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RedShield KIRYAT MALACHI OPENING CLOSES ‘70 FOR 70’ CAMPAIGN At the end of October we celebrated the opening of a brand new station in Kiryat Malachi in the presence of the Deputy British Ambassador Tony Kay OBE who was presented with a Medicycle to commemorate HRH The Duke of Cambridge’s visit. Irish Ambassador Alison Kelly was also present and was presented with a Medicycle to celebrate the launch of MDA Ireland.

Our ‘70 for 70’ campaign was a great success. It began in January to mark the 70th anniversary of Israel’s independence and in under a year Magen David Adom UK has successfully put 70 medicycles on the streets of Israel. In the immediate aftermath of a car crash, terror attack or any life-threatening incident, the first few moments are critical. Medicycles are specifically

designed to cut through the traffic on Israel’s roads and reduce the response times by up to seven minutes. This is why medicycles are so important to the life-saving ability of Magen David Adom. To find out how you can get involved or for more information about Magen David Adom UK, please visit www.mdauk.org or call the office on 020 8201 5900.

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BREAKING BOUNDARIES TO SAVE LIVES Magen David Adom is Israel’s ONLY national medical emergency and blood service. There is no other organisation responsible for delivering medical response across the length and breadth of the country. We are fortunate that our work is supported by a team of 22,000 volunteers. So much so that when a first responder attends on a medicycle, MDA can provide this lifesaving service for free. Incredibly, this is provided as a non-governmental service and is dependent on the generosity of donors from across the world. Which means the challenge of funding and running Magen David Adom is a challenge which we in the diaspora must share. This challenge is exacerbated by the changing nature of Israel and its relationship with Jewish communities around the world. Some no longer see Israel as the cause it once was. It is down to us, the organisations working in the ‘philanthropy for Israel’ space, to make the case to a new generation of donors. The case for Israel.

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2018 TREKKERS RAISE OVER £100K Two unique treks took place in October and November which collectively saw a phenomenal amount fundraised for a brand new Mobile Intensive Care Unit and two medicycles – a combined amount of £100k. The trekking missions comprised 39 brave individuals in October and 20 in November, with several veteran trekkers from previous years. In six days they crammed site visits to MDA facilities, gruelling trekking in the North and South of Israel and taking part in ambulance shifts. Both missions began by visiting MDA facilities such as the current National Blood Services and the site of the protected Blood Center and Logistics center, which is currently under construction in Ramla. Trekkers then continued to the MDA National Medical Dispatch where they gained insight into the technology developed and used by MDA. They met with Senior MDA officials including MDA’s Deputy Director General of Blood Services, Prof. Eilat Shinar and Chief Financial Officer Alon Fridman. The group joined spectator shifts on MDA’s Intensive Care Units and ambulances throughout central Israel and witnessed firsthand the lifesaving work of the volunteers and workers of the organization.

We are fortunate that Magen David Adom is an attractive cause to so many people. The tangibility of our product; the vehicles, the stations, the National Blood & Logistics Centre and even the consumables, mean that donors can literally see how they are supporting a humanitarian cause and saving lives. Each year, numerous UK supporters join an ambulance shift out of one of our stations. Nothing shows how valuable our support is like a day at the coal face. In addition to our work in Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, this past year has seen a concerted effort to reach the Jewish community of Gibraltar and the vibrant expat population of Israel. Both responded positively and generously to our mission and the coming months will see a continued push. All in all, 2018 has been a year of excitement and achievement. However this is all tinged with a degree of sadness as we lost a true hero in Eli Benson. Eli was the ultimate fundraiser for Israel and a mentor and friend to me personally and all in MDA. Our Vice President, Nicholas Springer, has written a heartfelt tribute elsewhere in the newsletter and it goes without saying that Eli will be sorely missed.

Trekking in Israel this year for Magen David Adom was an experience I will never ever forget. From visiting the Blood Centre and the Dispatch Centre, to racing through Jerusalem at dawn with the sirens blaring, we were able to truly see the real work that this incredible charity does. The trekking was not easy. It was hot and tough but very worthwhile and the friendships made along the way will

last a lifetime.

Nikki Cohen, October Trek 2018

The MDA UK Trek challenge is a one of a kind experience where participants can enjoy Israel in a unique way, all whilst contributing towards the wonderful cause of lifesaving in Israel and seeing exactly how their funds are making a huge difference. MDA thanks the UK Trekkers for their hard work and support and looks forward to welcoming them and new trekkers in future trekking adventures.

Was very sad waving goodbye to my newfound friends yesterday. I spent the afternoon reflecting on the past six special days and everything and everyone I had met. I would just like to add a huge thank you to each and everyone for your friendship, coffees, glasses of wine and arm to hold on the dark walks home. I love what we have achieved and look forward to seeing you all soon.

To register interest for our 2019 treks, please contact michellerosenberg@mdauk.org.

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News / Labour warning / Mid East meeting / ZF election NEWS IN BRIEF

MALLIN JOINS TOP TEAM AT BANK LEUMI The UK subsidiary of one of Israel’s largest banks has appointed a new chief business officer in London. Andy Mallin, who moves from Santander’s real estate division, joins the top team at Bank Leumi in London, reporting to chief executive Gil Karni. Mallin is charged with growing new business in corporate and commercial banking, with Karni hailing “his expertise and breadth of experience”. The bank, which has 250 branches, is preparing to roll out its online-only bank Pepper in the United States.

APPLE BOSS SPEAKS HEBREW AT FORUM Apple boss Tim Cook has reiterated the company’s commitment to fighting hate, using the Hebrew phrase to do so. Cook invoked the phrase from Leviticus 19:16, Do not be indifferent to the bloodshed of your fellow man, in its original language on Monday at the Anti-Defamation League (ADL)’s Never Is Now summit on anti-Semitism and hate. “‘Lo ta’amod al dam re’eikha,” Cook said after receiving the ADL’s Courage Against Hate Award. “It moves us not to be bystanders as hate tries to make its headquarters in the digital world,” he added.

‘Labour cannot rest until it has rooted out party antisemitism’ Shadow Education Secretary Angela Rayner pulled no punches at the Board of Deputies’ Chanukah reception in Parliament on Monday, saying “those who distort history by likening Hitler to Zionism are no longer welcome” in Labour, writes Joe Millis. Rayner’s invitation caused anger in some parts of the community and had led to attacks and anonymous briefings against the Board, and especially against president Marie van der Zyl. She told the 150-odd guests in the Cholmondeley Room in the House of Lords: “I know the invitation wasn’t universally popular, so let me deal with the elephant in the room. “Some years ago, I wrote an article reflecting on my visit to Auschwitz, in which I intended to show my solidarity with the Jewish community over the Holocaust and modern antisemitism.” In the article, Rayner had quoted from anti-Israel activist Norman Finkelstein’s book, The Holocaust Industry – which claimed US Jewish leaders exploited the Shoah for political gain – and was roundly condemned for doing so. She said: “[It] included

Angela Rayner speaks out at the Board of Deputies’ Chanukah reception

a reference that now I deeply regret. I am certain I would not use it again. And I can only repeat how sorry I am.” She added that this year “we have seen the horrifying consequences of bigotry, the culture of conspiracy theories about Israel and Jewish people generally. That must be confronted in the wider society, but we cannot rest as a party until we have also rooted out antisemitism from our own ranks.” She referred to the “appalling abuse”

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her colleagues, including Luciana Berger, Ruth Smeeth, Dame Louise Ellman and Dame Margaret Hodge, had received. “And I have no doubt that being Jewish women has played a big part in that abuse. It must be stamped out for good.” Rayner said she hoped Labour’s internal procedures would be speeded up, adding she was “glad that the likes of [Jewish anti-Zionist] Tony Greenstein have been expelled and

I want to make it clear that those who distort history by likening Hitler to Zionism are no longer welcome”. Van der Zyl was scathing about Jeremy Corbyn, who, she said, “must apologise for the hurt he has personally caused” by his own actions as well as by allowing “so many racists and their apologists to remain as Labour members”. But she made it clear that “with all the difficulties of the past year between the Labour Party and our community it is perhaps inevitable that attempts to engage are fraught with controversy. But I believe we have to communicate if we are to overcome the present challenges”. Lord Pickles said: “Jewish values are a fundamental part of British identity”, adding that it was “bigotry” for people to want to amend the IHRA definition to compare Israel to Nazis. The candles were lit by Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis and the choir of Clore Tikva Primary School gave a rendition of Maoz Tzur and other favourites. The event was attended by the heads of the Progressive movements as well as representatives from Tunisia, Morocco, Germany and Israel.

PRINCE WILLIAM MEETS BLAIR TO DISCUSS MIDDLE EAST TRIP The Duke of Cambridge has held a meeting with former Prime Minister Tony Blair about his summer visit to the Middle East. Prince William staged talks with Blair, a former Middle East envoy, at Kensington Palace on Monday to discuss his June trip to Israel and the disputed Palestinian Territories. The official tour was the first by a member of the monarchy to the territories and the duke held meetings with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Reuven Rivlin and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas during

the milestone trip. After meeting Abbas, William said the Palestinians “have not been forgotten”. Blair was the Middle East envoy representing the US, Russia, the UN and the EU – known as the Quartet – after leaving Downing Street in 2007 and remained in the role for almost eight years. A Kensington Palace spokeswoman said: “The Duke of Cambridge met with Mr Blair to discuss His Royal Highness’s visit earlier this year to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories.”

ZF re-elects Charney as chair by massive margin Reaching the inner you

Members of the Zionist Federation (ZF) have re-elected chair Paul Charney by a huge margin after a challenge by a right-wing blogger whose efforts to remove a Liberal rabbi as patron were also tossed out. Jonathan Hoffman – who later blamed “the left” – managed to muster only a fraction of the support Charney received, as his bid to oust Liberal Judaism’s chief executive Rabbi Danny Rich foundered by a similarly large margin. The ZF later said efforts to remove Rich had been voted down “decisively” after anger that he had hosted left-leaning Jews from organisa-

tions such as Jews for Justice for Palestinians and Jewish Voice for Labour. Charney praised the “diverse views” at this week’s biennial, where delegates from across the political and religious spectrum representing the members and member organisations of the ZF elect officials and pass resolutions. Among the decisions made at the Danubius Hotel in London’s Regent’s Park was an amendment to the constitution to enable non-membership organisations “to join our Zionist umbrella and take full part of the Zionist conversation”.

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CST survey / Terror definition / News NEWS IN BRIEF

OSAMOR TAKES HER SEAT IN THE LORDS A controversial civil rights campaigner who supported activists suspended from Labour over alleged antisemitism has taken her seat in the House of Lords. Baroness Osamor was flanked by supporters Lord Harris of Haringey and Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon, as she swore the oath of allegiance to the Queen. Her nomination by Jeremy Corbyn angered Jewish groups, who said it was a “two-fingered salute” to the community.

ISRAEL TECH HELPED GUARD G20 LEADERS Israeli technology hired by Argentina to provide security during last month’s G20 global leaders’ summit successfully prevented several unauthorised drone incidents. Despite previous fears, the participation of countries including the UK, was not affected. The Defense Ministry of host country Argentina signed a contract worth more than £3 million, with its Israeli counterpart to provide cyber security services to the meeting. Israel is not a member of the G20.

Report: Jew hate front and centre The organisation charged with defending British Jews from antisemitism has said Jew-hatred played “an unusually prominent role” in British public life last year. In its report on antisemitic discourse in 2017, published this week, the Community Security Trust (CST) said antisemitic comments and images were spurred by world events such as the Grenfell Tower fire or US President Donald Trump’s decision to move the US Embassy to Jerusalem. The CST addressed claims of antisemitism in the Labour Party as well as by right-wing populist politicians, exploring how political criticism of Israel sometimes blurs into antisemitism. “The expression and transmission of antisemitic attitudes about ‘Zionists’ or Israel, including conspiracy theories and the abuse of Holocaust

memory, are more common than explicit hostility to Jews,” the report said. The boundary between legitimate criticism and Jewhatred is increasingly unclear because the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is “sometimes inserted into unrelated discussions about antisemitism and other Jewish-related issues,” the CST said. The report is produced

annually by the charity, which monitors antisemitism in the UK and whose volunteers secure synagogues and communal buildings. In the first All-Party Parliamentary Inquiry against Antisemitism in 2006, MPs recognised the impact of discourse, saying it was “hard to identify because the boundaries of acceptable discourse have become blurred to the point that individuals and organisations do not know when these boundaries have been crossed”. The authors note: “The purpose of this report is to help reduce antisemitism by furthering the understanding of antisemitic discourse and its negative impacts on Jews and our society as a whole. Antisemitic impacts may arise from entirely legitimate situations that have no antisemitic intention.”

‘No distinction’ on Hezbollah identity The UK Government this week acknowledged for the first time that Hezbollah leaders themselves suggest any distinction between the terror group’s military and political activities are artificial, writes Justin Cohen. The UK currently draws a distinction between the two wings, with only the military proscribed under law. However the group only has one flag – emblazoned with a rifle – and the loophole has enabled it to fly unchallenged through the streets of London during the Al Quds parade. Successive home secretaries have resisted calls to outlaw Hezbollah in full, but hopes were raised earlier this year that the loophole could soon be closed. Answering a question in Parliament this week, Home Secretary Sajid Javid said: “It is clear that Hezbollah has engaged in and promoted terrorist activity

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around the world. That is why we have already proscribed its military wing, but I am aware Hezbollah leaders have themselves cast doubt on the distinction between the military and political activities, so I understand why that question is asked. We are keeping it under review.” • Hamas is the main barrier to peace in the Middle East, a Labour MP told the Commons this week. Ian Austin asked about human rights of Palestinians “under the brutal dictatorship of Hamas” and asked for a government assessment of the situation in Gaza.

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News / Westminster memorial / Graffiti attack / Einstein auction NEWS IN BRIEF

£2.9M EINSTEIN NOTE: ‘NOTHING CHOSEN ABOUT THE JEWS’

A small handwritten letter from Albert Einstein on religion, Judaism and being Jewish has sold at auction for an incredible £2.9 million. The letter, just one-and-a-half pages long, was written in his later years to a German philosopher, and stunned auctioneers in New York this week, who had hoped it would sell for around £1million. In it, the legendary physicist says “the word God is for me nothing but the expression and product of human weaknesses… The Bible a collection of venerable but still rather primitive legends. No interpretation, no matter how subtle, can [for me] change anything about this.” He said Judaism was “like all other religions, an incarnation of primitive superstition,” adding: “The Jewish people, to whom I gladly belong, and in whose mentality I feel profoundly anchored, still for me does not have any different kind of dignity from all other peoples”.

IWR ends memorial opposition Supporters of the planned £100million Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre near Parliament cleared a major hurdle this week, after the Imperial War Museum dropped its objections. Imperial War Museum (IWM) bosses, who are planning to open their Holocaust Galleries in 2021, said last year that they were worried about duplication with the new memorial and learning centre at Victoria Tower Gardens next to the Palace of Westminster, less than a mile away. In October 2017, IWM said that they were “concerned about the potential to replicate

IWM’s plans for a new digitallyenabled learning and events suite through both narrative and programming”. At the time, IWM “urged reconsideration” of the whole Victoria Tower Gardens plan, arguing that it “will very much divide the public offer on learning about the Holocaust”. However, in a dramatic change of heart, this week the IWM said it now “welcomed” the proposed new Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre, which will cost £100million in total, half of which will be given by the government and the other half raised from private donors.

The planned memorial opposite the Houses of Parliament

“We are grateful to the UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation’s (UKHMF) for generously sharing its plans for the Memorial and Learning Centre

STRIKING GOLD IN CAESAREA A hoard of 24 gold coins and a gold earring hidden for more than 900 years ago have been found in the Israeli port city of Caesarea, kick-starting a guessing game as to whose they were and why they were never retrieved.The collection may shed light on trading links around the world at the time.

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located less than a mile from IWM London at Victoria Tower Gardens,” said an IWM spokeswoman. “We are now working closely with them on the the-

matic exhibition within the Learning Centre to ensure that the curation and narrative does not replicate IWM’s plans.” Supporters of the new Memorial and Learning Centre, which was the centrepiece recommendation of David Cameron’s Holocaust Commission, said this week that it would stand as a reminder to politicians that their decisions have long-term consequences. The foundation’s new mission statement, released as MPs pondered how to vote over Brexit, was accompanied by final design images, as backers said the park location was the right one.

Library poster defaced A poster promoting the Wiener Library’s exhibition on Kristallnact has been defaced with anti-Israel graffiti for the second time in a matter of months. One of the community’s leading Holocaust education charities condemned the daubing of “Free Palestine” and “One Love” on one its advertising board at Russell Square tube station as “undisguised antisemitism”. This comes after the library’s poster pro-

moting its ‘Shattered’ display, examining the Nazi Kristallnact pogrom in 1938, was daubed with “Free Palestine” in October,. After being reported to the charity on Monday, its director Ben Barkow said: “This second assault within a few weeks on a poster advertising our exhibition about Kristallnacht is malicious and depressing. This is not connected in any way to the position of Palestinians in present-day Israel.”

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JEWISH WAR VETERAN, 98, DIES AFTER ROBBERY A Jewish Second World War veteran seriously injured in a violent robbery in his home has died. Peter Gouldstone, 98, had been left badly hurt following the attack in north London last month with severe injuries including two bleeds to the brain and extensive bruising on his body. A 26in Panasonic TV and other personal possessions were stolen from the house in Enfield during the robbery on 6 November. No arrests have been made, but Scotland Yard said “a number of active inquiries are in hand”. Detective Inspector Paul Ridley said: “I urge anyone who has information, no matter how small a detail, to search their conscience and contact police without delay. “I particularly want to hear from people that may have been offered the television that was stolen, or who saw either people or vehicles in the vicinity of Evesham Road, Enfield, N11 that may have appeared out of place.” Crimestoppers has offered a £10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the attack. Gouldstone had lived in his terraced house for more than 60 years. His son, former civil servant Simon Gouldstone, 67, said: “As a member of the family I’m shocked and as a member of the human race I’m lost for words at man’s inhumanity to man.” He told reporters his father had worked on phone lines in Italy during the Second World War before going on to a career at the Post Office and retiring around 1980. Neighbours in the quiet residential street expressed their shock including one man who

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did not want to be named, who described the crime was “unforgivable”. He added: Why would someone do that to a 98-year-old? It doesn’t make sense.” The 65-year-old, who has lived in the area for nearly 40 years, said he had not seen Mr Gouldstone in recent times but would remember him as a “nice, friendly gentleman”. Carpenter Patrick Stokes, 26, who has lived on the street for a year, said it was “terrible” news. He said whoever was responsible “need to be brought to justice”. The Crimestoppers reward was put up personally by former Conservative Party treasurer Lord Ashcroft, the founder of Crimestoppers, and matched by The Sun newspaper.

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SCOTS GROUPS JOIN FORCES Jewish and Muslim community leaders in Scotland have agreed steps to greatly expand cooperation between the two faith communities, including setting up a “faith-specific social care service”. The Muslim Council of Scotland (MCC) and the Scottish Council of Jewish Communities (SCoJeC) say they are “standing together” against antisemitism and Islamophobia, paved the way for a Muslim-Jewish Women’s Network.

The first-of-its-kind move comes as the Scottish government reviews hate crime legislation north of the border, with Jewish leaders warning the issue is not confined to one race or religion. SCoJeC director Ephraim Borowski said: “History has taught us that racism and religious hatred might start by targeting a single community, but it never ends there. “That is why it is in the interests of us all to stand shoulder to shoulder.”

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Kinder are in fine voice for anniversary Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis lit the menorah for Chanukah at an event to mark the 80th anniversary of the first Kindertransport. The event, in Hope Square near Liverpool Street Station, commemorated the arrival of the first train on 2 December 1938, which carried 200 children from a Jewish orphanage near Berlin to Harwich, Essex. Between December 1938 and September 1939, nearly 10,000 children, travelling without their parents, were brought from Germany, Austria and Czechoslovakia to safety in Britain. Many never saw their parents again. Following a Jewish News campaign in 2015, the architect of the Kindertransport, Sir Nicholas Winton, was honoured with a special stamp issued by Royal Mail. Sir Nicholas helped rescue 669 children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia and organised

foster families for many youngsters. German Ambassador Peter Wittig said that amid the “blind racial hatred of the Nazi regime” the Kindertransport represented a “beacon of humanity in inhumane times”. Reflecting on what he described as the “darkest chapter of German history”, Wittig said he was “deeply honoured and moved” to attend the ceremony and thanked Britain, World Jewish Relief (WJR) and The Association of Jewish Refugees (AJR). He also emphasised the need for countries and individuals to remain “vigilant” and “show moral courage” against what he called “the backdrop of the continuing rise of antisemitism, racism and xenophobia across the world”. His words were echoed by Ruth Barnett who recounted her experience travelling to Britain from Berlin aged four and called for tolerance and

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Israeli Ambassador Mark Regev and Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis at a ceremony to mark the anniversary of the first Kindertransport

kindness towards refugees. “When I go into schools to talk to children, I assure them that nobody leaves their home in large numbers unless it is not safe to stay in,” she said. “The very least we can do, is meet them (refugees) with a little kindness and a little help.” WJR (formerly The Central British Fund for German Jewry), was instrumental in implementing the rescue programme. Between 1938 and 1939, it provided funding and education to the children and later continued to help with their welfare needs. During the ceremony, Mirvis lit the chanukiah for the first night of Chanukah, before leading a rendition of

Maoz Tzur. WJR chief executive Paul Anticoni spoke of the deep connection maintained between the charity, the Kinder and their extended families. “Every one of the Kinder has said to us, if it wasn’t for you, I wouldn’t be here, you’ve saved my life and I want to be a part of your organisation,” he said. Harry Heber, who travelled with his sister Ruth on the Kindertransport, and worked with WJR for more than 20 years, said: “We are so grateful to Britain that it welcomed us. But I am particularly grateful for World Jewish Relief, without whom we wouldn’t be here.”

The London Beth Din this week approved an Israeli company’s cannabis oil as kosher, a first for the UK. Provacan is a CBD oil, or cannabidiol, that is legal in the UK, because it contains no psychoactive substances. It has been developed by cannabis biotech company CiiTECH, which works with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The product, which retails at around £40 per 10ml bottle, is marketed as a food supplement with “a powerful cannabinoid entourage effect”. The company first focused on products for obesity and other metabolism-related disorders such as diabetes, and now works on products for neurological and dermatological-related conditions such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, migraines, psoriasis and eczema. “We’re proud and excited to boast the first cannabis product to be certified as kosher,” said company founder Clifton Flack. “This is a milestone for the normalisation of this powerful and important plant.” A spokesman for Kosher London Beth Din said: “Although CBD oil is derived from the cannabis plant, it is not psychoactive, and its use and sale is legal in the UK. It has experienced a surge of popularity due to its claim to offer a range of health and medicinal benefits.”

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Thousands braved the cold and rain to celebrate Chanukah at one of London’s most iconic landmarks last night. The sound of Maoz Tsur and the Akiva School choir filled Trafalgar Square as Chanukah in the Square – the community’s flagship festive party – returned to the heart of the capital. London Mayor Sadiq Khan, Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis and free doughnuts aplenty were among the familiar sights at the event, organised by Chabad, the Jewish Leadership Council and London Jewish Forum and supported by Genesis Philanthropy Group. And there was a first appearance for a new giant menorah after Jewish News revealed in October that the long-used candelabra partly designed by a convicted sex abuser was no longer to be used following a campaign by his victim. Khan – who was introduced by Board of Deputies President Marie van der Zyl – told an estimated crowd of more than 3,500: “As mayor of London I’m so proud to see the menorah in Trafalgar Square. I am here to thank you

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Sadiq Khan with youngsters in Trafalgar Square last night

for the contribution you make to making this the greatest city in the world.” Saying the Chanukah story is as relevant today as it was 2,000 years ago, he stressed the need for Jews to be vigilant and other on other communities to show solidarity. “I want the world to know this Muslim mayor of London is proud to stand with the Jewish community,” he added. Introduced by GPG cofounder Mikhail Fridman, the Chief Rabbi addressed the crowds before a countdown to the lighting. He said: “We are proud of our synagogues, children, welfare organisations, charitable giving and, standing here in Trafalgar Square, we

are proud to be citizens of this great city and proud to be British.” To huge applause, he added: “We are proud of Israel and proud to be Zionists.” Compered by comedian Rachel Creeger, revellers partied to the sounds of the Solomon Brothers and Kedma Band with Rabbi Belmont shul’s Marc Levene. The event was again media partnered by Jewish News. Among the other speakers were Israeli Ambassador Mark Regev and MP Luciana Berger. The latter – who has been widely praised for fighting antisemitism in Labour – spoke about the power of resistance in the Chanukah story.

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Football hate / Teen arrests / Limmud roles / News

Roman funds Righteous Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has funded a new project by Jewish heritage workers to record the testimonies of Lithuania’s Righteous Among the Nations before it is too late. Abramovich, whose family is of Lithuanian descent, offered the money to From the Depths, a foundation working with Holocaust survivors around the world, particularly in central and eastern Europe. The initiative was given added urgency following the passing last

Jonny Daniels with Righteous member, Józef Jarosz

week of 110-year-old nun, Sister Cecylia Roszak, who was honoured by Yad Vashem for her role in saving Jews in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius during the Holocaust.

From the Depths founder Jonny Daniels said the project would record the testimonies of the country’s remaining 50-odd Righteous in memory of Sister Roszak

and provide them with help wherever possible. UK-born Daniels said the Chelsea owner’s support was vital to the project, but not surprising given his track record. “Mr Abramovich has had a lifelong commitment of supporting Jewish causes and we are grateful for his contribution in helping us expand this important project,” he said. “The stories of these heroes are a spark of light when looking at the dark times connected to the Holocaust. They give us hope in mankind.”

TEENS ARESTED IN Limmud co-chairs GOLDERS GREEN revealed for 2019 Three 16-year-olds arrested after Jewish neighbourhood watch volunteers from Shomrim gave chase in Golders Green will appear in court this month, charged with criminal damage. The trio were caught by police after a car was reported being damaged on Armitage Road. Two have been charged with “going equipped and criminal damage”, while a third has been charged with criminal damage.

Hannah Brady, Dan Heller and Ben Lewis have been named as co-chairs of Limmud Festival 2019. All three have strong links with Limmud and the community, with Brady being a former UJS president, Heller having spent a year in France where he ran Limoud’s Volunteers and YADs scheme, and Lewis a communications consultant for Reform Judaism.

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News / Inspiring education / JW3 celebration

Stamford Hill school an ‘example to learn from’

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The Conservative Party chairman has Lewis could offer no reassurance hailed a Jewish special needs school to large Orthodox families facing the in Stamford Hill as an example from prospect of a two-child benefits cap which other communities can learn. effective from February. He said: “I Brandon Lewis, who is also a mindon’t see it changing… We’ve got to get ister without portfolio, visited Side by back to living within our means.” Side’s innovative school on Friday, to Speaking to Jewish News, the Tory see how Charedi pupils of both full and chair refused to be drawn on the issue limited abilities are taught alongside of Ofsted inspectors downgrading one another. Orthodox schools for their refusal to “Anything that focuses on bringing teach about different sexualities or the community together is a good thing, gender identities. because people support each other and He also confirmed there were “no it creates a more enjoyable society, plans” to proscribe Lebanon-based a more positive society,” he said. terror group Hezbollah in its entirety, “The Jewish community, when you given that only the group’s armed wing look at what’s being done at Side-byis proscribed by the government. Side, it’s a good example of how the “I absolutely recognise the frustracommunity plays a large part in making tion,” he said. “I’ve had people raise this that viable and sustainable.” with me. That’s why the Home Office With the government consumed Brandon Lewis meets pupils at Side by Side keeps these things under review.” by Brexit infighting, Lewis was asked Lewis also said there were no plans whether Israel would be near the front themselves, in terms of the practicality of for legislation to counter online hate, of the queue when it came to post-Brexit getting them done,” he said. saying the issue was “international, not trade deals, but said this would depend “We’re going to be looking to do those national”, but added he had “huge symon how fast Israelis could negotiate with kinds of deals with countries like Israel pathy” for media lawyer Mark Lewis, who the UK. where we’ve got a long-standing friendship was fined last month for sending ‘offen“Whoever is first in the queue will and relationship. It’s a very natural partner sive’ messages to his far-right abusers depend on how far they get in negotiations to be looking to do a trade deal with.” during social media exchanges.

Robert Rinder is to front a series of BBC programmes on the Holocaust following the success of his appearance on Who Do You Think You Are?, writes Justin Cohen. The TV barrister revealed during Monday’s JW3 dinner that he has been asked to present three new programmes. Rinder appeared on the popular geneology show earlier this year to trace the harrowing story of his grandfather, who was the only member of his family to survive the Shoah. Interviewed by BBC presenter Samantha Simmonds, he said it had attracted 1.4million viewers more than any other episode and had been trending for the best part of a day “without a peep of antisemitism”. Rinder, who also discussed his time on Strictly Come Dancing, described the opportunity as “the first” among many privileges he has been afforded since entering the public eye. During the night, which

raised a record £320,000, guests were reduced to stitches by the legendary Barry Humphries –best known for alter ego Dame Edna Everage – who was quizzed by former ITV Entertainment chief Claudia Rosencrantz. He spoke about his career and said Dame Edna had a “very nice Jewish side to her”. Telling diners he had “always felt very much at home in an environment like this, particularly the tension”, he recalled how there were a quota of Jews at his school in Australia. “I liked them because they were outsiders,” he said. Sir Trevor Pears and his family foundation were presented with an award for outstanding contribution to JW3, which recently celebrated its one millionth visitor this year. Former chair Michael Goldstein said: “He and the Foundation continue to be significant financial contributors but also a tremendous counsel to me and Raymond [Simonson]”. • Pictures, page 25

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Hungary’s Justice Minister, László Trócsányi us. Not open but hiding; not straightforward but crafty; not honest but base; not national but international; does not believe in working but speculates with money; does not have its own homeland but feels it owns the world.” He added that in Israel, too, Soros was “controversial”, saying: “It’s natural if someone is rich and participate in politics he will face criticism.” Meanwhile, Hungary is considered to be Israel’s best friend in the Visegrád Group of Central European EU states – the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia – themselves considered pro-Israel. Trócsányi explained that Visegrád countries have a “different approach to migration” than Western European states as they do not have the feelings of conscience the latter have towards their former colonies. “Israel, when it comes to migration issues, is pretty

much of the same opinion as Hungary. We do see a bureaucratic solution to migration such as the quota system as suggested by Brussels... And this is one of the reasons that links the Visegrád countries with Israel.” Regarding Miklós Horthy, Hungary’s de facto wartime leader under the Nazis, Trócsányi said he was a “controversial person” who began a “programme of stabilisation” after the Versailles Treaty led to the country being in “dire straits”. He noted Hungary did its best to curb racism. “Our government has banned paramilitaries from marching and... any discrimination against any community, irrespective of race, gender or ethnicity. Within the boundaries of freedom of expression, there is an need to fight hate speech.”  Read the full interview at jewishnews.co.uk

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The magazine cover in Budapest. Both Heisler and Mazsihisz deny any wrongdoing and hit back against the imagery and insinuation. However, Justice Minister Trócsányi told Jewish News: “Recently, some important national weeklies have

featured known Hungarian Jewish leaders on their cover pages, accusing them of corruption. “The rude visual realisation of these cover pages and the message they sent to the public sparked controversy and gave rise to concern in the Jewish communities. “Because of the particularly tragic fate of the Hungarian Jewry, I firmly believe any offensive or sensationalist representation of Jewish personalities and themes are unacceptable and should have no place in any media.”

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Eyal spreads love for Camp Simcha Eyal Booker makes friends at Barnet Hospital this week with Camp Simcha

When the doctors in the lift started nudging each other and whispering, Camp Simcha staff knew they had the right celebrity for the job – and not for the first time, writes Brigit ‘Minnie Mouse’ Grant. In previous years, the charity’s annual Toy Drive has been treated to appearances from personalities such as Vanessa Feltz and Tania Bryer and, last year, Emma Bunton aka Baby Spice happily handed out Above and below: Staff and volunteers give toys donated by schools gifts to the children at Barnet Hospital. But after a summer spent entertaining the nation and encouraging us to buy personalised water bottles, lights in a small Scottish village, Eyal hotfooted it back to London none other than Love Island star Eyal Booker was ready to meet to volunteer for Camp Simcha’s Toy Drive and help hand out young patients on behalf of Camp Simcha at the Royal Free in some of the 9,000 toys donated by Jewish schools. Packed by a further 87 volunteers on Sunday, the gifts will be Hampstead on Monday. Arriving by scooter and retaining his beach glow, the former given out to children in more than 100 hospital wards and hosJFS pupil caused much excitement en route to the chil- pices across the capital. “It is a pleasure to be able to do something like this as a result of dren’s ward with Minnie and Mickey Mouse, mostly among medics in white coats who Love Island,” said Eyal. “I am surprised and chuffed that people wanted to know what he had been doing want to have a photo taken with me.” Many did, among them the mothers of young patients and since he left Majorca. “It has been one thing after patients old enough to have been allowed to watch the ITV another,” he said, after discovering reality show who were delighted to hear about the upcoming that the celebrity acquired on Love Island reunion scheduled for 17 December. After that, Eyal Love Island is there for the taking, heads to Arizona for the series Celebs on the Ranch. None of this was of any interest to 18-month-old patient should one wish to do so. Having agreed to turn on the Christmas Mollie, but she took a shine to Eyal – as we all did this summer.

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Israel targets Hezbollah tunnels Israeli soldiers this week began a major operation to neutralise a series of tunnels from Lebanon that Hezbollah terrorists planned to use in deadly raids. Announcing Operation Northern Shield, Israel Defence Forces (IDF) spokesman Lieutenant Colonel

Jonathan Conricus said Hezbollah had “spent years digging crossborder attack tunnels”, but declined to say how many tunnels there were or how far they stretched into Israel. Israel’s armed forces released a video saying Hezbollah planned to “conquer the Galilee” and included

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Senior White House adviser Jared Kushner has paid tribute to the victims of the deadly terrorist attack on a Jewish centre in Buenos Aires in 1994. Donald Trump’s Jewish son-in-law was attending the G20 summit of world leaders. The AMIA building was destroyed by a car bomb, killing 85 and injuring hundreds.

CANADA

Two Canadian parliamentarians commemorated Jewish Refugee Day on Friday, recognising the 850,000 Jews forced to flee their homes in Arab countries in 1948 on the formation of the State of Israel. David Street and Marco Mendicino said the experiences of those Jewish refugees had echoes today.

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Dutch Chief Rabbi Binyomin Jacobs has said left-wing parties voting against the adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism did so to woo Muslim voters. Jacobs, a Chabad emissary who rarely comments on politics, was speaking after a vote on Tuesday.

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President Frank-Walter Steinmeier helped to light the first Chanukah candle on Europe’s largest Chanukiah at Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate this week, saying it was ‘a gift that we can reach out to join hands over the chasm of our history’. Germans have recently been reflecting on the 80-year anniversary of Kristallnacht.

images of pile-driving equipment in what is understood to be the beginning of the operations to destroy the tunnels from the Israeli side. Early work has focused on Metula, Israel’s most northerly town, with 1,600 residents living within a declared military zone. One tunnel, beginning in a Lebanese village and stretching 40 metres into Israel, was destroyed. IDF officials said their actions were pre-emptive and that there was not yet a threat to residents. Locals reported life “continuing as normal” on Tuesday, after the IDF operation began in the early hours near the border. Analysts suggest another war with Israel is the last thing Hezbollah wants now, as it recovers

from its forays into Syria. BICOM chief executive James Sorene said the Hezbollah soldiers infiltrating Israel through tunnels would “cause mayhem” in northern Israeli towns, but that the

Shi’ite group now had a “dilemma… whether to attack IDF troops involved in the operation and risk igniting a war”. The last war on the Israel-Lebanon border (pictured) was in 2006.

BIBI INDICTMENT RECOMMENDED Israeli police have recommended Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu be indicted in a corruption case involving Israel’s telecom giant. Police said they had “established an evidentiary foundation” to charge Netanyahu and his wife Sara with accepting bribes, fraud, and breach of trust. The case revolves around suspicions that confidants of Netanyahu promoted regulations worth hundreds of millions of dollars to the

Bezeq telecom company in exchange for positive coverage of the prime minister on Bezeq’s news website, Walla. Police have already recommended indicting Netanyahu on a corruption charge involving accepting gifts from billionaire friends, and a second over trading positive media coverage for advantageous legislation. The prime minister has denied any wrongdoing, dismissing the accusations as a witch-hunt orchestrated by the media.

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Editorial comment and letters ISSUE NO.

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It’s good to talk It was perfectly understandable when the Imperial War Museum expressed concern last year about a new national Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre planned for Victoria Tower Gardens. It was understandable because the IWM is working on its own Holocaust Galleries at the cost of £31million. It was understandable because Victoria Tower Gardens is less than a mile from the IWM. And it was understandable because those backing each project do not wish to dilute or duplicate the other. To those of us looking at this unedifying public spat from the outside, who simply want as many people as possible to learn the important lessons of history, it was clear the two teams needed to get their heads together. On such an enormous theme as the Holocaust, duplication could only occur through a lack of communication, discussion and collaboration. Fast forward to this week and it is gratifying in the extreme to see that the IWM has now dropped its objections, no longer worried that the two sites would “present a divided public offer on learning about the Holocaust”. It seems all concerned have learnt a lesson we Jews know well: it’s good to talk.

It’s good to write

Seeing their faces beaming with delight as they received their prizes, there was no doubting the winners of our storywriting competition were incredibly proud of what they achieved – and justifiably so. Teaming up with WIZO UK, as part of the charity’s centenary celebrations, Jewish News received an influx of entries from budding writers penning their dreams on making the world a better place. Their ideas, equally poignant and thoughtful, ranged from tackling all forms of hate and discrimination, to doing more to help save the planet or just simply being kind to one another – and showed how powerful words really can be. Dylan Milich, eight, who came runner-up in the primary school category, writes in his poem, Make The World A Better Place, “I close my eyes and I can ‘see’ a world where I want to be/ Pain and suffering will gradually disappear/ Peace and love will not be a fear...” Similarly, Jamie Copeland, 16, who won the secondary school category, writes in his evocative poem: “If I could, I would put a smile on everyone’s face and place kind words on each and every tongue.” Their beautifully-written words show not only creativity and imagination, but also the real hope and optimism young people hold for tomorrow’s future. Out of the mouths of babes, indeed.

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Picturing a man’s life I recently walked past a house being cleared. In front of a skip in the driveway, propped up against a bin, was a portrait, in pastels, of an elderly man with the words ‘Happy 80th birthday 2007’ written down the side. I looked at it for a while, thought how sad it was, then carried on my walk. But the picture continued to haunt me. I kept thinking about the subject of the artwork, how there must have been an 80th birthday party for him. He would have been surrounded by loving family and friends when the

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portrait, probably created by a gifted family member or friend, was presented. Now, just over a decade later, his image had been thrown out. I couldn’t bear thinking about this once loved man being left out with the rubbish, so I went back and and brought the picture home. It was only then I noticed in one corner there was a yellow Star of David, so I think he might have been a Holocaust survivor, which made me all the more glad I had rescued him. I would love to reunite this

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WE MUST DEFEND SHECHITA I’m what I consider to be a traditionally observant member of the community and I keep kashrut – no pork or shellfish, no dairy with meat. As a child, I was taught that by observing the rules of kosher, we cared for the welfare of birds and animals. With chickens, we have only one choice, that being the ones that are kept in small cages, factory reared and fattened and then slaughtered in a few days. The ‘non-kosher’ world, since the intervention of Jamie Oliver, has supermarkets that stock free-range and organic chickens. We get no real choice. I have become further

dismayed by reading recently in the newspapers of the warnings of buying non-organic animals, and therefore reducing all our resistance to antibiotics and the new dangers this creates for us. Surely our religious leaders should be leading the way when the maintenance of shechita is under pressure, by saying we are for the humane treatment of our ritually killed animals? In this way, they would be letting the Jewish public have a proper choice, and would be leading the fight against people who are against shechita. Paul Spector Bournemouth

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Editorial comment and letters

Sin in ‘sinagogue’ May I thank Barry Hyman for his kind wishes for a chag sameach, which I wholeheartedly reciprocate (‘No browbeating here’, Jewish News, 29 November). He mentions en passant that “Orthodox friends who visit [his] ‘house of assembly’... might be a bit nonplussed by the lack of gossip during the service”. I find this strange since the Shulchan Aruch [Code of Jewish Law] forbids it in very strong terms: “It is forbidden to engage in light-headedness, such as joking, mockery or empty conversation, in

synagogues” (Orach Chaim 151:1). This is included in the laws regarding the holiness of synagogues and applies even when no service is in progress. As for talking during davenning, it is even more stringent: “One may not engage in general conversation while the chazan is repeating the shemoneh esrei and, if one does so, he is a sinner and ... and one should reprimand him”. Such people truly bring ‘sin’ into sinagogue! Martin D Stern By email

RIGHT TO PONTIFICATE? What right has Martin D. Stern (Letters, 22 November) to pontificate on what non-orthodox call their clergy or places of worship, and out of respect others should use the same terminology in context? Orthodoxy should examine the

credibility of its version of Torah. I know no academic or biblical scholar who accepts the words followed today in Orthodox services were given 2,200 years ago in a square form of Hebrew. Robert Feather By email

THE PLEASURE OF ALL OUR BLESSINGS After a difficult year for our community, it was a pleasure to relax with my family on Sunday night, light the first Chanukah candle and reflect on all the blessings we still have. Life in this country for British Jews, from secular to strictly Orthodox, remains rich, vibrant and, thankfully, free. Randal Kaplick By email

OUR PM’S PRIORITIES ARE JUST SPOT ON Say what you like about our put-upon prime minister, but to find time to attend a conference on antisemitism on the same day she was torn apart in the Commons over our exit from the EU shows her priorities are spot-on. What a loss Theresa May will be to our community when she is inevitably removed. Leslie Acker By email

I HEAR SARTRE LAUGH Your fawning coverage of Theresa May’s politically-astute well-publicised attendance at the first Sara Conference was annoying (Jewish News, 29 November). Turning up to an event where a large number of attendees are being urged – nay, begged – to vote for your party come the next election might indeed be interpreted as a selfless gesture. It could also be seen in the light of trying to curry favour among those who feel badly let down by the mess she has made.

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Opinion

Game over for those who cash in on the Holocaust JACK PEPPER

HOLOCAUST EDUCATIONAL TRUST AMBASSADOR

ews recently broke of a video game that allows people to play Nazi guards deciding who should be sent to the gas chambers. Players alternatively choose to be prisoners, rebelling against the guards. The Cost Of Freedom’s trailer shows grotesque scenes of burning bodies. At one point in the promotional video, the words “Choose whose side you’re on” fill the screen and the phrase “Polish dogs” is seen. This advert caused a minor tremor in British media. In Poland, it caused much more significant outrage, with the game investigated for insulting the state. But why should this video game cause an outrage only in Poland? Why has this game not been at the centre of the debate about understanding the Holocaust, here in Britain too? Why must we turn our heads away once again?

This game is a disgusting example of a growing problem today: a widening lack of empathy with the victims of the Holocaust, and a growing disdain for those who seek to defend them. Last month, the 80th anniversary of Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass, was commemorated. Surely that was a sign of things to come? Still people looked the other way. Kristallnacht was a portent, showing the vitriol directed at Jews was escalating into widespread action. When we look back on the Holocaust, it’s easy to think solely of the camps, but words and ideology were as much a part of the Holocaust as the killing itself. The Holocaust started with words. These words were borne out of a total lack of empathy for our fellow humans. The Nazis didn’t see Jews as humans, and this dehumanisation is perpetuated by this video game. Holocaust charities such as the Holocaust Educational Trust (HET) have been working tirelessly to remind us that the victims of the Holocaust were normal people, individuals

each with their own family, career and aspirations. This video game trashes all that, and instead shows Jews only as prisoners, as the playthings of the Nazis. The video is also borne out of ignorance. According to reports, it refers to “Polish death camps”. The camps were not Polish, nor were they even German, as that implies the modern nation. The camps were Nazi – and Nazi does not equal German, or equate to the territories

A scene from The Cost Of Freedom

they occupied. This phrase highlights a worrying lack of understanding in the public discourse related to the Holocaust; despite what people claim, there is still much that is misunderstood about the Shoah. It started with ignorance, because a group of people didn’t understand another. This video game trailer shows a dangerous parallel with our past. Faced with international consternation and an investigation in Poland, you’d hope the game’s developers would do the decent thing and accept the offensiveness of their idea. But no. While the developers took the trailer down, it also declared they had been “forced” to stop the production of the game owing to media “misinformation”. This game is a disgrace, an example of a total historical disconnect and a lack of empathy for the millions who were affected by the Holocaust. The Shoah is not a playground, and we should be shouting that at the tops of our voices.

World AIDS Day and the battle against prejudice CHEN SHMILO

GENERAL DIRECTOR, ISRAEL AIDS TASK FORCE

ach year, on 1 December, countries around the globe mark World AIDS Day, to remember those who died from AIDS and raise awareness of current HIV prevention and treatment. While HIV/ AIDS medicine has made significant progress in the years since the disease was identified, people who live with HIV still suffer from discrimination and exclusion in their communities, owing to very low public awareness – or simply prejudice. This year, World AIDS Day fell just one day before the first candle of Chanukah was lit. The historic events this beautiful holiday commemorates help us to recall and recognise Jewish heroism and new hope for our people. World AIDS Day, too, has strong themes of heroism and new hope. For me, there couldn’t have been a more symbolic time to come to London to join West London Synagogue and the London Gay Men’s Chorus for the annual World

AIDS Day memorial service and concert – not just to commemorate the bravery of those who fought (and still fight) against the epidemic and its social consequences in the UK and Israel, but also to shed a light of hope and optimism on to all people who are still in this continuous struggle. This light is required in many places around the world, to illuminate and help us to repair and bring about much-needed improvement in this field. In Israel, the Israel Aids Task Force (IATF)’s commitment to tikkun olam (healing the world) starts with tackling discrimination against people who live with HIV. It continues with community-based activities to prevent new infections and to encourage the public but, most importantly, to encourage people who belong to groups

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at risk to get tested and diagnosed as early as possible. IATF also advocates a new updated national programme in Israel that aims high for a more dramatic reduction of new infections every year, achieved by adopting new evidence-based public health tools, such as accessible PrEP (Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis) for relevant people and mandatory HIV screening for pregnant women. IATF is proud to serve disadvantaged groups that are at high risk of HIV, such as Israeli citizens who came from Ethiopia, and asylum seekers, mostly from Eritrea and Sudan. These two groups deserve equal access to HIV testing and treatment, as well as health education in their own languages and in a culture-friendly setting. With this in mind, IATF has two desig-

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nated sections that focus on these groups, each led by experts who are native speakers and who themselves belong to these underserved communities. The Ministry of Health and the UN Refugee Agency are vital partners, as they have allocated a small budget that enables us to put together an intervention programme for asylum seekers. However, more resources are needed to address various HIV-related issues among this community, notably that some of the asylum-seekers living in Israel with HIV are still not entitled to free treatment. The importance of my visit to Britain last week was that it gave us an opportunity to exchange views and knowledge with highlevel public health experts and with leading HIV/AIDS British organisations. Thanks to the Israeli Embassy in London, we planned to discuss challenges in this field, and even to consider future collaborations. This visit is a very welcome opportunity to strengthen ties between IATF, West London Synagogue and the Israeli Embassy in the UK, to contribute to one of the most important ongoing fights in the arena of public health in both countries.

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Crumbs of comfort in these uncertain times ALEX BRUMMER

CITY EDITOR, THE DAILY MAIL

unning a charity dinner in these days of turmoil in Britain is a brave act. Potential donors are more concerned with keeping money safe than giving it away. Brexit uncertainty is a big factor in forcing people to focus on protecting their savings. The pound has fallen 15 percent since the EU referendum and under the Bank of England’s worst-case scenario, it could fall a further 30 percent. For many in the Jewish community, an even bigger fear is the possibility of a Corbyn government. The Marxist agenda with lack of respect for private property and wealth is frightening enough. But even more so for our community is the possibility of a government that still has to combat the antisemitism in its ranks. One tangible sign of the financial disquiet about Brexit and Corbynism is the outflow of money from long-term investments such

as funds into cash, which is easier to move offshore. Over the past six months, some £770 billion of money has been removed from UK funds because of uncertainty about economic and political conditions in Britain. It was with knowledge and some trepidation of these political and financial crosscurrents that I hosted as chairman a ‘shared society’ dinner for the UK arm of the Abraham Fund Initiatives last week. In spite of being what some might regard as a minority cause, seeking to ensure the better integration of Israel’s two million Arabs into society, we were able to attract a stellar cast. Our guest of honour was Chancellor Philip Hammond, who – despite the pressure of domestic politics – put up a gallant show of support for the prime minister as well as our shared-society cause. The other star attraction was Israeli Ambassador Mark Regev. Regev was in challenging territory. As a former adviser to Benjamin Netanyahu, he might not seem an obvious backer of a cause that generally attracts progressive support. His address, with its emphasis on good

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FOR MANY JEWS, THE MAIN FEAR IS THE POSSIBILITY OF A JEREMY CORBYN GOVERNMENT relations with Arabs in the region, and the promise of a new diplomatic mission among the Gulf state, placed Israel’s understanding of Israeli-Arab culture in a strategic context. The elephant in the room was the passing by the Knesset of the ‘Nation State of the Jewish People’ law. It seeks to underpin Israel’s Jewish identity but, in the view of critics, circumvents the broader principles of equality for IsraeliArabs in the 1948 Declaration of Independence. The issue was taken on directly by the Abraham Fund Initiatives’ Israeli-Arab co-chairman and Haifa lawyer Basha’er

Fahoum-Jayouss, who said the very name of this law “poses a challenge to the equality of Arab citizens of Israel, and the word of the law goes further: prioritising Jewish settlement building; demoting the status of the Arabic language; and failing to mention minority rights or equality for all citizens”. Regev believes the law is not intended to diminish the position of Israel’s Arab citizens and that the Netanyahu government has done more than its predecessors in providing resources for Arab education and development. In his view, the law needs to be seen in international context. Jews have been under siege in France, in Hungary, in Corbyn’s Britain, and now in the US following the Pittsburgh shootings. All it does is reinforce the law of return – the right of Jews to find a refuge in Israel. At a time of grave uncertainty for Jewish communities, there may be strand of comfort in the Nation State law. But it is also important that the FahoumJayouss message, that Israel adheres to the civil rights of its own minorities, is not forgotten in the tumult.

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Opinion

After 206 Nobel prizes, it’s time for the big question... DEREK TAYLOR AUTHOR & HISTORIAN

here have been just over 900 Nobel prizewinners since the first at the beginning of the 20th century. As Jews are 0.2 percent of the global population, we should have won two. We have won 206. That’s 40 percent of the economics prizes, 30 percent of the medicine, 25 percent of the physics, 20 percent of the chemistry, 15 percent of the literature and 10 percent of the peace prizes. Were you to write a book about it, there are a number of questions, the first being why have we been so successful? Jews were not allowed to go to university in Britain until 1826. There was a strict quota at Harvard until the Second World War. What could there be in our ancestry to make us produce so many brilliant academics?

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THE BEST MOST OF US CAN HOPE TO ACHIEVE IN PHYSICS IS SIMPLY TO MISUNDERSTAND AT A DEEPER LEVEL What did the 206 win the prizes for? For the non-scientific, this is not easy. Otto Stern, a German refugee before the war in America, received the physics prize in 1943 for his contribution to the development of the molecular ray method and his discovery of the magnetic moment of the proton. Any the wiser? Winners often remain in the dark too. Wolfgang Pauli won the physics prize in 1945 and said “the best that most of us can hope to achieve in physics is simply

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to misunderstand at a deeper level”. Saul Perlmutter who won in 2011 was even more basic. He said: “Probably the single most important thing about the Nobel prizes for most people is whether they can get the coveted parking space on campus.” Perlmutter won for his work on supernovae – very bright new stars – but said: “If you ask any one of them ‘Do you stand by your theory. Is this the answer?’ I think almost everyone would say “No. No. No. I’m just trying to expand the range of possibilities. We really don’t know what’s going on.” The work of the prizewinners, however, is immensely important. Does it matter whether you can produce indigo artificially? If you’re wearing jeans, that blue colour is artificial indigo. That invention won a Nobel prize. When the scientists make their discoveries, it’s a chance for immortality, even at the cost of making their work even more unintelligible. Thus the Pauli Principle and the Cherenkov Effect. Or try to figure why it was worth a Nobel prize to work out why discovering the neutron beam method and the demonstration of the doublet structure of the lepton through the discovery of the muon neutrino was worth it. Some Jewish winners you might know – Albert Einstein; Sir Ernest Chain, who made penicillin affordable; Henry Kissinger, Bob Dylan, Shimon Peres and Milton Friedman, but most you will not have heard of. But why so many Jews? Well, we had a couple of thousand years’ start on the competition. Most ancient civilisations considered disease a punishment of the gods; Judaism held that if you fell ill, someone should cure you. Even so, many Jewish prizewinners for medicine had difficulty getting a medical school to accept them. The BMA after the Second World War advertised jobs which were specifically not for “Jews or men of colour”. Yet we have 59 Nobel prizes for medicine. The work of the winners is often littleknown outside their scientific fields. Who knew Richard Wilstatter (1915 chemistry) worked out poor crops came from a shortage of magnesium in the soil and saved the lives of millions by the resulting improvement in crop yields? There are many more examples. So do the Jewish Nobel prize winners have anything in common? One thing: If you go back into their ancestry, you will find they all came from Orthodox families. Because otherwise they wouldn’t have been born Jews.  Jewish Nobel Prize Winners by Derek Taylor (Vallentine Mitchell), is available to buy now, priced £25

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Extraordinary contributions By Theresa May, Prime Minister Today it is hard to imagine a world that does not reflect the influence of Einstein, Pinter, Wiesel and the more than 200 other Jewish men and women who have received Nobel Prizes in the 117 years since the first was awarded. From making the scientific discoveries that explain the world around us to creating the literature that gives it meaning, and from pioneering the medical breakthroughs that save innumerable lives to leading the peacemaking initiatives that save countless more, generations of Jewish Nobel laureates have made an immeasurable contribution to the world in which we all live. It is one that is all the more remarkable given the relatively small number of Jewish people in the world – despite making up just 0.2 percent of the global population, Jewish laureates account for more than a fifth of all winners – and the unimaginable, unprecedented levels of discrimination, oppression and persecution they have been forced to overcome. For those of us who have dedicated our lives to the idea that opportunity and success should never be limited by either an individual’s background or the prejudice of others, the story of the Jewish Nobel laureates is truly inspiring. So I thank Derek Taylor for sharing it with us all, and for showing how a tiny ethnic minority, who have faced so many obstacles for so many generations, can still become the unlikely architects of their own success.

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Myisrael’s Chanukah gift campaign smashed previous records, raising more than £16,265 for Israelis in need. More than 584 gifts were donated, including 164 filled pencil cases, 136 Shabbat meals, and 110 pairs of prescription glasses.

Pupils from Mathilda Marks-Kennedy primary school took part in the Chanukah reception at 10 Downing Street. With Theresa May in Parliament, the government was represented by James Brokenshire (right). Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis, who compared May to the Maccabees.

A girl from Emunah Day Care Centre in Netanya enjoys a doughnut. British Emunah’s Deborah Nathan said: “There are areas of social deprivation away from the beaches.”

Pupils from Simon Marks Primary School delighted Hackney residents on Sunday when they attended the lighting of the first Chanukah candle in Hackney Town Hall Square and sang festival songs.

Justin Cohen, news editor of Jewish News, and Bunim Weinbaum lit the giant menorah at Golders Green station on Tuesday.

Members of Essex’s Jewish community took part in the Jewish Care-supported Menorah Run on Sunday, running 10k to 21k to help raise money for three Jewish schools: Wohl IJPS; Clore Tikva; and King Solomon High.

Board of Deputies President Marie van der Zyl and other communal leaders joined around 100 civil servants at the Civil Service Jewish Network Chanukah Reception on Tuesday, where they heard from Clare Moriarty, Permanent Secretary of Defra, and the first Civil Service Faith and Belief Champion.

Mill Hill East Jewish Community celebrated Chanukah with a children’s party. Much fun and many doughnuts were had by all.

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The mother of a 14-yearold boy who was murdered after meeting a man through internet gaming told parents they must ask their children to share their online world. At a talk last Thursday, hosted by Catherine Loble and Lisa Wander of Emparenting, Breck Bednar’s mother, Lorin LaFave, who set up charity The Breck Foundation, warned boys could be groomed as well as girls, and that grooming also affected those who were not traditionally seen as vulnerable. A total of £300 was raised for the foundation.

by Sir John Ritblat (pictured with David Bloom and Jewish Interactive CEO Chana Katzen) at the British Library. Guests were treated to tours of the Sir John Ritblat Treasures Gallery and heard about the work Jewish Interactive is doing, raising more than £100,000 to improve Jewish education. “As the People of the Book, it is in keeping with the spirit of the British Library to be hosting such an event. I am delighted to support Jewish Interactive. It’s vital to immerse the next generation in their Jewish heritage in ways adaptable to modern times,” Sir John said.

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Roughly 300 yeshiva students and their teachers celebrated the 19th of Kislev in Gateshead to commemorate the passing of the Maggid of Mezritch and the release of the first Lubavitch Rebbe, Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi from prison for spreading Chasidic teachings to all Jews.

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More than 20 children from Brondesbury Park Cheder visited Jewish Care’s Clore Manor home, where they held their usual class, bringing doughuts and lighting candles together. They sang Chanukah songs and Rabbi Baruch Levin played the accordian.

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Sabbatical officers and senior university staff went to Auschwitz as part of the UJS and Holocaust Educational Trust’s #lessonsfromAuschwitz course.

UJS held its annual training weekend for JSocs and Jewish student activists, which was attended by more than 100 people.

More than 70 past clients and volunteer professionals from Resource came together at LinkedIn’s London office to improve their knowledge of how to create and maintain a successful presence on key business-orientated social media such as LinkedIn. The event was Resource’s thank you to members of its Resource Community, a group of former clients who have found employment or started a business and wish to help current clients with their experience, identifying business contacts and employment opportunities, and facilitating introductions.

Exeter JSoc marked the 10th year of Mitzvah Day – one of the great events of the year – by holding a bake sale.

JSocs have elected their new committees for the upcoming year, including Bristol University’s.

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JW3 celebrates with smiles

Legendary entertainer Barry Humphries and Strictly star Robert Rinder raised plenty of laughs at JW3’s annual dinner. The event raised a record-breaking £320,000 in the year it welcomed its millionth visitor. Key supporter Sir Trevor Pears received an award for outstanding contribution. Chair Marc Nohr said: “This is the place I wish existed when I was growing up. This is the place where Jews of all varieties, and non-Jews, come together to learn, laugh, eat and talk about things we have in common.”

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our young writers were celebrated for their talents this week after being named the winners of our storytelling competition. Jewish News teamed up with WIZO UK, now in its centenary year, and asked budding authors to pen their thoughts on making the world a better place. After receiving an influx of entries from across 17 schools, guest judge and bestselling author Santa Montefiore selected the winners, who were revealed on Tuesday. Jamie Copeland, 16, from The Cherwell School, Oxford, won first place in the secondary school category for his poignant poem, If I Could, I Would!, with Joshua Cohen, 12, from Immanuel College, Bushey, named as runner-up for his short essay on discrimination. Meanwhile, Abigail Zinkin, nine, from Etz Chaim, Mill Hill, took first place in the primary school category for her “touching and charming” story, The Plastic Carpet. Dylan Milich, eight, who also attends Etz Chaim Primary School, was named as the runner-up for his poem, Make The World A Better Place! At a special event held at WIZO UK’s headquarters on Tuesday afternoon, three of the four finalists (Jamie Copeland was unable to attend) received book vouchers for themselves and their schools, as well as a signed copy of Santa Montefiore’s book, The Royal Rabbits of London, and a goodie bag from Hachette Children’s publishers. WIZO UK honorary president Loraine Warren said: “We are thrilled to see how well the competition has been received by so many schools.” Four shortlisted youngsters from each category also received a signed copy of Montefiore’s book. They were: Fiona Apaw, 12, Lealands High School, Benjamin Gamsu, 13, Immanuel College, Joseph Martin, 11, Immanuel College, Zack Baker, 14, JCoSS in the secondary school category; and Netanel Berman, 10, Hasmonean Primary School, Lola San, 11, Rosh Pinah, Rebekah Morrison, 8, Rosh Pinah and Hannah Warren, 10, North London Collegiate, in the primary school category. The competition was launched in conjunction with WIZO’s £1.8million fundraising drive to help refurbish the charity’s Vocational High School in Jerusalem, also known as WIZO’s School of Dreams. Located at the Rebecca Sieff Centre for the Family in Jerusalem, the school supports teenagers with severe emotional, behavioural and psychiatric problems and helps prepare them for life as independent and confident young adults. WIZO is the largest independent social welfare organisation in Israel and supports more than 800 projects across the country.

WINNER, SECONDARY: Jamie Copeland, 16, Year 11 at the Cherwell School, Oxford IF I COULD, I WOULD! If I could, I would put a smile on everyone’s face and place kind words on each and every tongue.

I would replace each negative thought with positivity and teach kindness to the old and to the young.

I would place hope in the hearts of the poor and the lonely, and support them to believe the best is yet, to come, I would take the guns from the hands of the angry and show them it is possible to live as one.

I would raise the world with tolerance and gratitude, and create a society of peace and tranquillity.

I would show each person how to live in the moment, living each day to the full to the best of their ability. If I could, I would.

Santa says: “I thought this poem was very well-written with an easy, fluid style. It’s sophisticated too, for a child of his age. I liked the rhythm and the simplicity of it – I also liked the rather wistful ending: ‘If I could, I would…’ because he can’t.”

RUNNER-UP, SECONDARY: Joshua Cohen, 12, Year 8 at Immanuel College HOW TO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE There are so many things I wish I could do to make the world a better place, but if I had to

choose one it would be to stop all kinds of discrimination. There are so many different ways that people are discriminated against. I think it is really unfair that people are hated and

being discriminated against just because of their race or religion or other beliefs or views.

A lot of discrimination is because people do not know enough about the religion or race that they are against.

A lot of what they think they know comes from the news or what they hear other people and friends say. They

don’t bother to educate themselves. If I could I would make sure that everyone had a good education that taught them how different people live and why they live in this way. I would get them to learn about and accept all the

different religions and also learn that the colour of someone’s skin doesn’t make a difference to who they are.

Other people who are discriminated against are people who have a disability. If I could I would make sure the

world was completely accessible for everyone. There would be ramps into all shops and on to trains and buses for people in wheelchairs. There would be Braille writing on all signs for people who cannot see and make sign language something that everyone learns in school so we could all communicate with people who cannot hear. In conclusion, I think discrimination is unfair and should be stopped. If I had one wish to make the world a

better place, I would completely get rid of discrimination. I believe everyone should be able to live freely without people hating them for invalid reasons.

Santa says: “Discrimination is a very important and relevant topic to write about, and Joshua did a very good job of it. After all, it’s a very sensitive subject. It’s intelligently written and he gets his point across beautifully.”

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RUNNER UP, PRIMARY: Dylan Milich, 8, Year 4 at Etz Chaim Primary School MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE!

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I close my eyes and I can ‘see’ a world where I want to be,

No pollution ﬁlling the air, a beautiful world that’s completely fair. Poverty will drop and happiness will rise

People will be honest and reduce their lies. I close my eyes and I can ‘see’ a world where I want to be Animals continue to roam the Earth,

Humans will begin to respect their worth. Leaves will crunch and trees will sway The Earth will be in a better way.

I close my eyes and I can ‘see’ a world where I want to be Pain and suffering will gradually disappear Peace and love will not be a fear

Everyone will be friendly and kind, Negative vibes will be left behind. editor, WIZO UK chair Ronit Ribak Madari; Joshua Cohen and family; Abi Zinkin and family

I close my eyes and I can ‘see’ a world where I want to be Everyone is listening and you hear no whispering.

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One where there is no cruelty or nastiness.

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world a much better place.

I hope you enjoyed this piece of writing.

There was a little girl called Charlie.

Hearing about a world with no ﬁghting.

It was her ﬁrst day at her new school.

A place ﬁlled with smiles, laughter and joy.

She walked to school and picked up litter on the way. In

Written by a kind eight-year-old boy.

her bag she had a reusable bottle of water, and a reusable Tupperware for her snack.

Santa says: “I thought this was a very catchy poem. I liked the rhythm of it and the strong sense of the writer’s longing for the world to be a better place. He mentions all the important things, like love and kindness. And I loved the ending. Dylan must be a very kind boy.”

At school, the teacher asked her to introduce herself.

She stood in front of the whole class and read out her list

of all the things she liked to do every day to save the planet. Some people at the back of the class sniggered at her, and the girls pointed and laughed.

“Miss Snell meant you had to say your name. Not your

entire life story,” said Clara, and her whole gang cackled.

SANTA’S TOP TIPS FOR YOUNG WRITERS

Charlie’s face went bright red and she went back to her seat.

irst and foremost, love what you write. If you are enthusiastic about what you’re writing, it will be infectious. So, when planning your story, make sure you choose a setting that inspires you, characters you enjoy describing and a plotline that excites you. Whether you’re writing about a dark and slimy cave or a beautiful, sun-drenched forest, make sure it really entertains you. Remember, if you’re bored, your reader will be, too.

At breaktime the girls drank from their disposable bot-

tles, and the boys sucked juice with their plastic straws. Charlie had to do something. Then she saw that Clara’s

favourite pencil case had pictures of dolphins and pretty ﬁsh. She had an idea. She asked the teacher for permission to do a GRAND THING. Charlie collected as much plastic as she

could and with the teacher’s help, ﬁlled the school hall with all

Second, I’d advise to write for yourself, to entertain yourself specifically, and not to try to tailor your writing to please anyone else. This is your work, your voice, your imagination and whatever you write must come from you. If you worry about what other people may think, you’ll never have the confidence to be bold and brave. Your writing will be timid, restrained and inhibited. Unleash your unique and brilliant imagination and give it free rein.

the plastic rubbish so that it was covered like a carpet.

When the children ﬁled into the hall for assembly, they

couldn’t ﬁnd anywhere to sit because of all the litter.

Charlie went on stage and played the PowerPoint she had made with pictures of the ocean ﬁlled with plastic and the poor ﬁsh who were killed by being trapped in plastic.

Third, get it written first, then get it right – don’t work for hours and hours on chapter one, because by chapter 30 you may decide chapter one isn’t great and change the entire thing anyway. Get the story down. All of it. Then go back and polish. Imagine having to put a hole through a mountain. You’d make the hole first, then you’d go back and polish the walls to make them beautiful.

The children realised all the straws and plastic bottles

had clogged up the ocean and killed their favourite ani-

mals. From then on they all used reusable plastic only and made Charlie their friend.

Santa says: “This was a very original idea and cleverly done. It was very neat and had a very touching, and surprising ending, which I liked a lot. It was well-written and with charm.”

Santa Montefiore

Last, never give up. Most writers suffered rejection before they became successful. And READ GOOD BOOKS!

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9 Transfer the logs to a chopping board and, using a serrated knife, slice into 2cm thick biscotti.

7 Bake for 15 minutes and remove.

10 Return to the oven for about 20 minutes until slightly crisp.

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What does the Torah say about… Matthew Hedges and his spying charges?

BY RABBI URI JASKIEL If there were hordes moaning about the weather this past month, hedge fund managers weren’t among them. They are too busy profiting from the rain to let it sour their day. Meteorologist predictions of heavy rains across Britain can affect consumer patterns and ultimately profits. Hedge funds are not alone in employing meteorologists – businesses are looking to hire in-house experts to gain a trading edge. The list includes investment banks, hedge funds, energy companies, insurers and retailers. While businesses have used weather as an excuse, they are starting to realise knowledge about it might give an advantage. In this week’s Torah portion, we explore the story of the first recorded instance of insider trading. Pharaoh has a famous series of startling dreams; seven lean cows swallowing seven burly cows and so on. The similarity of these dreams unnerved him and he sought council to decipher them. Joseph interpreted the dreams as projecting seven years of surplus and abundance, followed by seven years of intense drought and famine. He advised Pharaoh to stockpile the excess crop, instead of using it on gluttonous hedonism. Famine overwhelmed the region and this prudent counsel yielded tremendous wealth for the Egyptian government. Pharaoh had a hot stock tip that we may not have, although life presents advantageous moments. It is up to us to invest in those opportunities; the yield may be exponentially more rewarding than we fathom.

 Rabbi Uri Jaskiel is director of Aish Bristol

BY RABBI ARIEL ABEL British academic Matthew Hedges was recently held in the United Arab Emirates on spying charges and condemned to life imprisonment there. After seven months of negotiations, Hedges, who denied the charges, was finally released under a presidential clemency. What does the Torah say about spying? When the brothers of Joseph arrived in Egypt to buy food during the Canaanite famine, Joseph had a plan up his sleeve. Unbeknown to his brothers, Joseph was now viceroy of Egypt and held the keys to the country’s supply of grain. He gathered his brothers and old them: “You are spies! You have come here to scout out the weak points of this land.”

His brothers were understandably very frightened at this accusation and strongly refuted it. Joseph imprisoned the second oldest brother, Shimon, as bail for the others and allowed them home on one

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condition: that they also brought back Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, who shared the same mother, Rachel. On their return, when Joseph attempted to retain Benjamin, Judah confronted him in a lengthy spat, after which Joseph admitting the truth that he was their brother. Like the Biblical brothers, Moses unabashedly sends 12 prominent men to Canaan to spy out the land prior to their arrival. The mission ended in tears when 10 of 12 spies delivered a dismal report of the land to the people. Hedges denied the Emiratis’ charges of spying, as did Joseph’s brothers; but even Moses’ lawful mission ended in misery. The Torah teaches us that transparent diplomacy and disclosure is always preferable to secret missions.  Rabbi Ariel Abel serves Liverpool Old Hebrew Congregation and is padre to HM Armed Forces

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The Bible Says What? God sides with Sarah to send away Abraham’s son, Ishmael’ BY RABBI ELLI TIKVAH SARAH We learn from Jewish teaching that God is the creator of the whole world and forges relationships with all its peoples. Shema! Yisrael, Adonai Eloheinu, Adonai Echad – Listen! Israel the Eternal one is our God, the Eternal is One (Deuteronomy 6:4). But our ancestors often did not listen, so the prophet Isaiah reminded them: “Blessed be My people, Egypt, and the work of My hands, Assyria, and My heritage, Israel.” (19:25) God did not side with Sarah to send away Ishmael, Abraham’s son with Sarah’s Egyptian servant, Hagar. The Eternal One followed through on divine promises already delivered. The messenger of the Eternal One appeared to Hagar when she was pregnant and told her: “I will greatly multiply your seed and it shall not be numbered for multitude … Behold, you are with child, and shall bear a son; you shall call his name YishmaEil (‘God-will-hear’), because the Eternal One has heard [shama] your

affliction” (Genesis 16:10-11). The Eternal One established two peoples, through Ishmael, and through Sarah’s son Isaac. Abraham was torn because he had two sons. That is why God had already reassured Abraham when he learnt that Sarah would bear a son: “As for Ishmael, I have heard you; behold, I have blessed him … and I will make him a great nation” (Gen. 17: 20). But Sarah was not torn. Sarah knew that her only son Isaac was heir to his particular inheritance. When Hagar and Ishmael were expelled, the messenger appeared to Hagar again and repeated the divine promise (Gen. 21:17-18). We should be proud that our Torah records the promise she received, alongside the divine promise to Abraham and Sarah.  Rabbi Elli Tikvah Sarah serves Brighton and Hove Progressive Synagogue

Progressively Speaking What does Judaism have to say about schools hiring mental well-being specialists? BY RABBI SYLVIA ROTHSCHILD The eighth paragraph of the Amidah written before 70CE asks God for refuah shleimah – complete healing. Since the Middle Ages we also recite a “mi-sheberach”, clarifying the meaning of shleimah into refuat hanefesh v’refuah haguf, or healing of the soul and healing of the body. Our tradition has always understood the importance of both physical and mental well-being. Maimonides, who was both physician and rabbi, wrote “passions of the psyche produce great and obvious changes in the body… so the psyche should be in equilibrium”. This 12th century scholar understood the importance of looking after mental health, commenting that “the physician should...improve the soul before other treatment” Many biblical figures experience anxiety and mental distress, and their dark, confused feelings are faithfully recorded. Tradition teaches that to be human is to be vulnerable, and we

must acknowledge that vulnerability and work to mitigate any damage. Moses tells us hishamer lecha ushmor nafshecha me’od – take care of yourself and guard your soul (Deut.4:9). Reading Psalms or our liturgy that teaches gratefulness (modeh ani), fragility (asher yatzar), security (hashkiveinu), demonstrates how much we must be aware of and work for mental well-being. Yet sometimes that message gets lost in the intensity of living when chasing success, or merely earning

a living consumes our attention, and we lose the perspectives Maimonides describes. In this age of continuous targets and assessments, of comparing ourselves with carefully curated lives found on social media, we can fall into the pit of depression and anxiety with increasing ease. The Bible has many verses of comfort for those in severe emotional and mental distress and reminds us that we are neither the first, nor the only people dealing with this pain. Mental ill health isolates the sufferer from others, cutting off the hope – even the imagined possibility – of change. There are many ways to address this, but the most constant is having awareness and communication with others. Knowing there are people to help is the first step towards achieving a healthy equilibrium.  Sylvia Rothschild has been a community rabbi in south London for 30 years

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ASSOUS & CO Dear Jeremy What are the three keys to building your dream retirement as a landlord? Gemma Dear Gemma Most landlords I work with are either about to retire, newly retired or retired for more than 10 years. As a 32-year-old, there is little advice I can give,

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accessed through Norwood’s team at Kennedy Leigh. Once you make an approach, be sure to keep an open mind. Neither exaggerate nor minimise your child’s challenges and follow the expert’s guidance. The most important thing is not whether your child has an identifiable learning difficulty or not, but rather whether he’s coping and feels supported. If not, it’s imperative to understand the barriers to his learning and find ways that these can be overcome. Barriers to learning don’t always equate to special needs. Sometimes labels can be counterproductive. On the whole, though, if a diagnosis is available, it should be seen in a positive light. A diagnosis will help you to understand patterns of behaviour and feelings that may have plagued your child. Being able to put appropriate support in place is empowering and can have a huge impact. Many young people we’ve worked with express relief once they have been diagnosed as they not only understand themselves better, but are also better understood by their school and family.

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WEST END TRAVEL Dear David My husband and I plan to visit Amsterdam in the spring to take in art galleries, museums and many of the other classic Dutch cultural centres. It would be great to combine this with Jewish heritage in the city. Are we asking too much to fit all this into a one-week trip to Amsterdam? Pamela

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Dear Pamela A visit to Amsterdam in the spring is a perfect time to enjoy this great city and you will certainly be spoilt for choice. The Rijksmuseum, not long ago reopened after a 10-year restoration project, is home to the most important collection of Dutch art in the world, featuring more than 8,000 items. Don’t miss viewing Rembrandt’s The Night Watch, as well as wonderful works by Vermeer, Frans Hals, Jan Steen, Tintoret to and of course Vincent Van Gogh – the icing on the cake! British Airways, KLM and easyJet offer competitive airfares from

the UK, and to get the maximum benefit of your time in Amsterdam, I recommend you stay in one of the excellent city centre hotels, where the prices range from budget to deluxe. The highlight of your Jewish interest sightseeing will undoubtedly be a visit to the Anne Frank House and the magnificent 17th century Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue, one of the most important legacies of the ancient Jewish community of Amsterdam. And before you leave, make sure you treat yourselves to the famous canal tour – you will love this vibrant and fascinating city.

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THE ANNUAL DINNER RAISES AN INCREDIBLE £2.6M On Monday 26th November over 400 guests attended the Magen David Adom UK Lifeblood Dinner at The Dorchester on Park Lane. The record breaking attendance produced a record-breaking fundraising return with the annual dinner campaign hitting £2.6million. This money will go towards funding the National Blood and Logistics Centre in Ramla – a partnership with the Government of Israel and the American Friends of Magen David Adom. Special guest Judge Rinder was the compère for the evening and kept the guests entertained throughout. MDA UK chairman David Curtis presented Norman Rosenbaum with his “Point of Light” award. An award of recognition by the Prime Minister for his fundraising work for Magen David Adom. David Curtis told guests of some of the great work Norman has done for MDA.

During the evening, there were screens up which were connected live to the dispatch centre in Israel. Donors were able to follow their ambulances live, real time on a shift and all guests were able to follow all activity on the streets of Tel Aviv. MDA UK Chief Executive Daniel Burger commented “You have just witnessed the very real way that blood saves lives in Israel. And how, in collecting, processing, distributing and administering this most precious of commodities, Magen David Adom is genuinely providing the lifeblood of Israel.” A tribute was paid to the late Eli Benson, former Chief Executive of MDA UK, who devoted his career to helping others both in Israel and in the diaspora.

Mark Regev, Israel’s Ambassador to the UK, spoke about the pride he took when his children volunteered for MDA. He was presented with a limited edition copy of ‘Blood, Sweat, Tears & Helicopters’ by the photobook’s author, Jonathan Straight. This year’s film was focused on blood and how Magen David Adom plays such a huge role in the blood supply in Israel.

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DEDICATED TO SAVING LIVES THE LEWINS

Magen David Adom can continue saving lives thanks to all of your donations. The past few months have been filled with many exciting and special dedications which we are always ever grateful for.

After experiencing first hand how important medicycles’ quick response time can be, the Lewins were approached by another couple who were keen to donate a bike after a medicycle had given them the care they needed after collapsing on holiday in Israel.

VERA AND JACK ACKERMAN Z”L At the beginning of October, five Mobile Intensive Care Units were donated in memory of Vera and Jack Ackerman Z”L. These MICUs alone will save potentially 50,000 lives during their operations on the roads. NORMAN AND JILL FAUST In September we welcomed an ambulance, a Mobile Intensive Care Unit as well as four medicycles. These were donated by Norman and Jill Faust, all to mark Norman’s 90th birthday. On the day of the dedication, MK Avi Dichter was present and donated a unit of blood in honour of the donor’s big birthday.

The Lewins felt a bond to Israel as their daughter and her family live in Jeruslaem – their youngest granddaughter was named after the paramedic who had helped her mother to deliver her when she had fallen ill at home. Together with the UHC of Leeds they donated two medicycles. At the dedication ceremony the medics present knew the paramedic who she had been named after.

CHRISTIAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM This year we remember the Hadassah Convoy Massacre that took place 70 years ago. The Christian Friends of Magen David Adom honoured this and dedicated two ambulances in memory of the tragedy.

A TRIBUTE TO ELI BENSON Eli Benson was born Eli Ben Zion. A more appropriate name could not have been given to a person who devoted his career to helping others both in Israel and the diaspora.

chief executive, MDA raised in excess of £50 million, making this cause one of the leading charities in our community. Even in retirement, if one can call it such, he continued to fundraise.

He started his career at Young Poale Zion before moving to the Joint Israel Appeal, the precursor to the UJIA , and then to the CBF, renamed World Jewish Relief. We were fortunate to have him join Magen David Adom as chief executive in the late 1990s.

Eli was a modest person. Just before he passed away, he was told that the ambulance station at Ramat Beit Shemesh was to be named in his honour. His immediate reaction was that the name of his loving wife, Anita, should also be included.

At that time the charity was going through a difficult period. There was nothing special about its major fundraising event and not an enormous amount of money was raised otherwise. The then Chairman invited me to take over as dinner chair and I inherited the skeleton of today’s function, which we developed together.

The foundation of the organisation that we have today is a fitting tribute to him and we all have a responsibility to build on his legacy.

We worked closely together on the phone, me from my car and Eli in his office. We bounced ideas off each other and it was a privilege and pleasure to work with him. He was small in stature and had a quiet demeanour. He had an amazing ability to enthuse donors and have them make unexpected donations. During his period as

He was a giant among men, highly respected and the world is a poorer place without him. He is sorely missed.

Nicholas Springer Vice President, Magen David Adom UK

Registered Charity No. 1113409

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