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NEWSBRIEFS Jews Win Several Awards at Golden Globes
JEWISH PERFORMERS PLAYED a key role at the
2019 Golden Globes on Jan. 6, JTA reported.

From Jewish co-host Andy Samberg to actress
Regina King sporting a tattoo made up of
three Hebrew letters, there was a decidedly
Jewish inf luence.

For example, Michael Douglas won the best
actor award for a TV musical or comedy for his
role as aging acting coach Sandy Kominsky in The
Kominsky Method. In his acceptance speech, he gave
shoutouts to Jewish co-star Alan Arkin and Jewish
show creator Chuck Lorre, and paid tribute to his
102-year-old father, Kirk Douglas, by shouting “alter
kockers rule!”
Joe Weisberg, the creator, writer and executive
director of The Americans, accepted the best drama
series award.

Songwriter Mark Ronson was part of a team of
four winning best song for “Shallow” from A Star
is Born.

In addition, Rachel Brosnahan — who is not
Jewish but plays a Jewish woman in The Marvelous
Mrs. Maisel — won best actress in a comedy show for
a second consecutive year, defeating Jewish nominees
Alison Brie and Debra Messing.

Chasidic N.Y. Community First Official
Haredi Orthodox Town in U.S.

A New York village of more than 20,000 Yiddish-
speaking Jews called Kiryas Joel split from the town
of Monroe on Jan. 1 to become the town of Palm Tree
— believed to be the United States’ first official haredi
Orthodox town, JTA reported.

More than 80 percent of Monroe voters supported
a 2017 measure to create the new town.

Kiryas Joel dates to the mid-1970s, when Chasidic
Jews began settling there. The new town includes 164
acres annexed from Monroe and 56 other acres.

N.J. Synagogue Receives $2.5M in
Religious Discrimination Case
Congregation Shomrei Torah/Tiferes Boruch of
Clifton, N.J., will receive $2.5 million in a mediation
settlement stemming from alleged religious discrimi-
nation, JNS.org reported.

Synagogue leadership said construction plans
were illegally discriminated against in a number of
ways, including arbitrary zoning code interpretations
and planning board requirements, numerous public
appearances and having to spend large sums to hire
outside engineers for consultations.

Synagogue attorney Yehudah Buchweitz said
Shomrei Torah appeared before the Clifton Planning
Board 25 times between March 2013 and October
2015, before the zoning board seven times between
November 2008 and January 2013, as well as four
times in state court.

The settlement is one of the largest ever under the
Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act
(RLUIPA). Aside from paying $2.5 million, Clifton will build
sidewalks in front of the building.

Canadian Company Fined for Forged
Kosher Certification on Cake Mix
Adee Flour Mills was fined $25,000 by the
Kashruth Council of Canada for using its logo
on products that haven’t been certified kosher,
Forward reported.

The company was decertified in 2017 by the
Council of Orthodox Rabbis (COR), which is run by
the Kasruth Council. However, its Easy Bake Devil’s
Food Cake mix still contained the COR logo. COR
issued an alert to warn kosher shoppers because the
judge couldn’t legally have the cake mix removed
from grocery stores.

In small claims court, Adee was accused of causing
“spiritual trauma” to Jews. l
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