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At least ten Jewish community centers across America received telephone bomb threats on Monday, according to media reports. NBC News reported that JCCs in Birmingham, Cleve- land, Chicago, St. Paul, Tampa, Albuquerque, Houston, Milwaukee, Nashville and Buffalo were evacuated. No bombs were found at any of the threatened sites. This marked the fourth spate of concurrent bomb threats issued against JCCs in different parts of the US since the start of 2017. In a statement on Monday, Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan A. Greenblatt said, “We are confident that

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BY BARNEY BREEN against Jewish community centers “There is something going on Police tape outside the JCC in Nashville, Tenn., after a recent across the country and the that doesn’t allow it to fully heal,” telephone bomb threat. Photo: YouTube screenshot. -PORTNOY desecration of graves at a Jewish he stated. “Sometimes it gets better Antisemitism is “horrible” and cemetery in St. Louis. and then it busts apart. But we want JCCs around the country are taking the necessary security “has to stop,” US President Donald “The antisemitic threats to have it get very much better, get protections, and that law enforcement officials are making Trump said on Tuesday during targeting our Jewish commu- unified and stay together.” their investigation of these threats a high priority. We look a visit to the National Museum nity and community centers are On Monday, Trump’s to our political leaders at all levels to speak out against such of African American History and horrible and are painful and a very daughter Ivanka tweeted, “America threats directed against Jewish institutions, to make it clear Culture in Washington, DC. sad reminder of the work that still is a nation built on the principle that such actions are unacceptable, and to pledge that they In a statement to the press must be done to root out hate and of religious tolerance. We must will work with law enforcement officials to ensure that those delivered at the museum, Trump prejudice and evil,” Trump said. protect our houses of worship & responsible will be apprehended and punished to the full referred to the recent surge of Earlier on Tuesday, in an NBC religious centers. #JCC” extent of the law.” interview, Trump said antisemi- Also on Monday, the World antisemitism in the US — including Continued on Page A4 tism was “age-old.” a spate of telephone bomb threats Continued on Page A4

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Good afternoon. in the memorial, knees are weak. The mass It an honor to represent the Maneuver murder of Jews, prisoners of war, homosexuals, BARNEY BREEN-PORTNOY Center of Excellence and Fort Benning at this people with certain disabilities, had already NEW YORK opening of the National Infantry Museum begun. But Germany’s colossal genocidal exhibit dedicated to victims of the Holocaust project grew in scale in the beginning of 1942 and in memory of Colonel Aaron Cohn, when the SS took the lead. The criminals soldier, fellow Brave Rifles cavalry trooper, who led the SS quickly determined that mass public servant, example for all of us. shooting, although it would remain a signifi- US President Donald Trump announced Members of the Cohn family, commu- cant element in their “process” did not work on Monday that Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster has nity leaders, leaders of the National Infantry with the speed and efficiency they desired. been chosen to serve as his next national security Foundation and the National Infantry They began to use gas vans which they first Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster. Photo: US Army Public adviser, replacing Michael Flynn, who resigned Museum, fellow soldiers, Fort Benning civilians tried out on Russian prisoners. They then Affairs via Wikimedia Commons. last week less than a month into the job. and family members, distinguished guests: decided to reverse the approach they adopted America. The U.S. Army grew from an army of McMaster, 54, is a 1984 West Point In the Germany of the 1920s and 30s, in the summer of 1941; instead of bringing the 190,000 to an army of almost 8.5 million — a 44 graduate who served overseas in both Iraq and humanity was eroded by xenophobia in general murderers to the victims, they would bring the fold increase. A total of 16 million Americans Afghanistan over the course of a decorated and anti-Semitism in particular – and then in victims to the murderers. Large shipments of served in uniform in WWII; virtually every three-decade military career. the 1940s, gave way completely. The scale of the German Jews began on October 15, 1941. At family had someone in harm’s way, virtually “He is a man of tremendous talent and human toll, the suffering during the holocaust, the Wannsee conference in December of that every American had an emotional investment tremendous experience,” Trump said on is really unimaginable — six million Jews, five year, leaders and bureaucrats of government in our Army. That WWII army of 8.5 million Monday of McMaster. “I watched and read million others systematically murdered. agencies deliberately planned the implemen- existed in a country of about 130 million; by a lot over the last two days. He is highly On a recent trip to Israel, I made my third tation of the program to kill all the Jews of comparison, today we have an army of roughly respected by everybody in the military, and visit to the Yad Vashem, the Holocaust memorial Europe. Their plans included not only all Jews 500,000 in a country of 307 million. we’re very honored to have him.” in Jerusalem. One enters the memorial and is in German-controlled and influenced areas, It is when that American Army, alongside On August 26, 2012, McMaster spoke at immediately gripped by a sense of foreboding. but those — like the ones in England, Spain, British forces crossed the English Channel in the dedication of a new Holocaust exhibit at It is Europe in the early 1930s. Grey granite walls Sweden, and Portugal — which it was assumed June 1944 that the floor at the Yad Vashem the National Infantry Museum at Fort Benning narrow toward the ceiling and squeeze out the would soon also be under Nazi domination. memorial begins to slope upward toward in Georgia. The transcript of his remarks — in light as one walks downward, descending as It was around this time that The United sunlight streaming in through the window at which he talked about the importance of remem- humanity descended during a period when States entered the war after the Japanese the far end of the memorial. bering the Holocaust — was unearthed by The good men did nothing. attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Hitler’s and Nazi Germany’s genocidal Algemeiner on Monday and can be read below: By the time one reaches the lowest point America mobilized. The war involved all of Continued on Page A3 Nikki Haley’s First Hurrah

has been the focus of BDS campaigns every- “[T]he discussion was not about Hezbol- where, it was clear what she had in mind. No lah’s illegal build-up of rockets in Lebanon,” RUTHIE BLUM wonder her appointment caused Permanent she said. “It was not about the money and TEL AVIV Observer of Palestine to the United Nations weapons Iran provides to terrorists. It was not the Riyad Mansour to flinch. about how we defeat ISIS. It was not about Algemeiner Journal how we hold Bashar al-Assad accountable (USPS 927800) is published weekly for the slaughter of hundreds and thousands (except for the week of Passover Four months ago, when South Carolina of civilians. No, instead, the meeting focused and Succos) Governor Nikki Haley was nominated by on criticizing Israel, the one true democracy Subscription rate $40 per year the president-elect as US ambassador to the in the Middle East.” United Nations, I wrote that there was reason Asserting that the US “will not turn a Algemeiner Journal to hope she would live up to the legacies of blind eye to this anymore,” Haley underscored 508 Montgomery Street Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Jeanne Kirkpatrick America’s “ironclad support” for Israel and Brooklyn, N.Y. 11225-3023 and John Bolton as “shining beacons in the intolerance for the UN’s anti-Israel bias. Midtown Manhattan snake pit.” She pointed to the fact that, “incredibly, Periodicals Postage the UN Department of Political Affairs has an Paid at Brooklyn, N.Y. Though at the time, I could not judge whether she was the right person for the job, entire division devoted to Palestinian affairs,” and at additional mailing offices it appeared that she possessed the kind of while it has “no division devoted to illegal missile launches from North Korea… no POSTMASTER: moral clarity – and tough skin — required division devoted to the world’s number one Send address changes to in an arena filled with people whose key purpose is to cloud the distinction between state-sponsor of terror, Iran.” Algemeiner Journal good and evil. Indeed, it takes a special kind of The double standards, she said, “are P.O. Box 250746 US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley. Photo: breathtaking,” especially as “Israel exists in envoy to maneuver the Orwellian universe in Screenshot. Brooklyn, N.Y. 11225 -3023 which the international body operates, where a region where others call for its complete Western values are on a lower hierarchical destruction, and in a world where antisemi- rung than third world culture. And where a Mansour was right to be worried, just tism is on the rise.” This ongoing stance at the Let your voice be heard! mockery is made of the concept of human as I now believe my high hopes were well- UN “is long overdue for change,” she said. “The [email protected] rights, the championing and upholding of founded, when Haley was confirmed. United States will not hesitate to speak out which the organization was originally estab- On Thursday, after her first encounter against these biases in defense of our friend lished to safeguard. with the UN Security Council, Ambassador and ally, Israel.” To advertise in One indicator that Haley seemed to fit Haley told reporters that she had asked its If this was Haley’s first hurrah, it won’t the new Algemeiner the bill was that she, the daughter of Indian members to help her understand why, “when take long for her to take her rightful place we have so much going on in the world, why alongside, if not surpass the achievements of, e-mail: [email protected] immigrants who went through legal channels to become Americans, signed a law to crack is it that every single month we’re going to sit a handful of predecessors whose mark was down and have a hearing where all they do is indelible. or call down on illegal immigration. Another was her introducing legislation to outlaw boycotts, obsess over Israel?” Ruthie Blum is the managing editor of 718-771-0400 divestment and sanctions “based on race, Haley went on to describe the meeting, The Algemeiner. color, religion, gender, or national origin of which she called “a bit strange,” as exactly what the targeted person or entity.” Since Israel it was: a forum for bashing the Jewish state. www.algemeiner.com | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24 , 2017 A3 World News. Netanyahu Rejects Egyptian Spokesman: Report That Former US Report of El-Sisi’s Part Secretary of State Kerry in Clandestine Summit in Initiated Secret Peace Jordan Includes ‘False Meeting in Jordan Information’

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netan- yahu participated in a secret diplomatic summit a year ago in Aqaba, Jordan, with then-US Secretary of State John Kerry, Jordan’s King Abdullah and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Haaretz reported Sunday. At the meeting, Kerry reportedly presented a regional peace framework that included recognition of Israel as a Jewish state and the renewal of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations with the support of Arab nations. Former US Secretary of State John Kerry (left) Netanyahu responded that he would have and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. trouble garnering support for Kerry’s proposal within Israel’s governing coalition. did not deny the occurrence of the Jordan Several months later, Kerry presented summit, and even hinted that he — rather Netanyahu with a framework to resolve the than Kerry — had initiated it, contrary to Israeli-Palestinian conflict, including a demili- Haaretz’s report. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. tarized Palestinian state based on the 1967 “Who says that this (the report of Kerry lines with land swaps, with Jerusalem serving BY RUTHIE BLUM Palestinian issue and to safeguard the rights initiating the meeting) is accurate? Maybe of the Palestinian people by hearing and as the capital of both Israel and the Palestinian I was the one who initiated this meeting,” A spokesman for Egyptian President weighing various opinions from the involved state. Netanyahu rejected the proposal. Netanyahu said, essentially confirming to the Abdel Fattah el-Sisi railed against a report parties and is prepared to examine initiatives When the subject was raised Sunday at ministers that the summit had taken place. a Likud party ministers’ meeting, Netanyahu in the Israeli media about his country’s part aimed at reviving the peace process.” in a clandestine Mideast peace summit in Youssef, who failed to say what about the Haaretz report was false, added, “Reaching a final Continued from Page A2 of Holocaust victims. A memorial that Jordan last year, hosted by King Abdullah solution to this issue will lead to a new reality that Remembering helps bring home the singularity of those II and attended by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and then-US Secretary guarantees the safety and security of the Pales- campaign would continue until soldiers liber- who perished. As our fellow citizens enter of State John Kerry, the Hebrew news site nrg tinian and Israeli peoples, and will provide hope ated the concentration camps and Hitler’s this wonderful museum and come to this reported on Monday. to anyone who wants to achieve economic and murderous regime was defeated. spot, I hope that they realize that the vast According to nrg, Alaa Youssef social development in the region.” Mass murderers had to be stopped host memorialized here, the victims of the demanded to clarify that the Haaretz report During a speech Monday morning to physically. Their inhuman, fascist ideology Holocaust — died one by one. And I hope “included false information.” a gathering in Jerusalem of the Conference of hatred and violence and murder also had that they also realize that the American Youssef was referring to the Haaretz of Presidents of Major American Jewish to be defeated. And, ultimately, it would fall soldiers, airmen, sailors and marines who article which said Egypt was “sparing no Organizations, Israeli Opposition Leader of the shoulders of American soldiers to stop gave their lives to defeat Nazi Germany and effort” to reach a just and comprehensive Isaac Herzog confirmed the Haaretz report these mass murders and defeat their ideology end the Holocaust gave their lives one by two-state solution, which involves the estab- about the secret meeting, at which Netanyahu — soldiers like Colonel Aaron Cohn of the 3rd one and that they died for all of us and all of lishment of an independent Palestinian state purportedly presented a five-point plan that United States Cavalry who led his troopers into humanity. We must, as author Rick Atkinson along the June 4, 1967 borders. included a freeze in settlement construction the concentration camp at Ebensee, Austria on has said so well, remember that every death Youssef said that, “contrary to the false outside of the major blocs, in exchange for 9 May 1945. What he and his troopers found was as unique as a snowflake or a fingerprint. report,” Egypt’s position has been to “lead American recognition of Israel’s right to build was deplorable. The 25 Ebensee barracks had As President Obama observed in Oslo the way towards a permanent solution to the within those blocs. been designed to hold 100 prisoners each; on 10 December 2009, “To say that force each of them held over 700 emaciated men. In may sometimes be necessary is not a call the weeks prior to liberation, the crematorium to cynicism — it is a recognition of history; was of course unable to keep pace with those the imperfections of man and the limits of who were murdered or starved to death; the reason.” He observed that “a non-violent Arab-Israeli Indicted for death rate had reached about 350 per day. movement could not have stopped Hitler’s Naked bodies lay stacked up outside the blocks armies. Negotiations cannot convince al and the crematorium itself. American soldiers Qaeda’s leaders to lay down their arms.” Planning ISIS-Style found a ditch outside the camp where bodies America, he observed, has used its military were flung into quicklime. power “because we seek a better future for Attacks in Jewish State We should celebrate the end of this horror our children and grandchildren, and we — it was a real victory for our nation and for all believe that their lives will be better if other of humankind. A victory won by men like Judge peoples’ children and grandchildren can live Cohn. But this memorial and this museum also in freedom and prosperity.” BY JNS.ORG Israeli soldiers. He also distributed instruc- reminds us that victory in war is only possible Our Army is a living historical commu- tions to potential fellow terrorist operatives through sacrifice. In World War II, the U.S. military nity. That is why this memorial and this An Arab-Israeli man was indicted Monday on the production of explosive belts, explosive sustained almost 300,000 battle deaths and about museum are important to us. The American for his alleged links to the Islamic State terror group devices connected to cellphones and lethal 100,000 deaths from other causes. The war lasted soldiers memorialized in this great Infantry and his plans to orchestrate attacks in Israel. substances such as sarin gas. Islamic State’s 2,174 days and claimed an average of 27,600 lives Museum and those serving today are both Anas Haj Yehiye, 35, was arrested in late “Detailed Guide for the Jihadist” was seized at every day, or 1,150 an hour, or 19 a minute, or one warriors and humanitarians. Colonel Judge January by the Shin Bet security agency and Haj Yehiye’s home in the village of Taibe. death every three seconds. Aaron Cohn was a warrior and humanitarian. Israel Police, following intelligence-gathering The Israeli State Attorney’s Office filed The human toll of World War II and the Proverbs 22:1 says that a good name is to on his suspected terrorist ties and activities. an indictment Monday against Haj Yehiye in Holocaust is hard to imagine. But we must not be valued more than riches. We come together Haj Yehiye swore allegiance to ISIS chief Abu the Central District Court. The Shin Bet said it be numbed by statistics and remember the to commemorate the human tragedy of the Bakr al-Baghdadi, and was recruiting others “views Islamic State supporters in Israel as a singularity of every death. holocaust. And we also come together at this for the formation of an ISIS terror cell within severe security threat, and will use all counter- At the end of Yad Vashem’s historical memorial and in this great Infantry Museum Israel, according to the Shin Bet. terrorist and preventive means at its disposal narrative is the Hall of Names — a reposi- to celebrate two good names — Colonel The security agency said Haj Yehiye was and will with those involved to the fullest extent tory for the Pages of Testimony of millions Aaron Cohn and the American soldier. planning attacks on a bus in Tel Aviv and against of the law.” A4 | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24 , 2017 World News. Watchdog Launches Database for ‘Easy Access’ to Info on Quarter Billion Shekels Given to Israeli NGOs by Foreign Governments

BY RUTHIE BLUM received nearly a quarter of a billion shekels. Our new database brings this essential infor- An Israel-based watchdog has launched an mation directly to journalists, the public and interactive database for what it calls “easy access decision-makers, increasing transparency in a and analysis” of the more than $60 million (NIS clear, comprehensive and user-friendly way.” 235 million) in foreign government funding that The organization, which said it will Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu enters the Maghain Aboth Synagogue in Singapore on went to Israeli non-profits actively working to regularly update the database, provided a Monday. Photo: Screenshot. undermine the Jewish state in its conflict with video clip describing how to use the tool. the Palestinians from 2012 to 2016. In the clip, a narrator is heard saying: Netanyahu Meets Members of NGO Monitor said that it collected the Have you ever wondered how Breaking data from the quarterly submissions to the the Silence can afford its testimonies project? Israeli Registrar of Non-Profits in accordance Have you ever wondered who funds Singapore’s Jewish Community with the 2011 “Law and Disclosure Require- B’Tselem’s video cameras? ments for [Groups] Supported by a Foreign Have you ever wondered which govern- During Visit to Southeastern Governmental Body,” and it does “not reflect ments are trying to influence the Arab-Israeli the organizations’ total budgets or full amount conflict? Asian Island Synagogue of donations received annually.” Today, it’s all in your hands. NGO Monitor President Prof. Gerald Since 2011, every Israeli non-profit Steinberg said, “The unique and dispropor- must submit quarterly reports showing their tionate funding that a small group of Israeli foreign government funding. We have gathered all this data for you. “I believe that great powers around the NGOs get from European governments is used BY BARNEY BREEN-PORTNOY With just one click, you find informa- world look at Israel and Singapore today and to influence Israeli politics and society. Over the past four years alone, 34 Israeli NGOs have tion on funding for Israeli NGOs active in the During his visit to Singapore on Monday, see tremendous economic opportunities, conflict. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tremendous,” the prime minister continued. stopped by the Maghain Aboth Synagogue to “And one reason that that is the case is that we meet members of the Southeast Asian city- have an unbridled spirit and we put it to use. ADVERTORIAL That spirit is something that we’ve enshrined in בס" ד .state’s Jewish community “70 years ago if you looked at Israel and our peoples for a long time, for a long time. The you looked at Singapore, there wasn’t much Jewish people have passed learning from one to see,” Netanyahu said in remarks delivered generation to another, an inquisitive mindset at the synagogue. “But there’s a lot to see, and and the ability to produce new things.” it’s not I think accidental that our two nations According to The Straits Times, the formed this bond between us, because we are two-century-old Jewish community in Singa- pore currently numbers around 2,500 people both inspired to do things, to punch above our 1 Adar, 5777 weight. Israel is the innovation nation; we’re — a tiny minority of the island nation’s total February 27th, 2017 Presidium: both entrepreneurial centers. We have innate population of more than 5.6 million residents. Rabbi Hanania Elbaz talent and we have great drive to succeed.” Rabbi Yehoshua S. Hecht In years past, Beth Shifra maintained a Free Soup Kitchen all year round, open Rabbi Yaakov Klass seven days a week, serving free meals three times a day, without charge. Rabbi Yaakov Spivak During the week of Pesach, Beth Shifra sponsored free Kosher for Pesach

Continued from Page A1 make phone calls,” he noted. “Law enforce- Sedorim and daily meals around the city. We are personally familiar with their Targeted ment cannot always find out where they are significant work and urge you to help Beth Shifra with any support that you Honorary President can, including publicizing their inspiring work in your Shul or organization. Last month, an international security coming from.” Rabbi Shamaryahu Shulman consultant and political risk analyst told The The perpetrators, Gleis said, might “just This year, Beth Shifra is sponsoring free Kosher for Pesach Seders and meals th th Algemeiner that the bomb threats targeting JCCs be looking to sow fear in the community.” daily from Monday April 10 , through Tuesday, April 18 , at The White Shul, Av Bais Din: st were part of an “unfortunate growing trend.” 2102 Avenue T & East 21 in Brooklyn. Free Kosher for Passover food “But another concern, which is more Rabbi Herschel Kurzrock packages will be offered on Monday, April 10th, at the White Shul, 2102 st “There has been an increase in non-profit sinister, is that it is not just to create panic and Avenue T & East 21 in Brooklyn from 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm. organizations — both Jewish and not — receiving fear, but really, God forbid, to see how different these types of bomb threats, whether through organizations respond and then potentially Rosh Beth Din: We proudly invite you to join us in making this year a memory of a lifetime Rabbi Dov Aaron Brisman for those in need. Take the time now to have the merit and joy of helping a robocalls or other telephonic means,” Dr. Joshua attack them while they’re responding — for hungry family celebrate Passover. Please help Beth Shifra with any assistance Gleis, president of Gleis Security Consulting, said. example attack them while they are evacu- that you can, including publicizing their good work in your Shul or One reason for this, according to Gleis, is ating, where they could be potentially more Executive Vice President: organization. Rabbi Mendy Mirocznik technology. vulnerable because now there are hundreds Coordinator: May all those that participate in this holy effort be blessed from Heaven. “It’s very easy today to anonymously of people outside,” he added. Rabbi Moish Schmerler On behalf of the Igud/RAA Presidium and of the Beth Din, I extend greetings of Torah. Continued from Page A1 Cooper — the dean and associate dean of Vice Presidents: Trump the Simon Wiesenthal Center — stated, Rabbi Avraham Amar Sincerely, Rabbi Noach Bernstein Jewish Congress called for a “strong and “The multi-pronged threats of antisemitism Rabbi Eli Hecht decisive reaction by the authorities at all polit- today demand concerted action. We look to Rabbi Yechiel Malik Mendy Mirocznik ical levels to combat” antisemitism in the US. Rabbi Joseph Salamon Rabbi Mendy Mirocznik President Trump to take a leadership role in Rabbi Abraham Stone Executive Vice-President, Rabbinical Alliance of America “This is not merely a problem for the addressing the problem of antisemitism and Jewish community, it’s a problem for America hate in America head-on in a speech at a time as a whole,” WJC President Ronald S. Lauder and place of his choosing.” said in a statement. “It is equally important that “American Jewry,” they continued, “is political leaders in Washington and on the state being targeted by extremists from multiple and local levels speak out and condemn such sources: On our nation’s campuses, where vile acts. I know that President Trump and his incessant anti-Israel campaigns have created administration will take all necessary steps on a climate of intimidation; in New York, home the federal level to address this problem.” to the world’s largest Jewish community, “It’s time for all good people in America to which reports a spike in antisemitic incidents, join forces in order to root out all forms of antisem- and just this week, 100 headstones in a Jewish itism, racism and bigotry,” Lauder concluded. cemetery in Missouri were overturned. 305 Church Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11218 U.S.A. Tel. 718-531-8720 Email: [email protected] The Simon Wiesenthal Center on Tuesday Further, social media is being deployed urged US Attorney General Jeff Sessions to set 24/7 by extremists to target and demonize In a statement on Tuesday, Rabbis Denise president and leaders of both parties to speak up up a special task force to catch the perpetra- individual Jews, entire communities, our faith L. Eger and Steven A. Fox — the president and forcefully against antisemitism and all forms of tors of the JCC bomb threats. and values. We need leadership from the top chief executive of the Central Conference of hatred based on religion, race, sex, sexual orien- Rabbis Marvin Hier and Abraham to effectively combat the hate.” American Rabbis — said, “We call upon the tation, and gender identity, among others.” www.algemeiner.com | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24 , 2017 A5 U.S. News.

“We’re not going to provoke anybody. We’re putting Iran on notice” over recent hostile Iranian FM Warns US, Israel, not going to instigate any hostility. We’ve behavior, including a ballistic missile test. never started hostility, and we’re not planning Saudi Arabia Against Getting to do it. But we will defend ourselves.” “I do not believe that people looking at our history, people looking at our capabili- Themselves Into ‘Serious Trouble’ ties, will ever make the decision to engage in that misadventure,” the foreign minister Confronting Tehran Militarily also stated. After meeting with new US Secretary of Defense James Mattis for the first time on Friday, Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor BY BARNEY BREEN-PORTNOY Lieberman said, “The three main problems we must handle are Iran, Iran and Iran. We must The US, Israel and Saudi Arabia should be “prudent enough not to get themselves into build a genuine and effective coalition to deal serious trouble” by confronting Iran militarily, the Islamic Republic’s top diplomat said in a BBC with the terrorism it [Iran] spreads around interview that aired on Monday. the world, the development of missiles it is “First of all, we’re not talking about the law of the jungle,” Iranian Foreign Minister engaged in and its nuclear arms race.” Mohammad Javad Zarif told BBC’s Lyse Doucet. “We’re talking about the international law, and At the start of this month, the Trump according to international law, those [military] options are a violation of international law.” Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad administration announced it was “officially Zarif. Photo: Screenshot. “I certainly hope that prudence will prevail because Iran is not an easy target,” Zarif asserted. New US Ambassador to UN Nikki Haley Draws Praise From Pro-Israel Community After Calling Out Security Council for Double Standard Toward Jewish State

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The new American UN envoy is receiving warm praise from the pro-Israel community in both the US and abroad after taking the Security Council to task last week for its double standards when it comes to its treatment of the Jewish state. Addressing reporters on Thursday after taking part for the first time in a monthly Security Council meeting on Middle East issues, US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley said, “I am here to underscore the ironclad support of the United States for Israel. I’m here to emphasize the United States is determined to stand up to the UN’s anti-Israel bias. We will never repeat the terrible mistake of Resolution 2334 and allow one-sided Security Council resolutions to condemn Israel. Instead, we will push for action on the real threats we face in the Middle East.” Anti-Israel bias at the UN, Haley declared, was “long overdue for change. The United States will not hesitate to speak out against these biases in defense of our friend and ally, Israel.” The video of Haley’s statement went viral in pro-Israel circles around the world over the weekend. On Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — currently in the midst of a visit to Singapore and Australia — posted a link to the video on Facebook and said, “US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley, thank you for your unequivocal support for Israel! It’s time to put an end to the absurdity in the United Nations.” Later on Monday, Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon shared Netanyahu’s post and said, “Thank you Ambas- sador Nikki Haley, we are expecting to bring about together a new era at the UN!” After meeting with Danon for the first time earlier this month, Haley said, “Never again will our allies have to question our support.”

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of homes 6,000 miles away may not give them the same perspective as Israelis who face Cory Booker Condemned David threats of genocide from Hamas to the West, Hezbollah to the North and Iran to the East. J Friedman While Giving Iran a Pass Street does not believe Jews have a legitimate claim to Judea and Samaria or the right to live in all of their homeland. The group is also out of step with Congress and mainstream Jews who Iran. He did this even though Iran repeatedly support moving the US embassy and recog- threatened a second holocaust of the Jewish nizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. people, and has consistently funded terrorism Prodded by J Street, Friedman has been SHMULEY BOTEACH challenged about his past support for Jews ENGELWOOD around the world. Cory is also prolific on social media. It in the community of Beit El. The world may was therefore mystifying when he failed to villainize the families there as settlers, but in post anything from Israel during his visit there my view, they have every right to live in the last summer. Furthermore, many alarms also land of Israel. Last week’s hearing on the nomination of went up when Cory refused to condemn the The Palestinians have been offered the David Friedman to be the US ambassador to Obama administration for abstaining on the possibility of statehood no fewer than seven Israel was intense. The Democratic senators anti-Israel resolution that was passed by the times going back to 1937, and missed every on the Foreign Relations Committee came UN Security Council last December. opportunity because of their refusal to accept after him hard, quoting every controversial At the Friedman hearing, Cory’s main Democratic Senator Cory Booker of New a Jewish state. thing he’s ever said. complaint was that David’s inflammatory Jersey. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. While Democrats have united in Mind you, they couldn’t seem to find one rhetoric was unacceptable. He said that the site of the US Embassy. After the hearing opposition to Trump’s cabinet nominations, controversial thing he’s ever done, because David’s harsh comments about J Street were last week, it became clear that their campaign support for Israel has always been bipar- no one disputes that David is an upstanding, wrong and that they required “atonement.” will fail, and that David will be confirmed. tisan — because Republicans and Democrats decent man. David agreed, showed contrition and But that still doesn’t excuse senators who recognize that Israel is the only democracy in Most of all, I was upset by how harshly apologized. lambasted Friedman while giving Iran a pass. the Middle East, the only reliable US ally in he was treated by New Jersey Senator Cory And yet, during the Iran nuclear negotia- For too long, American ambassadors the region and a nation that shares American Booker. tions, Cory never once said that Iran’s vile have been forced to toe the line of timid State values and interests. President Obama under- There is a growing evolution in Cory’s words about Jews were abominable. Here was Department officials whose phobia over mined that bipartisan tradition, which is why position on Israel that is becoming more Khameinei, Iran’s supreme leader, repeatedly Arab reactions to US support for Israel have staunch Democratic supporters of Israel like aligned with the left wing of the Democratic threatening the Jewish people with a second prevented the United States from recognizing Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New Party. I hope that Cory resists its pull. holocaust and calling Israel a scab and cancer Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, and relocating York, Ben Cardin of Maryland and Robert Cory was once a steadfast friend and that required total destruction. But although the US embassy there. Menendez of New Jersey had the wisdom to reliable supporter of Israel. And while I don’t Cory called out Friedman for comments he For too long, our ambassadors have seen vote against the Iran nuclear deal. question Cory’s love for the Jewish state and found objectionable, he never once found the need to publicly criticize the democrati- Cory supported the deal. He had that his commitment to its security, I do question Iran’s threats against Israel to be objection- cally elected government of Israel for right. But he must show consistency. If you’re whether he is allowing himself to succumb to able. He never once took to the Senate floor protecting the interests of the Israeli people. going to criticize an ambassador-designate, pressure from those on the left who are gravi- to condemn Iran for violating the 1948 UN And for too long, our ambassadors have then at least condemn the Iranian regime tating away from it. Anti-Genocide convention by pledging the blamed Israel for the ongoing dispute with the that has pledged death to America, and its After years of pledging support for destruction of another people. Palestinians rather than acknowledge that the foremost ally, Israel Israel in front of audiences of the American Anti-Israel organizations have mounted obstacle to peace is the Palestinians’ refusal Shmuley Boteach, “America’s Rabbi,” Jewish community — who made him the a campaign to derail Friedman’s nomination to accept the idea of a Jewish state coexisting is the international bestselling author of single largest recipient of pro-Israel contri- because of his belief that Jews have the right next to a Palestinian state. 30 books including his most recent The butions in the nation — Cory stunned many to live anywhere in their homeland, and that J Street has every right to its harsh Israel Warrior. Follow him on Facebook @ by supporting the nuclear agreement with Jerusalem, Israel’s eternal capital, should be opinions about Israel. But sitting in the comfort RabbiShmuley.

and Fatah still views terrorism as a legitimate and justified tactic. The Associated Press And the reason that the Palestinians refuse to accept a Jewish state is because Smear of David Friedman they want to ensure that they have a “right to return,” and can demographically destroy it. Friedman is right; the AP is wrong. The story goes on: “end incitement” of violence, and terrorism FRIEDMAN: Asked whether under had increased since the Oslo Accords in Palestinian law the Palestinians were David Friedman, President Donald Trump’s pick the 1990s, intended to be a stepping stone “rewarding terrorists” and whether there to serve as the next US envoy to Israel. ELDER OF ZIYON Photo: Screenshot. was an “increasing incentive” based on the NEW YORK toward Palestinian statehood. THE FACTS: Not all Palestinians are number of people a terrorist murdered, said, FRIEDMAN: Asked about his connec- the same. “Exactly true.” tions to Beit El, a settlement of religious The Palestinian Liberation Organiza- THE FACTS: It’s complicated. nationalists near Ramallah in the West tion, the group that formally represents all Israel has long scoffed at the Pales- Bank, Friedman said his affiliation had The AP is attempting to smear David Palestinians, officially denounced terrorism tinian fund for “martyrs,” set up in 1967 by been as the president of a group called Friedman with this incredibly biased “fact decades ago, although attacks have continued the PLO, arguing that the payments it makes American Friends of Beit El Yeshiva, the U.S. check” article: to be a problem for Israel in the years since. are an incentive to kill Israelis. The fund fundraising arm of the settlement’s Jewish David Friedman, President Donald Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, in makes monthly payments to roughly 35,000 seminary and affiliated institutions. He Trump’s pick to be U.S. ambassador to office since 2005 and in charge of autonomous families of Palestinians killed or wounded said the money he’d helped raise had gone Israel, displayed an exhaustive knowledge of enclaves in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, has in the conflict with Israel and had a budget toward educational facilities like dormito- Israeli-Palestinian affairs during his Senate spoken out against violence, saying it under- last year of $170 million, Palestinian figures ries, gymnasiums and classrooms. confirmation hearing on Thursday, but at mines Palestinian statehood aspirations. show. Recipients include relatives of Pales- “It primarily derives from my commit- times glossed over intricacies of the famously Hamas refuses to renounce violence or tinian suicide bombers. ment to Jewish education,” Friedman said of complex region. A look at some of his state- recognize Israel. Hamas controls the Gaza Strip But the fund doesn’t pay people in his involvement with Beit El. “The quality of ments before the Senate Foreign Relations after seizing it in 2007 in a violent takeover and advance to carry out attacks. The Pales- those schools is excellent.” Committee: setting up a government there to rival Abbas’ tinians argue the fund helps support THE FACTS: It’s true that the funds FRIEDMAN: Asked about the Trump West Bank-based Palestinian Authority. Palestinian victims of Israel’s occupation, Friedman’s group raises help support the administration’s position on a two-state As far as Israel being a Jewish state, Abbas, including families of those driven to attack settlement’s educational activities. But solution, he said he would be delighted to see current head of the PLO, says the Palestinians by the dire conditions of occupation or by a Friedman appears to be playing down his a peace deal giving Palestinians an indepen- met their peace requirements by recognizing desire to avenge others killed by Israelis. family’s long association with Beit El. dent state. But he acknowledged skepticism Israel, and it’s not up to them to determine the Once again, Friedman is 100% right. The In addition to supporting Beit El’s insti- “solely on the basis of what I’ve perceived as religious nature of the state of Israel. PLO pays the families of terrorists, and terror- tutions, which include high schools and an unwillingness on the part of the Palestin- Friedman’s statement was 100% correct. ists know that their families will be taken care of an Israeli military academy, Friedman has ians to renounce terror and accept Israel as The Palestinians have failed to end incitement; when they are in prison (and that the terrorists written numerous columns for Arutz Sheva, a a Jewish state.” the PLO still praises (and pays) terrorists, will be handed jobs when they leave prison). right-wing news site affiliated with Beit El. It He said Palestinians had failed to despite pretending to renounce terror; the Friedman is right; the AP is wrong. was in some of those columns that Friedman Palestinians still regard terrorists as heroes; Here’s a final except: Continued on Page A7 www.algemeiner.com | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24 , 2017 A7 Opinion. The Impossible Deal: New Hamas Leader Is a Establishing a Peaceful Vicious Killer Palestinian-Arab State of a Gaza City Hamas battalion commander, Mahmoud Eshtwi, who was seen as being too openly critical of his superiors. a minimum, must maintain control over the YAAKOV LAPPIN According to a recent report by Israel’s major Jewish communities in Judea-Samaria, JERUSALEM Coordinator of Government Activities in the and, as Netanyahu said during Wednes- MORTON A. KLEIN Territories, Sinwar and his brutal track record day’s joint press conference, Israel needs might signal the rise of a Hamas dictatorship. NEW YORK “overriding security control over the entire That could spell trouble for the Palestinian area west of the Jordan River,” because “other- The election of Yahya Sinwar to lead Authority, which Sinwar views as an enemy, wise we’ll get another radical Islamic terrorist Hamas in Gaza represents the completion of and wants to topple in the West Bank. It could state in the Palestinian areas exploding the a lengthy takeover by Hamas’ military wing at also spell problems for Hamas’ other neighbors, It was exhilarating to watch US President the expense of its political wing. And it could Egypt and Jordan, both of which have their own Donald Trump, at his press conference with signal an imminent confrontation with Israel. domestic Islamist and jihadist problems. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Hamas’ military wing, the Izz ad-Din Traditionally, Hamas’ Shura Council has refuse to parrot the tired, irrational, dangerous al-Qassam Brigades, has been gradually included the military and political wings, as mantra that a Palestinian state is the only pushing aside the terror group’s political wing, well as the Hamas overseas politburo. But option for peace. seeing it as an impediment to its jihadist war Sinwar, a charismatic and dominant figure, Instead, Trump wisely spoke about real efforts against Israel. has been working to undermine this system. peace; creative solutions; ending the Pales- Sinwar and his military wing comrades Backed by Hamas’ “chief of staff,” Muhammed tinian-Arabs’ teaching of “tremendous hate” to want to reestablish their alliance with Iran Deif, and another high ranking leader, Marwan their children in their schools; and the essen- and boost their tactical partnership with ISIS Issa, who acted as a ‘bridge’ between the two tial requirement that the Palestinian-Arabs in the Sinai Peninsula. wings, Sinwar and his military wing have been recognize the Jewish state. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Sinwar’s rise likely means that Hamas consolidating power. The truth is, however, that irreconcilable, Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Photo: Twitter and Iran will grow close once again, after Sinwar did not consult with the political diametrically opposed differences between Netanyahu. years of turmoil over their opposing stances wing before having the Gaza City battalion Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) have long made it clear that the creation of a Pales- peace, exploding the Middle East.” on the Syrian war. commander murdered, and he will likely not tinian-Arab state is an impossibility. Israel also requires that it continue the In fact, Sinwar’s rise to power is being consult with it when he moves to establish For example, the PA demands control, legal Gaza weapons blockade, but, the PA says described by veteran analyst Pinhas Inbari as closer bonds with Tehran. at a minimum, of all of east Jerusalem – while it will never accept this. Iran taking back power in Gaza. But Sinwar might be thwarted by a more Israel requires that the entire city remain Similarly, as Netanyahu explained in Inbari believes that the move was “Iran’s aggressive Israeli approach in any future united under Israeli sovereignty. 2009 during his speech at Bar-Ilan Univer- way of conveying a message before the confrontation with Hamas. This potential The world needs to understand that sity, any Palestinian-Arab state needs to be Trump-Netanyahu talks” that took place last change in strategy was hinted at by Israeli Jerusalem is not even holy to Muslims. It is “demilitarized” – meaning that it cannot have week in Washington. Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman, who never mentioned in the Quran; it is mentioned an army, control its airspace, forge military Sinwar, who served 22 years in an Israeli said last year that Israel would destroy Hamas 700 times in the Jewish holy books. No Arab pacts with the likes of Hezbollah and Iran, prison for murdering Palestinians he accused “completely” in the next war. leader, except Jordan’s King Hussein, ever and import weapons, and must be subject of being Israeli collaborators, is a trigger-happy Israel’s recent breakthroughs in tunnel visited Jerusalem when Arabs controlled it to strong measures to prevent weapons senior Hamas member who does not hesitate detection capabilities, precision air power from 1948-67. Jerusalem has never been the smuggling. The PA opposes all of these Israeli to shoot Gazans he perceives as being disloyal. and the revamping of its Armored Corps capital of any country except Israel. security requirements. He was released from Israeli prison during could mean that a mistake by Sinwar might The PA demands that every Jew must Still another irreconcilable issue is that the 2011 Shalit prisoner swap, and quickly prove to be the most costly yet for Hamas. be ejected from their future state, meaning because a Palestinian state deal asks Israel rejoined his comrades in the Hamas military Yaakov Lappin is a military and strategic the 800,000 Jews in east Jerusalem-Judea- to give up irreversible tangibles (i.e., land) wing, under the command of Muhammad affairs correspondent. He also conducts Samaria. That will never happen. for intangible peace promises, Israel needs Deif, who were feverishly preparing rocket and research and analysis for defense think tanks. The PA also insists that millions of partners who keep their promises. But the PA tunnel attacks against Israel. This article was originally commissioned by the Investigative Project on Terrorism. descendants of so-called Palestinian broke its repeated Oslo and other agreements Last year, Sinwar ordered the execution “refugees,” created by the 1948 Arab war to to combat and stop inciting terror, collect destroy Israel, be allowed to move to Israel illegal weapons, outlaw terrorist groups and Continued from Page A10 If the slave has grown so used to his condition (Eeen though there are only 40,000 actual preserve and provide Jews access to Jewish Nudge that he wishes not to go free, then he is forced refugees from 1948 living today). Every Israeli holy sites in PA territory. On the other hand, we know that people to undergo a stigmatising ceremony, having government, from Left to Right, unequivocally Finally, the PA’s unrelenting goal is will not always make the right choices. The his ear pierced, which thereafter remains as to destroy and replace all of Israel with a rejects this, because it means overwhelming old model on which classical economics a visible sign of shame. Every Shabbat, slaves Palestinian-Arab state that no Jews can step Israel with a hostile population and ending was based, that left to themselves people will cannot be forced to work. All these stipula- foot in. This goal is clearly laid out in the PA Israel as a Jewish state. make rational choices, turns out not to be tions have the effect of turning slavery from ruling party Fatah Charter and in PA Presi- The PA also demands a “contiguous” state true. We are deeply irrational, a discovery to a lifelong fate into a temporary condition, that connects Gaza to Judea-Samaria, thereby dent Abbas’ speeches condemning the Israeli which several Jewish academics made major and one that is perceived to be a humiliation cutting Israel into two separate pieces. Israel “occupation” since 1948 – and in the PA maps, contributions. The psychologists Solomon rather than something written indelibly into obviously cannot agree to this demand either, stationery, official emblems, stamps, media Asch and Stanley Milgram showed how much the human script. if Israel wishes to remain in existence. and atlases showing all of Israel as Palestine. we are influenced by the desire to conform, Why choose this way of doing things? The PA refuses to agree to Israel’s basic The PA leadership assures its people that any even when we know that other people have Because people must freely choose to abolish demand for recognition as the Jewish state. concessions it obtains are “stages” towards got it wrong. The Israeli economists, Daniel slavery if they are to be free at all. It took the To top off all of the above, the PA refuses their final goal of destroying the Jewish state. reign of terror after the French Revolution to to sign a peace deal that “ends all claims” Additionally, the PA is politically aligned Kahneman and Amos Tversky, showed how show how wrong Rousseau was when he wrote against Israel. Israel understandably cannot with Hamas, whose charter calls for Israel’s even when making economic decisions we in The Social Contract that if necessary people agree to any agreement that does not include destruction and the murder of every Jew. frequently miscalculate their effects and fail have to be forced to be free. That is a contra- such a clause. Israel cannot agree to commit suicide – to recognise our motivations, a finding for Another irreconcilable PA demand is or give the PA a stronger base for advancing which Kahneman won the Nobel Prize. diction in terms, and it led, in the title of J. L. that Israel must free all Palestinian-Arab the Palestinian-Arab “struggle” for Israel’s total How then do you stop people doing Talmon’s great book on the thinking behind the terrorists in Israeli jails. Of course, Israel won’t annihilation. harmful things without taking away their French revolution, to totalitarian democracy. release thousands of unrepentant convicted Morton A. Klein is president, Zionist freedom? Thaler and Sunstein’s answer is God can change nature, said murderers and attempted murderers. Organization of America. that there are oblique ways in which you can Maimonides, but He cannot, or chooses not Also with respect to security, Israel, at influence people. In a cafeteria, for example, to, change human nature, precisely because you can put healthy food at eye level and junk Judaism is built on the principle of human food in a more inaccessible and less notice- freedom. So He could not abolish slavery Continued from Page A6 In the above passage, the AP did not able place. You can subtly adjust what they overnight, but He could change our choice Smear contradict a single thing that Friedman said. call people’s “choice architecture.” architecture, or in plain words, give us a made controversial comments that have Writing for Arutz Sheva is not a violation of That is exactly what God does in the nudge, signalling that slavery is wrong but attracted attention since his nomination. any law or US regulation. And blindly trusting case of slavery. He does not abolish it, but He that we must be the ones to abolish it, in our In Beit El, his and his wife’s names are on the an anti-settlement group is irresponsible. so circumscribes it that He sets in motion a own time, through our own understanding. It facade of the Friedman Faculty House, which This is a travesty of a “fact check.” TheAP process that will foreseeably, even if only after took a very long time indeed, and in America, the anti-settlement watchdog Kerem Navot has nothing to contradict Friedman, so instead, many centuries, lead people to abandon it of not without a civil war, but it happened. says is built on private Palestinian land without it throws a bunch of mud at the wall, and hopes their own accord. There are some issues on which God gives us a nudge. The rest is up to us. permission from its Palestinian landowners. that some will stick. Shame on them. A Hebrew slave is to go free after six years. A8 | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24 , 2017 Impressions.

University of Demolishing the Spurious, Edinburgh to Libelous Claim That Israel Is an Be First Scottish Campus to Apartheid State Receive, House BY JEREMY ROSEN looking for the area to be occupied by only one race. Torah Scroll The Afrikaaner whites never intended to give any sovereignty to blacks, regardless of any settlement of Benjamin Pogrund was born in South Africa. differences. Theirs was an ideology of racial superi- As a journalist, he fought the apartheid regime, most ority, not an unfortunate political accommodation notably through his work for The Rand Daily Mail. BY RACHEL FROMMER awaiting a peace treaty, in which peace was being When the government closed the paper down and pursued in principal, if not always in reality. This exiled him, Benjamin moved to London, where he book is an excellent overview of the present struggle joined The Independent and The Sunday Times. A Torah scroll will soon come to a Scottish between two competing claims. It is possibly the In his latest book, Drawing Fire: Investigating the campus, marking the first time ever a university in the fairest book on the market for a balanced, objective Accusations of Apartheid in Israel, he completely country will have one on site, the rabbi leading the viewpoint of this conflict. demolishes the spurious, not to say libelous, claim effort told The Algemeiner. It is all the more important because, in examining that Israel is an apartheid state. “It is very exciting for all the students at the the charges, Benjamin pulls no punches in criticizing I became an opponent of apartheid when my University of Edinburgh,” said Rabbi Pinny Weinman, Israel — as it functions within the Green Line, and father took me with him to South Africa in 1955, on co-director of the school’s Chabad center, which will in the occupied West Bank and Gaza. He has no one of his lecture tours. While he was busy, I was house the Torah. patience for extremism on either side. He points out placed in the charge of some lovely Jewish ladies More than 100 students and community Israel’s mistakes, failures and shortcomings without who turned out to be radical adversaries of the members are expected to attend the scroll dedication trying in any way to disguise or minimize them. This system. They took me around the country, making ceremony next month, which will take place at a venue book is an important source of facts and arguments sure I saw the evils of the system first hand. As a on campus and include an LED show from DeLighters, that will help anyone on the frontline defending Israel student, I joined the Anti-Apartheid Movement, a physical performance troupe. against the lies, half-truths and mendacious libels that eventually rising to become honorary president of one hears all the time and in almost every sector of the Scottish arm of the movement. the media, the glitterati, the NGOs, the charities and In 1985, I was approached by the then-chief academia. That polemicists and politicians lie is, of rabbi of South Africa Bernard Casper, to consider course, a given. But that people professing honesty, succeeding him. I spent a month in Johannesburg to explore the possibilities, and familiarize myself with the inside story of South Africa — to see whether there was anything I could do, if I took the position, to mitigate or even combat the apartheid government. It was through Benjamin’s good offices that I met many of the African National Congress and Congress of South African Trade Unions underground leader- ship — not an easy feat. Only Benjamin’s reputation and the enormous respect they had for him got me through. They all advised me not to move to South Africa, telling me that if I would take a stand, I’d be University of Edinburgh. Photo: Wikipedia put on the next plane out of the country. They said the situation was hopeless, and a bloodbath was Jack Lunzer. Photo: screenshot. “Particularly given these challenging times in imminent. Of course, fortunately, things worked out differently, due overwhelmingly to the greatness of Europe, this is an opportunity to celebrate Jewish objectivity and ethics lie illustrates the prejudice and Nelson Mandela and the realism of President de pride publicly in Scotland’s capital city,” Weinman hypocrisy that stalks the world we live in, and actually Klerk. And the late Rabbi Cyril Harris, who took on said, alluding to the rise of antisemitism that has hit prevents and postpones any chance of a settlement. Rabbi Casper’s role, did an excellent job shepherding the UK, with attacks on Jewish students and faculty This is the issue. Sadly, no matter what the Jewish community through the transition. doubling last year. Benjamin, or anyone else for that matter, writes, Benjamin and his family subsequently moved to Weinman added that though faculty and admin- it will make absolutely no difference. Ideological Israel, where he joined my late brother, Mickey, in setting istration have been supportive of the Jewish students, blindness is played out on university campuses up the Centre for Social Concern at Yakar, in Jerusalem, to life in Edinburgh can be tough, with minimal kosher where professors’ leanings become the only points try to bring Israelis and Palestinians together. facilities available and basic religious needs difficult of view acceptable if one intends to pass exams or Unlike most people, Benjamin personally to come by — not least of which, he said, was a Torah gain promotions. There, aggressive, bullying student knows and has experienced apartheid. Hence, he is scroll. cadres look to disrupt and silence any other perspec- better able than most to deal with the charges that Chabad of Edinburgh will receive its Torah tives. All this, at a time when most of the nations who Israel is an apartheid state. He can say, categorically, courtesy of the Beis Yisroel Torah Gemach (BYTG), berate Israel as a colonial interloper and aggressor that applying the term apartheid to Israel is simply a free Torah-loan program that finds scrolls sitting are themselves the most corrupt offenders against ignorance, if not malice. To call Israel genocidal unused in synagogues, then fixes and redeploys them human rights and civilized behavior on earth. when its Arab population has doubled is a joke. to Chabad centers — and some non-Chabad institu- Israel will survive. But the awful side effect of Even the population of the Palestinian territories has tions — around the world. exaggerated and prejudiced anti-Israel propaganda mushroomed. Which means that Israelis must be Bentzion Chanowitz, who founded BYTG, told is that it further empowers right-wing refusal to the most incompetent genocidists ever! The Algemeiner the Edinburgh Torah was made compromise. It reinforces a siege mentality, imper- In his balanced, detailed and honest book, possible through the work of a donor who got involved viousness to self-analysis. One despairs of a solution Benjamin completely demolishes the comparison with the loan program a few years ago. when exceptional, fair and experienced people like — by presenting entirely objective facts. Under “The donor saw how widespread the problem is Benjamin will simply not be listened to, because apartheid, no black South African was allowed to of shluchim (Chabad emissaries) being able to accom- they will be dismissed as tools of colonialism, vote or take up residence in white areas. In contrast, modate a minyan, but unable to obtain a Torah. He regardless of their record. At the same time, he will Israeli Arabs sit in the Knesset, the Supreme Court said, ‘I can’t believe there are so many places missing be dismissed by the Israeli Right as being too liberal. and hold senior positions never, ever accorded to the essential book,'” Chanowitz said. Such is the mad, mad world we live in. It is only by blacks in South Africa under the old regime. The Through Chanowitz’s vetting process, the encountering good, honest people like Benjamin areas beyond the Green Line currently occupied Edinburgh center was made a top priority — with many Pogrund that we can retain some faith in humanity by Israel are, indeed, in a state of limbo awaiting a other locations still looking for similar assistance. and its prospects. final peace settlement, but only the Palestinians are www.algemeiner.com | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24 , 2017 A9 Legal Notice.

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ZUNIGA; et al; land, with the buildings and improve- LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCI- et al; Defendant(s) Attorney (s) for for Plaintiff 145 Huguenot Street – Defendant(s) Attorney (s) for Plaintiff ments thereon erected, situate, lying ATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR MORGAN Plaintiff (s): ROSICKI, ROSICKI & Suite 210 New Rochelle, New York (s): ROSICKI, ROSICKI & ASSOCI- and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, STANLEY MORTGAGE LOAN ASSOCIATES, P.C., 2 Summit Court, 10801 (914) 636-8900 ATES, P.C., 2 Summit Court, Suite 301, County of Kings, City and State of New TRUST 2007-3XS, Plaintiff AGAINST Suite 301, Fishkill, New York, 12524, AJ 2/17/24; 3/3/10 Fishkill, New York, 12524, 845.897.1600 York. Premises known as 1101 Greene DERWENT SLATER, DAVID SNAGG, 845.897.1600 Pursuant to judgment Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11221. et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a of foreclosure and sale granted herein IGLOO NYC LLC. Art. of Org. filed and sale granted herein on or about (Block: 3284 and Lot: 39) Approxi- Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale on or about July 27, 2016, I will sell at with the SSNY on 01/20/17. Office: November 28, 2016, I will sell at Public mate amount of lien $639,228.21 duly dated September 08, 2016 I, the Public Auction to the highest bidder Kings County. SSNY designated as Auction to the highest bidder in Room plus interest and costs. Premises will undersigned Referee will sell at public in Room 224 at the Kings County agent of the LLC upon whom process 224 at the Kings County Supreme be sold subject to provisions of filed auction at the Room 224 of Kings Supreme Court, 360 Adams Street, against it may be served. SSNY shall Court, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, judgment and terms of sale. Index No. County Supreme Court, 360 Adams Brooklyn, NY 11201. On March 16, mail copy of process to the LLC, c/o NY 11201. On March 9, 2017 at 2:30 7907/2013. Betty Lugo, Esq., Referee. Street, Brooklyn, New York 11201, on 2017 at 2:30 pm. Premises known as The Vorea Group LLC, 184 North 8th pm. Premises known as 41 LOGAN Davidson Fink LLP Attorney(s) for March 16, 2017 at 2:30PM, premises 35 MCDONALD AVENUE, UNIT 1A, Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211. Purpose: STREET, BROOKLYN, NY 11208- Plaintiff 28 East Main Street, Suite known as 517 MILFORD STREET, BROOKLYN, NY 11218-1082 Block: Any lawful purpose. 1312 Block: 4102 Lot: 4 ALL THAT 1700 Rochester, NY 14614-1990 Tel. BROOKLYN, NY 11208. All that 00895 Lot: 1127 The Condominium AJ 2/17/24; 3/3/10/17/24 CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL 585/760-8218 Dated: January 05, 2017 certain plot piece or parcel of land, Unit known and designated as Unit OF LAND, WITH THE BUILDINGS AJ 2/3/10/17/24 with the buildings and improvements No. 1A (hereinafter called "the Unit") SUPREME COURT – COUNTY OF AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON erected, situate, lying and being in the in the building known as the 35 KINGS MVMF III FIN TRUST, Plain- ERECTED, SITUATE, LYING AND NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings, McDonald Avenue Condominium, tiff against JOSEPHINE JEAN PIERRE; BEING IN THE BOROUGH OF COUNTY OF KINGS U.S. Bank City and State of New York, BLOCK 25-47 McDonald Avenue, Borough of PHENICIEN JEAN PIERRE, EMMA BROOKLYN, COUNTY OF KINGS, National Association, as Trustee for 4480, LOT 148. Approximate amount Brooklyn, County of Kings, City and JEAN PIERRE, et al Defendant(s). CITY AND STATE OF NEW YORK. Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage of judgment $824,069.35 plus interest State of New York (the "Building") Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure As more particularly described in the Securities Corp., CSMC Mortgage- and costs. Premises will be sold subject designated and described in the and Sale entered on January 26, 2017. judgment of foreclosure and sale. Sold Backed Pass-Through Certificates, to provisions of filed Judgment for Declaration establishing a plan for I, the undersigned Referee will sell subject to all of the terms and condi- Series 2006-6, Plaintiff AGAINST Index# 2380/2014. Andree Sylvestre- condominium ownership of the at public auction in Room 224 of the tions contained in said judgment and Andrea Romeo; et al., Defendant(s) Johnson Esq., Referee Gross Polowy, Building and the land upon which the Kings County Courthouse, 360 Adams terms of sale. Approximate amount of Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 1775 Wehrle Building is situated (said Building and Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. on the 23rd day judgment $57,813.40 plus interest and and Sale duly dated August 8, 2016 I, Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY land referred to collectively herein as of March, 2017 at 2:30 p.m. premises costs. INDEX NO. 508093/2015 Mark the undersigned Referee will sell at 14221 the "Property" or the "Condominium"), All that certain plot, piece or parcel of A. Longo, Esq., Referee public auction at the Kings County AJ 2/10/17/24; 3/3 dated January 31, 2007, made by land, with the buildings and improve- AJ 2/3/10/17/24 Supreme Court, 360 Adams Street, 25-47 McDonald Avenue LLC under ments thereon erected, situate, lying

Room 224, Brooklyn, NY 11201 on NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME the Condominium Act of the State and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, Index No.: 12913/2012 NOTICE OF March 9, 2017 at 2:30PM, premises COURT COUNTY OF KINGS of New York (Article 9-B of the Real County of Kings, City and State of SALE SUPREME COURT - COUNTY known as 2952 Gerritsen Avenue, WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., Plaintiff Property Law of the State of New New York, bounded and described OF KINGS DEUTSCHE BANK Brooklyn, NY 11229. All that certain AGAINST EDWARD BATISTA, et al., York), recorded in the Office of the as follows: Beginning at a point on NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, plot piece or parcel of land, with the Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment Register of the City of New York on the the Easterly side of East Nineteenth AS TRUSTEE FOR GSAMP TRUST buildings and improvements erected, of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated 27th day of April, 2007, in City Register Street, distant three hundred and fifty 2005-SD1, MORTGAGE PASS- situate, lying and being in the Borough September 15, 2016 I, the undersigned File Number (CRFN) 2007000221142 (350) feet Northerly from the corner THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES of Brooklyn, County of Kings City Referee will sell at public auction (hereinafter called the "Declaration"). formed by the intersection of the 2005-SD1, Plaintiff(s), Against and State of NY, Block 8900 Lot 866. at the Room 224 of Kings County The Unit is also designated as Tax Lot Northerly side of Avenue G with the OSWALD ALLEN, Defendant(s). Approximate amount of judgment Supreme Court, 360 Adams Street, No. 1127 in Block 895 of the Borough Easterly side of East Nineteenth Street; Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure $243,106.99 plus interest and costs. Brooklyn, New York 11201, on March of Brooklyn on the Tax Map of the Running thence Easterly parallel with and Sale, duly entered in the Kings Premises will be sold subject to 16, 2017 at 2:30PM, premises known Real Property Assessment Depart- Avenue G one hundred and one (101) County Clerk’s Office on 11/29/2016, provisions of filed Judgment Index# as 224 MOFFAT STREET, BROOKLYN, ment of the City of New York and on feet, six and three-quarter ( 6 3/4) I, the undersigned Referee, will sell 510782/2015. Gregory Laspina, Esq., NY 11207. All that certain plot piece or the floor plans of the Building, certified inches; Thence Northerly parallel with at public auction, in Room 224 of Referee Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC parcel of land, with the buildings and by Douglas Pulaski, Registered Archi- East Nineteenth Street fifty (50) feet; Kings County Supreme Court, 360 Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff 175 Mile improvements erected, situate, lying tect, on January 31, 2007, approved Thence Westerly and again parallel Adams Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201 on Crossing Boulevard Rochester, New and being in the Borough and County with the Real Property Assessment with Avenue G one hundred and one 3/9/2017 at 2:30 pm , premises known York 14624 (877) 759-1835 Dated: of Kings, City and State of New York, Department of the City of New York (101) feet, six and three-quarter (6 3/4 as 47 Herkimer Street, Brooklyn, NY January 7, 2017 BLOCK 3447, LOT 30. Approximate on January 31, 2007, as Condo- ) inches to the Easterly side of East 11216 and described as follows: ALL AJ 2/3/10/17/24; amount of judgment $901,751.09 minium Plan No. 1794, and filed in the Nineteenth Street; Thence southerly that certain plot piece or parcel of plus interest and costs. Premises Register`s Office on April 27, 2007, in along the said Easterly side of East land, with the buildings and improve- NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME will be sold subject to provisions of CRFN 2007000221143. Together with Nineteenth Street fifty (50) feet to the ments thereon erected, situate, lying COURT: KINGS COUNTY FEDERAL filed Judgment for Index# 16667/13. an undivided 1.51 percent interest in point or place of beginning. Avenue and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIA- Charles F. Otey Esq., Referee Gross the Common Elements (as such term G is now Glenwood Road. Subject County of Kings, City and State of New TION; Plaintiff(s) vs. KAIUM Polowy, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 1775 is defined in the Declaration) appurte- to covenants and restrictions as York, and designated on the tax maps AKANDA; et al; Defendant(s) Attorney Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, nant to the unit. As more particularly contained in former instruments of of the Kings County Treasurer as Block (s) for Plaintiff (s): ROSICKI, ROSICKI NY 14221 described in the judgment of foreclo- record affecting the said premises, 01860 and Lot 0082. The approximate & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 2 Summit Court, AJ 2/10/17/24; 3/3 sure and sale. Sold subject to all of and to an easement granted to the amount of the current Judgment lien Suite 301, Fishkill, New York, 12524, the terms and conditions contained New York and New Jersey Telephone is $413,373.18 plus interest and costs. 845.897.1600 Pursuant to judgment of SUPREME COURT – COUNTY OF in said judgment and terms of sale. Company, by agreement recorded in The premises will be sold subject to foreclosure and sale granted herein on KINGS JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, Approximate amount of judgment the Office of the Register of the County provisions of the aforesaid Judgment or about December 8, 2016, I will sell NA, Plaintiff against ZISEL BRIEGER: $359,779.64 plus interest and costs. of Kings. Together with all right, title of Foreclosure and Sale; Index # at Public Auction to the highest bidder LARRY BRIEGER, et al Defendant(s). 12913/2012. If the sale is set aside Continued on Page A10 A10 | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24 , 2017 Tradition. Legal Notice. God’s Nudge LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE December 5, 2016 I, the undersigned Judgment Index # 5359/2013. Elena THIRD MANAGER,LLC .Articles of Referee will sell at public auction at Makau, Esq. - Referee. RAS Boriskin, organization filed with the secre- the Kings County Supreme Court, 360 LLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite tary of state of New York (SSNY) on memory they were commanded Adams Street, Room 224, Brooklyn, 106, Westbury, New York 11590, Attor- 12/12/2016 .SSNY has been desig- never to forget – to turn them into NY 11201 on March 23, 2017 at neys for Plaintiff nated as the agent of the LLC upon JONATHAN SACKS a people who would no longer turn 2:30PM, premises known as 297 AJ 2/17/24; 3/3/10/ whom process against it may be Decatur Street, Brooklyn, NY 11233. served. SSNY Shall Mail copy of the LONDON their brothers and sisters into slaves, a people capable of constructing All that certain plot piece or parcel of NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT process to: Gabor & Marotta LLC, a free society, the hardest of all land, with the buildings and improve- COUNTY OF KINGS, FEDERAL 1878 Victory Blvd, Staten Island NY ments erected, situate, lying and being NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIA- 10314. Purpose: all lawful activity achievements in the human realm. in the City of New York, Borough of TION, Plaintiff, vs. BRENDA A. BULL, AJ 2/24; 3/3/10/17/24/31 First in Yitro there were the So it is no surprise that the first Brooklyn, County of Kings and State of ET AL., Defendant(s). Pursuant to Aseret Hadibrot, the “ten utter- laws they were commanded after NY, Block: 1675 Lot: 42. Approximate a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT ances” or general principles. Now in Sinai related to slavery. amount of judgment $754,004.40 duly filed on September 15, 2016, I, the COUNTY OF KINGS U.S. Bank, Mishpatim come the details. Here is It would have been a surprise plus interest and costs. Premises undersigned Referee will sell at public National Association, as Trustee for how they begin: had they been about anything else. will be sold subject to provisions of auction at the Kings County Supreme RASC 2006-EMX6, Plaintiff AGAINST If you buy a Hebrew servant, But now comes the real question. filed Judgment Index# 20070/2013. Court, Room 224, 360 Adams Street, Norma Tirado; Joao F. Camilo a/k/a he is to serve you for six years. But If God does not want slavery, if Meryl L. Wenig, Esq., Referee Shapiro, Brooklyn, NY on March 23, 2017 at 2:30 Joao Camilo; et al., Defendant(s) in the seventh year, he shall go free, He regards it as an affront to the DiCaro & Barak, LLC Attorney(s) for p.m., premises known as 609 East 96th Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure human condition, why did He not the Plaintiff 175 Mile Crossing Boule- Street, Brooklyn, NY. All that certain and Sale duly dated December 7, 2016 without paying anything . . . But vard Rochester, New York 14624 (877) plot, piece or parcel of land, with the I, the undersigned Referee will sell at if the servant declares, ‘I love my abolish it immediately? Why did 759-1835 Dated: February 9, 2017 buildings and improvements thereon public auction at the Kings County master and my wife and children He allow it to continue, albeit in a AJ 2/17/24; 3/3/10 erected, situate, lying and being in Supreme Court, 360 Adams Street, and do not want to go free,’ then restricted and regulated way? Is the Borough of Brooklyn, County of Room 224, Brooklyn, NY 11201 on his master must take him before it conceivable that God, who can Notice of formation of limited Kings, City and State of New York, March 30, 2017 at 2:30PM, premises the judges. He shall take him to the produce water from a rock, manna liability company (LLC) Name:BAJX Block 4756 and Lot 31. Premises will known as 281 Ashford Street, door or the doorpost and pierce his from heaven, and turn sea into dry GENERAL RENOVATION LLC be sold subject to provisions of filed Brooklyn, NY 11207. All that certain ear with an awl. Then he will be his land, cannot change human behav- articles of organization filed with the Judgment Index # 12064/13. Dominic plot piece or parcel of land, with the servant for life. (Ex. 21:2-6) iour? Are there areas where the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) J. Famulari, Esq., Referee Berkman, buildings and improvements erected, All-Powerful is, so to speak, on 01/25/2017. Office location Henoch, Peterson, Peddy & Fenchel, situate, lying and being in the Borough Richmond County. SSNY has been P.C., 100 Garden City Plaza, Garden of Brooklyn, County of Kings, City and powerless? designated as the agent of the LLC City, NY 11530, Attorneys for Plaintiff State of NY, Block 3984 Lot 7. Approxi- In 2008 economist Richard upon whom process against it may AJ 2/17/24; 3/3/10/ mate amount of judgment $865,788.92 Thaler and law professor Cass be served. SSNY shall mail copy of the plus interest and costs. Premises will Sunstein published a fasci- process to: Cristian Manolo Bajxac Notice of formation of limited liability be sold subject to provisions of filed nating book called Nudge. Estrada 328 Clove Rd. APT.1FL staten company (LLC) Name: Magestic Judgment Index# 4148/2013. Gregory In it they addressed a funda- Island, NY 10310 purpose: all lawful visions,LLC . Articles of organization T. Cerchione, Referee Shapiro, DiCaro mental problem in the logic activity filed with the Secretary of State of New & Barak, LLC Attorney(s) for the of freedom. On the one hand AJ 2/17/24; 3/3/10/17/24 York (SSNY) on 10/24/2016 Office Plaintiff 175 Mile Crossing Boulevard There is an obvious question. freedom depends on not over- location kings county . SSNY has been Rochester, New York 14624 (877) legislating. It means creating space Notice of formation of DREAMLAND designated as the agent of the LLC 759-1835 Dated: February 16, 2017 Why begin here? There are 613 PROPERTY NY LLC, Arts of Org filed upon whom process against it may AJ 2/24; 3/3/10/17 commandments in the Torah. Why within which people have the right with the Secretary of State of New be served. SSNY shall Mail copy of the does Mishpatim, the first law code, to choose for themselves. York (SSNY) on 02/06/2017. Office process to: The LLC C/O United States SUPREME COURT - COUNTY OF begin where it does? Continued on Page A7 location: Kings County. SSNY is desig- corporation agents inc. 7014 13th Ave. KINGS WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., The answer is equally obvious. nated as agent upon whom process Suite 202 Brooklyn New York 11228 AS TRUSTEE FOR STANWICH The Israelites have just endured against the LLC may be served. SSNY purpose: all lawful activity MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST, SERIES slavery in Egypt. There must be LEGAL NOTICE shall mail process to: The LLC, 316 AJ 2/24; 3/3/10/17/24/31 2010-2 ASSET-BACKED PASS- a reason why this happened, for Fountain Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11208. THROUGH CERTIFICATES, Plaintiff God knew it was going to happen. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. Notice of formation of a limited -against- PAMELA ELLIS-COOMBS, AJ 2/17/24; 3/3/10/17/24 liability company (LLC) Name: et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Evidently He intended it to happen. Continued from Page A9 NRIA 227 Berkeley Manager,LLC. Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale Centuries before He had already and interest of the party of the first SUPREME COURT - COUNTY Articles of organization filed with entered herein and dated January told Abraham it would happen: part in and to any land lying in the OF KINGS US BANK NATIONAL the Secretary of State of New York 3, 2017, I, the undersigned Referee As the sun was setting, Abram bed of East Nineteenth Street in front ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, (SSNY) on 02/01 /2017 Office location will sell at public auction at the Kings fell into a deep sleep, and a thick and of said premises to the center line SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO Richmond County SSNY has been County Courthouse 360 Adams dreadful darkness came over him. thereof. Said premises known as 689 BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL designated as the agent of the LLC Street, Room 224, Brooklyn, NY on East 19th Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11230. ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, upon whom process against it may March 30, 2017 at 2:30 p.m. premises Then the Lord said to him, “Know (Block: 5240, Lot: 80). Approximate for certain that for four hundred SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO be served. SSNY shall Mail copy of situate, lying and being in the Borough amount of lien $ 1,476,235.56 plus LASALLE BANK NATIONAL the process to: Gabor & Marotta LLC, of Brooklyn, County of Kings, City years your descendants will be interest and costs. Premises will be strangers in a country not their own ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR 1878 Victory Blvd, Staten Island NY and State of New York, bounded and sold subject to provisions of filed MORGAN STANLEY MORTGAGE 10314. Purpose: all lawful activity described as follows: BEGINNING at a and that they will be enslaved and judgment and terms of sale. Index No. LOAN TRUST 2006-12XS, V. AJ 2/24; 3/3/10/17/24/31 point on the westerly side of East 49th mistreated there. (Gen 15:12-13) 6953-09. Elena Makau, Esq., Referee. CLAUDE L. HENRY, et al. NOTICE Street, distant 90 feet southerly from It seems that this was the Stern & Eisenberg, PC Attorney(s) for OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY Notice of formation of limited liability the corner formed by the intersection necessary first experience of the Plaintiff Woodbridge Corporate Plaza GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment company (LLC) Name: Berkeley Place of the westerly side of East 49th Street Israelites as a nation. From the very 485 B Route 1 South – Suite 330 Iselin, of Foreclosure dated May 31, 2016, Capital 227, LLC. Articles of organiza- with the southerly side of Avenue I; NJ 08830 (732) 582-6344 start of the human story, the God of and entered in the Office of the Clerk tion filed with the Secretary of State being a plot 100 feet by 18 feet by 100 AJ 2/17/24; 3/3/10 freedom sought the free worship of of the County of KINGS, wherein of New York on 02/01/2017 . Office feet by 18 feet. Block 7774 and Lot US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIA- location Richmond County. SSNY has 51. Said premises known as 12-72 free human beings, but one after the Notice of formation of limited liability other people abused that freedom: TION, AS TRUSTEE, SUCCESSOR IN been designated as the agent of the EAST 49TH STREET, BROOKLYN, company (LLC) Name: skyline INTEREST TO BANK OF AMERICA, LLC upon whom process against it NY Approximate amount of lien first Adam and Eve, then Cain, then creative works LLC articles of organi- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS may be served. SSNY Shall Mail copy $795,765.44 plus interest & costs. the generation of the Flood, then the zation filed with the Secretary of State TRUSTEE, SUCCESSOR BY MERGER of the process to: Gabor & Marotta Premises will be sold subject to provi- builders of Babel. of New York (SSNY) on 12/01/2016 TO LASALLE BANK NATIONAL LLC, 1878 Victory Blvd, Staten Island sions of filed Judgment and Terms God began again, this time Office location kings county.SSNY ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR NY 10314. Purpose: any lawful activity of Sale. Index Number 12567/2007. not with all humanity, but with has been designated as the agent of MORGAN STANLEY MORTGAGE AJ 2/24; 3/3/10/17/24/31 ANTHONY M. ABRAHAM, ESQ., one man, one woman, one family, the LLC upon whom process against LOAN TRUST 2006-12XS, is the Referee Jeffrey A. Kosterich, LLC it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy Plaintiff and CLAUDE L. HENRY, Notice of formation of limited liability Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 68 Main who would become pioneers of of the process to: Thevan D.Parker 944 freedom. But freedom is difficult. ET AL. are the Defendant(s). I, the company (LLC) Name: THIRD Street, 3rd Floor, Tuckahoe, NY 10707 herkimer street Brooklyn, NY 11233. undersigned Referee will sell at public STREET CAPITAL 423, LLC. Articles AJ 2/24; 3/3/10/17 We each seek it for ourselves, but Purpose: all lawful activity we deny it to others when their auction at the KINGS COUNTY of organization filed with the secre- AJ 2/17/24; 3/3/10/17/24 COURTHOUSE, ROOM 224, 360 tary of state of New York (SSNY) on Notice of formation of Limited liability freedom conflicts with ours. So ADAMS STREET, BROOKLYN NY 12/12/2016. Office location Richmond company LLC. Name: SQWAB LLC. deeply is this true that within three NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT 11201, on March 16, 2017 at 2:30pm, County SSNY has it been designated Articles of organization filed with the generations of Abraham’s children, COUNTY OF KINGS U.S. Bank, premises known as 1934 BERGEN ST, as the agent of the LLC upon whom Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) Joseph’s brothers were willing to sell National Association, as Successor BROOKLYN, NY 11233: Block 1452 process against it may be served. on 02/08/2017. Office location kings him into slavery: a tragedy that did Trustee to Bank of America, N.A., Lot 42: ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, SSNY Shall mail copy of the process county . SSNY has been designated as as Successor By Merger to LaSalle not end until Judah was prepared PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, WITH to: Gabor & Marotta LLC, 1878 Victory agent of the LLC upon whom process Bank, N.A. as Trustee for the Certifi- to forfeit his own freedom that his THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVE- Blvd, Staten Island NY 10314. purpose: against it may be served.SSNY shall cateholders of The MLMI Trust, MENTS THEREON ERECTED, all lawful activity Mail process to: SQWAB LLC 190 brother Benjamin could go free. Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certifi- It took the collective experi- SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN AJ 2/24; 3/3/10/17/24/31 72nd St., Apt. 198, Brooklyn, NY 11209. cates, Series 2006-AR1, Plaintiff THE COUNTY OF KINGS, CITY AND Purpose: all lawful activity ence of the Israelites, their deep, AGAINST Cheryle E. 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