St. Petersburg, FL 33707 St. Petersburg, FL Avenue 6416 Central Tampa Jewish Press of Inc. Bay, Tampa The Jewish Press Group of www.jewishpresstampa.com VOL.33, NO. 2 TAMPA, FLORIDA A AUGUST 7 - 20, 2020 12 PAGES Hillel Academy to open Aug. 12 with new safety The Jewish Press Group U.S. POSTAGE PAID U.S. POSTAGE of Tampa Bay, Inc. Bay, Tampa of PRESORTED measures in place STANDARD By RACHEL FREEMAN Jewish Press Hillel Academy in Tampa is planning to re- open with in-person classes on Wednesday, Aug. 12 with a number of new health and safe- ty procedures in place to protect students and staff. Head of School Allison Oakes said that Hillel JustJust Compliedaa nosh..fromnosh.. JTA news service Academy, and most other private schools in the Jeff Halpern is an assistant coach with the Tampa Bay Lightning, which resumed play Aug. 3. area, are reopening as scheduled because they can change “environmental factors” more eas- ily. She attributed the two-week delay in open- Meet Jeff Halpern, a Lightning ing public schools to a lack of time spent plan- ning for the school year amid the COVID-19 coach and Jewish sports honoree pandemic while Hillel has been prepping since By BRUCE LOWITT as an assistant coach with the Tampa early June. Jewish Press Bay Lightning following 14 seasons as In an effort to alleviate potential fears about It was Wednesday night, Oct. 12, 2005, a player in the National Hockey League, the return to classes during a pandemic, a pan- and the Washington Capitals were suit- including two with the Lightning. el of doctors recently participated in a virtual ing up to play the Carolina Hurricanes in “But even growing up, seeing Koufax town hall addressing common concerns. and other (Jewish) players, different ath- Raleigh, N.C. – all but Caps center Jeff Screenshot from Twitter The Zoom meeting was led by Health Com- Halpern. He would not skate that night. letes, and knowing what it meant to other John Ossoff, left and distorted image. mittee members Dr. Steven Specter, the orga- It was Yom Kippur and, like the Dodg- people – Sandy Koufax sitting out a game nizer of the American Society of Microbiology ers’ Sandy Koufax, who would not pitch in the World Series – it obviously had a GA senator runs campaign ad showing Clinical Virology Symposium and former asso- on the Day of Atonement in the World big impact on my dad and his family,” Jewish challenger with elongated nose ciate dean of the USF Medical College; Dr. Da- Series 40 years earlier, Halpern’s faith Halpern said. “You grow up in that envi- Sen. David Perdue, a Georgia Republican, removed vid Berger, a pediatrician and owner of Wholis- precluded him from playing on the high- ronment, you understand that. With your a campaign ad from Facebook that showed an image of tic Pediatrics and Family Care, and Dr. Robyn est of Holy Days. heritage and your background comes his Jewish challenger, Jon Ossoff, with his nose appar- Jacobson, a pediatrician and owner of Jacobson “My role models go back to my mom the weight of a lot of people looking up ently elongated. Pediatrics. The discussion was led by Oakes. and my dad; their background and their to you. So, I do take pride in those mo- Photos of Ossoff and New York Sen. Chuck Schum- The main question on parents’ minds was, “Is identity was always important to me,” ments.” er, a fellow Democrat and also Jewish, appear under the heading in all capitals “Democrats are trying to buy HILLEL continued on PAGE 6 said Halpern, 43, in his second season LIGHTNING continued on PAGE 10 Georgia! Help David Perdue Fight Back.” The ad follows a string of incidents shining a light on the anti-Semitic canard of Jews using money to control Cross-section politics. A spokeswoman for Perdue said in a statement that the ad was an “unintentional error” by an unnamed of Israelis vendor outside of the campaign and the image has been removed from Facebook. The ad ran for five days before it was deleted. join growing “Anybody who implies that this was anything other than an inadvertent error is intentionally misrepresenting Senator Perdue’s strong and consistent record of stand- An image from a Change.org petition shows the words Benjamin protests ing firmly against anti-Semitism and all forms of hate,” P. Judah Confederate Memorial striken from the sign at the Gam- ble Plantation State Park in Ellenton. By SAM SOKOL the spokeswoman said. JTA news service Ossoff responded with a statement that he also TEL AVIV — Noam Ofer might posted on Facebook. Petition aims to erase have been an unlikely candidate “Sitting U.S. Senator David Perdue’s digital attack ad Noam Ofer, 76, at Black Flag protest. to join Israel’s burgeoning protest distorted my face to enlarge and extend my nose. I’m movement. At 76, he is older than illegally shut down protests,” Ofer Jewish. This is the oldest, most obvious, least original anti-Semitic trope in history. Senator, literally no one Jewish Confederate’s most of the people who have taken said. “I came because the minister said that we’re all on the left. I’m believes your excuses,” Ossoff said. to the streets in recent weeks to The Forward first reported that the image appeared name from state park protest the government’s handling on the right. He said we are anar- manipulated, noting that it was taken from a 2017 Re- By BOB FRYER of the coronavirus crisis. He also chists, but the only ones creating uters photo. Graphic design experts told the Forward Jewish Press doesn’t share the political views of anarchy are the ones around Netan- that the nose in the image was manipulated while the Sarasota artist John Sims has begun a petition to rename many of the protesters. yahu.” rest of the face remained the same. The Perdue cam- a state park in nearby Ellenton that bears the name of a But Ofer was there anyway on Ofer’s perspective reflects the paign said the distortion occurred when the photo was Jewish man some historians have called “the brains of the the evening of July 28 marching deep and bipartisan frustration that resized and filtered. Confederacy” – and to provide the context that hundreds of outside the Tel Aviv home of Is- many Israelis are feeling about slaves toiled there, honoring their memory. rael’s minister in charge of law en- the country’s leadership nearly six FSU Student Senate passes resolution The official name of the park is the Judah P. Benjamin forcement, Amir Ohana, who was months since Israel recorded its to combat anti-Semitism Confederate Memorial at Gamble Plantation Historic State caught on tape pressuring a senior first coronavirus case. The Student Senate at Florida State University Park. Benjamin was arguably the most prominent Jew in police official to ban demonstra- Thousands of Israelis have been passed a resolution to help to combat anti-Semitism on the Confederacy, appointed at various times by his friend tions against Prime Minister Ben- staging loud protests for weeks, campus. PARK continued on PAGE 9 jamin Netanyahu. “He’s trying to ISRAELI PROTEST continued on PAGE 12 The resolution, which passed the Student Govern- ment Senate in a 26-14 vote, also adopted the definition of anti-Semitism laid out by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, according to the FSU News. Virus blocks local woman from joining The definition includes hatred of and discrimination against Jews, Holocaust denial and, sometimes contro- husband, takes toll on their Polish cafe versially, expressions of criticism of Israel. The resolution commits the organization to “imme- By BRUCE LOWITT nadian native who spent half Gerald, 72, couldn’t return diately appointing a Senate liaison for Hillel FSU to in- Jewish Press of each year as a businessman to Florida if he wanted to be- crease Jewish communication and representation within Marcia Vineberg was al- traveling in Europe and Asia, cause President Donald Trump Student Government.” It also “(holds) all members of the most packed and ready to re- wound up opening The Nosh has banned people from Po- Student Government Association accountable to being join her husband. Kosher Cafe in Tarnow, Po- land and elsewhere from en- educated on Jewish culture and anti-Semitism through It’s complicated. land, three years ago. tering the United States. communication with the Jewish community on campus.” Then COVID-19 arrived. And the restaurant that had Groups such as the campus chapter of Students for They had moved from Van- Justice in Palestine campaigned heavily against the Marcia, 69, has been been thriving is in danger of couver to Palm Harbor 10 resolution. years ago to care for her moth- trapped here, she said, because going under now that tourism Its passage comes a month after Student Senate er, who had fallen. Harriet Poland, part of the European to Tarnow has dropped to a President,Ahmad Daraldik survived a vote of no- Rand, 95, died in December. Union, has barred Americans virtual crawl. confidence over social media posts described as anti- Marcia and Gerald Vineberg And Gerald Vineberg, a Ca- from entry. CAFE continued on PAGE 7 Semitic. PAGE 2 A JEWISH PRESS of TAMPA AUGUST 7 - 20, 2020 Club J to offer in-person supervision for elementary students doing classwork online The Tampa JCCs will offer the diversity of each child. We offer sions during the regular school day. there are at least four children com- families are facing and want to two options to parents for school excellent staff to children ratios, Parents provide the laptop; staff ing from specific schools.