Jewish Community News www.jfedps.org The Publication of the Jewish Federation of the Desert Tevet/Shevat 5780 - February 2020 Run | Hide | Fight The actions implied in these three terrorism and violent attack. While words saves lives. It was proven 16 the Coachella Valley is not a large months ago, when the Tree of Life enough Jewish community to afford Synagogue in Pittsburgh was the site a full-time security director, our of the worst anti-Semitic attack on Jewish Federation is dedicated to American soil. As horrible as the attack helping agencies prepare, mitigate, on that Shabbat morning was, the and respond to a crisis as part of our security training given the leadership (CSI), Communal Security Initiative. and members of the Pittsburgh Jewish We are committed to the continuation community in the preceding eighteen of efforts to help train and educate in months unquestionably saved lives. safety and security awareness. On January 15, 2020, our Jewish Secure Community Network has Federation, in partnership with Secure Patrick Daly, SCN; Jewish Federation Board Chair Roberta Nyman, SCN’s Brad Orsini, and Jewish become a proven, critical partner Community Network, hosted a session Federation CEO Bruce Landgarten with three members of the Riverside Sheriff’s Department. for Jewish Federation of the Desert, “Before and After the Tree of Life: As devastating as were the eleven at Tree of Life Synagogue made a working with our Federation and in Lessons Learned” with Brad Orsini. deaths, it could have been far worse. practice of not carrying his cell phone training with our local law enforcement Orsini, a former FBI agent, was the The training given to Pittsburgh’s on Shabbat. Appreciating that without agencies. Security Community Director of Jewish Community Security Jewish community may have been his phone he couldn’t contact law Network has also become our for the Jewish Federation of Greater prompted by rising anti-Semitism but enforcement in case of an emergency, “community insurance policy.” When Pittsburgh, and had implemented it included basic survival techniques he began carrying his phone … and conflict in the Middle East heats up or security training protocols, beginning and the rethinking of priorities The his call to 911 on October 27, 2018, the terrorism level rises in the United in 2017, for Pittsburgh’s extensive community learned that a moving was the first call to reach police. States, we rely upon SCN to keep us Jewish institutions (synagogues, JCCs, target is much harder to hit, and on It is a matter of record that Jewish informed and assist us with taking the schools, etc.) servicing the area’s that horrible morning it was those institutions, Federations, synagogues, necessary measures and precautions 50,000+ Jews. were able to run that survived. JCCs, camps and day schools have to secure our facilities and people. The training made a difference. Before the training, the Rabbi been the target of hatred, extremism, US Congress Debate Response to Rising Anti-Semitism, Domestic Terrorism By Algemeiner Staff

Two separate hearings at the on Intelligence & Counterterrorism been coming to America since media platforms. The time for US Congress in mid-January have titled “Confronting the Rise in Anti- before it was even called America thoughts and prayers has passed — examined potential measures that Semitic Domestic Terrorism.” in order to freely practice their the time now is for action.” legislators can take in response “The horrific rise in anti-Semitic religion, escape persecution, and Experts addressing the hearing to the recent rise in anti-Semitic domestic terrorism is an issue that build a better life for their families. included Nathan Diament — the rhetoric and attacks across America. has deeply affected my district, Yet now we are under assault by executive director of the Union of On January 15, freshman Rep. Max my community, and the whole extremists, many of whom are Orthodox Jewish Congregations of Rose (D-NY) chaired a session of the New York City area,” Rose said in emboldened to act and often America — who argued that the Homeland Security Subcommittee a statement. “Jewish people have encouraged by content on social continued on page 2 OF THE DESERT

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2019-2020 JEWISH FEDERATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS Roberta Nyman, Board Chair Lori Fritz, Campaign Chair Arnie Gillman, Vice Campaign Chair Phil Glass, Treasurer Stephanie Ross, Secretary Allan Lehmann, Past Co-Chair Celia Norian, Past Co-Chair continued from page 1 Bruce Landgarten, because of social media,” Miller proposed legislation, the FASTER Chief Executive Officer recent spate of violent attacks on remarked. “For these reasons, a Act — the Freezing Assets of visibly Orthodox Jewish targets had lasting solution to bigotry and Suspected Terrorists and Enemy Elliott Cohen Margie Kulp been “amplified and accelerated by hatred will never be grounded Recruits Act — currently being Jackie Cohen Ron Langus solely on law enforcement and considered as a discussion draft Judith Cohen Bernard Reiter the broader surge in antisemitism Bobbi Holland Gary Schahet we are experiencing in the United heightened security. That will only within the committee. States.” be achieved when every citizen The legislation would assist law John Miller — Deputy works collectively to educate each enforcement agencies in freezing Table of Contents Commissioner of Intelligence and other and to reinforce our shared the assets of “ISIS-inspired, lone- Vol. 46 • No. 7 Counterterrorism for the New values of tolerance and unity.” wolf terrorists or other extremists Community Calendar 13-14 York Police Department (NYPD) — The same day, Rep. Joshon our soil, to prevent these funds Federation 1-3 told the hearing that tougher law Gottheimer (D-NJ) — who sits from being used to carry out Annual Report 16-17 enforcement measures were not on the House Financial Services another attack by friends, family, or Honor Roll 23-28 a substitute for education against Committee’s Subcommittee onunknown accomplices operating in Lecture Series 118 prejudice and anti-Semitism. National Security, International a small cell,” Gottheimer said. Legacy 32 Development and Monetary Policy Gottheimer added that his bill Women's Philanthropy 6, 20-21 “Anti-Semitism in all its forms… Jewish Family Service 12 is steeped in ignorance and bred — addressed the growing threat of “also calls for a National Homegrown PJ Library 8 of muddled and incoherent the financing of domestic terrorism, Terrorism Incident Clearinghouse, Schools/School Listing 9 conspiracy theories, and while extremism, white supremacists for law enforcement to collect and Simchas & Classifieds 30 this has been the case for quite and anti-Semitism during a share information on incidents to Temples Listing 13 some time, it is more easily subcommittee hearing. help investigate and thwart future Tributes 11 spread and consumed these days Gottheimer highlighted hisattacks.”

2 • JCN • February 2020 • Tevet/Shevat 5780 • www.jfedps.com Addressing Hate ignorance is not bliss. as the histories of other persecuted We back up these sentiments by From the CEO Education is one of the best tools and marginalized groups. We educate striving even harder to imbue our we can have in our toolbox. While by teaching diversity, tolerance and communities with our values of I don’t see an end to anti-Semitism empathy. We watch our own words. tzedakah and tikkun olam — of anytime in the near future, we can We choose them even more carefully. restoring balance to society by Bruce utilize resources like the ones that And we use them to lead, to defend, actively helping the needy, caring with Landgarten JFNA ( Jewish Federations of North to challenge and to educate. compassion, and advancing the cause Jewish Federation America), JCPA ( Jewish Council on The common thread, sadly, in these of repairing the world. This is the daily Chief Executive Public Affairs), IAN (Israel Action atrocities is hate. Hate for certain work of Federation. By continuing Officer Network), ADL (Anti-Defamation religions, certain ethnicities, certain to build community through these League) and StandWithUS offers to beliefs, certain world views. In the principles, we play an essential role in help combat it. aftermath of Pittsburgh, one particular creating a future we seek for ourselves As we begin the year 2020, issues We cannot dismiss any inappropriate statement emerged – STRONGER and future generations. that seemed to be a thing of the past statement or anti-Semitic behavior as THAN HATE. While it can be hard This must be our response today. are not only still a part of our world childish pranks, or as no big deal. We to wrap one’s head around this Not to tear each other down, but to but growing in intensity. Jews are must call it out every time we see it, statement in the harsh throes of stand stronger in the face of baseless being targeted and attacked in cities whether that hatred is against Jews or grief, the response to the Pittsburgh hatred. We build community because around the world. The resurgence of other minorities. We have to demand shooting – and the other shootings – there is no better guarantor of the assaults in greater New York in recent that our lawmakers and leaders illustrates the power we possess as a future than a populace that sees months is appalling and frightening. condemn it; we urge them to follow collective community. Indeed, we ARE itself as sharing a common destiny. The anti-Israel BDS (Boycott, the example of Montana’s governor, stronger than hate. We devote ourselves to helping Divestment, and Sanctions) movement, attorney general, U.S. senators and We pay homage to victims who those in need because, as a sacred which promotes hate against Israel representative, who issued an open tragically have lost their lives for no responsibility, this defines who we are and its people, is rampant on college letter stating, “We stand firmly other reason than simply being who in a way that words cannot. campuses. Its anti-Semitic message has together to send a clear message they were – Jewish. Evil always fills Organizations and leaders have united anti-Zionists and anti-Semites that ignorance, hatred and threats of a void; it thrives on listlessness and different roles to play in this paradigm, into an aggressive, threatening violence are unacceptable and have chaos. The strongest answer is to be and we must work together toward presence and many Jewish college no place in the town of Whitefish, or truer to ourselves, to delve deeper a unified rejection of hatred and students feel a sense of fear and in any other community in Montana into our heritage and values, and to prejudice. We need to be supportive uncertainty as a result. or across this nation. We say to those create a center of community where of each other’s efforts because each We must respond. Their words few who seek to publicize anti-Semitic these can develop and thrive. When response is important. Shore each color attitudes and influence beliefs. views that they shall find no safe haven we adhere to our sacred principles, other up and lead with distinction. They escalate into racism, bigotry, h ere.” we succeed in defeating the forces set Now is the time to coalesce — despite anti-Semitism, discrimination and, We must fight hate and use our against us, even those that physically our disagreements — for the sake of ultimately, violence. In the Jewish words carefully... Words matter. threaten us. We learn to stand up for our future. community, we’ve been witnessing Symbols matter. This is a pivotal each other, even when we disagree In the enduring words of our sage an escalating number of anti-Semitic role of Jewish Federation. We work — from our sages, we learn how to Hillel: “If I am not for myself, who will incidents—swastikas and hate graffiti with our community, organizations disagree. be for me? If I am only for myself, what drawn on buildings, schools and signs, and congregations, coming together Actions speak louder than words. am I? If not now, when?” among other rhetoric and images and using all of our voices to fight directed against Jews. What do we hate. And most of all, we educate. do to combat such hate? We educate through coalitions with What is frightening is that many of members of other religious and racial the proponents of BDS are basing groups, through teaching about the their opinion on distorted facts. Holocaust and other genocides, With violent anti-Semitism on the and through explaining how words rise, it is critical that we get the facts unchecked can lead to violence. known for the safety of our global We educate by teaching our Jewish community. In today’s world, children about our own history, as well JCN • February 2020 • Tevet/Shevat 5780 • www.jfedps.com • 3 JEWISH COMMUNITY NEWS A Publication of the Jewish Federation of the Desert VOL. 46, No. 7 EDITORIAL Bruce Landgarten, Chief Executive Officer Miriam H. Bent, Editor Bailey Communications, Layout & Design

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4 • JCN • February 2020 • Tevet/Shevat 5780 • www.jfedps.com British Prime Minister Johnson Vows to ‘Stamp Out the Resurgence of Anti-Semitism’ By Benjamin Kerstein, The Algemeiner British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to stamp out the Mann, a former Labour MP who was British people yet again,” he stated. emphatically pledged on January 15 resurgence of anti- outspoken against anti-Semitism in “Across the entirety of the country, to “stamp out the resurgence of anti- Semitism.” the party under the rule of Jeremy people are saying, very vocally and Semitism.” “As someone Corbyn, said December’s elections unequivocally, we reject the extremism Johnson — during Prime Minister’s who’s now 55-years- — in which Labour was resoundingly of anti-Semitism,” said Mann. Questions at the House of Commons old,” he said, “I defeated — showed the “true face of Mann also joked about being — was asked by Conservative find it absolutely this country.” introduced by former Chief Rabbi Member of Parliament Andrew incredible that in Mann hailed the defeat of two Lord Jonathan Sacks and Lord Tony British Prime Percy whether, in light of the the 21st century we Minister Boris virulently anti-Israel MPs, Christopher Clarke, saying, “The rabbi and the approaching International Holocaust have anti-Semitism Johnson Williamson and George Galloway, postman — how my parents would Remembrance Day, he would “commit rising again in this both widely seen as anti-Semitic. have smiled.” to more action to stamp out anti- co u ntr y.” “The true story of the election is He vowed to continue his fight Semitism and all intolerance in this “It is a disgrace and we must stamp this: in Derby North, Christopher against anti-Semitism in Labour, saying, co u ntr y.” it out,” the prime minister emphasized. Williamson got 635 votes and lost “I have a role now on anti-Semitism. I The prime minister replied, “We are On Tuesday, another statement his deposit,” Mann said. “In West am rightly independent and, as ever, I in the government and in the House rejecting anti-Semitism was made in Bromwich East, George Galloway got shall work cross-party, but I will be no — I think across the House — wanting the House of Lords. 489 votes and lost his deposit.” bystander in driving out the stench of to do absolutely everything we can The newly-installed Lord John “This is the innate decency of the intolerance from the party.”

9th ANNUAL 25th Anniversary GALA Celebration SCHOLARINRESIDENCE WEEKEND Saturday Evening Friday & Saturday February 29  7:00 pm February 28 − 29, 2020 GALA Tickets — $60 per person Celebrate with CBS as we enjoy delicious hors d'oeuvres, tantalizing desserts, and a champagne toast to Rabbi Scott Meltzer commemorate our 25th year as the Coachella Valley’s Ohr Shalom Synagogue, San Diego Conservative Synagogue. Our evening will be filled with Past President, San Diego Rabbinical Association the captivating Klezmer sounds of Gary Gould and his fellow musicians. A “silver” opportunity to mingle with old friends, welcome our newest members, and bask in בית שלום  Rabbi  Lecturer the glow of everything our GALA evening has to offer.  Chaplain  Educator “The People in Our Neighborhood” CONGREGATION the ENTIRE COMMUNITY is WELCOME at all services and sessions BETH SHALOM Friday services – 7:45 pm 79733 Country Club Drive Donor Packages Available “Jews and Christians in America: Bermuda Dunes, CA 92203 How We Think About Each Other and Israel” www.CongregationBethShalom.net To purchase tickets or donor packages, Followed by Oneg Shabbat Dessert Reception call the office at 7602003636 Saturday services – 9:15 am “People We Meet on the Street: Chance Encounters with Proud Member Purchases MUST be made by Thursday, Remarkable Strangers in the Torah, Talmud, and Zohar” Followed by Kiddush Lunch Generously Sponsored by Heidi & Noam Arzt February 20, 2020 – No walkins accepted

JCN • February 2020 • Tevet/Shevat 5780 • www.jfedps.com • 5 Jewish Federation Women's Philanthropy Pearl Luncheon Features Dr. Ralph Nurnberger The event brings Dr. Ralph Nurenberger back to the desert after many years’ absence. Nurnberger is a widely acclaimed speaker who brings humor, current political insights and historical background MONDAY, MARCH 9, 2020 Dr. Ralph Jackie Joanne Nurnberger Cohen Hirschfield to his exceptional presentations. His background includes having advised Women’s Philanthropy’s Pearl numerous Congressional, Senatorial Luncheon is Monday, March 9, 2020 at and Presidential campaigns on foreign 11:00 am at Desert Willow Golf Resort policy issues, especially those relating in Palm Desert. Chaired by Jackie to the Middle East. He taught at Cohen with co-chair Joanne Hirschfield, Georgetown University for almost In response to queries about Invitations will be in the mail shortly. this event is open to women making 40 years and is currently teaching at husbands and significant others being For more information and/or to RSVP, a commitment of $365 to the Jewish Florida Atlantic University. He also able to hear Dr. Nurnberger, the contact Leslie Pepper, Women’s Federation Annual Campaign. Couvert served on Capitol Hill for 8 years as a decision was made to welcome their Philanthropy Coordinator, at 760-324- is $50. Legislative Liaison for AIPAC. attendance for the price of the couvert. 4737 or [email protected]. the Director of the Stand With Us Joining Carol Fragen and Fran Lion of Judah a Special Celebration Center for Combating Anti-Semitism. Kaufman in the plans for this day Over 100 women who proudly the morning included a Legacy With anti-Semitism is on the rise in were committee members Margie wore their beautiful Lion of Judah presentation by Cora Ginsburg, this country and around the world, Kulp, Carol Luber and Marnie Miller. pins joined in-town and out of town Legacy co-chair, to the women who the women were fascinated to hear We thank them for all they did to Lions at our Lion of Judah Brunch on have endowed their Lion of Judah about her work on campuses and in make this a wonderful day for our Monday, January 13th at Tamarisk commitment. the courts. The women were treated community’s Lions. Country Club. Chaired by Carol The women were treated to a to informal modeling from Insanity See pictures from Lion of Judah on Fragen with co-chair Fran Kaufman, timely keynote speaker, Carly Gammil, during Brunch. pages 20 and 21. The New Face of Women’s Philanthropy involvement we can move Women’s even greater impact on Jewish life in Philanthropy forward and make an our Desert. Welcome to 2020 and the new face activities throughout the year. We will of Women’s Philanthropy. We are meet on a monthly basis (we’re aiming WOMEN’S PHILANTHOPY VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES: revitalizing Women’s Philanthropy with for the third Wednesday of each month a shift in focus from the event-planning at 10:00 am), although the activity • Find Food Bank/Dignity Project • Adopting a school to help provide model to committing to meaningful, options in which to get involved are not (collecting and distributing feminine them with school and clothing needs more hands-on “doing tzedakah.” We tied to this time frame. hygiene needs) • Blanket and scarf making and • Desert Hot Spring Outreach with collecting to donate to shelters are taking our name and focusing on Our February meeting will take place Rabbi Kreiman and Bikkur Cholim, 3-4 (collaborating with local churches, Well the “philanthropy,” acting on our core on Wednesday, February 19 at 10:00 times a year in the Desert, Martha›s Village, etc.) values of caring for the vulnerable. am. Below is a list of areas that you may • Shalom (Welcome Wagon basket) to • Mishabeirach Committee to make And it will be in this model that we will be interested in rolling up your sleeves the Coachella Valley phone calls to those who have had be educating our current and future to get involved with. Even if you can’t • CAST Initiative (Combating Anti- illnesses or loss, have no family and leadership. make it to the meeting, please let me Semitism) little contact with the outside world We are hoping to attract increasing know what area(s) you are interested in • Israel Advocacy and need a little checking in on. numbers of women in our community helping with and I will get you involved Please contact Leslie Pepper at 760-324-4737 or [email protected] to become engaged in more hands-on in your area of interest. With your with your areas of interest and how you can get involved.

6 • JCN • February 2020 • Tevet/Shevat 5780 • www.jfedps.com Bill to Monitor Violence in Palestinian Textbooks Moves Forward in US Congress By Shiri Moshe , The Algemeiner The House Foreign Affairs Committee UNRWA is the main UN agency no longer be tolerated,” said IMPACT- territory as Palestinian, and in some has approved a bill that would commit responsible for Palestinian refugees se CEO Marcus Sheff. cases praise acts of Palestinian violence the US State Department to annually of the 1948 Arab-Israeli war and their The Palestinian Authority has faced against civilians. review educational materials used five million descendants and operates continued criticism over its educational A September review by the by the Palestinians which encourage more than 700 schools in the West curriculum, with a 2018 report by watchdog group of new educational violence or intolerance, putting it Bank, Gaza Strip, Lebanon, Jordan and IMPACT-se noting that grade 1-12 materials used in the 2019–20 on track for a vote by the House of Syria. textbooks routinely describe Israel academic year found “a systematic Representatives. The bill would require the Secretary as the “Zionist Occupation,” refer to insertion of violence, martyrdom and The bipartisan “Peace and Tolerance of State to issue several reports to United Nations-recognized Israeli jihad across all grades and subjects.” in Palestinian Education Act” was Congress confirming whether the introduced with support from Reps. Palestinian curriculum included Brad Sherman (D-CA) and Lee Zeldin “content or passages encouraging (R-NY), as well as Reps. David Trone violence or intolerance toward other (D-MD), Brian Mast (R-FL), Josh countries or ethnic groups,” and Gottheimer (D-NJ) and Randy Weber assessing what steps the Palestinian (R-TX ). Authority had taken to reform the It was first referred to the committee curriculum in line with United Nations in April, and moved forward with standards. revisions offered by Rep. Sherman, The reports would also confirm which included more specificwhether US funding was being used examples of problematic content in to “directly or indirectly” fund the the textbooks — such as “a specific dissemination of the curriculum, math problem using the number of how US assistance was being used to Palestinian casualties in the First and address problematic content, and Second Intifadas,” and “references to what US diplomatic efforts were Jerusalem as the capital of Palestine.” undertaken in the preceding five Rep. Sherman’s amendment also years to foster themes of peace and tweaked language in the draft bill that tolerance in Palestinian education. directed the blame for objectionable “The US Congress has joined the content at both the Palestinian United Nations, the European Union Authority and the United Nations and leading European nations that fund Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), the Palestinian Ministry of Education focusing instead on the former while in stating that teaching antisemitism, noting that “UNRWA schools use the hate and purposefully removing textbooks of the host government.” peacemaking from the textbooks will

JCN • February 2020 • Tevet/Shevat 5780 • www.jfedps.com • 7 Australia Rejects ICC Palestine Probe; Germany Warns Against Politicization By Raphael Ahren, The Jerusalem Post Australia rejected the effort by the trial chamber on the scope of the and principled which is why officials in Jerusalem International Criminal Court’s chief court’s territorial jurisdiction in the stance against the were positively surprised about prosecutor to launch an investigation matter,” a spokesperson for Canberra’s ICC prosecutor’s Adebahr’s statement about a possible into the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Foreign Ministry told Australian-Jewish decision,” he wrote politicization. arguing that the matter must be news site, J-Wire. on his Twitter The ICC prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda resolved by the two parties at the “Australia’s position is clear — we account. “I urge announced in late December that at negotiating table. do not recognize a so-called ‘State of other countries the end of her five-year preliminary Germany, in a more nuanced stance, Palestine’ and we do not recognize to take a similar examination, she has reached the said it had full trust in the court, was that there is such a State Party to the stance and not Australian Prime conclusion that “there is a reasonable Minister Scott confident the ICC’s judges would ICC’s Rome Statute,” the spokesperson allow the court to Morrison basis to initiate an investigation into “address issues of admissibility,” and went on. turn into a political the situation in Palestine.” There are cautioned against politicization. Israel’s Foreign Minister Israel Katz weapon against indications that both the Israeli army “Australia is concerned by the ICC praised Australia for the statement and Isra el.” and Hamas and other Palestinian prosecutor’s proposal to consider the called on other governments to follow Germany terror groups may have committed situation in the Palestinian Territories, suit. “Many thanks to the Australian weighed in on the war crimes, she stated. subject to a ruling by the court’s pre- government for taking the unequivocal ICC prosecutor’s Israel vociferously rejects her statement as well, statement, arguing that the court reiterating Berlin’s clearly does not have jurisdiction support for the over the case, as there is no Palestinian ICC Prosecutor court, while at the Fatou Bensouda state that has the mandate to transfer same time warning criminal jurisdiction over its territory against a politicization of it. to The Hague. ‘We trust the independence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the International Criminal Court and went as far as calling Bensouda’s are now confident that the court will statement “pure anti-Semitism,” and resolve the issues raised. This will also vowed to fight for Israel’s good name. address issues of admissibility that He also sent letters to several leaders may be doubtful,” the spokeswoman of countries considered friendly of Germany’s foreign ministry, to Israel, including Australian Prime Maria Adebahr, said, during a press Minister Scott Morrison, asking them conference in response to a reporter’s to speak out against the ICC probe question. into Israel/Palestine. ‘We as the federal government US Secretary of State Mike cannot comment on specific details Pompeo issued a statement saying of ongoing proceedings. But, as I said, the administration remains ‘firmly” we trust that all arguments will belong opposed to the ICC’s supposed fairly in the further proceedings. We investigation into the matter, slamming are, of course, also committed to it as an unfair attack on Israel. “As we making the court strict on the basis of made clear when the Palestinians the Rome Statute,” she said. purported to join the Rome Statute, “Basically, it applies to us that we we do not believe the Palestinians naturally resist the fact that cases of any qualify as a sovereign state, and they kind are used to politicize before the therefore are not qualified to obtain court. We are betting that admissibility full membership, or participate as a will be checked and that the court will state in international organizations, do it on the basis of the Rome Statute.” entities, or conferences, including the Germany is generally known as ICC,” Pompeo said. a staunch supporter of the court, 8 • JCN • February 2020 • Tevet/Shevat 5780 • www.jfedps.com Israel’s Leviathan Field Begins Pumping/Exporting Gas Arutz Sheva Israel’s offshore Leviathan field The Tamar and Leviathan gas will gas from the eastern Mediterranean started pumping gas on December reach Egypt through the mainly to Europe. Greek Prime Minister 31st in what the operating consortium undersea East Mediterranean Gas Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s office said the called “a historic turning point in the Company pipeline connecting the agreement for the EastMed pipeline history of the Israeli economy.” coastal city of Ashkelon with the would be inked in Athens on January A joint statement from partners northern Sinai peninsula. 2 with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Noble Energy, Delek Drilling, and Tamar, which began production in Netanyahu and Cypriot President Ratio said that the start of production 2013, has estimated reserves of up to Nicos Anastasiades. was expected to lead to an immediate PM Netanyahu and Energy Minister Yugal 238 billion cubic meters (8.4 trillion The 2,000-kilometer (1,200-mile) reduction in domestic electricity prices Steinitz at Leviathan platform cubic feet). pipeline will be able to transfer and the start of exports. “For the first barrels of condensate. Delek and US- Israel’s neighbor to the east, Jordan, between nine and 12 billion cubic time in its history, Israel to become a based Noble struck a $15 billion 10- has been purchasing gas from Tamar meters a year from offshore gas significant natural gas exporter,” it said. year deal with Egypt’s Dolphinus last on a small scale for nearly three years. reserves between Israel and Cyprus On December 17, Israeli Energy year to supply 64 billion cubic meters Besides bringing energy to Greece, and then on to Italy and Minister Yuval Steinitz announced (2.26 trillion cubic feet). independence, Israel hopes its gas southeastern Europe. approval of sales to Egypt from It will be the first time Egypt, which reserves will enable it to strengthen There are growing tensions with Leviathan and the smaller Tamar field. in 1979 became the first Arab country strategic ties in the region and help Turkey over its own activities in A spokesman for Israeli partner Delek to sign a peace accord with Israel, forge new ones, with an eye on the the area, particularly a contentious said then that deliveries to Egypt were imports gas from its neighbor. 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JCN • February 2020 • Tevet/Shevat 5780 • www.jfedps.com • 9 Could a Vaccine Reduce the Rate of Alzheimer’s? These Israelis Think So Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is the vaccine used to treat tuberculosis worldwide By Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman, The Jerusalem Post A team of researchers from the Greenblatt and release explained. Those who had Hebrew University of Jerusalem have Benjamin Klein, not received BCG as part of their successfully associated the Bacillus said that BCG is treatment had a significantly higher Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine with also used to treat risk of developing Alzheimer’s than reducing the risk of Alzheimer’s. and cure certain did BCG-treated patients: 8.9% (44 The disease affects one in 10 adults types of bladder patients) as opposed to 2.4% (21). over the age of 65 – a number that is cancer. Moreover, when compared with expected to triple by 2030, according “People with Hebrew University the general – non-bladder cancer – to HU. bladder cancer Professor Hervé population, people who had never BCG is the vaccine used to treat tend to be 70 Bercovier been treated with BCG had a four-fold tuberculosis worldwide. Though in years or older,” higher risk for developing Alzheimer’s the past it was administered routinely he explained to The Jerusalem Post, “so than did those who were treated with in the United States, it is today mainly they are close to the population that BCG. used in developing countries or with has an increased risk for developing and outside of the brain. “There’s data reaching back to high-risk populations in Western Alzheimer’s.” As such, the HU team followed the 1960’s that shows that countries countries. Furthermore, Bercovier explained, 1,371 bladder cancer patients treating bladder cancer patients However, the vaccine has another BCG has been shown to lower general receiving treatment at HU’s Hadassah- with the BCG vaccine had a lower use, according to Hervé Bercovier of chronic inflammation. Patients with University Medical Center. During prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease, but HU’s Department of Microbiology and Alzheimer’s suffer from chronicfollow-up visits, 65 cancer patients it hadn’t been properly analyzed,” said Molecular Genetics. Bercovier, who led inflammation in the brain as a result of had developed Alzheimer’s, a Bercovier. the BCG study with colleagues Charles proteins that improperly unfold inside New Laser Beam System Developed to Take Down Drones, Burning Balloons Dubbed “Light Blade” the laser beam system can take down targets over two kilometers away By Anna Ahronheim, The Algemeineer Israeli security forces have unveiled Kobi Shabtai told Channel 12. improvised explosive devices, which in separate fires resulting in over 35,000 a new laser-beam system designed to Only one functioning system has been the past have posed a major problem dunams (approximately 8,500 acres) take down incendiary aerial devices built and according to the report, costs for Israel. being burnt. According to the IDF, which have burned countless acres of around a million dollars. Since the beginning of the March this has included over 13,000 dunams land over the past two years as well as The expensive device is aimed at the of Return protests along the Gaza (approximately 3,200 acres) of nature drones infiltrating into Israeli airspace. simpler devices, like kites, balloons and border fence began in March 2018, reserves, and over 11,000 dunams The system, dubbed Light Blade, was condoms carrying Molotov cocktails or the devices have caused over 2,000 (approximately 2,700 acres) of forestry. developed by engineers in the private sector along with researchers from Ben Gurion University and technological departments belonging to the Israel Police and IDF. According to a report on Channel 12, Light Blade has been designed to deal with threats as far away as two kilometers, both along the northern borders as well as the Gaza Strip. The portable system which can be installed on a moving vehicle can be operated both during the day and at night. The system “provides a near conclusive response to everything relating to balloons and kites and delivers a safe and effective solution to the drone threat,” Border Police chief

10 • JCN • February 2020 • Tevet/Shevat 5780 • www.jfedps.com All contributions received by the Jewish Federation for Tribute Cards are Tribute Card Donations placed in our special Tzedakah Fund, which provides direct monetary Sending tributes and memorials is a meaningful way to honor loved ones. intervention for needy Jews living in the Coachella Valley. Call 760-324-4737. Honorarium Tributes • Margie and Stephen Kulp, Thank you from • Joel Fishman, In memory of your beloved In Appreciation For: Cora Ginsberg, Ruth and Mal Kaufman, Gail and wife Sherry, from Jeff and Suzanne Feder, Cora Bob Scadron. Ginsberg, Margie and Stephen Kulp, Sherry and • Sally Berger, Belated birthday wishes and Howard Schor. Happy New Year to you and Miles from Barbara • Marnie Miller, Mazel tov on your new Platt and Norm Lewis. granddaughter Julia, from Dolly and Julian Levy. • The Jesser Family, in memory of Marty Jesser, from Mr. and Mrs. Max Ralph. • Sally Berger, Congratulations on being • Marnie Miller and Joe Noren, Mazel tov on honored by Eisenhower Hospital, by Helen Varon. your new granddaughter Julia, from Chickie and • Mark Kozlen and Family, In memory of Claude Steinberger. your beloved father Vern, from Cora Ginsberg, • Alan and Susan Byron, Thank you from Terry Margie and Stephen Kulp, Sherry and Howard and Norm Dean. • Gail Richards, Thank you from Marilyn Flekman, Judy and Mel Hecktman, and Rella Rifkin. Schor. • Jackie and Eddie Cohen, in your honor, from Diane Abelman Wattenberg. • Stephanie Ross, Congratulations and Mazel tov • The Lane Family, In memory of Charles Lane, on your Bat Mitzvah, from Michelle Coneybeare, from David and Evelyn Simon. • Susan and Barry Feinberg, Thank you from The Jewish Federation Staff, Fran Kaufman, Dolly • Learner Family, In memory of your beloved Barbara and Robert Paget. Patti and Larry. Levy, Leslie Pepper and Jordana, Elana and Asher. mother and grandmother from Marnie Miller. • Cora Ginsberg, Thank you from Marilyn • Bobbie Stern, Thank you from Sherry and • Mrs. Alan Levinson, In memory of your Flekman, Judy and Mel Hecktman, and Rella Rifkin. Howard Schor. beloved husband Alan, from Marnie Miller and • Mr. and Mrs. Alan Greene, Happy Anniversary • Eileen Wingard, In honor of your 90th birthday, Joe Noren. from Loreen Jacobson. from Marnie Miller and Joe Noren. • Mr. and Mrs. Terry Max and family, In th • Jerry Halperin, in honor of your 90 birthday, Refuah Shleimah memory of your beloved mother Sandy, from from Murray Pitt. Get Well Wishes To: Gail and Bob Scadron. • Libby and Buddy Hoffman, Wishing you • Ellen Glass, Best wishes for a speedy recovery, • Mrs. Jack Melamed, In memory of your a Happy Anniversary, from Nancy and Dennis from Gail and Bob Scadron, and Helen Varon. beloved husband Jack, from Marnie Miller. Ditlove. • Ben Rinkey, Best wishes for a speedy • Celia Norian, In memory of your beloved • Bobbi Holland, Thank you from Libby and recovery, from Margot and Jerry Halperin, Gail husband Sandy, from Shelley and Barry Mantell, Buddy Hoffman, Sherry and Howard Schor. and Bob Scadron. Jerry and Hannah Solomon, Susan Stefanoski, • Lois Johnson, Thank you from Marilyn Flekman, • Shelly Rosenberg, Best wishes for a speedy Chuck and Susan Weisbart. Judy and Mel Hecktman, and Rella Rifkin. recovery, from Barbara Platt. • Howard Schor, In memory of your beloved • Vicki and Mural Josephson, Thank you from • Joan Stemple, , Best wishes for a speedy sister from Barbara and Bernie Fromm Barbara and Robert Paget. Patti and Larry. recovery, from Margot and Jerry Halperin. (contribution to Fromm Youth Fund), and Cora Ginsberg. • Sharon Kaufman, Best birthday wishes from Memoriam Tributes Dolly and Julian Levy, and Eunice Meister. Condolences Sent To: • Myra Taxman and Family, In memory of • Paula Klein, This birthday is a "really" happy • In memory of all the victims of hatred, from your beloved husband Royal, from Mark Krasne birthday for you. Your Friends. Evan Burket. and Stephen G. Rieman. • Paula Kline and Howard Shapiro, • Marilyn Eager and Family, In memory of your • The Zirn Family in memory of your beloved Congratulations on your new home, from Barbara beloved husband Allen, from Libby and Buddy mother Marilyn, from Marnie Miller and Joe Platt and Norm Lewis. Hoffman. Ruth and Mal Kaufman. Noren.

JCN • February 2020 • Tevet/Shevat 5780 • www.jfedps.com • 11 Beth Shalom Celebrates its 25th Anniversary at Scholar-in-Residence Weekend February 28-29, 2020 Congregation Beth Shalom will Federation of the Desert. bibles, an enthusiastic, hard-driving insight into “Jews and Christians in celebrate its 25th Anniversary at Following two years observing group founded Congregation Beth America: How We Think About Each its 9th annual Scholar-in-Residence the High Holy Days at Palm Desert Shalom in 1995, to create a Center Other and Israel.” An Oneg Shabbat Weekend, February 28-29, 2020, Community Presbyterian Church, for Jewish Life in the East Coachella dessert reception follows. During made possible by a grant from Jewish with borrowed prayer books and Valley. After brief periods in four Saturday morning services, the rabbi different locations in Indian Wells and will explore “People We Meet on Palm Desert, the synagogue located the Street: Chance Encounters with to its current home at 79733 Country Remarkable Strangers in the Torah, Club Drive in Bermuda Dunes. Today, Talmud, and Zohar.” Services begin the Coachella Valley’s Conservative at 9:15 am. The rabbi’s presentation Synagogue draws its membership will take place sometime after 10:30 from as far west as Palm Springs and am. A festive Kiddush lunch follows. as far east as Blythe, with snowbird Friday and Saturday services are members and visitors from across open to the entire community. North America, who are drawn to A gala celebration of Beth Shalom’s its Shabbat and holiday services 25th Anniversary will culminate the and Jewish educational and cultural weekend on Saturday at 7:00 pm, programs throughout the year. featuring the Klezmer sounds of The entire community is invited gifted clarinetist Gary Gould and to participate in the Scholar-in- his fellow musicians. An array of Residence Weekend featuring Rabbi scrumptious hors d’oeuvres and Scott Meltzer, who serves as rabbi of tantalizing desserts is being specially the historic Ohr Shalom Synagogue prepared for the occasion. Gala in San Diego. tickets are $60 per person. Donor Rabbi Meltzer, who is a past packages of $180 (includes 2 gala President of the San Diego Rabbinical tickets) and $360 (includes 4 gala Association, received his Rabbinic tickets) are available. Donors receive Ordination from Hebrew Union preferred seating, commemorative College-Jewish Institute of Religion, gifts, and acknowledgment in the Master’s Degree in Religion and weekend booklet. Paid reservations Social Ethics from the University of for the Saturday evening gala must be Southern California, and a B.A. with made by Thursday, February 20, by honors in chemistry from Harvard calling (760) 200-3636. The entire University. community is invited to participate Theme of the weekend is “The and celebrate this milestone event People in Our Neighborhood.” for Congregation Beth Shalom and Friday night services begin at 7:45 the Jewish community in the desert. pm, where Rabbi Meltzer will provide

12 • JCN • February 2020 • Tevet/Shevat 5780 • www.jfedps.com Shabbat Schedule - February 2020 Check the websites or call the synagogues for a full schedule of services.

BETH SHALOM (Member, United www.chabadpd.com 760-969-2153 / DESERT HOT SPRINGS www.templeharshalomidyllwild.org Synagogue of Conservative Judaism) 760-969-2158 Monthly Shabbat evening service with Email: templeharshalomofidyllwild@ Ken Hailpern, Spiritual Leader Rabbi Faith Tessler October-May at gmail.com. 79-733 Country Club Drive, CHABAD OF RANCHO MIRAGE Mission Lakes Country Club at 7:00 Friday night services once a month Bermuda Dunes, CA 92203 Rabbi Shimon Posner pm. Call Jewish Federation for service and study with Rabbi the following www.congregationbethshalom.net 72295 Via Marta, schedule. Saturday morning at 9:30 am. Services 760-200-3636 Rancho Mirage, CA 92270 held at St. Hugh of Lincoln Episcopal 9:30 am Saturday Shabbat morning www.chabadrm.com 760-770-7785 DESERT OUTREACH Church, 25525 Taquitz Drive, services, followed by sit down Shabbat services Friday: check SYNAGOGUE Idyllwild, CA. Kiddush lunch. website for service times. Saturday Rabbi Jules King; Cantor Lori Reisman Scholar-in-Residence Weekend 10 am; children’s program/service Patterson. Meet at UC Riverside/Palm TEMPLE ISAIAH February 28/29. 11:15 am. Daily morning and evening Desert Campus auditorium, 75080 Rabbi Steven Rosenberg; Cantorial Friday, February 28, 7:45 pm: Shabbat minyan. M-F 7:00 am; Frank Sinatra Drive (at Cook), Palm Soloist Gerry Noriega. aServices with Rabbi Scott Meltzer. Sundays 8:00 am Desert the second Friday of each 332 West Alejo Road, Palm Springs, Oneg dessert reception follows. month at 7:00 pm. Musical Shabbat CA 92262, 760-325-2281. www. Community welcome. Saturday, CHABAD OF SUN CITY service, followed by wine/light nosh templeisaiahps.com. Shabbat evening: oneg. Complimentary valet parking 6:30 pm Pre-service Happy Hour. February 29, 9:15 am: Services with PALM DESERT in Lot B. 760-449-0111. Mailing 7:30 pm Shabbat Services, followed Rabbi Scott Meltzer. Festive Kiddush Rabbi Yonason Denebeim. address: P.O. Box 982, Rancho Mirage, by oneg. 4th Friday: Shabbat services lunch follows. Community welcome. Weekly Shabbat services in homes. CA 92270. www.Desert-Outreach- around the dinner table at 6:30 pm, See ad page 5 for sermon information. For information on location call Synagogue.com. followed by dairy potluck dinner. (This 760-848-8250. month February 28). RSVP please. CENTRO CULTURAL HEBREO DE Most Fridays: Shabbat Dinner with the OR HAMIDBAR Saturday morning: 9:00 am “Nosh MEXICALI (Conservative) Denebeims. Call to reserve Rabbi David Lazar and Drash” torah study followed by Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico 760-848-8250. Kabbalat Shabbat services first, services at 10:00 am. Kiddush follows Contact: Ron Cohen second and fourth Fridays of the services. “Jewish University” from 1-3 www.judiosdemexicali.com CONGREGATION HAR-EL month at 6:30 pm PM. Call synagogue for current topic. 760-960-3392 US (Member, Union for Reform Judaism) at the United Methodist Church (686) 216-7152 Mexico Rabbi Richard Zionts; Cantor Joseph of Palm Springs, 1555 E Alejo Rd. TEMPLE SINAI (Reform) Gole [email protected] Shabbat Morning Study and Prayer 73-251 Hovley Lane West, Palm CHABAD OF PALM SPRINGS & 760-779-1691. Mailing address: P.O. every second and fourth Saturday at a Desert, CA 92260. DESERT COMMUNITIES Box 564, Palm Desert, CA 92261. private residence. www.templesinaipd.org Rabbi Yonason Denebeim & Shabbat services in February: Febuary Address provided on RSVP to info@ 760-568-9699. Rabbi Arik Denebeim 7, 14, 21 - at 5:00 pm, followed by orhamidbar.org. Friday evening services: 5:30 pm. 425 Avenida Ortega, Palm Springs, oneg at 5:30 pm. February 7, 2020: Saturdays: 8:45 am Torah study; CA 92264 Music Shabbat, followed by Tu SUN CITY JEWISH SERVICES 10 am Shabbat services. www.chabadpalmsprings.com B’Shvat Seder (see ad page 18) . Rabbi Kenneth Emert; 760-325-0774 Cantor Alan Scott. BIKUR CHOLIM Shabbat services Friday/Saturday; CONGREGATION SHALOM BAYIT Services held at Sun City Del Webb, A project of Chabad of Palm Springs & daily morning and evening minyan. (Reform) Palm Desert/Sunset View Clubhouse/ Desert Communities Rabbi Kenneth Milhander, 1320 W. Speakers Hall, First and third Friday (Community Outreach) CHABAD OF PALM DESERT Williams Ave., Banning, CA 92220. evenings at 7:15 pm. www.BikurCholimPS.com Rabbi Mendy Friedman Contact 951-392-5380. Rabbi Yankel Kreiman - 760-325-8076, Services in a private home. Call for Shabbat Service 3rd Friday/ Havdallah TEMPLE HAR SHALOM, Idyllwild and Rabbi Mendy Kreiman – information: 760-651-2424. 1st Saturday evening. Rabbi Malka Drucker.(951) 468-0004. 760-567-6726.

JCN • February 2020 • Tevet/Shevat 5780 • www.jfedps.com • 13 Community Calendar - February 2020 Email (preferred) Miriam Bent at [email protected] or call 760-323-0255 to have your events included in the community calendar.

Sundays Judaism, led by Rabbi Moishe Witkes. Bernstein and Cynthia Hizami. No cost Sunday, February 16 Chabad of Palm Springs: 8:45 am: For location call or text but reservations required. Deadline 1:00-4:00 pm Temple Isaiah Sunday Breakfast Club. Start off the 760-412-1005. 1-31-20. Call Susan at 760-864-6208 Modernism Week Fashion Show Week with the ancient Jewish tradition ext.932. “Through the Looking Glass.” of Bagels, Lox - and Tefillin! Tuesdays: See ad page 15. 250 E Palm Canyon, 10:00-11:45 am Temple Sinai Wednesday, February 5 Palm Springs. RSVP 760-550-5793. Yiddish Club. All welcome. 4:00 pm Ben Gurion University, Tuesday, February 18 No need to be fluent! UC Riverside and the Jewish 2:00 pm Tolerance Education Center Chabad Rancho Mirage Children’s Federation Lecture: “The Future “Forever Goldie” Celebrating Our programs: CTeen Global Teen Wednesdays: of Homeland Security Relies on Own Goldie Jacoby. network offering social educational 3:00 pm Or Hamidbar Torah Robots” at Palm Valley School. and humanitarian program. Teachings with Rabbi David Lazar at See ad page 18. Thursday, February 19 5:00-7:00 pm PJ Library: CTeen Jr. for 6-8 graders: Educational a private residence. Address provided Celebrate Tu B’shvat at the and social programming. with reservation. RSVP to info@ Thursday, February 6 Children’s Discovery Museum. C Kids ages 3-12. Meets Sundays orhamidbar.org. 9:30 am Sabra Hadassah. Program: See ad page 8. 10 am to 12:30 pm. Trips, art, cooking, Robin Shorr, Writer, Comedian, teaching life skills. Check website: Saturdays, 1:00-3:00 pm Temple Actress. Continental breakfast. $18. Thursday, February 20 www.chabadrm.com/kids; or all Isaiah Jewish University. Series of Mendocito Clubhouse, Capistrano 4:00 pm Beth Shalom Book Club 760-272-1923 or email Chaya@ Saturday afternoon study programs led Room, Sun City Shadow Hills. Discussion “The Lost Girls of Paris” by chabadrm.com for information about by Rabbi Steven Rosenberg. Call 760- Information: call 760-289-7987. Pam Jenoff. Discussion led by Sheila the groups and meeting dates. 325-2281 for details and enrollment. Eglash at a private residence. Monday, February 10 Address provided with reservation. Mondays Monday, February 3 1:00 pm Tolerance Education Center RSVP to 760-200-3636. 6:30 pm Chabad of Rancho Mirage 11:00 am Tolerance Education Center Lecture: Bernard Epps, Osher Lifelong Men’s Talmud class, given by Rabbi Lecture: Anthropologist Learning Istitute, CSSB. Thursday, February 27 Benny Lew. RSVP 760-636-2897 or Rosa Weinstein: Lecture on 6:00 pm Desert Outreach Synagogue [email protected]. “Black History Month.” Monday, February 10 Silent & Live Auction. See classified Jewish Federation of the Desert ad page 30 for details. 7:00 pm Chabad of Palm Springs Wednesday, February 5 MAJOR GIFTS DINNER. See page 2. Monday Journey with the Prophets. 11:00 am Tolerance Education Center Saturday, February 29 250 E Palm Canyon, Palm Springs. Lecture: Law Professor Eric Gertner. Wednesday, February 12 7:00 pm Beth Shalom 25th Weekly Lessons for Life and Judaism Lecture: “Holocaust Rescuers.” 3:30-5:00 pm Har-El Galen Course; Anniversary Gala Celebration Today. Presenter: Boz Werdiger, Jews in Jazz with Prof. David Moyer, featuring the Klezmer Sounds of 760-550-5793 . Wednesday, February 5 Director of Jazz Stuies, El Camino Gary Gould. Hors d’oeuvres, desserts, Noon-2 pm Jewish National Fund College. No fee. RSVP required. champagne toast. $60 per person. 7:00-8:00 pm Chabad Palm Annual Planned Giving Luncheon. Location advised when reserving. Deadline February 20. Information: Springs program: text based study Omni Las Palmas. Speakers: See ad page 12. 760-200-3636. on Maimonide’s Fundamentals of Ambassador Danny Ayalon, JNF’s Matt See ad page 5. Have you registered the Jewish Federation of the Desert with Amazon Smile as your nonprofit? It couldn’t be easier to register: 1. Go to smile.amazon.com 2. Register Jewish Federation of the Desert as your favorite charity 3. Shop! 4. Bookmark the smile.amazon.com page OF THE DESERT and don’t forget to only shop through this link! We earn .5% of each purchase. Purchases made through regular amazon.com will NOT lead to charitable contributions. We appreciate your support!

14 • JCN • February 2020 • Tevet/Shevat 5780 • www.jfedps.com US Education Department investigating UCLA Over Anti-Semitism Complaint UCLA senior Shayna Lavi said during anthropology class, guest speaker San Francisco State University Professor Rabab Abdulhadi described the State of Israel as a racist endeavor, denied its right to exist and labeled Zionists as white supremacists. Jewish News Syndicate The U.S. Department of Anti-Semitism, OCR must consider one step closer to regaining the Education’s Office for Civil Rights the IHRA definition andconfidence that they will be able to (OCR) notified StandWithUs (SWU) accompanying examples of anti- participate in all aspects of campus on January 3 that it has Semitism when determining whether life without fear of being targeted for accepted its complaint alleging that a Title VI violation has occurred. negative treatment because of how UCLA violated Title VI of the “We are encouraged by this latest they express their Jewish identities,” Civil Rights Act of 1964 and has development, as it brings Jewish said Carly Gammill, director of SWU’s opened the matter for full UCLA Royce Hall students and faculty at UCLA Center for Combating Antisemitism. investigation on the merits. students against conduct that SWU alleged that the UCLA marginalizes and demonizes them, administration repeatedly failed not giving such hate a free pass.” to prevent a hostile campus The statements made during environment for its Jewish campus the guest lecture may qualify community in direct violation of the under the International school’s Title VI obligations. Holocaust Remembrance Alliance The SWU Saidoff Legal Department (IHRA) Working Definition of and the SWU Center for Combating Antisemitism. As part of the Dec. 11, Antisemitism, together with UCLA 2019, Executive Order on Combating senior Shayna Lavi, filed a complaint with OCR alleging that UCLA violated Title VI based on a May 2019 lecture in Lavi’s anthropology class. The guest speaker, San Francisco State University Professor Rabab Abdulhadi, described the State of Israel as a racist endeavor, denied its right to exist and labeled Zionists as white supremacists. After Lavi challenged Abdulhadi during class, she was verbally harassed by her and, in subsequent class sessions, by another professor, Kyeyoung Park, who invited the guest lecturer. Lavi informed UCLA administration, which allegedly failed to respond adequately or effectively, according to SWU. “Students should never be subjected to discrimination, harassment or retaliation by their professors after standing up for themselves, their identity and their community,” said SWU co-founder and CEO Roz Rothstein. “For Shayna, as for many Jews, Zionism is an integral part of her Jewish identity, and university administrators should be in the business of protecting JCN • February 2020 • Tevet/Shevat 5780 • www.jfedps.com • 15

JEWISH FEDERATION OF THE DESERT ALLOCATIONS Financial Overview Fiscal Year Ending 06/30/19 YEAR END 6/30/19 FOR DISTRIBUTION IN 2019/2020 Where our Dollars Come From Congregation Beth Shalom - Scholar In Residence Program $7,000 Regular Campaign $1,736,430 Congregation Har-El Men’s & Women’s Tamarisk Tournaments $129,750 Contributions & Other $160,547 -Visiting Scholar with International Recognition $1,000 Income from Endowments $100,000 Dear Friends, Inland and Desert Hillel Council - Core Funding $70,000 Special Events $93,936 Inland and Desert Hillel Council - Special Programs $10,000 *Net Investment Income Operating Funds $68,869 On behalf of Jewish Federation and our lay leaders and professional staff, we thank you Jewish Federation of the Desert *Net Investment Income Endowment Funds ($51,361) for your generous support. - JFED & SCN - Active Threat Training Workshop $15,000 *Net Investment Income Donor Advised Funds $945 *Net Investment Income Board Designated Funds $34,356 In recent years, Federation has made great strides in advancing our mission of building Jewish Federation of the Desert and supporting a vibrant Jewish community. Growing Jewish philanthropy, engaging more - JFED & SCN - Full Scale Exercise/Drill $20,000 Total Support & Revenues $2,273,472 Jewish individuals and fostering a powerful sense of Jewish identity are essential for the Jewish Federation of the Desert Where our Dollars Go health and vitality of our community, now and in the future. -Museum Trips to LA for local School Students $5,000 Local Allocations - Caring for the Vulnerable $350,500 We collaborate with our organizational partners and dedicated leaders and donors Jewish Federation of the Desert Local Allocations - Community Inclusion & Engagement $96,200 - PJ Library - Free Books for Children & Family Programs $10,000 Local Allocations - Jewish Education & Identity $219,000 to create the most strategic, meaningful, and inspiring work possible. This report offers Jewish Federation of the Desert Overseas Allocations - Israel & World Jewry $545,000 information into the local and global impact on Jewish life that we have made together - Security for JFED & local agencies $15,000 Donor Directed Grants $36,016 — and continue to make. Onward Israel - Scholarships for Local Students $10,000 Administration Cost $328,732 Fundraising Cost $322,785 Working with an impressive roster of partner agencies, Federation is here to help. Angel View Stand With Us -Lectures & Programs $10,000 - Retrofit Lift Chairs for two Jewish Care Homes $15,000 Programs Cost $33,203 Federation works to take care of needs throughout the Desert as the central fundraiser, Temple Isaiah - Palm Springs Bikur Cholim - Community Mission & Programs $120,000 Depreciation Expense $58,497 planner and convener of the community. While there is much more to be done, we are -Lecture Series “Judaism for the 21st Century” $4,000 Friends of AKIM USA, Inc. deeply proud of what we accomplished. Temple Sinai - Palm Desert - Hebrew School Scholarships $30,000 Total Allocations & Expenses $1,989,933 - Helping People & Families with Intellectual Disabilities $10,000 Net Increase in Unrestricted Funds $299,599 For over 60 years, we’ve worked with our supporters and partners to identify and Israel Guide Dog Center for the Blind - Guide Dog Training $2,000 Temple Sinai - Palm Desert - Madrichim (Teacher Assistants) $7,000 Net Increase in Temporarily Restricted Funds ($16,060) address the most pressing issues in our community. We care for Jews in need now and Jewish Family Service of the Desert - Let’s Do Lunch $5,000 Temple Sinai - Palm Desert - Youth Shabbaton $5,000 Total Net Increase in Funds $283,539 Jewish Family Service of the Desert strengthen the next generations to ensure our Jewish future. Always with strategy. With Jewish Education & Identity $219,000 *Investment Income includes interest, realized and unrealized gains or losses and innovation. With an eye on the horizon. - Mental Health Outpatient Treatment $40,000 investment expenses. Jewish Family Service of the Desert Together, we are changing and saving the lives of those who need our help most — Joint Distribution Committee ( JDC) - Core Funding $150,000 - Ner Tamid (Eternal Light) $35,000 Jewish Federations of North America - Birthright Israel $10,000 Balance Sheet locally and globally. We never forget that we are responsible for the welfare of those Jewish Family Service of the Desert Jewish Federations of North America - Annual Contribution $80,000 Assets in need, including individuals with special needs, families in crisis, our frail seniors, the Senior Care Management $70,000 Cash & Cash Equivalents $2,683,636 Leket Israel - Meal Rescue Project $15,000 underemployed and other vulnerable members of the community. Even in the best of Jewish Federation of the Desert - Special Tzedakah Fund $15,000 Donor Advised Fund $117,553 Ramat HaNegev Regional Council - Agricultural Lab $84,000 Endowments $2,401,466 times, there are those who struggle to lead healthy, secure lives. Mizell Senior Center - Meals on Wheels $15,000 Ramat HaNegev Regional Council Board Designated $1,215,978 This important work is only possible through the commitment and generosity of our Temple Sinai - Palm Desert - Mitzvah Food Delivery Project $15,000 The Joslyn Center - Let’s Do Lunch $6,000 - Center for Children with Special Needs (CCSN) $80,000 Other Assets $587,060 Federation Building & Property Net $1,545,518 donors and volunteers, whose passion and commitment fuel our efforts. We are grate- The Joslyn Center - Meals on Wheels $2,500 Ramat HaNegev Regional Council ful for your long-standing support and partnership in our efforts to utilize the power of Caring for the Vulnerable $350,500 - Pithat Nitzana - Children & Youth Programs $36,000 TheTotal Assets $8,551,221 community to yield the greatest results. Jewish Agency for Israel Liabilities & Net Assets Today’s world is complicated, but with the support of passionate and committed Boys & Girls Club of Palm Springs - Culture Club $2,000 - Former Soviet Union (FSU) Camps $12,500 TheAllocations Payable $1,346,505 individuals uniting as one, we have the capacity to mobilize and accomplish great things. Congregation Har-El - Interfaith Passover Seder $1,200 Jewish Agency for Israel - Ofek Mechinot $12,500 TheCurrent Labilities $64,442 That is the power of community. Jewish Federation of the Desert - Jewish Holiday Provisions $5,000 Jewish Agency for Israel - Youth Futures, Eilat $25,000 Fund Balances $435,228 Jewish Federation of the Desert - Jewish Community Outreach $25,000 ZAKA - Search & Rescue - “You Belong!” K9 Search & Rescue $10,000 Total Liabilities $1,846,176 Jewish Federation of the Desert - Herzlian Dinners $5,000 With sincere appreciation, ZAKA - Search & Rescue - High-Impact Psychological Support $25,000 Jewish Federation of the Desert - JCN Newspaper $40,000 Unrestricted $4,350,008 ZAKA - Search & Rescue Jewish Federation of the Desert Temporarily Restricted $746,933 - Yom Ha’atzmaut Children’s Concert for the Community $4,000 - Resilience Training for Odessa Jewish Community $5,000 Permanently Restricted $1,608,094 Temple Isaiah - Palm Springs - Palm Springs Jewish Film Festival $10,00 Israel, Overseas & World Jewry $545,000 Total Net Assets $6,705,035 Roberta Nyman Bruce Landgarten Temple Isaiah - Palm Springs -Twice Blessed - LGBTQ Initiative $4,000 Chairman of the Board Chief Executive Officer Community Inclusion & Engagement $96,200 Total Allocations $1,210,700 Total Liabilities & Net Assets $8,551,211 Spanish Court Strikes Down Another ‘Discriminatory’ Municipal BDS Pledge By Algemeiner Staff A Spanish court has ruled against This past July, a counselor with the a boycott agreement targeting right-wing Vox party — which did companies with ties to Israel that not have representation during the was previously adopted by the City 2017 vote — called for the motion’s Council of Santa Cruz de Bezana, revocation, saying it displayed an the Madrid-based pro-Israel “extremist ideological position” that organization ACOM said on January verged on anti-Semitism and would 15th. be responsible for “unnecessary The city hall, located in Spain’s economic damage.” northern Cantabria region, adopted The ruling marks the 55th time a the “Space Free of Israeli Apartheid” BDS agreement has been revoked pledge — a part of the controversial following an intervention by ACOM, Palestinian-led boycott, divestment, the group said. “The annulment of an and sanctions (BDS) campaign — on agreement that diminishes the image Aug. 11, 2017, after it was presented of Santa Cruz de Bezana did not by the far-left Unidas Podemos prosper through political channels, alliance. but now thanks to the courts the The motion was supported by the town in Cantabria is out of the list of Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party, the places that boycott Jews,” it added. United Left communist party, and A similar boycott pledge enacted the Regionalist Party of Cantabria, by the city hall of Camargo, also in according to ACOM. It was opposed Cantabria, was recently struck down by the centrist Citizens party, while by the same administrative court, the conservative People’s Party which called the boycott “a clear abstained. violation of the fundamental rights In its ruling, the Contentious to equality.” Administrative Court number 1 ACOM has spearheaded efforts of Santander said the agreement to fight the BDS campaign, which contained discriminatory elements, seeks to isolate Israel internationally, exceeded the city council’s “local in Spain through the country’s legal competency,” and “affects the right system. A recent event held by the to equality reflected in Article 14 group in Madrid was disrupted by of the Spanish Constitution,” ACOM BDS activists who reportedly said. attempted to physically attack The judgement imposes legal costs participants. that will be shouldered by the city.

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18 • JCN • February 2020 • Tevet/Shevat 5780 • www.jfedps.com Israeli Tech Catches Medical Mistakes Before They Happen Harvard researchers find significant clinical impact and cost savings with MedAware’s Patient Safety Platform. By Abigail Klein Leichman, Israel 21c A machine learning-based the full patient population. terms, prescription drug errors offers both measurable patient safety solution from Israel’s The Israeli technologyresult in healthcare costs estimated improvement in patient safety and MedAware flagged 10,668 potential crowdsources physician practice to at more than $20 billion annually significant potential cost savings to errors and adverse drug events in identify and prevent medication in the United States, according to hospitals at a time when healthcare the records of 373,992 patients errors, opioid dependency, study authors. systems must find every opportunity treated in the outpatient clinics of evolving adverse drug events Lead author Ronen Rozenblum, to drive efficiencies from a financial Massachusetts General and Brigham and contraindications, and other an assistant professor at Harvard perspective.” and Women’s Hospitals. medication-related risks. Medical School, said “MedAware The retrospective study was “This study shows that published in The Joint Commission MedAware’s system performed well Journal on Quality and Patient in identifying important medication- Safety. related errors in the ambulatory Looking at a random sample setting, and that implementing of 300 warnings generated by it could result in substantial cost Medaware, the research team found savings,” said co-author Dr. David that 92% of the warnings were Bates, a professor at Harvard accurate based on data available; Medical School and director of the 79.7% of the warnings were clinically Center for Patient Safety Research valid; and 68.2% of MedAware’s & Practice at Brigham and Women’s warnings would not have been Hospital. flagged by existing decision support “MedAware’s application systems. enables systems to catch errors they If the Medaware system had didn’t know they had and which been operational, the estimated would not have been caught using direct cost savings of the avoidable existing systems,” Bates said. “These adverse events would have been can be very serious and have major more than $1.3 million when consequences.” extrapolating the study’s findings to Aside from the cost in human Men in Philanthropy The publication ’Desert Charities News’ features different segments of the non-profit world in their quarterly magazine, and the current issue highlights “Men in Philanthropy.” We are honored that Bruce Landgarten, Jewish Federation CEO, was one of the men featured. Mazel tov!

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22 • JCN • February 2020 • Tevet/Shevat 5780 • www.jfedps.com FederationOF THE DESERT Campaign Donors Thank You for Doing a World of Good! The Jewish Federation of the Desert gap as our community’s needs expand at home, in Israel and all over the world Power of Community.” and its beneficiary agencies would and our needy grow in number. are counting on us. Thank you for We have endeavored to honor every like to thank our devoted and loyal From Pre-school, Religious school and making a difference in Jewish lives. special request that we received, donors who gave so generously to the camp scholarships to providing care, To everyone who contributed to including those individuals who wish 2019 Annual Campaign. Together we food and services to seniors, from aid our Annual Campaign, thank you. not to be listed on the Honor Roll, and raised over $2.25 million dollars for our to the unemployed to social services Your generosity has breathed life into apologize in advance for any mistakes. community. for the most vulnerable, the Federation the words that define and guide our Federation’s Annual Campaign fills a Campaign changes lives. Jews in need efforts: “The Strength of a People. The *Deceased Bernie and Barbara Fromm Robert and Robin Berman Lawrence and Annette Novack $50,000 + Raymond & Jeannette Galante Janis Berman Bernard Plack and Rochelle Sheldon and Enid Goldman Harriet Bernstein Goodman Barbara Fremont Robert and Wendy Goodfriend Morris and Ruth Beschloss Shirley Randolph Helene Galen James and Peggy Greenbaum Don and Michelle Carafiol Carol Resnick Judd and Katherine Malkin Burton and Libby Hoffman Benjamin Cohen Skip and Marilyn Rosskam Monroe and Rella Rifkin Mort Kirshner Marion Cowle Elise Sacks Stephen and Marjorie Kulp Gordon and Leslie Diamond Ivan and Donna Samuels $25,000 - $49,999 Ron and Susan Langus Stephen and Judy Ehrlichman Robert and Gail Scadron Howard and Patricia Levy Sig Feiger and Rose Grossinger Sanford Seplow Miles and Sally Berger Jeffrey Louis Dr. Ronald and Carol Fragen Don Shagrin and Gail K. 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Ross Jane Broude Carol Kaplan Rae Smerling Joel Fishman Elise Sacks Joanne Chunowitz Harriet Karmin Mary Solomon Manny Flekman Sherry Salzman Susan Cohen Susan Katzen Nora Spak Kenneth Friednash Gail Scadron LiLo Cooper Nora Kaufman Debra Star Bernie Fromm Phyllis Schahet Susie Diamond Sheila Keeshin Elaine Stein Don Shagrin Lois Schnitzer Nancy Ditlove Joan Kerns Jill Steinberg Raymond Galante Sherry Schor Susan Duman Susan Konheim Sheila Stone Leonard Gionet Barbara Schrayer Jane Effress Marjorie Kulp Nan Tynberg Ronald Goldberg Baillie Shapiro Judy Ehrlichman Susan Langus Leslie Usow Continued on next page JCN • February 2020 • Tevet/Shevat 5780 • www.jfedps.com • 27 Sheldon Goldman Harvey Lambert Suku Radia Tom Weil Larry Zoll Mark Goodman Ronald Langus Donald Rado Stanley Weiss Alan Zuckert Adrian Graff-Radford Jerome Lapidus Jon Rappaport Allen Wolf Perry Green Gary Leifer Stuart Rappaport George Green Mark Levey Monroe Rifkin James Greenbaum Calvin Levin Ben Rinkey Lion of Judah Endowment (LOJE) Alan I. 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Ross Howard Hyman Mark Mehlman Merwyn Sher Shelli Goodman *Munzika Schweid *Gloria Gorelik Helen Varon Arthur Jacobson Jerome Meister Larry Sherman Peggy Greenbaum *Mildred Weissman Andrew Josephson Jim Mills Albert Silverman Libby Hoffman *Rosella Weissman Robert Judelson Lester Morris David Simon Carol Horwich Luber Ronald Kahn Jeff Noddle Alvin Siwak Barry Kaiman Joseph Noren David Smerling William Kaplan Alan Parsow Richard Solomon EndowmentOF THE DESERT Kal Kaplan Daryl Phillips Jay Spak Larry Katzen Larry Pitts Ted Stein Chuck & Karen Cohen Jerome Morgan Malvin Kaufman Bernard Plack Allan Steinberg *Dr. Maurice & *Elaine Falstein *Stephen Platt Laurence Kay Richard Pluss Ira Stone Barbara & Bernie Fromm *Henry Schweid Pat Kerns Stephen Polacheck Peter Tynberg Gottesman Brown Family *Elfreda Tarler Bruce Konheim Michael Pollak Barry Usow Trust *Morgan & Helen Varon Lawrence Kraines Jerome Pollan Doran Veiner *Burton Kaplan *Sheppard Weissman Richard Kriozere Robert Pomerantz David Veit *Louis & *Florence Kitsis Eileen Wuhl Stephen Kulp Bruce Rabinovitz Irwin Volk Kocen Family Trust *Maurice Zaslawsky A Day on Patrol in Crown Heights with the Guardian Angels Blood was on everyone’s mind on succeeds, founded the Guardian Angels Several groups of young people came Sunday in Crown Heights as I met up with in the very different New York of 1979. up sheepishly to ask for selfies, and the Curtis Sliwa and two dozen members of His organization is, depending on whom Angels happily obliged. New York’s legendary Guardian Angels you ask, a crime-fighting and -deterring Along with the Guardian Angels, there wearing their trademark red jackets and neighborhood watch group or a bunch was an NYPD mobile command center, berets. of vigilantes. and two Jewish neighborhood patrols’ own We were outside 770, the world When I joined their patrol across from command center vehicles. If it is a good headquarters of the Chabad-Lubavitch the Jewish Children’s Museum, Sliwa and thing that all this protection is available, it Hasidic movement, where Kingston the Guardian Angels were being greeted is certainly no good thing that this is what Avenue intersects Eastern Parkway, one Guardian Angels in Crown Heights with a bit of curiosity and a lot of nostalgic feels necessary for Jews in Brooklyn to live of the great arteries through Brooklyn. later apprehended in Harlem and his warmth. As I approached, a mother on her their lives in peace. On Saturday night, Grafton E. Thomas bail was set at $5 million, with New York way into the museum with her kids greeted The Guardian Angels can look like a sort reportedly rushed into a rabbi’s home in Governor Andrew Cuomo describing the the Guardian Angels and turned to her of throwback to a different time, but in this Monsey, New York, with a machete and incident as an act of “domestic terror.” kids beaming, explaining that “these are community they are a reassuring presence started slashing people during a Hanukkah Sliwa, a hard-talking AM radio host who good guys.” during a period of fear. I watch dozens celebration, wounding five. Thomas was tries to project a larger-than-life figure and “We need you guys in Europe!” she said. continued on the next page

28 • JCN • February 2020 • Tevet/Shevat 5780 • www.jfedps.com continued from the previous page and robbed as a kid, once thrown down a You have to be strong. You have to fight community seems to feel, is not merely of people spontaneously approach the flight of stairs and stripped of her paycheck back.” at the doorstep, as the mayor claimed Angels, some greeting Sliwa on a first-name and house keys. Casey’s family was locked One man cut in to talk to Sliwa about earlier this month on the occasion of an basis, some just recognizing the uniform, to out of her home that night. how he saw the tensions that have set anti-Semitic mass shooting in New Jersey. thank them for being there. The Jews of Casey told me that, in the age of social community members on edge — he felt It long ago crossed the threshold, and Crown Heights are scared, and they feel media, “people think pulling out a camera that the subset of anti-Semitic violence it is not some aberration that can be they need protection right now. And they is getting involved. We’re more hands on.” coming from their black neighbors got understood to exist elsewhere. It is part feel they can rely on the Guardian Angels The Angels do not want to fight, but they brushed under the rug by media outlets of their understanding of daily life here, to provide it. are ready to. and politicians. now. You can feel it. I counted at least a half dozen offers of The Guardian Angels’ MO is, as they “You gotta get to the core of the And now dozens of them have called donuts, coffee, burgers and other snacks described it to me, mostly about “visual problem,” he said. “There’s really big some old friends in red berets, who split from grateful Jews anxious to give back to deterrence” — just being there to show antisemitism problems. It’s really escalating. off as the temperature dropped to patrol the Angels for being there (they are politely that they will stop any crime if it occurs. You know what gets me really upset? And Williamsburg and Borough Park as well. declined, though two boxes of donuts did Several of them are certified to teach the I’m like a, you can see, ponytail.” Luckily, when I checked in the following make it through). Most but not all of the rest basic martial arts, and some carry He gestures at a ponytail poking out of morning, the Angels said they had run into recognition and affirmation seemed to be handcuffs. If they do intervene in a crime, the back of his baseball cap, as if to show no violent incidents. “But,” Sliwa told me, coming from older Jewish residents of the they are trained to make a citizen’s arrest his credentials as a member of liberal and “New Year’s Eve and New Year’s will be a neighborhood, who Sliwa says remember by detaining the perpetrator and calling secular society in good standing. real challenge.” the Guardian Angels’ presence during the the cops. “If that was a white Jewish person doing With revelers out on the street and 1991 Crown Heights riots, when the cops On our way up and down the street, the crime, all the media would say ‘white drunk, plenty “might be looking to mess largely let rampant violence against Jews everyone’s eyes were up. But the closest Jewish, white Jewish!’ They’re just saying with people they see as Jews,” he noted. go unanswered. thing to a noteworthy incident that I ‘individual.’ They’re afraid to say black, Unfortunately, the crime statistics Sliwa told me that he has developed saw was a three-second period when a African American. It’s an outrage,” he just from December show he was likely strong relationships with the various Jewish mother unloading her car lost sight of her declared. right. Brooklyn’s Jews have friends, communities in the area, near where he daughter, and the Guardian Angels passing Another man, sporting a black beard, though, in the Guardian Angels. They grew up, since then. He said he started by helpfully pointed out she was around came up to share the pessimistic take on say they will be here around the clock, getting calls asking for a Guardian Angels a corner. the situation: “You know, you were here for for anyone who calls. presence to return as soon as the Monsey There was also considerable excitement the riots, the Crown Heights Riots. I was a stabbing was reported. when we took some pictures with a golden small boy. People say a lot has changed. I We set off on patrol down Kingston with retriever belonging to the head of a Jewish don’t know. You guys are back. A lot has Sliwa in the lead, greeted often by friendly neighborhood watch group which has changed?” honks and people who want pictures or to worked alongside the Guardian Angels Maybe a lot has, or maybe it has not. share stories from the Guardian Angels’ before. Whether anti-Semitism has returned or time set up down the block for several Back on Eastern Parkway, the Angels never left, the Guardian Angels are back months in 1991. divided into groups to watch over several on patrol in Crown Heights, and the Jewish One now-former Crown Heights corners and hand out cards with their community here is happy to have them. resident stopped the phalanx to tell the number as people begin to congregate They are a legend, dating back to a time Angels that they were what made the for services in 770. Squads periodically when all of New York was defined by crime neighborhood feel safe enough to live headed back out to walk patrols. People and violence. in. “We moved here because you guys kept coming up and thanking the Angels The threat of violent Jew-hatred, this protected us, not because the police were and telling them they remember what they there,” he said. did during the 1991 riots. Some of the honking came from Chabad I asked Sliwa about the differences cars with menorahs on top and a Jewish between Brooklyn today and when he ambulance, and a number of black founded the group. Back then, he said, “the residents of the neighborhood greeted Jews understood they had to fight back.” Sliwa too. “They couldn’t depend on anyone,” he I hung back with Casey, one of the recalled. “They started organizing their shorter Guardian Angels and by the look own patrols. Then it got lax, lethargic. of it among the youngest, though not Depend on government, depend on the someone I would like to mess with. police, depend on the gentiles. Mistake. “What do you do?” asked one young You have to employ self-defense. You man in a heavily Yiddish-inflected accent. have to fight back. It’s the only way. Or “We’re a safety patrol,” replied Casey, other communities will come in and take a Bronx native who tells me she got advantage of them. And then they’re involved after seeing her mom assaulted victims. You benefit not by being a victim.

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30 • JCN • February 2020 • Tevet/Shevat 5780 • www.jfedps.com Chanukah at Desert Hot Springs The Jewish Federation staff, current and former Federation Board members Stephanie and Dr. Paul Ross and Bikur Cholim/Rabbi Yankel Kreiman once again brought Chanukah to Desert Hot Springs, with a delicious Kosher dinner, face painting by Bebsabe Morrison and gifts galore.

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