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2 The Jewish Standard, September 2013

MICHAEL HAYMANPUBLISHER AND

EDITOR

JULIUS HAYMANB.A., L.L.B.

EDITOR 1937-2000

The Jewish Standard is published monthly in Toronto and Montreal by Michael Hayman B.A., M.A. Editor and Publisher. 1912 A Avenue Road,, Toronto,Ontario M5M 4A1 (416) 537-2696; Printed and bound in Toronto, Canada by Regal Press Canada. Publication Mail Registration Number 40055943

The annual High Holy Daysstocktaking which is, theoreticallyat least, part of the religious tradi-tion of Judaism, is ordinarily morea matter of form than it is of sub-stance. Very few of us reflect seri-ously about where we may havefallen short during a year in whichwe have been subjected to thestrains and tensions of surviving ina complex and difficult world. Stillfewer of us, in these secular days,hold any fear of incurring Hiswrath. And how many of us actu-ally emerge from the High HolyDays with the conviction that it isour bounden religious duty toavoid, in the year to come, the sinsof which we have been so obvious-ly guilty during the year which hasgone.

It is the failure of the reli-gious atmosphere of the High HolyDays to alter the level of personalmorality and social justice amongus which robs these days of theirtrue significance and purpose.Attendance at shul is an enrichingexperience. There are few Jews sodetached from their Judaic pastthat they are unable to experiencethe strength of the bond whichunites them to their Hebrew ances-tors. There are few Jews, duringthe Days of Awe, who do not feelsome kinship with those who havesuffered so grievously for theirfaith. There are few Jews, as theysit in shul during these Days ofPenitence, who do not reflect onthe grandeur of Jewish life - a lifeof sorrow, to be sure, but a life noless of joy, a life of tragedy but a

life no less of triumph.This feeling that there is a

common bond between us andJews the world over and a com-mon link which binds us to thegenerations of our ancestors,might well justify the serviceswhich attract Jews, in their mil-lions, to the synagogues. But it isnot enough. Unless religion haswithin it the power to change ourlives, to persuade us to yield upsome of our avarice and pride,unless it has the power to teach usunderstanding and compassion, itwill be more a nostalgia for a his-toric link than an attempt to findmeaning in Jewish life for thecenturies before us.

Jewish survival is importantand there is an obligation on thepart of every Jew of conviction tohelp develop the techniques whichwill ensure that survival. But ifsurvival becomes an end in itself,with the purpose of survival nomore than an afterthought, wemay be sure that even the vastnumber of intermittent synagoguegoers, who every Rosh Hashanahcreate the ”mushroom syna-gogue”, will dwindle and, ultimate-ly, disappear.

Synagogues during the nextfew weeks will be packed to theirdoors. The critical observer, how-ever, will question the extent towhich this overflow synagogueattendance has any real impact onthe lives of the “worshippers” andto ask whether it really meansthat much in the long-term sur-vival of Jewish life.

Reflections on the New YearCover Story

Dignitaries andfriends attended the for-mal opening of the newfacilities for DANI, anorganization committedto developing and nur-turing independence foryoung adults with spe-cial physical or cognitiveneeds. DANI’s objectiveis to ensure that everyyoungster, no matterhow difficult the chal-lenge, participates fullyas a valued member ofthe community andenjoys a meaningful anddignified quality of life.Through a variety of pro-grams at DANI’s home atthe Garnet WilliamsCommunity Centre inThornhill, this parent dri-ven organization helpsthese young adultsemerge from their silenceand fear of theunknown, and createmeaningful lives of theirown. DANI’s programsrun five days a week,focusing on vocationaltraining, daily livingskills, athletics, art andmusic, literacy andJewish holiday celebra-tions. DANI is fully certi-fied COR and everyoneis welcome at their newDANI Dairy Delights con-cession stand. For moreinformation on the vitallyimportant contributionDANI makes to Jewishlife in Toronto readerscan visit their website atwww.dani-toronto.comTop photo, front cover,Vaughan Mayor MaurizioBevilacqua cuts the rib-bon and Rabbi DanielKorobkin puts up themezuzah at the openingceremonies. (See alsopage 20)


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THE WORLD IN REVIEWNEWS OF THE RECENT PAST IS REVIEWED

By NOAH FREEDMAN

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Jewish Association”,Schudrich said in a jointstatement with the presi-dent of Poland’s Union ofJewish Communities, “isthe same organizationthat called for unity onone day only for it toissue an appallingly dis-respectful and inaccurateattack on Poland’s ChiefRabbi the next day”. It isnot a coincidence thatRabbi Margolin is thehead of the EuropeanJewish Association.

Margolin accusedSchudrich of “torpedoing”the meeting. His angerbecame even more pro-nounced when the Polishparliament voted 222-178to uphold the ban. Hecalled Schudrich “incom-petent” and demanded hisresignation. Schudrich, hesaid, acts “irresponsibly,as though Poland is hisown fiefdom, while ignor-ing the need for coordinat-ed action on an issuewhich affects all ofEuropean Jewry andbeyond”.

And so the internalstruggle continues as thetwo groups vie with oneanother for a leadershiprole. The European JewishAssociation has made lifemore difficult for Schudrichby hiring a Polish national-ist lawyer to challenge theshechitah ban. The onetime head of the disbandedLeague of Polish families, afar right movement oftenaccused of anti-Semitism,was hired “because of hisprofessional skills and con-nections in the Polish politi-cal scene.

Rabbi vs Rabbi InPolish Shechitah Ban

They should be onthe same side of the issue.They both want the Polishgovernment to overturn aban on ritual slaughter.But Rabbis MenachemMargolin and MichaelSchudrich are each accus-ing the other of making theproblem worse by refusingto let the other one dealwith the Polish government.

Rabbi Margolinbelongs to the Chabad-affil-iated Centre of Europe whileMichael Schudrich is thePolish chief rabbi. Justbefore Poland’s parliamentwas set to vote on the issueRabbi Margolin was sched-uled to meet with the Polishpresident in an effort to finda compromise on the issue.But President BronislawKomorowksi abruptlycance l l ed the meet ing .

JERUSALEM’S LIGHT RAILWAY HAS NOW BEEN UP AND RUNNING FOR TWO YEARS. TRAVELfrom Pisgat Ze’ev to Mount Herzel has been cut from 90 minutes when the trains started runningto 49 minutes. But anyone who has used the service is aware that problems still need to be addressed.The rail was designed initially to carry some 50,000 people but is now carrying 100,000 daily. The tworail cars per train is simply insufficient. Purchasing tickets can also be frustrating. Human gridlock atstations is all too common as impatient Israelis try to get on and off at the same time.

Rabbi Schudrich, aU.S. born rabbi who haslived in Poland since 1992,and was named chief rabbiin 2004, counters by sayingthat “we cannot risk thatour efforts will be hinderedby the actions of people whowill not bear the conse-quences of their interfer-ence” . “The European

The fact thatChabad operates only twocenters in Poland, when ithas six in Belarus andmore than 30 each inRussia and Ukraine, maybe at the root of the squab-ble. Schudrich is acutelyaware of the fact thatChabad wants to expandits reach in Poland, withperhaps an eye on layingclaim to chief rabbi.

No Shabbat Candles Allowed

For two decadesOrthodox Jews have flockedto the Welsh seaside andstayed at the residences ofAberystwyth University.But this year they have

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SALAFIS STRADDLE THE FENCE IN EGYPT

By MICHEL STORS, MEDIA LINE

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Muhammad Rizqslowly ascended the pulpitat the Al-Munira mosque inthis poor northern Caironeighborhood. His brusqueleg movements made thewood creak with every step.“What do the people want?”he asked his flock rhetori-cally. “Do we want Islamiclaw or what the (Muslim)Brotherhood offered – civilstrife?”

As Egypt splits intotwo rival camps pitting sec-ularists against Islamists,

the puritanical Salafis areon the sidelines unsure oftheir next move. Salafis areSunni Muslims associatedwith a strict, literalapproach to Islam. Theysupport the MuslimBrotherhood’s attempt toinject a more Islamic hueinto a society that has beengoverned by secularists forsixty years. But they areuneasy about the organiza-tion’s divisive tendenciesand go-it-alone approach.

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It takes a pretty fer-tile imagination to correlatea story about alleged politi-cal bias at the IRS and sex-ual abuse in the U.S. mili-tary to the Middle East con-flict. Leave it to CBCreporter Neil Macdonald, aself-appointed pontificatorperched from Washington,to twist unrelated worldaffairs stories into criti-cisms of Israel.

In an analysis piecepublished on the CBC’swebsite on June 6, 2013,

Macdonald included the fol-lowing irrelevant smearagainst Israel and Canadiansupport for the Jewish state: “In Canada, do StephenHarper and his most parti-san supporters actuallythink down deep, thatIsrael may actually bearsome of the blame fori t s t r o u b l e s w i t h t h e

porters” deep down assignblame to Israel for theimpasses and quarrels withthe Palestinians, butMacDonald has no problemraising this question thatserves to malign Israel,Canadian support for theJewish state, and whichexonerates Palestiniantransgressions and elevatesthe Palestinian cause.

But wait, aren’t CBCjournalists tasked to bepolitically neutral and to

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NEIL MACDONALD AGAIN BLAMES ISRAEL FOR ALL THE WORLD’S ILLS

By MIKE FEGELMAN

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ID CARDS NEEDED FOR EVERYONE

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THE RAMI LEVY SUPERMARKET JUST OUTSIDEthe settlement of Sha’ar Binyamin is one of threeRami Levy markets in the West Bank. What makesthese stores unique is that they cater to both Israelisettlers and West Bank Palestinians. And, as theabove photo illustrates, Rami employs Palestinianworkers as well (the young lad in the red shirt pack-ing the groceries is a Palestinian). For some thesesupermarkets show that co-existence is possible.Many Palestinians, however, argue that Rami Levyundercuts Palestinian shopkeepers. The profits,they argue, return to Israel. But that does not stopPalestinians from Ramallah going to Rami for theprices and the wide range of goods. And what isperhaps most interesting to the casual observer isthe lack of any security at the store. There are nosecurity guards. There are no metal detectors. Ahalf interested employee glances at your bill on theway out apparently to make sure you have paid.

spokesman Micky Rosenfeldtold The Media Line.“Incidents can take place,whether it’s a traffic acci-dent or if someone needs tobe questioned for securitypurposes, and we need tohave their details.”


THESHYLOCK

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The Merchant ofVenice is being staged atStratford, Ontario this yearand it can be assumed thatit will be an outstandingsuccess, at least from thepoint of view of attendance.The play has many virtues.It is a dramatic masterpieceby probably the most com-petent playwright sinceSophocles. Shylock himselfhas been an ideal instru-ment by which actors havedemonstrated their talentand versatility. AndShakespeare was not only aplaywright but a poet andsome of the most exquisitepoetry in the English lan-guage rolls off the tongues

of many of his characters.Today the world,

generally, will not acceptany obvious attempt toarouse hatreds and preju-dice against the Jews. Andso every effort is made tosoften the impact of theanti-Semitism in TheMerchant of Venice. The nat-ural admiration forShakespeare’s incompara-ble genius makes it difficultto accuse him of anti-Semitism and there are fewiconoclasts among hisadmirers. Yet it is as diffi-cult to overlook the anti-Semitism of the play as it isto transform Shylock from

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In 1993, when mywife Rhoda and our sonsHarris and Evan lost fourpar en ts/g randpar en tswithin a horrific sixmonths, I certainly foundspiritual comfort atTemple Sinai.

Key to dealing withmy grief involved connect-ing with a number of ded-icated Temple volunteerswho led morning andevening services. Manywent the extra mile asevening shiva readers,often travelling great dis-tances in all sorts ofweather, all year 'round to"get it done". This group, Ifacetiously dubbed "theshiva patrol."

Since that time, ourtwo sons have on occasionreminded me that when Ichoose to retire, my next

career should be takingmy smicha and becominga Rabbi. They are serious,but right now I'm keepingmy day job.

So roughly 20 yearslater, I am still on patrol,enjoy the calling and amable to participate when arequest is made, wheneverpossible.

Like most of my fel-low lay leaders, we all havestories and have seen grieffirst hand.....sometimes inthe form of an Irish wake-type celebration with mobsof "mourners"; in othercases, and more sadly,leading a shiva servicewith fewer than 10 inattendance. And yes, as Ionce reminded a non-Temple Sinai mourner, hedidn't need to worry aboutwhether we had enough

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embargo their personalviews in their professionalwork? Macdonald’s appar-ent preoccupation withIsrael seems to be theexception to the rule allow-ing him to use CBCresources to attack Israel,time and again.

This past January,Macdonald wrote an analy-sis piece published on theCBC’s website where heclaimed that Israel’s “hard-line” government “hasshown little interest innegotiating a two-statesolution with thePalestinians.” DespiteIsrael’s consistent calls fornegotiations without pre-conditions to solve theIsraeli-Palestinian impasse,

and its regular overturesand concessions to obstruc-tionist “hardline” Palestinianleader Mahmoud Abbas,Macdonald was of the opin-ion that Israel doesn’t wantpeace.

One recalls howMacdonald used his CBCTwitter account in January2012 to scandalously insin-uate that Israel has anissue with controlling gunsaimed at non-Israelis. Aftera barrage of criticismensued, Macdonald “volun-tarily closed” his Twitteraccount.

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into a CBC National story ithad nothing to do with.Macdonald exposed viewersto the malicious implicationmade by a Libyan civilianthat like Gaddafi, “Israelkills whomever it likes”. Inother words, like Gaddafi,Israel commits war crimesby targeting innocent civil-ians at will. Two monthsearlier on The National in astory about the use of emer-gency laws and the move-ments which were trying todislodge repressive Arabregimes from power,Macdonald found it impor-tant to mention that “Thetrouble is that most Arabsknow that Israel has anemergency law too which ituses for such things asdetention without trial, andconfiscation, or demolitionof Palestinian property.”

This past November,Macdonald claimed in aCBC TV report that “Israel…is energetically eating upthe land that would formthe Palestinian state…”Macdonald’s statementechoed his referral in 2000

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In 2005, Macdonalddid a feature one-on-one TVinterview with former CIAChief Michael Sheuer whoclaimed that American sup-port for Israel was costingAmerican lives abroad inthe Middle East and endan-gering the safety of U.S. cit-izens domestically.

In May of 2004,Macdonald filed a reportabout the abuse of Iraqidetainees at the Abu Ghraibprison facility. The reportfeatured a quote by pro-Palestinian propagandistEugene Bird who falselysuggested that Israeliagents might have played arole in the torture scandal.This incident elicited aremarkable two on-air clari-fications from the CBC, andits ombudsman acknowl-edged that this reportexposed CBC to “theappearance of bias.” TheCBC’s editor-in-chief at thetime promised that the situ-ation would never be re-

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months later, in a December2004 report on a deadly al-Qaeda terror attack on theAmerican consulate inJeddah, Saudi Arabia,Macdonald aired a sourcewho blamed the U.S. rela-tionship with Israel for theattack. The only personinterviewed in Macdonald’sreport was Alan Keiswetterof the Saudi-financedMiddle East Institute, whostated that America was “inthe pockets of (formerIsraeli Prime Minister Ariel)Sharon.”

Also in December of2004 – in the midst of aPalestinian terror war thatsaw Israeli families blownup in buses and restau-rants – Macdonald wrote ananalysis on CBC’s websitestating that “if Palestinianshave committed terror, theIsraelis have certainly com-mitted war crimes.”Macdonald then raised thequestion of whether Jewishsettlers, “thousands ofwhom are well armed andovertly bellicose, constitutecivilians or combatants.”Macdonald appeared tohave been suggesting thatthe murder of Israeli set-tlers may not in fact be “ter-rorism.” The sentence waslater amended online aftercomplaints to the CBC.Finally, in 2002, Macdonaldasked rhetorically whetherthe terror group Hezbollahis “a national liberationmovement or, as Israel andits supporters maintain, amurderous global menace?”

Unlike political com-mentators and pundits whoare paid for their profes-sional opinions, CBCreporters must refrain fromexploiting our public broad-caster’s news platforms toexpound on personal preju-dices. Objective journalistsshould report on the newsrather than shape it.

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discovered neutrality, Al-Nour, the largest Salafistparty was a key element ofthe coalition that deposedPresident Mohamed Morsiof the Brotherhood. TheSalafis provided the largelysecular organizations thereligious cover they neededto portray their revolt asbeing against dictatorshipand not religion.

“The protesterscould have never deposedMorsi without some reli-gious backing,” Al-AhramStrategic Studies CenterFellow Emad Gad told TheMedia Line. “And Al-Nourgave it to them.”

But as quickly asthey offered their support,the Salafis retracted it whenthey learned Nobel laureateand arch-secularistMohamed ElBaradei wouldbe named prime minister inan interim government.

“Egypt is an Islamiccountry,” Al-Nour leader Dr.Hisham Abu Nasr told TheMedia Line. “It has no placefor anti-Muslim men likeElBaradei.”

Worshippers at theAl-Munira mosque agree.They believe that ElBaradei, who is a formerhead of the InternationalAtomic Energy Agency, andhis secularist clique is benton Westernizing Egyptrather than returning it toits Islamic roots.

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That is a commonrefrain in the Salafi worldand explains why the move-ment has historically sup-ported the government inpower rather than seekingto topple them like otherIslamist movements.Salafis rely on the Qur’anicverse “O believers, obeyGod, and obey theMessenger and those inauthority among them” toexplain their support forsecular governments. Suchbacking has sheltered themfrom the crackdown otherIslamist movements haveexperienced, allowing themto build educational andsocial networks throughoutthe Arab world.

“The Salafists arevery strong here,” notesMuhammad Salah, Cairobureau chief of the pan-Arab daily Al-Hayat. “Ifthey step out of line politi-cally, they could lose theirsupport from above.”

But maneuveringbetween their social base’sdesires and the tacit sup-port they need to receivefrom the authorities to pros-per has become a delicatebalancing act. At the Ibn Al-Jawzi Salafi center in the

southern city of Giza, AtifSha’ban illustrates thisdilemma. The 43-year oldteacher is thankful for thejob he has preaching to dis-illusioned youth. But he isequally frustrated with Al-Nour’s decision to bringdown the first Islamist gov-ernment Egypt has known.

“The Brotherhoodwas good for Islam,” he tellsThe Media Line pointing tothe adolescents in his cen-ter. “Morsi helped Islam.Why do we need to go backto the (President Hosni)Mubarak years,” he asks,referring to the presidentdeposed in 2011.

Analysts here saythat Al-Nour had very littlewiggle room in the daysleading up to the June 30thcoup.

“The army helpedmake the Salafis a powerfulpolitical force after Mubarakfell,” notes Cairo Universitypolitical science professorMu’taz Billah Abd Al-Fatah.“Al-Nour owes the generalsand they cashed-in on June30th.”

Average Egyptiansthough scoff at any talk ofcollusion between theSalafis and the military.

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Just to make it morecomplicated, there are dif-ferent ID cards. Israeli citi-zens, Jewish and Arab,carry ID cards in a blueplastic folder. Inside, thecard itself lists the bearer’snationality as “Israeli.”Some 20 percent of Israel’scitizens are Arab, and legal-ly they are entitled to fullrights, including votingrights. The current Israeliparliament has 16 Arabmembers out of a total of120 parliamentarians.Many Arab citizens of Israel,however, say they feel dis-criminated against and thatmunicipal budgets for Arabtowns in Israel are lowerthan those of Jewish towns.The Higher Arab MonitoringCommittee recently releaseda report charging that thereis a shortage of 6100 class-rooms and 4000 teachersfor the upcoming schoolyear in the Arab sector.

Palestinians who livein the West Bank carry theirID cards in a bright greenfolder. Called a “hawiyye” inArabic, Palestinians whowant to enter Israel needboth the ID card and a spe-cial army-issued permit.Those permits can some-times be easy to get. Forexample, Israel allowedmore than 300,000Palestinians to enter Israelduring the recent holidaythat ended the Muslim holymonth of Ramadan. Once��



inside Israel, many madetheir way to the beachesalong the Mediterraneancoast – a treat for land-locked Palestinians.

Where the ID cardsget even more confusing iswhen it comes toJerusalem. Latest figuresshow that Jerusalem ishome to 508,000 Jews and293,000 Palestinians, mak-ing a total population of801,000. The vast majorityof Jews who live inJerusalem are Israeli citi-zens, as Israel offers auto-matic citizenship to anyonewith one Jewish grandpar-ent. Some Palestinians, likeMoufid Batarseh, a 57-year-old Palestinian taxi driver,are Israeli citizens as well.

“About ten years agoI decided to become an

Israeli citizen,” he tells TheMedia Line while travelingon Jerusalem’s light railtrain that traverses bothArab and Jewish neighbor-hoods in the city. “I used totravel to Europe and it wasjust easier to have an Israelipassport.”

In 1967, when Israelexpanded and annexed eastJerusalem, it offeredPalestinians citizenship.Most declined, saying thateast Jerusalem must even-tually be the capital of thePalestinian state. Theyinsist that accepting Israelicitizenship is equivalent toaccepting Israeli controlover Jerusalem. Even today,only about five percent ofeast Jerusalem Palestinianshave Israeli citizenship.

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Friends, fans, col-leagues and family ofCanadian soprano ClariceCarson gathered in mid-town Manhattan recently atthe National Opera AmericaOpera Center to recognizeMs. Carson’s career as amajor international operasinger. A plaque now hangsin the company of manyother operatic legends,among them EleanorSteber, Carlisle Floyd andMarilyn Horne. Ms.Carson is the first Canadianartist to be so honored. Shewas inducted into the OperaHall of Fame at Montreal’sPlace des Arts in 1998 andcurrently serves on theBoard of the InternationalResource Centre forPerforming Artists inToronto.

A native of Montreal,Ms Carson sang her firstoperatic roles in 1959, andgave many performanceswith L’OrchestreSymphonique de Montréaland the McGill ChamberOrchestra. She made herNew York debut at the NewYork City Opera during the1965-66 season. The follow-ing season, she toured withthe Metropolitan OperaNational Company andmade her debut with theMetropolitan in New York.She is remembered for herTosca for Radio-Canadatelevision in 1970 with bari-tone Louis Quilico.

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A resident of Torontofor the past 24 years, Ms.Carson enjoys her family:son attorney Neil Ornstein,daughter Dr. MelanieOrnstein and their families,including three grandchil-dren.

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card, but my husband whois Jordanian doesn’t haveone so he can’t come herevery easily,” she told TheMedia Line at the Qalandyacheckpoint betweenJerusalem and the WestBank. “Look at my ID card.My nationality is blank. Iam a Palestinian. Why don’tthey write that in my IDcard?”

Sanduqa has cometo visit her family inJerusalem and was on herway to other relatives inNablus. Her trip brings upone of the ironies of the cur-rent situation. The WestBank is divided into threeareas –A, B, and C. Area A,which includes about 18percent of the land of theWest Bank but 55 percent ofthe Arab population,includes cities likeRamallah, Nablus andBethlehem, and is undersole Palestinian control –administrative and security.Area B, about 21 percent ofthe West Bank is underjoint Israeli and Palestiniancontrol; and Area C, about

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“Israel has had apolicy of restricting thenumber of Palestinians inJerusalem to maintain thedemographic balance,” SaritMichaeli, the spokeswomanfor the Israeli human rightsgroup Btselem told TheMedia Line. “If they leaveJerusalem for seven years,Israel can take away theirresidency permit, and thathas been done in hundredsof cases.”

Palestinians agreethat holding on toJerusalem residency isimportant for their freedomof movement. It also givesthem access to Israeli socialsecurity and health care,widely considered one of thebest systems in the world.

Most Palestinians ineast Jerusalem have IDcards that look almostexactly like those of Jewishcitizens. The main differ-ence is that they are perma-nent residents, not citizens.In the ID card, the line thatsays “nationality” is blank.

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61 percent of the landincluding all of the Jewishcommunities on post-1967land, is under completeIsraeli control.

P a l e s t i n i a nJerusalem residents likeSanduqa can enter all threeparts of the West Bank.Jewish citizens of Israel canenter only Areas B and C. Infact, at the entrance toPalestinian cities such asRamallah there are largesigns saying “it is forbiddenfor Israeli citizens to enter.”

Israeli officials say itis not safe for Israelis toenter areas under solePalestinian control. In2000, two Israeli soldierswho mistakenly enteredRamallah were caught and“lynched”. In dozens ofcases since then,Palestinian security officershave stopped JewishIsraelis who either made awrong turn into Ramallahor came to visit and turnedthem over to Israeli police.At the same time, manyIsraelis do visit Bethlehemand Jericho, usually veryquiet areas.

Sanduqa’s sisterRa f iqa i s f in ish ing her

degree in pharmacy inJordan. “I have the blue IDand I can go everywhere,Arab or Jewish,” she toldThe Media Line. “I am proudto be Palestinian. I am aPalestinian who lives inJerusalem.”

On SalaheddinStreet in east Jerusalem,Halil Hijazi, 25, spends longhours squeezing oranges,carrots and pomegranatesinto fresh juice. He openedthe business just a fewmonths ago, and hopes for abetter life for his wife andyoung daughter.

“With the blue IDcard, I can go anywhere andthis week we took a trip toAkko (a seaside mixed Arab-Jewish city in the Galilee),”he tells The Media Line. “Myproblem is not with gettingaround. It’s that everythingis too expensive. I live in aone-bedroom apartment inJerusalem’s Old City andbetween rent and propertytaxes I can’t even makeends meet.”

High rent and taxesare two things that everyoneliving in Jerusalem – Jewsand Arabs - can easily agreeupon.

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In response toheightened security con-cerns in Yemen, TheJewish Agency recentlybrought 17 YemeniteJews to Israel.

The group consist-ed of two sets of parents,who were brought directlyto Israel from Yemen, and10 of their children, whowere brought to Argentina2 years ago through theefforts of the Satmarcommunity. These newimmigrants landed at BenGur ion A i rpor t inIsrael and were broughtto their new homes at a

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its villain into its hero.We can understand

the play only within thecontext of the time in whichit was written and first pre-sented. Shakespeare wroteplays in order that theyshould be acted out andaccepted by the public forwhom he wrote. He was pri-marily “a playwright: a manof the theatre who wrote for

actors, not for pedants, notfor groundlings; not for stu-dents”. Who were thesegrouldings? Twentieth cen-tury liberals? Hardly. Theyknew few, if any Jews.Their information aboutthem came from the scur-rilous, scandalous vitriol ofthe Church . Margare tWebster, one of the great

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THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO HASunveiled plans to transform one of Toronto'smost iconic landmarks, One Spadina Crescent, tobecome the new home of the John H. DanielsFaculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design.The revitalized building project is designed byNader Tehrani, principal of the internationallyacclaimed firm, NADAAA, and his collaboratorKatie Faulkner. The University has received anadditional personal contribution of $10 millionfrom architect, developer and philanthropist JohnH. Daniels (BArch 1950, LLD Hon. 2011) and hiswife Myrna Daniels, adding to their $14 milliongift that initiated planning for the expansion andnamed the Faculty in 2008. These two benefac-tions totalling $24 million are the largest gifts des-ignated to architecture programs in Canadian his-tory. In addition, The Daniels Corporation, onbehalf of the company's management and staff,will contribute $1 million to the UofT's currentfundraising campaign evenly divided betweencapital and The John and Myrna Daniels Scholarsaward program. Shown following the announce-ment are, right to left, Myrna Daniels; The DanielsCorporation Chairman John H. Daniels; President,Mitchell Cohen; CFO, Jim Aird; Architects NaderTehrani and Katie Faulkner, NADAAA; The DanielsCorporation Senior Vice President Tom Dutton.

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authorities on Shakespeare,in her book ShakespeareWithout Tears. wrote aboutthe Shylock she sees in TheMerchant of Venice: “Thereis very little that is sympa-thetic about this particularJew. He loved his wife,Leah; he loves his daughterJessica...but he loves themas his possessions, like histurquoise and his ducatsand his race and hisrevenge. His, his. It is thekeynote of the man; thepassion of possession raisedto demonic power, driven bythe circumstance of his

world to the snarling, merci-less defence of the corneredrat. His very speecheschoke with suppression,with poison...” And again,“his far too savage words forlaughter; too tragic forhatred; but he rejects equal-ly the justification of senti-mentality.”

What do we thenmake of Shylock’s famous“hath not a Jew eyes”speech? “The snarling,merciless, defence of the

cornered rat”. And we sus-pect that Shakespeare knewvery well that the audiencewho heard that notable andmuch quoted defense wouldnot react with “you know,the poor old man has acase” but would probablyfill the theatre with cries of“hang ‘im, hang ‘im”.Shakespeare, Webster con-cludes, “was not anti-Semitic”. Perhaps not. Buthe was catering to the anti-Semitism of sixteenth cen-

tury English theatre-goers?

The Merchant ofVenice is a great play.But there is no sympathyfor Shylock. To temperits anti-Semitism is “todistort Shakespeare’sintention”. Better toacknowledge it and toplace it in its proper con-text as part of the anti-Semitic baggage the Jewshave had to carry as aresult of Christian malev-olence and hatred overthe two millenia since theCrucifixion.



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encountered a problem thatforced them to seek alter-nate lodgings. TheUniversity has now forbid-den the lighting of nakedcandles, thus preventinghasidim from lightingShabbat candles.

The Universityclaims that it has had seri-ous issues with lit candlesand that the decision wasmade in consultation withlocal fire officials. Theypoint to the 2011 incidentin which an elderly womenwas hospitalized with burnssuffered from a Shabbatcandle and to last yearwhen a five year-old suf-fered severe burns when herdress caught fire at akindergarten Shabbatparty.

Attempts to mediatebetween the Orthodox andthe university failed to pro-duce a solution and hasidimchose to holiday elsewherethis year.

It is perhaps worthnoting that both Chabadand Aish HaTorah haveinstituted fire safety pro-grams. Maccabee AishJewish Fire Preventionacknowledges that “holidayand Sabbath observanthomes are a high risk forfire and burns”, Adds Matt

Goldstein, the founder ofAish Maccabee FirePrevention, “it has becomeall too common to hear offire related tragedies withinthe Jewish community.”

Washington Post’sJewish Roots

The recent sale ofthe Washington Post to JeffBezos has generated a lot ofnews. But almost lost inthe transaction is the Post’sJewish past.

In 1933 theWashington Post was on theverge of bankruptcy. It wasput up for auction. And itwas Jewish investor EugeneMeyer who bought thefloundering daily, turningaround the bottom line, andmaking it the reputablevoice that it has become.

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unclear at this early date.But given his reputation fortechnological innovation, itwas not surprise anyone ifthe new Post brings funda-mental changes to the waysnewspapers are produced.

Parents SueSchool Board

Jennyfer Sordilloand Robert Groezinger havefiled a lawsuit against theCarver public schools inU.S. District Court inBoston claiming that theirson was subjected to dailyanti-Semitic attacks andthat the school board tookno action to stop the inci-dents. The Boston Globereported that a swastikawas found drawn in chalkoutside the family home.

The lawsuit main-tains that the racial slurs,the Nazi salutes and thepunching and kicking havebeen going on over a periodof two years and thatdespite repeated complaintsschool officials in the area,50 miles from Boston, “havedone nothing to stop it”.

The lawsuit, broughtunder the MassachusettsAnti-Bullying Law, claimsthat the boy wascalled ”stingy Jew”, “dirtyJew” and “Jew boy” andthat he needed to “get in theoven”.

The youngster, whohas not been named, is oneof two Jews in the class of155.

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ROSH HASHANAHRighteous GentilePasses Away

Berthold Beitz, whoheaded the ThyssenKruppCorporation for six decades,and who was instrumentalin saving thousands ofPolish Jews from certaindeath, passed away recentlyat age 99. During the warBeitz managed an oil field inoccupied Poland. Between1942 and 1944 he rescuedhundreds of his workers

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who were bound for theBelzec death camp. Theywere needed, he told theNazis, because they were“professional workers”. Mr.Beitz and his wife also hidJewish children in theirhomes.

In 2000 Mr. Beitzand his wife were awardedthe Leon-Baeck prize, thehighest award given byGermany’s Central Councilof Jews. Mr. Beitz, saidGerman Chancellor AngelaMerkel, deserves to beacknowledged for his “braveand exemplary support forJewish workers”. He is alsoone of only a few Germansto be honoured with aHolocaust memorial at YadVashem in Israel.

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OF ALL THE DANGER SPOTS IN THE WESTBank, Hebron is probably the area Israelis fear themost. While there was no formal checkpoint as weentered Hebron, the Israelis had set up an“instant” checkpoint as they searched for thosethey suspected were plotting a terrorist attack.Also, since Jewish Israelis cannot legally enterHebron without permission, Soldiers checked ourvehicle to ensure that our cab driver was Arab andthat we were not Israeli citizens. Hostility amonglocal Palestinians to the Israeli presence was pal-pable in Hebron, more so than anywhere else inthe West Bank.


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