NEWS SPORTS FOOD NATALIE’S FANCY SIPPING ACCENT FOOTWORK SANGRIA Page 23 Page 28 Page 29 August 25, 2016 Vol. 52, No. 34 | Candlelighting 7:29 | Havdalah 8:27 | Av 21, 5776 | washingtonjewishweek.com $1.00 Can Trump ban anti-Semites? By Ron Kampeas ow extreme does vetting need to be Hto keep anti-Semites from entering the United States, and is Donald Trump’s plan worth the effort? e Republican nominee’s proposal to apply an ideological test to potential immi- grants is based on precedent: e United States in the last century instituted a broad ban on communists and their sympathiz- ers, and Jewish groups aer World War II sought to extend similar strictures to those who sympathized with Nazis. Nonetheless, Jewish civil rights and im- migration groups today have questions about the viability of Trump’s proposal and whether it is ethical to institute an ideological litmus test on arrivals from countries with vastly different values and education systems. Trump, in his Aug. 15 speech, noted the Happy landings precedent. New immigrants, including six from greater Washington, pose aer “In the Cold War, we had an ideological landing at Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport on Aug. 17. SEE STORY ON PAGE 4. screening test,” he said. “e time is over- Photo by Jon Marks due to develop a new screening test for the threats we face today. I call it extreme vetting. I call it extreme, extreme vetting.” Among those excluded, Trump said, Would Heschel back Black Lives? would be anti-Semites. “As we have seen in France, foreign By Daniel Schere a quandary: If the movement is so hostile to iconic photograph of him marching with the populations have brought their anti-Se- Political Reporter Israel, must Jews choose between the Jewish Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in the Selma to mitic attitudes with them,” he said. state and Black Lives? Montgomery, Ala., march of 1965. Trump also would extend his ban to hen the Movement for Black Lives Jewish organizations have had their say, Heschel’s daughter, Susannah, a Jewish those who are intolerant of other minori- Wpublished its platform this month, ranging from outright rejection to calls for studies professor at Dartmouth College in ties, including the LGBTQ community, many Jews were shocked that, in addition continuing dialogue. We wondered, what New Hampshire, said her father hated and to those who would seek to impose to its call for the end of systemic racism would Abraham Joshua Heschel say? when people used words improperly, and Islamic religious law on the United States. against African Americans, the platform Heschel, a Conservative rabbi who died he would have objected to the Black Lives e Trump campaign did not reply to demanded an end to U.S. aid to Israel. in 1972, is perhaps most famous for his ac- a request for elaboration on how his pro- Support for Israel made the United States tivism in the civil rights movement and the See HESCHEL, page 19 posal would practically work. complicit in the “genocide” against the Melanie Nezer, the vice president of Palestinians. Israel, the platform asserted, is policy for HIAS, the Jewish group leading “an apartheid state.” advocacy for refugees, said current pr ac- With its harsh denunciation of Israel, the platform placed the many American Jews who sympathize with Black Lives Matter in See ANTI-SEMITES, page 18 8 30 24 BLACK HUMOR 8 HELPING SURVIVORS 30 FEELING IMMODERATE? 39 VETS’ LAWYER 39 inside this issue Arts 23 D’var Torah 31 News 4 At Your Service Directory 33 Editorial 20 Obituaries 32 Calendar 26 Food 29 Sports 28 Celebrations 27 Letters 20 Voices 21 Classified 35 L’chaim 30 You Should Know 39 Washington Jewish Week EDITORIAL CREATIVE BUSINESS Editorial Director | Joshua Runyan Director of Design & Production | Erin Clare Controller | John Kim Publisher & Chief Executive Officer | Craig Burke 410-902-2305 | [email protected] 410-902-2303 | [email protected] 410-902-2304 | [email protected] [email protected] Managing Editor | David Holzel Art/Production Coordinator | Joe MacLeod Staff Accountant | Becky Warburg 301-230-6685 | [email protected] 443-471-5350 | [email protected] 410-902-2323 | [email protected] ADVERTISING Political Reporter | Daniel Schere Office Manager | Pattie-Ann Lamp Director of Sales | Robert Leinson 301-230-6683 | [email protected] Graphic Designers | Mike Marshall 410-902-2311 | [email protected] 301-230-0819 | [email protected] Staff Writer | Jared Feldschreiber Justin Tice Director of Circulation & Audience Development | Bill Sims Account Executives | John Barrett 301-230-6695 | [email protected] Digital Media Coordinator | James Meskunas 410-902-2315 | [email protected] Jeremy Ehrlich Staff Writer | Justin Katz Circulation Coordinator | Rochel Ziman Scott Lebhar MARKETING 301-230-6684 | [email protected] 410-902-2308 | [email protected] Mary Ramsdale Marketing Consultants | Stacie Shapero Copy Chief | Andrea Siegel Legal Notices | Joan Romano Lynn Rosenbleeth (classifieds) Esther Apt [email protected] 301-706-9508 | [email protected] Stacie Shapero Director of Custom Media | Jeni Mann 410-902-2302 | [email protected] Main Office: 301-230-2222 [email protected] [email protected] 11900 Parklawn Drive, Suite 300 301-230-0474 | Fax: 301-230-0114 301-230-0819 | Fax: 301-881-1994 Rockville, MD 20852 [email protected] classifi[email protected] 301-230-2222 ext. 1 301-230-0472 WASHINGTON JEWISH WEEK (USPS 582-840) (ISSN 0746-9373), a Mid-Atlantic Media publication, is published every Thursday and a special issue on the fourth Friday of July at 11900 Parklawn Drive, Suite 300 Rockville, MD 20852. 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The younger ones look forward to joining the army. By Jon Marks On Aug. 17, a planeload of 233 people — While many of them, like Friedman and my group, [Tzofim] Garin Tzabar,” said Special to WJW including six from the Washington area — Jacob Roshgadol of College Park, have fam- Friedman, whose 21-year-old brother, Les, made aliyah via Nefesh B’Nefesh, the group ily in Israel, those soldiers-in-waiting won’t made aliyah with Nefesh B’Nefesh a few EL AVIV — At just aer 7 a.m., their that coordinates flights bringing hordes of get to spend much time with them. e IDF years ago, while Roshgadol has two older T10-hour flight finally concluded, 233 like-minded Americans and a few Canadi- immediately puts these young men and sisters who did the same. “Aer that, I go on weary soon-to-be new citizens of Israel ans to Israel each year. women into a pre-training regimen on a a bus to my kibbutz for three months. I go staggered off an El Al charter. “I remember being in Israel six months kibbutz to prepare them for their induction. to the ulpan, learn Hebrew and about the As they walked down the makeshi steps aer my bar mitzvah,” said 23-year-old “Once I arrive, I’ll have a ceremony with culture and what to expect. en I’ll be en- to the Ben Gurion Airport tarmac, they Jacob Zucker of Arlington, a graduate in were met by a phalanx of photographers. Middle Eastern studies from Princeton Uni- Aer posing for pictures — including a versity and one of several from the Wash- “I’ve got to protect my people — our country.” group shot of the 75 young men and women ington area who’ll be joining the IDF. —Yoni Subin who will be joining the Israel Defense Forces “at first trip planted a love. I went back in three months following a crash indoctri- in 2011 with the Bronfman Youth Fellow- listing.” nation course — they boarded buses and ships and then in my freshman year.