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WWW.HERITAGEFL.COM YEAR 44, NO. 8 OCTOBER 25, 2019 26 TISHREI, 5780 ORLANDO, FLORIDA SINGLE COPY 75¢ Elijah Cummings dies at 68 Perkins, said in a statement that he died of “complications concerning longstanding health challenges.” As the head of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, Cummings was a leading figure in the im- peachment inquiry against President Donald Trump. He used his role to investigate the president, and Trump at one point sued Cummings over at- tempts to obtain information on Trump’s business dealings. The African-American lawmaker had represented his district—the home for Win McNamee/Getty Images more than 30,000 Jews—in Rep. Elijah Cummings Congress since 1996. Many founded a program to of his Jewish constituents strengthen ties between had favorable views of him, AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar African-Americans and Jews Memorials for the 11 victims in front of the Tree of Life Synagogue. and he was known for work- in his Baltimore district. ing to bridge ties between the African-American and Jewish By Josefin Dolsten communities. ‘Pause for Pittsburgh’ to mark one Jewish leaders praised him (JTA)—Rep. Elijah Cum- earlier this year after Trump mings, a longtime Baltimore took to Twitter to deride Cum- congressman who worked mings’ district as “a disgust- year since synagogue attack to build ties between the ing, rat and rodent infested By Marcy Oster solidarity and remembrance for the The program is a project of the Jewish African-American and Jewish mess.” Many critics of the 11 people who were killed during the Federations of North America. communities in his district, president said the comment (JTA)—People across the United States attack will include, for those in North “Rather than become desensitized died Thursday in his home had racist undertones. and around the world will join together America, a text including a video with to the terror of a never-ending cycle of city. He was 68. virtually on the one-year anniversary of the mourning prayer and a link to senseless deaths, we must focus on doing A spokeswoman, Trudy Cummings on page 15A the attack on the Tree of Life synagogue Pittsburgh’s local community public what we do best: building and sustaining building in suburban Pittsburgh. memorial service via livestream, and community that brings people together,” The virtual commemoration, called an opportunity to post on a community Mark Wilf, chair of the Board of Trust- “Pause with Pittsburgh,” is scheduled message board. Overseas participation ees of The Jewish Federations of North Three of ‘squad’ for 5 p.m. on Oct. 27. The moment of is through email. America, said in a statement. endorse Sanders Netanyahu can’t form government; By Jackson Richman cused the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, (JNS)—Reps. Alexandria the largest pro-Israel lobby- Gantz tapped to try Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Ilhan ing organization, of paying Omar (D-Minn.) and Rashida members of Congress to back By Christine DeSouza Tlaib (D-Mich.) say they plan Israel, saying it was “all about on endorsing Sen. Bernie the Benjamins.” Two days shy of his 28-day Sanders (I-Vt.), who is run- The following month, time limit to establish a gov- ning for the 2020 Democratic she pointed fingers at her ernment, Prime Minister Ben- presidential nomination. “Jewish colleagues” for at- jamin Netanyahu announced The three freshmen con- tacking her Tlaib for labeling on Monday that he cannot gresswomen are scheduled to their criticisms as anti-Israel form a coalition and that he is officially make the endorse- because of the Muslim faith returning the mandate to do ment at a rally for Sanders on of the two congresswomen, so to President Reuven Rivlin, Saturday in New York. in addition to slamming her paving the way for Benny “Bernie is leading a work- critics regarding “the political Gantz, leader of Kahol Lavan ing-class movement to defeat influence in this country that (Blue and White party) to try Donald Trump that tran- says it is OK to push for alle- to create a government. scends generation, ethnic- giance to a foreign country.” ity, and geography,” said This led to the passing of Omar in a statement to NPR. a resolution in the U.S. House Benjamin Netanyahu (l) Reuven Rivlin (center) and Benny Gantz at the President’s “That is why he is fighting to of Representatives condemn- Residence on September 23, 2019. cancel all student debt. That ing anti-Semitism and other is why he is fighting to make forms of hatred that did not Gantz will have 28 days to Gantz serving two years—was According to Times of all school meals universal. call out Omar by name. try to form a coalition. What thwarted apparently by Yair Israel, Netanyahu was tasked That is why he is fighting Sanders has defended Omar happens if the Gantz-led co- Lapid who does not want by Rivlin with trying to form for a humane immigration from criticism that she is alition talks also fail? Then Gantz to conclude a rotation a government based on the policy that treats immi- anti-Israel. any lawmaker backed by a agreement with Netanyahu, strength of his pact with right- grants as human beings and “Ilhan is a leader of strength majority of at least 61 Knes- but wants a government wing and ultra-Orthodox not criminals. And it’s why and courage,” he said. “She set members would be the next formed without Netanyahu. parties to negotiate as a bloc Bernie is fighting to end our will not back down from a one to have a go at forming a In a video statement, Ne- of 55 MKs after Sept. 17’s forever wars and truly pri- fight with billionaires and coalition. If a coalition of 61 tanyahu said he had worked inconclusive elections (Likud: oritize human rights in our the world’s most powerful members can’t be formed, “incessantly” over the past 26 32; Shas: 9; United Torah foreign policy—no matter corporations to transform Israelis will be heading to the days to form a “broad national Judaism: 7 and Yamina 7). who violates them. And it’s our country so it works for polls for a third election. unity government,” which Gantz heads a bloc of 54 MKs why I believe Bernie Sanders all of us. I’m proud of what Blue and White told The would include his Likud party’s from the center, left and Arab is the best candidate to take we’ve done in Congress, and Times of Israel it was deter- religious allies and the rival parties (Blue and White: 33; on Donald Trump in 2020.” together we will build a multi- mined to build a “liberal unity Blue and White party. “That’s Labor-Gesher: 6; Democratic The congresswomen have government” with Gantz at its what the people want,” Netan- Camp 5; and 10 MKs from the been accused of peddling an Squad on page 14A helm. Discussion of a unity yahu said. “That’s what Israel mainly Arab Joint List). But anti-Israel agenda since being government, with a rotation needs in light of the growing the 10 Arab MKs in that group sworn in earlier this year, and agreement between Gantz security challenges it faces.” would not join a Gantz-led in Tlaib’s and Omar’s case, an and Netanyahu—a four-year “Gantz has consistently coalition. (Three other MKs agenda that also smacks of coalition with Netanyahu refused to come to the nego- anti-Semitism. serving two years and then tiating table,” Netanyahu said. Gantz on page 15A In February, Omar ac- PAGE 2A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, OCTOBER 25, 2019 Celebrating Sukkot at JAO

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Moran Rao, direc- Thursday for the city’s annual told JNS. tor of a Christian ministry in Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles) “It’s an ancient tradition Visakhapatnam, India, also festive march around Israel’s that we’ve revived over the visited Jerusalem with his capital, which saw 10,000 past 40 years, and [it shows wife for the Feast of the Tab- participants in total. that] we live in and need ernacles in order to be blessed. The Jerusalem municipal- prophetic times,” he contin- “We came to Jerusalem and ity organized and funded the ued, adding that the visitors the march because we love march and entertainment represent “a lot of admiration Israel, we are friends of Israel, events, with participants for Israel, and all it has been we stand with Israel, and we coming to Israel from 100 able to accomplish over the support Israel,” he told JNS. nations. The arrival of the last hundred years of the Rao explained his biblically- Christian pilgrims, who come ingathering of the Jewish based belief that coming to annually to Israel for Suk- people and the restoration of Jerusalem will bring blessings kot, was facilitated in part by the nation.” for his ministry in southern Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 the International Christian “They want to come see India, who he has previously Thousands of Christian evangelists and Israelis march at a parade in center of Jerusalem, Embassy Jerusalem, which the modern miracle of Israel brought for the Sukkot fes- marking the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, Oct. 10, 2017. connects Christians around which the Bible talked about,” tival: “In the Bible, it says to the world to Israel based on he said. pray for the peace of Israel, “everyone from four corners saw collector cars, marching march enjoyed several walk- the biblical significance of This year, ICEJ brought its and if you bless Israel, you of the earth will come and bands, flag-bearers, dance ing routes through the city of Jerusalem and in support of first delegation of evangelical will be blessed.” rejoice in Jerusalem.” groups, IDF soldiers, street varying difficulty and length its connection to the Jewish Christians from Egypt, in- He maintained that the Along with representa- artists, inflatable characters, through historic Jerusalem people. spired by a biblical passage march is prophetic, as the tive groups from Israel and performers and sports teams. “The whole world is learn- (Zechariah 14:18) that states Bible speaks of a time when around the world, the march Participants in this year’s Sukkot on page 15A Anti-Semitic incidents take center stage at University of Illinois faculty meeting despite the 1947 partition Jones also wrote, “I want to wrote that “by not showing plan that the Jews accepted state publicly and unequivo- both sides to this complex and the Arabs rejected, and cally that acts and expressions issue and tasking [resident presented 2014 as an Israeli of anti-Semitism are acts and assistants] to support a “assault on Gaza,” despite expressions of hatred and strictly anti-Israel point, the fact that Hamas, which discrimination that are in the [Multicultural Advocate] controls Gaza, started the direct opposition to our core surely did not encourage dia- violence by launching rockets values. Bias and prejudice are logue, nor worked towards from civilian centers into antithetical to the educational the creation of an inclusive Israel. foundations of our university community.” In a campus email, Chan- and hurtful to our entire com- The statement said the cellor Robert Jones wrote: munity.” presentation “creates a hostile “This exercise was part of a He continued, saying “the environment for [students] university program created to idea that any individual feels based upon their national help students learn to share threatened for expression of origin identity.” diverse ideas and perspectives personal religious or ethnic IlliniPAC, while acknowl- that lead to new understand- identity is unacceptable. edging freedom of expression, ing. Instead of fostering We will always recognize stated that the mandatory dialogue, it incited division, the rights of those on the meeting (where residential The campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. distrust and anger.” campus to safely and freely assistants can potentially be “The program allowed our express their perspectives fired if they fail to attend) By Jackson Richman chancellor denouncing the that in 1917 the “British students to enter an extremely and opinions. But we will wasn’t the time or place to incident. signed away Palestine to challenging and potentially also be ready to condemn push such a presentation. (JNS)—A recent presen- Titled “Palestine & Great Zionist entity,” when the volatile situation without statements and actions that In addition to the slideshow, tation during a mandatory Return March: Palestinian Balfour Declaration that year the preparation, training, violate our shared values and other anti-Semitic incidents meeting for the residential Resistance to 70 Years of declared that the right of the education and professional seek to demean, intimidate or have included swastikas being living team at the University of Israeli Terror,” the slideshow Jews to have a state in their oversight they needed to devalue others in our com- spotted on campus. Illinois at Urbana-Champaign presentation included libel- homeland from which they succeed,” he continued. “This munity.” “We commend UIUC that was replete with anti- ous statements with one of were exiled thousands of is inexcusable and unac- IlliniPAC, a pro-Israel Chancellor Robert Jones Semitic references has come the slides headlined “Brief years earlier. It also labeled ceptable. This is a failure to student group on campus, for his statement apologiz- under fire from the pro-Israel History of the Palestine- Israel’s independence in 1948 our students, and that is my thanked Jones for his email community, with the school’s Israel ‘Conflict’ ” that stated the nakba (a “catastrophe”), responsibility.” and, in a public statement, Illinois on page 15A ‘Entry of radical Islamist forces into northern Syria is disturbing,’ ex-Israeli intelligence official says By Yaakov Lappin torate’s research division and to establish a land corridor not defeated, and if pressure humanitarian assistance to “The depth of the U.S. com- director general of Israel’s from Iran to Lebanon,” he on it is relieved, it could come the Kurds of northern Syria mitment to Israel is very dif- (JNS)—Israel has been Strategic Affairs Ministry, told JNS. “It could project back.” and also apply diplomatic ferent” from its commitment closely monitoring Turkey’s told JNS that the strength- onto Israel, though not im- Retired four-star U.S. gen- pressure, said Kuperwasser, to the Syrian Kurds, he said. brutal offensive against the ening of Muslim Brother- mediately.” eral Joseph Votel, former military intervention is out Regarding the ongoing Kurds in northeast Syria in hood-affiliated extremist Speaking before the Kurd- commander of U.S. Central of the question. threat posed by Iran in Syria, recent days. Sunni forces in northeast ish-led Syrian Defense Forces Command, issued a stark Asked how the rapidly esca- Kuperwasser said that Israel Israeli Prime Minister Ben- Syria “should disturb us.” (SDF) signed a cooperation warning in an op-ed for The lating events in Syria might “has no choice but to defend jamin Netanyahu condemned He stressed that Turkey had agreement with the Assad Atlantic last week about the impact regional security, itself by itself, and it will con- the Turkish invasion on Oct. launched its offensive with regime on Sunday night in dangers of an ISIS resurgence. Kuperwasser said it is still too tinue to do this.” 10, stating that Israel “warns “problematic, radical forces, response to the Turkish as- Trump’s decision to pull early to tell. He added, however, that against the ethnic cleans- who are exploiting the U.S.’s sault, Kuperwasser stated that special forces out of northern “The power of the various while Israel “is acting deci- ing of the Kurds by Turkey wish to leave this area.” “if the Kurds feel distressed, Syria, wrote Votel, “threatens actors, and the weight of U.S. sively to prevent an Iranian and its proxies,” and that In addition, said Kuperwas- and American pressure can’t to undo five years’ worth of deterrence, is being tested,” base in Syria, what is impor- “Israel is prepared to extend ser, who is the director of the stop the Turks, they will try fighting against ISIS and will he said, adding that “this is tant in this context is that the humanitarian assistance to Project on Regional Middle to link up with Assad, as well severely damage American still at an early stage. It is not economic American pressure the gallant Kurdish people.” East Developments at the as with the Russians and the credibility and reliability.” yet clear where it is headed. on Iran continues.” However, Israel’s concerns Jerusalem Center for Public Iranians, with a request to The decision, he wrote, Hence in this context, we So long as sanctions are with regard to the Turkish Affairs, Iran could exploit the cooperate with them.” “was made without consulting have to wait and see what the maintained, he said, “Despite operation extend beyond An- situation with its own Shi’ite Islamic State, too, will likely U.S. allies or senior U.S. mili- repercussions are.” pinpoint [Iranian] achieve- kara’s conflict with the Kurds. militias. benefit from events in Syria, tary leadership and threatens One thing that is clear, said ments on the ground, the Israel Defense Forces Brig. “Iran could fill in the said Kuperwasser, since “all to affect future partnerships Kuperwasser is that these infrastructure of Iran is still Gen. (res.) Yossi Kuperwas- vacuum left by the United of the others are busy with at precisely the time we need events have no direct reper- eroding. They can’t hold on for ser, former head of the IDF States in northeast Syria, one another.” ISIS has been them most.” cussions as far as U.S.—Israel a long time without money. It Military Intelligence Direc- which would enable them “hit hard,” he said, “but it is While Israel can provide relations are concerned. all costs money in the end.” PAGE 4A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, OCTOBER 25, 2019 Trump did not betray the Kurds By Caroline Glick Obama infamously issued his “redline” re- in blocking Iran’s ally Russia from using the is that America has an interest in confronting garding the use of chemical weapons against war in Syria as a means to reassert Moscow’s Turkey to protect the Kurds. The near consensus view of President Don- civilians by Assad, which he repudiated the power in the Middle East. This misconception, like the misconception ald Trump’s decision to remove U.S. special moment it was crossed. As both Michael Doran, a former national regarding U.S. power and influence in Syria, forces from the Syrian border with Turkey is As ISIS forces gathered in Iraq and Syria, security advisor in the George W. Bush ad- is borne of a misunderstanding of Obama’s that Trump is enabling a Turkish invasion and Obama shrugged them off as a “jayvee squad.” ministration and Smith argue, when Obama Middle East policies. Aside from ISIS’s direct double crossing the Syrian Kurds who have When the jayvees in ISIS took over a third of was finally compelled to act against ISIS, he victims, the major casualty of Obama’s delib- fought with the Americans for five years against Iraqi and Syrian territory, Obama did nothing. structured the U.S. campaign in a manner than erately feckless anti-ISIS campaign was the ISIS. Trump’s move, the thinking goes, harms As Lee Smith recalled in January in the New would align it with Iran’s interests. U.S. alliance with Turkey. Whereas the U.S. U.S. credibility and undermines U.S. power in York Post, Obama only decided to do something Obama decided to work with the Kurdish- chose to work with the Kurds because they the region and throughout the world. about ISIS in late 2014 after the group beheaded YPG militia in northern Syria because it was were supportive of Assad and Iran, the Turks There are several problems with this narrative. a number of American journalists and posted the only significant armed force outside the view the Syrian Kurdish YPG as a sister militia The first is that it assumes that until this week, their decapitations on social media. Iranian axis that enjoyed congenial relations to the Turkish PKK. The Marxist PKK has the US had power and influence in Syria when The timing was problematic for Obama. with both Assad and Iran. been fighting a guerilla war against Turkey for in fact, by design, the U.S. went to great lengths In 2014 Obama was negotiating his nuclear Obama deployed around a thousand forces decades. The State Department designates the to limit its ability to influence events in Syria. deal with Iran. The deal, falsely presented as to Syria. Their limited numbers and radically PKK as a terrorist organization responsible for The war in Syria broke out in 2011 as a a non-proliferation pact, actually enabled constrained mandate made it impossible for the death of thousands of Turkish nationals. popular insurrection by Syrian Sunnis against Iran—the world’s greatest state sponsor of the Americans to have a major effect on events Not surprisingly then, the Turks viewed the the Iranian-sponsored regime of President terrorism—to develop both nuclear weapons in the country. They weren’t allowed to act U.S.-Kurdish collaboration against ISIS as an Bashar al Assad. The Obama administration and the missile systems required to deliver against Assad or Iran. They were tasked solely anti-Turkish campaign. responded by declaring US support for Assad’s them. The true purpose of the deal was not to with fighting ISIS. Obama instituted draconian Throughout the years of U.S.-Kurdish co- overthrow. But the declaration was empty. block Iran’s nuclear aspirations but to realign rules of engagement that made achieving even operation, many have made the case that the The administration sat on its thumbs as the U.S. Middle East policy away from the Sunnis that limited goal all but impossible. Kurds are a better ally to the U.S. than Turkey. regime’s atrocities mounted. They supported and Israel and toward Iran. During his tenure as Trump’s national The case is compelling not merely because the a feckless Turkish effort to raise a resistance Given its goal of embracing Iran, the Obama security advisor, John Bolton hoped to revise Kurds have fought well. army dominated by jihadist elements aligned administration had no interest in harming the U.S. mandate to enable U.S. forces to Under Erdogan, Turkey has stood against with the Muslim Brotherhood. Assad, Iran’s Syrian factotum. It had no interest be used against Iran in Syria. Bolton’s plan the U.S. and its interests far more often than it was strategically sound. Trump rejected it has stood with it. Across a spectrum of issues, largely because it was a recipe for widening from Israel to human rights, Hamas and ISIS U.S. involvement in Syria far beyond what to Turkish aggression against Cyprus, Greece The scandal continues at the American public, and Trump himself, are and Israel in the Eastern Mediterranean, to willing to countenance. upholding U.S. economic sanctions against In other words, the claim that the U.S. has Iran and beyond, for nearly 20 years, Erdogan’s major influence in Syria is wrong. It does not Turkey has distinguished itself as a strategic UMASS Amherst have such influence and is unwilling to pay threat to America’s core interests and policies the price of developing such influence. and those of its closest allies in the Middle East. By Dexter Van Zile we have the necessary safeguards in place to This brings us to the second flaw in the Despite the compelling, ever growing ensure that faculty hold themselves to the narrative about Trump’s removal of U.S. forces body of evidence that the time has come to (JNS)—Kumble Subbaswamy, the chancel- highest standards, and that our students learn from the Syrian border with Turkey. lor of UMass Amherst, made $579,000 last year, in an environment that is open to multiple The underlying assumption of the criticism Kurds on page 14A and his boss, Marty Meehan, president of the points of view.” UMass system, made more than $659,000. If the “safeguards” at UMass Amherst were Between the two of them, they made more sufficient, the school would have addressed than $1.2 million in 2018. And still, neither Jhally’s misdeeds a long time ago. Jhally Everywhere one of them will do their jobs when it comes showed disdain for the concept of accuracy to ensuring that professors don’t use college when he failed to correct the problems in his classrooms to coerce students into affirming film after they were pointed out in a number their personal political agendas. of venues. For example, he altered the quotes Great leaders know when to retire For his part, Subbaswamy will tell you all of two journalists in his film, in one instance about the policies that are in place at UMass significantly changing the meaning of what Amherst to prevent indoctrination in the was said. Such acts would result in a student classroom. He just doesn’t enforce them. getting a failing grade for a paper, or a journalist By Mel Pearlman buildup without engaging other forces, most Subbaswamy gave the game away in a letter losing his job, but Jhally got away scot-free. notably the Russians. mailed to CAMERA on Oct. 10, 2019. The let- So much for the “safeguards” at UMass As a native born American of the Jewish This administration has been a great friend ter, dated Oct. 7, 2019, was sent in response to Amherst. faith I have been doubly blessed by being to Israel and professes to continue in that concerns about the work of Sut Jhally, a profes- Jhally showed disdain, not respect, for stu- born into two great peoples. I am a proud and friendship and support. Given the president’s sor at UMass Amherst who currently serves as dents in 2017 when he encouraged a group of patriotic citizen of my native America and a mercurial behavior, creating a sudden Ameri- chairman of the communications department. his supporters to promote his one-sided and proud supporter of Israel and the Jewish people can military vacuum in Syria, Israel now has CAMERA expressed these concerns in a letter distorted film “The Occupation of the Ameri- worldwide. to consider the depth and continuity of that sent to Subbaswamy on Sept. 18, 2019. can Mind” in college classrooms. He said, “We I am not however, a citizen or resident of friendship and support. In particular, CAMERA stated that “Jew- want to make use of that captive audience.” Israel and have no vote in Israeli elections or The second election in less than 6 months ish students report that they have been Again, so much for safeguards at the school. how Israelis go about choosing their leaders. has left the government of Israel in a quan- subjected to anti-Semitic taunts from their Jhally, who earned nearly $178,000 from I do have a right and an obligation along with dary not experienced in its 71 year history of fellow students at the school, and there have his work at UMass Amherst last year, showed my fellow Jewish Americans, to express my democratic elections, an inability to form a been numerous instances of swastikas being contempt for students when he used a final opinion about everything that goes on in the stable government with a majority coalition or spray-painted on campus. It is CAMERA’s belief exam to coerce them into affirming the notion State of Israel and work for American poli- a unity government with the two major parties. that anti-Israel propaganda is a contributing that there is a functional equivalence between cies that strengthen the United States-Israel Much has been written in the media about factor to this hostility.” Nazism and Zionism. relationship. While my status allows me to every aspect of this politically unstable situ- In his response, Subbaswamy writes that Subbaswamy and other officials at UMass express my opinion, it does not give me a ation, but in reality the solution to forming a UMass Amherst has adopted several statements have been presented with evidence about inac- right to compel or impose my views on the unity government is simple and in the hands from the American Association of University curacies in Jhally’s movie and about abuse of Jewish state. This applies as well to my fellow of one man, Benjamin Netanyahu. Professors which, among other things, remind his authority and time in the classroom, but for Jewish Americans of all political persuasions Mr. Netanyahu has served continuously and professors that they should adhere to “the one reason or another they have refused to act. or degree of religiosity. successfully as prime minister for more than best scholarly and ethical standards of their To make matters worse, Subbaswamy This brings me to my concern about the a decade and his Likud led coalitions have discipline,” and that they should “demon- ignored any of the specific points raised in uncertainty of forming a stable democratic brought Israel to a position of security and strate respect for students as individuals and CAMERA’s letter (which can be seen our website government in Israel after two elections within prosperity. He has increased Israel’s stand- adhere to their proper roles as intellectuals camera.org). All Subbaswamy did was point to the last 6 months. The twin election results ing with the Arab world and has expanded and counselors.” UMASS policies, which he does not enforce. can be interpreted as a consistent refusal of Israel’s political and economic relationships The chancellor also informed CAMERA that So much for safeguards at UMass Amherst. the Israeli electorate to give the current prime throughout Africa, Asia and South America. the AAUP declares that professors should “at And so much for Massachusetts taxpayers minister and his Likud party a mandate to From an economic and security perspective, all times be accurate,” “exercise appropriate getting their money’s worth from college govern in a majority coalition. Israel is stronger now than at any time in its restraint” and “show respect for the opinions administrators in the UMASS system. Israel is facing a new Middle East security 71 plus years since independence. of others” in their public utterances. Dexter Van Zile is a researcher at the Com- situation with the sudden exit of the U.S. Mr. Netanyahu has been a great leader and After citing these statements, Subbaswamy mittee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting military from Syria, and the abandonment his place in history is assured. But the people wrote that UMass Amherst “is confident that and Analysis. of the Syrian Kurds who fought and died in of Israel have spoken. 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Russian credit-card cyber- sachar to be released—other char’s deep misfortune is the is illegal in many places in months in jail on the outskirts Issachar’s plight so grips criminal Alexei Borkov, who than through a reversal of way in which it has obfuscated the world, including in India, of Moscow, a young Israeli the nation that it now occu- was arrested during a trip to the court decision or a par- the real moral of the story. where she had been purchas- woman named Naama Issa- pies the top news slot, overtak- Israel in 2015 as a result of an don from Putin—would be Immigration and Absorp- ing and smoking it. That she char was sentenced on Oct. ing the massive reportage of Interpol alert. for Washington to agree to tion Minister Ze’ev Elkin, who wasn’t caught was merely due 11 to seven-and-a-half years the Turkish incursion against For the past four years, let Borkov be sent to Russia hails from the former Soviet to luck. If she had been, it is of imprisonment in Russia. the Kurds in northeastern Borkov has been in an Is- rather than the United States. Union, responded by saying possible (though not definite) Both the extreme sentence Syria. It also is garnering raeli jail awaiting an Israeli And since Putin’s interest in that Israelis should think that she would have gotten off and trumped-up charges of serious social-media attention Supreme Court decision on the clever criminal likely in- twice before visiting Russia. lightly. Just as she would have drug-smuggling not only have and legal-fee crowdfunding. the legality of extradition volves anti-America activity, And they’re taking his advice, in Israel, where cannabis laws traumatized the 26-year-old This is in large part because in his case. The affirmative the chance of this happening according to Israeli travel are liberal, with personal pos- from Rehovot—and inflicted Issachar is an easily identifi- decision finally handed down is slim to zero. agents, who report clients’ session of less than 15 grams great anguish on her family and able figure for Israelis, whose appears to have coincided Issachar’s tragic situation cancelations of trips to Russia of the drug not enforced and friends—but also has spurred extended stints in India and with Issachar’s arrest. What conjures images of the 1978 and refusals to fly via Moscow medical marijuana relatively the entire Israeli legal and po- other inexpensive “exotic” lo- Moscow wants is for Israel movie, “Midnight Express,” en route to other destinations. easy to obtain. litical system into action. cations have become as much to “extradite” Borkov to Rus- based on the true account in Right. As though carrying As well-traveled as they Israeli President Reuven a rite of passage as military sia—reportedly a euphemism the book of the same name cannabis in one’s luggage isn’t are, Israeli millennials like Rivlin sent a letter to Russian service or university studies. for having the hacker back by Billy Hayes, an American problematic elsewhere, even Issachar are so conditioned President Vladimir Putin, Ditto for their parents, many home, where Putin can put student imprisoned in 1970 in in countries not engaged in by the freedoms they enjoy pleading with him to pardon of whom worry just as much him to proper use in under- Turkey for smuggling hashish. the cynical maneuvering of a at home—and so enamored Issachar. Israeli Prime Min- about the potential perils to handed dark-web endeavors. Hopefully, Issachar is not suf- shady extradition deal. of cultures other than their ister Benjamin Netanyahu, their children in foreign lands Israeli Justice Minister Amir fering similar horrors at the Which brings us to Is- own—that they frequently who recently discussed the as they do when their sons Ohana, who has expressed hands of her Russian guards. sachar’s claim that she had miscalculate the consequenc- matter with Putin in person and daughters are inducted sympathy for Issachar and According to her mother, forgotten to clean out her es of their actions abroad. when the pair met in Sochi into the Israel Defense Forces. disgust with her sentence, who has been camped out in suitcase before leaving In- Still, this kind of obliviousness in September, made another The broader reason for the nevertheless is in a genuine Moscow for half a year now, dia, which is why the small doesn’t make Issachar deserv- plea on Tuesday. national focus on Issachar, bind, as it is not in the po- despite being denied the same amount of weed remained at ing of lock-up, let alone for the Issachar was detained in who also holds U.S. citizen- litical echelon’s purview to access as other parents to the bottom of her bag. As her better part of a decade. April while boarding a con- ship, is that she is believed to overturn a Supreme Court their incarcerated daughters, sister insisted in an interview, It most certainly should necting return flight to Israel have been targeted for arrest decision. Ironically, many of Issachar is learning to speak “Naama would never have serve as a cautionary tale, from India, where she had by Russian authorities and is those pressuring him to do so Russian and trying not to done something so foolish” however, for all Israelis on been trekking around with being exploited as a political are the very same people who despair. At the moment, she as to carry the pot with her. the move, wherever they may a friend for a few months. As pawn. The assumption in continually rake him over the must be clinging to the sliv- In other words, she would roam. she was about to get on the Jerusalem is that Issachar’s coals for being hyper-critical of ers of hope awakened by the have made sure to dispose of Ruthie Blum is an Israel- plane, she was stopped by detention and disproportion- Israel’s all-powerful judiciary. intervention of Rivlin and it before heading to the New based journalist and author Russian airport security on ate punishment, even by Rus- Be that as it may, the sup- Netanyahu, and by the pres- Delhi airport. of “To Hell in a Handbasket: the grounds that 9.5 grams sian standards, constitute a posed extradition triangle be- sure of the Israeli public. Herein lies a crucial point Carter, Obama, and the ‘Arab of cannabis had been found form of leverage on the Israeli hind Issachar’s imprisonment The one problem with Israe- about Israeli sojourners in Spring.’ ” As an Israeli journalist in Germany, I wasn’t surprised by the Halle synagogue shooting By Dana Regev “Jews are the root of all About 1,800 anti-Semitic racial slurs and chanting “get massacre should hardly come Middle East politics, and problems,” the gunman, crimes were committed in out of Germany, Jewish pigs.” as a surprise. Israel. She previously wrote COLOGNE, Germany identified as Stephan Balliet Germany in 2018, a 20 percent As was proven in Halle, And anyone who thought for Haaretz, and currently re- (JTA)—When the breaking of the German state of Saxony- increase from the previous these dark forces are very Jews were somehow out of ports for Germany’s interna- news from Halle started to Anhalt, could be heard saying, year. Violent crimes against much alive and kicking. the picture when it comes tional broadcaster Deutsche pour in Wednesday after- among other xenophobic and Jews specifically rose to 62 In a country with nearly to hate crimes on German Welle, the BBC, Fox News, noon, the Jewish community misogynistic statements, from 37 in 2017, according to a 13,000 active violent far-right soil is now forced to face Grazia UK and more. around the world was still in while livestreaming his at- report released by Germany’s extremists, who are not only this harsh reality: The far The views and opinions the midst of commemorating tack on Amazon’s streaming Interior Ministry earlier this increasingly arming and right never really stopped expressed in this article are the holiest day of the year in platform Twitch. year. training themselves for vio- targeting us. those of the author and do not Judaism, Yom Kippur. He even had the temerity The report showed that lent attacks, but also managed Dana Regev, Israeli born, necessarily reflect the views Equipped with a rifle, am- to deny the Holocaust, re- anti-foreigner crimes have also to infiltrate the police and the Cologne based, writes about of JTA or its parent company, munition and other military minding us all that prejudice, increased by nearly 20 percent, army forces, this attempted German current affairs, 70 Faces Media. gear, the 27-year-old gunman conspiracy theories and ha- to 7,701 incidents in 2018 from tried to break into a synagogue tred toward Jews never really 6,434 the previous year. in the eastern German city vanished. The increase in hate crimes and shoot as many Jews as Wake-up call against Jews and mostly he could during prayers. The Some in the Jewish com- Muslim immigrants is no shooter, a far-rightist, had munity—albeit not many— coincidence. The Halle shoot- every intention to commit a were foolish enough to think er himself admitted in his memorable massacre with a that the far right in Europe 35-minute livestream that “worldwide effect,” according was now occupied with the he had considered attacking to Germany’s chief federal 2015 immigration wave, a mosque, but then regretted prosecutor. mainly from Muslim coun- it, realizing that he had to His attempts failed thanks tries. Some even had the eliminate the real problem to the security measures at the audacity to celebrate the and not just its symptoms, entrance and the resource- extremists’ rise. alluding to, who else, the Jews. fulness of the worshippers, In Europe today, many The same ideology that helping to prevent a far greater of the attacks against Jews leads far-right extremists disaster. Two people lost their are carried out by Muslims, to believe they should “stop lives outside the compound, though there is much debate the invasion” of Islam into but more than 50 Jewish men over the prevalence of such Germany is the one making and women were inside—doz- instances. Just a few days ago, them believe in the trite yet ens of lives were saved. a knife-wielding man tried dangerous conspiracy theory Prayers and condolences to enter a Berlin synagogue, about a well-coordinated poured in from around the chanting swears against Israel global Jewish cabal. world. The attack sent shock- and shouting “Allahu Akbar” In fact, a poll published waves across Germany that re- in Arabic—a phrase that last year by the German verberated around the globe. means “God is great” and also newspaper FAZ showed that “I am, like millions of is often used by Islamists upon 55 percent of the far-right people in Germany, shocked committing acts of terror. He party Alternative for Germany and dejected by this crime,” was released from custody believe that “Jews have too German Chancellor Angela less than 24 hours after the much power in this world.” Merkel said at a trade union incident and not charged with This is the same party with congress in Nuremberg. any crime, sparking concern election campaign billboards But for us, Jews who live in among Jewish leaders in the that read “New Germans? We Germany, “shock” is the last country. make them ourselves!” urging reaction that comes to mind But celebrating the rise German women not to marry following this heinous attack. of anti-Muslim extremists anyone who isn’t German. In fact, it was just a matter of because of a few attacks per- It’s clear that the far right time until the extreme far- petrated by radical Islamists is doesn’t have Jews in mind right scene in this country not only abhorrent but also su- when they talk about “real” would turn its spotlight back perbly naive—anti-Semitism, Germans. In August 2018, for on the true, eternal enemy of xenophobia, Islamophobia example, neo-Nazis attacked both Germany and Western and racism more typically go a Jewish restaurant in Chem- civilization: the Jews. hand in hand. nitz, hurling stones, using PAGE 6A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, OCTOBER 25, 2019 Cost $5 free JCC members. RSVP to Robin Merkel, 407-645-5933, ext. 336. What’s A COMPREHENSIVE Temple Israel—Course on “The Jewish Golden Age of Spain: From Glory to Exile,” taught by COMMUNITY Jewish educator Charlene Neely. First class in a series of three, 10 a.m.—noon. 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HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, OCTOBER 25, 2019 PAGE 7A The Democratic debate revealed the candidates’ differences on Middle East policy By Ron Kampeas of American presence,” he policy. Now you tell me what said. “It’s a consequence of a country in the world will trust WESTERVILLE, Ohio withdrawal and a betrayal by the word of the president of (JTA)—The fourth Demo- this president of American the United States?” cratic presidential debate allies and American values.” Klobuchar, of Minnesota, revealed fissures among the Gabbard shot back: “So, was the only candidate to note candidates on whether to keep really, what you’re saying, the impact on Israel of the U.S. troops in the Middle East. Mayor Pete, is that you would rupture of the U.S. alliance The 12 hopefuls on the continue to support having with the Kurds. stage Tuesday night at Ot- U.S. troops in Syria for an “Think about our other terbein University in this indefinite period of time to allies, Israel,” she said. “How Columbus suburb were unani- continue this regime-change do they feel right now? Donald mous in describing President war that has caused so many Trump is not true to his word Donald Trump’s pullout of refugees to flee Syria.” when they are a beacon of American troops from Syria “You can put an end to democracy in the Mideast.” as catastrophic for the Kurds, endless war without embrac- Klobuchar and Castro also U.S. allies in the war against ing Donald Trump’s policy, faulted Trump for pulling out the Islamic State who are as you’re doing,” Buttgieg of the Iran nuclear deal last now at the mercy of Turkish countered. year, saying it diminished U.S. forces who invaded northern Also upholding the U.S. influence abroad. The deal, Syria following the American troop presence in north- which traded sanctions relief Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images departure. But they differed ern Syria were former Vice for a rollback of Iran’s nuclear A record 12 Democratic presidential candidates stand before the start of their debate at over whether U.S. forces President Joe Biden and program, was stridently op- Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio, Oct. 15, 2019. should remain in the region. Sens. Bernie Sanders, Amy posed by Israeli Prime Min- Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D- Klobuchar, Kamala Harris ister Benjamin Netanyahu. man congresswoman from the boycott Israel movement bates, candidates charged Hawaii, a veteran who in the and Cory Booker, along with Trump wants to negotiate New York who has become a and have been faulted for that Trump’s blunt national- past has sounded conciliatory former Housing Secretary a more stringent deal with leading progressive voice and remarks seen as crossing the ism was fueling bigotry and toward the Syrian regime, Julian Castro. Iran and has reimposed tough is going to endorse Sanders line into anti-Semitism. Sand- right-wing violence. Harris, blamed the carnage on “the “The crisis here, as I think sanctions on the country. for president. Ocasio-Cortez ers does not support a boycott of California, lashed out at regime-change war that we’ve Joe said and Pete said, is when Sanders, 78, addressed con- worked as an organizer for of Israel, but upholds the right Warren for not endorsing her been waging in Syria” and said you begin to betray people, in cerns about his health arising Sanders’ 2016 run. of other Americans to do so. call for Twitter to suspend the the United States had backed terms of the Kurds, 11,000 after his recent heart attack. Also endorsing Sanders The fourth member of The president’s account. terrorists in the country. of them died fighting ISIS, “Let me invite you all to a were two other members of Squad, Ayanna Pressley of “I would urge you to join Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D- 30,000 were wounded, and the major rally we’re having in “The Squad” of freshman Massachusetts, is the closest me,” Harris said to Warren. Mass., who is emerging as a United States said, ‘We’re with Queens, New York,” he said. Democrats: Ilhan Omar of of the four to the pro-Israel “We saw in El Paso that that front-runner in the race, agreed you, we’re standing with you,’” “We’re going to have a special Minnesota and Rashida Tlaib community and has not yet shooter in his manifesto was with Gabbard “that we ought said Sanders, I-Vt., who before guest at that event. And we are of Michigan. Their support was endorsed Sanders. informed by how Donald to get out of the Middle East. Warren’s surge was the flag- going to be mounting a vig- notable as Warren surpassed Much of the first hour Trump uses that platform, and I don’t think we should have bearer for progressives and a orous campaign all over this Sanders in polling over the of the debate featured can- this is a matter of corporate troops in the Middle East.” critic of U.S. involvement in country. That is how I think summer to become the lead- didates targeting Warren, responsibility. Twitter should Pete Buttigieg, the mayor foreign wars. I can reassure the American ing progressive alternative to a consequence of her new be held accountable and shut of South Bend, Indiana, who “And then suddenly, one people.” Biden. Recent polling is show- front-runner status. Warren down that site.” is also a veteran, lashed out day after a phone call with Toward the end of the ing Warren pulling ahead of was criticized for not explain- Warren avoided taking at Gabbard. [Turkish President Recep debate, news broke that the Biden as well to become the ing how she would fund her up the challenge, saying she “The slaughter going on Tayyip] Erdogan, announced special guest was Alexandria leading candidate overall. “Medicare for All” initiative. preferred to use antitrust laws in Syria is not a consequence by tweet, Trump reverses that Ocasio-Cortez, the fresh- Omar and Tlaib both back As in the previous de- to break up tech monopolies. 93-year-old Albanian who rescued Jews to be honored in Poland By Cnaan Liphshiz

(JTA)—A Muslim man from Albania who saved Jews dur- ing the Holocaust will attend an event in Poland honoring rescuers from across Europe. Jewish Graveside Package: Xhemal Veseli, 93, who is among a handful of Muslim rescuers alive today, will travel • Service of Funeral Director and Staff to Warsaw with Albania’s for- eign minister, Edmond Pana- riti, whose family also saved • Sacred Burial Shroud Jews from the Holocaust. They will attend in Warsaw • Filing all Necessary Paperwork an event titled “An Evening Xhemal Veseli (l) with Jonny Daniels. for the Righteous” on Nov. 14. “In the remarkably frag- From the Depths has ful of Nazi-occupied countries • $200.00 to Chevra Kaddish Society donation for washing mented and aggressive world pledged to cover the costs whose Jewish minorities grew we live in today, religion sadly of her eye medication, during the Holocaust. Most of often divides us,” said the or- Eylea, for the rest of her the 2,000 Jews living in Alba- • Traditional Jewish Flat Top Pine Casket ganizer, Jonny Daniels of the life. It costs about $10,000 nia after the Holocaust were From the Depths commemo- annually. refugees from neighboring ration group. But testimonies Albania was among a hand- countries. • Staff Supervison of Service at Graveside like Xhemal’s, Daniels added, “bring us together as Jews and Muslims.” • Transportation to Cemetery In addition to Albania, the event will be attended by rescuers from Poland and $4595.00 Belarus as well as officials from Israel, Denmark and the United States. Xhemal Veseli and his late brother, Hamid, rescued two Jewish families from Italian occupation forces in 1943. Y Xhemal, then 17, walked with HEALTHY EYES WEAR SUNGLASSES Call us to receive your free Final Wishes Organizer! elderly Jews for 36 hours to his Every day that you’re outside, you’re exposed to dangerous, but invisible, ultraviolet (UV) sunlight. Left unprotected, prolonged family home, according to the exposure to UV radiation can seriously damage the eye, leading to cataracts, skin cancer around the eyelid and other eye Yad Vashem Holocaust memo- disorders. Protecting your eyes is important to maintaining eye health now and in the future. 407-695-CARE (2273) rial and museum in Israel. Shield your eyes (and your family’s eyes) from harmful UV rays. Wear sunglasses with maximum UV protection. Yad Vashem recognized the www. DeGusipeFuneralHome.com For more information, visit www.thevisioncouncil.org/consumers/sunglasses. brothers as Righteous Among A public service message from The Vision Council. the Nations in 2004. Maitland Sanford West Orange Derita Veseli, Xhemal’s 9001 N. Orlando Avenue 905 Laurel Avenue 1400 Matthew Paris Blvd wife, said her family also res- Maitland, FL 32751 Sanford, FL 32771 Ocoee, FL 34761 cued Jews in Albania. PAGE 8A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, OCTOBER 25, 2019 At this Florida Jewish day school, half the students aren’t Jewish

By Ben Sales half the students at this Jew- it began emphasizing that ish day school are not Jewish. inclusiveness—including a SARASOTA, Florida “Even though we only teach mission statement welcoming (JTA)—Most American Jew- about Chanukah, if they say, “children of all faiths”—when ish day schools go all in on ‘we’re excited that we have a Ceaser, in his first job at a Jew- Chanukah, in part to remind Christmas tree and a menorah ish school, came on in 2015. their students that Jews have in our house,’ if it’s important Since then, Community Day’s a winter holiday of their own. to our kids, we’re going to hon- enrollment has more than But when December rolls or that and create a space for tripled, from 67 students in around at the Hershorin Schiff them to share that,” said Dan 2015 to 275 in the upcoming Community Day School in Ceaser, the head of school. “So school year. It has students southwestern Florida, you’re while we’re teaching our Jew- from preschool through almost as likely to see kids ish traditions, we are creating eighth grade in a city with drawing Christmas trees as a space for families to share about 20,000 Jews. menorahs or dreidels. That’s their traditions and we are The school is trying to because the school asks its honoring those as well.” strike a balance between students to design their own The school has always teaching Jewish values, cul- holiday plates—and almost been open to non-Jews, but ture and practice on the one hand, and remaining inclusive on the other. In addition to its Judaism, the school appeals to families by emphasizing its diversity (students’ families hail from 40 countries) and Ben Sales Students at Hershorin Schiff Community Day School in Sarasota, Fla. create panels for a philosophy of independent, the periodic table of elements. project-based learning. The school is explicitly trying to serve as a model for other Jewish day schools as non-Orthodox Jewish schools struggle with rising costs and declining affiliation. Another LOVE IN SUSPENDERS experiment in pluralistic Jew- Preceded by HOW TO SWIM Nov 9 | 7:30 PM ish education, the American Orlando Science Center CineDome Hebrew Academy boarding SPONSORED BY school in North Carolina, THE SPY BEHIND closed abruptly this year, cit- HOME PLATE ing financial challenges. Nov 10 | 11 AM | Enzian For more than a decade, LEONA Hebrew-language charter Nov 10 | 2 PM | Enzian schools have pursued a simi- THE INTERPRETER lar model. They’re open to Nov 11 | 4 PM | Enzian students of all faiths and TEL AVIV ON FIRE backgrounds and, in order Nov 11 | 7 PM | Enzian to accept public funding, emphasize Israeli culture, not THE REPORTS ON SARAH AND SALEEM religious identity. What sets Nov 12 | 7 PM | Orlando Science Center the Sarasota school apart is Digital Adventure Theater that, unlike charter schools, it is explicitly Jewish. Students pray, eat kosher-style food and Ben Sales TICKETS ONLY $12! celebrate Shabbat. Tuition is The school has a hallway of flags representing the 40 countries its students’ families MENSCH & SERIES PASSES ALSO AVAILABLE on a sliding scale, but averages hail from.

The festival is produced by Enzian and the JCC of Greater Orlando as part of the Cultural $9,300 per child. Festival Circuit and is supported by United Arts of Central Florida with funds from the “The best way to fight anti- welcome you as you are and Students at the school learn ing yourself in Hebrew,” she United Arts Campaign and by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Semitism and injustice is not we’ll celebrate what you bring about the Jewish calendar, said. “There’s an emphasis Cultural Affairs, the Florida Arts Council, and the National Endowment for the Arts. just to educate Jews but to to us. That’s in terms of faith, holidays and Israel, and pray on the cultural side—Israeli educate non-Jews about the affiliation, culture, ethnicity, each morning. Through slang, Israeli music, Israeli importance of advocating families that identify as non- second grade, they all study food. There’s an emphasis on for all,” Ceaser said. “We traditional.” English, Hebrew and Spanish. Hebrew as a living, relevant Starting the following year, language.” students split off into study- The school also tries to ing one of the two languages cater to its diverse student TRANSFORM YOUR HOME AND intensively. There are also a body by being flexible in few different religious studies general. Classes will often UPGRADE YOUR STORAGE tracks kids can choose—from have students from multiple world religions to Jewish grades. The curriculum is studies to a more intensive, project-based, so students can four-day-a-week traditional (literally) get their hands dirty Jewish track run by Rabbi in a garden, choosing which Chaim Steinmetz, director of vegetables to plant, or can Chabad Lubavitch of Sarasota devise a way to build a chicken & Manatee Counties, that coop on school grounds—a will have a handful of kids thing that actually happened. this year. Eric Pressman, who is Jew- “It’s kind of cool to compare ish and has two children at the the two religions,” said Mat- school, appreciates that he can thew Cook, who will be enter- place them in a Jewish envi- BUY 5, GET 1 ing 8th grade at the school and ronment that does not cloister * is a practicing Catholic. “The them away from the country’s challah and the wine, there’s non-Jewish majority. FREE something a lot similar, it’s “It allows our children to bread and wine—almost the be raised with Jewish values, same thing. Just [to me] it but it still embraces a mul- represents the body of Christ ticultural feel,” he said. “It and the blood.” allows for children to prepare In Hebrew class, the em- to engage in a diverse com- phasis is on learning how to munity, whether they do so order falafel, or listening to academically or multicultur- Schedule your free design consultation classic Israeli singers, said ally or whether they do so Snait Ben-Herut, a Hebrew occupationally. 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Cloud • Plantation Bay, 4641 Old Canoe Creek Rd, St. Cloud Israelis. The CD is titled The “Bridge • Osceola Chamber of Commerce, 1425 Hwy 192, St. Cloud • Do you want to get in shape? Do you want to go home or & The Prophet.” Each song Andy Williams Valencia College, 1800 Denn John Ln, Kissimmee • Kissimmee any place and stay safe? Learn Krav Maga! Being bullied by was composed and sung by City Hall, 101 Church St, Kissimmee • Kissimmee Library, 211 other kids? I repeat, learn Krav Maga. It is a fabulous form of a super talented guy named E. Dakin, Kissimmee • Robinson’s Coffee Shop, 114 Broadway, martial arts. (Just saying.) JOHN TENUTO. His singing was very entertaining and his Kissimmee • Osceola County Courthouse, 2 Courthouse Sq, songs, especially the lyrics, really touched my heart. Gems & Jeans... Kissimmee • Barnies, 3236 John Young Pwy, Kissimmee • (Sounds like the way I dress lately, with silver earrings, gold He is currently working on new songs and another CD. 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He decided to become a dentist a few months ago.” The event will take place on Sunday, Nov. 3rd beginning “A dentist?” says Leah, “So why has Paul changed his career?” at 5 p.m. and will be held at the Westin Lake Mary, Orlando “Let’s face it,” replies Hannah, “everyone starts off with 32 teeth but North, 2974 International Parkway, Lake Mary. have you ever heard of anybody who has more than one tuches?” Argentine Jewish chef named top in Latin America by his peers traditional Jewish foods with who have lived in the Middle Kalika’s Bubbe’s Varenikes, a a modern twist, won the East since Moses,” according potato-stuffed dumpling. Chefs´ Choice Award 2019, the the website of his restaurant The restaurant also placed only peer-voted prize at Latin Mishiguene, which means 20th on the 50 best list during America’s 50 Best Restaurants crazy in Yiddish. the ceremony on Thursday awards ceremony. The restaurant was opened in Buenos Aires. Mishiguene Kalika started to learn in Buenos Aires in October was the winner of the Highest about cooking at the age of 17 2014 by Kalika and his friend Climber Award 2018, jumping in Israel with award-winning chef Eyal Shani, who later helped Kalika get a job at the Hilton Hotel in Jerusalem. Kalika believes that Jewish food Kalika later was head chef at the Eldan hotels chain. After is the first truly global cuisine. eight years of living far from family in Israel he returned to Argentina as a professional and partner Javier Ickowicz. 32 places in the list from 50 in chef. Among his top dishes are: 2017 to 18 the following year. Tomas Kalika Kalika believes that Jewish gefilte fish wrapped in carrot According to the panel, “de- food is the first truly global ribbons and topped with fish termination, self-realization By JTA staff cuisine and defines it as “the roe and micro greens; Mi Baba and a career peppered with emotional memories of the Ganoush with char roast- vicissitudes” have contributed BUENOS AIRES, Argen- Jews who fled Eastern Europe, ed eggplant, yogurt sauce, to Kalika as recipient of the tina (JTA)—Argentinian chef the Sephardim who were ex- toasted almonds and tahini; other chefs’ votes as the best Tomas Kalika, who cooks pelled from Spain, the Mizrahi slow-cooked pastrami; and of 2019. PAGE 10A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, OCTOBER 25, 2019 ‘Jojo Rabbit’ doesn’t glorify Nazis—it’s a lesson in how hate is taught or assume it downplays the now, that we need to educate meet Hitler. He’s basically a horrors of the Holocaust, like our kids about tolerance and 10-year-old who happens to multiple critics have argued continue to remind ourselves have a tiny little mustache,” already, take a deep breath: that there’s no place in this Waititi told Deadline. “I didn’t “Jojo Rabbit” is a very good world for hate. Children are have to do any research, and movie with a meaningful not born with hate, they are I didn’t do any research. I message. trained to hate.” didn’t base him on anything First, the basics. Throughout it all, the view- I’d seen about Hitler before. The film is written and er is never allowed to forget I just made him a version of directed by Taika Waititi, a that Jojo is a 10-year-old. Near myself that happened to have Maori Jew most recognized for the end, Jojo’s friend Yorki a bad haircut and a shitty little writing and directing the re- (Archie Yates) is overwhelmed mustache. And a mediocre cent “Thor: Ragnarok” movie, by all the fighting and tells German accent.” who also stars as Hitler. His Jojo, “I need a cuddle. Nothing Waititi cast himself as Hit- version of the Fuehrer is the makes sense anymore.” ler after a frustrating search. imaginary projection of a boy These are kids, “Jojo Rab- When he started filming, he named Jojo (Roman Griffin bit” is reminding us, thrust wrote on Twitter, “What bet- Davis) who is set on joining into a hateful world. They ter way to insult Hitler than the Hitler Youth. can still be taught the power having him portrayed by a Jojo discovers early on that of love and acceptance. Polynesian Jew?” his mom (Scarlett Johansson) Waititi drew upon his own As I watched, I kept going is hiding a Jewish girl in their background to create the film. back to that quote in my head. attic. The two kids develop an He grew up in the Raukokore What would make Hitler an- Kimberley French/Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. unlikely friendship, and their region of New Zealand. His grier than to be portrayed by Roman Griffin Davis as Jojo (left), Taika Waititi as Hitler (center) and Scarlet Johansson relationship is at the heart of mom is Russian Jewish, and a Jewish person of color? (To as Jojo’s mother (right), who takes in a Jewish girl to hide her from the Nazis. the film. his dad is Te Whanau-a- be fair, our mere existence as Though the movie is set Apanui, a Maori tribe. Jewish people would probably By Emily Burack state of rising anti-Semitism brainwashed by Nazi ideology during the twilight of Hitler’s “Most of the prejudice be enough to inspire anger in in 2019. and his imaginary friend—a reign in Germany, Jojo is still I’ve experienced has been a long-dead Hitler.) 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All rights reserved. lead to significant improve- reaches Stage 1 classification, Cancer on page 15A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, OCTOBER 25, 2019 PAGE 11A Harold Bloom dreamed in Central Florida Synagogues

Yiddish until his death Orlando Weekday Morning Minyan (Conservative/Egalitarian), services Monday- Friday 7:45 a.m. (9 a.m.—national holidays); 2nd floor Chapel—Jewish Academy of Orlando; By Gabe Friedman 851 N. Maitland Ave., Maitland. For information call 407-298-4650. NEW YORK (JTA)—Many Celebration Jewish Congregation (R), services and holiday schedules shown at www. obituaries of Harold Bloom, JewishCelebration.org; 407-479-8377. the lion of American literary , 1701 Markham Woods Road, Longwood, criticism who passed away on Chabad Lubavitch of North Orlando (O) Oct. 15, 2019, at 89, mention 407-636-5994, www.jewishorlando.com; services: Friday 7:00 p.m.; Saturday at 9:30 a.m. that he was born to Orthodox Chabad of Altamonte Springs (O), 414 Spring Valley Lane, Altamonte Springs, 407- Jewish immigrants from East- 280-0535; www.jewishaltamonte.com. ern Europe. Few mention his lifelong Chabad of South Orlando (O), 7347 Sand Lake Road, Orlando, 407-354-3660; www. love of Yiddish, and particu- jewishorlando.com; Shabbat services: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. and 10 minutes before sunset; larly Yiddish theater, which he Saturday, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday, 8:15 a.m. grew up watching in New York Chabad of the Space & Treasure Coasts (O), 1190 Highway A1A, Satellite Beach, City (although The New York 321-777-2770. Times one does say that the Congregation Ahavas Yisrael/Chabad (O), 708 Lake Howell Rd., Maitland, 407-644- first book Bloom read was an Harold Bloom anthology of Yiddish poetry). 2500; www.chabadorlando.org; services: Sunday, 9 a.m.; Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m.; Shabbat In what was likely one major at Cornell. We spent shudder that you could feel all services: Friday, 6:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m.; Family service, 4th Friday of the month. of Bloom’s last interviews, a semester reading the New through the Second Avenue Congregation Bet Chaim (R), 181 E. Mitchell Hammock, Oviedo, 407-830-7211; www. taped only a few weeks before Testament. Even as a child, I Theater, Maurice Schwartz betchaim.org; Shabbat services: Friday, 8 p.m. his death, he spoke with the conceived a dislike of it, which drops the scalpel and screams Yiddish Book Center for its I’ve made clear many times, out ‘Ikh bin dokh a yid,’ which Congregation Beth Am (C), 3899 Sand Lake Road, Longwood, 407-862-3505; www. Wexler Oral History Project. saying that indeed it should be is of course untranslatable. congbetham.org; Shabbat services: Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m. The project has shared some of called the Belated Testament It’s like—well, after all I’m Congregation Beth El (C), 2185 Meadowlane Ave., West Melbourne, 321-779-0740; the highlights and video from and Tanakh [Hebrew Bible] Jewish and we don’t do this the interview with the Jewish the Original Testament. One sort of thing. At which, the Shabbat services, 1st & 3rd Friday, 8 p.m.; 2nd & 4th Saturdays, 9:30 a.m. Telegraphic Agency. of my many ways of making play stopped and I got used Congregation Beth Emeth (R), 2205 Blue Sapphire Circle, Orlando, 407-222-6393; “I still dream in Yid- enemies, of whom God knows to this at the Second Avenue Shabbat service: monthly, 8 p.m. dish” I have a plethora.” Theater. Everybody in the Congregation Beth Israel (Rec), Collins Resource Center, Suite 303, 9401 S.R. 200, “As a very small child, 3, “A lot of the best poetry audience cheered. Schwartz 4 years old, I was sent to written in the United ran from one side of the stage Ocala, 352-237-8277; bethisraelocala.org; Shabbat service, second Friday of the month, 8 p.m. Sholem Aleichem schools... States is in Yiddish” to the other, interrupting the Congregation Beth Sholom (R-C), 315 North 13th St., Leesburg, 352-326-3692; www. they were all over the Bronx. “A lot of the best poetry performance, bowing and bethsholomflorida.org; schedule of services on website. So, pretty good early edu- written in the United States throwing kisses to the women Congregation Beth Shalom (Progressive Conservative), Orange City congregation cation that was strictly in is in Yiddish... Moyshe-Leyb in the audience. Women Yiddish... But to this day Halpern in particular, he was dashed forward throwing holds services at 1308 E. Normandy Blvd., Deltona; 386-804-8283; www.mybethshalom. my English is very curious an amazing poet. “The Yiddish roses at him. It became a sort com; Shabbat services: Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. because I learned it only Baudelaire,” they called him, of general tumult. It was 20 Congregation B’nai Torah (C), 403 N. Nova Rd., Ormond Beach, 32174, 386-672-1174; through the eye and not but he’s not at all like Baude- minutes before the play could www.mybnaitorah.com; Shabbat services: Friday, 8 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. through the ear. I didn’t, in laire. He is quite unique... resume. I loved it.” fact, hear English spoken The humor. Violently funny. “‘Death of a Salesman’... Congregation Chabad Lubavitch of Greater Daytona (O), 1079 W. Granada Blvd., until I was about 5 1/2. I was a The mastery of the language. works beautifully as a Ormond Beach, 386-672-9300; Shabbat services Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. preternaturally early reader Unfortunately, he was dead Yiddish tragedy” Congregation of Reform Judaism (R), 928 Malone Dr., Orlando, 407-645-0444; and at 5 or 6, I was already before my time. I knew [Jacob] “I never thought much of www.crjorlando.org: Shabbat services, 7 p.m. 1st, 2nd and 3rd Fridays; 6 p.m., 4th and 5th reading Shakespeare and Glatstein pretty well. He was ‘Death of a Salesman’ until an Fridays; Saturday: 10 a.m. trying to read Milton and so not as unlikable as [Isaac] Ba- actor with whom I was close, on. But English is, of course, shevis [Singer], but he wasn’t Joseph Buloff, translated it Congregation Mateh Chaim (R), P.O. Box 060847, Palm Bay, 32906, 321-768-6722. a very peculiar language, as a very sweet person.” into Yiddish and acted the part Congregation Ohev Shalom (C), 613 Concourse Parkway South, Maitland, 407-298- Bernard Shaw complains, “The first Shakespeare of Willy Loman, and he invited 4650; www.ohevshalom.org; Shabbat service, Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m. the orthography and the plays I ever saw were in me to see it in New York. It was pronunciation have nothing Yiddish” marvelous. The whole point is Congregation Shalom Aleichem (R), 3501 Oak Pointe Blvd., Kissimmee, 407-935- in common. So to this day, “My three wonderful older it works beautifully as a Yid- 0064; www.shalomaleichem.com; Shabbat service, 1st and 3rd Fridays of the month, 8 p.m. I speak my own curious, sisters steadily took me to dish tragedy, but makes no Congregation Shomer Ysrael (C), 5382 Hoffner Ave., Orlando, 407-227-1258, call for inflected English. It doesn’t the Second Avenue Theater. sense as an American tragedy. services and holiday schedules. sound like anybody else’s. So Unfortunately, Thomashefsky But in Yiddish as rendered by as far as I’m concerned, I still and Jacob Adler were already Buloff and acted by Buloff, it Congregation Sinai (C/R), 1200 West Broad Street, Groveland; 352-243-5353; congre- dream in Yiddish.” gone, but Maurice Schwartz had real power.” gation-sinai.org; services: every Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Shabbat Service evert Saturday, 10 a.m. On whether he still read was there. The first Shake- On describing Yiddish Orlando Torah Center (O), 8591 Banyan Blvd., Orlando; 347-456-6485; Shacharis- Yiddish speare plays I ever saw were culture Shabbos 9 a.m.; Mon.—Thurs. 6:45 a.m.; Sun. and Legal Holidays 8 a.m.; Mincha/Maariv “Of course. Jabotinsky did in Yiddish at the Second Av- “My favorite Yiddish prov- a [Yiddish] version of Dante. enue Theater and I will never erb I translate, ‘Sleep faster, Please call for times. I’ve been writing about Dante forget my experience. This is we need the pillows.’ That’s Southwest Orlando Jewish Congregation/Ohalei Rivka (C), 11200 S. Apopka- recently, and reading it in the about 1938 and I’m 8 years the essence of it. Compas- Vineland Rd., Orlando, 407-239-5444; Shabbat service, Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m. Italian. I looked at Jabotin- old. The magnificent Maurice sionate, and conducting a sky’s [Yiddish] translation, Schwartz is Shylock. But this kind of implicit quarrel with Temple Beth El (R) / Temple Israel (C), 579 N. Nova Rd., Ormond Beach, 386-675- which is very strange. A very has all been marvelously re- God. Remember the great 6615 / 386-252-3097; Friday Shabbat Service 7 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m. strange man, Jabotinsky. But written, in Yiddish—as they statement of Benya Krik in Temple Beth Shalom (R), P.O. Box 031233, Winter Haven, 813-324-2882. there’s a sadness in all of it said, ‘farbesert’—improved. Babel’s great story ‘How It Temple Beth Shalom (C), 40 Wellington Drive, Palm Coast, 386-445-3006; Shabbat because I doubt that there’s “Schwartz was an enor- Was In Odessa’? After his one Jew alive today in Odessa.” mous man. He had a gigantic hoods have shot this highly service, Friday, 8 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. “The first book I ever black beard and a big boom- meek and gentle Jewish clerk, Temple Beth Sholom (C), 5995 N. Wickham Rd. Melbourne, 321-254-6333; www. owned was a New Testament ing voice, and he played a mother is complaining. And mytbs.org; Shabbat services: Friday, 7 p.m.; Saturday: 9:30 a.m. Minyan, Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.; in Yiddish” the histrionic old Russian Benya says, magnificently, ‘All Thursday, 10:00 a.m. “Funnily enough, the first style, like Jacob Adler and right, so I made a mistake. book I ever owned myself, and Thomashefsky. So there he Even God makes mistakes. He Temple Beth Shalom (R), 1109 N.E. 8th Ave., Ocala, 352-629-3587; Shabbat services: it still strikes me as hilarious, is, waiving an enormous could have put us in Switzer- Friday, 8 p.m.; Torah study: Saturday, 10:00 a.m. was a New Testament in Yid- scalpel, and he’s approach- land surrounded by nothing Temple B’nai Darom (R), 49 Banyan Course, Ocala, 352-624-0380; Friday Services 8 p.m. dish. One day, the doorbell ing Antonio, the trembling but thousands of lakes and rang and a missionary handed ‘sheygetz’ [rascal], who is millions of Frenchies, but Temple Israel (C), 50 S. Moss Rd., Winter Springs, 407-647-3055; www.tiflorida.org; it to me. So I read it years stripped to the waist and where did he put us? Here, in Shabbat services: Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday 9:00 a.m. later, since I became a classics suddenly with a histrionic godforsaken Russia.’” Temple Israel (R), 7350 Lake Andrew Drive, Melbourne, 321-631-9494. Temple Israel of DeLand (R), 1001 E. New York Ave., DeLand, 386-736-1646; www. templeisraelofdeland.org; Friday Shabbat service, 7 p.m.; Saturday, 10:00 a.m. followed by Torah study. OBITUARIES Temple Shalom (formerly New Jewish Congregation) (R), 13563 Country Road 101, Oxford, 352-748-1800; www.templeshalomcentralfl.org; Shabbat services: Friday, 7 p.m.; last Saturday of the month, 9:30 a.m. SONIA LEVEY Weston, Fla., in 1997. Sonia ment were held at Mount Leba- Sonia Levey, age 88, of was the widow of the Ronald non Cemetery in Glendale, N.Y. Temple Shalom of Deltona (R/C), 1785 Elkcam Blvd., Deltona, 386-789-2202; www. Kissimmee, passed away W. Levey and relocated to the In memory of Sonia Levey, the shalomdeltona.org; Shabbat service; Saturday: 10 a.m. peacefully on Oct.17, 2019, at Orlando area in March of 2019. family requests contributions Temple Shir Shalom (R) Services held at Temple Israel, 50 S. Moss Rd., Winter Springs, the VITAS Inpatient Hospice She is survived by her to the American Cancer Soci- Unit in Winter Garden. A daughters, Laura (Ed) Weisen- ety. www.cancer.org. 407-366-3556, www.templeshirshalom.org; Shabbat services: three Fridays each month, Brooklyn, New York native, feld of Kissimmee and Karen Arrangements entrusted to 7:30 p.m. she was born on Jan. 3, 1931, (Rick) Lynch of Ramsey, N.J.; Beth Shalom Memorial Cha- Traditional Congregation of Mount Dora (T) Mount Dora, 352-735-4774; www. to the late Isadore and Fannie and her grandchildren— pel, 640 Lee Road, Orlando FL tcomd.org; Shabbat services: Saturday, 9:30 a.m. sharp. Beck. She was a high school Jaime, Shannon, Donovan 32810. 407-599-1180 www. graduate and a homemaker and Erica. bethshalommemorialchapel. (R) Reform (C) Conservative (O) Orthodox (Rec) Reconstructionist (T) Mehitsa moving from New York to Funeral services and inter- com. PAGE 12A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, OCTOBER 25, 2019 Las Vegas rabbi on what it’s like to lead a synagogue in ‘Sin City’ By Josefin Dolsten The Jewish Telegraphic your mind about coming I’ve become aware of it that’s about what there are Agency sat down with Aksel- here? with a few people, just word right now. LAS VEGAS (JTA)—Con- rad to learn more about his When they told me about of mouth. They get in trouble What’s the biggest chal- gregation Ner Tamid is located experience and the changes some of the issues that my trying to pay their dues, but lenge for the Jewish commu- a half an hour drive away from he has seen in the commu- predecessors had gotten in- not as frequently as you might nity in and around Las Vegas? the Las Vegas Strip, where nity. The conversation has volved in, things they didn’t think. Our biggest challenge is each luxury hotel seems more been edited for clarity and like—one would gamble, one Do a lot of your members lack of affiliation. I would say extravagant than the next and length. would do weddings in these work in the casino industry? it’s probably about 8 percent even on a Sunday morning JTA: How did you wind up chapels—I thought, “Well, What types of jobs are com- of those 80,000 Jews that af- people can be found crowding in Las Vegas? this is a pretty low bar, I’m mon? filiate. That’s it. It’s very low. around blackjack tables and Akselrad: I was ordained in not going to do any of those My current president is a We have so many people sitting in front of slot ma- 1984 in Cincinnati by the He- things.” vice president for Caesar’s. [who relocated here] who said, chines in the glitzy casinos. brew Union College-Institute They really wanted a tra- The incoming one is a scrap “Oh, I paid a building fund up But at the synagogue, of Religion. My first pulpit was ditional synagogue that hap- metal dealer. The last one in Cleveland,” “I was a temple located in the suburb of in Columbus, Ohio, but I’m pened to be in Las Vegas. And I was someone who worked president there,” “I was a sis- Henderson, people are lin- originally from Palo Alto. My said, “That pretty much sums on zoning issues and other terhood [member]—did that, ing up for something quite dad was a rabbi in the com- up what I want.” things with the city. Then I done that, been there, that’s different. Kids are grabbing munity for many years. My I had to get beyond the had someone who was a home- it.” I’d say 40 percent of the slices of pizza as they wait for wife is an only child who grew stereotypes of gambling. maker who went on to become Jewish community is 65 or Josefin Dolsten Hebrew school to start. Some up in Reno. I’ve been here 30 years and I a senator, Jacky Rosen. older, so in their retirement Rabbi Sanford Akselrad are already sitting in rows in After a few years it became think if I’ve gambled 25 cents, How has the Jewish com- years they still might join, has been leading Congrega- the small sanctuary—the time to look for my own pulpit, that’s a lot—that’s just not my munity changed since you but they don’t want to get tion Ner Tamid in the Las synagogue has two—practic- and my dad wanted me to go personality. came here? involved like they did when Vegas suburb of Henderson ing songs in Hebrew. to Redondo Beach or Cham- Is gambling a problem in We started at about 60 they were younger and their since 1988. Rabbi Sanford Akselrad paign, Illinois, but Las Vegas your community? families, a very, very modest kids aren’t here. walks around a classroom was open. All the years I’m here, there building, but I’d done a little What are the biggest mis- gas. The people who live here, asking whether the kids My wife said, “It will be have been some cases of prob- bit of homework. There were conceptions about Las Vegas unless they work there, rarely remembered to bring money closer to my family.” And I lem gambling, but the temple about 20,000 Jews and re- that you’ve encountered in go there. It’s crowded and it’s for tzedakah, or charity. Most said, “It’s Sin City, I don’t doesn’t really have a program ally one main Conservative your work? expensive, so we stay away. forgot, but one girl drops a want to go.” She said, “Look, [for gambling addicts]. synagogue and two smaller When I took this job, when The biggest misconception coin in his box. I grew up in Reno, look how So I think the people synagogues. I would go to conventions, is that there [aren’t] normal, Akselrad has been serving I turned out.” So then what who do have a problem with I figured, “Boy, there’s a everyone used to kind of tease real people who live here as the rabbi of the Reform was I supposed to say? gambling, they seek help. lot of room for growth.” And me, ‘Do you have slot machines and raise their kids here and synagogue, which counts So really, we came out for And for sure there’s got to be today there are about 80,000 in the synagogue? Hahaha.” raise their families here. They some 600 families as members, a weekend and by the end of problems, but they haven’t Jews here and about 28 syna- They viewed Las Vegas as kind root for sports and their kids since 1988. He says he is the the weekend I had signed a necessarily come to me and gogues. Not all of them are of a joke, like, “Really, there’s play soccer and they just live longest-serving rabbi at any contract. said, “Rabbi, I have a gambling with a building and a tradi- religion in Sin City?’’ what you would call a regular, one synagogue in the state. What made you change problem.” tional synagogue model, but But the Strip is not Las Ve- normal life. America’s 7.5 million Jews are older, whiter and more liberal than the country as a whole By Ben Sales published similar studies in with a range. For example, 2018, there are approximately adults, or 4.4 million people, 24, the study found that 14 2012 and 2015. the study estimates the total 7.5 million Jews in the con- according to the study. There percent identified as nonwhite NEW YORK (JTA)—In the “The cynicism about Jewish population at 7.5 mil- tiguous United States (and, are an additional 1.5 million or or Hispanic. past seven years, the Ameri- American Judaism, and this lion, but it could be as low as to be honest, there likely so adults who “consider them- Among the 11 percent of can Jewish population has belief that we are a shrinking 7.1 million or as high as 7.8 aren’t a ton more in Alaska selves Jewish by background American Jews who are not grown 10 percent. population, we are a vanish- million. and Hawaii). and other criteria.” And there white, 2 percent are black, 5 It remains a population ing population, is incorrect,” The study also broke down That’s only about 2 percent are 1.6 million children being percent are Hispanic and 4 that is mostly liberal, college said Leonard Saxe, director of the number of Jews by age, of the U.S. population, but it’s raised Jewish in the U.S. percent are another ethnicity. educated and overwhelmingly the Steinhardt Center. “The racial background, education enough to make the United Those numbers are up The area with the largest white. And it’s not getting any prophecy of the vanishing level and geographic location, States home to the largest from the 2012 survey, which number of nonwhite Jews (as younger. Jew has not come to fruition.” among other factors. Jewish community in the found 6.8 million total Jews well as Jews in general) is New This is all according to a new The study is based on data Here are five key things to world. According to recent in the United States. And the York City, which is home to American Jewish population collected from approximately know about the Jews of the government statistics, Israel number of Jews who do not nearly 140,000 Jews of color. estimate of the 48 contiguous 150 independent surveys that United States in 2019. has 6.7 million Jews. define themselves by religion Los Angeles County is home to U.S. states put out by Brandeis sampled about 234,000 adults, There are 7.5 million Jews People who say their re- soared—to about 1.5 million nearly 100,000, while Miami’s University’s Steinhardt Social including 5,300 Jews. Each in the United States. ligion is Jewish account for from approximately 1 million. 33,000 Jews of color account Research Institute. The center estimate in the study comes The study found that as of some 1.8 percent of all U.S. Saxe said part of that major in- for half the Florida city’s Jew- crease was the overall growth ish population. of all Americans of no religion. Jewish Americans are dis- “It’s more acceptable now proportionately elderly. to say, if you’re not a religious Younger Jews may be more Jew, that you’re a Jew of no reli- diverse, but they still make gion,” Saxe said. “More people, up a smaller percentage of especially young people who the overall Jewish population. don’t engage in the religious In the United States, 20.6 practice their parents have, percent of the population are of no religion, but that is 65 or older. Among Jews, doesn’t mean they’re not the number is 26 percent. involved or that they don’t And while 45.8 percent of all become more involved as Americans are aged 18 to 44, adults.” among Jews the figure is 41 More than one in 10 Jews percent. Within that group, is not white. 10.5 percent of Jews are 18 While the United States is to 24. growing more diverse, the Among the states with large Jewish community does not Jewish populations, Florida appear to be following suit. (perhaps unsurprisingly) had In 2010, the U.S. Census Bu- the largest share of seniors— reau found that 63 percent of one-third of its Jews are 65 the country was non-Hispanic and older. Conversely, the white. By 2019, that number state with the highest share was hovering around 60 per- of 18- to 24-year-olds is Utah, cent. And by 2045, whites are where 15 percent of Jews fell projected to be a minority in into that age cohort. the country. Notably, the study found Meanwhile, the numbers that even as the Jewish in the Jewish community population has grown over- have remained level. In 2019 all, the number of children and the previous two surveys, being raised Jewish has the percentage of Jewish held steady since 2012 at Americans who are white has 1.6 million. Saxe said that remained at approximately 89 determining the precise percent, though the percent- number of Jewish children age is higher among younger Jews. Among Jews aged 18 to Jews on page 15A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, OCTOBER 25, 2019 PAGE 13A Weekly roundup of world briefs Fliers with anti-Jewish Commonwealth of Nations He and his wife Wendi interrogation, according to Balliet, had received the Ramle, was seen throwing and anti-Israel messages also includes Australia and Adelson divorced in 2013 and a spokesman for the federal money in the form of the something into the bushes left on cars in New Jer- Canada. received joint custody of their prosecutor’s office in Karl- cryptocurrency Bitcoin from after the accident. Police sey township Several gravestones also sons. At the time of Markel’s sruhe, who spoke to reporters an unknown person with searched the bushes and By Marcy Oster were vandalized in the Tem- death, Adelson had asked for on Friday. “He confirmed whom he communicated on found 1.6 grams of cocaine. (JTA)—Fliers with what plar Cemetery located next and been denied permission to far-right and anti-Semitic the internet, according to his A 10-year-old boy on a police described as anti-Israel door. move with the boys to South motives” for the attack, the defense attorney Hans-Dieter bicycle was hit by a motor- and anti-Jewish messages Gal Gadot to star in film Florida. spokesman also said, the AFP Weber. cycle on Route 443 near the were left on cars parked near a about Polish heroine Adelson’s brother and news agency reported. Balliet is accused of an Ben-Shemen Youth Village in restaurant and movie theater Irena Sendler mother then arranged the Despite the guilty plea, attack Wednesday on a syna- central Israel. in Evesham Township, New By Marcy Oster murder for hire of Merkel for Balliet still will stand trial gogue in the city of Halle, in Magen David Adom told Jersey. JERUSALEM (JTA)—Is- $100,000, prosecutors said. for the attack last week, on a central Germany. He tried Israeli media that it treated One of the fliers tied Jew- raeli actress Gal Gadot will None of the Adelsons has been synagogue in the city of Halle, to enter the synagogue with more than 250 people for ish Hollywood producers to star as Polish heroine Irena charged in the case. in central Germany. He tried explosives but was stymied injuries related to cycling, pedophilia and child rape, the Sendler, who saved 2,500 Jew- Netanyahu intervenes in to enter the synagogue with by its locked doors. He then rollerblading, scooters, and CBS affiliate in Philadelphia ish children from the Nazis, in case of Israeli-American explosives but was stymied turned his gunfire on a woman skateboards. Another nearly reported. The township is a film produced by the actress woman jailed in Rus- by its locked doors. He then outside and a man in a nearby 270 people were treated for considered a suburb of Phila- and her husband. sia, but can’t strike deal turned his gunfire on a woman kebab shop, killing both. conditions related to fasting, delphia. Gadot and her husband with Putin outside and a man in a nearby The victims were identified including being dehydrated, Police told the news outlet Yaron Varsano have formed By Marcy Oster kebab shop, killing both. Friday as Jana Lange, 40, and feeling ill or fainting. MDA that a second flier made racist the production company JERUSALEM (JTA)—Is- It is not clear how his con- Kevin S., 20. paramedics also delivered statements about Israel and a Pilot Wave. Gadot will star raeli Prime Minister Ben- fession will affect sentencing Brazilian scholarship three babies and took care of third is about Jews and world as Sendler in the historical jamin Netanyahu has per- in his case, which is being campaign for Jewish 140 women in labor. finances. thriller for Warner Bros, sonally intervened in the treated as a terrorist attack. students collects $4.1 Bernie Sanders says he “Evesham Township has and she and Varsano will case of an Israeli-American California establishes million in 3 days will run ‘vigorous’ cam- absolutely zero tolerance for produce with Marc Platt, woman who was sentenced fund to protect nonprof- By Marcus M. Gilban paign after heart attack such flagrant anti-Semitism, Deadline Hollywood first in Russia to 7 1/2 years in its from hate crimes SAO PAULO (JTA)—Dona- By Marcy Oster or any other form of evil and reported. prison after being convicted By JTA staff tions to a Brazilian scholar- (JTA)—Sen. Bernie Sand- bigotry in our town,” Mayor Gadot, whose Wonder of smuggling marijuana into (JTA)—California Gover- ship campaign to benefit ers backpedaled after indi- Jaclyn Veasy said, CBS re- Woman sequel is set to be the country. But Russia has nor Gavin Newsom signed Jewish students collected $4.1 cating he would curtail his ported. released early next year, said not shown signs that it will a bill into law that provides million in three days. campaign following a heart Israeli gymnast Artem in a post on Instagram that she release her. grant funding to nonprofit More than 3,000 donors attack, saying he would run a Dolgopyat wins silver at World and her husband have been Netanyahu has been in- organizations at risk from contributed Oct. 5-7 to assists “vigorous” campaign for the Championships and qualifies “working on this for quite volved in the case of Naama hate-inspired violence. students from the 15 Jewish 2020 Democratic presidential for 2020 Tokyo Games some time and I just CAN’T Issachar for several weeks, AB-1548, partially cata- schools in Sao Paulo. nomination. By Marcy Oster wait to bring to life all the according to a statement from lyzed by the deadly shooting “Everyone was highly com- “I misspoke the other day. I (JTA)—Gymnast Artem amazing stories we’re working his office issued on Friday. He at a synagogue in Poway, mitted, including synagogues, said a word I should not have Dolgopyat became the lat- on with all of our wonderfully has discussed the issue with California, in April, estab- schools, member of Orthodox said and media drives me a est Israeli to qualify for the talented partners.” Russian President Vladimir lishes the California State and Liberal communities, all little bit nuts to make a big 2020 Tokyo Olympics on “As producers, we want to Putin during a visit to Sochi Nonprofit Security Grant of them talking, meeting, and deal about it,” Sanders said Saturday. help bring stories that have on Sept. 12 and during a phone Program, which provides respecting each other,” the during an interview with NBC He won a silver medal in inspired us to life. Pilot Wave call last week. grants up to $200,000 for president of the Sao Paulo Jew- News on Wednesday evening. the men’s floor exercise at will create content that pro- Russia had tried exchang- security guards, reinforced ish federation, Luiz Kignel, “We’re going to get back into the Artistic Gymnastics World motes the perspectives and ing Issachar for Aleksey doors, alarm systems and told the Jewish Telegraphic the groove of a very vigor- Championships in Stuttgart, experiences of unique people Burkov, a Russian hacker held other measures to protect Agency. “We are setting an ous campaign, I love doing Germany. and produce impactful stories in Israel set to be extradited “high risk” nonprofits. example of community living rallies and I love doing town It is Dolgopyat’s second aimed at igniting the imagina- to the United States. The bill was introduced and we should be proud of our meetings.” silver medal at the World tion,” she also wrote. Burkov is wanted in the U.S. by Assemblymember Jesse community.” He added, “I want to start Championship, after winning Gadot also will star in a on embezzlement charges for Gabriel, the vice chair of the Donors, known in the off slower and build up and one in 2017. Showtime limited series about a massive credit card scheme California Legislative Jew- campaign as matchers, in- build up and build up.” Dolgopyat, 22, scored Jewish actress and inventor which allegedly stole millions ish Caucus. In a statement cluded the Jewish-Brazilian On Tuesday, in remarks 15.200 points, just behind Hedy Lamarr, with she and of dollars from American Friday, Gabriel welcomed the billionaire businessmen and to reporters in front of his Carlos Yulo of the Philippines, her husband also serving as consumers. signing of the law, saying it philanthropist Elie Horn. home in Burlington, Vermont, who scored 15.300 to win executive producers. Netanyahu requested a “sends a powerful message Thanks to generous match- Sanders suggested that he the gold medal in Saturday’s She also will star in “Red commuting of the sentence that California stands firmly ers, each donated real—the would “change the nature of competition. Notice,” also starring Ryan and an easing of the terms of with those targeted by hate.” Brazilian currency, worth the campaign a bit. Make sure Alexander Shatilov, 32, who Reynolds and Duane Johnson, Issachar’s detention. The Jewish Public Affairs about a quarter to the U.S. that I have the strength to do has represented Israel at the the biggest feature film ever A Moscow court handed Committee of California also dollar—was eventually mul- what I have to do.” last three summer Olympics, made by Netflix. The action down the sentence to Issachar, welcomed the law. tiplied by four. He also said that he was also qualified during the thriller, set for release in late a 26-year-old Israeli army “As a sponsor of AB 1584, The Charidy Scholarship “dumb” for ignoring warning World Championships for the 2020, is centered around the veteran, on Friday. the Jewish Public Affairs Com- Fund aims to provide formal symptoms, including being Tokyo games. pursuit of the most wanted She has been detained mittee of California is grateful Jewish education for those more fatigued than usual Swastikas spray painted art thief in the world. in Russia since April after to Governor Newsom for his with economic need. Sup- while on the campaign trail. on gravestones in Haifa Florida jury finds hit- 9 grams of marijuana were leadership on the California ported by the Sao Paulo Jewish On Oct. 1, Sanders experi- cemetery for Common- man guilty in murder of found in her luggage before a Nonprofit Security Grant federation and other institu- enced “chest discomfort” at wealth WWI casualties Jewish law professor connecting flight in Russia on Program and his commitment tions, the fund was created in a campaign event in Nevada By Marcy Oster By Marcy Oster the way from India to Israel, to funding the program in 2016 as an independent entity and was taken to the hospi- JERUSALEM (JTA)—Swas- (JTA)—A Tallahassee, Flor- where she moved while in his 2019 budget,” said Julie to manage the scholarships. tal, where two stents were tikas were spray painted on ida jury has found a man guilty high school. She denies the Zeisler, JPAC’s executive Some 1,900 Jewish stu- inserted in his heart for an dozens of gravestones in a in the murder of Dan Markel, marijuana was hers. director. dents, or 40 percent of the artery blockage. Days later his Haifa cemetery for World War a Jewish law professor shot Nine grams is less than a The new law is part of a $15 4,800 who attend Jewish campaign confirmed that he I casualties from the United outside his home in 2014. third of an ounce and is within million increase in state fund- schools, count on the support had suffered a heart attack. Kingdom and its former The jury on Friday found the legal limit for personal use ing to help protect nonprofits to pay monthly tuitions of up His campaign says he will colonies. Sigfredo Garcia, 37, guilty in Israel. that Newsom announced to $1,500. participate in the next Demo- “The desecration of the of first-degree murder and In Russia, possession of in the wake of the Poway Sao Paulo is home to half cratic presidential debate, in graves of the World War I he- conspiracy to commit murder, such an amount by a foreigner shooting. of Brazil’s Jewish community Columbus, Ohio, on Oct. 15. roes in Haifa is an abhorrent the New York Times reported. would normally result in up to Teach CA, a project of the of 120,000. In 2018, a record Sanders said that he plans crime. We owe these soldiers Sentencing begins on Mon- a month’s detention, a fine and Orthodox Union, advocated 700 Brazilian Jews moved to to release all of his medical a historical debt for the libera- day. Garcia faces the death expulsion, her lawyer told her for the funding. “Today, the Israel, according to the Jewish records, but did not say when. tion of the Land of Israel from penalty in the case. family, according to The New California state legislature Agency, due to quality of life, Backpack set alight on Ottoman rule. We are doing The same jury was unable York Times. and the Governor have shown urban violence and a longtime steps of Jewish center everything necessary to find to reach a verdict on the same “The punishment being their commitment to the economic crisis in the South in Brooklyn over Yom those responsible and bring charges against Katherine demanded by the Russian safety and security of all American nation. Kippur them to justice,” Israel’s Prime Magbanua, 35, leading the prosecutor is disproportionate Californians, including those 2 children riding bi- By Marcy Oster Minister Benjamin Netanyahu judge to declare a mistrial. and does not fit the nature of most at risk of bias or hate cycles killed in separate (JTA)—A backpack was set said in a statement issued A third person charged in the offense being attributed crimes,” said Dan Mitzner, incidents in Israel on alight and left on the steps of Saturday night. the murder, Luis Rivera, a to Issachar,” the statement Teach CA’s director of state Yom Kippur a Jewish center in Brooklyn The vandalism of about close friend of Garcia and a from Netanyahu’s office said. political affairs. By Marcy Oster on Yom Kippur. 50 gravestones at the Com- former leader of the North German synagogue at- German synagogue at- JERUSALEM (JTA)—Two The burning backpack on monwealth military cemetery Miami Latin Kings gang, tacker confesses and tacker reportedly admits children riding bicycles were the steps of the Park Slope was discovered on Friday. In cooperated with law enforce- says he had anti-Semitic to receiving anonymous killed in two incidents in Israel Jewish Center was reported at addition to the spray-painted ment. Under a plea deal, Rivera motive financial support online on Yom Kippur. 1 a.m. on Wednesday, the New graffiti, some of the grave- testified against Garcia and By Marcy Oster By JTA staff Israeli children and adults York Post reported. The New stones were knocked over, and Magbanua, receiving a 19- (JTA)—The German man (JTA)—The German man flood the streets of Israel on York City Fire Department at least three were smashed year sentence and avoiding suspected of killing two people suspected of killing two the holiday, when the roads extinguished the blaze. and destroyed. the death penalty. near a synagogue on Yom people near a synagogue this are empty of cars, buses and An unidentified man was The cemetery includes Markel was a popular Kippur has confessed to the week reportedly told German trucks. seen rummaging through the graves of 305 soldiers 41-year-old professor at Flor- attack and said that he had investigators that he received An 8-year-old boy was hit by the backpack and setting it on who fought in the region ida State University at the anti-Semitic and far-right approximately $800 from an a car on a main thoroughfare fire, the Post reported citing in World War I, 86 of whom time of his death. He was motives, the German federal anonymous online donor in Tel Aviv on Wednesday. The police sources. are unidentified. There are a well-known criminal law prosecutor’s officer said. prior to the attack. driver is suspected of drug Police throughout New also graves for 36 casualties scholar who had helped build Stephan Balliet, 27, made The German publication dealing and of trying to hide York had increased patrols of World War II. In addition a network of online legal a “very comprehensive” con- Der Spiegel reported Friday the evidence after he hit the around synagogues for the to the United Kingdom, the scholarship. fession during an hours-long that the accused, Stephan boy. Amir Abu Laben, 20, from Yom Kippur holiday. PAGE 14A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, OCTOBER 25, 2019 Everything I’ll never know because my father died By Mayim Bialik I won’t Google it. The We just pretended we didn’t strange books? What did they This is the time of year v’Shayna Duba. Who will Internet is not the answer like it. mean to you? when we remember. Four receive your name? Who will Abba, are you there? because you were the answer. So instead of looking up And then there are the times a year—including Yom carry that weight and that You died 4 1/2 years ago, And you disliked the Internet. why I shouldn’t skip gears many things I wish I never Kippur—we have Yizkor, blessing into generations I can but I still forget sometimes. You didn’t think it would re- when I drive, I prefer to keep knew. Like what it was like an entire Jewish memorial only pray God gives me the I was driving in sixth gear ally catch on, the same way it in the category of “Things for you to feel your body dy- service just for people like time to see? If my older son the other day. I went to exit the you said cell phones wouldn’t. I Can’t Know Because My Fa- ing. What it was like to lose me. We stand and we weep, reads this, he will say, “Ema, freeway and, on the off-ramp, I Abba, I laughed at you with ther Died.” This list of things the ability to control your or we can’t weep and that’s I carry his countenance. I downshifted enough that I was disdain. And I’m sorry. is long, and it is a terrifying walking, your balance, your weird because we cry ALL look like him. I talk like him. able to shift directly into fourth. I understand you better now one. There is no comfort, there speech, your writing. I know THE TIME everywhere else, I make people laugh like him. You taught me never to skip a that you’re gone. I understand is no peace. Some more items these things because you told all over everyone and every I am like Zaidy.” gear. You said it was bad for the how scary the Internet was on the list: me. And I was there to receive thing. So we stand and listen And my son will also invari- car. I never asked more about it; for you. It’s scary to me, too. What was Grandpa really them. That was my job. for the ancient words that ably Google why you shouldn’t I just did what you said. We have trouble processing a like? What was he always an- I know your regrets—about seal the deal. The rabbinical skip gears when you drive. And Because you were Abba certain kind of information, gry about when you were a kid? your lack of Jewish dedication, punctuation mark to end all maybe, just maybe, he will tell and I was me and you knew you and me. Filling out forms What was your bar mitzvah about your communication, punctuation marks. me the thing I don’t want to best. You knew all. That was is hard for us. Lots of stimulus like? about your faults, about how The punctuation is this: know: That it’s not true. Zaidy your job. is hard for us. The Internet can Who taught you how to you treated mom sometimes. Your father is dead. He is was wrong. Zaidy believed it But now I want to know really overwhelm our brains dance so well? I know the last things you never coming back. You because his father told him why. I bet you knew but I in ways other people don’t get Were you scared to become wanted to say to your brother, won’t ever know the things it was so, and he believed it didn’t think to ask. I didn’t overwhelmed. They tell us we a dad? your cousins, your niece and you don’t know and you can’t because no one questioned know to ask. Like: Does it hurt have a touch of ADD, which What was the best part nephews. To your son. unknow the things you do. one’s father. the gears? What if the speed seems so strange since we about me being born? I know what you wanted You will live the rest of your No one should question is sufficiently low? Is that not are so productive and focused Was it weird having a mom to hear you say before life in his shadow, as his one’s father. the same as shifting to neutral in so many ways. They didn’t daughter look so much like you died. I helped you say it. shadow. You are the daughter Abba, are you there? and then into an appropriate have alternatives for us when you? Did you like that? I was there for all of it, and of a dead father. This story originally ap- gear? I mean, it is—right? the Internet became popular. Why did you collect such still, I forget you are gone. Binyomin Yidl ben Meir peared on Kveller. Squad From page 1A her support for a one-state when it comes to Israel- Hamas rioters along the Gaza- Omar and Tlaib ers, “who claims to be 100 solution. Palestine is very much a Israel border, added, “There’s were blocked in August from percent pro-Israel.” racial working class coalition Ocasio-Cortez, in generational thing,” said this idea that if you criticize visiting Israel over their sup- “It’s deeply disturbing to to win the White House.” July, agreed with a New York Ocasio-Cortez. “I think that a policy of Israel, the right port of the anti-Israel BDS find a candidate who claims ‘A generational thing’ radio host, saying that what’s when we start looking at it wants to advance this notion movement. Israel granted to be ‘100 percent pro-Israel,’ Upon taking office in Janu- happening in Israel is “very through that lens, a lot of this that if you engage in critique Tlaib entry solely on hu- opposed to BDS and a fighter ary, Tlaib displayed a map with criminal.” stuff starts to make sense. of Israeli policy that you are manitarian grounds to see her against anti-Semitism sur- a note posted over Israel that She even gave a shout-out It’s like what you’re talking anti-Semitic. But it’s the fur- elderly grandmother only for rounding himself with a reads “Palestine.” to an anti-Israel group. about—young Jews in Israel thest thing from the truth... the congresswoman to back number of surrogates and Shortly thereafter, she at- “There are really amaz- are sick of this.” criticizing the occupation out in the end. endorsers who hate Israel, tacked Republican lawmak- ing organizations of young Ocasio-Cortez, who tweet- doesn’t make you anti-Israel, Democratic Majority for support BDS and have repeat- ers and opponents of the people, like IfNotNow, that ed last year that Israel was frankly. It doesn’t mean you’re Israel slammed the endorse- edly made anti-Semitic state- anti-Israel BDS movement they are young Jews organiz- committing “a massacre” against the existence of a ments and suggested that ments,” its president, Mark by saying “they forgot what ing for justice because they in defending itself against nation.” they’re hypocritical for Sand- Mellman, told JNS. country they represent.” realize that all of our fates and Tlaib met with Hezbollah destinies are intertwined,” she supporter Abbas Hamideh, said. “There cannot be justice Kurds who has said that Israel is a in Israel without for Palestin- From page 4A America’s interests would they are being maintained. commitment to protect the “terrorist entity,” even though ians, too.” not be advanced. They would Will Turkey’s invasion enable Kurds, the U.S.’s central com- the congresswoman said that Along with Omar and reassess U.S.-Turkish ties, the be harmed, particularly in ISIS to reassert itself in Syria mitment in the Middle East for “I do not agree with the Tlaib, she voted against a Pentagon refuses to engage light of the YPG’s selling trait and beyond? Perhaps. But here the past 70 years has been the statements brought to my resolution condemning the the issue. The Pentagon has for Obama—its warm ties to too, as Trump made clear this protection of Saudi oil instal- attention.” anti-BDS movement, in ad- rejected the suggestion that Assad and Iran’s Revolution- week, it is not America’s job lations and maintaining the In May, she said that Pal- dition to signing onto Omar’s the U.S. remove its nuclear ary Guard Corps. to serve as the permanent safety of maritime routes in estinians enabled a “safe pro-BDS resolution. weapons from Incirlik air The hard truth is that the jailor of ISIS. European forces and around the Persian Gulf. haven” for Jews after the Ho- “Absolutely, and I think to base in Turkey or diminish fifty U.S. soldiers along the are just as capable of serving The best move Trump can locaust, thereby reiterating where we’re at as a country Incirlik’s centrality to U.S. air Syrian-Turkish border were a as guards as Americans are. make now in light of the fake operations in Central Asia and fake trip wire. Neither Trump America’s role is not to stay narrative of his treachery to- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 C R E S S A B A D I T S A the Middle East. The same is nor the U.S. military had any in Syria forever. It is to beat wards the Kurds is to finally 14 15 16 true of U.S. dependence on intention of sacrificing U.S. down threats to U.S. and retaliate against Iran. A well- H E L P S P U K E D H A H Turkish naval bases. forces to either block a Turkish world security as they emerge conceived, and limited U.S. 17 18 19 A Q U I E T P L A C E E G O Given the Pentagon’s posi- invasion of Syria or foment and then let others—Turks, strike against Iranian missile 20 21 22 23 tion, there is no chance the deeper U.S. involvement in the Kurds, Europeans, Russians, and drone installations would I S L E A L L S A S D A Y U.S. would consider entering event of a Turkish invasion. UN peacekeepers—maintain restore America’s posture as 24 25 26 S A T E D A S H E an armed conflict with Turkey Apparently in the course the new, safer status quo. the dominant power in the 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 on behalf of the Kurds. of his phone call with Trump The final assumption of the Persian Gulf and prevent the A S H G E T O U T A S H I The Kurds are a tragic on Sunday, Erdogan called narrative regarding Trump’s further destabilization of the 35 36 37 38 Trump’s bluff. Trump’s an- moves in Syria is that by moving Saudi regime and the back- S T E I N G R I M A C E S people. The Kurds, who live 39 40 41 42 as persecuted minorities in nouncement following the its forces away from the border sliding of the UAE toward Iran. T O R M E N T J E E R E R S Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Iran call made clear that the U.S. ahead of the Turkish invasion, As for Syria, it is impossible 43 44 45 would not sacrifice its soldiers Trump harmed regional stabil- to known what the future O V E R S T E P T E N O R have been denied the right of 46 47 48 49 50 self-determination for the past to stop Erdogan’s planned ity and America’s reputation as holds for the Kurds, the Turks, R E D I H O R R O R T S U hundred years. But then, the invasion of the border zone. a trustworthy ally. the Iranians, Assad or anyone 51 52 53 54 But Trump also made On the latter issue, Trump else. But what is clear enough I C E E A A R O N Kurds have squandered every 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 opportunity they have had clear that the U.S. did not has spent the better part of is that Trump avoided war W I T H A R I S K O N E A to assert independence. The support the Turkish move. his term in office rebuilding with Turkey this week. And 62 63 64 65 closest they came to achieving In subsequent statements, America’s credibility as an he began extracting America I G A T H E S H A L L O W S 66 67 68 self-determination was in Iraq Trump repeatedly pledged to ally after Obama effectively from an open-ended commit- N E R E S T E E S T R A P in 2017. In Iraqi Kurdistan, the destroy the Turkish economy abandoned the Sunnis and ment to the Kurds it never 69 70 71 Kurds have governed them- if Turkey commits atrocities Israel in favor of Iran. To made and never intended to D R Y R U D D S D E A N S selves effectively since 1992. against the Kurds. the extent that Trump has fulfill. In 2017, they overwhelm- If the Pentagon can be harmed U.S. credibility, he Caroline Glick is an Amer- ingly passed a referendum brought on board, Trump’s didn’t do it in Syria this week ican-born Israeli columnist, calling for Iraqi Kurdistan to threats can easily be used as by rejecting war with Turkey. journalist, and author and secede from Iraq and form an a means to formally diminish He did it last month by failing political activist. She writes independent state. Instead of the long hollow U.S. alliance to retaliate militarily against for Breitbart News, The Jeru- joining forces to achieve their with Turkey. Iran’s brazen military attack salem Post, and Maariv. long-held dream, the Kurdish Here it is critical to note on Saudi Arabia’s oil installa- Originally published in leaders in Iraq worked against that Trump did not remove tions. Whereas the U.S. has no Israel Hayom. one another. One faction, in U.S. forces from Syria. They alliance with Iran, blocked are still deployed along the implementation of the refer- border crossing between endum and then did nothing Jordan, Iraq and Syria to as Kurdish-controlled Kirkuk block Iran from moving was overrun by Iraqi govern- forces and materiel to Syria ment forces. and Lebanon. They are still The Kurds in Iraq are far blocking Russian and Syrian Construction, Remodels, Additions, Handyman more capable of defending forces from taking over the does most anything themselves than the Kurds oil fields along the eastern of Syria. Taking on the de- bank of the Euphrates. Aside Ricardo Torres — Handyman fense of Syria’s Kurds would from defeating ISIS, these commit the U.S. to an open- missions are the principle 407-221-5482 ended presence in Syria and strategic achievements of the justify Turkish antagonism. U.S. forces in Syria. For now, Available in Central Florida Area • References Available HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, OCTOBER 25, 2019 PAGE 15A crowd towards the YMCA, the family at Sacher Park, fellowship, African-American that we cannot as African- Sukkot where he greeted the march- including entertainment Cummings teens from his district spend Americans progress without From page 3A ers. stages, live performances From page 1A two years taking leadership coalitions, and our greatest “Tens of thousands of and concerts, fair stalls seminars and learning about coalition partner has been the neighborhoods, including residents and visitors from all and children’s activities. The Jewish community the local Jewish community, Jewish people in America,” he Ammunition Hill, Mount over the country who come Israeli-Arab singer Nasrin “has been able to count on including by studying black- recently told WBAL-TV in Scopus, Emek Tzurim, Mount to Jerusalem and walk to its Kadri played on the main Rep. Cummings time and Jewish relations and the an interview about the 20th Zion, Gehenna, Yemin Moshe, beautiful and rooted sites stage, with additional perfor- again for assistance and lead- Holocaust. anniversary of his program. Talbieh, Rehavia and Sacher are an exciting and unique mances by an African circus, ership,” Howard Libit, execu- The program also includes More than 200 people have Park. spectacle,” said the mayor. dance bands and artistic tive director of the Baltimore a nearly monthlong trip to participated in the fellowship The main march passed “Jerusalem hosts hundreds gymnastics bands. Jewish Council, told Haaretz Israel, where the teens stay and many said the program through the city’s main of thousands of visitors and Another stage for children following Trump’s comments. at Yemin Orde, a youth vil- was life-changing. Among streets, starting from Bezalel tourists during the Sukkot included an inflatable com- Cummings founded the Eli- lage near Haifa. They work the alumni are CNN anchor Street and continuing to Hil- holiday, enjoying the charm plex, a clown complex and a jah Cummings Youth Leader- with Israeli teens from diverse Victor Blackwell, who said lel Street, King David Street of the city, our amazing sites gym, performances, circus ship Program in Israel, which backgrounds, volunteer and the experience “recast me” and concluding near Liberty and the unique attractions shows, creative workshops, is now in its 20th year. As part tour the country. in a tweet after Cummings’ Bell Park at the First Station that only exist in Jerusalem,” music and a zombie show. of the program’s prestigious “I want to send a message death was announced. Compound. he said. Between the main stages, ‘The charm of the city’ In addition to the annual visitors enjoyed a 30-minute Jerusalem Mayor Moshe march, the day’s events in- aerial acrobatics shows, as School Leon, accompanied by the cluded a morning nature well as drummers and danc- From page 8A going to a Jewish school,” were hung, a group of seventh- police orchestra, led the trail march and events for ers’ circles. Fitzgerald said, “There’s grade girls approached him ates the school’s project-based maybe some understanding urgently in the hallway to learning and gardening les- in the [Christian] community demand that the Nepali flag Illinois sons, but also sees value in that that wouldn’t be a faithful be rotated. It was hanging in From page 3A alert. “However, the state- for taking responsibility sending her Christian kids to choice, but I think it’s where the wrong direction, they said, ment neglected to include and launching initiatives to a Jewish school. we need to live as a society, in and could hurt the feelings of ing for the presentation by any mention of anti-Zionism, combat anti-Semitism on Recently, she was walking an interfaith culture.” their Nepali friend. the Multicultural Advocate a serious omission, espe- campus.” with her daughter in the Ceaser said the school’s “They’re like, ‘No, we need and for his pledge to take cially in light of the im- She said “our community supermarket and pulled a atmosphere and philosophy to talk to you now,’” he re- immediate action to launch mediate response by the must prioritize this battle. prepackaged school lunch of aim to make the students called. “‘You hung that flag wide-ranging campus edu- local [Students for Justice Jewish parents and com- meat, cheese and crackers empathetic to each other’s di- and our friend, we feel like cation and training about in Palestine] group.” munity leaders must work off the shelf. Her daughter vergent experiences, religious if she sees it hung upside- anti-Semitism, to review “This incident is the result together to educate our made her put it back: It or otherwise. One hallway in down, she’s going to feel the University’s training, of a decades-long campaign student leaders on how to wasn’t kosher. Her kids also the school displays the flags really disrespected.’ I’m the programming and hiring to indoctrinate students in address challenging ques- asked to light a menorah on of all of the students’ families’ principal, and they’re stop- practices, and to commission our high schools and colleges tions about Jewish rights in Hanukkah. home countries. Ceaser re- ping me to advocate for one an external review of the with anti-Zionist hatred,” our homeland, so that our “I don’t feel threatened in members when, after the flags of their friends.” University’s multicultural Club Z executive director next generation not only has education programs,” said Masha Merkulova told JNS. pride for Israel, but is also StandWithUs in an action “We applaud Chancellor Jones knowledgeable.” Jews From page 12A As a whole, 38 percent of remains New York, with 1.5 Americans identify as con- million—or one in five Jewish Cancer is difficult because it’s hard servative and 24 percent as Americans. Wyoming has the From page 10A The next phase of Rennert’s the immune system. to say what exactly counts as liberal. fewest Jews among the states study involves evaluating the “When you have gum dis- being raised Jewish. There is no state where with 2,200. will be countless fundraising immune system of women ease, you bleed, and bacteria Jews across the country there are more Jewish Re- New York City also domi- events, marches for cures who had been excluded from could enter,” said Bachrach, are liberal and vote for Demo- publicans than Jewish Demo- nates Jewish population fig- and other efforts to raise the previous phase of research a former Israeli army tank crats. crats, though Mississippi ures as a metropolitan area. money for research to fight based on BRCA1, BRCA2 or commander who has done Ahead of 2020, politicians comes closest. Some 33.4 Including the New Jersey the disease. other gene mutations. postdoctoral work at the may do well to keep in mind percent of Mississippi Jews suburbs, there are 1.8 mil- The Israel Cancer Research “Our project is not meant National Institute of Medical that across America’s tap- identify as Republican, while lion Jews in and around the Fund, which raises money in to look for environmental fac- Research in London and the estry of red and blue states, 35.8 percent identify as Demo- Big Apple. Within New York the United States for cancer tors, but rather genetics and National Institutes of Health Jews are reliably liberal and crat. Nearly 32 percent of City, Jews are concentrated research at Israeli universi- immunological response,” he in Bethesda, Maryland. “We mostly support the Demo- Wyoming Jews also identify in Brooklyn and Manhattan, ties, hospitals and other said. “We want to see if these found that they specifically cratic Party. as Republican. which together have 678,000 institutions, has long been women have a weakened im- colonized the tumor because Fifty-one percent of Jews Washington, D.C., has the Jews among a total population a funder of breast cancer mune response to a cancer they find sugar exposed on nationwide identify as Demo- highest percentage of Jewish of 4.2 million—a proportion research. Erez is one of the or- attack.” cancer cells. Then we looked crats, compared to 34 percent Democrats (70 percent), fol- of 16 percent. ganization’s grant recipients. The effort to arrest the for other cancers where this of all Americans. And 17 lowed by the states of Mary- Across the country, 91 per- So is Dr. Gad Rennert, spread of breast cancer in- sugar is exposed, and one of percent of Jews are Republi- land (57 percent), California cent of American Jews live in director of the Clalit National volves more than cancer them is breast cancer.” cans, compared to a quarter (55 percent) and Oregon (54 the largest 40 metropolitan Israeli Cancer Control Center experts. To stop the spread of can- of Americans overall. percent). areas. Behind New York, the in Haifa, who is studying why Gilad Bachrach teaches cer, Bachrach says, clinicians There are more than twice New York remains Ameri- areas with the largest Jewish breast cancer is so preva- at Hebrew University-Ha- should consider anti-spread- as many Jewish liberals (42 ca’s Jewish capital. Wyoming, populations are Los Angeles lent among pre-menopausal dassah’s Institute of Dental ing agents, not just typical percent) as Jewish conserva- not so much. (570,000), Southeast Florida women under the age of 45. Science in Jerusalem. A cancer treatments. It is pos- tives (20 percent). Moderates The state with the largest (500,000), Chicago (340,000) “Most cancers develop over microbiologist who special- sible fighting this bacteria will comprise 37 percent of Jews. Jewish population, by far, and Boston (265,000). a pretty long period, maybe izes in clinical diseases like have implications for breast 10 to 15 years,” said Rennert, tuberculosis and Malta fever, cancer patients. whose lab is the recipient of Bachrach has taken a par- “Antibiotics are drugs that From page 60B a $420,000, three-year ICRF ticular interest in Fusobac- can kill bacteria,” he said. “At For all other inquiries: Circuit in and for Volusia October 18, 25, 2019 Brown a/k/a Mickel Antonio [email protected] County, Florida, wherein U.S. L 182828 Brown, Jr. a/k/a Mickel Brown grant split evenly between the terium nucleatum—a specific some point, physicians should Pursuant to the Fair Debt Bank National Association, are defendant(s), I, Clerk of Collections Practices Act, you as Trustee for American Court, Laura E. Roth, will sell City of Hope Cancer Center in bacterium that was found think about using antibiotics are advised that this office may General Mortgage Loan Trust IN THE CIRCUIT to the highest and best bidder be deemed a debt collector 2010-1 American General COURT OF THE for cash AT WWW.VOLUSIA. Los Angeles and his agency. recently within malignant when they’re treating people and any information obtained Mortgage Pass-Through SEVENTH JUDICIAL REALFORECLOSE.COM at “So when a woman develops colon tumors. with cancers.” may be used for that purpose. Certificates, Series 2010-1, CIRCUIT IN AND FOR 11:00 A.M. on January 3, 14-277893 FC01 CXE Plaintiff and Beverly Gresham VOLUSIA COUNTY, 2020, the following described cancer at 35, you’ve got to Now in the second year Ultimately, Bachrach wants October 18, 25, 2019 are defendant(s), I, Clerk of FLORIDA property as set forth in said L 182827 Court, Laura E. Roth, will sell CIVIL ACTION Final Judgment, to-wit: wonder what happened to her of a $50,000-per-year ICRF to re-engineer the fusobacte- to the highest and best bidder Case #: 2018-31204- THE SOUTHERLY 13 for cash AT WWW.VOLUSIA. CICI FEET OF LOT 3, AND at age 25.” grant, Bachrach runs one of rium to turn it into a cancer IN THE CIRCUIT REALFORECLOSE.COM at DIVISION: 31 ALL OF LOTS 4 AND 5, Rennert’s project is ana- only five labs worldwide that killer rather than a cancer COURT OF THE 11:00 A.M. on December 5, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A AND THE NORTHERLY 29 SEVENTH JUDICIAL 2019, the following described Plaintiff, FEET OF LOT 6, BLOCK lyzing the DNA of newly can genetically manipulate protector. CIRCUIT IN AND FOR property as set forth in said -vs.- 4, IDLEWILD TERRACE VOLUSIA COUNTY, Final Judgment, to-wit: Mickel Antonio Brown a/k/a REPLAT, AS PER MAP diagnosed young women F. nucleatum. Since that “Our long-term goal,” he FLORIDA LOT 58, BLOCK 118, Mickel Antonio Brown, Jr. IN MAP BOOK 25, PAGE CIVIL DIVISION DELTONA LAKES UNIT a/k/a Mickel Brown; Matthew 20, OF THE PUBLIC RE- with breast cancer—Stage particular bacterium in colon said, “is to engineer the fuso- Case #: 2017-11682- THREE, ACCORDING A. Brown; Unknown Spouse CORDS OF VOLUSIA 1 patients up to 35 years old cancer originates from the bacteria in order to colonize CIDL TO THE MAP THEREOF of Mickel Antonio Brown a/k/a COUNTY, FLORIDA. DIVISION: 1 AS RECORDED IN MAP Mickel Antonio Brown Jr. ANY PERSON CLAIMING AN and Stage 2 patients up to mouth, he speculated that it the cancer and kill it.” U.S. Bank National BOOK 25, AT PAGES a/k/a Mickel Brown; Unknown INTEREST IN THE SURPLUS Association, as Trustee for 105 THROUGH 120, OF Spouse of Matthew A. Brown; FROM THE SALE, IF ANY, 45—and testing their DNA for might reach tumors via blood. This article was spon- American General Mortgage THE PUBLIC RECORDS Wells Fargo Bank, National OTHER THAN THE PROPERTY Loan Trust 2010-1 American OF VOLUSIA COUNTY, Association Successor by OWNER AS OF THE DATE OF changes in about 130 genes Specifically, a fusobacterial sored by and produced in General Mortgage Pass- FLORIDA. Merger to Wachovia Bank, THE LIS PENDENS MUST FILE known to be involved in the surface protein, Fap2, binds partnership with the Israel Through Certificates, Series ANY PERSON CLAIMING AN National Association; Clerk A CLAIM NO LATER THAN 2010-1 INTEREST IN THE SURPLUS of the Circuit Court of Volusia THE DATE THAT THE CLERK development of breast cancer. and activates a receptor on Cancer Research Fund, whose Plaintiff, FROM THE SALE, IF ANY, County, Florida; United States REPORTS THE FUNDS AS -vs.- OTHER THAN THE PROPERTY of America, Department of UNCLAIMED. “I don’t have Phase 2 re- immune cells known as TIGIT, ongoing support of these and Beverly Gresham; Dwight OWNER AS OF THE DATE OF Treasury; Unknown Parties in *Pursuant to Fla. R. Jud. Gresham; Marilyn Gresham; THE LIS PENDENS MUST FILE Possession #1, If living, and Admin. 2.516(b)(1)(A), Plaintiff’s sults yet, but in Phase 1 we thereby suppressing the abil- other Israeli scientists’ work Unknown Heirs, Devisees, A CLAIM NO LATER THAN all Unknown Parties claiming counsel hereby designates its identified another 10 percent ity of immune cells to destroy goes a long way toward en- Grantees, Assignees, THE DATE THAT THE CLERK by, through, under and against primary email address for the Creditors, Lienors, and REPORTS THE FUNDS AS the above named Defendant(s) purposes of email service as: of women with mutations in the tumor. Fusobacterium suring that their efforts will Trustees of Charlene Gresham UNCLAIMED. who are not known to be [email protected]* Hamler, Deceased, and All *Pursuant to Fla. R. Jud. dead or alive, whether said SHAPIRO, FISHMAN & other genes or rare mutations can travel to the colon not have important and lasting Other Persons Claiming by Admin. 2.516(b)(1)(A), Plaintiff’s Unknown Parties may claim GACHÉ, LLP and Through, Under, Against counsel hereby designates its an interest as Spouse, Heirs, Attorneys for Plaintiff in BRCA,” he said. “We’re try- only through the gut but also impact in the global fight The Named Defendant primary email address for the Devisees, Grantees, or Other 4630 Woodland Corporate ing to see if there are other through the blood, meaning against cancer. (s); Unknown Spouse of purposes of email service as: Claimants; Unknown Parties Blvd., Ste 100 Beverly Gresham; Unknown [email protected]* in Possession #2, If living, and Tampa, FL 33614 genetic events or unspecified it can reach other cancers as This article was produced Spouse of Dwight Gresham; SHAPIRO, FISHMAN & all Unknown Parties claiming Telephone: (813) 880-8888 Unknown Spouse of Marilyn GACHÉ, LLP by, through, under and against Ext. 5122 mutations.” well, protecting them from by JTA’s native content team. Gresham; Unknown Parties in Attorneys for Plaintiff the above named Defendant(s) Fax: (813) 880-8800 Possession #1, if living, and 4630 Woodland Corporate who are not known to be dead For Email Service Only: all Unknown Parties claiming Blvd., Ste 100 or alive, whether said Unknown [email protected] by, through, under and against Tampa, FL 33614 Parties may claim an interest For all other inquiries: apaye@ the above named Defendant(s) Telephone: (813) 880-8888 as Spouse, Heirs, Devisees, logs.com Gantz who are not known to be dead Ext. 5122 Grantees, or Other Claimants Pursuant to the Fair Debt Netanyahu- and Gantz-led his ultra-Orthodox partners or alive, whether said Unknown Fax: (813) 880-8800 Defendant(s). Collections Practices Act, you From page 1A Parties may claim an interest For Email Service Only: NOTICE OF SALE are advised that this office may blocs, with eight seats, and Shas and United Torah Juda- as Spouse, Heirs, Devisees, [email protected] NOTICE IS HEREBY be deemed a debt collector Grantees, or Other Claimants For all other inquiries: apaye@ GIVEN pursuant to order and any information obtained from the Joint List did not has called for a secular unity ism. And Gantz has hitherto Defendant(s). logs.com rescheduling foreclosure sale may be used for that purpose. back either candidate.) government comprising of refused to partner Likud so NOTICE OF SALE Pursuant to the Fair Debt or Final Judgment, entered in 18-313635 FC01 WNI NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN Collections Practices Act, you Civil Case No. 2018-31204- Karen Poy, Esq Avigdor Liberman’s Yis- Likud, Blue and White and long as Netanyahu is facing pursuant to order rescheduling are advised that this office may CICI of the Circuit Court of 200 S. Biscayne Boulevard foreclosure sale or Final be deemed a debt collector the 7th Judicial Circuit in and Suite 3900 rael Beytenu holds the bal- his own party. But Netan- possible indictment in three Judgment, entered in Civil Case and any information obtained for Volusia County, Florida, Miami, FL 33131 No. 2017-11682-CIDL of the may be used for that purpose. wherein Wells Fargo Bank, N.A, October 18, 25, 2019 ance of power between the yahu has refused to abandon corruption cases. Circuit Court of the 7th Judicial 17-310122 FC01 CXE Plaintiff and Mickel Antonio L 182829 PAGE 16A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, OCTOBER 25, 2019 Sephardic chicken soup with lemon and egg: A Balkan twist on the ultimate comfort food By Emily Paster Directions: 1. Heat olive oil in a large Dutch oven over medium heat. Sephardic chicken soup with lemon and egg, or sopa de Add onion and sauté until softened, about 5 minutes. Season huevos y limon, is a traditional first course for breaking with salt and pepper. the Yom Kippur fast among Jews from Turkey, the Balkan 2. Add chicken broth and bring to a boil. states and the Greek port city of Thessaloniki (known as 3. Add orzo to boiling broth and cook until tender, 8-10 Salonika in Ladino). This gently seasoned and comforting minutes. soup owes its velvety texture to tempered eggs rather than 4. While the orzo is cooking, whisk together the eggs and dairy, which makes it suitable for a meat meal under the lemon juice in a large, heatproof bowl. kosher dietary laws. 5. Once the orzo is cooked through, reduce the heat until Learn more about the Jewish roots of this dish. the soup is at a gentle simmer. Temper the eggs by slowly add- Ingredients: ing 1 cup of hot broth to the egg-and-lemon mixture while 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil whisking. Then slowly add the tempered egg mixture back to 1 yellow onion, diced the Dutch oven. (This will prevent the eggs from curdling in 8 cups chicken broth the hot liquid.) Note: It is important not to rush this process 1 cup orzo and whisk throughout, to ensure the eggs emulsify. 4 eggs 6. Add the cooked chicken to the soup and simmer until 1/2 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice heated through. Do not allow soup to boil at any point after 2 1/2 cups cooked, shredded chicken, such as from a rotis- adding the eggs, which could cause the soup to break or curdle. serie chicken 7. Taste and adjust seasoning. Serve hot, garnished with fresh dill fresh dill. Serves 4-6. salt and pepper to taste This recipe originally appeared on The Nosher. Emily Paster Like babka? You’ll love this recipe for chocolate kokosh cake

By Chaya Rappoport 1/4 cup sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract This recipe originally appeared on The Nosher. 1/4 cup vegetable oil If babka is the hip Jewish treat du jour, then kokosh cake 2 eggs is its slightly homelier cousin of yesteryear. But don’t let that 1 egg, whisked, for egg wash description turn you off because what kokosh cake lacks in For the filling: razzle-dazzle, it makes up for in the most important of ways: 2 1/4 cups granulated sugar rich, gooey, seemingly endless layers of chocolate. 1 cup cocoa powder Named after the Hungarian word for cocoa, kakaó, a kokosh 1 cup vegetable oil cake is flatter and longer than a babka and made with a yeast 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt dough that’s barely left to rise. The dough is rolled thin, spread 1/4 teaspoon espresso powder with a chocolate filling and then rolled up. 2 egg whites According to Jewish food historian Gil Marks, kokosh cake, For the streusel: like Polish babka, wasn’t originally made with chocolate; both 1/2 cup white flour Chaya Rappoport chocolate and cocoa were expensive ingredients in shtetl times. 1/2 cup granulated sugar Instead, kokosh cake evolved from a simpler version made with 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt 6. Combine all ingredients for the filling until smooth. Us- poppy seeds, known as makosh (the Hungarian word for poppy 1/2 stick room-temperature butter ing an offset spatula, spread filling over half the dough. Fold seeds is màk), before becoming the primarily chocolate pastry Directions: the unfilled half over the filled half. You will now have a long, we know it as today. 1. Combine the sugar, yeast and warm water in the bowl of folded-over rectangle. Using your spatula, spread more filling Modern versions of kokosh are often topped with streusel, a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Set the mix over the bottom half of this rectangle. an addition I’ll personally never say no to. My kokosh cake aside for 10 minutes to proof, or until it turns bubbly. 7. Fold the unfilled half of the rectangle over the filled half. also contains two secret ingredients: egg whites in the filling, 2. Add the eggs and oil to the bowl. Mix until fully combined. You will now have a package resembling a square. Use a rolling which ensure its gooey interior, and a touch of espresso powder, Add the flour and salt and mix to combine. Switch to the dough pin to roll and flatten it out slightly. which heightens the flavor of the chocolate. hook and knead for 8 minutes, until a smooth, cohesive dough 8. Spread the remaining filling over the top of the square. Babka, there’s a hot new cake in town—and it’s coming forms and begins to pull away from the sides of the mixer. Roll it up to create a short, flattish log. Using the baking pa- for your crown. 3. Shape the dough into a ball and set it to rise in an oiled per, transfer to a baking paper-lined loaf pan or cookie sheet. Ingredients: bowl, covered, for no more than 30 minutes. 9. Brush with egg wash. Combine the ingredients for the For the dough: 4. Preheat the oven to 350 F. streusel with your hands until the mixture resembles large, 1 3/4 cups flour 5. Flour a large piece of parchment paper, then roll the sandy crumbs. Sprinkle it over the egg-washed cake. 1 teaspoon fine sea salt dough out on it, forming a large rectangle. The dough should 10. Bake for 30-35 minutes until the dough is golden brown 1 1/4 teaspoons instant dry yeast be thin enough that it’s almost see-through in places; just and the crumbs are lightly colored. Allow to cool before slic- 1/4 cup warm water don’t let it tear. ing. Serves 10-12.

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