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WWW.HERITAGEFL.COM YEAR 43, NO. 44 JULY 5, 2019 2 TAMUZ, 5779 ORLANDO, FLORIDA SINGLE COPY 75¢ Novelist Judith Krantz dies at 91 By Marcy Oster

(JTA)—Judith Krantz, one of the best-selling female novelists of all time, has died. Krantz died on Saturday at her home in Bel Air, Cali- fornia at the age 91, Deadline reported. According to the Jewish Women’s Archives, Krantz is the third-largest-selling female novelist in history. “Although her goal is for her books to provide escape and entertainment, she does try to make some serious points and has woven such issues as anti-Semitism and Judith Krantz the German occupation into her novels. All of her heroines hosted by her high school are working women, and she friend Barbara Walters. They has said that the subtext of were married for 53 years until all her books is women’s op- he died in 2007. portunities,” according to the Over 80 million copies of archives. her 10 novels are in print in She graduated from Welles- over 50 languages. Seven of ley College with a B.A. in her novels have also been 1948. She moved to Paris after adapted for television as graduation and worked as a either films or mini-series, fashion publicist, returning with her husband serving as after a year to New York to executive producer for many Cantor Rawiszer honored with ACC President’s Award for work for Good Housekeep- of them. ing magazine, where she Her novels were historically Volunteerism became fashion editor. She accurate due to her hours of Cantor Jacqueline Rawiszer was recently awarded the American Conference of Cantors President’s Award for Vol- spent more than a quarter research, according to Dead- unteerism at the recent ACC-GTM Convention in Atlanta on June 23,2019. Rawiszer—shown here with (left) Cantor decade as a magazine jour- line. “Krantz’s novels had a Steven Weiss, president of the American Conference of Cantors, and Dr. Michael Freidman—received the award for nalist, writing for Macleans, rare combination for com- exceptional leadership and in recognition of her commitment and dedication to Jewish music and the cantorate. McCalls, Ladies Home Journal mercial fiction: intelligence, and Cosmopolitan. complex characters, intricate Her first novel “Scruples” plots and a wicked sense of was published the year that humor. But it was the strong she turned 50. women she wrote about that White House unveils economic She met her husband Ste- captivated her audience in a ven Krantz, a producer and whole new way,” the Deadline portion of Middle East peace plan writer, in 1953 at a party obituary said. By Ron Kampeas plan authored by a team yahu loathes, defunded the The Palestinian Authority, Israeli company led by Kushner, President Palestinians and effectively which is boycotting the work- WASHINGTON (JTA)— Donald Trump’s son-in-law campaigned for Netanyahu shop next week in Bahrain, Days ahead of a workshop and key adviser, was posted in April’s election. has rejected the plan unseen where Jared Kushner sought Saturday on the White But elements of the plan in part because it seems wins US bid tens of billions of dollars for House website. It does not portend security compro- clear that it will stop short of his Middle East peace plan, outline the political portion mises that Netanyahu might statehood and of a Palestinian the White House unveiled of the peace plan, which be loath to make. Chief among claim to a portion of Jerusa- an outline of its economic the architects say will come them is a $5 billion transpor- lem. The plan and its annex, portion, including proposals, in November, after Israel’s tation project that would link which breaks down in detail like a Gaza-West Bank travel September elections. the Gaza Strip and the West where funds should go, do not corridor, that are sure to rattle The economic plan’s 40 Bank. mention Jerusalem. Israel’s government. pages enthusiastically en- Kushner’s plan envisions “A B C economics is that The Peace to Prosperity dorse expressions of Palestin- $50 billion to be disbursed no monetary value can predi- ian identity, from Palestinian on building infrastructure cate or substitute economic food to universities, and hint and capacity in the West sovereignty which is the first at political outcomes that Bank and the Gaza Strip, as requirement for prosperity,” The Elbit Systems Integrated Fixed Towers system. could upset Israeli Prime Min- well as to promote trade and Husam Zomlot, the Pales- ister Benjamin Netanyahu’s tourism partnerships with tine Liberation Organization (JNS)—Israeli defense elec- provides intelligence to agents plans to forge a coalition with Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon, envoy to Washington until tronics company Elbit Sys- patrolling on the ground. parties to the right of his with portions of the funding he was expelled last year by tems announced on Wednes- “Elbit Systems of America is Likud party. Not mentioned, to go to these countries. the Trump administration to day that its U.S. subsidiary has honored to have been selected however, is Palestinian state- Neither the 40-page plan punish the Palestinians for been awarded a $26 million by the CBP and the Tohono hood. nor the accompanying 96- their boycott of peace talks, contract by the U.S. Customs O’odham Nation to provide a In addition to the Gaza- page breakdown of how the said on Twitter. and Border Protection to solution to suit the needs of West Bank link, which would money will be spent mention Kushner in an interview install a multi-sensor system those living and working along inevitably cross Israeli terri- statehood. Kushner has said with Reuters, which reported to monitor the U.S.-Mexico the border in the Casa Grande tory, there are proposals to he doesn’t find the term use- the plan before it was posted, border. Area of Responsibility. This register Palestinian owner- ful, and David Friedman, the said its publication could According to a report in the project clearly demonstrates ship of land and allow Pales- U.S. ambassador to Israel, has bring around skeptics. Israeli financial daily Globes, our company’s mission to tinian farmers greater access said the political portion of the “I find that in the real world, Elbit will install an Inte- provide innovative solutions to water and arable land. plan will relinquish to Israel the way you solve problems is grated Fixed Towers system that protect and save lives,” These outcomes would put security control of the West by really going into the details, in Arizona. said the company’s president Netanyahu in a tough squeeze: Bank, suggesting that full putting forward proposals, Elbit has been involved in a and CEO Ranaan Horowitz, He has been unremitting in Palestinian sovereignty was agreeing, disagreeing on number of projects with U.S. according to Globes. his embrace of Trump, who not on the table. Netanyahu certain things—that’s very Customs regarding border has recognized Jerusalem as has retreated from favoring a healthy, that’s how you resolve security. Israel’s capital, recognized two-state outcome and said he a conflict,” he said. “Remem- The IFT system is a com- Israeli sovereignty over the plans to extend Israeli sover- ber, nobody agrees up until mand and control center Golan Heights, pulled out of eignty to Jewish settlements with sensors that monitors an Iran nuclear deal Netan- in the West Bank. Peace on page 15A the U.S.-Mexico border and PAGE 2A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, JULY 5, 2019 St. Augustine Jewish Historical Society mourns the death of Rabbi Richard Levy administrator, came to St. just weeks after his Rabbinic tine in 2014 to mark the 50th who now occupies the pulpit Richard Levy who rose to Augustine in support of Ordination at Hebrew Union anniversary of the arrests, at St. Paul AME Church, St. applaud Rawls,” noted Rabbi Reverend Dr. Martin Luther College in Cincinnati, Ohio. Levy was joined by five of Augustine, the same church Merrill Shapiro, president King, Jr. and the efforts He served as rabbi of the Leo his colleagues who had been from which the day that ended of the St. Augustine Jewish of the Southern Christian Baeck Temple in Los Angeles jailed together. The rabbis in the arrests began, asked, Historical Society. “Half a Leadership Council to de- and went on to lead the Hil- were gathered and brought “Where do we go from here?” century may have passed, but segregate St. Augustine. lel Organization of Jewish back by the St. Augustine and noted that the work of the Rabbi Richard Levy was as Attached to this effort was students at UCLA and the Los Jewish Historical Society. Civil Rights community is far ready as ever to rise to defend the desire to keep the Civil Angeles Hillel Council. His When Reverend Ron Rawls, from complete, “it was Rabbi the cause of justice!” Rights movement on the unusual abilities were quickly front pages of newspapers recognized and he soon rose around the country while to the post of director of the the U.S. Senate fillibuster of School of Rabbinical Studies Humanitarian crisis facing the Civil Rights Act of 1964 at the Jack H. Skirball Campus continued. in Los Angeles. He also served Levy came to St. Augustine as president of the Central immigrants in the US along with his colleagues in Conference of American Rab- the wake of news reports of bis, the CCAR, the Rabbinic The Holocaust Memo- seeking asylum within the seek understanding with the rial Resource and Education United States. ultimate goal of promoting a Rabbi Richard Levy snipers targeting civil rights organization of the Reform marchers. On the morning Movement in North America. Center of Florida would like to The mistreatment, abuse or just and caring community Just 72 hours after the St. of June 18, 1964, Levy and It was at the CCAR Convention make the following statement imposition of inhumane living in Orlando, the United States, Augustine Jewish Historical his colleagues attempted to in Atlantic City in 1964 that regarding the humanitarian conditions upon those fleeing and the World. Society marked the 55th pray with African Americans Levy answered the call to rise crisis currently facing im- persecution or oppression is Museum hours are Mon- anniversary of the largest at the door to the lunchroom for justice and to support the migrants in the United States inconsistent with the mission day - Thursday from 9 a.m. mass arrest of rabbis in of the Monson Hotel on Ave- effort to attain dignity for all today: of the Holocaust Center. No - 4 p.m., Friday from 9 a.m. U.S. history, Rabbi Richard nida Mendenedez. They were people regardless of the color As echoed through our person, regardless of their - 1 p.m., and Saturday and Levy, one of the 16 rabbis arrested and held in the St. of their skin or religious af- mission, the Holocaust Cen- citizenship status, should be Sunday from noon - 4 p.m. arrested, passed away. Levy, Johns County Jail. filiation. ter believes in using the denied a safe living environ- Founded in 1980 as a series along with a denominational Levy came to St. Augustine On his return to St. Augus- history and lessons of the ment, nor basic human rights. of lectures on the Holocaust, Holocaust to build a just and While we acknowledge that the Center opened its current caring community free of there are differing perspec- museum in 1986. The Holo- anti-Semitism and all forms tives on these issues and caust Center is located at 851 of prejudice and bigotry. One how to resolve them, we en- N. Maitland Avenue, Maitland, such lesson is of those seek- courage those with opposing Florida 32751. To learn more “ ” ing to escape persecution, views to engage in a healthy about the Holocaust Center, When I DO becomes poverty, and oppression by dialogue with one another to visit www.holocaustedu.org. “ ” ‘The Jewish Golden Age of I'M DONE. Spain: From Glory to Exile’ Are you interested in learn- under Islam, including po- congregations and has lec- ing more about the Jewish etry, music, and architecture; tured throughout Southern MARK LANG & ASSOCIATES history of Spain? Then register the horrors of the Inquisition California on women in the for “The Jewish Golden Age of and the agony of exile in Bible, creative prayer, and Divorce & Family Law | LANGLAW.NET | Oces: Winter Park Spain: From Glory to Exile” 1492; and this group’s last- the Hidden Jews of New taught by Jewish educator ing impact as they remained Mexico. 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Beth Shalom recognized for years of service Beth Shalom Memorial Chapel was recognized by the Independent Funeral Directors of Florida for its 25 years of membership at their annual meeting in Clearwater, June 7. Beth Shalom was founded by Manny Adams and Sammy Goldstein in 1984 and is the only Independent Jewish funeral home in Central Florida. Originally located on Gore Street in Downtown Orlando, the company relocated IS BACK! to its current facility on Lee Road in 1999. Beth Shalom is privileged to continue to have the honor of serving families in Publication Date: August 2, 2019 Central Florida, throughout the state and the United States, Europe, Central and Advertising Deadline: July 24, 2019 South America, Puerto Rico and Israel. HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, JULY 5, 2019 PAGE 3A Ocasio-Cortez rejects Auschwitz tour with Holocaust survivor (JNS)—U.S. Rep. Alexan- fact that the survivors are a deep understanding of the “Mr. King, the Republican almost unanimously in Janu- don’t use those words to dria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) passing away at an ever in- Shoah and had a profound Party literally stripped you ary, condemning white su- just throw bombs. I use that rejected an invitation on creasing rate,” wrote Jonny personal experience. Please of your Congressional com- premacy and King specifically. word because that is what Sunday to tour Auschwitz Daniels in the invitation, accept their offer,” he tweeted mittee assignments because ‘A mistake on her part’ an administration that cre- with a Holocaust survivor. which occurred after the on Saturday. you were too racist even for In her social-media re- ates concentration camps The organization From congresswoman said in an —Steve King (@Steve- them. My Jewish constituents marks, Ocasio-Cortez said is. A presidency that creates the Depths, whose president, Instagram video last week KingIA) June 23, 2019 have made clear to me that she wants to talk to those concentration camps is fas- 93-year-old Edward Mosberg, that the United States is “run- Ocasio-Cortez rejected they proudly stand w/ caged “who are concerned enough cist, and it’s very difficult to is a Holocaust survivor, ning concentration camps King’s plea. children who are starved, with humanity to say that say that.” invited her to see the camp, on our southern border,” “The last time you went denied sleep & sanitation,” ‘never again’ means some- Rep. Dean Phillips (D- where an estimated 1.1 mil- in reference to the Trump on this trip it was reported referring to migrants at the thing.” Minn.) called out her re- lion people, almost all of them administration’s policies that you also met w/ fringe U.S.-Mexico border. “The fact that concentra- marks. Jews, were killed. regarding illegal immigrants. Austrian neo-Nazi groups —Alexandria Ocasio-Cor- tions camps are now an “I think it was a very, very “The opportunity you will Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), to talk shop. So I’m going to tez (@AOC) June 23, 2019 institutionalized practice poor choice of words. I know have of visiting the German who endorsed a white su- have to decline your invite. King’s committee assign- in the Home of the Free is her and I respect her and I Nazi Concentration Camps premacist running in the But thank you for revealing ments were taken away in extraordinarily disturbing, don’t believe that her intent along with Mr. Mosberg, a Toronto mayoral race last to all how transparently the January following remarks and we need to do something was to conflate German con- 93-year-old survivor of his- year, urged the Democratic far-right manipulates these questioning how terms such about it,” she continued. centration camps from the tory’s most brutal genocidal congresswoman to accept moments for political gain,” as “white supremacist” and Ocasio-Cortez warned, Holocaust with the border regime, will enable you to Mosberg’s invitation. she tweeted. “white nationalist” have be- “We are losing to an au- camps,” Phillips told Jewish become a witness of a wit- “@AOC I went to Auschwitz —Alexandria Ocasio-Cor- come “offensive.” For years, thoritarian and fascist presi- Insider on Friday. “I think it ness, something that our & Birkenau with Eddie Maus- tez (@AOC) June 23, 2019 King was cited for the use of dency.” was a mistake on her part and generation will sadly be the berg & Jonny Daniels with Before declining the invita- similar language. “I don’t use those words I do not think in her heart last to do, as result of the In the Depths. I went with tion, Ocasio-Cortez tweeted, A House resolution passed lightly,” she continued. “I that it was her intention.” Bahrain conference reveals ‘Palestinian Authority has no interest in peace’ By Israel Kasnett economy before tackling the lion, 10-year investment plan authoritarian regime plagued Is time running out for since the 1990s” and will con- political aspects of the Arab- for the Palestinian Authority, by corruption and disregard the Palestinians? tinue to dwindle “as long as (JNS)—Despite bringing Israeli conflict. Jordan, Egypt and Lebanon. for human rights. Their obses- In his remarks, Kushner the Palestinians misbehave.” together a historic number However, with so much The workshop currently sion with the Palestinian issue made it clear that despite the He added that the impend- of Arab states and prominent controversy and seemingly taking place in Bahrain has also reflects an old European economic focus in Bahrain, ing economic crisis in the world leaders, the Bahrain intractable issues, many have come under heavy attack by disease: anti-Semitism.” it is still not a substitute for Palestinian territories “is economic conference, which questioned if the business- the Palestinians, but also from Inbar agreed with Kono- a political solution to the viewed by its leadership as seeks to be the first step in minded Bahrain workshop their supporters, especially in torovich, saying, “The Bah- conflict. leverage to get more money. the Trump administration’s can accomplish anything Europe. rain workshop is intended “To be clear, economic This is sickening.” efforts to bring peace between at all. In a Foreign Policy article to improve the Palestinian growth and prosperity for To some, it may even ap- the Israelis and Palestinians, But some are already seeing titled “Economic Band-Aids economy that is beleaguered the Palestinian people are not pear that this workshop was has been buffeted and vilified, achievements. Eugene Kon- Won’t Bring Peace to the by corruption, ineptitude possible without an enduring meant to prove once and for especially by the Palestinians, torovich, director of Interna- Middle East,” Muriel Asseburg and a bloated bureaucracy. and fair political solution all that the Palestinians are who called the Trump plan tional Law at the Jerusalem- of the German Institute for Unfortunately, the Palestinian to the conflict—one that not interested in any effort “dead on arrival” and have based Kohelet Policy Forum International and Security leadership refuses to cooper- guarantees Israel’s security to achieve peace. boycotted the summit. and who has extensively Affairs, and Hugh Lovatt of ate with the U.S.’ generous and respects the dignity of Kontorovich suggested that Senior adviser to and son- briefed senior officials in the the European Council on approach.” the Palestinian people,” said “going forward, the U.S. will in-law of U.S. President Don- Trump administration on Foreign Relations, believe He noted that the Palestin- Kushner. likely realize that Israel must ald Trump Jared Kushner, who the Arab-Israeli conflict, told that “European leaders should ians have once again “forfeited But Inbar warned that time take unilateral actions to pro- spearheaded the initiative, JNS: “The Bahrain Economic not lend support to a Trump another opportunity to im- may be running out for the tect its interests while improv- opened the two-day summit conference has already suc- administration plan that prove their lot and build peace Palestinians as international ing the lives of Palestinians, on Tuesday by calling it the ceeded in one major way; it has dangles economic carrots to bottom-up.” support “has been halved and will support such steps.” “opportunity of the century” revealed that the Palestinian Palestinians while entrench- that the Palestinians should Authority has no interest in ing the Israeli occupation.” seize upon. peace, and no ability to make Furthermore, they wrote “My direct message to the concessions.” that the initiative “has faced Barak forms a new party saying Palestinian people is that He added that “a regime strong resistance from Pal- despite what those who have that refuses to attend a estinians who doubt U.S. let you down in the past say, purely economic conference intentions.” ‘Netanyahu regime must be felled’ President Trump and America endorsed by its major Arab Efraim Inbar, president have not given up on you,” allies is one that is simply try- of the Jerusalem Institute By Marcy Oster “Bibi, this is your last Netanyahu following his he said. ing to deepen the suffering of for Strategy and Security, chance to go home of your first term. Prior to entering Given the decades of fail- its own people to weaponize dismissed their approach, JERUSALEM (JTA)—For- own volition,” he said, using politics, he was chief of staff ures to achieve peace, the against Israel.” telling JNS that “the Euro- mer Israeli prime minis- Netanyahu’s nickname. of the Israel Defense Forces. Trump administration has Ahead of the workshop, pean opposition to the Trump ter Ehud Barak announced Barak, who did not say He retired from politics in taken a different approach the Trump administration re- peace plan is rooted in anti- Wednesday that he is forming what the name of his new 2001 after his defeat to Ariel with the Bahrain summit, one leased a 40-page document on American sentiments and a a new political party. party would be, was joined Sharon’s Likud party. that broaches the Palestinian Saturday detailing a $50 bil- sick blindness to a Palestinian At an evening news confer- for his announcement by In 2005, Barak re-entered ence, Barak said he rushed former army chief of staff politics with Labor and to make the announcement Yair Golan and Kobi Richter, went on to serve as defense to thwart Prime Minister co-founder of Medinol and a minister from 2007 to 2013, Gary Rosenblatt stepping Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan peace activist. He reportedly including four years when Ne- to cancel the Sept. 17 election. plans to form a coalition tanyahu was prime minister. “Netanyahu has reached with the Labor and Meretz He retired again from politics down as editor and publisher the end” of his political ca- parties. in 2013. He is chairman reer,” Barak said. “The Netan- Barak, 77, became prime of medical cannabis com- A new editor is expected yahu regime must be felled.” minister in 1999, defeating pany InterCure Ltd. to be named in the coming weeks, according to the newspaper. Rich Waloff, the associate publisher and chief revenue officer for the INVESTORS WANTED past 25 years, will become publisher, and Robert Gold- blum, managing editor since Rosenblatt came aboard from the Baltimore Jewish Experienced Chef looking for Times, will remain in his post. investors for a newly opened Rosenblatt began at the Gary Rosenblatt The Jewish Week as assistant editor from 1972 to 1974, Jewish delicatessen in the area. By Marcy Oster Mideast debate on campus, in when he was named editor 2002; and The Conversation, of the Baltimore weekly. He Very knowledgeable chef with (JTA)—Gary Rosenblatt, an off-the-record retreat with remained there for nearly 20 the editor and publisher of a diverse Jewish participation, years before taking his current The New York Jewish Week to discuss major issues facing positions in 1993. many years cooking and catering for 26 years, is stepping down. American Jewry, in 2005. It Rosenblatt, 72, will con- Under his stewardship, the also launched the publica- tinue to write occasionally for of all facets of Jewish Delicacies. newspaper started Write On tion Fresh Ink for Teens, The The Jewish Week and remain For Israel, an educational/ Jewish Week Investigative involved in several of its edu- advocacy program to prepare Journalism Fund and The cational projects, according Please contact chef Chaleur at 407-782-6013 high school students for the Jewish Week Forum. to the newspaper. PAGE 4A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, JULY 5, 2019 Dangerous drive to correlate Islamophobia with anti-Semitism

By Melanie Phillips of anti-Semitism—an equation made by the ambassador Maleeha Lodhi said Islamophobia contemporary mutations: anti-Zionism, and leadership of Britain’s Jewish community as was “today the most prevalent expression of the demonization and delegitimization of (JNS)—The Somali-born congresswoman well. This is dismaying because it’s a morally racism and hatred against ‘the other.’ ” Israel. The refusal to criticize Muslims means Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), who has made a number bankrupt and dangerous equivalence. This is totally untrue. Apart from the fact that the frenzied discourse of anti-Jewish of anti-Semitic remarks, is currently embroiled While some people are truly prejudiced that Islam is not a race but a religion, the hatred coursing through the Islamic world, in controversy over her marriage history. When against Muslims—just as some hate or fear true hatred of “the other” that really is most consisting of blood libels, unhinged conspiracy claims against her of bigamy and immigration anyone not like themselves—Islamophobia prevalent today is anti-Semitism. And those theories and paranoid fantasies, has become fraud first emerged in 2016, Omar accused the was invented by the Muslim Brotherhood as principally spreading this poison are the po- normalized in broader Western society. journalists involved of “Islamophobia.” a way of silencing legitimate discussion of any litical left in tandem with the Muslim world. Muslim ideologues state openly that what Omar has also made a claim being heard fault in the Islamic world. In Britain, the Labour Party is convulsed motivates them above all is their hatred not more and more: that Muslims are called A relentless campaign is currently being by epidemic, eye-watering anti-Semitism just of Israel, but the Jews. anti-Semites only because they are Muslim. waged to outlaw Islamophobia in the West— among its members. A detailed survey last The leader of Hezbollah, Sheikh Hassan In other words, anyone who calls out Muslim and thereby shut down that vital discussion. year from the University of Oslo found that Nasrallah, has said: “If we searched the entire anti-Semitism is Islamophobic. The United Nations is working with the Or- in Scandinavia, Germany, Britain and France, world for a person more cowardly, despicable, This twisted claim is a way of making Muslim ganisation of Islamic Cooperation to prohibit most anti-Semitic violence is being perpetrated weak and feeble in psyche, mind, ideology and anti-Semitism unsayable. all speech that Muslims consider offensive. by Muslims. religion, we would not find anyone like the Jew. The claim is being heard alongside the A few days ago, Pakistan ramped up the pres- This is broadly unsayable because of the Notice, I do not say the Israeli.” message that Islamophobia is the equivalent sure. Backing the U.N.’s initiative, Pakistan’s terror of being labeled Islamophobic, the Earlier this month, Iraqi cleric Abd Al-Salam taunt deployed against anyone who calls out Zain Al-Abidin said on Iraqi TV that the Koran Muslim anti-Semitism. That’s why this week’s focuses on the Jews as much as it does because declaration by U.N. secretary-general António they’re the “sworn enemy” of the Muslims. Ocasio-Cortez should visit Guterres that he would “continue to call out The Palestinian Arabs pump out psychotic, anti-Semitic racism and other forms of hatred,” Nazi-style libels and calumnies against Jews. but who is also poised to ban all criticism of At the end of last year, a preacher said typically Islam under precisely that umbrella, is dan- on Palestinian Authority TV that the Jews ‘The Evidence Room’ gerous cant. “expose their fangs whenever they get the For Muslim anti-Semitism is fueling and By David Suissa column was utilized to murder as many as legitimizing Western anti-Semitism and its Phillips on page 15A 2,000 people at once.” (Jewish Journal via JNS)—It’s a sign of Yes, these details are chilling and difficult to how politicized our national discourse has read, but they remind us how careful we must become that nothing is out of bounds—not be when we dare tread on one of humanity’s even the Holocaust. When Rep. Alexandria worst atrocities. What the Trump peace plan Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) used the charged term Allowing our anger at current events to “concentration camp” last week to describe justify weaponizing this atrocity is not just migrant detention centers, maybe she didn’t wrong, it’s counterproductive. As we saw last cannot accomplish realize that the term, semantics aside, uniquely week, Ocasio-Cortez’s justified rage at the reverberates with the murder of millions of conditions in our migrant detention centers By Jonathan S. Tobin Clinton or Barack Obama put on the Jewish Jews during the Holocaust. got obliterated by the controversy over her use state, and no matter how many times Israel If she still has any doubt, she ought to walk of “concentration camp.” So, instead of talking (JNS)—When the Trump administration said “yes” to two states as they did a number over to the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, about what we can do to improve conditions, released the economic portion of its Middle of times in the last 20 years. D.C., and check out “The Evidence Room.” The we argued over her use of the charged term. East peace plan last week, the avalanche of The Palestinians had their chance to get the exhibit, which opened June 12, reproduces the That term may be useful to bash a political criticism was immediate and harsh. Even “liberty” they say they wanted in 2000, 2001 expert architecture that turned the Auschwitz opponent, but it does little to further either the though the president’s foreign-policy team and 2008, when Israeli governments put a concentration camp into a systematic factory cause of migrants or the cause of Holocaust couched the plan as a “vision” of peace rather two-state solution with almost all of the West for murder. remembrance. than an intricate blueprint, its critics weren’t Bank and a share of Jerusalem in their hands. Reporting from the museum, Jewish Journal As the head of the USC Shoah Foundation, wrong in pointing out that there was little in They also enjoyed eight years of an Obama writer Jordan Schachtel describes some of the Stephen Smith, writes in the Journal: it that was new, and that its chances of suc- administration that clearly saw Israeli policies haunting details that facilitated the efficient “The rule of thumb is never to appropri- cess were nil. as the main obstacle to peace. Still, every time killing of Jews. First, the doors: ate the Holocaust to explain, compare or Yet in analyzing the effort, it’s important to they had the chance to get the state they say “Nazi architects designed this door, an contrast contemporary issues, whether we note that there’s a difference saying that the they want so badly, they said “no.” entrance to the gas chamber, with two ideas are Jews, Christian or Muslims; Republicans plan won’t succeed and saying that putting At some point, the foreign-policy profes- in mind—maximum ‘security’ and maximum or Democrats. it forth was the wrong thing to do. That’s sionals should have figured out that the old killing speed and efficiency. The door to the “Families on the southern border of the USA, because the problem with it isn’t the content, approach was never going to work. gas chambers acts simultaneously as an im- the rights of Palestinians, the existence of the but the context. An effort to shift the focus That is, in essence, what Kushner, Green- penetrable jail cell and as a key component of State of Israel, do not need the Holocaust to from a push on Israeli concessions, which blatt and company have done by attempting a rapid extermination machine. have legitimacy as pressing issues in their own are never enough to satisfy the Palestinians, to restart the conversation about peace in a “The gas-tight door is modified so that it right. We do not need to invoke the deaths of to one in which Palestinian society could be different way. opens out, rather than in, so that more corpses Jewish children 75 years ago, who have no transformed—economically and hopefully Instead, they think emphasizing policies could be retrieved from the gas chamber more voice of their own, to make our voice sound peaceably—was long overdue. But as long as that will give the Palestinians a stake in peace efficiently. A latch is installed to further re- more legitimate.” the intended beneficiaries aren’t interested in and promoting measures that will mandate inforce the door. The door has a peephole so Maybe we can’t help ourselves. Maybe we such programs, the “ultimate deal” is simply good governance have the potential to change the guards can observe the swift murder of need those dramatic, incendiary tweets to not going to happen under any circumstances. everything. You can call that an attempt to everyone inside. The victims’ side of the door bludgeon our political rivals. But this is having The sticking point is clear. Palestinian Au- “bribe” the Palestinians into accepting peace was fitted with a mesh wiring surrounding the a corrosive effect on our national conversation. thority leaders say they want the investment with Israel, but all it really amounts to is a peephole to prevent prisoners from attempting Loosely appropriating Holocaust imagery is and aid, but that any discussion of economics reminder that coexistence would create a better to break the glass.” just an extreme example of this widespread must await a political settlement in which they reality than the current one rooted in conflict. Then, the wall hatches and ladders: phenomenon. will be given an independent state. Only after Trump was right to try to end his prede- “This system was designed so that guards As Smith reminds us, the memory of they achieve sovereignty, they say, will the aid cessors’ coddling of Palestinian fantasies of could lob Zyklon-B, the human-killing the millions who perished in the Holocaust be welcome or relevant. defeating Israel, which is what their policies pesticide, into above-ground gas chambers. “should always provoke us to be more humane That’s a fact that many Trump-adminis- of non-recognition of Jerusalem and refusing Nazi troops would climb a ladder and toss in every situation.” And, as “The Evidence tration critics have echoed when dismissing to condition aid on ending support for terror the Zyklon-B gas canisters into an open Room” makes clear, there is something so the plan authored by presidential adviser/ amounted to. hatch, leaving locked-in victims with no- unspeakable about the calculated murder of son-in-law Jared Kushner and U.S. negotiator The problem is that the Palestinians’ where to go. This type of killing machine millions of Jews that it behooves us not to taint Jason Greenblatt. They say Trump’s team is century-old war on Zionism has become inex- could take out an estimated 1,000 innocent the memory of the victims with the ugliness putting the cart before the horse and effectively tricably linked to their national identity to the lives per day.” of today’s politics. rendering the peace process irrelevant by not point where it is impossible for anyone inside And then, the gas column: By all means, let’s never forget the Holocaust focusing on the actual points of contention that their political structure to imagine normal life “The floor-to-ceiling column was designed and let’s always fight for the rights of migrants. separate the parties, like borders, settlements alongside a Jewish state. And even if they could to double the killing speed of the ladder system. But for the sake of both, let’s not mix them up. and refugees. make that leap of imagination, entrenched The column system allowed Nazis to lower David Suissa is editor-in-chief and publisher As veteran State Department peace proces- forces like Hamas and other Islamist groups, the Zyklon-B through an airtight hatch and of Tribe Media Corp and Jewish Journal. He sor Aaron David Miller, who now heads the as well as the millions of descendants of the then remove the gas canisters in an expedited can be reached at [email protected]. Wilson Center, a Washington think tank, put 1948 Arab refugees who continue to hold onto manner, freeing up the gas chambers for This column first appeared in the Jewish it: “The Palestinians’ economic problem isn’t the false hope of erasing the last 71 years of more rounds of total extermination. The gas Journal. a lack of money. It’s a lack of liberty.” history, won’t like them act on it. Even if we were to lay aside for the moment That’s why Hamas continues to promote the THE VIEWS EXPRESSED ON THIS PAGE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THE VIEWS OF HERITAGE MANAGEMENT. that the main obstacle to Palestinian liberty is “right of return” as if the eradication of the the tyrannical rule of Hamas in Gaza and that Jewish state was a viable option. And it’s why the ✡ ✡ ✡ CENTRAL FLORIDA’S INDEPENDENT JEWISH VOICE ✡ ✡ ✡ of Fatah in the West Bank rather than Israel, Palestinian Authority continues to subsidize ISSN 0199-0721 Winner of 46 Press Awards Editor/Publisher this argument fails to answer the key ques- terror in the form of salaries for imprisoned Jeffrey Gaeser tion that most be posed to critics of Trump’s terrorists, and pensions for their families and

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HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, JULY 5, 2019 PAGE 5A Erdoğan’s loss is Israel’s gain By Ruthie Blum est city didn’t seem to pose enabling him to win by a far understatement to say that public that he founded in 1923 Na’eh, presented his creden- too great a problem for the wider margin than the first Imamoğlu was fighting an was a burgeoning industrial tials in Ankara, Erdoğan (JNS)—When Turk- Turkish despot. All he had time. uphill battle. Which made his democracy genuinely allied said, “Policies of oppression, ish President Recep Tayyip to do was deem the election Imagine the Turkish ty- stunning victory that much with the United States, Europe deportation and discrimina- Erdoğan declared, during invalid on the basis of some rant’s horror at the massive sweeter and more significant. and Israel. tion have been increasingly the lead-up to the country’s phony “administrative error” crowds of secular CHP sup- It was a truly happy mo- Yes, Israel, which Erdoğan continuing against our Pal- March 31 municipal elections, and force a new round of polls. porters, persecuted Kurds ment not only for Turks, has compared to the Third estinian brothers since 1948.” that “whoever wins Istanbul, Which he did, on May 6, by and disgruntled devout Mus- but for the West as a whole. Reich. In other words, he admitted wins Turkey,” he couldn’t having Turkey’s “Supreme lims—sick and tired of back- Erdoğan’s role as mayor of “I don’t agree with what to viewing Israel’s entire exis- have imagined that the catchy Election Board” annul the ing the party hacks of an Is- Istanbul from 1994 to 1998 Hitler did and I also don’t tence, since its establishment, campaign slogan was going to Istanbul results. lamist autocrat whose agenda had catapulted him to an agree with what Israel did in as criminal. No relation what- energize his rivals and bode ill If that didn’t work, he could never helped them improve 11-year premiership in 2003 Gaza,” he said in an interview soever to the naval blockade for his own continued reign always add a few dozen people their lot—gathering in the and to the presidency in 2014. in 2016. “Therefore there’s no that Israel imposed on the of terror. to the already jam-packed streets and hanging from Perhaps Imamoğlu is now on place for comparison in order Gaza Strip, from which it Even the initial mayoral jails, filled with anyone who balconies to cheer Imamoğlu. a similar path. to say what’s more barbaric.” withdrew completely in 2005, victory of Ekrem Imamoğlu— dared to look at him cross- Consider Erdoğan’s humili- Indeed, if Erdoğan’s motto A few days later, Istanbul as a result of incessant terror- the opposition Republican eyed. ation at Yıldırım’s concession about Istanbul was correct, hosted the first annual confer- ist attacks from the Turkish People’s Party candidate Or so he must have thought. of defeat. The same Erdoğan Turkey might be on the ence of the association of “Par- leader’s Hamas buddies. challenging Binali Yıldırım, What he didn’t realize, whose party had every elec- verge of wresting itself from liamentarians for Al-Quds.” Nevertheless, in 2010, a former prime minister from however, was that the extra toral advantage. You know, Erdoğan’s stranglehold, and During the two-day gather- Erdoğan—also chummy Erdoğan’s ruling Justice and few weeks before Sunday’s with all the state’s institutions resume the moderate tradi- ing, which was held a week with the Muslim Brother- Development Party—three Istanbul election “redo” would and controlled media outlets tions and statesmanship of before Israel’s newly instated months ago in Turkey’s larg- work in Imamoğlu’s favor, on his side. It would be a gross Kemal Atatürk, when the re- ambassador to Turkey, Eitan Erdoğan on page 15A We need fewer stereotypical Jews on TV—and more Walter Sobchaks By Molly Pascal an ugly story about the nature caper along with his equally not dressed as an obviously namon babka was inferior to the world to watch. Through of the Jewish people. ragtag bowling team. religious Jew. He isn’t wearing chocolate. But those are all film and television, creators (JTA)—The other day, my This kind of portrayal in The most “Jewish” mo- a black hat or a kippah; he’s cultural references, not the have an opportunity to break Catholic mother-in-law again American entertainment is ment in the film happens wearing a khaki bandana. serious business of what it tropes, breach fear of the implored me, her sole Jewish not unique. It’s often too when Donny, played by Steve He does have a beard, but it means to practice Judaism. “other” and offer a more daughter-in-law, to watch easy to determine that a Buscemi, announces that is sparse and sculpted, more In “The Big Lebowski,” nuanced portrayal of what it “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.” character on TV is Jewish: the next round of a bowling hip than Hasid. Walter Sobchak’s outrage and means to be Jewish. The third season of the award- Does their last name end in tournament has been posted. Is this a joke, a distasteful sincerity shine through as he We need more characters winning show is expected -stein or -berg? Do they have Walter Sobchak, a moody Viet- send-up, a way of mocking attempts to explain Shabbat to like Walter Sobchak. He’s to air in a few months, so I a big nose? A big mouth? nam veteran and member of Jews? It’s about as unexpected his flabbergasted friends. His Jewish where it matters—on dutifully resigned myself to Are they wealthy? Stingy? the bowling team, asks when as George Bush warbling voice rises in frustration as he the inside. He’s complex, the task. Neurotic? they play. through “Hatikvah” at a trac- explains that he doesn’t ride nuanced, unapologetic and But as I watched, I could In an era of increased sensi- At the answer, “Saturday,” tor show. in a car, handle money or turn proud of his identity. I am not help but agree with Paul tivity to minority representa- Walter, played by the decidedly “The Big Lebowski” hit on the oven, shouting loudly trying to be a little more like Brownfield of the Los Ange- tion, this is a missed opportu- non-Jewish John Goodman, the Big Screen in 1998. By enough to reach every ear in him. I wish more in Hollywood les Times’ assessment that nity to do better. Thankfully, insists that they’ll have to then, the general public had the room. would, too. the show is an “endurance there are examples of movie reschedule. Clearly agitated, already learned some things Walter doesn’t check a Molly Pascal, a writer test of ethnic self-parody” characters that have managed Walter demands to know about modern American (or single box on the stereotypical and a member of the Tree which left him, and me, feel- to transcend this flattening who in the league office is at least New York) Jewish Jewish checklist. He doesn’t of Life synagogue, lives in ing queasy. of Jewish identity and break responsible for the egregious culture. A very successful “look” or act Jewish. He isn’t Pittsburgh. She has written The show is stocked with stereotypes— and my favorite scheduling. run of “Seinfeld” brought wealthy. He exemplifies the for The New York Times, the supposedly “Jewish” char- of all is Walter Sobchak of “The The friends are mystified, words like “shiksa,” “bris” idea that the definition of a Washington Post, Lithub and acters, such as the whiny, Big Lebowski.” but curious, so Walter ex- and “kosher” into the com- Jew is not by one’s name, looks many other publications. self-centered princess, the The central plot of the Coen plains. He keeps the Jewish mon lexicon. Viewers had or wallet. The views and opinions interfering mother and the brothers’ film revolves around Sabbath. More specifically, he learned why Jewish people In light of the current expressed in this article are money-hungry father-in-law. an aimless, pothead slacker explained that I “don’t f***ing might not eat lobster, that climate of increasing anti- those of the author and do not While such tropes produce named Jeffrey Lebowski (bet- roll” on Shabbos. they ate things named Semitism, we must think necessarily reflect the views laughs, sometimes in self-rec- ter known as “The Dude”) In this scene, as in the rest “kreplach,” “brisket” and carefully about how the Jews of JTA or its parent company, ognition, the traits perpetuate who gets caught up in a crime of the movie, Goodman is “tzimmes,” and that cin- of television are portrayed for 70 Faces Media. Why the Supreme Court’s decision to let a taxpayer-funded cross stand is dangerous for American Jews By Joshua Z. Rokach district court agreed that the a crescent and others a simple Justices Stephen Breyer behind drawn shades) or suf- citizens from the state-backed monument violated the First plain slab. By no stretch of the and Elena Kagan sought to fering from severe economic imposition of religion as much (JTA)—On June 20, the Amendment. In reversing that imagination can we turn a avoid controversies over new hardship. as it was designed to protect U.S. Supreme Court ruled decision, the Supreme Court cross on a grave into anything shrines, so the court gave pro- Only pressure from large our free practice of religion. that a four-story-high cross jettisoned that test—and tied but a sectarian symbol. tection to “old” monuments. department stores led to If we still hold this value to on government land abutting itself into knots. Similarly, Justice Brett In one of his constitutional their repeal, and future be an essential American one, a major road—brightly lit at As Justice Ruth Bader Kavanaugh applied troubling law classes, Robert Bork, my legislatures could reinstate then the Supreme Court’s night and maintained by tax- Ginsburg eloquently wrote standards. His proposed law school antitrust professor, them. Christmas tree-light- latest decision is a step in the payer funds—can continue in her dissent, the cross as standard that Establishment aptly compared this sort of ing ceremonies on public wrong direction. to loom over drivers because a war memorial embodies Clause violations require jurisprudence to “Fiddler on grounds such as the National Joshua Z. Rokach, a gradu- the monument has stood for the essence of the Christian “coercion” and his conclu- the Roof”—“I don’t know, but Mall, even if accompanied by ate of Yale Law School and a almost a century. religion. sion that the Bladensburg it’s tradition.” Christian homilies to mark retired energy lawyer, lives In doing so, the court “The Latin cross is the fore- cross did not rise to that level This same deference to the occasion, or appropria- in Silver Spring, Maryland. needlessly applied a new legal most symbol of the Christian reflects a sheltered view of life. tradition would allow Sunday tion of government money The views and opinions standard with the potential faith, embodying the central Originalists, like Kavanaugh, closing laws, which on the for religious-based social expressed in this article are to make American life more theological claim of Christi- exhibit an inordinate fondness Lower East Side once forced programs could likewise those of the author and do not uncomfortable for Jews and anity,” she wrote. for the dictionary. The pres- observant Jews to choose enjoy immunity. necessarily reflect the views other religious minorities. The American Legion, a ence of the cross falls short between breaking the law The First Amendment was of JTA or its parent company, Since the 1925 case Git- Christian veterans group, of coercion by the diction- (operating their businesses designed to protect American 70 Faces Media. low v. New York, 268 US built and maintains ties to ary definition of the term. 652, the Supreme Court has the monument even while However, religious freedom extended the First Amend- Maryland taxpayers support requires making all people ment’s mandated separation the monument’s upkeep. The feel welcome. Driving past the between church and state to cross, therefore, represents a cross engenders the opposite. every branch of government governmental endorsement Two of the justices took at every level. of Christianity. more extreme positions. U.S. courts tradition- Worse, the majority deci- Clarence Thomas’ fringe view ally apply a three-part test sion shows a lack of sensitiv- essentially allows a state to when determining whether ity to religious minorities. foster an official religion. or not a religious symbol Justice Samuel Alito’s opinion Neil Gorsuch’s holding dis- on public property violates brushed aside the serious misses concerns by writing, the First Amendment: Does problem with non-Christians “If individuals and groups the symbol have a secular confronting a government- could invoke the authority of purpose? Does its display sponsored cross by holding a federal court to forbid what endorse religion? And does that the symbol had become they dislike for no more reason maintaining the statue en- a “universal” representation than they dislike it, we would tangle the government in of death. risk exceeding the judiciary’s matters of faith? But as Ginsburg correctly limited constitutional man- In this case, American noted, this is not the case: Jew- date and infringing on powers Legion et. al. v. American Hu- ish graves bear not a cross but committed to other branches manist Association et. al., the a Magen David, Muslim graves of government.” PAGE 6A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, JULY 5, 2019 What’s A COMPREHENSIVE Who said no Israelis attended COMMUNITY LIGHT Happening CALENDAR SHABBAT CANDLES AT For inclusion in the What’s Happening Calendar, copy must be sent on sepa- the Summit in Bahrain? rate sheet and clearly marked for Calendar. Submit copy via: e-mail (news@ JULY 5 orlandoheritage.com); mail (P.O. Box 300742, Fern Park, FL 32730-0742); 8:09 p.m. fax (407-831-0507); or drop it by the office (207 O’Brien Rd., Ste. 101, Fern JULY 12 Park) Deadline is Wednesday noon, 10 days prior to publication. 8:07 p.m.

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HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, JULY 5, 2019 PAGE 7A Supremacists and jihadis form ‘two-pronged attack‘ threatening Jews in US the Pittsburgh shooter was said Carmon, several Western criminal content remained active, and 8Chan, which pre- countries and social-media for the Internet companies tends to be a regular site but companies have been explor- to exploit with impunity and in reality is a full-blown racist ing new ways to purge the web immunity,” he said. site inciting to violence,” said of incitement. However, he The Internet companies Carmon. said, “all of this should have fought FOSTA to preserve “Lately, [8Chan users] been done years ago, and not their right to profit from identified MEMRI as a threat only after blood was spilled pornography and pedophilia, and doxed us [revealed private and lives lost.” said Carmon. They are con- or identifying information] Initially, he said, the social- tent, he went on, “to reap a in an attempt to intimidate media companies vigorously bonanza from ad revenues on our personnel. Little do they resisted efforts to crack down Holocaust denial, apologetics understand—this only en- on incitement. for Hitler, beheadings, racial courages us to redouble our “All the social-media com- incitement and jihad recruit- efforts.” panies previously marshaled a ment.” “In a major report that series of false argument to say “For years, the Internet MEMRI published two that it couldn’t be done—and companies hid behind the months ago when we began suddenly, everything is pos- ACLU and other useful idiots this project,” said Carmon, sible,” he said. who actually bought the story “we identified 28 major white Many people have never that the Internet companies’ Yigal Carmon, president of the Middle East Media Research Institute. supremacist platforms and heard of the Communications immunity was designed to eight individuals. Unfortu- Decency Act of 1996, said protect dissidents, not corpo- By Ariel Ben Solomon preached anti-Christian and but we soon realized that the nately, this is merely the tip Carmon, which under Sec- rate dividends. However, more anti-Jewish hate propaganda. methodology that we used to of the iceberg.” tion 230 provides immunity traffic online translates into (JNS)—“Far-right anti- Sometimes, he said, the very monitor the jihadis was fully According to a report by The for social-media companies. larger advertising revenue for Semitism is on the rise in same preachers whose mes- applicable to the study of the New York Times in November But now, he said, that blanket the companies,” said Carmon. the United States and Europe, sage in the mosques was white supremacist threat. last year, U.S. law enforce- immunity is under threat. Governments and legisla- but the response from both incitement, hate and even “What we discovered was ment was unprepared for the “Only last year was this tures are beginning to lose Jewish communities and law advocacy for violence were a totally parallel world of threat coming from white legal abomination partially their infatuation with the enforcement agencies has also engaged in interfaith incitement to violence, with supremacists. According to breached, in the form of Internet companies, he said, been defensive and case by activities. deep-rooted ideology, with Carmon, this is one of the the Fighting Online Sex but some of the old reverence case, rather than proactive “Since in Europe not only heroes and Red Alert days areas where he feels MEMRI Trafficking Act. All other remains. and comprehensive,” Yigal actions but hate speech is (such as the “Day of the Rope” has a role to play. Carmon, the president of the criminalized, the authorities on Aug. 1, when ‘betrayers of “We see our mission as Middle East Media Research took action against them the race’ are to be hanged).” providing [U.S. law enforce- Institute, told JNS in a recent based on MEMRI’s monitor- Monitoring white su- ment agencies] with research interview. ing,” he said. Not so the U.S. premacists on social assistance on both the jihadi The threat to freedom in Jewish organizations he tried media and white supremacist fronts,” to warn. Although ideology and the United States is twofold, said Carmon, through “fol- Construction, Remodels, Additions, Handyman said Carmon. “I took these results to actions are inextricably inter- lowing social media profes- On the one hand is the the leadership of several U.S. twined, “Americans generally sionally.” does most anything jihadi threat, which mani- Jewish organizations to warn imagine that a wall separates Are social-media com- fests in terrorist attacks but about the emerging threat and the two,” said Carmon, adding panies finally taking Ricardo Torres — Handyman is rooted in the ideological encourage them to protest that “Europe, which experi- action? incitement of preachers in in various ways,” he said. “I enced the Second World War, Since the New Zealand 407-221-5482 the mosques. On the other was stunned to realize that knows better and criminal- mosque shootings in March, Available in Central Florida Area • References Available hand are white supremacists, the leaders of the Jewish izes Nazi, racist, xenophobic neo-Nazis, fascists and others community I spoke with are speech, as well as Holocaust who frequently pose a mortal totally afraid to deal with denial.” threat to Jews and people of the challenge in a proactive, “Within 10 days,” he said, color. Like the jihadists, the comprehensive way.” “we exposed specific threats white supremacists also target They fear for their own to kill a Jewish journalist the LGBT community, said personal safety, he said, and working for Buzzfeed and a Carmon. also fear that openly challeng- candidate for the Seattle mu- “This deadly two-pronged ing radical Islamists would nicipal council. We also found attack is engendering a situ- expose them to accusations a white supremacist taking ation where dignified and of Islamophobia. covert photos of Orthodox safe Jewish communal life “So while Islamist preach- Jews in supermarkets in the in America is almost impos- ers are free to call for killing hope, as he posted online, of sible,” said Carmon. Jews, with complete immu- ‘wiping the blood from the Monitoring U.S. imams nity, it is Islamophobic to blade of his axe.’ Jewish Graveside Package: During the past year-and- counter them,” he said. “We also found a macabre a-half, he explained, MEMRI And as if that weren’t intersectionality when the • Service of Funeral Director and Staff concentrated on monitoring enough, he added, “I was openly anti-Semitic David sermons by imams across stunned even more to hear Duke praised Representative America. The results from a the argument that in order to Ilhan Omar, recognizing their • Sacred Burial Shroud random sample of over 100 be heard regarding the jihad- kindred anti-Semitism,” said imams, he said, were shock- ist threat we had ‘to balance’ Carmon. ing. The sermons were laced our exposure of radical Islam Carmon rejects the term • Filing all Necessary Paperwork with incitement to kill Jews, by monitoring and exposing “lone wolf” both for jihadists support for global jihad and the white supremacists and and white supremacists. Like • $200.00 to Chevra Kaddish Society donation for washing hard-core misogyny. A few neo-Nazis as well. wolves in nature, he said, imams, he said, preached “After overcoming my terrorists, whether of the tolerance and coexistence, but shock at this approach—it jihadist or white-supremacist • Traditional Jewish Flat Top Pine Casket they were a small minority. was days after the Pittsburgh varieties, live and work in This replicated the organi- synagogue shooting—we packs—online packs in the zation’s findings in Europe, began monitoring this dark terrorists’ case. • Staff Supervison of Service at Graveside he added, where a very few world of hatred, too. We were “There are major platforms called for tolerance and coex- unfamiliar with this phe- catering to white suprema- istence, and a sizable majority nomenon at the beginning, cists, such as GAB, where • Transportation to Cemetery $4595.00

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responding impulsively, the Genesis 123 Foundation held back from jumping in right away, waiting to see what the actual needs were. In the end, the community prioritized the need for new bicycles for the children. This past week they realized that goal with three separate deliveries of dozens of bicycles to those whose homes and belongings had been lost. The final delivery is set for this week. There was great and unique partnership in that the donations came from Christians around the world, and that the store from which the new bikes were purchased reduced the prices to just above cost. One of the most exciting moments was to give a credit card to pay for the bikes on behalf of the Genesis 123 Jonathan Feldstein Foundation and Run for Zion, Jonathan Feldstein The bikes arrive. Each child’s name is written on paper and placed on the handlebars. knowing that the store was The children rush in to claim their bikes. partnering as well, and how By Jonathan Feldstein turned away because of the intuitively at least 2000-2500 much this would make the generous response. were children. Their trauma children happy. Especially as Before the wildfires were Watching the disaster un- would be severe. It would summer vacation was begin- extinguished in Israel last fold, board members of the also be exacerbated by their ning, giving the kids new bikes month, organizations and Genesis 123 Foundation and parents’ trauma and loss. Like restored a sense of normalcy communities throughout RunforZion.com exchanged all adults people have the and enabled them to start Israel stepped up to help emails and text messages ask- ability to deal with trauma their vacations happily. the more than 3500 people ing how they could help. With differently. Parents faced the With the first delivery of who had been evacuated and the mission to build bridges dual burden of rebuilding more than two-dozen bikes, displaced from their homes, between Jews and Christians their lives and helping the how important and impact- including residents of Mevo in ways that are unique and children. ful this was to the kids, as Modiin, a community that meaningful, this seemed like The Genesis 123 Foun- well as their parents, became was all but completely burned more than an opportunity but dation and Run for Zion vivid. Children lined up with down. an obligation. launched a campaign to raise anticipation outside the door Calls to provide clothes and To make an impact that money to replace toys of chil- of the room in where the other supplies were responded would be most strategic, the dren who had lost everything. bikes had been kept. Names to so much so that by the next children’s’ welfare came to The thinking was that helping were affixed to each bicycle so morning, almost as quickly as mind. If 3500 were displaced to make the kids happy would that the kids could find their the fire started and calls were and many lost their homes also be a respite and relief for own bikes set aside for them. issued to help, people were and all their belongings, the parents. Unlike others As soon as the doors opened, they ran in. The kids’ smiles were only overshadowed by the parents’ effusive gratitude. This campaign and the ful- fillment of it in such a direct way uplifted the spirits of the children who received new bikes, and their parents. The kids receiving the new bikes not only spoke about how important it was to them, but they shared what hap- Jonathan Feldstein pened to their old bikes. Many Smiling faces, going places... had pictures of the remains of these, the charred metal frames barely recognizable. One mother asked to share her appreciation, “I’m so grateful because I know how much fun they’re going to have. Their (old) bikes are just burnt frames. I’m so excited for them.” Underscoring the sense of normalcy this restored, within an hour of the bikes be- ing distributed dozens of kids pedaled freely throughout the community that’s become their temporary home. Also normal, two kids fell, wiping out as they rode across a wet surface. As a perfect meta- phor for how we pray their families will recover, they fell, got scraped up a bit, but got back up and rode away. All normal, all good. Mission Open for Business! accomplished. The Genesis 123 Founda- We cater to the Jewish Community with all the goods! tion is committed to raising the balance of what’s needed Jonathan Feldstein to buy remaining bikes for He’s got his own. Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner on the weekends. those who didn’t get one, and helmets as parents re- knowing that others would career, he has fellowshipped We Cater! quested. In fact, in a leap understand that and join as with Christian supporters of of faith that people would well. To make a donation, Israel and shares experiences continue to step up to donate please visit: https://www. of living as an Orthodox Jew 924 SR 436 more, when presented with gofundme.com/f/replacing- in Israel. He writes a regular the bill that was hundreds of toys-for-israeli-children column for Standing With Is- Casselberry FL 32707 shekels more than what had U.S.-born and educated rael at charismanews.com and been raised, the Genesis 123 Jonathan Feldstein immi- other prominent web sites. He (407)755-1470 Foundation agreed to pay it all grated to Israel in 2004. can be reached at firstperson- because it had to be done, and Throughout his life and [email protected]. 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Just the surprise and joy of seeing Lynda was, to me, a “We’ll just see how long it will take to get your brisket dish special birthday gift... but when our fabulous (and handsome) back.” waiter, MARK TUCKER, informed me that Lynda paid my bill (Kidding, of course!) Congregation Beth Sholom July Events Friday, July 12th: A org/ or by calling the syna- portion and how it affects the congregation for a mean- meaningful Shabbat service gogue at 352-326-3692. our daily lives. However, ingful Shabbat service at 10 at 7 p.m. led by Rabbi Karen Thursday, July 18th: Join these discussions usually a.m. led by Rabbi Karen Allen. Allen. Join the family-like Rabbi Karen Allen for the 1 take an unexpected turn The Service will be followed celebration, followed by p.m. monthly roundtable and can result in a variety by a Kiddush, allowing at- refreshments at the Oneg discussion. It is held at the of topics. 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These lively by calling the synagogue at website: http://bethsholom- on the synagogue website: discussions are intended to 352-326-3692. florida.org/ or by calling the http://bethsholomflorida. explore the current Torah Saturday, July 27th: Join synagogue at 352-326-3692. PAGE 10A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, JULY 5, 2019 What preparing a Jewish body for burial is really like Anonymous It all gets started with a according to the traditions performed: Chevra members garments meant to remind but rather lends it an air of telephone call. A rabbi, a handed down through the ritually wash their hands us of the Kohen Gadol of the mystery. (JTA)—In Jewish com- funeral home or perhaps centuries. Sometimes it’s a again and fill three buckets of Temple. The chevra kadisha stands munities around the world, the family of the deceased difficult experience, but it is water. Boards are placed un- Once the body is dressed, with the deceased between there is a little known calls the contact for the a holy one. der the body so that it doesn’t it’s time to place it in the life and death, between the group of men and women chevra kadisha and lets it To begin the process, the touch the table. The body is coffin (unless the family or here and the hereafter, be- dedicated to performing know a tahara needs to be chevra kadisha places the placed, as much as possible, deceased prefer a “natural” tween the present and the the mitzvah of preparing performed. As Jewish burials deceased on a table with the into a standing position; burial, in which case the distant past of Solomon’s a body for burial, a ritual take place as quickly as pos- feet pointing to the door and most funeral homes have deceased is buried in the Temple, between Gehenna called tahara. The group is sible, there’s a small window straightens the body. Some- tilting tables to help. Nine shroud, as is the practice in and Paradise. called the chevra kadisha, of opportunity. And tahara, times it’s a difficult process. buckets of water, one after Israel). The chevra kadisha Afterward there is a sense the holy society. just like a burial, is not Many hospitals don’t re- the other without a break, inspects the coffin to make of completion like no other The chevra kadisha isn’t a performed on Shabbat. The move all the tubes and such are poured over the entire sure it has holes in its bottom I’ve experienced. The de- secret group, but it operates timing is tight, so members that are inserted into the body starting with the head to hasten the decomposition ceased’s life has officially quietly. Tahara is considered of the chevra kadisha tend to deceased, so the body must and moving to the feet. It’s of the body. come to an end. The chevra an especially holy mitzvah be retired or have a flexible be prepared by removing important that a continuous Broken pieces of earthen- kadisha has prepared the because it is performed work schedule. any objects, stanching any flow is maintained or this ware are placed over the eyes body for the next step in its without the possibility that Each chevra has a separate flow of blood and closing part of the ritual must be and mouth of the deceased. journey. The soul has already the person you perform it for group for women and men. any wounds as much as restarted. First a tallit and then the lin- departed and moved on. And will return the favor. Because A group of four or more is possible. Wounds may not Afterward, the chevra an- en sheet is wrapped around I’m usually filled with hope we perform tahara without recruited by the contact. be stitched shut because this nounces in Hebrew, “She/He the body. More prayers are that when the time comes expectation of reward, I’m Typically there is no inter- is considered damaging the is pure.” The table is tilted recited and then the coffin for me, I’ll be as carefully also writing this article action with the family of the body, so medical adhesive is back into its flat position and is closed, not to be opened tended. anonymously because I don’t deceased in keeping with the used. (What they did before the body is dried. In some again. This article is sponsored want any “credit” to accrue tradition that the mitzvah is medical adhesive is beyond communities, a mixture of In the Jewish tradition, by UJA-Federation of NY, to me. performed with no expecta- me.) raw egg, wine and vinegar there is no “viewing” of to raise awareness and fa- As I became familiar with tion of credit accruing to Any items with blood on is daubed onto the head, the body. The deceased is cilitate conversations about the practice during the those who perform it. them are put in a bag that chest, arms and hands. An rolled, feet first, back into end of life care in a Jewish course of my own religious When I perform tahara, is placed at the foot of the egg, one of the symbols on the refrigerated room to context. The story was pro- explorations and aspirations, I carry into the experience coffin. Nail polish, makeup the Passover seder plate, is wait for the burial. Chevra duced independently and at I discovered I have a calling two different feelings. First, and jewelry are removed. As considered a symbol of the members ceremonially wash the sole discretion of JTA’s for it. I don’t mind working I keep in mind that the for false teeth and dentures, renewal of life. The yolk is their hands. editorial team. with the dead and I love deceased’s soul has already practices widely vary. used for women and the Tahara is a sacred rite Learn more about Jewish performing this mitzvah. returned to Hashem’s care The washing of the body white for men. As it is ap- that goes back to the time mourning practices with this Tahara is a practice that – what remains is what has follows a particular order, plied, a prayer by Rabbi Akiva of our Temple. The purpose unique email series from My has been passed down across been cast off. starting with the head and is recited. Now the body can and meaning of some of its Jewish Learning. the centuries and has many Second, I feel that I need neck, then the right arm, be dressed. rituals have been lost in The views and opinions variations. The particular to take care of what remains the right side of the front There is wide variation on time, and we have reinvented expressed in this article are ritual I’ll describe is based on with the utmost respect and of the body, the left arm, the dress of the deceased. the elements and meaning those of the author and do my own decade of experience even love. I will be tending the left side of the body Sometimes the deceased is several times over. But this not necessarily reflect the and the “Tahara Manual of to what remains after a life and the back. The rectum dressed in his or her own doesn’t detract from the views of JTA or its parent Practices” by Rabbi Mosha well lived. I will be helping is plugged with a piece of clothes, or in white linen significance of the ritual, company, 70 Faces Media. Epstein, one of the few extant the body return to its natural cotton. documents on the ritual in elements, and will do so to After the body is washed, English. the best of my ability and the ritual of the nine kavim is Iran says it will abandon more nuclear deal commitments Central Florida Pulmonary Group, P.A. Serving Central Florida Since 1982

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nuclear threshold Orlando Weekday Morning Minyan (Conservative/Egalitarian), services Monday- By Raphael Ofek 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. (BESA Center via JNS)— Celebration Jewish Congregation (R), services and holiday schedules shown at www. IAEA Director General Yukiya JewishCelebration.org; 407-479-8377. Amano confirmed on June 10 that Iran is realizing its threat Chabad Lubavitch of North Orlando (O), 1701 Markham Woods Road, Longwood, to increase its rate of uranium 407-636-5994, www.jewishorlando.com; services: Friday 7:00 p.m.; Saturday at 9:30 a.m. enrichment, in direct defiance Chabad of Altamonte Springs (O), 414 Spring Valley Lane, Altamonte Springs, 407- of the terms of the nuclear 280-0535; www.jewishaltamonte.com. agreement of 2015 (JCPOA). On May 7, Tehran threat- Chabad of South Orlando (O), 7347 Sand Lake Road, Orlando, 407-354-3660; www. ened that if no solution was jewishorlando.com; Shabbat services: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. and 10 minutes before sunset; found to the problem of U.S. Nanking2012/Wikimedia Commons Saturday, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday, 8:15 a.m. sanctions, it would ignore The Arak IR-40 heavy water reactor in Iran. Chabad of the Space & Treasure Coasts (O), 1190 Highway A1A, Satellite Beach, the restrictions on uranium enrichment placed on it by 1,008 more advanced cen- prehensive description of 321-777-2770. the nuclear agreement and trifuges of the IR2m design its contents were revealed Congregation Ahavas Yisrael/Chabad (O), 708 Lake Howell Rd., Maitland, 407-644- enrich up to 20 percent. (which apparently has twice by Israeli Prime Minister 2500; www.chabadorlando.org; services: Sunday, 9 a.m.; Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m.; Shabbat Two weeks later, on May 21, as much enrichment capac- Benjamin Netanyahu on services: Friday, 6:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m.; Family service, 4th Friday of the month. Iranian Atomic Energy Orga- ity as the IR1 design). These April 30, 2018. From October nization spokesman Behrouz centrifuges have not yet been 2018 through May 21, 2019, Congregation Bet Chaim (R), 181 E. Mitchell Hammock, Oviedo, 407-830-7211; www. Kamalvandi said the uranium activated. the Washington Institute for betchaim.org; Shabbat services: Friday, 8 p.m. enrichment capability at the In addition, 2,710 IR1 cen- Science and International Se- Congregation Beth Am (C), 3899 Sand Lake Road, Longwood, 407-862-3505; www. Natanz plant had increased trifuges were installed at the curity (ISIS), headed by David congbetham.org; Shabbat services: Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m. fourfold. As a result, Iran may Fordow enrichment facility, of Albright, presented a series soon exceed the limitation on which 696 were activated prior of highly detailed reports on Congregation Beth El (C), 2185 Meadowlane Ave., West Melbourne, 321-779-0740; the amount of uranium it is to the nuclear deal. They also the contents of the archive, Shabbat services, 1st & 3rd Friday, 8 p.m.; 2nd & 4th Saturdays, 9:30 a.m. allowed to enrich under the enriched uranium from 3.5 including information about Congregation Beth Emeth (R), 2205 Blue Sapphire Circle, Orlando, 407-222-6393; JCPOA. percent to 20 percent. secret facilities that had not Shabbat service: monthly, 8 p.m. Former IAEA deputy direc- It is reasonable to assume yet been exposed. In addi- tor general Olli Heinonen that if Iran breaks the nuclear tion to Albright and others, Congregation Beth Israel (Rec), Collins Resource Center, Suite 303, 9401 S.R. 200, recently stated, during a visit agreement, it will—as soon Heinonen was also involved Ocala, 352-237-8277; bethisraelocala.org; Shabbat service, second Friday of the month, 8 p.m. to Israel, that he believes Iran as possible—restart all the in these revelations. Congregation Beth Sholom (R-C), 315 North 13th St., Leesburg, 352-326-3692; www. will be in a position to acquire centrifuges installed at Na- Key elements of the nuclear bethsholomflorida.org; schedule of services on website. nuclear weapons within six tanz and Fordow, as well as program were conducted at to eight months. He later the advanced IR6 and IR8 the Parchin military site, Congregation Beth Shalom (Progressive Conservative), Orange City congregation clarified his remarks, explain- model centrifuges that were about 30 kilometers north holds services at 1308 E. Normandy Blvd., Deltona; 386-804-8283; www.mybethshalom. ing that he was referring to developed in recent years. of Tehran. The IAEA was com; Shabbat services: Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. the time needed to enrich (According to Iranian experts, informed in 2004 of the Congregation B’nai Torah (C), 403 N. Nova Rd., Ormond Beach, 32174, 386-672-1174; uranium in the quantity and the enrichment capacity of the possibility that the site was quality required to produce a IR8 is 20 times greater than conducting activities related www.mybnaitorah.com; Shabbat services: Friday, 8 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. nuclear bomb. that of the IR1.) to the development of nuclear Congregation Chabad Lubavitch of Greater Daytona (O), 1079 W. Granada Blvd., Heinonen served as the Based on data published by weapons, and asked Iran to Ormond Beach, 386-672-9300; Shabbat services Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. IAEA’s deputy director general the IAEA, it can be roughly allow its inspectors to patrol Congregation of Reform Judaism (R), 928 Malone Dr., Orlando, 407-645-0444; and was head of its inspection estimated that if Iran breaks it. At first, Iran evaded the department over the past the nuclear deal, it will be able request by claiming that it www.crjorlando.org: Shabbat services, 7 p.m. 1st, 2nd and 3rd Fridays; 6 p.m., 4th and 5th decade. He was considered a to enrich uranium to about 20 wanted to maintain military Fridays; Saturday: 10 a.m. hawk on the matter of Iran’s percent at the rate of about 450 field security, as Parchin was Congregation Mateh Chaim (R), P.O. Box 060847, Palm Bay, 32906, 321-768-6722. nuclear program, in contrast kilograms per year. It would a military base. However, in to the feeble position toward then enrich the 20 percent January 2005 it granted the Congregation Ohev Shalom (C), 613 Concourse Parkway South, Maitland, 407-298- Tehran taken by the previous uranium to 90 percent (the inspectors partial access to a 4650; www.ohevshalom.org; Shabbat service, Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m. IAEA director, the Egyptian level of enrichment required few buildings on the site. Congregation Shalom Aleichem (R), 3501 Oak Pointe Blvd., Kissimmee, 407-935- Mohamed ElBaradei. to produce a nuclear weapon The inspectors did not find 0064; www.shalomaleichem.com; Shabbat service, 1st and 3rd Fridays of the month, 8 p.m. Heinonen’s conclusion core) in the quantity of 200 to any evidence of suspicious about Iran’s proximity to the 250 kilograms—sufficient to activity at Parchin. On their Congregation Shomer Ysrael (C), 5382 Hoffner Ave., Orlando, 407-227-1258, call for nuclear weapons threshold produce more than 10 nuclear second visit (November 2005), services and holiday schedules. apparently stems from an as- bombs a year. which also involved only a Congregation Sinai (C/R), 1200 West Broad Street, Groveland; 352-243-5353; congre- sessment of its capabilities in Based on the assumption small part of the site, they gation-sinai.org; services: every Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Shabbat Service evert Saturday, 10 a.m. two areas: first, its uranium that the time needed for took soil samples. The IAEA’s enrichment capacity today Iran to restart a full-scale subsequent testing of those Orlando Torah Center (O), 8591 Banyan Blvd., Orlando; 347-456-6485; Shacharis- versus its capabilities before uranium enrichment project samples did not substantiate Shabbos 9 a.m.; Mon.—Thurs. 6:45 a.m.; Sun. and Legal Holidays 8 a.m.; Mincha/Maariv the nuclear deal was signed is three to four months, and suspicions of nuclear activity Please call for times. on July 14, 2015; and second, adding a month or two for at Parchin. Southwest Orlando Jewish Congregation/Ohalei Rivka (C), 11200 S. Apopka- the progress it has made since the production of enriched But in 2011, the IAEA Vineland Rd., Orlando, 407-239-5444; Shabbat service, Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m. 2003 in the development of uranium cores in the form of received new reports that nuclear explosive devices in hollow hemispheres, it can Parchin was testing explosives Temple Beth El (R) / Temple Israel (C), 579 N. Nova Rd., Ormond Beach, 386-675- the AMAD program. be estimated that within half related to the development of 6615 / 386-252-3097; Friday Shabbat Service 7 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m. That program was intended a year Iran may have at least nuclear weapons. Temple Beth Shalom (R), P.O. Box 031233, Winter Haven, 813-324-2882. to produce five 10-kiloton enough fissile material for one In May 2012, suspicious nuclear bombs (the size of the nuclear weapon core. activity was detected at Temple Beth Shalom (C), 40 Wellington Drive, Palm Coast, 386-445-3006; Shabbat Hiroshima bomb in WWII) The IAEA has tried to moni- Parchin through satellite service, Friday, 8 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. which could then be fitted tor Iran’s facilities associated photographs: the Iranians had Temple Beth Sholom (C), 5995 N. Wickham Rd. Melbourne, 321-254-6333; www. onto the Shahab-3 ballistic with the production or use of destroyed some of the build- mytbs.org; Shabbat services: Friday, 7 p.m.; Saturday: 9:30 a.m. Minyan, Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.; missile warhead. This pro- nuclear materials, in accor- ings they had forbidden IAEA gram was revealed when the dance with the Treaty on the inspectors to visit in 2005. Not Thursday, 10:00 a.m. Iranian nuclear archive was Non-Proliferation of Nuclear only that: they completely Temple Beth Shalom (R), 1109 N.E. 8th Ave., Ocala, 352-629-3587; Shabbat services: smuggled out by Israel. Weapons (NPT), but without razed the areas surrounding Friday, 8 p.m.; Torah study: Saturday, 10:00 a.m. After 2003, the nuclear much success. Most of the where the buildings had stood. Temple B’nai Darom (R), 49 Banyan Course, Ocala, 352-624-0380; Friday Services 8 p.m. program underwent various information gathered by the It was not until September organizational changes to IAEA in this connection was 2015, after the signing of the Temple Israel (C), 50 S. Moss Rd., Winter Springs, 407-647-3055; www.tiflorida.org; disguise its characteristics. received from Western intel- nuclear deal, that Iran allowed Shabbat services: Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday 9:00 a.m. It has operated since 2011 ligence services. IAEA inspectors to revisit Temple Israel (R), 7350 Lake Andrew Drive, Melbourne, 321-631-9494. within the framework of the The most significant break- Parchin. Once again, the in- SPND organization, aka the through in exposing the spectors took soil samples, Temple Israel of DeLand (R), 1001 E. New York Ave., DeLand, 386-736-1646; www. Organization of Defensive Iranian nuclear program was and once again, the IAEA’s lab templeisraelofdeland.org; Friday Shabbat service, 7 p.m.; Saturday, 10:00 a.m. followed by Innovation and Research. Israel’s Iranian archive opera- tests revealed nothing. Torah study. According to the IAEA’s tion. Documents in that ar- The samples were reexam- Temple Shalom (formerly New Jewish Congregation) (R), 13563 Country Road reports on Iran from 2013- chive indicate that as long ago ined in U.S. labs, however, 14, before the nuclear deal as 2003 and 2004, Iran made and found to contain a few 101, Oxford, 352-748-1800; www.templeshalomcentralfl.org; Shabbat services: Friday, 7 was signed, the uranium great progress in its nuclear uranium particles—proof p.m.; last Saturday of the month, 9:30 a.m. enrichment plant in Natanz effort, far beyond what the that Parchin had indeed seen Temple Shalom of Deltona (R/C), 1785 Elkcam Blvd., Deltona, 386-789-2202; www. contained the following: Western intelligence services nuclear activity. shalomdeltona.org; Shabbat service; Saturday: 10 a.m. 15,420 centrifuges of Iran’s and the IAEA estimated at the Lt. Col. (res.) Dr. Raphael first IR1 design, which en- time. Had the information in Ofek, a BESA Center Research Temple Shir Shalom (R) Services held at Temple Israel, 50 S. Moss Rd., Winter Springs, riched natural uranium to the archive been exposed be- Associate, is an expert in the 407-366-3556, www.templeshirshalom.org; Shabbat services: three Fridays each month, about 3.5 percent (nuclear fore the signing of the JCPOA field of nuclear physics and 7:30 p.m. fuel of power reactor grade) nuclear deal in 2015, a better technology who served as a Traditional Congregation of Mount Dora (T) Mount Dora, 352-735-4774; www. 328 IR1 centrifuges enrich- agreement would have been senior analyst in the Israeli tcomd.org; Shabbat services: Saturday, 9:30 a.m. sharp. ing uranium from 3.5 percent reached. intelligence community. to 20 percent (nuclear fuel of The Iranian nuclear ar- This column first appeared (R) Reform (C) Conservative (O) Orthodox (Rec) Reconstructionist (T) Mehitsa research reactor grade) chive operation and a com- on the BESA Center website. PAGE 12A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, JULY 5, 2019 When elders reveal they are Jewish on their deathbeds, their children often return to Judaism By Cnaan Liphshiz Dutch Chief Rabbi Binyo- Halina told him that she and min Jacobs, an educator and his father were both Holocaust (JTA)—In a few months, mental health counselor, said survivors whose families were Simone Azoubel will realize he has spoken to multiple nearly wiped out. She revealed a lifelong dream and move to Holocaust survivors who that his father is a Cohen and Israel with her husband. revealed their Jewish origins that their real last name is A 56-year-old Jewish wom- as they approached their last Lederman. an from Recife in northern days. In an interview for the Brazil, Azoubel is brushing For some of those who are Israeli newspaper Makor up on her Israeli slang as she on their deathbeds, the need Rishon, Opałko recalled her prepares for her aliyah, the to reconnect to Judaism is words: “I’m Jewish and so are Hebrew word for immigration internal, driven by their own you. If you want to be Jewish, by Jews to Israel. sense of belonging. be Jewish. If you don’t, then The preparations are hectic, “Nearing death makes a don’t. Being a Jew in Poland but Azoubel finds time to person focus on what’s really is very difficult.” reflect on how much of her important to them, which is She told her brother, also a identify and life trajectory she often their identity,” Jacobs survivor, to tell Mariusz the owes to her grandmother— said. And whereas dying is truth if she died before she namely, the older woman’s “frightening to a lot of people, got a chance to do so. deathbed revelation of her at the same time it’s also a The discovery had such a own Jewish ancestry following release from other fears, of profound effect on Opałko that decades of indifference and a things that can no longer hurt he began practicing Judaism. tradition of persecution. them,” he said. In 2013, Shavei Israel, the “My maternal grandmoth- One Dutch Holocaust sur- Jerusalem-based organiza- er, Raquel, told me she wanted vivor who passed away in tion devoted to help Jews like to be buried with her people 2014 added “Cohen” to his Opałko back into the fold, or- instead of near her non-Jewish last name shortly before he ganized a belated bar mitzvah husband, and that she wanted died. It was a bombshell for his for O p a ł ko in Jer u s a lem, at t he no flowers on the headstone,” non-Jewish wife and children, Western Wall. Mariusz Robert Opalko, holding a Torah scroll, and Michael Freund at the Western Wall said Azoubel, recalling the Jacobs said. He told Jacobs he “First she asked me to sit in Jerusalem, Israel on June 9, 2013. exchange from 1999. had kept his Jewish identity down, then she told me who The unusual request put hidden for years to protect I am,” he recalled, drying his of Moshe—begin putting O p a ł ko s a id at h i s b a r m it z va h “their siblings remained indif- Simone, raised a Christian, them. tears of excitement, in a video together various pieces from ceremony, which was also his ferent,” he said. on a path of connecting to For others offering death- interview for Shavei Israel his family’s story. first visit to Israel, “because of To Freund, this under- Judaism, and led her and bed confessions about their after the ceremony. Opałko He recalled that when how all their lives my parents scores how the deathbed rev- several other family members Jewishness, the motivation attended a course on Judaism he was a child, two uncles were too afraid to tell me who elation is for descendants only to become members of Recife’s is rooted in a desire to relieve organized by Shavei Israel. visited their home each year they were.” the beginning of a journey dwindling Jewish community. themselves from the burden What’s left of Polish Jewry in December and spoke Ger- When the revelation whose trajectory depends on This deathbed embrace of carrying a secret, or guide may be thriving today, al- man with his parents over a comes near death, it is individual circumstances— of Judaism by Raquel, a de- descendants back into Juda- though Jews there suffered candlelight dinner. Only in often because the revealer including how other Jews scendant of Sephardic Jews ism’s fold. persecution there even after retrospect did he realize the “does not want to be the react to the discovery. who had fled the Spanish Mariusz Robert Opałko, a the Holocaust, under the visits were underground Ha- last link to Judaism,” said “Even after the Holocaust Inquisition to Turkey and later 70-year-old lawyer from Kra- communist regime. Mariusz’s nukkah celebrations and the Michael Freund, Shavei and decades of communist moved to Brazil, is not unique. kow, Poland, is also a Cohen, father was fired from his job language spoken was Yiddish. Israel’s founder. Last words repression, the Jewish spark And events like it have shaped a descendant of the priestly in 1956, perhaps because he But what Mariusz’s mother can serve as a sort of last refuses to die,” Freund said. what it means to be Jewish caste, though he discovered was known to be Jewish. told him next was an even will and testament, and can “Sharing such discoveries for countless people in places it only 20 years ago. In 1999, Only after Halina’s con- more astonishing discovery: cause profound change in and coming out to the world where identifying as Jewish in the hospital just days before fession did Mariusz—who His wife, Maria, was also the lives of the descendants can be intimidating in a time used to be dangerous. her own death, his mother has taken the Jewish name Jewish and also unaware of the deceased, said Freund. when anti-Semitism is rising. of her origins, Halina said. His group has worked with It’s our job to reach out and Maria, who passed away in dozens of people, most of extend a helping hand.” 2003, confirmed this with them in Eastern Europe, This article is sponsored Danon calls on world to declare her own family immediately who learned of their Juda- by UJA-Federation of NY, to after Mariusz told her of his ism from a dying parent or raise awareness and facilitate mother’s revelation. They grandparent. conversations about end of war on anti-Semitism had a son, Radek, who got Still, Freund has seen nu- life care in a Jewish context. circumcised when he was 25 merous cases in which only The story was produced in- following the discovery that some descendants are moved dependently and at the sole he is Jewish. in any discernible way by discretion of JTA’s editorial “I’m very emotional,” deathbed revelations, whereas team. Rabbi suggests congregants bring guns to synagogue for protection By Penny Schwartz “I know it sounds horrible, viduals and synagogues have but I think it’s a very logical to balance a tension between Shown here (l-r): Chabad of Poway Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein, U.N. Secretary General BOSTON (JTA)—A rabbi approach for the situation safety and the Jewish tenet of António Guterres, Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon, and Hannah here has asked congregants we’re in,” he said in an inter- welcoming the stranger. Kaye and Randi Grossman (the daughter and sister of Lori Gilbert-Kaye, who was shot to consider bringing guns to view on the WBUR “Morning Recent violence targeting and killed in the Poway attack. religious services as a form of Edition” program. “I don’t Jewish houses of worship protection in response to re- want people to have guns. But has heightened concern at (JNS)—The United Na- in Southern California, where price to keep themselves cent shootings at synagogues I think to protect our families, synagogues in Massachu- tions General Assembly met one woman was killed and safe.” across the country. it’s a necessity now.” setts and across the country, on Wednesday to discuss three others injured. “Since the horrific at- Rabbi Dan Rodkin of Sha- Several of his congregants, he said. the growing anti-Semitism “The world’s approach to tack at our Chabad center, loh House in Brighton, a including former soldiers and Massachusetts has seen a worldwide, at the initiative eradicating anti-Semitism I have made it my personal Boston neighborhood with retired police, are now carry- rise in anti Semitic incidents of Israel’s ambassador to the must be like that of modern mission to harness the tools a large number of Russian- ing guns into daily services and hate crimes, including U.N., Danny Danon, who has warfare. It must attack on used for spreading darkness speaking Jews, told the public at Rodkin’s synagogue, which recent arson attacks against enlisted the support of the multiple fronts,” he added. and hate for spreading love radio station WBUR that the also operates a day school. two Boston-area Chabad United States, Canada and Danon called on countries and light,” he continued. rise in hate crimes across the According to the Shaloh centers. European Union countries. must implement legislation “To fight darkness not with country and the loss of life House website, “It was found- Jeremy Yamin, director More than 90 countries par- to educate their population more darkness, but with a at the Chabad at Poway and ed under the auspices and in- of security and operations ticipated in a discussion that in identifying anti-Semitism: great big light.” the Tree of Life Synagogue struction of the Lubavitcher at Combined Jewish Philan- included hundreds of guests “Leaders of the world—all the The rabbi was accompanied in Pittsburgh influenced his Rebbe, who envisioned the thropies of Greater Boston, from the Jewish community allies of the Jewish people— by the daughter and sister of thinking. creation of a Jewish school in who advises the area’s Jewish in the United States, Jewish will take that pledge today, Lori Gilbert-Kaye, who was Rodkin fears that increased Boston that would serve the institutions, told the radio and pro-Israel organizations and every day, to fight the murdered in the shooting. safety measures implement- needs of the children from station that he has heard and many more. war on anti-Semitism until U.N. Secretary General ed at Shaloh House—they non-observant families.” from other synagogues who “The sounds we heard anti-Semitism is gone.” António Guterres opened include security cameras, Rodkin, who said in the are weighing the same ques- at Pittsburgh and Poway Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein, the discussion by stating, reinforced glass windows interview that he plans to get tion about congregants car- do not allow us to act with who was wounded in the “We must tackle the tsunami and panic buttons—are no a gun and organize training rying guns. He cautioned that restraint,” said Danon, refer- shooting attack in Poway, of hatred that is so visible longer sufficient protection. for new firearm owners, was the decision to carry a gun ring to deadliest anti-Semitic was invited by Israel to ad- and violent across the world The rabbi said the actions not available for comment. is not simple and that even attack in U.S. Jewish history dress the discussion: “In far today. I guarantee you that of an off-duty officer at the Neal Gold, the president those trained with firearms in October 2018 at the Tree of too many places around the I will continue to call out Poway Chabad center, where of the Massachusetts Board would face a myriad of un- Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue world, Jews are becoming anti-Semitic racism and other one woman was murdered, of Rabbis, told WBUR that certainties if they confronted in Pittsburgh and the shoot- more vulnerable... They are forms of hatred loudly and may have prevented further he understands the concerns an active shooter in their ing in May at Chabad of Poway paying a shockingly high unapologetically.” casualties. about security but said indi- synagogue. HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, JULY 5, 2019 PAGE 13A Weekly roundup of world briefs Israeli rhythmic gym- port, citing David Prinstein, from custody,” military pros- Honor killings were con- Canada adopts universal memory of Israel and the nast Linoy Ashram vice president of the Hebrew ecutor Sharon Afek said in a sidered acceptable by 27 definition of anti-Sem- world as a successful one, takes 2 gold medals at Board of Cuba. statement. percent of Algerians, while 26 itism a breakthrough, and very 2019 European Games There are about 1,100 grave Katusa, a resident of the percent found homosexuality (JNS)—Canada’s govern- significant for future hu- By Marcy Oster sites in the cemetery, accord- village of Deir Qaddis, was acceptable. In Morocco, it was ment announced on Tuesday man journeys to the moon,” (JTA)—Israeli rhythmic ing to the report. Fifty have scheduled to be released 25 percent for honor killings that it will formally adopt SpaceIL said in a statement. gymnast Linoy Ashram won been repaired and 150 more Tuesday afternoon from jail, and 21 percent for homosexu- the widely accepted defini- “Feedback that we received two gold medals at the 2019 are scheduled for repairs be- where he has been held for the ality, while in the Palestinian tion of anti-Semitism by the from across the world in the European Games in Minsk, fore the end of the year. The last two months. territories it was 8 percent for International Holocaust Re- weeks following the landing Belarus. room used for tahara, the Last week, police reopened honor killings and 5 percent membrance Alliance as part points towards the mission She won gold medals in the ritual washing of the body ac- the investigation into the for homosexuality. of the country’s anti-racism being considered an extraor- Ball event and Clubs event, cording to Jewish burial rites, case, saying new information On religion, since 2013, initiative. dinary success and breaking both held on Sunday. She also has been refurbished. had come to light following the number of Arabs identi- “To help address resurgent many world records.” also won a silver medal dur- The historian’s office did the original three-month fying as “not religious” rose anti-Semitism in Canada, The company said it would ing competition on Saturday. not tell AP the total amount probe. from 8 percent to 13 percent. we’re adopting the Interna- seek a new challenge. Arsham, 20, of Tel Aviv, is that will be spent on the According to Israeli media Those under 30 showed the tional Holocaust Remem- Israel nearly became the looking toward representing restoration. reports, no physical evidence greatest increase, with 18 brance Alliance’s working fourth country, following the Israel and winning a medal at Israel halts fuel trans- has been discovered to tie percent identifying as non- definition of anti-Semitism United States, China and Rus- the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. fers to Gaza with arson Katusa to the attack. The girl religious. as part of our strategy,” said sia, to successfully land a craft Americans in Israel balloon attacks on the was not examined by a doctor A majority were found to Pablo Rodriguez, Minister of on the moon as “Beresheet,” warned over planned rise until at least five days after be accepting of a woman Canadian Heritage and Mul- save for a last-minute issue demonstrations against By Marcy Oster the incident, and a pair of prime minister, with the ticulturalism. with its main engine just be- US and Bahrain summit JERUSALEM (JTA)—Israel underwear that the girl wore exception being Algeria. But Canada joined the IHRA is fore touchdown in mid-April By Marcy Oster halted the transfer of fuel on the day of the alleged at- in the home, most said that 2009 and is one of 32 member that caused it to crash into JERUSALEM (JTA)—The into Gaza following a rise in tack was not sent for forensic husbands should always states. the lunar surface. U.S. Embassy in Israel issued arson attacks from incendi- testing, according to reports. have the final say in family The IHRA definition says: “Beresheet,” named after a travel warning over con- ary balloons that have burned Police also had not been able decisions, with the exception “Anti-Semitism is a certain the first word and the first cerns about anti-American farmland and woodland in to locate two other men that being Morocco, where less perception of Jews, which book in the Torah (meaning demonstrations planned in southern Israel. the girl said held her down than half said so. may be expressed as hatred “in the beginning”), lifted the West Bank and Gaza in The announcement on during the assault. Only 12 percent viewed toward Jews. Rhetorical and off from Cape Canaveral on response to the economic Tuesday came after 13 fires Russia insists it will U.S. President Donald Trump physical manifestations of Feb. 22 and almost completed summit in Bahrain. were ignited in Gaza border counter new US sanc- positively, with Russian anti-Semitism are directed its 6.5 million-kilometer The warning issued over communities the previous tions on Iran President Vladimir Putin toward Jewish or non-Jewish journey to the moon. It suc- the weekend, and emailed to morning. One of the incen- (JNS)—Russia is going to garnering 28 percent and individuals and/or their prop- ceeded in entering the moon’s Israeli-American residents diary balloons landed on a counter new sanctions put Turkish President Recep erty, toward Jewish commu- orbit, which is an accomplish- and American tourists in kindergarten building, ac- on Iran by the Trump admin- Tayyip Erdogan getting 51 nity institutions and religious ment achieved by only seven Israel who are registered with cording to reports, but did istration, said Deputy Foreign percent. facilities.” countries. the embassy, also warned of not cause any injuries. Minister Sergei Ryabkov to The BBC noted that some Jewish groups applauded Immediately after the re- possible demonstrations in Eight fires were ignited reporters on Monday. countries asked that some Rodriguez’s announcement. sult, Israeli Prime Minister other locations in the West over two hours on Tuesday “Of course, we are discuss- of the questions be dropped “Peddlers of anti-Semitism Benjamin Netanyahu an- Bank, Gaza and in Israel. afternoon alone in the wake ing the U.S. policies of this from the survey. must be held accountable, nounced that Israel will make The demonstrations are of the announcement, Ynet kind. We have pointed to Nintendo opens second but this can only happen if another attempt, likely in expected to take place June reported. the illegitimacy of unilateral retail store in world in authorities can clearly and the next two to three years. 24-26, the dates of the sum- The fuel is used to power sanctions many times,” said Tel Aviv consistently identify acts of SpaceIL chairman Morris mit, which is being boycotted Gaza’s only electric plant. In Ryabkov as quoted by the (JNS)—Nintendo opened Jew-hatred,” said Joel Reit- Kahn said shortly thereafter by the Palestinian Authority. recent weeks, in response Russian News Agency TASS. its second retail store in the man, co-chair of the board that there will be a second U.S. government employ- to the arson balloons, Israel “All this is a reflection of a world on Monday—this one of directors at the Centre for attempt. That will now not ees are prohibited from of- placed restrictions on the wider paradigm, which now in Israel—14 years since Israel and Jewish Affairs. be the case. ficial and personal travel to Gaza fishing zone. seems to be the basis for the opening its first in New York. “This is why CIJA has been NASA administrator Jim the West Bank on those days, “In the wake of the uptick U.S. foreign policy, and is The opening at Tel Aviv’s calling on all three levels of Bridenstine told JNS last including travel along Route of incendiary balloons from aimed at substituting the in- Dizengoff Center occurred government to use the (IHRA) month that the agency will 1, the main thoroughfare into Gaza into Israel and arsons ternational law and universal a few months after an of- working definition of anti- “100 percent” be part of Jerusalem, according to the in the Gaza border area, it mechanisms of international ficial online store launched Semitism,” he continued. “Beresheet 2.” warning. has been decided to stop problem-resolution with its in Israel. “The IHRA definition, which NASA did not immediately “Previous demonstrations transfers of fuel to the Gaza national legislation and uni- Tokyo is scheduled to open has been adopted by dozens respond to a request for com- have sometimes encountered power station via the Kerem lateral steps,” added the Rus- Nintendo’s third store later of democratic countries, is a ment on Tuesday’s SpaceIL a strong security force pres- Shalom crossing beginning sian official. this year. vital tool in countering the announcement. ence and response,” the this morning,” COGAT, the “This is a pure dictate, an Netanyahu considers global rise in anti-Semitism.” Kushner in Bahrain warning noted. Coordinator of Government attempt to impose the condi- canceling Israel’s sec- “Canada adopting IHRA’s on Middle East: ‘Turn The warning called on Activities in the Territories, tions Washington deems right ond round of elections definition of antisemitism region from conflict to Americans in Israel and the said in a statement. on others,” he stated. “This on Sept. 17 is an important symbolic commerce’ West Bank to: be aware of Charges dropped is unacceptable for us. We (JNS)—Israeli Prime Min- and declaratory move,” said (JNS)—White House se- your surroundings; avoid against Palestinian ac- will continue to counter this ister Benjamin Netanyahu NGO Monitor founder and nior adviser and presidential all demonstrations; moni- cused of raping 7-year- policy, particularly in cooper- is considering canceling the president Gerald Steinberg. son-in-law Jared Kushner tor local media; and follow old Jewish girl ation with other forces in the Sept. 17 elections, his spokes- “We hope that the next steps said on Tuesday that while the instructions of local By Marcy Oster international community.” person said on Tuesday. will pertain to its implementa- a political solution to the authorities. JERUSALEM (JTA)—Rape Iranian Foreign Minister This development came tion within Canadian policy, Israeli-Palestinian conflict Palestinians have been charges have been dropped Mohammad Javad Zarif said after Knesset Speaker Yuli including regarding Canadian is necessary, economic con- holding weekly and some- against a Palestinian man on Monday that Tehran would Edelstein sought a “sub- international aid and support ditions are crucial to solve times more frequent dem- who worked at the West Bank resist sanctions “with full stantial” initiative to nix of NGOs.” the seven-decade long issue, onstrations for more than a Jewish settlement elemen- power,” according to Iran’s the upcoming national B’nai Brith Canada labeled remarking “today is not about year on the border with Gaza. tary school of his accuser. Tasnim News Agency. decision through Knesset the IHRA standard “the most the political issues. We will get City of Havana restor- The indictment against Members of Iran’s parlia- legislation, reported Israel’s universally accepted and to those at the right time.” ing oldest Jewish cem- Mahmoud Katusa was with- ment voiced their support for Channel 12. expertly driven definition “What we have developed etery in Cuba drawn Tuesday by the Israel the shooting down of a U.S. “Prime Minister Netan- of anti-Semitism available is the most comprehensive By Marcy Oster Defense Forces military ad- drone last week and chanted yahu treats Knesset Speaker today,” and one that “enjoys economic plan ever created (JTA)—The oldest Jewish vocate general due to a lack on Sunday, “Down with the Edelstein with respect, and he unprecedented consensus.” specifically for the Palestin- cemetery in Cuba is undergo- of evidence. U.S.,” Iran’s Fars News Agency will consider his proposal in Some 392,000 Jews reside ians and the broader Middle ing rehabilitation. Katusa, 46, was indicted reported. Some 250 members the days ahead,” said Netan- in Canada, or 1 percent of the East,” he said at the “Peace The Havana burial ground eight days ago in a West of Iran’s parliament issued a yahu spokesperson Yonathan overall population. to Prosperity Workshop” in is being restored as part Bank military court for rape, statement on Sunday voicing Urich. Overall, 2,041 anti-Semitic Bahrain, the first part of the of an initiative by the city assault and abduction of a full support for Iran’s action. “The public does not want incidents in Canada were re- Trump administration’s Mid- historian’s office ahead of 7-year-old girl. He reportedly Poll: ‘Honor killing’ to go to elections, and the ported in 2018—a 16.5 percent east peace proposal. “We can the 500th anniversary of worked for many years in more acceptable in Arab Knesset’s job is to represent increase from the previous turn this region from a victim the Cuban capital’s found- the haredi Orthodox Jewish world than homosexual- the public,” said Edelstein. year, according to B’nai Brith of past conflicts into a model ing, which will be marked in settlement where the girl ity “Going to an election when Canada. for commerce and advance- November, The Associated lives, both at the school as (JNS)—According to a new it could be canceled is going Incidents of vandalism ment throughout the world.” Press reported. a maintenance man and in in-depth survey of the Arab against the public.” decreased from 327 to 221, as Additionally, Kushner had In addition to the cem- construction. His attorney world, Arabs today are less Israel’s KAN reported that violent anti-Semitic attacks a message for the Palestinian etery, located in the Gua- has said that he has an alibi religious compared to previ- prior to the Knesset dissolv- also dropped, from 16 in 2017 people: “Despite what those nabacoa neighborhood on for the time that the alleged ous years, but still find “honor ing last month, Netanyahu to 11 in 2018. who have let you down in the Havana’s east side, the city rape took place from a Jewish killings” more acceptable proposed a rotation to Blue ‘Beresheet 2’ won’t at- past say, President [Donald] is repaving streets, cleaning employer, and later the exact than homosexuality. and White leader Benny tempt moon landing, Trump and America have monuments and restoring date could not be pinned The poll also found that Gantz in the prime minister’s SpaceIL searches for not given up on you. This historic sites. down. the greatest perceived threat office if his party joins the new challenge workshop is for you.” The cemetery has dete- “The evidentiary infra- is Israel. coalition. (JNS)—Proceeding a Ahead of the workshop, riorated over many years, as structure that underlies the The survey, conducted for Blue and White rejected lengthy debate, Israel’s Spa- which concluded on Wednes- the Jewish community was indictment does not at this BBC News Arabic by the Arab the offer, confident that it will ceIL announced on Tuesday day, the Trump administra- unable to raise the $200,000 time amount to a ‘reasonable Barometer research network win the next round of voting. that it will not make a second tion released a 40-page docu- needed to refurbish the entire chance of conviction.’ There- across 10 countries and the “Netanyahu understands attempt to successfully land ment on Saturday detailing a ground. Jews in the United fore, by law, the criminal Palestinian territories be- that he will lose the election, on the moon. $50 billion, 10-year invest- States have contributed to process cannot continue, the tween late 2018 and spring so he is looking for magic “The journey of ‘Beresheet’ ment plan for the Palestinian the upkeep of some burial indictment must be with- 2019, consisted of more than solutions,” said a Blue and to the moon, despite the Authority, Jordan, Egypt and plots, according to the re- drawn and Katusa released 25,000 interviews. White spokesperson. hard landing, will last in the Lebanon. PAGE 14A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, JULY 5, 2019 Building projects at entrance to Jerusalem means real growth (and some growing pains) modern material such as concern that the roadwork Lisa Barkan, resident of glass and iron, “a symbol that will create an “impossible Jerusalem for 32 years and Jerusalem is moving forward.” reality in the city,” posing former marketer for the While some worry that that current Jerusalem Mayor Jerusalem Development Au- these modern touches will Moshe Lion is “not doing a thority, agreed. change the historical nature serious job in managing the Working in the munici- of the city, Berkovitch noted hard times ahead.” pality back in 1991-92, she that the building includes no He continued, “I didn’t hear recalled, “When Kikar Safra historic areas, that buildings a clear program [from him] of was being built, we walked in will not be built as high as they how to deal with changes and mud and dirt every day to get are in Israel’s center, and that create alternatives to help the to the office from the parking the new material will make traffic.” lot and buses.” the city more inviting and Berkovitch recommended “And look what we have attractive. that the mayor spend seri- now,” she remarked. Hassan-Nahoum and ous resources in mid-time Barkan recalled the growth Berkovitch agreed that one solutions to decrease traffic, of the last three decades, pos- of Jerusalem’s major prob- examine the timing of the dif- ing that growth has always lems is lack of commercial ferent projects in the entrance required patience. “Think office space, which helps the of the city and ensure that the about how the city was 30 city to develop economically fast train from Tel Aviv, which years ago with its small and through rent, taxes and job will take just 23 minutes, run-down bus station,” she creation. works efficiently before main posed to JNS. “We needed a “I believe the location and roads are closed. new building to handle the Miriam Alster/Flash90 features of the project will help Still, Berkovitch is sure that increase in demand for public A view of the entrance to the Jerusalem. Oct. 25, 2018. us to bring new jobs to the the projects will be worth it transportation. Yes, its being city,” said Berkovitch. “More long-term. built was a mess, but some- By Eliana Rudee national Convention Center intends to “create a new office space will mean more He explained that in the last time we have to tolerate mess will not be allowed for private source of income and quality businesses, whether its law- decade, Jerusalem missed out in order to grow.” (JNS)—Just like “Rome vehicles, although public job creation, coupled with yers, bankers or high-tech.” on “a lot of changes happen- “Look at the light rail,” wasn’t built in a day,” neither transportation will remain the startup ecosystem that Creating jobs will keep ing in Israel’s cultural and she continued. “Jaffa Street was Jerusalem, says Deputy unchanged. An alternative was built over the last six “young people, students high-tech revolution,” and was closed and a huge mess Mayor of Jerusalem Fleur route will be opened, passing years, will create a cluster and techies” in Jerusalem, this project will help Israel for years. Businesses closed. Hassan-Nahoum. through Herzl Boulevard and of business, academic and stressed Hassan-Nahoum, catch up. People avoided the down- As a part of the city’s de- weaving around the govern- economic opportunities,” noting that the city is working “We still have a problem of town. We really suffered. And velopment endeavors, Jeru- ment offices towards the city Hassan-Nahoum told JNS. to “ensure that all the mar- lack of new, modern offices now we reap the benefits.” salem’s main entrance will center. Both she and Ofer Berkov- ginal populations are included for big companies,” he said, Barkan, who founded Jeru- undergo a grand makeover—a Long term, according to itch, a member of the city’s in this economic prosperity.” voicing his hope that “this salem Village, an organization million-square-meter project Transportation Minister Israel planning and construction “Infrastructural change project will create the pos- with the goal of introducing including construction of a Katz, the building of the new committee, as well as head will also bring cultural sibility to bring strong firms those who make aliyah to new entryway into the city, entryway into the city will of Hitorerut, the largest party change,” she added, voicing like Google and Facebook to Israeli culture and peers, extension of the light rail and decrease traffic at Jerusalem’s in Jerusalem’s municipality, her hope that “if haredim Jerusalem from the center maintained that the greatest various new towers. entrance by branching out called the planned expansions and Arabs are part of it, they [of Israel].” challenge in Jerusalem is a Along with such growth, from the Motza Bridge on a “game changer” for the city. would have cultural changes, Berkovitch said housing lack of jobs, which she believes Jerusalem residents can Route 1, the Jerusalem-Tel Previously taking part in too, integrating into the mar- options that support employ- leads recent graduates and expect associated growing Aviv highway. It will also make the advancement of the proj- ketplace and integrating with ment for young adults and young immigrants to leave pains since private vehicles room for an extension to the ect under Jerusalem’s former each other.” singles, in addition to nightlife the city for other areas. will be blocked from enter- city’s light rail. mayor Nir Barkat and former Berkovitch also main- venues and cultural institu- “This is a waste of great tal- ing Jerusalem from the city’s Most in the Jerusalem deputy mayor Kobi Kahlon, tained, “I see this project as a tions, are also being built. ent, as many of these olim [‘new main entrance for three years, municipality are supportive Berkovitch called the project very strategic and important Jerusalem’s major conference immigrants’] come with one beginning in July 2019. of the building efforts, which a “very important” step in one to change the employ- center is expanding, and walk- and sometimes two degrees, As a result of the road are part of a larger plan for the creating a new business center ment portfolio of the city, ing and bike paths with public along with work experience, a closures, traffic between the transformation of Jerusalem. in the city next to the most keep youngsters and include spaces and trees will enhance strong sense of open Judaism Chords Bridge and the Inter- The building project, which developed transportation hub. the ultra-Orthodox into job the area. and a deep understanding of The construction is within market.” Likewise, posed Hassan- democracy,” she said.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 walking distance to the gov- Expect construction and Nahoum, while closures are an “The new center being P S A L M A N G S T S R S ernmental buildings, with the traffic problems inconvenience for residents, built at the entrance of the 14 15 16 hope of expanding research But until then, many resi- they are a necessary aspect “to city will help us give people E L L I E P A R A H H O T 17 18 19 institutions and governmen- dents are worried that traffic keep growing and developing, what they want—access G O D B L E S S A M E R I C A tal offices and services. will greatly worsen. ultimately for the benefit of to state-of-the-art working 20 21 22 As the capital of Israel, Berkovitch acknowledged the whole city.” environments that are easily S W A Y V E I N S E A S Y 23 24 25 26 “the government should sit that it will “be a challenge,” “To become economically accessible. With this new cen- A R I T A R T and act from Jerusalem,” said and “citizens will be impacted agile and build infrastructure, ter and the high-speed train, 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 Berkovitch. by the construction and traffic we’ll have a better city and we will have plenty of people J O H N A D A M S B U R S T 36 37 38 As a part of the building problems through the next everyone will benefit. Birth is from outside the city coming O N E P E R I P I R A T E projects, noted Berkovitch, years.” painful, but you get a baby at to work here,” said Barkan. 39 40 41 42 43 30 percent of the material will With other concurrent the end of it,” she said. “The future is so grand!” Y E A S N E A T O N C A A 44 45 46 47 48 use the signature Jerusalem projects in the city that also State-of-the-art working she proclaimed. “We just have C A R P E T M A K E E R R stone, along with other more create traffic, he expressed his environments to walk in mud for a while.” 49 50 51 E L T O N F I R E W O R K S 52 53 54 U S S R M E T 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 F E E S P I A N O T E N D Being a Jewish summer camp counselor 65 66 67 I N D E P E N D E N C E D A Y 68 69 70 F I G E A G E R P R I Z E taught me everything I need to know in life 71 72 73 A D E T R E N D A S T I R By Molly Wernick the would-be senior counselor with me everywhere I go. 2. Get comfortable with is alphabetizing files in a local The overall lessons of camp feedback: How to give it, ask Even though I haven’t tech- law firm, and the would-be counseloring provide an es- for it, receive it and mediate nically been a camp counselor operations director is enter- sential blueprint for building it. From teaching two 11-year- for a decade or so, the role ing data into spreadsheets at empowered professionals, olds how to use “I feel state- has never fully left me. Camp a tech company. successful teams, healthy ments” (I feel excluded when counseloring is an unassum- And that’s a shame. organizations and strong you don’t invite me to come ing yet all-powerful part of my I feel eternally grateful communities. So yes, it’s sit with you) to unpacking the identity. The skills I learned for the six would-be intern- true: Everything you need gender and power dynamics have helped with every job I’ve ship summers I spent at my to know in life, you can learn of our counselor-in-training done, every degree I’ve earned, beloved summer camp in as a Jewish camp counselor. group, we learned that not every relationship I’ve built. Pennsylvania. On paper, I Below are some of the most running away from the tough Yet this summer, my fellow started as a camp counselor translatable skills from my stuff made our relationships Jewish summer camp col- and became a camp director. summers as a counselor: (and our work) stronger. leagues across the country are In actuality, I spent those 1. Enthusiasm Generates Pro tip: If you’re interested facing hiring challenges with summers becoming a coach, Enthusiasm has become in learning how to start giv- our college-age counselors. facilitator, program designer, my modus operandi. What ing feedback, practice by It seems that instead of manager, choreographer, started as a vehicle to psych graciously telling someone loading up their fannypacks comedy writer, chef, party up campers enough to get into when they have food in their and heading off to wrangle planner, song leader, Jewish a cold pool has had fruitful teeth or that a restroom is out young campers for the sum- educator, blogger, activist, dividends. Whether leading a of toilet paper. mer, most college kids feel community organizer—the training, pitching a new idea 3. Meet people where they pressure to find “real jobs” like list goes on. or speaking with a donor or are: When our campers saw internships and fellowships in The skills I learned during investor, the energy you bring their chosen future fields. So my summers at camp travel to a space is infectious. Counselor on page 15A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, JULY 5, 2019 PAGE 15A any system that transported Ramallah. The museum is tinians and greater access to ings, which will incur costs that fail to reconcile the stick Peace Palestinians from Gaza, where dedicated to celebrating Pal- fertile land and water. for Israel, if it is to secure and the Trump administration has From page 1A the Hamas terrorist move- estinian identity, including “An improved business en- help staff the crossings. applied to the Palestinians, ment flourishes, to the West resistance to Israel. vironment in the West Bank The issue of governance, drying up their funding, with right before they do so. It’s not Bank across Israeli territory “Traditional Palestinian and Gaza and access to more which presumably will feature the plan’s disposition toward unexpected for people to pos- posed a massive security risk. cuisine varies across regions land will create an enormous in the political component, celebrating the Palestinians. ture and to criticize things, Other elements of the plan and excites visitors,” a seg- opportunity for farmers to ex- is absent—but nonetheless It proposes training judges but what we’re hoping to do suggest an embrace of Pales- ment on tourism says. “Each pand their operations,” it says. haunts the document. Hamas, to make the judiciary inde- is create a framework where tinian national identity, which Palestinian city boasts its own Unmentioned are the ob- a U.S. designated terrorist pendent—USAID, the State we can change the discussion could also be a hard sell to trademark dishes and flavors, stacles that Israeli policies, group, rules the Gaza Strip Department aid agency that and get people to look at these Israeli hard-liners, and even from Ramallah’s Rukab ice mindful of security and favor- and the Trump administration Trump has removed from Pal- problems differently and more to Netanyahu’s Likud party. cream to the famed knafeh ing Jewish settlement growth, and Congress have banned all estinian areas, ran exactly such granularly and hopefully in “A new flagship liberal arts of Nablus.” impose on these ambitions. but a small amount of direct a program as recently as 2014. a way that can lead to some and sciences university in the The plan includes nearly The proposal’s optimistic funding to the Palestinian “This project will provide breakthroughs.” West Bank and Gaza” is tagged $28 billion earmarked for the outlook skates over some of Authority. short-term financial support The Gaza-West Bank proj- at $500 million. Palestinian West Bank and the Gaza Strip. the issues that have most Kushner, in Bahrain, will be to the Palestinian public sec- ect would take about two universities have over the Funds would also go to three vexed any resolution, includ- in the position of lobbying the tor to pay off its arrears to the years. decades nurtured the Pales- neighboring countries, for ing who exactly owns each oil-rich leaders in the Persian private sector,” it says, arrears “Features could include an tinian national identity and at cross border projects, includ- acre of land. Gulf to come up with money incurred in part because of interurban rail line linking times have been the nexus of ing tourism: More than $7 “Land registration is a criti- for projects in areas run by au- cuts in U.S. funding. many of the major cities of protest at Israel’s occupation. billion for Jordan, $9 billion cal step in the transformation thorities that his government The website features photos Gaza and the West Bank for Israeli authorities over the for Egypt and $6.3 billion for of the Palestinian economy, currently treats as pariahs. of schoolgirls walking by a rapid urban transport, mass years have repeatedly shut- Lebanon. Unlike Jordan and which will unlock property It’s not clear who will be in school funded by USAID— transport stations near urban tered the universities during Egypt, Lebanon does not have for use as collateral for capital Bahrain: So far, only the Bah- funding Trump eliminated. It centers, and connections to periods of unrest. a peace treaty with Israel, and and eliminate many existing raini, Saudi and United Arab includes a picture of the Israeli regional railways such as the Another $80 million has Hezbollah, an Iran-allied ter- barriers to development,” it Emirates finance ministers and Palestinian co-leaders of Jordan railway project,” the been set aside for the devel- rorist militia that rejects any says, not mentioning who have confirmed they will at- the Parents Circle, a peace proposal said. opment of Palestinian arts, accommodation with Israel, would register the land and tend. The fund, the proposal dialogue group for families of A similar proposal was which often embrace a na- remains hugely influential in who would settle competing says, will be “administered by people killed in the conflict— raised during the Oslo process tionalist outlook, and $150 the country. claims. an established multilateral a program once funded by the in the late 1990s. Israeli offi- million is earmarked for the The proposal advocates for The plan proposes a vast development bank.” United States that also was cut cials at the time fretted that Palestinian museum near easing movement for Pales- expansion of border cross- There are other anomalies by Trump. Phillips From page 4A that anti-Semitism is true Muslims say Israel is guilty In Britain, a campaign are the inheritors of Moses from multiculturalism to prejudice because the Jews of war crimes, even though by the former Conservative (peace be upon him) and the environmentalism. chance... always fighting, are innocent of the gro- the IDF go to heroic lengths party chairman Baroness inheritors of the real Torah Like Islam, these ideolo- always scheming and always tesque misdeeds attributed not to kill Arab civilians and Warsi to outlaw Islamo- that has not been changed. ... gies are also premised upon plotting against humanity...” to them. By contrast, while achieve a ratio of killing civil- phobia is falsely accusing If the followers of Moses have the perfection of the world, The stifling effect of the many Muslims are decent ians relative to fighters three the Conservative party of been promised a right to Pal- agendas which brook no dis- Islamophobia-equals-anti- people who wouldn’t harm a or four times better than the institutional Islamophobia estine in the Torah, then the sent and which demand that Semitism trope, however, fly, Islam is an all-too real, ratio achieved by American and Islamophobia-denial. Muslims are the most worthy heretics be destroyed. means few appreciate that the historic source of oppres- or British forces in their own This is clearly an attempt by nation of this.” If you feel you are living in a concept of Islamophobia is sion, fanatical violence and wars. British Muslims to appropri- Since pious Muslims be- terrifying, discombobulating itself fundamentally anti-Jew. colonialist wars. Jews were ethnically ate for themselves the moral lieve that Islam is perfect and and sinister hall of mirrors That’s because Islamo- Time and again, Muslim cleansed from Arab lands; yet high ground now supposedly everything else is the province over anti-Semitism, Israel phobia, like much Muslim thinking appropriates and Muslims claim Israel is ethni- occupied by British Jews as of the devil, Muslim aggres- and Islamophobia, this is why. discourse, is based on an inverts Jewish experience in cally cleansing the Palestin- a result of the unaddressed sion against Jews and others Melanie Phillips, a Brit- appropriation and inversion order to demonize Israel and ians, a ludicrous assertion anti-Semitism in the Labour becomes self-defense while ish journalist, broadcaster of Jewish experience and the Jews. given that the Arab population Party. defense against it becomes and author, is now writing a precepts. The Jews are the only people in the disputed territories and Anti-Jewish appropriation aggression. weekly column for JNS. Cur- The Islamists invented for whom the land of Israel was Gaza has increased more than and inversion are fundamen- All espousing the Palestin- rently a columnist for “The “Islamophobia” because they ever their national kingdom, fourfold since 1948. tal to Islam. One reason why ian cause go along with this Times of London,” her per- wanted to gain what they hundreds of years before Israel gives all Jews the the existence of Israel as a surreal appropriation and sonal and political memoir, (wrongly) thought were the Islam was even founded. Yet right of return to Israel; Mus- Jewish state is anathema is inversion agenda. In turn, it “Guardian Angel,” has been benefits to the Jews of anti- Muslims say (preposterously) lims claim a “right of return” that Islam teaches that the plays directly into the post- published by Bombardier, Semitism—protection from that they are the indigenous not to their own putative state real, authentic Jews are ... the modern discourse of the which also published her first criticism. That’s why they people of the land. of Palestine, but to Israel. Muslims. Thus, Osama bin West where lies are believed novel, “The Legacy,” in 2018. claim an equivalence between Gaza’s Islamist warlords They even claim that the Laden declared in his Letter as truth and truth disdained Her work can be found on her the two. commit war crimes by tar- Palestinians are the world’s to the American People: as lies in accordance with the website: www.melaniephil- But the great difference is geting Israeli civilians. Yet “new Jews.” “It is the Muslims who dogma of secular ideologies lips.com.

Erdoğan From page 5A In 2013, then-U.S. Presi- Netanyahu could not agree “Operation Protective Edge,” of the late President Mohamed Imamoğlu’s election as he dent Barack Obama forced to that, so the Turkey-Israel Israel’s war against Hamas Morsi, a Muslim Brotherhood did the failed coup against hood—instigated an attempt Israeli Prime Minister Benja- chasm remained vast. Until terrorists and infrastructure honcho. him three years ago—by by “peace activists” to violate min Netanyahu to apologize December 2015, that is, when in Gaza, from operating out For another, Turkey’s shun- incarcerating anyone and the blockade. to Erdoğan—on the tarmac a secret meeting was held in of Turkey. ning of Israel after the Mavi everyone whom he suspects of The incident that led to the of Ben-Gurion Airport, of all Switzerland between Turkish Until Donald Trump en- Marmara affair left room disloyalty. But it is safe to say six-year schism between An- places. Before boarding his Foreign Ministry director- tered the White House in for Jerusalem to strengthen that the cracks in his armor kara and Jerusalem occurred plane to return to America, general Feridun Sinirlioğlu 2017, the above was a typical ties with Greece and Cyprus, are too severe to be dismissed when Israeli commandos who Obama called Erdoğan and and then-newly appointed scenario: To secure “peace,” Erdoğan’s nemeses in the as temporary. Now that Istan- rappelled onto the Mavi Mar- shoved his cell phone in Ne- Mossad chief Yossi Cohen, Israel had to take all concrete Mediterranean. bul, home to 20 percent of the mara—one of the “Free Gaza tanyahu’s hand. accompanied by Netanyahu’s action, while its Islamist In a blatant act of bel- Turkish population, has been Flotilla” ships that set sail Netanyahu gave in to long-time special envoy to “partner” got credit—and ligerence in March, Turkey emboldened, it won’t take long from Turkey and headed to the Obama, of course. Yet Erdoğan Turkey, Joseph Ciechanover, oodles of Western cash—for engaged in a mass military for other areas of the country Hamas enclave with weapons (naturally) did not back down for the purpose of reaching magnanimously accepting exercise, titled “Blue Home- to follow. disguised as “humanitarian on any of his conditions for a deal with the Turkish devil. ill-gotten gains. land,” to convey to Greece, The possibility of an end goods”—were brutally at- rapprochement. In addition The only compromise that Today, the situation is Cyprus, Israel and Egypt that to the Erdoğan era is also tacked. When Israel Defense to demanding $20 million in Erdoğan made was to consent completely different. it would fight, literally and great news for Israel, a mere Forces’ soldiers fought back, “compensation,” he insisted not to prosecute Israeli brass For one thing, unlike figuratively, to lay claim to two-hour flight away, but nine Turkish activists were that Israel open the Gaza in absentia for supposed war the Obama administration, the Eastern Mediterranean’s light years from the former killed; a 10th died later of blockade to enable Hamas crimes related to the Mavi Trump’s team is on Israel’s Exclusive Economic Zone. friendship it used to enjoy with his wounds. The remaining terrorists to roam freely in Marmara incident. Oh, and side in general, and in its forg- Then, last month, Ankara its Mediterranean neighbor. vestige of long-gone kinship the Jewish state and commit to ban Hamas terrorist Salah ing of relations with regional aroused the ire of Washington, Ruthie Blum is an Israel- between the two countries mass murder, as they had been al-Arouri, mastermind of the Arab states, such as Egypt, Brussels and Cairo for drilling based journalist and author was finally erased, and the doing before being handed the 2014 kidnapping and mur- in particular. Turkey, on the for gas in the EEZ. of “To Hell in a Handbasket: ambassadors of both were entire area on a silver platter der of three Israeli teens in other hand, is on the outs It’s too early to tell whether Carter, Obama, and the ‘Arab recalled. a full decade earlier. Gush Etzion, which sparked with Cairo, since the ouster Erdoğan is going to treat Spring.’” Counselor From page 14A you work with will not only department appeared, sirens to take a stand in a time of 5. Embrace scrappy and A decade after my years as aid in creating new meaning roaring, to remove the “cap- real fear and threat, gather (literal) campiness: Like the a camp counselor, I see my for you and your team, but tured zombies” from camp. a diverse representation of scene in the movie “Hook” camp friends as rising leaders that we took the time to learn working with mutual trust Fast-forward to the shoot- local leaders, and navigate in which the Lost Boys eat in their fields. Each has a story their taste in music, validate and respect will help exceed ing at Pittsburgh’s Tree of the infrastructure of local an imaginary feast that be- about how their time at camp their experiences and under- your goals. Life synagogue. Shortly after police and city parks depart- comes real to them, camp trained them for a crucial stand their needs, we devel- 4. Mobilize in times of cri- hearing the news, I put out ments to provide last-minute counselors are the world’s facet of their volunteer and oped a deep trust that opened sis and calm: Once we ran a a call on Facebook to gather permits, electrical power most resourceful thinkers, professional work, as well as up the gates of conversation “Zombie Apocalypse” special members of the Philadelphia and protection. Hundreds of as they suspend belief on a their relationships. And each and built a foundation of mu- day at camp. Our campers Jewish community for a vigil people gathered that evening daily basis. It’s their exercise will tell you that yes, being a tual respect. Whether you’re “trained for battle.” They of solidarity. Two of the first in Philadelphia’s Rittenhouse of thought that will create camp counselor is indeed a 14 or 40, you deserve to feel stood up for their community to respond and help were Square. We spoke, we listened, solutions to the challenges real job. seen and understood. Taking in a (simulated) time of need. camp friends living in the we cried, we mourned. We of industry and society both This story originally ap- the time to understand those After sunset, our local fire area. Together we were able showed up, together. great or small. peared on Alma. PAGE 16A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, JULY 5, 2019 Arming synagogues? Jewish leaders grapple with balancing safety and accessibility By Jackson Richman Wellesley College and Babson space. While ensuring that College in Massachusetts, our places of gathering and (JNS)—In the aftermath told JNS that there are dif- worship are safe and secure, of two synagogue shootings ferent approaches to security let’s keep our focus on what exactly six months apart, in among the many Chabad our added value really is: in- addition to arson incidents Houses around the world. spiring and uplifting people, at Chabad Houses in Mas- He declined to specify what and bringing more light into sachusetts and an attempted precautions he and his wife, the world.” arson attempt at a Chicago Geni, have been taking, but ‘All about risk appetite’ synagogue last month, the noted that all Chabad syna- Bob Kinder, who served issue of security, specifically gogues and centers are taking six years in the U.S. Armed armed personnel, has been new precautions—not just Forces in Iraq and Afghani- in the spotlight. Some have because of the recent fire, but stan, and is currently the called for supporting the idea, in the aftermath of the April president and CEO of the while others, especially those 27 shooting at Chabad of Po- safety and security consult- who favor strict gun control, way in Southern California, ing firm Talon Solutions, have expressed their opposi- which resulted in the death which has contracted with tion to the idea. of one woman and injuries to synagogues to provide armed Three arson incidents others, including the senior security, told JNS that “tak- occurred in Massachusetts rabbi there. ing surveillance, all that within a week during the Chabad emissaries in the does is capture an image of month of May. Two occurred state have undergone a the perpetrator, whatever A memorial outside of the Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue in Pittsburgh following at the Chabad Center for Civilian Response to Active they’re doing, their nefarious the mass shooting on Oct. 27, 2019 that left 11 Jewish worshippers dead. Jewish Life of Arlington, Shooter Event (CRASE), activities. If you do not have while another happened at according to Bleich. It is a an operational arm that can military base in Fort Brag, armed security at Jewish Centers physical security the Chabad Jewish Center in training course that was interdict very rapidly, then N.C., in 1995 when a sniper institutions, especially, but grants and is in the process Needham. State and federal created by the Advanced Law the best surveillance systems killed one person and wound- not only, at synagogues,” of giving them to 37 Jewish law enforcement are investi- Enforcement Rapid Response in the world won’t do you any ed 20 others. said senior director Shoshana preschools in the neighbor- gating these incidents. Training organization (AL- good if your objective is to Speaking from that experi- Bryen. “We also support uni- hood, CJP associate vice Rabbi Mendy Krinsky di- ERRT) in 2004, five years prevent an attack.” ence, he said that “the best formed police.” president and director of rects the Needham location after the mass shooting at “Surveillance systems and method of deterring that ‘A logical, nonpartisan security operations Jeremy with his wife, Chanie, who Columbine High School in hardening a synagogue or a active shooter is somebody issue’ Yamin told JNS. smelled a fire that outside Colorado, where 15 people, JCC or another Jewish insti- else with a firearm.” Kinder cited a Reform syn- “While CJP has not been their home, which the rabbi including the two perpetra- tution is absolutely critical Recently, Elan Carr, agogue in Brookline, Mass., able to accommodate every extinguished “before the tors, were shot and killed. just to keep out would-be as- the U.S. Special Envoy for where congregants were hesi- request for physical security smoke alarms even went According to ALERRT’s sailants,” he continued. “But Monitoring and Combating tant to have someone with a investments, we are in the off,” according to the wife in website, “topics include the unless you have somebody Anti-Semitism, said that gun protecting the place. He process of raising funds to a Facebook post. history and prevalence of who can rapidly react to that synagogues and Jewish in- was asked to provide security help meet the community’s “Jewish community cen- active shooter events, civilian adversary, you’ll find it’s just stitutions should consider for an interfaith event and, increased needs,” he said, ters throughout the United response options, medical is- too late.” having armed guards. after accepting their offer, adding that the umbrella States have been address- sues, and considerations for That is not to say all Jew- “We live in a time of dan- was asked if “he would feel organization encourages and ing the evolving nature of conducting drills.” ish institutions need to have ger,” Carr told Jerusalem Post comfortable being unarmed.” assists Jewish institutions ap- the threats against them The program is offered armed personnel, said Kind- editor-in-chief Yaakov Katz “My response was, ‘I’m a ply for the Nonprofit Security for many years,” the rabbi through local law enforce- er, as defense and security is in an interview at the Global professional. These are my Grant Program, provides told JNS. “When an attack ment and is funded “through all about “risk appetite,” he Coalition 4 Israel Conference. credentials. If your purpose is “funding to support target does occur, it’s a time to several state and federal enti- said, adding that “and we’re “Any synagogue, every JCC deterrence and to secure the hardening and other physi- re-evaluate and continue to ties,” per ALERRT. certainly at risk.” should have guards. God people inside, you are better cal security enhancements enhance security measures.” Bleich said he plans to go He cited the April 27 syna- willing, may they never be off with me being armed and for nonprofit organizations “We’ve been working close- through the program soon. gogue shooting at Chabad needed, but they should be able to respond.’ ” that are at high risk of a ly with security experts and “We pride ourselves as be- of Poway and at Oct. 27 there.” In the end, Kinder was terrorist attack,” according law enforcement, as we had ing a home for every Jew—a shooting at the Tree of Organizations such as armed. In fact, he received an to the Federal Emergency been doing before this took welcoming environment for Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue the Orthodox Union and the email after the event inform- Management Agency. place,” he continued. “We everybody,” he said. “We’re in Pittsburgh as examples of Jewish Policy Center have ing him that the congrega- While the United States has are grateful to law enforce- not looking to scare anybody what can happen when there encouraged Jewish institu- tion requested him back. not been like Europe, where ment for their continued off. The last thing we would is no armed guard to stop an tions, especially synagogues, “It’s the internal tension armed personnel now rou- partnership in ensuring our want is that people should not assailant. to have armed personnel. that I think probably syna- tinely outside synagogues, safety, and we are taking in- feel safe and not feel comfort- Kinder, who is not Jewish, “The OU advocates for re- gogues and day schools all Kinder said, “There have been dependent security measures able to come to a synagogue.” instructs institutions such as sources [in the form of federal over the country are dealing two shootings exactly six as well.” “On the other hand,” he synagogues and Jewish com- and state grants] to support with,” he said of elevated fears months apart for individuals Krinsky declined to say continued, “we need to make munity centers to “make it security measures, includ- after Pittsburgh and Poway. that thought they were in a what specific security pro- sure that everybody will feel more difficult for an assailant ing guards, at synagogues, Of course, a major issue sanctuary, a place of worship tocols his family has taken safe and feel comfortable go- to injure your congregation school and other Jewish in- associated with enhanced and unfortunately, there was since the arson, although he ing to a synagogue.” or your children.” stitutions,” said Nathan Dia- security is the price tag. nobody there to stop them.” did mention that they haven’t Krinsky echoed that sen- “Most of these people, quite ment, executive director of However, Kinder said that “I would encourage people received any threats since and timent: “My message to all frankly, are cowards that the group’s advocacy center, CJP grants have been written, to consider how catastrophic have gotten an “outpouring rabbis is that security and are attacking, and they will said “the OU supports each including one to a Chabad it would be if a situation like of support from the com- a warm, welcoming envi- bypass something that they institution making its own recently, some of which has that happened, and whether munity.” ronment are not mutually consider to be a hardened determination as to which been done with his help. or not they had they done ev- Rabbi Moshe Bleich, who exclusive. People are more target,” he said. security measures suit its This year, CJP has offered erything they could possibly runs the Chabad on campus comfortable and at ease Kinder experienced the specific needs best.” 14 Jewish day schools and do to prevent that atrocity center for students at nearby in what they feel is a safe mass shooting at the U.S. “The JPC strongly supports two Jewish Community from occurring.” US Holocaust Museum rejects all ‘analogies between the Holocaust and other events’ By Ron Kampeas The statement linked to one The clarification did not not reflect the position of the “I support the Museum’s Holocaust, in part because of from December following a convince all of her critics and Museum,” the statement said. stance on avoiding Holocaust her use of the phrase “Never WASHINGTON (JTA)—The similar controversy regarding a firestorm from critics has In fact, the historian, Becky analogies,” she added in an again.” Beck also noted that U.S. Holocaust Memorial migrant detention camps run continued. Erbelding, had approved on interview with the Jewish Jewish organizations, in- Museum reiterated a strong by the Trump administration. The museum statement Twitter of a statement by Telegraphic Agency. cluding the Simon Wiesen- rejection of analogies to the Ocasio-Cortez last week appeared to be sparked by an Ocasio-Cortez that likened The Holocaust Museum thal Center, had condemned Holocaust in the wake of likened migrant detention article in World Israel News the migrant detention camps told JTA it stands by its Ocasio-Cortez for invoking the debate surrounding the camps on the border to that accuses a Holocaust to concentration camps, but statement, and the author of the Holocaust. term “concentration camps” concentration camps, and museum historian of embrac- explicitly said they were not the World Israel News story “The tweet in question was sparked by Rep. Alexandria invoked the phrase “Never ing the view that the current analogous to Nazi-run con- initially did not respond to a made during the controversy Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. again.” After critics slammed migrant detention camps centration camps. request for an interview. about (Alexandria Ocasio The museum “unequivo- her for what they said was an are analogous to Nazi-run The World Israel News The JTA request to the Cortez’s) comments about cally rejects efforts to cre- invocation of the Holocaust, concentration camps. article appeared to mischar- author, Atara Beck, was made concentration camps, ‘Never ate analogies between the she said she is not likening “The Museum further acterize the Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter, and she did not see Again’ and similar words in- Holocaust and other events, the detention camps to the reiterates that a statement statement as invoking the it. Beck reached out to JTA on voking the Holocaust,” Beck whether historical or contem- camps run by the Nazis, but ascribed to a Museum staff Holocaust. Erbelding in a Wednesday to respond. wrote in an email to JTA. porary,” the museum said in rather to a definition of the historian regarding recent statement called for a re- Beck said she asked Er- Beck said that Erbelding a statement. “That position term that has been used for attempts to analogize the traction and apology from belding about the Holocaust did not reply to her email ask- has repeatedly and unambigu- other detention camps, in- situation on the United States World Israel News and said, element because, in the ing her about the historian’s ously been made clear in the cluding those that imprisoned southern border to concentra- “Holocaust analogies are lazy, broader context of the con- tweet. She said Erbelding had Museum’s official statement Japanese Americans during tion camps in Europe during distracting, insensitive, and troversy, Ocasio-Cortez had blocked her on Twitter after on the matter.” World War II. the 1930s and 1940s does incorrect.” been accused of invoking the she had sent the email.