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Antisemitic and white supremacist posters hung near Duke campus BY JTA STAFF (JTA) – Antisemitic and white supremacist posters were removed from downtown Durham, North Carolina, near the Duke University campus. City workers removed the posters on April 30, the local Herald Sun newspaper reported. One of the posters showed a silhouetted man pointing a gun at an image of a bearded man with a long nose wearing a kippah, with tentacles wrapped around the earth. The poster reads “Right of revolution. Your ancestors threw off foreign oppression, time for you as well.” Other posters read “Greedy Jews” and “End Zionist Oppression.” The posters said they were sponsored by the neo-Nazi group National Socialist Legion, which according to
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the newspaper broke away from the white supremacist Vanguard America organization. The group’s Twitter account has been suspended. Less than two weeks ago, the Durham City Council approved a resolution directed at Israel barring its police department from taking part in “military-style training” programs abroad. Duke Professor Gavin Yamey reported seeing the antisemitic posters near the East Campus and contacted the campus rabbi and other officials, according to the student newspaper, the Duke Chronicle. “It’s not subtle – it’s violent antisemitic imagery, so I take this obviously very seriously,” Yamey told the student newspaper. He told the Herald Sun: “I was deeply disturbed and, to be honest, frightened. I’m Jewish and these vile antisemitic threats, including the image of a gun pointing to a Jew, really rattled me. ...I lost family to pogroms and in the Holocaust. Seeing incitements to shoot Jews in my hometown is not something I ever imagined.”
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Flavor-maker Frutarom sold in secondlargest “exit” in Israeli history
In the second largest sale, or “exit,” of an Israeli company to date, the American firm International Flavors and Frangrances Inc. is acquiring Israeli flavor and ingredient producer Frutarom in a deal worth approximately $7.1 billion. Only one deal in Israel’s history surpasses the Frutarom exit – the sale of Israel’s Mobileye, makers of vision-based advanced driver-assistance systems, for $15.3 billion in 2017. Frutarom is based in the coastal city of Haifa, and develops and manufactures primarily natural food, flavor, fragrance, pharmaceutical and cosmetic ingredients. It currently employs 2,700 employees around the world and sells more than 70,000 products to 30,000-plus clients in more than 150 countries. The company anticipates topping $1.6 billion in sales in 2018, with that number expected to increase to $2.25 billion by 2020. IFF said it intends to maintain an operating base in Israel, but the headquarters will remain in New York.
IDF hits Gaza military targets in response to flaming kites
The Israeli army struck military targets in Gaza in response to repeat attempted arson attacks across the Gaza-Israel border. Palestinian terrorists have been flying burning kites loaded with fuel into Israel in the attempt to start large brush fires at the start of Israel’s dry summer season. On such kite on May 4 started a fire close to Kibbutz Kissufim. On May 2, dozens of acres of grasslands and agricultural fields were destroyed.
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Gerald H. Levy, 92, died on April 29 in Palm Beach, FL. Born in Syracuse, he graduated from T. Aaron Levy High School and then Syracuse University College of Art and Sciences in 1947. Following college, he entered the United States Army in 1944 and served through the end of World War II. He began his career in the insurance business in 1949 with Shimberg and Gerber, where he became partner. Shimberg and Gerber was acquired by Alexander and Alexander in 1976. He served on the first Board of Directors of the Metropolitan National Bank of Syracuse, which was acquired by the Bank of New York. In 1980, following his retirement, he relocated to San Mateo, CA, to join his son in the acquisition and marketing management of Beepercall, a radio-telephone utility licensed by the FCC and regulated by the state of California. Beepercall was subsequently acquired by PageNet, a nationwide radio paging and cellular telecommunications company in 1981. He served on the board of various civic organizations in Syracuse and was twice named as president of the Syracuse branch of the Jewish Welfare Federation. He also served on the board of the first Coastal Preservation Organization of Palm Beach County. He was predeceased by his wife, the former Jeanne Shimberg. He is survived by his son, M. Jeffrey Levy, of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico; two grandsons; three great-grandchildren; and his 18-year “sweetheart and companion,” Gladys Alpert, of Palm Beach, FL. Burial was in the Temple Concord section of Woodlawn Cemetery. A private memorial service will be held in Palm, Beach, FL. Birnbaum Funeral Service had arrangements. Contributions may be made to the Trustbridge Hospice Foundation, 5300 East Ave., West Palm Beach, FL 33407.
IRA I. MITCHELL
Ira I. Mitchell, 97, of Syracuse, died on April 29 at Menorah Park. He served with the U.S. Army as a 2nd lieutenant in Italy during World War II. After the service, he became a businessman, first in retail furniture sales, then as the owner of the Seneca Shop, a women’s apparel store in Geneva, NY. While in Geneva, he was very involved in the community and served in many committee leadership positions. He enjoyed playing golf at the country club, fishing and boating. Later in life as a senior citizen, he became “quite the ladies’ man” at Menorah Park. He is survived by his wife, Lynn Mitchell; daughter, Francine (Barry) Berg; sons, Alan Mitchell and Andrew (Faye) Mitchell; and two granddaughters. Burial was in the Temple Concord Section of Woodlawn Cemetery. Birnbaum Funeral Service had arrangements. Contributions may be made to Menorah Park, 4101 E. Genesee St., Syracuse, NY 13214 or the Salvation Army, 677 S. Salina St., Syracuse, NY 13202.
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