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JJMM Mission Statement Editor: Patricia R The Jewish Journal Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage Monthly Magazine PAID Youngstown, OH Permit #607 MMYoungstown Area Jewish Federation JJ November 2016 Dr. Patricia Cunning- ham talks with Sam Kooperman after her JCRC presentation. See story on page 4. Happy ‘Jewish’ Thanksgiving Story, page 16 Recipes, page 24 Jewish themes books are welcomed as Hanukkah gifts. See these websites for recommenda- tions: http://www.jewishbookcouncil.org,, https://jewishreviewofbooks.com; amazon.com; http://www.kveller.com/article/top-ten-new-jewish-books-for-kids/; http://jewishlibraries. The Sigler family enjoys its Sukkot vacation org/images/downloads/Sydney_Taylor_Book_Award/stba2016awardlist.pdf in the Philadelphia area. See story on page 17. Volume 13, No. 11 t Nov. 2016 t Tishri-Cheshvan 5777 Commentary With UNESCO vote, Palestinians’ bid for attention backfires Four reasons to By Cnaan Liphshiz runs counter to the reasons that justified Traditional allies of the Palestinian its inscription on the UNESCO World cause wavered as objections to the text re-engage with (JTA) If the latest draft resolution at Heritage list,” she wrote. intensified. Mexico, which supported UNESCO on “Occupied Palestine” suc- The resolution refers to Jerusalem’s the text, had a change of heart, initially the Civil Rights ceeded in the Palestinians’ aims to re- Temple Mount — site of the first and requesting a re-vote and then sufficing claim the world’s attention, then it was second Jewish Temples and a locus of with a statement blasting the text as of- Movement a Pyrrhic victory at best and a setback Jewish veneration — only by its Arabic fensive and biased against the Jewish at worst. name, Al-Haram Al-Sharif. The West- people. This was after it fired its ambas- By David Bernstein Part of an effort on Jerusalem initi- ern Wall, a remnant of the biblical Tem- sador to UNESCO, Andre Roemer, who President and CEO of the Jewish ated at UNESCO in 2015 by the Pales- ple compound built by the Jewish King is Jewish, for protesting his country’s Council for Public Affairs tinian Authority, the Oct. 12 vote saw a Herod and Judaism’s holiest site, is re- “yes” vote. In a personal protest, Ro- comfortable majority of states, includ- ferred to as Al-Buraq Plaza – a term the emer walked out of last week’s vote in The Movement for ing Russia and China, pass language Simon Wiesenthal Center says was lift- Paris, leaving his deputy to cast the vote Black Lives plat- calling on Israel “to cease the persistent ed from Hamas literature — with “West- for Mexico. form calling Israel excavations and works in East Jerusa- ern Wall Plaza” appearing only between Dozens of Czech lawmakers wrote a an apartheid state lem, particularly in and around the Old quotation marks. joint letter of protest to UNESCO over guilty of “genocide” City,” as one clause reads. When divisions over such things the vote, as did various U.S. lawmakers sent shock waves Only six countries, the United States “carry over into UNESCO, an Organi- and several Christian groups, includ- through the Jew- and five European Union members, op- zation dedicated to dialogue and peace, ing the World Council of Independent ish community. It posed the resolution and 26 abstained. they prevent us from carrying out our Christian Churches. David Bernstein should not have Yet the specific charges in the text mission,” added Bokova, who accord- As discord continued to spread, even come as a surprise. were largely eclipsed by the resolution’s ing to Israeli diplomats has maintained Brazil, which voted in favor of the text I remember seeing scattered signs failure to refer to Judaism’s holiest sites a largely fair attitude toward the Jewish and whose Socialist government is re- proclaiming “From Palestine to Fergu- by their Jewish names. The erasure of state. Though UNESCO has passed sev- garded by critics as blatantly hostile son” at protests in Ferguson, Mo. last Jewish ties to Jerusalem ignited a diplo- eral texts in recent years seen as erasing toward Israel, expressed dissatisfaction year. I naively thought that protesters matic dispute that is dividing UNESCO, Jewish ties to holy sites, it was the first with the text it supported. would view such signs as brazen ma- embarrassing some of its member states time she spoke out so clearly against the Tellingly, France was among 26 coun- nipulation. I was wrong. and exposing the Palestinians to rebuke trend. tries that abstained from the vote – a vi- A year after Ferguson, a YouTube not only by Israel, but even by passion- Outraged, the Palestinian Authority rage, or an about-face, from its custom- video on Black-Palestinian solidarity ate supporters of their cause who are an- essentially told Bokova to shut up about ary role as “a leading figure in the Arab- called “When I See Them I See Us” gar- gered by what they perceive as an anti- the draft resolution, which was submit- led anti-Israel bloc,” according to UN nered tens of thousands of views. And Jewish bid to rewrite history. ted by seven Arab countries but is wide- Watch, an NGO that monitors anti-Israel just a few weeks ago, Black Lives Matter The UNESCO vote is part of a broad- ly understood to have been initiated as activity at the world body. The French ab- was among several groups protesting for er push by the Palestinian Authority to part of a Palestinian push at UNESCO, stention followed an internal dispute that Palestinian rights outside a Hillary Clin- ton fundraiser hosted by Israeli-Ameri- inject the Israeli-Palestinian conflict which the Palestinians joined as mem- developed between the Foreign Ministry can Haim Saban. The link between these into international forums that are not bers in 2011. and Prime Minister Manuel Valls over two seemingly disparate causes is now designed to settle such disputes. And However, in the days that followed, the country’s support in April for a simi- undeniable. while the strategy is alienating some the Palestinians saw more pushback. lar UNESCO text. Valls said publicly fol- There are a number of reasons for supporters, observers of Palestinian di- Israel ridiculed the text and charged lowing the earlier vote that France should this perceived intersection between the plomacy say it is a discredited leader- it typified a refusal by the Palestinian never have voted in favor. plights of African-Americans and Pales- ship’s survival tactic, meant to satisfy a leadership to accept the Jewish people’s India, which supported the UNES- tinians, but none more salient than the disgruntled population and prevent the claim on any part of the Land of Israel. CO resolution in April, also abstained, tragedy in Syria and the rise of ISIS from organized Jewish community’s detach- Both U.S. presidential candidates as did Sweden, Spain, Argentina and ment from today’s civil rights move- eclipsing the plight of the Palestinians harshly condemned the resolution, Slovenia. Both resolutions were op- ment. Notwithstanding our self-image on the world stage. and a U.S. State Department spokes- posed by the same six countries: the as modern-day activists walking in the Two days after the UNESCO vote, man called it a cause for deep concern United States and the five European footsteps of Rabbi Abraham Joshua He- the diplomatic fallout already was gen- and one of several “recurring, politi- countries, including Britain, Germany schel, the community has been largely erating significant dissent within the cized resolutions” that he said should and the Netherlands. absent from today’s civil rights tables. ranks of the United Nations cultural not pass. The draft united Jewish groups Palestinian leaders are aware of the It should come as no surprise that we agency. Its director-general, Irina Boko- across the spectrum in outrage; even pushback but are pressing ahead any- have little influence on a movement we va of Bulgaria, penned an unprecedent- Americans for Peace Now, which on way. are not involved with. It is past time we ed rebuke of the draft resolution passed Oct. 15 condemned Israel’s occupation They are “desperate to point to re-engage. by her own organization. of Palestinian lands during a U.N. Secu- achievements to a population that is in- Re-engaging will not be simple. It “To deny, conceal or erase any of the rity Council forum debate, criticized the creasingly critical of Ramallah’s undem- was undoubtedly easier to mobilize Jews Jewish, Christian or Muslim traditions UNESCO resolution’s “exclusionary and undermines the integrity of the site, and inflammatory language.” (Continued on page 9) (Continued on page 4) 2 The Jewish Journal Monthly Magazine November 2016 What’s in this month’s Jewish Journal? Commentary ..........................................................................2 Candle-Lighting Times Cuisine ..................................................................................24 November 4 5:56 p.m. Culture ............................................................................10-11 November 11 4:49 p.m. Education .........................................................................5, 16 November 18 4:43 p.m. Federation ..................................................................4, 18-19 November 25 4:39 p.m. Israel ........................................................................................8 December 2 4:37 p.m. JCC activities ..................................................................12-13 Memorials ......................................................................20-22 The staff of New Year’s Greetings .........................................................15
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