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Postcards From Texas Dispatches from the Lone Star State, where a politician and a poet look back, and ahead.

Feds threaten suit unless Airmont resolves zoning complaints by Orthodox residents.

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As Colleges Go Virtual, Students Go to Israel

H.S. grads switch gears to avoid missing the campus experience. Johanna R. Ginsberg and Steve Lipman

aniel Lampert had planned to enter Dartmouth College this September as a computer engineering major and study such subjects as history, math and “an engineering course or two.” Instead, the Scarsdale resident and recent graduate of The Leffell School, a Jewish day school in Hartsdale, will be in Israel study-

ing Jewish history, Jewish music and the dynamics of the IsraeliPalestinian conflict. Lampert, 17, will be spending the 2020-21 academic year on the Young Judaea Year Course, a gap-year program for students who postpone their university education in this country for a year. He made the decision in late Scarsdale’s Daniel Lampert is May, a few days before Dartmouth’s putting off Dartmouth to study deferral deadline, when he realized in Israel for a year. continued on page 15

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n 2016, a chasidic yeshiva bought a 21-acre plot across from Village Hall in upstate Airmont with plans to build two yeshiva buildings on the site, which had been used for a camp and where other private schools have operated for years. Two year later, the yeshiva sued Airmont Village, alleging that “anti-chasidic animus” was keeping the village from issuing the requisite zoning permits. In December 2018, several rabbis in the Rockland County village also sued Airmont, alleging that the village has failed to approve any of their requests to establish houses of worship in AJC’s Marc Stern: “Sometheir private homes. Now, the U.S. Jus- times opposition is oppositice Department has tion to change — sometimes threatened to sue the it is raw bigotry.”. village unless it enters into a consent decree to resolve complaints by Orthodox residents that the village is again using its zoning code to discriminate against them. “Sometimes opposition is opposition to change — sometimes it is raw bigotry,” said Marc Stern, general counsel for the American Jewish Committee. “What is happening in Airmont is the latter.” A federal lawsuit would mark the third time in

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n a sign of shifting political winds in Austria, a parliamentary committee has paved the way for the creation of an annual prize to encourage the fight against anti-Semitism. An amendment passed July 14 would create an award named for Simon Wiesenthal, the late Austrian Holocaust survivor and Nazi hunter. The winner would receive about $17,000 annually. Two additional awards of about $8,500 each would go to those who have made a “special civil society commitment against anti-Semitism and for education about the Holocaust,” according to a parliamentary statement. The amendment is expected to

be formally adopted this week. The goal is “to encourage others to raise their voices,” said Wolfgang Sobotka, president of the National Council, Austria’s lower house of parliament. Sobotka, a member of the conservative Austrian People’s Party (led by Sebastian Kurz, who has close ties to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu), said he came up with the idea for the prize while on a trip to Israel two years ago.

Talmud Digitizer Takes Aim at Democracy Texts

ould democracy take a page from the Talmud? The creators of Sefaria think so. Since 2012 the website has offered free access to classic Jewish texts and linked commentary, establishing itself as an invaluable resource for millions of teachers, students and scholars.

cludes links to related content in case law, presidential addresses and state constitutions. Sefaria is hoping to replicate what is now a protoype to other bodies of knowledge beyond the Jewish canon. Brett Lockspeiser, Sefaria’s chief technology officer and a co-founder, said, “The real magic of Sefaria — and this is the real magic of the Torah tradition, it’s not something we invented — is in the interconnections. Just putting texts on websites is not particularly novel and not particularly interesting in itself. It gets exciting when Brett Lockspeiser, a co-founder of Sefaria, hopes to ap- you click on a line of ply the database’s approach highlighting the intercon- text and then a sidenections between texts to other bodies of knowledge. bar opens and you get SCR EEN SHOTS F ROM SEFAR IA this whole array of voices that are talking Now it’s applying the same ap- to that point and you open things up proach to foundational texts of side by side.” American democracy. It launched The approach, Lockspeiser said is the project, fittingly, on July 4 with a lot about “the tension that happens a small library of texts including between multiple voices. That’s a the U.S. Constitution, the Federal- principle of the democratic process, ist Papers and a selection of presi- of democratic society, is wanting to dential addresses — all connected be able to respect different voices by hyperlinks to other texts and playing a role. The text can serve as with the ability to read them side a model of what we want our society by side. The First Amendment of to look like.” the Bill of Rights, for example, inShira Hanau/JTA

Nazi-hunter Simon Wiesenthal at a book signing in 1973. WI KI M EDIA COM MON S

“Simon Wiesenthal was a great Austrian who did not get the recognition he deserved during his lifetime,” Sobotka said, according to the Austria

Press Agency. Oskar Deutsch, head of Austria’s Vienna-based Jewish community, said the tribute to Wiesenthal, who died in 2005 at the age of 95, would support projects that “strengthen Austria and the whole of Europe, in keeping with humanistic principles.” Wiesenthal’s daughter, Paulinka Kreisberg-Wiesenthal, said in a written statement that the prize sends an important signal “at a time of rising racism, anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial.” Statistics released in May show a gradual rise in the number of anti-Semitic incidents and crimes in Austria in recent years. Austria’s far-right Freedom Party was the only party that did not support the prize because it objected to the name, suggesting instead former Austrian Chancellor Bruno Kreisky, a leftwing politician of Jewish background with whom Wiesenthal had clashed.

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Stoudemire Wants to Bridge Gap Between Blacks, Jews

ormer NBA All-Star Amar’e the next generation on, you know, Stoudemire said there is a “lack positivity.” of leadership” in the Black Stoudemire said that due to the community that has led to expres- leadership vacuum, many Black sions of anti-Semitism, and he has people have turned to Nation of offered to bridge the gap between Islam leader Louis Farrakhan for Jews and Blacks. inspiration. Farrakhan has a long Stoudemire, who played for the history of anti-Semitic comments, Knicks and now lives and plays pro- including comparing Jews to terfessionally in Israel for Maccabi Tel mites and denouncing what he calls Aviv, was reacting to a number of the “Synagogue of Satan,” and has recent antiSemitic social media posts by Black sports figures and celebrities. He told the TMZ website that the Black community needs an education. “I do think, I know with me being in the Amar’e Stoudemire receives his national identity card position where and Israeli citizenship from Jerusalem Mayor Moshe I am where be- Leon, left, and Israeli Interior Minister Aryeh Deri in ing an African- Jerusalem in 2019. HADAS PAR U SH/F L ASH90 American Jew who’s learning at a high level, I think praised Adolf Hitler. there’s a narrative shift that’s hapIn January, Stoudemire in an Inspening,” he said. “We have to figure tagram post called for an end to antiout a way to now, you know, teach Semitism among Blacks in response to a stabbing attack on a rabbi’s See Opinion piece on home in Monsey, N.Y., days earlier Farrakhan and Black during a Chanukah celebration. anti-Semitism, page 18. Marcy Oster/JTA

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erusalem — The sobs came over the phone as Michael Beer described his father Ira’s lifelong commitment to Torah study and his family. A victim of the Covid-19 pandemic that has killed hundreds of thousands of people Coronavirus across the Diary world, Ira Beer had come to my attention during the course of my work on the Jewish Telegraphic Agency’s Bonds of Life project, which tells the story of the many Jewish vic-

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During one conversation, I listened as a mother described the loss of her 35-year-old son, a pain exacerbated by being forced to sit shiva alone, receiving visitors only via Zoom or telephone because the risk of spreading further death through the traditional mourning process was too great. Dealing with death is never easy, even for journalists who are expected to maintain an Olympian detachment from their subjects, chronicling everything yet (many seem to believe) feeling nothing themselves. And while reporters often manage to write with admirable objectivity, what we see and hear does affect us — often deeply.

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Jewish Progressive Hoping to Help Turn Texas Blue Eliz Markowitz in uphill fight in one of the country’s most diverse counties; the statehouse race has drawn national attention.

ugar Land, Texas — If you head west on State Highway 6 from Settlers Road Boulevard in this bedroom community of Houston, you quickly pass the Chinese supermarket 99 Ranch Market, the Vietnamese restaurant Sit Lo, the Indian restaurant Bombay Delight, the Mexican restaurant Los Tios, the Taiwanese restaurant Teahouse Tapioca & Tea, the Singapore Café and several other restaurants, groceries and businesses with roots in other countries. This is a reflection of Fort Bend County, one of the fastest growing and most ethnically diverse counties in the nation. With National a population of 778,000, it is 33 percent white, 25 percent Hispanic, 20 percent African-American and 20 percent Asian, according to the most recent Census Bureau statistics. And this is where Elizabeth Markowitz, a political novice gunning for a state legislative seat in the November elections, hopes to make history and help play a role in turning the traditionally red state blue. Markowitz (everyone calls her Eliz) is running for an open seat in the 28th District of the State House, facing veteran Republican businessman Gary Gates. Markowitz, a Sugar Land native, is a

Eliz Markowitz with former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, one of the high-profile Democrats backing her in the closely watched Texas statehouse race. T WIT TER

progressive Democrat, openly gay and Jewish. A Princeton Review instructor and writer, she is, political pundits say, a bellwether for the party’s fortunes on a statewide and national level. The seat, said the Texas Observer magazine, is “a top target for national Democrats in 2020.” The 28th, which has been solidly Republican, plays a symbolic role outside of its borders because it is a microcosm of the country’s changing demographics and of its possible voting patterns. If a Democrat could win in a traditionally red district, the experts said, it could give hope to the Democrats for flipping the statehouse from GOP control; to do so they need to flip nine seats in the 150-member body in November (they turned 12 seats blue in 2018). A Markowitz victory — she faces a difficult road — would also show that traditionally Republican Texas and its 38 electoral votes will be in play in the 2020 presidential election. In other words, the political pundits implied, as Fort Bend County goes, so goes the state. And perhaps the nation. The Markowitz-Gates race ordinarily would have attracted little attention outside of Fort Bend County. Yet it has attracted significant out-of-state financial donations (a total of more than $300,000). Markowitz has picked up some heavyweight en-

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Lowey’s Likely Successor Says He’ll Be a Friend to Israel Mondaire Jones vows, ‘I’m going to be an independent voice.’ Shira Hanau JTA

rom the very beginning, Mondaire Jones, who was declared the winner last week in last month’s Democratic primary and is likely to replace Rep. Nita Lowey in the Rockland-Westchester House district, didn’t exactly fit the model created by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez when she unseated one of the most powerful incumbent Democrats in the country. Some might have thought he would. Running as a Black, gay man challenging a popular pro-Israel incumbent of 31 years not far New York from Ocasio-Cortez’s district certainly made him seem like a natural next member of “The Squad.” (Jones announced his run as a primary challenger to Nita Lowey last summer. Lowey later announced her retirement, opening the field to several other candidates.) But despite his progressive policy goals, the 33-year-old Jones sees himself as his own kind of leader. “I am going to be an independent voice,” he said.

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Mondaire Jones says, “Having been born and raised in Rockland County, I feel like I’m part of the Jewish family.” COU RTESY OF MON DAI R E FOR CONGR ESS

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The formula, according to town hall participants? Focus on Israel. Ron Kampeas JTA

ashington — When Jewish Republicans met online this weekend to talk about the best way to defeat Joe Biden, the conversation kept sliding back to a question that has beset them since 2016: How do you explain Donald Trump? A Republican Jewish Coalition online town hall broadcast Sunday night was entitled “The Critical Issues Facing the Jewish Community in 2020.” The issues on the agenda mostly had to do with the changes wrought by Trump that a President Biden would unravel, particularly related to Middle East policy. But the subtext — sometimes the overt-text — was how do you pitch Trump to a community that overwhelmingly dislikes National him? Jewish voters have consistently disapproved of Trump in greater proportion than the general population, where his approval ratings are tanking, and people who participated in the conversation said that has made it hard for them to drum up support for Republicans. “I’ve been involved in pro-Israel and Jewish communal activities for over a decade, and one source of frustration for me is the open hostility that I find from many Jewish women towards our president and the Republican Party,” said Jodi Sanchez, who is active with the RJC in Houston. “What’s your best advice for what we as a community should say to our friends who are inclined to support the president because of this pro-Israel policies, but probably won’t support him because of his personality. How can we convince them that they should vote for President Trump?” asked Ari Fleischer, the George W. Bush administration spokesman. The speakers — Nikki Haley, Trump’s former ambassador to the United Nations; Mark Levin, the bomb-throwing talk radio host; and Norm Coleman, the former Minnesota senator and current RJC chairman — suggested a simple formula to manage anxiety about the president: Focus on Israel. “I was not a big Trump supporter during the primaries — I was part of that ‘Never Trump’ movement,” said Coleman. (In 2016, Coleman penned an op-ed for the Minneapolis Star Tribune saying he would never “vote for Donald Trump because of who he is. A bigot. A misogynist. A fraud. A bully.”) “And in the end, I have watched what the president has done,” Coleman said. “This has been the most pro-Israel president who ever sat in the White House.” Trump has embraced a pile of right-wing pro-Israel orthodoxies: moving the embassy to Jerusalem, defunding the Palestinians, exiting the Iran deal, and advancing a peace plan that would see Israel

annex parts of the West Bank. While the Democratic Party’s official platform on Israel appears not to be changing this year, members of the party’s progressive wing, including Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, have called to reduce assistance to Israel if it annexes parts of the West Bank.

Trump’s fulfillment of Israel-related promises, combined with the shift in the Democratic Party, has fueled the RJC’s transformation over the last four years, from skepticism toward Trump during the 2016 campaign to a fulsome embrace during his presidency.

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One such incident occurred in 2014, when I covered the war in Ukraine for The Jerusalem Post. During an interview with Jews displaced by the fighting, Andrei Frumkin, a refugee from the separatist stronghold of Donetsk, described an incident reminiscent of the gory Normandy invasion scene from “Saving Private Ryan.” In my book “Putin’s Hybrid War and the Jews,” I recalled the incident and its psychological effect on me: Andrei was walking down the street one day when shells began raining down on the city. He threw himself on the sidewalk. As he hugged the ground, the rough pavement pressed against his body, he saw a woman, who had exited a nearby building only moments before, struck down by flying shrapnel. He was scuttling over to offer assistance when she suddenly stood up, one of her arms severed completely, and walked off, evidently in shock. After that, he told me, “It became impossible to be in the city anymore.” A couple of nights later, in a hotel

of solace … is also how I honor my own father.’ room in Dnipropetrovsk, I dreamed of Frumkin, imagining I was on the sidewalk with him watching bodies get torn apart. I woke up screaming and drenched in sweat. For several weeks after I had night terrors. The following year, I covered a terror attack in my adopted hometown of Beit Shemesh, Israel, in which two Arabs armed with knives were shot to death by police after attempting to force their way on to a school bus. My daughter’s school bus passed through the neighborhood where the attack occurred and I had been walking my son to school when the first sirens went off. After making my way to the scene (where I took photographs of a pool of blood deemed too graphic for inclusion in the Post’s print edition)

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and filing my story, I finally allowed the fear to wash over me as I sat shaking at my desk. The kind of suffering one encounters as a reporter is usually distinct enough from everyday experience to allow a measure of emotional distance. But covering a pandemic is fundamentally different. For one thing, the health threat is one I face daily myself. I am an asthmatic and as such am considered a high risk for Covid-19. Early in the pandemic, I spent two days quarantined in my bedroom after I was alerted that I had come into contact with someone who had the virus. It turned out to be a false positive, but it was an intensely frightening experience. Moreover, as I was writing obituaries, I had to worry about my own loved ones. Two of my cousins and a college buddy had caught the virus, although thankfully they all had relatively mild cases and survived. And my mother, who has survived three bouts with cancer over the past 15 years, lives in New York City, one of the worst coronavirus hot spots in the United States. She would occasionally tell me about victims in her own social circle. Interviewing those in mourning also brought up memories of the afternoon in 2003 when I lost my own father. I was home from college for the summer and we were sitting together in the living room. I excused myself for several minutes and when I came back, he was sitting up on the couch, a vacant expression in his eyes. I came over and tried to wake

him, but he was unresponsive. I tore out of the apartment and yelled for the doorman to call 911. As the EMTs worked on my father on the living room rug, I walked into the lobby to intercept my mother, who was due back from work. Within minutes, he was gone. Writing obituaries for JTA, all these memories came flooding back. In late April, I interviewed Devora Klein-Freeman about her father, Alex, who died in New York at the age of 70 on March 28. During our phone conversation, I kept thinking about my own father, who would have been 72 had he lived. With every interview, my own emotional wounds were torn open anew and often I felt like crying as I listened to people going through the same mourning process through which I had passed 17 years ago. Listening to them while remaining outwardly calm was difficult, but necessary. Having gone through it myself, I understood that providing a listening ear was to allow them the chance to do something for the dead. With every interview, I wished I had been able to express my own feelings to a journalist who could have given my father the memorial he deserved. My father loved the written word, a love he passed on to me. But more than that, he taught me to love truth and dislike hypocrisy, an attitude that ultimately led me to journalism. He was intensely intellectual — trips to bookstores and museums were a regular feature of my childhood — but not pretentious, and could get along with almost anybody. (Except for one neighborhood anti-Semite, who as the family legend goes, my father impersonated so that he could have the man’s utilities cut off one winter in the 1970s.) Telling stories of the dead, while providing the living with a measure of solace through my work, isn’t just a matter of professional pride. It’s how I honor my own father — who, like the victims of Covid-19, was lost before his time. ■

For the Record The July 10 “Culture View” column on the HBO documentary “Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn” misstated Sen. Joseph McCarthy’s role. He did not lead the House Un-American Activities Committee. Cohn was McCarthy’s chief counsel in the Senate investigations, not in the House. The aims of the Senate subcommittee he chaired, investigating alleged infiltration of communists in the State Department, were similar.

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Mondaire Jones

the same is true for the base of the activist community in Westchester, again largely Jewish, and that community coalesced behind me and propelled me to victory. I did as well in Westchester as I did in Rockland County, which is a great position to be in and I suspect will convey the message to anyone who would try to challenge me in the future that it would be a fool’s errand to try to do so. I have been in conversation with rabbis in different parts of the Jewish community. I spoke to Michael Miller of the Jewish Community Relations Council in New York recently, I’ve spoken to Rabbi Yossi Menczer from Yorktown, he’s the head of a school there, I’ve spoken to David Kirschtel, who is head of the JCC of Rockland.

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(In the heavily Democratic district, Jones is expected to prevail in the general election in November.) Unlike Jamaal Bowman, another New York progressive who unseated another staunchly proIsrael incumbent, Eliot Engel, Jones did not seek the endorsement of the Justice Democrats, the progressive group that helped elect Ocasio-Cortez and supports progressive challengers to Democratic incumbents. Nor did Jones, a lawyer by trade, see Israel as much of an issue in his primary campaign. “I didn’t give people a reason to think that I would not be a friend to Israel,” he said. JTA spoke with Jones just after the primary about how he built his relationships with the Jewish communities in his district over the course of the campaign and how he hopes to repair and strengthen the Black-Jewish relationship. This interview has been edited lightly for length and clarity. JTA: What lessons do you take away from your win? Jones: That you have got to believe in yourself in politics to make the change that we desperately need in this country. And that is going to be required when you have the establishment pushing back against you. And people saying you’re too young or that you’re inexperienced because you’ve never held local elected office, or that you’re Black and gay and voters will never support you. Do you see any themes across some of the New York races that have gotten a lot of attention? I think voters are hungry for change. They are so disappointed with the status quo leadership. Not just in Washington, and not just with Republicans, but also with Democrats who are not giving voice to the lived experiences of the average American. You know, Congress is full of millionaires who don’t know what it’s like to struggle on top of not reflecting the kind of diversity — racially, ethnically, economically and even in terms of sexual orientation — that we would be better for having more of because those experiences inform our policymaking. Who do you see as your role models in Congress and what kind of lane do you see yourself occupying in Congress? Elizabeth Warren is a big role model for me. I think she’s brilliant, she speaks with moral clarity and she’s pragmatic. I’m going to be occupying my own lane. One of the things that has frustrated me a little bit is that because someone has endorsed my campaign that I’m going to take their position on Israel. One thing I want Jewish people to know is that I will be a friend to Israel and that my love for the Jewish community is a longstanding affinity. Having been born and raised in Rockland County, I feel like I’m part of the Jewish family. Who are you thinking of when you say you don’t want people to get the wrong idea based on who has endorsed you? I hear them saying he’s a progressive and he’s

Rep. Nita Lowey served 31 years in Congress representing Westchester and Rockland counties. GET T Y I MAGES

been endorsed by progressives. We know that progressives disagree on any number of issues, and the same way that some progressives say ‘I support Medicare for All’ or ‘I support a public option,’ there’s great diversity within the progressive movement and the topic of Israel tends to be something that divides progressives. Now don’t get me wrong, I want equal treatment under the law and humanitarian assistance for Palestinians, and my ardent support of a two-state solution is beneficial for Jews and Palestinians and the strategic interests of the United States. But it does disappoint me when I see some people suggest without evidence that somehow I’m going to be non-friendly to Israel. It’s just not true. Did Israel come up more or less than you expected in the primary? It came up less than I expected. J Street gave me its primary approval designation in the primary. (Note: J Street gave the designation, which is not an endorsement, to three Democratic candidates in the race, including Jones, Evelyn Farkas and Allison Fine.) It just did not come up all that often. I think it also didn’t come up because I didn’t give people a reason to think that I would not be a friend to Israel.

In the last year there have been some unfortunate new developments around anti-Semitism, including the Monsey attack in December in your district. How much did the issue of anti-Semitism come up in conversations with voters? When I worked for Westchester County, I was the legal adviser to the Westchester County Human Rights Commission, where I worked closely with the members of that commission to formulate a response to rising acts of anti-Semitism and other forms of white nationalism in Westchester County. After the killing in Monsey, I penned an op-ed calling for the Black community to stand with the Jewish community, and historically that has been true. I talked about how during the civil rights era, for example, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner lost their lives during the Freedom Rides. (Note: Goodman and Schwerner were Jewish Freedom Riders who were killed by members of the Ku Klux Klan.) I think I am uniquely able of the candidates who are looking to succeed Nita Lowey in Congress to build those relationships and strengthen those relationships because they have frayed, especially in Rockland County.

What’s at the top of your list of priorities for your first month in Congress? If we are still dealing with this economic devastation and record unemployment, we have to be providing immediate cash assistance to families. I have said repeatedly that a one-time $1,200 check for a subset of the American people is a slap in the face, especially for families in Westchester and Rockland counties where it is extremely expensive to live. We also can be making progress on the ambitious goals that I have set forth in the primary, for example, that we can at least be expanding Medicaid and Medicare eligibility.

You and I spoke last year shortly after you declared your run for Congress and you admitted that the Orthodox community in your district wasn’t a big fan of yours. How do you win over the Orthodox Jews in Rockland County who supported [challenger] Adam Schleifer? They’ve already reached out to me and did so before the primary. I think it was clear to people in the final days of the race that I was going to decisively win this election. And here’s the thing, obviously leaders in the chasidic community supported Adam Schleifer, but I’m not holding any grudges towards anyone. I’m going to be a representative for everyone. I’m going to meet with everyone and I’m going to represent everyone. People can vote for whoever they want to in a primary, that is a democratic process.

What have you done to build relationships with the Jewish community in your district over the last year since you first announced your candidacy? I’m so grateful to have tremendous support from the Jewish community which, as you know, is not monolithic by any stretch of the imagination. The leaders of the progressive movement in Rockland County are largely Jewish and they coalesced behind my campaign and propelled me to victory. And

And when they reached out, what did they say? They said that my opponents had tried to make me into a boogeyman but that they appreciated that I did not run a campaign in which I tried to vilify them in a way that other candidates historically have done. And I said thank you for your phone call, after I win the primary I will be representing you and all of us, and I will meet with you just like I meet with anyone else. ■

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Clockwise from top left, Matt Brooks, Nikki Haley, Norm Coleman and Mark Levin join in a Republican Jewish Coalition online town hall last Sunday. SCR EEN SHOT

But the difficulties he presents as a sellable candidate to the Jewish community have persisted, and there were signs at the RJC event that the group is taking Trump’s vulnerabilities seriously. All four questions from the public were prescreened — and two had to do with Trump’s negatives. One was from Fleischer. Sanchez asked the second one, directed at Haley, about Trump’s difficulties in appealing to Jewish women. ”How do you think we can address this, specifically with college-educated suburban women, a key demographic in the upcoming election?” she asked. Haley acknowledged Trump’s coarseness, but — like Coleman, who handled Fleischer’s question — said the best tactic was to note what Trump had done, not what he was prone to say. “What I will tell you is, I do understand there are some women who have issues with the tone of the president, or the tweeting of the president, or the style of this president,” Haley said. “Joe Biden may have a nicer way of talking, but he won’t have the results President Trump has had.” There was one questioner who was full of praise — for Coleman, Levin, Haley and Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law, if not for Trump. But then, this questioner has a reputation for giving pep talks. “My name is Bruce Pearl. I’m the head men’s basketball coach at Auburn University,” said the coach, who is an RJC leader. “Senator Coleman, Ambassador Haley, The Great One,”

a nickname for Levin, “thank you all for the service to our great country. And thank you all for your love of the State of Israel. I’m a big fan of Jared Kushner’s peace and prosperity in the West Bank of the River Jordan in Judea and Samaria. My question is, do you believe that peace and prosperity is possible?” That question didn’t get a simple answer, even as Levin praised the plan for recognizing Israel’s claim to the territory. Neither did another question that speaks to the heart of some Jews’ reservations about Trump. RJC’s executive director, Matt Brooks, repeatedly pressed Levin to refute claims by Democrats that Trump has enabled anti-Semites, particularly when Trump in 2017 described “very fine people on both sides” of a deadly neo-Nazi March in Charlottesville, Va. “It’s one of the repetitive narratives of the Democrats in terms of trying to scare the Jewish community that President Trump is an antiSemite or if he’s not an anti-Semite, he allows or encourages through dog whistles white nationalists and people who traffic in anti-Semitism,” Brooks said. He prompted Levin: “Talk about that, talk about Charlottesville.” Levin mentioned Trump’s proIsrael bonafides, his Jewish advisers, and his Jewish family members — but never got around to addressing why it was a calumny for Democrats to note Trump’s equivocation about the Charlottesville march, even after Brooks repeated the question. ■

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John Lewis and the Jews: The Ties That Bind Six moments that showcase an enduring alliance.

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ashington, D.C. — When John Lewis, the civil rights icon and congressman from Georgia, died at 80 over the weekend, Jews in America and abroad lost an ally of nearly six decades. Lewis never tired of telling folks to “get into good trouble,” to defy the authorities and the conventional wisdom. It was a creed that guided him as he helped organize the 1963 March on Washington; that led to police severely beating him in Selma, Alabama, in 1965; and that underscored his 33-year career in Congress. National He also had a close relationship with the Jewish community dating to the 1960s, fortified by alliances he forged throughout his congressional career. Many Jewish leaders on both sides of the aisle lauded Lewis when he announced his cancer diagnosis last year and mourned him this week.

Four Lessons We Can Learn from John Lewis, page 18 Here are six Jewish moments from Lewis’ long and storied career working toward justice in America.

Praying with his feet

That Selma March? It started with 12 men and women joining arms and leading others across the Edmund Pettus Bridge. Among those 12 were Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel. The rabbi was asked after the march whether he found time to pray. Heschel famously answered: “I prayed with my feet.” Lewis, then 25, was right alongside them.

Coalition-building

There’s a narrative that the unity that defined the Black-Jewish alliance in the 1960s dissipated by the 1980s, in part because Black leaders like Andrew Young and Jesse Jackson vocally embraced advocacy for Palestinians. If that was the narrative, Lewis did not seem to be reading the book. In 1982, he worked with the American Jewish Committee to found the Atlanta Black-Jewish Coalition. It was an alliance that culminated in 2019 in the founding last year of the Congressional Black-Jewish Caucus.

Let my people(s) go

Jews have been hesitant at times to link Jewish suffering with that of African Americans. Lewis was not. At a mass Washington demonstration in 1987 calling for the liberation of Soviet Jewry, Lewis did not hesitate to make the connection. “I stand here not so much as a member of Congress but I stand here as a human being,” Lewis said. “Almost 25 years ago I participated in a march here for jobs and freedom. Hundreds and thousands of members of the Jewish community marched with us then. I think it’s fitting for me to be with you today.

John Lewis (D-Ga.), and Norbert Bikales, who was part of the Kindertransport from Berlin to France in July 1939 following the deportation of his parents and brother to Poland, light one of six candles representing the more than six million Jews who were killed during the Holocaust, in a ceremony in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., April 9, 2002. SCOT T J. F ER R ELL/CONGR ESSIONAL QUARTER LY/GET T Y I MAGES “Our message, the message of the Black community, is one that is very simple. We are saying to President Reagan, Mr. President, tell Mr. Gorbachev to open the doors, open the gates and let the people out. I said that as long as one Jew is denied the right to emigrate, as long as one Jew is denied the right to be Jewish in the Soviet Union, we all are Jews in the Soviet Union.”

Spurning Farrakhan

In 1995, Nation of Islam founder Louis Farrakhan set out to convene Black men in Washington, D.C., at a rally meant to extend the symbolism of the 1963 March on Washington. Some prominent figures from the civil rights movement attended the Million Man March on Washington, including Rosa Parks, but Lewis said he would not because of Farrakhan’s track record, which then as now included anti-Semitic comments. “I cannot overlook past statements by Louis Farrakhan — and others associated with the Nation of Islam — which are divisive and bigoted,” Lewis told Newsweek at the time. “Although its general goal of encouraging African American men to be responsible is sound, the march is fatally undermined by its chief sponsor.”

Boycotting Bibi but supporting Israel

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in 2015 accepted an invitation from then-U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner, a Republican, to speak in Congress against President Barack Obama’s Iran policies. Boehner, who had not consulted with Democrats in Congress or the White House about the invitation, framed Netanyahu’s speech as a more serious take on Iran, and members of the Congressional Black Caucus saw it as an all-too-familiar dis: The white man was pushing the Black man out of the limelight. Pro-Israel groups and figures also had been

caught by surprise by the invitation; nonetheless, the prospect of a boycott appalled them, and they set about trying to persuade Democrats to turn up. Lewis would not have it — but he emphasized his support for Israel in his decision not to attend the speech. “I am saddened that the speaker would threaten this historic position, bipartisan support of our Israeli brothers and sisters, by this action,” he said. Israeli officials joined the chorus of worldwide leaders mourning Lewis this week. “The US lost a hero. Israel lost a friend,” tweeted Dani Dayan, the outgoing consul general of Israel in New York, along with a picture of a 2015 tweet from Lewis himself saying, “I don’t take a backseat to anyone in my commitment and support of Israel.”

Opposing BDS while backing the right to boycott

Lewis was opposed to the movement to boycott Israel, but — his thoughts cast back to the business boycotts that helped propel the civil rights movement — he was fiercely defensive of the right to boycott. He opposed state laws and proposed federal laws that would penalize boycotters and joined two freshmen congresswomen who back the movement to boycott, divest and sanction Israel in sponsoring a resolution affirming the right of Americans to boycott, a resolution centrist pro-Israel groups lobbied against. Co-sponsoring the resolution was “a simple demonstration of my ongoing commitment to the ability of every American to exercise the fundamental First Amendment right to protest through nonviolent actions,” he said at the time. “I want to make it very clear that I disagree strongly with the BDS movement,” Lewis said in the same statement. He put his words in action, cosponsoring a resolution that condemned but did not penalize the BDS movement. n

continued from page 6 dorsements. Her Twitter feed features a photo of her standing beside former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. She’s also backed by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, Rep. Julian Castro and Beto O’Rourke, who came within 2.5 percentage points of upending Sen. Ted Cruz in 2018, losing by about 200,000 votes out of more than eight million cast. The race has drawn heavy media coverage (the Dallas Morning News called Fort Bend County “a good laboratory for the Democrats’ [wider] strategy”).

A Narrow Path

he road for Markowitz won’t be easy. Gates trounced her (58-42 percent) in a special election in January to see who would qualify to run in the November general election. The results resonated. Karl Rove, the Republican strategist and former adviser to President George W. Bush, told a Texas paper that Markowitz’s campaign “made a big mistake by nationalizing” the race. “In retrospect, [supporters of Markowitz] were too optimistic,” said Mark Jones, a professor of political science at Houston’s Rice University. “For Democrats to win in these pink-to-red districts, they have to hope for the ideal outcome.” In other words, higher turnout of pro-Markowitz voters in November. “Even if Markowitz loses [in November], the narrower her margin of defeat, the greater Democratic optimism for turning Texas blue during the upcoming decade will be,” Jones said in an email interview. But Markowitz dismisses the skeptics. Sitting at an outside table of a Starbucks at Sugar Land’s Marriott Hotel, armed against the morning sun in a pair of sunglasses, Markowitz clearly sees an opening in the race. She says the national Republican Party’s diminished standing among many voters has left the state party in a vulnerable position this year. As if to drive home the point, her Twitter account features a photo of herself in a black surgical mask, perhaps a swipe at President Trump. The financial contributions from people outside of Texas, and endorsements from prominent Democratic politicians, she said, is a sign that the GOP may be vulnerable here. “We’ve had support from all over the country.” Markowitz said she was inspired to enter politics because of her interest in an equitable education and health care for “all Texans.” She ran for the state Board of Education in 2018. She lost. Hoping to do better this time, she knocked on some 60,000 doors in the district before the primary vote. The key to victory this year will be an even stronger outreach to voters. “I plan to reach out to every, last voter.” (She could be buoyed by national currents: Biden aired his first campaign ad in Texas last week after some favorable poll results, though most polls show a neck-and-neck race between him and President Trump.) While she doesn’t appear to have close ties to the Jewish community — her official bio lists no religious affiliations — Markowitz has referenced

Of her ethnically diverse district, Markowitz says, “I plan to reach out to every last voter.” BOB DAEM M R ICH P HOTOGR AP HY

her heritage in the campaign. During the national debate over immigration policy and “concentration camps” near the Texas-Mexican border, where migrants charged with crossing the border illegally were being housed, she posted a message on her Facebook page. “My grandmother’s entire family was murdered in Nazi concentration camps,” she wrote. “She immigrated to America because the country welcomed her with open arms. Now the current administration has set up concentration camps on our border. Do not ignore these actions. Do not stay silent. Human life matters.” Markowitz has also narrated a video on the University of Houston website about her grandmother’s experience as a child rescued in the famed Kindertransport evacuations. She said she has encountered no anti-Semitism during her campaigning in a county with few Jews. “Neither Markowitz not Gates nor any of the other Republicans [in earlier rounds of voting] made as issue of Markowitz’s religious beliefs nor her sexual orientation, and as a result, neither did the media,” said Rice University’s Mark Jones. For all the national attention the race has garnered, it may still come down to local issues. Pulling some campaign literature out of a briefcase, Markowitz says she’s focused on “fair wages” for educators, access to “high-quality, affordable health care” and flood mitigation and relief. Gates, who has served as the Texas House Dist. 28 incumbent since winning the primary vote in February, is better known in the county. He is the owner of a successful real estate investment company and a seven-time candidate for political office. One cautionary sign about Markowitz’s candidacy: No one at the al fresco Starbucks, at a welltravelled corner, seemed to recognize her. But she knows her ethnically diverse district. While she has made no special outreach to the area’s small number of Jewish voters, she has issued literature in Spanish and Mandarin. n steve@jewishweek.org.

Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver arriving at the courthouse in New York in 2015. JTA

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judge sentenced former New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver to seven years in prison for federal corruption charges. The sentence Monday came after a verdict in May in a second trial in two years for Silver. An appellate court overturned his 2016 verdict because of faulty jury instructions. S i l v e r, 7 4 , w h o w a s prominent in Orthodox JewNew York ish circles on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, was convicted in a scheme involving Dr. Robert Taub, an acquaintance who agreed to refer patients to Silver’s law firm. The deal netted Silver over $3 million in referral fees and injury claims. In return, he gave Taub $500,000 in taxpayer funds for research projects, according to prosecutors. Another scheme involved charges that Silver received $700,000 in referral fees from a real estate firm seen as illegal kickbacks by prosecutors. Silver’s lawyers had asked Federal District Court Judge Valerie E. Caproni to allow him to serve a term of home confinement, citing possible dangers related to the Covid-19 if he were to be sent to prison. The judge denied the request. Silver expressed contrition at this week’s court date, according to The New York Times, telling the court that he had done much good in his time as a lawmaker. “I thought I was pretty good at it, and I think I helped a lot of people,” the paper quoted him as saying. “But I destroyed that legacy.” n

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nearly 30 years that the U.S. Department of Justice has sued the village for essentially the same thing. Audrey Strauss, acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, said her office has received permission from the Justice Department in Washington to sue the village for implementing zoning laws that impose substantial “burdens, discriminates against, and unreasonably limits the practice of religion by the village’s Orthodox Jewish community.” In a letter this week to the village’s attorneys, the law firm of Sokoloff Stern in Carle Place, L.I., she said she would delay filing the complaint if the village is willing to negotiate a consent decree that would resolve the matter. Strauss gave the village two weeks to send a response “outlining in substantive terms that the village is willing to negotiate a resolution.” She said failing such a commitment, the government would file suit no later than Sept. 15. “As you are aware, the United States has sued Airmont on a number of occasions since its incorporation in 1991, and the village has spent a significant portion of its history subject to judicial oversight as a result of its repeated practices of discrimination against Orthodox Jewish residents,” Strauss wrote. The village entered into a consent decree in 2011, but since the decree expired a few years ago the Justice Department has again launched an investigation into allegations that the village has been “engaging in discrimination by, among other things, preventing the operation of home synagogues and a religious school.” Individual lawsuits against the village have been brought by the Central United Talmudic Academy — accusing the village of discrimination by impeding its expansion of its yeshiva — Congregation of Ridnik and several rabbis. They claim the village is hostile towards religious Jews in trying to prevent them from praying and holding services in their homes. In addition, the suit claims the village threatens religious freedom by issuing building and zoning violations with daily fines of up to $1,000 and threats of jail. The village has filed a motion to dismiss the latter suit. Brian Sokoloff of Carle Place, L.I., an attorney for the Village of Airmont, declined to comment on the threat-

The Congregation of Echo Ridge (Bais Hamedrash Radashitz) in Airmont. The shul’s rabbi says the village has denied permission for it to use a vacant lot next door as a parking lot. JTA ened Justice Department lawsuit. sessment purposes.” “Village policy is that it doesn’t He acknowledged that houses of comment on pending or threatened liti- worship “generally are impatient gation,” he told The Jewish Week. “And because their finances are such that it doesn’t negotiate in the media.” they can’t wait for years while the Yossi Gestetner, co-founder of zoning process is going on. What the Orthodox Jewish Public Affairs you are seeing in Airmont is misuse Council, said village board members of the zoning laws to freeze demoghave said publicly that their goal in raphy and prevent any change in imposing restrictions on development the religious makeup of the comis “to stop Orthomunity.” dox Jews from utiGestetner noted lizing existing law that according that the village was to the 2010 U.S. forced to agree to Census, there are An attorney for in 2011. 8,500 residents of “Those stateAirmont. There are ments compound about 700 Jewish Airmont said, the chutzpah,” he families, he said. said. Another suit “Village policy Gestetner said against the village that although the has been filed by village entered into Congregation of is that it doesn’t that consent decree, Echo Ridge. Rabbi the village voted in Eliezer Halberstam 2016 to impose a said the congreganegotiate in the moratorium on all tion bought the development pendland next to the media.” ing a review and synagogue but the possible changes village has denied to the consent depermission for it to cree. The village use the property as Planning Board a parking lot. had noted that there were an “everWhen congregants parked there increasing number of applications for anyway, the village issued parking yeshivas, home houses of worship tickets. It wanted the congregation to and other projects.” pay a $1.2 million fine but settled for Stern pointed out that although $100, and “we still don’t have a legal the New York Court of Appeals has parking permit,” Rabbi Halberstam held that such moratoriums are per- said. mitted “for a reasonable period of “The main thing is the way the time. Four years goes beyond any- code is written and the process,” thing reasonable. It smacks of dig- he said. “It could take a year or two ging in your heels to prevent change years. Each time we come back they rather than a moratorium for reas- say we need a different piece of paper.

This is intentional. It is dysfunctional by design.” It is not the first time a community has sought to block projects that would attract Orthodox Jews. In Toms River, N.J., the Chabad Jewish Center sued the township when it refused to permit the holding of religious gatherings at the Chabad’s Church Road location. A judge in 2018 sided with Chabad and ordered the township to pay $122,500 for Chabad’s legal fees. “Again zoning laws were used to obstruct demographic development,” Stern said. In the upstate village of Bloomingburg several years ago, the village board opposed a 396-unit development that would attract primarily chasidic Jews. The developer, Shalom Lamm, illegally rigged the village election to fill board seats with those who were amenable to his project. He and his business partner, Kenneth Nakdimen, were arrested by federal authorities and both pleaded guilty to conspiracy to corrupt the electoral process. “Stalling tactics by the community led to their illegal but understandable counter measures,” said Stern. “I am not condoning illegal activity. Their project was going to change the nature of the community, which was not going to allow this group in and [the village] used the zoning laws to keep them out.” Regarding the Airmont case, Stern said the AJC has been involved in helping the Orthodox community. “The misuse of zoning codes is rampant in the area and if that is so, it is an abuse the federal government is correctly seeking to change,” he said. n

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that his first courses at college would all be offered virtually. He would miss “a lot of the things” to which he had looked forward as part of a typical collegiate experience, like “interacting with your peers” in class. Many of his friends have signed up for the Year Course, which combines learning with volunteer work and an internship, he said. Lampert and his friends are not alone. Similar programs in Israel are seeing what appears to be an unprecedented spike in applications this year. For the upcoming year there is a 140 percent increase in demand for longterm programs in Israel, with a total of 7,800 registrants, according to Masa Israel Journey, the central address for Israel programs. The highest demand so far has been for gap-year and internship programs, according to Ofer Gutman, the group’s acting CEO. He said that it’s no coincidence that this is happening “as job markets tighten and universities remain closed for in-person classes around the world.” Last week Rutgers and Princeton universities joined other institutions of higher learning in announcing remote learning and reduced student capacity on campus for the fall term. For many students, a gap year in Israel is more desirable than attending college stripped of in-person classes and a vibrant dormitory and social scene. Programs of all sizes, from Year Course to Yahel Social Change Fellowship, a service and learning program for older students and recent graduates, are seeing a significant jump in applications since the outbreak of Covid-19. Young Judaea’s Year Course has seen a 120 percent increase in registration over last year, according to Dafna Laskin, director of engagement. Since March, the program has picked up 70 new participants who opted to defer their college enrollments. By comparison, the period between March and July usually brings in about 10-15 new applicants. “It’s a transformative number for us,” Laskin said of the outsized number of applications. Yahel, a nine-month-long program for 20 individuals between 22-28, places students in Lod and Rishon Lezion, where they volunteer for NGOs, schools, or grassroots organizations. In an average year, by the end of June, the 10-year-old pro-

Noa Niv of Livingston, N.J., center, participated in a recent Aardvark Israel program. P HOTO COU RTESY A AR DVAR K I SR AEL

gram has about 35 applicants with 16 confirmed participants, and as more applications trickle in, administrators take the summer to fill the program. This year they had received 45 applications by the end of June, according to executive director Dana Talmi; by the start of July the program was full, with eight people on the waiting list. Now they have stopped accepting new applications, and Yahel is trying to secure more funding to grow the program and enable a total of 30-35 people to participate. Some of the applicants are graduate students who don’t want to spend “tens of thousands of dollars to sit in front of a computer” next year, Talmi said. Others moved to a city for a job that got cancelled and are opting instead for the time in Israel. Fellows come from around the world, including the U.S., United Kingdom, Argentina, Holland and Estonia. Aardvark Israel, a gap-year program that started in 2010, has also seen a significant increase in interest. Last year, Aardvark started the fall semester with about 90-100 students, according to Aardvark education director Moshe Levi. “We are looking at close to 130 to 140 this semester,” he said. A U.S.-based gap-year program is also experiencing an uptick in applicants. Tivnu: Building Justice, a Portland, Ore.-based program that explores connections between social justice and Judaism, started in 2013. It usually has eight-10 participants but will likely expand to 20-25 this year due to the large number of applicants, according to executive director Steve Eisenbach-Budner.

What’s the Rush?

onah Heimowitz had college plans until the pandemic upended them. A motivated high school student at Golda Och Academy in West Orange, N.J., he studied hard, aced his ACT exam, and was looking forward to starting the University of Michi-

gan’s Ross School of Business this fall. Now he’s tossing his syllabi and attending Young Judaea’s Year Course in Israel, a nine-month program in which high school graduates take classes, volunteer and tour the country. “I had time to sit and think a lot” during the pandemic, he said in a phone interview from his home in South Orange, N.J. “It made me realize that maybe I didn’t need my life to be in such a rush.” “With everything going on, I couldn’t see myself in a college environment,” said Hannah Brownstein, who lives in South Orange and is a graduate of Columbia High School in Maplewood. She said that instead of attending the Michigan’s Ross School of Business this year, she plans to join her friend Jonah in Year Course. Hannah said she made the decision about a month ago. “Even if we’re on campus, we won’t get the full experience,” she said, citing the loss of Big 10 football games. The University of Michigan has announced a blend of in-person and remote learning for the fall, and the residence halls will be open with public health guidelines in place. Brownstein, who speaks Hebrew fluently and has family in Israel, knew her parents wouldn’t consider any other gap-year program. Pointing to its size and history, she said, “It’s the one that will most likely continue running if everything goes south.” She said she’s undaunted by the possibility of facing a mandatory quarantine when she arrives in the country. “This was not the plan. I won’t lie,” she said. “But now that I’ve made the decision, I’m super excited.” (A spokeswoman for the Year Course said that, given the recent spike in coronavirus in Israel, the group is closely following guidelines from the Health Ministry and that “we may even go above and beyond the requirements.) Despite the record number of applications, due to budget constraints Masa Israel is unable to offer grants or schol-

arships to students under 22 who are studying in yeshivas or seminaries. Normally, Masa provides $500 in universal grants for eligible 18- to 20-yearolds on long-term programs, plus another $1,500 in needs-based grants. For eligible 21- to 30-year olds, it used to provide a universal grant of $3,000 plus $1,500 in needs-based grants. The dollar amounts would vary depending on the length of the program. While Israel is not immune to shutdowns related to the pandemic, gap-year programs learned to be resilient from their experiences this winter and spring, and those that remained open scrambled to adjust schedules and expectations. “I won’t tell you that it was easy, because it was not,” said Talmi of Yahel. “But we’ve handled this now and we’ve learned a lot.” She added, “We’ve seen that there is a lot that can be done and that our fellows can do, even in complete lockdown … even if [the fellows] can’t go out to the community center, or they can’t go out to school.” A gap year in Israel was the obvious choice for Lampert, who had visited the country a few times. “I love Israel.” One of his sisters had already taken part in the Young Judaea program. “She said it was the time of her life.” Young Judaea, which has a historic relationship with Hadassah and is not affiliated with any denomination of Judaism, “seemed like a logical choice,” Lampert said. “It wasn’t too religious. It wasn’t forcing one view [of religious practice] on you.” And Jonah appears unconcerned about the possibility that Year Course programming will be grounded by the pandemic. “God forbid, I have to stay on the beach in Tel Aviv for the whole year,” he said. ■ Johanna R. Ginsberg is a staff writer at New Jersey Jewish News, where a version of this article first appeared. Steve Lipman is a staff writer.

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The Right Question, the Wrong Answer

eter Beinart is neither a politician nor a “Jewish leader,” a title usually reserved for major philanthropists and lay and professional heads of Jewish organizations. People pay attention to — and often revile — the journalist and college professor because he reliably articulates liberal Zionist attitudes on Israel. He is an unofficial spokesman for Jews who describe themselves as pro-Israel, who support the two-state solution to the Palestinian conflict and who tend to disapprove of many of the policies of Israel’s current right-wing government. That category represents the majority of American Jews, according to many surveys, including a recent one by the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. The JCPA noted, with a hint of disbelief, that most liberal JewishAmericans would vote for a sometimes harsh critic of Israel like Sen. Bernie Sanders while still considering themselves “pro-Israel.” The JCPA also found among the Jewish majority a “preference for ‘pro-Israel’ candidates in local elections, but not at the expense of other issues.” Asked if they support the annexation of territories held by Israel, 40 percent of American Jews opposed it outright, while only about 12 percent support it. (The remainder either did not know enough about the issue or agreed only the Israeli government has the right to make a decision in this matter.) Beinart tapped into this vein of discontent in two recent pieces, one in Jewish Currents magazine, the other in The New York Times. He wrote that dimming prospects for a two-state solution have led him to support a binational solution: that

is, a single state or confederation that includes Israel, the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem, and that extends equality to all the Jews and Arabs therein. Because annexation would leave millions of disenfranchised Palestinians under Israeli control, he writes, “It’s time to imagine a Jewish home that is not a Jewish state.” As a spokesman for the Jewish left, Beinart is, in this viewpoint, hardly representative of his putative followers; few American Jews support one state, especially in its left-wing manifestation. B e i n a r t ’s p r e scription alarmed Jews on the left and the right, as it should: He is endorsing nothing less than the end of the Zionist dream of Jewish sovereignty in the Jews’ historical homeland. His formula threatens Jewish lives and the Jews’ hardwon right to self-determination But if his solution is fantastical, Beinart’s frustration is real and representative. American Jews who oppose annexation are wondering how Israel can remain Jewish and democratic if it doesn’t extend full rights to the Palestinians, or if it doesn’t negotiate for a Palestinian state whose residents also have autonomy and self-determination. Beinart’s is an immodest proposal, presumptuous in its aims and dangerous in its prescriptions. But sometimes immodest proposals have a way of focusing a conversation. Nearly three decades after Oslo, a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is still far away, while the basic dilemmas remain unchanged. Beinart is asking the right questions, even if he proposes a disastrous answer.

Peter Beinart’s

immodest, and dangerous, proposal.

LETTERS Don’t Give a Pass To Anti-Zionists

I agreed and disagreed with Andrew Silow-Carroll’s recent column about Black Lives Matter (“Why Black Lives Matter — to Jews,” July 17) — mainly the comparison of BLM to “Free Soviet Jewry.” I may be mistaken, but I do not believe there was ever an actual organization that bore the name “Free Soviet Jewry.” One of the problems is that there is an actual organization called “Black Lives Matter,” which you refer to, and that organization does have anti-Jewish and anti-Israel planks in their platform, planks which to the best of my knowledge have not been removed. The challenge for those of us who support and believe in the cause is to make the distinction between the concept and the organization. We should not give anti-Jewish and anti-Zionist comments a pass. Rabbi Stuart Weinblatt Congregation B’nai Tzedek Potomac, Md.

Jews Must Confront Our White Privilege

I respect and support the strong statement made by Rabbi Sid Schwartz regarding fighting racial injustice (“We Must Take Responsibility for the Endurance of Racism,” July 17). At age 73, I’ve listened to too many decades of Jewish selfcongratulation about our community’s activism — more honestly, the activism of some members of our community — during the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s. It’s 2020 today, not 1963. As Rabbi Schwartz has rightly suggested, Jews and many others need to confront our white privilege and our complicity in structural racism. He says: “We have averted our eyes to the suffering of Black Americans for decades.” He’s right. And I’ll add this: Black Lives Matter. Bob Lamm Manhattan The writer is an instructor at New York University.

Reconsidering Grant’s Stature

Regarding the June 26 Editorial (“What We Should Do About Those Statues”) and David Wayne’s July 3 letter (“Does Grant Deserve His Place of Honor?”): Historians like Ron Chernow note at least two stains on the heroic life of President Ulysses S. Grant

— his alcohol abuse and his “General Order No. 11,” which ordered the expulsion of Jews from several Southern states. Despite these selfregretted faults, as a Union Army General he helped defeat the treasonous confederation of states that seceded from the constitutional government of the U.S. in 1861 and, as president, tried to restore Abraham Lincoln’s plans for the Reconstruction of the South after Andrew Johnson’s feckless attempts to undermine them. His unfortunate order to expel the Jews from the Mississippi theater was related to his disdain of war profiteering on Southern cotton. Grant saw these deals as soaked in his soldiers’ blood. Grant repented for this act many times in his life, especially during his presidency. His grand funeral in 1885 included Rabbi E.B.M. Browne as honorary pallbearer. The Jewish Record (Philadelphia) observed, “[I] n every Jewish synagogue and temple in the land the sad event will be solemnly commemorated with fitting eulogy and prayer.” There were also many contingents of black veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic in the procession. Grant’s statue, and stature, should not be confused with those of racist, Confederate traitors to the Union. If we cannot forgive the peccadillos of our heroes, how can we, at Yom Kippur, ask Hashem to forgive ours? Robert S. April Manhattan

Going All-Digital Is A Terrible Decision

Re: “A New Direction for The Jewish Week,” July 10, about your decision to go all-digital: This is a terrible decision regardless of its modernity. We look forward to the paper each week. We do not need another reason to go onto the computer. We will miss the printed version and probably not read the online version. Whether we will keep up our subscriptions is up for question after probably 40 years! You are doing the community a disservice. Ira and Carol Rubin Syosset, L.I.

EDITOR’S COLUMN

A new novel imagines a Jewish village that somehow survived the Holocaust.

hen I worked at the Forward almost 20 years ago, the office manager/cub reporter was Max Gross, a 20-something Seth Rogen-lookalike who had a knack for finding offbeat stories when he wasn’t answering the phone. (Everything I am going to say here is going to sound con-

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descending — but trust me, this takes a turn.) His desk sat outside my office, and I could listen in while he soothed and sparred with the various kvetches and sad sacks who were still telephoning a Jewish newspaper with old but fading Yiddish roots. One of his frequent callers was the widow of the legendary Yiddish novelist and poet Chaim Grade. In a page out of a Cynthia Ozick short story, she would call to complain that the Forward wasn’t giving her late husband the respect he deserved, especially when compared to (feh — his name should be blotted out) the Nobelist Isaac Bashevis Singer. Max was always gentle and patient with Mrs. Grade, much more so than I. I lost touch with Max over the years, although I knew he worked for a commercial real estate publication and wrote a charming memoir/dating how-to book called “From Schlub to Stud: How to Embrace Your Inner Mensch and Conquer the Big City.” So I was blown away when I read Max’s first novel, out soon from HarperVia, called “The Lost

Shtetl.” Relatively late for a first novelist, Max has written a book so accomplished, and pulled off with such authority, that I suspected there was a shelf of Max Gross novels that I had somehow overlooked. “The Lost Shtetl” is a Jewish fantasy in the vein of Michael Chabon’s “The Yiddish Policemen’s Union” and Steve Stern’s Jewish magical realism novels. There are even echoes of Simon Rich’s New Yorker story, “Sell Out,” about a timetravelling Orthodox Jewish immigrant, soon to be a major motion picture starring, yes, Seth Rogen. Set in contemporary Poland, “The Lost Shtetl” imagines the discovery of an isolated village that somehow escaped both the Holocaust and the attention of Polish and Soviet authorities in the decades since the war. When the bastard son of a disgraced townswoman is sent on a mission to the outside world, it sets off a serio-comic “first contact” plot in which the pious Jews of Kreskol learn about helicopters, television and smartphones, and the rest of the world puzzles over the unlikely disappearance and reappearance of this Jewish Brigadoon. The novel is a high-wire act, daring you to take seriously an implausible scenario. Max pulls it off by grounding the fantasy in stark realism: an extended section on integrating the shtetl’s economy with that of the wider world, for example, seems highly researched (and is a lot more fun than it sounds). Sections on the media’s fascination with the lost (or is it last?) shtetl are written with a journalist’s insider knowledge, and the ways in which Polish politicians exploit the discovery and eventually turn on the villagers is all too believable. So too are the relation-

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Isolation is our moment’s essential survival strategy. ships among the residents of Kreskol, who are forced to confront the privations and shocks of a vicious, miraculous century — the Shoah, the birth of Israel, Communism, the Digital Age — all at once. Some are eager to embrace this strange new world, others want to hold it at arm’s length — not unlike their charedi Orthodox kinspeople in Israel and Borough Park, about whom they have no knowledge. Predictably, since this is a Jewish book, Kreskol splits into factions, a split made more tragic by the knowledge that both sides are essentially right. And while the author takes delight and care in solving all the “problems” — social, economic, political — implied in the premise, the novel retains a human, beating heart, grounded in a love story between two young shtetl natives whose encounter with the modern world is

brutal and tragic. Max appears to have learned more than patience from his calls with Chaim Grade’s widow and his time at the Forvertz: The novel’s narrator, a kind of first-person collective, sounds both contemporary and folkloric, as if one of the great Yiddish writers had somehow survived, like Kreskol, to tell its story. Explaining the rich agriculture that allows the town to flourish without outside contact, the narrator shrugs, “In short, if loneliness was to be our lot, we could survive it well enough, thank you very much.” The various strategies for survival — an individual’s and a culture’s — are the great themes of the novel, which is haunted by an unimaginable loss. The only survivor as we under-

stand the word is the aptly named Leonid Spektor, a teacher who can only describe what he experienced on the outside by turning real-life Nazi atrocities into the stuff of ghost stories. “The Lost Shtetl” stands on its own, but, like nearly everything else these days, my experience reading it was eerily informed by the pandemic. Isolation has become our moment’s essential survival strategy; the more we invite contact, the more perilous life seems. Kreskol is both an ideal Jewish community, but an impossible one. There are dangers in opening up to the outside world: language, customs and faith are all imperiled. The book’s sad conclusion suggests the trade-off may not be worth it. If loneliness is to be our lot, we might survive it well enough. n

Your Identity Group Doesn’t Define You David Wolpe

he Rabbis ask —- why is God said to love the righteous? Because their worth is due neither to their heritage nor to their family. Not anyone, they go on to explain, can be a priest in the Temple or a Levite, but anyone, Jewish or not Jewish, can be righteous and therefore loved by God [Num R. 8:2]. This may be the crucial Jewish Musings teaching for our time. The deep premise of identity politics is that your group defines you. While Judaism certainly understands that being a Jew is part of what makes us who we are, it is also true that the quality of goodness stands apart. Goodness is the quality beloved of God. The line between good and evil does not run between countries, peoples or tribes. It runs through every human decision in every human heart. Those who hate could choose love; those who are cruel could be kind; those who are wicked could be righteous. This Jewish teaching finds its echo in the best of America, a country where each person has the right to be judged on his or her own merits. A human being is never a type or a group, but a unique image of 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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Black Anti-Semitism and the Farrakhan Factor The Nation of Islam leader has legitimized hate towards Jews.

ike NBA Hall-ofFamer Charles Barkley, a lot of people are

A Matter of Opinion “disappointed” with the fact that a number of AfricanAmerican celebrities from the world of sports and entertainment have engaged in anti-Semitism recently. Barkley’s comments reflected the frustration felt by many people of goodwill — Jewish and Black — about the way NFL star DeSean Jackson and Nick Cannon, host of “The Masked Singer,” chose to reintroJonathan S. Tobin is editor in chief of JNS.org and a columnist for the New York Post.

duce slurs against Jews into the public square at a moment when the nation was engaged in a debate about racism in the wake of the killing of George Floyd. Much of the discussion about these incidents has focused on two elements. One is the largely tepid response to anti-Semitism from other athletes or celebrities who w ould almos t certainly have reacted more strongly to hate speech directed at African-Americans or Hispanics. The other asks if Jackson and Cannon should be “canceled” — that is, shunned to the point where their livelihoods would be in jeopardy as a punishment for their hateful remarks. Yet lost amid what outrage does exist about these incidents is the question of

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Farrakhan has legitimized hateful attitudes towards Jews. what is motivating such people to not only speak so disparagingly of Jews but to put forward some of the tropes of traditional anti-

Semitism. The same question often went unasked at the end of 2019, when African-American perpetrators attacked Orthodox Jews in the Greater New York area. The usual cant about poverty or the inevitable clashes between very different neighboring communities in places like Brooklyn doesn’t suffice to explain the problem. Instead, we should look at the fact that a major figure in the AfricanAmerican community is one of the nation’s leading hatemongers, and continues to be treated by many as not merely respectable but also as a symbol of racial empowerment. The Nation of Islam’s Louis Farrakhan is a walking, talking absurdity. Farrakhan’s spewing of hatred

at all whites and especially Jews has rendered him the moral equivalent of the white supremacist David Duke. Much of the NOI’s theology is nothing less than crackpot conspiracy theories rooted in hatred of whites and especially Jews. But unlike Duke, who has a miniscule following and is a pariah among mainstream politicians of the right, Farrakhan continues to exist on the margins of respectability largely because of the widespread support he gets from other African-Americans. As Rabbi Abraham Cooper of the Simon Wiesenthal Center noted, after a conversation with Cannon aimed at educating him, while it is possible to educate people who en-

Four Lessons We Can Learn from John Lewis The civil RIGHTS hero understood that the struggle for equality needed to include equality for all.

t. Michaels, Md. — The day is one of my most vivid and treasured memories. I was associate director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, and we were in the middle of our flagship public policy conference. One of my responsibilities was to assign Reform Movement leaders to introduce each of our speakers. The power went right to my head, and I began by assigning myself to introduce John Lewis, the congressman from Georgia who was an icon of the civil

Mark Pelavin, the former director of the Commission on Social Action of Reform Judaism and associate director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, is a writer and consultant living on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. This op-ed was distributed by JTA.

rights movement. Somehow the many higher-ups who reviewed the list either did not see what I had done or were focused elsewhere. And so I had the opportunity, the privilege, the honor, to stand on the stage that day and tell Rep. Lewis, face to face, exactly why he was my hero. That feeling has only deepened in the decades since. Now, with a little more perspective, and in honor of one of the most remarkable, most American, lives ever lived, I want to suggest four key lessons (among hundreds) that we can all learn from John Lewis’ life and work. First, Lewis was never patient. (In fact, in his draft remarks for the 1963 M a r c h o n Wa s h i n g t o n , he wrote, “‘Patience’ is a dirty and nasty word.”) He worked closely with more

Mark Pelavin The civil right hero understood that the struggle for equality needed to include equality for all. established leaders, including Dr. Martin Luther King, but he demanded — and earned — a seat at the

table; he knew that it was critical that the movement always hear the voice of younger leaders. He was 21 when he became one of the original Freedom Riders, 23 when he was the youngest speaker at the March on Washington and 25 when he led the march over the Edmund Pettus Bridge on Bloody Sunday. I think we can all ask ourselves what our institutions would be like if we had 23-year-olds in key decision-making roles. How much talent are we missing out on while we wait for it to develop? Second, Lewis did not quit. As I look at Lewis’ life I wonder how often others (including myself) would have walked away from the battle. Would I have continued after being beaten the way Lewis was? Would have I walked away after the 1964 Civil Rights Act, and

thought I had earned some rest? Would I have given up on public service after losing my first bid for Congress? Would I have retired when political opponents began to dismantle what I had sacrificed so much for? Would the election of the first African-American president have been a signal that the nation had turned a corner? John Lewis never gave up, never stopped working to make this country the place he knew it could be. His voice was powerful to the end. Third, Lewis used his hard-earned moral authority widely. Lewis understood that the struggle for equality needed to include equality for all. He was a strong supporter of LGBT rights, for example, and was always a great friend and ally to the Jewish community. Lewis believed that peace and safety were

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gage in anti-Semitism about the history and the consequences of such behavior, convincing blacks and especiallyto abandon Farrakhan isn’t easy. dered him theFor many in the African-Amerivalent of thecan community, his blood libels macist Davidagainst Jews are not as important of the NOI’sas what they think is his message nothing lessof black empowerment. His defiot conspiracyance of the white establishment is d in hatred ofapplauded in and of its own sake. pecially Jews. And Farrakhan is very much e Duke, whoin tune with the mindset that has cule follow-driven the Black Lives Matter ariah amongmovement, in that he is intent on politicians ofconvincing African-Americans akhan contin-that they are victims. The fact n the marginsthat he believes the cause of their bility largelyplight to be a monstrous white and e widespreadJewish conspiracy — rather than ets from otherthe very real problems they face ricans. — doesn’t undermine a popularity i A b r a h a mthat goes far beyond the mere tens e Simon Wi-of thousands who belong to NOI e n t e r n o t e d ,mosques. ersation with His seeming respectability is d at educatingshocking. The fact that he was given is possible toa place of honor alongside Jesse Jackple who en-son and Al Sharpton (both deeply problematic figures when it comes to anti-Semitism but models of rectitude in comparison to Farrakhan) and former President Bill Clinton at Aretha Franklin’s 2018 televised funeral should have alerted the country to the bizarre hold he has on the imaginations of many African-Americans. And it is equally unsurprising that

Pelavin key elements of Dr. King’s “Beloved Community,” which led him to be a leading opponent of the Iraq war and — as recently as 2016 — to lead a sit-in on the House floor in support of anti-gun violence legislation. He simply refused to take a narrow view of his responsibility. Finally, it’s impossible to talk about John Lewis without talking about his faith. Lewis was a civil rights leader, a legislator, an author and a mentor to many. But he was always a preacher. The day he and I shared the stage, he gave a version of a speech he must have given thousands of times — about growing up in a two-room “shotgun shack” and practicing his preaching with chickens as his audience. It was more than his style or his cadence that marked Lewis

when important figures in the black community do speak up against him — as basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar did last week — they are denounced for siding with the Jews against their own. The same is true for many African-American politicians who otherwise consider themselves allies of the Jewish community but refuse to confront Farrakhan out of fear that doing so will cause them to be accused of being manipulated by whites. You don’t have to dig too deep under the surface of any of the recent anti-Semitic instances to find Farrakhan’s influence. Farrakhan’s influence within the African-American community has helped legitimize hateful attitudes towards Jews. Nor is there enough attention paid to the way Farrakhan’s hate dovetails with intersectional smears of Israel and Jews that are promoted by many on the left. The problem shouldn’t be shunted aside out of a misguided desire to keep the focus solely on police brutality or claims of institutionalized racism. It’s up to black religious leaders and politicians to unequivocally condemn the Nation of Islam leader. So long as Farrakhan is treated as a defensible figure whose allegedly positive messages outbalance his hate speech, it won’t be possible to truly address questions about antiSemitism among African-Americans. n as a preacher — he preached, he taught, with his entire life. Perhaps there is someone in our lifetimes who better met our challenge, set out in the Torah, to “do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with God” than John Lewis, but I have no idea who it would be. Each of us finds strength in different places, but for Lewis that place was in his church and in his faith. That, I’m confident, is no small part of what gave him the confidence and conviction he needed to help us usher in a better time. And how we will miss his leadership. I hope and pray there is a remarkable 23-year-old out there today, ready to step forward, and that we will have the wisdom to listen. Or even teenagers preaching to chickens, or perhaps, delivering their b’nai mitzvah talks by Zoom, and getting ready for lives of service. n

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THE ARTS Leaving the Big Skies and Bayous Behind

A memoir about growing up Jewish in Texas. Sandee Brawarsky Culture Editors

avid Biespiel had me from the first sentence, “I never told anyone this, but for a time I thought I would be a rabbi when I grew up.” And then: “Not what you’d think of when you imagine the mystique of a deep-down Texas childhood, with the cattle and pump jacks BOOKMARKS and muggy vastness, pine pollen and red dirt, farm-to-market roads stitching together lonesome towns that get hotter after the sun sets, evangelical radio, Friday night

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SANDCATCHERS Featuring original music by Tzadik recording artist Yoshie Fruchter that is inspired both by maqam and the Appalachian Trail, Sandcatchers blends the sound of the oud, which has a deep history in the Middle East and tradition spanning centuries, with the lap steel, a much younger entity. A live online concert by the band features Yoshie Fruchter (oud), Myk Freedman (lap steel), Michael Bates (bass) and Tim Keiper (drums/percussion). — Sat-

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‘SELF CARE’: LEIGH STEIN “Highbrow, brilliant,” says New York magazine. “‘Self Care’ proves Leigh Stein’s status as a great ‘demolition expert’ (Kenneth Tynan’s term for Bernard Shaw) of the influencer era,” says The New Republic. A Vulture Best Book of Summer 2020, the new novel is about Maren Gelb’s companyimposed digital detox. She

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written about growing up in Texas. If that experience wasn’t part of the answer to the question of how he became a writer, he began to wonder what question he’d have to ask for it to be the answer. So he started thinking about home and its significance,

not “Why did he leave?” but “Why did he never go back?” “I have been navigating this material for a long time,” he says. Biespiel grew up in a traditional Jewish family, descended from immigrants from Ukraine via Ellis Island to Iowa, then Tulsa and Houston. He writes, “Chanting Hebrew prayers inside the magnetism of Texas lore was my open range of obligation, my 254 counties of faith … Dots and dashes slashing across the siddur were my hominy and grits, my leaves of trees budding in February, my hot bowls of chili, my Davy Crockett at the Alamo. The silky ink of Genesis and Exodus stained the flat drawl in my mouth, more gentility than twang, so that I felt paltry and sensuous the verses cutting into the violent weather of my imagination with their multitudes — curved tropes skittering across the pages like a two-step, a deliberate me-

ARTS GUIDE tweeted something terrible about the president’s daughter, and as the COO of Richual, “the most inclusive online community platform for women to cultivate the practice of selfcare and change the world by changing ourselves,” it’s a PR nightmare. Stein appears in an online conversation with Jess Barron. — Thursday, July 23, 7 p.m., McNally Jackson Independent Booksellers, mcnallyjackson.com. Free.

INON BARTANON, PIANO: ‘TIME TRAVELER SUITE’ 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’ll 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.,

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ADVOCATE Attorney Lea Tsemel is a champion in Israeli human rights circles for her longtime defense of Palestinians. But

Israeli civil rights lawyer Lea Tsempel is the subject of the documentary, “Advocate.” It airs on PBS’ documentary series POV next week. POV.ORG she is seen by some as “the devil’s advocate.” Filmmakers Rachel Leah Jones and Phillippe Bellaiche document her trials in “Advocate,” which was shortlisted for an Oscar in the Best Documentary Feature category. — The film airs as part of PBS’ POV series, Monday, July 27, 10 p.m., Thirteen/WNET, pov.org.

lution. The campers-turnedactivists shaped the future of the disability-rights movement and changed accessibility legislation for everyone. Join a virtual, live-captioned Q&A with filmmakers. — Monday, July 27, 8:30 p.m., Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan, jccmanhattan.org. Free. Watch the film on Netflix, netflix.com.

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Actor David Cross (“Arrested Development”) tries his hand at live stand-up comedy during a pandemic. We’re just hoping he does his bit about the binary nature of the word “Jew.” Enjoy socially distanced comedy in Parklife’s 4,000-square-foot

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RABBI RICK JACOBS: PRISON, POLITICS AND THE JEWISH PEOPLE A month before the release of his new book, “Never Alone,” reflections on the journey he’s traveled from Soviet Gulags to the rough-and-tumble of Israeli politics and then to the leadership of the Jewish Agency, Natan Sharansky will join us for a conversation moderated by Rabbi Rick Jacobs, president of the Union for Reform Judaism. — Monday, August 3, 5 p.m., Virtual Streicker, emanuelnyc.org. Free.

HAMPTONS TRUNK SHOW For more than a dozen years, UJA-

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anny Siegel, sometimes known as The Pied Piper of Tzedakah or The Mitzvah Heroes Man, whose onetime decision to collect and distribute charitable funds for Israel turned into a three-decade, multi-million-dollar effort to seek out and help individuals and groups committed to personalized acts of kindness, is calling it quits. Sort of. A letter a few weeks ago announcing the closing of Siegel’s Ziv Tzedakah Fund Danny Siegel: Victim was met with exof his own success? pressions of shock and dismay by many who have known Siegel, now 63, and been inspired by his tireless travels, lectures and writings to promote the concept — and fulfillment — of tzedakah for so many years. Through his 29 books and dozens of annual talks to synagogues, schools and youth groups, he virtually single-handedly promoted the concept of bar and bat mitzvah youngsters donating funds to the needy from gifts received, now an accepted part of Continued on page 7

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Jews Poised To Play Key Role In Primaries As campaigns scramble to reach Jewish voters, Florida Jews could make or break Giuliani, observers say. James D. Besser Washington Correspondent

ferent climate, with the front-loaded primaries. “The Jewish community is very imporn the eve of the first-in-the-nation tant in states that have been put on center Iowa caucuses this week, strategists stage,” said Giuliani supporter, who asked in both major political parties now not to be named because he was not authobelieve Jewish votrized to speak. ers could play a critiThat goes for the cal role in wide-open Democratic primanomination battles ries, as well, although Benazir Bhutto, right, with Israeli Ambasthis year — and posthe political dynamics sador to the UN Dan Gillerman and his wife, sibly in a November of the much bigger Janice, at recent dinner here. I SR AELI U N M I SSION general election that Jewish vote on that some experts say side of the political Larry Cohler-Esses could be another divide are very difEditor At Large squeaker. ferent. “Usually the Jews Pakistan’s prime minister in the midIn addition to the Former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani 1990s, Benazir Bhutto sponsored the ish vote isn’t someIowa caucuses on may have the most to gain from a strong Jewfundamentalist Taliban insurgency in thing Republican Thursday and the ish tally. GET T Y I MAGES neighboring Afghanistan — thereby bring- candidates compete Jan. 8 New Hamping to power the force that would shelter for in the primaries,” shire primary, the said a key Jewish supporter of former New front-loaded primary schedule includes the and defend Osama bin Laden. Bhutto also unstintingly backed Paki- York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, one of the controversial Jan. 29 vote in Florida and the stan’s covert nuclear weapons program as a candidates with the most to gain from a “Super Tuesday” marathon on Feb. 5, with Continued on page 32 strong Jewish tally. “But this is a very difContinued on page 24

The Power Of A Hyphen Major PBS documentary probes identity in U.S.: Jewish-American or American Jew? Steve Lipman Staff Writer

he 2000-Year-Old Man tells a 350-year-old story — about Jews in the United States. The now-classic comedy routine of Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner, a new PBS documentary suggests, delivers a serious moral message about Jewish identity, about Jewish self-confidence, and about how the act itself became a part of popular American culture. In “The Jewish Americans,” a three-part series spanning six hours that begins Wednesday on PBS, Reiner tells how he and Brooks, writers on Sid Caesar’s “Your Show of Shows” in the

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inancial advisers agree that we should diversify our investments. “Spread the money Between around,” we’re The Lines told, “don’t put all your eggs in one basket.” Yet when it comes to investing in the Jewish future, our largest sources of wealth are doing the opposite of what they preach. Philanthropists, foundations and federations are so focused on engaging young Jews, fearful that we’ll lose

them in terms of Jewish affiliation, marriage and identity, that it is rare to find support for any project geared toward reaching Jews over 40. Several years ago a Jewish Funders Network study asked nearly 200 funders and foundations to describe the primary target of their giving. Of the 21 categories listed on the survey, only one — social services for the elderly — referred to a specific age cohort older than young adults. Isn’t it possible that in our zeal to attract one significant group, we’re making a mistake Continued on page 7

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hen his baby was born, some friends came by with Noah’s ark decora- The Edge tions — animals of Town

two-by-two, nice man with fluffy beard, a rounded boat, not too big, seemingly as jolly as Yellow Submarine. And the father, Rabbi Geoffrey Dennis, said thanks, but “I’m thinking, this is a horrible, horrible story!” An apocalyptic deluge killing everything but the fish and eight people; rampant sexual exploitation; widespread robbery; the descent of Nefillim (fallen angels, wild giants); distortions of nature; strange animals behaving

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Effect of Taylor Force Act, PA-Hamas deal hard to gauge, but some optimism seen.

n March, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met with President Donald Trump’s special peace envoy and proclaimed that “a historic peace deal is possible.” Now the Gary Rosenblatt iconic Prisoner of Zion who initiated T r u m p a d the rally and worked tireless to galva- ministration Editor and Publisher More GA coverage: nize the comis reportedly os Angeles — If it had been up to Can Israel-diaspora munity, more planning to unthe leaders of the American Jewish gap be bridged? than 250,000 veil a blueprint people gath establishment, the largest demon demon- Page 41 gath- that it hopes ered on Wash- will provide stration for a Jewish cause in U.S. history ington, D.C.’s National Mall on a the framework would never have happened. But thanks in large part to the vision, bright, frigid Sunday afternoon, Dec. f o r a l o n g elusive IsraeliBetween passion and sheer drive 6, 1987, and made history. Continued on page 7 P a l e s t i n i a n The Lines of Natan Sharansky, the Pick-and peace agreeJudaism -Choose ment. It is being crafted by A Rousi Gets ng Novel Off the administraDefense Trump administration ers a Double tion’s special special Mideast peace Takenvoy, e on Holocpeace Survey shows majority of Jews think Arabs austGreen- envoy Jason Greenblatt PAGE 15 Memory Jason helping to craft blue blueare treated fairly, but most Arabs feel left behind. blatt, and the print for peace. p r e s i d e n t ’s G E T T Y I M A G E S son-in-law and Michele Chabin leading universities, serve asPA doctors GE and 18 nurses at most Israeli hospitals and shop senior adviser, Contributing Editor in the same shopping districts as their Jared Kushner. Media reports say it might be announced next March, although President erusalem — It’s a tale of two coun- Jewish counterparts do. tries, and a test of one democracy. Yet a major new survey by the Israel Donald Trump has reportedly yet to see it. Israel’s Arab citizens have never Democracy Institute reveals that physical But Congress is expected to add a wrinwrin MANHA TTAN • $1.00 been more physically integrated into integration, when it exists, does not mean kle to the mix by adopting legislation that 20 percent of would freeze U.S. aid to the Palestinian mainstream society than they are today. that Arabs, JULwho Y 10,comprise 2020 • 18 TAMUZ included, ac- Authority (PA) until it stops using Ameri Many study and teach at the country’s the Israeli population, feel Ameri-

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he new CEO of the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty says he is placing less emphasis on building cozy relationships with politicians, and more on running efficient programs, as he works to right the ship at the scandal-plagued agency. In his first interview since taking the helm last summer, David Frankel told The Jewish Week he knows from his experience in government that doing programs well is the best way to gain support from the city and state. “I’m not naïve enough to think relationships aren’t important,” said Frankel, who was the New York City finance commissioner when he took David Frankel: “A crisis is a the Met Council job. “How- terrible thing to waste.” ever I just came from government, so I know that it is much more focused on quality and efficiency of the services that you deliver than whose name is on the [office] door.” “If we see that 10 people can be fed for a thousand dollars a year, I want to know why we’re not feeding 12 people,” he said. “We want to provide all our Continued on page 20

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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 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 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 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

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 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 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 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 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

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 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 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

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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

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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

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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

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tylerantiquesny@aol.com 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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

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28 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 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 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 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

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 TC AUTO SALES 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, 700 Waverly Avenue, Mamaroneck, NY 10543. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. JW 6/26 7/3,10,17,24,31 THE JEWELRY SOURCE 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, c/o Manvi Golcha, 130 Sampson Avenue, Albertson, NY 11507. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. JW 6/26 7/3,10,17,24,31 UNIFIED FRONT MINISTRIES LLC Art. Of Org. Filed Sec. of State of NY 2/26/20. Off. Loc. : Bronx Co. United States Corporation Agents, Inc. designated as agent upon whom process may be served & shall mail proc.: 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. JW 6/26 7/3,10,17,24,31 VETERAN’S ESSENTIAL TRANSPORTATION SERVICES LLC Art. Of Org. Filed Sec. of State of NY 4/29/20. Off. Loc. : Bronx Co. United States Corporation Agents, Inc. designated as agent upon whom process may be served & shall mail proc.: 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. JW 6/26 7/3,10,17,24,31 VILLADOM 2020 GROUP 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 7/13,10,17,24 W Mazal LLC. Articles of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/19/20. 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 Richard Nassimi, 50 West 47th Street, 16th Fl., New York, NY 10036. Purpose: General. JW 6/19,26 7/3,10,17,24 WATERMAN TRUCKS LLC Art. Of Org. Filed Sec. of State of NY 3/30/20. Off. Loc.: Richmond Co. Darrol Waterman designated as agent upon whom process may be served & shall mail proc.: 399 Harbor Rd., 12B, Staten Island, NY 10303. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. JW 6/19,26 7/3,10,17,24

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Watson Bagels was where I ended many Saturday night dates with the guy I went on to marry, buying the hot bagels at midnight. Any true Weequahican remembers the pure joy of biting into the hard crust and reaching the truly heavenly, fresh interior of those sumptuous bagels. Somehow, we knew young professional woman with lots of to get our fill of Watson when we had the chance because these children and a 12-hour-abagels were too good to be day job. What is it that’s forever. And now they are propelling her to add yet gone — how could they another chore when her leave us so bereft? plate is already so full? True, there are some And then there’s my contemporary bagel stores daughter-in-law. She’s that operate in the Watwarm and elegant, but son mode. Their bagels hanging out in the kitchen are smaller than the size has never been her style; in Rosanne Skopp of a human head, which her career days she flitted around the world in a private jet. Now is good. Watson also taught me that she’s suddenly making bagels. Bagels! bagels are not meant to be enormous I happen to love bagels. No, not sponges — not only must they be firm, those enormous, puffy things that the but many of us toast them to make them supermarket sells, each of which looks even more chewy. like it weighs 10 pounds, nor those in But even the best of these newcomIsrael, which are just rolls with holes. ers do themselves a disservice. They Anything with cinnamon and raisins is sell lox, cream cheese, and any number of non-bagel items. According to Watsimilarly disqualified. I know from bagels. I grew up in son lore, to which I heartily subscribe, Newark’s Weequahic section near real a bagel store should sell bagels and bagels, delicious bagels, bagels that I only bagels. Period. No, not even milk still dream about and yearn for: Watson or tuna salad. Just bagels. After all, baBagels on Clinton Place. How lucky gel making is an art, and how many was I to live on Aldine Street, which painters do you know who hang wallWaze can confirm is just around the paper? If you make bagels, you make bagels, and they’re of modest size with corner from Clinton Place.

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omething about the pandemic has a lot of people baking bread. This is a phenomenon that I haven’t heard Dr. Anthony Fauci discuss, or even the wellFirst Person s c a r v e d D r. Deborah Birx. But I know it’s happening when I see Amazon charging skyhigh prices for simple baker’s yeast, which is nearly impossible to find on supermarket shelves. Through sheer diligence I managed to procure a huge bag — for which I paid an unbelievable amount of money. The question is, why are we all doing so much baking? Partially, of course, it’s because most of us have been homes for months and months, and we want to do something useful, practical, a bit creative, and delicious. Or maybe it’s a deep psychological need of some kind. I really don’t know, but it was clear to me that it was becoming “a thing” when one of my daughters started telling me about her sourdough starter. This is a Rosanne Skopp is a frequent blogger for the Times of Israel. She lives in West Orange, N.J., and Israel.

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a hard crust and an interior that’s firm and tasty. Maybe you put a bit of kosher salt or sesame seeds on them, but you never desecrate your bagels with chocolate chips or cinnamon. This brings me back to my daughterin-law and her bagels. She would have fit right in if she baked for Watson: Her bagels are absolutely perfect. When we visited their family in Connecticut, wearing masks and maintaining our distance outside on their screened porch, we were served by our son with his face and hands covered. He’s not a surgeon but he sure looked like one. He brought out the bagels on a paper plate fresh from the oven, and simultaneously brought me back to Clinton Place. Especially during these troubling days, the home-baked bread was comforting. And yummy! Now I am making my own bagels, and, wow, they are delicious! My freezer is filled with them, and I find myself longing for the company that I pray, in the months to come, will visit our home for Sunday brunch. Admittedly, it’s a somewhat insignificant pursuit. I am, after all, baking dozens of bagels in the middle of a pandemic, not saving the world, or discovering a vaccine. I don’t even know if it’s good for the Jews. But I am enjoying it, and baking enough so as to prepare for better days. Oh, and the house smells fabulous! ■

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continued from page 22 mento and admonition of how human beings behave.” Biespiel knew his great-grandfather, who was born in the town of Cherniosrov near Kiev and came to America alone in 1910 (his wife and children followed 10 years later) and headed to northern Iowa, where he knew someone. He got himself a wagon and began working as a peddler and turned that into a scrap metal business. Biespiel’s grandfather, who had joined the family business, then moved to Tulsa. Biespiel’s parents grew up in Tulsa, where their families knew each other (his father was the lifeguard at the Jewish country club), and they married and settled there. When the writer was 4, his family moved to Houston, where his father then ran a branch of the family business that his mother took over after his parents ended their marriage. He grew up in the section of Houston known as Meyerland (named for Joseph Francis Meyer, a German Protestant, who settled in Houston after the Civil War and bought up thousands of acres of rice farms that were later turned into a 2,000-home subdivision by his son George Meyer). Biespiel writes, “the storied Weequahic section of Newark in Philip Roth’s novels has got nothing on Houston’s Meyerland, which sits on a flood plain along Brays Bayou southwest of downtown bound geographically by two historic synagogues.” The author attended Beth Yeshurun, the oldest Jewish school in Houston, at his family’s Conservative synagogue, and then the local high school (there was no Jewish high school at the time) while continuing his Jewish studies through the synagogue. He grew up with confidence as a Jew and as an American, enmeshed in Jewish social life and tradition, with a stint as president of Esquire, the Jewish junior high school fraternity.

“It hurt to think of leaving home again. It was like being flayed and knowing that, at any moment, with the next flood and the last teardown, word will come that the place is gone. Surely, we all expect to be remembered. Our memories need each other, even if I’m not relegated as the long forgotten past. We need to know we exist in the memory of someone else, just as they do in our own. I like to think a social DNA is in play. We did these things, on these streets, under these skies, all of us, and that exists always, even if unseen.” And yet with so many kaleidoscope images knotted in my head over decades, it’s impossible to know what’s original any more. So I must again invent the story of my life. As everyone does. To hear the whispered messages. To smell the wind, like a familiar stain. To see that I am a man who watches the clouds and longs for the skies. Not everything is possible again. But new possibilities are out there. I have an extreme desire to hold onto this feeling. Texas is my word for it.” He was a precocious, challenging, thoughtful and smart kid whose prowess was noticed, and increasingly, he argued with the rabbi’s certainty. At 17, he had a heated quarrel in class about faith with the rabbi, who threw him out of school. The rabbi never tried to reconcile — nor did he — and that incident, a mix of shame and triumph, prompted his turning away from Judaism and from Texas. He now describes himself as retired from Judaism. “One of the biggest challenges in writing the book” he explains, “was understanding my own emotional leverage toward the material, the people in the story, my own relationship to my own life. In the writing, I had to re-experience those feelings, as though experiencing them for the first time. “I’m trying to re-enact memory as real, not just as remembered. I’m trying to film it and experience it and reflect on it all at once. Not just as metaphor, but as an emotional challenge.” When asked if he lives in memory, he says, “You can’t exist only in memory, but for me it’s always present. Always in that kind of abrupt edge between everyday life and the ever-present past.” “I like remembering the remembering,” he adds.

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When he returns after almost 40 years, with the hope of “unraveling a knot,” he walks the still familiar streets of Meyerland, the ground that remembers him, with the tunes of prayers his soundtrack. He pauses at his childhood home, returns to the synagogue and even runs into the rabbi, now an old man — a scene he would have cut if this were a novel, as it’s so impossible a coincidence. Both were caught off guard. Reconciling was on his mind in those moments, but the rabbi, in his telling, didn’t want to engage. Biespiel tried to portray the rabbi as he saw himself as a younger man, realizing he is now older than the rabbi was then. “Had I written this when I was younger, I would have been ferocious, more hostile, less circumspect, sharper-elbowed. That’s what I mean by emotional leverage. I’ve lived more of life.” And while he never became a rabbi, he has taught literature and writing widely, at colleges and universities around the country. He reflects, “I’ve taught for so long that I know what it’s like to have a precocious student getting the better of you, to lose a handle on it, to get wrapped up in your own ego. That helped me write this. I could put myself in his place in some ways. He wasn’t being malicious. It was just his tempera-

ment. He wasn’t going to give an inch and neither was I. It just blew up. We had been heading toward that cliff. It was very painful. Like when siblings have an irreparable break.” A leader in the Houston Jewish community, who had been his teacher, refers to Biespiel “as the one who got away.” Biespiel came out of his self-imposed retirement from Judaism once, a few years ago, for the b’nai mitzvot of his niece and nephew in Chicago, where he read the Torah, and did so with Texan ease. In conversation, he mentions that “the big storms of late, all the flooding, have made that time in the 1970s dramatized in the book — not only the 1970s, but that time for certain, the time I know — something of a bygone. Meyerland will never be that ‘Jewish’ again. That slice of the 20th century of Jewish experience in Texas is disappearing. Or, gone already.” Biespiel painted the image on the book cover, the vast Texas sky, and says, “I really love that Texas space. The sky is the landscape, always in motion. I miss that a lot.” The award-winning author of 11 books, poetry and non-fiction, Biespiel is the founder of the Attic Institute of Arts and Letters in Portland and poet-in-residence at Oregon State University. “All of my work, in one fashion or another,” he says, “is navigating alongside, parallel, in conversation if not debate with the teachings I was brought up with. Any cursory reading of my body of work of poems over the last 25 years will make it clear that I was still in conversation with these subjects, from over yonder, from the remove. That’s one of the questions the book explores. Even from yonder, you take it with you. That’s what unaffiliated also means. It’s physical, in our blood, not in the dues you pay to an organization. You’re constantly and again in conversation with your own life. If that isn’t the most Jewish thing one can do...” ■

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