a “son of a dog” and a “settler” and a Republican, and I have are sister cities. Foreign ministers of Eu- the bereaved the pain is un- rakhan speech that drew after noting that the ambas- supported the Likud party The speech, which had ropean Union countries were bearable,” Israel’s president, attention because a leader sador views settlements as since the 1980s. But the real- been provided to Radomsko set to discuss the proposal Reuven Rivlin, said in a state- of the Women’s March was legitimate and supported ity is that 13 million people authorities on Friday so it on Monday in a closed door ment. He called the attack present. them as a private citizen, live between the Jordan River could be translated into meeting, Reuters reported, “brutal and abhorrent.” Jewish Democrats wel- The Times of Israel reported. and the Mediterranean Sea. Polish, was changed in ac- citing an unnamed diplomat. The attack comes two days comed Ellison’s posting as “Son of a dog” is a mild And almost half of them are cordance with a controversial The document also in- after two Israeli soldiers were well as other statements from pejorative in , accord- Palestinian.” new law that criminalizes dicates that the European killed and two left in serious African-American lawmakers ing to The Jerusalem Post. Lauder alluded to his claims that the Polish nation powers would not be breaking condition in a Palestinian whom conservatives have Friedman responded while closeness to Trump and to or state was responsible for the terms of the nuclear deal car-ramming attack in the targeted in recent weeks for at an anti-Semitism confer- Palestinian Authority Presi- Nazi crimes. by adopting new sanctions West Bank. alleged ties with Farrakhan. ence in Jerusalem using the dent Mahmoud Abbas, and Dukorsky was asked to that are not nuclear-related Keith Ellison says “Ellison’s statement leaves term “son of a bitch,” The implicitly chided Netanyahu omit parts of his speech in and that new sanctions are critics pressing him no a m bigu it y t h at he do e s not Jerusalem Post reported. He for his repeated claims that which he referred to Poles justified because Iran “did on Farrakhan ties are accept Farrakhan’s hateful added: “Anti-Semitism or the only thing obstructing who turned Jews over to the not commit further to stop trying to divide blacks and divisive preaching and political discourse? I leave peace is Palestinian recal- Nazis, as well as the number undertaking ballistic mis- and Jews we appreciate him reiterating this up to you.” citrance. of Jews murdered by Poles. sile destabilizing activities” WASHINGTON (JTA)— this conviction. We also have Friedman had posted his “President Trump and his The mayor also was asked to under the nuclear agreement. Rep. Keith Ellison, the deputy b een ple a sed to re ad sim ila rly original remarks on Twitter team are wholly committed substitute the word Ukrai- Meanwhile, on Sunday, chairman of the Democratic unsolicited statements from very early Monday morning. to M idd le E a st p e ac e,” L auder nians for Poles when taking the chairman of the Senate Party, said he has never had Reps. Barbara Lee (D-CA) and “Tragedy in Israel. 2 young said. “Contrary to news media about complicity and use the Foreign Relations Commit- a relationship with Louis Gregory Meeks (D-NY) in re- soldiers, Netanel Kahalani reports, senior Palestin- term German Nazis instead tee, Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., Farrakhan, the virulently cent weeks,” said a statement and Ziv Daos, murdered in ian leaders are, they have of Nazis, according to the in an interview on the CBS anti-Semitic leader of the from the Jewish Democratic the North, and father of 4, personally told me, ready report. news program “Face the Nation of Islam. Council of America. Adiel Kolman, murdered in to begin direct negotiations He reportedly asked Israel’s Nation” said he thinks that He accused critics who are In the Medium article, El- Jerusalem, by Palestinian immediately.” Foreign Ministry if he should President Donald Trump will pressing him to explain his lison only alludes to his own terrorists. Such brutality L auder a l so objec ted to t he deliver the censored speech pull the U.S. out of the Iran relationship to Farrakhan longtime relationship with and no condemnation from control that the Orthodox in and was told it was not rec- deal in May. of trying to divide Jews and the Nation of Islam. the PA! I pray for the families Israel have over a range of ommended. “Right now it doesn’t feel blacks, but also only alluded “If you are a Black man and the wounded—so much issues including marriage “We reject any attempt at like it’s gonna be extended,” to his longtime association from my generation, you re- sadness,” he wrote. and organized prayer at the censorship,” Foreign Minis- Corker said. “I think the with the Nation of Islam. member the march,” he said, Kolman was stabbed by a Western Wall. try spokesman Emmanuel president likely will move “I do not have and have referring to the 1995 Million Palestinian assailant from “By submitting to the pres- Nahshon told Hadashot. “We away from it, unless our Eu- never had a relationship with Man March initiated by Far- the West Bank on Sunday sures exerted by a minority support the mayor’s right ropean counterparts really Mr. Farrakhan, but I have rakhan. “I helped organize afternoon and succumbed to in Israel, the Jewish state is to deliver his speech as he come together on a frame- been in the same room as the march in my local com- his injuries that night. Hun- alienating a large segment planned and to not leave out work. And it doesn’t feel to him,” Ellison, D-Minn., wrote mu n it y in M in ne a p oli s . A nd I dreds attended his funeral of the Jewish people,” he any word, not even a single me that they are.” over the weekend on Medium, marched in it, along with civil Monday morning in the West said. “The crisis is espe- letter.” Corker added that he did the blogging website. r ig ht s le ader s like Ros a Pa rk s Bank settlement of Kochav cially pronounced among the Dukorsky later delivered not think the United States “The right’s attempt to and Jesse Jackson.” HaShachar. younger generation, which is his original speech to the pulling out of a nuclear split the Jewish and Black Ellison’s affiliation with Kahalani and Daos were predominantly secular.” Israeli students in a private deal with Iran would affect communities is not going to the Nation of Islam lasted killed in a car-ramming at- Lauder was close to Ne- ceremony. He told the stu- possible negotiations with work,” he said. “Now more about a decade, and he was tack in the West Bank on tanyahu for decades, backing dents about the censorship North Korea over its nuclear than ever, when the right- advocating for the group as Friday in which two other sol- him during his first run for controversy. weapons program. wing is working to divide us late as 1998. diers were seriously injured. prime minister in 1996 and Violators of the law that Israeli father of 4 dies by skin color, faith traditions Mayim Bialik meets Last month, Friedman in defending him in Diaspora went into effect at the begin- of wounds in Jerusalem and by our place of birth, Israeli president in a tweet accused unnamed arenas. Over the past several ning of the month could face stabbing attack human solidarity is critical Jerusalem Palestinian leaders of prais- years, there have been signs up to three years in prison, JERUSALEM (JTA)—An to seeing us through this JERUSALEM (JTA)—Is- ing a terror attack that left that they have grown apart, though government officials Israeli civilian guard stabbed perilous time.” rael’s president welcomed a West Bank rabbi dead. A stemming from Lauder’s say prosecution under the law by a Palestinian assailant in Ellison, the first Muslim American actress Mayim spokesman for Hamas had refusal seven years ago to is unlikely. Jerusalem has died of his elected to Congress, said his Bialik to his residence in praised the murder of Rabbi block a report unflattering President Andrzej Duda wounds. encounters with Farrakhan Jerusalem. Itamar Ben Gal; no members to Netanyahu and his wife, signed the controversial Adiel Kolman, 32, a father since Ellison’s election to On Sunday, Reuven Rivlin of the Palestinian Authority Sara, that was broadcast on legislation last month after of four from the West Bank Congress in 2006 have been told Bialik that he had heard praised the attack. an Israeli television channel both houses of parliament settlement of Kochav Ha- perfunctory, if that. so much from his grandchil- Ronald Lauder, in rare in which Lauder had a part passed the measure. Duda shachar, succumbed to his “About a decade ago, he dren about her, her work as criticism, rebukes ownership stake. also sent law for review to injuries on Sunday night in and I had a brief, chance an actress and her strong Netanyahu over settle- Lauder, chairman emeri- his country’s Constitutional the hospital He was a civil- encounter in Washington, support for Israel. The star ments and Orthodox tus of the Estée Lauder cos- Tribunal, which has yet to ian security guard but was D.C.,” Ellison said, an ap- of the hit television series hegemony metic empire and president issue a ruling. unarmed and not on the job parent reference to a video “The Big Bang Theory” is in WASHINGTON (JTA)— of the World Jewish Congress Critics of the law include when he was stabbed several that emerged recently of Israel to participate in the Ronald Lauder, the president since 2007, has also been Israeli leaders, Yad Vashem, times in his upper body that Farrakhan and Ellison in Global Forum for Combating of the World Jewish Congress, one of the most consistent the U.S. State Department afternoon in the Old City. the same room at a mosque Anti-Semitism, which starts said Israeli government poli- voices of support for Trump and Jewish groups. Kolman had worked in the in Virginia’s Washington Monday in Jerusalem. cies threaten the country’s in the Jewish community. European countries re- archaeological digs at the suburbs. “My family came to live in democratic character and The two have been friends portedly propose plan to City of David for the past five “In 2013, I attended a Israel when I was born, and even its existence. since the 1980s, when they keep US in Iran nuclear years, according to The Times meeting in they lived in a few places Openly breaking with both emerged as influential deal of Israel. with Iranian President Has- around the country, so I Prime Minister Benjamin moguls on the New York (JTA)—Several European The stabber, who was first san Rouhani and nearly 50 grew up wit h a st rong Zionist Netanyahu in an op-ed pub- political and social scenes countries reportedly have identified as a Turkish na- others where I advocated for identity,” she told Rivlin. lished Monday in The New In 2001, Lauder, then proposed new sanctions on tional visiting Israel, was later the release of an American Bialik, 41, has a doctorate York Times, Lauder also chairman of the Conference Iran in a bid to keep the identified as Abd al-Rahman political prisoner,” Ellison in neuroscience and plays pressed hard for a two- of Presidents of Major Ameri- United States in the 2015 Bani Fadel, 28, a Palestinian said, referring to reports that neuroscientist Amy Fowler- state solution—a significant can Jewish Organizations, nuclear deal. man from a northern West recently re-emerged of the Farrah on her show. A di- stance because the cosmetics the foreign policy umbrella The new European sanc- Bank village near Nablus. dinner in New York, which vorced mother of two sons, billionaire has the ear of for the Jewish community, tions would punish Iran for He was shot and killed at was held during the U.N. she was raised Reform and President Donald Trump, who drew sharp criticism from its ballistic missiles that it the scene by an Israel Police General Assembly. “I didn’t now practices Modern Or- is about to unveil a Middle the body’s constituent groups publicly tested and its inter- officer. know Mr. Farrakhan would thodoxy. In many interviews East peace proposal. when he appeared at a rally ference in Syria’s civil war, Fadel had entered Jerusa- be there and did not speak she has described herself as a Tr u mp h a s s a id he i s a g nos- in Israel against the then according to a confidential lem using a five-day permit to him at the event.” Zionist and has family living tic about whether two states government’s proposed peace document seen by Reuters. that allowed him to look for Ellison also for the first in Israel. is the preferred outcome for plan and its concessions to In January, the Trump work, according to the Israel time unequivocally denied Earlier this month, Bialik Israel and the Palestinians, the Palestinians. administration said it would Security Agency, or Shin Bet. Farrakhan’s claim that the asked her followers on Face- and Netanyahu over the Israeli mayor refuses halt providing sanctions T he fat her of t wo, his brot her two met in a Washington book to nominate her to light past year has retreated from to deliver remarks in relief to Iran under the deal and uncle are part of Hamas’ hotel room in 2015 or 2016. the torch reserved for a rep- endorsing two states. Poland censored under by May 12 unless the Euro- leadership in the West Bank, “Contrary to recent re- Much of the column was new Holocaust law pean powers that signed the Haaretz reported. He was not ports, I have not been in JTA on page 18A PAGE 18A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, MARCH 23, 2018 Hamas mouthpiece calls for new suicide attacks against Israel (MEMRI via JNS)—Mark- The Special Supplement Today, we remember the he- the Hamas mouthpiece Al- attacking IDF soldiers in Al-Fattah Al-Sharif [the Pal- ing the 22nd anniversary of On The Al-Qassam Web- roes of these operations, the Risala, called for the renewal Jericho] mean that suicide estinian shot by IDF soldier the Jaffa Road bus bomb- site: Articles In Praise martyrs whom Allah chose of suicide attacks and won- attacks will be the headline Elor Azaria after knifing an ings, perpetrated in 1996 Of The 1996 Bus Bomb- after they gained the honor dered whether the publica- of the coming period? Will we Israeli soldier] was executed by Hamas, the movement’s ings of perpetrating large-scale tion of the supplement on witness suicide attacks that in Hebron? And where was it military wing, the ‘Izz Al-Din The special supplement attacks.” the ‘Izz Al-Din Al-Qassam will redeem the reputation when the martyr Al-Saradih Al-Qassam Brigades, posted on the Al-Qassam Brigades In the second article, website is an indication that of the quality attacks that was executed? Is this a civil- on its website a special supple- website included two long Salameh is quoted as saying: t he y a re a b out to b e rene wed . shook the Zionist entity and ian society or a society in ment devoted to these attacks. articles in which Hassan Sal- “The mission of the mar- He wrote: “Are we about to can cause the leaders of the which everyone is armed?... The bombings, dubbed ameh, the Al-Qassam com- tyrdom-seeker, Al-Qassam see actions similar to those occupation, who call for the “Those who shed crocodile “The Holy Revenge” by mander who masterminded Brigades member Majdi carried out by the impris- field execution of Palestin- tears over international law Hamas, were carried out in the attacks and is incarcer- Abu Warda, was to board oned commander Hassan ians, to think again? and humanism should be retaliation for the Jan. 5, 1996, ated in Israel, describes in the number 18 bus [in Je- Salameh? Is the [supplement] “The Zionist occupation punishing the occupation killing of senior Hamas opera- det a il ho w t he y were pla n ned rusalem] with a journalist’s about the Holy Revenge at- is criminal, and criminals and forcing it to obey [the in- tive Yahya Ayyash, who was and executed, including the bag on his back, loaded with tacks, published by the ‘Izz should be met with firm ternational law] before they responsible for several other recruitment of the suicide explosives... Later we agreed Al-Din Al-Qassam Brigades, action, namely with suicide admonish the Palestinians suicide attacks. The special bombers. Salameh praises that the target of the next [aimed at] granting permis- attacks against anything who have nothing but their online supplement included the martyrs and the attacks [attack] would again be the sion to the heroes of the West that is Zionist. If anyone souls to sacrifice for the sake two long articles about their they perpetrated, and espe- number 18 bus, in a chal- Bank to start renewing such objects that this [i.e. Israel] of the occupied homeland... planning and execution, a re- cially their love of jihad and lenge to the Israeli security attacks? Is this... the code is a civilian society and that The Palestinians should not view of each one, photographs their willingness to sacrifice forces and in order to ridi- word, following which we international law prohib- be condemned for their ac- of their aftermath and a video their lives. cule them, since they didn’t will witness the first suicide its suicide attacks against tions even if they do violate documenting one of them. In the first article, Salam- e x p ec t u s to cho ose t he s a me attack, one like those that civilians, we should say: international law, which is Following publication of eh is quoted as saying: “This target again...” shocked Israel and forced it ‘Where was the interna- discriminatory and equates the supplement, Mustafa is a story about the love of Incendiary language: to seriously re-think its treat- tional law when Mohammed the victim with the mur- Al-Sawwaf, a columnist for sacrifice of Al-Qassam mem- ‘The Zionist Occupation ment of the prisoners and the Abu Khdeir was kidnapped, derer. When international the Hamas mouthpiece, pub- bers who knew the path and Is Criminal’ members of the resistance...? tortured and murdered? Or law is just, and when those lished an article calling for stayed on it, and bequeathed Following the publication “Does the execution of the when the Dawabsha family who follow it are fair-minded the renewal of suicide attacks to those who came after them of the supplement, Mustafa martyr [Yassin] Al-Saradih was burned? Where was the people, only then will Pales- against Israel. a jihad that still continues... Al-Sawwaf, a columnist for [killed on Feb. 22 while international law when ‘Abd tinians be bound by it.” JTA From page 17A minister, Naftali Bennett; Is- MoveOn.org, a U.S. left-wing war the centerpiece of his “It undermined American dip- his hints that he would launch rael’s justice minister, Ayelet activist group, was on the appeal to join the movement. lomatic efforts to resolve the a war to denuclearize North resentative of Diaspora Jewry Shaked; and a former secre- tensions between the Koreas, “The war in Iraq was a Palestinian-Israeli conflict.” Korea should talks fail. during the opening Israel tary-general of the United but speakers also noted that foreign policy blunder of enor- Sanders was among four Among the groups repre- Independence Day ceremony Nations cultural organization it was the 15th anniversary of mous magnitude,” he said, speakers who counseled sented on the call was Zazim, on Mount Herzl. UNESCO, Irina Bokova. the Iraq War. describing the ensuing chaos peaceful mass protests and a left-wing activist group in At the Global Forum, she Bernie Sanders helps Sanders, I-Vt., the first in Iraq and consequently the online actions. Two others ad- Israel. An email said Jewish is scheduled to speak about launch global peace Jewish candidate to win civil war in neighboring Syria dressed the Korea crisis, laud- Voice for Peace, a group that her experiences as a Jewish movement major-party nominating con- and the spread of the Islamic ing President Donald Trump backs the movement to boy- and Zionist actress, and about WASHINGTON (JTA)— tests when he ran for the State terrorist group, or ISIS. for a g reein g to meet w it h K im cott Israel, was also among the the difficulties caused by a Sen. Bernie Sanders helped 2016 Democratic presidential “ H ad it not b een for t he Ir aq Jong Un, the leader of North participating organizations, climate of anti-Semitism and launch what purports to be a nomination, made what he War, ISIS would almost cer- Korea, but also fretting that but no representative of JVP anti-Zionism. global peace movement on the said were the failures of that tainly not exist,” Sanders said. Trump could make good on spoke up during the call. Other speakers scheduled anniversary of the Iraq War, for the forum, an initiative which he said precipitated by Israel’s Ministry of For- much of the chaos in the eign Affairs and Diaspora Middle East. Tobin minister in the international Organizers of the Global From page 5A president who is allergic to Then again, Trump’s linger- stand is contradicted by the struggle against anti-Sem- Call for Peace said 11,000 deep dives into procedure, ing desire to do broker the efforts of many members of itism, include the president callers from around the world, and arguing that the two PLO details and the nuts-and-bolts “ultimate deal” of a Middle both parties in the House of Bulgaria, Rumen Radev; including Israel, participated offices in the United States of government decision- East peace agreement—a task and the Senate to stand up a former prime minister of in the Sunday launch. don’t constitute enough of a m a k in g — h ad no ide a t h at h i s he has delegated to son-in-law for the Anti-Terrorism Act. France, Manuel Valls; Israel’s The emphasis of the reason to allow the victims to administration was going to and senior adviser Jared Kush- The critics are pointing out education and Diaspora affairs call, which was initiated by sue. If the high court heeds the side with the PLO. ner—may also be behind a that if the PLO prevails, then Solicitor General’s plea, then That may also be true of de ci sion t h at w ill help keep t he it will reinforce exactly the

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 not only will the PLO be off U.S. Attorney General Jeff P.A. happy and not threaten same violent policies that C Y N I C R A D O W I N E the hook for the damages, but Sessions, who when pressed its finances. make peace impossible. 14 15 16 H EYHO A LAN Y ME I it will effectively render the about the issue during the But whether you want to That isn’t acceptable and 17 18 19 terrorism act null and void. course of an interview with blame this on Trump’s mas- shouldn’t be allowed. O LSEN S OPH L EAN That has raised a storm of Breitbart.com’s Joel Pollack sive ego, his son-in-law’s vain Trump and Sessions need 20 21 22 C LEANTHEHOME protest from some pro-Israel seemed not to b e f a m ilia r w it h hopes for negotiations (which to wake up to the implications 23 24 25 26 27 activists, including the Zion- the case. every sensible person knows of this decision and reverse it. R EA N LE C S I ist Organization of America, The ominous silence of the are already doomed because If they don’t—or if the high 28 29 30 31 32 33 S W I TCHTH ED I SHES which has vociferously pro- State Department, which has of the P.A.’s intransigent re- court allows the reversal of the 34 35 36 tested the stand of the Justice always been opposed to efforts fusal to end and admit defeat jury’s decision to stand—it H AR T OM I R EACH Department. to hold the Palestinians ac- in their century-old war on will ring the death knell for 37 38 39 40 41 42 A TOP E CHOS A BUT Why is Trump betraying countable, on the case may Zionism) or the loyalty of the any accountability of terror 43 44 45 46 47 his principles in this fashion? also indicate that its influ- permanent bureaucracy in the in the courts. R ENEW A SWE A RA It’s hard to give a definitive ence—and those within the Justice and the State depart- Jonathan S. Tobin is editor 48 49 50 51 executive branch that always P REPARE THESEDER answer for any decision made ments to the failed policies in chief of JNS—the Jewish 52 53 54 by the Trump administra- oppose allowing Americans of the past, the fact remains News Syndicate. Follow him S YD C OS D CX tion. It’s entirely possible to sue foreign governments— that this is a terrible mistake. on Twitter at: @jonathans_to- 55 56 57 58 59 60 that Trump—an absentee may be at work. The Solicitor General’s B OOK TH EHOTE L bin. 61 62 63 64 65 L A T E T IRE E TUDE 66 67 68 Stump E BAN E MOR W INOS world. So said Ruth Langer, prized possession, without It is matzah monitored 69 70 71 From page 8A N UTS D OTE S CAMS professor of Jewish studies which no Passover seder can (“guarded”) throughout the rabbi responded: “Exactly! In and associate director of the be complete. In other homes, entire making and baking Judaism, we’re allowed to ask Center for Christian-Jewish the leader hides the afiko- process by an observant Jew four questions: why we lean, Learning at Boston College. man. That’s the way Daniel (and not a machine) to ensure why we eat bitter herbs, why “The prayer reminds us that Dressin’s family operates, and that no leavening transpires. we’re dipping and why we’re it’s G-d, and not us, who takes the 10-year-old from Owings Celebrity Jewish cookbook eating matzah—these are in vengeance on our enemies,” Mills, Md., is gearing up for author Joan Nathan weighed the Haggadah. But yours is adds Langer. “There is excite- some successful negotiating in: “These so-called ‘watched’ the fifth question, and some ment and hope in opening the this year. “It’s fun compet- matzo that we can buy to- questions have to be stored door for Elijah, showing our ing against my brothers and day, round or oval-shaped, away in the realm of emunah faith that G-d the redeemer cousins to try to find it,” said plus matzo meal made from (faith).” is also our protector.” Daniel, who when asked why these matzos with a kind of • Opening the door for Eli- • The . Half a it’s hidden, suggests that wooden mortar and pestle, jah. Hopefully, some of your matzah broken early in the “maybe it’s like Moses was used to be all matzo before guests will remain awake long seder, the afikoman is div vied hidden when he was a baby.” the Age of Industrialization, enough to welcome the proph- up and served as the very last His mother, Rachel, had a when created a et before the drinking of the thing eaten of the night. Over more practical explanation: machine-made square matzo fourth cup of wine. The prayer the generations, this humble “It keeps the kids awake. in the [United] States and that begins, “Pour out Your bit of matzah has often gained And it definitely keeps them earlier in France. Before, fury on the nations,” from star status as an “evil eye” de- entertained.” Passover people would go to the 79th psalm and the wel- terrent or a segula (“charm”) By the way, here is a bonus a matzo oven, either in the coming of Elijah the Prophet for long life. In some families, question for your guests: What synagogue or the community. are traced to post-Crusades the children steal and hide exactly is that mysterious And wealthy homeowners 12th-century France, a time the afikoman, and the leader (and expensive!) round, crisp even had their own matzo of danger for the Ashkenazi must find (or buy back) the shmurah matzah? ovens!” HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, MARCH 23, 2018 PAGE 19A No-Bake Strawberry Coconut Pie for Passover By Sonya Sanford 1 cup raw unsalted cashews, soaked in water for 6-12 hours (The Nosher via JTA)—I first tried raw vegan coconut cream 3/4 cup sliced strawberries, fresh pie years ago at Café Gratitude, one of the popular plant-based or thawed if frozen restaurants in Los Angeles. Café Gratitude is a quintessential 1/2 cup coconut cream, refriger- healthy L.A. eatery. The menu features dishes with titles like ated overnight (or use a can of “I am bountiful” and “I am cosmic” (which you are semi- refrigerated whole fat coconut milk forced to say out loud as written). Those dishes might include and skim off the top layer of cream heirloom grains, fermented vegetables, turmeric or seaweed. that solidifies) The servers often have ethereally glowing skin and offer you 1/4 cup coconut milk (or the re- an inspirational “word of the day” to think about when they maining liquid from the can) take your order. 3 tablespoons light agave nectar, All new-agey West Coast things aside, the food is good and or your preferred sweetener I have a soft spot for the place, especially when it comes to 1 teaspoon vanilla extract their dessert menu. juice of 1/2 a lemon, about 2 When Passover comes around, I look for desserts that could tablespoons be enjoyed beyond the eight days of the holiday and do not pinch of involve matzah meal of any kind. We live in a golden era of 1/3 cup melted coconut oil grain-free dessert innovations, and in the past few years this 1/4 cup shredded unsweetened wealth of creativity has greatly enhanced the offerings at my coconut Passover table, including this riff on Café Gratitude’s vegan For the coconut whipped cream: coconut cream pie. I’ve added strawberries for their bright- 1 cup coconut cream, refrigerated ness, both in color and taste, which complements the rich overnight (or use a can of refriger- creaminess of the coconut. ated whole fat coconut milk and This recipe is also easy to modify with your own favorite skim off the top layer of cream that solidifies) Add in the shredded coconut and pulse a few times until just flavorings or ingredients. You could swap strawberries for 1 tablespoon agave syrup, or your favorite sweetener ( mixed in; you still want that coconut texture. another berry or a mix of berries. You could add a few table- or maple syrup work fine) 6. Pour the filling into the . Place the pie back in the spoons of cocoa powder to the filling and chocolate shavings 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract freezer and let it set for 2 hours or until very firm. Transfer to the garnish. Or you could add caramel and chopped nuts For the garnish: to the refrigerator and store there until ready to garnish and to the mix. Coconut is an easy base to enhance. sliced fresh strawberries serve. Can be made up to one day prior to serving. In all fairness, this dessert is a departure from the classic shredded coconut 7. Just before serving, make the coconut whipped cream. coconut cream pie you may be familiar with, and if you are Directions: Make sure the coconut cream is very cold, and then combine a dessert traditionalist and like pies sugary and plenty sweet 1. To make the crust: Spray a 9-inch springform pan or a all of the ingredients together and whip using an electric (not that there’s anything wrong with that), this may not be pie pan with oil. Line the bottom of the pan with a round of hand mixer or immersion blender until thick and whipped for you. What this does offer is a creamy, smooth, coconut- parchment paper. topping-like. If you find your coconut cream is too stiff, rich treat without grains, refined , dairy or any baking 2. In a food processor, pulse the pecans, coconut, soaked you can add a few tablespoons of liquid from the can to required. It also offers a way to end a rich seder meal on a lighter dates and a pinch of salt together until the nuts are finely the cream. If it’s not whipping up and is too loose, you can note, and it sneakily satisfies both a wide range of potential ground and the mixture forms a paste-like consistency and place the mixture in the freezer in the mixing bowl for 15- dietary concerns as well as the laws of for Passover. sticks together when pressed between your fingers. Press the 30 minutes and try again. There are also many dairy-free And maybe, after a few bites, you might just feel slightly more raw crust into the pan in an even layer. Place the crust in the whipped creams and toppings available to use if you prefer bountiful and cosmic. freezer to set while you make the filling to skip this step. Ingredients: 3. To make the filling: Soak 1 cup of raw cashews for 6 8. Top the pie with the coconut whipped cream. Garnish For the crust: hours or overnight. If you forget to soak your cashews ahead with strawberries and shredded coconut and serve. Makes coconut oil spray (or other cooking spray) of time, you can cover them with boiling water and let them 6-8 servings. 1 cup raw unsalted pecans sit for 1 hour before using. Sonya Sanford is a chef, food stylist, and writer based out 1/2 cup shredded unsweetened coconut 4. Combine the soaked cashews, fresh sliced strawberries, of Los Angeles. 1/2 cup good quality dates, such as Medjool of Khadrawy (pitted coconut cream, coconut milk, agave, vanilla extract, lemon The Nosher food blog offers a dazzling array of new and and soaked in water for 10 minutes and drained) juice and salt in a high-powered blender or food processor. classic Jewish recipes and food news, from Europe to Yemen, big pinch of salt Blend until smooth and creamy. from to shakshuka and beyond. Check it out at www. For the filling: 5. Add the melted coconut oil and blend until incorporated. TheNosher.com. PAGE 20A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, MARCH 23, 2018

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