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(Cover story on page 5) 2 The Jewish Standard, June 30, 2019 Three Congresswomen Jews MICHAEL HAYMAN PUBLISHER AND Can Live Without EDITOR They are the darlings of the And who stands shoulder to mainstream liberal media. They shoulder with her? The anti- JULIUS HAYMAN are fawned over by talk show Semitic Nation of Islam leader PUBLISHER AND EDITOR hosts Stephen Colbert, Seth Louis Farrakham, who urges 1937-2000 Meyers and Trevor Noah. It may Omar to keep reminding be true that unlike white Americans that “Israel and supremacists they do not pose a AIPAC pays off senators and con- physical threat to Jews attending gressmen to do their bidding.” synagogue services or families Joining Omar and Tlaid in enjoying leisure time at a com- their anti-Israel vendetta is munity center. But the three Ocasio-Cortez, her Jewish her- freshmen Democratic congress- itage and her tepid support for women, Rashida Tlaid, Ilhan Omar, a two state solution notwith- and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, are standing. The attacks from a menace that Jews best not ignore. Gaza are nothing more than All three falsify history, smear adolescents making a nuisance Israel and unapologetically promote of themselves and Israel’s the all too familiar anti-Semitic response is nothing short of a tropes. “massacre. She implies that Tlaib’s imaginary version of American Jews are overly sensitive history reveals her ignorance of and asks why Congress doesn’t the land she calls her ancestral condemn bigotry when other homeland. It was the Palestinians minority groups are targeted. The who lost their homes in the “name congresswoman also has a new of trying to create a safe haven for pen pall. It’s that paragon of Jews, post Holocaust”, she virtue Jeremy Corbyn. laments. Pro Israel lawmakers, We acknowledge the right she claims, “forget what country of the three amigos to promote they represent”. Tlaib undoubtedly their progressive agenda. But shares the Palestinian Authority that agenda, which includes view that the recent decision of the transforming the United States German parliament to label the BDS into a socialist entity, makes movement as anti-Semitic is the Jews and Israel one of its prime result of Israel’s invoking the victims. Halie Soifer, Executive Holocaust to “blackmail” European Director of the Democratic countries. And at a swearing in cele- Council of America, is of course bration she proudly poses for a correct when she says that it is photo-op with the extremist Abbas “ridiculous to argue that Hamideh, who has equated Democrats hate Jewish people”. Zionism to Nazism and called But the reverential treatment these Israel a “terrorist entity”. squadmates are receiving among ANITA SURMAN And then there are the Jew the progressive wing of her party GENERAL NEWS baiting rantings of Ilhan Omar should make every Jew feel EDITOR who tells a podcast host that “It’s uncomfortable. We can only hope all about the Benjamins, baby!” that when Democrats meet at their and that she “wants to talk about convention in 2020 they choose a the political influence in this candidate who will give Tlaib, Omar country that says it’s ok to push and Octavia-Cortez an extended allegiance to a foreign country time-out.

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By NOAH FREEDMAN British Jewry anti-Semitism become some parliament to reverse this blatant anti-Semitism. Loses a Friend sort of pawn,” said Arkush. year’s de facto ban on pro- Vlaams Blok, who founded “We felt May had our back ducing halal and kosher its predecessor the Finish For Theresa May’s without leveraging the meet in two of Belgium’s Black in 1979, was convict- enemies her departure issue”. three states. He also wants ed of being a racist. The could not have come soon to “do something about New Flemish alliance won enough. But for British First Ever Orthodox Jew things that concern me, 15% of the vote, after Jewry, whether supporters Elected in Belgium including immigration, ter- receiving only 4 percent in of Brexit or among those rorism and extremism”. “It 2016. It elected 18 seats up is not normal”, he says “that from three. who want a second referen- Michael Freilich, dum, her exit is being greet- heavily armed soldiers still who edited the Antwerp ed with considerable sad- have to guard our schools Joods Actueel monthly for Jerusalem Rabbi ness. “Prime Minister May”, and streets.” 12 years before entering says Jonathan Arkush, the Despite Freilich’s Ordains Gay Student politics, has become the former president of the victory, the New Flemish first Orthodox Jew to be Board of Deputies of British Alliance lost eight seats, Daniel Atwood a gay elected to the Belgium fed- Jews, “followed a line of even though it remains the 27-year-old rabbinical stu- eral parliament. Freilich what you might consider largest party with 25 seats. dent at New York’s Yishivat was number 5 on the list of leaders who are attentive to Of concern is that the real Chovevei Torah, was intially the center-right New the Jewish community, as winner in the election was told that the school would Flemish Alliance and well as to Israel”. The the Flemish Interest party, ordain him after he complet- received 13,000 votes from Board’s current president, whose founders included ed his studies. But the lib- Marie van der Zyl, called Jews and non Jews in collaborators with Nazi eral Orthodox seminary May a “true friend” of the Antwerp. Freilich, 38, has Germany and whose law- reversed its decision forcing Jewish community. set his sights on getting makers are known for their Atwood to look elsewhere. May’s government Rabbi Dov Linzer, the adopted the International school’s president, said Holocaust Remembrance that the decision was due to Agency’s definition of anti- something that happened Semitism. It blacklisted all some six months ago. He of Hezbollah, not just its would not be specific but it military wing. The United is generally agreed that the Kingdom led Europe in vot- school drew the line when ing against a permanent Atwood and his partner got article against Israel in the engaged on the stage of a United National Human concert in New York and Rights Council. Her govern- kissed after making the ment also helped facilitate announcement. Prince William’s visit to Jerusalem rabbi Israel, ending an unofficial Daniel Landes, former long- boycott of Israel by senior time head of the co-ed, non- members of the Royal denominational Pardes Family. And she made it Institute of Jewish Studies, quite clear that the would announced that he would reject any attempt by the ISRAEL PRESIDENT REUVIN RIVLIN MEETS WITH ordain Atwood during a semi- Foreign Office to appear Premier Doug Ford on his whirlwind visit to chah ceremony for a group of impartial on the historical Canada. “During our meeting, “said the premier, his students. Landes has significance of the Balfour previously rocked the boat by Declaration. “we reflected on Ontario's good fortune to have granting ordination to But what British large and active Jewish and Israeli communities Orthodox women. Jewry most appreciated was that act as important bridges between our “I wouldn’t have May’s refusal to use the economies and societies. Maintaining these strong done it”, said Landes, anti-Semitism crisis within economic, political, cultural and social ties will “unless he took a thorough the Labour Party for the test and I had heard from benefit of the Conservatives. strengthen our trade and investment relationship, others that he knew his “It would have been very and support innovation and collaboration across stuff”. Landes described harmful had the fight against various sectors.” (Please turn to page 13) 4 The Jewish Standard, June 30, 2019 THE WARSAW GHETTO MEDICAL SCHOOL CANADIAN HELPS UNDERGROUND SCHOOL ENDURE AS A SOURCE OF INSPIRATION

Submitted by CEDARS-SINAI As death closed in most a dozen, survived the It's a story of courage pitted to recognize Yom Ha'Shoah on the Jews of the Warsaw massive deportations to against carnage. It's a story —also known as Holocaust Ghetto during World War II, death camps that began in of defiance pitted against Remembrance Day—on May some of those coping amid July 1942, the destruction domination, but most of all, 2. It's also a key part of the the wretched conditions of the ghetto in May 1943 it is a story of the essence of history of the Jewish affirmed life in an extraordi- and the rest of the education pitted against the Contributions to Medicine nary way: They operated a Holocaust. essence of attempted cul- mural by artist Terry clandestine medical school. Yet for Leo A. tural annihilation," Gordon Schoonhoven in the Harvey By one estimate, as Gordon, MD, a surgeon on said. Morse Auditorium. many as 500 students the Cedars-Sinai staff for 40 The secret school Gordon has been received some medical edu- years, the short-lived secret never had an actual name. captivated by the story of cation through the school school endures as a source But Gordon calls it "The the medical school since while it operated for 15 of inspiration. Impossible Medical School." learning about it while serv- months from 1941-1942. "It is a story of hope For Gordon, the medical ing on the Cedars-Sinai Only a small number, at pitted against hopelessness. school story is an apt way committee that grappled with how the mural should We Join in Extending Best Wishes to Our represent the Holocaust. The group ultimately decid- Jewish Friends and Customers ed to show a heroic Polish throughout Jewish doctor, Janusz Korczak, who refused to WINDSOR AND SURROUNDING AREAS abandon the 200 children We wish you continued success in the years ahead. in a Warsaw Ghetto orphan- age. 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Photos courtesy First Capture Studios. they have begun to docu- A Common Thread, an ment their experiences for event that for the first time Holy Blossom Temple in With extensive local and future generations. united surviving Tailor Toronto, served to provide a global research initiated by The Tailor Project’s Project individuals and their powerful forum to hear, in Larry Enkin, the son of Max (Please turn to page 9) families to commemorate some cases for the first their remarkable lives in time, the stories of perse- We Join in Extending Best Wishes to Our Canada and Holocaust verance, survival, unimag- Memorial Day (Yom inable strength to overcome Jewish Friends and Clients HaShoah). Thia events at adversity, and inspiring new throughout lives in Canada from Jewish We Join in Extending Holocaust survivors and WINDSOR AND AREA Best Wishes to Our their children. We are always pleased to serve your needs. 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By RAFAEL MEDOFF Move right over, the Nazis in 1944-45. cently published study on cutive director of the Los Superman and Batman, DuBois served as one of the the website of the Harvard Angeles Museum of the there’s a new hero in the board’s leaders. This spring Graduate School of Holocaust, “The Book Hitler comic book world: an marks the 75th anniversary Education, “Comics can be Didn’t Want You to Read” American government offi- of the board’s valiant effort an invaluable teaching told the story of a young cial who helped rescue Jews to interrupt the mass tool…They can facilitate a American journalist who from the Holocaust is star- deportation of Hungarian better understanding of exposed Adolf Hitler's ring in a new educational Jews to Auschwitz. complex required texts by attempt to foist a sanitized comic book. The riveting new serving as a preliminary version of Mein Kampf on The full-color, 28 comic book chronicles how reading activity [and] they the U.S. public in 1939-- page comic book, titled the War Refugee Board, can replace less-accessible and the unprecedented “Blowing the Whistle on despite receiving little or no works from the literary courtroom battle that Genocide,” tells the amazing support from the White canon while still conveying ensued. "It is brilliantly con- but true story of Josiah E. House and other U.S. gov- the same messages and ceived, powerfully executed, DuBois, an attorney in the ernment agencies, played a using the same literary and and all true," said former Treasury Department who major role in rescuing over rhetorical conventions.” U.S. Attorney General played a central role in 200,000 refugees during the “Blowing the Whistle Michael B. Mukasey. exposing the State final months of the on Genocide” is the third Their second comic Department’s efforts to sup- Holocaust. educational comic book that book was "Karski's Mission: press news about the Nazi “Blowing the Whistle Medoff and Motter have cre- To Stop the Holocaust,” genocide and to obstruct on Genocide” is authored by ated. They previously col- which focused on a Polish attempts to rescue Jewish Holocaust historian Dr. laborated on “The Book Catholic underground refugees. Rafael Medoff, director of Hitler Didn’t Want You to courier who smuggled him- The whistle-blowing the David S. Wyman Read,” which was the sub- self into the Warsaw Ghetto by DuBois and several of his Institute for the Holocaust ject of a feature story in the in 1942--and then brought colleagues helped force Studies, and illustrated by New York Times. 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We Extend Best Wishes TAILOR PROJECT We Extend Best Wishes to the (Continued from page 5) to the STATE OF ISRAEL stories will serve as the STATE OF ISRAEL on its 71st Anniversary. on its 71st Anniversary. foundation of a new docu- May the coming year mentary film, a short pre- May the years ahead bring its people view of which was screened peace and security. bring peace at the event, and a book and security. about the Tailor Project, which will be published in 2020. With the goal of col- lecting and conserving personal accounts of impacted persons, their families, and multiple gen- erations of descendants, the Tailor Project hopes to help the past speak to the present, and make vitally important aspects of histo- ry more accessible today, and for generations to come.

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GERSHON ISKOWITZ WITH PAINTING DESIGN for a limited edition AGO umbrella, 1986. Courtesy of the Art Gallery of Ontario. The Jewish Standard, June 30, 2019 13 TRAVEL TALES The Nazi sympathiz- to traitors, cowards and (Continued from page 11) er told a TV audience in Jews” before an adoring steaks, alongside handcraft- Similar to the menu, 1991 that “we vindicate crowd. ed cocktails and a robust the wine list will be season- Adolf Hitler” and before that Biondini will not win wine list. ally inspired, starting the he had led chants of “Death (Please turn to following page) From popular Spago summer months with a dishes to new dishes offered strong selection of Rosé only at Bellagio, guests have wines. In addition, the list a wealth of options from features nearly one dozen which to choose for lunch or wines from Wolfgang Puck’s dinner. private label, a collection of food-friendly wines that cel- ebrate the spirit of food and We Extend Best Wishes life for which the chef is to the known. STATE OF ISRAEL Spago is located in on its 71st Anniversary. Via Bellagio and is open for lunch daily from 11:30 a.m. May the coming year – 2:45 p.m. Dinner is from 5 bring peace and p.m. – 10:30 p.m Sunday – security to all in the Thursday and 5 p.m. - 11 Middle East. p.m. Friday & Saturday. The bar menu is available from 2:45 p.m. until close. To make reservations, call the Bellagio Concierge at (702) 693-7111 or visit OpenTable. • WORLD IN REVIEW We Extend Best Wishes to the (Continued from page 3) STATE OF ISRAEL on its 71st Anniversary. Atwood as a “gift” who would provide guidance to May the years ahead bring its people the Orthodox gay communi- peace and security. ty which currently is “underserved”.

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Alejandro Biodini, a far right ultranationalist leader, is the presidential candidate for the Patriotic Front party in the October elections in Argentina. One of his first campaign promises after being nomi- nated is to expel the Israel Ambassador(and the British one as well). “I define myself as a clear defender of the Palestinian State. I repudiate the colo- nialist genocidal Zionism. Argentina is not Israel”. Biondini previous party New Triumph was banned by Argentina’s elec- toral court in 2009 but a federal judge in Buenos Aires granted approval to Biondini’s new party, Patriotic Front. 14 The Jewish Standard, June 30, 2019 WORLD IN REVIEW We Extend Best Wishes to the (Continued from preceding page) STATE OF ISRAEL but given the rise of far right out of the car”, Mustafa told parties in elections else- them. on its 71st Anniversary. where it would be foolish “I could see his eyes not to take him seriously. in the wing mirror and he May the year ahead bring peace just spun around...his eyes Uber Driver were wild...raged...and and security to all nations of the that’s what frightened me”, Kicks Jews Out said Rachel. Middle East The women e-mailed Dayna and Rachel Uber and received an auto- were returning home after matic reply. “Sorry you had having attended an Israel that experience”, it said. Independence day celebra- “You won’t be charged for tion in Los Angeles. Uber dri- the ride.” But the women ver Mustafa picked them up. never got a ride so they were Mustafa asked the hardly placated by the auto- two women where they were matic reply. coming from. He refused to start the car until they Uber was contacted answered. about the incident by the So Dayna and Los Angeles Jewish Journal Rachel told him and the and Uber told the newspa- Palestinian driver “started per that the driver had been laughing”. “You need to get banned from the app. “Uber

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SODASTREAM INTERNATIONAL LTD. RECENTLY hosted the third edition of its Ramadan breakfast event for close to 3,000 guests at its plant in Rahat, the largest Ramadan breakfast (Iftar) held in Israel. Rahat, a Bedouin village, 22 km from the Gaza border in the Negev desert of Israel, has been SodaStream’s home since 2015. At this facil- ity, 2,000 people from all religions and nationali- ties including Jews, Arabs, Israelis and Palestinians work side by side in peace and har- mony. We call it our “Island of Peace”. said SodaStream CEO Daniel Birnbaum as he called for peace and coexistence from the stage. “Do not wait for our leaders to bring coexistence between our peoples. We are the responsible adults who need to ensure coexistence and peace between us, not just at an Iftar dinner, but every day. The thou- sands of people who are eating here with us tonight are the light which defeats the darkness, both under missiles and during tense periods”. The Jewish Standard, June 30, 2019 17 But Airbnb relented commitment to Israel and announcing in April that it Florida’s Jews. A few weeks We Extend Best wishes to the would keep the West Bank ago he signed into law legis- listings and donate profits lation that outlaws anti- STATE OF ISRAEL from them to humanitarian Semitism, defined as calls groups. for violence against Jews, on its 71st Anniversary. Airbnb has main- advancing conspiracy theo- tained that it does not sup- ries about Jewish control May the year ahead bring peace and security port the BDS movement. and Holocaust denial. to all nations of the Middle East. “We have always sought to bring people together” it Catholic Bishop says “and will continue to Says “No” work with our community to achieve this goal”. The Catholic Bishop For his part of Brooklyn, New York Governor Ron DeSantis told recently barred two outspo- reporters that “As Governor ken Polish far-right activists I have an obligation to from speaking at two oppose policies that unfairly churches, “As soon as target Israel. Once @Airbnb Bishop DiMarzio learned ended their discriminatory that contentious figures, policy toward Israel, we mired in anti-Semitic con- decided to remove them troversy, were scheduled to from the @FloridaSBA speak at Brooklyn church- Scrutinized Companies es, he had the events can- List.” celled”, said communica- Governor DeSantis tions director Adriana has repeatedly shown his Rodriguez.

We Extend Best Wishes to the Jewish Community and to the STATE OF ISRAEL on its 71st Anniversary. We congratulate its people on their many achievements and hope that the coming year will bring peace to the Middle East. 18 The Jewish Standard, June 30, 2019 We Join in Extending Best Wishes to the JVS TORONTO AIMS TO BREAK STATE OF ISRAEL DONATION RECORD IN 2019 on its 71st Anniversary. May the year ahead bring peace and security. CANADIAN GIVING CHALLENGE Traditionally, the promote Canadian charities month of June is a time when they need it most. In when charitable giving is at 2018, the fourth annual its lowest. JVS Toronto is Great Canadian Giving supporting the 2019 Great Challenge, almost 90,000 Canadian Giving Challenge Canadians participated, to help advocate for and donating over $11 million

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