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Alan Ginsburg is captured in a still-frame of the KCOA streamed event. KCOA holds largest fundraiser in its history The Kinneret Council on Aging held its climate in our country with Covid, the residents and their joy derives from their annual “8 Over 80” #SaluteOurSeniors economy and more,” said Carol Feuer- ability to help us at KCOA improve the event online this past week and raised man, president KCOA. “These new dollars lives for all our seniors.” more money and had a larger turnout raised will have a direct impact on both The event raised over $87,000.00 which than any previous fundraiser in the the quality and frequency of programs represents an increase of 25 percent over Jeff Overs/BBC News & Current Affairs via Getty Images organization’s five-decade history. that we can offer our over 300 resident last year’s Eight over Eighty event. BBC journalist Jo Coburn, seen standing outside Parlia- With Alan Ginsburg as the ever-festive, seniors as well as continuing to provide “We don’t know what the future holds ment in London, suggested during the debate that Jews have always funny emcee for the evening, meals to limited income Jewish seniors in terms of what this program will look succeeded in reaching high political office and therefore several hundred community members in our community.” like next year,” commented Rhonda “don’t need to be seen as a group needing recognition in the joined Zoom and/or the YouTube link for In addition to professionally produced Pearlman, President Kinneret Apart- same way as others.” an exciting, entertaining and fun event videos on each honoree, there was a car ments. “However, this year’s event has honoring eight individuals who have parade, a cameo from one of the stars certainly raised the bar for all of us to made a lasting impact on our community of the hit movie, “Grease” and even a reimagine, innovate and open ourselves By Cnaan Liphshiz not an ethnicity but a “brico- here in Central Florida. performance by Kinneret residents who up to new ways of serving our mission lage of multiple ethnicities.” The eight honorees were Susan Bier- sang to the tune of one of the hit songs as we continue our march into the 21st (JTA) — The BBC has been Others, including many man, Ruth Darvin, Louis Feinberg, from the movie. century.” accused of bias in its coverage anti-Zionists, refuse to rec- Marc Katzen, Harvey Kobrin, Renée “Our resident volunteers were so For those that missed the 60-minute of Israel for decades. Now the ognize Judaism’s peoplehood Roberts, Barry Rubenstein and Roz pleased to be able to be a part of this event, it can still be viewed on the Kin- public broadcaster is taking dimension altogether, saying Weinstein. production,” said Sharon Weil, Execu- neret Council YouTube channel. For flak from British Jews for cov- Jews should be regarded “It has been incredibly gratifying to tive Director for Non-profit Operations more information on KCOA, please erage much closer to home. strictly as members of a reli- see the growth in community support for at KCOA. “They work so hard each week contact Sharon F. Weil at 407-425-4537 What’s causing their big- gion. The definition of “eth- this event, especially given the current to improve the quality of life for our or emailing: [email protected]. gest dispute in years? nic” has implications under It’s the broadcast of a debate laws preventing discrimina- over whether Jews should be tion, as well as in the court considered an ethnic minority of public opinion. Massey family to receive the — a panel discussion featur- The BBC controversy ing four non-Jewish panelists echoes a debate in the United and a Jewish commenter as States over whether most Jews a guest. should be considered white Tess Wise White Rose award Monday’s discussion and thus privileged, members In recognition of their family with the Tess Wise gifts to many worthy orga- and her brother Hans, worked touched raw nerves in the of a vulnerable and protected community involvement and White Rose Award on April nizations. day and night to publish flyers organized community, where minority, both or neither. their dedicated support of The 28 at the new White Rose The Tess Wise White Rose criticizing Germans who did many Jews feel marginalized On Monday, the United Holocaust Memorial Resource Tribute Event. Harvey and Award, presented each year nothing to combat the Third by allegedly hostile media Kingdom’s largest news or- & Education Center and the Carol Massey of Winter Park by the Holocaust Center, Reich’s tyranny. treatment and the rise of anti- ganization sought to address vision for the new Holocaust have three children and 10 reminds us of the actions of a The individuals honored Semitism both from the far some of these issues during Museum for Hope & Human- grandchildren. The Massey’s group of courageous students with this award are active right and at the heart of the the television program “Poli- ity, the Center looks forward philanthropic interests in in Germany during World War and vocal members of our Labour Party. tics Live!” Far from settling to presenting the Harvey education, arts and culture, II who created a non-violent community. Like The White The broadcast was prompt- the question, however, the and Carol Massey and their human and health services, resistance movement called, Rose, they believe that only ed by comments made last discourse further angered and community service, are The White Rose. The group of month by Labour lawmaker Jewish community leaders evidenced by their generous students, led by Sophie Scholl Massey on page 15A Angela Rayner, who congratu- and members at a time when lated a Scottish lawmaker of many of them are reeling from Pakistani descent as “the first- rising anti-Semitism. ever ethnic minority leader of “Imagine if I was Black and a political party anywhere in four white people were asked the U.K.” to judge if I was a member of an Some Jews protested on ethnic minority. It would be as social media, noting that offensive,” Benjamin Cohen, Jews had led parties, from the Jewish guest, tweeted. Conservative Prime Minister Cohen is the 38-year-old CEO Benjamin Disraeli in the 19th of an online newspaper for the century to former Labour LGBT community. leader Ed Miliband starting The show’s host, Jo Coburn, in 2010. who is Jewish, asked the four Whether or not to designate non-Jewish panelists — two Jews as members of an ethnic lawmakers, a think tank group — a debate among Jews leader and a newspaper col- themselves — has political umnist — whether Jews did and cultural implications. Many Jews and others con- Minority? on page 15A sider Jews an ethnic entity cemented by culture, tradition and genetics. The late former chief rabbi of Britain, Jona- Shown here (l-r): James Farrell and Andrea Massey-Farrell, Jann and Tony Massey, and than Sacks, famously argued, Harvey and Carol Massey. Not pictured are daughter Angela Riganese and her husband, Shane. by contrast, that Jewishness is PAGE 2A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, MARCH 12, 2021 Mensches galore at Why is this issue different from all other issues? the Jewish Pavilion “When you clean out your closet, think of us “said Nancy Ludin, CEO of the Jewish Pavilion. Special thanks to Larry Kahn, Alan Perlman, Roz Murray and many other generous people who have recently donated Judaica to the Jewish Pavilion. All of the gifts received are used as presents for seniors to go in their welcome bags. The Jew- ish Pavilion always welcomes gifts such as Jewish holiday paper goods, Chanukah wrap- ping paper, ritual objects, etc. Shown here is Joe Aronson of Westminster Towers with his new prayer book, donated by the Jewish Pavilion “Lastly, we want to thank Susan Livingstone and oth- It's Big • It's Colorful The Pavilion also thanks a large group of women who ers, Ludin said, adding, “you Janice Kagan, Mardi Shader, have contributed hand knit can rest assured that every- It's The Judy Kahan, and others who blankets — Jo Fischer, Shirley thing contributed is passed have donated cards and note Katz, Judy Cohen, Sharon along to seniors in elder–care pads to the Jewish Pavilion. Sisselsky, Susan Lackman, facilities.” Relive childhood with ‘Peter Pan’ You can’t go to Neverland, Special but you can go and see “Peter Pan” at Orlando Ballet with your friends from Temple Israel. 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He is in Sarasota and such as sports, aquatics, according to The Sarasota fitness, membership, youth, From Generation to Generation Herald-Tribune, Etzkin has teens, cultural arts, young accepted a position as senior adults, marketing and main- director of Camp Marci Lynn tenance. He left behind a • at the Jewish Federation of staff that he is proud to have Traditional Jewish Funerals Sarasota-Manatee. supervised of at the Roth JCC. The camp will open on the “I’m extremely proud of • Non-Traditional Services Federation’s Larry & Mary our accomplishments and Greenspon Family Campus national awards we won in • for Jewish Life in June 2022, summer camp program- Interstate Shipping but Etzkin has already started ming at Camp J, and the and is excited about his new various marketing awards • Pre-Arranged Funerals role. too, thanks to Amy Schwartz Robby Etzkin “I am most excited about Kimlat. 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We may not think growing use of substances in that better understands itself, a different cohort of 10th- But here’s the bad news: of our Shabbat morning kid- the party and kiddush cul- knows its successes and chal- (JTA) — Purim is perhaps and 12th-graders (including The teenagers in our com- dush or our Saturday nights tures — in the general social lenges, and has an infrastruc- the happiest Jewish holiday students from one additional munity have a binge-drinking out as “using substances.” culture — of our teen com- ture through which to grow. of the year. It can also be school), with 2,800 students problem. They’re just ways to relax munity. We have also never While substance use among distressing, as adults and taking the survey. While the The numbers are consistent from the pressures of our had data to understand its teens will never be eradicated, young people use the spirit pandemic slowed our ability to across two years, 20 schools busy lives. But the data tell dimensions. Until now. we can work together to de- of relative abandon to indulge gather the data, the results are and thousands of students. us that teens’ substance use is Over the course of the velop healthier attitudes and in binge drinking and other now in, and the two surveys The national data show that correlated with the modeling 2017-18 school year, a small safer social settings for our irresponsible behaviors. reveal astonishingly similar 22 percent of students have they see from adults around group of yeshiva high school children. Make no mistake: Sub- data. taken “more than just a taste them. administrators met to explore But this work is not just stance use and binge drinking First the good news: 70 or a sip” in the past 30 days, Our community must face potential interventions to about kids, and it’s not just are of great concern to yeshiva percent of our students de- compared with 38 percent of these challenges. Sustained the use of substances in our about schools. It’s not just high school administrators. scribed their experience of students in our community; communal effort can effect community. We discovered about substances. It is about We have acknowledged that Judaism as “meaningful.” 11 percent of students nation- change. A public health a remarkable public health our collective well-being substance use exists in our Between 85 percent and 90 ally say they have binged (five model enables communities intervention, Planet Youth, — youth and adult, school, community and must be percent of students said they or more drinks in a sitting), to learn about themselves, that had achieved very sub- synagogue and home. We addressed. But without solid kept Shabbat all or most of compared with 17 percent to understand their strengths stantial results in Iceland have done significant work data, we’ve been left to guess the time. By a huge margin, 19 percent of students in our and weaknesses through over the course of the past 18 to identify the problem. Now about our students’ behavior they also rated their schools as community. data gathering, and develop years, and a similar program we must take collective steps and the challenges they face. the most significant religious That is hard to hear and to an infrastructure for change developed by the University to address it. Some of that data is now institutions in their lives. process. In fact, the experts across the community. We of Washington. These public The survey was carried out available and there is good On the substance-use front, repeatedly conveyed that can then establish shared health initiatives focus less under the auspices of Machon news — and there is not so too, there is good news. doubting the accuracy of the commitments, practices and on punishment or one-off Siach at SAR High School, good news. Compared to federal govern- data is a common reaction. targeted interventions based programs and more on cre- honoring the memory of Beginning in February ment surveys of the general But if we are going to trust the on communal needs. Sub- ating sustained and focused Belda K. Lindenbaum. 2019, we used a trusted population, our students use data when they tell us how we sequent data gathering can cultural change. The views and opinions survey, administered and less marijuana and vape less. are doing well, we should trust then measure whether and The Iceland model shows us expressed in this article are processed by a third party, to While “less than the national them, too, when they indicate to what degree the strategies that there are no shortcuts to those of the author and do not gauge the behaviors of 3,500 average” might not be a high where we aren’t. have been effective. effecting communal change. necessarily reflect the views 10th- and 12th-graders. Stu- bar to strive for, 22 percent of We also learned a striking Community organizations We must play the long game. of JTA or its parent company, dents representing 19 yeshiva high school students surveyed and not-surprising finding: have done inspiring work to Change begins in years three 70 Faces Media. Israeli Supreme Court rules state must grant citizenship to non-Orthodox Jewish converts in Israel By Ben Sales generally recognizes those non-Orthodox auspices in Knesset, or parliament, called attempts to make require- citizenship under the Law of who converted to Judaism Israel itself. The petition the ruling a “foundational ments stricter have provoked Return but are not considered (JTA) — Israel must grant under Orthodox standards. that spurred the court rul- decision of the High Court” backlash from organizations Jewish by Orthodox standards citizenship to Jews who Past Supreme Court deci- ing was filed in 2005 but was in a Facebook post. representing American Jews, — such as immigrants with converted to Judaism in sions have mandated that postponed for more than a Aryeh Deri, the head of the the vast majority of whom are only one Jewish grandparent Israel under non-Orthodox the state also recognize Jews decade because the court Sephardi haredi Shas party, not Orthodox. That has effec- — similarly cannot marry auspices, its Supreme Court who converted outside of wanted to give the govern- wrote on Facebook that the tively meant that any change legally in Israel. Legislation ruled Monday, possibly ignit- Israel under non-Orthodox ment time to resolve the decision was “misguided, in conversion regulations to address that issue has been ing another round in the long- authority, provided they live matter through legislation. very troubling, and will cause comes from court decisions. stymied as well by haredi op- running government battle in a recognized Jewish com- “The petitioners came to arguing and a difficult rupture Once they become citizens position in parliament. over who the state should munity. Non-Orthodox con- Israel and went through a among the people.” of Israel, non-Orthodox con- “Today Israel’s Supreme recognize as Jewish. verts, such as Conservative conversion process in the Successive government verts still face restrictions. Court decided that Israel The decision, written by or Reform Jews, however, still framework of a recognized coalitions, based on their Several issues of personal should be a national home for Chief Justice Esther Hayut, often face hurdles in obtain- Jewish community and asked political leanings, have at- status in Israel, including all types of Jews,” said Mickey comes less than a month ing Israeli citizenship and are to join the Jewish nation,” tempted to either liberalize marriage and divorce, are con- Gitzin, the Israel director of before national elections. sometimes denied. Hayut wrote in her ruling, or narrow Israel’s conversion trolled by the country’s haredi the New Israel Fund and a Israel’s Law of Return offers Monday’s decision ex- according to Haaretz. standards. But such efforts Chief Rabbinate. Because longtime Israeli activist for automatic citizenship to any- tends the right to citizen- Rabbi Gilad Kariv, a leading at reform usually fall flat. the Chief Rabbinate does religious freedom. “It is a one with at least one Jewish ship to those who con- Reform rabbi in Israel and a Haredi Orthodox politicians not recognize non-Orthodox day to celebrate, even as the grandparent. The state also verted to Judaism under Labor Party candidate for the object to laws that would converts as Jews, they have no road towards equality for all broaden the range of rec- way to marry legally in Israel. — especially those who are ognized conversions, while Others who obtain Israeli not Jewish — remains long.” NBC under fire for portrayal of Orthodox Jews DENTAL Insurance By Andrew Lapin campaigns against NBC for Jewish residents. Although Medicare does not cover dental care1. That means if you need dental work done, airing the episode, and the NBC produces “SNL,” it it can cost you hundreds or even thousands of dollars out of your own pocket. (JTA) — Jewish groups are American Jewish Committee did not produce “Nurses”; Get Dental Insurance from Physicians Mutual Insurance Company. It helps cover criticizing NBC for airing tweeted that the depiction the network acquired the over 350 procedures — from cleanings and fillings to crowns and dentures. an offensive portrayal of an was “disgusting.” The Anti- series’ U.S. broadcast rights Orthodox Jew on one of its Defamation League called for as part of a broader interna- • See any dentist you want, but save more with one in our network medical dramas. 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The show has already been father to recoil at the possibil- “The idea that such a sur- renewed for a second season ity of a “dead goyim leg from gery would be problematic in in Canada, where it attracted anyone. An Arab, a woman.” general or problematic be- around 1 million viewers per The incident occurs in the cause of where the bone came episode. series’ eighth episode, “Achil- from not only is categorically Canada is home to an esti- les Heel,” which originally false according to Jewish law, mated 392,000 Jews, of which aired on NBC on Feb. 9. The it is a vicious lie that endan- around 44 percent affiliate episode’s initial U.S. broadcast gers men who walk around with the Orthodox or Modern attracted nearly 2 million with curled side locks and Orthodox movement, accord- viewers, and NBC has also black hats,” Josephs wrote. ing to estimates from a 2018 made it available for viewing Some critics of the episode joint study from the Berman on its website and its stream- have also linked it to a con- Jewish Databank. ing network, Peacock. troversial joke made on NBC’s Requests for comment to 1 “Medicare & You,” Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2020 Jewish organizing groups “Saturday Night Live” last NBCUniversal, as well as to Includes the Participating (in GA: Designated) Providers and Preventive Benefi ts Rider. Product not available in all states. Acceptance guaranteed for one insurance policy/certifi cate of this type. Contact us for complete details about this insurance solicitation. 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By Moshe Phillips “Do you think I’m exaggerating? I challenge and said “there is absolutely no excuse” for Abbas officially recant his speech, withdraw you [to find] even one indecent against Jews what he said. his anti-Semitic book from circulation, and Dylan Williams of J Street, in a recent in over 1,400 years.” If, less than three years ago, Abbas was eliminate anti-Semitic statements from the op-ed, called on the Biden administration to Then Abbas asserted that the Holocaust was — according to J Street — an anti-Semite, PA-controlled media and schools. “rebuild the U.S. relationship with moderate not the result of anti-Semitism, but rather how is it that he is now “moderate”? Does When I say “recant,” I don’t mean a mealy- Palestinian leaders.” was caused by the Jews’ own “social behavior, anti-Semitism have a shelf life and an expi- mouthed statement like the one Abbas issued Since presumably J Street would not claim [charging] interest, and financial matters.” ration date? in 2018, following the international uproar that the leaders of the genocidal Hamas gang Abbas’s previous claims about the Ho- Or does J Street simply wait until everybody over his anti-Semitic remarks. “If people are “moderate,” then the “moderate Palestin- locaust — described in detail in his 1982 has forgotten about Abbas’s speech, so that it were offended by my statement in front of the ian leaders” Williams and J Street have in doctoral dissertation and subsequent book can resume calling him “moderate” in order PNC, especially people of the Jewish faith, I mind must be Palestinian Authority chair- — include that only a few hundred thousand, to advance the Palestinian cause? apologize to them,” Abbas said. That wasn’t a man Mahmoud Abbas and those around him. not six million, Jews were killed by the Nazis; And is J Street simply hoping that the rest genuine apology. Not even close. The problem Less than three years ago, on April 30, 2018, and that David Ben-Gurion collaborated with of us will not notice that under Abbas, anti- with Abbas’s speech was not that some people Abbas stood before the opening session of the the Nazis to kill Jews, in order to garner world Semitism still fills the PA-controlled media took offense (as if they were being thin- Palestine National Council and delivered a sympathy for creating a Jewish state. and school textbooks? skinned and overreacting); the problem was blatantly anti-Semitic speech. What did J Street, which now speaks of Or does J Street acknowledge that Abbas is that what Abbas said about Jews was wrong, Abbas stated that Jews have “no historical “moderate Palestinian leaders,” say about still an anti-Semite? And if so, where are those vile, and bigoted. That’s what Abbas has to ties” to the Land of Israel because they are Abbas’s speech? In a May 1, 2018 press re- mysterious, unnamed “moderate Palestinian admit, and recant. actually descendants of the Turkish Khazar lease, J Street said that it “strongly condemns leaders” to whom Dylan Williams referred and Admitting he was wrong is vitally im- tribe (a bizarre and long-discredited con- remarks made by President Mahmoud Abbas whom J Street wants the U.S. to shower with portant, in order to send a message to the spiracy theory). on Monday that featured absurd anti-Semitic financial aid and political support? Palestinian public that the anti-Semitic lies Also, Abbas said that there has never been tropes and deeply offensive comments on J Street’s May 2018 condemnation of Ab- they have been hearing all these years — in an anti-Semitic incident against Jews in Arab the history of the Jewish people and Israel.” bas was a rare and impressive criticism of their leader’s speeches and books, and in their countries — “Not even once,” he declared. J Street called Abbas’s speech “incendiary” a figure whom J Street had almost never media and schools — were wrong. previously criticized. Publicly challenging a Only when the Palestinians, starting with leader whose policies you generally support is their leaders, genuinely give up their anti- never easy. At the time, some skeptics, myself Semitism, can we take seriously claims by The ‘Saturday Night Live’ included, wondered if the condemnation was Dylan Williams and J Street that “moderate sincere, or was just a quick gesture intended Palestinian leaders” exist with whom the to make J Street look reasonable but with no United States should interact. intention of actually confronting Palestinian Moshe Phillips is national director of joke is the wrong issue anti-Semitism. Herut North America’s U.S. division; Herut If J Street wants the Jewish community is an international movement for Zionist By Stephen M. Flatow in modern America is that you either develop to believe that its opposition to Palestinian pride and education. Herut’s website is www. a slightly thicker skin, or you change the anti-Semitism is sincere, it must insist that herutna.org. Let me see if I’ve got this straight. channel. Dozens of terrorists who murdered Ameri- Jewish and Zionist organizations need to can citizens are walking free in Palestinian do some serious prioritizing. They need to Authority-controlled territories. The Biden realize what’s actually important, and what’s Everywhere administration is preparing to send hundreds a lot less important. of millions of dollars to the unreformed, terror- These groups are always clamoring for sponsoring PA regime. our donations. You know what I’m talk- The anti-Semitic assault in PA bulldozers are damaging Jewish histori- ing about — all the mailings and emails cal and religious sites in Judea-Samaria and pleading for contributions on the grounds America continues unabated building homes in areas under Israeli control. that these groups “urgently” need more And the number one issue on the agenda resources in order to defend Israel. Well, I of prominent American Jewish and Zionist for one would be more impressed by such organizations is an unkind joke about Israel solicitations if I saw that those organiza- By Mel Pearlman organizations will after the fact meekly on “Saturday Night Live.” tions were focusing their resources on issues request removal of the published Jewish- In the final weeks of the Trump admin- that are serious threats to Israel and the In the past few weeks we have witnessed a hate material and an apology, only to once istration, there were a number of issues on Jewish people. Things that are more serious Black comic on SNL (who should know bet- more have to continuously repeat the same which pro-Israel groups should have spoken than a late-night joke. ter) taking a cheap shot at Israel, explicitly requests for removal and apologies from out. They should have pressured the outgoing As I type these words, over 150,000 Hezbol- and falsely accusing the Israeli government the same or similar errant organizations Trump administration to force Jordan to hand lah rockets are aimed at northern Israel, and of discriminating against its Arab citizens and celebrities. over Sbarro bomber Ahlam Tamimi who was the international community continues to by intentionally withholding vaccine inocu- In a previous column I described this responsible for murdering American Malki treat Hezbollah with kid-gloves. Jewish groups lations in favor of its Jewish citizens. This pattern as the “Anti-Semitic Methodology Roth and others. They should have demanded could be pressuring countries around the world incident reminds me of the saying, “People of Apology”: “Make the apology for the that the departing administration release the to declare Hezbollah a terrorist organization. who live in glass houses should not throw anti-Semitic publication or hateful state- long-buried report proving that the number Meanwhile, the Biden administration is stones.” ment, say you are sorry and blame it on an of Palestinian Arab refugees is far lower than openly flirting with a return to the danger- On Feb. 9, 2021, NBC broadcasted on institutional mistake or some other lame Arab propagandists claim. ous Iran nuclear deal. Jewish groups could its digital platform a Canadian-produced reason; retract it to a smaller audience, play They didn’t undertake any protest cam- be mobilizing members of Congress to block episode of “Nurses,” which according to on the misguided good intentions of the paigns on those urgent issues. Yet now they appeasement of Tehran. numerous newspaper and other Internet Jewish people to forgive. Then continue to have been inspired to speak out because SNL And President Biden’s new secretary of state sources, contained a scene in which an spread irrational and false reasons to hate comedian Michael Che made an unpleasant is telling us that Israel must return to being Orthodox Jewish patient is told by his treat- the Jews and Israel.” joke about Israel’s vaccination program. nine miles wide, which is what the slogan ing physician that his seriously injured leg They allegedly also do it (even though This past week, my inbox has been overflow- “two-state solution” means in practice. Jewish would require a bone graft from a cadaver they would probably never admit it) because ing with press releases from Jewish organiza- groups could be explaining to political leaders, to which the patient recoiled, “You want to there is still a significant American and in- tions furiously denouncing Che’s joke. I can’t the media, and the American public exactly put a dead person’s leg inside of me?!”, and to ternational audience which is anti-Semitic see the rationale for so much duplication of what dangers Israel would face from the borders which his father at his bedside disparagingly and anti-Zionist; and approves of the per- effort. It’s as if each of these organizations felt that the “two-state solution” would create. added, “A dead goyim leg — from anyone. petuation of Jewish pejorative stereotypes that all the other organizations’ press releases These are life-and-death issues for Israel. Is An Arab, a woman.” and tropes. It reinforces the viewer’s own were insufficiently indignant, so each had to Michael Che’s joke really more important than NBC released a photo of the alleged scene prejudices, and equally important, it sells issue one of their own that would be even Hezbollah rockets, Iranian nukes, or Israel which depicted a perfectly diversified bedside advertisers’ products and services. longer, or even angrier, than the others. being reduced to nine miles wide? image of two medical professionals, one a The organized Jewish community needs to They want Che to publicly apologize. They Stephen M. Flatow is an attorney in New white female nurse and one a Black male come up with a new preventative approach want to know which SNL staff writer was re- Jersey and the father of Alisa Flatow, who was physician, along with the two easily identi- in dealing with this form of wholesale Jew- sponsible for writing the joke, and they want murdered in an Iranian-sponsored Palestinian fied Orthodox Jews. ish hatred. that writer fired. terrorist attack in 1995. He is the author of “A The bedridden son was depicted with his I call upon the Council of Presidents of I don’t like unflattering jokes about Jews or Father’s Story: My Fight for Justice Against long “payas” showing, and who was delib- Major Jewish Organizations to convene a Israel. I’m sure African-Americans, Latinos, Iranian Terror.” erately named “Israel” to add a bit of anti- virtual summit of national Jewish secular and Italian-Americans don’t like unflattering This essay originally appeared in Israel Zionism into the mix. 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And they do it, partially with of Central Florida, as well as holding many email: [email protected] Joyce Gore the knowledge that the established Jewish other community leadership positions. HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, MARCH 12, 2021 PAGE 5A statement that “He promoted dent Trump’s election. He destruction.” No American I also consider Professor relations between Arab na- mentioned the far-right president ever aligned him- Alan Dershowitz, a well- tions and the Jewish State.” mob that stormed the U.S. self so fully with the jewish known and brilliant legal President Trump did much Capitol on Jan. 6 to protest people or committed himself scholar and a lifelong politi- HERITAGEVIEWPOINT encourages readers to send in their opin- more than that for Israel. the outcome of the 2020 so clearly to our protection cal liberal, a better judge of ions for the Viewpoint column. They must be signed; however, names will be withheld upon request. Due to He and his administration presidential election. While and survival. what is “good for the Jews” space limitations, we reserve the right to edit, if neces- brokered historic agree- I condemn the assault on the I’ve just returned from than Mr. Shipley. Dershow- sary. Opinions printed in Viewpoint do not necessarily ments between Israel and the Capitol, I believe it would attending the Conservative itz spoke at the signing of reflect the opinions of the paper. UAE, Bahrain, Morocco, and have happened, whether or Political Action Conference President Trump’s historic Sudan. These were the first not President Trump spoke. in Orlando. There was a sig- executive order against col- peace agreements between I know Jewish people who nificant contingent of Jews lege campus anti-Semitism, Israel and Muslim nations were at the Capitol and did including many from our which comes mostly from Mr. Shipley, you have it all in over 25 years. Moreover, I not enter. They were there to southern states. My wife and the political left. He said believe the UAE and Bahrain protest peacefully, as Presi- I celebrated Purim and Shab- that there has been “no wrong about Trump must have had tacit approval dent Trump told the crowd to bat at events organized by the more important event to from Saudi Arabia. While the do, and as the overwhelming Young Jewish Conservatives, turn universities away from By Rabbi Sanford President Trump was elected hostility of Iran toward the majority of the people did. together with many Modern being bastions of hatred Olshansky in 2016 “We did not know Sunni Arab states and the The events of Jan. 6 and Orthodox participants who and discrimination … It is a whole lot about the guy.” commercial and high-tech their causes are national is- advocated conservative po- a game changer. It will go I was outraged when I Donald Trump had been in benefits of a relationship with sues, not Jewish issues per litical principles. I believe down in history as one of read Jim Shipley’s rambling the public eye in New York Israel were certainly major se. Let’s stick to Shipley’s they are better judges of the most important events in column “Unleashing the City for most of his adult factors, President Trump and “grandmother’s measuring what is “good for the Jews” the 2,000-year battle against Hounds of Hell” in the Feb. life and had been on TV for his negotiating team astutely stick”: Was Trump good for than Mr. Shipley. They were anti-Semitism ….” 26 Heritage. Mr. Shipley many years. He was Grand seized on these factors as a the Jews? passionate supporters of Donald Trump has done seems intent to continue Marshall of New York’s Israel means for improved relations After the horrific syna- President Trump and his poli- more than any president to stoke the fires of Trump Day Parade in 2004, 11 years between the Gulf States and gogue shootings in Pitts- cies, which the Conference to support Jews in the U.S. hatred, even though he is before running for president. Israel. burgh and Poway President enthusiastically endorsed. and to safeguard the State out of office. He makes undue He has surrounded himself Shipley then hauled out Trump said: “The Jews have Mr. Shipley, by contrast, of Israel. He deserves our assumptions about President with Jews in his personal life his “grandmother’s mea- endured terrible persecution, expressed many typical thanks — not snark and Trump’s mindset and inten- and his businesses. suring stick”: “Is it good and you know that we’ve sentiments of northeastern condemnation. tions and perpetuates lies I’ll skip Shipley’s disdain for the Jews or bad for the all read it. We’ve studied it. liberals and oozed disdain for Rabbi Sanford Olshansky and inaccuracies. for our presidential primary Jews?” He mentioned the They’ve gone through a lot “the Deep RED South.” Such is a member of the national I was first struck by Shi- system and electoral college far-right anti-Semites who and those seeking their de- disdain is certainly “not good Leadership Circle of the pley’s statement that when and jump to his lukewarm felt emboldened by Presi- struction … we will seek their for the Jews.” Republican Jewish Coalition. Chasing the Zionist dream, one settlement at a time By Eyal Zisser poned and, as Israel Hayom’s fully supports, the question of of security. However, when had ever recognized Israel’s What matters, then, is Ariel Kahana argued earlier sovereignty would need to be it comes to the day-to-day sovereignty over eastern Je- not what other nations say, (JNS) — Exactly one year this week, may have been dealt with in legal and other lives and construction in rusalem or any of the city’s but rather what the Jewish ago, Israel was poised to missed entirely. With Joe talks when Syria can get back their communities, it doesn’t western neighborhoods. It people do. More importantly, realize the dream of apply- Biden now president of the on its own two feet. make much of a difference. was Israel’s first prime min- the Jewish people must decide ing sovereignty to large parts United States, it will take a Blinken’s comments were The settlement enterprise in ister, David Ben-Gurion, who what they really want. of Judea and Samaria with massive effort, and maybe a blessing in disguise be- Judea, Samaria and the Golan decided in December 1949 Is it a presence in and U.S. support and the tacit even a miracle, to advance cause they make clear that Heights arose and developed to defy the U.N. resolution control of all of the ter- consent of a few Arab states. such a move. the new U.S. administration absent the formal application that would see Jerusalem ritory, or just settlement Israel, however, chose not to This is clear from the re- recognizes the reality on the of Israeli sovereignty to those become an international blocs and areas of strategic take this path, preferring the cent statements by U.S. Sec- ground, both in the Golan territories. city by ordering the transfer importance? Does Israel immediate achievements of retary of State Tony Blinken, Heights and in Judea and Israel would therefore be of government offices there. seek to grant citizenship the signing of the Abraham in which he stopped short of Samaria, and is in no rush wise to return to the path of Nor did anyone recognize to residents of these areas, Accords to a possible confron- endorsing former President to push for change. Zionism from time immemo- Israel’s territorial gains ac- or does it strive to reach a tation with the Palestinians Donald Trump’s recognition After all, sovereignty as a rial through the construction complished in the 1948 War different solution with the and the international com- of the Golan Heights as part slogan and symbol is impor- of house after house and of Independence. Many years cooperation of Jordan or the munity. of Israel. He said that unlike tant for residents of Judea and settlement after settlement, later, numerous countries, Palestinian Authority? The realization of the Israel’s practical control over Samaria, and will certainly and without waiting for the including the United States, In the meantime, we must sovereignty dream was post- the territory, which America serve to bolster their sense international community’s demanded that Israel return get vaccinated, and we must approval or recognition. to the partition lines of 1947 continue to build because the That will come once Israel as the basis for a compromise path of Zionism and the State has established the facts on with the Arab world. Ben- of Israel has always been one Trump. Mr. Biden asked each Letters To The Editor the ground. Gurion, however, stood his of action and not words. one whether their protests We are a diverse community and we welcome your Before Trump entered ground. The rest, as they say, This article first appeared were made by a congress- letters and viewpoints. The views and opinions expressed the White House, no state is history. in Israel Hayom. in the opinion pieces and letters published in The Heri- person and a U.S. senator. tage are the views of the authors, and do not necessarily They were not, and therefore reflect the views and opinions of The Heritage Florida the protests were invalid. Jewish News or its staff. The Heritage reserves the right On Jan. 5, 2021, there were to edit letters for clarity, content, and accuracy. And potential protests by U.S. respectful of lashon hara, we will not print derogatory senators and congressper- statements against any individual. sons, but the proceedings Please limit letters to 500 words. Send letters to P.O. were interrupted by the Box 300742, Fern Park, FL 32730. Or e-mail to news@ riotous intruders, and the orlandoheritage.com. senators dropped out during the reopened hearing late in the day when the thousands of sincere demonstrators What’s ok for Democrats isn’t (including Jews) did what President Trump told them ok for Republicans to do: They went home. Ever since Jan. 5, after the Dear Editor: larities. As to the latter, the Democrats had continuously Unlike your latest cor- Democrat leader of the U.S. hailed the [BLM] “peaceful respondents, I am not at all Senate voiced loudly serious protests” that killed at least ashamed by the impartial threats to intimidate two Su- 30 people and destroyed close publication of opinion articles preme Court justices with the to $100m worth of private in the Heritage Florida Jew- desired effect on those justices business property, the brand ish News. I realize that the as well as on judges all over the new vice president, Kamala “76 percent” of Jewish voters country who refused to hear Harris, urged the perpetrators who helped elect Joe Biden evidence and dismissed all to keep doing it. are imbued by the narratives claims by Trump supporters Mr. Shapiro and Mr. promulgated by the Democrat on procedural grounds. I am Schwarz may enthusiasti- Party and parroted by the not proud of the Jewish leaders cally support Pres. Biden, media designed, since Mr. of the impeachment hoaxes who has already signed 40 Trump’s election, to lead to who violated all principles of presidential orders — many his impeachment. They would American judicial proceed- of which, I believe, he neither silence anyone who lauds any ings in doing so. read nor understood — but of the accomplishments of Like everyone else, I was at least numerically defy the this most effective president revolted by the actions of the U.S. Constitution and ruined of this country in at least 20 groupies of anti-government the lives of many hardworking years. rioters who ruined the legal Americans. Donald Trump did not com- purposes of the many thou- As for me and the 30-40 mit either of the “high crimes” sands of pro-Trump dem- percent of Jewish voters who the Democrats invented. onstrators. In that regard, voted like over 70 million of Moreover, he did not lie about I remember in 2016 the ac- our fellow Americans, we will the spying on his election tions of then Vice President look forward to Republican committees, the absence of Biden when a dozen people victories in the near future. any conspiracy with Russia, or protested the electoral votes David G. Danziger the organized election irregu- of their states that went for Winter Park, Fla. PAGE 6A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, MARCH 12, 2021 What’s A COMPREHENSIVE British lecturer called Jewish COMMUNITY LIGHT Happening CALENDAR SHABBAT CANDLES AT For inclusion in the What’s Happening Calendar, copy must be sent on sepa- students ‘pawns’ of Israel rate sheet and clearly marked for Calendar. Submit copy via: e-mail (news@ MARCH 12 orlandoheritage.com); mail (P.O. Box 300742, Fern Park, FL 32730-0742); 6:15 p.m. By Cnaan Liphshiz that he supported the “end In the petition defending fax (407-831-0507); or drop it by the office (207 O’Brien Rd., Ste. 101, Fern MARCH 19 Park) Deadline is Wednesday noon, 10 days prior to publication. of Zionism as a functioning Miller, who has declined to 7:19 p.m. (JTA) — About 200 academ- ideology” and that protests by apologize for or retract his ics from the United Kingdom the Bristol University’s Jewish remarks, his advocates state MORNING MINYANS (Please note, because of the coronavirus, some minyans and the United States have Society, which is a union of that “the attacks on Professor have been canceled or held virtually.) Chabad of North Orlando and Chabad of signed a petition defending Jewish students, over his previ- Miller stem from a lecture on Altamonte Springs are holding in-person minyans. a British university lecturer ous fulminations against Jews Islamophobia that he gave to Chabad of South Orlando — Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. and 10 minutes before sunset; Saturday, who had called Jewish stu- and Israel show that “There students at the University of 9:30 a.m.; Sunday, 8:15 a.m., 407-354-3660. dents on his campus “pawns” is a real question of abuse Bristol two years ago.” Congregation Ahavas Yisrael — Monday - Friday, 7:30 a.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday, 9 of Israel, “a violent, racist, here — of Jewish students on At that event, he suggested a.m., 407-644-2500. foreign regime engaged in British campuses being used that British Jews were using Congregation Chabad Lubavitch of Greater Daytona — Monday, 8 a.m.; Thursday, 8 a.m., ethnic cleansing.” as political pawns by a violent, interfaith events with Mus- 904-672-9300. Jewish groups and orga- racist, foreign regime engaged lims, including a chicken Congregation Ohev Shalom — Sunday, 9 a.m., 407-298-4650. nizations have protested the in ethnic cleansing.” He cited soup cookout, to increase the GOBOR Community Minyan at Jewish Academy of Orlando — Monday – Friday, 7:45 a.m. – remarks by David Miller, a pro- the Jewish Society’s open sup- acceptance of Zionism among 8:30 a.m. (virtual) fessor of political sociology at port for Zionism. Muslims. Temple Israel — Sunday, 9 a.m., 407-647-3055. the University of Bristol, made Marie van der Zyl, the presi- “The Israelis have sent during an online videoconfer- dent of the Board of Deputies people in,” Miller said, “par- FRIDAY, MARCH 12 ence Feb. 13. Some have called of British Jews, wrote last ticularly through interfaith Ahavas Yisrael — Kabbalat, 30 minutes before sundown. for his ouster. week to the president of the work … pretending Jews and The signatories of the letter university, Hugh Brady, seek- Muslims working together SATURDAY, MARCH 13 published Friday support- ing Miller’s dismissal. will be an apolitical way of Torah Portion — Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei: Exodus 35:1-40:38; Haftarah: Ezekiel 45:16-46:18. ing Miller include linguist “By failing to end Professor countering racism. No, it’s Noam Chomsky and gender Miller’s tenure as a member a Trojan horse for normal- SUNDAY, MARCH 14 theorist Judith Butler, both of faculty, the University is izing Zionism in the Muslim Chabad — Zoom event with Nazi hunter and Holocaust historian Dr. Efraim Zuroff, 10 a.m. Jewish Americans. The names providing him with the ap- community. We saw it in East Cost: $10. 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London last week that “We tack on [Jeremy] Corbyn,” a Miller had said in the vid- do not endorse the comments far-left and anti-Israel politi- eoconference, titled “Labour made by Professor Miller cian who was the previous Quote of the Week Campaign for Free Speech,” about our Jewish students.” leader of the Labour Party. “Ilse, a childhood friend of mine, once found a raspberry in the concentration camp and carried it in her pocket all day to present to me that night on a leaf. Imagine a world in which your entire possession is one raspberry and you give it to your friend.” “Auto Fill” by Yoni Glatt — Gerda Weissmann Klein, All But My Life: A Memoir Difficulty Level: Manageable [email protected] Across 2. Orange or Indian 35. Straits or consequences 1. *Neshama 3. Good way to learn Hebrew preceder 5. They can be metaphorically 4. Left a lily pad 36. Go for the gimmel dropped for effect 5. PC counterpart 38. One tripping over his 9. Toss 6. Dude, to Eyal own feet “My week is not 14. 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Pixar movie...or an 70 71 72 Fern Park, FL 32730 City/State/Zip______alternative title to this puzzle 73 74 75 Phone______(407) 834-8787 Down 1. Indian stringed instrument See answers on page 14A. HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, MARCH 12, 2021 PAGE 7A With fusion Emirati-Jewish dishes, a kosher chef blossoms in Dubai kosher chef in the UAE at a Word spread. Observant time when Israeli tourists Jewish tourists and business have begun streaming into travelers sought out Kriel the country. and asked her to cook kosher Last year, Kriel launched meals, which she would do Kosherati, which sells kosher- for free. When the UAE held certified Emirati cuisine, as a high-profile interfaith con- well as fusion Jewish-Emirati ference in 2018, organizers dishes. And she opened a ko- turned to her to feed a Jewish sher pop-up restaurant in delegation. December at the Hilton Al Similar events followed in Habtoor City, a Dubai hotel. 2019, and Kriel decided to Before the restaurant had set up a website to market to close because of rising her cooking. COVID-19 rates, it employed “I got a call saying that three chefs and 12 other em- there is a group of rabbis ployees. Kosher supervision who will not eat a thing was provided by the Orthodox because it’s not kosher, and One of Kriel’s desserts is a baklava cheesecake. Union. that I should do something “[For] those who wanted about it,” she said regarding Kriel had long wanted to khameer, an Emirati spiced kosher foods, coming to eat the 2018 conference. “I then try her hand at traditional pita-like bread. the foods that they could get cooked for this group three Emirati dishes, and began Demand for Kriel’s food in their home communities meals a day for seven days experimenting with kosher has risen with the normal- [while] in Dubai was a bit of from my kitchen.” versions of them in 2019. ization of relations with a waste,” said Kriel, sitting in While Kriel was building When the pandemic began Israel, as more than 50,000 the Hilton Habtoor’s lobby. up a base of kosher eaters, and Dubai locked down, she Israeli tourists flew to the “Because you’re a tourist, she found another set of found more time to develop UAE before travel to and from you want to experience the potential customers among a repertoire. With the help Israel was suspended due to flavors of Dubai.” local Muslims. Emiratis who of an Emirati friend, she the pandemic. Kriel hopes When Kriel’s family ar- had traveled to the United exchanged recipes and began the influx will eventually rived in Dubai, there were States or Europe and couldn’t to create fusion dishes that lead to kosher ingredients some 70 Jewish families in find halal food often turned combined Jewish and Emirati being sold in Dubai. Last the UAE and little communal to kosher restaurants, which cooking. year saw her move from her Kriel, who is from South Africa, came to Dubai in 2013. infrastructure, which made abide by similar dietary re- One of Kriel’s offerings home kitchen into the Hilton it challenging for the family strictions. Some developed a is the balaleet kugel, which Habtoor, and she also plans By Asma Ali Zain cooking of a South African to continue keeping kosher. liking for traditional Jewish combines an Emirati ver- to expand her business into expatriate. Kriel would fill suitcases cuisine. micelli and egg breakfast Abu Dhabi. DUBAI, United Arab Emir- Elli Kriel, a sociologist with kosher foods like frozen “They missed this taste meal with the Ashkenazi “Within six months, of ates (JTA) — Last year, Israel by training who moved here meat and cake mixes when when they came back to the Jewish sweet noodle dish. course, it’s going to be a com- and the United Arab Emirates in 2013 when her husband she traveled, and would ask UAE,” Kriel said. “I had two Similarly, her chebab blintz pletely different environment signed a treaty establishing was transferred to the visitors from South Africa to sets of audiences. I had those melds the Jewish crepe deli- — we’ll be able to go into the diplomatic relations. But Emirates for work, began do the same when they came who wanted Jewish foods, not cacy with chebab, an Emirati supermarket, and you will for more than a year earlier, serving kosher food to Jew- to the UAE. Once they were necessarily kosher foods, and pancake. And Kriel’s “bread find kosher products,” she diners in the UAE had already ish tourists years ago out settled, the family started also had those who wanted of peace,” named in honor said. “You’re going to have a been finding their way to Jew- of her home kitchen. Now hosting dinner parties for kosher foods, but not neces- of the normalization agree- section that says ‘kosher.’ So ish culture — via the home she has become the go-to local Jews. sarily Jewish foods.” ment, combines challah with we will get there.” PAGE 8A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, MARCH 12, 2021 Jews in the Land of Disney Hidden treasure — the Jewish Capital Alliance By Ed Borowsky ability to move quickly and a little over $400 million. A its interest rates are below tremendous amount of work “As my forefathers planted what you can find elsewhere, went into those three years, for me, so I, too, plant for my and they do not charge for but still, we returned the children,” Talmud, Ta’anit consulting work. grant monies with interest 23bm. “We have the flexibil- to the Federation, and we There is an independent ity of setting up repayment made a hefty profit. With advisory group/501(c)(3) plans that fit the needs of those money’s the idea to organization called the the nonprofit and we are use them to help fund Jewish Jewish Capital Alliance creative in more ways than nonprofits came to fruition, that has been operating for one,” explained Pearlman. hence the Jewish Capital a little over 10 years in the “Because we’re invested in Alliance was born,” Pearl- greater Orlando area. JCA our Jewish community, we man said. is dedicated to ensuring want everyone to succeed. Bringing their experience the long-term growth and We go beyond a lender and in various fields are the JCA success of mission-driven we offer to consult with those Board of Directors: Rhonda Jewish nonprofits. They’ve organizations who request Pearlman, Ed Klineman, been providing low-interest our help. After all, the group Howard Lefkowitz and Ian loans and lines of credit to at JCA brings a unique set of Robinson. Rhonda Pearlman Ian Robinson Howard Lefkowitz agencies, synagogues and expertise that can be helpful Pearlman grew up in the other Jewish organizations to our clients.” Bronx. Her parents ventured education at the University based pricing on what we request expediently, which in a manner that is very dif- JCA came about when the into the summer camp of Miami. “I thought I would feel was affordable to their many times depend on the ferent than traditional lend- Kinneret Council on Aging business. “Their first camp do something related to the income demographic, and complexity of the project ing through banks and other sponsored the Jewish Senior opened in a public park, summer camp business, we’d even place high school being funded. If funds are institutions of the kind. Housing Council to research north of Tarrytown, New which never happened.” graduation pictures for the needed quickly, JCA does its “Our Jewish community’s the needs of the Orlando Jew- York. At some point they The couple married, and year they graduated on the best to move expeditiously. strength is a direct result of ish Community. The Jewish opened a second camp and after Craig graduated law model’s walls.” Currently the maximum the hard work and vision of Federation provided a grant that’s the way my parents school, he took a job in In 1988, the Pearlman’s loan amount for one bor- those who’ve come before in the amount of $300,000 made a living. As I grew, I Charleston, West Virginia. first child, Samantha, was rower is up to $250,000. us.” said Rhonda Pearlman, to fund the project. used to work at the camps Living in Charleston for a born and two years later However, under certain JCA secretary. “They rec- “We worked three years on where I received a tremen- little over two years, they their son, Ross, was born. circumstances, JCA can in- ognized the importance of it,” said Pearlman. “During dous education. I had a lot connected with the Jewish “It’s amazing how time flies. crease it to up to $350,000. developing a network of non- this time, the Council on of fun working there.” community. “It opened our Samantha is now 33 years Their goal is to keep the pro- profit organizations to serve Aging, took the preliminary After graduating high eyes to what it was like living old, living in Boston and cess simple. JCA generally the needs of our Jewish com- steps in developing a facility school, Pearlman (nee Klein- as a Jew in small-town rural Ross is close to us, living offers under-market, fixed- munity by supporting the by drawing up architectural berg) attended Tulane Uni- America.” in Orlando,” said Pearlman. rate loans with repayment efforts of those nonprofits plans, and they even pur- versity in New Orleans where Craig was then drawn to “I’ve always have been plans that are designed to that focus on spiritual, cul- chased a tract of land for de- she met her husband, Craig his family’s business. He passionate about my faith. be functional and affordable. tural, social and educational velopment of an independent Pearlman, who was a senior made the decision to work However, being married into “We want to assist the programming within our senior living facility. At one at that time. Craig graduated for Kane’s Furniture on the the Pearlman family, my applicant in the achieve- community. We’re dedicated point, when it was time to get and then attended law school Florida west coast. After a in-laws, David and Audrey, ment of the organizations to keeping those programs the mezzanine financing for at the University of Miami. short while, they ended up opened me up to giving of goals without imposing vibrant, alive and well. We’ve the project, a buyer came in She followed Craig there. moving to Orlando where myself to our community. undue financial stress and also helped new nonprofit and purchased our plan, the During this time, Pearl- Craig ultimately took the After all, they’ve been intrin- unmanageable obligations. startups get off the ground.” architectural drawings and man received her under- helm of Kane’s Furniture. sically involved in things like And again, one great benefit In addition, JCA has the the land we purchased for graduate degree in childhood Pearlman had an interest the Pearlman Panty, Second we offer is our board’s exten- in interior design and took Harvest. “ sive business and financial classes at the local com- Pearlman has served on experience. We are happy

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One for the road … Known as the Night of the Broken Glass,” Kristallnacht was Mrs. Schwartz was walking down Semoran Boulevard Sudoku (see page 14A for solution) a two-day pogrom orchestrated by the Nazi leadership that with her two grandsons. was levied upon Jewish communities in Germany, Austria A friend asked, “How old are your grandchildren?” and the Sudentenland in the former Czechoslovakia. It was a She replied,” The doctor is five and the lawyer is seven.” turning point in Nazi Germany’s use of violence and murder (My doctor is a little older and my lawyer is also!) and a precursor to the attempted genocide of European Jewry. “For centuries, a rift was maintained that could latter isolate the Jews in society in such a way that they could be taken away and murdered,” Reuver said. “Also, in the war years, the ecclesiastical authorities often lacked the courage to choose a position for the Jewish citizens of our country. The Church now wants to recognize without reservation that the church laid the ground under which anti-Semitism and hatred could flourish. We hope it is not too late,” Reuver added. (No, of course not! Just decades and decades!!) Reuver acknowledged that the PKN was a part of the “sin- ful history” of anti-Semitism, adding that “we undertake to do everything possible to further develop Judeo-Christian relations into a deep friendship of two equal partners, united among others in the fight against contemporary anti-Semitism.” RUBEN VIS, Secretary of the WJC-affiliated Netherlands- Israelitisch Kerkgenootschap, weicomed Reuver’s apology on behalf of PKN, saying that “the book of the Shoah never closes, but with this confession of guilt the Church turns a page.” A wonderful Jewish Pavilion Approximately 140,000 Jews lived in the Netherlands when Nazi Germany invaded in May 1940. Approximately 70 per- mensch cent of Dutch Jewry died over the course of the Holocaust. Kudos to Sherry Bilsky McCann a new volunteer for While thousands of Dutch Jews tried to hide from SS forces, the Jewish Pavilion. McCann called the Jewish Pavilion Dutch civilians turned many over to the Nazis, including during the pandemic to inquire about grief support Anne Frank’s family. services. She offered to help with volunteer work and (I was only a toddler at that time, but living in a welfare became a weekly volunteer. McCann writes beautiful project in Brooklyn, I was also subject to hate and anti- cards to seniors living in elder-care facilities. She Semitism. But look how nicely I turned out! OH SHUT UP!!) writes more than a dozen cards at a time and mails A world without water?... a package every week to the Jewish Pavilion office. Israel has not only solved the water scarcity problem, it has Pictured is one of her lovely cards that was distributed an abundance of water that is exported to its neighbors. Ben to seniors at Harbor Chase in Dr. Philips. Gurion University of the Negev has played and continues to PAGE 10A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, MARCH 12, 2021 Stan Lee’s legacy is complicated — this new book casts a shadow on it creators out of their share of co-creator of Iron Man and a a short-lived start-up that lost profits. Kirby and Simon, for few other Marvel superheroes, millions of dollars. It became their part, felt that they owed struggled to pay rent while the subject of an SEC securi- the publisher no loyalty and his brother ascended in the ties fraud investigation and had been moonlighting for company’s hierarchy. Kirby led to convictions for some other publishers, which led was angered by the expansion of Lee’s dubious business to them being fired. How of Marvel to toys, children’s partners. Goodman found out about clothing and other items Lee’s next venture, POW this was never revealed, but based on his illustrations. As Entertainment, was a simi- Kirby was convinced that Lee a freelance artist, he received larly disastrous misadventure betrayed them. no royalties from these spin- and, according to Riesman, “a Kirby’s and Simon’s de- off products. He and Ditko largely criminal enterprise.” parture from Timely meant eventually left the company, Lee claimed that he solely gave that they walked away from bitter, fighting for credit, his name to these enterprises “Captain America,” and all original artwork and money and that he was not involved the attached royalties. they believed they were owed or aware of the day-to-day After the departure of Kirby until the end of their lives. operations. He did, however, and Simon, Lee took over as Then, in a kind of Shake- contribute to the hype by editor of Timely, which later spearean intrigue, Lee out- talking about grand projects became Marvel Comics. He maneuvered Martin Good- that fueled the fraud, most of was only 19 years old, and man and his son, taking which never made it past their this would be, in some form over Marvel. Goodman con- announcements. or another, his only job for sequently created a rival Riesman’s reconstruction the rest of his life. As Ries- company and employed Ditko of Lee’s dubious financial man shows in his book, this and Lieber to compete with business ventures are more was not by choice. Lee tried Marvel. The venture failed interesting than the out- Santi Visalli/Getty Images again and again to branch and only increased the rift dated superhero concepts they Stan Lee poses in New York, June 15, 1978. out to other departments of between Lee and his younger tried to sell, and he seems to Goodman’s publishing empire brother. present them as central in By Julian Voloj — retelling and reinventing would last, Donenfeld and Lei- and become a more “serious” In the 1980s, Stan Lee left understanding who Stan Lee existing myths and origin bowitz wanted to cash in while writer. Lee was embarrassed New York for Los Angeles, really was, consequently giv- (JTA) — Stan Lee, arguably stories — Riesman’s meticu- they could and introduced a to still be working in pulpy where he lived for the rest of ing the reader a better idea of the most famous American lously researched book, which number of other characters, kids’ entertainment, a field his life. Most biographies see the realities at Marvel decades comic book creator, died at age focuses on Lee’s later years, including the aforementioned he had only entered due to Lee’s departure from the day- earlier. 95 in 2018. Honoring his Jew- casts a shadow on the star’s “Batman.” Rival companies, a family connection. On a to-day comic business as the As the Marvel movies ish identity, many evoked the legacy. eager to emulate the success, personal level, however, there epilogue to their narratives, exploded into international phrase “may his memory be His story did not always created their own superhe- was some change: he married, arguing that there were no blockbusters, comic book a blessing” (coming from the seem headed this way. roes. Among them was also moved to the suburbs of Long significant contributions and conventions became increas- Hebrew “zichrono l’bracha”) Lee was born Stanley Mar- Martin Goodman, a veteran Island and had a child. even some embarrassing ven- ingly pop culture entertain- when reporting on his pass- tin Lieber in New York City in pulp magazine publisher and After public opinion turned tures, such as “Stripperella,” a ment shows, focusing on the ing. 1922 to Jewish immigrants a relative of Lieber’s mother. on comics, which became series about an exotic dancer movie stars depicting the su- Just what this memory from Romania. A child of the Not sure what else to do af- seen as dangerous poison for turned busty superhero. But perheroes rather than comic looks like, however, and what Great Depression, he wit- ter graduation, Stanley joined youth — thanks in part to the Riesman details the last 40 book creators themselves. it should look like, is a topic nessed his parents’ financial Timely, the comic book divi- writings of Jewish psychiatrist years of Lee’s career as a way Lee, always present at them, that is increasingly up for struggle to make ends meet sion of his relative’s publishing Frederic Wertham — many to understand his dealings at became a global celebrity, debate. for the family. Marked by this company. Initially he worked series were canceled and sev- Marvel. appearing in packed conven- To most people with a experience, like many people as an errand boy, fetching eral industry pioneers were Lee initially hoped to bring tion rooms, telling humorous passing knowledge of comic in this generation, he became sandwiches for Timely’s editor out of jobs. Kirby ended up his co-creations to Hol- anecdotes about his life in books, Lee — who may be a nonstop hustler. Joe Simon, who eventually crawling back to Lee’s opera- lywood, but the venture comics, cementing his own best known to the general The family first lived on gave Lieber his first profes- tion, now called Marvel Com- mostly failed. Meanwhile in position. He was the charm- public for his 30-plus cameos Manhattan’s Upper West Side, sional writing gig, a rather ics, in the late 1950s, despite New York, Ron Perelman, an ing old grandfather of comic in the many Marvel super- then in Washington Heights. unremarkable plot point with despising him. investment banker, hatched books, and since most of the hero movies — is believed to Later, they moved further historic value: When allowed Lee and Kirby worked on a a plan to separate Marvel’s pioneers had been dead by the be one of the most creative uptown to the Bronx, where to write, Stanley became number of insignificant com- superheroes into individual time the Marvel Cinematic figures in American popular he attended DeWitt Clinton Stan Lee. ics and then, so the story goes, intellectual properties, each Universe began to dominate culture. He’s considered the High School. He graduated (Taking on less Jewish Lee had a midlife crisis that with market values beyond the Hollywood, he became the Walt Disney of superheroes, in 1939, the year two other sounding pen and stage led to the creation of a new comic books. A Washington last connection to the early so to speak. But for a small, recent Jewish DeWitt Clinton names was not uncommon for approach to the genre: super- Post article from 1991 called days of the industry. increasingly vocal faction of alumni, Bill Finger and Bob this generation. Hollywood’s heroes with human problems. Perelman the “incredible Hulk However, many of his comic book aficionados, many Kane, debuted the “Batman” biggest star at the time was This comic book revolution of investing.” stories were false — ranging of them fans of the legendary character in Detective Comics a Jewish kid from the Lower started with the 1961 debut But like the incredible from one about “winning” Jewish illustrator Jack Kirby, (today’s DC Comics). East Side by the name of Jacob of “The Fantastic Four,” and Hulk himself, this venture a debate against Wertham he was an attention-hungry “Batman” was part of a Garfinkle who took on the over the course of the next was erratic and the trans- to one about how he won a self-promoter, a super-villain growing trend initiated by all-American name John Gar- few years, Lee and Kirby col- formation eventually failed, writing contest held by the who screwed over his creative another dynamic Jewish cre- field. Even if the less glamor- laborated on a who’s who of as Dan Raviv detailed in his New York Herald Tribune as collaborators. ator duo, Jerry Siegel and Joe ous comic book business was, today’s iconic characters such 2002 book “Comic Wars: How a student . By telling these Since his passing, three Shuster, whose “Superman,” as a result of discrimination in as Thor, Hulk, X-Men and Two Tycoons Battled Over stories over and over again, new books have been added published a year earlier, be- more established industries, Black Panther. In addition, the Marvel Comics Empire his audiences, and maybe Lee to the already crowded canon came a surprising success and initially dominated by Jew- with illustrator Steve Ditko, – And Both Lost.” Perelman himself, believed them to be of Stan Lee biographies, consequently the blueprint ish publishers, illustrators, Lee collaborated on probably overvalued the intellectual true. They were part of Stanley exploring his legacy in dif- for a new genre: superheroes. writers and editors, several his most famous character, properties and tried to raise Lieber’s greatest creation: a ferent ways. The first one Two Jewish immigrants pioneers took on pen names, Spider-Man, a modern spin money against them. In 1996, hero called Stan Lee. was “A Marvelous Life” (St. from New York City’s Lower among them publisher M.C. on the old Superman/Clark Marvel declared bankruptcy In his book, Riesman now Martin’s Press, 2019) by for- East Side — Harry Donenfeld, Gaines, born Max Ginzberg; Kent blueprint. and around a third of its deconstructs this mythology mer Marvel writer and editor who was from Romania, like Batman co-creator Bob Kane, Marvel soon became the staff was terminated. Being and presents us with more Danny Fingeroth. Last year, the Liebers, and business born Robert Kahn; and most industry leader, thanks in part the hustler that he was, Lee, complex reality. Like the Tablet writer Liel Leibovitz partner Jack Liebowitz, born prominently Jack Kirby, who to Lee’s persistent marketing, however, managed to negoti- superheroes he co-created, published “Stan Lee: A Life in today’s Ukraine — were the grew up on the Lower East which included adding shout- ate a new lucrative contract, Lee had human faults. So the in Comics” (Yale University ones who agreed to publish Side as Jacob Kurtzberg.) outs in the comic pages to the securing his position as the question remains: What will Press, 2020). And this week, “Superman” for the National Lee himself later claimed artists; celebrating himself company’s figurehead. be the memory of Stan Lee? “True Believer: The Rise and Allied Publications imprint. that he took on a nom de via his “Stan’s Soapbox” col- The bankruptcy allowed One of the best known, and Fall of Stan Lee” by Abraham “Superman” became ex- plume because he wanted umn in the comic books and for a fresh start, but Marvel often misquoted, lines by Lee Riesman (Crown Publishing) tremely popular, and, more to save his real name for the engaging with fans in other needed money. Licensing comes for Spider-Man’s debut: hit the bookshelves. While significantly, profitable, sell- great American novel he was ways. As interest in Marvel deals were made with 20th “With great power there must the first two biographies did ing hundreds of thousands planning to write one day. grew beyond the comic book Century Fox and Sony, soon also come great responsibil- what is done again and again of issues each month. Not The novel never came, but world, the media savvy Lee bringing the company’s intel- ity!” And this might be the with superhero narratives convinced that the success the pseudonym remained positioned himself as the lectual properties to the big take-away of his legacy. Stan and was later adopted as his mastermind of the opera- screen, starting with “Blade” Lee made millions from the legal name. tion. By all accounts, he was in 1998, a moderate success, characters he co-created with After the Superman cre- a hands-off boss, outlining a and continuing in 2000 with partners like Jack Kirby and ators Siegel and Shuster, very general plot and allowing “X-Men,” which included Steve Ditko, who were left Simon and Kirby were the the artists to drive the story- Stan Lee’s first big screen behind and hated him for the most prominent duo in the telling, filling out text boxes cameo. Then, in 2002, Sam rest of their lives. He had the Custom Printing Invitations & Announcements Digital & Offset Printing Brochures & Booklets comic book industry. For their and speech bubbles at the end, Raimi’s “Spider-Man” movie power to elevate others, but Direct Mail Services Forms & Letterheads “Captain America Comics” a process later known as the reportedly grossed over $400 he did not. Envelopes Business Cards series, they negotiated an “Marvel Method.” million. The views and opinions unheard deal with Goodman While Lee enjoyed the spot- While Lee had no involve- expressed in this article are 407-767-7110 that made even the Superman light and his public persona, ment with these films except those of the author and do not 205 North Street • Longwood, FL 32750 creators jealous. However, as many tensions simmered. for his cameos, he decided to necessarily reflect the views www.elegantprinting.net it was common in the indus- Riesman describes how Lee’s benefit from this new trend of JTA or its parent company, Bring in this ad and receive 18% Discount try, the publisher cheated the own brother, Larry Lieber, the and launched Stan Lee Media, 70 Faces Media. HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, MARCH 12, 2021 PAGE 11A This Montana rabbi cites Jewish Central Florida Synagogues law in the State Legislature Orlando Weekday Morning Minyan (Conservative/Egalitarian), services Monday- Friday 7:45 a.m. (9 a.m.—national holidays); 2nd floor Chapel—Jewish Academy of Orlando; 851 N. Maitland Ave., Maitland. For information call 407-298-4650. Celebration Jewish Congregation (R), services and holiday schedules shown at www. JewishCelebration.org; 407-479-8377. Chabad at UCF (O), 600 Oak Cir., Oviedo, FL 32765, 407-949-8838, www.jewishucf.com. Chabad Lubavitch of North Orlando (O), 1701 Markham Woods Road, Longwood, 407-636-5994, www.jewishorlando.com; services: Friday 7:00 p.m.; Saturday at 9:30 a.m. Chabad of Altamonte Springs (O), 195 S. Westmonte Dr., Suite 1126, Altamonte Springs, 407-720-8111; www.jewishaltamonte.com. Chabad of South Orlando (O), 7347 Sand Lake Road, Orlando, 407-354-3660; www. jewishorlando.com; Shabbat services: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. and 10 minutes before sunset; Saturday, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday, 8:15 a.m. Chabad of the Space & Treasure Coasts (O), 1190 Highway A1A, Satellite Beach and 7350 Lake Andrew Drive, Melbourne, 321-777-2770. Congregation Ahavas Yisrael/Chabad (O), 708 Lake Howell Rd., Maitland, 407-644- 2500; www.chabadorlando.org; services: Sunday, 9 a.m.; Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m.; Shabbat services: Friday, 6:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m.; Family service, 4th Friday of the month. Rabbi Ed Stafman poses with his family in an undated campaign photo in Bozeman, Congregation Bet Chaim (R), 181 E. Mitchell Hammock, Oviedo, 407-830-7211; www. Mont., in 2020. betchaim.org; Shabbat services: Friday, 8 p.m. By Ron Kampeas binical mission to refugees at “It currently protects Congregation Beth Am (C), 3899 Sand Lake Road, Longwood, 407-862-3505; www. the U.S.-Mexico border. people who oppose abortion congbetham.org; Shabbat services: Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m. (JTA) — When Ed Stafman Stafman is involved with rights,” he said, referring to Congregation Beth Emeth (R), 2205 Blue Sapphire Circle, Orlando, 407-222-6393; was designing the signs he T’ruah, a rabbinic human medical staff who under the hoped his supporters would rights group. law may decline to assist in Shabbat service: monthly, 8 p.m. plant on their lawns, he debat- “Representative Stafman’s an abortion, “but doesn’t Congregation Beth Israel (Rec), Collins Resource Center, Suite 303, 9401 S.R. 200, ed between two: “Elect Rabbi career has been guided by grant the same religious Ocala, 352-237-8277; bethisraelocala.org; Shabbat service, second Friday of the month, 8 p.m. Ed” or “Elect Ed Stafman.” a belief in justice and com- freedom to people who sup- He settled on the version passion,” Rabbi Jill Jacobs, port them.” Congregation Beth Sholom (R-C), 315 North 13th St., Leesburg, 352-326-3692; www. with his last name. After all, Truah’s executive director, The freshman legislator bethsholomflorida.org; schedule of services on website. he said, “Everyone knows me said in a statement released also referred to Jewish values Congregation Beth Shalom (Progressive Conservative), Orange City congregation as Rabbi Ed.” when he began his term. “He during a committee hearing holds services at 1308 E. Normandy Blvd., Deltona; 386-804-8283; www.mybethshalom. Until the election in No- will bring a moral voice to the on a bill that would ban male- vember, “everyone” meant the Montana Legislature.” born transgender children com; Shabbat services: Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. people in and around Boze- Stafman began projecting from competing on girls’ Congregation B’nai Torah (C), 403 N. Nova Rd., Ormond Beach, 32174, 386-672-1174; man, Montana, the thriving his voice almost immediately sports teams. He led with www.mybnaitorah.com; Shabbat services: Friday, 8 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. college town where Stafman after being sworn in, and he faith and segued into facts led Congregation Beth Sha- found himself citing Jewish and figures. Congregation Chabad Lubavitch of Greater Daytona (O), 1079 W. Granada Blvd., lom for a decade and remains law almost as soon as he “Judaism recognizes the Ormond Beach, 386-672-9300; Shabbat services Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. active in interfaith and social was called on to speak. His dignity of human life, of every Congregation of Reform Judaism (R), 928 Malone Dr., Orlando, 407-645-0444; justice initiatives. first floor speech last month individual — every individual www.crjorlando.org: Shabbat services, 7 p.m. 1st, 2nd and 3rd Fridays; 6 p.m., 4th and 5th But starting last month, addressed a bill that would is made in God’s image,” Fridays; Saturday: 10 a.m. “everyone” has grown to in- effectively ban abortions after Stafman said, describing how clude his new colleagues in the 20 weeks of gestation. That, he launched his argument. Congregation Ohev Shalom (C), 613 Concourse Parkway South, Maitland, 407-298- Montana State Legislature. he said, impinged on Jewish “But also the fact that trans 4650; www.ohevshalom.org; Shabbat service, Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m. Just weeks after being sworn religious beliefs. girls statistically have no Congregation Shalom Aleichem (R), 3501 Oak Pointe Blvd., Kissimmee, 407-935- into office Stafman — one of “Many of you promised lim- advantage against cis girls, only a handful of American ited government — ‘freedom, that is ‘born’ girls, in sports. 0064; www.shalomaleichem.com; Shabbat service, 1st and 3rd Fridays of the month, 8 p.m. rabbis ever to reach statewide liberty, individual choice,’ you And that every major sport- Congregation Shomer Ysrael (C), 5382 Hoffner Ave., Orlando, 407-227-1258, call for elected office — has already proclaim,” he said on the floor. ing organization such as the services and holiday schedules. cited Jewish law during leg- “But this bill would interfere NCAA and the International islative sessions and made a with the sacred freedom of all Olympic Committee permits Congregation Sinai (C/R), 303 N. S.R. 27, Minneola; 352-243-5353; congregation-sinai. splash by wearing his color- Montana women and families trans girls to participate in org; services: every Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Shabbat Service evert Saturday, 10 a.m. ful kippah on the statehouse to make health care and reli- girls sports, albeit with certain Orlando Torah Center (O), 8591 Banyan Blvd., Orlando; 347-456-6485; Shacharis- floor. gious choices together with conditions.” Shabbos 9 a.m.; Mon.—Thurs. 6:45 a.m.; Sun. and Legal Holidays 8 a.m.; Mincha/Maariv The new job is a third act their doctor, their clergy, their Through it all, his signa- for Stafman, 67, who was conscience and their god.” ture embroidered kippah has Please call for times. an attorney on civil rights Stafman told JTA that his remained firmly planted on Southwest Orlando Jewish Congregation/Ohalei Rivka (C), 11200 S. Apopka- and death penalty cases in objection to the bill, which his head. At a time when one Vineland Rd., Orlando, 407-239-5444; Shabbat service, Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m. Tallahassee, Florida, for 25 passed in the Republican-led of the attorneys for Donald years before being ordained House, related specifically to Trump said he was not sure Temple Beth El (R) / Temple Israel (C), 579 N. Nova Rd., Ormond Beach, 386-675- as a rabbi by Aleph, the Jew- Jewish religious teachings whether he should wear a kip- 6615 / 386-252-3097; Friday Shabbat Service 7 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m. ish Renewal Movement, and regarding a fetus doomed to pah to the former president’s Temple Beth Shalom (R), P.O. Box 031233, Winter Haven, 813-324-2882. moving to Bozeman in 2008 die once born. He noted that impeachment trial, Stafman with his wife and two children. he had counseled women said he does not feel at all out Temple Beth Shalom (C), 40 Wellington Drive, Palm Coast, 386-445-3006; Shabbat “I might have been just contemplating abortion. of place. service, Friday, 8 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. as happy working at the lo- “The Jewish view is to weigh Montana’s Legislature in- Temple Beth Sholom (C), 5995 N. Wickham Rd. Melbourne, 321-254-6333; www. cal food bank or for other the interests of the mother’s cludes several lawmakers who mytbs.org; Shabbat services: Friday, 7 p.m.; Saturday: 9:30 a.m. Minyan, Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.; nonprofits doing the work of life against the potential life, are Native Americans. Thursday, 10:00 a.m. the community,” he told the and so to cut [the right to an “At least, during special oc- Jewish Telegraphic Agency. abortion] off at 20 weeks is to casions, they might wear their Temple Beth Shalom (R), 1109 N.E. 8th Ave., Ocala, 352-629-3587; Shabbat services: “But I thought I could put both say that you’ve got to have this headdress, which is, I could Friday, 8 p.m.; Torah study: Saturday, 10:00 a.m. my lawyer skills and my rab- baby, even though you will go say, a whole lot cooler than Temple B’nai Darom (R), 49 Banyan Course, Ocala, 352-624-0380; Friday Services 8 p.m. binic school skills together to through the pain of childbirth my kippah,” Stafman said. make a more positive impact and watch your baby die. Even Stafman knows his speech- Temple Israel (C), 50 S. Moss Rd., Winter Springs, 407-647-3055; www.tiflorida.org; by serving in the Legislature.” though we know that’s the es are unlikely to change Shabbat services: Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday 9:00 a.m. Stafman, a Democrat, outcome,” he said. minds or law. Of the 100 Temple Israel (R), 7300 Lake Andrew Drive, Melbourne, 321-631-9494. leaned into his rabbinic iden- Stafman added there is lawmakers in Montana’s tity as he campaigned to rep- a difference of rabbinical House, just 33 are Democrats. Temple Israel of DeLand (R), 1001 E. New York Ave., DeLand, 386-736-1646; www. resent one of the most liberal opinion regarding whether But citing his experience in templeisraelofdeland.org; Friday Shabbat service, 7 p.m.; Saturday, 10:00 a.m. followed by districts in Montana, a state of the trauma of giving birth interfaith dialogue, he said Torah study. about 1 million that reliably to a doomed child justified the point was the long game. votes for Republican presi- aborting the fetus — but the “I gave an impassioned Temple Shalom (formerly New Jewish Congregation) (R), 13563 Country Road dential candidates. (About religious navigation of that speech yesterday on the Jew- 101, Oxford, 352-748-1800; www.templeshalomcentralfl.org; Shabbat services: Friday, 7 1,500 of those residents are dilemma is the point. ish view of women’s reproduc- p.m.; last Saturday of the month, 9:30 a.m. Jewish, according to a 2019 “Different rabbis may have tive rights and it didn’t change Temple Shalom of Deltona (R/C), 1785 Elkcam Blvd., Deltona, 386-789-2202; www. population estimate.) different opinions,” he said, any minds,” he said. “But I A slideshow on his cam- “but whatever it is, we should think people listen. shalomdeltona.org; Shabbat service; Saturday: 10 a.m. paign page is typical Montana be able to live according to our “You know, all you could Temple Shir Shalom (R) Services held at Temple Israel, 50 S. Moss Rd., Winter Springs, politics — Stafman hiking Jewish values.” hope for is that people will 407-366-3556, www.templeshirshalom.org; Shabbat services: three Fridays each month, with his dog, Stafman moun- Stafman pointed out in his listen and that you can create 7:30 p.m. tain biking, Stafman posing speech to the lawmakers that avenues to build relationships with Democratic luminaries Montana has a version of the as things go forward to hope- Traditional Congregation of Mount Dora (T) Mount Dora, 352-735-4774; www. such as U.S. Sen. Jon Tes- Religious Freedom Restoration fully create opportunities for tcomd.org; Shabbat services: Saturday, 9:30 a.m. sharp. ter. But interspersed among Act, which protects employees doing some good work. It’s not (R) Reform (C) Conservative (O) Orthodox (Rec) Reconstructionist (T) Mehitsa these, there’s Stafman at his who decline to provide services going to happen overnight. It pulpit and working with a rab- that contradict their beliefs. takes time.” PAGE 12A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, MARCH 12, 2021 The Jewish muscleman who likely inspired the creators of Superman By Tzvi Sinensky His early years were diffi- even first graders know how cult. Expelled from a number strong Breitbart is.” (JTA) — With “Superman of religious schools for using A tavern proprietor com- and Lois,” the newest TV se- force against fellow students, plained, “My tables are stud- ries involving the character, Breitbart was captured by ded with holes because my premiering last week on the the Germans while serving customers test their strength CW network, it’s a good time in the Russian army during by hammering nails into them to recall that Superman was World War I. After the war with their open hands. All the 1938 brainchild of Jewish he remained in Germany, Viennese women are in love creators Jerry Siegel and Joe subsisting on the money he with this new Samson. Racial Shuster. Many have suggested earned by performing feats hatred, pride or prudishness that the pair were inspired by of strength at local markets. — all of it is useless here.” their own Jewish backgrounds It was at one such 1919 Capitalizing on his popu- to create Superman as the performance that the Ger- larity in Europe, Breitbart paradigm of a hero who de- man Circus Busch, famed spent much of 1923 touring fended vulnerable populations for featuring Harry Houdini the United States. Ultimately from their enemies. and other top performers, the Breitbart craze resulted But there is reason to spotted Breitbart and brought in product endorsements, suspect that a more specific him on board to perform its a starring role in the 1923 encounter may have inspired opening act. film “The Iron King” and a them to craft the Superman Breitbart’s strongman rou- Breitbart physical health cor- persona. tine, which had him dressed respondence course in which The years 1923 and 1924 in hypermasculine costumes subscribers received guides saw a phenomenon in the such as a Roman centurion, detailing Breitbart’s muscle- United States: tours by Sieg- skyrocketed in popularity, building and nutritional eat- mund Breitbart, known as and he quickly was moved ing routines. “The Jewish Superman,” from sideshow to main event. Breitbart’s career came to across North America. Breit- Notwithstanding the fast- an abrupt end in 1925 when bart performed in Cleveland rising tide of anti-Semitism a stage accident involving a and Toronto, Siegel and in Germany and Austria, rusty nail led to a fatal case Siegmund Breitbart, who could pull heavy weights with his teeth, was considered one Schuster’s respective home- Breitbart, who often wore the of blood poisoning. He was of the strongest men in the world. towns. Star of David while entering buried in Berlin. While it is nearly impos- the circus ring, achieved a Unfortunately, the Nazi compelling as entertainment and Jewish intellectuals, and the Orthodox Jewish Commu- sible to prove — there are no mass Jewish and non-Jewish destruction of Polish Jewry on the vaudeville circuit. according to one report, he nity (Adass Yisroel) in Berlin, records of Siegel or Shuster following in Berlin, Vienna, largely extinguished the Others saw Breitbart as amassed a substantial per- Dr. Esra Monk, saw Breitbart mentioning Breitbart — there Prague and Warsaw. rich oral legends that per- a model for the new Zionist sonal library that contained as a “modern Samson the is reason to surmise that the Breitbart’s act was based petuated Breitbart’s memory. Muscular Judaism. A popu- 2,000 books on Roman his- hero” who also possessed a strongman may have served on his early experience work- But his legend has not fully lar Yiddish saying went, “If tory. He performed for a tender demeanor. as something of an inspira- ing with iron. He bent rods disappeared. A 2001 movie, a thousand Breitbarts were group of Yiddish thinkers “It is greatly symbolic,” tion. He wore a cape and was into horseshoes, bit through “Invincible,” featured a fic- to arise among the Jews, the and wrote a personal letter Monk declared in his 1925 advertised as capable of stop- chains and pounded nails into tional account of his life. A Jewish people would cease of support on their behalf. He eulogy, “that for a man who ping speeding locomotives. boards with his fist. He could children’s book titled “Zishe being persecuted.” Breitbart met and performed personally broke chains, it was enough Who was this man Bre- draw chariots with his teeth. the Strongman” appeared himself was a proud Jew and on behalf of the Radzhiner for one person’s good word itbart, lauded during his And his image undercut racial in 2010. often performed while flanked Hasidic rebbe and donated 30 to render his heart soft as lifetime as the strongest stereotypes about Jews. As What do we make of this by the Zionist flag. He refused pounds of Passover flour to butter.” man in the world, The Iron musclemen were seen as rep- seeming paradox: a Jewish to return to a Warsaw res- the rebbe’s followers following Like Clark Kent, Breitbart’s King, Jewish Hercules and a resenting the proud, strong superhero who at a time of taurant that declined to play the meeting. persona was far richer and modern-day Samson? German male throughout rising anti-Semitism, and “Hatikvah” to greet him. He Even more remarkable, more well-rounded than his Siegmund “Zishe” Breit- the opening decades of the during an era when Jewish supported Zeev Jabotinsky’s “Zishe” (literally sweet) was stage persona allowed. He bart was born to a family of 20th century, Breitbart was in men were derided as sissies, idea of a Jewish army. Legend eulogized by numerous indi- was a mixture of elements — locksmiths in Lodz (now Po- effect also embodying quint- became a folk hero of able- has it that Jabotinsky and Bre- viduals as exceptionally sweet, brains, brawn, a gentle nature land, then Russia) in 1893. In essential images of German bodied masculinity? itbart hatched a plan in which highly emotional and filled and fierce Jewish pride. And his autobiography, he reports masculinity. Some saw Breitbart as Breitbart would become the with “edelkeit” (Yiddish for a he’s still inspiring nearly 100 that his family discovered his As Breitbart’s legend grew, a sort of vindication of the general of a one-day Jewish sweet, caring person). One re- years after his untimely death. unusual strength when, at age he increasingly became the then-German and Austrian army in Palestine. porter who met with Breitbart The views and opinions 3, he extricated himself from talk of each town in which embrace of male bravado. In But neither of these fully expected a tough guy. Instead, expressed in this article are beneath an iron bar that had he performed. One reporter this view, that he was also Jew- captures the story of Breit- he subsequently character- those of the author and do not fallen on him in his father’s noted that “Not only do ish rendered him something bart, who was more than just ized The Iron King as “the necessarily reflect the views store. By 4 he was casting iron gymnasia students and high of a freak to the average Ger- a proud Jewish strongman. embodiment of edelkeit.” of JTA or its parent company, in his family shop. school girls talk about him; man, making him all the more He highly esteemed rabbis Similarly, the chief rabbi of 70 Faces Media. Israel to spend $50M compensating families of children who disappeared in state’s early years

By Asaf Shalev ern countries, chiefly Yemen, Roughly a million Jews not malicious but rather the pokes holes in the commis- healing of the social wound reported that their babies and from Middle Eastern coun- tragic result of the chaos of sions’ findings. that this affair has created in (JTA) — The Israeli govern- small children disappeared in tries arrived in Israel after Israel’s early years, when the To be qualified for the new Israeli society.” ment approved a plan Monday the decades following Israel’s the country’s founding in country was poor, war-torn payments, a family must be Advocates who have been to provide compensation of establishment. 1948. Many of these Mizrahi and overwhelmed by the among the 1,000 or so who campaigning for years on this up to $60,000 to some of the Many suspected that hos- immigrants were relegated influx of immigrants. have previously reported their issue said the plan falls short. families of children who went pital and social work officials to poor and crowded hous- Many believe, however, that case to authorities. The win- Amram, a group that has missing while in state care in abducted their children and ing conditions or to tent some officials took advantage dow to apply for money runs collected accounts from some the 1950s. gave them away to Ashke- dwellings in the country’s of the chaos and the linguistic from June 1 to Nov. 30, and 800 families, said the compen- But advocacy groups and nazi families in Israel and periphery while Ashkenazi barriers of those days to sys- applicants must sign a waiver sation plan was inadequate several of the families have the United States, who were immigrants from Europe tematically kidnap children releasing the government of because it was drafted without already rejected the plan, thought to be better caretak- received preferential treat- from hospitals and clinics any further liability. direction from the families calling it a cynical move de- ers and, in some cases, had lost ment in employment, educa- and deliver them to Ashkenazi In cases where it is clear and without acceptance of signed to silence their larger their own children during the tion, and other areas. families. that a child died and the responsibility or apology. demands for accountability. Holocaust. This painful period con- Families were told their family was not notified, “Without this component, They are demanding an of- A full inquiry into the tributed to an ethnic divide missing children died from families are eligible for about a process of correction and ficial apology, an expansion allegations has never been that persists in Israel to illness but most were never $45,000. In other situations, healing isn’t possible,” the of the eligibility criteria, and carried out, but several state this day, as seen in voting shown a burial site. Suspicions where the child’s fate is un- group said. “Amram repeat- further access to state records commissions concluded that patterns, for example. Netan- were inflamed in the 1960s as known, the payment is about edly demands that the state that might shed light on the most of the missing children yahu’s Likud party found a many families received mailed $60,000. of Israel take responsibility fate of their relatives. must have simply died and formula for electoral success military enlistment orders The statement announcing for the severe injustice.” The compensation plan — were hastily buried. The com- by appealing to the historic ahead when the children the decision said the govern- Activist Rafi Shubeli, whose amounting to roughly $50 missions dismissed claims of wounds of Mizrahi Jews. would have come of age for ment “regrets” what happened Forum Achai represents million — represents a new any conspiracy to abduct the Among Yemenite Jews in service. and “recognizes the suffering” some of the families, also phase for what Prime Minister children. Israel today, it is common Three government-ap- of families. “It is not in the said the proposed resolution Benjamin Netanyahu this Still, Netanyahu said, “The to hear stories of relatives pointed commissions that power of a financial plan to is a unilateral action by the week said was “among the time has come for the families who died mysteriously at looked at the claims said they provide a remedy to the suf- government and will not lead most painful affairs in the whose infants were taken from a young age or went miss- found no evidence of collusion fering caused to families,” the to reconciliation. history of the state of Israel.” them to receive recognition ing without explanation. to disappear the children. statement said. “However, “Our struggle will contin- Over the years, hundreds by the state and government Some in government and Journalists and independent the State of Israel hopes that ue,” he was quoted as saying and perhaps thousands of Jew- of Israel, and financial com- academia have suggested researchers have since repeat- it will be able to assist in the by the Associated Press. “This ish families from Middle East- pensation as well.” that whatever happened was edly surfaced evidence that process of rehabilitation and affair isn’t going away.” HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, MARCH 12, 2021 PAGE 13A Weekly roundup of world briefs

Rep. Lee Zeldin consid- For third year in row, from the flight.” However, There are currently 42, 733 sentenced to nearly 20 He added that he was ering run for New York Sheba Medical Center Joseph said videos from the active cases of the virus in the years in prison “triggered by the state of the governor ranks as one of world’s plane show that all the adults country. A total of 4,811,712 By Ben Sales country” and described feel- By Ron Kampeas ‘Top 10’ hospitals in his group were wearing people (representing 52 per- (JTA) — A self-described ing angry after seeing large (JTA) — Rep. Lee Zeldin, (JNS) — For the third face masks. cent of the population) have “skinhead” who plotted to crowds of Black people at a one of two Jewish Republicans consecutive year, News- According to the Ortho- received the first dose of the blow up a Colorado synagogue New Jersey mall. in the U.S. House of Repre- week magazine dox Jewish Public Affairs vaccine and 3,503,621 (38 in 2019 was sentenced to Tufts pro-Israel Jewish sentatives, is considering a has ranked Sheba Medical Council, multiple eyewit- percent of the population) nearly 20 years in prison. student official no lon- run for New York governor Center among the “Top 10 nesses said that as the Jewish have received both doses. As Richard Holzer, 28, who ger facing impeachment in light of scandals engulfing Best Hospitals in the World,” passengers started leaving the of Feb. 3, all Israelis from the was arrested in an FBI opera- By Ben Sales incumbent Andrew Cuomo. placing it at #10 in 2021. plane, Frontier crew members age of 16 and up were eligible tion, had planned to attack (JTA) — An attempt to “After a lot of people reached The magazine’s annual “applauded, exchanged high- to receive the vaccine. Temple Emanuel, a 100-year- remove a pro-Israel Jewish out to me in recent days and “World’s Best Hospitals” fives and one allegedly said ‘a Israel points to Iran for old synagogue in Pueblo with activist from his student weeks, and after discussing survey, which debuted on job well done to those Jews.’ ” causing oil spill, calling 35 member families. The government position at Tufts it at length with my wife and the Newsweek.com site on OJPAC accused the Frontier it ‘environmental terror- man Holzer thought was his University has been with- daughters, I am now actively Wednesday, once again cited crew of “bigoted behavior.” ism’ partner in crime was actually drawn. exploring a run for governor Sheba’s superior health care, The Anti-Defamation (JNS) — Israel’s Environ- an FBI agent. The effort had drawn media of New York against Andrew in addition to its medical in- League New York/New Jersey mental Protection Minister Holzer had also planned to attention as well as concern Cuomo in 2022,” Zeldin told novation and cutting-edge on Monday called for a “full Gila Gamliel accused Iran on poison the synagogue’s water from Jewish organizations Newsday on Tuesday. research. and transparent investiga- Wednesday of being behind a supply with arsenic. such as the Anti-Defamation The newspaper quoted a Sheba faced stiffer global tion” into the matter, adding major oil spill off Israel’s coast According to Reuters, he League. The pro-Israel group number of Republican state competition this year, as the that there were “apparent from Feb. 1-2. pleaded guilty last year to StandWithUs also expressed officials as welcoming the annual Newsweek/Statista anti-Semitic comments made Gamliel tweeted that a Lib- one count each of trying to concern about the case, which news, noting that Zeldin won ranking featured far more by crew or others.” yan-owned pirate ship called obstruct religious services represented the latest campus his Long Island district hand- countries, expanding from Israel’s health minister the Emerald that departed by force and attempting to clash between pro-Israel and ily in the last election and is 1,000 hospitals in 2019 to says 90 percent of those from Iran was responsible for destroy a building used in pro-Palestine students. adept at obtaining federal 2,000 in 2021. Despite dou- over 50 are ‘vaccinated the attack. interstate commerce. Max Price, a member of funding for the state. bling the number of partici- or recovered’ “Iran is waging terrorism At his sentencing hearing the Tufts Community Union Statewide, however, Zeldin pating hospitals, Sheba still (JNS) — Ninety percent by damaging the environ- Friday, according to Reuters, Judiciary, a student govern- could face some obstacles: He placed in the “Top 10.” of Israelis over the age of 50 ment,” said Gamliel. Judge Raymond Moore cas- ing body at the Boston-area has been one of former presi- “To be nominated and have been vaccinated or have She added that in the past tigated Holzer for trying “to school, was set to face an im- dent Donald Trump’s most ranked among the Top 10 recovered from COVID-19, two weeks, researchers from terrorize the Jewish com- peachment hearing Sunday vocal boosters in a state where World’s Best Hospitals for said Israeli health minister the Environmental Protection munity.” due to a complaint demanding Trump is reviled. Zeldin was three consecutive years, Yuli Edelstein on Wednesday. Ministry have been working ““It is one of the most vulgar his impeachment submitted among the dozens of Repub- underscores Israel’s image as Seventy-five percent are eli- around the clock to find the … evil crimes that can be by the campus chapter of Stu- licans who voted to overturn a small country with world- gible for a “Green Pass,” noted “criminal ship.” committed against an entire dents for Justice in Palestine. Joe Biden’s presidential win. class medicine and what we Edelstein, meaning that they Gamliel was also quoted group of people,” Moore said. SJP claimed that Price Moreover, it’s not at all call ‘Sheba Global Impact,’ ” received their second vaccine by Reuters as saying that the ‘Shtisel’ Season 3 Netflix violated student govern- certain Cuomo would run for said Professor Yitshak Kreiss, more than a week ago, or have oil tanker in question had release date announced ment bylaws because he was a fourth term in 2022, given CEO of Sheba Medical Center, recovered from the virus and turned off its radios for nearly By Gabe Friedman part of the committee that how wounded he is because of the largest facility of its kind have antibodies. a full day before continuing (JTA) — Season 3 of the hit authorized a recent campus the recent spate of allegations in Israel and the Middle East He continued to urge all on to Syria. haredi Orthodox drama series referendum condemning U.S. that he covered up the number region. Israelis to “follow the guide- Israelis have rallied to clean “Shtisel” will debut on Netf- police delegations to Israel. of dead from the coronavirus, “This honor is also a testa- lines.” up the tar that has contami- lix on March 25, Israel’s Yes While the referendum was bullied and threatened oppo- ment to our dedicated staff, One month ago on Feb. 3, nated nearly 100 miles of Is- Studios announced Tuesday. being reviewed in November, nents, and sexually harassed which has worked tirelessly to Israeli Prime Minister Benja- rael’s 120-mile coast along The first two seasons of the Price served as co-president of at least two subordinates. utilize cutting-edge medical min Netanyahu proposed a the Meditteranean Sea and show, which follows members Tufts Friends of Israel, and he There is speculation that treatments, treating patients “national goal” of vaccinat- affected marine life and other of an Orthodox family in had publicly opposed the SJP Cuomo may resign. In that from all walks of life during ing at least 90 percent of the organisms. Israel, became popular with campaign earlier that year. case, the Democratic lieuten- these challenging times, of- over-50 age group, saying this State Department: audiences around the globe, Price said his position ant governor, Kathy Hochul, fering hope without boundar- would be the key to success- America firmly opposes Jewish and non-Jewish, after in the pro-Israel group did would take his job. ies,” he added. fully exiting the lockdown. At ICC war-crimes probe of being distributed by Netflix. not impinge on his student Yeshiva University men’s Sheba is located on a 200- that time, 77 percent of those Israel The third season will be the government duties, and that basketball is on a 35- acre campus and is home to aged 50 or over had been vac- (JNS) — The U.S. State first branded as a Netflix SJP’s campaign against him game winning streak 11 of Israel’s national health cinated. Department said it “firmly Original. constituted anti-Semitic By Andrew Silow-Carroll centers, four hospitals, two “Ninety-seven percent of opposes” the announcement “This season was made pos- discrimination. The student (JTA) — Yeshiva Univer- institutes, expansive re- those who have died are in by the International Criminal sible thanks to the love and judiciary had also voted that sity’s men’s basketball team search laboratories, 159 the 50-and-over age group,” Court of the opening of its in- support we received from fans he did not need to recuse him- is riding a 35-game winning medical departments and he said at the time, noting vestigation into Israel and the and viewers throughout the self, though subsequently the streak, picking up from last clinics and diverse educa- that 93 percent of all serious Palestinians over war-crimes world,” producer Dikla Barkai head of the judiciary muted season when the Maccabees tional facilities. cases fall in this group as well. allegations. said in a news release. “We are him during a meeting on the reached the Sweet 16 of the Jewish family deplanes The third phase of the “We will continue to uphold thrilled to be able to bring the SJP referendum. NCAA’s Division III national over mask compliance, Health Ministry’s reopening our strong commitment to ‘Shtisel’ family to the warm But on Friday, according tournament before the pan- accuses airline of anti- plan began on March 7. The Israel and its security, includ- embrace of global audiences to a university spokesperson, demic shut down the rest of Semitism plan includes the opening of ing by opposing actions that in time for Passover.” SJP withdrew its complaint, the event. (JNS) — Frontier Air- more in-classroom education seek to target Israel unfairly, Production on the season thus canceling the impeach- The unbeaten streak is the lines has been accused of and entrance to indoor dining, the ICC … has no jurisdiction began after Israel’s first CO- ment hearing. Price con- third longest in Division III anti-Semitism after forcing hotels, events and conferences over this matter,” U.S. State VID-19 lockdown last year, firmed that the complaint had men’s basketball history, and a Jewish family to deplane for “Green Pass” holders. In Department spokesman Ned and the show just finished its been withdrawn. the longest among all cur- on Sunday, allegedly because addition, during the third Price told reporters. initial run on Israeli TV. The “While I’m relieved to no rent NCAA Division I, II and an infant was not wearing a phase, outdoor dining will be “Israel is not a party to the narrative picks up four years longer have my Judaism on III teams. Y.U., the Modern face mask. open to everyone. ICC, it has not consented to after the conclusion of the trial, it does not absolve SJP Orthodox flagship university The incident involved However, in an inter- the court’s jurisdiction, and events of the previous season. of their responsibility, nor in Manhattan, has started the Martin Joseph and his large view on Wednesday, Israel’s we have serious concerns NJ teen confesses to the administration in their 2020-21 season at 6-0 and is group of Orthodox Jewish Deputy Health Minister Yoav about the ICC’s attempts to spearheading plot to negligence in allowing this ranked No. 4 in the D3hoops. family members who were on Kisch said the plan may be exercise its jurisdiction over vandalize Midwestern to transpire,” Price told JTA com Men’s National Poll. The a Frontier Airlines flight from put on hold because of the Israeli personnel,” said Price, synagogues on Friday afternoon. Maccabees, the defending Miami to New York. growing reproduction rate adding that the Palestinians By Gabe Friedman The university spokesper- Skyline Conference cham- Joseph told ABC’s “Eye- of the virus, which climbed “do not qualify as a sovereign (JTA) — A 19-year-old son, Patrick Collins, told JTA pion, haven’t lost since the witness News” that the crew to 1 on Monday. state, and therefore are not from New Jersey admitted he that the university “take[s] opening game of the previous “asked one of my daughters “There is a huge difference qualified to obtain member- coordinated members of the very seriously any concerns campaign. and son-in-law — they had between a basic reproduction ship as a state in order to par- neo-Nazi group The Base in raised by students — regard- D3hoops.com also named a baby of 15 months old — number that is below 1, which ticipate as a state or to delegate attacks on at least two Mid- less of their backgrounds and senior forward Gabriel Leifer where is the mask for the means a declining epidemic, jurisdiction to the ICC.” western synagogues. perspectives — of bias, safety, of Lawrence, New York, to its baby? My daughter explained and higher than 1, which He also said the Biden Richard Tobin, of Brook- privacy and intimidation, Team of the Week on Tuesday. that the law doesn’t require means an expanding epi- administration is thoroughly lawn, pleaded guilty Friday whether by organizations Leifer, a returning fourth a mask.” demic,” said Kisch, speaking reviewing sanctions imposed to conspiracy charges, the affiliated or unaffiliated with team All-American, is just The airline’s own policy to Ynet. “If the R number rises by former President Donald Associated Press reported. He Tufts.” the fourth men’s basketball during the coronavirus pan- significantly, we will not ap- Trump against ICC officials. faces up to 10 years in prison. Alyza Lewin, an attorney player, and seventh overall, demic states that children prove another reopening, we Last month, the U.S. State In the Sept. 2019 attacks, from the Brandeis Center, a in the 24-year history of under 2 are not required to will recommend halting it.” Department noted that it had a synagogue in Hancock, pro-Israel legal defense group D3hoops.com to be named to wear face masks while flying. “Nothing is a done deal. On “serious concerns” over the Michigan, was daubed with that complained to the univer- its Team of the Week in four Joseph said that he and Thursday, a decision will be ICC’s ruling on its jurisdiction swastikas and SS symbols sity on Price’s behalf, said the separate seasons, according 21 family members were made based on coronavirus to investigate Israel and that and a synagogue in Racine, withdrawal was the result of to Y.U. then ordered off the plane. data,” he added. it represented a biased attack Wisconsin, was defaced with media coverage. For all its promise, the team Frontier Airlines eventually Diagnosed cases of the on the Jewish state. More an anti-Semitic slogan and “The reporting, the ques- will be denied the chance for a canceled the flight. virus, which had been on the recently, a bipartisan group of the insignia of The Base. tioning, that ended up as a tournament title for the sec- Later on Sunday, the air- decline since Feb. 21, began senators urged U.S. Secretary Tobin said he called his result of this coming out in the ond season in a row: Due to low lines claimed that the issue to rise on Monday with more of State Tony Blinken to more efforts “Operation Kristall- open forced them to backtrack participation numbers among was with adults in the group than 4,265 new cases re- strongly denounce the ICC’s nacht,” a reference to the and we’re grateful that the member schools, NCAA Divi- “who refused to wear masks” ported since then. However, investigation. pogrom throughout Nazi hearing is not taking place,” sion III winter championships and that “repeated requests the number of serious cases, Self-described ‘skinhead’ Germany in 1938 that many Lewin said. “I hope that the are canceled for the 2020-21 to comply with federal law which now stand at 717, has who schemed to blow refer to as the start of the university will respond and academic year. necessitated their removal decreased since Feb. 7. up Colorado synagogue Holocaust. work with us.” PAGE 14A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, MARCH 12, 2021 We’re running out of time to preserve endangered Jewish languages — Here’s how we can stop them from being lost forever

on them and bringing them dialects of Judeo-Arabic have to a wider audience. been documented to varying Jagoda’s music introduced extents, from Egypt to Mo- me to Ladino and ignited my rocco, from Syria to Yemen. interest in Jewish languages. And some young people are In my fifth-grade class at Jew- keeping the music alive, ish day school, my classmates such as Neta Elkayam, A-WA and I learned her catchy tune and Asher Shasho Levy for “Ocho Kandelikas” (Eight Moroccan, Yemenite and Little Candles) along with He- Syrian traditions. Even so, brew and English Hanukkah most American Jews have songs. As a teenager, I heard never heard of Judeo-Arabic. Jagoda perform at a Jewish Whenever a speaker dies, we Folk Life Festival, of which she lose an opportunity to learn was a founder, and purchased and teach more about the a cassette of hers, “La Nona nuances of this rich language Kanta” (The Grandmother and culture. Sings). I still listen to those Joseph and Kitty Sassoon Sarah Bunin Benor songs and now share them died of COVID-19 within 12 — especially my favorite, “Laz hours of each other, months Tiyas” (The Aunties) — with after their 76th anniver- By Sarah Bunin Benor my students when I teach sary. Both were children of about Jewish languages. My Baghdadi parents who spoke (JTA) — I can’t stop think- students read an article about Judeo-Arabic natively. Grow- ing about Flory Jagoda, Jagoda’s work to promote Sep- ing up in Rangoon, Burma Getty Images Joseph Sassoon and Kitty hardic language and culture and Calcutta, India, Joseph A kippah and a pile of documents. Sassoon, three American just a week before she died. and Kitty spoke multiple Jews in their 90s who died While Jagoda is among the languages, but their parents has willed) when expressing fluent speakers, even semi- of the world, about half are last week. As an Ashkenazi last generation of native La- spoke Judeo-Arabic when they pride and joy. Joseph called speakers can provide impor- now endangered. Organiza- Jew, I do not share their dino speakers, young people didn’t want the children to un- his mother Umm Shalom tant information, particularly tions like these are our last family backgrounds. But have continued her language derstand. As many American- (mother of Shalom, her first when the language is severely hope to record them before their deaths hit home for preservation work, as we born children of immigrants son), in line with Judeo-Arabic endangered. the last speakers are gone. me, as they were among the see in Devin Naar’s archive know, this means they picked convention, and hurled jok- Every day, especially dur- We can all get involved by last native speakers of en- of Ladino letters, books and up snippets of the language. ing insults at grandchildren, ing the COVID-19 pandemic, donating funds, volunteering dangered Jewish languages other historical treasures; As adults, living most re- such as “harami” (thief) and more speakers of endangered or connecting the projects — languages I’m helping to Bryan Kirschen’s Ladino cently in Los Angeles, Joseph “mamzerim” (bastards, a languages die. If we don’t with speakers of endangered document before it’s too late. research and classes; and and Kitty spoke Hindi and Hebrew word used in several interview them now, we will languages. Flory Jagoda devoted much Sarah Aroeste’s contemporary English together and did not Jewish languages). lose our opportunity forever. May the memories of Flory of her life to preserving one Ladino music and children’s have much opportunity to The Sassoons are char- Fortunately, several organi- Jagoda and Joseph and Kitty of those languages. She books. Due to these efforts, use Judeo-Arabic, but their acteristic of speakers of en- zations have been doing this Sassoon be a blessing — and a grew up in Bosnia speaking American Jews tend to know granddaughters remember dangered languages. Unlike important work, including wakeup call: We must act now Ladino, also known as Judeo- about the language. When I them using some words and Jagoda, they did not devote the Endangered Language to preserve their languages Spanish, which her ancestors ask audiences which Jewish phrases. Kitty used pet names their lives to cultural preser- Alliance, the Jewish Language and cultures while we still can. had maintained since their languages they have heard for grandchildren, like “abdal- vation. And they had varying Project and Wikitongues in The views and opinions expulsion from Spain in 1492. of, they generally mention nuana” for boys and “abdalki” degrees of knowledge of the the United States and the expressed in this article are She survived the Holocaust Hebrew, Yiddish and Ladino. for girls (both literally mean- language — Joseph grew up Mother Tongue Project in those of the author and do not in part through her musical People are less familiar ing “penance” like the Hebrew speaking more Judeo-Arabic Israel. necessarily reflect the views skills, playing accordion and with other Jewish languag- “kapara”) and frequently than Kitty. While language This is not just a Jewish of JTA or its parent company, singing in Serbo-Croatian. es, including Judeo-Shirazi said “mashallah” (what God documenters would prefer issue. Of the 7,000 languages 70 Faces Media. For decades, she wrote and (from Iran), Judeo-Malayalam performed Ladino songs, (from India) and Jewish Neo- maintaining the Sephardic Aramaic (from the Kurdish folk traditions of her Nona region), all critically endan- Rio de Janeiro designated sister city of (grandmother), innovating gered. The many endangered

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 S O U L M I C S T H R O W Raanana, Israel’s Brazilian capital 14 15 16 I S L E A S H E H E I D I By Marcus M. Gilban cally distinct localities for the ians moving to Israel, an everyone feels at home. Im- 17 18 19 T A P A C H A L L E N G E R purpose of promoting cultural average of some 650 people migrants from Rio can sense 20 21 22 23 RAANANA, Israel (JTA) — and commercial ties. every year, according to the the same informality of this A G A P E F L E A S S E Rio de Janeiro and Raanana Rio is not the first loca- Jewish Agency for Israel. From welcoming place,” Alberto 24 25 26 27 28 R E N E G A D E A B A are now sister cities, a long- tion to become a sister city squares to schoolyards, the Klein, president of the Rio 29 30 31 32 33 time aspiration of Brazilian of Raanana. It joins Atlanta influx of Brazilians is palpable Jewish federation, told JTA. D O T E O D Y S S E Y immigrants who have turned and another seven cities that throughout Raanana. The news spread fast among 34 35 36 37 38 39 T D S E B O N S A N A A the upscale Tel Aviv suburb have the designation. RELATED: He grew up the city’s 300 Brazilian fami- 40 41 42 43 44 into their new home. “Raanana is known for af- in one of Rio’s most violent lies and made headlines with- V I P E R R A M S P A R K “It’s the result of the great fectionately welcoming immi- favelas. Now he’s an on-the- in Brazil’s 120,000-strong 45 46 47 48 P R I M E A F A R G P S relationship between Israel grants from Rio who choose rise artist in Israel. Jewish community. A single 49 50 51 52 53 and Brazil and the fact that to start a new life in Israel,” The town was founded in post on Viva Israel, a popular G E N E S I S R E E D Raanana is home to the larg- Teresa Bergher, the Rio coun- the 1920s by a group of New Jewish news portal in Portu- 54 55 56 57 58 K E S E X P L O R E R est population of Brazilian cil member who proposed the Yorkers, and some 20 percent guese, garnered over 1,500 59 60 61 62 63 64 immigrants in our country,” partnership in 2015, told the of its residents speak English likes and hundreds of shares T S A A L A N I N A N E the mayor of Raanana, Chaim Jewish Telegraphic Agency. as their first language. For in a matter of hours. 65 66 67 68 69 H I G H L A N D E R C I T I Broyde, wrote on social me- “We are truly excited to Brazilian Jews who once “I see the announcement as 70 71 72 dia on Monday. “I intend to strengthen our bonds of dreamed of immigrating to an achievement shared by all E R A S E T O M B I T E M exploit the connections, pro- friendship and fraternity,” the U.S. but found it difficult of us Brazilians who live here. 73 74 75 M A G I D I R I S C A R S mote economic, commercial added Bergher, whose family to do so legally, living in Our goal has always been to and cultural issues between co-hosted the inauguration Raanana — with its upscale help boost the socialization of our cities.” of Rio Holocaust memorial in lifestyle and preponderance new immigrants,” Alexandre The sister cities designa- December. of English speakers — is the Gomberg, a Rio native who tion implies a form of legal Since 2015, Raanana has next-best thing. is one of the founders of the or social agreement between quickly become the pri- “Both Rio and Raanana are Brazilian community in Raa- two geographically and politi- mary destination for Brazil- magnets of newcomers, where nana, told JTA.

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By Gabe Friedman of two recent college stu- berg’s group, “of meeting dents who found themselves others and being able to talk (JTA) — When Maya Katz- craving a way to get to know in a group and decide — so Ali saw the ad on Facebook other people whose identities this is a community, what recruiting Asian Jews to overlapped with their own. do we stand for? Who are participate in a new video One of them is founder we? And what does it really project about identity, she Gen Slosberg, who was raised mean to be these things?” scrolled through her list of without religion in China Slosberg and Rudolph friends to figure out who and moved with her Ash- decided to take the concept might be a good fit. kenazi father and Chinese — bringing Asian American The daughter of a Jewish mother to the U.S. as a teen- Jews together to talk openly mother from New York and ager. As an undergraduate at and casually about their a Muslim father from India, the University of California, identities and experiences it didn’t occur to Katz-Ali Berkeley, she joined multiple — and branch out with that she fit the bill herself. groups for students of color it. Beyond just Chinese- Though she grew up con- — where to her surprise she Americans, they found nected to both parents’ discovered Jews of color like Jewish people with what was cultures — especially the herself. for them an unexpectedly food — she always saw them “Everybody I knew who diverse array of different as distinct. When her mother was Jewish was white,” said Asian backgrounds, from wanted to hire Indian danc- Slosberg. But even after Indian to Thai to Filipino ers for her bat mitzvah, she learning from those student and more. shot the idea down. groups, she had never been in One thing they quickly “I remember specifically or heard of a space for Asian realized was that all of them saying, ‘Mom, no, that’s In- American Jews in particular. felt that they had not seen dian. That’s not Jewish,’” said “I would for example hear their identity represented Katz-Ali, who now works for one of the people at one of in American Jewish spaces. the Shabbat programming my JOC [Jews of color] Shab- The American Jewish organization OneTable. “So bats go ‘Oh yeah, my Chinese community has begun to obviously, in my head, I had grandmother, this, this and pay more attention to the this big kind of divorce of this,’” Slosberg said. “And experience of Jews of color in these two identities.” I’m like, what if we were in recent years, as highlighted After her epiphany that a space and we could all un- by the rise and expanded she would be a good candi- derstand what it’s like to have profile of groups such as date for the video initiative an Asian grandma. Wouldn’t Be’chol Lashon and the Jews she saw advertised on Face- that be cool?” of Color Initiative, and the book, Katz-Ali reached out to So last spring Slosberg increasing number of Jews The Lunar project brought over 20 Asian American Jews together in conversation. its founders. That’s how she reached out to a few other of color in organizational ended up in “Taste of Con- Chinese Jews through con- leadership roles. An analysis term “Asian American” can [in American society]. But Katz-Ali shares in a clip nection,” the food-focused nections and social media, by researchers from 2019 be a flattening term. usually when it comes up, it’s that Ashkenazi Jewish food first episode of Lunar: The hoping to create that space found that Jews of color have “The Asian diaspora is just tiny. It’s Chinese American.” doesn’t always “feel like Jewish-Asian Film Project, for herself. She found Jenni been slightly undercounted so huge and diverse that it In the inaugural video, home” for her, but she’s a series of videos of young Rudolph, a Berklee College in broad surveys on Ameri- feels weird to kind of lump participants talk about how always excited when finding Asian American Jews in of Music graduate who was can Jews. ourselves in, but also — their knowledge of both Indian restaurants that are conversation with each other featured in a widely viewed But there has not been white America lumps us all in Jewish and Asian foods kosher. After participating that launched this week, to YouTube video about inter- much research done on Asian together anyways,” Rudolph helps them feel like they in the project, in December coincide with the lunar new racial identity. American Jews in particular. said. “So that’s kind of a “have stake in” each broader she inaugurated “pakoras year, a holiday celebrated in Rudolph had grown up Sociologists Helen Kim and common thread that we’re all cultural community, in the and menorahs,” her name multiple Asian cultures. The in Huntington Beach, a Noah Leavitt — who are also relating on. We have a lot of words of one person. Another for a new Hanukkah tradi- series — which is on YouTube predominantly white city a married couple — have very common experiences.” said that that knowledge tion that incorporates a and also lives on the website in southern California’s published two landmark For participant Jacob helps her “prove” her Jewish- traditional Indian fried food of Be’chol Lashon, a group Orange County, where she research papers on Asian Sujin Kuppermann, born ness in Jewish spaces that into the Jewish holiday that promoting Jews of color that struggled to feel at home Jewish families, one in 2012 to a Brazilian Ashkenazi are predominantly white. celebrates oil. helped support the project in white, Asian or Jewish and another in 2015. Besides father and Thai mother, the Some pointed out the ways Now she’s trying to keep — will tackle a new theme spaces. She had attended a that, Slosberg and Rudolph project’s diversity was an in which Asian and Jewish the Lunar group together, in in each episode. Jewish preschool, but after did not have previous proj- important selling point. flavors go well together, part by planning OneTable “[It’s] really fun to break it closed, her two younger ects like theirs to turn to for “That’s kind of what made while others talked about Shabbat events for them. the stereotype of ‘You want sisters didn’t get the same inspiration. me excited about this project the difficulty of eating Asian “I’m so excited that this is Jewish food? Ok, it’s a bagel,’” Jewish foundation, and her “We saw a gap in the — that there was a very di- dishes while trying to keep taking off,” she said. “I think Katz-Ali says in the video, family wasn’t very religious. media that could be filled,” verse range of different Asian kosher — stemming from this is also going to give after describing how she “That was just a really Rudolph said. experiences,” Kuppermann the fact that multiple Asian more permission to people blends Indian cuisine with exciting moment for me,” She and Slosberg re- said. “Obviously there’s not staples, such as shellfish and to create and find that place Jewish tradition. Rudolph said of her initial mained mindful throughout a huge amount of discus- pork, are not allowed in Jew- of belonging and community The series is the brainchild virtual meet-up with Slos- their project of how broad the sion about mixed race Jews ish dietary law. that they can gather within.” Minority? From page 1A recognition in the same way are an ethnic minority and Jews, she wrote, “pass as every day — and have been classified as “other” and as others.” whether they benefit from white if that’s your skin tone subjected to mass murder, a disclaimer saying that indeed constitute an ethnic That ruffled Cohen’s feath- so-called white privilege. and therefore on physical in living memory, on the the list does not represent minority. The lawmakers were ers. A similar debate arose first impressions carry the basis of their ethnicity. Our “how all people identify,” noncommittal, with one of “We face anti-Semitism and in 2018 after a politician of privileges associated with community should expect encouraging residents to them, Labour’s Stewart Wood, racism very clearly,” Cohen Pakistani descent was again appearing to be part of the solidarity and support, not write in their own ethnic- saying some of his Jewish told Coburn. “We’ve just seen hailed as the first member powerful majority.” questions about whether we ity on official government friends aren’t sure themselves that with the many years of of an ethnic minority to be Jewish observers were deserve any.” documents. of the answer. Cohen and the racism and anti-Semitism named Home secretary — an primed to distrust Rayner, a More than 1,000 people The United Kingdom’s think tanker said Jews do within the Labour Party, so it office previously attained by supporter of former Labour have signed a petition Home Office did not reply indeed form their own ethnic suggests that Jews don’t face two Jews. leader Jeremy Corbyn, who titled “BBC: Apologise now in time for this article to a minority. racism and therefore we’ve “Part of the complication is backed a boycott of Israel for suggesting Jews might query on whether Jews are Coburn suggested that reached such a high office that we are seen primarily as a and whose critics say al- not ‘count’ as an ethnic an ethnic group. Rayner’s comments may that we’re not an ethnic mi- religion rather than a race or lowed anti-Semitism to minority.” The BBC program, wrote reflect that many Jews in nority. It’s frankly ridiculous. ethnicity,” Abi Symons wrote flourish within Labour’s BBC’s immediate re- Stephen Pollard, editor Britain have succeeded in Frankly the notion of this in an op-ed in The Jewish ranks. Rayner also praised sponse was to double down. of The Jewish Chronicle, reaching high political office debate is ridiculous.” Chronicle at the time. “But Norman Finkelstein’s con- “According to the Govern- “provoked genuine rage and therefore “don’t need to It wasn’t the first debate in another part of this is the troversial book “The Ho- ment — not Politics Live! — from across the spectrum of be seen as a group needing the U.K. about whether Jews perception of our privilege.” locaust Industry,” which Jews aren’t an ethnic group Judaism,” and the corpora- accused Jews of exploiting in the UK. So, if you believe tion’s unbending reaction to the genocide for personal they should be, please tell criticism only made it worse. Massey and political gain. Rayner Government as it’s their Some have written about From page 1A program is Generations of Holocaust Center to provide called it “seminal.” policy,” BBC’s editor of live how the program “reflects Generosity and will be held students of all ages with The Board of Deputies of political programs, Rob the false notion that Jews through participation can on the future site of the Ho- unique and inspiring educa- British Jews said in a state- Burley, tweeted in response are ‘white’ and so cannot we build a better home and locaust Museum for Hope & tional opportunities. ment Monday that it was to the critics. be a proper ethnic minority a better world for all. For the Humanity from 5:30 p.m. to In following the latest “disappointed by the lack Burley cited a govern- — and thus antisemitism is Massey family, the values of 7:30 p.m. The new museum recommendations for COVID of sensitivity shown by the ment document that lists, not proper racism,” Pollard inclusiveness and respect are address is 75 South Ivanhoe compliance, a limited number BBC.” for census purposes, several said. “I’m sure that’s right. central to their efforts, which Blvd., Orlando. of tickets will be made avail- The umbrella group ethnic groups, but not Jews. But there is something else are widespread across Central Join with others in celebrat- able. Register at https://www. added: “Jews, regardless However, the document at work here — an arrogant Florida. ing the Masseys and in raising holocaustedu.org/white-rose- of whether they are at does not say Jews are not ignorance that brooks no The theme for this out- crucial funds to support vital tribute-event. all religious or not, are an ethnic minority. It also contradiction and refuses door cocktail reception and programs, which allow The subjected to antisemitism features five categories to bend.” PAGE 16A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, MARCH 12, 2021

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