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NEWSBRIEFS Poway Rabbi Injured in Shooting Sentenced to
14 Months for Fraud
A JUDGE SENTENCED Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein,
who lost a finger in the 2019 antisemitic shooting
attack in Poway, California, to 14 months in prison
for his role in a fraud scheme, JTA reported.
The prosecution and the defense agreed that
Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein should receive only home
confinement. “You not only committed this offense yourself,
but you took a lot of people with you,” U.S. District
Court Judge Cynthia Bashant told Goldstein. “It’s
important to send a message to the community, and
it’s important to send a message to you.”
Goldstein pleaded guilty to tax fraud in 2020. His
co-conspirators must pay $2.8 million in restitution.
Under the scheme — which federal agents were inves-
tigating long before the shooting — donors contributed
to Goldstein’s synagogue, then got most of the money
back, enabling the donor to claim a tax deduction.
Goldstein retired from the Chabad synagogue in
November 2019.
Dave Bateman to resign after he sent an email accusing
Jews of planning “genocide” through COVID and its
vaccine, JTA reported.
“Dave agreed and is no longer a member of the
Entrata board, effective immediately,” the company said
in a statement. “To be absolutely clear, we at Entrata
firmly condemn antisemitism in any and all forms.”
Bateman sent an email to associates, including
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox and Utah Jazz owner Ryan
Smith, with the subject line “Genocide.” The email
suggested that COVID-19 and its vaccines are the
work of Jews, and that both are “attacking the repro-
ductive systems of women” and eroding natural
immunity. Spain has granted citizenship to 36,000 people, or
about 23% of applicants. Portugal has granted citizen-
ship to 63%, or more than 54,000 people. Thousands
of applications are pending in both countries.
Jon Stewart Calls ‘Harry Potter’ Gremlins
Antisemitic, Then Backtracks
Following a podcast in which he suggested that goblin
characters in the “Harry Potter” series resembled
antisemitic caricatures, Jewish comedian Jon Stewart
posted a follow-up video to Twitter on Jan. 5 saying
that he didn’t mean to accuse series author J.K.
Rowling of antisemitism, JTA reported.
“Let me just say this, super clearly, as clearly as
I can ... I do not think J.K. Rowling is antisemitic,”
Spain, Portugal Naturalize 90K-plus Sephardic Stewart said.
In his earlier podcast, Stewart talked about the
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At least 90,000 descendants of Sephardic Jews have series’ goblins, who run the wizarding world’s bank
become Portuguese or Spanish citizens since 2015, and covet gold. Stewart compared the goblins’ movie
when those countries passed laws offering a natural- version to stereotypes found in the infamous antise-
ization process for applicants, JTA reported.
mitic tract “The Protocols of the Elders of Zion.”
The laws were meant to atone for the Inquisition,
Stewart said his initial comments were made
a campaign of religious persecution unleashed at the in jest.
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Spain has received at least 153,000 applications for hearted conversation,” he said. l
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ISRAELBRIEFS US Visitors Now Allowed to Visit Israel
Israel lift ed its COVID-related travel ban on visitors from the
United States, United Kingdom and several other countries on
Jan. 6 for the fi rst time since November, JTA reported.
Visitors may enter if they can provide a negative COVID test
taken within 72 hours of their fl ight. Th ey will still be required
to quarantine upon arrival until receiving a negative COVID
test result.
Th e foreign traveler ban has been controversial, especially among
U.S. immigrants to Israel who haven’t had family members present
for life cycle events such as weddings or the birth of a grandchild.
Director-general Nachman Ash said that as coronavirus rates
in the country spiked to record levels, it made the impact of the
travel bans minimal, Th e Times of Israel reported.
Israel Reviews Ties With China After US Pushback
Israel pledged to keep the Biden administration in the loop on
major deals with China and will reconsider those deals if the
United States is opposed, JTA reported, citing Haaretz.
Both the Biden and Trump administrations have raised
concerns about growing ties between Israel and China — as
the latter’s relationships with the United States and European
countries have become strained.
China and Israel have grown closer in recent years, especially
related to tech and innovation. Haaretz cited unnamed sources as
saying Israel was taking a “business as usual” approach with China.
And Israel has aligned itself diplomatically with China — in 2021,
Israeli President Isaac Herzog called Chinese President Xi Jinping
to discuss Iran’s nuclear program, and Israel didn’t sign a United
Nations statement protesting China’s treatment of Uyghur Muslims.
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Kfar Saba Scores First, Jerusalem Last in Quality of Life Survey
Jerusalem placed last in a Central Bureau of Statistics survey
about the quality of life of Israel’s largest 16 cities, while Kfar
Saba scored highest overall in the 51 measures that were evalu-
ated, Globes reported.
Jerusalem lagged in the level of unemployment, satisfaction
about the neighborhood, satisfaction about the economic situa-
tion, and access to computers.
Kfar Saba, which is in the Central District of Israel, scored well
in life expectancy, housing density, satisfaction with housing,
satisfaction with the cleanliness of the neighborhood, satisfac-
tion with parks and green areas, and general confi dence about
their residential neighborhood.
Th e other top fi ve cities were Rehovot, Ramat Gan, Rishon
Lezion and Beersheva. Tel Aviv ranked sixth.
Ben-Gurion University Researchers Teach Goldfi sh to Drive
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev researchers said they taught
a goldfi sh to use a “fi sh-operated vehicle” — which proves that
fi sh can develop spatial awareness and navigate foreign environ-
ments, Th e Jerusalem Post reported.
In the study, the fi sh were placed in a tank attached to a wheeled
apparatus navigated by a camera tracking the fi sh’s movement and
a linked computer system that followed its movement toward the
tank walls, subsequently moving the vehicle in that direction.
Th e fi sh “were able to operate the vehicle, explore the new
environment and reach the target, regardless of the starting point,
all while avoiding dead-ends and correcting location inaccura-
cies,” said study co-authors Shachar Givon and Matan Samina. ●
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