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WWW.HERITAGEFL.COM YEAR 43, NO. 07 OCTOBER 19, 2018 10 CHESHVAN, 5779 ORLANDO, FLORIDA SINGLE COPY 75¢ A culture of discrimination? By Jackson Richman on her promise to write 20-year-old junior Jake Secker (JNS)—The University of a letter of recommendation to Michigan is again under fire study abroad for a semester at for anti-Israel sentiment as a Tel Aviv University. pro-BDS instructor rejected a “I’m so sorry that I didn’t Jewish student’s request for a ask before agreeing to write letter of recommendation to your recommendation letter, study in Israel for a semester, but I regrettably will not be just a few months after an able to write on your behalf,” associate professor refused Lucy Peterson said in her to do the same for student email to Secker. “Along with Abigail Ingber. numerous other academics in In August, associate profes- the U.S. and elsewhere, I have sor in the American Culture pledged myself to a boycott of Department John Cheney- Israeli institutions as a way Lippold wrote to Ingber via of showing solidarity with email: “As you may know, Palestine.” many university departments University spokesperson have pledged an academic Rick Fitzgerald has stated on boycott against Israel in sup- the record that “the univer- port of Palestinians living sity is prohibited by federal in Palestine. This boycott law from discussing student Illustration by Lior Zaltzman/Getty Images includes writing letters of matters without the written (l-r): Gary Trauner; Sen. Dianne Feinstein; Rep. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev.; Sen. Ben Cardin; and Sen. Bernie Sanders. recommendation for students permission of the student.” planning to study there... For Secker is a friend of Ing- reasons of these politics, I ber’s. He did not respond to must rescind my offer to write JNS for a comment, nor did Jewish candidates in the 2018 your letter.” Peterson. He is now undergoing dis- Groups like the Anti-Def- ciplinary action. amation League condemned congressional elections: The Senate But the problem is bigger the move and called on the than Cheney-Lippold, as fur- university to address the is- By Ron Kampeas running for the House. There are two less than 2 percent of the population, ther evidenced by a second, sue of students being denied incumbents and 13 challengers. comprise 6 percent of the candidates). nearly identical incident letters of recommendation to WASHINGTON (JTA)—There are 56 Additionally, two House candidates, There are moderate Republicans who that affected another Jewish study in Israel, despite the uni- candidates for Congress who identify both Democrats, have Jewish fathers and would rather not mention President student. versity’s policy against BDS. as Jewish. say that shaped their outlook, but they Donald Trump’s name while campaign- Last week, a graduate Among them are 41 Democrats: five are do not identify as Jewish. At least three ing, right-wing Republicans who eagerly teaching instructor reneged Culture on page 14A running for the Senate—three incum- House hopefuls in the same party—two embrace the Trump endorsement and bents and two challengers. Among the incumbents and one challenger—have other right-wing Republicans who peddle 36 in the U.S. House of Representatives, a Jewish spouse and are raising their “alt-right” tropes. 18 are incumbents and 18 are challeng- children as Jewish. There are centrist Democrats who Michigan professor ers. (Three incumbent Jewish House Politically and geographically, they staunchly defend Israel, leftist Democrats Democrats are retiring.) are as diverse a bunch as the 900 candi- The 15 Republican candidates are dates for Congress (Jews, who make up Senate on page 14A faces discipline (JNS)—A University of Michigan professor, citing his Nikki Haley, fierce defender of Israel, support for the BDS move- ment in denying a student’s request in August for a letter resigns as US ambassador to the UN of recommendation for a semester-long study-abroad By Josefin Dolsten and President Donald Trump cultural affiliate, and pushed program at Tel Aviv University, Ron Kampeas in an Oval Office appearance for the defunding of UNRWA, was sanctioned on Tuesday by with Haley on Tuesday morn- the agency that administers the university. NEW YORK (JTA)—Nikki ing praised the former South assistance to Palestinian “As you may know, many Haley, the U.S. envoy to the Carolina governor and said refugees and their descen- university departments have United Nations and a strong that about six months ago, she dants. She threw a party for pledged an academic boycott defender of Israel in the world told him that she was ready to countries that did not vote to against Israel in support of body, will leave her post by the leave by the end of this year. condemn the United States Palestinians living in Pales- end of this year. “She’s a fantastic person, for recognizing Jerusalem as tine,” John Cheney-Lippold, very importantly, but she’s Israel’s capital. an associate professor in the also somebody that gets it,” Haley at the Oval Office American Culture depart- Trump said. event said Trump earned in- ment, wrote to University John Cheney-Lippold, an The announcement has es- ternational respect by deliver- of Michigan student Abigail associate professor in the pecially shocked supporters of ing on his warnings, including Ingber in an email in August. American Culture depart- Israel. “Whatever Trump may on Iran and Israel. “This boycott includes writing ment at the University of have gotten wrong, his choice “They get it when the letters of recommendation for Michigan, cited the BDS of Nikki Haley as ambassador president says he means busi- students planning to study movement in his decision to to the U.N. was a master- ness,” she said. “If you look at there... For reasons of these withhold a letter recommen- stroke,” the Boston Globe‘s the anti-Israel bias and the US Ambassador to the UN politics, I must rescind my dation for a Jewish student Jeff Jacoby wrote recently. strength and courage the Nikki Haley offer to write your letter.” seeking to study abroad in CNN has referred to her as president showed in moving The punishments against Israel. “the breakout star” of Trump’s the embassy” to Jerusalem. returned the compliment on Cheney-Lippold include a cabinet. She especially praised Twitter. stern warning, ineligibility for Science and the Arts, on Sept. Haley, a moderate on Jared Kushner, Trump’s “She is a bold reformer a merit increase for the 2018- 20, where he acknowledged Trump’s foreign policy team, Jewish son-in-law. “Jared is and has been an unwavering 19 academic year, in addition he was wrong regarding had a warm relationship a hidden genius that no one champion of truth, principled to being ineligible to take an university policies on the with Israeli Prime Minister understands,” she said. Haley realism and integrity within accredited sabbatical until the BDS movement and instead Benjamin Netanyahu, who recently joined Kushner the United Nations,” Ivanka fall 2020 semester. inserted “a personal stance,” frequently praised her for in shaping his Middle East Trump said on Twitter. “Jared Ingber’s family found out criticizing what she saw as peace proposal, which no one and I are grateful for her about the course of action Professor on page 15A bias against the Jewish state outside the small team has friendship—a true blessing through a Freedom of Infor- at the U.N. seen. “It is so unbelievably in our lives!” mation Act request, obtained The most consequential well done,” she said of the Haley was a star in the by JNS. actions she took had to do proposal. center-right pro-Israel com- Cheney-Lippold met with with Israel: She pulled out of Ivanka Trump, Kushner’s Elizabeth Cole, interim dean UNESCO, the United Nations wife and Trump’s daughter, Haley on page 13A of the College of Literature, PAGE 2A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, OCTOBER 19, 2018 Twins honor their 70th bar mitzvah anniversary Army and after tours in Korea, Laos, Okinawa, Germany and many stateside posts, Herbert retired in 1983 with 25 years of active service. Herbert retired as a lieutenant colonel and then taught Junior ROTC at Miami Killian High School for 15 years. They retired again in 1998 to Kissimmee and then to the Villages in 2014. Martin remained on ac- tive duty a few more years and then remained in the Army Reserves to complete 30 year of service and retired as a colonel in the Chemical Corps. While serving he had a very successful career as a formulation chemist with an international company (Ciba Martin (l) and Herbert Siegel today. Geiga of Switzerland). He married Betty Dobin and has Twins Herbert and Martin in Leesburg. Herbert will be degree in chemistry. They two sons. He currently resides Siegel, will be celebrating wearing the same tallit that he joined the Army in 1958 in Niceville, Florida. Herbert (l) and Martin Siegel at their bar mitzvah in 1948. their 83rd birthdays on Oct. wore for his bar mitzvah. After due to the draft. After one 24, 2018. What is more signifi- the service they are sponsor- year they went to Officers cant about this date is that it ing a Kiddush (luncheon) for Candidate School at Fort Sill is also the 70th anniversary of congregants. Oklahoma and graduated as November events at St. Augustine their bar mitzvah. To honor The Siegel twins were born 2nd lieutenants—Hebert as this event, the brothers will in Brooklyn, N.Y., to Saul and an artillery officer and Martin again be called to the Torah to Sophie Siegel. They attended as a chemical officer. Jewish Historical Society recite the traditional prayers Erasmus Hall High School At that time, Herbert was The St. Augustine Jewish synagogue in continuous use the Historical Society will and read the Haftarah portion and then University of Miami, married to Betty Israel and Historical Society will of- in the State of Florida at 161 provide a 2-hour, 1.5-mile on Saturday, Oct. 27, at 10 a.m. Florida, where they both awaiting their first child. fer three programs during Cordova Street, St. Augustine, walking tour of Jewish St. at Congregation Beth Sholom graduated with a bachelor’s They decided to remain in the the month of November, a block south of St. Augustine Augustine, starting at 10 an Oneg Shabbat following City Hall. All are welcome to a.m. in the shade of the 7:30 p.m. services at First attend; no advance arrange- trees at the southeastern Congregation Sons of Israel ments need be made. corner of the parking lot WATCH LIVE! on Friday evening, Nov. 9; a On Sunday, Nov. 11, the So- at Mission Nombre de Dios, October 24, 2018 Memorial Service at the St. ciety will mark the 100th an- 27 Ocean Avenue, at San 7:00 pm ET Augustine National Cem- niversary of the cessation of Marco Avenue (State Route etery on Nov. 11 at 11 a.m., hostilities on the Western A1A). The tour will end at the 100th anniversary of the Front of World War I, which First Congregation Sons of Armistice that ended World took effect at eleven o’clock in Israel, 161 Cordova Street The race for Florida’s next War I; and a free 2-hour the morning—the “eleventh and involves a walk of 1.5 walking tour of Jewish St. hour of the eleventh day of the miles. Wear sunscreen and Augustine to begin at Mis- eleventh month” of 1918. The sturdy, comfortable walking sion Nombre de Dios at 10 11 a.m. Veterans Day event at shoes. Bring water. There is a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 14. the National Cemetery, 104 no charge for this tour. The Nov. 9 Oneg Shabbat Marine Street, will be brief, All are welcome to attend following regular 7:30 p.m. remembering the sacrifice of each of these events, no ad- Friday evening services led all veterans, focusing on the vance arrangements need be by Rabbi Joel Fox at First Jews buried in the nearly 200 made, there is no charge. For Congregation Sons of Israel year old burial grounds. further information contact DEBATE will take place in the oldest On Wednesday, Nov.14, 804-914-4460. October 24, 2018 7:00 pm What are the proposed

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ANTHONY MAN Political Writer Sun-Sentinel PANELISTS ISADORA RANGEL Public Affairs and Engagement Editor Florida Today BeforeYouVote.org HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, OCTOBER 19, 2018 PAGE 3A A protest to support pro-Israel students at Columbia University didn’t involve many students By Ben Sales ers, a non-student who there and they started yell- wore a black face mask and ing chants at us against NEW YORK (JTA)—The identified himself only as Israel. They were there for organizers of a rally to sup- “Big Rob,” said he attended a different protest, not con- port pro-Israel students at the rally in order to encour- nected to us. They saw us Columbia University didn’t age pro-Israel students to and decided to scream at us.” want the Jewish Defense aggressively confront their Earlier this year, with the League to show up. adversaries. help of Lawfare, SSI filed a And yet there they were, a “The way to help yourself complaint with the univer- few demonstrators wearing is by demonstrating you’re sity administration claiming the extremist right-wing willing to take a risk, you’re harassment of pro-Israel stu- group’s insignia, a clenched willing to take a loss to ex- dents by anti-Zionist groups. fist punching into a yellow tract a price,” Big Rob said The university, according to Jewish star. in a gruff voice. “Whatever it Zahger, has repeatedly dis- The leader of the group’s takes: kicked out of school, a missed the complaint. New York chapter, Karen fat lip, a bloody nose, a night Despite that, only a hand- Lichtbraun, marched up in jail, whatever it is. They ful of students showed up at and down the small police want to play it safe. That’s the rally. Zahger and a few barricade chatting up the why the tormentors are em- older attendees claimed that other protesters. She said six boldened.” was because students were of her members had come to Columbia undergraduate too scared to out themselves demonstrate on behalf of the Ofir Dayan, daughter of Is- as pro-Israel, they were un- students. rael’s consul general in New aware of how bad things were The Oct. 4 rally outside Co- York, Dani Dayan, told the or people discount Jewish lumbia’s main gates in Upper New York Post that members claims of discrimination. Manhattan was organized by of Students for Justice in “If there would be any Students Supporting Israel, a Palestine have harassed her other minority treated the campus group with chapters on campus. Dayan said she way Jewish students are be- Ben Sales across the country. It called has been called a “murderer” ing treated here, you would Protesters outside the main gates of Columbia in New York City called on the university on the university administra- and “terrorist” by mobs of have thousands of people administration to do more to protect pro-Israel students, Oct. 4, 2018. tion to do more to protect Palestinian supporters, and here standing with them,” pro-Israel students, whom that when her father spoke said protester Rabbi Elchan- comment on SSI, but told anti-Israel students—it was “We apologize for any SSI says are harassed for at the university in February, an Poupko, the president of JTA that her group prefers to uncomfortable with the JDL distress the three individuals their views. she was handed a flier calling Eitan, a nonprofit supporting engage students in pro-Israel presence at its rally. The caused,” the statement said. But most of the 40 or so him a “war criminal.” American Israelis. “When it activism rather than con- JDL was founded in the late “We did not intend on allow- demonstrators appeared not SSI Columbia’s president, comes to Israel and Jews, fronting the administration. 1960s by Rabbi Meir Kahane, ing such an extreme group of to be students. Many were senior Dalia Zahger, told JTA unfortunately, people don’t “Aryeh had no official part who advocated violence in individuals to attend. Again, older, mostly middle-aged, at the rally that she has had feel that the same safe spaces in that protest at all,” she response to anti-Semitism. we condemn JDL and what protesting on their behalf. similar experiences. Zahger and support are required.” said. “We are not currently The FBI labeled it a terror they stand for on the stron- The rally was posted on recalled an instance when But other large Jewish petitioning the administra- group. gest possible terms.” Facebook and was the subject she and three friends were groups on campus also stayed tion in any way. Most of our Today, the JDL, which has But at the rally, Lichtbraun of a news release sent out by confronted after an SSI meet- away from the protest. The outreach is on a personal a small New York chapter, fre- said she had no qualms about Miller Ink, a West Coast pub- ing by a group of 50 protesters campus Hillel’s leadership basis, and we like to engage quently protests on behalf of protesting on behalf of stu- lic relations firm that repre- chanting at them. did not respond to requests the students more than the right-wing pro-Israel causes. dents—even if there weren’t sents some pro-Israel groups. “They called me a ter- for comments, and Aryeh, administration.” Following the rally, SSI that many students there. In the past, SSI’s Columbia rorist in all kinds of dif- a large pro-Israel group at Although SSI tends to be published a statement con- “Most of the pro-Israel chapter has received support ferent situations,” said the Columbia, declined to en- more provocative—in 2016, demning the JDL and clari- groups have not taken to from the Lawfare Project, a 25-year-old senior, who dorse the rally or encourage the group inflated a 12-foot fying that it had asked its the street, have not orga- legal aid group that supports came to Columbia after its members to attend. The Pinocchio doll on campus members to leave. It said nized a protest,” she said. pro-Israel causes. serving in the Israeli army. group’s president, Adele to call out what it said were there were three JDL mem- “They’ve stayed in their safe One of the older protest- “There were about 50 people Stolovitz, was reluctant to lies being propagated by bers at the rally. classroom.” 2 Israelis killed, 1 injured in West Bank terror attack JERUSALEM (JTA)—Two knew the two dead victims—a tified as the two people left behind a suicide note with Israelis were killed and an- man and a woman from cen- killed. a friend. other injured in a terror attack tral Israel. Both had been tied The attack is reported to The Israel Defense Forces in a West Bank industrial up and shot at close range; be the first of its kind in the is searching for the attacker. area that employs thousands they died of their injuries at Barkan Industrial Park. “This is a serious terror at- of Palestinian and Jewish the scene. The gunman used an as- tack,” IDF spokesman Ronen workers. A woman in her 50s was sault rifle and was caught Manlis said in a statement. The attack in the Barkan taken to a nearby Israeli on security cameras leaving “He may have had other mo- Industrial Park factory took hospital in serious but stable the factory. He lived in the tives, but we unequivocally place shortly before 8 a.m. condition, according to Magen village of Shweika, near the state that this is a terrorist Sunday, at the beginning of David Adom. West Bank city of Tulkarem, attack, in light of other find- the work week. The gunman, Kim Levengrond Yehe- and had a permit to enter ings we have.” a 23-year-old Palestinian who zkel, 29, of Rosh Haayin, Barkan for work, but it is Manlis said that special remains at large, had been and Ziv Hajbi, a 35-year- not known how he was able units have been brought in employed at the factory for old father of three from to bring the weapon into the to help capture the shooter. Kim Levengrond Yehezkel and Zvi Hajbi several months and reportedly Rishon Lezion, were iden- industrial zone. He reportedly He called the Barkan In- dustrial Zone, which is home Israelis and Palestinians co- ize relations with the Zionist to 160 factories, “an area of existing peacefully. I call on occupier are unsuccessful,” it coexistence in which Palestin- the Palestinian leadership to said in a statement. Escalation: Terror balloon ians work daily with a permit condemn the attack and to use An Islamic Jihad spokes- alongside Jews. We are exam- the forces at their disposal to man, Daoud Shehab, said the ining the events of the day, capture the terrorist and those attack is a reply to “Israel’s war lands in Jerusalem but it is clear to all of us that who aided him.” crimes in Gaza, Jerusalem, preserving this coexistence The Hamas terror organi- the Bedouin village of Khan By United with Israel jacent to several Arab neigh- Over the past six months, is part of the IDF’s mission, zation called the attack “a new al-Ahmar and the damage borhoods. balloons and kites carrying and we will continue to do so.” chapter in our resistance in Israel causes to the Al-Aqsa Israeli police were alerted This concerning incident firebombs or explosives have Prime Minister Benjamin the West Bank.” mosque. We call on our people to a house in Givat Ze’ev, a occurred just days after an been regularly launched from Netanyahu at the weekly “The incident has proven to rise up against the settle- Jerusalem neighborhood, late incendiary terror balloon the Gaza Strip into Israel, Cabinet meeting on Sunday that any attempts of the Pal- ments terror until the West Sunday night after a Molotov was discovered in the Ligad sparking countless fires and morning called the shootings estinian Authority to normal- Bank is freed from it.” cocktail was found tied to Technology Park in Modi’in causing extensive damage. a “severe terrorist attack.” a balloon was found in the in central Israel. It was the The Palestinian arson ter- “The security forces are in backyard. first time that a Palestinian rorism campaign has so pursuit of the reprehensible NATHALIE TOLEDANO airborne incendiary device far decimated nearly 10,000 Police sappers examined murderer,” he said. “I am cer- REALTOR® the balloon and transferred has been detected this deep acres of forest and farm- tain that they will apprehend the findings for further inves- inside Israeli territory. land on the Israeli side of the him and I am also certain (407) 488-2763 CELL tigation, officers said. A police source said that border, causing millions of that we will deal with him to (407) 647-1211 EXT 3685 BUSINESS The police called on the the incident was in line with dollars in damage to the area. the fullest extent of the law (407) 628-1210 FAX public to exercise extreme several similar cases indicat- Environmental experts say and quickly. [email protected] caution with regards to suspi- ing Palestinians in Judea it will take at least 15 years President Reuven Rivlin cious objects such as kites and and Samaria may be trying to rehabilitate the vegetation in a statement said “This balloons, which may contain to mimic the attacks from and wildlife that have been was not only an attack on RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE explosives or flammable Gaza by launching incendiary destroyed. innocent people going about 400 Park Avenue South, Suite 210 materials. balloons into central Israeli JNS contributed to this their daily lives, it was also Owned And Operated Winter Park, FL 32789 Givat Ze’ev is situated ad- cities. report. an attack on the possibility of By NRT LLC www.floridamoves.com/nathalie.toledano PAGE 4A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, OCTOBER 19, 2018 Jewish Federations, we need to talk By Caroline Glick Fifty percent of American Jews define them- supported it, the government established an tions choose to insult Israelis by holding their selves as liberal and only 8 percent of Israeli egalitarian prayer area at the Western Wall. conference in Tel Aviv rather than Jerusalem At the end of the month, the Jewish Federa- Jews define themselves as leftists. The issue of non-Orthodox rabbis in Israel is five months after the U.S. government finally tions of North America will hold their annual Sixty-one percent of American Jews think imaginary. According to the AJC, less than one moved the U.S. embassy to Israel’s capital? General Assembly in Israel. And while the that “Israel and an independent Palestinian percent of Israelis define themselves as either And why are the Federations demanding that Federations’ decision to hold their annual state can coexist.” Only 43 percent of Israelis Reform or Conservative. And there is no line Israeli Jews give them an accounting for the conference in Israel rather than America seems agree. of Reform and Conservative American Jews longstanding disparities in the outlooks of the at face value to be a statement of solidarity Eighty percent of American Jews vs. 49 per- demanding to get married in Israel. two communities? with Israel, in this case, it isn’t. cent of Israeli Jews think non-Orthodox rabbis As for the issue of a Palestinian state, if the The most reasonable explanation for the Five months after U.S. President Donald should officiate at Jewish ceremonies in Israel. American Jews shared Israel’s good will, they Federations’ unfriendly behavior is that it Trump moved the U.S. embassy to Jeru- The odd thing about these data is that they would not pick a fight on the issue. doesn’t lay in anger over Israel’s policies re- salem from Tel Aviv in an extraordinary aren’t new, and they certainly don’t point The AJC poll showed that 68 percent of Israeli garding non-Orthodox rabbis or the Palestin- act of friendship, the Jewish Federations to unbridgeable disputes between two well- Jews think it is inappropriate for American ians or Israel’s rejection of the political Left. of North America chose to hold their intentioned sides to an argument. Jews to attempt to influence Israeli policy on Rather, the Federations decided to highlight annual General Assembly in... Tel Aviv. Israel has certainly demonstrated its good national security issues including the issue these longstanding, workable gaps in order The name the Federations gave their confer- will. of negotiations with the Palestinians. Only to hide the real source of the anger that their ence is also a stunner. According to the American Jewish Com- 25 percent of Israeli Jews deem it appropriate. leaders feel toward Israeli Jews. The source of “Israel and the Diaspora, We Need to Talk.” mittee’s survey of Israeli Jewish and American Given the wide majority of Israelis who oppose the anger can be summed up in two words: What do we “need to talk” about? Jewish opinions published in June, a mere 42 their meddling, it is clear that no Israeli govern- Donald Trump. The homepage of the conference’s website percent of Israeli Jews supported establishing ment is likely to give American Jews a seat at Israelis are divided on many issues. But one makes that clear enough. At the very top, it an egalitarian prayer area at the Western Wall the table as it determines policies for which only issue unites them. Israelis love Trump. spells out all the differences dividing Israeli while 48 percent opposed it. And yet, out of Israel’s citizens will bear the consequences. This week the Pew Research Center pub- and American Jews. respect for American Jews who overwhelmingly Presuming American Jews have a modicum lished a new survey analyzing how the nations of respect for Israelis and their government, of the world view Trump and America under it would seem reasonable for them to respect Trump. While support for Trump and the U.S. is the wishes of the people of Israel. low and dropping among many key U.S. allies, As for the ideological divide between liberal particularly in Europe, Israelis adore him. And Shipley speaks American Jews and right-leaning Israeli Jews, under Trump, their longstanding overwhelm- it is true that it is wide. But it is also true ing support for the U.S. has increased. that it has been that way for decades. And The Pew study found that 83 percent of Anti-Semitism as a political issue yet, until recently it was never an obstacle to Israelis and 94 percent of Israeli Jews love good relations. So what is going on? Why did the Federa- Glick on page 15A By Jim Shipley is quoted as saying something detrimental to Jews in a speech or a conversation at There was a time when “real” anti-Semitism some time. was alive and doing well in the United States. So? How important is this if the candidate’s America wouldn’t let her in, I have written before that had we moved to platform and stance on issues agree with our Shaker Heights, Ohio, two years earlier than own. For some of us, one statement, one quote we did, we could not have bought a house that is detrimental or even borderline about so why should Israel? there. It was not until 1948 that the “No Jews” Jews is enough to disqualify that candidate. restriction was declared illegal. For others it is dependent on the time that the By Stephen M. Flatow Columnists Bret Stephens and Bari Weiss, At that time there were quotas on the statement was made. writing in The New York Times this week, number of Jews allowed in many medical and Look, I was raised in a time when racial jokes (JNS)—Some American pundits are slam- acknowledged that SJP “has received funding law schools around the country. Most country were part of the daily lexicon—even if we bore ming Israel for denying entry to Palestinian- and other assistance” from American Muslims clubs did not allow Jews (we retaliated by open- no antipathy to the race we were demeaning. American student Lara Alqasem. Perhaps for Palestine, some of whose leaders have ties ing our own country clubs and not allowing Today sensitivity is greater to any remark, they should take a look at America’s own laws to the terrorist group Hamas. gentiles). Before the war, Jews from Europe joke or statement that might offend someone. concerning the admission of extremists before Despite that connection, they say that Israel fleeing the Nazis were turned away and sent So, no more black jokes, Polish jokes, Italian they throw mud at Israel. should admit Alqasem. Stephens and Weiss back to certain death. jokes—or, God Forbid an anti-Jewish joke. In 2014, Ms. Alqasem became a member of usually are on the right side when it comes Well, we’ve come a long way. Two Jews serve Unless of course we are joking about our own the anti-Israel group Students for Justice in to Israel. But once in a while, they’re wrong. on the Supreme Court (ladies, yet!). Quotas ethnicity—and with a fellow Jew. Of course. Palestine at her home campus, the University And they’re wrong on this one. and religious qualifications are pretty much Funny, isn’t it? Jews can make jokes about of Florida. She didn’t join as some passing lark; They offer two arguments: one strategic and all illegal. But like roaches in the walls, it still Jews, Italians about Italians—but we dare she was an activist who rose through the ranks, one principled. The strategic argument is that exists. We are living in a political atmosphere not joke about anyone else’s ethnicity, reli- becoming vice president of the chapter, and expelling visitors such as Alqasem “power- that is designed to pull people apart. We have gion, or cultural quirks. Anti-Semitism, of then serving as president in 2016-17. fully reinforces the prejudice of those visitors become tribal once again. course, is different. In its most violent form SJP is not a group that merely criticizes (along with their supporters) that Israel is a Political discourse has become toxic. When it created the Holocaust. In its more subtle Israel. It supports Palestinian terrorists. In discriminatory police state.” personal attacks become the norm, when in form it created quotas, discrimination and recent years, it has issued statements and That makes no sense to me. Alqasem and our social media world there are no rules about the occasional spray-painted swastika on a held events praising and defending, among her friends in SJP obviously are Israel-haters truth or sources, we tend to protect ourselves suburban garage door. others, convicted Jerusalem supermarket through and through. Their words and deeds and our own. Jews, by taking the high road and integrating bomber Rasmea Odeh; convicted Palestin- irrefutably demonstrate their hatred. They In this election year, all the stop signs are themselves into society through grit, determi- ian sniper and bomb-maker Samer Issawi; believe Israel is a “discriminatory police state” pulled down. Truth takes a back seat to nuance nation, and yes, skill; have, in most of society, and Palestinian stabbers Fadi Aloon and and worse, long before she was detained. and attacks. There are a plethora of fringe or- taken our rightful place. But, just below the Fadil Qawasmi. Keeping Alqasem out of the country she hates ganizations that are blatantly anti-black and/ surface, the beast still breathes. With that kind of track record, if Alqasem was won’t make her hate it any more than she or anti-Semitic. God help the candidate that There are nations in the world in which few, a non-American applying to enter the United already does. is endorsed by them—unless of course they if any, Jews live—but where anti-Semitism States, she would not be admitted. JNS editor in chief Jonathan S. Tobin has strike a chord that the candidate themselves is rife. Why? How? Well, in many cases it is U.S. law specifies several categories of people made a similar argument regarding Alqasem. endorse—if only by innuendo. religiously driven. The record of the Catholic who are denied admission, including those who He wrote this week that keeping anti-Israel We all say and do stupid stuff. Many of our Church in the Second World War is far from “espouse” terrorism. Look at the section called radicals out of Israel “is handing Israel’s op- beliefs and attitudes are based on what we stellar. Much of the Muslim world is totally “Inadmissible Aliens” in 8 U.S. Code 1182, (a) ponents an unearned propaganda victory heard at the dinner table when we were kids. anti-Semitic. (3)(B)(i)(IV)(bb). It bars any “representative of... since it bolsters their lies about Israel being It is tough as we grow and live in a world dif- Traces of it of course remain in sections a political, social, or other group that endorses an apartheid state.” I disagree. Those who ferent from the one in which we were raised of our society. Whether created by religious or espouses terrorist activity.” falsely call Israel an apartheid state will con- to change certain ideas and patterns. belief or jealousy or just plain “gotta blame That sounds to me like a pretty good de- tinue to do so, whether Israel admits or denies The world around us has changed drastically somebody!” It’s here. scription of Students for Justice in Palestine. entry to foreign extremists. Their lies are not during the past two generations. Race and So, if a political candidate made a state- The grounds for exclusion don’t stop there. “bolstered” by Israel taking the same modest religion do not have the restrictive borders ment or said something and was overheard Consider (a)(3)(A)(iii)(VII). It denies admission border-control actions that the United States they used to. However, unfortunately, the no matter when—it is something to take into even if the applicant doesn’t represent a pro- itself takes every day. extremes are still there. consideration. We must be aware. We must terrorist group—if she is just an individual The second Stephens-Weiss argument is one So, as Jews we ponder. This candidate be awake. And yes, it should be. who “endorses or espouses terrorist activity or of principle. They say that liberal democracies seems to follow my political ideas, seems to Anti-Semitism is and I’m afraid will always persuades others to endorse or espouse terror- such as Israel should show “deep tolerance for call for the changes I’d like to see. BUT—he be a political issue. ist activity or support a terrorist organization.” opinions [they] find foolish [or] dangerous,” That sounds to me like a pretty good descrip- and refrain from “expelling visitors who favor THE VIEWS EXPRESSED ON THIS PAGE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THE VIEWS OF HERITAGE MANAGEMENT. tion of Lara Alqasem. the BDS movement” because democracies have And then there’s (a)(3)(A)(iii). An applicant is to make room for all kinds of views. ✡ ✡ ✡ CENTRAL FLORIDA’S INDEPENDENT JEWISH VOICE ✡ ✡ ✡ denied if he or she intends, even “incidentally,” That argument is highly misleading. Alqa- ISSN 0199-0721 Winner of 46 Press Awards Editor/Publisher to engage in “any activity” that has as one of sem is being denied entry not because of her Jeffrey Gaeser its purposes “opposition ... to the Government “opinions” or what she “favors,” but because

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His book, “A Father’s Fern Park, FL 32730 FAX (407) 831-0507 David Lehman • Gil Dombrosky any other totalitarian party, or subdivision or Story: My Fight for Justice Against Iranian email: [email protected] Joyce Gore affiliate thereof, domestic or foreign.” Terror,” will be out later this month. HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, OCTOBER 19, 2018 PAGE 5A This is the gravest threat to the future of liberal Judaism By Ammiel Hirsch Thus, liberal Jews are enforce the division between, lims or Universalists illiberal? We liberal Jews never seem is the gravest threat to the abandoning their Jewish among other things, Jews and Is a marriage between two to speak about Jewish solidar- future of liberal Judaism. For NEW YORK (JTA)—Some- identity in accelerating and non-Jews. indigenous Australians, eager ity anymore. We speak about what are the prospects of the thing is rotten in the state unsustainable numbers. Ac- Chabon touched upon the to preserve Aboriginal civili- our obligations to the world continuity of the people if the of liberalism that threatens cording to a Pew study pub- very heart of Jewish distinc- zation, illiberal? with profound conviction people are not committed to the future of progressive lished in August, nearly half tiveness and peoplehood. To care about fellow Jews, and eloquence, but never its own continuity—and does Judaism. of American Jews prefer not “An endogamous marriage to feel connected to the Jewish seem to speak about our ob- not even agree philosophically Jews who call themselves to identify with organized re- is a ghetto of two,” he said. “I people and to be attached to ligations to Jews. Thus, for that it is a legitimate objective “liberal” join organizations ligion. Their distancing from want [my children] to marry the Jewish state are not proof many Reform Jews, “tikkun and a social good? Is it possible seeking to boycott, divest and the Jewish community has into the tribe that prizes of ghetto Judaism. In fact, olam” implies everyone in the to sustain the Jewish people sanction Israel in dispropor- already caused a significant learning, inquiry, skepticism, not to be committed to these world except Jews. It is rare without being committed to tional numbers. They lead contraction of our movement openness to new ideas. I want values is evidence of Jewish to meet an American Reform the Jewish people? Can Juda- the attack against Israel with and, if not contained, will my children to marry into the decline. youth or activist who consid- ism survive without Jews? a kind of ferocity normally cause an implosion of the tribe that enshrines equality Don’t liberals believe in ers tikkun olam to include It is the will to Jewish reserved for the world’s worst instrumentalities of Reform before the law and freedom diversity, in a pluralism of the obligation to assist, say, distinctiveness that ensures regimes. Their antipathy Judaism itself. If we do not of conscience and human communities? Don’t we be- impoverished Jews in Israel Jewish distinctiveness. It is for Israel leads them to join reverse these trends, Reform rights. ... There will be plenty lieve in the dignity of human or the former Soviet Union. A the will to continue that has groups that even have anti- Judaism two generations from of potential partners for my difference? Or do we believe Reform tikkun olam mission led to continuity. There is a Semitic tendencies. now will be a shadow of what children to choose—a fair in diversity for everyone but would more likely travel to ferocity to Jewish survival in- But the danger is not it is today. number [of whom] are even Jews? a poor African village than stincts, an indomitable sense only in the political realm. Pulitzer Prize winner Mi- likely to be Jews.” We didn’t build walls to a soup kitchen for Jews in of Jewish destiny. When these Like everything else in life, chael Chabon’s commence- Such is the wounded state keep people out; they built Ukraine. are lost, the future is lost. our actions, our politics are ment address last spring at the of Jewish liberalism today that walls to keep us in. The goal The irony is that the very In the modern world, those dictated by our core values Hebrew Union College-Jewish in response, Chabon received of the particular existence of concept of prophetic values who are not committed to Jew- and principles. Many liberal Institute of Religion addressed a rousing ovation from most the Jewish people is to bring emerged from the Hebrew ish survival will not survive Jews are uncomfortable with these issues directly. Before (but not all) of the crowd of light to all the peoples of the prophets, who were fierce as Jews. Jewish particularism, assert- a sanctuary filled with newly students about to embark earth. God “appointed you to particularists At no time Ammiel Hirsch is the se- ing that it is an illiberal idea minted or soon-to-be Reform on their first full-time posi- be a light to the nations,” Isa- did they abandon the Jew- nior rabbi at Stephen Wise whose time has passed. While rabbis, cantors, educators and tions in Reform synagogues, iah preached, “opening eyes ish particular in favor of the Free Synagogue, a Reform there was always a healthy other Jewish professionals and supported by many of their deprived of light, bringing universal. To the contrary, congregation on New York’s tension in Jewish thought their families, Chabon told professional mentors. prisoners, and all those who the universal was a function, Upper West Side. This op-ed between the centrality of these future leaders of Reform Under what theory of lib- sit in darkness out of their a product, of the particular. is adapted from his 2018 Yom Jewish peoplehood and Jewish Judaism that since the last of eralism are we required to dungeons.” The point of the The impetus and urgency of Kippur sermon, “From the interactions with, and obliga- his children’s b’nai mitzvah, discard attachments and particular existence of the prophetic morality was an Ghetto.” tions to, the world at large, it his retreat from religious loyalties to Jews? What is this Jewish people is to promote outcome of the centrality The views and opinions is increasingly difficult for practice has been near total. new Jewish progressivism that the dignity of all people. Jew- of the Jewish people, not its expressed in this article are liberal Jews today to accept He contended that Judaism, asserts that the acceptance of ish chosenness never implied negation. those of the author and do not that Jewish distinctiveness like every other religion, is others requires the negation superiority. To the contrary, The growing inclination necessarily reflect the views of is a core Jewish value or even one giant interlocking sys- of self? Is a marriage between we were the lowest of nations. among liberal Jews to de-em- JTA or its parent company, 70 a contemporary social good. tem of division intended to two Catholics, Hindus, Mus- We were slaves. phasize Jewish distinctiveness Faces Media. In the absence of leadership By Zahava Englard run down, ambushed on our to employ a definitive policy of but at the same time, our Minister Benjamin Netanyahu victims” is put into action Shapiro roads, in our streets, in our deterrence. We wait in vain for leaders forsake its own people. has chosen a path of national without flowery speeches or capital, in our synagogues, in them to execute the courage They discard their own iden- suicide, by considering an fanfare, and works around (Mida via JNS)—I write our schools, in our kitchens, to put an end to it. To exhibit tity, their compassion, and enemy state on our soil? This the clock to fill in where our this just hours after an Arab and in our beds, spanning a desire for victory. their duty to its people and is the path of those who have government won’t. terrorist shot and killed two decades, with no end in sight. We wait for our leadership they have shed the pride that lost hope. Perhaps he can Other individuals such Jews and seriously wounded a I write this after listening to to stand as proud Jews against accompanies a love of one’s claim to be pragmatic. But as Nadia Matar and Yehudit third in the Barkan industrial countless impeccably written our enemies. With strength of peoplehood. pragmatism belongs to those Katsover, indefatigable lead- center in Israel’s Shomron re- speeches, artfully delivered conviction. With dignity. We The Knesset today is home who lost their hearts along ers of Women In Green, who gion, where thousands of Jews by our prime minister at- wait. We bleed. We bury our to Jews who sit at the helm, their way. His pragmatism have labored consistently and Arabs work side by side. testing to Israel’s right to dead. And we wait some more. whose Torah and heritage is bares Jewish blood flowing over the years, preventing co- I write this just after learn- defend itself. I write this after In the absence of leadership, foreign to them. Rather than easily throughout our land. lonialist Arabs from destroy- ing that Arab terrorists set fire listening time and again to we live and die at the whim take definitive measures to In the vacuum of respon- ing our fields and illegally to chicken farms in the Yizrael our defense minister’s empty of our enemies bent on our put an end to enemy attacks, sible governance, the onus seizing our land, and who Valley in northern Israel. I threats and tedious warnings destruction. they turn on their own, deny of security falls on the indi- are currently spearheading write this as southern Israel to our enemy. To its shame, this govern- the right of the people of Israel vidual. the push for our rightful sov- is still ablaze, for months, The people of Israel wait in ment will go down in history to their land, and uproot their Individuals such as Marc ereignty over our ancestral due to Arab terrorists in Gaza vain for the government to as the one that turned a blind people from their homes and Prowisor of The One Israel land. that began their arson attacks take action. eye to the flow of Jewish blood, property. Worse, they do not Fund, who is literally a one- Ari Fuld, HY”D, was also a early this past summer. We wait in vain for our and who besmirched the tenet possess the mettle to apply our man team who travels all brave warrior of our country I write this just 22 days after leadership to implement of Jewish dignity that the Li- right to pray on the Temple over the country ensuring who lived and died giving his .was murdered in concrete security measures, kud had once stood for. Mount, the Jewish nation’s that communities and First life for his people ל”ז Ari Fuld Gush Etzion. for the government to initi- Yes, to be certain, our most sacred place. Response teams have the There are many more self- I write this after Israeli citi- ate preventative procedures. government is front and Could it be, that in a des- equipment they need to pre- less Jews in Israel who take zens have been attacked with We wait in vain for our prime center with its commitment perate attempt to grasp at vent further victims to Arab rockets, knifed, gunned down, minister and defense minister to helping humanity at large, any solution, Israeli Prime terror. His mantra of “No more Leadership on page 15A An evil in our midst... By Justin Amler receive copious amounts of sizable pension that ensures is to continue that path of thing and to kill everyone. the sole intention of destroy- money for his deed. the rest of their lives will be murder that the world turns You cannot fight evil with ing it, because anything less (Mida via JNS)—There is an He committed the atrocity lived in comfort, while being a blind eye to. Then we will kindness. You cannot fight will ensure it will keep on evil that exists in “Palestin- in a place where hundreds of honored by their community. have peace, we are told. evil with appeasement. And trying to destroy you. ian” society. Jews and Muslims work side We like to think we live in But peace will never come you certainly cannot fight Justin Amler is a noted An evil that seeks to de- by side. He bound their hands a world that fights evil, but when dealing with evil, be- evil by appealing to blackened South African born, Austra- stroy and to kill and to hurt and shot them point blank, we don’t. We like to think we cause evil has only ever had hearts. lia-based writer and commen- and to eliminate all those ISIS-style, in the back of live in a world where terrorists one goal: to destroy every- You can only fight evil with tator on international issues. around it. their heads. Kim was a young who murder are shunned and An evil that takes great joy mother of an 18-month-old. expelled from decent society, in the murder of innocents. Ziv was an accountant and the but we don’t. We like to think An evil that celebrates the father of a three young chil- that we live in a world where tears and heartaches of the dren. They were not soldiers, those who murder and those Jewish people. they were not armed, they who encourage and facilitate An evil that has only dark- were not settlers. None of the that murder are punished, but ness in its heart, and only usual excuses made to try to we don’t. murder in its mind. justify the barbaric behavior Instead, the “Palestinians” Destroy. Murder. Burn. of Arabs who murder Israeli will name town squares after Wreck. These are the words civilians. They were Jews. the murders. Schools will it lives by, and these are the Kim, her husband and bear their names, and great words it kills by, too. 18-month-old son, orphaned big murals on walls will carry Today that evil visited two of his mother. The world their image and “legacy” for beautiful Jewish souls and will most likely feign their all to admire and emulate. snuffed out their light. Kim concern, if they mention it And all this time, this world Levengrond-Yehezkel (z”l) at all, and call for calm and will throw more money at and Ziv Hajbi (z”l) were taken restraint. Then they will them and demand from the from the world, brutally continue to supply the Pales- tiny Jewish state that this evil murdered by an Arab who will tinian Authority entity with that exists must be rewarded now be hailed as a hero and the funds needed to reward and it must be given a state of will, along with his family, the murderers with a nice their own, a state whose goal PAGE 6A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, OCTOBER 19, 2018 Springs, 165 Wekiva Springs, Rd., 5:30 p.m.—7:30 p.m. Info: 407-401-3522. RSVP to Michael What’s A COMPREHENSIVE Asher michaeldasher3@gmailcom. COMMUNITY COS Sisterhood—A discussion of the proposed Constitutional Amendments and Revisions for LIGHT the 2018 election led by Mark Cooper. 7 p.m. at the synagogue. Everyone welcome. Refresh- Happening CALENDAR SHABBAT CANDLES AT ments. Donation of $5 for non-sisterhood members. For inclusion in the What’s Happening Calendar, copy must be sent on sepa- rate sheet and clearly marked for Calendar. 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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20 Torah Portion—Lekh-Lekha: Genesis 12:1-17:27. Swastikas on the JCC in Fairfax County, Va. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21 The Holocaust Memorial, Resource & Education Center—Exhibit: Heroes of Warsaw, illustra- (JNS)—A Jewish Com- Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine statement saying, “as many tions of Bill Farnsworth that highlight the courage of Irena Sendler and Janusz Korczak. On munity Center in Fairfax, tweeted that an “insidious of us recognize, these acts exhibit through Dec. 28. Va., was vandalized with 19 rise in hateful actions and do not represent the com- spray-painted swastikas early anti-Semitism” must be met munity around the J[CC] or MONDAY, OCTOBER 22 Saturday morning. with “fierce condemnation the community in Northern Israeli Folk Dancing—7:30-8:15 p.m. instruction, 8:15-10 p.m., requests. Cost: Free for JCC Building staff noticed the and an over-abundance of love Virginia. The J[CC] as a whole, members, $7 nonmembers. Info: 407-645-5933. building had been vandalized and unity.” and particularly through the Congregation Beth Am—Mommy and Me class with Cantor Nina Fine, 10 a.m.-11:30 a.m. $7 when they arrived to open the In 2017, the same JCC focused efforts of our Com- per family; free for CBA members Info: 407-862-3505. facility at 7 a.m. Security cam- was spray-painted with the mittee for a Just and Caring era footage showed a suspect message “Hitler was right,” Community, will continue to TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23 defacing the center at around swastikas and other Nazi participate as a positive force The Roth Family JCC—Touro College Lecture Series, “College Life: 1998 vs. 2018, 7 p.m.—8:30 4:30 a.m, and local authorities symbolism. in both the Jewish and wider p.m. $10 per session, free for JCC members. released photos to the public. JCC leadership released a communities.”

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HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, OCTOBER 19, 2018 PAGE 7A How a school for kids with learning disabilities prepared its students for mainstream Jewish high school help me in ways Shefa couldn’t in first through eighth grade. “We’re certainly not go- provide.” It looks like any grammar ing to say we’re not going to Shamah was one of the 11 school: walls with bulletin teach you about the American students who made up Shefa’s boards and brightly colored Revolution or about [Deuter- first eighth-grade graduating decorations, rows of lockers, onomy] because you can’t class in the spring. Now those kids swarming the hallways open up the text and just students are mostly integrat- between classes. fluently read it,” Ruskay-Kidd ing into mainstream Jewish The difference is the focus said. “We’re going to try to day schools. on personal attention for the figure out ways so that they In a way, it’s a test of Shefa, children. Teachers aid them can learn that high-level which was founded in 2014 to with decoding English words, material in science, in social educate Jewish children who or writing a coherent para- studies, in Judaic studies, to struggle with things like read- graph, by setting aside extra play to their intellectual level, ing comprehension, writing time during the school day, or their thinking level.” or decoding a math problem. they make use of auditory or The transition process to The school’s environment visual tools when the student high school began in seventh gave them the space and at- has trouble learning from grade. Each student and their tention to catch up, allowing books. The school has a high family met with school faculty them to move on to standard teacher-student ratio—a class to look at their options and Jewish high schools. with 14 students, for example, what would be the best fit. Ben Sales But would those schools has two teachers. Students were then coached Shefa classes have a high teacher-student ratio. want them? Would they “The beauty of bringing in through the high-school ap- make it? a school for children like this plication process, which can By Ben Sales in Manhattan specifically for academic year, Shamah was So far, Shefa administra- is we can group children with be arduous in New York: how kids with learning disabili- reading and writing at grade tors say, the answer to both similar skills together,” said to write an essay, how to give NEW YORK (JTA)—Go- ties, and would be entering level. questions appears to be yes. Roberta Solar, Shefa’s head of an interview, how to succeed ing to high school for the a mainstream Jewish school, “In Shefa, they really in- The kids have been accepted middle school and outplace- on placement tests. Some first time last month, Linda the Yeshivah of Flatbush in dividualize every kid,” the into well-regarded Jewish ment. “We’re not mixing high schools sent observers Shamah felt like many other Brooklyn. 14-year-old Brooklynite said. schools and seem to be doing students who are learning to to Shefa. incoming freshmen: really Shamah had entered Shefa “They do what they think is fine since the term started in decode with students who are In class, teachers made nervous and really excited. at the beginning of seventh best for you... In high school early September. learning to comprehend and sure the students could tackle The large lecture-style grade; she was two years be- it’s a lecture. The teacher is “Last year was a big mo- unpack the reading.” the same material as other classes seemed daunting. hind grade level in reading and standing in the front of class, ment of truth in some ways,” That focus, for example, graduating eighth-graders. She’d be getting less personal writing. Shefa, which serves you’re taking notes, if you said Ilana Ruskay-Kidd, She- also means that learning to Marc Goldsmith, an eighth- attention from teachers. At Jewish kids with language- have questions, you ask them, fa’s head of school. “Last year read Hebrew starts in fourth grade language arts teacher, the same time, she was look- based learning disabilities, but the teacher doesn’t really at this time we didn’t know or fifth grade rather than a had his kids read challenging ing forward to trying out for afforded her an environment know what kind of learner how schools were going to re- few years earlier, like in other books—Shakespeare, for volleyball and participating that provided personal at- you are.” act. It was meaningful to us to Jewish schools. So to prepare example—and write research in a program at the Fashion tention tailored to the areas Still, a few weeks into high see that they in fact saw these students for Jewish high papers on the Warsaw Ghetto. Institute of Technology. in which she needed the school, Shamah sounded like kids as extremely attractive schools, where many students “They were eager,” Gold- But for Shamah, the shift most help. In one instance, a she was getting along. applicants, and our record of enter with proficiency in He- smith said. “They wanted to from middle school to high teacher bought her “Fish in “I was very anxious,” she getting kids into schools was brew and Jewish texts, Shefa tackle it. They had the skills school came along with an a Tree,” a young adult novel, said, “but at the same time exceedingly high.” focused on making sure its from reading lower-level added transition: She had just because it seemed like it I was very excited for a new Shefa began with 24 stu- graduates had the tools to be books—characterization and graduated from the Shefa would appeal to her. school, to see what it could dents and now has 143, from able to study Bible or analyze a School, a Jewish day school By time she graduated last do for me and how it could varied Jewish backgrounds, passage of rabbinic text. Shefa on page 15A PAGE 8A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, OCTOBER 19, 2018 Jewish Academy of Orlando celebrates holidays at COS and Temple Israel Jewish Academy of Orlando with the students and teachers nual cycle of Torah-reading member, and grandfather to students celebrated Sukkot of JAO. All of our congregants than with the future of our three students. and Simchat Torah at Temple raved about how wonderful community? Our congre- “We are grateful to partner Israel and Congregation Ohev the kids were and what extra gation was bursting with with these wonderful congrega- Shalom. spirit they added to the fes- energy and joy. Thanks to tions so that our students can The Jewish holidays at Jew- tival. I hope we have many the students and staff of celebrate the joyous holidays in ish Academy of Orlando have more such chances to bring JAO joining us for Simchat a meaningful way,” stated Alan always been special. This year, the community together,” Torah,” added Rabbi David Rusonik, head of school. the holidays were even more stated Rabbi Joshua Neely Kay from Congregation Ohev Jewish Academy plans to memorable as the students from Temple Israel. Shalom. continue to celebrate with the celebrated with their friends, On Simchat Torah, JAO “I am so pleased with the community and will be doing teachers, and the community visited Congregation Ohev wonderful gracious recep- more outreach to the other at two local synagogues. Shalom, participated in the tion that Jewish Academy of synagogues and community On Sukkot, students vis- traditional marching (Haka- Orlando students and faculty agencies in the months to ited Temple Israel where they fot) with the Torah and flags, received at both Temple Is- come. celebrated by participating in as well as singing and dancing rael and Congregation Ohev To learn more about Jewish services, visiting the Sukkah, with the Torah. It was a joy- Shalom. The student par- Academy of Orlando, please using the Lulav and Etrog, ous celebration for the com- ticipation and enthusiasm visit: https://www.jewishacad- hearing stories, and playing munity and enhanced by the exceeded my expectations,” emyorlando.org or follow us games appropriate for the participation of the students. added Dr. Edward Zissman, on Facebook https://www. Jewish Academy student uses the Lulav and Etrog in the holiday. “What better way to cel- Jewish Academy of Orlando facebook.com/JewishAcad- Jewish Academy Sukkah during Chol HaMoed Sukkot. “It was a joy sharing Sukkot ebrate the renewal of the an- founding president, board emyOrlando. 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Kissimmee • Barnies, 3236 John Young Pwy, Kissimmee • delivered to the UN Human Rights Council. To RSVP, phone FLO GOLDMAN at 407-859-5982. Reily’s Gourmet Coffee, 3831 Vine St, Kissimmee • Shalom The players of both clubs were escorted onto the field by Wow! They are truly stars (or should be)... Aleichem, 3501 Oak Pointe Blvd, Kissimmee • Books-A-Million, children wearing shirts adorned with Toth’s likeness, as a I’m talking about the show I just saw at the Congregation 2605 W. Osceola Pwy (522), Kissimmee • Lower East Side Deli, symbol of civil society’s commitment to honoring heroes of Ohev Shalom Senior’s Ice Cream Social. They are J.T. & JEN, 8548 Palm Parkway, Lake Buena tolerance and combating discrimination. wonderful singers/musicians. J.T. is a superb guitarist/singer Toth was an early Ferencvarosi TC player and later the and Jen should be a star! Her singing voice is magnificent, the club’s head coach before joining the Hungarian anti-fascist tone, the range, the style. I repeat, MAGNIFICENT! And we have Sudoku (see page 13A for solution) resistance, following Nazi Germany’s invasion of Hungary. the very loveable and efficient JERRY LEIBMAN, who is COS Toth helped several hundred Hungarians, including many Senior’s president to thank for his terrific choices of talent! Jews, escape Nazi detention and death before his arrest and One for the road... execution in February, 1945. One afternoon, little Benjy returns home from school and “Istvan Toth is a football hero and a righteous person, finds his father in the living room watching an auction of who scoured the biggest goal of the 20th century by sav- racing horses on the TV Sports Channel. ing Hungarian Jews in the midst of the greatest inferno As Benjy stares at the screen, he can’t help noticing a of the century,” said ANDRAS HEISLER, president of man moving from one horse to another, running his hands the Federation of Jewish Communities in Hungary. “By up and down the horse’s legs, rump, and chest. After a few remembering Istvan Toth, we are honoring a celebrated minutes of this, Benjy asks, “Daddy, why is the man doing sport figure who stood up against violence, hatred, and that?” discrimination. His life and behavior is an example to fol- “Because,” replies his father, “when you’re buying horses, low in all places and times.” you have to make sure that they’re healthy and in good (Unfortunately, I never heard of Istvan Toth before and I condition before you buy.” wonder if you have? I feel richer for knowing about him and Benjy looks a bit worried. “Daddy,” he says, “I think Uncle glad to bring this story to you.) Hymie wants to buy mommy.” Jerusalem mayor will evict UNRWA (JNS)—The city of Jeru- cilities transferred to Israeli and the attempts at creating identified descendants of refu- salem will evict the United authorities. a false sovereignty within a gees as refugees in any other Nations Relief Works Agency According to Barkat, who sovereignty.” population dispute worldwide. (UNRWA) in light of the or- is stepping down from his UNRWA was founded in Israel has argued that ganization’s illegal activities position after municipal elec- 1949 to provide aid to hun- UNRWA perpetuates a prob- and incitement of Palestin- tions at the end of the month dreds of thousands of Arab lem of Palestinian refugees by ians against Israel, accord- in order to run for Knesset, refugees from Israel’s War discouraging their absorption ing to Mayor Nir Barkat on schools will be closed by the of Independence. Still op- in other countries, as well as Thursday. end of the current school erational today, UNRWA not inflating their numbers. In a statement, Barkat year. only provides funding and Israel absorbed 688,000 said the new U.S. policy “The U.S. decision has resources to tens of thou- Jews between 1949 and 1951, cutting $300 million to created a rare opportunity sands of remaining refugees, following the Holocaust and the controversial organi- to replace UNRWA’s services but also to their 5 million- the expulsion of Jews from zation inspired the move, with services of the Jerusalem plus descendants in Jordan, Arab countries. Between 1989 which will see unlicensed Municipality,” he said. “We are Lebanon, Syria, Gaza and and 2006, Israel absorbed UNRWA-run schools, medi- putting an end to the lie of the the Palestinian Authority. approximately 900,000 Jews cal centers and sports fa- ‘Palestinian refugee problem’ The United Nations has not from the former Soviet Union. PAGE 10A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, OCTOBER 19, 2018 The tragic tale of Superman’s Jewish creators, told in graphic novel form By Gabe Friedman Puerto Rican gang leader in the Bronx.) (JTA)—When Joe Shuster JTA spoke with Voloj about and Jerry Siegel created the the project and Jewish comic Superman character in the book history just before New early 1930s, they were still York Comic Con, which starts living at their parents’ homes. Thursday. (Voloj’s wife, Lisa Of course, the character Keys, is an editor with 70 Faces and his story—the arrival Media, JTA’s parent company.) from another planet, his dual This interview has been ed- identities as mild-mannered ited and condensed for clarity. reporter and flying, bullet- So Jerry and Joe are both proof crime fighter —would nerdy outsiders, and that’s go on to change the comics how they meet at school. industry in several ways and But was their shared Jewish pave the way for the super- immigrant background also heroization of our popular a big part of their coming culture. together? As in, they weren’t But Siegel and Shuster just nerds, they also weren’t as originally just wanted to make assimilated as the other kids? a little income to support Voloj: They definitely shared themselves and their families, a very similar identity, both Super Genius who had both immigrated born to Eastern European The graphic novel tells the story of Joe Shuster and his from Eastern Europe not long Jewish immigrants—Jerry in writing partner Jerry Siegel: how they grew up, collaborated before. They had bonded and Cleveland, Joe in Toronto— and navigated the complex comic book industry. began collaborating in high but their identity was also Super Genius school in Cleveland, and al- the identity of Glenville, the The cover of “The Joe Shuster Story: The Artist Behind though they were ambitious, neighborhood they grew Superman,” by Julian Voloj and illustrated by Thomas Campi. they could not have conceived up in. of how influential and popular In the 1920s and ‘30s, you give an idea of how Jew- When, thanks to Super- the character would become. the Cleveland neighborhood ish the comic book industry man, comics became a lucra- Sadly, they signed over the was like New York’s Bronx was throughout those early tive industry, job recruitment rights to the Man of Steel during that time. All their decades and why that might in this new market happened early on, dooming themselves neighbors were Jewish, they have been? by word-of-mouth. Friends to careers full of frustration were surrounded by dozens It’s a history with many and family were hired. That’s and misfortune. of synagogues, kosher grocer- parallels to the beginning of why, for instance, many comic The story of these two ies, etc. If you look at their the American film industry. book pioneers came from even Jewish comic book legends— high school yearbook, nearly Jews were discriminated the same high school, such as Shuster the quiet, reserved every student seems to have against on the job market. If DeWitt Clinton in the Bronx, artist, and Siegel the ear- a Jewish name Even if they you were a writer or illustrator, where pioneers such as Will nest, competitive writer—is were from more assimilated not many jobs were available if Eisner, Stan Lee or Bill Finger, dramatic and heartbreaking backgrounds, they grew up you could be identified as Jew- to name but a few, had been in its own right, and it’s now in a very Jewish environment, ish. Some Jews changed their students. chronicled in a graphic novel so without a doubt, Superman name and hid their identity Given that also the pub- titled “The Joe Shuster Story: has Jewish roots. in order to seek employment. lishers were Jewish... I think The Artist Behind Super- Jewish identity in America Jewish artists such as Jakob Siegel and Shuster didn’t man,” written by Julian Voloj before and after World War II Kurtzberg or Stanley Lieber imagine that they would, and exquisitely illustrated is a recurring theme in the became Jack Kirby and Stan as fellow Jews, screw them by Thomas Campi. (Voloj, story, but it also feels like 99 Lee [respectively], even if they over. Here, by the way, is an Super Genius who is Jewish, is also the percent of the characters in often claimed that their name interesting parallel to the Joe Shuster’s Jewish heritage is referenced throughout author of the graphic novel the book are Jewish (from the change had nothing to do with garment industry, where the book. “Ghetto Brother: Warrior to businessmen to other artists them trying to hide their Jew- factory owners exploited Peacemaker,” a Jewish and like Stan Lee and so on). Could ish background. workers even though both Making him the narrator And unfortunately, these came from the same shtetl puts, for the first time, the stories are not necessarily backgrounds. spotlight on him, a late rec- stories of the past. Earlier Was it an easy decision to ognition of his role in creating this year I read about Bill tell the story from Joe’s per- the first superhero. Messner-Loebs who once spective? Was it solely because Were there other Jewish worked for DC Comics and was he’s just a more likable char- comic book artists and writers even credited in the “Wonder acter than Jerry was? who dealt with similar losses Woman” movie, but now was When starting my research, of rights to their creations? homeless in Detroit. the plan was to write about Batman co-creator Bill Fin- People have called Super- both of them from a third- ger seems to be one? Or were man, who is sent away from person perspective, but then Shuster and Siegel really the his home planet just before it Joe became the protagonist worst case? is destroyed, as the ultimate by chance. In 2014, I learned I’m not sure if it is really the immigrant character. Was that Columbia University had worst case, but I would rather this definitely part of Siegel’s just received a donation of call it the original sin. thought process in creating letters and documents that Many stated that Siegel and him? And can Superman more were either written or once Shuster were naive to sign specifically be compared to a belonged to Joe Shuster. I the first Superman contract, Jewish refugee fleeing a burn- contacted Karen Green, who but as we show in the book, ing Europe? oversees Columbia’s comic there was no precedent. Superman’s Jewish identity collection, and even before the Comics were not big business is a recurrent theme. I once documents were cataloged, and most work was work-for- read that his origin story is an HERITAGE offers I got access to these letters, hire, transferring rights to allegory to the Kindertrans- legal papers, bills, etc. publishers. port, but this is, of course, a It was fascinating to read And then Superman post-Holocaust analysis. about Joe’s problems in his changed everything. No one Both their parents escaped The Financial Issue own words. Most of the expected this success—nei- poverty and pogroms in East- documents were from the late ther the creators nor the ern Europe, so this could have This Special Issue is full of features relating 1960s, during a time when publishers—and for sure influenced the story, which [he was under] the threat no one expected the success some see as a kind of modern- to financial issues affecting you and Central of eviction, had doctor bills to last. ized Moses tale. piling up, etc.—while at the Like Superman becoming I’m neutral when it comes Florida. Your ad in this Special Section will same time preparations were the blueprint for the genre, to these interpretations. Su- made for a multimillion-dollar Siegel and Shuster’s contract perman’s origin story, which reach an audience of heads of households Superman movie. became the blueprint for other we see developing throughout It also became apparent contracts. the graphic novel, had many who are qualified business and professional how Jewish he was. For in- Many pioneers experienced roots for sure, as did the plot. stance, he wrote about the similar fates. Batman co- The double identity came people who have the income necessary to live tzedakah he gave during the creator Bill Finger [who was from Zorro. good years and how ashamed Jewish], subject of a future What made Superman well today and invest wisely tomorrow. he felt that now he needed help graphic novel project I’m a success was that Siegel from the Jewish community currently working on with and Shuster understood the to pay his own bills. the Israeli artist Erez Zadok, is zeitgeist, took elements from Publication Date: October 26, 2018 Jerry had always been another tragic story that only contemporary pop culture the dominant figure of the recently had a posthumous and created something totally Deadline: October 19, 2018 creative duo, with Joe being happy ending thanks to the new, something that even the silent partner following efforts of comic historian today, 80 years after its debut, For information — Call 407-834-8787 his lead. Marc Tyler Nobleman. remains a global success. HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, OCTOBER 19, 2018 PAGE 11A Families of terror victims call Central Florida Synagogues for vengeance as new details Orlando Weekday Morning Minyan (Conservative/Egalitarian), services Monday- 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. on Barkan attack emerge Celebration Jewish Congregation (R), services and holiday schedules shown at www. JewishCelebration.org; 407-566-9792. (JNS)—New details of the hands behind her back with everything they need. I fatal terror attack against zip ties. promise that I will take care Chabad Lubavitch of North Orlando (O), 1701 Markham Woods Road, Longwood, three Israelis at the Barkan The cleaner, who was sub- of them like I always took 407-636-5994, www.jewishorlando.com; services: Friday 7:00 p.m.; Saturday at 9:30 a.m. Industrial Park on Sunday sequently questioned by Shin care [of you]. You can rest Chabad of Altamonte Springs (O), 414 Spring Valley Lane, Altamonte Springs, 407- morning are coming to light Bet security services but not in peace.” 280-0535; www.jewishaltamonte.com. as parents of the deceased call arrested, told authorities that At the funeral, Minister for vengeance. Na’alwa threatened to kill him of Communications Ayoub Chabad of South Orlando (O), 7347 Sand Lake Road, Orlando, 407-354-3660; www. “Every terrorist should if he did not comply, then gave Kara, a friend of the family, jewishorlando.com; Shabbat services: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. and 10 minutes before sunset; know he would be executed, him seconds to escape. lamented that terrorists were Saturday, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday, 8:15 a.m. and that his family will suf- Vaturi said that after she not eligible for a death penalty Chabad of the Space & Treasure Coasts (O), 1190 Highway A1A, Satellite Beach, fer for his crimes,” the father was shot in the stomach, she in Israel. “It is a dark day,” said of murdered Alon Group managed to flee the room Kara. “I came to represent the 321-777-2770. employee Kim Levengrond and hide under her desk. She government of Israel and to Congregation Ahavas Yisrael/Chabad (O), 708 Lake Howell Rd., Maitland, 407-644- Yehezkel, Rafael, said at her was found by two stockroom express solidarity with this 2500; www.chabadorlando.org; services: Sunday, 9 a.m.; Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m.; Shabbat funeral. “These people spit workers—one Arab and one dear family. I came to tell services: Friday, 6:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m.; Family service, 4th Friday of the month. into the well they drink from, Jew—who took care of her her husband and her baby, so maybe they don’t deserve until paramedics arrived. who will never again see his Congregation Bet Chaim (R), 181 E. Mitchell Hammock, Oviedo, 407-830-7211; www. to drink.” When news began to mother, I am sorry. I tried betchaim.org; Shabbat services: Friday, 8 p.m. Levengrond Yehezkel, emerge that workers at the to advance a law to give the Congregation Beth Am (C), 3899 Sand Lake Road, Longwood, 407-862-3505; www. a 29-year-old mother of Alon Group were shot, Ra- death penalty to terrorists, congbetham.org; Shabbat services: Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m. an 18-month-old son who fael Levengrond raced to the but I have not succeeded.” worked as a secretary to the scene and saw the aftermath Iris Hagbi, the mother of Congregation Beth El (C), 2185 Meadowlane Ave., West Melbourne, 321-779-0740; CEO of Alon Group was killed of the slaughter with his Ziv Hagbi, also called for the Shabbat services, 1st & 3rd Friday, 8 p.m.; 2nd & 4th Saturdays, 9:30 a.m. around 7:30 a.m., along with own eyes. death of the terrorists. Congregation Beth Emeth (R), 2205 Blue Sapphire Circle, Orlando, 407-222-6393; 35-year-old accountant Ziv “Policemen attempted to “I want to convey a mes- Shabbat service: monthly, 8 p.m. Hagbi, by 23-year-old Ashraf pull me away, but after I saw sage—I wish none of the Wallid Suleiman Na’alwa, her, I couldn’t leave,” said terrorists remain alive,” she Congregation Beth Israel (Rec), Collins Resource Center, Suite 303, 9401 S.R. 200, who worked as an electrician Levengrond. At the funeral, said. “The terrorist’s family Ocala, 352-237-8277; bethisraelocala.org; Shabbat service, second Friday of the month, 8 p.m. for the company. he apologized to his daughter should suffer. He shortened Congregation Beth Sholom (R-C), 315 North 13th St., Leesburg, 352-326-3692; www. According to new reports, for being unable to protect the lives of the people there. bethsholomflorida.org; schedule of services on website. before Na’alwa fatally shot her from the terrorist. He should be killed.” Levengrond Yehezkel and “I am sorry I was not with Hagbi, a husband and Congregation Beth Shalom (Progressive Conservative), Orange City congregation Hagbi, moderately wounding you. Unfortunately, I did father of three children, was holds services at 1308 E. Normandy Blvd., Deltona; 386-804-8283; www.mybethshalom. 54-year-old Sara Vaturi, he not manage to get there in laid to rest on Monday in com; Shabbat services: Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. forced a 20-year-old Arab time,” he said. “I promise Moshav Nir Yisrael. Kim was Congregation B’nai Torah (C), 403 N. Nova Rd., Ormond Beach, 32174, 386-672-1174; cleaner from Shechem to you that [your husband and buried late Sunday in Rosh www.mybnaitorah.com; Shabbat services: Friday, 8 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. tie Levengrond Yehezkel’s son] Guy and Kai will receive Ha’ayin. Congregation Chabad Lubavitch of Greater Daytona (O), 1079 W. Granada Blvd., Ormond Beach, 386-672-9300; Shabbat services Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. Congregation of Reform Judaism (R), 928 Malone Dr., Orlando, 407-645-0444; www.crjorlando.org: Shabbat services, 7 p.m. 1st, 2nd and 3rd Fridays; 6 p.m., 4th and 5th OBITUARIES Fridays; Saturday: 10 a.m. Congregation Mateh Chaim (R), P.O. Box 060847, Palm Bay, 32906, 321-768-6722. NEIL CURRIER several different positions for Y2K. Following her initial Neil Currier, age 55, of San- during her working career, retirement, she relocated to Congregation Ohev Shalom (C), 613 Concourse Parkway South, Maitland, 407-298- ford, passed away on Tuesday, however, she is remembered the new town of Celebration 4650; www.ohevshalom.org; Shabbat service, Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m. Oct. 2, 2018. Neil was born with great fondness by the in Osceola County, where she Congregation Shalom Aleichem (R), 3501 Oak Pointe Blvd., Kissimmee, 407-935- in Newport, Wales, United faculty, staff and students continued to live until her 0064; www.shalomaleichem.com; Shabbat service, 1st and 3rd Fridays of the month, 8 p.m. Kingdom, on June 8, 1963, of Yeshiva Har Torah in New passing. to Bryan and Joan Currier. He York. In January 2015, she Marilyn is survived by her Congregation Shomer Ysrael (C), 5382 Hoffner Ave., Orlando, 407-227-1258, call for earned a degree Embry-Riddle and her family relocated to sister, Dorothy Fuirness and services and holiday schedules. Aeronautical University and the Orlando area. her dear friend, Carl Gehr. She Congregation Sinai (C/R), 303A N. S.R. 27, Minneola; 352-243-5353; congregation- was a commercial airline In addition to her husband, is also survived by her devoted sinai.org; services: every Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Shabbat Service evert Saturday, 10 a.m. pilot. Neil relocated to the Renee is survived by her son caregiver, Mandie Mancil. Orlando area in 2008 from and daughter-in-law, Adam A graveside funeral service Orlando Torah Center (O), 8591 Banyan Blvd., Orlando; 347-456-6485; Shacharis- Los Angeles where he was and Heather Fischer; and was held at Beth Israel Memo- Shabbos 9 a.m.; Mon.—Thurs. 6:45 a.m.; Sun. and Legal Holidays 8 a.m.; Mincha/Maariv a founding member of the her grandson, Ronan, her rial Park, Gotha, with Rabbi Please call for times. Airline Pilots Association for pride and joy. She was prede- Arnold Siegel of Jewish Family Southwest Orlando Jewish Congregation/Ohalei Rivka (C), 11200 S. Apopka- Jet Blue Airlines. ceased by her brother, David Services officiating. Arrange- Vineland Rd., Orlando, 407-239-5444; Shabbat service, Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m. He is survived by his wife, Zuckman. ments entrusted to Beth Renee, whom he married on A funeral service was held in Shalom Memorial Chapel, 640 Temple Beth El (R), 579 N. Nova Rd., Ormond Beach, 386-677-2484. Jan. 31, 2009, and his two the Pavilion at Ohev Shalom Lee Road, Orlando FL 32810. Temple Beth Shalom (R), P.O. Box 031233, Winter Haven, 813-324-2882. children, Christopher and Cemetery, with Rabbi Arnold 407-599-1180. Temple Beth Shalom (C), 40 Wellington Drive, Palm Coast, 386-445-3006; Shabbat Ava. He is also survived by Siegel of Jewish Family Ser- BERNARD (BERNIE) his parents, Bryan and Joan vices officiating. In memory KWASTEL service, Friday, 8 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. Currier, of Torrence, Calif., of Renee Marilyn Fischer, the Submitted by his wife, Temple Beth Sholom (C), 5995 N. Wickham Rd. Melbourne, 321-254-6333; www. and his sister, Julie (Mike) family requests contributions Linda Kwastel mytbs.org; Shabbat services: Friday, 7 p.m.; Saturday: 9:30 a.m. Minyan, Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.; Dwyer of Vista, Calif. to Yeshiva Har Torah, 250-10 Bernard (Bernie) Kwastel, Thursday, 10:00 a.m. A memorial service was Grand Central Parkway, Ja- 76, passed away on Sept. 30, held at Beth Shalom Memorial maica New York 11426. www. 2018. He was born in the Temple Beth Shalom (R), 1109 N.E. 8th Ave., Ocala, 352-629-3587; Shabbat services: Chapel with Rabbi Arnold Sie- hartorah.org. Bronx, N.Y. to Rubin and Friday, 8 p.m.; Torah study: Saturday, 10:00 a.m. gel of Jewish Family Services Arrangements entrusted to Fayette (Breznick) Kwastel on Temple B’nai Darom (R), 49 Banyan Course, Ocala, 352-624-0380; Friday Services 8 p.m. officiating. In memory of Neil Beth Shalom Memorial Cha- Dec. 31, 1941. He was married Temple Israel (C), 50 S. Moss Rd., Winter Springs, 407-647-3055; www.tiflorida.org; Currier, the family requests pel, 640 Lee Road, Orlando FL for 53 years to Linda (Hirsch) contributions to New Hope 32810. 407-599-1180. Kwastel, who survives him, Shabbat services: Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday 9:00 a.m. for Kids—Center for Grieving MARILYN BARBARA and has one son, Bradley Temple Israel (R), 7350 Lake Andrew Drive, Melbourne, 321-631-9494. Children, 544 Mayo Avenue, FRANKEL (Jessica). Temple Israel (C), 579 N. Nova Road, Ormond Beach, 386-252-3097; Shabbat service, Maitland 32751. www.ne- Marilyn B. Frankel, age 70, Bernie was in sales most of Friday, 7 p.m.; Saturday: 10:30 a.m. whopeforkids.org. of Celebration, passed away his life. He served in the Air Arrangements entrusted to on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018, Force, and in New York, he Temple Israel of DeLand (R), 1001 E. New York Ave., DeLand, 386-736-1646; www. Beth Shalom Memorial Cha- at her residence. A native of was a long-standing member templeisraelofdeland.org; Friday Shabbat service, 7 p.m.; Saturday, 10:00 a.m. followed by pel, 640 Lee Road, Orlando FL Brooklyn, New York, she was of the order of Oddfellows. Torah study. 32810. 407-599-1180. born on Oct.13, 1947. Marilyn Bernie was an avid stamp Temple Shalom (formerly New Jewish Congregation) (R), 13563 Country Road RENEE MARILYN received her bachelor’s and collector who loved cruising FISCHER master’s degrees from the and visiting different coun- 101, Oxford, 352-748-1800; www.templeshalomcentralfl.org; Shabbat services: Friday, 7 Renee M. Fischer, age 88, former Brooklyn Polytechnic tries. He read constantly p.m.; last Saturday of the month, 9:30 a.m. of Orlando, passed away on Institute, now New York Uni- and could answer “Jeop- Temple Shalom of Deltona (R/C), 1785 Elkcam Blvd., Deltona, 386-789-2202; www. Monday, Oct. 8, 2018, at Or- versity School of Engineering. ardy” questions before the shalomdeltona.org; Shabbat service; Saturday: 10 a.m. lando Regional Medical Cen- A computer analyst, Marilyn contestants—a very, very ter. She was born in Brooklyn retired from NYNEX (now smart man. He also loved Temple Shir Shalom (R) Services held at Temple Israel, 50 S. Moss Rd., Winter Springs, on March 10, 1933, to the late Verizon) and entered into a going to the movies and 407-366-3556, www.templeshirshalom.org; Shabbat services: three Fridays each month, Alexander and Ida (Irene) business partnership with seeing plays. 7:30 p.m. Beck Zuckman. On March her dear friend and colleague, He had a wild sense of hu- Traditional Congregation of Mount Dora (T) Mount Dora, 352-735-4774; www. 8, 1959, in Brooklyn, she Carl Gehr. They worked to- mor and a caring heart. Fam- tcomd.org; Shabbat services: Saturday, 9:30 a.m. sharp. married Calvin Fischer, her gether for a number of years as ily and friends and especially husband of nearly 60 years, consultants in the computer his wife will miss him. Rest in (R) Reform (C) Conservative (O) Orthodox (Rec) Reconstructionist (T) Mehitsa who survives her. Renee held industry preparing businesses peace, Bernie. PAGE 12A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, OCTOBER 19, 2018 Israel ‘almost touched’ peace: A director’s take on the making of HBO’s ‘The Oslo Diaries’ By Stephen Silver and made a subsequent run that [both sides] were really ous point Singer recalls being on the Jewish film festival close [to peace], and that we greeted with a kiss, early in the (JTA)—On Sept. 13, 1993, circuit. (It will air on Israeli almost touched it.” talks, by Qurei, also known as exactly 25 years ago, Is- TV as well.) The duo found a diary be- Abu Ala. raeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Through interviews, ar- longing to the late Ron Pun- “A terrorist is kissing me,” Rabin and PLO Chairman chival footage, reenactments dak, the Israeli journalist and the Israeli recalls thinking. Yasser Arafat were captured and a surprising number of historian who was among the “Men don’t kiss one another shaking hands in a historic negotiators’ diary pages, the initial architects of the Oslo in the United States or Israel.” ceremony in Washington, film, directed by the Israeli process, and decided “this is But trust would gradu- D.C., hosted by President Bill duo of Mor Loushy and Dan- the story.” ally be built between the two Clinton. The leaders agreed iel Sivan, gets perspectives “I can only write my own groups of diplomats. to set up a framework, now from many of the Oslo Ac- private memories of these Quite a lot of history trans- known as Oslo Accord I, that cords’ surviving participants three years of hope and an- pired over the four years would lead to the resolution from both the Israeli and guish,” Pundak, who died in covered in the film: the secret of the Israeli-Palestinian Palestinian sides. Former 2014, had written in his diary. talks between the sides in Nor- conflict. Israeli leader Shimon Peres “Is this a tale of triumph, or way, the handshake between But that photograph was gives his final interview be- defeat?” Rabin and Arafat on the White just the culmination of a series fore his death in September That discovery led the film- House lawn, the subsequent of secret negotiations held in 2016. makers to speak with several interim agreements and the Norway over several months. The filmmakers had previ- negotiators and diplomats assassination of Rabin in Saar Yaacov And Israeli-Palestinian peace ously made “Censored Voices,” from the Oslo period, on November 1995. A scene from “The Oslo Diaries” showing Yitzhak Rabin talks would continue for years a 2015 documentary about both sides of the table. Those History happened during and Yasser Arafat after they were awarded the Nobel Peace after “The Handshake,” as Israeli soldiers sharing their interviewed include Uri Savir, the filmmaking process, too: Prize in the Norwegian capital. the fateful 1993 moment is surprising reflections about Yossi Beilin and Joel Singer Peres spoke to the filmmakers sometimes called. the Six-Day War in 1967. from the Israeli side; Hanan only days before his passing. ments from Peres’ diary. In think that most of the people “The Oslo Diaries,” a After that film, Loushy and Ashrawi, Nabil Shaath and “In war there are no victo- one entry, he wrote that in from both sides—don’t be- documentary that covers Sivan thought, “there are so Ahmed Qurei from the Pales- ries,” the former Israeli prime their 50-year friendship, Peres lieve that there is another four years in the life of this many films about war that tinian negotiating team; and minister and president says had never seen Rabin so happy alternative, or option, other process—starting in 1992, it was natural for us to ask American negotiator Dennis in the film. “No war is ever as he was when he addressed than a two-state solution. It’s immediately following the the question: ‘Why do we not Ross. finished, unless it’s being a peace rally on the evening only a matter of how much 1991 Madrid Conference, and have peace?’ So we started to “We just approached every- replaced by peace.” of his assassination. blood will be spilled until ending with the election of look for it.” one, and I think that everyone “He was still very sharp,” The years since the film left then,” Loushy said. “How Benjamin Netanyahu to his “Nobody really under- was eager to tell their story,” Loushy said of Peres. “And I off have not been especially many wars in Gaza? How first term as Israeli prime stands what was signed there Loushy said. “They were kind feel that it was a great inter- kind to the idea of peace in many people dying? minister in 1996—is set to and what happened there, of wiped from the history... view—we could really see his the region. But the subjects of “I cannot afford myself to be air on HBO. The film had and people see it as this big and both of the sides really heart, and he really talked and the film have remained opti- pessimistic. I don’t want my premiered at the Sundance failure,” Loushy said about loved the film.” opened up to us.” mistic—and Loushy has, too. children to be in the circle of Film Festival in January the Oslo process. “We found At one particularly humor- The film also features seg- “Most of our speakers—I blood and wars.” How a rabbi got caught up in a Belgian spy scandal By Cnaan Liphshiz But even Friedman outdid began on July 11, when Rosen- after her release without a running for office in the Oct. According to Joods Ac- himself this summer when zweig called police to report staying permit. 14 municipal elections on tueel editor-in-chief Michael (JTA)—Moshe Aryeh Fried- he landed himself and his that Fal had been abducted in Friedman has lodged a the ticket of the party of Kris Freilich, this means that “we man may be mild-mannered, family in the middle of an front of the European Parlia- complaint with police over Peeters—the current deputy have to ask ourselves ques- but the Antwerp rabbi certain- international scandal involv- ment in Brussels. what he calls Fal’s abduction prime minister of Belgium. tions about” a suspected spy’s ly has a knack for publicity. ing suspected espionage by In reality, Fal had been in Brussels. He told JTA that Peeters and Rezi Friedman ties and access to politicians An anti-Zionist activist a young Moroccan woman taken for interrogation by Fal, whom Friedman has posed together for a campaign during the campaign and from New York, Friedman, whom the Belgian security security services, according visited in Morocco several poster on display in Antwerp “whether this is a security 47, has been accused—falsely, service recommended deport- to VRT and the Joods Actueel times since 2017, including wishing Jews Shanah Tovah, a issue.” he has said—of denying the ing, saying she threatens Jewish newspaper, though with some of his eight chil- happy Jewish New Year. Rezi Friedman did not Holocaust during a 2006 national security. Friedman insists she was ab- dren, is “not and has never And that’s a potential issue respond to JTA’s request for conference organized by then- The relationship between ducted by unidentified “mob- been a spy. These are all false because Rezi Freidman lives a comment on Freilich’s as- Iranian President Mahmoud Friedman and 32-year-old Ka- sters.” Whoever they were, the allegations.” at home with her parents at sertions. Ahmadinejad in Tehran. outar Fal, who left Belgium on men who apprehended Fal He similarly dismissed as the same address that Fal at Freilich is not the only one He has since repeatedly July 23 amid suspicions that whisked her away into a van “nonsense” a claim, appear- one point gave authorities as with an uneasy feeling about riled the Jewish community she is a Moroccan spy, began with civilian license plates in ing on a small news site for her correspondence address Fal’s ties to the Friedmans. of the Belgian city where he several years ago when they broad daylight in front of the Moroccan Berbers in Belgium, in Antwerp, Joods Actueel “Rezi Friedman is now has lived with his family since met at various conferences European Parliament, accord- that Fal is his lover. suggested. The rabbi said surrounded by a few impor- 2011. about “achieving peace,” he ing to VRT. “A ridiculous lie,” Fried- that his daughter “didn’t have tant politicians,” Christophe In 2013, Friedman got a told JTA. During that week, police man said. anything to do” with Fal, who Busch, a terrorism expert judge to force a Jewish school “We became good friends. picked up Fal a number of But what may have re- may have given authorities his and criminologist who is the for girls to admit two of his Best friends,” he said times in connection with her mained an unlikely friendship address, he said, only so he director of the Kazerne Dos- boys—a blow directed at a Friedman and his wife, three-year visa, which had between two colorful figures might hold her mail for her sin state Holocaust museum congregation that treats him Lea Rosenzweig, have been been issued in 2016 but re- could still pose a security risk during her court case over near Antwerp, told Joods like a pariah. at the forefront of an effort voked suddenly this year. The for Belgium, according to an extending her visa. Actueel. This year he went after to clear the name of Fal, Belgian State Security Ser- expose published Thursday On Tuesday, Fal wrote Even if she herself never another communal soft spot, who describes herself as vice flagged Fal as “a danger by Joods Actueel, which has under a campaign poster on does anything to endanger telling the media that Ortho- an entrepreneur, women’s to our national security,” VRT taken a highly critical line in Rezi Friedman’s Facebook ac- national security, “There is dox Judaism does allow the rights activist and journal- said. Later, the same service covering Friedman’s actions count: “You’re the best, I know the appearance that that’s stunning of animals before ist, and has denied gathering told a court that Fal is “actively vis-à-vis the Jewish com- you’re going to be successful possible,” he said. “And that’s they are slaughtered (despite intelligence for any country, involved in intelligence opera- munity. in anything you do.” The two a big problem for her party a rabbinical near consensus including Morocco. tions for Morocco,” leading to That’s because Friedman’s women posed together for because appearance is every- to the contrary). The couple’s involvement her departure from Belgium 23-year-old daughter, Rezi, is pictures on several occasions. thing in politics.” Cleveland Browns sign (Jewish) place kicker Greg Joseph By Ed Carroll pick. Joseph made all three his mother, who is a teacher Gonzalez had been playing field goal attempts with the and head of the math depart- with a groin injury. Reporter (Cleveland Jewish News via Dolphins during the pre- ment at a Jewish day school, Mary Kay Cabot of Cleveland. JNS)—The Cleveland Browns season, including a field goal for teaching him the values of com said the Browns informed have signed kicker Greg Jo- of 54 yards. giving back to the community. Gonzalez they were releasing seph, who played football and Joseph left FAU as its all- NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport him on Sept. 17. soccer at Donna Klein Jewish time field goal leader and was the first to report Joseph Joseph won’t have much Academy in Boca Raton, Fla. shares the school record for was signing with the Browns. time to become acquainted Joseph, a rookie, was pre- most extra points. Prior to Joseph was signed when the with his new teammates, as viously a kicker in the Mi- playing in college, he was Browns decided to move on Cleveland hosts the New York ami Dolphins training camp a member of a number of from kicker Zane Gonzalez, Jets on Sept. 20. earlier in the summer. He teams, including the football who missed four kicks in a “Obviously, we have to find signed with the Dolphins as and soccer teams, at Donna game against the New Orleans someone that can put the ball an undrafted free agent after Klein Jewish Academy from Saints on Sept. 16. Gonzalez through the uprights,” coach a collegiate career at Florida 2000 to 2009. He also kicked missed two field goals and Hue Jackson said after Joseph Atlantic University. Joseph at American Heritage School two extra point attempts, all signed. “We have had this situ- was cut by the Dolphins at the in Delray Beach, Fla. in the second half, including ation happen now for a couple end of training camp after he The Boca Raton native a potential game-tying field of weeks. We have to keep lost a camp-long competition has been praised for his off- goal of 52 yards. searching and keep looking.” with fellow rookie kicker Jason the-field charity word, and ESPN’s Adam Schefter The Associated Press con- Sanders, a seventh-round Joseph previously credited reported on Sept. 17 that tributed to this story. Greg Joseph HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, OCTOBER 19, 2018 PAGE 13A Weekly roundup of world briefs from JTA Association for Israel American Jewish groups—the ranked third in 2016. In the website that the binding of advised fund. Such funds only that the organization’s Studies backs Ameri- Anti-Defamation League, the past year she has starred the arm and the discomfort allow donors to receive a tax mission was to “fight anti- can student detained at Reform movement and the in films such as “Avengers: users often report may serve break and suggest where the Semitism.” Israeli airport liberal Israel lobby J Street— Infinity War” and the indie as a form of precondition- foundation gives the money. Earlier this month, the For- (JTA)—The international backed Alqasem publicly while flick “Isle of Dogs.” ing and offer a substantial The fund manager must ap- ward reported that a support- association of Israel studies noting their opposition to Johansson learned about degree of protection against prove any grants, although ing foundation of the Jewish scholars is calling on Israel BDS. her family’s tragic Holocaust acute ischemic reperfusion most such foundations do Community Federation of San to allow Lara Alqasem, the On Friday, an appeals court history last year when she was injury—when a section of the not apply much scrutiny to Francisco once earmarked American student detained at ruled in favor of the govern- featured on the PBS series heart is deprived of oxygen individual grants. funding for Megamot Shalom Ben Gurion Airport, to enter ment’s decision, upholding “Finding your Roots.” and then damaged when re- Canary Mission, which and Canary Mission. The the country. a lower court ruling. Israel’s Study shows regular oxygenated—that occurs as a does not reveal who funds foundation said it and the Alqasem has been denied Supreme Court will decide on tefillin use can protect result of a heart attack. it or manages its activity, supporting foundation will entry to Israel due to her al- Wednesday whether to hear men during heart at- Ischemic preconditioning says that it “documents not support Canary Mission leged support for the Boycott, her appeal. tacks essentially mimics the ef- individuals and organiza- in the future, according to J., Divestment and Sanctions Scarlett Johansson signs (JTA)—Jewish men who fects of exercise by placing tions that promote hatred the city’s Jewish newspaper. movement targeting Israel. $15 million deal for wrap leather straps around the heart and vessels under of the USA, Israel and Jews In April, a coalition of An Israeli law passed last ‘Black Widow’ movie their arm as part of their daily light stress. on North American college pro-Israel students wrote in year allows the country to (JTA)—Actress Scarlett morning prayers may also be “We found people who campuses.” Critics have JTA that the Canary Mission ban BDS supporters from Johansson has signed a deal protecting themselves from wear tefillin in either the accused it of seeking to website and its dossiers on stu- entering. to play Marvel superhero Black the worst effects of heart at- short or long term, recorded intimidate pro-Palestinian dent and faculty activists “is Alqasem, who arrived in Widow in a standalone movie tacks, a study found. a measurable positive effect college students and stifle antithetical to our democratic Israel on Oct. 2, has been for $15 million. A pilot study by researchers on their blood flow. That has their activism with the and Jewish values, is counter- detained at the airport while Her paycheck will be equal at the University of Cincinnati been associated with better threat of a blacklist. productive to our efforts and is she challenges the decision to Chis Evans, who plays College of Medicine found outcomes in heart disease,” The Jewish Community morally reprehensible.” in court. Captain America, and Chris that regular users of tefillin, Rubinstein said Foundation of Los Angeles Israeli border control of- The Association for Is- Hemsworth, who plays Thor, or phylacteries, may receive Israeli studies have shown said in its statement to ficers have used information rael Studies’ statement, made both in their own standalone cardiovascular health benefits that Orthodox men have a JTA that the four grants to from the site to bar activists Monday by its president, movies and in the Avengers though remote ischemic pre- lower risk of dying of heart Megamot Shalom were ac- from entering the country, Donna Robinson Divine, series. conditioning –that is, briefly disease compared to non- companied by a note saying according to Haaretz. says the association opposes The deal was first reported restricting blood flow and Orthodox men. by the Hollywood Reporter. oxygen to the heart and then boycotts of Israel, and that the LA Jewish group sus- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 best way to fight such boycotts Marvel told the news website restoring it. pends grants to orga- S P U D A B E L G I Z M O is by allowing people to learn that it does not publicly dis- The results of the study nization tied to Canary 14 15 16 close salaries or deal terms. were published last month Mission H E R O C U R E O N E A L about and experience the 17 18 19 country. The statement says Johansson already has ap- online in the American Jour- (JTA)—The Jewish Com- R E B E L L I O N L O V E D the decision to bar Alqasem peared in six Marvel feature nal of Physiology-Heart and munity Foundation of Los 20 21 22 “gives momentum to the BDS films as Black Widow, also Circulatory Physiology. Angeles will suspend grants E L A A U L D E I N 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 movement that we oppose. known as Natasha Romanoff. The study involved 20 Jew- from donors to a group that W E N D Y T E T R A C S I Above all, it does serious Black Widow first appeared ish men from the Greater Cin- appears to support the con- 30 31 32 33 damage to Israel’s academic in “Iron Man 2” and since then cinnati area including nine troversial Canary Mission, D R E A M S E A T S O U T 34 35 36 37 status.” has appeared in three “Aveng- who wore tefillin daily and 11 although the foundation said H E A T H S H B O M B The association also op- ers” films, as well as “Captain who did not. A leather strap is it was not aware that previ- 38 39 40 41 42 43 posed the 2017 law barring America: The Winter Soldier” wrapped tightly around either ous grants had been used to E L A L W H A L E A L O E 44 45 46 47 BDS supporters from enter- and “Captain America: Civil the right or left arm for about fund Canary Mission and its T U L I P E T A M A R ing Israel. War.” half an hour during morning efforts to blacklist anti-Israel 48 49 50 51 52 53 “As academicians and as In the Marvel universe, prayers six days a week, often activists on campus. C L E A R E R S T R O N G 54 55 56 57 58 people knowledgeable about the Romanoff character was tight enough to leave grooves In a statement to JTA on H U X O N E I N R O F E H Israel, we think the best strat- trained as a young girl by in the skin for a few minutes Sunday, the foundation said 59 60 61 62 egy for combatting boycotts is the KGB, and her prowess after they are removed. They “there was no indication” A P S V I I I F R O 63 64 65 66 67 precisely the path Ms. Alqasem as an expert assassin earned are not worn on Shabbat. that grants to the Israel-based A P I S H M A C C A B E E S has chosen—a genuine edu- her the Black Widow moni- The researchers measured nonprofit Megamot Shalom in 68 69 70 cation,” reads the statement ker. She later defected from participants’ vital signs, drew 2016-17 “were for the benefit R E T I E A N K E O N I T 71 72 73 by Divine, an emerita profes- Russia to become a member blood for analysis of circulat- of Canary Mission.” However, K R A F T W I S E A D D S sor at Smith College and an of S.H.I.E.L.D., the Strate- ing cytokines and monocyte “Given what The Foundation adjunct professor at Haifa gic Homeland Intervention, function and also measured has learned, it is suspending University. “There is no better Enforcement and Logistics blood flow in the dominant any further grants to Mega- place to acquire knowledge Division, a secret American arm which is not wrapped mot Shalom,” the statement and deep insight about the espionage and counter-ter- with the tefillin. Blood flow read. meaning of a Jewish state than rorism agency. was higher for men who wore Last week, the Forward at one of Israel’s prestigious Johansson was the high- tefillin daily and improved in reported that the foundation, universities. We have faith in est-paid actress of 2018, ac- all participants after wearing one of the largest Jewish both the country and in the cording to Forbes. She it just once as part of the study. charities in the United States, educational mission to believe earned $40.5 million, before The study was headed by had made a series of grants a person prepared to learn will taxes, between June 2017 and Jack Rubinstein, UC Health to Megamot Shalom, which indeed be able to see and un- this June, according to the cardiologist and associate the news site had previously derstand Israel as a reality and report released in August. professor in the Division of linked to Canary Mission. The not as a caricature comprised Johansson, who has a Jewish Cardiovascular Health and grants, totaling $250,000, of slogans and polemics.” mother, did not make the Disease. He said in an article were made by one donor to Last week, three major Forbes list last year, but she posted on the university’s the foundation via a donor- Haley From page 1A Israel’s Prime Minister butt at the time was that Haley the Foundation for Defense of Benjamin Netanyahu in a published the op-ed to squash Democracies said on Twitter. ATTENTION MAH JONGG PLAYERS!! munity, consistently earning statement thanked Haley “for rumors that she had written “We look forward to welcoming leading an uncompromising the original anonymous op- you back to public service as the loudest plaudits at the IF YOU ARE ONE OF THE 500 MILLION PLAYERS WHO ENJOY annual American Israel Pub- struggle against the hypocrisy ed in The Times. 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Thank you for your White House or State Depart- changes course, sometimes in making that wish. close friendship and common ment,” Sen. Robert Menendez, he doesn’t. That’s the way the “Thank you @nikkihaley paths. Wherever you are, you D-N.J., a pro-Israel leader in system should work.” for your remarkable service,” will continue to be a true the party, said in a statement. The Washington scuttle- Mark Dubowitz, the director of friend of the State of Israel.” PAGE 14A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, OCTOBER 19, 2018 lowing allegations of sexual wants to narrow the income passing Las Vegas suburbs. Election prospects: Rosen the Gaza Strip. He has the Senate assault from decades ago. gap, with a focus on Balti- (Heck ran a failed Senate vs. Heller is one of the closest endorsement of J Street’s From page 1A As the chairwoman of the more’s troubled inner city. campaign to replace Reid, who races in the country—poll- PAC and was the star of J Senate Intelligence Commit- Cardin does strike a broader was retiring.) Reid, the long- sters rate it as a tossup. Street’s annual conference among the Jewish state’s most tee from 2009 to 2015, Fein- profile in international rela- time Democratic leader in Bernie Sanders, Ver- this year. While critical of outspoken critics and Demo- stein angered progressives tions, particularly human the Senate and a powerhouse mont (incumbent) Israel, Sanders opposes BDS crats who barely register on by siding with intelligence rights. For years he has taken in Nevada politics, wanted a Politics: Sanders, 77, is an and emphasizes his demand the Israel spectrum. agencies when they drew fire a lead role on the U.S. Helsinki pickup for Democrats, and Independent who caucuses that Arab states recognize There are sure bets and long for their methods. Commission, which moni- Rosen delivered—so much with the Democrats. He won Israel’s existence. shots (in some cases very long Jewish quotient: Feinstein tors human rights in other so that Reid, who remains election to the Senate in 2006 Election prospects: Sanders shots), while some races are had a Jewish father and countries, and he was the influential, tapped Rosen to after serving 16 years in the is running unopposed. too tight to call. Some have Christian mother and was top Democrat on the Foreign take down Dean Heller, the in- House. He launched his po- Gary Trauner, Wyoming come up through the state- brought up in both faiths. At Relations Committee from cumbent Republican senator. litical career in 1981 when he (challenger) house, some through the na- 20, she chose Judaism, she 2015 until earlier this year. The focus of Rosen’s cam- became mayor of Burlington, Politics: Trauner, 59, ran tional security system, some said, because of its directness. Cardin started each briefing paign has been education— Vermont. twice in the mid-2000s for with no political experience. Over the years she has become with reporters with an appeal the public school system Sanders ran a surpris- Wyoming’s single House They come from areas of more critical of Israel, taking for the release of a prisoner of in Nevada is notoriously ingly strong campaign for seat and, shockingly for this high Jewish concentration the lead recently in urging its conscience. underfunded—and the envi- the Democratic presidential reddest of Republican states, like New York and Los Angeles, government not to demolish Jewish quotient: Cardin is ronment. She also is part of nomination in 2016, becom- nearly took it in 2006, a sweep and spots such as Kentucky Palestinian residences in the a scion of a family influential the wave of women seen as ing the first Jewish candidate year for Democrats. He told and Wyoming where Jews West Bank as punishment. in Jewish philanthropy. A spurred to higher office by to win major-party nominat- JTA that year that he had barely register on the elec- Feinstein has been endorsed relative is Shoshana Cardin, Donald Trump’s election. She ing contests. Hillary Clinton knocked on nearly every door toral map. by the political action com- who led multiple national has been outspoken in recent won the nod, but the Sanders in the state. Trauner tried JTA is breaking down the mittee affiliated with J Street, Jewish organizations. He weeks in saying that as a sena- bid excited the party’s base and again in 2008 and lost by a races, assessing where the the liberal Jewish Middle hews to a conventional pro- tor she would have opposed helped steer it leftward For wider margin. candidates stand on the East policy group, as well as Israel line, and was one of the Kavanaugh confirmation, instance, the $15 minimum The issues page on his political spectrum, noting JACPAC, the Chicago-based four Senate Democrats who and she has the endorsement wage Sanders championed, campaign site suggests a their Jewish involvement and Jewish PAC that backs liberal in 2015 opposed the Iran of feminist PACs like Emily’s once considered pie-in-the- cautiously centrist approach: reporting what the forecast- domestic policies. nuclear deal after being sub- List. sky by the Democratic estab- He backs the social safety net, ers say. Election prospects: Califor- jected to intensive lobbying Jewish quotient: Rosen’s lishment, is now party policy. environmentally responsible We start with the Jewish nia’s system grants the two by Baltimore-area Jewish sole political experience prior Left-leaning candidates now energy independence, immi- Senate nominees, all Demo- spots on the November ballot leaders. This year, Cardin to 2016 was as president of Ner eagerly seek out an endorse- gration reform that includes crats: to the two top vote-getters spoke at J Street’s national Tamid, a Reform synagogue ment from Sanders or the allowances for undocumented Dianne Feinstein, Cali- in the primary, regardless of conference, a signal that he in Henderson, Nevada. Good activist group established in migrants currently in the fornia (incumbent) party. That leaves Feinstein was edging toward the more enough, said Shelley Berkley, the wake of his campaign, United States and “balance” Politics: Feinstein, 85, facing off against Kevin de Israel-critical posture that the a former Democratic con- Our Revolution. on gun rights. elected in 1992, is the oldest León, a Democratic state sena- group favors. Nonetheless, he gresswoman from Las Vegas Jewish quotient: Sanders, Jewish quotient: Trauner, a sitting U.S. senator and the tor who has the endorsement defended a bill he authored who lost to Heller in 2012. who firmly identifies as a New York-born financial en- longest-serving woman in of the state party. Feinstein that would impose penalties “If you can be president of a democratic socialist, for years trepreneur, attended Jewish the body. is expected to win, although on companies that comply synagogue,” Berkley told The had eschewed a focus on his political fundraising events She is a leading progres- recent polls show de León with the Boycott, Divestment New York Times, “you can be Judaism, preferring in media during his House runs. This sive on most issues, and for narrowing the divide to single and Sanctions movement president of the United States encounters to stick to his time around, the record does decades has been outspoken digits. targeting Israel. Cardin has very easily.” overriding policy concern: not show money coming in on gun control and LGBTQ Ben Cardin, Mary- been backed by NORPAC, the Rosen has taken a typically income inequality. Since from pro-Israel or Jewish rights. She became San land (incumbent) New Jersey-based center-right centrist pro-Israel line, say- launching his presidential PACs. (He has raised an Francisco’s mayor in 1978 Politics: Cardin, 74, was pro-Israel political action ing she would have opposed election campaign, though, impressive $630,000, which after her predecessor, George elected to the Senate from the committee, as well as JACPAC. the 2015 Iran nuclear pact. he has spoken more openly nonetheless is less than a Moscone, and City Supervi- House in 2006. Like his father Election prospects: Cardin Heller is backed by Sheldon than he had in the past about tenth of the nearly $7 million sor Harvey Milk, a Jewish and uncle, he served in the is heavily favored to defeat Adelson, the casino magnate family who had perished dur- brought in by his Republican gay rights activist, were Maryland House of Delegates, Republican Tony Campbell, and pro-Israel and Repub- ing the Holocaust and about opponent, incumbent John shot to death. Feinstein, the becoming its youngest-ever a political science professor. lican giver who helped lead the several months he had Barrasso.) His campaign president of the city’s Board speaker. As a U.S. senator, he Jacky Rosen, Nevada opposition to the deal. She spent as a young man in Israel site does not address foreign of Supervisors, discovered eschews the national reputa- (challenger) has been endorsed by center- on a kibbutz. policy their bodies. tion some of his colleagues Politics: Rosen, 61, was a right pro-Israel PACs as well He has since his presi- Election prospects: Bar- As the senior Democrat seek and tends to pursue his consultant and software de- as JACPAC. She’s an “On The dential campaign become a rasso is seen as safe in a state on the Judiciary Committee, liberal agenda through the signer plucked from obscurity Street” candidate for J Street’s leading Senate critic of Is- that Trump won with 67 per- Feinstein took the lead in prism of state issues: Cardin by Sen. Harry Reid just two PAC, which means she does rael, posting multiple videos cent of the vote to 22 percent picking through the record of is a champion of the environ- years ago to run for the 3rd not accept the PAC’s money on social media criticizing for Hillary Clinton—the wid- Brett Kavanaugh, who barely ment who seeks to keep the District seat then held by but does allow it to direct how Israel is handling the est margin for a presidential won Senate confirmation fol- Chesapeake Bay clean and Republican Joe Heck, encom- individual donors her way. crisis across its border in election in the state’s history. Culture From page 1A Department working defini- hostile and discriminatory through this lecture horri- esenthal Center condemned “Also important to note is tion, potentially crosses the environment.” fied at the hatred and intol- the content of the talk. that Douglas presented two “The University of Michi- line from criticism of Israel Secker met last Friday erance being spewed on our StandWithUs commended slides that promoted BDS gan must take immediate to anti-Semitism.” with the Rosario Ceballo, campus,” Smith posted on Smith for the exposure. “We and violence against Israel, steps to ensure that students ‘A culture of discrimina- associate dean for the social Facebook. “As a Jew who is are proud of Alexa for her which are perhaps even more are not denied an oppor- tion’ sciences in Michigan’s Col- proud of my people and my courage. She did not give the problematic, particularly tunity to participate in an Zionist Organization of lege of Literature, Science homeland, I sat through this situation a ‘pass’ and instead because Douglas’s talk was accredited overseas program America president Mort and the Arts, who agreed to lecture feeling targeted and stood up to bigotry,” said mandatory and departmen- because of their professors’ Klein expressed a similar write the letter in Peterson’s smeared to be as evil as the Roz Rothstein, co-founder tally sponsored,” she said. political views,” said ADL sentiment to JNS. place, according to The man who perpetuated the and CEO StandWithUs, and “In fact, research demon- CEO Jonathan Greenblatt “It is shocking and ir- Washington Post, which first Holocaust and systemati- a daughter of Holocaust strates that the presence of in a statement. responsible for an academic reported the incident. cally murdered six million survivors, in a statement. BDS-promoting speakers “The University of Michi- to take this bigoted stance According to the Post, Jews.” “Comparing Netanyahu to on campus is directly as- gan, and indeed all U.S. insti- against Israel while ignor- Secker’s father, who is Is- “Two years ago I was Hitler in the course of a sociated with an increase in tutions of higher education, ing the fact that Israel has raeli, was so infuriated that forced to sit through an- mandatory lecture for art anti-Semitism on campus, should ensure that students offered statehood to the Pal- he considered withdrawing other mandatory Stamps students is an example of the and specifically those acts are able to pursue academic estinians,” who have rejected his son from the school, but lecture in which the speaker, subtle form of anti-Semitism that target Jewish students studies without having their the offer three times in the reconsidered after his wife Joe Sacco, made references that is injected into North for harm, including assault, studies thwarted by their past 20 years, he said. contacted the president’s to Israel being a terrorist American campus lectures harassment, destruction of professor’s political views,” “All the while, these aca- office, which connected the state and explicitly claimed far too often. property and suppression of he added. demics are ignoring the fact couple to the associate dean, that Israeli soldiers were un- “At the University of speech.” “We are strong support- that the Palestinian Author- who “offered to write any worthy of being represented Michigan, this comes after The Simon Wiesenthal ers of academic freedom. ity is a terrorist entity” that letter Jake wanted,” he said. as actual human beings in a professor and a graduate- Center called on the univer- Certainly everyone, includ- refuses to negotiate with Guest lecture compares his artwork,” continued student instructor used the sity to act. ing professors, has a right Israel, added Klein. Netanyahu to Hitler Smith. BDS movement to penalize “In the name of free to openly express their He called on the university The latest anti-Israel out- “I will no longer sit qui- two students who expressed speech, a public univer- views of the policies of the to sanction those who “dis- rage comes less than a week etly and allow others to their desire to study in sity invites a speaker who elected Israeli government,” play this type of irrational after a guest lecturer, former dehumanize my people and Israel,” she continued. equates in word and visually continued Greenblatt. “But anti-Semitic prejudice.” Black Panther leader Emory my community,” she added. “We commend the univer- Netanyahu and Hitler with this should not be at the Club Z Founder and ex- Douglas, compared Israeli “The administration is re- sity leadership for taking a the term genocide,” SWC expense of students seeking ecutive director Masha Prime Minister Benjamin peatedly failing to forcefully firm and immediate stand said in a statement to JNS. to broaden their academic Merkulova said “there is a Netanyahu to the master- respond to anti-Semitism, against anti-Semitism in “Students are required to experiences.” culture of discrimination at mind of the Holocaust, which and so it comes back worse the past and encourage sit through a propaganda Greenblatt called out an the University of Michigan resulted in the founding of and worse each time. A line them to take a stand to presentation based on an apparent double standard that must be addressed im- the Jewish state. As part of needs to be drawn and it differentiate the univer- insidious lie.” by instructors. “These pro- mediately by President Mark the department-sponsored needs to be drawn now.” sity from Emory Douglas’ “If Hitler was ultimate evil fessors indicated they had Schlissel, Michigan elected lecture, Douglas presented The lecture was part of a hateful, agenda-driven and Bibi = Hitler what’s the no problem writing recom- officials and the Depart- two slides that promoted guest-speaker series through comparison.” message to fellow students mendations for students who ment of Education. Club Z the ideas behind BDS and the university’s Stamps AMCHA echoed SWU’s about Jews/Zionists on cam- might study in any other will be working closely with violence against Israel. School of Art & Design. response. “The image com- pus? Beyond an outrage,” country in the world,” he partners in the pro-Israel A student, Alexa Smith, Calling on the university paring Netanyahu is outra- continued SWC. “Will the said. “Singling out Israel community to bring this captured the images, two to react geous and anti-Semitic,” University apologize or alone among all the nations issue to light. We cannot years after she observed a Pro-Israel groups like the group’s director Tammi take action or make a com- of the world as worthy of boy- afford to be silent as stu- similar experience. StandWithUs, the AMCHA Rossman-Benjamin told ment beyond protecting free cott, according to the State dents continue to face this “As a Wolverine, I sat Initiative and the Simon Wi- JNS. speech of bigot?” HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, OCTOBER 19, 2018 PAGE 15A ‘Israel’s resilience and history inspire us,’ says Iraqi Nobel Prize winner By United with Israel of Kocho, Iraq, and sold into Knesset last year, referring to importantly, our experiences sex slavery. ISIS murdered the Holocaust. drive us to stand up for others Nobel Peace Prize co- six of her brothers and held ”We Yazidis are a peaceful who are being persecuted, as winner Nadia Murad of Iraq is her captive for months. She people. Never in our 5,000 you have chosen to do today. a staunch supporter of Israel managed to escape, found her year history have we fought This is why I use my voice to and visited the Jewish state way to a refugee camp and was and killed others. But our speak on behalf of those who last year. one of more than a thousand peacefulness has not served are silenced, like the 3,000 On Friday, the Nobel Peace Yazidis accepted into a refugee us well,” Murad stated. ”We women and girls still in the Prize was awarded to Surgeon asylum program in Germany. have faced 74 massacres, hands of Daesh [ISIS] ter- Denis Mukwege from Congo Murad was appointed a often motivated by extreme rorists. My visit here today is and 25-year-old Murad “for Goodwill Ambassador by the interpretations of Islam. And to ask you to recognize the their efforts to end the use of UN last year as an advocate for I’m afraid this genocide, the genocide being committed sexual violence as a weapon her people. She is explaining one that continues today, will against my people, in light of of war and armed conflict.” to the world that the crimes be complete, if we are not able our peoples’ common history Murad visited Israel in waged against them must not to return to our homeland. of genocide,” she said. July 2017 when the Knesset go unpunished. Yazidis strive for, but are given Murad announce after held a memorial session in ”This is not the first time no say, in deciding the future winning the prize that she remembrance of the genocide people have used their power of our homeland.” will share the award “with Nadia Murad conducted by the Islamic to destroy a group of inno- ‘Like the Jewish people, we Yazidis, Iraqis, Kurds, other draw international attention that genocidal campaigns State against the Yazidis in cent human beings, simply have always survived’ persecuted minorities and to the plight of the Yazidi will not only fail, but lead to Iraq in recent years. because of who they are. This ”I know that like the Jew- all of the countless victims people, who have suffered accountability for the per- The conference’s main is something you know all too ish people, we have always of sexual violence around unimaginable crimes” under petrators and justice for the guest speaker was Murad, well, and your families have survived. These experiences the world.” ISIS, she said. survivors,” Murad concluded. who, in August 2014, was had their own tragic and dif- inspire us to hold onto our “As a survivor, I am grate- “We must work together AP contributed to this captured by ISIS in her village ficult journeys,” she told the culture and identity. And ful for this opportunity to with determination to prove report. Professor From page 1A ing to study in Israel because growth,” said Cole. “Rather matters that are of concern to versity’s student government, late last week: a guest lec- he “did not have tenure.” than fulfill this obligation, you you, which you are free to do,” the school itself prohibits its ture comparing Israeli Prime according to a letter from Cole “Supporting the academic used the student’s request as a added Cole. “But interfering departments or any part of the Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the professor, which is part aspirations of your students is platform to express your own with a student’s academic university to boycott or divest to Adolf Hitler and a graduate of the FOIA file. fundamental to your respon- personal views.” aspirations, as you have done from Israel. instructordenying a similar The professor acknowl- sibilities as a faculty member. “Nothing in this letter is in- here, is not acceptable.” This development comes request from a student, citing edged that he previously wrote You have an obligation to sup- tended to discourage you from Despite a BDS resolution amid two anti-Israel con- the same reason as Cheney- a few letters for students want- port your students’ academic speaking on or advocating for passed last year by the uni- troversies at the university Lippold. Glick From page 4A Washingtonian is about as tility towards Israel and ef- solid majority of American spend so much time and energy growing frustrations that establishment as they come. fusive support for the PLO Jews supported moving the demonizing. They invited no Israelis feel toward the Ameri- America. Israel is the only By trashing Kavanaugh as are a consequence of that U.S. embassy to Jerusalem. anti-immigration activists can Jewish establishment. He country in the world where though he were what the radicalization. Last week, 34 Major Jewish groups played from south Tel Aviv who com- should ask them why they a majority—52 percent—be- Journal refers to as “part of Democratic senators—two key roles in passing the Jeru- plain that their neighborhoods haven’t acknowledged, much lieves that under Trump, the Mr. Trump’s New York menag- thirds of the Democratic salem Embassy Act of 1996 have been transformed into less applauded, Trump for his U.S. is doing more to solve erie,” the Democrats revealed Senate caucus—signed a let- that recognized Jerusalem as crime-ridden ghettos due to unparalleled support for Israel. global problems than it was in that they oppose Trump ter to Trump asking that he Israel’s capital and enjoined illegal immigration from Er- He should ask them why so few previous years. Seventy-nine because he is implement- restore aid to the Palestinian the executive branch to move itrea and Sudan. None of the of them support the embassy percent of Israelis think U.S.- ing conservative Republican Authority. This, despite the the embassy from Tel Aviv to sponsors of the Nation-State move—and what possessed Israel relations have improved policies and not because of his PA’s continued payment of Jerusalem. Law, so viciously opposed by them to hold their conference, under Trump. Eighty-six unconventional personality. more than $300 million a The precipitous drop in the Jewish Federations, was in this of all years, in Tel Aviv percent of Israelis believe that The Journal explained, “Re- year to convicted terrorists American Jewish support for invited to speak. No voices call- rather than Jerusalem. under Trump, the U.S. takes publicans across America can and their families. That is, the the embassy move—graphi- ing for abandoning the quest And he should tell them its interests into account. see, and certainly their Sena- Democrats called for Trump to cally demonstrated by the to establish a Palestinian state that Israelis are proud to On the other side of the At- tors voting on Judge Kavana- ignore the Taylor Force Act, Jewish Federations’ decision were invited. stand with their friends and lantic, the situation is almost ugh should realize, that the left which requires the adminis- to hold their annual confer- Most of those invited to supporters wherever they may completely reversed. The AJC hates them as much or more tration to deny funding to the ence in Tel Aviv—shows speak represent marginal be—and ask them why they poll from June showed that than they loathe Mr. Trump. PA so long as it continues the that like their fellow Demo- factions in Israeli society. The find it so difficult to do so. only 26 percent of American Conservatives understand that, payments. crats, Jewish Democrats view spectrum of views spans from The American Jewish com- Jews support Trump while 71 for the American left, they are The AJC survey indicated Trump’s supporters—includ- center-left to far-left with a siz- munity’s apparent preference percent oppose him. Seventy all deplorables now.” that Jewish Democrats are ing Israelis—as “deplorables” able representation of Israel’s for lawmakers who urge percent of American Jews The Federations’ use of not lagging far behind their who deserve their hostility. So Arab community thrown in, Trump to underwrite Pales- oppose the way Trump is their conference to disrespect senators. their longstanding support for to what is billed as a frank tinian terrorists over Trump handling U.S.-Israel relations. Israelis while highlighting Consider the U.S. Jewish locating the U.S. embassy in discussion between American and his voters who refuse to do As The Wall Street Journal longstanding disagreements community’s position on Israel in Israel’s capital city Jews and the uninvited Israeli so makes no sense to Israelis. editorialized on Thursday (Oct. is a means to express their Trump’s transfer of the U.S. flew by the wayside. Jews who disagree with them Netanyahu should tell them 4), one of the clarifying aspects anger as Democrats at Israelis embassy to Jerusalem. The program of the three- (and support Trump). that while Israeli Jews are of the Democratic bid to dehu- for supporting Trump. Eighty-five percent of Is- day GA is similarly discourag- The only Israeli speaker eager to work with American manize and destroy Trump’s The fact that Democrats raelis supported the move; ing. The three days of panels, representing the positions Jewry on the basis of our Supreme Court nominee are using Trump as a foil to only 7 percent opposed it. speeches and debates are held by the majority of the shared heritage and values, Judge Brett Kavanaugh is that discredit his policies and de- In contrast, only 46 percent ostensibly supposed to involve country’s citizens who was if American Jewry chooses to it shows that the Democrats’ monize his supporters has had of American Jews supported frank discussions between invited to address the GA is abandon those values in favor rage is not solely directed a radicalizing effect on Demo- Trump’s decision to move Israelis and American Jews, Prime Minister Benjamin of their swiftly radicalizing against Trump personally. crats. Since everything Trump the U.S. embassy to Israel’s with the goal of building Netanyahu. partisan agenda, they are free Trump is the Democrats’ “foil supports is bad, Democrats capital, while 48 percent op- bridges between them. But the Given that his is the only to make that decision—and to regain power.” now embrace positions that posed it. Federations invited no Israelis representative voice on the live with its consequences. Kavanaugh, after all, is not they had previously rejected. This position is remark- who represent the religious program, Netanyahu should Originally published in The a “Trump Republican.” The Growing Democratic hos- able because for decades, a Israeli establishment that they use his speech to voice the Jerusalem Post. Leadership From page 5A Marc Prowisor, we need Nadia security will not come about appreciation of our legitimate Likud of old, infused with the is published, my words will no Matar and we need Yehudit through flowery speeches heritage and devotion to our honor, integrity and legacy of longer ring true. the burden upon themselves Katsover. We need them to fill or through negotiations. ancestral land, along with Betar, the progenitor of the Zahava Englard Shapiro to secure our land and our the void, because our leaders Nor through pleading or the courage to stand up for Herut and then Likud parties. is an Israeli based author people. What is most im- have failed us, and continue acquiescence. Rather, it will it with determination and It is time for them to turn to and writes articles on Israel portant to note, however, is to fail us. come about through Jewish with pride. this once more. It is my fervent for several online publica- the woeful fact that we need Our sovereignty and our dignity, loyalty to our nation, Such was the ethos of the prayer, that once this missive tions. Shefa From page 7A graduating students entered “Once a student is here, with its graduates. They sent smart,” said Claire Shamah, couple of weeks ago, she paid Jewish schools, ranging from we don’t really look much each of the new high schoolers Linda’s mother. “She feels a visit to Shefa. character development, we Orthodox schools like Flat- at where they came from,” a binder with sheets that help love there. The teen said she misses sussed out themes. The differ- bush or the Ramaz School, to said Rabbi Joseph Beyda, them take notes, summarize “They’re not just shipping the school and teachers— ence is that in the more adult The Abraham Joshua Heschel principal of Flatbush’s Joel readings or outline a five- her off into oblivion. They but feels ready to move books, there’s a tremendous School, which is pluralist, Braverman High School. “We paragraph essay. sent her resources she could forward. amount of ambiguity between or the Solomon Schechter want everyone to get off on “They’re people who love use this year.” “I wasn’t confident be- who’s a good guy and who’s a School of Westchester af- the same foot. It’s kind of a children and care about chil- And Linda is making sure fore,” Shamah said. “Now I bad guy.” filiated with the Conservative fresh start.” dren and believe that children to remain in contact with her really understand what I’m This fall, 10 of the 11 movement. Shefa is staying in touch with learning disabilities are alma mater. During Sukkot a reading.” PAGE 16A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, OCTOBER 19, 2018 Here at home, Christians celebrated Sukkot too

A three quarter-size replica of the Tabernacle in the Wilderness. Celebrating the culmination of Sukkot.

Church elder Larry Dorcik lighting the lampstand in the Tabernacle during a tour.

The Ark of the Covenant behind the veil in the Tabernacle, and the altar for burning incense in front of the veil.

By Christine DeSouza to G-d (Exodus 29) and where G-d abided with the Israelites. While more than 6000 For five days, Fellowship Christians celebrated Suk- Church held tours of the kot in Israel, Central Florida Tabernacle to teach about Christians celebrated the this feast. Every detail—from feast with a replica of the the articles in the Tabernacle Tabernacle in the Wilder- to the vestments worn by ness, also called the Tent of the priests—was replicated Meeting, erected in the field to give a visual of what the behind Fellowship Church. Israelites experienced. Sev- Banners with each tribe’s eral of the church elders led name were displayed around the tours, all of which were the Tabernacle courtyard, sold out. showing where each tribe set On Shabbat, Sept. 28-29, up camp during the 40 years church members as well as the Israelites traveled in the others camped around the desert. Tabernacle and on Saturday Sukkot is the festival in the church was filled with which the Jewish people are celebration, culminating reminded of living in tents with a buffet dinner, singing after leaving Egypt. The Tab- and dancing as the Ark of the ernacle, set in the very center Covenant was carried from of the camp, was where the the Tabernacle into the sanc- high priest, Aaron and his tuary where it was placed in a sons, would make sacrifices replica of David’s Tabernacle.