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BRIEFS “R&D development of a chip is likely trained on Hermes 450 drones, simu-
the most complicated task in the world.
lating joint operations with fighter jets
The level of complexity is huge, and
and attack helicopters, together with
these are projects of hundreds of peo- teams from the U.S., France, Germa-
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ple who use computing tools to pro- ny and Italy. For the Israelis, it was an
Tourism Minister Yoel Razvozov. gram them and giant computers to do opportunity to show their counterparts
“What a great opportunity: An simulations.” (Shoshanna Solomon, how they have been using unmanned
event celebrating women’s empower- Times of Israel) aerial vehicles in combat for nearly 50
ment, optimism, tolerance and desire years.
for excellence, that crosses every geo- AMERICAN JEWISH Brig.-Gen. Amir Lazar, command-
graphical and national border. I wish COMMITTEE CONDEMNS er of the Israel Air Force Air Division,
all participants good health and good UNITED CHURCH OF said, “All the countries participating in
SMART all soon,” he added. ISRAEL, PALESTINIANS ence with drones over the last couple
this exercise have had combat experi-
CHRIST RESOLUTION ON
luck, and I look forward to seeing you
of decades, in Afghanistan, Iraq and
Like other international events that
The American Jewish Committee con-
other countries. But they usually use a
were postponed due to the coronavirus
demned a resolution recently adopted
CHOICES crisis, the Miss Universe 2020 pageant 462-78 with 18 abstentions at a meet- drone operating at long range.” Gaza
and other battlefields over which Is-
was also held a year late, in May 2021.
ing of the United Church of Christ.
rael uses drones are much closer to its
The event took place in Florida, where
The resolution refers to Israel’s
utes’ flight time away, and the Israeli
Being informed is the backbone Andrea Meza of Mexico won the cov- “apartheid system of laws and legal borders, sometimes only a few min-
eted title. The first and last time an Is-
procedures” and demands an end to
to great decision-making. raeli competitor won the contest was U.S. military aid to Israel. doctrine is to use at least two drones in
in 1976, when Rina Mor was crowned. tandem to sweep potential targets and
Make sure you’re receiving (Naama Barak, ISRAEL21c) The AJC said the measure “demon- to ensure before an airstrike that the
all of the important news and izes Israel, fails to offer a credible path correct target has been identified.
information impacting Jewish AS GLOBAL DEMAND FOR to Israeli-Palestinian peace and under- Over recent years, close ties be-
life in Sarasota-Manatee with our MICROCHIPS SURGES, mines advances in Christian-Jewish tween the Israeli and British armed
relations.”
information channels: TECH GIANTS EXPAND “It pretends there aren’t two parties forces have come out in the open. Last
month, a joint exercise involving the
1 SOCIAL MEDIA OPERATIONS IN ISRAEL to the conflict,” said Rabbi Noam Ma- British, Israeli and U.S. air forces was
Multinational giants like Google, Mic-
rans, AJC’s Director of Interreligious
held in Israel’s Negev Desert, with
and Intergroup Relations. “That is not
rosoft, Facebook, Intel and Nvidia are
all setting up or expanding their chip the way to get to peace.” (Yonat Shim- each nation using its F-35 stealth fight-
ers. A British officer involved in the
Social Media: While we don’t always design operations in Israel, driven by a ron, Religion News Service - Washing- latest exercise said, “It’s also a sign of
post hourly, we do post often. What do we shift toward digitalization compound- ton Post)
post? Time-sensitive news, alerts, items of ed by a global shortage of chips. how Britain’s attitude toward some of
interest, and more. Follow us on Facebook, RAF IN DRONE WARFARE its strategic alliances is changing after
Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and more! Semiconductor chips are used for Brexit.” (Anshel Pfeffer, The Times -
Find us by searching for “JFEDSRQ.” everything from phones and laptops EXERCISE IN ISRAEL: UK)
“A SIGN OF CHANGE
to cars and cloud computing, making
2 JFEDSRQ.org them the engine of the tech industry. AFTER BREXIT” ISRAEL CONDEMNS
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Israel’s prowess is mostly in the
BEN & JERRY’S
The Royal Air Force has taken part in
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ter, a former senior executive at Intel.
Website JFEDSRQ.org design of chips, said David Perlmut- the first Western military exercise on BOYCOTT DECISION
drone warfare, held in Israel, where it
Whether you’re on your desk- Ben & Jerry’s current Israeli distrib-
top, laptop or smartphone, the utor condemned the ice cream com-
Federation website, has everything above and pany’s decision to drop its licensing
below (and more) right at your fingertips. Keep
our event calendars in your bookmarks bar for agreement. “Ben & Jerry’s Internation-
event information in a click. al decided not to renew their agreement
3 EBLAST 63 with us in a year and a half, after we re-
fused their demand to stop distribution
throughout Israel. We urge the Israeli
government and consumers – don’t let
them boycott Israel. Keep ice cream
Federation Eblast: out of politics.”
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subscribing to the weekly newsletter, itself as anti-Israel ice cream. This is a
the Federation eBlast. moral mistake and I believe it will turn
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September 2020 - Elul 5780 / Tishrei 5781 www.jfedsrq.org Volume 50, Number 8
INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Federation to offer all virtual
39 Commentary
43 Focus on Youth
he Jewish Federation of Sara-
Jewish community right to your Where your dollars go: 4 cases that continue to climb in Flori- would have to be in effect to feel ‹ ‹ event. All answers clearly showed
sota-Manatee has made the dif-
47 Life Cycle
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38 Israel & the Jewish World Tficult decision that all programs
door event for the coming Fall-Winter
for the 2020-21 season will be virtual.
Chief Executive Officer Howard Tev-
As you can see, an overwhelming
reluctance on the part of the com-
munity.
lowitz says, “In an effort to keep the
majority would not feel comfortable
attending or thought it was too soon to
tell.
community safe, we feel we have no
lightening. Here are a few:
choice but to make this decision. The
important!”
Many of the comments were en-
health of our Federation family is too
Other questions included at
I will not be attending in the fore-
In addition to the Coronavirus
what capacity one would attend an
in-person event, what conditions
seeable future. Very glad you are
asking, but no, no and NO!!!
door every month with news, taken to a new level 12 answered by more than 550 re- event (i.e., masks, sanitizers, etc.) 4.0 % 9 .5 % sider, no indoor events should be In partnership with Secure Community Network (SCN), we are evil in the anti-Israeli and anti-Jewish
comfortable to attend an in-person
American Friends of
With an older population to con-
da, Tevlowitz points to the results of
our recent event survey, which clearly
Leket Israel
showed the community is not ready to
attend in-person events for the foresee-
planned until there is a vaccine.
and when would you see yourself
and films you’ve provided.
Appreciate the varied programs
able future. “We have heard you loud
ready to come out to an in-person
and clear,” says Tevlowitz.
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The event survey sent out
LEVEL OF COMFORT TO ATTEND INDOOR EVENTS
via email and social media, was
SURVEY RESULTS
3 .2 %
feedback about our current virtual
Lechlechallah – Challah baking
spondents. They were asked for 57 .2
programming and questioned about
%
.2 Percent Will avoid attending in-
how comfortable one would feel at-
57door events for the foreseeable future
events, and more. Get your FREE Temple Beth Sholom Catering: 16 time to let us know their thoughts. 26.1 26 soon to tell 3 attending indoor events .2 Percent Have no concern about dedicated to keeping our Jewish community safe. We provide: discourse.” Lapid said he would ask
tending in-person events this com-
ing season. We are so grateful that
so many in our community took the
.0 Percent Would be nervous,
4 but may still attend indoor events
The pie chart at right shows the
answer to the main question: What is
9federal/state guidelines are strictly followed
%
.5 Percent Will attend so long as CDC/
your level of comfort attending an in-
.1 Percent Think that it is too
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Federation awards 2 nd phase of COVID-19
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Federation of Sarasota-Manatee
to provide virtual ser-
visual systems in order
Ibegan raising funds to provide
By Kim Adler, Chief Operating Officer, and Stacey Gillman, Stronger Together Granting Chair
vices and programs for
COVID-19 relief to Jewish organiza-
tions in our two-county area. As of
our community mem-
The Gan plans an exciting
has contributed more than $330,000 to
this printing, our generous community
and safe school year
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the pandemic.
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