Two-Thirds of US Voters View Themselves As Pro-Israel, New Poll

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Screaming anti-gay, antisemitic and anti-black invec- tive, about two dozen members of an American neo-Nazi organization marched through the streets of a central Pennsylvania city last weekend. According to local media reports, the neo-Nazi thugs were largely unchallenged as they paraded through Williamsport. Under the banner of an organization calling itself the “National Socialist Movement” (NSM), the marchers wore swastika armbands and carried flags bearing the Nazi symbol. Photographs of the demonstration showed the

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Supporters of the neo-Nazi National Socialist Movement parading through Williamsport, Pennsylvania, July 18, BY ALGEMEINER all voters, 68 percent of Democrats with Democratic positions over 2020. Photo: Twitter. and 68 percent of voters in battle- pro-Israel candidates with Repub- STAFF ground states view themselves as lican positions by a 13-point, marchers clad in ill-fitting black uniforms, in a clumsy pro-Israel. 51%-38%, margin. attempt to approximate the image of the SS in Nazi Germany. Around two-thirds of US Among Democrats, 72 However, pro-Israel Republi- Several of them wielded semi-automatic rifles as well. voters describe themselves as percent called Israel a “strong US cans would beat Democrats with At a rally in the city’s Brandon Park, speakers engaged pro-Israel and oppose reducing ally,” and 71 percent wanted to see records of “not supporting Israel” in a stream of racist, antisemitic and homophobic rhetoric. American security aid to the Jewish a party platform adopted this year by 4 points — 44%-40%. Derek Slaughter, the African American mayor of state, according to a new poll. that was at least as favorable to “While some deny the facts, Williamsport, was denounced with the use of the N-word The survey — performed Israel as the 2016 one. the reality is, American voters have by one megaphone-wielding marcher, while residents of the by The Mellman Group for the The poll also revealed that overwhelmingly positive attitudes Democratic Majority for Israel voters in battleground states toward Israel and are strongly Continued on Page A3 (DMFI) — found that 67 percent of would back pro-Israel candidates Continued on Page A3

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insistence that Poland bow down to an alien Duda’s view, among them the fact that Poland ideology otherwise known as respecting is a signatory to the 2009 Terezin Declara- BEN COHEN/ the rights of the LGBT community; the tion, in which 47 countries agreed to pass and JNS.org demand that Poland should pass and imple- implement laws for the restitution of property ment Holocaust-era restitution laws; and the seized during the Holocaust. One could also constant stream of supposedly anti-Polish point out that Holocaust restitution is a key propaganda broadcast by privately owned concern for the United States, Poland’s indis- I’ve known Rafal Pankowski, the Polish media companies. pensable ally; legislation passed by Congress academic and campaigner against antisemi- As Pankowski pointed out, whereas in in 2017 mandates the State Department to Polish President Andrzej Duda attends a meet- tism and racism, for almost 20 years, but I previous elections the country’s leadership monitor and report on progress in this area. ing with local residents in Odrzywol, Poland don’t think I’ve heard him sound as worried would have left dog-whistles such as these But such technicalities cut little ice in July 13, 2020. Photo: Marcin Kucewicz/Agencja Gazeta via REUTERS. about the political situation in his country as to their party activists, this time around they Warsaw these days, chiefly because Duda’s I did when he addressed a seminar last week exercised no such caution. Five days before government has “nationalized” the memory of under the Nazis, and that many of the mecha- on Polish antisemitism. voters went to the polls, Duda told a Bloom- the Holocaust. By that, I mean that the official nisms for collaboration that existed elsewhere Less than one day after Poland’s presi- berg interviewer that he was unmoved by depiction of the Holocaust by the state-run in Eastern Europe — like, for example, joining dential election produced a narrow win for appeals for Poland to legislate Holocaust Institute of National Remembrance (IPN) local units of the SS — were absent in Poland. the conservative incumbent Andzrej Duda, restitution — apparently content with his would have us believe that Poles and Jews It seems that nothing less than a title deed to Pankowski addressed an online gathering country’s status as the only member state of were equal partners in victimhood, and that the word “Holocaust” will suffice. of scholars and journalists assembled by the European Union not to have done so. the Holocaust was as much a Polish tragedy At the same time as “sharing” the the Institute for the Study of Contemporary “There won’t be any damages paid for as a Jewish one. Holocaust with the Jews, the Polish govern- Antisemitism (ISCA) at Indiana University, heirless property,” he said. “I will never sign a Within the confines of this distorted ment is apparently content to let antisemitic Bloomington. law that will privilege any ethnic group vis-à- narrative, there is no room to discuss the hate speech flourish on state-owned media As he explained, the election — delayed vis others. Damages should be paid by the one thorny issue of collaboration — the very word outlets and private social-media platforms. from its original date in May because of the that started the war.” elicits fury in the corridors of the IPN — of One of the more high-profile targets has been coronavirus pandemic — was a fearsome battle It doesn’t take a forensic-language ordinary Poles with the occupying German the US ambassador to Warsaw, Georgette that pitted Duda against a liberal challenger, analyst to figure out that the “ethnic group” authorities. Any notion that Poles contributed Mosbacher, whose support for Holocaust Rafal Trzaskowski, the mayor of Warsaw. reference here is a euphemism for Poland’s directly to the slaughter of their country’s restitution and publicly expressed distaste As election day neared, the identity Jews — 3 million of whom were exterminated historic Jewish community is regarded not as for nationalist extremism and homophobia politics that have roiled Poland over the during the Nazi Holocaust. According to the historical fact, but as defamation. For Poland’s has transformed her into a hate figure on the last decade came to the fore, with the ruling Polish president, the responsibility for restitu- current crop of leaders, it isn’t enough that the far-right. That loathing extends far beyond Law and Justice (PiS) Party and its populist tion lies solely with Germany (“the one that most serious Holocaust historians, along with the American envoy, however, to encompass cohorts seeing all sorts of nefarious schemes started the war.”) Jewish and Israeli leaders, have recognized Jewish organizations, the Israeli government, to undermine the nation. Among them: the There are a number of legal objections to that the Poles suffered profoundly as a nation Continued on Page A7 Blacks and Jews Together: Building Ladders Instead of Walls

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the new Algemeiner Shmuel, Minister Farrakhan has for decades to work with you to address the real issues e-mail: [email protected] instructed his followers that in order to and injustices that have plagued you in this elevate themselves, they must do their best to country for centuries. We are not perfect, and or call tear down those around them. there are racist Jews just as there are racist 718-771-0400 I understand the appeal that Farrakhan whites and racist Blacks. But Jews have been at has for members of the Black community Demonstrators hold signs and pictures in front the forefront of the civil rights movement since of the US Capitol Building, in Washington, who are sickened by the history of racism in DC, June 6, 2020. Photo: Reuters / Jonathan Ernst. Continued on Page A4 www.algemeiner.com | FRIDAY, JULY 24, 2020 A3 World News. COVID-19 Outbreak Shin Bet Foils Iran, Will Lead to an Increase Hezbollah Terror Plot in Cyber-Wars, Says in Judea and Samaria Former Mossad Chief

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“The coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak is a global scale crisis on three fronts: medical, social, and financial,” said former Mossad chief and current chairman of XM Cyber, Tamir Pardo, in an interview with Meir Orbach during Calcalist’s cyber conference. “It is enough to witness the demonstrations that Tamir Pardo. Photo: Israel GPO. are taking place here, in Belgrade and many to attacks, while companies, universities, other places around the world to realize that hospitals, and other private organizations are people are in dire straits due to regimes’ poor very vulnerable,” Pardo said. He compared management of the three-pronged threat. investment in cyber protection to investment Crises of this magnitude can end in wars, in insurance, only far more expensive, and Assad Al-Amali (left) and Muhammad Abu Salah. Photo: Shin Bet. whether real or economic, and revolutions lamented that companies were not willing to BY JNS.org member of a larger cell involving two attack within countries that lead to regime change. take on the costs, which leaves them suscep- units, one in Ramallah and one in Samaria. He This is not a simple period at all and we are tible to attack. The Shin Bet announced on Tuesday that was arrested before departing for Lebanon to only at the start of the road.” “Whoever finds a remedy or vaccine it had thwarted an Iran- and Hezbollah-backed undergo military training. “I do not believe that countries today have for Covid-19 will become a major target for terrorist plot to launch high-profile attacks As part of the Shin Bet crackdown, Yazan’s the resources to enter full-on wars, especially attackers. Such a company will generate huge in Judea and Samaria by means of a Popular cousin, Muhammad Abu Salah, also was since there are far cheaper solutions. Cyber- revenues, making it a prime target for both Front for the Liberation of Palestine cell. arrested, along with eight other radicals involved wars are much more effective these days unless state-level actors and other companies who The Syrian military reportedly also was in the plot.The cell was plotting major attacks on occupying territory is your end goal,” said the may try to slow it down or steal from it,” said involved in training the PFLP cell, which alleg- Israeli targets and communities, and the abduc- former head of Israel’s famous spy agency, Pardo. “In the coming years, I think we will edly operated under the guise of a civilian tion of an Israel Defense Forces soldier to use as describing cyber as a “fantastic tool” if your goals see cyber conflicts between political and welfare organization known as “Al-Shabab a bargaining chip for the release of Palestinian are to disrupt economies or attain resources. commercial adversaries who want to weaken Al-Alumi Al-Arabi.” terrorists in Israeli prisons. “I believe we will see cyber-wars at the each other, increase dramatically.” The cell first appeared on the Shin Bet’s The terrorist operation was headed by state level, between companies, and between Cyber XM has developed a technology radar during the interrogation of 23-year-old Assad Al-Amali, a resident of Lebanon who criminal organizations,” Pardo said. “In the that simulates organized cyber-attacks PFLP member Yazan Abu Salah, who was worked to connect the cell with Iran and early days of the outbreak, there was a drop on companies to help them improve their arrested in April. He was revealed to be a Hezbollah. in crime levels but after an adjustment period, defenses. The company’s system presents we have seen a worrying uptrend. We will the attackers’ angles with the ability to detect Continued from Page A1 that it is also smart politics for Democrats, also see an increase in cybercrime in coming and exploit holes in the network. In addition, US Voters especially in critical battleground states.” weeks and months. One hospital in the US it provides a detailed report of the actions supportive of the US-Israel alliance,” stated The national poll of 1,000 likely 2020 was already forced to pay a $1,000,000 ransom required to block such attacks and protect the DMFI President and CEO Mark Mellman. voters was conducted from July 8-13 and had following a breach that was apparently carried organization’s assets. “Support for Israel is wise policy. This poll shows a margin of error of +/- 3.1 percent. out by a criminal organization. It is far easier Earlier this month, the company to pull off an attack like that than to go into a completed a funding round of $17 million led Continued from Page A1 “F__ you, F___s.” bank and rob it.” by Macquarie Capital, Nasdaq Ventures, Our Neo-Nazi According to the Anti-Defamation “There are state organizations and private Innovation Fund, and Swarth Group. To date, city were denigrated as “N… lovers” by other League (ADL), the NSM — itself rooted in organizations. The former are in an adequate the company has raised $49 million. position when it comes to their susceptibility speakers. the American Nazi Party created by former One speaker urged the marchers not to US naval officer George Lincoln Rockwell in ignore the LGBT+ community as a target for the 1950s — has been riven with leadership hate. During the Nazi Holocaust — in which disputes in recent years. Official Palestinian six million Jews and millions of others were “The NSM has been in decline for several systematically murdered — up to 15,000 gay years, and the ongoing struggle over leader- men were deported to concentration camps ship has clearly hurt the group,” an ADL Media Outlets Celebrate where they were “among the most abused analysis noted. groups,” according to the United States However, the group still holds occasional Holocaust Memorial Museum. demonstrations, including one in June 2019 Killers of Jews in 1929 “Here we are, ain’t a f____ thing you’re that involved NSM supporters picketing going to do about it!” the speaker ranted into an LGBT+ festival in Detroit, brandishing Massacres a megaphone. “Let’s not forget the [LGBT+ weapons and chanting slogans that included, community], come on everybody!” “Jews Will Not Replace Us!” — a favored meme Using an ugly pejorative for gay men, the on the American far right. marchers responded by repeatedly chanting, BY ALGEMEINER STAFF the 90th anniversary of the execution of Muhammad Jamjoum, Fuad Hijazi and Ataa happiness and joy, and it is a duty to celebrate and rejoice on June 17 every year.” Official Palestinian Authority (PA) media Al-Zir by hailing them as heroes on various The news agency also referenced a outlets and Fatah institutions are celebrating media platforms. popular song honoring the three men, the bloody legacy of three Arabs who On official PA television, a reporter called referred to them as “the three heroes,” and committed murders during the 1929 pogroms them “heroes of Red Tuesday” and their story blamed the pogroms on the Jews. against the Jewish community of then-British an “eternal epic of heroism.” Former PA Minister of Education and Mandatory Palestine. The three men, the reported added, Fatah Central Committee member Sabri The pogroms resulted in the deaths of “shaped the love of the homeland” and died Saidam posted a graphic on his Facebook over 100 Jews and the ethnic cleansing of the as martyrs, becoming “a symbol and example page with text referring to “the anniversary of ancient Jewish community of Hebron. While of defiance and self-sacrifice, of heroism and the deaths as martyrs of three of the heroes of most of the killers arrested by the British daring.” the Palestinian revolution.” authorities received life sentences, three Wafa, the PA’s official news agency, quoted letters written by the killers in which The Fatah Commission of Information and who crimes were particularly heinous were The remains of a Jewish home ransacked during they celebrated their deeds, with one saying, Culture also posted a graphic calling the killers executed. According to the watchdog group the 1929 Hebron massacre. Photo: Public domain. “martyrs” and “heroes of the Palestinian revolution.” Palestinian Media Watch, the PA is marking “The day of my hanging must be a day of A4 | FRIDAY, JULY 24, 2020 World News. RJC Endorses Neurosurgeon for Georgia Run-Off to Fill Congressional Seat

BY JACKSON RICHMAN/ prejudice, continue to support joint anti- terrorism missions, support the Israeli-US JNS.org economic relationship, combat Palestinian The political action committee of the aggression and make sure Iran is kept in Republican Jewish Coalition announced its check,” said Cowan. “In the US, we must work endorsement on Monday of neurosurgeon to ensure that antisemitic speech and actions John Cowan ahead of the Aug. 11 run-off are called out and not tolerated. There is no A sign is seen at an AstraZeneca site in Macclesfield, England, May 19, 2014.Photo: Reuters / Phil Noble. in Georgia’s 14th Congressional District to place for such hate in our society. Israel will succeed retiring Rep. Tom Graves (R-Ga.). have no greater friend in Congress than me.” RJC Executive Director Matt Brooks Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) also endorsed Report: Israel in Talks With said that while his organization “seldom Cowan, saying in a statement that “the gets involved in Republican primaries,” it is comments made by Ms. Greene are disgusting, AstraZeneca for Potential “making a rare exception to announce our and don’t reflect the values of equality and strong support for Dr. Cowan. The importance decency that make our country great.” COVID-19 Vaccine of the outcome of this run-off is too great for us Greene has been endorsed by promi- to stay on the sidelines.” nent right-wingers, including Reps. Jim Jordan Last month, the RJC announced that it (R-Ohio), Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), Matt Gaetz would not endorse businesswoman Marjorie (R-Fla.) and Charlie Kirk, founder of the BY REUTERS The experimental coronavirus vaccine Taylor Greene, a candidate in a Georgia pro-Trump youth group Turning Point USA. Cowan and Greene are vying to face & ALGEMEINER STAFF being developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford Republican run-off who has made antisemitic University was safe and produced an immune and other racist remarks. Democratic nominee Kevin Van Ausdal, who works in the financial technology industry, in Israel is in advanced negotiations with response in early-stage clinical trials, data Greene has come under fire for trafficking November. AstraZeneca for the future purchase of its showed on Monday, keeping alive the hope it in conspiracy theories and posing for photos could be in use by the end of the year. with former Ku Klux Klan leader Chester Georgia state Rep. Matt Gurtler, who will experimental COVID-19 vaccine, Israel’s face firearms dealer Andrew Clyde in a run-off YNET news website reported on Monday. AstraZeneca was not reachable for Doles and posting them on social media. immediate comment. Brooks warned that, if elected, Greene on Aug. 11 in the state’s Ninth Congressional A Health Ministry spokesman said the District, has also posed for photos with Doles, ministry “does not disclose contacts being Israel has already signed such an agree- “would take our party in the wrong direction. ment with Moderna Inc for its vaccine Greene came to national attention for all who has a criminal record that includes held in this sensitive matter.” beating a black male nearly to death because candidate. the wrong reasons: repeatedly using offensive language in long online video diatribes, he was seen accompanying a white woman promoting bizarre political conspiracy and violating federal gun laws. theories, and refusing to admit a mistake after Doles attended the 2017 Unite the Right Neo-Nazi Killer Who Attacked posing for photos smiling side by side with a rally in Charlottesville, Va., marked by violence long-time KKK leader.” between far-right parties and protesters that German Synagogue on Yom “By contrast, Dr. Cowan, a respected led to the death of Heather Heyer, 32, after a neurosurgeon, has demonstrated the right 20-year-old man from Ohio rammed a crowd Kippur Facing Life Sentence as principles: denouncing all types of bigotry of people with his car. and violent extremism, emphasizing strong Gurtler told the Atlanta Journal-Consti- Trial Begins roots in his district and speaking out strongly tution that he, as requested by a constituent, for mainstream conservative values, including appeared at an event for “a pro-gun, conser- support for President Trump and a strong vative group that supports [US] President pro-Israel stance,” said Brooks. [Donald] Trump” that was founded by Doles. “Throughout its history, the RJC has Gurtler claims that after the event, photos BY BEN COHEN courtroom chained with both hand and ankle- were taken with the speakers. The “context is cuffs. Earlier this year, he attempted to escape consistently stood up and spoken out clearly against bigotry and extremism in our party, straightforward,” he told the outlet. The trial of the neo-Nazi gunman who from the detention facility where he was being Gurtler and Clyde are vying to succeed murdered two people during an attack on a held — jumping over an 11-foot-tall fence the most recent example being our support for the primary defeat last month of [Iowa] Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.), who is running synagogue in the central German city of Halle before being captured by guards about five against incumbent Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.) last year is set to begin this week with unprec- minutes later. Congressman Steve King,” he continued. “We are honored to stand with Dr. Cowan in in November to finish the final two years of edented security measures in the courtroom. Prosecutors said they expected the trial the term of Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.), who 28-year-old Stephan Balliet will appear to shed light on the wider neo-Nazi networks his effort to put the people of Georgia’s 14th district first and give them representation in retired at the end of 2019 due to health reasons. at the Higher Regional Court in the town of that Balliet enthusiastically identified with. Congress that they can be proud of.” (In November, all candidates for Isakson’s Naumburg on Tuesday charged with two counts “For the survivors, it’s about finding out Cowan told JNS that he is “a strong seat, regardless of partisan affiliation, will be of murder and 68 counts of attempted murder. how this act came about,” Mark Lupschitz, supporter of Israel” and recognizes how on the November ballot.) On Oct. 9, 2019, the day of Yom Kippur, a lawyer for nine of the victims targeted by “important the relationship between our two If no candidate gets at least 50 percent of Balliet drove to the synagogue on Halle’s Balliet, told the news outlet Welt. “It is impor- countries is.” the vote, a runoff will be held in January. Humboldtstrasse just before noon, as more tant to them that supporters of the attack are “In Congress, I will continue to support The Ninth Congressional District will hold than 50 worshipers inside the sanctuary held uncovered.” US financial and military support, ensure the a Democratic run-off between US Army veteran religious services. Balliet was equipped with Running to 123 pages, the indictment safety of the Israeli people, oppose anti-Israel and actor Devin Pandy and small-business eight firearms, several explosive devices, a against Balliet argues that his goal was to owner and social activist Brooke Siskin. helmet and a protective vest for the attack. inspire copycat attacks against other Jewish After failing to break through the and minority targets. He later told police that Continued from Page A2 who will bring us together rather than stoke synagogue’s locked entrance despite he blamed “the Jews” for the fact that he was Building Ladders the flames that are keeping us apart. exploding a grenade, a frustrated Balliet shot unemployed and still living at home with his its inception. We know slavery and oppression If there were a rabbi who was very good dead a 40-year-old female passerby. After mother. and bigotry as well as anyone — we’ve been on to the Jews but very hateful of other races or additional violent attempts to force his way “They are pushing me out of my own life,” the receiving end of it for thousands of years. religions, I would speak against him no matter inside the building were similarly unsuc- Balliet reportedly complained to investigators. That is why Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel how much he worked to help my people. cessful, Balliet left the synagogue in his car. If convicted, Balliet will likely receive a marched arm in arm with MLK at Selma, and I would look for leaders who were equally He then drove to his next target — a small life sentence. that is why Jews overwhelmingly support passionate about my cause, but absent of the kebab restaurant where four diners and an The presiding judge in his trial, Ursula social justice movements and racial equity. venom that would make me complicit in their employee were present. Balliet shot dead a Mertens, has more than 20 years of experience Black people in America have had hate and bigotry. 20-year-old man at the restaurant, believing of high-profile cases. enough of racism, and Jews get it. We’re on You have those leaders. You can be those him to be a Muslim. In 2017, she sentenced prominent your side. Farrakhan creates lies about us and leaders. Balliet was apprehended by police about far-right activist Peter Fitzek — who styled about “the true semitic people” in order to You have been made to stand on lower an hour later, after he crashed his vehicle in a himself as the “king of Germany” — to four demonize us and fill you with rage and indig- ground for too long. Let us not push each other panicked attempt to flee the city. years in prison for defrauding donors to his nation. Exploiting people’s fear and anger down or push each other around. Let us instead Regarded by the authorities as “highly political movement. has always been the strategy of tyrants and work together to build the stool and then the dangerous,” Balliet will be brought into the megalomaniacs — it is their key to power and ladder that will enable us all to climb higher. relevance. What we all need now is leaders www.algemeiner.com | FRIDAY, JULY 24, 2020 A5 U.S. News.

Q: What’s the best way to combat AJC New Antisemitism Director: antisemitism? A: The best way is a multi-pronged approach that involves coalitions, including Jew-Hatred Must Be Held to Same with those who aren’t Jewish. At AJC, we have this kind of multi-pronged strategy where we’ll Standard as Other Prejudice have looked at rising European antisemitism, Holly Huffnagle, US director for Combating which came about a decade-and-a-half or Antisemitism for the American Jewish so really before we’re seeing it in the United Committee. Photo: Courtesy. States. In the early 2000s, we saw it in Europe BY JACKSON RICHMAN/JNS.org and we had to react—looking at a prong of freedom of ideas. We see free speech almost security, prong of legislation, a prong of better being stifled, including towards pro-Israel Israel and the Jewish people are always looking for friends, and they seemed to have found data, conducting surveys to see where is it activists. It’s important that we bring that up. one in Holly Huffnagle. coming from and what does it look like. The Q: How do we best protect our institutions from these threats? A Christian now employed to help tackle antisemitism in the United States, she has prong of how we tackle it online. A: The first practical step is physical more than one thing in common with the Jewish and pro-Israel community of late. On July Q: Does this multi-pronged approach security. When I was working at the State 12, Huffnagle was targeted by the anti-Israel group IfNotNow, which retweeted a post by the apply to combating negative sentiments Department, that was one thing we actually American Jewish Committee, where in April she was named its US Director for Combating and activities on college campuses? had to do first—ensure that the community we Antisemitism, claiming that she can’t be part of the fight against Jew-hatred. A: Absolutely. The college campus is “We welcome allies in the fight for Jewish safety—but it should be obvious that white Chris- a unique space in its commitment to the Continued on Page A10 tians should not be leading Jewish organization’s advocacy against antisemitism,” tweeted IfNotNow. Huffnagle previously served as the policy adviser to the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism at the US Department of State, and as a researcher in the Mandel Center of Advanced Holocaust Studies at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC. Huffnagle, 33, and her husband, Jason, currently live in Los Angeles. JNS talked with Huffnagle by phone on July 14. The interview has been edited for brevity and clarity. Q: What do you hope to accomplish in your new role? A: I hope to lower levels of antisemitism across the United States. It’s not just going to be me or AJC; it’s going to be a whole cohort of individual organizations and also government leaders. Some of the more concrete tasks I hope to accomplish is having AJC, which has over 115 years of experience in combating antisemitism around the world be more of a “go to” resource on what antisemitism is, what it looks like today in American society, and how we can offer that experience and advice to government leaders to corpo- rations to tech platforms. Q: How do you seek to be different than organizations like the Anti-Defamation League? A: AJC is a global leadership organization. We’re known for our advocacy efforts around the world with government leaders, with legislation, with our policy objectives, so we work at the top level on change, less grassroots. I’m not monitoring antisemitism throughout the United States. I’m not doing anti-bias training in classrooms or with the FBI. We’re really looking at where antisemitism is coming from and trying to help our leaders understand that so they can address it more effectively. Q: What’s your response to the IfNotNow tweet? A: I am white. I am a Christian. But where I reacted was just a broad brushstroke of hating Christians in this way. I served in the State Department during the Obama administration. I’m really not partisan. And I would also argue that David Harris, our CEO, is Jewish. Yes, I’m coordinating our efforts on the ground with how we respond to domestic antisemitism and working the agency. It’s incredible that a Jewish organization is hiring non-Jews because antisemitism is mostly in itself by non-Jews. I think I have a better understanding, especially within Christianity, and I grew up as an evangelical Christian. I know that audience and my outreach can go even further. Q: What’s your reaction to young evangelicals being targeted by antisemitic and anti-Zionist activists? A: Of course, I’m disappointed. It’s important that we talk about the various sources of antisemitism, whether it’s the far-right or the radical left, or from religious extremists or sectors of other minorities. No matter where it comes from, when someone identifies as a Christian and talks about these antisemitic beliefs, I don’t think it’s a reflection of the faith that we’re supposed to be following. This speaks much broader to when we see antisemitism coming from our own side—for me, coming from Christians. When I see antisemitism coming from Christians, I feel all the more committed to fighting that. It can come from the political level as well; when it comes to the Democratic Party and antisemitism, they need to call it out first before pointing fingers at the right and the right pointing fingers at the left. They need to tackle the issue within their own camp, and that’s something that we’re not seeing. It’s become very politicized. That’s another thing that AJC will be leading in continuing to make the fight against antisemitism bipartisan and calling out all sources of it vocally. A6 | FRIDAY, JULY 24, 2020 Opinion. Examining the Israeli and US Media

ingly trusts the mass media (64%), Israel’s mass media. Also, with the advent of social right-of-center resoundingly does not (16%). media (including its facilitation of fake news), YORAM ETTINGER Furthermore, while confidence in Israel’s significantly less people consider mass media Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu TEL AVIV media is higher than confidence in Israel’s to be the fourth branch of government, the holds the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem political parties (14%), and similar to the watchdog of democracy, and a credible June 28, 2020. Photo: REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun. confidence in Israel’s Executive and Legisla- channel of information. An increasing February 2020 election. Just like the US ture (30%), it is substantially lower than the number of people consider mass media to be mass media, Israel’s mass media has been In the US, a recent Gallup poll on confidence in Israel’s Defense Forces (90%; another player in the political arena. challenged by the citizenry on a number of public confidence in the US mass media 41% among Israeli Arabs), Israel’s presidency For example, although media outlets the most critical national security issues. For documented a 41% trust when it comes to (71%; 37% among Arabs), Supreme Court have tried to undermine support for Israel instance, in defiance of most people, much of reporting the news fully, fairly, and accurately. (55%; 56% among Arabs), and Israel’s police in the US, according to the February 2020 the mass media has glorified Israel’s retreat This is up from 32% in 2016, but down from force (44%; 38% among Israeli Arabs). annual Gallup poll of foreign countries’ favor- to the indefensible pre-1967 ceasefire lines, 54% in 2002, 72% in 1976, and 68% in 1972 The Left-Right divergence of confidence ability, Israel enjoys a 74% favorable opinion supported substantial concessions to the (which was the first Gallup media poll). in mass media highlights intensifying political, by the US public. The Palestinian Authority Palestinians, a giveaway of the Golan Heights, While Democrats overwhelmingly trust ideological, social, and cultural polarization enjoys a meager 23% favorability, despite its and uprooting Jewish settlements. the mass media (69%), Republicans’ trust is that has afflicted both the US and Israel. In embrace by the “elite media.” Will the US and Israeli mass media resume very low (15%), and Independents’ trust is the US, the cultural war was reflected by the The mass media’s dramatic fallibility their role as a provider of credible information, relatively low (36%). Moreover, according to coverage of President Trump’s July 4 speech was exposed by the outcome of the 2016 US and reduce their role as another player in the Gallup, while the trust in mass media is higher at Mount Rushmore. presidential election. Most of the US mass political arena? Will the mass media learn than the trust in Congress (37%), it is lower In Israel, there is a similar divergence media underestimated the citizenry’s frustra- the proper lessons from the erosion of their than the trust in the institutions of the military of opinion between the (opposing) coverage tion with the political, media, and academic stature in the eyes of their active and potential (91%), Supreme Court (78%), organized labor of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by establishment, and severely underestimated consumers? Will the mass media refrain from (74%), and the presidency (55%). Israel’s main TV and radio stations, as well as Trump as a legitimate presidential candidate. their frequent habit of sacrificing frustrating In Israel, the latest poll, published by the Yedioth Ahronoth (the second largest daily), Israel’s mass media was stupefied by and inconvenient reality on the altar of conve- Israel Democracy Institute, on Israeli public on the one hand, and the (supportive) Israel the outcome of the 1977 election, which nient and oversimplified scenarios? confidence in mass media, documented a Hayom (the largest daily), on the other hand. ended the domination of Israel’s Labor Party Yoram Ettinger is a former ambassador 36% trust in mass media, compared with 24% The relatively low trust in the US and and catapulted Likud to power. The media and head of Second Thought: A US-Israel in 2016, 52% in 2011, 38% in 2008, and 51% in Israeli mass media has also shed light on was rebutted by the Israeli citizenry in most Initiative. 2004. While Israel’s left-of-center overwhelm- the limitations of the clout and accuracy of subsequent election cycles, including the

Hagia Sophia actually runs counter to the conquerors. Rather, it is what happened in June precepts of the Prophet Muhammad, which 1967 when Israeli forces reunited Jerusalem. Has Erdogan Launched a was, he said, later discarded by Muslims after The city had been divided for 19 years, during their conflicts with the Christian world inten- which Jordan banned Jews from praying in New Age of Religious Wars? sified. His purpose is to ask Muslims to revive the Old City of Jerusalem, and desecrated a more tolerant version of their faith, and it is and destroyed synagogues and places like the to be hoped that sentiment will be heeded. ancient cemetery on the Mount of Olives. But the proof he puts forward for his Nevertheless, when Israeli paratroopers thesis is to claim that when Muslims took took possession of the Old City, they not only is also motivating him to engage in the sort Jerusalem from the Byzantines, they refrained preserved the mosques on the Temple Mount, of gestures that will prop up notions about from converting other the shrines of other but Defense Minister Moshe Dayan handed JONATHAN S. TOBIN maintaining Islam’s domination of the region. faiths into mosques. over control of the area to the Muslim Waqf. JNS.org In a statement, Erdogan said that the As he writes: “The Christian historian This inaugurated the first period in Jerusa- reimposition of Muslim worship at the Eutychius even tells us that when Caliph Umar lem’s history when free access to all the holy Hagia Sophia is “the harbinger of the libera- entered the city, the patriarch of Jerusalem, sites for believers of all faiths was granted. tion of Masjid al-Aqsa [the Al-Aqsa Mosque Sophronius, invited him to pray at the holiest The one exception to that rule is the Temple To understand just how dishonest the on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount].” That’s a call of all Christian shrines: the Church of the Holy Mount, where, to this day, Jews are prohib- discussion about Jerusalem is when conducted for throwing Israel out of Jerusalem and the Sepulcher. Umar politely declined, saying that ited from praying anywhere on the sacred in venues where Israel is regarded with spot holiest in Judaism. That this incendiary Muslims might later take this as a reason to plateau above the Western Wall. An Israeli hostility, like The New York Times, you need to comment came during the period when convert the church into a mosque. He instead government that is fearful of doing anything start by discussing events in Istanbul, Turkey. religious Jews begin the period of mourning prayed at an empty area that Christians to validate conspiracy theories spread by Last week, the regime of Turkish authori- for the destruction of the ancient Temple ignored but Jews honored, then as now, as their Palestinian leaders about a plot to blow up the tarian President Recep Tayyip Erdogan culminating on Tisha B’Av is probably coinci- holiest site, the Temple Mount, where today the mosques has rigorously enforced this rule. moved to turn the clock back to 1453, when dental but still chilling. Western Wall, the last remnant of that ancient The point here is not only to bring atten- the Muslim Ottomans besieged the city What happened in Constantinople was Jewish temple, rises to the top of the Mount, tion to the revanchist Islamist spirit that then known as Constantinople. It was all hardly unique. Invading Muslims did the on which the Mosque of Umar and the Dome Erdogan’s boasts represent. Nor is it to highlight that was left of the once-mighty Byzantine same thing everywhere that they triumphed of the Rock were built. In other words, Islam the fact that even Muslim liberals like Akyol are Empire, which ruled much of the region as during the period when they spread their faith entered Jerusalem without really converting it.” unable to be honest about the way Judaism’s the successor to ancient Rome in the eastern by force of arms from India to Europe. And, to That sounds nice, but it is utterly disin- holiest site was converted into a Muslim shrine Mediterranean. When the city fell after a be fair, Christian forces repaid the favor when genuous. By putting mosques on the Temple that is inviolable in the view of world opinion. 53-day siege, the attacking forces engaged in they reconquered Spain and the Balkans by Mount, the caliph was signaling that Muslims Rather, it is to point out that the only way an orgy of murder, rape, and destruction. But converting mosques into churches. were asserting their dominance over the Jewish access to holy sites in Jerusalem, as in the aftermath of the battle, the Ottoman So when Erdogan echoes the Palestinian people who had the strongest claim to the well as that of other faiths, will be preserved Turks not only made the city the capital over rhetoric of both the so-called moderates of city and the holy places. Some 25 years is by ensuring that the city is not redivided which their empire would rule until the end Fatah and the extremists of Hamas about before the Muslim conquest, Persian Sassanid as advocates of a two-state solution with the of World War I; they also converted the city’s chasing the Jews from Jerusalem, he’s not just conquerors had briefly thrown the Byzantines Palestinians insist must happen. The only alter- largest church — the Hagia Sophia, which signaling his hostility to the Jewish state. He’s out of the region and turned Jerusalem over native to the status quo in Jerusalem is not a was the center of Eastern Orthodox Christian also making it clear that he wishes to claim the to the Jews, who built a synagogue on the platonic utopia of two peoples living happily worship — into a mosque. title of the guardian of Islam from Saudi leaders Temple Mount. together in shared sovereignty, as envisaged by The action was typical of conquerors in that many Muslims think are now tainted by That brief period of Jewish rebuilding anti-Zionists like Peter Beinart, or by returning that era, as well as in ancient times, and the their under-the-table relations with Israel. was snuffed out by Christian violence and to the peace parameters embraced by the symbolism of triumphant imperialistic Islam Unfortunately, the Hagia Sophia prece- Persian betrayal. But the notion that nobody Obama administration that would split the city. was obvious. But in the 20th century, when dent is also helping shape the discussion wanted the Temple Mount but the Muslims Erdogan’s revival of the brutal conqueror’s path Turkey became a secular republic after the about Jerusalem. in that period of history is untrue. The Muslim is the only other choice. Those who care about fall of the Ottomans, the Hagia Sophia was An example of this came in The New York conquerors could have placed their mosques religious freedom and the preservation of the turned into a museum as part of secularist- Times in a column written by Mustafa Akyol, anywhere. Putting them on the Temple Mount holy sites should draw the appropriate conclu- leaning Kemal Atatürk’s efforts to put Islamic a regular contributor to the paper’s opinion achieved the same goal as was pursued in sions from events in Turkey, particularly the extremism in the past. section. Akyol, a senior fellow at the libertarian Constantinople eight centuries later. way it is discussed in the pages of the Times. A century later, Erdogan is determined Cato Institute, is a Turkish Muslim scholar There is only one example of a victorious Jonathan S. Tobin is editor in chief of to consign such enlightened attitudes to who is dedicated to a more liberal version of power rising above sectarian conflict when JNS-Jewish News Syndicate. Follow him on the dustbin of history. The Turkish leader’s Islam. Writing ostensibly to criticize Erdogan, it comes to religious shrines, and contrary to Twitter @jonathans_tobin. ambition to be the leader of the Islamic world Akyol argues that the Muslim takeover of the Akyol, it has nothing to do with the first Muslim www.algemeiner.com | FRIDAY, JULY 24, 2020 A7 Opinion.

confined to a bunker. Yet the aftermath of that war is still Lessons Learned From central to the IDF’s planning in 2020. Last year’s public dispute between the Second Lebanon War former IDF ombudsman, Maj. Gen. (res.) Yitzhak Brick, and then IDF Chief of Staff, Lt. Gen. Gadi Eisenkot, over the readiness of the ground forces, is an example of that. the air power and artillery firepower already The IDF has purchased advanced new Buildings are seen at night during a power cut expended, reaching an end state that was to armored personnel carriers and tanks, and in some areas of Beirut, Lebanon, July 6, 2020. Photo: Reuters / Mohamed Azakir. NOAM TIBON their advantage if they did so. That view did installed active defenses on its armored JERUSALEM not prevail. vehicles. But most of the army still relies on border, and prevent war if possible. But if it Israel’s decision to push forward resulted old equipment and would have to conduct a erupts, Israel is prepared to do what is needed in two developments, both of which impeded maneuver without such protection. in order to achieve a rapid and decisive the IDF’s momentum. Since — and as a result of — the war, victory, including raining down destruction Fourteen years have passed since the First, the Air Force ran out of targets, even Hezbollah has tripled its projectile arsenal. It throughout Lebanon. eruption of the Second Lebanon War in 2006. as Hezbollah continued to fire its rockets, has placed strong emphasis on building up its Major General Noam Tibon (Ret.) is a Now is an appropriate time to assess the paralyzing the Israeli home front. stockpile of precision-guided missiles. Israel is publishing Expert at The MirYam Institute conflict. Secondly, when the ground offensive combating that build up, primarily on Syrian and the former Commander of the Northern While the Middle East has dramatically took shape, a series of operational mistakes soil and in Syrian skies. Formation, Lebanon Front. changed in the intervening years, the risk of a occurred, and Israel began absorbing casual- While neither Hezbollah nor Israel are The MirYam Institute is the leading future Israel-Hezbollah war remains. ties. As those numbers mounted, the Israeli interested in entering into a conflict in the international forum for Israel focused Looking back, it is clear that Hezbollah government became less and less inclined to near term, the central lesson of the Second discussion, dialogue, and debate, focused chief Hassan Nasrallah did not anticipate a war stop the conflict while in a weakened position. Lebanon War is that such a war can occur on campus presentations, engagement with would result from the kidnapping raid on IDF Israel’s war planning thus became even if no one desires it. international legislators, and gold standard reservists patrolling the northern border that he unbalanced. It was initially predicated upon The IDF’s mission is to ensure readi- tours of the State of Israel. Follow their work ordered. He merely hoped to increase pressure achieving victory by way of air power, but the ness, maintain full alert on Israel’s northern at www.MirYamInstitute.org. on Israel, which was in the midst of a separate ground offensive continued. military operation inside the Gaza Strip. Additionally, prior to the war, the IDF had The kidnapped IDF reservists, Ehud engaged in more than five years of counter- Goldwasser and Eldad Regev, were on their insurgency and counter-terrorism operations Free Speech in Saudi last day of duty. They were ambushed in a in the West Bank. Israeli ground forces had not vulnerable spot in the sector they patrolled, been prepared for a ground maneuver of the and Hezbollah’s attack was well prepared. A nature required in the Lebanese arena. But a Arabia? Not If You deadly, unforeseen chain reaction followed, ground maneuver was ordered nonetheless. leading to the Second Lebanon War. But Israeli infantry and armored units Support Israel At its start, neither side had planned for struggled to deal with Hezbollah’s Kornet war. By its end, both were claiming victory. anti-tank guided missiles. In the battle of Wadi Hezbollah, an Iranian proxy, was Saluki, Hezbollah cells, armed with anti-tank intended to serve as a deterrent against an missiles, faced off against Merkava tanks from A few months ago, Saudi Arabia’s Interior Israeli strike on the Iranian nuclear program. It the IDF’s 162 Division, resulting in a relatively Ministry informed him it was revoking his was not intended to initiate regional conflicts. high number of IDF casualties. EDY COHEN citizenship. Though this was illegal (according As far as the Iranians were concerned, the war Paratrooper reservists also absorbed JERUSALEM to Saudi law, citizenship can only be revoked was a disruption to its original plans. But Iran many casualties in firefights with Hezbollah. by the royal family), Ghabin had no recourse. could console itself with its tightened control Those events soured Israeli public opinion The citizenship revocation had an over the terror group — a result of the conflict. against the war. immediate impact on his life as well as those The war consisted of two phases: The Though the IDF succeeded territorially, In media appearances that shook of his children. The day after the announce- first prioritized IDF air and artillery power in the tone felt by many Israelis was one of failure. conservative Saudi Arabia, Saudi journalist ment, his children’s school barred them from lieu of a ground offensive. The second phase As that sense increased, Israel requested a and commentator Abdul Hameed Ghabin attending class. saw the deployment of ground forces into ceasefire. A key lesson from the conflict is that came out strongly against Iran and against Then something worse happened. Lebanon in order to battle Hezbollah. when flooded with enemy rockets, the ability the Palestinians. His public appearances, in Ghabin was arrested and incarcerated on The first stage witnessed highly effective of Israel’s home front to continue to function which he expressed support for Israel and trumped-up charges of committing espionage IDF operations. is extremely finite. its proposed sovereignty plan for parts of the on behalf of a foreign country and falsifying The Israeli Air Force launched a massive In the months and years that followed, Jordan Valley, embarrassed the Saudi rulers. documents to obtain Saudi citizenship. The bombing campaign against an extensive struggles were waged over how to assess the war. (In this video, Ghabin comments on Israeli foreign country referenced is almost certainly list of targets, stunning Hezbollah. Israel Some Israeli political figures sought plans to annex the Jordan Valley and says he Israel. These charges could send Ghabin to suffered few civilian casualties as a result of to present it as a failure, a characterization and other Saudis support the move.) prison for at least 10 years. a well-organized home front. After one week, further fueled by Hezbollah’s own descrip- In response, the regime framed Ghabin Before his arrest, the authorities sought Hezbollah was seeking a ceasefire. tion of their ability to merely survive an Israeli on false charges and incarcerated him, to incriminate Ghabin by accusing him of That success generated vigorous debate military campaign as a “divine victory.” probably for many years. supporting the Muslim Brotherhood and within the IDF General Staff and the Israeli But today, with the passage of time, we Ghabin was the first Saudi journalist former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi. government. The first side of the debate know that Hezbollah was far more damaged to publish an opinion piece in an Israeli They combed his Twitter account to find viewed Hezbollah’s northern border raid as than was believed in 2006. newspaper. That article almost caused a diplo- incriminating material to justify putting him a local incident. The two kidnapped reserv- We also know that Israel achieved a matic incident between the Saudis and the in jail. As they found no such evidence, they ists had not survived the raid. Their view was significant level of deterrence, which remains Jordanians, because it contained a proposal to resorted to simply inventing false accusations. that Israel should limit the conflagration to in place to this day. Hezbollah’s chief remains transfer management of the Al-Aqsa Mosque On June 17, 2020, just days before his to the Saudis. The Jordanians were furious, arrest, Ghabin feared being “bumped off” or and Ghabin was reprimanded. kidnapped. He posted only these words: “I’m Continued from Page A2 never have come across Spinoza’s name. And No Saudi can express him or herself being kidnapped.” That was his last post. It was Totalitarian Wind were it not for the fact that Spinoza was a freely. “Big Brother” is watching and listening deleted a few days ago, though his account and indeed anyone who argues that Poland Jew — albeit one cast out by the conservative to every word. The murder of Jamal Khashoggi, still exists. should abide by its moral and legal obligations. community in his native Amsterdam — they who ran afoul of the Saudi leadership, is still Much has been made of thawing The depth of antisemitism in contempo- would have remained ignorant of it. a recent memory. There is no such thing as a relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia, rary Poland was neatly captured by Pankowski As wrenching as it is to say this, episodes Saudi opposition party. two nations that are cooperating more and in his address to the Indiana gathering. “I such as these demonstrate that the legacy of Ghabin did not oppose the Saudi regime, more in an effort to thwart Iranian ambitions never thought that [17th-century philosopher two forms of totalitarianism — Nazism and but his media appearances made decision- in the region. Baruch] Spinoza would become an election communism — continue to impact Poland, makers in Riyadh uncomfortable — mainly But Ghabin crossed a Saudi red line. issue, but I was wrong,” he observed, as he alongside its long, grim tradition of domestic because of the ire it raised among the Pales- The Kingdom’s authorities demand that any recalled the response to opposition candi- antisemitism. Therein lies the paradox: tinian leadership, who complained bitterly relations between a Saudi citizen and the date Trzaskowski’s off-the-cuff comment Poland remains a key Western ally in terms of about him. State of Israel be governed strictly by them. that he “believed in the god of Spinoza.” This geopolitics, but any sense of shared values is Ghabin had been in the authorities’ The Saudi rulers feared his bold push toward remark was enough for the state-owned TVP rapidly shrinking. sights for quite some time. They feared his fully normalized Saudi-Israeli relations, and broadcaster to denounce Trzaskowski as Ben Cohen is a New York City-based sway over his readers and listeners, especially were alarmed by his willingness to criticize anti-Catholic, chiding him for following the journalist and author who writes a weekly because he’s considered one of the most influ- the Palestinians in public. teachings of a “Jewish philosopher.” column on Jewish and international affairs ential Saudi journalists of recent years. Ghabin’s abduction by the regime was For the majority of viewers, it’s safe to for JNS. The authorities put an end to Ghabin’s say that without this TV report, they would media appearances, but they didn’t stop there. Continued on Page A9 A8 | FRIDAY, JULY 24, 2020 Impressions.

Remembering a How to Build Future Pro-Israel Jewish Advocate, Leaders Lost to COVID-19

BY NATHAN ASHNER/ JNS.org Der Judenstaat (The Jewish State), that the “young, BY MOSHE PHILLIPS/ JNS.org whom we need … who irresistibly draw on the old, In 17 newspapers around the world, people will transform rational motives into enthusiasm.” were introduced to an opportunity to inspire Herzl makes it clear that Jews must engage Jewish youth to explore the meaning of Theodor their youth to protect the future of their people, that Bertram (Benyamin) “Buddy” Korn, a Jewish Herzl today. This innovative essay competition youth draw inspiration and direction from their activist, journalist, and community organizer, passed also included a variety of programs and activities predecessors, and that the youth are the ones who away on July 5 at the age of 64 shortly after contracting that educators, youth movements, and commu- will actualize the dreams of the Jewish people. COVID-19. His contributions to the Jewish community leaders could use in order to introduce their Another finalist, Ethan Karlovsky, mentions nity were vast, though it was more often behind the students to a leader who, for some, has become in his essay the unifying quality of Zionism. He scenes that we benefited from his work, often without irrelevant or completely unknown. explains how Zionism has broken the “superficial even knowing it. Everyone proclaims that children are the Jewish caste system of religious vs. secular, Ashke- Korn’s passing should not occur without exami- future, and that education is crucial to social nazi vs. Sephardi, etc.” nation of his unparalleled influences on the Jewish advancement. However, in a community that he loved so dearly. As one of the world in which mainstream founders of the Committee for Accuracy in Middle schooling and academia East Reporting in America (CAMERA), and later as a increasingly are being Jewish newspaper editor in Florida and Philadelphia, overtaken by bias, propaganda, he began his work defending Israel in the media and, and even lies, it is clear that at the same time, grooming a generation of mission- Jewish leaders should focus driven journalists for the Jewish community. more on increasing the Jewish His work as a pro-Israel grassroots organizer and literacy of Jewish youth. When community-builder took on a myriad of forms: He young Jews know more about volunteered in CAMERA’s Washington, DC office before their heritage, they will feel helping guide its relaunch as a national organization (in more inspired to work towards addition to his leadership of CAMERA’s Philadelphia uniting the Jewish people and office). Later, he worked with various organizations as supporting the State of Israel. a paid professional, board member, and advisor. Zionist After eight months of and religious organizations, and Holocaust-educational promotion and collaboration, efforts, benefited from his hard work. the response from around He loved music and radio from his days as a jazz the world to the essay contest was evidence of the need for An aerial view of the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem. the efforts of “Israel Forever” to Photo: Wikimedia Commons. combat apathy among Jewish youth by giving them opportunities to learn more The Diaspora Jewish community is severely about the history of their people in engaging ways. divided along religious, political, and ethnic lines. The potential for meaningful engagement aroused Zionism is the most powerful unifying force for the the interest even of Limmud UK, which requested Jewish people today because every kind of Jew has a delay in the deadline so that their educators a home in the State of Israel. and youth could sufficiently explore the depth of Herzl is widely celebrated in the Jewish world content and share their perspective from a well- as the father of the state and a pioneer of political The late Bertram (Benyamin) ‘Buddy’ Korn. rooted understanding of Herzl’s role in their own Zionism. However, as David Matlow, who worked Photo: Courtesy. Jewish identity and that of the future. with Israel Forever to establish this annual essay Dozens of submissions were received from competition, explains, “Many young Jews know show host on campus radio stations. His good nature, Australia, England, South Africa, Canada, and nothing more than his name.” humor, and penetrating insight was a fixture in Philadel- the United States. The esteemed panel of judges Herzl laid the foundation for the creation of the phia — first on The Jewish Exponent’s program that he selected the finalists, each sharing a different State of Israel, and his words and ideas are profoundly created when he was that newspaper’s editor from 1994 to perspective and approach, demonstrating the applicable to the lives of Jews today. However, many 1997, and years later when he launched Jewish Indepen- range of ways in which young people relate to Jews, especially youth, have never taken the time to dent Talk Radio and hosted such guests as Bill Kristol. Jewish history, identity, and leadership. But it was read his work and explore the lasting legacy of his After leaving the Exponent, he stayed busy Raya Treibicz of Toronto who garnered the public ideas on Zionism and antisemitism. speaking, organizing, editing, and writing — as he had vote and was awarded first prize. The best way to familiarize yourself with a topic done since his days with CAMERA. He organized a Raya’s passionate and insightful essay stressed is by writing about it, because it requires that you group called Jews for Sarah and was part of an effort to that the biggest problem facing the Jewish people first learn the background or history of the person or support a possible run for Sarah Palin for president. He today is not external in nature, as in the case of event. To write an essay, you must then internalize edited several books for investigative journalist Aaron antisemitism, but rather internal, as in those of those ideas, form your own opinions about the topic, Klein and wrote the forward to one as well. assimilation, intermarriage, Jewish anti-Israel senti- and back up your arguments with evidence. His personal story is just as interesting as his ment, and a lack of Jewish literacy. This is what Jewish organizations must do professional one. Treibicz emphasized that Jewish organiza- to encourage young Jews to actively engage with As film critic and talk-show host Michael Medved tions ought to focus their efforts more on youth, their heritage and incorporate knowledge of wrote in his autobiography Right Turns, and David and engage them with material that is interesting to Jewish history, literature, religion, etc. into their Horowitz in his memoir Radical Son, Buddy spoke them and promotes growth. She further mentions Jewish identity. By helping young Jews increase to audiences about his journey from being on the that Diaspora Jews feel significant tensions because their Jewish literacy, they can gain a deeper, more radical left and secular to being observant and a of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which polarizes personal connection to their people and their land. political conservative. As The New York Sun website support for Israel, and this burden is especially Nathan Ashner, an intern for the Israel reported, “He was the son of a Reform rabbi [Bertram heavy on the shoulders of Jewish youth. Forever Foundation, is currently a junior at W. Korn Sr.], who had, as a rear admiral of the United Herzl himself wrote about the importance of Brandeis University majoring in Global Studies and minoring in Judaic studies. Continued on Page A9 youth engagement in Zionism, saying in his book www.algemeiner.com | FRIDAY, JULY 24, 2020 A9 Legals. Opinion.

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However, Abarbanel offers a for us.” The English does not convey We had a lot of challenges in Europe fascinating alternative. Perhaps the the sense of menace in the original. with governments not supporting The Time to Follow reason Moses and Aaron were not They came, says Rashi, “in a crowd,” the funding of institutions and insti- permitted to enter the land was not without respect, protocol or order. tutional security. because of the episode of water and They were a mob, and they were It’s also a re-education of the rock at Kadesh. That is intended to potentially dangerous. This mirrors America of what it means to means to seek out what is good distract attention from their real sins. the people’s behaviour at the begin- have these freedoms. To have the about a place. Lachpor and leragel JONATHAN SACKS Aaron’s real sin was the Golden Calf. ning of the story of the Golden freedom of religion and to have the mean to seek out what is weak, Moses’ real sin was the episode of the Calf: “When the people saw that freedom to assemble, and to do it LONDON vulnerable, exposed, defenceless. spies. The hint that this was so is in Moses was so long in coming down faithfully and freely. It’s going to take Touring and spying are completely Moses’ words here, “Because of you, from the mountain, they gathered a bigger effort. different activities, so why does the the Lord was incensed with me also.” against Aaron and said to him…” Q: Why do we see what account in our parsha present what In the last month of his life, How though could the episode Faced with an angry mob, a appears to be a double standard happened as a spying mission, Moses gathered the people. He of the spies have been Moses fault? leader is not always in control of the in the media and culture when which the account in Shelach instructed them about the laws they It wasn’t he who proposed sending situation. True leadership is impos- it comes to reacting to antisemi- emphatically does not? were to keep and reminded them them. It was either God or the people. sible in the face of the madness tism, compared to the Black These two questions combine of their history since the Exodus. He did not go on the mission. He did of crowds. Moses’ mistake, if the Lives Matter movement, which with a third, prompted by an That is the substance of the book of not bring back a report. He did not analysis here is correct, was a very has been criticized for adopting extraordinary statement of Moses Devarim. Early in this process, he demoralise the people. Where then subtle one, the difference between antisemitism and anti-Zionism? in our parsha. Having said that the recalled the episode of the spies – was Moses at fault? Why was God a spying mission and a morale- A: I think mainstream society, spies and the people were punished the reason the people’s parents were angry with him? boosting eyewitness account of the and those mostly on the left, by not living to enter the promised denied the opportunity to enter the The answer lies in the first two land. Even so, it must have been are afraid of a reaction. There’s land, he then says: land. He wanted the next generation questions: who proposed sending almost inevitable given the mood of something with “cancel culture,” Because of you, the Lord was to learn the lesson of that episode the spies? And why is there a differ- the people. which has some good—people need incensed with me also, and He and carry it with them always. They ence in the verbs between here and That is what Moses meant to be held accountable for their said: you shall not enter it either. needed faith and courage. Perhaps Shelach? when he said, “because of you the words and actions and we do need Joshua son of Nun, who attends that has always been part of what it Following Rashi, the two Lord was incensed with me too.” to call out people. But I think there’s you, he shall enter it. Strengthen means to be a Jew. accounts, here and in Shelach, are He meant that God was angry with been a misunderstanding in general him, because he will lead Israel to But the story of the spies as he not two different versions of the me for not showing stronger leader- about what it means to be Jewish. inherit it. (Deut. 1:37-38) tells it here is very different indeed same event. They are the same ship, but it was you – or rather, your And unfortunately, the Jewish This is very strange indeed. It is from the version in Shelach Lecha version of the same event, but split parents – who made that leadership community is perceived as “white” not like Moses to blame others for (Num. 13-14), which describes the in two, half told there, half here. impossible. or “privileged,” or embodying some what seems to be his own failing. It was the people who requested This suggests a fundamental, of the tropes that exist not just within spies (as stated here). Moses took counterintuitive truth. There is a the African-American community their request to God. God acceded fine TED talk about leadership. It or other minority communities, and to the request, but as a concession, takes less than 3 minutes to watch, even within “White America” that not a command: “You may send,” and it asks, “What makes a leader?” they have power, control and money. not “You must send” (as stated in It answers: “The first follower.” When you call out antisemi- Shelach). There is a famous saying of the tism, there’s a fear that people However, in granting permis- Sages: “Make for yourself a teacher might get reprimanded for that sion, God made a specific provision. and acquire for yourself a friend.” The whether it be The New York Times, The people had asked for spies: order of the verbs seems wrong. You the NFL with the [Philadelphia “Let us send men ahead to spy out don’t make a teacher, you acquire Eagles] DeSean Jackson case—and [veyachperu] the land for us.” God one. You don’t acquire a friend, you that’s not OK. That’s where Jewish did not give Moses permission to make one. In fact, though, the state- organizations, but also non-Jewish send spies. He specifically used ment is precisely right. You make a organizations, need to push back the verb latur, meaning, He gave teacher by being willing to learn. and hold anti-Semitism to the same permission for the men to tour the You make a leader by being willing standard of other forms of racism Besides which, it contradicts the events as they happened at the time, land, come back and testify that it is to follow. When people are unwilling and prejudice. testimony of the Torah itself, which almost 39 years earlier. The discrep- a good and fertile land, flowing with to follow, even the greatest leader Q: What was it like to live tells us that Moses and Aaron were ancies between the two accounts milk and honey. cannot lead. That is what happened and work in Poland, especially punished by not being permitted are glaring and numerous. Here I The people did not need to Aaron at the time of the Calf, and considering the history of the to enter the land because of what want to focus only on two. spies. As Moses said, throughout in a far more subtle way to Moses at Jews there? happened at Kadesh when the First: who proposed sending the wilderness years God has the time of the spies. A: I’m always asked if I’m people complained about the lack the spies? In Shelach, it was God been going “ahead of you on your That, I would argue, is one Polish or Jewish; the answer is no to of water. What they did wrong is who told Moses to do so. “The Lord journey, in fire by night and in a reason why Joshua was chosen to both questions. Then the question is debated by the commentators. Was said to Moses, ‘Send men…” In cloud by day, to search out places be Moses’ successor. There were why and what I’m doing. I like the it that Moses hit the rock? Or that our parsha, it was the people who for you to camp and to show you other distinguished candidates, question of if I’m Jewish or not the he lost his temper? Or some other requested it: “Then all of you came the way you should go” (Deut. 1:33). including Pinchas and Caleb. But best because it gets to the heart of reason? Whichever it was, that was to me and said, ‘Let us send men…” They did however need eyewitness Joshua, serving Moses throughout what we’re talking about. Everyone when God said: “Because you did Who was it: God or the people? This testimony of the beauty and fruitful- the wilderness years, was a role- expects only Jews to fight the hatred not trust in Me enough to honour Me makes a massive difference to how ness of the land to which they had model of what it is to be a follower. against them. But that’s already as holy in the sight of the Israelites, we understand the episode. been travelling and for which they That, the Israelites needed to learn. a problem; they don’t recognize you will not bring this community Second: what was their would have to fight. I believe that followership is antisemitism is a societal issue. into the land I give them” (Num. mission? In our parsha, the people Moses, however, did not make the great neglected art. Followers It was in Poland I actually first 20:12). This was some 39 years after said, “Let us send men to spy out this distinction clear. He told the and leaders form a partnership of learned about the two millennia of the episode of the spies. [veyachperu] the land for us” (Deut. twelve men: “See what the land is mutual challenge and respect. To Christian anti-Judaism, which most As to the discrepancy between 1:22). The twelve men “made for the like and whether the people who be a follower in Judaism is not to Jews know and most Christians the two accounts of the spies, R. hill country, came to the wadi Eshcol, live there are strong or weak, few be submissive, uncritical, blindly don’t know. For me, it came as a David Zvi Hoffman argued that and spied it out [vayeraglu]” (Deut. or many. What kind of land do they accepting. Questioning and arguing wake-up call, and I realized that I the account in Shelach tells us 1:24). In other words, our parsha live in? Is it good or bad? What kind are a part of the relationship. Too really wanted to study Polish Chris- what happened. The account in uses the two Hebrew verbs, lachpor of towns do they live in? Are they often, though, we decry a lack of tianity given how much it really our parsha, a generation later, was and leragel, that mean to spy. unwalled or fortified?” This sounds leadership when we are really affects their identity and national meant not to inform but to warn. But as I pointed out in my dangerously like instructions for a suffering from a lack of followership. politics, even what we’re seeing Shelach is a historical narrative; Covenant & Conversation for spying mission. Shabbat Shalom now. That was my entry point into our parsha is a sermon. These Shelach Lecha, the account there When ten of the men came back combating antisemitism. are different literary genres with conspicuously does not mention with a demoralising report and the I returned to Poland several different purposes. Continued from Page A5 spying. Instead, thirteen times, it people panicked, at least part of the times over the next five to six As to Moses’ remark, “Because Same Standard uses the verb latur, which means to blame lay with Moses. The people years, lived there for a summer of you, the Lord was incensed with tour, explore, travel, inspect. Even in had asked for spies. He should have were trying to protect, especially in and worked at the Auschwitz- me,” Ramban suggests that he was our parsha, when Moses is talking, made it clear that the men he was Europe but around the world, have Birkenau State Museum. It was a simply saying that like the spies and not about the spies but about God, sending were not to act as spies. physical security, if needed. But learning and growing experience the people, he too was condemned he says He “goes before you on your How did Moses come to make that’s a Band-Aid. for me. I’m watching from across to die in the wilderness. Alternatively, journeys—to seek out (latur) the such a mistake? Rashi suggests an We focused on other ways the Atlantic with a nervous eye on he was hinting that no one should be place where you are to encamp” answer. Our parsha says: “Thenall to educate, but make sure that what’s happening today, but I have able to say that Moses avoided the (Deut. 1:33). of you came to me and said, ‘Let us the security of synagogues is fully incredible colleagues fighting the fate of the generation he led. According to Malbim, latur send men ahead to spy out the land funded, the government funding it. good fight. www.algemeiner.com | FRIDAY, JULY 24, 2020 A11 Social.

engagement on July 11 on Instagram. They will reportedly marry next year and have two weddings, one in the UK and another in the US. The insider said, “They’re not sure if they’ll have a rabbi conduct both ceremonies, but Brooklyn has already told Nicola he’ll let her take the reins — joking how he’s already under the thumb.” Beckham’s father is reportedly excited about his son having a Jewish wedding. The source said about the soccer star, “He’s keen to add as many Jewish elements as possible, recalling how much he loved Israeli dancing when he attended Jewish weddings as a child with his grandad. He’s also told Brooklyn how much he’d like to recite one of the Hebrew blessings at the ceremony.” The source added: “Having a traditional Jewish wedding will not only help Brooklyn and Nicola connect their own heritages but make both their fathers incredibly happy.” Brooklyn has a Hebrew tattoo on his left arm of the Jewish saying, “I am my beloved’s and my beloved Charles Barkley at the 2019 NBA Finals. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. is mine,” while Nicola and her brother Will have matching tattoos of “family first” in Hebrew on the left side of their ribs. ‘I’m So Disappointed:’ Former “Nicola was raised in a Jewish household and while her mother Claudia isn’t Jewish, her father Nelson is devout. They raised their children to uphold NBA Star Charles Barkley Berates traditional Jewish values,” the source was quoted as saying. “When they started talking about their future, Brooklyn agreed to a Jewish wedding. While it won’t Nick Cannon, Other Black be orthodox, or super religious, it will likely contain Celebrities for Antisemitic Remarks traditional elements.”

BY SHIRYN GHERMEZIAN stand how you beat hatred with more hatred.” The 57-year-old also criticized what he called Former NBA superstar Charles Barkley voiced his “lightweight” and “flimsy” apologies issued by black disappointment on Thursday in black celebrities including celebrities, saying they come across as non-genuine. “I Nick Cannon, DeSean Jackson, Stephen Jackson and Ice think sometimes when you say stuff like that you really mean it,” he explained. “You just got—people called you Cube for their recent antisemitic remarks. Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz. Photo: Laurent The former Philadelphia 76er — who was inducted on it. But I don’t understand how that could be in your Zabulon / ABACAPRESS.COM. into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame vocabulary and in your heart. I don’t understand. I’m in 2006 — called out the four public figures by name never gonna accept it.” According to the Mirror, Beckham told friends during the most recent episode of his podcast “The Barkley applauded NBA legend Kareem Abdul- his wedding ceremony would take place under a Steam Room.” Jabbar for calling out the lack of outrage in the sports chuppah and involve the signing of a ketubah, a “These black men out here who have been antise- and entertainment industries over recent incidents Jewish wedding contract. mitic, it’s gotta stop, man,” he said. “What the hell are y’all of antisemitism. He also posited that antisemitic Peltz’s father is American businessman, billion- doin? Y’all want racial equality. We all do. I don’t under- comments are not helping the efforts of the Black Lives aire and philanthropist Nelson Peltz, 78. He threw an stand how insulting another group helps our cause. I Matter movement. extravagant bar mitzvah for his twin boys in 2016 that don’t understand in any shape or form.” “Especially at a time when you’re asking people drew headlines, and also supports Jewish causes in “I’m asking you guys. I’m begging you guys, man. to respect black people, that black lives matter,” he said. the US and Israel. You guys are famous, you got a platform. But I don’t “This whole George Floyd thing has opened up a great The couple began dating in October, moved in understand how you can fight hatred with more hatred. dialogue to some of the problems in the black commu- together in New York in March and announced their I’m disappointed in you guys. We gotta do better…Please nity. And instead of trying to engage and find allies, we’re engagement on July 11 on Instagram. They will report- do better guys,” he added. “We can’t allow black people just trying to alienate more people. I want allies. I don’t edly marry next year and have two weddings, one in to be prejudiced also, especially if we’re asking for white want to alienate anybody. And to take shots at the Jewish, the UK and another in the US. folks to respect us, give us economic opportunity and the white race, I just don’t like it ’cause it’s not right.” The insider said, “They’re not sure if they’ll have things like that. I’m so disappointed in these men. If you “Ya’ll want people to respect you but you don’t a rabbi conduct both ceremonies, but Brooklyn has want respect, you got to give respect, but I don’t under- wanna respect other people. It doesn’t work like that.” already told Nicola he’ll let her take the reins — joking how he’s already under the thumb.” Beckham’s father is reportedly excited about his son having a Jewish wedding. The source said about the soccer star, “He’s keen to add as many Jewish elements as possible, recalling how much he loved Israeli dancing when he attended Jewish weddings as Celebrity Couple Brooklyn Beckham, a child with his grandad. He’s also told Brooklyn how much he’d like to recite one of the Hebrew blessings at Nicola Peltz Planning ‘Jewish Wedding’ the ceremony.” The source added: “Having a traditional Jewish wedding will not only help Brooklyn and Nicola connect their own heritages but make both their fathers incredibly happy.” bar mitzvah for his twin boys in 2016 that drew headlines, BY SHIRYN GHERMEZIAN Brooklyn has a Hebrew tattoo on his left arm of and also supports Jewish causes in the US and Israel. the Jewish saying, “I am my beloved’s and my beloved The couple began dating in October, moved in Peltz’s father is American businessman, billionaire and is mine,” while Nicola and her brother Will have together in New York in March and announced their philanthropist Nelson Peltz, 78. He threw an extravagant matching tattoos of “family first” in Hebrew on the left side of their ribs. www.algemeiner.com Attention Not-For-Proﬁt Organizations

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