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“Fake News” – The Victimization of the American Public Continues Trump Speaks to Florida Rally Attendees Without "Media Filter"

By: Fern Sidman

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or much of his campaign for the presidency and in the weeks following his historic inauguration, President Donald Trump has launched a full scale assault on the media. While leveling accusations at journalists in the mainstream media for intentionally disseminating falsehoods about him and his administration in the quest to produce what has been termed “Fake News” Trump has single handedly challenged the veracity of the stories that are churned out by “The Fourth Estate” in ways that are hitherto unknown within presidential politics.

Last Thursday during his 77-minute White House press conference, Trump said that certain reporters and media

outlets were “dishonest” (with a particular focus on CNN, among others).

He lambasted the throngs of media reps for the false insinuations made by them about the leaks pertaining to his administration’s alleged connections to Russia. "The leaks are absolutely real, the news is fake, because so much of the news is fake," President Trump said. The attack on the media appeared to be pre-meditated and came after a torrid few days for the President, amid mounting pressure over what was called spurious allegations over his administration’s ties to Russia.

Stories revolving around former National Security Advisor General Michael Flynn’s “multiple conversations” with Russia’s ambassador to the US, Sergey I. Kislyak, both before and after Trump’s victory and the alleged

charge of discussion of sanctions being lifted as was reported by the New York Times and other outlets contained some misleading representations as well as a litany of untruths according to Trump.

"The leaks are absolutely real, the news is fake, because so much of the news is fake" President Trump Moreover, on the subject of Russia, the mainstream media, in a series of articles and national news broadcasts, have proffered totally baseless claims that the Russians (under Putin’s leadership) somehow manipulated the results of the past presidential election

in Trump’s favor. Without providing a scintilla of concrete evidence to qualify their assertions, they have attempted to convince an unwitting public that the election had been deliberately rigged against Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton.

In early January, BuzzFeed News became the center of a swirling debate over journalistic ethics after its decision to publish a 35-page document carrying explosive, but unverified, allegations about ties between the Russian government and then President-elect Donald Trump. According to the New York Times, the dossier had been prepared by a former British intelligence officer hired by Trump’s political opponents.

It had been circulating among high-ranking politicians and some

journalists since the fall. Intelligence officials recently presented a two-page summary of the allegations to Trump and President Obama. CNN declined to include the specific allegations contained in the dossier — such as collusion between Trump’s team and Russian operatives — saying that its journalists could not independently verify them. But Buzzfeed girded its proverbial loins and went into the lion’s den by posting the document that contained details meant to besmirch Trump’s character and was replete with unverified allegations.

In a February 2nd article that appeared in the “Paper of Record” the blaring headline read “Trumps Harsh

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De Blasio to Expand Garment District to Sunset Park in Bklyn By: Kristina Stukalenko

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ew York City’s mayoral race is just around the corner and few prominent adversaries have stepped up to the plate to challenge Bill De Blasio in a democratic primary. Even in the absence of a potential rival, De Blasio faces many obstacles on his way to re-election. His approval ratings are below 50%, in spite of his political maneuvering to increase them via his public denouncement of president Trump, who is very unpopular among New Yorkers in particular. There is also a federal investigation into his fund raising activities, which could lead

to an indictment against him and his aides before the coming election. Homelessness has also been on the rise during his tenure.

Last Monday the Mayor delivered his State of the City address at the Apollo Theater in Harlem. The De Blasio administration has had its share of successes. The proportion of Black and Hispanic high school students taking the SAT has risen in recent years, suggesting higher enrollment rates for minorities looking to go to college. The city has allocated $1.3 billion to the repair of Housing Authority roofs. It has also illegalized the hidden charges in utility bills, saving New Yorkers 7%, as the Mayor

The Times reports that the fashion industry employs 180,000 people in NYC. De Blasio hopes that his initiatives in Sunset Park will add another 1,500 jobs to that figure

noted in his speech.

If reelected, the Mayor has

promised to devote himself to the construction of a new

center for fashion businesses, expanding the cities garment manufacturing district in Sunset Park. The city has already announced the expenditure of $90 million in order to build a new building at the Fashion institute of Technology.

The Times reports that the fashion industry employs 180,000 people in NYC. De Blasio hopes that his initiatives in Sunset Park will add another 1,500 jobs to that figure. Globalization has driven the garment and manufacturing overseas, but De Blasio’s plan will focus on offering job training and assistance to domestic workers. According to the U.S. Census, the amount of garment and textile work-

ers is at an all-time low and is estimated at 17,000 employees.

To place that figure into proper perspective, 17 years ago, that figure was close to 60,000.

De Blasio also emphasized job creation and improvements in the base line wage for New Yorkers during his speech. Notably, the Mayor emphasized the “a good job to me has to pay at least $50,000 a year.”

The Federal estimates for wages for apparel and textile workers range between $33,000 and $48,000. The city estimates that wages for garment workers run to a mere $16,710.The Mayor has his work cut out for him should he be reelected.

AG Eric Schneiderman Readies Mayoral Hopeful Paul Massey Demands Himself to Resist Trump & His Policies Probe into Opponent’s Legal Bills By: Benyamin Davidson

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ew York’s attorney general, Eric Schneiderman, is poising himself to become a major player in the resistance to President Donald J. Trump and his policies. While targeting the new administration may seem like good politics in NY, where Trump lost by 22 percentage points, there are risks associated with crossing the bellicose billionaire. As per Vosizneias, Schneiderman has already been the target of Mr. Trump’s intimidation techniques and twitter tactics.

In 2013, Trump called Schneiderman a “lightweight” on Twitter, when the attorney general was investigating Trump University. Trump’s followers have reportedly targeted Schneiderman with antisemetic slurs on social media, following the AG’s role in role in organizing legal opposition to Trump’s travel ban. Still, the 62-year-old Democrat says, “I have a responsibility to fight.”

Becoming attorney general in 2010 and formerly a N.Y. state senator, Schneiderman has yet to reach national ac-

In 2013, Trump called Schneiderman a “lightweight” on Twitter, when the attorney general was investigating Trump University.

Trump’s followers have reportedly targeted Schneiderman with anti-Semitic slurs on social media, following the AG’s role in role in organizing legal opposition to Trump’s travel ban.

claim. Trump’s highly unpopular policies in NY may provide him with an opportunity to be a hero. But Schneiderman insists it’s nothing personal. “No matter how rich or powerful you are, if you’re hurting people of the state of New York, we will go after you,” said Schneiderman. “I’m concerned about real harm to real people.” Beyond immigration, Schneiderman’s team of almost 700 attorneys, is preparing to challenge the president on civil rights, women’s

health care, the environment, labor rules and consumer protection.

"Our proposed complaint describes how President Trump's executive order is not only unconstitutional and fundamentally un-American, but also how it does profound harm to our families, our economy, and our educational and health care institutions," Schneiderman said when announcing a lawsuit against Trump's immigration order.

aul Massey is formally demanding Manhattan’s District Attorney and the US attorney to probe Mayor de Blasio’s legal representation and how the mayor intends to pay for their services. On Friday, the Real Estate developer who is challenging de Blasio in the 2017 mayoral bid, sent letters to District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. and US Attorney Preet Bharara. Their offices are already investigating the Democratic Paul Massey, Real Estate Executive, to Run for Mayor of New Mayor over his fund raising York City practices.

As reported by the NY Post, ‘relative lack of scrutiny’. In in his letter Massey requests contrast to a campaign acthe public Attorneys to “deter- count, these funds are not re“No taxpayer dollars mine whether a thing of value, quired to provide disclosures. will be used to fund While the mayor has not an illegal campaign contributhe mayor’s individual commented on tion, or a failure by the mayor publicly compliance with these to pay lawfully rendered bills Massey’s affront, two weeks reviews,” represents a violation of crim- ago Eric Phillips, de Blasio inal law, the New York City spokesman, issued a fact sheet Massey asserts that while Charter, or New York State touching upon how payments will be made. “No taxpayer de Blasio is using the law ethics laws.”

Bill de Blasio’s spokesman dollars will be used to fund the firm Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel to represent him in has said that the mayor plans mayor’s individual compliance the probe, he has not yet paid to set up a legal-defense fund with these reviews,” it read. any of his legal bills. Massey to pay the bills. Government “The mayor’s lawyers will be describes this as “an arrange- regulators have also criticized paid with outside funds from ment no ordinary person or this, because legal defense an account that has yet to be business entity could secure.” funds are infamous for their established or funded.”

Schumer Asks for Federal $$$ to Foot Bill for NYC Security Costs By: Kristina Stukalenko

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S Senator Charles Schumer has recently made a statement with regard to the amount of funds necessary to allocate toward securing Trump Tower in midtown Manhattan. The senator is looking to convince the president that the city itself can use some extra funds to pay for the 200 NYPD officers that are regularly dispatched in order to

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secure the president’s New York City abode. According to the RealDeal, Schumer will ask for as much $183 million per year, as that is the estimated amount that will be necessary per annum to sustain the level of security currently present at the president’s residence.

According to estimates made by the New York City police department, it costs NYC taxpayers $500,000 per day in order to cover the costs. This is especially Arts and Culture Book Review Business and Technology Classified

ironic in light of the strong dissent demonstrated by the residents of the city against Trump, who lost the State in the general elections, receiving a mere 25% of the popular vote. Protests before his inauguration, the woman’s march, demonstrations against the repeal of Obama Care as well as New York City Mayor De Blasio’s threat of suing him over his executive order on immigration has generated a public persona of the president that contrasts

sharply with the long-standing social liberalism that the city has always prided itself on.

It seems almost comical that New Yorkers are footing the bill for a president that by and large does not represent local interests.

The city originally requested $35 million to pay for the NYPD’s overtime wages before his inauguration. Congress only set aside $7 million. An outraged De Blasio, who along with other “sanctuary city” mayors has

alleged that Trump's ban on immigration and his deportation order were unconstitutional, was outraged by the disproportionate amount of weight New Yorkers have to carry in keeping the President safe.

De Blasio tweeted “NYC taxpayers shouldn’t be on the hook for 80% of the national bill to protect Trump Tower. DC must step up to pay us back what we are owed.” the Mayor wrote.

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of his Manhattan office, Senator Chuck Schumer echoed De Blasio’s embittered sentiments “we all know that it is a national of the federal government to protect the President. And that’s as it should be,” Schumer said. “But right now, New York City taxpayers are paying a huge amount of money to protect the President and Trump Tower….this is his responsibility and I hope the President will step up to the plate.”

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Russia’s Long-time UN Ambassador Dies Suddenly in NYC By: Margaret Besheer Russia’s long-time U.N. Ambassador, Vitaly Churkin, died suddenly on Monday in New York, a day before he would have turned 65 years old.

The Russian foreign ministry announced his death in a statement, giving no details on the circumstances. An operator at New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center confirmed he had been received at their emergency room.

Fellow U.N. diplomats immediately took to social media to express their shock and sadness at his sudden passing.

“Absolutely devastated to hear that my friend & colleague Vitaly Churkin has died,” tweeted Britain’s U.N. envoy Matthew Rycroft. “A diplomatic giant & wonderful character. RIP” he added.

“Shocked to learn of the passing of our dear colleague Vitaly Churkin,” Sweden’s U.N. Am-

bassador Olof Skoog wrote. “He will be deeply missed. Deepest condolences to his family.”

The President of the U.N. General Assembly, Peter Thomson, said in a statement that he was "greatly saddened” at the news and that “the Russian Federation and the United Nations have lost a true son and a great international intellect."

Road to Diplomacy Vitaly Ivanovich Churkin was born in Moscow on February 21, 1952. As a young boy he appeared in at least three films – two were about Vladimir Lenin.

He later was a graduate of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations and went on to earn a Ph.D degree in history from the USSR Diplomatic Academy.

Churkin had a distinguished career as a Russian diplomat, joining the foreign ministry in 1974. He was his government’s

Russia's Ambassador to the U.N. Vitaly Churkin addresses a Security Council meeting at the United Nations, Feb. 2, 2017

Special Representative to the talks on Former Yugoslavia in the early 1990s and later served as ambassador to Belgium (1994-1998) and Canada (1998-2003).

eral Kofi Annan and took up his post as U.N. ambassador, which he held until his death. In the more than a decade Churkin was envoy to the world body, he was widely respected by colleagues, even those whose govU.N. Posting ernments had adversarial relaIn 2006, he presented his cre- tionships with Moscow.

In the past six years, his job dentials to then-Secretary-Gen-

grew more difficult as Moscow became more isolated due to its annexation of the Crimea and its support for the regime of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad.

He often clashed in the Security Council chamber with former U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power. At a heated council meeting in December on the situation in the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo, Power called out Moscow for denying and obfuscating facts and aiding and abetting attacks on civilians. Churkin retorted that she sounded like “Mother Theresa” for scolding Moscow and urged her to “remember the track record of your country.” Power expressed her shock at Churkin's passing on Twitter.

Churkin was known as a tough negotiator and a topnotch diplomat. Many expected he would be appointed foreign minister if Sergei Lavrov retired.

Vitaly Churkin was married and had two adult children.

NYC Councilman Faces Jewish Backlash Following Social Media Video

C “He’s [Menchaca] a freak’n idiot. Is he aware that wall is there to keep terrorists from murdering men, women and children and it’s actually worked,” said NYS Assemblyman Dov Hikind.

“Is he aware terrorists used to explode themselves in restaurants and in bus stations and the street without reason and this didn’t happen in the West Bank.”

ity Councilmember Carlos Menchaca (D-Sunset Park/Red Hook) is building a wall between himself and the Jewish community – particularly with Orthodox Jewish constituents in the sliver of Borough Park his district includes – and the barrier could cost him in this year’s re-election bid.

That after Jewish sources told KCP that both City Councilman David Greenfield and Assemblyman Dov Hikind – normally not the best of friends – have vowed to come together to defeat Menchaca for his continued stances against Israel.

Menchaca’s latest dig at Israel comes as he blasted a “Fave new chant” video all over social media featuring his loud and vocal chant, “All the walls have got to go, from Palestine to Mexico.”

“He’s [Menchaca] a freak’n idiot. Is he aware that wall is there to keep terrorists from murdering men, women and children and

it’s actually worked,” said Hikind.

“Is he aware terrorists used to explode themselves in restaurants and in bus stations and the street without reason and this didn’t happen in the West Bank.”

This is not Menchaca’s first brush with issuing anti-Israeli rhetoric and votes. In the past, he even came to Hikind’s office and apologized, garnering the state lawmaker’s blessing. But after Menchaca’s social media blasts, Hikind is no longer in the forgiving mood.

“To make the comparison that Israel building a security wall to save lives is comparable to building a wall on the Mexican border shows what an ignorant fool he is. This is not about someone with a different point of view, this is about ignorance and Mencahca is ignorant,” said Hikind.

Menchaca said he will always defend American freedom of speech, and the right to speakout about one’s beliefs.

“That is what I am witnessing

from New Yorkers every day in this resistance movement,” said Menchaca. “It offends me, that the White House uses walls as the ultimate answer to everything. I support the rights of all people to live in peace and security including Israelis and Palestinians, and our families who live on the U.S.-Mexican border, where I was born and raised. I do not support borders without controls. I do support realistic and humane borders and immigration policies.”

Jewish sources say the brouhaha comes as Assemblyman Felix Ortiz (D-Sunset Park/Red Hook) is strongly considering a run against Menchaca in this year’s city council race. Among those urging him to run are Orthodox Jewish leaders from both Borough Park and citywide, who have promised him their support.

Ortiz is expected to make his decision within the next few weeks, probably sooner rather than later, Jewish sources say.

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t a board meeting on Thursday February 16, the Port Authority of NY and NJ approved an immediate $70 million to begin planning for a new bus terminal in Manhattan’s West Side. As per Bloomberg News, the bi-state agency also earmarked $3.5 billion over the next ten years, to replace the aging bus terminal. The initiative was approved as part of a broad $32.2 billion 10-year capital plan. The capital plan also includes renovations to the George Washington Bridge, LaGuardia Airport’s Terminal B, Newark Airport’s Terminal A, and the Gateway Program,

not be completed for another ten years. Planners will consult with elected officials in both states, previous planning studies as well as neighborhood residents in order to assess the optimal location for the terminal.

They will also work to address a desperate parking shortage that leaves buses idling on Manhattan streets before picking up commuters in the afternoon.

Opened in 1950, the Port Authority Bus Terminal is the nation’s largest and busiest bus terminal. The original site borders Eighth and Ninth Avenue, One of the visions for the new Port Authority Bus Terminal and 40th to 41st Streets. It was which will entail digging a new minal is estimated to be be- further expanded in 1979. The rail tunnel under the Hudson tween $7.5 billion and $10 bil- PABT is the main gateway for River. lion. The agency warned that interstate buses into ManhatThe cost of the new bus ter- the new terminal would likely tan, built to consolidate the

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Port Authority Approves $32B Bus Terminal, PATH Extension Plan By: Ilana Siyance

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different private terminals in midtown. According to a 2013 Port Authority report, the bus terminal serves roughly 8,000 buses and an average of 225,000 people on weekdays, amounting to over 65 million people annually. The Port Authority expects its commuters to increase by 45 percent in the next 23 years.

“Meeting the needs of the growing number of the region’s bus commuters is an essential component of the Port Authority’s transportation mission, and this project will be done while fully respecting and minimizing the impacts on Manhattan’s West Side," said Pat Foye , the Port Authority’s Executive Director.

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De Blasio Fails to Discuss Schools in CNN’s Jeff Zucker Takes Heat from Trump for Espousing “Hate and Anger” His State of the City Speech

By Rebecca Gold

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n Monday night, February 13, Mayor Bill de Blasio gave his State of the City speech in which he said little about New York’s schools and instead focused on his bid re-election.

According to the New York Times, “In a speech that ran to over 8,000 words, a mere 214 of them were devoted to education. Mr. de Blasio promoted the city’s high school graduation rate, which reached a record high of 69.6 percent last year. He boasted about his successful expansion of prekindergarten and cited progress toward his goal of bringing Advanced Placement courses to all high schools. And he alluded to his effort to build new schools in overcrowded neighborhoods.”

Mayor Bill de Blasio said little on New York’s schools in his State of the City address at the Apollo Theater in Harlem last Monday.

much about education at all in his speech. The following is an excerpt from the 94-paragraph speech: “If you said to me, let’s talk about education, I would say, “In a speech that ran to over 8,000 words, a mere well, the state of our schools is 214 of them were devoted stronger than many of us ever could have imagined. We anto education.” nounced on Friday the highest graduation rate in the history of In the approximate hour that New York City: 72.6 percent of de Blasio spoke, he neglected to our students graduated last year.

And for all of you, like me, mention the Renewal program, which is an $850 million effort who saw the bad old days, we to help low-performing schools also saw the lowest dropout rate by giving them extra social ser- in the history of the city, 8.5 pervices and academic support. cent. The disparities are finally Actually, he really didn’t say starting to close. There’s more

progress to be had. And now we have some of the tools we always dreamed of. We have pre-K for all our kids – 70,000 kids – including one of the most famous pre-K graduates now, Gershy.

We have advanced placement courses going in not just to our elite high schools or those that have been most privileged. Advanced placement courses will be in every single one of our high schools. You saw Javeria Amir from Morris Park in the Bronx. That’s an example of what you’re going to be seeing in high schools all over the city.

Now, let’s take this opportunity to thank the educators, the teachers, the administrators, everyone who works in our schools to make them great.”

Other major parts of his “Equity and Excellence” agenda that de Blasio failed to touch on, in addition the Renewal program, include computer science instruction for every student, as well as school segregation even though a larger plan is said to be in the works according to education officials.

Aaron Pallas, an education professor at Columbia University’s Teachers College said, “I don’t want to read too much into it in terms of what it means for policy — we’re probably seeing the winding down of Carmen Fariña at the helm. It was curiously flat in terms of education.”

Robert Durst’s Defense Attacks Credibility of Prosecution Witness’ Testimony

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n Friday, February 17, in the court proceedings against Robert Durst, heir to a New York City real estate empire, his lawyer attacked the prosecution witness’ credibility. The witness had given a testimony that was very damaging for the alleged killer.

Defense attorney Dick DeGuerin spent several hours cross-examining the advertising executive Nick Chavin, and suggesting that he lied. To cast doubt on the sworn statements delivered by Chavin, the lawyer played a lengthy tape recording for the court, and argued with the witness about the difference between lying and not telling the truth.

"I'm a professional liar.

I'm in advertising."

On the stand, Chavin said with seeming sarcasm, "I'm a professional liar. I'm in advertising."

NBC News reports, “The stakes are high, especially if a judge allows a jury to hear what Chavin, a longtime friend of Durst, had to say on the witness stand earlier in the week during the pretrial hearing. On Thursday, Chavin dropped a bombshell, testifying that after Kathie

Robert Durst of the wealthy New York City real estate family is on trial for allegedly killing his old friend.

went missing in 1982, Berman told him Robert Durst had confessed to killing her. Then Chavin testified that in 2014, Durst made a stunning and incriminating comment directly to him about Berman, who had been murdered years earlier.”

According to Chavin, Durst said, "I had to. It was her or me. I had no choice."

The 73-year-old “black sheep” of the Durst Family, who have a real estate empire in New York City, starred in an HBO documentary about his life called “The Jinx.” Information that came out during the filming of the show contributed to him now being on trial for the murder of his friend Berman in 2000. Prosecutors say that Durst killed Berman out of fear that she would implicate him in the

death of his wife, Kathy.

During a special hearing that was held to obtain testimonies from witnesses who would not be available at trial do to old age or fear of Durst, Chavin was called to the stand by prosecutors.

NBC reports, “With his two armed guards watching, the 72-year-old advertising executive faced an intense cross-examination from defense lawyer DeGuerin, who questioned why he waited so long to reveal the alleged confession and why it took five to 10 conversations with prosecutor John Lewin before he told the full story.”

Chavin said, "I was not ready to talk about it then."

DeGuerin asked, "So you were See Robert Durst’s Defense , page 37

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n response to a question posed by a journalist at a White House Press Conference about government leaks, President Donald Trump launched into a tirade against the cable news network CNN. Trump said of the network. “I watch CNN, it’s so much anger and hatred and just the hatred.”

The president also told CNN White House correspondent Jim Acosta to “ask Jeff Zucker how he got his job, OK?” Jeff Zucker is the current acting president of CNN worldwide.

In response, Zucker claimed that not only did CNN not suffer from the attacks that Trump was lodging against it, it actually experienced a boast in its ratings.

Trump has referred to the station as “fake news.”

According to the Post, Zucker blamed the continual onslaught of rage on the authoritarianism of the Trump presidency. He also told reporters at a recent outing that they should be concerned with “authoritarian regimes,” citing the recent blocking of CNN en Espanol in Venezuela after the station reported the selling of illegal passports to people that had ties to terrorism.

Trump’s administration has purportedly threatened to block access to CNN’s Youtube output and its English language feed.

Trump told CNN White House correspondent Jim Acosta to “ask Jeff Zucker how he got his job, OK?” Jeff Zucker is the current acting president of CNN worldwide.

Zucker reflected on the government’s disproportionate reaction at the Turner Broadcasting event at the Time Warner Center. “That’s what happens when an authoritarian regime targets a network because they don’t like our journalism…. when an authoritarian regime starts taking down feeds and blocking websites just because we expose the truth ...that’s an attack on freedom of press everywhere.”

Zucker also noted the logical inconsistency of Trump’s tweet that CNN was “unwatchable.”

“The only way he knows this is if he is watching it” Zucker reasoned.

The latest confrontation between CNN and the president comes at a time when the net-

work is facing stiff competition from rival NBC. It recently acquired CNN’s European rival Euronews for $30 million. The new EuroNews NBC will be available in 277 million households in 164 countries across Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. Euronews is broadcast in 13 languages and employs 500 journalists.

The current president of NBC news, Deborah Turness will be moved to London to lead Euronews NBC as well as NBC international. The current boss of “Today”, Noah Oppenheim will succeed Turness as the head of NBC’s domestic network. Euronews has historically been a rival of CNN. The station was founded in 1993 after the Gulf War in order to rival CNN’s war coverage.

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Former Bear Stearns Exec Asks $59.5M Developers of Big Bed-Stuy Complex Drop for Greenwich Village Townhouse Religious Housing for Luxury Condos By: Anat Ghelber

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n 2007 Warren Spector, former Co-President of Bear Stearns, bought a 16,560 square foot townhouse, which also included an extra 5,000 square feet of space outdoors, on West 10th Street.

The house is reportedly 55 feet wide and six stories tall. It cost him $34.5 million a decade ago.

Now, that same house is back on the market with an asking price of $59 million, after some improvements.

Mr. Spector bought the house with his wife Margaret Whitton, an actress who passed away at the end of 2016. Renovations which he made to the house prior to attempting to sell it again include a installing a garden, a library which covers two floors, and much more.

To quote an article in the Wall Street Journal, entertainment was also a goal of the couple in how they designed their house.

“There is also a music room with a piano, where Mr. Spector said he and his wife hosted frequent concerts as well as fundraisers for a variety of different charities and nonprofits, including the Public Theater, where he was previously chairman. He said they also hosted screenings in the roughly

Palatial Greenwich Village townhouse owned by an ex-Bear Sterns exec on the market for $59.5M

26-foot-wide home theater on the third floor.”

With his wife passing away, however, it appears that Mr. Spector is looking to move on with his life. He will reportedly donate all earnings from the sale of the house to charity.

Included within the Greenwich Village townhouse is a total of eight bedrooms and an elevator to allow residents to move among the several floors.

Residents may enjoy wood-burning fireplaces, a kitchen capable of providing meals made by a high-end chef, a full-floor master suite (that has its own balcony along with a “luxurious en-suite master

bath…lined in blue onyx” according to the listing.) There is also a roof deck that has an enclosed greenhouse…and apparently much more in this luxurious home.

Warren Spector worked at Bear Stearns until the subprime-lending housing and financial crisis in 2008. The firm was reportedly doing so poorly financially back then that it agreed to be sold eventually to J.P. Morgan Chase for only $2 a share. Since then, Mr. Spector has co-founded a film production company called Tashtego Films and is also chairman of private-equity firm Balbec Capital.

Boutique Condo Developer ‘Brookland’ Plans Five Building Project in Bklyn

rooklyn’s neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant is about to receive its most expensive complex.

According to The Real Deal’s sources, the developers of the seven-building Cascade condominium complex have dropped its plans for religious housing and will instead install luxury apartments.

A group of investors from the Hasidic Satmar community in Williamsburg are the developers, who are planning to put the majority of the 301 apartments in the building constructed on the property that formerly held the Cascade Linen factory on the market with list prices between $1 million and $2 million, according to TRD’s sources. The offering plan had not yet been approved by the New York State Attorney General’s office, however sources say that approval is expected to come by late-April.

Rendering of 835 Myrtle Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant (Credit: Samuel Wieder Associates)

initially $144 million. Over that time, the first phase of construction – three of the structures – has been underway. Sources said the development group has been self-funding the project in the interim and is finalizing a deal to secure about $100 million in financing from an unidentified lender to complete the project.

Isaac Deutsch is leading the development in partnership “In this section with Abraham Brach and Nachof Brooklyn, the man Leibowitz. They bought the neighborhood does site from Mike Kohn’s Alliance not demand pricing north of $1 million for a Capital Group for $70 million development of this size.” in 2015, property records show.

Kohn had paid only $27 million for the nine factory buildings on TRD reports, “For nearly a the site in 2013, but then filed year, the developers have been plans for a residential complex. seeking construction financing, Deutsch and partners have

largely followed through with those plans, with the intention of marketing the apartments to families and other members of the Orthodox Jewish community. Those condos are commonly sold at a discount, below market-rate.”

The prospective residents for the complex have been very diverse, according to a source close to the developers. The source said, “Anybody who wants to buy there can.”

Two 10-story building, one nine-story building, one eight-story building and three six-story building will make up the whole complex that will be a total of approximately 340,000-square-feet. A city in-

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n the Bedford-Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn, Brookland Capital is planning the construction of five buildings on Madison Street, each with seven apartments, according to a permit application filed on Friday, February 17, with the city’s Department of Buildings.

The five apartment buildings would each span around 5,000 square feet across four stories.

The buildings will be filling the vacant lots from 654 to 658 Madison, as well as replace the two single-family houses located at 650 and 652 Madison Street. Arc Architecture is the architect of record.

Boaz Gilad, the co-founder of Brookland, said that one-and two-bedroom condominiums will be featured in the proposed buildings.

TRD reports, “Brookland has been a prolific developer of boutique condominium buildings

Boaz Gilad, left, and Assaf Fitoussi, the founders of Brookland Capital.

in Brooklyn, focusing on Crown Heights, Bedford-Stuyvesant and Bushwick. The firm specializes in 40-to-90-unit properties, and has raised money on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.”

In Ridgewood, Queens,

The home currently located at 652 Madison Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant, New York. (Photo via Google Maps)

Brookland constructed two apartment buildings last year, each rising five stories. It was the first time the developer ventured into Queens, although that area, located along the border of Bushwick.

RoArt’s rendering for 652 Madison Street, Bedford-Stuyvesant, New York.

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Neighbors Complain about Paul NYC Landlords Struggle with Residents’ Online Shopping Addictions Manafort’s Unkempt Brownstone in Bklyn By: Hadassa Kalatizadeh

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nline shopping was the new craze, but it’s definitely here to stay.

Online retailers such as Amazon, Etsy, Blue Apron, Overstock and Zappos have reaped the benefits of a booming industry which is convenient and even sometimes addicting. So much so that property owners are at the end of their wits trying to store the massive influx of tenant packages. Apartment buildings’ traditional package rooms have now become desperately inadequate.

As per The Real Deal, an increasing number of NYC landlords have been expanding package rooms to keep up with the larger haul. Buildings have been renovating storage rooms to increase shelfing space, and make use of high ceilings or any crevices that can accommodate packages. For buildings where expansion is not a possibility, owners have been grappling to find clever ways to quickly turn over packages and avoid build up. This all has come at an ex-

An increasing number of NYC landlords have been expanding package rooms to keep up with the larger haul from such online retailers as Amazon, Etsy, Blue Apron, Overstock and Zappos

pense to the landlords.

In new developments, real estate companies are now planning out their package storage rooms very early in the process.

But even in pre-planning new buildings, adding extra storage room comes at the expense of signing retail tenants on the lower floors or apportioning space to a public lounging area.

Developers have also tried offering tenants direct delivery of packages to their apartments,

aul Manafort, President Trump’s former campaign manager, is now facing a different sort of controversy. His neighbors are complaining that his four story brownstone is the local eyesore. Manafort resigned as campaign chairman in August when the presidential candidate’s polls were lagging. There was increased scrutiny of Manafort's earlier work in the Ukraine on behalf of pro-Russian figures, such as Viktor Yanukovych, the country's former president.

Paul Manafort, President Trump’s former campaign manager, is now facing a different sort of controversy

tying up productivity or even adding staff members.

Online sales in the United States this year are estimated to grow to $370 billion this year, quite a jump from $231 billion in 2012, as per to Forrester Research. Amazon’s North American sales increased 25.2 percent in 2016. Online sales growth is expected to expand persistently.

They say every cloud has a silver lining, but in this case it seems even silver linings have clouds.

UWS Landlord Fined for Breaking Short-Term Rental Law in Airbnb Case

When Paul Manafort is in New York, he lives in a condo at Trump Tower, but he also owns a four-story brownstone at 377 Union Street in Carroll Gardens. Neighbors claim that the empty house has been unkempt for several years, with piles of snow, dirty cinder blocks, and steel beams scattered in the front yard

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tered in the front yard. “It’s been four years empty or being renovated. The backyard is full of debris. I wish proper people would live here,” complained a local. As per the Real Deal, in 2012 Manafort paid $2.9 million for the 22foot wide townhouse. He obtained permits to convert it into a single two-family unit.

The project has a long way to go, but he informed the Post that he has hired a new architect and expects to “complete the construction by the end of the year.”

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ank Freid, the landlord at 258 West 97th Street had recently been handed 15 violations for allowing for short term rentals in the apartment complex on the Upper West side. The city is said to have fined Freid $1,000 for each violation. Fried essentially converted the building into an Airbnbesque hotel by advertising the units on Expedia and Kayak. Visitors were charged between $400 and $800 a stay.

Melissa Grace, spokeswoman for Mayor Bill de Blasio issued the following statement regarding the incident: “We will use all enforcement tools to protect affordable housing and New Yorkers and visitors alike.

Turning apartment buildings into illegal hotels, damaging neighborhoods and will not be tolerated.”

In addition to the fines, Freid also received a number of Department of Building violations, including one for converting a “permanent dwelling to transient use.” according to the Real Deal, which initially reported this story.

Ronald Rosenberg, Freid’s attorney noted that the city was unjustly targeting real estate moguls and landlords like Freid whilst all but ignoring comparable offenses being perpetrated by companies like Airbnb, that is now monopolizing the underground transient dwelling industry and at the same time driving up the cost of New York real estate. ‘Now they are going after the little guys.” said Rosenberg. “The real estate industry has to stay together to fight this

There were reports that a pro-Russian Ukrainian political party gave Manafort $12.7 million. His name was also in leaked intelligence reports, as the Trump adviser who was in contact with Russian agents during the historic election.

When Manafort is in New York, he lives in a condo at Trump Tower, but he also owns a four-story brownstone at 377 Union Street in Carroll Gardens, as per the NY Post. Neighbors claim that the empty house has been unkempt for several years, with piles of snow, dirty cinder blocks, and steel beams scat-

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T Hank Freid, the landlord at 258 West 97th Street had recently been handed 15 violations for allowing for short term rentals in the apartment complex on the Upper West side

tyranny.”

This past October, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the legislation into law that imposed fines ranging from $1,000 to $7,500 for posting short-term rentals that were less than 30 days in duration and creating a contract with residents that were not physically present.

While the law was designed with the aim of cutting down on Airbnb listings, it is proving far more difficult to target the brand as its activities are not aimed at a targeted area but are widely dispersed throughout the city. Airbnb is also rarely held to account because it does not directly own any lodgings. Contracts are made between hosts and renters from all over the world. It is much easier to target local landlords than it is to hunt hosts that participate in the apps short-term rental arrangements. The law is designed to discourage lodgers from advertising with the app.

The company received its profits inadvertent manner that

allows it to avoid accountability from breaking local law.

The app receives a percentage of the commission and service fees every time it books a stay.

It has approximately $3,000 lodgings listed in 65,000 cities and 191 countries. The cost of the lodging is set by the host and not the company. Airbnb is notoriously renowned within the industry for skirting the law for this very reason. It has said in the past that it is not accountable for what the lodgers and renters do as it merely acts as a middleman between the two.

Landlords and brokers must bear the consequences for advertising short term. Earlier this year Fried was fined along with broker Tatiana Cames for posting ads for short term rentals at the Marrakesh hotel on various travel sites including Airbnb.

Cames was said to have advertised the same spaces as “for rent” on her website as a front for the illegal postings.

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he owner of Lady Sheila horse racing syndicate, Sheila Rosenblum has posted her newly renovated and posh fifth avenue duplex on the market for $35 million according to city records. Rosenblum is known for the remarkable feat of being one of the only women to manage racehorses. Race horsing is a field historically dominated by men. Her race horses regularly receive massages and acupuncture treatments in order to maintain their racing form.

Rosenblum started out as strictly an investor, but soon thereafter launched an all woman's horse racing syndicate.

Along with eight other women, she invested her money, not in races themselves but instead opted to purchase horses. Rosenblum owns a total of 27 horses who boast wins at famous venues, including Belmont, Aqueduct, and Saratoga.

This past January, her horse la Verdad one the Eclipse award (considered the top award in the industry) for posting 16 wins and a total of $1.5 million in earnings. La Verdad also has the distinction of being the only horse to have won the Eclipse award in 2015 with a female owner. “Racing is a truly thrilling sport that has provided me with a great deal of personal enjoyment.” Rosenblum has said.

Socialite Sheila Rosenblum is set to put her Park Avenue pad on the market for $35 million

“I strongly believe that increasing interest in the sport among woman is crucial to the longterm vitality of the industry.”

Before she had made her fortune in horse racing, Rosenblum was a ballerina and a Ford model. The apartment that she is putting up for sale, which is located at 515 Park Avenue, has 5,000 square feet, four bedrooms, four and a half bathrooms, an 11.5-foot ceiling, a marble and onyx floor in the foyer, a master suite with walk-in closets and an onyx bathroom. It also includes a small studio apartment on the second floor where guests can stay.

Rosenblum was also at the center of a heated Divorce battle with her former husband, Daniel Rosenblum, who is the deputy chairman of the sugar branch

of the commodities firm ED&F Man. The couple originally married in 1990, Divorced four years later only to remarry two years after that.

The latest 2014 Divorce had Rosenblum’s ex-husband paying $11 million to her upfront, and giving her an additional $50 million over the next few years. The payments are a result of Sheila’s husband’s failure to sign the Separation Agreement, thereby making it illegitimate before a New York Court.

Perhaps Rosenblum can put that alimony to good use and buy some more horses. She is known for touting the high-end nature of the industry. “None of us are there to pay our mortgages. You have to go into this with your expendable income, just for fun.”

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3,000 Hasidic Women Leaders From Around the Globe Convene in New York By: Karen Schwartz

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t felt like a family reunion.

Thousands of women were hugging, waving to friends and snapping pictures in every part of the newly renovated Pier 12 Brooklyn Cruise Terminal at the Sunday-night gala banquet of the International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Women Emissaries (Kinus Hashluchos).

The annual dinner event, which featured speakers, live music and inspirational stories from women serving Jewish communities around the world, wrapped up a long weekend of learning, socializing, praying and recharging in Brooklyn, N.Y., for emissaries, lay leaders and guests.

Chani Shemtov, co-director of Chabad at the University of Illinois at for the past nine years with her husband, Rabbi Bentzion Shemtov, served as the evening’s MC. “Standing here, taking in this awe-inspiring crowd, the thought that comes to mind is that the entire world is represented right here,” said the child of emissaries from Johannesburg, South Africa. “And you, you are the women who hold up our world. There’s a spot in the world to which you dedicate your heart and soul. Your waking moments—and many of your should-be sleeping ones—are filled with thoughts of how to infuse your corner of the world and your community with the light and warmth of Yiddishkeit.”

Each time a speaker came to the podium to talk about their victories and struggles, heads

around the room nodded in agreement. Woman after woman took the stage to address the challenges of being far from people with shared experiences, and also speak about the tools they use to stay connected and bring new

He urged the women to “go back with the strength and purpose,” encouraging them to take their newfound energy to “reach each and every Jew.” Kotlarsky recognized not only the spiritual work of the emis-

Thousands attended the Sunday-night gala banquet of the International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Women Emissaries, held at newly renovated Pier 12 Brooklyn Cruise Terminal. The guest speaker was Holocaust survivor Judith Alter Kallman of Greenwich, Conn., who had all eyes on her as she told her survival story from her native Czechoslovakia. (Photo: Chavi Konikov)

ideas to the communities they are building and supporting in 91 countries around the globe.

Growth and outreach were the words emphasized by Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky, vice chairman of Merkos L’Inyonei Chinuch, the educational arm of the ChabadLubavitch movement. While he praised the shluchosfor their tremendous work, he noted that “there are so many more people to reach. You can’t leave out even one person.”

saries in an evening dedicated to “Permeating the World With Sanctity,” but the nitty-gritty as well. On one hand, he said, “shlichus is about spreading holiness and making the world a dwelling place for G d. But at the same time, it comes down to the mundane—the day-to-day life, the cooking and the cleaning and the preparing and making programs, worrying about the bank, worrying about challah-baking, raising children . . . everything that goes

SNL's Kate McKinnon Spotted Dining With Hillary Clinton in NYC Edited by: JV Staff

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illary Clinton and actress-comedian Kate McKinnon - who has impersonated the former presidential candidate on "SNL" - were spotted at dinner in New York City this week.

The New York Post reports that the pair dined at Orso near Broadway before going to see Glenn Close in "Sunset Boulevard."

According to Page Six, laughter was heard coming from the table and at one point, a diner jokingly shouted out "lock him up!"

Just a few weeks ago, Bill and Hillary Clinton were greeted by raucous cheers when they attended a Broadway show.

On Thursday, Mrs. Clinton made an appearance at Grand Central Terminal for the unveiling of a new Postal Service stamp featuring late designer Oscar de la Renta.

She took a few jabs at her former campaign opponent by emphasizing that de la Renta was an immigrant to the United States.

Hillary Clinton was spotted dining with her Saturday Night Live impersonator, comedian Kate McKinnon, Wednesday at an Italian restaurant in Manhattan’s Theatre District

"Oscar de la Renta was an immigrant ... and aren’t we proud and grateful that he was. ... What a fitting person to be chosen by our Postal Service -- mentioned by the way in the Constitution -- something we should all read and re-read in today’s times," she said.

McKinnon, whose portrayals of Clinton (below) have been praised by the former First Lady, has made headlines in recent

weeks with her many political impersonations.

On last week's show, hosted by Alec Baldwin, McKinnon played Kellyanne Conway, Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Sen. Elizabeth Warren.

Meantime, President Donald Trump has continued to hit out at his former rival in the face of new reports about his campaign's communications with Russian officials.

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into your lives.”

The conference brings it all together. “This Kinus,” he stated, “is about living up to what the Rebbe [Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory] wants from us.”

it was very special. I recall her wit, her wisdom; conversations were very, very enlightening, very brilliant. It was just a pleasure to spend time with her.”

And while “she is what sustained her husband,” he af-

After her talk, Kallman was joined on stage by seven of her children and grandchildren, representing three generations.

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Later in the program, Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky, chairman of Merkos L’Inyonei Chinuch, noted that the entire event honors the 29th yahrtzeit (anniversary of passing) of Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka Schneerson. He told story after story of the Rebbetzin’s kindness, generosity and regal bearing.

As longtime secretary to the Rebbe, he often served as driver to the Rebbe and the Rebbetzin.

“There are many, many times I went riding with the Rebbetzin in different places for different lengths of time for different purposes,” he related, “and each time,

firmed—looking directly into the room and getting emotional as he said the words—“she adored you. She loved you.”

A Different Kind of Connection Dalia Coleman got involved with Chabad of the coastal city of Milford, Conn., five years ago on a friend’s recommendation.

On Sunday night, she sat at a table with Chanie Wilhelm, who co-directs Chabad of Milford with her husband, Rabbi Schneur Wilhelm, as they dined alongside members of Wilhelm’s family.

(Wilhelm and three of her sis-

ters, who serve as emissaries in Scotland, Vietnam and the Netherlands Antilles, read the International Roll Call this year.)

Coleman said she was impressed to see multiple generations of families involved in the same pursuit, noting that “this is so important to them.”

In today’s turbulent times, she continued, it’s meaningful to see such positivity, with a focus on Yiddishkeit. She sees it play out locally at the Wilhelms, where everybody is welcome. And on Shabbat, they put daily matters aside to share in the beauty the tradition offers. “It’s a sanctuary on Friday night and Saturday from all the mundane things,” said Coleman, “it’s a different kind of connection to the world.”

Wilhelm noted that the Kinus is an event people look forward to the rest of the year. “It serves to boost Jewish unity,” she said, “and feelings of unity among all the shluchos.”

For Sara Rosenfeld, who lives in Melbourne, Australia, with her husband, Rabbi Yisrael Rosenfeld, and who heads the curriculum at Beth Rivkah Primary School, the conference is a place to become inspired and rejuvenated. Growing up in Houston in an emissary family, she has now lived and worked in Australia some 28 years. “The world is smaller,” she said, citing technology that makes it easier for emissaries to stay connected, “but it’s not the same as sitting down with sisters from around the world.”

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Trump Names Army Strategist as National Security Adviser

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hoever leaked intelligence about former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn's conversation with a Russian official could face decades of jail time if discovered.

Flynn was asked to resign as President Trump's national security adviser after he did not provide complete information about a phone conversation he had in December with the Russian ambassador to the U.S. The retired three-star general spoke to the ambassador about U.S. sanctions shortly after former President Barack Obama announced them.

Trump asked Flynn to step down from his post after it became public that he misled Vice President Mike Pence about what was discussed in the call.

U.S. intelligence officials had wiretapped the call, but the conversation did not become public until information on it was leaked to the Washington Post by "current and former U.S. officials," leading Trump to call the leakers the real wrongdoers in the situation.

The people behind the leaks violated federal law by disclos-

Whoever leaked intelligence about former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn's (pictured above) conversation with a Russian official could face decades of jail time if discovered.

ing classified information about Flynn's conversation with the Russian ambassador. That violation alone could put someone in prison for 10 years, and force them to pay a fine, under the Espionage Act. Flynn's phone call to the ambassador, in particular, was a form of intelligence that was "highly classified" because it was wiretapped by U.S. intelligence officials, according to LawNewz.

Federal law could add another 10 years and a fine if the culprit(s) gave away "files" or "physical materials"regarding

the information in question. In such a situation, law 18 U.S.C. § 641 prohibits people from stealing or releasing "any record, voucher, money, or thing of value of the United States or of any department or agency."

If discovered, those behind the leaks could also face five years in prison for lying about the incident, either through perjury, "false statements, or covering up material facts in a federal investigation."

LawNewz noted, however, that prosecutions involving these types of laws are rare.

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Jewish Reporter Becomes “Part of the Story” After Wild WH Presser By: David Rosenberg

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hile a tussle between an Orthodox Jewish journalist and President Donald Trump at the president’s first full question and answer session with the press since the inauguration drew criticism from establishment Jewish organizations and Jewish Democratic lawmakers, the man at the center of the controversy says such efforts to smear Trump are utterly fallacious.

Jake Turx, a correspondent for the Ami magazine, questioned the president regarding the recent rise in anti-Semitism at Thursday’s press conference, citing a spate of bomb threats against Jewish institutions.

“Instead of answering a timely and legitimate question, the president chose instead to besmirch the journalist,” Harris wrote.

Midway through the question, however, Trump shut down Turx, calling the query “not a simple question, not a fair question.”

Establishment Jewish leaders and Jewish Democrats pounced on the president’s response.

ADL national director Jonathan Greenblatt called Trump’s response “mind-boggling”, while American Jewish Committee CEO David Harris ac-

Jake Turx, a correspondent for the Ami magazine, questioned the president regarding the recent rise in anti-Semitism at Thursday’s press conference, citing a spate of bomb threats against Jewish institutions.

cused the president of trying to “besmirch the journalist”.

Representatives Nita Lowey (D-NY) and Ted Deutch (D-FL) also slammed the president over the incident.

"What is truly unfair and deeply disturbing is the Trump Administration’s deafening silence at the continued rise of anti-Semitic incidents across the country, leaving Jewish families fearful for their safety," said Lowey in a statement.

The American Jewish Committee's CEO, David Harris, also posted a statement on Twitter.

“Instead of answering a timely and legitimate question, the president chose instead to besmirch the journalist,” Harris wrote.

Yet Turx himself says the president is justified in being defensive over the issue, noting

that mainstream media outlets have use accusations of anti-Semitism to hit Trump and his advisors despite his close ties with the Orthodox Jewish community.

"I've worked with the president and his people throughout the campaign, throughout the transition, and so many times I've see some of our colleagues in the media describe certain events as - in the way it relates to the Jewish community - in a certain light that no one in our community saw it that way,” Turx told Fox News.

Turx added that accusations of anti-Semitism were often leveled against Trump and his campaign by people outside of the Jewish community, apparently for political purposes.

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resident Donald Trump named a new national security adviser Monday, picking Army Lieutenant General H.R. McMaster, a military strategist who has spent his entire career in the U.S. armed forces.

Trump called the 54-year-old McMaster “a man of tremendous talent and tremendous experience.”

The president, making the announcement from his Florida retreat Mar-a-Lago along the Atlantic Ocean, said that retired Army Lieutenant General Keith Kellogg, who had been his acting adviser, will now serve as chief of staff of the National Security Council.

McMaster is currently director of the Army's Capabilities Integration Center, an Army agency tasked with integrating “war-fighting capabilities into the force” and with other government agencies. Trump selected him over at least three other contenders, including Kellogg.

President Donald Trump, right, speaks as Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, left, listens at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., Feb. 20, 2017, where Trump announced that McMaster will be the new national security adviser.

new president said last week it was unacceptable to him that Flynn lied to Vice President Mike Pence about contacts he had with the Russian ambassador to Washington in the weeks before Trump was inaugurated a month ago.

McMaster is a much-decorated soldier, winning a Silver Star early in his Army career leading U.S. troops in their destruction of 80 Iraqi Republican Guard A much-decorated tanks without U.S. losses in a soldier battle against Saddam Hussein's McMaster will replace Mi- forces during their 1991 invachael Flynn, the retired Army sion of Kuwait. McMaster has general Trump fired a week ago held numerous key Army postafter just 24 days on the job at ings over the last 25 years.

Three years ago, Time magathe start of Trump's assumption of power in Washington. The zine put him on its list of the 100

most influential people in the world, calling him “the architect of the future U.S. Army.”

Pence 'disappointed'

by Flynn Pence said Monday he was “disappointed” to learn that Flynn had misled him about his contacts with the Russian ambassador, stressing that he supported Trump's decision to fire him.

Pence, during a news conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, said, “It was the proper decision, it was handled properly and in a timely way.”

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US-Israel Security Alliance Mission Focuses on UN Resolution By: Julie Ahn

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n Wednesday, as Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu made his first visit with President Trump, the United States-Israel Security Alliance - a bi-partisan ad-hoc committee - convened on Capitol Hill to thank leading and influential members of the Senate who have shown unwavering support to Israel, and to urge them to continue to fight to protect Israel. "The U.S.-Israel Security Alliance is comprised of prominent business leaders who represent a cross-section of views, but are staunchly unified in their approach when it comes to the security-related issues that impact the U.S. and its ally Israel," explained Ezra Friedlander,

CEO of The Friedlander Group and founder of the Security Alliance. "We made sure to meet with members of the Senate from both sides of the aisle."

This mission comes at a vital time, as there has been a high level of anxiety and disappointment across the Jewish Community since the U.N. condemnation. As a direct result, two significant legislative efforts have been made by members of the Senate: the Safeguard Israel Act of 2017 by Senator Ted Cruz, which aims to cut off all funding to the U.N. until the vote is reversed, and the resolution by Senators Rubio and Cardin, which "object[s] to United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334 and to all efforts that undermine direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestin-

ians for a secure and peaceful settlement."

"I believe we're in a dramatically different position under this administration. I am hopeful that the campaign promise to move the embassy to Jerusalem will be followed through, and I am energetically urging that as often as possible," Senator Cruz assured the co-chairs. "If we pass S.107, I think within a few days

"Rather than finding the problem in Israel, this administration believes that the solution lies in Israel," Senator Steve Daines, who co-sponsored both bills, reassured the Alliance.

Senator Mike Lee explained that despite his state being primarily Mormon, Utah is a close friend to Israel, as Mormons, too, have suffered religious persecution. Fellow Utah Repub-

Around the table starting w center: U.S. Senator Steve Daines, Joseph B. Stamm, Ezra Friedlander, staffer, staffer, Sol Goldner, Rubin Margules, Reuvain Borhardt, Dr. Marc Berger, Chesky Blau, Maurice Bortz, Stanley Treitel, Aubrey Sharfman, Peter Rebenwurzel

Eli Katz, Chesky Blau, Ezra Friedlander, Sol Goldner, Peter Rebenwurzel, U.S. Senator Mike Lee, Joseph B. Stamm, Stanley Treitel, Rubin Margules, Dr. Marc Berger

From left to right: Rubin Margules, Ezra Friedlander, U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, Stanley Treitel, Joseph B. Stamm, Sol Goldner

the U.N. would reverse the decision," Cruz said, hopeful for his bill.

"If you were to move your family to the Middle East, where would you take them?" Senator Ron Johnson, who co-sponsored both bills, poignantly asked. "All U.S. action should be to strengthen our relationship with Israel."

lican Senator Orrin Hatch, the longest-serving Republican in Congress, echoed these sentiments: "This U.N. vote put Israel in a bind and our country in a bind, and I still haven't gotten over it yet" Senator Hatch urged.

Both Utah senators co-sponsored both bills.

Senator Bill Nelson, a former astronaut, told the Alliance, "I

brought a mezuzah with me to space!" As close a friend Senator Nelson is to the Jewish community, he does not support defunding the U.N., arguing that the U.N. serves an important purpose, and has only co-sponsored S.Res.6.

Other Senators that the Security Alliance met with include: Joni Ernst, Chuck Grassley, Roy Blunt, Al Franken, Bill Cassidy, Maggie Hassan, and Tim Scott.

The Alliance wasted no time, also taking the opportunity to have lunch with H.E. Babacar Diagne, Senegal's Ambassador to the U.S. The relationship between the mostly Muslim West African state of Senegal has been steadily improving since the 1990s; however, Sen-

egal voted for U.N. Resolution 2334, straining the relationship between the two states heavily, and causing Israel to recall its ambassador. Therefore, the Alliance's meeting with Ambassador Diagne was primarily to discuss ways that the countries could mend relations, and move forward from the vote.

The co-chairs of the Alliance concluded the day tired, but grateful and smiling.

"It was an outstanding day.

We covered a lot of ground and I think that we are probably going to see a lot of support for Israel coming out of this," assured Sol Goldner, CEO of Goldstar Healthcare. "It was See US-Israel Security Alliance , page 37

Wave of Anti-Semitism in US Continues to Soar; Cemetery in St. Louis Attacked By: Ben Ariel & Fern Sidman

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ore than 100 headstones were damaged in an attack on a Jewish cemetery in St. Louis on Monday, according to an INN report.

Investigators with the University City Police Department are working to determine who knocked over or damaged the headstones at the Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery, according to local television affiliate Fox2.

Police would not say if they considered the vandalism to be a hate crime or not. It is believed some organization was behind the crime, meaning this was not the act of one individual, the report said.

The incident comes amid a rise in anti-Semitic attacks across the United States. Last month, three people were arrested in connection with the vandalism of the headstone of a Jewish couple buried in the cem-

etery of a small Indiana town.

Earlier this month, the windows of the Chicago Loop Synagogue were smashed and copies of swastikas were taped to its front doors.

A 31-year-old man was arrested and charged with a hate crime in connection with the vandalism.

ABC News in Chicago reported that a Jewish community center in the city’s Hyde Park neighborhood was evacuated Monday after a bomb threat. The FBI is investigating.

The Hyde Park JCC at 5200-block of South Hyde Park Boulevard received a phone call Monday morning indicating a bomb threat. Following protocol, the center was evacuated and Chicago police arrived to investigate. Police gave the allclear shortly before noon.

According to The JCC Association of North America, 11 Jewish community centers received called-in bomb threats Monday, all of which were eventually de-

The Hyde Park JCC in Chicago received a phone call Monday morning indicating a bomb threat. Following protocol, the center was evacuated and Chicago police arrived to investigate.

termined to be hoaxes.

The FBI and Justice Department's Civil Rights Division are investigating the bomb threats in Chicago and across the country.

"The FBI and the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division are investigating possible civil rights violations in connection with threats to Jewish Community Centers across the country.

The FBI will collect all available

growing," said Ryan Lenz of the Southern Poverty Law Center.

In a statement, David Posner, director of strategic performance JCC Association of North America, said in part, "We are concerned about the anti-Semitism behind these threats, and the repetition of threats intended to interfere with day-to-day life. Local JCCs serve not just the Jewish community, but the Seen here with former GOP presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson, President Trump pledged to unite a ‘divided country’ after his visit to the African-American museum in Washington on Tuesday

More than 100 headstones were damaged in an attack on a Jewish cemetery in St. Louis on Monday as anti-Semitism continues to rear its ugly head across the United States

facts and evidence, and will ensure this matter is investigated in a fair, thorough, and impartial manner. As this is matter is ongoing, we are not able to comment further at this time," The FBI said in a statement.

A total of 54 Jewish Community Centers in the U.S. have received threats, sometimes multiple threats, since the beginning of January.

"No doubt about it, we live in a time where the intensity of the radical right and racists and hate groups across the country is

entire community. Participants from all different backgrounds come to their local JCCs for activities, Jewish cultural and religious programming, and opportunities to come together as a community."

Last Thursday during a White House press conference, President Trump attempted to stonewall an Orthodox Jewish reporter who queried him on what his administration plans to do to confront the upsurge in anti-Semitic incidents. Trump told Jake Turx, the senior White House

alt right and the alt left, Trump launched into a monologue about his election victory and how many electoral college votes he received.

As pressure began to mount for Trump to weigh in on this emotionally charged issue, on Tuesday, Feb 21, the president decried anti-Semitic threats against Jewish community centers as "horrible" and "painful," promising to work to bridge divisions in the country.

A total of 54 Jewish Commenting on a visit he had Community Centers in taken along with Dr. Ben Carson the U.S. have received (his nominee for Secretary of threats, sometimes multiple threats, since the Housing and Urban Development) of the National Museum beginning of January. of African American History and Culture in Washington, question to Trump during his Trump said, “This tour was a joint news conference with Isra- meaningful reminder of why we el Prime Minister Benjamin Ne- have to fight bigotry, intolerance tanyahu. Rather than addressing and hatred in all of its very ugly the issue head on and taking the forms.” opportunity to roundly conSee Wave of Anti-Semitism , page 38 demn anti-Semitism on both the correspondent for Ami Magazine, that his question was not “fair” or “simple” and ordered him to “sit down.” In a defensive posture and in a clearly angry tone of voice Trump added, “I am the least anti-Semitic person that you’ve ever seen in your entire life.”

On Wednesday, an Israeli journalist had posed a similar

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Jewish Leaders Applaud Trump’s Focus on Palestinian Incitement By: Rafael Medoff

Public Affairs Committee (AI- the President has publicly called PAC) also applauded the presi- attention to this ongoing probmerican Jewish lead- dent’s statement. ADL National lem…We believe the Palestiners are enthusiastically Director and CEO Jonathan ian Authority should take firm applauding President Greenblatt said the Palestinians action to halt any incitement to Donald Trump’s call on “need to reform their school cur- violence. Incitement of terrorism the Palestinian Authority (PA) to ricula to remove the anti-Israel has posed a serious impediment remove anti-Jewish hate material content.” In addition, Greenblatt to peace.” from its school books.

At his press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Feb. 15, Trump said “the Palestinians have to get rid of ” the anti-Israel and anti-Jewish material that appears in PA school texts. “They're taught tremendous hate,” he said. “I’ve seen what they’re taught…it starts at a very young age and it starts in the school room.”

Malcolm Hoenlein, executive vice chairman and CEO of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, told JNS.org, “The U.S. government should use all lever- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Donald Trump age at its disposal to do some- hold a joint press conference at the White House Feb. 15, 2017. thing about changing the Pales- Credit: Avi Ohayon/GPO. tinian school books, especially “The president is to be praised when the U.S. provides the Pales- pointed out, “some Palestinian tinians with over $350 million in textbooks contain anti-Semi- for speaking out so forcefully aid each year. It’s an outrage that tism, incitement against Jews and against the continuing drumbeat stereotypes about Jews, and this of hatred toward Israel which the incitement continues.”

Speaking from Morocco, content needs to be reformed as emanates from the Palestinian where he received an award for well. These kinds of actions cer- Authority,” Rabbi Joel Meyers, fostering friendly relations be- tainly do not suggest that the Pal- executive vice president emeritus tween American Jewry and the estinians are preparing to make of Conservative Judaism’s RabMoroccan people, Hoenlein peace.” Greenblatt told JNS.org binical Assembly, told JNS.org.

“I am glad President Trump emphasized that “ending the in- that “it is most important for citement should not be a result of the U.S. government to raise this believes it is time for us to benegotiations, but rather must be issue in all meetings with the come more forceful in our efforts to force change,” he added. “The Palestinians.” a prelude to negotiations.”

AIPAC spokesman Marshall road to peace cannot be achieved The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and the American Israel Wittman said, “We are pleased by teaching hate to generation

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Nikki Haley Rips UN Security Council’s ‘Breathtaking’ Anti-Israel Bias By: Adelle Nazarian

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nited States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley issued a scathing criticism of the UN Security Council over their “anti-Israel” bias on Thursday after emerging from her first regular monthly meeting at the international body.

“I have to admit; it was a bit strange,” Haley said of the council’s agenda.

The former South Carolina governor noted that while it is the UN Security Council’s mission to discuss ways to maintain international peace and security, their meeting on the Middle East failed to address some of the region’s most pressing issues — namely, Hezbollah’s illegal buildup of rockets in Lebanon, the money and weapons the Iran regime is supplying to its terrorist entities throughout Latin America and the Middle East, ways to defeat the Islamic State, and how to hold Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad accountable for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of his countrymen.

“Instead, the meeting focused on criticizing Israel, the one true democracy in the Middle East,” Haley said. She added that while she is “new” to the United Nations, she is well-seasoned in her understanding of the UN Security Council’s generations-long bias against Israel. “I’m here to say the United States will not

United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley issued a scathing criticism of the UN Security Council over their “anti-Israel” bias on Thursday after emerging from her first regular monthly meeting at the international body.

turn a blind eye to this anymore,” she said. “I’m here to underscore the ironclad support of the United States for Israel.”

She called out the “breathtaking” double standards inherent in the Security Council.

“Incredibly, the UN Department of Political Affairs has an entire department devoted to Palestinian affairs,” she said.

“Imagine that. There is not a division devoted to illegal missile launches from North Korea.

There is no division devoted to the world’s number one state sponsor of terror, Iran.”

Last December, the Obama administration fired a parting shot at Israel and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by departing from longstanding

after generation in school curriculum or by publicly praising killers of Israelis.”

Farley Weiss, president of the National Council of Young Israel, said Trump’s remarks were “a big step in the right direction” and “a welcome reversal of the previous

ment does encourage people to commit violent acts.”

Then-Secretary of State John Kerry said in 2014 that the attack on a synagogue in Jerusalem’s Har Nof neighborhood was “a pure result of incitement” by Palestinian leaders. The terror-

“The president is to be praised for speaking out so forcefully against the continuing drumbeat of hatred toward Israel which emanates from the Palestinian Authority,”

morial Council from 2000-2002.

He noted that “the U.S. in the past verbally urged the P.A. to stop incitement, but there was no enforcement.” Greenberg said “if this was enforced, it would push the Palestinians to shift from the victimhood mode and start acting like a peace partner.

This would be good for them and could begin to rebuild some trust on Israel's side.”

Rabbi Abraham Cooper, associate dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, told JNS.org it was “extremely important that Malcolm Hoenlein, executive vice chairman and CEO of President Trump’s immediate the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish reaction was to recognize the Organizations, told JNS.org, “The U.S. government should use problem for what it is.” Cooper all leverage at its disposal to do something about changing said, “If you inculcate children the Palestinian school books, especially when the U.S. provides with hate, you will lose anoththe Palestinians with over $350 million in aid each year. It’s an er generation—if you don’t get outrage that the incitement continues.” rid of the mindset of glorifying administration’s policy.” Roger ists killed an Israeli police offi- terrorism and using anti-SemiJacobs, vice president of the New cer and five rabbis, four of them tism and denying Jewish history Jersey State Association of Jewish American citizens. The Obama in the Holy Land, there is zero Federations, agreed that Trump’s administration also criticized the chance for peace.”

Roz Rothstein, CEO of the comments about Palestinian PA’s incitement on several other schools were “very constructive.” occasions, but did not take any pro-Israel education organization StandWithUs, told JNS.org Jacobs, whose cousin, Boaz Aluf, publicly known steps to curb it.

The key issue now is enforce- that the problem of incitement was killed in a Palestinian bus bombing in Jerusalem in 2002, ment, according to Rabbi Dr. did not begin with the creation told JNS.org that “there is no Irving (Yitz) Greenberg, who See Jewish Leaders Applaud, page 38 question that constant incite- chaired the U.S. Holocaust Me-

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Jewish Communities in Europe Warn of Rising Anti-Semitism By: Henry Ridgwell

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ewish communities in Europe say they feel especially vulnerable following the terror attacks across the continent in recent years, and want governments to dedicate extra policing and intelligence efforts to keep them safe.

Community leaders meeting at the Munich Security Conference Sunday also warned that the rise of populist far right parties threatens their way of life.

Jewish leaders say the plight of their people in Europe will always be seen in the shadow of the Holocaust.

Vice-President Mike Pence and his family travelled the few kilometers out of Munich Sunday to the site of the former Nazi concentration camp at Dachau.

U.S. troops liberated the camp on April 29th 1945.

In total six million Jews were killed in the Holocaust. Seventy-two years later, Jewish communities across the continent say anti-Semitism is on the rise again.

A session was convened Sunday on the sidelines of the Munich summit to debate how Europe’s Jewish communities can be protected, attended by former Israeli foreign minister Tzipi Livni. Chief Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt, President of the

Amid Protests, British Parliament Debates Trump Visit Edited by: JV Staff

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housands of people took to the streets of London outside Parliament late Monday as British lawmakers debated whether to withdraw an invitation to President Donald Trump for a state visit.

British Prime Minister Theresa May became the first foreign leader to meet Trump in the White House in January, when she invited him to Britain on a state visit to be hosted by Queen Elizabeth II later this year.

The debate was scheduled Vice-President Mike Pence and his family travelled the few after more than 1.8 million peokilometers out of Munich Sunday to the site of the former Nazi ple signed an online petition concentration camp at Dachau. calling on the British governConference of European Rabbis, attack on the Jewish Museum ment to cancel the state visit. told VOA security is the num- in Brussels killed four people. In A counter-petition urging the ber one concern for Jews across 2015 gunmen attacked a kosher government to support the visit, supermarket in Paris – the same signed by 300,000, was also being the continent.

“Terrorism – which we have day as the assault on the offices discussed. seen in Toulouse, in Paris, in of the magazine Charlie Hebdo.

Terrorism expert Peter Neu- Robust debate Copenhagen, in Brussels – which has impacted the Jewish mann of the International CenDespite the robust debate in community and has also created ter for the Study of Radicaliza- parliament, the lawmakers have an exodus from some countries.” tion told the conference specific no power to actually withdraw Four percent of the Jewish protection is needed. the offer.

“Jewish communities are population in Belgium and Paul Flynn, a member for the France had left for Israel be- always in the frontline if you opposition Labor Party, opened tween 2010 and 2015, according like, and that’s why it’s import- the debate calling Trump a to a recent study by the Lon- ant that governments intensify man who behaves like a "petdon-based Institute of Jewish their efforts to protect them. It’s ulant child," who should have also important for Europe in a his state visit downgraded to a Policy Research.

Both countries have seen grander sense, because when mere visit.

Jewish communities targeted. In Outside parliament, protester See Jewish Communities, page 37 2014 an Islamic-state inspired Benjamin Kari said people needed to stand up against Trump's policies and avoid becoming complacent. "He's promoting racist policies. He's normaliz-

French Far-Right LePen says Assad is Solution to Syria Crisis By: Walter Metuth

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rench far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen on Monday called Syrian President Bashar Assad "the most reassuring solution for France," a major divergence with her nation's official policy.

Le Pen, head of the anti-immigration National Front, spoke after meetings with Lebanese President Michel Aoun and Prime Minister Saad Hariri.

They were among numerous officials, including the Christian Maronite patriarch, that Le Pen was meeting on her two-day visit to Lebanon, a former French protectorate.

The trip represented the first major foray into foreign policy for Le Pen, a leading candidate in France's April 23 and May 7 election.

She said she told Hariri that there is "no viable and workable solution" to the Syrian civil war beyond choosing between Assad and the Islamic State group.

"I clearly explained that in the political picture the least bad option is the politically realistic.

It appears that Bashar al Assad is evidently today the most reassuring solution for France."

Le Pen has made known her preference for Assad in the past — a position that runs counter to the French government's strong anti-Assad approach — but it carries extra weight being stated while on a foreign

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A demonstrator dressed as the Statue of Liberty takes part in a protest against President Donald Trump in London

ing racism and misogyny and will lay on everything because we are so desperate for your compaIslamophobia." ny?' … I am ashamed that it has May's visit a sign come to this."

of desperation?

Bryan Richardson, a member of the Stand up to Racism group, said May "humiliated herself by rushing over to Washington to be the first leader to meet Donald Trump."

Some lawmakers said May's haste to bolster the trans-Atlantic "special relationship" as Britain prepares to leave the European Union had an edge of desperation.

"We didn't do this for [President John F.] Kennedy," Labor lawmaker David Lammy said.

"We didn't do this for [President Harry S.] Truman. We didn't do this for [President Ronald] Reagan. But for this man, after seven days, we say 'Please come and we

Visit will happen The government insists Trump's visit will take place, though dates have not been announced. Conservative lawmakers said revoking the invitation would be a bad idea for the trans-Atlantic relationship.

"We believe it is absolutely right that we should use all the tools at our disposal to build common ground with President Trump," Foreign Office Minister Alan Duncan told lawmakers.

"The visit should happen, the visit will happen," he added. "And when it does, I trust the United Kingdom will extend a polite and generous welcome to President Donald Trump."

Turkey Says it Will Attack Syrian Kurdish Forces at Manbij By: Dorian Jones

T In this photo released by Lebanon's official government photographer Dalati Nohra, French far-right leader and presidential candidate Marine Le Pen, left, shakes hands with Lebanese President Michel Aoun, at the presidential palace, in Baabda, east Beirut, Lebanon

visit with a Syrian neighbor, and during unusual meetings with the nation's top officials. The trip is Le Pen's first real public foray into foreign policy.

Before meeting with the prime minister, Le Pen had a visit with Aoun, the leader of a Christian party allied with the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militia fighting on the side of Assad.

Le Pen said she and Hariri, who has longstanding ties to France, agreed on "the absolute necessity" for nations wanting to fight the Islamic State group tearing Syria and Iraq apart to come "to the table," an apparent reference to formal talks. She noted the threat to France of the Islamic State group which has claimed deadly attacks in

Paris, Nice and elsewhere, and has lured hundreds of French youths to the war zones in Syria and Iraq.

Le Pen said during her meeting with the Lebanese president that the two countries should be "pillars" in organizing the fight against Islamic fundamentalism.

Le Pen said earlier that she also discussed the costs of housing refugees with the president.

Two top themes of Le Pen's platform are drastically reducing immigration, and the refugee population, and fighting Islamic extremism. Her National Front party claims Muslim immigration to France boosts terror risks, costs jobs, drains See French Far-Right LePen, page 38

urkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has declared his nation's forces will liberate the Syrian town of Manbij from the Kurdish YPG and hand it back to local Arabs.

Ankara accuses the YPG of being affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, which is fighting the Turkish state and is designated a terrorist organization by the United States and much of the international community.

Any move, however, against Manbij threatens to put Ankara and Washington on a collision course. “It would put Turkey against American-supported forces who are fighting with America against ISIS,” says political columnist Semih Idiz, of Al Monitor website. “ISIS is a major target for America at the moment and that would really be a disaster, as far as Turkish-American relations are concerned.”

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, right, meets with Senator John McCain at the Presidential Palace in Ankara,

operation, given that elements of the YPG would likely withdraw to defend Manbij.

Erdogan accuses Washington of reneging on its promise to ensure the YPG would withdraw after it liberated Manbij from Islamic State. The YPG insists it did withdraw and only local people are defending the town.

Some experts are expressing alarm at the prospect of such a confrontation. “It does not Analysts concerned make any sense at all, militarily, The Syrian Kurdish militia politically, ideologically, logicalis a key part of the U.S.-backed ly, does not make sense. I mean SDF coalition marching on the It is a built up area; why should so-called Islamic State's self-de- the Turkish army move into this built up area and risking huge clared capital of Raqqa.

Analysts warn any attack on casualty rates; why?” says forManbij could compromise that mer Turkish Brigadier General

Haldun Solmazturk, who now heads the Ankara-based research group the 21st Century Turkey Institute.

A political move?

The Turkish army has been hit with a series of purges within it ranks, since a failed coup in July, that are being cited as a factor into why the military remains bogged down after weeks of fighting to oust Islamic State from the town of al-Bab, which is much smaller than Manbij.

The failings of the Free Syrian Army, which Ankara originally planned to lead the fight against IS, is also cited as a factor behind See Turkey Says it Will Attack, page 38

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“Fake News” – The Victimization of the American Public Continues ing could be further from the truth in their unsubstantiated Talk with Malcolm Turnbull charges about how he is hanStrains Another Alliance.” dling his first weeks in office.

From the day that Trump The reportage of Trump’s first phone conversation with the announced his decision in the Australian prime minister was summer of 2015 to run for the described as contentious. The nation’s highest office, scurriWashington Post reported that Trump “blasted Turnbull over a refugee agreement and boasted "The illegal immigration about the magnitude of his elecissue has been set up by toral college win.” The Sydney the media to demonize Morning Herald, however, re- Mr. Trump as a racist and ported that Trump says his con- a brutalizer of the poor." versation with Malcolm TurnBill O’Reilly bull was "very civil", after news of the adversarial phone call between the allies hit headlines lous accusations that lacked any around the world. Trump was merit were leveled at him. Thus, also in a quandary as to why his this era marked the beginning of conversation with Turnbull was the “fake news” cycle that would follow Trump to the White described with negative tones.

He tweeted that the exchange House even after his stunning had been “very civil” as well and defeat of Democratic frontrunadded that “fake news” media ner, Hillary Clinton in the genhad lied about the details of the eral election in November.

For example, in October of exchange. Mr. Turnbull himself had corroborated Trump’s as- 2016, Trump had been accused sessment of the call as very civil of sexual assault and sexual and made statements to this ef- harassment by at least fifteen fect to the media. Trump took women since the 1980s. This to Twitter again and expressed spurious allegation surfaced his thanks to Turnbull for “tell- only days after Democratic oping the truth about our very civ- eratives released a hidden mic il conversation that FAKE News video of Trump appearing on the “Access Hollywood” promedia lied about. Very nice!”

In a February 14th article gram over ten years ago. He told that appeared in the New York host Billy Bush about his alleged Times, the “Fake News” ap- flagrant exploits with women. paratus claimed that Trump’s Trump denied the allegations, first month in office has been saying that he has been the marked by “unbelievable tur- victim of media bias, conspiramoil” and has been “remarkably cies, and a political smear camtumultuous.” The publication paign. There was much truth in has boldly asserted that “scan- Trump’s denial as the women dal, legal challenges, personnel who had made the accusations drama and questions about never filed charges against him.

Also in October, when the his temperament during interactions with world leaders” top brass at the Democratic parhave plagued the early days of ty saw that Trump was catching up in the polls they accused him Trump’s presidency.

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Trump tweeted that the exchange he had with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull (pictured above) had been “very civil” and added that “fake news” media had lied about the details of the exchange. Mr. Turnbull himself had corroborated Trump’s assessment of the call as very civil and made statements to this effect to the media. Trump took to Twitter again and expressed his thanks to Turnbull for “telling the truth about our very civil conversation that FAKE News media lied about. Very nice!”

Taking the media to task for their presumptuous assumptions and mendacious claims, Trump told the press conference attendees that his administration was running like a “finely tuned machine” and that noth-

of getting a tax break for stiffing contractors who built his hotels in Atlantic City and elsewhere.

Additionally, they asserted that Trump’s unwillingness to release his tax returns must indicate that the billionaire businessman

was involved in nefarious plots.

Naturally, the press picked up on these unsubstantiated allegations and ran with it. No concrete evidence of proof of any kind has been proffered that indicates that any of these claims have any veracity whatsoever.

Addressing the issue of the burgeoning phenomenon of “Fake News” in front of thou-

immigration officials arrested more than 600 people across at least 11 states last week. The points that O’Reilly really focused on was precisely how the story has been covered.

He explained that the coordinated raids targeted illegal immigrants who had committed crimes in the U.S., mostly felonies. He noted that 75 percent

Howard Kurtz at FOX said that according to a poll taken by his network, it reveals that Americans are "so polarized" and that there is "so much distrust" of the media.

The poll, released last Friday evening, reflected that 45 percent of voters trust President Trump more than the media, while 42 percent say the media

Addressing the issue of the burgeoning phenomenon of “Fake News” in front of thousands of members of his voter base in an airplane hangar in Melbourne, Florida this past Saturday evening, Trump said that the specific purpose of the campaign style rally was to speak to the American people "without the filter of the fake news" -- a continuation of his now famous news conference last Thursday in which he boldly confronted the mainstream media for their constant skewing of the facts when reporting about him or his administration.

sands of members of his voter base in an airplane hangar in Melbourne, Florida this past Saturday evening, Trump said that the specific purpose of the campaign style rally was to speak to the American people "without the filter of the fake news" -- a continuation of his now famous news conference last Thursday in which he boldly confronted the mainstream media for their constant skewing of the facts when reporting about him or his administration.

Concerning the illegal leaks that Trump has said actually do exist, it has been reported that he and Republican lawmakers are pushing for an investigation into the leaks that revealed Flynn's discussions with a Russian diplomat and other sensitive details from inside the administration. Karl Rove told Bill Hemmer at FOX last week that the leaks are "political payback," potentially from Obama administration holdovers or intelligence officials who are upset about Trump's criticism of the intelligence community.

"That's revenge, and that has no role in our system," Rove said. He explained that these leaks could be "poisonous" to the already strained relationship between Trump and the intelligence community. "What if this is being done by some former Obama administration official, and we never find out it was them, but we think it might be somebody in the intelligence community?" Rove said. "That really poisons the relationship the president needs to have with the intelligence community."

Also taking on the mainstream media for their tendentious reporting and apparently corroborating Trump’s hypothesis about the “Fake News” trend, FOX’s Bill O’Reilly said during his talking points memo last Monday night that federal

of those taken into custody had convictions, including homicide and rape, and many of the arrested non-felons were associating with the criminals. "But those facts have largely gone unreported by the American press and by the radical left, which is actively misleading you," O'Reilly said.

O’Reilly pointed to hysterical headlines, like "Immigrant Community on High Alert, Fearing Trump’s ‘Deportation Force’" and "The Trump Deportation Regime Has Begun."

"That's not press bias. That's blatant dishonesty," O'Reilly said.

"The illegal immigration issue has been set up by the media to demonize Mr. Trump as a racist and a brutalizer of the poor."

are more trustworthy. Kurtz said the poll should elicit some "soul-searching for our journalistic professionals." The poll also found that 68 percent of voters think the media is tougher on Trump than President Obama, while 18 percent said it is "easier" on Trump.

presidency. He said some members of the media have a blueprint for destroying Republican officials but that it won't work on Trump since he doesn't fit the mold. "The media did not make Donald Trump and they can't destroy him," Limbaugh said.

In an earlier interview with Wallace, White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus said there was "absolutely" no collusion between anyone in the Trump campaign and Russia prior to the election. Limbaugh agreed.

"It is preposterous to believe that the Russians had any effect on the outcome of voting in this country," Limbaugh said.

"Donald Trump has nobody helping him other than the people who voted for him," Limbaugh said. "Obama had the media. Obama had the judiciary. Obama had all kinds of support."

Also weighing in on the topic of media bias against Trump was Fox News’ Sean Hannity.

In his opening monologue last Friday evening, he reacted to the media's meltdown after receiving a "historic beating" by Trump at the White House press conference on Thursday.

According to a Fox Insider report, Hannity noted that NBC News' Chuck Todd compared Trump to Richard Nixon, CBS' Scott Pelley called out the president for "bluster, bravado, exaggeration and few loose facts," ABC News' Matthew Dowd said he came off as "small and insecure," and CNN's Jack Tapper told Trump to "get to work and stop whining."

"The media did not make Donald Trump and they can't destroy him" - Rush Limbaugh He said if the federal government cannot remove people here illegally who commit serious crimes, then we do not have an effective federal government.

"Yet the far left and the press, knowing full well that the ICE raids last week were directed at dangerous people, chose not to report that, instead smearing President Trump. We have now reached a low point in American journalism."

"After eight years of President Obama, there are many people working in the federal government who like the former president and who despise Mr. Trump. Eliminating all of them and stopping leaks will pretty much be impossible," O'Reilly said. "Also, trying to get fairness out of an anti-Trump press will be impossible as well." "So the Trump administration has its hands full."

Stories revolving around former National Security Advisor General Michael Flynn’s (pictured above)“multiple conversations” with Russia’s ambassador to the US, Sergey I. Kislyak, both before and after Trump’s victory and the alleged charge of discussion of sanctions being lifted as was reported by the New York Times and other outlets contained some misleading representations as well as a litany of untruths according to Trump.

Conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh was a guest for an exclusive interview on "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace to discuss President Donald Trump's relationship with the mainstream media, according to the Fox Insider report.

Limbaugh, host of "The Rush Limbaugh Show," said he believes the left-wing media is attempting to sabotage Trump's

Hannity said that Trump has been working, and he simply used Thursday's press conference to defend himself from an "out of control media bias." "Not only was he being presidential, not only was he being honest, but he was being funny," Hannity said. He said the press' reaction is just "one huge temper tantrum," See “Fake News”, page 39

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Hanegbi Appointed Acting Communications Minister By: Ilana Messika

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he Cabinet approved on Tuesday afternoon the appointment of Regional Cooperation Minister, Tzachi Hanegbi, as acting Communications Minister for a period of three months.

On February 19 Netanyahu sent a letter to Cabinet Secretary Braverman officially resigning from his position as Minister of Communications, following the Supreme Court’s ruling that in light of the criminal investigation against him regarding his relations with the media, he could not continue holding the portfolio. Netanyahu appointed Minister Tzachi Hanegbi to fulfill his duties as Minister of Communications for an interim 90 day period.

Hanegbi was elected for the

first time as a member of Knesset for the Likud party in 1988 and served in parliament for 22 consecutive years, until December 2010. In 1996 he was appointed Minister of Health in Netanyahu’s government prior to being appointed Minister of Justice. He is known for being extremely reluctant to challenge the authority of the Supreme Court, and opposes legislation aimed at subordinating it to the Knesset.

In February 2003 Hanegbi was appointed Minister of Public Security in Ariel Sharon’s second government, prior to occupying a crucial position of Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office in charge of the Secret Services and the strategic dialogue between Israel and the United States.

Hanegbi, the son of Likud firebrand MK Geulah Cohen, started his career as a radical

He rejoined the Likud party in 2012. Unlike other MKs who had left with Sharon, he was welcomed back with minimum resistance, in part because of his blue blood. He has become the party’s leading moderate, both in terms of foreign policy and his lack of enthusiasm for populist rhetoric.

Hanegbi’s appointment follows the High Court of Justice ruling giving PM Netanyahu up to February 20 to explain the reasons why could not resign or suspend himself from his position as Minister of Communications, The Cabinet approved on Tuesday afternoon the appointment considering the apparent conof Regional Cooperation Minister, Tzachi Hanegbi, as acting flicts of interests exposed during Communications Minister for a period of three months. Photo the Noni Mozes case. The interCredit: Hillel Maeir im decision was received after right wing student leader, with a where he supported Sharon’s a petition submitted by leader penchant for behavior bordering disengagement from Gaza, and of the opposition Isaac Herzog on the thuggish. Over the years left the Likud with him when he and the Movement for Quality Government. he has moderated, to the point formed Kadima in 2005.

Herzog claimed the temporary appointment constituted a “bad joke” and an oversight of the “known fact that Bibi will not remain Minister of Communications, period”.

Meretz Chairman Zehava Gal-On further argued that the fact that the position was not a permanent one represented an attempt by Netanyahu to permit a”de facto”command of the Ministry while evading further legal hurdles. “Netanyahu is trying to eat the cake and leave it whole – he realized that his embroilment in multiple conflicts of interest with the media complicates his legal situation, but is not ready to give up on his most important portfolio which allows him to intimidate journalists and wield a sword over the press not currently at his command”, said Gal-On. (TPS)

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Settlement Issue Follows Bibi to Singapore, Australia By: Andrew Friedman

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But whereas in Washington the two leaders opened a door to “new ideas” to solving the Israel-Palestinian conflict apart from a two-state solution, the prime minister received a jolt back to reality Monday when the prime minister of Singapore, Lee Hsien Loong, said in no uncertain terms that his country is committed to the traditional model for Middle East peace

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IDF Soldier Convicted of Killing Terrorist Gets 18 Months in Prison By: Yoni Ariel

ast November settlement leaders celebrated the victory of Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton for president, expecting the departure of former President Barack Obama from the White House to usher in an unlimited period of Israeli building around Judea and Samaria. More recently, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu looked more relaxed and confident last week following his meeting with Trump at the White House than at any Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Lee Hsien Loong, time in recent years. the prime minister of Singapore at a joint press conference

Regardless of technology and business ties, however, the settlement issue and two-state model will continue to dog Netanyahu as he continues on to Australia later in the week

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lor Azaria, the IDF soldier convicted of manslaughter for the killing of a neutralized terrorist last March, has been sentenced to a year-and-a-half prison sentence. He will serve the sentence in a military prison and will have his military rank reduced from Sergeant to Private. Azaria also received an additional suspended sentence.

The defense has already said it will appeal the conviction to the Supreme Court and has requested a stay of sentence until the appeal has been heard. The hope for our peoples and I think prosecution, which requested a for beyond our peoples, for the 3-5 year sentence, has objected neighborhoods in which we live. and demands he immediately We value the diversity in our so- begin serving the sentence. Milcieties, we value the pluralism in itary Judge Col. Maya Heller, our societies, and we have much who headed the court martial, to learn from each other,” Net- agreed to the defense’s request anyahu said. and Azaria will begin serving Regardless of technology his sentence in 14 days. and business ties, however, the The maximum sentence is 20 settlement issue and two-state years. model will continue to dog NeAzaria was convicted by a tanyahu as he continues on to Australia later in the week. The Australian government and lo- Several senior politicians, cal Jewish community have long including MKs and been strong supporters of Israel cabinet ministers on the international stage, but criticized Defense have also criticized Israel over Minister Ya’alon and Chief the settlement issue in the past. of Staff Gadi Eisenkot for Last December, Prime Minister not supporting a soldier

building.

“I know it is hard, but it is the only way to achieve peace and stability,” Lee said. “We support the two-state solution.”

In a joint press conference, Netanyahu avoided the issue, instead praising the people of Singapore, saying the island city-state illustrates the “power of people, the power of ideas, the power of the potential or rather of talent unleashed, and adding that the two countries share many things in common.

“We’re [both] small nations that have become in many areas global powers… We live in a technological age. The future belongs to those who innovate.

Israel and Singapore are innovation nations, and together we can bring more prosperity, more See Settlement Issue Follows Bibi , page 38

in uniform

Elor Azaria, the IDF soldier convicted of manslaughter for the killing of an Arab terrorist last March, has been sentenced to a year-and-a-half prison sentence

military court on January 4.

Following the publication of video footage of the incident Moshe Ya’alon, who was then still Defense Minister, condemned what he regarded as a gross breach of military discipline and of the IDF’s ethical code. This caused a rift between him and the PM, and was one of the reasons Netanyahu decided to replace him with Avigdor Lieberman.

The IDF investigated the incident, despite the poisoned atmosphere it created. Right-wingers applauded Azaria, saying he should get a medal, not a court martial. Several senior politicians, including MKs and cabinet ministers criticized Defense Minister Ya’alon

and Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot for not supporting a soldier in uniform. On the other side of the divide, Azaria was called a murderer who had shamed and dishonored the IDF, and should be brought to justice and severely punished, in order to set an example and prevent similar recurrences.

The right wing groups which have been supporting the soldier demonstrated outside the court. They condemned the IDF and Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot, calling him a traitor and demanding his resignation. They also yelled slogans against Netanyahu. So far, the demonstration has not degenSee IDF Soldier Convicted , page 39

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Erdan Calls for Int’l Conference to Fight Incitement

Antiquities Robbers Caught Red-Handed in Southern Israel

By: Andrew Friedman

By: Ilana Messika

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nternal Security Minister Gilad Erdan said Monday that his office will host an international conference of homeland, police and domestic security officials to devise common solutions to the challenge of terror and incitement.

Speaking in Jerusalem to the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, Erdan said that not a week goes by without ministers from other democracies reaching out to learn from Israel’s experience in fighting terror.

“The world is finally learning that [radical Islamic] ideology targets them everybody. Last week Austrian and British parliamentarians visited Israel – they want learn from us, and to ben-

“The world is finally learning that [radical Islamic] ideology targets them everybody. Last week Austrian and British parliamentarians visited Israel – they want learn from us, and to benefit from Israel’s experience.

Internal Security Minister Gilad Erdan said Monday that his office will host an international conference of homeland, police and domestic security officials to devise common solutions to the challenge of terror and incitement. Photo Credit: Eitan Elhadez

efit from Israel’s experience. One member of the Austrian delegation even said that collaboration with Israel is ‘vital to his country’s security’”.

Erdan said that Israeli police and security forces are working day and night to infiltrate terror cells, but added that online incitement has become an important part of anti-terror efforts.

“We are not being complacent.

We have ramped up our ability to monitor social media, using cyber technologies to pre-empt

terror attacks,” he added.

The minister noted his efforts to build a strong multicultural policing model for Israel and cited a Hebrew-language report Sunday indicating that 72 percent of Israel’s Arab citizens report that they now trust Israel police.

“We are recruiting minorities into the police force and working together with minority communities [to improve police service].

“It’s a message that police in America can learn from,” Erdan said.

(TPS)

Resisting Pressure, NFL Players Greet Fans on Trip to Israel After a storm of controversy, five US football players tour Israel's cities and holy sites By: Jessi Satin

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really liked that I got to see the Western Wall,” Oakland Raiders defensive tackle Dan Williams tells i24NEWS from the middle of a throng of fans scrambling for autographs and yelling “we love you Dan!” “Are the Raiders going to win the Super Bowl next year?” asks a teen wearing a kippa (skull cap) while handing Williams a football to sign. “Of course!” Williams smiles back.

Williams was one of five National Football League (NFL) players to greet fans in Jerusalem Saturday night as part of a special half-time event during a quarter-final match of the Israeli Flag Football League featuring the Har Nof Hillbillies and the Tzionim.

He was joined by Tennessee Titans Tight End Delanie Walker, Arizona Cardinals Defensive End Calais Campbell, Cameron Jordan- Defensive End for the New Orleans Saints, and Philadelphia Eagles Linebacker Mychal Kendricks.

The roar from the crowd of a few hundred people packed into the small Kraft Stadium was deafening, and the players almost showed more enthusiasm than the fans.

American Football in Israel hosted Saturday night’s event, and now boasts a membership of more than 2,000 players and five tackle and flag football leagues.

“The people who are here to-

American Football in Israel hosted Saturday night’s event, and now boasts a membership of more than 2,000 players and five tackle and flag football leagues.

night are all American football fans - many of them play the game and many of them come out to watch their friends play,” Steve Leibowitz, founder and current president of American Football in Israel told i24NEWS. “For all of them the top of the game is the NFL, and for a select few who play the greatest game - as far as we are concerned - to come out and join us here in Israel is always an honor.”

The week-long visit by the players was organized in a joint effort between the Ministry of Strategic Affairs and Public Relations and the Ministry of Tourism, but did not come without controversy.

Seattle Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett, who was scheduled to be part of the original delegation of 11 NFL players to visit Israel as part of a

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goodwill tour sponsored by the Israeli government, announced a few days prior that he had decided to cancel his participation in the trip over concerns that he would be used for an influence campaign.

Bennett sent out a five-word tweet saying “I'm not going to Israel.”

He followed by posting a lengthy letter to "the world" in which he explained that he "was excited to see this remarkable and historic part of the world with my own eyes," but was not aware that the trip's "itinerary was being constructed by the Israeli government for the purposes of making me, in the words of a government official, an ‘influencer and opinion-former’ who would then be ‘an ambassador of good will.’"

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nspectors of the Israel Antiquities Authority Unit for the Prevention of Antiquities Robbery caught on Monday a cell of antiquities robbers while they were conducting illegal excavations in an ancient cave near the area of Gvaot Goral in the Negev.

The presumed robbers apparently aimed at finding a hidden treasure which would have been buried in the cave according to a Bedouin legend. This cell is the second one caught in the south in the past month alone.

The four members of the cell, residents of the Bedouin village of al-Sayed near Shokat Junction, were caught illegally digging in an ancient cave at the foothills of the Pahar fortress, a grand archaelogical site containing remains of a fortress from the biblical times (7th century B.C). The IAA inspectors had received intelligence on the activities of the cell a few weeks ago but were too late in catching the thieves. Scans of the cave had revealed numerous excavation pits which were dug illegally into archaeological layers causing considerable damage to the site.

After close monitoring of the site and in cooperation with the Israel Nature and Parks Authority, the four suspects, all in their thirties, were observed ex-

Inspectors of the Israel Antiquities Authority Unit for the Prevention of Antiquities Robbery caught on Monday a cell of antiquities robbers while they were conducting illegal excavations in an ancient cave near the area of Gvaot Goral in the Negev.

iting the cave carrying digging tools. The suspects were arrested, brought in for questioning and ultimately released under restrictive conditions. Interrogation would continue in the coming days.

“It is important to remind the public that there is no archeaological or historical basis to the tale of the hidden treasure”, said Guy Fitoussi, an inspector of the IAA Unit.

According to him, antiquities robbery in the Negev has increased in recent times due to the spreading of false rumors about treasures allegedly hidden in nearby archaeological sites.

“Unfortunately, various fac-

tors, including ‘fortune tellers’ and others impersonating religious people, encourage the Bedouin youth to go out and hunt for treasures via illegal excavations of ancient sites”, said Fitoussi. “Obviously, no treasure has been uncovered so far, only the severe damage done to the sites causing harm to our cultural assets.”

At the end of the investigation, the material will be forwarded to the legal department of the IAA for potential indictments against those involved.

Damage to an archaeological site is punishable by law and carries up to a five-year prison sentence.

(TPS)

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Scandals and All, Trump Supporters in Israel Remain Enthusiastic By: Andrew Friedman

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ollowing Prime Minister Netanyahu’s meeting with resident Donald Trump, Israeli supporters of the new administration say that the meeting puts a strong stamp of approval on their feelings that Trump’s policies are everything they’d hoped they would be.

Trump’s Israel nominees are starting from a much better place than Obama’s appointees: They know Judea and Samaria, they have spent time here, learned in our yeshivot, invested here.

Abe Katsman, a native of Seattle, Washington who has lived in Jerusalem since 2008 and serves as Counsel to Republicans Abroad – Israel, acknowledged that Trump has toned down his unstinting support for Israeli building throughout Judea and Samaria and has yet to move the US embassy to Jerusalem. But he added that the change in tone is neither dramatic or ominous.

“The really critical thing, I think, for those for whom Israel was a key issue is that there’s been no statement that settlements are ‘illegitimate’ or ‘illegal’, no statement about undermining [the peace process].

It’s a huge, huge improvement.

Whatever lack of enthusiasm has come out of certain statements lately regarding settlements and building is more an indication of regional realities and the president’s wider agenda for the region,” Katsman said.

To illustrate, Katsman cited Arab countries around the region that currently maintain covert or low-grade ties with Jerusalem, particularly regarding security cooperation and intelligence sharing, but those are relationships that may not be ripe for far-reaching move

by Israel right now. A month into the presidency, Katsman said Trump’s policies are the important thing to watch and cautioned that “big things take time to develop.”

“Take the embassy issue,” he said. “I don’t think people for whom moving the embassy is very high on their priority list will be unhappy if the embassy moves in 6 months or a year as opposed to day one. I do think the White House would like to see Israel keep quieter about some things – you don’t have to make a press release every time you hire an interior decorator. But I think the president’s comments would be even less critical if Israel were less public about its moves regarding the settlements.”

Few Trump voters in Israel seem bothered by the repeated scandals that have rocked the administration. Several people who did not support Trump’s

Similarly, reports that reviewed classified documents about North Korea’s nuclear test the balcony at Mar a Lago during a lunch date with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (with guests in the restaurant taking photos), rather than in a secure space were dismissed as insignificant, or at least as not as bad as Hilary’s emails.

“Look, we don’t know exactly what happened in any of these cases,” said Abe Katsman.

“But it is kind of funny that the folks who were dismissive of the careless (at a minimum) handling by Hilary Clinton of hundreds of classified documents now suddenly find it to be an impeachable offense if there is some kind of mishandling of some kind of classified information.

“Again, I don’t know exactly what it is we are dealing with.

So I kind of question the sense of alarm on the other side,” Katsman said.

Republicans Overseas – Israel President Marc Zell, dismissed Ultimately, Katsman repeatMonday’s resignation of National Security Advisor Michael Flynn ed his view that the adminisas a “hiccup” that was dealt with expeditiously and served only tration should be judged by to ramp up support here for the Trump-Pence administration. “policy and personnel,” and said Photo Credit: Ehud Amiton/TPS that on these issues he remains Others urged caution against of national security. Several in- confident. Others agree.

“I think you’ve got to con“premature celebrations” over dividuals who describe themthe Flynn resignation, and selves as “copious consumers centrate on policy and people, focused on themes that have of news about politics” had not and I think that on this score become standard fare in the read reports that Trump autho- there is a lot of reason to feel administration: Rage over rized a US raid in Yemen against good,” said Oded Revivi, mayDemocratic attempts to block al-Qaeda without sufficient or of Efrat and foreign envoy Trump nominees (they said intelligence on the operation, for the Yesha Council. “For one Republican senators’ refusal while others posited that things thing, Trump’s Israel nominees last year to hold confirmation had gone bad because al-Qaeda are starting from a much better place than Obama’s appointees: hearings for Obama Supreme forces had been “tipped off.” candidacy initially, such as Republicans Overseas – Israel President Marc Zell, dismissed Monday’s resignation of National Security Advisor Michael Flynn as a “hiccup” that was dealt with expeditiously and served only to ramp up support here for the Trump-Pence administration.

Nominee Merrick Garland was “not the same”), criticism of the judiciary for blocking Trump’s travel ban and especially the notion that “mainstream media” is fundamentally duplicitous and hostile.

Significantly, their confidence in Trump’s administration remains steady even on questions

They know Judea and Samaria, they have spent time here, learned in our yeshivot, invested here. So that’s a good starting point.

“Again, I don’t know exactly what it is we are dealing with. So I kind of question the sense of alarm on the other side,” Katsman said.

“Compare that to John Kerry and the other Obama appointees: They started out knowing almost nothing about Israel or the Palestinians, but with a lot of preconceived notions. They saw what they wanted to see, which means the things that confirmed their ideas, and drafted policy to conform to those thoughts,” Revivi concluded.

Katsman concurred. “I think the country did self a big favor by not going further down the Hilary Clinton road. When I look around at the president’s Supreme Court nominee, they way he’s stood up to Iran, his vastly improved orientation towards Israel, his attempt to deregulate and cut taxes and restore the country’s natural pro-business footing and his move to get a grip on an increasingly out of control government – these things are very positive developments.

I hope the Democrats’ obstruction doesn’t get in way of that too much,” he said.

Israel’s Regulation Law: ‘Land Grab’ or Just Politics?

By: Alex Traiman

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ust days after the settlement outpost of Amona was evacuated and demolished by order of Israel’s High Court of Justice, the Knesset passed controversial legislation to retroactively legalize all settlement housing sitting on property that has been identified as private Palestinian land.

The law’s passage is being hailed by supporters of Israel’s 40-year-old settlement enterprise as a step toward extension of full Israeli sovereignty over the disputed territories of Judea and Samaria, commonly known as the West Bank. Opponents have labeled the law a “land grab” and have petitioned Israel’s High Court to overturn it on the grounds that its passage violates international law.

Yet according to several leading legal scholars, the “Regulation Law” does not contradict Israeli law, and precedents both inside and outside Israel can be invoked to justify its passage within the context of international law.

“I wouldn’t call it a land grab,” Alan Baker, a former legal adviser to Israel’s Foreign Ministry and Israel’s former ambassador to Canada. “These people have been already living where they are living for many years. The opposition to this law is more of a political issue.”

Israeli Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit—a political appointee of Prime Minister

Benjamin Netanyahu—has opted to oppose the law, which was pushed through by Israel’s governing coalition, publicly warning that the measure is “indefensible” before Israel’s High Court.

But Eugene Kontorovich, a professor of constitutional and international law at Northwestern University School of Law, and a senior researcher at Israel’s Kohelet Policy Forum, said the Regulation Law “does not violate any Israeli constitutional principles—or international law, for that matter.”

“In the overwhelming majority of cases, no individual Palestinians have come forward to claim the lands,” said Kontorovich, adding that in most cases, no Palestinian property owners had “asserted their interests for decades after houses were built.”

Jewish homes built on private Palestinian land should be evacuated and demolished. While these rulings effectively penalize the Jewish residents, this recourse does little to compensate Palestinian land owners who still are not granted access to the

Israel’s democratic balance of power

‘Scared of international protest’ Kontorovich asserted that many of the law’s opponents are sensitive to any accusation that the settlement enterprise is a violation of international law.

“They have seen the reactions to settlement building in the United Nations, in Europe and in the previous U.S. administration of Barack Obama, and they are scared of international protest,” Kontorovich told JNS.org.

But within Israel, Kontorovich suggested, “Israeli law can and should supersede international law.”

compensation in order to legally change the ownership status, in the way that this law intends.”

Baker added that the law “won’t encourage the building of any new outposts. Now it is just a question for how to deal with the present outposts that already exist.”

A demonstration against the planned demolition of nine homes in the Israeli settlement of Ofra Feb. 5, 2017. Credit: Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Further, it is often Israeli NGOs—many of which receive foreign funding—that have identified often-unknowing Palestinian land owners from Jordanian land records. The NGOs approach the land owners, offer A ‘misleading’ to pay for legal expenses and land distinction then file petitions on behalf of The Regulation Law seeks to the Palestinian land owners beprotect the current owners of fore Israel’s High Court. homes that were built on land that was later determined to be Punishment vs. “private Palestinian land.” But remuneration Kontorovich said that “this term During the past several years, is misleading.” the High Court has ruled that

property, which is often situated within the security boundaries of Jewish communities or Israeli military installations.

Baker said the Regulation Law actually does more to benefit the Palestinian land owners than demolitions.

“It can go in both directions,” he said. “It will encourage those Palestinians who have ownership claims to put forward their claims in the first place. It might bring about a situation whereby the government will want to offer Palestinians financial

While he noted that there are international precedents for providing such remuneration in the case of disputed or “occupied” territories, including in the nearby country of Cyprus, Baker suggested that such precedents are not likely to sway Israel’s High Court in favor of the law. “It is likely that the court will overturn the law,” he said.

“If the Supreme Court considers that the law runs against Israel’s constitutional principles, including the fact that international law is part of the Israeli law, it can overturn this legislation and repeal it,” said Baker.

“Ultimately, the way Israel’s legal system is built, the High Court has the ultimate say.”

The Israeli High Court is often more aggressive in overturning legislation it does not approve of than courts in other nations. “Israel’s High Court has a substantially different view of what democracy means, which is to protect a moral code which it deems worthy,” as opposed to protecting the spirit of the laws passed by a democratically elected government, Kontor-

According to several leading legal scholars, the “Regulation Law” does not contradict Israeli law, and precedents both inside and outside Israel can be invoked to justify its passage within the context of international law. ovich said.

Changing a territory’s status Baker further explained that if the court rejects the legislation, the Knesset’s next attempt to change land-ownership laws that govern the disputed territories might be to extend Israeli sovereignty over the West Bank.

He said such a step would be “drastic” and “may possibly need to go to a national referendum.”

Israel, said Baker, has not been the first party “trying to unilaterally change the status of the territory.”

“When the Palestinians went to the U.N. and tried to get statehood [in 2011], that was a clear attempt to try and change the status of the territory, which is a fundamental breach of the Oslo Accords,” he said. Following that statehood bid, Baker said Israel “could have come along and said in view of the fact that you have done this, we consider the Oslo Accords void, and therefore we are free to do what we want.”

(JNS.ORG)

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EDITORIAL

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Like a Cat, “Fake News” Has Nine Lives

"F

ake News" is just what the words im- supporters. And try in vain to find an editorial of ply: that some stories or accounts of the NYT or WAPO that has ever indicated that happenings given to us by the print or the real Two State Solution came into effect back electronic media are not true. Rather, in 1922 when the League of Nations lopped off they are lies or purposeful misrepresentations of 80% of the promised Jewish State and created the facts in order to deceive the reader, viewer the Muslim nation of Trans-Jordan. The current or listener. You could imagine "Fake News" as a Leftist cry in support of another Muslim nation football carried protectively under the arms of a should be labeled, "The Three State Solution." running back in order to achieve points on the But the media is willingly silent on this fact.

Do you recall the scoreboard.

We'll "Hands Up, Don't now name some of Shoot" theme that these news sources initiated and brought who are enshrined into existence the in the Fake News Black Lives MatHall of Fame: CNN, ter movement? The MSNBC, CBS, ABC, media ballyhooed NPR, PBS, The New the fake news that York Times (NYT), Michael Brown had The Washington Post his hands up in sur(WAPO), The Chicarender but was shot go Tribune, The LA down and killed by Times and on and a white police officer on. The list appears merely because of to be endless but ex- The New York Times (NYT) has been a leader in the the race of Brown. tremely dangerous Fake News industry for many years CNN's initial one as they impact and sided, lopsided coverage of this tragedy was sway the beliefs of many of their patrons.

Let's go back to a January 1998 Hillary Clin- an interview with one Dorian Johnson who ton interview with NBC's The Today Show claimed to have accompanied Brown the night when the Clinton team was under great media of the shooting and swore that Brown was killed pressure caused by a swarm of scandals such as in cold blood by the police officer although he Whitewater, Filegate, Travelgate, Bill's lies about had his hands up in surrender. The Department Monica Lewinsky, charges of rape, perjury and of Justice eventually decided that the shooting the impending impeachment of him by con- was justified but the theme of "Hands Up, Don't gress. With all those scandals piling up Hillary Shoot" still reverberates whenever there is a pofelt the need to utilize the friendly media with lice shooting of a black.

Prior to this past presidential election, the the big lie claim that all of above were concocted by the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy. The media news media was smirking about and pushing for frenziedly ran with the story in a vain attempt to the sure-bet win for Hillary over Trump. Again, muddy the waters and blame the Republicans for the culprit, the NYT on July 19, 2016, ran the the family's self inflicted dilemmas. The claim of story that led off with the prediction, "For now, a "Right Wing Conspiracy" is still alive and well at least, Hillary Clinton has a 76 percent chance and is applied as a last resort whenever the Left of defeating Donald Trump to become president of the United States." The WAPO, just before the is up against the wall.

In 1998, Hillary Clinton told Matt Lauer on NBC’s The Today Show that accusations of her husband’s infidelity (affair with WH intern Monica Lewinsky) were concocted by a vast right wing conspiracy in order to end the political lives of both she and hubby Bill

Just think about the media's obsession with The Two State Solution and how it's Israel that is the obstacle to peace between itself and the so called Palestinians. The liberal media, led by the NYT never reports on the adulation the Palestinians have for terrorists and suicide bombers by naming squares, streets and buildings for their killers of Israelis. In fact, their blue ribboned columnist, Tom Friedman, in an April 3, 2012 piece gave support to suicide bombings as a means to force Israel to the table of peace.

You could imagine "Fake News" as a football carried protectively under the arms of a running back in order to achieve points on the scoreboard His claim, back in 2011 that Netanyahu's great reception at that time by Congress was due to the payoffs our Congress receives from Jewish sources was read and promulgated by others in order to demean Israel's leader and his American

election stated that Hillary had a 98.1% chance of winning the presidency. Their pie in the sky claim was that she had 323 solid Electoral College votes as opposed to Trump's 180. Again, False News to sway the voters to elect their candidate of the media's choice.

We could go on and on as well to indicate the media driven campaign to whitewash the true threat of Islamic terrorism being imported into this country under the guise of humanitarian efforts to save refugees from the Middle East. Throw in the false claims from editorial verbiage camouflaged as news stories about the stupidity of President Trump, including his anti-Semitism, hatred of women and his Islamophobia. They are all vain attempts by the media to manipulate the thinking and behavior of this nation's citizens. But just take a look at the election results and the latest popularity polls in favor of President Trump that indicate we all happen to be a bit smarter than we apparently look......to the media. We are not the fools they make us out to be. Let's keep it that way.

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Letters to the Editor A Palestinian State is Bad for America Dear Editor: We all know why the creation of a Palestinian state would be dangerous for Israel— the indefensible borders, the vulnerable airports, the lack of water sources.

But let’s consider why a Palestinian state would be dangerous for America.

—Turmoil and instability: The Palestinians have a long record of fomenting regional instability. They provoked an armed conflict with King Hussein of Jordan. They instigated a civil war in Lebanon. It’s only a matter of time before a Palestinian state would stir up turmoil and mayhem throughout the region. That kind of chaos, in such a sensitive region of the world, is the last thing the U.S. needs.

- Proxy for rogues: The Palestinians have always allied themselves with the most extreme and aggressive regimes in the world: in the old days, it was the Soviet Union; today, it’s North Korea and Iran. “Palestine” would quickly invite Iranian “volunteers” and North Korean missiles.

It would become a proxy-state for the world’s worst rogue regimes. How would an Iranian port in Gaza be good for America?

- Against American values: We can already see from the Palestinian Authority’s practices over the past 23 years what kind of state it would have. Islam will be the state religion. Elections will be held rarely, if ever. Critics of the regime will be suppressed. Labor unions will be harassed. Prisoners will be tortured. Christians will be intimidated. Women will be second-class citizens. The Islamist and authoritarian values embodied by the Palestinian state will be the exact opposite of the democratic and pluralistic values that we Americans cherish.

- Enemy of America: A Palestinian state would be an actively anti-American state in word and deed. How do we know? Just look at what the Palestinian Authority has been teaching its people, and especially its children, for the past two decades. The PA’s media and schools portray the United States as racist, colonial, and war-mongering. They accuse the U.S. of carrying out the 9/11 attacks, spreading disease and immorality, and conspiring against Islam.

A Palestinian state will promote hatred of America, vote against the U.S. in international forums, and align itself with radical Third World regimes. The world already has plenty of America-hating countries. Why do we need yet another?

- Undermining America’s ally: Israel has always been America’s closest friend and most reliable ally. As a matter of principle, and as a matter of strategic wisdom, the United States should always stand by its friends. To set up a Palestinian state along Israel’s borders would pose a grave danger to our ally. It would also undermine the confidence of all of America’s allies, and call into doubt the value of America’s promises.

In every conceivable respect, a Palestinian state would be bad for America—bad for American values, bad for American interests, and bad for America’s allies.

Sincerely Stephen M. Flatow (Stephen M. Flatow, a vice president of the Religious Zionists of America, is an attorney in New Jersey. He is the father of Alisa Flatow, who was murdered in an Iranian-sponsored Palestinian terrorist attack in 1995.)

Stop Assisted Suicide!

Dear Editor: Last December, Washington DC’s mayor signed a law pertaining to assisted suicide which would allow doctors to help poison patients. However, in response to this law, there is currently a bill (H.J.Res.27) in Congress that would stop this law from taking effect. Right now around the country there is a very strong movement to legitimize assisted suicide. This movement has already passed such a law in 5 different states.

The leaders of this movement have shown, time and again, that they don’t care if innocent people get murdered due to this bill. Every single one of these bills has allowed people who work for the patient’s medical insurance company to act as a witness that everything was being done legitimately. If God forbid they are able to successfully carry out this law in our nation’s capital, that would further legitimize this movement, leading to thousands of people’s death. Around 40 rabbis paskened that everyone should do

what every they can to stop assisted suicide from happening.

Currently there are 67 cosponsors on H.J.Res.27, which is a bill that would reverse this proposed law and thus help stop assisted suicide in DC. However only one Congressman who has a substantial Jewish community has cosponsored the bill thus far, Congressman Chris Smith who represents Lakewood, NJ. Additionally not a single congressman from New York is a cosponsor. Therefore I urge everyone to call up the Republican Congressman Dan Donovan, from Flatbush, Bensonhurst and Staten Island, and demand that he add his name as a cosponsor to this bill. Dan Donovan can be reached at (202) 225-3371. Call him and tell him that our community strongly opposes assisted suicide and strongly urge him to become a cosponsor on H.J.Res.27.

David Cohen New York

MTA Fare is Good for Riders Dear Editor: The MTA holding base bus and subway fares at $2.75 is good news for riders. MTA services continue to be one of the best bargains in town.

Since the 1950s, the average cost of riding either the bus, subway or commuter rail has gone up at a lower rate than either the consumer price index or inflation. The Metro Card introduced in 1996 affords a free transfer between bus and subway. Prior to this, riders had to pay two full fares.

A majority of residents purchase either a weekly or monthly NYC Transit bus/subway Metro Card or LIRR ticket which further reduces the cost per ride. Many employers offer transit checks, which pay even more of the cost. Daily commuters can also save money by having employers joining the "Transit Chek" program. This helps pay for a significant portion of a weekly or monthly NYCT, MTA Bus or LIRR commutation ticket. "Transit Chek" allows employees to save

monthly on their commute to work. Commuters can use pre-tax dollars to pay for rides up to $255 per month for bus, subway, ferry or commuter rail and save on taxes. Employers save money by reduction in payroll taxes with every dollar an employee deducts.

In the end, quality and frequency of service is dependent upon secure revenue streams.

We all have to contribute — be it at the fare box or tax revenues generated by different levels of government redistributed back to the MTA. TANSTAFFL or "There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch" or in this case a free ride.

Sincerely, Larry Penner Great Neck (Larry Penner is a transportation historian and advocate who previously worked 31 years for the US Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration Region 2 NY Office)

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The End of Palestine Israel has the opportunity to reclaim its nation By: Daniel Greenfield

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alestine is many things.

A Roman name and a Cold War lie. Mostly it’s a justification for killing

Jews.

Palestine was an old Saudi-Soviet scam which invented a fake nationality for the Arab clans who had invaded and colonized Israel. This big lie transformed the leftist and Islamist terrorists run by them into the liberators of an imaginary nation. Suddenly the efforts of the Muslim bloc and the Soviet bloc to destroy the Jewish State became an undertaking of sympathetically murderous underdogs.

But the Palestine lie is past its sell by date.

What we think of as “Palestinian” terrorism was a low-level conflict pursued by the Arab Socialist states in between their invasions of Israel. After several lost wars, the terrorism was all that remained. Egypt, Syria and the USSR threw in the towel on actually destroying Israel with tanks and jets, but funding terrorism was cheap and low-risk.

And the rewards were disproportionate to the cost.

boom, decided to rescue Arafat and create ”Palestine”.

The resulting terrorist disaster killed thousands, scarred two generations of Israelis, isolated the country and allowed Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and other major cities to come under fire for the first time since the major wars. No matter how often Israeli concessions were met with Islamic terrorism, nothing seemed able to shake loose the two-state solution monkey on Israel’s back. Destroying Israel, instantaneously or incrementally, had always been a small price to pay for maintaining the international order.

The same economic forces that were transforming the world after the Cold War had salvaged “Palestine”. Arafat had lost his sponsors in Moscow, but his new sugar daddy’s name was “Globalism”.

The Cold War had been the focus of international affairs.

What replaced it was the conviction that a new world tied together by international commerce, the internet and international law would be born.

The demands of a clan in Hebron used to be able to hijack the attention of the world

Bill Clinton and the flailing left-wing Israeli Labor Party which, unlike its British counterpart, had failed to adapt to the new economic boom, decided to breathe new life into PLO terrorist chieftain Yassir Arafat and create ”Palestine”.

For less than the price of a single jet fighter, Islamic terrorists could strike deep inside Israel while isolating the Jewish State internationally with demands for “negotiations” and “statehood.”

After the Cold War ended, Russia was low on cash and the PLO’s Muslim sugar daddies were tired of paying for Arafat’s wife’s shoe collection and his keffiyah dry cleaning bills.

The terror group was on its last legs. “Palestine” was a dying delusion that didn’t have much of a future.

That’s when Bill Clinton and the flailing left-wing Israeli Labor Party which, unlike its British counterpart, had failed to adapt to the new economic

For two decades, pledging allegiance to the twostate solution and its intent to create a deadly Islamic terror state inside Israel has been the price demanded of the Jewish State for its participation in the international community

because the scope of the clash between Capitalism and Communism could globalize any local conflict. Globalization was just as insistent on taking local conflicts and making them the world’s business through its insistence that every place was connected. The terrorist blowing up an Israeli pizzeria affected stock prices in New York, the expansion prospects of a company in China and the risk of another terrorist attack in Paris. And interconnectedness, from airplane hijacking to plugging into the international’s left alliance of global protest movements, had become the best weapon of Islamic terrorists.

But now globalization is dying. And its death may just take “Palestine” with it.

A new generation of leaders is rising who are actively hostile to globalization. Trump and Brexit were the most vocal rebukes to transnationalism. But polls suggest that they will not be the only ones. The US and the UK, once the vanguards of the international order, now have governments that are competitively seeking national advantages rather than relying on the or-

find Israel’s struggle against the Islamic invaders inconvenient dered rules of the transnational because it threatens their business interests, but they will also safety net.

These governments will not be less willing to rubber stamp just toss aside their commit- the terror agenda the way that ment to a Palestinian state. Not transnationalist governments when the Saudis, Qataris and were willing to do. The eliminacountless other rich and power- tion of the transnational safety ful Muslim countries bring it up net will also cause nationalist governments to look harder at at every session.

But they will be less commit- consequences and results.

Endlessly pouring fortunes ted to it.

At a joint press conference at the White House last Wednesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Donald Trump spoke of replacing the failed “two-state solution” plan for peace between Israel and the Palestinians with “ a much better deal” according to Trump

The terrorist blowing up an Israeli pizzeria (pictured above) affected stock prices in New York, the expansion prospects of a company in China and the risk of another terrorist attack in Paris.

And interconnectedness, from airplane hijacking to plugging into the international’s left alliance of global protest movements, had become the best weapon of Islamic terrorists.

45% of Americans support the creation of a PLO state. 42% are opposed. That's a near split.

These historical numbers have to be viewed within the context of the larger changes sweeping the country.

The transnationalists actively believed that it was their job to solve the problems of other countries. Nationalists are concerned with how the problems of other countries directly impinge on them without resorting to the mystical interconnectedness of everything, from climate change to global justice, that is at the core of the transnational worldview.

More intense competition

by Western nations may make it easier for Islamic agendas to gain influence through the old game of divide and conquer. Nations facing terrorism will still find that the economic influence of Islamic oil power will rally the Western trading partners of Islam against them.

But without the transnational order, such efforts will often amount to little more than lip service.

Nationalist governments will

into a Palestinian state that will never exist just to keep Muslim oil tyrants happy is not unimaginable behavior even for a nationalist government. Japan has been doing just that.

But it will be a less popular approach for countries that don’t suffer from Japan’s energy insecurity.

neous smooth sailing for Israel.

It will however mean that the exit is there.

For two decades, pledging allegiance to the two-state solution and its intent to create a deadly Islamic terror state inside Israel has been the price demanded of the Jewish State for its participation in the international community. That price will not immediately vanish. But it will become easier to negotiate.

The real change will be on the “Palestinian” side where a terrorist kleptoracy feeds off human misery in its mansions downwind of Ramallah. That terror state, conceived insincerely by the enemies of the West during the Cold War and sincerely brought into being by Western transnationalists after the Cold War ended, is a creature of that transnational order.

Without significant American support, the Palestinian Authority will perish. And the farce will end.

It won’t happen overnight.

But Israel now has the ability to make it happen if it is willing to take the risk of transforming a corrosive status quo into a conflict that will be more explosive in the short term, but more manageable in the long term.

Prime Minister Netanyahu, in stark contrast to rivals on the left like Peres and on the right like Sharon, is not a gambler.

The peace process was a big gamble. As was the withdrawal from Lebanon and the expulsion from Gaza. These gambles failed and left behind scars and enduring crises.

Unlike the prime ministers before and after him, Netanyahu has made no big moves. Instead he serves as a sensible steward

Without significant American support, the Palestinian Authority will perish. And the farce will end.

Transnationalists are ideologically incapable of viewing a problem as unsolvable.

Their faith in human progress through international law made it impossible for them to give up on the two-state solution.

Nationalist governments have a colder and harder view of human nature. They will not endlessly pour efforts and resources into a diplomatic black hole. They will eventually take “No” for an answer.

This won’t mean instanta-

The status quo, a weak Islamist-Socialist terror state in Ramallah supported by the United States, a rising Muslim Brotherhood terror state in Gaza backed by Qatar (pictured above) and Turkey, and an Israel using technological brilliance to manage the threat from both, is already unstable. It may collapse in a matter of years.

During the last round of “negotiations”, Secretary of State John Kerry even attempted to do the negotiating on behalf of the Palestinian Authority in the talks with Israel.

The “Palestinian Authority”, a shell company of the PLO which is a shell company of the Fatah terrorists, has no economy worth speaking of. It has foreign aid. Its diplomatic achievements are achieved for it by the transnational network of foreign diplomats, the UN, the media and assorted international NGOs. During the last round of “negotiations”, Secretary of State John Kerry even attempted to do the negotiating on behalf of the Palestinian Authority in the talks with Israel.

Take away the transnational order and the Palestinian Authority will need a new sugar daddy. The Saudis are better at promising money than actually delivering it. Russia may decide to take on the job. But it isn’t about to put in the money and resources that the PA has grown used to receiving from us.

of a rising economy and a growing nation. He has stayed in office for so long because Israelis know that he won’t do anything crazy. That sensible stewardship, which infuriated Obama who accused him of refusing to take risks, has made him one of the longest serving leaders in Israeli history.

Netanyahu is also a former commando who participated in the rescue of a hijacked airplane. He doesn’t believe in taking foolish risks until he has his shot all lined up. But the time is coming when not taking a risk will be a bigger risk than taking a risk. Eventually he will have to roll the dice.

The new nationalist wave may not hold. The transnational order may return. Or the new wave may prove darker and See The End of Palestine, page 37

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Instead of Excessive Apology: The Interrogation of David Friedman By: Meir Jolovitz

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he French philosophers were right. The more things change, the more they stay the same. Just ask the advocates of a strong and secure Israel.

Ask those who dare to suggest that Israel has a right to exist as a Jewish State, and who express a fear that the creation of yet another fanatical Islamic regime whose ideologically-driven hostility is a concern that cannot be ignored. Instead, penance is demanded of the proponents of Israel who must apologize, and atone, for their support.

In 1911, Zeev Jabotinsky, perhaps the greatest Zionist of all, and the intellectual giant on whose shoulders the Israeli Defense Forces later came to stand, penned an article titled "Instead of Excessive Apology.” He wrote: “We constantly and very loudly apologize. Instead of turning our backs to the accusers, as there is nothing to apologize for, and nobody to apologize to, we swear again and again that it is not our fault.” In 1911!

This past week, President Donald Trump’s outstanding choice to serve as the next American ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, was castigated with an almost unprecedented interrogation by the Senate’s 21-member Foreign Relations Committee – where the support of eleven is required to take the vote for confirmation to the full Senate. Despite most calling

themselves “strong supporters well-publicized criticism of its peace,” is neither. And unlike of Israel,” the panel subjected viability – that angered those the kapos to which Friedman Friedman to many hours of po- who shamelessly interrogated had referenced, its frequent anhim. The short version was this: ti-Israel (read: anti-Jewish) aclitical inquisition.

David Friedman’s record on Israel cannot deny the Palestin- tivity is not the manifestation of Israel is well known. Having ians their own state if peace was a gun being placed to its head. previously expressed his disdain to be realized, and a two-state J Street has done it freely and intentionally.

As for those who would was its support for leave Israel vulnerable Obama’s deal with to its enemies, Friedman the Islamic Repubwas a supporter of Islic of Iran, which raeli settlements, and a guarantees it a nuharsh but sane critic of clear capability in the illusion of a two-state a decade (or soonsolution. During the past er if it continues to two years, in various cheat, unabated). public statements, he Symbiotically, the unabashedly called out Anti-Defamation those who deserved to be League (ADL), called out. The leaders of under the stewardJ Street were “worse than ship of Jonathan kapos;” those organizaGreenblatt, was no tions or politicians who better, having rewould call for further cently redirected Israeli territorial concesits efforts and its sions or who supported defense to chamthe insanity of an Iran pioning the conDeal were “morons;” the cerns of the Musinflux of unvetted Midlim refugees, while dle East refugees into the Zeev Jabotinsky, the founder of the legendary those United States produced a Betar youth movement and perhaps the greatest attacking possibly potential threat Zionist of all said: “Who are we, to make excuses who questioned its endeavors. to America; and the to them; who are they to interrogate us?

As for the moDemocratic Party had What is the purpose of this mock trial over the rons – that was drifted far left and de- entire people where the sentence is known in perhaps a kind serted Israel, its only real advance?” appellation directdemocratic ally in the agreement might painfully ne- ed at those who support conMiddle East.

True. True. True. And true. cessitate some form of, well, tinued United States aid to the Judenrein. How did the Disen- Palestinian Authority, despite But – politically incorrect.

All, legitimate issues of gagement from Gaza work out, its unapologetic sponsorship of Islamic terror. you foreign relations experts? concern.

And the threat of an unThe Washington-based lobby Most noteworthy, it was the subject of a two-state solu- group J Street, which deceitfully checked Muslim migration to tion – or rather, Friedman’s calls itself “pro-Israel and pro- America? Well, just ask the Ger-

mans. Or the other Europeans.

Or just wait a few years, and ask the citizens of the United States.

Finally, the Democrats will choose the new chairman of the Democratic National Committee this week, with the former Nation of Islam activist, Congressman Keith Ellison (aka Keith X Ellison, or Keith Ellison Muhammed) as the leading candidate, the preferred choice of several Jewish legislators (see previous entry under “morons”).

With few exceptions (most notably, Senator Marco Rubio), Friedman was vilified at the hearing, particularly on the matter of calling the J Street quislings – kapos.

The assault on Friedman was unfair. Particularly the many questions which demanded to know if he would serve the Arab Palestinians as diligently as he would the Jews of Israel.

Worse – the thinly-veiled inference to dual loyalty was as ugly as it was transparent. And this, mind you, from those who felt it necessary to remind us time and again that they are strongly supportive of the Jewish State. Did any previous committee ever ask the nominated candidate for ambassadorship to an authoritarian nation whether or not he will balance his views between those who deny human rights with those whose rights have been denied? Because, disguised otherwise, that is exactly what they did with Friedman.

Zeev Jabotinsky, continued:

Meir Jolovitz writes: “The assault on Friedman was unfair. Particularly the many questions which demanded to know if he would serve the Arab Palestinians as diligently as he would the Jews of Israel.”

“Isn't it long overdue to respond to all these and all future accusations, reproaches, suspicions, slanders and denunciations by simply folding our arms and loudly, clearly, coldly and calmly answer with the only argument that is understandable and accessible to this public: 'Go to Hell!'?”

If only. But David Friedman needed to be contrite.

And he was. Perhaps much too much. Because he needs to be confirmed.

Jabotinsky: “Who are we, to make excuses to them; who are they to interrogate us? What is the purpose of this mock trial over the entire people where the sentence is known in advance?

Our habit of constantly and zealSee Instead of Excessive Apology, page 38

NATO Must Confront Islamic Terror or Become Obsolete By: Rafael Bardaji and Richard Kemp

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resident Trump has said repeatedly that NATO is obsolete. And he is right.

For five decades NATO was necessary to, as its first Secretary General said at the time, "keep the Soviets out, the Americans in, and the Germans down."

The Atlantic alliance was indeed instrumental in deterring the USSR and keeping the European continent in peace. There were many discussions as to how to achieve its goals, including major disagreements, but with America providing leadership, taking a big portion of the economic burden, and being willing to station hundreds of thousands of GIs in Europe, the allies were able to overcome all problems and stay highly successful during the Cold War. The collapse of the Soviet Union left NATO with both the sweet feeling of having won the Cold War without a real fight and the sour feeling about what should come next.

In the early 90s there were voices calling for the dismantling of NATO as well as voices arguing in favor of retaining it as a safety net, just in case things went once again in the wrong strategic direction. In any case, the civil war in the former Yugoslavia offered NATO defenders a new option: to move from a territorial defense of the members in case of a Soviet invasion

to a multinational body able to act on its periphery to enforce peace among rivals and contenders. More than a mission, peace enforcement was adopted as a salvation philosophy to keep NATO alive and well.

Thus, in 1995 allied forces bombed Serbian forces to force the Dayton agreement and put

an attack against one member is an attack against all. Unfortunately, there were no capabilities to really help the US in such a far place from Europe as Afghanistan.

Actually there was no clear consensus on how to act with military forces to combat international terrorism.

tential massacre by Gaddafi's forces.

The operation lasted until October and, as we know, evolved from a purely humanitarian intervention into a regime change campaign, ending Gaddafi's rule but leaving the country in a state of chaos till this day.

The bombing campaign in

NATO defense ministers meeting in Brussels, October 27, 2016

an end to the war over Bosnia-Herzegovina. In 1999 they mounted a bombing campaign to guarantee the independence of Kosovo, a territory controlled

by Serbia. That campaign lasted for 81 days, far longer than expected, and was full of questionable tactics, generating intense debates about its conduct and efficiency.

After the dramatic attacks of 9/11, NATO activated, for the first time in its history, Article 5, the clause that determines

NATO was profoundly divided concerning the intervention in Iraq in 2003, and was only able to agree, once the combat phase of the invasion was over, on a training mission that proved to be marginal in its achievements.

Later, in Afghanistan, NATO finally got involved in a stabilizing mission which was very restrictive in its use of force.

On March 2011, NATO started a new military air operation in Libya in order to avoid a po-

any case proved politically divisive, since only a few members took an active role, and can be considered a strategic disaster by its consequences.

So it can be said that NATO from 1989 to today has basically opted out of the major strategic issue of our time, Islamic terrorism, and generated mixed results at best in its out-of-area operations without becoming more efficient in its traditional mission to keep peace in Europe.

Indeed, NATO has proved to be less powerful as a collective entity than some of its individual members.

It is time to change that. Relying on the success of the Cold War past is not enough. The Atlantic alliance needs to be revamped and reformed entirely, from its strategic concept to its membership. The alternative is an accelerated obsolescence.

In 2005 we proposed, in a study called "NATO: An Alliance for Freedom," a few ideas on how to close the gap between the NATO we have and the NATO we need. Some of them are still relevant. For instance, forget all the bureaucratic jargon about "capabilities-based alliance," "stability operations," or "operations other than war."

NATO should accept that we are all under attack by Islamist extremist forces of all kinds.

President Hollande said that France was at war, and the rest of the allies cannot sit idle by his side. NATO must make the fight against Islamic terrorism its core mission.

Second, we are clearly not in a time to expand freedom in the world – a point British Prime Minister Theresa May made in Washington last week. On the contrary, we need to defend and preserve freedom in our lands.

In order to reinforce our Western world, NATO must extend membership to countries that are alike in the defense of our values and with the willingness to share the burden in this

NATO must make the fight against Islamic terrorism its core mission civilizational struggle. NATO should invite without delay Israel, Japan, Singapore and India to become members.

Defense expenditures should be revised and increased, but ceilings and burden sharing are not the problem. We don't expend more because current leaders do not feel compelled to do so. Furthermore, to spend more on the same will not change our ability to confront the threats and challenges we face.

There is a myriad of things that can be done to put NATO back on track. Interior ministers should join defense ministers at council level and in summits.

That's easy. But above all, what NATO needs is a vision and an impulse to transform from the new US President and administration. Yes, Mr. President, we agree with you that NATO has become obsolete.

But we believe you can make it relevant again. Your allies will follow.

(MIDDLE EAST FORUM)

Rafael Bardaji, a fellow at the Middle East Forum, is the executive director of the Friends of Israel Initiative and former national security adviser to the Spanish government. Colonel Richard Kemp is the former commander of British forces in Afghanistan.

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“Big Agenda” – David Horowitz’s New Book Delivers a Battle Plan for Trump By: Lloyd Billingsley

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onservatives were justifiably worried that America’s decline was reaching a point of no return,” writes David Horowitz. After the recent election, many breathed a sign of relief, but as the author of Big Agenda sees it, “one battle is over, but there are many more to come.” To prevail, the combatants must want to win, but as the author notes that has not always been the case with Republicans.

“Conservatives were justifiably worried that America’s decline was reaching a point of no return,” writes David Horowitz (pictured above). After the recent election, many breathed a sign of relief, but as the author of Big Agenda sees it, “one battle is over, but there are many more to come.” To prevail, the combatants must want to win, but as the author notes that has not always been the case with Republicans. As with all books by David Horowitz, Big Agenda delivers more than it promises.

In 2012, for example, Mitt Romney possessed strategic intelligence on his opponent yet failed to deploy it and duly lost the election. In 2016, Romney blasted fellow Republican Donald Trump as “a phony, a fraud,” a charge the openly fraudulent Clinton gleefully used in her attack ads. Veterans of the Bush White House announced that they would vote for Clinton, and somebody named Evan McMullin launched a presidential run in Utah, as Big Agenda notes, “in the hopes of blocking a Trump majority in the Electoral College.”

In the six years they controlled both houses of Congress, the Republicans failed to conduct an investigation into the Clinton Foundation. They threatened to defund the Obama agenda then wound up funding it. Likewise, they failed to investigate Huma Abedin, a Muslim Brotherhood acolyte joined at the hip to Hillary Clinton.

These and other examples of the Republicans’ ineptitude, “failure of nerve” and “cowardice” prompt Horowitz to wonder what they failed to understand about the perils of the nation, and “the destructive agendas of the left that threaten its future.”

Here the author draws on his vast experience.

The progressive movement operates on “almost religious convictions,” which is why members move in lockstep, and

demonize anyone outside their ranks. The movement divides society into “oppressor” groups such as whites, males, Christians and heterosexuals and victim or “oppressed” groups such as “people of color” and the LGBT squads. For Horowitz this is “the old Marxist wine in new bottles,” with similar results of division and dissention.

“Progressives dream of a world of political correctness and politically enforced equality, where everybody is taken care of by taxing the rich until there are no more rich, universities and schools admit no ideas that are hurtful or offending, environments have no pollution, countries have no borders, and nations have no armies.

Progressives are so enthralled by their dreams of a heaven on earth that they see those who oppose their dreams as evil, which is why they hate them.”

But as the author shows, progressives amount to more than utopianism and demonology.

With Saul Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals as their bible, they have built a vast power base in government bureaucracies, government employee unions, and educational institutions in particular. Horowitz cites Janet Napolitano, the former Arizona governor and Department of Homeland Security boss under Obama. As president of the University of California Napolitano deems unacceptable “microagressions” statements such as “America is the land of opportunity” and “I believe the most qualified person should get the job.” At the same time, as the author observes, UC Berkeley hosts a Center for Race and Gender that includes “Islamophobia Studies,” all funded by California taxpayers.

This movement commands almost total control over the Democratic Party and is too powerful for leaders to deviate from the path. For their part, Republicans are afraid of being called “obstructionists” and stigmatized as heartless, racist, or xenophobic. That fear leaves them ill-equipped for conflict with the interlocking directorate of progressive power. But as the author shows, it is possible to take it on and win.

Horowitz charts government union threats and thuggery against Wisconsin gover-

nor Scott Walker. Yet Walker “demonstrated the will to stand up to them” and prevailed.

In similar style, Hillary Clinton charged that supporters of Donald Trump were “irredeemable,” a veritable “basket of deplorables.” Trump supporters were “racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamophobic— you name it.”

of their policies and under their rule. The strategy is to go for the jugular.”

To turn around the battles conservatives have been losing for so long, “they must begin every confrontation by punching progressives in the mouth.”

The attack must take away progressives’ “moral superiority and smugness.” Let this review-

In the concluding “Battle Plan” for the first 100 days, Big Agenda calls for nixing amnesty, restoring Guantanamo, replacing Obamacare, a step toward the imposition of government monopoly health care, which Democrats advertise as “single payer” and the “public option.” The conservative battle plan challenges EPA overreach and calls for countermanding previous executive orders.

Trump fired back that “Hillary has tremendous hatred in her heart,” and as Horowitz notes, “never had any Republican dared to characterize a Democratic opponent in such damning moral terms to a national audience.” Trump continued to defy political correctness in brawling style, and he won. It will take that kind of defiance to “save America,” as the Big Agenda subtitle says.

“The strategy is to expose their hypocrisy and turn their firepower against them,” Horowitz explains, “to focus on the races, genders, ethnicities, and classes who suffer because

In “Big Agenda” followers of Bernie Sanders (pictured above) can learn that “socialism is theft.” As the author knows, democratic capitalist society is not a utopia but the arrangement that best promotes opportunity, guards individual rights, and of course preserves liberty, which is what America is all about. But after the eight years of a counterrevolutionary president, can America be saved?

er volunteer an example of how that could be done.

In the Sessions hearings, Senator Richard Blumenthal, (DCT) charged that David Horowitz, who wasn’t there, made “apparently racist” statements, which he did not. When dealing with Blumenthal, conservatives should always point out that he is a liar who said he served in Vietnam but did not. But it’s not just about rhetoric.

The focus must be the Democrat’s “monopoly control of the inner cities of America and its responsibility for the misery and suffering inside them.”

Education vouchers will break control of teacher unions, who now confine captive students in schools that don’t teach. For the author “it is unconscionable that K– 12 children should be indoctrinated— at taxpayers’ expense— in the anti-American prejudices of the political left.”

The IRS “must be investigated and reformed to prevent Democrats from using it to suppress the opinions of their political opponents.” The author calls for prosecution of those IRS officials “who participated in the effort to prevent conservative think tanks and advocacy groups from tax exemptions available to their liberal adversaries.”

In the author’s view, the term “undocumented” substituted for “illegal” signified that America’s laws deserve no respect and that “American citizenship as a set of commitments and obligations

(and not merely rights and privileges) is meaningless.” Further, “the erasure of the American republic is the core agenda of the Democratic Party.” Sanctuary cities, are “seditious threats to the safety of all Americans,” and elected officials who break the law “need to be removed from office and prosecuted.”

In the concluding “Battle Plan” for the first 100 days, Big Agenda calls for nixing amnesty, restoring Guantanamo, replacing Obamacare, a step toward the imposition of government monopoly health care, which Democrats advertise as “single payer” and the “public option.”

The conservative battle plan challenges EPA overreach and calls for countermanding previous executive orders.

In similar style, left-wing Justice Department officials should be fired, U.S. immigration laws enforced, and illegals with criminal records deported. On this issue President Trump can take guidance from a Democrat, the late Barbara Jordan, the first African American elected to Congress from Texas after Reconstruction.

“Deportation is crucial,” Jordan contended. “Credibility in immigration policy can be summed up in one sentence: Those who should get in, get in; those who should be kept out, are kept out; and those who should not be here will be required to leave. The top priorities for detention and removal, of course, are criminal aliens.

But for the system to be credible, people actually have to be deported at the end of the process.”

In the Jefferson Sessions hearings, Senator Richard Blumenthal, (D-CT) (pictured above) charged that David Horowitz, who wasn’t there, made “apparently racist” statements, which he did not.

When dealing with Blumenthal, conservatives should always point out that he is a liar who said he served in Vietnam but did not. But it’s not just about rhetoric.

After the election, President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry ganged up on Israel at the UN. It therefore makes perfect sense that the author’s battle plan calls for relocation of America’s embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. “It is time to stand up for our one staunch ally in the Middle East,” he writes, “and recognize that there can be no peace as long as Palestinians support terror and deny Israel’s right to exist.”

Those on the front lines could use more guidance about how

best to roll back government employee unions. Likewise, the outgoing president has politicized the “intelligence community,” as the tide of fake news confirms. Some of the toughest

The author believes that the movement galvanized

by Donald Trump can stop the progressive juggernaut and change the American future, but only if adopts the strategy of his campaign: “Be on offense; take no prisoners; stay on the attack.” battles will behind the scenes and allies there, like those abroad, will need all the help they can get.

As with all books by David Horowitz, Big Agenda delivers more than it promises.

In 2009 at Ford Hood, U.S. Army Major Nidal Hasan, a self-proclaimed “Soldier of Allah,” gunned down 13 unarmed American soldiers, including private Francheska Velez, 21, pregnant and preparing to go home.

President Obama called this “workplace violence,” not even “gun violence.” The mass murderer Hasan was sentenced to death in 2013 but the president did not carry out the sentence. Neither would Hillary Clinton, had she been elected president.

Here followers of Bernie Sanders can learn that “socialism is theft.” As the author knows, democratic capitalist society is not a utopia but the arrangement that best promotes opportunity, guards individual rights, and of course preserves liberty, which is what America is all about. But after the eight years of a counterrevolutionary president, can America be saved?

The author believes that the movement galvanized by Donald Trump can stop the progressive juggernaut and change the American future, but only if adopts the strategy of his campaign: “Be on offense; take no prisoners; stay on the attack.”

What matters “is not what we say but what we do.” The stakes are high and “along with Reagan, we must fight to defend liberty in order to bequeath it to the next generation.”

Readers might recall that in the early going President Reagan fired the air traffic controlSee “Big Agenda” – David, page 36

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From Brooklyn to Big Time – The Paul Cohen Story (Part 1) By: Mort Kuff

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his is the story of a kid from Brooklyn who dreamed an impossible dream. He didn’t know that it was impossible so he did it; he made it come true.

Born in Brighton Beach on October 3, 1922, Paul Cohen was but 8 years old when his Father handed him a cornet and said simply, “Here, play!”.

Paul was into sports and what he loved the most, was to play ball with his pals. Being a smart kid, he caught onto the situation quickly. He understood that the quickest way he would be able to join his pals outside, was to follow his Father’s orders and learn to play that musical instrument.

He claims that it came naturally to him. But, as anyone who ever picked up an instrument and endeavored to learn to play it while learning to read music at the same time knows that it takes real concentration, perseverance and practice, practice and more practice.

sen to provide the reader with a sampling of this man’s experiences as he traveled the long road to the top of the music profession, is to present a few episodes just as I jotted them down in a series of impromptu conversations and informal interviews primarily, at the NW Focal Point Senior Center in the lovely little town of Margate, Florida. Paul indulged me as I would take opportunities to pop questions at him, in between his warm-up exercises on the trumpet, as he awaited the 15-17 musicians who straggled-in and took their places on the stage for his weekly rehearsals.

I formed the habit of attending these rehearsals shortly after moving to Florida in late 1998.

I always arrived early to voluntarily set up the chairs and music stands in preparation for Paul’s every-Thursday rehearsals. Once a big-band groupie; always a big band groupie. The Big band sound has been my music since I was about 13 years old; it’s still my passion.

pressions of Tommy Dorsey, Paul’s brow furrowed a bit and his language became decidedly more ‘salty’. “TD” was an extraordinary trombone soloist and orchestra leader who was known for being deadly serious

the Golden Era of big bands and so, woe unto the musician who didn’t measure up or who didn’t give his best effort at every performance.

Tommy was not above using harsh language to express him-

Paul Cohen; a feisty kid from Brooklyn plays lead trumpet with Count Basie, hangs with Dizzy and Lady Day, and then at 85, started his own band

Paul Cohen during his big band days. Wearing a white tux became second nature to him after a lifetime of great performances

Pictured here is Paul Cohen rehearsing with this band

And so, that’s what he did.

Paul learned to play the horn and he played it with confidence at an early age. He kept at it, playing through his early years while attending P.S.209 and right into Lincoln High School where he played trumpet in the school’s Marching Band, at assemblies and at every opportunity there was, to play music. He graduated from Lincoln High in 1940 and one thing he knew for sure, his life from then on would be, ‘music’.

Paul learned to play the horn and he played it with confidence at an early age Just a few months after graduation, he took a courageous giant step. He left his home in Brooklyn and moved into the Forest Hotel, a residential hotel at 8th Avenue & Broadway in Manhattan, populated by musicians who could only afford to pay a couple bucks per night, for a room. Next, he joined the American Federation of Musicians Local 802 in NYC in 1940 and he began to pick up jobs.

At this point, let me explain: Attempting to do a full, chronological history of Paul Cohen’s 80+ years in the music biz, would mean writing a very thick book – and that’s not what I’m about, here. The way I’ve cho-

The musicians come and go but, the Paul Cohen big band still continues to rehearse in the spacious Multi-Purpose room at the Center, just as it has for nearly the quarter of a century that Paul has been leading this gig.

The room holds about 125 enthusiastic seniors who remember the long-ago days when they danced to the music of the big name bands. Now, there is no dancing permitted and no requests are tolerated.

Paul Cohen’s band rehearsals are serious rehearsals, designed to keep the musicians sharp and to prepare for the next concert date. There is no charge to Members of the Senior Center who attend the rehearsals.

They love the music of Count Basie and other great bands of the 1930s-40s and through the WWII years, as played by Paul Cohen. So far, no one has asked for his money back.

Paul with the DORSEY BROTHERS Orchestra: Paul had good things to say about the musicians he played with when he joined the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra. Paul played ‘Lead Trumpet’ for the majority of the five years he was with that organization. He sat next to Flea Campbell, Johnny Amoroso and numerous others – always the very best; each one a topnotch trumpet player.

When I asked about his im-

Paul Cohen says that within the Tommy Dorsey orchestra, there was a private feud between boy singer Frank Sinatra and the talented drummer Buddy Rich (pictured above) that often erupted while they were on the bandstand. It is the stuff of legends. After their time with the Dorseys, they did become quite close and were known to help each other advance their careers.

about every aspect of his orchestra - and slightly less serious about his tipping the bottle to ward off the ‘chill’ of night after night of one-night-stands on the road with a big band.

On the bandstand however, he was keenly aware of how his band sounded. He had a reputation to uphold as one of the top popular big bands of

self. Although he didn’t always bother to call out a player by his given name, there was never any doubt about who was the target of his ire at the moment. ”TD” could summon up his Irish temper in a micro-second, and he often did. He called Paul Cohen, “Callahan”, as if he couldn’t remember his name, when he was unhappy for whatever reason.

Also, he has some choice nicknames for the Italian musicians in his band. Tommy Dorsey could be rough.

On occasion, things would get contentious. And within the orchestra, there was a private feud between boy singer Frank Sinatra and the talented drummer Buddy Rich, that often erupted while they were on the bandstand. It is the stuff of legends. After their time with the Dorseys, they did become quite close and were known to help each other advance their careers. Paul liked them and kept in touch with both Frank and Buddy.

Paul says that he learned a lot from “TD” about being a key player in a big band during his time with the Dorsey Brothers organization.

Paul joins the Charlie Barnet Orchestra: Charlie Barnet was the first big name band to take young Paul Cohen ‘on the road’.

In just two short years after graduating high school in Brooklyn, Paul was such an accomplished trumpet player that he was invited to join Barnet’s band. He played in that group for two years. He learned to meet and overcome the challenges.

ask the guys in the band, they would tell you that it is a ‘bear’ to play – and play right.

Tommy Dorsey called Paul Cohen, “Callahan”, as if he couldn’t remember his name, when he was unhappy for whatever reason.

During one of our interviews, I asked Paul about, ‘Skyliner’. He rolled his eyes toward the ceiling and said, “Barnet really had a tough time settling on a tempo for that number.” Paul recalled that the band was at a venue well in advance of the starting time, when Barnet decided to rehearse, ‘Skyliner’. He couldn’t find a tempo that satisfied him even though according to Paul, he kept the band working on that number over and over, for nearly two hours. Sometime later, Barnet finally hit on a tempo that pleased him and the number was included in the next recording session. Paul was there and played on that famous recording.

Evidently, all the effort was worth it because that tune be-

Paul Cohen had good things to say about the musicians he played with when he joined the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra. Paul played ‘Lead Trumpet’ for the majority of the five years he was with that organization. He sat next to Flea Campbell, Johnny Amoroso and numerous others – always the very best; each one a top-notch trumpet player.

Charlie Barnet’s recording of, ‘Skyliner’ is one of the classic swinging numbers that every big band aficionado loves; I’ve never met anyone who knows that number who doesn’t love it. Although, I have noticed that whenever Paul includes that chart in one of his rehearsals, it seldom fails to send the musicians into a tizzy. It is a complex and extremely demanding chart.

Sounds great when played properly but, if you were to

came a runaway hit and one of Charlie Barnet’s all-time big sellers. Next time you hear Barnet’s version of ‘Skyliner’, take note of the tempo and listen very carefully for the trombone ‘chase’. It is a prime example of musical precision. I’m guessing that after you hear it, you too will be able to appreciate how handsomely all that rehearsal time paid off. Charlie Barnet, Paul Cohen, perfection - - they seem to go together.

(TO BE CONTINUED NEXT WEEK)

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Washington Finally Designates Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps By: Raymond Tanter and Edward Stafford

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larification: Treasury Department sanctions announced a few weeks ago do not formally designate the IRGC, which would require declaring that the IRGC is a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO). The authors, nevertheless, emphasize that last week's designations are consistent with such a declaration, which would be welcome for all of the reasons outlined in the article and a good first step toward formal designation.

The U.S. Treasury Department announced sanctions a few weeks ago on a host of Iranian companies and individuals as terrorists. It is a welcome development, which hopefully sends a signal to Tehran to rein in its global terror support, ballistic missile testing, and oppression of its people.

The action targets people and entities involved in procuring technology and/or materials to support Iran's ballistic missile program, as well acting for or on behalf of, or providing support to, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)-Qods Force.

The Iranian entities operate

like a network out of Lebanon.

It is the base of Hizballah (Party of God), an IRGC proxy, which was designated in 1997, but the IRGC was not designated.

The sanctions could help liberal democracy grow in Iran by showing Iranians that their leadership would face consequences for violating civil liberties at home and international relations norms abroad.

Per the Iranian Constitution (See Articles 107, 110), Iran is a theocratic dictatorship. Its parliament is under the sway of the Supreme Leader and other ayatollahs who select themselves.

There is no such thing as a separation of powers by an independent authority.

Iran's military is subordinated to the IRGC, which also controls most of the economy. Electoral results that do not satisfy the leadership are ignored and protests of anti-democratic governmental action are ruthlessly and systematically suppressed.

In the aftermath of the 2009 presidential elections, the Greens and the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) led protests. There is evidence the NCRI continues to exist despite facing heavy persecution.

But the Greens have faded away, with their leaders Mir Hossein

Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi under house arrest in Tehran, subject to the whims of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei.

rorism Information Center, Portrait of Qasem Soleimani, commander of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps'

US sanctions target people and entities involved in procuring technology and/or materials to support Iran's ballistic missile program, as well acting for or on behalf of, or providing support to, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)-Qods Force.

It appears as if Iran's leaders face few domestic consequences for their illiberal and anti-democratic rule; so, to paraphrase Burke, the fewer consequences from within, the more needed from without.

Qods Force, provides ample evidence of the IRGC's role in fomenting global terrorism.

Starting in 2012, the IRGC recruited several thousand Shi'ite volunteer fighters from among Afghan refugees living in Iran. The IRGC also cultiCandidates for vated terrorist networks in the Designation Golan Heights. These activities A 2015 study by Israel's Meir morphed into terrorism on Aug. Amit of the Intelligence and Ter- 20, 2015, when local forces, in-

cluding Hizballah operatives supported and supplied by the IRGC, fired four rockets at Israel from the Syrian-controlled Golan Heights. Two hit Israeli territory in the Upper Galilee and two fell in the Golan.

Last April, Hizballah with the backing of the IRGC, began building new military installations in Syria, according to a report from the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. These appear to be geared toward a future, conventional war with Israel, but they offered Hizballah a venue from which it can launch strikes against northern Israeli cities.

Deliberately targeting civilians is a textbook example of terrorism. During this same time, the IRGC helped Hizballah operate complex weapons rockets that increased Hizballah's ability to target Israeli cities.

A study published last fall by Iranian specialist Alireza Jafarzadeh and his colleagues shows how Iran fuels the Syrian civil war by placing the IRGC on the ground and transporting some Afghan refugees living in Iran to fight in Syria. The IRGC combined its troops and those of surrogates on the ground in terrorist assaults on civilians in places like Aleppo, Syria. This

The IRGC helped Hizballah operate complex weapons rockets that increased Hizballah's ability to target Israeli cities. combination of forces on land with Syrian airstrikes proved to be a toxic mix of terrorism: "Syria is our 35th province, and is a strategic province for us," Mehdi Taeb, a former commander of IRGC intelligence said in 2013.

Because Taeb retains influence in the IRGC, his statements were and are indicative of the depth of the IRGC commitment to Syrian regime capabilities to conduct terrorism against civilians: "If the enemy attacks us and seeks to take Syria or Khuzestan [an Iranian province], our priority would be to keep Syria, because if we keep Syria, we can retake Khuzestan. But if we lose Syria, we cannot keep Tehran."

These three studies show the IRGC meets the legal criteria for an FTO designation. They are: 1) It must be a foreign organization; 2) engage in terrorist activity or terrorism, or See Washington Finally , page 36

A Bastion of Radical Islam Inside France nizations are strongly marked by religious separatism.” There are over 100 such organizations, the main one being the Saint-QuenAccording to the report, posed on women for wearing the tin-en-Yvelines Islamic Centre, “Muslims make up between 60% niqab or burka, which have been set up by the UMT (Union of and 70% of the population and, banned since 2010. A further 27 Muslims of Trappes).

This umbrella organization over the years, an active militan- residents of Trappes were fined controls several schools teaching cy has taken hold, manifested in in other locations.

Repeat offences are frequent, the Quran, Arabic and Islama non-violent conquest of public the most notable being the case ic doctrine as well as providing spaces and certain institutions.”

The first Islamic library and junior high school were founded in the constituency and demonstrations of solidarity with radical networks and organizations are not uncommon.

The majority of stores in Trappes have a religious orientation. There are 10 halal butcher shops but no traditional French ones. Kebab joints, some of which are controlled by the Islamist movement, serve as gathering places. Trappes has one church, one synagogue and five mosques, one of which is run by the Turkish government.

The report describes the Benoit Hamon, socialist candidate for the French presidency, Grand Mosque of Trappes as speaks to journalists after voting in the primary in Trappes being in a state of “ongoing radicalization” since 2003. It is fre- of Cassandra Belin, whose arrest learning support and leisure acquented by extremists, who have in July 2013 provoked three days tivities. The UMT is run like a extended their influence through of rioting including mortar at- business, with a budget of several faith-based community organi- tacks on the local police station. hundred thousand euros. Over zations and activities. Foreign These were the first religious ri- 500 people, including children, preachers are regularly hosted ots in France since the Camisard attend classes in Quranic studies and the basement is being trans- (Protestant peasants) revolt of and Arabic. It has also set up Islamic undertakers and a medical formed into a prayer-room for 1702-1704.

Trappes has since be- clinic. women.

Declarations of home schoolIn the streets of Trappes, long come a magnet for Muslim ing are increasing and, while beards and Islamic clothing are fundamentalists.

The report states that in clandestine schools have not yet common. Between April 2011 and April 2016, 53 fines were im- Trappes, “local community orga- been identified, community or-

'In Trappes the French Republic no longer exists. This is a town ruled

by Islamists, jihadists, the Muslim Brotherhood and Salafists.'

By: Leslie Shaw

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n Trappes the French Republic no longer exists. This is a town ruled by Islamists, jihadists, the Muslim Brotherhood and Salafists.”

MP Alain Marsaud, a former anti-terrorist investigating magistrate, made this claim in July 2016. Benoît Hamon, former municipal councillor of Trappes and Socialist Party candidate for the 2017 presidential election, dismissed Marsaud’s assertions as “lies and slander” not backed up by facts.

Yet, an official report submitted to Justice Minister Jean-Jacques Urvoas describes Trappes as a town that is out of control and the region of Yvelines (where Trappes is located) as the cradle of Islamic radicalism in France as far back as the 1980s.

“The real problem is the battle against generalized radicalization and religious separatism, which are gradually spreading throughout France. Their development in the town of Trappes is a major source of concern,” the report stated.

Trappes, located 18 miles west of Paris, has a population of 31,000 composed of 50 nationalities of which more than 50 percent are under the age of 30.

ganizations are meeting the demand for Islamic education. One of these, the IFSQY (Educational Institute of Saint-Quentin-enYvelines) is run by former UMT president Slimane Boussana, who has ties with the Muslim Brotherhood.

Legal opposition by the Versailles attorney-general to the schools failed due to obsolete legislation and a second private Muslim school opened in September 2015.

Trappes is also considered by the authors of the report as a bastion of jihad. “As for extremist terrorism in Trappes, it does not appear to be highly structured but rather takes the form of a small nebula.”

Around 50 jihadists have left Trappes to fight in Syria of which 11 have been killed, including a city hall employee. A group of four youths who were radicalized at the Chicken Planet kebab joint were the first to attempt to travel to Syria following the 2015 Charlie Hebdo attack. Others were linked to the network that carried out attacks in Paris and Brussels.

Religious separatism has crossed over into politics, where the Islamic vote now carries considerable weight. In 2014, Hamon signed a parliamentary bill for the recognition by France of the state of Palestine and justified this by saying that it was “the best way to attract voters in the suburbs and housing projects who have not understood

“Muslims make up between 60% and 70% of the population and, over the years, an active militancy has taken hold, manifested in a non-violent conquest of public spaces and certain institutions.” the pro-Israeli policy of François Hollande.”

Hamon also favors granting voting rights to foreigners, hoping thereby to increase his score at the polls. Marsaud accuses local politicians of pandering to the Muslim vote.

“The Salafists have taken power in Trappes. The Socialist Party administration has bartered enforcement of France’s secular principles for civil peace,” he said.

The transformation of Trappes from a working-class suburb designed by urban planners in the 1970s to a hotbed of Islamic radicalism is probably irreversible and is being replicated in many other urban areas throughout France.

The greatest challenge facing French policymakers in the coming years and decades will be how to manage them.

(CLARION PROJECT)

Leslie Shaw is an Associate Professor at the Paris campus of ESCP Europe Business School and President of FIRM (Forum on Islamic Radicalism and Management).

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Brenda Buttner, host of Fox News Channel’s “Bulls and Bears” has died at 55 after a battle with cancer.

Fox News Host Brenda Buttner Dies at Age 55 (VIN) Brenda Buttner, host of Fox News Channel’s “Bulls and Bears” has died after a battle with cancer. She was 55.

Buttner served as CNBC’s Washington correspondent and hosted the network’s “The Money Club” before joining Fox News in 2000.

Buttner graduated from Harvard University and was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University.

Fox News host Neil Cavuto paid tribute to Buttner on his show “Your World with Neil Cavuto.” He praised her intelligence and sense of humor, saying “business journalism is never going to be the same.”

Fox News announced her death on Monday.

A Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agent checks-in a passenger at JFK airport in the Queens borough of New York City, U.S., May 27, 2016.

11 People Pass Through Unmanned JFK Airport Security Checkpoint (VIN) Authorities are trying to find eight of 11 people who passed through an unattended security checkpoint at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport.

Port Authority of New York and New Jersey spokesman Joe Pentangelo says it happened Monday morning at Terminal 5. He says authorities identified three of the travelers, who got onto a flight to California and will be screened upon arrival there.

The eight others are believed to have boarded various flights.

The Transportation Secu-

NEWS IN REVIEW rity Administration confirms three passengers weren’t properly screened after they walked through a metal detector, setting off alarms. It says all personal carry-on bags received the required screening.

The TSA says it’s confident the incident “presents minimal risk to the aviation transportation system” but it’s being reviewed.

6 Teenagers Fall Through Ice into Central Park Pond, Rescued (VIN) Six teenagers have fallen through ice into an off-limits pond in New York’s Central Park but have been rescued.

It happened Monday evening at the southern end of the park.

Police say the 15- and 16-yearolds were on the ice when it gave way. A nearby sign said, “Danger Thin Ice Keep Off.” Police and fire rescue units including divers responded and pulled the teenagers out of the water.

A police spokesman says the teens are expected to be OK.

NATIONAL Vandals damage Jewish cemetery, more bomb threats aimed at JCCs (JNS.org) Vandals recently damaged some 100 headstones at a Jewish cemetery in Missouri, and nearly a dozen Jewish community centers (JCCs) received bomb threats Monday, amid an uptick in anti-Semitism across the U.S. Police said Monday that they were investigating the vandalism at the Chesed Shel Emeth Society cemetery near St. Louis, Mo. Missouri Governor Eric Greitens said on Twitter that he was “disgusted to hear about the senseless act of desecration at the cemetery.”

At the same time, 11 JCCs were targeted with bomb threats Monday. Police eventually gave the all clear at each JCC. Since, January, a total of 54 JCCs in 27 U.S. states have been targeted with bomb threats, according to the JCC Association of North America.

In a statement, the FBI and the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division said they are “investigating possible civil rights violations in connections with threats to Jewish community centers across the country.”

“I’ve been in the business for 20-plus years, and this is unprecedented,” said Paul Goldenberg,

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national director of the Secure Community Network, CNN reported. “It’s more methodical than meets the eye.”

In the aftermath of being criticized for his lack of response to the ongoing rise in anti-Semitism, President Donald Trump told NBC Tuesday morning, “I will tell you that anti-Semitism is horrible and it’s going to stop, and it has to stop.”

Ivanka Trump, the president’s Jewish daughter, tweeted, “America is a nation built on the principle of religious tolerance. We must protect our houses of worship and religious centers.”

American Jewish organizations and Israeli leaders also voiced their concern over the vandalism and bomb threats. Israeli Education Minister Naftali Bennett, who heads the Jewish Home party, called the incidents “an assault” against the American Jewish community.

“We are confident the authorities will do everything in their power to apprehend those responsible for these horrific acts and continue to fight any display of anti-Semitism,” Bennett said.

New app helps Jewish students find roommates who meet their needs, interests (JNS.org) The Jewish pluralistic teen movement BBYO introduced a mobile app to help Jewish high school seniors or current college students find roommates.

Joomie—which was launched during the BBYO International Convention in Dallas last weekend—prompts users to answer questions on their Jewish youth group affiliations, levels of Shabbat and kosher observance, music preferences, sleeping habits and more. After answering the questions, students can view profiles of other users who have downloaded the app, are planning to attend or currently attend the same institution, and might match their needs and interests.

“We believe that usage of Joomie will help facilitate the transition to college for many students, and ultimately promote a greater engagement in Jewish life in campuses across North America,” said Matt Grossman, BBYO’s CEO. The idea for the app was formulated during a “hackathon” event sponsored by Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation’s ROI Community, in which teenagers brainstormed ways to use technology to con-

nect with BBYO or summer camp friends while they transition to college. Joomie can be downloaded in the Apple app store or Google Play.

Trump tells Orthodox Jewish reporter to ‘sit down’ during questioning on anti-Semitism (JNS.org) During a contentious press conference Thursday at the White House, President Donald Trump told an Orthodox Jewish reporter to “sit down” after the reporter asked a question regarding the uptick in anti-Semitism across America.

Jake Turx, from Ami Magazine, responded to Trump’s call for a “friendly” question by saying that nobody in his community has “accused you or anyone on your staff of being anti-Semitic” and that “we understand that you have Jewish grandchildren, you are their zayde (grandfather).”

“What we are concerned about and what we haven’t really heard being addressed is an uptick in anti-Semitism and how the government is planning to take care of it,” Turx proceeded to ask, referring to recent incidents such as bomb threats at JCCs. Trump interrupted Turx and accused the reporter of being dishonest and insulting.

“See, he said he was going to ask a very simple, easy question, and it's not....Not a simple question. Not a fair question. Okay, sit down. I understand the rest of your question,” Trump said, before calling himself “the least anti-Semitic person that you have ever seen in your entire life.”

When Turx attempted to interrupt the president, Trump told him to be quiet.

Trump went on to cite how Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the president a day earlier about how he has been a strong supporter of the Jewish people.

“You should take that instead of getting up and asking a very insulting question,” he said.

Trump’s pick for Israel envoy, David Friedman, heckled and questioned at U.S. Senate (JNS.org) President Donald Trump’s pick for U.S. ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, faced tough questioning from lawmakers and heckling from protesters at his confirmation hearing in front of the Senate Foreign Relations committee Thursday.

“You do not represent us and

you will never represent us,” some of the Jewish activists were heard saying before being escorted out of the room, the Times of Israel reported. Earlier, a protester held up Palestinian flags and chanted, “We were there, we are there, and we will always be in Palestine.”

Friedman apologized for some of his inflammatory past statements, including calling supporters of the liberal Jewish lobby J Street “kapos.”

“While I maintain profound differences of opinion with some of my critics, I regret the use of such language,” he said.

U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) questioned Friedman over his “preparedness for this important post.”

“I am uncertain of how you will represent all Americans to all Israelis, and whether you are committed to a longstanding U.S. policy to a two-state solution,” Cardin said.

Friedman said he would welcome an Israeli-Palestinian agreement “through direct negotiations along parameters agreeable to them...I would be delighted to see peace come to this region where people have suffered on both sides for so long.”

“I have expressed my skepticism solely on the basis of my perception of the Palestinians’ failure to renounce terror and accept Israel as a Jewish state,” Friedman added.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) meets with Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong during a visit to the Istana presidential palace in Singapore Feb. 20, 2017. Credit: Haim Zach/GPO.

Netanyahu declares ‘pivot to Asia’ during Singapore visit (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that Israel is “pivoting toward Asia” during an official visit to Singapore.

Netanyahu enjoyed a state dinner Monday with Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, with both leaders praising the

FEBRUARY 24, 2017 nations’s strong bonds and similarities.

Lee praised Israel’s assistance in building Singapore's armed forces, and said his country believes a two-state solution is the only way to achieve peace between Israel and the Palestinians.

"Israel is pivoting toward Asia in a very clear and purposeful way," Netanyahu, who was making the first-ever visit to Singapore by an Israeli prime minister, told Lee at the state dinner. "Next month I'll go to China; somewhat later this year Prime Minister [Narendra] Modi of India will come to visit Israel. Perfectly poised between China and India is Singapore, and I'm not [saying this] merely in the geographic sense, I'm saying that as a gateway to Asia, Singapore is a perfect partner."

In the past, the relationship between Israel and Singapore was relatively discreet, partly due to Singapore's large Muslim population and its location between Indonesia and Malaysia, both Muslim-majority countries. Netanyahu’s visit, therefore, marks a significant warming of relations between the countries.

Australia hints at support for two-state alternative after TrumpNetanyahu meeting (JNS.org) Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop seemed to suggest an openness to alternatives to a two-state solution less than a day after President Donald Trump seemingly pulled back from longstanding unequivocal U.S. support for two states.

In an interview with Sky News, Bishop said that if the Israelis and Palestinians were open to a onestate solution, then the world should recognize that.

“If they can come up with another solution that they were prepared to live with that ensured that the Israelis and the Palestinians could live side by side, live together behind internationally recognized boundaries, then of course the world should support that,” she said.

Bishop added, “What we need is for the Palestinians to recognize that the state of Israel exists and will continue to exist.”

During a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Feb. 15, Trump said he would be open to a onestate solution if that is what the Israelis and Palestinians agreed on.

But Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull told Sky News,

FEBRUARY 24, 2017 “Our position has not changed.

There should be a two-state solution negotiated with Israel and the Palestinian Authority.”

MIDDLE EAST Israel indicts Arab man over plans to form Islamic State terror cell (JNS.org) An Israeli-Arab man was indicted Monday for his alleged links to the Islamic State terror group and his plans to orchestrate attacks in Israel.

The Shin Bet security agency and the Israel Police had arrested Anas Haj Yehiye, 35, in late January following intelligence-gathering on his suspected terrorist ties and activities. Haj Yehiye swore allegiance to Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, and was recruiting others for the formation of an Islamic State terror cell within Israel, according to the Shin Bet. In particular, the security agency said Haj Yehiye was planning attacks on a bus in Tel Aviv and against Israeli soldiers, and that he distributed instructions to potential fellow terrorist operatives on the production of explosive belts, explosive devices connected to cellphones and lethal substances such as sarin gas.

Islamic State’s “Detailed Guide for the Jihadist” was seized at Haj Yehiye’s home in the village of Taibe.

An Israeli police sapper examines exploded remains of a rocket fired at Eilat in April 2013.

(Illustrative photo.) On Monday, two rockets fired from the Sinai hit southern Israel. Sinai Province, Islamic State’s regional proxy, claimed responsibility for the attack. Credit: Flash90.

Islamic State proxy fires 2 rockets at southern Israel (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Two rockets fired from Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula hit southern Israel Monday morning. The projectiles exploded in open areas in the northwestern Negev’s Eshkol Regional Council, causing no harm. Sinai Province, the Islamic State terror group’s regional proxy, claimed responsibility for the attack.

Monday's rocket fire followed reports by the Islamic State-affiliated Amaq news agency that four Islamic State terrorists were killed Saturday night in an Israeli drone strike in the northern Sinai. The report said the strike targeted a cell preparing to fire rockets at Israel.

Sinai Province had fired four rockets at the southern Israeli city of Eilat Feb. 8.

Israeli soldier gets 18 months in prison over Hebron shooting amid calls for pardon (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldier Elor Azaria, con-

The Jewish Voice victed on manslaughter charges for shooting and killing an incapacitated terrorist in Hebron last March, was sentenced Tuesday to 18 months in prison and was demoted from sergeant to private.

Around 100 protesters went to the military court at the IDF’s headquarters in Tel Aviv to show support for the soldier.

Military Court Judge Maya Heller said in her sentencing of Azaria, “The standard punishment for manslaughter is 20 years in prison, to teach us about the gravity that the legislature attributes to the crime of manslaughter. But in the state of Israel, punishment is individual....The defendant was drafted to the IDF in July 2014 as an infantryman in the Kfir Brigade; he successfully passed a paramedics’ course. The defendant has no disciplinary past.”

Before the sentencing, the prosecution had asked to have Azaria spend between three and five years in prison. Immediately after the sentence was announced, Israeli Education Minister Naftali Bennett (Habayit Hayehudi) tweeted, “The security of the citizens of Israel depends on an immediate pardon for Elor Azaria, who was sent to protect us. The process was tainted from the start. Elor must not go to prison, because we’ll all pay the price for it.”

Report: Netanyahu participated in secret peace summit in Jordan (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu participated in a secret diplomatic summit a year ago in Aqaba, Jordan, with then-U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Jordan’s King Abdullah and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, Haaretz reported Sunday.

At the meeting, Kerry reportedly presented a regional peace framework that included recognition of Israel as a Jewish state and the renewal of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations with the support of Arab nations. Netanyahu responded that he would have trouble garnering support for Kerry’s proposal within Israel’s governing coalition.

Several months later, Kerry presented Netanyahu with a framework to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, including a demilitarized Palestinian state based on the 1967 lines with land swaps, with Jerusalem serving as the capital of both Israel and the Palestinian state. Netanyahu rejected the proposal.

When the subject was raised Sunday at a Likud party ministers' meeting, Netanyahu did not deny the existence of the Jordan summit.

affordable new tool to facilitate space engineering and research," said Prof. Dan Blumberg, vice president and dean for research and development at Ben-Gurion University. "The reduced costs allow academia to assume a much more active role in the field, taking advantage of the innovation and initiative of researchers and students."

The nanosatellite, which is only slightly larger than a milk cartoon, comes outfitted with visual and short wavelength infrared camera and will hover at 300 miles above the Earth’s surface. This will allow researchers to study a broad array of environmental phenomena, such as being able to track atmospheric gases such as carbon dioxide and study the Earth’s airglow layer, which provides information about climate change.

Given its small size and low orbit, the BGUSAT can change its angle and obtain views from multiple orbits and positions, something that larger satellites that orbit higher and weather balloons or planes, which fly too low, cannot do.

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Israel’s economy posts strongest quarter since 2013, grows by 6.2 percent (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Israel's economy grew by an annualized 6.2 percent in the last quarter of 2016, marking its strongest quarterly performance since the second quarter of 2013, the country’s Central Bureau of Statistics said Thursday.

The economy grew by an annualized 4.2 percent in the third quarter of 2016 and 5.3 percent in the second quarter. The data showed that, year on year, the economy grew 5 percent in the second half of 2016, following 3.2-percent growth in the first half of the year.

The increase in gross domestic product in the second half of 2016 reflected a 3.5-percent increase in public consumption, and 2.9-percent growth in private consumption per capita. Israel’s exports of goods and services, excluding diamonds and startups, were up 4.5 percent in 2016, and investments in fixed assets climbed 10.2 percent. Imports of goods and services went up 10.6 percent in the second half of 2016, the report said.

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah (pictured) took to the Lebanese terror group’s airwaves to boast about being able to target Israel’s nuclear facilities in Dimona, while chiding Israel for being afraid of Hezbollah’s “might.” Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

The branded dye-murex shell that was recently discovered through the Temple Mount Sifting Project, created tremendous interest among researchers.

Credit: Jennifer Green/Ir David Foundation.

Hezbollah’s Nasrallah boasts about hitting Israel’s nuclear facilities

To dye for: snail shell found on Temple Mount colors researchers' interest

(JNS.org) Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah boasted about being able to target Israel’s nuclear facilities in Dimona, while chiding Israel for being afraid of the Lebanese terror group’s “might.”

"Israel knows we can turn the reactor in Dimona from a threat to us into a threat against itself, with our missiles," Nasrallah said in remarks broadcast Thursday on Hezbollah’s Al-Manar satellite station, boasting that Hezbollah could turn "Israel's main weapon into a threat against Israelis themselves."

"If Hezbollah is weakened, Israel will see it as an opportunity for war. Support for Hezbollah in Lebanon protects Lebanese people from war....Israel is aware of Hezbollah's might and is afraid of us," he added.

Nasrallah said the recent meeting between Prime Minister Israel launches first Benjamin Netanyahu and Presnanosatellite for ident Donald Trump marked “a scientific research semi-official announcement of (JNS.org) Israel launched its the death of the path of [Israefirst nanosatellite, “BGUSAT,” li-Palestinian] negotiations…. last week as part of an academic The Israeli plot is to establish a initiative by Ben-Gurion Univer- limited government in Gaza and sity of the Negev that allows re- prevent the Palestinians from researchers to study climate change turning to the other lands stolen as well as agricultural and other from them. For the Israelis, there is no such thing as a Palestinian scientific phenomena.

"BGUSAT is an important and state.”

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(Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) An ancient sea snail shell discovered on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem has created tremendous interest among researchers, who believe the find ties in with the particular shade of vibrant blue dye ("tchelet" in Hebrew) used in ancient times to color the fringes of religious garments.

The shell of the branded dye-murex snail was recently discovered as part of the Temple Mount Sifting Project, which is funded by the Ir David Foundation and directed by archaeologists from Bar-Ilan University.

Archaeologist Zachi Dvira

noted that finding the shell of an ancient sea snail far inland on the Temple Mount raises questions, as the snails are generally excavated in coastal archaeological digs.

"These snails were used in the luxury dye industry of ancient times," Dvira said. "They were used to produce the colors purple and tchelet. Dye industry equipment and fragments of snail shells have been discovered at Phoenician sites along the Mediterranean coast."

Dvira said the snail's mucus secretions produced the unique shade of blue used to dye the ritual fringed garments, cloths for use in the Temple, and the ancient priests’ clothing. The rabbinical sages had deemed the species kosher (snails in general are not) so the dye could be used. Modern research generally agrees that the branded dye-murex was the snail approved by the sages.

Following the discovery, archaeologists have started researching whether there was a dyeing facility on the Temple Mount during the Temple era.

Iran reportedly continues to call for Israel’s destruction, despite nuclear deal (JNS.org) Iran’s leadership has continued to call for Israel’s destruction since the nuclear deal with world powers was forged in July 2015, according to a new report published by the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs (JCPA).

“There is absolutely no indication of one iota of moderation by the Iranian elite in their hostile intentions toward Israel since the conclusion of the Iran nuclear agreement. Iranian policy in this regard is driven by the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps,” said former Israeli Foreign Ministry Director-General Dore Gold, who heads the JCPA. The JCPA report includes a compilation of statements by Iranian leaders, including Khamenei, that have called for Israel’s destruction.

According to the report, Iran's long-range missile program demonstrates the country's commitment to the hatred of Israel.

It noted how the missiles are frequently inscribed with slogans such as "Israel should be wiped off the face of the Earth." The report added that Khamenei "paves the way" for the fierce anti-Israel rhetoric in the military and the nation.

"The combination of an ex-

PAGE 25 treme Islamist ideology that repetitively preaches the destruction of Israel, boasts of its advanced missile program, and seeks to return to the bosom of the Western world makes Iran all the more dangerous," the report said.

Members of Hamas's "military wing" in the Gaza Strip town of Rafah. Hamas’s newly elected political leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, is expected to concentrate his efforts on strengthening the military wing.

Credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/ Flash90.

Hamas official: new Gaza political leader draws inspiration from Hezbollah (JNS.org) Hamas’s newly elected political leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, is expected to focus on strengthening the Palestinian terrorist organization's “military wing” and will draw inspiration from the Lebanese terror group Hezbollah.

“He will focus on turning Hamas's military wing into the strongest body in the Gaza Strip,” an unnamed senior Hamas official told Israel Hayom.

“We must remember that for the last six months, [Sinwar’s predecessor Ismail] Haniyeh has been out of Gaza in his election campaign in the Persian Gulf principalities and Arab states, and that Sinwar was essentially leading the movement,” the official explained.

Now that Sinwar has been officially elected, said the official, “He can put into practice Hamas in Gaza's policies related to foreign affairs and security, including relations with Egypt and the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah, the conflict with Israel and dealing with the civilian population in the Gaza Strip….In contrast with Haniyeh, the new leader will focus on sweeping logistical changes in the policy of Hamas in Gaza.”

“His model is Hezbollah, and he will allocate considerable funds to that end at the expense of civil and welfare activities undertaken by the movement during Haniyeh's rule,” the official added.

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Jersey City Blind Sheikh Tied to '93 Judge Rules Bridgegate Case Against WTC Bombing Dies in Prison NJ Gov Christie Can Proceed Edited by: JV Staff

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gyptian jihadist spiritual leader Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman, linked to the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, died Saturday in the United States at the age of 78, his family said in a statement, at the North Carolina prison where he was serving a life sentence for conspiring to bomb civilian targets in the country.

The U.S. Department of Justice confirmed Abdel-Rahman's death, saying he died of natural causes. His death came after a long battle with diabetes and coronary artery disease, the Bureau of Prisons said.

His son, Ammar, confirmed his father's death to Reuters, saying his family had received a phone call from a U.S. representative informing them of Abdel-Rahman's death.

"We have contacted the American and Egyptian authorities to repatriate" his body,

The FBI began investigating AbdelRahman and his followers after the February 1993 World Trade Center bombings, carried out by a group of the radical preacher's supporters.

Abdel Rahman, known as "The Blind Sheikh", had become a cause celebre for jihadists and Islamists who demanded the blind and ailing militant's freedom.

another of his sons, Mohamed Omar, told AFP. Abdel Rahman, known as "The Blind Sheikh", had become a cause celebre for jihadists and Islamists who demanded the blind and ailing militant's freedom.

Born May 3, 1938 in the Egyptian city of al-Gamalia, Abdel-Rahman studied Islamic theology at Cairo University, earning a doctorate from the prestigious Al-Azhar University in Cairo.

Abdel-Rahman rose to prominence as one of the most outspoken Muslim clerics against

Egyptian secularism, and during the 1970's developed close ties with Egyptian militant groups Islamic Jihad and Al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya ("The Islamic Group").

By the 1980's Abdel-Rahman was serving as chief of AlGama'a al-Islamiyya.

He spent three years in Egyptian prisons on suspicion that he issued the fatwa that resulted in the 1981 assassination of then-president Anwar Sadat by Egyptian Islamic Jihad, but was ultimately acquitted and expelled from Egypt.

He then traveled to Afghanistan where he became associated with the Maktab al-Khadamat (MAK) jihadist group and al-Qaida leader Osama Bin Laden, assuming control of the international jihadist arm of the MAK in 1989.

Abdel-Rahman traveled to the U.S. via Saudi Arabia on a tourist visa in 1990, despite being listed on a State Department terror watch list. He arrived in New York City to consolidate the financial and organizational infrastructure of the MAK in the United States.

Abdel-Rahman began preaching at three mosques in the New York City area, delivering sermons with extreme anti-American views that conSee Jersey City Blind , page 37

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udge Roy McGeady ruled that the Bridgegate criminal case against Governor Chris Christie can proceed. On Thursday February 16, at the proceeding in the Central Municipal Court of Hackensack, the judge said there is probable cause for an official misconduct complaint, in the case filed by Bill Brennan, a Democratic gubernatorial candidate and Wayne county resident. In using the term ‘probable cause’, Judge McGeady referred to the standards of proof in the legal system, which ranks from 1 to 6. Probable cause is ranked fourth, two places away from the highest proof, beyond a reasonable doubt. Mr. Brennan’s complaint filed on Sept.

28 in Fort Lee Municipal Court alleges Christie of second-degree official misconduct, as per USA Today.

The document states that on or about Sept. 11, 2013, the governor failed to order his subordinates to reopen access lanes to the George Washington Bridge, which were closed for a purported traffic study.

In the federal trial Bill Baroni, the former Port Authority Executive Director, and Bridget Anne Kelly, Christie's former deputy chief of staff, were both

The case against Christie has been bouncing back and forth between different courts.

Judge McGeady set March 10 as the date for Gov. Christie to make his first appearance on the stand.

found guilty of seven charges of conspiracy, wire fraud and civil rights violations in the Bridgegate scandal. The days of gridlock from lane closures leading to the GW Bridge, was allegedly set up as political retribution against the borough’s mayor for not endorsing Christie for reelection.

The case against Christie has been bouncing back and forth between different courts.

Judge McGeady set March 10 as the date for Gov. Christie to make his first appearance on the stand. “The court found it

very puzzling that the Governor … seemed to be pleased with the fact that the mayor of a major city’s concerns about traffic jams … would go unanswered, seemingly with the governor’s approval,” said Judge McGeady. “The court is satisfied that he had knowledge of the traffic problems … he had reason to believe this traffic was purposefully created, contrived and orchestrated,” said the Judge.

Christie’s attorney, Craig Carpenito, may ask that the court to waive the need for the governor to appear. Christie continues to deny any wrongdoing in the case. His press secretary, Brian Murray, released the following statement following the judge's ruling: “This judge has once again violated the Governor's constitutional rights and intentionally ignored the earlier ruling

by Assignment Judge [Bonnie] Mizdol. The judge is violating the law, pure and simple. This concocted claim was investigated for three months by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office, which summarily dismissed it, after concluding that the very same evidence relied upon again by this judge was utter nonsense. That is exactly what it is. The law requires this judge to have done the same.

This is a complete non-event.”

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The Russian Revolution and the Impact on the Jews: Marking the Centennial By: Larry Domnitch

the region of Galicia, known as Within the Jewish communithe Brusilov Offensive, which ty, many saw hope in the change turned out to be a very costly t is the centennial of the of leadership from the despofailure. Lenin who opposed the Russian Revolution. The tism and anti-Semitism of the war had promised the suffering first stage which lead to the Czar.

Russian people “Land, Bread, Kerensky, whose father was Bolshevik Revolution later and Peace,” earning him suffithat year. Rioters and strikers in Jewish, had sympathized with cient support from local Sothe capital city of St. Petersburg, the Jews who were severely viet revolutionary councils, to and other locations refused to persecuted by Czarist regime. mount a takeover and realize his desist in their efforts to cause He was one of the sponsors of plans in November 1917. chaos. At the time, regiments of a resolution by the Saint PetersThe Bolshevik Revolution the Czar’s army defected. Czar burg bar condemning the 1913 caused the people immeasurNicholas II who was losing con- trial of Mendel Beilis, falsely able suffering. While the Rustrol of his empire abdicated the accused of ritual murder, as a sian Revolution of 1917 did not “slanderous attack upon the throne. incur substantial losses, decades Most of the world which fol- Jewish People.” During the First of horrors under Soviet dictalows the Gregorian calendar World War, he himself had pertorships followed. Millions perrefers to it as the March Revolu- sonally investigated and refuted ished from persecution, terror, tion since it took place on March highly publicized bogus charges and in gulags.

8. To the Russians who once fol- of treason leveled against the Mendel Beilis faced a blood libel accusation in 1913 lowed the Julian calendar, which Jews in a village named Kuzhi in tion of the Czar, the new proviplaces the day at February 23, it April 1915.

Just ten days after the abdica- sional government had officially was the February Revolution. granted freedom to the long beleaguered Jewish community of Russia. These freedoms included residing where they pleased, participating in all educational advantages, voting, and owning property.

Would this pronouncement signal the end of decades of persecution for the world’s largest Jewish community?

Many in the Jewish community responded enthusiastically.

On April 29, 1917, Jewish author and activist, Shmarya Levin, asked, “Will the Jews for the first time in our history, become free, not as dismembered individuals, but as a national minority?”

In the journal, the American Hebrew, one editorial opined “The first French Revolution declared the Jews to be human beings, the last Russian Revolution proclaimed the Jews to be free citizens, a nation of freemen.”

Revolutionary Marxist leader of the Bolshevik Party, Vladimir One letter to the editor of the Lenin, (pictured above) who returned from exile in Switzerland American Hebrew on March 23, with the assistance of Germany, helped foment revolution to 1917, proposed that “March 15, topple the Kerensky government. the day of the abdication of the Czar be turned into a Jewish holiday.” Adding, “That day will be forever the greatest day of joy A socialist democrat named Alexander Kerensky became the in the Jewish calendar.”

Minister of Justice in Russia prior to the Bolshevik revolution.

An editorial in the London Kerensky, whose father was Jewish, had sympathized with the Jewish Chronicle stated that, Jews who were severely persecuted by Czarist regime. He was “There are firm hopes that the one of the sponsors of a resolution by the Saint Petersburg bar dark days oppression never recondemning the 1913 trial of Mendel Beilis, falsely accused turn. With our great friend Mr. of ritual murder, as a “slanderous attack upon the Jewish Kerensky as the moving spirit People.” During the First World War, he himself had personally of the new government and Mr. investigated and refuted highly publicized bogus charges of Zarudni (the defender of Mentreason leveled against the Jews in a village named Kuzhi in del Beilis who faced a blood libel April 1915.

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War, hunger, and poverty, had fueled the rage. The immense damage and destruction to Russia caused by its involvement in the First World War contributed significantly to the fall of the Czar. Two million soldiers were reported dead, one million were missing in action, many more were seriously wounded, the economy was in shambles, and unemployment was running rampant.

A new provisional government was established. At the helm was the socialist democrat Alexander Kerensky who became the Minister of Justice.

At the same time, Kerensky also became the vice-chairman of the Petrograd (St. Petersburg) Soviet revolutionary council.

These posts made him the most important leader in the revolution. The expectation was the government would be more tolerant.

Demonstrations prior to the Bolshevik revolution of 1917

Pictured above is Leon Trotsky, also known by his Jewish name, Lev Bronshtein, was a leader of the Bolshevik revolution along with Vladimir Lenin. He was eventually assassinated in Mexico when an assailant put an ice pick through this head

accusation in 1913) as his assistant at the Ministry of Justice, the Russian Jews cannot only breathe freely, but they can also; with a clear mind, attend to their national problems of the hour.”

The results would turn out to be far different than the hopes.

The provisional government was very young and vulnerable.

Revolutionary Marxist leader of the Bolshevik Party, Vladimir Lenin, who returned from exile in Switzerland with the assistance of Germany, helped foment revolution to topple the Kerensky government. In order to maintain Western alliances, Kerensky, who had become Minister of War in May 1917, had kept Russia in the war and launched another attack against Austria/Hungary into

On April 29, 1917, Jewish author and activist, Shmarya Levin, asked, “Will the Jews for the first time in our history, become free, not as dismembered individuals, but as a national minority?”

The Jews of Russia suffered the harshness of life in Russia, and their dreams for freedom instead became nightmares of oppressive rule.

The Russian Revolution produced dangerous and destructive forms of anti-Semitism. The Soviet regime which promised equality sought to forcibly assimilate Russian Jewry by outlawing Jewish practices. The goal was to eliminate Judaism and Jewish nationalism in Russia. Aiding the Soviets were Jewish communist groups such as the Yevsekztia who spied on and betrayed other Jews who maintained Jewish observances despite the religious bans. Zionists as well were persecuted. Although such groups represented a very small minority of the Jews, the damage they caused was considerable.

The March revolution was a conduit to the Bolshevik revolution in November of that year.

Without the first revolution, the second would not have taken place.

A century later, the Soviet Union which lasted for seventy four years, leaves behind it a massive trail of misery and destruction.

For Jews of Soviet descent, there are many tragic memories. There is also the saga of a struggle for Jewish survival in the face of adversity.

Aiding the Soviets were Jewish communist groups such as the Yevsekztia who spied on and betrayed other Jews who maintained Jewish observances (pictured above) despite the religious bans

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Christopher Columbus; Secret Jew???

What is the evidence that Columbus was a Jew? By: Barbara Penn

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n February 15, 1493, Christopher Columbus sent out a letter to the European world revealing for the first time his discovery of America. His finding was the first step into a new world, which would become the symbol of religious tolerance and freedom. The real identity of Christopher Columbus sheds new light on the poignancy of this historical period, especially for the Jews.

To gain a better understanding of Columbus’s legacy, it's important to note the historical background of his life. Columbus lived during the time of the inquisition during which Anusim, Jews who practiced their faith in secret, were under constant threat of arrest and tortuous death. Tens of thousands of secret Jews were tortured during the Spanish Inquisition, many dying a martyr’s death.

Columbus' identity has been shrouded in mystery and debated for some time. The Italians claimed that Columbus was born in Lugano, Italy to Domenico Colombo, a tower sentinel.

The Spaniards claim that he was born on Spanish soil to a father with a different name and trade.

Recently, as reported by Charles Garcia of CNN, Spanish scholars Jose Erugo, Otero Sanchez and Nicholas Dias Perez have concluded that Columbus was,

in fact, a secret Jew whose voyage to the Indies had another altogether different objective than he claimed.

The content of Columbus' personal letters and diary entries prove most revealing. One telling difference between Columbus' personal writings and those of his contemporaries

mysterious monogram found on his the letters, written right to left. To quote Semitic linguist Maurice David, who discovered the meaning of the symbols, “On all of these... intimate letters the attentive reader can plainly see at the left top corner a little monogram which is... in fact, nothing more…. than an old

The real identity of Christopher Columbus sheds new light on the poignancy of this historical period, especially for the Jews.

was the language it was written in, namely one unrecognizable to most native Spaniards.

Linguistics professor Estelle Irizarry, after analyzing the language of hundreds of similar letters concluded that it was written in Castilan Spanish or Ladino, a Jewish version of the Spanish language, analogous to what the Yiddish language is to German.

Another revelation is in the

Hebrew greeting….frequently used among religious Jews all over the world even to this day”. The symbol he was referring to were the Hebrew letters bet and heh, which we know to stand for b'ezrat Hashem, or with God's help. Not surprisingly, Columbus' letter to the King and Queen was the only one of his 13 letters studied that did not contain this symbol.

Three of the wishes in Co-

lumbus' will and testament also lend a number of telling clues to his identity. One request in his will was that one-tenth of his income be given as charity to provide dowry for poor girls, a commonly practiced Jewish custom that stretches far back.

He also requested to have money given to a certain Jew who lived near the Jewish quarter of Lisbon.

children to maintain this mysterious symbol for perpetuity.

The hidden signature, when translated, was actually a prayer in lieu of the standard Hebrew kaddish, which was forbidden in Spain. This ploy allowed Columbus to covertly instruct his children to recite the kaddish prayer for him.

People assume that King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella

Along with Louis De Santangel and Gabriel Sanchez, the prominent Rabbi Isaac Abarbanel, (pictured above) took money out of his own pocket to pay for Columbus’ journey to the new world

Columbus' identity has been shrouded in mystery and debated for some time. The Italians claimed that Columbus was born in Lugano, Italy to Domenico Colombo, a tower sentinel

Another particularly telltale note in his will seemed to be somewhat of a hidden signature, a triangular form of dots and letters that resembled inscriptions found on gravestones of Jewish cemeteries in Spain.

Columbus even instructed his

financed Columbus' journey.

But according to Charles Garcia of CNN, two conversos, Louis De Santangel and Gabriel Sanchez, along with the prominent Rabbi Isaac Abarbanel, took money out of their own pockets to pay for the voyage. This his-

torical fact should raise yet another question: Why did these Jews take interest in Columbus' voyage?

Simon Wiesenthal suggests in his book, Sails of Hope, that the motive behind Columbus' voyage was to find a safe haven for the Jews. Similarly, others conclude that Columbus set sail to Asia for the purpose to obtaining enough gold to finance a crusade in an effort to take back Jerusalem and rebuild the Jews' holy Temple. According to Dr. Gerhard Falk, author of a Man’s Ascent to Reason, he brought a Hebrew interpreter with him, with the hope of locating the ten lost tribes. ( Hence, the popular lyric reads: “In 1492, Colombus sailed the ocean blue. His interpreter was lou, he was a Jew and that is true.")

The day of Columbus' travels are also of noteworthy significance. It is said that he had originally planned on sailing on Tisha b'Av, but postponed his travels because the day is considered inauspicious for such ventures. Instead he began his journey on August 3rd, the 11th of Av, two days after the Jews were given the choice to convert or leave Spain. For our discerning readers, is this a fact of mere coincidence or of remarkable significance?

(AISH.COM)

Barbara Penn lives in Jerusalem with her husband and two children. Her passion for the pen is what brought her to a freelance writing/blogging career.

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Disney Cuts Ties with YouTube Star IRS May be Preparing to take Closer PewDiePie over Anti-Semitic Clips Look at Mortgage Deductions By: Anat Ghelber

By Hadassa Kalatizadeh

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elix Kjellberg is a Swedish maker of YouTube videos known as PewDiePie. He currently has 53 million subscribers and can be found on YouTube Red, which is a YouTube channel reserved for all original content. YouTube Red is also associated with Disney’s MakerStudios brand, where PewDiePie, until recently, had his own network. But, due to some videos containing anti-Semitic content and images which appear to support the Nazis, Disney is pulling out of any agreement with the YouTube star.

According to the Wall Street Journal, there were nine videos in total found on PewDiePie’s network on YouTube Red that contained subject matter which was anti-Semitic or seemed to support Nazi ideology. In one of them, Felix Kjellberg paid a group of men from Sri Lanka to hold up a sign on which was written, “Death to all Jews.”

Another contained footage of a man dressed as Jesus Christ saying, “Hitler did absolutely nothing wrong.” Kjellberg has justified the clips saying that was intending to point out the extremes that people would go to for money, not meaning their posting to be taken seriously.

T Due to some videos containing anti-Semitic content and images which appear to support the Nazis, Disney is pulling out of any agreement with the YouTube star.

Both clips were created using a freelance job finding site called Fiverr.

But Maker Studios, speaking for their parent company, Disney, bought in 2014, has stated stated that they take the posting of such videos very seriously and are therefore ending any business relationship with Kjellberg. As they told the Wall Street Journal, “Although Felix has created a following by being provocative and irreverent, he clearly went too far in this case and the resulting videos are inappropriate.”

Kjellberg has defended himself regarding the videos, saying that they were, “to show how crazy

the modern world is, specifically some of the services available online. I picked something that seemed absurd to me—That people on Fiverr would say anything for 5 dollars. I think it’s important to say something and I want to make one thing clear: I am in no way supporting any kind of hateful attitudes.

I make videos for my audience.

I think of the content that I create as entertainment, and not a place for any serious political commentary. I know my audience understand that and that is why they come to my channel. Though this was not my intention, I understand that these jokes were ultimately offensive.”

Trump Sons Open Dubai Golf Course, Praise U.S. Ally Edited by: JV Staff

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resident Donald Trump’s eldest sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump were guests of honor at the opening of a Trump-branded golf course in Dubai on Saturday, the first Trump property project launched since their father’s inauguration.

Speaking on a stage in front of the clubhouse at the Trump International Golf Club Dubai, Donald Trump Jr. praised the development of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a close U.S. ally that is also a global trade, transport and tourism hub.

“To see the incredible vision Sheikh Mohammed has been able to put forward for this country is truly awe-inspiring,” he said, referring to UAE Vice-President, Prime Minister and Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum.

“As a developer, which lets us be somewhat artists at times, it is truly incredible to be part of that vision.”

A ceremony featuring fireworks and a classical music ensemble marked the opening of the project announced by the Trump Organisation and Dubai-listed developer DAMAC Properties in 2013.

The relationship between President Trump and Damac Chairman Hussain Sajwani See Trump Sons Open Dubai , page 37

President Donald Trump's son Eric Trump attends the opening ceremony of the Trump International Golf Club in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, February 18, 2017

Banke International director Niraj Masand, far left, poses for a photo with Eric Trump, second left, Banke International director Porush Jhunjhunwala, center, Donald Trump Jr., second right, and DAMAC Properties chairman Hussain Sajwani, during festivities marking the formal opening of the Trump International Golf Club, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Saturday Feb. 18, 2017. Two of U.S. President Donald Trump's sons arrived in the UAE for an invitation-only ceremony Saturday to formally open the club

his year, there will be little subtle changes to the 1098 Form which millions of homeowners will receive from their lenders.

Lenders are required to fill out and send this form to the IRS, summing up how much interest you paid on your mortgage last year. As reported by The Real Deal, the required changes to the form were passed by congress in the summer or 2015, buried in a federal highway bill.

Lenders must now divulge more information to the IRS about your loan, including the balance outstanding from your principal loan at the beginning of the year, the origination date of your mortgage and the address of the home receiving the loan.

Tax experts believe that these obscure changes are in preparation for the IRS to begin taking a stronger stance on mortgage deductions. Tax deductions on interest owed has developed

Tax experts believe that these obscure changes are in preparation for the IRS to begin taking a stronger stance on mortgage deductions. Tax deductions on interest owed has developed into one of the largest write-offs in the tax code

into one of the largest writeoffs in the tax code. Between the fiscal years 2016 and 2020, mortgage deductions amount to a projected $357 billion revenue cost for the IRS. There are many rules that dictate eligibility for these deductions, and government watchdog agencies have been displeased with of the IRS’s oversight in this area for years.

The fact is that with the terse information provided on the for-

mer 1098 forms, the IRS was not in any position to assess who is or is not actually eligible for the deduction. The new 1098 will make it easier for the IRS to pinpoint mortgage amounts that exceeded the tax code’s limits of $1 million in ‘home acquisition debt’, and $100,000 of ‘home equity debt.’

Potentially, the IRS may now use its new information to audit homeowners with large mortgage balances. The IRS will be better able to gauge borrowers’ ineligible for the tax deduction because they refinanced a mortgage but are using the funding “for reasons other than buying, building or improving your primary or second home”, as listed in the IRS publication 936. Many people who paid down their original mortgage and then refinancing to use the proceeds on credit card bills, student loan debt, or to buy a new car or furniture, may not even be aware that a portion of the mortgage interest they pay, may not be tax deductible.

VC Says ‘Start Up’ Adds to US Economic Growth By: Gwen Ackerman

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on Medved, the Israeli venture capitalist who backed Shopping.com and built investment platform OurCrowd, says tightening technology ties with the Trump administration and allowing Israeli companies to continue to open branches in the U.S. will benefit both countries’ economies.

Medved said he hoped Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would put technology on the agenda when he meets Wednesday with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington.

The two leaders are expected to discuss regional issues like Iran, the Islamic State and Israeli settlements.

“There’s an untold story peeping above the radar, and it’s how Israeli technology is driving U.S. economic growth,” Medved said in an interview in Jerusalem. “There’s a virtuous circle: investment coming in to Israeli companies, who then go out and create jobs in the U.S. This story isn’t out there, and in today’s context it’s important.”

A June report based on research by global consultancy Stax Inc. found that 216 Israeli-founded businesses in the greater Boston area employed 9,000 people and generated more than $18 billion in direct and indirect revenue in 2015, 3.8 percent of Massachusetts’s gross domestic product. The companies also attracted over $1 billion in venture capital, the report said.

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call for companies to prioritize hiring Americans and invest more at home. In Israel, the tech sector is pressuring Netanyahu to open borders and allow visas for foreign experts to fill jobs that are vacant due to a lack of engineers.

“Without immigration, innovation doesn’t happen,” Medved said. More than 1,700 Israeli technology companies have offices in the U.S., according to industry monitor IVC Research Center. There are about 175 Israeli startups in the San Francisco area alone, according to the non-profit Israeli Executives and Founders Forum.

Before leaving for Washington, Netanyahu said he planned to raise the possibility of strengthening cyber security ties with Trump. Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon told his Kulanu party Monday he had asked Netanyahu to request an exception for Israel where outside corporate investment was Immigration Order concerned.

“Israel has a lot of U.S. invesMedved’s comments come amid turmoil in the tech indus- tors, our economy needs it and try over Trump’s executive order it’s important to us,” Kahlon said restricting immigration and his this week.

Talking Cyber Medved said he would expect technologies such as cyber security, border security, drones and remote sensors to come up at the leaders’ meeting. He noted that former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, appointed by Trump to head a committee on cyber security, was just in Israel, where he met with Netanyahu.

“For ‘America First’ you need partners. No one goes it alone, especially in technology,” Medved said. “We have a deep and multifaceted alliance with the U.S., which Trump seems to be a big supporter of.”

Netanyahu has highlighted Israeli’s technological expertise in securing its borders after Trump said a wall could help prevent illegal immigration from Mexico. Shares of Magal Security Systems Ltd., a major contractor on Israel’s West Bank barrier, have gained 65 percent since Trump was elected in November.

“The bottom line is an inhospitable America won’t be good for any of this,” Medved said.

“But I don’t think that’s going to happen.”

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New Cookbook Provides Delicious Recipes - Perfect for Pesach Author Naomi Nachman, known as “The Aussie Gourmet,” shares some of her favorite Passover recipes that make delicious meals all year round.

produce kosher cooking competitions across the globe, where she shares her immense enthusiasm for food. She also hosts a weekly show, Table for Two with Naomi - Chimichurri Coleslaw Nachman on the Nachum Segal - Cauliflower Sushi Network discussing all food-re- Charoset Salad lated topics. Naomi also writes - Tangy Aioli Branzini a monthly magazine column for - Quinoa and Mushroom Mishpacha, covering food trends, Stuffed Capons and has articles and recipes pub- Tequila Lime Chicken lished weekly as a contributing - Herb-Crusted Lamb Chops editor for The Jewish Home - Pastrami Meatballs newspaper. She has been a guest - Mock Sesame Noodles host on the QVC TV network.

- Eggplant Parmesan Naomi lives in Woodmere, New - Frozen Red Wine Strawberry York with her husband and chilMousse dren. For more information on - Chili Chocolate Chip Naomi and The Aussie Gourmet, Cookies visit her website, www.TheAuss“My goal is to help home cooks ieGourmet.com.

Naomi Nachman is sought after to give cooking demonstrations and produce kosher cooking competitions across the globe, where she shares her immense enthusiasm for food. She also hosts a weekly show, Table for Two with Naomi Nachman on the Nachum Segal Network discussing all food-related topics.

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assover is a time for family and friends to come together, usually over a meal. Naomi Nachman, chef, caterer and host of the popular radio show “Table for Two” on the Nachum Segal Network, launches her debut cookbook just in time to make Passover meals easy and delicious.

In Perfect for Pesach: Recipes You’ll Want to Make All Year (Artscroll/March 2017) Naomi shares some of her popular recipes from over two decades of cooking and catering for Pesach.

Naomi’s recipes use innovative flavor combinations with ingredients that are easily accessible from local supermarkets and stores. In addition, while the recipes are all focused on Passover they can be served and enjoyed all year long.

Perfect for Pesach features over 125 delicious recipes beautifully photographed by kosher blogger and cookbook author, Miriam Pascal. Each recipe features Cook’s Tips culled from Naomi’s years of professional experience and she has provided readers with Freezer Tips, Prep Ahead, How-to information and recommendations for basic kitchen equipment.

“As a chef specializing in Passover, I wanted to provide home cooks with delicious recipes that bring something new to the table,” Naomi explains. “Some of the recipes in this book reflect my years of catering Pesach dinners and other are brand-new to reflect today’s kosher cooking styles. All my recipes use fresh, simple and delicious combinations of ingredients that you can get all year long and create interesting meal choices.”

From appetizers and starters, to main dishes and desserts, Perfect for Pesach has everything needed to create and serve the perfect holiday meal. And 120 of them are gluten-free! Some of Naomi’s tasty recipes include: - Hawaiian Poke

In Perfect for Pesach: Recipes You’ll Want to Make All Year (Artscroll/March 2017) Naomi Nachman shares some of her popular recipes from over two decades of cooking and catering for Pesach.

prepare delicious meals without Recipe(s) from making the process too compli- Perfect for Pesach cated or exhausting. I want you by Naomi Nachman to be as excited about cooking Artscroll/Shaar Press / March for Pesach as I am. These recipes 2017 are so delicious, your family and Cauliflower Crust Lachmagine friends will be asking for them all MEAT - Yields 12 servings year long.”

Freezer Friendly This year surprise yourself and I’ve always enjoyed serving, your guests with meals that are and eating, lachmagine, a Syrian Perfect for Pesach! meat pizza mozze, or appetizer.

With cauliflower crust pizza so ABOUT NAOMI popular these days, I was inspired NACHMAN to try a cauliflower crust lachNaomi developed her love magine for Pesach. I debuted it of cooking while growing up at the VIP Ram Pesach program in Australia and watching her (where I run cooking classes), mother and grandmother pre- and the Sephardic guests gave pare amazing feasts for the family. this recipe a thumbs-up for auAs an adult, she started her own thentic flavor!

INGREDIENTS: kosher personal chef business, Cauliflower Crust: The Aussie Gourmet, to provide 2 (32-ounce) bags frozen cauweekday, Shabbat, and Yom Tov meals for families within Long liflower, defrosted 2 eggs Island’s Five Towns, neighboring ½ teaspoon salt communities, and beyond — 1 teaspoon onion powder including Alaska and Israel. In 1 teaspoon dried oregano 2007, Naomi used her culinary Meat Topping: expertise to create and develop a 1 pound ground beef Culinary Arts program at Camp 1 cup prune butter or plum Dina in the Poconos, which she led for seven summers. She is jam 1 small onion, diced currently the director of the Cu¼ cup tomato paste linary Arts Recreational Program ½ cup ketchup for VIP-Ram’s Pesach program in 1 teaspoon salt Florida. ⅛ teaspoon cinnamon Naomi is sought after to give 1 cup pine nuts, optional cooking demonstrations and

Cauliflower Crust Lachmagine

Quinoa “Hummus”

METHOD: 1. Prepare the crust: Shred the cauliflower in a food processor until it resembles small crumbs.

2. Tightly wrap the cauliflower crumbs in a clean dish towel. (I divide the crumbs in half and use a separate dish towel for each half.) Squeeze the towel until the crumbs are dry. If the cauliflower is still cold from the freezer, let it sit out for 20 minutes and squeeze it again. The cauliflower should be very dry or the crust will become soggy.

3. Place the dry crumbs into a bowl; add egg, salt, and spices.

Mix really well until a “dough” forms.

4. Preheat oven to 400°F. Line a baking pan with parchment paper; set aside.

5. Form 1/4-cup dough into a 2-3-inch round; place onto prepared pan. Repeat with remaining dough. Bake for 15 minutes, until they start to brown. Remove pan from the oven.

6. Meanwhile, prepare the meat topping: add all topping ingredients to a large bowl, mixing

well to combine.

7. Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees. Spread ¼-cup meat topping onto each baked round, pressing down so it sticks to the dough. Make sure to spread topping all the way to the edge, as the meat shrinks while it cooks.

Sprinkle a few pine nuts on each if using.

8. Bake until the meat is cooked through and browned, approximately 30 minutes.

YEAR ‘ROUND: You can use store-bought pizza dough rounds in place of the cauliflower crust.

PREPARE AHEAD: Prepare recipe through Step 5, then freeze. Defrost, add the meat, and bake.

COOK’S TIP • For a dairy meal, make mini pizzas: Prepare the cauliflower crust through Step 5; add pizza sauce and cheese; bake in a preheated oven until cheese melts.

Quinoa “Hummus” Pareve ▪ yields 1½ cups I’m a big hummus person — I put it on everything (it’s almost

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like my ketchup!). I didn’t want to write a cookbook without a hummus recipe, so I thought of using quinoa to make a kosher Pesach version. I was so excited by the idea that I invited some foodie friends to taste-test as I played around with numerous batches and versions to create the perfect Pesach “hummus.” Here’s the version that we all voted the best.

INGREDIENTS: 1 cup cooked quinoa ½ cup pine nuts 2 cloves garlic, crushed juice of 1 lemon (2-3 Tablespoons) ½ teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon cumin 1 Tablespoon olive oil ¼ cup water 1 Tablespoon olive oil, for garnish 1 Tablespoon parsley, finely chopped, for garnish paprika, for garnish METHOD: 1. Place quinoa and pine nuts into the bowl of a food processor See New Cookbook Provides, page 36

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How My Father’s Torah Found a Home in My Son’s New Arizona Synagogue Scroll arrived in Oro Valley from Israel in the nick of time By: Chaya Rochel Zimmerman My father, Simcha Yosef ben 1Ephraim Yakov, passed away on the eve of Rosh Hashanah in 2002 at the age of 91. He spent the last 40 years of his life immersed at Congregation Agudath Achim Anshei Chessed on Staten Island, N.Y., as a shammes, a position his father had held before him.

“Shammes” is a poor choice of words. My father was also the minyan gatherer, cantor, treasurer, historian, Kaddish reciter, bar mitzvah tutor, secretary, Kiddush organizer, janitor, confidant of the yeshivah boys who studied in the building, secret deliverer of food to the poor and more.

to undertake all the details,” I told Ephraim. My son immediately swung into action and called Machon Stam in Brooklyn, N.Y. “Do you have a new, pre-written Torah scroll available for this Rosh Hashanah?”

“Yes,” they replied, “but our Torahs are in Israel.”

Ephraim asked his brother-in-law in Israel to choose a high-quality, well-written Torah, while Machon Stam found a young man willing to escort the Torah from Israel to New York.

A few days later, when Ephraim was in the midst of preparing the mailing for the Rosh Hashanah services, Rabbi Yossie Shemtov, regional director of Chabad of Tucson, called to see how he was faring. Rab-

Chaya Rochel Zimmerman, center, on her wedding day with her parents, Doris (Devorah) and Sam (Simcha Yosef) Greenberg

respect for the Jewish people, and I will gladly give it to you for $200.” My son was surprised and happily signed a contract.

They would be setting up 60 chairs, and he hoped it would not appear too empty. Now he needed to place an order for 40 Rosh Hashanah machzorim (special holiday prayerbooks).

Ephraim’s phone rang later that day. It was a gentleman he had met a month earlier. He was asking if there would be Rosh Hashanah services since he had not yet seen any flyers or advertisements. When Ephraim told him that a venue had just been secured, the gentleman offered to pay $1,000 toward advertising in the local papers.

Why Is It Impossible?’

Two-and-a-half weeks before Rosh Hashanah, Ephraim, Mushkie and their children traveled to Jacksonville, Fla., for a family simcha. His fatherin-law, Rabbi Yossi Kahanov, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Northeast Florida, had received a very large ark, together with a beautiful curtain from a synagogue that had recently closed.

“Ephraim,” he offered, “take our other curtain back with you to Arizona where it can be used.”

Two weeks before Rosh Hashanah, Ephraim called Nissim Baron, the owner of Woodcraft Design in New York, who graciously donates arks to new

My siblings and I unanimously agreed that a fitting tribute for my father was to write a Torah scroll in his honor. We commissioned a reputable scribe to write it. The first year came and went with only a small section completed. The same thing occurred in the second and third year. A few more similar years passed by. Eventually, we received our money back.

Ephraim asked his brother-in-law in Israel to choose a high-quality, well-written Torah, while Machon Stam found a young man willing to escort the Torah from Israel to New York.

It was a month before Rosh Hashanah 2012. My son Rabbi Ephraim Zimmerman, his wife Mushkie and their two young daughters had recently moved to Oro Valley, Ariz., a suburb of Tucson, to open a new Chabad House. Rosh Hashanah was to be their first public event for the dozen or so Jews they had thus far encountered. They were planning to hold services in the living room of their home.

“Do you think you would like a Torah scroll for Rosh Hashanah? It’s yours if you are willing

The Torah, from Israel, 10 years in the making. The cover, from New York, is a replica of the design that adorned the ark in Greenberg’s synagogue.

The late Sam (Simcha Yosef) Greenberg, father of the author, Chaya Rochel Zimmerman, and grandfather of ChabadLubavitch emissary Rabbi Ephraim Zimmerman, co-director of Chabad of Oro Valley. A Torah in Greenberg’s honor is being used at the Arizona center.

speedy close.

The Torah arrived safely in New York from Israel and then touched down in Arizona, three days before Rosh Hashanah.

In the week before Rosh Hashanah, the embroidery company emailed pictures of elegantly embroidered Torah covers to choose from. My sister and I chose the exact replica of the design fondly etched in our memories that had adorned the ark in my father’s synagogue. It was the one with the two lions standing up holding the tablets of the Ten Commandments in their paws. My son was told that the embroidering of my father’s name would take three days and then would be sent by two-day air. It arrived two days before Rosh Hashanah.

Reservations had been slowly trickling in and now began to climb—25, 35, 50, 65. Ephraim called the hotel, “Please set up 85 chairs.” He borrowed another 20 machzorim from Rabbi Shemtov. The day before Rosh Hashanah would be my father’s 10th yahrtzeit, and what I couldn’t accomplish in 10 years’ time was completed in 30 days!

The final piece came together when a man arrived for services on Rosh Hashanah morning. “I

The Torah arrived safely in New York from Israel and then touched down in Arizona, three days before Rosh Hashanah.

had this silver yad [Torah pointer] in my home for several years, and I thought your new synagogue could use it.”

I experienced great joy that Rosh Hashanah when my father’s Torah found a home in his grandson’s new Chabad House, read for the first time by another grandson, Boruch. The backing came from Chicago, the Torah from Israel, the cover and the ark from New York, the curtain from Jacksonville and the yad from Arizona. What a grand finale. Now the honor belonged to my father.

This article originally appeared in L’Chaim Weekly, a publication of the Lubavitch Youth Organization, and was reprinted with permission.

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bi Shemtov encouraged him to think big and rent a hotel conference room for services.

The closest hotel was also the fanciest one in town: the Hilton El Conquistador. Ephraim decided to go in personally to inquire about renting space in the hotel. As he entered, he was fortuitously greeted by the hotel manager. “What can I do for you, sir?”

“I’m Rabbi Ephraim Zimmerman, new to the area, and I’m inquiring about availability and rental fees for the Jewish High Holiday services.”

“Our prices are quite steep,” the manager informed him.

“The rate is $725 per day, plus extra for the cleaning crew.

However, personally I have great

Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries.

Ephraim asked if there was a possibility of getting an ark in time for Yom Kippur, explaining that he was sure it was impossible to get one so close to Rosh Hashanah. “Why is it impossible?” asked Mr. Baron. “Don’t ever talk like that,” he admonished him.

Mr. Baron began calling local Israeli moving companies until he found one going to Tucson that agreed to take the ark free of charge. Six days before Rosh Hashanah, it arrived.

Ephraim marveled at all that was happening. He felt like a puppet; G dwas deftly and decidedly pulling the strings in every scene to bring the 10-year saga of the Torah scroll to a

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WE Have To Do Something – Mishpatim 5777 By: Rabbi David Bibi

"W

e have to do something!"

With those words, as we just completed Havdala in the Synagogue, a dear friend handed me an article from one of the local papers.

The article began, "Dear Neighbor, We may not know each another or daven in the same shul, but until recently we had so very much in common. Like you, I dedicated the early part of my adult life to pursuing my education and attaining my advanced degrees. Like you, I davened with kavanah and was ultimately rewarded with a wonderful spouse and beautiful, caring, and healthy children.

‘Like you, I have spent the better part of the past 20-30 years trying to find the right balance between work life, family life, learning, and chessed.

We can write about the wonderful organizations in our own community in Brooklyn including Bikur Cholim and the related Angel Fund and Sephardic Food Fund Like you, I’ve experienced the sticker shock of sending my children to yeshiva and summer camp. And like you, I scrimped and saved until I was able to collect enough for a down payment on the modest home in which my family and I now live.

That’s what we have in common. What we perhaps don’t have in common, and what I pray you will never have to experience, is the pain I’ve had to endure every day since I became unemployed."

The writer goes on to describe how difficult life has become.

Making ends meet while living in the community is difficult, doing so without a job, is impossible. He describes his own shame and the shame his family feels especially at being treated by others as if they carried some terrible contagious disease.

His attitude toward charity was greatly moving. He wrote: "As one who finds himself on the receiving end of tzedakah these days, I have a new appreciation for the importance of keeping these institutions well-funded. Indeed, were it not for the generosity of the local yeshiva high schools attended by my children, I suspect I would have had to put them in public schools.

And as for Tomchei Shabbos, I never in my wildest dreams (and nightmares) imagined that I would ever avail myself of their assistance. In my mind, food assistance was something the community provided to help the under—educated, the frail, and “the name less and faceless” folk who found themselves on the margins of society. Sadly, I’ve learned the harsh reality that multiple advanced degrees and a super-impressive resume is no guarantee that one will stay employed or find employment.

Personally speaking, I’m now living in the margins right alongside everyone else on the food line."

Hearing these stories makes people very uncomfortable.

Perhaps the thought of, "there but for the grace of Hashem go I", or guilt that communally we should be doing more, we find these tales difficult to bare.

We all know someone who has gone from riches to rags virtually overnight and others who have lost jobs. We often struggle just to get by, imagine how much more difficult it is for them.

Included with the many misvot we read about this week,

we are told “Im Kesef Telaveh - when you lend money to the poor”.

Rambam explains that lending money (and by extension giving someone a way to earn money by finding them a job) are the highest forms of Sedaka which we translate as charity but in reality relate to being just.

This week where we will announce Rosh Hodesh Adar to be celebrated on Sunday and Monday and with Purim and the misvah of matanot laEvyonim

5. When one gives directly to the poor without being asked.

4. Donations when the recipient is aware of the donor's identity, but the donor still doesn't know the specific identity of the recipient.

3. Donations when the donor is aware to whom the charity is being given, but the recipient is unaware of the source.

2. Giving assistance in such a way that the giver and recipient are unknown to each other.

Communal funds, administered

Purim and the misvah of matanot laEvyonim - gifts to the poor is on the horizon

- gifts to the poor on the horizon in addition to Pesach with the requirement of Kimcha D'pischa relating to the age-old custom of giving charity before Pesach to the city's poor so they will be able to afford all their Passover needs is the perfect time to do a brief review of our own giving.

Rambam defines eight levels of Sedaka, each one higher than the preceding one.

On an ascending level, they are as follows: 8. When donations are given grudgingly.

7. When one gives less than he should, but does so cheerfully.

6. When one gives directly to the poor upon being asked.

by responsible people are also in this category.

1. The highest form of charity is to help sustain a person before they become impoverished by offering a substantial gift in a dignified manner, or by extending a suitable loan, or by helping them find employment or establish themselves in business so as to make it unnecessary for them to become dependent on others.

Rabbi Yaakov Culi, author of Meam Loez writes about the wonderful charitable organizations in Constantinople in the early 1700s which he suggests be copied all over. In the same vein we can write about the wonderful organizations in our own community in Brooklyn

including Bikur Cholim and the related Angel Fund and Sephardic Food Fund. The burden on each of us to give is incredible, but give we must. Each of these organizations does a tremendous job and through our gifts to them we fulfill the highest levels of charity.

I am especially impressed as to how these organizations go about their work and making sure that their clients, yes they call them clients, are taken care of and assisted in a dignified manner.

It behooves every community to have these programs in place and each community should assist the neighboring community in setting up systems based on their own knowledge and experience.

And with all the good, I was disappointed when searching on behalf of those who came to me for sources for interest free loans in the community, I was unable to find. We had a very strong free loan society, one established by my great uncle Dave Bibi and so many people over the years told me how it helped them, where are those societies today? If anyone can direct me, I would appreciate it.

And although we see so many people going through such difficult times, I doubt we have ever seen so many families with such wealth. Yes, they are a very small percentage of the community and others often assume that everyone is as wealthy, but with Hashem’s blessing we do have dozens of families blessed with assets in the hundreds of millions and even billions.

They must remember that with tremendous wealth comes tremendous responsibility. The rabbis explain that this wealth has been entrusted to these families and they must use it to alleviate the pain of others. The challenge to each of these family fathers goes much further. They

must not only give, but must get others to give and then use their connections to find jobs for those in need. They must make a phone call here, call in a favor there and beg and cajole if that’s what it takes to get those like the man who wrote the letter back to work in a job which will cover expenses and bring dignity back to his life.

At the same time, knowing that there are these wealthy individuals does not remove the burden from the rest of us.

We too must use all our efforts to lift those in need up, to hire them, to find them jobs to assist them with their businesses and to build up their spirits. We all are obligated. We all have to do something.

Another troubling reality is that when we come to making our own purchases, we do not seek to make them within the community. Let me assure you, that even if you spend a few dollars more and give whatever business you can to those around you, you’ll know your dollars are supporting those families, paying those yeshiva bills and putting food on people’s tables, and serving as charity and you will surely be blessed

by Hashem. Giving business to a member of the community is certainly a tremendous type of sedakah.

Our goal should be to not only give, but to transform every one of those clients on the receiving end to become self-supportive and eventually re-attain the level where they can give back to the community and others in need.

There are so many great charities out there, but as always if you are looking for a charity where all the funds go to the poor for Matanot laEvyonim for Purim, you can send us a check or donate on line. Email me for details at RabbiDavidBibi@ gmail.com

Parshas Mishpatim – How to Relate to Your Fellow Man By: Rabbi Osher Jungreis

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he parashah opens with a most unusual expression, "V`eileh hamishpatim asher tasim lifneihem - And these are the commandments that you shall place before them." (Exodus 21:1) Normally, the Torah instructs Moses with the words, "speak", "command", or "teach" - so why is Moses here commanded to "place"?

Rashi, whose commentar-

ies are a key to understanding Torah, gives a brief but cryptic explanation: "Placed in front of them like a set table." But this leaves us even more puzzled.

Our revered grandfather, HaRav HaGaon Avraham HaLevi Jungreis, explains that a good mother prepares a beautiful table for her children, bearing in mind the needs and tastes of each of them (one may like meat, the other prefers chicken, sweet or spicy, etc.). And once her children are seated at the table, the mother urges them to taste the many other delicacies

that are available there. Similarly, when imparting the commandments, the Torah teacher must bear in mind the needs of each of his charges. He must offer something that will draw the student to the table. He must invite the student to experience the many other mitzvos and thus imbibe the wisdom of the Torah.

This commandment speaks to us with great relevance, for ours is a generation that has seen many young people fall through the cracks and lose their way. We must find a way

to bring them to the Torah table and reach their hearts, and this teaching reminds us how we may do so. We need only set a beautiful table for them, taking into account their special needs, and, with the help of G-d, the transformation will surely take place.

This week`s portion also deals with Laws concerning our interaction with our fellow man, be it in the workplace or in a social venue. "V`aleh Hamishpatim," — "And these are the judgments that you shall place before them" (Exodus, 21) are the

opening words of the parsha. To commence a sentence, let alone an entire portion with the word "And" is most unusual. Our sages explain that whenever the word "And" is used, it is in order to connect the passage with the previous portion of the Torah.

Since we studied about the giving of the Ten Commandments in last week`s parsha, there is a very profound message inherent in this connection. We learn that, even as G-d gave the Ten Commandments at Sinai, so too were the civil laws given at Sinai.

Not only are the command-

ments regulating our relationship with G-d immutable, but so too are the ethical laws upon which our relationships with our fellow man are formulated.

There are those who believe that moral and ethical laws are so logical that even had they not been promulgated at Sinai, man would have deduced them on his own. But this is totally erroneous. Firstly, there is no code of behavior that comes even close to the high standard that the Torah requires of us. SecondSee Parshas Mishpatim – How , page 37

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pregnant and preparing to go home. President Obama called this “workplace violence,” not of the battle plan for the first 100 even “gun violence.” The mass Continued from page 21 murderer Hasan was sentenced days.

In 2009 at Ford Hood, U.S. to death in 2013 but the presilers of PATCO, a government employee union. Even Soviet of- Army Major Nidal Hasan, a dent did not carry out the senficials got the message that Rea- self-proclaimed “Soldier of Al- tence. Neither would Hillary gan would back up his words lah,” gunned down 13 unarmed Clinton, had she been elected with action. In that spirit, this American soldiers, including president.

During his first 100 days reviewer suggests another part private Francheska Velez, 21,

President Donald Trump, as commander in chief of U.S. armed forces, should carry out that death sentence. The president should keep this promise: “I am going to keep radical Islamic terrorists the hell out of our country.” He should keep his promise to “knock the hell out of ISIS,” and every 9/11, instead of waiting to be attacked,

the president should bust up some terrorist operation in a manner visible by the dawn’s early light.

Likewise, if a small boat ignores the call to stay away from a U.S. warship, authorize Navy gunners to blow it out of the water. That will avoid attacks such as the bombing of the USS Cole in 2000. Such decisive actions

will send a message to radical Islamic terrorists, and all adversaries at home and abroad that President Trump means business.

cording to your medical needs,” Flux CEO Karin Kloosterman tells ISRAEL21c.

ceuticals and treatments.

International companies regularly join forces with Israeli academic and medical institutions to create new medications.

For example, Kalytera Therapeutics, a US company developing a new class of proprietary cannabidiol (CBD) therapeutics, recently licensed two synthetic cannabis derivatives from the Hebrew University’s technology transfer company Yissum, for eventual use in treating osteoporosis, bone fractures and other diseases.

“Medical cannabis is increasingly being used for a variety of indications, such as reducing nausea during chemotherapy and relieving pain and muscle spasticity in multiple sclerosis patients.

Development of state-of-the art delivery systems for the active ingredients will undoubtedly pave the way for a wider variety of clinical indications for these types of drugs,” Yaacov Michlin, CEO of Yissum, told ISRAEL21c in 2015.

Kalytera also inked a multimillion-dollar deal to purchase Talent Biotech of Bnei Brak, a startup that won the pitch event

at CannaTech 2016.

In addition to decriminalizing personal marijuana use, the Israeli government is on a mission to regulate medical marijuana and make it more accessible and available by prescription at pharmacies.

Once the cannabis has been grown, extracted and formulated, it needs a delivery system for proper dosage — a tablet, a patch, a nasal spray or a cigarette, for example. And that’s where Israeli ingenuity comes in.

Late last year, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries agreed to market medical cannabis for pain management in Israel with a revolutionary selective-dose pharmaceutical-grade medicinal plants inhaler from Tel Avivbased Syqe Medical.

Israeli-American company Cannabics Pharmaceuticals is working to put the medicinal compounds of cannabis into a sustained-release capsule in standardized doses.

And Australia-based Phyto-

Tech Medical is developing an adhesive patch with medical cannabis, based on Hebrew University technologies.

“Israel is way ahead in adaptable technologies for the industry in an industry that hasn’t yet created its own technologies,” says Kaye.

“Cannabis should be considered, so far as possible, in the same manner as any other medicinal product, requiring supervision and regulation in order to protect public health and welfare, even when taking into account its special characteristics — being a plant rather than a product manufactured in a laboratory or factory,” according to the Health Ministry’s Medical Cannabis Unit.

OWC Pharmaceutical Research, a developer of cannabinoid-based therapies targeting a variety of different indications, and Breath of Life Pharma, which provides cannabis-based medical products and cannabinoid APIs (active pharmaceutical ingredients), are working with the Health Ministry, universities, medical institutions and researchers to develop cannabis-based pharma-

As evidence of congressional interest in designation, on Friday, MSNBC reported a biparthe economic interests) of the tisan letter to President Trump in favor of sanctions against the United States).

To designate an organization IRGC. In addition, "The Iranior individual, there must be ev- an Revolutionary Guard Corps idence they threaten the United (IRGC) Terrorist Designation States' national security, foreign Act" was introduced in the policy, or economy. The studies House and Senate in January. cited show that the IRGC is a These identical bills emphasize threat to U.S. national security that the IRGC meets the criteria for designation as a foreign interests.

terrorist organization under U.S. law.

"If a foreign organization looks like a terror group, operates like a terror group, and supports terrorism, then it should be called for what it is–a foreign terrorist organization," said House co-sponsor Michael McCaul, R-Texas.

"As obvious as that seems, for years the IRGC has been allowed to operate clandestinely

using front companies and illicit networks to evade formal designation."

Fellow Texas Republican and Senate co-sponsor Ted Cruz added that, by designating IRGC as a foreign terror organization, the U.S. would be "signaling to financial institutions and companies who facilitate or conduct business with the IRGC that they may be held liable."

Dr. Raymond Tanter served as a senior member on the National Security Council staff in the Reagan-Bush administration and is now Professor Emeritus at the University of Michigan. Edward Stafford is a retired Foreign Service officer; he served in Political-Military Affairs at the State Department, as a diplomat with the U.S. Embassy in Turkey, and taught at the Inter-American Defense College.

Grease a Bundt pan well; set aside.

2. In a small bowl, whisk together almond flour, cocoa powder, potato starch, coffee, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.

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My friend Melinda Strauss is an expert at baking gluten free and paleo, and she kindly volunteered to create the perfect Bundt cake for my book.

Batch after batch of Bundt cakes emerged from my oven, until we finally had one that had everyone saying, “This is Pesach

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tion that rejects UN Res 2334 and calls for it to be either “repealed or fundamentally altered Israel,” Haley said. “Instead, we so that it is no longer one-sided.”

Continued from page 11 Because the United States is a will push for action on the real threats we face in the Middle permanent member of the UN Policy wrote.

Security Council, a veto from “We will never repeat the ter- East.”

In January, a group of Repub- them would have automatically rible mistake of Resolution 2334 and allow one-sided security lican and Democratic senators prevented the resolution from council resolutions to condemn signed onto bipartisan legisla- passing.

She also pointed out the rise of anti-Semitism in the world, which has seen an uptick over the last few years, and reiterated the Trump administration’s commitment to seeing to a peaceful solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict “that is negotiated directly between the two parties.”

Despite Friday’s meeting, Haley said “there is good news” outside of the UN. “Israel’s place in the world is changing,” Haley said. “Israel is building up new diplomatic relationships; more and more countries recognize how much Israel contributes to the world.”

She said they realize that Is-

rael is “a beacon of stability in a troubled region.” She concluded her speech by saying, “it is the UN’s anti-Israel bias that is long overdue for change… The United States will not hesitate to speak out against these biases in defense of our friend and ally Israel.”

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development of harmful bacteria.

GENETIC ENGINEERING GMO may have a negative implication in food, but when it comes to medical marijuana, genetic engineering is deemed crucial for treating a range of diseases.

Israeli scientists are among the world leaders in modifying marijuana’s molecular structure to tailor cannabinoids to specific receptors for treating symptoms.

Hebrew University researchers synthesized 22 versions of the cannabinoid THC that have great potential for treating neurological and inflammatory diseases.

“The Hebrew University holds a rich IP bank of cannabis patents. It is easier to conduct cannabis research and clinical studies in Israel than in any other country in the world,” says Kaye.

AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGIES

Tikun Olam is the first and foremost supplier of medical cannabis in Israel, and one of the leading medical cannabis companies in the world. It has developed a range of proprietary varieties – perhaps up to 230 – used in clinical medical trials.

Existing growing technologies are being adapted to the marijuana crop, while new technologies are geared specifically to this healing plant.

Kaye points to drip irrigation as an example of old technology helping marijuana growers.

“Companies like Netafim can adapt their technology to our needs,” he says. “For them, cannabis is just another crop.”

New entrepreneurs with agriculture technologies for the medical marijuana market include the Leaf home cultivation system and Flux’s IoT hydroponic gardening tool.

Using Flux’s smart device, Eddy, “you can dial in your favorite strain and Eddy will become your easy button, making that strain grow to perfection and ac-

PHARMA

Washington Finally Designates Continued from page 23

retain the capability and intent to engage in terrorist activity or terrorism; and 3) the organization's terrorist activity or terrorism must threaten the security of U.S. nationals or the national security (national defense, foreign relations, or

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3. Transfer to a serving bowl.

Garnish with olive oil and

chopped parsley; sprinkle with paprika.

YEAR ‘ROUND: Garnish with a sprinkle of za’atar.

PREPARE AHEAD: Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to a week.

COOK’S TIP: 1 cup uncooked quinoa prepared according to package directions will yield at least 2 cups cooked quinoa. You can add the rest to make Quinoa Tabuli or any other quinoa recipe.

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MEDICAL DEVICES Once the cannabis has been grown, extracted and formulated, it needs a delivery system for proper dosage — a tablet, a patch, a nasal spray or a cigarette, for example. And that’s where Israeli ingenuity comes in.

Late last year, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries agreed to market medical cannabis for pain management in Israel with a revolutionary selective-dose pharmaceutical-grade medicinal plants inhaler from Tel Avivbased Syqe Medical.

Israeli-American company Cannabics Pharmaceuticals is working to put the medicinal compounds of cannabis into a sustained-release capsule in standardized doses.

And Australia-based PhytoTech Medical is developing an adhesive patch with medical cannabis, based on Hebrew University technologies.

“Israel is way ahead in adaptable technologies for the industry in an industry that hasn’t yet created its own technologies,” says Kaye.

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Israel has allowed to grow under the guise of managing it. The next few years may leave Israel

by Qatar and Turkey, and an with a deadlier and less predictIsrael using technological bril- able struggle.

“Palestine” is dying. Israel liance to manage the threat from both, is already unstable. It may didn’t kill it. The fall of the transnational order did. The question collapse in a matter of years.

The PLO has inflicted a great is what will take its place. As deal of diplomatic damage on the nationalist wave sweeps the Israel and Hamas has terrorized West, Israel has the opportunity its major cities. Together they to reclaim its nation. form an existential threat that (FRONT PAGE)

The End of Palestine Continued from page 19

more unpredictable. It’s even possible that something else may take its place.

The status quo, a weak Islamist-Socialist terror state in Ramallah supported by the United States, a rising Muslim Brotherhood terror state in Gaza backed

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demned the U.S. as "descendants of apes and pigs who have been feeding from the dining tables of the Zionists, Communists, and colonialists" and encouraging his followers wreak havoc on American infrastructure and kill American Jews.

One of his followers, El Said Nosair, was linked to the assassination of Israeli Knesset member Rabbi Meir Kahane, founder

of the Jewish Defense League, in 1990.

The FBI began investigating Abdel-Rahman and his followers after the February 1993 World Trade Center bombings, carried out by a group of the radical preacher's supporters.

Abdel-Rahman was arrested with nine of his followers in June 1993, after an Egyptian FBI informant gathered video and audio evidence which showed the group mixing bomb-making materials and discussing plots to

attack military and civilian targets on U.S. soil.

One such plot, prosecutors said, involved simultaneous attacks on the United Nations, the Lincoln and Holland tunnels, the George Washington Bridge and the FBI's New York headquarters.

He was convicted in 1995 of seditious conspiracy and in 1996 sentenced to life in prison in solitary confinement without parole.

Abdel Rahman had been imprisoned in North Carolina since 2007.

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Avenue, 833-869 Myrtle Avenue and 90-134 Stockton Street.

The average asking price is centive allowed the residential component to be expanded by $750 per square foot, according the developer through the in- to TRD’s sources.

Dave Maundrell of Citi Habclusion of a 20,000-square-foot supermarket. The site, which be- itats, who is no longer involved tween 1898 and 2010 was the lo- in the project but had prevication of a linen factory, contains ously consulted on its design the addresses 553-569 Marcy under Kohn, said, “Based on Continued from page 6

Jewish Reporter Becomes tism?' The president's relationship with the Jewish commu“And there were certain acts nity... he's done unprecedented described as anti-Semitic or cer- outreach with the Orthodox tain people who were described Jewish community. So we unas anti-Semitic. And the people derstand why this is so hurtful in our community who know to see himself being called an these people personally said anti-Semite.

"It is very unfair what has 'That's not true, why are people who are not Jewish deciding been done to him, and I underwhat is considered anti-Semi- stand why he is so defensive.

Continued from page 9

Trump Sons Open Dubai Continued from page 31

US-Israel Security Alliance Continued from page 10

interesting because Prime Minister Netenyahu was meeting with President Trump, so the Senators had one eye on them and one eye on us, and were giving us updates on what was going on in the White House.

Israel was the topic of the day in Washington. Hopefully the right kind of pressure - financial and otherwise - to accomplish the goal of voiding vote 2334 and being more fair to Israel in the future."

"We traveled to Washington to see what damage control can be done after the shameful U.N. Resolution 2334. The purpose of the trip was both to educate and

to thank the Senators for their support," explained Joseph B. Stamm, CEO of MedReview "We had a lot of robust dialogue vis-à-vis Israel, and there was bipartisan support with respect to what happened to Israel. There were mixed opinions on whether to defund the U.N., but there was a clear understanding that a lot of damage was done to Israel and it's important for this new administration to work toward rectifying that," said Aubrey Sharfman, Executive Director of Morgan Stanley's Sports Division.

Rubin Margules, who is on the National Board of Zionist Organization of America, explained: "It is always important

Robert Durst’s Defense Attacks shaky lately."

DeGuerin argued back and forth with Chavin over whether lying?"

Referring to the circumstanc- or not he had lied to the prosecues as a “coverup,” Chavin said, "I tor. Chavin insisted, "I just didn't want to tell the truth." wouldn't call it lying."

DeGuerin probed, "Is there a Chavin’s wife had initially reveled information about Durst’s difference between telling a lie alleged confession to Lewin. and not telling the truth?"

Chavin answered, "I think However, Chavin told a different story when prosecutors spoke there is."

“DeGuerin also focused on with him directly.

According to the recording Chavin's close personal and of their conversation that was business relationship with Dougplayed in court, Chavin said to las Durst, the younger brother of Lewin, "Maybe she's lying. I can't Robert who inherited the mantle explain it. Her memory is very of the family business and who Continued from page 5

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After follow-up periods ranging from eight weeks to four years, nonsurgical treatment remained effective in 79 percent of children, with appendicitis returning in 14 percent. No serious complications related to nonsurgical treatment were reported.

The study is published Feb. 17

in the online issue of the journal Pediatrics.

Similar research published in March 2016 showed that 8 percent of appendicitis patients initially treated with antibiotics required surgery within a month, while 23 percent experienced a recurrence of appendicitis within 12 months.

Hall said there wasn't enough firm evidence comparing anti-

to show yourself, to be counted, and to have your representatives see you."

As a bi-coastal group from Los Angeles to New York, our advocacy resulted in enhanced support for US-Israeli ties on multiple levels including how to address lopsided UN actions that negatively impact Israel unfairly said Stanley Treitel, Board Member of Jerusalem Conference and the Raoul Wallenberg Commission.

The Mission was aptly summarized by Peter Rebenwurzel, Chairman of the Raoul Wallenberg Commission and board member of Maimonides Medical Center, quoting Ethics of Our Fathers: "It is not incumbent upon you to complete the work, but neither are you at liberty to desist from it."

came under scrutiny last month when then-President-elect Trump said without elaborating that he had turned down a $2-billion deal offered by Sajwani because he did not want to “take advantage”.

President Trump’s sons praised their close relationship with Sajwani in their remarks.

Eric Trump said Sajwani was “a great friend” with a “truly amazing family”.

“We are going to have a lot of fun years together and this is just the beginning of those days,” Eric Trump said.

The Trump International Gulf Club Dubai is part of a 42 million square foot wider development known as DAMAC Hills, according to DAMAC. Sajwani said it was the first new golf course to open in the city in “many years”.

Trump has been criticized for not distancing himself enough from his family business, the

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while integrating knowledge from a variety of fields such as software engineering, electrical engineering, planetary sciences, industrial engineering, manhas called the defendant ‘a psy- agement and more. chopath,’” NBC reports.

Following the satellite’s launch, A transcript of an interview the Israel Space Agency has allofrom April 2015, was present- cated an additional NIS 1 million ed by defense. In the interview to fund future research based on Chavin explained to the prose- the data to be received from the cutor that for business reasons he satellite and sent out a call for needed Douglas Durst to trust him.

In that interview, Chavin said to Lewin, "Douglas is scared to death of Bob and certainly wants to see Bob put away. It could only help me."

Continued from page 12 On April 25, the hearing is scheduled to continue with an- Jews get attacked in Europe it is other four witnesses, one of not only Jews as individuals or which will not have their identi- as a community, in a sense it is ty revealed until they are on the the very fabric of our society.” stand.

It’s not only terrorism that’s driving fear. The rise of the populist far right – especially biotics with surgery, emphasizing that his analysis is a starting point for more comparison.

"At present, we do not know if there are subgroups of children who would be best treat- Continued from page 35 ed with antibiotic treatment or if some children would ly, even on a most elementary be better having surgery," he level, twenty-first century man said. "This is another reason has yet to accept "Thou shalt we need to do the proper re- not kill." From Hitler to Arafat search before non-operative to Bin Laden to Ahmadinejad, treatment is introduced in a it is obvious how desperately widespread way." man needs G-d to regulate his behavior.

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proposals. BGU and TAU have already submitted a joint proposal to study Earth’s airglow layer.

“Nanosatellites enable space engineering and space research at costs that are affordable for academia. The reduced costs allow academia to assume a much more active role in the field taking advantage of the innovation and initiative of researchers and students,” said Prof. Dan Blumberg, BGU’s VP and Dean for R&D. Through the BGUSAT cam-

Jewish Communities in Europe National Front leader Marine Le Pen in France – has raised concerns that religious practices like circumcision or kosher food could be outlawed, according to Chief Rabbi Goldschmidt.

“France is going to be a different country, Europe is going to be a different continent

Parshas Mishpatim – How Moreover, the Ten Commandments open with "I am the L-rd Your G-d." By placing the laws of business ethics after the Ten Commandments, the Torah teaches us that he who is not ethical in business does not really trust G-d, for if he believed in Divine providence, he would understand that it is G-d

PAGE 37 my knowledge of this property and experience in this section of Brooklyn, the neighborhood does not demand pricing north of $1 million for a development of this size.”

The architect of record for the project is Samuel Wieder. Within the next six to eight months, the first three buildings are expected to be finished. The remainder is scheduled for completion by late 2018.

And I am with him when it comes to being outraged about him being charged with this anti-Semitism.

"I was actually very hopeful because it shows someone - a president - who is so committed against this problem of anti-Semitism that it bothers him on a personal level, on a deep personal level. And it makes me very hopeful that he will work together with the community."

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Trump Organization, since he was elected president in November.

DAMAC pays a licensing fee to the Trump Organization to use the Trump brand.

Last month, before the inauguration, Trump announced that he would maintain ownership of his global business empire but had handed control to Donald Jr. and Eric while he is president.

The Trump organization would not enter into any new overseas deals while he is president, Trump adviser Sheri Dillon has said. eras, researchers will be able to track atmospheric gases like CO2 in order to understand climate change, to examine changes in ground moisture that could be an indicator of desertification and affect agricultural development or to monitor plant development in different regions.

Ben Gurion University’s Earth and Planetary Image Facility is one of just five NASA Regional Planetary Image Facilities (RPIF) outside the United States, with the closest NASA RPIFs in Italy and Japan.

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if Marine Le Pen becomes the president of France. There is a coalition, a strengthening of the extreme right in Europe as a by-product of the changing administration in the United States which is of concern,” Goldschmidt told VOA. Former Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni also called for better intelligence sharing between Europe and Israel. who provides, it is He who determines our income and therefore, it is futile to cheat, steal, or give vent to greed. Finally, this connection reminds us that we adhere to our moral and ethical laws, not because they appeal to our logic, but because they were given by G-d and are therefore not subject to change or compromise. They are our eternal guiding light.

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body is old enough to call on us to answer. We came before them and will leave after them. We are what we are, we are good for ourselves, we will not change and we do not want to.”

It seems that that nonpareil Zionist writer and orator of a century ago had every answer that Friedman should have given, but could not. Instead, he apologized, profusely, almost defensively. When asked to do more than simply apologize – but atone, Friedman responded, unnecessarily, that apology leads to atonement.

The blisteringly attacks on the ambassador-designee demanded

that he recant his previous position that the two-state formula was an illusory solution. Despite his skepticism, he painfully, and hesitatingly, did. It was a blow felt in the solar plexus of every Jewish nationalist, even those who understood the reason.

The jury is now out. If confirmed, this much is certain: Israel and the United States will benefit from the best ambassador in the seven decades that mark the relationship between these two nations.

But because David Friedman would not – or could not – respond the way he would have wanted about the delusion that

is endemic to those who push for an elusive peace, we reach back to the greatest of all Zionists, one who never hesitated.

“I can now get to the point.

That the Arabs of the Land of Israel should willingly come to an agreement with us is beyond all hopes and dreams at present, and in the foreseeable future. This inner conviction of mine I express so categorically not because of any wish to dismay the moderate faction in the Zionist camp but, on the contrary, because I wish to save them from such dismay.

Apart from those who have been virtually ‘blind’ since childhood, all the other moderate Zionists

have long since understood that there is not even the slightest hope of ever obtaining the agreement of the Arabs of the Land of Israel to ‘Palestine’ becoming a country with a Jewish majority.”

Those words of Zeev Jabotinsky in The Iron Wall were written in 1923.

The French philosophers were right. The more things change, the more they stay the same.

that they can return to it deeply re-engaged with Israel, with text study and with the profession generally. It helps people fall in love again with Jewish education.”

Bina says she tells Matan graduates “that it’s against Jew-

ish law to keep the excitement to yourself,” and reports that she is “already seeing great growth” in the Eshkolot educators.

“You have to pass it on, to inspire and excite others….Each of these teachers will leave here ready to impact thousands of

students in the course of their career and countless other educators they work with,” says Bina.

Shani Tauber explains that she will leave the program as a “hybrid” when it comes to the freshness of her knowledge

about Israel and its culture.

“I was born into American culture and I understand the kids, but I’ll be freshly immersed in the learning and the land,” she says. “I think it’s going to be amazing.”

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Nations, which had such a historical connection to Israel, had allowed it and its organizations to be used as vehicles to attack presenters.

Continued from page 40 Tyler Fischman, who spent and delegitimize Israel.

“The UN cannot muster help raise awareness of the sit- countless hours researching uation in Israel for those who issues relating to the United agreement on tragedies in Syrattended, but it also had a pow- Nations’ anti-Israel bias, was ia, Yemen, Iraq, Libya, or acerful impact on the student taken aback by how the United tions by Iraq, North Korea or

Russia,” he said. “But the member nations have no hesitation when it comes to condemning Israel. The focus of the UN on Israel can lead to only two possible conclusions. Either there is something terribly wrong about Israel, one of the most free and most open societies in

the world, or there is something terribly wrong at the United Nations.”

Overall, the evening was a huge success. “This program enabled students to find their voices and to learn to advocate on topics they believe in very strongly,” says Judy Melzer, As-

sociate Principal.

“We need strong leaders more than ever," says Linda Kastner, art teacher, "and if last night's program is any indication of the kind of leadership that we can expect in the future, our people and the land of Israel will continue to flourish.”

it has revised the books. Sarah Stern, president of the Endowment for Middle East Truth and Palestinians will be impossi- (EMET), a pro-Israel think tank Continued from page 11 ble” unless the U.S. “takes steps to and policy center, pointed out of the PA in 1994, but rather has hold Palestinian leaders account- that the Trilateral Committee to Monitor Incitement, which been “an ongoing problem since able on this issue.”

One unresolved question is was established following the before Israel became a state in 1948.” She said that “a just and what mechanism could be used Oslo Accords, “turned out to be lasting peace between Israelis to verify claims by the PA that a miserable failure, because you

can’t have the PA involved in the monitoring, when it’s the PA that is the problem.” She urged the Trump administration to establish a U.S. commission to determine if the PA has changed the school books.

“A respected figure with substantial knowledge of the Middle East, such as [former U.S. Am-

bassador to the United Nations] John Bolton, should chair the commission,” Stern said.

Conference of Presidents leader Hoenlein called the commission proposal “a valid idea.” He suggested that members of Congress and officials of the Department of Education be included in such a commis-

sion, “so they can reach hard conclusions about what is happening and whether they have changed the textbooks.” The Rabbinical Assembly’s Meyers agreed that “a monitoring committee to review the school curriculum could be a help in this direction.”

Turkish domestic politics could be behind an operation against Manbij.

“They (Erdogan and his government) have made foreign policy so much a part of their domestic political calculations,” observes International relations

expert Soli Ozel of Istanbul's Kadir Has University. Erdogan is aware cracking down on the YPG plays well with Turkish nationalists whose votes he is courting in an April referendum to extend his presidential powers.

Ozel voiced concerns about

overreach. “I am not really sure they are aware, that circumstances have changed, that Turkey doesn't really look as strong as it used to be and its hand is not as strong.”

The threat to move on Manbij could be a high stakes gamble in

forcing Washington's arm. “I personally don't think the Turkish side can move in that direction anyway,” suggests columnist Idiz.

“I think they are looking for a negotiated deal with the American side, but whether this is possible is not clear.”

long looked to France for security against the Middle East's turmoil, and President Aoun spent years in exile in France.

Le Pen is not the first presidential candidate to travel to Lebanon. She was preceded in January by Emmanuel Macron, a centrist who has moved alongside Le Pen to the top of the polls after conservative candidate Francois Fillon took a dive due to a corruption scandal.

Settlement Issue Follows Bibi

Instead of Excessive Apology Continued from page 20

ously answering to any rabble has already done us a lot of harm and will do much more.” One wonders if Friedman’s criticism of the Iran Nuke Deal fits in right here!

But Friedman needed to be confirmed. He would not harm Israel the way that the five former American ambassadors to Israel had during their own posts, and later with their support for the Iran Deal – that same gang of five who had sub-

mitted a letter to the Foreign Relations Committee calling him “unqualified and unfit” for the job. That mean-spirited attempt to subvert the Trump appointee was put in record along with a letter signed by 600 rabbis in the US, none it might be suggested, who know either the Jewish Bible or Jewish history as well as does Friedman.

And again, Jabotinsky, still part of that piece from 1911: “We do not have to account to anybody, we are not to sit for anybody's examination, and no-

New Program for Teachers informed and newly inspired,” says Brown. tion of intellectual and spiritu“Most of all,” she says, “it al depth and personal growth gives teachers the opportunity that enables them to be more to be out of the classroom so Continued from page 40

Jewish Leaders Applaud

Turkey Says it Will Attack anything unless Turkish armed forces take the lead,” said analyst the ongoing struggle in al-Bab. Aydin Selcen, a former senior “The Free Syrian army itself Turkish diplomat who served did not prove capable of doing widely in the region.

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French Far-Right LePen unusual encounter with a foreign president — to appeal to the nation's treasury and poses a the thousands of French voters in Lebanon. threat to French civilization.

She was also holding meetLebanon is home to some 1.2 million Syrian refugees, equiv- ings with Foreign Minister Gialent to one fourth of its own bran Bassil and Christian Maronite Patriarch Bechara al-Rai population.

Le Pen was also clearly using and Christian Lebanese politiher two-day visit to the former cian Samir Geagea.

Lebanon's Christians have French protectorate — and her Continued from page 12

Trump Names Army Strategist Continued from page 9

Trump's chief of staff said Sunday that the person selected to be the next national security adviser — McMaster, as it turns out — will have full authority over staffing decisions for the National Security Council.

That issue over control was reportedly one reason former Navy admiral Robert Harward turned down the job last week.

“The president has said very clearly that the new director will

have total and complete say over the makeup of the NSC and all of the components of the NSC,” White House chief of staff Reince Priebus said on Fox News Sunday. Harward was Trump's first choice to replace Flynn.

Panetta voices his concerns Former U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told NBC's Meet the Press on Sunday the turmoil surrounding the key position has made U.S. national security op-

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Malcolm Turnbull condemned UN Security Council Resolution 2334 as “one-sided” and Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said she would have vetoed the resolution.

But others suggest that despite Australia’s diplomatic support, the issue will come up during talks between Turnbull and Netanyahu, and especially when the Israeli leader meets erations “dysfunctional.”

“What happens if there's with Opposition Leader Bill a major crisis that faces this Shorten (Labour Party). Both country?” Panetta said. “If Rus- leaders, and their parties, are sia engages in a provocation, if committed supporters of Israel Iran does something stupid, if North Korea does something stupid and we have to respond, where is the structure to be able to evaluate that threat, consider it, and provide options to the Continued from page 10 president?

“Right now, that's dysfunc"The anti-Semitic threats tional, and that's what worries targeting our Jewish communime a great deal,” said Panetta, ty and community centers are who also once served as director horrible, and are painful — and of the U.S. Central Intelligence a very sad reminder of the work Agency. that still must be done to root

but also view two-states-fortwo-nations as the preferable model for Middle East peace building. Further complicating matters for Netanyahu, a significant minority of the Labour Party views Israel as the main culprit for ongoing Israel-Palestinian tensions.

Further complicating matters for Netanyahu, the National Union faction of Naftali Bennett’s Jewish Home party said Monday that Prime Minister Netanyahu would be “judged by his actions” regarding building for Israelis in Judea and Samaria, a warning that the settlement

Wave of Anti-Semitism out hate and prejudice and evil."

The White House issued a statement condemning "hatred and hate-motivated violence" in response to a question from an NBC reporter about the anti-Semitic incidents without mentioning anti-Semitism or the

Meir Jolovitz is a past national executive director of the Zionist Organization of America, and formerly associated with the Institute for Advanced Strategic and Political Studies.

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movement will hold the prime minister to his commitment to provide alternative housing for Amona evictees by building the first new Jewish community in Judea and Samaria in more than two decades.

“The joint committee [between the United States and Israel regarding settlement building] is important, but the decisions of the Israeli government are much more important. The days of mere talking are over.

After eight years of a building freeze, the time has come to complete the building of thousands of housing units in Judea and Samaria,” said the National Union in a statement Monday.

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specific incidents.

Earlier, Hilary Clinton called on Trump to condemn the anti-Semitic incidents.

"JCC threats, cemetery desecration & online attacks are so troubling & they need to be stopped. Everyone must speak out, starting w/ @POTUS," Clinton tweeted Tuesday morning.

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ister Miri Regev (Likud) have both called on either the Chief of Staff or the President ReuContinued from page 15 major nearby intersections and ven (Ruby) Rivlin to pardon Azaria, saying “he should not clashed with police. erated into the violent riot that Bayit Yehudi (Jewish Home- have to spend one more day in occurred after he was convict- land) leader Naftali Bennet, prison”. He has been under ared, when protesters blocked and Sports and Culture Min- rest since the incident.

IDF Soldier Convicted

It is not clear whether the time he has been in jail awaiting trial will be deducted from the sentence.

In her statement summarizing the sentence and the court’s deliberations, Colonel Heller criticized Azaria for

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“never taking responsibility for what he had done”. She also criticized the defense for trying to move the goalposts in the middle of the game, referring to the several times Azaria changed his testimony during the trial, sometimes

contradicting himself. She also mentioned the salient points that merited a relatively lenient sentence, such as his motivation to serve in a combat unit, and his exemplary record prior to the incident.

“Fake News” Continued from page 13

because they finally got called out for their bad behavior.

"All the members of the media, they can be bad all they want. It doesn't change the fact how biased, how lazy they are, and how abusive they've been toward the 45th president."

Despite the fact that the media has not provided an iota of proof that Trump or his aides have had any associations with the Russians either during the campaign or now that Trump has taken the oath of office, controversial filmmaker Michael Moore who has gone on record as being stridently opposed to Trump’s policies issued a scathing Tweet: “Stunning bombshell right now from the New York Times -- Trump campaign chair, campaign officials and Trump associates made repeated contacts and calls with Russian intelligence during the YEAR leading up to the election. It's what we all suspected. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out what was going on: TRUMP COLLUDING WITH THE RUSSIANS TO THROW THE ELECTION TO HIM.” To offer a cogent example of just how apoplectic the Democratic party and their left wing acolytes have become since President Trump took office, one of Moore’s directives to his Twitter followers just about sums up the hysteria in the partisan controlled media.

He Tweets: “Somehow, our judicial system has to find a way to make restitution to this country. Pence can't be president as he, too, was elected under this same fraud. The court has to rule either that the President is the winner of the popular vote OR the election must be held over. The Republicans-- the beneficiaries of this treason --cannot be allowed to hold on to the power by default. If it turns out there's a traitor in the White House, the judicial branch must find a fair, peaceful way to un-do and then redo the election of 2016.”

DREAM MAKER William Helmreich Distinguished Professor of Sociology The City College of New York/CUNY

HIS STORY New York City has 121,000 blocks. He’s walked all of them. But when it comes to teaching, he still asks for the introductory sociology class. “It gives me the chance to turn people on to what I love doing most.”

ACCOMPLISHMENTS Author or editor of 15 books, including The New York Nobody Knows: Walking 6,000 Miles in the City.

GOAL “You get students to realize their dreams by encouraging them to ask questions...If I don’t have the answers, we’ll find someone who does.”

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New Program for Teachers Addresses ‘Remoteness’ in Diaspora Jewish Education By: Deborah Fineblum

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or Shani Tauber, it all came together when her group left the house of Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, the religious Zionism pioneer known as “Rav Kook.”

“We were coming back through the streets of Jerusalem when all of a sudden it hit me: We are walking the land where everything we’ve been learning happened,” says Tauber. “And I realized it’s not theoretical here.

You can feel how real it is.”

Tauber, who hails from New Jersey, is one of 15 women spending the year in Jerusalem in a new program that immerses educators in Jewish texts and history in the very land where the events transpired.

The seeds of the Eshkolot program were planted several years ago when Malke Bina, founder of the Jewish education organization Matan, was visiting the U.S. to meet with day school leaders for what she calls “brainstorming how to revolutionize Jewish education in the diaspora.”

The topic was a natural fit for Bina, who in 1988 opened Jerusalem-based Matan as one of the first schools offering women a challenging curriculum in Torah, Talmud and Jewish law.

During nearly three decades, thousands of women have learned with Matan in Israel and around the world.

But when it came to inspiring Jewish educators from the dias-

pora, the challenge was how to give educators the skills needed to make this ancient wisdom come alive for students 6,000 miles away.

After assembling a faculty of scholars, Matan opened registration last year for Eshkolot (the Hebrew word describing the finest grapes). Fifteen educa-

mit to teaching at least two years in North America qualify for a scholarship and stipend to help cover the expenses of taking a year off and living in Israel for the program. They also have the option to earn a master’s degree from Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Last September, this pioneer-

Miriam Borenstein, pictured at left during her participation in the Eshkolot program, says, “There’s nothing like learning Torah in Israel….You see street signs with the names of rabbis we’re studying. You hear snatches of Hebrew in the stores. You’re immersed.” Credit: Courtesy of Matan.

tors were chosen to take part in the yearlong program. Bina calls the participants “the cream of the crop, with the commitment and passion needed to take their year spent here in the heart of the Jewish world back home to their classroom, their school and by extension the whole community.”

To provide more incentive, Eshkolot participants who com-

ing group of Eshkolot scholars embarked on a rigorous schedule of coursework in Bible, with Talmud and Jewish law in the mix, along with an immersion in educational strategies designed to transmit the power of this material to their students back home in the diaspora.

It’s a process that Jonathan Sarna, the renowned professor of American Jewish history at

MDS Israel Advocacy Team Presents, “What Can You Do For Israel?”

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n Wednesday, February 15th, 2017, the MDS student Israel Advocacy Team presented, “What Can You Do For Israel?”

Topics included Israel: The Legitimate Sovereign, by Avital Feuerstein; Erroneous Allegations against the IDF, by Rachel Halpern; Terrorism and Palestinian Payments, by Ruthi Gerber and Allie Berkowitz; Efficacy of Security Checks, by Shoshana Epstein; Biased Media, by Jacob Kadoe; Social Media and Propaganda, by Charlie Laifer; Education of Palestinian Youth, by Isaac Silverman; Women in Arab Countries,

by Mia Spira and Rivka Yellin; Political Antisemitism, by Max Jankelovits and Harry Meister; Heroic Israel, by Jonah Elzweig; and Antisemitism at the U.N.,

by Tyler Fischman.

Through their work on this program, the students have learned how to turn their passion for Israel into action, effectively educating about and advocating for Israel. The educational process of this program teaches the students how to speak confidently about Israel, how to respond to negative comments about Israel, and how to interpret political moves and events in the news regarding Israel.

Andrew Gross, Director of Political Affairs, Consulate General of Israel in New York

“I’m so happy to see Manhattan Day School’s commitment to educating the next generation of Jewish students about Israel’s role in the world,” says Andrew Gross, Director of Political Affairs of the Consulate General of Israel in New York, who addressed the audience.

“I’m very proud to participate in this event and discuss with students the need to continue sharing Israel’s story so that all Americans, irrespective of background, can understand the unique and important ways in which Israel positively impacts all of our lives.”

A representative from AIPAC also attended to support the event and show the organization’s dedication to train-

Efficacy of Security Checks, by Shoshana Epstein

ing students and making them advocates.

“I was truly impressed with the quality of the Stand With Israel program that took place last night,” says Rabbi Gideon Shloush, President of the New York Board of Rabbis. “Whether analyzing Social Media propaganda, discussing anti-Semitism at the UN or the brainwashing of Palestinian youth, the presentations were extraordinary in making the case for Israel.”

To complete the presentation, a brief video entitled, Yisrael Zorachat (Israel Shines), highlighting Israel’s achievements, was shown and the MDS Middle School Choir performed.

Not only did the evening See MDS Israel Advocacy, page 38

ya Batya Neugroschl, head of school at Central-Yeshiva University High School for Girls in New York, to review some of the teaching techniques Borenstein has gleaned from the program so far. “In our learning, we’re seeing how a multi-disciplinary approach mixes archaeology and the history of the land into the study of Bible and makes it come alive,” she says. “When you put it all in context it can broaden our students’ horizons to experience the bible as a living text of a living people.”

Having one of her teachers gone for a year is “a bit of a sacrifice, but we think of it as an excellent investment,” says Neugroschl. The program is particularly valuable for a teacher like Borenstein, who has been in the field for several years, “because she comes into it with a deep understanding of the challenges of the classroom…so she’s already thinking of how she can Jonathan Sarna, (pictured above) the renowned professor implement what she’s learning of American Jewish history at Brandeis University is currently into her teaching and share it spending the year in Jerusalem doing research at the Israel with the rest of the staff,” adds Institute of Advanced Studies. “Jewish education in the her supervisor. diaspora suffers from a remoteness from our story, so this This kind of program is a wise program exports some of its excitement to help transform Jewish investment in the future, accordeducation there,” says Sarna. “It goes beyond knowing the ing to Erica Brown, who directs words and the storyline to a deeper appreciation of why the the Mayberg Center for Jewish Bible is so important to Jews, something you can truly feel when Education and Leadership and you’re learning it here.” teaches at George Washington cation there,” says Sarna, who just learned about that in class.’ University's School of Educais currently spending the year You see street signs with the tion and Human Development.

“Immersive learning in Israel in Jerusalem doing research at names of rabbis we’re studying. the Israel Institute of Advanced You hear snatches of Hebrew in in a high-level program gives teachers a much-needed injecStudies. “It goes beyond know- the stores. You’re immersed.”

Borenstein, 29, recently ing the words and the storyline to a deeper appreciation of why met with her supervisor, Cha- See New Program for Teachers , page 38 Brandeis University, describes as “part of a movement toward reinvigorating the study of Tanakh (Torah, Prophets and Writings).”

“Jewish education in the diaspora suffers from a remoteness from our story, so this program exports some of its excitement to help transform Jewish edu-

the Bible is so important to Jews, something you can truly feel when you’re learning it here.”

“There’s nothing like learning Torah in Israel,” says Eshkolot participant Miriam Borenstein.

“You go on a tiyul (field trip) and see the place where [the prophet] Joshua led the Jews across the Jordan and you think, ‘We

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Take a Tour of Israel’s Charming Old Clock Towers The Ottomans built six clock towers in what was then Palestine, marking the silver anniversary of Sultan Abdul Hamid II’s rule of the empire By: Abigail Klein Leichman

stamps in 2004 depicting Zina and Zvika Roitman’s illustrations of five Israeli clock efore there were wrist- towers. These structures are watches, and certainly picturesque backgrounds for before there were cell- a selfie, but don’t set your phones, centrally locat- watch to the clocks because ed clock towers helped citizens they are no longer reliable keep track of time. A big bell timekeepers. in the tower (like Big Ben in London) chimed the hour, and Jaffa clock tower a large clock face provided a viThe most famous — and most sual aid. photographed — clock tower in

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ters above the sidewalk at Clock Square, was in danger of falling.

This seal, located on the tower’s southern side, was the last of four to be preserved on the structure. In 2001, three glass replicas of the sultan’s seal were installed in place of the other marble plaques, which did not survive the test of time.

The southern seal was chiseled off and transferred to the IAA conservation laboratory in Jerusalem, where conservator Mark Avrahami made it a new support and accentuated the seal with pigments.

Israel Antiquities Authority conservators return the sultan’s seal to its original place upon completion of the conservation. Photo by Niki Davidov, courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority

The Jaffa clock tower dominates Clock Square, a landmark at the entrance to the Jaffa section of Tel Aviv.

today has only the remnants of a four clocks on the third level, single replacement clock. which were replaced in 2002.

Jerusalem The tower’s original bell, on the clock tower Safed clock tower top level, rings every half hour.

The Jerusalem clock tower Built above the Saraya, the The Safed tourist office is one at the Old City’s Jaffa Gate, fin- ernment’s Saraya administrative 1880s Ottoman government of several entities located in the ished in 1907, was the last one center in Haifa. Once upon a complex near Safed’s Old City, building today. constructed by the Ottomans time it boasted four clocks but this four-story clock tower has (ISRAEL 21C)

The marble plaque bearing the sultan’s seal. Photo by Faina Milstein, courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority

A glass replica of the Jaffa clock tower seal. Photo by Faina Milstein, courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority

The Jerusalem clock tower at Jaffa Gate, circa 1913. Photo via Gilai Collectibles

Nowadays, people don’t depend on clock towers to tell time, of course. But the structures are a beautiful testament to the history of timekeeping and to architectural styles of bygone days.

The Turkish Ottomans constructed more than 100 clock towers throughout the empire in honor of the 25th anniversary of the reign of Sultan Abdul Hamid II in 1901. Six of them were built in what was then Palestine — in Jaffa, Acre (Akko), Jerusalem, Haifa, Safed (Tzfat) and Nablus (Shechem).

Israel Post issued postage

Israel stands in Clock Square at the seam of the Jaffa section of the Tel Aviv-Yafo municipality.

It was completed in 1903 with contributions from Arab and Jewish residents of Jaffa, then a separate city.

Recently, Israel Antiquities Authority conservators unveiled the restoration and reinforcement of the marble seal (tughra) of the sultan on the Jaffa clock tower.

Not only had the marble long since lost its original color so that it was no longer possible to identify the relief, but the seal’s plaque, hanging 12 me-

The al-Manara clock tower was built in 1906 in Nablus, now in the Palestinian Authority-administered territories

This stamp of the Haifa clock tower was issued by Israel Post in 2004. Photo: courtesy

and the only one no longer standing. It was demolished

by British Mandate officials in 1922, according to Yehuda Levanony, author of a book about the Ottoman clock towers in Israel.

Acre (Akko) clock tower Built above the Khan El-Umdan, an inn constructed in 1784, the four-story Acre clock tower had four clocks, each of which was replaced in 2001. One clock face features Hebrew letters, another Arabic numbers, a third Roman numerals and the fourth regular numbers.

Haifa clock tower This ornamented six-story clock tower in downtown Haifa was built in front of the El-Jarina mosque, which originally stood next to the Ottoman gov-

Acre clock tower photo by Larisa Sklar Giller/Wikimedia Commons

A close-up of the clock on the Safed clock tower. Photo by Herman/Wikimedia Commons

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Israel is Central Hub for Advancing Medical Cannabis By: Viva Sarah Press

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egal cannabis sales across the world totaled $150 billion last year, and sales in the United States alone are expected to reach $21.8 billion by 2020.

Israel is at the center of this huge growth because of its well-developed ecosystem of cannabis researchers, farmers, entrepreneurs, pharma and government policies.

“You can’t put cannabis into a category. It’s not just pharma and it’s not just agro-tech. It’s not just lifestyle or recreational,” Saul Kaye, a pharmacist and the chief executive of iCAN: Israel-Cannabis venture fund, tells ISRAEL21c.

Kaye says Israel is up to 10 years ahead of other countries in innovation in the cannabis industry.

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem has a multidisciplinary

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center on cannabinoid research and Ariel University offers a course on the use of medical cannabis. The Volcani Agricultural Research Organization is building a national institute for medical marijuana research.

Startup accelerator Cann10 hosts an annual International Medical Cannabis Conference

Photo illustration of Israel’s medical marijuana industry by Kobi Gideon/FLASH90

and iCAN hosts the annual CannaTech cannabis innovation summit. The next summit is set for March 20-22 in Tel Aviv.

The Israeli government announced last year that it will expand the number of doctors trained and authorized to prescribe medical marijuana.

In January, the government announced plans to decriminalize personal marijuana use, and in February a government committee approved cannabis export.

“This change will significantly increase entrepreneurship and investment into cannabis in Israel as the old stigma of criminal cannabis disappears,” says Kaye.

Since the government’s mid2016 reforms to open up licensing for as many marijuana growers as the market will support, over 200 individuals and groups have applied to join Israel’s cur-

rent eight cannabis farms.

ISRAEL21c presents five reasons Israel is dominating the cannabis industry:

RESEARCH CNN medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta called Israel “the medical marijuana research capital” in 2015. This didn’t happen overnight; Israel’s government has encouraged cannabis research since the 1960s.

Hebrew University Prof. Raphael Mechoulam, an Israel Prize winner, is credited with pioneering medical cannabis research 50 years ago. He isolated the active compound from cannabis, THC, and inspired generations of researchers in several countries.

Cannabis has been used in research to treat conditions including diabetes, Parkinson’s disease, epilepsy, myeloma, psoriasis, fibromyalgia, PTSD, cancer, multiple sclerosis (MS),

Medical cannabis tablets for sale at the Tikun Olam store in Tel Aviv. Photo by Hadas Parush/FLASH90

Hebrew University Prof. Raphael Mechoulam, an Israel Prize winner

chronic pain, and broken bones.

“Israel is one of the leading cannabinoid centers of research in the world. There are about two dozen groups working on it and people come from all around the world to see what we do,” Mechoulam told ISRAEL21c in 2012.

In January this year, the government announced it is investing $2.13 million in 13 research projects including the effect of cannabis on metabolic syndrome, MS, preventing transplanted organ rejection, and inhibiting the See Israel is Central Hub, page 36

Thousands attend a Tel Aviv rally in support of legalizing marijuana, February 4, 2017. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/FLASH90

"Smart Apartments" Initiative Offers Disabled New Hopes for Independent Living Edited by: JV Staff

The oldest and longest continuously running social services n an initiative of Israel’s Min- organization in Israel since 1788, istry of Welfare, the Colel Colel Chabad works in a variety Chabad charitable organiza- of ways to help those in need tion has recently launched through programs and initiatives a new project to provide dis- that run throughout the year. The abled adults with communal Grabski Center serves as a leader apartments specifically intend- in therapies, treatment and care ed to address their individual for those suffering from multiple handicaps and needs. The first sclerosis and other debilitating apartments, located next to the muscular diseases. The facility Grabski Rehabilitation Center in houses the country’s first interMigdal Haemek in the north of active technology music therapy Israel, provide the residents with room for their inpatients and completely independent and pri- boasts an impressive gardening vate living spaces. The Center it- and art program.

The apartment project is a reself houses 40 residents between the ages of 18-50, all of whom sult of an initiative by the Welfare suffer from varying handicaps in Ministry to launch a pilot effort aimed at removing the disabled mobility and functioning.

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The first apartments, located next to the Grabski Rehabilitation Center in Migdal Haemek in the north of Israel, provide the residents with completely independent and private living spaces

from institutional living settings, in favor of private apartments where they could benefit from a sense of true independence. The Grabski Center, which has been in operation for close to ten years was identified as the ideal model to launch the program.

The residents all have the option of choosing their daily schedules, decorating their apartments, preparing their own meals and laundry, as well as taking part in activities both in and out of the center.

“The objective of this pilot

The therapy room at the Grabski Rehabilitation Center in Migdal Haemek in the north of Israel

even abroad - to restore a sense of normalcy to people forced to deal with very difficult daily challenges.”

The apartment and rooms were designed to offer a high degree of “user friendliness”. All The residents all have the option of choosing their daily units are “smart homes” with schedules, decorating their apartments, preparing their own meals and laundry, as well as taking part in activities both in and windows, doors and electric blinds all controlled by simple out of the center. button functions to allow for In advance of moving into program, which is now develop- maximum independence and the independent units, residents ing into a successful initiative, is functionality. The tenants are undergo life-skills training to display to our residents that which take into account their their disabilities don’t need to occupational limitations in or- completely preclude their abilThe apartment project der to help them adjust to this ity to live in independence and is a result of an initiative new mode of living. The first six with a sense of personal digby the Welfare Ministry occupants of the two new apart- nity,” says Kobi Vizel, director to launch a pilot effort ments are current residents of of the Grabski Center. “We are aimed at removing the Center, while plans are al- encouraged by the success of the disabled from ready in place for new residents this effort and believe that it can institutional living who had been living with family serve as a model for facilities in settings other parts of the country - and members.

supported by staff on site at all times in order to assist them when needed.

“The goal is not simply for us to help but to discover ways that the beneficiaries truly need our help and respond to those needs,” said Rabbi Sholom Duchman, International Director of Colel Chabad.

“When we first suggested the apartments to our residents, some of them refused,” said Vizel. “They are used to the personal attention that are staff to resident ratio offered at the Grabski Center and were nervous that they wouldn’t get that same care if they moved over. But once the first occupants moved in and were able to experience a new level of independence, the interest from our other residents really grew.”

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Is Surgery Always Needed for Kids' Appendicitis?

Patient-detected symptoms were most common way of detecting return of deadly skin cancer, study finds Edited by: JV Staff

Review found many with inflamed appendix were fine with antibiotics alone, but more research needed

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elf-checks by melanoma skin cancer patients play an important role in detecting a return of the most deadly form of skin cancer, new research suggests.

In the study, which covered the years from 1996 to 2015, investigators from Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia and the University of North Carolina analyzed data from a multi-institution database on 581 stage 2 melanoma patients who were followed for at least one year. Of those, 171 (29 percent) had a recurrence of their cancer.

Patient-detected symptoms such as changes on their skin, coughing blood, or seizures were the most common ways that recurrence was detected, accounting for 40 percent of cases.

Thirty percent were detected by scheduled doctor exams and 26 percent were spotted in routine imaging tests, according to the study published recently in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.

"Patients need to be aware of all of their symptoms and their body. But it's also important for physicians to educate patients as to what to look for and what symptoms are a cause for concern," study co-author Dr. Adam Berger, a professor of sur-

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By: Maureen Salamon

S Self-checks by melanoma skin cancer patients play an important role in detecting a return of the most deadly form of skin cancer

gery at Thomas Jefferson University, said in a journal news release.

"Patients should examine their skin and the area where lymph nodes would be on a monthly basis. And if they have a symptom that doesn't go away after two or three weeks, it should be brought to a physician's attention, because that is an indicator that the melanoma has come back," he said.

Berger added, "The fact that imaging picked up 26 percent of patients with recurrence is notable because it is a little higher than what we've seen in the past, which I think reflects the current trend to do more imaging in general. There is a move to use CT scans and other im-

aging techniques as an important strategy in early recurrence detection."

Melanoma has a 95 percent cure rate if caught and treated early, but some research suggests the recurrence rate for melanoma is as high as 50 percent, the study authors said.

"We are most concerned about patients who have stage 2 melanoma," Berger said. "They have more advanced primary melanomas and, on average, between 20 and 45 percent of these patients will die within five years. In the past, we didn't have good therapies for this type of melanoma, but new therapies mean survival continues to improve."

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kipping surgery and treating appendicitis with antibiotics alone may be a safe approach for many children, a new analysis suggests.

Reviewing 10 studies on more than 400 young patients, researchers found that nonsurgical treatment for an inflamed appendix appeared effective overall. But, appendicitis recurred in 14 percent of patients, and the study authors urged more research to inform doctors' decision-making.

"It may in the future be appropriate to offer nonoperative treatment, with antibiotics, as an alternative to children with acute uncomplicated appendicitis," said study author Dr. Nigel Hall. He's an associate professor of pediatric surgery at the University of Southampton in England.

"However, at this stage we would not recommend that nonoperative treatment is offered as treatment outside of a carefully designed research study," Hall added. "This is [because] we need to fully evaluate nonoperative treatment in larger numbers of children and also perform detailed comparisons ... so we can better understand

Skipping surgery and treating appendicitis with antibiotics alone may be a safe approach for many children, a new analysis suggests.

the relative merits of each treatment approach."

Surgery has long been the primary treatment for appendicitis, an inflammation of the pouch-shaped organ at the lower tip of the large intestine. The condition can occur at any age, but is most common between the ages of 10 and 20, according to the study.

Appendicitis is the most common cause of acute abdominal pain requiring surgery. More than 5 percent of Americans develop appendicitis at some point in their lives, according to the U.S. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kid-

ney Diseases. Symptoms include fever, nausea and/or vomiting, and extreme tenderness of the abdomen.

A ruptured appendix, which releases dangerous bacteria into the abdomen, is a rare but life-threatening complication of appendicitis.

Hall and his team analyzed various prior studies reporting the use of antibiotics alone for cases of uncomplicated appendicitis in 413 children. Study designs, however, varied widely and did not all compare the same factors.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Notice of Qual. of COMMUNITY ENERGY SOLAR, LLC, Authority filed with the SSNY on 11/08/2016. Office loc: NY County. LLC formed in DE on 06/17/2009. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: CT Corporation System 111 Eighth Ave., NY, NY 10011. Address required to be maintained in DE: 1209 Orange St., Wilmington DE 19801. Cert of Formation filed with DE Div. of Corps, 401 Federal St., Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. [2/10-3/17]

Notice of Qualification of MHN Government Services LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 1/20/17. Office location: NY County.

Princ. bus. addr.: 2370 Kerner Blvd., San Rafael, CA 94901. LLC formed in DE on 9/21/05. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave., 13th Ave., NY, NY 10011. DE addr. of LLC: 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: all lawful purposes.

[2/10-3/17]

Notice of Formation of BOBBY'S PRIME LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/01/17. Office location: NY County.

Princ. office of LLC: 40 Central Park South, NY, NY 10019. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to Ricky Passarelli at the princ. office of the LLC, regd. agent upon whom and at which process may be served.

Purpose: Restaurant. [2/10-3/17]

Notice of Qualification of CA 485 COUNTY ROAD LLC. Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/31/17. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 07/06/16. Princ. office of LLC: 767 Fifth Ave., NY, NY 10153. 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, 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, 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. [2/10-3/17]

NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (PLLC).

NAME: KOSTINA LAW GROUP, PLLC. ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE OF NEW YORK (SSNY) ON 11/8/2016.

NY OFFICE LOCATION: KINGS COUNTY. SSNY HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS AGENT OF THE PLLC UPON WHOM PROCESS AGAINST IT MAY BE SERVED. THE POST OFFICE ADDRESS TO WHICH THE SSNY SHALL MAIL A COPY OF PROCESS AGAINST THE PLLC SERVED UPON HIM/HER IS: 3111 OCEAN PARKWAY, 2G, BROOKLYN, NY 11235.

PURPOSE/CHARACTER OF PLLC: FOR THE PRACTICE OF LAW. [2/3-3/10]

Notice of Registration of Tanenbaum Keale LLP. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/18/17. Office location: NY County. LLP registered in ¬¬¬New Jersey (NJ) on 1/6/17.

SSNY designated as agent of LLP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the principal office of LLP: c/o National Corporate Research, Ltd., 10 E. 40th St., 10th Fl., NY, NY 10016. Purpose: to practice the profession of Law. [2/10-3/17]

Notice of Qualification of NARIHIRA CONSULTANTS, LLC. App. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/24/17. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 1/3/17. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: NRP Holding Corp., 110 W. 40th St., Room 2103, NY, NY 10018. DE address of LLC: c/o United Corporate Services, Inc., 874 Walker Road, Ste. C, Dover, DE 19904. Arts. of Org. filed with DE Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: any lawful activity. [2/10-3/17]

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Notice of formation of New Arbor, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 09/23/2016. Office location: Kings County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose. [2/10-3/17]

Notice of Formation of Rag & Bone Management Aggregator L.P. Certificate filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/26/2017. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: 425 W. 13th St., 3rd Fl., NY, NY 10014. Name/address of each genl. ptr. available from SSNY. Term: until 1/26/2092.

Purpose: any lawful activity. [2/10-3/17]

Notice of Formation of Phillips Art Holdings LLC. Arts. of Org. filed Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/30/17. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Michael S. Arlein, Esq., Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, 1133 Avenue of the Americas, NY, NY 10036. Purpose: any purposes permitted by applicable law. [2/10-3/17]

Notice of formation of 53RD STREET EVENTS LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect'y of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/20/2016.

Office location, County of Kings. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 170 53rd St., Ste. 304, Brooklyn, NY 11232. Purpose: any lawful act. [2/10-3/17]

Notice of Qualification of SARATOGA PROXY CONSULTING LLC. Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/20/17. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 07/08/16. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, Attn: John Ferguson, Managing Member, 520 8th Ave., 14th Fl., NY, NY 10018. DE addr. of LLC: 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, State of DE, John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [2/10-3/17]

Notice of Qualification of SELSER LLC. Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/20/17. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 11/09/16. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Herrick, Feinstein LLP, Attn: B. Karaahmet, Esq., 2 Park Ave., NY, NY 10016. DE addr. of LLC: c/o Corporation Service Co., 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Jeffrey W. Bullock, DE Secy. of State, Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 3, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [2/103/17]

Notice of Formation of RELATED-ROCKFORD FAUST AHP LENDER, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/25/17.

Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: 60 Columbus Circle, NY, NY 10023. 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: Any lawful activity. [2/3-3/10]

Notice of Formation of RELATED-ROCKFORD FAUST S LENDER, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/25/17.

Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: 60 Columbus Circle, NY, NY 10023. 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: Any lawful activity. [2/3-3/10]

Notice of Application for Authority of Chamisa Software LLC, a foreign limited liability company (LLC). Application for Authority filed with Secy. of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/31/2016. LLC organized in New Mexico on 01/23/2012. NY office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: Incorp Services, Inc., One Commerce Plaza, Albany, NY 12210. No office is required to be maintained in the jurisdiction of this formation.

The address of the principal office of the foreign LLC is: 101 W 90th St. Apt 8H, New York, NY 10024. Copy of Articles of Organization on file with Secy. of State of NM, Brad Winter, 325 Don Gaspar, Suite 300, Santa Fe, NM 87501. Purpose of LLC: Any lawful activity. [2/3-3/10]

Notice of formation of CMD Investors LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (“SSNY”) on January 20, 2017. N.Y. office location: New York County. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to CMD Investors LLC, 11 Park Place, Suite 1705, New York, New York 10007.

Purpose/character of LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. [2/3-3/10]

NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court County Of Kings U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for SG Mortgage Securities, Asset Backed Certificates, Series 2006-FRE2, Plaintiff AGAINST Tetiana Berriors a/k/a Tatyana Onischenko, et al, Defendant Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated 2/29/2016 and entered on 3/17/2016, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction at the Kings County Supreme Court, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, NY on February 16, 2017 at 02:30 PM premises known as 1810 Avenue Y Brooklyn, NY 11235. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough and County of Kings, City and State of New York, BLOCK: 7439, LOT: 5.

Approximate amount of judgment is $842,354.54 plus interests and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 28287/2008.

Sean R. Smith, Referee FRENKEL LAMBERT WEISS WEISMAN & GORDON LLP 53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, NY 11706

Notice of Qualification of Solus Senior High Income GP LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 12/19/16. Office location: NY County.

Princ. bus. addr.: 410 Park Ave., 11th Fl., NY, NY 10022. LLC formed in DE on 12/15/16. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011, regd. agent upon whom process may be served. DE addr. of LLC: 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: all lawful purposes. [1/27-3/3]

Notice of Formation of Teraviatwo LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 12/1/16.

Office location: NY County. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: Olivier Brandicourt, 170 E. 77th St., 4B, NY, NY 10075, principal business address. Purpose: all lawful purposes. [1/20-2/24]

Notice of Formation of Teraviathree LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 12/1/16.

Office location: NY County. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: Olivier Brandicourt, 170 E. 77th St., 4B, NY, NY 10075, principal business address. Purpose: all lawful purposes. [1/20-2/24]

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Notice of Formation of POLER LEGAL LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/23/16. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Emily A Poler, 20 Plaza Street #C6, Brooklyn, NY 12238. Purpose: any lawful activity.

[1/20-2/24]

Notice of Formation of ANSONIA PARTNERS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/02/17. Office location: NY County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Susan Elkind Orchant, 2109 Broadway, Apt. 9-18, New York, NY 10023.

Purpose: any lawful activity. [1/20-2/24]

Notice of Formation of CRP Rivington Street Redevelopment, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/15/16.

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 Castellan Real Estate Partners, 1841 Broadway, Ste. 400, New York, NY 10023. Purpose: any lawful activity. [1/20-2/24]

Notice of Formation of MAXMO 33 EAST CLINTON AVE, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/04/17. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: Alvarez & Marsal Holdings, LLC, 600 Madison Ave., 8th Fl., NY, NY 10022. 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 122072543. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [1/13-2/17]

Notice of Qualification of GROKASH REALTY ASSOCIATES, LLC. Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/03/17. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 11/04/16. Princ. office of LLC: c/o Eleanor Zweibel, Manager, 236 W. 30th St., NY, NY 10001. 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. DE addr. of LLC: c/o Corporation Creations Network Inc., 3411 Silverside Rd., Rodney Bldg., #104, Wilmington, DE 19810. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of the State of DE, Corp. Dept., Loockerman & Federal Sts., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [1/13-2/17]

Notice of Formation of FUND CAPITAL LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/23/16. Office location: Kings County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 295 Ave O, Brooklyn, NY 11230. Purpose: any lawful activity. [1/13-2/17]

Notice of Formation of HELLER FUNDRAISING GROUP, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/30/16, becoming effective on 01/01/17. Office location: NY County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543, regd. agent upon whom and at which process may be served. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [1/13-2/17]

Notice of Formation of HUBERT HUBERT LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/09/16. Office location: NY County.

Princ. office of LLC: 1280 Fifth Ave. Apt. 17B, NY, NY 10029. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, Attn: Lei Meng at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [1/13-2/17]

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Notice of QualiďŹ cation of 414 GREAT PLAINS LLC. Appl. for Auth. ďŹ led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/29/16. OďŹƒce location: NY County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 08/17/16.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Seward & Kissel LLP, Attn: Scott M. Sambur, One Battery Park Plaza, NY, NY 10004. DE addr. of LLC: c/o Corporation Service Co., 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. ďŹ led with Secy. of State of the State of DE, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

[1/6-2/10]

Notice of QualiďŹ cation of Charach Walk Holdings

Notice of Formation of PATRICIA LANE EQUITIES

LLC. App. for Auth. ďŹ led with Secy. of State of NY

LLC. Arts. of Org. ďŹ led with Secy. of State of NY

(SSNY) on 12/1/16. OďŹƒce location: NY County.

(SSNY) on 12/01/16. OďŹƒce location: NY County.

Notice of QualiďŹ cation of 155 West 11th Street Owner LLC. App. for Auth. ďŹ led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/1/16. OďŹƒce location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 11/30/16. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to the principal business location of LLC: Rockefeller & Co., Inc., 10 Rockefeller Plaza, Fl. 3, NY, NY 10020, Attn: General Counsel. DE address of LLC: Corporation Service Company, 2711 Centerville Road, Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. ďŹ led with DE Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any purposes permitted by applicable law. [12/231/27]

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 11/30/16.

Princ. oďŹƒce of LLC: 55 Fifth Ave., 15th Fl., NY, NY

(SSNY) on 1/11/17. OďŹƒce location: NY County.

10003-4398. SSNY designated as agent of LLC

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 11/28/16.

process against it may be served. SSNY shall

upon whom process against it may be served.

mail process to the principal business location

SSNY shall mail process to Robert Kantor, Esq.

of LLC: Rockefeller & Co., Inc., 10 Rockefeller

at the princ. oďŹƒce of the LLC. Purpose: Any

Plaza, Fl. 3, NY, NY 10020, Attn: General

lawful activity. [12/9-1/13]

Counsel. DE address of LLC: Corporation 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. ďŹ led with DE Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any purposes

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 20 W. 36th St., 12th

Service Company, 2711 Centerville Road, Ste.

Fl., NY, NY 10018. DE address of LLC: c/o United Notice of Formation of USFELIX, LLC. Arts. of Org. ďŹ led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY)

Corporate Services, Inc., 874 Walker Road,

on 08/15/16. OďŹƒce location: Kings County.

Ste. C, Dover, DE 19904. Arts. of Org. ďŹ led with

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall

DE Secy. of State, Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE

mail process to: USFELIX, LLC, 1538 41st Street,

19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. [1/27-3/3]

20 MEADOW REALTY, LLC Articles of Org. ďŹ led

Brooklyn, NY 11218. Purpose: any lawful activity.

NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 11/18/2016. OďŹƒce in

[1/6-2/10]

Kings Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom

Notice of Formation of LUNG TIN INTELLECTUAL

process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 20 Meadow St., Brooklyn, NY 11206, which is also the principal business location.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose. [12/16-1/20]

Notice of QualiďŹ cation of Technology Humans and Taste LLC. App. for Auth. ďŹ led with Secy. of

PROPERTY AGENT (USA) LLC. Arts. of Org. ďŹ led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/12/17.

State of NY (SSNY) on 1/10/17. OďŹƒce location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on

OďŹƒce location: NY County. SSNY designated as

1/5/17. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon

agent of LLC upon whom process against it may

Notice of Formation of CA Bedford Holdings II

whom process against it may be served. SSNY

LLC. Arts. of Org. ďŹ led with Secy. of State of NY

shall mail process to: 108 Wooster St., C2,

be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 3 Park Ave., 16th Fl., NY, NY 10016. Purpose: Any

(SSNY) on 5/3/16. OďŹƒce location: NY County.

NY, NY 10012. DE address of LLC: c/o United

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom

Corporate Services, Inc., 874 Walker Road, Ste.

process against it may be served. SSNY shall

C, Dover, DE 19904. Arts. of Org. ďŹ led with DE

mail process to: c/o The LLC, 1412 Broadway, 3rd

Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE

Fl., NY, NY 10018. Purpose: any lawful activity.

19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. [1/27-3/3]

[12/16-1/20]

lawful activity. [1/27-3/3]

215 ST. JAMES PLACE LLC Articles of Org. ďŹ led NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 8/24/2016. OďŹƒce in NY

Notice of Formation of THE BOULEVARD, PIZZA Notice of Formation of CA PTMA LLC. Arts.

BAR LLC. Arts. of Org. ďŹ led with Secy. of State

Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process

of Org. ďŹ led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY)

of NY (SSNY) on 12/27/16. OďŹƒce location: NY

may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process

on 9/19/16. OďŹƒce location: NY County. SSNY

County. Princ. oďŹƒce of LLC: 120 Riverside Blvd.,

designated as agent of LLC upon whom process

NY, NY 10069. SSNY designated as agent of LLC

to c/o Daniel A. Greenbaum, 101 W. 12th St.,

against it may be served. SSNY shall mail

upon whom process against it may be served.

PH-H, NY, NY 10014, which is also the principal

process to: c/o The LLC, 1412 Broadway, 3rd

SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service

Fl., NY, NY 10018. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543.

[12/16-1/20]

Purpose: Any lawful activity. [1/27-3/3]

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permitted by applicable law. [12/23-1/27] Notice of QualiďŹ cation of 121 SPRING RETAIL OWNER, LLC. Appl. for Auth. ďŹ led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/21/16. OďŹƒce location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 12/13/16. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to c/o 60 Guilders, LLC, 370 7th Ave., Ste. 1400, NY, NY 10001. DE addr. of LLC: 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. ďŹ led with DE Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [1/6-2/10]

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Frank L. Perrone, Jr., Esq., Referee Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C., Attn: Jackie Halpern Weinstein, Esq., 120 Broadway, 17th Floor, New York, New York 10271, Attorneys for Plaintiff

Notice of Qualification of Compound Management II, LLC. App. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/19/16.

Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 6/13/12. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: David Hirsch, 156 5th Avenue, Ste. 600, NY, NY 10010. DE address of LLC: National Corporate Research, Ltd., 850 New Burton Road, Ste. 201, Dover, DE 19904. Arts. of Org. filed with De Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: any lawful activity. [1/6-2/10]

Notice of Formation of ATLANTIA ADVISERS, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/20/16. Office location: New York County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: C T Corporation System, 111 8th Avenue, New York, NY 10011. Purpose: any lawful activity. [1/6-2/10]

Notice of Qualification of Compound Management III, LLC. App. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/19/16.

Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 1/21/16. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: David Hirsch, 156 5th Avenue, Ste. 600, NY, NY 10010. DE address of LLC: National Corporate Research, Ltd., 850 New Burton Road, Ste. 201, Dover, DE 19904. Arts. of Org. filed with De Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: any lawful activity. [1/6-2/10]

Notice of Qualification of CAVU Venture Partners GP OY, LP. App. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/12/16. Office location: NY County. LP formed in Delaware (DE) on 11/14/16. SSNY designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LP, c/o CAVU Venture Partners, LLC, 515 W. 20th St., Ste. 4W, NY, NY 10011. DE address of LP: The Corporation Trust Company, 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Name/address of each genl. ptr. available from SSNY. Cert. of LP filed with DE Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: any lawful activity. [12/30-2/3]

Notice of Formation of Morgan Green LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/14/16. 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 Davis & Gilbert LLP, 1740 Broadway, 3rd Fl., NY, NY 10019. Purpose: any lawful activity. [12/30-2/3]

Notice of Formation of MSZ Park Ave, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/14/16. 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 The LLC, 1009 Park Avenue, NY, NY 10028. Purpose: any lawful activity. [12/302/3]

PAGE 47 NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF KINGS UMB BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS LEGAL TITLE TRUSTEE OF MART LEGAL TITLE TRUST 2015-NPL1, Plaintiff AGAINST Michael Singh AKA Michael J. Singh, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated June 17, 2016 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Room 224 of Kings County Supreme Court, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, New York 11201, on February 09, 2017 at 2:30PM, premises known as 83 COOPER STREET, BROOKLYN, NY 11207. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings, City and State of New York, BLOCK 3433, LOT 51. Approximate amount of judgment $514,368.24 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment for Index# 5137/2013.

Robert A. Abrams Esq., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221

WELLNESS BY DESIGN ACUPUNCTURE PLLC filed Articles of Organization with the Dept of State of NY on 12/16/2016. Office Located in NY County. The Secretary of State of NY ("SSNY") has been designated as agent of the PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any such process served to: Law Office of Robert Witherwax, 15 Maiden Ln., #600, NY NY 10038. Purpose: Acupuncture.

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KOSTINA LAW GROUP PLLC filed Articles of Organization with the Dept of State of NY on 11/08/2016. Office Located in Kings County. The Secretary of State of NY ("SSNY") has been designated as agent of the PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any such process served to: 3111 Ocean Parkway, suite 2G, Brooklyn, NY 11235. Purpose: legal/attorney services. [2/3-3/10]

NAPPSTAR LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/20/16. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated agent upon whom process against LLC may be served and shall mail process to: NYCPS, 1357 Broadway #332, New York, NY 10018. Principal business address: 122 W. 20th St., Ste. 1W, NY, NY 10011. General purposes.

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Notice of Qual. of Dragon Auto LLC, Auth. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 8/18/16. Off. loc: NY Co. LLC org. in DE 8/12/16. SSNY desig. as agent of LLC upon whom proc. against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of proc. to Seward & Kissel, Att: Noelle Indelicato, One Battery Park Plaza, NY, NY 10004. DE off. addr.: CSC, 2711 Centerville Rd., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. on file: SSDE, Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Purp: any lawful activities. [12/30-2/3]

Notice of Qual. of Dragon Auto Management LLC, Auth. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 10/6/16.

Off. loc: NY Co. LLC org. in DE 10/5/16. SSNY desig. as agent of LLC upon whom proc. against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of proc. to Seward & Kissel, Att: Noelle Indelicato, One Battery Park Plaza, NY, NY 10004. DE off. addr.: CSC, 2711 Centerville Rd., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. on file: SSDE, Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Purp: any lawful activities. [12/30-2/3]

Notice of Formation of POLAR STORK, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/14/16. Office location: Kings County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 195 Montague Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201. Purpose: any lawful activity.

[12/30-2/3]

Notice of Formation of Covaband LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 11/18/16. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 1501 Lexington Ave., #2A, NY, NY 10029. Purpose: any lawful activities. [12/302/3]

DLJ Capital, LLC App. for Auth. filed w/ SSNY 1/26/17. Off. in New York Co. Arts. of Org. filed w/ SSDE 11/7/69. SSNY desig. as agt. of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 11 Madison Ave, NY, NY 10010. Add. req. to be maintained in DE: 2711 Centerville Rd, Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Name & add. of the auth. officer in DE where copy of Arts. of Org. filed: DE Sec. of State, Div. of Corp., John G. Townsend Bld, 401 Federal St, Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. [2/17-3/24]

Notice of Qualification of SRV LabelCo, LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 1/30/17.

Office location: NY County. Princ. bus. addr.: 2220 Colorado Ave., Santa Monica, CA 90404.

LLC formed in DE on 1/20/17. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011, regd. agent upon whom process may be served. DE addr. of LLC: c/o The Corporation Trust Co., 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: all lawful purposes. [2/17-3/24]

Notice of Formation of GoldSilver, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 6/23/16. Office location: NY County. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: The LLC, 1325 Ave. of the Americas, Suite 0703-2, NY, NY 10019, principal business address. Purpose: all lawful purposes. [2/17-3/24]

23 NEWKIRK PLAZA LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 01/27/17. Latest date to dissolve: 12/31/2070. Office: Kings 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 David Spindler, Esq., 1431 Nostrand Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11226.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose. [2/17-3/24]

Notice of Qualification of IGI E86 LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 2/2/17.

Office location: New York County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 12/12/16. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. DE address of LLC: 160 Greentree Dr., Ste 101, Dover, DE 19904. The name and address of the Reg. Agent is National Registered Agents Inc, 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011.

Cert. of Formation filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St, Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. [2/17-3/24]

Notice of Qualification of TLLULE BOWERY LLC. App. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/6/14. Office location: NY County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 7/16/14. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 299 Broadway, NY, NY 10007. DE address of LLC: c/o United Corporate Services, Inc., 874 Walker Rd., Ste. C, Dover, DE 19904. Arts. of Org. filed with DE Secy. of State, Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. [2/24-3/31]

Notice of Formation of 5805 6TH AVENUE LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/08/17. Office location: Kings County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 5805 6TH AVENUE LLC, 5805 6TH AVENUE, BROOKLYN, NY 11220. Purpose: any lawful activity. [2/24-3/31]

Notice of formation of G ALEXANDER CONSULTING LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect'y of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/20/2016.

Office location: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Incorp Services, Inc., 99 Washington Ave, Suite 805-A, Albany, NY 12210-2822.

Purpose: any lawful act. [2/24-3/31]

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JOBS, SERVICES & FOR SALE PAINTING

INTERIOR- EXTERIOR, PLASTERING & TAPING, WALLPAPERING, WALLPAPER REMOVAL, SHEET ROCKING, DEMOLITION, TILE- FLOOR & WALL LEAVES CLEANED, INSTALL DOOR LOCKS, SMALL CEMENT JOBS, REPAIR WINDOWS, FIXES WINDOW SCREENS, KITCHEN & BATHROOM PLUMBER REMOVE CARPETING, FIXING FLAT ROOFS. PROFESSIONAL QUALITY. FREE ESTIMATES. REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.

CALL YURY 347-536-2183

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JB CARPENTRY, ELECTRIC, PLUMBING, PAINTING, FLOORING, DECKS & KITCHEN/BATHROOM REMODELING. RESPONSIBLE & REASONABLE. ALL JOBS WELCOME! JOE: 347-215-1960

Famous Hagstrom Street Atlas 5 Boro – Shows All Streets

MAPS FINAL $24.95 EDITION 800-327-7992 CATERING/ CHEF SERVICE

PRIVATE CHEF AVAILABLE. CHARMING, EASY TO WORK WITH EUROPEAN TRAINED CHEF, BASED IN NYC IS AVAILABLE FOR INTIMATE DINNER PARTIES AND LARGE EVENTS IN YOUR HOME OR VENUE IN THE HAMPTONS. WWW.CHEFSEBNY.COM 908-723-9570 LM0805

WRITING SERVICES

PERSONALS

Are you looking for a professional writer? Business or personal? Website content, newsletters, songs, poems, scripts etc. Impact writing. Call: Sara Gross 443-564-1590 CB1230

TUTORING

9970

**ALL Subjects 1-on-1 Tutor** Grades K-12, Specialize in Math & Essay writing. Intensive Prep for Specialized Science High School Entrance Exam, SAT, & HS Regents Exam available.

Email: ALL.As.Tutor.NYC@ gmail.com

LESSONS

9980

PIANO/VOICE LESSONS – Your Home/My Home Local Well Known Teacher. Call Today *** 954-485-0065 *** MK

PETS

9043

BICHON, $895. Shih Tzu, $925. Yorkshire Terrier, $950.

(Chocolate) Lab, $950. Cairn Terrier, $800. Westie, $875.

Min. Schnauzer, $975. Min. Boxie, $950. 609-685-0208 LM0210

NUTRITIONIST

9965

Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor Bonnie Budman LCSW Winter Special, 3 one hour sessions for $127.

Call 516-967-0675

REAL ESTATE 9025

SEEKING A 65-75 YEAR OLD JEWISH GENTLEMAN FOR A 69 YEAR OLD JEWISH LADY. Please Call Me At 646-3225535. Thank You! LM0317 Kohen – 52, state Employee, kind and compassionate, Attends shul daily seeks easygoing, friendly, and considerate lady (NonDivorcee) for marriage.

Call718-219-5212 or email joseph13k@msn.com CB0303

FOR SALE

9040

30 Ladders, 6 compressors, 100 tools, vending brakes, alum. ramps, 8 lug tires & rims, comm. roll-ups, trains, toys, cameras, ammo & acc., plastic chippers +. Anytime.

732-267-8889 LM0317 ANTIQUE SLOT MACHINES. 1930 Mils, 5 cent & 10 cent, $1,650 each. 1920 NCR brass cash register, excellent, $1,550.

1950 Coke 3 button sign, $550.

Penny Fortune Teller Scale, $500 & more. Call 516-2443563 LM0303 FURNITURE- Loveseat Couch, very good condition, $225.

Couch, very good condition, $175. Maytag Clothes Washer, 2 years old, very good condition, $200. Negotiable on all! Cash only! 609-971-3529 LM0210

Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor Bonnie Budman, LCSW WINTER SPECIAL, 3 one hour sessions for $127. Call 516-967-0675 CB0203

HANDYMAN

9960

NEED WORK DONE AROUND THE HOUSE? Don’t have the time? Tired of having a “to-do list?” Handyman, all phases of work. 516-313-5158 LM0313

HOME IMPROVEMENT

9950

Painting (Interior & Exterior), Trim, Tile, Baths, Bsmt., Kitchens, Doors, Windows, Floors, Masonry, Carpentry, Fence, Roofing, Siding.

Senior Discount 10% Off.

Lic. # 13VHO2433500. CALL NOW: YURY- YP HOME IMPROVEMENT 732-207-4006 LM0324

Home Renovations.

Basements, Finish bathrooms, and apartments, scraping, etc.

18 years experience. No job too big or too small. Best prices 347-585-9217 CB0303

LENOX 26 piece Blue Tree set, $1,200 & 23 piece Lenox Blue Tree set, $1,100 or $2,000 for both. Call Cathy 516-660-9520 LM0217

ENTERTAINMENT

9044

We buy and Sell Gold, Silver, Sterling Pieces, Bullion and Collectible Coins. We even buy old and broken pieces. Highest CA$H Prices Paid. Call 646379-3566. Eli@USCoinSpot. com *Meetings By Appointment Only CB0224

AUTOMOTIVE

9050

2004 VOLKSWAGON PASSAT GLX. Platinum Silver, Gray Leather Interior. 71,000 Miles.

Excellent Condition. $4,000.

Call Mon- Sat, 10AM-4PM 845226-6149 LM0303

BOATS FOR SALE 9052

BROOKLYN

1638

GRAVESEND OPEN HOUSE. One family detached brick in Gravesend area. 36 x 50 on 5694 sq ft lot. Full finished basement, detached 2 car garage, 3BR, 2 full baths, EIK, living rm, dining rm, basement, 2 large rms, kitchen, ½ bath.

Owner Motivated! Call Agent Gina- Remax 917-584-4539 HS0712

OPEN HOUSE. EVERY SUN 1-4PM. 2910 Nostrand Ave (Kings Hwy & Ave P.) Drastic price reduction! Price includes roof terrace and parking. New 2 and 3 Bedrm Condos, 1,3751,451 SF, 2 baths, 2 kitchen sinks, elevator. Tax abatement.

Final C of O. Wilk R.E. 718-3760606 HS0626

COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES FOR RENT BROOKLYN

1050

37th Street Between 1415 Avenue, 350 SF office, large windows, high ceiling, including furniture, internet & utilities Call 347-721-5244 CB0120 Avenue L/Nostrand Ave. 3 rm office, $1750, all included.

Please call 718-513-6911 x101 CB0224

10 Beautiful Newly Decorated Classrooms. Air Conditioned.

Immediate Rental. Central Bklyn Location. Serious Inquiries only. Available Immediately. Call: 718-837-3916 Leave Msg CB0113 Office Space For Lease Flatbush 3,400 Sq Ft 1 Flight up, 7300 Sq Ft Lower Level, 10 Ft Will Divide, Build To Suit Call: Moshe 718-614-4646 CB1230 Boro Park/ 17th Ave, Dahill RdBeaut, newly renov office, pvt entr, bsmt 400 sq ft, sunlight, bth, c/a, room for 7/8 desks, pre-wired. Call: 347-871-1661 CB1118

OFFICE FOR RENT. AVE U & E 4th ST. Second floor. Great location. Call David at 718-9987600 Ext 10 LM0729 WAREHOUSE FOR RENT CONEY ISLAND near NEPTUNE AVE 11,000 sq ft, No Columns, M1 Zone $12,000 / month Call Mr. Harry @ ALPINE REALTY 718-238-1788 HS0724

MANHATTAN

2050

34th St #252 W Betw/7th &8th ave.STORE 1800 SF + MEZZ 1500 SF New Storefront, BrokersWelcome Falcon Properties.com, 212-302-3000 HS0808

Reuven’s Repairs. Small electric and plumbing, $125.

House call plus parts. Servicing Brooklyn. 347-585-3544 CB0217 ANNIHILATOR EXTERMINATION INC. GOT BUGS/ "Place Your Trust With Us, We'll Treat You Like Family!" Professional Pest Management Services For a Healthy, Safer and Pest Free Environment. Fully Licensed & Insured. Commercial & Residential. License: NYS DEC 13915 NJ Business Lic. 99201A. 43 Allen Place, Staten Island, NY 10312. Scott FoxOwner/ Operator 718-227-5001 Email: scott@yougotbugscom Website: www.yougotbugs.com

OPEN HOUSES

QUEENS

3050

RICHMOND HILL OFFICE FOR RENT. Corner space. Near courthouse, JFK Airport & hospital. Suit to fit. $1,600 per month includes all except for electric. Leave message 9AM5PM at 917-446-1658 LM0819 WAREHOUSE MASPETH, QUEENS 5,000 sq ft, NEW BUILDING, 2nd floor w/ Elevator & PATIO. 8,500 sq ft, ground floor, 30 ft ceilings. OWNER 347-739-1976 or grandproperty1@aol.com LM0317

HOWARD BEACH Medical Office for rent, established location across from shopping center, waiting room, reception area, 4 exam rooms+x-ray room.

Handicap bathroom, 1st floor handicap accessible w/electric lift, 1800 sq. ft. parking easily available, 347- 322- 3614. HS0729 L I C- 460sf or 370 sq offices ,well managed building wf private, private bathrooms,views,of Manhatten.3-8 Minute walk to LIRR, 7 train,restaurants & shops Easy access 5to Midtown Tunnel , LIE & BQE Call 718-7848100 HS0701

BRONX

4050

3060 EAST TREMONT AVE: STORE FOR RENT. Top retail location, high pedestrian traffic, 3000sf, can be divided. For details: Rafi- 718-364-1400 or 347-495-0614

STATEN ISLAND

5050

DONGAN HILLS. Perfect for Psychologist, Accountant, Attorney, Financial Planner.

Cozy 2 rooms with waiting area. $600 + utilities. Call Owner at 718-979-7458 LM0812 STATEN ISLAND STOREFRONT SPACE AVAILABLE FOR RENT ON BRADLEY AVE. High traffic area. Near school & temple.

Please Call Dawn at 718-370-9700 LM0324

LONG ISLAND

6050

NEWLY FURNISHED & AFFORDABLE OFFICE SPACE For Psychotherapist & Related Professionals in Great Rockville Centre Location. Shared Waiting Room. Free Street Parking. Call 516-316-0096 LM0224 SOUTHAMPTON. Restaurant , wine bar, catering, wine tasting, patio dining, valet parking, chef’s garden. Over an acre. Jitney stop at property.

Branding, hospitality, events, long term or pop-up.

702-378-6338 LM0106 FRANKLIN SQUARE OFFICE FOR RENT. Join Prof bldg w/ dentists & med doctors, good location, lots of parking. 1,000 sq ft avail. $22-$24/ per sq ft.

516-485-9740 LM1216

Well-Established Allstate Agency For Sale. Marine Park area. Agent wants to retire.

41 Marine Trader Sail Boat, refurbished, rebuilt diesel engine. New plumbing-wiring, Teak interior: Bedroom, living/ dining, 2 heads, galley kitchen.

Price $39K. John 917-568-2754 LM0127

Must be able to obtain your own financing & currently be .in the insurance business Call 917-301-2477

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REAL ESTATE OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT LEVITTOWN A-1 Prof. Bldg. 1-2-3 Rm. Suites. From $399/ Mo.Free Utilites.

516-735-6681 LM0911

LONG ISLAND COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES FOR SALE 6060 SMITHTOWN, L.I. Excellent 3-story office building. 18k SF gross plus prkg. 85% occupied.

Near LIRR, Rte 25, Proj 6%+ cap rate. $2.7M. Ron @ BESEN (646)424-5317 LM0324

NEW YORK STATE 7050 SUFFERN/ BARDONIA- PRIME OFFICE SPACE AVAIL. FOR RENT. One on Lafayette Ave next to Hospital in Suffern (good for doctors.) Another on 304 in Bardonia.

845-425-8880 LM0317 KENT Office/ Retail Space on Route 52 corridor. Move your business from your basement or use our space for your pop-up or incubator business.

Spaces range from 750 sq ft to 2,000 sq ft. Rent ranges from $950 to $2,200. Short and long term leases available.

845-878-7833 LM0106

OFFICE SPACE OR HAIR SALON FULLY EQUIPPED FOR RENT, Rt. 6, Mohegan Lake, NY. For Information, Call 914282-6602 LM0708

OSSINING/ BRIARCLIFF. Certified Orofacial Myofunctional Therapist looking for Office Share for a professional in health related field. Asking rent $825/ month including utilities.

Oromyologist.com 914-302-6983 LM1125 OSSINING. OFFICE SPACE FOR LEASE BY OWNER: In the heart of Ossining, Spring & Main St. Walk to RR. 45/ min to NYC. Ideal professional space, suitable for professional and varied businesses. Spacious 3,200 sq ft room, can be divided into two offices, 1,600 sq ft/ each.

One 400 sq ft office. Suite w/ conference room, kitchenette & 5 offices. Elevator access for ADA accessibility.

Storage space available.

TWO Municipal parking lots available w/ 3 free hours.

Please Call Angelo 914-3375903 (O) or 914-282-9973 (C) LM1021

KATONAH- Office Suite for Rent. Charming Victorian House converted into professional office space.

Furnished, sublet (400 sq ft) located on 2nd flr of bldg.

Perfect for counselor or therapist. 2 min walk to train station. Call 914-232-4000 LM1202

PEEKSKILL COMMERCIAL PARKING SPACE AVAILABLE. Located at 1814 Crompond Rd, Route 202. For more information, Call 914-469-9178 LM0902

ELMSFORD. 4,000 Sq Ft. High Bay Warehouse with office.

14 Ft overhead door. Drive in, no automotive. Call 914-5927229 LM0708

SWIMMING POOLS

RW1230

WHITE PLAINS AREASTORAGE & PARKING RENTAL.

APARTMENTS FOR RENT

Clean & convenient enclosed storage shed & outdoor truck parking. Perfect for

BROOKLYN

contractors or landscapers.

Call 914-923-3429 LM0701

BRONX COMMERCIAL FOR 4060 SALE 13% Return on Investment Shopping Center, 27% Return on Equity with Depreciation.

Built ’97 . 40,361 Sq .Ft. 12,000 Cars/Day. Low $ Down. Seller Financing. Bronx: Development 44 Apartments, Approved Plans: Mixed Use Elevator Little Italy 12% Return On Investment: Vacant Lot: Queens: 9 + MultiFamily 14% Projected Return on Investment 800-242-9888 AL@ LichtensteinRE.com CB0120

OUT OF STATE

8050

Desirable warehouse space OSSINING. Commercial garage space, 2200 sq ft.

Zoned for auto repair & body work. Also, commercial outside storage. Frame equipment for sale. Rental or sale available. 914-941-3239 or 914-804-3461 LM1216

Building For Sale 15,000 sq. ft. 1,000 sq. ft. office 2 loading docks Linden, NJ Heimishe Area 30 min from Boro Park Call: 347-882-8037

near NJ Turnpike entrance & all major highways, close to all, 1st fl, multiple loading options, high ceilings, drive in doors, lots of vehicle parking, from 2,000 sf to 100,000 sf.

Also refrigerator and freezer space avail. Call owner: 646-457-0517 CB0120 MIDDLETOWN/ RED BANK. Professional Office Suite in Bank Bldg at 75 Hwy 35 North, 1st floor, 650 sq ft.

732-741-3313 LM1223

For Sale – Brooklyn Industrial Warehouse & Dev Site (M1-4) 30,000 Built SF + 150’ Wide Dev Site Call Marcus Jecklin Epic Commercial Realty (646) 278-4674

MANHATTAN

2060

WELL ESTABLISHED AMERICAN DINER LOCATED IN THE MIDTOWN EAST AREA. GREAT OPPORTUNITY. REASONABLE PRICE. RENT LISTED UNDER MARKET VALUE. FOR FURTHER INFO. CONTACT NICK(646) 209-2671. RW

QUEENS

3060

2 WAREHOUSES FOR SALE IN LONG ISLAND CITY. Unique Opportunity for a Visionary Investor, or Best Use! LONG ISLAND CITY WITH WALKING DISTANCE TO 9 TRAIN LINES. R, N, Q,W, E, F, 7, M, AND G TRAINS. Less than a Mile to RFK, Tri-Borough, Pulaski Bridges and Midtown Tunnel.

SUPER CENTRAL LOCATION! Please CALL 347-539-0052

NEW YORK STATE 7060

Space. 2 Suites available.

Great high visibility location.

Perfect for attorney or the like. $1,250/ month. 732-2455119 LM1125 OAKHURST, NJ. Office space for rent. 1 block off Rt. 35. $295. Large office, $475. Both include utilities + wait area.

732-859-2296 LM1230

COMMERCIAL / PROPERTIES FOR SALE BROOKLYN

1060

SUNSET PARK 50’s. M-1-2 zone warehouse- 4,200 sq ft, with modern house- 3,000 sq ft. Delivered vacant. $13,000 combined. Ask for HarryAlpine Realty 718-238-1788 LM0210

Avenue M/ East 2nd Street.

Approximately 1500 square feet basement, private entrance, 9 foot ceiling. Call 845-274-5886 CB0127

PAWLING, NY. Four Lots for sale in Cushman Farms.

Lots have ample acreage & are set up to start building your dream house. Views are breathtaking. Great place for your family or retirement. Call 914-949-2000 Ext. 428 LM0923

OUT OF STATE

AVE Y near Ocean Pkwy. 2 BR apt, new kit/applncs, terrace, 2nd flr. Move in cond. 718-9743884, 347-574-1814 CB0127 OCEAN PKWY/L & M. First Floor 1 BR apt. Mod Kit & bth. Private house. All utilities included. $1,500. Call 917-559-5447 CB0113 Midwood For rent studio (also can be used for office) 2,3,4 Bedrooms Apts Call 718.376.4444

MANHATTAN

8060

TOMS RIVER/ OCEAN CTY, NJ. For Sale, user/ investor opportunity, 9,000 sq ft Commercial building on 1.74 acres with 2,700 sq ft leased to national tenant. Multipurpose building, drive-in doors, great for all type contractors. Traffic counts over 44,000 cars per day.

REMCO REALTY 732-253-0888 x 11 LM0916

2010

UPPER WEST SIDE – West End & 99 St.Seeking, roommate, spacious, 7RM, Apt.BR, Shower, shared kitchen, DR,$2,000/mo E; adyassky@ aol.com / 212-864-5288 HS0506

BRONX

LM1223

COMMERCIAL PROPERTY FOR SALE QUEENS, GLENDALE, NY 25 SQ FT REFURNISHED. BIG STORE FRONT WINDS & LARGE OFFICE WITH 3 PARKING SPACES. GOOD FOR MEDICAL OFFICE OR RETAIL BUSINESS CONTACT : SAL @ (917) 921-5239 RW0423

OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT. BRICK, NJ. 775 sq ft. Office

AVE X BETWEEN EAST 7 ST &; CONEY ISLAND AVE. 1 bedroom walk-in apt, move-in condition. $1,400 per month.

No pets, no smoking. Call Owner 646-752- 6641 LM0224

4010

Bronx Tremont. 1820 Clinton Ave & 175th ST. Beautiful 1 Bedroom In A 3 Family House No Pets. $1000. See Landlord SAT ONLY. Call Owner 718-299-8347AE0115

LONG ISLAND

6010

EAST NORTHPORT- 1 Bedroom Apartment. Newly Painted, Private Entrance. Offstreet Parking. No Smoking.

No Pets. $800/ month. 2 months’ security; background check. 516-662-2187 LM0303 LINDENHURST: Gorgeous, All New! 1BR, Eat-in kitchen, full bath, closets, no smoking, no pets, references a must! 1 month rent/ security. $1,650/ all, includes flat screen/ fios/ wifi. 516-661-7539 LM0127 FARMINGDALE. New, Very Large Apt, 1453 sq ft, 3 big bedrooms, walk-in closet, central a/c, central heat.

Near LIRR. Private entrance.

Immediate! $2,350 + utilities.

1 month security. No pets, no smoking. References checked. 631-252-0720 LM0113

JERSEY CITY. Builder’s Dream! Exclusive, residential lot is located on a quiet street East of Garfield Ave. Asking $225,000. Hurry! Won’t last!

Call Grisell Romero at Exit Preferred Realty 201-6533948 LM0902

DEER PARK. Small 1BR, small kitchen, driveway parking. No smoking, no pets. 2 month’s security. $850 + utilities.

Available now. Owner 516-848-5631 LM1202

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES. Wilkes Barre, PA. 4 family income, $2200 a month, 4 garages, $150,000. Deli and 2 Apts, $120,000. We will hold mortgage. 570-825-8631 KK0911

SOUTH HEMPSTEAD. Rockville Centre schools, 3BR, 2 baths, EIK, DR, LR, deck, in-ground pool 16x32. Near Molloy College. Gorgeous Apt. $2,700. 516-385-2165 LM0923

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REAL ESTATE EAST HAMPTON VILLAGE. Secluded getaway, circular driveway, Cathedral ceilings, wooded floors, pool, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, stainless kitchen, w/d, plush gardens/ landscape acreage. End of season special. $22,900.

8/10- 9/14. Fran 212-4729821/ 631-324-5143 or Barbara 917-287-2072 LM0814

7010 HUDSON, NY WEEKEND HOUSE RENTAL. Want a different kind of Weekend Home? Always wanted to Live on a Farm? Love Animals, Horses, Dogs, Cats, Goats, etc? Bring Your Own! 12 Horses, 12 to ride. Miles of Trails+ Indoor Arena. Want to look out the windows to see your Horse in a Pasture next to Organic Gardens? 518-9296092 LM1028 NEW ROCHELLE/ WESTCHESTER. 1BR apts available. Extra-large rooms, eat-in kitchen. Near shops/ beach. No pets. $1625/ $1550/ $1490. 914-478-2442 LM0715

8010

WEST NEW YORK, NJ. 3BR, LR, DR & garage. ½ block from Blvd East. $2,300. Call Mariana at Coccia Realty 201893-6257 or 201-867-2100

L.I. APT. RENTAL WANTED SEAFORD HARBOR: RENTAL WANTED: apt or studio. Sandy survivor seeks to move back to Seaford Harbor. Call Don 516-428-8916 LM0619

APARTMENTS FOR SALE / CONDOS BROOKLYN

1020

Bed Stuy Get more bang for your buck with this LARGE 1007 SqFt condo ,located on a beautiful tree lined block .$600,000. NEGOTIABLE .

347-493-6976 HS0506

MANHATTAN

6020

RONKONKOMA / NOB HILL – End unit, second floor, 2BR condo. Pergo & new tile in kitchen bath & balcony. Pool & tennis/ $222K. Call Owner 631-806-3488 LM0318

Stunning Southold Condo, gated, 55+, 2bd/ 2ba, full basement with cedar storage, pool, clubhouse. Call Bonnie Boeger, RES of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage at (C) 631-662-1983, (0) 631-941-3100 LM0120

HOUSE FOR RENT 6030 PLAINVIEW. 3 Year Old Colonial! 4BR, 3 baths, 22’ EIK with island, 15’ FDR, 30’ MBR Suite. Huge Bsmt. Job Relocation Forced Sale. $5,100.

Realtor 516-316-8551 LM0708

NEW YORK STATE 7020

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LONG ISLAND CONDO FOR SALE

3020

KEW GARDENS CONDO FOR SALE. 116-24 Grosvenor Lane. Modern & renovated 2BR, 1 bath, balcony, gym, common room, rooftop terrace, concierge. Low floor.

Immediate parking available.

Walk to temple. Asking $499K. Call Jason at Prime Realty 718-229-2922 LM1113

LONG ISLAND

NEW YORK STATE

OUT OF STATE

QUEENS

2020

NYC, West End Avenue, 84/85 St. lg 7rm Condo for sale.

2500 sf, 5 BR, 3 bths Drmn bldg, no bkrs, $ 4.75M 917806-5080 HS0311

Winter and Summer Vacation Rental. Beautiful nine Bedroom house in South Fallsburg, New York, (sleeps up to twenty five), two fireplaces, huge kitchen and dining room, living room, oversized porch. Available for family retreats. Please call 347-309-8485 to reserve your weekend. CB0217 Scarsdale is located in beautiful Westchester County a residential community only 24 miles north of New York City and rated as a leading upscale community, has an outstanding school system with 99% of its graduates going on to higher education. There are over 20 parks and playgrounds, 26 public tennis courts, a municipal pool, and two 18-hole golf courses with Scarsdale Boundaries.

The downtown Village Center, with its Tudor architecture, has a variety of stores, professional offices and residential units and the Metro North Railroad. It so situated so that you can enjoy city life, suburban life, country life and ocean life within relatively short distances.

114 BIRCHALL DRIVE. OPEN HOUSE SATURDAYS 2-3:30PM OR APPOINTMENT..

Call Ray 212 602 1137 This house is located in the prestigious Murray Hill location near the finest school system, five minutes from the Metro North and thirty five minutes outside of Manhattan. Truly a great value being offered by a Motivated Seller. .Built in 1933 as a small mansion on one acre, this house has been upgraded to a larger home with attached 2 car garage for a growing family. Enter into a formal foyer with half bath right into a large country kitchen, granite island with bright breakfast area leading into Mother-in-law or Media Room. The house has a formal 35 foot long dining room with fireplace and wet bar. The 1400 sf. family room contains three exposures, a 30ft cathedral ceiling, and a second fireplace. Exit onto onto a wrapdeck which spirals down to a 600 sf. patio overlooking the rear of the property / gardens.

The second floor features 4 bedrooms, 3 baths, a master bedroom with cathedral ceiling, and a Romeo Juliet balcony overlooking the family room.

Marble Master bathroom with jacuzzi tub and separate glass shower. Servants’ quarters converted into bedroom and laundry room. The basement level features large rec- room with Lap Pool and lower den with FDR fireplace. Exit the den onto a large patio overlooking large rear property, with babbling brook ample for garden & children’s play.

OUT OF STATE

8020

CONDO FOR SALE FLORIDA BAL- HARBOR/RITZ CARLTON Great investment w/income potential Rarely avail 2 BR.2 ½ bth,sub-P/H suite in best line (14/15) w/ spectacular ocean & city views ,pvt foyer & elev.fully furn designer décor, world class amenities & services the ONLY deeded garage space in hotel Nr “The Shul “ Contact Douglas Elliman R.E Betsey Lee Turner 305-310-6888 HS0115

HOUSES FOR RENT BROOKLYN

AVE L & M/ NEW YORK AVE. 3BR, 2 floors, 1 ½ baths, living rm, dining rm, kitchen, hook-up for washer & dryer available.

Master bedrm has balcony.

Also available, bsmt apt with separate entrance.

Owner 718-554-1001 LM0317 Ave N/ Bedford, Very large,Mod,1 Fam,3 BR 2 Bth,Duplex, pvt drv,gar,lrg deck,Must See1 $3,950, Bkr 718-382-4839 HS0610

NEW YORK STATE 7030 DOBBS FERRY- 2BR with porch, W/D, parking, close to schools & transportation. Good schools! 20 minute train ride to Manhattan. No pets. Available immediately. 917-838-9040 LM1209

CHARMING 1880 WHALERS HOME. Near Sag Harbor on Ferry Road, bay access, greenery: 4BR, 2 baths, fireplace, remodeled kitchen/ bath. (10/15-6/30): $3,500 per month; Or (10/15-5/23): $2,500/ month. Call/ text 303476-0159 LM1016

QUEENS

NEW JERSEY SEASIDE HEIGHTS: OPEN HOUSE Sat/Sun 1-4, 1 Blvd New Condos Starting @ $399,900 Ocn & Bay views 1 Blk-Bch shopping & restaurants, upgrades everywhere. Mike Seaside Rlty Inc 732-330-6651 HS0527

YOUNGSVILLE, NY (CATSKILLS) CHARMING LARGE FARM HOUSE ON 16 ACRES W BARN & DETACHED 2 CAR GARAGE, 3-4 BEDROOMS, 2 BATHS, LARGE ATTIC AND BASEMENT. CLOSE TO DELAWARE WATER ACTIVITIES AND BETHELWOODS ART CENTER. ASKING $225.000.

CALL OWNER AT 201-681-7980

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1030

3030

FLUSHING, N.Y. Location, Location, 3BR TUDOR detached. Garage, Kitchen w/new SS appliances, Large Dining Rm, Living Rm w/ Fireplace, Sun Porch, W/D Walking Distance to Synagogue, near all LIRR. 10 min to Whitestone Br. MLS + 2% rebate. Asking $888.000. Call 718-308-7184 www.choicearea. com HS1211

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REAL ESTATE LAGRANGE TOWN OF, $350,000

RANCH ON .66 ACRES, BUILT 1957, 1983 SQ FT, 7 RMS 2 BATH, 4 BED RMS, LIV RM, DIN/SUN RM 14 X 24, FAM/ TV RM, KITCHEN, LAUNDRY RM OFF KITCH, BASEMENT 250 SQ FT BEDROOM WITH BATH + 2 CLOSETS, 2 CAR GARAGE. IN GND POOL,16 X 32, 12 X 12 SHED. HOT WATER BB HEAT, 200 AMP ELEC SVC, CENTRAL AIR, KITCHEN REMAKE 2010, 3 OVENS, HARD WOOD FLRS THRUOUT, RECENTLY FINISHED PATIO AND WALKWAYS, NEW LANDSCAPING, MANY EXTRAS, ARLINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT, COMBINED TAXES 2015 $5278, 12 MINUTES FROM METRO NORTH OR TSP. 845-471-6874 OR JJD414GC@AOL.COM (APPOINTMENT ONLY)

OUT OF STATE

8030

DEAL, NJ. Outstanding Townhouse in the Heart of Deal. Living room, dining room, designer kitchen, 4BR, 3 ½ baths, full fin bsmt with BR & bath. Garage. $3,800/ month.

Credit check. Call Dot Schulze Agency 732-229-2600 LM0902

HOUSES FOR SALE BROOKLYN

1040

GRAVESEND (PRIME). 2 family, double buildable, 40x100 lot, $1.375 Million.

2360 & 62 East 1st Street.

Barbara Puccia RealtyBrokerage Cell 718-755-1609 www.BarbaraPuccia.com LM0127

QUEENS

BRONX

4040

* NE Bronx Residential Area * 3 BR Duplex, lg rms., fin bsmt, 2 complete mod bths, lg fenced bkyd, Mod Kit, garage + driveway. Priced to sell! Call owner 718-882-4665 MK0220

STATEN ISLAND

782145

Spacious Lakefront With Water Views Single Family 5 Bdrms – 2 Master Bdrms w/Sep Bths, 4.5 Bths All, LR, DR, Gourmet Kit, 3 Car Gar, Huge Lake w/Endless Boating & Fishing, Private Boat Dock Can Be Built

ASKING $625K

BY OWNER 443-875-9204

CATSKILL MT./ HUDSON VALLEY HOME FOR SALE 4 BEDROOM HOME INLAW APART. OFFI CE SUITE 2 1/2 HRS FROM NYC FLEXIBLE SPACE ADD. LAND AVAIL SUITABLE FOR FAMILY COMPOUND WWW.24JOELMAUSTIN.COM 518 622-9647 LM1002

SPACIOUS TOWNHOUSE FOR SALE LOCATED IN THE HEART OF DEAL, NJ. THREE LEVELS, 3/4 BEDROOMS, 3-1/2 BATHS, BASEMENT, GARAGE AND MORE. WALK TO BEACH, SHOPPING, HOUSES OF WORSHIP. EASY LIVING ON THE JERSEY SHORE. PRICED TO SELL @ $548,000.

CALL MARY TAWIL @ 732-693-8210.

7040 WOODBOURNE, NY. Magical 101 acres with breathtaking views, lake & pond & 3 homes.

Main house has 5BR, 3 full baths & 2 swimming pools.

2nd house has 4BR & 2 ½ baths. 3rd house has 2BR & 1 bath. Garage has studio for caretaker. Must see! Best offer! Call Owner 718-938-4130 LM0106

OUT OF STATE

8040

5040

Staten Island Mountaindale: 3 BRs. htd Fl arm, fin bsmt, 2 bths, lg EIK, some furniture.

Heated & A/c’s. Mint condition. All new appliances.

Nr. shul.

917-453-6926. HS0729

LONG ISLAND

6040

WATERMILL. BEST VALUE! Charming, updated 3 bedroom, 2 bath home.

Lush landscaping, hot tub, outdoor shower and white marble kitchen with stainless accents! Adjacent to horse farms, minutes to Flying Point Beach, Bridgehampton & Southampton. Must be seen! $929K. By Owner! Please Call 516-317-1455 sandrakaren@ aol.com LM0819 MANHASSET. THE CHATHAM. Huge 7BR, 5 baths & Club!

Corner house. Lot size 4,400 sq ft +. Indoor & outdoor swimming pool, tennis courts, gym, etc. 24 hour doorman. $1.68 Million. Agent Sandy 917-299-2545 LM0715

TOMS RIVER. 2BR, 1 & ½ baths, Enlarged & Remodeled Sussex, Great loc, L/R, D/R, kitchen with oak cabinets. Den, Garage, Gas heat, A/C, Hardwood floors, Sprinkler system on well.

Move-in cond. $157,900 OBO. 732-286-1012 LM1223

FLORIDA

9080

No. Miami Beach. 4 houses for sale in heart of Jewish community. Also Miami Bch. Lic Real Estate Broker Call Erica 305-761-1612 CB0127 KEY WEST. CONDO FOR RENT. January 7- January 14, 2017.

2BR’s, 2 baths, $1,800.

631-722-3026 LM1216 WEST PALM BEACH, FL. CONDOS FOR SALE. Century Village. Short walk to temple.

561-716-5397 LM0127

3040

KGH- 68TH RD. Well kept det.

Lot 48 x 100. 4BR/ 3 baths, laundry, office, large EIK, 2nd floor BR with balcony. 347455-0066 HS0902

FOR SALE • ORLANDO VICINITY

NEW YORK STATE

Waterford, CT $749,000. 6bed, 4.5bath home. Au pair/In law/ Close to beaches/ New London.

Outdoor pool. Tranquil/quiet.

Immaculate like new!

Call 806-912-3377 HS0821 MANCHESTER- New construction, 4BR, 2.5 baths colonial. Basement, 2 car garage, decorative molding, hardwood floors thru-out. $364,900. All offers!

908-330-8964 LM1230

PLOTS FOR SALE

9065

2 GARDEN CRYPT, Eye Level at Holmdel Cemetery. Valued $12,000. Asking $8,500. 908783- 8475 LM0324 PLOT FOR SALE: ROSEHILLS MEMORIAL PARK. Beautiful elevated GARDEN E level 5. $7,500 or best offer.

203-595-5414 LM0217 ROSEHILL CEMETERY IN PUTNAM VALLEY. Lovely double cemetery plots. Asking $3,000.

Call 845-225-8019 LM1209 BETH DAVID CEMETERY, ELMONT, NY. Two single plots. $4,000 neg. for both plots. Good location. Row CC. Graves 3 & 4.

Call 954-472-3429 LM0310

FRANKLIN LAKES. GATED RETREAT ON 3 PRIVATE ACRES, ELEVATOR, LAVISH GOURMET KITCHEN, EXTRAORDINARY FEATURES, $1,899,999.

DEBBIE 201-925-7667 OR WWW.811COLONIAL ROADFRANKLINLAKES.COM LM0113

Mill Basin Exclusive: Semi attached 1 family 6.5 room 3 Bedrooms, 2 Bath duplex.

Full finished basement.

Parking..ASKING $569,000 JS511 2 Family Attached BRICK. Owner has 6.5 rooms duplex. 3 bedrroms, 3 baths, private parking for 2 cars, yard and deck. 4 room. 2 bedrooms Rental JS510...........................$889,000 BEST SELLER #1 Properties 718.646-6900

WESTHAMPTON DIVORCE SALE! Almost new waterfront French chalet. 5 bedrooms, 5 baths. Must sell! $1.5 million.

Brokers welcome.

631-903-7582 LM0715 SOUTHAMPTON- BISHOPS POND. BY OWNER. 4BR Townhouse, pond and field views, first floor master, finished basement, many upgrades, never lived in.

Perfect condition! $1,995,000.

OWNER 917-214-1573 LM0701 MERRICK-WATERFRONT HOME, HAMPTONS IN MERRICK, 4BR, 2.5 BA, Dock your boat in backyard, 2 car garage, Low taxes. No damage from Sandy. Walking distance to house of worship. $839K 516-532-4626 CENTER MORICHES. By Owner.

4 Crosby St. 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, kitchen, living room, den, 2.5 car garage with shop. $319,000. Call 631-987-5764 LM0501

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