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WWW.HERITAGEFL.COM YEAR 42, NO. 35 MAY 4, 2018 19 IYYAR, 5778 ORLANDO, FLORIDA SINGLE COPY 75¢ AIPAC to host Israel at 70 event The American Israel Public Affairs Committee is hosting “Israel at 70,” featuring Yossi Klein Ha- levi on Tuesday, May 15. The event will be held at The Roth Family JCC, 851 N. Maitland Ave. in Maitland. At 5:45 p.m. there will be a Club member pre-reception and book signing. The pro- gram will begin at 7 p.m. This event is open to the com- munity. There will be dessert Gill Yaart/Flash90 and coffee. Scene of disaster during flooding in Israel’s south. Yossi Klein Halevi is a senior fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jeru- salem. Together with Imam Yossi Klein Halevi Death toll in Dead Sea flash floods Abdullah Antepli of Duke University, he co-directs the ing American newspapers. Institute’s Muslim Leader- Halevi’s first book, “Memoirs rises to 10 as last missing teen found ship Initiative. Yossi is the of a Jewish Extremist,” told author of “Like Dreamers: the story of his teenage at- (JNS)—The death toll from flash The Story of the Israeli traction to, and subsequent floods that hit a group of teenage hikers Paratroopers Who Reunited disillusionment with Jewish in southern Israel Thursday rose from Jerusalem” and “Divided a militancy. The New York nine to 10 after a body found overnight Nation,” published by Harp- Times called it “a book of was identified as the last missing teen erCollins in 2013, which won burning importance.” His Friday morning. the Jewish Book Council’s next book is being released in The ten victims, nine girls and one Everett Family Foundation May and titled “Letters to my boy of around 18 years old, were killed Jewish Book of the Year Palestinian Neighbor.” during a field trip Thursday during flash Award. Halevi writes for For more information about floods that pummeled Israel. A group of the op-ed pages of lead- the event, call 954-382-6110. 25 students, ages 17 and 18, who were accepted to the Bnei Tzion pre-military academy in Tel Aviv for the coming year, were hiking in the Judean Desert along Judea/Samaria the Nahal Tzafit riverbed trail, that emp- ties into the Dead Sea. The young people killed in a flash flood April 27, 2018. Fifteen other students missing for not ‘occupied’ several hours, were rescued during a that it was not made aware of the trip, struck the state of Israel. Our hearts are massive search and rescue operation that as per protocol. Its director has been with the families of the teenagers who By World Israel News included Israeli Police, the Air Force’s 669 arrested for suspected negligent man- found their deaths in flash floods in the rescue team and a regional search and slaughter. south,” while adding that “the Ministry of In a US State Department rescue unit. Two were lightly wounded. Minister of Education Naftali Bennett annual report on human Israel’s Ministry of Education claims said in a statement, “A heavy tragedy has Floods on page 14A rights, the controversial term “occupied” was largely eliminated in references to various territories in and Zionistas transition to new local ZOA adjacent to Israel. While the Nearly eight years ago, four grow the organization to over term “occupied” had been women met and discussed 250 people. used in such reports since what they could do to support Recently the Zionistas the Carter administration, Israel and how they could board reached out to the Zion- the 2017 version drops this encourage others, whether ist Organization of America, term, which is generally Jewish or Christian, to join one of the oldest pro-Israel used pejoratively to criticize them. Thus, the organization organizations in the country, Israeli policy following mili- “Zionistas” was born. The to find out if they could trans- tary victories through which founders—Sandi Solomon, form the Zionistas group into the Jewish state acquired Eva Ritt, Judy Shujman, and an active ZOA chapter. control of various territories. Diana Scimone—had the The group is pleased to Whereas previous pub- Map of Judea and Samaria. foresight and dedication to announce that because of lications of the report on the community’s involvement The founders of the Zionistas (l-r), Judy Shujman, Sandi human rights had a section department in December to these past eight years, they Solomon, Eva Ritt and Diane Scimone. on “Israel and the Occu- stop using the “misleading” are able to continue pro-Israel pied Territories,” this year’s term “occupied” in refer- efforts, activism, and educa- combating what it perceives as ZOA’s Center for Law and document refers instead to ences to Judea and Samaria. tion here in Central Florida anti-Israel bias in the media, Justice is committed to se- “Israel, Golan Heights, West At the time, Friedman through ZOA. textbooks, travel guides, and curing the safety of all Jews, Bank and Gaza.” remarked in an interview, Helping with transitioning on college campuses. They fearlessly tackling every form In addition, the report “I think the settlements [in Zionistas into a ZOA group also sponsor educational and of anti-Semitism, on a college contains a new note about Judea and Samaria] are part and continuing pro-Israel cultural programs in Israel. campus, in the media, or in the status of Jerusalem, in of Israel,” which “was always activities, are Dr. Daniel Lay- ZOA lobbyists in Wash- your neighborhood. Learn light of President Trump’s the expectation when [UN] ish of Orlando, Joe Davis of ington, DC, maintain strong more about ZOA’s Center for decision on Dec. 6, 2017, to Resolution 242 was adopted.” Orlando, and Sharona Whisler ties to U.S. legislators and Law and Justice here https:// recognize Jerusalem as the He added, “The 1967 borders ([email protected]), executive law makers, ensuring that zoa.org/center-for-law-and- capital of Israel. It states that were viewed by everybody as director of ZOA Florida (based Israel’s interests are always justice/ “issues primarily related to not secure. There was always in South Florida). considered and that the bond ZOA’s Campus Division and Israeli residents of Jerusalem supposed to be some expecta- For more than 120 years, between The United States ZOA’s Fuel for Truth program are covered in the ‘Israel tion of [Israeli] expansion” ZOA has been the preeminent, and Israel remains solid. For for young professionals, is and the Golan Heights’ sec- into Judea and Samaria. unapologetic advocate for a those who are interested in educating and empowering tion. It is the position of “It is about time that the strong, independent, sovereign lobbying with ZOA this year, the next generation of Zion- the United States that the State Department stopped and safe Jewish homeland in please register for ZOA’s Lob- ists, providing them with the specific boundaries of Israeli Israel, with an undivided Je- bying Mission to Capitol Hill, knowledge and the skills nec- sovereignty in Jerusalem Judea on page 15A rusalem as its capital and with using this link https://zoa.org/ essary to ensure that our Zion- are subject to final status the right to protect its citizens. mission-events/zoa-mission- ist mission is eternal. Learn negotiations between the The organization works to to-washington/washington- more about ZOA Campus parties.” strengthen U.S.-Israel rela- mission-2018/. They’d love to here http://campus.zoa.org/ The change comes after tions through various edu- have a strong Central Florida US Ambassador to Israel cational activities, as well as representation! Zionistas on page 14A David Friedman advised the PAGE 2A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, MAY 4, 2018 Keith Levitt honored at this year’s Pavilion Golf Society Tournament Ken and Jackie, Levitt has the mission of The Jewish “It’s always great to give being one of the better golf done online at http://www. been a member of The Roth Pavilion,” said Nancy Ludin, back, to be philanthropic, courses in Central Florida,” JewishPavilion.org. Day-of- Family JCC since its begin- CEO of The Jewish Pavilion. to help others,” adds Lev- said Levitt. “Two, the course event registration takes place ning. For over 15 years Levitt, “His dedication to support- itt. Regarding his multiple is conveniently located to from 7:15-8:15 a.m. with a along with fellow community ing our programs through years of participation in the the highway. And three, the shotgun start at 8:30 a.m. A volunteer Eli Bercovici, helped both his volunteer time and Pavilion Golf Tournaments, group you hang out with will catered luncheon will follow organize and run the JCC’s creation of event materials he said, “Being able to help be a great group, the luncheon the tournament. Tickets to annual 5K fundraiser. Levitt has been invaluable.” raise money with friends and food is fantastic and there are the luncheon only are avail- is an active runner himself, For Levitt, volunteering friends of friends from all over lots of great gifts and prizes able for $40. Call the office at having completed a lifetime with The Jewish Pavilion for this charity creates unity, for playing.” The Jewish Pavilion to learn goal of running a marathon has always been an integral which is just so great.” The Pavilion Golf Society more: 407-678-9363. in all 52 states, and has now component of his family’s vol- When asked why someone Tournament takes place The Orlando Senior Help completed 83 marathons unteer efforts in the commu- should come out and play Sunday, May 6, at the Rosen Desk is operated by The Jew- total. nity. Two of his grandparents at the tournament, Levitt Shingle Creek golf course and ish Pavilion and provides both “Keith is a tremendous participated in Shabbat and provided several reasons. benefits the Orlando Senior resources and guidance to guy,” said Bercovici. “He Jewish holiday parties. His “One, it’s a fantastic golf Help Desk. Early tourna- Central Florida seniors and believes in community. He’s mother, Jackie, was involved course, Rosen Shingle Creek ment registration can be their families at no cost. very Jewish-oriented and he’s with The Pavilion for many Keith Levitt willing to help for all different years before she and Ken relo- causes.” cated to Tucson, Arizona, two By Julie Capps Along with his father and years ago. And his children, Holocaust Center new exec two brothers, Scott and Brett, Brandon and Brooke, have When golfers hit the greens Levitt operates Oakley Signs also volunteered at Pavilion on Sunday, May 6, for the sixth & Graphics, a national sup- events with Levitt and with committee/board members annual Pavilion Golf Society plier of real estate signs and their mother, Julie Grossman Tournament, not only will innovative display marketing Levitt, who is a program direc- they be raising funds for the products geared toward real tor with The Pavilion. Orlando Senior Help Desk, estate agents. Ever since the Speaking on the overall they will be giving a Tiger first Pavilion Golf Society mission of The Jewish Pavilion Woods celebratory fist pump tournament, Levitt and his and his motivation for contin- to this year’s tournament company have been providing ued support, Levitt said, “The honoree Keith Levitt. signage to the event for free. Jewish Pavilion has been a Levitt’s involvement in the Considering the geographical great source of information community is well-known spread of an 18-hole event, the for seniors to lean on and to throughout Orange County. donation of supplies and time participate with and give them Born in Queens, NY, and is quite generous. encouragement, excitement, raised in Maitland by parents “Keith is very attached to and motivation.” See what’s happening

at the JCC’s annual meeting Ellen Wise Lang Michele Brennan Michelle Feinberg The 45th annual JCC meet- there will be the presenta- Directors and amending of ing will be held Tuesday, May tion of awards, including By-Laws. 22, from 6:15–8 p.m. in The the J’s Leadership, Volun- A complimentary dinner Roth Family JCC auditorium. teer of the Year, and Amy will be provided as well as Join in the fun as the com- Schwartz Kimlat Innova- complimentary babysitting munity looks back over the tion and Creativity Award. (ages 2-12)—with advance year and see what’s to come On the business side, there RSVP by going to https:// in the next year. will be the installation orlandojcc.org/calendar/jcc- During the meeting and discharge of Board of annual-meeting.

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The Holocaust Center is pleased to announce the appointment of its 2018 Ex- Some officials want to move notices from ecutive Committee, and it’s newspapers to government-run websites, newest board members. This where they may not be easily found. year’s board was installed at the Center’s annual meeting in January. This is like putting the fox in Ellen Wise Lang is now charge of the hen house. serving as the Center’s board president. Lang has been in- volved with the Center since 1990 and has been an active board member since 1994. Lang is also the daughter of the Center’s founder, Tess Wise. When asked why she feels it’s important to sustain the Holocaust Center’s work Jeffrey Miller Malika Harrison Lang replied, “For two rea- sons: there were good people and empower an individual Monte Starr, partner, Hol- who helped my mother escape to standup for other people. I land & Knight LLP—vice the Nazi’s, and these people want the Center to be able to president have been my role models, teach those traits to everyone, Mark Freid, owner, Think so I try to take a similar ap- especially our children.” Creative, Inc—immediate proach—to be responsible for The Executive Committee past president what goes on in the communi- includes: Jeffrey Miller, attorney, ty and in the world around me. Ellen Wise Lang, Wise SeifertMiller—past president I do my best to pay it forward. Brothers—board president Malika Harrison, director of We also now understand what Michele Brennan, City of Social Responsibility for the Orlando—vice president Orlando Magic and Melanie Keep Public Notices compels someone to actively protect someone else as so Michelle Feinberg, com- Becker, director of Govern- in Newspapers many rescuers did during the munity leader—vice president ment Relations for Universal Holocaust. We can now define Ronald Schirtzer, attorney, Orlando are the newest mem-

www.newsmediaalliance.org and examine the personal Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins bers of the Holocaust Center’s characteristics that motivate Gunn & Dial—vice president board. HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, MAY 4, 2018 PAGE 3A Pompeo confirmed as U.S. secretary of state, reportedly planning to visit Israel “Now that he is Secretary of “Given rising anti-Semi- Almost immediately after Israeli official told Israel’s State, Mike Pompeo will have tism globally, we urge Sec- his confirmation, Pompeo Channel 10 news station on an opportunity to play a lead- retary Pompeo to appoint a was set to fly to Brussels Thursday. ing role in shaping American qualified person to serve as to attend a NATO foreign- It was also rumored in re- foreign policy—to help build the congressionally mandated ministers trip. The new top cent days that Pompeo could respect for the United States position of anti-Semitism en- diplomat will also visit several also lead a delegation to Israel around the world and help to voy as one of his first orders other countries next week, next month to open the new ensure its security,” said ADL of business,” said Greenblatt. including Israel, a senior U.S. embassy in Jerusalem. CEO Jonathan A. Greenblatt. Nevertheless, the group urged Pompeo to uphold his pledges made during the con- Romania will move its firmation process, including “to manage affairs of state fairly and equally, defending embassy to Jerusalem the human rights and dig- Mike Pompeo nity of every U.S. citizen and By AP and country was ready to soon join including the Czech Republic State Department employee, United with Israel staff the US and move its embassy which recognized western (JNS)—The U.S. Senate process within the Senate and his assurances about the in Israel to Jerusalem. Jerusalem as the capital of Is- easily confirmed Mike Pom- Foreign Relations Committee importance of U.S.-Israel Liviu Dragnea, the chair- Romania’s foreign ministry rael following Trump’s policy peo as secretary of state over objections by Democrats. relations, denying nuclear man of the Social Democratic said authorities were analyz- changes on the city. on Thursday, elevating the However, a last-minute switch weapons to Iran and promot- Party who effectively runs the ing the situation and would The Czech government’s former CIA director as the na- to a “yes” vote by Sen. Rand ing Middle East Peace.” Romanian government, said consult and coordinate with move on western Jerusalem tion’s top diplomat amid a slew Paul (R-Ky.) staved off an The American Jewish Com- in a television interview late “strategic allies.” follows the Czech Parlia- of foreign-policy challenges. embarrassing rejection by the mittee also congratulated Thursday that the govern- In December, Dragnea ment’s approval of legisla- In a 57-42 vote, which committee. Pompeo on his confirmation. ment had decided to move the said Romania “should seri- tion in May that recognizes included several moderate Several American Jewish “As longtime admirers and nation’s embassy from Tel Aviv ously consider moving its Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Democrats, Senate lawmak- groups, including the Anti- supporters of the State De- to Jerusalem. embassy in Israel to Jerusa- In April 2017, the Russian ers moved quickly to confirm Defamation League, openly partment’s defense of Ameri- His statement coincided lem. We should think about Foreign Ministry made a Pompeo, aware that the new opposed Pompeo’s nomina- can interests and values across with Israel’s 70th Indepen- it very seriously.” similar move to recognize secretary of state faces a num- tion over his views regarding the globe, and as proud civil dence Day celebrations. “All Israeli central institu- “west Jerusalem” as the Israeli ber of serious international Muslims. The ADL claimed society partners in that vital On Friday, President Klaus tions are in Jerusalem, and capital. issues, including whether that Pompeo had “demon- mission, AJC congratulates Iohannis, who is in charge the ambassadors and em- Earlier this month, law- or not to remain in the Iran strated a consistent pattern of you on your swearing-in as of Romania’s foreign policy, bassy’s staff are commuting makers in Honduras voted nuclear deal, tensions with casting doubt in the minds of Secretary of State,” said AJC said he hadn’t been informed from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem,” to relocate the country’s em- Russia, the breaking of ice constituents about the trust- CEO David Harris. and that the decision lacked he said. bassy in Israel from Tel Aviv with North Korea and the worthiness of their Muslim Both the ADL and AJC “a solid... base.” However, he He made his remarks short- to Jerusalem. ongoing Syrian civil war. neighbors.” urged Pompeo to assign a said such a decision could be ly after President Donald Honduran lawmakers ap- While his confirmation Following his confirma- Special Envoy to Monitor made “after a deep analysis Trump’s historic recognition proved the measure 59-33, went smoothly, uncertainty tion, the ADL wished Pompeo and Combat Anti-Semitism which takes into consider- of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital which now must be confirmed surrounded his confirmation success in his new job. as soon as possible. ation all the foreign policy and his announcement that by the executive branch. consequences and implica- the US embassy in Israel In March, Guatemalan tions.” would move from Tel Aviv to President Morales announced The statement seemed to Jerusalem. that his country’s embassy House passes bill to help be an attempt to downplay A few countries have shown will move from Tel Aviv to Dragnea’s assertion that the support for Trump’s move, Jerusalem in May. Holocaust survivors WASHINGTON (JTA)—The Holocaust-era assets, includ- The World Jewish Restitu- U.S. House of Representatives ing property, art and other tion Organization praised the unanimously passed a bill to movable property. It also re- bill’s passage. help Holocaust survivors and quires a report specifically on “This is a powerful state- the families of victims obtain progress on the resolution of ment of America’s unwavering restitution or the return of claims for U.S. citizen Holo- commitment to supporting Presents Holocaust-era assets. caust survivors and family Holocaust survivors in their The measure approved members. quest for justice,” Gideon Tuesday requires the State The Senate unanimously Taylor, the WJRO chairman SAVVY SENIORS ISSUE Department to report on the approved its version of the bill of operations, said in a state- progress of certain European in December. Sens. Tammy ment. countries toward the return of Baldwin, D-Wisc., and Marco The bill now goes to Presi- May 11, 2018 or restitution for wrongfully Rubio, R-Fla., are its lead dent Donald Trump for his confiscated or transferred sponsors. signature. Central Florida's Fastest Growing May 14 opening of US Segment of the Jewish Community Embassy in Jerusalem By Yori Yalon and the US Embassy to Jerusalem building to carefully surveil Israel Hayom Staff are continuing apace. Work is individuals and vehicles ap- being carried out on the site proaching the compound. (JNS)—As part of the May on David Flusser Street in While most local residents A new supplement for the new millennium, Savvy Seniors will provide 14 ceremony to mark the Jerusalem’s Arnona neighbor- say they are happy about the informative and thought provoking articles of interest to our growing official opening of the US hood that currently provides US Embassy’s transfer to Je- senior population. Embassy, a mezuzah will U.S. consular services. When rusalem, some fear that the be affixed to the embassy the embassy first officially move will negatively impact Seniors need and use a variety of products and services. Make sure building. moves, the U.S. Embassy will their quiet residential neigh- your business is included on our reader's shopping list. According to a Channel 20 be situated in what is now borhood. Some residents have report, organizers decided on the US Consulate building. complained about the plan the unusual move of holding a According to reports, the US to erect a tall wall around religious ceremony to install later intends to build a larger the entire compound, which the mezuzah as a gesture to facility to serve as the embassy presently is surrounded by a Israel and following the rec- on an adjacent property. tall see-through fence only on ommendation of US Ambassa- Prior to the initial opening, three sides. Yet while some dor to Israel David Friedman. the US is paving an additional residents have already filed At a special event to mark access road to the consulate their objections to the plan, the 70th anniversary of Isra- building for Friedman and those objections are expected el’s founding at the Menachem his staff, along with another to denied, as moving the Begin Heritage Center in escape route to be used in case embassy to Jerusalem is con- Jerusalem on Monday, Fried- of emergency. In addition, a sidered an issue of national Advertising Deadline: man said he sees Jerusalem new lighting system is being importance. as a religious place. installed around the consul- The Jerusalem Municipal- May 2, 2018 “I hope that young Jews, ate to better illuminate the ity, along with Jerusalem in particular children, will complex and make it easier Mayor Nir Barkat, has been connect to their Jewish and to secure the site. assisting the US to make sure FOR MORE INFORMATION, Israeli roots,” he said. A large security team has the move of the embassy to Meanwhile, preparations been stationed on the roads Jerusalem goes as smoothly ahead of the May 14 transfer of leading to the consulate as possible. CALL: 407-834-8787 PAGE 4A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, MAY 4, 2018 Does Natalie Portman’s snub of Netanyahu make her the face of liberal Zionism? By Ron Kampeas traversed the political spectrum: In Israel’s first policy group, had sustained support for a assistant to attorney Alan Dershowitz for his years, the famed screenwriter and Zionist Ben decade on essentially that principle, and it is 2003 book “The Case for Israel.” WASHINGTON (JTA)—Natalie Portman’s Hecht accused the Labor Party leadership there one also embraced by Sen. Bernie Sanders, Mik Moore, a strategic consultant to liberal statement explaining why she declined to of betraying the country’s rightists. I-Vt., a 2016 Democratic presidential candi- groups, including a number of Jewish groups, attend an award ceremony in Israel in her Yet something about Portman’s decision not date. In fact, Sanders anticipated Portman’s said Portman’s fame was critical to advancing honor was a pointed rebuke, and of a particular to travel to accept the Genesis Prize, given to case just days before at the J Street annual the topic because it attached a name and face to individual. celebrities who exemplify “the core traits of conference. liberal Zionists. As a group, Moore said, liberal “I did not want to appear as endorsing the Jewish character and values of the Jewish “As someone who believes absolutely and Zionists have felt squeezed by the pro-Israel Benjamin Netanyahu,” she said of the Israeli people,” has resonated like no similar state- unequivocally in Israel’s right to exist and right on one side, and on the other by the non- prime minister. ment in decades. to exist in peace and security,” the Jewish and anti-Zionist left, including advocates of the But it also was an intimate and tactile em- JTA’s initial story about her non-appearance lawmaker said, “we must say loudly and Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement brace of her native land, covering its flavors, is among the most-read in the news service’s clearly that to oppose the reactionary policies targeting Israel, or BDS. its images, its vision, even its movement. online history, and the intensity of the response of Prime Minister Netanyahu does not make “Portman occupies a gray area where “I treasure my Israeli friends and family, from Israelis was white hot, with government us anti-Israel!” many American Jews live: hating Bibi while Israeli food, books, art, cinema, and dance,” ministers accusing Portman of borderline The J Street crowd ate it up, but the com- maintaining love or at least affection for Israel the Jerusalem-born director and actor said anti-Semitism. ment went largely unremarked upon outside of and Zionism,” Moore said, using Netanyahu’s late Friday in an Instagram post explaining “Like many Israelis and Jews around the the conference. Why did Portman’s comment nickname. why she would not take part in the festivities world, I can be critical of the leadership in draw such heat? Jill Jacobs, the director of T’ruah, a rab- surrounding the 2018 Genesis Prize. Israel without wanting to boycott the entire “This is the most prominent figure in binical human rights groups, said Portman The argument that one may love Israel and nation,” Portman said. American entertainment who has delivered provided relief from the squeeze that liberal despise its leaders is as old as the state and has J Street, the liberal Jewish Middle East this message,” Jeremy Ben Ami, J Street’s Zionists feel from both sides. president, said. “It’s the people on the right and far left who Not only has Portman won an Academy are collaborating to erase this space and to Award (in 2011 for “Black Swan”), but her insist on a false dichotomy between pro-Israel Well-meaning American Jews Jewish bona fides are unassailable: She was and anti-occupation/pro-democracy,” she said born in Israel. She made the Hebrew-language on Facebook. movie “A Tale of Love and Darkness.” And as helping import anti-Semitism a Harvard student, she served as a research Portman on page 15A By Lyn Julius Brooklyn synagogue could have warned Angela Merkel before she opened Germany’s (Sephardi Perspective via JNS)—German floodgates to a million Syrian refugees that Blacklist of BDS supporters Chancellor Angela Merkel has finally woken she was in danger of unleashing the demons up and smelled the coffee. of anti-Semitism. Speaking after a 19-year-old Syrian refugee The Syrian Jews’ ordeal and escape were still hurting efforts to defend Israel lunged with a belt at an Israeli wearing a kipah, fresh in their memories: They were rescued as Merkel denounced a “different type of anti- recently as the 1990s from the clutches of the (JTA)—We are Jewish and pro-Israel us and work more collaboratively with us to Semitism” that has taken root in her country. Syrians. The regime spied on them, treated students who are active within our Jewish handle this fight in a credible, respectful “We have refugees now, for example, or them as hostages, abducted their leaders and communities on college campuses across and moral manner among our student com- people of Arab origin, who bring a different murdered those trying to escape, while the North America. Many of us have helped or- munities. We believe that Canary Mission is type of anti-Semitism into the country,” Merkel people at large nurtured a fearsome level of ganize against the Boycott, Divestment and antithetical and destructive to our shared said in an interview with Israel’s Channel 10. anti-Jewish hatred. The same anti-Semitism Sanctions-affiliated movements throughout cause of supporting Israel and eliminating Jews have been among the first to “virtue the refugees are now importing into Europe. our time on campus. anti-Semitism on campus. Instead, we expect signal” their compassion for refugees from Chastened Western governments have Over the course of our time fighting BDS credible Jewish and pro-Israel communal or- the Syrian civil war. revised their “open door” policies toward campaigns, Canary Mission was brought to ganizations to help us combat anti-Semitism When the refugee crisis broke, Jewish or- refugees. Scandinavian governments have sent our attention repeatedly. Canary Mission is an on college campuses, and around the world, ganizations coordinated their responses. They back the sizeable numbers who are not bona anonymous site that blacklists individuals and in a diplomatic manner that seeks to protect launched appeals for emergency aid. U.S. rabbis fide refugees and asylum-seekers. professors across the country for their support our community rather than shaming the other signed a petition asking Congress to welcome There are hardly any Jews left in Syria. Today, of the BDS movement, presumed anti-Semitic side anonymously, as Canary Mission does. the refugees in. Meetings were packed with the locus of Muslim hatred is on the Syrian remarks and hateful rhetoric against Israel We wish to highlight how counterproduc- people who wanted to know what they could Christian refugees, who have been avoiding and the United States. tive this blacklist is to our efforts refuting do to help. In conjunction with Islamic Relief official camps for fear of harassment. Their As a group of conscientious students on the BDS on campus. In some cases, such as at the US, the Jewish relief agency HIAS is providing priests have had their throats cut. More Chris- front lines fighting BDS on our campuses, University of Michigan, fear of being blacklisted legal services to Syrian refugees in Greece. tian than Muslim refugees were admitted to we are compelled to speak out against this led pro-BDS students to successfully argue in The HIAS slogan is “welcome the stranger.” the United States in the first months of the website because it uses intimidation tactics, support of a secret ballot, which made student After all, Jews, of all people, should empathize Trump administration, reversing a trend that is antithetical to our democratic and Jewish government members less accountable to their with Syrian refugees. As former US President had seen Muslims outnumber Christians in values, is counterproductive to our efforts and fellow students. It also granted them anonym- Barack Obama told them: “In the Syrian seek- the final fiscal year under President Obama. is morally reprehensible. ity to vote in favor of seemingly advancing ing refuge today, we should see the Jewish But among Jews in the West (and not for This blacklist aggregates public informa- Palestinian human rights while disregarding refugee of the Second World War.” the first time), the Syrian-Jewish refugee tion about students across the country under the nuance of the conflict. When news of the refugee crisis first narrative has been eclipsed by the Ashkenazi the guise of combating anti-Semitism. It At George Washington University, not only broke, during a meeting in the Syrian-Jewish refugee experience. highlights their LinkedIn profiles, Facebook did the student government plan to hold a heartland at a synagogue in Brooklyn, N.Y., For a variety of reasons, the analogy between pictures, old tweets, quotes in newspapers and secret ballot, but the extremist tactics used New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio urged the Middle East refugees and Jews escaping the YouTube videos. The site chronicles each stu- by Canary Mission discouraged pro-Israel congregation to show compassion for the Nazis does not fit. dent’s involvement with pro-Palestinian causes students from wanting to fight BDS due to Syrian refugees. As the Syrian-Jewish refugees know only and names other students and organizations fear of association with the shadowy blacklist. But the congregants shifted uneasily in their too well, there is a difference between people with whom the given student may be affiliated. Canary Mission obstructed pro-Israel George seats. They only applauded the mayor when who are driven from their homes by war and We view much of the rhetoric employed to Washington students from pursuing inclusive he vowed to protect the city’s Jews against people who have been singled out because of villainize these individuals as hateful and, in and respectful dialogue to combat BDS. terrorist attacks. who they are. some cases, Islamophobic and racist. In addi- The passing of BDS-affiliated legislation “I was sitting next to a woman who is a Syrian But liberal opinion and Jewish-relief organi- tion, Canary Mission’s wide scope wrongfully in many of this year’s student government [Jewish] refugee, and she really reacted and it zations are still adopting too broad-brush an equates supporting a BDS resolution with votes across the country showed us how the was uncomfortable,” one congregant told the approach toward the refugee crisis. They need some of the most virulent expressions of anti- apparent intent of Canary Mission, to combat New York Post. to wake up to the acrid smell of anti-Semitism Semitism and anti-Israel rhetoric and activity. BDS, actually has the opposite impact. It only Another congregant whose family fled Syria they are helping to propagate. Throughout our time on campus, many makes it easier for BDS-affiliated legislation commented: “The difference between me com- Lyn Julius is the founder of Harif, the UK among us have been active in the fight against to pass. ing here in 1991 with my family is that we were Association of Jews from the Middle East and BDS. Some of us have campaigned against It seems that somewhere along the way, a kicked out for being Jewish.” North Africa, and the author of “Uprooted: BDS, others have vigorously spoken out against disconnect has formed between the goals of “The Jews never had a history of being How 3,000 Years of Jewish Civilisation in the BDS, and some have even cast votes on our our Jewish peers and institutions (to combat destructive,” said another. Arab World Vanished Overnight” (Vallentine central student governments against BDS. We anti-Semitism and create a positive campus The Syrian-Jewish congregants of that Mitchell). have opposed, and continue to oppose, BDS climate) and the true impact of their efforts. because we believe that BDS delegitimizes the Unfortunately, the disconnect has created a THE VIEWS EXPRESSED ON THIS PAGE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THE VIEWS OF HERITAGE MANAGEMENT. 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As students accountable for their remarks and actions. email: [email protected] Joyce Gore on the front lines, we hope that Jewish and pro-Israel communal organizations will trust BDS on page 15A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, MAY 4, 2018 PAGE 5A The duplicitous diplomat: Seven deceptions Iranian FM Zarif told ‘Face the Nation’ By David Gerstman the United States has the eco- Security Council authoriza- the Trump administration has Iran has tried to develop Foundation for the Defense of nomic power to isolate Iran. tion.” In January of this year, targeted the Iranian regime nuclear weapons in the past Democracies, reported that There’s a famous quote 2. “What is important is a UN experts panel found that “for its appalling mistreat- and no matter what’s written Iran had helped build Syria’s attributed to Henry Wotton for the Europeans to bring Iran had violated a UN arms ment of its citizens, including on a piece of paper (that Iran chemical weapons program. that “An ambassador is an the United States into compli- embargo on the Houthi rebels those imprisoned solely for never signed), Iran can be Earlier this year, he reported honest gentleman sent to lie ance because Iran has been in Yemen. Though the panel exercising their right to free- expected to do so in the future. that German parts that had abroad for the good of his in compliance with the deal.” was focused on a different dom of people assembly and 5. “Our judiciary is an been sold to Iran were used country.” The fact is that Iran has not resolution governing the con- for censoring its own people independent organ.” in Syrian chemical weapons If one takes this aphorism been in compliance with the flict in Yemen, the terms of UN as they stand up in protest This answer was given with attacks. to heart, it is not limited to deal. And it is by standards Security Council Resolution against their government.” respect to the five Americans In addition only Syria, ambassadors, but to anyone that Zarif himself set out in 2231 are quite clear. In addition, the United States currently being held in Ira- which has a known stockpile in a nation’s foreign policy 2015, that Iran can be seen Iran doesn’t consider its under Trump has targeted nian prisons. Zarif’s claim is of sarin, is likely to have used establishment. as violating the deal. Iran has violations of UN Security Iran with sanctions for its bogus. Three American hikers that toxic gas for attacks. Iran’s Foreign Minister refused to allow International Resolutions to be significant. “ballistic missile program and who had been arrested in 2009 Furthermore, only the Syrian Mohammad Javad Zarif, who Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) In August 2015, Seyed Abbas destabilizing activities.” were freed after the Oman paid regime, not the rebels, has the is not an honest gentleman, inspectors to enter military Araghchi, one of Iran’s nuclear In another egregious lie, $1.5 million in bail to Iran. helicopters, which are capable has taken the art of lying for sites, so we don’t really have negotiators and currently Zarif, in a talk at the Council Washington Post reporter of dropping barrel bombs his country to a new level. a complete picture of Iranian a deputy foreign minister, on Foreign Relations on Mon- Jason Rezaian was convicted filled with chlorine. He brazenly lies about easily compliance or non-compli- said, “JCPOA is attached to day said that “since President of espionage in October 2015 It’s clear who has been verifiable facts. He claims ance with the deal. the resolution; its violation Trump came to office, not a but was released along with behind the chemical attacks that his nation that is cur- In Congressional testimony breaches the resolution; while single license has been issued, four other Americans in and there are strong indica- rently exporting its revolution last year, former weapons violation of the resolution not a single OFAC license, in January 2016, after the United tions that, despite Zarif’s in- across the Middle East is the inspector and head of the is not a breach of JCPOA.” 16 months.” In fact, the United States released $1.7 billion in dignation, Iran helped Assad unfair victim of the United Institute for Science and In- (Iranian President Hassan State Treasury Department frozen Iranian assets as part build his chemical weapons States. And he claims that Iran ternational Security, David Al- Rouhani has made similar last month issued two OFAC of the nuclear deal. capacity. has never sought a nuclear bright, said that the IAEA had comments. It appears that licenses to enable regular Ira- This money did not go to 7. “Israel has continued its weapon. never judged Iran to be fully Araghci’s comment isn’t the nians to access the Internet. the judiciary, it went to the violations with international Zarif’s serial dishonesty was compliant with the deal. He careless comment of a rogue 4. “We never wanted to regime. The judiciary targets law.” on display this weekend when criticized the agency for a lack bureaucrat, but actual gov- produce a bomb.” the hostages and puts them This statement was made in he appeared on the CBS news of transparency in reporting ernment policy.) Later on Zarif reiterated through an opaque process, response to a question about show, “Face the Nation,” and on Iranian violations. Albright Aside from the dubious this, saying, “Iran commits which leaves no room for ap- whether Iran’s establish- answered the questions asked described the violations as logic, a party that intends to itself never to develop a peal, only payment for one’s ment of bases in Syria was a by the show’s moderator, “flirting with violations in keep its side of an agreement nuclear weapon.” freedom. Or to put it in cruder provocation. Zarif deflected Margaret Brennan. several areas.” These areas would not make a statement In fact, a 2007 National terms: ransom. the question by speaking of We do not mean that Zarif include its development of like this. Essentially, Iran Intelligence Estimate as- 6. “Who used the chemical Israeli incursions into Syria. engaged in only seven decep- advanced centrifuges, twice has declared that it will only sessed that Iran had sought weapons?” In addition to preventing Iran, tions, but these appeared to exceeding its limits on heavy observe the parts of the agree- to develop a nuclear weapon Zarif got self-righteous whose leaders threaten Israel’s be the most egregious. water, suspicious nuclear pro- ment that it agrees to. until 2003. The IAEA, in 2015, when he was asked why existence, from establishing 1. “Well, first of all it will curement efforts, and seeking In order to believe, as Zarif prior to implementation of the Iran hadn’t asked Bashar al- bases in neighboring Syria, lead to U.S. isolation in the to exceed the allowable cap on asserted, that Iran is in com- nuclear deal in January 2016, Assad to stop using chemical Israel also has struck in Syria international community.” low enriched uranium. pliance with the nuclear deal, determined that Iran was at- weapons. He launched into to prevent Iran from giving This was Zarif’s answer to In addition, Iran has con- requires a massive suspension tempting to design a nuclear a sermon about how Iran Hezbollah “game-changing” what the “unpleasant” con- tinued to develop ballistic of disbelief. weapon at least until 2009. opposes all use of chemical weapons. (It is thought that sequences would be to the missiles—United Nations 3. “Well, note President Iran also failed to answer all weapons because it was the one of the strikes was to keep United States for withdrawing Security Council Resolution Trump has made it very clear of the questions asked of it victim of chemical weapons at illicit chemical weapons from from the nuclear deal. Howev- 2231, which implemented the that it is trying to dissuade about its nuclear program the hands of Saddam Hussein. the Lebanese terror group.) er, as sanctions expert Richard nuclear deal, explicitly called our economic partners from by the IAEA prompting The According to the U.S. De- But Zarif’s self-righteous- Goldberg explained in Febru- on Iran to stop it. The United engaging with Iran and that’s New York Times to observe, partment of Defense, Iran not ness here is misplaced. Iran ary, the nature of sanctions States, as well as its European a clear violation of the deal.” “Iran’s refusal to cooperate only has a chemical weapons is forbidden from sending law would now mean that if allies, the United Kingdom, The United States was ob- on central points could set a program, but actually used arms to Hezbollah by UN the U.S. were to re-impose France, and Germany, all ligated to lift nuclear-related dangerous precedent as the the proscribed weapons in Security Council Resolution its toughest sanctions and consider the launch of a satel- sanctions on Iran due to the United Nations agency tries to 1987 against Iraqi troops. 1701. In the absence of any secondary sanctions, “banks lite last year to be a violation deal, but is free to impose convince other countries with German intelligence reported enforcement mechanism, around the world would im- of 2231. other sanctions targeting nuclear technology that they that Iran sought chemical Israel is forced to defend itself mediately be at risk of losing As Albright noted, Iran has Iran’s support for terror, must fully answer queries to weapon technology in 2015. from Iran’s serial violations of their correspondent accounts also violated the provisions of destabilizing actions, and hu- determine if they have a secret A year ago, Benjamin Wein- in the United States.” 2231 governing “conventional man right abuses. President weapons program.” thal, a research fellow at the Zarif on page 15A So if sanctions of any weapons sales and transfers Donald Trump has, until kind—nuclear or ballistic and against making procure- now, renewed the waivers that missile-related—are imposed, ments for its military and allows the United States sanc- missile programs without UN tions to remain lifted. Still, Mission not accomplished By Ron Prosor last week, and it was not for limits so much that the Rus- the first time. Period. End sians position advanced S-300 (Israel Hayom)—The five of story. or S-400 missile batteries in days it took the U.S. adminis- The odd claims by Russian Syria, leaving Israel with little tration to respond to a chemi- Foreign Minister Sergey Lav- room to maneuver either cal attack in Syria were vital rov that the chemical attack there or in Lebanon. in order to on one hand con- on Douma was “fabricated” by My greatest fear is that the solidate a diplomatic coalition a foreign intelligence agency, U.S. airstrikes will be the final with two other U.N. Security along with Russia’s sweeping act in America’s involvement Council member states and denials that it was behind the in Syria. U.S. military action on the other hand define the poisoning of Russian double must not conclude with a military targets that would agent Sergei Skripal and his limited tactical victory; that send a clear message the use daughter in England, are would only result in a long- of chemical weapons crosses indicative of a deeper phenom- term strategic loss for the a red line, while not serving enon the world’s democracies United States. to undermine the foundations will need to address in future The United States must of Syrian President Bashar conflicts. U.S. President maintain and increase its Assad’s regime, and as a result, Donald Trump’s actions are presence in Syria in order to change the rules of the game an echo of the words attrib- stand up to Russia and stand with Russia. uted to the 16th president of with its allies, including Israel, From a military perspec- the United States, Abraham Saudi Arabia and the other tive, the Americans did not Lincoln, according to which: Persian Gulf nations that real- need the British and the “You can fool all the people ize that America’s presence in French to carry out the attack. some of the time and some Syria can prevent a Russian But the cooperation between of the people all the time, but and Iranian takeover of the the three countries lent the you cannot fool all the people country. This is not just in airstrikes political legitimacy, all the time.” Israel’s interest, but in the including at the U.N. Security While the U.S. airstrikes interest of the Middle East Council. may well be behind us, the and the entire world. The attack also sent anoth- Syrian front continues to heat Ron Prosor is head of er important message—and up. Israel must continue to the Abba Eban Chair of that is that in the year 2018 carefully navigate this front, International Diplomacy at and in a world of competing working to prevent Iran from the Interdisciplinary Center narratives, facts still matter. establishing itself militarily Herzliya and Israel’s former Assad used chemical weap- on the northern border. It ambassador to the United ons against his own people must also avoid pushing the Nations. PAGE 6A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, MAY 4, 2018 FRIDAY, MAY 4 What’s A COMPREHENSIVE Ahavas Yisrael—Kabbalat, 30 minutes before sundown. COMMUNITY LIGHT SATURDAY, MAY 5 Happening CALENDAR SHABBAT CANDLES AT Cornerstone Hospice—Volunteer training, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at 5655 S. Orange Ave., Orlando. 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Is it the Tories or Tony British Jews and other Jewish Blair?” he demanded as he LONDON (JTA)—Keith groups have accused Corbyn, a snapped pictures of the vans Walker was having a sandwich hard-left politician, of tolerat- with his cellphone. in Parliament Square when he ing and at times encouraging Walker’s suggestion that saw something that made him expressions of anti-Semitism protests by Jews against Cor- sit up straight and cut short disguised as anti-Zionism or byn are orchestrated by the his lunch. anti-capitalism by thousands ruling Conservative Party or What did the 42-year-old of supporters who joined the the center-left former leader activist for disabled people’s party under him. of Labour is typical of how the rights find so fascinating? Corbyn has vowed to fight allegations are strengthening It was three billboards on racism. His party has kicked his popularity with some die- wheels that circled around out some members caught en- hard supporters rather than the square for several long gaging in anti-Semitic rheto- weakening it. minutes last week during one ric. But under Corbyn—who “It’s obvious, innit, they’re of its busiest days of the year. in 2009 called Hamas and He- trying to smear him to keep They carried text accusing zbollah his “friends” whom he him from redistributing Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said he was “honored” to host wealth and taking it from the of tolerating anti-Semitism in in parliament—Labour has rich to give to the rest of us,” the party. also readmitted or refrained Walker said. Inspired by the award-win- from punishing others who Igor Martynowski, a ning American film “Three made statements perceived 26-year-old cartoon artist, Billboards Outside Ebbing, as anti-Semitic. also was “disgusted” by the Missouri,” the billboards The signs, which cost protest. were part of a series of un- $6,300 that organizers raised “Instead of doing some- Van-mounted billboards in central London were the latest escalation in British Jews’ precedented street protests by online from dozens of donors, thing with the potential of publicized row with Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. British Jews against a leader reflect a new development in helping someone, or the of the party that used to be the dispute, in which Jew- environment, they’re just Her schoolmate Dave Ald- over Labour’s anti-Semitism Labour anti-Semitism orga- their political home. ish criticism of Corbyn over spending money smearing winkle said Corbyn’s Jewish problem, Corbyn won 40 nized by the Board of Depu- The April 17 protest coin- anti-Semitism in Labour has someone else. It’s just sad,” critics have “gone too far.” percent of the vote in the ties of British Jews outside cided with a rare parliamen- moved from Facebook and he said about the signs, which Aldwinkle and Garret, who 2017 parliamentary elections Parliament under the banner tary debate on anti-Semitism dinner table conversation spoke about “Holocaust de- are not Jewish, both said they despite predictions that Prime “Enough is Enough.” On April that focused on Labour. onto the street. niers harbored by Labour” and support Corbyn for prime Minister Theresa May of the 8, hundreds of demonstrators During the discussion, Jew- But if the organizers of “institutional anti-Semitism minister. Conservative Party would gathered at a rowdier rally ish Labour lawmakers like the signs initiative and in Corbyn’s Labour.” “He’s an activist, not a win handily. by a British Jewish group, Ruth Smeeth and Luciana other street actions in recent Carina Garret, a 21-year-old politician, and that’s his But among Jews, Corbyn is the Campaign Against Anti- Berger recounted the many weeks have sought to turn student from Liverpool, said strength,” Aldwinkle said. so unpopular that some, in- Semitism, in which speakers verbal attacks that they have Corbyn’s supporters against she agreed that Labour has an Garret said she could think cluding Jonathan Hoffman, accused Corbyn personally of encountered since 2015, when him over these issues, then anti-Semitism problem, “but of no weaknesses or faults an organizer of the tree signs being an anti-Semite. Corbyn was elected party they have had only partial Corbyn’s not it.” Some of his preventing Corbyn from being initiative and former vice The street-level mobiliza- leader. results. supporters are the problem, a good prime minister. Ald- chair of the Zionist Federation tion follows recent cases in The row over anti-Sem- “I think it’s a load of bol- she said. Garret called the winkle said Corbyn at times of Britain, are saying they which Corbyn was implicated itism in Labour under locks,” an outraged Walker initiative of the three signs was “too soft” on his critics would leave Britain if he is personally in a speech deemed Corbyn has been raging for told JTA as he engaged one and other initiatives targeting instead of “fighting back.” elected prime minister. anti-Semitic, according to two years inside the party of the drivers. “Who’s paying Corbyn a “distraction” and a Amid intense and unprec- Last month, hundreds and beyond. you, bruv? Who’d you work “real shame.” edented scrutiny by the media showed up at a rally protesting Billboards on page 15A PAGE 8A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, MAY 4, 2018 Strawberry and Cream Rugelach recipe By Chaya Rappoport up to 1 week at room temperature, and will freeze well for up to 3 months. (The Nosher via JTA)—I had never been much of a ru- Ingredients: gelach baker until this recipe. While I gravitated toward For the dough: challah and babka, I always found store-bought rugelach 2 cups all-purpose flour to be a bit bland and disappointing. 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, cubed But to my great delight, rugelach is supremely easy to 1 1/2 teaspoons fine sea salt make. Most recipes rely on a 1-to-1 ratio of butter and cream 1/2 pound cream cheese, chilled and cubed cheese in the dough for flavor and flakiness. I stick with 2 tablespoons sour cream that classic method (don’t mess with perfection!), but also 1/3 cup sugar add a bit of sour cream for an extra tender texture. The 1 egg, lightly beaten dough comes together in seconds with the help of a mixer raw sugar, for decorating (or food processor) and, after a short rest, it’s ready to be For the strawberry filling: rolled out. But don’t forget to rest and chill your dough! 3/4 cup good strawberry jam These rugelach are perfect for spring, for Shavuot, or 2 tablespoons sour cream just because homemade rugelach are delicious. 3 ounces cream cheese Notes: These will store well in an airtight container for 2 tablespoons sugar 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract pinch salt 1 teaspoon lemon juice Directions: Bar Mitzvah 1. Add your cubed butter and flour to your mixer with the paddle and attachment and mix until the butter is broken up well and the mixture looks like wet sand. Evan Lawrence Richman 2. To the mixing bowl, add in the salt, cream cheese, sour Evan Lawrence Rich- cream and sugar. With the paddle attachment on medium man, son of Scott and speed, mix everything together quickly, until the mixture Gwen Richman of Gotha, is crumbly, wet and mostly coming together. will be called to the Torah 3. Turn the dough out onto a sheet of foil, press down as a bar mitzvah on Sat- on it slightly, and form the dough into a thick disk. Wrap urday, May 12, 2018, at the disk tightly in the foil and chill in the refrigerator Congregation of Reform for 1 hour. Judaism in Orlando. 4. Make the filling: Using a stand mixer fitted with paddle, Evan is in the seventh beat the sour cream, cream cheese, sugar, vanilla and salt grade at Gotha Middle on low speed until smooth, about 1 minute. Scrape down School where he is a mem- the sides of the bowl, add 1/4 teaspoon of lemon juice and working it until you have a smooth sided disk, adding more ber of the National Junior mix to combine. Taste filling—add more juice if needed. flour as needed. Honor Society. Transfer to a bowl, cover with plastic and refrigerate until 8. Roll the dough out into a 13- to 14-inch circle of His hobbies and inter- ready to use. even thickness. ests include basketball, 5. When your dough has chilled, preheat your oven to 9. Fold the dough into a half-moon and use a pizza cutter karate and spending time with friends. 375 F. and line a few baking trays with parchment paper. or sharp knife to cut away any uneven sides, as you want Sharing in the family’s simcha will be Evan’s sister, 6. Sprinkle the parchment paper with some raw sugar. the circle to be as symmetrical as possible for even cookies. Jenna; brother, Jaret; Bubbe Barbara Richman; grandpar- 7. Remove the dough from the fridge and unwrap the Unfold the dough so it’s a full circle again. ents Karen and Jerry Tumbush; and family and friends dough. Flour your work surface extremely well, roll the 10. Brush the dough with the cheese filling and then top from across the country and Israel. dough into a ball, then press it down until it’s about 3/4- with the strawberry jam. Swirl the jam over the cheese. inch thick. The sides may crack a bit at first, but just keep 11. Use a pizza cutter or sharp knife to cut the circle into 16 equal-sized wedges. 12. Roll up each wedge, starting with the bigger side, tightly and carefully, to make the classic rugelach shape. THE AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE Place the rugelach seam side down onto your parchment. 13. Brush each cookie with egg wash and sprinkle with raw sugar. 14. Bake for 20-25 minutes, rotating the trays halfway through baking, until the cookies are a nice golden brown. ISRAEL AT 70 Allow to cool before moving and serving. Chaya Rappoport is the blogger, baker and picture taker behind retrolillies.wordpress.com. Currently a pastry sous chef at a Brooklyn bakery, she’s been blogging since 2012 and her work has been featured on The Feed Feed, Delish. com, Food and Wine and Conde Nast Traveler. Yossi Klein Halevi The Nosher food blog offers a dazzling array of new and classic Jewish recipes and food news, from Europe to Yemen, from challah to shakshuka and beyond. Check TUESDAY, MAY 15, 2018 7:00 PM it out at www.TheNosher.com. ROTH FAMILY JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER ORLANDO 851 N. MAITLAND AVENUE, MAITLAND, FL 32751 5:45 PM Club Member* Pre-Reception and Book Signing 7:00 PM Program Open to the community. Dessert and coffee will be served.

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Yossi Klein Halevi is a senior fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem. Together with Imam Abdullah Antepli of Duke University, he co-directs the Institute’s Muslim Leadership Initiative. Yossi is the author of Like Dreamers: The Story of the Israeli Paratroopers Who Reunited Jerusalem and Divided a Nation, published by HarperCollins in 2013, which won the Jewish Book Council’s Everett Family Foundation Jewish Book of the Year Award. Yossi writes for the op-ed pages of leading American newspapers.

Yossi’s first book, Memoirs of a Jewish Extremist, told the story of his teenage attraction to, and subsequent disillusionment with Jewish militancy. The New York Times called it “a book of burning importance.” His next book is being released in May and titled Letters to my Palestinian Neighbor. Heart-warming experiences Julie Levitt has been a program director at the Jewish * Club Member Pre-Reception is reserved for those who have generously contributed a minimum of $1,800 to our 2018 Pavilion for close to eight years. At some point, this Campaign. For more information regarding the Club Member Pre-Reception or to RSVP , please contact Jake Shapiro by transitioned from a job to a heart-warming experi- emailing [email protected] or contact the Florida AIPAC office at (954) 382-6110. ence for her. For security purposes, advance registration is required. “The residents that I have been planning holidays and parties for are no longer ‘residents in a commu- nity,’ but each one of them hold a place in my heart,” she shared. Levitt is pictured here with dear friend, Bill Frigen, from Brookdale Lake Orienta. “Special people like him are the reason The Jewish Pavilion exists!” HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, MAY 4, 2018 PAGE 9A Scene AroundAround By Gloria Yousha—Call 407-657-9405 or [email protected] can be purchased at the following locations: ORANGE COUNTY JCC, 851 N. Maitland Ave., Maitland • JCC South, 11184 South Apopka-Vineland Rd., Orlando • Kinneret, 515 South Delaney A wonderful lady... Sent to you in part: Ave., Orlando • SOJC, 11200 S. Apopka Vineland Rd., Orlando We lost a lovely lady, a for- “Today, 70 years after the State of Israel declared its indepen- • Brown’s New York Deli, 156 Lake Ave., Maitland • Most Publix mer first lady of the United dence, her right to exist is still under assault... at the United Supermarkets • All Winn Dixie Supermarkets States just recently. She was Nations, by the boycott Israel movement, on college campuses, admired and loved by most, and among many in the diplomatic community. SEMINOLE COUNTY including me. The wife of a Each year, the UN General Assembly hits Israel with 20 or Heritage News, 207 O’Brien Rd., Fern Park • Barnes and Noble president and the mother of more hostile resolutions. Meanwhile, supporters of the boycott, Booksellers, 451 E. Altamonte Dr. Suite 2317, Altamonte Springs a president and governor, she divestment, sanctions campaign continue their insidious efforts & 1260 Oviedo Marketplace Blvd., Oviedo • Bagel King, 1472 was a force in her family. May to isolate, demonize, and delegitimize the Jewish state. And Semoran Blvd., Casselberry • Kosher Kats, 744 W. S.R. 434, she rest in peace. She will be Israel’s harshest critics use every available means to poison Longwood • Central Florida Hillel, 4250 Alafaya Trail, Ste. missed. mainstream public opinion against her. This unjust treatment 212-363, Oviedo Most Publix Supermarkets • All Winn Dixie Wow! Talk about posh!... of Israel has to stop! Supermarkets I recently visited a new (Amen) facility in Winter Park, took A reminder... VOLUSIA COUNTY the tour with a group of oth- On Sunday, May 6th at Con- Federation of Volusia/Flagler, 470 Andalusia Ave., Ormond ers and had a lovely lunch. gregation Beth Am, 1800 Sand Beach • Most Publix Supermarkets • All Winn Dixie Supermar- The name of the place is Al- Lake Road, Longwood, will kets • Barnes & Noble, 1900 W. International Speedway Blvd., legro, which refers to upbeat present the Dazzling Divas Daytona Beach • Perrys Ocean Edge Resort, 2209 South Atlantic Barbara Bush musical tempo. (Anything “Spring Showcase.” Ave. Daytona Beach • Debary City Hall • Debary Library • Vienna musical appeals to me as I The festivities begin at 4 Coffee House, 275 Charles Richard Beall Bl • Starbucks, 2575 am a professional singer.) p.m. but the event is open Enterprise Rd • Orange City City Hall • Orange City Library • On the tour I met two lovely ladies that will remain as at 3 p.m. Dunkin Donuts, 1296 S Woodland • Stetson University Carlton friends. They are LUCY HULSEY and HELEN ZAIS. (Helen Their will be an “All you can Union • Deland Chamber of Commerce • Sterling House, 1210 is a member of our Jewish community). As luck would have Eat Italian buffet” and nine Stone St • Temple Israel, 1001 E New York Ave • Beth Shalom, it, they were even looking for a Bridge player and, although I fabulous entertainers. 1310 Maximillan St • Deltona City Hall • Deltona Library • don’t play Bridge, my buddy JUDY COTTER, who was with me The cost of the event is $20 Temple Shalom, 1785 Elkam Dr. • Temple Israel, 1001 E on the tour, plays and plans to join Lucy and Helen! per person. Group rates are New York Ave, Deland • College Arms Apt, 101 Amelia Ave, Allegro is magnificent and the food we had for lunch was available. Deland • Boston Gourmet Coffee House, 109 E. New York Ave, scrumptious. What was also scrumptious? Our fabulous wait- (I’m hesitant about attend- Deland • Stetson University Carlton Union, 421 N Woodland ers, JERRY PETION and BRANDON BULLOCK. (They are very ing, only because these divas Ave, Deland • Family Bookstore, 1301 N Woodland Ave, Deland good-looking too! No, I’m not a cougar!!) are very beautiful and I can’t • Deland Chamber of Commerce, 336 Woodland Ave, Deland According to “Huffpost”... handle competition!) • Deland City Hall, 120 S Florida Ave, Deland • Beth Shalom, I recently received this article in the mail. It really has upset Another reminder... Kenny Lee 206 S. Sprng Garden Ave, Deland • Orange City Library, 148 me. It came from the American Jewish Congress. I pass it on The Congregation Ohev Albertus Way, Orange City • Boston Gourmet Coffee House, to you in part: Shalom Seniors will hold their next meeting with entertain- 1105 Saxon Blvd, Deltona • Deltona Library, 2150 Eustace Ave, “The recent focus on the Jerusalem issue is a telling reminder ment on Sunday, May 6th, beginning at 2 p.m. in the synagogue Deltona • Temple Shalom, 1785 Elkam Dr., Deltona • Deltona that Israel is treated according to a totally different standard social hall. Community Center, 980 Lakeshore Dr, Deltona • Debary City than other countries in the international system. ANDY COSTANTINI, a fabulous musician and vocalist will Hall, 16 Colomba Rd, Debary • Debary Library, 200 Florence Of course, Israel deserves attention and scrutiny as does perform. You will love him. Bring your dancing shoes because K. Little, Debary every other nation. But it also merits equal treatment... noth- you will want to move to his beat!! Everyone is welcome to attend. The cost is $5 for all. ing more, nothing less. OSCEOLA COUNTY First, Israel is the only state whose capital city, Jerusalem, And, of course, there will be refreshments after the show... Cindy M. Rothfield, P.A., 822 W. Bryan St., Kissimmee • Most with which the Jewish people have been umbilically linked and my cookies!! Publix Supermarkets • Verandah Place Realty, 504 Celebration for more than 3,000 years, is not recognized by almost all For more information, phone JERRY LEIBMAN at 407- Ave., Celebration • All Winn Dixie Supermarkets • St. Cloud other countries. 694-0546. City Hall, 1300 9th St, St. Cloud • St. Cloud Library, 810 13th Imagine the absurdity of this. Foreign diplomats live in Tel One for the road... St, St. Cloud • Southern Oaks, 3865 Old Canoe Creek Rd, St. Aviv while conducting virtually all their business in Jerusalem, It’s the funeral of Moshe the cardiologist and Avrahom and Cloud • Plantation Bay, 4641 Old Canoe Creek Rd, St. Cloud where the Prime Minister’s office, the Knesset (Parliament) the Hymie are there to pay their last respects. Behind Moshe’s • Osceola Chamber of Commerce, 1425 Hwy 192, St. Cloud • Supreme Court, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are located. coffin stands a huge red heart covered in hundreds of flowers. Valencia College, 1800 Denn John Ln, Kissimmee • Kissimmee In fact, look at listings of world cities, including places of Following the eulogy, the heart suddenly opens, the coffin City Hall, 101 Church St, Kissimmee • Kissimmee Library, 211 birth in passports, and you’ll see something striking... Paris, moves slowly inside and the heart shuts, enclosing Moshe France; Tokyo, Japan; Pretoria, South Africa; Lima, Peru; and inside the beautiful heart forever. Avrahom immediately bursts E. Dakin, Kissimmee • Robinson’s Coffee Shop, 114 Broadway, Jerusalem, sans country... orphaned, if you will. out laughing. Kissimmee • Osceola County Courthouse, 2 Courthouse Sq, Second, Israel is the only UN member state whose very right “What’s so funny?” asks one of the congregants. Kissimmee • Barnies, 3236 John Young Pwy, Kissimmee • to exist is under constant challenge. “I’m sorry,” replies Avrahom, “but I can’t help thinking of Reily’s Gourmet Coffee, 3831 Vine St, Kissimmee • Shalom (Who wouldn’t be upset?) my own funeral - I’m a gynecologist.” Aleichem, 3501 Oak Pointe Blvd, Kissimmee • Books-A-Million, This received by the American Jewish Congress... Hymie, the proctologist, then faints. 2605 W. Osceola Pwy (522), Kissimmee • Lower East Side Deli, 8548 Palm Parkway, Lake Buena

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By Shannon Sarna a real bubbe and cookbook (Note: You can buy some pre- For the meat filling: author (and also my friend), cooked brisket or pot roast 2 teaspoons vegetable oil (The Nosher via JTA)— Ronnie Fein, who shared with instead of making it from 1 medium onion, chopped Kreplach seem like the kind me her tried-and-true method scratch.) 1 medium clove garlic, finely of dish only your bubbe and recipe. Many thanks to Ronnie chopped (optional) would make. Especially from Turns out it’s easier than I for sharing her expertise and 3 cups chopped, cooked beef scratch. And I always felt thought: The kreplach don’t recipe with us. (about 12 ounces—can be intimidated to even try it. need to be perfectly shaped Ingredients: either ground beef or finely You have to make the dough, to be delicious, and they are For the dough: chopped leftover brisket or make the filling and shape it definitely something you can 2 cups all-purpose flour roast) just right. (Turns out, actually tackle with a little planning 3/4 teaspoon salt 1 large egg you don’t.) and determination. You will 3 large eggs, beaten 1 teaspoon paprika But last year I was lucky need to make (or buy) some 3 teaspoons cold water, ap- Salt and freshly ground black enough to spend time with kind of filling ahead of time. proximately pepper to taste Directions: To make the dough: Place the flour, salt and beaten eggs in a food processor. salt and pepper to taste. Mix for about 15 minutes, or until Process while gradually thoroughly. they are tender. adding just enough water Roll the dough, a portion To serve, place the cooked to have the dough form into at a time, on a floured surface kreplach in chicken soup and a ball. Wrap the dough in until it is very thin (less than cook for 4-5 minutes. You plastic wrap and let rest for 1/8 inch). Cut dough into 2 may also fry the kreplach in at least 1 hour. 1/2- to 3-inch squares. vegetable oil. Serves 12-18 To make the filling: Heat Place 1 heaping teaspoon kreplach. the vegetable oil in a sauté of filling in the center of each Shannon Sarna is the editor pan over medium heat. Add square. Fold the dough over of The Nosher. the onion and garlic and the filling to make a triangle. The Nosher food blog offers cook, stirring frequently, for Pinch the dough together to a dazzling array of new and about 2-3 minutes, or until seal the edges (if necessary classic Jewish recipes and food the vegetables have softened. wet two sides of the square). news, from Europe to Yemen, Place the chopped meat in a Bring a large soup pot of from challah to shakshuka bowl. Add the softened onion water to a boil. Cook the kre- and beyond. Check it out (and garlic), egg, paprika and plach about a dozen at a time at www.TheNosher.com. Happy, sad Israeli holidays: A genial inter-generational game of ‘Israel Jeopardy’ Two sides of the same coin Monday, April 23, was Israel Jeopardy at the Jewish Pavilion’s Inter-Generational meeting at Village On The Green with the residents and students of Congregation Ohev Shalom led by Amy Setleis Geboff. The game began with the residents telling the students what they remember from 1947/48 when Israel gained Independence. There was then some competition between the two split teams. At the end of the night there were handshakes and hugs all around. The program was sponsored in part by Jewish Federation of Greater Orlando.

Beth Shalom Memorial Chapel Proudly Serving Our Community For Over 35 Years L’dor v’dor ... From Generation to Generation • Traditional Jewish Funerals Yet, Israel Independence • Non-Traditional Services Day takes place right after Yom Hazikaron—the Me- • Interstate Shipping morial Day for fallen Israel Defense Forces soldiers. Plac- ing the two holidays so close • Pre-Arranged Funerals together is a reminder that Is- raeli independence has come Shalom Assurance Plan at the very highest cost—the lives of sacrificed soldiers. • Headstones, Grave Markers So what does this combina- tion look like in Israel? In Beit She’an, Israel, a tombstone commemorates Captain Tzvi 407-599-1180 Kaplan, aged 28 when he died in Operation Protective Edge in 2014. (This was a military 640 Lee Road • Orlando, Florida operation aimed at stopping frequent rocket fire from Gaza into Israel.) W.E. “Manny” Adams, LFD Kaplan was known to be a particularly kind and spirited Samuel P. (Sammy) Goldstein, Exec. Director individual. Friends of his built a stream passing through a park near where he lived honoring his memory. www.bethshalommemorialchapel.com At the other end of the spectrum, Yom Ha’atzmaut’s happy festivities ring out in Jerusalem, and everywhere By Jane Edelstein Israeli holidays, there’s a lot of in Israel. It’s often the kids singing, dancing, and eating. who truly take holiday cel- How do Israelis celebrate Family and friends gather to ebrations to heart. Ice cream Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israeli In- reminisce of both victory and cones, dress up, or flag-waving dependence Day? Like many statehood. anyone? HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, MAY 4, 2018 PAGE 11A What it’s like to Central Florida Synagogues support Israel at NYU Orlando Weekday Morning Minyan (Conservative/Egalitarian), services Monday- Friday 7:45 a.m. (9 a.m.—national holidays); 2nd floor Chapel—Jewish Academy of Orlando; 851 N. Maitland Ave., Maitland. For information call 407-298-4650. Celebration Jewish Congregation (R), services and holiday schedules shown at www. JewishCelebration.org; 407-566-9792. Chabad Lubavitch of North Orlando (O), 1701 Markham Woods Road, Longwood, 407-636-5994, www.jewishorlando.com; services: Friday 7:00 p.m.; Saturday at 9:30 a.m. Chabad of Altamonte Springs (O), 414 Spring Valley Lane, Altamonte Springs, 407- 280-0535; www.jewishaltamonte.com. Chabad of South Orlando (O), 7347 Sand Lake Road, Orlando, 407-354-3660; www. jewishorlando.com; Shabbat services: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. and 10 minutes before sunset; Saturday, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday, 8:15 a.m. Chabad of the Space & Treasure Coasts (O), 1190 Highway A1A, Satellite Beach, 321-777-2770. Congregation Ahavas Yisrael/Chabad (O), 708 Lake Howell Rd., Maitland, 407-644- 2500; www.chabadorlando.org; services: Sunday, 9 a.m.; Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m.; Shabbat services: Friday, 6:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m.; Family service, 4th Friday of the month. Congregation Bet Chaim (R), 181 E. Mitchell Hammock, Oviedo, 407-830-7211; www. betchaim.org; Shabbat services: Friday, 8 p.m. Congregation Beth Am (C), 3899 Sand Lake Road, Longwood, 407-862-3505; www. congbetham.org; Shabbat services: Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m. Congregation Beth El (C), 2185 Meadowlane Ave., West Melbourne, 321-779-0740; Josefin Dolsten Shabbat services, 1st & 3rd Friday, 8 p.m.; 2nd & 4th Saturdays, 9:30 a.m. Student organizers of an Israel Independence Day event at New York University, April 19, 2018. They include Adela Cojab, Jenny Labovitz and Esther Bildirici, front row, left to Congregation Beth Emeth (R), 2205 Blue Sapphire Circle, Orlando, 407-222-6393; right, and Gabe Hoffman, back row, right. Shabbat service: monthly, 8 p.m. Congregation Beth Israel (Rec), Collins Resource Center, Suite 303, 9401 S.R. 200, By Josefin Dolsten divest from eight companies resolution changed her level Ocala, 352-237-8277; bethisraelocala.org; Shabbat service, second Friday of the month, 8 p.m. doing business with Israel. of comfort about speaking NEW YORK (JTA)—Though Both Barnard and NYU about Israel. Congregation Beth Sholom (R-C), 315 North 13th St., Leesburg, 352-326-3692; www. it was raining, students still have large Jewish student “Once this protest came bethsholomflorida.org; schedule of services on website. gathered to celebrate Israel’s populations, suggesting to out, I feel like I have to hold Congregation Beth Shalom (Progressive Conservative), Orange City congregation Independence Day at New some that the tide against my tongue in some places,” holds services at 1308 E. Normandy Blvd., Deltona; 386-804-8283; www.mybethshalom. York University’s downtown Israel has swelled even—or she said. com; Shabbat services: Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. Manhattan campus. Passers- precisely—at campuses that Between handing out cook- by mostly rushed by as or- should be friendly to Israel. ies and singing along to He- Congregation B’nai Torah (C), 403 N. Nova Rd., Ormond Beach, 32174, 386-672-1174; ganizers blasted pop music, But the reality is more brew songs, Brustman said www.mybnaitorah.com; Shabbat services: Friday, 8 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. displayed Israeli flags and nuanced. Following the reso- she was nervous there would Congregation Chabad Lubavitch of Greater Daytona (O), 1079 W. Granada Blvd., shouted “Happy Birthday, lution’s publication Cojab, be a confrontation at the Yom Ormond Beach, 386-672-9300; Shabbat services Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. Israel!” Some stopped to grab who serves as president of Haatzmaut event. a blue-and-white cookie. Realize Israel, described the “There definitely is a pit Congregation of Reform Judaism (R), 928 Malone Dr., Orlando, 407-645-0444; One person shouted at an atmosphere on campus sur- in my stomach right now,” www.crjorlando.org: Shabbat services, 7 p.m. 1st, 2nd and 3rd Fridays; 6 p.m., 4th and 5th organizer of Thursday’s event rounding Israel as “one of she said. Fridays; Saturday: 10 a.m. animosity.” But at Thursday’s Earlier this month, the who was draped in an Israeli Congregation Mateh Chaim (R), P.O. Box 060847, Palm Bay, 32906, 321-768-6722. flag, and someone else criti- event, she felt relief. NYU student government cized the group for a poster “The climate that exists is passed a resolution urging Congregation Ohev Shalom (C), 613 Concourse Parkway South, Maitland, 407-298- featuring a quote by the Rev. mostly among the activism the university to look into 4650; www.ohevshalom.org; Shabbat service, Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m. Martin Luther King Jr. prais- community and the students its policies at a program the Congregation Shalom Aleichem (R), 3501 Oak Pointe Blvd., Kissimmee, 407-935- who are highly involved in university runs in Tel Aviv. ing the Jewish state, but there 0064; www.shalomaleichem.com; Shabbat service, 1st and 3rd Fridays of the month, 8 p.m. were no major disruptions. campus life,” Cojab said. The resolution cited an Israeli The relative lack of nega- The NYU administration law enacted last year that bans Congregation Shomer Ysrael (C), 5382 Hoffner Ave., Orlando, 407-227-1258, call for tive reactions put things in criticized the resolution, entry into the country for for- services and holiday schedules. perspective for Adela Cojab, whose signatories included eigners who call for a boycott Congregation Sinai (C/R), 303A N. S.R. 27, Minneola; 352-243-5353; congregation- groups such as the Asian against Israel and said that a Jewish student leader on sinai.org; services: every Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Shabbat Service evert Saturday, 10 a.m. campus who said a recent American Women’s Alliance, members of NYU’s Jewish resolution signed by over the Black Students Union and Voice for Peace and Students Orlando Torah Center (O), 8591 Banyan Blvd., Orlando; 347-456-6485; Shacharis- 50 student groups pledging the Muslim Students Associa- for Justice in Palestine would Shabbos 9 a.m.; Mon.—Thurs. 6:45 a.m.; Sun. and Legal Holidays 8 a.m.; Mincha/Maariv support to the movement to tion. A university spokesman be affected by the law. Please call for times. said that boycotting student Two of the resolution’s sig- boycott Israel had made it “the Southwest Orlando Jewish Congregation/Ohalei Rivka (C), 11200 S. Apopka- worst week of my life.” groups “is at odds with our natories—the Asian Ameri- “Watching people who walk traditions and values,” and can Women’s Alliance and Vineland Rd., Orlando, 407-239-5444; Shabbat service, Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m. by and smile reminds me that NYU President Andrew Ham- Brownstone Publication, a Temple Beth El (R), 579 N. Nova Rd., Ormond Beach, 386-677-2484. a list of 50 clubs sounds really ilton denounced BDS at a black student publication— Temple Beth Shalom (R), P.O. Box 031233, Winter Haven, 813-324-2882. big, [but] in a school this big, public forum on Friday. (He said they decided to sign the most people have no idea that had previously said in 2016 resolution because they sym- Temple Beth Shalom (C), 40 Wellington Drive, Palm Coast, 386-445-3006; Shabbat this is happening,” Cojab, 21, that the school would not pathized with the struggles of service, Friday, 8 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. told JTA on Thursday. acquiesce to a demand by its Palestinians. Temple Beth Sholom (C), 5995 N. Wickham Rd. Melbourne, 321-254-6333; www. Last week’s resolution, graduate student union to cut The Asian American Wom- mytbs.org; Shabbat services: Friday, 7 p.m.; Saturday: 9:30 a.m. Minyan, Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.; its Israel ties.) en’s Alliance was approached signed by 53 student groups Thursday, 10:00 a.m. among the some 300 on Gabe Hoffman, who serves by the resolution’s sponsors campus, was spearheaded by as treasurer for Realize Is- and invited to learn more Temple Beth Shalom (R), 1109 N.E. 8th Ave., Ocala, 352-629-3587; Shabbat services: the NYU chapters of Jewish rael, believes that many of about the struggles of Pales- Friday, 8 p.m.; Torah study: Saturday, 10:00 a.m. Voice for Peace and Students the groups who signed the tinians, Vice President Julia Temple B’nai Darom (R), 49 Banyan Course, Ocala, 352-624-0380; Friday Services 8 p.m. for Justice in Palestine. In resolution have overlapping Yuge told JTA in an email. addition to calling on the membership. Yuge said her group Temple Israel (C), 50 S. Moss Rd., Winter Springs, 407-647-3055; www.tiflorida.org; university to boycott com- “I still think it’s a group of “learned that the Israeli Shabbat services: Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday 9:00 a.m. panies that do business with 15, 20, 30 students that are state systematically violates Temple Israel (R), 7350 Lake Andrew Drive, Melbourne, 321-631-9494. Israel, the groups also pledged running 50 groups on campus Palestinians’ rights under not to co-sponsor any events and it’s kind of their choir, and international law, including Temple Israel (C), 579 N. Nova Road, Ormond Beach, 386-252-3097; Shabbat service, with two Israel advocacy their echo chamber doesn’t the right to education.” In Friday, 7 p.m.; Saturday: 10:30 a.m. campus groups—Realize Is- like our echo chamber,” he her group’s decision to sign Temple Israel of DeLand (R), 1001 E. New York Ave., DeLand, 386-736-1646; www. rael and TorchPAC—as well said. the petition, she also cited the templeisraelofdeland.org; Friday Shabbat service, 7 p.m.; Saturday, 10:00 a.m. followed by as eight off-campus groups, Hoffman, 21, said that fact that academic bodies— Torah study. including Birthright-Taglit, despite the resolution, he is including the Association for the American Israel Public comfortable identifying pub- Asian American Studies and Temple Shalom (formerly New Jewish Congregation) (R), 13563 Country Road Affairs Committee and the licly as Jewish and pro-Israel the National Women’s Studies 101, Oxford, 352-748-1800; www.templeshalomcentralfl.org; Shabbat services: Friday, 7 Anti-Defamation League. on campus. Association—have endorsed p.m.; last Saturday of the month, 9:30 a.m. The NYU resolution is part “It’s unfortunate that it boycotts of Israel. Temple Shalom of Deltona (R/C), 1785 Elkcam Blvd., Deltona, 386-789-2202; www. of a campaign on college happens to be those student “There are many ways shalomdeltona.org; Shabbat service; Saturday: 10 a.m. campuses by BDS activists groups that are running the in which Asian-American to isolate Israel and its sup- [student] government, but I women relate to their human Temple Shir Shalom (R) Services held at Temple Israel, 50 S. Moss Rd., Winter Springs, porters. On Wednesday, the still feel proud to walk around rights being stripped away, 407-366-3556, www.templeshirshalom.org; Shabbat services: three Fridays each month, student government at Bar- with a kippah on my head, such as the incarceration of 7:30 p.m. nard College, a women’s col- proud to walk around with Japanese Americans during Mount Dora, 352-735-4774; www. lege affiliated with Columbia [an Israeli] flag on my back,” World War II,” Yuge added. Traditional Congregation of Mount Dora (T) University, said that nearly he said. Brownstone Publication tcomd.org; Shabbat services: Saturday, 9:30 a.m. sharp. two-thirds of students voted Still, Realize Israel member (R) Reform (C) Conservative (O) Orthodox (Rec) Reconstructionist (T) Mehitsa to ask the administration to Marci Brustman, 19, said the NYU on page 15A PAGE 12A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, MAY 4, 2018 Hurricane Harvey destroyed our synagogue—here’s how we’re moving on

The United Orthodox Synagogues of Houston being demolished. A room in United Orthodox Synagogues of Houston that was stripped of its furniture and floors. By Barry Gelman daily and High Holidays prayer ers sat alone in small groups books as well as our extensive or alone and just cried. this holy chamber is the life- in believing that its strength dreds of volunteers coming to HOUSTON (JTA)—Over a Judaica library. I shared some thoughts time of our community... the derives from our members. our neighborhood to help and four-day period at the end of Our current building has with the congregation: multigenerational and diverse We are facing a choice of provide food for flooded fami- August, Hurricane Harvey been the home of our merged These walls brought to- sounds that can only be created how to rebuild our synagogue lies for a full month after the drenched this city with over congregation since 1960. gether three different congre- by a community like ours. and where exactly in the hurricane, have been nothing 50 inches of rain, inflicting Harvey was only the latest gations and ultimately com- So many of us have seen our neighborhood it will be. These short of extraordinary. $125 billion in damages. in a series of floods, includ- bined them into one united kids graduate from UOSGMS are important questions, One of the most astonishing The result of the flooding ing in 2015 and 2016. As I synagogue. The seats of this [the local Jewish Montessori even as we know that we are aspects of our recovery, how- was especially devastating for write these words, the main sanctuary cradled generations preschool/kindergarten pro- each others’ most important ever, is how flooded families the tight-knit and geographi- sanctuary, executive wing of families... grandparents, gram] and RMBA [Robert M. resource. For now we will hold have been helping each other. cally close Jewish community and classrooms are being parents and their children, Beren Academy, our Modern services and events in Freed- Despite individual suffering of Houston. Seven major Jew- demolished. A room that who came to pray here, to cry Orthodox day school] on man Hall, a nearby building and anguish, members of our ish institutions have been holds memories of so many here and to rejoice here. our bimah. And how many that has the advantage of community have continued severely impacted by Harvey, happy occasions has become These walls have absorbed hundreds and hundreds of being elevated. It’s important to reach out to others. It is and an estimated 2,000 Jewish a place of tears. the sounds of our prayers and lollipops have been distrib- that we try to save the monu- so easy (and understandable) families were affected by the We recently held a “fare- the wisdom of our Torah. This uted up there... reminding mental stained glass mural for those suffering from loss floodwaters. well” to the building and room has been the setting our kids that Torah, shul and that serves as a dramatic to close in on themselves United Orthodox Syn- joined together one last time where we offered thanksgiv- community are the sweetest backdrop to our bimah. and focus only on their own agogues was particularly in our beautiful sanctuary ing for our greatest triumphs treats they will ever get. Since the flood, our com- challenges, of which there are hard hit, as approximately for morning services. It was a and called out to God in tur- Yet there was also hope in munity has seen its prayer many—economic, psycho- one-third of our member morning of mixed emotions as bulent times. the room that day. While it is books and library replaced, and logical, social. I have not seen households was damaged many spoke about memories We have expressed our simplistic and often insensi- funds have been raised to help that. I have seen the opposite. by the flood. The waters of growing up in our syna- greatest hopes and dreams tive to say things like “it’s just our families recover from the Rabbi Barry Gelman is also destroyed our beautiful gogues. Others spoke about here. a building” or “it’s just stuff,” devastation. The outpouring rabbi of United Orthodox sanctuary, and ruined our the “end of an era,” while oth- Echoing off the walls of the community is resolute of concern, expressed by hun- Synagogues of Houston. Alex Bregman is baseball’s next Jewish star The man was a Dodger fan, The experience capped a will tell you that her son is querque, Bregman attended but still he flashed what Sam memorable year for Bregman more than about baseball. a University of New Mexico Bregman described as “a look that began with his playing His foundation, AB for AUDS, baseball camp. The Lobos’ of great contentment” at the for the U.S. team that won provides computer tablets baseball coach, Ray Birming- ballplayer’s heritage. the World Baseball Classic to children with autism ham, preached dedication to “I got such a kick out of it,” title in March. and Down syndrome. Brady greatness. Sam Bregman said in a phone Israel’s squad, which fin- Columbus, a son of Breg- “Alex took that so literally interview near his home in ished sixth overall in the man’s former hitting coach that he’d hit in the batting Albuquerque, New Mexico. “It WBC, had sought his ser- and Bregman’s godson, is cages until he got calluses,” made me feel so proud.” vices. autistic. recalled Sam Bregman, who Alex Bregman’s take on the In retrospect, he said, “I Jackie Bregman spoke of had grown up on the field at encounter: “It’s definitely cool probably should’ve” played her son’s kindness. Robert F. Kennedy Stadium, to have fans around the world for Israel “because I got “Alex is so patient with where his late father, Stan, give their support. It keeps [just] four at-bats” playing people, and I’m really, really worked as a lawyer for the you motivated to know that as a backup for the Ameri- proud of him for that,” she Washington Senators. It was everyone has your back.” can team. Regardless of said in a phone interview. Stan, “Grandpa Zayde,” who Bregman can expect to have who comes calling in 2021, She recalled her son de- gave his grandson a card set more fans on his bandwagon, Bregman said, he’s unlikely fending elementary school of Jewish baseball players. Jewish and otherwise, follow- to participate. classmates being bullied. Someone else who wit- ing a strong 2017 season and His Astros will start de- And he was also on the nessed that commitment was the first World Series title for fending their championship other end: A boy made fun of Darvin Ham, who coached the Astros—to which he con- on Thursday in Arlington, Alex’s pending bar mitzvah the New Mexico Thunder- tributed mightily He knocked Texas, against the Rangers. as he was leaving school to birds, an NBA Development in a run in each of the first Bregman will turn 24 the meet with the cantor, and a League team the Bregmans five games, added a second next day. Chinese-American teammate owned. home run, threw out a run- “There are a lot of things on Alex’s basketball squad In postgame conversa- ner at home plate to preserve I want to accomplish in this stood up for him. tions and at the Bregman a scoreless tie in Game 4 and game. Winning is right there The experiences, she said, home, Alex Bregman “was had the run-scoring single at the top,” Bregman said. “taught him what it was like like a sponge” of information Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images that ended an epic Game 5 in “We have a great team to to be marginalized.” about the makings of athletic Alex Bregman makes a play in Game 7 of the World Series the 10th inning, 13-12. repeat as champs.” Years ago, the family at- achievement, said Ham, now at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, Nov. 1, 2017. During the 2017 season, Astros manager A.J. Hinch tended an appearance by an assistant coach with the the former No. 2 overall draft said he expects Bregman to several players of the minor Atlanta Hawks. By Hillel Kuttler nosh wearing his Astros jersey pick out of Louisiana State “build off the momentum he league Albuquerque Isotopes. “He was a very good lis- with the No. 2 and his sur- averaged .284, pounded 39 generated in the postseason One player was aloof. tener. He took mental notes,” WEST PALM BEACH name stitched on the back—a doubles and 19 home runs, and throughout the whole “Sam and I said to Alex, said Ham, who considers Alex (JTA)—Sitting on a couch facsimile of his son’s uniform. and stole 17 bases. season last year.” ‘Don’t ever be like that,’ ” Bregman “a little brother.” near his locker at the Houston The young Bregman, a third Two days after the Game “While he’s established she recalled. Bregman explained his Astros’ spring training facil- baseman, had just slugged 7 road victory, Bregman cel- himself as a major league But Jackie Bregman also early competitive drive. ity here in mid-March, Alex a home run off Dodgers ace ebrated at the championship player... he’s not even close knows her son is driven to “Coach Birmingham said Bregman is reflecting about Clayton Kershaw. parade in Houston. Thou- to what he’s going to be,” excel on the field. you have to decide,” he re- an encounter his father had A fan grabbed Sam Breg- sands of fans lined streets in Hinch said. “He would not mince called. “I woke up at 5 am. at the World Series last fall. man’s arm. a city still recovering from He called Bregman “a words. ‘I don’t just want to to go to the cage to school to It was in Los Angeles, be- “Are you Alex’s dad?” Hurricane Harvey flooding a true baseball rat,” someone play baseball; I want to be the cage: defense and hitting. tween innings of the opening “I am,” the elder Bregman couple of months earlier. who “loves the game, loves the best,’” Jackie Bregman I did that every day for years, game. Sam Bregman was replied. “To see their pure joy,” practice, loves being around remembered her son saying. [beginning at] probably age headed for a Dodger Stadium “Is he Jewish?” Bregman said, “gave me the his teammates.” “He was determined.” concession stand to grab a “Yeah.” chills.” But his mother, Jackie, In junior high in Albu- Bregman on page 15A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, MAY 4, 2018 PAGE 13A Weekly roundup of world briefs from JTA

‘Iran lied big time’ about Iran’s newfound moderation Bomb threats received playing a leading role in the country in two FIFA World In the second incident, two nuclear program, Netan- in order to scam the public by the Israel Police against 9/11 attacks in 2001 and said Cups. Palestinians broke through yahu says in describing into approving Obama’s Iran schools in Tel Aviv and Kfar that “No man in history saved Otto Warmbier’s parents the security fence and be- secret files nuclear deal – a deal that al- Saba on Sunday were traced more Jewish lives than Adolf sue North Korea over gan throwing firebombs JERUSALEM (JTA)—“Iran lowed Iran to maximize its to Michael Kadar, Israeli news Hitler.” His Twitter account their son’s torture and at soldiers, who responded lied big time” about the nature regional power with income channels reported. Kadar, was suspended earlier this death with gunfire, killing both of its nuclear program, Israeli from the West.” 19, of Ashkelon, is being held year over statements amount- (JTA)—The parents of Otto infiltrators. Prime Minister Benjamin Ne- Netanyahu, Trump speak in Nitzan Prison in Ramle ing to Holocaust denial. Warmbier, the American col- Earlier in the evening, tanyahu said. by phone about threat pending his trial. His name Brazilian soccer legend lege student who was tortured two Palestinians armed with Netanyahu on Monday eve- from Iran is barred from publication Ronaldinho opens acad- while being held in a North knives and tools meant to ning unveiled copies of half a JERUSALEM (JTA)—Is- in Israel. emy in Israel Korean labor camp, filed a damage the border fence were ton of material that make up raeli Prime Minister Benjamin In a hearing Monday in RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA)— federal lawsuit in the United arrested after they infiltrated part of what he identified as Netanyahu and President Magistrates’ Court in Rishon The Brazilian soccer idol States against North Korea into Israel on the border with Iran’s secret nuclear files. He Donald Trump spoke by phone Lezion on the new charges, Ronaldinho has launched a over their son’s death. southern Gaza, according to first delivered his presentation about the threat from Iran police said there have been soccer school in Israel aimed Warmbier, 22, a Cincin- the Israeli army. in English in an effort to reach The two leaders spoke more than 100 such threats to at both native-born and im- nati native, was traveling on Also Sunday, a fire broke the widest possible audience. on Saturday, according to a several schools recently that migrant children and youths. a student tour of North Korea out in the Gaza border-area The files, which the Israeli readout of the conversation originated from the prison, Ronaldinho, who spent last in early 2016 when he was Kissufim forest after a kite leader calls “new conclusive released Sunday by the White and that police searches of week in the Jewish state, an- arrested and sentenced to 15 carrying a Molotov cocktail proof of Iran’s secret nuclear House. They discussed the the schools did not turn up nounced Thursday the estab- years of hard labor for stealing launched from Gaza landed weapons program,” include “threats and challenges fac- any bombs. lishment of the Ronaldinho a propaganda poster. After in- there. The blaze was brought 55,000 pages of information ing the Middle East region, Kadar was charged in Israel Soccer Academy for children ternational outrage and over a under control by firefighters. and 55,000 files on 183 CDs. especially the problems posed in April 2017 with thousands aged 6 to 16. The goal is to year of imprisonment, North Airstrikes hit military He said the files had been by the Iranian regime’s desta- of counts on offenses that combine the passion and fun Korea released Warmbier in bases in northern Syria, stored in a secret atomic bilizing activities,” the White include publishing false in- of Brazilian soccer with a June, saying his health had killing at least 26. Is archive in Tehran, where it House said. The call came formation, causing panic, strong teaching methodology deteriorated after a bout of Israel responsible? was moved last year, locked hours before Netanyahu met computer hacking and money and friendship values. botulism. Warmbier’s doctors JERUSALEM (JTA)—Over- in massive safes. The original in Israel with new U.S. Sec- laundering. He had been ar- The school will launch in said he suffered extensive night airstrikes that targeted materials, Netanyahu said, retary of State Mike Pompeo. rested in Israel the previous the summer as a camp for brain damage. He died on military bases in northern “are now in a very safe place.” Trump has said he will month in a joint operation some 100 youths before open- June 19, 2017, in Cincinnati. Syria reportedly have killed at Netanyahu did not appear decide by May 12 whether the with the FBI. ing in September. The 22-page lawsuit, filed least 26, mostly Iranian pro- to present evidence of ongoing United States will remain part Early last month, Kadar “I am very excited to help in U.S. District Court for the Syrian government fighters. nuclear activity in violation of the Joint Comprehensive was indicted by the U.S. Jus- Israeli children of all faiths District of Columbia, alleges At least 60 fighters were of the deal signed in 2015 Plan of Action, or Iran nuclear tice Department for federal raise their game to the high- that Otto Warmbier was “bru- wounded and some also re- between Iran and six world deal signed in 2015 between hate crimes. The hoax threats est levels,” Ronaldinho said tally tortured and murdered” main missing in the Sunday powers, which traded sanc- Iran and six world powers, to the JCCs and other Jew- at a news conference. “I see by Kim Jong Un’s “criminal” night attacks on the military tions relief for a rollback of including the United States. ish institutions in the first the school as a first-class regime. bases in Hama and Aleppo, Iran’s nuclear program. Following Sunday’s meet- three months of 2017 forced educational tool that helps The lawsuit, filed on Thurs- according to reports citing the President Donald Trump ing between Netanyahu and widespread evacuations and in acquiring skills, tools for day, comes as President Britain-based Syrian Observa- is set to decide by the middle Pompeo, the Secretary of raised fears of a resurgence life, discipline, teamwork and Donald Trump prepares to tory for Human Rights. of next month whether it will State said of the Iran deal: in anti-Semitism. more. Israel has a tremendous meet with the North Korean Israel’s Security Cabinet remain in the Joint Compre- “President Trump’s been Kadar, who holds dual potential, countless talents leader late next month or in convened an emergency meet- hensive Plan of Action, as the pretty clear. This deal is very U.S.-Israeli citizenship, also and a great love for the game.” early June in order to effect ing on Sunday afternoon in deal is known. flawed. He’s directed the ad- was indicted by grand juries The Christian athlete re- “denuclearization” of the response to the strikes. Netanyahu said that Israel ministration to try and fix it, in Florida, Georgia and the cently affiliated himself with hostile country. The human rights monitor has shared the information and if we can’t fix it, he’s going District of Columbia, accord- an evangelical political party Trump has raised Warm- reportedly said that Israel is with the United States and to withdraw from the deal. ing to the Justice Department in Brazil, so opening a school bier’s death repeatedly in “probably” responsible, and “the United States can vouch It’s pretty straightforward statement. in the Holy Land is a special public statements in attempts several news outlets pointed for its authenticity.” Unlike the past administra- Kadar’s parents and lawyer excitement. to bring North Korea to the the finger at Israel, noting that Among the documents, tion, President Trump has a have not disputed his involve- The project was established nuclear negotiating table. Israel refused to comment on Netanyahu said, is proof of the comprehensive Iran strategy ment in the bomb threats but in cooperation with the Beitar The White House was aware the attacks. Israel generally existence of Project Amad, a that is designed to counter the asserted in his defense that he Nordia Jerusalem soccer team the lawsuit would be filed and neither confirms nor denies program to design, build and full array of threats emanat- has a brain tumor and a low IQ. along with local partners. did nothing to discourage the such airstrikes. Other media test nuclear weapons. The ing from Tehran.” Top Senate challenger “Our mission is to bring Warmbiers from bringing it, outlets blamed the United program was scrapped in 2003 He added: “As part of the in California is white new values to Israeli children NBC News reported, citing States and British forces for after the Gulf War, but work President’s comprehensive supremacist with anti- and make the sports they are an unnamed source familiar the attacks. continued in other guises and Iran strategy, we are also Semitic agenda passionate about collaborate with the case. A Syrian military source with the same personnel, ac- working to counter the broad (JTA)—A top challenger in their upbringing, promot- Fred Warmbier said in a said on state television Sun- cording to Netanyahu, citing set of non-nuclear threats: to longtime U.S. Sen. Di- ing well-being, health, com- statement that his son was day night that “Syria is being the documents. Other docu- Iran’s missile systems, its anne Feinstein of California pliance and social engage- “taken hostage, kept as a pris- exposed to a new aggression ments also proved that the support for Hezbollah, the is a white supremacist who ment,” Mauro Rozenszajn, oner for political purposes, with some military bases in Fordow uranium enrichment importation of thousands of espouses anti-Semitic views. the Brazilian-born CEO of used as a pawn and singled rural Hama and Aleppo hit facility was not intended to proxy fighters into Syria, and Patrick Little, a Republican, the new academy, told JTA. out for exceptionally harsh with enemy rockets.” produce medical isotopes but its assistance to the Houthi is polling at 18 percent behind “Teachers will be cordial and and brutal treatment by Kim On Sunday, Israel’s defense uranium for nuclear weapons. rebels in Yemen. We look Feinstein, a Democrat who has patient educators.” Jong Un. Kim and his regime minister, Avigdor Liberman, “Iran is brazenly lying forward to working closely served more than four terms Ronaldinho, 38, had a full have portrayed themselves as in an onstage interview at when it says it never had a with strong allies like Israel in the Senate. Feinstein is agenda while in Israel. The innocent, while they inten- The Jerusalem Post’s annual nuclear weapons program,” in countering these threats polling at 39 percent in the former soccer star visited tionally destroyed our son’s conference in New York City Netanyahu said. and rolling back the full range race, which will pit the top- the Beitar Nordia facilities, life. This lawsuit is another said that Israel would react Netanyahu said he is cer- of Iranian malign influence.” two vote-getters against each participated in a match with step in holding North Korea if Russia delivered its S-300 tain that Trump will “do Pompeo had noted ear- other in the general election Israeli players, and visited accountable for its barbaric advanced missile-defense the right thing” in deciding lier on Sunday that Trump in November. Raanana, the city with the treatment of Otto and our system to Syria to help it whether to stay in the nuclear remains undecided about The primary is set for largest Brazilian commu- family.” protect itself against such deal. whether the United States June 5. nity in the country, where The lawsuit asks the court rocket attacks. “The right thing for the would leave the deal. Little has been endorsed he broadcast a table soccer to determine a monetary “No doubt we will take United States. The right thing Pompeo also noted regard- by former Ku Klux Klan game on Instagram. award for punitive damages the action,” Liberman told for Israel. And the right thing ing Jerusalem that the United leader David Duke, but has “Soccer is the most ag- related to Otto Warmbier’s Jerusalem Post editor-in-chief for the peace of the world,” States is “incredibly proud to complained that “alt-right” gregating activity in the mistreatment and death, as Yaakov Katz. he said. be opening the new embassy media outlets such as The world,” Rozenszajn said. well as the emotional suffer- “We will keep our freedom Reactions were mixed to on May 14th, well ahead of Daily Stormer have not been “Israel has many children ing of his family. of operation in all of Syria. Netanyahu’s address, with the original timetable. This supportive of his campaign. coming from abroad. We want The family had hid- We have no intention to at- many nuclear experts saying step comes as Israel cel- Right Wing Watch outed to bring joy to these children den Warmbier’s Jewishness tack Russia or to interfere in the intelligence confirmed ebrates its 70th anniversary Little’s white supremacist and their parents, and help during negotiations for his domestic Syrian issues,” he what had been known when of independence and 70 years views in an article last week. them have a ‘klita kala,’ an return. Warmbier, whose said. “But if somebody thinks the nuclear deal was signed. of recognition as steadfast In a campaign video posted easy integration,” mother is Jewish, became that it is possible to launch “[W]hen Iranian officials support for Israel from the to YouTube earlier this week, The Israeli academy is the active at the University of Vir- missiles or to attack Israel or claim—as they often do— American people as well. By Little said he “woke up to the 10th global unit following ginia campus Hillel following even our aircraft, no doubt that Iran [never had] a nuclear recognizing Jerusalem as Jewish question and dedicated branches in Dubai, Saudi a 2014 Birthright trip to Israel. we will respond – and we will weapons program, they were the capital of Israel and the my life to exposing these Jews Arabia, Egypt, Korea, India, 3 Palestinians attempt- respond very forcefully.” lying,” James Acton, co- seat of its government, we’re that control our country.” Azerbaijan and the United ing to infiltrate Israel On Friday, Liberman told director of the nuclear policy recognizing reality.” In a post last month on his States. from Gaza killed by sol- a think tank in Washington, program at the Carnegie En- American-Israeli teen blog, Little wrote: “We all want Ronaldinho is often consid- diers D.C., that Israel will take ac- dowment, tweeted. “But, we who made bomb threats what has been taboo until ered one of the greatest players JERUSALEM (JTA)—Is- tion if Iran begins setting up knew that already. The JCPOA against JCCs allegedly now to say aloud, we want to of his generation and regarded raeli soldiers killed three military bases in Syria. was designed on that basis.” threatens Israeli schools be around other whites, safe by many as one of the great- Palestinians in two separate “What we will not allow Opponents of the Iran from prison from non-whites. But unless est of all time. Throughout incidents on the Gaza border. is for Iranians to establish a nuclear deal said it confirmed (JTA)—The American- we start voicing that senti- his playing career, he accu- In one of the Sunday eve- forward base in Syria against that Iran cannot be trusted. Israeli man accused of making ment regularly at the ballot mulated numerous honors, ning incidents, soldiers shot Israel,” he said. Conservative commenta- hundreds of bomb threats to box, all of the places we have including the FIFA World at two Palestinians trying to Israel in the past reportedly tor Ben Shapiro wrote that Jewish community centers in retreated to will be eventually Player of the Year award twice damage the security fence and has struck arms shipments the documents demonstrate the United States is suspected overrun by non-whites.” and a Ballon d’Or. Ronaldinho infiltrate into Israel, killing to Syria from Iran, as well as “that the Obama adminis- of making another 100 hoax Little on his Twitter ac- played 97 matches for the one, the Israeli army said. The the T-4 Syrian military base tration lied constantly and bomb threats in Israel from count has accused Israel’s Brazil national team, scoring other was taken into custody reportedly housing Iranian repeatedly to the public about prison. Mossad intelligence agency of 33 goals and representing his for questioning. military installations. PAGE 14A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, MAY 4, 2018 A Montreal pilgrimage in the footsteps of Leonard Cohen

Ben Harris Ben Harris Leonard Cohen’s grave, next to three generations of his family, in the Congregation Shaar A photograph of Leonard Cohen, front right, from his 1949 Hebrew school graduation Hashomayim cemetery in Montreal. hangs in a foyer at Congregation Shaar Hashomayim in Montreal.

By Ben Harris roses scattered on the ground The legendary singer, song- there smile shadowed by his nearly obsolete choral tradi- “There are times when you are signs of recent visitors, writer, poet and novelist was trademark fedora and hand tion once prevalent in Europe. want to show the flag, when MONTREAL (JTA)—Just and an overflowing mound of interred here in a private held over heart, towers over It was that sound that Cohen you want to indicate that inside the gate of the Shaar stones on top, in keeping with ceremony in 2016, just hours Crescent Street in the heart of sought out for “You Want It there is nourishment to be Hashomayim synagogue off the Jewish custom, is evidence before his family would inform downtown. Another nine-story Darker,” which features Zeler- had from this culture, that Boulevard du Mont Royal, of many more. the world that he had died mural of Cohen was completed myer and the synagogue choir it is not entirely irrelevant to a gravestone bears an un- The footstone is engraved days earlier, at the age of 82, last year. And in November, a providing backing vocals. the present situation, that it usual Star of David, the sharp in Hebrew with the name at his home in Los Angeles. star-studded tribute concert But Cohen’s connections to does not serve a nation’s best angles of its two opposing tri- of the deceased, Eliezer the Though Cohen had been suf- at the city’s Belle Centre fea- the affluent Montreal Jewish interests to reject and despise angles—one reaching heav- son of Nissan HaKohen. And fering from cancer and knew tured appearances by Sting, community of his youth was it,” Cohen told an interviewer enward, the other aimed at beneath that, the name by his death was looming, he died Elvis Costello, Seth Rogen never without complications. in 2016. the earth—softened into the which he is known to the peacefully in his sleep after a and Prime Minister Justin He fled the city’s confines And the synagogue recip- shape of hearts. A dozen red world: Leonard Cohen. nighttime fall. His grave is in Trudeau. early and often—first to study rocated, proudly waving the the family plot beside three The Montreal Jewish com- literature at Columbia, then flag of its most celebrated generations of his forebears. munity that nurtured Cohen to the Greek island Hydra, alumnus. “He came into the world a in his early years has not and eventually to Southern Outside the sanctuary, Montreal Jew and he left the been overlooked in the Cohen California, where he lived in across the lobby from where world a Montreal Jew,” said surge. 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Already to fielding questions about Co- delivered to a symposium at Academy of Recording Arts well into his 70s, the singer hen. “At least the third today,” the Montreal Jewish Library and Sciences. Facing the 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 achieved something rare in said an official at the cemetery as the moment he found case is a display showcasing W O L F A I R B A G L B S 14 15 16 popular music—a late-career when a visitor asked for direc- his prophetic voice. In the Canadian Jewish history that S C A R C R E A M Y A R I renaissance. It included five tions to Cohen’s grave. speech, which Leibovitz re- prominently features a photo 17 18 19 years of worldwide touring, Cohen first encountered constructed from notes found of Cohen onstage in a sec- J A C O B D E G R O M S A G 20 21 22 hundreds of sold-out shows the biblical metaphors and in Cohen’s papers, the singer tion about the community’s Z A C A R S T N N and several celebrated al- liturgical themes that would lambasted Montreal Jewry cultural contributions. 23 24 25 26 27 28 bums including “You Want It inspire so much of his life’s for worshipping a “hideous After Cohen’s death, Zel- H Y P E D R I C A G E D I 29 30 31 Darker,” which was released work at Shaar Hashomayim, distortion” of God. ermyer chanted the El Malei A M E N J A C K L E M M O N just weeks before he died, a fortress of a synagogue built “Bronze plaques bearing Rachamim memorial prayer 32 33 34 earning him his first solo by his ancestors that today names like Bronfman and for Cohen during Shabbat ser- D C A H O M E L A P Grammy Award. occupies the better part of a Beutel were fastened to mod- vices, sung to the tune of the 35 36 37 38 39 40 J A C Q U E S C O U S T E A U With his passing, interest in city block. Cohen’s childhood ern buildings, replacing hum- singer’s iconic “Hallelujah.” 41 42 43 Cohen has surged even more, home, at 599 Belmont Ave., is bler buildings established by “It was such a validation of E U R A S K A R U T particularly in his hometown. just up the hill, and a photo- men who loved books in which the fact that we hang on to 44 45 46 47 48 J A K E T A P P E R B O N A Musee d’Art Contemporain graph of a teenage Cohen in there were no plaques at all,” these traditions,” Zelermyer 49 50 51 du Montreal recently wrapped double-breasted jacket at his Cohen said. said of Cohen’s enduring con- O D E S F I S H B I R T H up a five-month multimedia Hebrew school graduation in Today, the library has nection to the synagogue. “I 52 53 54 I V E A L E M A N exhibition that featured works 1949 still hangs on the wall. migrated from the cold wa- go and I teach cantorial stu- 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 by 40 artists commissioned by Music remains central ter flat it once occupied to dents and I tell them the same N I P J A C K I E M A S O N the museum in “loving tribute” to the service at Shaar a modern campus in the thing: You never know who 62 63 64 E S E A M E A N S R E D S to Cohen. A 10,000-square-foot Hashomayim, with a cantor western suburbs of the city, that young person is going 65 66 67 portrait of the singer, barely- leading prayers in the now a symbol of the very Jewish to be sitting a few rows away D E R R E D Y E S Y O D A fixation on buildings decried from the pulpit and how the by the young poet. Yet Cohen experience of being in shul and Floods never severed his connection listening to someone praying From page 1A water during the winter rain to Montreal and its Jews, and with intention, how they’re season, which typically ends the embrace only seemed to impacted by that. I just find Education will continue, over around the Passover holiday. intensify as the years passed. it remarkable.” the coming hours and days, to The river had been dry for closely escort the educational several weeks before unsea- staff in the schools the stu- sonable torrential down- Zionistas dents attended.” pours struck the country on From page 1A If you wish to become a Bennett also thanked the Wednesday and Thursday. member of this new ZOA search and rescue teams During heavy rains, the water and ZOA’s Fuel for Truth here chapter and receive emails “for their determined work in the rivers can rise quickly http://www.fuelfortruth.org/ about upcoming programs to rescue the boys and girls.” leading to flash floods. Hikers “The ZOA is a dynamic and initiatives, click on Prime Minister Benjamin are warned to steer clear of organization and we hope the link below or go to Netanyahu wrote on Twit- riverbeds during inclement you will consider becoming a the website https://zoa. ter, “The state of Israel grieves weather, when they can be part of it,” said David Moldau, org/donate/florida/ for an the promising young lives that notoriously dangerous. When Zionistas board member. application. The dues are were cut short by this tragedy dry, riverbeds are popular hik- “Please remember, today Is- $50 a year. in the Arava [Desert Region]. ing destinations. rael needs us more than ever. If you have questions, feel We embrace the families in Two Bedouin teenagers ZOA member or not, we hope free to contact either Dr. Dan grief, and pray for the speedy were killed in separate in- you will continue advocating Layish at dlayishmd@gmail. recovery of the wounded.” cidents during floods on for Israel, whether with us or com or Sharona Whisler, In Israel, rivers fill up with Wednesday. with other organizations.” [email protected]. HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, MAY 4, 2018 PAGE 15A applaud the Trump admin- I am pleased the State De- Jerusalem Center for Public autonomy, and are certainly change in terminology, Judea istration for this welcome partment has eliminated Affairs (JCPA), “Friedman is not legally occupied.” Israel’s Defense Minister From page 1A change. The media often the derogatory and false advancing Trump adminis- Mark Zell, who heads Avigdor Liberman tweeted uses terms like ‘occupied ter- term ‘occupied territories’ tration policy to correct past Republicans in Israel, com- over the weekend, “The lie referring to land in Israel ritories’ and ‘refugee camps’ language,” said Staver. mistakes and misconcep- mented to World Israel of the occupied Palestin- as ‘occupied territories,’” to delegitimize Israel. Most The term “occupied” is tions of American diplomats. News in December that “Am- ian territories begins to be said Mat Staver, founder people hearing the words considered by many to be a Since the Oslo Accords in bassador Friedman is fight- revealed. They say that a and chairman of Liberty ‘refugee camp’ visualize a loaded phrase intended to 1995, the most densely ing back against bureau- lie repeated often enough Counsel, president of Chris- makeshift tent city, when demonize Israel with regard Palestinian populated areas cratic inertia and State becomes true, but the truth tians in Defense of Israel, in reality these places are to its activities in disputed in the territories are desig- Department Arabists.” is forever stronger. The State and founder and president established neighborhoods areas. According to policy nated as ‘Area A’ and ‘Area B,’ In response to the State Department report is proof of Covenant Journey. “I with businesses and schools. expert Dan Diker of the which are under Palestinian Department’s subsequent of that.” Portman From page 4A responses the actor received gauz, a student at the Uni- a long line of liberal pos- hummus and dancing. She need to take care that when from the right and the left, versity of Minnesota and a turers, especially when she stabbed Israel in the back for expressing their legitimate Libby Lenkinski, the vice particularly the insistence on reporting fellow for New decried “the mistreatment defending itself from Hamas, disagreements, they don’t president for public engage- both sides that she was indeed Voices, a Jewish campus of those suffering from a terror organization sworn to take actions that as Daniel ment for the New Israel embracing BDS, despite her magazine. today’s atrocities.” Many kill Jews everywhere, and she Patrick Moynihan would say, Fund, said her group, which denials. The viciousness of the interpreted those words as knew exactly what message could be seen as ‘joining the funds liberal Israeli advo- “While the far left and right response from Netanyahu’s referring to Israeli troops she was sending and how jackals,” he said, recalling cacy groups, hoped Portman’s are bent on mischaracterizing defenders, which included who have killed more than it would be used by Israel- the late New York senator. statement would bring atten- Portman’s stance as BDS, we calls for Portman to have her 30 Palestinians protesting haters.” “The better approach for her tion to its agenda, noting that take her at her word,” Debra citizenship revoked, might along the Gaza border in Josh Block, CEO of the would be to go to Israel and Portman in her statement Shushan, the director of discourage like-minded recent weeks. (An Israeli Israel Project, said in an inter- give a speech and highlight said she was exploring Israeli policy for Americans for Peace people, he said in a Twitter television station reported view that there was a lesson for the values important to her charities to support. Now, said in an email. “Natalie interview. Monday night that Portman both Portman and her critics: in the presence of people she “The right celebrity can Portman is more dangerous “When you get attacked originally told the Genesis Portman should be heeded wants to persuade. open up more space on an is- [to Netanyahu] than the BDS quickly on all sides for so much Prize that she was cancel- as an intimate of Israel, but “The better response is sue and give more permission movement because she can’t as trying to be nuanced, even if ing her participation in the should also be cautious in how not to disengage and cede to more people to reflect their be dismissed as an anti-Zionist imperfectly so, that means the award ceremony over Gaza.) she expressed her criticism. the discussion to others, but position,” Lenkinski said. “It Israel hater.” space for conversation is too “She didn’t express love “People ought not be work- to engage more deeply, on can be a catalyst.” So, like Reagan Republi- narrow for any of us to operate for Israel,” Ari Teman, an ing overtime to turn an the ground, in Israel, with A number of liberal Zionists cans, is “Portman Zionism” in anymore,” Gringauz said. entrepreneur and stand-up ally into an adversary, and the only—and necessarily who praised Portman were going to become a thing? For the pro-Israel right, comic, said on Facebook. “At those with special platforms imperfect—nation state of aggravated by the patronizing Not so fast, said Lev Grin- Portman was the latest in most, she expressed love for and such deep ties to Israel the Jewish people.” BDS From page 4A and pro-Israel organizations donors. This lack of moral or getting involved in our ganizations: University of versity: George Washington that have engaged with us compass cannot go on. It efforts, please reach out Michigan: Hillel Israel Co- for Israel At the same time, it is time on this issue and promised is time that we strengthen to [email protected] and hort; Ohio State Univer- This letter was also signed that Jewish and pro-Israel to work with us. our backbone and stand [email protected]. sity: Buckeyes for Israel; by 107 students at seven organizations stand up for However, we are disap- true to our Jewish values by Signed, University of Minnesota: universities. what is right. It is time to call pointed that in many of our wholeheartedly condemning Hillel Governing/Execu- GopherIsrael; University The views and opinions out and put pressure on those conversations with other Canary Mission and pursu- tive Boards: University of of Wisconsin: Badgers for expressed in this article are in our community whose organizations, we have been ing justice for all. Michigan, University of Israel, Madison Student Al- those of the authors and do efforts are counterproduc- told that the organization If you find this issue con- Minnesota, Ohio State Uni- liance for Israel; University not necessarily reflect the tive and immoral. We are is tied, unable to say or do cerning and/or are interested versity of Maryland: Terps for Israel; views of JTA or its parent thankful to the few Jewish anything because of their in speaking more about it Campus Pro-Israel Or- and George Washington Uni- company, 70 Faces Media. Zarif From page 5A Hezbollah presents to Is- group with “a historic op- to threaten Israel. tions about Iran’s record, quality identified by Wotton: rael, as he assured Hezollah’s portunity” to threaten Israel. Zarif is quite adept at feign- not answers. He has no real the ability to lie. international law and, specifi- leader Hassan Nasrallah in Iran’s financing of Hezbollah ing indignation, but most of answers for Iran’s aggressive David Gerstman is senior cally, its support of Hezbollah. August 2015 that the nuclear has allowed it to build a mas- his responses in this interview and destabilizing behavior. policy analyst at The Israel Zarif is aware of the threat deal would present the terror sive rocket arsenal with which were deflections of the ques- But Zarif does possess the Project. Billboards From page 7A legations of anti-Semitism,” issue is nonetheless exposing She and Berger both re- the Corbyn effect is making deeply worrisome to me also Hoffman said. “But the mural him to scathing criticism ceived standing ovations in itself felt in very tangible because of anti-Semitism,” Hoffman, who called it a “tip- had nothing to do with Israel, within his own party. And it the House of Commons, the ways in some Jewish house- he said. “It’s suppressed ping point.” and Corbyn was personally a has cost his party several ma- Parliament’s lower house, holds in London. now, and he’s denying being Corbyn recently has had member of the anti-Semitic jor donors, including Jewish after sharing the abuse they Mark Ruben, a 57-year-old anti-Semitic, but it could to apologize for his 2013 de- Facebook group.” ones, while widening the gulf had received. hotelier, recently sold his $7 all be reversed the day he’s fense of a London mural In an apparent bid to mol- between Labour centrists But even Smeeth con- million property in London, in power.” widely seen as anti-Semitic. lify his Jewish critics, Corbyn who resent Corbyn and those ceded that opposition to which he called his “dream But the concern of Jews— It shows stereotypical Jewish on Passover attended a seder further to the left. the alleged proliferation of home,” partly out of con- a population of 250,000 in a men playing Monopoly on dinner—organized, howev- During the parliamen- anti-Semitic rhetoric within cern over Corbyn winning country of 65 million—is of the backs of black men. After er, by a fringe, far-left group tary debate last week on Labour is causing some Cor- an election and imposing a little interest to the average the media dredged up his called Jewdas. But even this anti-Semitism, Smeeth, the byn supporters—known in mansion tax, as his party has voter in Britain, Ruben said. Facebook post on the mural, gesture backfired when the Jewish Labour lawmaker, Britain as “Corbynistas”—to vowed to do. “We’re just a small minor- Corbyn deleted it. Jewish media highlighted denounced inaction on anti- rally around him. Another consideration in ity,” he said. “Even with all He was also found this how Jewdas’ Haggadah, the Semitism within her own “For every comment like favor of selling, Ruben said, the headlines about anti- year to have been a long- text used during the seder party. She read out in Parlia- those you just heard,” she had been the proliferation Semitism, Corbyn will get time member, until 2015, dinner, was an alternative ment one of the thousands of said of the anti-Semitic of anti-Semitic rhetoric the Muslim votes, he’ll get of a private Facebook group version featuring a prayer for anti-Semitic emails she says emails she had read aloud, and incidents. In 2017, they the votes of students whose rife with anti-Semitic hate Israel’s destruction. she has received since 2015. “you can find 10 people ready reached a new record for loans he’s promising to repay speech. Whereas Corbyn has “Hang yourself, you vile to dismiss it, to cry ‘smear,’ to the second straight year, at because he’s offering some- “In the past, Corbyn was shown himself capable of treacherous Zionist filth, say that we are weaponizing 1,382 cases. thing that doesn’t exist and able to hind behind criti- transcending his Jewish you’re a cancer of humanity,” anti-Semitism.” “The prospect of Corbyn they’re too young and naive cism of Israel to dismiss al- detractors in elections, the one email said. As the debate grinds on, becoming prime minister is to realize it.” NYU From page 11A in a statement. “That is why Israel board member, said the necessarily to counter JVP, Even so, fellow group mem- anti-Zionist on the college we have given our support to point of the Yom Haatzmaut but to provide a space for pro- ber Esther Bildirici, 20, said campus,” Bildirici said. said it decided to sign the BDS. We are happy to stand celebration and similar events Israel students to say it’s OK she did not generally feel “In school or in class, I petition because it supports alongside them and support was to show pro-Israel stu- to celebrate Yom Hazikaron comfortable speaking about have a very hard time ever “the liberation of all people.” their efforts to obtain justice dents that there are others [Israel’s Memorial Day], it’s OK Israel in class. admitting that I’ve been “This includes the people of for the people of Palestine.” who share their opinions. to celebrate Yom Haatzmaut “Somehow it became to Israel and I’ve studied Palestine,” the group told JTA Jenny Labovitz, a Realize “[I]t’s more important, not with us,” said Labovitz, 21. the cool thing to do, to be in Israel.” Bregman From page 12A and Carlos Correa, natives of hundreds of fans watching. since he was at LSU [where ished hitting. He’ll be signing “I know that the Jew- Venezuela and Puerto Rico, “I like that he’s not the Bregman was a first-team All plenty more when the Astros ish community around the 12 or 13. I never went to the respectively, at second base biggest guy and he has a lot American at shortstop]. I saw come home next week for their country is so proud of him,” school dance.” during a running drill. Breg- of heart,” Paquinto said of the him hit a homer, and I fell in opener at Minute Maid Park. Jackie Bregman said. Refer- On this day, Bregman man is fluent in the language. 6-foot Bregman, words simi- love with him as a player.” His parents will be there. ring to the card collection of departed for a practice field Jerick Paquinto, a 19-year- larly applicable to the 5-foot-6 The trio jogged toward a Sam Bregman joked about Jewish players, she added, “I and chatted in Spanish with old from Houston wearing a Altuve, last year’s American batting cage, Bregman stopped guarding the championship hope that one day he’s in that fellow infielders Jose Altuve Bregman jersey, was among League MVP. “I liked him to sign autographs after he fin- ring his son will receive. collection.” PAGE 16A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, MAY 4, 2018 In Krakow, Jews celebrate their community’s ‘revival’ amid rising xenophobia

Jakub Wlodek Jakub Wlodek A participant at the 10th anniversary celebration of the Jewish Community Center in Jonathan Ornstein lighting fireworks at the 10th anniversary celebration of the JCC Krakow blowing a shofar, April 22, 2018. Krakow, April 22, 2018.

By Cnaan Liphshiz munity. But not all of them heritage sites and one of the live in such circumstances,” Polish politicians and promi- She said she feels “connected” share Ornstein’s optimism few old Polish cities that was she added. nent figures have joined the to her true identity here. Hav- KRAKOW, Poland (JTA)— in a country whose nation- spared major damage during More recently, in Novem- Twitter rabble. ing a luxury Jewish kindergar- At one of Poland’s plushest alist government recently World War II. ber, tens of thousands of Beata Mazurek, the spokes- ten for her two children, aged synagogues, leaders of this unleashed what critics say is The city celebrates its an- nationalists marched through woman for Law and Justice 4 and 6, for a fraction of what a city’s small but vibrant Jewish one of the worst waves of anti- cient Jewish heritage at the Warsaw shouting “Jews out” and a deputy parliament comparable institution would community welcomed visitors Semitic rhetoric in decades. annual Jewish Festival, one of and other racist slogans while speaker, favorably tweeted a cost in the United States “also from around the world to a Several blocks away from the largest events of its kind in carrying banners against quote from a Catholic priest helps,” she said. celebration of what the hosts the JCC, volunteers of the Europe. The city’s seven large Islam. Two weeks after the who said that the Israeli am- But like Makowka- call their minority’s “revival” Czulent association of Jewish synagogues—of which three march, a Warsaw mosque that bassador’s criticism of the Kwapisiewicz—she said she in this country. students are converting the are active—swing open their for years was targeted with Holocaust bill “made it hard would like to leave at least for The occasion for the party cellar of their building—a doors for one night a year, at- threats was vandalized. for me to look at Jews with one year or two—other JCC Sunday at Tempel Synagogue former apartment synagogue, tracting thousands of visitors. “When places of worship are sympathy and kindness.” regulars are having a tough was the 10th anniversary of or shtiebel—into what Czu- On the way to the nearby being attacked, we need to pre- TVP, a public television time envisioning a future for the adjacent Jewish Com- lent founder Anna Makowka- museum on the grounds pare,” Makowka-Kwapisiewicz station, aired an interview themselves here because of munity Center of Krakow, Kwapisiewicz calls a “safe of the former Auschwitz said of the shelter her group with a priest who said that the rising xenophobia. located in the heart of the space.” It’s essentially a room death camp, hundreds of is preparing. Jews’ perception of the truth Serhii Chupryna, a Ukraini- city’s historic Jewish quarter, where Jews can hole up in the thousands of tourists pass Against this backdrop, the is whatever is “beneficial” to an-Jewish student who settled Kazimierz. event of an emergency. through Krakow’s pictur- president of the Union of Jew- them or Israel. And the Do in Krakow in 2013 for his stud- Since its opening in 2008, “It’s not something I esque streets, some of them ish Communities in Poland, Reczy conservative weekly ies, said he feels significantly the three-story building, thought I’d be doing in Poland featuring Jewish-flavored Leslaw Piszewski, and Anna published a drawing showing less comfortable living in with its club for some 60 Ho- even five years ago,” she said shops and restaurants with Chipczynska, who heads the two silhouettes—one bearing Poland than he did when he locaust survivors and newly about the shelter. Yiddish signs. Many visit the Warsaw community, wrote a swastika and the other a Star first arrived. As a gay man, “I opened Jewish kindergarten, Makowka-Kwapisiewicz grounds of Oskar Schindler’s last year to a founder of Law of David—pointing a gun at a feel like I’m everything the has become a symbol for the said her confidence began to factory, where the German and Justice to say that they third figure emblazoned with ultranationalists here hate return of Jewish community recede two years ago, when industrialist saved hundreds are “appalled by recent events the Polish flag. rolled into one person,” he life to the city near Auschwitz, five men harassed and intimi- of Jews. and fearful for our security as Last month, Kornel joked. Adding that “Ukraine where the Nazis obliterated dated Jewish boys playing at The playground incident the situation in our country is Morawiecki, a former sena- is no better,” he said he plans centuries of Jewish presence. a playground in a poor area came one year after the 2015 becoming more dangerous.” tor whose son, Mateusz, to save some money and move “As we have grown, we of Krakow because one was election of the right-wing Law Things went from bad to became prime minister last to Israel in a few years. have also been able to share wearing a kippah. One of the and Justice party, which some worse following a row between year, said in an interview The JCC, with an annual the story of Krakow’s Jewish men spat on a Jewish child at leaders of Polish Jewry and Poland and Israel over Warsaw that Jews moved gladly into budget of $1.5 million,was revival with hundreds of thou- the playground while shout- others accuse of encouraging passing a law in January that ghettos during the Holocaust set up with help from the sands of visitors,” a beaming ing at both kids. or tolerating a wave of xeno- criminalizes blaming the Pol- to avoid having “to deal with World Jewish Relief group in Jonathan Ornstein, the New The boys’ parents never phobic incidents, including ish nation for Nazi crimes. The those nasty Poles,” as the ex- the United Kingdom and the York-born director of JCC pressed charges, which is against Jews. dispute unleashed the worst senator put it. American Jewish Joint Distri- Krakow, told the 200 people why the incident was not The taboo on open expres- wave of anti-Semitism since Government officials have bution Committee. Chupryna attending the anniversary widely reported in the media, sions of hatred toward Jews in the fall of the Iron Curtain, consistently vowed to act said it has become “something party. “Thank you for letting said a mother of one of the Poland, where the Nazis killed according to Rafal Pankowski, tough on nationalist extrem- of a safe space” amid growing me be a part of the bright, boys, according to Makowka- millions of Jews in the 1940s, co-founder of the Polish anti- ism, “but at the same time expressions of hostility. beautiful Jewish future we are Kwapisiewicz, who works for began to loosen in 2015, racism group Never Again. they are encouraging it, creat- The current reality in Po- building together.” the international nonprofit said Makowka-Kwapisiewicz. In the wake of the fight over ing a schizophrenic attitude,” land makes the JCC’s mission Many of Krakow’s hundreds National Democratic Insti- That year, a far-right activist the law, he told JTA: “In the Makowka-Kwapisiewicz said. “even more critical,” said Dan of Jewish residents acknowl- tute. burned the effigy of a haredi space of one month, I have Despite the rhetoric, many Rosenfield, the chair of the edge the progress made Since the fall of commu- Orthodox Jew during a march seen more anti-Semitic hate Poles still say their country is World Jewish Relief group, since communism, which nism, such incidents were against Muslim immigration speech than in the previous safer for their religious mi- which provides the institution drove underground what little unheard of in Krakow, a in Wroclaw. 10 years combined.” norities than many Western with $140,000 annually. remained of its Jewish com- tourist magnet for its Jewish “I never expected I would At least one person reported European countries, where In recent weeks, “things an assault that he suspected Islamists and other extremists have calmed down a little bit” was anti-Semitic: The Catho- are responsible for hundreds when it comes to expressions lic journalist Bogdan Bialek of physical assaults on Jews, of anti-Semitism, Jonathan said he was attacked by a including deadly ones. Ornstein, the JCC director, person who shouted about “OK, the situation is less told JTA. But even at the Bialek’s efforts to commemo- comfortable than one year height of the anti-Semitic rate victims of an anti-Semitic ago,” Peter Nawrocki, a wave, Krakow Jews have not pogrom in Kielce in 1946. 44-year-old computer sci- experienced direct assaults, Poland lacks a systematic ence university professor, told he added. effort by the state to collect JTA at the JCC celebration. Nonetheless, young people data on attacks against mi- “Extremists are a problem. who are now discovering nority groups, according But this is not France.” their Jewish ancestry—many to Amnesty International, Nawrocki is confident that Jewish Poles hid it during “meaning that authorities Poland is good place to raise communism—“are starting HEALTHY EYES WEAR SUNGLASSES have no way of knowing the his 1-year-old son, Shimon. to question their place in Po- scope of the problem,” the “I think Poland is one of land moving forward,” he said. Every day that you’re outside, you’re exposed to dangerous, but invisible, ultraviolet (UV) sunlight. Left unprotected, prolonged group said. the safest places in Europe The new challenges, Orn- exposure to UV radiation can seriously damage the eye, leading to cataracts, skin cancer around the eyelid and other eye disorders. The tsunami of hate speech to be Jewish,” he said, citing stein suggested, “are a re- Protecting your eyes is important to maintaining eye health now and in the future. about Jews was conducted the absence in recent years minder of how we’ve taken mostly on social networks, of a violent hate crime attack for granted all these incred- Shield your eyes (and your family’s eyes) from harmful UV rays. Wear sunglasses with maximum UV protection. where calls to “stuff TNT up on a Jew. ible positive changes in Po- For more information, visit www.thevisioncouncil.org/consumers/sunglasses. A public service message from The Vision Council. Pankowski’s ass” and “punch Anna Swies, a Jewish- land. When something bad him” were recorded after a American investment consul- happens, it’s shocking for us, government official singled tant with Polish roots, traded which is maybe a sign of how him out for attack on Twitter. Chicago for Krakow six years good we’ve come to expect But since January, several ago and married a local man. things to be.”