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Paul S. Schor, June 13, 2021; of Warminster,
PA. Beloved Husband of Doris (nee
Schuster); Father of Ilisa Smukler, the late
Holly Walter (James Walter) and Joanne
Borochaner (James England); Grandfather of
Ethan, Robert and Jason. Paul was a Korean
War veteran and a coach for the Middle At-
lantic Blind Golfers Association after retire-
ment from the Philadelphia School District.

The family respectfully requests contribu-
tions in lieu of flowers be made to Gilda’s
Club Cancer Support Community. (https://gil-
dasclub.org) JOSEPH LEVINE and SONS
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Deirdre Stecker, on June 12, 2021. Beloved
wife of Harold Stecker; mother of Sarah
(Jason Lieberman) Stecker and Rachel Steck-
er. Grandmother of Rebecca, Benjamin &
Wesley. Contributions in her memory can be
made to Jewish Federation of Greater Phil-
adelphia 2100 Arch St.,8th Floor Philadelphia,
PA 19103 https://jewishphilly.org/ways-to-
give/donate-now/ GOLDSTEINS' ROSENBERG'S
RAPHAEL-SACKS www.goldsteinsfuneral.com
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Sheila Weiler (nee Kessler) June 6, 2021 of
Philadelphia, PA; a retired teacher and musi-
cian, Sheila was a devoted daughter to her
late parents, Harry and Hester Kessler.

Graveside services were held June 11, at Har
Zion Cemetery in Collingdale, PA. Contribu-
tions in her memory may be made to De-
borah Heart and Lung Center, 200 Trenton
Road, Browns Mills, NJ. 08015 www.deand-
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UFBERG Michael H. Ufberg, 79, of Allentown, PA,
passed away peacefully at home on Saturday,
June 12, 2021. Known lovingly as ‘Mickey’ to
friends and family, he leaves behind his be-
loved wife, Eileen, of 54 years. Born in
Shamokin, PA, Mickey is the son of the late
Helen and David Ufberg, and brother to Nan-
cian and Carol. He is survived by his children,
David, Jacob, Larry, Bonnie & Matthew, and
his 16 grandchildren. Mickey graduated with
honors from Temple University Medical
School and practiced Gastroenterology for
over 40 years. He selflessly served the Le-
high Valley community with distinction, earn-
ing numerous awards for his clinical expert-
ise, exemplary teaching, and compassionate
care. He was particularly proud to serve as
Chief of Gastroenterology at Lehigh Valley
Hospital, and served as President of the
Health Care Council of Eastern Pennsylvania.

He lived a life of service, always readily avail-
able to patients, and generously willing to
donate his medical care to those in need. He
was a pillar of the Jewish Community. Loc-
ally, he was an active member of Congrega-
tion Sons of Israel, served as President and
16 year Board member of the Jewish Day
School, was President of the Jewish Federa-
tion, and served as Campaign Chairman, on
multiple occasions. He was a founder and
President of the Maimonides Society of Al-
lentown, coordinating Jewish Physicians to
help those in need, and helped establish the
Gastroenterology wing at the Western Galilee
Hospital in Israel. His family and his friends
were the center of his life. He strongly in-
stilled in his children the importance of fam-
ily. Mickey’s wisdom and kindness were only
exceeded by his selflessness and humility. He
was a true patriarch, admired and respected,
and a role model to all who were lucky
enough to know him. Memorial contribu-
tions may be made to the Jewish Federation
of Allentown, 702 N. 22 nd St., Allentown, PA
18104. BACHMAN, KULIK & REINSMITH
FUNERAL HOME
the haters’ false rationales — or
supposed other virtues.

Offering clarity,
the Anti-Defamation
League declared: “Since the start of
the May conflict between
Israel and Hamas, there have
been numerous antisemitic
incidents around the world
related to the confl ict. Th e
perpetrators of these attacks
deliberately targeted Jewish
institutions in order to express
their anger towards Israel.

Whenever anti-Israel actions
target” Jewish institutions “or
individual Jews — in other
words, holding Jews collec-
tively responsible Israel’s
actions — ADL considers such
incidents as antisemitic.”
Th e ADL activists — non-ac-
ademics — off ered context and
causation: Th ese attacks didn’t
pop up spontaneously. ADL
connected the dots, noting that
these thugs target Jews to bash
the Jewish state. And they taught
something others overlooked:
that beating on Jews because
you object to Israeli policy or
Israel is antisemitic.

Still, the ADL’s description
turned too cautious by not directly
confronting the false, facile analo-
gies comparing America’s complex
racial dynamics with Israelis’
complex national dynamics with
regard to Palestinians, Israeli
Arabs and Bedouins.

Our Canadian cousins
got it right. On June 3, the
Centre for Israel and Jewish
Aff airs defi ned “antisemitism,
especially in its modern guise
of anti-Zionism,” as anti-Jewish
violence compounded by “some
of our society’s most esteemed
institutions — universities,
school boards, political parties,
unions, the media — ignoring
Jew-hatred, and in so doing
providing cover for it.”
Th e bold statement detailed
fi ve ways that anti-Zionists
are not “just” criticizing Israel
but committing Jew-hatred,
including, “When in the name
of criticizing Israel, anti-Zion-
ists pelt Canadians with stones,
that is antisemitism.”
While buoying antisemites,
Zio-washing explains how an
increasingly loud minority
of rabbis and Jewish studies
professors feel comfortable
bashing Israel and repudiating
Zionism. Empty institutional
statements suggest that many
American-Jewish leaders fear
embracing Israel and Zionism
too ardently.

Fortunately, Rabbi Stuart
Weinblatt and others formed
the Zionist Rabbinic Coalition
to represent most American
Jews: proudly pro-Israel and
pro-peoplehood. Still, when I
grew up, Zionist rabbis didn’t
need the adjective — we just
called them rabbis.

Sun Tzu taught: “If you
know the enemy and know
yourself, you need not fear the
result of a hundred battles.”
But “If you know neither the
enemy nor yourself, you will
succumb in every battle.”
Comfortable in their Jewish
skins, these rabbis, like most
Israelis, are ready to confront
the antisemites. Only with such
confi dence — and true allies
ready to diagnose the problem
clearly and fi ght the problem
systematically — will we be
able to contain this growing,
and all-too-oft en perfumed,
Jew-hatred. ●
Gil Troy is a Distinguished Scholar
of North American History at McGill
University, and the author of nine
books on American history and
three books on Zionism, including
“Never Alone: Prison, Politics and
My People,” co-authored with
Natan Sharansky.

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