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Serving Memphis and Mid-South Jewry Since 1925 Vol. 99, No.23 50 Cents Per Issue February 18, 2021 • 6 Adar, 5781 MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE Nikki Haley broke with President Trump. HAPPY PURIM It could make her a Jewish GOP favorite in 2024 By Ron Kampeas WASHINGTON (JTA) — Nikki Haley has finally and decisively broken with Donald Trump in a move that puts her at the front of the potential Re- publican presidential pack for moderate conservatives, includ- ing pro-Israel Jews who mainly stuck with the party over the past four years because of Trump’s foreign policy. After serving as his U.N. am- bassador and not taking a stand for months on what his lies about election fraud would mean for his legacy, Haley made the final cut Nikki Haley at a campaign rally for Kelly Loeffler in Monroe, Ga., on Friday, February 12, in a Polit- Oct. 30, 2020. Credit: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images ico interview. Trump’s inflamma- A girl in Jerusalem wearing a mask for Purim, which starts this Israel Public Affairs Committee 2024 likely will be a hard slog for year on Thursday, February 25. Credit: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images tory post-election rhetoric, which Democrats argue culminated in conference, where she always any presidential candidate who is the deadly Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. earned the loudest cheers — the Trump-adjacent. Capitol, was the final straw. mere mention of her name by an- “I would certainly hope under Federal court blocks NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s “We need to acknowledge he other speaker guaranteed applause. any circumstance that our com- capacity limits on houses of worship let us down,” Haley said. “He She memorably coined the munity shows their appreciation, went down a path he shouldn’t phrase that came to define her in any endeavor that she under- By Shira Hanau 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals had U.N. gig at the 2017 AIPAC con- takes,” Fred Zeidman, a Houston NEW YORK (JTA) — A fed- blocked some of Cuomo’s restric- have, and we shouldn’t have followed him, and we shouldn’t ference: “I wear high heels. It’s businessman who is a major eral judge has struck down an tions last year. not for a fashion statement, it’s Republican pro-Israel donor, told executive order by New York Gov. “There was never any legiti- have listened to him. And we can’t let that ever happen again.” because if I see something wrong the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Andrew Cuomo that instituted mate reason to treat religious I will kick it every single time.” The more important effort right percentage-based capacity limits worship less favorably than office Her break is a risky move: Trump still commands enough At the 2019 conference, after now, he said, was to steer the on houses of worship in his state’s work and shopping,” said Avi she had quit her U.N. job, she party away from association with COVID cluster zones where cases Schick, the lawyer who repre- loyalty in the party that Republi- can senators are privately telling used her AIPAC appearance to Trump’s disastrous final months. were increasing. sented Agudath Israel in the case. launch her advocacy website, “What Nikki is trying to achieve Tuesday morning’s (Febru- “We are grateful that religious folks they are scared to convict him in his impeachment trial Stand For America, a typical right now is to retake the House ary 9) decision by the Brooklyn practice has been restored to its stage setter for people contem- and retake the Senate.” District Court constitutes a major constitutionally mandated place underway last week. But Haley, the former South plating a presidential run. The Haley’s 2019 political autobi- victory for Orthodox groups, as an essential activity.” site solicits donations and emails. ography, “With All Due Respect,” like the advocacy organization The executive order, which was Carolina governor, has a canny sense of when it’s time for con- She has a very warm relation- includes a chapter — and chunks Agudath Israel, which challenged first put in place in October and ship with Jewish Republican elsewhere in the book — on Israel the executive order on religious limited attendance at houses of servatives to let go of driftwood. She removed the Confederate groups, including the Republican policy, including her battles with discrimination grounds. worship in areas with high COVID Jewish Coalition (at an RJC event then-Secretary of State Rex Tiller- The U.S. Supreme Court and (See Court Page 2) flag from the state Capitol after a white supremacist gunned last July, Haley urged Jewish son, whom she depicts as resistant down nine Black churchgoers in voters to ignore Trump’s coarse to her advice to quit UNRWA. George Shultz, secretary of state who pressed Charleston in 2015. The move, conduct and focus on the “re- She also gives four pages over which would have sparked out- sults” his policies have yielded). to a topic that had no bearing on her for freedom for refuseniks, dies at 100 rage a week before the killing, Jewish Republicans are disil- U.N. responsibilities — the deadly By Ron Kampeas on Saturday, February 6. It did not went down without a hitch. lusioned with Trump after the Jan. neo-Nazi march in Charlottesville NEW YORK (JTA) — George give a cause. Haley was until now one of 6 riot, which attracted explicit dis- in 2017. Trump’s equivocation Shultz, the Reagan administration Shultz was a moderate Republi- the few Trump officials who plays of anti-Semitism. Fundrais- upset her enough, she writes, that secretary of state who made it his can who in a number of economic managed to walk a fine line ing among Jewish donors ahead of (See Haley Page 2) mission to bring about freedom Cabinet positions during the Nixon between distancing herself from for Soviet Jewry, has died at 100. presidency advanced affirmative some of his outrages and earning The Hoover Institution at Stan- action as redress for discrimination. his blessing by embracing his Jewish Historical Society to host ford University, where Shultz has He was the rare instance of a Nixon agenda. She has also been a star been a distinguished fellow for Cabinet secretary who emerged among pro-Israel Republicans for The Four Rabbis: Hear Their Stories decades, announced his passing (See Freedom Page 2) The Jewish Historical Society their choices and wondered what her pledge as U.N. ambassador to of Memphis and the Mid-South made them choose to become a “take names” of countries that go (JHS) will present a special vir- rabbi, said Phyllis Groskind, JHS’ against the United States when it tual program entitled: The Four co-vice president of programming. backs Israel. Rabbis: Hear Their Stories, on She originated the idea for the In effect, she had emerged from Sunday afternoon, March 7, at 2 event and helped to plan it. the Trump years as a political pm, according to Lorraine Wolf, “Everyone is very excited about survivor capable of walking that president of the Society. this opportunity to learn more from line into the White House. Her Open to the community, the our home grown Rabbis, and they clear break from Trumpism is a program will feature Rabbi Rachel are thrilled to share their stories sign that more Republicans on the Bearman, Rabbi Karen Kriger and contribute to our knowledge fence will need to stake out a side. Bogard, Rabbi Michael Danziger, of Memphis Jewish history,” said Many GOP Jews will be happy and Rabbi Jeff Dreifus, who will Ms. Wolf. with Haley’s decision and could each give a presentation and join Rabbi Bearman became the help her with her presidential a panel discussion led by modera- associate rabbi of Congregation ambitions. tor Sally Rosenberg. Each of the Shaare Emeth in St. Louis in Haley made fighting anti-Is- rabbis grew up in Memphis at 2020. She is a native of Memphis, rael policy the centerpiece of her Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir, left, shakes hands with Temple Israel. where seven generations of her United Nations tenure, removing “I was fascinated to hear about (See Rabbis Page 2) Secretary of State George Shultz in Washington, Nov. 27, 1983. the United States from the U.N. Credit: Mark Reinstein/Corbis via Getty Images Human Rights Council because it focused an uneven amount of energy on Israel. She also took the lead in the U.S. decision to cut funding for UNRWA, the U.N.-affiliated body that assists Palestinian refugees, and which Republicans say is perpetuating the conflict. (President Joe Biden plans to reverse both policies.) Her frontline pro-Israel ad- Rabbi Jeff Rabbi Karen Rabbi Michael Rabbi Rachel vocacy has made her extremely Dreifus Kriger-Bogard Danziger Bearman popular at the annual American Page 2 THE HEBREW WATCHMAN Thursday, February 18, 2021 with 18 Doors focusing on multi- by Temple Sisterhood. She is also ternational Studies and Languages. jhsmem.org. faith work with couples and fami- an artist who creates one of a kind The community is invited to Zoom Meeting ID: 882 2756 lies in St. Louis. Mezuzot for her clients. zoom in on this program. It is free 2945; Passcode: 974958; Rabbi Danziger is a native She received her B.A. at the and open to the public. For more or Dial by phone 1929 2205 Memphian, where his father, University of Texas in Plan II In- information on the program, go to 6099,88227562945#,,,,*974958# Rabbi Harry K. Danziger, served as senior rabbi of Temple Israel.
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