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HEBREWWATCHMAN.COM 16 SIVAN, 5781 MAY 27, 2021 VOL. 99, NO. 37 Sanders initiates After 11 days of hostilities, Israel and legislation to Hamas agree to ceasefire block arms sales

a.m. local time on Friday. to Israel Hamas claims that had commitments been made about certain Israeli policies in Jerusalem, such as policing at the Al-Aqsa mosque and a longtime prop- erty dispute concerning the eastern Je- rusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah; however, Israeli officials have denied this outright and affirmed that the cease- fire was unconditional. Bernie Sanders More than 4,000 rockets have been (JNS) – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) fired on Israel from Gaza since May 10, proposed legislation last Thursday to which have killed 12 people in Israel, block the sale of $735 million in arms mostly civilians, and 227 people in Gaza, to Israel, one day after a similar resolu- a number of them terrorist operatives. tion was introduced in the U.S. House of Israel’s aerial and artillery campaign Representatives. focused on targeting Hamas’s extensive “At a moment when U.S.-made terror network, including tunnels for bombs are devastating Gaza, and killing Israel Defense Forces Artillery Corps seen firing into the Gaza Strip in moving fighters and munitions. Israel women and children, we cannot simply response to more than 4,000 rockets launched towards the Jewish state has also sought to target the organiza- let another huge arms sale go through in the past two weeks, May 19, 2021. Credit: Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90. tion’s leadership and fighters. without even a congressional debate,” Diplomats from Egypt, Qatar and the said Sanders, according to Reuters. (JNS) – Israel and Hamas, the Pales- emphasizes that it is the reality on the United Nations mediated between both The former Democratic presidential tinian terrorist group that runs the Gaza ground that will determine the future of sides during the conflict. The United candidate said Americans need to take Strip, have agreed to a ceasefire after 11 the operation.” States also played a significant role be- a “hard look” at whether such weapons days of hostilities. Israeli security officials reportedly hind the scenes. sales fuel the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. According to a statement from the told cabinet ministers that Hamas’s mil- On Wed., [May 19,] U.S. President Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Israeli Prime Minister’s Office, the se- itary capabilities had been badly dam- Joe Biden urged Israeli Prime Minister (D-N.Y.), Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and curity cabinet “unanimously accepted aged, including drones, anti-tank units, Benjamin Netanyahu to significantly Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) were among the recommendation of all of the secu- tunnels and operations on the ground de-escalate the conflict. He also dis- those who introduced the resolution last rity officials, the Israel Defense Forces for intelligence-gathering and electronic patched U.S. Deputy Assistant Secre- Wednesday to block the aid. Chief of Staff, the head of the ISA, the warfare, reported Axios. While Hamas tary for Israel and Palestinian Affairs “At a time when so many, including head of the Mossad and the head of the still has a stockpile of rockets capable Hady Amr to the region to meet with [U.S.] President [Joe] Biden, support a National Security Council to accept the of reaching Tel Aviv, its launchers were Israeli and Palestinian officials. ceasefire, we should not be sending ‘direct Egyptian initiative for a mutual cease- damaged as well. The United States also considers attack’ weaponry to [Israeli] Prime Minis- fire without pre-conditions” to take ef- A Hamas official based in Qatar con- Hamas to be a Foreign Terrorist Orga- ter [Benjamin] Netanyahu to prolong this fect “at a time to be determined.” firmed the ceasefire to The New York nization and therefore shares no diplo- violence,” Ocasio-Cortez said in a state- It added that “the political leadership Times, saying that it would begin at 2 matic ties. HW ment announcing the resolution. HW Memphis Stands with Israel

By Susan C. Nieman held by supporters of all ages waved Rockets were still flying across Israeli softly in the gentle wind. skies while about 200 Memphians gath- “I am filled with so much pride and ered on Wed., May 19 for a Solidarity gratitude right now,” began Rabbi Leh- Gathering – a rally to Stand with Israel. rfield. (edited for brevity) “So much Organized by Memphis Jewish Fed- pride to see how many of our commu- eration (Federation) and held at the nity have come out today to support Is- Memphis Jewish Community Center’s rael. How all our synagogues and part- outdoor pavilion, Memphis rabbis, or- ner institutions continue to stand up and ganizational representatives and Feder- support Israel... ation leadership made remarks and led “We have so much to be thankful for, prayers for the support of Israel. living in a community like this that sup- Federation president Cindy Finestone ports Israel, the fact that we have a State and Jewish Community Partners Presi- that can defend the Jewish people,” the dent and CEO Laura Linder opened the rabbi continued. “Tonight, we have program and introduced the presenters. Memphis rabbis and community leaders made remarks and led the group gathered to show our support for Israel. Carly Abramson of Temple Israel began in prayers and songs. Credit: The Hebrew Watchman© Tonight, we are united for peace with the program singing “Hinei MaTov.” Israel. United with Israel who is fight- The program included remarks and Beth El Emeth Congregation, Rabbi were Michal Almalem, Rabbi Yisrael ing for the safety of both Israelis and prayers by Rabbi Binyamin Lehrfield of Akiva Males of Young Israel, Rabbi Wende, Scott Notowich and Rabbi Abe Palestinians as Hamas shoots rockets at Baron Hirsch Congregation, Rabbi Sa- Jeremy Simons of Temple Israel and Schacter-Gample. rit Horwitz of Beth Sholom Synagogue, Rabbi Levi Klein of Chabad of Tennes- Voices rose in song and solidarity Rabbi Joel Finkelstein of Anshei Sphard see. Leading prayers, songs and Psalms throughout the evening as Israeli flags (see Israel page 2) PAGE 2 | MAY 27, 2021 THE HEBREW WATCHMAN | hebrewwatchman.com Israel Continued from page 1

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We in Israel and its impact on all the citi- Cindy Finestone. Credit: The Hebrew Watchman© have convened our community in good zens of Israel.” Rabbi Joel Finkelstein said, “Let us pray for a day when mosques will no longer be used to incite violence or to stockpile weapons. Let us pray for a day when Jews and Arabs can live side by side in peaceful coexistence. 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CNN aired on the conflict a clip of Qureshi’s speech, in which he said the responsibility lay with Israel to stop the violence on its border with the Gaza Strip. Hamas, which started the conflict over a week ago by firing rock- ets into Israel, agreed to a ceasefire with Israel hours later. Golodryga, who was born to Jewish parents in what is now Moldova and im- Tom Aharon migrated to the U.S. in 1980, repeatedly brought up Qureshi’s statements about By Gabe Friedman what he called Israel’s control of the (JTA) – In case you missed it, Brit- media. ish-American comedian John Oliver Bianna Golodryga interviews Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood When asked to condemn antisemi- unloaded on Israel in a widely viewed Qureshi on CNN, May 20, 2021. Credit: Screenshot tism, Qureshi said “I will not justify any segment of his weekly HBO show “Last rocket attacks … and I cannot condone Week Tonight” last Sunday night. By Gabe Friedman the aerial bombardment that is taking Unsurprisingly it prompted heated (JTA) – Pakistan’s foreign minister are their connections?” place.” He described Israel’s actions social media responses from both sides, echoed a pair of antisemitic tropes on a Qureshi laughed, then said “Deep against Hamas as “genocide,” “war but it also inspired an extended answer CNN segment discussing the Israel-Ga- pockets.” crimes” and “ethnic cleansing.” from a popular Israeli comedian who za violence last Thursday. Golodryga pushed again, asking what Golodryga also pushed Qureshi to modeled his own show after Oliver’s. In an interview with anchor Bianna he meant, and Qureshi answered: “Well condemn China’s actions against its Tom Aharon hosted “Pa’am Golodryga, who is Jewish, Shah Mah- they’re very influential people, they Uyghur population, which some Jewish Be’shavu’a im Tom Aharon” (“Once mood Qureshi first said that Israel is control media.” groups have deemed a genocide. After a Week with Tom Aharon”) on Israeli losing the “the media war” in its battle “I would call that an antisemitic re- noting that Pakistan is a close ally of TV from 2018 to 2020 and is now de- against Hamas, “despite their connec- mark,” Golodryga responded. China, Qureshi pivoted to talk about the veloping a new show. He is of Mizrahi tions.” So began a testy seven-minute ex- Indian-Pakistani ethnic clashes in the descent and often critical of his native Golodryga shot back, saying “What change between the two, which aired Kashmir region. HW country, but he argues in a seven-minute video that Oliver’s critique went too far. Member of Palestinian security forces: ‘We will trample the heads “I would hope to someday have just a fraction of a white man’s confidence of settlers’ when I’m talking about things that hap- (JNS) – A member of the Palestinian In the video, the member said the willing, we will fly the banner of victory pen thousands of miles from where I Security Forces warned Israel in a vid- Palestinian Security Forces are not the on the minarets of Jerusalem.” live,” he says in the video posted last eo that appeared on various Palestinian guards of the “enemy’s” settlements, and “Therefore, the settlers are prohibited Wednesday, which as of last Thursday online outlets on May 18 that it would that any Jewish settler discovered on the from moving on the roads of the West Bank. morning had garnered nearly 44,000 pay a “very steep price,” according to road in Judea and Samaria will be shot. Whoever violates this will be met by bul- YouTube views in a day. “S***, I don’t a report by the Middle East Media Re- He said: “We will trample the heads lets. The time has come to face bullets with even have that much certainty about search Institute (MEMRI). of the settlers occupying our land. Allah bullets, and death with death,” he said. HW things that happen in my own home.” Aharon begins by pointing out just a few of the many celebrities who have come out strongly against Israel’s ac- tions in the ongoing military conflict with Gaza. He also shows snippets ON THE WATER from Oliver’s segment, including one in which Oliver raises his voice to call Israel “an a**hole.” GERMANTOWN’S GLENALDEN “Everyone has a right to criticize Israel, it’s ok – I mean, the Holocaust did just happen, but ok, if you have to, that’s how I make my living,” he says in response. “Some might even conclude that we’re the bad guys – someone’s gotta be it right? 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I explained with an online ceremony for fellows, basic terms and concepts before diving alumni, families and organizers on May into the complexity of the stock mar- 23, featuring live video from the Israeli ket. At the next class, I will be teaching cities where the program currently has the group how to look for patterns and fellows. systems in the graph in order to predict The 10-month fellowship is one of where the stock will go. For example, the longest-running and most success- there are stock patterns like “triangles,” ful programs of Masa Israel Journey. “channels and rectangles,” and “Head It brings college graduates between the and Soldiers.” After we master these ages of 21 to 35 from English-speaking trends and find ways to recognize them, countries to teach English in schools in we will be ready to invest real money in Israel’s demographic and social periph- order to achieve financial freedom at a ery. To date, it has amassed 1,700 alum- CYHSB Juniors Benjamin Siegel and Avi Klein discuss stocks. young age. ni and impacted 300,000 Israeli stu- I plan on continuing the club until the By Benjamin Siegel dents while contributing 25,000 hours end of the school year and possibly into to teaching. This past year has dramatically there, though? I could teach my fellow next year. Not only is there a weekly The evening began with addresses changed our lives. We experienced classmates how to invest as well. That is reward, but over the next six weeks, I by MITF’s partners and speeches from fewer social interactions, less sporting why I decided to start a new stock mar- put a small percentage of money aside Israel’s Minister of Education Yoav activities and events, shortened school ket club here in the school over this past for a grand winner at the end of the Galant and Masa Israel Journey Acting days, and fewer after-school extracur- month. year. Whichever student made the most CEO Ofer Gutman, in addition to Jew- ricular activities. Despite all of the chal- Now, the obvious problem that I’d amount of money from the virtual game ish Agency chairman Isaac Herzog. In- lenges, more people have been getting run into is that people wouldn’t want to wins a great sum of cash. teractive workshops were held and led the vaccine and our school is beginning spend their relaxed lunch period learn- Nadav Goldkin, a member of the club, by alumni, including education-indus- to open up and allow some sports and ing about line charts and graphs. How- said, “Benjamin Siegel comes prepared try networking, and nonprofit and pub- other activities. Hopefully by next year ever, there are incentives. For starters, every week, we have a good time and lic-sector professional networking. we will be back to a normal school there is a cash prize. I created a virtual have open discussions about the stock In addition to teaching, fellows im- day along with basketball, shabbatons, stock market game online that is just like market while learning a lot. On top of merse themselves in Israeli society and NCSY conventions, and more. Howev- E-Trade and other trading platforms, but that the game is so fun and I’m of course become integral members of the com- er, I decided that I wanted a new club instead it is with fake money. Every per- going to win.” munities in which they live and vol- in the school sooner and began to brain- son begins the game with $100,000 dol- Coby Goldblatt said, “The stock mar- unteer. Fellows from the program – a storm ideas for what to start. lars. Throughout the week and until the ket club is a great learning experience partnership between Masa Israel Jour- When I entered 11th grade, I kept next club meeting, whoever makes the for me. I learned how to research stocks, ney and Israel’s Ministry of Education wondering what to spend my bar mitz- most money gets a real cash prize. All so I don’t lose thousands of dollars like I – have taught in 19 Israeli cities and vah money on. Possibly a new Xbox, you need to do is attend the club meet- did in the first week, and instead I stand worked alongside 350 host teachers. TV, iPhone, or even a car. But why spend ing on Fridays with a possible chance a chance of making something off the Participants have come from the United money when I could use it to make even of walking home with some cash. Aside stock market.” States, Canada, the Dominican Republic more money? I began getting more from playing the stock market game, I The first-ever CYHSB stock market and the United Kingdom. and more involved in the stock mar- create a presentation each week starting club is off to a great start, and I hope to “Over the past decade, I have seen up ket. 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When celebrities comment destruction mounted – celebrities like hoping to kill as many Israeli civilians on international events, their remarks Mark Ruffalo, Mia Farrow, Viola Davis, as possible. On the other hand, no coun- are reported by news publications – Charles Grodin and Art Garfunkel Roger Waters, American singer Halsey try in the world does more to protect most often without rebuttal – spreading in 2013. Credit: Wikimedia and British pop-star Dua Lipa have tak- the lives of enemy civilians than Israel, the disinformation further. (JNS) – Jewish actor Charles Grodin en to social media, slandering Israel and which warns residents of pending at- Where will this invariably lead? Pa- died of cancer at his home in Wilton, trafficking in classic anti-Semitic tropes tacks, giving them time to flee to safe- kistani actress Veena Malik made the Conn, on Tuesday, May 18. He was 86 about Jews. ty. The accusation that Israel targets the short hop to good ’ole fashion Jew-ha- years old. Do these celebrities realize that they most vulnerable is simply false. It is a tred with this quote she falsely attribut- He was “one of the funniest people I are parroting the ridiculously false lies blood libel. ed to Hitler: “I would have killed all the ever met … , ” tweeted Steve Martin, about evil Jews in The Protocols of the One-third of the 4,000 rockets Jews of the world … but I kept some to Grodin’s co-star in the 1984 comedy Elders of Zion, a fabrication Hitler used launched by Hamas never make it show the world why I killed them.” “The Lonely Guy,” following the ac- to justify the mass murder of 6 million across the border and fall on its own Today, micro-aggressions against any tor’s death. Albert Brooks called Grodin Jews during World War II? Have they people. If Mia and friends are concerned other ethnic group are forbidden, yet “a brilliant comedy actor” in a Twitter heard of blood libel—the loathsome about the loss of innocent life in Gaza, these artists openly disparage the Jew- post, and said, “I had the wonderful ex- charge that Jews wantonly take the lives why don’t they ask Hamas to remove its ish homeland with their racist remarks. perience of working with him in my first of the most innocent among us? Do they rocket-launchers from civilian homes, Why do they think that is OK? Is it be- feature ‘Real Life’ and he was amazing. understand how vile Nazi-inversion is – schools and hospitals, or vacate the in- cause thousands of years of institutional Rest In Peace, Chuck.” the false accusation that the victims of habitants when the fighting starts? Why and systemic Jew-hatred makes it feel Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Grodin the world’s greatest genocide, the Holo- don’t they support building bomb shel- natural? Is it because they feel they started his acting career with television caust, perpetrate the genocide of others? ters (well, there are shelters, but those don’t have to worry about social or pro- roles and then supporting roles in major Songstress Halsey casts the Israelis are filled with weapons, not people) in- fessional consequences? films, such as “Catch-22” and Roman as “evil white people,” when she says, stead of tunnels used to smuggle weap- Anti-Semitism is not just a Jewish Polanski’s “Rosemary’s Baby.” Howev- “It is not too complicated to understand ons in? problem; it is a human problem. It is an er, he was best known for his comedic that brown children are being murdered In a recent video blog, avid Isra- illiberal ideology that undermines plu- roles, including in the “Great Muppet + people are being displaced under the el-basher Roger Waters, former lead ralism and tolerance, and a virus that Caper” and alongside Warren Beatty in occupation of one of the most powerful singer and bass player for Pink Floyd, destroys societies and souls. both “Heaven Can Wait” and “Ishtar.” armies in the world. It is willful igno- refers to the pending eviction of Pales- Like everyone else, celebrities have a Grodin’s biggest box-office hit was re- rance to conflate these simple horrors tinian Israelis by their Jewish landlords right to express their opinion in public. portedly the children’s comedy “Beetho- with religion + geopolitics.” after years of nonpayment of rent as the However, unlike you and me, they have a ven,” and he also appeared in the sequel. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is not “genocidal removal of people from their disproportionate impact on the conversa- His most well-known leading roles about skin color. Fewer than half of the homes.” tion. We need to hold them accountable. were in the 1972 film “The Heartbreak Jews in Israel are of Russian or Europe- Genocidal? Really? This is not just Slanderous lies about Israel foment Kid,” in which he played a Jewish hus- an descent, and all Jews can trace their Nazi inversion but degrades the hor- discord and propagate Jew-hatred. This band who left his new wife for a woman lineage back to the Middle East. Halsey rendous suffering and mass murder of should concern us all. he met on their honeymoon, and 1988’s is either ignorant of this fact or ignores millions in the Rwandan, Armenian and Lana Melman is the CEO of Liberate “Midnight Run,” where he starred as an it. In either case, the fallacious white/ Cambodian genocides. Art, a 20-year veteran of the entertain- accountant chased by the mafia, FBI and a brown dichotomy plays on today’s fi- These celebrities veil their aspersions ment industry and a leader in the fight bounty hunter, played by Robert De Niro. ery racial tensions and decidedly leans as criticism of Israel, but let us be frank: against the cultural boycott of Israel. Grodin was also a playwright, wrote on the anti-Semitic trope of “the evil (in When they speak about Israel, they are Her book about the cultural boycott comedy scripts, published several mem- this case racist) Jew.” not referring to the Arab citizens who campaign against Israel, “Artists in the oirs and hosted “The Charles Grodin Farrow posted a photo of herself with comprise 20 percent of the population; Crosshairs,” will be coming out fall Show” in the 1990s. her arm around three Gazan children they are talking about the Jews. 2021. HW He is survived by his wife, author Elissa Durwood Grodin, in addition to a son, a daughter from a previous mar- riage and a granddaughter. HW A close look at hospitals breaking. Consider that my last civic vi- said. Once back in my room, again un- Editor’s note: really care. Even an anesthesia-crazed This story is being olation was that of jaywalking in the 50s. chained, alone – I had barred the door fool sees that. HW reprinted in memory It was the anesthesia they claimed. It with some kind of medical chest. Why The syndicated humor of Ted, the of Ted Roberts in turned a sober jaywalking citizen into a would I do that? I don’t even so mis- Scribbler on the roof, has appeared in appreciation of his werewolf. I don’t remember any of this. behave at home when I crave solitude. newspapers around the US, on National longtime service Example: the area around your recov- I call it mass hysteria. The onlookers, as a newspaper Public Radio, and numerous websites. columnist. ery bed was alarmed. No bed bailing both patients and hospital employees, without a nurse. Naturally, they didn’t called it anesthesia effect. (He’s the cul- Ted has a new want you to fall on your face and mess prit, not me). Well, they ought to know. By Ted Roberts up a clean floor. But what if you wanted They were sober, I wasn’t. I wonder if I revised book Hospitals are big cubic buildings in to look out the window or whisper good could plead temporary insanity? 50% new stories which we store, file and archive poor morning to that blond a few steps away. Then the big day comes, VH day – souls who are either sick, soon to be That didn’t sound like a capital sin to Victory in hospital – home again, home The scribbler sick, or soon to be beyond our therapeu- me. It did to them. And the nurse and again. You think it’s over – well think tic reach. attendants were built to enforce these again. Our modern health institutions on The roof We stock the disabled there even regulations. No lightweights here. Also, have gluey tentacles like a hungry octo- by Ted roberts though we know a well-run hospital I admitted they were congregated by pus. “Tuesday, Mr. Roberts – the home with its germy wards is no place to stack the door – the heavy-weights that is – health will be there.” The best of Ted’s sickees. I ought to know because I just in case we made a sudden mass dash to “Nope,” bad day. I’ll be trying out for work—a collection escaped from one of the better ones in freedom. the NFL and don’t send the oxygen and of stories designed the area. “Hospitals are no place for sick But that didn’t seem to be my sin I physical therapist technicians that after- to make you laugh folks” goes one of the oldest platitudes was told later. According to ward gossip noon, I’ll be at the ballpark or chopping and cry of our medical society.” I had set foot outside the bed without firewood in the back yard. And to protect the residents they’re pulling the cord that called the nurse. The greatest transmutation that takes $10.95 full of rules – 89 percent of which I, a In other words, unattended, I wandered place above is the transfusion of duty available at lulu.com law-abiding citizen, was accused of the ward. And there was more – so they to love. Their rules have purpose – they hebrewwatchman.com | THE HEBREW WATCHMAN MAY 27, 2021 | PAGE 9 From Gal Gadot to Trevor Noah, here’s what celebrities are saying about the Israel-Gaza violence By Gabe Friedman (JTA) – Gal Gadot might have decid- Israel keeps taking more and more land not ‘fighting,’ Israelis are the oppressors ple from their homes.” He also criticizes ed for a while to steer clear of current – well the Arab invasion [could be refer- and Palestinians are the oppressed and President Joe Biden for staying silent on events after drawing criticism for her ring to Yom Kippur War or 1948 War of the situation is about anything but reli- the issue and says he is starting a new rendition of John Lennon’s “Imagine” Independence] – and back and back and gion.” campaign to get FIFA to stop allowing during the height of the COVID pan- back, and who knows how far!” The format has been mocked by some international soccer matches against Is- demic. But the Israeli movie star was Natalie Portman elsewhere on social media. rael. so moved by the deepening conflict in Portman has criticized Israel’s gov- Malala Dua Lipa her country that she posted a message to ernment in the past – perhaps most no- The Nobel Peace Prize-winning Paki- The Grammy-winning British pop her 53 million Instagram followers last tably in her refusal to accept the Genesis stani activist recorded a video message star – she is dating the Hadids’ younger Wednesday. Prize, nicknamed the “Jewish Nobel,” in in which she expressed her “solidarity” brother, Anwar – also put several posts “My heart breaks,” the “Wonder Jerusalem over her disapproval of Prime with the Palestinians and called Israel’s on her Instagram with the #SaveSheikh- Woman” star, who served in the Israeli Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. actions a crime against humanity. Jarrah hashtag, according to Newsweek. army, wrote last Wednesday. On May 11, the Israeli-American star “After decades of oppression against In her Instagram stories she put a tweet “My country is at war,” Gadot contin- reposted a series of images amplified on Palestinians, we cannot deny the asym- by Sen. Bernie Sanders calling on the ued. “I worry for my family, my friends. Instagram by fellow Oscar winner Vio- metry of power and the brutality from United States to “speak out strongly I worry for my people. This is a vicious la Davis titled “What To Know About Israeli air strikes on women and chil- against the violence by government-al- cycle that has been going on for far too Sheikh Jarrah,” the contested neighbor- dren in Gaza,” she said. lied Israeli extremists in East Jerusalem long. Israel deserves to live as a free and hood of eastern Jerusalem where Israeli Lena Headey and the West Bank.” safe nation. Our neighbors deserve the courts have threatened to evict Pales- Headey, the British actress best known Halsey same … I pray for better days.” tinian families. Tensions over those for her role as Cersei Lannister on The pop singer known for hits like Gadot was one of countless celebri- pending evictions helped lead to the “Game of Thrones,” has reposted mul- “Without Me,” which has well over a ties to weigh in on the conflict, which Jerusalem protests that set off the streak tiple posts from an anti-Zionist writer billion Spotify streams, tweeted a note has grown fierce over a matter of days of violence, and #SaveSheikhJarrah has on Instagram. One reads “Save Sheikh that ends with #FreePalestine and ar- and resulted so far in the deaths of six been trending on social media since the Jarrah” and “Zionist Israeli Apartheid” gues that religion and “geopolitics” Israelis and over 50 Palestinians. weekend. over an image of a boy holding a Pales- are not at the heart of the conflict: “It Many of the celebrities to weigh in Gigi and Bella Hadid tinian flag. is not ‘too complicated to understand’ are being highly critical of the Israeli The supermodel sisters have a Pales- Another note that Headey reposted that brown children are being murdered government’s actions. tinian father and previously have had reads: “this is not a Jewish state but an + people are being displaced under the Here’s what they’re saying – and how harsh words for Israel on social me- apartheid Zionist regime … this is a col- occupation of one of the most powerful they’re being received. dia. Both have shared a series of posts onisation of ethnic cleansing upon an op- armies in the world. It is willful igno- Trevor Noah and Instagram stories online since last pressed and imprisoned group of people.” rance to conflate these simple horrors “The Daily Show” host devoted near- weekend. Mark Ruffalo with religion + geopolitics.” ly nine minutes of his popular Comedy Gigi, the elder sister who has featured The movie star and known activist Veena Malik Central show to discussing the nuances on over 30 international Vogue covers, called for sanctions on Israel in a tweet: Malik is an actress and comedian who of the current conflict and the difficul- wrote among other things on Instagram “1500 Palestinians face expulsion in has starred in over a dozen Pakistani ties people have in talking about it. to her 66 million followers: “One can- #Jerusalem. 200 protesters have been and Bollywood films. Last Tuesday, she “If you start from ‘Israel fired rockets not advocate for racial equality, LGBT injured. 9 children have been killed. posted a series of tweets that seemed to into Gaza,’ well then Israel is the bad guy & women’s rights, condemn corrupt & Sanctions on South Africa helped free rejoice in the violence against Israel – … but then you take a step back in time abusive regimes and other injustices yet its black people – it’s time for sanctions including one that quoted Hitler as say- and you go, ‘Well Hamas fired rockets at choose to ignore the Palestinian oppres- on Israel to free Palestinians. Join the ing: “I would have killed all the Jews of Israel,’ then Hamas is the bad guy. But sion.” call. #SheikhJarrah.” the world … but I kept some to show the then you take a step back and you go, Bella, with over 41 million followers, Roger Waters world why I killed them.” ‘Well, the Israeli police, they went in and among several Instagram posts includ- The former Pink Floyd frontman is a She also tweeted “#IronDome is started beating people up in a mosque ed one with a series of images of two longtime anti-Israel activist and one of doomed” with a laughing emoji, refer- during Ramadan … well then Israel is the illustrated women talking about the the more prominent public supporters of encing Israel’s missile defense system, bad guy. But then you go well the Pales- Israeli-Palestinian conflict. One of the a cultural boycott of Israel. He posted a which has been overwhelmed by rock- tinians, they were throwing rocks – well women asks, “So aren’t Israelis and Pal- video message on Twitter calling for an ets fired from Hamas in the Gaza Strip. the Israelis, they were kicking people out estinians just fighting over religion?” end to the Sheikh Jarrah saga, or what The tweets had been taken down as of of their homes – well the intifada – well The other woman responds: “They are he calls the “genocidal removal of peo- last Wednesday. HW

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Wohlner Anshei Sphard - Beth El Beth Sholom Synagogue Jeremy Simons & Cantorial Soloist Emeth Congregation I pray. Happie D. Hoffman ַשׁ ֲאלוּ ְשׁלוֹם יְרוּ ָשׁ ִָ לם יִ ְשׁ ָליוּ א ֹ ֲה ָביִ/; יְ ִהי ָשׁלוֹם ְבּ ֵחי ֵל/ ַשׁ ְלוָה ְבּאַ ְר ְמנוֹ ָתיִ/ About the Situation in Israel Pray for the well-being of Jerusalem; “May those who love you be at peace. May there be Dear Community, We are all so concerned and saddened well-being within your ramparts, peace in your citadels.” -Psalm 122:6-7 I pray for a peaceful homeland. I pray for the ability to walk the streets of Jerusalem without We, here at Temple Israel, are devas- about the events in Israel. We are con- sadness, without pain and death. I seek a new peace. A peace where we live side by side tated by the escalating violence erupting cerned for our brothers and sisters who with another nation, each living with a sense of pride and autonomy and security. I pray that in Israel and Gaza. As Reform Zionists, have to endure nightly attacks on their no one of any religion will have to live in fear. we believe, unequivocally, that Isra- families. I weep el can and must defend herself against ַעל ֵא ֶלּה ֲאנִי בוֹ ִכיָּה ֵעינִי ֵעינִי יֹ ְר ָדה ַמּיִם We are saddened by the outbreak of any and all enemies who seek her de- violence on Israeli streets, both by Jews For these things do I weep, My eyes flow with tears -Lamentations 1:16 struction. Our shared hope is that we and Arabs. I weep for a dream not yet realized. I weep for friends and family that have had to spend never lose sight of the Jewish humani- We are praying for our soldiers and hours in bomb shelters and commercial freezers to stay safe from the barrage of rockets. I ty enunciated in Israel’s Declaration of their safety and we are especially think- weep for the hope I placed in coexistence. I weep for the divisiveness of our Jewish people Independence - whether “the other” is ing of those on the border who have to and the vitriol spewed internally at ourselves and externally to others. a Jew, an Israeli Arab citizen, or an in- live in constant fear. I am angry. nocent Palestinian child stuck in Gaza. ֱאi ִהים שׁוֹ ֵפט ַצ ִדּיק וְ ֵאל ז ֹ ֵעם ְבּ ָכל יוֹם It is our prayer that the conflict will We keep them all in our hearts. When resolve shortly and that in the meantime God watches for justice and rages every day -Psalm 7:12 we pray for our own people AND all in- we will be secure from all harm or inju- I am angry about a corrupt government refusing to care for its people. I am angry about nocent victims of war, it is never an act ry and we can soon end this defensive global condemnations of Israel’s right to defend herself. I am angry about the fear of others, of disloyalty or an abdication of Jewish operation. the hatred of that which we have internalized as our enemy. I am angry at the perpetuation of cycles of violence. values. It is the deepest manifestation of A prayer: Jewish values. Our brethren, the whole house of Is- I mourn. “Do you care about your tribe, or do : ָשׁ ַבת ְמשׂוֹשׂ ִל ֵבּנוּ נֶ ְה ַפּ/ ְל ֵא ֶבל ְמחוֹ ֵלנוּ rael, who are in trouble or captivity who Gone is the joy of our hearts; Our dancing is turned into mourning. you care about the world?” is the false stand by air, by sea or by land, may the -Eicha 5:15 dichotomy raised by zealots and ex- Omnipresent have mercy on them and I mourn the sense of safety and stability robbed from all the inhabitants of our holy land. I tremists. Jewish people know terror inti- take them from trouble to safety, from mourn the homes destroyed, families ruined. And more than anything else, I mourn the precious lives lost. The images of God diminished in this world. I mourn the Jewish Israelis mately and recognize the world’s silent darkness to light, from oppression to re- killed and I mourn the Palestinias killed - the suffering spills over. I mourn the murdered complicity so much so that our heart demption, speedily and soon, and let us children who won’t reshape our future. instantly awakens to human suffering say, Amen! I long. and pain. The road from callousness to brutality is short and direct, which is ְלw אָ ַמר ִל ִבּי ַבּ ְקּשׁוּ ָפנָי ֶאת ָפּנֶיw יְה ֹוָה ֲא ַב ֵקּשׁ, אַל ַתּ ְס ֵתּר ָפּנֶיw ִמ ֶמּנִּי In Your behalf my heart says: “Seek My face!” God, I seek Your face. Do not hide Your face from me. why we fervently pray that Israeli soci- -Psalm 27:8-9 ety will never succumb to the waves of I long for a time when we no longer worry. When families are safe and children play in the racist violence erupting in our spiritual streets without the fear of rockets or mobs or airstrikes. I long for safety for Jews and Arabs and Palestinians. I long for the streets of our holy land to flow with milk and honey and love. homeland. I long for the soul of our nation that needs reimagined healing. May we do whatever we can to help establish peace in our spiritual home- May the one who brings peace in the heavens bring peace to all of us, to all of Israel, and all who dwell on earth. land and for all who dwell there. As Psalm 122:6 reminds us, it is for the peace of Jerusalem to which we commit ourselves. Wiesenthal Center Hails Rabbi Avika Males, President Biden’s Signing of “No Young Israel Four Ways to Financially Assist Our Brothers and Sisters in Israel Hate Act” into Law Israel has been under relentless rocket of the other shuls and schools have been The Simon Wiesenthal Center hailed with Asian-Americans who are current- attacks from terrorist groups in the Gaza damaged. Barkai’s leader, Rabbi David President Biden’s signing of the ‘Ja- ly facing a wave of rising attacks as well Strip that have caused extensive dam- Fine (whom I know) said: “I will guar- bara-Heyer NO HATE Act’’ into law as Black Americans and other victims of age, terrible injuries, and loss of life. antee that every penny donated will get today. Rabbi Abraham Cooper, Associ- hate crimes in welcoming the signing of Millions of adults and children, living to the right place.” ate Dean and Director of Global Social this practical and symbolic measure into in fear, race for shelter each time the si- For donations: Action for the Wiesenthal Center, and law.” rens sound. The needs that have resulted https://www.israelgives.org/amu- Mark Weitzman, the Wiesenthal Cen- The Wiesenthal Center had been one from the terrorist rockets are numerous, ta/580556546 ter’s Director of Government Affairs of the supporters of the measure as it and there are many important Tzedakah C) Igud Rabbanei Kehillot, a rabbinic said, “This law, named after Khalid Ja- passed through Congress. agencies engaged in important work at organization of many hundreds of rab- bara and Heather Heyer, two victims of Cooper and Weitzman also expressed this time. bis is planning programs in areas heav- hate crimes who would not have been their appreciation to Senators Richard After being asked by many how we ily hit, like Ashkelon and the coast, in- counted in the FBI statistics previous- Blumenthal (D-CT) and Jerry Moran can contribute financially to help our cluding programs for children to travel ly is a necessary measure to strengthen (R-KS) and Representatives Don Beyer brothers and sisters in Israel, I can rec- out of the region for some relief. This monitoring and responding to hate. As (D-VA), Fred Upton (R-MI), Judy Chu ommend the options below. (There of initiative is under Rabbi Chaim Marko- Jewish Americans, who according to the (D-CA), and Vern Buchanan (R-FL) for course many more worthy agencies vitz, under the general stewardship of FBI are the most targeted victims of re- their leadership in sponsoring this im- which are working tirelessly at this Rav Shmuel Eliyahu. ligiously motivated hate crimes, we join portant piece of legislation. HW time.) For donations: A) Jewish Federations are already on https://www.jgive.com/new/en/usd/ the ground bringing life-saving human- charity-organizations/1158 Rock thrown at Arizona itarian aid, including emergency grants D) United Hatzalah volunteers have to victims and their families, psycholog- been treating many people who were in- synagogue ical counseling to all those affected, and jured as a result of the rockets that land- (JNS) – A rock thrown at the front social media to talk about the incident. support for first responders. Our help is ed in Ashdod and Ashkelon. Their Psy- door of a synagogue in Tucson, Ariz., “Yesterday, my synagogue in Tucson urgently needed in this crisis. Memphis chotrauma and Crisis Response Unit has broke through the glass window, caus- was vandalized. It’s heartbreaking to see Jewish Federation, along with Jewish also been dispatched, treating a number ing damage that was believed to have such a disgusting act in a place where communities all over the country, is of people suffering from emotional or occurred overnight last Tuesday and so many are meant to feel safest,” she joining the national effort to help our psychological shock and anxiety due to discovered last Wednesday. wrote. “Despite these actions, we will brothers and sisters in Israel. the rocket fire. All donations up to $1 Congregation Chaverim includes not be shaken. Hate has no place in Ar- For donations: million through Friday will be matched. Alma Hernandez, a member of the Ari- izona.” https://jcpmemphis.givingfuel.com/ There is an immediate need for more zona State Legislature, and former Rep. Hernandez posted on Twitter: “I’m a israel-crisis-2021 bullet-proof vests, helmets, and medical Gabrielle Giffords, whose husband, for- complete mess in tears as I write this. I B) The Barkai Centre for Practical equipment to protect our volunteers as mer astronaut Mark Kelly, is now the just got off the phone with my rabbi; our Rabbinics has six Barkai rabbis in Lod, they work to help the citizens of Israel. state’s junior senator. synagogue was vandalized, someone including Itamar Ben Yaakov, the rav For donations: Giffords, who survived an assassi- [threw] a rock at our glass door. This in Ramat Eshkol the neighborhood that https://israelrescue.org/campaigns/ nation attempt in 2011 and spent years was NOT an accident! I feel numb. … was particularly heavily damaged. Some southhelp recovering from a head injury, took to Send prayers our way.” HW hebrewwatchman.com | THE HEBREW WATCHMAN MAY 27, 2021 | PAGE 11 Obituaries Edith Baumwald Cohen Lottie Kampf four older siblings. Edith married the parents to New York in 1937 to escape love of her life, the late Dr. Jules B. Co- the Holocaust. She grew up in Wash- hen. At the time of his death, they were ington Heights in upper Manhattan, but happily married for 55 years. spent most of her adult life in Rockaway, Edith was a member of Anshei New Jersey, before moving to Memphis Sphard-Beth El Emeth Congregation to live closer to Cantor Ricky and Anat and Sisterhood. and their children and to join the extend- She and her husband loved to travel. ed Memphis Jewish community. When not traveling Edith loved to take Lottie was preceded in death by her care of her family. She enjoyed baking, husband of 52 years, Jack Kampf. She is sewing, shopping and antiquing. survived by two sons: Rabbi Mark (Chan- She is survived by two sons, Dr. Marc ni) Kampf of London, England, and Can- A. Cohen (Myrna) of Memphis, and tor Ricky (Anat) Kampf of Memphis. Norrin S. Cohen (Patty Herb) of Cincin- Lottie was blessed with 11 grandchildren nati, Ohio; and her grandson, Eli. and 21 great grandchildren. Services were held Tuesday, April 27 Lottie was an avid reader, loved to Edith Baumwald Cohen, 90, passed at the Katzman Memorial Chapel with play Mah Jongg and attend classes, but away peacefully on Monday, April 26, burial in the Anshei Sphard Cemetery. more than anything else, family was her 2021 at Methodist Alliance Hospice Canale Funeral Directors had charge. pride and joy. Residence. Born in Merrick, New York, The family requests that any memo- Lottie Kampf passed away peacefully Funeral services were held at Beth Da- on June 15, 1930, Edith was the daugh- rials be sent to Anshei Sphard-Beth El at home on Sunday, May 2, 2021. Lottie vid Cemetery in Elmont, New York, on ter of the late Max and Annie Baum- Emeth Congregation or to the Parkin- was born on June 4, 1929, to Julius and May 4. Donations may be made in Lot- wald. She was preceded in death by her son’s Foundation. Erna Breidenbach in Rimbach, Germany. tie’s memory to the Baron Hirsch Syna- She emigrated with her brother and her gogue or the Margolin Hebrew Academy.

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By Efrat Forsher and (Left) Jews visit the Temple However, he added, “We need to pay Ariel Kahana Mount compound, site of the attention to the situation on the Mount, Al-Aqsa mosque and the Dome to the unceasing discrimination, the fact (Israel Hayom via JNS) – After 19 of the Rock in Jerusalem’s Old that Jews may not pray publicly in a days during which Jews were banned City, during the Jewish holiday minyan [quorum of 10 men required], from visiting the Temple Mount due to of Sukkot, Oct. 8, 2017. Credit: the limit to groups of 20 and shorter vis- Muslim unrest in Jerusalem, a group of Yaakov Lederman/Flash90. iting hours for Jews.” 20 Jewish visitors were allowed on Sun- “I call on the prime minister to make day morning into the compound. of Jewish visitors went ahead as planned. the situation on the Mount equal for On Friday, hundreds of young Mus- Member of Knesset Itamar Ben-Gvir, Jews and Muslims, and prevent racism lims threw rocks and Molotov cock- handle the rioters. leader of the far-right Otzma Yehudit par- and inequality,” Ben-Gvir said. tails at police. Jerusalem District Police Early Sunday morning, there were re- ty, called the decision “an important step Chief Maj. Gen. Doron Turgeman or- ports of small-scale distrubances at the by the prime minister, which shows that This article first appeared in Israel dered police to enter the compound and Temple Mount, but the visit by the group Israel has not folded on its principles.” Hayom. HW

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