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A member of Trump’s antisemitism panel rips Zionism, calls Jews killers By JNS and The Jewish Star midst testimony about challenges facing Jews in America, the US Religious Liberty Commission, meeting in Washington on Monday, became a forum for antisemitic talking points. The Jew-bashing was platformed by commission member Carrie Prejean Boller, one of 13 panel members appointed by President Donald Trump. She repeatedly baited witnesses with expressions of antiZionism and descriptions of Jews as killers over two-millennia — from the death of Christianity’s founder to the killing of Palestinians by Israelis during the Gaza war. “Jews killed Jesus,” Boller said, adding that because of her Catholic faith, she “does not support Zionists.”
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At Monday’s hearing of the Religious Liberty Commission (from left): Carrie Prejean Boller deployed antisemitic storylines to attack several of the Jewish people who testified about antisemitic experience in America, including activist Shabbos Kes-
tenbaum, Yitzchok Frankel (lead plaintiff in Frankel v. Regents of the University of California), Rabbi Ari Berman, Yeshiva University president, and Rabbi Meir Soloveichik of Congregation Shearith Israel in Manhattan. CSPAN
In social media posts, Boller, a former Miss California who is a right-wing activist and commentator, has accused Israel of “deliberate starvation” and “murdering
mentators Candace Owens and Tucker Carlson, repeatedly accused of Jew-hatred. She returned to those defenses on Monday. “I would really appreciate it if
children” in Gaza. She has also attacked Christian Zionists. In recent months her social media posts have been dominated by defenses of the right-wing com-
you would stop calling Candace Owens an antisemite,” Boller told Seth Dillon, CEO of the satirical Babylon Bee. “She’s not an antiSee Member on page 2
Long Beach first responders learn the power of 7 minutes Members of the 2nd Battalion Fire District with MDA paramedic Aryeh Myers during a “First AFMDA Seven Minutes” training session.
From left: City of Long Beach Deputy Fire Commissioner Scott Kemins; City of Long Beach Fire Commissioner Joseph Miller; and Aryeh Myers, MDA senior paramedic and liaison with the International Relations Department. AFMDA
Would you know what to do in the first seven minutes of an emergency? That was the reality a man in Ramla faced during a terror attack in Israel. He had been stabbed in the leg; the bleeding was severe and life-threatening. When Magen David Adom paramedic Aryeh Myers arrived, a bystander had already stepped in. The person had no medical background (only a first-aid course from 20 years earlier) and no tourniquet available. Using a belt as an improvised tourniquet, the bystander controlled the bleeding until professional teams arrived. The civilians’ quick, decisive action saved a life. That principle is at the heart of “The First Seven Minutes,” a lifesaving training program developed by Magen David Adom and brought to communities in the United States by American Friends of Magen David Adom AFMDA. “The project is called ‘The First Seven Minutes’ because that’s the average time it takes for first responders to reach an emergency,” said Aryeh Myers, a senior paramedic with Magen David Adom. On Feb. 4, AFMDA brought this training to Long Beach, partnering with the Long Beach Fire Department to host a specialized training program for
emergency professionals serving Long Island’s South Shore. More than 45 fire chiefs, firefighters, paramedics, EMTs and health professionals attended, representing departments within the 2nd Battalion Fire District, which includes Baldwin, Freeport, Island Park, Long Beach, Oceanside and Point Lookout-Lido. The 2nd Battalion Fire District receives one of the highest numbers of emergency calls on Long Island, making preparedness a constant priority. The training, led by Myers, emphasized practical, lifesaving actions that anyone on the scene can take immediately in a mass casualty situation, from active shooter attacks to large-scale accidents, before ambulances and additional resources arrive. The event was born when AFMDA supporter and Fire Commissioner Alan Greenfield, MD, decided to combine his two passions for a meaningful cause. Believing there is no better teacher than someone who has lived through these kinds of emergencies, Greenfield, who attended medical school in Tel Aviv, spearheaded the program to bring firsthand lifesaving experience to Long Island. Drawing on Magen David Adom’s experience reSee Long Beach on page 2