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With just a week to go until the Nov. 3 election, Presi- dent Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden will crisscross the country on Tuesday in an intense day of campaigning that will also see former President Barack Obama back on the stump. Trailing Biden in national opinion polls, Trump will hold rallies in three states key to his reelection hopes — Michigan, Wisconsin and Nebraska — while Biden journeys

A man prays at a memorial at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Oct. 31, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Cathal McNaughton.

US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden in Chester, Pennsylvania, Oct. 26, 2020. Photo: Reuters / Kevin Lamarque. BY ALGEMEINER mitic attack in American history, “This tragedy ended the age in which 11 innocent people of innocence for American Jewry,” to Georgia and Obama campaigns on Biden’s behalf in STAFF were murdered simply because it added. “It can no longer be said critical Florida. they were Jews,” the Conference that antisemitism will not manifest The 2020 US presidential campaign has been unlike Ahead of the second anniver- of Presidents of Major American itself in this country. As we recall any other as a raging coronavirus pandemic that has so far sary of the Pittsburgh synagogue Jewish Organizations said. “We the victims and express sympathy killed more than 225,000 Americans pushes record early massacre on Tuesday, a top US mourn the lives lost and the to their families, we must also voting. More than 64 million votes have been cast so far, Jewish group issued a statement senseless carnage wrought upon learn from this tragedy and work approaching half the total 2016 vote, according to the US remembering the victims and congregations Tree of Life, Dor to prevent further incidents. When Elections Project at the University of Florida. urging renewed vigorousness in Hadash, and New Light two years Jew-hatred rears its ugly head, The huge volume of mail ballots could take days or the fight against antisemitism. ago at their shared synagogue, there must be action from all levels “We observe the second and we stand in solidarity with the of government and all sectors of Continued on Page A3 anniversary of the deadliest antise- Pittsburgh Jewish community.” Continued on Page A3

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the Antiterrorism and Emergency Assistance edly evacuated several congregants to safety, Program (AEAP). characterized his efforts to heal over the past HEATHER ROBINSON Established after the 1995 Oklahoma two years as a process. NEW YORK City bombing, AEAP supports communities “Driving through Squirrel Hill, you suffering the after-effects of terrorism and see signs [memorializing the victims] still hate crimes, according to Maggie Feinstein, there,” he said. “It can cheer you up because director of the 10.27 Healing Partnership. you know the person is thinking of you and Rabbi Jeffrey Myers, the religious leader “Congress designated money to commu- sending you love. But sometimes, you look at of the Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha synagogue, nities hurt by mass violence, recognizing that it and it can bring you back to that day.” The facade of the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Nov. 3, 2018. Photo: and several other survivors of the mass there are both immediate and longer-term Two years on, he still has “good moments Reuters / Alan Freed / File. shooting that cut short the lives of 11 Jewish needs,” she said. and bad moments,” Myers said, adding that members of the three congregations sharing a Local organizations came together to “it’s going to be that way for the rest of my life.” stepping on the back of other people … and home in the synagogue, recently spoke about apply for the Federal grant, including the He has dedicated time over these past two that’s very important to me.”) how they will observe this year’s commemo- United Jewish Federation of Pittsburgh (UJF), years to building bridges to other communities. This past year, Myers met with Banner. ration of the tragedy. Jewish Family and Children’s Services (JFCS), “New York is No. 1 in bridges, Pittsburgh “He’s an incredible young man, and the The remembrance of those killed and and the Jewish Community Center (JCC). is second,” he said. “At any rate, we’ve got a lot Steelers and our entire city should be really charitable projects in their memories are In addition to spiritual observance, this of bridges here, but they are only good if we proud of him.” planned to honor them. year’s commemoration will include more than use them for good purposes.” Bridges extend to those with different Myers will pre-record a memorial prayer 20 volunteer activities such as food drives, Buoyed by the outpouring of love and political views, too: Two years down the line, for the victims that will be livestreamed via the dental-hygiene supply drives, cemetery support immediately following the massacre, Myers stands by his decision to welcome US commemoration website on October 27. He cleanups, and live counseling, including reiki Myers noted that some of the “bridges” built President Donald Trump and his family to will also co-lead yahrzeit prayers and virtual and meditation — some in person and some then have stood the test of time. This year, he pay their respects — a choice some commu- Torah study on the anniversary of their deaths via Zoom, according to Feinstein. was deeply touched when Pittsburgh Steeler nity members protested at the time. according to the Jewish calendar, which this Participation will require registration, Zach Banner, of his own initiative, took a “I stand by the choices I’ve made,” he said. year falls on November 4-5. and in-person events will require face masks public stand against antisemitism after other “The Torah will be my guide, and the Torah “My responsibility is to make it as warm, and social distancing. NFL players tweeted antisemitic remarks says we welcome strangers. I’ll let history be welcoming, and user-friendly as possible,” he In the two years since the massacre, that NFL officials failed to condemn. (In a the judge of what I’ve said and done these past said of the service. Myers has led a movement to discourage posted video, Banner, who along with other two years.” Comprised of local organizations and vitriolic, menacing speech online — what he Pittsburgh Steelers players attended some of He added, “What happened to us the affected congregations, the 10.27 Healing terms “H speech” — that he views as having the funerals for the victims of the Tree of Life transcends politics.” Partnership, a nonprofit organization coordi- been a contributing factor to the Tree of Life massacre, said the experience helped to sensi- Doris Dyen, a Reconstructionist rabbi nating this year’s commemoration, was atrocity. tize him to antisemitism, and stated, “When … and survivor of the massacre, will co-lead the formed with a grant from the US Department Myers, who was conducting services we talk about elevating ourselves, when we yahrzeit morning service on behalf of Congre- of Justice’s Office for Victims of Crime through when the gunman broke in and who report- say Black Lives Matter, we can’t do that while Continued on Page A9 Deplatforming the Campaign to Deplatform the Jews

Indeed, as many critics have pointed out, even simply Jewish speakers are harassed and the very idea of codifying “offensive” speech shut down, and Jewish and pro-Israel students the BENJAMIN KERSTEIN for the purposes of deplatforming is in many are systematically subjected to campaigns of Algemeiner Journal JERUSALEM ways a violation of the right to free speech. hate, violence and intimidation. (USPS 927800) is published weekly Ironically, Khaled’s leftist and Islamist This has gone so far as to force Jewish (except for the week of Passover defenders immediately leapt on the free students off campus; as was the case with and Succos) speech bandwagon once she was threatened the CUNY law student Rafaella Gunz, whose Subscription rate $40 per year The news that Zoom has once again with deplatforming. The US Campaign for horrible odyssey was reported by this publi- denied service to a webinar featuring the the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel, cation. And often, these acts of violence Algemeiner Journal infamous Palestinian terrorist Leila Khaled which is promoting the terrorist’s webinars, are enabled and supported by faculty and 208 E 51st Street, Suite 185 following protests from advocacy groups was quickly began fulminating an antisemitic administrators. New York, N.Y. 10022 very welcome, but it also raises an issue — and conspiracy theory, shrieking in ridiculously The obvious goal of all this is to violate a tactic — that has become ever more contro- overwrought rhetoric that the deplatforming precisely those principles Khaled’s defenders Periodicals Postage versial with time: deplatforming. was “emblematic of the corporate takeover of claim to advocate and thus brutalize Israel and Paid at Brooklyn, N.Y. Deplatforming is a very simple, indeed our universities and the influence of Zionist Judaism’s campus defenders into surrender and at additional mailing offices somewhat simple-minded phenomenon. It and right-wing organizations and individuals, and silence. In other words, they want to is essentially a means of political protest and POSTMASTER: along with the power of information capital, deplatform the Jews. The question, then, is activism that involves denying specific forums Send address changes to to set the agenda for what can and cannot be whether we ought to do the same to them. — usually but not always of the prestigious said or taught in a public university.” On the one hand, it is an uncomfortable Algemeiner Journal variety — to certain speakers or movements. The irony of this is that pro-Palestinian, question, given that many of us disapprove of P.O. Box 250746 This means things like disinviting or picketing anti-Zionist, and antisemitic forces on deplatforming itself and oppose attempts to Brooklyn, N.Y. 11225 -3023 speakers, disrupting events (sometimes university campuses have been perhaps deplatform the Jews on precisely that basis. violently), pushing social media companies the foremost practitioners of deplatforming But that is essentially an argument over ideals, to ban offensive accounts and, perhaps most anywhere in the United States. Pro-Israel and we do not live in an ideal world. Whether Let your voice be heard! effectively, convincing companies and corpo- events are regularly disrupted, pro-Israel and we like it or not, the other side has laid down [email protected] rations to fire people who engage in offensive the rules of the game. When student mobs, speech or espouse offensive ideas. faculty and administrators collaborate in an There are many synonyms for deplat- attempt to deplatform the Jews, it is no longer To advertise in forming — “political correctness” and “cancel an issue of free speech. It is an issue of power: the new Algemeiner culture” likely being the most popular — who has it and who doesn’t. And is only by but they all raise a simple dilemma: what empowering ourselves that we can fight back, e-mail: [email protected] precisely constitutes “offensive” speech or as was successfully done against Khaled and ideas? To a great extent, of course, “offensive” or call her supporters. is in the eye of the beholder. For supporters of Moreover, if the deplatformers, whether trans rights, for example, the claim that biolog- 718-771-0400 Signs at a pro-BDS protest in New York fol- students or faculty, wish to continue using ical sex is immutable is offensive speech. lowing the US decision to move its embassy in the tactic, they must be consistent. They claim For opponents, it is simple common sense. Israel to Jerusalem. Photo: Reuters / Carlo Allegri. Continued on Page A3 www.algemeiner.com | FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2020 A3 World News. NYU Chapter of AAUP ‘Zionism Only at Professors Group Slams Beginning of Its History,’ Zoom for Denying French Intellectual Platform to Palestinian Bernard-Henri Lévy Says Terrorist

BY BENJAMIN KERSTEIN behind her cancellation, asking, “Why are big tech platforms making decisions that violate The New York University (NYU) chapter of academic freedom?” the American Association of University Profes- The NYU-AAUP statement said, “We sors (AAUP) has released a statement in support recognize that it is an act of sick comedy to of holding academic events with terrorists. censor an event about censorship, but it raises The statement came in reaction to the serious questions about the capacity of a video-conferencing platform Zoom’s decision corporate, third-party vendor to decide what is to deny service to a webinar featuring a acceptable academic speech and what is not.” message from Palestinian terrorist Leila “The shutdown of a campus event is a Khaled, a leading member of the Popular clear violation of the principle of academic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) freedom that universities are obliged to who took part in the hijacking of a Tel Aviv- observe,” the statement claimed, and then bound commercial flight in 1969. The PFLP propagated a conspiracy theory of its own, French philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy addressing the 38th Zionist Congress. Photo: Screenshot. has been designated as a terrorist group by asserting the cancellation was the work of Zionist movement’s vision. the US government. “organized, politically motivated groups.” BY BEN COHEN “The Diaspora is not some kind of The cancellation followed two similar The statement then described Zoom’s Leading French intellectual Bernard- remainder or remnant, cast away by history,” occurences, one at San Francisco State Univer- decision as “appalling” and demanded the Henri Lévy has called for a renewal of the the philosopher said. “On the contrary, it is sity (SFSU) and another at the University of NYU administration “issue a strong statement Zionist vision, arguing that the notion that something that should be integrated quickly Hawaii, in which webinars featuring Khaled denouncing this act.” the Jewish national liberation movement into the mainstream of Zionism.” were canceled by Zoom, which said events A Zoom spokesperson told The had already fulfilled its mission was sorely Lévy continued: “In Diaspora life, featuring terrorists violated its terms of service. Algemeiner on Tuesday, “Zoom is committed mistaken. Jewish existence, let’s say someone who’s The SFSU event was moved to YouTube, to supporting the open exchange of ideas and “Zionism is only at the beginning of its Romanian, Italian, American or French, there which shut it down 20 minutes after the live conversations and does not have any policy history,” Lévy declared in a virtual address to is something very noble in the existence of feed started. preventing users from criticizing Zoom. Zoom the 38th World Zionist Congress in Jerusalem these Jews, something that cannot be reduced The statement put out last week by the does not monitor events and will only take last week. to the expectation of going to Jerusalem. I NYU-AAUP executive committee referred action if we receive reports about possible “Israel is such a young nation,” he noted. don’t think that existence in the Diaspora, in to Khaled as a “Palestinian rights advocate” violations of our Terms of Service, Acceptable “And in another way, it is ancient, as old as the exile, is somehow less-than.” despite her self-admitted terrorist activities, Use Policy, and Community Standards.” history of the world. What we call Zionism Lévy expressed hope that Israel would and decried Zoom’s alleged “censorship” of her. “Similar to the event held by San today must continue to maintain its spirit as “be able to continue to plow the same path of It also claimed that the canceled webinar had Francisco State University, we determined long as we are alive. Let us not say today that democracy.” been intended to discuss this “censorship.” that this event was in violation of one or more Zionism has exhausted its message, that’s “This is the basic element of the ideal that The description of the event in question of these policies and let the host know that completely untrue.” has brought us all together here today,” he called Khaled a “Palestinian liberation they were not permitted to use Zoom for this Lévy also argued that Diaspora Jewish concluded. advocate” and claimed a conspiracy was particular event,” the spokesperson added. communities had to remain at the core of the

Continued from Page A2 chosen to live by that sword, and can hardly Continued from Page A1 ence of Presidents implored. “There must be Deplatforming complain when they die by it. Pittsburgh a meaningful and sustained response from Of course, it could be said that if we start hate speech is an actual threat to life and limb, society to counter it and to hold to account Jews and non-Jews alike. We should not be to live by that sword, we will also die by it. the moral equivalent of physical violence and perpetrators, inviters, and enablers. The alone in the fight against the world’s oldest But we are already dying by it, and it is only even murder. By this definition, groups like security of our communities and our institu- hatred, in America or anywhere else. We by seizing it for ourselves that we can effec- Students for Justice in Palestine that incite tions must be paramount.” must unite to combat the pernicious cancer tively defend ourselves. These are the values, violence against Israel and Jewish students, “As we mark this solemn occasion, words of antisemitism; together we can neutralize after all, that those who ought to know better and often call for the outright genocide of and condolences are not enough,” the Confer- this threat to our community.​​” Israel’s Jewish population, are unquestionably have embraced, and it appears that, sadly, it is hate groups, and thus certainly qualify for only by adopting them that we can force them suggests his campaign is preparing for a close 29 event in which Trump introduced Barrett deplatforming according to the deplatformers to act according to those values, which they finish. The state apportions three of its five electoral as his nominee, albeit with more attendees own standards. Against this, our opponents allegedly hold so dear. votes by majority vote in its three congressional wearing masks and increased social can simply have no argument. They have Benjamin Kerstein is a columnist and Israel Correspondent for The Algemeiner. districts, with the Omaha-area district a potential distancing. The September event preceded an pick-up opportunity for Biden while the rest of the outbreak of the virus that infected Trump and state is expected to go for Trump. three Senate Republicans. Continued from Page A1 hasn’t supported a Democrat in a presidential In a scenario where Trump and Biden Shortly before Barrett’s confirmation, the Campaign Spree election since 1992. finish close to a tie in the US Electoral College, Supreme Court refused to allow an extension Biden told reporters on Monday he weeks to tally, experts have said. Mail voting that Omaha district with its single vote could ordered by a federal judge in the deadline believes he has a “fighting chance” to take is nothing new for the United States — about make the difference of clinching the 270th for returning mail-in ballots in Wisconsin, Georgia. one in four ballots were cast that way in 2016 elector needed to win. Trump’s rally is also dealing a setback to Democrats. He will hold an afternoon event in Warm — but is surging amid the pandemic. likely to draw attendees from neighboring Iowa, Record numbers of new US COVID-19 Springs, Georgia — where former President Trump, who has repeatedly and without another state that is likely to be competitive. cases in recent days, including a new Franklin Delano Roosevelt maintained a evidence claimed that mailed ballots are Early on Tuesday, Trump will stage outbreak among Vice President Mike Pence’s vacation home — before capping the day with likely to be subject to fraud, on Monday rallies in Michigan and Wisconsin, two states staff, have offered Biden’s campaign a chance an evening rally in the state capital, Atlanta. said on Twitter: “Must have final total on he won by narrow margins in 2016, but where to remind voters of how Trump and his allies Flush with cash, Biden’s campaign has November 3rd.” Twitter flagged the tweet with polls show him now trailing to Biden. have played down the advice of public health been advertising in the state for weeks. a disclaimer describing the post’s content as Trump will be able to tout the confirma- experts to wear masks and observe social- Obama, who has emerged as a top “disputed” and potentially misleading. tion of his nominee Amy Coney Barrett to the distancing guidelines to battle the pandemic. stand-in for Biden down the stretch, will Biden’s foray into Georgia, long a Repub- US Supreme Court. Barrett cleared the Senate Despite his exposure to the coronavirus, campaign in Orlando after heading up a rally lican stronghold, is a sign of the campaign’s on Monday by a 52-48 vote and was sworn in Pence has continued to campaign and will in Miami over the weekend. Biden served as optimism heading into the final week. during a night-time outdoor ceremony at the travel to North Carolina and South Carolina Obama’s vice president for eight years. Polls show the race there to be tight, White House, meeting the president’s goal of on Tuesday. He tested negative for the virus Trump heads to Nebraska and win by Biden in Georgia would likely be having her on the court by Election Day. on Monday, the White House said. Trump’s rally in Nebraska, meanwhile, a severe blow to Trump’s chances. The state The scene was reminiscent of the Sept. A4 | FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2020 World News. 1,700-Year-Old Boundary Stone Bearing the Name ‘Kfar Nafah’ Found in Golan Heights

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A 1,700-year-old boundary stone bearing the Greek inscription “Kfar Nafah” (Nafah village) was discovered during an archaeo- logical excavation in the Golan Heights last month, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) The scene outside the JCC in Nashville, Tennessee, following a bomb threat.Photo: YouTube screenshot. announced on Tuesday. When the inscription was deciphered, by IDF soldiers look on toward people standing Danny Syon of the IAA and professor Haim next to the Israel-Syria border fence on the Golan New Survey Shows More Than 8 Photo: Reuters / Ronen Zvulun. Ben-David of the Kinneret Academic College, Heights, July 17, 2018. it aroused great excitement, as the location many generations even without settlement in 10 American Jews Think bears the same name today, despite a lack of continuity. settlement continuity at the site. Nafah was According to dig directors Alexandre and Antisemitism Is on Rise in US the name of the Syrian village that existed at Avshalom-Gorni, the “fascinating excavation” the location until the Six-Day War in 1967, and at Nafah uncovered a public building from is now the name of the adjacent Israel Defense the Mamluk period, which served as a road Forces base. station. tism was in the US today, 88% said it was a BY BENJAMIN KERSTEIN The dig, directed by Dina Avshalom- “This is the first public administrative “very serious problem” or “somewhat of a Gorni and Yardenna Alexandre of the IAA, was building from the Mamluk period excavated A new survey shows that more than 8 in problem.” conducted ahead of the planned installation in the Golan Heights,” they said. 10 American Jews believe antisemitism has However, 97% said they had not suffered of a water pipeline at Nafah by the Mekorot The station was built on the main road risen in the US over the past five years. a physical antisemitic attack, 75% said they Water Company. The stone was uncovered in connecting the Galilee to Damascus, and The State of Antisemitism in America had not been the target of an antisemitic secondary use as a tomb covering, according probably served as a stopover for traders and 2020 survey — conducted by the American remark and 77% had not been targeted over to the statement. government officials traveling from Safed, the Jewish Committee (AJC) — also found that their religion on social media. Under the reign of the Roman Emperor capital city of Mamluk Galilee, to Damascus, 85% of American Jews viewed the statement, Of those who were targets of such abuse, Diocletian (approx. 300 C.E.), such stones they added. “Israel has no right to exist,” as antisemitic, however, 76% said they had not reported the marked village boundaries for the purpose In the building’s courtyard, the remains with 84% feeling the same about the state- incidents. of collecting taxes. This is the first boundary of a furnace and some iron slag were found, ment, “The US government only supports Occurrences of antisemitism on social stone found in the central Golan Heights. indicating that an ironsmith may have worked Israel because of Jewish money.” media were overwhelmingly clustered on According to researchers, ancient names here, repairing the horseshoes during the Another 76% considered the idea, Facebook, at 62%; with Twitter at 33%. are typically preserved as a result of settlement stopover. “American Jews are more loyal to Israel than There were also mixed responses to the continuity, from generation to generation. Eyal Ben-David, unit manager of project to America,” as antisemitic. question of where antisemitism was coming However, at Nafah, archeological remains management at Mekorot, said the company is Furthermore, a combined 80% said the from. Some 89% of respondents said right- have not revealed such settlement continuity. proud to have been part of the discovery. BDS movement was “mostly antisemitic” or wing antisemitism was a threat and 61% From the Byzantine period—about 1,500 “As a company that devotes a lot of had “some antisemitic supporters,” with only said the same of left-wing antisemitism. And years ago—and up to modern times, there are resources to building new water infrastruc- 15% saying it was “not antisemitic.” 85% said Muslim extremism represented an no settlements known to have existed here, ture throughout Israel, to strengthening the Asked how much of a problem antisemi- antisemitic threat. apart from briefly during the Mamluk period stability of the water economy also in the (13th-15th centuries C.E.). future, we are happy for the opportunity we The find thus supports the theory that have to contribute to the preservation of the US State Department Conference ancient place names can be preserved for heritage of the past,” he said.

Tackles Mounting Hate and events and “threatening to attack people.” Still, said Finkelstein, it’s not just the Antisemitism Online far-right using the web. He noted a “parallel structure for left-wing violence, leftist anarchists and socialists,” who tend to utilize their own code words and memes. BY FAYGIE HOLT/ of the US Congress, Israeli government officials, ‘Guidance for reviews looking at content’ representatives from TikTok and Facebook, According to Peter Stern, director of JNS.org university professors and others. stakeholder engagement and content policy “The Internet can be tremendous force US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivers Hate online, particularly antisemitism, at Facebook, 95 percent of hate speech is for good. It can bring people together and removed by automaton, and they are trying opening remarks for the “Ancient Hatred, is continuing to grow at alarming rates, and Modern Medium: Conference on Internet allow everyone a voice,” said Michael Gove, a to make it harder for administrators of groups stopping it will require education, collabora- Anti-Semitism,” Oct. 21-22, 2020. Photo: Screenshot. member of Parliament in the United Kingdom. tion and a cohesive definition were the findings that have been removed to create new groups. “But it is also the case that the Internet can be a of material online and because “bad actors” are from the first-of-its-kind, two-day symposium “It’s easy to forget that at the end of the cause for evil” and recruit “susceptible minds” trying to circumvent security measures. sponsored by the US State Department. day, we have to come up with guidance for to the “gospel of evil.” Another issue is defining what constitutes “Nowadays, bigots everywhere can the more than 15,000 reviewers who will Joel Finkelstein of the Rutgers Institute antisemitism. It’s a question that vexes not only spread antisemitism online anonymously. be looking at content every day,” said Stern, for Secure Communities and director of the social media companies but many others as well, In the first eight months of 2020, the Israel adding that they need concrete guidance and Contagion Research Institute said his group particularly as it relates to Israel and Zionism. antisemitism monitoring system recorded 1.7 not just have people making judgment calls. uses artificial intelligence to “track, expose That’s why many of the speakers stressed million antisemitic messages from more than The popular video platform TikTok is and combat hate.” the importance of passing one standard 445,000 users on Twitter and YouTube; 37,000 also working to combat hate on its platform. He explained that hate groups often use definition of antisemitism, specifically the of those messages referred to COVID-19, and According to Jeff Collins, senior director of code words and memes, including colorful International Holocaust Remembrance many came from foreign agents like [the] global trust and safety, it’s not enough to cartoon images, to get across their agendas Alliance (IHRA) definition. However, stressed government of Iran that ludicrously blamed “disrupt the ecosystem of hate,” but to try to and increase their appeal. a number of the speakers, it is not enough Israel” for the pandemic, said US Secretary of prevent to the “amplification” of it. Further, there seems to be a correla- to pass the short definition, but to utilize State Michael Pompeo in his opening remarks One step they are taking is utilizing tion between an uptick in violent speech and and include the extended definition, which of the “Ancient Hatred, Modern Medium: algorithms to prevent “filter bubbles,” where a increased actions. For instance, in 2018, his includes examples of antisemitism in real-life Conference on Internet Anti-Semitism.” user would only see one type of content. While group warned of increased antisemitism on a speech, media and elsewhere. The seven-hour conference featured watching, for example, cute cat videos and then platform used by far-right activists, and shortly It is the extended definition that some recorded discussions and talks about a host of getting more like-minded videos in an individual afterwards, the deadly shooting at the Tree of balk at, claiming that it limits legitimate forms topics from “The Psychology of Hate” to “Building feed might not be problematic, the concern of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue in Pittsburgh took of expression and criticism of Israel; it was Coalitions and Alliances” to the “Legal Frame- a “filter bubble” is when it’s used to target and place during Shabbat morning services. Similarly, also a point that caused some bristling from work” of combating antisemitism. Experts came amplify hate or other problematic content. after an increase in talk about a race war came conference speakers. from across the globe and included members Collins also said it’s not always as simple as an uptick in militia groups appearing at public taking down content due to the sheer amount Continued on Page A9 www.algemeiner.com | FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2020 A5 U.S. News.

year nominee in 2016. healthcare law, also known as Obamacare, Trump Celebrates at White “The truth is this nomination is part of a has helped millions of Americans obtain decades-long effort to tilt the judiciary to the medical insurance and barred private insurers House as Supreme Court far right,” he added. from denying medical coverage to people with McConnell defended Barrett’s nomination. pre-existing conditions. “We don’t have any doubt, do we, that Barrett has criticized previous rulings Nominee Confirmed if the shoe was on the other foot, they’d be upholding Obamacare but said during her confirming,” McConnell said. “You can’t win confirmation hearing she had no agenda to them all, and elections have consequences.” invalidate the measure. The move sparked outrage on the left, In Biden’s statement after Barrett’s confir- BY REUTERS & ALGEMEINER STAFF with Representative Alexandria Ocasio- mation, the former vice president said Trump Cortez, one of the most liberal members of has been “crystal clear” about wanting to “tear President Donald Trump reveled in one of his signature achievements on Monday at Congress, tweeting, “expand the court.” down” the Affordable Care Act. a White House ceremony to celebrate US Senate confirmation of his third Supreme Court That is a reference to adding more justices During her confirmation hearing before nominee, Amy Coney Barrett, eight days before the election. to balance the three Trump has named. the Senate Judiciary Committee two weeks The made-for-TV prime-time event on the White House lawn mirrored one a month ago, Obamacare case ago, Barrett, a favorite of Christian conser- when Barrett’s nomination was announced, which preceded a coronavirus outbreak among top Barrett is expected to participate in vatives, irked Democrats by sidestepping Republicans including Trump himself. arguments on Nov. 10 in a case in which questions on abortion, presidential powers, It came little more than an hour after the Republican-controlled Senate confirmed Barrett Trump and Republican-led states are seeking climate change, voting rights, Obamacare and to the lifetime appointment on a 52-48 vote, with Democrats unified in opposition. to invalidate the Affordable Care Act. The 2010 other issues. Her confirmation as successor to liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died last month, creates a 6-3 conservative majority on the high court. One Republican, Susan Collins, voted against the confirmation. Trump, who has been touting the appointment at campaign rallies to the cheers of his supporters, had pressed the Senate to confirm Barrett, 48, before the Nov. 3 election in which he trails Democrat Joe Biden in national opinion polls. No Supreme Court justice had ever been confirmed so close to a presidential election. “The Barrett family has captured America’s heart. It is highly fitting that Justice Barrett fills the seat of a true pioneer for women, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg,” Trump said with a smiling Barrett at his side. In contrast to the White House event last month, more people wore masks and seats were spread out to ensure social distancing. Several of the Republican senators who voted to confirm Barrett were in attendance, although not Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who has not been to the White House since August due to COVID-19 concerns. Conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, wearing his judicial black robes, administered one of the two oaths of office that justices have to take. Barrett vows independence

US President Donald Trump applauds Supreme Court Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett after she was sworn in to serve on the court, Washington, DC, Oct. 26, 2020. Photo: Reuters / Jonathan Ernst / File.

In brief remarks, Barrett declared her independence from Trump and the political process even as the president stood behind her. “The oath that I have solemnly taken tonight means at its core I will do the job without fear or favor and do it independently of the political branches and of my own preferences,” she said. After the ceremony, Trump and Barrett waved to applauding guests from the White House balcony. Chief Justice John Roberts will administer the separate judicial oath at the court on Tuesday, the court said in a statement. Trump’s other Supreme Court appointees are conserva- tives Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh. Trump has said he expects the court to decide the outcome of the election and wants Barrett to participate on any election-related cases that go before the justices. Just before the Senate vote, the court on a 5-3 vote with the conservative justices in the majority, issued an order curbing the deadline for mail-in ballots to be received in the electoral battleground of Wisconsin. Barrett’s confirmation shifts the Supreme Court further to the right, which could pave the way to conservative rulings curbing abortion rights, expanding gun rights and limiting voting rights, among other things. Biden said late on Monday the confirmation was “rushed and unprecedented.” Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said the Republican majority was “lighting its credibility on fire” by proceeding with the vote so close to the election after blocking Democratic President Barack Obama’s election- A6 | FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2020 Opinion. Israel’s 50 ‘Racist Laws’? Hardly

racist laws” claim was conducted by the Insti- by Israel.” It would seem that only Adalah is tute for Zionist Strategies (IZS), and included capable of explaining a law intended to grant equal rights to all residents of the Golan ADAM LEVICK the following highlights: Heights as being discriminatory. A general view shows the plenum at the JERUSALEM • The overwhelming majority of the laws Knesset, Israel’s parliament, in Jerusalem, • Eight laws are intended to protect the featured in the list (53 out of 57) do not even May 29, 2019. Photo: Reuters / Ronen Zvulun. relate to the citizens’ ethnic origins, and security of all Israeli citizens regardless of those that do are designed to prevent and religion, race, or gender. Included in these military service for sub-minimum compen- laws are a number of legislative amend- The Guardian has, once again, dissemi- avoid discrimination. For example, the Law sation and living conditions, thus postponing and Administration Ordinance (1948) that ments to the Criminal Procedure Law and their university education and professional nated the erroneous claim that Israel has the Prisons Ordinance aimed at assisting the “50 racist laws,” in an op-ed by Sami Abu defines the country’s official rest days, and advancement. It is the Arab citizen who the Law for Using the Hebrew Date, both security forces in preventing terror attacks. enjoys the option of exemption from military Shehadeh, an Arab MK who was recently These laws adversely affect only those clearly revealed to have attended an event marking explicitly exclude institutions and authori- service altogether or alternatively, of volun- ties that serve non-Jewish populations for suspected of engaging in terror activity teering for national civil service which does the release of a terrorist convicted of without distinguishing between Jews and conspiring to murder Israelis. whom the law provides for definitions and not place them in harms way but which procedures appropriate for their specific Arabs. In effect, this very claim is woefully nevertheless affords them the same benefits The op-ed (“Israel’s pact with the UAE is discriminatory because it presumes that not about peace. It’s a business deal”, Oct. 14), needs. awarded to discharged soldiers. • In 21 cases, Adalah’s claims of discrimina- Arab citizens of Israel are generally hostile • In a number of cases, Adalah misuses objec- included the following: and prone to terror activities. Discrimination and racism against tion stem from the organization’s extremist tive crime statistics to claim discrimination. stance that rejects the nature of Israel as a • Seven of the laws do not even relate to Israel’s According to this logic, if members of the Arab Arab-Palestinian citizens of Israel, an indig- Arab citizens but rather to those non-citizen enous population that makes up over 20% of nation-state in general and as the nation- sector of the population are the main criminal state of of the Jewish people in particular. For individuals towards whom the State is not violators of a certain law, then that particular the country’s population, is present in every obligated to act with equality. The absurdity aspect of life. More than 50 laws discrimi- example, the Yad BenZvi Law is defined as law perforce is deemed racist. This could a discriminatory law because of the institu- in Adalah’s approach can be demonstrated apply to laws against theft of property, against nate against non-Jewish citizens. Israel’s by the example of the Trading with the trains do not stop in a single Arab city. tion’s objective of promoting Zionist ideals. sex crimes, or against driving through red • Eighteen of the laws reflect customs in other Enemy Act (a law evolving from British lights. The constructive and proper solution [emphasis added] Mandatory law) being included in the list of There are actually two problems with Western democracies, whose democratic to disproportionate violations is not annul- character no one would disparage. For discriminatory laws because “the countries ment of necessary laws, of course, but rather, that last sentence. declared as such (Iran, Syria and Lebanon) Turning to the second sentence we example, according to Adalah, the flag educating and encouraging observance of the constitutes a discriminatory law. Needless to are Arab and/or Muslim states.” Presumably law among all sectors of the population — highlighted, that Israeli trains “don’t stop in the law could be remedied by adding other, Arab cities”: This is extremely misleading. say, this unfounded reasoning would mean without distinction or favoritism. that any country, the flag of which bears a non-Muslim and non-Arab enemy states. A large portion of Adalah’s racism claims, There’s an Israel Railways station called • In the case of some of the laws mentioned Lehavim/Rahat, serving Rahat, the largest cross or crescent, discriminates against its they add, stem from their belief that Zionism non-Christian or non-Muslim minorities. A in the list, the supposed discrimination is intrinsically racist, and that the Jewish state, Arab Bedouin city in Israel. (The train station in question actually affected the Jewish is a mere 18-minute drive from the town.) more in-depth comparison between laws within any borders, has no right to exist — a frequently found that Israeli legislation is majority and not the Arab minority. For view considered antisemitic by the IHRA Now, regarding 50 laws that allegedly example, Clause 7a of the Basic Law: the discriminate against non-Jewish citizens, actually characterized by a higher degree of Working Definition. tolerance for its national minorities. Knesset, the objective of which is to prevent The fact that such a patently false, which, though unsourced, is almost certainly the candidacy of political parties acting based on a report by the radical anti-Israel • In at least 13 cases, a large disparity exists unsourced claim smearing Israel got past between the explicit content of the laws and against the existence of the State of Israel Guardian editors is just another example NGO Adalah. as a Jewish and democratic state, has been However, CAMERA and other watchdog the biased (and sometimes warped) inter- of the media group’s institutional anti-Israel pretation accorded to them by Adalah. In implemented only against Jewish parties bigotry that we’ve been documenting on these groups have refuted Adalah’s claims of racist on grounds of anti-democratic objectives. laws — a term they use so unseriously that some instances the claimed discrimination pages over the last 11 years. is difficult to identify. For example, the Golan Similarly, amendments to the Absorption Adam Levick serves co-editor of even an Israeli public health law requiring of Discharged Soldiers Law are indicted by parents to vaccinate their children is included Heights Law is considered discriminatory CAMERA UK – an affiliate of the Committee due to its objective of “according a legal basis Adalah for discriminating in favor of Jewish for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in as an example of “racist” legislation. citizens, but these citizens are the ones A comprehensive analysis of the “50 for the implementation of Israeli law on the America (CAMERA), where this article first territory of the Golan Heights conquered specifically obligated to serve three years of appeared.

difficulties, Numeiri supported Anwar Sadat’s This was the first time the establishment of peace policy and even secretly assisted in relations between Israel and Sudan had been Sudan and Israel: the transporting of Ethiopian Jews to Israel raised as a distinct possibility, though that did via Sudan in the early 1980s. However, Omar not stop the regime’s support for the “axis of An Era of Change al-Bashir’s rise to power in a military coup in terror,” thus transforming Sudan into an arena 1989 greatly intensified the regime’s Islamiza- for a covert war between Israel and Iran. In tion under the influence of Hassan Turabi, October 2012, for example, Israeli fighter jets who had also driven Numeiri to apply sharia, attacked a weapons factory near Khartoum an attempt to weaken Sudan’s support for with Khartoum becoming a central plank of that belonged to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Nasser’s pan-Arab policy, manifested inter alia the Islamist terrorist axis. — a factory that produced long-range Shihab HAIM KOREN in the September 1967 Khartoum Summit’s In 1991-93, Sudan provided sponsorship missiles and other weapons to be smuggled HERZLIYA infamous “Three Nos”: No peace with Israel, and a base of operations to Osama bin Laden into Gaza and Lebanon. no recognition of Israel, and no negotiations and many al-Qaeda terrorists who were forced With Sudan subsequently joining the with Israel. to flee Saudi Arabia. It became a close ally of Saudi-led coalition of Sunni Arab states, hints At her meeting with rebel leader Joseph the Iranian regime as well as an important were renewed regarding the possible estab- Prior to gaining independence in 1956, Lago, Meir said: “If you have a chance to reach source of supplies to Hamas, Hezbollah, and lishment of relations with Israel. In January British-ruled Sudan had good relations a peace settlement with the north, we will other terrorist organizations in Somalia and 2016, Foreign Minister Ibrahim Ghandor with the Jewish community in Mandatory not stand in your way.” Sure enough, Ja’far Yemen. According to foreign sources, Israel was quoted as saying, “The issue of normal- Palestine and later with the State of Israel. Numeiri’s rise to power in a military coup in has repeatedly interrupted arms deliveries to izing relations with Israel can be examined” Khartoum did not take part in the 1948 war, 1969 set in motion a reconciliation process terrorist groups, including the destruction of a in exchange for the removal of US sanctions and in the early 1950s, prominent figures that three years later culminated in a peace convoy of trucks carrying Iranian missiles to on Khartoum. In response to the media storm in its leadership maintained contacts with treaty that preserved Sudan’s territorial integ- Hamas (January 2009) and an attack on an caused by these remarks, Bashir explained Israeli officials. After independence, however, rity while acquiescing to the south’s demand Iranian arms ship in Port Sudan. that he had been “advised to regulate his as Sudan was swayed by Egyptian President for regional autonomy. After the International Criminal Court relations with Israel” in order to ease Sudan’s Gamal Abdel Nasser’s extremist pan-Arab Due to growing political and economic in The Hague issued an arrest warrant in economic predicament. policy, Israel turned its sights to the mostly difficulties, Numeiri was forced to apply sharia July 2008 against Bashir for crimes against These hints, which were probably Christian South Sudan, whose pursuit of law throughout Sudan, including its southern humanity (and later for genocide) committed intended to signal to the West the seriousness autonomy had triggered a bloody civil war part. This in turn led to the resumption of the in Darfur, where some 350,000-500,000 men of Sudan’s intention to abandon the “axis of even under British rule. north-south war in 1983. South Sudan eventu- and women were murdered in 2003-05, evil,” were supported by opposition figures The beginning of practical relations ally gained independence in July 2011 and Bashir’s adviser told the US ambassador to who believed that “there is no justification between Israel and the south was in 1968, shortly afterward signed a peace agreement Khartoum that “if things go well with the for Sudan to show hostility to Israel and pay when Prime Minister Golda Meir agreed with Israel. US, maybe you can help us with Israel, your a political and economic price for it.” Opposi- to send Mossad operatives to the region in Interestingly enough, despite his political closest ally.” Continued on Page A7 www.algemeiner.com | FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2020 A7 Opinion. Israel Must Look Beyond At What Point Should the the Coronavirus Crisis Mainstream Media Report on the Biden Family Story?

ODED REVIVI/ JNS.Org “emerged following Bobulinski’s bombshell statement to the Post that former vice presi- DAVID SUISSA/ dent Joe Biden was involved in his family’s plot JNS.Org to make millions in Communist China.” The German philosopher Friedrich “The messages, obtained byFox News on Thursday [Oct. 22], purportedly shows Nietzsche once wrote that “noise kills Apartments are seen in the Israeli settlement of Bobulinski being instructed by James Gilliar, thought.” Efrat, Aug. 18, 2020. Photo: Reuters / Ronen Zvulun. We are in a period with much corona- One of the first things I read on Thursday another key player in the alleged scheme, virus-related noise. Yet as the world remains This is why we can expect that Israel will morning was a news item on National not to make any mention of the former veep’s focused on fighting the pandemic, we would soon be advancing plans to develop industrial Review Online (NRO) about the contents involvement.” be compounding the tragedy by not effectively parks in Judea and Samaria where Israelis and of a laptop that allegedly belongs to Hunter The report continued: preparing and planning for what comes next. Palestinians will be able to work side by side Biden. According to The New York Post, “In a lengthy statement to the Post’s Michael Regardless of where you are in the world, (as tens of thousands already do). This is likely which reported on the topic on Oct. 14, the Goodwin, Bobulinski addressed a May 13, 2017, much of that conversation focuses on proto- to be greeted with even stronger affirmation laptop was left at a computer repair store in email published [on Oct. 15] that revealed how cols designed to keep the public healthy, among Israel’s new allies, who have priori- Delaware and was subsequently forwarded Hunter Biden pursued lucrative deals with a restarting the economy and modifying regula- tized economic coexistence as a pretense to to Rudy Giuliani and the FBI. The veracity of Chinese energy company and wanted to hold tions that arouse the public’s confidence. diplomatic breakthroughs. the laptop and its photos, files, and emails are 10 percent of profits for ‘the big guy.’” In other words, the emphasis is on trying to Israel’s efforts to increase economic currently being investigated. arrive at the “new normal.” opportunity based on coexistence is likely to According to Politico, “Neither Biden nor In Israel, however, there is another issue attract investors from these Gulf states, and his attorney … have said whether Hunter Biden that is never far removed from our minds: the enable Israel to enhance infrastructure devel- really did drop off waterlogged laptops and a Israeli-Palestinian conflict. And while we are opment, and eliminate the feeling among hard drive at a Delaware repair shop, or whether Zooming and quarantining — or even baking many Palestinians that they have no realistic the reported emails are authentic or not.” sourdough bread — much has transpired on path towards prosperity. It may be a slightly On the laptop was an email purportedly that front that never really broke through the different future from the one that Palestinians discussing a business arrangement between noise. Nevertheless, regional developments had anticipated, but it will take shape as they a Chinese company and the Biden family. On adjust to the reality that their future is tied more over the past few months have created an Thursday morning, according to reporting from Democratic US presidential candidate and immense opportunity that must be seized. to Israel and the Gulf than to the PA leadership the Post, the recipient of that email confirmed former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at a The Abraham Accords were actually the that has dominated their lives for so long. “that the email is ‘genuine’ and said the family campaign event, in Wilmington, Delaware, one thing that did manage to break through For some time now, PA leader Mahmoud ‘aggressively leveraged the Biden family name July 14, 2020. Photo: Reuters / Leah Millis / File. the noise — at least temporarily. Yet too many Abbas has refused to accept funds collected to make millions’ from foreign entities.” believe that it was just the latest publicity stunt by the Israel Tax Authority. Donor countries, After reading this new development, I According to the report, Bobulinsky said of a reality-TV star turned president trying to such as Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and others, immediately went to The New York Times, that “Hunter Biden called his dad ‘the Big Guy’ win reelection. While the treaty is applauded have significantly reduced aid to the Pales- The Washington Post, CNN and MSNBC or ‘my Chairman,’ and frequently referenced by many, most did not appreciate how it will tinians. The PA Finance Ministry recently websites to see how they would cover it. asking him for his sign-off or advice on various affect not only the three signatories — Israel, announced that international aid has shrunk Nothing. potential deals that we were discussing.” the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain — but by no less than 81%. Then I went back to thePost and read Because Joe Biden has claimed in the what impact it will have on the entire Middle Turkish President Recep Tayyip that in a 2017 text exchange, “Hunter Biden’s past that he did not discuss business with East and beyond. Erdogan in recent months has met with ex-business partner Tony Bobulinski was Hunter, and because the reporting focuses on For one thing, the Gulf state (in addition senior PA officials, sponsored reconciliation warned ‘don’t mention Joe.’” That text exchange Continued on Page A10 to Sudan, the most recent country to agree talks between Fatah and Hamas, and trans- to normalization with Israel, and Oman, ferred funds to the PA. Erdogan’s Turkey is reportedly soon to follow suit) are publicly fully supportive of Hamas and its extremist Continued from Page A6 within the provisional government produced looking at Israel through an entirely different positions. The emerging reality is that Change different approaches to normalization with perspective. Critics of the accord complained our Palestinian neighbors, who remain in tion cleric Yosef Koda, for example, argued Israel. While Burhan and Deklo pushed in that it did not address the Israeli-Palestinian economic distress, are now receiving funds that Islamic law allowed normalization of this direction in order to improve Sudan’s conflict. Though this may be true in a direct from a highly radical and impulsive autocrat. relations with Israel and that Sudan should international standing and have it removed sense, the peace agreements will dramatically Once the COVID-19 crisis has ended, the do so, while Foreign Investment Minister and from the US list of state sponsors of terrorism, recalibrate the diplomatic approach towards above could lead to a third intifada. Umma Party leader Mubarak Fadel Mahdi Hamduk opposed the move mainly out of fear resolving the conflict. The State of Israel must decide that it said in August 2017, “There is no problem of antagonizing public opinion. Just last week, Israel advanced a will not let the “noise” of the coronavirus “kill with normalization with Israel.” (In doing The February 2020 Entebbe meeting record amount of residential construction its thought” and determine its actions. Israel so, he closed the circle, as he is a relative of between Israeli PM Netanyahu and President throughout Judea and Samaria. And while must attract international investors from our Umma Party leader Sadeq Mahdi, who was Burhan, at the invitation of the Ugandan presi- the typical anti-Israel NGOs condemned the new friends in the Gulf, as well as from the the first Sudanese leader to meet with Israelis dent and the orchestration of US Secretary of news, the expected amplification by inter- United States and other allies, to develop in the 1950s.) State Pompeo, was a significant breakthrough national actors didn’t really materialize, as industrial areas that will enhance and connect After the 2019 coup that toppled Bashir, a in normalizing Sudanese-Israeli relations and Israel’s Gulf allies silently endorsed it. the Israeli-Palestinian economies. provisional government was set up to govern was accompanied by numerous publications European and other critics of Israel are If we want security, peace, good neighborly the country in the run-up to the 2022 elections from Sudanese sources about the imminence recognizing that it will only become more relations and a secure future for Israel, then we as an uneasy compromise between the will of normalization. Indeed, on October 23, the difficult to condemn the Jewish state without must invest in Judea and Samaria. It is time to of the people to see the end of military rule US, Israel, and Sudan issued a joint statement the support of Israel’s new-found allies. And build an economic axis that will put bread on and the military’s ability to cling to the levers on the normalization of relations between they are looking to strengthen their ties with the tables of ordinary Palestinians, who will of power. President Abdel Fatah Burhan and Khartoum and Jerusalem. This step follows the Israel, not create immediate conflict. choose to put down their guns and go to work. his deputy Muhammad Hamdan Deklo, both peace agreements between Israel and the UAE Even Israel’s historic public deliberations Regardless of what happens on Election army generals, are powerful remnants of the and Bahrain, and helps cement the nascent on applying sovereignty to Judea and Samaria Day in the United States, there is a genuine old regime, while PM Abdullah Hamduk and regional axis that features Israel as a highly did not terminate the Abraham Accords. opportunity to build on the momentum of Supreme Court President Na’mat Abdullah prized ally rather than a vilified enemy. Time Significantly, the reported agreement that the Abraham Accords and on the American Muhammad Khair are supposed to represent will tell to what extent this step will help the Israel would delay such application was not administration’s maximum pressure on Iran the will of the people as senior civilian repre- provisional Sudanese government overcome included in any of the formal normalization and the PA. If we don’t, disaster may lie ahead. sentatives to promote reform and change. its internal differences and reach the 2022 agreements. And as these countries are intro- Israel thus has no choice but to rise above The Provisional Government suffers from elections as a functioning and effective body. duced to an Israel without the filter of the the noise of COVID-19 and plan how best internal disagreements on a variety of issues Dr. Haim Koren served as the first Palestinian Authority, they are more likely to to leverage the opportunities provided by and from constant attempts by the military to Israeli ambassador to South Sudan and view Israel’s presence in Judea and Samaria Trump’s policies. take over, but it was the only way out of the as the Israeli ambassador to Egypt. He is a as positive, especially if it can follow US Presi- The stakes are too high to do otherwise. deadlock after the coup. As such, it received lecturer at the Interdisciplinary Center in dent Donald Trump’s “Peace to Prosperity” Oded Revivi is the mayor of Efrat and the blessing of the Egyptian, Saudi, Ethiopian, Herzliya. plan that they have embraced. the former chief foreign envoy of the Judea and UAE governments as well as that of the A version of this article was originally and Samaria Council. US and most of Europe. The internal disputes published by the BESA Center. A8 | FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2020 Impressions.

Morocco’s Jews Remain Strong Why I’m So Despite COVID-19 Supportive of BY GILLES BERDUGO the years of 1961 and 1967, approximately 120,000 Israel and Jews left Morocco. Most went to Israel, though As COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc on some chose France, with which they shared a Donald Trump the world, the Jewish community of Morocco has similar culture. They also emigrated to the United not managed to escape unscathed. The tight-knit States and Canada. By 1975, there were only 20,000 community, which has many elderly members, Jews left in a country that once boasted more than suffered a relatively high number of deaths in the 10 times that number. BY JON VOIGHT early days of the virus, including the passing of Since then, the population has continued Rabbi Sholom Eidelman. However, community to dwindle. Today, there are 2,500-3,000 Jews in leaders are confident that by sticking together and the entire country, most of them in Casablanca. People ask me why I am so supportive of Israel and of Donald Trump. I was born in 1938, and therefore was alive through the time of the Holocaust, and I also witnessed the ratification of Israel as the historic homeland of the Jewish people in 1948. I saw the attacks on this tiny state from the beginning through to today. Of all the dangers to Israel, the most frightening is the existence of Iran as led by the Mullahs with its pledge to wipe the Jews into the sea. The Iran deal under the prior administration paved the way for that very destruction with its promise of a nuclear Iran within a decade. Donald Trump dismantled this poisonous agreement. Joe Biden has promised to reinstate it, if he becomes president. Donald Trump has brought our embassy to Jerusalem. Prior presidents promised to do this, to curry favor with voters, but then never followed through. This move has important ramifications, as are People walk on a street, in Rabat, Morocco. Photo: Nawalbennani via Wikimedia Commons. continuing to support one another, they can pull through this crisis. Morocco is seen as an example of ideal Jewish- Rabbi Eidelman, born in the Soviet Union, Muslim coexistence and is one of the few Arab emigrated to Morocco in 1958 as an emissary of countries that is actively embracing its Jewish Chabad, the Jewish Hasidic outreach movement. history. In fact, 10 years ago, King Mohammed VI Every year, he made sure that shmurah matzah, a launched an ongoing project to restore Morocco’s special kind of matzah, was brought in from France historically significant Jewish sites. in time for Passover. Rabbi Levi Bannon, another While the current Jewish community is small, Chabad emissary residing in Morocco, called it is still vibrant. There are 16 synagogues, kosher Rabbi Eidelman “the rabbi of rabbis” and said that butchers, bakeries, restaurants, and caterers, plus Jon Voight. Photo: Screenshot. he will be sorely missed in the Moroccan Jewish three Jewish schools with approximately 600 community. Rabbi Bannon is now the go-to rabbi students. the designations of the proper borders of Israel that for coronavirus-related funerals. Jews in Morocco also play host to the many president Trump has acknowledged in various ways: The Moroccan Jewish community has a visitors that come every year. Moroccan Jews who one being the demarcations set forth in his peace plan. long and rich history. In fact, it was once home to live outside the country have a very deep connec- With these moves he has paid respect to the Bible perhaps the largest number of Jews in the Arab tion to their roots, and approximately 50,000 come account of God’s gift of the land to Abraham, and all world. The Jewish population of Morocco totaled to visit each year, both as tourists and as returning the succeeding drama of the land and the Jewish more than 250,000 at its peak in the 1930s and citizens. Some have the custom to have their people, testified to by the journey of Moses and the 1940s, before the mass exodus triggered by World weddings in Morocco, and others traditionally utterances of the ancient Hebrew prophets. War II and the founding of the State of Israel. come for Passover. In fact, 22 hotels in Moroccan And now president Trump has brought a third Jewish roots in Morocco go back as far as 70 cities are entirely reserved for Moroccan Jews who Arab country in the past two months to make peace CE. Though there were periods of unrest, there come to visit during the holiday. with Israel, giving the world hope that, for the first time were also times of peaceful coexistence. At this point, the tourism industry has taken in modern history, the neighbors in that troubled area Jews that settled in Morocco originally are a hit due to COVID-19, but Jews living in Morocco might find a way to peace. known as Toshavim. Those that came as a result of know that once travel becomes easier, they can It is appropriate that Donald Trump has been the Spanish Inquisition in the 15th century have expect to see their brothers and sisters visiting nominated for the Nobel prize, but he is just begin- been called Megorashim. In the wake of the Inqui- again. Moroccan Jews, no matter what is going on ning. I hope everyone who loves Israel and the Jewish sition, tens of thousands of Spanish Jews fled to in the world and where they are, will always have a people will vote for him to continue his work for us all. Morocco. While they came with not much more than strong connection to the country. Jon Voight is an award winning American actor. the clothing on their backs, they did bring education, Gilles Berdugo is an international business savvy, and trade connections, all of which businessman, angel investor, and active member they used to benefit their new communities. of the Moroccan Jewish community. He has served The creation of the State of Israel and Moroc- as CEO of a range of companies and invests in co’s subsequent independence from France led startups that show strong leadership and innova- to a period of political unrest. Jews began to leave tive solutions. He also enjoys golfing and spending for Israel in secret, but in large numbers. Between time with his wife and children. www.algemeiner.com | FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2020 A9 Legals. Opinion.

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not always wise. Dead fish go with giving the wrong answer, it gave him Continued from Page A9 the flow. Live fish swim against the the strength to stand up against the Lynchings The Courage Not to current. So it is with conscience and consensus. That is why, however “Like a bride on her wedding day, who courage. So it is with the children small their numbers, Jews created is preparing to go to her groom.” Conform of Abraham. They are prepared to communities. It is hard to lead alone, From a very young age, Pales- challenge the idols of the age. far less hard to lead in the company tinian children are taught to hate After the Holocaust, some of others even if you are a minority. Israelis and Jews, and to sacrifice social scientists were haunted by Judaism is the counter-voice in their lives to murder them. On a of the Middle East and Africa as the question of why so many people the conversation of humankind. As PA TV show for kids, “O Children nations descend into violence and were prepared, whether by active Jews, we do not follow the majority of Our Neighborhood,” home JONATHAN SACKS into what Hobbes called “the war of participation or silent consent, to merely because it is the majority. In videos are shown of very young LONDON every man against every man.” go along with a regime that was age after age, century after century, kids addressing terrorists as “heroic We make a mistake when committing one of the great crimes Jews were prepared to do what the prisoners.” Holding a framed poster we think of idols in terms of their against humanity. One key experi- poet Robert Frost immortalised: of terrorist Anas Allan, who is serving four life sentences for his Leaders lead. That does not physical appearance – statues, ment was conducted by Solomon Two roads diverged in a involvement in the murder of four mean to say that they do not follow. figurines, icons. In that sense they Asch. He assembled a group of wood, and I, belong to the ancient times we have people, asking them to perform a I took the one less travelled by, Israelis, two girls likened the impris- But what they follow is different oned terrorists to “tall mountains” long outgrown. The way to think of series of simple cognitive tasks. They And that has made all the from what most people follow. and “lions.” A young boy specifically idols is in terms of what they repre- were shown two cards, one with a difference. They don’t conform for the sake of mentioned murderer Allan, sending sent. They symbolise power. That is line on it, the other with three lines It is what makes a nation of conforming. They don’t do what “love” to all prisoners. what Ra was for the Egyptians, Baal of different lengths, and asked which leaders. others do merely because others are The incitement against Israel and for the Canaanites, Chemosh for the was the same size as the line on the Shabbat Shalom doing it. They follow an inner voice, Jews and the glorification of murder is first. Unbeknown to one participant, a call. They have a vision, not of what Moabites, Zeus for the Greeks, and all-pervasive in Palestinian society. what missiles and bombs are for all the others had been briefed by is, but of what might be. They think Continued from Page A7 Street signs and city squares, sporting outside the box. They march to a terrorists and rogue states today. Asch to give the correct answer Biden Family tournaments and summer camps are Power allows us to rule over for the first few cards, and then to different tune. facts that can be investigated, and named after terrorists. Their beaming answer incorrectly for most of the because these allegations appear posters promising “paradise” to all rest. On a significant number of to be serious, I assumed the new those who follow in their footsteps — occasions the experimental subject revelations would be worthy of even answers in crossword puzzles gave an answer he could see was the coverage in the mainstream press. mean that the average Palestinian is wrong, because everyone else had As of Thursday, they were not. constantly bombarded with crude, done so. Such is the power of the I don’t want to rush into daily messages that the murder of pressure to conform: it can lead us to accusations of “media bias,” but I’m Jews, innocent or not, is a desirable, say what we know is untrue. intrigued by the silence of several even heroic act. More frightening still was the major publications. The story has Unfortunately, Israeli conces- Stanford experiment carried out in gained enough traction in recent sions and compromises in response the early 1970s by Philip Zimbardo. to Palestinian demands have not days that any media silence can be The participants were randomly reduced the bloodlust. Even the interpreted, rightly or wrongly, as assigned roles as guards or infamous bloody-handed Aziz bias. If an important outlet like The prisoners in a mock prison. Within Salha, who was arrested by Israel New York Times doesn’t trust the days the students cast as guards and sentenced to life imprisonment, reporting, why not punch holes in it? were behaving abusively, some of was released in 2011 as part of the Politico, for example, has done others without their consent. As the them subjecting the “prisoners” to exchange for IDF soldier Gilad Shalit, Never was this more dramati- just that in a story published today: Greek historian Thucydides put it: psychological torture. The students who had been held prisoner by cally signalled than in the first words “Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudy “The strong do what they wish and cast as prisoners put up with this Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Salha now of God to Abraham, the words that Giuliani, has said he obtained the the weak suffer what they must.” passively, even siding with the receives a generous monthly stipend set Jewish history in motion: “Leave materials from the laptop of Hunter Judaism is a sustained critique of guards against those who resisted. from the Palestinian Authority in your land, your birthplace and your Biden, the Democratic nominee’s power. That is the conclusion I have The experiment was called off tribute for his murderous actions. father’s house and go to the land son. They have not been reviewed or reached after a lifetime of studying after six days, by which time even While the international that I will show you. (Gen. 12:1)” verified byPOLITICO — and there our sacred texts. It is about how a Zimbardo had found himself drawn community continues aiding Pales- Why? Because people do are questions about the New York nation can be formed on the basis into the artificial reality he had tinian institutions that are involved conform. They adopt the standards Post’s reporting on the matter, as of shared commitment and collec- created. The pressure to conform in this incitement and dehuman- and absorb the culture of the time well as the tabloid and other Trump- tive responsibility. It is about how to assigned roles is strong enough ization, it and many media outlets and place in which they live – “your friendly outlets’ interpretations of consider issues like settlements, to construct a society that honours to lead people into doing what they land.” At a deeper level, they are events. There are concerns, too, territory, and Jerusalem the main the human person as the image know is wrong. influenced by friends and neigh- about the former New York mayor’s obstacles to peace. Nevertheless, and likeness of God. It is about a That is why Abraham, at the bours – “your birthplace.” More interactions with figures linked by even if an agreement between Israel vision, never fully realised but never start of his mission, was told to deeply still they are shaped by their Trump’s own administration to and the Palestinians were signed, abandoned, of a world based on leave “his land, his birthplace and parents, and the family in which Russian intelligence.” the hatred instilled in generations justice and compassion, in which his father’s house,” to free himself they grew up – “your father’s house.” Slate, similarly, has noted that under the PA would remain, virtu- “They will neither harm nor destroy from the pressure to conform. I want you, says God to verifying the contents of the laptop’s ally ensuring there would be no on all My holy mountain, for the Leaders must be prepared not Abraham, to be different. Not for the hard drive is difficult because peace or cessation of bloodshed. earth will be filled with the knowl- to follow the consensus. One of sake of being different, but for the “Giuliani does not seem to have To achieve real peace, security, edge of the Lord as the waters cover the great writers on leadership, sake of starting something new: a allowed other news outlets besides and an end to the conflict — good the sea” (Isaiah 11:9). Warren Bennis, writes: “By the time religion that will not worship power the Post to examine the data.” for all the peoples of the region — Abraham is without doubt we reach puberty, the world has and the symbols of power – for That is hardly corroboration, the international community and the most influential person who shaped us to a greater extent than that is what idols really were and but it’s better than silence. mainstream media must ensure ever lived. Today he is claimed as we realise. Our family, friends, and are. I want you, said God, to “teach As an editor, I know that that the PA ends its daily campaign the spiritual ancestor of 2.3 billion society in general have told us – by your children and your household deciding what stories to pursue of incitement and dehumanization. Christians, 1.8 billion Muslims and word and example – how to be. But afterward to follow the way of the can be a difficult, contentious Only when this is achieved 14 million Jews, more than half the people begin to become leaders at Lord by doing what is right and just” decision. Many publications decide and the horrifying images of Israelis people alive today. Yet he ruled that moment when they decide for (Gen. 18:19). to publish a story only when they being butchered recedes further no empire, commanded no great themselves how to be.” into history — replaced with a Pales- To be a Jew is to be willing to have independent verification. But army, performed no miracles and One reason why Jews have tinian society that no longer sees challenge the prevailing consensus where is the line for deciding to proclaimed no prophecy. He is the become, out of all proportion to Israelis and Jews as the sub-human when, as so often happens, nations cover a story when the silence is supreme example in all of history of their numbers, leaders in almost enemy of humanity — can peace be slip into worshipping the old gods. seen as more damning? And why is influence without power. every sphere of human endeavour, attainable. That is why incitement They did so in Europe throughout that line crossed for some instances Why? Because he was is precisely this willingness to be remains the greatest obstacle to the nineteenth and early twentieth — like the widely reported and prepared to be different. As the different. Throughout the centuries, peace and must be remedied as a century. That was the age of nation- discredited Steele dossier — and Sages say, he was called ha-ivri, Jews have been the most striking primary criterion for negotiations. alism: the pursuit of power in the not others? “the Hebrew,” because “all the world example of a group that refused to James Sinkinson is presi- name of the nation-state that led David Suissa is editor-in- was on one side (be-ever echad) assimilate to the dominant culture dent of Facts and Logic About to two world wars and tens of chief and publisher of Tribe Media and he was on the other”. Leader- or convert to the dominant faith. the Middle East (FLAME), which millions of deaths. It is the age we Corp and Jewish Journal. He can ship, as every leader knows, can One other finding of Solomon publishes educational messages are living in now as North Korea be reached at davids@jewish- be lonely. Yet you continue to do Asch is worth noting. He noted that to correct lies and misperceptions acquires and Iran pursues nuclear journal.com. what you have to do because you when just one other person was about Israel and its relationship weapons so that they can impose This article was first published know that the majority is not always willing to support the individual with the United States. their ambitions by force. It is what is by the Jewish Journal. happening today throughout much right and conventional wisdom is who could see that the others were www.algemeiner.com | FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2020 A11 Social.

Grandson of Holocaust Survivors Becomes Latest Jewish Pitcher to Appear in World Series

BY SHIRYN GHERMEZIAN

Tampa Bay Rays relief pitcher Ryan Sherriff on Friday night became the latest Jewish pitcher to be appear in a World Series game — a group that most famously includes Sandy Koufax. The California native — whose maternal grandparents, Helen and Seymour Wildfeuer, were Holocaust survivors from Poland –pitched a score- less seventh inning in Game 3 against the Los Angeles

The late Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. Photo: Sgt. Robert G. Clambus via Wikimedia Commons. New Miniseries About Murdered Israeli PM Yitzhak Rabin Directed by Former Neighbor Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Ryan Sherriff throws a pitch during the sixth inning of a game against the Boston Red Sox, at Tropicana Field, in St. Petersburg, family has allowed access to private materials and BY SHIRYN GHERMEZIAN Florida, Sep 10, 2020. Photo: Reinhold Matay – USA TODAY family collections so that we’ll finally be able to dispel Sports. Yitzhak Rabin will be the subject of a new minise- the myths and present an authentic, in-depth picture of ries directed by a filmmaker who grew up two houses this very exceptional man.” Dodgers. On Sunday night, he pitched in the top of the down from the former Israeli prime minister, who was Vromen stated, “I’m very honored and grateful to eighth inning of Game 5. The 30-year-old left-handed assassinated by a radical right-wing Jewish extremist 25 have the opportunity to tell the untold story of a man I’ve hurler pitched against Max Muncy, Will Smith and years ago next month. admired all my life. I want to thank the Rabin family for Cody Bellinger, and completed a 3-up-and-3-down “The Leader” will be a six-part show adapted from trusting in me to shed new light on the life and times of a inning. the autobiography “The Rabin Memoirs,” which was truly legendary leader.” The Rays lost the game 4-2, giving the Dodgers a co-authored by Rabin with journalist Dov Goldstein, “The Leader” will follow Rabin’s journey from 3-2 series lead. Deadline reported. underground fighter before Israel’s establishment in The 1915 World Series between the Boston Red Los Angeles-based Israeli filmmaker Ariel Vromen 1948 to IDF chief of staff, defense minister and the first Sox and Philadelphia Phillies was the first to feature will write and direct, and has been working with Rabin’s “sabra” (“native-born”) prime minister. a Jewish pitcher, Erskine Mayer, according to Jewish family and the Rabin Center to uncover previously- Each episode will focus on a different significant baseball historian and author Robert Wechsler, as unseen archival footage and hundreds of hours of moment in Rabin’s life, according to Deadline. reported by Tablet. interviews that will form the show’s storyline. Vromen described the series as a “mini Israeli ‘The Other Jewish pitchers who appeared in the Vromen once resided on the same street as the late Crown,'” a reference to the Netflix original drama that World Series included Ken Holtzman for the Oakland Israeli leader. chronicles the life of Queen Elizabeth II. Athletics, Larry Sherry for the Los Angeles Dodgers “I grew up with Rabin, he was living two houses Casting has not taken place yet and now, with a and Koufax, also for the Dodgers. from me,” he said, as reported by Deadline. “It is an completed outline, the project is on the market. A Jewish batter has yet to face a Jewish pitcher in amazing story about a guy that was born in Israel who “Israeli TV has been putting up a good fight for the World Series. through his lifetime sacrificed everything he had and the last couple of years,” he noted. “Israeli content has Sheriff made his MLB debut in August 2017 with went on an amazing journey.” reached a rich level where the original content is sold the St. Louis Cardinals. He previously said he knew Rabin’s grandson Jonathan Benartzi approached to big streamers, and the numbers are finally big. It his late grandparents would be proud that he played Vromen, on behalf of his family, about doing a project would be good to do it in Israel but we are looking at the for Israel’s national team in the 2017 World Baseball on his grandfather. streamers as the best home for a miniseries.” Classic qualifiers. Benartzi said, “For the first time in 25 years, our “Being able to pitch for Team Israel made me feel very appreciative for everything that they had gone through,” Sherriff told theSt. Louis Post-Dispatch. “Just to represent the Jewish heritage for them was just a great honor for me. She [Helen] would have been stoked. She would have been really happy if she was still alive today.” www.algemeiner.com Attention Not-For-Profit Organizations

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