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WWW.HERITAGEFL.COM YEAR 44, NO. 50 AUGUST 14, 2020 24 AV, 5780 ORLANDO, FLORIDA SINGLE COPY 75¢ USC student leader resigns (LOS ANGELES, CA) — StandWithUs is disappointed to learn that a Jewish student at University of Southern California has stepped down from student government as a result of anti-Semitic harassment from her peers. USC student government Vice President Rose Ritch announced her resignation in a statement, writing that she has been “harassed for weeks ... because I openly identify as a Zionist, a sup- porter of Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish state.” She stated that “an attack on my Zionist identity is an attack Rose Ritch on my Jewish identity,” and that stepping down was “the executive director of Campus only sustainable choice I can Affairs at StandWithUs. “Any make to protect my physical effort to deny equal oppor- safety on campus and my tunities, such as serving in mental health.” student government, based We strongly condemn the on an individual’s identity is anti-Zionist anti-Semitism dangerous and unacceptable. that led Rose to feel that giving We continue to stand with up her leadership position was Rose and other USC students Palestinian arsonists scorch the biblical heartland of Israel necessary for her well-being on campus,” said Rena Nasar, USC on page 15A Arab arsonists set fire to the ancient Susya archaeological site in Judea during Tisha B’Av. “This is among the activities of our ‘peaceful neighbors’ when they aren’t building on our land,” said Natalie Sopinsky, a resident of Susya. The fire spread threatening the old synagogue ruins. Israel firefighters battled the blaze and saved the synagogue, Philly Fed says no which had a special place in Jewish history. It served as a refuge for Jews following the revolt against Romans, led by Bar Kochva. The archaeological finds at the site revealed what Jewish life was like in the post-Temple era. to local NAACP By Marcy Oster The NAACP national lead- ership announced Wednesday (JTA) — The Jewish Federa- that it will not cut ties with Massive explosions rock Beirut, killing tion of Greater Philadelphia Muhammad, the Philadelphia said it will not work with the Tribune reported. It cited an local chapter of the NAACP email statement from NAACP dozens and injuring hundreds over “an alarming amount of spokeswoman Austyn Ross bigoted and anti-Jewish sen- saying that the national (JNS) — A massive fire, fol- was initially blamed on a ma- timents” on his social media leadership was “saddened lowed by an enormous explo- jor fire at a warehouse for fire- channels and the mosque he and deeply disappointed by sion, rocked Beirut on Tuesday, works near the port, though leads. the harm caused by Mr. Mu- causing a mushroom-cloud- the country’s general security Rodney Muhammad “still hammad’s actions” and that shaped shockwave damaging directorate later said the blast has yet to fully apologize for Muhammad “now recognizes nearby buildings, including was caused by confiscated his most recent actions,” the the offensive nature of the the official residence of the “high explosive materials,” federation said in a statement imagery and post.” Lebanese president, Michel without providing further updated earlier this week. National NAACP Presi- Aoun. It shattered windows, details, CNN reported. The statement also said that dent Derrick Johnson and overturned cars and caused As of Tuesday afternoon, while the federation would Muhammad will meet with debris to fly across the Leba- at least 27 people had been continue to work with the community and faith leaders nese capital. reported killed and 2,500 in- national office of the NAACP in the coming weeks to “open It’s unclear what caused jured, according to Lebanon’s and other local chapters, “our a dialogue and continue the the explosion, which occurred health ministry. There have obligation to oppose hate and educational conversations,” between the Port of Beirut and been reports that the city’s discrimination will prevent the statement said. the city’s central district. It hospitals are full, and that us from working with the In a widely reported state- doctors were operating on Philadelphia chapter while ment released a week ago, patients in hospital parking Mr. Muhammad is employed Muhammad said “I do regret lots and hallways. there.” the insult, pain and offense “What we saw looked like Last month, Muhammad it caused to all, particularly Hiroshima or Nagasaki. It’s posted a meme on his pub- those of the Jewish commu- absolutely unprecedented lic Facebook page known nity, by this unfortunate in Lebanon’s history,” said as “the Happy Merchant,” episode.” Beirut Gov. Marwan Aboud. an image that the Anti- Gov. Tom Wolf and Attorney “What we are witnessing is Two explosions rocked Beirut on Aug. 4, 2020. Defamation League says is General Josh Shapiro, both a huge catastrophe,” the head commonly used by white Jewish, reportedly have called of Lebanon’s Red Cross George tensions between the ter- “no reason not to believe the supremacists. The meme for Muhammad’s resignation. Kettani said, reported Maya- ror group Hezbollah and reports from Beirut that this included photos of Ice Cube, Muhammad is up for reelec- deen. “There are victims and Israel, which included an was an accident.” DeSean Jackson and Nick tion in November, according casualties everywhere — In attempted infiltration into Similarly, Hezbollah has Cannon, Black celebrities to the Tribune. He is the all the streets and areas near the Jewish state last week also denied any link to Israel. who recently posted anti- minister of a North Philadel- and far from the explosion.” and another attempted by A senior Hezbollah official Semitic comments on social phia mosque affiliated with Lebanon’s Prime Minis- an Iran-Hezbollah-linked told OTV Lebanon that any media, and the quote “To the Nation of Islam network. ter Hasan Diab declared a militia from Syria into the suggestion of Israel’s involve- learn who rules over you, The Nation of Islam’s leader, national day of mourning. Golan Heights late Sunday. ment was false. simply find out who you are Louis Farrakhan, has made a Aoun called for “urgent” talks In response, Israel struck “There is no truth to ru- not allowed to criticize,” number of anti-Semitic com- for the Supreme Council of several Syrian military mors about an Israeli strike falsely attributed to French ments over the years. Defense. Ambulances have targets on Monday. against Hezbollah weapons philosopher Voltaire but been called in from around Israel has denied any in- in the port,” a source told which originated with Kevin the country with the Lebanese volvement in the explosion the station. Strom, an American neo- Army sending in reinforce- at the port. Foreign minister Nevertheless, there has Nazi. (Jackson and Cannon ments. Gabi Ashkenazi told Isra- have apologized.) The blast comes amid el’s Channel 12 that there is Beirut on page 15A The post was later removed. PAGE 2A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, AUGUST 14, 2020 Enhance your understanding of the Middle East with Avi Melamed, hosted by Temple Israel the opposite. 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243 WEST PARK AVENUE, Publication Date: September 11, 2020 WINTER PARK, FL 32789 Advertising Deadline: September 2, 2020 WWW.KELLYPRICEANDCOMPANY.COM HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, AUGUST 14, 2020 PAGE 3A Tlaib says she’s not endorsing Biden, or maybe anyone, for president (JNS) — Rep. Rashida Tlaib and focus on that,’ ” the con- Since entering Congress who has said that Israel is a at the U.S.-Mexico border to the gala’s keynote speaker, (D-Mich.) said on Monday that gresswoman told Newsweek. in January 2019, Tlaib has “terrorist entity,” even though that of Gaza and Israel and AMP national policy direc- she would not endorse the “If the ultimate goal is to get been accused of peddling an the congresswoman said that said that she’s advocating for tor Osama Abuirshaid, who presumptive 2020 Democratic rid of [U.S. President] Donald anti-Israel and anti-Semitic “I do not agree with the clean water in her Michigan has expressed support for presidential nominee, former Trump, that doesn’t have to agenda, starting with display- statements brought to my district and “fighting for clean the U.S.-designated terrorist U.S. Vice President Joe Biden. involve me actually endors- ing a map in her congressional attention.” water in Gaza.” group Hamas and BDS. In fact, it’s not clear that she ing Biden.” office with a note posted over In May, she said that Pales- AMP is an anti-Israel group In March, Tlaib was will be endorsing any candi- “My constituents don’t need Israel that reads “Palestine.” tinians enabled a “safe haven” that supports the BDS move- seen wearing a T-shirt of date at all. to be bogged down in, ‘Is he Shortly thereafter, she at- for Jews after the Holocaust, ment and was founded by Ha- the State of Israel replaced “Residents come up to me the best candidate?’ That’s not tacked Republican lawmak- thereby reiterating her sup- tem Bazian, who co-founded with a Palestinian state and and say, ‘Rashida, I don’t what you have to convince my ers and opponents of the port for a one-state solution. Students for Justice in Pal- was displaying a then-newly know. I hear Joe Biden this, residents,” said Tlaib. “They anti-Israel BDS movement During her keynote ad- estine. released book by Linda Sar- Joe Biden that.’ I say, ‘Listen, need to come out in droves by saying “they forgot what dress at the American Mus- On Feb. 29, Tlaib addressed sour, who was removed from do we need another four years and be inspired by something. country they represent.” lims for Palestine conference the annual gala as the guest of the leadership of the Women’s of Trump? No. Then what I And that is going to be a vote Tlaib met with Hezbollah in Chicago in December, honor for the Missouri chapter March movement for her anti- need you to do is go out there against Donald Trump.” supporter Abbas Hamideh, Tlaib compared the situation of AMP. She was joined by Semitic, anti-Israel rhetoric. Full scope of Beirut disaster ‘still not understood,’ states former Israeli military intelligence chief By Yaakov Lappin looks like a fireworks stor- that this is indeed the case, age [facility]. And then the it would form a “very serious (JNS) — A day after two big explosion came,” he allegation against Hezbol- blasts — one of them an said, citing the 2,700 tons of lah,” which could turn into enormous — ripped through reported ammonium nitrate significant political pressure Beirut, causing untold de- stored at a warehouse at the on it to end its role as a struction, it’s still not pos- port’s dock. military power in Lebanon sible to grasp the true scope Ammonium nitrate “is and delegate that role to the of the calamity, a former material used to develop official Lebanese military, he Israeli Military Intelligence explosives,” he said. “It is also assessed. chief has said. good for agriculture, but the Ammonium nitrate has Speaking by video con- fact that it was there since been used before by Hez- ference to journalists, Maj. 2014 is saying that it was bollah operatives abroad Gen. (res.) Amos Yadlin, not taken for agriculture. in planning out a terror who served as former deputy The purpose of this storage attack. In 2015, a Lebanese- commander of the Israeli Air was for explosives.” Canadian man tied to He- Force and is now executive Regarding the question of zbollah was convicted in director of the Institute for who owned the warehouse Cyprus after he was found National Security Studies, and why the material was in possession of 8.5 tons of noted that Israel has of- there, Yadlin said “this is ammonium nitrate in his fered medical assistance to something I guess that the basement. That same year, Lebanon. “This is a terrible, Lebanese authorities are the Mossad told authorities terrible disaster. The big investigating.” in the U.K. of four properties question is how many people “Very much like his Ira- in North West London that are missing. The numbers nian masters, [Nasrallah] contained three tons of am- are between 1,000 to 4,000.” failed operationally.” monium nitrate belonging to Analyzing the incidents He added that it cannot be Hezbollah. Earlier this year, that led to the explosion, proven at this stage that it the Mossad again tipped off Yadlin said it “started from was a Hezbollah warehouse. Germany on Hezbollah’s ac- a small explosion at what If, however, signs emerge tivities on its soil, including Drone image of the aftermath of the explosions in Beirut, Aug. 5, 2020. warehouses in the south of weapons to Hezbollah via operationally,” said Yadlin. the country where Hezbollah Syria.” Now, in the aftermath of Israeli, US defense firms announce stashed hundreds of kilo- “This is another blow to the Beirut explosion, Nasral- grams of ammonium nitrate. the Lebanese state that was lah has found his excuse to “This is another blow to already [suffering] a huge “remove this issue from the plans for US production of Iron Dome the Lebanese state that was crisis.” agenda, especially if this already [suffering] a huge More broadly, the Iranian warehouse was a Hezbollah crisis,” said Yadlin. The fac- terror axis of which Hezbol- warehouse,” he said. “And tors that created this crisis lah is part of is under great there are already a lot of included severe economic, pressure, said Yadlin. Factors voices in Lebanon that blame financial, political and social like America’s “maximum Hezbollah for the finan- problems. pressure” campaign on cial difficulties. There are Even prior to the blast, Tehran—added to economic new sanctions on Lebanon tensions were rising in the dysfunction, collapsing oil because of Hezbollah. The country. In that context, he prices, Israel’s campaign to banking system is collaps- explained, “what is impor- roll back Iranian military ing because of Hezbollah. tant is that Hezbollah is us- entrenchment in Syria, the Every Lebanese knows that ing civilian neighborhoods coronavirus pandemic, the Hezbollah is the strongest to store weapons. They use recent assassination of Quds military power in Lebanon civilian neighborhoods as Force Maj. Gen. Qassem So- with a lot of political influ- shields for their activity. leimani—have all contrib- ence.” There are elements in Leba- uted to growing discontent With all of these multiple non and the international among the general populace. crises in Lebanon, joined by community calling on Hez- “The Iranians are continu- the latest disaster in Beirut, bollah to stop hiding behind ing, despite all of the dif- some Lebanese civilians will the excuse that it needs these ficulties, with two strategic likely be thinking “why do weapons against Israel.” efforts: come as close as they need another dimension Nuclear capability and possible to nuclear capability of destruction that will come Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 hegemony in the Middle East and to have hegemony in the from Nasrallah attacking An Iron Dome battery set up near Sderot in southern Israel, near the border with the Yadlin pointed out that Middle East,” stated Yadlin. Israel? So I think he will find Gaza Strip, on Nov. 13, 2019. Israel hasn’t attacked Leba- So far, Iran has failed a ladder to come down from non in 14 years, and that operationally to deter Israel, the tree,” said Yadlin. (JNS) — Raytheon Missiles on a site location by the end of land warfare and air- the two countries have “no and Syria is focused on what Asked whether the Beirut & Defense and Rafael Ad- of 2020. defense business execution real dispute” over borders. remains of its civil war in disaster will set the stage for vanced Defense Systems Ltd. IDF Brig. Gen. (res.) Pini Sam Deneke said that “this Even a disagreement over Idlib, so Hezbollah chief Has- the International Monetary announced on Monday that Yungman, executive vice will be the first Iron Dome offshore gas-drilling rights san Nasrallah decided to step Fund to provide major as- they have agreed to establish president for air and missile all-up-round facility outside in the Mediterranean Sea up and attempt to “revenge sistance to Lebanon, Yadlin a joint venture to produce Iron defense at Rafael, said “we are of Israel, and it will help the “was already brokered by the any Israeli activities in Syria said that remains unclear. “It Dome weapon systems in the excited about this new stage U.S. Department of Defense Americans.” if Hezbollah terrorists will be could on the one hand say, United States. in our partnership with Ray- and allies across the globe Hezbollah, he said, is look- killed as well. This is what ‘Let’s put aside everything Under the name Raytheon theon and proud of our U.S. obtain the system for defense ing for excuses to keep the happened last week, and and help Lebanon.’ On the Rafael Area Protection Sys- production.” of their service members and conflict going with Israel. Nasrallah decided to act,” other hand … [the blast] may tems, the partnership will Yungman said that Ra- critical infrastructure.” “This is a very good time he summed up. help those who say Hezbollah produce both the Iron Dome fael and Raytheon had “long The Iron Dome air-defense for Lebanese to tell Hezbol- Nasrallah attempted to is the problem, and that this weapon system, which con- partnered on U.S. produc- system is “the world’s most- lah: ‘We have so many other calibrate his actions so that was a Hezbollah warehouse. sists of the Tamir intercep- tion of Iron Dome and are used system with more than problems, give us a break they would on the one hand The IMF could say ‘until you tor and launcher, and the pleased to increase manufac- 2,500 operational intercepts from your excuses for Ira- kill a few Israeli soldiers, but move Hezbollah away from SkyHunter missile, a U.S. turing and bring SkyHunter and a success rate exceeding nian interests that running on the other avoid all-out its positions that they took in derivative of the Tamir. The to the U.S.” 90 percent,” according to behind you.’ The issue starts war. “Very much like his Lebanon, we are not helping two firms expect to agree Raytheon’s vice president Rafael. with Iran sending advanced Iranian masters, he failed you despite the disaster.’” PAGE 4A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, AUGUST 14, 2020 Advice to Jewish celebs: Grow up! By Stephen M. Flatow Me.” It was published a few years back, most is the one who shares them on national speaking at the United Nations in 1974 with shortly after his passing. television and the op-ed page of The New York his gun holster on his hip. In those days, (JNS) — I have a Jerry Seinfeld question. His parents’ apparent sin was being pro- Times, Thomas L. Friedman. he didn’t even bother pretending that he Why do Jewish celebrities keep whining about Israel. I doubt that Mr. and Mrs. Pekar ever The story of Friedman’s phony “disillusion- was interested in making peace; he openly their parents? “promised” little Harvey that Israel was perfect. ment” with Israel has been told many times demanded the destruction of Israel, and Popular actor-comedian-director Seth His book is a dreary regurgitation of standard — by Jerold Auerbach, Daniel Pipes, the late continually sponsored massacres of Israeli Rogen ignited an Internet firestorm with his anti-Israel nonsense that Pekar thinks he Buddy Korn and others — but it bears repeat- women and children in places like Ma’alot recent complaint that his parents “fed [him] uncovered after shaking free of the shackles ing because it’s such a powerful illustration and Kiryat Shemona. a huge amount of lies about Israel.” They of his mother and father. of an unpleasant phenomenon that just won’t Friedman and his fellow radicals in the “never told him” that “Oh, by the way, there His initial “enlightenment” came via go away. “Peace Group” authored an open letter pub- were people [Arabs] there.” But Rogen says he a “Jewish Trotskyist friend” who revealed Friedman himself summed up his life this lished in the campus newspaper, The Brandeis now knows the truth and realizes that having that Israel is “racist.” That was soon followed way: “It is about a Jew who was raised on Justice, on Nov. 12, 1974, in which they con- a Jewish state “makes no sense.” by some uncle at a Passover seder making all the stories, all the folk songs, and all the demned the American Jewish community’s What actually makes no sense is the notion remarks “against gentiles.” Pekar turned myths about Israel, who goes to Jerusalem in criticism of Arafat’s speech. They complained that his parents said there were no Arabs in that into a one-sentence summary of the the 1980s and discovers that it isn’t the Jewish that Jewish rallies against Arafat would “only pre-Israel Palestine. Who in their right mind Israeli-Arab conflict: “A lot of Israelis came summer camp of his youth … ” reinforce Jewish anxiety and contribute to would think there were no Arabs? The 28 years from Eastern Europe, where they had been Those are Friedman’s own words in a book Israel’s further isolation.” They demanded of conflict leading up the creation of Israel in abused for centuries. They thought turnabout for which he won a Pulitzer Prize. And that’s that Israel “negotiate with all factions of the 1948 consisted of Palestinian Arab pogroms on gentiles was fair play.” how his life has been — an unending series Palestinians, including the PLO.” Of course, against the Jews there. I sincerely doubt the The rest of the book drips with resentment of being handed prizes, plum appointments “negotiate” was a euphemism for “Give in to Rogens were so delusional as to not be aware at “Chauvinist Orthodox Jews” and demonic and international platforms, all based on his their demands already and stop embarrassing of that. Jewish settlers. One is actually shown holding image as “The Disillusioned Jew.” He was us American Jews.” Another Jewish pop-culture icon man- a saw and telling an equally villainous cohort, fed pro-Israel “myths” but then, during the Pipes once compared Friedman to “an an- aged to reach from beyond the grave “Hold that board steady, Chaim Yankel!” I kid 1982 Lebanon War, discovered the anti-Israel thropologist who studies his disowned family.” to peddle a similar complaint about his you not. “truth” and proceeded to become one of Israel’s That pithy description neatly sums up what the parents. Harvey Pekar, icon of the comic- A psychiatrist could have a field day analyz- most persistent and vehement critics. Thomas Friedmans, Seth Rogens and Harvey book world, spent his final days on this ing all this pent-up hostility toward parents, But it was all based on a lie. Friedman’s hos- Pekars of the world seem to do best. They’re earth creating a full-length graphic novel uncles and assorted Chaim Yankels. But the tility toward Israel wasn’t caused by the 1982 mad at their parents for being pro-Israel, so titled “Not the Israel My Parents Promised celebrity whiner whose complaints matter the war. It began in 1974, when he was a student they take it out on the rest of us, battering the at Brandeis University (the same university Jewish world with their incessant whining. where my daughter Alisa was a student when I, for one, am sick of it. she was murdered while studying in Israel in Stephen M. Flatow is a vice president of the Farrakhan betrays 1995) and leader of a campus organization Religious Zionists of America, an attorney in that was misleadingly named the “Middle East New Jersey and the father of Alisa Flatow, who Peace Group.” The group’s recipe for peace was was murdered in an Iranian-sponsored Pal- for Israel and the world to bow to the demands estinian terrorist attack in 1995. His book, “A today’s black slaves of Yasser Arafat. Father’s Story: My Fight for Justice Against None of us can forget the sight of Arafat Iranian Terror,” is now available on Kindle. By Charles Jacobs When Athié and I appeared on PBS’s national black-focused news show, Tony Brown’s Jour- (JNS) — Nation of Islam leader Louis Far- nal, the Nation of Islam pressured PBS to al- rakhan is now the most popular and dangerous low its spokesman, Akbar Muhammed, equal Everywhere anti-Semite in America. Neo-Nazis and white time. Akbar claimed that reports of slavery were supremacists are surely a problem for Jews, but a “big lie,” and part of a “Jewish conspiracy” polite society rejects them. Their best effort against Minister Farrakhan. Coronavirus is not America’s only to date — a “national rally” in Charlottesville, As it turned out, Akbar was Farrakhan’s man Va. — drew a few hundred people, whereas in Muammar Gaddafi’s Libya, itself a slaving sickness Farrakhan’s rants excite adoring crowds many hellhole. According to Clarence Page of The times that size. His online influence is growing. Chicago Tribune, Gaddafi loaned Farrakhan Unlike alt-right rallies, a Farrakhan event $5 million in 1984. By Mel Pearlman pounds instead of glorifying or excusing over- will never be shut down by toughs throwing On the heels of the Tony Brown debates, weight as an acceptable lifestyle. fists. Unlike the white anti-Semites, Farrakhan there were fireworks in New York’s black press. The pandemic has brought about extreme The invasion of the coronavirus and its rela- has open sympathizers in positions of power. Cornered at a news conference on March 14, modifications to our everyday living and how tive ease of contagion among the American What Louis Farrakhan says about Jews will 1996, Farrakhan was asked about the slaves we relate to family, friends and community. people was not as predictable as some would only reach more and more people. His July 4 of Sudan. The New York Times reported that Government at every level is scampering, claim. This however, has not stopped the ex- address to the nation was pulled by Fox TV’s an emotional Farrakhan shot back: “If slavery and for the most part failing to find effective treme left from pointing the political finger Soul channel after sparking outrage among exists, why don’t you go, as a member of the policy initiatives and to implement programs of blame at their political enemies (I would decent people, but millions will still see what press?! And you look inside of the Sudan, and in order to blunt the disastrous health, eco- prefer using the word “opponents” rather he has to say on social media. Billboards ad- if you find it, then you come back and tell the nomic and social effects brought about by the than “enemies”, but reality requires the use vertise his talk along the highways of Atlanta, American people what you found!” complete disruption of our normal way of life. of the latter). Baltimore, Charlotte, Chicago, Compton, The Baltimore Sun took up the challenge The pandemic has also exposed and laid We the people are also partially to blame Dearborn, Detroit and Phoenix. and dispatched reporters to Sudan where nude the fact that what once was a resilient, for the persistent bleak situation in which Though he is a clear and present danger to they bought the freedom of two young Afri- respectful, resourceful and thoughtful we find ourselves. Too many Americans on Jews, Jewish leaders find it difficult to press can slave boys from an Arab slave retriever. American population has degenerated into the extreme right and left have ignored the black activists to renounce Farrakhan because Their report ran as a front-page series in the safe space politics, ideological hatred, a dis- basic health practices of wearing masks and the black community perceives him as a black Sun and was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. proportionate dependency on government social distancing. Neither of these acts are an liberator. That is why it is more important than Leaders of the South Sudanese peoples’ and group think. inhibition or restriction of our fundamental ever to understand precisely how this is untrue: struggle for liberation then asked Farrakhan Siri, Wikipedia, Google and the other search freedoms. We must stop reading the constitu- Farrakhan has covered up and sought to deny for his help. He promised he would help them engines have given us facts without context; tion as if only certain words apply to “us” and the modern-day enslavement of Africans by but betrayed them instead. social media has given us fake facts, and in disregarding the rest of the text as applying Arabs and Muslims. He has been and continues Today, there could still be as many almost every case the news media has equal- only to “them.” The reader can determine in to be an obstacle to their liberation. as 35,000 Africans in bondage to Arab masters ized the credibility of real news with fake news. this context and for each issue who is the “us” In the early 1990s I, along with Mohamed in Sudan. Mauritanian blacks continue to serve Thoughtlessness has replaced thoughtful- and who is the “them.” Nacir Athié, a Mauritanian African Muslim as slaves to Arab and Berber masters in Mauri- ness. Opinion has replaced wisdom, and tribal It is tragic and unfortunate that so many refugee, launched an American movement tania. The black Muslim soldiers of Boko Haram passion has replaced public interest in public Americans have died and suffered from this to free black chattel slaves in North Africa. in Nigeria enslave black Christians. CNN has policy decision making. pandemic. It is tragic and unfortunate that so In Sudan, as part of a war waged by the Arab video of Libyans holding black slave auctions, Science and technology, which had been the many American families have suffered the loss north against the black, mostly Christian and in Algeria, Africans seeking a passageway guiding beacon to a prosperous and uplifting of loved ones and the separation from those south, Arabs stormed African villages, killed to Europe are being caught and enslaved. American society, has been given a bad name they love. It is tragic and unfortunate that the men and captured the women and children Farrakhan continues to stay quiet about by politicians seeking cover under the shield isolation has stunted young children’s social to serve as goatherds, domestics and sex slaves. black slavery in Muslim North Africa while of following the “science.” Unfortunately, and educational development. It is tragic and In Mauritania, Muslim Berbers, who had con- blaming the troubles of black people worldwide government public health “scientists” have unfortunate that workers have lost their jobs quered the area centuries before, have since on the Jews. been more interested in placating an ignorant and that small businesses that took a lifetime kept black people as slaves even when they had Charles Jacobs is the president of the Ameri- and uninformed president to keep their jobs, to build have been destroyed. long ago been converted to Islam. can Anti-Slavery Group. rather than honestly informing the public The scientists will ultimately perfect the about what they do not know. vaccine and the therapies that will cure this THE VIEWS EXPRESSED ON THIS PAGE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THE VIEWS OF HERITAGE MANAGEMENT. Anyone who has seriously studied any of disease. 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That’s because ment. Few in politics or times even preventing their or even condone what they They can’t because they can Judaism, mediated through (JNS) — After days of anti- the mainstream media pay own police forces from using are doing. never admit they are not the Christianity, gave the west Semitic rants on social media, it much attention. approved restraining tech- The movie Mr. Jones, which unchallengeable embodiment its civilized moral precepts. the “Grime” rapper Wiley has Yet people with conserva- niques. has just started streaming of virtue. So attacks on Jews are finally been barred from Twit- tive opinions or who resist Instead, they attack Presi- on Amazon, shows how the That enduring moral blind- symbiotically connected to ter and Facebook following the cultural bullying aimed dent Donald Trump for hav- monstrous crimes of Stalin ness means the progressive left-wing attacks on western outrage by Jews and others at overthrowing core West- ing eventually sent in federal were covered up in the West. world is fated to replicate its civilization. that he was allowed to use ern values find themselves troops to try to quell the vio- The movie focuses on The role as the antechamber to Of course, there are still these platforms for his vicious abruptly “canceled” and treat- lence, preposterously accus- New York Times reporter Wal- evil. Today, that’s why it sup- decent Democrats and those incitement. ed as social pariahs. ing him of seeking to impose ter Duranty, who ensured that ports the anti-white racists of who remain sympathetic to This episode was par- Meanwhile, anarchy and martial law. the death by mass starvation Black Lives Matter. It’s why the Israel. But in general, the ticularly chilling. It involved anti-white violence have been The Democrats’ support for of millions of Russian peas- universities — the supposed Democrats, like Britain’s a sustained onslaught of consuming various American the enemies of American val- ants as a result of Stalin’s grain crucibles of reason — have Labour Party and other pro- anti-Jewish invective by a cities. ues was on shocking display seizures was sanitized and turned into cauldrons of gressive folk, have drunk the prominent public figure who In Seattle this week, 59 at this week’s hearing of the denied for his paper’s readers. intimidation and censorship. anti-Western Kool-Aid. described Jews as “cowards police officers were injured House Judiciary Committee At the Times today, history It’s why we have descended The tragedy is that so many and snakes,” likened them to by a mob throwing rocks and where the Attorney General, is being repeated. Bari Weiss, into a nightmarish Orwellian Jews are incapable of seeing the Ku Klux Klan and sug- explosive devices. In Chicago, William Barr, was constantly who resigned as a senior writer world in which those deemed this. So they’ll continue to gested they should be shot. gang warfare has combined barracked and interrupted. and editor because the paper to be part of a victim group vote Democrat, just as they’ll He could do this with im- with anti-police protests to The committee watched enforced a conformity of present lies as truth, justice as continue to read The New punity because no one saw fit achieve record levels of deaths footage of the mayhem in Or- views and whose colleagues injustice and their own anti- York Times. to stop him until protests had and violent crime. Portland, egon. Led by Rep. Jerry Nadler, reacted to her proud Zionist white racism as anti-racism. Reaction against the on- escalated into a 48-hour boy- Ore., has been subjected to who had previously been sympathies by sneering that And it’s why Israel-bashing slaught on American and cott of Twitter. Days of brazen more than seven weeks of caught on camera describing she was “writing about the has become the poster cause Western values is what incitement against Jews had violence targeting federal and the violence in Portland as “a Jews again,” has been replaced of the Western left, and open brought Trump to power. elicited merely indifference city authorities and institu- myth,” the Democrats failed by an extreme Israel-basher, season has been declared Many are outraged and exas- from content providers or tions, with repeated attempts to show any concern over the Max Strasser. against the Jews. perated by him. I share many even attracted support. to burn down the courthouse. disorder or offer any support This is in line with the pa- This way of thinking now of their criticisms. Indeed, after Wiley was According to Portland for the police who had been per’s practice of systematically dominates progressive politics But the choice at this com- banned from social media, reporter Andy Ngo: “They’ve under attack from knives, pumping out falsehoods about in general and the Democratic ing presidential election is a he was given yet another made it a game to lure law- fireworks, petrol bombs, rocks Israel, sanitizing Palestinian Party in particular. That’s fateful one; and for all who platform. In an interview in enforcement officers out of and lasers. Jew-hatred and getting Jews why Democrat politicians are care about protecting Ameri- Britain’s black community buildings so they can assault Instead, Nadler said Barr to attack other Jews so it tacitly or actively supporting can and Western core values, newspaper The Voice, he ac- them with blinding lasers, had “endangered Americans cannot be accused of anti- violent attacks on civic order. as well as Israel and the Jewish cused the Jews of using black paint, rocks and other weap- and violated their consti- Semitism. As Barr observed: “This is people, a Democrat victory is people as slaves in the music ons.” tutional rights by flooding As Mr. Jones records, the the first time in my memory much to be feared. and entertainment industry The ostensible spark, the federal law enforcement into monstrous abuses under that the leaders of one of our Melanie Phillips, a Brit- — to which his interviewer killing of George Floyd under the streets of American cities Stalinism were ignored, great two political parties — ish journalist, broadcaster wondered: “Maybe it’s a dis- the knee of a police officer on … to forcefully and unconsti- winked at or actively sup- the Democratic Party — are and author, writes a weekly cussion that needs to be had?” May 25, is no longer even the tutionally suppress dissent.” ported not just by debauched not coming out and condemn- column for JNS. Currently a The passivity that greeted pretense of an excuse. The To which Barr said precisely cynics like Duranty, but by ing mob violence and the columnist for “The Times of Wiley’s brazen Jew-hatred self-declared aim of these riot- what needed to be said: “Fed- those in thrall to the belief attack on federal courts. Why London,” her personal and has shocked many Jews into ers is to attack the police and eral courts are under attack. that “for all its flaws,” com- can’t we just say, you know, political memoir, “Guardian concluding that a line has now civic institutions in order to Since when is it OK to try and munism offered the best hope violence against federal courts Angel,” has been published been crossed. overturn white society. burn down a federal court?” for making a better world. has to stop? Can we hear like by Bombardier, which also Wiley, however, may be Democrat municipal lead- Revolutionaries, tyrants Progressive circles have that?” published her first novel, an egregious offender but ers whose cities have been and other criminals are never admitted their own Jews are directly in the “The Legacy,” in 2018. Her he is far from alone. Social engulfed by violence for weeks allowed to abuse power part in sanitizing, and thus cross-hairs of those who are work can be found at: www. media is awash with anti- have allowed this criminal and cause mayhem when helping perpetuate, Stalin’s intent on overthrowing West- melaniephillips.com. The community-relations outreach trap By Jonathan S. Tobin In one, actor and TV host and minds of his sympathizers ground with groups whose more respect for this effort if of multiple charges, she was Nick Cannon, who had pro- one at a time. interests and goals may well the ADL was just as vocal in sentenced to 58 years in jail. (JNS) — Maybe everything moted anti-Semitic con- A discouraging incident in be antithetical to those who denouncing the anti-Zionist But she served only 16 because would be better if we could spiracy theories online and Philadelphia has called into wish to defend the security and anti-Semitic elements of President Bill Clinton com- all go for walks in the woods support for hatemonger Louis question the value of such and rights of Jews may actu- the movement’s agenda that muted her sentence on his with people who say or tweet Farrakhan of the Nation of efforts. Like, some of the ally be counterproductive. certainly aren’t a figment of last day in office. hateful and deeply offensive Islam, met with the Simon better-known purveyors of an- This has led the Anti- anyone’s imagination. Today, Rosenberg, who things. Then again, maybe the Wiesenthal Center’s Rabbi ti-Semitism, Minister Rodney Defamation League to not It’s also interesting that the considered herself a political Jewish community would be Abraham Cooper. Muhammad, the president of merely avoid dealing with ADL has no interest in the prisoner while in jail, is vice better off if those who repre- In another instance, Zion- the NAACP chapter in the City the obvious contradictions fact that the person in charge chair of the board of Thousand sent it weren’t quite so eager ist Organization of America of Brotherly Love, shared Far- between the ideological plat- of fundraising for the BLM Currents, and effectively helps to ingratiate themselves with national president Morton rakhan propaganda and form and goals of the Black movement — to which many lead the group that handles those who do not have the best Klein had a long talk with anti-Semitic images on social Lives Matter movement, but well-meaning Jews are likely fundraising and “provides interests of the Jews at heart. actor and rap artist Ice media. to actually defend it. The donating — is a far-left radical the legal and administrative There are people who think Cube, who attempted to Considering that Muham- group has devoted a section who is a convicted terrorist. framework” that lets Black a simple formula is the path to convince him that he was mad is an official at a National of its website to “debunking” Susan Rosenberg was Lives Matter “fulfill its mis- resolving all conflicts. It was not an anti-Semite after of Islam mosque, the only criticisms of the BLM agenda, a member of the May 19th sion” in accordance with the conceit of a Broadway play he had share hateful posts question is why anyone was so as well as to brand criticisms Communist Organization, their website. While she may about nuclear arms talk called online. Ice Cube had also surprised by his anti-Semitic as “disinformation.” which organized and carried no longer be responsible for “A Walk in the Woods,” as well accused retired basketball rhetoric. Yet even as Jewish Some of what the ADL out bombings of federal build- running guns to terrorists, as the theory that was behind superstar Kareem Abdul- community members and has published is true; a lot of ings including the U.S. Capitol her views don’t seem to have the talks that led to the Oslo Jabbar of betraying the black political officials of all stripes disinformation is out there on and armed robberies in the substantially moderated. Peace Accords — and we all community because he had condemned him, a sorrowful this subject. It’s also factual 1970s and ’80s, including a These facts are omitted know how well that idealistic condemned such instances Philadelphia Mayor Jim Ken- to say that the movement is notorious attack on a Brinks from ADL’s debunking efforts, attempt to ignore the goals of of anti-Semitism. ney referred to Muhammad decentralized, and comprises armored car in 1981 in which even though it goes a long way Israel’s Palestinian antago- Both examples of outreach as a “bridge builder.” And a mix of people with all sorts two policemen and a security to actually support claims that nists turned out. seem to have left their Jewish the national NAACP — a of ideas and intentions. guard were murdered. After More to the point, it’s interlocutors hopeful about group that is still supposedly But we could have a lot being caught and convicted Trap on page 15A also the default modus ope- the future even if, despite their a moderate force in the civil- randi of the entire organized efforts to portray themselves rights movement — had no American Jewish world. As as opponents of hate, neither comment about his hate. a religious minority, Jews Cannon nor Ice Cube has What kind of dialogue, no have always understood that been willing to go so far as matter how well-intentioned, the way to gain allies in the to condemn Farrakhan and is possible with an NAACP struggle to protect the rights are probably more interested that allows people like that of the weak is to make friends, in their future as performers to represent them? Or with even with those with whom than doing good. a community that thinks of you don’t seem to have much Yet even if we choose to be a member of a hatemonger’s in common. optimistic about the ability of organization as a worthy That’s why whenever you such conversations to change leader? That’s a problem read about some celebrity hearts, the recent rash of such that no walk in the woods who says or tweets something incidents involving athletes can solve. Indeed, doubling awful about Jews the natural and performers who have down on dialogue under these instinct of most Jewish com- mimicked or shared anti- circumstances merely allows munity-relations councils is Semitic imagery and canards the problem to be ignored to reach out to the bad actors that is the Nation of Islam’s and increases the likelihood involved. stock in trade should make that hate will continue to be In the last week, there were us realize that the problem is tolerated. two surprising attempts at not one that can be solved by Just as important, the de- dialogue. attempting to win the hearts sire for dialogue and common PAGE 6A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, AUGUST 14, 2020

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And this daughter, Gail Drew, and her What makes it outstanding one of Larry’s sisters and her time we not only got plenty family. To this day, Abbott’s are the roughly chopped husband spend their winters of almonds, but the size small supports the Tibby Schreiber roasted almonds that are in Vero Beach, and every time was bigger than the previous Scholarship at the Jewish stuffed into the custard. As we visit them, we hit Abbott’s. Sunday’s medium. Heaven!! Home of Rochester for the one reviewer on Yelp raved, They don’t even have to be We made our third bike trip children of employees of the “It is like sex in frozen form!” there. We celebrated Larry’s up a couple of weeks later. skilled nursing home who are Whenever we went to Roch- 70th birthday by going to a Another bike tire blew, and heading off to college. ester, we made sure Abbott’s beach farther down the coast did another detour. I am sure Brenden Drew grew up in was on our agenda. Fortu- and stopped at Abbott’s on the we will squeeze another visit the family business where he nately, as our son, Adam, spent way home. before my Labor Day weekend started taking out the trash four years at University of Vero Beach is 100 miles birthday. We are running out and washing dishes. He now Rochester, so we had plenty of away, not conducive to regu- of bike tires, but we can find is responsible for business chances to make a stop when lar visits. And we don’t get another reason. development and franchising. we were there. to Rochester very often. So When we make our trip up Marilyn Shapiro enjoying her chocolate almond cone at “Every day it is an honor and Sometimes once was not imagine our joy in discovering for my birthday cone, I will Abbott’s. a privilege to help grow the enough. In 2003, Larry and that an Abbott’s opened up in pack a cooler and plenty of family business,” Brenden I went to a wedding that was Winter Garden, only 37 miles ice and we will bring extra By Marilyn Shapiro with summer carnivals. He said. “Our family loves sup- held in a church in Rochester. up the road. We celebrated home, including a quart for eventually found his way to porting our communities On the way to the reception, Father’s Day 2020 with our friends in our community who How will I celebrate a Rochester, New York, where and making each one of our Larry and I stopped at Abbott’s first visit. It was almost as previously lived in Rochester. milestone birthday during opened a stand across the guests happy and so do each for a pre-dinner cone. The next wonderful as we imagined, It may not be the celebration the pandemic? That hoped-for street from Charlotte Beach one of our local owners who day, we went with the bride’s but we think they didn’t hear for which I hoped to kick off week away with my family is on the shores of Lake Ontario truly live the brand.” parents to another Abbott’s for our request for chocolate AL- my eighth decade. But it’s a out. A party at my home is out. and near a bustling amuse- It took us a few more years a second helping. They knew MOND, as we realized halfway sweet start! Heck, my husband, Larry, and ment park. to discover Abbotts. In the how much we loved this stuff. I can’t even head to my favor- According to Abbott’s web- early 1990s, Larry and daugh- When Larry had surgery on ite restaurant and indulge in site, as word of his frozen con- ter Julie went to Western New a torn ACL a couple of years a filet mignon and my free coction spread, people lined York for a track and field com- later, they had the company birthday brownie sundae. But up from morning to night. petition. They spent the night ship out a couple of quarts to From his newfound success, before the race with Larry’s him. He graciously shared it there is a silver lining. An Ab- Custom Printing Invitations & Announcements botts frozen custard stand is Arthur was able to buy and sister and her husband, who with me. Digital & Offset Printing Brochures & Booklets less than 33 miles away from train his own racehorses. lived in Rochester. They At this point, we thought Direct Mail Services Forms & Letterheads our Florida home. When he struck it rich after grabbed dinner on Charlotte’s Abbott’s was only located in Envelopes Business Cards The history of one of my Blue Man won the Preakness Beach, followed by dessert at Rochester. In 2012, however, culinary favorites began in 1952, Abbott, then in his Abbott’s. Larry and I were in Naples, 407-767-7110 in 1902 when a young and 70s, retired in 1957 and turned Larry was hooked from Florida, strolling down Fifth 205 North Street • Longwood, FL 32750 enthusiastic Arthur Abbott over his scoops to fellow fro- the first lick of his choco- Avenue, when Larry began www.elegantprinting.net Bring in this ad and receive 18% Discount traveled the Eastern seaboard zen custard lovers Lenny and late almond cone and soon running down the street. PAGE 8A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, AUGUST 14, 2020 Generations of dreams coming true upon touchdown

A Russian woman fulfilling her dream to live in Israel. comfortable with, and loved, America is the exception and declaring, “Put me back on the anti-Semitism that made the next plane to America.” Jews flee other lands would Our absorption was not never take root in the U.S., A young family making aliyah 30 years ago. without its bumps. By now now people are having second we’re supposed to be veteran thoughts. When I was a teen, I visited prism I had not considered. As immigrants, full of experience The fact that I know we Israel for the first time and juxtaposed to the candid pho- and advice ready to help others came home and were meant perceived it was a better place tos I took of them, today, the to join us. New immigrants to be here was underscored to raise children. I aspired to Jewish people’s Aliyah (return create a self-help support by a Christian friend recently do that, but was watching home to Israel), is somewhat network along with many who sobbed that she might not Jonathan Feldstein with his wife when they made aliyah others making that a reality, more planned. Young singles municipal and other services have the opportunity of com- with their children Aug. 4, 2004. even if they didn’t know the arrive to join the IDF, planting to make integration as easy ing back to Israel again. She blessings that were in store. roots firmly in our homeland. as possible. Recently I did an understood, as a Christian, By Jonathan Feldstein ing Jews in one of the hardest They stepped off the plane, Families arrive, balancing the interview for a program, Be- what a privilege she has had places and times to be Jewish. no doubt exhausted and shell- joy of being home with the coming Israeli, who’s founder to be able to visit Israel, not Recently I came across I saw young people who may shocked. Rather than being challenges of absorbing their Akiva Gersh, felt called to help only once but several times. photos taken 30 years ago this not have suffered as much newcomers in a land that they children in the wide range of in areas that may slip through Together, we realized how summer. During that time, I as the old people, but who had always been raised to love ways this plays out. And older the cracks. much more so that is for us, was privileged to greet several understood more than others and aspire to be in, as I raised retired people arrive, not with People who have made and millions of other Jews, planeloads of new immigrants how they were truly beginning my children, most of these two suitcases of all their pos- Aliyah like us are aware and who truly have come home. from the former Soviet Union their lives anew. Today, they’re children had no orientation sessions, but often reuniting concerned about the rising Maybe there’ll be no need landing in Israel, welcoming middle aged, and have raised for where they were, our his- with their children who made anti-Semitism that’s plaguing to flee. Maybe Aliyah will them on the tarmac as they children and been blessed by tory, or the future they were Aliyah before them, and with Jewish communities in the US continue with an ideological began their new lives in their grandchildren. They’ve served being given. For many, they gifts for their grandchildren. where the largest Jewish com- trickle rather than a tsunami ancient home. Even though in the Israeli army, integrat- had only heard bad things For all, it’s almost obliga- munity exists outside Israel. seeking refuge. But either some didn’t know it, they ing into our beautiful mosaic, about Israel, their new home. tory to take posed photos upon But Jews in Europe, and the way we are home, and it’s our were fulfilling dreams of gen- yet whose Russian accented Today, they’ve been through arrival of descending the steps former Soviet Union are also obligation to help those who erations of the Jewish people Hebrew gives them away as Israel’s elementary and higher to the tarmac, the first steps ripe to come home. Several will follow us, just as those yearning to come home. immigrants. education. They’ve served in on the tarmac as Israelis, usu- thousand descendants of the who preceded us did. Having worked for years to The children really got me the army. They are married ally with the plane, smiling ancient Ethiopian Jewish Happy anniversary to us, help free Jews from the USSR, choked up. and have children of their soldiers, or other meaningful community are waiting, as and welcome home to those and dreaming to live in Israel Maybe they knew they were own. They’ve been blessed backdrop, and waving their are Jewish communities in on their way or who have just myself, each plane of new im- Jews, if only anecdotally and by the incredible aspects of blue and white flags. India, China, and other re- arrived. migrants I greeted evoked from whispered conversa- life in Israel, and they’ve suf- Sixteen years ago, this mote lands, all the product of U.S.-born and educated a range of emotions from tions among their parents fered war and terror and the week, we joined the historic our exiles. There’s lots of talk Jonathan Feldstein im- unvarnished joy to yearning of persecution and dreams economic downturn. They and biblical movement of be- about hundreds of thousands migrated to Israel in 2004. to be home myself. to be free. Maybe they had are Israeli. ing greeted and not among coming home, or at least now Throughout his life and I saw old people who lived grandparents who spoke The pictures are embla- those doing the greeting. Two considering it seriously for the career, he has fellowshipped through decades of persecu- Yiddish and knew they were zoned in my being. I hope that adults, five children (11, 9, 7, 5 first time. Time will tell. with Christian supporters tion and war. They survived never really at home. In most someone can find the people and 3), and 14 suitcases. Our But it makes my reflection of Israel and shares experi- physical and spiritual geno- cases they were raised without who are my fellow citizens three-year-old was so little she of our own experience arriv- ences of living as an Ortho- cide. They dreamt about Israel much if any Jewish tradition, and share these precious was carried off the plane by a ing 16 years ago with that of dox Jew in Israel. He writes as an idea, and now made it without Zionism, and no un- photos upon their arrival 30 flight attendant. Our seven- some one million Soviet Jews’ a regular column for Stand- to live out their final years derstanding of their religion years ago. year-old expressed natural arrival a decade and a half ing With Israel at charis- in freedom. No doubt they and peoplehood, for which Finding these brought back challenges of bringing young earlier all the more relevant. manews.com and other have all passed, but gave their they suffered discrimination a wave of emotion, but also children halfway around the Unlike many American Jews prominent web sites. He can children and grandchildren an that ran widely through the framed my own arrival 16 world, leaving everything and who lived comfortably for be reached at firstpersonis- incredible legacy by remain- USSR all the same. years ago last week, through a everyone they knew, were generations, believing that [email protected]. Bat Mitzvah ‘Hello Darkness, My Old Friend’ recounts a Paige Isabel Rosenblatt blind man’s friendship with Art Garfunkel Paige Isabel Rosen- they had just completed a years later, Greenberg would blatt, daughter of Jessica humanities class at Columbia be blind. and Seth Rosenblatt of University. During the trek, “I was pitching in a baseball Altamonte Springs, Fla., his friend stopped to point game right before my junior will be called to the Torah out something that caught year,” Greenberg, a native as a bat mitzvah on Aug. his eye. of Buffalo, New York, told 22, 2020, at the Congrega- “‘Sanford, I’d like to show the Chronicle. “Suddenly, in tion of Reform Judaism. you this patch of grass and the seventh inning my eyes (Paige’s bat mitzvah was I’d like you to really look became very cloudy, very originally to be on May 2, at it,’” Greenberg recalled steamy, and I was having a 2020 but was rescheduled Arthur saying. “At first I was hard time concentrating on due to the COVID-19 shut- stunned, then he was pointing the batter. I knew there was down.) out how the light illuminated something very bad going on. Paige is in the eighth the beauty and complexities I stumbled to the sideline and grade at Teague Middle of its colors. I was absolutely dropped to the ground.” School where she is a member of the band, Bridge Club mesmerized. No one I had An ophthalmologist diag- and National Junior Honor Society. known would take time out nosed Greenberg with aller- Her hobbies and interests include art, tennis, read- to admire a measly patch of gic conjunctivitis. After two ing, spending time with friends, and playing the tuba. grass.” treatments, one he labeled as She is also a member of the Girl Scouts and Junior Greenberg’s best friend and “ineffective” and a second of GORFTY. college roommate would soon topical steroids, his condition Sharing in the family’s simcha will be Paige’s sisters, Art Garfunkel and Sandy Greenberg in the 1970s. be better known to the rest of worsened. A different doctor Laney and Erin; grandparents, Pam and Eric Foxman the world as Art Garfunkel, told the American history of Longwood, Fla., and Ed Rosenblatt of Atlanta, Ga.; as By David Rullo berg recalls walking along one half of the pop-folk duo major that he was actually well as aunts, uncles and cousins from Florida, Georgia, Amsterdam Avenue in New Simon & Garfunkel. His recol- suffering from glaucoma and, Texas and Pennsylvania. (Pittsburgh Jewish Chron- York City with his best friend lection of that shared moment icle via JTA) — Sandy Green- Arthur back in 1959 after is ironic since less than two Greenberg on page 15A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, AUGUST 14, 2020 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 Oy, what memories! ... in elder-care communities. 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Former NFL running back blames ‘Jewish cabal’ for abuses in world has posted a series of anti- group StandWithUs in which Sex Trafficking Semitic tweets, one of which the prominent constitutional Pedophilia blamed “the Jewish cabal” for lawyer said, “We have earned Ritualistic Child Torture human trafficking, sex traf- the right to influence public Perversion ficking, pedophilia, ritualistic debate, we have earned the Human Sacrifice/Murder child torture, perversion [and] right to be heard.” … than [sic]the Jewish human sacrifice/murder.” In that tweet, Johnson cabal @maxkellerman said One tweet on Sunday re- wrote, “In other words, let’s don’t exist. sponded to ESPN host Max blind and bombard the masses — Larry Johnson (@2Lar- Kellerman who, in response with every racial disparity that ryJohnson7) Aug. 2, 2020 to anti-Semitic social-media divides them on … wealth … In the thread, Johnson posts last month by Philadel- jobs … civil rights … housing shared “For the Visual Learn- phia Eagles wide receiver De- … pandemics … so they won’t er” a link to an Instagram Sean Jackson, said in the unite and expose our lucrative post of his that shows an anti- aftermath of the controversy market in pedophilia, human Semitic conspiracy video that that “Jews do not have a plan trafficking, child sex traffick- includes a caption that it has for world domination.” ing & torture.” “been edited to a condensed The previous day, Johnson A Racial Disparity I’m proud version that covers parts of the Former Kansas City Chiefs tweeted in a thread to his more to be apart of… call relating to Les Wexner and running back Larry Johnson. than 147,000 followers a video African Americans over- connections to Israeli intel- of Harvard Law School emeri- whelmingly underperform in ligence & the Zionist mafia.” (JNS) — Former NFL star tus professor Alan Dershowitz the area of: running back Larry Johnson addressing the pro-Israel Human Trafficking Johnson on page 15A PAGE 10A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, AUGUST 14, 2020 Jacob’s Sheep Come Home By Jonathan Feldstein met importing resistance, in the herd, though some are istic, Jenna does have needs she also was encouraged by somewhat more special to her including an upgraded cara- Over the past century, the outpouring of support than others, one special one van home that has sanitation, Jews and Christians have recognizing the sheep’s role is Rachel. shower, and insulation from celebrated the return of the in prophesy. “One day, I turned on my the elements. Jewish people to the Biblical Isaiah explained that the computer and saw a donation The sheep need grain, hay, Land of Israel, a restoration return of the People of Israel notification that read: ‘Hi, water, and veterinary care. Mi- prophetic proportion. More to their Land, is comparable to I am from Florida and just raculously, none of the sheep recently, this return was the return of sheep (Isaiah 49). loved Rachel (the sheep) in died in transit, but shortly accompanied by some four- Jeremiah lamented, “Look at the photos online. Here is $30 after arriving home the herd legged friends representing those who are coming from dollars to buy Rachel a bag of contracted Bluetongue Dis- Israel’s 3000-year history in the North. Where was the grain.” Jenna mentions this ease, an insect born virus. 48 the Judean mountains. flock that was given you, the generosity from a stranger sheep died in the one month, This is the modern story of sheep of your glory.” (Jeremi- who followed her special leaving slightly more than half Jacob’s Sheep. ah 13:20). Both Jeremiah and relationship with Rachel and the original flock. Incredibly, Jacob’s Sheep are an heir- Ezekiel prophesied a return the significance of that. Jenna none of the lambs died. They loom (unaltered) breed of of the lost sheep, the nation has allowed donors of higher are often the most vulnerable. ancient sheep, mentioned in of Israel, as vital to the final amounts to name a lamb. The specific location of Genesis 30. They originated redemption. The labor of love comes Jenna’s farm has rich Biblical with Jacob the Patriarch work- Jenna explains that Jacob with a price. Jenna has been significance. The site is named ing for his father in law, Laban. sheep’s first shepherdess was blessed by the support of many Migdal Eder, “the tower of the The sheep are distinct in that the matriarch Rachel, Jacob’s Jews and Christians who are flock.” It is adjacent to Efrat Jenna Lewinsky with one of her beloved Jacob’s Sheep. they are spotted and speckled, beloved. It’s no coincidence touched by her commitment and Bethlehem, described in as mentioned in the Bible, and that Jacob’s Sheep have re- and the ability to be part of a the Bible as near the burial According to Jewish tradi- great. For those who cannot have as many as six horns. turned home, in the Judean once in a lifetime opportunity place of Rachel. “Thus, Rachel tion, Jacob buried Rachel on volunteer in person and want When the Jews were exiled mountains within sight of of biblical proportion. For died. She was buried on the the road leading to Bethle- to be part of this, donations to Babylon, their flocks were Rachel’s tomb. instance, just bringing the road to Efrat—now Bethle- hem, not even taking her to are graciously accepted and also dispersed. Like Israel, Ja- Jenna is meticulous about sheep to Israel cost $80,000. hem. Over her grave Yaakov the closest village. The reason needed just to maintain the cob’s Sheep spread out around naming the flock. The patri- She has a vision of making the set up a pillar; it is the pillar at for this was that he foresaw basics, as well as to build out the world: throughout the arch is Isaac. The matriarch farm self-sufficient, growing Rachel‘s grave to this day. Yis- that when the Jews would be the farm in ways that it will Middle East, to Spain, and is Kallah, “bride” in Hebrew. and selling produce and sell- rael journeyed on, and pitched exiled, they would pass by this become self-sufficient. as far as China. In the 17th “I have a few ways in which ing the wool she sheers. his tent beyond Migdal-Eder.” road and be comforted by her. U.S.-born and educated century Jacob’s Sheep arrived I name them. Sometimes they Today, Jenna and her flock (Genesis 35:19-21) Jeremiah prophesied Rachel Jonathan Feldstein immi- in Britain, and from there, are born with markings that reside on a pristine 100-acre Migdal Eder is also identi- arising from her grave and grated to Israel in 2004. the sheep migrated to North resemble a Hebrew letter, so I mountain top farm in the fied by the Prophet Micah as crying for her children, until Throughout his life and America. Now, they have name the sheep with a name Judean Mountains, just south the place from which King the they will be returned to career, he has fellowshipped returned home, to the Land that starts with that letter. of Jerusalem. The sheep are David’s dynasty will be rees- their Land. Today, Rachel with Christian supporters of of Israel. Other times I look into those kept happy and protected in tablished. Indeed, these are must have a smile on her Israel and shares experiences The restoration of Jacob’s cute lamb’s eyes and a name a weatherproof shelter. Jenna the same mountains in which face seeing not only that her of living as an Orthodox Jew Sheep is a labor of love of Jenna just comes to me. All the and her baby son, David, live David shepherded his flock. children, but the sheep that in Israel. He writes a regular Lewinsky who acquired a flock sheep have a Hebrew name in a small caravan without “When I first visited the she protected, have returned. column for Standing With of 119 sheep while in Canada. and each knows his/her name running water or electricity. site, I looked out and, in the Jenna and Jacob’s Sheep Israel at charismanews.com She dealt with bureaucracy and responds when he/she is To say she lives modestly puts distance, I saw Jerusalem. I have been blessed by and wel- and other prominent web of importing livestock to called,” Jenna continues with Little House on the Prairie to felt like we were finally home. come volunteers from around sites. He can be reached Israel for which there was no that sense of connection she shame. The sheep receive blessing the world. While she’s started at firstpersonisrael@gmail. precedent. As much as she has with each and every sheep While not being material- from the Holy City.” modestly, Jenna’s vision is com. Icelandic Jewish cookies: A dessert with a fascinating story to tell

By Rachel Ringler to Manitoba, Canada, on Lake Winnipeg, where they formed a community that came to be known as “New Iceland.” In You’ve heard of the wandering Jew, but have you heard of the section of the book titled “Cakes and Cookies,” follow- the wandering Jewish cookie? ing classic Icelandic foods like skyr, smoked fish, and brown As Jews move from country to country, they pick up recipes, bread, are recipes for cookies traditionally eaten on Christmas. spices and dishes along the way. Sometimes, even after a Jew- Their name in Icelandic is gyðingakökur, which translates to ish community is no more, their food remains, an echo of a “Jewish cookie.” world that once was. Such is the case of the “Jewish cookie” How did “Jewish” cookies end up in a cookbook filled with from Iceland. the food of Icelandic immigrants to the New World? You can be Recently I learned of a cookbook, “The Culinary Saga of sure that there weren’t many, if any, Jews among those settlers New Iceland, Recipes From the Shores of Lake Winnipeg,” 150 years ago. Yet there are three recipes for Jewish cookies compiled by Kristin Olafson Jenkyns, a writer with forbearers nestled between other traditional sweets like Vinarterta and from Iceland. Her book documents the history and culinary ginger cookies. traditions of immigrants from Iceland who settled in North Olafson Jenkyns is not sure how they came to be part of America at the end of the 19th century. Many of them moved the culinary canon of the New Icelanders. Her guess is that the Jewish cookies came to Iceland by way of Denmark. For Getty Images hundreds of years, Iceland was closely tied to Denmark; trad- ers and merchants, some of them Jewish, moved back and And all are topped with a wash and a sweetener that combines BRYAN’S forth between the two countries. Perhaps the cookies came sugar and nuts. via that trade route. Are the cookies Icelandic? Canadian? Dutch? Or Danish? DRAIN SERVICES And how did those “Jewish” cookies land in Denmark in the No matter where you find them, the name is the same, hear- first place? According to Gil Marks, author of Encyclopedia kening back to a Jewish presence and the Jewish bakers who For All Your Water & Drain Needs of Jewish Food, Jewish butter cookies originated in Holland. created them. Many of the Jews who were expelled from Spain and Portugal This recipe for gyðingakökur comes from “The Culinary Sage 407-427-3477 in the 15th and 16th centuries found a safe haven in Holland. of New Iceland, Recipes From the Shores of Lake Winnipeg.” There they merged, “…their Moorish-influenced Iberian fare Ingredients: [email protected] with the local Scandinavian cuisine. Instead of olive oil, they For the dough: used the butter found in great quantity in Dutch cookery to 2 1/2 cups flour Mention this ad for 10% OFF create small rich morsels, still called Joodse boterkoeke (Jewish 1/2 teaspoon salt butter cookie) in Holland.” Until today, Dutch Jews serve those 1 teaspoon ground cardamom cookies on Hanukkah and Shavuot and at other dairy meals. 3/4 cup butter, cut into 1/2 inch cubes From Holland, the cookies spread to Denmark where they 1 egg became a traditional pre-Christmas treat. For the topping: As is the case with all immigrants, when the Icelanders 1 cup cold, strong coffee left their homeland in 1875 for the New World and created 1 cup blanched slivered almonds, coarsely chopped the community of New Iceland in Canada, they brought their 1 cup crushed sugar lumps (coarse bits, not fine) Construction, Remodels, Additions, Handyman culinary traditions with them. Gyðingakökur were part of that Directions: does most anything tradition. “The cookies must have been popular for them to 1. Stir flour, salt, and cardamom together. have made it from Denmark to Iceland to New Iceland,” said 2. Work the butter into the flour mixture by rubbing it Olafson Jenkyns. between your fingers, as if you were making a pie crust. In scouring through old cookbooks from the New Iceland 3. Beat egg with a fork and add to dough. Combine well. Ricardo Torres community, Olafson Jenkyns found these three recipes for 4. Wrap in wax paper. Chill thoroughly (at least 1 hour) Jewish cookies – slightly different one from the next but all until firm. Handyman most definitely known as “Jewish.” One recipe was from a 5. Roll out dough on wax paper until 1/8 inch thick. Cut in cookbook, circa 1915, from Reykjavik, Iceland. The other two 1 1/2 inch rounds with a cutter. Brush tops with coffee; mix came from community cookbooks from New Iceland from the the almonds and sugar and sprinkle generously on top. Press 407-221-5482 middle of the 20th century. In Gil Marks’ book, the Jodekager, down gently with your hand to help the almond-sugar mixture Available in Central Florida Area or Jewish cookie recipe, was attributed to Denmark. His recipe stick. Place on greased baking sheets and bake at 350 F. for is very similar to the Icelandic ones — all have lots of butter, about 12 minutes or until lightly golden brown. References Available all are rolled out into a thin dough, and then cut into rounds. This recipe originally appeared on The Nosher. HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, AUGUST 14, 2020 PAGE 11A Rosenblum says she won’t stand Central Florida Synagogues for authoritarianism in Portland Orlando Weekday Morning Minyan (Conservative/Egalitarian), services Monday- By Ben Sales 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. (JTA) — When reports emerged two weeks ago Celebration Jewish Congregation (R), services and holiday schedules shown at www. about federal agents seizing JewishCelebration.org; 407-479-8377. protesters from the streets Chabad Lubavitch of North Orlando (O), 1701 Markham Woods Road, Longwood, of Portland and putting 407-636-5994, www.jewishorlando.com; services: Friday 7:00 p.m.; Saturday at 9:30 a.m. them in unmarked vans, Or- egon Attorney General Ellen Chabad of Altamonte Springs (O), 414 Spring Valley Lane, Altamonte Springs, 407- Rosenblum sued to get federal 280-0535; www.jewishaltamonte.com. officers off the street. Chabad of South Orlando (O), 7347 Sand Lake Road, Orlando, 407-354-3660; www. A judge rejected Rosen- jewishorlando.com; Shabbat services: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. and 10 minutes before sunset; blum’s request for a pre- Saturday, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday, 8:15 a.m. liminary restraining order against the agents last week. Chabad of the Space & Treasure Coasts (O), 1190 Highway A1A, Satellite Beach, But the lawsuit is ongoing, 321-777-2770. Kent Nishimura/AFP via Getty Images as is a criminal investiga- Congregation Ahavas Yisrael/Chabad (O), 708 Lake Howell Rd., Maitland, 407-644- tion Rosenblum opened into Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum at a press federal agents who injured a conference in Honolulu, March 15, 2017. 2500; www.chabadorlando.org; services: Sunday, 9 a.m.; Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m.; Shabbat protester. On Wednesday, the services: Friday, 6:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m.; Family service, 4th Friday of the month. Trump administration made to continue under circum- tion, not a deescalation. They Congregation Bet Chaim (R), 181 E. Mitchell Hammock, Oviedo, 407-830-7211; www. an agreement with local of- stances that do not infringe came in allegedly to protect betchaim.org; Shabbat services: Friday, 8 p.m. ficials to withdraw the federal on civil liberties and without their buildings, allegedly to forces — though the timing the personal endangerment quell the violence, and they Congregation Beth Am (C), 3899 Sand Lake Road, Longwood, 407-862-3505; www. is unclear. that has occurred when the did just the opposite. congbetham.org; Shabbat services: Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m. Rosenblum, who was feds were here. That was certainly very Congregation Beth El (C), 2185 Meadowlane Ave., West Melbourne, 321-779-0740; elected to her post in 2012, Given your experience concerning because there’s a Shabbat services, 1st & 3rd Friday, 8 p.m.; 2nd & 4th Saturdays, 9:30 a.m. is a former board member filing a lawsuit against the chilling effect, what we call a of her Portland synagogue, federal agents, what advice restraint upon an individual’s Congregation Beth Emeth (R), 2205 Blue Sapphire Circle, Orlando, 407-222-6393; Congregation Beth Israel, as would you give other at- or a group’s First Amendment Shabbat service: monthly, 8 p.m. well as the founder of its book torneys general facing the right to protest. Shortly after Congregation Beth Israel (Rec), Collins Resource Center, Suite 303, 9401 S.R. 200, club and a former member of same issue? they arrived there was one ex- Ocala, 352-237-8277; bethisraelocala.org; Shabbat service, second Friday of the month, 8 p.m. its choir. Well, first of all, I don’t tremely serious incident that The Jewish Telegraphic consider that we did not is the subject of our criminal Congregation Beth Sholom (R-C), 315 North 13th St., Leesburg, 352-326-3692; www. Agency spoke with Rosen- succeed. We lost a motion for investigation, where an indi- bethsholomflorida.org; schedule of services on website. blum Wednesday about her temporary restraining order, vidual was shot at in the face Congregation Beth Shalom (Progressive Conservative), Orange City congregation next steps and how she sees but that is the first part of a po- with some sort of a projectile holds services at 1308 E. Normandy Blvd., Deltona; 386-804-8283; www.mybethshalom. her role as the state attorney tentially successful lawsuit, and has been back in the com; Shabbat services: Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. general and a Jewish elected or an unsuccessful lawsuit, hospital now, apparently has official. so I’m not quite conceding suffered serious facial and, I Congregation B’nai Torah (C), 403 N. Nova Rd., Ormond Beach, 32174, 386-672-1174; This interview has been that we lost. I will say that think, brain injuries. www.mybnaitorah.com; Shabbat services: Friday, 8 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. edited for length and clarity. the judge did not agree that There have been reports Congregation Chabad Lubavitch of Greater Daytona (O), 1079 W. Granada Blvd., JTA: What do you see as we had standing to pursue of some violence emanating your role, and your goal, dur- the matter at this level with from the protests. If you feel Ormond Beach, 386-672-9300; Shabbat services Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. ing this period? the amount of evidence that the federal response made Congregation of Reform Judaism (R), 928 Malone Dr., Orlando, 407-645-0444; Rosenblum: I am the peo- we had … so we’re looking at it worse, what do you think www.crjorlando.org: Shabbat services, 7 p.m. 1st, 2nd and 3rd Fridays; 6 p.m., 4th and 5th ple’s attorney. I look out for different options. should be done in response? Fridays; Saturday: 10 a.m. the most vulnerable in our There’s numerous lawsuits It appears that a large state. I look out for those who that are still pending. And I’m number of the people who Congregation Mateh Chaim (R), P.O. Box 060847, Palm Bay, 32906, 321-768-6722. most need the support of the not sure that anyone is just have come out, having Congregation Ohev Shalom (C), 613 Concourse Parkway South, Maitland, 407-298- legal establishment, if you going to drop their lawsuit engaged in whatever mis- 4650; www.ohevshalom.org; Shabbat service, Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m. will, to make sure that their at this point, because these conduct or violent conduct Congregation Shalom Aleichem (R), 3501 Oak Pointe Blvd., Kissimmee, 407-935- rights are protected. are all issues that could come they’ve engaged in, have In terms of actually taking back. You know, we don’t have been largely provoked by 0064; www.shalomaleichem.com; Shabbat service, 1st and 3rd Fridays of the month, 8 p.m. legal actions, I don’t go there any assurance that they’re not the presence, not just the Congregation Shomer Ysrael (C), 5382 Hoffner Ave., Orlando, 407-227-1258, call for unless I feel that there are going to return. These are all presence, but the actions, of services and holiday schedules. harms to Oregonians. In this federal lawsuits, and special the feds. They need to leave, case, there was no question court rulings could serve and once they leave I think Congregation Sinai (C/R), 1200 West Broad Street, Groveland; 352-243-5353; congre- that we had to do something, as at least guidance, if not there will be an opportunity gation-sinai.org; services: every Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Shabbat Service evert Saturday, 10 a.m. because it appeared that the precedent, in other locales. to resolve what is left of any Orlando Torah Center (O), 8591 Banyan Blvd., Orlando; 347-456-6485; Shacharis- situation was getting worse We’re very hopeful that violent conduct that might Shabbos 9 a.m.; Mon.—Thurs. 6:45 a.m.; Sun. and Legal Holidays 8 a.m.; Mincha/Maariv rather than improving with their leaving Portland doesn’t continue. I hope it does not. Please call for times. this influx of federal agents mean they’re going some- Obviously if it does we have uninvited to our city. where else. We want them to deal with it immediately. Southwest Orlando Jewish Congregation/Ohalei Rivka (C), 11200 S. Apopka- We started hearing these back to their agencies doing I’m not going to say that Vineland Rd., Orlando, 407-239-5444; Shabbat service, Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m. really frightening stories that the jobs that they apparently there was no violent conduct Temple Beth El (R) / Temple Israel (C), 579 N. Nova Rd., Ormond Beach, 386-675- appeared to be clear violations were trained in. They’re not before the feds arrived, OK? 6615 / 386-252-3097; Friday Shabbat Service 7 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m. of the civil rights and liber- trained to go anywhere to But what I’m saying is that ties of Oregonians, and in de-escalate conflict, clearly. it’s not going to stop until Temple Beth Shalom (R), P.O. Box 031233, Winter Haven, 813-324-2882. particular Portlanders, who I talk to my Democratic at- the feds leave, it would ap- Temple Beth Shalom (C), 40 Wellington Drive, Palm Coast, 386-445-3006; Shabbat were attempting to and con- torney general colleagues all pear, so that’s the first step service, Friday, 8 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. tinue to be protesting against the time. We meet by phone toward negotiation, toward very serious abuses — police once a week as a group and we resolution. But for the most Temple Beth Sholom (C), 5995 N. Wickham Rd. Melbourne, 321-254-6333; www. brutality, in support of Black share all of what we’re doing part these protests were mytbs.org; Shabbat services: Friday, 7 p.m.; Saturday: 9:30 a.m. Minyan, Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.; Lives Matter, in support of to the extent we can. We join peaceful protests. They were Thursday, 10:00 a.m. racial justice. And it appeared with each other in lawsuits, not violent protests until the Temple Beth Shalom (R), 1109 N.E. 8th Ave., Ocala, 352-629-3587; Shabbat services: that the conduct, the tactics we help each other out, we feds arrived. Friday, 8 p.m.; Torah study: Saturday, 10:00 a.m. that were being engaged in on file amicus briefs. I want to switch gears and the streets of our city, were So if they find themselves ask you about your Jewish life. Temple B’nai Darom (R), 49 Banyan Course, Ocala, 352-624-0380; Friday Services 8 p.m. not only really frighteningly similarly situated we provide You led the synagogue book Temple Israel (C), 50 S. Moss Rd., Winter Springs, 407-647-3055; www.tiflorida.org; dangerous, they could harm them full access to our lawsuit club for a long time. What Shabbat services: Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday 9:00 a.m. people, but they were in- pleadings and we’re also more kind of books did you like to fringing on the rights — the than happy to meet with them read? And what did you enjoy Temple Israel (R), 7350 Lake Andrew Drive, Melbourne, 321-631-9494. First Amendment rights, the to discuss some potential singing in the synagogue Temple Israel of DeLand (R), 1001 E. New York Ave., DeLand, 386-736-1646; www. Fourth Amendment rights, strategies. choir? templeisraelofdeland.org; Friday Shabbat service, 7 p.m.; Saturday, 10:00 a.m. followed by the Fifth Amendment rights What concerned you most I started the book club Torah study. of our citizens. about what you saw happen- about 25 years ago and led Now that federal agents ing on the streets of Portland it for many years, but “led” Temple Shalom (formerly New Jewish Congregation) (R), 13563 Country Road appear to be leaving Portland, with the federal agents? is mostly that I brought the 101, Oxford, 352-748-1800; www.templeshalomcentralfl.org; Shabbat services: Friday, 7 what are your next steps? They really appeared to be food. I brought the bagels p.m.; last Saturday of the month, 9:30 a.m. Let’s get them out of town schooled in escalating the and coffee. Temple Shalom of Deltona (R/C), 1785 Elkcam Blvd., Deltona, 386-789-2202; www. as quickly as possible and aspects of the protests that We had a whole series of regroup. I hope the city, the were not safe. So, for example, books that were really about shalomdeltona.org; Shabbat service; Saturday: 10 a.m. mayor, the governor, the ad- if there was somebody who different countries, different Temple Shir Shalom (R) Services held at Temple Israel, 50 S. Moss Rd., Winter Springs, vocacy community and the threw something at them they ethnicities. We read books by 407-366-3556, www.templeshirshalom.org; Shabbat services: three Fridays each month, protesters will sit down and would throw something back, Jewish authors. I remember 7:30 p.m. will hammer out a plan so maybe even something that we read a lot of books by Amos that protests can continue if was more dangerous than Oz and books by American Traditional Congregation of Mount Dora (T) Mount Dora, 352-735-4774; www. that is the desired route, and what had been thrown in the fictional authors that are very tcomd.org; Shabbat services: Saturday, 9:30 a.m. sharp. I believe it will be. first instance. So what we saw (R) Reform (C) Conservative (O) Orthodox (Rec) Reconstructionist (T) Mehitsa They need to be allowed was an escalation of the situa- Rosenblum on page 15A PAGE 12A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, AUGUST 14, 2020 China and Iran reach a new stage in their strategic partnership tablish the partnership. The and exercises, joint research with Pakistan and possibly agreement was essentially a and weapons development, Iraq, Syria and Lebanon, are statement of intent, as while and intelligence sharing to forming an axis that could a joint statement was issued fight terrorism, drug and disrupt the regional balance on Sept. 23, 2016, about the human trafficking and cross- of power and vastly extend two nations’ comprehensive border crime. Additionally, China’s influence in the strategic partnership, no of- China will be able to buy any Middle East. ficial agreement yet exists. oil, gas, and petrochemicals According to the draft The partnership encom- products at a minimum agreement, China will passes five main domains: guaranteed discount of 12 gain access to port facilities politics; executive coop- percent to the six-month roll- in Iran, including two along eration; human and cultural ing low price of comparable the coast of the Sea of Oman. concerns; judiciary, security benchmark products, plus The one at Jask—which lies and defense; and regional another six to eight percent of just outside the Strait of and international concerns. that metric for risk-adjusted Hormuz, the entrance to the The sides agreed to develop a compensation. Persian Gulf—would give the roadmap for the partnership Chinese Foreign Ministry Chinese a strategic vantage for the next 25 years and to spokesperson Geng Shuang point on the waters through increase trade to $600 billion has neither confirmed the which much of the world’s Official Khamenei website via Wikimedia Commons over the next 10 years. None deal nor offered any details. oil moves. That passage is of President of China Xi Jinping with Iran’s leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in 2016. of the programs discussed in In fact, he claims he is “not critical strategic importance the documents is fully opera- aware” of it and “[doesn’t] to Washington, whose Fifth By Mordechai Chaziza entered into force) by co- between Tehran and Beijing tional as yet. know where you got such Fleet is headquartered in operating in such areas as constitutes a win for both sets In May 2018, U.S. Presi- information.” What he is nearby Bahrain. 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‘Harry Potter’ star Jason In recent years, Israel has Social networks, including first-ever U.N. Focal Point to international community to of Taibe scored 62.05, earning Isaacs opens up about assisted and received assis- YouTube, Twitter and Face- monitor anti-Semitism. end these so-called “Israeli a bronze medal. his struggle with addic- tance from neighbors that book, had for years resisted or In his new position, Mo- violations.” The Education Ministry and tion were formerly enemies, or ignored calls to deprive Soral rantinos—a former Spanish The Temple Mount has been the Maimonides Fund’s Fu- By Emily Burack with whom it has difficult and Dieudonné of a platform Foreign Affairs minister—will under the day-to-day control ture Scientists Center oversaw (JTA) — British Jewish relations. on those services, citing the be responsible for enhancing of the Muslim Waqf religious the team’s training. Education actor Jason Isaacs opened up Austria will allow firms’ commitment to free a system-wide response at the authorities and overseen by Minister Yoav Gallant con- about his longtime struggle descendants of Holo- speech. United Nations to longtime the Jordanian government gratulated the team, saying, with drug addiction to the caust victims to receive Amazon renews ‘Hunt- anti-Semitism. since the 1967 Six-Day War “We will support training British magazine The Big citizenship ers,’ Al Pacino’s Nazi- The Combat Anti-Semitism with Israel retaining security for Israeli teams in scientific Issue on Monday, saying he By Marcy Oster hunting drama, for Movement applauded the ap- control of Judaism’s holiest fields in 2021, as well.” first got drunk at age 12 and (JTA) — Austria will allow second season pointment. site. The Waqf forbids Jews This article first appeared “by the age of 16 I’d already the descendants of Holocaust By Marcy Oster “The importance of this from praying on the site, in Israel Hayom. passed through drink and was victims to receive citizen- (JTA) — “Hunters,” the role is reflected by the wealth which is a source of ongoing Hundreds of musicians getting started on a decades ship beginning Sept. 1, the Amazon series starring Al of high-level experience and controversy between Israel speak out after rapper’s long love affair with drugs.” country’s embassy in Israel Pacino about a group of prominent leadership” ex- and the Palestinians, and be- anti-Semitic social-me- “Every action was filtered announced Sunday. Nazi hunters in New York hibited by Morantinos, said tween Israel and Jordan. dia posts through a burning need I Before an amendment to City in the 1970s, has been CAM director Sacha Roytman- Israeli, German fighter (JNS) — Hundreds of musi- had for being as far from a Austria’s citizenship law rati- renewed for a second season. Dratwa. pilots to conduct joint cians in the United Kingdom conscious, thinking, feeling fied last September, only sur- Variety reported the news on “The fight against anti- exercises over Dachau, made a stand against “all person as possible. No mes- vivors were entitled to receive Monday. Semitism has never been more Munich Olympic Village forms of racism” following sage would get through for citizenship, and then only if The show — which involves urgent. The rise in attacks (JNS) — Israeli fighter anti-Semitic social-media nearly 20 years,” he said. they left Austria due to Nazi a network of Nazis living in the across the world has reached pilots will make history in posts by British rapper Wiley. “I think what would sur- persecution before May 1945. United States and conspiring truly worrying proportions,” September, when they are Popular names like Rita prise the 16-year-old me is Ynet reports that tens of to create a Fourth Reich, and a he continued. “By appointing scheduled to conduct joint Ora, Niall Horan, Lewis Ca- that I’m okay,” he added. thousands of Israelis will band of misfits who hunt them an anti-Semitism envoy, the military exercises with their paldi, Lily Allen and Little Mix Isaacs, 57, born in Liver- now be eligible for Austrian down — drew criticism from United Nations is sending a German counterparts over the joined fellow artists and music pool to Jewish parents who citizenship under the new some Jewish groups for its very important message to Dachau concentration camp, labels, in addition to industry have since moved to Israel, rule. The application process premise and for its portrayal the world that tackling hatred where more than 30,000 Jews figures, in signing an open is perhaps best known for will be free. of the Holocaust. against Jews is very much a were murdered during the letter titled “#NoSilenceIn- playing Lucius Malfoy in all The amendment is “in Following the release of global priority.” Holocaust, and the Olympic Music” on Aug. 1. eight “Harry Potter” films. line with Austria’s ongoing the first season in February, Sheldon Adelson pledges Village in Munich, where They said “whether it be He has spoken at length about endeavour for reconciliation the Auschwitz Memorial and to pay Las Vegas casino 11 Israeli athletes and their systemic racism and racial growing up in the Jewish with all those who suffered Museum called the show “dan- employees despite pan- coaches were massacred in inequality highlighted by community, and his experi- under the totalitarian Nazi- gerous” for depicting a human demic downturn 1972 by Palestinian terrorists. continued police brutality in ence with anti-Semitism as regime in Austria,” Austria’s chess game in Auschwitz. By Marcy Oster The Israeli Air Force will fly America or anti-Jewish racism a Jewish teenager in London. government website states. “Inventing a fake game of (JTA) — Billionaire casino over these sites to honor the promulgated through online “There were constantly Normally Austrians lose human chess for ‘Hunters’ magnate and Jewish philan- memory of those who perished attacks, the result is the same: people beating us up or their Austrian citizenship is not only dangerous fool- thropist Sheldon Adelson said there, Channel 12 reported on suspicion, hatred and division. smashing windows,” he told when they apply for citizen- ishness & caricature. It also in a letter to his Las Vegas em- Sunday. We are at our worst when we the Independent in 2013 about ship in another country. welcomes future deniers,” the ployees that he will maintain According to the report, attack one another.” his upbringing in the suburb Austrian Chancellor Se- museum said. pay and benefits through at coronavirus restrictions will The letter also read: “Mi- of Childwall. “If you were bastian Kurz has forged very In March, Stephen Smith, least Oct. 31. be taken into account during norities from all backgrounds ever, say, on a Jewish holiday, close ties with Israeli Prime who heads the USC Shoah The letter dated Wednes- the joint exercises, which and faiths have struggled identifiably Jewish, there was Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Foundation Institute — the day recognized the personal will involve fighter squad- and suffered. From slavery lots of violence around. over the past few years. Holocaust foundation founded challenges of the employees rons practicing air battles, to the Holocaust, we have Israel offers Lebanon French Holocaust denier by Steven Spielberg — called during the coronavirus crisis, long-range sorties and aerial painful collective memories. assistance after mas- Alain Soral arrested on Amazon to not produce a including caring for elderly refueling. All forms of racism have the sive, deadly explosion in and his ally Dieudonne second season. relatives, spouses who have Last summer, IAF Com- same roots—ignorance, lack Beirut banned from Facebook “Survivors of the Shoah lost their jobs and uncertainty mander Maj. Gen. Amikam of education and scapegoat- By Ron Kampeas By Cnaan Liphshiz sought justice, not revenge,” about whether their children Nurkin visited Germany to ing. We, the British music WASHINGTON (JTA) — (JTA) — Police in France he wrote in an op-ed. would be returning to school. develop and enhance coopera- industry are proudly uniting Israel has offered Lebanon have again arrested Alain Iran says it fired ballis- The company reportedly tion between the air forces. to amplify our voices, to take humanitarian assistance after Soral, one of the country’s tic missiles from launch paid its staff of 10,000 at The “We meet here and remem- responsibility, to speak out a massive explosion at Beirut’s most prominent purveyors of pads hidden under- Venetian Resort Las Vegas full ber what happened in the past and stand together in solidar- waterfront killed at least 30 anti-Semitic sentiment. ground salaries and benefits during and do everything possible to ity. Silence is not an option.” people and injured thousands. Soral, who has previously (JNS) — Iran’s Islamic Nevada’s state-mandated clo- work together in the future,” The letter was posted after Israel’s defense minister been sentenced to prison for Revolutionary Guard Corps sure that began on March 17 General Nurkin said during Wiley, whose real name is Benny Gantz announced the inciting racial hatred and (IRCG) fired a series of ballistic and ran for over two months. the visit. Richard Kylea Cowie Jr., went offer on Twitter. Prime Min- denying the Holocaust was missiles on Wednesday from Sands owns the Venetian Israeli chemistry stu- on an anti-Semitic tirade a few ister Benjamin Netanyahu, apprehended at his Paris launch pads hidden under- and Palazzo casinos and the dents win gold, silver weeks ago. the Israeli army and at least apartment on July 29 in ground during an ongoing Sands Expo & Convention and bronze at 52nd Twitter, Facebook and one Israeli hospital also of- connection with his website, military exercise. Center on the strip. Olympiad Instagram deactivated the fered aid. “Equality and Reconciliation,” On the second day of the The resorts reopened in By Noam Dvir accounts belonging to Wiley Because Lebanon and Israel Le Parisien reported. The “Great Prophet 14” military early June but have seen a (JNS) — A member of last week after Jewish groups are still technically in a state website outlines conspiracy drill, the IRGC Aerospace huge drop in business, with the Israeli delegation to the worldwide conducted a 48- of war, the offers are being theories about how Jews ex- Force successfully fired the the casinos relying mostly on 52nd International Chemistry hour boycott of Twitter. extended through third-party ercise their power and calls missiles while fighter jets local gamblers. Olympiad (IChO), held this Another mysterious fire diplomatic channels. for a revolution. destroyed targets on Farur Employees also tweeted year in Istanbul, became the erupts at Iran industrial “Under the direction of Separately, Facebook closed island, reported Iran’s Tas- praise for Adelson, a major first Israeli competitor in a area Minister of Defense, Benny on Monday the Facebook page nim news agency. The IRCG giver to Israel causes and decade to win a gold medal at (JNS) — Another fire broke Gantz and Minister of Foreign and Instagram account of also practiced offensive mine Republican candidates. the prestigious event. out in an industrial area near Affairs, Gabi Ashkenazi, Israel Dieudonné M’bala M’bala, a po- operations and tactics at sea. Jordan calls on Israel to Israel’s young chemistry Tehran on Tuesday, Iranian approached Lebanon through litical ally and friend of Soral. The final stage of the ‘end provocations and whizzes competed against state TV reported. international defense and Soral’s arrest was over military drill in the Gulf and violations’ on Temple 240 youths from 60 nations, A fire department official diplomatic channels to offer incitement to hatred against the Strait of Hormuz will Mount including Iran and Syria. said the incident was under in- the Lebanese government Jews and actions that “endan- include missile units, vessels (JNS) — The Jordanian For- Because of the coronavirus vestigation, reported Reuters. medical humanitarian aid,” ger the fundamental interests and drones. eign Ministry called on Israel pandemic, this year’s IChO “The fire broke out at the Gantz tweeted. of the republic.” People ac- The U.S. military’s Central to “respect the sanctity” of the was held via Zoom. industrial area of the Jajrud “This is the time to rise cused of publishing incite- Command said in a statement Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem Roi Peer, 18, of Gan Haim district in the Pardis county above any conflict,” tweeted ment and other non-violent that Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar and end “all provocations and scored a total of 90.35, qualify- this morning … there were the spokesperson for the offenses involving racism and Al Dhafra Air Base in the violations there.” ing him for the gold medal. He no casualties … firefighters Israel Defense Forces, Hidai and calls for insubordination United Arab Emirates were on According to Jordan’s Petra finished 26th in the competi- are trying to contain the fire,” Zilberman. rarely get arrested in France. high alert, Reuters reported News Agency, Foreign Minis- tion rankings. stated Iranian TV. Initial reports said the blast But Soral has been multiple on Tuesday. try spokesperson Deifallah al- Prior to the competition, he A medical clinic north of was in a warehouse packed times, though he has so far “The incident lasted for a Fayez conveyed the message said, “Last year, I won a silver Tehran in July was the scene with explosives and may have avoided prison by appealing matter of minutes, and an of protest through diplomatic medal, and I won bronze the of an explosion that killed 19 been triggered by a fire. Videos his convictions. all-clear was declared after the channels, condemning what it year before that. It’s been a people. And an explosion took posted to social media showed Both Soral and Dieudonné threat indicator had passed,” called “Israeli violations” on weird year because of coro- place east of Tehran near the the forceful blast cutting a have gained attention for post- the military statement said. the Temple Mount, by having navirus, mostly because the Parchin military and weapons wide swath of damage across ing anti-Semitic content and According to satellite im- allowed Jews “to storm the competition will take place on development base on June 26, Beirut, and area hospitals receiving multiple convictions ages released on Monday, mosque” on the Jewish holiday Zoom, and that kind of lowers the report noted. have been overwhelmed with for incitement and Holocaust Iran has moved a dummy U.S. of Tisha B’Av last week. your motivation.” This was the latest in a the injured. denial. Several weeks ago, aircraft carrier to the Strait Hundreds of Jews visited After securing a gold medal, series of mysterious explo- The explosion comes as the YouTube deleted Dieudonné’s of Hormuz, likely for use in the Temple Mount to mark he said, “when they called my sions and fires around Iranian country is reeling from the channel and videos. war games. the fast day commemorating name, it was exciting. After military, nuclear and indus- coronavirus pandemic and The action against Soral, UN names first-ever the destruction of the two three years in the competition, trial facilities in recent weeks. an economic crisis that has who along with Dieudonné anti-Semitism monitor holy temples that once stood I found that the work paid off.” At least seven Iranian ships accelerated unemployment founded the now defunct (JNS) — U.N. Secretary- on the site. Peer’s teammates, Ron caught fire in the port city and hunger. Anti-Zionist Party in France, General António Guterres Al-Fayez also said that the Shprints and Bar Sheffer, of Bushehr about two weeks Israeli authorities told reflects a growing willingness has named Miguel Moran- Temple Mount, where the both earned silver medals, ago as part of a continuation of multiple news organizations on the part of the judiciary to tinos, the High Representa- Al-Aqsa Mosque is located, is with scores of 83.31 and 81.80, mysterious explosions occur- that the country had nothing use force against purveyors of tive for the U.N. Alliance of “a place of worship for Mus- respectively. ring throughout the country, to do with the disaster. anti-Semitic sentiment. Civilizations (UNAOC), as the lims only.” He called on the Team member Ward Yahya according to state media. PAGE 14A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, AUGUST 14, 2020 Israeli scientists identify new culprit behind cancerous growths: tumor-specific bacteria

Larry Luxner Larry Luxner Dr. Naama Geva-Zatorsky of the Technion Integrated Cancer Center in Haifa is among Dr. Ravid Straussman inspects images of bacteria in a tumor in his lab at the Weizmann a growing number of cancer researchers studying bacteria that live in the gut microbiome. Institute of Science in Rehovot.

By Larry Luxner in humans or any other host said Daniel Douek, a senior rael, executive director of the Tumors are complex eco- “We believe we can in- before,” Straussman said. investigator in the human Israel Cancer Research Fund, systems that are known duce an environment where REHOVOT, Israel — De- “Some of these bacteria don’t immunology division of the or ICRF. “This is important to contain immune cells, cancer cannot develop,” she spite their reputation, most even have names.” National Institutes of Health because specificity in biology stromal cells, blood ves- said. “Maybe in the future bacteria are harmless. Many While bacteria were first in Bethesda, Maryland. means that those bacteria are sels, nerves and many more bacteria that stimulate the are vital to human life. detected in human tumors Straussman began his re- playing some biologic role. In components in addition to immune system can be Others, however, cause more than 100 years ago, search into bacteria nearly 10 other words, if there wasn’t a cancer cells. They’re all part added to immune therapy, infections that lead to fatal Straussman reported in a years ago after wondering why reason for those bacteria to of what’s known as the tumor so that the cancer can be diseases ranging from tuber- paper in the May 29 issue of cancer cells in patients don’t persist, the body would reject microenvironment. eradicated more quickly and culosis to bubonic plague. Science that he found bacteria consistently respond to drugs them.” “Our studies, as well as efficiently.” Add cancer to that list, at live inside the cells of many the way they do in the lab. Since 2016, ICRF has been studies by other labs, clearly Her work, too, is being least indirectly. According to cancer types, and that each “People think of tumors funding Straussman’s work demonstrate that bacteria are funded by the Israel Cancer new research led by Dr. Ravid type of cancer houses unique as a mass of cells that grows with grant funding exceed- also an integral part of the Research Fund. Straussman of the Weizmann populations of bacteria. uncontrollably,” Straussman ing $300,000. The organiza- tumor microenvironment,” “We’ve known for centu- Institute of Science in Re- Breast cancer, which has said in a recent interview at tion, which raises millions of Straussman said. “We hope ries that the bacteria in your hovot, bacteria living inside a relatively high incidence his 15-person laboratory at dollars in North America for that by finding out how ex- gut play important roles, cancer cells are likely to have among Jewish women, has a Weizmann’s Department of cancer research, supports actly they fit into the general but in the last three to five a profound effect on how dif- particularly rich and diverse Molecular Cell Biology. “The scientific investigations at tumor ecology, we can figure years it’s been discovered ferent types of tumors behave. microbiome. truth is that tumors are just more than 20 institutions out novel ways of treating that a collection of bacteria “Most bacteria you find “Overall, this research like any other organ.” across Israel. cancer.” influences your immune re- in tumors are known to be will change the diagnosis, In Straussman’s most re- “The unique finding of Dr. Naama Geva-Zatorsky sponse,” Israel said. “That’s present in normal people, but management and prognosis cent project, he and his team Straussman’s paper is that the of the Technion Integrated important now because of there’s also a minority of bac- of human cancer starting now took tumor samples from collections of bacteria within Cancer Center in Haifa is the major new modalities of teria that were never described and for many years to come,” 1,526 patients with seven tumor cells vary from tumor doing related research. She’s treatment that modify the cancer types — breast, lung, type to tumor type,” Israel one of a growing number of immune system to fight off 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 ovarian, pancreatic, mela- said. “They must be providing cancer researchers worldwide the tumor.” A S I A A L I G R E E K noma, bone and brain — and some sort of advantage to the who study bacteria that live in This article was spon- 13 14 15 C A V S L E B R E T R O found different assortments tumor cells, or doing some- the gut microbiome. sored by and produced in 16 17 18 of bacteria that correlated thing that contributes to the Supervising a 10-person partnership with the Israel E G Y P T I A N E T H E L with specific tumor types. tumor’s behavior. Therefore, lab, she has tested at least 60 Cancer Research Fund, whose 19 20 Interestingly, he discovered there’s a lot of interest in get- types of bacteria that thrive ongoing support of these and O A K L E E that about 70% of breast ting rid of them, and hopefully in the human gastrointes- other Israeli scientists’ work 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 A S S E S S P E R S I A N cancer patients have bacteria having a therapeutic effect.” tinal tract. Geva-Zatorsky goes a long way toward ensur- 29 30 31 in their tumors. Straussman said his latest hopes to learn whether the ing that their efforts will have T E E T H S I M T R I O “Some of these bacteria study may also shed light on immune effects of gut bac- important and lasting impact 32 33 34 35 could be enhancing the anti- why some bacteria are drawn teria can be used either to in the global fight against A M A T I A V O N O L D 36 37 38 cancer immune response, to certain cancer cells and prevent cancer from forming cancer. B A B Y L O N I A N while others could be sup- why each cancer has its own or to increase the efficacy of This article was produced 39 40 41 42 43 44 pressing it,” said Dr. Mark Is- typical microbiome. cancer treatments. by JTA’s native content team. N B A A M O T G R A C E 45 46 47 48 E L S A C O S H A G A R 49 50 51 R U S S I A N O T T E R S 52 53 T B S T A L 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 M O T H S A S S Y R I A N To Publish Legal Notices 62 63 64 A N I M E N A E A C L U 65 66 67 R O M A N I R S J E W S For Orange, Osceola, Seminole and Volusia Counties, Call Heritage Florida Jewish News at 407-834-8787 or Email [email protected] HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, AUGUST 14, 2020 PAGE 15A at least one other major uni- the International Holocaust a Jewish student left with the the university to immediately Hillel, Brandeis Center, and USC versity has recognized Zion- Remembrance Alliance defi- sense that she is unwelcome reaffirm support of its Jewish all of our partners to empower From page 1A ism as an important part of nition. in a position of student leader- and Zionist students, and back USC students going forward. Jewish identity for many stu- When this situation sur- ship at USC. While USC today up those words with a concrete StandWithUs (SWU) is an facing anti-Semitism in all dents and Rose herself noted faced earlier in the summer, released a strongly worded plan of action to ensure some- international, non-profit and its forms.” that 95 percent of Jews sup- the USC administration did statement, which condemns thing like this never happens non-partisan Israel education Weaponizing the false port Israel as a Jewish state. not use its voice to clearly anti-Semitism and prom- again. We stand with USC organization that works to claim that supporting Israel’s Furthermore, denying Israel’s and unequivocally condemn ises to implement the Shoah Hillel and Jewish students inspire and educate people existence is a form of racism right to exist or the Jewish efforts to equate Zionism Foundation’s Stronger Than at USC in their efforts to of all ages about Israel, as is both blatantly anti-Semitic right to self-determination is with racism and deny Jewish Hate program, more must combat anti-Semitism and well as challenge misinfor- and antithetical to the values an internationally recognized students equal opportunities be done. ignorance on campus. We will mation and fight against of academic freedom. Indeed, form of anti-Semitism under on campus. We are now seeing StandWithUs calls upon continue to work with ICC, anti-Semitism. Beirut From page 1A Yaakov Amidror, a former “You need to take a look the worst thing it is doing Ben-Shabbat to speak with Benny Gantz and Ashkenazi head of Israel’s National Secu- at which irresponsible en- to Lebanon.” U.N. Special Coordinator for have also indicated Israel been speculation that the rity Council, told Army Radio tity puts things like that Israeli Prime Minister the Middle East Peace Pro- has reached out through blast could have been caused that the blast could have been in a civilian port,” he said. Benjamin Netanyahu has cess Nickolay Mladenov to diplomatic and security by explosive materials stored caused by munitions stored by “Even if Hezbollah is re- instructed National Se- clarify how Israel can assist channels to provide Lebanon by Hezbollah. Hezbollah. sponsible for this, it is not curity Council head Meir Lebanon. Defense Minister assistance. Trap From page 5A saying hateful things about for Jewish groups to stop pop culture than any realistic out against those whose goals extremists and those who are Jews in order to educate and chasing after such dialogue. attempt at finding common are clearly hostile to Jewish either under the influence of BLM is linked to dangerous win them over to the cause of That’s especially true since ground. interests are also necessary. a hatemonger or one of his radicals. brotherhood and understand- these efforts seem more about There are times when the Community-relations strate- confederates. It’s likely that nothing will ing. We wish good luck to all the Jews involved wanting to best course of action is a gies aimed at making friends Jonathan S. Tobin is editor ever stop individuals from those who will make such be seen as in sync with fash- dignified refusal to engage that succeeded in past genera- in chief of JNS — Jewish News trying to reach out and build efforts. ionable left-wing views that with hatemongers. Vigilance tions when directed at genuine Syndicate. Follow him on bridges with those who are But perhaps it’s also time are glorified in contemporary and a willingness to speak moderates don’t work with Twitter at: @jonathans_tobin. Greenberg From page 8A himself Darkness, I decided His father, Albert, moved between true art and science. After graduation, when friendship with Garfunkel, that should be the title of to the United States in 1939 Whoever does not know it the singer decided to leave there is one partner that has due to the previous treat- my book.” to escape the Holocaust and can no longer wonder, can no architecture school and follow provided the cornerstone to ments, would soon be blind. Greenberg eventually became a tailor, but he died longer marvel. He’s as good his dreams to create music, his life. In his memoir, “Hello graduated from Columbia when Greenberg was just 5. as dead and his eyes are dim.’ Greenberg had the opportu- “I have to talk about the Darkness, My Old Friend” (Si- and earned a doctorate from His mother remarried and He was talking about God and nity to pay back his friend. centrality of my then girl- mon & Schuster, June 2020), the Department of Govern- raised three children with her religiosity. “One day, after we gradu- friend, now wife, Sue. I dedi- Greenberg credits Garfunkel ment at Harvard University. second husband, Carl. “For me, being religious ated and I had gone on to cated the book to her and I with lifting him from the pits He married his high school The family seemed predis- means you must wonder at Oxford, I got a call from said, ‘For Sue, the one who of despair and helping him girlfriend, Sue, and along posed to unusual and unlikely the blessings all around us. We Arthur, who said he was has always been there.’ She to begin navigating life as a the way he owned various eye crises. Carl was hit in the must model God’s creation, dropping out of architecture has,” Greenberg said. blind man at just 20 years old. businesses and became an eye by a disgruntled employee otherwise we miss the magic school, which I was opposed “When I went blind, I was “He changed all of his hab- inventor. and required a prosthetic. of daily living.” to, but that was his decision,” convinced that she would its to help me out,” Greenberg He also was chairman of Greenberg’s grandmother, Memories of davening with Greenberg related. “He said, leave me. She stayed with said of Garfunkel. “He would the board of governors of the Pauline, also lost an eye from a Garfunkel at the window in ‘I want to go into the music me through the ugliest part take me out in the city, walk John Hopkins University’s broken spring in a cradle while their college dorm room ignite business with my friend Paul. of my life. She was valorous me to class, help me fix my Wilmer Eye Institute; served babysitting at the age of 8 in that wonder for Greenberg. But I need $400.’ Before he and, in my mind, the hero of tape recorder. on the Mac Science board, her native Poland. “Anyone hearing his finished, I told him he would the book, certainly the center “Most importantly, he which operates overseas as Greenberg, a member of voice singing the prayers, have it. Sue and I had $404 of gravity for my life. You can would read to me regularly. the National Science Foun- the Conservative Adas Israel they would be in simple in our checking account and read it, she’s on every page in He’d walk into the room and dation; was the chairman of Congregation in Washington, awe,” Greenberg recalled. I sent it.” the book.” say, ‘Sanford, Darkness is the Rural Health Care Corp., D.C., considers himself both “Throughout life I have been The two had made a pact In 2012, the Greenbergs going to read to you from which brought telemedicine religious and very spiritual. blessed with music, music back in their dorm room that created the Prize to End Blind- “The Iliad” today,’ or ‘San- to rural parts of the country; “‘The most beautiful ex- that came from the sweetest if either ever needed help, ness by 20/20. On Dec. 14, the ford, Darkness is going to became a member of the perience we can have is the singer in the universe.” “the other would come to award of $3 million in gold will read to you today.’ I suppose Council of Foreign Relations; mysterious,’” said Greenberg, He recalled Garfunkel’s his aid regardless of circum- go to the individual or team he meant that, for me, his and worked in the White quoting Albert Einstein. “‘It voice as “displaying deep and stance.” of researchers that does the voice was emerging from the House under President Lyn- is the fundamental questions warm love I could actually Though Greenberg has a most to end blindness across darkness. Because he called don B. Johnson. which stand at the cradle feel.” deep and abiding love and the globe. Johnson From page 9A but, AnTi SeMiTiSm Anything involving Hol- you are not Hamites, you’re athlete tells his 146k followers per tweeted, “Larry Johnson The Hitler porn genre lywood, Adrenochrome, Piz- more Shemitic.” via a verified account that ‘the continuing to spread his — Larry Johnson (@2Lar- doesn’t get made without a zagate, it’s a Right Wing, Before the Abrahamic “reli- Jewish cabal’ performs well at anti-Semitic garbage. What ryJohnson7) Aug. 1, 2020 Jewish signature. QAnon, conspiracy… gion,” which is stupid in itself ‘ritualistic child torture.’ It’s a disgrace.” The video alleges that — Larry Johnson (@2Lar- This is their way of saying because Israelites (Shemites) clear [Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey] In response, Johnson ap- there’s a conspiracy between ryJohnson7) Aug. 2, 2020 “White People Crazy.” Instead aren’t a religion. @jack has no policy to root out peared to mock Tapper, writ- the billionaire businessman In a separate tweet that of debating the proof, they The Nephilim tainted line antisemitism on @Twitter, only ing, “Anti-Semitic,” accom- Wexner and Israeli intelli- day, the former running back label it a conspiracy and anti- of HAM were the first Baby- to respond with token gestures panied by a video of the late gence in aiding and abetting tweeted, “Just like clock- Semitic. It’s TIRED. lonian occult practitioners of when pressure builds,” tweet- comedian George Carlin say- the human trafficking and work, Anything involving — Larry Johnson (@2Lar- pagan idolatry. ed Dovid Efune, editor-in-chief ing “Smug, greedy, well-fed sexual abuse of the late Jeffrey Hollywood, Adrenochrome, ryJohnson7) Aug. 2, 2020 AA’s you are not Hamites, of The Algemeiner. white people have invented a Epstein. Pizzagate, its a Right Wing, Johnson also claimed that you’re more Shemitic. Responding to Efune in a language to conceal its sins.” In another Aug. 2 tweet, QAnon, conspiracy … This before the “Abrahamic ‘reli- — Larry Johnson (@2Lar- tweet with an emoticon with — Larry Johnson (@2Lar- Johnson tweeted, “The Hitler is their way of saying “White gion,’ which is stupid in itself ryJohnson7) Aug. 2, 2020 tears of joy, Johnson wrote, ryJohnson7) Aug.2, 2020 porn genre doesn’t get made People Crazy.” Instead of de- because Israelites (Shemites) In response to a backlash “I’d tell it to your face if you Carlin, however, was refer- without a Jewish signature.” bating the proof, they label it aren’t a religion. The Nephilim from several Jewish media prefer …” ring to the creation of euphe- But… a conspiracy and anti-Semitic. tainted line of HAM were the personalities over his tweets, — Larry Johnson (@2Lar- misms and did not make any but.. It’s TIRED.” first Babylonian occult practi- Johnson doubled down. ryJohnson7) Aug. 2, 2020 reference to anti-Semitism but. Just like clockwork, tioners of pagan idolatry. AA’s “Here a high-profile former CNN news anchor Jake Tap- or Jews. Rosenblum From page 11A songs. I think they’re kind of, so much religious-based in we were protecting people’s you know, underappreciated. the sense of really studying rights. famous, by [Philip] Roth and Probably my favorite thing the Old Testament or the It’s really scary. I don’t others. to do was to join an African- Talmud, but here’s some- want to exaggerate anything. We loved reading books American church group of thing I have in my kitchen: I don’t like to be a catastroph- about the Orthodox Jewish [gospel] singers, who join with this is a quote that I wrote ist. But I’ve been very worried community in New York. us for the Martin Luther King on a little whiteboard and when it hits home like this, When I watched the [Netflix] Day celebration, the Shabbat it’s from the Talmud. It when things that I worry series recently, “Unortho- service that we do in January says, “The day is short, the about — with the president dox,” I was thinking about every year, and that is a really task is difficult, it is not our of the United States and some HEALTHY EYES WEAR SUNGLASSES the books that we had read wonderful event to get to join. duty to finish it, but we are of the ways in which he con- Every day that you’re outside, you’re exposed to dangerous, but invisible, ultraviolet (UV) sunlight. Left unprotected, prolonged and how those books had You’ve called the federal forbidden not to try.” ducts himself, the people who exposure to UV radiation can seriously damage the eye, leading to cataracts, skin cancer around the eyelid and other eye grown my understanding of action in Portland “authori- I went to the social action have been harmed by policies disorders. 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I loved singing at the differ- toward authoritarianism con- monthly at the synagogue, spirited and cruel, frankly — For more information, visit www.thevisioncouncil.org/consumers/sunglasses. ent holidays. I loved singing cern you as a Jewish official? and I just understood that hit Portland in this way. It’s A public service message from The Vision Council. for the Hanukkah celebration Absolutely. I grew up in that was what being Jewish shocking, and I’m not going because I love Hanukkah Reform Judaism. It was not was about, making sure that to stand for it. PAGE 16A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, AUGUST 14, 2020