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PATERSON PROFESSOR FLIRTS WITH ANTI-SEMITISM page 6
REMEMBERING A MURDERED CONDUCTOR IN GERMANY page 12

TAKING THE STAGE AS A CANCER SURVIVOR pages 14
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Don’t let your kids
try this at home
l A little girl thought her baby However, the center’s Dr.
brother’s batteries had run Amiel Dror stressed that the
out, so she inserted a new one incident could have had a far
into his nose, leading to an more serious outcome. Un-
emergency trip to the hospital, like regular batteries, button
Israel’s Channel 10 news batteries release chemicals
reported. even when not connected to
The two-year-old boy was a circuit, and had it not been
taking a nap. According to removed quickly it could have
the doctor who treated him, caused serious damage to the
the baby’s sister, thinking her nasal tissue. Or if the boy had
brother worked like her toys, inhaled it further, or swallowed
shoved a button cell up his the battery, he could have been
nose to get him going again. in serious danger.
The report did not say how old Speaking to Channel 10, Dror
the sister was. said that because summer
The parents, from the north vacation is coming, and that
of Israel, rushed their son to the means that kids will have a lot
Galilee Medical Center, where of free time, it is particularly im-
the battery was removed from portant that parents supervise
the boy’s nostril without caus- their children at all times.
ing any major damage. Times of Israel
High drama in the Knesset

l Even by the raucous standards
of Israel’s parliament, a hearing in
the Knesset Health Committee this
week was anything but chill. Israeli flag made of cookies
breaks Guinness record
The topic: medical marijuana.
Five witnesses supporting medi-
cal marijuana were ejected from
the hearing. They, along with op- l The Atlanta Jewish community broke
position legislators, were critical of a Guinness World Record after making
the Health Ministry’s skeptical tone a flag out of cookies.
toward the medical benefits of can- The Israeli flag used about 117,000
nabis. cookies and spread over 3,224 square
The finale came as Meir Kadosh feet of the plastic-covered floor of the
talked about his child, who suffers Heritage Hall in Atlanta’s Congregation
from epilepsy, and how much bet- and almost no THC, so users do not Beth Jacob.
ter and safer the marijuana-derived feel stoned after using it. The flag was created to celebrate Isra-
CBD oil he used to treat her is than Among Western countries, Israel el’s 70th birthday. The previous record-
the readily prescribed opiate pills already has one of the highest holder marked Pakistan’s 70th. The new
she used to take. per capita rates of legal marijuana record-holder is 32 percent larger, the
use, with more than 21,000 people Atlanta Jewish Times reported. to three nonprofit organizations in Israel:
“It says ‘dangerous drug’ on
medically licensed to use the drug. The flag was certified shortly before United Hatzalah, the volunteer emer-
the label,” he said as he opened a
container of CBD oil. He recited the Israel is well known as a pioneer noon on Sunday by Guinness adjudica- gency medical service; OneFamily Fund,
Shehacol blessing, thanking God in medical cannabis. Two years ago, tor Michael Empric. which supports victims of terrorism; and
for making everything by God’s the government approved a plan, People could sponsor the project, the Jewish Agency’s Partnership2Gether
word, and drank the oil. “You are initiated by Health Minister Yaakov called Cookies for Israel, by buying one program.
murderers!” he shouted. Litzman, to relax some of the medi- for $10; so far the project has raised The cookies were donated to charities
“The pills are suicide!” he said, cal cannabis requirements. That more than $103,000. The funds will go to be distributed and eaten. JTA
before jumping over the table to plan aimed to expand the number
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Noshes “The minute I found out she was a
synagogue president, I knew she
could do anything. There’s nothing like
the politics of a synagogue.”
— Rep. Lois Frankel (D-Fla.), referring to Rep. Jackie Rosen (D-Nev.),
who is running for the Senate after one term in the House.
LOWER THE BARR:
Roseanne’s tweets
twist in the wind
Unlike many others, I doned All-Reason and ning a sex ring out of a to forget her anti-Israel
was not surprised when, Embraced the Alt-Right”) Washington pizza parlor. stance; they also ignored
on May 29, ROSEANNE published on June 23, Comedian TOM AR- the way in which her re-
BARR tweeted a highly 2017. The only thing the NOLD, 59 provides some cent tweets and retweets
offensive racial “joke” Daily Beast article doesn’t insight into recent events. played more than footsie
about former Obama quite capture is how dis- He was married to Barr with alt-right sites that
administration adviser ordered Barr’s thinking is, from 1990 to 1994 and peddle anti-Semitism.
Valerie Jarrett. This as you hear in a full inter- he converted to Juda- You can find, for exam-
“joke” prompted ABC/ view. I saw one interview ism after marrying her. ple, the same or virtually
Disney head BOB IGER, taped in the summer of Roseanne Barr Bob Iger His current wife is Jewish the same tweets about
who is Jewish, to can- 2016 with a conserva- and he’s a practicing Jew African-Americans being
cel the reboot of the tive host. Try as he might, and an Israel-supporter. apes — or lies about bil-
TV show “Roseanne,” the host couldn’t extract In interviews last week lionaire GEORGE SOROS
despite the fact that it a coherent summary of Arnold said that both he being a (Jewish) Nazi
was highly rated and the her views or why they and Barr long have wres- collaborator — on Barr’s
cancellation would cost changed. She spouted tled with mental prob- twitter site and on the
ABC millions of dollars. word salad. lems he didn’t describe in sites of dyed-in-the-wool
Back in April, I wrote a The Daily Beast article detail. Regarding the of- Jew-haters.
“Noshes” column item traces her Israel views. fensive tweet that result- All Jews should de-
that described what a Back in 2009, I wrote a ed in the show’s cancella- nounce those who attack
meshuga “loose cannon” blog post about her viru- tion, Arnold said: “I knew anyone in horrid and
Barr is. The three follow- lent anti-Israeli views and it was going to happen.” personal terms, even if
ing column paragraphs then I had to watch as the He repeatedly had sent they support Israel. Em-
are what I wrote in April. Jewish community media notes to the show’s staff bracing such people is
They are followed by lauded her in recent years Tom Arnold George Soros telling them to take away not only morally wrong,
“current events.” for her pro-Israel stance. Roseanne’s phones and but it tends to blow up
Long before Donald Over the last two years, cleansing that is happen- Jewish suffering.” She stop the tweeting. Obvi- in the face of pro-Israel
Trump entered politics, I she even was invited ing in Gaza right now.” In also shared a link that ously, whatever controls groups. Is anyone going
was appalled by Rose- to speak before Jewish 2012, she ran for presi- said that “Jew hater Hill- ABC put on Barr were to invite Barr, now, to a
anne Barr (currently a audiences in the United dent on a left-wing third ary Clinton’s ‘handler’ way too weak and there Jewish event? She’s a big
vocal Trump supporter). States and Israel. party ticket with Cindy Huma [Abedin] Weiner is much justified criticism embarrassment.
Yes, there are people who My guess is that the Sheehan (who said many [a Muslim] is a filthy Nazi of ABC for rebooting Likewise, those on
radically switch political Jewish media and Jew- times that her soldier son whore.” Most alarming “Roseanne” despite her the progressive side
positions for reasons that ish organizations didn’t died in Iraq for Israel). is her support of wacko history of highly offen- who criticize Israel in
they lay out in under- know or choose not to But by 2014-15 Barr conspiracy theory sites. sive tweets. measured terms should
standable, rational terms. remember Barr’s quite swung the other way. In Barr particularly likes to ABC rebooted it be- always be on the look-
But Barr, 65, takes politi- recent past. Courtesy 2016, she began using retweet a sicko con- cause they saw a poten- out for the anti-Semitism
cal stances and changes of the Daily Beast, that language that wins no spiracy theory about tial big moneymaker. The that is a big undercurrent
them for reasons that past is revealed: In 2009, friends for Israel, like call- the “Deep State” and Jewish/pro-Israel commu- in so many anti-Israel
I can ascribe only to a she called Israel a “Nazi ing Muslims pedophiles Democrats running child nity saw in Barr a celeb- groups and not try to
personality disorder. This state,” in 2011 “a “bru- and tweeting, “Hillary sex rings — a charge very rity supporter. They chose rationalize it away. –N.B.
is laid out in a must read tal and undemocratic Clinton is surrounded by much like the totally false
Daily Beast article (“How theocracy.” She also Jew haters who make Pizzagate story — that
California-based Nate Bloom can be reached at
Roseanne Barr Aban- denounced “the ethnic fun of the Holocaust and Hillary Clinton was run-
[email protected]
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Flirting with Holocaust denial in Wayne

Fair Lawn student videos her sociology professor
spouting conspiracy theories and anti-Semitic tropes
LARRY YUDELSON — for continuing to employ two professors who
A
made anti-Semitic and anti-Israel comments and
professor of sociology at William Pater- social media postings outside the classroom.
son University of New Jersey in Wayne Just two week ago, staff from the Jewish Federa-
has been recorded on video espousing a tion of Northern New Jersey, accompanied by New
series of anti-Semitic beliefs about Jews Jersey Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg of
—including the ideas that Ashkenazi Jews are not Teaneck, met with Rutgers University’s President
genetically related to the ancient Israelites, that Robert Barchi to express their concerns.
175,000 German Jews found safe harbor in the Ger- At William Paterson University, Ms. Koval com-
man army during the Holocaust, and that Judaism plained to Dr. Jacob Felson, the chair of the soci-
has degenerated from a universal religion, with ology department, who urged her to file an offi-
roots in ancient Egypt, to a racist religion. cial complaint. But after learning that a complaint
The videos were recorded by freshman Benny filed last year had no effect, Ms. Koval decided to
Koval, 18, of Fair Lawn. Ms. Koval was enrolled wait until the course was over before expressing
in Dr. Clyde Magarelli’s course, Sociology 1020, her concerns and posting videos publicly on Twit-
“Social Problems.” ter over the weekend.
This is not the first time Dr. Magarelli has stirred According to Ms. Koval, and as verified by the
controversy in the classroom. videos she recorded, Dr. Magarelli’s traffic in alter-
Last year, another student complained to the native facts is not limited to discussions of
department head, and filed a formal complaint Jews. Dr. Magarelli tells his students that the
with the school. moon landings were faked, and that human
And in 1994, Dr. Magarelli was rebuked by his space travel beyond the Van Allen radiation
department after handing students a document belts is impossible. (In the real world, this
that downplayed the number of deaths in Nazi fear was debunked when the radiation was
concentration camps. According to the February first directly measured in the 1960s, living
7, 1994 issue of the Beacon, the school’s newspa- on mostly as a key plot point in the Fantas-
per, Dr. Magarelli’s handout said: “In relationship tic Four comic books.)
to the media theme of six million concentration Dr. Magarelli’s unorthodox beliefs extend
camp deaths… a figure of between 700,000 and to his politics. According to campaign
Freshman Benny Koval, 18, of Fair Lawn,
800,000 appears more realistic.” donation records at opensecrets.org, Dr.
inset, recorded sociology professor Dr. Clyde
The exposure of Dr. Magarelli’s in-classroom Magarelli has been donating to the Lyndon
Magarelli espousing discredited theories and
comments comes as Jewish groups have criticized LaRouche Political Action Committee since
anti-Semitic comments.
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at least 2010. In 1979, Lyndon LaRouche lost a $26 million libel suit
Campus update
against the Anti-Defamation League, which had declared LaRouche
“anti-Semitic.” The New York Supreme Court ruled that it was rea- Panel will detail Hillel’s efforts
sonable to apply that label. Mr. LaRouche, who ran for president sev-
eral times, has long trafficked in conspiracy theories, some centering
to fight anti-Semitism at Rutgers
on the Queen of England. Many of those theories have anti-Semitic
overtones. LOIS GOLDRICH
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Ms. Koval said that she first became concerned about Dr. Magarelli’s
understanding of the world when he discussed abortion. ndrew Getraer, executive director of
Ms. Koval tells the story like this: “He made a claim that post-abortion Rutgers Hillel, is no alarmist.
traumatic stress syndrome was a thing. It’s a long-outdated concept. Mr. Getraer, who has held that posi-
I knew that.” She tried to tell that to Dr. Magarelli and he cut her off, tion for some 17 years, said that “in
changing the subject with an aggressive question. fact, while anti-Semitism has been present for
“You would expect he would engage in discussion,” she said. “That’s many years among certain groups on campus,
when I realized I should probably start recording him rather than what we see are occasional eruptions or incidents
engaging him.” So she began compiling a list of “ridiculous claims that bring it to public knowledge, to a level where
Magarelli had made,” she said. the university needs to address it.”
She took the list to the chairman of the sociology department, Dr. Still, he acknowledged, “What we have seen is Talia Schabes Jenna Kerschenbaum
Jacob Felson. He told her she could file a bias complaint against Dr. that groups are more open about it.” An exam-
Magarelli, and that her complaint was not the first one made against ple: “Every few years, a white supremacist group or, at their root, by anti-Semitism itself. There is
him. “He made it clear that the university wasn’t going to do any- would put flyers out on campus. It was usually also, he said, “an in-between level in which Jewish
thing,” Ms. Koval said. done at night in secret. concerns and sensitivities are deemed not as rel-
None of the videos of Dr. Magarelli that Ms. Koval recorded include “This year, on Rutgers Day, a big event with over evant or important as those of others.”
full-fledged Holocaust denial. But the snippets, which she recorded 100,000 people from all over the state, there was That, unfortunately, is something he sees at
because they seemed bizarre, reflect the beliefs of Holocaust deniers. a white supremacist walking around the campus his university. And the school’s administration
In one video, Dr. Magarelli explains that German Jews found safety passing out flyers, and he left one at the Hillel has not gone as far as he would like in addressing
in the German army during the Holocaust. “One hundred and seventy building. That’s new.” The new element, he said, the recent outburst of anti-Semitic feeling among
five thousand German Jews served in the German army — this is not is the “boldness with which they feel comfortable what he called far-left members of the faculty, Mr.
the SS — the Germany army — in World War II and occupied positions expressing themselves.” Getraer said.
from private up to field marshal, the highest ranks. Now, the leader of And this, he said, is something we see across the He cited the recent spate of anti-Semitic state-
that himself was a Jew,” he said. country since the 2016 presidential election cam- ments and writings from three professors this
Dr. Magarelli did not respond to requests for comment. paign. “Whether pro- or anti-Trump, it’s undeni- fall. The incidents involved Michael Chikindas,
Dr. Michael Berenbaum, a professor of the Holocaust at the Ameri- able that the far-right anti-Semitic community a microbiology professor who published many
can Jewish University in Los Angeles, played a key role in the creation feels more comfortable expressing [their hatred] offensive social media posts; Jasbir Puar, a wom-
of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. He rebutted Dr. publicly,” Mr. Getraer said. “Look at Charlottes- en’s studies professor whose latest book accuses
Magarelli’s assertion. ville, and at “fringe congressional candidates who Israel of injuring Palestinians “in order to con-
“There were 525,000 Jews in Germany in 1933,” Dr. Berenbaum are openly anti-Semitic.” trol them”; and Mazen Adi, an adjunct professor
wrote in an email. “Most emigrated between 1933-1941 when emigra- As he has seen on his own campus, anti-Semitic of international law who accused Israeli officials
tion of Jews was shut down. 183,000 German Jews are known to have venom comes from the far left as well as the far of trafficking children’s organs as he served as a
been murdered. right. “Extremists on either end of the spectrum spokesperson for the regime of Syrian President
“What he may be saying is that there were some mischlinge (mon- are anti-Jewish,” he said. “Extremism is not a Bashar al-Assad.
grels, partial Jews) who served in the German army. There were hun- friend of the Jews. As campuses, and the coun- “One was fired,” Mr. Getraer said. That was
dreds, not 175,000. My student and friend Bryan Rigg can probably try, become more polarized, it bodes ill for the Mazen Adi. “He was not a full-time professor.
name them. He wrote an important book with an unfortunate title Jewish community.” He was a part-time lecturer but will no longer
‘Hitler’s Jewish Soldiers’ detailing the mischlinge who served in then Mr. Getraer, the OU-JLIC ( Jewish Learning Ini- be teaching. One was a full tenured professor.”
Wehrmacht. But the number is 1 percent at best of what the profes- tiatives on Campus) rabbi on campus, Rabbi Tzvi That was Michael Chikindas. “His responsibilities
sor quotes.” Wohlgelerntner, and two Rutgers students from were removed. He was not fired but will no lon-
Dr. Magarelli “knows not of what he speaks,” Dr. Berenbaum said. Bergen County will discuss the problem of anti- ger be allowed to teach required courses.” Hillel,
“He should know better.” Semitism on campus and how Hillel is addressing it should be noted, strongly expressed its view that
In another video, Dr. Magarelli asserts that Ashkenazi Jews “have no it at Englewood’s Congregation Ahavath Torah on he should be fired as well; although that did not
biological links to the original Judaism. They claim to have it, though June 11. (See box.) happen, “we are grateful that the administration
there’s no link at all. DNA follows that.” “Anti-Semitism takes a lot of forms,” Mr. Getraer took serious action.”
In fact, however, as Science magazine wrote in 2012, “three of said. He cited not only “the traditional overt anti- “No action was taken whatsoever” against Profes-
the major Jewish groups — the Middle Eastern, Sephardic, and Semitism” but also anti-Israel activities that are sor Puar, since the university administration held
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Denial Talia Mizikovsky, the director of Hillel of North-
Jewish Federation’s Jason Shames FROM PAGE 8
ern New Jersey, said that she had encouraged the
reports on Rutgers meeting Ashkenazi Jews — share a genetic connection student to file a complaint, and followed up with
going back more than 2,000 years, and are a meeting with the university administration to
liberating maiming Palestinians. more closely related to each other than to express her concerns over “the anti-Semitic and
LARRY YUDELSON Mr. Shames said that Dr. Barchi
nearby non-Jewish groups.” racist comments” in the student’s account of Dr.
defended Dr. Puar, though he
Jason Shames and Robert Bar- said he disagreed with her. “She Dr. Felson said he is glad that Ms. Koval is speak- Magarelli’s classroom.
chi do not see eye to eye. has academic freedom and First ing out. “That’s important,” he said. “I encourage Eventually, she received a response from the
Mr. Shames is CEO of the Jew- Amendment rights,” Mr. Shames students to speak up when they have a problem dean who had investigated the issue: “I found
ish Federation of Northern New quoted Dr. Barchi as saying. Dr. in the classroom. There are not enough students that Professor Magarelli’s statements would
Jersey and Dr. Barchi is presi- Barchi defended her book as speaking up. On some campuses there would likely be protected under the First Amendment
dent of Rutgers University. After having been published by an have been a lot more discussion and debate about and viewed as generating a healthy classroom
the two met two weeks ago to academic press and passing
something like this, much earlier.” discussion/debate. I did, however, find that
discuss complaints about anti- peer review.
Semitism at Rutgers, Mr. Shames Mr. Shames countered that
Dr. Magarelli has been teaching at William Pat- Professor Magarelli (and consequently his stu-
walked away unsatisfied. the endorsement of the book by erson for more than 50 years, Dr. Felson said. dents), would benefit from a discussion to deter-
“I can’t say anything came pro-BDS groups “ discredits and “He was probably tenured when I was in ele- mine whether he was improperly veering off the
out of it,” Mr. Shames said of the undermines the credibility that mentary school. topic[s] of his Criminal Investigations syllabus/
meeting. the book is academic in nature.” “Unfortunately, particularly post tenure, the outline. I was advised that a discussion was had
Mr. Shames said the meeting Dr. Barchi reiterated his belief only kind of thing that can be done is when between Professor Magarelli and the Sociology
began with state Senate Major- that “you combat hate speech there are multiple complaints from students. Department Chair. He was generally notified (no
ity Leader Loretta Weinberg of with more speech, but good
It’s unfortunate that, partly out of apathy or just student name was mentioned) about complaints
Teaneck telling Dr. Barchi how speech,” Mr. Shames said. “He
upset she was about Dr. Jasbir was very proud of the sympo- ignorance, not many students have complained. regarding some of his statements made during
Puar, the tenured Rutgers asso- sium on hate speech put on by Professors are given a wide latitude in what they class. The Department Chair also counseled
ciate professor of women’s and the ADL on campus.” teach in their classes. If they have some wild and Professor Magarelli about the dangers of veer-
gender studies, whose self-de- Mr. Shames was less impressed erroneous things thrown it, it’s very difficult for ing off the topic/subject matter while teaching
scribed “anti-Zionist” book, “The by the symposium. the department chair to do much about it.” his courses.
Right to Maim: Debility, Capacity, “It was very poorly attended The student who filed a complaint last year “...if Professor Magarelli (or any other profes-
Disability,” accuses Israel of de- by actual students,” he said.
declined to speak to the Standard, citing a sor for that matter) engages in behavior or makes
confidentiality agreement she signed with the statements that are deemed discriminatory in
Rutgers nuanced and difficult to understand, that Much of her campus activity, Ms. They didn’t think it through. We just waved
FROM PAGE 8 you can be successful and threatened. We Schabes said, emanates from her involve- Israeli flags on the other side of the street
that her writings are protected under the get it intuitively, but non-Jews don’t get it.” ment with the American Union of Jew- and it looked like we were celebrating the
umbrella of academic freedom. Interest- Despite all this, “I think the Rutgers is ish Students, a new group patterned on deaths. It wasn’t well thought out.
ingly, Mr. Getraer added, when the profes- a very tolerant community overall,” Mr. the model of student unions outside the “There was really nothing else until this
sor delivered a talk at Dartmouth University, Getraer said. He said Hillel is having many United States. As part of this effort, she semester,” she said. “I’m very much a fan
including her “blood libel” charge that the more discussions about anti-Semitism with cited “the tactic of tabling” — setting up of the academic process, going through
IDF harvests the organs of Palestinian chil- students. “We try to let students know that a table and handing out flyers to students every possible outcome, immersing
dren, “the next day the university president anything they experience as anti-Semitic, who pass by. “I took a gap year and did myself ” in an issue. “But what happened
and provost came out and repudiated her.” they should report to us.” He added that Israel training through Jerusalem U. But it’s here — I was unsettled by this coming from
And yet, Mr. Getraer said, the Rutgers Rutgers Hillel has “a strong story to tell” hard to learn in a vacuum and then apply a professor. When you see a tenured pro-
administration considers her “anti-Semitic about BDS. “At one point we were probably it. I had to get a feel from the campus,” she fessor doing these things, who can have
assertions as part of her academic work, dealing with more anti-Israel activities than said; she plans to make aliyah. respect for that?”
and will not criticize her.” While he does any other campus, but we have changed Ms. Schabes said that while the majority Ms. Kershenbaum, who had been a mem-
not agree, he said, he understands that the the dynamic on the campus so that it’s not of Rutgers students no doubt are opposed ber of the Hillel board for three years, said
university is dealing with “tenure, union, as prominent as it once was and has signifi- to anti-Semitism, “it’s a big campus and it’s she agrees “100 percent “ with Mr. Getraer
and faculty. She is very well protected.” It cantly less impact. We’ve never passed or difficult to speak up. You don’t know who about insensitivity to Jewish issues on cam-
should also be noted that while Rutgers’ even voted on a BDS motion. We’ve taken to direct your opposition to.” She charac- pus. “It’s hard to disentangle movements,”
President Robert Barchi was urged to a proactive position regarding this, to pre- terized Hillel as “active and visible, inviting she added, noting that during his first year
speak out, declaring the professor’s state- vent it from taking root.” all denominations. It’s got a strong pres- on campus, a friend went to a rally co-spon-
ments repugnant, “he didn’t want to do Talia Schabes, a rising senior from Engle- ence within the Jewish community.” sored by different groups, including Stu-
that,” citing academic freedom. wood and a participant in the upcoming Jenna Kershenbaum, a recent Rutgers dents for Justice in Palestine. While the orga-
“I’m not happy about it but I understand program, is a member of Hillel’s Ortho- graduate who lives in Teaneck and like nizers used “blanket statements to make it
the university’s position,” Mr. Getraer said. dox contingent. An intern with the David Ms. Schabes is planning to make aliyah, sound like we’re all fighting together,” that
“But what if a professor said something Project — a pro-Israel organization that also will be on the upcoming panel. Her was clearly not the case. Jewish students
virulent against African Americans or the builds strong relationships with a wide experience at Rutgers was, for the most “were not comfortable if they had to chant
LGBT community? That’s an open ques- array of students on campus to strengthen part, “extremely positive,” she said. “A lot ‘Free Palestine.’ They were caught in the
tion. I think the sensitivity of the university the pro-Israel community — she said she of high schools in the New Jersey area pre- middle. It was a weird situation.”
toward those two communities is much doesn’t feel anti-Semitism “day to day,” but pare you for the worst in terms of dealing
stronger and sharper than it is toward the she was actively involved in speaking out with anti-Israel and anti-Semitic activities. Who: Congregation Ahavath Torah
Jewish community. That’s one of the things against the three professors. But they don’t teach a lot about apathy.”
What: Will sponsor a panel on anti-
we are working to change. “We don’t have many protests on cam- While she has taken many courses on Semitism at Rutgers and what Hillel is
“There’s a lack of sensitivity to anti- pus,” she said, and to see those that do conflict, and read widely on both sides of doing to address it
Semitism, so we’re working to educate take place, “you have to be at the right the Israel-Palestinian issue, “there’s not
When: On June 11 at 8:30 p.m.
administrators. They don’t see us as an place at the right time.” She did note, how- much here in terms of rallying.” She remem-
oppressed community.” ever, a recent “writing war” in the campus bers a 2014 incident after the war in Gaza Where: At the synagogue, 240 Broad
Ave., Englewood
He pointed out that despite the large newspaper involving Students for Justice when “there was a die-in at the main cam-
number of verbal attacks on the Jewish in Palestine and Scarlet Knights for Israel, pus. People had fake blood on them. The For information: Call (201) 906-5840
community, “we’re still successful. It’s more for whom she plans to write. Jewish community didn’t really mobilize. And also: It’s open to the public.

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nature (as opposed to protected under Arthur Butz in Northwestern,” Mr. Cohn someone says something unpopular,” Mr. Perhaps.
academic freedom), the University will said. said. Dr. Butz is a professor of elec- Cohn said. “The question then is, can the But had Dr. Magarelli’s colleagues logged
(and has as recently as this school year) trical engineering whose 1976 book, “The teacher who said X fairly treat students of onto RateMyProfessors.com as long ago as
act accordingly to take action against that Hoax of the Twentieth Century,” argued category Y. It’s often brought up when a May 2004, they would read this review:
professor.” that the Holocaust did not happen. In faculty member says something and peo- “Very strange and paranoid conspiracy
A call to the dean of the college of human- 2006, the Chicago Tribune reported that ple just imply that he will treat someone theorist. From the moment I walked in I
ities and social sciences was returned by Dr. Butz had been quoted in the Iranian from that group unfairly. felt like I entered the twilight zone. Easy
the press office. “We are aware of the stu- media as supporting the Holocaust denial “If a faculty member opposes same sex grader. Didn’t learn much.”
dent’s social media posts and have reached of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who then was marriage, is it automatically true that he The next year, Dr. Magarelli got a good
out to encourage her to use official univer- the country’s president. At that point, can’t treat gay students fairly? Universities review from a student who wrote: “He is
sity channels to voice her complaint,” Mary some of his colleagues launched a cam- must be circumspect in imputing discrimi- very easy. Never takes attendance, and
Beth Zeman, the university director of pub- paign to encourage Dr. Butz to leave North- nation based on views. In the absence of all he talks about is 9/11 and how it was an
lic relations, wrote in an email. “The uni- western University. complaints, we have to be skeptical about inside job. Oh yeah and don’t 4 get the U.S.
versity policy is to investigate individually The school’s president, Henry Bienen, accepting that logic.” never went to the moon. Easy A.”
each student’s complaint and then deter- issued a statement saying that Dr. Butz was On the other hand, he said, “if he’s not A more recent review directly addressed
mine what action may be warranted. “entitled to express his personal views, teaching the material they’re supposed to the question of competence: “DO NOT
“Sometimes disciplinary action is taken including on his personal web pages, as be teaching, the university certainly has TAKE HIM! This man will not teach you
against a professor. When that occurs, it long as he does not represent such opin- the right to step in. If what he was say- anything but conspiracies without any
is a private matter between the university ions as the views of the University.” ing was germane to course content, you backup evidence to support what he says!
and an individual faculty member,” Ms. But Dr. Butz was not accused of sharing get into the question of competency. If a He makes up historical facts and sells this
Zeman wrote. his views in the classroom. history professor were teaching that the as the truth! Claims the inquisition did not
Ari Cohn, who works at the Foundation “Professors do not lose the right to par- South won the Civil War, there’s a compe- kill people, that some terrorist organiza-
for Individual Rights in Education and ticipate in public conversation simply by tency issue.” tions are not terrorist at all, that 9/11 is the
regularly defends college faculty mem- virtue of their government employment,” That said, “it’s imperative those deci- Air force’s fault. ABSOLUTELY INSANE!”
bers’ First Amendment rights, said that Mr. Cohn said. “The First Amendment gen- sions be left to the faculty,” Mr. Cohn said. Benny Koval, however, did not think to
the faculty of William Paterson University erally forbids retaliating against that.” But “It’s reasonable for a faculty member to be check out Dr. Magarelli before enrolling in
would have ample grounds to sanction Dr. “classroom speech is a different situation.” concerned and want to figure out what’s his class.
Magarelli for trafficking in disproven con- Dr. Magarelli’s remarks, Mr. Cohn said, going on. When faculty members see their “I looked on RateMyProfessor after I
spiracy theories. raise two problems — bias and competency. colleagues are unfit, they tend to take had already chosen the course,” she said.
Often the cases he works on “go back to “One issue that comes up is when action.” “Which was a mistake.”

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Turning horror to hope

Sisters remember their prodigy uncle, killed by Nazis in Germany,
with concert recreating post-liberation Bernstein performance
JOANNE PALMER of Mr. Durmashkin — and the 70th birthday
E
of the state of Israel, the Germans were
very person who was murdered able to look both backward and forward in
during the Holocaust contained ways that made Ms. Lerner, Ms. Reisman,
a whole world. Each one was their brother, Abe Gurko of Los Angeles,
singular, unique, and irreplace- and the friends who accompanied them
able. Each slaughter, every single death to Germany, feel not only grief, which they
by accident or untreated disease, every had expected to feel, and pride, which they
death by starvation, every premature had hoped to feel, but also hope, which was
post-liberation death by lingering disease both unexpected and welcome.
or malnutrition or a broken heart or spirit On May 10, the Bavarian government
or soul, is the death of a never-to-be-dupli- offered the first in what is meant to be
cated world. the annual Wolf Durmashkin composi-
That is indisputably true. tion awards, offered to musicians from
It is also true that some Holocaust vic- around the world as long as they are 35
tims were so talented that each death or younger.
represented two deaths, one of the physi- The city of Landsberg, which hosted
cal being and the other of the gift that the awards celebration, also presented a Rita Lerner, fourth from left, and her sister, Vivian Reisman, in front of her,
went unopened. concert that day. It was a recreation of the stand with their friends in front of a memorial stone at a subcamp of Dachau.
That’s true of Wolf Durmashkin, a musi- extraordinary one presented by the Dis- ALL PHOTOS COURTESY RITA LERNER
cian who began performing when he placed Persons Orchestra, a group made
was 6, and went on, at 25, to become the up of concentration and labor camp sur- The group visited local concentration The group also went to St. Ottilien, the
youngest person — and only Jew— to con- vivors who had been musicians, had met camps. “We went to Dachau,” Ms. Lerner monastery first turned — at the American
duct the Vilna Symphony Orchestra. The after the war at the hospital called St. Ottil- said. “It had 11 subcamps — they discov- liberators’ insistence — into a hospital for
Nazis murdered him when he was 31, in ien, and who could still find it within them- ered so many of them — and so they” — liberated camp survivors. That’s where the
1944, hours before the work camp where selves to play music. The group played for their German hosts — “took us to a sub- Displaced Persons Orchestra was formed.
he was imprisoned — Klooga, in Estonia — other survivors; in one memorable perfor- camp and showed us how the inmates The group was met with kindness in
was liberated. mance, on May 10, 1948, Leonard Bern- lived there. And then they took us to the Landsberg, Ms. Lerner said. “The people
Two of Mr. Durmashkin’s nieces, Rita stein led the Displaced Persons Orchestra. train station, where there is a plaque. And were so nice. It was mind-boggling.” This,
Gurko Lerner and Vivian Gurko Reisman, This May 10, with the Bavarian Philhar- there is a cattle car. It is one of the originals she said, despite — or perhaps because
who both live in Englewood Cliffs, went to monic standing in for the survivor musi- that brought the Jews to Dachau. “For all of — the city’s relationship with Hitler.
Bavaria, where the German state officially cians, its conductor, Mark Mast, did Leon- we know, our mother could have been on “He wrote ‘Mein Kampf ’ when he was in
honored the man whose life another Ger- ard Bernstein’s job. that train.” prison there,” she said. “And Hitler Youth
man government had ended so casually It would understate the obvious to say “It was surreal,” Ms. Reisman said. was organized there.”
and so cruelly. Coinciding with the 100th that both Ms. Lerner and Ms. Reisman, “It was like an out-of-body experience. Last month’s award celebration grew out
birthday of the American Jewish composer along with their companions, felt a dizzy- I couldn’t believe that I was walking the of book the Gurko siblings’ cousin wrote
and conductor Leonard Bernstein — whose ing rush of contradictory emotions during grounds where my mother had been, about Wolf Durmashkin, the uncle none of
gifts, the musical world acknowledged at their stay in Germany. knowing what had happened there. It was them met. Sonia Beker wrote “Symphony
the time, would have made him a close peer Their uncle’s sisters, Henia Durmashkin very painful.” The peaceful green beauty on Fire: A Story of Music and Spiritual
Gurko — their mother — and Fania Dur- of the Polish countryside added to the Resistance During the Holocaust” in 2007;
mashkin Beker— their aunt, as well as their sense of incongruity, she said. “The juxta- a few years ago, two non-Jewish German
uncle, Max Beker, all had been talented position of such beauty against such hor- researchers — a journalist, Karla Schöne-
musicians; all three survived, and all three ror is so overwhelming, and so hard to beck, and an artist, Wolfgang Hauck —
were part of the orchestra that played with fathom. How do you absorb such beauty found the book, and were so moved by
Mr. Bernstein. and such horror?” SEE HOPE PAGE 38
“The concerts on May 10 with the Dis-
placed Persons Orchestra might not have
been triumphal from a musical standpoint
— the instruments were nearly as worn
down as the players — but it left Lenny, the
musicians, and the listeners emotionally
overjoyed and inspired,” Michael Bern-
stein, the conductor’s nephew, wrote.
That, of course, was then.
Now, “I had second thoughts about
going before I went,” Ms. Lerner said. She
had been to Poland 30 years ago, but had
not returned before this trip. Ms. Reisman
had never been there. On this trip, almost
all of the friends who made the visit from
Bergen County with them were the chil-
It’s meta — one of the New Jersey dren of survivors. They all had grown up
visitors holds up the front page of with the legacy of pain; they all spoke the Wolf Durmashkin’s family stands with the contest winners; from left, third-place
Landsberg’s daily newspaper, which same language, even when they didn’t winner Otto Wanke, Abe Gurko, Vivian Reisman, Rita Lerner, Sonia Beker, first
chronicles the group’s visit. need, or couldn’t speak, words. place winner Bracha Bdil, and second place winner Rose Miranda Hall.

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Playing for the cure

Our very own publisher, his guitar, and friends energize
Englewood Hospital and Medical Center’s Survivors Rock
Joanne Palmer new music was. “I would listen to it reli-
H
giously,” Jamie said. “At the time it played
e might be a mild-mannered all the new music coming out of England.
weekly Jewish newspaper It was more or less classic free-form radio,
publisher by day — in fact, where they would play the entire album.
oddly enough, he is a mild- “That was FM in its classic heyday.”
mannered weekly Jewish newspaper pub- Jamie went to the University of Miami,
lisher by day — but by night, or at least which had a renowned music school;
some nights, or at least the night of Sun- students on campus then included Pat
day, June 4, James Janoff looked like a rock Metheny, Steve Morse, and Will Lee. Jamie
star. Or at least a very gifted guitarist, on majored in communications, market-
stage playing for more than 1,000 people ing, and business. It was a logical major,
at bergenPac in Englewood. because the Standard was the family busi-
Full disclosure — Mr. Janoff — or Jamie, as ness, but he always played music. “There
he is known to almost everyone most of the were times when I put the guitar down,
time — is the owner and publisher of this but I always picked it up again,” he said. “I
newspaper, the Jewish Standard. That’s an always returned to it.”
identity he’s had for almost all of his adult
life, and it’s a vocation he cherishes.
But playing music — that’s something dif-
ferent, maybe something even deeper.
And that’s how Jamie came to be onstage There were
for Englewood Hospital and Medical Cen-
ter’s Survivors Rock concert.
times when I put
He and two other musicians — Joff Jones the guitar down,
on cello, pedal steel guitar, and bass, and
Alan Lerner on drums — were the open-
but I always
ing act for N.E.D., a rock band whose six picked it up
members all are gynecological oncology
surgeons. N.E.D. stands for “no evidence
again. I always
of disease,” and those four words are the returned to it.
four words people diagnosed with cancer
most want to hear. Jamie has a collection of old guitars;
The band’s members, who come from they’re mainly electric, some brightly col-
across the country, and include, on drums ored, many multi-knobbed, shaped in a
and percussion, Englewood’s Dr. Nimesh Jamie Janoff rocks it to the house at the Englewood Hospital and Medical way that makes the most reserved, unmu-
Nagarsheth, started playing together at a Center’s Survivors Rock Concert. sical person want to pick them up and run
conference, as a lark, just because they their fingers over the curves.
could, but have continued to make music guitar in his hand and an audience watch- a pleasant way, when we came to practice. “I have collected old guitars, but I have
as a way of providing a voice of hope to ing him play. That’s because he’s been But we never looked at color.” never looked at them as an investment,”
cancer victims and an affirmation to the doing that for almost all of his life. Jamie loved rock, and he was influenced Jamie said. “I love them. They’re like pieces
disease’s survivors. Jamie grew up in Jersey City and then by his idols — Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy of art. I also have a large collection of vin-
That’s a message that Jamie knows well. in Teaneck, where his parents moved Page, Duane Allman, Martin Barre of Jethro tage amplifiers.” Much of his collection
About 15 years ago, he was diagnosed when he was a young teenager. He played Tull, Steve Howe of Yes. Of all of those rock has appreciated in value, but Jamie does
and treated for prostate cancer; he’s had in bands — first in middle school at the legends, he said, the one he worshipped not buy these pieces of old instruments to
N.E.D. for so long that most of the time the Yeshiva of Hudson County and then in the most probably was Eric Clapton and make money from them. Sure, a new his-
memory of the disease is tucked away in a high school — his first two years at the his early work with Cream and Blind Faith. toric (to be clear on this unclear phraseol-
corner of his brain. When he is presented Rogosin Yeshiva High School in Jersey City, “We lived right near Roosevelt Stadium in ogy, “new historic” means a new historic
with an opportunity to help people with and then in Teaneck High. Jersey City,” Jamie said. “He came there. It reproduction) Gibson Les Paul is great, but
cancer by embodying a message of hope, “I remember that my first band was was a major event. I was getting to see one “once you sit there and play the real deal”
that memory pops out of its hiding place, called Crushed Ice,” Jamie said, although of my heroes for the first time.” — an old-for-real guitar — “you see that
and he is ready to go. (Although, as the old he cannot remember what that name But the concert wasn’t so great. “He was there is no comparison.” When you play
joke goes, when the bandages come off his meant. “We changed its name to The Vio- drunk, and people were throwing bottles one of those imitation old guitars next to
hands and the patient asks, “Doctor, will I lations” — that sounded edgier — “but a at the stage,” Jamie said. the real thing, clearly there is a difference.
be able to play the piano?” and the doctor friend’s dad made us change it back. He “And what a sign of the times — not only “I look at the guitar for inspiration,”
says yes, and then the patient says, “That’s thought Violations was too negative. were people throwing bottles, but they Jamie went on. “It’s like a good friend. I just
funny, because I couldn’t play the piano “We would play at dances, and at Con- were able to bring bottles in. There actu- pick it up and play something. Sometimes
before,” if you weren’t a rock star before gregation B’nai Jacob in Jersey City,” Jamie ally were bottles there. even I don’t know where the music comes
you got sick, you won’t magically be one continued. This was during the early to mid “It was a very bad night for Clapton,” from. It’s like what I played on Sunday
once you’re better. Assume you’ll just stick 1970s, and as he looks back, he remembers Jamie added. “Don’t let your heroes disap- night. Free-form stuff, interpretations of
to air guitar.) things that he hopes are different now. “We point you.” things that are out there.” Interpretations
To see Jamie on stage is to see someone had a black drummer,” he said. “I remem- And then there was the radio station of well known songs, that is, songs that he
confident in his chops and happy with a ber a neighbor looking at him, and not in WNEW FM. FM was where the exciting plays in non-obvious ways. “I just don’t
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play it in the same way as you usually hear

it,” he said. “Sometimes it’s like I hear it in a
dream and play different interpretations.”
Jamie decided to play in the concert for
Photo courtesy Englewood Hospital and Medical Center

many reasons. The most obvious one is
because he’s a musician, and so he relishes
the thought of an audience, a big one, sit-
ting together in a darkened room, waiting
for him to begin. But probably the deep-
est and truest one is because “I thought
it would be a great opportunity to help a
worthy cause,” he said; that’s true even
though “I don’t even think about the fact
that I am a survivor anymore.”
Having cancer changes you, Jamie said.
“Although it has been a long time since I
dealt with it, you don’t ever forget getting
a call from your doctor telling you that we
have to speak. So then what you do is kid
around with the doctor, and ask, ‘What do
you want to talk about?’
“And then he says, ‘prostate cancer, but Jamie Janoff, drummer Alan Lerner, and cellist Joff Jones entertain at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center’s Survivors
don’t worry about it. It’s the slowest grow- Rock concert at bergenPAC.
ing cancer. So don’t worry — but one day
it will grow. One day it will leave the pros-
tate, and that won’t be a good thing.
“So then of course you ask him when it
will leave the prostate, and he tells you that
he doesn’t know, and then you are in the
hospital, having your prostate removed.”
Jamie’s treatment went very well, but
“I was in the hospital with my best friend,
David Taubenfeld,” he said. “I made it,
but he didn’t, and that is something that
haunts me to this day.” David Taubenfeld
of Closter died of brain cancer in 2005; he
was 38 when he died.
“When I would go back for regular
checkups, I’m in the waiting room with
other people, and I look at their faces, and
see how scared they are, and I remember
what that felt like,” Jamie said. “I remem-
ber that look.” Jamie’s first band, Crushed Ice, performs at Jersey City State College in 1971. Hero time: with Jeff Beck at bergenPAC
He wanted to do something to encour-
age people, and to show them what surviv-
ing can look like. “I wanted to help survi-
vors feel happy for a night, and I wanted
to remind people who haven’t had can-
cer to get themselves checked out. It’s
important.”
So there Jamie was up on stage, with
all these people staring at him, although
the lights were shining on him and he
could see none of them. “It’s like you’re
in a white cloud,” he said. “Being on stage
is very different from practicing. It is an
entirely different experience.
“Some stuff goes right, and some stuff
goes wrong. It’s strange. You can feel the
excitement in the room. And you want to
get people to react.
“It’s a strange feeling, really satisfying,
really physically and emotionally draining
but very satisfying. At the Fur Peace Ranch in Pomeroy, Ohio, Jamie stands With famed amplifier builder Jim Marshall and a friend.
“Really, there’s no other feeling like it,” between Jack Casady and Jorma Kaukonen of Hot Tuna Marshall built the red Park amplifier in 1967; it is the rarest
Jamie said. and Jefferson Airplane. piece in Jamie’s collection.

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Why New Jersey’s Orthodox fight

a bill to outlaw child marriages
BEN SALES
A
bill that would ban teenagers under 18 from
getting married in New Jersey has been stalled
because of opposition from the state’s charedi
Orthodox community.
Agudath Israel of America, the national charedi organi-
zation, says it supports the bill but that its provisions are
too strict. Citing child marriages that take place in obser-
vant Jewish communities, it wants to see an exemption
made for older teenagers who want to wed.
Saying that “any marriage under the age of 18 is illegal
seems a bit extreme,” Rabbi Avi Schnall, the group’s New
Jersey director, said. “It’s a cultural thing, mostly in the
Sephardic community; culturally they tend to get married
younger. It’s not a biblical obligation — most of our girls
don’t get married under 18 — it’s a cultural thing.
“It’s part of their heritage.”
Jewish activists are driving both sides of the debate. The
main group lobbying for the bill is Unchained at Last, a
New Jersey-based nonprofit that opposes underage mar-
riage. The group’s founder, Fraidy Reiss, who grew up cha-
redi, says child marriage, primarily of girls to older men, is
an abusive practice that can damage children emotionally
and physically.
“Marriage before 18 can so easily be a forced marriage
or it can turn into a forced marriage,” Ms. Reiss said.
“You’re subjecting this girl to a human rights abuse. It Fraidy Reiss, founder of Unchained at Last, addresses a recent rally opposing child marriages.
destroys girls’ health, their education, their economic
opportunities. It significantly increases the risk that
they’ll be beaten by their spouse. It literally destroys right decision.”
girls’ lives.” But the bill’s sponsors disagree, and have reintroduced
Under New Jersey law, 16- and 17-year-olds are allowed it this year now that Democratic Governor Phil Murphy
to marry with parental consent, and children 15 and has replaced Mr. Christie. The current bill was set to come It’s a cultural thing,
younger are allowed to marry with the permission of a to a vote last week, but was removed from the agenda
judge. The bill would outlaw both of those practices. If the after Assemblyman Gary Schaer of Passaic, who has spo- mostly in the Sephardic
bill passes, it would make New Jersey only the second state ken with Agudath on the issue, raised concerns about it. community; culturally
in the country to ban child marriage. Delaware banned the Mr. Schaer — who is Orthodox — has said he opposes the
practice earlier this year. bill because of Agudath’s objections. they tend to get
The bill is supported by a majority of the state’s Gen- But when he talked about it, Mr. Schaer avoided dis- married younger.
eral Assembly, the legislature’s lower house. A similar bill cussing religion, and said instead that he just believes
passed both houses of the state legislature last year, but the bill is too absolute. To illustrate his qualms, he gave It’s not a biblical
then-Governor Chris Christie, a Republican, required that the hypothetical example of a 17-year-old girl who is obligation.
the bill include the amendment Agudath is seeking, which pregnant but cannot marry the baby’s father because
the law would forbid it.
“To have a situation where we’re creating an absolute don’t allow 17-year-olds to vote.
— if you’re 18 you can get married, if you’re under 18 you “The age of majority in New Jersey is 18.”
can’t — that to me is a problem,” he said. “There needs Ms. Reiss, who attended a charedi Orthodox high
You’re subjecting this to be some room for maneuvering, for the reality of the school, remembers going to parties for classmates who
human condition.” got married while they still were in school. She says that
girl to a human rights Despite Mr. Schaer’s opposition, the bill is expected entering a marriage as a child is a situation fraught with
abuse. It destroys girls’ to pass the Assembly vote this week, and once it clears danger, because children are not allowed to leave home,
both houses Mr. Murphy is expected to sign it. The bill’s enter into their own contracts, or retain an attorney. She
health, their education, lead sponsor, Assemblywoman Nancy Munoz of Summit, said it’s unclear if a child is allowed to file for divorce in
their economic noted that of more than 3,000 minors married in New New Jersey. She also noted that the State Department con-
Jersey between 1995 and 2015, 95 percent were either 16 siders child marriage to be gender discrimination and a
opportunities. or 17. So if an exemption were created for 16- and 17-year- human rights issue.
olds, she said, the bill would be pointless. She said that given how vulnerable children are, it
would allow 16- and 17-year-olds to marry with the permis- Ms. Munoz, who is a nurse by profession, said that safe- would be wrong to make child marriage subject to the
sion of their parents and a judge. guarding the rights of children is a focus of hers as a leg- review of a judge — no matter the child’s age.
“Minors must be protected, and we applaud the attempt islator. She said that religious concerns should not trump “We know the judicial review process is not protect-
of the sponsors to protect children and underage girls protections afforded by secular law. ing children,” Ms. Reiss said. “We’re going to apply that
from very unfortunate situations,” Agudah’s Rabbi Schnall “We’re doing the bill so there won’t be exceptions to flawed process to the 95 percent of children affected by
said. “A 17-year-old girl shouldn’t be getting married by it,” she said. “Much of my legislation has to do with pro- the exemption? It’s like banning age discrimination prac-
herself, on her own. Take her before a judge. tecting the people from abuse and put them in a safe tices, except for job candidates over age 50.”
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It was a
full house
More than 250 people gathered at the Alpine Country
Club for the Jewish Federation of Northern New
Jersey’s 6th annual Federation Full House. They
enjoyed fine food, Scotch, stogies, competitive poker;
this year, organizers added blackjack to the mix.
Federation Full House raised more than $1,000,000;
this year’s proceeds will benefit the federation’s
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hunger relief efforts.
Guests relaxed and had

fun as they raised money
to help fight hunger
in Bergen County.
Ami Rosen is the Federation Steve Rogers and Michael Saskin Josh Ralby and David Hausman Scott Basloe and Daniel Herz
Full House champion
Participants had great fun for a great cause. Guests raise their glasses in celebration.
Erika Jacobs,
Julie Fein, and
Andrew Jacobs
Noah Garden and

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SAR High School Congratulates the Class of 2018
Bina Aaronson Gabrielle Cohen Ty Rocker Sammy Sokol

Joshua Askowitz Joshua Crisafi ‫ מזל טוב‬to Our Graduates Martin Rosen Dan Sonnenblick
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Keren Benillouche Jay Eisenstat Joely Glass Ayelet Kalfus Talya Lisker Sara Rosin Jacalyn Tokayer
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Benjamin Klestzick Joseph Minkove
Joseph Block Abigail Finkelstein Jessie Gronowitz Sasha Schreiber Ruth Wasserman
Naama Kobrin Noa Mintz
Oshi Bloom Netanel Fiorino Noah Gurin Hannah Schwalbe Nomi Weinberger
Julian Kofman Sara Morris
Ami Bloom Rafael Fischer Romi Harcsztark Jacob Schwalbe Sylvie Weinstein
Shai Bocarsly Jessica Fischler Sarina Kofman Jonathan Mukamal
Yael Hartman Debra Schwartzben Adam Weiss
Sarah Bolnick Judy Fogel Gordon Kolb Jacob Nayowitz Alexander Segal Meital Wiederhorn
Sophie Herskowitz
Gabrielle Broome Judah Fortgang Kobe Kranz Rebecca Ordan Ethan Shafer Ari Williams
Efraim Herstic
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Elan Hirsch
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We are proud of our graduates who will attend outstanding yeshivot The universities and colleges our graduates will attend reflect their
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Memorial Day
on Cedar Lane
The Teaneck Family Festival, presented by the
Cedar Lane Management Group, was held on
Memorial Day, Monday, May 26, on Cedar Lane.
The festival, which celebrates war veterans, fea-
tured a remembrance service, patriotic music, a
cabaret competition, a street fair, and an awards
ceremony.
The day’s sponsors included Holy Name Medical
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Center, Butterflake Bakery, and Davis, Saperstein
& Salomon, PC.
James DiMicco accepted an award for J&J Phar-
macy in recognition of 70 years of service to the
Teaneck community.
Congressman Josh Gottheimer and Izzy Infield, president State Senate Majority Leader Loretta The festival is produced by Mort and Ray Produc-
of the Teaneck Volunteer Ambulance Corps, participate at a Weinberg and Teaneck Mayor Mohammed tions. For information, go to www.cedarlane.net.
remembrance service at Teaneck’s Municipal Green. Hameeduddin with James DiMicco, left.
Relay for Life at Paramus High YU women’s group unveils gala

Paramus will hold its sixth annual More than 100 cancer survivors and The Yeshiva University Jewish Center.
American Cancer Society Relay For Life, caregivers are expected to participate. Women’s Organization YUWO was founded
called “Super Relay Heroes,” at Paramus Activities include photos with super will hold its annual bene- in 1924 to raise funds to
High School on the weekend of June 15 heroes, costume contest, yoga, and an fit gala luncheon on June build the first student
and 16. The event is a celebration of the obstacle course. Local bands and DJs 13 at the Grand Tier at dormitories, and its mis-
year-long efforts to raise funds for the will provide music. Teams also will have the Metropolitan Opera sion, to provide food,
American Cancer Society. More than fundraisers at their campsites. House at Lincoln Cen- clothing, and funds for
$62,000 has been raised so far through “Relay is physical proof that you are ter on West 62nd Street the students’ personal
PHOTO PROVIDED
personal donations and corporate truly never alone in the fight against can- in Manhattan. A perfor- welfare, has continued.
sponsorships; the goal is $140,000. cer,” Paramus High School senior Amanda mance of American Bal- The President’s Soci-
The opening ceremony will feature Felten, a committee co-chair, said. let Theater’s “Romeo & ety for Torah Chesed
a flag ceremony by the Paramus Boy Online registration is available until Juliet” will follow. endowment fund pro-
Scouts and speeches by Dr. Eleonora June 14 and participants also can regis- Arlene Fox of Brook- Arlene and the late Moshe vides monthly stipends
Teplinsky, the director of breast medical ter at the walk. For information, go to lyn will be honored for Yehuda Fox for undergraduate stu-
oncology at the Valley Health System, www.RelayForLife.org/ParamusNJ, call more than two decades dents whose financial
and by a cancer survivor, who also will the American Cancer Society at (800) of service to the organization as a board needs are not covered by scholarships,
cut the ribbon to begin the relay. Can- 227-2345; or request Danielle Therese as member and active volunteer. She will including food, clothing, textbooks, and
cer survivors will walk the first lap and a Facebook friend for relay updates. accept the award in memory of her hus- health care. YUWO also supports educa-
caregivers will join them for the second. band, Moshe Yehuda Fox, z”l. Not only tional programs on campus, shabbatons,
has Ms. Fox been active in YUWO, she also the Torah Chesed Counseling Center Fund
held presidential and vice-presidential for medical and counseling needs, and
Arzei Darom honoring couple positions in Emunah of America for almost
half a century. She is a member of the
general scholarship support.
Learn more about the gala at www.
Congregation Arzei written by congre- Zionist Organization of America, Amer- yu.edu/yuwo.
Darom of Teaneck gants, and he gives ica for a Safe Israel, and the Kingsway
will hold its 16th community shiurim on
annual journal dinner the High Holy Days as
on Sunday, June 10, part of the Oleh L’regel
at 6 p.m., at Temple series. He also con-
Emeth in Teaneck. ducts a popular weekly
Ron and Aliza Gold- Gemara class on Shab-
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gewert will be the bat mornings and is a

COURTESY AHAVATH TORAH
guests of honor. member of the syna-

The Goldgewerts gogue’s Torah reading
have been ac tive rotation.
members of Arzei Aliza and Ron Goldgewert Aliza Goldgewert
Darom since they has chaired the mem-
moved to Teaneck in 2006. Their leader- bership committee for five years and
ship and support have been instrumen- helps with the mishloach manot and
tal to the shul’s ongoing growth. bake sale committees. At Yeshivat Noam,
Ron Goldgewert, the shul’s treasurer,
has been a board member and presi-
she was treasurer and a member of the
executive board and volunteers.
Memorial dedication in Englewood
dent. He has served as editor of Mikrai Fo r m o re i n f o r m a t i o n go t o The Lisa and Joseph Reibel Holocaust Memorial Garden at Congregation Ahavath Torah in
Kodesh, a compilation of divrei Torah arzeidarom.org. Englewood is set to open on Sunday, June 17 — Father’s Day — at 10 a.m. A light breakfast
will follow. For more information, call (201) 568-1315 or email [email protected].

UPCOMING AT KAPLEN JCC on the Palisades
Yoga on the Lawn
WITH ALISON MILLER, ROBERT HOON,
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Founder's Day Concert Bridge Intermediate 3 SHIRAH Spring Concert

An annual celebratory event featuring WITH AMY NELLISSEN MARSHA BRYAN EDELMAN, CONDUCTOR
our incomparable student ensembles and Sharpen your defense, bidding and declarer play. MATTHEW LAZAR, FOUNDING DIRECTOR
honoring Dr. Sandra O. Gold, who had the Topics include defensive signals, second and third SHIRAH Community Chorus presents the annual Bernie
vision to create a community music school hand play, practice with Jacoby transfers, Stayman and Ruth Weinflash z”l Memorial Concert celebrating Israel
at the JCC. and finesses. Optional practice follows. @ 70! With special guests Cantor Ronit Wolff Hanan and
Thur, Jun 14, 6:30 pm 8 Tuesdays, Jun 12-Aug 14, 1-3 pm Cantor David Perper.
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Students are recognized in the community

On May 14, Valley Chabad hosted its 2018 Teen Leadership
Appreciation, honoring more than 160 teen volunteers
from the Pascack and Saddle River Valley communities.
Each of those teens participated in at least one of Valley
Chabad’s four Teen Leadership Initiative programs: the
Friendship Circle, which pairs volunteers with special
needs children and their families for mutually enrich-
ing and fulfilling relationships; Eternal Flame, which
examines the history of the Holocaust through a vari-
ety of media and personal narratives as well as a trip
to Washington; Linking Hearts, which allows middle
school students to establish strong bonds with home-
bound seniors and nursing home residents; and Cteen,
which develops core values and volunteer leadership
training for high schoolers through education and com-
munity service in a social environment.
Honorees gather at Valley Chabad’s Teen Leadership Appreciation ceremony. GMSTUDIOS
Brad Leopold, Sherry Hausman, Jessica Rosenblum, Emily Skobac,

The religious school of Temple Emanuel of the Pascack Valley held its graduation Gabrielle Brayman, and Jon Mousserie display their graduation
in the Rabbi Andre Ungar Amphitheater on the hill in front of the shul. Joining the T-shirts from the religious school at the JCC of Paramus/
graduates in the photo are religious school director Rabbi Shelley Kniaz, school Congregation Beth Tikvah.
administrator Margie Shore, Rabbi Loren Monosov, and Cantor Alan Sokoloff.
Lubavitch on the Palisades celebrated the graduation of students in the

course “What Is? Rethinking Everything We Know About Our Universe.”
The class, led by Rabbi Mordechai Shain, boasted a record attendance,
both in person and online. Go to chabadlubavitch.org for class recordings
and videos.
Cantor Ellen Tilem, school director Dora Geld Friedman, and Rabbi Steven Sirbu,
join students and teachers at a moving up ceremony at Temple Emeth in Teaneck.
Students come from Bergenfield, Teaneck, New Milford, Oradell, Hackensack, Fort
Lee, and Englewood. BARBARA BALKIN

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Gottheimer addresses Norpac

Sarah and Dr. Robert Goodman
hosted a Norpac pro-Israel meet-
ing with Congressman Josh Got-
theimer (D-5th Dist.) at their
Teaneck home. Mr. Gottheimer’s
district includes parts of Ber-
gen, Passaic, Sussex, and Warren
counties, including the towns of
Bergenfield, Fair Lawn, New Mil-
ford, Paramus, and Teaneck.
Mr. Gottheimer’s discussion
focused largely on the need to
keep U.S.-Israel relations a non- Dr. Robert and Sarah Goodman flank Josh
partisan issue. The pro-Israel Gottheimer at a Norpac gathering. Robin Rogers, Donna Weintraub, and Tina Lieberman at last
community must maintain and COURTESY NORPAC year’s ride. COURTESY JFCSNNJ
increase its advocacy efforts to

keep up with the growing anti-Israel rhet-
oric from other groups on Capitol Hill, he
Representative Gottheimer is finishing
up his first term in Congress and will run
Wheels for Meals event
told the group. for re-election in November. closes the gap on hunger
Jewish Family & Children’s Ser-
vices of Northern New Jersey will
hold its 8th annual JFCSNNJ Wheels
for Meals —Ride to Fight Hunger
ride and hike on Sunday, June 17,
at the Jewish Home at Rockleigh,
10 Link Drive in Rockleigh. The
day is geared for the whole fam-
PHOTOS COURTESY MICHAEL LAVES
ily and raises awareness to fight

hunger in the community. All pro-
ceeds support the Kosher Meals on
Wheels program and the JFCSNNJ
Food Pantry.
Bikers and walkers, including
beginners, are welcome to a new
2.4-mile hike to explore the Rock-
leigh Woods Sanctuary on the west-
Avi and Ginnine Fried Siggi Laster ern slope of the Palisades.
Cyclists can register for courses
Jewish Center of Teaneck that are 3, 10, 25, or 50 miles long,
depending on their age and ability.
will honor three at dinner Ride along the “Rail Trail” through
Sigi Laster will be the guest of honor and Gemach, which assists Jewish families in Orange County. Jerry Szubin and Jamie Janoff represent-
Ginnine and Avi Fried will receive the dis- Bergen County by distributing free baby All registered riders will receive ing Team Jewish Standard last year.
tinguished community service award at equipment and clothing for babies and entry to the food and beverage and
the Jewish Center of Teaneck’s annual din- toddlers, and fundraising to buy formula family fun areas. Pre-registered riders Dog House, Tenafly Bicycle Workshop, If
ner, on Monday, June 25, at 6:30 p.m. and diapers for families who need finan- also will receive a JFCS Wheels for Meals You Care, Becton Dickinson, LB Good-
Mr. Laster’s service on the shul board cial help. The dinner also celebrates Isra- T-shirt. All registrants will get one raffle man & Co., Diamond Chemical Co., Inc.,
and ritual committee, and his presence el’s 70th anniversary. ticket for gift cards from the Tenafly Bicy- Optima Fund Management, and East-
on the shul’s daily minyanim have been a The evening begins with Mincha at 6:15 cle Workshop. wick College.
reflection of his devotion to the shul. p.m., followed by a cocktail hour at 6:30, Sponsors include Holy Name Medical For information, go to ridetoFight-
The Frieds jointly revitalized the sister- the program at 7:30, and dinner at 8:15. It Center, Glass Gardens ShopRite, Stop & Hunger.com, email [email protected],
hood and men’s club. Together they vol- ends with Ma’ariv at 9:30. Shop, the Jewish Standard, Oritani Bank, or call Jaymie Kerr at (201) 837-9090.
unteer on the kiddush committee and in For more information, call (201) 833- Jewish Home Family, Tapestrie, Teaneck
all aspects of youth programming. In the 0515 or go to www.jcot.org.
community, they run the Teaneck Baby
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Rabbi Mark Golub,
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center, is surrounded
by Jewish Broadcasting
Service staff members.
Dancing inside
and outside the circle
Jewish Broadcasting Service, based in Fort Lee,
lives up to its name; its head, Rabbi Mark Golub, explains
I
Christian default. background has nurtured his dream of of steel, and it turned out to be valuable.
Joanne Palmer But there is one station that is all Jew- making Jewish education available to So instead of being a peddler, he went into
ish all the time. Perhaps unsurprisingly, everyone. steel.” He flourished. He brought his wife,
sraelis live in a Jewish culture. it is called JBS — the Jewish Broadcasting Rabbi Golub’s maternal grandfather Frieda, and their children to America.
Even secular Israelis arrange Service. “got smicha” — ordination — “from the The family — the oldest child, Rebecca,
their year by Jewish holidays, And its headquarters is in Fort Lee. famed Slobodka Yeshiva,” in Lithuania. became Rabbi Golub’s mother — moved to
and their weeks by Shabbat. The channel is the brainchild (or per- “He came to the United States in the 1920s the Bronx, and then to Manhattan’s Upper
In the United States, we do haps heartchild, given the emotion and to be a rabbi in Norfolk, Connecticut, but West Side. They belonged to the Carle-
not live in a Jewish culture, even passion that is poured into it) of Rabbi after spending one day as rabbi there he bach Shul, as it was not yet called. “I was
though if you live in the tristate area you Mark Golub. realized that American Jews had no idea brought up going to shul there, on 79th
might feel surrounded by Jews. All our JBS takes a wide-ranging view of Jew- of how to treat rabbis,” Rabbi Golub said. Street,” he said. “I remember my grand-
mass media assume a sort of bland default ish life, and that makes sense, given Rabbi “So he left.” father sitting on one side of the mechitza,
Christianity. And the more mass the Golub’s background. “I have a unique But his grandfather, Benjamin New- and whenever he wanted to talk to my
media, the more true that assumption. perspective among American rabbis,” man, “remained a committed Orthodox grandmother, he’d pick up the curtain and
You can find Jewish podcasts to download he said. Unique in its range, he meant; it Jew,” Rabbi Golub continued. “He became talk to Frieda, who was sitting right on the
in the exact same place on your phone would be fair to say that he had a foot in all a painter” — of walls, not of fine art — “and other side.
where you find every other podcast, for the major Jewish religious streams but he then he moved to the Midwest — to Union “The way I grew up, it was all about yes,
example, but if you turn on broadcast is not a quadruped. And perhaps unique City, Ohio — and became a peddler. And and never about no.
television, you’re pretty much back to the in the way that multi-stream, four-footed then one lucky day he found a shiny piece “One of the things that really affected

Cover Story
Broadcasting on Yom Ha’Atzmaut, the iconic photograph of Israeli soldiers in

Jerusalem behind him, Rabbi Golub celebrates Israel at 70.
me was seeing my grandfather and grand- to rabbinical school, I chose HUC,” Rabbi
mother horsing around, which you usually Golub said. That’s Hebrew Union College
didn’t see,” he added. “They were prob- — Jewish Institute of Religion, the Reform
ably in their 60s then. They loved each movement’s seminary. “That’s because
other very much.” I did not consider myself to be a shomer
Rabbi Golub’s paternal father, Jacob mitzvot Jew, and JTS required it,” he said.
S. Golub, “was a friend and colleague of “I wanted to be on the most observant side
Mordechai Kaplan,” who began as Ortho- of the Reform movement.
dox, taught at the Conservative Jewish “So now, I have all four of those kinds
Theological Seminary, and founded the of Judaism profoundly inside me,” he con-
Reconstruction movement. Once his par- tinued. “I came to the understanding that
ents, Leo Golub and Rebecca Newman, none of them is absolute truth. Each one
married, the couple joined the first Recon-
structionist synagogue, the Society for the
Advancement of Judaism, just a few blocks
away from the Carlebach Shul, where his
mother was the secretary for Ira Eisen- The way I grew
stein, Kaplan’s son-in-law and the SAJ’s
rabbi. “The theolo�y of Mordecai Kaplan
up, it was all
is profoundly in me,” Rabbi Golub said. about yes, and
“He was the most influential rabbi of the
20th century. Heschel” — that’s Abraham
never about no.
Joshua Heschel, the mid-century Con-
servative teacher and theologian — “and has its strengths and weaknesses. And
Soloveitchik” — as in Joseph Ber Soloveit- we are all part of klal Israel.” He does not
chik, the mid-century Orthodox teacher like labels. He’s a member of the Central
and theologian — were brilliant, but none Conference of Reform Rabbis, the Reform
of them shaped Jewish life today the way movement organization, but “I don’t
Kaplan did.” consider myself a typical Reform rabbi”
Mark Golub was born in 1949; given his he said. Instead, “Literally ‘rabbi’ means
parents’ backgrounds, “I grew up with teacher. I am a teacher.’”
Orthodoxy on one side, and Reconstruc- Should he have to label himself, “I call
tionism on the other. And when my par- myself ohav Israel,” he said. A lover of
ents married, they created a Conservative Israel.
household. I was raised in a mainstream This is an issue that means a great deal
Conservative synagogue. That’s because to Rabbi Golub. “Rabbis are not holier or
the family moved to Trumbull, Connecti- better than anyone else,” he said. “Rab-
cut, and joined Congregation Rodeph Sho- bis take themselves too seriously. The
lom in Bridgeport.” point is to take Judaism seriously. To take
Therefore, guided by an internal logic Torah seriously. But not to take yourself Fella gets around! From above, the puppet is with children,
and in search of as much experience as seriously. I doubt, like any other sensitive with JBS associate producer Darah Golub, and musician Rick
possible, once he graduated from col- Jew doubts, and any Jew who says they Recht, and with Ms. Golub as they explain the Passover seder.
lege — Columbia — “and I decided to go don’t doubt I don’t take seriously. Jewish
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hours, and the parents would spend as

little time as possible inside. But they paid
their dues, and that paid the bills.”
Instead, Rabbi Golub set up a model
where the parents necessarily were as
involved as their children; every other
Sunday night, he would teach parents of
Hebrew school kids. They’d meet in some-
one’s house and “I would do midrash or
Jewish thought with them,” he said.
Like many people, Rabbi Golub loved
more than one thing. Next to his passion
for Jewish life and Jewish education, in a
sort of parallel track, ran his love for radio.
“And I was just lucky,” he said.
He knew R. Peter Straus, the socially
connected, socially conscious New Yorker
At left, ventriloquist Jonathan Geffner with a friend; at right, Dr. Ruth Westheimer, on her own JBS show. — or “a big liberal Jew,” as Rabbi Golub
put it — who took over the radio station
tradition is all about searching. about and means what he says. want a rabbi to teach us.’ WMCA, changed it from all music — it
“There are moments when I am sure – Rabbi Golub was ordained in 1971. “And that is every rabbi’s dream. Most played early Top 40 rock ‘n’ roll — to
but only moments. Most of the time there “There was very little adult education then synagogues outside the Orthodox move- become the country’s first talk radio sta-
is doubt. outside the Orthodox movement,” he said. ment were established for religious school tion. “Straus called me into his office just
“The trick is not whether you believe in “But there was a group of educated Jews parents, who are members to get their as I was being ordained, and said, ‘I know
God, but whether you act as if you believe in Stamford” — whose education had been kids bar mitzvaed — as if bar mitzvah were you love radio. Do you want to be the edi-
in God. Ke’elu — as if. purely secular but whose curiosity about a transitive verb — and as soon as it is over torial director and director of public affairs
All this is relevant because it is reflected their own tradition was strong — “who they are out the door. for WMCA?’”
in the JBS’s programming; when he says wanted to learn more. There were young “Parents literally would drive their kids It was a no-brainer. Yes, Rabbi Golub
that he spans the range of Jewish thought, parents in their 30s who said, ‘We don’t up to the synagogue’s front door, the kids said. So he had two strands to his life —
Rabbi Golub knows what he is talking want a rabbi just to teach our children. We would go in for Hebrew school for two “the chavurah in Stamford formally hired
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every other Sunday night, coming with
folding chairs and a chumash.” He also
was the assistant editor of the Reform
movement’s journal of ideas, Shma. At the
same time, “I was WMCA’s editorial direc-
tor, writing all its editorials. (The station
was unusual in that it aired editorials; it
was liberal in its orientation.) “And I ended
up as a substitute host often, sitting in for
Barry Gray and Barry Farber.
“I was having the time of my life,” he
said.
In 1979, “Peter Straus was tapped by
Jimmy Carter to head the Voice of Amer-
ica,” Rabbi Golub said. “Before he left At left, the Jerusalem Post’s deputy managing editor, Caroline Glick, and at right, Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth
WMCA to do that, I made a deal with him. I Bader Ginsburg, both as they appeared on JBS.
would stay for another year, and he would
let me stay in my office and let me create necessary to add.) “I get to sit with the he sat with Ruth at our dining room table ideas were stupid. But the fourth idea was
a Jewish radio program called ‘L’Chayim.’ most brilliant, articulate men and women, every day. He began with children’s books.” not stupid at all. He said, ‘I see you do tele-
It premiered in February 1979, on Sunday, who are shaping Jewish life. My first pro- Ruth is his wife, Ruth Ellen Gelman vision. Do you want to do television for
and to this day it has never missed a week. grams in 1979 were with Isaac Bashevis Golub; “Everything that is good has hap- Russian Jews?’
“I still do it now. It airs on JBS now seven Singer and Elie Wiesel.” pened to me because of my Ruth,” Rabbi “I did due diligence. There was a large
days a week.” How does that work? “There In 1990, when masses of Jews left the Golub said. Russian Jewish community, and it wasn’t
are a lot of repeats,” he acknowledged. Soviet Union, one of them, a man named “I didn’t like Michael at all. I would walk all in Brighton Beach. And I saw that there
And now, like all of Rabbi Golub’s work, Michael Pravin, made his way to Connecti- by him and say hi, and he would not say was Asian and Haitian and Spanish televi-
it’s television rather than radio. cut; the chavurah sponsored him. “He a word. But one day he knocked on my sion, but not Russian.”
What is L’Chayim? “To me, it’s like a came to America not knowing a word of study door and said that he’d like me to That’s how the Russian Television Net-
Jewish Charlie Rose show,” he said. (Char- English, but he was determined to be a suc- help him with an idea. I was his rabbi. work, which was headquartered in Fort
lie Rose without the #MeToo taint, it is cess here. He wanted to learn English, so “The idea was stupid, and the next two Lee, began. “I could not speak a word of
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Facebook. Russian, but he brought me two people who could,
and who could speak English.” He hired those two —
Alex Gordon and Galina Todd — “on the spot, and they
were our two anchors.”
RTN began in 1993, on cable. “It changed every-
thing in my life,” Rabbi Golub said. “I had no clue how
important this would be.” The station was not Jewish,
although “95 percent of the audience was, and they
loved that a rabbi was its president. I taught English
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It was a cable channel; people had to subscribe to it.
Rabbi Golub’s business partner in this venture was
his brother, David Golub, who is a “wildly success-
ful attorney in Stanford,” Rabbi Golub said. “We lost
money every month at the beginning of the enter-
prise. Every month David would put in more money.
“After about a year, one month he didn’t lose money.
We broke even. And from that moment on we never
lost money again. We grew and grew and became a
force in the Russian American community. All of a sud-
den my name was known in Russia.
“It was flabbergasting.
“And I began to make money, for the first time in
my life.”
After that, the station continued to flourish; the
Golub brothers sold it, and then bought it back again.
Everything was fine — and in fact it was during that
time that Rabbi Golub hired Janet Weiss of Mahwah,
who, he said, “is a fantastic person,” and who seems
to be at the station’s heart. “We built the staff,” he said.
“We are a wonderful and lovely family.”
And then, once again, everything changed. “The
internet caught up with us,” Rabbi Golub said. “It
caught up with everyone. All of a sudden, people
could go online, or get channels for free, or for much
less money.
“And so we started losing money, and then we went
downhill, and we couldn’t stop it.”
What next?
“All I did was answer the phone,” Rabbi Golub said.
“The phone rang, and I answered it,” as he had when
Peter Straus first offered him a job at WMCA. “A guy
named Brad Hammer calls me. There was a door
there, and I opened it.
“He wanted to create a Jewish channel — the first
one — but he couldn’t do it alone,” Rabbi Golub con-
tinued. “He asked me to partner with him.
“At the time, all of Jewish television was in one of
two forms. You either bought time on a cable system
or you got public access time, which was free. In either
case, it was of very low quality and only for niche
audiences.
“But Brad Hammer got a cable system to say that it
would offer a Jewish channel to its viewers. So we cre-
ated Shalom TV in 2004, and in 2005 it premiered on
Comcast’s video on demand channel.
“But video on demand is problematic. You can’t do
live programming. You can’t do news. You don’t have
a channel number. And a lot of people — the majority
of Jews — never knew it existed. So I decided to move
from video on demand to live television.
“From the day I started L’Chayim in 1979, I had a
dream that I would establish the first Jewish channel in
America, but I gave that dream up,” Rabbi Golub said.
“It was too expensive. And then Brad Hammer came
and he changed the way I looked at it. And I said yes,
let’s go for it.”
The Jewish Broadcast Network began small. “And
then we had a big break,” Rabbi Golub said. “Cablevi-
sion called me and said they would launch Channel
138.” He changed the name from Shalom TV to JBN,
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Israel. It tends to be center-right, because that’s where
the Israeli people tend to be. We don’t produce it; we
get it from Israel.
“Our own programming is very centrist, and very
pro-Israel. We celebrated Israel’s 70th birthday with
a four-hour live telecast. As an example of our range,
on that program we had Rick Jacobs” — the rabbi who
heads the Reform movement — “Jeremy Ben-Ami”
— the head of the left-wing American organization J
Street — “Morton Klein” — the head of the right-wing
Organization of America — “Abe Foxman” — the for-
mer head of the Anti-Defamation League — “Jerry
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Media” — “Israel consul general Dani Dayan, Ruth
Wisse” of Harvard, the writer “Francine Klagsbrun,
Alan Solow,” the former president of the Conference of
Major American Jewish Organizations. “It’s the entire
spectrum of the Jewish community. It’s a huge range
— but it’s all pro-Israel.
“JBS isn’t religious, but it is inclusive and eclectic,”
Rabbi Golub continued. “We produce a weekly Tal-
mud series with the fabulous Orthodox Rabbi Morde-
chai Becker. That’s produced in this studio right here,
in Fort Lee. And also we have shows from a non-Ortho-
dox perspective.”
The channel produces five or six hours of new mate-
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it includes such shows as broadcasts from lectures at the
92nd Street Y. “We give people front-row seats at some
of the most wonderful talks.” Another program, “From
the Aleph Bet,” teaches beginning Hebrew, so “people
who never were comfortable picking up a siddur now
can read the prayer book,” Rabbi Golub said. “It’s the
single most successful program we have.
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with Jewish studies and Jewish children’s program-
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show services live. We show services from Central Syn-
agogue in Manhattan. JBS gives elderly homebound
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RON KAMPEAS
WASHINGTON — David Friedman, the

U.S. ambassador to Israel, waded into the
debate over media coverage of Israel with
a pointed request to journalists.
Reporters should “just keep your
mouths shut until you figure it out,” he was
quoted as saying at a conference launching
a new Jerusalem bureau for MediaLine, a
Middle East news service.
“Because otherwise, all you’re doing is
creating impressions that have no basis in
fact,” Friedman said. “They fit a narrative.
They fit an opinion. They fit an agenda.
But it’s not reporting, because it’s not
based on hard, factual analysis.”
Friedman was referring to reporting on
Israel’s efforts to repel Palestinian protest-
ers who were attempting to breach the
fence separating Israel and the Gaza Strip.
Israeli troops have killed more than 100
Palestinians in the rioting, which has been
taking place weekly for two months.
Like many clashes between Israelis and
Palestinians, the latest ones led to accusa-
tions by Israel and its supporters that the
media had portrayed Israel as dispropor-
tionately aggressive and the Palestinians as
innocent victims.
Friedman said he was addressing his
remarks to “my friends in the United
States and one Israeli newspaper I’ve
been known to criticize here,” according to
Haaretz, a newspaper he recently accused U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman speaks at the opening of the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem on May 14, 2018.
of lacking “decency.” LIOR MIZRAHI/GETTY IMAGES
Friedman complained that jour-

nalists are not quoting experts about substantiate the 9-1 bias, nor does he say — for much “serious” or mainstream U.S. could have been done differently or bet-
armed conflict. at least not in what’s quoted — whether he coverage, particularly in foreign reporting, ter” is discussed at length, with substantial
“It would seem to me that in a journalis- was referring to breaking news, analysis, where the Times retains a formidable reti- quotes from experts who come to differ-
tic environment where nine out of 10 arti- or opinion writing. nue of correspondents. It is also the bête ent conclusions.
cles that are written about the Gaza con- But if his main complaint is that report- noire of media watchdog groups that claim Similarly, on May 14 and 15, the day of
flict are critical of Israel, you’d think that ers did not do the legwork in telling the the media is biased against Israel.) and the day after the deadliest violence
some journalists would take the time and story right, it is not apparent from much The Times story quotes officials from — coinciding with the opening of the U.S.
go and meet with experts and try to under- of the mainstream reporting of the clashes. Israel and Hamas, as well as Palestinians, embassy in Jerusalem — the Times does
stand what could have been done differ- This New York Times story from April 5, to describe the events of the previous Fri- not get deep into analysis, but it does
ently or better before they criticize,” The timed for the eve of the second of Friday day. It also quotes experts in the laws of quote a range of assessments of the vio-
Times of Israel quoted the ambassador as encounters, is typical of the paper’s cover- military engagement: B’Tselem, the Israeli lence, which resulted in the killing of some
saying. “And I just haven’t seen it.” age. (I’ve chosen the Times for examples of human rights group, arguing against the 60 Palestinians.
Friedman did not provide examples or U.S. reporting because it still sets the tone use of live fire, and veterans of the Israeli In the frequently updated story on May
army’s legal corps explaining why it may 14, the Times’ reporting team endeavors to
be necessary. bring the big picture into focus. A segment
The writers of the story, David M. Hal- addresses the reporting that an infant girl
bfinger and Iyad Abuheweila, seem to was killed by tear gas, and notes impor-
They fit a narrative. They fit an do exactly what Friedman is asking: seek tant caveats from the Israeli and Palestin-
opinion. They fit an agenda. But it’s out experts on engagement. To be sure,
B’Tselem often is highly critical of Israel
ian side. It made clear that the Palestinian
protests were not peaceful, describing
not reporting, because it’s not and often is at odds with the settler move- Hamas officials who urged martyrdom —
based on hard, factual analysis. ment, of which Friedman was an active

supporter. But the question of “what
the purpose of the demonstrations was to
“draw the map of return in blood,” says
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one — and falsely told protesters that the receive funds from the U.S. Agency for
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The reporting makes clear that the the question of the use of live fire, jour-
Gaza protests were about claiming land nalists saw it as their role to query and
in Israel as much as they were about the quote officials on both sides, but to take
embassy opening, and quotes an anon- nothing on faith. By contrast, Haaretz
ymous but “well-informed Middle East- quoted Friedman as saying that from
ern government official” as saying that “speaking to people in the military in
Hamas had hoped to kidnap an Israeli. the State of Israel, the United States, and
On those two days, the Times quoted other countries whose confidentiality I’ll
assessments by B’Tselem and Doctors maintain,” he concluded that less lethal
Without Borders that the Israeli use of means were not available to Israel dur-
live fire was unjustified. It also quoted ing the protests.
the Israeli army as saying that at least
24 of the dead were “documented”
terrorists and that there were at least
three instances in which armed terror-
ists had attempted to infiltrate under
cover of the protests.
In both
The Times also published close-ups on instances, and in
both sides: of a young Palestinian pro-
tester driven to the fence in part because
reporting on the
he despaired of his future in the poverty- question of the
stricken strip, and of Israeli communi-
ties living under a regimen of fear, with
use of live fire,
a focus on a kindergarten shelled before journalists saw
preschoolers had arrived.
Still, Friedman is not alone — cer-
it as their role
tainly among advocates for Israel — in to query and
the belief that the coverage of the Gaza
clashes was skewed. Camera, the pro-
quote officials
Israel media watchdog, has objected to on both sides,
the use of the term “protesters” by the
Times, the Washington Post, and oth-
but to take
ers to describe the Palestinians at the nothing on faith.
border, suggesting “terrorists” would
be more appropriate. With whom did Friedman speak? He
Camera also criticizes mainstream
media for “uncritically” quoting casualty
doesn’t say. Reporters may have spo-
ken to the very same experts, but the
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ship once was a signifier of a liberal outlook of Trump bragging that he sexually
— think the Washington Post, the New York assaulted women.
Times, and CBS — at least three media moguls Jewish connection: In July 2006, less
are known for their twin passions for dishing than a year into TMZ’s existence, Levin
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SummerStage and the Folksbiene
Truth regardless of consequences
Is Trump good
M for Jews? It’s
ost of us first heard of
Daniel Kahn right after
the great poet and singer
Leonard Cohen died in an easy yes
T
November 2016.
We saw a YouTube video of Kahn, sit- his week I debated my good friend Bret
ting quietly, almost unmoving, wearing Stephens of the New York Times on the
a white T-shirt, a vest, a cap, and a watch question of Trump and the Jews.
— for some reason, maybe because the Bret, one of the finest men I know in jour-
whole thing is so unembellished, the nalism and a winner of the Pulitzer Prize, has been
watch is noticeable — singing Leonard very critical of Trump. That began during the cam-
Cohen’s “Hallelujah” in Yiddish. paign, when he was at the Wall Street Journal. He and
Even to those of us who don’t under- his family are frequent guests at our Shabbat table. So
stand Yiddish, even to some of us (and I suggested to Bret that we
this group absolutely does not include bring our fascinating dis-
me) who found the song so oversung cussions about the presi-
as to have become hackneyed, the Last year’s SummerStage audience watched the sun go down and dent to a public audience.
Yiddish version, in its simplicity and Folksbiene’s stars come out in Central Park. Bret feels — and I can’t
beauty, in its unsparing unblinking do full justice to his criti-
beauty, is magnetically compelling. came from my father,” Zalmen said; his got out. The place was packed, with cisms, which are far bet-
Last summer, Mr. Kahn — an Ameri- father, Joseph, and his mother, Chana, 6,000 people. It was a major event. ter expressed in his own
can who now lives in Berlin — came were towering figures in the worlds of “So Perlman sits down and starts to words — that President
back to New York to perform in the Yiddish language and music. “This year play Yiddish music, and he loved it so Trump has sent dog whis-
Folksbiene’s “Amerike — The Golden happens to be my father’s centenary,” much that he was motivated to do ‘In tles that have fostered Rabbi
Land.” He sang “Romania,” another Zalmen added. the Fiddler’s House’ — the recording and racism and even anti- Shmuley
song that many people declare to be Fifty years later, in 1968, the perfor- the film. It all came from that moment.” Semitism, that Trump has Boteach
pure schmaltz (those people abso- mance — at the band shell in Central Since then, there have been many behaved and continues to
lutely do not include me) in a way that Park —drew 25,000 people. That’s a versions of the festival; it moved behave in a manner that
turned chicken fat into purest gold. It huge crowd, then and now. Many of to SummerStage four years ago. “I is corrosive to the presidency, and particularly that
was impossible not to watch him, and them were Holocaust survivors; “then decided that I wanted to try to attract Trump’s policies on immigration are immoral and anti-
it was impossible not to love it. they were people maybe at most in the more religious Yiddish-speaking thetical to American values of welcoming immigrants.
This summer, Mr. Kahn will be back in their 60s, not octogenarians and nona- crowd, the crowd that won’t go to Because he was born in Mexico City, Bret is especially
New York, where he will be Perchik in genarians, as they are today,” Zalmen the theater because of kol isha” — the passionate about his opposition to Trump’s wall and
the Folksbiene’s upcoming Yiddish ver- said. “Also there were younger people. prohibition against men listening to a what he sees as demonization of Mexican immigrants,
sion of “Fiddler on the Roof,” but before I was there, and so were my mother, woman’s voice raised in song — “but who come to America for economic opportunity and
that he will receive the Mlotek Prize for my aunt, and my grandparents, sitting they might come to a concert if there have no history as terrorists.
Yiddish Continuity at this year’s Sum- in the fourth row.” were only men performing. So for two There can be no question that the Jewish people must
merStage Yiddish Under the Stars. And so were such luminaries as John years, we had only men, and because I be extremely sensitive on immigration and always be
It’s an extraordinary experience, Yid- V. Lindsay, then New York City’s dash- got major stars from the chasidic world, strong and vocal advocates for rescuing those in harm’s
dish Under the Stars. You sit outside in ing, glamorous mayor. So, as both per- it was packed with that crowd. way. I am now reading a new book called “Rescue Board,”
Central Park watching the light fade and formers and audience members, were “But after the second year I started to about the War Refugee Board and how it was set up in
the stars present themselves; if you’re the stars of the Yiddish stage. They had get grumblings from the broader Yid- 1944 largely as a response — by moral men in the Trea-
lucky the summer air is soft (we won’t expected a crowd, but not as big as dish community, asking me how about sury Department — to the anti-Semitic policies of Breck-
think about what happens if you’re not what they had. “How could they have getting some women, so last year we enridge Long, who headed the State Department’s visa
lucky) and the sounds are so very ines- expected that?” Zalmen asked. had a woman sing, and this year I division and kept so many Jews out of America — Jews
capably and exuberantly and passion- The concerts were annual for many decided to mix it up completely. who later died in Hitler’s ovens.
ately Jewish. years. Eventually they moved to Dam- “In addition to the fantastic Frank Lon- Immigration is one of the most important moral
This summer’s performance, set for rosch Park at Lincoln Center, a smaller don” — that’s the klezmer trumpet player issues of our time and deserves an entirely separate
Wednesday, June 13, at 7, is the fourth space but still quintessentially New who is a major force behind the revival column, which I will, God willing, write.
year in this incarnation, the Folksbi- York. “Many years ago” — it was in the of klezmer in the last few decades, and
ene’s artistic director, Zalmen Mlotek early 1990s — “we did one there and got who is marvelous in just about every way Rabbi Shmuley Boteach is the founder of the World
of Teaneck, said. But it’s the 50th anni- the idea to invite Itzhak Perlman,” Zal- — “and Dan Kahn and Andy Statman, we Values Network and the author of 31 books, including
versary of the very first such outdoors men said. “We didn’t publicize it, so no will have people like Basya Schechter of his most recent, “The Israel Warrior.” Follow him on
performance. “The original impetus one officially knew, but somehow word See SummerStage page 36 Twitter @RabbiShmuley.
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Opinion
I told Bret that Trump has exceeded Unlike Christianity, which gives us
all of our expectations on Israel. Prior to Jesus Christ, a perfect man-god, a divine E visas treaty would aid
Trump and Nikki Haley, the United States’ being, as an example by which to live
ambassador to the United Nations, the and emulate, there is not a single perfect both Israel and U.S.
D
U.N.’s principal purpose, it seemed, was person in the Bible. From Abraham, who
to use Israel as a punching bag for global messes up with Ishmael; to Isaac, who espite some recent authorizing E-2 investor visas.
prejudices and biases against the Jew- does the same with Esau; to Jacob, who changes to the U.S. In 2012, President Obama
ish state. No president before Trump favors Joseph; to Moses, who hits the employment-based signed legislation to pass the
stopped it. But this one has. And it has rock, to David and Bathsheba, our Bible immigration sys- E-2 investor visa for Israel, but
led to global repercussions, with nations is filled with great but flawed men, none tem, there have been some visa issues arose about reciprocity.
now thinking twice before they unfairly of whom attain perfection. categories that the administra- For reciprocity to exist
t slam Israel for fabricated human rights The reason? Whereas Christianity tion has yet to address. between Israel and the United
abuses, lest they fall afoul of the most defines righteousness as perfection, Juda- One such category is the E States, Israel had to create its
powerful nation on earth. ism defines righteousness through strug- visa. Although the United States own parallel visa program, so
- On Jerusalem, every president since gle. The special man or woman is he or she has E-2 visa agreements with Michael J. U.S. citizens would have equal
Clinton has promised to move the who battles their own nature to do good. more than 70 countries, includ- Wildes access to invest in Israel. Ear-
- embassy, including a phenomenal friend In addition, whereas Christianity puts ing Azerbaijan, Congo, Iran, lier this year, the U.S. Depart-
of Israel named George W. Bush. None personal salvation — the question of Pakistan, and Suriname, we do ment of State suggested that
has kept his word, save for Trump. And whether or not you’re going to heaven — not yet have one with Israel. That is puzzling, the E-2 program would be available for Israe-
the move is not merely symbolic. Rather, as its highest ideal, Judaism puts world considering our longstanding political and lis by October 2017. Yet when it came time to
the heart and soul of the Jewish people is redemption — the question of how much strategic alliances with Israel. implement the program, the United States
tied to Jerusalem, and recognition of Jeru- you have contributed to the community The E visa category includes treaty trad- was unsatisfied with Israel’s latest version of
salem as the eternal capital of the Jewish — before personal perfection. The main ers (E-1) and treaty investors (E-2), who come the B-5 visa program, which is the (E-1) treaty
people is de facto recognition of the his- question in Judaism is not: Are you per- to the United States either under a Treaty of trader visa equivalent for U.S. citizens. The
tory and national claims of our people. sonally pious or righteous? but rather: Friendship, Commerce and Navigation, or U.S. returned the regulations to the Knes-
On Iran, President Obama negoti- Have you left the world in better shape a bilateral investment treaty between the set — the legislative branch of the Israeli
ated with a regime even while it called than how you found it? United States and foreign nation of which government — with comments to be consid-
for the annihilation of the Jewish people That’s why Judaism always has extolled the treaty trader or investor is a citizen or ered before the bilateral agreement can be
throughout the negotiations. It may seen the virtue of those who contribute national. implemented.
incredible that the leader of the free to the public good even with their flawed Since 1815, the United States has entered One likely reason why Israel has delayed
world can legitimize a government that characters. Ha’maaseeh hoo haikar — it is into these bilateral trade agreements, which implementing the B-5 is a fear that its
openly incites genocide against the Jew- action that is most important. This does allow citizens from 80 nations to secure visas wealthy citizens might abandon the coun-
ish people, just 70 years after the Holo- not mean that character is not impor- based on the establishment of businesses in try, investing funds and creating jobs in
caust. But Obama went beyond nego- tant — and certainly Judaism demands the U.S. The E-1 visa allows a treaty national the United States to the detriment of Israel
t tiations and rewarded that government of us that we strive for moral excellence. who already has established a thriving busi- and its citizens. The facts, however, do not
- with $150 billion dollars, with which they Rather, it means that character is subor- ness in his or her home country, which support this.
. sowed further murder and mayhem dinate to world improvement. engages in substantial trade with the United Between 2010 and 2015, Israel invested
y across the Middle East. With one stroke Harry Truman, we now know, States, to travel here to further facilitate trade more than $150 billion in the United States
of a pen, Trump ended the dishonor expressed incredibly painful anti-Semitic between the U.S. and his or her business According to AIPAC — the American Israel
, of the Iran deal, and made it clear that comments in his personal diaries, calling abroad. The E-1 does not require the treaty Public Affairs Committee — Israel consis-
nations threatening the incineration of Jews the cruelest people he has met. Yet national to make a substantial investment tently is among the top 20 suppliers of direct
Israel will not be tolerated. he recognized the state of Israel within 12 and long-term economic commitment to the investments into the U.S., and invested more
t The same is true of Trump’s defense of minutes of David Ben Gurion’s declara- United States, but to engage in trade. The E-2 than $25.1 billion in 2015 alone. Alongside
Israel in the wake of the Gaza riots — which tion of statehood, and that is what counts. visa, on the other hand, requires the treaty the substantial monetary investments, the
I witnessed with my own eyes from about Richard Nixon’s recorded conver- national to invest a substantial amount of his cultural exchange between the United States
” half a mile from the border fence — where sations are littered with anti-Semitic or her money into the United States to buy and Israel has led to the expansion of busi-
Trump and Nikki Haley again had Israel’s remarks. But when Israel was fighting an existing business or create a new business. nesses in both countries. Components criti-
- back at the U.N., while the rest of the world for its very survival during the 1973 Yom Both the E-1 and E-2 visas play essential cal to leading American high-tech products
- condemned Israel for stopping terrorists Kippur War, he ordered the rearmament roles in our economy, because they foster often are invented and designed in Israel,
a from entering its domain and murdering of Israel and helped to save the coun- substantial and reciprocal trade between the making these American companies competi-
its farmers and residents. try from destruction. And that is what United States and another country, or enable tive and more profitable globally. Cisco, Intel,
None of this even begins to address counts. substantial investment by foreign nationals Motorola, Applied Materials, and HP are just
other undertakings by Trump toward the With Trump, there is no such sugges- into the U.S. economy. More than 52,000 a few examples of U.S. companies that ben-
Jewish community, like the pardoning of tion that he is personally anti-Semitic and E visas were issued in 2016, enabling these efit from these strong ties between the U.S.
Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin, whose the very suggestion would be ludicrous. investors and traders to serve as drivers of and Israel. United States companies have
sentence six former attorneys general, He supported a beloved child’s conver- the economy and overall job growth. But in established two-thirds of the more than 300
both Republican and Democrat, had said sion to Judaism, he has three Orthodox spite of the visas’ success and ever-growing foreign-invested research and development
had been remarkably unfair and unjust. and observant Jewish grandchildren, popularity, both members of Congress and centers in Israel, while Israel represents the
To be sure, there have been failures who attend Jewish day school, and he has foreign governments are resistant to expand- second-largest source of foreign listings on
as well. Trump should have spoken out populated his administration with some ing the E-1 and E-2 visa categories to other the NASDAQ — more than Indian, Japanese,
strongly and clearly against the neo- of the most pro-Israel public officials in countries. and South Korean firms combined.
Nazis in Charlottesville last summer. Not modern history, like Jason Greenblatt, One such example of this reluctance is the In terms of job growth, the New Eng-
because neo-Nazis are in any way, in our David Friedman, Nikki Haley, Mike Pom- long-awaited E-2 visa for Israeli citizens. land Israel Business Council shows that
time, the same threat as Islamic terrorism peo, Steve Mnuchin, and John Bolton. While Israel and the United States have a Israeli-founded businesses have gener-
to Israel and the Jewish people. But rather Our president may be an imperfect man, bilateral treaty that allows Israeli citizens to ated an estimated 9,000 jobs in Massa-
in deference to the memory of the six mil- and his twitter feed can at times be incen- enter the U.S. with E-1 treaty trader status, chusetts alone, and indirectly supported
lion and to make morally clear that Nazis diary. But to the question of whether he since 1954, Israel still does not have a treaty See Visas page 36
are the incarnation of evil and are the most has advanced the credibility and security
wretched and vile people on earth. of Israel, has shown that he is an ally who
The opinions expressed in this section are those of the authors, not necessarily those of
And what about character? I addressed has Israel’s back, and is prepared to stand
the newspaper’s editors, publishers, or other staffers. We welcome letters to the editor.
the issue from a Jewish and biblical val- with the Jewish people in world forums,
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The old assumptions just don’t work anymore

Post-Oslo accords, it’s time for a new paradigm for Israel and its Palestinian neighbors
L
ast Sunday, New York have made clear in every possible way, their intention to any adequate compensation to the Palestinian Arabs in
came alive to cele- rid the world of the Jewish state has not abated. While return for Palestine…because they are not a rabble, but a
brate a modern mir- painful to acknowledge, denying this truth will not get us living people. And when a living people yields in matters
acle, the 70th anni- closer to peace. Violent anti-Semitism motivates violent of such a vital character it is only when there is no longer
versary of Israel’s rebirth. What attacks, and all discussion, much less compromise, has any hope of getting rid of us.”
impossible odds that were over- been decidedly rejected. They now refuse to negotiate His words are as true today as they were in the early
come to arrive at this day! altogether, which is surprising given that they have consis- years of Zionism. The Palestinians believe their home is
Land that had been barren, tently won compromises just to come to the table. This fall all of Israel, “from the river to the sea,” not a hodgepodge
arid, and considered uninhab- will mark 25 years since Israel entered the Oslo Accords, of territory patched together from Gaza and a chunk of
itable has been transformed, Laura Fein which set the framework for negotiation that remains to terrain between the 1949 armistice line and the Jordan
making Israel a leader in agri- this day. River. If their aim were political independence, Palestinian
culture and exporter of pro- It’s time for a new paradigm. Arabs might have pursued many opportunities. Rather,
duce and water. Desperate Jewish refugees from Europe, A striking feature of Jewish discussion around the U.S. both their words and deeds demonstrate their enduring
Africa, and the Middle East became scientists and soldiers. embassy move and the violence and rockets from Gaza belief that they can achieve their larger objective.
War after war was won against enemies far more power- was the insistence on preserving the two-state “solution.” Holding firm to the parameters of past peace efforts
ful than Israel, and traits nurtured by conflict launched an Even when defending Israel’s actions, articles from many does nothing to dispel these false hopes. Diplomacy has
ethos of innovation and enviable economic growth. centrist and liberal voices incorporated hand-wringing, become just another means to achieve Israel’s destruc-
Once isolated and with few friends, Israel has entered virtue-signaling, and pledging allegiance to what they tion. Like gamblers using house money, both Hamas and
diplomatic and economic relationships around the world, believe is the “only” “true” answer. Opposition to settle- Fatah get to keep past wins while holding out for a better
formed enduring partnerships with former enemies, and ment building as an “obstacle to peace” persists, despite hand, refusing to recognize Israel’s right to exist, insisting
has developed channels with Arab and African nations such opposition’s inherently anti-Semitic basis in the idea on an Arab “right of return,” and using violence to seek
that once swore its destruction. that a future Palestinian state would need to be delivered additional concessions. Thirteen years ago Israel bowed
Studies show that despite enduring challenges, Israe- free of Jews. Astonishingly, many American Jewish orga- to U.S., U.N., and internal pressure to withdraw from Gaza
lis are happier and are having more children than nearly nizations hesitated to support the Jerusalem embassy for the sake of peace. Do we need more than terror tun-
any one else anywhere in the West. Embracing constant move, and will not fund basic needs for Jewish communi- nels, organized border attacks, hundreds of rockets, and
change while remaining rooted to ancient history, Israel’s ties in Judea and Samaria, or even bring visitors there, lest world condemnation for acting in self-defense to prove
70 years give much cause for celebration. the land available to become another Arab state be even this policy leads in the wrong direction?
This positive attitude toward change now must be slightly diminished. Declaring the era of Oslo over and done, without rush-
applied to Israel’s reliable source of sorrow, the enduring The idea that Israel must just try harder, must take ing to replace it with anything new, would do more to
war with Palestinian Arabs. This problem, born of Israel’s “bold steps for peace,” continues to permeate conversa- improve prospects for peace than any additional com-
success in fighting off attempts to destroy it, remains a tions of pro-Israel elites, sucking the life out of any discus- promises Israel could offer. The world has changed
threat to the safety of Israel’s citizens as well as its political sion of other possible options and painting alternatives as much in a quarter century, and Israel has too. Let’s wel-
and public relations. morally compromised. Instead, Israel’s supporters should come a free flow of ideas, including options that may
Thankfully, the state of war that was once a pan-Arab shed the persistent compulsion to support a policy that use means other than statehood to bring a better life to
position has changed. Excepting Iran and its proxies, has failed to produce peace despite decades of time, Palestinian Arabs, who have for too long been exploited
most of Israel’s Arab neighbors have resigned themselves intense creativity, loads of cash, and exhaustive effort. The by their own leaders. Then wait patiently while Israel’s
to Israel’s existence — and this resignation has been the satire site the Mideast Beast summed it up in its headline, opponents resign themselves to living alongside a Jew-
key to peace. Explicitly or not, they recognize that the “Liberal American Jewish Groups: No Room in the Peace ish State. If it takes another seventy years, Israel will be
Jews are here to stay, and they have shifted their attention Process for New Ideas,” accompanied by a photo of Arafat, ready for them.
and resources to more pressing concerns. This includes Rabin, and Peres holding their Nobel peace prizes. What
the Iranian threat, which has led the Saudis and others a joke indeed. Laura Fein is an attorney, writer, and consultant. She lives
to explore cooperation with Israel in their own interest. Nearly 100 years ago, Zionist leader Vladimir Jabotinsky in Teaneck with her husband and five daughters. Reach her
Contrast this with Fatah and Hamas. As leaders of both wrote in his essay “The Iron Wall” that “We cannot offer at [email protected].
something very dramatic.” You don’t have Given that the spirit of these visas is to
SummerStage to be louder or faster, necessarily, he said,
Visas generate and increase economic pros-
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but you do have to be broader, in ways perity between the two countries, and
Pharaoh’s Daughter, who is at Romemu” — that might be grotesque in a small space. an additional 18,000 jobs. These Israeli the end result of the visas being the gen-
the New Age synagogue on the Upper West And also, he added, the audience can par- companies represent nearly 4 percent of eration of new jobs, the E treaties are
Side — “and Eleanor Reissa and Magda Fish- ticipate more. People can dance or sing the state’s entire GDP. extremely beneficial to both national and
man. These are all powerhouses, these along; there is more space and somehow Even without the E-2, both Israel and international markets. As the months
women. They are amazing performers. more freedom as well. the United States benefit from each oth- continue, our hope is the administra-
“And then we decided to be really differ- Last year’s concert was exhilarating. er’s financial influences. We can only tions of both countries will recognize the
ent, and to get Jackie Hoffman, who is play- All those elements that Zalmen men- imagine the substantial benefits both substantial benefits that bilateral invest-
ing Yenta, to emcee.” tioned — the space, the light turning to countries would experience if a recip- ments offer, and formalize such a treaty,
Is it different to play a concert outside? twilight turning to darkness, the sense rocal bilateral investment treaty were which will enable U.S. and Israeli citizens
I know that it feels different, like sitting in of being all together, freed by commu- formalized. E-2 visas represent a mech- to invest in each other’s countries.
velvet, if you can imagine velvet streaked nity — they all work. anism by which new companies are cre-
with airplanes. It is different, Zalmen con- Come to Summerstage for Yiddish ated in the United States, and in order Michael J. Wildes, a Democratic former
firmed. “It influences our choices,” he Under the Stars! for those companies to function and mayor of Englewood, will be on the ballot
said. “We know that people listen differ- The performance is free; the line prosper, there must be job creation for for that position in November He is the
ently outside, because there is so much starts at 72nd Street and Fifth Avenue, Americans. Even a small business, such managing partner of Wildes and Weinberg,
more to take in then there is when you’re and the doors open at 6 for the 7 o’clock as an ice cream shop or fitness center, PC, specializing in immigration law, and
in a concert hall. You have to grab peo- performance. For more information, go must prove it will create benefit to the a former federal prosecutor. The firm’s
ple with something more dramatic. With to www.nytf.org. —JP local economy by creating jobs. website is www.wildeslaw.com.

Opinion Letters
‘Nakba,’ ‘Naksa’ . . . nowhere Advice to the college-bound

It was heartbreaking to read the letter by Chloe Schreiber, “For
W
college should I stay inside the bubble?” (May 25). That a student
hen it comes to the Palestinian must consider the fact that she is an Orthodox Jew or has posi-
“original sin” theory of Israel’s cre- tive feelings for Israel that may affect her physical, emotional, or
ation, there are two key milestones: academic well-being in a school should be a non-starter.
the flight of approximately 750,000 My advice to you and your parents would be to choose a
Arab refugees during the 1948 War of Independence school that will satisfy your needs academically, will get you
and the 1967 conquest of eastern Jerusalem, the West where you want to be upon graduation, and will not break you
Bank and the Gaza Strip during the Six-Day War. financially. Your safety is also paramount, and this should be
The events of 1948 are known in Arabic as the nakba the responsibility of the institution you will attend. It will also
(“catastrophe”) and the events of 1967 are called the be your responsibility to make sure the school is doing the job
naksa (“setback”). they are required to be doing.
This week, with the 51st anniversary of the Six-Day Prepare yourself for battle, not to go looking for a fight but to
War upon us, Palestinians will mark “Naksa Day” on be ready if one is thrust upon you. Start associating with pro-
June 5 with protests and demonstrations — and it will Israel groups you agree with, attending meetings and work-
be interesting to see whether any new wave of pro- shops. Be familiar with the student handbook and any another
tests fizzles out in much the same way as those on the material containing the rules and regulations of the school you
Israel-Gaza border in recent weeks, which were pre- will attend. Keep a detailed journal of what is going on in class-
sented as a commemoration of the events of 1948. It rooms or on school property to have a record of what has hap-
also will be interesting to see whether Hamas, Islamic Palestinians march during a protest to mark the pened to you or others where you feel discrimination or bias has
Jihad, and allied Islamist groups will use the occasion 70th anniversary of the nakba (“catastrophe”), occurred. Too many places of higher education have abdicated
to fire another barrage of missiles at Israel. the term used to mark the events leading to their responsibilities to govern their schools to mobs.
It’s increasingly clear to everyone that neither of Israel’s founding in 1948, in the West Bank city If you are at a lecture that has been prevented from taking
these strategies is working for the Palestinians. Com- of Bethlehem on May 15, 2018. place due to the disruption by others, you should document it
pare the international reaction to Gaza in 2018 to that of WISAM HASHLAMOUN/FLASH90 with pictures of the disruptors, faculty in attendance, and any
summer 2014, when Israel took military security personnel and detailed notes. The media, Jewish orga-
action to end the daily missile launches But just as the Arab League never nizations, and the school administration must be contacted.
from Gaza, and that the Palestinians simi- recognized Israel’s legitimacy, nor did Your parents must support you in any actions that should be
larly described as an all-on war, designed the PLO, which was transformed into taken. “The squeaky wheel gets the oil.” If follow-up is not con-
deliberately to kill and maim civilians. an independent organization after the tinued until the action you want is taken, things may never be
Four years on, especially among Euro- war. The “setback,” then, was prin- corrected. Lawsuits may be the final action that should be taken.
pean governments, there is much greater cipally that Israel continued exist- Jewish organizations should have a group of lawyers available
recognition that Hamas uses Gazans as ing, even flourishing, after the Arab to press for the protection of the rights and obligations of our
human shields and far less lecturing of attempt in 1967 to eliminate it. community on campuses and any other site where our interests
Israeli leaders about the moral perils of So perhaps the time has come to go must be defended. Too often they don’t.
a “disproportionate response.” As for the Ben Cohen even further than Ambassador Haley Do not search for a “Jewish bubble” for protection. Unfortu-
expected convulsion of international pro- and suggest to the Palestinians that nately within our own community there are those raising a “Jew-
tests, there really hasn’t been one so far. for the sake of the generation that will ish umbrella” to stand under while they attack the interests of
Instead, the Palestinians are confronted with a mark the centenary of Israel’s birth in 2048, they those they claim to be part of.
region that no longer places them front and center, abandon the discourse of the nakba and naksa Good luck in your choice of school. Good preparation will
as well as an impatient international community, less altogether. This does not mean, of course, that the often make life a lot easier.
willing to indulge Palestinian tales of Israel’s inherent Palestinians have to become Zionists, or that they howard J. cohn
brutality. In her speech to the U.N. Security Council should overlook those disputes with Israel where New Milford
emergency meeting on the Palestinian missile attacks they can maximize material or territorial gains for
on Israel — called by the United States — U.S. Ambassa- themselves — as opposed to chipping away at Israel’s ‘Gaza Kaddish’ deserves derision
dor to the United Nations Nikki Haley openly declared status as a member of international society. The response of a London Jewish taxi driver to the “Gaza Kad-
that the time had come for the Palestinians to con- It’s tempting, particularly as we watch Abbas dish” was effective and appropriate (“Gaza victims’ kaddish,”
sider alternative leadership that can deliver a peace emerge from yet another extended stay in the hospi- June 1). This was a normal response to such an obscene and vile
strate�y. Haley, significantly to my mind, made no tal, to dismiss Haley’s plea for new Palestinian lead- display. Jews who would not say kaddish for their own dead,
distinction between the Palestinian Authority in the ership as hopelessly unrealistic. Some might con- let alone for Israelis, loudly recited the prayer for the dead for
West Bank and the Hamas rulers of Gaza, puncturing tend that a Palestinian civil war after Abbas departs 50 eliminated terrorists hell-bent on slaughtering Jews. Sadly,
yet another prevailing myth, that the former is dra- the scene is more likely than the emergence of a sec- self-hating Jews are a phenomenon that has been around for a
matically more moderate than the latter. ular-minded, pro-Western peace party. Much also long time. These are Jews who are uncomfortable with us being
This is where the question of the naksa and the depends on the regional environment — whether anything other than the doormat of history.
associated nakba comes into sharp focus. Both con- Iran is rolled back in Syria, whether Saudi Arabia As long as we are subjugated and servile, the extreme left-
cepts are built around the logic that Israel is the eter- leads the Arab states in establishing diplomatic rela- wing is happy. Their problem always starts when Jews raise
nal enemy. That is why Israel’s creation was a “catas- tions with Israel, whether Arab states assume full themselves up in freedom and defense. The fact that the
trophe.” But what precisely was the “setback”? operational responsibility for stability in the region extreme left-wing ideolo�y afflicting Jews marches noisily to
According to the Institute of Palestine Studies, it in concert with the United States and Russia. its place on the ash heap of history is not important; however,
was “a misfortune that pointed up the need for a new At the moment, the most likely scenario is more they actively undermine their fellow Jews in Israel and abroad.
strate�y for confronting Israel and redeeming Pales- of the same, even if everything else in the region They confuse our allies and aid our enemies. They engage in
tine.” The immediate source of this misfortune was shifts: namely, the collective insistence of the Pales- actions and discourse far outside the realm of possibly accept-
identified as the Arab states, which had submerged tinian leadership that Israel must be brought to its able. Indeed, the far left-wing Meretz party supported this dis-
the Palestinian plight into the snake-oil diplomacy knees to atone for the events of 1948 and then 1967. gusting display and their writings often appear in the pages of
of the Arab League and its front organization, the this very paper! The shock expressed by the promoters of the
original version of the PLO. Sure enough, after Isra- Ben Cohen writes a weekly column for JNS on Jewish “Gaza Kaddish” over the backlash to their grandstanding is
el’s overwhelming victory in 1967, Yasser Arafat and affairs and Middle Eastern politics. His work has ridiculous, given that their intent was to offend and set them-
his Fatah comrades, including Mahmoud Abbas, set been published in Commentary, the New York Post, selves apart from the Jewish people. They deserve whatever
about “Palestinianizing” the struggle against Israel, Haaretz, the Wall Street Journal, and many other their fate may be.
winning the hearts of the international left and estab- publications. scott david lippe, M.d.
lishing themselves as allies of the Soviet bloc. Fair Lawn
Jewish standard JUne 8, 2018 37

D’var Torah
Sh’lach L’cha: From the grasshopper to the angel
I
n this week’s portion, Sh’lach L’cha, can’t do it.” We feel small as truth easily and by a super- Or, perhaps God’s punishment is such
we meet the wandering Israelites we face the task ahead. We ficial glance.” Here we learn because of the way our midrash imagines
in a place that feels all too familiar. feel, as the scouts did, like that a full truth takes into God’s response to the people. In Num-
The people are in the wilderness, grasshoppers. consideration both the facts bers Rabbah we read: “God says, I take no
getting closer to the Promised Land, their The question our portion as they appear and a sense objection to your saying, ‘we looked like
intended destination. God has instructed presents is how we move of knowing that we are part grasshoppers in our own eyes’ but I take
Moses to send one person from each of the forward though fear. From of something bigger, a part- offense when you say, ‘so we must have
ancestral tribes into the land of Canaan, fear, that on the surface, nership. Perhaps the scouts looked to them.’ Could you possibly know
Israel, to learn more about the physical seems perfectly reasonable had forgotten that it was how I made you appear in their eyes? Per-
land and the people who live there. given what the scouts saw Rabbi Rachel God who would be leading haps you appeared to them as angels.’”
Upon their return, ten of the scouts in Canaan after their jour- Steiner them into this new chap- If we are lucky, we will continue to
report that the land is indeed flowing with ney, to the “can-do” attitude Barnert Temple, ter. Perhaps they underes- find ourselves embarking on new adven-
Franklin Lakes,
milk and honey, but that the inhabitants of Joshua and Caleb. These Reform
timated the strength found tures. We are all well aware that these
are strong and powerful and the Israelites minority voices do not dis- within their community to new opportunities often come along with
will surely be devoured if they enter this pute the facts that the cur- overcome even the greatest associated risks. We may feel afraid. But
new place. They proclaim at the end of rent inhabitants of Canaan are strong and obstacles. When we take time to cultivate it is precisely in this moment of vulner-
their report: “Compared to those we saw, the battle will be tough, but they come to the roots of our relationships, we find ability that we realize that what lies ahead
we looked like grasshoppers to ourselves. the opposite conclusion: even though the that we can weather much more than we matters to us; we are fearful because we
So, too, we must have looked to them.” task ahead may be challenging, we are could on our own. want to succeed. In these moments, let us
Caleb and Joshua, the remaining two up to the challenge and we will be able The larger community of Israelites is reach out — to God, to our family, to our
scouts, offer a counter narrative, assuring to succeed. scared by reports of the ten scouts and cry friends — to those with whom we are con-
the Israelites that with God’s help, they Rabbi Menachem Mendl of Kotzk offers bitterly to God and to Moses. Our portion nected and who remind us that we are not
will surely succeed in creating this new insight into this distinction between the records that God’s punishment for these alone. Then we can move from feeling like
home for their people. factually correct report of the ten nay- people, except for Caleb and Joshua, is the small grasshoppers to the angels, the
This majority report is one with which sayers and the affirmative assurance that they, themselves, will never enter messengers and connectors of our Jew-
so many of us can empathize. Think of of Joshua and Caleb. “What the scouts Israel. Instead, it will be the next genera- ish tradition.
any time you have had to start something reported was factually correct, but it was tion who sees the promise fulfilled. We May this week bring us the confidence
new. It can be scary to move, to begin a not the truth. The truth is not necessar- may wonder why God reacted so strongly to confront that about which we are afraid.
new job, to have to make new friends, ily as things appear, but stems from the in this moment. Perhaps it is, as the rabbi May we seek out those who support us.
to start life again after the loss of a loved depths of the heart, from the sources of Kotzk teaches, that the people seemed And may we remember that we can be
one. There are moments when we take of one’s faith. Truth and faith go hand to forget about God, and God’s prom- angels for one another, living proof of our
a look at what was before us and say, “I in hand, and a person does not acquire ise to get them to the Promised Land. sacred connections.
Hope
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its emotion, and also so convinced by its detail, that they decided to
work toward establishing the award.
By coincidence, the first-place winner was a young Israeli pianist,
Bracha Bdil. Second place went to an Englishwoman, Rose Miranda
Hall, and the third prize when to an Austrian, Otto Wanke.
Ms. Bdil’s “teacher came with her,” Ms. Lerner said. “He is in his
90s. He was in the Vilna ghetto with our uncle, and he knew him.
Our uncle held a music contest in the ghetto, and this man, the music
teacher, won. He was 11 years old then.”
Next, there was the concert, where the Bavarian Philharmonic
played the pieces that Bernstein had led 70 years ago. “A brilliant
young Israeli pianist, Guy Mintus” — 26 years old, exciting, experi-
mental, up-and-coming — “played his own version of ‘Rhapsody in
Blue,’ which was one of Bernstein’s favorite pieces, and which Bern-
stein played at the original concert,” Ms. Lerner said. “It was so good.
It was so touching. It was so moving. It was so fabulous. He got such a
rousing ovation. Grown men were crying.”
The commemoration also included an exhibition about the family.
And it ended with a celebration of Israel at 70. “It was so beautiful — at
least what we understood of it,” Ms. Lerner said, a bit ruefully. “A lot
of it was in German.” But it ended in the universal language — music —
that had brought them there. “It ended with Hatikvah,” she said. And
of course hatikvah means hope.
From left, Dr. Cliff Salm, Abe Gurko, Rita Lerner, Michael Bernstein, and Vivian Reisman.
Mr. Bernstein is Leonard Bernstein’s nephew.

The Frazzled “SERPENTS OF SCRIPTURE”
Crossword
Housewife BY YONI & ARIELLA GLATT, [email protected]
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: MANAGEABLE
Say hi to everyone
— it won’t kill you
BANJI GANCHROW — making eye contact with a delivery
T
man, with a janitor, with anyone you
hough I have been writing pass on the street or at Votee Park.
for the Standard only for 15 When you walk to shul, don’t ignore the
months, I have been writing person walking past you, whether you
this column for more than know them or not. Make eye contact,
five years. Never in my wildest dreams say hello, wish them a good Shabbos.
did I think that this would happen — that Sometimes I think about this com-
people would read it, that I would still munity and it amazes me how the nic-
be writing it. Never. But what continues est, friendliest people are the exception
to amaze me is when certain people let to the rule and not the rule. (Except,
me know that they read my column. For unfortunately, when you are dying, are
example, we were at a meal a few weeks dead, or it is Purim. Again, fodder for
ago and I asked one of the other guests another column.)
why he was being so Another theme in Naso
quiet and he responded, is that there is a census
“because I don’t want to taken of the Jewish people
read about it next week.” I — and people should never
think he was joking when be made to feel like just a
he said it, and I always number. No one should be
(usually) ask permission taken for granted. Every-
before I write a column one has the ability to make
about things that were someone else feel unique.
discussed. It really isn’t so hard to
Two weeks ago, this Banji do. Unless, of course, you Across Down
same person told me that Ganchrow don’t like people, but out of 1. Friday letters that precede “F” 1. 1984 Leon Uris novel
4. Does nothing 2. Commentary on the Mishna
he had read a piece writ- respect to the person who
9. Notable Dead Sea company 3. Like many a “Twilight Zone” ending
ten by Rabbi Lord Jona- sent this to me, I am going 14. “Tell ___ About It” (Joel hit) 4. Tibetan monk or “Why?”
than Sacks, and that it would be a good to try to turn over a new leaf. I usually 15. Not level 5. Baruch follower
topic for a column. I followed up. The am good about saying hello to every- 16. Former Israeli prime minister 6. “From A to ___” (multivitamin ad line)
kind individual sent me a copy of the one. The people who work at the super- 17. Rock sub-genre 7. Rock’s John
18. Kind of ray 8. “Iron Man” villain Obadiah
d’var Torah, and, indeed, he was cor- market — I even know most of their first
19. CBS series that, oddly, was filmed in 9. Where to meet Pac-Man?
rect. Which was a good thing, because names. And when you are really nice to L.A. 10. Like some Orthodox Jews
after writing more than 200 columns, them, they will open a lane just for you! 20. Giant swimmers around Samuel’s 11. Biblical queen mother: II Kings 18:2
sometimes I do need good suggestions. See, it pays to be nice. But the real chal- mom? 12. Diesel of “Boiler Room”
The other good thing was that my very lenge, the one where you see someone 23. Singer India. or painter Aroch 13. “___ Dream Will Do” (song from
24. Priority for charities “Joseph...”)
religious sons were thrilled that I was who you have a history with, and not a
28. Joseph’s hooded father? 21. Opposite of paleo-
reading something that wasn’t on Face- good one, that is the real test of lifting 32. Almodovar and Martinez 22. Airport sched. abbr.
book…but that is for another column. one’s head. The ability to put your feel- 33. Funnel-shaped 25. While lead-in
So this piece by Rabbi Lord Jonathan ings aside and make that person feel 36. Actress Fisher in “The Great Gatsby” 26. Most recent “Star Wars” film
Sacks was titled “Lifting Heads,” and it special. 37. Ruth’s squeezing husband? 27. Russian ruler, once
43. Summit 29. Email option, for short
was about the parsha Naso. From what Arggg….I can do it, I know I can!
44. Trial’s partner 30. Joey, for short
I understood from this piece, the word Like at the Salute to Israel Day parade 45. French president Jacques, 1995- 31. Writer Frank
“Naso” is a verb whose meaning is to — how many people did you see that you 2007 34. Hebron’s home: Abbr.
“lift the head.” Now let’s keep in mind rolled your eyes and walked in another 48. Poisonous grandfather of Moses? 35. Letters under shift, on many comps
that the person who sent this to me is direction? (Wait, was I the only one who 53. Island capital whose name means 37. “Goldberg Variations” composer
“sheltered bay” 38. Shmona, to Pablo
way smarter than I am (as are most peo- did that?) What would have been the big
56. 100 mg, say 39. Former dictator Idi
ple; he is also way thinner than I am, as deal to say hello? Okay, people, and you 57. King who might pose a threat to 20, 40. Worst possible, as a review
are most people — sorry, you know I am know who I am talking to — time to start 28, 37, and 57-Across? 41. Fish eggs
all about the self-deprecating humor). anew. Time to heed the words of Rabbi 61. “Ariel” poet Sylvia 42. Mr. Berlin, for short
He probably understood all of the his- Lord Sacks and start being the type of 64. Really enjoy a piece of babka 46. Greetings in 53-Across
65. Asher of literature 47. ___-de-sac
torical and biblical references that were people God intended us to be.
66. Yemen’s capital 49. Words not often heard under a
made, but the simpler meaning was Lift your head, look into another per- 67. 18th Hebrew letter chuppah
what I totally got. son’s eyes, and make them feel impor- 68. Gaza to Jericho dir. 50. Combined, as assets
According to Rabbi Sacks, “What mat- tant. And if you need to pat yourself on 69. Ark groupings 51. Strict Sabbath observer of antiquity
ters in the Torah is not how we see our- the back after that, so be it. It’s all about 70. Loads and loads 52. “John Wick” star
71. Jewish Federation of Greater ___ 54. ___ bet (owes money)
selves, but how we see and treat and baby steps. I have faith that we can all
Moines 55. Amherst school, briefly
behave toward others.” This line was get there. Or at least some of us…. 58. Shape of a football field, in Australia
equally incredible: “The world is not 59. Lymph gland
short of self-important people. What it Banji Ganchrow of Teaneck attempted The solution to last week’s 60. Got big
is short of is those who make other peo- to combine humor and Torah this week. puzzle is on page 47. 61. Nintendo DS competitor
62. Shohei Ohtani’s team, on the score-
ple feel important.” How true is that? Please let her know how she did. And
board
When we lift our heads, it should be to thank you to the person who started 63. “___ ledodi, v’dodi li”
make others feel special and important this all.

Arts & Culture
‘Strictly
Unorthodox’
Frum British comedian
Ashley Blaker talks about his life
CURT SCHLEIER provided fodder for his comedy. “I was on
F
the circuit, but didn’t have anything to talk
unny, Ashley Blaker doesn’t look about,” he said. “In a weird way, I had to
like a stand-up comedian. But he become observant to become a comedian.
does look Jewish. The black hat, It gave me material.” (Interestingly, asked if
the black suit, the tzitzit — they’re his parents were more upset about his career
all sort of give-aways.
all choice or his becoming frum, he answered
Yet there he is at the Jerry Orbach The- “the latter.”)
ater in midtown Manhattan, performing his So in his routine, Blaker talks about the
one-person show, “Strictly Unorthodox,” restrictions his faith imposes on him. He
doing what Jews do pretty well: telling jokes cannot listen to the recordings of the group
and whining. Bread during Passover. He has to wait six
Judaism is hard, he says. Not like the Hare hours before ingesting dairy after listening
Krishnas, where you just have to learn to Meatloaf. And, most important, he wishes
two-word prayers: Hare Krishna, Hare the Beatles had recorded “I Don’t Want to
Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare. Hold Your Hand.” The gyrations he goes
Judaism should be like that, he through to avoid shaking a woman’s hand
adds: “Noodle kugel, noodle kugel, are one of the most amusing segments of his
noodle, noodle, kugel kugel.” show, which is a longer version of the act he
Blaker is a baal teshuva who grew brought to New York last November.
up in Manchester, England, in what He brags that he is one Jew who never cov-
he describes as a traditional British eted his neighbors’ oxen.
Jewish home. It “is very different Not surprisingly, nearly all the men in a
from America,” he said in a recent recent appreciative audience (with whom
phone interview. “In the UK, the vast he endlessly kibbutzes) wore kippas and
middle ground [of Jewry] is what you included a Chabad rebbe from Randolph, in
[in America] would call Orthodox. town to celebrate his birthday. But Blaker
They are affiliated with an Orthodox often performs before non-Jewish crowds. It
shul and go on Shabbas morning — but just takes a little more explaining, he says.
in the afternoon they go to the shop- “For non-Jewish audiences, I use a lot of
ping mall or watch TV.” my material from ‘Strictly Unorthodox.’ But
He grew up in a home that kept I do first the same things I did when I came
kosher but attended a secular school. to America— translate the Queen’s English
And, yes, he was the class clown. “I to something Americans understand. I have
used to do 40-minute stand-up shows to explain things like on the Sabbath we’re
at school in the lunch break,” he said. not allowed to turn on lights. Sometimes the
Blaker, 43, started working the British explanation is as funny as the routine.”
comedy circuit when he was in his late Blaker worked at the BBC, which, as he
teens. He became more observant in his points out in his show, many Jews consider
late 20s, “because I’m bad at saying ‘no’ virulently anti-Zionist. But he claims that he
to people.” hasn’t experienced any anti-Semitism during
He and his wife joined a local syna- his time there or while on the road. In fact,
gogue, where they were Shabbas morn- the network commissioned a short radio
ing regulars. After a while, the rabbi, using series from him: “Ashley Blaker’s Goyish
his ingrained rabbi skills, approached the Guide to Judaism.”
couple and asked, “What are you doing this He’ll perform “Ashley Blaker: Observant
afternoon? We’re struggling for numbers in Jew” for most of August at the Edinburg
the afternoon. Can you come?” Fringe Festival.
“He obviously saw he had someone So for the moment, at least, he is hot.
hooked,” Blaker remembers. “Then Saturday “There seems to be demand,” he says. “I think
afternoons became Sundays and pretty soon I fill a hole in the market. It’s like when you
the rest of the week.” hit a streak at the tables in Las Vegas. You
Why? “I must have felt there was some- keep playing.”
thing I was missing in my life. Nothing hap- Ashley Blaker will keep playing “Strictly
pens without a reason.” Unorthodox” at the Jerry Orbach Theater
Ironically, the change in Blaker’s life through June 28.

Arts & Culture
The Tribe at the Tonys: 2018 edition

T
he Tony Awards, given for excel- is a great breakthrough role for Satchel. Landau’s parents, EDIE won the best original screenplay Oscar last
lence in the Broadway theater, In recent months, Stachel has LANDAU, now 90, and
LANDAU year for “Manchester by the Sea” (2016).
will be presented on Sunday, recounted in interviews how his the late ELY LANDAU, As I’ve noted before, Lonergan’s mother
June 10. It will be shown live on swarthy Yemeni Jewish look (and were leading film and was Jewish, and he was raised by his
CBS, starting at 8 p.m. The Tonys are being exotic background) left “every- TV producers. They mother and his Jewish stepfather.
hosted by Josh Groban and Sara Bareilles. one” confused as to “what he produced many good Stoppard’s son, EDMUND STOPPARD,
BETTE MIDLER, 72, is among the sched- was” (sometimes even him). One films, including “The 43, is a moderately successful British actor.
uled guest stars. of his best high school friends, he C h o s e n” a n d “ T h e American audiences got to see him play-
The number of nominated plays and said, was African-American, and the P aw n b ro ke r.” E d i e ’s ing HANS ALBERT EINSTEIN, the son
musicals was expanded this year. All the friend’s mother treated him as “one brother was legendary NBA of ALBERT EINSTEIN, in the first season
Jewish Tony nominees are associated of the family.” (Stachel could pass as referee MENDY RUDOLPH. (2017) of the National Geographic series
with a nominated work, so I’ll mention Hispanic, Arab, or African-American). “Prince of Broadway” also “Genius.” Hans was a very good engi-
the nominated directors, actors, writers, The musical’s Tony-nominated is nominated for best origi- neer, but he was “no Einstein.” Likewise,
and composers in the context of the nomi- book (script) writer is ITAMAR nal musical. It showcases the Edmund can’t be classed with his father
nated shows they are associated with. I MOSES.. Like Stachel, he is a Berke- career of legendary Broad- in terms of critical acclaim. (Edmund’s
also highlight one performer who wasn’t ley native. The son of Israeli immi- way director/producer mother was Jewish — the only one of Tom’s
nominated. The technical category nomi- grants, Moses was inspired to go HAROLD PRINCE PRINCE, 90. three wives who was.)
nees are omitted. into playwriting after seeing Prince directed the show PATRICK MARBER, 53, a Brit like Tom
None of the nominated original plays TONY KUSHNER’s “Angels himself. His many hits Stoppard, is nominated for best director of
have a Jewish playwright. The original best in America.” Moses, 41, has include “Fiddler on the a play (“Travesties”). He is better known
musical category includes “The Band’s written a number of dramatic Roof.” He produced the as a writer, and as a writer, he is almost a
Visit,” which is based on the hit 2007 plays, some of which have original 1964 produc- household name in Britain. He was Oscar-
Israeli film of the same name directed been staged by leading regional repertory tion. Prince was born and raised in north- nominated for his script for “Notes of a
and written by Israeli ERAN KOLIRIN, companies. ern New Jersey. Scandal” (2006). His play “Closer” was
45. It’s a charming tale of how an Egyp- “Frozen,” another best musical nomi- “Angels in America,” written by Kush- turned into a hit MIKE NICHOLS’ film in
tian ceremonial police band accidentally nee, co-stars CAISSIE LEVY, 37, as Elsa, ner, 61, is nominated for best play revival. 2004 (which Marber also wrote). In a 2015
gets stranded overnight in a small Israeli the role created by IDINA MENZEL, 45, “Angels” co-star ANDREW GARFIELD, interview with the Jewish Chronicle, a UK
village in the Negev desert. “Band” com- in the original “Frozen” film (2013). This 34, is nominated for a best actor in a play paper, he said: “My whole life has a Jewish
poser DAVID YAZBEK, 57, is nominated is a great breakthrough role for Levy, even Tony. (He plays the non-Jewish “Angels” flavor. I’m a Jew. I think of myself as a Jew
for best score (lyrics and music) of a musi- though she is not a Tony nominee. Levy character Prior Walter, while a non-Jewish first and an Englishman second.”
cal. His most famous works include the is a Canadian who went to Camp Ramah. actor plays Walter’s Jewish lover, Louis All three nominees for the Tony for
scores for “The Full Monty” (2000) and Another Camp Ramah (New England) Ironstone.) best musical, revival, were written or co-
“Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” (2005). veteran, ETHAN SLATER, 25, is nomi- Garfield, you may recall, was nominated written by tribe members: “Carousel” by
ARI’EL STACHEL, 27, a native of nated for best leading actor in a musical for the 2017 best actor Oscar for his perfor- RICHARD RODGERS and Oscar Ham-
Berkeley, California, is nominated for (“SpongeBob SquarePants”). “SquareBob” mance in “Hacksaw Ridge.” merstein II; “My Fair Lady” by ALAN
best featured actor in a musical (play- is nominated in the best original musical Other plays nominated for best revival LERNER and FREDERICK LOEWE, and
ing Haled, an Egyptian band member category. Nice to note: Slater recently said are “Children of a Lesser God” by MARK “Once On This Island” by Stephen Flaherty
in “Band”). Stachel’s father was born in he met his fiancée at Camp Ramah. The MEDOFF, 78; “Lobby Hero” by KEN- and LYNN AHRENS, 69. JONATHAN
Israel, the son of Yemeni Jewish immi- director of “SquareBob,” TINA LANDAU, NETH LONERGAN, 55; and “Travesties” TUNICK, 80, the director of “Carousel,” is
grants. His father met his Ashkenazi 56, is Tony-nominated for best director of by TOM STOPPARD, 80. “Children” won nominated for best director of a musical.
American mother on a kibbutz. “Band” a musical. the best play Tony in 1980 and Lonergan NATE BLOOM

Calendar is at Congregation
Friday Beth Aaron, 950 Queen
Anne Road, Teaneck.
June 8 www. lamdeinu.org or
[email protected].
Shabbat in Fort Lee:
Author Dr. David G.
Dalin is the scholar-in-
residence at the JCC of
Fort Lee/Congregation
Gesher Shalom
throughout Shabbat.
Tonight’s talk, at 5 p.m.,
is “Jewish Justices of the
Supreme Court,” followed
by dinner at 6, services,
and a talk at 7:15, “Icon
of Evil: Hitler’s Mufti Rabbi Meeka Simerly
and the Rise of Radical
Islam.” During Shabbat Lunch and learn in
morning services at Wayne: Rabbi Meeka
9:30 a.m., Dr. Dalin will Simerly of Temple
ask “Was Pius the XII Beth Tikvah in Wayne
Hitler’s Pope?” and at discusses “The Power of
1 p.m., he will focus on Speech” at the Wayne
“The Presidents of the YMCA during Lunch and
United States and the Learn, noon. The Wayne
Jews.” 1449 Anderson Y is a branch of the
Ave. Dinner reservations, Metropolitan YMCA of
(201) 947-1735. the Oranges, a partner of
the YM-YWHA of North
Saturday The Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey hosts
Jersey. 1 Pike Drive.
june 9 june www.wayneymca.org.

“Celebrate Israel @ 70 — Israel in the Park,” a celebration for the
10 whole family that includes food trucks, craft tables, ice cream, a
photo booth, and giveaways, from 2 to 5 p.m.; the Maccabeats
will perform at 3. 50 Eisenhower Drive. Pre-register and be entered in
a raffle for an Apple Watch, SodaStream, and more. (201) 820-3900 or
JFNNJ.org/Israel70.
(201) 837-2795 or Rinat. Baseball Research, the and levels, with yoga
org. National Baseball Hall instructors Alison Miller, Monday Andrew Getraer
Music in Paterson: The of Fame and Museum, Robert Hoon, Zasha
Clifton Community and the Vintage Base Delvalle and Justeen june 11 Combatting BDS
Band returns to the Ball Association. The Nason; 9-10:30 a.m. in Englewood:
Lambert Castle Concert program is sponsored Opening meditation by Congregation
Series with “Music at by the men’s club. MaryBeth Sigler. All levels Ahavath Torah’s
the Castle: A Welcome (201) 836-6210 or www. welcome. Participants Israel Engagement
to Summer,” at Lambert bethaaron.org. should bring a mat, Committee presents
Castle, 5 p.m. with a June towel, and water bottle “Critical Conversations
10 rain date. 3 Valley
Road. (973) 247-0085 or
Sunday and wear sunscreen.
Raffles. 411 E. Clinton Ave.
On Campus: Rutgers
Hillel Combats anti-
lambertcastle.org. june 10 (201) 408-1477 or htal@ Semitism,” 8:30 p.m.
jccotp.org. Panelists include Rutgers
Shabbat in Teaneck: Mose Hirsch Solomon, Hillel executive director,
Rabbi Dr. Michael nicknamed the Rabbi Book discussion in Andrew Getraer, Rutgers
Shmidman discusses of Swat Teaneck: The Jewish Sara Wolkenfeld students, and other
“The Messiah, Messianic Center of Teaneck hosts professionals. 240 Broad
Age, and Olam Haba” Talking about baseball the Leaves of Faith Book Minhags and marriage: Ave. (201) 568-1315.
at Congregation Rinat in Teaneck: Mark Club with a discussion Lamdeinu offers a
Yisrael, 6:50 p.m., of stories from Dara
as part of the shul’s
Sommer talks about the
“Boychicks of Summer: Horn’s “Eternal Life,”
discussion, “Yours,
Mine & Ours: Minhag & Thursday
“Rambam and Moreh Jewish Aspects of Yoga in Tenafly: The
8 p.m. 70 Sterling Place. Marriage,” led by Sara june 14
Nevuchim: Innovation Baseball,” at 7 p.m. at (201) 833-0515. Tillinger Wolkenfeld,
and Controversy” Kaplen JCC on the
Congregation Beth 10:30 a.m. Lamdeinu, Funny Jewish guys:
shiurim in memory of Palisades hosts the
Aaron in Teaneck. Mr. a center for Jewish Dumont historian Dick
Rabbi Ozer Glickman. annual Yoga on the
Sommer is a member of learning founded by its Burnon gives a lecture,
389 W. Englewood Ave. Green for all ages
the Society for American dean, Rachel Friedman, “Those Funny Jewish

Calendar
Guys,” about lives on the Palisades. Services of Northern
and times of Jewish At 6:30 p.m., he will New Jersey sponsors
comedians Henny discuss “The Courage JFCSNNJ Wheels for
Youngman, Milton Berle, to Change.” On Shabbat Meals — Ride to Fight
George Segal, and Gene morning at 11, his sermon Hunger, beginning and
Wilder, for people 60+, will be “The Legacy of ending at the Jewish
at the Fair Lawn Senior the Lubavitcher Rebbe Home at Rockleigh. This
Center, 1 p.m. Excerpts — The Infinite Value of year also features a 2.4-
from “The Producers” will the Individual Jew.” At mile hike. The Jewish
be shown. 11-05 Gardiner 8 p.m., during seudah Standard is among the
Road. Liz, (201) 796-1191 sh’lishit, he will talk sponsors. Beginners
or [email protected]. about “The Passion of welcome. (201) 837-9090
Judaism — Does Passion or RidetoFightHunger.
Blood drive in Teaneck: Lead to Practice or com.
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Congregation Rinat Vice Versa?” 11 Harold
Yisrael holds a blood St. Dinner reservations,
drive with New Jersey
Blood Services, a
(201) 871-1152 or www.
chabadlubavitch.org/ Singles
division of New York shabbaton.
Blood Center, 2-8 p.m.
389 W. Englewood Ave. Shabbat in Closter:
Wednesday
(800) 933-2566 or www. Temple Beth El holds june 20
nybloodcenter.org. family services led by
Rabbi David S. Widzer Seniors meet in
Friday and Cantor Julie Staple,
honoring Rabbi Beth
Orangeburg: Singles
65+ from the JCC JCC in Tenafly schedules
June 15 Kramer-Mazer, and
offering a send-off
Rockland meet for dinner
at Hogan’s Diner in
two of its annual concerts
for summer overnight Orangeburg, N.Y., 6 p.m.
Individual checks. 17 The Kaplen JCC on the Palisades in Tenafly holds its 19th annual Sandra O. Gold
campers, 6:45 p.m. 221
Schraalenburgh Road. Dutch Hill Road. Gene, Founder’s Day Concert on Thursday, June 14, at 6:30 p.m. This year, the annual
(201) 768-5112. (845) 356-5525. celebration will feature the Thurnauer School of Music’s student ensembles.
The Shirah Community Chorus, below, performs the annual Bernie and Ruth
Shabbat in Teaneck:
Temple Emeth offers Thursday Weinflash z”l Memorial Concert. It will celebrate Israel @ 70 with special guests
musical services with june 21 Cantors Ronit Wolff Hanan and David Perper on Sunday, June 17 at 7.
the Temple Emeth Band, For tickets, go to jccotp.org/Thurnauer.
Cantor Ellen Tilem, and Widows and widowers
Rabbi Steven Sirbu, meet: Movin’ On, a
Rabbi Moshe Bryski 8 p.m. 1666 Windsor monthly luncheon
Road. (201) 833-1322 or group for widows and
Shabbat in Tenafly: www.Emeth.org. widowers, meets at
Rabbi Moshe Bryski, the Glen Rock Jewish
executive director
and spiritual leader of
Sunday Center, 12:30 p.m. 682
Harristown Road. $5 for
Chabad of the Conejo june 17 lunch. (201) 652-6624 or
in Agoura Hills, Calif., is email [email protected].
the guest speaker at a Charity bike ride: Jewish
shabbaton at Lubavitch Family & Children’s
’80s Rock fest in Englewood

A WCBS FM 101.1’80s Rock Celebration concert, head-
lined by pop singer Belinda Carlisle and starring ABC,
Modern English, Tony Lewis of the Outfield, and
tenj
Limahl, is set for Saturday, July 14, at 7:30 p.m. It is

sponsored by bergenPAC and John Scher/Metropoli-
Film to screen in Franklin Lakes tan Entertainment.
Belinda Carlisle was the lead vocalist for the ground-
Blythe Danner, Joe Mantegna, and David program in March, requested by the Chil- breaking all-female band the Go-Go’s. The group came
Lascher star in “A Call to Remember,” dren of Holocaust Survivors of the Jewish out of the California punk scene in the late 1970s with
which will be shown on Sunday, June 10, Family and Children’s Services of North- hits like “We Got The Beat,” “Our Lips Are Sealed,”
at 2 p.m., at Temple Emanuel of North Jer- ern New Jersey. Everyone is welcome; “Vacation,” and “Head Over Heels.” Carlisle left the
sey. The R-rated film is about two Holo- there will be ice cream and popcorn. Go-Go’s to pursue a solo career and flourished with
caust survivors struggling with the trauma Reservations are not required. chart-toppers like “Heaven On Earth,” “I Get Weak,”
they lived through and its effect on their For more information, go to tenjfl.org or and “Circle In The Sand.” Belinda Carlisle
American-born sons. call (201) 560-0200. Tickets are available at www.ticketmaster.com Courtesy bergenPAC
This screening is a repeat of the shul’s or through the box office at www.bergenpac.org or
(201) 227-1030.

Jewish World
Pro-Israel activist dates far-left celebrity

and the Dutch go bananas
CNAAN LIPHSHIZ commemoration of World War II vic-
tims. Dekker made waves at the event as
AMSTERDAM — Like many young intellec- an occasional supporter of the Boycott,
tual couples their age, Anne Fleur Dekker Divestment and Sanctions movement
and Paul van der Bas enjoy going on walks against Israel — last year she tweeted “I do
together, dining out, discussing art, and as much BDS as possible” — and for say-
attending cultural events. ing that Dutch Jewry’s main watchdog on
A Dutch couple in their 20s, they have anti-Semitism had no place at a Holocaust
different dress styles — he has a clean-cut commemoration ceremony.
look and tends to wear suits, she has a Van der Bas told the PowNed right-
nose ring and favors ripped jeans — but at wing news site in November that Dekker’s
first glance they seem like a good match. ignorance, as he described it, means she
Both are articulate, ambitious, intelligent, should stay on Twitter instead of “abusing
and good-looking. They apparently are a memorial ceremony.”
deeply in love with each other. But Israel “is not a big issue” for Dekker,
But Dekker and van der Bas are not like said van der Bas, who adopted Israel’s
other couples. cause as a student and once dated an
For one thing, Dekker, who is Jewish, Israeli. “I don’t know if I could be with
probably is the best-known far-left activist someone who hated Israel,” he added.
in the Netherlands, and has expressed sup- Dekker has said she no longer subscribes
port for the movement to boycott Israel. to the BDS movement.
And Van der Bas, who is not Jewish, is a Now the couple post joint greetings
longtime employee of Holland’s leading on Twitter. Van der Bas accompanied
pro-Israel lobbying group and a member Dekker to a Labor Day parade on May 1.
of an anti-immigration party that many on She accompanied him later that month to
the left call racist and far right. a book launch by Baudet, the right-wing
In Holland’s polarized society, the cou- politician.
ple’s Romeo and Juliet story is grabbing But coming out as van der Bas’ girlfriend
headlines in the national media. It is seen Paul van der Bas and Anne Fleur Dekker have been attacked by extremists since last month exposed Dekker to new waves
as a sign of love’s ability to transcend even they went public with their romance. COURTESY OF ANNE FLEUR DEKKER of hatred — this time from the left, where
the deepest ideological divisions. But it many felt that she was a traitor for sleeping
also has exposed them to vicious attacks Dekker isn’t just a left-wing activist. Over An only child whose parents went bank- with the enemy, she told Volkskrant. She
by extremists who see their relationship the last year, she has become not only a rupt in 2008 and divorced, Dekker said she said about three-quarters of her former
as betrayal. prominent member of far-left circles, recently was diagnosed as suffering from friends and acquaintances have turned
“We disagree on many things, but we but their poster child. Volkskrant called post-traumatic stress disorder because their backs on her over the past year.
have a lot in common. We like arts, we care her “the pet enemy of right-wing Nether- of the upheavals in her life after tweeting “Now I’m getting threats from people
about social issues, we’re both doers,” van lands.” The GeenStijl news site labeled her about Wilders. She also told Volksgrant who used to be my crowd,” she told Volk-
der Bas, who works as a policy adviser for “Holland’s best-known Twitter hooligan” that she was the victim of date rape in 2013. skrant. Last month, she added, two “far-
the Center for Information and Documen- and “the radical granddaughter of Pol Pot Dekker said her mother “suffered ter- left activists” confronted her on her door-
tation on Israel, or CIDI, said. “We don’t and Naomi Klein,” the Canadian activist. ribly” because of the threats. And her step “and told me what they think of me. It
constantly talk politics. We do all the stuff She earned her stripes in left-wing cir- father, whom Dekker had not seen in may sound strange, but it feels worse than
that normal couples do.” cles in 2017, after inviting her 23,000 Twit- two years, since has cut off all communi- when I was attacked by the far right.”
Of course, most normal couples in the ter followers to join her and “throw 500 cations with her. Arzu Aslan, a well-known female activ-
Netherlands aren’t on the front cover of stones” at Geert Wilders, the leader of the Through the ordeal, she grew closer to ist against what she describes as racism,
Metro, the country’s second-largest cir- far-right Party for Freedom. “I think it’s an van der Bas, with whom she had had con- wrote on Twitter that Dekker “was turned
culation daily, as Dekker and Van der Bas honorable action,” she added. tact on a WhatsApp group for young opin- because she’s getting right-wing” sex. (“So
were last month. The headline on the The tweet referenced a far-right sup- ion shapers from across the political spec- sexist,” Dekker, a feminist, told Volkskrant
cover read “Love between Left and Right.” porter’s call on Twitter to stone mosques. trum. They fell in love in April. Dekker told about that tweet. “Why wouldn’t I be able
Last month, their affair also was profiled But it was widely seen as a call for violence Volkskrant that that she was “doing very to determine my own convictions?”)
by the country’s fourth-largest newspaper, against a politician who is under constant badly all of a sudden, and he was an enor- Amid the changes in her life, Dekker
the highbrow daily Volkskrant. police protection because of countless mous source of support.” remains a left-winger, she told the daily.
Above all, though, when they go public death threats made against him for his She has written on Twitter that she is But she left the Green Left party, where
most couples don’t inspire such torrents anti-Islam rhetoric. “so in love it should be illegal.” She also she had been a leading figure in Hilver-
of hate messages on Twitter that their rela- Wilders, whose party is the country’s wrote in April: “I have never been able to sum, near Amsterdam. And she spoke out
tionship becomes one of the country’s top second largest, filed a police complaint feel so free and myself in a relationship.” against anti-Semitic discourse by support-
10 trending topics, as happened to Dekker last year, charging Dekker with incite- But getting there took some adjusting, ers of far-left groups. The International
and Van der Bas in April. ment to violence. That unleashed thou- she acknowledged. “I was attracted to him Socialists and Committee 21 groups said
Part of the intense interest is because sands of death threats against her from his but found it difficult to admit it, also to she was no longer welcome at their event
“we’re living in a polarized society with an supporters. Police advised Dekker to go myself,” Dekker told Volkskrant. “Because because of those remarks.
us vs. them mentality,” said Van der Bas, underground for a few weeks because of here was a Forum for Democracy member, “The extreme left has an anti-Semitism
25, a member of the rightest party called the threats, making her a prime time news and an active one at that, who knew [Thi- problem, but this cannot be mentioned,”
Forum for Democracy. “I believe that 20 item and a star in radical left-wing circles. erry] Baudet a bit,” she said, referring to Dekker said.
years ago, two young people falling in love “I grew up with the notion that the Neth- the party’s leader. “It felt forbidden.” In April, the couple took a selfie and
from opposite ends of the political spec- erlands was a safe place. Suddenly that Months earlier, Dekker and van der posted it on Twitter. Its caption read “Have
trum wouldn’t have been so unusual.” appeared not to be the case; a wake-up Bas were exchanging barbs in the media. fun hating. We’re happy together.”
While that may be true, the 24-year-old call,” Dekker told Volkskrant. Dekker had been invited to speak at a JTA WIRE SERVICE

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shopping, and entertainment offerings and prime access to “Englewood and this location in particular have every-
New York City, is getting a major residential upgrade with thing we look for when scouting new development settings,”
the launch of One William, a new luxury rental community said Jonathan Schwartz, a partner at BNE Real Estate Group,
in the heart of the walkable town center. which is developing One William along with partner Sterling
Offering a collection of one- and two-bedroom residences Properties. “There’s a real downtown vibrancy here that we
and a full suite of indoor and outdoor amenities, One Wil- believe is only growing stronger. We’re delighted to now add
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nue, One William features 185 well-appointed rental res-
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private balconies and terraces. Monthly rents currently
start at $2,350. Immediate occupancy is available.
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private barbecue stations with dining areas, an out-
door bar with TV, and an expansive lawn area for
relaxation. A landscaped courtyard has an additional
lawn area, outdoor gaming spaces, lounge seating, and
a community garden.
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children’s playroom, a Wi-Fi lounge with work stations
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bergenPAC has announce that The Provident Bank
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first cycle 2018 major grants, which totaled more than
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and Pennsylvania.
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identified an immediate need in the community and
the individuals they serve. make the performing
bergenPAC was awarded $20,000 to support its arts accessible to TEANECK $1,400,000
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special needs in the performing arts. The students then president and CEO. “This generous funding from Provi-
come together on the main stage in bergenPAC for a spe- dent Bank Foundation enables us to further enrich the
cial performance in front of their families and friends.
“Voices in Harmony fulfills an integral part of our mis-
lives of our current students, and to expand the program
to new students, so they all can develop the self-confi-
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university. She also declined to use her name.

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Turning horror to hope

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Cole Haan ultra light-weight

BORO PARK: FLATBUSH: LONG ISLAND: LAKEWOOD: TEANECK:

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Playing for the cure

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play it in the same way as you usually hear

Photo courtesy Englewood Hospital and Medical Center

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Why New Jersey’s Orthodox fight

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YOUR LEGACY MATTERS.

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Guests relaxed and had

Noah Garden and

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SAR High School Congratulates the Class of 2018

Bina Aaronson Gabrielle Cohen Ty Rocker Sammy Sokol

Relay for Life at Paramus High YU women’s group unveils gala

gewert will be the bat mornings and is a

guests of honor. member of the syna-

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Our FREE annual, all-level outdoor yoga class, led by

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MUSIC ADULTS MUSIC

Founder's Day Concert Bridge Intermediate 3 SHIRAH Spring Concert

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Students are recognized in the community

Brad Leopold, Sherry Hausman, Jessica Rosenblum, Emily Skobac,

Lubavitch on the Palisades celebrated the graduation of students in the

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