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By Adi Eshman sailant broke into the Monsey, New York, home of Rabbi NEW YORK (JTA)—New Chaim Rottenberg and used York City will launch three a long machete to stab guests initiatives aimed at combat- gathered for a Chanukah Congratulations to this year’s ‘8 Over 80’ honorees ing anti-Semitic hate crimes. celebration. Five people were Kinneret’s 10th annual 8 Over 80 Gala honors eight remarkable people in our community, each over 80. Shown Mayor Bill de Blasio made injured in the attack, which here are (top row, left to right): Barney Chepenik, Jes Baru, Henry Schilowitz, Harry Lowenstein, and (bottom row, the announcement at a dra- authorities have deemed a left to right): Joan Forino, Harriet Weiss, Elaine Gamson and Sandi Solomon. matic news conference Sun- hate crime, and two remain Join them on Sunday, March 1, 2020 at Kinneret Apartments. Honor these inspiring older adults by taking out day afternoon at the central hospitalized. an ad or greeting in Kinneret’s Tribute Book. branch of the Brooklyn Public Three weeks earlier, two Tickets and sponsorships can be purchased online at www.KinneretLiving.org or by contacting Sharon Weil Library following weeks of gunmen opened fire at a at 407-425-4537 or [email protected]. anti-Semitic assaults and kosher supermarket in Jersey vandalism that have plagued City, New Jersey, killing three the city and state. people. The man and woman “I don’t want people to had killed a police officer prior forget that we’ve confronted to coming to the market, hatred in this city before, where they were shot dead in a Bernie Sanders picks former Obama we’ve confronted division,” de lengthy gun battle with police. Blasio said. ”We have done it First, the New York Police before, and we will do it again.” official as liaison to Jewish community On Saturday night, an as- NYC on page 15A

By Ron Kampeas J Street, the liberal Jewish Sanders’ policies, including Middle East policy group, and a $15 minimum wage and WASHINGTON (JTA)—The recently served on the board expansive health care reform. Soleimani killed Bernie Sanders campaign has of the Jewish Democratic His Jewish outreach hire in named an insider in both the Council of America, a group 2016, Simone Zimmerman, Jewish and Democratic es- that slots into the mainstream generated headlines because in US airstrike tablishments—entities that both of the pro-Israel com- of her roots in the insurgent the presidential candidate munity and the Democratic anti-occupation IfNotNow has previously kept at a dis- Party. group. She was forced out al- tance—as its liaison to the “It’s really exciting because most as soon as she started af- Jewish community. Bernie is building a movement ter obscenity-laced Facebook The appointment of Joel here that is one that is essen- posts targeting Israeli Prime Rubin, 48, a former Obama tially engaging the diversity Minister Benjamin Netanyahu administration official with of America,” Rubin told JTA came to light. longstanding ties to an ar- in an interview. “What we’re Rubin is a well-liked Wash- ray of Jewish groups, was going to do is make sure that ington Jewish figure who is announced Thursday to the the Jewish voice and com- as comfortable on cable news Jewish Telegraphic Agency. munity is part and parcel of defending the Iran nuclear Rubin was a co-founder of that movement.” deal that Israel reviled as he Joel Rubin says of Bernie Rubin also served as an aide is schmoozing at an Israeli Sanders: “It is so valuable to to the late Sen. Frank Lauten- Embassy social event. He said have a politician and a leader berg of New Jersey and was a his experience inside the es- running who gets it in his Iranian Quds Force Commander deputy assistant secretary of tablishment was precisely the kishkes.” Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani state for legislative affairs— point. When he was working the State Department’s liaison in Congress, for Lautenberg dent Donald Trump’s leading By Jackson Richman al-Muhandis, the deputy of to the U.S. House of Repre- and then for the Obama adviser and son-in-law. Iraq’s Popular Mobilization sentatives—under President administration, he routinely “For me, the march deep- (JNS)—The head of Iran’s Forces, backed by Iran, were Barack Obama. engaged with the legacy Jew- ened my resolve to work for a Islamic Revolutionary Guard among those killed in vehicles It’s a signal of how mark- ish organizations. world of peace and tolerance. Corps’ Quds Force, Maj. Gen. at the Baghdad International edly different this Sanders “That’s going to be part of And it cemented my com- Qassem Soleimani, was killed Airport. campaign for the Democratic the work—I want them to mitment to Israel as a refuge in a U.S. airstrike in Iraq on Gold Institute senior fel- nomination is from the one hear from us and I want us to for the Jewish people,” Rubin Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020, an- low Matthew Brodsky told he ran in 2016 as an outsider, hear from them,” Rubin said. said. “What it did not do was nounced the U.S. Department JNS that Soleimani’s death when it took months to ad- Rubin, who is from Pitts- inspire me to work for an of Defense. is as significant as the assas- dress his Jewish background burgh, often cites his typi- administration that would “At the direction of the sination of Al-Qaeda leader and upbringing. Now Sanders cal Jewish upbringing, his shut out those fleeing mass president, the U.S. military Osama bin Laden in 2011 by brings it up frequently. summers at Ramah camps, murder, such as is happening has taken decisive defensive U.S. forces in Pakistan. Four years ago, the Sanders his membership in United today with Syria’s refugees.” action to protect U.S. person- “It’s on par because if you campaign was led by figures Synagogue Youth and his time Rubin has his work cut out nel abroad by killing Qassem who reviled the establish- spent at university in Israel. for him. As much as Sanders Soleimani, the head of the Soleimani on page 15A ment. Now the longtime In 2017 he contrasted for the has embraced his front-run- Iranian Revolutionary Guard Vermont senator is attracting Forward how participating ner status, he also continues Corps Quds Force, a U.S.- Democratic establishment in the March of the Living in to espouse positions on an designated Foreign Terrorist figures and bodies. It’s partly Poland, a Holocaust education array of policies that ensconce Organization,” the Pentagon a testament to how the estab- experience, influenced him as said in a statement. lishment has adopted some of well as Jared Kushner, Presi- Sanders on page 15A Soleimani and Abu Mahdi PAGE 2A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, JANUARY 10, 2020

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Lewis ended In 2015, Lewis was a Greenblatt wrote in an email there would not be a schism,” his paean to his colleague spokesman for African- to the Jewish Telegraphic Lewis said. by crossing the aisle and em- American lawmakers who Agency. The AJC was the Jewish bracing him closely, choking boycotted Israeli Prime Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., organization to which Lewis up some Republicans in the Minister Benjamin Netan- a Jewish congressman repre- was the closest. Under its chamber. yahu’s speech to Congress in senting a black-majority dis- aegis Lewis, then an Atlanta Jewish groups over the which Netanyahu vigorously trict in and around Memphis, city councilor, co-founded the years have rallied to Lewis’s opposed President Barack in a statement called Lewis Atlanta Black-Jewish Coalition causes—and to his defense. Obama’s efforts to negotiate “a heroic voice of conscience in 1982. This year, he gave his The Reform movement, the a nuclear deal with Iran. The in an era of lessening values. blessing to and served as co- AJC and the ADL have joined lawmakers saw the speech as Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images He is America’s saint.” Other chairman of the Congressional Lewis in making protections a slight against the first black Rep. John Lewis speaks at a news conference in the Capitol Jewish lawmakers praising Black-Jewish Caucus, which for voting rights for minori- president by then-House on the Voting Rights Advancement Act, Dec. 6, 2019. Lewis included Sen. Dianne also is an AJC initiative. ties a top priority. And in 2017, Speaker John Boehner, R- Feinstein, D-Calif., and the Lewis is backing Jon Os- when Trump attacked Lewis Ohio. By Ron Kampeas display with the reactions minority leader in the Senate, soff, a Jewish U.S. Senate on Twitter as “all talk and “I am saddened that the from Jewish groups to the Chuck Schumer, a New York candidate in Georgia hoping no action” after Lewis ques- speaker would threaten this WASHINGTON (JTA)— Lewis announcement. Democrat. to unseat the incumbent tioned the legitimacy of his historic position, bipartisan The black-Jewish coalition “Representative Lewis has Lewis has sought Jews Republican, David Perdue, election, all three shot back support of our Israeli brothers that has fought for civil rights been a fighter his entire life, as partners since his days in 2020. at the president. and sisters, by this action,” since the 1960s has the city from the dirt-poor farm he helping to organize the 1963 His status as a near martyr “Wrong! His life has been Lewis said. of Atlanta as its nexus. Folks grew up on in Alabama, to the March on Washington. He of the civil rights move- all action & results. He A statement from Lewis’s there cite three reasons for long struggle for civil rights and Rabbi Abraham Joshua ment—police savagely beat changed US history,” the office on Monday said the this: a substantial African- and the promise of America Heschel were among the him in 1965 in Selma—has AJC said. congressman would continue American population, a for all its inhabitants, to his leaders of the 1965 March elevated Lewis to that in- Lewis’s legitimacy among to serve in the House while relatively large Jewish com- distinguished service as a on Selma, and a photo of the creasingly rare creature: a Jewish groups has made he undergoes treatment. munity and John Lewis. member of the U.S. House two men forming a vanguard politician beloved on both it hard for them to ignore Doctors have given him a Lewis, 79, the longtime of Representatives for the with 10 others—including sides of the aisle. his criticism. Lewis lent his “fighting chance,” the state- Democratic congressman past 32 years,” the American the Rev. Martin Luther King Kellyanne Conway, the sponsorship this year to a ment said. from Georgia who an- Jewish Committee said in a Jr.—has become iconic. often acerbic aide to President resolution opposing laws that “I have been in some kind nounced Sunday that he statement Sunday. In 2012, speaking at an Donald Trump, said on Twit- penalize Israel boycotters— of fight—for freedom, equal- was suffering from stage 4 Jonathan Greenblatt, the AJC event at the Democratic ter: “Prayers and comfort for measures supported by both ity, basic human rights—for pancreatic cancer, has been Anti-Defamation League’s National Convention in Char- a courageous and timeless the AJC and the ADL. Lewis nearly my entire life,” Lewis close to Jewish groups for CEO, called Lewis “our na- lotte, North Carolina, Lewis civil rights hero.” did so not because he embrac- said. “I have never faced a decades. And that longstand- tion’s moral compass” and showed impatience with the Earlier this month, Sen. es the Boycott, Divestment fight quite like the one I ing relationship was on full said he has “set the standard schism that had developed Johnny Isakson, the Georgia and Sanctions movement— have now.” Iran crossed red line with Trump administration; US, Israel, region brace for response By Yaakov Lappin no one can be sure of where and said that America will Iranian attempt to keep up bases and terror groups, and and the 2012 attacks on events will go next. take preventive action to the pressure on America was ideologically committed U.S. government facilities (JNS)—The American Indications of Iran’s intent defend the lives of its forces while maintaining plausible to Israel’s destruction. He in Benghazi, Libya. airstrike assassination of to escalate in the region and civilians. deniability. was hard at work building a The Iranians displayed Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary were already apparent in late The intensification had Soleimani was involved in war machine in Syria, after a major miscalculation in Guard Corps’ Quds Force November, when U.S. Gen. been gradually brewing, all of those incidents, and his helping Syrian President failing to understand how commander, Maj. Gen. Qas- Kenneth F. McKenzie, the with an American contrac- arrival in Iraq on Friday was Bashar Assad win the civil the U.S. would view these sem Soleimani, in Baghdad head of the military’s Cen- tor killed in a rocket attack an indication of his intent war—a war that prevailed as incidents, and when Solei- early on Friday follows a tral Command responsible that was launched by the to continue to activate his a result of mass killings and mani arrived in Baghdad— major miscalculation on the for the Middle East, warned Iranian-backed Kataib Hez- influence to the detriment countless war crimes against apparently to plan more part of Tehran in the decision that Iran was planning a bollah militia on a military of American forces. Sunnis in order to rescue attacks—the miscalculation to up the ante against the major attack on the scale of base in northern Iraq on He has spent years build- the pro-Iranian Damascus only grew. United States. its cruise missile and drone Dec. 27. America’s reply was ing a multinational terrorist regime. “The highly vigorous While the extent of Iran’s assault on Saudi oil fields in crushing: An airstrike on the army and destabilizing the Soleimani’s goal was to American response points to response is not yet clear, September. militia’s bases in Iraq and region. In fact, he was the spread Iran’s radical Shi’ite the fact that from the U.S.’s military planners in the Hours before the Ameri- Syria on Dec. 30, resulting in right-hand man of Supreme agenda throughout the re- standpoint, the Iranians region, including in Israel, can airstrike on Soleimani’s dozens of casualties, includ- Leader Ayatollah Ali Khame- gion, neutralize American crossed a red line, and it will need to prepare for the vehicle in Baghdad, Ameri- ing Iranian officers. That was nei, reporting directly to influence and intimidate seems the Americans had in- most severe scenarios. Even can Defense Secretary Mark a warning Iran failed to heed. him and tasked with imple- states that stood in his telligence that the Iranians though Iran may seek to Esper repeated the warning The Iranians sent militia- menting Khamenei’s radical way. He brutally repressed were going to cross further launch a calculated retali- that Iran is planning further supporting mobs to attack vision of Iranian hegemony Shi’ites in Iraq, who were red lines,” Maj. Gen. (res.) ation, which would exact a strikes on the United States the U.S. embassy in Baghdad in the region. fed up with their Iranian- Yaakov Amidror, former price without going to war, and its regional interests, on Dec. 31, representing an Soleimani built proxy influenced corrupt govern- national security adviser forces that are deployed ment. Under Soleimani’s to Israeli Prime Minister in Iraq (home to some directive, militias in Iraq Netanyahu, told JNS. 100,000 armed Shi’ite militia turned into death squads, “The American response Schumer calls to quadruple members), in Syria and in mercilessly gunning down is a warning to the Iranians, Lebanon (home to the most hundreds of protesters on but also it is designed to heavily armed non-state ter- Iraqi streets—meaning that prevent the operation that funding for security grants ror army in the world). many Iraqis will not be upset the Iranians were plan- Soleimani provided sig- to see his departure from ning,” added Amidror, a By Marcy Oster Schumer, D-N.Y., also frequent, we must continue nificant assistance to Gaza’s the scene. senior fellow at the Jerusa- called for financial support for doing all we can to help terror factions, enabling In their choice to step up lem Institute for Strategic (JTA)—Senate Minor- federal programs to prosecute protect people of all faiths them to fire rocket on Tel attacks on the world’s top Studies. “Since we do not ity Leader Chuck Schumer hate crimes. worship and gather in safety Aviv, as well as to forces in superpower, Soleimani and know how the Iranians will pledged to fight for a quadru- Schumer made the an- and security.” Yemen, which fire missiles the Iranian regime made respond, the assessments pling of funding for federal nouncement on Monday in The Department of Home- at Saudi cities. He fed Iran’s a number of critical errors are not important. We must security grants for nonprofit New York, less than 48 hours land Security’s Federal Emer- proxies with advanced weap- in recent weeks. Attacking assume that the Iranians will organizations. after a stabbing attack at the gency Management Agency, or ons, training and cash, and Americans in Iraq was one; respond, and we have to be It would raise the amount home of a rabbi in suburban FEMA, administers the grant drew up their doctrines and Khamenei’s taunt of Trump ready for this response.” provided by the Nonprofit Se- Monsey, joined by Jewish program. missions. on Twitter, saying that the That readiness should in- curity Grant Program to $360 leaders and leaders of other Schumer also said hate He also ordered a long se- U.S. president was powerless clude intensive intelligence- million annually from $90 religious groups. crimes must be investigated ries of armed attacks on U.S. to act in Iraq was another; gathering activity with a million. The program provides The Monsey attack, and and prosecuted. A 2009 law interests and bases, as well as and the mob attack on the major focus on identifying funding to improve the secu- attacks on churches and authorized $5 million for against the civilians, armies U.S. embassy in Baghdad Iranian preparations to rity of nonprofit organizations mosques “shows the vulner- the Department of Justice and strategic targets of Arab was a third mistake, which strike. The Iranian response at risk of being targeted for ability and increased danger to provide assistance to state countries in the Persian Gulf. touched on a highly sensitive might well include attacks terror attacks such as syna- in houses of worship,” he and local law officials in the ‘Designed to prevent op- American nerve. The U.S. on Israel. gogues, churches, mosques, said. “With horrific hate investigation or prosecution eration Iranians were plan- establishment has painful “We have to be ultra-cau- schools, Jewish community crimes and terror attacks of a hate crime, but it has ning’ memories from the embassy tious,” emphasized Amidror, centers and other faith-based against places of worship never been fully funded by Soleimani was working to siege in Tehran during the “because no one knows how community centers. and schools becoming more the government. surround Israel with missile 1979 Islamic Revolution the Iranians will response.” PAGE 4A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, JANUARY 10, 2020 Will Bernie Sanders become the first Jewish president? By Jonathan S. Tobin despite the party’s clear tilt to the left since both affection and loyalty from those in the is also no doubt that Sanders is the Demo- the victory of President Donald Trump, Sand- Democratic base who think that choosing the cratic contender who is the most critical of (JNS)—We’re still more than a month away ers is too radical and would easily be beaten candidate conventional wisdom deems more Israeli policy and the most sympathetic to from the first actual votes being cast in the in November. electable will be just as much of a disaster for the Palestinians. Though other Democrats Democratic presidential race. But an analysis Yet Sanders has not faded the way some their party in 2020 with Biden as it was when may agree with his scorn for Israeli Prime piece published on the influential Politico other candidates who were once highly touted Hillary Clinton was the nominee. Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, most of them website last week reminded observers of a have done in the past year. He is currently in Sanders’s irascible demeanor also endears would hesitate to hurl epithets like “racist” at possibility that many are ignoring: Vermont second place in the RealClearPolitics average him to primary voters, much as it did when him, as Sanders has done. Sen. Bernie Sanders could win and ultimately of national polls, trailing only former Vice unelected superdelegates and party rules that Every one of the other Democratic can- become the nation’s first Jewish president. President Joe Biden. He is a threat to win three favored Clinton were needed to beat him in didates would reinstate the dangerous 2015 While generations of American Jews have out of the first four early voting states, with the 2016. On top of that, the Democrats’ propor- nuclear deal with Iran and likely revert to dreamed of a day when one of their own won average of polls showing him leading in New tional voting rules that eliminate winner-take- President Barack Obama’s policy of seeking the White House, a Sanders’s presidency would Hampshire, a close second in Iowa and in con- all outcomes will ensure that Bernie remains more “daylight” between America and Israel. actually be an unprecedented nightmare for tention in Nevada. That means that although a factor even if he loses the early states. But Sanders goes further by seeking to also Israel and Jewish interests. Biden remains the frontrunner and South Bend His capturing the Democratic Party in 2020 create a “pro-Palestinian” foreign policy. In The Politico article reported that Sanders’s Mayor Pete Buttigieg’s stock is rising (while might still be less likely than the scenarios the past, that has led him to call for the end resiliency has impressed Democratic insiders. that of Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren predicting a win for Biden, or a turn of events of the blockade of Hamas-run Gaza, as well Despite suffering a heart attack in October— is falling), it would be foolish to assume that that would allow Buttigieg or even a second-tier as issuing scathing and fallacious critiques of something that not only sidelined him for a Sanders can’t be the Democratic nominee. contender to catch fire and win the nomina- Israel’s efforts to defend its border and people time, but also reminded voters that he is 78 Though his extreme positions horrify mod- tion. But the Politico analysis does require an against attacks from a coastal enclave governed years old—Sanders has remained in the top erates, Sanders is utterly authentic and, despite evaluation of what a Sanders’s nomination or by terrorists. tier of contenders. his long tenure in Congress, can’t be accused presidency (despite the GOP’s open rooting While this wouldn’t advance a two-state While acknowledging that he has won of being part of the establishment, as can be for Sanders to be their opponent, matchup solution that both Hamas and the Palestinian both the affection and loyalty of much of the said of Biden. Indeed, being a Socialist outlier polls with Trump predict such a race would Authority have no interest in, it would bring party’s left-wing base, not least for his strong makes him seem more genuine to voters who be a tossup) would mean for Jewish interests U.S.-Israel relations to a historic low point, showing while opposing Hillary Clinton for are tired of conventional politicians, the same and Israel. while emboldening the Jewish state’s foes to the Democratic nomination in 2016, a lot of factor that helped elect Trump. Though he is Jewish and has repeatedly pundits disparage his chances. They say that Moreover, his radicalism has won him said that he supports Israel’s existence, there Tobin on page 15A My Arab hope for Israel By Jonathan Feldstein that, you give them the opportunity to blame home even for Shabbat. Speaking together discrimination against Christian Arabs who Israel for all their problems rather than taking once with a group of diplomats, I introduced are a minority within the overall Israeli Arab I remember it was the day after Christmas personal responsibility.” myself as the only Orthodox Israeli Jew with community. Israel’s Arab population makes because I was struck and disappointed that my Them? Here I am talking to a Christian a Christian Arab sister. up about 20 percent. Of that, fewer than 10 new friend had to work on Christmas. She was Israeli Arab woman who separated herself Don’t tell my friend, but I still think to percent are Christian. For that reason, I am a Christian Israeli Arab and was working with enough from the rest of the Arab community, a degree Arabs in Israel are second-class referring to my friend anonymously because an elderly Jewish philanthropist to counsel at least for the purpose of this conversation, citizens. This is a reality, first because of she and her family have been subject to violence him on funding programs that would combat to tell me how my silent nodding affirming the inevitable distrust and discrimination by from within the broader Arab community and I substance abuse in the Arab community. Mr. Green’s comment was wrong. Israeli Jews due to the political reality and don’t want to be the reason they have a bigger It was my first Christmas in Israel since mov- I later learned how the Arab leaders present challenges that strain Israeli society. It’s not target on their backs. ing to Israel. Everything was a new experience. at that meeting would speak openly among good but it’s a reality. This is a reality both I will say however that people like her give We met in a conference room of a Nazareth themselves, in Arabic, about how they really among those on the right the left, but for me hope for the future of Israel, and Arabs in hotel including Mr. Green, the philanthropist, weren’t committed to combating substance different reasons. Israel integrating within and casting off their my new friend as his adviser, representatives of abuse, but they wanted his money to use for They are second-class citizens because far second-class status by taking responsibility. the Arab community and the Israel Anti-Drug other priorities. too often their leaders separate themselves Nurturing this model could be the framework Authority, and me. She was bothered by this as a matter of from the majority of Israeli society, rather than for a much wider solution of conflicts that ex- The conversation bounced interchange- integrity, driving her all the more to serve engage and be a part of it. This is a symptom of ist throughout the Middle East where Israel is ably between English, Hebrew, and Arabic. Mr. Green and make sure his generosity was the broader issue that my friend called me out only one small factor. At one point, Mr. Green mentioned that it not abused. She was bothered by this because on that very first day we met: blaming others All this is not to say that Israel as a state, and was important to support initiatives like this it was another example of how members of rather than taking responsibility. A conse- the overall Jewish community within Israel, in the Arab community because Israeli Arabs the Arab community would seek ways to take quence of this is Israeli Arabs put themselves don’t have a responsibility as well. Of course are second-class citizens. advantage, rather than take responsibility. in the place of being second class rather than we do. But, like substance abuse, in order to I nodded. As a nonprofit professional for 30 years, it equals. This is evident by the rhetoric that’s fix a problem one must first recognize and The meeting concluded with specific ideas became another example (of which there have common among Arab Israeli political parties, except the problem, and take responsibility of what could be done by way of programs to been many) of nonprofits taking advantage of and the fact that despite the growing number for their own circumstances. make a substantial difference to tackle sub- the goodwill and finances of thoughtful and of (particularly Christian) Israeli Arabs serv- With Arab friends like these who are not stance abuse within Israel’s Arab community. generous donors. It has driven me to work ing in the army, hostility toward them in the just loyal Israeli citizens but good friends in As the meeting broke up, I walked toward with the highest integrity to make sure that wider Arab community means they are often every sense of the word, I have hope for Israel. the exit. My new friend, who until that point nonprofit organizations and their leaders shunned and threatened. U.S.-born and educated Jonathan Feldstein I had only spoken to across the conference don’t abuse the trust and funds with which A third, and tragically too common hu- immigrated to Israel in 2004. Throughout table, pursued me. After brief pleasantries she they are entrusted, and to always advocate man phenomena, is that even among societal his life and career, he has fellowshipped with confronted me, wagging her finger in my face for the donors. groups that are second class, too often there Christian supporters of Israel and shares as my mother would do in anger. What had I As a new immigrant, it was all eye opening are subsets and discrimination within that very experiences of living as an Orthodox Jew in done to earn this admonishing? to me. Since then, my Christian Arab friend group. My friend blames their cruel, ruthless Israel. He writes a regular column for Stand- “Don’t ever let me hear you say that Israeli has become like a sister, and her family like culture in which they don’t even have mercy ing With Israel at charismanews.com and Arabs are second class citizens,” she said firmly my family. I’ve had multiple opportunities to on their own. other prominent web sites. He can be reached in Arabic accented English. “When you say visit them in the Galilee, and host them in my Over the years I’ve learned about the at [email protected] A welcome tool to combat anti-Semitism gets mixed reactions By Rabbi Stuart Weinblatt people to a homeland are prevented from For the most part, parents and the Jewish behind the effort to combat anti-Semitism on joining organizations whose progressive community have felt frustrated and exasper- college campuses. (JNS)—It’s no secret that Jewish kids on values they support. The hostility comes ated. Often not knowing how to respond to The most intriguing aspect of the reactions college campuses have been subjected to against the backdrop of heightened ten- the challenges, they have had limited tools was to see how many relied on the initial, increasingly aggressive and intense intimida- sion, a record wave of anti-Semitic attacks in their arsenal to defend the rights of Jewish inaccurate reporting by The New York Times tion, ranging from the placement of “eviction” on Jews and Jewish institutions, and a students and to resist the onslaughts they to form their opinion. Much of the panic was notices on the doors of their dorm rooms to well-financed and well-organized BDS encounter. fed by the incorrect assertions that the order faculty members refusing to sign permission campaign that demonizes Israel. Even In light of this, it was interesting to observe “effectively interpret(s) Judaism as a race or slips for students to study abroad in Israel. when unsuccessful, BDS campaigns leave the response of so many Jews to an executive nationality” and defines Judaism as a matter In an effort to ostracize Jewish students, a lasting impression by framing Israel in a order signed by U.S. President Trump that of “national origin.” Based on that misrepre- those who believe in the right of the Jewish negative light. extends the protections of the Civil Rights Act sentation, many absurdly thought the order of 1964 against discrimination to include the somehow questioned the status of Jews as THE VIEWS EXPRESSED ON THIS PAGE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THE VIEWS OF HERITAGE MANAGEMENT. kinds of verbal assaults and hostile actions citizens of the United States, while others that have rightfully been of concern to the concerned about free speech ignored the ✡ ✡ ✡ CENTRAL FLORIDA’S INDEPENDENT JEWISH VOICE ✡ ✡ ✡ Jewish community. simple fact that the Constitution guarantees ISSN 0199-0721 Winner of 48 Press Awards Editor/Publisher Considering that it had been endorsed free speech and supersedes executive orders. 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It was a struggle as he never implemented on the has become a way to help indi- were 3 truths about Palestin- four days in the West Bank with the PLO and she was a told us that Israeli soldiers hu- ground. viduals (lining their pockets) ians and Jews (Judea and Samaria) on an leader in the movement as miliated him, and he watched 2. Signing an agreement rather than the state (building 1. We both have intensive experience meeting he grew up. This made him them humiliate his mom. The doesn’t make peace. Those a country). no other place to go with leaders of Palestinian special in the eyes of many culminating moment for him involved need to be included Ali had a few very signifi- 2. We both have a histori- Civil Society. It was an incred- and he quickly became an was when a soldier shot and in the process. Refugees and cant statements that I want cal connection to the land ibly challenging experience. activist. He was first arrested killed his brother. Settlers were not included and to share. 3. Nobody else wants either One of the true highlights at age 15 for throwing stones Things changed for him in order for peace to work, “The biggest obstacle to of us was listening to Ali Abu Aw- at soldiers. At age 18, he was when the family received a letter we need reconciliation on Palestinian freedom is Jewish He closed with talking wad, the leader of Taghyeer, a arrested a second time for from an Orthodox Jew whose the ground. If they are not Fear and Palestinian Anger.” about the need for recogni- Palestinian nonviolence peace throwing stones only this son had been killed by Hamas. included, there will be no He said the Palestinians must tion by the Palestinians to the movement designed to help time the IDF wanted him to The man had started a grief reconciliation understand this and address Jewish claim to the land and Palestinians take responsibil- give them information on his forum for families and heard 3. Engagement of outsiders it moving forward. by the Jews to the Palestinian ity for ensuring their future mother. They threatened him about his brother’s murder. He in the peace process. He spe- “Our freedom will not be claim to the land. with their neighbor, the Jew- with 10 years in prison if he wanted to send condolences and cifically called out Iran who built by Jewish lives. It will So if you actually read all of ish state of Israel. didn’t. Ali didn’t believe he told them he ‘stood for their wanted to keep the conflict not be built on Jewish graves. this, wow! And I hope you are On Tuesday Jan. 14, at 7:30 could get 10 years in prison for rights’. The man also asked going and the Arab World who It will be built through Jewish as filled with hope as I was. p.m., Ali will be speaking at throwing rocks and he chose permission to come to house to didn’t want to see a modern hearts.” I have heard the complaints The Roth Family JCC about not to say anything about his personally share condolences. Arab democratic state. “It’s not about guilt or about no partner for peace. the Taghyeer movement and mom. At his trial, he was given This act changed Ali’s life. He 4. The leadership who blame but about responsibil- I have heard the complaints his hopes for the future. I urge a 10-year prison sentence. had Israeli’s come to his house signed the agreement wasn’t ity. The best tool I have is my that the Palestinians will not you to attend to hear a voice It was in prison that he before but never any who asked really looking to have Peace. If humanity, not my rightness govern, can’t govern, and that is rarely heard, but very learned to speak Hebrew and about coming. When they met they did, Ali said that Rabin’s or support of my cause, but won’t take responsibility. Ali important, if we are to have got most of his education. this man, they could feel his assassination wouldn’t have my humanity.” is an example that proves peace. Here is what I wrote The first intifada was mostly compassion and Ali realized stopped it. It was people, not Ali’s new organization both those things wrong. after listening to Ali, which I political and not violent so the that vengeance was using anger systems. Rabin was dead and is based on creating a Pal- Perhaps it is time for us to hope gives you a taste of what political prisoners were edu- to try to get justice. And the only Arafat was weak. estinian identity based on find the other Ali’s and work you will experience when you cated people. They had created justice for his brother’s death 5. Palestinians could not nonviolence. He is working together to create a better listen to him. a system of government and was to have his brother back. make the transition from to address the identity issue world and peace. Our first speaker was a man education in the camp to Since that was impossible, he resistance to being citizens. of being citizens rather than Keith Dvorchik is the CEO named Ali Abu Awwad. Ali was make sure they were getting had to find a new way. They struggled with a new being part of a resistance. He and executive director of involved with the startup of educated. In 1994, after the Ali shared his belief on why identity of building a state is building a movement and The Roth Family JCC and the Roots program. He left Oslo accords, he was released the peace talks failed. It was instead of battling Israel in already has 13 chapters and Jewish Federation of Greater them a year or so ago and early from prison. He began so clear. He told us: revolution. it’s growing fast. Orlando. My plan to fight anti-Semitism

By Joe Biden see the persistent evil of anti- this president cannot—stand have tried to broker peace the prospect of a two-state what was happening there. Semitism rear its ugly head. together against hate; stand between Israel and the Pal- outcome alive. Palestinian But when we walked out for (JTA)—This is the first It’s incumbent on all of us to up for what, at our best, this estinians, and yet, a two-state leaders should end any in- the press to take our photo, op-ed in a series of pieces stand against those who traf- nation believes. outcome now seems more citement and glorification of she said to me: “Senator, about anti-Semitism and fic in pernicious stereotypes, 2. A number of Democratic dream than possibility. What violence, and they must level don’t worry. We have a secret Jewish issues written by 2020 or who seek to scare and divide lawmakers have recently are your concrete plans to with their people about the weapon. You see, we have presidential candidates. The us for political gain. Silence is critiqued Israel in ways that address the conflict between legitimacy and permanence nowhere else to go.” Just Jewish Telegraphic Agency complicity, so we must speak some have characterized as Israel and the Palestinians? of Israel as a Jewish state in about a month later, the Yom has sent five questions on the out—every time. We must call anti-Semitic. What is the line I believe a two-state so- the historic homeland of the Kippur War touched off. topic to all of the registered hate by its proper name, and between legitimate criticism lution is the only path to Jewish people. Israeli leaders That experience was foun- candidates from both parties. condemn it. of Israel and anti-Semitism long-term security for Israel, should stop the expansion of dational for me. It made me 1. Anti-Semitic hate crimes We must also address the to you? while sustaining its identity West Bank settlements and understand, in my gut, the are currently on the rise extremist, white supremacist No nation, including Israel, as a Jewish and democratic talk of annexation that would threat that the Israeli people across the United States. In violence that has sparked is immune from legitimate state. It is also the only way make two states impossible to live under every day—but 2018, there were two deadly so much bloodshed, espe- criticism. For example, I to ensure Palestinian dignity achieve. They must recognize also their resilience. Peres shootings at synagogues in cially with Trump fanning have for decades opposed the and their legitimate interest in the legitimacy of Palestinians’ and Meir showed me the spirit Pittsburgh and Poway, violent the flames of hatred and expansion of settlement activ- national self-determination. aspirations for statehood. of a people who, against all attacks now regularly plague hollowing out resources ity as counterproductive to And it is a necessary condi- Both sides should work to odds, transformed the desert, the Jews of New York City and we put in place during the peace and damaging to U.S. tion to take full advantage provide more relief to the founded a robust democracy Jews continue to be the target Obama-Biden administration support for Israel, and I have of the opening that exists for people of Gaza while working and built a thriving economy of most religion-based hate to address domestic extrem- to weaken, and ultimately re- based on innovation. It’s why I crimes across the country. ism. I’ll restore that funding place, Hamas. And Arab states am and have always been such What is your plan to address and work to pass a federal should take more steps toward a strong supporter of Israel. the rise in anti-Semitism domestic terrorism law. We “...we know that this hate didn’t normalization with Israel and 5. Have you participated across the U.S.? can craft legislation that increase their financial and in a Passover seder or other We have a serious problem respects free speech and civil begin with Donald Trump and it diplomatic support for build- Jewish holiday ritual? If so, with rising tides of white liberties, while making the won’t end when he leaves office.” ing Palestinian institutions. what were the circumstances, supremacy and anti-Semi- same commitment as a nation 4. Is there any part of and what was the experience tism—both in America, on to root out domestic terrorism American Jewish culture, or like for you? the political right and left, and as we have to stopping inter- shared those criticisms di- greater cooperation between Jewish figure from history, I’ve had the honor of shar- around the world. It’s not a national terrorism. We must rectly with Israeli leadership, Israel and its Arab neighbors. that has been particularly ing many meaningful expe- new phenomenon, but it is the appoint leadership at the U.S. from Menachem Begin to Bibi At present, neither the meaningful to you in your life? riences with Jewish friends responsibility of leaders every- Department of Justice who Netanyahu. But Israel should Israeli nor Palestinian leader- I’ve had the honor of meet- and family—celebrating wed- where to work aggressively to will prioritize the prosecution never be unfairly singled out ship seems willing to take the ing every Israeli Prime Min- dings, sitting shiva. During combat this poison. Instead, of hate crimes—making clear or targeted. It’s dangerous. political risks necessary to ister since Golda Meir and our first year in office, in 2009, we have a president who, in that there is no place for such And any action designed to make progress through direct formed close relationships President Obama became the clear language and in code, vitriol in this country. marginalize one ethnic or negotiations. This challenge with many of them. In par- first president to host a seder encourages and emboldens it. And we must break the religious group imperils us has been made even more ticular, I treasured my deep, at the White House—a tradi- After Charlottesville, Don- nexus between extremism all—that’s something the difficult by President Trump’s personal friendship with tion he maintained each year ald Trump gave renewed li- and gun violence by enacting Jewish people know all too unilateralism, his moves to Shimon Peres and the wisdom of his presidency. In 2013, Jill cense and safe harbor for hate sensible gun control laws. well. cut off assistance to the Pal- and kindness with which he and I were proud to have the to white supremacists, Neo- As president, I’ll make sure That’s why it’s critical to estinians and his equivocation imbued his leadership. He had first Vice Presidential Sukkah Nazis, and the KKK. There’s assault weapons and high ca- stand against biased resolu- on the importance of a two- an unyielding commitment at the Naval Observatory, and a short line from those people pacity magazines are banned tions and attempts to delegiti- state solution. to the inherent dignity and we welcomed Jewish children marching with tiki torches again, and we’ll put in place mize Israel at the United Na- I will restore credible en- worth of every single human from the community to come in Charlottesville chanting a buy-back program to get as tions, and why it’s important gagement with both sides to being, and in my opinion, he decorate it. It was incredibly “Jews will not replace us” many of these weapons of war to ensure Israel, like other the conflict. America must embodied the conscience and meaningful to be able to host to the shooter at the Tree of as possible off our streets. nations, is represented on sustain its ironclad commit- the soul of Israel. Shimon was our friends from the com- Life synagogue in Pittsburgh Finally, we know that this important committees there. ment to Israel’s security – always about hope, always munity during Sukkot with saying Jews “were committing hate didn’t begin with Donald And it’s why I’ve been clear: including the unprecedented about the future. traditional hospitality. And in genocide to his people.” Trump and it won’t end when the calls here in the United support provided by the I met him on my first visit 2014, I presided over the light- We need a comprehensive he leaves office. American States to boycott, divest from, Obama-Biden administration. to Israel in 1973—during ing of the National Menorah to approach to battling anti- history is not a fairytale. The and sanction Israel are wrong. It is also essential to resume my first year in the Senate. mark the start of Hanukkah Semitism that takes seriously battle for the soul of this Period. The BDS movement assistance to the Palestin- That’s also the trip where I with a message that is critical both the violence that accom- nation has been a constant singles out Israel—home to ian Authority that supports met with Meir and her then- for us all to remember today: panies it and the hateful and push-and-pull between the millions of Jews—in a way Israeli-Palestinian security aide Yitzhak Rabin for close “Jewish heritage is American dangerous lies that undergird American ideal that we are that is inconsistent with the cooperation, people-to-people to an hour. She went through heritage.” it. Sadly, anti-Semitism takes all created equal—and the treatment of other nations, programs, economic devel- what happened during the The views and opinions many different forms and harsh reality that racism and it too often veers into opment, and humanitarian Six-Day War, the price that expressed in this article are cuts across ideology, politi- and anti-Semitism have long anti-Semitism, while letting aid and health care for the was paid, and painted a bleak those of the author and do not cal party, group and nation. torn us apart. So we must Palestinians off the hook for Palestinian people. picture that, quite frankly, necessarily reflect the views So we must remain vigilant renew our commitment to their choices. My administration will urge scared me. I had just come of JTA or its parent company, and speak out every time we our highest ideals and do what 3. Countless politicians both sides to take steps to keep from Egypt, and I had seen 70 Faces Media. PAGE 6A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, JANUARY 10, 2020 What’s A COMPREHENSIVE Palestinian NGOs COMMUNITY LIGHT Happening CALENDAR SHABBAT CANDLES AT For inclusion in the What’s Happening Calendar, copy must be sent on sepa- reject EU assistance rate sheet and clearly marked for Calendar. Submit copy via: e-mail (news@ JAN. 10 orlandoheritage.com); mail (P.O. Box 300742, Fern Park, FL 32730-0742); 5:28 p.m. (JNS)—More than 130 Ministry of Strategic Af- so-called Palestinian civil- fax (407-831-0507); or drop it by the office (207 O’Brien Rd., Ste. 101, Fern JAN. 17 Palestinian organizations fairs has been revealing the society organizations act as Park) Deadline is Wednesday noon, 10 days prior to publication. 5:34 p.m. have refused to sign a Euro- shared ties between supposed medium for funds for terror- pean Union grant request that Palestinian human-rights ist entities, enabling them to MORNING AND EVENING MINYANS (Call synagogue to confirm time.) stipulates among its criteria organizations and terrorist raise money for their activities Chabad of South Orlando—Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. and 10 minutes before sunset; Saturday, that recipients must refuse groups. In its report released through legitimate bodies in- 9:30 a.m.; Sunday, 8:15 a.m., 407-354-3660. to transfer any E.U. assistance earlier this year, “The Money cluding the European Union. Congregation Ahavas Yisrael—Monday - Friday, 7:30 a.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday, 9 given to terrorist groups or Trail,” along with additional The opposition of these orga- a.m., 407-644-2500. entities. findings from organizations nizations to criteria prevent- Congregation Chabad Lubavitch of Greater Daytona—Monday, 8 a.m.; Thursday, 8 a.m., 904- The 135 organizations in such as NGO Monitor, it was ing the transfer of funds to 672-9300. question steadfastly decline found that E.U. institutions terror related activities proves Congregation Ohev Shalom—Sunday, 9 a.m., 407-298-4650. to do so, claiming Palestinian have awarded millions of euros the report’s claim. GOBOR Community Minyan at Jewish Academy of Orlando—Monday – Friday, 7:45 a.m. – terrorist groups are merely in financial aid to Palestinian An Israeli Shin Bet security 8:30 a.m. “political parties,” according civil society organizations agency investigation into the Temple Israel—Sunday, 9 a.m., 407-647-3055. to a statement by the Israeli that have ties to terrorist August 2019 “Ein Bubin” Strategic Affairs Ministry. entities and promote boycotts bombing, which resulted in FRIDAY, JANUARY 10 Shawan Jabarin, executive against Israel. the murder of 17-year-old Ahavas Yisrael—Kabbalat, 30 minutes before sundown. director of the Palestinian Additionally, in the min- Rina Shnerb and injury of her boycott organization Al-Haq, istry’s “Terrorists in Suits” brother and father, some 50 SATURDAY, JANUARY 11 told The New Arab, “We de- report, more than 100 con- PFLP terrorists were arrested. Torah Portion—Parashat Vayechi: Genesis 47:28-50:26; Haftarah: I Kings 2:1-12. manded to include conditions nections between BDS orga- Those detained included JNightlife—At Mango’s Tropical Café, 8126 International Drive, 6:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m. Info: stipulating that we do not have nizations and internationally senior officials who served Bethanne Weiss, 407-621-4023. to recognize the criteria listed designated terrorist groups in Palestinian “civil society” regarding terror groups.” were found, including the organizations, including one SUNDAY, JANUARY 12 A letter of protest was later Popular Front for the Libera- of the 135 Palestinian NGOs, JCC 39ers Cinema Sunday—The movie “Once Upon A Time in Hollywood,” 2 p.m. in the JCC sent to a meeting between tion of Palestine (PFLP) and Addameer. Senior Lounge. E.U. representatives in the Hamas. Addameer is an organi- MONDAY, JANUARY 13 Palestinian Authority and The PFLP is designated as zations that, alongside its Israeli Folk Dancing—7:30-8:15 p.m. instruction, 8:15-10 p.m., requests. Cost: Free for JCC representatives of Palestinian a terrorist group by the Eu- ongoing campaign to boycott members, $7 nonmembers. Info: 407-645-5933. civil society organizations, ropean Union, United States, and delegitimize the State of led by Mustafa Barghouti, Canada and Israel. Hamas is Israel, calls for the release of TUESDAY, JANUARY 14 secretary-general of the Pal- also considered a terrorist PFLP terrorists, while also Temple Israel—Tizmoret A Capella Group will perform, 7 p.m.-8 p.m. Cost is $10; reserved estinian National Initiative, entity by the United States, providing them legal repre- front section is $18. Info, 407-647-3055. and Jabarin. Canada and Israel. sentation, according to NGO The Roth Family JCC—An evening with Ali Abu Awwad, 7:30 p.m. – 9 p.m. Free and open to In recent years, Israel’s According to the report, Monitor. the public. Info: Keith Dvorchik, 407-645-5933. RSVP at orlandojcc.org/calendar/nonviolence- in-action. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15 The Roth Family JCC—“Raising Successful Kids” with Juliana Sanchez Bloom, PhD. leading Quote of the Week discussion. 9:15 a.m. -11:30 a.m. Bagels and coffee. Free and open to the community. Register “The Jewish state has survived for so long because it has understood that bullies are in the main lobby or call 407-621-4036. stopped not by reason but by force. It’s not pretty, but it’s reality.” — David Suissa FRIDAY, JANUARY 17 Ahavas Yisrael—Kabbalat, 30 minutes before sundown.

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HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, JANUARY 10, 2020 PAGE 7A New York Democrats condemn anti-Semitic attacks, but admit they’re not sure why they are happening but that she was hopeful that standing behind me today, nificance of having the event recent initiatives announced just within this last week, has at a Holocaust museum. by Mayor Bill de Blasio—in- heard the following from their “I remember as a little cluding neighborhood safety constituents in New York City: boy growing up in the Bronx coalitions, anti-hate education ‘I’m afraid to go outside with and I was learning about in middle and high schools and my kippah on. I’m afraid to the Holocaust, I thought, ‘It an advertising campaign to speak Hebrew in public. I’m couldn’t happen here, could promote diversity—could help. afraid to go to the synagogue. it? It couldn’t happen here,’” he “I don’t know what’s in the I’m afraid to congregate with said. “You know what? It could mind of most of these young my family for Hanukkah here happen here, and it could hap- folks who we’ve seen in these in New York City,’” Rose said pen here if people of goodwill incidents. I don’t think it’s re- during the conference. say nothing. It could happen flective of a conspiracy of any “This is a reality that we here if people excuse it and say, Josefin Dolsten sort of an ongoing dialogue refuse to accept,” continued ‘These people are mentally ill From left to right: Elyse Buxbaum, executive vice president of strategy and development of anti-Semitism. We have to Rose, who led the conference. and therefore you’ve got to cut for the Museum of Jewish Heritage; Evelyn Cruz, the Brooklyn district director for Rep. figure out what it is,” she said. “Now in this time, thoughts them a little slack.’” Nydia Velazquez; Rep. Grace Meng, Rep. Gregory Meeks, Rep. Eliot Engel, Rep. Max Rose, Meanwhile Engel said he and prayers though, in this A statement issued Sunday Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, Rep. Carolyn Maloney and Rep. Yvette Clarke at the Museum of Jew- wanted to steer away from time of skyrocketing violence, night in the name of the family ish Heritage in New York, Jan. 2, 2019. blaming any one group for tweets are not enough. Action of the Monsey attacker said he the attacks. is what is required.” “had a long history of mental By Josefin Dolsten district director for Rep. Nydia Perpetrators of attacks on “I don’t think their back- Rose said the group of illness and hospitalizations” Velazquez, was also at the event. synagogues in Pittsburgh in ground is that important,” lawmakers had fought for an and “no known history of NEW YORK (JTA)—In the “It’s not clear what is going 2017 and Poway, California, he told JTA following the increase in grants for non- anti-Semitism,” The New York wake of several attacks on on, but we are going to get to last spring had expressed news conference. “What’s profit security this year. Last Times reported. Jews in the New York area in the bottom of it, and that’s white supremacist senti- important is that they have month, Congress announced Rose, who flipped his dis- recent months, seven House why you’ve seen African- ments, but assailants in the committed an anti-Semitic it was increasing that category trict from red to blue last year, Democrats representing dis- American leaders like [Reps.] recent attacks in Monsey act, which we will not tolerate of grant funding to $90 mil- was asked whether he blamed tricts of New York City held a Greg Meeks, Yvette Clarke, and Jersey City were African- and we will speak out loudly lion, up from $60 million the the rise in anti-Semitism news conference to emphasize [Brooklyn Borough President] American. The Jersey City against. Look—we know that previous year. across the U.S. on President that they are committed to Eric Adams, and myself step shooters expressed sympathy anti-Semitism is mired in the Rose also said that the Trump. stamping out anti-Semitism. up to speak out and to say we’re for the Black Hebrew Israel- right, with white suprema- group was working with “I’m not standing here to- But in addition to discuss- not going to tolerate this in ites, a movement of African- cists, it’s been like that for partner organizations in New day, and this is speaking for ing initiatives designed to help our community,” Jeffries told Americans who believe they years. And frankly in the left, York City to hold workshops myself and not the delegation, decrease anti-Semitic attacks, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency are descended from ancient we’re starting to see a little in the coming months to help to point the blame on the the lawmakers admitted that after the event. Israelites. The Monsey at- bit of that as well. So I am religious organizations file rise of anti-Semitism at the finding specific root causes of The lawmakers did not ad- tacker cited the movement in committed to fighting against grant applications. president. With that being the recent incidents is proving dress the specific motivations his journals. anti-Semitism wherever it Maloney mentioned a bill said though, I have found difficult. behind recent attacks in the Some adherents of that rears its ugly head.” she introduced to improve the president’s statements Reps. Max Rose, Yvette area, which have included a movement subscribe to anti- Engel, the chairman of Holocaust education and like, ‘Good people on both Clarke, Eliot Engel, Hakeem shooting at a kosher market Semitic beliefs. Many but not the House’s Foreign Affairs said that she and others were sides,’ his woeful and wiling Jeffries, Gregory Meeks, Caro- in Jersey City and a machete all of the assailants in the Committee, and Rose, who is calling for a special FBI unit defense of the rise of white lyn Maloney and Grace Meng stabbing at a rabbi’s home in incidents of harassment and part of a group of moderate to combat anti-Semitism and nationalism as horrendous, held the conference at the Monsey, a suburb of New York assault in Brooklyn also have Democrats who held out be- hatred nationwide. Meeks and xenophobic in nature and Museum of Jewish Heritage, City. Jews have been harassed been African-American. fore announcing their support Rose also spoke about the need despicable,” he said. “But this a Holocaust remembrance and sometimes violently Clarke told JTA after the for the Trump impeachment for social media sites to fight problem that we see today is museum in lower Manhattan. assaulted on the streets of event she was not sure why inquiry, are both Jewish. hate on their platforms. far more complicated than Evelyn Cruz, the Brooklyn Brooklyn for months. the incidents were happening “Each and every person Engel talked about the sig- just pointing to the president.” PAGE 8A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, JANUARY 10, 2020 Jewish and pro-Israel groups, US politicians react to death of IRGC Quds Force Qassem Soleimani By Jackson Richman as they were about Osama bin Halie Soifer slammed Trump’s Laden.” tweet. (JNS)—For the most part, “Qassem Soleimani was a “This tweet exemplifies Jewish and pro-Israel groups criminal responsible for hun- Trump’s approach to foreign reacted positively to the U.S. dreds of American military policy. He wraps himself in elimination of the head of deaths in Iraq and the maim- the (pixellated) flag to justify Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary ing of thousands of American his recklessness, demonstrat- Guard Corps’ Quds Force, soldiers through IEDs,” ing bluster and bravado. No Maj. Gen, Qassem Soleimani, Jewish Policy Center senior one is shedding any tears for in a U.S. airstrike in Iraq on director Shoshana Bryen Soleimani, but we need a real Thursday. told JNS. “He was responsible strategy and actual leadership B’nai B’rith International for the arming, training and for what comes next.” CEO and executive vice presi- battle management of proxy This tweet exemplifies dent Dan Mariaschin told forces that produced the Trump’s approach to foreign JNS, “The American strike wreckage of Lebanon, Iraq policy. He wraps himself in today was a major step in the and Yemen. He was also re- the (pixellated) flag to justify war against terror. Soleimani sponsible for the militias that his recklessness, demonstrat- was the chief agent for Iran’s attacked the U.S. embassy [in ing bluster and bravado. No export of terror throughout Baghdad]. The United States one is shedding any tears for the region and beyond. Hope- was not required to wait for Soleimani, but we need a real fully, this will serve as a strong more American deaths before strategy and actual leadership deterrent to those who would acting.” for what comes next. “Solei- Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Quds Force Commander Maj. Gen. Qassem seek to harm the United States Sarah Stern, founder and mani was one of the highest- Soleimani. and its allies.” president of the Endow- ranked, most important offi- “The forces who carried ment for Middle East Truth, cials in Iran, the leader of the its hands. Soleimani was commander-in-chief—any just tossed a stick of dynamite out this attack are to be con- noted that Soleimani was elite special forces within the one of the most ruthless C-in-C—has an obligation to into a tinderbox, and he owes gratulated both in its execu- “the architect of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards and vicious members of the defend America by killing this the American people an ex- tion and its impact,” Malcolm expansionist strategy to take Corps,” said Republican Jew- Ayatollah’s regime. He had bastard,” he tweeted. planation of the strategy and Hoenlein, executive vice over the Middle East and to ish Coalition chairman and American blood on his hands,” Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R- plan to keep safe our troops chairman of the Conference of ultimately make it a Shi’ite, former Minnesota Sen. Norm stated Sen. Lindsey Graham Ill.), a member of the House and embassy personnel, our Presidents of Major American Iranian-controlled theocracy. Coleman in a statement. “He (R-S.C.) in a series of tweets. Foreign Affairs Committee, people and our interests, both Jewish Organizations, told He played a key role in the is personally responsible for “I appreciate President @re- tweeted that the United States here at home and abroad, and JNS. “I think it will rank with Iranian proxy presence in uncountable deaths over more alDonaldTrump’s bold action “killed a man responsible for our partners throughout the the [2011 U.S.] elimination [in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Ye- than a decade, including the against Iranian aggression. hundreds of thousands of region and beyond.” Pakistan] of Osama bin Laden. men. He has been responsible deaths of over 600 U.S. mili- To the Iranian government: death in #Syria and elsewhere, Sen. Elizabeth Warren Soleimani was the leader of for the buildup and military tary personnel in Iraq. He has if you want more, you will including Americans in Iraq. (D-Mass.) tweeted that “So- the Quds Force... who was training of Hezbollah, which the blood of civilians in Syria get more.” Let’s see how long the #blame- leimani was a murderer, responsible for the death of has become as one of the most and Yemen on his hands.” “If Iranian aggression con- America left takes to make responsible for the deaths of many Americans and many powerful forces in Lebanon “He was key to the growth of tinues and I worked at an him look like a poor victim.” thousands, including hun- others. [He] was clearly the today; for the strategy that Hezbollah and other terrorist Iranian oil refinery, I would Three of the leading Demo- dreds of Americans. But this key figure for Iran and Iraq, helped [Syrian President] groups,” he continued. “It is think about a new career,” cratic presidential candidates reckless move escalates the and Syria.” Bashar Assad strengthen and difficult to overstate the role he continued. “This action overtly objected to the U.S. situation with Iran and in- “And the message will not maintain control of Syria, and he played in Iran’s bloodiest by President Trump and our strike. creases the likelihood of more be lost,” he continued. “I helped to create the Russian- operations around the region. military was in direct re- “When I voted against the deaths and new Middle East hope that no other violence Iranian-Syrian alliance. He His death makes the world a sponse to Iranian aggression war in Iraq in 2002, I feared conflict. Our priority must be ensues, but it was a land- was also responsible for safer place.” orchestrated by General Solei- it would lead to greater desta- to avoid another costly war.” mark event. It proved to be building up of the Houthi ‘The price of killing and mani and his proxies. If Iran bilization of the region. That “Qassem Soleimani was re- a watershed event as he will forces in Yemen and giving injuring Americans has just continues to attack America fear unfortunately turned sponsible for directing Iran’s be very hard to replace, if it them sophisticated military gone up’ and our allies, they should pay out to be true. The U.S. has destabilizing actions in Iraq, is even possible.” technology, which was used to Both sides of the political the heaviest of prices, which lost approximately 4,500 Syria and throughout the While Hoenlein expressed attack the oil fields in Saudi spectrum reacted differently includes the destruction of brave troops, tens of thou- Middle East, including attacks concern over a possible es- Arabia.” to Soleimani’s death with their oil refineries.” sands have been wounded, against U.S. forces,” said Sen. calation by Iran in response In a tweet shortly after Sole- Republicans celebrating and “Soleimani was an enemy and we’ve spent trillions,” Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) in to Soleimani’s death, he said mani’s death, U.S. President Democrats condemning the of the United States. That’s tweeted Sen. Bernie Sanders a statement. “But the timing, “the United States messages Donald Trump simply posted U.S. action. not a question,” tweeted Sen. (I-Vt.). “Trump’s dangerous manner and potential conse- have been very clear and very a picture of the American flag, “Wow—the price of kill- Chris Murphy (D-Conn.). escalation brings us closer to quences of the administra- strong about the consequenc- making no explicit reference ing and injuring Americans “The question is this: As another disastrous war in the tion’s actions raise serious es of such action.” to the successful operation. has just gone up drastically. reports suggest, did America Middle East that could cost questions and concerns about He added that “many people Jewish Democratic Council Major blow to Iranian regime just assassinate, without any countless lives and trillions an escalating conflict. are not aware about Soleimani of America executive director that has American blood on congressional authorization, more dollars. Trump promised “Our immediate focus the second most powerful to end endless wars, but this needs to be on ensuring all person in Iran, knowingly action puts us on the path to necessary security measures setting off a potential massive another one.” are taken to protect U.S. mili- regional war?” Former U.S. Vice President tary and diplomatic personnel Hale Honeybells Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) Joe Biden said, “The adminis- in Iraq and throughout the The once a year citrus sensation! slammed Murphy’s tweet. tration’s statement says that region,” she continued. “The “This tweet is simply drunk its goal is to deter future at- administration needs to fully partisanship. Gen. Soleimani tacks by Iran, but this action consult with Congress on its has killed hundreds and hun- will almost certainly have the decision-making, response ONLY dreds of Americans, and was opposite effect,” he said in a plans and strategy for prevent- $29 99* actively plotting more. 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The blessings were recited by Rabbi Sholom Dubov, director “Not too good really,” Sarah replies. “I’m feeling quite low of Chabad of Greater Orlando. because I don’t think Robert finds me attractive anymore.” The event started with a performance by Chasidic rapper Nos- “Why? How do you know this?” asks Leah. son Zand at the Chanukah Fan-fest outside the Amway Center. “Because as I get older,” replies Sarah, “he bothers less and This was an event that involved the entire Jewish commu- less to look at me. When I was younger, he couldn’t take his nity. The National Anthem was sung by Jewish Academy of eyes off me.” Orlando students, there was a Jewish Heritage Night basket- “I feel so sorry for you,” says Leah. “As I get older, my David ball pregame show and postgame layups, all topped off with says I get more and more beautiful each day.” the Grand Menorah Lighting for the very first time before “Yes,” replies Sarah, “but don’t forget David is an antique 20,000 Orlando Magic fans. dealer!” Bagels, lox, latkes and learning By Wendy Ring Levine She also spoke about the laws Friday she conducts Shabbat Orlando area for the Jewish and traditions for handling services at Oakmonte Village’s Pavilion. Volunteers are wel- Sixty people gathered on the Torah and maintaining independent and assisted liv- come to join the services and a Wednesday afternoon in its sanctity. ing buildings. Bernstein also festivities. 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Sandler’s Oscar moment Orlando Weekday Morning Minyan (Conservative/Egalitarian), services Monday- By Gabe Friedman Friday 7:45 a.m. (9 a.m.—national holidays); 2nd floor Chapel—Jewish Academy of Orlando; 851 N. Maitland Ave., Maitland. For information call 407-298-4650. NEW YORK (JTA)—As Celebration Jewish Congregation (R), services and holiday schedules shown at www. soon as I got out of a recent JewishCelebration.org; 407-479-8377. screening of “Uncut Gems,” I had to share the feelings of Chabad Lubavitch of North Orlando (O), 1701 Markham Woods Road, Longwood, sheer cinematic bliss I had 407-636-5994, www.jewishorlando.com; services: Friday 7:00 p.m.; Saturday at 9:30 a.m. just experienced nonstop for Chabad of Altamonte Springs (O), 414 Spring Valley Lane, Altamonte Springs, 407- two hours. 280-0535; www.jewishaltamonte.com. “Just got out of ‘Uncut Gems,’ the new Adam Sandler Chabad of South Orlando (O), 7347 Sand Lake Road, Orlando, 407-354-3660; www. movie coming out. He is jewishorlando.com; Shabbat services: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. and 10 minutes before sunset; sooooo good in it,” I texted Saturday, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday, 8:15 a.m. my friend. Chabad of the Space & Treasure Coasts (O), 1190 Highway A1A, Satellite Beach, “Oh cool! What’s it about?” 321-777-2770. she responded. “He plays a sleazy diamond Congregation Ahavas Yisrael/Chabad (O), 708 Lake Howell Rd., Maitland, 407-644- dealer,” I said, adding a laugh- 2500; www.chabadorlando.org; services: Sunday, 9 a.m.; Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m.; Shabbat ing emoji. McGrady/Courtesy of A24 services: Friday, 6:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m.; Family service, 4th Friday of the month. “Wow! So he does dra- From left, Josh Safdie, Benny Safdie and Adam Sandler Congregation Bet Chaim (R), 181 E. Mitchell Hammock, Oviedo, 407-830-7211; www. matic movies? Pulling a Steve on the set of “Uncut Gems.” Carell!” betchaim.org; Shabbat services: Friday, 8 p.m. She wasn’t exactly living and is in debt to the kinds clients and the many people Congregation Beth Am (C), 3899 Sand Lake Road, Longwood, 407-862-3505; www. under a rock: Sandler is of characters whom no one he owes money to. He explodes congbetham.org; Shabbat services: Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m. obviously best known for his wants to be indebted to. with frustration when conflict , 2185 Meadowlane Ave., West Melbourne, 321-779-0740; many potty humor comedies But there’s so much more caves in on him. Sandler not Congregation Beth El (C) that pimply teenagers love going on here above and be- only keeps up with the film’s Shabbat services, 1st & 3rd Friday, 8 p.m.; 2nd & 4th Saturdays, 9:30 a.m. and their parents hate. Some low the surface that words on frenetic, disorienting pace— Congregation Beth Emeth (R), 2205 Blue Sapphire Circle, Orlando, 407-222-6393; film fans are aware that he’s a page won’t do the visceral he pushes it forward. Shabbat service: monthly, 8 p.m. also come into his own as a experience of watching the The now 53-year-old actor dramatic actor over the past film justice. It’s a franti- has been great in dramatic Congregation Beth Israel (Rec), Collins Resource Center, Suite 303, 9401 S.R. 200, couple of decades. His foray cally paced freight train form before, perhaps most Ocala, 352-237-8277; bethisraelocala.org; Shabbat service, second Friday of the month, 8 p.m. into that world started around of suspense and emotion notably in “The Meyerowitz Congregation Beth Sholom (R-C), 315 North 13th St., Leesburg, 352-326-3692; www. 2002 with Paul Thomas capped off with a bombshell Stories.” But this is a new level bethsholomflorida.org; schedule of services on website. Anderson’s bizarre “Punch- ending. It’s full of nuanced for Sandler, an intense charac- Drunk Love,” and continued underlying commentary on ter study that ranks alongside Congregation Beth Shalom (Progressive Conservative), Orange City congregation most recently in Noah Ba- consumerism, the downsides other Oscar-winning perfor- holds services at 1308 E. Normandy Blvd., Deltona; 386-804-8283; www.mybethshalom. umbach’s “The Meyerowitz of international trade, ad- mances from years past. com; Shabbat services: Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. Stories (New and Selected)” diction, family life and even In fact, Sandler just beat out Congregation B’nai Torah (C), 403 N. Nova Rd., Ormond Beach, 32174, 386-672-1174; in 2017. basketball—former NBA the likes of Joaquin Phoenix, www.mybnaitorah.com; Shabbat services: Friday, 8 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. But the name Adam Sandler star Kevin Garnett portrays Robert De Niro and Adam in pop culture still evokes that himself in a slightly alternate Driver to win the National Congregation Chabad Lubavitch of Greater Daytona (O), 1079 W. Granada Blvd., feeling one might experience universe in which he believes Board of Review’s award for Ormond Beach, 386-672-9300; Shabbat services Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. after lighting a bag of poop on a rare stone that Howard best actor, an early indicator Congregation of Reform Judaism (R), 928 Malone Dr., Orlando, 407-645-0444; lends him improves his play of Oscar success. fire on your nemesis’ doorstep: www.crjorlando.org: Shabbat services, 7 p.m. 1st, 2nd and 3rd Fridays; 6 p.m., 4th and 5th I’m laughing at this, but I feel on the court. The Safdies originally wrote dirty doing so, and I shouldn’t The film also deeply ex- the lead role for Sandler, but Fridays; Saturday: 10 a.m. be. Or perhaps, especially for plores modern Jewish iden- he didn’t see the script for Congregation Mateh Chaim (R), P.O. Box 060847, Palm Bay, 32906, 321-768-6722. Jews, his name brings to mind tity. Like the Safdies, who years. As he told sports radio Congregation Ohev Shalom (C), 613 Concourse Parkway South, Maitland, 407-298- the lovable Hanukkah song. are distant relatives of the host Dan Patrick in a recent 4650; www.ohevshalom.org; Shabbat service, Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m. That could be about to famed architect Moshe Safdie, interview, Sandler’s manager change. His performance in Howard is part of a tight-knit kept it from him at first, think- Congregation Shalom Aleichem (R), 3501 Oak Pointe Blvd., Kissimmee, 407-935- “Uncut Gems” might just Syrian Jewish clan rooted in ing it wasn’t a good fit. 0064; www.shalomaleichem.com; Shabbat service, 1st and 3rd Fridays of the month, 8 p.m. bring him an Oscar. New York City. While he fits in “Maybe he was right, I was Congregation Shomer Ysrael (C), 5382 Hoffner Ave., Orlando, 407-227-1258, call for “Uncut Gems” is the sixth comfortably among the other a little young for that movie film by Josh and Benny Safdie, Jews of the Diamond District, 10 years ago,” Sandler said. services and holiday schedules. a pair of thirtysomething he is still a proud outsider to Years later, after seeing Congregation Sinai (C/R), 1200 West Broad Street, Groveland; 352-243-5353; congre- Jewish brothers who have the wider world of wealth with some of the Safdies’ other gation-sinai.org; services: every Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Shabbat Service evert Saturday, 10 a.m. earned serious acclaim for which he regularly interacts. films (and after Jewish actors Orlando Torah Center (O), 8591 Banyan Blvd., Orlando; 347-456-6485; Shacharis- their gritty indie works that His Jewishness defines him to like Jonah Hill and Sacha probe the New York City that world—to Garnett and Baron Cohen were considered Shabbos 9 a.m.; Mon.—Thurs. 6:45 a.m.; Sun. and Legal Holidays 8 a.m.; Mincha/Maariv underworld—like “Heaven his posse, he’s a “crazy Jew,” for the part), Sandler grabbed Please call for times. Knows What” (2014), about a not a crazy jeweler. the role. But he went on in the Southwest Orlando Jewish Congregation/Ohalei Rivka (C), 11200 S. Apopka- homeless heroin addict, and The Garnett role was actu- Patrick interview to describe Vineland Rd., Orlando, 407-239-5444; Shabbat service, Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m. “Good Time” (2017), which ally written with Amar’e Stou- how scared he was at tackling stars Robert Pattinson as a demire—the fellow former the dark character. Temple Beth El (R) / Temple Israel (C), 579 N. Nova Rd., Ormond Beach, 386-675- bank robber. NBA star who has converted to “I read the script and I was 6615 / 386-252-3097; Friday Shabbat Service 7 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m. In “Uncut Gems,” Sandler Judaism and played pro ball in terrified... I said, ‘I’m terrified Temple Beth Shalom (R), P.O. Box 031233, Winter Haven, 813-324-2882. plays Howard Ratner, an Israel—in mind. A large part to do this, it’s two months of unscrupulous jeweler in of the plot revolves around an being this guy,’” he said. Temple Beth Shalom (C), 40 Wellington Drive, Palm Coast, 386-445-3006; Shabbat New York’s extremely Jewish opal from Ethiopia that takes Sandler would call his wife service, Friday, 8 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. Diamond District. Howard’s on a mystical significance for at times while filming, asking Temple Beth Sholom (C), 5995 N. Wickham Rd. Melbourne, 321-254-6333; www. marriage (to Dinah, played everyone who comes in con- for her help to prepare for an mytbs.org; Shabbat services: Friday, 7 p.m.; Saturday: 9:30 a.m. Minyan, Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.; with steely resolve by Idina tact with it. Howard believes emotional scene. But eventu- Thursday, 10:00 a.m. Menzel) is in tatters after he it’s a kind of gem coveted ally it clicked. has had an affair with a young by Ethiopian Jews, which “I grew to love being the Temple Beth Shalom (R), 1109 N.E. 8th Ave., Ocala, 352-629-3587; Shabbat services: employee in his shop, and he endears it to him even more. guy,” he said. Friday, 8 p.m.; Torah study: Saturday, 10:00 a.m. has a debilitating gambling Through it all, Sandler is Well, it shows. Temple B’nai Darom (R), 49 Banyan Course, Ocala, 352-624-0380; Friday Services 8 p.m. problem. He pools money uncannily good. He deploys a “Uncut Gems” had a lim- he makes from sales and subtle but idiosyncratic ethnic ited release Dec. 13 before a Temple Israel (C), 50 S. Moss Rd., Winter Springs, 407-647-3055; www.tiflorida.org; under-the-table deals to bet New York accent. He oozes an nationwide release on Christ- Shabbat services: Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday 9:00 a.m. impulsively on NBA games, eagerness to please his many mas. Temple Israel (R), 7350 Lake Andrew Drive, Melbourne, 321-631-9494. Temple Israel of DeLand (R), 1001 E. New York Ave., DeLand, 386-736-1646; www. templeisraelofdeland.org; Friday Shabbat service, 7 p.m.; Saturday, 10:00 a.m. followed by Torah study. OBITUARY Temple Shalom (formerly New Jewish Congregation) (R), 13563 Country Road 101, Oxford, 352-748-1800; www.templeshalomcentralfl.org; Shabbat services: Friday, 7 BRENDA KLEIN she married her late husband, grandchildren. She was also p.m.; last Saturday of the month, 9:30 a.m. Henry I. Klein, who prede- predeceased by her brother, Brenda Klein, age 81, of Kis- ceased her in 2012. Together Fred Ligerman. Temple Shalom of Deltona (R/C), 1785 Elkcam Blvd., Deltona, 386-789-2202; www. simmee, passed away peace- they raised three children, A funeral service was held shalomdeltona.org; Shabbat service; Saturday: 10 a.m. fully at her home surrounded Todd (Debra) Klein of Cler- at Cape Canaveral National Temple Shir Shalom (R) Services held at Temple Israel, 50 S. Moss Rd., Winter Springs, by her family on Tuesday, Dec. mont, Mindy (Mark) Doolittle Cemetery with Rabbi Maurice 407-366-3556, www.templeshirshalom.org; Shabbat services: three Fridays each month, 24, 2019. Brenda was born in of Orlando, and Nancy Klein of Kaprow of VITAS officiating. Brooklyn, New York, on Aug. Kissimmee, who survive her. Arrangements entrusted to 7:30 p.m. 24, 1938, to the late Samuel They relocated to the Orlando Beth Shalom Memorial Cha- Traditional Congregation of Mount Dora (T) Mount Dora, 352-735-4774; www. and Rose Bloom Ligerman. area from Indian Harbour pel, 640 Lee Road, Orlando FL tcomd.org; Shabbat services: Saturday, 9:30 a.m. sharp. She attended college and later Beach in 1983. 32810. 407-599-1180 www. became a Registered Nurse. In addition to her children, bethshalommemorialchapel. (R) Reform (C) Conservative (O) Orthodox (Rec) Reconstructionist (T) Mehitsa In January 1960, in Virginia, Brenda is survived by three com. PAGE 12A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, JANUARY 10, 2020 Six news themes in 2019 that reverberated throughout the Jewish world By Jackson Richman the United States with- crimination rooted in anti- so-called “occupation” of the 86 percent of Israel-related Incumbent premier Boris drawing its forces from Semitism as vigorously as West Bank. Warren and But- acts of anti-Semitic harass- Johnson and the Conserva- (JNS)—The year 2019 northeastern Syria (which against all other forms of tigieg responded favorably to ment of students. Overall, tive Party won 365 seats in consisted of ups and downs has since been slightly discrimination prohibited IfNotNow’s plea. Sanders has academic BDS activity more the 650-seat House of Com- for the Jewish and pro-Israel walked back) in October, by Title VI” of the 1964 Civil repeatedly attacked the gov- than doubled from 2017 to mons—their biggest victory community. Below is a listing the Trump administration Rights Act. It mandates ernment of Israeli Prime Min- 2018, while promotion or since 1987, while Labour won of the top six events or themes added to its pro-Israel that the U.S. Department of ister Benjamin Netanyahu as implementation of academic 203 seats. that shaped news coverage agenda by recognizing Is- Education investigate anti- “racist,” even referring the BDS increased by more than As the results came in, throughout the year (in no rael’s sovereignty over the Semitic incidents on college term to Netanyahu himself. 100 percent in the same time Corbyn announced that he particular order). Golan Heights in March, campuses in accordance with Anti-Semitic and anti- frame. would not lead Labour in the Anti-Semitic attacks designating Iran’s Islamic Title VI of that law. Israel sentiment rising The report further showed next election. From Southern California Revolutionary Guard Corps Eroding support for on college campuses that expressions calling for “Not for the first time, to Jersey City, Jews were un- as a terrorist group and an- Israel in Democratic On college campuses, the total boycott or exclusion our nation has stood firm der attack as, in the former, nouncing that the United circles far-left BDS activists have of pro-Israel students from against anti-Semitism,” one woman was killed and States would no longer It was a mixed year for loudly vocalized anti-Israel campus life nearly tripled said Gideon Falter, chief three people injured during view Jewish settlements in support for Israel among sentiment and made pro- from 2017 to 2018. In addi- executive of Campaign Shabbat-morning services at Judea and Samaria as illegal Democrats. While a record Israel and Jewish students tion, acts accusing Jewish Against Antisemitism, in Chabad of Poway on the last under international law. number of pro-Israel Demo- feel ostracized. Pitzer Col- and pro-Israel students of a statement. “The British day of Passover on April 27. In Additionally, the adminis- crats visited the Jewish state lege’s College Council voted supporting racism, genocide public has watched the once the latter, two Chassidic Jews, tration continued to main- in August, the rise of several in March to suspend the and other evils more than proudly anti-racist Labour a store employee and a police tain “maximum pressure” prominent far-left anti-Israel school’s study-abroad pro- doubled, while there was a 147 Party become infested with officer were shot and killed at on the Iranian regime since members of the party took gram at the University of percent increase in linking Jew-hatred, and it has re- JC Kosher Supermarket in withdrawing in May 2018 the lion’s share of attention. Haifa (however, the school’s Jewish and pro-Israel stu- soundingly decided to stand the Greenville neighborhood from the 2015 nuclear deal, Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) president said he would not dents to “white supremacy.” with its Jewish community of Jersey City on Dec. 10. despite not militarily re- and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), implement the recommen- Expression promoting or and give the anti-Semites a In Brooklyn, N.Y., Ortho- sponding to Iran shooting who had been repeatedly dation). Meanwhile, Apart- condoning terrorism against crushing rebuke. The faith dox Jews have been consis- down a U.S. drone over the accused of anti-Israel and heid Week programs and Israel also increased by 67 that British Jews showed tently targeted, from eggs Strait of Hormuz in June anti-Semitic rhetoric and pro-BDS conferences have percent. in our country has been thrown at them to being and attacking two Saudi Ar- behavior, drew headlines continued to take place un- The BDS movement was vindicated.” robbed to their institutions amco facilities in September. after the two were banned abated, while outright hos- also exposed for links to Israel goes to elections vandalized to being physi- Washington’s campaign has from visiting the Jewish state tility has been exhibited on Palestinian terror groups as twice (and is heading cally assaulted. included sanctions on indi- over their support for the BDS campuses, including at New well as how it is fueling anti- for a third round in On Dec. 28, a man carried viduals, including Ayatollah movement. York University, which gave Semitic attacks on campus 2020) a long machete entered a Ali Khamenei and Foreign On the campaign trail, an award to the Students for and elsewhere. Israeli voters went to the home and prayer hall known Minister Mohammad Javad some Democrats have made Justice in Palestine chapter Anti-Semitism loses at polls an unprecedented two as Rabbi Rottenberg’s Shul in Zarif, and entities tied to remarks and advocated poli- (NYU’s president stated he the ballot box in the times in 2019, each result Monsey, N.Y., slashing and Tehran and its proxies, es- cies critical of Israel, while didn’t support the move). United Kingdom causing no 61-seat coalition injuring five of the celebrants pecially the terrorist group Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), The number of Israel-re- The British Labour Party to be formed in the Knesset. gathered at a Hanukkah Hezbollah. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) lated, anti-Semitic incidents suffered its worst defeat since Once again, Israelis are candle-lighting party. In December, U.S. Presi- and South Bend, Ind., Mayor against Jewish students on 1935 as the party and its headed to the polls on March Jews were the most tar- dent Donald Trump signed Pete Buttigieg have been campuses increased 70 per- leader, Jeremy Corbyn, were 2, with Prime Minister Benja- geted for hate crimes among an executive order that re- reported to have anti-Israel cent from 2017 to 2018, ac- accused of anti-Semitism. min Netanyahu, who became religious groups in 2018, quires the U.S. government campaign staff members. The cording to a report published Leading up to the election, Israel’s longest-serving prime according to an FBI report to consider the International anti-Israel group IfNotNow in September by the AMCHA Chief Rabbi of the United minister in July, under indict- released in November. Holocaust Remembrance has approached Democratic Initiative. Kingdom Ephraim Mirvis ment charges. Trump adds to pro-Isra- Alliance definition of anti- candidates as representatives The report documented issued a plea to vote against Gideon Sa’ar lost a primary el résumé Semitism in responding to of the Jewish community and how academic BDS-compli- the party due to its anti- to Netanyahu on Dec. 26 to Despite criticism over “prohibited forms of dis- asking them about ending the ant behavior was linked to Semitism. lead Likud. High Court delays decision on Netanyahu’s legal right to form a new government By Dov Lipman The hearing followed a candidate under indictment democracy. This petition is gressive Israel Democracy not to overstep its bound- petition filed by 67 citizens to be tasked with forming a an attempt to drag the court Institute, told JNS that “it aries. (JNS)—Following a prelim- with academic, security and government and becoming into an issue which is not would be far-reaching ju- “In general, I think that inary hearing on Tuesday by culture backgrounds argu- prime minister. under the court’s jurisdic- dicial activism to establish the courts should do what- Israel’s High Court of Justice ing that even though Israeli Netanyahu submitted a tion. The respectable court that the president cannot ever it can to refrain from on the question of whether law allows a prime minister letter to the court on Mon- has no authority in this mat- give the mandate to form a dealing with subjects which an indicted lawmaker can be to continue serving in his day countering the basis of ter, and the issue should not government to someone who are mostly political and so- tasked with forming a govern- position until proven guilty the petition, writing: “In a have been brought before it. the citizens of the country cietal and not law,” he said. ment, a three-judge panel in court—and even until all democracy, the people decide It should have been left to vote for, assuming that Meanwhile, Israel’s At- ruled that a decision will be appeals are exhausted—the who leads them and no one the decision of the voters. they vote in high numbers torney General Avichai Man- handed down at a future date. same law should not permit a else. Otherwise, it’s not a For this reason alone, the of Netanyahu. It is better delblit has declined a court petition must be rejected for decisions regarding who request to issue his opinion out of hand.” the country’s leader will be on the matter due to the Netanyahu added that to remain in the hands of theoretical nature of such the law already specifies the citizens and not the legal an opinion. He said that he that a prime minister “can system.” would issue an opinion only serve until convicted in a Stern added that if Netan- if Netanyahu wins the elec- final ruling for transgres- yahu wins the next election, tion, and the president then sions that carry with them “I believe the president considers tasking him with moral turpitude... 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Graffiti featuring Star cal reports, two men—one appointment while heading “For the first time since its Sliwa said local leaders series exploring insights of David and ‘9 11’ flashing a knife—threatened an interim government, with establishment, Israel is now of the Lubavitch Chassidic from each page of the Tal- painted on buildings in a Jewish teen in the Flatbush no immediate response. an energy powerhouse, able movement asked for assis- mud. Emails begin Jan. 5, North London neighborhood of Brooklyn. There currently are no to supply all its energy needs tance from his group, and 2020. By Marcy Oster The two men yelled “Hey Israeli ambassadors to Rus- and gaining energy indepen- he believes that the Guardian Aussie Jewish family on (JTA)—Graffiti featuring a Jew boy” at the teen as one sia, Canada and Egypt, The dence,” said Delek Drilling Angels can stop the violence. the fires: ‘It’s apocalyp- Star of David and “9 11” was pulled out the knife, the New Jerusalem Post reported. CEO Yossi Abu, a partner in He said, “We’re a visual tic but we’re coping’ painted on buildings on sev- York Post reported. Jewish groups to hold the field. “At the same time, deterrence in our red berets By Henry Benjamin eral streets in North London. There are two synagogues solidarity march in New we will be exporting natural and our red satin jackets. SYDNEY (JTA)—Martine The graffiti, discovered located within a block of York City gas to Israel’s neighbors, Nobody’s going to commit an and Gavin Folden expected on a synagogue and store where the incident occurred, By Marcy Oster thus strengthening Israel’s attack when we’re around.” to be busy on New Year’s windows in Hampstead and according to the report. A (JTA)—Jewish groups held position in the region. [The] If they do, he added, “We’ll Eve hosting diners at their Belsize Park on Sunday report detailing the incident a solidarity march in New Leviathan project will bring physically restrain the per- Kangaroo Valley restaurant in morning, seems to refer to a was filed with police. York City under the banner the coal era in Israel to an sons responsible, make a New South Wales, Australia. conspiracy theory that Jewish West Virginia will give “No Hate. No Fear.” end, and will supply efficient, citizen’s arrest and hold Instead, they are camping out people were responsible for Holocaust education to its The Jan. 5 event came in inexpensive and clean energy them until the police arrive.” after being evacuated as bush the attack on the two towers corrections department staff the wake of attacks in Monsey, to people in Israel and in the “These attacks are taking fires threaten their property. of the World Trade Center in By Marcy Oster Jersey City and Brooklyn. Middle East.” place, and the cops have not The Foldens and their two New York in 2001. (JTA)—West Virginia plans The march left from Lower Residents along the coast been proactive at all,” said children—Yumi, 11 and Cisco The neighborhoods in to introduce instruction Manhattan and crossed the have expressed concern over Sliwa on Saturday. “It comes 9—are sleeping in a caravan which the graffiti was painted about the Holocaust for its Brooklyn Bridge, followed the possible carcinogenic from City Hall and the mayor. in Berry, about 12 miles are home to large Jewish corrections department staff. by a rally in Columbus Park. effects of chemicals and He’s been just apathetic.” from their home nearly 90 populations. One of the build- The decision comes a day “In light of the ongoing pollutants from the project, Israel’s population on miles from Sydney. They are ings vandalized was formerly after the announcement that and persistent attacks against with thousands of residents the eve of the new year accompanied by two horses, an Israeli-style restaurant. more than 30 correctional our community, it’s time of Zichron Yaakov and areas hits 9.14 million two dogs and two cats. “This is a reminder that academy trainees were fired for us to come together and south of Haifa even evacuat- By Marcy Oster “It’s apocalyptic but we’re anti-Semitism is still with for giving a Nazi salute in a demonstrate our collective ing their homes and shutter- JERUSALEM (JTA)—Is- coping,” Martine Folden us,” the Board of Deputies of class photo. resolve,” the organizers said. ing schools as nitrogen was rael’s population grew by told the Jewish Telegraphic British Jews tweeted. The regional Anti-Defa- The sponsors are the UJA- flushed from pipes during 1.9 percent to 9.14 million Agency. ” We’ve been here a Guardian Angels will mation League chapter will Federation of New York along initial tests on Tuesday. in 2019. couple of days and we don’t patrol Brooklyn Jewish draft the training materials with the Jewish Community The Environmental Pro- The Central Bureau of know how long we will have neighborhoods and coursework, The Associ- Relations Council of New tection Ministry, however, Statistics released the sta- to stay. Until the fire danger By Marcy Oster ated Press reported Tuesday, York, the Anti-Defamation said there was no cause for tistics on Tuesday, the last passes at least.” (JTA)—The Guardian An- citing a spokesman for the League of New York, the concern. day of 2019. Folden said the family was gels said it would start pa- West Virginia Department of American Jewish Committee Earlier this month, a peti- The breakdown of the staying in a caravan from the trolling in Brooklyn after Military Affairs and Public of New York and the New York tion to Jerusalem’s District population includes 6.772 1970s that has no cooking fa- an increase in anti-Semitic Safety. Board of Rabbis. Court argued that the single million Jewish citizens, or cilities. But the most distress- attacks in the area. The photo of dozens of par- Tesla expected to hit Israeli eight-hour test on Tuesday 74.1 percent; 1.916 million ing aspect is the evacuation’s The group’s founder, Curtis ticipants in the basic training roads, launching in 2020 would release more pollut- Arab citizens, or 21 percent; impact on their restaurant, Sliwa, told NBC News that class making the Nazi salute The car’s starting price ants than two years of drill- and 448,000, or 4.9 percent, Betty’s Bar. the patrols would start on reads “Hail Byrd!” at the top, a is estimated at around ing operations. classified as “other,” includ- “This is the two-week pe- Sunday, first at noon in Crown reference to their correctional $72,300 (about NIS The court ruled that the ing Russian-speaking immi- riod when we make a large Heights and later in the day academy instructor, Karrie 250,000). tests could move forward, grants who are not Jewish. portion of our income,” also in Williamsburg and Byrd. (JNS) —Tesla will start to citing the petitioners’ failure Some 177,000 new births Folden said. “So many busi- Borough Park. According to a report by hit Israeli roads come Janu- to provide expert testimony were recorded in 2019, 74 nesses that are along the coast The Guardian Angels is state investigators, the train- ary. Globes first reported the refuting the state’s claims percent to Jewish mothers have been affected by the fires a private, unarmed crime- ees regularly gave the Nazi development on Monday. that the test would be safe. and 22.3 percent to Arab over the last two weeks.” prevention group. salute “as a sign of respect” The electric-car company, In October, the scientific mothers. Folden said the family The announcement came for their instructor in the founded by Elon Musk, will journal Environmental Im- Just over one-fifth of was permitted to visit their in the wake of at least eight weeks prior to the release of open a pop-up store in the pact Assessment Review the population increase, or property and she checked on attacks on Jews in Brooklyn the photo. Ramat Aviv Mall in North found that environmental 34,000, came from immigra- farm animals that had been since Dec. 13, and hours Byrd told investigators Tel Aviv. impact assessments by Noble tion, according to the bureau. left behind. She discovered before an attack on a Hanuk- that she was unaware of the It will allow customers, Energy “grossly underesti- Over 90,000 Jews that the fire had so far not kah party at a Hasidic rabbi’s “historical or racial implica- for a fee, to place advanced mate” the volume emissions celebrate the end of a reached their property. home in Monsey, New York in tions of the gesture” and said orders for a vehicle. The car’s that will be spewed into Talmud study cycle to- The fires have destroyed Rockland County, that left it was “simply a greeting,” starting price is estimated to Israel’s air, contain “a series gether in New Jersey more than 1,300 homes and five injured, two seriously. according to the report, NBC be around $72,300 (about NIS of flaws,” rely on “overly sim- By Marcy Oster burned over 13.5 million Sliwa said local leaders of News reported. Other sources 250,000), reported Calcalist. plistic” models and should (JTA)—Over 90,000 mostly acres across the country. the Lubavitch-Chabad move- suggest that Byrd encouraged Tesla registered last month be redone. Orthodox Jews gathered un- Suburbs of cities including ment asked for his group’s the salute. as a fully owned subsidiary Noble Energy rejected der heavy security at MetLife Sydney and Melbourne, home help. He said that he believes “The investigation dis- company in the Jewish state, the article, saying it was Stadium in New Jersey to to several million people and the Guardian Angels patrols closed that she encouraged named Tesla Motors Israel installing technology on the celebrate Siyum HaShas, the large Jewish communities, will stop the attacks. it, reveled in it, and at times Ltd., reported Globes. platform that would keep completion of the study of the also have been hit by brush “We’re a visual deterrence reciprocated the gesture,” the Gas pumping from Israel’s emissions close to zero. entire Talmud. fires. in our red berets and our report said. offshore Leviathan field gets Volunteer group Guard- The 7.5-year cycle is 2 men flash knife at red satin jackets,” he said. Two correctional academy underway ian Angels patrols known as Daf Yomi, since Brooklyn Jewish teen “Nobody’s going to commit trainers and a cadet from the Leviathan field goes online, Brooklyn after anti- participants study a one full By Marcy Oster an attack when we’re around.” class shown in the picture paving the way for multibil- Semitic attacks page of the 2,711-page text (JTA)—Two men, one 22-year-old Hasidic man were fired when the photo lion-dollar gas-export deals (JNS)—A private, volun- each day. The event on Sun- flashing a knife, threatened punched and taunted by came to light in early De- with Egypt, Jordan • “For first teer-based and unarmed day, organized by Agudath a Jewish teen in the Flatbush two women in Brooklyn cember. time since its establishment, crime-prevention group Israel of America, was the neighborhood of Brooklyn. By Laura E. Adkins “This kind of behavior Israel is now an energy pow- said it would start patrolling 13th completion of the cycle. The incident took place on NEW YORK (JTA)—Two will not be tolerated on my erhouse,” says Delek Drilling parts of Brooklyn, N.Y., on Several thousand people Monday evening, according to women yelled “F*** you Jew” watch in any agency of state CEO. Sunday following a string also gathered in Barclay’s local reports. and “I will kill you Jews” at a government,” West Virginia Gas pumping from Isra- of anti-Semitic attacks in Center in New York to watch The two men yelled “Hey Hasidic man in Williamsburg, Gov. Jim Justice said Monday el’s offshore Leviathan the borough. the program via live video Jew boy” at the teen as one Brooklyn and shoved him to in a statement announcing field gets underway Curtis Sliwa, who founded hookup, and people around pulled out the knife, the New the ground when he tried to the firings. (JNS)—Gas pumping from Guardian Angels in New York the world watched it online. York Post reported. film their anti-Semitic tirade, Danny Danon’s term as Israel’s Leviathan offshore City in 1979, said patrols New Jersey Gov. Phil There are two synagogues law enforcement sources and Israel’s ambassador to natural-gas field got under would start in the Crown Murphy attended the MetLife located within a block of witnesses told CBS12. the United Nations ex- way on Tuesday after Israel’s Heights neighborhood of event, later tweeting: “As we where the incident occurred, The 22 year-old victim was tended at last minute Environmental Protection Brooklyn, and expand to celebrated #SiyumHaShas according to the report. approached by the women, By Marcy Oster Ministry said Noble Energy Williamsburg and Borough at @MetLifeStadium today, A report detailing the in- ages 24 and 34, at the in- (JTA)—The term of Danny and its partners had met all Park later in the day. we held the victims of the cident was filed with police. tersection of Broadway and Danon, Israel’s ambassador necessary conditions, despite Hours earlier, on Satur- horrific antisemitic attacks Palestinian teen at- Lorimer Street, the New to the United Nations, was ongoing protests from coastal day night, five people were in Jersey City and Monsey in tempts to stab soldiers York City Police Department extended just hours before it residents and environmental stabbed in an attack at a our hearts. We will drive out By Marcy Oster told the Jewish Telegraphic was set to expire. activists warning of pollution Hanukkah event in Monsey, darkness with light by always JERUSALEM (JTA)—A Agency. The Prime Minister’s Office emitted by the pumping rigs. N.Y., upstate in Rockland standing with our Jewish Palestinian teen attempted The 24-year-old grabbed told Israel’s Channel 12 that The largest energy project County. community. Anti-Semitism to stab Israeli soldiers at the the victim’s cell phone and Danon’s term will be extended in Israel’s history, it is expect- There has been a total and hate have no home here.” Gush Etzion junction, the punched him in his throat and through May in order to allow ed that the Leviathan field of eight attacks on Jews More than 50 law enforce- Israel Defense Forces said. the 34-year-old made anti- him to complete a five-year will yield 22 trillion cubic feet in Brooklyn since Dec. 13, ment agencies and over 300 The attacker, 15, got out of a Semitic remarks, according term in office and so that his of natural gas. After extrac- according to police. On Fri- uniformed state police were taxi at the junction brandish- to the NYPD. children can complete the tion, the gas will then make day, a woman slapped three in the stadium, according to ing a knife and ran toward There has been a dramatic school year. a 120-kilometer journey via females in Brooklyn and told CBS New York. a group of soldiers, Israel’s increase in the number of vio- The decision came hours pipelines to a processing police officers that it was The first Siyum Hashas Channel 12 reported. lent attacks against Hasidic after reports in the Israeli me- platform 10 kilometers off because they were Jewish. took place on Feb. 2, 1931 in One of the soldiers fired at Jews in the New York area dia that Danon’s term would the Israeli coast. Other incidents involved several cities in Europe and the assailant, shooting him in recent months, including not be extended, and that From there, the processed victims being hit in the face, in Jerusalem, as well as in in the leg. The attacker was a machete attack in Monsey Prime Minister Benjamin Ne- gas and stabilized condensate the head and the back of the Baltimore and Philadelphia. taken to Jerusalem’s Shaarey that left 5 injured. tanyahu had asked Attorney will be transported by pipeline head, as well as at least one Want to study Daf Yomi? Tzedek hospital in moderate In addition, on Monday General Avichai Mandelblit to the national gas transmis- having a beverage thrown at Click here to sign up for My condition, the Kan national evening, according to lo- if he can make a permanent sion system and pipeline. them, said police. Jewish Learning’s free email broadcaster reported. PAGE 14A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, JANUARY 10, 2020 Following anti-Semitic attack, Monsey’s Jewish community will not be ‘cowed’ to change

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo meets with of Rabbi Chaim Rottenberg in Monsey, N.Y. Members of the Monsey Jewish community show solidarity following an anti-Semitic after an attack in his home on Dec. 28, the seventh night of Chanukah. attack on Dec. 28, 2019.

By Faygie Holt to Rottenberg’s synagogue, pleaded not guilty to five to synagogue on their own “It was scary,” she recalled. black coats, black hats and on located on an adjacent lot. counts of attempted murder because no one knows what “Then you started hearing the Shabbat, wide fur hats known (JNS)—Less than 24 hours Finding the building locked, and one count of burglary at will happen. “Monsey used to sirens, the ambulances, the as streimels. after five people were stabbed the attacker returned to his car his arraignment on Sunday. be a nice, calm, quiet place, helicopters flying above.” “The Jewish community is at a rabbi’s home on Forshay and fled the scene. He was ap- Bail was set at $5 million. and now, not so much.” “People don’t understand utterly terrified,” Evan Bern- Road in Monsey, N.Y., Jews prehended several hours later “We need more police pres- On any given Shabbat morn- the ripple effect. It’s horrible. stein, the regional director of gathered on the lawn to sing by members of the New York ence. We need to feel more ing, some 200-plus people The entire community is con- the Anti-Defamation League and dance as a Torah scroll Police Department. secure, and we don’t feel that attend Shabbat services at nected through social media, of New York and New Jersey, was dedicated at a nearby While a motive for the at- now.” the Rottenberg shul. Holiday and even our kids hear about said in a statement. “No one synagogue, making for a far tack has not been released, on Nevertheless, in the fed- programs, like the Chanukah it,” said Feiner, a communal should have to live like this.” different scene from the night Sunday New York Gov. Andrew eral hate-crime criminal gathering the rabbi was hold- leader who was at the scene for The attack also came less before. Cuomo called the rampage an complaint on Thomas—an Af- ing at his home on Saturday a while on Saturday night and than three weeks after a deadly On Saturday night, Grafton “act of domestic terrorism” rican-American who grew up night, can draw hundreds met with government officials attack on a Jewish market in Thomas, 38, entered the home after meeting with Rottenberg. in the Crown Heights neigh- more people from the com- Sunday. “My 8-year-old came Jersey City, N.J., where two of Rabbi Chaim Rottenberg Cuomo said he planned to in- borhood of Brooklyn, N.Y., and munity. over and asked me what’s a members of the Chassidic and began stabbing people who troduce legislation that would now lives with his mother in Rivkie Feiner, a member stabbing, and my 11-year-old community were among three had come to celebrate the sev- increase the penalty of such Greenwood Lake, N.Y., about of the Jewish Federation wouldn’t go to bed until we civilians and a police detective enth night of Chanukah. Using cases to reflect the seriousness 20 miles from Monsey—said and Foundation of Rockland checked that all the doors were killed during an hours-long what has now been described of the crime. that law-enforcement agents County’s Jewish Community locked. He just wanted to know siege. The two attackers in that as a machete, the attacker A statement released by recovered journals from his Relations Council and a board that the person was caught.” case—a man and a woman— began slashing at people in the Thomas’s lawyer, Michael mother that included anti- member of the JCC Rockland, According to Richard Priem, were also killed. home, though several people Sussman, said he had suffered Semitic references, as well was spending Saturday evening the Anti-Defamation League’s According to Feiner, mem- reportedly threw objects at from a “long history of mental as Internet searches on Adolf with her children at a skating associate regional director for bers of the Chassidic commu- him, eventually prompting illness and hospitalizations,” Hitler and where to find local rink less than two miles from New York and New Jersey, the nity in Rockland County and him to flee. and had “no known history Jewish synagogues. Rottenberg’s home when her attack in Monsey was the 10th elsewhere have expressed how He then turned his attention of anti-Semitism.” Thomas Eli Cohen, a lifelong resi- phone began shrill with noti- anti-Semitic attack recorded vulnerable they feel because dent of Monsey who grew up fications about the attack. by the group since Dec. 23 in the way they dress makes them

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Andy Katz/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images Shulamit Seidler-Feller/Maharat Judge Rachel Freier offers her business card in the New Rabbanit Jenna Englender dances with the Torah during Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images York City Council chamber. In November 2016, she became her graduation ceremony from Yeshivat Maharat in New Impossible burgers shown at a media event in Las Vegas, the first Hasidic woman in U.S. history to be elected to York, June 17, 2019. Jan. 7, 2019. public office.

By JTA Staff them—hope to launch a veg- worshippers at the Tree of Life television shows and mov- influence and visibility in their Jewish communities that etarian revolution that will synagogue in Pittsburgh—the ies that are either explicitly communities. the government tasked with NEW YORK (JTA)—All of take down America’s massive deadliest anti-Semitic attack centered on Jewish themes — Laura E. Adkins vetting applications approves the gloom and doom that many factory farming industry. Im- in U.S. history. or imported directly from the The Passover kitniyot only people who are currently in the Jewish community have possible says that the protein Not even a year later, on Jewish state. revolution comes to Jewish. felt toward the end of this de- heme gives their offerings the April 27, 2019, a woman was The Golden Age of Stream- America Despite millions of potential cade should not obscure the juicy, meaty quality missing killed and three others were ing brought a deluge of pa- The year 2016 saw an im- applicants, the laws resulted in fact that the 2010s were full of from previous veggie burger injured at a Chabad synagogue rochially Jewish shows that portant if obscure change in only about 132,000 applica- innovation. Yes, there was an attempts. in Poway, California. And on still found a mass audience: American Jewish life: The Con- tions in Spain and another alarming rise in anti-Semitism For Jews, the new meat- Dec. 10, four people were killed “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” servative movement officially 50,000 in Portugal. The low across the U.S. and the world, less burgers have meant that in an attack that ended at a which won a raft of awards declared kitniyot, or legumes, response owes to multiple which culminated in several dishes once Jewishly verboten kosher supermarket in Jersey portraying a Jewish 1950s acceptable for Ashkenazi Jews factors. violent attacks on Jews and have finally become accessible. City, New Jersey. On Dec. 29, a housewife turned comedian; to eat on Passover. Most Sephardim live in af- Jewish institutions. But that Observant Jews can slap a man entered a rabbi’s house in “Broad City,” the comedy The ruling gave an impri- fluent economies, which may didn’t stop the community slice of cheddar on an Impos- Monsey, New York, with a ma- about two Jewish millennial matur to what already was a limit their appetite for a second from growing, evolving and sible burger and enjoy a 100 chete and stabbed five people. women in Brooklyn; “Crazy quiet revolution taking place citizenship. Non-Jewish de- adapting to modern life. percent kosher cheeseburger. The spike included a dra- Ex-Girlfriend,” in which pro- in a growing number of liberal scendants of Sephardim often Here’s a look back at 10 huge At Dunkin’ Donuts, patrons matic increase in attacks on tagonist Rebecca Bunch en- observant homes. For cen- have no proof of their lineage. developments from the past can have an egg with Beyond predominantly Hasidic men in gages in a “JAP Battle”; and turies, traditional Ashkenazi About 50,000 citizenship ap- 10 years that have changed Bacon. Brooklyn, who are more easily “Transparent,” about a Jewish Jews have abstained from plications have been approved, the makeup and lifestyles of For kosher-keeping Jews, targeted by would-be assail- family in Los Angeles strug- peanuts, beans, rice, lentils, two-thirds of them by Spain. Jewish Americans. trying to imitate forbidden ants than other Jews because of gling with gender identity and chickpeas and other foods that, — Cnaan Liphshiz Technology puts Judaism foods is a tradition as old as their distinctive dress. Jewish which filmed a season mostly according to the rabbis, could Jews of color gain in everyone’s pocket time. Meatless burgers have Americans are afraid of this be- in Israel. be misconstrued as hametz, or greater exposure With the advent of the ushered in a new era of that coming the new normal: Some While “Transparent” went leavened food that is anathema Jews of color have long smartphone, we modern folks struggle. For while the rab- 31 percent of respondents to a to Israel, a number of Israeli on the holiday. pushed the wider community have grown accustomed to bis of the Talmud outlawed recent survey by the American shows came to the U.S. Ameri- According to Sephardic to better acknowledge its racial having any piece of informa- the eating of milk and meat Jewish Committee agreed that cans binge-watched “Sru- Jewish practice, those foods and ethnic and diversity, but a tion available anywhere, any- together, they said nothing they “avoided publicly wearing, gim,” about Modern Orthodox have always been fine to eat on number of high-profile Jews time, at the push of a button. about milk and heme. carrying, or displaying things singles in Jerusalem; “Shtisel,” Passover. In Israel, where most of color made that fact much But it wasn’t until the launch — Ben Sales that might help people identify about ultra-Orthodox singles Jews are of Sephardi heritage, harder to ignore in the 2010s. of Sefaria in 2011 that this was Female Orthodox clergy you as a Jew,” and 25 percent (and marrieds) in Jerusalem; kitniyot are widely available on In 2014, Angela Buchdahl true of Jewish texts. make their mark “avoid certain places, events, “Our Boys,” about the murders Passover. A significant por- became one of the most promi- In a stroke, Sefaria put When the decade began, or situations out of concern of children in and around Je- tion of Israeli Ashkenazim eat nent Jews of color in the world thousands of years of Jew- there were almost no American for your safety or comfort as rusalem; and “Fauda,” about them even as they observe the when she was named senior ish literature in everybody’s Orthodox clergywomen. When a Jew.” Israeli commandos in the West holiday’s other dietary laws. rabbi of Central Synagogue in pocket. The Bible, the Talmud, it ended, there were 33. — Laura E. Adkins Bank. There were also a bunch Many Israeli families are mixed New York, one of the largest medieval Jewish philosophers The 2010s saw a revolution The Pew study counts of forgettable movie dramas Ashkenazi-Sephardi, blurring synagogues in the country. and commentators, the clas- in the Modern Orthodox world, American Jews about Israel, at least three of the lines even further. The daughter of a Buddhist sic Jewish legal codes—all as a seminary for Orthodox The Jewish organizational them starring Ben Kingsley. The past decade has seen mother and Jewish-American of it available in Hebrew (and women, Yeshivat Maharat, world was rocked in 2013 by the All of it added up to viewers the Israeli kitniyot trend cross father, Buchdahl was born in often English, too) and com- turned out ordained gradu- release of a study by the Pew across America watching and over to America, as parts of Korea and became the first pletely searchable. Seemingly ates year after year starting Research Center on American enjoying a range of Jewish America’s largely Ashkenazic Asian-American rabbi in 2001 overnight, the site became an in 2013. The last graduating Jewish demographics. The characters, foibles and stories. Jewish population adopted when she was ordained by the invaluable resource for Jew- class was the largest with eight study counted how many of us — Ben Sales the Sephardic custom. With Reform movement’s Hebrew ish learning. And much like members. there were, whether we were Haredi women have their a major Jewish movement Union College. Google and Facebook before The graduates—some of marrying other Jews, what say approving the practice, the She was far from alone in it, Sefaria made many people whom take on variations denominations we identified On Dec. 22, 2016, Rachel stacks of hummus on kosher- drawing public attention to wonder how they had ever lived of the title “rabbi”—have with and how we observed “Ruchie” Freier was sworn in for-Passover grocery store Jewish diversity. without it. made a splash. Nine work in Jewish ritual. It found that that as a civil court judge in Kings shelves could grow. Barack Obama’s election in The site also helped de- synagogues, many in pulpit the rate of intermarriage was County, New York: She was — Ben Sales 2008 helped raise the profile mocratize Jewish study— positions. The others work in sharply rising, the number of the first Hasidic woman ever Spain and Portugal of Rabbi Capers Funnye, an not only by making English leadership roles throughout Conservative Jews was falling elected to public office in the invite their expelled Jews African-American rabbi in translations of canonical texts the Jewish world. They’ve also and nearly a third of Jews were United States. home Chicago who also happened to instantly available anywhere, sparked a backlash, with two unaffiliated. Unlike some other segments In 2015, Spain and Por- be first lady Michelle Obama’s but by making it possible for umbrella Orthodox groups— Since its publication, the of the wider Orthodox world, tugal offered citizenship to cousin. Amar’e Stoudemire, anyone to create source sheets the Orthodox Union and study has been used by Jew- Hasidic Jews largely reject descendants of Sephardic the former NBA star who told that gathered sacred texts on the Rabbinical Council of ish journalists, activists and engagement with the secular Jews who had been persecuted the Jewish Telegraphic Agency a given topic and share them America—issuing bans on leaders to guide their decisions world unless necessary. Both and expelled more than 500 in 2013 that he believed he with the world. The site cur- female clergy. and justify their opinions. It men and women follow restric- years before. The laws were had “Hebrew” roots, would rently hosts thousands of such But the bans have not has also helped push Jewish tive dress codes, and women intended as atonement for the eventually convert to Judaism sheets on topics as diverse as stopped the growing ranks of organizations to shift from try- in particular are not encour- historic wrong of the Inquisi- and play in Israel. Tiffany Had- Jewish business ethics, dis- American Orthodox women ing to prevent intermarriage aged to hold public leadership tion, which destroyed one of dish, the actress and comedian crimination, civil rights, hun- receiving ordination, joining to trying to engage interfaith positions. the most accomplished Jewish who only learned at 27 that her ger and environmentalism. the ranks of Conservative and families. Raised in a Hasidic enclave communities in the world. At father was an Eritrean Jew, Sefaria is not the only Reform women who have been The study additionally found in Brooklyn, Freier in recent a time of rising anti-Semitism threw herself a star-studded example of technology be- rabbis for decades. Just months that many define their Juda- years has become a symbol of around the world, the laws bat-mitzvah at age 40 presided ing harnessed to broaden before the decade ended, a ism around remembering female Orthodox women who were cheered by Jewish leaders. over by Sarah Silverman’s the Jewish tent. Synagogues graduate of Yeshivat Maharat the Holocaust, leading an want to assume more public “Spain is roots, beloved and sister, Rabbi Susan Silverman. now stream services for free founded the first-ever Ameri- ethical life and working toward roles without compromising painful memories,” Israeli In 2019, the American online and Jewish educational can Orthodox synagogue led justice. It showed that most traditional values or severing President Reuven Rivlin said Sephardi Federation and the websites bring a bottomless by a woman. Jewish Americans feel some ties to their cloistered commu- in a 2017 visit, adding that Morocco-based Association wealth of Jewish information — Ben Sales attachment to Israel. And it nities. In 2011, Freier founded it’s “not just nostalgia but an Mimouna hosted the first to the far-flung masses. But Domestic anti-Semitism found that nearly all Jewish an all-female volunteer EMT actual home: a place where conference focusing on Jews in it may be the most ambitious is back Americans—94 percent—are service, Ezras Nashim, after Jews need not be told to feel Africa that was not exclusively of the lot. In 2013, the Anti-Defa- proud to be Jewish. the Jewish EMT service Hatzo- at home.” for academics—a step Funnye — Ben Harris mation League reported the — Ben Sales lah refused to allow women to In practice, the application said represented a major step A new kosher cheese- lowest levels of anti-Semitism The rise of Jewish and serve. The group’s fight for an process was anything but forward. burger becomes possible since it started tracking the Israeli TV ambulance has become politi- simple. Spain’s law, whose “It means a great deal to The 2010s have seen the phenomenon in 1979. By 2018, Jews have long found suc- cized and their full acceptance window for applications ended the African-American Jewish emergence of plant-based the trend had fully reversed: cess in Hollywood, and for in the ultra-Orthodox world in October, required applicants community [and] the Jewish products that taste eerily like There were 1,879 anti-Semitic decades television has been is a long way off, but there’s demonstrate an affinity with community of West Africa burgers but do not contain incidents, the third-highest fertile ground for Jewish cul- little question that Freier and Spanish culture and have because we’ve been a long time an iota of meat. Their purvey- total ever recorded by the ADL. tural references (see: Seinfeld, women like her have carved their family trees vetted. In in saying we’re here,” Funnye ors—Impossible Foods and The incidents included the kill- Jerry). But the 2010s saw the out space for haredi women Portugal, where the law is told JTA. Beyond Meat chief among ing by a white nationalist of 11 rise of a number of celebrated to take on positions of greater open ended, one of the two — Ben Harris