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$1.00 - PRINTED IN NEW YORK FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2019 | 3 CHESHVAN 5780 VOL. XLV NO. 2428 Shock in Germany US Wants to Bolster Fight Follows Election Against Islamic Victory for Far-Right State After Its Demagogue Leader’s Death

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Th e United States wants to bolster a coalition fi ghting Islamic State in northeastern Syria, a senior State Depart- ment offi cial said on Monday, after the leader of the jihadi movement, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was killed in a weekend operation. World leaders welcomed his death, but they and security experts warned that the group, which carried out

Björn Höcke, leader of the German far-right AfD party in Th uringia and the head of its ultranationalist faction. Photo: Reuters / Hannibal Hanschke

A bearded man with Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al- Baghdadi’s appearance speaks in this screen grab taken from video released on April 29, 2019. Photo: Islamic State Group / BY BEN COHEN ultranationalist “Alternative for tives elected to the Bundestag, Al Furqan Media Network / Reuters TV via Reuters. Germany” (AfD), pushing the Germany’s federal parliament, in Th e leader of a far-right CDU party of German Chancellor 2017, the AfD’s star has continued atrocities against religious minorities and horrifi ed most grouping whose activity is Angela Merkel into third place. to rise. Th e party now has 91 MPs Muslims, remained a security threat in Syria and beyond. monitored by Germany’s offi cial The AfD — led in Thuringia in the federal parliament and Th e offi cial said that President Donald Trump, by body to defend against political by the extreme-right firebrand won second place in two regional announcing the withdrawal of US forces from northern Syria extremism celebrated a surge in Björn Höcke — took 23.4 percent elections in the states of Branden- on Oct. 6, did not suggest that Washington was abandoning support on Sunday in a key regional of the vote in the state, coming burg and Saxony in September. the fi ght against Islamic State. election in the east of the country. second to the socialist Left Party, Its success in Th uringia — “Th ere was never an idea that we would abandon the In a record turnout, nearly which won the poll with 31 once part of Communist East mission of going after ISIS. … Th is is a major eff ort that is one in four voters in the eastern percent of the vote, and ahead of Germany — may heighten internal continuing,” the offi cial told reporters. state of Th uringia opted for the the CDU with 21.8 percent. tensions within the AfD by Continued on Page A3 With its fi rst representa- Continued on Page A3

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of Jews blamed Republicans far more than people have never undergone Democrats for antisemitism, and regard Presi- that trial. JONATHAN S. TOBIN dent Donald Trump’s record on antisemitism Even when the questions JNS.org unfavorably, has helped some on the left make switched to life on college the case that not only are Jews afraid, but that campuses, which other surveys it’s clear the reason for their fear stems from have identifi ed as the venue concerns about the White House. where most Jews have had With impeccable timing, a new American While this survey should be taken their primary encounter with Jewish Committee survey came out only days seriously, there are some points about it that antisemitism because of attacks before the one-year anniversary of the Pitts- need to be put in context. on supporters of Israel, the burgh synagogue shooting. Th e memorials for Th e fi rst is that while the number of those numbers are relatively low. Only the single bloodiest day in American Jewish who indicate that they are afraid to be identi- 20% of those polled said they history echoed with renewed outrage about fi ed as Jews is alarmingly high, it’s not entirely either personally experienced that crime and the subsequent shooting at apparent whether that kind of fear is justifi ed. antisemitism in an institution Rabbi Jeﬀ rey Myers (r) hosting the US President and Chabad of Poway in Southern California. So After all, the same survey made it clear of higher learning or knew First Lady at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh. it was hardly surprising that the poll’s fi ndings how rare open acts of antisemitism truly are. someone who had. Photo: Reuters/Kevin Lamarque. were hyped in some quarters as an indication Only 2% of those polled said they had Despite all our worries, the partisanship plays in shaping our views of that fear of antisemitic violence was rising ever experienced an antisemitic attack in the survey proves that the overwhelming majority antisemitism. along with the statistics on hate crimes. last fi ve years. While even one such crime is of American Jews can live entire lifetimes When asked which party bears more Th e fact that 88 percent of those polled one too many, given that the language of the without once having to navigate through a responsibility for “the current level of antisem- thought antisemitism was a problem and 84 question is so broad, it’s far from certain that situation in which their Jewish identity makes itism,” on a scale of 1 to 10, most Jews blame percent thought it was increasing stopped even the fi gure of 2% represents a real antise- them a target. Republicans (54%) and Trump far more than some observers in their tracks. Even more mitic threat to life and limb in 2019. Indeed, Should that cause us to downplay the Democrats (18%). startling was the fact that 31 percent of the outside of the targeting of ultra-Orthodox issue of antisemitism? Absolutely not. Th at response correlates with the fact respondents answered that they “avoided Jews in Brooklyn, who are easy to single out, Th e existence of a tiny group of white that Jews break down on partisan and ideolog- publicly wearing, carrying, or displaying things and the rare shootings, attacks on Jews remain supremacists who are armed and dangerous, ical lines that are similar to those results with that might help people identify you as a Jew.” truly unusual in the United States. coupled with the growth of antisemitism Democrats outnumbering Republicans by Taken on its own, that result makes the Even when asked whether they had been masquerading as mere criticism of Israel is 53% to 14%, and liberals dominating conser- United States sound as if it is heading down the targets of an antisemitic remark, only 23% worrisome. Antisemitism is a powerful virus vatives by 56% to 21%. Where Trump is the path to the same dangerous conditions for said yes. Interestingly, the number of those that has attached itself to a number of diff erent concerned, the numbers conform to the usual Jews as France, Germany, and other European who had experienced such an attack on social ideologies, including fascism, Nazism, commu- breakdown of the Jewish vote in presidential countries where even public offi cials have media — where extremists are the noisiest and nism, and radical Islam. Even in the country elections, with 76% viewing him unfavorably cautioned Jews not to stand out lest they be where trolls abound — was only 21%. Again, that has proved to be the best home for Jews and only 22% favorably. singled out for violence. the fact that so many Jews have been subjected in the history of the Diaspora, hatred of Jews is In an era of hyper-partisanship in Th at number, combined with other to such remarks is terrible, but it remains a fact never going to completely disappear. which adherents of the two major parties fi ndings in the survey, in which the majority that more than three-quarters of the Jewish But we should also be aware of the role Continued on Page A4 ‘New Hope’ in Fight Against Tay-Sachs Disease

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Continued from Page A1 “Der Flügel is not right-wing extremist, Victory for AfD Björn Höcke is not right-wing extremist,” strengthening Höcke’s leadership ambitions, Alexander Gauland — the leader of the AfD Sanders Says Portion German political analysts said on Monday. grouping in the federal parliament — declared At present, Höcke leads a hardline nation- in a post-election interview. alist faction within the AfD called Der Flügel The most notorious controversy to have of Israel’s Military Aid (“The Wing”), which is militantly anti-immigrant embroiled Höcke occurred in Jan. 2017. In a and anti-Islamic, and which supports the repeal speech to a right-wing youth rally in Dresden, Should Go ‘Right Now’ of legislation in Germany banning the denial Höcke denounced the existence of Germany’s of the Nazi Holocaust. In an interview with the national memorial to the Holocaust in Berlin. German news outlet taz in the lead-up to the “We Germans are the only people in the to Gaza Thuringia elections, Mike Mohring — the center- world to have planted a monument of shame in right CDU’s candidate — said that he was in no the heart of their capital,” Höcke said, in remarks doubt that “Höcke is a Nazi.” that roused the fury of German’s centrist parties In January 2019, the official German agency and the leadership of its Jewish community. tasked with countering political extremism The negative impact of the speech was announced that it was treating both Der Flügel so great that the AfD’s former leader, Frauke and Höcke’s AfD party in Thuringia as a threat to Petry, condemned Höcke as a “burden” on Germany’s “democratic governance.” the party and attempted to have him expelled. But after the party’s success in Thuringia on However, following a 2018 internal ruling Sunday, the German news magazine Stern noted, in favor of Höcke’s continued membership members of the AfD’s leadership with known of the party, his position within the AfD has reservations about Höcke found themselves with continued to strengthen. little choice other than to defend him.

Continued from Page A1 home to some of Asia’s most organized Bolster Fight Islamist militants, said they were braced for Foreign ministers will meet in retaliation by Islamic State loyalists, including Washington on Nov. 14 to discuss the mission. “lone-wolf” attacks by radicalized locals. “The United States is determined to The United States on Monday confirmed prevent a resurgence of ISIS in Syria and Iraq the killing of Abu al-Hassan al-Muhajir, Sen. Bernie Sanders speaking at a past J Street National Conference in Washington, D.C. and continues to work with the Global Coali- Islamic State spokesman and a high-ranking Photo: Screenshot. tion to destroy ISIS remnants and thwart its figure within the jihadi group, in a separate US global ambitions,” the US State Department operation in northern Syria. BY JACKSON RICHMAN/ told the crowd at the conference. “That’s a fact.” said in a statement. Capable and dangerous JNS.org However, cautioned Sanders, “it is not It said the Washington meeting’s discussions Although Baghdadi’s death will unsettle only Netanyahu’s government that has been would have a “particular focus on recent develop- Islamic State, it remains capable and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who is running a problem; let’s recognize there has been ments in northeast Syria and their relationship to dangerous, said Delfin Lorenzana, defense for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomina- corruption in terms of Hamas and the Pales- stability and security of the region.” secretary of the Philippines, where the group’s tion, stated on Monday at the annual J Street tinian Authority.” Trump has softened his pullout plans influence has taken a hold in its troubled Conference in Washington, DC, that a portion In response to getting endorsements for Syria after a backlash from Congress, Mindanao region. of the US military assistance to Israel should go from those on the record for their antisemitic including from fellow Republicans, who say “This is a blow to the organization consid- towards humanitarian relief in the Gaza Strip. vitriol, including Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), he enabled a long-threatened Turkish incur- ering al-Baghdadi’s stature as a leader. But this “I would use the leverage of $3.8 Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), and comedian sion on Oct. 9 against Kurdish forces in Syria is just a momentary setback considering the billion,” Sanders said, referring to the 10-year and law professor Amer Zahr, Sanders said, who had been America’s top allies in the battle depth and reach of the organization worldwide,” Memorandum of Understanding between the “Being Jewish may be helpful in that regard. against Islamic State since 2014. Lorenzana said. “Somebody will take his place.” United States and Israel negotiated by former It would be very hard for anybody to call me US special forces carried out the Syrian Islamic State has no declared successor President Barack Obama. “It is a lot of money, whose father’s family was wiped out by Hitler operation in which Baghdadi killed himself as leader. But the group has proved resilient, and we cannot give it carte blanche to the and who spent time in Israel antisemitic.” continuing to mount or inspire attacks in the and three of his children by detonating a Israeli government, or for that matter, to any Along with Sanders, Sen. Amy Klobuchar region and beyond despite losing most of its suicide vest when he was cornered in a tunnel. government at all. We have a right to demand (D-Minn.), former US Secretary of Housing territory in recent years. Trump said on Monday he may declas- respect for human rights and democracy.” and Urban Development Julian Castro, South sify and release part of the video taken on Baghdadi had long been sought by the The senator, who received a thunderous Bend, Ind. Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Sen. Saturday of the raid. The video is believed to United States — which offered a $25 million crowd ovation from start to finish, remarked Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) addressed the J include aerial footage and possibly footage reward — as leader of a jihadist group that at that some of the $3.8 billion the United States Street conference. from cameras mounted on the soldiers who one point controlled large areas of Syria and annually gives to Israel in assistance should They were all interviewed by the hosts stormed Baghdadi’s compound. Iraq, where it declared a caliphate. “go right now to humanitarian aid in Gaza.” of the weekly podcast “Pod Save the World,” Trump said on Sunday that Baghdadi Islamic State has brutally attacked The Gaza Strip has been under control former National Security Council spokes- had died “whimpering and crying” in a raid religious minorities and launched deadly person Tommy Vietor and former US Deputy strikes on five continents in a violent campaign by the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas that fulfilled the president’s top national National Security Advisor for Strategic that horrified most Muslims. since 2007, when it overthrew the Palestinian security goal. Communications Ben Rhodes to “discuss In their long hunt for Baghdadi, Iraqi intel- Authority. Israel has permitted international The United States has given the remains the future of the US-Israel relationship, their of Baghdadi a burial at sea and afforded him ligence teams secured a break in February humanitarian aid transfers to the Gaza Strip, visions for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian religious rites according to Islamic custom, 2018 after one of his top aides gave them infor- including from Arab countries such as Qatar. conflict, their plans to combat the growing three officials toldReuters. mation on how he escaped capture for so many “My proposal in terms of Israeli-Palestinian threat of white supremacy and more,” ‘Lone-wolf threat’ years, two Iraqi security officials said. efforts is not a radical proposal,” said Sanders. according to an email from J Street ahead of Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov Baghdadi held strategy talks with his “All it says is that we need an even-hand proposal the conference. declined to say if the United States had told commanders in moving minibuses packed with for both people. What is going on in Gaza right Russia about the operation in advance. Trump, vegetables in order to avoid detection, Ismael now, for example, is absolutely inhumane. It is Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer in announcing the operation, said Russia al-Ethawi told officials after he was arrested by unacceptable. It is unsustainable.” (D-NY), U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi “treated us great” by opening up airspace it Turkish authorities and handed to the Iraqis. Sanders also attacked Israeli Prime (D-Calif.), Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and controlled for the raid. “Ethawi gave valuable information which Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, arguing that Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) were scheduled Peskov added: “If this information is helped the Iraqi multi-security agencies team it’s not antisemitic to say that the government to address the conference on Monday night. confirmed, we can talk about a serious contri- complete the missing pieces of the puzzle of of Netanyahu has been “racist.” The conference concludes on Tuesday, bution by the president of the United States to Baghdadi’s movements and places he used to “It is not antisemitism to say that the when participants will lobby J Street’s agenda the fight against international terrorism.” hide,” one of the Iraqi security officials said. Netanyahu government has been racist,” he on Capitol Hill. French President Emmanuel Macron Iraqi security officials said Kurdish intel- said Baghdadi’s death was a major blow ligence agents had exchanged information with Critics expressed concern at the Trump said the raid would not change against Islamic State, but “the fight continues counterparts in Baghdad on the movements of abandoning of the Kurdish fighters who his decision to withdraw troops from Syria. to finally defeat this terrorist organization.” Baghdadi and his aides in Syria. One of the Kurds’ were instrumental in defeating Islamic State But killing Baghdadi could help blunt British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said: sources passed on a “golden tip” earlier this year. in Syria, and said the move might allow the those concerns, as well as boosting Trump “We will work with our coalition partners to Suspicious movements were spotted by group to regain strength and pose a threat to domestically at a time when he is facing an bring an end to the murderous, barbaric activi- locals at a house in a village in Syria, which US interests. impeachment inquiry in the US House of ties of Daesh (Islamic State) once and for all.” was placed under surveillance and turned out The Pentagon, however, said the United Representatives. In Southeast Asia, an important focus to be the house used by Baghdadi, the Iraqi States would repel any attempt to take Egypt, which is fighting militants loyal for Islamic State, officials said security forces officials said. Syria’s oilfields away from US-backed Syrian to Islamic State, said the killing of Baghdadi were preparing for a long battle to thwart the US pullback militia with “overwhelming force,” whether was “an important step towards eradicating group’s ideology. The raid on Baghdadi comes weeks after the opponent is Islamic State or even forces terrorism.” The Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia, Trump announced the withdrawal of US backed by Russia or Syria. troops from northeastern Syria. Continued on Page A5 A4 | FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2019 World News.

Continued from Page A2 The main conclusions we should be Fear drawing from the AJC survey is that for all of our justified fears, it’s a mistake to think exist in social-media silos where they rarely that American antisemitism is no different experience opposing opinions, it’s only from the far more serious problems facing natural that Republicans blame Democrats European Jews. Nor should we allow our polit- and Democrats blame Republicans for ical leanings to obscure the truth that threats antisemitism, with neither group particularly to Jews exist from both ends of the political interested in taking on political allies for their spectrum. role in spreading Jew-hatred. It’s no surprise Seen in context, the alarming results don’t that anger about the president has helped change the fact that — thanks to American increase the total of those expressing fear, exceptionalism — Jews should still have no even if they may not personally be in danger. qualms about claiming a place in any sector Yet we should also be encouraged that of society. That’s still true even if radicals on so many Jews are willing to call out extrem- the right and the left both want to marginalize ists on both ends of the spectrum. While 89% those who are unafraid to proudly proclaim view the “extreme political right” as a threat, their Jewish identity. 64% also view the “extreme political left” as a US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announces the Trump administration’s economic sanctions Jonathan S. Tobin is editor in chief of similar peril. That number upset some Israel- against the Venezuelan state owned Petroleos de Venezuela (PdVSA), January 28, 2019. JNS-Jewish News Syndicate. Follow him on Photo: Reuters / Jim Young. bashers like The Forward’s Peter Beinart, Twitter @jonathans_tobin. who act as apologists for the antisemitic BDS crowd and want that variant of Jew-hatred left Steven Mnuchin, Israeli Health out of the definition. Officials Discuss Establishment FDA approval, and it is an approval process National Digital Bureau, the fund invests of Israeli FDA Branch that opens doors for companies globally. in multi-stage companies in the domains At first glance, Israel is too small to of digital health, medical devices, and meet the FDA criteria for a local branch, but biopharma. Its portfolio companies include the matter is being considered due to the gut microbiome analysis company DayTwo, BY SOPHIE SHULMAN/CTech meeting was held at the house of US Ambas- country’s unusually large concentration of cancer diagnosis startup Ibex Medical sador to Israel David Friedman, and was biotech and medtech companies, the person Analytics, and medical analytics company Israeli medtech and biotech companies attended by senior executives from Israeli familiar with the matter said. While it will not Zebra Medical Vision. are in line for an early Christmas present. health maintenance organization Clalit and replace the need to apply for FDA clearance Nacht started working towards a local On Tuesday morning, US Secretary of the Sheba Medical Center. in the US, it could shorten the application FDA branch a year and a half ago, according Treasury Steven Mnuchin met with Israeli The FDA, a federal agency based in process for Israeli companies. Estimates are to the person familiar with the matter. The health officials and Marius Nacht, co-founder Washington, has very few branches outside that such a branch could be established in idea is in alignment with the FDA’s strategy of life sciences and healthcare venture capital of the US, and those are located in large Israel in the near future, the person said. under recently resigned FDA commissioner fund aMoon, to discuss the opening of a local countries like China, India, and several AMoon is one of Israel’s largest venture Scott Gottlieb, who championed cutting branch of the US Food and Drug Adminis- European and Latin American countries. No capital funds, with over $1 billion in assets bureaucratic red tape for new drug approvals tration, according to one person who spoke company looking to sell medical devices or under management. Managed by co-founder and new regulations meant to cut down the to Calcalist on condition of anonymity. The formulations can operate in the US without Yair Schindel, the former CEO of Israel’s ever-rising price of medication in the US.

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In Los Angeles on Monday, firefighters were Jewish Schools, Synagogues and working to stop a brushfire that broke out before dawn. Jewish schools including Milken Commu- Congregations Affected by Fires nity School and the American Jewish University were closed for the day. Many residents who live near the Getty Center were evacuated overnight Raging in California as the fire quickly grew in the dark. Late last week, it was the town of Santa Clarita, northwest of Los Angeles, that was A view of a home burning in the Kincade Fire dealing with a fast-moving wildfire. The Tick in Northern California, October 2019. BY JNS.org Photo: Screenshot. Fire has since been contained, and according Up and down the state of California, synagogues, Hebrew schools and Jewish residents are to rabbis there, life is back to normal. return. We had services Friday night and dealing with effects of wildfires that have consumed tens of thousands of acres in recent days, “We canceled Hebrew school on Saturday morning.” from evacuations to school closures, to days with no electricity as authorities try to limit the fire Thursday evening, and our preschool was Members of Temple Beth Ami in Santa damage and danger. closed on Friday. Our synagogue was outside Clarita were also evacuated last week, said Rabbi In the Northern California, the Torah scrolls from Congregation Beth Ami in Santa Rosa were the evacuation zone; however, some of our Mark Blazer, adding that “No one has lost homes, evacuated from the synagogue on Saturday as winds whipped flames from the Kincaid Fire in congregants were evacuated,” said Rabbi Jay fortunately, and we had services Friday night.” nearby rural Geyserville and brought the fire danger closer to the city. As of Monday morning, the Siegel of Congregation Beth Shalom in Santa “Unfortunately, this has become too Kincaid Fire had burned some 66,000 acres and led to the evacuations of an estimated 200,000 Clarita. “Many of those evacuated stayed with common,” he continued. “We almost expect it people.California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of other congregants until it was safe for their every October.” emergency as fires raged fueled by dry conditions and strong winds. In some cases, like the Tick Fire in Santa Clarita in Southern California, which had consumed more than 4,600 acres and is 70 percent contained, firefighters are making significant progress. Elsewhere, however, new fires like the Getty Fire, which broke out around 2 a.m. near the famed Getty Center on Monday morning in Los Angeles, are being reported. “We had Shabbat services yesterday when we got news about communities north of us being evacuated,” said Rabbi Mordechai Miller of Beth Ami in Santa Rosa. “We completed services and had our Kiddush because we weren’t under a mandatory evacuation. Afterwards, we took the Sifrei Torahs” from the building and moved them to services. Sunday’s Hebrew school was canceled.While many from Miller’s congregation who were evacuated went to stay with friends and family in nearby communities, Congregation Kol Emeth in Palo Alto, where Miller’s daughter Sarah works, opened their homes should anyone need a place to go. “We have not done this before, but we were very involved, post-fire, in helping that community during the [previous] fire,” said Lia Rensin, president of the board of directors at Kol Emeth. “We’ve had a huge outpouring of support from Kol Emeth congregants. I am beyond grateful to our members and so moved by their generosity. I am sure that if we have extra space, we will contact other synagogues in the areas affected to see how we can help as well.” Miller praised the Kol Emeth congregation, noting that they have a history of being socially active and helping when they are needed. The Kincaid Fire comes two years after the Tubbs Fire burned through Sonoma and Napa counties, killing more than 20 people, and destroying thousands of homes and structures, and just a year after the Camp Fire destroyed the town of Paradise. Both of those fires had broken out and burned so quickly that people had little if any time to act. According to Miller, “the Tubbs Fire in 2017 fire had a profound effect on the community. A lot of rebuilding has taken place, but that isn’t even fully finished. In 2017, the fire was on Chol Hamoed Sukkot. There was a lot of wind, so I went outside at 2 a.m. to check on my sukkah. It had blown off the deck, and then I saw a lot of traffic coming down the road which borders my backyard and that didn’t make sense.” “People didn’t know about the fire,” he continued. “They didn’t know what was happening because it was 2 o’clock in the morning. This time we were aware of the fire because it started in Geyserville a few days ago, so there was always some concern that with the high wind it might spread. I think people were much better prepared.” ‘This has become all too common’

Continued from Page A3 Bolster Fight US foe Iran, which accuses the United States and its allies of creating Islamic State, was dismissive. Information Minister Mohammad Javad Azari-Jahromi tweeted: “Not a big deal, You just killed your creature.” At the height of its power, Islamic State ruled over millions of people from northern Syria to the outskirts of Baghdad. Thousands of civilians were killed by the group as it mounted what the United Nations called a genocidal campaign against Iraq’s Yazidi minority. It also caused worldwide revulsion by beheading foreign nationals from countries including the United States, Britain and Japan. The group has claimed responsibility for or inspired attacks in cities including Paris, Nice, France, Orlando, Florida, Manchester, England, London and Berlin, and in Turkey, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Egypt. A6 | FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2019 Opinion. Hate the ISIS Leader, but Don’t Rejoice at His Death

Trump, the heroic American military, and to the suffering of the Egyptians, even as they the American people for having neutralized were engaged in genocide. We wanted their evil destroyed. But the fact that evil exists at SHMULEY BOTEACH a monster. But we should heed the words of A member of the Emergency Response Division all is a flaw in creation that must be corrected holds an Islamic State militants flag in the Old ENGELWOOD the Bible: “Do not rejoice when your enemy without celebration. City of Mosul, Iraq, July 10, 2017. Photo: Reuters / falls, and let not your heart be glad when he Thaier Al-Sudani / File. stumbles” (Proverbs 24:17). We wish there never was evil in the This is not a time for celebration or world. It would have been far better for there enemy is the guy who steals your parking parades, but rather a time for thanks and never to have been a Pharaoh, a Hitler, or an Al space. God’s enemies are those who stone Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi is dead. He was humble gratitude to God Almighty that evil Baghdadi. When Hitler escaped Allied justice women to death. Jesus meant to forgive petty a monster. The world is a much better place had been rooted out and innocents have been by blowing his brains out in a Berlin bunker, slights rather than monstrous evil. without him. He was one of those who was protected through the elimination of a vile, we gave thanks to God that his unspeakable I do not believe in revenge, something the created in the image of God, but chose to bloodthirsty killer. evil had finally come to an end. But who could Bible explicitly prohibits. The ancient Jewish erase the Creator’s countenance from his That we do not rejoice at the fall of our possibly rejoice after so many innocents had understanding of the Biblical injunction of “an visage by murdering, raping, plundering, and enemies does not mean that we should been annihilated? The same is true of the eye for an eye” was always financial restitu- beheading. not hate evil. To the contrary, we must. death of the ISIS leader. Who can celebrate? tion for the lost productivity of an eye rather Beasts like Al Baghdadi rejoice in seeing Judaism stands alone as a world religion in The victims’ families are still bereft. They are than the barbaric taking of an organ itself. But their helpless victims cower before them. its commandment to excoriate wickedness. still gone. We do not gloat over the triumph I do believe in justice, and forgiving murder or They dress them up in orange jumpsuits and Psalm 97 is emphatic: “You who love God over evil, because its very existence must loving a terrorist makes a mockery of human then saw off their heads with glee. But when must hate evil.” Proverbs 8 declares: “The fear forever be mourned. love and a shambles of human justice. confronted with their own deaths, they blow of the Lord is to hate evil.” Amos 5 demands, Many readers will no doubt point out that Ecclesiastes expressed it best: There is themselves up along with their innocent “Hate the evil and love the good.” And Isaiah on Purim, Jews celebrate the death of Haman. not just a time to love, but also a time to hate. children to escape their captors. Death by 5 warns, “Woe unto them that call evil good, But this is incorrect. We celebrate the deliver- I hate Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi — but I will not cowardly suicide — think of Hitler, Goebbels, and good evil.” ance of an innocent people from genocide. rejoice in his death. It would have been better and Goering — is always the escape of And concerning the wicked, King David But for my Christian brothers who would for the world had he never been born. But cowardly murderers. declares unequivocally: “I have hated them go further and quote to me Jesus’ injunction that once he was, and once he directed his life Still, we should not rejoice in Al Baghda- with a perfect hatred. They are become we are to love our enemies, I respond that to to unspeakable cruelty, it was necessary for di’s death. There should be no spontaneous enemies to me” (Psalm 139). Hatred is a valid love murderers is to practice contempt for their him to be stopped and killed. And for that I celebrations outside the White House, as emotion, the appropriate moral response, to the victims. Those who do not hate Al Baghdadi give thanks to God and the brave soldiers of there were for arch-butcher Osama bin Laden. human encounter with inhuman cruelty. Mass have been morally compromised. A man who the American military for making the world a It would have been better if Al Baghdadi had murderers must be reviled with our contempt. rapes a woman and then decapitates her has safer, more just and innocent place. never been born. But hating evil does not mean that we cast off the image of God from his countenance Rabbi Shmuley Boteach is the author It is not a cause for celebration when evil dance over the charred fragments of the and is no longer our human brother. of Judaism for Everyone and founder of is defeated. Rather, we bow our heads in silent putrid remains of Al Baghdadi. At the Passover As a Jew who has studied the New Testa- the World Values Network. Follow him on resignation amidst the ferocious determina- Seder, Jews, upon recalling the Ten Plagues, ment, I state emphatically that Jesus never Twitter and Instagram @RabbiShmuley. tion to eradicate evil wherever it is found. poor wine out of our glasses 10 separate times meant to forgive God’s enemies. His words To be sure, we should thank President to demonstrate that we will not raise a glass are specific. He says to love your enemy. Your

power for any government, forbids economic and political monopolies, and separates powers. The Hong Kong Protests: The Biblical king was to be a commander-in- chief and executor of the divinely legislated laws It’s Monotheism, Stupid of the Bible. He was constrained by the institution of the High Priest/Temple, which had its own financial base. The judicial branch, the Sanhedrin, ruled Lord thy God, thou shalt have no other gods The Hong Kong skyline at night. independently and the Prophets acted in before me — because it challenges the power Photo: public domain. place of the Fourth Estate; however, none were of the Chinese President.” financed by the king. Within this framework, SCOTT A SHAY idolatrous regime, it must control the “truth.” The Christians of Hong Kong and the individuals — including women — could buy NEW YORK Thus, it must first and foremost outlaw and mainland understand what the West has and sell freely, provided they did so honestly. control all other religions, since no idola- forgotten. Idolatry is not some frivolous Not surprisingly, the Bible’s laws and political trous god-king can tolerate a larger god. This outmoded bowing before statues. Idolatry model inspired modern liberalism and most is why China has murdered over 1.2 million To commemorate the 70th anniversary is a set of lies about power: it is about of the 19th and 20th century movements for peaceful Tibetans and imprisoned countless of the Chinese Communist Party domina- ascribing super power and super authority political and economic justice from aboli- others. This is also why the 11 million Uighur tion of China, Chairman Xi Jinping, adorned to finite beings, ideologies, and in the ancient tionism to the civil rights movement. Clearly, Muslims are subject to constant surveil- in a Mao suit, rode in an open-top armored world, natural processes and animals. Such it seems the Bible threatens ideologies that lance via DNA testing, facial recognition, and Hongqi Limo. The ceremony he presided divine power and authority are used to want to control their subjects completely. physical security checks. It is unclear how over as the guest of honor began with a justify pronouncing any law, controlling all The Bible’s story of the liberation from many have vanished, never to return. monumental musical concert, followed by resources, and ruling over all the people. idolatrous power is a story that dictatorships This is why Christianity is tightly a gargantuan civilian-military parade, and Modern dictators without exception need to suppress. The Israelites escaped controlled. During my career, I met Chinese culminating in his rousing speech. have all indirectly proclaimed their divinity. Pharaoh, thanks to the covert civil disobedi- Christians at business conferences abroad. It is 2019, but the celebration would Stalin had his image projected into the sky ence of five women: two Egyptian midwives They are very circumspect and careful about have been familiar to the Pharaohs of by the Soviet space agency, Mao’s image was and Pharaoh’s daughter as well as Moses’ discussing beliefs even outside of their county, yesteryear. The bombastic music, exuberant given the iconography of the Buddha, and sister and mother. All of them knew that if they wary of informants. The Chinese government dance, carefully choreographed theatre, North Korean children are taught that Kim failed, they would be killed. Yet, understanding has also censored the Bible to make it more stunning pageantry, fanning oratory, and Jong-il was a god who could read minds. Other Pharaoh’s lies about power gave these women compatible with Communist ideology and public “chariot ride” were straight out of the examples abound. With such unfettered the courage to take huge risks. This under- does not permit unredacted Bibles among playbook of ancient Egypt. The objective: to power, it is no wonder that these dictators did standing also inspires Hong Kong Christians. its 1.4 billion people. Religious services are show Xi’s total authority as the god-king of the as they pleased, including the murdering of They “Sing Hallelujah to the Lord” as a clear surveilled and attendees subject to height- People’s Republic and his regime’s robust and millions. In China, Mao alone directly caused rejection of the Pharaoh of Beijing. It is the ened scrutiny. commanding military/police power. the death of some 75 million Chinese. He once reason that the Hong Kong protests are not China’s crackdown on the Bible, Islam, Hong Kong’s Christians recognize the said that it would be acceptable if 300 million losing momentum as analysts had expected. and Christianity is emblematic of all modern Communist regime for exactly what it is Chinese died if it was to ensure Communist The minds of the Hong Kong protesters idolatrous states. The Bible’s prohibition against — idolatry. As reported in the ecumenical victory. Mao succeeded in this gruesome are not focused on the specific issues such idolatry is the conceptual foundation for all polit- religious journal First Things, a pastor at a feat and died peacefully himself because the as the proposed extradition law, but rather ical and economic justice. If there is no God but Hong Kong rally recently proclaimed, “They people recognized him as a god-king. on the danger of becoming controlled by the God and all humans are created in His image, [the Chinese government] have already China, of course, wants to present a kind, idolatrous religion of Communism. Once then we must treat each other as we wish to be canceled the First Commandment — I am the gentle face, as the People’s Republic. But as an treated. Therefore, the Bible rejects unlimited Continued on Page A7 www.algemeiner.com | FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2019 A7 Opinion.

that lie behind that narrative — Zomlot’s a demographic threat. Because the dream of contribution (from around 2:30:00 here) is establishing a state of all its citizens might be Examining the BBC’s Claim worth watching in full. generations away. Because only few months But one section in particular (from after the Israeli state … nation-state law that of Palestinian Support for 3:04:43) has gained attention on social media discriminated against the Palestinian citizens because it reveals what actually lies behind of Israel and deliberately told them that they that BBC claim that the Palestinians support can never have the right of self-determination the Two-State Solution the two-state solution. [emphasis in italics in — it’s exclusive to Jews. In such an environ- the original, emphasis in bold added] ment to aspire to that is really to be almost like Zomlot: OK: about the two-state solution. wanting to fight a heavyweight boxer when Let me explain something that I think is two-state solution which the BBC claims they missed in the discussion. People think the “support,” the BBC’s implication that there is two-state solution is a Palestinian demand. HADAR SELA/ one unified Palestinian voice which supports Wherever we go now they tell us “oh I know the two-state solution is clearly inaccurate ISRAEL that you demand a two-state solution.” […] and misleading. … This really, really must end. The BBC’s wording does not inform Number one, the Palestinians…you know readers that an essential part of the two-state the two-state solution was never a Palestinian Back in May, in a report concerning solution is the concept (repeatedly endorsed demand. It was a Palestinian concession. Palestinian rejection of the as yet unpub- by the Quartet) of “two states for two peoples” And it was a Palestinian concession towards An aerial view of the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. lished US peace initiative, BBC News told its — a definition which would require Pales- becoming aligned with international audiences that: tinian recognition of Israel as the Jewish [inaudible]. For Palestinians, it doesn’t make you are unable to even defeat a lightweight. It is unclear whether the [US] plan will state — and that Fatah and the Palestinian sense that early on, the starting point of And that’s why we are more in the area of be based on the so-called “two-state solution” Authority have repeatedly refused to do so. forgoing 78% of what was rightly yours. You possibility than desirability and from a possi- — a long-standing formula for resolving the So what really is the approach of the PLO, don’t start there. You start somewhere else. bility point of view we remain to be convinced conflict by creating a Palestinian state along- Fatah, and Palestinian Authority (PA) clique Having said that, for us, the Palestinians, let that the two-state solution is still possible. side Israel, with Jerusalem a shared capital. to the idea of a two-state solution to the Arab- me confirm we have two positive acceptable And we remain convinced that it is the best The Palestinians and most of the inter- Israeli conflict? outcomes for the future. The first is two states course to the immediate future. national community support this approach in Earlier this month, the University of on the 1967 borders [sic]. A state of Palestine, In other words, Zomlot is saying that principle, while the Israeli leadership is cooler Chicago’s Pearson Institute held a conference in sovereign — we’re not talking about Mickey although the Palestinians would prefer a more towards it. [emphasis added] Berlin. One of the speakers was Husam Zomlot Mouse state — sovereign, independent. East “desirable” one-state option which would As was noted here at the time, the BBC — currently head of the Palestinian mission to Jerusalem is our capital. Not a capital in East eradicate the Jewish state and bring an end to has been promoting the theme of Palestinian the UK — who readers may recall gave a briefing Jerusalem. Not shared capital in Jerusalem. Jewish self-determination, they are prepared support for a two-state solution at least since to BBC journalists just before the Bahrain Not the fantasy that we will establish a capital to settle in “the immediate future” for their December 2016 — while amplifying the PLO’s economic workshop in June, and who has been in Abu Dis. East Jerusalem from the exact partisan interpretation of a two-state solution interpretation of that shorthand: a regular contributor to BBC content. line […] and this is final by the way. It’s final. which — notably — does not include recogni- In addition to avoiding the obviously For those interested in the topic of how One of the biggest mistakes that people tion of Israel as the Jewish state, because they inconvenient fact that the Palestinians have the PA promotes its selective narrative in the thought that us accepting and recognizing the consider all of Israel to be “rightly” theirs. repeatedly rejected offers based on the West — and the contradictions and falsehoods two-state solution was the beginning of our That of course is significantly different to concessions. No, no, no: it was the end of our the way in which the BBC portrays the Pales- Continued from Page A6 all their courageous predecessors, that when concessions. […] tinian position to its audiences. The problem Monotheism you stand up against idolatry, then God will The second option is one person, one is not that Palestinian officials such as Zomlot idolatry rears its power, it is difficult to turn provide a tailwind to defeat Pharaoh. vote: one democratic, egalitarian state that and Saeb Erekat do not get enough BBC airtime back, but monotheism does hold out hope. Scott A. Shay is Chairman and provides for all of its citizens regardless of to explain their stance, but that BBC journalists Few expected Nelson Mandela in South co-founder of Signature Bank of New York your language, your religion, your color, your refrain from asking challenging but relevant Africa, Mohammad Hatta in Indonesia, and the author of In Good Faith; Questioning height, your width. A state in the meaning of questions such as why the PA’s interpretation of Costilla and Morelos in Mexico, Lech Religion and Atheism (Post Hill Press, 2018). a state. And I say it maybe on behalf of my the two-state solution does not include recog- Walesa in Poland, and a host of others to be A version of this article was originally Palestinian side: we will accept either. It’s not nition of Israel as the Jewish state. successful. Indeed, many prior to them were published in The Asia Times. like we are obsessed. We are obsessed about a Hadar Sela is the Managing Editor of not. The Hong Kong protesters believe, like solution. But we know that the second option is BBC Watch, an affiliate of the Committee a non-starter in Israel. We know that. And you for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in know why? Do I need to dwell on it? Because America (CAMERA). Continued from Page A10 Maimonides said things that many may have Israel sees us, the Palestinians, primarily as Ark sensed before, but no one had expressed so modern age in a variety of forms. Devotees of cogently and powerfully. He showed that it is Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch called it Torah possible to be utterly devoted to Jewish faith im derech eretz, “Torah with general culture.” and law and yet be creative, showing people How UNIFIL Can Still In Yeshiva University it came to be known as spiritual and intellectual depths they had not Torah u-Madda, “Torah and science.” Together seen before. That was his way making a tzohar, Succeed in Lebanon with the late Aaron Lichtenstein zt”l, I prefer a window for the tevah, the Divine word. the phrase Torah ve-Chochmah, “Torah and On the other hand, the Zohar conceives wisdom,” because wisdom is a biblical category. of Torah as a precious stone that gives light Recently, the science writer David of itself and needs none from the outside. other munitions at Hezbollah targets. Epstein published a fascinating book called Its world is a closed system, a very deep, KENNETH GLUECK & Since the 2006 Lebanon War, UNIFIL has Range, subtitled, How Generalists Triumph passionate, moving, sustained search for FRANK J. GRASS proven incapable of enforcing UN Security Council Resolution 1701, which calls for all in a Specialised World.[4] He makes the point intimacy with the Divine that dwells within NEW YORK that over-concentration on a single special- the universe and within the human soul. armed militias in southern Lebanon to disarm. ised topic is good for efficiency but bad for So we are not forced to choose either the Hezbollah continues to operate freely in the creativity. The real creatives, (people like the one or the other. Recall that Chizkuni said that area. Under UNIFIL’s watch, Hezbollah has Nobel prize winners), are often those who Noah had a precious stone for the dark days There is a growing risk of war along the grown its missile arsenal from 10,000 rockets had outside interests, who knew other disci- and a window for when the sun shone again. Israeli-Lebanese border. The United Nations in 2006 to roughly 120,000 rockets and dozens plines, or had passions and hobbies outside Something like that happened when it came Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has failed of precision missiles today, which it hides their subject. Even in a field like sport, for to Torah also. During the dark days of persecu- to disarm Hezbollah, forcing Israel to expand amongst the Lebanese civilian population. every Tiger Woods, who had a feel for golf tion, Jewish mysticism flourished, and Torah its operations to counter the group. Recent UNIFIL has previously argued that it lacks the even before he could speak, there is a Roger was illuminated from within. During the changes to UNIFIL’s mandate are productive legal authority to search for weapons on private Federer, who exercised his skills in many benign days when the world was more open first steps at holding Hezbollah accountable, property. Israel recently discovered a network sports before, quite late in youth, choosing to to Jews, they had a window to the outside, and but greater pressure will be necessary to of tunnels from southern Lebanon into Israel, focus on tennis. so emerged figures like Maimonides in the de-escalate the situation. despite UNIFIL’s claims that none existed. Lehavdil, it was precisely Maimonides’ Middle Ages, and Samson Raphael Hirsch in In August, the UN Security Council voted UNIFIL’s mission to provide an breadth of knowledge of science, medicine, the 19th century. to renew UNIFIL’s mandate, and Hezbollah independent peacekeeping force along the psychology, astronomy, philosophy, logic, I believe that the challenge for our time is launched an attack on UNIFIL peacekeepers. Israeli-Lebanese border has never been and many other fields that allowed him to be to open a series of windows so that the world Soon after, on August 24, the IDF struck an more important. The next conflict in Lebanon so creative in everything he wrote, from his can illuminate our understanding of Torah, Iranian-controlled base in Syria and launched would likely create unprecedented casualties letters, to his Commentary to the Mishnah, and so that the Torah may guide us as we seek a drone attack into Beirut. Hezbollah and destruction. If an extended war occurs, to the Mishnah Torah itself, structured differ- to make our way through the world. responded by firing an anti-tank missile at an Hezbollah may seek to overwhelm Israel’s ently from any other code of Jewish law, Shabbat Shalom IDF military jeep and base. Israel responded missile defense system by firing two to four all the way to The Guide for the Perplexed. by firing back roughly 100 artillery shells and Continued on Page A8 A8 | FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2019 Impressions.

Continued from Page A7 UNIFIL thousand rockets per day, while launching small raids My Torah Goes to Prison across the border into Israel. To defend itself, Israel must be prepared to conduct preemptive strikes against Hezbollah targets. We have seen some progress at the UN, where the Security Council has made a small but noteworthy BY ALAN DERSHOWITZ accused of bringing about injustice, especially if improvement to UNIFIL’s authorization that demands I win, or if I get a good deal for my client. Justice that Lebanon allow UNFIL to fully execute its mandate. for my clients is seen as injustice for their alleged I was recently honored for my pro bono work The new resolution directs the Lebanese govern- victims. The justice system is seen by some as a zero in the criminal justice arena, including my work ment to allow UNIFIL increased physical access to sum game in which every winner produces a loser. on several successful clemency efforts, by having report on weapon transfers to known terrorists. This The message of the Torah with its repeti- a Torah dedicated to me. It was a deeply spiritual should serve as a deterrent to the Lebanese Armed tion of “justice” — and of the Aleph Institute with moment when I wrote the last letters a few months Forces (LAF), whose troops often impede UNIFIL its humanitarian and religious outreach work on ago (with the help of a professional scribe) of the movements and investigations of Hezbollah activities. behalf of the imprisoned — is that justice can be fair Torah that was started just days after my efforts Additionally, the UN Secretary-General will to both the accuser and the accused. helped secure the release of Sholom Mordechai provide an assessment on UNIFIL’s performance by Unjustly long sentences and unjustly brutal Rubashkin, bringing a father back to his yearning June 1, 2020, and issue a report at least every four prison conditions do not serve the interests of family and righting a grave sentencing injustice. months about any violations of Resolution 1701 or anyone — or of justice, however defined. The impris- Now, I have had another deeply felt moment UNIFIL’s freedom of movement within Lebanon. oned — whether guilty, innocent, or somewhere in when my Torah was borrowed by the Aleph Institute UNIFIL’s new mandate adds additional requirements between — deserve to be treated humanely and — one of the organizations that I have assisted pro for UNIFIL to justify its budget, force size, and ability with an eye toward rehabilitation and eventual bono on occasion — and brought to prisons over the to accomplish its mission. return to society. In too many of today’s prisons and Jewish High Holidays. My Torah was chanted for the Hezbollah remains a powerful domestic force in jails, practices such as long-term solitary confine- Jewish prisoners as part of the services conducted by Lebanon. The Lebanese government and military may ment and tolerance of rape produce high rates of Aleph rabbis around the country. continue to thwart UNIFIL’s mandate, and must be recidivism that benefit no one. Suicide and mental The cover of the Torah was especially designed held accountable. illness are rampant in many prisons, especially for me with the inscription “Justice, justice must Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri recently those operated for profit by private companies. you pursue,” a command from the book of Deuter- argued that “Hezbollah is not a Lebanese problem, Prisoners who lose only — it is a regional problem.” But the region cannot contact with the outside solve this problem if Lebanese institutions continue to world — with relatives, friends, and their religious or social contact — have the highest rates of failure and recidivism. The Aleph Insti- tute joins many other similar organizations in performing an important role by caring for the religious and humani- A woman holds a Lebanese flag as riot police tarian needs of prisoners. confront Hezbollah supporters during ongoing anti- It is these prisoner- government protests in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, oriented organizations Oct. 25, 2019. Photo: Reuters / Alkis Konstantinidis. and programs that make turn a blind eye to Hezbollah’s aggressive activities and life in prison tolerable, restrict UNFIL’s ability to accomplish its mandate. and a non-criminal return The US should exert greater pressure on the Sefer Torah. Photo: Sarah Junik to society more likely. Lebanese government and its armed forces to ensure I’m thrilled that that they comply with Security Council resolu- my Torah has become part of Aleph’s mission onomy. That particular verse was in my bar mitzvah tions and allow UNIFIL freedom of movement. This to help prisoners. I hope my Torah is taken into portion, which I chanted 68 years ago. It has always pressure could include limiting military equipment many prisons and chanted to many prisoners. The inspired me. that it provides to the LAF, review of any arms sales to message of the Torah can inspire prisoners to change The Biblical commentators have been intrigued Lebanon, and joint military training activities. their lives and become productive citizens. Perhaps by the repetition of the word “justice,” since every The US can bolster UNIFIL’s mission by continuing this will give rise to a new interpretation of “Justice, word and letter of the Torah has a meaning. Various to impose robust sanctions against Hezbollah and justice must you pursue”: it is not enough to pursue interpretations have been offered, including the designate Hezbollah members and those who aid justice for those of us outside of prison; it is impera- following: one justice represents strict compliance the group. The US should also sanction those who tive to pursue it as vigorously for the forgotten who with the demands of the law, while the other repre- impede UNIFIL freedom of operations in Lebanon, as are serving time in some of the most brutal places sents compassion and mercy; one justice relates to these actions indirectly aid Hezbollah. If the Lebanese in the world. So I hope my Torah is taken to many the substance of the law, the other to fair procedures; government or military continues to obstruct UNIFIL, prisons and chanted to many prisoners. one justice is for the victim, the other for the accused. the Security Council could bypass them entirely by Alan M. Dershowitz is the Felix Frankfurter My favorite interpretation is that the word directing UNIFIL to act unilaterally when it wants to Professor of Law Emeritus at Harvard Law justice is repeated because no two people can agree investigate Hezbollah’s illegal infrastructure. School. Follow him on Twitter @AlanDersh and on what constitutes real justice. When I represent If after these reforms UNIFIL remains unwilling Facebook @AlanMDershowitz. defendants accused of horrendous crimes, I am or unable to investigate Hezbollah activity, the UN Security Council should reconsider the force’s utility. In its place, the Security Council could replace the peacekeeping force with a more aggressive multi- national force designed to proactively move against Hezbollah’s entrenched position in southern Lebanon. the possibilities of future conflict. pant of JINSA’s 2019 Generals and Admirals For now, the international community remains Lt. Gen. (ret.) Kenneth Glueck is former Program. He serves as a Senior Mentor for the largely committed to UNIFIL and it is therefore the commander, US Marine Corps Combat Devel- United States Army. The views expressed in this best option for disarming Hezbollah. The UN Security opment Command and a member of the Jewish article are solely those of the author and do not Council’s recent renewal of UNIFIL’s mandate makes Institute for National Security of America reflect the official policy or position of the United it clear that continued failures to remove Hezbollah (JINSA)’s Hybrid Warfare Task Force. General States Army, Department of Defense, or US from southern Lebanon are unacceptable. It is now Frank J. Grass, USA (ret.) was the 27th Chief of the Government. time for UNIFIL to accomplish its mandate and reduce National Guard Bureau and a program partici- www.algemeiner.com | FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2019 A9 Legal Notice.

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and conditions of filed judgment and shall mail copy of process to: Liang ET AL., Defendant(s). Pursuant to New York 14624 (877) 430-4792 terms of sale. DANA JENKINS, Referee. Zhao 461 Dean St., Apt. 19L Brooklyn, a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale Dated: September 27, 2019 THE MARGOLIN & WEINREB LAW NY 11217. Purpose: all lawful activity duly filed on September 15, 2016, I, the AJ; 11/1/8/15/22/ GROUP, LLP, Attys. for Pltf., 165 Eileen AJ; 10/11/18/25; 11/1/8/15 undersigned Referee will sell at public Way, Ste. 101, Syosset, NY. #97716 auction at the Kings County Supreme NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME AJ; 10/11/18/25; 11/1 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC AUCTION Court, Room 224, 360 Adams Street, COURT COUNTY OF KINGS U.S. Supreme Court of New York, KINGS Brooklyn, NY on November 21, 2019 Bank National Association, as NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT County. MVMF III FIN TRUST, at 2:30 p.m., premises known as 609 trustee, on behalf of the holders of COUNTY OF KINGS U.S. BANK Plaintiff, -against- JOSEPHINEEast 96th Street, Brooklyn, NY. All the Asset Backed Securities Corpo- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN JEAN PIERRE; PHENICIEN JEAN that certain plot, piece or parcel of ration Home Equity Loan Trust, Notice of formation of 2325 Astoria ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT PIERRE; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC land, with the buildings and improve- Series NC 2005-HE8, Asset Backed Blvd LLC, Art. of Org. filed with the SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR THE REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS ments thereon erected, situate, lying Pass-Through Certificates, Series NC SSNY on 9/13/2019. Office located in RMAC TRUST, SERIES 2016-CTT, NOMINEE FOR MORTGAGEIT INC.; and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, 2005-HE8, Plaintiff AGAINST Alisa Kings County. SSNY has been desig- Plaintiff AGAINST MARIE JOSEPH, PRA FUNDING, LLC; CRIMINAL County of Kings, City and State of New Smith a/k/a Allisa Smith Skeffers; nated for service of process. SSNY JEAN SENAT, ET AL., Defendant(s) COURT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK; York, Block 4756 and Lot 31. Premises Arieta Smith; et al., Defendant(s) shall mail process to 2325 Astoria Blvd Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF will be sold subject to provisions of Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclo- LLC, 1202 Halsey Street Brooklyn NY and Sale duly dated May 16, 2019 I, the TAXATION AND FINANCE; PEOPLE filed Judgment Index # 12064/13. sure and Sale duly dated August 16, 11207. Purpose: any lawful purpose. undersigned Referee will sell at public OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK; Dominic J. Famulari, Esq., Referee 2018 I, the undersigned Referee will AJ; 9/27; 10/4/11/18/25; 11/1 auction at the Room 224 of Kings KINGS SUPREME COURT; NEW Berkman, Henoch, Peterson, Peddy sell at public auction at the Kings County Supreme Court, 360 Adams CENTURY FINANCIAL SERVICES; & Fenchel, P.C., 100 Garden City County Supreme Court, 360 Adams Notice of formation of limited liability Street, Brooklyn, New York 11201, CAVALRY PORTFOLIO SERVICES, Plaza, Garden City, NY 11530, Attor- Street, Room 224, Brooklyn, NY 11201 company(LLC) Name: THE BOYS‘ on November 14, 2019 at 2:30PM, LLC, ASSIGNEE OF CALVARY neys for Plaintiff on December 5, 2019 at 2:30PM, ROOM LLC Articles of organization premises known as 687 EAST 42ND SPV I LLC, ASSIGNEE OF SPRINT; AJ; 10/18/25; 11/1/8/ premises known as 525 East 38th filed with the secretary of state of New STREET, BROOKLYN, NY 11203. All ARROW FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC; Street, Brooklyn, NY 11203. All that York (SSNY) on 07/18/2019 Office that certain plot piece or parcel of land, MIDLAND FUNDING NCC-2 CORP; NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT certain plot piece or parcel of land, location: Kings county. SSNY has with the buildings and improvements NYC ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL COUNTY OF KINGS Wells Fargo with the buildings and improvements been designated as the agent of the erected, situate, lying and being in the BOARD; NYC TRANSIT ADJUDICA- Bank, N.A., Plaintiff AGAINST Enid erected, situate, lying and being in the LLC upon whom process against it Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings, TION BUREAU; NYC DEPARTMENT Mason; et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings, may be served. SSNY shall mail copy City and State of New York, BLOCK OF FINANCE PARKING VIOLATION to a Judgment of Foreclosure and City and State of NY, Block 4955 Lot of process to: the LLC 382 Lefferts 4989, LOT 65. Approximate amount BUREAU; EMMA JEAN PIERRE, Sale duly dated August 18, 2016 I, the 66. Approximate amount of judgment Avenue #7E Brooklyn,New York of judgment $407,397.32 plus interest Index No. 6953/2009. Pursuant to a undersigned Referee will sell at public $706,479.39 plus interest and costs. 11225. Purpose: all lawful activity and costs. Premises will be sold Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale auction at the Kings County Supreme Premises will be sold subject to AJ; 10/4/11/18/25; 11/1/8 subject to provisions of filed Judgment duly dated, January 3, 2017 and Court, 360 Adams Street, Room 224, provisions of filed Judgment Index# for Index# 503915/2017. DORON A. entered with the Kings County Clerk Brooklyn, NY 11201 on November 521173/2016. Gregory Laspina, Esq., COLIN KING STUDIO LLC, Arts. LEIBY, ESQ., Referee Gross Polowy, on January 26, 2017, Elena K. Makau, 21, 2019 at 2:30PM, premises known Referee Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC of Org. filed with the SSNY on LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 1775 Wehrle Esq., the Appointed Referee, will sell as 722 East 38th Street, Brooklyn, NY Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff 175 Mile 09/17/2019. Office loc: Kings County. Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY the premises known as 689 East 19th 11210-1938. All that certain plot piece Crossing Boulevard Rochester, New SSNY has been designated as agent 14221 65930 Street, Brooklyn, New York 11230 at or parcel of land, with the buildings and York 14624 (877) 430-4792 Dated: upon whom process against the AJ; 10/11/18/25; 11/1 public auction in Room 224 at Kings improvements erected, situate, lying October 14, 2019 66035 LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail County Supreme Court, 360 Adams and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, AJ; 11/1/8/15/22/ process to: The LLC, 60 Clark St., Apt PROBATE CITATION File No. 3064/A- Street, Brooklyn, New York 11201, on County of Kings, City and State of 2F, Brooklyn, NY 11201. Purpose: Any 2019 SURROGATE'S COURT-NEW November 21, 2019 at 2:30 P.M. All that NY, Block: 4984 Lot: 27. Approximate NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT Lawful Purpose. YORK COUNTY THE PEOPLE OF THE certain plot, piece or parcel of land, amount of judgment $405,503.98 plus COUNTY OF KINGS Deutsche Bank AJ; 10/4/11/18/25; 11/1/8 STATE OF NEW YORK By the Grace situate, lying and being in the Borough interest and costs. Premises will be sold National Trust Company, as Trustee, of God Free and Independent TO- of Brooklyn, County of Kings, City and subject to provisions of filed Judgment in trust for the registered holders of Notice of formation of limited liability Edward Stern, Public Administrator State of New York known as Block: Index# 20693-13. Aaron Tyk, Esq., Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I Trust company(LLC) Name: PEGASUS of the County of New York, Attorney 5240; Lot: 80 will be sold subject to Referee Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC 2006-HE8, Mortgage Pass-Through COACH LINE LLC. Articles of organi- General of the State of New York, the provisions of filed Judgment, Index Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff 175 Mile Certificates, Series 2006 HE8, Plaintiff zation filed with the Secretary of State To the heirs at law, next of kin, and No. 6953/2009. The approximate Crossing Boulevard Rochester, New AGAINST Hoathi Kilichowski a/k/a of New York(SSNY) on 09/03/2019 distributees of MARGOT HERSCH, amount of judgment is $1,476,235.56 York 14624 (877) 430-4792 Dated: Hoa Kilichowski; et al., Defendant(s) Office location: Richmond County deceased, if living, and if any of them plus interest and costs. FRIEDMAN August 27, 2019 65240 Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclo- SSNY has been designated as the be dead, to their heirs at law, next of kin, VARTOLO LLP 85 Broad Street, Suite AJ; 10/18/25; 11/1/8/ sure and Sale duly dated January 2, agent of the LLC upon whom process distributes, legatees, executors, admin- 501, New York, New York 10004, Attor- 2019 I, the undersigned Referee will against it may be served. SSNY shall istrators, assignees, and successors in neys for Plaintiff. Notice of formation of limited liability sell at public auction at the Kings mail copy of process to: Pegasus interest, whose names are unknown AJ; 10/18/25; 11/1/8/ company (LLC) Name: BKLN CLEAN County Supreme Court, 360 Adams Coach Line LLC 388 Mcclean Ave. and cannot be ascertained after due LLC. Articles of organization filed Street, Room 224, Brooklyn, NY 11201 Staten Island,NY 10305. Purpose: all diligence. A petition having been duly NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT with the Secretary of State of New on December 5, 2019 at 2:30PM, lawful activity filed by RONALD G. HERSCH who COUNTY OF KINGS, WILMINGTON York(SSNY) on 06/22/2017. Office premises known as 686 Leonard AJ; 10/4/11/18/25; 11/1/8 is domiciled at 1220 Friendly Way, St. SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, location: Kings county. SSNY Has Street, Brooklyn, NY 11218. All that Petersburg, Florida 33705. YOU ARE D/B/A CHRISTINA TRUST, NOT been designated as the agent of the certain plot piece or parcel of land, Notice of formation of limited liability HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE INDIVIDUALLY BUT AS TRUSTEE LLC upon whom process against it with the buildings and improvements company(LLC) Name: PLEASANT before the Surrogate's Court New FRO CARLSBAD FUNDING may be served. SSNY shall mail copy erected, situate, lying and being in the 30 LLC. Articles of Organization filed York County at 31 Chambers Street, MORTGAGE TRUST, Plaintiff, vs. of process to: BKLN Clean LLC 445-56 Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings, with the secretary of state of New Room 509, New York, New York on MEIR WEISS; WILLIAM SPIEGEL, Street Apt. 1 Brooklyn, NY 11220. City and State of NY, Block 2598 Lot York(SSNY) on 08/09/2019. Office November 19th 2019, at 9: 30 o’ clock ET AL., Defendant(s). Pursuant to Purpose: all lawful activity 6. Approximate amount of judgment location: Richmond County . SSNY in the fore noon of that day, why a a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale AJ; 11/1/8/15/22/29; 12/6 $1,690,463.41 plus interest and costs. has been designated as the agent of decree should not be made in the duly filed on January 31, 2018 and a Premises will be sold subject to the LLC upon whom process against it estate of MARGOT HERSCH, lately Decision and Order filed September NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT provisions of filed Judgment Index# may be served. SSNY shall Mail copy domiciled at 4523 Broadway, Apt. 4G, 10, 2019, I, the undersigned Referee COUNTY OF KINGS Carrington 507853/2014. Steven J. Baker, Esq., of process to: Yan Xing 85 Tompkins New York, New York 10040 admit- will sell at public auction at the Mortgage Services, LLC, Plaintiff Referee Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC Circle, Staten Island, NY 10301. ting to probate a Will dated July 15th, Kings County Supreme Court, Room AGAINST Shellyann Chinkeefatt a/k/a Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff 175 Mile Purpose: all lawful activity 2019, a copy of which is attached, 224, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, Shellyann F. Chinkeefatt, Administra- Crossing Boulevard Rochester, New AJ; 10/4/11/18/25; 11/1/8 as the Will of MARGOT HERSCH, NY on November 21, 2019 at 2:30 trix of the Estate of Sandra Perez; et al., York 14624 (877) 430-4792 Dated: deceased, relating to real and personal p.m., premises known as 1524 49th Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment October 14, 2019 65713 NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME property, and directing that Letters Street, Brooklyn, NY. All that certain of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated AJ; 11/1/8/15/22/ COURT: KINGS COUNTY. PENTEX Testamentary issue to: RONALD G. plot, piece or parcel of land, with the September 4, 2019 I, the undersigned HOLDINGS, LLC, Pltf. vs. DAPHNE HERSCH. Dated, Attested and Sealed buildings and improvements thereon Referee will sell at public auction at SUPREME COURT – COUNTY RODNEY, et al, Defts. Index September 25th , 2019 Hon. Nora S. erected, situate, lying and being in the the Kings County Supreme Court, 360 OF KINGS WELLS FARGO BANK, #511699/2014. Pursuant to judgment Anderson Surrogate - Diana Sanabria Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings, Adams Street, Room 224, Brooklyn, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS of foreclosure and sale entered Aug. 27, Chief Clerk. Wimpfheimer & Wimpf- City and State of New York, Block 5453 NY 11201 on December 5, 2019 at TRUSTEE FOR SECURITIZED 2018 and order entered Mar. 8, 2019, heimer, Esqs. Attorney for Petitioner, and Lot 1004. Approximate amount of 2:30PM, premises known as 510 ASSET BACKED RECEIVABLES I will sell at public auction in Room Telephone number: (212) 247-8448, judgment is $645,305.90 plus interest Watkins Street, Brooklyn, NY 11212. LLC 2005-FR5 MORTGAGE PASS- 224 of the Kings County Supreme Address of Attorney: 330 West 58th and costs. Premises will be sold subject All that certain plot piece or parcel of THROUGH CERTIF-ICATES, SERIES Court, 360 Adams St., Brooklyn, NY Street, Suite 308, New York, New York to provisions of filed Judgment Index # land, with the buildings and improve- 2005-FR5, Plaintiff against GALO on November 14, 2019 at 2:30 p.m. 10019 501008/2014. Philip J. Smallman, Esq., ments erected, situate, lying and being MONTESDEOCO A/K/A GALO prem. k/a 716 Logan Street, Brooklyn, AJ; 10/11/18/25; 11/1 Referee Knuckles, Komosinski & in the Borough of Brooklyn, County MONTESDEOCA, et al Defendant(s). NY. Said property beginning at a point Manfro, LLP, 565 Taxter Road, Suite of Kings, City and State of NY, Block Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure on the Westerly side of Logan St., Notice of formation of limited liability 590, Elmsford, NY 10523, Attorneys for 3605 Lot 131. Approximate amount and Sale entered on March 28, 2016. distant 298 ft. Northerly from the company(LLC) Name: VANSARY,LLC. Plaintiff Cash will not be accepted. of judgment $236,599.57 plus interest I, the undersigned Referee will sell corner formed by the intersection of Articles of organization filed with the AJ; 10/18/25; 11/1/8/ and costs. Premises will be sold at public auction in Room 224 of the the Westerly side of Logan St. with secretary of state of New York(SSNY) subject to provisions of filed Judgment Kings County Courthouse, 360 Adams the Northerly side of Hegeman Ave., on: 08/09/2019. Office location: Kings NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT Index# 517795/2017. Paul Groman, Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. on the 5th day of being a plot 100 ft. x 24 ft. Approx. amt. county.SSNY has been designated COUNTY OF KINGS, FEDERAL Esq., Referee Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, December, 2019 at 2:30 p.m. premises of judgment is $471,392.39 plus costs as the agent of the LLC upon whom NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIA- LLC Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff 175 described as follows: All that certain and interest. Sold subject to terms process against it may be served.SSNY TION, Plaintiff, vs. BRENDA A. BULL, Mile Crossing Boulevard Rochester, Continued on Page A10 A10 | FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2019 Tradition. Legal Notice.

total scheme of things: that is the source of fear. LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE The Light in the Ark The case Maimonides made in the 12th century, long before the rise STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME to show cause before the Surrogate at of science, has been compounded a COURT: COUNTY OF KINGS WELLS the Surrogate’s Court of the County thousand times with our acceler- FARGO BANK, NA Plaintiff, vs. of Queens, to be held at the Queens tempestuous days? What is the CARLOS VILLANUEVA, RAMPHIES General Courthouse, 6th Floor, 88-11 lesson for the generations? ated knowledge of the nature of the universe. Every new discovery of LOPEZ, et al., Defendants NOTICE Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, City and I would like to offer a OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE PLEASE State of New York, on the 12th day of JONATHAN SACKS the vastness of the cosmos and the LONDON midrashic speculation. The answer, TAKE NOTICE THAT In pursuance of December, 2019 at 9:30 o’clock in the I suggest, lies in the history of the wonders of the micro-cosmos, fills a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale forenoon, why the Account of Proceed- Hebrew language. Throughout the the mind with awe. “Lift up your entered in the office of the County ings of the Public Administrator of biblical era, the word tevah meant eyes and look to the heavens: Who Clerk of Kings County on September Queens County, as Administrator of 12, 2019, I, Bruno Codispoti, Esq., the the Estate of said deceased, a copy Amid all the drama of the created all these?” (Is. 40:26). an ark – large in the case of Noah Referee named in said Judgment, will of which is attached, should not impending flood and the destruc- and the flood, small in the case of Maimonides did not think that science and philosophy were sell in one parcel at public auction be judicially settled, and why the tion of almost all of creation, we the papyrus basket coated with on December 5, 2019 at the Kings Surrogate should not fix and allow a focus on Noah building the ark, and tar in which Yocheved placed the secular disciplines. He believed County Supreme Court, Room 224, reasonable amount of compensation hear one detailed instruction: baby Moses, setting him afloat on that they were ancient forms of 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, County of to GERARD J. SWEENEY, ESQ., for Make a tzohar for the ark and the Nile (Ex. 2:3). More generally, it Jewish wisdom, that the Greeks Kings, State of New York, at 2:30 P.M., legal services rendered to petitioner terminate it within a cubit of the top. means “box.” However, by the time had acquired from the Jews and the premises described as follows: 57 herein in the amount of $30,858.32 and Stillwell Place Brooklyn, NY 11236 that the Court fix the fair and reason- (Gen. 6:16) of the Midrash, tevah had come also sustained at a time when the Jewish SBL No.: Block: 8055 Lot: 56 ALL able additional fee for any services to There is a difficulty under- to mean “word.” people, through exile and dispersion, had forgotten them. So they were not THAT TRACT OF PARCEL OF LAND be rendered by GERARD J. SWEENEY, standing what “tzohar” means, since It seems to me that the Rabbis situate in the Borough of Brooklyn, ESQ., hereafter in connection with foreign borrowings. Maimonides the word does not appear anywhere of the Midrash were not so much County of Kings, City and State of New proceedings on kinship, claims etc., else in Tanach. Everyone agrees that commenting on Noah and the ark was re-claiming a tradition that York The premises are sold subject to prior to entry of a final Decree on this it is referring to a source of illumina- as they were reflecting on a funda- had been born in Israel itself. Nor the provisions of the filed judgment, accounting in the amount of 6% of tion. It will give light within the ark mental question of Torah. Where were they source of independent Index No. 511340/2014 in the amount assets or income collected after the itself. But what exactly is it? Rashi and what is the tzohar, the bright- illumination. They were simply a of $824,574.03 plus interest and costs. date of the within accounting; and window through which the light of Lydia M. Rainey, Esq. Woods Oviatt why the Surrogate should not fix and quotes a Midrash in which two ness, the source of illumination, for Gilman LLP Plaintiff's Attorney 500 allow an amount equal to one percent Rabbis disagree as to its meaning: the tevah, the Word? Does it come God’s created universe could help us decode the Torah itself. Under- Bausch & Lomb Rochester, New York on said Schedules of the total assets Some say this was a window; solely from within, or also from 14604 Tel.: 855-227-5072 on Schedules A, A1, and A2 plus any others say that it was a precious without? Does the Torah come with standing God’s world helps us AJ; 11/1/8/15/22/ additional monies received subse- stone that gave light to them. a window or a precious stone? understand God’s word. quent to the date of this account, The precious stone had the There were certainly those This made a significant differ- NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT as the fair and reasonable amount miraculous quality of being able to who believed that Torah was self- ence to the way Maimonides was COUNTY OF KINGS, FEDERAL payable to the Office of the Public NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIA- Administrator for the expenses of said generate light within the darkness. able to convey the truth of Torah. sufficient. If something is difficult TION, Plaintiff, vs. KEHINDE AYOOLA office pursuant to S.C.P.A. §1106(3); Bartenura suggests that what in Torah it is because the words of So for example, his knowledge of ancient religious practices – albeit A/K/A KOHINDE AYOOLA A/ and why each of you claiming to be a is at stake between the two inter- Torah are sparse in one place but KA/ KEHINEE AYOOLA, ET AL., distributee of the decedent should not pretations is the etymology of the rich in another. In other words, based on sources that were not Defendant(s). Pursuant to an Ex Parte establish proof of your kinship; and word tzohar itself. One relates it the answer to any question in always reliable – afforded him Order Extending Time to Set Sale why the balance of said funds should the deep insight (in The Guide for duly filed on September 11, 2019 and not be paid to said alleged distributees the Perplexed) that many of the Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale filed upon proof of kinship, or deposited Chukim, the statutes, the laws that March 15, 2019, I, the undersigned with the Commissioner of Finance seem to have no reason, were in fact Referee will sell at public auction at the of the City of New York should said directed against specific idolatrous Kings County Supreme Court, Room alleged distributees default herein, 224, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, NY or fail to establish proof of kinship. practices. on December 5, 2019 at 2:30 p.m., Dated, Attested and Sealed 11th day of His knowledge of Aristotelian premises known as 1593 East 94th October, 2019 HON. PETER J. KELLY philosophy enabled him to formu- Street, Brooklyn, NY. All that certain Surrogate, Queens County JAMES LIM late an idea that exists throughout plot, piece or parcel of land, with the BECKER Clerk of the Surrogate’s Court both Tanach and the rabbinic buildings and improvements thereon GERARD J. SWEENEY, ESQ. (718) literature, but that had not been erected, situate, lying and being in the 459-9000 1981 Marcus Avenue, Suite articulated so clearly before, namely Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings, 200 Lake Success, New York 11042 that Judaism has a virtue ethic. It is City and State of New York, Block This citation is served upon you as 8297 and Lot 33. Premises will be sold required by law. You are not obliged to interested not just in what we do subject to provisions of filed Judgment appear in person. If you fail to appear it but in what we are, in the kind of Index # 21398/13. Steven Z. Naiman, will be assumed that you do not object people we become. That is the basis Esq., Referee Berkman, Henoch, to the relief requested unless you file to the word tzahorayim, meaning Torah can be found elsewhere in of his pathbreaking Hilchot De’ot, Peterson, Peddy & Fenchel, P.C., 100 formal legal, verified objections. You Garden City Plaza, Garden City, NY have a right to have an attorney-at-law “midday.” In that case, the bright- Torah. Turn it over and turn it over “Laws of ethical character.” The more we understand the 11530, Attorneys for Plaintiff appear for you. Accounting Citation ness was to come from the sun, the for everything is within it. This is AJ; 11/1/8/15/22/ AJ; 11/1/8/15/22/ sky, the outside. Therefore tzohar probably the majority view, consid- way the world is, the more we under- means “a window, a skylight.” The ered historically. There is nothing stand why the Torah is as it is. It is File No.: 2018-1980/A CITATION Notice of formation of limited other view is that tzohar is related to be learned outside. The Torah our roadmap through reality. It is as THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF liability company(LLC) Name: KIDZ to zohar, “radiance,” which suggests is illuminated by a precious stone if secular and scientific knowledge NEW YORK BY THE GRACE OF INSPIRED,LLC. Articles of organiza- something that radiates its own that generates its own light. This were the map, and Torah the route. GOD, FREE AND INDEPENDENT tion filed with the secretary of state light, hence the idea of a miraculous This view, articulated by To: Attorney General of the State of of New York(SSNY) on 08/23/2019. is even hinted at in the title of the New York The unknown distributees, Office location: Kings county. SSNY precious stone. greatest work of Jewish mysticism, Maimonides, was developed in the Continued on Page A7 legatees, devisees, heirs at law and has been designated as the agent of Chizkuni and others suggest the Zohar (see Bartenura above). assignees of MARIA JALBA, deceased, the LLC upon whom process against Noah had both: a window (from There were, however, other or their estates, if any there be, whose it may be served.SSNY shall mail copy which he later released the raven, views. Most famously, Maimonides LEGAL NOTICE names, places of residence and post of process to: Leslie Hendrickson 374 Gen. 8:6) and some form of artificial believed that a knowledge of office addresses are unknown to E 53rd ST Brooklyn ,NY 11203 lighting for the prolonged period of science and philosophy – a window the petitioner and cannot with due Purpose: all lawful activity diligence be ascertained. Being the AJ; 11/1/8/15/22/ the flood itself when the sun was to the outside world – was essential Continued from Page A9 persons interested a copy of this plot, piece or parcel of land, with the completely overcast by cloud and to understanding God’s word. He citation and account and all amend- 1010 Avenue K LLC Notice of Forma- buildings and improvements thereon the world was shrouded in darkness. made the radical suggestion, in the ments to it, if any, shall be served on tion of limited liability company erected, situate, lying and being in It remains fascinating to ask Mishnah Torah (Hilchot Yesodei the Guardian Ad Litem Lorraine Falco, (LLC): 1010 Avenue K LLC. Articles the Borough of Brooklyn, County of why the Rabbis of the Midrash, and Esq. as creditors, legatees, distribu- of Organization filed with Secretary of Ha-Torah 2:2), that it was precisely Kings, City and State of New York. tees or otherwise in the Estate of State of New York on 10/23/2019. NY Rashi himself, would spend time these forms of study that were the Said premises known as 1101 Greene MARIA JALBA, deceased, who at the office location: Kings County. SSNY on a question that has no practical way to the love and fear of God. Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11221. (Block: time of death was a resident of 25-85 has been designated as agent of the relevance. There will be – God Through science – the knowledge 3284, Lot: 39). Approximate amount 36th Street, Astoria, NY 11103, in the LLC upon whom process against it promised this in this week’s parsha of lien $ 639,228.21 plus interest and of “He who spoke and called the County of Queens, State of New York. may be served. The post office address costs. Premises will be sold subject to – no further flood. There will be no universe into existence” – we gain SEND GREETING: Upon the petition to which the SSNY shall mail a copy provisions of filed judgment and terms new Noah. In any future threat to the a sense of the majesty and beauty, of LOIS M. ROSENBLATT, Public of any process against the LLC served of sale. Index No. 7907-13. Betty Lugo, existence of the planet, an ark floating Administrator of Queens County, who upon it is Thomas V. Tuffey, Esq. 4024 the almost infinite scope and intri- Esq., Referee. McCalla Raymer Leibert maintains her office at 88-11 Sutphin Ave U - 2nd Floor, Brooklyn NY 11234. on the water will not be sufficient to cate detail of creation and thus of Pierce, LLC Attorney(s) for Plaintiff Boulevard, Jamaica, Queens County, Purpose: any lawful purpose. save humankind. So why should it the Creator. That is the source of 420 Lexington Avenue – Suite 840 New York 11435, as Administrator of AJ; 11/1/8/15/22/ matter what source of illumination love. Then, realising how small we New York, N.Y. 10170 (347) 286-7409 the Estate of MARIA JALBA, deceased, Noah had in the ark during those AJ; 11/1/8/15/22/ are and how brief our lives in the you and each of you are hereby cited www.algemeiner.com | FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2019 A11 Social.

Upcoming Netﬂ ix Docuseries Focuses on Story of Nazi Guard John Demjanjuk

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A new Netfl ix docuseries centers on the story of a retired Ukrainian-American autoworker in Cleve- land who was accused of being “Ivan the Terrible,” one of the Holocaust’s most notorious SS guards. In the 1980s, a group of Holocaust survivors claimed that John Demjanjuk, a family man and Heinz Field, home of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Photo: Tom Murphy VII via Wikimedia Commons. respected member of his community, had allegedly tortured and killed nearly 1 million Jewish prisoners as a Nazi death-camp guard in the Treblinka exter- Pittsburgh Steelers Hold Moment mination camp during World War II. While he did serve as a guard, it remained questionable as to whether he was that guard. of Silence for 2018 Synagogue He was arrested and extradited to Israel, where he stood trial for crimes against humanity. Shooting He died at a senior home in Germany on March 17, 2012 at the age of 91.Th e docuseries, “Th e

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Th e Pittsburgh Steelers held a moment of silence before their Monday-night game to commemorate the one-year anniversary of Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue shooting, when a lone gunman killed 11 Jewish worshippers during Shabbat-morning services. “On this anniversary of the tragic day in our city when innocent people were gunned down in the Tree John Demjanjuk in Israel’s Supreme Court in of Life Synagogue, we pause to off er our thoughts and Jerusalem. Photo: Flash 90. prayers for the families of those who lost their lives, as well as those who survived that terrible day. Since Devil Next Door” examines whether Demjanjuk that day, our community has resolved to stay stronger really was “Ivan the Terrible” or if it was a case of than hate and anti-Semitism,” said Steelers’ president mistaken identity, as well as covers the media frenzy Art Rooney II in a statement released on Sunday, around his case. Th e series includes raw footage announcing the moment of silence that will be held from Demjanjuk’s trial, in which he claimed he was before the team’s game against the Miami Dolphins. innocent, and shows Holocaust survivors testifying Th e team also held a moment of silence one on the stand. year ago, the day after the Oct. 27, 2018 shooting—the Th e trailer was released on Wednesday. Its fi ve deadliest attack in American Jewish history. episodes hit Netfl ix on Nov. 4. Other Pittsburgh sports teams also held a moment of silence.

Israeli Crowned Miss Congeniality at Miss Asia-Pacific Pageant in Philippines

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