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THE JEWISH LEADER, MAY 6, 2016 13

ISRAEL CELEBRATES ITS 68TH BIRTHDAY CONT. FROM PAGE 1 films talk by Daniel Rob- For the kids bounce house inson backgammon Israel and an obstacle course, Advocacycovering table many and atopics wine abouttasting Israel, a we willface again painting, have a - tion. There will be many other things going on , Jeopardy Israeli style, a table, an a shuk for purchasing- not mentioned here so don’t miss a minuteKosher of Gordon’s Yellow Front . small, Israeli items, “make a mo turkeythis amazing Shawarma evening!! - Askosher we are Israeli going wines to press, we just heard from Ed Cramer at saic” with real mosaic tiles and other fun activi We are bringing backfalafel, our Israeli delicious salad, and Barkan Winery: Wines & Liquors in New London as to- ties. make your own pita on prepared by Shimon Far- the Carmel Winery: that will be available for tasting: From For everyone there will be cotton candy and joun.Israeli We will Goldstar have Beer the Chardonnay, PsagotMalbec, Winery:and Pinot Noir Clas popcorn availablepurchase and beautiful jewelry created many other salads including Hummus and Ta sic. From the Cabernet Sauvignon and Moscato a “tabun”, asGayle well asSolinsky. write a letter to an Israeli hini. cost for this event will be available for Di Carmel. And finally, from the Edom (Red soldier, or purchase for a nominal amount. Blend). If you enjoy any or all of these wines, Ed will be happy to by our own The is $15 per adult, $10 order one or more bottles which can be picked up at his store at Remember, when it comes to the activities,- per teen between the ages of 13 and 17, and $5 PREMIER177 Colman St. within CONT. a couple FROM of days. PAGE 1 adults can do some kid things and kids can do for all children 12 and under. Last year we hit - some adult things. (Kids, you just can’t partici 180 people. Let’s see if we can break 200 this - pate in the wine tasting.) You can do anything- year! It promises to be a very enjoyable evening ued, it became clear that to do the subject matter justice, a docu and everything you like (within reason) during for all. Can’t wait to see you there!!! mentary of feature length would be required. Following the pre ourCANDIDATES annual Israel Independence Day CONT. celebra FROM PAGE 12 miere of this film in the Jewish Federation’s International Film Festival, it will be submitted to other film festivals throughout the country. tories may be territories, they may be disputed, the candidate what he called the land east of the- The film is about the Baron de Hirsch financed Jewish farms but they are not occupied. For Christie, it seems, Green Line. “It was a question meant to elicit a scattered throughout eastern the transition from dairy farms definitions depend on who he hopes is footing specific response on a politically freighted is to raising chickens, the resorts that some evolved into, and the the bill. - sue,” Nathan-Kazis wrote . “Essentially, Trump challenges of rocky Connecticut, soils and anti-Semitism. The This quest for consistency is not applied didn’t answer.” film highlights refugees from the pogroms of Russia in the late- equally within the GOP, however. The front-- The candidate said that there were “many- 19th century and the repopulation of the farming region with ner can do similarly acrobatic flip-flops and it words that I’ve seen to describe it,” then turned survivors of the Holocaust. Peninnah Manchester Schram nar seems to hurt him not a whit. Consider the con over the question to his expert adviser on Isra rates the film. trast between Trump and Sanders on the use of el — Jason Greenblatt, his longtime real estate- After the 7:30 screening there will be a reception in the Garde the word “Palestine.” lawyer, who happens to be an observant Jew Lobby. DVDs of the film will be available for sale at $20 each. ISRAEL CONT. FROM PAGE 12 When Sanders says it, even when he flubs- and travels to Israel about once a year. Greenb other facts about the region , you know where latt said he wouldn’t use “occupied territories” he’s coming from: He is unabashed in his sym and otherwise didn’t want to get hung up on- pathy toward the Palestinians, and he regards terminology. Jews of Israel killed. père et fils Palestine as a fact of life, not as a geopolitical Now, I can imagine a clever candidate skirt- I think it might also be highly salutary for it to be better aspiration. - ing the question by acknowledging its political known that, for example, that the Assads, , have killed Trump used “Palestine,” too, in his speech sensitivities and pledging to reconcile the com more Syrians -- by several orders of magnitude – than have died before the American Israel Public Affairs Com peting narratives once he or she is in office, etc, in wars with Israel. In addition, perhaps it would also be helpful- mittee, no less, which could have been seen as a etc. But to swat it away as if it were irrelevant if raised in a number of contexts the question of why there is bold, independent move — if we had any sense- palaver indicates not only ignorance, but also so much concern expressed about the Palestinians (and the Is that he knew what he was saying. Even though a certain lack of courage — quite a contrast to raeli occupation of the West Bank) when, around the globe there Cruz, following Trump, pounced on it immedi the bold, say-it-like-it-is persona that Trump areI many, should many underscore instances that of raising peoples some who ofsuffer those oppression issues cannot far ately — “Perhaps to the surprise of the previous usually projects. beworse done – effectivelybut are rarely by Israeli given diplomatsany attention. and, most certainly not by speaker, Palestine has not existed since 1948” But maybe Trump’s multiple-choice answer Netanyahu cronies in diplomatic positions. — no one called Trump on it, or asked him to- is a thing of the future. Years after a tentative What we can do to help Israel clarify his views. peace has taken hold in Northern Ireland, that That is why, a few weeks later, when the For- second-largest city is now officially known as - ward’s Josh Nathan-Kazis was invited along Derry-Londonderry. Who knows? Pres. Trump One of the other ways in which American Jews (and, indeed, with other members of the Jewish media to in may use nonchalant ambivalence on the Middle terview Trump, he probed the issue by asking East to his advantage. It’s worked so far. Americans who are not Jewish as well) can help Israel is in mak CONT. FROM PAGE 2 ing better known that Israel is not just a country with instances- MENTION of violence, but a country that is highly developed in a variety of ways – in science and technology, in music, the arts, and in aca demic disciplines of all kinds. end slavery in the United States. One such Jew ForeignDodgers; Kevin Pillar (LF/CF), Toronto Blue- I’d be seriously remiss if, here, I didn’t note that some of the- in particular, August Bondi, a Yiddish-speaking Jays;Danny Valencia (3B/LF), .- most interesting discussions I had in Israel were arranged by Viennese immigrant, fought in the Union army Aaron Poreda (P), Yomiuri Gi Jerry Fischer: a dinner hosted by an Israeli Arab and a discus to do his part to liberate the slaves In 1860, he AAAants (Japan) -ex-MLB; Jadd Schmelt sion at the Jewish-Arab Center for Peace at Givat Haviva. Those married Henrietta Einstein, and their home in zer (P), Solingen Alligators (Germany)- provided me with some of the most valuable conversations I had Greeley, Kansas became one of the only Jewish (P), Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and made me aware that an important task for Israeli Jews is, stops on the Underground Railroad. But Bondi RailRiders () -40-man ros - now, to much better integrate the 20% of the population that is didn’t stay home for long. He joined the Union ter; Zach BorensteinO (F), Reno Aces (Arizona Arab. (And, I might add, that is something that American Jews army in 1861, and served for 37 months. In Diamondbacks); (1B), Round Rock- might well help with!) 1863, after President Lincoln issued the Eman Express () -DL; ex-MLB; Cody I’ll conclude this much-too-long screed with this: Even as- cipation Proclamation, Bondi wrote in his diary: Decker (1B/OF), Albuquerque Isotopes (Rock- American Jewish support for Israel remains important, lively “No more PharaohsAmerica’s and no Pastime:more slaves.” MLB (cur- ies) () -Played in MLB; Ben debate over policies, programs and politics is absolutely neces rent)And finally, here’s the “who’s who” in the Guez (CF), Colorado Springs Sky Sox (Brew sary. 2016 edition of ers) (); Ryan Kalish (CF/ And, again, many thanks to Jerry Fischer for his valuable help LF/RF), Iowa Cubs () -40-man; Schwartzstein is a retired 20+ year U.S. diplomat. During that in a variety of ways. (RF/LF), Milwaukee Brewers; ex-MLB; (C), Gwinnett Braves time he was posted to Iraq for several of those years. Stuart now (P), Marlins; - () -Played in MLB; makes his home in Eastern CT and can be reached at sjds.jfec@ (P), Houston Astros; (CF/LF), Oakland (C), Syracuse Chiefs (); gmail.com. Athletics -DL since 3/25; (2B), De (1B/3B), El Paso Chihuahuas (San troit Tigers; Jon Moscot (P), -DL Diego Padres) -Played in MLB. since 3/25; (CF/LF), Los Angeles