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                                              PM NETANYAHU’S                        most advanced countries in the world.  knowing  immediately  what  sort  of
                                              ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE                      “Together,  we  will  transform  the   damage we have so we’re able to get
                                              PEACE TREATY BETWEEN                  region  and  forge  an  even  better  fu-  our power back on that much sooner.”
                                              ISRAEL AND THE UNITED                 ture for our people. This is a future of   (Shoshanna Solomon, Times of Israel)
                                                                                    peace, a future of security and a future
                                              ARAB EMIRATES                         of prosperity.                        AFTER 15-YEAR HOSTILE
                                              Prime  Minister  Benjamin  Netanyahu,    “I’ve  always  believed  that  we   BDS CAMPAIGN, ISRAEL
                                              this  evening  (Thursday,  13  August   could  establish  peace  with  the  Arab   HAS ONLY BECOME
                                              2020): “Today we usher in a new era
             EASY                             of peace between Israel and the Arab   that  lofty  goal  for  decades. You  may   On July 9, 2005, Omar Barghouti, then
                                                                                    world and I have been working toward
                                                                                                                          STRONGER
                                              world.
                                                                                    not know it, but I’ve been doing it all
                                                                                                                          a graduate student in philosophy at Tel
                                                  “I just came from an historic vir-
                                                                                    the time in meetings that are publicized
                                                                                                                          Aviv University, launched a campaign
                                              tual conference between myself, Presi-
                                                                                    and in many that are not. In Washing-
                                                                                                                          to boycott, divest and sanction (BDS)
           STEPS                              dent Donald Trump and Crown Prince    ton, in the Middle East, in daylight and   the State of Israel. In a May 2020 pod-
                                              Mohammed  bin  Zayed  of  the  United
                                                                                    in nighttime.
                                                                                                                          cast  in  Arabic,  Barghouti  confirmed
                                              Arab Emirates (UAE). We announced
                                                                                       “In  recent  years,  Israel  under  my
                                                                                                                          that BDS seeks to eliminate the “Zion-
                                              the establishment of a full and formal
                                                                                    leadership  has  made  advancements
                                                                                                                          ist state.” Yet, after 15 years, Israel has
                                              peace between Israel and the UAE. It
                                                                                    in  ties  with  such  countries  as  Sudan,
                                                                                                                          and diplomatically.
            How To Stay                       includes  the  mutual  opening  of  em-  Oman, Bahrain and other nations in the   only  become  stronger  economically
                                              bassies, direct flights and many, many
                                                                                    Gulf. I have reason to be very optimis-
                                                                                                                             BDS  has  notched  modest  suc-
                                              other bilateral agreements.
                                                                                    tic that today’s announcement with the
                                                                                                                          cesses  among  American  academics,
                                                  “This is the greatest advancement
              Up-To-Date                      toward  peace  between  Israel  and  the   UAE  will  be  followed  by  more Arab   church  groups  and  campus  organiza-
                                                                                    nations  joining  our  region’s  circle  of
                                                                                                                          tions, but it failed to make inroads be-
                 On Your                      Arab world in the last 26 years and it   peace.                             yond the low-hanging fruit. Many U.S.
                                              marks the third formal peace between
                                                                                       “And to the people of Abu Dhabi,
                                                                                                                          lawmakers  have  condemned  BDS.
                                              Israel and an Arab nation.
                                                                                    and its leader Crown Prince Moham-
                   Jewish                     achem Begin made peace with Egypt.    med bin Zayed, I say Salaam alaikum.   House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called on
                                                  “In  1979,  Prime  Minister  Men-
                                                                                                                          Americans  to  “be  vigilant  against
                                                                                    Shalom  Aleichem.  Peace  unto  thee.
                                                                                                                          bigoted or dangerous ideologies mas-
             Community                        In 1994, Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin   Peace unto all of us.” (Communicated   querading as policy, and that includes
                                              signed a peace treaty with Jordan. And
                                                                                    by the Prime Minister’s Media Adviser)
                                              today, I am honored to announce a for-  ISRAELI DRONES                      BDS.”
                                                                                                                             In 2017, governors of all 50 states
           1       STEP ONE                   Arab Emirates. I believe that there is   TO HELP FLORIDA’S                  signed  a  letter  opposing  BDS.  And
                                              mal peace agreement with the United
                                                                                                                          over half of U.S. states have laws that
                                              a  good  chance  that  we  will  soon  see
                                                                                    EMERGENCY RESPONSE
                                                                                                                          prevent  state  investment,  bar  state
                                              ing circle of peace.
             Hourly                           more Arab countries join this expand-  TO HURRICANE SEASON                  contracts  or  prohibit  the  use  of  state
                                                                                                                          funds for companies boycotting Israel.
                                                                                    Israeli startup Percepto, a maker of in-
             Social Media: While we don’t always   “I want to thank President Trump   dustrial  drones,  said  that  its  Sparrow   (David  May  and  Benjamin  Weinthal,
             post hourly, we do post often. What do we   for  his  critical  help  in  brokering  this   drone  system  has  been  proven  to  be   Washington Times)
             post? Time-sensitive news, alerts, items of   historic  accord. And  I  want  to  thank
             interest, and more. Follow us on Facebook,   him  for  his  revolutionary  Vision  for   able to withstand winds of up to 150   ISRAEL’S IRON DOME TO
             Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and more!    Peace, which is the most realistic and   mph, making it suitable to fly in the im-
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                                              gion.  President  Trump’s  Middle  East
            2      STEP TWO                   plan served as a basis for today’s his-  Power  &  Light’s  drone  system,  said,   Israel’s  Rafael  Advanced  Defense
                                                                                       Michael  Dorr,  a  pilot  for  Florida
                                                                                                                          Systems have formed a joint venture –
                                              toric peace announcement.
                                                                                    “As soon as the storm passes, we can
                                                  “Israel and the UAE are two of the
                                                                                    have this up inspecting our plant and   Raytheon Rafael Area Protection Sys-
                                                                                                                          tems – to build the Iron Dome missile
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                                  2020: Join us as we TRANSFORM
                                 32A  Commentary
                                 36A  Focus on Youth  and Howard Tevlowitz, Chief Executive Officer
                                  our Jewish Federation
                                 39A  Life Cycle
             Jewish community right to        1B  Jewish Happenings ILife will begin a tremendous trans-  ‹ ‹  Learning and building community   ‹ Cultural arts, food and programming  administrative center during the reigns
                                  n 2020, The Larry & Mary Green-
                                  By Randon Carvel, President; Kim Mullins, Chief Operating Officer;
                                  spon  Family  Campus  for  Jewish
                                  formation. Our recent Jewish commu-
                                      Offering formal K-8 Jewish educa-
                                     tion and engagement for our area’s
                                       coming environment
                                       communities in an inclusive, wel-
                                  nity  study,  showing  that  our  Jewish
                                  population has doubled in the last 18
                                     youth, with our partner, Hershorin
                                 years,  presents  The  Jewish  Federa-
                                    Schiff Community Day School
                                      Educating  our  community  about
                                 tion of Sarasota-Manatee with huge
                                         Producing innovative, quality pro-
                                       gramming for “babies to bubbies”
                                 cultural  arts  partnerships,  programs
                                    vocacy  against  anti-Semitism,  in
                                 3A  opportunities  for  growth  in  outreach,   diversity,  the  Holocaust  and  ad-  ‹ ‹   Providing  affordable  communal                                  As the global health
                                    Center
                                       meeting space and catering services
                                 for  families  and  so  much  more.  Our
                                    the Robert and Esther Heller Israel
                                 community  members  expressed  their
                               Sarasota’s Blumenthal family:    Jews, more options for engaging with   ‹    Continuing to act as a community     Bringing  the  best  Jewish  thought
                                       leaders  and  entertainment  from
             your door every month with   like-minded individuals, and thought-  with  the  Jewish  and  non-Jewish   continued on page 2A  of  Judean  kings  Hezekiah  and  Me-
                                 desire for greater connections to other
                                       Manatee area
                                    convener,  building  relationships
                                       around the world to the Sarasota-
                               Building for a better tomorrow
                                 provoking, innovative educational pro-
                                 grams.  Our  centrally  located  32-acre
                                 campus on McIntosh Road will serve
                                 as the hub for many of these offerings.
                                 a complete renovation is in order.
                                 However, in order to meet the demand,
                                 Space  will  be  flexible,  allowing
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             news, events, and more.  Get   11A  Jewish Federation announces                                              nashe (8  century to the middle of the
                                 with  a  pay-for-service  model  focused
                                 on the following areas:
                                 2020 Board of Directors
                                 By Gayle Guynup
                                 he Jewish Federation of Sara-
                                 sota-Manatee’s  Board  of  Di-
                              Robert and Esther Heller
                              Namesake Israel Center donors   Trectors  approved  its  new  slate
                                   on our incredible re-imagined 32-acre
                                 of  officers  for  2020  at  its  December
                                   them throughout our two-  other Jewish organizations valuable in-
                                   campus and by bringing Federation to
                              honored by Federation
                                   county area.”
                                 the new president of the board.
             your FREE subscription today!  The Larry & Mary Greenspon Family Campus for Jewish Life  nomic  gains  most  of  our  community   campaign required to fund the project.  Randon Carvel Ritter,  Immediate  Past  President;  Ian   7  century BCE).  world by the minute,
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                                 meeting. Randon Carvel will serve as
                                      formation about the needs and wants of
                                    Past President Michael
                                 “My  goals  as  the  new  president
                                   Ritter  noted,  “During  the
                                       our community members.
                                 will  include  continuing  to  raise  valu-
                                   last two years, through the
                                       “Our  new  President,
                                 those members of our community who
                                 able resources in order to provide for
                                       Randon  Carvel,  has  been
                                   hard work of our talented
                                       very  involved  with  Fed-
                                   staff  and  lay  leadership,
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