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$1.00 - PRINTED IN NEW YORK FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 2019 | 12 SHEVAT 5779 VOL. XLV NO. 2389 Israeli PM Israel’s Top Officials Bid Farewell to Netanyahu Warns Iran Outgoing IDF on Syria Presence Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot

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As Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces Lt. Gen. Gadi Eizenkot finished his tenure, top Israeli officials joined in a farewell celebration in his honor. “Gadi, tremendous work has been done in the IDF under your command, and we still have much work ahead,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at the ceremony at IDF Kirya Headquarters in Tel Aviv.

Israeli Air Force F-15 planes. Photo: Reuters / Amir Cohen.

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Gadi Eizenkot, June 20, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Amir Cohen.

BY BARNEY BREEN headquarters in Tel Aviv, Netan- Ministry spokesperson say, ‘Iran “On Tuesday, you are concluding 40 years of devoted -PORTNOY yahu charged, “Iran lies all the time. has no military presence in Syria, service in the Israel Defense Forces and four years as chief It lied about the nuclear deal, which we are just advising.’ So I advise of staff,” said Netanyahu. “During that time, we’ve thwarted Israeli Prime Minister we exposed with the removal of the them to get out of there quickly, many threats posed to the State of Israel. … If we work to Benjamin Netanyahu issued a secret nuclear archive from Tehran. because we will continue our protect our country with all our might, we can avoid an stark warning to Iran on Tuesday It is lying now, when it sends a aggressive policy, as we promised all-out war, but if necessary, the IDF can face this challenge, over its presence in Syria, telling it seemingly innocent satellite into and as we are doing, without fear Israel’s citizens will face this challenge, and together we will to “get out of there quickly” or face space, but in fact wants to obtain and without pause.” ensure the Jewish state’s eternal existence.” further Israeli military action. the first stage of an intercontinental Netanyahu’s comments came “We take leave of you today as IDF Chief of Staff, our In remarks at the installation missile, in violation of all interna- only two days after a rare confir- military leader and defender of our walls,” said Israel’s ceremony of new Chief of Staff tional agreements.” mation by the prime minister of President Reuven Rivlin. “Soldier, commander, statesman, Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi at the IDF He continued: “I heard Israeli responsibility for a strike in Continued on Page A3 yesterday an Iranian Foreign Continued on Page A4

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And therein lies the blunt truth of Hamas: It is driven by a hatred of the Jewish people DANNY DANON and seeks the destruction of the Jewish state. In short, it is one of the most antisemitic JNS.ORG organizations in the world. This statement is not hyperbole or intended for fear-mongering. It is a recogni- tion of fact, both in word and deed. Over the past several weeks, there has In word, Hamas’ charter infamously calls been much discussion of the events last for the destruction of Israel, and its leaders spring on the border between Israel and the have regularly stated that they “love death as Gaza Strip. Many have equated the actions of the Jews love life.” violent Palestinian rioters inspired by Hamas In action, Hamas has turned the Gaza (a terrorist organization) and those of Israel’s Strip into a launching pad from which to realize A Palestinian rioter on the Israel-Gaza Strip border, Oct. 26, 2018. soldiers charged with defending the sover- its genocidal ambitions. When Israel unilater- Photo: Reuters / Mohammed Salem. eignty of a liberal democracy. ally pulled every soldier and civilian out of the rockets, and dug attack tunnels into neigh- could no longer ignore what Israel had known This abhorrent argument demonstrates a Strip in the 2005 disengagement, the Palestin- boring Israeli communities, all while using the all along: These riots were simply a different false moral equivalence and, above all, misses ians had the opportunity to govern themselves people of Gaza as human shields. tactic of the next battle in Hamas’ ongoing war the context of the events. and prove to Israel and the world that they Which brings us to the riots. against Israel and the Jewish people. Last spring, Hamas-inspired rioters could exist alongside the Jewish state in peace. Many try to claim that these were When faced with a similar situation — in gathered on the Gazan side of the border Yet Hamas seized power and increased “non-violent” protests, which is objectively which tens of thousands of rioters inspired fence with Israel in what was billed as the its rocket attacks against Israel. In response, false. Others try to paint the image that by a terrorist organization rush its border, “Great March of Return.” With such a provoca- Israel, as well as Egypt, imposed a naval these events were another demonstration of wielding weapons and proudly proclaiming tive name, the question bears asking: a return blockade to prevent the terror organiza- Palestinian nationalism — akin to something their intent to kill its civilians — what nation to where? tion from acquiring weapons from foreign like a state fair in America. But “nonviolent” would not take all necessary measures to The answer that much of the media supporters such as Iran, its primary sponsor. protesters do not carry knives, wire-cutters, defend its sovereignty and protect its people? believed is “to their ancestral homelands.” This Israel also constructed a fence along the and improvised firebombs. Hamas co-founder Maybe those who believe that these is a politically correct euphemism for saying: border to protect its civilian communities in Mahmoud al-Zahar even said this character- were simply protesters would have preferred to destroy Israel. the south. Egypt would soon do the same to ization was intentionally deceptive, and that hundreds of rioters had broken through Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was more prevent infiltration from the Sinai Peninsula. the riots were “not a peaceful resistance.” the fence and massacred innocent Israelis explicit: he said the goal was to “tear down their In the more than 10 years it has ruled Is there any clearer indication of intent? before the IDF took action. If Israel has to [Israel’s] border and tear out [Israelis’] hearts.” the Gaza Strip, Hamas has done nothing to When a Hamas official publicly stated that choose between saving the lives of Israelis or In carrying out this directive, a group of rioters improve the lives of the Palestinians under its more than 80 percent of the rioters killed in appeasing morally bankrupt audiences, we that briefly managed to infiltrate into Israel control. Instead, it has stolen international aid a two-day period were terrorist operatives, it will always choose life. were brandishing butcher knives and shouting to fund its terrorist agenda, kidnapped Israeli became inexcusable to believe that these riots Danny Danon is Israel’s ambassador to “Jews, we’re coming to slaughter you!” soldiers and civilians, launched thousands of were peaceful demonstrations. The world the United Nations. Does the UN Secretary General Really Want to Enable PA-Sponsored Terrorism?

existence of these payment programs is now accepted at face value by Western govern- the exposed to all. ments that fund the PA and its terror payments Algemeiner Journal SANDER GERBER Sadly, too many UN member states have policy. The problem with this claim, which & YOSSI KUPERWASSER become terror deniers. Why doesn’t the UN could be called the “Social Welfare Defense,” (USPS 927800) is published weekly join nations of conscience in their condem- is that it is demonstrably false. (except for the week of Passover nation of the PA’s financial rewards and This “Social Welfare Defense” collapses and Succos) incentives for terror? Put another way — is the upon examination of the PA’s laws and budget, Subscription rate $40 per year On Monday, Palestinian President UN becoming a terror enabler? comparing and contrasting “pay to slay” terror Algemeiner Journal Mahmoud Abbas is scheduled to meet with For the PA, ending these payments payments with the PA’s formal welfare system. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. The crosses a “red line.” Palestinian officials, in Simply put, the PA system governing 508 Montgomery Street Arabic, characterize terror trust fund recipi- payments to terrorists is far superior to Brooklyn, N.Y. 11225-3023 UN announcement of the meeting doesn’t refer to Abbas as president; rather, it uses ents as “soldiers and sons of our nation.” But its regular, needs-based welfare system. Periodicals Postage the term “His Excellency,” which is the UN in English, they defend these payments as Perversely, by using its budget to pay terror- Paid at Brooklyn, N.Y. protocol title for a country’s leader. Then on “social welfare” used to support “innocent ists, the PA is depriving those less fortunate and at additional mailing offices Tuesday, the “State of Palestine” will assume individuals” suffering from the loss of a head members of Palestinian society their fair the Chairmanship of the Group of 77 — a of household “breadwinner.” This claim, which share of government aid. POSTMASTER: coalition of 134 developing nations, designed attempts to convert blood money into benev- In the PA’s 2018 budget, funding levels Send address changes to to promote its members’ collective economic olence, is usually phrased like it was in this for “pay-to-slay” programs were more than July 2017 statement by Husam Zomlot, the 1.2 billion shekels ($330,000,000) overall — Algemeiner Journal interests and create an enhanced joint negoti- ating capacity in the United Nations. former PLO envoy to the US: consuming over seven percent of the annual P.O. Box 250746 This is a program that is used for the PA budget. These payments were scheduled Brooklyn, N.Y. 11225 -3023 Abbas’ recognition by the UN as the legitimate ruler of the Palestinian people is victims of the occupation. … It’s a program to go to approximately 10,500 imprisoned and nearly as bizarre as the UN’s near-acceptance to give the families a dignified life, they are released prisoners, and some 37,500 families of Let your voice be heard! of the idea that the Palestinian Authority (PA) provided for, so they and their kids can lead “martyrs” and injured terrorists. In contrast, the a different future. entire 2018 budget for the PA’s social welfare [email protected] contributes to global peace and prosperity. All this begs a question: Does the UN want to Characterizing payments for terror as system is about $214 million, and supports enable terror or disable terror? social welfare is a deception that is frequently 118,000 households — thus, a much larger To advertise in PA law mandates that “salaries” be paid group subsists on a much smaller budget. to Palestinian terrorists if they are caught or Enshrined in PA law, payments to impris-

the new Algemeiner killed. The PA “pay-to-slay” programs — and oned terrorists are almost entirely dependent e-mail: [email protected] the incentives they provide to perpetuate on length of incarceration, and not on personal terrorism — are described in the Taylor Force financial circumstances. True social welfare or call Act, a US law enacted in March 2018, as well recipients, however, are eligible based on need 718-771-0400 as in more recently enacted Israeli legislation. and do not get automatic payments. Once After much obfuscation and obstruction by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres with approved, they receive benefits of only 250-600 Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem. shekels a month, paid quarterly — and the the Palestinian Authority and the media, the Photo: IMFA. Continued on Page A3 www.algemeiner.com | FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 2019 A3 World News. UK Board of Deputies to Host Leading Jewish Groups Exhibit Highlighting Role Among Those Mourning of Albanian Muslims Saving Assassinated Polish Jews During Holocaust Mayor Pawel Adamowicz

BY ALGEMEINER STAFF an important exhibition which celebrates the heroism of Muslim Albanians who rescued A Yad Vashem exhibit featuring the role Jews during the Holocaust. It is a little known Albanian Muslims played in saving Jews history and one which we are happy to be able during the Holocaust will be on display at a to share with our Deputies, who can take these meeting of the Board of Deputies of British stories back their communities all around the Jews next month. country. These acts of heroism are a model for The exhibit — titled “Love Your Neighbor” how Muslims and Jews ought to coexist today, — was originally supposed to be hosted by the challenging antisemitism and anti-Muslim Center for Islamic Understanding in London, hatred together.” but the mosque nixed that plan after facing Yad Vashem UK Foundation Chairman pressure from Muslims over its cooperation Simon Bentley stated: “Yad Vashem, as the with an Israeli institution. World Holocaust Remembrance Center, is Albanian Ambassador to the UK Qirjako committed to honoring non-Jews who have Qirko will attend the Feb. 17 Board of Deputies risked their lives to save Jews during the Shoah.” meeting. The exhibit, he added, “highlights these Righteous Among the Nations by focusing on Board of Deputies President Marie van Thousands of people gathered in Gdansk following the murder of Mayor Pawel Adamowicz to pro- the Albanian Muslims who saved hundreds of der Zyl said in a statement on Monday: “This is test violence and hatred. Photo: Reuters / Agencja Gazeta / Dawid Zuchowicz. Jewish lives during the Holocaust.” BY ALGEMEINER STAFF Adamowicz, and we extend our deepest sympathies and condolences to his family A leading US Jewish advocacy organiza- and constituents.” Israeli Divers to Search tion was among the many voices on Monday “Mayor Adamowicz was a leading voice mourning the death of Pawel Adamowicz, the of opposition against far-right extremism, and mayor of the Polish city of Gdansk. Adamo- a proponent of equal rights and security for Danube River for Remains wicz was stabbed through the heart by an all citizens of Poland,” Lauder continued. “He assassin on Sunday night as he addressed was a true friend of the Jewish community, thousands of people attending a charity speaking loudly and clearly against antisemi- of Jews Murdered in Holocaust tism in Poland. This was an attack not just on concert in the city. An outspoken liberal who was frequently the mayor, but on the very value of tolerance.” critical of Poland’s right-wing government on “It is our deep hope that this horrific murder will not dissuade proponents of ZAKA said negotiations over the first-of- issues ranging from immigration to LBGT+ BY BARNEY BREEN-PORTNOY democracy and acceptance from continuing its-kind operation began three years ago. rights, Adamowicz died in hospital following to embrace and promote these very messages An Israeli search-and-rescue group will Toward the end of World War II, thousands over five hours of surgery. that Mayor Adamowicz carried throughout begin scouring the waters of the Danube of Hungarian Jews who had not already been Dr. Tomasz Stefaniak, the director of the his life and career,” Lauder concluded. River in the Hungarian capital of Budapest sent to death camps were executed on the hospital where Adamowicz was treated, said: Last year, Adamowicz was praised widely this week for the remains of Jews murdered banks of the Danube by members of the Arrow “With the deepest regret we must confirm that for his response to an antisemitic attack on a during the Holocaust. Cross — the far-right fascist party that collabo- unfortunately we lost the struggle for the life of Gdansk synagogue, where an assailant threw The mission was announced on Monday rated with the Nazis and ruled Hungary from the mayor of the city. We honor his memory.” a brick through a glass window as Yom Kippur after a meeting in Budapest between October 1944 to March 1945. The alleged assailant, a 27-year-old man services were coming to an end. Israeli Interior Minister Aryeh Deri and his Approximately 565,000 Hungarian Jews from Gdansk with a record of violent crime, was “Such things should not happen in the city Hungarian counterpart, Pinter Sandor. were killed in the Holocaust — mostly at released from prison last month, it emerged on of freedom and solidarity,” Adamowicz said at It will be carried out by divers from the Auschwitz, in Nazi-occupied Poland, where Monday. After the stabbing, the assailant told the time, in a reference to Gdansk’s status as ZAKA organization. they were deported en masse in mid-1944. the crowd he blamed Adamowicz’s former the city where the Solidarity movement that “I am pleased that the Hungarian interior political party Civic Platform for his jailing in eventually toppled communist rule in Poland minister has promised assistance, support 2014 over a series of violent attacks. first began. The following day, Adamowicz led and technological equipment for the benefit Among those expressing shock at a unity rally outside the synagogue. of this project, and I hope that the ZAKA Adamowicz’s passing was the American Jewish Adamowicz’s death was announced as divers will be able to bring these holy martyrs Committee (AJC), whose office in Warsaw hundreds of Gdansk’s citizens lined up outside to a full Jewish burial,” Deri said. worked closely with the Gdansk mayor. the hospital where the mayor was treated to The divers, according to a ZAKA state- World Jewish Congress (WJC) President donate blood. On Monday evening, thousands ment, will be aided by a newly-purchased Ronald Lauder said his organization was The Holocaust Shoe Memorial next to the Dan- of people marched through the center of the sonar device. ube River, in Budapest. Photo: Wikimedia Commons “shocked and disturbed by the horrific attack unleashed against Gdansk Mayor Pawel city to protest violence and hatred.

Continued from Page A2 tinians, aware of this gap, capitalize on it. If PA-Sponsored one’s family is in a tough economic situation, Continued from Page A1 Staff Aviv Kochavi success. maximum welfare payment is 57 percent less terror becomes a solution, with hero status as Farewell “The IDF is getting an excellent chief of than the minimum “pay-to-slay” salary. a bonus. And what do the Palestinians see as modest, brave, responsible, a first-rate strate- staff,” he said. “You are among the best of our As defined by PA law, payments to their government’s priority? Helping the desti- gist and a people person. Over the last four people, the best of our commanders. Your prisoners are restricted to the “fighting sector” tute or promoting terror? If you follow the years, there were no wars, but the IDF under success is our success, and we trust you. … I, (“Alsharicha Almunadila” in Arabic) who are money, it’s clear that terror is more attractive, your command never ceased fighting.” like all Israelis, have faith in you. Good luck to involved in “the struggle against the occupa- quantitatively and qualitatively. Rivlin also wished incoming IDF Chief of you both, and bless you all.” tion.” Common incarcerated criminals are not So if Abbas conflates prisoner salaries or eligible for payments, even if they are destitute. martyrs’ family benefits with social welfare, positive step to enable the Palestinian people JCPA, and a former Vice Chairman of the Terrorist prisoners are eligible for payments remember that in reality there are two distinct to take a legitimate seat at the community of Woodrow Wilson International Center for even if they are young and unmarried, with no systems operating here. By intent and design, nations. A peace process cannot be built on a Scholars. Brig.-Gen. (res.) Yossi Kuperwasser dependents. Furthermore, released prisoners the “pay-to-slay” program is simply money for foundation of lies. The choice is clear: you are is Director of the Project on Regional Middle continue to receive salaries, regardless of need. murder. Sadly, too many UN member states either a terror enabler or a terror disabler. We East Developments at the Jerusalem Center Terrorists and their families have no have become terror deniers. ask the UN — and the world — which side of for Public Affairs. He was formerly Director need for the PA social welfare system and Hopefully, the UN will expose the the moral divide are you on? General of the Israel Ministry of Strategic would be foolish to use it, because they have camouflage and begin to push back against Sander Gerber is the CEO of Hudson Affairs and head of the Research Division of access to a far superior system. And Pales- PA “state”-sponsored terror. This would be a Bay Capital. He is a fellow at JINSA and the IDF Military Intelligence. A4 | FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 2019 World News.

Continued from Page A1 minister — said during a visit to Israel’s Warns Iran northern border on Sunday. “If necessary, we Syria — this one on an Iranian weapons will step up these attacks.” storage facility at Damascus International The Israeli military has reportedly Airport. conducted thousands of such strikes in Syria “This reflects our consistent policy and in recent years to thwart Iran’s ambitions strong determination to prevent Iran from there and prevent the transfer of advanced entrenching itself militarily in Syria,” Netan- weaponry from the Tehran regime to its Shi’a yahu — who also currently serves as defense terror proxy, Lebanon-based Hezbollah.

that discussed sustainable development mizes Palestinian terrorism against Israelis. goals. “We also suffer under the yoke of a While Abbas touched on several critical foreign occupation.” human rights issues during his speech — Abbas went on to condemn Israel’s including child labor, slavery and human “colonization and occupation of the ‘State trafficking — he was at his most detailed of Palestine,'” accusing the Jewish state of when specifying the PA’s demands of Israel. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addressing the G-77 meeting at the UN head- “obstructing cohesive development for all Advocating the creation of a Palestinian state quarters in New York, Jan. 15, 2019. Photo: UN TV screenshot. peoples of the region.” with its capital in eastern Jerusalem, Abbas Abbas’s latter observation drew a swift emphasized that this outcome would neces- ‘Stop Spending 7% of Your Budget reaction from Israeli Ambassador to the UN sarily involve “the just resolution of final status Danny Danon. issues, including our refugees and prisoners.” “As the United Nations very well knows At no point did the Palestinian leader discuss on Terrorist Salaries,’ Israeli UN from all of the development work Israel does, any of the other challenges to sustainable Israel is not what undermines development but development in the Middle East, such as the Envoy Tells Abbas actually helps it,” Danon told The Algemeiner unprecedented refugee crisis generated by following Abbas’ speech. the displacement of over 13 million Syrians — The ambassador continued: “Instead, it is among them 400,000 Palestinians — during a BY BEN COHEN states at the UN that purports to represent the the Palestinian Authority that undermines its civil war that has raged since 2011. “collective economic interests ” of the world’s own capacity and development. The PA should While it is difficult to detect the influ- Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud developing nations. Still known as the “Group stop spending 7 percent of its annual budget ence of the G-77 beyond the halls of the UN, Abbas on Tuesday used a keynote speech at of 77 (G-77)” after the number of states that on inciting and paying terrorist salaries, and the pivotal role entrusted to the “State of the United Nations in New York to assert that originally founded it in 1964, the bloc includes instead use it to develop its infrastructure and Palestine” with its 2019 chairmanship will Israel was an “obstruction” to the “cohesive several nations that do not recognize Israel’s help its people.” likely be presented by the PA as another development of all peoples” in the Middle East, right to exist, including Iran, Syria and Iraq. The PA spent $355 million of international milestone in its bid to gain full member- drawing a sharp rebuke from the Jewish state’s In remarks in which he addressed donors’ money in 2017 on paying salaries and ship of the UN, irrespective of the progress ambassador to the world body. the G-77’s main concerns in only the most other benefits to convicted or “martyred” terror- of peace negotiations with Israel. Full Abbas was speaking as the “State of Pales- general terms, Abbas took care to attack Israel ists and their families. The US Congress passed membership in the UN for any prospec- tine” — officially a “non-member observer whenever he found the right opening to do so. legislation in 2018 suspending US aid to the PA tive state requires a vote of the UN Security state” at the UN since 2012 — assumed the “Palestine cannot be an exception,” until there was a verifiable end to the practice, Council, where any Palestinian bid would chairmanship from Egypt of a bloc of 134 Abbas stated, during a passage of his speech which critics argue both incentivizes and legiti- almost certainly encounter a US veto.

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February 16, 2018 Reprinted from the Jewish Press • Friday, March 20, 1987 Bogus Purim Service Broken Up In years past, Beth Shifra maintained a Free Soup Kitchen all year round, open seven days a week, serving free meals three times a day, without charge. During A group of missionaries in Brighton Beach who staff of the Beth Shifra Institutions break up the rally. the week of Pesach, Beth Shifra sponsored free Kosher for Pesach Sedorim and rented Public School 225 on the premise they were Since many of the protesters missed the Megil- three meals a day, around the city, for thousands of people. We are personally holding a social,” attempted to hold a bogus “Purim la reading, the staff of Beth Shifra held to Megilla Megilla” reading. The missionaries widely advertised readings, so those who were instrumental in break- familiar with their important work. their program in Russian as well as English throughout ing up the rally could observe the Mitzva properly. Beth Shifra is doing an outstanding job helping the unfortunate. You, too, can the Manhattan Beach and Brighton Beach area in an The Beth Shifra rally, held at the Jewish Center of be a part of this great Mitzvah of charity and Maos Chittim. May all those that effort to entice young people to their service. Ocean Parkway, was termed a huge success by the chil- participate in this holy effort be blessed from Heaven. However, when the real purpose of the “service” was dren and parents who attended. There was a live band discovered, groups from Boro Park, Flatbush, Crown and a puppet show to entertain the children. With every blessing, Heights and Monsey descended on the area to help the Rabbi Mendy Mirocznik | Executive Vice President Rabbinacal Alliance of America

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A group of missionaries in Brighton Beach Heights and Monsey descended on the area to help the who rented Public School 225 on the premise they staff of the Beth Shifra Institutions break up the rally. were holding a social,” attempted to hold a bogus Since many of the protesters missed the Megilla “Purim Megilla” reading. The missionaries widely reading, the staff of Beth Shifra held to Megilla read- advertised their program in Russian as well as En- ings, so those who were instrumental in breaking up glish throughout the Manhattan Beach and Brigh- the rally could observe the Mitzva properly. ton Beach area in an effort to entice young peo- The Beth Shifra rally, held at the Jewish Center ple to their service. However, of Ocean Parkway, was termed a huge success by the when the real purpose of the “service” was discov- children and parents who attended. There was a live ered, groups from Boro Park, Flatbush, Crown band and a puppet show to entertain the children. www.algemeiner.com | FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 2019 A5 U.S. News.

statements and actions with a response,” Activist Who Said Israel Is a spokesperson Ari Morgenstern told JNS. Zionist Organization of America Presi- dent Mort Klein told JNS that his organization ‘Terrorist Entity’ Attends Tlaib “condemns Rashida Tlaib for meeting with a fellow antisemite seeking Israel’s destruction, Swearing-In, Private Dinner Abbas Hamideh, founder of Al-Awda – The Palestine Right of Return Coalition. This [is] Congresswoman-elect Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.). Photo: Screenshot. further evidence of her hatred of Jews and the Jewish state of Israel.” condemn Tlaib for her vicious anti-Israel BY JNS.org “Tlaib supports BDS and openly calls words and deeds,” he added. for the replacement of Israel by an Arab- Last week, in response to a bill in the Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) met over the weekend with Abbas Hamideh, a dominated state, thus seeking to deny Jews Senate that includes combating the anti-Israel Palestinian activist who has said that Israel “does not have a right to exist” and is a “terrorist entity.” the sovereign independence she demands BDS movement, Tlaib attacked Republican “I was honored to be at Congresswoman @RashidaTlaib swearing in ceremony in #Detroit for Palestinian Arabs,” he continued. “She lies lawmakers and opponents of BDS by tweeting: and private dinner afterward with the entire family, friends and activists across the country. about Israel, claiming it discriminates against “They forgot what country they represent.” #Palestine #TweetYourThobe #RashidaTlaib,” Hamideh tweeted. those ‘darker skinned.’” She continued, “This is the US where Hamideh, executive director of the US-based Palestine Right to Return Coalition, has equated Zionists “The ZOA urges Democratic Congres- boycotting is a right & part of our historical to Nazis, said Israel has a “delusional ISIS-like ideology” and labeled the nation’s founding a “crime.” sional leaders Senator Charles Schumer fight for freedom & equality. Maybe a refresher According to a screenshot captured by StandWithUs, he also lamented the death of “the legendary (D–N.Y.), Speaker of the House Rep. Nancy on our US Constitution is in order, then get Hezbollah martyr” Samir Kuntar in 2015, who years earlier led an attack that killed four Israelis. Pelosi (D–Calif.) and other Democrats to back to opening up our government instead of Among the fatalities was 31-year-old father Danny Haran, who Kuntar shot to death in front of his taking our rights away.” four-year-old daughter Einat, before killing the girl by smashing her skull against a rock with his rifle. Haran’s wife managed to hide with her two-year-old daughter Yael, but accidentally suffo- cated the child while trying to quiet her whimpering. Hamideh’s meeting with Tlaib on Saturday sparked condemnation from the pro-Israel community. “Unfortunately, we really aren’t surprised. Tlaib is turning out to be the exact person we were warning she is. What is perhaps the worst part about this is, Democrats won’t do a single thing about it, nor will Democratic Jewish groups,” Republican Jewish Coalition spokesperson Neil Strauss told JNS. “And it’s all because they’re afraid to stand up to their rabidly anti-Israel, far-left base.” However, the Jewish Democratic Council of America slammed Tlaib and Hamideh. “JDCA stands unequivocally against Abbas Hamideh’s radical record and his extremist anti-Israel views which should be condemned by all,” the organization told JNS. “Since August of last year, JDCA has repeatedly stated our strong policy disagreements with Rep. Rashida Tlaib and we urge her to make clear where she stands with regard to Abbas Hamideh.” Max Samarov, StandWithUs executive director of Research and Campus Strategy, told JNS: “It is disturbing that a member of Congress would pose with an extremist who glorified child murderer Samir Kuntar as a ‘legendary Hezbollah martyr.’ Political leaders should not associate with racists or supporters of terrorism.” Christians United for Israel “has decided that we are not going to dignify Rep. Tlaib’s steady drumbeat of appalling NYPD Treating Latest Attack on Orthodox Jew as Hate Crime

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An Orthodox Jewish man was violently assaulted on Saturday night in Brooklyn’s Crown Heights neighbor- hood — the latest in a series of hate crimes over the last two months on the Haredi community in the area. The 19-year-old man told police that he was walking along Empire Boulevard near Schenectady Avenue at approxi- mately 9:00 p.m., when he passed a group of teenage males. One of the group approached the Jewish man and asked him, “Do you want to fight?” The black teen then began to punch the Jewish man in the face and knocked him to the ground, community website COL Live reported. The group then fled eastbound on Empire Boulevard. The victim was treated for minor injuries at Maimonides Hospital. According to the report, police at the scene were able to retrieve video showing the perpetrators prior to the attack. The actual assault occurred off camera. The NYPD 71st Precinct’s investigation is taking place in coordination with the city’s Hate Crime Task Force. The spate of violent attacks against Haredi Jews in Brooklyn during the last three months has led to calls for an increased police presence on the streets. “It’s terrible that one doesn’t feel safe stepping out of his home at any time of the day,” Rabbi David Niederman — president of the United Jewish Organizations of Williamsburg and North Brooklyn — told The Algemeiner in an interview last month. A6 | FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 2019 Opinion. Pompeo’s Words Are Iran’s Worst Nightmare

Obama. When he failed to enforce the “red lent. To demonstrate how divorced from reality line” in Syria after Bashar Assad gassed Arab the Obama officials are, another former official said, “Pompeo sees his audience as the region’s SHMULEY BOTEACH children, he sent a message of weakness that our enemies exploited. He allowed Russia autocrats rather than its people.” ENGELWOOD to come to Assad’s aid, almost comically Excuse me, but don’t they recall that US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to Obama gave his speech in Cairo while Hosni students at the American University in Cairo, invited Putin to oversee Assad’s destruction of Egypt, Jan. 10, 2019. Photo: Andrew Caballero-Reyn- chemical weapons, and allowed the Russian Mubarak was in power? olds / Pool via Reuters. Supporters of President Barack Obama dictator to become more entrenched than I was opposed to President Trump’s initial attack President Donald Trump for reversing ever in Syria. Obama pulled our troops out announcement to pull troops out of Syria, but the theocrats in Tehran and the terrorists in his predecessor’s policies. To be sure, many of Iraq, giving Iran greater influence over that let’s not forget that Obama was unwilling to Ramallah to the democrats in Jerusalem. of Trump’s actions are debatable. But his country and eliminating a major deterrent to use any kind of direct force to protect Muslim As I’ve written many times, there may approach to Iran and radical Islam are Iranian expansionism, while also reassuring civilians from massacres in Syria. be no greater global threat than the genocidal historic and vital correctives to the disas- the mullahs he would not use military force to Worse, as Pompeo noted, when Iranians regime in Iran. That is why Pompeo’s remarks trous strategies pursued by Obama. Secretary prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons. protested their cruel leaders during the Green were so important. “America’s economic of State Mike Pompeo, in particular, did a It was refreshing to hear Pompeo speak Revolution, Obama refused to support their sanctions against the regime are the stron- masterful job in his Cairo speech of making bluntly: “Countries increasingly understand that calls for democracy and an end to the repres- gest in history,” he said, “and will keep getting the president’s case with the moral clarity his we must confront the ayatollahs, not coddle them.” sive theocracy. Instead, Obama legitimized their tougher until Iran starts behaving like a normal predecessor lacked. Since Obama signed the nuclear deal, we brutal rule. “The ayatollahs and their henchmen country.” He subsequently announced plans It was fitting that Pompeo gave his have learned that the Iranians hid their research murdered, jailed, and intimidated freedom- for a summit in Poland to discuss how to ensure address in the same city where Obama made on nuclear weapons for future use; further- loving Iranians, and they wrongly blamed that “Iran is not a destabilizing influence.” his first major foreign policy speech, and set more, the agency responsible for verifying the America for this unrest when it was their own My friend Dan Shapiro, Obama’s ambas- the tone for his ill-advised and failed approach agreement refuses to inspect military sites tyranny that had fueled it,” Pompeo said. He also sador to Israel and a fine and decent man, to the region. It was in Cairo that Obama where Iran is most likely to engage in weapons added that, “emboldened, the regime spread its tweeted of Pompeo’s speech, “Prediction: made clear that he did not see radical Islam as development, and Iran is testing ballistic cancerous influence to Yemen, to Iraq, to Syria, no one in the Middle East will remember a true threat, which was later reflected in his missiles designed to carry nuclear warheads, and still further into Lebanon.” anything about Pompeo’s speech by next decision to support the Muslim Brotherhood’s in violation of UN resolutions. Speaking specifically of Lebanon, week.” Well, to the extent Obama’s speech was ascension to power in Egypt and capitulate to Rather than change its anti-Western Pompeo noted: “Our penchant, America’s memorable, it was for all the flawed reasons Iran’s hegemonic designs by signing an unver- orientation as Obama predicted, Iran has penchant, for wishful thinking led us to look outlined by Pompeo. ifiable nuclear deal that rewarded the mullahs become more belligerent. The situation has the other way as Hizballah, a wholly owned History will record that Trump’s withdrawal with more than $100 billion. gotten so bad that even some of our European subsidiary of the Iranian regime, accumu- from the embarrassing nuclear agreement with In both instances, Obama was guilty of allies, who sided with Obama, just announced lated a massive arsenal of approximately Iran once again enforced American values by — at best — naiveté. Pompeo rightly criticized new sanctions because they discovered Iran 130,000 rockets and missiles. They stored and refusing to reward a genocidal, terrorist regime. Obama (though he did not use his name) for was plotting terror attacks in their countries. positioned these weapons in Lebanese towns Pompeo’s speech was a moral declaration that “fundamental misunderstandings” about the Listening to Obama officials attack and villages in flagrant violation of interna- America will no longer apologize for its opposi- region that “underestimated the tenacity and Pompeo and defend the former president had a tional law. That arsenal is aimed squarely at tion to radical Islam, and will dedicate itself viciousness of radical Islamism.” He justifiably Twilight Zone quality. Robert Malley, one of the our ally Israel.” While Obama ignored these to combating Iran’s malevolent influence and upbraided the former president for blaming architects of Obama’s disastrous policies said, developments, Pompeo pledged that “the nuclear ambitions. our country “for what ails the Middle East.” “Listening to Secretary Pompeo’s speech is like United States will work to reduce the threat of Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, “America’s “When we neglect our friends, resentment listening to someone from a parallel universe.” Hizballah’s missile arsenal.” Rabbi,” whom The Washington Post calls builds,” Pompeo told his audience. “When we He is right in the sense that the universe he and We should also not forget that Pompeo’s “the most famous Rabbi in America,” is the partner with enemies, they advance.” his colleagues live in was one where radical predecessor devoted his final foreign policy international bestselling author of 30 books, This is exactly what happened under Islam did not exist and where Iran was benevo- address to attacking Israel. John Kerry preferred including his most recent, The Israel Warrior. Follow him on Twitter @RabbiShmuley. Amid Trump’s Withdrawal, Israel Is Still Doing America’s Dirty Work in Syria

But taken together and coming after Donald Trump’s announcement that he will JONATHAN S. TOBIN be withdrawing US troops from Syria, the JNS.ORG unavoidable conclusion about these state- ments is that, while Israel’s operations there have been an open secret never before publicly acknowledged, the Jewish state is For some observers, this past weekend’s sending a clear message to Tehran. After years revelations about Israeli strikes against Iranian of quietly pounding Iranian forces, Israel’s targets in Syria was just politics as usual in the security establishment feels the time is right Jewish state. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin to make it clear that it will continue to enforce Netanyahu’s public acknowledgement that certain red lines in Syria to ensure that the the Israel Defense Forces had struck specific Islamist regime isn’t in a position to launch a Iranian military targets in Syria was seen war on its northern front. by some pundits as an attempt to distract Notwithstanding Secretary of State Mike the voters from his personal legal woes in Pompeo’s vow last week that America’s goal advance of the April elections. was to “expel every last Iranian boot from Similarly, there might be those who Syria,” with the United States opting out of consider outgoing IDF Chief of Staff Gen. a direct role in the fight against ISIS there, it Gadi Eizenkot’s exit interviews with the Israeli remains to be seen how it can accomplish and international press in a similar way. He that task or deter Turkey from slaughtering too spoke about the army’s ongoing duel with America’s Kurdish allies with only tough talk. Iran’s Quds Force and its Hezbollah auxil- The United States continues to waver iaries in recent years, which could be seen between Pompeo and National Security as evidence of a desire to puff up his image Adviser John Bolton’s efforts to maintain a before eventually turning (like so many other strong US policy against Iran, and Trump’s top officers) to politics. Continued on Page A7 www.algemeiner.com | FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 2019 A7 Opinion.

Continued from Page A6 Dirty Work neo-isolationist instincts. But Israel remains Palestinian Conspiracy Theories the one decisive factor that can deter Iranian ambitions. Explain the Lack of Peace Israel has been doing the West’s dirty work in Syria dating back to the George W. Bush administration. In 2007, though the Pentagon was aware of and worried about the itself is misused by the media as more of a threat of the Bashar Assad regime developing President Donald Trump talks to reporters as he pejorative rather than an objective ideological its own nuclear program, it was Israeli forces visits the banks of the Rio Grande River, January ADAM LEVICK description, the fact that most Israelis have 10, 2019. Photo: REUTERS/Leah Millis. indeed grown wary of the logic of the Oslo that struck and destroyed the Al Kibar reactor JERUSALEM site in a raid that not only leveled the facility, able to establish the kind of active military Accords does not reflect any affection towards the status quo in the West Bank, which most but also reportedly killed 10 North Korean threat that they hoped would be their reward concede is untenable in the long-term. nuclear scientists working there. for saving Assad. Rather, this shift is nurtured by the Though media outlets covering the Israel’s role grew even more important But for all of the IDF’s success, the fact trauma of the Second Intifada, frustration over region subject nearly every Israeli moral after Barack Obama’s disgraceful backing remains that the Iranians are still in Syria, and multiple Palestinian rejections of real Israeli failure to something akin to a forensic exami- away from his threat to enforce a “red line” could pour far more resources, weapons, and peace offers, the rise of Hamas following the nation, Palestinians (as we’ve documented against the Assad regime’s use of chemical troops into the bases they still have there. The evacuation from Gaza, the failure of the Arab continually) are usually spared this level of weapons against its own people. Obama same goes for Hezbollah, which may regard Spring to facilitate regional democracy, and scrutiny — a pattern of double standards that PA leaders who express little if any interest in allowed Russian President Vladimir Putin to the recently discovered terror tunnels they dug egregiously skews reports on the conflict. inculcating a culture of peace, liberalism, and take charge in Syria, a decision that facilitated under the Israel-Lebanon border as merely a The latest example of disturbing behavior tolerance in their society. Iranian intervention alongside that of Russia minor aspect of their plans for a new war on by a Palestinian Authority (PA) minister The promotion and acceptance to save Assad’s brutal government, leaving the Jewish state should their masters in Tehran that likely won’t be reported by the media of conspiracy theories like the one we Israel potentially isolated. Even after the choose to launch another round of fighting. involves the promotion of a bizarre anti-Israel highlighted above only fuels Israeli suspicions United States belatedly joined the war against Equally as important, Syria remains a conspiracy theory — that Israel spreads drugs that, even if its leaders did one day agree to theater of war in which the West is likely to and AIDS in Palestinian society, per a report by ISIS, Israel found itself needing to actively hit two states, a future Palestinian state will be Palestinian Media Watch (PMW). Iranian forces in order to prevent them from continue to rely on Israel to keep Iran from hostile to Israel. PMW notes that the charge has actually establishing permanent bases that could assuming the kind of military posture that will Walter Russell Mead persuasively argued been promoted countless times by PA officials, gravely threaten its security. not only serve its goal of regional hegemony, that “attributing global events to the machinations including President Mahmoud Abbas. This is why Israel has been waging a low-key but threaten Sunni Arab governments like of an all-conquering Jewish conspiracy is the sign However, rather than focusing on the media’s yet active war on Iran’s Quds Force as well as that of neighboring Jordan. Even if American of profound mental and social failure — and a failure to cover this libel, let’s consider instead how Hezbollah, bombing their facilities and interdicting troops were to stay in Syria, Washington was harbinger of more failures and errors to come.” high-level Palestinian officials promoting such “Societies,” he continued, that are “in efforts to transfer more weapons to Lebanon. going to need Israel to keep fighting what conspiracies reflects on their society. thrall to this kind of darkness … and whose How effective have these efforts been? Eizenkot has called a “campaign between For starters, we know from polling that intellectual leaders cannot understand how According to Eizenkot, the answer is that the wars” in order to maintain the balance of such conspiratorial thinking — especially of the power works in the modern world … are Israel has effectively routed the Iranians. In power in the region. antisemitic variety — is quite common among unlikely to develop the vigorous, forward- an interview with New York Times columnist Both Netanyahu and Eizenkot may have Palestinians. A staggering 88 percent of Pales- looking and competent civil societies that can Bret Stephens, the general said that following their own motives for the current round of tinians, for instance, believe that Jews have too promote true democracy.” much control over global affairs and the global an Iranian escalation in 2016 (by that point, chest-pounding in the media, but the real story The prevalence of such delusional media. And 78 percent think that Jews are Iran and its allies had as many as 22,000 here isn’t the political future of either man. It’s conspiracy thinking, Mead adds, represents responsible for most of the world’s wars. Other troops in Syria), the Israeli government autho- the fact that without Israel acting to keep Iran in a “tell” that points to important limits on a conspiracy theories widely accepted in Pales- rized a change in the rules of engagement that line, the situation in the region would be even country’s “potential for political, social and tinian society involve the claim that Israel is led to almost daily attacks by the IDF with more dangerous than it has already become. economic progress.” trying to destroy the al-Aqsa Mosque, and that more than 2,000 bombs being dropped on So the next time you hear about the While the media — and most interna- Israel steals Palestinian organs. tional diplomats — focus almost entirely on 80 separate Iranian and Assad regime targets. United States defending Israel, remember that Why does this matter? Because, it gets to settlements as an obstacle to two states, they Eizenkot seems to think that these attacks on this strategic front, it has been Israel that the heart of the question of why a slim majority all but ignore such Palestinian pathologies. have rendered Iran’s Syrian bases a toothless is defending the West’s interest in preventing of Israelis still support two states, but are Until such behavior is called out with the same threat, and he takes a similarly dismissive Iran from getting even stronger than Obama nonetheless extremely cautious in proceeding fervor and moral force as condemnation of the attitude about Hezbollah’s ability to hit the and Trump’s blunders have made it. with such a plan out of concern for what kind of settlements, Palestinians will have little incen- Jewish state from Lebanon. Jonathan S. Tobin is editor in chief of Palestinian state would come into being. tive to embark on a real program for reform, JNS — Jewish News Syndicate. Follow him The media often frames the coolness to There’s no doubt that the Iranians have and Israelis will have little reason for hope that two states by recent Israeli governments — been hit hard by the Israelis, and haven’t been on Twitter @jonathans_tobin. two states will actually achieve peace. and the fact that most center and center-right Adam Levick covers the British media opposition parties tend to either downplay for CAMERA, the 65,000-member Boston- Continued from Page A10 hubris is punished by nemesis; that the proud the Palestinian issue or avoid talking about based Committee for Accuracy in Middle Supernatural are humbled and the humble given pride; that it altogether — as a reflection of the country’s East Reporting in America. We have here two ways of seeing the there is justice in history, often hidden but continuing move “right.” Whilst the word “right” same events: one natural, the other super- sometimes gloriously revealed. natural. The supernatural explanation—that This idea can be taken further. Emil because of the signs he performed.” What the story of a man whose wife died, leaving the waters stood upright—is immensely Fackenheim has spoken of “epoch-making made Moses the greatest of the prophets, for a nursing child. The father was too poor to powerful, and so it entered Jewish memory. events” that transform the course of history. Maimonides, is not that he performed super- be able to afford a wet-nurse, so a miracle But the natural explanation is no less compel- More obscurely, but along similar lines, natural deeds but that, at Mount Sinai, he occurred and he himself gave milk until the ling. The Egyptian strength proved to be their the French philosopher Alain Badiou has brought the people the word of God. child was weaned. On this, the Talmud records weakness. The weakness of the Israelites proposed the concept of an “event” as a In general, the sages tended to downplay the the following difference of opinion: “rupture in ontology” through which individ- became their strength. On this reading, what dimension of the miraculous, even in the case of Rav Joseph said: Come and see how uals are brought face to face with a truth that was significant was less the supernatural, than the greatest miracle of all, the division of the sea. great was this man that such a miracle was changes them and their world. It is as if all the moral dimension of what happened. God That is the meaning of the following Midrash, wrought for him. Abaye said to him: On the normal perception fades away and we know visits the sins on the sinners. He mocks those commenting on the verse, “Moses stretched out contrary, how inferior was this man, that the that we are in the presence of something who mock Him. He showed the Egyptian his hand over the sea, and at daybreak the sea natural order was changed for him. momentous, to which we sense we must army, which revelled in its might, that the went back to its full flow[le-eitano] ” (Ex.14:27): According to Abaye, greater are those to weak were stronger than they—just as He remain faithful for the rest of our lives. “The Rabbi Jonathan said: The Holy One, whom good things happen without the need later did with the pagan prophet Bilaam, who appropriation of Presence is mediated by an blessed be He, made a condition with the sea for miracles. The genius of the biblical narrative prided himself in his prophetic powers and event.” It is through transformative events that [at the beginning of creation], that it should of the crossing of the Reed Sea is that it does not was then shown that his donkey (who could we feel ourselves addressed, summoned, by split asunder for the Israelites. That is the resolve the issue one way or another. It gives us see the angel Bilaam could not see) was a something beyond history, breaking through meaning of “the sea went back to its full flow” both perspectives. To some the miracle was the into history. In this sense, the division of the better prophet than he was. – [read not le-eitano but] letenao, “the condi- suspension of the laws of nature. To others, the To put it another way: a miracle is Reed Sea was something other and deeper tion” that God had earlier stipulated. fact that there was a naturalistic explanation not necessarily something that suspends than a suspension of the laws of nature. It The implication is that the division of the did not make the event any less miraculous. natural law. It is, rather, an event for which was the transformative moment at which the sea was, as it were, programmed into creation That the Israelites should arrive at the sea there may be a natural explanation, but people “believed in the Lord and in Moses His from the outset. It was less a suspension of precisely where the waters were unexpectedly which—happening when, where and how it servant” (Ex. 14:31) and called themselves nature than an event written into nature from shallow, that a strong east wind should blow did—evokes wonder, such that even the most “the people You acquired” (Ex. 15:16). the beginning, to be triggered at the appro- when and how it did, and that the Egyptians’ hardened sceptic senses that God has inter- Not all Jewish thinkers focused on the priate moment in the unfolding of history. greatest military asset should have proved their vened in history. The weak are saved; those in supernatural dimension of God’s involvement We even find an extraordinary debate undoing—all these things were wonders, and danger, delivered. More significant still is the in human history. Maimonides insisted that among the sages as to whether miracles are a we have never forgotten them. moral message such an event conveys: that “Israel did not believe in Moses our teacher sign of merit or the opposite. The Talmud tells Shabbat shalom A8 | FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 2019 Impressions.

Would Honoring The Nation of Islam Gets Taxpayer Angela Davis Be Funds to Incite Hatred of Jews a Dishonor to Rosa Parks? BY PATRICK DUNLEAVY taxpayer dollars to fund the NOI? It isn’t difficult to imagine what would happen Ask average US taxpayers if they would give if a prison contracted with a Christian clergyman BY HAROLD BRACKMAN money to an organization that is openly racist and who disparaged Muslims in any way. National antisemitic, and you would get a resounding “no” advocacy groups would immediately demand the in response. cleric’s termination and removal of any instructional And yet that is exactly what has happened for material provided. Why should such naked bigotry Like the Unsinkable Molly Brown, Angela Davis more than 20 years, with the Nation of Islam (NOI) be tolerated in this case? — the hyper-controversial icon of the extreme left of receiving federal funds to operate within the US The Bureau of Prisons, citing federal regula- the late 1960s and early 1970s — periodically resur- prison system. A recent report by The Washington tions, gives each facility’s Chaplain Services office faces at the center of 21st century African-American the authority to contract for religious services that and Jewish political disputes. Examiner‘s Alana Goodman revealed that the it cannot provide. Today, the controversy centers around the NOI received $364,500 dollars from the Bureau of Federal records show the Nation of Islam has decision of the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute Prisons (BOP) since 2008 to provide inmates with been paid more than $420,000 since 2005 both for to withdraw a civil rights award that was scheduled religious services. to be given to Davis. History is repeating itself in The Nation’s news outlet,The Final Call, called services and for purchases, likely books and recorded Birmingham, where the same sort of controversy the Examiner story “a vicious flourish of lies,” and materials produced by the Nation. Payments for about honoring Davis erupted in 2015. said that the prison ministry “is a great benefit and services can range between $200 and $800. In an op-ed in The Forward, Rabbi Mike Rothman blessing to the American Penal System.” An individual prison could have paid up to of Congregation Beth Elohim in Acton, Massachusetts, The Nation’s work with the Bureau of Prisons $25,000 for the Nation of Islam to perform weekly transfigures Davis into a martyr-saint who almost dates back far earlier than 2008. NOI and its officials Jummah services for one year. These services would overshadows Rosa Parks. According to Rabbi Rothman, have been paid to work in prisons since the 1980s. not include literature, which the BOP also purchases Davis is the victim of a “Jewish Power” conspiracy, A 1986 Christian Science Monitor article described from the Nation of Islam. Among the literature the somehow headed by “mainstream Jewish civil rights critics who worried that “Farrakhan’s teachings — organizations” opposed to the BDS movement. more about politics than theology — threaten to Angela Davis — born in 1944 in Alabama like radicalize prisoners. They blame him for militant Rosa Parks — grew up under the dark shadow of Jim indoctrination of black youth who feel abandoned by American society. Farrakhan’s is a racist, separatist movement, they say, whose message has particular appeal for a group that feels disenfranchised.” This despite the fact that the organization and its leader Louis Farrakhan have a consistent record of antisemitism dating back decades. He called Jews “bloodsuckers” just before his 1995 Million Man Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan address- March. In just the past year, he has said, “Satanic Jews ing the organization’s national convention in 2017. Photo: Reuters / Rebecca Cook. are my enemy” and compared them to termites. “White folks are going down,” he said during NOI supplied was The Final Call, which promotes Angela Davis. Photo: Columbia GSAPP/Wikimedia Commons. his Saviour’s Day speech last February. “And Satan conspiracy theories depicting Jews as the source of Crow. She escaped to the North as a teenager, was is going down. And Farrakhan, by God’s grace, has all society’s problems. educated at New York’s Little Red School House, and pulled the cover off of that Satanic Jew and I’m here That type of hate speech could easily incite then at Brandeis with a scholarship. She traveled to say your time is up, your world is through.” violence, particularly in the prison environment, to Europe, where she came under the influence of According to BOP regulations cited in a 2004 where Jewish inmates are a targeted minority. celebrated Frankfurt School Marxist philosopher Inspector General’s report on Muslim chaplains, Somewhere in the Bureau of Prisons’ central Herbert Marcuse, and returned to the US, where she regarding the vetting of contract workers, “a office there should be a list of all the Nation of was closely associated with the communist historian contractor or volunteer will be dismissed based on Islam personnel who did business with the BOP, Herbert Aptheker (whose polemical scholarship on any credible evidence that the person has poten- and a security assessment by either the FBI or the the history of African-American and Jewish relations I tial ties to any terrorist-affiliated organizations or National Joint Terrorism Task Force (NJTTF) of any still much admire) and his daughter, Bettina Aptheker. individuals; advocates racism or violence.” ties to terrorist or racist organizations. Davis exploded into prominence in the early What more does the BOP need before deter- Congressman Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.) issued 1970s when, as a UCLA professor, her support for the mining that the Nation of Islam has crossed this line? a statement last Monday asking the Department of violent Black Panther Movement and the imprisoned The Nation also published The Secret Relation- Justice to stop future payments to the Nation of Islam. Soledad Brothers, including Jonathan Jackson, turned ship Between Blacks and Jews, which falsely claims “The federal government should not use taxpayer tragic. A courtroom escape attempt resulted in the dollars to subsidize one of the most infamous hate kidnapping and death of a judge. Davis ended up on that Jews dominated the slave trade. After a second groups in the United States,” Buchanan said. the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted List and, after a period in volume was issued in 2010, the Simon Wiesenthal That’s a good start. hiding, turned herself in for pre-trial imprisonment; Center published a 16-page paper refuting its false Congress should follow up and shut off the spigot she was eventually acquitted by an all-white jury for history. alleged involvement in the courtroom bloodbath. The Wiesenthal Center paper said that in that lets taxpayer dollars flow so freely to this hate But Davis has never rethought her support of the addition to blaming Jews for slavery, the NOI book group. It should also have the DOJ’s Inspector General Black Panthers’ violent gospel, or her endorsement offers “conspiracy theories that Rothschilds ran the investigate the failure of the Bureau of Prisons to of hard-line communist regimes from Cuba to East American economy, Jewish merchants learned to properly vet religious workers and contractors. Germany and North Vietnam. She enthusiastically exploit black sharecroppers from the Talmud, Jewish Patrick Dunleavy is a Senior Fellow at The embraced the UN’s 2001 Durban “Anti-Racism Confer- pimps monopolized organized prostitution, and the Investigative Project on Terrorism, the former ence” that turned into an anti-Israel and anti-US hate KKK and Freemasons were both fronts for the Jews.” Deputy Inspector General for New York State fest, and today is a fan of Palestinian terrorists Marwan What possible rehabilitative value could Department of Corrections, and author of The Barghouti and Rasmea Odeh. this type of hate speech or ideology have for an Fertile Soil of Jihad. He currently teaches a class As a UC Santa Cruz professor, she developed a individual in prison? It only gives him another group on terrorism for the United States Military Special lecture, entitled “From Ferguson To Palestine,” that to hate or blame for his misfortune. Operations School. A version of this article was encapsulates her anti-Israel take on the Black Lives How were proponents of this type of ideology originally published by The Investigative Project Matter Movement. Though Angela Davis has lived long able to gain access to the US prison system? Who in on Terrorism. enough to have been a contemporary of Reverend the Department of Justice — the agency responsible Research Analyst Teri Blumenfeld and Senior Martin Luther King, Jr., she chose to walk instead with for vetting religious clergy and volunteer workers Research Analyst Abha Shankar contributed to the Black Panthers. in the Bureau of Prisons — approved the use of this report. Continued on Page A11 www.algemeiner.com | FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 2019 A9 Legal Notice.

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35-37 36th Street, 2nd Floor, ASTORIA, 6826, on a certain plan of lots called Approximate amount of judgment February 14, 2019 at 2:30PM, premises NY 11106 Dated: 12/6/2018 PB “Brooklyn Harlem” (temporary Name) is $405,883.49 plus interests and known as 602 Hegeman Avenue, AJ; 12/28; 1/4/11/18 surveyed for Wood Harmon & Co., costs. Premises will be sold subject Brooklyn, NY 11207. All that certain March 1902 by Samuel H. McElroy, to provisions of filed Judgment Index plot piece or parcel of land, with the NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT C.E. and C.S. and filed in Kings County # 504301/2014. For sale information, buildings and improvements erected, COUNTY OF KINGS, GOSHEN Register’s Office, March 23, 1902, and please visit Auction.com at www. situate, lying and being in the Borough MORTGAGE LLC, AS SEPARATE bounded and described as follows, Auction.com or call (800) 280-2832. of Brooklyn, County of Kings, City and TRUSTEE FOR GDBT I TRUST to wit: Easterly at East 21st Street, 40 Betty Lugo, Referee FRENKEL State of NY, Block 4325 Lot 5. Approxi- 2011-1, Plaintiff, vs. NELFA GUZMAN, feet as shown on said plan; Southerly LAMBERT WEISS WEISMAN & mate amount of judgment $979,521.00 ET AL., Defendant (s). Pursuant to by Lot 62 in Block 100 feet as shown GORDON LLP 53 Gibson Street Bay plus interest and costs. Premises Notice of formation of limited liability a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale on said plan; Westerly by lots 26 and Shore, NY 11706 will be sold subject to provisions of company (LLC) Name: ASHOKIDS, duly filed on November 16, 2018, I, 25 in said Block 40 feet as shown on AJ; 1/11/18/25; 2/1 filed Judgment Index# 508760/2014. LLC. Articles of organization Filed the undersigned Referee will sell at said plan; Northerly by Lot 65 in said - Steven Naiman, Esq., Referee Shapiro, with the secretary of state of New York public auction at the Kings County Block 100 feet as shown on said plan. SUPREME COURT – COUNTY OF DiCaro & Barak, LLC Attorney(s) for (SSNY) 10/25/2017 Office location: Courthouse, 360 Adams Street, Room Said premises known as 1946 E. 21st KINGS WELLS FARGO FINAN- the Plaintiff 175 Mile Crossing Boule- Kings county. SSNY has been desig- 224, Brooklyn, NY 11201 on February Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11229. (Block: CIAL CREDIT SERVICES NEW vard Rochester, New York 14624 (877) nated as the agent of the LLC upon 7, 2019 at 2:30 p.m., premises known 6826, Lot: 27). Approximate amount YORK, INC., Plaintiff against 430-4792 Dated: December 4, 2018 whom process against it may be as 50 Pine Street, Brooklyn, NY 11208. of lien $ 1,153,565.15 plus interest and MARCO FUENTES A/K/A MARCOS 59666 Served. SSNY shall Mail copy of the All that certain plot, piece or parcel of costs. Premises will be sold subject FUENTES; WILFREDO A. FUENTES; AJ; 1/11/18/25; 2/1 process to: United States corpora- land, with the buildings and improve- to provisions of filed judgment and JANE FUENTES (REFUSED FIRST - tion agents, inc 7014 13th Ave. Suite ments thereon erected, situate, lying terms of sale. Index No. 20507-13. NAME), et al Defendant(s). Pursuant NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT 202 Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose : all and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, Bartholomew M. Verdirame, Esq., to a Judgment of Foreclosure and COUNTY OF KINGS JPMorgan Chase lawful activity County of Kings and State of New York, Referee. Eckert Seamans Cherin & Sale entered on February 28, 2018. Bank, N.A., Plaintiff AGAINST Roger AJ; 12/14/21/28; 1/4/11/18 Block 4117 and Lot 42. Approximate Mellott, LLC Attorney(s) for Plaintiff I, the undersigned Referee will sell Wagner; et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant

amount of judgment is $1,075,461.07 10 Bank Street - Suite 700 White Plains, at public auction in Room 224 of to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Notice of formation of limited liability plus interest and costs. Premises will New York 10606 (914) 949-2574 the Kings County Courthouse, 360 Sale duly dated January 19, 2017 I, the company (LLC) Name: BOND CRAFT be sold subject to provisions of filed AJ; 1/4/11/18/25 Adams Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. on the undersigned Referee will sell at public STUDIO LLC.Articles of organization Judgment Index# 7351/13. If the 14th day of February, 2019 at 2:30 auction at the Kings County Supreme filed with the secretary of state of New sale is set aside for any reason, the NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT p.m. premises described as follows: Court, 360 Adams Street, Room 224, York (SSNY) on 10/15/2018 Office Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled COUNTY OF KINGS U.S. Bank All that certain plot, piece or parcel Brooklyn, NY 11201 on February 14, location: Kings county. SSNY has been only to a return of the deposit paid. National Association, as Trustee of land, situated, lying and being in 2019 at 2:30PM, premises known designated as the agent of the LLC The Purchaser shall have no further for Adjustable Rate Mortgage Trust the Borough of Brooklyn, County of as 442 Amber Street, Brooklyn, NY upon whom process against it may recourse against the Mortgagor, the 2005-11, Adjustable Rate Mortgage Kings, City and State of New York. 11208. All that certain plot piece or be served. SSNY shall Mail copy of Mortgagee, the Mortgagee's attorney, Backed Pass Through Certificates, Said premises known as 205 29th parcel of land, with the buildings and the process to: The LLC 372 Bond ST. or the Referee. Richard Alan Klass, Series 2005-11, Plaintiff AGAINST Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11232. (Block: improvements erected, situate, lying Brooklyn,NY 11231 purpose: all lawful Esq., Referee Peter T. Roach & Associ- Abraham Brander; David Brander; 665, Lot: 52). Approximate amount and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, activity ates, P.C., 6901 Jericho Turnpike, Suite et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a of lien $ 893,360.06 plus interest and County of Kings, City and State of NY, AJ; 12/21/28; 1/4/11/18/25 240, Syosset, New York 11791, Attor- Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale costs. Premises will be sold subject Block: 4518 Lot: 121. Approximate

neys for Plaintiff duly dated December 5, 2018 I, the to provisions of filed judgment and amount of judgment $1,028,687.30 NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT AJ; 12/28; 1/4/11/18 undersigned Referee will sell at public terms of sale. Index No. 505007-15. plus interest and costs. Premises will KINGS COUNTY EMIGRANT BANK auction at the Kings County Supreme Bruno Codispoti, Esq., Referee. Stern be sold subject to provisions of filed F/K/A NEW YORK PRIVATE BANK NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT Court, 360 Adams Street, Room 224, & Eisenberg, PC Attorney(s) for Plain- Judgment Index# 19707/2012. Henry AND TRUST F/K/A EMIGRANT COUNTY OF KINGS FREEDOM Brooklyn, NY 11201 on February 7, tiff Woodbridge Corporate Plaza 485 J. Achiron, Esq., Referee Shapiro, SAVINGS BANK, Plaintiff against MORTGAGE CORPORATION, Plain- 2019 at 2:30PM, premises known as B Route 1 South – Suite 330 Iselin, NJ DiCaro & Barak, LLC Attorney(s) for ORCHID JOAZARD, et al Defendants tiff AGAINST Dolores E. Clarke and 872 Bedford Avenue, Unit 4, Brooklyn, 08830 (732) 582-6344 *For sale infor- the Plaintiff 175 Mile Crossing Boule- Attorney for Plaintiff(s) Fein, Such Milton B Clarke, et al., Defendant(s) NY 11205. All that certain plot piece mation, please visit www.auction.com vard Rochester, New York 14624 (877) & Crane, LLP, 28 East Main Street Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure or parcel of land, with the buildings or call (800) 280-2832* 430-4792 Dated: December 5, 2018 Suite 1800, Rochester, NY 14614 and Sale duly dated February 09, 2017 and improvements erected, situate, AJ; 1/11/18/25; 2/1 59448 Attorney (s) for Plaintiff (s). Pursuant I, the undersigned Referee will sell at lying and being in the Borough of - AJ; 1/11/18/25; 2/1 to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale public auction at the Kings County Brooklyn, County of Kings, City and NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME - entered October 31, 2018, I will sell at Supreme Court, Room 224, 360 Adams State of NY, Block 1900 Lot 1704. COURT COUNTY OF KINGS U.S. “Notice of Formation of a Professional public auction to the highest bidder Street, Brooklyn, New York 11201, on Approximate amount of judgment BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Limited Liability Company (PLLC). at Kings County Supreme Court, 360 February 07, 2019 at 2:30PM, premises $292,175.02 plus interest and costs. SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO BANK OF The name of the PLLC is: Family Adams Street, Room 224, Brooklyn, known as 941 ASHFORD STREET, Premises will be sold subject to AMERICA, N.A. AS SUCCESSOR TO Health Care PLLC. Articles of Organi- NY 11201 on January 31, 2019 at BROOKLYN, NY 11207. All that certain provisions of filed Judgment Index# LASALLE BANK, N.A. AS TRUSTEE zation were filed with the Secretary 2:30 PM. Premises known as 1270 plot piece or parcel of land, with the 511965/2014. Leonard Spector, Esq., FOR MERRILL LYNCH FIRST of State of New York (SSNY) office Herkimer Street, Brooklyn, NY 11233. buildings and improvements erected, Referee Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC FRANKLIN MORTGAGE LOAN on: 12/11/2018. The County in which Block 1567 Lot 19. All that tract or situate, lying and being in the Borough Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff 175 Mile TRUST, MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET- the Office is to be located: KINGS. The parcel of land, situate, lying and being of Brooklyn, County of Kings, City and Crossing Boulevard Rochester, New BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES SSNY is designated as agent of the in the Borough of Brooklyn, County State of New York, BLOCK 4403, LOT York 14624 (877) 430-4792 Dated: 2007-2, Plaintiff AGAINST ANNISA PLLC upon whom process against it of Kings, City and State of New York. 54. Approximate amount of judgment December 21, 2018 60115 DANCE and RUSSELL DANCE, et al., may be served. The address to which Approximate Amount of Judgment $419,490.04 plus interest and costs. AJ; 1/4/11/18/25 Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment the SSNY shall mail a copy of any is $570,846.46 plus interest and Premises will be sold subject to provi- of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated process against the PLLC is: 2116 costs. Premises will be sold subject sions of filed Judgment for Index# Notice of formation of limited liability February 01, 2017 I, the undersigned BATH AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11214. to provisions of filed Judgment Index 506248/2015. Gregory T. Cerchione, company (LLC) Name: Upper Level Referee will sell at public auction at the Purpose: any lawful activity. No 5551/2011. Shmuel D Taub, Esq., Esq., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC F & R Cleaning Service LLC. Articles Room 224 of Kings County Supreme AJ; 1/11/18/25; 2/1/8/15 Referee XCHJC350 Attorney for Plaintiff 1775 Wehrle of organization filed with the secre- Court, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, - AJ; 12/28; 1/4/11/18 Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY tary of state of New York (SSNY) on New York 11201, on February 14, 2019 NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT

14221 59904 10/18/2018. Office location: Bronx at 2:30PM, premises known as 686 COUNTY OF KINGS NATIONSTAR NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME AJ; 1/4/11/18/25 County. SSNY has been designated WORTMAN AVENUE, BROOKLYN, MORTGAGE LLC D/B/A CHAMPION COURT - COUNTY OF KINGS NP154, as the agent of the LLC upon whom NY 11208. All that certain plot piece or MORTGAGE COMPANY, Plaintiff LLC, Plaintiff, Against Index No.: SUPREME COURT – COUNTY OF process against it may be served. parcel of land, with the buildings and AGAINST Karine Grunfeld, et al., 509194/2017 SHERRILYN LEWIS, KINGS HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL SSNY shall mail copy of the process improvements erected, situate, lying Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment et al., Defendant(s). Pursuant to a ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, FOR to: Fatima 2080 Wallace Ave. Suite 429 and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale, duly THE HOLDERS OF THE J.P. MORGAN Bronx, NY 10462. Purpose: all lawful County of Kings, City and State of New October 10, 2018 I, the undersigned entered 12/3/2018, I, the undersigned ALTERNATIVE LOAN TRUST 2006-A5 activity York, BLOCK 4546, LOT 100. Approxi- Referee will sell at public auction at the Referee, will sell at public auction, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH AJ; 1/4/11/18/25; 2/1/8 mate amount of judgment $844,763.15 Room 224 of Kings County Supreme in Room 224 of the Kings County CERTIFICATES, Plaintiff against - plus interest and costs. Premises will Court, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, Supreme Court, 360 Adams Street, ISAAC SHOUELA, A/K/A ISAAC NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court be sold subject to provisions of filed New York 11201, on February 14, 2019 Brooklyn, NY 11201, on 1/31/2019 at SHOELA, ELI SHOUELA A/K/A County Of Kings CitiMortgage, Judgment for Index# 511425/2014. at 2:30PM, premises known as 1421 2:30 pm, premises known as 611 East ELI SHOUELA, et al Defendant(s). Inc., Plaintiff AGAINST Amarnauth David J. Hernandez, Esq., Referee EAST 23rd STREET, BROOKLYN, 37th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11203, and Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclo- Ramotar; et al, Defendant Pursuant Gross Polowy, LLC Attorney for NY 11210. All that certain plot piece described as follows: ALL that certain sure and Sale entered on September to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale Plaintiff 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 or parcel of land, with the buildings plot, piece or parcel of land, with the 25, 2018. I, the undersigned Referee duly dated 5/11/18 and entered on Williamsville, NY 14221 60105 and improvements erected, situate, buildings and improvements thereon will sell at public auction in Room 6/11/18, I, the undersigned Referee, AJ; 1/11/18/25; 2/1 lying and being in the Borough of erected, situate, lying and being in the 224 of the Kings County Courthouse, will sell at public auction at the Kings - Brooklyn, County of Kings, City and Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. on County Supreme Court, 360 Adams NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT State of New York, BLOCK 7677, LOT City and State of New York, Block the 7th day of February, 2019 at 2:30 Street, Brooklyn, NY on February 14, COUNTY OF KINGS Nationstar 51. Approximate amount of judgment 4954 and Lot 58. The approximate p.m. premises described as follows: 2019 at 02:30 PM premises known Mortgage LLC, Plaintiff AGAINST $540,641.29 plus interest and costs. amount of the current Judgment lien All that certain lot, piece or parcel of as 97-24 Drew Street a/k/a 442 Drew Ernest L. Spence; et al., Defendant(s) Premises will be sold subject to provi- is $86,014.95 plus interest and costs. land, with the buildings and improve- Street, Brooklyn, NY 11208. All that Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure sions of filed Judgment for Index# The Premises will be sold subject to ments thereon erected, situate, lying certain plot piece or parcel of land, and Sale duly dated March 3, 2018 I, 515262/2015. Jeffrey R. Miller, Esq., provisions of the aforesaid Judgment and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, with the buildings and improvements the undersigned Referee will sell at Referee Gross Polowy, LLC Attorney of Foreclosure and Sale; Index # County of Kings, City and State of erected, situate, lying and being in public auction at the Kings County for Plaintiff 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 509194/2017, Zvi Aryeh Storch, Esq., New York, known and designated the County of Kings, City and State Supreme Court, 360 Adams Street, 100 Williamsville, NY 14221 59944 Referee. Richland & Falkowski, PLLC, as Lots Numbers 63 and 64, Block of New York, BLOCK: 4185, LOT: 43. Room 224, Brooklyn, NY 11201 on AJ; 1/11/18/25; 2/1 - A10 | FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 2019 Tradition. Legal Notice. The Divided Sea: Natural LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY given that a DOE," (Said names being fictitious, it as exhibit 3, and it appearing that or Supernatural? license, (serial# 1314070) for wine being the intention of plaintiff to desig- time for service of process on the and beer has been applied for by the nate any and all occupants, tenants, Board of Managers/Directors of the undersigned to sell wine and beer persons or corporations, if any, having 31 Lorimer Street Condominium, at retail in a restaurant under the or claiming an interest in lien upon the one of the defendants to this action to Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at premises being foreclosed herein.) TO foreclose an interest in real property, of Solomon, five centuries later: 1195 Castleton Avenue, Staten Island, THE BOARD OF MANAGERS/DIREC- should be extended, and that service Solomon accumulated NY 10310. Tu Tipico Dominicano TORS OF THE 31 LORIMER STREET of the summons and complaint upon JONATHAN SACKS chariots and horses; he had Corp. CONDOMINIUM: YOU ARE HEREBY the Board of Managers/Directors of AJ; 1/11/18 SUMMONED to answer the Complaint the 31 Lorimer Street Condominium LONDON fourteen hundred chariots and twelve thousand horses, which - in this action, and to serve a copy of may prove impossible pursuant to he kept in the chariot cities and STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME your Answer, or, if the Complaint is CPLR 311(a), in which case service COURT: COUNTY OF KINGS NYMT not served with this Summons, to by publication would be appropriate also with him in Jerusalem…They LOAN TRUST 2013-RP1, Plaintiff, serve a Notice of Appearance to the under CPLR 311(b), 315, and 316, The splitting of the Reed Sea imported a chariot from Egypt for vs. PATRICIA CHARLES-GITTENS, Plaintiff's Attorneys within twenty (20) NOW, upon motion of Akerman is engraved in Jewish memory. We six hundred shekels of silver, and LANCE CASSIUS GITTENS, et al., days after service of this Summons, LLP, attorneys for CitiMortgage, Inc., recite it daily during the morning a horse for a hundred and fifty. (I Defendants NOTICE OF SALE IN exclusive of the day of service, where Plaintiff in this action, for an order service, at the transition from the Kings 10:26-29) FORECLOSURE PLEASE TAKE service is made by delivery upon you extending time to serve the Board Verses of Praise to the beginning of Viewed from this perspective, NOTICE THAT In pursuance of a personally within the State, or within of Managers/Directors of the 31 communal prayer. We speak of it the events that took place could be Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale thirty (30) days after completion of Lorimer Street Condominium, and entered in the office of the County service where service is made in any allowing service of the supplemental again after the Shema, just before the described as follows: The Israel- Clerk of Kings County on October 17, other manner, and in case of your summons by publication upon the Amidah. It was the supreme miracle ites had arrived at the Reed Sea 2017, I, Yolanda A. Corion, Esq., the failure to appear or answer, judgment Board of Managers/Directors of the of the exodus. But in what sense? at a point at which it was shallow. Referee named in said Judgment, will will be taken against you by default for 31 Lorimer Street Condominium, one If we listen carefully to the Possibly there was a ridge in the sea sell in one parcel at public auction on the relief demanded in the Complaint. of the defendants herein, pursuant to narratives, we can distinguish two bed, normally covered by water, but February 21, 2019 at Room 224 of the Trial is desired in the County of Kings. CPLR 311(b), 315, and 316, it is now, perspectives. This is the first: occasionally—when, for example, Kings County Supreme Court, 360 The basis of venue is the location of the ORDERED, that pursuant to CPLR The waters were divided, and a fierce east wind blows—exposed. Adams Street, Brooklyn, County of mortgaged premises. NOTICE YOU 306-b, good cause being shown, and Kings, State of New York, at 2:30 PM, ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR it being in the interests of justice, the the Israelites went through the sea This is how the Cambridge Univer- the premises described as follows: HOME If you do not respond to this time to serve the Board of Managers/ on dry ground, with a wall of water sity physicist Colin Humphreys puts 3316 Clarendon Road Brooklyn, NY summons and complaint by serving a Directors of the 31 Lorimer Street on their right and on their left… it in his The Miracles of Exodus: 11203 SBL No.: 4950 - 7 ALL THAT copy of the answer on the attorney for Condominium is extended until one The water flowed back and covered Wind tides are well known to TRACT OF PARCEL OF LAND situate the mortgage company who filed this hundred twenty days after entry of this the chariots and horsemen—the oceanographers. For example, a in the Borough of Brooklyn, County foreclosure proceeding against you order in the Office of the Clerk of Kings entire army of Pharaoh that had strong wind blowing along Lake of Kings, City and State of New York and filing the answer with the court, a County; and it is further, ORDERED, followed the Israelites into the sea. Erie, one of the Great Lakes, has The premises are sold subject to the default judgment may be entered and service of this order and a supple- Not one of them survived. But the produced water elevation differ- provisions of the filed judgment, you can lose your home. Speak to an mental summons directed to the Index No. 7009/2014 in the amount attorney or go to the court where your Board of Managers/Directors of the Israelites went through the sea on ences of as much as sixteen feet of $381,340.16 plus interest and costs. case is pending for further informa- 31 Lorimer Street Condominium and dry ground, with a wall of water between Toledo, Ohio, on the Brettanie L. Hart Saxton, Esq. Woods tion on how to answer the summons reflecting CitiMortgage, Inc.'s current on their right and on their left. west, and Buffalo, New York, on Oviatt Gilman LLP Plaintiff's Attorney and protect your property. Sending a counsel, may be made pursuant to (Exodus 14:22, 28-29) the east…There are reports that 700 Crossroads Building, 2 State payment to your mortgage company CPLR 311(a), 315, and 316 by publica- The same note is struck in the Napoleon was almost killed by a St. Rochester, New York 14614 Tel.: will not stop this foreclosure action. tion of said order and supplemental Song at the Sea: “sudden high tide” while he was 855-227-5072 YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING summons in two newspapers at least By the blast of Your nostrils crossing shallow water near the AJ; 1/18/25; 2/1/8 A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE one in the English language, hereby - ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF designated as most likely to give notice the waters piled up. head of the Gulf of Suez. NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND to the Board of Managers/Directors of The surging waters stood firm KINGS COUNTY JPMORGAN CHASE FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE the 31 Lorimer Street Condominium, like a wall; BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, COURT. YOU ARE HEREBY GIVEN particularly (1) Brooklyn Daily Eagle, The deep waters congealed in Plaintiff against ANDREA DANCE NOTICE that the object of this action published in Kings County, and (2) the heart of the sea. (Ex. 15:8) A/K/A ANDREA L. DANCE, et al is foreclosure of a mortgage given Algemeiner Journal, published in The emphasis here is on the Defendants Attorney for Plaintiff(s) by Abraham Haut, in the amount Kings County, together with a notice supernatural dimension of what Fein, Such & Crane, LLP, 28 East Main of $300,000.00, on the property to the defendant, a brief statement of happened. Water, which normally Street Suite 1800, Rochester, NY 14614 commonly known as 31 Lorimer the object of this action, and a brief Attorney (s) for Plaintiff (s). Pursuant Street, Unit D, corresponding to block description of the property, once a flows, stood upright. The sea parted to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale 2240, lot 1033, in Kings County, New week for four (4) successive weeks, to expose dry land. The laws of In the case of the wind that entered April 10, 2017, I will sell at York Date: New York, New York August, and it is further ORDERED, counsel nature were suspended. Something exposed the ridge in the bed of public auction to the highest bidder 2018 AKERMAN LLP By: /s/ Kathleen for CitiMortgage, Inc. shall thereafter happened for which there can be no the sea, the consequences were at Kings County Supreme Court, 360 R. Fitzpatrick Kathleen R. Fitzpatrick, file proof of service with the Clerk of scientific explanation. dramatic. Suddenly the Israelites, Adams Street, Room 224, Brooklyn, Esq. Jordan M. Smith, Esq. 666 Fifth this Court ENTER: Hon. Noach Dear However, if we listen carefully, traveling on foot, had an immense NY 11201 on February 21, 2019 at Avenue, 20th Floor (212) 880-3800 J.S.C. we can also hear a different note: advantage over the Egyptian 2:30 PM. Premises known as 1099 [email protected] AJ; 1/18/25; 2/1/8 Stanley Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11208. [email protected] Attor- - Then Moses stretched out his chariots that were pursuing them. Block 4506 Lot 31. All that certain plot, neys for Plaintiff Citibank, N.A. At an NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court hand over the sea, and all that Their wheels became stuck in piece or parcel of land, situate, lying IAS Term, Part FRP-1 of the Supreme County Of Kings HSBC Bank USA, night the Lord drove the sea back the mud. The charioteers made and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, Court of the State of New York, held National Association as Trustee for with a strong east wind and turned ferocious efforts to free them, County of Kings, City and State of in and for the County of Kings, at the Nomura Asset Acceptance Corpo- it into dry land. (Ex. 14:21) only to find that they quickly New York. Approximate Amount of Courthouse, located at 360 Adams ration, Mortgage Pass-Through Here there is not a sudden became mired again. The Egyptian Judgment is $927,403.41 plus interest Street, Brooklyn, New York on the 11th Certificates, Series 2006-AP1, Plain- change in the behaviour of water, army could neither advance nor and costs. Premises will be sold day of December, 2018. P R E S E N tiff AGAINST Anthony Kerr, et al, subject to provisions of filed Judgment T: Hon. Noach Dear, J.S.C. SUPREME Defendant Pursuant to a Judgment with no apparent cause. God brings retreat. So intent were they on Index No 511630/2014. Jeffrey Robert COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated a wind that, in the course of several the trapped wheels, and so reluc- Miller, Esq., Referee XCHJC362 YORK COUNTY OF KINGS Index No. 9/5/17 and entered on 9/26/17, I, the hours, drives the waters back. Or tant were they to abandon their AJ; 1/18/25; 2/1/8 516406/2017 ORDER GRANTING undersigned Referee, will sell at public consider this passage: prized war machines, the chariots, - SERVICE BY PUBLICATION auction at the Kings County Supreme During the last watch of the that they failed to notice that the SUPPLEMENTAL CITIBANK, N.A., Plaintiff, -against- Court, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, night the Lord looked down from wind had dropped and the water SUMMONS AND NOTICE ABRAHAM HAUT, THE BOARD OF NY on February 21, 2019 at 02:30 PM the pillar of fire and cloud at the was returning. By the time they SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE MANAGERS/DIRECTORS OF THE 31 premises known as 25 Stephens Court, OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF KINGS LORIMER STREET CONDOMINIUM; Brooklyn, NY 11226. All that certain Egyptian army and threw it into realised what was happening, they Index No. 516406/2017 Original CITY OF NEW YORK PARKING plot piece or parcel of land, with the confusion. He made the wheels were trapped. The ridge was now Summons and Complaint Filed: VIOLATIONS BUREAU; CITY OF buildings and improvements erected, of their chariots come off so that covered with sea water in either August 23, 2017 SUPPLEMENTAL NEW YORK TRANSIT ADJUDICA- situate, lying and being in the County they had difficulty driving. The direction, and the island of dry land SUMMONS Mortgaged Premises: 31 TION BUREAU; CITY OF NEW YORK of Kings, City and State of New York, Egyptians said, “Let’s get away in the middle was shrinking by the Lorimer Street, #D Brooklyn, New ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BLOCK: 5223, LOT: 86. Approximate from the Israelites! The Lord is minute. The mightiest army of the York 11206 Block: 2240 Lot: 1033 BOARD; and "JOHN DOE" and "MARY amount of judgment is $597,595.72 fighting for them against Egypt.” ancient world was defeated, and its CITIBANK, N.A., Plaintiff, -against- DOE," (Said names being fictitious, it plus interests and costs. Premises ABRAHAM HAUT, THE BOARD OF being the intention of plaintiff to desig- will be sold subject to provisions of (Ex. 14:24-25). warriors drowned, not by a superior MANAGERS/DIRECTORS OF THE 31 nate any and all occupants, tenants, filed Judgment Index # 501070/2014. The emphasis here is less on army, not by human opposition at LORIMER STREET CONDOMINIUM; persons or corporations, if any, having Steven J. Baker, Referee FRENKEL miracle than on irony. The great all, but by their own folly in being so CITY OF NEW YORK PARKING or claiming an interest in lien upon LAMBERT WEISS WEISMAN & military assets of the Egyptians— focused on capturing the Israelites VIOLATIONS BUREAU; CITY OF the premises being foreclosed herein.) GORDON LLP 53 Gibson Street Bay making them almost invulnerable that they ignored the fact that they NEW YORK TRANSIT ADJUDICA- Defendants. Upon the Affirmation of Shore, NY 11706 in their day—were their horses were driving into mud where their TION BUREAU; CITY OF NEW YORK Jordan M. Smith dated August, 2018, AJ; 1/18/25; 2/1/8 and chariots. These were Egypt’s chariots could not go. ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL and exhibits 1 through 3 thereto, and - BOARD; and "JOHN DOE" and "MARY the supplemental summons attached specialty. They still were, in the time Continued on Page A7 www.algemeiner.com | FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 2019 A11 Social.

Patriots Owner Robert Kraft to be Awarded ‘Jewish Nobel’

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New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft will be awarded what Time magazine has dubbed the “Jewish Nobel:” the Genesis Prize, one of Israel’s top awards. Kraft, 77, will be given the honor for his longtime Rachel Riley during an interview with Britain’s Channel 4 News. Photo: Screenshot. contributions to the State of Israel and the overall Jewish community. He will decline the $1 million prize, as has been British Jewish TV Presenter Rachel customary, which he intends to donate to causes that combat antisemitic and anti-Israel sentiment, both Riley Says Antisemitic Attacks Have of which Kraft has spoken out against for decades. Kraft visited the Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue in Pittsburgh last month on Shabbat to Made Her Jewish Identity Stronger pay his respects to the 11 Jewish victims of the Oct. 27 shooting. The visit was followed by an address to another area congregation.

BY SHIRYN GHERMEZIAN anything that are the silent majority that feel the same. … you have to be brave to speak out against antisemitism. Rachel Riley, co-host of the British television game I want people to be louder. If you see something, call it show “Countdown,” said last week that the antisemitic out.” attacks she has been receiving on social media, for Riley educated herself about Israel, anti-Zionism speaking out against Jew hatred in the UK’s Labour party, and antisemitism so that she could combat her critics, have made her more in tune with her Jewish heritage. and has gained much knowledge she did not have before Riley, whose mother is Jewish, talked about the the ordeal began, she acknowledged. online hatred she has been the target of in the last few She said she wanted to highlight the level of abuse months during an interview with Britain’s Channel 4 and, ironically, antisemitic messages she receives from News. When asked if her Jewish identity was “devel- people who claim they are not antisemitic because such Robert Kraft. Photo: Wikimedia Commons oping” and if she was more “conscious” about her Jewish attacks are happening to many people who voice support background as a result of the abuse, the Oxford Univer- for Israel, but are not garnering the attention they need. Additionally, his Major League Soccer team, the sity graduate said yes, adding, “I’ve soul searched a lot. Riley stated, “This has been happening to so many New England Revolution, will host the UK Chelsea I’ve soul searched so much because so many people are people, in choir, they being abused. I know one instance of Football Club in a benefit match in May at Gillette telling you that ‘You know you’re wrong’ and ‘You’re evil’ suicide attempt, I know one instance of violence against Stadium in Massachusetts. All proceeds from the or whatever, and I’m like ‘Am I missing something?'” them — and it’s not gotten the platform and it shouldn’t game, in addition to a $1 million personal contri- “So I’ve had to do so much research to find out where be allowed to happen in Britain in 2019 without people bution from Kraft, will be given to groups that fight this has come from and really examine myself,” Riley, 33, knowing about it. This should be a national scandal.” bigotry, including antisemitism. explained. “Have I come from this upbringing and this is “There’s a mistaken belief that you can say anything “I am honored to receive the Genesis Prize, and why I think this [way]? So it’s just made me question things, you’d like about Israel [and] Zionists,” she went on to say, thank the Genesis Prize Foundation for its recogni- which I think is good. You have to question things. You “and it’s really a complicated situation, and over and over tion and willingness to direct my prize money to have to look at both sides. You have to read [and] listen.” and over we’re having to say you can criticize Israel, of such worthy causes,” said Kraft. “This award ampli- The invective Riley has been facing on Twitter course you can — I don’t stand by everything our govern- fies my ability to raise both awareness and additional began in September when she started speaking out ment does, but I don’t hate everybody in England for funds to fight antisemitism, attempts to delegitimize against Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. Riley explained something the government does. It’s insane.” Israel and other forms of prejudices. It is important her determination not to stay silent, despite the barrage Riley also talked about her own Jewish background, that we continue to support organizations that focus of criticism that ensued. memories of going to synagogue once a year for Yom on combating prejudices by building bridges and She told Channel 4 News, “If good people stay quiet Kippur and calling her grandfather “zaidy.” She said uniting people of different backgrounds.” then all you’re hearing is the extremist voices. And that despite being an atheist now, she was “proud” of her “I applaud Robert Kraft’s decision to focus can’t happen because then the appearance is that this is Jewish heritage. She visited Israel once at the age of 13 his energies and the Genesis Prize award funds what everybody thinks, and actually with all this so many and explained her connection to the country as “the on combating antisemitism, the delegitimization people have been fantastic and shown their support. So notion that Jews should have a place where they’re not of Israel and racially motivated hate crimes,” said many people. And I can’t thank them enough for actually gonna be able to be chucked out and they’re not gonna Isaac Herzog, head of the Genesis Prize Selection voicing their support and I know, from meeting people be able to be murdered.” Committee and chairman of the Jewish Agency for in the street, that there are so many more that don’t say Israel. “The rising tide of antisemitism is a threat not only to Jews, but to the very fabric of any democratic society where it is allowed to take place. We cannot be blind to history’s lessons. The time to act is now.” Stan Polovets, co-founder and chairman of the Genesis Prize Foundation, said: “We are delighted Continued from Page A8 scholar Jerold S. Auerbach to the dangers posed by the to welcome Robert Kraft to the outstanding family Dishonor embrace of Davis’ delusional radical thought. of Genesis Prize Laureates. I cannot think of a I do not believe that Angela Davis ever was, or is Angela Davis is part of 20th century history. She more worthy laureate to follow US Supreme Court today, an antisemite, at least in her own mind. She is an should be studied, but not resurrected as a political Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, whom we honored ideologue, blinded by her dogmatic faith in the hateful heroine and guru for today’s young. last July. Like Ginsburg, Kraft has spent most of his and anti-Israel Black Power Movement. Historian Harold Brackman is coauthor with life advocating for a more just society, tolerance and I am appalled by the seeming amnesia of The Ephraim Isaac of From Abraham to Obama: A History inclusiveness. He is one of the world’s most generous Forward to the warning published in its own pages a few of Africans, African Americans, and Jews (Africa World philanthropists whose charitable giving reflects the years ago by distinguished civil liberties and civil rights Press. 2015). 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