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Lévy was scathing on the subject of the Kurds’ immediate neighbors, calling Turkey, Iran and Iraq “the same gang” as far as the Kurds are concerned. “When you think that the three of them have the nerve to appeal to international law,” he said. “Th e hands of Iran’s leaders are still wet with the blood of the 400,000 Syrians that Bashar al-Assad has butchered with the help of Hezbollah.

Palestinian terrorist Nimr Mahmoud Ahmed Jamal. Photo: Facebook.

Kurdish Peshmerga from Syria and Iraq on the frontline against ISIS. Photo: ekurd.net. BY BEN COHEN in Jerusalem (sic — Har Adar) is for the terrorists and their families.” Turkey has on its hands the blood of the lawyers, intellec- Martyr (Shahid) Nimr Mahmoud According to PMW, Jamal’s tuals, military offi cers, and ordinary citizens who have been Th e ruling Fatah movement Ahmed Al-Jamal,” Israeli monitoring family will receive annual compen- tortured to death in the jails of Istanbul and Ankara. Iraq, in the Palestinian Authority organization Palestinian Media sation for life of approximately just in recent memory, has that of the thousands of Kurds rushed on Tuesday to praise Watch (PMW) reported. $9,000, based on the PA’s sliding gassed in Halabja (when thousands of Kurds were killed in Nimer Mahmoud Ahmad Jamal — Former Israeli Interior scale that adds extra funds for each a poison gas attack on this city launched by Iraqi forces.)” the terrorist who murdered three Minister Gideon Sa’ar drew atten- wife and child of dead or convicted “And this merry band is invoking law and morality?” Israelis in the West Bank commu- tion to the fi nancial compensation terrorist. Jamal is reported to have Lévy continued. “We must be dreaming.” He argued that nity of Har Adar, near Jerusalem. Jamal’s family can now expect had one wife and four children. the Erdogan regime poses the most immediate threat to On its Facebook offi cial page, from the PA, declaring that there Fatah — the faction headed Kurdish independence, “because it has, in addition to all the Fatah honored the killer by posting “is no greater encouragement of by PA President Mahmoud Abbas rest, economic leverage.” his picture alongside the text, “Th e terror than the Palestinian Author- — added that Israel bore respon- Continued on Page A3 one who carried out the operation ity’s generous policy of allowances Continued on Page A4

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is arguably one of the worst human rights But another key test awaits Jewish disasters of the 21st century. Democrats. With Trump intent on either The report was a scandal that under- renegotiating the deal with Iran or nulli- JONATHAN S. TOBIN mined the museum’s mission by exonerating fying it, the Jewish community will soon be JNS.ORG Obama for his decision to let Syria and its faced with a difficult choice. people burn, even when chemical weapons If this issue were removed from were being used to kill innocents. The shock partisan politics and personalities, the that the study generated forced the museum to debate would be one-sided. Support for Is there anything that would entice almost immediately withdraw the document. an effort to either improve or throw out an liberal Jews to stand with President Donald The lesson here was not so much the agreement that empowered and enriched Trump or to join with him in trashing former chutzpah of those involved in this disgrace, but the world’s leading state sponsor of terror President Barack Obama’s legacy? the extent of the loyalty that prominent Jewish — a country that is still intent on destroying The obvious answer is nothing. In the wake Democrats still feel for Obama — especially Israel — would be a no-brainer. of Charlottesville, most voters’ disgust with now that he’s been replaced by Trump. Instead of seizing, in Obama’s words, US President Donald Trump delivers his first Trump is at an all-time high — but especially address before the UN General Assembly. Yet as dismaying as this episode was, we an opportunity to “get right with the world,” Photo: UN. liberal Jews, who were already appalled with may soon witness a similar scenario being Iran has used the last two years to become him. Moreover, the longer that Trump is in played out on a far greater stage, as Jewish even more aggressive. The ayatollahs’ object of Trump’s enmity — a point empha- office, the better that his predecessor looks to Democrats are faced with a choice about how military expedition in Syria has established sized during his address to the United Nations many Americans, if only for his more presiden- to react to Trump’s efforts to roll back the Iran what is, for all intents and purposes, a land — it would likely be roundly denounced by tial temperament — if not his policies. nuclear deal. bridge to its Hezbollah terrorist auxiliaries in every segment of responsible Jewish opinion. Yet a desire to defend Obama’s record The Iran deal was Obama’s signature Lebanon. Along with the Iranians’ renewed Yet because many Jews see this fight as a has been very much in the news these days. foreign policy achievement. In order to alliance with Hamas, Tehran now has the political battle, rather than a genuine security One especially egregious instance took place prevent a dubious Congress from preventing ability to launch a three-front war against threat, reactions to Trump’s effort are predict- at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in its confirmation, Obama made it a litmus test Israel at any time of its choosing. Moreover, ably partisan. Washington. of party loyalty, and Democrats filibustered the terms that Obama negotiated for the Perhaps it is too much to ask liberals That museum’s board is made up of Republican efforts to vote it down. nuclear deal have done nothing to make the to realize that even Trump can be right, and both scholars and political appointees. So One of the key episodes of that battle world safer. At best, the deal merely puts off an Obama could have been dead wrong about it was little surprise that after eight years of was Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netan- Iranian bomb for a few years. something so important. But if that is the only being packed with loyal Jewish Democrats yahu’s mistake in accepting a GOP invitation In other words, the Iran nuclear pact way they can view this issue, then the moral (following eight years of Jewish Republicans to address a joint session of Congress to is an indefensible swindle negotiated by an failure is theirs. appointed by George W. Bush), the board speak out against the accord. Obama was administration so determined to get a deal at Jonathan S. Tobin is opinion editor would commission a study about the events able to pressure most Democrats to view this any price that it abandoned every principle of JNS.org and a Contributing Writer for in Syria, which was essentially a whitewash of as a personal insult, and Netanyahu’s speech that it should have defended. Were it not the National Review. Follow him on Twitter at: Obama’s dismal failure to act to prevent what undermined opposition to the deal. personal project of Obama and the particular @jonathans_tobin. Valerie Plame Knew Exactly What She Was Tweeting

This was not the first time Plame blink reality. Plame had to know what she was the retweeted Giraldi’s garbage. In 2014, she doing, since she was aware of Giraldi’s bigotry. Algemeiner Journal ALAN DERSHOWITZ re-tweeted one of his screeds with the Her apologies ring hollow. Her true feelings BOSTON following notation: “Well put.” And after were revealed in what she said before she (USPS 927800) is published weekly tweeting the current antisemitic article she realized that she would be widely condemned (except for the week of Passover described it as: “Yes, very provocative, but for her original re- tweet. She must now do and Succos) thoughtful. Many neocon hawks ARE Jewish. more than apologize. She must explain how Subscription rate $40 per year Ugh.” Nor is this the only time that Plame has she came upon the article? Who sent it to her? Valerie Plame had to know what she was Algemeiner Journal re-tweeted other nonsense from the bigoted Does she regularly read bigoted websites? tweeting. Plame re-tweeted a virulently antise- platform this piece came from – a platform of Why is she reading and re-tweeting a known 508 Montgomery Street mitic article by a well-known bigot, which she which she has pleaded ignorance. According antisemite? What are her own personal views Brooklyn, N.Y. 11225-3023 characterized as “thoughtful.” Now she’s trying to journalist Yashar Ali, Plame has tweeted regarding the content of Giraldi’s article. Periodicals Postage to make excuses, but they don’t wash. at least eight other articles from the same The Plame incident reflects a broader Paid at Brooklyn, N.Y. The article by Philip Giraldi itself contains website since 2014. Sounds like she is into problem about which I have written. There the usual antisemitic tropes: Jews are guilty and at additional mailing offices some strange websites. is a growing tolerance for antisemitism. Even of dual loyalty; they control politicians, the I actually read the Philip Giraldi article when some people themselves do not harbor POSTMASTER: media and entertainment; they want the US to before I was aware of the Plame tweet. I read it these feelings, they are willing to support Send address changes to fight wars for the country to which they have on a neo-Nazi website, where Giraldi’s articles those who do, as long as the antisemites are real allegiance– Israel; they are dangerous Algemeiner Journal are frequently featured. That’s where Giraldi’s on their side of the political spectrum. This is to America. Giraldi has been pushing this articles belong – on overtly antisemitic and an unacceptable approach, especially in the P.O. Box 250746 garbage for years and Plame is one of his fans. neo-Nazi websites. For Plame, a former CIA post-Holocaust era. Unfortunately, Valerie Brooklyn, N.Y. 11225 -3023 But this particular article goes much operative, to claim that she was unaware of Plame is the poster child for this growing toler- further in its neo-Nazi imagery. It advocates that the antisemitic content of Giraldi’s article is to ance. She must be called out on it, as must Let your voice be heard! “The media should be required to label [Jews others who follow the same path of bigotry. like Bill Kristol] at the bottom of the television The problem exists both on the hard [email protected] screen whenever they pop up … That would right and the hard left. Both extremist groups be kind-of-like a warning label on a bottle of rat see the world in racial, ethnic and religious poison — translating roughly as ingest even the terms. Both engage in identity politics: the To advertise in tiniest little dosage of the nonsense spewed by hard left gives more weight to the views of the new Algemeiner Bill Kristol at your own peril.” certain minorities; while the hard right gives e-mail: [email protected] In other words, Jewish supporters of less weight to the views of these same minori- Israel, like Kristol and me, should have to ties. Both are equally guilty of reductionism or call wear the modern day equivalent of a yellow and stereotyping. Neither group is prepared star before we are allowed to appear on TV to judge individuals on their individual merits 718-771-0400 and poison real Americans. Nice stuff that and demerits. Both insist on judging entire Plame was retweeting and characterizing as Valerie Plame. Photo: Wikipedia. thoughtful. Continued on Page A4 www.algemeiner.com | FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2017 A3 World News. Israel Moves to Prevent Brutal Murder of Sarah Palestinian Authority Halimi Motivated by From Joining Interpol ‘Antisemitism,’ Paris Prosecutor Concludes BY JNS.ORG international law enforcement body would significantly bolster the Palestinians’ state- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netan- hood bid, and may unilaterally “state facts on yahu has ordered his country’s Foreign the ground.” Ministry to increase its efforts to prevent the Israel has also expressed concern that the Palestinian Authority (PA) from joining the Palestinians might abuse their membership international police organization Interpol. and use Interpol as a platform from which to The Palestinian membership bid is scheduled undermine the Jewish state, including poten- to be discussed at Interpol’s annual assembly, tial demands to extradite Israeli officials or which will take place Sept. 26-29 in Beijing. pursue other legal action against them, based Based in Lyon, France, Interpol numbers on the Palestinian argument that the settle- 190-member states, making it the second- ment enterprise is a “crime.” largest international organization after the A two-thirds majority vote is required United Nations. for the PA membership bid to be approved. The Palestinians have been eyeing an According to the Foreign Ministry official, Interpol membership for several years. An Israel is working to toughen the acceptance Israeli Foreign Ministry official said over the criteria while simultaneously trying to weekend that admission to the prestigious postpone the vote.

Murdered French Jewish pensioner Sarah Halimi. Photo: Halimi family. German Far-Right Leader BY BEN COHEN CRIF’s head, said that if a judge was to uphold the prosecutors’ position, then “the trial of the murderer must also be the trial of the French Jews have cautiously welcomed Questions Country’s antisemitism that murders in France. ” the decision of the Paris public prosecutors’ Gilles-William Goldnadel, a lawyer office to recognize the murder of Sarah Halimi for the Halimi family, pointed out that he – a Jewish pensioner who lived alone in public Relationship With Israel had consistently urged that the murder be housing in Paris — as an antisemitic hate crime. regarded as an antisemitic crime — on July The prosecutor’s decision was 10, after spending over two months under announced last week, and was based on inter- psychiatric observation, Traore was charged views conducted by psychiatrist Dr. Daniel The far-right leader’s comments came with “voluntary manslaughter” and “kidnap- BY JNS.ORG Zagury with Halimi’s killer, 27-year-old Kobili during the same press conference in which he ping,” but the antisemitic aspect of the murder Traore. In the early hours of April 4, Traore — said Jews have nothing to fear from his party’s was ignored. The leader of the far-right political party who had previously made antisemitic remarks electoral victory. “Of course I am satisfied, but it seemed Alternative for Germany (AfD) Monday to Dr. Halimi — broke into her apartment “There is nothing in our party, in our to me to be obvious,” Goldnadel commented questioned why Israel’s existence should and proceeded to beat her ferociously while program, that could disturb the Jewish people on the prosecutors’ decision. “Better late remain a German national interest, following yelling Islamist slogans. Police who arrived at who live here in Germany,” he said. than never.” his party’s third-place finish in Sunday’s the scene during Halimi’s ordeal reportedly AfD garnered around 13 percent of the Thomas Bidnic, Traore’s lawyer, accused election. feared a terrorist attack was underway and vote in Germany’s national election, finishing the prosecutor of following “the direction of “If Israel’s existence is part of the German failed to rescue her before Traore threw her behind Chancellor Angela Merkel’s center- the wind” — a reference to the outpouring of national interest then we would have to be out of a third-floor window to her death. right Christian Democrats and the center-left public anger over Halimi’s murder, which was prepared to send German soldiers to defend According to Zagury, Traore’s assault on Social Democratic Party. virtually ignored by the French media in its the Jewish state,” AfD co-leader Alexander Halimi was both “antisemitic” and a “delirious German Jewish leader Charlotte immediate aftermath because of concern that Gauland told reporters Monday, referring to act” influenced by the heavy consumption of Knoblock, president of the Jewish Commu- too much coverage might boost the electoral the issue as “problematic” for Germany. marijuana. However, Zagury was clear that nity of Munich and Upper Bavaria as well chances of Marine Le Pen, the far-right Gauland reiterated his position in an Traore was not sufficiently intoxicated at the time as a former president of the German Jewish candidate who was resoundingly defeated interview with the Frankfurter Allgemeine of the attack to be absolved of criminal responsi- Council, called AfD’s electoral showing a “true by centrist Emmanuel Macron in the May 7 Zeitung newspaper, saying, “German society bility — a key demand of Traore’s lawyers. nightmare.” presidential election. doesn’t really understand what the signifi- In a statement, French Jewish repre- “This changes the political debate and “I do not really see anything new in the cance is. That is, that German soldiers would sentative body CRIF said it was “relieved” culture and affects the image of Germany in record — my client refutes all charges of fight and die alongside Israeli soldiers.” and “satisfied” with the announcement, the world,” she said. antisemitism,” Bidnic was quoted as saying by which coincided with the Jewish New Year the French newspaper Liberation. on Wednesday last week. Francis Kalifat, Continued from Page A1 because one has no others.” Kurdish Independence Arguing that Israel and Kurdistan “share Lévy had similarly harsh words for the in New York City would, Lévy said, serve “Everything on which the Kurdish the same ethical and political principles,” Western democracies that have acquiesced as a partial riposte to US President Donald economy depends comes and goes through Lévy declared that “Iraqi Kurdistan is the to Turkish, Iranian and Iraqi pressure on the Trump for his “scandalous lack of gratitude… Turkey,” he said. only Muslim country where the alliance with referendum, despite the consistent records of throwing the Kurds away now that they’ve Lévy praised Israel for its supportive Israel is perceived not as a necessary evil but the Kurds as allies of the west. “When you see served their purpose.” On September 15, the stance on the Kurdish referendum — the only as a source of pride.” Israeli politicians across the democracies with their eyes riveted on the Trump administration expressed its opposi- country to express such backing. By Monday the spectrum have spoken out in support of slightest change in the mood of these sensi- tion to the Kurdish vote, claiming that the US night, with nearly all the votes counted, more Kurdish independence, with Yesh Atid leader tive characters, when you see them tripping “has repeatedly emphasized to the leaders than 93 percent of voters had answered “yes” Yair Lapid telling The Algemeiner on Sunday, over each other to serve as their interpreters of the Kurdistan Regional Government that to the question — posed in the Kurdish, Arabic, “The Jewish people know what it is to struggle and even as their press attachés, well now the referendum is distracting from efforts to Turkmen and Assyrian languages – “Do you for an independent homeland.” the dream [of Kurdish independence] has defeat ISIS and stabilize the liberated areas.” want the Kurdistan Region and the Kurdistani Lévy added, “By the way, that is what become a nightmare,” Lévy reflected. Lévy urged Jews around the world to areas outside the administration of the Region Erdogan had in mind when he said, in his The philosopher described his two engage in a “generous show of friendship” to become an independent state?” Some 25 inimitable style, that he feared the birth of a recent films on the Kurds — “Peshmerga,” the toward the Kurds. million mainly Muslim Kurds are currently ‘second Israel.'” In recent weeks, pro-Erdogan name for Kurdish fighters, and “The Battle of “Jews have a special obligation to support divided between Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria. media outlets in Turkey have been filled with Mosul,” which documents the fight against the Kurds,” he said. “I hope they will come say “I’m glad that Israel’s leaders have finally antisemitic conspiracy theories alleging that ISIS in the northern Iraqi city — as “a modest to the Peshmerga: ‘For years now you have understood that the Kurds are their natural the Kurdish vote is a “Zionist plot” coordinated attempt to repay them in very small part for spilled your blood to defend the values of our allies,” Lévy said. “Not allies of convenience, by Israel in order to resettle 200,000 Kurdish what they have given us.” shared civilization. Now it is our turn to defend not tactical allies, not the sort of allies that one Jews in the region. embraces in spite of disagreements simply A forthcoming showing of “Peshmerga” your right to live freely and independently.'” A4 | FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2017 World News.

with the Levinsky College. other literacy courses. “I was in shock, and tried to under- Three days after the panel issued its stand what the reason was, and the reasons recommendation on June 5, Landa was kept shifting, both from [O’Flahavan] and informed that her contract would not be Hultgren.” Landa said she was distraught, and renewed. explained to Hultgren that this was her life’s “I believe that retaliation was part of their work and that her research depended on her reason for firing me,” she said. participation in the literacy team, but “she Landa noted that several UMD profes- supported Dr. O’Flahavan’s decision.” sors expressed their support for her, but Ultimately, “the explanation they gave asked to remain unnamed due to fear of me was that this course was now going to be retaliation. “Two of them do not have tenure,” taught partly on campus and partly in elemen- she explained, while “three of the doctoral tary school, and they didn’t feel that I had students who have supported me have experi- enough experience and enough contact in the enced retaliation.” elementary school to do it successfully, despite She noted that many of her former the fact that I spent 17 years in Montgomery students have written letters protesting her County public schools as a literacy educator dismissal, pointing to an open letter published

The University of Maryland-College Park campus. Photo: UMD. before doing my PhD,” Landa said. by 17 of Landa’s self-described “current and When she asked to be assigned to a former students, and people of color,” in different course in the literacy program, “Dr. UMD’s student newspaper on September 13. Pro-Israel University of Maryland O’Flahavan informed me that none were avail- Landa “recognized and addressed able,” Landa said. “Subsequently, I learned the reality of racism in all her classes while that he assigned them to doctoral students advocating for faculty and students of color Professor Dismissed After to teach.” She noted that this goes against for more than 10 years,” the students wrote. the policy of the college of education, which “Landa is our ally and was one of the best Complaining of Religious prioritizes the teaching requests of faculty professors at this institution.” members over those of doctoral students. “Knowing that we attend a university Discrimination Plans Legal Action Landa said her offer to meet with UMD’s that does not value her enough to retain her ombuds officer to reach a compromise was makes us feel the exact opposite,” the students rejected by O’Flahavan, while Hultgren met added, calling on UMD to reverse its “careless with the officer privately but did not agree to decision” and demonstrate its commitment BY SHIRI MOSHE sion for many students — they generally had her proposed compromise. “to lessening racism on the campus.” “a friendly relationship” before her activism “O’Flahavan cut me off from his cell Landa’s attorney observed “that every A Jewish professor at the University of surrounding the Karega controversy. phone, which he gives to all students and time Professor Landa stepped up her activism Maryland (UMD) who was dismissed months Landa said she began to feel a negative faculty members, he blocked my number, he or spoke out, there was a quick and adverse after complaining of facing religious discrimi- change in her interactions with O’Flahavan, informed me that his office phone was broken, response from her school [lost course, nation plans to pursue legal action against the which only worsened after she joined the and I had absolutely no way to reach him. He lost vacation time, not having her contract school, The Algemeiner has learned. Academic Engagement Network (AEN), a refused to speak with me,” Landa said. renewed].” Dr. Melissa Landa, who worked as an group that seeks to mobilize professors and “Finally, when it was clear to me that there “When you see a pattern like the one we assistant clinical professor at UMD’s College administrators in opposition to the BDS wasn’t going to be an amicable resolution … have here, you must question if there was a of Education and has been a vocal opponent movement. I filed a formal faculty grievance in February discriminatory motive for the actions taken of anti-Israel activism in academia, was Landa noted that she informed 2017,” she added. She said this is when her against Professor Landa,” Wilkenfeld added. informed on June 8 that her contract would O’Flahavan about her participation in AEN work environment became “more hostile,” UMD representatives told The not be renewed. Her firing, which is currently in April, and shortly afterwards about her and that neither O’Flahavan or Hultgren were Algemeiner on behalf of O’Flahavan and being investigated by UMD’s Office of Civil invitation to speak at the group’s inaugural on speaking terms with her. Hultgren that while the university was “barred Rights and Sexual Misconduct, came shortly conference. Less than a week later, O’Flahavan “Two of the most senior members of the by law from commenting publicly about after the resolution of a faculty grievance that withdrew from a paper that he and Landa faculty attended the grievance hearing on my confidential personnel matters,” it “does not Landa filed in February against two of her were set to jointly present on April 12, at the behalf, praising my work, and my profession- tolerate discrimination in the workplace, and colleagues. annual conference of the American Educa- alism, and my experience,” she said. freedom of speech is protected on this and all Faculty members who submit such tional Research Association in Washington, UMD’s Faculty Grievance Panel did not public college campuses.” complaints may not be “reprimanded or DC. The paper was a comparative study based vote in Landa’s favor, noting that TLPL had “For context on student and academic discriminated against in any way,” according on research that Landa had conducted in modified its curriculum and, according to life, the Hillel chapter at UMD is the nation’s to university policy, and Landa’s attorney Ari Israel, and O’Flahavan — who contributed O’Flahavan and Hultgren, other professors third largest and most active,” said spokes- Wilkenfeld said legal steps against UMD “are research from the United States — was the were better suited to teach the amended person Katie Lawson. “The Gildenhorn forthcoming.” second author. courses. However, the panel observed that Institute for Israel Studies, one of the nation’s Landa told The Algemeiner that her “He said he was not going to present the some “underlying interpersonal issues premiere programs of its kind, and Meyerhoff troubles began shortly after she started vocally paper with me and he was not going to attend between [Landa] and [O’Flahavan] may have Jewish Studies Center support broad-based advocating for Israel “in November 2015, the conference for the first several days. He also factored into the staffing decision.” It academic inquiry. The university also when I wrote an essay for Scholars for Peace gave no explanation other than he had family added that Landa had a good teaching record, maintains strong exchange programs with in the Middle East denouncing the [anti- obligations, and I was unable to contact him and should not be prevented from teaching premiere Israeli universities.” Israel Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions] by phone or email throughout the confer- movement in academia.” The next month, ence,” said Landa, who ultimately delivered Landa — who completed her undergraduate the paper alone. Continued from Page A2 What the hard right and hard left share degree at Oberlin College — formed a group to Ten days after the conference, Landa Tweeting in common is special bigotry toward Jews: address what she and other concerned alumni went to Israel for Passover, a trip she said she groups and on stereotyping. the neo-Nazi right hates the Jewish people; saw as rising antisemitic and anti-Israel senti- approved with TLPL department head Dr. American Jews—like other Americans and the hard left hates the nation state of the ment at their alma mater. Francine Hultgren “weeks in advance.” While — are deeply divided on important issues, Jewish people and those Jews who support it. The group soon came across social Landa arranged to have her teaching assis- such as the Iran deal, the current prospects Both views are bigoted and must not become media posts by then Oberlin professor Joy tant cover her classes and also joined them for peace between the Israelis and Palestin- acceptable among centrist liberals and Karega, who called the Islamic State terrorist via video conference, she said she received ians, and the Trump administration’s foreign conservatives. group “a CIA and Mossad operation” and an email from Hultgren right before the first policies. To generalize about “Jews” is both Follow Alan Dershowitz on Twitter: @ endorsed claims that “Israeli and Zionist Jews” Seder on Friday, April 22, telling her that she factually and morally wrong. AlanDersh, Facebook: @AlanMDershowitz. were behind the 9/11 terror attacks. When was “compromising my professional responsi- Landa started speaking to the press about bilities by being away for such a long period of Karega’s comments, she shared those articles time.” Landa had been in Israel for three days Continued from Page A1 said. Many Israeli security analysts fear that with the associate chair of UMD’s Teaching at that point. By Monday, she was on a plane Praises the reconciliation process between Fatah and and Learning, Policy, and Leadership (TLPL) heading back to the United States. sibility for the murders of border policeman its Islamist rival, Hamas, will result in greater department, Dr. John O’Flahavan, who previ- The situation continued escalating after Solomon Gavriyah, 20, and civilian security competition between the two as to who can ously served as her doctoral adviser. Landa received a microgrant from the AEN to guards Youssef Ottman, 25, from Abu Ghosh, more effectively prosecute Palestinian “resis- “He discouraged my participation and establish a partnership with colleagues at the and Or Arish, 25, a resident of Har Adar. tance” to Israel’s presence in the West Bank defended Joy Karega’s freedom of speech, and Levinsky College of Education in Tel Aviv over “Israel alone bears responsibility for the and Jerusalem. was critical of my involvement in [the Oberlin the summer. The partnership was based on Palestinian responses to the occupation’s The Har Adar attack comes as the US chapter of the anti-BDS group Alums for Landa’s research in Israel. crimes against the members of our people,” Congress prepares to vote on the Taylor Campus Fairness],” Landa said. Landa said that days after she informed the movement stated. Force Act — named for the former American She recounted that although O’Flahavan O’Flahavan about this opportunity, he Fatah activist Munir al-Jaghoub offered serviceman murdered in a Palestinian attack had once urged her to stop displaying an reassigned her from the literacy team, which a further threat. “If it [Israel] continues its in Jaffa in 2016 — that would make US aid to Israeli flag in her office — indicating that it was she had been involved with for over a decade, incessant aggression against the Palestinian the PA conditional on a complete, verifiable a problematic symbol and a sign of oppres- and which was crucial for her collaboration people, it can only expect more violence,” he end to its “martyr payments” policy. www.algemeiner.com | FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2017 A5 U.S. News. University of Illinois Chancellor IBM Acquires Israel’s Cloudigo Slams ‘Antisemitic Attacks Hidden Data Center Company Under Anti-Zionist Rhetoric’ BY JNS.ORG “IBM acquired a high-performance team focused on advanced networking technology The American software giant IBM has that moves the networking function from The chancellor of the University of BY SHIRI MOSHE announced its acquisition of the Israeli data center the server to the edge, increasing data center Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) on company Cloudigo for an undisclosed sum. efficiency,” John Considine, general manager Sunday condemned rising antisemitism at American universities, including “anti-Semitic attacks “I am glad to share that IBM acquired hidden under the guise of anti-Zionist rhetoric.” of cloud infrastructure services at IBM, wrote Cloudigo. Thank you very much to the amazing in a blog post. In a statement issued in response to “growing national instances of intolerance, especially Cloudigo Team. Looking forward for our on college campuses,” Chancellor Robert Jones denounced the pervasiveness of racist and Considine noted the Cloudigo team will journey in IBM,” Cloudigo co-founder and CEO work in IBM’s “Cloud Innovation Lab.” antisemitic symbols and behaviors, from painted swastikas and KKK costumes to illegitimate Eran Gampel wrote on LinkedIn last week. attacks on the Jewish state and its supporters. IBM has made several previous acquisi- Cloudigo specializes in building data “Members of our Jewish, African American, Latino/a and many other residents of our diverse tions of Israeli technology companies, including center infrastructure and is a leading provider community find themselves asking whether they are welcome and safe here,” Jones wrote. “The the security software vendor Trusteer for an of networking services. answer to that — whether in Urbana-Champaign, Chicago, or any place in this country — must undisclosed amount believed to be around Sources referred to the acquisition cost be a clear and resounding: ‘Yes, you are.’” $1 billion, as well as Israel-based Computing as “small,” the Israeli financial news outlet Earlier this month, while promoting a rally it was co-sponsoring, UIUC’s chapter of Students for Solutions Leaders for an undisclosed amount Globes reported. Justice in Palestine equated Zionism — the movement for Jewish that is reportedly about $20 million. national self-determination — with white supremacy and fascism. The group threatened to use “any means necessary” against supporters of each ideology, including “full-scale armed conflict.” During the rally, SJP displayed an Israeli flag that was covered in fake blood and the word “genocide.” Illini Public Affairs Committee (IlliniPAC) — a bipartisan, pro-Israel student group at UIUC — praised Jones’ statement on social media “for affirming to Pro-Israel and Jewish students that our voice matters, and has been heard, on this campus.” “The University of Illinois is a pro-Israel campus that is a safe and welcoming community for all members,” Hayley Nagelberg, a junior at UIUC and co-president of IlliniPAC, told The Algemeiner on Monday. “We work year round to stay in communication with our administration.” The group helped organize a letter campaign to the UIUC administration following SJP’s comments, allowing students and alumni to express their frustration over the university’s failure to respond to incidents that target and isolate the Jewish community. “We feel that [Jones’] letter to the campus community responded to these statements,” Nagelberg said. “Words must be supported by action,” she added. “IlliniPAC leaders will continue to advocate for the University of Illinois to take concrete steps toward protecting pro-Israel and Jewish students. Individuals and organizations who perpetuate hate must be held accountable. We will continue our efforts until that is achieved.” Swastika Found at Georgetown U. on Rosh Hashanah Eve

BY SHIRI MOSHE

The president of Georgetown University in Washington, DC has called on his community to reject antisemitism and other forms of hatred after a swastika was found on campus on the eve of Rosh Hashana, the third such incident in recent weeks. The painted symbol, which President John DeGioia described as “an abhorrent act of anti-Semitism,” was discovered in a women’s restroom at the LXR Hall dorm on Wednesday, alongside violent and misogynistic language. “There is never a time or place for these acts, and this incident is even more disturbing during Rosh Hashanah,” DeGioia wrote. “We stand in solidarity with our Jewish community and strongly condemn this act of hate, anti- Semitism, and sexism.” Earlier this month, two red swastikas were discovered in an elevator at LXR Hall. A swastika was found in another elevator at the Village C West residence a day before. The school’s police department is investigating the three cases and has ramped up its patrols around the residence halls. Antisemitic vandalism has been uncovered at George- town five times this calendar year, according to the campus watchdog group AMCHA Initiative. The number of reported hate crimes motivated by religious bias in the DC area rose from five in 2015 to 18 in 2016 — a 260 percent increase — according to police. A dozen of the 18 incidents targeted members of the Jewish faith. A6 | FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2017 Opinion.

has ever entered into,” and, more succinctly, an “embarrassment to the United States.” He Trump Hammers UN Apathy and threatened that with a recertification deadline less than a month away, “I don’t think you’ve Amorality heard the last of it — believe me.” The denunciations of rogue states is rare to nonexistent in the halls of the UN. The United Nations has embarrassed itself as it has tional IAEA inspectors were denied entry into repeatedly morally equivocated when it comes a critical Iranian military installation and didn’t to brutal governments and terrorists regimes. SHMULEY BOTEACH bother trying to enter a number of other sites Trump upended the UN’s pathetic apathy. He ENGELWOOD of suspected nuclear research and develop- made it clear that overall support from the ment. Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force United States to the UN would be dependent One, Trump declared that Iran had “violated on the UN chartering a new course, hopefully so many different elements” of the deal that one where terror-funding “rogue nations” like the US would no longer “stand for what [the Iran, and not democracies like Israel, become What a shame that the NFL controversy Iranians are] doing.” the target of the UN’s wrath. over the national anthem drowned out what With a deadline for Iranian sanctions In Trump’s own words, “If the righteous should have been President Donald Trump’s relief coming up this October, many had US President Donald Trump delivers his first many don’t confront the wicked few, then evil shining moment on the world stage — as he come to believe that Trump might just scrap address before the UN General Assembly last will triumph.” week. Photo: UN. delivered one of the most powerful speeches what he called “the worst deal ever.” Iranian I watched as Prime Minister Benjamin on foreign policy that the famously amoral President Hassan Rouhani responded just he said, were embarking not on a quest for Netanyahu of Israel praised Trump’s speech body has ever heard. a few days ago with the not so veiled threat nuclear power, but rather a “suicide mission.” as the boldest that he had ever heard at the Last week, the world’s leaders gathered that Iran would “react swiftly” to an American Trump would later be criticized for UN. As a Jew, I felt gratitude. As an American, for the 72nd United Nations General Assembly cancellation of the deal. Apparently trying to engaging in a war of words with Kim. But I felt pride. session. What they and millions of onlookers intimidate the United States, Rouhani added it was a relief to finally hear a head of state The need for leaders to identify and around the globe were waiting to see was that “if the US wants to increase the tensions, speak with candor about the evil that the confront evil was epitomized by Winston what the famously outspoken president of the it will see the reaction from Iran.” North Korean government represents, and the Churchill, when he stood atop his own United States would say in his first address With all this circling, Trump was set to extreme dangers of allowing rogue regimes to historical podium in the bleakest moments of at the United Nations. What they got was a give his first address to the global community. acquire nuclear weapons. World War II. There, he stared down the evil brilliant and decisively moral speech empha- And he delivered. Iran, too, was finally called out by the of Nazism as he delivered his famous “Fight sizing how the United States would no longer Trump offered a speech of crystal-clear American president as an “economically Them on the Beaches” speech, following tolerate the belligerency of rogue nations. moral clarity, one composed of words that depleted rogue-state” whose financial woes the Dunkirk evacuation. He spoke without In the run-up to the speech, multiple were unequivocal in their denunciation of were best explained by the fact that their ambiguity of the existence of true wickedness, diplomatic crises had converged in a fright- the world’s most evil regimes — though he “chief exports are violence, bloodshed and calling his German foes “a monstrous tyranny ening fit of concurrent escalation. North Korea promised not to violate the sovereignty of chaos.” He was referring of course to the blind- never surpassed in the dark, lamentable was upping the stakes in a nuclear game of other states. to-blood murderers that the Iranians fund catalogue of human crime.” He told the free chicken with the United States, conducting its In some of the strongest terms available to in Lebanon, Iraq, Yemen and — to the most world, which was gradually rallying behind 15th illegal missile test this year — this time, a head of state, Trump went after what he called horrific effect — Syria. He did not, however, him, that even in the face of such a powerful firing a rocket right over Japan. Twelve days “the scourge of our planet” — the regimes in criticize Russia for its efforts in Syria. Beyond enemy, they dare not abdicate their “duty prior Pyongyang tested what appeared to be North Korea and Iran. These regimes, he appro- being the greatest destabilizing force in the to defend the world cause to which we have a hydrogen bomb, invoking a new wave of UN priately pointed out, “violate every principle on Middle East, of course, Iran is also hell-bent vowed ourselves.” sanctions. And all this was before Kim Jong-un which the United Nations is based,” respecting on acquiring a nuclear weapon. With leaders from around the globe referred to Trump as “a mentally deranged US “neither their own citizens nor the sovereign In addition, Iran not only suppresses its in New York for a new session of the United dotard,” causing people all over the internet to rights of their countries.” citizens’ freedoms, but actually kills them in Nations, we can only hope that President look up the meaning of dotard. North Korea is a country that has brutal- the streets, as the world witnessed in the 2009 Trump’s colleagues will follow his bold words Meanwhile, the world’s other nuclear ized its citizens, starving them for years, while Green Revolution. Our president made it clear and stop criminal regimes before they claim menace, Iran, seemed to be charting its own diverting resources to the country’s military that the American people would not be fooled countless more innocent victims. crash course with the United States — one and nuclear program — a nuclear program by the “murderous” regime’s “false guise of Rabbi Shmuley Boteach whom the that, though subtler, is just as dangerous. Less that as Trump pointed out, “threatens the democracy.” Trump, instead, said that their Washington Post calls “the most famous than two years into the disastrous nuclear deal entire world with unthinkable loss of life.” regime was a “corrupt dictatorship.” rabbi in America” is the founder of the World signed by former President Barack Obama, Trump said that if forced to defend itself or its Trump then turned to the Iran nuclear Values Network and the international best- Iran already seems to be violating its barely- allies, America would “be left with no choice deal. Again, he chose to unmask it for the selling author of 31 books, including, “The extant side of the agreement. Israeli intelligence but to totally destroy North Korea.” farce that it is, calling it “one of the worst and Israel Warrior.” Follow him on Twitter @ officials have reportedly learned that interna- “Rocket man” and his “band of criminals,” most one-sided transactions the United States RabbiShmuley.

speech”) primarily focuses on the arrest of a ment, including a poem that she posted on Palestinian named Issa Amro for the “crime” Facebook imploring Palestinians to “Resist, UK Newspaper Runs of using Facebook to call for the release of a my people, resist them.” The poem called on journalist who was detained by the PA for criti- Palestinians to join the “caravan of martyrs,” cizing Mahmoud Abbas. Amro’s arrest was and was accompanied by a video: Op-Ed Promoting based on a new law, which allows the impris- The indictment also cited a Facebook onment of Palestinians who use social media post by Tatour suggesting that she’d become Palestinian Propaganda to criticize Abbas or other PA officials. Yet in the next shahid (martyr), and another post in her article, Buttu pivots to Israel by suggesting which she shared the following message by that Jerusalem has similarly enacted laws to the terror group Islamic Jihad: “quash dissent.” The Islamic Jihad movement hereby fired from Gaza “do not have explosive heads.” Here is the sentence in question: declares the continuation of the intifada In fact, those Palestinian rockets carried As part of Israel’s tactics to quash dissent, throughout the West Bank. … Continua- it has arrested Palestinians, including Pales- tion means expansion … which means all of ADAM LEVICK between 9-18 kilograms of explosives. At a Harvard conference in 2012, she tinian citizens of Israel, for writing poems, Palestine. … And we must begin within the JERUSALEM repeated the lie about “rockets without explo- for criticising Israel on Facebook and for Green Line … for the victory of Al-Aqsa, and sive heads,” and added another one, claiming broadcasting stories critical of Israel, its we shall declare a general intifada.” that: “there weren’t any grad rockets fired occupation or leadership. While reasonable people can argue in 2008 and 2009.” Actually, as CAMERA Once again, Buttu is being dishonest. about whether or not the totality of the Former PLO adviser Diana Buttu has a revealed, dozens were fired. Whilst incitement to violence on social Facebook messages posted by Tatour amount history of not telling the truth about Israel. More recently, CAMERA caught Buttu in media is against the law in Israel, the police to incitement, the suggestion that she was During interviews in the early-to-mid another lie, complaining to journalist David do not arrest Palestinians (or anyone for imprisoned merely for a poem criticizing the 2000s, Buttu claimed (to several media Remnick (in a September New Yorker article) that matter) merely for criticizing Israel, its Israeli government is absurd. outlets) that “between the period of 1997 until that the Israeli TV show “Fauda” never mentions leaders or its policies — nor for broadcasting Moreover, it’s instructive to note that the the year 2000, there wasn’t a single Israeli the word “occupation,” and that the series stories critical of the state. As the human UK has online hate and incitement laws, which who died of a suicide bombing inside Israel.” doesn’t show “a single checkpoint.” But contrary rights organization Freedom House reports, are arguably harsher than those in Israel. However, as CAMERA revealed at the time, to Buttu’s claim, the word “occupation” is heard there are no Israeli restrictions on criticizing Under British law, you can be impris- 24 Israeli civilians were killed in six separate in “Fauda,” and checkpoints do appear. government policy. oned for sending social media messages that Palestinian suicide attacks during that period. Buttu’s latest smear against Israel was Further, the woman likely alluded to are “indecent or grossly offensive, or which During the 2008-09 Israeli war with published in the Guardian. by Buttu, who was allegedly arrested for conveys a threat, or which is false, provided Hamas, Buttu bizarrely alleged, during inter- Her op-ed (“Issa Amro is merely the “writing a poem,” is Dareen Tatour. Tatour there is an intent to cause distress or anxiety was indicted in 2016 for several acts of incite- views on CNN and Fox News, that rockets latest casualty of Palestine’s war on free Continued on Page A7 www.algemeiner.com | FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2017 A7 Opinion. Tradition. Iraqi Kurds’ Independence On Becoming an American Is Decades Overdue

BEN COHEN/JNS.ORG 9 percent of the population) have largely NEW YORK been politically inactive — though perse- ALON BEN MEIR cuted — under the Assad regimes. In the NEW YORK past five years, they have established a semi- autonomous region that Turkey vehemently This week, I became an American citizen. opposes, fearing that it could prompt its own As I intently studied my naturalization certifi- The Statue of Liberty.Photo: Wikimedia Commons. Kurds to seek autonomy à la the Iraqi Kurds. cate after the oath-taking ceremony, it struck None of these countries have the legal have been but a matter but of little impor- The Iraqi Kurdish vote for independence, me how fortunate I am to be accepted into or moral right to oppose the Iraqi Kurds’ tance, had it not been accompanied by a taking place on Monday, is more than likely this nation on the eve of Rosh Hashanah, of all referendum. revolution in the principles and practice of to pass. Sadly, however, not a single country occasions. There are seven million Iraqi Kurds governments.” (with the exception of Israel) has expressed I should stress that my own story is (roughly 15 percent of the population), who These principles have been considered support for the Kurds’ impending historic rather routine and uninteresting. I came to the have been the target of persecution from day utopian, but I believe they also reveal a funda- decision to finally achieve self-determination. US from the United Kingdom with my family, one following the establishment of the state mental truth about how humans should be Although the passage of the referendum I had a job and a home in New York, and as the of Iraq in 1922. The Kurds were mercilessly governed. We are imperfect, we are selfish, will not automatically lead to statehood, it years went by, I progressed from a work visa victimized under Saddam Hussein’s regime, we will always clash, but we have as well represents a crucial step forward that opens to a “green card” to full citizenship. Along the which killed at least 50,000 Kurds during common principles and common beliefs that the door for negotiations with the Shiite-led way, I did nothing more dramatic than fill out the 1980s. Hussein also gassed 5,000 men, bring us together — the task of government, government in Baghdad to reach a lasting, lots of forms and attend periodic interviews women and children to death in 1988. Since therefore, is to reconcile those two poles permanent agreement on statehood. with immigration officials. 1991, the Kurds have consolidated autono- in a manner that is lawful and liberal in the Regardless of how difficult these But there were 199 other people in the mous rule under American protection, which classical sense of that term. For all the bitter- negotiations will be, and notwithstanding room with me, from 60 different countries, gave them the space to build a self-governing ness of our current politics, who wants to live the opposition to the referendum even by the and with vastly different experiences that, region that now enjoys all the markers of an in a society where beliefs and opinions are Kurds’ allies — especially the US — the Kurds nonetheless, led us all to this single moment. emergent independent state. imposed from above? I’d rather be free to pick must move forward with their plans. As I wound my way to my seat, climbing as Years of subjugation, mistreatment, my way through the drek of social media than To put things in perspective, a brief delicately as possible over the outstretched discrimination and brutal repression have left have my access blocked by the government. historical account of the Kurds’ plight is knees and handbags on the narrow floor the Iraqi Kurdish community determined to I’d rather be free to express disappointment warranted. between the rows in the auditorium, I said never again subject themselves to the whims in the society I live in — silly and unjusti- The Kurds are an ethnic group originating hello to individuals I learned were originally of any Iraqi government. Kurdish nationalism fied or eloquent and persuasive — than be in the Middle East and are predominately from New Zealand, the Dominican Republic is the real engine behind their drive toward compelled by my rulers to toe the line. That is Sunni Muslims; they speak a distinct language and the Philippines. When we went up to the statehood, and they will never compro- a key element of the historic promise the US and share a singular cultural identity, despite stage to collect our naturalization certificates, mise that — regardless of the near-universal continues to offer. being scattered across four countries. For it felt as if the entire world had been locked in opposition to their political independence. In his speech to the UN on Tuesday, centuries, the Kurds have been the largest the embrace of American democracy: a fellow The Iraqi Kurdish president, Mr. Barzani, President Donald Trump quoted John stateless ethnic group (currently 30 million) in from Cote d’Ivoire, another from Mali, a young has rejected a warning from the US that Adams, the second US president, observing the Middle East, living under various empires woman from Bangladesh, an older woman pursuing independence at this juncture will the American Revolution was “effected before and despots –where they faced discrimina- from Ukraine, even a couple of people from further destabilize the region and irrepa- the war commenced. The Revolution was tion and oppression, while being denied the Israel, just moments after we all swore the rably divide Iraq. “When” he asked, “have we in the minds and hearts of the people.” That right to enjoy their unique culture. same oath of allegiance before the same flag. ever had stability and security in this region collective sense of freedom — which breeds When the Kurds did attempt to establish For me, taking the oath was the most that we should be concerned about losing furiously divergent opinions, rather than dull a homeland, their efforts were short-lived: powerful part of the ceremony — the clearest it? When was Iraq so united that we should uniformity — is what led the French writer an independent Kingdom of Kurdistan that reminder that America is built upon the idea be worried about breaking its unity? Those Alexis de Tocqueville to note in 1831 that emerged in the aftermath of World War I lasted of liberty, and the most compelling signal to all who are saying these, they are just looking for America’s free press contained “such a strange less than two years (1922-1924) before it was of us present we were now participants in the excuses to stop us.” mixture of good and evil that, without its parceled out between Iraq, Iran, Turkey and American republic. Consider, if you will, the The irony is that while the Iraqi, Iranian presence, freedom could not thrive and with Syria. In 1946, Iranian Kurds (with the support last clause of the oath: “…and that I take this and Turkish governments want their Kurdish its presence good order could hardly survive.” of the Soviet Union) declared a republic called obligation freely without any mental reserva- communities to be loyal citizens, they have That ever-present tension, perhaps, is part Mahabad, but it collapsed the same year, when tion or purpose of evasion; so help me God.” never understood that the Kurds’ allegiance of freedom’s very nature ­– yet as the years have Iranian forces retook the territory. Is there any pithier expression of the idea that to their respective countries depends on progressed, “good order” has become more Unsurprisingly, the four countries that we are, as humans, bestowed with individual the way that they are treated, the freedoms stable at no discernible cost to our revolu- most oppose Kurdish independence are the consciousness, along with an innate ability they are granted and the civility that they are tionary liberties. And it’s that same good order worst offenders of Kurdish human rights: to think and speak freely and make our own accorded. To demand unconditional loyalty that allows us to take for granted what our Turkey, Iran, Syria and Iraq. They have system- decisions, so long as the circumstances allow? while robbing the Kurds of their basic human forefathers in foreign lands certainly did not: atically and ruthlessly oppressed their Kurdish Does any country represent and respect that rights is the height of hypocrisy and falsehood. the right to spend a peaceful Rosh Hashanah minorities, which has left an indelible mark of idea better than the United States? Moreover, the raging madness in the with one’s family in a land with no established resentment and disdain toward these countries. More than two centuries after the Middle East further strengthens the Kurds’ religion. This year, I will do that as an American Turkey houses the largest Kurdish American Revolution, we accept this idea as resolve to establish autonomous rule. for the very first time. Shanah Tovah. community (15 million people, approxi- commonplace. But that ceremony reminded The Iraqi government will eventually Ben Cohen writes a weekly column for mately 18 percent of the Turkish population). me of just how revolutionary it is. Thomas resolve to negotiate with the Kurds — provided JNS.org on Jewish affairs and Middle Eastern They have been fighting to preserve their Paine — a son of Norfolk, England, who that Kirkuk is not included in the new state. politics. His writings have been published in ethnic identity and way of life, but their plight came to these shores in 1774 — wrote in his Kirkuk is a contentious issue because of its Commentary, the New York Post, Haaretz, under the brutal reign of Turkey’s Presi- splendid pamphlet, “Common Sense,” that huge reservoir of oil, and the fact that nearly The Wall Street Journal and many other dent Erdogan is hard to enumerate. A UN the “independence of America, considered half of its population are Arabs and Turkmen. publications. report documented human rights violations merely as separation from England, would including killings, disappearances, torture, Although Barzani insists that Kirkuk must be destruction of houses and prevention of included in the referendum, he must work with the Iraqi government to negotiate a Continued from Page A6 Buttu’s allegations in the Guardian, access to medical care, among scores of other Propaganda characterizing Israel’s crackdown on incitement abuses. Many Kurdish journalists are in jails mutually acceptable solution. The US and the EU must demonstrate to the recipient.” For instance, British courts to terror as an “assault on Palestinian dissent,” and a dozen Kurdish parliamentarians were are both context-free and counter-factual — that human rights, freedom and democracy in 2014 sentenced a 21-year-old man to six recently arrested, while collective punish- essentially everything you’d expect from a PLO are the inherent rights of every ethnic group, weeks in prison for a Facebook post praising ment tactics have been employed against propagandist with such a well-documented wherever they may reside — especially when the fatal stabbing if a 61-year-old teacher at a Kurdish towns and villages. record of lying about the Jewish state. they are grossly mistreated and their basic college in Leeds. That same year, a man was The eight million Kurds in Iran (nearly arrested for posting anti-Muslim material Adam Levick writer covers the British civil and human rights are systematically 10 percent of the population) officially enjoy after the jihadist murder of Lee Rigby. And, media for CAMERA, the 65,000-member, violated. Preaching the gospel of human political representation, but have histori- in 2012, a British Muslim was prosecuted for Boston-based Committee for Accuracy in rights but denying them to people who have cally experienced profound sociopolitical a Facebook post in which he wrote that “all Middle East Reporting in America. inequality, which emboldened the militant been subjected to persecution and marginal- [British] soldiers should die and go to hell.” wing of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in ization is hypocritical, deceitful and sinister. The US’ hypocrisy is particularly Iran (KDPI) to turn to violence. In recent suffering and brutalization is unconscionable that has been inflicted on this population. years, the conflict between the two sides has daunting because the Kurds have and continue to faithfully fight side-by-side the and shameful. Dr. Alon Ben-Meir is a professor of inter- further intensified, forcing many Kurdish The US and EU must be at the forefront national relations at the Center for Global civilians to flee the country. US and its allies against ISIS. Rejecting their quest for self-determination after years of of supporting Iraqi Kurdish independence, Affairs at NYU. He teaches courses on interna- In Syria, the two million Kurds (about and help bring an end to the historic travesty tional negotiation and Middle Eastern studies. A8 | FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2017 Impressions.

Member of IDF The Unheard Story: Bulgaria’s Aid Mission to Rescue of 50,000 Jews During Mexico: Helping the Holocaust People in Need Is

in Our Hearts BY KATRIN GENDOVA church also opened its doors and provided shelter for the Bulgarian Jews. Due to the pressure of the public outcry and You have probably heard of “Schindler’s List” the persistence of the bishop, the king canceled — Steven Spielberg’s movie, which brought to life the deportation, leaving the trains for Treblinka BY BARNEY BREEN-PORTNOY the story of a German member of the Nazi party entirely empty. who saved the lives of more than 1,000 Jews during Yet that did not stop Hitler from continuing the Holocaust, by employing them in his factories to demand the deportation of the Jews. Months As Israelis prepared to celebrate Rosh Hashanah in occupied Poland. later, he tried again, requesting that all of Bulgaria’s last week, several dozen members of the IDF Home You may have also heard of the heroic rescue Jewish population be sent to Poland. In response, Front Command were packing their equipment ahead of the Danish Jews: With the help of the Danish King Boris told the German leader that the country of a 20-hour journey to Mexico, where they were being government, people and resistance movement, needed the Jews for labor; he then created labor dispatched to provide assistance in the wake of the 7,220 out of the 7,800 Jews in that country escaped camps where 20,000 men were sent to work — but deadly Sept. 19 earthquake that rocked the central part the Nazis, and found salvation in Sweden. remained in the country. The king’s skillful and of country. What’s lesser known is the story of the 50,000 quick response to Hitler’s demand prevented the Since their arrival in Mexico City on Thursday, Jews who were saved by Bulgaria. second deportation of the Bulgarian Jews to the members of the Israeli delegation have been taking In his book, Beyond Hitler’s Grasp, Michael death camps. part in search-and-rescue operations, as well as Bar-Zohar states that, “For years, Bulgaria’s The rescue of the Bulgarian Jews remained surveying damaged buildings. Communist regime had tried to suppress the a long kept-secret until the end of the commu- real story about [this] rescue for a very simple nist regime in 1989. Fortunately, documents that reason. The Bulgarian rescue had been carried out recorded details of it were only hidden and locked mostly by Communism’s three worst enemies: the Church, the royal court, and the pro-Fascist politicians. The Communist regime couldn’t admit that, fact because it contradicted its basic beliefs.” What’s even more astonishing is that these 50,000 Jews were saved while Bulgaria was actually an ally of Hitler. Bulgaria gained its independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1878. Yet the newly indepen- dent state did not receive all of the territories that it desired, leaving ethnic Bulgarians outside of its newly-formed borders. In order to gain its Members of the IDF delegation in action on the territories back, the country allied with Germany, ground in Mexico City. Photo: IDF Spokesperson’s Unit. because Hitler promised to help Bulgaria. But “Our mission is to support the people here, that alignment came at a certain price. The Sofia Synagogue in Bulgaria’s capital city. and this is very important for us,” Colonel (res.) Gili The rescue of the Bulgarian Jews was Photo: Vassia Atanassova via Wikimedia Commons. Shenhar told The Algemeiner by telephone from preceded by a series of dark events — especially Mexico on Monday. the loss of 11,000 Jews in Thrace and Macedonia, up — not destroyed. Historians were then able to More than 300 people were killed and thousands who were sent to the Nazis, despite the fact that show the world the bravery of ordinary citizens were injured by the 7.1-magnitude tremor, whose those territories were under Bulgarian admin- and the decisive intervention of the Orthodox epicenter was located around 76 miles southeast of istration. This happened because Germany did Church and the king of Bulgaria during the the Mexican capital. not acknowledge the annexation of Thrace and Holocaust. Shenhar praised the “very strong” resilience of the Macedonia to Bulgaria. Therefore, none of the After the war ended, approximately 96% of Mexican people, saying it was “really nice to see.” Jews living in those areas received Bulgarian the Jewish population in Bulgaria emigrated to “So far, we have not been lucky enough to pull citizenship or nationality, making it impossible for Israel. The two countries have shared a special out anyone alive from under the rubble, but we have the Bulgarian authorities to interfere. bond ever since. On a recent trip to Israel, former been able to find some bodies and bring them to the The deportation of the Jews from Thrace and Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev said that, “As families who were waiting for them,” Shenhar said. Macedonia alerted Bulgaria to what was about a relatively new country with cutting edge entre- On Monday, the Israeli team was working at the to follow in its country. In March of 1943, trains preneurship that also boasts an ancient history, site of a collapsed six-story building. arrived in Bulgaria to transport all of the Jews Israel is attractive to Bulgaria, which is one of the “The gratitude of the people has been amazing,” straight to a death camp in Treblinka. Arrests older countries in Europe, with a Jewish commu- Shenhar said. “I’ve never seen such warmth. They keep began early in the morning, as policemen gathered nity whose roots date back more than 1,300 years.” saying, ‘Thank you for coming.’” Jews to await their deportation. However, not a In February of 2017, President Plevneliev was “All people on the street, they recognize us single Jew left the country. given the Friends of Zion Award in recognition immediately and say that we are the best and they are The local Metropolitan Kiril, ordinary of the 50,000 Jews rescued during the Holocaust so happy we arrived,” he continued. Bulgarian citizens and members of the parliament — and acknowledging that Israel will not forget The delegation is expected to return to Israel later mobilized against the deportation, and succeeded the lives saved by Bulgaria. With all of its dark this week. in preventing it. and heroic moments, the story of a country that Shenhar has taken part in numerous IDF aid The head of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church managed to protect its entire Jewish population missions over the past 25 years in different parts of the played a major role in the rescue, having arrived whilst being an ally to Hitler is one that deserves world, including Asia, Africa and Latin America. on the day of the deportation at the railroads to be recognized and remembered. Israel does — “This is something that is in our hearts — helping where the trains were supposed to depart. Bishop hopefully the rest of the world will, too. people when they are in need,” he said. Metropolitan Kiril sent a letter to the king of This article was originally published on the Bulgaria, pleading for the Jews to be saved. The CAMERA blog InFocus. www.algemeiner.com | FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2017 A9 Legal Notice.

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Notice of qualification of LEAD FOOT certain plot, piece or parcel of land, filed with the secretary of state of New be sold subject to provisions of filed also designated as Tax Lot 1131 in ENTERPRISES,LLC. Authority filed with the buildings and improvements York (SSNY). On 09/01/2017 . Office Judgment Index # 506780/2013. Barry Block 2165 of the Borough of Brooklyn with secretary of state of New York thereon erected, situate, lying and location Richmond County. SSNY Martin Goldstein, Referee FRENKEL on the Tax Map of the Real Property (SSNY) on 8/14/2017 Office location being in the Borough of Brooklyn, has been designated as the agent of LAMBERT WEISS WEISMAN & Assessment Department of The City Richmond County LLC formed in County of Kings, City and State of the LLC upon whom process against GORDON LLP 53 Gibson Street Bay of New York and on the Floor Plans Arizona on 06/07/2017. SSNY desig- New York, known and designated on it may be served. SSNY shall Mail Shore, NY 11706 of the Building, certified by Maurice nated as agent of LLC upon whom the Tax Map of the City of New York copy of the process to: The LLC 246 AJ; 9/15/22/29; 10/6/ Brezel, R.A. and filed with the Real process against it may be served. as Section 6 Block 1713 Lot 22 as Sanilac street Staten Island, NY 10306. Property Assessment Department SSNY shall Mail process to: Christina said Map was on October 20, 1965. Purpose: all lawful activity Notice of Formation of PONCHOS of The City of New York as Condo- Talley CPA 1948 Woodlands Village As more particularly described in the AJ; 9/15/22/29; 10/6/13/20 ROJAS LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. minium Plan No. 872. Together with Blvd. suite B Flagstaff AZ 86001 .Arts judgment of foreclosure and sale. Sold of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/28/17. an undivided 1.358% interest in the of Org. Filed with Arizona Corporation subject to all of the terms and condi- NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT Office location: Kings County. Princ. Common Elements (as such term is commission 1300 West Washington tions contained in said judgment and COUNTY OF KINGS Homebridge office of LLC: 300 Greene Ave., defined in the Declaration). Parcel St., Phoenix, AZ 85007 . Purpose all terms of sale. Approximate amount Financial Services, Inc., Plaintiff Brooklyn, NY 11238. SSNY designated I (Lot 102). Parcel II (Lot 105). As lawful activity of judgment $608,434.66 plus interest AGAINST Josianne Valery; et al., as agent of LLC upon whom process more particularly described in the AJ; 8/25; 9/1/8/15/22/29 and costs. INDEX NO. 4719-13 Kecia Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment against it may be served. SSNY shall judgment of foreclosure and sale. Sold Juanita Weaver, Esq., Referee of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated mail process to the LLC at the addr. of subject to all of the terms and condi- Notice of formation of 11 WATER- AJ; 9/8/15/22/29; February 1, 2017 I, the undersigned its princ. office. Purpose: Any lawful tions contained in said judgment and FORD LLC. Articles of Organization Referee will sell at public auction at activity. terms of sale. Approximate amount filed with the Secretary of State of NY, NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court the Kings County Supreme Court, 360 AJ; 9/15/22/29; 10/6/13/20 of judgment $243,813.49 plus interest SSNY on 08/10/2017. Office located County Of Kings HSBC Bank USA, Adams Street, Room 224, Brooklyn, and costs. INDEX NO. 511587/2014 in Richmond County. SSNY has been National Association, as Trustee, in NY 11201 on October 19, 2017 at NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME Leo Salzman, Esq., Referee designated for service of process. trust for the registered holders of ACE 2:30PM, premises known as 871 East COURT- COUNTY OF KINGS AJ; 9/15/22/29; 10/6/ SSNY shall mail copy of process to: Securities Corp. Home Equity Loan 46th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11203. All WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., Plain- 11 WATERFORD LLC, 421 Home Ave, Trust, Series 2006-FM2, Asset Backed that certain plot piece or parcel of tiff, AGAINST CLAYTON GREENE, Notice of formation of limited liability Staten Island, NY 10305. Purpose: Any Pass-Through Certificates, Plaintiff land, with the buildings and improve- MERLIN GREENE, et al. Defendant(s) company (LLC) Name: LEE'S MEALS lawful purpose. AGAINST Brenda Robbins, et al, ments erected, situate, lying and being Pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure ON WHEELS,LLC. Articles of organi- AJ; 9/1/8/15/22; 10/6 Defendant Pursuant to a Judgment in the Borough of Brooklyn, County and sale duly entered May 9, 2017 zation filed with the secretary of state of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated of Kings, City and State of NY, Block I the undersigned Referee will sell of New York (SSNY) on 06/05/2017. Notice of formation of 421 HOME 1/3/2017and entered on 1/31/2017, 4980 Lot 51. Approximate amount of at public auction at the Room 224, Office location kings county. SSNY LLC. Articles of Organization filed I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at judgment $405,534.36 plus interest Kings County Supreme Court, 360 has been designated as the agent of with the Secretary of State of NY, public auction at the Kings County and costs. Premises will be sold Adams Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201 on the LLC upon whom process against it SSNY on 08/14/2017. Office located Supreme Court, 360 Adams Street, subject to provisions of filed Judgment October 19, 2017 at 2:30 PM premises may be served. SSNY shall Mail copy in Richmond County. SSNY has been Brooklyn, NY on October 12, 2017 Index# 501049/2014. Joseph Defelice, known as 1064 E 105TH STREET, of the process to C/O United states designated for service of process. at 02:30 PM premises known as 773 Esq., Referee Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, BROOKLYN, NY 11236-3002 All that corporation agents,Inc. 7014 13th SSNY shall mail copy of process to: Logan Street, Brooklyn, NY 11208. LLC Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff 175 certain plot piece or parcel of land, Ave. Suite 202 Brooklyn, NY 11228. 421 HOME LLC, 421 Home Ave, All that certain plot piece or parcel of Mile Crossing Boulevard Rochester, with the buildings and improvements Purpose: all lawful activity Staten Island, NY 10305. Purpose: Any land, with the buildings and improve- New York 14624 (877) 759-1835 thereon erected, situate, lying and AJ; 9/15/22/29; 10/6/13/20 lawful purpose. ments erected, situate, lying and Dated: August 10, 2017 47947 being in the Borough of Brooklyn, AJ; 9/1/8/15/22; 10/6 being in the Borough and County of AJ; 9/15/22/29; 10/6/ County of Kings and State of New York. CITATION File No. 2015-4765/A PA. Kings, City and State of New York, Block 8231 and Lot 68 Approximate No. 145951 SURROGATE'S COURT, Notice of formation of 18 IROQUOIS BLOCK: 4481, LOT: 56. Approximate NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT amount of judgment $162,716.49 KINGS COUNTY THE PEOPLE OF LLC. Articles of Organization filed amount of judgment is $782,849.45 COUNTY OF KINGS HSBC Bank plus interest and costs. Premises THE STATE OF NEW YORK, By the with the Secretary of State of NY, plus interests and costs. Premises will USA, National Association as Trustee will be sold subject to provisions of Grace of God Free and Independent SSNY on 08/14/2017. Office located be sold subject to provisions of filed for Mortgageit Securities Corp. filed Judgment. Index #508211/2013 TO: Itamar Lichtenstadt, Jechiel in Richmond County. SSNY has been Judgment Index # 016170/2007. Lynn Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2007-1, Gregory T. Cerchione, Esq., Referee, Lichtenstadt, Johoshua Lichten- designated for service of process. S. Okin, Referee FRENKEL LAMBERT Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Aldridge Pite, LLP - Attorneys for stadt, Moshe Lichtenstadt, Attorney SSNY shall mail copy of process to: WEISS WEISMAN & GORDON LLP Plaintiff AGAINST Patsy Carter; et al., Plaintiff – 40 Marcus Drive, Suite 200, General of the State of New York, New 18 IROQUOIS LLC, 421 Home Ave, 53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, NY 11706 Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment Melville, NY 11747 York State Department of Taxation Staten Island, NY 10305. Purpose: Any AJ; 9/8/15/22/29; of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated AJ; 9/15/22/29; 10/6/ and Finance, New York City Human lawful purpose. January 3, 2017 I, the undersigned Resources Administration, Rachel AJ; 9/1/8/15/22/29; 10/6 Notice of formation of 667 HUNTER Referee will sell at public auction at NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT: Alster, The spouse, if any, and any and LLC. Articles of Organization filed the Kings County Supreme Court, 360 KINGS COUNTY U.S. BANK TRUST, all unknown distributees and creditors Notice of formation of 105 with the Secretary of State of NY, Adams Street, Room 224, Brooklyn, N.A. AS TRUSTEE FOR LSF9 MASTER of PETER ALTSTADTER, deceased, MERSEREAU LLC. Articles of Organi- SSNY on 07/13/2017. Office located NY 11201 on October 19, 2017 at PARTICIPATION TRUST; Plaintiff(s) whose whereabouts are unknown zation filed with the Secretary of State in Richmond County. SSNY has been 2:30PM, premises known as 388 East vs. HYMAN WERZBERGER; et and if any of the aforesaid persons be of NY, SSNY on 08/14/2017. Office designated for service of process. 57th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11203. All al; Defendant(s) Attorney (s) for dead, to their heirs at law, next of kin located in Richmond County. SSNY SSNY shall mail copy of process to: that certain plot piece or parcel of Plaintiff (s): ROSICKI, ROSICKI & and distributees whose names and has been designated for service of 667 HUNTER LLC, 421 Home Ave, land, with the buildings and improve- ASSOCIATES, P.C., 2 Summit Court, places of residence are unknown and process. SSNY shall mail copy of Staten Island, NY 10305. Purpose: Any ments erected, situate, lying and being Suite 301, Fishkill, New York, 12524, if the persons died subsequent to the process to: 105 MERSEREAU LLC, 421 lawful purpose. in the Borough of Brooklyn, County 845.897.1600 Pursuant to judgment decedent herein, to their executors, Home Ave, Staten Island, NY 10305. AJ; 9/8/15/22/29; 10/6/13 of Kings, City and State of NY, Block of foreclosure and sale granted herein administrators, legatees, devisees, Purpose: Any lawful purpose. 4767 Lot 15. Approximate amount of on or about March 6, 2017, I will sell at assignees and successors in interest AJ; 9/1/8/15/22/29; 10/6 NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT judgment $599,692.48 plus interest Public Auction to the highest bidder in whose names and places of residence COUNTY OF Kings, MTGLQ Inves- and costs. Premises will be sold subject Room 224 of Kings County Supreme are unknown and to all other heirs Notice of formation of 2910 tors, L.P., Plaintiff, vs. Merley Alleyne to provisions of filed Judgment Index# Court, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, at law, next of kin and distributees of RICHMOND LLC. Articles of Organi- a/k/a Merley C. Alleyne, ET AL., 6390/2013. Steven David Cohn, Esq., New York 11201. On October 19, PETER ALTSTADTER, the decedent zation filed with the Secretary of State Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment Referee Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC 2017 at 2:30 pm. Premises known herein, whose names and places of of NY, SSNY on 08/14/2017. Office of Foreclosure and Sale duly filed Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff 175 Mile as 564 WYTHE AVENUE UNIT 8A, residence are unknown and cannot located in Richmond County. SSNY on June 01, 2017, I, the undersigned Crossing Boulevard Rochester, New BROOKLYN, NY 11249-6642 Block: after due diligence be ascertained, A has been designated for service of Referee will sell at public auction at the York 14624 (877) 759-1835 Dated: July 02165 Lot: 1131 The Condominium petition and an account having been process. SSNY shall mail copy of Kings County Supreme Court, Room 27, 2017 47659 Unit (the "Unit") known as Unit No. duly filed by the Public Administrator process to: 2910 RICHMOND LLC, 224, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, AJ; 9/15/22/29; 10/6/ 8A in the premises (the "Premises") of Kings County, who has offices 421 Home Ave, Staten Island, NY NY on October 12, 2017 at 2:30 p.m., known as and by the street number at 360 Adams Street, Room 144A, 10305. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. premises known as 9101 Avenue N, NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court 564 Wythe Avenue, Borough of Brooklyn, New York 11201, United AJ; 9/1/8/15/22/29; 10/6/ Brooklyn, NY. All that certain plot, County Of Kings Bank of America, Brooklyn, County of Kings, City and States. YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO piece or parcel of land, with the build- N.A., Plaintiff AGAINST George S. State of New York, and being a unit SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate's NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME ings and improvements thereon Gabriel, Celine Gabriel, et al, Defen- of the Condominium plan known as Court, Kings County, at 2 Johnson COURT: KINGS COUNTY FEDERAL erected, situate, lying and being in the dant Pursuant to a Judgment of THE 564-580 PARK PLAZA CONDO- Street, Room 319, Brooklyn, New York, NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIA- Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings, Foreclosure and Sale duly dated MINIUM, said Unit being designated on October 17, 2017, at 9:30 o'clock in TION; Plaintiff(s) vs. KAIUM City and State of New York, Block 8275 3/15/2017and entered on 4/10/2017, and described as Unit No. 8A in a the fore noon of that day why: (a) The AKANDA; et al; Defendant(s) Attorney and Lot 9. Approximate amount of I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at certain Declaration made pursuant to account of proceedings of the Public (s) for Plaintiff (s): ROSICKI, ROSICKI judgment is $365,355.18 plus interest public auction at the Kings County Article 9-B of the Real Property Law Administrator of Kings County as & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 2 Summit Court, and costs. Premises will be sold subject Supreme Court, 360 Adams Street, of the State of New York (the "Condo- Administrator of the estate of PETER Suite 301, Fishkill, New York, 12524, to provisions of filed Judgment Index Brooklyn, NY on October 19, 2017 minium Act"), establishing a plan ALTSTADTER, a summary of which 845.897.1600 Pursuant to judgment # 510655/2015. Jageshwar Sharma, at 02:30 PM premises known as 144 for condominium ownership of the has been served herewith, should not of foreclosure and sale granted herein Esq., Referee Knuckles, Komosinski Sterling Street, Brooklyn, NY 11225. Building and the Land (the "Property") be judicially settled; (b) The Public on or about December 8, 2016, I will & Manfro, LLP, 565 Taxter Road, Ste. All that certain plot piece or parcel of upon which Parcel I of the Land, the Administrator of Kings County should sell at Public Auction to the highest 590, Elmsford, NY 10523, Attorneys for land, with the buildings and improve- Building is situate (which Land is not be paid his commissions pursuant bidder in Room 224 of Kings County Plaintiff ments erected, situate, lying and more particularly described below), to SCPA §2307 in the amount of Supreme Court, 360 Adams Street, AJ; 9/8/15/22/29; being in the Borough and County of which Declaration was date October $15,813.11, as set forth in Schedules Brooklyn, NY 11201. On October 12, Kings, City and State of New York, 31, 2001 and recorded on January C-1 and I of the Account; (c) The 2017 at 2:30 pm. Premises known as Notice of formation of limited liability BLOCK: 1319, LOT: 17. Approximate 25, 2002 in Reel: 5451 Page 14 of the Public Administrator of Kings County 922 HERKIMER STREET, BROOKLYN, company (LLC) name: 246 SANILAC amount of judgment is $784,767.21 Kings County Office of the Register should not be paid his administrative NY 11233 Block: 1713 Lot: 22 ALL that REALTY LLC. Articles of organization plus interests and costs. Premises will of The City of New York. This Unit is Continued on Page A10 A10 | FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2017 Legal Notice.

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Continued from Page A9 Anthony Omisore a/k/a Anthony REFEREE’S NOTICE OF SALE IN of Kings, City and State of New York, assignees, creditors and successors in I. Omisore; Ibeth Omisore; et al., FORECLOSURE SUPREME COURT BLOCK 4127, LOT 32. Approximate interest whose names are unknown expenses pursuant to SCPA §1106(3) Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment – COUNTY OF KINGS CITIMORT- amount of judgment $737,451.76 and cannot be ascertained after due in the amount of $3,978.76 as set of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated GAGE, INC., Plaintiff – against plus interest and costs. Premises will diligence. A petition having been forth in Schedules C-1 and J of the February 24, 2017 I, the undersigned – ANTONETTE WILSON, et al be sold subject to provisions of filed duly filed by STANELY WEINBERG, Account; (d) The Court should not fix, Referee will sell at public auction Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment Judgment for Index #8644/2013. who is domiciled at 67 Maria Court, determine and approve the legal Fees Kings County Supreme Court, 360 of Foreclosure and Sale entered on Lenore Kramer, Esq., Referee Gross Kendall Park, New Park, New Jersey, of Cullen and Dykman LLP, counsel Adams Street, Room 224, Brooklyn, November 1, 2016. I, the undersigned Polowy, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW to the Petitioner, in the amount of NY 11201 on October 26, 2017 at Referee will sell at public auction, in 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williams- CAUSE before the Surrogate's Court $23,872.54 as shown in Schedules 2:30PM, premises known as 1247 37th Room 224 Kings County Supreme ville, NY 14221 48643 for the County of New York, located at C-1 and J of the Account; (e) The Street, Brooklyn, NY 11218. All that Court, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, AJ; 9/29; 10/6/13/20 31 Chambers Street, Courtroom 503 Court should not fix, determine and certain plot piece or parcel of land, NY 11201 on the 26th Day of October, New York, New York, on the 3rd day approve the disbursements of Cullen with the buildings and improvements 2017 at 2:30 p.m. All that certain plot, NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME of November 2017, a.m., or as soon and Dykman LLP in the amount of erected, situate, lying and being in the piece or parcel of land, situate, lying COURT COUNTY OF KINGS U.S. thereafter as counsel can be heard, $474.00 as shown in Schedules C-1 City of New York, Borough of Brooklyn, and being in Brooklyn, the County BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, why an Order should not be made in and J of the Account; (f) The claim of County of Kings, City and State of of Kings, and the State of New York. SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO BANK OF the estate of RUTH ROSENBAUM, the New York City Human Resources NY, Block 5296 Lot 57. Approximate Premises known as 100 07 Seaview AMERICA, N.A. AS SUCCESSOR TO lately domiciles in the county of New Administration, in the amount of amount of judgment $650,403.31 Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11236. (Block: LASALLE BANK, N.A. AS TRUSTEE York state of New York, determining $30,570.03, as set forth in Schedule D plus interest and costs. Premises will 8303, Lot: 7) Approximate amount FOR MERRILL LYNCH FIRST that there are no distributees of the of the Account, should not be allowed; be sold subject to provisions of filed of lien $926,587.55 plus interest and FRANKLIN MORTGAGE LOAN Estate of Ruth Rosenbaum a/k/a (g) The claim of the New York State Judgment Index# 42891/2007. Michael costs. Premises will be sold subject to TRUST, MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET- Ruth Weinberg Rosenbaum other Department of Taxation and Finance, Korsinsky, Esq., Referee Shapiro, provisions of filed judgment and terms BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES than the paternal distributees of Ruth if any, should not be fixed and deter- DiCaro & Barak, LLC Attorney(s) for of sale. Index No. 506545/2015. Doron 2007-2, Plaintiff AGAINST ANNISA Rosenbaum, to wit, Stanley Weinberg, mined; (h) The Petitioner should not the Plaintiff 175 Mile Crossing Boule- Leiby, Esq., Referee. Davidson Fink DANCE and RUSSELL DANCE, et al., Ellis Weinberg, David Lee Weinberg, be permitted to distribute so much vard Rochester, New York 14624 (877) LLP Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 28 East Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment Stanley Weinberg, and the Estate of of the net estate to the decedent's 759-1835 Dated: August 30, 2017 Main Street, Suite 1700 Rochester, NY of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated Rosalyn Weinberg Juvelier, directing distributees, as now known or 48427 14614-1990 Tel. 585/760-8218 Dated: February 01, 2017 I, the undersigned that the net estate of the decedent hereafter determined, as their inter- AJ; 9/22/29; 10/6/13 August 2, 2017 Referee will sell at public auction at the Ruth Rosenbaum remaining in the ests may appear, and to deposit any AJ; 9/22/29; 10/6/13 Room 224 of Kings County Supreme hands of the Commissioner of Finance amount not so distributed with the NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT Court, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, of the City of New York, to wit, the Commissioner of Finance of the City COUNTY OF KINGS JPMorgan Chase REFEREE’S NOTICE OF SALE IN New York 11201, on November 02, sum of $77,419.99, together with all of New York to be held for the benefit Bank, National Association, Plaintiff FORECLOSURE SUPREME COURT 2017 at 2:30PM, premises known interest, less court allowed fees and of decedent’s unknown distributees or AGAINST Bruno Brancaleone; Maria – COUNTY OF KINGS THE BANK as 686 WORTMAN AVENUE, expenses, if any, be paid over in equal for the benefit of any distributees of Brancaleone; Robert Goldschmidt; OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BROOKLYN, NY 11208. All that certain shares to the above-noted distribu- the decedent who are under disability Antonella Goldschmidt; Anna Fatto- BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE plot piece or parcel of land, with the tees or to whom they may direct in for whom no guardian of the property russo; et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS buildings and improvements erected, an acknowledged authorization, that has been appointed; (i) The Petitioner, Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly OF CWALT, INC. ALTERNA- situate, lying and being in the Borough this Court direct upon whom and the upon fully complying with the Decree dated July 14, 2017 I, the undersigned TIVE LOAN TRUST 2006-OA6, and County of Kings, City and State manner service must be made upon to be made in this proceeding, should Referee will sell at public auction at MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH of New York, BLOCK 4546, LOT 100. possible unknown distributees, and not be released and discharged of and the Kings County Supreme Court, 360 CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-OA6, Approximate amount of judgment for such other and further relief as from any and all liability, responsi- Adams Street, Room 224, Brooklyn, NY Plaintiff – against – NATALIYA $844,763.15 plus interest and costs. may be just in the premises, and that bility and accountability with respect 11201 on October 26, 2017 at 2:30PM, DOBRER, et al Defendant(s). Pursuant Premises will be sold subject to provi- this Court gives effect to the provisions to the Petitioner's acts and proceed- premises known as 2051 West 10th to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale sions of filed Judgment for Index# of SCPA §2225 for the determination ings as Administrator as set forth and Street, Brooklyn, NY 11223. All that entered on October 05, 2016. I, the 511425/2014. David J. Hernandez, Esq., of distributees. Dated, Attested and embraced in said account and the certain plot piece or parcel of land, undersigned Referee will sell at public Referee Gross Polowy, LLC Attorney Sealed: New York, New York August 23, Court grant such other and further with the buildings and improvements auction, in Room 274 of Kings County for Plaintiff 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 2017 HON. Rita Mella Surrogate DIana relief as it deems just and proper; erected, situate, lying and being in the Supreme Court, 360 Adams Street, 100 Williamsville, NY 14221 48023 Sanabria Chief Clerk, Robert Damast, Dated, Attested, and Sealed, August Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings, Brooklyn, NY 11201 on the 26th Day AJ; 9/29; 10/6/13/20 Esq. Lauterbach Garfinkel Damast & 25, 2017, HON. Margarita Lopez City and State of NY, Block 7096 Lot of October, 2017 at 2:30 p.m. All that Hollander, LLP 81 Main Street, Suite Torres, Surrogate, Doreen A. Quinn, 62. Approximate amount of judgment certain plot, piece or parcel of land, Notice of formation of PLLC Name: 304, White Plains, New York 10601 Chief Clerk; Joseph J. Borges, Esq., $1,227,564.11 plus interest and costs. situate, lying and being in the Borough City Pain Management and Anesthe- (914) 448-0170 This citation is served Attorney Firm: Cullen & Dykman Premises will be sold subject to of Brooklyn, County of Kings, City and siology Service PLLC articles of upon you as required by law. You are LLP, Address: 44 Wall Street, NY, NY provisions of filed Judgment Index# State of New York. Premises known as organization filed with the Secretary not obliged to appear in person. If 10005-2407, (212)701-4175. [NOTE: 15699/2013. Shmuel Taub, Esq., 3541 Leif Ericson Drive #B2, Brooklyn, of State of the New York(SSNY) on you fail to appear it will be assumed This citation is served upon you as Referee Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC New York 11235. (Block: 8782, Lot: 09/09/2017 Office location kings that you do not object to the relief required by law. You are not required Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff 175 Mile 1115) Approximate amount of lien county SSNY has been designated requested. You have a right to have an to appear. If you fail to appear it will Crossing Boulevard Rochester, New $602,587.57 plus interest and costs. as the agent of the LLC upon whom attorney at law appear for you. be assumed that you do not object to York 14624 (877) 759-1835 Dated: Premises will be sold subject to provi- process against it may be served SSNY AJ; 9/29; 10/6/13/20 the relief requested. You have a right August 18, 2017 48225 sions of filed judgment and terms shall mail process to :The LLC 7101 to have an attorney appear for you, AJ; 9/22/29; 10/6/13 of sale. Index No. 11418/2012. Cary Narrows Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11209 NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court and you or your attorney may request Kaplan, Esq., Referee. Davidson Fink Purpose: all lawful activity County Of Kings PennyMac Corp., a copy of the full account from the NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT: LLP Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 28 East AJ; 9/29; 10/6/13/20/27; 11/3 Plaintiff AGAINST Nataliya Dobrer, petitioner or petitioner’s attorney.] KINGS COUNTY WELLS FARGO Main Street, Suite 1700 Rochester, NY et al, Defendant Pursuant to a AJ; 9/22/29; 10/6/13 BANK, N.A.; Plaintiff(s) vs. CESAR 14614-1990 Tel. 585/760-8218 Dated: Notice of formation of limited liability Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale L. ROCHA; MARVIN E. ZUNIGA; September 6, 2017 company(LLC) Name: National duly dated 11/28/2016and entered NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court et al; Defendant(s) Attorney (s) for AJ; 9/22/29; 10/6/13 precious metals,LLC. Articles of on 12/13/2016, I, the undersigned County Of Kings Nationstar Mortgage Plaintiff (s): ROSICKI, ROSICKI & organization filed with the Secre- Referee, will sell at public auction at LLC, Plaintiff AGAINST David L. ASSOCIATES, P.C., 2 Summit Court, NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT tary of State of New York (SSNY) on the Kings County Supreme Court, Newby, et al, Defendant Pursuant to Suite 301, Fishkill, New York, 12524, COUNTY OF KINGS DEUTSCHE 08/11/2017 Office location: Kings 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, NY a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale 845.897.1600 Pursuant to judgment of BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, county. SSNY has been designated on November 02, 2017 at 02:30 PM duly dated 3/28/2017and entered on foreclosure and sale granted herein on AS TRUSTEE FOR HSI ASSET as the agent of the LLC upon whom premises known as 3543 Leif Ericson 4/28/2017, I, the undersigned Referee, or about November 28, 2016, I will sell SECURITIZATION CORPORATION process against it may be served. SSNY Drive, Unit C2 a/k/a 3543 Shore will sell at public auction at the Kings at Public Auction to the highest bidder MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH shall Mail copy of the process to: Blair Parkway, Unit C2, Brooklyn, NY 11235. County Supreme Court, 360 Adams in Room 224 of, Kings County Supreme CERTIFICATES 2006-HE1, Plaintiff Fourney 1810 Front Street #18 East All that certain plot piece or parcel of Street, Brooklyn, NY on October 26, Court, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, NY AGAINST BARBARA HUGHES AS Meadow, NY 11554. Purpose: all lawful land, with the buildings and improve- 2017 at 02:30 PM premises known 11201. On October 26, 2017 at 2:30 HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF ARENZO activity ments erected, situate, lying and being as 390 Madison Street Brooklyn, NY pm. Premises known as 41 LOGAN HUGHES, SEREATHA HUGHES AS AJ; 9/29; 10/6/13/20/27; 11/3 in the Borough and County of Kings, 11221. All that certain plot piece or STREET, BROOKLYN, NY 11208- HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF ARENZO City and State of New York, BLOCK: parcel of land, with the buildings 1312 Block: 4102 Lot: 4 ALL THAT HUGHES, SHAKEYIA HUGHES AS File No. 2011-901/C CITATION The 8782, LOT: 1113. Approximate amount and improvements erected, situate, CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF ARENZO People of the State ofNew York By the of judgment is $622,665.31 plus inter- lying and being in the Borough and OF LAND, WITH THE BUILDINGS HUGHES, SHAMMEL HUGHES AS Grace of God Free and Independent ests and costs. Premises will be sold County of Kings, City and State of AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON HEIR TO THE ESTATE OR ARENZO TO: STANLEY WEINBERG ELLIS subject to provisions of filed Judgment New York, BLOCK: 1825, LOT: 24. ERECTED, SITUATE, LYING AND HUGHES, et al., Defendant(s) WEINBERG DAVID LEE WEINBERG Index # 507031/2014. Steven D. Approximate amount of judgment BEING IN THE BOROUGH OF Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclo- EST A TE OF ROSALYN WEINBERG Cohn, Referee FRENKEL LAMBERT is $849,187.10 plus interests and BROOKLYN, COUNTY OF KINGS, sure and Sale duly dated February 21, JUVELIER, by KENNETH JUVELIER, WEISS WEISMAN & GORDON LLP costs. 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Approximate amount of premises known as 144 CHESTNUT YORK To the unknown heirs at law, RECORDS LLC.Articles of organiza- AJ; 9/22/29; 10/6/13 judgment $57,813.40 plus interest and STREET, BROOKLYN, NY 11208. All next of kin and distributees of RUTH tion filed with the Secretary of State costs. INDEX NO. 508093/2015 Mark that certain plot piece or parcel of ROSENBAUM, deceased, if living and if of New York(SSNY) on 07/18/2017. NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT A. Longo, Esq., Referee land, with the buildings and improve- any of them be dead, to their respective Office location: Kings county. SSNY COUNTY OF KINGS Bayview Loan AJ; 9/22/29; 10/6/13 ments erected, situate, lying and being heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, Servicing, LLC,, Plaintiff AGAINST in the Borough of Brooklyn, County legatees, executors, administrators, Continued on Page A12 www.algemeiner.com | FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2017 A11 Social.

Software Giant SAP Buys Israeli Startup Gigya for $350 Million

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SAP, the world’s fourth-largest software company, announced over the weekend that it has acquired Israeli startup Gigya for $350 million in cash. Th e deal is expected to be fi nalized within the next few weeks. Th e German multinational software giant, whose name stands for “systems, applications and products” in data processing, has been active in Israel since 1998. Th e company is headquartered in Performers at the “Women in Power” concert during the TLVinLDN event in London. Photo: #TLVinLDN. Ra’anana and employs over 700 workers. Customer identity management company Gigya was founded in 2006 in Tel Aviv by Eyal Magen, Rooly Eliezerov and Eran Kutner. Th e company 15,000 People Attend Largest currently maintains offi ces in California, New York, Tel Aviv, London, Paris, Hamburg, and Sydney. Ever Israeli Cultural Festival in Gigya employs 100 people in Israel. Its core operations focus on analyzing user data for large Europe

BY JNS.ORG their performance. Th e festival saw some 15,000 Londoners revel Th e largest-ever Israeli cultural event in Europe, in Israeli culture, fashion and cuisine. Locals enjoyed TLV in LDN, attracted some 15,000 people to the fi ve-day culinary workshops provided by Israeli master chefs, event to celebrate Israeli culture and diversity in London. as well as performances from an eclectic group of 120 Th e Israeli Ministry of Strategic Aff airs and Public Israeli vocalists, and an LGBT party over the weekend. SAP headquarters in Germany. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. Diplomacy, the British Jewish community and the Th e festival encountered some opposition, and British Embassy in Israel hosted the event Sept. 7 – 11. saw some anti-Israel BDS protestors demonstrate at websites, and its clients include Fox News, Forbes, Some of Israel’s top female singers, including Ethio- the event. An unusual scene unfolded when Israeli Chef Pepsi and the NBA. Gigya’s technology is used by pian-Israeli Ester Rada, performed for hundreds of locals Shaul Ben Aderet handed out sweets to the protes- some of the largest media corporations to “get to during Sunday’s celebration, under the theme “Woman in tors, which had originally been prepared for festival know” their users by analyzing user habits, in the Power,” at the historic Roundhouse Music Hall in London. attendees. hope of cementing user loyalty. “We came from Tel Aviv to bring you love,” said “Recently, thousands of Londoners have had Gigya has raised $104 million to date in seven Rada, as she opened the evening before a soul music the chance to experience Israeli culture, something fi nancing rounds, the latest in November 2014. performance from Maximilian Blumin. which we can and should be proud of, especially in Gigya investors include Israel’s Vintage Investment Israeli-Arab singer Mira Awad also performed and places where individuals try to portray in a bad light,” Partners, Adobe, Intel Capital and Advance Publica- sang in English, Hebrew and Arabic, with Yemenite- said Israel’s Minister of Strategic Aff airs and Public tions, which owns American mass media company Israeli trio A-WA concluding the three-hour show with Diplomacy Gilad Erdan, who initiated the festival in Condé Nast. Th e company’s value in the last round collaboration with the British Jewish community. was estimated at $300 million.

Decapitated Toads Found in 4,000-Year-Old Canaanite Jug

BY JNS.ORG with off erings that constituted a kind of ‘burial kit,’ which, it was believed, would serve the deceased in the Archaeologists with the Israel Antiquities Authority afterworld,” said Shua Kisilevitz and Zohar Turgeman- Yaff e, the excavation directors for the IAA. David Tanami, an Israel Antiquities Authority archae- (IAA) made a surprising fi nding — decapitated toads — ologist, works in the narrow tomb opening to bring within a nearly 4,000-year-old jug dating to the Canaanite “When we removed the stone that blocked the out the jar. Photo: Shua Kisilevitz / IAA. period, during a recent dig outside of Jerusalem. tomb opening, we were excited to discover intact bowls Th e dig’s site, located near the Jerusalem Biblical and jars. In one of the jars, to our surprise, we found a encounter objects almost just as they were originally Zoo, shed light on the burial customs in the Canaanite heap of small bones,” the archaeologists explained. Th e left,” Kisilevitz and Turgeman-Yaff e said. period during the Middle Bronze Age. During excava- bones were that of at least nine toads, all of which had Found along with the toads were date palms tions in the past few years, archaeologists have been decapitated. and myrtle bushes, which do not normally inhabit the uncovered two settlement sites, two temples and a “For an archaeologist, fi nding tombs that were area and were likely planted intentionally as part of an number of cemeteries. intentionally sealed in antiquity is a priceless treasure, orchard where funeral rituals were held and off erings, “At that time, it was customary to bury the dead because they are a time capsule that allows us to such as the headless frogs, were made for the dead. www.algemeiner.com Opinion. Legal Notice.

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Survey Research (PSR) conduced its latest poll One interesting finding is that the Palestin- In his Rosh Hashanah sermon, this month, and found that “an overwhelming ians seem to have developed a more realistic Wise said the “horror” of the Nazis’ majority of the Palestinian public is worried about view of the importance of their cause to the Arab recent enactment of anti-Jewish laws the future of liberties in Palestine.” Mahmoud world. While some advocates (and Arabists) “was made more full of horror by the Abbas in the West Bank, and Hamas in Gaza, perpetuate the myth that the Palestinian issue act of our own government in apolo- both deny Palestinians their basic civil rights: is central to the stability of the Middle East, 77% gizing with exaggerated profuseness freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom of Palestinians believe that “the Arab world is and abjectness to the Nazi regime for of the press and freedom of assembly. Women’s too preoccupied with its own concerns, internal a word of disrespect and contempt rights are virtually nonexistent, and there is zero Palestinians in Ramallah. Photo: Wikimedia Commons conflicts, and the conflict with Iran, and that for that regime, uttered in the course tolerance of LGBTQ Palestinians. Palestine is no longer the Arab’s principal or of a judicial decision from the bench of Palestinians wish that he would — because As I’ve written before, advocates who claim primary issue or cause.” of the lower criminal court of our they consider the PA “a burden on the Palestinian to care deeply about the welfare of the Palestin- Advocates for Israel are sometimes accused city. Such apology would have people.” A whopping 67% of the public also want ians never stand up for the Palestinians’ rights of blindly supporting the Israeli government come more fitly if our government Abbas to resign (80% of Gazans), and 65% are when they’re abused by the Palestinian Authority when, in fact, there are no shortage of Israeli had ever uttered one brave word in dissatisfied with his performance as president. (PA), or criticize the authoritarian rule of Abbas. critics of the state’s leaders and policies. The same condemnation of the program and We hear a lot from Israel’s detractors about When was the last time that the American-Arab cannot be said of our Palestinians’ friends. the practices of the Nazi regime.” the blockade of Gaza, which was precipitated by Anti-Discrimination Committee, Arab American The selective outrage and morality of President Roosevelt did not Hamas terror attacks, but Gazans are increas- Institute, Students for Justice in Palestine, Jewish advocates for the Palestinians is apparent from utter “one brave word” against the ingly angry with Abbas. According to the survey, Voice for Peace, CAIR or any other pro-Pales- their silence when it comes to the mistreat- Nazis’ persecution of the Jews from “Gazans are moving away from Fatah and the tinian group spoke out against the abuses? They ment of Palestinians by their own leaders. This the time Hitler rose to power, in early Palestinian leadership in an unprecedented way,” only find their voices if they can find some way to hypocritical obsession with Israel’s real and 1933, until after the Kristallnacht because of sanctions that Abbas imposed on the blame the Jews — because they prefer anti-Israel imagined sins highlights their insincerity, and pogrom, in late 1938. The reason Gaza Strip to try to pressure the people there to propaganda to aiding the Palestinians. reveals that most care less about the welfare of for his silence was that FDR was turn on Hamas. But the Palestinians oppressed by their the Palestinians than the demonization, if not keenly interested in maintaining Given the conditions in the PA, it is not leaders know better. While advocates abroad are destruction, of Israel. good diplomatic and economic surprising that 43% of Gazans and 22% of West free to speak out — but do not, journalists and Dr. Mitchell Bard is the author/editor of 24 relations with Nazi Germany. That Bank Palestinians say that they want to immigrate activists in the territories are routinely arrested. books, including the 2017 edition of “Myths and was apparently a higher priority for to other countries. Note too, how you never hear More than 80% of respondents said that the PA Facts: A Guide to the Arab-Israeli Conflict,” “The the Roosevelt administration than Palestinians or their supporters calling for people does not have the right to detain activists such Arab Lobby,” and the novel “After Anatevka: Hitler’s persecution of the Jews. Tevye in Palestine.” The Roosevelt administration also appeased the Nazis in other ways. Secretary Hull apologized Rosh Hashanah, FDR and Nazi to the Nazis again, in 1937, when New York City Mayor Fiorello La Germany Guardia called Hitler a “fanatic who is threatening the peace of the world.” President Roosevelt person- ally forced Interior Secretary Harold and the New Deal. Ickes to remove critical references The notion of publicly criticizing the president, to Hitler and Nazism from several of whom he adored, was anathema to Rabbi Wise — RAFAEL MEDOFF/ his speeches in the 1930s. until the day that the S.S. Bremen came to town. JNS.ORG And the Roosevelt administra- On July 26, 1935, the German ocean liner tion actively undermined American sailed into New York’s harbor, proudly flying the Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. Jewry’s boycott of Nazi goods. The swastika flag, the notorious symbol of Adolf Hitler’s Angriff, called Judge Brodsky “an Eastern Jew,” administration quietly permitted Nazi regime. It was greeted by crowds of anti-Nazi who promoted “Jewish-communistic agita- On Rosh Hashanah, one of the most promi- goods made in Nazi Germany to protesters, some of whom burst past the police lines. tion.” The Berlin newspaperBoersen Zeitung nent rabbis in the United States devoted his be labeled as having been made They torn down the Nazi flag and hurled it into the accused Brodsky of “incomparable impudence sermon to condemning the president of the in a particular city or province water. Six of the demonstrators were arrested. and brazen-faced provocation of the honor of United States, over his response to a recent rather than requiring that they But when the protesters were arraigned the German people.” TheDeutsche Allgemeine controversy involving an anti-Nazi protest. be stamped “Made in Germany,” before New York City Magistrate Louis Brodsky on Zeitung blasted Brodsky’s ruling as “an unheard- But the year wasn’t 2017. It was 1935, and the so that some consumers would September 6, Brodsky dismissed the charges, on the of insult to Germany.” president was Franklin D. Roosevelt. not realize that they were buying grounds that tearing down the Nazi flag was justi- Hitler’s ambassador in Washington, Hans That rabbi, Stephen S. Wise was the head of German products. The policy was fied. It was the S.S. Bremen that was guilty, the judge Luther, demanded an official US government the American Jewish Congress, a leader of the altered only when the boycott declared; it had engaged in “gratuitously brazen apology. And he got one. Secretary of State American Zionist movement and spiritual leader activists threatened to sue. flaunting of an emblem which symbolizes all that Cordell Hull sent the Hitler regime a note of Manhattan’s Free Synagogue; he was arguably For the president and his is antithetical to American ideals.” Hitler’s ship was expressing “regret” at Judge Brodsky’s ruling. the most prominent rabbi and Jewish leader of advisers, political expediency the equivalent of “a pirate ship with the black flag of American Jews were shocked and dismayed his era. Wise was also one of the founders of the trumped all other considerations. piracy proudly flying aloft,” Brodsky ruled. by the Roosevelt administration’s position. For the NAACP and the American Civil Liberties Union, Some things never change, one The German press was furious. Propa- first (and last) time, Rabbi Stephen S. Wise publicly and a staunch supporter of President Roosevelt might say. ganda Minister Josef Goebbels’ newspaper, Der challenged FDR’s policy concerning the Nazis.