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Amid Covid Slump, Synagogues Finding it Pays to Innovate Shuls adjust dues and expectations for members stuck at home. Stewart Ain Staff Writer

n a sign of the times, the East End Temple in Gramercy Park is not sending congregants bills for dues this year. Instead, in a letter to its members the Reform congregation is asking them to make a voluntary donation, continuing an experiment that began last year, “especially in light of the emotional pain and financial hard- The entrance to East End ship that people are experiencing right Temple. BKSK ARCHITECTS/JONATHAN WALLEN

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now.” From letter Temple Emanu-El, a Conservative congregation in Closter, N.J., cut its dues by 25 percent this year “out of deep sensitivity to the realities of our world,” it said in a letter to members, adding that “if that relief does not suffice, we will work with you to ensure that Temple Emanu-El is a part of your family and your life during this time.” And Bet Am Shalom Synagogue

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aim Zuckerman couldn’t believe his eyes. As the ninth grader was passing through the basement dining room of his Brooklyn yeshiva on his way to work on a large candle he was making with friends to mark the yahrtzeit of the fifth Gerer Rebbe, he saw a schoolmate leaning against a table with a man lying on top of him. Both the man — known to the students as a child therapist — and the boy had their pants down. It was “the sickest, craziest thing” Zuckerman, then 13, had ever seen. Haim Zuckerman claims The boy rushed Avrohom Mondrowitz upstairs and told a molested him in a yeshiva teacher what he had basement in the 1980s. COU RTESY OF HAI M ZUCKER MAN witnessed. The teacher took him to the office of the school’s spiritual supervisor, Avrohom Leizerowitz, who, Zuckerman claims, berated him for his “dirty mind” and instructed him that he would be required to receive counseling from the very man in the basement, Avrohom Mondrowitz.

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srael could see a sharp increase in immigration over the next few years spurred on by the pandemic, two groups involved with arranging immigration to the country claim. The chairman of the Jewish Agency told an Israeli parliament committee last week that Israel should expect some 250,000 new immigrants over three to five years, Haaretz reported. Israel normally absorbs about 30,000 immigrants per year. Also, Nefesh B’Nefesh, an organization that assists Jewish immigrants from English-speaking countries, reported that in June 2020, the organization received 1,350 immigration applications, compared to 399 in June of last year. Nefesh B’Nefesh also received 25,435 phone calls requesting information about immigration, in comparison to 5,349 in June 2019.

The Jewish Telegraphic Agency reported that the trend is consistent in Brazil, a traditional bellwether for aliya. Last year, 750 Brazilian families started the immigration process. The 2020 tally is expected to reach up to 1,200, according to the Jewish Agency. Isaac Herzog, the Jewish Agency chairman, said in a Zoom briefing last week that multiple factors could account for the immigration spike: Israel’s handling of the pandemic (which was hailed originally for its efficiency, but has since come under scrutiny); the rise of anti-Semitism around the world; a crisis-driven desire to be closer to relatives who already live in Israel; and Israel’s strong health care system and social services in a time of global economic malaise. Israel’s unemployment rate has jumped in recent months as well,

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n April, in part to beat the coronavirus blues, French Jew Elisha Nochomovitz ran a marathon on his seven-yard-long balcony. Now, an Israeli triathlete who didn’t let the pandemic derail his training recently completed an Ironman race — solo. On June 22, Ari VaAri Varon trained r o n comand competed in a p l e t ed a Tel Aviv Ironman 140-mile triof his own making, athlon (2.4in the wake of the mile swim, coronavirus. 112-mile bike ride and a 26.2-mile marathon) in 13 hours and 72 minutes — in 86-degree heat. “It’s an achievement for me,” said Varon, who was born with a club foot and began training and competing in triathlons in the last year and a half. “I wasn’t competing against anyone else. I was first, and last, in this competition. I told my kids that it’s a competition against myself.” When Varon, 42, finally finished swimming, biking and running at Tel

New North American immigrants arrive in Israel last summer on a flight arranged by the Nefesh B’Nefesh organization. F L ASH90 however. “This is a historic challenge that we must exploit, and the government needs to understand the opportunity and prepare a national program for

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Aviv’s boardwalk, he was greeted under an arch of blue-and-white balloons by his wife and three sons. Dozens of his children’s classmates raced with him at the very end. Varon and his wife, Miriam Warshaviak, pledged $2,260 — $10 per kilometer — to help children use sports as a means for excellence, and as a way to inspire others. “I wasn’t going to let the coronavirus stop me,” said Varon. “It wasn’t only about doing the Ironman, but trying to translate this into my own vision.” Varon, who has his own business in China, is an impressive multitasker. To train he would bike for an hour while leaving voice messages or holding work calls, and do the same while running or stretching, “with people who understood what I was doing,” he said. Even so, during training session lasting more than 90 minutes, Varon would often say to himself, “What am I doing?” “That’s pretty natural, apparently,” he said. “You overcome this message of being crazy. You just realize that you can.” Jessica Steinberg/ The Times of Israel

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mong Rabbi tive and personalized Shayna Golkow’s good wishes and notes souvenirs are of appreciation (with an a handful of Shabbatoptional photo upload). o-grams she received Zauzmer, who works while a camper, and later in operations for the L.A. a staff member, at Camp Dodgers, applied his Ramah in the Poconos. coding and web develThese are handwritten opment skills to create a notes — sometimes on project “meaningful for colored paper cut into Founders of Shabbat- both of us,” he said. shapes, like hearts, stars o-Grams, Ben Zauzmer Now in their second and the sun — decorated a n d R a b b i S h a y n a month of operations, by the sender. The mis- Golkow. the messages are due sives — private, uplift- COU RTESY SHAYNA GOLKOW before 4 p.m. Friday afing messages exchanged ternoons and are texted, among campers and staff emailed, or posted to — were delivered Friday afternoons. Instagram (@shabbat.o.grams). So “It was a way to make everyone far, more than 500 people have refeel loved, special and included go- ceived a Shabbat-o-Gram, which is ing into Shabbat each week,” Golkow free, and neither Golkow nor Zasaid in a telephone interview. Golkow, uzmer make money from the projwho grew up in Cherry Hill, N.J., is ect. Instead, recipients are sent a second rabbi at Temple Aliyah in Los link to the sender’s camp to make Angeles. an optional donation. When most sleepaway camps anAn unintended result of the project nounced that they would not open this is interest beyond camps; the founders summer, Golkow and partner Ben Za- said a few congregational schools and uzmer, a former camper at URJ Camp synagogues from across the country Harlam who grew up outside of Phila- have reached out and inquired about delphia, sought a way to foster con- using the site. nections and bring the lost magic of “I think people like this idea of camp into families’ homes. virtually trying to stay connected on They launched the next gen of Shabbat and sort of running with it,” Shabbat-o-grams: Shabbat.o.Grams. said Zauzmer. com, a website for campers, staff, Shira Vickar-Fox/ alumnae and others to share decora- New Jersey Jewish News

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Jewish Football Players: Don’t Pile on DeSean Jackson Eagles receiver’s anti-Semitic posts should be met with education, not ‘cancellation.’

ormer professional football player Geoff Schwartz wasn’t surprised when he heard about Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson’s anti-Semitic Instagram posts. “I just thought to myself it’s ignorance — someone who has no idea whatsoever what antiSemitism is, why his quote could be hurtful to Jews, or really to a lot of people,” said Schwartz, an offensive lineman who played for five teams in his eight-year NFL career. “I took that from my experience in the locker room. Guys not knowing about Judaism. Guys not knowing about our culture and our religion.” Jewish football players participated in an online converSchwartz was one of nine current and retired sation Sunday night. Clockwise from upper left: Anthony Jewish NFLers who participated in a three-hour Firkser, conversation organizer Michael Neuman, Geoff online event Sunday night about Jews and pro- Schwartz and Greg Joseph. SCR EEN SHOT F ROM VI RTUAL EVENT fessional football in which many players said they had encountered few people within the have wanted to see a strong, powerful Jew with a league who understood their background. The event, streamed live on Aish.tv, was the yarmulke on,” he told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency brainchild of Michael Neuman, an Orthodox Jewish — so he founded a nonprofit organization, the Jewish psychologist who gained a measure of fame last year Inspiration Foundation, aimed at doing just that. Weeks ago, Neuman began planning a live diswhen he competed on, and won, the LeBron Jamesproduced athletic competition series “Million Dollar cussion among current and former NFL players who are Jewish in keeping with his mission to highlight Mile” while wearing a kipa. Neuman wanted to continue to inspire Jews to push “strong and powerful Jews.” But after the news boundaries — “When I was a 10-year-old, I would broke that Jackson had posted anti-Semitic quotes

falsely attributed to Adolf Hitler, the event took on both a new urgency and tone. “I had this idea for the Jews in the NFL Summit. I wanted a way to connect, whether it’s yeshiva kids, or anyone, to get inspired,” Neuman said of the original idea. “But, I mean, the timeliness of DeSean Jackson’s comments, and apology, and then Stephen Jackson, [was] obviously showing that there’s an ignorance.” Jackson, a veteran NFL player, had posted a page from a book that quoted Hitler as stating that “because the white Jews knows [sic] that the Negroes are the real Children of Israel and to keep America’s secret the Jews will blackmail America” and “The [sic] will extort America, their plan for world domination won’t work if the Negroes know who they were.” The quote was not genuinely said by Hitler. Jackson later apologized, and was admonished and fined — but not suspended or released — by the Eagles, a team whose owner (Jeffrey Lurie) and general manager (Howie Roseman) are both Jewish. The reaction of most leaders of the Jewish community, in Philadelphia and nationwide, has been to reach out to Jackson in order to educate him rather than pushing for his release or suspension from the NFL.

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JCC Manhattan Makes Deep Staff Cuts

35 percent of jobs slashed at Upper West Side institution as pandemic layoffs continue. Shira Hanau JTA

ust days after the expiration of a federal program meant to preserve jobs during the pandemic, one of the largest JCCs in the country has laid off or furloughed 35 percent of its employees. The Marlene Meyerson Jewish Community Center of Manhattan laid off 32 people and furloughed 40 last week as it faces decreased revenue as a result of the pandemic. The JCC, which operated on a budget of $34 million before the coronavirus hit, expects to cut that in half moving forward. Among the positions eliminated were most of the marketing department, managers of the studio arts and culinary programs, the senior athletics director and a birthday party coordinator. Other positions dealing with the JCC’s extensive Jewish learning offerings also were eliminated. “The Center for Jewish Living … has a skeletal staff and budget at this point, as the JCC regroups and forges its way ahead,” Rabbi Abby Treu said this week in an email to people in a mikvah training program that the center had run.

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Treu said that she also lost her job. The Manhattan JCC had 192 employees before the pandemic. In addition to the 32 people laid off and 40 furloughed employees, those who remain at their jobs and earning more than approximately $52,000 are taking pay cuts of 5, 7 or 10 percent. Most of the furloughed positions are on the health and wellness staff. Rabbi Joy Levitt, the

center’s executive director, said the plan is to bring back those employees as soon as the building, which includes an extensive fitness facility, is able to reopen fully. “We’re looking for everything that is possible for us to do,” she said, noting that the cen-

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(Stephen Jackson, a former NBA player and now a leading Black Lives Matter activist, had defended DeSean Jackson, no relation, and later used an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory. He later walked back the inflammatory comment.) More than one rabbi has offered to meet with Jackson, and Julian Edelman of the New England Patriots, who is Jewish, said he spoke to Jackson and invited him to visit the U.S. Holocaust Museum and Memorial in Washington, D.C. Jackson also had a conversation this weekend with a Holocaust survivor. Schwartz said he agreed that it was better to go “the education route” than “the cancellation route” — and many of his colleagues said they shared his instincts. “At the end of the day, if he was educated and he knew the history, he probably wouldn’t say those things,” Josh Miller, a 50-year-old retired punter, said of Jackson. “We have to have these conversations about racism, and about antiSemitism,” added Mike Rosenthal, who left the NFL in 2008 after nine seasons. “Let’s just talk about it. Society has to have those uncomfortable

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conversations.” And Bob Stein, who in 1970 became the first Jewish player to play on a Super Bowl-winning team, called Jackson’s posts “a spectacularly ignorant set of comments.” Stein, who attended law school while playing in the NFL and later became the first president and CEO of the NBA’s Minnesota Timberwolves, said he hoped Jackson’s apology was sincere and “more than just ‘oops, I want to get out of the way of this problem.’” Most of the players, who spoke during three separate panels, said many of their teammates had either never met a Jewish person before or knew practically nothing about Judaism. About 70 percent of NFL players are Black. “There’s four or five Jews in the NFL,” said Schwartz, who with his brother Mitchell, a star of this year’s Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs, wrote a book about being Jewish in the NFL. “You have teammates who are Black, and you see the pain they’re going through with the George Floyd death. They’re your friends, you buddies. It’s easy to see the pain they’re going through, and it’s easy to say ‘I’ve got you, I support you.” But he said that the small numbers of Jewish players means their teammates were less likely to be attuned to the concerns of Jewish ones. ■

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have a host of reasons to deflect responsibility for America’s original sin of racism. I have heard dozens of continued from page 5 arguments from white people denying that the privileges that they enjoy zens of all backgrounds to speak about contribute to the oppression of Black combating bigotry and racism. and brown people. Nobody came to these forums with In the end, I can boil all the arwhite supremacist bumper stickers or guments from a shelf full of books Confederate flags. Everyone I met on white privilege down to a poster in these workshops seemed well in- that I saw at a Black Lives Matter tentioned and saw themselves as “the rally I recently attended: “Privilege good guys” on this issue. is when you think something is not a Until, of course, the issue of white problem because it is not a problem privilege came up. That is when all for you.” these well-intentioned, white folks Spend some time talking to Black got very defensive. people about the obstacles they face Most white people, including my- daily to access good schools, healthy self, are not prepared to realize how food, adequate health care, access much they are part of a system that to mass transit, equal treatment in keeps them in a poour criminal jussition of privilege tice system, and it at the expense of is likely you will people of color. feel ashamed of It’s time for Jews the privileges that Even more importantly, while you enjoy and that saying all the right to marshal all of are not available to things in polite compeople of color. pany — especially Contemplate the our considerable statistic that in the in carefully constructed multi-faith year 2020, the net and multi-racial wealth of an averpolitical capital dialogue settings — age Black family most white people is only 10 percent are not prepared to of the wealth of to remedy an surrender any of an average white the privileges that family in America. injustice. Read the history of they enjoy in order redlining and how to remedy centuBlacks were denied ries of discriminathe benefits of the tion against people of color. Many Jews fall into this very GI Bill after World War II, and you will understand how Black poverty same pattern of behavior. We say we want to end racism, but is a consequence of state-sanctioned we don’t want a Black family to move policy. Or put yourself in the shoes of Black children who are more likely into our neighborhood. We say we want to end racism, but to see police as people who will harm we won’t support busing to desegre- them than as people who are there to protect them. gate our schools. In a 1972 essay arguing against We say we want to end racism, but we won’t support affirmative ac- clerical apathy on issues of fortion if it denies our son or daughter eign policy, Rabbi Abraham Joshua a slot at a prestigious college or pro- Heschel said, “morally speaking, there is no limit to the concern one fessional school. We say we want to end racism, but must feel for the suffering of human we are not prepared to be true allies beings, that indifference to evil is until Black organizations pass every worse than evil itself, that in a free ideological test we create on support society, some are guilty, but all are responsible.” for Israel. Jews need to take responsibility for We say we want to end racism, but we can’t bring ourselves to sign the perpetuation of racism in America. on to critiques of over-policing be- We have averted our eyes to the sufcause the police are protecting our fering of Black Americans for generasynagogues and they rarely, if ever, tions. It is time to face the hard truth, harass or kill white Jews without become true allies and marshal all of due process, as happens routinely to our considerable political capital to remedy an injustice that has been alBlack Americans. Jews, like most white people, lowed to exist for far too long. n

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Writer who often focused on anti-Semitism resigns. Josefin Dolstein JTA

ari Weiss, the Jewish opinion writer and editor who has been a lightning rod for left-wing critics, has resigned from The New York Times. The author of a much-discussed recent book on anti-Semitism, Weiss announced her resignation in a blistering letter to New York Israel Times publisher A.G. Sulzberger posted to her website Tuesday morning. She wrote that the newspaper had become a place where “intellectual curiosity — let alone risk-taking — is now a liability” and said she had been subjected to bullying from colleagues who disagreed with the ideas she advanced in her columns and on Twitter. “They have called me a Nazi and a racist; I have

comment. Katie Kingsbury, the Times’ acting editorial page editor, said in a statement that she is committed to an intellectually and politically diverse opinion section. “We appreciate the many contributions that Bari made to Times Opinion,” Kingsbury said in a statement issued to NBC News. She added, “I’m personally committed to ensuring that The Times

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Dr. Nicolaas van den Heever Bari Weiss in the New York Times newsroom in 2018. JOSEF I N DOLSTEN learned to brush off comments about how I’m ‘writing about the Jews again,’” she wrote. “Several colleagues perceived to be friendly with me were badgered by coworkers. My work and my character are openly demeaned on company-wide Slack channels. … I’m no legal expert. But I know that this is wrong.” Weiss’ resignation is the latest in a series of changes at the Times’ Opinion section that began last month when the paper ran a piece by Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton, a Republican, calling for a military response to largely peaceful protests calling for racial justice. The piece elicited unusual resistance from journalists inside the Times newsroom and eventually led to the resignation of the Opinion section’s editor, James Bennet, who admitted that he had not read the piece prior to publication. Bennet made a point of bringing in conservative voices, including Weiss and Bret Stephens, whose columns have also been dogged by criticism, and Weiss suggested in her letter that Bennet’s departure had worsened her work situation. “Never believe an editor or publisher who urges you to go against the grain,” she wrote. “Eventually, the publisher will cave to the mob, the editor will get fired or reassigned, and you’ll be hung out to dry.” Weiss did not indicate what she plans to do next and did not immediately respond to a request for

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continues to publish voices, experiences and viewpoints from across the political spectrum.” Since starting as an op-ed staff writer and editor at The Times in 2018, Weiss has risen to prominence for her commentary on issues such as anti-Semitism, Israel, the #MeToo movement and cultural appropriation. Her writing often criticizes what she sees as hypocrisies among progressives, which has earned her both praise and vilification. Perhaps her most contentious claim deals with what she sees as an effort by young progressives to stifle free speech in what has been described by conservatives as “cancel culture.” Last month, she wrote on Twitter that the Cotton

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continued from page 1 in White Plains is sending letters to families that owed the synagogue dues to say it is waiving all outstanding balances and asking for their support so the synagogue can continue to be there during the pandemic. These congregations may be on the leading edge of change as synagogues rethink their financial picture and brace for what will likely be a profoundly different High Holiday season. Some of the changes in dues were already in the works, but the financial blow of the coronavirus pandemic upended old membership models.

And the change is not only due to affordability. Congregations are clearly worried about a possible loss of members who have not been able to enter their synagogues for four months. During the last recession in 2008, non-Orthodox synagogues lost 20 percent of their members, according to Jonathan Sarna, professor of American Jewish history at Brandeis University in Waltham, Mass. During the Great Depression in the 1930s, he said, one Chicago synagogue lost half its members. “I’ve never known a recession where synagogue membership has not fallen off,” he said. But Sarna said this year is different because he has “not seen people saying synagogues are superfluous, that they go only three times a year.

ARNOLD B. MARANS With profoundly heavy hearts, the Sephardic Temple of Cedarhurst, NY, mourns the death of its founding rabbi, Rabbi Arnold Bernard Marans, who died on his 92nd birthday, Sunday, July 12th, 2020. Arnold Marans married his devoted wife Zipporah (neé Mann) on September 16, 1951. Together they lovingly raised their five children - and cherished their spouses: Israel & Goldie Marans; Dr. Hillel Marans & Shirley Kaplan; Dr. Zvi Marans & Anita Kampler; Rabbi Noam Marans & Rabbi Amy Roth; and Aliza & Alan Miller. Rabbi Marans was a grandfather of 25, a great-grandfather of 26, and brother to Bernice Weiss and the late Shirley Kaplan. Arnold B. Marans was born on July 12, 1928 in Brooklyn, NY to Harry and Rose Marans. He received his undergraduate degree in Social Science from CCNY in 1949; an MA in Hebrew Literature and Rabbinic Ordination from the Jewish Theological Seminary of America (JTSA) in 1953; and a Doctor of Divinity, honoris causa, from JTSA in 1980. In 1954 Rabbi Marans was chosen to head The United Sephardim of Brooklyn, a community of young Sephardic Jews whose membership came primarily from various congregations in New Lots and East New York founded by Sephardim from Turkey, Greece and Rhodes. In 1961 he was selected to lead an initiative to build a new synagogue in the ‘Five Towns’ of Long Island, NY. In 1964, it was completed and the new Sephardic Temple of Cedarhurst - Congregation Emeth veShalom - became a beacon for Sephardic Jews from the greater Metropolitan New York area. Due to Rabbi Marans’ charismatic leadership and outreach to the wider community many Ashkenazi Jews also became a loyal part of the congregation. Rabbi Marans also served as Grand Chaplain Emeritus of Free and Accepted Masons in the State of NY and was a Past President of the American Friends of Misgab Ladach Hospital in Jerusalem.

For more than 25 years Rabbi Marans served as Comptroller of the Rabbinical Assembly (RA). He also represented the RA at, and served as an officer of, the Joint Retirement Board for Conservative Judaism since 1993, including a term as Chairman of the Board, and most recently chaired its Investment Review Committee. Rabbi and Zipporah Marans were an indefatigable team whose support for Jerusalem’s Frisch Beit Hayeled surrogate family residence of AMIT earned them numerous awards and accolades. Their consummate leadership ensured that the Sephardic Temple chapter of AMIT would be famed as the only synagogue AMIT chapter in the USA. An active leader and trustee of the Sephardic Home for the Aged, Rabbi Marans’ role in the development of the Home and its many activities is well known. When the Home was sold in 2016, he was instrumental in the creation of the Sephardic Home for the Aged Foundation whose philanthropic mission is to plant firmly the legacy of the Home in organizations throughout the world that care for the elderly Jewish community. Rabbi Arnold B. Marans was warm and gregarious, and his devotion to the Jewish community was genuine and whole-hearted. His sense of humor and affection won over adult and child alike. He was an active leader whose philanthropic efforts and leadership ensured that the great ideals and values of our faith continue to guide and enhance the lives of so many Jews throughout the world. Funeral services were livestreamed at sightandsound.film/RabbiArnoldBMaransFuneral from the Sephardic Temple on July 12. Burial took place in Israel on Har HaZeitim. The Sephardic Temple mourns Rabbi Marans’ passing and prays that his legacy be an everlasting source of blessing and inspiration for his family and the community.

East End Temple Rabbi Joshua Stanton and Cantor Shira Ginsberg. An experiment with voluntary dues has paid dividends. COU RTESY OF EAST EN D TEM P LE Those who are members of synagogues are very positive about what their congregations are doing during the pandemic. I know people who think there will be a spiritual revival when things get back to normal because people are learning the value of community.” In fact, Rabbi Joshua Stanton, spiritual leader of the East End Temple in Manhattan, said 75 families joined in the last year after the congregation experimented with voluntary donations. These families have told him “how lucky they feel to be part of a community during a year that has been so painful in other areas.” Last year, the synagogue ran a successful pilot program of the voluntary dues plan, following the example of a small but growing number of synagogues who found that eliminating mandatory dues made the congregation seem more welcoming and eliminated fraught negotiations with families in financial distress. East End asks each new member to “consider” paying $1,730 per adult and explains why on its website. The plan was extended, says Rabbi Stanton, in light of the pandemic. At Makom NY, an unaffiliated Long Island congregation that is liberal and embraces tradition, congregants are billed monthly, which makes paying dues more manageable during the pandemic, according to Rabbi Deborah Bravo. “In this way congregants don’t feel they are paying $3,000 for just a Zoom service,” she said. “Because of our model, not many have said they can’t pay because they pay over time, including bar mitzvah and Hebrew school fees.” When it comes to dues, the key words are “understanding and empathy,” said Rabbi Elie Weinstock of Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun, a Modern Orthodox synagogue in Manhattan. “No request for funds or voluntary contribution is made without consideration of the fact that so many congregants have been impacted” financially, he said. “We are not pushing people or in any way making it seem as if there will be a past due statement on people’s accounts,” Rabbi Weinstock added. “For those who are having difficulty we say, ‘That’s OK.’ There is a recognition that there will be less income and we have to adjust our spending.” Tresa Grauer, Reconstructing Judaism’s vice

From Zoom to boom?

eyond dues, empty synagogues are seeing their traditional roles upended — and sometimes enhanced — by the social distancing and isolation imposed by the pandemic. Farley Weiss, president of the National Council of Young Israel, said rabbis have been doing classes on Zoom, “and some are reaching more people than they were before.” Zoom programs have resulted in “more involvement from congregants than before, and allowed

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former congregants now living in Oregon and Florida to join the programs — and they are sending contributions as well,” said Rabbi Lester Bronstein of Bet Am Shalom Synagogue. Grauer said the same thing is happening at other congregations, and there is even talk of creating a “virtual membership” for such far-flung congregants. Amy Asin, vice president for strengthening congregations at the Union for Reform Judaism, said she has recently conducted a survey of the movement’s 850 Reform synagogues. She found that “people are more likely to feel more confident recommending their synagogue to others now than they were pre-pandemic. Congregations are not just doing adult education but also a tremendous amount of pastoral care. We have congregations in North America that have called every single congregant multiple times in the past four months. We have congregations taking care of their elderly and vulnerable congregants, doing grocery shopping for them and calling them weekly so they are not as lonely.” When there are such efforts to “maintain a connection with congregants during the lockdown, congregants will make the effort to retain affiliation,” observed Barry Mael, senior director of synagogue affiliations and operations for the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. The Dix Hills (L.I.) Jewish Center leaned heavily into the “new normal” in a video emailed along with its dues statements. It showed the

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continued from page 1 Despite feeling “worried [and] uncomfortable,” Zuckerman told The Jewish Week that he felt obligated to “follow the system” and obey. What happened next has haunted him ever since. Now, 37 years later, he has filed a lawsuit against Mondrowitz as well as the school, Yeshiva & Mesivta Bais Yisroel, and Leizerowitz. The suit alleges that during their mandated counseling session, Mondrowitz — who at the time had a popular radio show and was revered by many within the charedi world as a talented psychologist despite having faked his credentials — molested Zuckerman. After the incident Zuckerman says Mondrowitz took him to a bookstore and bought him an expensive set of young adult books he wanted, written by the 19th-century German rabbi and author, Marcus Lehmann. For the next few days Zuckerman says he felt “doped. I felt hopeless.” He wanted to tell his parents — both Holocaust survivors — about what Mondrowitz had done to him, but as

soon as they heard he had met the famous “Dr.” they began gushing about how privileged he was. The boy clammed up. The complaint, filed Monday in Brooklyn Supreme Court, takes advantage of a law passed last year allowing victims of childhood sexual abuse a limited window of time in which to pursue abuse claims even if the statute of limitations has run out. Zuckerman also asserts in the complaint that after he reported the abuse to Leizerowitz he was expelled from the yeshiva, which is affiliated with the Ger chasidic sect; the expulsion came, he told The Jewish Week, via a letter written to his parents explaining that he “didn’t fit the school and they should find another school.” (In 2006 Leizerowitz fled to Israel after allegations surfaced that he had molested boys. A post on the website of the now-defunct Awareness Center reported that a civil suit was filed against him alleging that he improperly touched a boy during a one-onone help session in his office.) Over the course of a three-hour interview with The Jewish Week, Zuckerman recounted how he was then sent to a Ger yeshiva in Israel. Once

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there, he says he “managed very well not to think of what happened” with Mondrowitz. Ultimately, however, the head of that yeshiva kicked him out, telling him in Yiddish to “pack and go” without further explanation. Zuckerman says he was too embarrassed to contact his parents and, with nowhere else to go, ended up sleeping “in the streets.” Zuckerman says it was years later, after he was married with children, that he learned from friends about other people who were victimized by Mondrowitz, including one man who had committed suicide. The lawsuit asserts that both the Brooklyn yeshiva and Leizerowitz “acted with reckless disregard of [Zuckerman’s] safety,” breaching “their duty to care by failing to protect him.” As a result of this failure, Zuckerman claims in the suit that he has “suffered and continues to suffer mental anguish, and emotional and psychological injuries [which] have caused irreparable damage and are believed to be permanent.” Zuckerman is seeking damages “in an amount to be determined at trial.” A voicemail message left at Bais Yisroel did not receive a response and an email to Mondrowitz was returned as undeliverable. Neither Mondrowitz nor Leizerowitz, both believed to be living in Israel, could be reached by phone for comment.

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hile Zuckerman’s is the only lawsuit that has been filed against Mondrowitz to date, U.S. law enforcement pursued him for years on abuse charges. In 1985, Mondrowitz was indicted in absentia on four counts of sodomy and eight counts of sexual abuse in the first degree, after he fled to Israel

in 1984 on the eve of a planned arrest in Brooklyn for sex offenses against four non-Jewish children in his Borough Park neighborhood. While Jewish children were alleged by police to be among Mondrowitz’s victims, none of them testified in the grand jury that indicted him and thus were not part of the criminal case. At the time, then-District Attorney Elizabeth Holtzman pursued Mondrowitz’s extradition. She was thwarted in 1985 when Israeli officials informed the United States that extradition would be impossible because sodomy was not included in the Israeli definition of rape and thus not an extraditable offense. Prior to his flight, Mondrowitz — who was born in Poland in 1947 and lived in Chicago before settling in New York in the late 1970s — ran a child-counseling program out of his Brooklyn home and worked in a special-education school for boys that had connections to Ohel Children and Family Services. The Jewish Week reported in 2010 that one of Mondrowitz’s alleged Jewish victims was referred to him for counseling directly by Ohel. (A 2009 press release issued by Ohel said that it had never employed Mondrowitz but was silent on the issue of whether it made referrals to him). Several others reportedly made their way to him because he had a reputation within the community for being able to help “troubled” boys. But more ominous rumors about him circulated as well. In a 2009 interview, Jewish radio talk show host Zev Brenner recounted how, just prior to Mondrowitz’s flight to Israel, Brenner had learned of abuse allegations against Mondrowitz and reported them to Brooklyn Jewish leaders. They told him they “were handling the situation,” Brenner said.

At one point, still living in Israel after being expelled from yeshiva, he sought out a friend of his father who lived in the charedi city of Bnei Brak; the man took him to see the Gerer Rebbe in an unsuccessful bid to get him readmitted to the yeshiva. Zuckerman then spent “months sleeping on buses and in the bus station in Tel Aviv … stopping people on the street asking [them] for money.” Eventually, he was befriended by a Gerer chasid who welcomed him into his home for Shabbos, and over time Zuckerman became like a member of his family. He enrolled in a technical school in Bnei Brak and found work with a solar panel company. He also volunteered in the Israeli police force and the army, remaining in Israel until 1990, when he

came back to live in the U.S. He says that the abuse he witnessed and experienced at the hands of Mondrowitz, and his treatment by the Ger yeshiva system — it turns out he was kicked out of the Ger yeshiva in Israel right around the time Mondrowitz had fled there — have “never allowed me to trust. … If my story will make a change just to save one child ... I think it’s worth it.” Zuckerman believes that it is crucial to talk “loud enough so that every child should hear that if something is done to you that way, it’s wrong. And you must come out and say the truth because [if you don’t] you’re going to suffer throughout your life.” ■

What Zuckerman saw in the yeshiva basement was “the sickest, craziest thing” the 13-year-old had ever seen. had found evidence of his involvement in child pornography and his selling bogus online degrees through a fake university. Mondrowitz was arrested in Israel pending a decision on the extradition request. A lower court ordered him to be returned to Brooklyn, but that decision was overturned by a unanimous threejudge panel of the Israeli Supreme Court. The high court’s ruling effectively dashed the hopes of those who sought to hold him to account. Zuckerman’s lawsuit may renew those hopes.

‘If My Story Saves One Child…’

ow 50, living in Rockland County and working as a contractor/developer, Zuckerman, who is divorced, says he has never identified himself publicly as a Mondrowitz victim until now. “In the past I had been contacted [by other victims] … about Mondrowitz, but I never wanted to go into real details [about myself] because if you are considered a victim there’s a blemish.” Zuckerman says he has decided to speak out now because he is “done hiding” and wants to prevent the same thing from happening to another child.

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With the criminal pursuit of Mondrowitz apparently stalled, many of his alleged victims and their advocates continued to seek justice, both within and outside legal channels. Haaretz reported in 2007 that several of his alleged victims had, over the years, hatched plans to kidnap or kill him, or have him murdered — none of which came to fruition but nonetheless spoke to the depth of rage and torment his alleged actions had caused. Haaretz and The Jewish Week reported at the time that Mondrowitz’s various credentials, including a doctorate in clinical psychology, were either fake or unsubstantiated. In 2006, attorney and author Michael Lesher, who had been working to bring Mondrowitz to justice since 1999, initiated a campaign to pressure Holtzman’s successor, Charles Hynes, to renew extradition efforts. That same year, both The Village Voice and ABC’s “Nightline” ran in-depth pieces about the Mondrowitz case. After the extradition treaty between Israel and the U.S. was amended in 2007, Lesher stepped up his efforts and the United States issued an extradition request for Mondrowitz. Around that same time, reports surfaced that the Israeli authorities

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Barred at the Temple Door A Jew of Color reflects on synagogue security in light of the national police reform effort. Emma Nesson Special to The Jewish Week

n light of recent events, I have been deeply contemplating racism, privilege and prejudice and how it manifests in so many facets of my life. As a Chinese-American Jew, my identity within each of these communities — specifically within the Jewish community — has always been challenged. I am perceived as a threat or an outsider because I do not conform to the predominately white-passing, Ashkenazi appearance that seems to be expected. Besides some ignorant comments regarding my citizenship, or inquiries to hire me as a maid or housekeeper, my congregation supports me and does not use my race to invalidate my Judaism. But the police who guard the doors operate under the assumption that because of my race, I have no legitimate reason to be at the synagogue, Emma Nesson is a rising junior at the University of Southern California.

and that I must be a threat. Given my experience, and the renewed public demand for police reforms, I wondered if there is a better way to protect our congregants regardless of their skin tone. I went to Facebook and posed my question to a group intended for college-age Jews from all around the world and received an overwhelming amount of comments and messages. As a rising junior at the University of Southern California currently residing in my hometown back in Massachusetts, this Facebook group, called Zoom University Hillel, provides me and other Jewish college students with an online Hillel community. It is a place to share our thoughts, reminisce and discuss what it means to be a young Jewish adult — despite Covid-19 sending us all home from campus and into isolation. I got suggestions such as creating congregationled task forces to lead racial-sensitivity training programs specifically for police officers to identify and address misconceptions about the Jewish population in order to more effectively serve. Others suggested private security and armed congregant volunteers guarding Jewish institutions instead of police officers, among other forms of security like

A police officer guards a synagogue in suburban New York. GETTY IMAGES metal detectors or bag inspections. I was impressed by the rapid response, yet there were still some people who were apathetic about the way law enforcement treats people of color. While these people may be indifferent to the difference between a uniformed police officer and a private guard, for people of color, the uniform alone can incite feelings of fear or betrayal. When my synagogue first began hiring local police to guard the doors, I was impressed by the proactive security measures. But little did I know that I would be considered the threat. Almost every time police are guarding the doors, I am singled out, questioned and questioned some more while several congregants walk past me with no problem.

Keeping an Avowed White Supremacist Off Campus A lesson in persistent activism among Jewish students at George Mason University.

Zachary Wolfson Special to The Jewish Week

few weeks ago, a self-described “neo-fascist” was going to attend my school. Now, he’s not. Here’s how students — and the Jewish community — at George Mason University in northern Virginia organized to stop him. On June 10, I learned from my school’s studentrun Facebook page, GMU Generalposting, that Andrew Brewer, who had attempted to join the white supremacist group Patriot Front and in doing so professed anti-Semitic and pro-Nazi views, would be a part of the GMU Class of 2024. After reading articles about his views and listening to recordings of his disgusting hatred of Jews, members of the LGBTQ+ community, women and other minorities, I realized how he endangered the Mason community at large. I knew that we, the students, had to act swiftly. Zachary Wolfson is a rising junior at George Mason University.

The campus of George Mason University in Fairfax County, Va. WIKIMEDIA COMMONS The same evening, I drafted a petition demanding the university rescind Brewer’s offer of admission. I contacted the Simon Wiesenthal Center, the Jewish defense group, for support. Officials there offered excellent advice as to how we could keep mounting pressure on the university and wrote directly to GMU’s Interim President Anne Holton on our behalf. The following day, the presidents of Chabad of GMU, Mason Hillel and myself, the president of the Gamma Mu Chapter of the Alpha Epsilon Pi

Fraternity, sent a joint email to the dean of admissions, Amy Takayama-Perez, and vice president of university life, Rose Pascarell. In it we further expressed our frustration and the demand that GMU rescind the offer to Brewer. With this first letter, GMU’s Jewish community communicated, organized and acted quickly in the face of injustice. As all of this took place, the petition amassed almost 7,000 signatures. The Mason community ral-

Regardless of my response to the police, for some reason, they never believe me, and I find myself grasp-

Wolfson lied against white supremacy — not only signing the petition but calling the admissions office, reaching out to the press and keeping the spotlight on our school’s administration. On June 12, Takayama-Perez and Pascarell released a poorly worded, non-response statement to student demands. I was particularly furious by how the two GMU officials emphasized that “there may not be a path to legal or disciplinary action” on the matter of admitting Andrew Brewer. This claim was incredibly misleading, as universities have recently rescinded offers of admission for far less. Take what happened at the University of Florida, for example: A high school student had her admission offer rescinded after writing an Instagram post where she openly confessed to being racist and targeted two black girls with atrociously inflammatory language. GMU’s attempt to drop the issue and offer no further comment was a slap in the face to students, particularly after Interim President Holton and Incoming President Gregory Washington released a joint statement 11 days prior in light of the tragic deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and many others. In this statement, Holton and Washington promised no “words without action” and committed to the safety and wellbeing of GMU’s student population. Yet still, they were silent as we, the students, cried out for our safety.

Administrators respond to strong, public and actionable demands, not honeyed niceties. Despite the university’s seeming indifference, I kept organizing to make sure Brewer wouldn’t come to campus, releasing a follow-up statement through my fraternity. I reached out to other student leaders on campus to prepare a public statement criticizing the university from GMU’s registered student organizations and student government. Additionally, I sought help and advice from Jewish student leaders at other universities to learn how to best deal with our administration. I’m incredibly thankful for all who offered advice and support because, without them, what happened next would have been impossible. On June 16, we received the following message from GMU’s University Life Twitter Account: “UPDATE: In the matter of the student admitted to George Mason University referenced in our previous

Balancing the need for safety with the need for inclusiveness. white members. As I received more and more responses to my Facebook post, it became clear that there is no perfect, or even good, solution — after all, we wouldn’t even need synagogue security if it weren’t for anti-Semitism. Some suggestions, such as congregants of color entering with a white member to help de-escalate potentially dangerous situations, are ways to offer communication, the matter has been resolved. The individual will not be a student at George Mason University.” Success! Of sorts… On the surface. It’s important to note that GMU has not confirmed whether he won’t be attending because his admission was rescinded or because he simply chose not to attend GMU. The lack of transparency and dragging of feet on my university’s end speak volumes about its commitment to the safety and well-being of its students. GMU already has a history of ignoring and deflecting its students’ grievances, from avoiding transparency regarding funding from the Charles Koch Foundation to outright disregarding the trauma of sexual abuse survivors by hiring Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh to a teaching post at its law school. Had the Mason community not organized on the scale that we did, I believe my university would have remained complicit in anti-Semitism and white supremacy. While the unease I feel over the Brewer situation is still palpable, I’ve written this piece with the hopes that it will inspire future energetic Jewish advocacy on campuses around the United States. To any Jewish college students reading this, I hope you take away a few lessons I’ve learned during my time as a Jewish student leader that have definitely helped me in my own advocacy efforts:

Israel, Judaism, anti-Semitism, mental health issues — young Jews tackle a lot in college. The View From Campus is a column for them to tell Jewish Week readers all about it. Want to write for us? Send a draft or pitch to Lev Gringauz at lev@jewishweek.org.

physical protection. But they don’t address the psychological trauma. I am also sensitive to synagogues’ budgets and financial constraints; not every congregation can opt for private security or splurge on state-of-the-art security cameras. But while I strongly believe that protecting our congregation is of the utmost importance, and police presence is a “necessary evil,” that does not mean synagogues can continue to preach inclusiveness without at least considering how their current operations impact the physical and mental well-being of the Jews of Color in their congregation. It is up to the entire Jewish community to ensure that we do not turn our backs on Jews of Color because it is uncomfortable to think about or there are fewer JoC than white Jews. Having a safe space to pray and respecting our fellow Jews of all skin colors is not, and never should be, mutually exclusive. n 1. Power structures, particularly university administrations, are meant to be challenged. Don’t ever let those in power attempt to convince you your concerns and fears of anti-Semitism are invalid or exaggerated. 2. Administrators respond to strong, public and actionable demands, not honeyed niceties. The only reason the GMU administration responded and took any action was because students petitioned, called the office of admissions en masse and showed they were fully willing to escalate the issue if GMU did nothing. 3. Not every advocacy effort will be successful. For every success I’ve had in my own initiatives, I can count at least 15 failures. Don’t let those failures discourage you; keep fighting, and you will triumph. 4. Seek unconditional allies and be an unconditional ally. The only way we’ll ever truly achieve Jewish and collective liberation is if we adopt this mindset and practice it to the fullest extent. I’m proud of what we accomplished at George Mason University, and I firmly believe, as Jews, we can accomplish it elsewhere. Our fight isn’t over yet. And let me leave you with some food for thought from Chapter 2: Mishna 3 of Pirkei Avot. I think it’s particularly relevant. “Be careful [in your dealings] with the ruling authorities for they do not befriend a person except for their own needs; they seem like friends when it is to their own interest, but they do not stand by a [person] in the hour of [their] distress.” n

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ing at straws, trying to use my day school education to prove my Jewishness. Once, when the officer did not accept my response that I had come to services to read Megillat Esther, I began to recite its third chapter. I got through three-and-a-half verses before finally being allowed entrance (even with pauses after each verse to see whether the officer was satisfied enough to let me enter). I feel betrayed when the congregation that has basically raised me sees no issue with questioning congregants’ motives solely based on the color of their skin. But it’s important to note that those feelings of pain and betrayal run deeper for other people of color — specifically, Black Jews. When temple leadership continues to support policing — an institution that has targeted people by race since its inception — it gives the impression that institutionalized racism and police brutality can be overlooked when considering the safety of their

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OPINION EDITORIAL

‘Cancel Culture’ Means No One Is Listening

ews have always disagreed, sometimes bitterly, over everything from Israel to kashrut. But where once we would denounce and decry the views of our ideological opponents, in the past two decades we began to challenge their very right to air them. Institutions are picketed if they host a speaker on the “wrong” side of the ideological spectrum. Calls to block various organizations and their leaders from communal coalitions have become more common — all, perversely, in the name of Jewish “solidarity.” The Jewish community always reflects w i d e r s o c i e t y, and this tendency to excommunicate ideological opponents is another symptom of “cancel culture.” That’s what critics, often but not always on the right, call efforts to quash the career or reputations of people whose opinions run afoul of one orthodoxy or another. This is the tendency condemned in a recent open letter signed by a diverse group of writers including JK Rowling, Salman Rushdie and Letty Cottin Pogrebin, saying that the “censoriousness” of the mob is leading to “an intolerance of opposing views” and “a vogue for public shaming and ostracism.” Critics of the letter say its signers represent “elites” who fear that their political narratives are being wrested away from them by those — women, people of color, the LGBT community — who have lacked representation in newsrooms, boardrooms, university classrooms and political offices. There is truth on both sides of this debate. Social media has enabled ugly efforts at character assassination unthinkable before the rise of Facebook and Twitter — what opinion editor Bari Weiss, in her scathing resignation

letter to her bosses at The New York Times, called “the digital thunderdome.” Critics intentionally distort tweets to turn their confused or sloppy writers into public enemies. Calls for apologies quickly turn to calls for resignations, firings and ostracism. And yet a new generation of thinkers and activists has set forth progressive notions of sexual and racial equality that were a long time coming. They are demanding that cultural gatekeepers consider how they perpetuate inequality and silence the powerless, sometimes in the name of “free speech.” Critics of “cancel culture” can also be notoriously thin-skinned, dismissing legitimate criticism as “mob rule.” Jews are found — and victimized — on all sides of cancel culture. In some ways we pioneered a version of cancel culture on college campuses, where numerous groups are devoted to policing the discourse on Israel and seek to make pariahs of faculty and students who deviate from their own pro-Israel ideologies. On the flip side, Jews have been blocked from progressive spaces because of their own support for Israel, or for merely identifying with a people for whom Zionism remains a central tenet. Jews are told their “white privilege” shields them from discrimination, when so many of us know the sting and dangers of anti-Semitism. Conservatives and liberals, boomers and millennials, need to take a step back from a culture war in which no one can emerge a winner. We need to be firm in our beliefs but flexible in tolerating dissent. We need to resist social media’s tendency to inflame and diminish. In short, we need to be quicker to listen and slower to condemn.

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We are all avid readers of The Jewish Week and look forward to reading the paper every Friday evening or Saturday. The problem with this is that we are all Orthodox and reading The Jewish Week digitally will not happen on the Sabbath. This paper to us is a Friday or Saturday read. Reading the paper any other day will not happen. We will be losing out on a wonderful paper and you will be losing many readers. Shifra Weitz Manhattan

Define Israel’s Borders Before Democrats Do

With the impending predicted Democratic victory in the upcoming November election, it behooves both Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his U.S. supporters to take the steps now to establish a guideline for the eventual shape of the Jewish state. Certainly, based on statements made by “The Squad” of four Congress members, and their potential supporters who may be soon to be elected to House seats, there will be hostility toward Israel. This situation could echo the refusal of the Obama administration, in its waning moments, to oppose a United Nations resolution against Israel. On the table will be a reasonable and necessary definition of the final boundaries of the Jewish state. Certainly, the Jordan Valley, a defensive barrier, should not be in question as well as the large settlements in Judea and Samaria. Will the Palestininian Authority and Mahmoud Abbas be willing to accept this unilateral action? Not likely. Will the international community including the U.N. agree? Not likely. But as Hillel would have said, it is necessary to make a start even if it cannot be finished. Nelson Marans Manhattan

One’s a Mensch, the Other Isn’t

Kudos to The Jewish Week for its wonderful dayenu for the mensch Carl Reiner (“A Modern Dayenu for Carl Reiner,” Editorial, July 3) and for Andrew Silow-Carroll’s column describing the representative of the other end of the human continuum (“Charlottesville Was the Unmasking of the ‘Wartime President’”).

A wonderful (possibly accidental?) juxtaposition. Adrian Sondheimer

When Trump Failed to Condemn Hate

I thank editorAndrew Silow-Carroll for his strong, candid comments on Trump’s comments at Charlottesville (“Charlottesville Was the Unmasking of the ‘Wartime President,’” Editor’s Column, July 3). I found the rally by white supremacists deeply disturbing and was stunned by Trump’s failure to condemn the marchers. It was a reminder of the turmoil in the early days of Hitler’s reign when communists and nationalists were fighting in the streets. George Baum Kent, N.Y.

General Grant’s Daddy Issues

David Wayne’s letter to the editor (“Does Grant Deserve His Place of Honor?” July 3) regarding the frenzy for removing statues and symbols of hate, bigotry and prejudice cited Gen. Grant’s hasty and ill-conceived General Order 11; the order called for the removal of Jews from towns in Kentucky, Mississippi and Tennessee, giving them 24 hours to pack and leave. However, he did not mention the very personal backstory to this unfortunate situation, as noted by the historian Jonathan Sarna in his 2012 book “When General Grant Expelled the Jews.” According to Sarna, Grant had to deal with numerous speculators who followed his army in search of cotton. Cotton supplies were very short in the North, and these speculators could buy bales in the captured territories and sell it quickly for a good profit. In December 1862, Grant’s father came to visit him along with friends from Ohio. Grant soon realized that his father and his father’s friends, who were Jewish, were speculators hoping to gain access to captured cotton. Sarna demonstrates that smuggling throughout Grant’s territory was by no means a Jewish monopoly. But Grant, furious that these Jews were involving his father, sent them all packing after firing off his notorious Order No. 11. Not the first time strained father-son relationships have had cataclysmic results, but one that will be remembered for its ripple effect; it’s certainly timely today. Sue Plastrik Manhattan

EDITOR’S COLUMN

A respected Modern Orthodox rabbi insists we can stand up for racial justice and defend Jewish interests.

understand why so many Jews distrust Black Lives Matter. The anti-Israel plank in the 2016 platform of one of its leading constituent groups, the Movement for Black Lives, was slanderous, and we have said so in the pages of The Jewish Week. The isolated incidents of marchers who denounce Israel are a stain on the protests.

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Readers tell us the movement can’t be trusted, that it is a Trojan horse for anti-Israel sentiment. These same readers bristle at what they consider the “lawlessness” of the protests and, like most white Jewish New Yorkers, they have far more trusting experiences with the police than do Blacks and Hispanics. They worry that cuts to the NYPD budget will return New York to its bad old days. For many Jews, with recent memories of synagogue shootings and street attacks, the police represent the solution. For too many people of color, they are the problem. I suspect that this isn’t just a matter of conservatives vs. liberals. While the Jewish majority supports calls for reforming the police departments and for a racial reckoning, more quietly most prefer to work within a system that respects police and demands racial justice. Reconciling those two ideas will be the challenge of our era, and of our religious community. To get there, it’s important to remember what BLM is

and isn’t. Black Lives Matter is less an organization than a rallying cry for racial justice. It’s akin to “Free Soviet Jewry,” a term that in its heyday was embraced by both the Jewish mainstream and the radicals. Whether you supported the organizations that wrote press releases and held mass rallies, or cheered the ones who planted pipe bombs at the offices of Russian-controlled companies, the cause of Soviet Jewry remained urgent and just. The street protests for racial justice in all 50 states are not about Israel and the Jews. They are addressing real frustrations with policing, incarceration and economic disparities between black and white. And while there has been violence by protesters and hangers-on, there also have been dozens and dozens of instances of police beating and teargassing otherwise peaceful protesters. “Defund the Police” is an unfortunate slogan, but the protests have led to an unprecedented discussion about how our police departments operate and what can be done to make our society more just. Consider: Since the protests began, (white) public opinion has shifted. More and more people want something done about bias within the criminal justice system. Southern states have at last begun to remove flags and statues that glorify those who fought to retain human bondage. School boards are cutting ties with police departments and looking for new, less fraught ways to keep schools safe. Cities — including NYC — are reallocating money not away from crime fighting, but towards services that even police admit shouldn’t be their job:

The street protests are not about Israel and the Jews. youth employment, mental health initiatives, homeless advocacy, drug treatment. Departments are banning chokeholds and maverick plain-clothes units. Louisville is getting rid of “no-knock” search warrants for petty crimes. There’s no contradiction between welcoming reforms like these and defending Jewish interests. Can our community do both? One person who insists we can is Rabbi Saul Berman, a professor of Jewish studies at Yeshiva University. In a recent online lecture for Y.U.’s “Crisis and Hope” series, the respected Modern Orthodox leader talks about marching in Selma for civil rights in 1965. He quotes his mentor, Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, on the Jews’ responsibility, as citizens, to seek justice for all, not just for themselves. He quotes Torah on the obligation to rebuke one’s neighbor in the name of what’s right and just. And he addresses this fraught moment. He inveighs against a society that tolerates inequity. “We as citizens have the responsibility to stand up as Jews from within the framework of our own understanding [and say] what justice constitutes in the society in which we are living,” says Rabbi Berman. As for objections about BLM, Rabbi Berman recalls

marching with Catholic leaders when the church still promoted anti-Semitic views. Conversely, he remembers how Martin Luther King raised his voice for Soviet Jews. “So we have to be able to tell supporters of Black Lives Matter that they should not be antiIsrael, but that doesn’t mean that we can’t collaborate with them in the process of gaining voting rights for citizens,” he says. “It doesn’t mean that we can’t collaborate with them in protecting the well-being and the lives of Black citizens. We have to be able to collaborate with them, much as we would expect them to collaborate with us in our moments of need.” To those who find street

protests inherently unsettling, he describes how he marched for Soviet Jewry and for Israel, and against the Vietnam War and anti-Semitism. “This is distinctively a moment of hope in American society, precisely because of the demonstrations that are now going on in cities and towns across this country,” says Rabbi Berman. “And we the Jewish community need to be fully engaged…. There are moments when the individual cannot allow their material interest to supersede their ethical responsibilities. And when that happens, we, every one of us, need to recognize our responsibility to participate in demonstrations [and] to rise against those forms of corruption.” n

In Our Time of Pain, Lessons from the ‘Holy Fire’ David Wolpe

n December 1950, a Polish construction worker unearthing the foundations of a building found a buried canister. Miraculously, the legacy of a great spirit was preserved in that improbable vessel. Rabbi Kalonymus Kalman Shapira, the Rebbe of the Warsaw Ghetto, who did not survive the war, posthumously gave his teachings to our world — inside the canister was the written record of Musings the lectures he delivered in the Ghetto from 1939-42. Known as the Esh Kodesh, Holy Fire, his is a mystical and complex Torah. They are lessons clearly wrung from the depths of suffering. As Nehemiah Polen writes, “That he did not allow himself to be crushed by the events of the war was surely his greatest teaching of all.” In darkness, writes the Esh Kodesh, we must “serve God with a broken heart and an outpouring of soul.” Why does the Talmud teach that Rabbi Yose prayed in the ruins of Jerusalem? Why did he not pray in a synagogue? The Esh Kodesh answers that he wanted his heart to be even more broken over the destruction of the Temple. Our tradition teaches that God treasures the brokenhearted. Today, in a time pain and isolation, the Holy Fire reaches across time to teach us that pain can lead to prayer, and prayer can lead to God. Rabbi David Wolpe is spiritual leader of Sinai Temple in Los Angeles. His latest book is “David: The Divided Heart” (Yale University Press). Follow him on Twitter: @rabbiwolpe.

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Why Black Lives Matter — to Jews

OPINION

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Diaspora Debates Divorced from Israeli Reality

arlier this month, two debates were set off over Israel’s future and the nature of American support for the Jewish state. The first, prompted by an amendment introduced by Sen. Chris Van Center Hollen (DMd.), was Field about U.S. security assistance for Israel and whether it should be allowed to be used in any West Bank territory that Israel annexes or to facilitate annexation itself. The second was prompted by Peter Beinart’s call, in the liberal magazine Jewish Currents and later in The New York Times, for American liberal Zionists to drop support for a two-state outcome to the

Michael Koplow is policy director at the Israel Policy Forum.

s a child, I spent most of my waking hours with two Black women who cared for seven Jewish children as if they were their own. I rode buses with them, navigated both secular city life and Jewish communal structures with them. Yet children and adults around me often insulted and degraded people who looked like them. I couldn’t understand it. I loved these women. They truly loved me. But some others around me? They felt threatened. They were uncomfortable. They had internalized assumptions that were entirely counter to my experiences. Some were overtly racist, while

Hannah Lebovits is a Ph.D. candidate in urban studies and public affairs at Cleveland State University. This opinion article was distributed by JTA.

Israeli-Palestinian conflict and to back a single democratic state with equal rights for Jews and Palestinians. The ensuing debate was about whether Zionism requires a Jewish state or can suffice with a Jewish homeland and whether one state is a more feasible reality than two. These debates featured cogent arguments on both sides. One of the features common to supporters of all the various positions was an insistence that theirs was the true pro-Israel approach or the true Zionist approach. What is striking, however, is that in both instances, the debate is entirely an internal American one. That does not mean that it is unrelated to Israel; I do not subscribe to the position that angst about what is taking place between Israel and its Palestinian neighbors is entirely a psychodrama about how American Jews feel about

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On U.S. aid and one state vs. two states, we’re talking to ourselves. themselves and their Judaism. But while having a raging and ranging back and forth about Israel, we are doing it in a hermetic bubble divorced from the conversation about the same issues taking place among the populations that have to live

with the consequences. It is the latest example of the stark gap between American Jews and Israelis. The policy debate over conditioning aid is about whether it will alter Israel’s behavior and make it less likely that Israel moves to annex parts of the West Bank. Irrespective of where one falls on the policy — and I oppose conditioning security assistance to Israel as it is unlikely to be effective and will have other deleterious consequences — it revolves around the idea that the U.S. should not subsidize Israeli annexation and make it easier for Israel to carry it out. The Van Hollen amendment has support as of this writing from 12 other Democratic senators, and support for the animating idea behind it is demonstrably gaining ground on the left and center.

Yet in the equivalent left and center space in Israel, conditioning aid is as fringe a position as one will find. It is not because Israelis who oppose annexation take the threat of annexation any less seriously, or believe that the consequences will be less dire. It is because they view conditioning security assistance as something that will backfire, not only because the Israeli government will view it as little more than a nuisance easily sidestepped, but because it will make it harder to argue against annexation in a domestic political environment where Israelis feel threatened. Israelis on the left will not embrace any policy that touches on their security; that does not make support for conditioning inherently bad, but unlike opposition to annexation or support for two states, it is a position that is almost solely

An Orthodox Mom Struggles with This Racial Justice Moment others hinted at it. But I saw it. And it hurt. To d a y, a s I t a k e m y own children to visit these women and share stories with them of their “grandchildren’s” hijinks, the racist language and beliefs are sadly still prevalent in the Orthodox world. And though a growing number of people do seek out ways to better understand and engage with race and racism, we’re fooling ourselves if we think that a book club, an Instagram live talk, a webinar series or even true friendships with those who do not look like us will really turn the tide. Because even if we could entirely eliminate racism and racist speech, we would still have to consider the very real barriers our housing, schooling and religious systems present. The same institutions that make our communities so strong in

Hannah Lebovits In a tight-knit community, it’s an uphill battle to teach my children anti-racism. many ways hold us back from participating in antiracism in others. A s a m o t h e r, f o r m e r teacher and one-time youth director who has never lived outside the Orthodox community, I have struggled with this paradox on a personal and institutional

level. I can’t find a way to stay here and also embed my children in a system that fully rejects racism. The young people I’ve worked with are often so focused on the particular uniqueness of this religious and ethnic community that the systemic and individual struggles of other communities are rarely seen, let alone addressed. Which means that I — and my community — are complicit in the recreation of harmful systems. I’ve been home with my kids for four months now and educating them on my own. It truly pains me to say that I’m relieved that the renewed global attention to racism is happening at a time when they aren’t interacting with other children or within an Orthodox school system. Religious Jewish communities, physically outlined by an eruv, are most

commonly found in segregated neighborhoods — either in mostly white areas of diverse communities or in entirely white neighborhoods. With few Jews of color in the Orthodox world, many children won’t naturally meet and interact with a Black child. Many won’t even see a Black nonJewish child on their block. And in spaces that are more diverse, Orthodox children infrequently interact with Black individuals and singular interactions can become fuel for existing racist tendencies. As a friend in the New York area recently told me, “a kid might think his bike was stolen by a Black child and because of what his parents and his community believe, that becomes his entire framework for understanding the Black community.” Beyond our neighbor-

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an American one rather than one shared by our Israeli counterparts. equivalent left The two-state versus one-state depace in Israel,bate kicked off by Beinart is an even aid is as fringesharper example of this dynamic. ne will find. ItAmerican Jews arguing about which e Israelis whoof these two positions better repreation take thesents liberal Zionism is alien to the xation any lessIsraeli debate. Israeli liberal Zionists elieve that thesupport two states, full stop; the ones will be less dire.who don’t tend to identify as non-Ziey view condi-onist or post-Zionist. The notion that y assistance asany vision of Zionism 72 years after t will backfire,Israel’s creation can involve the disuse the Israelimantling of the Jewish state in favor will view it asof a Jewish homeland is not one that a nuisance eas-any Israeli Zionist will accept. Not d, but becauseonly is it a concept completely unsupharder to argueported by Israelis, it is a concept with xation in a do-minimal support among Palestinians, al environmentwho have yet to discard their own defeel threatened.sires to see their national project come eft will not em-to fruition. cy that touches y; that does not for conditionbad, but unlike annexation or o states, it is ahood life, within Orthodox schools, s almost solelyour tendency to engage in whitewashing has literally erased Black faces from our children’s vision. When we show drawings and pictures of our ancestors who were from the Middle East and Africa, they are always depicted as white. When we discuss Jewish history, schools that are not intentionally designed for Sephardic communities predominantly center Ashkenazi history and rarely highlight Jews of color. Perhaps most important, we lack collective will and direct guidance from our rabbinic leadership on the matter. Perhaps our rabbis and religious nonprofit institutions support anti-racist work. I wouldn’t know, as few will publicly and unequivocally say much beyond flat platitudes. Individual rabbis and massive Jewish organizations might put out statements and claim to be allied with Black Americans, but few in the Orthodox world have actively sought out mentorship and guidance in this area. At least from a public view, it seems they’ve barely engaged with Jews of color in our midst, let alone non-Jewish Black communities. It doesn’t have to be this way. I don’t want to have to choose between being a part of a community that’s engaged in anti-racist behavior and one that allows me

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It is difficult to imagine a diaspora debate more divorced from the realities and preferences of the people impacted than this one. Whether one is comfortable with this notion or not, Israeli Jews are not going to give up on a Jewish state in favor of one that provides citizenship for everyone living between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea. Criticizing this fact as illiberal is fine, but it renders Beinart’s argument purely academic. This does not mean that these debates cannot or shouldn’t be had. The first is one over American policy and the second is over American conceptions of Zionism. That puts them both well within the province of what American Jews should be discussing. But make no mistake that when we have these discussions, they are not ones that actually involve Israeli positions and attitudes. They are the ultimate example of American Jews talking amongst ourselves. n

to observe Orthodox Judaism. Our communities can be beautiful, inspiring and loving places — overwhelmingly, we are deeply connected and believe in creating individual and institutional systems that support each other. And because of the nature of the system of Orthodox Judaism, one is almost required to be fully embedded within a community in order to truly engage with the content, the systems and the beauty. Last month, less than three days after moving across the country, my new community was already greeting my family with open arms. We were getting deliveries of wine, challah and candies from our new neighbors, along with information about the kosher grocery products, the Covid-19 synagogue practices, and the mikvah location and hours. Neighbors came by for socially distanced meetings. Though we’d never before seen or visited this area, the religious Jewish community was there — at our door even before the mezuzah was up — to welcome us to town. It’s truly special to be part of the Orthodox community: You know that anywhere in the world, you will find people who will immediately greet you and provide you with resources to address your every material and spiritual need. But this intense support network comes with cultural expectations and requires

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DR SELIGMAN ROSENBERG passed away

June 28, 2020. He was born in Fulda, Germany in 1935 and came to the United States in 1940. He and his family fled Nazi Germany shortly after Kristallnacht, sailing on the Le Flandre ship to Mexico after being refused entry to Cuba in Havana Harbor. Eventually, they obtained visas and immigrated through Ellis Island in 1940. He was a graduate of the first class of Albert Einstein College of Medicine and practiced ophthalmology in Fort Lee, New Jersey for almost 50 years. He was the chief of Holy Name Hospital Department of Ophthalmology as well as Englewood Hospital Department of Ophthalmology. He was married to Phyllis Rosenberg, nee Moreida for almost 57 years and had six children: Arlene (David), Michael, Rhonda (Lawrence), Harrison (Danielle), Fredric (Julie) and Matthew. He was proud to have four of his children practice alongside him. In addition to his wife and children, he is survived by 15 grandchildren: Steven, Daniel, Samuel, Anabel, Noah, Grace, Maximillian, Alexander, Lucas, Hunter, Jackson, Hamilton, Harold, Felix and Solomon. He was a beloved husband, father, grandfather, uncle, friend, clinician and colleague and is deeply missed by all those fortunate to have known him.

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THE ARTS Remembering Shoah, But with a Laugh Track

A new collection of essays argues that humor is one of the ways we come to terms with the Holocaust. Steve Lipman Staff Writer

long the lines of “The Last Laugh,” a 2017 documentary by Ferne Pearlstein and Robert Edwards about the taboo of humor during the Holocaust, a new book, “Laughter After: Humor and the Holocaust” (Wayne State University Press), covers much of the same territory, from a more academic perspective. The book, published in the spring, features essays on such topics as “HoBOOKS l o c a u s t c a rQ&A toons in Latin America,” “Holocaust comedy in American Sitcoms” and Jewish humor in contemporary Germany. The book’s co-authors are David Slucki, associate professor in Contemporary Jewish Life and Culture at Monash University’s Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation, and author of a memoir, “Sing This at My Funeral: A Memoir of Fathers and Sons” (Wayne State University Press, 2019); Gabriel Finder, director of the Jewish Studies Program at the University of Virginia; and Avinoam Patt, director of the Center for Judaic Studies and Contemporary Jewish Life at the University of Connecticut. The Jewish Week interviewed Slucki by email. This is an edited transcript. Jewish Week: Your earlier books are on such typical historical topics as the Jewish Labor Bund after World War II and the grandchildren of Holocaust survivors. What spurred your interest in such an atypical, counterintuitive topic like humor and the Holocaust? Slucki: My interest started in about 2010 when I was watching a lot of “Curb Your Enthusiasm” episodes, and I was really struck by just how preva-

lent Holocaust jokes were. I suddenly started to see Holocaust or Nazi jokes in every sitcom, and wanted to explore why that was the case and how we got there. I was in the middle of finishing my book on the Bund after World War II and was becoming keenly interested in the question of Holocaust representation. I was struck that there was not a lot written about where humor fit, even though it was something I saw as ubiquitous. My collaborators, Gabriel Finder and Avinoam Patt, shared a deep interest in the topic. The book was born at a coffee break of a conference on Lenny Bruce at Brandeis University in 2016. In some ways I don’t see the topic as counterintuitive. It’s not uncommon, as Jordana Silverstein shows in the book, for grandchildren of Holocaust survivors to process their relationship to their grandparents’ experiences through off-color jokes. What is the collective message of your book? Our book covers a whole gamut of different forms of humor, from film and television, to cabaret, literature, stand-up comedy, social media and simple jokes told among friends and family. It also covers the whole timespan from the 1940s to the present day in Europe, the Americas, Israel and Australia. What is consistent across the contributions is the idea that humor is, and always has been, part of the memorial landscape of the Holocaust. When we talk about humor as a survival strategy during and after the war, a coping mechanism for survivors and their descendants or a form of social critique in the present day, humor is, whether we like it or not, one of the ways in which we come to terms with the Holocaust and its meaning. Why does your book focus on postHolocaust humor as well as the humor from that era? Originally, although the book was slated to focus only on the post-war de-

“Laughter After: Humor and the Holocaust” co-author David Slucki: Humor is “part of the memorial landscape of the Holocaust.

cades, we realized as we started working with contributors was that in some ways, having 1945 as year zero of our discussion was too arbitrary. The war was experienced differently in, say, the Soviet Union or the United States, so what was funny was situational, and the meaning of humor changed wherever you were in the world. We decided that broadening the scope of the book would help us flesh out more effectively the question of how the meaning of humor changes over time. A chapter by Anna Shternshis, for example, looks at Soviet Yiddish humor in 1943-1944; a chapter by David Shneer looks at whether humor was possible for the cabaret performer Lin Jaldati after her survival in Auschwitz; Steven Whitfield explores how comedy changed between Chaplin’s “The Great Dictator” and Mel Brooks’ “The Producers.” Do you see a greater interest in, or acceptance of, “Shoah humor” during or after the war? The fact of its existence means that there was always some level of acceptance. The question really lies in what was the meaning of humor in any given context. There is still pushback today: “JoJo Rabbit” was considered by some to be very controversial, while Larry David was lambasted in 2017 for his “SNL” monologue in which he imagined what his pickup line would be in a concentration camp. So you could argue at times that there isn’t widespread accep-

tance of Holocaust humor today. On the other hand, since the 1990s, the kinds of jokes that make it into popular culture are more crude than earlier instances, but that might be part of a broader trend of what’s considered acceptable. One chapter asks “Too soon”? Is it ever too soon to introduce humor to a discussion of the Holocaust? In Ferne Pearlstein’s wonderful documentary film, “The Last Laugh,” the comic Gilbert Gottfried cites the old adage “comedy = tragedy + time”, but adds at the end: “I always felt like why wait?” In a sense it’s an impossible question to answer. The truth is that Jews in ghettos told jokes and wrote comic songs and poems. In Emmanuel Ringelblum’s Oyneg Shabbes archive from the Warsaw Ghetto, for example, Ringelblum collected jokes that were floating around the ghetto. Survivors put on Purimshpiels in the DP camps in which they play-acted as Hitler and the Nazis. Mel Brooks was making Nazi jokes already in the late-1940s in the Catskills. So, Holocaust-related humor dates back to the war years and their immediate after. Humor never abated and served a range of purposes. “Too soon” might therefore not be the right question. Does bringing humor to the discussion detract from the gravity of the topic or distract from consideration of more traditional historical aspects? I don’t think it detracts from the gravity of the topic at all. Quite the opposite: once we accept humor as part of how we remember the Holocaust, it opens up new opportunities for creativity in our memorial practices. And as the contributors of the book show, humor that invokes the Holocaust has always been part of the fabric of Holocaust remembrance, so

Australia has a large survivor community. How do survivors react to your interest in humor from and about the Shoah period? Survivors are human, and like all humans, there are those with a robust sense of humor, and those with less so. I’ve known some very funny survivors with a dark sense of humor growing up in Melbourne. There have certainly been vocal reactions by some survivors to some instances of Holocaust humor, but I don’t think you could generalize about survivors.

what is acceptable. For one, whose responsibility is it to draw the boundaries? Who has that authority? To me, intention matters a lot. In other words, who is the butt of the joke? If the target is a Holocaust victim or survivor, then it’s probably not kosher. And that’s really the litmus test to me.T:8.75” Sometimes it can be difficult, though, to draw the distinction. One of the most famous instances of Holocaust-related comedy is the “Survivor” episode of “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” where the Holocaust survivor appears as a ridiculous nudnik. The joke seems directed at him. But I argue he’s not the butt of the joke — the joke is directed at

Do any examples of such humor ever offend you? Probably, when the joke isn’t funny. As many comics will say, when you deal with such sensitive issues, the stakes are much higher. The only things, though, that really offend me are when jokes are made in bad faith — when they are employed for bullying or harassment or when the butts of the jokes are the powerless. That crosses my line. The most extreme example of this is when we see neoNazis and white supremacists online routinely use humor as part of their tactics of harassing Jewish writers and public figures — I see this as beyond the pale. It’s a good example of how humor goes beyond simply being a force for good or a source of pleasure, and can also be a means to exclude, vilify and harass. It’s no surprise that humor was a tactic used by the Nazis to humiliate their victims. n

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object (a person is on a diet, and ‘THE ALIENIST: AN-his table), and an oath as pertai GEL OF DARKNESS’ person prohibits himself from e Join the stars of the se- In the first instance of a vow, quel to TNT’s hit seriesobject, the bread, the “heftza.” I “The Alienist: Angel ofthe emphasis is on the subject, th Darkness,” Daniel Brühl, In the Brisker school of Tal Luke Evans and Dakotamuch of the world may be divid Fanning, for a candid con-heftza, subject and object; indee versation about the newhuman being, especially if he is season of their turn-of-to be seen as a “subject.” Howe the-century mystery saga.slaved, he ipso facto has been tu This gritty, Jewishly-in-having been denied his fundamen flected New York detec- This distinction can serve us tive story, based on Calebanswer what sets Jews apart. Bu Carr’s best-selling novels,perience of significance: At the e offers an unflinching win-War, while on an El Al airplane dow into the inequities ofwas shocked to discover news ab the city’s fabled “Gildedmine. He had lost his first family Age.” — Monday, Julyried and had two sons on the We 20, 7 p.m., 92Y, 92y.org/archives/the-alienist. Free.

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The New York Times has called the Tel Aviv-born Inon Bartanon “one of the most admired pianists of his generation.” In this livestreamed recital, he will bring together Baroque dance suites by Bach, Handel and Rameau with movements from more modern works, including Thomas Adès’ “Blanca Variations” (2015), which are based on the Ladino folk tune “Lavaba la blanca niña.” — Thursday, July 23, 7:30 p.m., 92Y, 92y.org/ event/inon-barnatan-piano. $10.

‘CRIP CAMP’ Q&A If ever there were a film about

fun, resilience and tikkun olam, “Crip Camp” is it. No one at Camp Jened, a camp for disabled teens just down the road from Woodstock, could’ve imagined that those summers in the woods together would be the beginnings of a revolution. The campers-turnedactivists shaped the future of the disability-rights movement and changed accessibility legislation for everyone. Join a virtual, livecaptioned Q&A with the filmmakers. — Monday, July 27, 8:30 p.m., Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan, eventbrite.com/e/crip-campqa-tickets-111044448936. Free. Watch the film on Netflix, netflix. com/title/81001496.

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1096 FRANKLIN AVENUE LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 05/22/20. Office: Bronx County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 3445 Grace Avenue, Bronx, NY 10469. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. JW 6/26 7/3,10,17,24,31 11 East 29 LLC. Articles of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/27/20. Off. loc.: Nassau Co. SSNY des. as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 260 Kings Point Road, Kings Point, NY 11024. Purpose: General. JW 6/19,26 7/3,10,17,24 160 BOOTH LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 06/04/20. Office: Nassau County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 214-05 39th Avenue, Bayside, NY 11361. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. JW 6/26 7/3,10,17,24,31 2520 REALTY, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 05/13/20. Office: Nassau County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 2520 Hempstead Turnpike, East Meadow, NY 11554. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. JW 6/12,19,26 7/3,10,17 DM Boss Realty LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 4/27/2020. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 12 Roberta Court, Valhalla, NY 10595. General Purpose JW 6/19,26 7/3,10,17,24

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2962 OCEANSIDE LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 06/10/20. Office: Nassau County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, c/o Villadom Corp., 536 Middle Neck Road, Great Neck, NY 11023. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. JW 6/19,26 7/3,10,17,24

2XR, LLC filed Arts. of Org. with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/27/2020. County: Westchester. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: The LLC, 3505 Hill Blvd, Ste F, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598. Purpose: any lawful act. JW 6/26 7/3,10,17,24,31

336 E JERICHO CORNER LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 06/10/20. Office: Nassau County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, c/o Villadom Corp., 536 Middle Neck Road, Great Neck, NY 11023. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. JW 6/19,26 7/3,10,17,24

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360 E JERICHO CORNER LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 06/10/20. Office: Nassau County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, c/o Villadom Corp., 536 Middle Neck Road, Great Neck, NY 11023. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. JW 6/19,26 7/3,10,17,24 400 Park Realty LLC. Articles of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/27/20. Off. loc.: Nassau Co. SSNY des. as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 260 Kings Point Road, Kings Point, NY 11024. Purpose: General. JW 6/19,26 7/3,10,17,24 534 ROWLINSON DR LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 06/16/20. Office: Nassau County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 37 Fox Place, Hicksville, NY 11801. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. JW 6/26 7/3,10,17,24,31 Fast Track Tax LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 3/11/2020. Cty: Bronx. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 3934 Pratt Ave., Bronx, NY 10466. General Purpose JW 6/26 7/3,10,17,24,31

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71 LANNON LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 05/29/20. Office: Nassau County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 84 S. Bayles Avenue, Port Washington, NY 11050. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. JW 6/12,19,26 7/3,10,17

BOBO AND CHICHI MEDIA LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 02/18/2020. Office loc: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Scott Herder, 302 10th St., Apt 1, Brooklyn, NY 11215. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. JW 6/26 7/3,10,17,24,31

73 CROTON AVENUE LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 5/26/2020. Office in Westchester Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 57 Washington Rd., White Plains, NY 10562. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. Principal business location: 73 Croton Ave., Ossining, NY 10562. JW 6/19,26 7/3,10,27,24

CASPIANA PROPERTIES LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 06/02/20. Latest date to dissolve: 12/31/2119. Office: Nassau County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 19 South Gate Road, Great Neck, NY 11203. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. JW 6/12,19,26 7/3,10,17

82ND CORNER LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 6/15/2020. Office in NY Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process may be served.\~ SSNY shall mail process to 461 Columbus Ave., NY, NY 10024, which is also the principal business location. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. JW 6/26 7/3,10,17,24,31

CISCO’S MOBILE SPA LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 06/02/20. Office: Nassau County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 370 Grand Central Pl, Inwood, NY 11096. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. JW 6/19,26 7/3,10,17,24

ADET ACQUISITIONS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 03/09/20. Office: Nassau County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 22 Pine Street, Suite 5, Freeport, NY 11520. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. JW 6/19,26 7/3,10,17,24 ATLAP, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 08/13/10. Office: Nassau County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 156 Jericho Turnpike, Floral Park, NY 11001. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. JW 6/19,26 7/3,10,17,24

CORTSIDE, LLC Art. Of Org. Filed Sec. of State of NY 4/24/20. Off. Loc. : Richmond Co. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served & shall mail proc.: c/o Michael Cortese, 17 Madera Street, Staten Island, NY 10309. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. JW 6/26 7/3,10,17,24,31 CROTONA PARK REDEVELOPMENT LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 06/21/06. Latest date to dissolve: 12/31/2076. Office: Bronx County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, c/o Alma Realty Corp, 3110 37th Ave, Ste 500, Long Island City, NY 11101. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. JW 6/12,19,26 7/3,10,17

DEEP DOWN INDUSTRIES LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 05/20/20. Office: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 201 Route 202, Somers, NY 10589. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. JW 6/12,19,26 7/3,10,17 EDL GROUP, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 06/08/20. Office: Nassau County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 152 Forest Avenue, Locust Valley, NY 11560. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. JW 6/26 7/3,10,17,24,31 Gamertz-Chadwick GP, LLC. Authority filed SSNY 6/08/20. Office: Nassau Co. LLC formed DE 3/18/16. Exists in DE: c/o The Corporation Trust Company, 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. SSNY designated agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served & mail to: 40 Randall Ave., Freeport, NY 11520. Cert of Formation Filed: Secy. of State, Corporation Dept., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover DE 19901. General Purpose. JW 6/19,26 7/3,10,17,24 Gashi NY LLC filed Arts. of Org. with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/20/19. County: Westchester. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 970 Hope St, Unit 2B, Stamford, CT 06907. Purpose: any lawful act. JW 6/12,19,26 7/3,10,17 GLAMM’D BY MANII LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 05/11/20. Office: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 53 Troy Lane, Yonkers, NY 10701. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. JW 6/12,19,26 7/3,10,17

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LIONS JACKSON NORTH LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 06/02/20. Latest date of dissolution: 12/31/2119. Office: Nassau County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 425 Northern Boulevard, #6, Great Neck, NY 11021. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. JW 6/12,19,26 7/3,10,17 LIONS JACKSON SOUTH LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 06/02/20. Latest date to dissolve: 12/31/2119. Office: Nassau County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 425 Northern Boulevard, #6, Great Neck, NY 11021. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. JW 6/12,19,26 7/3,10,17 M LOOP LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 06/08/20. Office: Bronx County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 3240 Cambridge Avenue, Bronx, NY 10463. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. JW 6/19,26 7/3,10,17,24 MARA HOLDINGS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 06/05/20. Office: Nassau County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 8 Cambria Road, Syosset, NY 11791. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. JW 6/19,26 7/3,10,17,24 MONSTROUS CREATIONS LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 05/26/2020. Office loc: Bronx County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 2458 Arthur Avenue, Bronx, NY 10458. Reg Agent: U.S. Corp. Agents, Inc. 7014 13th Ave., Ste 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. JW 6/26 7/3,10,17,24,31 MXS REALTY LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 08/21/19. Office: Nassau County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 23 Fox Hollow Lane, Old Westbury, NY 11568. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. JW 6/12,19,26 7/3,10,17

Good Tuesday, LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 5/11/2020. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to Alexa Amato, 7 Robbie Road, Cortlandt Manor, NY 10567. General Purpose JW 6/19,26 7/3,10,17,24

JR Bullard, LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 6/12/2020. Cty: Bronx. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 103 Washington Ridge Rd., New Milford, Ct 06776. General Purpose JW 6/26 7/3,10,17,24,31

HARRIS MAY LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 05/18/20. Office: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 4 The High Road, Bronxville, NY 10708. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. JW 6/26 7/3,10,17,24,31

KOL TOV REALTY LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 06/10/20. Office: Nassau County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 420 Shore Road, Long Beach, NY 11561. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. JW 6/19,26 7/3,10,17,24

HEM Partners LLC. Articles of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/28/20. Off. loc.: Nassau Co. SSNY des. as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, c/o Mason & Mason, PLLC, 394 Old Country Road, Garden City, NY 11530. Purpose: General. JW 6/19,26 7/3,10,17,24

KONTOUR ENTERPRISES LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 06/12/20. Office: Nassau County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 15 Eldridge Place, Glen Cove, NY 11542. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. JW 6/19,26 7/3,10,17,24

HERITAGE 43 EQUINE NY, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 06/05/20. Office: Nassau County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 186 Meister Boulevard, Freeport, NY 11520. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. JW 6/12,19,26 7/3,10,17

LeRaDo LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 06/08/20. Latest date to dissolve: 12/31/2100. Office: Nassau County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, c/o Douglas Grama, 2520 Jill Court, Merrick, NY 11566. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. JW 6/19,26 7/3,10,17,24

Notice of Formation of 1130 BRYANT LLC . Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/17/20.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 5014 16th Avenue, Suite 9, Brooklyn, New York, 11204. Any lawful purpose. JW 6/12,19,26 7/3,10,17

JK DURAN, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 05/01/20. Office: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, c/o Joan Duran, 54 Fox Run Road, Norwalk, CT 06850. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. JW 6/12,19,26 7/3,10,17

LICI, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 06/04/20. Office: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, Nine Oriole Lane, Cortlandt Manor, NY 10567. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. JW 6/12,19,26 7/3,10,17

Notice of Formation of 1134 BRYANT LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/17/20. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 5014 16th Avenue, Suite 9, Brooklyn, New York, 11204. Any lawful purpose. JW 6/12,19,26 7/3,10,17

Notice of Formation of 1000 Neill LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/10/2020. Office location: Bronx County . SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The Post Office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC is: United States Corporation Agents, Inc. 7014 13th Ave, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. The Principal Business Address of the LLC is: 1851 Muliner Ave, Bronx NY 10462. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. JW 612,19,26 7/3,10,17 Notice of Formation of 113-31 SPRINGFIELD BLVD LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/21/20. Office location: Nassau County. Princ. office of LLC: 797 Flanders Dr., Valley Stream, NY 11581. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207. Purpose: Any lawful activity. JW 6/19,26 7/3,10,17,24

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Notice of Formation of 138-77 QUEENS BLVD LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/21/20. Office location: Nassau County. Princ. office of LLC: 797 Flanders Dr., Valley Stream, NY 11581. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207. Purpose: Any lawful activity. JW 6/19,26 7/3,10,17,24 Notice of Formation of 1618 TAYLOR AVENUE LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/12/20.Office location:New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.SSNY mail process to 220 E 42nd St, Fl 29, New York, New York, 10017.Any lawful purpose. JW 6/26 7/3,10,17,24,31 Notice of Formation of 180 MID OCEAN LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/09/20. Office location: Nassau County. Princ. office of LLC: 36 The Oaks, Roslyn, NY 11576. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity. JW 6/19,26 7/3,10,17,24 Notice of formation of 25-27 E MERRICK ROAD LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/04/20. Office in Nassau County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 25-27 E. Merrick Rd Valley Stream, NY 11581. Purpose: Any lawful purpose JW 6/19,26 7/3,10,17,24 Notice of Formation of 2660 JERUSALEM AVE LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/19/20. Office location: Nassau County. Princ. office of LLC: 2 Rodeo Dr., Edgewood, NY 11717. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Stuart M. Steinberg, P.C. at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity. JW 6/19,26 7/3,10,17,24 Notice of Formation of 41 BAYCREST, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/11/20. Office location: Nassau County. Princ. office of LLC: 36 Overlook Rd., Locust Valley, NY 11560. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity. JW 6/26 7/3,10,17,24,31 Notice of Formation of 4396 BEACH 44TH ST LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 05/04/20.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 4396 Beach 44th Street, Brooklyn, New York, 11224. Any lawful purpose JW 6/26 7/3,10,17,24,31 Notice of Formation of 469 81ST STREET LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 5/14/20. Office location: Richmond SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 59 Fairway Lane, Staten Island, New York, 10301. Any lawful purpose. JW 6/12,19,26 7/3,10,17

Notice of Formation of AEOLIAN HEARTH LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 5/21/20. Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to Attention: Arden Hegele, 839 West End Ave., 7c,New York, New York, 10025. Any lawful purpose. JW 6/12,19,26 7/3,10,17 Notice of Formation of AFVH LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07-01-2016. Office location: New York County . SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The Post Office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC is: Corporate Filings of New York 90 State St Ste 700, office 40 Albany, NY 12207. The Principal Business Address of the LLC is: 41-09 48 St Apt 6 Sunnyside NY 11102. Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity. JW 6/26 7/3,10,17,24,31 Notice of Formation of AJT HOLDING LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 05/29/20.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 8 Catherine Street Suite #4a, New York, New York, 10038. Any lawful purpose JW 6/26 7/3,10,17,24,31 Notice of Formation of ANDY PASCAL COACHING LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/04/20.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 722 President Street, #1, Brooklyn, New York, 11215. Any lawful purpose. JW 6/26 7/3,10,17,24,31 Notice of Formation of AP MECHANICAL LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/12/13. Office location: Westchester County. Princ. office of LLC: 5 Warehouse Ln., Ste. 160, Elmsford, NY 10523. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Adam Pipcinski, 534 Manhattan Ave., Thronwood, NY 10594. Purpose: Any lawful activity. JW 6/26 7/3,10,17,24,31 Notice of Formation of AR HOLDINGS I LLC. Arts .Of Org. filed with SSNY on 5/15/20.Office location: Westchester SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 555 Saw Mill River Road Yonkers, New York, 10701. Any lawful purpose. JW 6/26 7/3,10,17,24,31 Notice of Formation of BIG C VENTURES LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 06/01/20.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 247 Seeley St, Brooklyn, New York, 11218. Any lawful purpose. JW 6/26 7/3,10,17,24,31 Notice of Formation of BOTTLENO30 LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 05/21/20.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 416 Kent Ave, # 2105, Brooklyn, New York, 11249. Any lawful purpose. JW 6/26 7/3,10,17,24,31 Notice of Formation of BREAD PATCH LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/13/20.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 188 Carlton Avenue #2, Brooklyn, New York, 11205. Any lawful purpose. JW 6/26 7/3,10,17,24,31

Notice of Formation of 571 OP1, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 5/26/20.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 448 Neptune Ave #21b, Brooklyn, New York, 11224. Any lawful purpose. JW 6/26 7/3,10,17,24,31

Notice of Formation of BROOKLIN DASH REAL ESTATE, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/28/20. Office location: Nassau County. Princ. office of LLC: Attn: Howard Fensterman, Esq., 3 Dakota Dr., Ste. 300, Lake Success, NY 11042. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity. JW 6/12,19,26 7/3,10,17

Notice of Formation of 59 FAIRWAY LANE LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 5/14/20. Office location: Richmond SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 59 Fairway Lane, Staten Island, New York, 10301. Any lawful purpose. JW 6/12,19,26 7/3,10,17

Notice of Formation of ESNY-KFBRONX, LLC. Arts .Of Org. filed with SSNY on 05/28/20. Office location: Bronx SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 80 State St. Albany, New York, 12207. Any lawful purpose. JW 6/26 7/3,10,17,24,31

Notice of Formation of ET NUTRITION PLLC.Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 02/13/20.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served.SSNY mail process to 516 Classon Ave., #4c, Brooklyn, New York, 11238.Any lawful purpose. JW 6/26 7/3,10,17,24,31

Notice of Formation of MONSTERZ, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 02/02/20. Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 140 West End Avenue, Apartment 28c, New York, New York, 10033. Any lawful purpose. JW 6/12,19,26 7/3,10,17

Notice of Formation of EVERGREEN CURLS, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 03/26/20. Office location: Westchester SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 129 Iroquois Road, Yonkers, New York, 10710. Any lawful purpose. JW 6/26 7/3,10,17,24,31

Notice of formation of NINE CASTLES NY LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/01/20. Office in Nassau County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 580 Irving Pl Baldwin, NY, 11510. Purpose: Any lawful purpose JW 6/26 7/3,10,27,24,31

Notice of Formation of FOR A PAL PRODUCTIONS, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 03/11/20. Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 10 W. 66th Street, Apartment 22g, New York, New York, 10023. Any lawful purpose JW 6/12,19,26 7/3,10,17 Notice of Formation of FRAIMAN FAMILY LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 09/06/06.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process 247 Seeley Street, Brooklyn, New York, 11218. Any lawful purpose. JW 6/26 7/3,10,17,24,31 Notice of Formation of FRIENDS OF FRANCO LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/11/20. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 302 N. 3rd Ave., Highland Pk., NJ 08904. Purpose: Any lawful activity JW 6/26 7/3,10,17,24,31 Notice of Formation of G R SCUDERI HOLDINGS, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/10/20. Office location: Nassau County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543, regd. agent upon whom and at which process may be served. Purpose: Any lawful activity. JW 6/19,26 7/3,10,17,24 Notice of Formation of HAWTHORNE HOME LLC.Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 04/07/20.Office location:New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.SSNY mail process to 15 West 34th Street, 7th Floor, New York, New York, 10001.Any lawful purpose. JW 6/26 7/3,10,17,24,31 Notice of Formation of HJ2B HOLDING LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 5/29/20.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 8 Catherine Street, New York, New York, 10038. Any lawful purpose. JW 6/26 7/3,10,17,24,31 Notice of Formation of KARISTOS LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/02/20.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 79-81 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, New York, 11205. Any lawful purpose. JW 6/26 7/3,10,17,24,31 Notice of formation of LH&NOW LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/19/20. Office in Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 1870 Pleasantville Rd Briarcliff Manor, NY, 10510. Purpose: Any lawful purpose JW 6/26 7/3,10,17,24,31 Notice of Formation of LITTLE FISH MARKETING LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/29/20.Office location:New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.SSNY mail process to 1 Irving Place, Apt V7c, New York, New York, 10003.Any lawful purpose. JW 6/26 7/3,10,17,24,31 Notice of Formation of LYNN BROOK FARMS LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/05/20. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Executive Office, 201 West 79th St., NY, NY 10024. Purpose: Any lawful activity. JW 6/19,26 7/3,10,17,24

Notice of Formation of OTHOS LLC.Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 5/22/20.Office location:New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.SSNY mail process to 60 Riverside Blvd Apt 1607, New York, New York, 10069.Any lawful purpose. JW 6/26 7/3,10,17,24,31 Notice of Formation of PANGEA CULTIVATION, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 01/30/20.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 80 State St., Albany, New York, 12207. Any lawful purpose. JW 6/26 7/3,10,17,24,31 Notice of Formation of PEAK BODY MEDICAL, PLLC.Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 02/07/20.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served.SSNY mail process to 211 E 51st St, New York, New York, 10022.Any lawful purpose. JW 6/26 7/3,10,17,24,31 Notice of Formation of PERLINO NY, L.P. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 5/29/20. Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 15 North Mill Street, Nyack, New York, 10960. Any lawful purpose. JW 6/12,19,26 7/3,10,17 Notice of formation of PETER MARIS, JR. ENTERPRISES, LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/03/20. Office in Nassau County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 100 HILTON AVE #402 HEMPSTEAD, NY, 11530. Purpose: Any lawful purpose JW 6/12,19,26 7/3,10,17 Notice of formation of POD MEDICAL SUPPLY COMPANY LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/19/20. Office in Nassau County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 289 Meadowview Ave Hewlett, NY, 11557. Purpose: Any lawful purpose JW 6/12,19,26 7/3,10,17 Notice of Formation of PRAY FOR SPRING LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/05/20. Office location: Bronx County. Princ. office of LLC: 140 Casals Pl., Apt. 33B, Bronx, NY 10475. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, Attn: Randy Wilkins at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity for which limited liability compaines may be organized under the Limited Liability Company Law of the State of New York, as amended from time to time. JW 6/26 7/3,10,17,24,31

Notice of Formation of REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE ASSOCIATES OF NEW YORK AT CAREMOUNT, PLLC. Arts .Of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/16/20.Office location: Westchester SSNY desg. As agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 360 North Bedford Road, Mt. Kisco, New York, 10549. Any lawful purpose. JW 6/26 7/3,10,17,24,31 Notice of Formation of RETIREMENT STRATEGY CALCULATOR, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/04/20. Office location: Westchester County. Princ. office of LLC: 22 Tudor Ln., Scarsdale, NY 10583. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Andrew S. Leven at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity. JW 6/19,26 7/3,10,17,24 Notice of Formation of RJnS Crafts/Designs L.L.C. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/20/2020. Office location: Kings County . SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The Post Office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC is US Postal Service 2319 Nostrand Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11210. The Principal Business Address of the LLC is: 1682 Brooklyn Aven ue, Brooklyn NY 11210. Purpose: Furniture Manufacturing JW 6/12,19,26 7/3,10,17 Notice of Formation of RM IMPROVEMENTS LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/29/20.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1420 Avenue P 4A, Brooklyn, New York, 11229. Any lawful purpose. JW 6/26 7/3,10,17,24,31 Notice of Formation of SAM 219 LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 07/26/18.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 183 Wilson Street, Suite 185, Brooklyn, New York, 11211. Any lawful purpose. JW 6/26 7/3,10,17,24,31 Notice of Formation of SB Residential LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/22/20. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Simon Baron Development LLC, 757 Third Ave., 17th Fl., NY, NY 10017, Attn: Matthew Baron. Purpose: any lawful activities. JW 6/26 7/3,10,17,24,31 Notice of Formation of SH SOURCING, LLC.Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 5/28/20.Office location:New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.SSNY mail process to 106 Central Park South Apt 25e, New York, New York, 10019.Any lawful purpose. JW 6/26 7/3,10,17,24,31 Notice of Formation of SHPFP DM LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/18/20. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: 233 Broadway, 11th Fl., Email: tms@shoparc.com, NY, NY 10279. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office. Purpose: Any lawful activity. JW 6/26 7/3,10,17,24,31

Notice of Formation of PSG 3200 LONG BEACH SPV, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/07/20. Office location: Nassau County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207. Purpose: Any lawful activity. JW 6/19,26 7/3,10,17,24

Notice of Formation of SOMERS POINT PRESERVATION, L.P. Cert. of LP filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/05/20. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LP: 60 Columbus Circle, 19th Fl., NY, NY 10023. Latest date on which the LP may dissolve is 12/31/2119. SSNY designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co. (CSC), 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. Name and addr. of each general partner are available from SSNY. Purpose: Any lawful activity. JW 6/19,26 7/3,10,17,24

Notice of Formation of RIVERSIDE RESIDENCE LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 04/28/20. Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 250 EAST 40TH STREET, APT 34A, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10016. Any lawful purpose JW 6/12,19,26 7/3,10,17

Notice of Formation of STELLA D’S CLOSET LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/03/20.Office location: Richmond SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 64 Bowling Green Place, Staten Island, New York, 10314. Any lawful purpose. JW 6/26 7/3,10,17,24,31

Notice of Formation of TEMM LLC. Arts .Of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/13/20.Office location: Westchester SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 1129 Northern Blvd Ste 402, Manhasset, New York, 11030. Any lawful purpose. JW 6/12,19,26 7/3,10,17 Notice of Formation of The Law Offices of John F. Baughman, PLLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/10/20. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 108 Millpoint Rd., Kitty Hawk, NC 27949. Purpose: to practice the profession of Law. JW 6/26 7/3,10,17,24,31 Notice of Formation of TIDAL CONTRACTING LLC. Arts .Of Org. filed with SSNY on 05/29/20.Office location: Westchester SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 23 Apple Lane, Briarcliff Manor, New York, 10510. Any lawful purpose. JW 6/26 7/3,10,17,24,31 Notice of Formation of TKS\\G.S. LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/15/20. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: 270 W. 39th St., Ste. 1001, NY, NY 10018. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. Purpose: Apparel showroom services. JW 6/26 7/3,10,17,24,31 Notice of Formation of VECSJA LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 5/26/20.Office location:New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.SSNY mail process to 228 E 62nd Street, New York, New York, 10065.Any lawful purpose. JW 6/26 7/3,10,17,24,31 Notice of Formation of Vegan Authority LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/21/20. Office location: Kings County . SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy to principal business location: 491 Keap Street, #8G, Brooklyn, NY 11211 Purpose: E commerce JW 6/19,26 7/3,10,17,24 Notice of Formation of WARNER MARKS, PLLC. Arts .Of Org. filed with SSNY on 05/12/20. Office location: Westchester SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 1 Hillside Terrace, Irvington, New York, 10533. Any lawful purpose. JW 6/12,19,26 7/3,10,17 Notice of Formation of WHALEBONE 2, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 5/22/20. Office location: Westchester SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to Attention: Lonn Selbst, 200 West St, New York, New York, 10282. Any lawful purpose. JW 6/12,19,26 7/3,10,17 Notice of Qual. of . Auth. filed with SSNY on 03/24/20. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 02/11/16. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 130 West 30th Street, 17b New York, New York, 10001. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose. JW 6/26 7/3,10,17,24,31 Notice of Qual. of EDGEBROOK ASSOCIATES LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 06/05/20. Office location: Westchester. LLC formed in DE on 04/02/07. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 444 Madison Avenue, 6th Floor, New York, New York, 10022. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose. JW 6/26 7/3,10,17,24,31 Notice of Qual. of GMI TRADING LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 02/21/20. Office location: Richmond. LLC formed in DE on 10/24/19. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 175 Lake Avenue Staten Island, New York, 10303. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose. JW 6/12,19,26 7/3,10,17

Notice of Qual. of SURROUND VENTURES I LP. Auth. filed with SSNY on 05/15/20. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 02/08/19. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 149 Fifth Avenue, 9th Floor New York, New York, 10010. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose. JW 6/26 7/3,10,17,24,31 Notice of Qualification of 114 EAST 25TH VENTURES, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/15/20. Office location: Nassau County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 06/09/20. Princ. office of LLC: 333 Earle Ovington Blvd., Ste. 900, Uniondale, NY 11553. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co. (CSC), 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: c/o CSC, 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. JW 6/26 7/3,10,17,24,31 Notice of Qualification of 400 CAPITAL TALF METRIC GP LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/08/20. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 06/03/20. Princ. office of LLC: 510 Madison Ave., 17th Fl., NY, NY 10022. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the princ. office of the LLC. DE addr. of LLC: c/o Corporation Service Co., 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State of the State of DE, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. JW 6/19,26 7/3,10,17,24 Notice of Qualification of 400 CAPITAL TALF METRIC MASTER FUND LP Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/09/20. Office location: NY County. LP formed in Delaware (DE) on 06/03/20. Princ. office of LP: 510 Madison Ave., 17th Fl., NY, NY 10022. Duration of LP is Perpetual. SSNY designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LP at the princ. office of the LP. Name and addr. of each general partner are available from SSNY. DE addr. of LP: c/o Corporation Service Co., 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of LP filed with Secy. of State of the State of DE, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. JW 6/19,26 7/3,10,17,24 Notice of Qualification of AH ATHENA OWNER LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/03/20. Office location: Nassau County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 03/18/20. Princ. office of LLC: 333 Earle Ovington Blvd., Ste. 900, Uniondale, NY 11553. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co. (CSC), 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: c/o CSC, 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St.-Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. JW 6/19,26 7/3,10,17,24 Notice of Qualification of AHAC DECO SUB, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/15/20. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 06/05/20. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co. (CSC), 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: CSC, 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State of DE, Div. of Corps., The John G. Townsend Bldg., PO Box 898, Dover, DE 19903. Purpose: Any lawful activity. JW 6/26 7/3,10,17,24,31

Notice of Qualification of AP ACQUISITION COMPANY MISSOURI LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/29/20. Office location: Bronx County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 09/13/17. Princ. office of LLC: 112 Townpark Dr. NW, Ste. 300, Kennesaw, GA 30144. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 122072543. DE addr. of LLC: 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Automotive parts distribution. JW 6/12,19,26 7/3,10,17 Notice of Qualification of APOLLO NAVIGATOR AVIATION (DC IV-A), LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/09/20. Office location: Westchester County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 06/01/20. Princ. office of LLC: One Manhattanville Rd., Ste. 201, Purchase, NY 10577. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Attn: John J. Suydam, 9 West 57th St., 43rd. Fl., NY, NY 10019. DE addr. of LLC: c/o Corporation Service Co., 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with The Secy. of State of DE, Dept. of State, Div. of Corps., John Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. JW 6/19,26 7/3,10,17,24 Notice of Qualification of APOLLO NAVIGATOR AVIATION (DC IX-A), LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/09/20. Office location: Westchester County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 06/01/20. Princ. office of LLC: One Manhattanville Rd., Ste. 201, Purchase, NY 10577. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Attn: John J. Suydam, 9 West 57th St., 43rd. Fl., NY, NY 10019. DE addr. of LLC: c/o Corporation Service Co., 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with The Secy. of State of DE, Dept. of State, Div. of Corps., John Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. JW 6/19,26 7/3,10,17,24 Notice of Qualification of APOLLO NAVIGATOR AVIATION (DC V-A), LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/09/20. Office location: Westchester County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 06/01/20. Princ. office of LLC: One Manhattanville Rd., Ste. 201, Purchase, NY 10577. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Attn: John J. Suydam, 9 West 57th St., 43rd. Fl., NY, NY 10019. DE addr. of LLC: c/o Corporation Service Co., 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with The Secy. of State of DE, Dept. of State, Div. of Corps., John Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. JW 6/19,26 7/3,10,17,24 Notice of Qualification of APOLLO NAVIGATOR AVIATION (DC VII-A), LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/09/20. Office location: Westchester County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 06/01/20. Princ. office of LLC: One Manhattanville Rd., Ste. 201, Purchase, NY 10577. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Attn: John J. Suydam, 9 West 57th St., 43rd. Fl., NY, NY 10019. DE addr. of LLC: c/o Corporation Service Co., 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with The Secy. of State of DE, Dept. of State, Div. of Corps., John Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. JW 6/19,26 7/3,10,17,24 Notice of Qualification of Bell Sound NY LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/15/20. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 04/09/20. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o National Registered Agents, Inc., 28 Liberty St., NY, NY 10005. Address to be maintained in DE: 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Arts of Org. filed with Jeffrey W. Bullock, Secy. of State of DE, John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activities. JW 6/26 7/3,10,17,24,31

Notice of Qualification of APOLLO NAVIGATOR AVIATION (DC VIII-A), LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/09/20. Office location: Westchester County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 06/01/20. Princ. office of LLC: One Manhattanville Rd., Ste. 201, Purchase, NY 10577. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Attn: John J. Suydam, 9 West 57th St., 43rd. Fl., NY, NY 10019. DE addr. of LLC: c/o Corporation Service Co., 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with The Secy. of State of DE, Dept. of State, Div. of Corps., John Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. JW 6/19,26 7/3,10,17,24 Notice of Qualification of APOLLO NAVIGATOR AVIATION (DC X-A), LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/09/20. Office location: Westchester County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 06/01/20. Princ. office of LLC: One Manhattanville Rd., Ste. 201, Purchase, NY 10577. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Attn: John J. Suydam, 9 West 57th St., 43rd. Fl., NY, NY 10019. DE addr. of LLC: c/o Corporation Service Co., 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with The Secy. of State of DE, Dept. of State, Div. of Corps., John Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. JW 6/19,26 7/3,10,17,24 Notice of Qualification of APOLLO NAVIGATOR AVIATION (DC XI-A), LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/09/20. Office location: Westchester County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 06/01/20. Princ. office of LLC: One Manhattanville Rd., Ste. 201, Purchase, NY 10577. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Attn: John J. Suydam, 9 West 57th St., 43rd. Fl., NY, NY 10019. DE addr. of LLC: c/o Corporation Service Co., 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with The Secy. of State of DE, Dept. of State, Div. of Corps., John Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. JW 6/19,26 7/3,10,17,24 Notice of Qualification of BRIDGEWAY ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/28/20. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 02/05/20. Princ. office of LLC: Bridgeway Wealth Partners, 750 Lexington Ave., 24th Fl., NY, NY 10022. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co. (CSC), 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. DE addr. of LLC: c/o CSC, 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with State of DE Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., 401 Federal St. #4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. JW 6/12,19,26 7/3,10,17 Notice of Qualification of BRIDGEWAY WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/28/20. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 02/05/20. Princ. office of LLC: Bridgeway Wealth Partners, 750 Lexington Ave., 24th Fl., NY, NY 10022. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co. (CSC), 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. DE addr. of LLC: c/o CSC, 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with State of DE Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., 401 Federal St. #4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. JW 6/12,19,26 7/3,10,17 Notice of Qualification of ONPEAK CAPITAL LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/06/20. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 04/14/20. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: CSC, 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Jeffrey Bullock, 401 Federal St., #4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. JW 6/26 7/3,10,17,24,31

Notice of Qualification of FUTURE POSITIVE I, L.P. Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/03/20. Office location: NY County. LP formed in Delaware (DE) on 01/15/20. Duration of LP is Perpetual. SSNY designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co. (CSC), 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. Name and addr. of each general partner are available from SSNY. DE addr. of LP: CSC, 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of LP filed with DE Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. JW 6/19,26 7/3,10,17,24 Notice of Qualification of MANE GLOBAL CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/16/20. Office location: NY County. LP formed in Delaware (DE) on 05/18/20. Duration of LP is Perpetual. SSNY designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Lowenstein Sandler LLP, Attn: Peter D Greene, Esq., 1251 Ave. of the Americas, NY, NY 10020. Name and addr. of each general partner are available from SSNY. DE addr. of LP: c/o Corporation Service Co., 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of LP filed with DE Secy. of State, John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. #4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. JW 6/26 7/3,10,17,24,31 Notice of Qualification of NORTHWAY FOREST ENTERPRISES LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/09/20. Office location: Westchester County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 06/01/20. Princ. office of LLC: Mark Lippmann, 176 Clayton Rd., Scarsdale, NY 10583. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the princ. office of the LLC. DE addr. of LLC: c/o Corporation Service Co., 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State of State of DE, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. JW 6/26 7/3,10,17,24,31 Notice of Qualification of SANIT GLOBAL LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/09/20. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 05/27/20. Princ. office of LLC: 150 W. 36th St., NY, NY 10018. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co. (CSC), 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: CSC, 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St. #4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Cleaning, sanitation, and disinfecting, and any other lawful purpose. JW 6/19,26 7/3,10,17,24 Notice of Qualification of SERA WINE IMPORTS, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/02/20. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 05/02/16. Princ. office of LLC: 130 West 25th St., NY, NY 10001. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 122072543. DE addr. of LLC: Waltay Accounting and Financial Strategies, Inc., 3488 S. Dupont Blvd., Smyma, DE 19977. Cert. of Form. filed with Jeffrey W. Bullock, Secy. of State of the State of DE, John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. JW 6/12,19,26 7/3,10,17 Notice of Qualification of SNL XIX, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/14/20. Office location: Nassau County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 04/18/18. Princ. office of LLC: 3333 New Hyde Park Rd., Ste. 200, Lake Success, NY 11042. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the princ. office of the LLC. DE addr. of LLC: c/o Corporation Service Co., 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St.-Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. JW 6/12,19,26 7/3,10,17

Notice of Qualification of TRILANTIC CAPITAL MANAGEMENT L.P. Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/03/20. Office location: NY County. LP formed in Delaware (DE) on 04/03/09. Princ. office of LP: 399 Park Ave,. Fl. 39, NY, NY 10022. Duration of LP is Perpetual. SSNY designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co. (CSC), 80 State St., Albany, NY 122072543. Name and addr. of each general partner are available from SSNY. DE addr. of LP: CSC, 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of LP filed with Secy. of State of DE, 401 Federal St., #4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. JW 6/19,26 7/3,10,17,24

PLATINUM FASHION LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 05/29/2020. Office loc: Bronx County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Melessia Mayo, 756 East 214 Street Apt 1, Bronx, NY 10467. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. JW 6/12,19,26 7/3,10,17

Notice of Qualification of TWO SIGMA REAL ESTATE, LP Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/29/20. Office location: NY County. LP formed in Delaware (DE) on 05/22/20. Duration of LP is Perpetual. SSNY designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LP, 100 Ave. of the Americas, 16th Fl., NY, NY 10013. Name and addr. of each general partner are available from SSNY. DE addr. of LP: 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of LP filed with Jeffrey W. Bullock, Dept. of State, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. JW 6/12,19,26 7/3,10,17

QMOJJ, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 06/17/20. Office: Nassau County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 127 Bedell Street, Hempstead, NY 11550. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. JW 6/26 7/3,10,17,24,31

Notice of Qualification of VIZZUAL LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/04/20. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 05/01/20. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 155 W. 18th St., Apt. 201, NY, NY 10011. DE addr. of LLC: 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., P.O. Box 898, Dover, DE 19903. Purpose: Any lawful activity. JW 6/19,26 7/3,10,17,24 Notice of Qualification of XN LP Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/16/20. Office location: NY County. LP formed in Delaware (DE) on 05/17/18. Duration of LP is Perpetual. SSNY designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co. (CSC), 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. Name and addr. of each general partner are available from SSNY. DE addr. of LP: c/o CSC, 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of LP filed with State of DE, Secy. of State, John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. JW 6/26 7/3,10,17,24,31 NUTILE AND STONE, LLC filed Arts. of Org. with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/23/20. County: Westchester. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: The LLC, 23B Washington Ave, Pleasantville, NY 10570. Purpose: any lawful act. JW 6/12,19,26 7/3,10,17 otice of Formation of 526 E LAUNDROMAT LLC. Arts .Of Org. filed with SSNY on 05/07/20.Office location: Westchester SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 526 Main St, New Rochelle, New York, 10801. Any lawful purpose. JW 6/26 7/3,10,17,24,31 PAFIMA ENTERPRISES LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 6/4/2020. Office in Westchester Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 197 Coligni Ave., New Rochelle, NY 10801, which is also the principal business location. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. JW 6/26 7/3,10,17,24,31 PLANET PROPERTY LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 6/12/2020. Office in Westchester Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 24 Kingston Ave., West Harrison, NY 10604, which is also the principal business location. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. JW 6/26 7/3,10,17,24,31

PLATINUM PROVISIONS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 06/15/20. Office: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 47 Mamaroneck Avenue, Suite 104, White Plains, NY 10601. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. JW 6/26 7/3,10,17,24,31

RED OAK LANE, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 06/01/20. Office: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 23 Carleton Avenue, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. JW 6/26 7/3,10,17,24,31 RENEGADE BOOKS, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 6/5/2020. Office in NY Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 434 Sixth Ave., 6th Fl, NY, NY 10011, which is also the principal business location. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. JW 6/26 7/3,10,17,24,31 ROHN RIGHT-SIZING LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 06/18/20. Office: Nassau County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 189 Bedell Avenue, Hempstead, NY 11550. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. JW 6/26 7/3,10,17,24,31 SALON 34 LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 05/28/20. Office: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 34 Cedar Street, Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. JW 6/12,19,26 7/2,10,17 SIGNAL HILL ESTATES, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 3/30/2020. Office in Westchester Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 50 Chestnut Ridge Rd., Armonk, NY 10504. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. JW 6/19,26 7/3,10,17,24 SOUND PERFECTION LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 06/18/20. Office: Nassau County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 6 Arbor Lane, Merrick, NY 11566. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. JW 6/26 7/3,10,17,24,31 T.J.FEY ENTERPRISE, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 03/05/20. Office: Nassau County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, c/o Trevor J Fey, 437 Ocean Avenue, Massapequa Park, NY 11762. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. JW 6/26 7/3,10,17,24,31 TAA HOLDINGS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 03/10/20. Office: Nassau County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 149 Stratford South, Roslyn Heights, NY 11577. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. JW 6/19,26 7/3,10,17,24 TBF GROUP 169 LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 06/05/20. Office: Nassau County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 175 Great Neck Road, Suite 201, Great Neck, NY 11021. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. JW 6/12,19,26 7/3,10,17

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Notice of Qual. of NATURALLYOU WESTCHESTER LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 03/03/20. Office location: Westchester. LLC formed in DE on 01/31/2020. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: C/O Terry Turner 31 Sawmill Lane, Greenwich, Connecticut, 06830. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose. JW 6/26 7/3,10,17,24,31

TC AUTO SALES LLC. Arts. of Org. filed the SSNY on 06/01/20. Office: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 700 Waverly Avenue, Mamaroneck, NY 10543. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. JW 6/26 7/3,10,17,24,31

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dom, unscripted moments and encounters with a wide cross-section of people. My travels mostly came to a halt after marrying and having children, but the yearning for adventure never disappeared. When I turned 40, I treated myself to a week’s stay in Israel on a budget, scoring an economical sumfriends, and one of my coworkers in our mer fare by changing planes in Spain, Parsippany office — all staying at a small Jerufrom a distance, of course. salem hotel and finding While I recognize my an inexpensive one-day good fortune to be both bus trip to the Dead Sea. healthy and employed — As my kids grew older, I as are all members of my started returning to Israel immediate family, thankagain and again, for the bar mitzvahs of both my fully — I still can’t help sons and on another solo but kvetch that I have no jaunt to Jerusalem after a idea when I will board a Lori Silberman Brauner particularly stressful year. plane again (or even a bus Still, I didn’t expect to find myself to or train). My explorations are limited to neighborhood walks and local nature continue traveling abroad, until I heard hikes, the latter while wearing a mask about and applied to join a press trip for and having a bottle of Purell close by Jewish journalists to Morocco in the fall of 2017, to the southern Caribbean in the car. To explain my frustration, I have to island of Curacao six months later, and provide some context. I first discov- to Portugal a few months after that to ered the adventure of travel as a shy, learn about the country’s Jewish herisheltered college junior spending the tage. Yes, it was technically “work” and semester at Tel Aviv University 30 years my peers and I were on the go 24-7, but ago. Having never left the East Coast, it was incredible just to pass through the let alone the U.S., the experience for landscapes, visit sites ranging from meme was nothing short of life-altering. dieval castles to kasbahs, enjoy MorocNot only did I develop the skills to be- can tagines and bacalhau (Portuguese come (relatively!) independent, I made cod fish), and make friends from Eufriends from around the world; traveled rope and beyond. In March, the aforementioned panto nearby Egypt, Turkey and Greece; and discovered the exhilaration of ran- demic put a hold on all of my future

travel plans, including a return visit to Portugal, where I was hoping to do more research on emerging and past Jewish communities. I had also hoped to spend time with my friends from my initial trip there, a Portuguese couple who had converted to Judaism, as well as the lively journalists who accompanied me on the Lisbon-to-Israel tour. But my home state confinement has not yielded a complete lack of exploration. From noticing budding trees while taking neighborhood walks to going on hikes and scouting for birds with my son, I am slowly emerging from my cocoon. I have discovered that local landscapes can be just as beautiful and photogenic as the mountains, deserts, and seas of my trips abroad, and that I can drive just a few miles from my home to take gorgeous photos, for example, of the Palisades cliffs that frame the Hudson River. With more time spent at home, my family had the chance to notice a mother bird guarding her nest while waiting for her own chicklings to hatch. So while I may have to wait until 2021 — or even later — before I can see my friends Pedro T., Ana Sarah, Ana Sofia, Ana Margarida, Margarida, Pedro B., Bruno, Andre, Ruben and Dolores on the Iberian Peninsula (not to mention my other travel companions!), I am confident that it will feel as if little time has passed at all. Our ways of navigating the world may have changed, but it remains open for discovery. n

With the passing of that date, there is little financial incentive to retain employees whose work has ended because of the pandemic. That includes many employees of JCCs across the country, which mostly operate on a fee-for-service model. Some members of the Manhattan JCC have donated the amount that they would normally pay in membership fees, and 1,700 donors gave to an emergency fund, Levitt said. But the JCC, which operated with an annual budget of $34 million before March, plans to slash that budget in half due to the pandemic. Even once the building can reopen, Levitt said she doesn’t anticipate all offerings resuming immediately. Many arts programs primarily served older adults who may not feel comfortable coming back until there is a Covid-19 vaccine, she said. “The reason that we had to lay these folks off is not because they are not mission consistent — they are vital to the core mission of the JCC,” Levitt said. “We can’t wait to get back in person.” n

many Orthodox Jews imagine. We are all too familiar with the ways that governmental systems actively persecute those deemed as “other”; we share an understanding of the effects of generational trauma; we already live largely family- and communitybased lives; and many of us are familiar with poverty and the need for vast communal support systems. We also have a unique appreciation for the desire to live a life that doesn’t require us to wholly assimilate and adopt the norms of dominant groups. These elements are already a part of our institutional and individual life. We can use these as a way to connect and dismantle our institutionalized racism — if only we can summon the political will to give ourselves the tools, experiences and language we as a community currently lack. I am fully committed to raising my family in an Orthodox community. If we can truly act to shift these barriers, perhaps my children won’t be as shocked, hurt and saddened by those who they call friends as I once was. n

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even months ago, I spent 10 days in Morocco, where I experienced the pleasures (and bumps) of riding a camel in the Sahara Desert, listening to Kiddush First Person at a Fez synagogue and dicing vegetables at a Marrakesh cooking school. Several months prior, I was embarking on the inaugural flight of TAP Air Portugal from Lisbon to Tel Aviv. And half a year before that, I was traveling through Portugal, learning about the remnants — and emergence — of a centuries-old Jewish community devastated by the Inquisition. How quickly things have changed, thanks to the global-pandemic-thatshall-not-be-named, upending all of my future travel plans. Since early March, I have mostly been confined to northern New Jersey, where I have been working from my dining room table, and only crossed the George Washington Bridge once for an errand in Manhattan. I have seen my parents one time, a few local

Lori Silberman Brauner is assistant managing editor at New Jersey Jewish News. Reach her at lbrauner@njjewishnews.com. monthly.

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continued from page 6 ter plans to open its nursery school in person in September in line with guidance from the city’s Health Department. But she said the organization had no choice but to mitigate costs related to upkeep of the JCC’s 14-story Upper West Side building, which has been closed since March. The layoffs came just days after the end of the federal Paycheck Protection Program, which offered loans to cover payroll at small businesses during the pandemic-induced financial crisis. The Manhattan JCC received between $2 million and 5 million through the program, according to data from the Small Business Administration. (Levitt declined to share a more specific number.) The layoffs at the Manhattan JCC are likely at the front edge of a rising wave because of the federal loan program’s rules. Employers who maintained their March staffing levels through June 30 would be eligible to have their loans forgiven.

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continued from page 19 adherence to community norms: social, cultural, religious and more recently, political norms that lean heavily conservative. This makes it profoundly difficult for my community and the people within it — predominantly white in racial makeup and contemporary American experience — to inform our children and ourselves about the current moment and the context that has generated it. It is even harder to contribute to a racial dynamic that must change. But I believe we can do it. I can clearly envision a future state in which our kids grow up to be thoughtful, anti-racist, happy and religious members of society — if we can seek out ways to prioritize this work in our post-Covid lives. To be more thoughtful about interactions. To reconsider our school curriculum. To demand more of our leaders. The truth is, if our community can really engage with these concerns, we’ll likely find that we’re more similar to Black communities than

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