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French citizens in the north- “Following the recent escala- by MARCY OSTER ern city of Haifa should exercise tion in tensions in the region, (JTA) — New York City held caution considering the tensions the city of Haifa has been the a huge rally this past weekend, in the Middle East, the French subject of explicit threats,” it but it wasn’t the only place to Foreign Ministry said in a state- said in a statement, without protest against a recent rise ment on its website on Wednes- giving any more precise details. in anti-Semitic attacks. Police day. The remarks were made Mohsen Rezaee, a former and locals in cities around the after a high-profile Iranian offi- chief of Iran’s elite Revolu- United States have pledged to cial mentioned the northern city tionary Guard Corps, said on support and protect their Jew- by name in a speech following Sunday following the killing of ish communities over the past the killing of Iran’s top general Gen. Qassem Soleimani, that week. by the United States. (Haifa — Page 11) In South Carolina, religious leaders gathered in the state capital on Monday to speak out Israel’s Sephardic Chief Rabbi against anti-Semitism and ra- (iStock) cial attacks across the country. Calls Former Soviet Immigrants They also demanded state hate at ease. ment of support for the region’s crime legislation. “Please know… we are here Jewish community, which em- ‘Religion-Hating Gentiles’ On Sunday, top Los Ange- to work for you,” LAPD Deputy phasized that “Hatred has no les Police Department officers Chief Jorge Rodriguez said. home here.” Police departments met with members of the local Police departments across from Cleveland’s east side sub- Jewish community to put them northeast Ohio issued a state- (Rally — Page 6) 4 Ways New York’s Government Is Trying to Fight Rising Anti-Semitism

by BEN SALES NEW YORK (JTA) — After this past weekend’s rousing march to protest rising an- Israel’s Chief Sephardic Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, left, and Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi ti-Semitism in New York — David Lau at a Chief Rabbinate ceremony in Jerusalem, Sept. 4, 2014. (Yonatan where Jews have been shot, Sindel/Flash90) stabbed, assaulted and ha- rassed over the past year — two by MARCY OSTER fire for calling immigrants from big questions still loom large. JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s the former Soviet Union “Com- What is causing all of this? Sephardic chief rabbi is under (Immigrants — Page 7) And what are officials doing about it? The first question is fraught, NBC Article Blames Jews for Spike bedeviling experts and commu- From right: Rep. Jerrold Nadler, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Sen. Chuck Schumer, In Anti-Semitism in New York nity members alike. The second Mayor Bill de Blasio and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand hold a banner at the march has some answers. against anti-Semitism in New York City, Jan. 5. (John Lamparski/Echoes Wire/Barcroft (Trying to Fight — Page 13) Media via Getty Images) Israel Unveils Breakthrough Laser To Intercept Missiles, Aerial Threats

by ANNA AHRONHEIM Israel’s Defense Ministry has announced that it has made a technological breakthrough Orthodox Jews arrive during the 13th Siyum HaShas, a celebration marking in the development of lasers the completion of the Daf Yomi, a seven-and-a-half-year cycle of studying to intercept a variety of aeri- texts from the Talmud, the canon of Jewish religious law, at the MetLife al threats, including against Stadium in East Rutherford, Jan. 1. (Reuters/Jeenah Moon) rockets and anti-tank guided missiles. by ARIEL KAHANA Defense Minister Naftali Ben- An NBC news article, which nett said on Wednesday eve- claimed on Thursday that ning that new laser technology the growth of ultra-Orthodox “makes the security apparatus neighborhoods in certain areas more lethal, more powerful and of New York state were to blame more advanced.” Artistic depiction of how innovative laser defense system would function on 04 74470 90456 (NBC — Page 8) (Laser — Page 4) the battlefield.(Courtesy) One Hip Chic + Sole The Home of 1521 Monroe Ave. Wearable Art. in Brighton.

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Reflection … We Traveled as a Group From Rochester

by RABBI ELIEZER Y. LEHRER, M.ED. Twenty eight of us traveled as a group from Rochester. It was 4:45 AM, dark More comfortable out and the frost More interesting frozen on the wind- than a bike seat. shield needed to be than football. scraped off. We all gathered in Light One Hip Chic + Sole by One Hip Chic of Israel’s parking For comfortable glasses, shoes and bags lot where a Niaga- ra Scenic Tours Bus was warming up. It 1521 Monroe Ave. in Brighton. One Hip Chic + Sole by One Hip Chic had been seven and a For interesting glasses, shoes and bags half years. This time we would be partic- ipating as a group. I 1521 Monroe Ave. in Brighton. was excited. The Siyum. This is how organizers from Agudath Isra- GET YOUR el of America have billed the event. Lit- SEATS! erally it means The Conclusion, referring to the dra of Siberia. I have a coat. She sented on the massive jum- completion of the daily study did not. botron and live-streamed, Daf of the 2,711 folios of the Bab- The energy, excitement, en- Yomi Around the World. Two We would like to personally invite you ylonian Talmud. For the nine- thusiasm and joy was palpa- minutes in, Rochester is on the to the JCC Gala on January 25, 2020. ty-five thousand streaming to ble. So was the silence that screen. They get up each morn- It is our pleasure to be honorary chairs with our children. MetLife Stadium in East Ruth- occurred the instant Shemoneh ing to study the Daf together. – Debbie & Michael Gordon erford, New Jersey — our Roch- Esrei began. They meet in Beth Sholom’s ester contingent included, the The dancing challenges my library. Now they appear larger 2020 HONOREES Barclays Center in Brooklyn, senses. I am singing and danc- than life. Justin L. 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I feel responsible for located in Rochester, New York, those who will come after. and is the creator and presenter Another video is being pre- of The Luzzatto ApproachTM. 22 Dead in Israel’s Worst Flu Season in a Decade by MARCY OSTER related to the A-Type sub-spe- JERUSALEM (JTA) — Twen- cies of the H1N1 virus, also ty-two Israelis have died so far known as swine flu. this flu season, according to a The report said it is the worst Health Ministry report. flu season in a decade. The ministry released a re- As of Jan. 1, 2020, some port on Monday, and updated 1,965,000 received this year’s vac- numbers were released on Tues- cine, which is about 22 percent 20 Years Experience Kosher Catering day. In addition to the deaths, of the population. 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Business … Jewish Campus Group Hillel Promotes Data Guru to CEO Reluctance to disengage from voice and believes in new ways “It used to be said there were the establishment on matters to engage students using tech- fewer women because women related to Israel has dogged nology and data,” she said. weren’t putting their names Hillel’s efforts to engage young- Emphasizing her approval of forward,” she said. “They are er Jews. There was internal the choice, Katz nonetheless putting their names forward. dissent in 2018 when Hillel noted that yet another national It calls on us to do better at endorsed Kenneth Marcus to Jewish organization will be creating opportunities for more run the civil rights division in helmed by a white man. She diversity on the ladders of lead- the Trump administration’s De- said she had heard that plenty ership and to do more train- partment of Education. Marcus of women had applied for the ing on the unconscious bias on had worked with Hillel to fight position. boards and hiring committees.” anti-Israel activity on campus, but he was reviled by liberals for pledging to roll back federal Community … protections for victims of cam- pus sexual assault. On the programmatic front, Mazel Tov! Mazel Tov! Adam Lehman succeeds Eric Fingerhut as the CEO of Hillel International. Lehman said he wanted to take Bar/Bat Mitzvahs, Graduations, Awards, (Courtesy of Hillel International) successful programs initiated Promotions, En­­gage­­­ments, Weddings, Births… at individual chapters and roll E-mail information and photos to: [email protected] by RON KAMPEAS interview with the Jewish them out nationwide, includ- or mail to The Jewish Ledger. Announcements are free. WASHINGTON (JTA) — After Telegraphic Agency, he said he ing a mental wellness initiative a six-month search, the Jewish would use data to analyze how from California, a free delivered Mazel tov to Adam Kolko of Mazel tov to Susan & Bill Bor- campus group Hillel Interna- best to serve Jewish students so Shabbat dinner party kit from Pittsburgh, Pa., was recently dreaux and Sybil Young on the tional is sticking to the path that “they find meaning, they Vermont and a training pro- awarded The Pittsburgh Jew- birth of a new grandson & great hewn by its previous CEO in find purpose, they find a way gram to combat anti-Semitism ish Chronicle Volunteer of the grandson. Mazel tov to parents choosing a close associate as to serve the broader community from Illinois. He also wants to Year Award. He is the son of Alex & Katie Rheinwald. Oliver his successor. through Hillel.” emphasize wellness and mental Devorah & Myron (z’l) Kolko, was born on November 28th. Hillel’s board announced The data would help shape health. and brother of Rabbi Simeon Tuesday that Adam Lehman, “spiritual and religious life ex- “That is such a critical set of Kolko of Rochester. Mazel tov to Karen McAr- the group’s former chief oper- periences, Israel engagement issues today,” he said. thur & Michael Yudelson on ating officer and interim CEO, experiences, social justice ac- For all of his wonkiness, Mazel tov to Susan & Michael the birth of grandson Samuel will succeed Eric Fingerhut, tivity and voluntarism,” he Lehman — who likes tossing Mercier on the birth of grand- Jordan Walter, born November who became head of the Jewish said. out terms like “Gen Z” — has daughter Ruby Kelly Merci- 30th. Federations of North America Lehman tried to dodge a an artsy side: He’s a founding er, daughter of Ryan & Char over the summer. question about which organi- member of the D.C.-based Jew- Mercier. Ruby was born on Mazel tov to the winners of In choosing Lehman, the zations Hillel considered kosher ish a cappella group JewKvox. 12/25/2019. The Rochester Business Jour- board has issued a vote of con- to partner with, saying it would Praising the pick was Sheila nal’s Icon Award. The honor- fidence in how Fingerhut has engage with Jewish students Katz, the CEO of the National Mazel tov to Hal & Anne Kan- ees are business leaders over shaped the organization, ex- as individuals whatever their Council of Jewish Women who thor, celebrating their 50th wed- the age of 60 who have had no- panding its reach to Jewish stu- affiliations. When pressed, he was at the center of a Hillel ding anniversary. table success and demonstrate dents while sticking closely to said Hillel would work with controversy last year when she strong leadership, both within the establishment line on Israel. groups that “align with our went public with her story of Mazel tov to Sue & Michael their field and in service to the “We are so thrilled that Adam values and our mission,” a ru- being sexually harassed by a Lococo, celebrating their 50th community. They are the high will be continuing to lead Hillel bric that in the past rejected major donor, Michael Stein- wedding anniversary. achievers that other business to help us build on the tremen- partnership with any group that hardt. Hillel cut off relations leaders want to emulate. Con- dous progress we’ve made in supports a boycott of Israel. with Steinhardt. Mazel tov to Temple B’rith Ko- gratulations to: Dr. Bradford our mission of enriching the Pressed again, he said Hillel “He’s data and technolo- desh President Steven & Laura Berk, Daan Braveman, Jim lives of all Jewish students so International would continue to gy-driven and he cares deeply Chaba, celebrating their 35th Grossman, Gary Mervis, and that they can enrich the Jewish work with JStreetU. about students and the student wedding anniversary. Naomi Silver. people and the world,” Skip Vichness, chairman of Hillel In- ternational’s board of directors, said in a statement. In terms of growth metrics, Fingerhut’s tenure was seen as a success. When he took over in Family out of town? Weather preventing travel? 2013, engagement was reaching 68,000 students a year. Last year, the group reached 141,000 Unable to leave your home? students on 550 campuses. The Brighton Memorial Chapel offers live funeral broadcasting budget has also doubled from $90 million to $180 million. for services that take place within our chapel. But the organization has also been hammered as the political All at NO CHARGE. climate has grown more polar- ized, particularly on Israel. Fin- gerhut apologized in 2015 after he pulled out of an appearance at JStreetU, the student affiliate of the liberal Jewish Middle East policy group. In 2018, he apologized again after Prince- ton Hillel canceled an appear- 3325 Winton Road S., Rochester NY 14623 • www.BrightonMemorialChapel.com ance by Israel’s then foreign minister, Tzipi Hotovely, in the 585-427-8520 face of protests. Lehman, 52, has a back- ground in data analysis. For eight years, he was a senior vice president at AOL. In an See why Brighton Memorial Chapel is Establishing a New Tradition. 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by CNAAN LIPHSHIZ Widow of Wyatt (JTA) — Several thousand peo- ple, many of them Jews, rallied in several cities in France on Sunday to protest a court ruling not to try a Muslim man who confessed to killing his Jewish neighbor while shouting about Allah. Republique Square in Paris was crowded with protesters over the ruling last month on the fate of Kobili Traore, who admitted to killing Sarah Halimi in 2017. Reaffirming an earlier rul- ing, the Paris Appeals Court Sarah Halimi was beaten before she was thrown off her Paris apartment last month asserted that Traore building’s roof in April 2017. (Courtesy of the Halimi family) killed Halimi because she was Jewish but cited psychiatric munity watchdog, says virtually “Anti-Semitism isn’t the real evaluations saying his con- all violent anti-Semitic assaults taboo in France, only the iden- sumption of marijuana before in France are cases are commit- tity of the anti-Semites is,” the incident led to a “delirious ted by people whose families Georges Bensoussan, a Jewish episode” that made him not le- immigrated to France from Mus- historian, told Le Figaro last gally responsible for his actions. lim countries, which the group week about the case. Several thousand Jews called “new anti-Semitism.” In 2017, Bensoussan was tried marched in Marseille in protest But in its 2016 report, the for hate speech for quoting a of the ruling, which leaders of French National Consultative Muslim writer’s assertion that French Jewry have suggested Commission on Human Rights, Arabs receive anti-Semitism was designed to avoid scrutiny a government agency, said it with their “mother’s milk.” of Muslim anti-Semitism. had no evidence that new an- Bensoussan was ultimately ac- The BNVCA, a Jewish com- ti-Semitism exists. quitted amid an outcry. b

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Speaking about this new ad- ineffective, significant achieve- Rotem said. dition to the existing tools of ments have been made over “This is a weapon that you war employed by Israel, the the past year and a half as a can’t see or hear,” Rotem ex- minister said that “we will add result of collaboration between plained, adding that while it’s a laser sword when dealing the ministry and defense com- not free every interception will with threats from the north or panies like Rafael and Elbit cost a few dollars (as opposed Photo thought to be of Josephine Earp. (Courtesy of HarperCollins Publishers) the south.” systems as well as academic to interceptor missiles which “The enemies of Israel better institutions. can run into the thousands) Josephine Sarah Marcus, born years, Wyatt and Josephine not test our resolve,” he said, The breakthrough recently since it runs on electricity. to German Jewish immigrant moved frequently around the “or our abilities.” made by the ministry is based The use of two different and parents in Brooklyn, NY, in American West, following gold, “We are entering a new age of on the precision of the laser complementary technologies 1861, grew up in San Francisco. silver, and copper mining, until energy warfare in the air, land beam which can be focused on — kinetic air defense (like sys- Enchanted by a performance of they settled in Southern Cal- and sea. The R&D investments long-range targets and which tems such as the Iron Dome) Gilbert & Sullivan’s H.M.S. Pin- ifornia. There, they invested made by the DDR&D in the last can overcome atmospheric dis- and laser platforms, “is a game afore, she ran away from home in real estate and racehorses, years have placed the State of turbances such as clouds and changer” Rotem said. at age 18 to join the theatre. On wrote Wyatt’s autobiography, Israel among the leading coun- dust storms. As a result of the break- tour in Tombstone, Arizona, she and drafted a screenplay based tries in the field of high-energy According to Oster, the min- through the ministry has met and married Wyatt Earp, on his exploits. After Wyatt’s laser systems,” Brig.-Gen. Yaniv istry was able to take several launched three programs for then a deputy U.S. Marshal for death, Josephine contributed to Rotem, Head of the Ministry’s laser beams and with an ad- the development of high-energy the Arizona Territory. published and film portrayals of Directorate of Research and vanced algorithm, connected laser demonstration systems in In 1881, Wyatt Earp won Wyatt’s life, helping to establish Development. them to get one strong beam cooperation with the two com- lasting fame when he and his an enduring American legend. According to Rotem, the min- able to intercept and take down panies: a ground-based laser brothers fought a gun bat- Sources differ about the istry has been working for over a variety of threats. system to complement the ca- tle with their political rivals exact date of her death, but 10 years on powerful laser tech- Based on high-energy elec- pabilities of the Iron Dome, the Clanton gang at the O.K. most hold that Josephine Mar- nology to enable the develop- tric lasers rather than chemical development of a maneuver Corral. Fleeing indictment for cus Earp died on December 19, ment of platforms to intercept a laser technology, the robust sys- platform-mounted laser system murder in the aftermath of the 1944. She was buried beside variety of threats. The ministry, tem will complement the other to defend troops in the field and shootings, Wyatt and Josephine her husband in a Jewish cem- he said, has carried out a num- layers of Israel’s aerial defenses the development a laser demo moved to Colorado. etery in Northern California, ber of successful interceptions and will be a strategic change system mounted on an air plat- The marriage of Wyatt and where Wyatt’s and Josephine’s of targets such as mortar shells, in the defense capabilities of form to intercept threats above Josephine lasted another 48 graves are, today, the primary drones and anti-tank missiles the State. cloud covers and for the defense years until Wyatt’s death in local tourist attraction. b at a variety of ranges over the According to Rotem, some of of wide areas. 1929. During their married © jwa.org years. the advantages of the high-en- “This is one system with “This is a dramatic solu- ergy lasers include the ability many options,” Rotem said, FOUNDED 1924 tion to rocket fire,” said Dubi to continually use the system “the weapon of the future. Oster, Head of the optronics at a low cost, higher effective- Throughout the year there THE JEWISH LEDGER department in the Director- ness, efficient management and will be several trials of the ISSN 002165 Albert Klineman, Publisher 1924-1930 • Joseph H. Biben, Publisher 1930-1953 ate of Defense R&D. “We have decrease in the number of mis- demos capabilities and if ef- Donald Wolin, Publisher, 1953-1986 been working on this for years sile interceptors used and the fective, will be deployed to the BARBARA MORGENSTERN, Publisher and Executive Editor but it’s challenging to get a potential to intercept a variety Gaza border area. 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“The man who stops advertising to save money is like the man who stops the clock to save time.” Page 6 • THE JEWISH LEDGER • Thursday, January 9, 2020 Opinion … British Socialite Accused As a Black Jew, I’m Being Of Helping Jeffrey Epstein, Forced to Walk a Tightrope Reportedly Hides in Israel After the Monsey Attack

by SHEKHIYNAH LARKS Assumptions that being a Jew is black when I became Jewish. Today I have adorned my- synonymous with being white My Judaism is a reflection of self in a chai necklace and a and wealthy. self-love and an affirmation kippah. I don’t usually wear a More personally, assumptions of my whole self, blackness kippah, but today I needed my have been made about my iden- and all. I’m walking in a black Jewishness to be just as appar- tity, from my own people. From body with you every day. Bul- ent as my blackness. Jewish people, I have heard that lets have torn through my loved I needed to break the tight- because I am a convert, I can- ones, too. But I know that ‘if rope I feel I’m being forced to not fully understand anti-Sem- God got us then we gon’ be walk in response to the stab- itism. This troubles me because Alright’. Beautiful melanated bing at a rabbi’s home in Mon- converts to Judaism are Jews. people, I bleed with you. (Davidoff Studios/Getty Images) sey, New York, and a string of According to our shared tra- I know these questions come attacks that have recently oc- dition, my neshama, my soul, from a place of anguish, fear, by JOSEFIN DOLSTEN vestigation is probing Maxwell curred in Brooklyn and Jersey was with yours at Mount Sinai and distress. I know these (JTA) — Ghislaine Maxwell, and others with ties to Epstein. City. As a black Jewish profes- and achim sheli, my brothers, words are a call from both my a British socialite who has been Maxwell and Epstein were sional, violent acts of racism it is with you now. I feel the peoples to hear and acknowl- accused of helping late sex of- romantically involved for sev- and anti-Semitism cause me to same fear you feel when I hear edge their pain, but I can’t help fender Jeffrey Epstein, is report- eral years and then remained feel many emotions: anger, fear, of attacks on Jews. I assure you but feel blindsided and per- edly hiding out in Israel. close. One of Epstein’s alleged urgency. And amidst all this the hair on the back of my neck turbed. I don’t feel that I should A source told the New York victims, Virginia Giuffre, has pain, I’ve been asked questions also rises when I hear people have to be the single voice for Post that Maxwell, the daughter accused Maxwell of recruiting that I don’t have the answers talking about Jews in negative either of these communities. I of the late Jewish media mogul her to have sex with him when to. Questions that rub salt ways in public spaces. I get don’t hold the answers to any Robert Maxwell, is being “pro- she was a minor. Maxwell de- into wounds that won’t heal. angry, too, when people accuse of these questions, but I do tected” in a number of coun- nied the allegations. These questions come from my Ashkenazim of being fake Jews, know that we cannot continue tries, including Israel. Epstein, the Jewish million- friends, family, and complete which is something somebody to levy these single narrative “She is not in the U.S., she aire financier facing sex traf- strangers. has actually said to me. I too assumptions and accusations moves around,” the source ficking charges for allegedly “Why are all the black people feel your fear and share your at each other. said in an article published last abusing dozens of minor girls, killing the Jews?” pain. For me, being unapologetical- week. “She is sometimes in the hanged himself in his New York “What are the Jews doing to From black people, I have ly black and Jewish is a revolu- U.K., but most often in other City jail cell in August, law en- the black people in New York? heard that as a black woman, tionary act. My two peoples are countries, such as Israel, where forcement officials said. Though What do they do to make every- embracing Judaism is a reflec- resilient. And the fact that my her powerful contacts have pro- New York City’s chief medi- one hate them?” tion of my self-hatred and an at- two peoples continue to exist vided her with safe houses and cal examiner ruled his death a With these questions come tempt at whiteness. “Don’t you in spite of it all is outright de- protection.” suicide, a forensic pathologist many assumptions and accusa- know that the other Jews will fiance. Today, that is why I am Last month, Reuters reported hired by his family said the tions. Accusations of the entire never see you as an equal?” My wearing my kippah. b that the Federal Bureau of In- autopsy pointed to homicide. b black community being inher- brothers and sisters, I hear that © Alma, via JTA ently anti-Semitic. Assumptions you are concerned about my The views and opinions ex- that blackNews people & Views don’t • 3x38p exist • 120513 in • DSwellbeing HOUSE and safety. I thank pressed in this article are those of 2 Violent Anti-Semitic Assaults the Jewish community. Accusa- you for your concern, but I am the author and do not necessar- tions of the entire Jewish com- not Jewish because I hate being ily reflect the views of JTA or its Under Investigation in Berlin munity being inherently racist. black. And I didn’t stop being parent company, 70 Faces Media. by TOBY AXELROD rial in Berlin on Tuesday af- (JTA) — Two violent anti-Se- ternoon. According to police mitic incidents are under police investigators, the perpetrators investigation this week in Berlin. repeatedly called the man “Jew” NEWS & VIEWS An unknown assailant and grabbed him between the punched a 30-year-old man in legs. the face while making anti-Se- Police also are investigating Each Week Since 1924 mitic insults at around 9:30 on neo-Nazi graffiti found on a Monday evening, according to storefront in the Köpenick sec- police. tion of Berlin. Unknown vandals The incident, which Berlin po- painted the words “Heil Hitler”

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I am are renowned journalists Steve 70¢ PER ISSUE in her field of law. She has been and Cokie Roberts and best-sell- ■ ■ version offers a more tradi- ation, bringing total financial re- Richard L. Goldstein (Federation – Page 11) VOL. LXXXIX, NO. 13 an officer and board member of ing novelist Myla Goldberg. The Two Kilimnicks at Congregation Beth Sholom just entered the train with two erage two anti-Semitic incidents tional biography, though it Temple Beth El and the Jewish festival runs Oct. 30 through Community Center, and a board too is incomplete. Weekly Nov. 16 at the JCC. ■ member of Jewish Senior Life, Claribel Cone (1864-1929), BY ROCHESTER, N.Y. JCC Elects New President, Board Steve and Cokie Roberts, who The two NAOMIrabbis sit GAYLE in the book- Since 1924 Carolyn Nussbaum Takesas well as theon Federation. She the 5th of 13 children, and often focus on politics, turn their lined study. Rabbi Shaya Kil- INSIDE: chaired the Federation’s Planning Etta Cone (1870-1949), the The Jewish Community Center Rochester and the Center for attention to Passover in their lat- imnick, chief rabbi of Congre- Printed in two sections gation Beth Sholom for the past ■ Senior Lifestyles Jewish Federation Presidencyand Allocations process and has 9th, came from a family of recently elected Jeremy J. Wolk Teen Empowerment. Wolk holdsest book, “Our Haggadah: Unit- ELUL 23, 5771 $30 PER YEAR WITHIN MONROE COUNTY, $32 OUTSIDE COUNTY served on numerous committees. successful German-Jewish im- as president of the Board of Di- a M.B.A. in Banking & Financeing Traditions for Interfaith Fam- 35 years, and Rabbi Avi Kil- family members. were reported per day in the first Collecting Matisse and Modern Masters: imnick, his son, who has just Holiday Guide The Jewish Federation of Nussbaum is a director of the migrants. Their father ran a rectors. He is responsible for from Hofstra University andilies.” a With different religious ■ The Cone Sisters of Baltimore, Matisse’s returned to Rochester to join his S Greater Rochester has an- Foundation of the Women’s Bar backgrounds but shared values, EP “Interior, Flowers and Parakeets” at the cigar and grocery business, leading the board in its activities J.D. from Hofstra University father in leading the congrega- TE nounced that Carolyn G. Nuss- Association of the State of New Cokie and Steve found common M Jewish Museum. Photo: Baltimore Museum of but it was their brothers’ and for serving as the principal School of Law. He resides in tion. Their pride in each other BE baum, partner at Nixon Peabody York, and of the Cancer Wellness ground when they met 45 years R 2 Art, Cone Collection, Succession H. Matisse/Artists flourishing textile company liaison between management Brighton with his wife Melanie. is clear. This is one of the few 2 Six Years On, Lessons of Gaza LLP and a resident of Pittsford, Spa, past president of the Greater ago. The Passover Seder they , 2 Rights Society (ARS), New York. that financed most of their art and the board. Wolk is an attor- Other newly-electedhost board in their Bethesda, Md., times they’ve been able to sit 0 began a two-year term as presi- Rochester Association for Wom– Page - 7) 11 Withdrawal Resonate for West Bank collecting. (It supplied denim ney with Nixon Peabody LLP. members to the JCC arehome Nancy has evolved from a small down and talk since Rabbi Avi dent on July 1. Nussbaum will en Attorneys, andNussbaum past president In the second case, five youths half of 2019 — a total of 404 ( came back to Rochester to pre- LINDA GRADSTEIN BY KAREN ROSENBERG to Levi Strauss, among others.) His practice encompasses vari- Bloom of Brighton, a familyconsultant; gathering to an annual BY work alongside Federation ex- of the Volunteer Legal Services “Collecting Matisse and Mod- The sisters were well educated ous business and corporate mat- Loren Flaum of Brighton,event celebrated vice with loved ones pare for his role as interim rabbi SHILOH, West Bank ecutive director Larry Fine in ern Masters: The Cone Sisters of (Claribel, who attended Johns ters, with an emphasis on merg- president of financeand atcolleagues Flaum from all walks of written a psychological drama when his father takes a sabbati- her role as the chief volunteer (JTA) — Yisrael Medad Baltimore,” at the Jewish Muse- Hopkins medical school, was a ers and acquisitions, commercial Management; Sharonlife. This Gray book of includes the Hag- about what happens when two cal to study in Jerusalem. It’s a remembers when just officer of the Federation, the cen- um, samples the extraordinary pathologist) and well traveled. transactions, intellectual prop- Brighton, Jewishgadah communal the couple pro- developed girls go into the woods (in up- eight families lived in tral planning, fund raising and state New York) but only one Carolyn Nussbaum trove of European art amassed On frequent trips to Europe, erty, and public and private se- fessional; Danielalong Goldstein the way, essaysof from both the red-roofed homes in community relations organiza- comes out. The lie told at the ( by two American spinsters in often in the company of Stein curities. Wolk also serves as a Brighton, chiefCokie financial and Steve, officer recipes and de- Kilimnicks aged 12 to 15 attacked a 68-year- incidents in the first six months. this Jewish settlement tion for the Rochester Jewish tails for managing the holiday time feels like the truth 20 years Ritual Items Buried Behind Beth El deep in the hills of the community. the first half of the 20th century. and her brother Leo, they at- member of the board of trustees and partnerlogistics. at Buckingham The Roberts will ap- later when a confession emerges. – Page 6) Nussbaum has served in lead- Jeremy Wolk West Bank. The Baltimore Museum of Art tended salons and visited the and secretary of the Louis S. & Properties;pear Josef Opening Kilimnick Night, Oct.of 30, at This book explores the adults Now some 2,500 Is- ership roles for multiple com- dox day schools, the practiceowns of their collection — all 3,000 (Art – Page 7) Molly B. Wolk Foundation and Rochester,7:30 a pm.pediatrician; and that children become and may raelis live here, and munity organizations as well as texting on Shabbat is becoming is a member of the executive College Foundation and Temple Ron Von Perlstein of Pittsford, a lead readers to question the Award-winning novelist Myla Rabbis Avi and Shaya Kilimnick. Shiloh has playgrounds, increasingly prevalent, especially, committee of the board of direc- B’rth Kodesh. He also sits on the self-employedGoldberg’s business new novel, “Falseper- kinds of truths we accept or re- schools and a yeshiva. but not exclusively, amongU.S. Mod- Judge: NY’s Kosher Food- tors of the Monroe Community boards of the Jewish Home of son. bFriend” has been selected for the ject. Goldberg is scheduled to old man on his way to visit the In the same period in 2018, there The red-roofed homes ern Orthodox teens. first “JCC Reads” program, a appear at 7:30 p.m., Wed nesday, It’s a literally hot-button issue sprawl over several hills, For Modern Orthodox Teens, TextingLabeling Law Constitutional community read designed for Nov. 2. Photo: WND. and new homes contin- that teachers and principals at long-running and ad hoc book Additional highlights include Photo: Naomi Gayle. Police arrest an anti-withdrawal activist in Je- Grant Helps PJ Library Surpass 500 Members ue to be built. At the yeshiva day schools, whose ac- groups. Following on the success food columnist Leah Koenig, rusalem during the Israel’s withdrawal from On ShabbatSTEVE LIPMAN Is Increasingly CommonThe revised law attempted to The new law was challenged “The Hadassah Every Day Cook- bottom of the hill is the BY ademic year ends this week, ac- of “Bee Season,” Goldberg has the Gaza Strip in 2005. overcome problems with an ear- in a 2008 lawsuit by a Long Is- The PJ Library, a program that book: Daily Meals for the Con- archaeological excava- knowledge and deal with it in Shiloh is not likely to disappear lier kosher-labeling law, which land deli and butcher shop, provides a free Jewish book or temporary Jewish Kitchen,” who tion of the biblical NEW YORK (N.Y. Jewish both tacit and oblique ways. For Putlitzbrücke Holocaust memo- were 579 reported incidents. anytime soon. And even in the was thrown out when a judge Commack Self-Service Kosher CD to children’s homes every will participate in a live “throw Shiloh, where the tab- Week) — At a recent camp- the most part, they extol the long term, any discussion of dis- found it created “excessive” en- Meats Inc., that claimed it vio- month, has signed up a total of Arabs Throw Rocksdown”; Wayne Again Hoffman, “Sweet ernacle is believed to grounds Shabbaton sponsored virtues of keeping Shabbat rather b mantling Jewish settlements in tanglements between synagogue lated the First Amendment. 530 children in the Greater Roch- Like Sugar,” Sharon Pomerantz, have been built. by a New York-area Modern Or- than chastising those who vio- the West Bank is haunted by Is- Shiloh is often cited as one of thodox high school, the teenage late it. and state. What is and is not kosher is a ester area since its official kick- Arabs threwBY rocks Wednesday rael’s experience six years ago The practice has become so at an Israeli carGIL between RONEN Migdal- the settlements likely to be up- participants broke into small The revised law, passed by matter exclusively for Jewish law off in March. (Book Festival this summer, when the removal– Page 20) im and Tapuach Junction in rooted under any final peace groups after the meals, as is For teens from a wide range of Or- widespreadNew that York’s it has legislature developed in 2004, to determine, Commack said in The program was created na- of some 9,000 settlers(Lessons from their thodox backgrounds, a new norm. its own nomenclature — keeping Samaria. A 20 month old girl deal with the Palestinians. It is usual, to talk with their friends. requires producers and distrib- the lawsuit. By requiring labels tionally by the Harold Grin- – Page 12) homes in the Gaza Strip was fol- On their cell phones. Illustration photo: Michael Datikash/Jewish “half Shabbos,” for those – who Page 17) was injured in the face. relatively isolated, about 28 utors to manage their own on food as kosher, and by send- spoon Foundation to provide their mouths and murder Of the 17 students who attend- Week observe all the Shabbat(Texting regula- The baby girl received treat- miles north of Jerusalem, and kosher certifications and keeps ing out state inspectors to verify the means for Jewish families ment from Samaria Regional Au- weapons in their hands. To these ed the weekend program, said tions except for texting; “gd halfway between the Palestinian bles. “They weren’t hiding it.” the state out of the process. compliance, the state essentially to give children the gift of Jew- thority medics and evacuated to barbarian terrorists they want to cities of Ramallah and Nablus. 17-year-old Julia, a junior at the The students at the Shabbaton All food claimed to be kosher attempted once again to define ish literacy, a love for literature, a hospital. The Authority Head give a state. The Nation of Israel But with little movement in day school, most sent text mes- were not the exception for their must be labeled as such by pro- and enforce its own kosher stan- music and art. Initial funding Gershon Mesika said: “The ‘men is strong, the government needs sages on Shabbat — a violation Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, age group. According to inter- ducers and distributors, and dard, according to the complaint. in Rochester — through the of peace’ of the Palestinian mur- to learn from it and be strength- On Sunday, Sept. 18, members of the Jewish community laid to rest some of the sacred texts and ritual objects that of the halachic ban on using ened by its spirit - no to folding views with several students and basic information about the On Wednesday, Federal Judge Jewish Federation and the JCC, The PJ Library presentedder authority a book provide stand and yet collectionmore of books to Hillel Com- helped to form and strengthen their identity as Jews. Participants buried electricity in non-emergency sit- and surrendering, yes to con- siddurim, chumashim, machzorim, mezuzah scrolls, tefillin, tallitot and other sacred Hebrew books containing G–d’s administrators at Modern Ortho- qualifications of the individual Nina Gershon in US District with a generous grant from the munity Day School.proof, Left to thoseto right: who students still need Sophia it, Sherin, Jonathan Miller, uations. as to just whom we are facing. struction and stamping out ter- name in Hebrew. Above, students of Temple Beth El’s religious school help bury worn-out books and other religious A Wall of Indifference: “Only three [of the 17 stu- bestowing the kosher certifica- Court in Brooklyn disagreed, say- Max and Marian Farash Chari- Max Meyerowitz-Shipper, Talia Field and Hillel School parent Rachel Field We face low life terrorists who rorism.” items on the hill behind Temple Beth El. tion must be disclosed in a pub- ing the latest version of the law table Foundation — was for up with daughter Elly. dents] didn’t text on Shabbos,” try to murder babies.” An Israeli citizen was lightly Italy’s Shoah Memorial licly available database. does not violate Jews’ religious to 500 children. wounded from rocks hurled by Julia says. Most did it “out in “They hold an olive twig in the open,” sitting at picnic ta- or free speech protections under Thanks to an additional grant book stands and books to five Ha’atzmautArabs workshop as he atdrove Temple near Halhoul. Jewish News Network On the Air the U.S. Constitution and should from the Ann Lib and Bernard local Jewish organizations as B’rith Kodesh and a Yom (Continued from Page 1) Three Arabs were arrested be upheld. Kozel Family Supporting Foun- well as a roving book stand for YerushalayimWednesday workshop afternoon at the in con- New York City is the world’s dation, The PJ Library was able other institutions in the area. Ad- JCC. Morefrontations activities with willsecurity take forces BY Photo: Bruce Nelson. Rally Israeli Expats Flocking to Berlin Jews of theAKIVA world, NOVICK prepare largest Jewish city outside of Is- to enroll an additional 40 chil- ditinally, it has hosted program- place innear connection the Kalandiya with thecheckpoint. new your remote controls: The first- Earlier, they threw rocks at IDF ever Jewish news network began rael. b dren. ming such as a Passover work- school year and the High Holi- shemot 0474470 90456 forces and burned tires. broadcasts this Wednesday. For the Culture and the Passport © The Jerusalem Post The Library has also donated shop at the Federation, a Yom days. TOBY AXELROD b (names), including old worn BY 0 Several dozen Arabs threw Jewish News 1 (JN1) was born 74470 90456 rocks at Border Policemen near as an alternative to the world’s BERLIN (JTA) — Aviv Russ Har Adar, not far from Jerusa- leading news networks — CNN, lem. No one was hurt. The po- Fox News and Sky News. But its stands behind a console with his was designed, at the request of 4 licemen used riot dispersal gear main goal is to serve as the Jew- headphones on and speaks into then Prime Minister Benito Mus- to scatter the rioters. ish version of al-Jazeera, which An artist’s rendering of a night view of the planned Holocaust memorial in a large microphone. has won the hearts of tens of Illustration: Morpurgo De Curtis Architettiassociati.solini, to reflect the ideology of “We’re here: ‘Kol Berlin,’ the Milan. Italian fascism. The secret track, © millions of Arab viewers over BRIDGET KEVANE German-Israeli radio program. IsrealNationalNews BY rediscovered in 1995, lies down the past 15 years. urbs, home to a large Jewish of Morris County government, Shabbat shalom!” says Russ, 34, a quiet street a short distance b According to the The Milan Central Train Sta- an Israeli expatriate. newspaper, the channel will be away from the 24 regular plat- Nirit Bialer, from Israel, standsPhoto: in frontAP/file. of a Jewish bakery in Berlin, Germany. tion is a grandiose building and Russ has been on the radio in broadcast via satellite to Europe, forms, to the east of the station’s Nobody knows exactly how many Israelis have moved to Berlin in recent a forceful presence at the heart Berlin nearly every Friday for main entrance. The entrance years, but unofficial estimates suggest between 9,000 to 15,000 — and the Makor Rishon of the city, used daily by 320,000 about three years hosting an opens wide into a warehouse numbers keep growing. people. But this busy European hourlong program in a melange (Jewish News space where stairs lead down to railway hub harbors a dark his- of Hebrew and German that– Pageof- 7) community, also joined in the law enforcement and faith lead- a boxcar, a cargo lift and a single Berlin tory: Underneath the station, fers an often irreverent( take on – Page 8) train track. hidden from view, is the secret “There is no similar archaeo- being Israeli in Germany. track used to deport Italian Jews logical site in all of Europe,” Studios in Tel Aviv, Brussels and Kiev. to Auschwitz. – Page 3) Opened in 1931, the station commented Michele Sarfatti, one of Italy’s most important(Memorial histo- rians of Italian Jewry. statement. ers will gather Thursday at a 4 Photo: Herzl Yosef/archive. 74470 90456 0 In Atlanta, members of the Jewish school, the Gottesman Jewish community and their RTW Academy in Randolph, supporters gathered on Mon- for a Rally Against Hate in the day night to hold a solidarity wake of a series of anti-Semitic Since event to take a stand against attacks in the area. 1924 a anti-Semitism and hate. Meanwhile, in Pennsylvania, In Chicago, dozens of Jews the York Jewish Community and their supporters met in Mil- Center said it will increase se- lennium Park on Monday after- curity at its facilities with two For Convenient Home Delivery call 427-2468 noon to protest anti-Semitism. major security upgrades, esti- In New Jersey, a delegation mated to cost about $300,000. b THE JEWISH LEDGER • Thursday, January 9, 2020 • Page 7 After Anti-Semitic Incidents, New Bail Law in N.Y. Comes Under Attack

by JESSE MCKINLEY tack would not have been af- and JEFFERY C. MAYS fected by bail reform.” ALBANY, N.Y. — In the week Jumaane D. Williams, the since New York officially ended New York City public advocate, cash bail for many nonviolent who led a rally on Tuesday out- criminal defendants, concerns side Manhattan Supreme Court over a spate of anti-Semitic in- in support of the bail reform cidents and other recent alleged law, agreed. “Anti-Semitism has crimes committed by those been on the rise for years,” he released under the law have said. “Bail reform has been in spurred calls to undo parts of effect for six days.” the legislation. Nonetheless, the anti-Semitic Numerous state leaders have attacks have helped ratchet up recently called for changes to political pressure on Democrats, Akeem Browder, whose brother’s the new law, including Gov. An- who championed the changes suicide helped galvanize the push for drew M. Cuomo, a third-term changes to the bail system, charac- to bail as part of a bold pro- Democrat. The governor said The New York City public advocate, Jumaane D. Williams, said at a news con- terized efforts to undo some of those gressive agenda that included this week that the bill, which ference on Tuesday that calls to change the new bail laws were premature. changes as “cowardice.” (Gabriela Bhas- major policy changes on issues he signed in April, was a “work (Gabriela Bhaskar for The New York Times) kar for The New York Times) like rent laws, climate change, in progress,” adding that there immigration, congestion pricing were “consequences that we have redoubled their efforts have limited the use of bail, ernor planned to address bail and election reform. have to adjust for.” through Facebook groups and though legislatures in more in his State of the State speech State Senator Julia Salazar, The campaign to modify the other social media. Republican states like Texas on Wednesday, but Democrats a first-term Democrat from law will be the sharpest test yet Their campaign has been and Alaska have also embraced in suburban swing districts Brooklyn who is part of a young of Democratic Party unity since aided by news media coverage reforBut unlike New Jersey, seemed eager to make changes liberal bloc in Albany’s upper it won complete control of the of cases like that of Tiffany which passed reforms in 2014, to the bill. chamber, said the changes were State Legislature in 2018, and a Harris, a Brooklyn woman who New York did not give state “Clearly there are urgent is- “really positive transformative barometer of whether the par- was arrested and released with- judges the discretion to con- sues that need to be resolved reforms.” But she added that ty’s insurgent progressive wing out bail after being accused of sider whether a person posed a quickly — and changes to the the onus was on her and her can maintain its influence. slapping three Orthodox Jew- threat to public safety in decid- law should be at the top of the colleagues to educate constitu- Lawmakers, who begin the ish women. She was rearrested ing whether to hold them. agenda as soon as we return ents and opponents about “the 2020 session on Wednesday, after the police said she assault- Cuomo’s original bail reform to Albany,” said Senator Todd initial intent of cash bail,” a have already proposed revisions ed another woman a day later. proposal had included a tool Kaminsky, a Democrat and a centuries-old method to ensure to the law, outraging some ac- Supporters of changes to the that would allow judges to as- former federal prosecutor from people return to court. tivists who had long fought for law have pushed back, accusing sess the risk to public safety Nassau County. “The pub- Salazar said she also under- its passage and who described opponents of cherry-picking a by granting someone bail, but lic safety of our constituents stood her colleagues’ reticence such maneuvers as craven and few cases to stoke public anx- legislators did not include it in should be our first priority.” to fully embrace the chang- politically calculated. iety. the bill they passed last year. Indeed, the conflict over es, saying that her office had “Straighten your back up, “We are seeing elected of- Some of the proposals being the bail law threatens to over- received more than 700 form puff your chest up and hold ficials turn back because of floated by lawmakers would shadow what should be a tri- emails — all from outside her firm on bail,” said Stanley Fritz, fear-mongering,” said Akeem grant judges that discretion, umphant return to Albany for district — expressing concerns the state political director for Browder, the brother of Ka- a change that has been sup- Democratic lawmakers, who about bail. “So I sympathize Citizen Action, a government lief Browder, a Bronx teenager ported by Mayor Bill de Bla- are fresh off a 2019 legislative with them,” she said. reform group, during a boister- whose long incarceration on sio, a reform-minded Democrat session that many considered But considering that the ous rally in the State Capitol on Rikers Island and subsequent who cautioned that any change historic. changes had just taken effect, Tuesday. “There is absolutely suicide galvanized the push for should include a “very precise Instead of running on such “it’s unreasonable for us to ear- no going back.” reform. “That’s cowardice. It’s definition of dangerousness” victories, Democrats like Ka- nestly consider making amend- The law requires defendants atrocious.” that would not be “overused.” minsky are being hammered ments that would water down to be released without cash bail Opponents of cash bail have The New York City police by Republicans, who are hop- or roll back” the law, she said. on a long list of misdemeanors long argued that it criminaliz- commissioner, Dermot F. Shea, ing for a potentially powerful On Monday, Senator Michael and nonviolent felonies, includ- es poverty, tilting the justice has also argued that judges election-year talking point and Gianaris, the Queens Democrat ing stalking, a range of drug of- system in favor of wealthy de- should have greater power to regaining their majority in the who serves as deputy majority fenses and some kinds of arson, fendants, and can result in col- hold potentially dangerous de- State Senate. leader, reiterated that the pre- burglary and robbery. lateral damage as the accused fendants. The state attorney gen- “New York Democrats have vious bail system unfairly dis- Prosecutors and other law lose jobs, apartments and rela- eral, Letitia James, a Democrat, blood on their hands,” Nick criminated against poor people. enforcement officials had ex- tionships while incarcerated for has suggested that the new laws Langworthy, the chairman He pointed to the case of Har- pressed deep concerns about minor offenses. be revisited but declined to say of the New York Republican vey Weinstein, the disgraced how the changes could affect New York is among sever- which changes she supported. Party, said in a news confer- Hollywood mogul accused of public safety; since the law al solidly Democratic states, Cuomo’s aides declined to say ence on Monday. “They rushed rape whose trial began this went into effect on Jan. 1, they like California and Illinois, that on Tuesday whether the gov- this dangerous, reckless law week. Weinstein has remained through, despite warnings from free after posting a $1 million law enforcement.” bail in 2018. Immigrants (Continued from Page 1) Some jurisdictions had al- Still, Gianaris acknowledged ready begun to carry out the that the possible changes would munist, religion-hating” gentiles. anti-religious parties,” Yosef said. strong criticism within those changes before the official start soon be a prime topic of dis- At a rabbinical conference Israeli politicians and pro- communities regarding the act date on New Year’s Day, leading cussion among lawmakers de- in Jerusalem last week, Rabbi gressive religious leaders called of bringing many who aren’t to the release of some defen- scending on Albany, as criti- Yitzhak Yosef criticized Israel’s for Yosef’s resignation, but Jewish to Israel.” dants who then allegedly com- cism is likely to continue. Law of Return for granting cit- Yosef said in a statement to Is- Prime Minister Benjamin Ne- mitted other crimes. “There’s no question the dem- izenship to Russians who are raeli media that his words had tanyahu called Yosef’s remarks The new law also correspond- agogues and fear-mongers have not Jewish according to Ortho- been “distorted.” “outrageous” and said the im- ed with a swell of anxiety and their running shoes on now,” dox religious law, the Yediot “I was clear and I say again: migrants from the former Soviet fear stemming from several Gianaris said. Acharonot daily first reported Alongside the majority of the Union are a “huge blessing to high-profile anti-Semitic at- But, he added, that should not Tuesday. welcome aliyah of hundreds the State of Israel and the Jew- tacks, including the stabbing outweigh the new law’s intend- The rabbi accused the state of thousands of Jews from the ish people.” of five Hasidic Jews at a rabbi’s ed benefits. “For every story of deliberately inviting immi- former Soviet Union … there is Yosef’s remarks also were home in Monsey, N.Y. that ends up in the press that grants from the former Soviet a minority of immigrants who slammed by Knesset speaker But the rise in anti-Semitic at- is concerning,” he said, “there Union to Israel in an effort to are not Jewish according to Yuli Edelstein, who immigrated tacks should not be used to jus- are dozens of people who have weaken the political power of Jewish law who came due to from Ukraine in 1987, and by tify changes to the bail reform been accused of very low-level the haredi Orthodox public. the Law of Return,” Yosef said. Yisrael Beiteinu party leader Av- law, said Abby Stein of Jews for crimes that are now home with “Tens or hundreds of thou- “During my visits over the last igdor Liberman, who immigrat- Racial and Economic Justice. their families.” b sands of Gentiles have come to month to the blooming Jew- ed from Moldova. Liberman’s “Most of these attacks hap- © The New York Times Israel as a result of this law. Gen- ish communities in Russia and party is the political home of pened before Jan. 1,” she said. Luis Ferré-Sadurní contributed tiles who vote for all sorts of Ukraine, I was exposed to the many Soviet immigrants. b “The Pittsburgh synagogue at- reporting from New York. Page 8 • THE JEWISH LEDGER • Thursday, January 9, 2020 Iraqi Shiite Militia Chiefs Redeployed Record 2.32 Million People To Syria as Well as Iran. Hizballah Visited Auschwitz in 2019 Disbands Bekaa Strike Bases

mechanism, under the command of Talal Hamiyah This mechanism has the formal title of Hizballah’s “External Security Organi- zation.” Three years ago, the US offered a $7m reward for information leading to the capture of Talal Hamiyah. DEBKAfile’s military and counterterrorism analysts note that the evacuation of Hizbal- lah’s main intelligence and ter- rorism centers in the Bekaa The famed “Arbeit macht frei” sign at the Auschwitz concentration camp in Valley of eastern Lebanon is a Poland, August 2007. (Wikimedia Commons) strong pointer to Tehran’s plans Iran’s threats of revenge shuttering their command of attack against US forces cov- by MARCY OSTER According to the memorial’s for Qassem Soleimani’s death posts and bases in the main ering points in and outside Iraq, (JTA) — A record 2.32 mil- online reservation system, some were coupled on Sunday, Jan. cities and the fighters are including the Gulf region and lion people from around the 396,000 visitors were from Po- 5, with practical preparations going to ground with their beyond. Hizballah’s external word visited the sites of the land, 200,000 from Great Britain, for action. DEBKAfile’s exclu- weapons among civilian arm runs terrorist and sabotage former Nazi camps Auschwitz 120,000 from the United States, sive sources report that after populations. networks in all the Gulf emir- and Birkenau in 2019. 104,000 from Italy, 73,000 from most of the Iraqi Shiite militia 2. The militia chiefs who ates as well as North, East and The total is about 170,000 Germany, 70,000 from Spain, leaders and their senior staff were not sent to Iran in the West Africa. The first sign of more than in 2018, which also 67,000 from France, 59,000 from were transferred on Friday and first wave of evacuations trouble came on Sunday night, had broken previous records, Israel, 42,000 from Ireland and Saturday to Iran, on Sunday, to Iran are redeploying in with shelling and rocket attacks the Auschwitz memorial report- 40,000 from Sweden. Tehran’s preparations for strik- Syria in areas under Assad on US forces in the Green Zone ed on Tuesday. In addition, over 900,000 follow ing US targets extended to Syria government control. of Baghdad and the oil region of Eighty-one percent of the vis- the Auschwitz Museum’s Twitter and Lebanon. Our sources re- 3. Their command centers and eastern Syria. b itors availed themselves of one account, more than 300,000 use veal the four steps Iran’s Rev- bases in Syria are being © DEBKAfile of 340 guides who conduct ed- its Facebook page, and 80,000 olutionary Guards Corp IRGC) dispersed and hooking up DEBKAfile is an online new ucational tours in 21 languages. follow it on Instagram. b have set in motion for their with their chiefs in those service, based in Israel, that of- coming retaliatory operations areas. fers inside views and opinions against US targets: 4. The Lebanese Hizballah on intelligence, international Pompeo ‘Disavows’ Carter- 1. With their commanders out militia has also begun terror, Islamic Extremism and of the country, the pro-Iran shutting down the Bekaa key political events of interest Era Anti-Settlement Policy Iraqi Shiite militias are Valley bases of its strike to readers. by LAHAV HARKOV truth that the facts lead us to, The US rejects a 1978 memo and that is what we have done,” Israeli American Council Honors Ivanka determining that Israeli settle- Pompeo said in his video mes- ments in the West Bank violate sage. “We are recognizing that international law, US Secre- settlements do not inherently Trump Over Her Support for Israel tary of State Mike Pompeo said violate international law.” The Israeli American Council work to strengthen the allianc- Wednesday in a video state- As such, he added, the US is (IAC) bestowed its Friend of es between the people of the ment to the Kohelet Forum’s returning to a more “balanced” Israel Award to Ivanka Trump, United States and the people of conference on his settlement policy, “advancing the cause daughter of US President Don- Israel.” policy. of peace between Israelis and ald Trump and one of his “The Israeli American Coun- Pompeo said the US is “dis- Palestinians.” most-trusted advisers. cil was delighted to honor Ivan- avowing the deeply flawed" Professor Eugene Kontorovich Trump was on hand to re- ka Trump, senior adviser to the Carter-era memorandum, of the Kohelet Forum said: “For ceive the prestigious award in the president, at our gala in written by then-State Depart- decades, the obscure Carter-era Las Vegas. The prize acknowl- Las Vegas [Tuesday] night,” ment Legal Adviser Herbert memo was used as justifica- edges individuals who exem- IAC CEO Shoham Nicolet told Hansell, which called all Israeli tion for anti-Israel policies... plify “support for Zionism and The Jerusalem Post. “As a suc- settlements beyond the 1949 Secretary Pompeo’s statement Jewish values.” cessful businesswoman and armistice lines to be illegal. makes clear the US’s wholesale Last year’s recipient was for- entrepreneur, Ivanka has been This goes a step further than rejection of the legal theory mer US Ambassador to the UN an inspiration for both women Pompeo’s statement in Novem- that holds that international White House senior advisor Ivanka Nikki Haley. This year, Trump leadership and family values. Trump attending the Doha Forum ber that the US “no longer rec- law restricts Israeli Jews from was selected for her “strong In a statement to the Post, in the Qatari capital on December ognize Israeli settlements as moving into areas from which Perspective • 1x4, 2x3 • 111408 • DS HOUSE positive connection to the State Trump said receiving the award 14, 2019. (AFP/Ammar Abd Rabbo/Handout/ per se inconsistent with inter- Jordan had ethnically cleansed of Israel, belie[f] in the impor- was “tremendous honor.” Doha Forum) national law.” them in 1949.” b tance of the friendship between She added that her father “It’s important to speak the © The Jerusalem Post the US and Israel, and [her] and his administration are committed to defending the Jewish people and combating anti-Semitism “everywhere it NBC (Continued from Page 1) exists.” On the Go? The first daughter converted for the recent uptick in violent Foreign Ministry Spokesman to Judaism before marrying anti-Semitism there, has drawn Lior Haiat lambasted NBC for Take the news Jared Kushner in 2009, Kush- harsh criticism in Israel and the running the article, which im- ner now serves as Trump’s US Jewish community. plies that Jews were to blame for with you! senior adviser. In addition to “The expansion of hassid- the recent attacks against them. raising their three children in ic communities in New York’s The “outrageous NBC New her Jewish home, Trump has Hudson Valley, the Catskills, York article blames the Jews The E-Edition of long been a strong advocate and northern New Jersey has for the rising of anti-Semitism The Jewish Ledger for Israel. led to predictable sparring over in the New York area. Once The Adelson family owns the new housing development and again, the victim is blamed for company that is the primary local political control. It has the attacker’s racism. Instead of shareholder in Israel Hayom and also led to flare-ups of rhetoric explanations and excuses, we is a major IAC donor. Dr. Miri- seen by some as anti-Semitic,” need unequivocal action against am Adelson is the publisher of the NBC report said. racism and anti-Semitism,” TheJewishLedger.com Israel Hayom. b The article was also picked Haiat wrote on Twitter. b © Israel Hayom up by The Associated Press. © Israel Hayom

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Take the news with you! The E-Edition of The Jewish Ledger TheJewishLedger.com  THE JEWISH LEDGER • Thursday, January 9, 2020 • Page 9 How Miami Became a Haven for Venezuelan Jews 17.5-acre campus. Friday evening in Caracas Bassan, who left Caracas with “In the elderly community, and we know the melodies his family eight years ago. you’ll find more English speak- by heart,” said Nichols. “And “[In Venezuela,] we are a ing than you would find Span- coming here for a Shabbat on small community, but every- ish speaking here — that’s 75 Friday evening and you feel in body [studies] in the same and older — and then the mo- a strange place and then you school and everybody knows ment you move down to 50s start hearing the exact same [each other]. We was together, and [under], that reverses it- melodies for Lecha Dodi and Sephardi and Ashkenazi, and self,” said CEO Alan Sataloff. Mizmor Shir and everything, it was a great family,” said Bas- Around 80 percent of the and the kids feel, ‘OK, I can san, 62. JCC’s members come from Latin relate to that.’” The Venezuelans in Miami American countries, and Ven- Jewish communities in Vene- have made things easier for ezuelans make up the largest zuela, like in other Latin Ameri- Jews from other Spanish-speak- portion of that group, at 40 per- can countries, are home to both ing countries as well, says Dana The Michael-Ann Russell Jewish Community Center in Miami is popular among cent. At a recent Maccabi games Ashkenazi and Sephardi Jews. Nicolaievsky, who moved from Latin American Jews. (Josefin Dolsten) event, where kids compete for In order to make both groups Mexico City to North Miami their country of origin, 460 kids feel at home, Yeshurun uses Beach 10 years ago. out of the 2,000 participants melodies from both traditions “They have enriched the represented Venezuela. during a typical Shabbat ser- Latin and non-Latin communi- The fastest growing ethnic vice. When someone is called to ty here in Miami because they group within the Jewish com- recite a blessing over the Torah, are as active as they were in munity of Miami is Hispanic the rabbi will use the melody Venezuela,” said Nicolaievsky, Jews, who represent the plu- that matches that person’s tra- 49, a member of the Skylake rality of foreign-born adults, dition. Synagogue. Her husband serves according to a 2014 population That resonates with David as president. b study by the Greater Miami Jewish Federation. The study also found that Venezuela was the fourth largest home country for foreign-born Jews in the From left to right, Jackeline Nichols, David Bassan and Dana Nicolaievsky are region — after Israel, Cuba and all members of Skylake Synagogue, which has a large Venezuelan population. Argentina. (Josefin Dolsten) Venezuelans have continued to move since then and many settle in North Miami Beach and nearby Aventura, a Miami suburb. Venezuelan Jews are also highly active in the Jewish community. The North Miami Beach JCC has tailored its programs to the Monroe Extinguisher • 2x5 • 120215 • SH Fax/Email: [email protected] Latin American community. It GLATT KOSHER BEEF has a department called Hebra- Expositor-Ledger Newspapers ica, which is the name for Jew- Rochester Golf Week • The Jewish Ledger ish community centers in vari- 2535 Brighton-Henrietta Town Line Road, Rochester, NY 14623 ous Latin American cities, not (585) 427-2468 • FAX (585) 427-8521 only Caracas. The department Nathalia Coriat moved to Aventura from Caracas two years ago with her offers a range of programming ImpoRTanT… We want your ad to be perfect… family. (Josefin Dolsten) for Hispanic Jews, including a Your ad will run as it appears here unless we hear from you immediately. youth group. please review this ad carefully. by JOSEFIN DOLSTEN teenagers do, and we felt that Even the activities it offers ◗ Check spelling and punctuation NORTH MIAMI BEACH, Flor- it was no longer safe for them.” reflect the community’s prefer- ◗ Check addresses and phone numbers, as well as e-mail addresses and web sites. ida (JTA) — Jackeline Nichols So in 2015, Nichols’ family ences. Soccer and dance, both ◗ Check dates and times of all events listed. knew it was time to leave her left for Miami. popular in Latin America, yes. If there areTevaMeatsLLC.com any corrections, please call us immediately at 427-2468. native Venezuela when within Though her husband is Amer- Baseball, an American staple, no. the span of a few months two of ican and has family in Chicago, To keep up with rising de- her neighbors were kidnapped. and the couple had job offers mand, Yeshurun, 43, started to Though both were eventually in other cities, the choice was buy up properties around the returned after their families obvious. synagogue around four years paid ransoms, the incidents “We knew that here we had ago. Now he has bought five Monroe extinguisher shook Nichols. half of their classmates that lots to build a 49,300 square- Then, one of her kids got sick had already moved in elemen- foot complex that will take up with a stomach flu and her hus- tary school,” Nichols said. “We most of the block. MONROE band needed to go to five differ- had uncles and cousins that we The planned complex will 24/7 “on the spot” service ent pharmacies to get medicine. could have Shabbat with. The house two separate sanctuaries Fire extinguishers, Cabinets & Accessories, These situations are not out neighborhood they were famil- (one for Ashkenazi and one of the ordinary in Venezuela, iar with because they had been for Sephardi services), a social emergency Lighting, Automatic systems, whose once flourishing econo- here on vacation many times. hall that will fit around 1,000 Kitchen exhaust hoods... my has collapsed over the last So Miami is the stepping stone. people, classrooms, a mikvah few years as the country has This is the easiest transition, in ritual bath, a library and a store been mired in a political crisis. some ways, for many of us here.” that will sell clothes at a steep Poor living conditions — includ- Miami is home to a large discount to those in need. It • sales, service, ing a rise in professional kid- Latin American Jewish popu- will also host activities for kids. nappings alongside shortages of lation. The first wave of Jewish Yeshurun hopes to start Consultation & training food and medicine — have led immigrants from Latin Ameri- building after Passover, and • engineered Clean Agent millions of Venezuelans to flee. ca came from Cuba after Fidel thinks the whole project will “We were putting our fam- Castro’s revolution in 1959. The take around five or six years to • All special hazards ilies at risk,” said Nichols, 43, area has since seen Jews come complete, with the first phase restaurants • service stations who served as president of the from a number of other coun- being done in about two years. 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by MOLLY BOIGON ficer assigned to my requests, The NYPD said on Monday Detective Steven Halk, to figure that there were a total of 234 out how to further narrow our anti-Semitic hate crimes in New search. Those calls have not York City in 2019 — so many been returned. that on Sunday, 25,000 people Meanwhile, violence against gathered to protest anti-Sem- Jews continues. itism by walking across the We have exhausted our ad- Brooklyn Bridge. ministrative options, so the Who are the perpetrators? Forward has reached out to dif- What are their motivations? ferent law firms who might take How are they being investi- our case on, pro bono. We will gated? be updating our readers in the We want to get those answers coming months. to you. But the NYPD won’t Our case is straightforward: give them to us. These documents are creat- Since I started at the Forward ed by public officials who are in September, our organization using public dollars to do their has been in a protracted battle work. Our readers have a right for records that are of special to know what’s actually going interest to the public and to on in the department, and how readers of the Forward. the police are handling anti-Se- The Forward has been try- mitic hatred. ing to get access to police re- (Spencer Platt/Getty Image) For months, we have heard ports, investigation files, body politicians and other public of- camera footage, surveillance over a period of only two years, should use their discretion cy, but the NYPD knows it is ficials offer us thoughts, prayers videos, photographs and in- only in the borough of Brook- under FOIL [Freedom of Infor- not required to withhold these and new initiatives. Those terview transcripts related to lyn, only for anti-Jewish hate mation Law] to release records records if the public interest promises are useless if we can’t hate crimes in Brooklyn since crimes and only those crimes that will inform the public in disclosure outweighs the see how our system is working September 4. Working with a that include physical contact. about the operations of govern- concern for personal privacy, to fight hate crimes. legal fellow from the Report- I felt confident, working with ment,” said Gunita Singh, an which it does in this case. The NYPD should be serving ers Committee For Freedom Of the Reporters Committee For attorney for the organization. The NYPD also has the option the public, not hiding behind The Press, I have submitted a Freedom Of The Press, that our Yet the department claims in to redact portions of the docu- legalese and boilerplate rejec- dozen individual requests. I requests were consistent with part that delivering the docu- ments that are deemed sensi- tion letters. This is your police have made appeals when those what we are entitled to under ments would “require an ex- tive. The law mandates that any department. These are your requests have been rejected. federal and state law. haustive search that would be “reasonably segregable portion documents. And as anti-Semit- In the interest of bargaining The NYPD still rejected us. extremely onerous and over- of a record” be released even ic hate crimes continue, this inDownstairs good faith Cabaret for •these 2x5 • 051617records, • SH “When disclosure of records ly-burdensome.” Fax/Email: - if other parts are exempt. The information is more important I narrowed down the original is clearly within the public in- They say disclosure of the NYPD has not taken that option. than ever. b requestExpositor-Ledger to four specific Newspapers forms terest, agencies like the NYPD records would violate priva- I have called the NYPD of- © Forward, reprinted with authorization. Rochester Golf Week • The Jewish Ledger 2535 Brighton-Henrietta Town Line Road, Rochester, NY 14623 (585) 427-2468The • FAXUnexpected (585) 427-8521 Upside of Caring for a Sick Baby IMPORTANT…by LOUISE SCODIE house. 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“The man who stops advertising to save money is like the man who stops the clock to save time.”  THE JEWISH LEDGER • Thursday, January 9, 2020 • Page 11 Why You Should Be Making Pizza Bourekas

Myerson points out, even when use any shredded cheese you Italian seasoning Israeli bourekas are bad, they prefer: mozzarella, cheddar, are actually still good. Monterey Jack, or even that Roll out each sheet of puff When in Israel, we buy them pre-shredded bag of Italian pastry onto a lightly floured in bulk at the corner makolet mixed cheeses hanging in the work surface. Preheat oven to (convenience store), and snack supermarket. I like to add a 375 degrees F. on them all day. Of course, little Italian seasoning and a Spread with even layer of to- they make the perfect break- pinch of thick sea salt after I mato sauce — around 2-3 Tbsp fast alongside some Israeli-style have egg washed them, but this per sheet. Leave thin border all chopped salad and labneh. is completely optional. around. While flavors like spinach These are so easy, they come Sprinkle with an even layer and cheese are more classic, together in just 30 minutes — of shredded cheese and olives. pizza bourekas are a new, perfect for a nosh, finger food Sprinkle grated Parmesan on Americanized version of the for a party, or even an easy top if you want. traditional Turkish-inspired weeknight dinner. They are Roll up on the longer side. bourekas. As a half-Italian, crowd-pleasing and 100 percent Trim off edges. half-Jewish, self-proclaimed kid-friendly. Slice each roll into 8 even pizza bagel myself, I cannot pieces. think of a more perfect flavor 2 sheets puff pastry, thawed Place onto a baking sheet (Shannon Sarna) for bourekas then pizza. 1/4 cup tomato sauce lined with parchment paper. My recipe for pizza bourekas 4 oz Edam cheese, shredded Brush with egg wash and top by SHANNON SARNA — samosas, empanadas, cal- is very Israeli-meets-Ital- 4 oz mozzarella cheese, with sprinkle of Italian season- Bourekas were one of the zones, you name it. So warm, ian-American: I use a combi- shredded ing if desired. Bake for 15-20 foods I fell in love with hard flaky dough filled with cheese, nation of shredded Edam and 1/2 cup sliced green olives minutes or until the pastry is while in Israel for the first time. potatoes, or mushrooms was mozzarella cheeses, a schmear 1-2 Tbsp grated Parmesan golden and the cheese is oozing. I am a sucker for pastry filled like a savory dream come true. of tomato sauce, and sliced Is- cheese (optional) Best served a little warm. b with, well, basically anything And as my colleague Rachel raeli green olives. But you can 1 egg, beaten © The Nosher, via JTA Google Names Tel Aviv Fifth Most ‘Trending’ Destination

in 2020. to” in the coming year. recognized for being a tourist Tel Aviv ranked after major The rest of the blog itself magnet. travel destinations like Viet- reads like a how-to guide when Just last month, Forbes Travel nam’s Da Nang, Brazil’s Sao planning a vacation. Every- Guide named Tel Aviv one of its Palo, South Korea’s Seoul and thing from figuring out the best must-see destinations in 2020, Japan’s Tokyo. time to travel, where to stay citing the city’s “ancient history Silverman based his findings on and keeping within a budget is and modern living meet in the Google searches which revealed discussed. bustling beach city along Isra- where “people from around the Of course, this is not the first el’s Mediterranean coast.” b world are interested in traveling time the White City has been © Israel Hayom

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by NOA AMOUYAL major boost this week: Google’s Most of us turn to Google Andrew Silverman, Director, of during some stage of the vaca- the site’s Travel Product Man- tion planning process. Which agement, named the city the is why Israel’s Tel Aviv got a fifth most trending destination

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Haifa, Tel Aviv, and other Is- el and the Palestinian territories raeli military centers would be to be vigilant, citing the risk of included in Tehran’s retaliation. rocket fire days after the U.S. “Iran’s revenge against drone strike in Baghdad. America for the assassination The U.S. message said it of Soleimani will be severe... “strongly encourages U.S. cit- Haifa and Israeli military cen- izens to remain vigilant and ters will be included in the re- take appropriate steps to in- taliation,” Rezaei said in a tele- crease their security awareness, vised speech to a gathering of as security incidents, includ- mourners in Tehran. ing rocket fire, often take place The United States on Monday without warning.” b also warned its citizens in Isra- © Reuters/YNetNews.com Page 12 • THE JEWISH LEDGER • Thursday, January 9, 2020

Rabbi Benjamin’s Buttons by Alice B. McGinty, Illustrated by Jennifer Black Reinhardt Charlesbridge Publishing, 2014, 32pp. (paperback) As a sign of affection for their warm-hearted rabbi, the families of the congregation make Rabbi Benjamin a special holiday vest, complete with four shiny silver buttons. Throughout the year — Rosh Hashanah, Sukkot, Chanukah, and Passover — the rabbi celebrates with his congregation, unable to resist their delicious home- cooked food. But with each holiday his vest grows tight, tighter, until… POP! Alice B. McGinty is the award-winning author of over forty books for children. She is a writer, reader, writing coach and instructor, book reviewer, author, and mom. If you peeked in her pockets, you might find scraps of paper and a pen, a pebble or two, and a guitar pick. Alice has led music sessions for religious school and taught pre-kindergarten classes in her synagogue for many years. An enthusiastic dancer, hiker, and runner, Alice lives in Urbana, Illinois. d

The Hiding Game by Gwen Strauss, Illustrated by Herb Leonhard Pelican Publishing Company, Inc., 2017, 40pp. (hardcover) The true story of a young Holocaust survivor. At their new home in the Villa Air-Bel, Aube and her family are used to things being hidden. Among the secrets kept at the château are a radio, a cow, and — most secret of all — Aube herself. Even with the threat of Nazi capture looming over their heads, life at the villa has been colorful for the refugees awaiting their escape to safety. Joined by writers, musicians, artists, and great thinkers like Marc Chagall and Max Ernst, Aube spends each day singing, playing games, and creating art. Together, this lively congregation are able to fight back fear and hatred with bravery and laughter — not just for young Aube, but for themselves as well. Gwen Strauss is the director at the Brown Foundation Fellowship Program at the Dora Maar House in Mé- nerbes, France, an artist residency program run by the Houston Museum of Fine Arts. She lives in Southern France with her three children. d

Kol Hakavod Way to Go! by Jamie Kif­fel-Alcheh, Illus­tra­ted by Sarah-Jayne Mercer­ Kar-Ben Publishing, 2019, 24pp. (softcover) A child who attends syn­agogue­ with his/her par­ents or trav­els to Israel may hear the con­grega­ tion­ say, “Kol HaKavod,” but not know what the Hebrew expres­sion means. This rhyming pic­ture book explains the phrase using sce­narios­ that a young­ster can relate to, along with sweet, help­ful, col­orful­ illustrations. Each relat­able exam­ple is accom­panied­ by a car­toon illus­tration­ with a diverse cast of chil­dren and adults in many shapes, sizes, col­ors, and ages, and includes one pic­ture of a child in a wheelchair. Jamie Kiffel-Alcheh regularly writes for National Geographic KIDS. Her books include Can You Hear a Coo, Coo? and Listen! Israel’s All Around. She is also a lyricist for pop songs, advertisements and motion pictures. She lives in Burbank, California. Sarah-Jayne Mercer is a freelance illustrator who works from her home in the riverside town of Upton-up- on-Severn in Worcestershire, UK. She completed her illustration degree at Lincoln University and an M.A. in Authorial Illustration at University College Falmouth. d

I Will Come Back For You by Marisabina Russo Random House, New York, NY, 2011, 40pp. (hardcover) What was it like to grow up Jewish in Italy during World War II? Sit with a little girl as her grandmother tells the story of her childhood in Rome, of being separated from her father and of going into hiding in the mountains. Based in the experiences of the author’s own family, this deeply moving book deals with a difficult subject in a way that is accessible and appropriate for young readers. I will come back for you is an incredible story of bravery and kindness in the face of danger. Marisabina Russo is a children’s book author and illustrator. She was born in New York, New York and graduated from Mount Holyoke College with BA in Studio Art in 1971. She began her career as a freelance illustrator. Her work appeared frequently in The New Yorker and included several covers. She started publish- ing her own stories with Greenwillow Books in 1986. Russo’s books come from her own childhood memories and her experiences as a mother. Her illustrations, painted in gouache, are colorful and two-dimensional, reminiscent of folk art. More recently, Ms. Russo has written young adult novels. d  THE JEWISH LEDGER • Thursday, January 9, 2020 • Page 13

Shabbat Shalom …

Genesis 47:28-50:26 BY RABBI SHLOMO RISKIN Parshat Vayechi Chief Rabbi of the City of Efrat, and Dean of Ohr Torah Institutions of Israel EFRAT, Israel — In a most (Isaac trumps Ishmael, Jacob the external garb and might of Jacob revert to the concept of Moreover, when the head of uplifting and inspiring death- trumps Esau) and in this latter Esau, Rebekah won the day and Isaac rather than to that of a family must decide upon who bed scene, grandfather Jacob/ instance, Rebekah demonstrates both blessings and birthright Rebekah, the mother who so is to be the real continuator Israel peacefully takes leave of to Isaac, albeit by deception, went to Jacob. adored him? You will remem- of his legacy, he must choose this world by blessing, evalu- that Jacob, if necessity war- Now that it’s Jacob’s turn to ber that the victory of Rebekah the individual child who most ating and prophesying about rants it, has the wherewithal to bestow material blessings and over Isaac may have been short- represents the major ideals and every one of his sons, delineat- utilize the hands of Esau to get Messianic birthright, I would lived. Jacob was plagued by his goals to which the family is ing the tribe that will emanate what is rightfully his. Hence have thought that he, of all deception of his father until his dedicated. from each and establishing the Isaac eventually rejects Esau However, when one is about National Republic of tribes that and gives both the physical dou- The petty rivalries have been laid aside, the sturm und drang to form a nation, a consortium will emerge from all of them ble portion of the blessings and of twelve (or thrirteen) tribes together. the more spiritual Messianic of exiles, wars, famines and inter-sibling savagery unto death which will comprise the peo- The petty rivalries have been birthright legacy to Jacob. have seemingly been forgotten; a divided family torn asunder by plehood of Israel, the goal be- laid aside, the sturm und drang As I have written in a pre- jealousies and ambitions is turning into a nascent nation, united comes “e pluribus unum,” a of exiles, wars, famines and in- vious commentary, the Mal- united vision which emerges ter-sibling savagery unto death bim explains that Isaac had from joining together multiple have seemingly been forgotten; originally intended to split the people, based on his own expe- dying day. Almost from the mo- strengths and different ideas; a divided family torn asunder inheritance, giving the more rience, would have given both ment he left his father’s house not a conformity but rather a by jealousies and ambitions is material blessings to the more gifts to the same favored and for Laban-land, his mother’s cultural pluralism which com- turning into a nascent nation, aggressive and materialistically beloved wise son of his old brother substituted his elder bines together and unites be- united — if only during this oriented son, Esau, who would age, to the son of his most be- daughter for her younger sis- hind a commitment to the ideal brief period — by their aged know how to train and equip loved Rachel, to Joseph. But ter under the marriage canopy of morality and peace. Patriarch, whose last words are an army, how to navigate the no, Jacob does what his father with the prescient words, “It In such a situation, no broth- presenting the blueprint for the stock market and how to initi- Isaac had thought to do initial- is not the practice in our place er is to be rejected unless he Divine destiny set aside for the ate start-up hi-tech projects, as ly: He creates a division be- to give the younger before the will do damage to the ultimate purveyors of the Abrahamic it were, and to give the more tween the physical blessings elder,” and not only his ten sons vision; there is room for many blessing, that all the families on spiritual, Messianic birthright and the spiritual birthright. but even his beloved Joseph leaders, each with his particu- earth will be blessed with peace legacy to the wholehearted, He bequeaths the blessings of deceived him — the ten broth- lar gift and emphasis, as long because of this unique nation. tent-dwelling Jacob, who could heavenly rain and earthly pro- ers with the bloody coat and as they all stand behind a G–d For those of us who have been more naturally deal with that duce, innumerable seed and a Joseph with his garb of Grand who demands compassionate carefully following the adven- mission of Israel, to teach mo- double tribal portion of land, Vizier. righteousness and moral jus- tures of this remarkable fam- rality and peacefulness to all and even the mighty bow of Jacob understands only too tice. Since acceptance of the ily, fraught with intrigue but the nations of the earth. vanquishing warfare upon the well that the bearer of the righ- eventual goal depends upon always propelled onward by a Rebekah argued that in order financially adept Grand Vizier, teous legacy of Abraham dare the ability of Israel and the Divine Spirit of “compassionate for Torah ethics and spirituality Joseph (Gen. 48:22-49:26) and not descend into deception; nations of the world to repent, righteousness and moral jus- to be enabled to “conquer” the he awards dominion over the and so only when he succeeds to return to G–d in Heaven, tice,” there is one jarring note world, if G–d was indeed to be family, the majestic and spiri- in disgorging the Esau from on both counts, Grandfather in Grandfather Israel’s will and enthroned on earth, then Torah tual birthright of King Messiah, within himself, the unfortu- Jacob/Israel chose Judah, the testament of prophetic blessing: would require a protective army the recipient of fraternal fealty nate result of twenty-two years consummate ba’al teshuva and In each previous generation, the and a strong financial base to as well as peaceful homage with Laban, will he be empow- the unifier of the family, to elder and the more aggressive make this a real possibility. from the ingathering of all of ered with the name Yisra-El, receive the prize legacy of Mes- son was rejected in favor of his And when Rebekah proved her the nations, to the ba’al teshuva purveyor of the G–d of righ- sianic leadership. b younger and gentler brother point by “coating” Jacob with (penitent) Judah. Why does teousness (Yashar-El). Shabbat Shalom

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From beefing up security to new funding to protect reli- increased police patrols in and respond to hate crimes. al curriculum in our schools bolstering community outreach, gious-based institutions. Since Brooklyn neighborhoods with And following the Monsey starting next month to focus on here are four ways government 2017, the state has distribut- large Orthodox Jewish com- attack, New York Attorney stopping hate.” and community leaders are ed $25 million to more than munities. General Letitia James said she New York City’s new head of trying to break the wave of 500 institutions, many of them De Blasio had upped the po- would create a Hate Crimes the Office for the Prevention of anti-Semitism that has crested Jewish. The funding goes to lice presence in these neigh- Unit in her office. Hate Crimes, Deborah Lauter, over New York City. security enhancements like re- borhoods, such as Crown On Monday, the NYPD an- told the Jewish Telegraphic Agen- inforced windows or camer- Heights and Williamsburg, nounced that it would begin cy last year that she plans to More Money for as. But Assemblyman Simcha during the High Holidays tracking hate crimes in COM- focus on promoting education Synagogue Security Eichenstein, who represents the last year. He announced last PSTAT, their public record of against hate. On both the state and federal Brooklyn neighborhoods of Mid- week, following the stabbing crime. On the federal level, a bipar- levels, governments are provid- wood and Borough Park, said attack in Monsey, that he tisan group of representatives ing additional funding so that that Cuomo’s announcement would do so again. On Mon- More Education proposed a bill last year that nonprofit institutions at risk was misleading because the day, New York Police Depart- Against Hate would fund Holocaust educa- for terrorism (like synagogues, funding was allocated last year ment Commissioner Dermot In November, the Anti-Defa- tion in schools across the coun- religious schools and Jewish and is only being released now. Shea announced that more mation League announced that try. community centers) can protect The government funding than 150 additional police of- it would double the funding themselves. comes in addition to $4 million ficers have been dispatched for its anti-discrimination pro- Defining Anti-Semitism The most recent federal in security funding for 2,000 to the streets to specifically gram in Brooklyn schools. The as Domestic Terrorism budget, passed last month, in- Jewish institutions announced prevent hate crimes. De Blasio program, No Place for Hate, On Sunday, Cuomo an- creased the Nonprofit Security in October by UJA-Federation of also announced the creation which educates kids against nounced that he supports legis- Grant Program, which provides New York, along with the local of civilian patrols to serve bias and bullying, will now lation defining anti-Semitism as that funding, from $60 million Jewish Community Relations as community watchdogs for expand from 22 schools to as domestic terrorism. According to $90 million. Now, follow- Council. UJA is also hiring six areas that have seen anti-Se- many as 40. to Jonathan Greenblatt, the CEO ing the anti-Semitic attacks, directors who will collectively mitic incidents. De Blasio also said he would of the ADL, that designation New York Sen. Chuck Schumer coordinate communal securi- Cuomo has sent State Po- enhance anti-hate education in would allow the government to wants to quadruple that figure ty for Jews in the city’s five lice to patrol Brooklyn’s Brooklyn schools. bring its full resources to bear to $360 million. His fellow New boroughs, as well as suburban Jewish neighborhoods and “We have to reach our young in the fight against anti-Sem- York senator, Kirsten Gillibrand, Long Island and Westchester has grown the ranks of the people more effectively,” de itism. told the Jewish Telegraphic Agen- County, and a special coor- State Police Hate Crimes Task Blasio said at a press confer- In March, Illinois Sen. 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Obituary … Elizabeth Wurtzel, Author of ‘Prozac Nation,’ Dies of Breast Cancer at 52 by EMILY BURACK cancer symptoms. (JTA) — Author Elizabeth “I caught it fast and I acted Wurtzel, best known for her fast, but I must have looked memoir “Prozac Nation,” died away: By the time of my double at age 52 after a five-year fight mastectomy, the cancer had with breast cancer. spread to five lymph nodes,” Wurtzel’s blockbuster mem- she wrote in The New York Times oir, “Prozac Nation,” which in 2015. came out in 1994 when she was Wurtzel was born and raised only 27 years old, detailed her in New York City in a Jewish struggles with anti-depressants. family. She attended the Ramaz Wurtzel was diagnosed with School, a Modern Orthodox day metastatic breast cancer in school in New York, before at- 2015. The same year, she un- tending Harvard as an under- derwent a double mastectomy. graduate and Yale Law School. Wurtzel later became an advo- In December 2018, she wrote cate for testing for the BRCA about how the man she thought gene mutation and pushed for was her father, Donald Wurtzel, insurance companies to cover was not. Her biological father BRCA testing for all Ashkenazi was Bob Adelman, a photog- Jewish women, regardless of rapher, with whom her mother whether or not they present had an affair. Elizabeth Wurtzel (Neville Elder/Corbis via Getty Images) Legal Notices …

NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION Company may be served. SSNY shall mail The Secretary of State is designated as tary of State with the State of New York any process will be mailed to the LLC, 91 Notice of formation of limited liability a copy of any such process to: the Compa- agent of the Company upon whom pro- (“SSNY”) on: November 4, 2019. Office Knollwood Drive, Rochester, NY 14618. (3) company. Name: STBK 2655 LLC (the ny, 11 Roxbury Lane, Pittsford, NY 14534. cess against it may be served, and a copy Location: 10 County Fair Drive, Apt. 109, Purpose: Any lawful purpose. Company). Articles of Organization filed The Company is to be managed by one shall be mailed to Village Green Office Rochester, NY 14623 County of: Monroe. with Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) or more managers. No members of the Park, 69B Monroe Avenue, Pittsford, NY Principal Business Location: 10 County NOTICE OF FILING OF on 12/11/19. NY office location: Mon- Company shall be liable in their capacity 14534. Its purpose is any lawful business. Fair Drive, Apt. 109, Rochester, NY 14623. APPLICATION FOR AUTHORITY as members of the Company for debts, roe County. SSNY is designated as agent NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Purpose: any and all lawful act or activity. OF CEA HOLDINGS I LLC upon whom process against the Company obligations or liabilities of the Company. LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY The Secretary of State of the State of New No member of the Company, solely by rea- Name: CEA Holdings I LLC (LLC). Au- may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of Notice of formation of limited liability York has been designated as agent of the son of being a member, is an agent of the thority filed with NY Secretary of State any such process to: c/o the Company, 90 company (LLC). Name: 9 Cunningham LLC upon whom process against it may Company for the purpose of its business, Goodway Drive, Rochester, NY 14623. LLC. Articles of Organization filed with be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any (SSNY): 12/06/2019. LLC organized in Del- The Company is to be managed by one and no member shall have the authority Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on process to: 10 County Fair Drive, Apt. 109, aware: 12/04/2019. NY office location: to act for the Company solely by virtue or more managers. No members of the December 16, 2019. New York office loca- Rochester, NY 14623 Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent Company shall be liable in their capacity of being a member. Purpose/character of tion: Monroe County. Principal business of LLC upon whom process against it may as members of the Company for debts, the Company: any and all lawful activities. location: 36 King Street, Rochester, New NOTICE OF FORMATION obligations or liabilities of the Company. be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process NOTICE OF FORMATION York 14608. SSNY is designated as agent THE OPETT TEAM LLC has filed Articles No member of the Company, solely by rea- upon whom process against the LLC may of Organization with the Secretary of to The LLC, 1900 Bausch & Lomb Place, son of being a member, is an agent of the 64 ALLIANCE LLC has filed Articles of Organization with the Secretary of State be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any State on December 16, 2019. Its office is lo- Rochester, NY, 14604. Address of office Company for the purpose of its business, such process to: 36 King Street, Rochester, cated in Monroe County. The Secretary of maintained in jurisdiction of formation: and no member shall have the authority on December 12, 2019. Its office is located in Monroe County. The Secretary of State New York 14608. LLC is to be managed by State has been designated as agent upon 1675 South State Street, Suite B, Dover, to act for the Company solely by virtue one or more members. LLC is organized has been designated as agent upon whom whom process against it may be served Delaware 19901. Copy of Certificate of of being a member. Purpose/character of to engage in any lawful act or activity and a copy of any process will be mailed the Company: any and all lawful activities. process against it may be served and a Formation on file with Delaware Secre- copy of any process will be mailed to The for which limited liability companies may to The LLC, 1540 Schlegel Road, Webster, NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION LLC, P.O. Box 326, Manchester, New Hamp- be organized under the Limited Liability New York 14580. The purpose of the LLC tary of State, 401 Federal Street, Suite Notice of formation of limited liability shire 03105-0326. The purpose of the LLC Company Law. is any lawful activity. 4, Dover, Delaware 19901. Purpose: Any company. Name: FSI 2655 EHRD LLC is any lawful activity. lawful purpose. NOTICE OF FORMATION NOTICE OF FORMATION OF (the Company). Articles of Organization EXCLUSIVE HOME REPAIRS, LLC NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Notice of Formation of Limited filed with Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Articles of Organization filed with Sec’y 252 DAVID PARKWAY LLC on 12/11/19. NY office location: Monroe Liability Company (“LLC”) The name of the Limited Liability Com- of State (SSNY) on 12/06/19. Office loca- The name of the Limited Liability Com- County. SSNY is designated as agent upon pany (LLC) is Emerald Point Partners tion: Monroe County. SSNY designated as pany is 252 DAVID PARKWAY LLC. The Name: Foxy Enterprises LLC. Articles whom process against the Company may agent of LLC upon whom process against LLC. Articles of Organization were filed Articles of Organization were filed with of Organization filed with the Secretary of be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any with the Secretary of State of NY (“SSNY”) it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of State with the State of New York (“SSNY”) such process to: c/o the Company, 90 the New York Secretary of State on De- on Nov. 20, 2019. Office location is Mon- process to c/o the Company, 5 Fletcher Goodway Drive, Rochester, NY 14623. cember 17, 2019. The office of the Com- on: December 20, 2019. Office Location: roe County, New York. The SSNY has Road, Pittsford, New York 14534 The Company is to be managed by one pany is located in the County of Monroe, County of: Monroe. Principal Business been designated as agent of the LLC upon or more managers. No members of the NOTICE OF FORMATION OF State of New York. The New York Secre- whom process against it may be served. LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Location: 126 Daffodil Trail, Rochester, Company shall be liable in their capacity tary of State is designated as the agent The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process NY 14626. Purpose: any and all lawful act as members of the Company for debts, (1) Name: Chesire Cat Outfitters LLC of the Company upon whom process in to the LLC at 151 Pepperidge Dr., Roches- or activity. The Secretary of State of the obligations or liabilities of the Company. (the “LLC”). (2) Articles of Organization any action or proceeding against it may ter, NY 14626. Purpose: any lawful activity. No member of the Company, solely by rea- of the LLC were filed with the Secretary be served, and the address to which the State of New York has been designated of State NY (“SSNY”) on March 8, 2017 son of being a member, is an agent of the NOTICE OF FORMATION Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any as agent of the LLC upon whom process (3) Its office location is to be in Ontario Company for the purpose of its business, such process 616 Holt Road, Webster, New against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a OPPORTUNITY ROCS LLC has filed County, State of New York. (4) The SSNY and no member shall have the authority York 14580 The purpose of the Company Articles of Organization with the Secre- has been designated as agent of the LLC copy of any process to: 126 Daffodil Trail, to act for the Company solely by virtue is to engage in any lawful act or activity tary of State on December 12, 2019. Its upon whom process against it may be Rochester, NY 14626 of being a member. Purpose/character of for which limited liability companies may office is located in Monroe County. The served. The post office address to which the Company: any and all lawful activities. Secretary of State has been designated as the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process be formed. NOTICE OF FORMATION OF NOTICE agent upon whom process against it may against the LLC is: 5040 Seneca Pt Rd, COORDINATED PLAN FP, LLC be served and a copy of any process will NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Articles of Organization with respect Canandaigua, NY 14424 (5) Purpose: Any LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Coordinated Plan FP, LLC filed be mailed to The LLC, 18 Booth Street, to HF24 LLC, a New York limited liability lawful act or activity. Shortsville, New York 14548. The purpose Notice of formation of limited liability Articles of Organization with NYS on company, were filed with the Secretary of the LLC is any lawful activity. company (LLC). Name: A Girl Named 12/10/2019. (1) Its principal office is in of State of the State of New York on De- Notice of Formation of KraPala LLC. Articles of Organization filed Sec’y of State Genny LLC. Articles of Organization Monroe County, NY. (2) The Secretary cember 6, 2019. The county in New York NOTICE OF FORMATION OF filed with Secretary of State of New York State where its office is located is Monroe LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (SSNY) October 23, 2019. Office Location: of State has been designated as agent Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent (SSNY) on December 19, 2019. New York County. The Secretary of State has been (1) Name: Place & Place Properties upon whom process against it may be of LLC upon whom process against it may office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent of HF24 LLC upon LLC (the “LLC”). (2) Articles of Organiza- be served & shall mail copy of process designated as agent upon whom process served and a copy of any process will be whom process against it may be served; tion of the LLC were filed with the Secre- to: 9 Terrain Drive, Rochester, NY 14618. against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mailed to the LLC, 221 Monteroy Road, and the post office address to which the tary of State NY (“SSNY”) on December General Purpose. mail a copy of any such process to: 300 Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any 5, 2019 (3) Its office location is to be in Rochester, NY 14618. (3) Purpose: Any Hemlock Trail, Webster, NY 14580. LLC is process against, HF24 LLC served upon him Monroe County, State of New York. (4) NOTICE OF FORMATION lawful purpose. to be managed by one or more members. or her is c/o the Company, PO Box 232, Ho- The SSNY has been designated as agent AAA Cedarfield, LLC has filed Articles LLC is organized to engage in any lawful NOTICE OF FORMATION OF neoye Falls, NY 14472. HF24 LLC is formed of the LLC upon whom process against of Organization with the Secretary of act or activity for which limited liability LFS PANORAMA I LLC for the purpose of engaging in any and it may be served. The post office address State (SOS) on 12/17/19. Its office is locat- companies may be organized under the all business activities permitted under the to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of ed in Monroe County. The SOS has been LFS Panorama I LLC filed Articles of Limited Liability Company Law. laws of the State of New York. any process against the LLC is: 14 Fletcher designated as agent upon whom process Organization with NYS on 12/12/2019. (1) Road, Pittsford, NY 14534 (5) Purpose: Any NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION against it may be served and a copy of any NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Its principal office is in Monroe County, lawful act or activity. process will be mailed to The LLC, 244 Kirk Notice of formation of limited liability SCRE LENDING, LLC NY. (2) The Secretary of State has been Rd, Rochester, NY 14612. The purpose of company. Name: Roxbury 2655 EHRD NOTICE OF FORMATION SCRE LENDING, LLC filed Articles of designated as agent upon whom process OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY the LLC is any lawful activity. Organization with NYS on 12/18/2019. (1) LLC (the Company). Articles of Organi- against it may be served and a copy of any zation filed with Secretary of State of NY 204 Saratoga Broadway Partners, Notice of Formation of Limited Its principal office is in Monroe County, (SSNY) on 12/11/19. NY office location: LLC filed Articles of Organization with Liability Company (“LLC”) NY. (2) The Secretary of State has been process will be mailed to the LLC, 1001 Monroe County. SSNY is designated as the NY Department of State on 12/9/19. Name: MASIV Enterprises, LLC. Arti- designated as agent upon whom process Lexington Avenue, Rochester, NY 14606. agent upon whom process against the Its office is located in Monroe County. cles of Organization filed with the Secre- against it may be served and a copy of (3) Purpose: Any lawful purpose. Page 16 • THE JEWISH LEDGER • Thursday, January 9, 2020

History … Deportation of Emma Goldman as a Radical “Alien”

On December 21, 1919, became renowned as an inspir- Hoover, then director of the Emma Goldman, along with ing and controversial orator. Justice Department’s General 248 other radical “aliens,” was Mother Earth, the journal she Intelligence Division. Hoover deported to the Soviet Union founded in 1906 and ran until persuaded the courts to deny on the S.S. Buford under the 1917, provided an outlet for Goldman’s citizenship claims, 1918 Alien Act, which allowed the writings of radical think- thus making her eligible for de- for the expulsion of any alien ers. Roger Baldwin, who heard portation under the 1918 Alien found to be an anarchist. Goldman speak on free speech Act, which allowed for the ex- Emma Goldman, born in in 1908, went on to found the pulsion of any alien found to Kovno, Lithuania (then Rus- American Civil Liberties Union be an anarchist. sia) in 1869, came to the United (ACLU). Margaret Sanger, a At first excited by the chance States in 1885 at age 16. By the prominent birth control activ- to see the workers’ republic of time of her deportation, she ist, looked on Goldman as her Soviet Russia, Goldman was had made a name for herself mentor. soon disillusioned by the Bol- as a leading anarchist, pub- Although Goldman was not shevik regime. Barred from lic speaker, and crusader for a pacifist, she believed that returning to the U.S., she spent free speech, birth control, and Emma Goldman is pictured in her mug shot, taken when she was wrongly governments had no right to the last two decades of her life workers’ rights. implicated in the assassination of President William McKinley in 1901. (Courtesy wage war, and actively op- wandering through Europe and of the Emma Goldman Papers) Goldman first became in- posed U.S. involvement in Canada, giving speeches on terested in radical politics in convicted and condemned to the decades of the late 19th World War I. She argued that radical politics. When she died Russia, where she came into death, on flimsy evidence, for and early 20th centuries were the war was an imperialist in Toronto in May 1940, her contact with populists and po- setting off a bomb at Chicago’s difficult ones in which to be an venture that aided capitalists at body was returned to Chicago, litical organizers. In the U.S., Haymarket rally that caused anarchist in America. Federal the expense of workers. When where Goldman was buried she was disappointed to learn a riot in which several police anti-anarchist laws restricted the U.S. entered the war in near the Haymarket anarchists that instead of streets paved officers were killed. Convinced Goldman’s ability to give pub- 1917, her anti-draft activism who had first inspired her. b in gold, workers were subject of the defendants’ innocence, lic speeches and subjected her was considered a threat to na- Sources: Emma Goldman Pa- to gross economic inequality Goldman resolved to learn all to frequent harassment and ar- tional security, and she spent pers, sunsite.berkeley.edu/Gold- and inhumane working condi- she could about anarchism, rests. Still, she had a profound 18 months in federal prison. man/;Jewish Women in Ameri- tions. A defining moment for and soon became active in the influence on American political On her release, Goldman was ca: An Historical Encyclopedia, Goldman came in 1886, when anarchist movement. activism. Giving hundreds of immediately re-arrested on the pp. 526-530;. eight anarchist radicals were Unfortunately for Goldman, talks across the country, she order of the young J. Edgar ©Jewish Women’s Archive Legal Notices …

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Politics … Sen. Tom Cotton Accuses Soros and Koch- Funded Think Tank of Fostering Anti-Semitism

by JOSEFIN DOLSTEN and U.S. Foreign Policy.” No not been enacted long enough (JTA) — Sen. Tom Cotton evidence ties any of the experts to have had any effect on the accused the Quincy Institute affiliated with Quincy to the re- rise in anti-Semitism. for Responsible Statecraft, a cent rise in anti-Semitic attacks. “How enraging must it be new think tank funded by the “It’s unfortunate that Tom for New York’s Jews, to suffer billionaires George Soros and Cotton is making blatantly false constant anti-Semitic attacks Charles Koch, of fostering an- accusations of anti-Semitism and know the perpetrators will ti-Semitism in speech on the against the Quincy Institute,” slide through a revolving door Senate floor on Wednesday. the institute said on Twitter. from the lockup back into their Cotton, R-Ark., referred to “Cotton’s smear shows a pro- communities,” Cotton said. anti-Semitism as an “ancient found disrespect for victims of Cotton did not respond by hatred” and referenced recent anti-Semitism and undermines publication time to a request attacks against Jews in Brook- U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol in efforts to combat bigotry.” for further comment on the lyn and Monsey. Washington, D.C., April 4, 2019. (Alex Wong/Getty Images) In his speech, Cotton also anti-Semitism of the Quincy “[Anti-Semitism] festers in criticized the Boycott, Divest- Institute. Washington think tanks like Jewish Insider. tive ones. ment and Sanctions movement Soros has long been criticized the Quincy Institute, an iso- The Washington, D.C.-based The institute’s list of affil- against Israel and a new New by right-wing figures, including lationist blame America first institute was founded in 2019 iated experts includes some York law barring judges from Viktor Orban, the prime minis- money pit for so-called ‘schol- and seeks to “lay the foundation figures who have at times been setting bail for minor offenses. ter of his native Hungary, for ars’ who’ve written that Amer- for a new foreign policy cen- accused by mainstream Jewish The law, which went into effect supporting and funding a range ican foreign policy could be tered on diplomatic engagement groups of crossing from politi- this year, has come under attack of liberal initiatives. Some say fixed if only it were rid of the and military restraint.” Soros cal commentary on Israel into amid the recent attacks against the frequent and harsh criti- malign influence of Jewish has donated in large numbers anti-Semitism, such as politi- Jews in Brooklyn. Critics say it cism of Soros, a Holocaust sur- money,” he said in remarks to liberal political causes, while cal scientist John Mearsheimer, is soft on hate crime suspects, vivor, often crosses into an- quoted prior to the speech by Koch has donated to conserva- author of “The Israel Lobby while supporters say that it has ti-Semitism. b Nation … US Ed. Dept Investigating UCLA over Anti-Zionist SJP Conference on Campus

by JEREMY SHARON been challenged and can be Right’s Act over a guest lecture utive departments and agencies to the effects of the recent Ex- The US Department of Edu- destroyed,” and that “Zionism by San Francisco State Univer- should “consider” the working ecutive Order on Combating cation (DoED) has opened an is ethnic cleansing, destruction, sity Professor Rabab Abdulhadi, definition of antisemitism draft- Antisemitism and the Office for investigation into the University mass expulsion, apartheid and who described the State of Israel ed by the International Holo- Civil Rights, the Department of California Los Angeles for death.” as a racist endeavor, denied its caust Remembrance Alliance. of Education now has clear possible discrimination against Zachor contacted UCLA’s ad- right to exist, and characterized The IHRA definition states guidance on how to deal with Jews as a group, for having ministration to challenge its Zionists as white supremacists explicitly that antisemitism the toxic effects of all types hosted a national conference of decision to host the SJP confer- during a lecture he gave to an includes, “denying the Jewish of campus antisemitism,” said the anti-Zionist Students for Jus- ence, but it was rebuffed. Anthropology class. people their right to self-de- Greendorfer. tice in Palestine organization on When the conference began, After UCLA student Shay- termination, e.g., by claiming “We are not asking for special its campus in November 2018. Zachor received numerous re- na Lavi challenged Abdulhadi that the existence of a State of treatment; rather, we are simply The Zachor Legal Institute ports of discrimination from during the class, StandWithUs Israel is a racist endeavor,” and seeking an equal and consistent submitted a complaint against students at UCLA, and so filed and Lavi allege that the profes- “applying double standards” by application of anti-discrimina- UCLA at the time. The DoED’s a complaint with DoED under sor then verbally harassed Lavi, requiring of Israel “a behavior tion provisions of federal law.” Office for Civil Rights wrote to Title VI of the Civil Rights Act. and that in subsequent class not expected or demanded of Carly Gammill, director of the Zachor last week to inform the In its letter to Zachor, the De- sessions, Lavi was also harassed any other democratic nation.” StandWithUs Center for Com- organization that it “is appro- partment of Education said that by her professor Kyeyoung Park, It is unclear if the recent an- bating Antisemitism, said that priate to open an investigation it was “appropriate to open an who invited the guest lecturer. nouncement of investigations her organization was “encour- concerning the Student’s allega- investigation” due to allegations StandWithUs said that Lavi into UCLA are a response to aged by this latest development, tions of harassment on the basis of “harassment on the basis of informed UCLA administration, the executive order passed by as it brings Jewish students and of shared ancestry.” shared ancestry.” “which failed to respond ade- Trump. faculty at UCLA one step closer SJP is a vocal and prominent Specifically, DoED will be quately or effectively.” Zachor Legal Institute’s to regaining the confidence that Palestinian advocacy group, looking at UCLA’s failure to re- In December, US President co-founder and president, Marc they will be able to participate which has strongly promoted spond appropriately to the com- Donald Trump signed an ex- Greendorfer, said in response in all aspects of campus life, the Boycott, Divestment and plaint of a student, “that he was ecutive order which for the to the DoED investigation an- without fear of being targeted Sanctions (BDS) campaign subjected to harassment that first time explicitly applied nouncement that “antisemitic for negative treatment because against Israel and is opposed to created a hostile environment protections against discrimi- hate groups have been given of how they express their Jew- the Jewish state. based on shared ancestry.” nation under Title VI of the free rein to create hostile envi- ish identities.” On its 2018 national confer- DoED has also opened a Civil Right’s Act to Jews facing ronments on college campuses” The Jerusalem Post reached ence website, it stated in one separate investigation into antisemitism. in federally funded programs. out to UCLA and is awaiting of the goals of the conference UCLA following a complaint In addition, the executive “This type of discrimination comment. This is a developing that “Zionism is a human ideol- by the StandWithUs organiza- order said that when enforcing has always been contrary to fed- story. b ogy and a set of laws that have tion under Title VI of the Civil complaints under Title VI, exec- eral civil rights law and, thanks ©The Jerusalem Post Monroe Legal Notices … Ontario NOTICE OF FORMATION OF is 6 Ann Marie Drive, Rochester, New York the Company upon whom process in any ac- Organization were filed with the Secretary of the LLC is to engage in any lawful act or LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY 14606. The purpose of the LLC is to engage tion or proceeding against it may be served, of State of New York (SSNY) on December activity for which limited liability companies in any lawful act or activity for which limit- may be formed. Genesee The name of the Limited Liability Compa- and the address to which the Secretary of 17, 2019. The office of the LLC is located ny is Savastano’s Catering LLC. 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Opinion … 90,000 Shout ‘Amen’

by MICAH HALPERN the word “amen” is the same as and knowing that those around It was the “amen” heard the root of the word “emunah,” you are learning the exact same round the world. which is the foundation of the tractate that you left behind be- More than 90,000 people say- concept of belief. “Amen” sug- fore your voyage began. It’s like ing “amen” in unison is an awe gests that God heard the bless- traveling abroad and finding inspiring event — for anyone. ing and that we, together with your favorite cereal or peanut For Jews and for non-Jews, re- God — with that one word — butter or brand of shampoo in ligious or completely secular, agree and sanction the blessing. the local market. 90,000 is a big number. And the It’s been a rough time for The story going around these event that brought it all togeth- Jews in the tristate New York past few days since the Siyum er was not only heard round the area these past few weeks. Jew HaShas is of a local rabbi from world, it was seen round the hatred has been at an all-time New Jersey who was caught world. Whether by streaming high. Attacks, both verbally speeding by a New Jersey state satellite or front page photos in abusive and physically violent, trooper. After pulling the man the international news media, have become almost common- over, the trooper glanced in- the world was privy to a life-al- place in many places. And yet, Jews sing and dance during the 13th Siyum HaShas at the MetLife Stadium side the car and saw a Gemara tering experience. despite the obvious target pre- in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on January 1. (Jeenah Moon/Reuters) lying on the seat. In a stern The 90,000 Jews, standing sented by 90,000 easily identify- voice the trooper asked, “have proud and celebrating learning: ing Jews gathered in one place Talmud. It was seven years and of Talmud and in the secular you learned your page yet It’s what we are all about. We — and despite the bone chilling, five months in the making. No world. Worried about assimila- today?” The incredulous driver learn. We stand together. And blustery cold — men, mostly, breaks, no days off, no excuses. tion, Rav Shapira believed that responded, “no.” The trooper we are proud. and also children and women, The process is as grueling as Jews needed to be anchored in said, “then get home safe and The word “amen” in and of came out to celebrate learning. it is impressive. I speak from Jewish text. He was convinced do study your page.” itself is powerful. It is an ex- I was there. My voice joined experience. I’ve completed it that with the Daf Yomi, Jews Then he explained. He said clamation more than a single with all those others at Met twice. It’s called the Daf Yomi; would be unified and connected that the day before he was on two-syllable world. It does not Life Stadium in New Jersey, sometimes, just The Daf. One wherever they lived and any- duty at Met Life Stadium for the simply mean ‘yeah man’ or ‘I a short drive from midtown “daf” (two sides of a folio page) where they traveled. Siyum HaShas, and that seeing agree” — that’s how it is used Manhattan, the stadium that is every “yom”(day). Wherever a Daf Yomi partici- all those Jews, gathered togeth- in today’s colloquial English; home to the NY Giants football The concept of learning or pant went, he would be met by er — fearlessly, peacefully, hap- how it’s used in non-Jewish team. And we were all there to studying Daf Yomi was institut- a clique of people studying the pily singing and dancing and prayer. But for Jews, it is a con- celebrate the 13th worldwide ed in 1923 by Rabbi Meir Shapi- very same tractate on the very celebrating learning — was, for firmation. It is the word that is Siyum HaShas. ra from the Polish city of Zonik same page. It was the great uni- him, awe inspiring. uttered by those hearing anoth- A Siyum is performed when and later Lublin. Shapira, a has- fier for Jews who studied Torah Maybe it’s true, perhaps er make a blessing. It is our way one finishes studying a portion sidic rabbi, was creating a new, and Talmud. And he was right. it’s allegorical. But without a of participating in the blessings of Torah, or Mishna or Gemara cutting edge yeshiva whose To this day, there is nothing doubt, the Siyum changed lives. of others. The word itself has aka the Talmud. This Siyum cornerstone was laid in May more comforting than walking And to that, once again, I power. It has resonance. was in celebration of the com- 1924. He wanted his students into an unfamiliar synagogue, say “amen.” b In fact, the Hebrew root of pletion of all 2,711 pages of to be fluid in both the world sitting down among strangers © The Jerusalem Post

Analysis … It Was Time for an Administration to Break Foreign-Policy ‘Rules’ by JONATHAN S. TOBIN with Trump’s pro-Israel poli- (JNS) — What follows next is cies, predictions of the world unclear, but by killing Iranian blowing up over this will be arch-terrorist Qassem Soleima- exaggerated. ni, Trump has broken the wheel What we do know is that of appeasement that enabled this is likely to prove a crucial Tehran’s ongoing aggression. moment in the history of the For 20 years, he had sowed modern Middle East. For 40 terror and confusion through- years since the Islamic Revo- out the Middle East with im- lution took place in Iran, the punity. As head of Iran’s Is- regime has been able to go on lamic Revolutionary Guard pursuing its agenda of regional Corps, Qassem Soleimani was hegemony via terror and sub- the mastermind of the world’s version with the West acting as leading state sponsor of terror- if it could not or would not try ism, as well as the second most to do much about it. powerful person within that Indeed, the guiding principle oppressive Islamist theocracy. of the Obama administration’s No matter how much mayhem foreign policy was an effort to he spread, he believed that he appease and accommodate the was untouchable. And three Iranians, no matter what they American administrations run did. While President Barack U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in Hanger 6 at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on Dec. 20, 2019. (White House by both Democrats and Re- Photo by Shealah Craighead) Obama said he hoped that the publicans validated that belief, nuclear deal he negotiated with forgoing opportunities to kill been given by the internation- against the United States, Israel that had restrained America Tehran in 2015 would enable the man who had the blood of al community and successive and the West — never to face in the past—rules that wound the regime to “get right with many Americans and countless American presidents expired. any consequences — were no up shielding bad actors like the world.” But the ayatollahs Syrians, Lebanese, Israelis and When an American drone longer valid. Soleimani. didn’t want that opportunity. others on his hands. killed him along with the lead- Much like his moves to rec- There’s no way of knowing What it wanted was the West’s But following the orchestra- er of Iran’s Iraqi terrorist aux- ognize Jerusalem as Israel’s how far the Iranian regime will seal of approval for their nu- tion of attacks on American iliaries, what happened was capital and move the U.S. em- go in order to retaliate for the clear program and access to forces in Iraq and the staging of more than a settling of scores. bassy there, Trump’s authoriza- major blow they have received. foreign markets to sell the oil an assault on the U.S. embassy It proclaimed to the world that tion of the attack on Soleimani American citizens and assets that would finance their pet ter- in Baghdad, Soleimani’s get- the old rules by which Iran proclaims that he has thrown are now at risk. Yet it is also rorists like the IRGC. It bluffed out-of-jail free card that he had had been able to do its worst out the foreign-policy rulebook possible that, as was the case (Rules — Page 20)  THE JEWISH LEDGER • Thursday, January 9, 2020 • Page 19

Hate … What is Causing the Rise in Anti-Semitism in New York? by JOSEFIN DOLSTEN injuring the second. Some black youths NEW YORK (JTA) — For weeks, an- responded by attacking Jews in the area, ti-Semitic attacks have been surging killing a young Orthodox man, as well in and around New York City — from as looting and damaging Jewish homes. assaults in Brooklyn to the shooting NYPD data obtained by the Jewish in Jersey City to the recent stabbing in Telegraphic Agency show that 60% of Monsey on Hanukkah. people arrested in New York City from What’s still unclear is why the spike January through September of 2019 for is happening now — and whether the committing anti-Jewish crimes were attacks are connected. white. A third of those arrested were The Hanukkah stabbing capped off a black. The NYPD data does not break year of rising anti-Semitism in the area. down incidents by type of crime, such In nearby New York City, anti-Semitic as vandalism, which represents the vast incidents increased significantly in 2019. majority of incidents, as opposed to to as- Through September, according to the sault. JTA has made multiple requests to New York Police Department, there were the NYPD to get a breakdown of the type 163 reported incidents — an increase of of incident but has not received the data. 50 percent from that period the previous While police data is not available, year. Anti-Semitic incidents make up a A member of the Ramapo police stands guard in front of the house of Rabbi Chaim Rottenberg judging from news reports and other majority of reported hate crimes in New in Monsey, N.Y., Dec. 29, 2019. (Stephanie Keith/Getty Images) sources it appears that many — but not York City. all — of the assailants in the incidents But in most cases, the attackers have ti-Defamation League. “It’s not any one pouse virulently anti-Semitic views. of harassment and assault in Brooklyn not stated a clear reason for their at- particular group, it’s a myriad of people. The suspect in the Monsey attack also have been African-American. tacks. Unlike the anti-Semitic gunmen in Anti-Semitism is affecting all parts of referenced the movement in his journal, Eric Ward, an anti-racist activist who Pittsburgh and Poway, who both wrote our society.” according to a criminal complaint, as is African-American and frequently white supremacist manifestos before That lack of clarity has left law en- well as Hitler and the Nazis. speaks about the danger of anti-Semi- the shootings, the attackers in Monsey, forcement, officials and communal lead- The anti-Semitic attacks in Brooklyn, tism, says Orthodox Jews in Brooklyn Jersey City and elsewhere have not tried ers with the task of trying to piece to- meanwhile, have occurred in neigh- live in many of the same neighborhoods to justify their anti-Semitism with an gether motives based on clues, context borhoods, like Crown Heights, where as black people and are sometimes ideology. and the suspects’ backgrounds. In the there has been historical tension be- turned into scapegoats for racism and “They all had one common theme, Jersey City shooting, the attackers had tween black and Jewish residents. That other societal challenges. which was the hatred of Jews and that’s expressed sympathy with the Black peaked during the 1991 Crown Heights “Black people aren’t in poverty and ra- the common thread here and that’s Hebrew Israelites, a movement of Af- neighborhood after a car in a motorcade cial segregation because of the ultra-Or- what we have to keep our eye on,” rican-Americans who believe they are carrying Chabad Grand Rabbi Men- thodox community,” he said. “They are said Evan Bernstein, the New York/ descended from the biblical Israelites. achem Mendel Schneerson struck two facing those things because of long- New Jersey regional director at the An- Some of the movement’s adherents es- black children, killing one and severely (Anti-Semitism — Page 20)

Israeli Technology Solutions … The City of the Future by SOPHIE SHULMAN a technological solution. in the midst of an ambitious here. The company offers an What do shared e-scooters, E-scooters and carpool- project in Toronto; the city’s app used to build neighbor- coworking spaces, food deliv- ing may alleviate traffic boardwalk area is planned to hood communities that help ery, and smart traffic lights congestion by a margin, be made over into an advanced residents find apartments, as- have in common? They are the coworking spaces may neighborhood, with accessible sist local businesses, and also foreground on which technolo- lower energy expendi- housing prices, comfortable try to help with the loneliness gy and the city meet, creating ture a little, but smart transportation, and environ- people often experience in the the industry sector called urban city technologies are ment-friendly characteristics. big city. Three such communi- tech. No less than $75 billion supposed to take care of The company intends to con- ties already exist in Tel Aviv, were invested in urban tech those problems from the struct local buildings using Berlin, and New York, and the companies over the past three top down in a more con- innovative technologies that company makes money off years, 17% of all global venture trolled manner, and thus will cut prices, plan the streets apartments it leases and mem- capital investments. Uber, We- their importance. This and business locations in a berships to services like laun- Work, Wolt, and Bird are the specific sector, however, way that will encourage the dromats and cultural events. superstars of this world, but is not all that hot among use of public transportation, Based on its experience with countless companies that touch investors. Between 2016 and provide all energy using these communities, the com- on every aspect of city life oper- and 2018, smart city non-polluting sources located pany claims the number of ate alongside them. During CES startups received just 7% New York (Bloomberg) in the city itself. Public spaces residents reporting loneliness Las Vegas 2019, the number of of investments in urban are supposed to be available for was cut by half. Another Is- urban tech companies showcas- tech, less than was invested in ect, he said — very different use at all hours — a challeng- raeli company that is drawing ing their wares was higher than e-scooter or coworking startups. from the timeframes accord- ing ambition in the Canadian attention overseas is Valer- the number of gaming or drone Most of the investments in the ing to which startups operate, climate, which will supposedly ann Home, which developed companies. In other words, the sector went to travel and deliv- contributing to the difficulty be solved by “weather plan- a wireless, sensor-based road sector is on fire. Smart cities ery companies. in raising funding. Further- ning.” What does that mean? monitoring system that pro- are a buzzword, but in urban Awareness of urban tech is more, solutions are not always Presumably, roofed parks. In vides real-time, high-resolution tech terms, they are not in high high, and $80 billion were al- “brilliantly simple,” Hoffman the meanwhile, the program information to a monitoring demand. In 1900, two out of lotted globally in 2018 for in- said, meaning many early stage — detailed over 196 pages — is center, with an emphasis on every 10 people lived in a city. frastructure projects, but the startups in the sector end up still a futuristic vision, but the abnormal events such as cargo By 2010, half of the world’s pop- challenge is working with local swallowed by large companies final approval from the city, that fell off a truck or a stalled ulation lived in cities, and the authorities and governments, that are experienced at working which owns the land, is expect- vehicle. This immediate alert is United Nations estimates that according to Eyal Hoffman, with the public sector. The top ed in the next few months. supposed to help cut down on by 2050, 70% of people will live managing partner at Highroad, star of the industry is Sidewalk A company that is currently traffic accidents and also sup- an urban lifestyle. Cities are an innovation center and start- Labs, owned by Google, which at a more mature stage of see- port autonomous vehicles when struggling to keep up, however; up launchpad focused on urban is attempting to bring the cor- ing its vision for a new urban those come into wide use. The there’s heavy traffic, increased tech. A city, even if it is pro- poration’s technologies to the lifestyle realized is Israeli start- company already collaborates energy consumption, and other gressive and has an awareness ground, to a new city that is up Venn City, which raised $40 with Robert Bosch GmbH and crowding-induced aggrava- of innovation, takes around also based on autonomous ve- million to date. There are no Jaguar Land Rover. b tions that have yet to receive two years to approve a proj- hicles. Sidewalk is currently technological breakthroughs ©calcalistech.com Page 20 • THE JEWISH LEDGER • Thursday, January 9, 2020

Personality … Irena Klepfisz: Keeper of the Bundist Flame When an overflow crowd in Septem- Hills Women’s correctional facility, and part of my difference from others was ber came to hear a panel at YIVO discuss Jewish studies and creative writing at my Jewishness and that there were peo- the legacy of the Bund, Irena Klepfisz, YIVO and many other institutions. On ple who were not Jewish. 78, was the event’s elder-stateswoman. the political front, she cofounded the Heroes: Grace Paley, Tillie Olsen, A trailblazing lesbian poet, intellectual Jewish Women’s Committee to End the Shirley Chisholm — what a generation! and political activist whose work is Occupation of the West Bank and Gaza, 2019 memory: Meeting my playmate deeply informed by the movement’s advocates on behalf of prisoners and Ewa Heller Ekblad in Stockholm. Ewa socialist values, she serves as a bridge serves on the board of the Worker’s Cir- was six and I was five the last time we between the pre-war Bund of her parents cle. As a poet she is best known for her saw each other 73 years ago in 1949. and 21st century scholars.Born in the landmark collection, “A Few Words in We reconnected through my new-found Warsaw ghetto on the 28th birthday of the Mother Tongue.” A bilingual Polish/ friend Gabi von Seltmann, who I met her father, Michal, she spent much of English edition of her collected poems three years ago. her earliest years in hiding, in a Catho- will appear in 2020. Favorite thing about being Jewish lic orphanage. Three days after Michal Breakfast: Eggs or yogurt, toast, white That I’ll never know or understand it Klepfisz’s 30th birthday and Irena’s tea, maybe some fruit — boring. fully. I’m always astonished about some- second, he died fighting in the Warsaw What’s the last thing you listened to thing. Also — asking questions. Ghetto Uprising. on your phone? I’ve never listened to or What app can you not live without? I After sojourns in postwar Lodz and watched anything on my phone. I have, can live without all of them — I did for Sweden, Irena and her mother, Rose however, worked on the NYT Spelling many decades. I don’t understand being settled in the amalgamated houses in Bee on the subway. attached to an app. the Bronx in 1949. She has taught En- Earliest Jewish memory: Some time Weekend ritual NYT Sunday crossword glish literature and women’s studies after the age of 8 when I came to the puzzle. More addiction than ritual. b Irena Klepfisz at Barnard College and the Bedford United States, I started realizing that ©Forward. Reprinted with authorization. Hate … Rally Protesting Soleimani Killing Features Poster Blaming Jews for Terrorism by CNAAN LIPHSHIZ day in front of the American standing on the shoulders of a will file a criminal complaint an anti-Semitic caricature is AMSTERDAM (JTA) — Pro- Embassy in Wassenaar, two scarecrow labeled “terrorism.” over incitement to racist ha- openly displayed,” CIDI said. testors at a rally in the Neth- women were photographed The women were wearing tred. Police officials told CIDI The United States killed erlands against the assassina- holding a poster reading “the black head coverings typical that officers at the scene did Soleimani in an airstrike on tion of Iranian general Qassem makers of terrorism,” which of observant Muslim women. not spot the poster or would Jan. 3. A leader of the Islamic Soleimani waved posters blam- featured a caricature of two The Center for Information have intervened to have it re- Revolutionary Guard Corps and ing Jews, a local watchdog men — one wearing an Amer- and Documentation on Israel, moved immediately, the state- head of its Quds Force, Solei- group told police. ican flag and another dressed or CIDI, said in a statement ment said. mani was responsible for spe- At the demonstration Tues- as a haredi Orthodox Jew — that it contacted police and “CIDI is shocked that such cial operations outside Iran. b

Rules (Continued from Page 18) Obama into conceding point What happened in Syria his actions are ill-considered, for the first time, that the costs them to start backing down, after point in the negotiations to as Iran and its ally, President disregarding the advice of both of their provocations are now lest they find themselves em- where the pact actually guaran- Bashar Assad, lay waste to that experts and allies, and endan- going to be borne by them, broiled in a conflict in which teed that Iran would eventually country was the direct conse- gering the peace of the region and not only their foes or the they will have far more to lose get a nuclear weapon, while at quence of American appease- and the world. Obama admin- helpless population that groans than the United States. the same time enriching and ment. The same is true of Iran’s istration alumni, in particular, under their despotic rule. Whether or not happens, it’s empowering the regime. And ability to essentially take over are saying that Trump is squan- Playing by the rules — rules also time for the chattering after that, it doubled down on Lebanon through its Hezbol- dering chances for peace that that served the interests of a classes to stop pretending that its adventurism laying waste to lah henchmen. And in recent the nuclear pact created. rogue regime — is what en- Trump is the problem. It was Syria while consolidating con- weeks, Tehran’s efforts to do No matter; the opposite is dangered American lives and high time that someone had trol in Lebanon and attempting the same in Iraq involved direct true. Killing Soleimani won’t interests by making Iran stron- the nerve to break the wheel to do the same in Iraq. attacks on Americans, culmi- start a war; Iran has been wag- ger and feeling less constrained that perpetuated Iran’s power The premise of much of the nating in the assault on the U.S. ing a hot war against America about employing its brutal and and violence. Whatever hap- criticism of Trump’s decision embassy in Baghdad ringing up and its allies for years. Like bloody tactics. pens next, a world in which the on Soleimani rests on a false as- troubling memories of both the Trump’s much-needed action It is to be hoped that Iran’s re- world’s leading state sponsor sumption. Those who lament the 2012 Benghazi debacle and the in pulling out of a dangerous maining leaders are chastened, of terror is afraid of the Unit- president’s trashing of conven- seizure of American hostages nuclear deal and reimposing as well as angered by what has ed States can’t be much worse tional wisdom act as if he has during the takeover of the U.S. sanctions on Iran — and even happened to their indispensable than one in which the ayatol- upset a tradition that safeguard- embassy in Tehran in 1979. adding some new ones — the man of terror. Perhaps they will lahs have nothing but contempt ed American interests and lives. The argument against Soleimani operation makes it comprehend that the tables are for the Washington’s resolve to But it did nothing of the kind. Trump’s foreign policy is that clear to Iran’s leaders, perhaps turned, and it’s now time for defend American interests. b

Anti-Semitism (Continued from Page 19) standing white supremacy in Earlier this year, the ADL that coordinates safety issues groups as well as those inspired and has organized Israel trips New York, in terms of policies found that 2018 saw the for the Jewish community, said by Islamist extremism, white for Brooklyn pastors. He draws and in terms of values. The third-highest number of an- there is always a concern of so- supremacy and the Black He- comfort from the longstanding problem is that there is a seg- ti-Semitic incidents since 1979. cial contagion, in which individ- brew Israelite movement. relationships he has been able ment of black population who “We’re seeing in the Unit- uals may be influenced by the Black and Jewish commu- to build. believes that Jews can be tar- ed States a general rise in the views of prior attackers — such nity leaders have attempted to “We are confident that we geted out of those frustrations, acceptance of anti-Semitism, as the Black Hebrew Israelites bridge divides between the two will get through this together,” and when bad interactions hap- and it is playing out across the — to also commit assaults. groups with mixed success. said Monrose, who serves as pen between the ultra-Ortho- political spectrum and across “I think that we have to rec- Pastor Gil Monrose, who leads the director of faith-based and dox and the black community society,” Ward added. ognize that there is not a mono- Mt. Zion Church of God 7th clergy initiatives for Brooklyn it reinforces to that smaller part Some of the assaults may be lithic individual or group that Day, a predominantly black Borough President Eric Adams, of the black population that copycat attacks. Michael Mas- dislikes us,” he said, noting church in Brooklyn, has worked “because we’re working on their anti-Semitic beliefs are ters, the director of the Secure that threats come from both do- for years to bridge ties between these types of issues for many, justified.” Community Network, a group mestic and international terror black and Jewish Brooklynites, many years together.” b  EXPOSITOR-LEDGER • January 2020 • Page B1

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Preserve Indoor Air Quality During Remodeling

Are you beginning a remod- Learn About the Dangers of Dust work processes to minimize the eling project? Well, take a deep Remember the last time you dust. Your contractor should breath because your air is about kicked up a lot of dust? Your have you covered, if you pick to be affected in a major way. eyes itched. Your throat burned. the right one. Is this preventable? It can be, You might have even felt dizzy One of the top new practices if you take action. and fatigued. Those are com- is to collect dust while it is still The most important time to mon signs of indoor air pollu- airborne, such as with the new act is before you begin your tion. BuildClean Dust Control System. remodeling project, especially You need to understand ex- Collecting particulates in this if you are staying in your home actly what your family and manner is the most effective during the process. It is your pets could be inhaling while a way to capture and virtually job to make sure your contrac- contractor builds your dream eliminate all types of worksite tor has your family and overall kitchen. dust — up to 90 percent of air- indoor air quality (IAQ) top of An example of harmful sub- borne dust, to be exact. mind before workers start in- stances that might be uncovered The result? You can breathe vading your home and creating during your remodel: easy. Your indoor air quality a dust storm. • Materials such as drywall, ce- can even improve to better than This is a vital concern for ment and sawdust normal levels. homeowners, especially if • Dangerous substances such as Homeowners like Jim Colpi someone in your home has silica, asbestos and lead appreciate the efficiency and breathing difficulties, such as • Mold and mildew particles are the most hazard- can be the basis for your liva- effectiveness of BuildClean. He asthma or another chronic med- • Dirt and debris of many sizes, ous. They are lighter, stay in bility plan. For tips, visit http:// saw first-hand how BuildClean ical condition. including ones you can’t even the air longer and travel farther buildclean.com/homeowner/ picked up dust from all stages of In the past, contractors used see than larger particles. tips.php. For example, what his basement remodel — includ- patchwork dust-control solu- • Organic matter like rodent is the project timeline? What ing the wood framing, drywall tions that are ineffective at pre- feces and dead bugs Make a Livability Plan will be your temporary living installation and sanding — and venting hazardous dust from If you have IAQ problems As the protector of your arrangements if, for example, kept it out of his family’s living traveling throughout the home. before a remodeling project, household, you need to be the contractor is working on the areas. Today, more contractors are they could be magnified by 10 armed and ready to ask your kitchen or bathroom? “It was kind of shocking that remodeling smarter and cleaner times if a dust management contractor some tough ques- And, most importantly, what there was no dust anywhere. by providing livable remodeling plan is not in place. Visit liv- tions to make sure your family is the contractor’s plan to con- Period,” Colpi says. “It’s as if to their clients. ableremodeling.com to learn is safe throughout this long and trol potentially hazardous dust the project had not even hap- Here are three ways to en- how this dust can be ingested hard process. Before you hire a from invading the rest of your pened.” sure that your contractor under- by humans and pets every day contractor, make sure you relay home? Homeowners don’t have to stands your need for excellent during a project. the information you’ve learned accept the dust and the danger- IAQ and protecting your livabil- Also, remember that just be- about hazardous dust. Find a “Clean” Contractor ous living environment that it ity within your home: cause you can’t see it, doesn’t Create a checklist of discus- Top contractors across the creates. Expect livable remodel- mean it isn’t there. Smaller dust sion points for contractors that nation are using new tools and ing. You deserve it. H –BPT Easy Ways to Combat Water Damage in Your Walls and Ceilings

Ask any homeowner what • Icemaker water line to the re- some sleuthing under sinks, be- they dread the most when it frigerator that leaks, causing hind appliances and around win- comes to home ownership, and mold in the cavity or on the dows to check for moistness, rust, it’s likely to involve some type surface of the wall kinks or damage in water lines of undetected water damage • Washing machine or dish- and hoses, and a musty odor. On that could result in mold and washer water hose failure that a regular basis have professionals mildew in their walls and ceil- can cause mold within the check things out, especially your ings — and the problems that wall air conditioning unit. follow. • Air conditioner unit clog or Act quickly to minimize dam- Most water damage in homes drip pan overflow that can age from water intrusion, be- is associated with pipes and cause water to run down the cause mildew and mold can appliances, especially those that interior wall or ceiling begin to grow within 24-48 are not regularly maintained. • Nail in PVC pipe that results hours of water exposure. Left unchecked, resulting mold in water leak or bursting “I don’t know a single home- and mildew can potentially pipes owner that hasn’t had a water cause health problems. “Homeowners need to realize There are three main ways to ing the one you have. PURPLE problem of some kind at some Six of the most common caus- that the effects of water damage protect against water damage XP products are GREENGUARD point in the history of living in es of water damage include: in their homes aren’t always and the issues that follow: Gold Certified for indoor air their home,” Mecadon says. “My • Window or roof leak that visible — and once you find Use drywall with extra protec- quality while aiding in the cre- advice is simple — be prepared. causes water to run down them, it’s likely mold growth tion for your walls and ceilings ation of healthier indoor envi- Walls and what they’re made of inside the cavity of the wall already has occurred and can af- — such as moisture-, mold- and ronments. are important and they’re not or ceiling fect everything on the wall sur- mildew-resistant PURPLE XP Routinely inspect vulnerable all the same. When you can, • Gutter clog that can cause face and behind it,” said Anitra drywall by National Gypsum — areas to prevent water dam- choose PURPLE XP drywall for rainwater to back up into Mecadon, TV personality and whether you’re building a new age before it occurs. Every few performance, value and peace of your home award-winning interior designer. home, or remodeling or restor- months grab a flashlight and do mind that lasts.” H –BPT Page 4BB4 • EXPOSITOR-LEDGERJanuary 2020 • EXPOSITOR-LEDGER • Month Year

Home Improvement Insight: Redesign With Kids’ Safety in Mind

Smart homeowners take a with young children by looking alert at that time. You can also items that could fall over. Safety strategic approach to home im- for the Best for Kids certification set alerts for windows left open anchors and brackets are widely provement projects such as re- label on the packaging of a large so you know to close them to available online and at retail doing a playroom, living room variety of products. Window reduce fall risks. home improvement stores. They or bedroom to keep kids’ safety covering products that qualify Another smart home improve- are quick and easy to install in mind during the redesign for “Best for Kids” either have ment to consider: motion-acti- and may save a life. (See www. process. no cords or inaccessible cords. vated sensors. These sensors anchorit.gov for additional in- By being proactive today, you In order to be eligible for this can be placed anywhere you formation.) can ensure your entire family certification, manufacturers don’t want children to be. For can safely enjoy the results of must submit their products for example, when your child Interior Paint your home improvement proj- third-party testing to determine opens the front door before Painting a room is one of the ect. Here are the top five things if they meet the Best for Kids you wake or he tries to get into most affordable yet dramatic to keep in mind to create a stun- program criteria. (See window- the medicine cabinet, you’re ways to refresh a space. Howev- ning yet safe space for your coverings.org for additional in- sent an alert to your phone that er, not all paint is created equal. family: formation.) makes you immediately aware To maintain high indoor air of the activity. quality and a safe area for curi- Window Coverings Electrical ous kids, be a selective shopper Corded window coverings Electrical updates should al- Furniture and Decor with interior paint. are a Top 5 Hidden Hazard in ways be made with curious kids That vintage armor will look Before you select your hue, American homes, according in mind. It’s easy to update out of reach of young kids. An- perfect in your just-redone research paints that are appro- to the U.S. Consumer Product outlet covers to sliding plug other example: a new dimma- space ... until your kids start to priate for children. Look for Safety Commission. Dangling options. With these you never ble ceiling fan provides safe air pull out the drawers and rough- zero-VOC (volatile organic com- or accessible cords on window have to worry about replacing circulation with customizable house around it. Tip-overs are pound) labels and environmen- coverings can pose an acciden- the outlet plug again because it light output. another Top 5 Hidden Haz- tally friendly options. When in tal strangulation hazard to in- closes automatically when not ard by the CPSC, which notes doubt, ask at the paint counter fants and young children. The in use. Smart Home Upgrades in the U.S. a child is sent to which paints are best for sensi- Window Covering Safety Coun- Larger electrical enhance- Technology is a home im- the emergency room every 30 tive family members. cil recommends only cordless ments can help as well. Stream- provement game-changer that minutes as a result of falling You’ll love your updated window coverings or window line the aesthetic of your space can make spaces more livable furniture. home even more when you coverings with inaccessible while eliminating cords by up- and safe. Smart window and Furniture, TVs and appliances can trust it is safe for you and cords be used in homes with dating wall lighting. For ex- door locks can be installed can tip over and crush chil- your children. With these sim- small kids. ample, a few sconces might throughout the home. Kids can dren, so take an extra step to ple tips you can create a space Consumers can easily identify replace reading lights, plus now securely enter without a keep kids safe. Always stabilize that is secure, stylish and safe products best suited for homes they’re high enough to keep key and parents are sent an furniture, decor and any other for all. H –BPT Refresh Your Home in the New Year

Each new year gives you the by donating, selling or dispos- not be in the cards (or budget), chance to reset and start new ing them. Tackle piles of things but you can give your living routines. When you’re consider- you’ve carelessly tossed aside space a quick facelift by simply ing new approaches to healthy and find (or create) purposeful rearranging the furniture. Be- living — whether eliminating or places for them to belong. yond simple aesthetic changes, adding habits to improve your think about how you can make daily life — beginning with your Simplify Your Laundry Routine better use of natural light and home is an optimal choice. Whether it’s the frustration improve traffic patterns. You Your living environment has of having no clean laundry might also eliminate extra piec- a strong influence on your life, or never-ending baskets filled es if the space feels overcrowd- and it’s worth evaluating how with clothes that need fold- ed or consider borrowing func- you can make updates that cre- ing, laundry is an area where tional items that add storage or ate a positive space for you and nearly every home can use seating from other rooms in the all that the new year will bring. a refresh. Start with the ba- house. Consider these ideas to refresh sics to make laundry easy and your home and simplify your quick. A streamlined laundry Add Greenery housecleaning routine so you system starts with the right The middle of winter may can spend more time focusing tools for the job, such as all not seem like an ideal time on your goals this year. Mighty Pacs, which are avail- (Getty Images) to hone your green thumb, able in several varieties with but adding a few plants can Start by Decluttering different benefits and contain Create a Fitness Space natural light. Clear away unnec- make your home feel more It’s practically impossible to single doses of detergent that One way to stay committed essary items and make room for inviting and chase away the get excited about a fresh start release while inside your ma- to a new workout regimen is to the equipment or floor space you cold weather blues. Plants can when you’re surrounding by chine, so you can simply toss create a place where you enjoy need. Add inspiring posters or also help serve as a natural air last year’s junk. Make declut- one in and start the load. If spending time. Even if you don’t make frames to hold your current purifying system; they absorb tering and purging unnecessary you have sensitive skin, try have a room to dedicate to fitness, workout guide. Add storage for carbon dioxide to help stimu- items a top priority for your re- all Free Clear, the No. 1 rec- you can make a fitness corner feel hand weights, resistance bands late their growth and are be- fresh. Clear counters and tables ommended detergent brand by more intentional and less like an and other small equipment to lieved to absorb a host of other to create more inviting surfac- dermatologists, allergists and afterthought with some simple create your own home gym. airborne pollutants. es and force yourself to assess pediatricians for sensitive skin. changes. If possible, locate your For more ideas to simplify your which items are worth keeping. It’s gentle and works through fitness area near a window so Reconfigure Your Furniture routine this year, visit all-laun- Get rid of items you don’t need tough stains fast. you can soak up the energy of A full-fledged renovation may dry.com. H –Family Features/’all EXPOSITOR-LEDGER • January 2020 • Page B5

Tips to Mitigate Home Improvement Costs

Don’t delay. Building materials icate of insurance,” said Rick are projected to get even more Taylor, Field Sales Training expensive and the project back- Manager for TAMKO Building log for some contractors across Products, a leading manufac- the country is up to three or turer of asphalt roofing shin- four months. Waiting to start gles. the process of a home repair A bonus, Taylor said, are cer- or improvement, especially a tifications from the manufactur- needed one like a new roof, ers of products the contractor could push off the repair for installs, whether it be roofing, months due to the contractor’s flooring or cabinets. schedule, and only cause the “Every company has a best project to get more expensive way to install their products, as building material costs con- and being educated on that pre- tinue to rise. ferred installation can go a long Look for low-cost quality prod- way in the product performing ucts. Home improvement isn’t the way it was intended to,” the place to cut corners by Taylor said. buying the cheapest supplies, A reputable local contractor but in many product segments is more likely to do the job there is a low-cost leader — a right the first time and be more product or brand comparable willing to address any potential in quality to more expensive problems with the project in brands, but offered at a lower the future. cost to provide the best value Plan, plan, plan. With any per dollar. home improvement project, TAMKO Heritage Vintage shingles. Choose a reputable contractor. there are many decisions to Don’t cut corners when hiring be made, both large and small. Construction material costs more expensive as construction as a homeowner getting ready a contractor. Even if it may Making as many of those deci- are up compared to previous workers are in high demand due to start a project, what can you be more expensive upfront, or sions early in the process can years and labor is also getting to the skilled labor shortage. So, do to mitigate these rising costs? result in a longer waiting pe- reduce project delays or rework. riod for work to start, hiring Some of the decisions that can an experienced local contrac- be made before the contractor tor with a good reputation can ever starts include establishing Easy Home Remedies for save thousands of dollars in the the scope of the project, iden- long run. tifying potential issues, having Just About Everything “A good contractor should be utilities mark lines and deciding able to show homeowners their what brands to use and product by MS. SAGE into the bowl, allow to rest for have to touch something yucky. license to practice and a certif- colors to install. H –BPT DISCLAIMER: Do not use ANY a few minutes, then brush vig- Just turn them inside out and of these methods without con- orously. Coke contains phos- toss them into the trash bin! sulting with a professional be- phoric acid, which helps zap When coloring your hair, you fore trying them. Use them at tough stains. can wrap your hair in a plastic your own risk! Your results may If you’re not into making shopping to seal in the color- vary; what works for me or sachets, clip perfume samples ing action. (Don’t do this with other people may not work for from magazines and store in lighteners, and keep away from you. Be careful and stay safe! your dresser drawers for a nice mouth and nose.) That said, I hope you will boost of fragrance. When transplanting plants enjoy reading some of these When you lose a sock, don’t into other pots, put a few coffee interesting tips! toss the other one; instead, use filters in the bottom of the pot. as dust rags or to clean around It keeps dirt from leaking out Cleaning & Organizing the house. They slip right over the holes in the bottom when Vinegar is another wonder your hands and can be reused you water the plants. product for cleaning. Add a cup hundreds of times. If you’re mailing gifts, recycle to your smelly laundry (espe- Add a regular magnet to your those empty boxes. Just turn cially sheets if you have bed sewing basket. When you lose them inside out and tape or glue wetters), add a few spoonfuls your needles or pins, the mag- the boxes back together. Makes to water and run through your net is a great tool to help collect your packages look nice and coffee machine to clean it, try them for you. clean, and makes your writing it to clean windows, and de- If you have lots of tangled much easier for the postal ser- odorize everywhere — a few cords in your drawers, use an vice to see. tablespoons mixed with water empty cardboard tube, such as Homemade air freshener or in a spray bottle will neutralize in a paper towel, to keep them fabric refresher (aka Febreze) is most odors. It may smell a bit all organized. Just label each easy and inexpensive to make. at first, but as the vinegar dries, one and you’ll never have to Take one part of your favorite the odor will dissipate. solve the mysteries of the cords liquid fabric softener and three To clean rust, use plain old again. parts of water, put into a spray Coca Cola! Add Coke to an There are also lots of uses bottle and spray wherever you abrasive pad or steel wool, and for those plastic shopping need it. Works well on furni- scrub well. Try it in your toilet bags... they make great dispos- ture, bedding, in the air, and as well; pour a can of Coke able gloves for whenever you anywhere! H – Yahoo! Page 6BB6 • EXPOSITOR-LEDGERJanuary 2020 • EXPOSITOR-LEDGER • Month Year

Transform Your Bathroom Into a Wellness Retreat for Body and Mind

When you think of your bath- purple to reduce anxiety or or- Enjoy a luxurious, clean feel- room, what comes to mind? A ange to boost energy. ing. It is important to pause and place you’re in and out of quickly Create coziness using heated el- take time for yourself — you’ve while getting ready for the day or ements. Warmth brings relaxation, earned it. Choose bathroom prod- winding down for the night? Your so make sure your bathroom has ucts designed to offer you supe- bathroom can be more than just a all the features to keep you toasty. rior cleansing and improve your utilitarian space. Consider adding heated elements well-being. Bidet features like By adding certain bathroom underneath your flooring. Just self-cleaning nozzles to thorough- amenities, you can transform imagine being able to adjust ly and hygienically cleanse front your bathroom into a calming the temperature on a knob and and back are a great investment. oasis that serves as a retreat from warming the floor to your pre- Consider options like the AT200 everyday stressors. Consider ferred level of comfort. A heated LS SpaLet integrated electron- these five ideas that provide a towel rack is a must-have and ic bidet toilet from DXV, which spa-inspired experience in the easy accessory to add. Flip the includes luxury features like a comfort of your own home: switch at the start of your shower heated seat. If you can’t install a Tantalizing tub features pro- or bath and by the time you get full bidet, you can easily retrofit vide a peaceful paradise. Water out, your towel will be warm as if a bidet seat like the Advanced has many therapeutic benefits, you just pulled it out of the dryer. Clean SpaLet bidet seats from and with the right tub, you can Delight the senses with a dis- American Standard. These are es- enjoy any time you’d like. Re- tinctive shower experience. A pecially great for moms-to-be and lieve sore muscles and calm shower can be much more than new moms, and are a soothing the mind with an air bath, a an opportunity to get clean. Mod- way to stay clean and eliminate soothing bathtub option that ern showerheads offer an expe- bacteria. New loofahs and sponges, along nothing better for your body and uses thousands of tiny air bub- rience to delight the senses. For Complete the experience with with scented bath products, can mind than the ability to experi- bles to melt away the day. The example, the Spectra eTouch pampering accessories. Add the make the experience extra calm- ence your own “five-star” spa DXV Aqua Moment Drop-In showerhead from American Stan- extras you need to your bathroom ing and luxurious. Don’t forget to treatment. Even better? You don’t Airbath with Waterfall provides dard allows you to choose from to make it feel like a true spa re- pick up some new, lavish towels even have to pack a bag or hop in a gentle shoulder massage that four distinct spray patterns with treat. Invest in a plush robe and that will wrap you in softness. the car now that you have a calm- helps release tension, while the the simple tap of a finger on the slippers to make you feel relaxed. After a long day at work, there’s ing oasis right at home. H –BPT waterfall transports the mind to wall-mounted remote. Select your a peaceful paradise. Activate the spray pattern to jump-start your chromatherapy to complete the morning and another to relax at Choose the Right Insulation to Save Money ambiance; for example, choose night after a busy day. 90 percent of U.S. homes are tion, as it is likely what they have to cut and handle,” says Tom under-insulated, according to in their homes and is familiar. Savoy, technical director for In- analysis by the North American sulfoam. “EPS also installs easily Insulation Manufacturers Asso- Fiberglass Insulation over the home’s framing, pro- ciation (NAIMA). Adding insu- Advantages of fiberglass batts viding continuous, high-perfor- lation to your home is an easy and rolls include they are rela- mance insulation in a way that’s way to save yourself hundreds of tively inexpensive and fit the stud not possible with batts or rolls.” dollars per year in both heating and joist spacing in most homes. and cooling costs, while helping While fiberglass insulation installs Location, Location, Location to make your home more com- quickly, it can be challenging for When planning where to add fortable year around. the average homeowner to get it insulation, Savoy explains that A trip to your local home im- done right. “It’s very difficult to one area to pay attention to is provement store to choose in- complete a fiberglass insulating “knee walls,” which are short sulation can be overwhelming, job without leaving a few gaps walls with attic space directly though, given the dozens of op- in coverage, and even a small behind them. Such walls com- tions. Many homeowners will void can diminish a wall’s over- monly lack insulation, but are gravitate toward fiberglass insula- all [insulating value] by 50 per- a prime source for heat loss. cent,” notes the Dr. Energy Saver “Although it can be difficult to company’s website. Homeowners access attic spaces behind knee should consider that fiberglass walls, readily available “fanfold” Insulate NOW to Prevent Ice Dams! batt insulation does not contin- EPS insulation fits through many uously cover spaces, but fits be- attic access doors and hatches, SAVE 30-50% tween studs. The insulation may and easily unfolds to cover up on Your Heating also slump and lose its insulating to 100 square feet,” says Savoy. & Cooling Bill value over time, creating more Garage doors also many times energy-wasting gaps. are un-insulated. To fix this Call for your common area of heat loss and free estimate! Rigid Foam Insulation heat gain, some EPS manufac- Another DIY insulation option turers offer garage door insu- available at home improvement lation kits designed to fit easily stores throughout the U.S. is into the door’s segments, allow- rigid foam insulation. Of the ing the job to be completed in several rigid foams available, less than one hour. expanded polystyrene (EPS) can For additional tips on where and be used throughout the home, how much to insulate, the U.S. RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL including walls, floors, ceilings Department of Energy provides (585)626-0629 • coler.com and foundation walls. “EPS information on adding insulation panels are lightweight and easy to an existing home. H –BPT EXPOSITOR-LEDGER • January 2020 • Page B7

Tips and Technology for a Healthier, More Livable Home

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Selecting Right Paint for Your Home

by WILLAMS MORITNE From a performance stand- The right paint can create a point, advances in paint tech- big impression whether you are nology mean that high quality doing little or a big renovation water-based paints are in many to your home. Today, so many respects equal to or superior to paint products are available in their solvent-based equivalents. the market wherein you can High quality acrylic emulsions select a particular one based on offer excellent durability, quick the architectural and aesthetic drying time, and the emission values of your home. of less odor. There are several factors to Consider aesthetic and archi- consider, including the nature of tectural details. Make sure the the wall you are going to paint, paint enhances the architectural the color of your interior and, details of your home. Remem- and the quality of paint prod- ber a right selection of paint ucts that you are specifically can either highlight or hide your looking for. home’s beauty. Choose a matrix. Even before Consider the size of your space. choosing a color, determine Interior paint color can have a the appropriate matrix. The dramatic effect on the apparent two most common interior size of a room. If an area is small paints are water-based latex and you want to make it appear use should reflect your personal your mood as well. existing colors, design, furni- paints, and solvent-based (oil) spacious, choose a light color. style. Do you like to come home Start with what you already ture, and other aspects. What do paints. Today, water-based Bolder, deeper shades work well from a hectic day feeling restful? have. Unless you’ve just pur- you like? What don’t you like? paints dominate and account in larger rooms. Do you exude energy and pas- chased a new home, your exist- Are you just trying to freshen up for roughly 80 percent of paints Consider your persona and sion? The colors you choose not ing space likely already reflects a drab space, or create a com- sold in the residential market. style statement. The colors you only reflect your style, but affect your personality. Consider your pletely new look? H –Article Base

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To make sure your media focus. Diffuse the light with works for a particular time, day room has good lighting, the ALA more light on the walls than on and need. SeamleSS offers these easy-to-do tips: the ceiling. Reduce glare when you can. As Consider reflection. If you’ve Dim it. Most people turn the much as possible, reduce the Custom Painting & Wallpaper got a big TV, you’ve got a big lights off when watching a amount of natural light with surface that acts as a reflector. movie. You need some lighting window treatments, and allow Since 1988 A bigger screen equals more to create a balance, so the TV is artificial light sources to supple- bounce, particularly with over- not the single glowing source, ment as needed. 671-1930 head light sources. and to illuminate obstacles and Most importantly, whatever Focus on ambient light more steps. your style, there are beautiful photo gallery at than direct light. A large source Light the room in layers. To be decorative lights that can com- seamlesspaint.com of overhead light will cause properly lit, rooms should have plement the décor and, in the more glare, which is why am- three layers — overhead, task long run, are as important to bient or task light — side lights, and ambient. This allows you to comfort as a cushy sectional sconces — should be a big have the exact mix of light that sofa. H –NewsUSA A

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Add More Storage to Your Bedroom

all the dust bunnies and throw else that will fit in the basket. away the socks and junk that You can buy large baskets for has accumulated under there your laundry and smaller ones and use this for long term stor- to use as catch-alls. age. You can put off-season When buying baskets to use clothing, camping gear, toys as storage in the bedroom, or whatever under there when make sure you pick ones that it is not in use. Store the items match your bedroom décor. in plastic containers (you can There are many types of stor- buy the low ones on wheels for age baskets available in the easy retrieval) or space bags to market in many different sizes protect the items and create a and shapes and colors, and in neat storage space. different materials. Some are Another overlooked storage utility-oriented, while some area is a room divider. If you are meant as decorative items. Home 2015 • Size • Date • Designer HOUSE have one sitting in the cor- You can choose from willow, ner as a decorative item, you woven ash, rope, wrought might want to look at the space iron, woven sea grass, bam- behind it. This can be used boo, woodchip and a variety to store items that you don’t of other types with all different need to get at every day like kinds of embellishments, so craft supplies or even cleaning you should be able to find a supplies. basket that matches any bed- Storage baskets — Storage room décor. baskets are a great place to Adding more storage to your store various objects and can bedroom can help you get bet- also add decorative touches ter organized and even help to your bedroom. You can use you remove some of the clutter them for small stuff like keys, from other rooms in the house. holding bills or correspon- Now you just need to remem- dence, toiletries, towels, jew- ber to put that stuff away in the elry and just about anything right place! H –Article Geek

by LEE DOBBINS room can sometimes seem like gain a ton of space is to install HOME Everyone can use more stor- a messy catch-all for all your a closet organizer. This can be A Guide to Living in Luxury age and one of the best places household clutter. Here’s some anything from a complete over- to add storage is the bedroom. ways you can clean up the the-top remodel to a simple What with all your clothes and bedroom and get some extra store-bought unit. You won’t personal items cluttering up storage space too boot! believe how much extra space the closet and bureau, the bed- Your closet — One way to you can get when you use one of these systems. Metal rail systems for closets Refresh Your Entry are great. You can get acrylic shelves, chrome baskets and special slotted pieces for shoes and hats. The slotted systems are good, as they provide ventilation, which helps your clothes to breathe and are easy to maintain. These adjustable components come with non- chip and non stick coatings. When choosing a closet or- ganizer, make sure you pick a system that allows you to double up your rack space. This way you can hang shorter clothes like shirts and skirts on top of each other and literally double your closet space! Hidden storage in your bed- Painting your front door is curb appeal to your home. You room — You might already one of the easiest home im- can go for a classic look with a have some storage space in provements. Applying a fresh stately black, gray or navy. Or, your bedroom that you don’t coat of paint to your home’s en- try a fun and colorful look by even realize you have. Is there trance is not only a key part of using trendy colors like bright space under the bed? Are you To advertise, call 427-2468 home maintenance, it also adds green, aqua or orange. H –BPT using it to it’s fullest? Clean out Page 10BB10 • JanuaryEXPOSITOR-LEDGER 2020 • EXPOSITOR-LEDGER • Month Year

Superior Design, Superior Functionality

Incorporating style and so- for the home baker. On the kitchen. The single-handle Ar- phistication is becoming a stan- warmer end of the spectrum, ticulating Kitchen Faucet with dard in today’s modern homes. butcher block countertops SmartTouch Technology by As the center of activity and bring in a more relaxed vibe Brizo combines a jointed arm entertaining, the kitchen is the and will withstand rigorous that allows the spray wand to room to truly “wow” guests use by the serious home chef. be positioned virtually any- with elevated design choic- For something a bit out of the where around the sink with es that don’t compromise the norm, soapstone and concrete the brand’s signature touch space’s necessary functionality. are dependable surfaces that technology, allowing water ac- From countertops to fixtures, will patina over time. tivation with just a simple tap a modern kitchen is designed anywhere on the faucet base, with the home chef in mind On Display handle or arm for maximum and should seamlessly inte- Open shelving in the kitchen flexibility and functionality. grate purpose and style. ensures the most used items are within reach while simul- Sophisticated Storage Beyond Granite taneously delivering an airy As kitchens become the de Long considered the hall- feel. Customized to fit any facto entertaining environment mark of a luxury kitchen, space, these shelves effortless- in the modern home, it is in- granite has been widely cho- ly draw the eye to perfectly creasingly important to incor- sen for its aesthetic appeal organized dishes, cookware porate elements to keep clut- and rugged durability; how- or dry goods. Complemented ter at bay. Thoughtful storage ever, homeowners looking to by a sophisticated backsplash, solutions are critical to both the break from the standard have unique shelving materials such visual style and utilitarian design a range of alternate materials as galvanized iron or reclaimed in the home chef’s kitchen. Max- from which to choose. Crisp wood can transform the kitch- imizing spaces in key work areas marbles infuse a room with en into an industrially inspired Technology That Simplifies applications that anticipate for items like spices, knives and a clean, stately charm while space, while floating shelves in From appliances to faucets, needs and increase functional- even small appliances, improves having the benefit of being white oak or black walnut pro- kitchen tools are becoming in- ity without sacrificing design efficiency while minimizing cool to the touch, perfect vide a more contemporary note. creasingly high-tech. Intuitive are must-haves in the modern countertop clutter. H –BPT The Rise of the Basement: Top Tips for a Better Space

With fewer homes for sale pealing to buyers and poten- and good returns on the re- tially increasing your property modeling investment, more value. homeowners are reclaiming To recoup the most from their lower levels and remod- your remodeling efforts, make eling their basements. sure your design and decorat- Basements are coming out ing choices are attractive and of hiding these days. And functional — not too quirky or they’re doing it in style, with customized. before-and-after transforma- tions featured everywhere from Look Up, Look Down: Banish HGTV to Pinterest and You- Water All Around Tube. Before you begin making What’s driving this trend? A decorating choices, tackle any tight housing market, for one needed repairs, including wa- thing. With houses at a pre- terproofing your lower level. mium — and a proliferation of It’s a good idea to seal your DIY how-to’s — more home- walls and floors first, and im- owners are inspired to reclaim portant enough to hire a pro- their unused space and expand fessional if you’re short on time. their living area. And since below-grade spac- es are usually cool, humid and A Smart, Affordable Upgrade prone to water damage, con- Updating your lower level sider investing in a good de- is a sound investment in your humidifier and choosing mois- home. Remodeling magazine’s ture-resistant products. 2016 Cost vs. Value Report put the average basement remodel Elevate Your Ceiling Style — or the ceiling — is the limit. cross tees to their existing grid proofing effect of carpeting in at $61,303, with a 70.3 percent Ugly or damaged ceilings can Savvy design choices, like cof- systems. basements. Low-pile or Berber payback — a far better invest- ruin the look of your newly up- fered ceilings, or wood planks carpets resist wear and are ment return than adding a bath- dated basement space, so take add style and the results are Flooring: Think Warm And inexpensive options. A mois- room or garage. steps to repair or replace your easier to achieve than most Dry ture-barrier pad between the ceiling. Plaster any cracks and people think. Make sure your flooring carpet pad and the carpet adds Props for Your Property replace yellowing tiles. Stuck with an older, 2-foot choices stand up to moisture, another level of water resis- Value If you’re updating the ceiling, x 4-foot dropped ceiling grid? too. Patch any cracks in the tance and reassurance. Depending on local regula- look for products from compa- There’s no need to suffer with- concrete floor and consider Now is a great time to finish tions, the additional space can nies like Armstrong Ceilings out style. Homeowners can adding a subfloor if the surface your basement. You’ll enjoy the often be added to your home’s that are specially treated to take advantage of today’s slopes or is uneven. added living space now, and like- total square footage, making resist the growth of mold and beautiful new 2-foot x 2-foot Many homeowners gravi- ly realize a healthy return on your your market listing more ap- mildew. From there, the sky ceiling tiles by adding 2-foot tate to the warmth and sound- investment in the future. H –BPT EXPOSITOR-LEDGER • January 2020 • Page B11

Unique Ways to Add Style and Personality to Your Kitchen

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When you fixtures �are Check another addresses great and place phone add numbers, personal as well touches, as e-mail you’ll addresses and web sites. to sprinkle� Check in some dates character.and times of allenjoy events an listed. updated, customized From glassIf there designs are any in corrections,vivid space please that will call have us immediately you cooking at 427-2468. hues to textured metal looks, and entertaining in style. H –BPT From cooking to conversing added visual interest and an any kitchen. Perfect for base- to entertaining, the kitchen unexpected touch of beauty. ment bars, bonus rooms and truly is the heart of the home. Finally, don’t forget about man caves too, this line com- COMPLETE LAWN MAINTENANCE SERVICES It’s also one of the spaces that the often overlooked toe kick bines throwback style with & LANDSCAPE DESIGN homeowners most often dream space — the recessed area just modern conveniences. Add a RESIDENTIAL • COMMERCIAL of renovating. A growing trend below the cabinets — which fun pop of color with classic in kitchen design is personaliza- can be enhanced with subtle hues like tropical blue, mint tion, where thoughtful updates styling. Consider painting this green and candy red, or choose go beyond stainless steel appli- area a fun statement color or from an array of custom col- ances and standard cabinetry to adding tiles for a clever update ors. Learn more at www.el- incorporate a host of interesting you won’t see elsewhere. mirastoveworks.com. design elements. If retro doesn’t suit your fancy, By adding splashes of person- Add Vintage Style Appliances consider the Antique line, which ality to your kitchen, not only While stainless steel appli- features intricately detailed ap- will you make the space one ances are popular in modern pliances with historic styling. SHRUB TRIMMING MOWING of a kind, but you’ll also enjoy kitchens, colored appliances are These distinctive appliances are it more because it will reflect a great way to add personality available in a range of tradi- your unique preferences and if you’re feeling the desire for tional and custom colors, and style. Consider these key ways to something a little different. El- can complement any vintage breathe new life into any kitchen. mira Stove Works offers several home design, including a rustic vintage-inspired appliance lines cabin, country cottage or lake Switch Up Your Cabinets in a variety of styles and colors. house. For a turn-of-the-century Want to give your cabinets a Whether you opt to update all feel, the Fireview stove is espe- fresh look and add some pizzazz your appliances or choose a cially stunning, with a visible without refacing them or install- single statement piece, your wood-burning component that WALKWAYS/PATIOS MULCHING/EDGING ing new ones? 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For instance, you can paint the cabinets above or directly beside the stove in black chalk paint, allowing you Family Owned Since 1994 to add fun words and phrases — “The man who stops advertising to save money is like the man who stops the clock to save time.” or even a favorite recipe — with chalk markers. You could also 237•3733 remove the face of several cab- inets from the frame and add a DESIGNED • BUILT • INSTALLED clear or opaque glass insert for Page 12BB12 • JanuaryEXPOSITOR-LEDGER 2020 • EXPOSITOR-LEDGER • Month Year

Aging-In-Place Bathroom Upgrades To Make While You’re Young(er)

Is it ever too early to think quality of life in a home even about aging in place, and mak- as they make the home safer ing home improvements that ... and can be just as beneficial will allow you to remain living to a homeowner in their 30s or in the same house well into 40s as they are to a homeowner your golden years? Homeown- in their 70s or 80s.” ers in their 60s and 70s are no longer the only Americans Universally Beneficial investing thought and money Upgrades into preparing their homes to Incorporating universal de- meet their needs as they grow sign principles into your home older — and that’s good news, can facilitate aging-in-place according to HomeAdvisor’s goals, while comfortably ad- 2016 Aging-in-Place report. dressing the diverse needs of “If homeowners start early, all ages and mobility levels they can spend sufficient time using your home. 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(585) 427-2468 • FAX (585) 427-8521 This universally designed bathroom suite features an easily accessible walk-in bathtub with a convenient out- possibly even raise, resale However, if you’re consid- ward-opening door, a 16-inch VorMax Right Height toilet for more comfortable use, and a classically styled 36-inch value of the home by making eringWe aging-in-place want YOUR upgrades, AD to be perfect…high Town Square pedestal sink for less bending during use, all from American Standard. (it)IMPORTANT… more appealing to buyers making improvements in the Your ad will run as it appears here unless we hear from you immediately. in all age groups with modi- bathroom can deliver the great- ers or bathtubs, or around the ficationsPlease that havereview broad this ap- adest carefully. return on your investment. toilet area. n peal.” Check spelling and punctuationThe bathroom is often referred Upgrades to improve a bath- n The reportCheck notes addresses universal and phone to numbers, as the most as well dangerous as e-mail roomaddresses room’s and web usability sites. and safety can n design improvements,Check dates and timessuch of allin events the home listed. for all ages, but help people remain in their If there are any corrections, please call us immediately at 427-2468. as wider doorways and open especially for seniors with in- homes for longer. 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LP GAS • PARTS • SERVICE personal cleanliness without Lever-style or single-handle fau- Mon-Fri 9-5; Sat 9-4 daily bathing. cets make controlling the water 2488 Browncroft Blvd. 586-1870 flow much easier for people of Pedestal Sinks all ages and with varying skill We have a great selection of charcoal & Standard sinks are about 30 levels. wood chips… hickory, mesquite, apple, inches high. Installing a higher Universal design home im- cherry, pecan, and Jack Daniels sink to reduce the amount of provements can benefit all ages GRILLING SEASON NEVER ENDS bending a user needs to do is within your home. Making & WE ARE OPEN ALL YEAR! another worthwhile bathroom these upgrades at a younger age improvement. 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