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NEWSBRIEFS Gettysburg College Trustee Resigns
Over Nazi Costume Photo in Yearbook
GETTYSBURG COLLEGE BOARD of Trustees member
Bob Garthwait resigned Feb. 19 after a history student
found a 1980 yearbook photo of him wearing a Nazi cos-
tume in the college’s archives, pennlive.com reported.

Garthwait, who graduated from the college in
1982, wore the costume to an Alpha Chi Rho frater-
nity party. Attendees were asked to dress as Hogan’s
Heroes TV show characters. His costume included a
red swastika armband.

Garthwait apologized in a written statement.

“I understand how disturbing this image is to
members of the Gettysburg College community, and
especially those who are Jewish. As a sophomore
in 1980, I was not fully aware of the significance of
those symbols,” he said. “While this is no excuse, I am
deeply embarrassed and regret participating in this
event where Nazi symbols were used.”
Garthwait has contributed financially to the col-
lege for many years and the Garthwait Leadership
Center was named in his honor.

protesting rising anti-Semitism there, about 100 grave-
stones were found desecrated in a Jewish cemetery,
JTA reported.

The stones in a cemetery in the eastern French
village of Quatzenheim were desecrated with blue
spray-painted swastikas.

French President Emmanuel Macron — who vis-
ited the cemetery — said the government would take
action. Later on Feb. 19, he held a moment of silence
at the Holocaust memorial in Paris.

Meantime, there were about 70 protest marches
in France. Protestors held signs that read “That’s
Enough.” Former French presidents Francois
Hollande and Nicolas Sarkozy joined the march, as
did much of Prime Minister Edouard Philippe’s cabi-
net and most major political party leaders.

moving in with her boyfriend. She worked at the
school for four years.

After de Groen and her boyfriend were guests at
a barbecue with school trustees and student parents,
she said the school told her in a “threatening” tone
that it was time to marry.

De Groen did marry the boyfriend later that year.

The judge in the appeal ruled that while an
employer can’t “act to the detriment of a worker based
on their religious belief, it was permitted to do so
based on its own beliefs,” The Independent reported.

Jewish Esports Platform Launched at
BBYO International Convention
Lost Tribe Esports, an initiative to connect Jewish
teens worldwide via competitive video gaming, was
launched at the BBYO International Convention held
in Denver Feb. 14-19.

Orthodox British Nursery Wins Appeal of
The platform is the first initiative from 4G44
Case Against Fired Teacher
The Orthodox Gan Menachem Nursery in Hendon, Esports, Inc., a nonprofit created by former Olympic
England, won an appeals court ruling against a swimmer medalist Lenny Krayzelburg and Lenny
former teacher it fired because she lived with a Silberman, who has long been active in the Jewish
boyfriend, JTA reported.

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Zelda de Groen had sued the school, saying
French Anti-Semitism Marches Coincide
she had been victimized with discrimination and
with Cemetery Desecration
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ISRAELBRIEFS Millennials Just Meh About Israel
MILLENNIALS DON’T FIND Israel all that interesting,
according to a study Bloom Consulting conducted for Vibe
Israel, The Jerusalem Post reported.

Millennials ranked Israel 49th in the Best Countries Index,
compared to 30th by prior generations. In addition, 84 percent
of those surveyed were unaware of the boycott, divestment and
sanctions (BDS) movement.

The study concluded that Israel isn’t properly targeting itself
to the young, who see it as a religious country.

“To succeed,” CEO of Vibe Israel Joanna Landau said, “we
must join forces around a common vision and develop a consis-
tent message about Israel in the world.”
The survey, which was presented on Feb. 20 to Israeli President
Reuben Rivlin, included 4,000 people between the ages of 15 to
55 spread across 12 countries.

Measles Vaccination Approved by Judge
An Israeli judge ruled in favor of a divorced woman who wanted
to vaccinate her 12-year-old daughter against measles over the
wishes of the father, The Jerusalem Post reported.

The father had argued that “there’s no chance she’ll contract
measles” and that his daughter “doesn’t want to [be vaccinated].”
The mother has full physical custody of the child.

Judge Yehoram Shaked’s verdict included testimony from Lior
Ungar, a Sheba Medical Center doctor who said, “If an amuse-
ment park had a roller coaster ride in which one out of 600 chil-
dren who rode on it would be ejected from the ride and killed,
would you allow your child to get on it? That’s measles.”
In November, the Ministry of Health reported that there were
1,334 measles patients in the country.

Israelis Leaving Big Cities for Suburbs,
Mid-Sized Towns Across the Country
Residents of Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Haifa are leaving to instead
live in suburbs and mid-sized towns, according to Central
Bureau of Statistics data, JNS.org reported.

In 2017, 23,040 residents left Tel Aviv, while 17,098 residents
left. Jerusalem. In Haifa, 9,870 residents left.

Meantime, suburbs and mid-sized towns are experiencing growth,
including Ramat Gan, Rosh HaAyin and Hod Hasharon in central
Israel; Afula and Hadera in the north; and Ashkelon in the south.

For example, Tel Aviv suburb Ramat Gan took in 9,180 new
residents, of which 2,593 are former Tel Avivians. Only 1,632
Ramat Gan residents, however, moved into Tel Aviv.

Rosh HaAyin took in 5,223 new residents, while Ashkelon
welcomed 4,270 and Hadera claimed 3,341.

Hungary to Open Trade Office in Israel
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced Feb. 19 that
his nation will open a trade office in Jerusalem, JTA reported.

Orban was one of several Central European prime ministers
meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

“I just informed the prime minister that the Hungarian government
decided to open a trade representation here with diplomatic status,”
Orban said. “So we will have an official presence in Jerusalem as well.”
Afterward, Netanyahu said via a statement that Slovakia
intends to open an innovation and cultural center in Jerusalem;
that dovetails with a Czech Republic announcement about the
opening of an honorary consulate called the Czech House in the
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