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Rabbi: Close ties with Labour ‘an obligation’ Anger after Liberal chief warns community ‘could be seen as only wanting regime change’ One of the UK’s most senior rabbis has sparked a rare rebuke from the Jewish Leadership Council (JLC) after appearing to suggest the Jewish community needed to do more to build relations with Labour – saying “close ties” were an obligation, writes Jenni Frazer.

There has been an impasse in dialogue between Labour and the mainstream community since the JLC and Board of Deputies met Jeremy Corbyn in March for talks, described as “a disappointing missed opportunity”.

Speaking to Jewish News, Rabbi Danny Rich, chief executive of Liberal Judaism and himself a Labour councillor, said Anglo-Jewry “is in danger of being accused of only desiring regime change in the Labour Party – and there is not a cat in hell’s chance of that happening”.

He believed,

he said, that there was “an obligation for the Jewish community to work very closely with the Labour leadership. The situation today is very volatile, and working closely with those who might form the next government does not mean that when one sees antisemitism, it shouldn’t be called out”.

He added that a Labour government did not only mean the prime minister, and that it should be possible to establish good working relationships with many ministers.

But he said the current level of “no discussion” between the Jewish community and Labour was “not helpful” to either.

“Those Jews who are still members of Labour ought to do everything they can to encourage dialogue,” he added.

But JLC chair Jonathan Goldstein, told Jewish News from LA: “Holding the Jewish community

accountable for the current impasse has the danger of becoming a form of victim-blaming. It is important to remember that this isn’t a fight the community wants to have, it is one we have been forced into.

“We have engaged with the Labour leadership in good faith and set out a series of reasonable steps for them to take to reduce levels of antisemitism in the party.

That was six months ago – not only have they failed to deliver on a single one of those steps, they have bunkered down. All the evidence points to the fact that the Labour leadership is either incapable or unwilling to change.”

At the end of March, following the “Enough is Enough” rally near Parliament, the JLC and the Board of Deputies wrote to Corbyn setting out a series of steps he could take to address the situation.

These included bringing outstanding and future antisemitism cases to a swift conclusion under Continued on page 2

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News / Labour antisemitism / Lawyer fine / Oldest skydiver LABOUR CONTROVERSY Continued from page 1 a fixed timescale. The two Jewish bodies asked for “an independent, mutually agreed ombudsman” to be appointed, and asked that MPs and councillors should not share platforms with suspended members.

Anybody who does should themselves be suspended from membership or lose the party whip.

Goldstein said their key recommendations had not been addressed; there is still said to be a large backlog of antisemitism cases to be finalised and there have been numerous cases of platform-sharing that have not led to suspension or the loss of the party whip.

Relations were further soured after Labour failed to consult with the Board and JLC before initially adopting the IHRA definition of antisemitism without all its examples – a decision since overturned.

In response to Goldstein, Rich said: “I do not want to personalise the issue or blame anyone, but it seems to me a great tragedy that the two great communities of which I am proud to be a member, the Jewish community and the Labour Party, are not talking to each other.”

In the interview, Rich described Jewish Voice for Labour chair Jenny Manson as a “very decent woman” but insisted he was not supporting her run for parliament.

He classified himself as a religious Zionist member of the Labour Party.

He said he felt warnings of Labour as “an existential threat” were “exaggerated nonsense. But that does not mean Labour should not take seriously that there are people who are frightened and want to leave”.

But, he said, such talk meant “the people we need to persuade go into siege mode”.

He said Labour “needs to get its act together and throw out the antisemites as soon as possible,” adding that on both sides of the divide “people find it hard to apologise”.

JVL man set for Labour panel Momentum has backed a member of Jewish Voice for Labour (JVL) who played down the extent of antisemitism in the party and spoke up for Jackie Walker, in his bid to win a seat on the party’s highest disciplinary panel.

The movement which helped propel Jeremy Corbyn to the Labour leadership, threw its weight behind a list of candidates for the Labour National Constitutional Committee (NCC), which decides on disciplinary cases, including alleged antisemitism and bringing the party into disrepute. .

In April 2016, Stephen Marks cosigned a letter in The Guardian along with other Jewish Labour members, which said: “Of the examples that have been repeated in the media, many have been reported inaccurately, some are trivial, and a very few may be genuine examples of antisemitism.”

The letter added: “We believe these accusations are part of a wider campaign against the Labour leadership, and they have been timed particularly to do damage to the Labour party and its prospects in elections.”

Last year, the Red Roar website

reported, Marks expressed support for Walker after she was suspended from the Labour Party.

Last year, he suggested that those who reported another member suspended for allegedly sharing claims on social media suggesting Islamic State had used weapons made in Israel should themselves face an investigation.

In July, he signed an open letter convened by the Independent Jewish Voices group condemning demands for Labour’s adoption of the full International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism as “beyond the boundaries of acceptable political discourse”.

A spokesperson for the Jewish Labour Movement told Jewish News: “People who deny that antisemitism exists within Labour, or suggest that it’s a conspiracy to smear the leadership have no part to play in the disciplinary process.

“All members of the NCC must uphold the decision to endorse the full IHRA definition of antisemitism as a commitment to ridding antisemitism from the Party.”

The proposal for Marks is jointly backed by the Campaign for Labour Party Democracy, whose secretary Pete Willsman caused anger when he was recorded ranting about Jewish “Trump fanatics” earlier this year.

JVL has opposed the party’s adoption of the IHRA definition, with all examples, but its media officer, Naomi

Wimborne-Idrissi, told Jewish News: “We argue against the debasement of the term [antisemitism] because it is endangering the fight against real hostility towards Jews as Jews.

“Someone who shares our views is well qualified to apply the principles required of an NCC member in adjudicating disciplinary cases.”

LAWYER SENT FOR DIVERSITY TRAINING A crowdfunding campaign for a Jewish solicitor in Scotland has almost raised enough money to cover his fine, after he was ordered to pay £1,750 and attend “diversity training” following a spat with Palestinian supporters over an Israeli shop.

Criminal lawyer Matthew Berlow (pictured) this week labelled the sanction “perverse”, after being reprimanded for online comments over a Scot-

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tish Palestine Solidarity Campaign (SPSC)’s protest against the sale of Dead

Sea products at an Aberdeen shopping centre, in which he called them “scummy racists”.

Dr Karolin Hijazi, a proPalestinian campaigner and lecturer at the University of Aberdeen’s Institute of Dentistry, is understood to have complained to the Law Society of Scotland (LSS), which issued the fine and ordered Berlow to attend “diversity training”.

The LSS said it did not comment on individual

cases and that it had not produced a written judgement following the ruling.

A crowdfunding effort to pay the solicitor’s fine has been set up and, by yesterday lunchtime, had covered almost the full amount. Supporters hope to raise £4,000 for Berlow to appeal to the Scottish Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal.

Berlow reportedly said his initial comment was about the SPSC as a group and he had never previously

heard of Hijazi.

He said: “Unfortunately I have been exposed to risk in that I am a member of a profession and therefore prone to spurious complaints.”

Berlow, who is married to a Bangladeshi Muslim and supports a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict, told Jewish News he would appeal and thanked his supporters.

He said: “The support has been amazing and I am overwhelmed with gratitude.”

Walter, 94, hits a record high A British-Israeli man approaching his 95th birthday has just become the oldest Israeli to skydive from 13,000 feet – and says he wants to do it again when he reaches 100.

Walter Bingham, who was born in the Weimar Republic in 1924, fell from the skies over northern Israel from a singleengine Cessna last week as a belated 94th birthday “treat”. He will be 95 in January.

“After a little push we were out, 4km up and free-falling without support for just short of a minute,” he recalled.

“It was an extraordinary feeling of elation and suspense, until the instructor pulled the chord. We went from flying horizontal to hanging vertical. The gentle descent gave ample opportunity to look at the scenery.”

Bingham said he had views over Haifa Bay and the old city of Acco before landing in a field, “precisely as arranged”, where those on the ground helped protect his feet

Walter Bingham, wearing a white shirt, skydives above Haifa Bay and Acco

on landing.

Would he do it again? “Yes, God willing, for my 100th birthday – and I’m not joking,” he says. “I’m already contemplating my next trick – going up in a balloon, or flying a plane, because I still have a license.”

Earlier this year, he received the Légion

d’Honneur, France’s highest award, in a ceremony aboard a French warship in Haifa harbour. Having fled to Britain from Germany after Kristallnacht in 1939, Bingham took part in the D-Day landings at Normandy in 1944, landing on the beaches as an ambulance driver.

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Menorah replaced / Holocaust documentary / News

Activist wins battle to replace menorah Photo by Yakir Zur

The giant menorah that forms the focus of Europe’s biggest annual Chanukah celebration in Trafalgar Square will not be used again after a lengthy campaign by an activist whose abuser designed it.

Yehudis Goldsobel expressed huge relief last night following a three-year campaign for the candelabra to be withdrawn.

Menachem Mendel Levy, who helped design it, was convicted of sexually assaulting her when she was aged 14. He was jailed for three years in 2013, although it was not until two years later that a plaque with his name was removed.

But last night Goldsobel was told of the plans to replace the menorah altogether in a meeting with two of the main organisers of Chanukah in the Square – the Jewish Leadership Council (JLC) and ChabadLubavitch. A temporary menorah will be used this year, with plans to create a permanent menorah for 2019.

Speaking to Jewish News, she expressed her relief, saying the two organisations had been “passing the buck for three years,” adding she had

TARRANT: RETELLING OF SHOAH STORIES IS VITAL

Campaigner Yehudis Goldsobel, right, and the menorah, above

made “countless” representations to the JLC, Chabad, the Greater London Authority and the Mayor’s office.

“I’ve had a lot of support,” she said.

“People offered to crowdfund for a new one. Plaques have been removed because they name those who were only the subject of allegations. Here, we are talking about a conviction.”

Goldsobel said she was shunned by the Orthodox community after telling police about Levy’s abuse, and has since founded charity Migdal Emunah to support Jewish victims of sexual abuse.

A JLC spokeswoman said: “It would not be right to use the old menorah and, as organisers, we believe that moving forward with a different menorah will symbolise the unity and strength of our community.”

This year’s event, on 5 December, is supported by the London Jewish Forum, Community Security Trust (CST), Genesis Philanthropy Group and the Mayor of London, with Jewish News as media partner.

Broadcaster Chris Tarrant has said he “cannot comprehend the depth of evil” of those who perpetrated the Shoah, and denounced Holocaust deniers.

The TV and radio presenter is better known for light-hearted programmes relating to train travel, but on Chris Tarrant with Holocaust survivor Zuzanna Maresova “We had so much material that I asked Sunday he will front a 90-minute long programme on Channel 5, Railways of the head of Channel 5 for more time,” says Tarrant. He has three survivors as central the Holocaust.

Tarrant, a trains and railways fanatic, witnesses, including Leeds-based Arek was making a programme in Lithuania Hersh, who accompanies him to Auslast year when he and his producer came chwitz. “The only place Arek would not across a cattle truck that had been used go with me was inside the gas chamber, so to transport Jews. A plaque by it said the I went with my cameraman.”

Tarrant said this week he wanted to be “passengers” had been sent to Siberia.

“We filmed inside the truck and I sick after comprehending what had gone began to imagine what it must have been on inside. He learnt, to his horror, that like, everyone on top of each other… and “you could be off a train and be reduced then I wondered how relevant the rail- to ashes in 20 minutes”.

The central message he took from the ways were,” he said.

His conclusion, that Hitler would film “is we must keep retelling this story. not have been able to conduct the war People like Arek and Helga and Zuzanna without the trains, move his troops will not be around for ever, and it is now across Europe, or perpetrate the Holo- more relevant than ever”. caust without the trains, moving Jews to  Railways of the Holocaust the death camps, makes for an extraordi- is on Channel 5 on Sunday, 28 nary programme.

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WJR OPENS WOMEN AND GIRLS CAMPAIGN World Jewish Relief has launched a initiative to “prioritise women and girls” across its work with an event at JW3 to hear from Rwandan, Ukrainian and Syrian women.

The charity, which is fundraising for its Indonesia appeal and works in some of the world’s poorest areas, held its inaugural Women and World Jewish Relief event.

Across the globe, women and girls are disproportionately more likely than men and boys to be in poverty, and the speakers explained how they hoped their own daughters would not have to face the problems of this generation.

Kafa, who fled Syria with her family, said: “All my life I dreamt of coming to Britain, but as a tourist, not a refugee.” Despite her university qualification and degree-level English, she found she could not work in the UK, so WJR has helped her get the required qualifications.

In Rwanda, Valentine survived genocide and now helps street children. WJR supports her efforts to help them into employment.

WJR chief executive Paul Anticoni said: “Women have less access to land, education, income, decision-making, political influence and opportunity – all of which keeps them in a cycle of poverty.

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Israel activist wins libel payout One of Britain’s biggest publishers, Random House, has paid significant libel damages to a Jewish activist in Manchester over an allegation in a book about Muslims in Britain, writes Jenni Frazer.

Raphi Bloom, co-chair of North West Friends of Israel, told Jewish News he will give the money to Israeli charities.

The case relates to Al-Britannia, My Country: A Journey through Muslim Britain, written by James Fergusson and published by Penguin last year.

In it, Fergusson said an unnamed individual — in fact, Raphi Bloom — had led a campaign of “harassment and intimidation” against a Muslim doctor, Siema Iqbal, a prominent boycott cam-

paigner against the Kedem shop in central Manchester. Protests began outside the shop — which sells Israeli beauty products — in 2014. Barrister William Bennett told the High Court that “groups who described themselves as pro-Palestinian began to protest ... on the ground that [the products] were made in Israel”.

The book said Bloom had sent “abusive tweets and emails” and made “threatening and abusive phone calls”, had called Dr Iqbal a “Nazi doctor” and that police had warned him to desist.

The allegations, Bennett said, were “seriously defamatory” and had caused Bloom “significant consternation”.

Random House accepted that the

Raphi Bloom after the case

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In what will be director Leonie Lewis’s last awards event before she leaves JVN, the audience will next week see Lilian Levy, Adam Shelley and Jonathan Clingman inducted.

Levy, who is on the editorial team at

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published the book under the Random House umbrella, has now amended it. The case was initially undertaken

by Mark Lewis, previously of Seddons solicitors. Bloom paid tribute to him for his “sterling work”.

Bloom believed that the case had arisen from the “outrageous and antisemitic” protests outside the shop.

He added: “It gives me huge pleasure that Dr Iqbal has enabled me to make a substantial donation to Israeli-focused charities and organisations so that they can continue the vital work they are doing. To know that those who oppose Israel are now responsible for helping its people even more is fantastic. If anyone wants an example of irony, that is it.”

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Haim Shani, an Israeli businessman who spearheaded British and Israeli partnerships in the world of technology, will today receive an honorary OBE in recognition of his “economic diplomacy”.

Shani, who chairs the UK Israel Tech Hub, is to be given the award by

David Quarrey, British Ambassador to Israel.

Shani helped the embassy to launch the Tech Hub seven years ago, which led to UK companies such as Aviva, BT, Royal Bank of Scotland and Tesco forging commercial partnerships with Israeli tech firms.

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Abramovich support / Imperial College hub / Holocaust Memorial / News

Roman Abramovich has made a “generous donation” to the Imperial War Museum’s new Holocaust galleries.

The Russian Jewish billionaire’s funds will help the IWM’s London hub to complete the next phase of its £30.5 million educational project about the Second World War. The new galleries focus on the war, the Holocaust and include a digitally-enabled Learning Suite, all of which are aimed at transforming the way visitors learn about the history of the period.

Diane Lees, director general of the museum, said: “We’re delighted to announce this generous donation from Roman Abramovich.”

She added that it will “enable IWM to reinterpret these galleries, which will present critical insights into the Holocaust as well as integrate the devastating events of the Holocaust into the broader history of the Second World War, revealing why this often overlooked dimension is so important”.

Chelsea Football club, which Abramovich owns, this year

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Abramovich helps fund new Holocaust galleries

Chief Rabbi Mirvis (left) and Roman Abramovich (centre) with the WJC’s Gad Ariely, Ronald Lauder and Robert Singer at Chelsea

launched a campaign to stamp out antisemitism in the sport. The initiative is supported by World Jewish Congress and other UK and international Jewish groups.

The support from the club for the exhibition was agreed earlier this year and will form part of its educational campaign. Chelsea will also hold a fundraising dinner for the IWM galleries.

The club revealed this month that it would send fans caught chanting antisemitic songs on educational

trips to Auschwitz instead of dishing out lifetime bans.

Bruce Buck, Chairman of Chelsea Football Club, said Abramovich and the club believed that the new Holocaust galleries “will help improve education and awareness”.

He added: “Education and understanding of history plays an important role in changing attitudes, and we are proud to be able to contribute to these new landmark galleries that will benefit millions of visitors from around the world.”

£5m gift for cancer hub A British Jewish family has given £5 million to Imperial College London to fund a world-leading cancer research centre.

David and Elie Dangoor, both alumni of the university, made the announcement through the family’s Exilarch’s Foundation, with dons expecting the gift to have “a far-reaching impact”.

In February, the Dangoors helped the British Embassy in Tel Aviv to launch a UK-Israel initiative aimed at introducing Israeli innovation to Britain’s National Health Service.

Their latest donation will fund “a pioneering hub for collaborative multi-disciplinary cancer research,

David Dangoor at Imperial College

support the Invention Rooms at the College’s White City Campus, and transform the heart of the South Kensington Campus”.

David Dangoor is the businessman son of the entrepreneur and philanthropist Sir Naim Dangoor.

MPS BACK SHOAH MEMORIAL MPs this week reaffirmed their commitment to build a new £100 million Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre next to Parliament, weeks after Jewish peers blasted the idea.

Conservative Bob Blackman and Labour’s Ian Austin were elected co-chairs of the new all-party parliamentary group on the National Holocaust Memorial, to help to realise the plans for Victoria Tower Garden, a Royal Park.

There are objections to the plans from Jewish peers, some of whom lost family in the Shoah. They have said the money would be better spent on

The planned central London project

Holocaust educational programmes.

However, the APPG – which elected Tory lobbyist Lord Polak as treasurer and Ruth Smeeth MP as secretary – said: “There is no better location to remember the murder of six million Jewish citizens [and others].”

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Click here and take a trip down memory lane People with recollections of and links to London’s East End are urged to participate in a special historical project Researchers have urged Jewish families with East End links to input their history into an interactive map of what was once the most Jewish area of London, writes Stephen Oryszczuk.

The call to chronicle the history and memories of Jewish families from Whitechapel comes ahead of a three-day event in London, starting tomorrow, in which the stories of those Jews who lived there will be told.

Researchers for the Histories of Whitechapel project have already flown out to Israel to interview elderly Jews who were brought up in the East End district, once the centre of Jewish life in Britain, and a spin-off project detailing the history of London’s oldest Ashkenazi synagogue, Sandys Row, is ready to commence.

They said this week that British Jews with historical family links to Whitechapel could now input into a major new national survey of the area, with a huge exercise underway to collate memories of the area.

An interactive map of the area has been created, into which experiences and information can be inputted.

Online users can hover over individual houses and buildings, discovering their history right down to who lived or worked in them.

“This project is really gathering momentum, and the input of Jewish families is bringing the area’s history to life,” said UCL research associate Dr Aileen Reid. “We’d love to hear from anyone whose families have past connections to Whitechapel, so together we can capture the memories and use technology to preserve them.”

The event will show Jewish residents such as Boris, a photographer, and Lewis Nyman, a fireman, whose son Denis contributed to the map.

Elsewhere, there is information about New Road Synagogue, with photos from the last wedding there in 1973, before it was used as a dress factory.

Other images include one from above Whitechapel Road, of Jewish residents cheering the King and Queen as they ride through Whitechapel for the Silver Jubilee in 1935.

The project is running at the Survey of London, under the auspices of the

Bartlett School of Architecture at UCL, with researchers there building a living picture of life at a micro level.

“Anyone with a connection to Whitechapel can add their own memories, photos and so on, and we have also been conducting oral history interviews,” said Reid, who last year interviewed four people from Whitechapel who now live in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Karmiel.

Among them was Gwenn White, born in 1930, who spoke from Haifa.

Born in a home, she lived above Weinberg’s furniture shop. When she was

nine, war broke out. She recalled a hard life renting the German-owned 51 Wellclose Square, near Herod’s Place, “near a coffee and tea factory, a flower factory and a perfume factory, so we had a terrific amount of smells”. She explained her memories of the outside loo, chickens in the yard, underground shelters – and the area’s brothel.

She lived “within spitting distance” of Jack White, born in ‘Mother Levy’s Home’ in 1925, who grew up in Jubilee Street, a link road between Commercial Road and Mile End Road, the two main roads of the East End. His flat had no running water and he says his father “wasn’t very good at producing money but was at producing children”.

In London, Reid and her colleagues spoke to some who still live in the UK, including Stanley Meinchik, born in 1948, whose grandparents came over

from Russia (“they stopped in Lithuania to give birth”). His grandfather was a cobbler, and his father used to tell Stanley stories about the notorious Kray brothers who came round for protection money, and hiding under the bed during the Zeppelin raids. He lived on Fulbourne Street, near today’s East London Mosque.

Another East Ender is Rosemarie Wayland, born in 1950, whose father owned a “cloth shop” on Whitechapel Road. She recalled Old Montague Street, attending Robert Montefiore Primary School, where she was a “toilet roll monitor, because it wasn’t in abundance!” She also remembers “sleeping on a cot bed in the playground at lunchtime”. Her family attended Greatorex Street shul.

In Jerusalem, Reid spoke to David Shaffer, born in 1947, whose family used to visit relatives for baths, filled by hot water from kettles. His father died when he was five, “which meant we were destined not to move out of the East End, as most were… we were poor, everyone was poor”.

He went to Montefiore School, where his aunt taught, saying: “The Jewish Board of Guardians made sure we had hot meals.” His family were members of Brick Lane synagogue.

Reid describes the ‘History Fest’ event, featuring the map, talks, films, discussions and an exhibition, as “very informal, with lots of personal reminiscence as well as history talks… everyone is welcome and there is only a nominal charge”.

Presenters include Rachel Lichtenstein, an author and curator working as an archivist and historian at Sandys Row, who will talk about Avram Stencl, the Yiddish poet who finally found peace in Whitechapel after being tortured by the Gestapo.

Others include Alan Dein presenting on Cockney Jewish jazz, art historian Dan Cruickshank, historian David Rosenberg, who will talk about East End radicals and anarchists, plus poetry readings from Bernard Kops, and Chris Searle reading from First World War poet Isaac Rosenberg.

Crowds watch King George V ride through Whitechapel Road in 1935

New Road Synagogue when it was used as a dress factory

Stanley Meinchick’s wedding in 1973 at New Road Synagogue

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Charity launch / News

Mum of three launches charity to help adults with cerebral palsy A Jewish mother-of-three from Whetstone who has cerebral palsy (CP) is appealing for the Jewish community’s support as she launched a charity dedicated to helping adults with the condition.

Emma Livingstone, 42, a speech and language therapist who recently had to stop work, says she wants Adult Cerebral Palsy Hub to be a go-to resource for adults, partly because the condition is seen as something that only affects children.

The charity launched last Sunday, with a comedy night at the Chickenshed Theatre with the aim of raising £5,000.

CP is a neurological condition stemming from a brain injury incurred before, during, or after birth, up until the age of two. It affects 111,000 people, whose symptoms differ.

Livingstone’s is considered “mild”, but she struggles with coordination and balance, with different leg lengths and

underdeveloped muscles.

“It means the other muscles overcompensate, which leads to chronic fatigue and exhaustion,” she explains.

Livingstone also has earlyonset arthritis stemming from the malformation of her hip sockets, which led recently to a left hip replacement and right-hip reconstructive surgery in 2015.

“The hospital rehab should take three days but mine took three weeks,” she says. “I now walk with crutches. Other sufferers struggle to speak or swallow. It’s a condition that requires management throughout life.”

CP means the body ages prematurely and so declines earlier but, she says, “services aren’t really in place to support that”. She adds: “It’s not a progressive condition, but it does have a degenerative impact only now being properly understood.”

Although a similar number of Brits suffer from multiple sclerosis and Parkinson’s, the difference in support and information between these and CP is huge. “Large numbers are suffering in silence,” she says.

Parenting can be a challenge too, she says. “We’ve installed a lift in the house and widened the doors for when I’m in a chair, but it was particularly difficult after my surgery.

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Meir said: “I enjoyed collecting food and other items last year, so I wanted to do something for it at the same time as celebrating my birthday.”

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News / Parliamentary visits / Moishe House event

Four secondary schools in top 20 for attainment Jewish secondary schools have been placed in the UK’s top 20 for the government’s latest Progress 8 league tables, which measure how far pupils’ achievements outperform expectations.

The four include three Orthodox girls’ schools – Menorah High in Dollis Hill, Yesodey HaTorah in Stamford Hill, and Manchester’s Beis Yaakov High – plus coed Yavneh College in Borehamwood.

Progress 8 scores are a relatively new way of measuring pupils’ progress across eight subjects from age 11 to 16.

It is reached by subtracting the pupil’s actual Attainment 8 score with their expected Attainment 8 score. The eight subjects include maths and English, three Baccalaureate subjects (eg science, computer science, languages, geography or history), plus three other subjects, which can include Hebrew.

Scores are compared to pupils nationwide with “similar academic starting positions”. The government says schools scoring 0.5 or greater are making “well-above average progress with its pupils”.

In the latest tables, Menorah scored 1.36, Yavneh 1.27, Beis Yaakov 1.25 and Yesodey HaTorah 1.21, with all four coming in the top 20 UK schools.

Israel-Palestine is most visited by MPs Israel and the Palestinian territories accounted for more UK parliamentary visits than any other region in the past two years, according to a BBC breakdown of Parliament’s expenses register. Out of 810 visits by 340 MPs, 102 were to Israel and the Palestinian territories – with the vast majority coming from the Conservative benches.

The visits made either side of the 2017 election were worth more than £2 million, £1.2m of which came from the Conservatives.

The visits of Labour politicians, meanwhile, accounted for £630,000, while the other parties spent less than £200,000 put together.

The research analysed by the BBC shows that Saudi Arabia, Taiwan and Hong Kong contributed to nearly half of the £1,105,490 worth of travel covered by foreign governments, offering free flights, hotels and meals.

Labour MP John Mann made the most overseas visits, racking up eight trips but said they were “part of the job”.

None of his trips was sponsored by foreign governments and most were related to his role as the UK chair of the Inter-Parliamentary Committee Against Antisemitism.

Eyebrows were raised at the discrepancy in declarations between a trip made by Mann to Israel and the Palestinian Territories, said to have cost £818, and a trip to the same

area, made by Hendon Conservative Matthew Offord, which he declared as £3,450.

Offord’s visit – in April – is understood to have taken place under the auspices of the Conservative Friends of Israel (CFI). He told Jewish News another flight had to be purchased after he was recalled to the UK by the Whips Office.

“It does not appear that my visit is comparable to John’s in length of time, issues discussed, places visited and days and times of flights.”

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Young Jewish adults from Shanghai to Uruguay gathered in London last weekend to take part in Moishe House’s conference, Internatty Con ’18.

It was the first time the capital hosted the Internatty Con’s main annual event, which was attended by 61 delegates from 21 countries.

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News / Herzog remembered / Rabbi retires / Happy Hackney

Tributes to warrior president Herzog

By Justin Cohen justinc@thejngroup.com @CohenJust

Chaim Herzog has been honoured as a “warrior and statesman” as a week of celebration of his unique contribution to Israel and Britain drew to a close with a reception attended by the great and good of the community.

The former Israeli president’s four children – including Jewish Agency chairman Isaac Herzog – and five of his 11 grandchildren, were among those at the event at Spencer House marking 100 years since the birth of the former statesman.

During the gathering – put together by UJIA with the support of a host of organisations – speakers hailed Dublin-born Chaim’s decision to enlist in the British army to fight Nazism. He was part of the operation to liberate Normandy and was present at the liberation of Belsen.

Lord Rothschild, who co-hosted the celebration with Sir Trevor and Susan Chinn, said: “The security and well-being of Jews everywhere meant more to him than anything else. He fought unstintingly for that throughout his life.”

He heralded the former president’s record in heading military intelligence in the IDF before going on to become a “uniquely unifying force” as head of state for a decade.

Lord Rothschild also recalled Herzog’s speech to the United Nations in 1975, when he tore up the infamous ‘Zionism is racism’ motion, as “one of the most moving ever made”.

The man who featured highly on Jewish News’ recent Aliyah 100 list was “one of the most morally impressive human beings” who “represents everything we’re proud of about the state of Israel”, he told the audience, including Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis and Sir Simon McDonald, the head of Britain’s diplomatic service.

Addressing the gathering, Brigadier General Michael Herzog, one of the former president’s other sons, who has played a key role in negotiations with the Palestinians, described his late father as a lifelong Zionist who believed the Jewish people needed to be proactive in fighting for their rights. “For his family this is an enduring legacy,” he said. While Israel is “an imperfect democracy”, the younger Herzog said: “Had he lived to see Israel’s 70th anniversary, I believe he’d be proud.”

During Chaim’s visits to Buckingham Palace as president, Isaac Herzog recalled, the Queen would proudly tell him she was descended from

Isaac Herzog with his wife Michal, right, and Louise Jacobs

Sir Trevor Chinn, Mark Regev, Lord Rothschild, Tony Blair and Isaac Herzog

King David. The then-president would respond: “Welcome to the family.”

Britain helped transform him from “a yeshiva boy to a fighter” and influenced his presidency in terms of his stance on equality and minorities, the former Leader of the Opposition said.

Amid voices in this country who would undermine Israel, he expressed hope that “voices of reason” would foster her father’s legacy in furthering bilateral relations.

Mark Regev, Israel’s Ambassador, also recalled the famous UN speech and Chaim’s insistence that denying Israel’s right to exist was a denial of a right afforded all other people. Words that still ring true today, Regev said, amid attacks on Israel

around the world and in the UK. It was a measure of the moral character of the man that he enlisted in the British army after qualifying as a barrister, insisted Regev. “Israel is proud. Britain can be proud of his legacy too.”

Turning to the Herzog children, he said: “Your father would be deeply deeply proud of the contribution you’ve made .”

The event was backed by the World Zionist Organisation, whose CEO Eli Cohen highlighted the Herzog family’s contribution to the Jewish people. Also supporting the event was the Zionist Federation, Jewish Leadership Council, Board of Deputies, Jewish Agency and both the Conservative and Labour Friends of Israel.

Farewell to Rabbi Marcus Michael Gove last week led a farewell party for Central Synagogue’s retiring Senior Rabbi, Barry Marcus.

The event, hosted in Parliament, was attended by Lords Pickles, Howard and Polak, Ian Austin MP and family and friends from the UK, Israel, the US and South Africa.

Gove (pictured below with Marcus) paid warm tribute to the rabbi, who told Jewish News he would now divide his time between the UK and Israel, continue with Holocaust education work and devote time to charities focusing on Eastern Europe and Israel.

Gove praised the peers and Austin at a time when “unfortunately, antisemitism has returned to our streets, social media and on the continent”.

He noted that “no one has brought home to the next generation the importance of Holocaust education as Barry has through his work with the Holocaust Educational Trust.

“He is opening eyes and ears of the next generation by organising visits to Auschwitz and arranging talks in schools

by Holocaust survivors.”

One survivor, Harry Olmer, was among guests at the reception in the Churchill Room of the House of Commons.

An emotional Marcus said it had been a “privilege to engage

with pupils and teachers up and down the country”.

He added that when he started working on Holocaust education 20 years ago, some in the community had reservations about the one-day trips to Auschwitz. Now, he said, “only yesterday the 200th one-day trip to Auschwitz took place”.

Marcus – who described himself as an “optimist” – recalled that when he travelled to Northern Ireland for the first time 18 years ago to head a school group to Auschwitz, “at Belfast airport, there were two groups of pupils – one Catholic, the other Protestant –and they did not mix.

“When we came back, at Krakow airport, they all stood together and this shows what can be done through dialogue.”

HACKNEY–HAIFA LINK MARKED Representatives from Hackney and Haifa have celebrated 50 years since the two places were officially twinned.

A ceremony took place at Homerton Hospital, where clinicians have benefited from the biennial exchange of medical teams with Rambam Hospital in Haifa since the early 1990s.

The twinning was the idea of former Hackney mayor Stanley Clinton-Davis, now a peer, who began talks with Haifa’s thenmayor, Abba Hushi.

“Most impressive and successful are the biennial exchanges of medical teams between Homerton Hospital in Hackney and the Rambam,”

said Martin Sugarman, chair of the Hackney Anglo-Israel Friendship Association.

He added: “They and all the groups are multi-cultural, multi-ethnic, multi-religious and non-political, fostering friendship and understanding between the people of Hackney and the people of Haifa.”

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Stadium gathering / School awards / News

Kick-off for interfaith project Entries pour in for

2019 schools awards

Hasmonean pupils are set to join teenagers from other faiths at the Emirates Stadium next month as part of a groundbreaking new initiative

by Arsenal.

The Premier League giant’s project was praised this week by Jewish education chiefs as a way of giving children the chance to meet their peers and learn first-hand about each other’s festivals, while also enjoying a kick-about on the pitch.

The first session will be on 1 November with Hasmonean High School for Boys and East Barnet School participating. Students at East Barnet include those from Muslim, Greek Orthodox and Anglican backgrounds.

“We are thrilled to have the oppor-

tunity to work with Arsenal FC who are hosting this interfaith day bringing together a school from our community with a mixed-faith school from the local area,” said Partnerships for Jewish Schools (PaJeS) projects and events manager, Marni Levy.

“This is a fantastic chance to learn first-hand about each other’s religions whilst playing a match in one of the world’s most iconic football stadiums.”

During the day, pupils will be split into small groups of three or four, where they will discuss a festival of one of the main religions – Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Sikhism, Hinduism and Buddhism.

As well as playing football, the

youngsters will have a tour of the Emirates Stadium.

An as-yet-unconfirmed Jewish primary school and pupils from Danegrove School in Barnet will take part in a second event later in the month, with hopes that the programme will be expanded to many more schools.

Sporting interfaith initiatives in the capital have some precedent. In 2008, the Football Association supported an event titled ‘One Ball, One Faith, One Community’ at West Ham’s ground, Upton Park.

It brought together Catholic, Muslim, Hindu and Jewish children to play football, and was supported by the National Association of Muslim Police and the Board of Deputies.

Nearly 200 entries have already been received for this year’s Jewish Schools Awards.

A joint project between Jewish News and Partnerships for Jewish Schools (PaJeS), the event aims to The hero class of 2018 shine a light on the true heroes of primary and well as excellence in facilisecondary school education tating student responsibility and is now among the highest for older children.

As with previous years, profile communal events.

This year’s ceremony, the each 2019 winner will be fourth annual ceremony, given £5,000 for a project of will take place at JW3 on his or her choice that will benefit their school in some way.

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New categories for 2019 Runners-up receive £1,000.

PaJeS director Rabbi David will recognise excellence in Israel education, initiatives Meyer said: “We look forin art and literacy, and chesed ward to receiving nomina(loving kindness). tions from the whole comAcknowledging the impor- munity and to showcasing the tance of a child’s early and wonderful accomplishments later development, the judges of the staff in our schools.”

Nominations can be made will for the first time consider nominees for outstanding through the websites of practice in the foundation PaJeS or Jewish News until stage in a primary school, as 31 October.

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News

Jews of the First World War Join Altermans Solicitors as a Consultant

100 years after the Armistice, we honour notable community members who fought in the Great War

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When the British Government appealed for volunteers to try to build the numbers of the British Expeditionary Force, hundreds of thousands of young men rushed to the recruitment centres including the men of Anglo-Jewry.

Enlisting on 11 September 1914 was Joseph Pomerantz, resident of Swansea, Wales. Born in 1882 in East London, Pomerantz was married to Eugenia and had four children when he began his patriotic military career. As one of the new recruits, it would be 1915 until he saw active service on the Western Front.

In autumn 1915, he was with his battalion of the Leicestershire regiment during

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the Battle of Loos. The Battle was a British attack in an area of industrial northern France.

It is often remembered as the first time the British used poisonous gas following on from the German use of gas that April, as well as being the largest British offensive of 1915 on the Western Front.

Private Pomerantz was reported as missing in action on 25 September 1915 and was acknowledged as being killed in May 1916 when the War Office confirmed his widow would receive a pension of 25 shillings a week. His body has never been found and he is remembered on the Loos memorial, which is on the battlefield.

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Village demolition delayed / Student verdict / Jordan setback / Peres legacy / News

Demolition of Bedouin village delayed for talks The Israeli government has said the demolition of the Bedouin village of Khan alAhmar will still go ahead, but the bulldozers have been delayed for “several weeks” to try to negotiate a resettlement.

In a move that acknowledges the international outcry days after Theresa May said it would be “a major blow to the prospects of a two-state solution”, Benjamin Netanyahu said “a short, fixed period” would be given to negotiate with the 300 residents resettled to Khan al-Ahmar in the 1950s after they were evicted from their village in the Negev.

Right-wing members of Netanyahu’s cabinet want the village razed as soon as possible to make way for Jewish settlement expansion, because the West Bank village sits between Ma’ale Adumim and Kfar

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International outcry delayed action on Khan al-Ahmar, which has 300 residents

Adumim, which together house about 45,000 Jewish settlers.

Israel’s High Court has approved the demolition, but Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit is understood to have warned that the forced removal of Bedouin villagers would aid the Palestinian case at the International Criminal Court (ICC).

International leaders have urged the Israelis to reconsider. The village, which has a school, has been funded by EU money, and the EU, UN, ICC and Amnesty Inter-

national have all said the demolition would constitute a war crime under the Fourth Geneva Convention. ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said that “extensive destruction of property without military necessity and [forced] population transfers in an occupied territory constitute war crimes under the Rome statute”.

This week, however, Netanyahu said the village’s demolition would go ahead, adding: “This is the decision of the court, this is our policy and it will be implemented.”

JORDAN HALTS LAND DEAL Jordan has said it will not renew the lease of 405 hectares of water-rich Jordanian land to Israeli farmers, a deal agreed as part of the 1994 IsraelJordan Peace Treaty.

Israeli leaders reacted calmly to an announcement from King Abdullah II, following months of pressure on him to end the 25-year lease next year, saying it would seek to negotiate. The move will affect 30 Israeli farms.

The land is in two areas – Naharayim, in the north of the Jordan valley, and Tzofar, an enclave in the southern Arava region. It includes a manmade ‘Island of Peace’ and a hydroelectric plant.

Abdullah said: “We have informed Israel of an end to the application of the peace treaty annexes regarding al-Baqura and al-Ghumar.” The decision was “based on our keenness to take all that is necessary for Jordan and Jordanians… AlBaqura and al-Ghumar are Jordanian land and will remain Jordanian.”

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said: “We will enter into negotiations with Jordan to extend

Israel’s High Court has ruled to the political opinions she the US student Lara Alqasem holds… If this is truly the case, can enter Israel, more than two then we are talking about an weeks after being denied entry extreme and dangerous step, because she once supported which could lead to the crumthe Boycott, Divestment and bling of the pillars upon which democracy in Israel stands.”

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But they added that if she The country’s senior justices branded attempts to ban “returns to her old ways” and her for political reasons “an promoted a boycott while in extreme and dangerous step” Israel, she could be deported.

Her lawyers said the decision in a democracy, in a judgment was “a victory for free speech that will reverberate widely.

Alqasem has now taken up and academic freedom”, but her place studying human Minister of Strategic Affairs rights at the Hebrew Univer- Gilad Erdan said he “deeply sity of Jerusalem, after being regrets” the ruling.

He said it “indicates a basic held since arriving from the US, where she was granted a visa by lack of understanding of the nature and methods of the boythe Israeli consulate in Miami. cott campaign” and comproA small number of students at the university this mised the “power of the week put up posters state to fight against the boycott activists that protesting against harm us”. her arrival.

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Eyal Blum, head of Central Arava Regional Council, said the move would hurt Israeli farmers. But Abdullah has been under mounting pressure at home, with mass protests in recent months due to the country’s economic strains.

Price rises, 20 percent unemployment and the burden of harbouring 1.4 million Syrian refugees have led to tension over Israel’s use of the land.

Peres technology hub opens Shimon Peres’ son has said an innovation centre is “the realisation of my father’s dream”, before its launch this week at the Peres Center in Jaffa.

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World News / Arab-Israeli start-ups / Baby recovers / News in brief

From ‘Schwarma to Silicon’ An Israeli-Arab entrepreneur has drafted in veterans of the country’s secret 8200 intelligence unit to help build startups in the non-Jewish sector.

Fadi Swidan wants to turn Nazareth, a bustling city of 77,000, from “Shwarma Valley into an Israeli Arab Silicon Valley”. In 2012 he established a governmentbacked business centre in the city to help find high-tech entrepreneurs.

“Israeli Arabs make up around 20 percent of the country’s population,” he said.

“We have thousands of engineers, researchers or doctors,

Entrepreuner Fadi Swidan

but we contribute only around eight percent to the country’s gross domestic product – and only 0.02 percent of Palestinian Israelis are entrepreneurs.”

According to the Organisa-

tion of Economic Co-operation and Development, Israel has one of the widest gaps between haves and have-nots among member states, so the government is now paying more attention to the plight of society’s minority groups.

Veterans of 8200, many of whose alumni went on to set up some of the most famous startups, agreed to help, but the decision faced problems from both sides.

For Arab-Israelis, 8200 represented the army, while on the Jewish side, there were security fears and concerns about giving information to people

who would later be rivals.

Swidan also faced other issues.

“Arabs want to work in big companies; they do not want to set up on their own. There is a huge degree of risk aversion; a stigma is attached to failure, which impedes entrepreneurship,” he said, although there have been success stories, including Edunation, Nazdaq and Allmuze – and Swidan hopes this might lead to more investment.

“It’s a cycle, if something succeeds, then the venture capital comes in, leading to more success, and more capital,” he said.

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A Jewish museum in Warsaw is to host the country’s first kosher food market in decades. The expo on 5 November will be held at the new POLIN museum.

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A Jewish organisation in Buenos Aires has released tens of thousands of documents revealing Argentine sympathy and support for the Nazis before the war. One image

Syrian baby stable after surgery in Israel A seriously ill baby boy, born to Syrian refugees who had fled to Cyprus, is making a good and steady recovery this week in Israel’s Sheba Hospital after major heart surgery.

The six-month-old is the youngest child of a family who fled from Aleppo to Cyprus at the height of the Syrian civil war. He was born with congenital heart problems and has already received treatment at Ramat Gan’s Sheba, performed by Dr David Mishaly, who heads the hospital’s department of paediatric and congenital

cardiothoracic surgery.

Last Sunday, Mishaly and his team performed open heart surgery on him – and on Tuesday morning medics reported he was “wide awake, smiling, crying, while doctors examined him. His father smiled from ear to ear as he told his baby son to go to sleep and rest”.

Mishaly said: “He will recuperate for about a week and then return to Cyprus. When he is two and a half, he will need more surgery ... and he will hopefully be able to live a normal life.”

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shows 15,000 people at a Nazi rally in the capital in 1938. The country, which was technically neutral, later hosted dozens of senior Nazis after 1945.

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The family of a Dutch diplomat who was penalised for helping Jews to escape during the Holocaust has finally received an official apology.

Jan Zwartendijk, an envoy in Kaunas, Lithuania, worked with Japanese envoy Chiune Sugihara to help 2,000 Jews flee to Russia by issuing them with visas from Curacao, a Dutch island in the Caribbean.

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Editorial comment and letters ISSUE NO.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

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WJR must be praised If just over 50 percent of the world’s population are women, why is it that women and girls comprise 70 percent of the world’s poorest people? It’s a shocking statistic many have tried to answer, citing such things as unpaid care work or low-wage jobs, but no less shocking is its obstinate endurance.

The world seems yet to fully understand the gender identity of poverty – and the needs this creates. For instance, items such as sanitary towels are still not deemed ‘essential’ in many aid packages, extending what British Jewish campaigner Gabby Edlin dubs “period poverty”.

Women around the world have an uphill battle, which is why it was so good this week to see World Jewish Relief place a special focus on the women in the vulnerable Jewish communities it serves. Study after study around the world shows that if money and resources are given directly to women, whether in the form of microloans, benefits or jobs, they are far more likely than men to spend the extra money on family, food, school or medicine, especially in countries with high alcoholism rates.

WJR’s approach is based on research, data and sense, and it is the best way to do more with supporters’ donations, as anyone who has ever seen a Jewish mother at work will attest. It’s just the latest reason to applaud the incredible work of WJR.

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Chelsea should copy Croatia The initiative by Chelsea FC to pay for a tour of Auschwitz for so-called supporters they catch chanting antisemitic songs is no doubt being introduced with the deepest of good intentions.

The club’s Jewish owner, Roman Abramovich, is after all at the forefront of the initiative.

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Instead of trying to punish the wayward fans by sending them on what might be termed a tour of a concentration camp theme

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fect, taking place behind closed doors – after swastika flags were mowed onto the pitch.

Chelsea fans found guilty of such behaviour, whether they are dealt with by the law or Chelsea themselves, should be dealt with by having to attend diversity sessions and serve long-term bans.

Nothing hurts more than having to spend many lonely match days away from your team and friends.

It would lead, we can hope, to an important lesson being learned.

Stephen Vishnick Tel Aviv

‘LONDON ON SEA’ IS ANSWER Regarding your article sary this year). Far from about the cost of living in Golders Green (Jewish News, 4 October), Southend and Westcliff, often referred to as London on Sea, is an hour away. We have a strong Jewish community, good road and rail links and London Southend airport, named by Which? as the best in the capital for the fifth year running.

The town, blessed by having an eruv approved by council planners, will probably be the first UK holiday destination with an eruv and a local airport!

Two years ago, young Charedi families uprooted their lives and moved here, enjoyng the opportunities offered by our 113-year-old community and beautiful 600-seat synagogue (it is the shul’s 50th anniver-

shrinking, the town is now regenerating.

This was a solution to the housing problem in north London. This area has an abundance of attractive, affordable, spacious houses to rent or buy, all in a seaair environment.

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King’s blow to peace The announcement from King Abdullah that Jordan would not renew clauses in the 1994 agreement leasing land to Israel is a blow to the peace treaty.

Under its terms, two small parcels of land under Jordanian sovereignty were leased to Israel for 25 years so Israeli farmers could continue cultivating the land.

Jordan is now giving notice that it is relinquishing the arrangement.

This regrettable action hardly

comes in a vacuum.

Large demonstrations calling for Jordan to ‘reassert its sovereignty’ have been backed by lawmakers, unions and the public reflecting a worrying truth, that the Jordanian people have scarcely reconciled themselves to peace with Israel with many openly loathing their neighbour.

Treaties without normalisation risk constant rupture.

Jeremy Havardi By email

FOOTBALL BOYCOTT IGNORANCE All those people who called for Scotland to boycott Israel when they played in the Nations League game this month really showed their ignorance.

The Israel team is filled with ArabIsraeli or Muslim players, including the Muslim captain Bibras Natkho.

They also have the star player, Beram

Kayal, and Moanes Dabour, who just scored a goal against Albania.

Boycotting the Israeli team means boycotting all Israel, including its Arab population. Wouldn’t it be better to support this great example of coexistence instead?

Alon Bloom Chigwell

TIME TO ACT IN SUPPORT OF ISRAEL AND JEWS With antisemitism growing all the time, Israel and the Jewish people need to know they have friends in other, and non-Jewish, communities.

Formed in 2006, Christian Friends of Magen David Adom has been raising money for ambulances, the last in September to mark the 70th anniversary of the Hadassah Massacre.

By supporting MDA, we make a public stand against those who denigrate Israel and the Jewish people. Israel has its faults but that should not mean an open season of hostility.

It is about time those repulsed by those spouting hate did more than just keeping quiet.

Mark K Madeley (Rev’d) Weston-super-Mare

RELIGION NEEDS TO KEEP PACE WITH MODERN LIFE Regardless of what the Torah might say about homosexuality, it’s surely a good thing that the Chief Rabbi, as reported in Jewish News last month, has issued a guide to ending bullying of LGBT+ students.

The Torah contains a great deal of archaic matter, much of which for a variety of reasons we stopped paying attention to or doing a long time ago.

Against such a background, I don’t understand what all the fuss

is about. It should be apparent that we need to move with times that are constantly changing and ensure that our religion remains compatible with the societies we live in.

In a phrase, that means having compassion for people, whoever they are and whatever their persuasion. It seems to me Chief Rabbi Mirvis should be congratulated for being bold in his approach.

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Opinion

Accept, acknowlege and understand mental illness LIZ JESSEL

HEAD OF DEVELOPMENT, JAMI

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he stresses of 21st-century living mean that now, more than ever, we need to raise awareness about protecting our mental health in the same way we do our physical health. We need to build resilience (the capacity to confront and cope with life’s challenges) to help create better health outcomes and reduce stress.

Research shows social networks have a positive effect on physical and emotional well-being. Although we consider ourselves individuals, it is our connection to particular groups that is most important in constructing a sense of identity.

Building and maintaining those relationships and social networks supports our ability to build resilience at both an individual and community level. In our community, our family, friends, synagogues, schools and organisations throw the reach of that vital network even further.

Earlier this month, World Mental Health

Day focused on the issues facing young people and how we can protect and empower the next generation.

As a community, we need to create a Jewish social care sector that has the capacity and capability to promote good mental health for all while recognising the signs of poor mental health and knowing how to respond. Mental health should not be boxed in to its own silo.

Protecting our mental health and supporting people experiencing mental illness is everyone’s business and is the business of all services across the social care divide.

Children, the elderly, people with lifelimiting illness, physical and learning disabilities are not immune to mental health problems.

Indeed, there may be increased prevalence among these groups and everyone has the right to, and should expect the same level of service from, all social care providers.

Jami, our community’s mental health service, is working to help build capacity and capability in all communal organisations to enable the community to support all its

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WE NEED TO CREATE A JEWISH SOCIAL CARE SECTOR WITH THE CAPACITY AND CAPABILITY TO PROMOTE GOOD MENTAL HEALTH FOR ALL

constituents, regardless of their mental health.

Our vision should be of a Jewish commuThe social care needs of the individual, nity that accepts, acknowledges and not his or her mental health diagnosis, should understands mental illness. dictate which organisation is best placed to We need a community that is resilient and provide care or support. has the capacity and capability to be healthy.

By investing in the mental health educaA community in which symptoms of mental tion and training of communal organisations, illness are as recognisable as those of a heart employers and individuals, the longer-term attack and trigger equally appropriate first demand for significant specialist mental aid response. health interventions will be reduced.

It should be a community in which parity Indeed, according to the Royal College of esteem is a reality and an environment that of Psychiatrists 2010 report No Health helps, not hinders, recovery.

Without Public Mental Health, promoting The closer we get to achieving this vision, mental health can bring great physical the more Jami can focus on providing health, social and economic benefits and specialist services to the most unwell in our so reduce the overall social care needs of community, the numbers of which will

the community. hopefully be ever dwindling.

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How my community has given me a new insight ALEX BRUMMER

CITY EDITOR, THE DAILY MAIL

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hen I began saying Kaddish for my late father in May, the sun was high, the air pleasantly warm and the journey from my home in the Richmond area to Western Marble Arch (WMA) sped by.

Now the mornings are dark, the air damp and cool and the autumn traffic is ceaseless. But half a year into my mourning, the experience seems as meaningful as ever.

When I began there was self-doubt. My morning routine of exercise, reading the papers and business breakfasts had to be rescheduled.

I wondered if I would stay the course.

Then I would think about my father, Menachem Mendel ben Shalom, who never missed a morning minyan in his home town of Brighton, and came to recognise how sacred is the ritual. My father was a stickler for the minyan and would quietly count people, fearful that the necessary 10 would not arrive and the mourners would be unable to recite Kaddish.

What has made the experience spiritual and valuable is support given by the WMA community. Amid the bustle of the West End, it is a haven. Rabbi Lionel Rosenfeld, assistant Rabbi Sam Taylor and the wardens have created a warm, accepting environment which enthusiastically accepts all-comers.

Many is the morning I have arrived to find visitors from the United States and further afield including Argentina and Brazil waiting on the doorstep for a place to enjoy the rhythms of Shacharit services, a home far from home.

Inside, the mix is eclectic. There are visiting Rabbonim, but the most surprising group are the Israeli commuters. Many British Jews see Israel in its extremes – uncommunicative charedi on one side, intensely secular on the other. The commuters are the modern orthodox – lawyers, high-tech engineers, diamond merchants and others in jeans and T-shirts taking part in services with intensity.

They arrive, as if on a magic carpet, on Monday mornings only to drift away by Erev Shabbat.

For me personally, the daily minyan is a perpetual education, a return to an experience

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THE DAILY MINYAN TAKES ME BACK TO THE PERIOD AROUND MY BARMITZVAH that began soon after my barmitzvah when I was among a handful of boys employed to make up numbers before going off to school.

It was a very incomplete education. Only subsequently after the death of dear mother, a quarter of a century ago, and more recently have I closely reconnected with services.

As a mourner, I often have the honour of leading prayers.

I am making progress (with the constant help and Hebrew corrections patiently made by Lionel Rosenfeld). I recognise shortcomings, but people are infinitely polite. The hardest thing to navigate at first were the Sephardi members demanding speed and less tune and

veterans of the minyan, requesting I slow down so they can concentrate on the words.

I also have come to appreciate how the services mirror the Jewish life-cycle, the emotional build-up to the High Holidays enlivened by Lionel’s passionate recitation of the Selichot services as annotated by his father the late Rev Abraham Rosenfeld, and the joys of Hallel prayer on Rosh Chodesh and festivals.

What is most moving is the mingling of the service with events in Israel. The special intensity injected into the prayers and the psalms when some new atrocity on the Gaza border, West Bank or in Israel itself is learned of. And in contrast the joyousness of Yom Yerushlaim.

The constant repetition of ancient prayers and readings from the Torah becomes so relevant.

Judaism would not be anything but for the food and good cheer which follow at breakfast accompanied by a rota of intellectual refreshment. The Haftorah has acquired new meaning for me as a result of the weekly refresheu.

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The day I realised I was being followed to shul ROBERT GOLBERT

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knew it would be an interesting trip when I realised I was being followed on the way to the synagogue on the second day of Succot.

I had arrived in Tunis, the capital of Tunisia, two days before. Security was tight – the Great Synagogue of Tunis had been partially damaged by an angry mob in 2011 during the Arab Spring uprising and, earlier this year, a police officer guarding the synagogue was stabbed by a man shouting anti-Israel slogans.

When I arrived, the Tunisian guards let me in only after taking my passport away for a few tense minutes to be “processed and checked”. It was next day as I walked towards the shul from my hotel that I noticed I was being followed.

Unsure what to do, I approached the man and asked him why he was following me. After initial denials, he finally told me he was with “security”, asked me where I was going and told me that he was following me “for my own safety” because all the main tourist sites were in the opposite direction.

I assured him that I knew where I was going and asked him to stop what he was doing. Just to make sure he was no longer on my tail, I ducked into a café and stood in the queue until I was sure the man was gone. I then continued to the synagogue and reached it just in time to make the minyan.

I was in Tunis to represent ORT, the world’s largest Jewish education and training organisation, at a Unesco conference being held to celebrate the International Day of Peace.

There are estimated to be only a few hundred Jews currently left in Tunis out of a high of more than 105,000 in 1948, so my presence at the conference, together with the Unesco delegates from B’nai B’rith International and the International Council of Jewish Women, represented a significant increase in the local Jewish community.

And despite my unnerving experience the day before, I was glad to be in Tunis as a Jew representing ORT at Unesco.

The theme of this year’s International Day of Peace forum was the use of robots and drones as instruments of peace rather than as weapons of war, and young people from around

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the world were asked to create videos on this theme.

ORT runs a network of Jewish day schools throughout the world specialising in STEM education, including both robotics and drone technologies. The conference theme was therefore a perfect match for us, and our students from several ORT schools created videos.

One of these schools was the World ORT Kfar Silver Youth Village in Israel, just outside Ashkelon near the Gaza border.

The students filmed themselves visiting areas burned during the conflict with Gaza earlier this year. The piece also showed them sending messages of peace to Palestinian children over the border using hand-made drones they had built in school.

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The significance of the fact a video made

by Israeli schoolchildren sending messages of peace to Palestinian children in Gaza was chosen to be shown by a United Nations-sponsored organisation in a Muslim Arab country was certainly not lost on us and is something that we and our students are rightly proud of.

Although only symbolic, I hope this may signal a small step forward in the search for mutual understanding and in the building of coexistence and peace between Israel and its Arab neighbours.

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Community / Scene & Be Seen

1 CAKE WITH CAUSE

Dozens of people, including the wife of Israel’s Ambassador to the UK, Mark Regev, showed their support for breast cancer research by attending the S&P Sephardi Community’s Wear It Pink cake stall. A huge assortment of mouth-watering cakes, cupcakes and treats – all professionally baked by Margalit, wife of Senior Rabbi Joseph Dweck – were on display in the courtyard of Lauderdale Road Synagogue.

Dali Ballooni created balloon animals and objects for the young children at the event, which raised more than £1,000.

And be seen The latest news, pictures and social events from across the community

2 COLLEGE’S VIP TEA

Immanuel College held its first VIP afternoon for grandparents, uncles and aunts of Year 8 and 9 pupils. Showing them around the campus, the pupils took their guests into lessons, watched sport on the playing fields, visited the new library, science laboratories, art studios, computing suites and synagogue. Enjoying a lavish afternoon cream tea in the recently refurbished dining room afterwards, headteacher Gary Griffin, said: “It was a pleasure to see some of the older generation enjoying their time here and for them to feel part of the Immanuel community.”

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3 WORK OPPORTUNITIES More than 250 people attended Charity Central, the one-stop shop for jobs in the third sector in the community at the Wohl Enterprise Hub. Hosted by employment specialists Work Avenue, 29 of the community’s largest and most high-profile charities, including Camp Simcha, CST, Jewish Care, JW3, Norwood, UJIA and World Jewish Relief, took stalls to engage, inspire and inform job-seeking delegates. Debbie Sheldon, CEO of Work Avenue, said: “This was a wonderful opportunity for all the major charities within the community to come together for a common goal, helping those wishing to give back to others by working in the not-for-profit sector.”

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4 PUPILS’ COLLECTION Rafi Fuchs, religious coordinator at Nightingale House, together with Lynne Abrahams (pictured with a cheder pupil), a long-time volunteer at the home, attended Richmond Park Synagogue’s cheder where they were presented with a cheque for £280. Each year, the cheder pupils are encouraged to nominate and vote for a charity that will receive all the money they collect throughout the year. This year, the pupils decided to donate the money to Nightingale House.

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Jewish and Hindu volunteers from Hampstead, Barnet and Harrow united for Sewa Day, the Hindu day of social action. Mitzvah Day’s interfaith chair Lady Daniela Pears and vice-chair Lee Sidney joined the Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh group to clean up and care for Fryent Country Park in Kingsbury, accompanied by Pears’ dog, and trusty Mitzvah Day mascot, Ruby. Pears said: “It was wonderful working with our Hindu friends. We’re looking forward to them – and those from all faiths and none – taking part in Mitzvah Day next month.”

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6 ORT’S NEW CIRCLE

More than 230 guests attended this year’s ORT UK annual dinner at Mansion House, the official residence of the Lord Mayor of London. At the evening, which raised more than £400,000, the charity launched its rebrand, the ‘circle of ORT’, which symbolises human connection, vibrant new colours expressing ORT’s pioneering spirit and the slogan ‘Impact through Education’. Chairman Simon Alberga said: “Our new brand tells the story of a Jewish organisation for today and tomorrow, passionate about empowering the next generation.”

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7 OVERTURNING HATE Southend and Westcliff Synagogue hosted a special breakfast in aid of Magen David Adom, where guests heard from Mosab Hassan Yousef, whose father was a founding leader of Hamas. Mosab was turned by Shin Bet into a dou-

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8AUTHOR WORKSHOP Wohl Ilford Jewish Primary School pupils heard from Billy Bob Buttons (the author Edward Trayer) about writing, planning stories and creating characters. Reading lead Naomi Harris said: “It was great to see the enthusiasm of our pupils as they engaged with Billy Bob Buttons and his inspirational workshops.”

9 AISH’S NEW HOME

Aish Essex hosted a FIFA tournament for young professionals. Held in its new Chigwell home, director Rabbi Mendy Brukirer said: “Moving to a new home has brought with it many new opportunities, and seeing so many members of the community engaging with our programming has been very encouraging.”

10NORWOOD LUNCH More than 220 guests raised £65,000 at Norwood’s annual Ladies’ Lunch. In conjunction with iconic boutique Harpers, the fashion show included adults supported by the charity. Chief executive Dr Beverley Jacobson said: “The Ladies Lunch is an inspiring example of the impact the community can have in coming together to support Norwood’s work.”

YOUR MONTHLY ROUND-UP OF JEWISH UNIVERSITY LIFE

Queen Mary student Talia Jacobs and UJS’ Emanuele at the university’s freshers fair.

Gil Troy, author of The Zionist Ideas was at UCL to discuss how Zionism can be ‘reclaimed’ as part of his UK campus tour.

ble agent. Speaking in front of an audience of 120, he said: “Israel is a leading force in technology, science and film and a true democratic country. Unleashing hate is like a monster; I am here to bridge minds.”

Hertfordshire JSoc hosted the first smaller London JSocs gathering.

UJS held its first Scotland summit.

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BUY AND SELL HOMES Deborah Cicurel speaks to Jeremy Assous, who has come up with a creative solution to help tenants and landlords

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re you a landlord worried about falling property values, especially in the wake of Brexit? Or are you a tenant concerned that you might never be able to take that first step on the property ladder and afford the home you live in?

While many tenants and landlords find themselves grappling with these issues, one innovative businessman has come up with a creative solution for both.

Jeremy Assous (pictured below) started his own property company, Assous & Co Ltd, after becoming concerned with how Brexit could affect people’s ability to buy and sell property.

Assous was inspired by his solicitor, who came up with the idea of using managed option contracts, a common practice in commercial property, for buying or selling properties.

“In the commercial world, it’s common to buy land for a minimal upfront consideration, agree a price you’ll pay at a later stage, get planning permission, build and then sell developments before the term is ended.”

According to Assous, this has been common practice in the British commercial space for decades, but it was a different story when trying to bring this to the residential market.

“We offer up to 51 different types of managed option contracts depending on circumstances catering to two audiences.

“One is landlords, who are looking to streamline their portfolios and are worried about the current slowdown in sales and falling property prices. These are typically landlords who are thinking ‘do we sell or do we increase our rent?’

“The other are tenants who are looking to buy the property they live in. If you look in terms of statistics, property ownership has dropped by half in the past 10 years, because prices in London have soared so high that people can’t afford to buy the houses they live in anymore.

“We thought of a way to help tenants buy the properties themselves – essentially buying the properties for a minimum upfront consideration, usually lower than the deposit asked of mortgage companies, with the option after a set period of time to buy the property outright.

“After years of working with highly successful investors and lawyers, we have created an innovative system that permits us to apply commercial property solutions to the residential market.”

There are a myriad of ways in which the system could work, but Assous gives one common example.

“Let’s say you are a tenant and you’d like to become a first time buyer. The property you live in is in poor condition and you would have liked your landlord to invest money and do it up.

“At the same time, you know that if your landlord were to ever renovate the property, your rental price would go up.

“So you’re experiencing a common dilemma in London for many tenants: they’re willing to accept living in poorer conditions for lower rents.

“Let’s now say you know a little more about your landlord and you learned that he doesn’t have a mortgage and that he is living off the rental income.

“What you can do is offer to invest in the property yourself in exchange for full rights to manage the property with an option to buy the property after a set time for a set price. In the meantime you guarantee rent at a fixed price for the agreed set time in the contract.

“To decide the price you’ll pay in several years, you would look at the current and expected future value. But whatever the price, its only an option that does not need to be exercised.

“If he’s in negative equity, you could offer to babysit the mortgage for the set term and then decide whether to exercise your option of not.”

As well as helping tenants own properties, Assous believes he has come up with a solution that helps landlords.

“You’re taking the burden off their hands,” he says. “In this scenario, you’re guaranteeing the landlord that for the next several years he’ll never have to worry about rent, about finding tenants, about letting agents or about the boiler breaking down.”

Where Assous’ company steps in is to buy the properties outright from landlords, and then offer these contracts to serious tenants, whom they call “tenant buyers”.

“For example, I’m the one who negotiates with the owner to understand their situation,” he says. “I would sign a contract with the owner to either buy the property outright, or create a managed option contract with them.

“I would guarantee a level of rent per month and, within a certain time frame, pay back the full amount. I would then offer a managed option contract to the tenant.

“In this case, I would be the landlord and deal with the first-time buyer who would be buying the property from me.”

What Assous believes he can bring to

London’s property market is a simplified way for first-time buyers to buy properties they would not otherwise be able to afford immediately.

“It’s a complex procedure and I don’t expect landlords would want to go through all these legal loopholes or search for serious first-time buyers,” he says. “What I do is take the complexity out by buying the property from the landlords. By becoming the landlord, I can offer the contract to the tenant buyer. It’s unconventional and a new way of thinking.”

Assous is determined to stay in London and do his bit to bring buoyancy to the property market. He is seeking tenants, landlords and investors who are interested in being part of his innovative solution.

“We’re happy to look at all cases, including negative equity, repossessions, subletting or even first-time buyers without sufficient credit history or deposits,” he says.

“Every case is different, but what makes us unique is that we can offer solutions that very few other people can.”

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All’s fair in love and lies Francine Wolfisz speaks to the cast of Little Drummer Girl, the BBC’s gripping new thriller adapted from the classic John Le Carré story about the Israel-Palestine conflict

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etting into character for Little Drummer Girl took on a whole new meaning for actor Michael Shannon – with an Auschwitz tattoo evocatively placed on his arm every day in make-up.

The placing of the blue Nazi numbers was nothing less than “spooky” for the 44-year-old actor, who takes on the role of Kurtz, an Israeli spymaster in John Le Carré’s The Little Drummer Girl, which begins on BBC One on Sunday night.

The 1970s-set drama focuses on Kurtz’s elaborate plot to track down a Palestinian terrorist using the lure of Charlie, a young English actress, played by Florence Pugh, who is recruited by Mossad agent Becker (Alexander Skarsgård).

The six-part adaptation is directed by South Korean film-maker Park Chan-wook and uses the same production team behind The Night Manager, which includes Le Carré’s sons, Simon and Stephen Cornwell.

In taking on the role of Kurtz, Shannon says he tried to empathise with a man “who overcame a deeply brutal childhood” and survived life inside the camps, before leaving for Israel and joining Mossad.

That character preparation included the wearing of a tattoo, which was applied every day – even though it is only seen once on screen.

“My make-up artist and I never talked about it. She just did it and so it was there. It was a nudge, a reminder who this guy really was. You become who you are in the first years of your life and that’s [the camps] where he spent his.”

The star of Groundhog Day, Man of Steel and The Shape of Water adds that while others would resort to violence in fighting their “enemies”, Kurtz’s way of dealing with terrorists

is more sophisticated.

“There is something beyond anger inside him. Anger is so low on the totem pole. You get angry when you’re at a restaurant and you don’t get what you order, but he’s beyond that. Literally to keep from sinking into despair, I believe Kurtz had to create a matrix for himself, infused with the hope that he could make the world a better place.”

Alongside his tattoo, thick 1970s moustache and heavy-rimmed glasses, the twice Oscar-nominated actor also had to work on another of Kurtz’s distinguishing features: his Israeli accent.

Much of the final result was based on listening to recorded interviews with prolific Israeli author and intellectual Amos Oz. Shannon reveals: “I heard Amos’ voice and I instantly thought that sounds like Kurtz to me. I would listen to the interviews pretty obsessively. Every day when I went to work, I would turn on another interview and listen to it. I’m not saying I sound exactly like Amos. In truth, there’s no real thing as an ‘Israeli’ accent. The country is a real melting pot, and Kurtz himself is not from Israel originally, so it’s a mixture of where he comes from and where he is now.”

Swedish-born actor Skarsgård also reveals the work he undertook to understand his Mossad agent character Becker – and did so with a little help from his Israeli friends on set, including co-star Michael Moshonov, who plays Litvak.

The 42-year-old star, known for his roles in True Blood, The Legend of Tarzan and Big Little Lies, says with a wry smile: “I’m a Swede who’s never been to Israel, in a drama

Above: Florence Pugh as Charlie and Alexander Skarsgård as Mossad agent Becker in Little Drummer Girl; and inset, Michael Shannon as Kurtz

directed by a Korean, with Michael Shannon who’s American – so to have guys from Israel was really important, especially in speaking to them about their upbringing.”

Skarsgård was, however, already well-prepped in understanding Becker’s back story as a soldier in the Six-Day War before joining Mossad: he himself served in the Swedish military aged 19.

Recalling his 18-month stint,

he tells me: “I learnt a lot about discipline and collaboration. We were a small unit, so we had almost complete autonomy to protect against sabotage and terrorism on an island outside Stockholm. I hated it at times, but it’s something I did voluntarily. I needed the physical and mental challenge.”

For rising 22-year-old star Pugh – who has been tipped as the next Kate Winslet – being offered the central role of Charlie provided the opportunity to “really understand the how and why” of the Israel-Palestine conflict.

The star of Lady Macbeth, who reveals she has now been inspired to visit Israel in the coming months, says: “I made sure I knew what was going on. I wanted to educate myself

further, because how am I going to understand these characters, if I don’t understand it like they do?”

As an English actress recruited by Mossad to lure a Palestinian terrorist into a trap, Charlie finds herself in the unenviable position of being torn between two worlds – and falling in love with both. It was this very “human” reaction that attracted Pugh to the role.

She adds: “I think we’re very used to watching these perfectly-made characters on screen and ultimately she’s totally normal and one of us.

That was the thing that made me fall in love with her – she’s flawed and she’s human.”  Little Drummer Girl begins on Sunday, 9pm, BBC One.

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Lifestyle / Photography

A world that vanished The first UK retrospective of photographer Roman Vishniac features his iconic images of Jewish life before it was eradicated by the Holocaust

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ands tucked into her thick winter coat, a little Jewish girl stands next to a 1933 election poster for Hindenburg and Hitler, a chilling foreboding of things to come for her community in Berlin.

Taken by her father, Russian-born photographer Roman Vishniac, the stark image precedes many more that poignantly document a politically-changing world.

As the rise of Nazism resulted in the boycotting of German-Jewish businesses and expulsion of children from schools, Vishniac sought to record the crippling effects of antisemitism: poverty, hunger and social degradation.

These captivating images are among hundreds featuring in Roman Vishniac Rediscovered, the first UK retrospective of Vishniac’s work, shown concurrently at Jewish Museum London and The Photographers’ Gallery.

Spanning from the early 1920s to the 1970s, the exhibition reveals the full depth of Vishniac’s work, which

includes European modernism, photographs of New York City in the 1940s, and pioneering colour photomicroscopy — scientific photography through the lens of a microscope.

Born in Russia in 1897, Vishniac spent his childhood in Moscow, where he developed a lifelong interest in photography and science.

Following the Bolshevik revolution, he immigrated to Berlin in 1920 and witnessed the rise of Nazism.

In 1935, he was commissioned by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee to photograph impoverished communities in Eastern Europe. The result was one of the most comprehensive photographic records by a single photographer of a vanished world. Roman Vishniac Rediscovered runs until 24 February 2019 at Jewish Museum London and The Photographers’ Gallery.

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All photos credit: Mara Vishniac Kohn

Left: Jewish schoolchildren in Mukacevo, western Ukraine, circa 1935-38; Above: Vishniac’s daughter, Mara, posing in front of an election poster for Hindenburg and Hitler that reads “The Marshal and the Corporal: Fight with Us for Peace and Equal Rights”, Berlin, 1933

From left: Zionist youths, wearing clogs, learning construction techniques in The Netherlands, 1938–39; Sara, sitting in bed in a basement dwelling, Warsaw, circa 1935–37; Inside the Jewish quarter, Bratislava, circa 1935-38

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Lifestyle / Nosh

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Salted Caramel Apple Pie

PREPARATION TIME 30 MINS

Delicious and easy to make, this delicious dessert uses puff pastry to avoid any fuss and is also parev, so useful to accompany any meal.

COOKING TIME 50 MINUTES

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Ingredients 300g fresh puff pastry (not ready rolled, as the texture is too thin) 25g salted margarine 25g icing sugar 75g ground almonds 25g plain flour 1 egg yolk 3-4 eating apples (Granny Smiths or Pink Lady) – peeled, cored and quartered

pastry dough. Chill in the fridge for 10 minutes.

4 To make the caramel sauce, put the sugar and margarine in a pan and heat gently until the sugar has dissolved. Stir in the soya cream, increase the heat and simmer for two minutes, stirring all the time.

5 Take off the heat, add the vanilla extract and a big pinch of salt.

6 To make the frangipane, beat the margarine, then add the icing sugar, almonds and flour. Add the egg yolk and mix together.

7 Spread the frangipane over the pastry going right to the edges, then return to the fridge.

8 Slice the apples as finely as possible. Arrange the apple slices on top of the frangipane so they overlap and fan out from the centre of the pie, completely covering the pastry.

9 Cover the apples with baking parchment and put another baking tray on top to keep the apples flat while cooking.

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10 Bake for 15 minutes, then remove the top tray and baking parchment, and cook for another 30 minutes or until the pastry is crisp underneath.

11 Take out and brush with the caramel sauce to cover the surface in a thin layer. Return to the oven for a final five minutes.

12 Leave to cool, before serving with the rest of the sauce.

13 Finish with a topping of sliced apples.

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SEDRA Vayera

BY RABBI ALEX CHAPPER Perhaps the most shocking element of the entire Binding of Isaac is the eagerness with which Abraham faces this divine test. Having been instructed by God to offer Isaac, his precious son, as a sacrifice, the Torah records that Abraham gets up early the next morning and sets about making preparations.

Abraham is 137, but he is so deeply motivated to fulfil God’s will that he does everything with a genuine enthusiasm, so much so that we derive a principle from here that those who are zealous perform mitzvot at the earliest opportunity.

This episode challenges us to examine what motivates us in life. What gets us out of bed? What excites us and what are we truly passionate about? As we contemplate these questions, we know the three most valuable resources every person possesses are time, money, and energy – and they are all finite.

This forces us to make choices about how we use them.

But the human condition displays a strange phenomenon – we will often expend one or more of these in something that has no lasting value or could even be detrimental to us. Yet when it comes to investing in something that is of enduring worth and beneficial to us, we delay or even spend disproportionate amounts of effort to find excuses why we cannot do it.

Abraham remains an enduring example of the need to focus our resources on the eternal, rather than the ephemeral, and to display at least as much enthusiasm, if not more, for the things in life that have real, long-lasting and deeper value.  Rabbi Alex Chapper serves Elstree & Boreham-

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Torah For Today What does the Torah say about...

The Amy Winehouse hologram

BY RABBI ARIEL ABEL The father of late Jewish singer Amy Winehouse (pictured) has agreed to a tour featuring a hologram of his daughter.

What does the Torah say about this?

When Saul, King of Israel, called up Samuel, according to tradition, his mentor appeared upside-down, precisely to show that what is in the next world is an inverted “camera obscura” image.

When the same King Saul tried to hunt down his son-in-law David and kill him, his own daughter, Princess Michal, replaced David with a dummy in the bed.

Apparently, these dummies – or teraphim – were expertly made and decorated so that only a manual examination would reveal that they were not real.

The purpose of the teraphim were to

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provide comfort to a wife who was missing her husband while he was away.

In those days, one could never be quite sure that a dangerous journey might not result in fatality, and so the teraphim were in place of adoring a human who might be dead or alive.

At first glance, the idea of a hologram tour featuring a person who has passed away evokes the revival of the dead. This is the nearest one can get to disturbing those who have passed on, without actively calling them up through the occult.

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Technology can bring us virtually to what otherwise seems like infringing on the peace and privacy of the next world.

Doubtless, there will be many whose joy will be intermingled with sadness, even confusion.

Television plays back what has already happened, but a hologram tour might even create new spectacles that have never before been attempted.

However, an important consideration must be the purpose of the tour, which will raise funds for the Amy Winehouse Foundation, a charity to help vulnerable young people, especially those struggling with substance abuse.

This is perhaps reason enough to go to hear her voice, without fearing watching a hologram on religious grounds.  Rabbi Ariel Abel serves Liverpool Old Hebrew Congregation and is padre to HM Armed Forces

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Progressive Judaism

The Bible Says What?

Progressively Speaking

God really gave Moses the Torah at Sinai?

Should we be sending racists on trips to Auschwitz?

BY RABBI YUVAL KEREN When we consider the answer to this question, we find that the Jewish world is roughly split into two camps.

The first is the traditional one, which claims that the Torah was created by God, possibly even before the world was created. It was handed over to Moses at Mount Sinai and it is for us to follow today. The Torah is to be considered “the words of the Living God”. It is the unconditional truth, so we ought to follow it word by word.

The second and more critical one dismisses the idea that the Torah was handed over at Sinai and even the idea that it was written by God. Using critical analysis, we can examine the holy words of the Torah, compare them to other ancient writings from a similar period and a similar region, examine archaeological findings and study the history of other nations in the same period.

We then discover there are indications that there has been more than one author of the Torah – each belong-

ing to a certain society, living in a certain period and with family, political and national agendas.

However this need not make the text any less divine. Even though they are written by people (like you and me), the words are divinely inspired. We are created in the image of God and therefore God can speak through our thoughts, writings and actions.

What we must not accept is the claim that the one and only form of practicing Judaism – and definition of ‘who is a Jew’ – was designed by God more than 5,779 years ago, given to Moses at Sinai some 3,500 years ago and has been unmoveable and unchangeable ever since.

We must sometimes remind ourselves and the rest of the world – lo bashamayim hi. Once the Torah was given to us, it is no longer in heaven!

Rather, our reading and interpretation of it is here and now, by us, and today.  Rabbi Yuval Keren serves

Southgate Progressive Synagogue

BY RABBI DEBBIE YOUNG-SOMERS There is an amazing scene in the film The Believer, where Ryan Gosling, playing a Jewish neo-Nazi, is sent with his Nazi mates for re-education.

They meet with Shoah survivors who share their devastating stories.

Some Nazis retort with typical Holocaust denial tropes, including the claim that nowhere near six million died. Gosling’s character says something astonishing: if Hitler didn’t kill six million Jews, why is he a hero? If he only killed a few hundred thousand, he’s a putz.

It has been reported recently that Chelsea Football club is considering dealing with racist football fans by sending them on trips to Auschwitz.

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My gut reaction is to applaud the move. We need more people who understand that anger and hatred of the other, especially mass crowdinduced racism, can lead to a society that allows Auschwitz to exist.

Education is key and I would hope that, for as long as it is possible, survivors would accompany these trips,

his birthday.

Introduced by Baroness (Shirley) Williams who will be reading extracts from her mother, Vera Brittainʼs works Minimum donation £12.50 members, £15.00 non members, £20 on the door 2 December 2018 at 7.30pm (1st night Chanukah) The Maccabees: From Rebels to Kings with Lawrence Joffe, author of “An Illustrated History of the Jewish People” Minimum donation £5 members, £10 non members – includes candle lighting and doughnuts!!!

For more information and to book contact 020 7328 1026 or office@newlondon.org.uk

because it is in hearing the moving, personal stories of the horrors of the Second World War that it becomes real. This won’t be an option for much longer and we all owe a huge debt to those who have spent years willing to relive and retell such trauma.

But in a world of “fake media”, where even the facts of the Holocaust are so regularly belittled and questioned, can we in good conscience submit a survivor to telling their truth to a committed racist who would doubt, challenge – or worse – exonerate the actions of the Nazis?

Maybe all we can do is be hopeful that through dialogue and education, an encounter with difference, and the opportunity to discover the humanity of those we may mindlessly hate, we can move people beyond their stereotyping, anger and vilification. I hope for racist football fans, this education doesn’t come too late.  Rabbi Debbie YoungSomers is Reform Judaism’s

Hampstead Synagogue 16th Isaiah Berlin Annual Lecture will be given by

“A Century Later”

“Does the Great War Matter in the Present?"

Professor Margaret MacMillan Professor of International History and Warden of St. Antony’s College Oxford, and this year’s BBC Reith Lecturer Thursday 8th November 2018 - 8.00pm The Eli Chinn Hall, Community Centre, Hampstead Synagogue Dennington Park Road London NW6 1AX To book: www.hampsteadshul.org.uk Telephone: 020 7435 1518

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This week: Lasting power of attorney alternatives, sorting out aliyah logistics and coping with an autism diagnosis...

BAYLA PERRIN CHARITY EXECUTIVE

THE PAPERWEIGHT TRUST Dear Bayla I’ve put off setting up a lasting power of attorney (LPA) for my mum for some time. She has now declined mentally and has a confirmed diagnosis of vascular dementia. Her GP says I can no longer apply for an LPA because she is unable to give her informed consent. Can Paperweight help ?

Brian Dear Brian I’m sorry to learn of your mother’s condition. There is a specific route available for people in your situation, which is to apply to the Court of Protection

SHARON GLASSMAN SENIOR ALIYA COSULTANT

JEWISH AGENCY Dear Sharon I’m a single woman making aliyah in January. I work remotely, but my employer needs the adjustment when I move to be seamless so I need to get as many logistics as possible in order before I arrive. Can I open a bank account, rent a flat or sign up for utilities in advance?

Jo

Dear Jo While it is impossible to open an Israeli bank account from the UK, it is possible to make your first weeks easier in other ways.

I suggest you find the Facebook community group where you intend to settle and inquire about rentals.

Alternatively, you could contact a friend who is already there to help you.

You can also look for rentals online or find a local estate agent.

It is better to sign a contract with an Israeli ID number, but it is possible to sign without one and sort things out later.

You’ll need your

under the Mental Health Act to become a courtappointed deputy. There are several areas in which this differs from an LPA. Firstly, the application process is longer and involves all those with an interest in your mother’s affairs.

Secondly, the running of her affairs by the deputy is under regular scrutiny by the Court. This does require efficient record-keeping. The completion of the application doesn’t require specialist knowledge, but there are several supplementary documents and the process is quite detailed. The court fee is £385, which is much higher than the LPA fee.

Finally, should you be approved by the court, they may require a bond to be purchased. This is a guarantee to cover the value of the estate being administered and is available “over the counter”, but its cost is linked to the size of the bond and your own credit score.

Our volunteers can guide you through the procedure and make it as smooth as possible.

rental contract sorted to coordinate utilities, but you can sign up for communication services using your current international credit card.

When you arrive, the bank can be your first stop so that you can close all the gaps.

There are paid concierge services available that can assist you before and after aliyah.

Services include helping with research, furniture package deals, arranging deliveries and installation.

To set up a consultation or for more information, please do feel free to call me on 020 8371 5258 or email me sharong @jafi.org.

DR BEV JACOBSON CHIEF EXECUTIVE

NORWOOD Dear Bev Our son, aged seven, has been diagnosed with autism. We’re very anxious about what this means for him and his future and also about the impact on our family.

How do we make sure we give our son the attention he needs without this impacting on our family life and on our daughter?

Sandra

Dear Sandra A diagnosis of autism for your child can be scary and leave you feeling you have nowhere to turn, so it’s perfectly natural to be worried about the future.

However, remember that your son is the same boy he has always been.

A diagnosis doesn’t change that, or have to dramatically change the relationship between your son and the rest of your family.

A diagnosis can even be seen as an opportunity for you and your family to help your son better understand the world around him, his behaviour and his sometimes

extreme reactions to his environment.

This may well leave your daughter feeling that her brother is taking a lot of your time and attention. One of the best ways to address this is to ensure that she understands her brother’s diagnosis and needs, so speak to her early about what it means.

However you decide to proceed, Norwood is here to help. Our team of social workers and family support practitioners work with families to promote independence and fulfilment.

You might benefit from calling our service to discuss options going forward.

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PRIVATE HEALTHCARE SPECIALIST TREVOR GEE Qualifications: •Managing director, consultants in affordable family and corporate health insurance.

• Specialise in maximising cover, lowering premiums and pre-existing conditions.

• Excellent knowledge of health insurers, cover levels and hospital lists.

• Board member UK International Health Management Ass • LLB, solicitor finals, FCA Regulated 773729.

CAROLYN COHEN Qualifications: • Supports couples dealing with infertility and reproductive health.

• Strictly confidential helpline.

• Specialist medical support and information.

• Counselling for individuals and couples and educational events.

• Expert medical advisory panel.

PATIENT HEALTH 020 3146 3444/5/6 www.patienthealth.co.uk trevor.gee@patienthealth.co.uk

CHANA 020 8203 8455 Helpline: 020 8201 5774 / 020 8800 0018 www.chana.org.uk info@chana.org.uk

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DR BEV JACOBSON Qualifications: • Able to draw on the expertise of Norwood’s professional staff team, including social workers, educational psychologists, behavioural specialists, speech and language and occupational therapists, teachers, psychologists, benefit advisors and psychotherapists.

• Expertise in services available for children and their families and young people with special educational needs and adults with learning disabilities and autism.

NEIL POOLE MBA DipPFS Qualifications: • Experienced in providing comprehensive wealth planning services to individuals, couples, families, trustees and businesses • Retirement planning and pension review • Family wealth preservation • Financial risk identification and mitigation

NORWOOD 020 8809 8809 www.norwood.org.uk bev.jacobson@norwood.org.uk

NEIL POOLE 07710 757 503 www.neilpoole.com neil.poole@sjpp.co.uk

TELECOMS SPECIALIST

HOROLOGIST NICOLAS KALMUS Qualifications: • Specialises in the sale of fine watches on behalf of clients to achieve highest possible price.

• Offers professional watch servicing for Rolex, Cartier, Omega, TAG Heuer, Chopard.

• Provides vintage watch restoration, valuation and auction services.

• Member of the British Horological Institute.

NICOLAS WATCH CO. 020 7788 9059 www.nicolaswatch.co nic@nicolaswatch.co / @nicolaswatchco

PROPERTY SOLUTIONS SPECIALIST

MAXI ROSE Qualifications: • MD at RCUK since 1999. Grown the business into three substantial UK branches serving clients worldwide – USA, Europe & Middle East.

• Telecoms specialist in business & consumer mobile solutions, landline and broadband services and Ofcom Telecoms registered reseller.

• Successfully established the RCUK International Travel

JEREMY ASSOUS Qualifications: • Director of Assous & Co Ltd.

RCUK 020 8815 4115 www.rcuk.biz maxi@rcuk.biz

ASSOUS & CO 0203 475 9559 jeremy@assous.co.uk www.assous.co.uk

JEWELLER

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• 20+ years’ experience and access to network of 20,000 experts.

• Specialist in finding innovative solutions to all property related challenges.

• Brexit, accidental landlords, negative equity, tenant buyers, subletting, assisted sales, lease options, repossessions, HMO, buy-to-let.

CHARITY EXECUTIVE SUE CIPIN Qualifications: • 18 years’ hands-on experience, leading JDA in significant growth and development.

• Deep understanding of the impact of deafness on people at all stages of life, and their families.

• Practical and emotional support for families of deaf children.

• Extensive services for people affected by hearing loss/tinnitus.

JEWISH DEAF ASSOCIATION 020 8446 0502 info@jewishdeaf.org.uk www.jewishdeaf.org.uk

TRAVEL AGENT

CRIMINAL DEFENCE SOLICITOR

JONATHAN WILLIAMS Qualifications: • Jewellery manufacturer since 1980s.

• Expert in the manufacture and supply of diamond jewellery, wedding rings and general jewellery.

• Specialist in supply of diamonds to the public at trade prices.

DAVID SEGEL Qualifications: • Managing director of West End Travel, established in 1972.

• Leading UK El Al agent with branches in Swiss Cottage and Edgware.

• Specialist in Israel travel, cruises and kosher holidays.

• Leading business travel company, ranked in top 50 UK agents.

• Frequent travel broadcaster on radio and TV.

CARL WOOLF Qualifications: • 20+ years experience as a criminal defence solicitor and higher court advocate.

• Specialising in all aspects of criminal law including murder, drug offences, fraud and money laundering, offences of violence, sexual offences and all aspects of road traffic law.

• Visiting associate professor at Brunel University.

JEWELLERY CAVE LTD 020 8446 8538 www.jewellerycave.co.uk jonathan@jewellerycave.co.uk

WEST END TRAVEL 020 7644 1500 www.westendtravel.co.uk David.Segel@westendtravel.co.uk

NOBLE SOLICITORS 01582 544 370 carl.woolf@noblesolicitors.co.uk

DIRECTOR OF LEGACIES

REMOVALS MANAGING DIRECTOR

PRINCIPAL, PERFORMING ARTS SCHOOL

CAROLYN ADDLEMAN Qualifications: Lawyer with more than 15 years’ experience in will drafting and trust and estate administration, eight years at KKL Executor and Trustee Company.

Keeps in close contact with clients to ensure all legal and pastoral needs are cared for.

Member of Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners.

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STEPHEN MORRIS Qualifications: • Managing Director of Stephen Morris Shipping Ltd. • 45 years’ experience in shipping household and personal effects.

• Chosen mover for four royal families and three UK prime ministers.

• Offering proven quality specialist advice for moving anyone across the world or round the corner.

LOUISE LEACH Qualifications: • Professional choreographer qualified in dance, drama and Zumba (ZIN, ISTD & LAMDA), gaining an honours degree at Birmingham University.

• Former contestant on ITV’s Popstars, reaching bootcamp with Myleene Klass, Suzanne Shaw and Kym Marsh.

• Set up Dancing with Louise 10 years ago.

KKL EXECUTOR AND TRUSTEE COMPANY 0800 358 3587 www.kkl.org.uk wills@kkl.org.uk

STEPHEN MORRIS SHIPPING LTD 020 8832 2222 www.shipsms.co.uk stephen@shipsms.co.uk

DANCING WITH LOUISE 020 8203 5242 www.dancingwithlouise.co.uk louise@dancingwithlouise.co.uk

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ACCOUNTANT ADAM SHELLEY Qualifications: • FCA chartered certified accountant.

• Accounting, taxation and business advisory services.

• Entrepreneurial business specialist including start-up businesses.

• Specialises in charities.

• Personal tax returns.

• Maurice Wohl Charitable Foundation Volunteer of the Year JVN award

SOBELL RHODES 020 8429 8800 www.sobellrhodes.co.uk m.sobell@sobellrhodes.co.uk

IT SPECIALIST

HEARING AID AUDIOLOGIST EWA KOZLOWSKA MSHAA Qualifications: • Fully qualified, HCPC registered, Hearing Aid Audiologist.

• Specialist in hearing healthcare including tinnitus management and wax removal.

• Fully understands the impact of hearing loss and will work with you to find the best solution for your unique hearing needs and lifestyle.

IAN GREEN Qualifications: • Launched Man on a Bike IT consultancy 15 years ago to provide computer support for the home and small businesses.

• Clients range from legal firms in the City to families, small business owners and synagogues.

• More than 18 years’ experience.

BLOOM HEARING SPECIALISTS 020 8869 9999 www.bloomhearing.co.uk pinner@bloomhearing.co.uk

MAN ON A BIKE 020 8731 6171 www.manonabike.co.uk mail@manonabike.co.uk

INTERNATIONAL PAYMENTS SPECIALIST

CHARITY EXECUTIVE

BUILDING CONTRACTOR

NAOMI FELTHAM Qualifications: • Leading currency transfer provider since 1996 with over 500 expert employees.

• Excellent exchange rates on your transfers to/from Israel.

• Offices worldwide, with local support in Israel, the UK, mainland Europe and the USA. • Free expert guidance from your dedicated Account. Manager

BAYLA PERRIN Qualifications: • Free professional service delivering immediate practical help with domestic administrative matters, assisting those alone and in crisis.

• Providing workable solutions for debt management, budgeting, bills, utilities, insurance, welfare & benefits, form filling, financial correspondence, bureaucracy and divorce procedures. Cross communal and throughout London.

HOWARD GOLD Qualifications: • Member of the Federation of Master Builders.

• Member of the Consumer Protection Association offering an underwritten insurance backed guarantee of 5 years on all projects.

• Providing a tailored end-to-end property service for residential property clients in north and north-west London. Focusing on a quality service.

CURRENCIES DIRECT 07922 131 152 / 020 7847 9447 www.currenciesdirect.com/jn Naomi.feltham@currenciesdirect.com

THE PAPERWEIGHT TRUST 020 8455 4996 www.paperweighttrust.com info@paperweighttrust.com

HPS 077 1005 7233 / 020 89588191 wwww.hpsuk.com howard@hpsuk.com

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ANDREW MILLER QC Qualifications: • Mediator with more than 25 years of experience of using mediation to economically resolve commercial disputes.

• Queen’s Counsel (Barrister) with 25+ years legal experience of conducting commercial cases.

• Providing a cost-effective and time-efficient alternative to the court litigation process.

HAZEL KAYE Qualifications: • Able to draw on the charity’s 45+ years of experience in providing specialist accommodation designed to enable independence.

• Knowledge of the features and innovations that can empower people to undertake everyday tasks and awareness of relevant grants and benefits available.

• Understands the impact of a diagnosis of disability.

GEORGE FOWLIS Qualifications: • BSc (Hons) Yale, MD, FEBU, FRCS (Urol) • More than 20 years experience as a consultant urological surgeon, having worked as NHS consultant for 15 years and in independent practice for past five years.

• Work covers all aspects of urology, with a sub-speciality interest in oncology.

• Tailors treatment to each individual patient.

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JEWISH BLIND & DISABLED 020 8371 6611 www.jbd.org hazel@jbd.org

HIGHGATE PRIVATE HOSPITAL 020 8003 0889 www.highgatehospital.co.uk enquiries@highgatehospital.co.uk

SPECIALIST CAREER ADVISER

SENIOR ALIYA CONSULTANT SHARON GLASSMAN Qualifications: Born and raised in Israel.

Worked in the private sector.

15 years experience with new olim while working for the government.

Vast knowledge of the Israeli business and labour market.

ERIC SALAMON Qualifications: • Career in corporate management working for among others Mars Confectionery, CBS Entertainment, Storehouse Retail & H.J. Heinz Foods, holding director level marketing, commercial and general management roles.

Provides specialist advice to help unemployed get work.

Free one-to-one mock interviews and workshops on making an impact.

THE JEWISH AGENCY FOR ISRAEL 020 8371 5258 www.jewishagency.org sharong@jafi.org

RESOURCE THE JEWISH EMPLOYMENT ADVICE CENTRE 020 8346 4000 www.resource-centre.org office@resource-centre.org

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FAMILY SOLICITOR

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PALLIATIVE CARE MANAGER

REBEKAH GERSHUNY Qualifications: Member of Resolution, Law Society Accredited and registered with the Family Mediation Council.

Collaborative family lawyer, with more than 20 years’ experience and founder of family mediation practice, Evolve Family Mediation.

Promotes a constructive and non-confrontational approach.

POLLY LANDSBERG Qualifications: • Worked in health and social care for more than 35 years.

• A degree in nursing and a diploma in health visiting.

• Responsible for the day-to-day management of the palliative and end of life care service.

FREEMANS SOLICITORS 020 7935 3522 www.freemanssolicitors.net rg@freemanssolicitors.net

SWEETTREE HOME CARE SERVICES 020 7644 9500 www.sweettree.co.uk polly.landsberg@sweettree.co.uk

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Walkers step up to raise £65k CHARITY A group of 16 walkers have raised more than £65,000 after taking part in Jewish Child’s Day’s inaugural trek.

Taking on the three-day 60km walk across northern Israel, which starting at Yesha Fort, took in the Alma bridge and Mount Meron, Jewish Child’s Day Executive Chairman Nicole Gordon said: “The trek exceeded our expectations, in terms of the cohesion of the group, how they interacted with the children from Simcha Layeled – one of the projects Jewish Child’s Day supports – and the funds that

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Hila Vaza, Resource Development Manager from Simcha Layeled, said:“It’s amazing seeing such kind people gathering together in order to help children throughout the world.”

One of the trekkers, Julia Reece, said: “The highlight was the final day when we walked with a group of young children with a range of physical disabilities that are supported by Simcha Layeled. As we walked, sang and picnicked with them, the sheer look of determination on their faces was truly heart wrenching.”

Funds raised will help thousands of Jewish children in need.

Team enjoy record 15-goal win Israel’s World Cup heartache MGBSFL FC Team recorded the biggest win in its 15-year history when they thrashed Faithfold C 15-0. Conor Perl scored five of the goals, player-manager Mitch Young helped himself to four, with Josh Morris scoring a hattrick. Richard Salmon scored twice, with an own goal completing the rout. Young said: “We were sensational today

and on another day it would have been 20!” Premier Division leaders Hendon were held to a 1-1 draw by HMH, Yehuda Korman and Oscar Wagner getting on the scoresheet. Redbridge A maintained top spot in Division One as James Berkley’s hat-trick helped it to a 4-3 win at Los Camden B. Nate Kashket scored the fourth.

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Israel’s Embassy football team suffered late heartbreak after they were beaten in the final of the Embassy World Cup. Taking on Bolivia in the showpiece match, which was watched by 50 spectators from both embassies in Battersea, Israel went into the match – a repeat of the 2016 final – as underdogs, given the South American side had never

lost a match in the tournament.

But despite finding themselves 4-3 up with just seven minutes left, three late goals saw them lose 6-4. Manager Matt Keston said: ‘I’m very proud of the team for the heart they showed and whilst disappointed with second place, for Israel to have got to the final was an incredible feat.”

Tourists bowled over on tour LAWN BOWLS More than 40 bowlers have returned from a tour of Israel, which saw them play at the country’s five clubs. The eighth consecutive year a GB delegation has gone on the Maccabi Lawn Bowls Israel event, this year’s programme included, for the first time, a match played alongside 22 blind or partially sighted bowlers. The 41 bowlers were assembled from 12 different clubs, bringing the total number of tourists who have participated in the tours since

2011 to more than 400. Tour leader Stuart Lustigman said: “I was delighted with the exceptional spirit within the group and once again lawn bowls proved an excellent vehicle to combine sport and Israel awareness in one tour.”

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