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Vol. 47 #22 June 15-21, 2018 • 2-8 Tammuz 5778 One Dollar Two Dollars Outside of Metropolitan N.Y.C. 2 JEWISH WORLD • JUNE 15-21, 2018 JEWISH WORLD • JUNE 15-21, 2018 3 115 Middle Neck Rd. Zionism At Camp Great Neck, NY 11021 516-594-4000 The award-winning independent Jewish newspaper of Long Island Anti-Israel groups push agenda Publisher & editor-in-chief Jerome Wm. Lippman By JONATHAN S. TOBIN educating) Jewish campers. are getting about the Middle East during the violence in Gaza since

Assistant Editor ccording to some young Those promoting this effort have and to tap into the idealism that IfNotNow’s founding in 2014 Jeff Helmreich American Jews, it’s time all the enthusiasm of youth and the comes naturally to those involved. seems to embody the sort of uni- Features Editor to start telling kids the versalist approach that resonates Barbara Weinblatt A truth about Israel. Upset about with many American Jews. Travel Editor Tania Grossinger what they consider to be a steady ut camp directors, donors, Editorial Assistant Eli Feldblum COMMENTARY Bparents, and most especially, Contributors the impressionable kids this group Douglas M. Bloomfield, Shira Dicker, diet of pro-Israel propaganda that is out to influence shouldn’t be Lawrence J. Epstein, Marcelle Sussman Fischler, Ezra Goldstein, William B. ignores the plight of the deceived. What this effort repre- Helmreich, Sandy Portnoy, Joseph R. Rackman, Erica Rauzin, Walter Ruby, Palestinians, some who are sents is not balance, but imbalance Lawrence H. Schiffman, Barbara Schultz, Jacob Stein, Carol Steinberg, Harold S. employed as counselors at various when it comes to truth about Israel Steinberg, Andrew Wohlberg, Nora Yood camps have, with the help of the and the Palestinians. Indeed, rather Donald Pleasant, Karl Grossman IfNotNow organization, launched than point out how badly the offi- Production Editor Laura Katz an effort to use Jewish summer cial Jewish community is mislead-

Staff Photographers camps to begin educating their ing Jewish kids about what’s going David Karp, Sender Schwartz charges about the Palestinian nar- on in the Middle East, this story is Traffic Manager rative about the conflict. As far as a reminder of how our institutions Karen Chasin they are concerned, camps and of learning are failing at giving Director of Advertising other Jewish institutions need to children any education at all about Bernice Witten get on the right side of what they Activists from the group IfNotNow say they seek “balance” in what Jewish camps Israel that is worth anything. Account Executives teach with regard to the Israel-Palestinian conflict. Joyce Ehrlich, Enid Feldman, Dave Levin consider the great outrage of our What’s more, it also represents Lee Lichtman, Joyce Rudnick, Judy Schnelwar time: indifference to the sins of the passion of true believers. Seen And for some of them, their desire the problems associated with the For Israel Advertising Information “occupation.” from their point of view, all they to say Kaddish — the Jewish Jewish community’s obsession with International Media Placement And the place to start, they say, are doing is seeking to put some prayer for the dead — for preserving a big tent encompassing P.O.B. 7195, Jerusalem, Israel 91071 (02) 6252933 Fax (02) 6249240 is by educating (or should I say, re- balance into the education that kids Palestinians who have been killed continued on page 27

Art Director Deborah Gruenberger All they are doing is seeking to put some balance into the education that kids are Marketing Consultant Adam Simms getting about the Middle East and to tap into the idealism that comes naturally. Circulation Manager Patricia Locklin

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4 JEWISH WORLD • JUNE 15-21, 2018 The Middle East Transformed Texan, Israeli partners reshape economic and political landscape By FELICE FRIEDSON AND none of that existed,” explained picture as more states move to gas, The story of Noble’s venture hearing the words “fossil fuel.” CHARLES BYBELEZER Keith Elliott, Noble Energy’s sen- a more transportable and environ- into Israel begins in Oklahoma, And while the company is today othing is easy,” is a ior vice president of offshore, mentally-friendly energy-generat- generally not the first place in the headquartered in everything-is- common refrain in from his Houston office. ing source.” United States one thinks of when continued on page 21 “NIsrael and, for that “That required us to work with matter, throughout the Middle the Israeli government and busi- East, where many of the comforts nesses to create methods to ensure things are done in a safe and reli- able manner,” Elliott continued. REPORTER’S “This is also part of the big success NOTEBOOK story though — Israel has essen- tially gone from having no [natural taken for granted and accepted as gas] industry to it having a very universal in the West have been large impact on society in less than assigned four-letter-word status. ten years.” So building an entire natural gas industry from scratch in the ften viewed as “isolated,” world’s most volatile region might OIsrael is by no means alone, reasonably be expected to be an with massive natural gas discover- arduous process. But, to para- ies across the region reshaping

This platform at the Tamar natural gas field is located some 50 miles west off the coast of the northern Israeli city of Haifa. phrase the timeless adage, for both internal and broader geopolit- Noble Energy — the Texas-based ical realities. company spearheading Israel’s “One of the things we see occur- still-ongoing transformation into a ring is a common understanding of “In every place in the world you work there are obstacles ... since we first started producing gas in 2004 we have not had a single interruption because of any safety issue.” potential major player — there is the importance that energy plays in no better reward than triumph over creating prosperity and security, trial, tribulation, and layer upon and this is causing countries to layer of bureaucratic red-tape. start working together to provide “The oil and gas business has that future for their citizens,” been around for 150-170 years and Elliott explained. “You see that many of us grew up in an environ- happening in Israel and then ment in which regulatory systems extending out to Jordan and Egypt. and infrastructure are well estab- Ultimately, one sees the resources lished. So one of the big challenges in the eastern Mediterranean was going into a country in which becoming part of the global energy JEWISH WORLD • JUNE 15-21, 2018 5 Gaza: Know The Truth Defeat propaganda and lies with the best weapons: facts and context By ELANA YAEL HEIDEMAN Hamas, an internationally recog- response to the historic opening of symbolic recognition of the eternal thing, and that is exactly what the ur motto has always been nized terror organization, born the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem, the connection of the Jewish people to media is not showing. “None of the politics. All from the Muslim Brotherhood that eternal capital of Israel and the Jerusalem. They object to being What is the connection between Oof the pride.” Ours is an a- the opening of the embassy and the political organization, and as such, ongoing riots? Why are the people our goal has always been to help in Gaza suffering? And what can VIEWPOINT The riots were but Jews everywhere connect to Israel in ways that are natural to their another ploy to needs and desires, without demanding any type of political persuade the stance. Due to the riots on the Gaza bor- world to believe der, Jews everywhere have been in a massacre, bombarded with politically-driven messaging telling them that, at least a genocide in this situation, they cannot be proud of Israel. and ethnic Israel Forever will sift fact from cleansing that is fiction and encourage continued connection, pride, and respect for not taking place. Israel. The success of this demonization of the Jewish state and those that help make their suffering stop? stand in support of her right to exist Hamas has developed a new way to wreak havoc — firebomb kites are flown over the border to burn the fields of Israeli There was no causal relationship is easily measured by the reporting farmers. between the two events. The paral- of alleged crimes of Israel’s mili- also birthed Al-Qaeda, which gov- Jewish people. That date, May 14, forced to accept that the Jewish lel emphasizes only the ongoing tary or the silence of Israeli society. erns and rules the region since marked the re-establishment of the people have come home to stay and contrast between the conflict But the truth must speak for itself. Israel’s disengagement in 2005. Jewish state of Israel and, in the will never again leave Zion. forced upon us by the terror organ- They have been inciting Gazans eyes of the Arabs, the nakba (“dis- The riots were but another ploy izations and their supporters — the THE CONTEXT towards violence against Israelis aster”) — their term for the return to persuade the world to believe in situation of the Palestinian popula- he Gaza riots had been planned for years, most recently culminat- of Jewish sovereignty to Zion. a massacre, a genocide, and an eth- tion in Gaza under Hamas, and the Tas a slow buildup of anti-Israel ing in events on the border. Their objection to the embassy is nic cleansing that are not taking normalcy life in Israel has achieved propaganda orchestrated by There are many claiming it is a not to the embassy itself, but to the place. in spite of the ongoing dehuman- The mainstream media presented ization, threat of war, or death — in

Images of the opening of the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem were shown alongside violence on the Gaza border, sending the message that the first caused the second. the opening of the embassy on a the eyes of the international media. split screen with violent riots on the Gaza border, sending the message THE FACTS that the first caused the second, that amas retains its grip over the smiling people at the embassy HGaza by deceiving its popula- were cruel, while people in Gaza tion, feeding false hope based on were suffering, even dying. hatred of Jews and Israel, offering Even the most insidious lies have distorted versions of history, and a grain of truth at their core. It is generating a desperation that true that the riots were timed to allows it to foster martyrdom and coincide with the opening of the murder. embassy. It is true that people in Gazans are being funded by U.S. Gaza were, and still are, suffering. and European tax dollars to charge But that’s where the truth ends and Israel’s borders, to try to break the lies begin. Context is every- continued on page 30 6 JEWISH WORLD • JUNE 15-21, 2018 Moses And The Korah Wars Parashat Korah (Numbers 16:1–18:32) By SHLOMO RISKIN nature of Korah's rebellion, two been enough leadership for you, the cosmos is certainly within the al Kollel institute of higher learn- "And Korah, the son of Yitzhar, factors should be kept in mind. all the people in the witness-com- desert, the very place where that ing. God is their Rosh Yeshiva, the son of Kehat, the son of Levi, First, the commandment to wear munity are holy with the Lord in Revelation took place. communicating the "shiur" materi- took Datan and Aviram, the sons ritual fringes on four-cornered their midst. Why must you set Korah’s position rejects the al to Moses. God also provides the of Eliav … and they rose up in garments (tzitzit), which closed yourselves up to be on a higher Aaronic priesthood as well as the daily portions of manna sufficient confrontation before Moses …" last week’s portion of Shelah, plane than the congregation of the idea that the entire "desert-genera- for their nutritional needs: He (Numbers 16:1, 2) serves as an excellent introduction Lord?" (Numbers 16:3). tion" must be punished for its determines when the camp will to and eventual rebuttal of the And if Korah sees no differ- refusal to conquer the Land of travel and protects the people from hy didn't the Israelites movements that Korah, and Datan ences in holiness between differ- Israel. From Korah’s point of the physical elements with His rise up against the and Aviram, represent. ent people, and rejects the unique view, these are false claims insti- special "clouds of glory". Wrebels who dared defy Secondly, Moses’s announce- Why leave this ethereal, spiritu- Moses, the selfless man of God ment that the entire generation, al haven for the wars, political who gave up a luxurious and care- with the exceptions of Joshua and God wants us to establish a arguments, economic crises, and Caleb, was condemned to die in nation-state and to take responsibility social challenges necessary to the desert (Numbers 14:26-39) establish a nation state? For rea- DVAR TORAH made the Hebrews ripe for rebel- to perfect an imperfect world, with all sons of frumkeit (religiosity) free life as Prince of Egypt in lion. alone, Korah argues that the order to liberate a slave people Moses attempts to deal with of the challenges that entails. Israelites are better off remaining from tyranny? Korah, and then with Datan and in the desert-Kollel, freed from all Reading between the lines of Aviram separately. This is not only status of Aaron and his sons as tuted by Moses rather than reflec- decision-making and responsibili- this amazing story, we discern two to "divide and conquer," but also Kohanim, it stands to reason that tions of the true will and word of ty. distinct ideological positions and it’s the Torah’s way to emphasize he would also deny any distinction God (see Moses's defense of him- Moses is willing to call Korah's political platforms, which between how they represent different in holiness between different self: Numbers 16:28). bluff. He instructs him to take his them represented the majority of approaches in their opposition, lands, refusing to recognize the entire party of 250 men the next day Hebrews. Both these positions different "political parties," as it special sanctity of the Land of oreover, Korah justifies the and to provide each of them with a were antithetical to everything that were. Israel. MIsraelites’ desire to remain fire-pan and incense for a special Moses stood for and the adumbra- After all, the Revelation at Sinai in the desert precisely because of "priestly" offering to see whose tions of the Korah Wars are still to orah, called by the Kotzker took place in the desert, outside the desert’s holiness, an ideal and offering would be acceptable to be heard today, thousands of years KRebbe "the holy grandfa- the geographic boundaries of the idyllic setting for living their lives. God. The divine decision was not later, festering at the very heart of ther", uses the democratic argu- land of Israel. If God is within all For Korah and his sympathizers, long in coming: "A fire came down Israeli society. ment of "equality in holiness" of us and the entire nation heard the desert is not the place of pun- from God and it consumed the 250 Before we analyze the exact against Moses and Aaron: "It has the Revelation, then the Lord of ishment, but a perfect and perenni- continued on page 30

JEWISH WORLD • JUNE 15-21, 2018 7 Israeli Techs Improve Life Book features 62 startups that solve myriad problems By ABIGAIL KLEIN Water security formation” to accomplish these cancer, irritable bowel syndrome, LEICHMAN Caesarea-base NUF - tasks. colitis, or Crohn’s disease. The he companies fea- iltration helped solve Netanya-based BioGenCell is smart device can even distinguish tured in Solution the problem of what to developing a stem-cell therapy to among different people in a “TNation are address- do with some of the treat a painful vascular disease household based on Bluetooth ing acute pain points — blind- 125 million dialyzers called critical limb ischemia, a signals from their nearby devices. ness, amputations, food short- (artificial kidneys used leading cause of amputations. “Such frequent screenings in dialysis) discarded The company’s BGC101 com- should be at least as successful in REPORTER’S annually worldwide: pound, when mixed with the detecting digestive diseases as they sanitize and patient’s own stem cells taken submitting to expensive and inva- NOTEBOOK repurpose these from a simple blood draw, creates sive colonoscopies once every sophisticated filters as natural artery bypasses and decade,” Wanetick writes. ages, polluted water, radioactive water-purification enhances the formation of addi- contamination, and more,” writes devices for developing tional blood vessels to better sup- Clean energy David Wanetick, author of a new countries. ply blood to damaged tissue. TaxiBot, a semi-robotic pilot- book describing 62 Israeli compa- Inside the NUF While other biotech companies controlled towing tractor made by nies developing solutions to prob- machines containing lems “that threaten to end life itself four to 640 dialyzers, or materially degrade the quality of a single dialyzer can life.” purify 50 to 200 liters These companies, selected from 500 Wanetick’s self-published book, of water per hour. nominations, are presented in a format Solution Nation: One Nation is “A system with Disproportionately Responding to David Wanetick’s new book highlights Israeli eight dialyzers that companies addressing problems that threaten life or that includes questions that the World’s Most Intractable lower the quality of life. costs one-third of an Problems, has a different focus equivalent, leading fil- prospective investors, business than Avi Jorisch’s Thou Shalt tration system can Innovate, recently ranked No. 1 by Food security produce eight liters of water per partners, or customers might want to Amazon in three categories. In Africa, a staggering 30 to 50 minute. This is easily enough to ask the management. “The primary audiences for percent of post-harvest corn supply all of the daily water Solution Nation are investors and (maize) fails to reach the market. A needs to 200 to 300 people in business professionals,” explains lot of that loss is due to rodent, fun- Africa — in one hour,” Wanetick writes. are pursuing cures for the same a division of Israel Aerospace The water purifiers are operat- disease using stem cells from Industries, allows pilots to leave ed with hand pumps or solar bone marrow, BioGenCell’s their aircrafts’ engines off during power, requiring no chemicals method is less invasive. When taxiing and parking. and little maintenance, as their injected, the BGC101 formula The result: a significant savings membranes are self-cleaning. “knows” to grow only where on jet fuel and carbon dioxide NUF systems are currently oper- revascularization is needed. emissions, as well as a reduced ating in Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, OutSense, based on Kibbutz risk of hearing loss for ground Fiji Islands, Cambodia, Vietnam, Nahsholim, is developing a crews. TaxiBot, already in use at Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, device that clips onto a toilet the Tel Aviv and Frankfurt air- Tanzania, and Nigeria.

Health security Senecio of Kfar Saba put a Photo: AirportsInternational.com twist on an existing mosquito- TaxiBot towing a plane control method of releasing ster- ile male mosquitoes in infested Wanetick, a California resident gus or aflatoxin infestation that areas by using airplanes rather who’s written company and patent happens when grain is being dried than vans, greatly increasing the valuation reports for Israeli compa- and stored. coverage perimeters. nies, and also has been investing in Tel Aviv-based Amaizz resolves “Releasing millions of sterile Israeli companies for about 15 this problem with solar- or electric- male mosquitoes from airplanes years. powered modular drying, disinfec- travelling at 250 kilometers per Accordingly, these companies, tion and storage units lined with hour, in what I call Operation selected from 500 nominations, are thermoplastic and capped with Infinite Romeo, presents monu- presented in a format that includes anti-algae meshes. The units’ mental challenges,” Wanetick questions that prospective unique ventilation system balances writes. investors, business partners, or cus- the humidity, precipitation, and Among these challenges are NUFiltration systems repurpose used kidney dialyzers for water purification tomers might want to ask the man- temperature. sourcing the fragile insects, pack- agement. Amaizz started sales with a unit aging them in containers, estimat- bowl to facilitate frequent and ports, and certified for Boeing’s “I wanted to enable readers to in Senegal and is developing an ing the number needed per acre hands-free screening for signs of B737 and A320 planes, can make a determination as to whether add-on disinfection system, as well (four sterile males for every wild colorectal cancer. reduce by 84 percent the number the featured companies will suc- as a heating system that will be tar- female), and determining optimal The device’s spectral isolation of gallons of jet fuel consumed ceed in delivering their solutions to geted to corn farmers in Latin flying routes and times of day for and imaging technologies rapidly when a plane is taxiing. intractable problems to the mar- America and Eastern Europe. The release. analyze solid waste for indicators “Given the fact that each gallon ket,” Wanetick writes. system also could be modified to “Senecio has developed sophis- including blood content, micro- of fuel emits 9.57 kilograms of Here are 10 companies from deal with crops such as wheat, ticated algorithms and robotic biome stability, texture, and color carbon dioxide, the reduction in each section of the book. sesame, sorghum, rice, and coffee. processes set up in assembly-line that could be warning signs for continued on page 26 8 JEWISH WORLD • JUNE 15-21, 2018 Parents, Scientists Seeking Cures Partnerships to create treatments for rare genetic diseases By ABIGAIL KLEIN ecause many rare diseases organization in Ness Ziona. Initial modulating drug candidates to focusing for now on cystic fibrosis LEICHMAN Baffect newborns and children, results show promising safety and treat premature stop codon (“non- and cystinosis. The company is hen Oren Ozeri’s son, interaction with their parents is efficacy, according to Ozeri. sense mutation”) diseases, using headquartered in Massachusetts Ido, turned one, he was technology invented by Prof. with R&D in Rehovot. Wdiagnosed with Duch- Timor Baasov from the Technion- enne muscular dystrophy, a rare Israel Institute of Technology in SpliSense was established in incurable genetic disease. Even Haifa. 2016 and is currently focused on Premature stop codons hinder splicing mutations in the CFTR the production of proteins and play gene for treating cystic fibrosis REPORTER’S a role in some 1,800 rare and ultra- (CF). The technology is based on NOTEBOOK rare diseases. the discovery platform invented by Eloxx, which recently raised $50 Prof. Batsheva Kerem of the though he’s neither a scientist nor million in an IPO on NASDAQ, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, a physician, this Israeli father aims to restore production of full- who identified and cloned the was determined to seek a solu- length functional proteins with its CFTR gene. tion. lead drug candidate, ELX-02, SpliSense has developed a com- In 2011, Ozeri and his wife, pound with the potential to cure Hila, and six other parents found- the lung disease in CF patients car- ed ADI. In December 2015, rying a specific splicing mutation. Ozeri and fellow ADI member This technology is relevant to addi- Alon Hazan, whose son was tional targets in CF and other diagnosed at age seven, founded genetic diseases. The company

ART BioScience, a Rehovot- Photo by Efrat Eshel also is developing a targeted mod- based company using novel mes- ulation approach to correct the senger RNA (mRNA) technolo- Oren Ozeri with his wife, Hila, and son Ido. The Ozeris founded the Israeli splicing pattern of CFTR tran- gies to develop new therapeutics Duchenne Parent Association (ADI) to fund Duchenne muscular dystrophy scripts according to the specific research. that could change the course of mutation carried. DMD. ART Bioscience is one of five common among companies devel- Four Israeli startups are NewStem is the first company Israeli startups that will be part of oping therapies. presenting in the rare dis- to develop products based on the rare genetic diseases and “A parent really can’t bring a eases track at MIXiii- human haploid pluripotent stem gene therapy track at the interna- drug to market alone. He or she can Biomed: cells, a paradigm-changing tech- tional MIXiii-Biomed trigger the beginning of the process nology based on the work of Prof. Conference and Exhibition in Tel but needs a partnership with a com- Eloxx Pharmaceuticals Nissim Benvenisty, director of the Dr. Yael Weiss, chair of the rare genetic diseases Aviv in May. pany like mine to get the drug to is a clinical-stage company and gene therapy track at MIXiii-Biomed in Tel Azrieli Center for Stem Cells and “I structured the track to patients,” Weiss says. developing novel RNA- Aviv, May 2018. continued on page 26 emphasize the handover between Ozeri and Hazan are among the parents active in funding few parents who’ve taken the more

“A parent really can’t bring a drug to market alone. He or she can trigger the beginning of the process but needs a partnership with a company like mine to get the drug to patients.”

research, small biotechs, and difficult route of founding their own pharma,” says Chairwoman Dr. company. Yael Weiss from Ultragenyx, a “From our perspective, the prob- California biopharma originally lem with the research at the univer- founded to develop an Israeli sities and research institutions is experimental drug for genetic that their end-products are scientific diseases prevalent among Persian publications,” Ozeri explains. Jews. “While research is significantly She says therapies are avail- important in order to understand the able for only about 350 of the mechanism of action and the under- 7,000 known rare genetic dis- lying biology of the diseases, there eases (also called “orphan” is still a long way to go before genetic diseases) affecting tens to developing a treatment.” hundreds of thousands of people ART Bioscience’s prospective worldwide. Ultragenyx recently drug candidates for DMD are being received FDA approval for its tested in animal models without treatment for an ultra-rare bone charge by Science in Action, an disease. Israeli preclinical contract research JEWISH WORLD • JUNE 15-21, 2018 9 Israel Opens Aging Innovations Lab Site will address technology that addresses seniors’ challenges BY ABIGAIL KLEIN Beersheva municipality to focus loneliness and depression. LEICHMAN on promoting and managing dig- The new innovation lab is situat- srael’s first Innovation Lab for ital innovations in health, wel- ed in a fully furnished model home Healthy Aging has been fare, education and smart cities. that simulates senior citizens’ living Ilaunched in Beersheva, simulat- ing the challenges in the everyday “Instead of looking for merely living environment of senior citi- technological solutions, we went back REPORTER’S to analyze the problem. We developed NOTEBOOK a 360-degree approach that looks at zens in order to inspire solutions. all aspects of a senior’s life.” The new project is backed by a $5 million investment and has a The new lab takes all of these environment and routines. partnership with Sheba Medical fields into consideration. New technologies and product Center in Ramat Gan to test its prototypes will be implemented in approaches and technologies. hen I think about this lab, and around the home to meet chal- The Innovation Lab for Healthy “WI think about my parents lenges such as preventing falls, Aging is jointly sponsored by the and the real challenges they face,” alleviating loneliness, slowing Center for Digital Innovation (CDI) Ofek said. “Instead of looking for deterioration, treating pain, and Negev, Ben-Gurion University of Photo by Dani Machlis/BGU merely technological solutions, assisting in basic activities like the Negev (BGU), the National From left, CDI Negev CEO Ziv Ofek, Amal & Beyond CEO Dalia Korkin and BGU we went back to analyze the prob- bathing and toileting. Insurance Institute of Israel, the President Dr. Rivka Carmi at the Innovation Lab for Healthy Aging launch in lem and developed a 360-degree Startups and innovative projects December 2017 at the Advanced Technologies Park in Beersheva. Beersheva municipality, the Joint approach that looks at all aspects already operating in the lab include: Distribution Committee (JDC), founder and CEO Ziv Ofek said. 1960 to over 8.5 percent in 2015. of a senior citizen’s life.” Uniper Care Technologies, a TV and the Amal & Beyond Group. According to the World Bank’s CDI was founded by Ofek and Not only will technological solu- platform designed to improve the “In 10 years, Beersheva will be own data, the percentage of the fellow entrepreneurs Sharon tions be considered but also social communication process between the center of senior citizen-focused world’s population over 65 years Sasportas and Boaz Gur Lavie in project ideas such as connecting the elderly and their families; research and innovation,” CDI of age grew from just 5 percent in collaboration with BGU and the teenagers with seniors to alleviate continued on page 26 Israeli Innovation Travels To India Solidaridad will help millions of farmers grow more sugar cane and cotton By ABIGAIL KLEIN A third agreement is currently LEICHMAN being explored with Tel Aviv- nnovative Israeli agricultural based TerraVerde Agriculture to technologies will help six mil- provide consultants information Ilion Indian farmers grow about how to increase quality and sugar cane and cotton with maxi- yield in a large-scale organic cot- mum water efficiency, thanks to ton growing project. Solidaridad is also working with Startup Nation Central of REPORTER’S Tel Aviv, which facilitates part- nerships with the Israeli high- NOTEBOOK tech industry to provide solutions to challenging problems across agreements signed recently in Tel the globe. Aviv between several Israeli com- Tzakhi Freedman, Israel country panies and the international solu- manager for Solidaridad, said he tion-oriented civil society organi- Tzur Photo by Yael hopes these agreements will open a zation Solidaridad Network. From left, Solidaridad Israel Country Manager Tzakhi Freedman, Solidaridad Executive Director Nico Roozen and Shatadru channel for integration of Israeli “Israel has demonstrated many Chattopadhyay, managing director of Solidaridad Network Asia. technologies in Solidaridad’s global solutions to avoid water calamities,” Chattopadhyay said Solidaridad ne memorandum of under- Another MoU involves Tal Ya projects supported by impact said Shatadru Chattopadhyay, seeks to facilitate adopting these Ostanding (MoU) was signed Agricultural Solutions of Gan investors. Solidaridad Network Asia managing technologies in India. If they with Tevatronic of Sderot, whose Yoshiya, whose durable tray sys- director. “Even with 60 percent of its prove successful technically and autonomous irrigation products tem protects seedlings, decreases Abigail Klein Leichman is a country made of desert, Israel has financially, “they could be scaled will be integrated in sugar cane the need for irrigation, fertilizer, writer and associate editor at not only solved its water problem; it up across Asia and Africa where and organic cotton projects to limit weeding and pesticide and signifi- Israel21c. also has an abundance of water.” Solidaridad operates.” water usage and increase yield. cantly increases yield. Israel21c “Israel has demonstrated different solutions to avoid water calamities. Even with 60 percent of its country made of the desert, Israel has not only solved its water problem; it also has an abundance of water.”

10 JEWISH WORLD • JUNE 15-21, 2018 Israeli Lab Grows Injectable Bone Bonus BioGroup embarks on landmark clinical trial By ELIANA RUDEE cer amputations, labor accidents, Arab neighbors, that want to cantly expand with international we can come to do mercy opera- n an unprecedented proce- osteoporosis, or even dwarfism. make use of the technology. aid. tions there for post-traumatic dure, the Israel-based bio- “For our short-stature patients “After the company finishes “Bonus will provide health to a injuries from infected bones and Itechnology company Bonus tuberculosis on the bones. So our BioGroup has successfully injected next step, after getting FDA a lab-grown bone into three approval, is to write to the United Nations asking them to support such initiatives to get them walking REPORTER’S and functioning again. It would be NOTEBOOK really good for my soul and for them to function with an Israeli patients in the last seven months, invention.” and plans on making 27 more of the injections for a clinical study he future is so bright,” during this coming year. “TRozen added. “In three “We are making history,” pro- years, we’ll have a prescription for claimed Professor Nimrod when a patient needs a surgery and Rozen, head of the orthopedic is missing bone due to trauma. By ward at HaEmek Hospital in the filling the bone gap, I’ll be able to northern Israeli town of Afula, fix the bone without losing the limb. who performed the surgeries. In 15 years, we’ll be able to grow an

“The invention started here in Credit: Bonus BioGroup entire hip without metal, screws or Israel, in the ‘startup nation’,” artificial materials. This is in the Rozen said, noting that Israel is Dr. Shai Meretzki, CEO of Bonus BioGroup, with a lab-grown bone. near future.” full of “really good people to col- Said Meretzski: “We are the only laborate with, with strong minds who are 140 centimeters (55 two clinical studies of fifty lot of human beings suffering and ones capable of growing live bone and spirits, and great optimism, inches) tall, we can add 10 cen- patients in bone gaps and gets not just from point of view of the identical to any bone in the body, which is needed in this field.” timeters to their stature. If we do FDA approval, phase three will Western population,” he said, and that is something to be proud The bones grew in a bioreactor it twice, that’s 20 centimeters (8 be multinational,” Meretzski recalling a lecture he gave two of. Everyone loves the technology.” device that simulates the body’s inches), which is a total game- said. months ago in South Africa. environment, with the material changer for the way they look at To date, $20 million has been “People came to me from Eliana Rudee is a writer for sourced solely from each themselves, their self-confi- invested in the technology. Rozen Rhodesia, Uganda, and other JNS. patient’s own fat cells. dence, and how they act in socie- envisions that this could signifi- African countries, and asked if JNS.org “We can grow bones in any ty. It really changes everything,” size, shape or structure from Rozen said. small samples of bone, fat or As breast augmentation is the cartilage tissue to fit the patients’ most common surgery world- needs,” said Dr. Shai Meretzki, wide, Bonus BioGroup also envi- CEO of Bonus BioGroup. sions a market for growing fat According to Rozen, the new tissues for lower-risk breast bone is initially seven times implants. stronger than the patient’s bones until they grow marrow four to nlike traditional surgery six months after the bone is Umethods, this method com- implanted. At that time, the new pletely heals bones, whereas tra- bone will be just as strong as a ditional surgery straightens or normal bone. “Patients can bear reduces pain or symptoms of full weight immediately after the bone loss. It is also less invasive surgery,” Rozen noted. than traditional surgeries, decreases recovery time, and uring the procedure, doctors often removes the need for multi- Dremoved fat cells from each ple surgeries and any chance of of the patients, grew them in the rejection after the procedure. lab, and injected them back into This procedure will be “better, the patients’ bodies to regrow the stronger, healthier, and cheaper missing bone. Then, after six than any existing solution,” weeks, the bone regrew up to ten Meretzski said. centimeters (about four inches) Although surgery costs will long. depend on the bone size, Bonus An American company per- BioGroup’s jaw procedure may forms a similar procedure, but is cost $10-15,000, compared to the only capable of implants of up to traditional surgery cost of $80- one centimeter (0.4 inch) long. 100,000. This groundbreaking new pro- The innovation is in high cedure could help patients with demand abroad. According to critical bone or cartilage loss, Meretzski, the 10-year-old com- often due to car accidents, mili- pany has been approached by tary trauma, infection, cleft hospitals and countries from palate, shrinking vertebrae, can- around the globe, even Israel’s JEWISH WORLD • JUNE 15-21, 2018 11 Israeli High-Tech Macher Israeli tech guru helps start-ups without asking anything in return By MAX SCHINDLER Fuld’s smooth talk can save the day. he guy knows almost every- “He’s not one of those people one in Israeli high-tech. who just talks the good talk,” said THillel Fuld is a macher, Amir Mizroch, the communications Yiddish for “ a man who arranges, director at Startup Nation Central, fixes, and makes connections.” an NGO that connects multination- al companies and foreign investors to Israeli startups. “He does talk the REPORTER’S good talk; he’s an excellent speaker. NOTEBOOK But in his case, he’s very deeply interested in tech ... I would call Fuld does exactly this between him a connector, an enabler. entrepreneurs and deep-pocketed Some problems that Israeli investors. investors face stem from Israel’s A quick perusal of Fuld’s hyper- blunt-talking business culture, active social media reveals inter- which lacks the diplomatic finesse views with star venture capitalists expected in Europe and the US. such as Marc Andreessen and Photo: Jerusalem Post Virtually all Israeli startups seek to Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak, Hillel Fuld is known in Israel as someone who connects Israeli start-up entrepreneurs with potential investors. sell their products abroad, given the along with post-meeting selfies He has taken advisory roles at compensation in return. He He’s playing a long-term game. relatively small size of the Israeli taken alongside entrepreneurs who around 15 companies. advises startups and tailors their “With this company in Silicon market. That forces bumbling are Israeli household names. “He knows the startup scene in public look without requesting a Valley, for example. I love the geeks to have to clean up their act. Fuld is an axle, among many Israel better than probably anyone quid pro quo, an unconventional company ... so I helped, for a long others, in the Israeli wheel else around,” said Fitness22 co- business strategy. time. Had I asked for something up he difference between sales known as the “Startup Nation” — founder Benny Shaviv, whose start- “I built my entire career out of front, it would have been different. “Tand marketing, the funda- home to some 5,000 startups and up has racked up millions of dollars being a freier,” Fuld said, using But I did my thing, didn’t ask for mental difference, is one word — with the third most number of from downloads of smartphone fit- the Yiddish word for sucker. anything, and they reached out one word that does not exist in companies listed on NASDAQ ness apps. “He is an amazing con- “People say giving in business years later and made me a very gen- Hebrew. Subtlety. Sales is direct, after China and the U.S. nector that opens doors for multi- is good for karma. I say it’s good erous offer in [vested] options.” marketing requires subtlety,” Fuld Functioning as a gatekeeper of ple startups with investor, partners business. If you facilitate success Meeting with Fuld, 39, in the remarks. It’s a catchphrase of his, sorts for the local ecosystem, and reporters, and does it all just for others, you go down the road Jerusalem offices of Hometalk — signaling that Israeli entrepreneurs Fuld has screened thousands of for the sake of doing it.” to success as well.” an Israeli startup that has become often don’t tell the underlying Israeli startups, offering a stamp It’s up to the startup or company the world’s most popular home story behind how and why the of approval along with unsolicit- hat makes Fuld unique is to oblige and repay the favor – improvement space for do-it- product came to be, along with ed advice and mentorship. Wthat the man doesn’t ask for which often does not happen. yourselfers — Fuld speaks a mile who they intend as a customer. a minute, gesturing in your face This is where Fuld enters the pic- and sounding off. ture, helping Israeli start-ups scale to the larger and more complex esiding in Beit Shemesh, the European and U.S. markets. Rkippa-wearing Fuld made aliya Despite the moniker of “Start at age 15 from the United States. up Nation,” previously fledgling He served in an artillery unit in startups are now seeking to scale- the IDF, then got his bachelor’s up and expand in Israel and degree in political science from abroad, leading Fuld to start a Bar Ilan University. Today, he’s new trend of “unicorn nation.” married and has five children. (Unicorns are startups valued at Functioning as a gatekeeper of sorts for the local ecosystem, Fuld has screened thousands of Israeli startups, offering a stamp of approval

The startup guru started his more than $1 billion.) career writing for Comverse, a pio- “I’m seeing more and more com- neering Israeli tech company panies that don’t have an ‘exit strat- focused on telecom software. He egy,’ but are looking to build large segued the “dry” writing gig into a sustainable businesses in Israel... popular blog. There are more and more unicorns Today, Fuld is a strategic adviser in Israel,” he said. meets marketing guru meets PR “This is a very positive sign of specialist, along with dabbling in maturity, a sign that we are per- journalism and video-blogging. haps graduating from ‘Startup Such skills are a boon for tech Nation’ into something greater.” geeks who can code and tinker algorithms, but who may not be the Max Schindler is a writer for the most personable characters. Jerusalem Post. When pitching to investors, JPost.com 12 JEWISH WORLD • JUNE 15-21, 2018 Filling The High-Tech Gap Several programs aim to alleviate Israel’s 10,000-worker shortage By ABIGAIL KLEIN address a shortage of skilled work- today, and the answer is right under their peers via an intensive one-year 50 percent higher than in other LEICHMAN ers for Israel’s burgeoning high-tech our nose,” says Stuart Hershkowitz, preparatory program. Israeli professions. t age 14, “Nathan” was liv- arena. vice president of Jerusalem College Yet JCT currently has 553 Haredi “Of all the Israelis in high-tech ing on the streets of his The problem is so acute that sev- of Technology (JCT), which runs women and 402 Haredi men study- earning 17,000 shekels and above AIsraeli working-class town. eral companies recently launched special programs preparing Haredi ing computer science and engineer- [per month], 0.3 percent are Haredi Academically crippled by ADHD, BETA (Be In Tel Aviv), an alliance and Ethiopian Israelis for high-tech ing (plus hundreds more studying men and 0.4 percent are Haredi he eventually attended a therapeutic offering attractive relocation pack- careers. professions such as nursing and women. That means they’re not part ages for overseas tech professionals. These populations suffer from a business), on separate campuses. of the startup nation and that has to REPORTER’S The problem is so NOTEBOOK acute that several boarding school and served in the companies army. His employment future looked recently launched bleak until he heard about a Google certification program in digital mar- BETA (Be In Tel keting run by JDC-Tevet, a partner- Aviv), an alliance ship with the Israeli government for the advancement and inclusion into offering attractive the Israeli workforce of vulnerable populations — Arab-Israelis, ultra- relocation Orthodox (Haredi) Jews, women, people with disabilities, Ethiopian packages for immigrants, workers over 45, and overseas tech other disadvantaged citizens like Nathan. professionals. Now 22, Nathan is employed as a Graduates of Tech-Career’s new quality assurance course in 2018 . digital marketing manager and has change,” Hershkowitz says. lectured at his former boarding But many experts believe the gap lack of STEM (science, technology, Israel’s Council for Higher In a few years, he predicts, “a school to inspire other students. can and should be filled domestical- engineering, and math), English, Education found that two-thirds of very large percentage of Orthodox JDC-Tevet is one of many private ly. and higher-education opportunities. the 1,000 Haredi computer science women will be computer engi- and public initiatives training here’s a shortage of 10,000 Only the brightest and most moti- students in 2017 were at JCT. neers.” underemployed populations to “Thigh-tech workers in Israel vated can successfully catch up to On average, high-tech wages are continued on page 19

JEWISH WORLD • JUNE 15-21, 2018 13 Goodbye, Philip Roth Was the great writer good or bad for the Jews? By BRETT ASHLEY back to his editor. “Keep it to munity members loudly critiqued often hyperbolic. For example, and frustration. Portnoy narrates KAPLAN yourself!” he’d write in rebuke to his work, arguing that, if not Rabbi Theodore Lewis said that the whole novel, in monologic ike many, I was shocked to a critique or suggestion. openly anti-Semitic, his fiction at Roth “depicts the Jewish charac- form, to his therapist, Dr. learn of novelist Philip Roth’s stubbornness wasn’t least catalyzed anti-Semitic ters in his short stories and novels Spielvogel, telling him that he is LRoth’s death. the “Raskolnikov of jerking off – Just a few months ago he was the sticky evidence is every- writing to me, making all sorts of where!” Portnoy describes him- self as a “sex maniac” who will not “control the fires in his putz, ANALYSIS the fevers in his brain.” snarky comments on the Jewish philosopher Gershom Dictionary of Literary Biography Scholem, writing in Haaretz soon entry I had written about him. after the publication of Portnoy’s For example, I had noted simi- Complaint, argued that Roth larities between Henry Miller’s “revels in obscenity” and claimed so-sexual-it-was-banned Tropic that “this is just the book the anti- of Cancer and Roth’s 1995 novel, Semites have been waiting for.” Sabbath’s Theater. It is easy to forget now, but In the margins of the proofs, many of the rabbis and other Roth penned the snide remark: “I Jewish community members who read Tropic of Cancer in 1959 or denounced Roth’s prose had lived 58. It was hardly on my mind through World War II. They’d almost 40 years later.” seen all the Nazi propaganda por- These kinds of sharp comments traying overly sexual Jewish men were typical of Roth. While I was raping or taking “pure” Aryan conducting research for Jewish women. During the 1960 ceremonies for the National Book Awards, Philip Roth (right), with fellow winners Robert Lowell (left) and Anxiety and the Novels of Philip Richard Ellmann, holds up a copy of his novel, Goodbye, Columbus. As historian Dagmar Herzog Roth at the Roth manuscript col- points out in her study Sex After lection in the Library of Fascism, “Sexual demonization Congress, I was able to see many isolated to these small events. thought. Yet Roth refused to as depraved and lecherous crea- of Jews was a pervasive feature of of his handwritten comments Early in his career, Jewish com- capitulate, staying true to his tures.” anti-Semitism.” artistic vision. Though he would But by populating novels with eventually be mostly embraced ut if Lewis thought Goodbye, hypersexual Jewish men who by many Jews – including Jewish BColumbus was “lecherous,” lusted after shiksas, Roth was women like me – it took decades for widespread acceptance to take Early in Roth’s career, Jewish place. community members loudly critiqued uch of the early criticism of his work, arguing that, if not openly MRoth’s work was related to the way he depicted his Jewish anti-Semitic, his fiction at least characters. Published in 1959, the collec- catalyzed anti-Semitic thought. tion Goodbye, Columbus was Roth’s first major work. The title he was in for an unpleasant sur- actually flipping infamous Nazi novella traces a summer romance prise. propaganda on its head. Rather between Neil Klugman and Roth’s smash hit, Portnoy’s than suppress this lust, Roth Brenda Patimkin. The problem, especially for Brenda’s family, is class. Neil, a librarian and the son of Jewish immigrants, just can’t quite seem to fit in with the coun- try club clique that surrounds the Patimkins. At the time, some Jewish lead- ers and parents, especially those that wanted to assimilate into American culture, balked at Goodbye, Columbus. The Jews in Roth’s stories were not depicted as beacons of good taste – as literary, educated, tasteful and well-disciplined rep- resentatives of the assimilated mainstream. Instead they were Philip Roth in his later years. either crass – like Neil’s Aunt Complaint, published 10 years sought to normalize and celebrate Gladys – or ostentatiously later, features a young Jewish it: Jews, just like everyone else, wealthy, like Brenda’s father. bachelor, Alexander Portnoy, who could want to have massive The rebukes were swift and is consumed with sexual longing continued on page 31 14 JEWISH WORLD • JUNE 15-21, 2018 A Critical Outsider’s Gaze How Philip Roth made a Jewish American writer of me By RUBY NAMDAR stayed in Israel and surrounded t was eighteen years ago, myself with its hermetic universe almost to the day, when I had of pride and heroism. Imy first taste of Philip Roth. I attribute to him the broaden- Growing up in Jerusalem in the ing of my cultural horizons and late 1970s and early 1980s, had I the flexing of the equation of my identity. Roth’s chutzpa was con- tagious, as was his irreverence, IN MEMORIAM the total artistic and personal free- gone to my school’s library and dom under which he operated. For asked for “Jewish Literature,” I me, his writing was not only would have most probably been inspiring, but also extremely lib- directed to the works of S. I. erating. He was the kind of author Agnon, the great master of mod- that we cannot aspire to emulate ern Hebrew literature, but most but may only sorely miss. certainly not to the works of Roth, Bellow, Malamud, and the other Ruby Namdar's novel, The great names of the 20th century Ruined House, won the Sapir Jewish American canon. Prize, Israel's top literary honor. Why? Because Zionism seemed It was published in English by to insist that all authentic mani- HarperCollins in November of festations of modern Judaism 2017. emanate from Israel. Diaspora Philip Roth, who died on May 22 at age 85 in Manhattan, wrote far-from-flattering but highly original novels marked by their Tabletmag.com Jews, according to its logic, were brutal honesty. there to provide material and political support, and we, sons ture he drew was far from flatter- and daughters of the old-new ing. Was it a pleasant discovery? homeland of the Jewish people, Not necessarily. Roth’s self-satire

Work by work, word by word, Roth modeled for me a trait that I always admired in writers and artists: brutal honesty.

were there to make meaning of all is beyond barbed; it’s sometimes Jewish life. poisoned. His attention to detail is Little did I expect, then, the at times borderline psychotic, as pleasant surprise I felt when I first is his brutal honesty about every picked up the dusty, yellow-jack- humiliating twist and turn of his eted copy of Portnoy’s Complaint mind, which is really ours. and felt the rush of vitality, talent, As an Israeli, a product of the and sheer audacity that gushed “New Jew” cultural mill, I often from its brittle, yellowing pages. felt very uncomfortable with “It’s a disgusting book!” some- Roth’s tendency towards the one warned me. And yes, it was, grotesque and the self-deprecat- but at the same time brilliant, ing. I did, however, realize that boundless, and desperately origi- this tendency to wallow in weak- nal. Nothing spoke of Jewish neu- ness, so frowned upon back home rosis, of mindful vulnerability and in Israel, was also a sign of the tragedy of the minority state strength. Work by work, word by of mind, like the obscene, phallo- word, Roth modeled for me a trait centric rants of Roth’s Portnoy, that I always admired in writers who verbalized himself into and artists: brutal honesty. oblivion while making some of the most heartbreakingly funny eading Roth’s literary gems and astute observations about the R— which included Portnoy’s perverse psycho-sexual reality of Complaint, the Zuckerman the American immigrant class. Trilogy, Operation Shylock, American Pastoral, and the chill- nd so it was through ingly prophetic The Human Stain APortnoy’s — sorry, through — has taught me an invaluable Roth’s — eyes that I also first saw lesson about being a modern my own Israeli tribe through a Jewish writer, a lesson that I critical outsider’s gaze. The pic- would have never learned had I JEWISH WORLD • JUNE 15-21, 2018 15 16 JEWISH WORLD • JUNE 15-21, 2018 When Protesters Cross A Line Pro-Israel groups pursue criminal aspects of disruptions By EDWIN BLACK California’s criminal code that sage group. The message urged Sarafian, confirmed that he felt Daily Bruin campus newspaper. isruptions of pro-Israel might apply to such conduct — not disruptors “to protest Students physically threatened “throughout Kang is a highly regarded legal events by some anti-Israel expert. The statement was clear: Dgroups continue to intensi- “the panelists and audience felt fy into physical aggression and silenced and intimidated. violence across campuses and even Thankfully, no one was physically hurt.” Drawing a distinction COMMENTARY between protest and intimidation, the chancellors asserted, “It is one into the community. As a result, thing to persuade through evidence Jewish and pro-Israel groups have and argument; it is quite another to started to explore the criminal interrupt with intimidation.” The aspects of such incidents. chancellors promised, “For those The invasion, disruption, and outsiders who disrupted the event, nose-to-nose intimidation of a we will refer all evidence of Students Supporting Israel [SSI] wrongdoing to local prosecutors to event at UCLA on May 17, was determine whether they have bro- one several red lines recently ken the law. For those who are crossed for pro-Israel groups and members of our own community, many in the human rights commu- clear transgressions of university nity. The small UCLA gathering, policy will also be addressed dubbed “Indigenous Peoples appropriately.” Unite,” brought Kurdish, Arm- enian, and Israeli individuals to t was not clear why UCLA stu- discuss their common bonds. Idents who potentially broke the Disruptors suddenly and loudly Protestors gather before a speaking engagement by conservative commentator Ben Shapiro on the University of California law would not receive the same Berkeley campus on September 14, 2017. stormed into the room mid-ses- referral to prosecutors as outsiders sion. One person grabbed a flag, as an exceptional response, as it Supporting Israel's ‘Indigenous the whole thing, from the begin- for the same conduct. Kang did not demonstratively pulled away a was for the 11 Muslim students Peoples Unite’ event happening ning to the end.” At one point respond to a request for clarifica- desk placard, and threateningly (known as the Irvine 11) who dis- this evening. We are going to shut when protestors were vehemently tion. cursed close to the face of a pan- rupted an Israeli diplomat’s speech it down.” banging on the doors, Sarafian At the same time the UCLA elist. With bullhorns, whistles, at UC Irvine in 2010, but as a new said, he felt “trapped.” chancellors were drafting their staged dancing, and slogan shout- rule of thumb in California. nterviews with students attend- On May 24, conscious of the statement, three UCLA law stu- ing, intimidation brought the event Title 11, Section 403, which Iing the SSI rally reveal that sev- potential criminal conduct which dents at the local chapter of the to a halt. concerns disruption of public eral felt intimidated and even had unfolded on their campus, two Louis D. Brandeis Center, a The May 17 UCLA incident hit meetings, reads: “Every person feared for their physical safety dur- UCLA chancellors, Jerry Kang Washington D.C.-based human a nerve among some Jewish lead- who, without authority of law, ing the disruption. For example, and Monroe Gorden, penned an rights organization, were penning ers. Previous Jewish and pro-Israel willfully disturbs or breaks up any one of the three panelists, SSI official denunciation of the inci- their own letter to UCLA responses have long focused on assembly or meeting that is not chapter president Hirmand dent which was published in the continued on page 27 formal requests for administrative unlawful in its character … is guilty of a misdemeanor.” This was the very statute used to successful- ly prosecute and convict the Irvine Interviews with 11, whose disruptions were mere shouts — much less severe than students attending the physical intimidation seen at UCLA. the SSI rally reveal Title 11, Sec. 415, which that several felt involves disturbing the peace, calls for not more than 90 days of jail intimidated and time for “any person who mali- ciously and willfully disturbs even feared for another person by loud and unrea- their physical sonable noise” and also “any per- son who uses offensive words in a safety during the public place which are inherently likely to provoke an immediate disruption. violent reaction.” The May 17 video documents that is what hap- pened in this case. Title 11, Section 182, a conspir- relief, petitions, and public state- acy statute, can be invoked when ments. Few of those efforts seem to “two or more persons conspire to have slowed the escalation of dis- commit any crime.” A digital mes- ruptive tactics. After the UCLA sage marked “urgent,” a screen event, several Jewish and pro- shot of which has been obtained by Israel groups began considering this reporter, was circulated via the responses based on Title 11 of “Arts & Activism Alliance” mes-

JEWISH WORLD • JUNE 15-21, 2018 17 Our People’s Super Power Unity on display during Yom Hazikaron is our most potent weapon BY ZACH HERSCHFUS tims of terror. Yom Hazikaron National Memorial Ceremony for The Israeli army sets out to playing sports, especially basket- he fourth of Iyar is the day starts at sundown when a siren, fallen soldiers takes place at Har make sure proper honor is given to ball. on the Hebrew calendar on heard across the country, is sound- Herzl, Israel’s military cemetery. all the brave soldiers who have sac- Raphael Mordechai served as an Twhich we commemorate ed for one minute. Everyone stops Friends and families gather at the rificed for the country and to bring officer in the same division of Yom Hazikaron, Israel’s Memorial what they are doing and stands for gravesides of their loved ones for comfort to their families. The army paratroopers I serve in today. He Day. On this day, the entire country a moment of silence to show the ceremony, and at 11 a.m. the fought in the War of Attrition of Israel mourns the loss of those respect for those who have fallen. siren sounds once again, this time against Egypt and was badly who have died as soldiers or as vic- The following morning, the for two minutes. FIRST PERSON injured when he was shot in the prepares with diligence and seri- stomach. He managed to recover ousness for this ceremony, just as from this injury and returned to they prepare for a mission. fight with his unit. He fell in battle Currently, enlisted soldiers are during the 1973 Yom Kippur War. carefully selected to stand by each When I arrived at the cemetery

After advanced training, which included a 35-mile hike in full gear, Herschfus earned his parachute-with-wings pin, and his unit commander gave him his own red paratrooper’s beret, a special honor.

of the graves at Har Herzl during and located Raphael Mordechai’s the ceremony. When the siren grave, I found there were about 20 wails, not one of our brave fallen people of various ages standing heroes is alone as there is a soldier around the grave, clearly having standing at attention at each grave- their family moment with their side. departed. I was hesitant to approach and introduce myself, as ach soldier assigned to a grave my initial thought was that I didn’t Elearns about the person whose belong there, that I should be giv- Although my mission on Har Herzl was not one that involved patrols or checkpoints, it was definitely my most meaningful and important mission.

grave they are assigned to. I was ing the family their privacy to assigned the name Raphael mourn their loss. Mordechai. I learned that Raphael My commanding officer encour- Mordechai immigrated with his aged me to introduce myself. I family to Israel from Baghdad. He slowly made my way toward the lived in the northern part of Israel grave and wiggled my way through and, as a teenager, served as a the family members to the eldest leader in Bnei Akiva and other man at the graveside, who I youth organizations. He enjoyed continued on page 31 18 JEWISH WORLD • JUNE 15-21, 2019 serve in the army and therefore Established in 2002 — when ment,” Shelach says. “These are programming and computer Gap lack the work experience and there were only four Ethiopian- talented, experienced people who science for Arab-Israelis, Ethi- social network that many Israeli Israelis working in the high-tech only need to refresh their skills.” opians, people with disabilities, continued from page 13 soldiers gain by serving in techno- field – Tech-Career now boasts Infinity Labs R&D, another Haredim, and other marginalized n 2013, two students in the logical units. So Massalha did a hundreds of graduates and plans program retraining high-tech populations between ages 25 and IHaredi men’s track founded the lot of networking at high-tech to build a new headquarters in workers, was launched by Matrix, 30, in collaboration with JDC- WishTrip travelers’ app. JCT hubs in Jerusalem. Lod. Director Takele Mekonen Israel’s largest software house, in Tevet and the private college IDC houses the startup, which now “You need to go the extra mile,” reports that less than four months 2014. Infinity has graduated about Herzliya (IDC). Graduates who employs 25 graduates. he says. “I had a lot of friends in after the completion of Tech- 450 people and currently has 150 integrate into high-tech for a year The business partners came to will be entitled to continue on for JCT from full-time Talmudic an undergraduate degree at IDC. studies in their late 20s because Israel also has programs that they wanted to better provide for prepare citizens with disabilities their growing families even to fill high-tech positions. though it meant learning English The SHEKEL organization for and math from scratch. the inclusion of people with dis- “We are so very grateful to abilities runs employment pro- Stuart and JCT for giving us this grams for high-functioning peo- opportunity,” cofounder Bezalel ple on the autism spectrum. Lenzizky says – in English. Among other Israeli programs ne of these programs teach- integrating the ultra-Orthodox Oes individuals with keen into high-tech are KamaTech, visual perception how to analyze which supports startup entrepre- video clips from roads across the neurs; and Temech for Haredi world for Mobileye, the women. Jerusalem-based computer-vision According to a 2017 Israeli giant that makes driver-assis- Innovation Authority report, tance systems. approximately 270,000 Israelis This groundbreaking partner- work in high-tech. Arab-Israelis ship, begun two years ago, marks Infinity Labs trains workers for advanced-level high-tech positions. compose just three percent of that the first employment program for sector. A variety of governmental, the high-tech community and they Career’s latest courses in Web and students at its Ramat Gan and people on the autism spectrum in philanthropic, corporate, and aca- helped me send around my CV.” Java full-stack development, grad- Haifa locations. Israel’s corporate high-tech sec- demic programs aim to raise that uates received job offers from About two-thirds of Infinity’s tor. Graduates of the eight-month number to 20 percent, reflecting ridlender says the percentage Oracle, AT&T, Intel, the Ministry students hold college degrees in course become full-fledged their proportion in the general Fof HAC graduates working in of Foreign Affairs, Briefcam, STEM subjects but aren’t quali- Mobileye employees. population. their field of study actually is the Smarti, and Checkmark. fied for more than entry-level Jonathan Trauner, 26, is in the Hebrew proficiency is one hur- same (85 percent) for Jews and “Two graduates have just high-tech positions. The rest current training cohort. dle in reaching this goal, says Arabs. Arabs make up about 19 signed contracts at Orbotech and come from unrelated fields — “I can’t tell you how terrific it Prof. Bertold Fridlender, presi- rabbi, veterinarian, lawyer, and is to be part of this project. It has dent of Hadassah Academic farmer, for instance. taught me to be proficient and College in Jerusalem, which On average, high-tech wages are “We’re now looking at a few dedicated through effort,” he offers pre-academic programs for great people with no higher says. “I enjoy the work immense- Arab, Haredi, and other disadvan- 50 percent higher than in other degree whatsoever, including ly; it is so rewarding. You can taged students. minority and periphery popula- grow up with adversity, such as Next year, HAC will implement Israeli professions. tions,” Infinity co-CEO and Aspergers, and use it to be the a mandatory Hebrew class as part founder Steven Harari says.“No best you can be.” of the first-year studies for Arab matter what they learned previ- Avi Hershkovitz, Mobileye QA students who don’t need an extra percent of the 4,000-student pop- Bynet. IBM, a company that has ously, we train them to be excel- team leader, says the project was year of pre-academic Hebrew, ulation. long provided guidance and men- lent developers capable of adapt- developed at first in order to help enabling them to graduate faster. “Our career center helps all our torship, has hired its first Tech- ing quickly to new technologies.” the community and eventually students find jobs, and we have an Career graduate,” Mekonen said. became an inseparable part of oftware developer Musmar Arab-speaking adviser, an alumna nfinity’s intensive seven-month Mobileye. SWalaa was one of many stu- of our college, working there to ech-Career continually adds Iprogram provides 1,800 to “We have reached a situation dents from Nazareth to study help close the cultural gap for job- Tcourses on skills demanded in 2,000 hours of mentor-led train- in which the SHEKEL team computer science at HAC on a full seekers,” Fridlender says. the market, including Android ing equaling more than two years helps us a lot in the daily work scholarship. He says he struggled Nonprofit organizations, such applications, data security, and of work experience, Harari says. and manages to improve the per- the first year to get his Hebrew up as Tsofen, also work with the quality assurance. A new software “Customers visit us two formance of the system,” he says. to par, but now he communicates Israeli government to integrate development course is planned in months before students finish “We have already decided to easily with coworkers – first at more Arabs into the high-tech partnership with the Israel training, find the person they keep growing and hiring more Intel and now at NICE Actimize. sector, mainly in the north. Sadel Innovation Authority. want, and tell us what they’ll people to the SHEKEL team not Muhammad Massalha, 24, also Technology is providing high- Sigal Shelach, CEO of JDC- need to know on the job.” only because we are satisfied earned a degree in computer sci- tech jobs to Bedouin Arabs in the Tevet and deputy director of JDC Participants receive a small with the team’s work and the ence at HAC. He did full-stack south. Israel, says the partnership is stipend during the program and cooperation with SHEKEL, but software development at HP for Several Israeli institutions of piloting a new program in cooper- then become Infinity employees also because it is important for us 18 months and now works at a higher learning, including HAC, ation with the Technion-Israel at one of 120-plus partner corpo- to build a large enough team in four-person startup in Caesarea. “I JCT, and Ono Academic College, Institute of Technology, retraining rations doing jobs normally order to meet the broader am part of the team and a stake- offer subsidized pre-academic and and upskilling 45- to 75-year-old requiring a computer-science demands and needs of Mobileye holder, too,” he says. academic programs for Ethiopian- engineers from the high-tech degree and several years of expe- in its race for the autonomous It wasn’t easy getting that first Israelis, many of whom come industry to fill freelance positions rience. After two years they may vehicle.” job, he adds, not because of preju- from low-income families. in domestic and overseas compa- be employed directly. dice (“Big companies don’t look Specifically focusing on prepar- nies. The Labor and Social Services Abigail Klein-Leichman is a at Arabs and Jews, just at grades ing them for high-tech jobs is the “People of this age find it diffi- Ministry recently launched We writer and associate editor at and expertise”), but because non-governmental organization cult to get into new fields or con- Code, a free eight-month training Israel21C. Arab-Israelis generally don’t Tech-Career. tinue working past forced retire- and job placement program in Israel21C JEWISH WORLD • JUNE 15-21, 2018 19 a rising clamor among Jewish and in the war to save the Jews” is con- States and the Nazi Holocaust is cut role" in helping refugees. He hails FDR refugee advocacy groups. That’s tradicted by the fact that the presi- from the same cloth as Erbelding’s its efforts on behalf of "political why Roosevelt, who was against dent and the rest of his administra- Rescue Board. They thank and prisoners, protesting the deporta- continued from page 4 rescue before he was for it, sudden- tion obstructed or ignored much of praise one another, he cites her tion of suspected communists, and the State Department had been sup- ly reversed himself and created the the board’s work. unpublished research, and he shares countering the spread of U.S. impe- pressing news about the mass mur- War Refugee Board through an The State and War Departments her determination to justify Pres- rialism” (hardly relevant to his der and blocking rescue opportuni- executive order. According to often refused to cooperate with the ident Roosevelt's meager response book), yet does not mention the ties. They persuaded Treasury Erbelding, the president’s action board’s efforts. The president gave to the Holocaust. mass defections of its Jewish mem- Secretary Henry Morgenthau, Jr. to was “altruistic”—not a motive the board only token funding; 90 bers in 1938 after the League confront the president with a plea to commonly found among seasoned percent of its budget was provided rachtenberg favors the “yes, refused to denounce Hitler’s perse- create a rescue agency before politicians. by private Jewish organizations. Tbut” technique. Yes, FDR cution of Jews, for fear it would be Congress embarrassed him by pass- (Erbelding does not mention that turned away boatloads of refugees, suspected of encouraging war ing the resolution. hat the board achieved in its against Germany. Erbelding acknowledges this W15-month existence was Trachtenberg, like Erbelding, sequence of events but cannot remarkable. By financing the hid- According to Erbelding, the president’s views the history of the Holocaust imagine the president’s positive ing of Jews and the bribing of action was “altruistic” — not a motive as a basis for taking specific posi- response to Morgenthau reflected Nazis, moving Jewish refugees out tions on contemporary political and anything but the purest of motives. of the way of the retreating German commonly found among seasoned social issues. The Trump adminis- FDR “needed no convincing" from armies, and sponsoring Raoul tration has “instituted mass depor- his Treasury secretary, she claims. Wallenberg’s rescue mission in politicians. tations of people from Mexico,” In fact, he needed quite a bit of occupied Budapest, the board and “Latinos, Muslims and Middle convincing, in the form of a loom- played a major role in saving some unflattering statistic.) The board's but he "acted entirely in accordance Easterners, African Americans and ing full Senate vote that would 200,000 Jews, mainstream histori- proposals for U.S. government res- with the prevailing sentiment in the undocumented persons” in the show him up on the rescue issue, a ans estimate. Erbelding’s descrip- cue actions — from bombing United States," Trachtenberg United States are all “facing rising potential election-year scandal over tion of this work as “Franklin D. Auschwitz to creating temporary asserts. Yes, the administration violence,” Trachtenberg writes. His the State Department’s actions, and Roosevelt’s little-known effort late refugee havens in the United States rejected requests to bomb solution? Jews should cease “per- — were frequently rejected, Auschwitz, but it was “only in the petuating a narrative of Jewish watered down, or stalled. beginning of 1944” that U.S. planes exceptionalism” and instead “link Unfortunately, Rescue Board fails were able to reach the death camp. their fate to that of other oppressed to adequately explain the shabby (Meaning “only” 800,000 peoples,” so that “nativism and treatment that the board suffered. Hungarian Jewish lives were at racial hatred can be consigned to Erbelding does her best to pour stake.) the margins of society.” cold water on the notion that And yes, Roosevelt suppressed Auschwitz or the railways leading Jewish immigration below the lev- he notion that Jews should to it should have been bombed. She els allowed by law—but it was Tsubmerge their particular con- accomplishes this by reporting the "unlikely" that "there were suffi- cerns among those of the War Department’s disingenuous cient numbers of Jews seeking to “oppressed” masses is hardly rejections of the bombing proposal leave Germany for the United novel. The Roosevelt administra- as if they were factual and reason- States to fill the quota" in 1933- tion likewise sought to obscure the able. The department claimed it had 1935, anyway. In fact, more than mass murder of the Jews by lump- conducted a feasibility study, which 100,000 Jews fled Germany in ing it together with the suffering of found that such an operation would those years — more than enough to other groups. In an episode require “diverting” planes from bat- fill the quota, had FDR permitted it that neither Erbelding nor tles elsewhere in Europe. Erbelding — and surely many more would Trachtenberg mention, Allied for- neglects to mention that no such have left if they had a place to go. eign minsters meeting in Moscow study was actually undertaken (a Trachtenberg paints a portrait of in October 1943 threatened post- fact that historians established long an America neatly divided between war punishment for Nazi war ago). She fails to explain that the the good guys — FDR, Democrats, crimes against “French, Dutch, “diversion” argument, too, was a intellectuals, minorities—and every- Belgian or Norwegian host- lie: U.S. planes were already in the one else, who were hopelessly racist ages…Cretan peasants…the peo- vicinity, bombing German oil facto- and reactionary. Facts that reflect ple of Poland” — but not Jews. ries less than five miles from the poorly on the good guys are mini- Similarly, President Roosevelt did Auschwitz gas chambers. At least mized or omitted. For example, not mention Jews in his 1944 mes- Erbelding is consistent—she Trachtenberg writes a good deal sage commemorating the first recently declared her opposition to about the 1943 Zoot Suit riots anniversary of the Jewish revolt any U.S. bombing of Syrian chemi- against Mexican-Americans but against the Nazis in the Warsaw cal weapons sites. does not mention President Roose- Ghetto. She even rationalizes the nearly velt’s refusal to say anything Acknowledging the Jews were five-week delay in publishing a against the rioters. He cites the being singled out for persecution White House statement threatening Nazis' euthanizing of the disabled, and death might have increased the to punish those who collaborated in yet he does not mention that the pressure to rescue them. That was Nazi atrocities. The delay "ended Roosevelt administration knew of precisely what was wrong with up being fortuitous," Erbelding the euthanasia policy and remained FDR’s policy, and why rescue claims, because in the meantime, silent. advocates pressed for the creation "Nazi Germany invaded Hungary." of the War Refugee Board in the Sure, the delays left more Jews in DR is not the only character in first place. Now, ironically, these lethal danger, but at least the optics Fthe story who gets a pass two authors have chosen to excuse, were better for the White House. It by virtue of belonging to Trach- or even align themselves with, does not seem to have occurred to tenberg's pantheon of political some of the very arguments and Erbelding that the president could favorites. Consider the pacifist policies of those who abandoned have issued an initial statement Women's International League for the Jews. when the board requested it, and Peace and Freedom, which then issued another one when the Trachtenberg plucks from obscurity Dr. Rafael Medoff is founding crisis in Hungary began. as an example of overlooked pro- director of The David S. Wyman Barry Trachtenberg's The United gressives who "played a significant Institute for Holocaust Studies. 20 JEWISH WORLD • JUNE 15-21, 2018 trillion cubic feet) of natural gas, is parliament. In short, the so-called oble’s latest achievement is since taken root — was bombed Texan scheduled to go online before the Sheshinski Law — named for the Nthe $15 billion agreement numerous times in the wake of the end of next year. (Noble holds a 25 committee’s head — raised taxes signed in February to supply an 2011 Arab Spring uprising. The continued from page 5 percent share in the Tamar field, on gas companies’ profits from a Egyptian consortium with 64 bil- offshore reservoirs, in general, are bigger-here Houston, its origin is developed at a cost of about $3 bil- rate of 33% to a total government lion cubic meters (2.6 trillion cubic prime targets for the Jewish state’s in humble Ardmore, the birthplace lion, which began supplying Israel take, depending on various factors, feet) of natural gas over a decade. enemies, including Hamas in the of founder Lloyd Noble. with natural gas in 2013, compared approaching 62%. “In Egypt, there is an under- Gaza Strip and Hizbullah in In the mid-1990s, Israel’s Delek to a 39.66% stake in Leviathan, a standing for some time now of the Lebanon, the latter of which has Group began seeking an interna- project that required an investment he first one through the tremendous growth in demand [for publicly threatened to attack the tional partner to support its off- of about $4 billion to advance.) “Tdoor is going to face the energy],” Elliott said. “It is a coun- installations in a future war. shore explorations. But the Leviathan reservoir, not most challenges,” Zomer said in try of some 100 million people that unlike the biblical sea monster for reference to the political and eco- is expanding at 2.5 percent per e’ve been in the region hey sent a guy to Texas “W[for two decades] and in “Twho cold-called a bunch of every place in the world that you energy companies,” recounted Bini work in there are different obsta- Zomer, Noble Energy’s vice presi- cles that you learn to address and dent for regional affairs. “Noble cope with,” Elliott responded when was called Samedan at the time, so asked about Israel’s precarious it wasn’t a matter of getting to ‘N’ security. “Since we first started in the phonebook, you had to get to producing gas in 2004 we have not ‘S.’ Irrespective, [the Delek repre- had a single interruption in the sentative] initially received an flow because of any sort of safety unequivocal ‘no.'” issue. It is a reflection of our adap- Much smaller then, Noble had tiveness and ability to continue to little if any international opera- do business in the face of uncer- tions, according to Zomer. tainties, whatever form they take. Nevertheless, after learning more And I don’t expect this to change about the opportunity in Israel, “an moving forward.” executive at the head office came While the discoveries will have in one day and said, ‘you know broad regional implications, there what, this looks like something is no denying, nor overlooking, the someone needs to drill’.” benefits to Israel itself, where With that, a partnership was Noble employs some 200 people. forged and, in 1999, Noble Energy For example, the central bank fore- (the company name, assumed in casts the state will generate almost 2002, derives from Noble $20 billion in taxes and royalties Affiliates, a holding company for from the Tamar and Leviathan Samedan in the 1970s) made its An Israeli flag is prominently displayed on a platform located at the Tamar natural gas field in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. fields over their lifespans, a figure first small, non-commercially- that does not include savings asso- viable natural gas discovery in which it is named, could just as nomic uncertainty that impeded year, and it has one of the lowest ciated with shifting from the con- Israeli territorial waters, a field that easily have remained undiscovered Noble’s development. “Taking a per capita densities of electricity sumption of more expensive fuels was, quite appropriately, named beneath the waters. step back, though, what we had usage of any nation in the region. to natural gas. To this end, the Noa (itself a derivative of the name “The oil and gas business is were huge discoveries in a country So there has been a recognition on Israeli Energy Ministry estimates Noah, the first of whom is relative- the part of both the government that between 2013, when the ly well-known for exploring and commercial entities that power Tamar field began supplying prod- uncharted waters). While the discoveries will have broad in the form of clean and affordable uct to the Israel Electric One year later, Mari B — or energy is essential to fuel the pop- Corporation, and the end of 2016, Yam Tethys, as it is known locally regional implications, there is no ulation and economy.” Jerusalem saved nearly $9 billion — was discovered, its approxi- denying, nor overlooking, Zomer described the pact as a in energy costs. mately 25 billion cubic meters “milestone” and commended all Nor does this incorporate the (882 billion cubic feet) of natural the benefits to Israel itself. parties involved, primarily Egypt’s ancillary benefits, many of which gas having essentially created the Dolphinus, with which the agree- can also be quantified. According marketplace in Israel. inherently risky,” Zomer stressed. that never expected any. The gov- ment was formally contracted. to Israel’s Ministry of Then, in January 2009, things “There are exploration risks and ernment was trying to play catch- “The Egyptians have been consis- Environmental Protection, carbon changed dramatically with the dis- market risks, but in Israel we also up and was changing the rules at tent throughout this process even dioxide emissions have decreased covery of the Tamar field, which, faced regulatory risks, which actu- the same time as our company and following their own big [natural by 48% since the Tamar field went in retrospect, marks the beginning ally went too far. We were not partners had to invest billions of gas] discovery at Zohr [estimated online five years ago. Overall, the of a modern-day energy revolution going to move forward until the dollars, and that caused a lot of at 850 billion cubic meters/30 tril- government has saved an estimated in the Middle East that is gaining government created an investment friction.” lion cubic feet in place],” he main- $2.5 billion in air pollution-related steam. Located roughly 50 miles climate [that was stable].” Since then, the impact of tained. “Whereas [in Israel] you costs. west off the coast of the northern In this respect, Jerusalem for Noble’s discoveries have reverber- would hear certain politicians who Israeli city of Haifa, Tamar’s many years was unable to agree on ated throughout the region, with are against exports or trying to stop he current projections also do reserves, totaling some 320 billion a legal framework for the natural the corporation in 2014 having these projects say that Egypt does- Tnot factor in future discover- cubic meters (11 trillion cubic gas industry. Torn between the signed its first cross-border deal to n’t need Israeli gas anymore ies, which, in Elliott’s estimation, feet), at the time represented the political right and left, pro-market supply Jordan with $500 million of because it has its own, the are a near-certainty. largest-ever natural gas find in the and statist, lobbyists and protest- product from Tamar (which started Egyptians, [by contrast], always “If you look at the broader area, Levant basin of the eastern ers, Prime Minister Binyamin flowing to the Jordanian side of the said at the highest levels ‘we need the best independent studies show Mediterranean Sea. Netanyahu at the turn of the Dead Sea in January 2017). In Israeli gas and we want Israeli that there are [3.5 trillion cubic decade oversaw the creation of a September 2016, the company and gas.'” meters] of gas in total and, to date, ess than two years later, how- committee tasked with devising a its partners forged a 15-year, $10 The transaction with Egypt will there has been a little less than half Lever, it was relegated to sec- new taxation regime. billion accord with the Jordan not come without challenges, espe- of that discovered. This is an ond place, with Noble revealing an Finally, in 2011, the commission National Electric Power Company cially when considering that the emerging hydrocarbon basin and it even larger discovery 30 miles fur- presented its recommendations, for 45 billion cubic meters (1.6 tril- pipeline once carrying gas to Israel is much like the experience we ther west: Leviathan, which con- which later that year formed the lion cubic feet) of natural gas from through the Sinai Peninsula — have had in other parts of the tains 620 billion cubic meters (22 basis of a bill passed by the Israeli the Leviathan field. where an Islamic State affiliate has continued on page 28 JEWISH WORLD • JUNE 15-21, 2018 21 COMMUNITY CALENDAR

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For more infor- Chabad Jewish Center holds a class, “A Dose EMPANADAS: The Museum at Eldridge Library Avenue. For further information, during the following hours: Monday and mation, call (516) 682-0404 of Torah,” Sundays, 11 a.m., year-round. The Street sponsors its Egg Rolls, Egg Creams call (718) 289-2102 or email R&R@park- Tuesday, 3 p.m.- 5 p.m.; Wednesday, 6 p.m.- and Empanadas Festival, June 17, noon-4 8 p.m., Thursday and Friday, 3 p.m.- BUCKMINISTER FULLER: Guild Hall Chabad is located at 214 Hill Street. For erinstitute.org. p.m. a celebration of the Lower East Side 5 p.m.; and Sunday, noon-2 p.m. The library presents a documentary, The Love Song of information, call (631) 287-2249 or visit cultures of Puerto Rican, Chinese and ARCHAEOLOGICAL MONDAYS: The is located at 7 Library Avenue. For more R. Buckminster Fuller, June 16, 8 p.m., at southamptonjewishcenter.com. Jewish, at 12 Eldridge Street. For more infor- Jewish Museum offers Archaeological info, call (631) 288-3335, ext. 4 or visit 158 Main Street, East Hampton. For more NA’ALEH WOMEN’S ENSEMBLE: The mation, visit www.eldridgestreet.org. Mondays, 3 p.m.-5 p.m., for ages 3-10, for www.westhamptonlibrary.net. information, visit www.GuildHall.org. Na’aleh Women’s Ensemble presents simulated archaeological digs that highlight FRENCH CONVERSATION GROUP: HE WAILERS: Members of the legendary “Spring into Summer with Jewish Music” SUNDAY AFTERNOON CHESS: East replicas from ancient to modern times in a The Hampton Library offers a French Con- Wailers band will perform at the Suffolk June 10, 4 p.m., at Temple Israel of Great Hampton Library offers Sunday Afternoon hands on experience. The museum is locat- Neck, 108 Old Mill Road. Na’aleh sings in Chess, 2 p.m.-4 p.m., for ages 10 and up. The ed at 1109 Fifth Avenue. For more infor- versation Group with Cecile Graffin Smith., Theater, June 16, 8 p.m., at 118 East Main Tuesdays, 4 p.m.-5 p.m. The library is locat- Street, Riverhead. For more information, Hebrew, English, Ladino and Yiddish. For library is located at 159 Main Street. For mation, visit www.thejewishmuseum.org. more information, visit www.tign.org. information, call (631) 324-0222 or visit ed at 2478 Main Street, Bridgehampton. For visit www.suffolktheater.com. NUCLEAR CRISIS IN NORTH www.easthamptonlibrary.org. more information, call (631) 537-0015 or LIFE DRAWING CLASS: The Parrish Art KOREA: The Rogers Memorial Library visit www.hamptonlibrary.org. Sunday, June 17 Museum offers a five-session Life Drawing SUNDAY NIGHT BASKETBALL: The presents “Nuclear Crisis in North Korea: A Class, Mondays, June 4-July 2, 11 a.m.-1 Port Washington Chabad offers Men’s History,” with Michael A. Barnhart, Ph.D., CITIZEN PREPARATION CLASS: The East Hampton Public Library offers a WOMEN’S TEHILLIM CIRCLE: The p.m., with Linda Capello, at 279 Montauk Sunday Night Basketball, 8:30 p.m., at 80 June 18, 5:30 p.m., at 91 Coopers Farm Hampton Synagogue offers a Women’s Highway, Water Mill. For more information, Shore Road. For more information, visit Road, Southampton. For more info, call Citizen Preparation class, Tuesdays, 5:30

22 JEWISH WORLD • JUNE 15-21, 2018 more information, visit www.thejewish- museum.org BROOKHAVEN TOWN FARMERS MARKET: The Brookhaven Town Farmers Market is open every Thursday, 2 p.m.- 6 p.m., at Town Hall, One Independence Hill, Farmingville. For LONG ISLAND MANHATTAN more information, call (631) 451-TOWN, or visit www.brookhavenny.gov.

Friday, June 22

A JEWISH JOURNEY BETWEEN GENDERS: The Jewish Center of the Hamptons hosts Joy Ladin as Shabbat Speaker, June 22-23. Laden is Gottesman Chair of English at Yeshiva University, the first openly transgender employee of an Orthodox Jewish Institution. Her memoir, Through the Door of Life: A Jewish Journey Between Genders, was a finalist for the Jewish Book Award. The center is located at 44 Woods Lane, East Hampton. HERSHTIK SINGS ROSENBLATT: At Since 1890 Also Available Party Size Knishes OKS The Hampton Synagogue’s Shabbat serv- • We Ship Throughout the U.S.• ices June 22-23, Cantor Netanel Hershtik Wholesale to Stores Available commemorates the 85th anniversary Outside NYC, Call Toll Free 877-KNISHES Yahrzeit of Cantor Yossele Rosenblatt, 137 E. Houston Street, Lower East Side accompanied by the synagogue’s choir (212) 477-2858 and conducted by Izchak Haimov. The www.knishery.com synagogue is located at 154 Sunset Avenue, Westhampton Beach. For more information, call (631) 288-0534, or visit BROOKLYN www.thehamptonsynagogue.com. SHABBAT UNDER THE STARS: Temple Beth David offers “Celebrate p.m.-6:45 p.m. at 159 Main Street. For a.m.-11 a.m., at Congregation Ohav Sholom Shabbat Under the Stars,” with music, June more information, call (631) 324-0222, or 145 South Merrick Avenue. It also will be 22, at 100 Hauppaugue Road, Commack. visit www.easthamptonlibrary.org. held on five Thursdays, June 21-July 19, For more information, call (631) 499-0915, 10:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. at the Friedberg JCC, ext. 310. GREAT WHITE SHARKS: The Suffolk 15 Neil Court Oceanside. For more informa- Y JCC offers “Great White Sharks-Adult tion, visit www.friedbergjcc.org TICK BORNE DISEASES: The Swim Team,” swim training by a USCA cer- Westhampton Free Library presents a pro- tified coach, Tuesdays, 6 p.m.-7 p.m., and SPEAK HEBREW: Sag Harbor’s Temple gram on “Tick Borne Diseases,” June 22, Thursdays, 8 p.m.-9 p.m. The Y is located at Adas Israel offers ongoing Hebrew noon, with Rebecca Young, RN, BSN, a 74 Hauppauge Road, Commack. For more Conversation Wednesdays, 5:30 p.m., and member of the Medical Advisory Panel of information, call (631) 462-9800 or visit Advanced Hebrew every other Sunday, 3:30 Stony Brook Southampton Hospital’s www.suffolkyjcc.org. p.m. The temple is located at the corner of Regional Tick-Borne Disease Resource Elizabeth Street and Atlantic Avenue. For Center. The library is located at 7 Library WEALTHY WOMAN WITHIN: Brook- more information, call (631) 725-0904 or Westhampton. For more information, call haven Town offers a free workshop, Wealthy visit www.templeadasisrael.org. (631) 288-3335, or visit www.westhamp- Woman Within, 6 p.m.-9 p.m., a financial tonlibrary.net. goals workshop, at Town Hall, One SPORTS CIRCLE: As part of its ESTIHANA 1217 Avenue J, (E.12-13 St.) Friendship Circle for teens, the Chabad of Brooklyn, N.Y. Independence Hill, Farmingville. For more Saturday, June 23 information,visit www.brookhaventown.org. Great Neck holds a Sports Circle, Wednesdays, 6:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m., at Young Asian Bistro (718) 677-1515 SAVE THE BAY OYSTER FLING: The Israel of Great Neck, 236 Middle Neck Wednesday, June 20 Moriches Bay Project’s 4th Annual Save Road. For more information, visit Sup. Kehila Kashrut Fax (718) 677-9052 the Bay Oyster Fling takes place June 23, www.chabadgn.com. and Vaad Harabanim of Flatbush LAWS OF BRACHOT: Rabbi Lichter 7 p.m.-10 p.m., at the Westhampton leads a class in the Laws of Brachot SCHOOL BULLYING AND SAFETY: Village Marine, 1 Library Avenue. For Wednesdays, 8:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m., at the The Manetto Hill Jewish Center hosts a more information, visit www.moriches- 6900 or visit www.parkeastsynagogue.org. program is for Holocaust survivors and bayproject.org. Great Neck Synagogue’s Braun Youth School Bullying and Safety Program, June includes health monitoring, group therapy, Center. The synagogue is located at 26 Old 20, 7 p.m. The event is co-sponsored by the WOMEN’S CHUMASH CLASS: The counseling and crisis intervention. For more CONCERT UNDER THE STARS: The Mill Road. For more information, visit Good Shepherd Lutheran Church of Great Neck Synagogue offers a Women’s information, call (516) 569-6733, ext. 210. Custer Institute and Observatory offers a www.gns.org. Plainview. The center is located at 244 Chumash Class given by Rabbi Polakoff, Concert Under the Stars, June 23, 7:30 Manetto Hill Road, Plainview. For more Thursdays, 9:15 a.m.-10:30 a.m. The syna- ROOF TOP BBQ: The Sutton Place p.m., with Robert Bruey and Izzy Doroski, ISRAELI DANCE: Marion & Aaron information, call (516) 935-5454, or visit gogue is located at 26 Old Mill Road. Synagogue holds its “Welcome Summer followed by public stargazing until mid- Gural JCC offers Israeli Dance, www.manettohilljc.org. For more information, call (516) 487-6100 Rooftop Barbecue,” June 21, 6 p.m., at 225 night with the institute’s many telescopes, Wednesdays, 10 a.m.-noon, with Danny or visit www.gns.org. East 51stStreet. For more information, visit at 1115 Main Bayview Road, Southold. Uziel. The event takes place at 207 Grove BRIDGE AT SHELTER ROCK: The www.spsnyc.org. For more information, visit www.custer- YOGA FOR WOMEN: The Marion and Avenue, Cedarhurst. For more information, Shelter Rock Jewish Center offers ACBL- observatory.org. call (516) 569-6733, ext. 22. sanctioned bridge every Wednesday, 7 p.m., Aaron Gural JCC offers Yoga for Women THE LIBERATORS: The Museum of and Sunday, 12:30 p.m. The center is located with Miriam Abrahams, Thursdays, 9:30 Jewish Heritage screens The Liberators: THE PITCHFORKS: The Westhampton JEWISH SENIORS CLUB: The South- Beach Performing Arts Center hosts the at 272 Shelter Rock Road, Roslyn. For more a.m.-10:30 a.m. Sessions are $20 each. The Why We Fought, June 21, 6:30 p.m., the ampton Chabad Jewish Center’s Seniors Pitchforks, Duke University’s a cappella information, call (516) 741-0802 or visit JCC is located at 207 Grove Avenue, story of the American soldiers who fought Club is held every Wednesday, 10:30 a.m.- group, June 23, 8 p.m., at 76 Main Street. www.srjc.org. Cedarhurst. For more information and to reg- across Germany and liberated Dachau. 1:00 p.m., with a kosher-catered lunch at the ister, call (516) 569-6733, ext. 222 or email There will be testimony from Holocaust For more information, visit www.whb- Chabad, located at 214 Hill Street. For more CHESS AT MAIN: The Main Branch of [email protected]. survivor Ben Lesser, who is featured in the pac.org.e information, call (631) 287-2249 or visit the Great Neck Public Library offers “Chess film. For more information, visit AQUATIC WELLNESS AND CANCER COLIN QUINN @BAY STREET: www.southamptonjewishcenter.com. on Main,” Wednesday, 12:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m. www.mjhnyc.org. CARE: The JCC of Manhattan offers the Comedian Colin Quinn, of Broadway and All skill levels are welcome. The library is PATHWAYS TO THE SOUL: The Chabad continuing free program, Ai Chi: Flowing BOKWA FITNESS: Netflix, comes to the Bay Street Theater located at 159 Bayview Avenue, Great Neck. The Shelter Rock of the West Side presents a weekly Tanya Aquatic Energy Program For Women Living Jewish Center holds a Bokwa Fitness class, June 23, 8 p.m. to present his new show, For more information, visit www.greatneck- One In Every Crowd. The theater is on the Class for women, “Pathways to the Soul,” With Cancer, Thursdays, 9:30 a.m.-10:30 Thursdays, 7 p.m.-8 p.m. The Center’s publiclibrary.org. Long Wharf, Sag Harbor. For more infor- Wednesdays, 10:45 a.m.-11:30 a.m., with a.m. co-sponsored by BreastLink NY. The address is 72 Shelter Rock Road, Roslyn. mation, visit www.baystreet.org. Rabbi Shlomo Kugel, at a private residence. Thursday, June 21 JCC is located at 334 Amsterdam Avenue. Bokwa is a new type of dance/exercise Email [email protected] to attend. For more information, visit www.jccmanhat- workout. For more information, visit MINHAJ @GUILD HALL: Guild Hall tan.org. hosts comedian and actor Hasan Minhaj, LOSS OF SPOUSE BEREAVEMENT TORAH TALKS: Park East Synagogue www.srjc.org. June 23, 8 p.m., at 158 Main Street, East GROUP: The Friedberg JCC’s Loss and offers Torah Talks with Rabbi Einsidler on FIVE TOWNS CHAVERIM GROUP: MUSEUM COMEDY NIGHT: The Hampton. For more information, visit Healing Center offers a five-week session Thursdays, 8:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m. The syna- The Marion and Aaron Gural JCC offers a Jewish Museum “It Belongs In a Museum: gogue is located at 163 East 67th www.GuildHall.org. Bereavement Group for those who have lost Chaverim Group Thursdays, 10:30 a.m.-1 Comedy Night,” June 21, 8 p.m., with Josh continued on page 31 a spouse, Wednesdays, June 20-July 25, 10 Street. For more information, call (212) 737- p.m., at 207 Grove Avenue, Cedarhurst. This Gondelman, at 1109 Fifth Avenue. For

JEWISH WORLD • JUNE 15-21, 2018 23 Limited Edition Kippot Brazilian artist creates wearable art to aid Chabad By CHABAD STAFF or Romero Britto, creating art is about creating commu- Fnity. And when the famed Brazilian artist, whose colorful creations can be found around the REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK world, partnered with Chabad- Lubavitch at Midtown Miami to create a limited edition kippah, it was an opportunity to add another brick to the growing community in Photo: Daniel Arauz his own backyard. It was artist Romero Britto’s own idea to create limited edition kippot, every one of Chabad supporter Dror Zadok, left, with artist Romero Britto and Rabbi Shmuel which he personally signed. Gopin. “My inspiration is love, people, humanity, family, togetherness, Pablo Picasso, before coming to the and the Museum of Modern Art in Now, Chabad of Midtown finds Edgewater and Midtown Miami are compassion, and empathy,” Britto United States and joining the coun- New York. Britto has become itself among the organizations among Florida’s fastest growing says. “It’s all of these beautiful try’s flourishing pop-art movement. famous for creating art on unlikely Britto believes share a message areas with a new high rise seeming- feelings that bring people togeth- with his art. ly joining the skyline monthly. er.” It was the artist’s own idea to cre- As a child growing up in a large Chabad of Midtown finds itself among habad of Midtown was found- ate the limited edition kippah, every family in modest circumstances in Ced by Rabbi Shmuel and one of which Britto personally Recife, Brazil, Britto discovered his the organizations Britto believes share Chana Gopin in 2003, and its rising signed. All of the proceeds from the innate creativity, which allowed 14,000-square-foot center, expected sale of the kippahs will go straight him to imagine a world beyond his a message with his art. to be finished by the end of the year, to the construction of Chabad's new own. The young artist began paint- sits in the heart of Miami’s spiritual center. ing on anything he could get his and artistic renaissance. The facility “When you stop to think and care hands on: newspapers, cardboard, Today, Britto, 54, is a world- canvases (for example, watch dials is situated in the center of urban about other people, you have a feel- or any other scraps. In the early renowned Miami fixture whose art for LVMH’s Hublot watch division Miami at the nexus of vibrant artis- ing only humans can have, which is 1980s, he headed for Paris, where has been exhibited in galleries and or a $335,000 luxury Rolls Royce tic communities like Wynwood and love,” says Britto. “Whenever I try he was introduced to and inspired museums in more than 100 coun- Dawn), while also using his art to Design District, which draw visitors to see how our community is doing, by the works of Henri Matisse and tries, including the Louvre in Paris bring attention to worthy causes. from around the world. Nearby I look especially for organizations like what the rabbi [is doing], and it’s a beautiful thing, and we need IN MEMORIAM more beautiful things here.”

ach year in December, thou- Esands of visitors descend on the neighborhood where the new Chabad center is being built for Miami’s annual art week that includes Art Basel Miami Beach, as well as dozens of satellite fairs Harvey Kaylie exhibiting the work of world- The Jewish Community Relations Council of New York mourns renowned artists like Banksy, Jeff the passing of Harvey Kaylie, z’l, a prodigious philanthropist, Koons and Andy Warhol. humanitarian and supporter of Jewish causes and the State of In recent years, the area has gar- Israel. We treasure his and his wife Gloria’s association with nered worldwide acclaim for, JCRC-NY and particularly their involvement with the Celebrate among other things, the eye-pop- Israel Parade, where Harvey served as Grand Marshal in 2012. ping artwork that fills almost every May Gloria, daughters Roberta and Alicia, and eight grandchil- square inch of the neighborhood’s dren be comforted among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem. wall space. The Gopins and their seven children have been an integral part of this vibrant, growing com- Jean Gluck munity. The Jewish Community Relations Council of New York mourns “We’re honored to have an artist the passing of Jean Gluck, z’l, wife of our dear friend Eugen of the importance of Mr. Britto Gluck. Survivors of the Holocaust, through their generosity the understand our mission and vision Glucks dedicated their lives to the rebuilding of Jewish life both and partner with us,” says Gopin. in the US and especially in Israel. JCRC-NY values its relation- “Together, we hope to be a source ship with the Gluck family who have done so much for so many. of light and inspiration for not May Eugen, children Rosie, Barbara and Sidney, and 12 grand- only Miami, but the entire children be comforted among the mourners of Zion and world.” Jerusalem. Chabad.org 24 JEWISH WORLD • JUNE 15-21, 2018 Colorful Mystery Solved Exhibit explores biblical color tekhelet By ELIANA RUDEE As the dye industry declined, textiles dyed in blue and purple Zionist flag in the 19th century that national flag of the newly estab- new exhibit exploring the the origin of the color baffled into luxury items identified with tekhelet was a strong contender. lished state of Israel. mysterious color tekhelet, many for centuries, only to be royalty and divinity,” said The leaders of the Zionist move- “Now not only an expression of Aa vibrant blue dye men- recently identified by marine Kaplan. ment found that tekhelet blue Jewish personal devotion that sur- tioned 49 times in the Torah and biologists and Talmudic It is described as the pure color later chosen as the central color of researchers who discovered the that made up the High Priest’s source — murex snails indige- robe and the thread used in his The exhibit narrates the quest for the REPORTER’S nous to the Mediterranean shores, headdress, as well as the color biblical blue color, “yearned for by near Haifa. used on tzitzit (tassels of the NOTEBOOK Jewish tallit, or prayer shawl) to mankind throughout generations.” he fade-resistant pigment remind the Jewish people of God Israel’s national flag, has opened at Tfrom a glandular secretion of and his commandments. the Bible Lands Museum in murex snails was likely used in stripes with a Star of David in its vived millennia of historical trans- Jerusalem. ancient times by early peoples of he decline of the tekhelet center perfectly expressed the iden- formations, but also imprinted as a For nearly 1,500 years, the the Near East, applied to textiles “Tdye industry [and along tity and national aspirations of the modern symbol of national pride source of the color tekhelet was a for the biblical blue. The color with it, the skill required to produce Jewish people, and this is what was and determination on a global mystery, until archaeological evi- mirrors the stone lapis lazuli these dyes] after the Muslim con- used. stage, tekhelet blue lives on,” Mirroring old practices, “This is Kaplan stated. how the Jews decided to identify Since its discovery, tekhelet is themselves and be identified,” now seeing a revival. Sterman said. According to Rabbi Tuly Weisz, Director of Israel365, “Today, for avid Wolffsohn, who designed the first time in centuries, people Dthe flag for the First Zionist are once again wearing tekhelet on Congress held in Basel in 1897, their tzitzit. From even the smallest wrote: “Indeed we have a flag, sea creature, we continue to see the white and blue. This tallit in which wonders of the Bible come to life in we wrap ourselves in prayer — this the land of Israel.” tallit is our emblem.” Then, in 1948, the flag of the Eliana Rudee is a writer for JNS. Zionist movement became the JNS.org

The color tekhelet is made from the glandular secretion of the murex snails found near Haifa. dence from around the eastern (called sapphire in the Bible), quest in the 7th century CE led to Mediterranean coast was found. imported from Afghanistan to the the disappearance of the blue The tekhelet exhibit at the Bible ancient Near East, and prized for thread from the tzitzit,” said Lands Museum was launched in its heavenly color of God’s throne Kaplan. honor of Israel’s 70th year of and footstool. Dr. Baruch Sterman, author of independence, as the power and Archaeological evidence for The Rarest Blue: The Remarkable significance of tekhelet emerged the tekhelet industry, dating back Story of an Ancient Color Lost to from Jewish memory in modern to 15th century BCE, includes History and Rediscovered, also times as the inspiration for remains of crushed murex shells noted at a Jerusalem press confer- Israel’s vibrant national flag. and potsherds bearing remains of ence ahead of the exhibition open- The exhibit narrates the quest the dye, in addition to small ing, “During Roman imperial con- for the biblical blue color, pieces of dyed textiles discovered trol of the region, using tekhelet “yearned for by mankind in Syria and documents from the was made a crime of treason pun- throughout generations.” same time period mentioning the ishable by execution, and the “Its sacred meaning took root color. knowledge of how to make it was in Jewish history when the Tekhelet textiles became prized lost for 1,200 years.” Israelites were commanded to commodities in the ancient world, As tallit reverted to a prayer cover the Ark of the Covenant as unique expressions of royalty shawl rather than a daily garment, and Tabernacle utensils with and divinity. the shawls were decorated with tekhelet dyed cloths, and to tie “The large number of snails blue stripes as a memento to the tekhelet threads to the corners of required for their production and tekhelet that was once part of the their garments as a reminder of the complex manufacturing tzitzit. God and his commandments,” process, together with their beau- It is thus no surprise that when it curator Yehuda Kaplan said. ty and resistance to fading, made came to choosing the colors of the JEWISH WORLD • JUNE 15-21, 2018 25 high branches by scanning the released to convert the smoke to automaker. The device protects capture a range of data about Life lasers across treetops from as far air, depending on which materials vehicles from cyberattacks even objects in the path of the car that away as one kilometer, including are burning. when traveling in areas lacking pose a potential hazard, and warns continued from page 8 from helicopters over difficult The pressure of the purified, communications signals. drivers visually or audibly about carbon dioxide emissions would terrains and in windy conditions. cooled air being pushed into the “Suppose an automaker sets the these objects. be more than 6,000 kilograms per Another Jerusalem firm, elevator cab prevents smoke from upper range of a particular car’s Foresight has demonstrated in hour,” Wanetick writes. Salamandra Zone, developed a entering when the elevator is speed signal at 120 miles per hundreds of tests that at medium technology enabling people to moving, or when its doors open. hour. Separately, suppose that the distances of 20 to 30 meters, Eyes- Fire safety use elevators to escape high-rise For added safety, the units con- activation of automatic braking On can determine the distance to Fighting Treetop Fire of fires. Ordinarily, elevators are tain an extra battery, pump, and requires agreement from two the object with an accuracy of 20 to Jerusalem is developing infrared avoided in case of fire because sensor. Backup electricity can independent sensors. No matter 30 centimeters. The cameras cap- laser technology for pruning the they’re not protected from flames, operate it for at least three hours. which access points hackers use to ture between 30 and 45 images per tops of trees to prevent the spread extreme heat, and toxic gases. try to manipulate the car’s speed or second and achieve near 100 per- of active forest fires. Salamandra Zone’s B-Air E unit, Automotive safety braking protocols, GuardKnox cent accuracy beginning with the “Fires occurring on the tops of placed on top of elevator cabs, GuardKnox of Ramla has a blocks any instructions that are not first frame. trees can be fifty times hotter, and converts toxic gases into breath- Communication Lockdown prod- sanctioned by the car manufactur- move much faster, than fires on able air in nanoseconds. uct that prevents any app, patch or er,” Wanetick writes. Abigail Klein Leichman is a the ground,” Wanetick explains. Sensors in B-Air E determine upgrade from making contact The Eyes-On system from writer and associate editor for Firefighters will be able to use the types, concentrations, and with a connected vehicle unless it Foresight Automotive in Ness Israel 21C. FTF lasers to trim leaves from mix of chemicals that should be is specifically sanctioned by the Ziona uses stereovision cameras to Israel21C

is now developing such models in shelf therapeutic products for of rare diseases caused by muta- Kearns-Sayre Syndrome, mito- Cures haploid stem cells focusing on orphan mitochondrial diseases, tions or deletions in the mitochon- chondrial encephalomyopathy, continued from page 9 Fragile X Syndrome and Prader using a proprietary method of iso- drial DNA, currently can’t be lactic acidosis, stroke-like Willi Syndrome. NewStem is pur- lating mitochondria. This pro- treated. Minovia is conducting episodes, and Leber hereditary Genetic Research at the Hebrew suing collaborations with biophar- duces most of the chemical energy proof-of-concept trials in a dis- optic neuropa. University of Jerusalem. maceutical companies regarding needed to maintain normal cellu- ease called Pearson Syndrome, Benvenisty’s team has generat- these and other genetic diseases. lar function from placentas or affecting only about 100 patients Abigail Klein Leichman is a ed more than a dozen models for white-blood cells, and then freez- worldwide. Human clinical trials writer and associate editor at rare genetic disorders using Minovia Therapeutics is devel- ing it. are expected to begin in late 2018. Israel 21C. human pluripotent stem cells, and oping personalized cell, off-the- Mitochondrial diseases, a group Minovia’s next targets include Israel21C

tion and a means of monitoring Healthy.io, a home urine-testing loved ones. Avi, formerly head of the e-govern- their quality of care; kit providing test results within BGU President Rivka Carmi, a ment unit of the Israeli Prime Lab Vitalerter, a wireless platform minutes, which are then sent to the physician, serves as chairwoman of Minister’s Office. continued from page 10 that monitors heart rates and respi- patient’s physician using a smart- the board of the not-for-profit CDI ratory systems, providing alerts phone camera; Negev. Additional advisers include Abigail Klein Leichman is a BetterCare, an application that when identifying potential falls, and Story, a digital timeline plat- Dr. Gidon Sahar, director of cardiol- writer and associate editor at provides caregivers at nursing infection, depression, anxiety, and form designed to let senior citizens ogy at Soroka University Medical Israel21c. homes and centers precise informa- general deterioration; tell their life story and share it with Center in Beersheva; and Ofir Ben- Israel21C

26 JEWISH WORLD • JUNE 15-21, 2018 Hamas members killed in the fight- live in peace in their own homeland rebuilt the original Jewish home- propaganda, but solid and nuanced Camp ing in Gaza while assaulting Israel’s — or to defend themselves against land. education about the conflict that border en masse during the so- the people who aim to do them enables them to know the facts and continued from page 4 called “March of Return” aren’t harm. et the real problem at the heart understand the arguments before every possible view, even if it means confused about the meaning of the To try and resist the group’s Yof this controversy is the notion making up their own minds. So sacrificing important principles, term. When they say “occupation,” efforts to impact programming at that Jewish kids have only been rather than just push back at this such as support for Zionism. they’re not referring to Israel’s pres- Jewish camps is not the same thing given one side of the story until now. effort, this should serve as a wake- Irrespective of any debate about ence in the territories it occupied in as insisting on spoon-feeding kids To the contrary, most children at up call to schools and camps that the desirability of a more even- a defensive war of survival in 1967. only one side of the very complex Jewish schools (both day schools they’ve got to do more and do better handed approach to the conflict, the They’re talking about all of Israel, history of the conflict. IfNotNow’s and those at synagogues) and camps when it comes to teaching young group organizing the effort by these including the territory inside the consciousness-raising about “occu- are hardly being taught anything people about Israel. counselors is not a trustworthy 1967 lines. pation” isn’t about hearing both about Israel, or the facts about the As much as it is easy to fall for the resource. IfNotNow can’t claim to be just a sides; instead it’s about shoving century-old war that has been argument that this is just a bunch of IfNotNow professes to be neutral garden-variety advocate for a two- down children’s throats a narrative waged against Zionism and Jews. idealistic Jewish kids who want to about Zionism, the right to a Jewish state solution. Trusting its support- about Jews colonizing the indige- That’s why most of them are hope- do the right thing, letting IfNotNow state, or the BDS movement. But lessly ignorant about things that get a foothold in mainstream Jewish not having an opinion about efforts their Israeli peers grow up under- camps is the antithesis of supporting to deny Jews the same rights that What Jewish kids need is not standing — no matter what their Jewish values. Kids shouldn’t be left-wingers would never think of propaganda, but solid and nuanced politics may be. sheltered from the truth about a dif- denying to others isn’t being neutral; The overwhelming majority of ficult issue. But neither should they it’s part of a campaign to undermine education about the conflict that American Jews are unprepared be entrusted to people who seek to support for Israel irrespective of its when faced with the sort of anti- undermine support for a Jewish state policies or where its borders are enables them to know the facts and Israel propaganda that they’ll face — period. Parents and camp admin- drawn. While the group and its sup- understand the arguments before on many college campuses. istrations need to ensure that this porters keep talking about the IfNotNow seeks to give them a head insidious effort to undermine rather “occupation,” the problem is that we making up their own minds. start on being indoctrinated in the than supplement Jewish education is don’t know exactly what they’re catechism of Israel’s creation as stopped in its tracks. talking about. ers to teach kids wouldn’t so much nous people of the country, rather original sin and Israeli self-defense facilitate a more open discussion as than teaching them about Zionism as an atrocity under just about any Jonathan S. Tobin is editor in he people they’ve been so inter- it would promote a debate about being the national liberation move- circumstances. chief of JNS. Tested in saying Kaddish for — whether Jews had any rights at all to ment of the Jewish people that What Jewish kids need is not JNS.org

public promises in the Daily Bruin, and unexplained twist. Tamberg on sight. While taking no action on to answer further questions, refer- Line the confirmation by the University issued a clarification. While no the May 17 disruption against SSI, ring all inquiries to Tamberg. From spokesman, and the Brandeis action has been taken on the May 17 the university is using the May 17 all appearances, police decisions are continued from page 17 Center letter, no investigative or disruption, UCLA police did for- video to bolster prosecution efforts not being controlled solely by the Chancellor Gene D. Block, specify- referral action has yet been taken. ward the videotape of that event to on the Mnuchin case. police, but also by UCLA public ing potential criminal conduct. Page the city prosecutor in connection relations. A senior UCLA police 3 of their letter specifies: “The stu- o initiate a criminal referral, a with two previous unrelated cases, amberg, in an email, con- source explained, “we coordinate dents and outside disruptors poten- Tcomplaint or police report campus sources say. Tfirmed that “there were no with them closely.” tially violated various provisions of must be filed with local police — When asked again whether the arrests, nor did anyone file a police Lewin at Brandeis Center insist- the California Penal Code, includ- a.k.a. the UCLA campus police. “referral” to the police and prosecu- report or complaint regarding the ed, “If there is a criminal viola- ing but not limited to: Section 403 – Only then do they investigate. And tors had actually occurred, Tamberg May 17 disruption, hence there tion, it should be investigated.” disturbance of an assembly or meet- only after any investigation will clarified he was not referring to the was no police investigation. While the attack against SSI has ing, Section 415 – disturbing the they send their case to the city May 17 SSI case, but to a separate However, UCLA PD shared video stalled, Jewish and pro-Israel peace, and Section 182 – criminal attorney for a decision on prosecu- incident on February 26 involving of the disruption with the L.A. city organizations are increasingly conspiracy to do the aforemen- tion. None of the students contact- Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, attorney, who is considering filing turning to the criminal code in tioned.” The law students cited case ed said they had filed a report, with who appeared at UCLA and was five misdemeanor charges against matters of extreme disruption. law and details of the disruption. two saying they did not even know briefly heckled by protestors whom individuals from off campus who When the Jewish Community They concluded, “It appears that all they had the right to file such a police forcibly removed and arrest- disrupted Mnuchin’s February 26 Relations Council of New York the required elements of a Section complaint. The UCLA administra- ed. After the Mnuchin incident, the talk. That incident resulted in a staged its Celebrate Israel parade, 403 violation are met.” tion has not filed a complaint. protestors were served with a “stay seven-day stay away order against “We had six people, each paired The law students’ letter was UCLA police confirm that no away” order, under Title 11, Section one of the off-campus arrestees, with a representative of the NYPD reviewed and then co-signed by investigation has taken place, and 626.67 of the penal code which who was subsequently rearrested legal team,” says director Noam constitutional lawyer Alyza Lewin, no referral to the prosecutor has Gilboord. “This was primarily for now COO of the Brandeis Center. been made because no one has It was not clear why UCLA students disruption.” He also reports, The letter was delivered to reported a complaint. Even though “There were no major disruptions, Chancellor Block on official UCLA police were present during who potentially broke the law would no incidents, no arrests.” But Brandeis Center letterhead. the fracas and escorted the protes- not receive the same referral Gilboord continued, “All assaults, UCLA is not eager to discuss the tors out, campus police insist they disruption, and violence should be matter. When contacted, University cannot investigate without a formal to prosecutors as outsiders. reported to the proper authorities spokesman Tad Tamberg repeatedly complaint. The L.A. city prosecutor or law enforcement.” Other ruled out any questions. But he did confirms that the May 17 disruption empowers university personnel to after showing up at Manning’s Jewish and pro-Israel organiza- state, “the off-campus people who “is not one of the incidents that our administratively demand non-stu- March 5 talk. UCLA PD sent tions echoed that sentiment. have been identified … have been office is currently evaluating for fil- dents stay off campus. Jail time is video of the May 17 disruption to However, in the case of the May arrested previously and are known ing purposes.” prescribed for violators. the L.A. city attorney with a 17 UCLA incident, no prosecu- to the police here and have been The contradiction between the Essentially, these are “campus request to consider the actions of tion is pending because no one has referred to the prosecutor’s office.” promise by the chancellors in the bans” backed by the force of law. In May 17 in deciding whether to file reported it to the police, neither He added that a proper police inves- Daily Bruin and Tamberg’s assur- this case, a banned student from the charges concerning the previous the students nor the university. tigation was, in fact, done. “You ance that “the off-campus people Mnuchin event returned for the incidents of Feb. 26 and March 5.” don’t send something to the prose- have been referred to the prosecu- March 5 appearance by former Tamberg repeatedly declined to Edwin Black is the New York cutor’s office without first investi- tor’s office” with police and prose- intelligence officer Chelsea respond to questions about why the Times bestselling author of IBM gating it,” he stated. cutor denials could not be explained. Manning, convicted of espionage. May 17 incident was not being and the Holocaust and Financing But some three weeks after the But then, the case took a strange One banned protestor was arrested investigated. UCLA police refused the Flames.

JEWISH WORLD • JUNE 15-21, 2018 27 because of innovation, companies build trust throughout the region, seen the potential that energy can our partners spoke in Arabic, Texan were able to look for different and I think governments have taken bring throughout the Middle East.” whereas a Palestinian spoke in plays. some very bold stands to overcome Zomer has seen this potential Hebrew. continued from page 21 “You can see that Israel’s off- old animosities and anxieties in actualized on the micro level first- “It’s hard not to feel hopeful world. You get the easy stuff first shore finds follow a similar natural order to act in a way that is focused hand, having on multiple occasions when you’re in these settings,” he and then the next most difficult and progression, the shallow discover- concluded, “but it is important to finally another round. The real ies first and then the deep-water remember that the gas is not the question is whether those [higher- ones. Even the U.S. Geological The hope is for the Jewish state to Messiah and it will not bring peace order] findings are economically Survey has talked about much more on earth. It provides a tool for the viable and if the conditions exist to potential. There is no reason to increasingly become integrated into governments and the peoples to cause companies to invest.” believe that things in Israel would have interactions and relationships. For his part, Zomer related an behave differently than elsewhere.” the Middle East — that one day soon It does create opportunity. What we anecdote, conveyed to him by In this respect, the sea’s depths do with that opportunity is up to us.” Elliott, to paint a geological picture. have, in turn, made the sky the Arab leaders will stand before their limit. With Israel’s state coffers people and proudly hail bilateral Felice Friedson developed The hen you take a map of being filled and regional bridges Media Line, an American news “WIsrael’s [territorial being built, the hope is for the economic cooperation with Israel. agency specializing in the Middle waters] and instead of viewing it Jewish state to increasingly become East with a strong emphasis on eco- from a north-south perspective, you integrated into the Middle East — nomic coverage from Israel and look at it from an east-west vantage that one day soon Arab leaders will on bringing prosperity,” Elliott visited both Amman and Cairo. Palestine. Charles Bybelezer is a point, it looks a lot like the Gulf of stand before their people and stressed. “It isn’t very often that “I sit in a restaurant in these cities correspondent for i24news, an Mexico. In the 1980s,” he contin- proudly hail bilateral economic you can come into a place and bring and you see people and they come international network broadcasting ued, “people thought that [body of cooperation with Israel. positive change to a nation, and and they talk. And when we signed for Israel water] was running out of oil, but “It is a function of being able to then to a group of nations. We’ve a deal with the Palestinians one of The Media Line

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LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on upon whom process against it may be served. formed in Delaware (DE) on 06/23/17. SSNY Karen Corriel, David Schornstein, NYC against it may be served. SSNY shall mail 12/14/17. SSNY designated as agent of LLC SSNY shall mail process to: LUO REALTY designated as agent of LLC upon whom Human Resources Administration, Deidre process to: Coleman Russell, 155 E. 75th St., upon whom process against it may be LLC, 249 72 St., Brooklyn, NY 11209. process against it may be served. SSNY Baker, Esq., Attorney General of the State of Apt. 3W, New York, NY 10021. Purpose: any served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Purpose: any lawful activity. shall mail process to: The LLC, 40 Wall New York. The unknown distributees, lega- lawful activity. Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., JW: 6/1, 8, 15, 22, 29; 7/6, 2018 Street, New York, NY 10005. DE address of tees, devisees, heirs at law and assignees of JW: 6/15, 22, 29; 7/6, 13, 20, 2018 Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: Notice of Formation of FSRNY-952 LLC. Arts. LLC: 160 Greentree Dr., Ste 101, Dover, DE Norma Schornstein, deceased, or their 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. 19901.Cert. of Form. filed with DE Secy. of RX ONE PHARMACY LLC. Arts. of Org. filed of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) estates, if any there be, whose names, Cert. of Form. filed with DE Secy. of State, with the SSNY on 05/21/18. Office: New York on 05/14/18. Office location: New York State, 401 Federal St. - Ste. 4, Dover, DE places of residence and post office address- Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. County. SSNY designated as agent of the Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC es are unknown to the petitioner and cannot upon whom process against it may be served. JW: 5/18, 25; 6/1, 8, 15, 22, 2018 LLC upon whom process against it may be Purpose: Facilities management business. with due diligence be ascertained. Being the SSNY shall mail process to: Corporation served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to JW: 6/1, 8, 15, 22, 29; 7/6, 2018 Notice of Formation of WESTBURY persons interested as creditors, legatees, the LLC, c/o Man Man Yu, 14-18 Elizabeth Service Company, 80 State St., Albany, NY distributees or otherwise in the Estate of INVESTORS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Street, Unit 15, New York, NY 10013. Notice of Qualification of EV NEW LENDER 12207. Purpose: any lawful activity. Norma Schornstein, deceased, who at the Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/27/18. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. HOLDINGS LLC. Appl. for Auth. filed with JW: 6/1, 8, 15, 22, 29; 7/6, 2018 time of death was a resident of 88-43 Office location: NY County. Princ. office of JW: 6/8, 15, 22, 29; 7/6, 13, 2018 Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/18/18. 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SSNY shall mail process to: CHANTICLARE addr. of its princ. office. Purpose: Any lawful 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, Queens location: Kings County. SSNY has been des- Gurtman, Esq., 1270 Ave. of the Americas, LLC, 2 Fifth Avenue, STE 7J., New York, NY activity. County, New York 11435, as Temporary ignated as agent of the LLC upon whom 24 Fl., NY, NY 10020. DE addr. of LLC: 251 Administrator of the Estate of Norma process against it may be served. Address to 10011. Purpose: any lawful activity. JW: 5/11, 18, 25; 6/1, 8, 15, 2018 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. JW: 6/1, 8, 15, 22, 29; 7/6, 2018 Schornstein, deceased, you and each of you which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any of Form. filed with Secy. of State, 401 Federal are hereby cited to show cause before the process against the LLC served upon him/her Notice of Qualification of The Jacky Winter St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful ALETHEIA FILMS II LLC. 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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW 25th Street, Suite 10B, New York, NY Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on mail copy of process to the LLC, c/o Account of Proceedings of the Public YORK. By the Grace of God, Free and 10010. SSNY designated as agent of LLC 05/09/2018. Office loc: NY County. SSNY has RadicalMedia LLC/ATTN: Director, Legal and Administrator of Queens County, as Independent. To: Alexander Jonas, Christina upon whom process against it may be been designated as agent upon whom Business Affairs, 435 Hudson Street, Floor 6, Temporary Administrator of the Estate of Cline, Esq., Attorney General of the State of served. SSNY shall mail process to: Bianca process against it may be served. SSNY shall New York, NY 10014. Purpose: Any lawful said deceased, a copy of which is attached, New York. The unknown distributees, lega- Bramham, 118 East 25th Street, Suite 10B, mail process to: The LLC, 12 W 27th St., Flr purpose. tees, devisees, heirs at law and assignees of New York, NY 10010. Cert. of Form. filed should not be judicially settled, and why the 9, NY, NY 10001. Purpose: To Practice The JW: 6/1, 8, 15, 22, 29; 7/6, 2018 Sylvia Jonas, deceased, or their estates, if with DE Secy. of State, P.O. Box 898 Dover, Surrogate should not fix and allow a rea- Profession Of Acupuncture. any there be, whose names, places of resi- Notice of formation of limited liability compa- DE 19903. Purpose: Any lawful activity. sonable amount of compensation to GER- JW: 6/8, 15, 22, 29; 7/6, 13, 2018 ARD J. SWEENEY, ESQ., for legal services dence and post office addresses are ny (LLC). Name: THE FIX BKLYN LLC. Arts. of JW: 5/18, 25; 6/1, 8, 15, 22, 2018 rendered to petitioner herein in the amount Notice of Qualification of BrainStation LP. unknown to the petitioner and cannot with Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on Westville HK LLC Arts of Org filed with NY of $9,112.08 and that the Court fix the fair Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY due diligence be ascertained. Being the per- 3/8/2018. Office location: Kings County. Sec of State (SSNY) on 4/20/18. Office: New and reasonable additional fee for any servic- (SSNY) on 05/25/18. Office location: NY sons interested as creditors, legatees, dis- SSNY has been designated as agent of the York County. SSNY designated as agent of es to be rendered by GERARD J. SWEENEY, County. LP formed in Delaware (DE) on tributees or otherwise in the Estate of Sylvia LLC upon whom process against it may be LLC upon whom process may be served. ESQ., hereafter in connection with proceed- 03/23/17. Princ. office of LP: 503 Broadway, Jonas, deceased, who at the time of death served. The post office address to which the SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 111 ings on kinship, claims etc., prior to entry of Penthouse, NY, NY 10012. Duration of LP is was a resident of 67-38 108th Street, D44, SSNY shall mail a copy of any process John St, NY, NY 10038. General Purposes. a final Decree on this accounting in the Perpetual. SSNY designated as agent of LP Forest Hills, NY 11375, in the County of against the LLC served upon him/her is JW: 5/11, 18, 25; 6/1, 8, 15, 2018 amount of 6% of assets or income collected upon whom process against it may be Queens, State of New York. SEND GREET- Corporate Filings of New York, 90 State Street, Ste 700, Office 40, Albany, NY, 12207. after the date of the within accounting; and served. SSNY shall mail process to the ING: Upon the petition of LOIS M. 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Cert. of LP Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY and each of you are hereby cited to show designated as agent of LLC upon whom account, as the fair and reasonable amount filed with Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., John (SSNY) on 04/10/18. Office location: NY cause before the Surrogate at the process against it may be served. SSNY payable to the Office of the Public G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St. - Ste. 4, County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC Surrogate’s Court of the County of Queens, shall mail process to c/o Corporation Administrator for the expenses of said office Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activ- upon whom process against it may be served. to be held at the Queens General Service Co. (CSC), 80 State St., Albany, NY pursuant to S.C.P.A. §1106(3); and why the ity. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, c/o Courthouse, 6th Floor, 88-11 Sutphin 12207-2543. 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LP formed in Delaware (DE) Queens County, as Administrator of the Purpose: Any lawful activity. Temporary Administration issued to the on 05/15/18. Duration of LP is Perpetual. Estate of said deceased, a copy of which is JW: 5/11, 18, 25; 6/1, 8, 15, 2018 Public Administrator should not be revoked; Notice of Formation of YM4 LLC. Arts. of Org. SSNY designated as agent of LP upon whom attached, should not be judicially settled, and filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on and why Letters of Administration CTA Notice of Formation of The Fleet NYC LLC. process against it may be served. SSNY shall why the Surrogate should not fix and allow a 05/11/18. Office location: NY County. SSNY should not be issued to the Public mail process to the Partnership, Attn: Guy reasonable amount of compensation to GER- designated as agent of LLC upon whom Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY Administrator; and why the net residuary Kern-Martin, 126 E. 56th St., NY, NY 10022. ARD J. SWEENEY, ESQ., for legal services process against it may be served. SSNY shall (SSNY) on 1/08/18. Office location: King's estate should not be paid pursuant to the Name and addr. of each general partner are rendered to petitioner herein in the amount of mail process to Mark Armenante, 3450 County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC Last Will and Testament as follows; STATE- available from SSNY. DE addr. of LP: c/o $9,781.98 and that the Court fix the fair and Washington St., San Francisco, CA 94118. upon whom process against it may be MENT OF PROPOSED DISTRIBUTION: Corporation Service Co., 251 Little Falls Dr., reasonable additional fee for any services to Purpose: Any lawful activity. served. SSNY shall mail process to: The 50% to Lisa Schornstein Tabak, 50% to Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of LP filed with be rendered by GERARD J. 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JEWISH WORLD • JUNE 15-21, 2018 29 srael went to extreme lengths to terror as justifiable “resistance.” made? What more do you need to ongoing threat to Israeli lives? Truth Iprotect Gazan lives because it The media and some community enusre that you feel confident in How does Israel’s defensive believes in the sanctity of all life. organizations are complicit by doing so? reaction relate to our unwillingness continued from page 6 Fliers were dropped warning showing selected imagery and Have you seen the footage of to accept these dangers and death through while intentionally forc- Gazans not to rush the border, not incidents that convey a specific Gazans who did succeed in chants in the aftermath of the ing women and children to to obey Hamas. message to challenge the legiti- breaching the border and what Holocaust? become human shields so they The measures chosen by the IDF macy of Israel’s actions. they declared they were on their The imagery used by Hamas is a can attack Israeli forces with to defend the borders are highly Those who recite Kaddish for way to do? Do chants for the mur- clear demonstration of its ideolo- explosives and firebombs. selective, so much so that we see gy, flying Nazi flags to show that Rioters have set fire to tires and that almost all Gazan deaths were its goal is the destruction of Israel. kites, poisoning the air and using of actual Hamas or Islamic Jihad Being informed is our most smoke as a screen behind which operatives — by the admission of important tool to fight the danger- they can infiltrate the border, the terrorist organizations them- ous propaganda and bias that has injure and kidnap a soldier, or, selves. persuaded so many of our own potentially, enter a border com- The reality is in stunning con- people to take a stand against munity. trast to the blood libel of indis- Israel in defense of these terrorist Largely unsuccessful in their criminate or disproportional force. efforts. attempts to breach the border, The fact that the IDF is so success- The wars we fight are forced Hamas has developed a new way ful in finding and eliminating the upon us. We would prefer to live to wreak havoc on Israeli commu- terrorists in an enormous crowd of in peace with our neighbors and nities — firebomb kites are being rioters while not killing the human are perfectly willing to do so. We flown over the border that ignite shields behind which they are hid- will not allow our borders to be and burn the fields of Israeli ing is something to be very proud breached or stand by while there farmers, threatening their liveli- of. Hamas flies Nazi flags to show that its goal is the destruction of Israel. are attacks on our population by hoods and lives. If children and adolescents missiles, fire, demonization, and Since January, there have been were among those killed, they terrorists but refuse to acknowl- der of Jews matter in this ongoing incitement to murder. more than 1,200 terror incidents, shouldn’t have been there in the edge the death of our soldiers or conflict? As Virtual Citizens of Israel, resulting from Hamas incitement first place. When terrorists decide the trauma caused on our citizens, Have you seen reports dis- you can feel proud to stand up and including stabbings/attempted cussing the length of the Gaza proclaim your commitment and stabbings, shootings, car-ram- When terrorists act against the human border or the proximity of Israeli solidarity. Facts and context are ming attacks, roadside bombs, communities to the fence? What the best weapons against propa- stone-throwing, and Molotov rights of Israelis, Israel is not to blame would be the consequence of ganda and lies. cocktail attacks. when terrorists are eliminated – just 40,000 people trained to hate and We pray for the peace of For all terror incidents, Hamas instructed to murder Jews if they Jerusalem and for life in peace for and the Palestinian Authority as happens anywhere in the world. managed to storm the border? all the people of Israel and around reward both the terrorists and Are you aware that fires are the world. May Hashem bless and their families with funds provided being ignited every day, that fields protect all the defenders of Israel, by U.S. and E.U. monies — pro- to act against the human rights of or those that denounce Israel for and orchards that provide foods for whether on the front lines or vided, of course, by your tax dol- Israelis, Israel is not to blame their “mistreatment” of Gazans both communities have been around the world. lars. when terrorists are eliminated – while ignoring the plight of other destroyed? We abhor all unnecessary loss just as happens anywhere in the Arab groups being massacred in Have international environmen- Dr. Elana Yael Heideman, execu- of life. At the same time, we will world. Syria, Yarmouk, and elsewhere, tal agencies recognized the fires as tive director of The Israel Forever not accept that the death of fewer Yet, as masked terrorists do not offer a realistic way to end a disaster? Have they considered Foundation, is an educator who Israelis is somehow a symbol of swarmed Israel’s border, the misery in Gaza or stop attacks the long-term health effects of the works in developing content and wrongdoing when we, our sol- unmasked hate and lies continue on Israel. fires on Gazans and Israelis? programming to deepen the person- diers, and our government contin- to be spread through the main- How do the pro-Palestinian and al connection to Israel for ue to do everything necessary to stream media. The Hamas propa- ASK YOURSELF the anti-Israel campaigners, espe- Diaspora Jews. The Israel protect citizens of Israel who live ganda machines have expertly ow capable do you feel to cially those that are in our own Forever Foundation. www.israelfor- under continuous threats. shaped a worldview that accepts Hrespond to the claims being Jewish community, rationalize the ever.org

"desert- Kollel sanctity" had been fringes: The white strings repre- ing: "Isn't it enough that you could only return to Egypt and for- Wars sincere, it did not reflect God's sent the white wool of the sheep, brought us out of Egypt, a land get their Biblical traditions and val- mission for Israel. God wants us the animalistic aspect of our lives flowing with milk and honey only ues;y the would be accepted as continued from page 7 to establish a nation-state and to and our world. These must be to kill us off in the desert? With Egyptians and benefit from the men who were offering the take responsibility to perfect an sanctified by the sky-blue color of what right do you rule, yes rule, material advantages of the most incense" including Korah himself! imperfect world, with all of the t'chelet, the symbol of the divine over us?!" (Numbers 16:13) powerful country in the world. (Numbers 16:25) challenges that entails. seen by the elders at the time of The Midrash identifies them with They too are punished by God, Even if Korah’s quest for This is the message of the ritual the Revelation at Sinai (Exodus the old enemies of Moses from the who causes the earth for which 24:10). beginning of the Book of Exodus, their materialistic spirits yearned so When we gaze upon the ritual the "fighting Israelites" who ques- mightily, to swallow them up alive fringes, we must remember our tioned Moses's right to kill the (Numbers 16:35). Because of their true mission: to enter history, to Egyptian taskmaster. They never passion for physical pleasures, they risk impurity by taking up the chal- wanted to leave Egypt in the first never learn to look properly upon Celebrate with our lenges of the real world, and to place, but unlike Korah, the last the t'chelet of the ritual fringes. assume our responsibility to thing they want is to remain behind They saw neither the royal blue of JULY 4TH SALES become a "sacred nation and king- in the desert. They hanker after the their majestic ancestry: Abraham, dom of Priest-Teachers" to the "flesh pots" of Egypt. They would Isaac, and Jacob, passionate follow- June 22nd & 29th world (Exodus 19:6). love to assimilate into the "Big ers of God and lovers of the Land Apple.” They remember the " … of Israel, nor the sapphire blue of atan and Aviram had a differ- fish, cucumbers, melons, leeks, the divine presence in the world Dent political agenda. They onions, and garlic" of Egypt and summoning us to His service. Contact your sales representative at refused to attend a meeting with the they believe that this desert fiasco greatest prophet and the most suc- justifies their earlier opposition. Shlomo Riskin is Chief Rabbi of 516-594-4000 cessful liberator in history, claim- They are certain that if they Efrat IsraeL.

30 JEWISH WORLD • JUNE 15-21, 2018 anything in your short story that air his rage at being unjustly Newark, New Jersey’s Jews are tion as a great American writer – a Roth would not warm the heart of a labeled anti-Semitic, while sent to assimilation camps in the great Jewish-American writer at Julius Streicher or a Joseph responding to – and, in some cases, Midwest. that – something unforeseeable in continued from page 14 Goebbels?” lampooning – his detractors. With Roth explicitly exploring – the old days when he was suppos- amounts of sex without shame. In Zuckerman Unbound (1981), For years, Roth remained a and condemning – anti-Semitism edly bad for the Jews. Yet because some of his Jewish Nathan, who had recently pub- polarizing figure in the literary in The Plot Against America, crit- Many Roth scholars, myself readers were so close to the anti- lished “Carnovsky” – a fictional world: Reviewers either loved him ics could no longer claim that Roth included, were in Newark five Semitism that ultimately culminat- version of Portnoy’s Complaint – or hated him. was lending anti-Semites a hand. years ago to celebrate the author’s ed in the Holocaust, they were is considered the “enemy of the But a turning point came with The question of negative stereotyp- 80th birthday. He seemed utterly unable to comprehend this rever- ing of his Jewish characters had hale and hearty as he read out pas- sal; they could only perceive the largely been forgotten by 2004, sages from Sabbath’s Theater, and similarity between Roth’s depic- Roth lived to see his canonization but this novel was Roth’s most a parade of literary stars – many of tions and those of Nazi propagan- as a great Jewish-American writer – sustained focus on the deep ter- them Jewish – sang his praises and dist Joseph Goebbels. rors of anti-Semitism in America. toasted his stunning prose. something unforeseeable in the As the character Sabbath hile Roth could have easily old days when he was supposedly oth was likely thrilled that, reflects, “The dead were anything Wignored this censure, he Rin the results of a New York other than dead.” engaged his detractors head-on by bad for the Jews. Times poll asking “What is the Rest in peace, Philip Roth. including their attacks in his work. best work of American fiction in Nathan Zuckerman, who appears the last 25 years?”, six of his nov- Brett Ashley Kaplan is director as the narrator of many of Roth’s Jews.” He is told that it would be the publication of his prescient els were included. In 2013, when of the Program in Jewish Culture novels, has often been described as “hardly possible to write of Jews novel The Plot Against America in Vulture asked 30 literary figures and Society, and Initiative in one of Roth’s alter egos. with more bile and contempt and 2004. In it, he imagines a counter- “Is Roth the greatest living Holocaust, Genocide, Memory In Roth’s 1979 novel The Ghost hatred.” history in which aviator Charles American novelist?”, 77 percent Studies at the University of Writer, Judge Wapter asks Nathan, By including the controversy in Lindbergh has become a fascist, voted yes. Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. “Can you honestly say that there is his novels, Roth was able to both anti-Semitic president, and Roth lived to see his canoniza- TheConversation.com

up for Israel to be where it is this moment. How together, as As the sky grew darker and the that successfully is when we do it Power today. one, we were sharing the pain of country transitioned from Yom together. As the ceremony was getting loss and at the same time the pride Hazikaron to Yom HaAtzmaut Unity is the strongest weapon continued from page 18 ready to start, I assumed my in what Raphael Mordechai had (Israel Independence Day), I the Jewish people have; that is our assumed was Raphael stance in amod dom (at attention). given for the country — knowing looked out over the Old City, and super power. On Yom Hazikaron Mordechai’s father. I put my hand At 11 a.m., as the siren started to that we have what we have today the feeling of sadness from what and Yom HaAtzmaut, I was able on his shoulder, and when he wail, although there were thou- because of soldiers like him and we have lost started to give way to to see this super power activated turned around, he looked at me sands of people standing crowded all the other soldiers who lay in joy for what we have gained. so clearly, as everyone across the and immediately gave me a hug. I together in that cemetery, there their graves surrounding him. As we walked through the country set aside their differences introduced myself as the represen- was just pure silence. It was deaf- I realized that I, in fact, did streets of the city that night, we and came together in sorrow and tative from the Paratroopers Unit, ening! belong there with him, because I danced and sang with everyone transitioned together into pure and he began to cry and grabbed I felt Raphael Mordechai’s am able to stand beside him around us, friends and strangers, joy. me once again and gave me a hug father grab my hand and squeeze proudly wearing my IDF uniform, there were no differences — we Although my mission on Har and a kiss. it, and I heard him start to cry donning the red paratroopers’ were as one. As I experienced this Herzl was not one that involved again. I realized tears were beret on my head, representing to transition, I thought about how patrols or checkpoints, it was def- e proceeded to introduce me streaming down my face as well; him that the dream of Israel lives the succession of these two holi- initely my most meaningful and Hto the rest of the family and in that powerful moment, I on, and his son did not die in vain. days represents who we are as a important mission yet because I including his grandson, Rafi, who understood the meaning of that people and why I chose to be took part in activating the super is named in memory of his brave day’s mission. This mission was ater that evening, I sat with standing there in uniform. power of our nation as we stood uncle. I talked with the family for not about guns and grenades; Lfriends on the rooftop of In the history of the Jewish peo- together in unity. the next hour as they warmly wel- rather, it was about our people’s Yeshivat Orayta, where I had ple, we have suffered many atroc- comed me as part of their group. I most powerful weapon — unity. studied before I drafted. The ities and defeats, but we have Zach Herschfus, of Southfield, listened to their stories about life I stood there thinking about yeshivah is located in the Old City always picked ourselves up and Michigan, is a Lone Soldier serv- “back in the day,” and the strug- how this man, who was a total of Jerusalem and from the rooftop come back stronger. As a people, ing in the Paratroopers unit of the gles and sacrifices they have stranger to me just an hour ago, there is a magnificent view of the when we fall down, we always get Israel Defense Forces endured and what they have given had chosen to hold my hand at Old City and the Western Wall. back up again, and the way we do TheJewishNews.com CALENDAR

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