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• 24% of American Jews voted Trump • ‘End of era’ for Palestinian state hopes • Fury over UK Jewish ‘congratulations’

VOICE OF THE JEWISH NEWS The popular consensus on Presidentelect Donald Trump’s surprise march to the White House has been shock and horror. How can a man who says what he says and behaves how he behaves – while displaying the emotional maturity of a 12-year-old – be allowed to have his finger on the nuclear codes?

He may have looked and sounded a little

more like a statesman during his victory speech on Wednesday morning, but this won’t begin to wash away the unstatesmanlike bravado that marred his campaign from start to finish.

If this man has any hidden depths they certainly didn’t emerge during his battle with Hillary Clinton.

The often-vile personality we witnessed

somehow managed to gain the trust and votes of 50 million Americans – a quite staggering statistic.

Most politicians – Vladamir Putin and Nigel Farage aside – didn’t want to see the billionaire reality TV star anywhere near the White House. Now that’s where he’s heading, the world will simply have to knuckle down and deal with him.

Pragmatic politicians are, of course, making the best of it, insisting the new leader of the free world should be judged on future actions rather than the wicked words that brought him to power.

Theresa May said the UK and US will remain “strong and close partners on trade, security and defence” Continued on page 12

Reports and reaction, pages 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 12

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News / Donald Trump’s election victory

Surprise and alarm greets Trump win

By Stephen Oryzczuk stepheno@thejngroup.com @JewishNewsUK

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sraeli politicians cheered Donald Trump’s stunning US presidential election win this week, saying it represents the end of the two-state solution, but the vast majority of American Jews were left holding their heads in disbelief.

The president-elect, a property billionaire and reality TV star, is set to be one of the most powerful presidents in modern US history, as his Republican party – which already controlled Congress – also won back control of the Senate.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was all smiles on hearing the news, while Naftali Bennett, a prominent right-wing Israeli politician often touted as a future prime minister, said the result meant “the era of a Palestinian state is over”.

Others celebrating Trump’s convincing win, by 279 college votes to

Hillary Clinton’s 228 – as Jewish News went to press – were Europe’s nationalists, including UKIP’s Nigel Farage, Marine Le Pen of Front National in France, and Geert Wilders in the Netherlands. All three have won electoral support for anti-immigration campaigns – a message Trump echoed on his own campaign trail, with calls to ban Muslims and wall-off Mexican “rapists”.

Yet for most American Jews, Trump’s win was a nightmare and a tragedy, with exit polls showing that 71 percent of Jews voted Democrat – an eight percent increase on the number voting Democrat during the last election.

In the end, it had no effect, as key ‘battleground’ states such as Florida, which is home to a large Jewish constituency, voted decisively for Trump.

“The Jewish angle was absent,” said Simon Henderson, Baker Fellow at Washington Institute, speaking to Jewish News. “There used to be a time that the Jewish vote in New York and Florida was key. Not in 2016.”

Israeli right-wing politicians yesterday were quick to suggest that Trump now makes good on his promise to relocate the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, in what would be a controversial move loaded with symbolism, and one his recent presidential predecessors have all resisted.

Others invited him to the West Bank, to see the settlement projects, while Likud lawmaker Yehuda Glick invited Trump to “ascend the Temple Mount and lead from the source of light and energy a dialogue of world reconciliation and peace”.

At home, attention turned to Trump’s choice of Secretary of State, an influential foreign policy role currently filled by John Kerry. Commentators have suggested this could be former Speaker Newt Gingrich, who has called the Palestinians “an invented people,” or former US ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton, a leading neoconservative who once suggested that Israel might attack Iran.

While some American Jewish organisations were conspicuously silent on

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Donald Trump’s election victory / News Trump’s win, many congratulated Trump, with David Harris, chief executive of advocacy group AJC, appealing for unity.

“Now that the election is over, a first priority should be to address the wounds of an extraordinarily divisive contest,” he said.

A statement from AIPAC, the influential pro-Israel lobby group, congratulated Trump and his running mate Mike Pence, the vice president-elect, as well as “the elected and re-elected senators and representatives, who will be part of the most pro-Israel Congress ever”.

David Peyman, senior adviser and national director of Jewish Affairs and Outreach for the Trump campaign, maintained that Trump was “the most proIsrael, pro-Jewish candidate to ever run for the US presidency… When Jewish and pro-Israel voters learn about his policies, they support him”.

European leaders, while publicly congratulating Trump, will be chilled in private by the prospect of his presidency.

French President Francois Hollande spoke this week of “concern”, while Germany’s foreign minister has previously called Trump a “hate preacher”.

Former British Prime Minister David Cameron described Trump’s call to ban Muslims from the US “divisive, stupid and wrong”.

Donald Trump greets supporters. Inset: Democratic challenger Hillary Clinton

No time to retreat PENCE: ISRAEL’S ALLY RABBI LAURA JANNER-KLAUSNER SENIOR RABBI, REFORM JUDAISM

Fear is the strongest force on a person. Donald Trump’s success played out in a country and a world where fear is increasingly prevalent – fear of the “other”, whether that “other” is defined by nationality, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexuality or political affiliation.

It is troubling that Trump amplified people’s fear of one another.

This campaign, infused with misogyny, racism, xenophobia, homophobia and religious intolerance, stands alongside the followers of Korach as an example of the antithesis of holy debate.

While the campaign’s manipulation of fear has been grotesque, it doesn’t invalidate

that people were fearful in the first place. Many feel part of a ‘silent majority’, scared for their security, their livelihoods and families, the same insecurities and weaknesses we all share but feel their fear is dismissed by those in power.

But the beauty of democracy means political leaders, even after victory, are not given total power. The election is only one mechanism for people to express their desires and effect change.

Today is not the day to retreat, to hide, to surrender.

It is the day to turn to one another, and to all individuals and groups frightened by last night’s events, and declare that we will not stand idly by.

Until recently, few outside the US had ever heard of Donald Trump’s running mate, the man who will soon be US vicepresident. Who is Mike Pence?

And where does he stand on issues of Jewish interest?

The Indiana governor is “one of the best friends the state of Israel and the Jewish people ever had,” according to a former publisher of Jerusalem Post, Tom Rose.

Messages of support from Pence himself would back that up. Ahead of a recent Jerusalem rally, he said: “Israel’s fight is our fight, her cause is just and her values are our values and her fate is our fate.

Israel is our most cherished ally in the world.”

Pence can point to his introduction of laws in Indiana targeting organisations that boycott Israel, but outside of foreign policy, his social

Vice President: Mike Pence

conservatism has riled some.

Indianapolis Rabbi Dennis Sasso, for one, has said that Jews in Pence’s home state “have long been repelled by his anti-LGBT, anti-immigrant, anti-choice stance”.

Regardless, the next four years will give him the chance to fine-tune his Hebrew, after his recent translation of the Trump campaign slogan – “Make America Great Again” – came out as “To Reverse America to Great Once More”.

Ross on Trump at JW3 Former White House coordinator on the Middle East Dennis Ross will discuss the impact on the region of a Trump presidency when he addresses a capacity audience in London as part of a series of Jewish News-We Believe in Israel events.

The diplomat, who was the point man on the Middle East in the Bill Clinton administration, was more recently an advisor to both President Obama and Hillary Clinton when she was Secretary of State.

Ross will be in conversation with BICOM chief executive James Sorene during the 30 November event, organised together with BICOM and JW3 and in partnership with the Britain-Israel Alliance.

Ross will also be among the speakers at the Jewish NewsBICOM policy conference in Westminster that day, when he will be joined by figures including Home Secretary Amber Rudd, Middle East Minister Tobias Ellwood, Israel’s Leader of the Opposition Isaac Herzog and Michael Oren, deputy minister for public diplomacy in Benjamin Netanyahu’s office.

Oren, the immediate past ambassador to Washington, will also address a Jewish News-We Believe in Israel grassroots event in Glasgow on 1 December.

We Believe in Israel director Luke Akehurst said: “In addition to a top-level policy conference, we wanted to make sure people in the community got to hear the latest insights from these impressive speakers, so I am delighted we are holding grassroots events around the country.”

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Let’s strike a balance JONATHAN ARKUSH

PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF DEPUTIES

Jewish communities on both sides of the Atlantic and beyond have watched this highly divisive US presidential election and its result with a mixture of surprise and alarm.

Some of Donald Trump’s suggestions that an elite cabal was behind America’s ills sometimes felt like anti-Jewish conspiracy theories, particularly when campaign publicity around this featured prominent Jews. I have expressed deep unease with what sometimes looked like Trump’s apparent hesitancy to distance himself from white supremacist supporters.

His supporters would point to the fact his daughter Ivanka converted to Orthodox Judaism to marry a Jewish man, apparently with the full support of the new President-elect. There is also little doubt about Trump’s long-standing relationship with Israel and strong, pro-Israel views, including the pledge to revisit the nuclear deal with Iran.

His offensive comments about women and his campaign’s wider hostility towards minorities, including Mexican immigrants, Muslims and African Americans, have caused anger among many Jews. An urgent priority is to address the wounds he and his campaign have caused, reassuring those who have been demonised or disrespected during the campaign. This may require significant reserves of patience and humility.

Engagement between Jews and the next US president will need to strike a balance between constructively advancing our common interests and setting down a clear marker about the necessity of considered leadership in a pluralistic society.

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News / Donald Trump’s election victory

JEWISH FIRST DAUGHTER Chanukah at the White House looks set to be a very Jewish affair this year, given that three of Donald Trump’s close relatives are members of the tribe.

First Daughter Ivanka, 35, converted to the faith following her marriage to prop- Trump with Ivanka and hubby Jared erty developer Jared embraced Judaism after an Kushner in 2009, while son Eric married Jewish tel- Orthodox conversion under evision producer Lara Yunaska Rabbi Elie Weinstock. She has spoken of keeping a kosher two years ago.

Ivanka played a crucial role home and observing Shabbat.

In a recent Vogue interon her father’s campaign trail and subsequent surprise vic- view, Ivanka said: “We’re pretty tory and was more frequently observant. It’s been such a great at his side than brothers life decision for me. I really find Donald Jr and Eric, half-sister that with Judaism it creates an Tiffany, daughter of Trump’s amazing blueprint for family second wife Marla Maples, or connectivity.”

She and Kushner have also half-brother Barron, Trump’s 10-year-old son with current been vocal in defending Trump against a slew of accusations wife, Melania.

The 45th president even that he holds anti-Semitic refers to his daughter, born views or made offensive comduring his first marriage to ments during his campaign.

His final election advert Ivana, as his “favourite” and currently serves as executive featured remarks about a vice president of The Trump wealthy cabal controlling the Organisation. The mother- world alongside images of busiof-three also has her own nessman George Soros, Federal namesake brand selling shoes, Reserve chair Jane Yellen and Goldman-Sachs CEO Lloyd clothing and jewellery.

Raised Presbyterian, Ivanka Blankfein. All three are Jewish.

Board boss blasted for ‘laughable’ message Board of Deputies president Jonathan Arkush has been strongly criticised by British Jews for congratulating Donald Trump on his election victory, as feelings ran high in the aftermath of the Republican’s election win.

Arkush said: “I would like to congratulate Donald Trump on his victory. After a divisive campaign, I hope he will build bridges and ensure that America’s standing as a beacon of progress, tolerance and freethinking remains strong.”

More than 50 young British Jews cosigned an angry letter to Arkush, who said his thoughts on Trump were “laughable”.

They wrote: “It is beneath contempt to congratulate a candidate who was censured by the Anti-Defamation League for using anti-Semitic tropes, who has enabled mainstream anti-Semitic abuse and who has secured the endorsement of the KKK and other white supremacists.”

The group, including several Deputies and Jewish student society presidents, added: “This message of congratulations is contrary to our community’s best interests and is an affront to our ancestors and contemporaries who have stood against racism and fascism in all its forms.”

Ella Rose, Jewish Labour Movement director and Deputy for Bushey United Synagogue, tweeted: “No words for how badly this statement is judged. I’m embarrassed to be a Deputy.”

Jay Stoll, an executive board member of

Many expressed incredulity that Jonathan Arkush hopes Trump will ‘build bridges’

the JLM, said: “The Board has misjudged the anxieties that many have over the election of a racist demagogue to the highest office in the world.”

The Board later responded, saying it “understood” the concerns, adding that it had spoken out about Trump’s racist and sexist comments previously.

Elsewhere, Wes Streeting MP, the co-chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group of British Jews, said the result was “frightening for those of us who care about Palestinian human rights and statehood and fear for Israel’s

What does Donald’s triumph New president mean for Israel’s future? will deserve our respect JAMES SORENE

CHIEF EXECUTIVE, BICOM

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has never worked with a Republican president, so the future partnership with President-elect Donald Trump is unique. Hillary Clinton would have been professional and critical, but a known quantity. Trump will be dramatic and friendly, but very unpredictable – he will move fast and break things.

The Republicans control Congress so Trump has the power, but does he have the inclination? He has questioned alliances and treaties during the campaign and suggested he has no issue with Russian aggression.

US allies are apprehensive and a lot will now depend on whether Trump opts for experience or loyalty when appointing his top team.

The implications for Israel’s regional security are uncertain. An isolationist America will mean greater Russian influence and fewer troops, money and arms to help allies. This is good news for Iran, but bad news for Jordan, Egypt and Saudi Arabia, which were already feeling sidelined. Expect them to move quickly

to bind themselves to the new administration.

Trump has pledged to dismantle the Iran nuclear deal, but that will be messy. Congress could scrap it, but that isn’t the end of the story. The other signatories – China, Russia, Germany, France and the UK – will stand by it.

A simpler option would be to tighten sanctions, ruthlessly enforce the deal and deter US business investment in Iran.

If the Israeli-Palestinian peace process is on ice, then Trump won’t warm it up; he’ll shut the freezer as it’s nowhere near his list of priorities.

A Trump administration will be much quieter on settlement expansion than Obama’s team and many in Israel’s governing coalition will welcome this.

Trump has pledged to move the US embassy to Jerusalem but this is easier than it sounds.

Congress passed the Jerusalem Embassy Act in 1995, but every president since has delayed its implementation.

Trump can just stop delaying it. His advisers will urge him to get a big concession from Israel before awarding such a prize. His officials will warn of the seismic impact in the Arab world.

He may just say: ‘What the hell, the crowds will love it.’

JONNY DANIELS

FOUNDER & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, FROM THE DEPTHS

I have known Donald Trump for many years and have a personal connection with him.

Tuesday night was an amazing victory for democracy, a clear proof of the power of the people and a victory for the state of Israel.

I did not publicly endorse him; it’s not my place as a foreign citizen and I also took offence at some of his comments. I did, however, act as an adviser to parts of his campaign. I did so because I believe he will be a good president and will take care of what I hold dear; he’ll improve relations between the US and Israel, show strength towards Iran and give us the leadership we have always looked to the United States for.

In all my conversations with him, both with others and in private, I was always impressed by his broad knowledge on complicated issues, by his willingness without hesitation to make a video I produced endorsing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and by his willingness to

founding principles”.

Several Jewish religious leaders echoed the concerns. Senior Masorti Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg said it was “an American tragedy and a tragedy for the whole world,” adding: “The world is reverting to tribalism. We mustn’t travel with it.”

Senior Reform Rabbi Laura JannerKlausner said Trump “calculated a path to victory dependent on amplifying people’s fear of one another”.

Invoking US rabbis who “prayed with their feet” during civil rights marches, she added: “Now it’s our turn to pray.”

meet with a young and relatively unknown Israeli Member of Knesset (now Israel’s ambassador to the UN). On a personal level, he always made me feel good; every time we spoke, he would comment that he likes speaking to ‘someone so young and knowledgeable’. Many people would look down at a 20-something-year-old, but he didn’t care.

One of the biggest issues we discussed was the deal with Iran. It was something that personally bothered him; he couldn’t fathom the weakness shown by President Obama and didn’t understand why the US would attempt any negotiation with people calling to wipe Israel off the map.

I’m absolutely certain that, within his first weeks of presidency, we’ll see a different attitude towards our mutual foes.

I never saw anti-Semitism or racism in the dozens of times I’ve been to his office; his multicultural staff always impressed me.

For those that built him, then berated him, for those who disgustingly equated him to Hitler, and his supporters to Nazis, they should take time for soul searching.

They didn’t just insult him, they insulted the majority of Americans who voted for him.

We must respect the will of the people and the next president of the US. Donald Trump will not just make America great again, but he will make the world a better and safer place for us all.

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follow from a meeting held in the summer, during which a Board delegation gained assurances from the international charity in regard to its position on Israel.

The Board’s executive then sanctioned Grow Tatzmiach, a leadership project whereby dozens of people are mentored

by Oxfam for months.

However, growing pressure from the community has forced a vote, and the collaboration could now be shelved, following Sunday’s plenary debate.

In an effort to reassure anx-

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Woodside Park shul deputy News November This10failed to assuage2016 several Jewish Jonathan Hoffman, who jointly deputies, however, who have initiated Sunday’s vote, argued repeatedly pointed to a litany of that the Board’s ‘red lines’ had past statements, campaigns and already been broken, saying: partnerships made by Oxfam “Oxfam’s links with such organthat are considered hostile isations are so numerous and so towards Israel. deep that even if the project Former Board vice-president goes ahead, it would need to be Jerry Lewis, who headed the abandoned within days.” Yet as community division until the vote approached, there was recently, predicted Sunday’s a growing chorus of people debate would be “extremely dif- backing Wineman’s plans.

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Her party leader, Naftali Bennett, a one-time that received legitimacy as a result of these Picture caption understudy to Netanyahu and former settler elections.”

An Israeli poll commissioned by Army Radio leader, said: “Trump’s victory is a tremendous opportunity for Israel to immediately announce just before the vote found four in 10 Jewish its intention to renege on the idea of establishing Israelis favoured Clinton, while three in 10 went Palestine in the heart of the country – a direct for Trump. However, when asked who would be blow to our security and the justice of our cause.” the better candidate for Israel, 37 percent said He added: “This is the president-elect’s out- Trump, while only 30 percent thought of Clinton look as it appears in his platform, and that defi- as the better choice.

There were similar findings from an October nitely should be our way. The era of the Palesstudy by Israel Democracy Institute and Tel Aviv tinian state is over.”

Parliamentarian Dov Khenin, representing University, in which most Israeli respondents the opposition Joint List, noted that “Trump felt Clinton would be tougher on Israel with won not because of a racist minority, but because regards the Palestinians, yet more still favoured of an angry majority. His campaign showed that her election.

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The Jewish vote did not shift SIMON HENDERSON

BAKER FELLOW AT WASHINGTON INSTITUTE

Most of America went to bed on Tuesday night not knowing whether Donald Trump would be the next president. That reality awaited them yesterday morning, after Hillary Clinton conceded victory in a telephone call in the early hours. It is going to mean changes for many, but what is it going to mean for American Jews?

There used to be a time when there was a ‘Jewish vote’ which counted in American elections, particularly, so it was said, in New York and Florida.

But in hours of channel-hopping on Tuesday evening, searching for sage comments from the array of studio experts, I only heard one reference to such a phenomenon. That was from former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, commenting on the Florida turnout – and he was just specu-

lating whether it may have been significant.

The numbers are now out, and we can see that there has been no shift in the overall Jewish vote from its historical overwhelming preference for the Democratic Party.

Despite one late television advertisement that seemed anti-Semitic in tone – implications of the power of money that appeared to be ‘Jewish money’ – Trump is pro-Israel.

His leading Middle East adviser, originally a Lebanese Christian, thinks the nuclear deal with Iran was lousy, and his leading adviser on Israel is his lawyer, who is Jewish.

Of more concern for American Jews will be continued Republican control of the Senate and the House of Representatives.

There is a vacancy on the Supreme Court, which President Trump can now fill. For sure it will be a conservative who may block ‘progressive’ social changes and try to turn back the clock on what, to many Americans, not only Jews, have been the advances of recent decades.

The interview came hours after the screening on Israeli television of an unprecedented message of support for Netanyahu, instigated and produced by British-born PR guru Jonny Daniels.

Trump told the Jewish News it was an “honour” to endorse Netanyahu.

“He’s respected tremendously in the United States and all over. Even his strongest enemies respect him.”

Daniels, 27, (pictured), who is a consultant to Deputy Knesset speaker Danny Danon, said: “Donald Trump is a true friend of the people of Israel. His public support of the prime minister comes from a deep and honest understanding of the intricate situation in Israel.”

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Opinion

The fear that propelled Trump requires no logic MAAJID NAWAZ FOUNDER, QUILLIAM

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always feared Trump would win. I had placed a wager on that fact with my friend Cameron Munter, the former American ambassador to Pakistan. Cameron had absolutely assured me of a Democrat victory. So sure was he that he bet $100 on it.

Yesterday morning I sent him a simple email: ‘My friend, I feel like crying. I do not wish to collect. Please donate the $100 to a charity of your choosing.’

I wanted no part in profiting in any way from the fear that millions of Muslim Americans, Mexican Americans and migrants to America must be feeling right now.

But then it struck me. In our sanctimony, our outrage, our righteousness, we overlook the way in which we appear to the other.

The fact is that populism is not only rising on the right. The hard left, too, is angry, scared and increasingly vitriolic. Many on the left are displaying the very traits they disparage the right for exhibiting.

Fear is well and truly on the march.

Yes, we are scared. But they – Trump voters – are scared, too.

Blaming and shaming them will only scare them more. And people do not go on to do good things when they are scared. The 1930s stand as a vivid testament to this truth. We liberals must grieve this election loss, yes. We must mourn, then accept, and reflect on the outcome.

But, most of all, we must then act to dissipate this fear among Trump supporters themselves. And that cannot happen, will not happen, if we are scared ourselves. Shouting, insulting and finger-pointing at a moment like this rarely changes opinions, but neither does pretending there is no problem.

Great change is afoot, and a consequence of this change is great trepidation and uncertainty. We often hear that globalisation has disenfranchised people, but its most obvious effect is that it has empowered parochialism.

Owing to historically unparalleled connectivity and mobilisation, globalisation has stratified entire populations.

Extremist Muslims are hating on ‘kuffar infidels’. Neo-Nazis and

President-elect Trump addresses supporters alongside running mate Mike Pence after being declared the winner

their populist right bedfellows are hating on the multicultural left.

The hard left are hating on ‘neoliberal globalists’. And they all seem to be hating on ‘the Jews’.

Many Muslims now feel more connected to their religious counterparts across the world than they do to their fellow citizens. For all their talk of anti-globalisation, the populist right, too, have forged transnational global alliances with like-minded nativists the world over, while hating their “liberal elite” neighbours for doing the same. Meanwhile, the globalist left protests ‘neoliberal capitalism’, while relying on the technology and social media platforms created by these ‘neoliberal capitalists’.

Globalised localism is what I call this. And as these political strands draw in on themselves owing to connectivity, they grow further apart from each other. That echo chamber is more akin to a deep mining cave – leading nowhere.

Fear requires no logic. This is why it is contradictory. Depending on who you talk to, we are simultaneously witnessing the end of progressivism and the return of state socialism. The end of borders and resurgent nationalism.

The sidelining of religion and a revival of theocracy. Immigrants

are stealing our jobs while unjustly claiming welfare.

Free speech has suffered terribly.

Populists will abuse it to incite hatred of Muslims. Islamists will simultaneously argue for it, and against it, depending on whether the topic is the right to advocate theocratic extremism or ban cartoons. The hard left’s answer is typically authoritarian, preferring to silence debate rather than think uncomfortable thoughts. I am at once listed – by two respectable outlets – as a Muslim terrorist and an anti-Muslim extremist. Reasonable conversation around Islam, race, and immigration has become near impossible.

Indeed, the only thing this fear has in common is the overwhelming narcissism of its most devout adherents. Everything must revolve around us. Only we are the victims. Nobody else’s pain matters. Unless, of course, it can be used to teach them how much we have been suffering, too.

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Of course African-Americans, Latinos and other minority communities have suffered, and will suffer still. Yes, many Muslims, too, are suffering. But my fellow liberals must accept that the white working classes – especially the underemployed men among them – are also in dire straits. These young men are underrepresented at universities today, underemployed, and many are incarcerated.

Depending on the perspective, everyone is at once a minority and a majority. The truth is, we are all suffering.

Yes, it is racist to suspect that all brown men who look like me are rapists. It is bigoted to presume that all Muslim men who share my faith advocate religiously justified rape. It is xenophobic to assume that all immigrants – like my family – are sexual predators awaiting their chance to rape. But let me be absolutely clear: what will feed this racism, bigotry, and xenophobia even more is refusing to talk about

the very real challenges to culture and liberalism that globalisation and intercultural exchange bring.

Silencing this conversation only encourages the populist right’s rallying cry against “the establishment”. In part, Trump won because the hard left has abandoned the facts almost as quickly as the hard right. This will not be comfortable to read for many, but that’s precisely why it needs to be said.

We have become quick to demand our rights while slow to afford those same rights to others.

If all blacks are not thugs, if all Muslims are not terrorists, likewise all police cannot be racist killers and all straight white men cannot be the devil incarnate with absolutely nothing to contribute.

In between these tabloid simplifications, intelligent debate has been lost. Liberalism provides freedom of religion and from religion.

Free speech allows for the advocacy of ideas such as Islamist theocracy, but it also means that others have the inalienable right to blaspheme.

Bigotry can exist against minorities but also by minorities. Human rights are a double-edged sword of justice. They work both for and against people, including for and against minorities. We should be able to hold two thoughts at the same time.

If Brexit and Trump’s win has failed to stop us in our tracks and reflect, then I humbly suggest we are part of the problem.

Only a new commitment to the universality of human rights and human dignity can lift us out of this current quagmire. But that will require foot soldiers of peace who preach what we have in common rather than how we are different; what we have gained, rather than what we have lost; and what we seek to achieve rather than what we have failed to accomplish.

These foot soldiers of peace must be able to transcend their own victimhood while pulling people together. Love and empathy must win over hate and vengeance.

Everyone is a victim, and everyone is an aggressor.

IF BREXIT AND DONALD TRUMP’S WIN HAS FAILED TO STOP US IN OUR TRACKS AND REFLECT, THEN I HUMBLY SUGGEST WE ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM

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Peerage controversy/ Labour ‘suspension’ / News

Shami peerage ‘damaging’ The vice-chairman of Labour’s inquiry into anti-Semitism has said the timing of a peerage to Shami Chakrabarti has damaged the credibility of the report she produced, writes Justin Cohen.

Professor David Feldman made the comments after community leaders condemned the timing of the former Liberty chief’s elevation to the House of Lords only weeks after she produced a report on anti-Semitism – with the Chief Rabbi saying it left the report’s credibility “in tatters” despite her years of distinguished public service.

Feldman, who is also the director of the Pears Institute for the Study of Antisemitism, told an audience at Liverpool Limmud that he only knew about the peerage when the rest of the country found out.

Asked about whether its timing had damaged the report, he said: “Clearly the response to the peerage has been damaging... It has damaged the credibility of the report among large sections of the public, not only among Jews (but) among non-Jews as well.”

But he nevertheless stressed that the report, while not exhaustive, was an honest and constructive response to its terms of reference.

Jeremy Corbyn has stressed the offer of a peerage was only made after completion of her report.

Commissioned by Corbyn after a series of suspensions of party members including MP Naz Shah and Ken Livingstone, the

Shami Chakrabarti has insisted her report into anti-Semitism was ‘truly independent’

report concluded Labour was not overrun by anti-Semitism but there was an “occasionally toxic atmosphere”. It also demanded an end to Nazi analogies with Israel and use of the term ‘Zio’. But critics claimed it should have offered a definition or explanation about how to spot contemporary anti-Semitism, with some claiming it was a “whitewash”.

While the Home Affairs Select Committee said the timing and Chakrabarti’s subsequent appointment to the shadow cabinet threw into question her claims the inquiry was “truly independent”, she insisted the report was not “transactional”.

Labour member’s ‘suspension’ lifted A Labour party member who retweeted a message featuring the epithet ‘Zio’ has had her suspension lifted, writes Justin Cohen.

Labina Basit, who is believed to be among a number of people to have had sanctions removed in recent days, took to Twitter on Monday to say she had been “warned”.

She wrote on Twitter: “I’m flabbergasted someone can report me, despite asking lab won’t say who; people suspended 4 no reason than unsuspended + ‘warned’.”

Another message said: “Lots are discussing this and are not going to put up with a warning for something they didn’t do in the first place”.

It has not been confirmed exactly what she was suspended for, but she recently tweeted notorious user @marcsandsparks saying she had been told action was taken partly for her retweet of one of his messages.

On 17 June, she retweeted a post from him that included the words “zio-medias islamophobic agenda” – two weeks before Shami Chakrabarti’s report said the epithet “should have no place in Labour party discourse going forward”.

Asked by another user on Sunday if she condemned Hamas and Fatah for their “violent attacks on random Jews”, she wrote on the micro blogging site: “It’s impossible to condemn people defending theft of their land.”

A party spokesperson said: “We don’t comment on individual’s membership statuses.”

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HARRIS-SAWCZENKO IS NEW CCJ LEADER

Committees of the United Nations General Assembly voted on 10 resolutions against Israel in one day.

Along with the Israel votes on Tuesday, the committees took up just three other resolutions for the rest of the world on Syria, Iran and Crimea. At least two of the resolutions involving Israel reportedly ignored Jewish ties to the Temple Mount, referring to the holy site by its Muslim name, Al Haram Al Sharif. [JTA]

Ofsted inspectors paid their latest visit to JFS this week, as the underpressure school sought to impress after a disastrous July 2014 report downgraded it from ‘outstanding’ to ‘requiring improvement.’

Staff at the Kenton campus – many of whom were brought in after the downgrade – have not had long to adapt to a recent change at the top of Europe’s largest Jewish school, after former headteacher Jonathan Miller’s sudden departure.

The deputy director of the Council of Christians and Jews has been appointed as its new leader.

Elizabeth Harris-Sawczenko will succeed the retiring Dr Jane Clements at the end of the year.

Dr Clements – who will become the CCJ’s first research fellow –said: “I am delighted to hand things over to Elizabeth and the expert team, who will carry the work forward. The need for CCJ is as vital as ever.”

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News / Poster offends / ShabbatUK

NO KOSHER UK LINK TO ‘CRUEL’ ABBATOIR British kashrut authorities and importers have confirmed that they do not get any of their kosher meat from Paraguay, after an undercover video captured shocking animal cruelty at a kosher abattoir in the South American country.

Activists linked to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals together with an Israeli grassroots group, revealed the footage, which shows a kosher slaughterhouse using the ‘shackle and hoist’ method, which is banned in the EU and US.

STUDENTS TO RAISE £8,000 FOR PEACE Thirty Jewish students across Britain have teamed up to raise £8,000 for Palestinian activists who promote non-violence in the West Bank.

Partners to Peace, a new campaign launched as part of Yachad Youth, is supporting the Holy Land Trust, a Bethlehem-based organisation training young Palestinians in nonviolent methods of bringing about social and political change .Rosa Slater said: “It is our moral duty to help.”

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Train poster withdrawn Bosses at British Transport Police have withdrawn public safety posters they had placed in stations this week, after complaints that the character portrayed resembled the hook-nosed Jew of Nazi propaganda.

The posters appeared as part of an anti-terrorism campaign, approved by the Department of Transport, and urge commuters to report others acting suspiciously.

However the cartoon graphics, showing a sinister man in the shadows, provoked a strong online reaction, with many comparing the image to that used in the infamous 1937 Nazi poster, entitled ‘The Eternal Jew’ [see inset].

In a statement posted online, British Transport Police said: “We are saddened that people may have been upset by parts of this campaign. That certainly wasn’t the intention.

“The campaign uses illustrations rather than photographs to avoid singling out any group or part of the community.”

London resident Mandy Wax, who expressed upset at the poster, had said it warranted an investigation.

“We cannot tolerate images like this, which are reminiscent of Nazi propaganda.

“They have the potential to divide us and incite hatred,” she said.

The ‘offensive’ poster commissioned by BTP

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Jewish News readers are being urged to join this weekend’s Great Friday Night Light, as record numbers in synagogues and communities around the country prepare to host communal lightings to welcome ShabbatUK. Under the Chief Rabbi’s initiative, thousands of people will gather together to light candles approximately 20 minutes before sunset tomorrow, many using the specially-crafted Friday night candle-holder, enclosed in this week’s Jewish News.

Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis said: “The original function of the Shabbat candles was to fill the home with light, so that families could enjoy the Shabbat meal without sitting in darkness.” Today, he said, “the light of the Shabbat candles stands as a mark of Jewish continuity through time”.

Community members across the UK are being asked to “make every candle count in the campaign to give ShabbatUK the most spectacular welcome in the history of British Jewry”.

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Muddle East, High-tech help / News

Muddle East: Brits so confused over conflict The conflict between Israel and the Palestinians is among the issues which most baffle British adults, a new study reveals.

The Middle East dispute is among the most confusing when it comes to current affairs that Britons misunderstand.

Carried out for children’s magazine The Week Junior, the study claims some are so embarrassed at being flummoxed by foreign policy or stumped by the Syrian conflict that they tell fibs to hide their shame, according to researchers.

The survey of 2,000 adults found more than half admit to bluffing over their knowledge, while four in 10 try to steer conversations away from hot topics to avoid being left red-faced.

Top of the list of topics misunderstood by British adults were Russian foreign policy and international finance markets, before IsraelPalestine. Following these were the Syrian war, Isis, education reforms, fracking, Brexit,

A protester confronts an IDF soldier

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UK HITS OUT OVER SETTLEMENTS The British government has blasted Israel’s “accelerating and systematic” settlement-building policy, in one

of its strongest-worded criticisms of Israeli action in recent years.

The hard line, which was echoed in the US, followed last week’s announcement of 181 new homes

in the settlement of Gilo, in East Jerusalem, where tens of thousands of Jews already live. Middle East minister Tobias Ellwood described Gilo as “an illegal settlement”.

Tech enables the disabled Tech entrepreneurs have heard at an event at London’s Google Campus how Israeli innovation is helping people with disabilities to access today’s technologies, The gathering of industry experts last week, organised by charity Beit Issie Shapiro (BIS), learned how Israeli firms – and international firms based in Israel – have been developing assistive technology to “make things possible” through universal design.

The charity, which uses innovative therapies for adults and children with disabilities, described how many of today’s tech features –

TAKE A BOW -WOW, OZZY! It was a case of ‘cometh the hour, cometh the canine’ this week, after Ozzy the Dog found live bullets near a children’s playground and alerted his owner.

Police were called shortly after 10am on Saturday morning after Ozzy found the ammunition during his morning walk around Edgwarebury Park. Following a 999 call from owner Keith Sanford, a crime scene was put in place around the location, ominously

including vibrating alarms, touch-screens and voice-to-text technologies – were designed for people with disabilities.

The principles of universal access are now being taught at Israel’s most prestigious design courses, such as at Google’s 200-student Android course at the Interdisciplinary Centre (IDC) in Herzliya.

Delegates also heard about an Israeli accelerator specifically helping firms to develop technologies to help people with disabilities, a world first. The work between BIS and Google has already seen the launch of the Sesame Phone, which works in response to head movements.

Other speakers told how robots were helping children with autism and how wheelchair users can now use smartphones to navigate their way around obstacles. sited near a kids’ playing area.

“Ozzy was happily sniffing around during his daily walk when his attention was suddenly drawn to three bullets lying on the ground,” said Sanford. “We immediately reported it to the police.” The bullets turned out to be live ammunition for a rifle and hand-gun. A police search of the Edgwarebury Lane area found nothing further. Police inquiries are continuing.

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Religion at work / Free school meals / News

Four in 10 Jews feel their faith has been an issue at work, and a third feel uncomfortable leaving early for Shabbat, according to new figures from the Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis’s ShabbatUK. After a survey of almost 200 Jews last month, Mirvis said it was “sad” problems persist in the workplace, with more than a quarter of respondents still reluctant to discuss their faith and what this meant.

“Modern Britain celebrates diversity and promotes freedom of religious belief and it is encouraging to see that largely borne out in this research,” he said.

“But it is sad to see that there are still some for whom faith is something to be kept relatively quiet or avoided altogether while at work.

“Faith shapes the way that people live their lives and as such it has an important part to play in the workplace. Issues like trust, commitment and a

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Four in 10 say religion is an issue in the office

Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis

strong work ethic are crucial in any professional environment and they are also important aspects of a religious life.”

The findings showed that 41 percent of Jews felt their faith had been an issue in the workplace, while 32 percent had felt uncomfortable or very uncomfortable asking their employers to leave work early for Shabbat.

This year, ShabbatUK takes place tomorrow, 11 November,

beginning at around 4pm. “For many, the timings may raise challenging questions if they wish to leave work early to ensure they are home in time for the start of Shabbat,” said organisers.

The team’s research indicates that the main reasons for Jews not asking to leave early for Shabbat were not wanting to stand out from colleagues, and work pressures making it difficult to leave early.

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Jewish pupils far less likely to get free meals Children at Jewish schools in the UK are three and a half times less likely to be eligible for free school meals than the national average, new government data has revealed.

Of 17,241 pupils at statefunded Jewish primary and secondary schools across the country, 735 (4.2 percent) were eligible because family income was below a certain level.

The national average is 14.8 percent.

The figure for children at Jewish schools was released in response to a parliamentary question.

It excludes more than 4,000 children who are attending independent Jewish schools in London and Manchester, and Jewish children attending nonJewish schools.

The figures show marked differences between London and other regions.

At London’s JFS, where 1,482 children study, only 24 were on free school meals, while at Leeds Jewish Free School, almost 19 percent were eligible.

In London, figures were

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higher in Orthodox schools, with nearly one-in-10 pupils on free school meals at Beis Yaakov Primary School for Girls, and almost one in nine at Pardes House Primary School for Boys.

In Redbridge, more children qualified than in other areas of London.

At King Solomon High School, 19.5 percent of children were eligible, while more than 10 percent qualified at Wohl Ilford Primary School.

Nationally, the proportion of children claiming free school meals has seen a reduction from a previous high of 18 percent of primary school children in 2012-13.

KLASS QUITS JEWISH CHILD’S DAY ROLE Melanie Klass has quit as Jewish Child’s Day’s executive director after five years. She will be succeeded by Nicole Gordon, the marketing and PR manager.

Chairman Joy Moss said: “Melanie has done an impressive job taking us to a new level over.

Her energy and enthusiasm have been overwhelming and she will be sorely missed. We are delighted that Nicole will succeed her and are sure the wealth of experience she brings will build on Melanie’s legacy.”

The changes will be effective from mid December.

VOTE FOR YOUR MOST INSPIRING TEACHER Inspirational teaching at Jewish schools will be celebrated for a second time at an awards ceremony in February, in a joint initiative between Jewish News and Partnerships for Jewish Schools (PaJeS). Awards cover primary and secondary education. Deadline for nominations is 13 November. Go to jewishnews.co.uk

KOSHER DELI CLOSING IS ‘END OF ERA’ Manchester’s oldest kosher deli finally closed its doors last week as the grandson of the founder described “the end of an era”.

The deli, called Titanics, was named after the ill-fated ocean liner because its founder, Joseph Hyman, survived the famous sinking.

Last week his grandson Stanley said: “It is a very sad day for the family and the end of an era in Manchester.

“The community has been taken over by the big supermarket chains.

“At Pesach, for example, the supermarkets sgtafted selling everything for less than half the

Titanics was named after the doomed liner

price, so everybody started to go there because it was cheaper.”

Russian-born Joseph Hyman left for New York to escape anti-Semitic pogroms, but was dropped off in Glasgow instead. It later transpired that many Jews experienced something similar, so making their home in the UK. Hyman tried his luck again in 1912, buying third-class tickets on the Titanic. He was one of the few fortunate enough to get into a lifeboat.

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Lord Alf Dubs has been named ‘Peer of the Year’ at the Spectator’s Parliamentarian of the Year Awards for overturning the UK government’s original plan on migrants.

Westminster’s original policy was to prioritise supporting the refugees in the Middle East. Moved by his experiences on the kindertransport, Lord Dubs put forward an amendment to allow unaccompanied children to gain refuge in the UK. Speaking at the awards, the 84-year-old said: “It’s very humbling to meet people who have dedicated everything to the cause of refugees “I’m glad that some of them are now coming. I could make a speech about why the government didn’t get a move on, but they’re doing it now. I’m delighted about that.”

A garage owner in Oldham has refused to sell to an Israeli because “they’re the same as Isis”.

As reported in the newsletter Heat Street, Jack de Lowe, who lives in Israel, was told in an email that the garage “does not … ship to such non-existent countries. However, delivery to Palestine can be arranged at a sensible price”.

The owner, Mursal Israr, said “we wouldn’t do business with Isis [so] we wouldn’t do business with Israel. They’re the same thing”.

He added that “we don’t recognise the state of Israel” because of “innocent Muslims and people…getting killed there on a daily basis”.

Responding to the suggestion that Jack de Lowe wasn’t a representative of the country but merely a citizen, Israr said: “He shouldn’t live there then”.

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News / Assault trial / Prejudice research

Ex-Spurs boss cleared of Harrods shopper ‘assault’ A Jewish accountant characterised by his barrister as “more Woody Allen than Arnold Schwarzenegger” was found not guilty of assault yesterday, writes Jenni Frazer.

David Buchler, 64, an insolvency practitioner who is a former vice-chairman of Tottenham Hotspur FC and a former director of the English National Opera, was involved in a verbal dispute which escalated, after a clash at the bakery counter of Harrods Food Hall on 31 December 2015.

Buchler, who was buying a challah and two croissants, was accused of queue-jumping by fellow shopper Rosaria Birrane. Matters got ugly after Buchler believed either Mrs Birrane or her husband, James, had called him “a dirty Jew”, and sworn at him. He told Isleworth Crown Court that Birrane had come up behind him on his blind side. Believing he was going to be

physically attacked, Buchler raised his free arm to defend himself and connected with Mr Birrane’s face, fracturing his nose in the process.

An angry Mrs Birrane called 999 and, in evidence in court, maintained that Buchler had “ruined [her husband’s] life” and that she would do whatever she could to achieve justice for him. Admitting she was running a “vendetta” against Buchler, she lost her temper several times on Tuesday.

Both Mr and Mrs Birrane completely denied having called Buchler “a dirty Jew”, but Mrs Birrane went further, claiming her mother-in-law was Jewish and that she would never have used such an epithet.

She later acknowledged that she had no direct information about her mother-in-law’s religion other than recalling a conversation in which the older woman had mentioned being told to “go back to Pal-

estine” when she was a child.

Defence QC Jonathan Goldberg successfully applied to the judge to reveal to the jury the content of many of Mrs Birrane’s Facebook posts. The jury were told her Facebook page included questionable comments about Muslims and an article about a “Jewish conspiracy to take over the world”. Goldberg suggested these articles indicated she was “an equal opportunity racist.” But she shouted: “Jewish conspiracy to take over the world?

Oh, for f***’s sake. Do shut up.”

Another article reposted by Mrs Birrane criticised the Rockefeller and Rothschild families, which Goldberg said “shows the classic conspiracy theory that Jews run the world, that Jews are running the financial markets, that the Jews are starting wars”.

Summing up, Goldberg drew attention to inconsistencies in Mrs Birrane’s evidence, particularly

her claim that Buchler had sworn at her and at the Harrods counter assistant, Cecilia Price, whose evidence was given by statement as she had had a family bereavement, but there was no mention of being verbally abused by Buchler.

A large number of character witnesses gave statements in Buchler’s favour, including Tottenham MP David Lemmy, former FA chairman Lord Triesman, former Spurs chair Paul Bobroff, and the retired Gibraltar Supreme court judge Barrington Black. All testified to Buchler’s renown for keeping his temper and for his calmness.

Speaking to Jewish News after the verdict, Buchler, who was once chairman of the UJIA’s business division, and served on its board together with his late wife Caroline, said: “There are no winners in a case such as this. I am truly grateful to the jury for seeing the truth and voting accordingly.”

Cleared: Buchler, former vice-chair of Spurs

GOLDSMITHS KIT FLAG CONDEMNED Segregation ‘causes prejudice’ The national governing body for higher education sport in the UK has criticised Goldsmiths University Rugby Football Club for promoting an Israel boycott on its new kit, saying politics should be kept out of it.

A spokesman for British Universities & Colleges Sport (BUCS) said the organisation was discussing its concerns with the university, after the club included a Palestinian flag on its kit in solidarity with the boycott, divestment and sanc-

Goldsmith University’s Rugby Football Club’s new kit

tions (BDS) movement.

He said: “Sport and sporting arenas should not be used to

further any political viewpoint.

Sport is inclusive and should be welcoming to all.”

The country’s leading experts on demography have said that the relative segregation of strictly Orthodox Jews may contribute to increased prejudice towards other social groups, for lack of knowing them.

The observations were made by Professor Eric Kaufmann at Birkbeck, University of London, who has co-authored a new report with Prof. Ted Cantle, who first investigated community cohesion after a series of race riots 15 years ago.

Cantle warned that segregated societies “breed intolerance and prejudice” and this week Kaufmann suggested this may apply to Charedi communities. “Ted’s statement reflects, I think, research on contact theory, which shows more positive attitudes to other groups where there is

a higher presence of other groups and/or lower segregation,” said Kaufmann.

“Of course this depends on how large a group is, so even if Jews were concentrated, if they were small enough so as not to dominate entire areas, then they would still meet others and so not have increased prejudice. But for the ultra-Orthodox, I would have thought that segregation might contribute to these very attitudes.”

In their study, which found increasingly ethnic polarisation across the country, the pair also observed the “like-with-like attraction of groups toward their own concentrations”. Kaufmann added: “This drive is stronger for some groups than others... I would expect Charedim to have the strongest own-group attraction.”

Hasmo playground shortlisted Brain ‘pre-wired’ towards hate The community is being asked to cast ballots for a new playground at Hasmonean Primary School, after it was shortlisted for a prestigious £25,000 community award.

The winner of the OneFamily Foundation award will be the project with the most votes, and Hasmonean is one of seven nominees, all competing for the money by the close of online voting on 30 November, with the winner being announced in December.

School teachers and therapists, who said “childhood

obesity is of great concern,” this week urged a concerted communal effort, describing their plan to transform part of the playground area into a “fitness trail”.

The grant application noted that some schoolchildren had special needs, such as dyspraxia, autism and hypermobility, and that they were currently “disadvantaged by a lack of equipment”. The school said: “At the moment, the only activity available during playtime is football. Dyspraxic children and frequently children

with ADHD and ASD lack the co-ordination to play football.

The new equipment will enable them to be more included during playtime as they will be more able to access it.”

Winning entries have included projects supporting members of an Alzheimer’s choir and playgroups for children with disabilities.

Voters should go online to register at the OneFamily Foundation, then search for Hasmonean Primary School playground in the Education (under 500 students) category.

Neuroscientists in London have identified the part of the brain responsible for antiSemitism and other types of prejudice, in a pioneering new study exploring how people form negative stereotypes.

Researchers at University College London, led by Hugo Spiers, identified activity in the anterior temporal lobe, which suggests that the brain is pre-wired to prejudice.

While there has already been work on gender or racial stereotyping, this is the first time scientists have looked

into how brains learn to link undesirable characteristics to specific groups and how this later emerges as prejudice.

Participants were given information about fictitious social groups, painting the groups as “good” and “bad” with some things bucking the trend.

Once a group was seen as essentially good, brain activity in the anterior temporal pole quickly tailed off, regardless of whether there was “good” or “bad” information about them. However, it continued

to respond strongly to any negative information about the behaviour of the “bad’ group.

“The data does suggest the temporal pole of the human brain is responsible for people learning prejudice of any kind, including anti-Semitism,” said Spiers, acknowledging the implications for social groups at risk of negative stereotyping.

“We’d love funding for work to help explain why some people end up more prejudiced, and how people unlearn prejudice.”

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We’ve gone from Obama to barmy Continued from page 1 and stressed the enduring “special relationship”. Nicola Sturgeon said the result should be respected and Scotland valued its relationship with the US. Even Jeremy Corbyn, for whom “The Donald” is anathema to his worldview, looked on the bright side, saying: “I have no doubt that the decency and common sense of the American people will prevail.”

In January reality will bite and the one billion-dollar question asked: what will President Trump do? Here are some of our best guesses...

Abroad, he will keep making a lot of noise about Iran, but he will not tear up the nuclear deal, unless there is a significant military threat to Israel. He may introduce new laws making it even more difficult for companies to deal with anything even remotely linked to an Iranian proxy, increasing the nervousness of big U.S. banks doing business in the Middle East.

His friendship with Russia means that, if he does decide to support a twostate push, he may give Vladimir Putin the nod to hold talks in Moscow. Putin and Trump would then share in the glory if it came off, which it won’t.

Before 2017 ends, there will be a high-profile presidential visit to the Holy Land, with big smiles all round, as he ‘brings Bibi back in from the cold.’

On military aid to Israel, the man who refuses to pay contractors is unlikely to increase the $38billion 10-year deal recently signed by Israel and the U.S. But he would be receptive to one-off military funding requests. An Israeli scrap with Hezbollah would be motive enough.

At home, if he is able, he may tighten race-hate laws, especially over antiIsrael activity. He will no doubt do this by mentioning the word ‘terrorism’.

A lot. American universities, once home of the counter-revolution, may find that, under Trump, supporting Israel Apartheid Week becomes illegal.

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LACK OF FEELING AT A FUNERAL I was most interested to read about the incident mentioned in Alex Brummer’s article in Jewish News on 27 October entitled: ‘Rabbi’s crude opinions had no place at a funeral’.

A little while back, I had occasion to attend a particularly distressing Jewish funeral in the London area.

The deceased was a middle-aged single lady with no close family, who apparently had committed suicide.

After the formalities at the graveside, the rabbi was completely unconcerned to offer any comfort to the mourners, but instead proceeded back

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to the prayer hall in complete isolation. Since then, the rabbi’s career has progressed.

Needless to say, my opinion of the individual concerned remains highly diminished.

“You can make outrageous, antiSemitic statements and when you pull the string... she says nothing!”

Please tell Rabbi Ariel Abel [Orthodox Judaism, 3 November] no one would use 12 oxen for ploughing at one time. Also, grizzly bears did not exist in the Middle East.

These so-called Sages stories are without foundation.

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WHEN BALFOUR MET WEIZMANN The first encounter between Arthur Balfour and Chaim Weizmann did not take place in 1906, as stated last week, but at a 1905 meeting of the East Manchester Conservative Association.

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Here’s what students should protest against Our student days and universities in general are places of idealism and hope for a better future.

I believe we should call on all students to join together to demand a Middle East where people are no longer stoned or beheaded, where there is no more female genital mutilation, no more sex slaves, male or female, no more honour killings, no more primary-school age girls married to men old enough to be their grandfathers, no more hanging of gay boys, no more fatwas giving people the right to kill authors, no more 1,000 or even 2,000 lashes for those who criticise Islam, no more women punished for being raped, no more denial of girls’ right to a proper education, no more denial of women the right to drive or go out of their home without a

JUST KEEP UP THE BAD WORK, NK!

tance of ensuring Israel’s survival.

Am Israel Hai.

In your 3 November issue, you reported that Baroness Tonge had quit the Lib-Dems, in anticipation, I guess, of being sacked.

I attended the meeting at the House of Lords that was mentioned. The room was packed upon my late arrival, but I managed to hear Tonge’s introductions.

Neturei Karta (NK) was there too. It must be made clear that NK cares nothing for the plight of the Palestinian people. Its raison-d’etre is about converting Eretz Yisrael back to a wholly-Palestinian land.

That is so that the Moshiach can deliver the Jewish people back to a frum Israel when we all keep shabbos.

The NK member who cited “Rabbi Stephen Wise’s 6,000,000 Jews” was not questioned by the panel as to the accuracy of this nonsense statement.

It was just one of many other statements that were inaccurate or false made that evening – far too many to mention.

Therefore, we must be grateful to the NK for ruining Baroness Tonge’s right to remain a member of the Lib-Dems.

The faux pas by the NK has been a metziyah in weakening the impact of the PRC aims. NK, keep up the bad work!

Gina Abrahams Stamford Hill

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male relative guard, no more burning people alive. No more persecution of Christians and ‘infidels’ .

Students should be shouting ‘Shame!’ outside embassies of countries that violate human rights.

Students should have a BDS campaign against those countries.

Universities should have a deep sense of civility, permitting free speech and the discussion of all alternative opinions.

Screaming ‘Shame’ and ‘Intifada’, intimidating and assaulting fellow students, is well outside the boundaries of civility and free speech, and universities must make that absolutely clear. The NUS might also speak out for civility on campuses.

Joseph Feld NW11

WHY WE MUST ENSURE ISRAEL’S SURVIVAL Without responding directly to the letter of 3 November from your reader from Edgware, I would like to point out that Ms Pine (Letters, 20 October) can live wherever she chooses and has a right to support Israel regardless of her country of residency.

Jews in this country can be British and Israeli and there is no conflict of interest. Jews living here could perhaps bear in mind that had Israel been in existence prior to 1939, the Holocaust might never have happened. Hence the impor-

DOUBLE STANDARDS IN THE CASE OF SUSYA Susya is a Palestinian West Bank village under repeated threat of demolition because it cannot obtain building permits. Roslyn Pine is worried that “I have yet to learn the facts” about Susya (Jewish News, 29 October). For someone who claims to know the facts, it would help if she could actually copy my name correctly.

Rabbis for Human Rights (RHR) and most of the anti-Occupation NGOs such as Yesh Din and Btselem agree that Susya is a village for which corroborating Ottoman documents exist back to 1881.

In the early 1980s, a Jewish settlement lawyer, Plia Albeck, confirmed that the village is on private Palestinian land.

And if Susya exists on private Palestinian land, then the Israeli authorities have no right to demolish any structures, something they are still intending to do. However, the Israeli High Court hearings since 2000 have concerned only Susya’s lack of building permits. Susya’s structures are illegal in Israeli law because planning requests (to build) have been proposed but always rejected, like hundreds of other Palestinian villages on the West Bank.

Conversely, Jewish settlements unlawful in Israeli law are usually left alone. According to many of the NGOs, there are approximately 100 Jewish settlements called “outposts”, often on private Palestinian land, that are illegal under Israeli law and yet no action is taken against most of them.

Most will probably be legalised retroactively by Israel.

This case highlights the double standards at the heart of Israeli law and the occupation.

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Zac’s the only option for my constituency ALEX BRUMMER

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he voters of the Richmond Park constituency are about to go to the polls yet again. In the past 18 months, they have voted in the general election, an advisory plebiscite to give permission to Zac Goldsmith to run for mayor of London, the Brexit referendum and now a by-election in which Goldsmith is running as an independent.

The issues in the Richmond by-election might seem obvious. In the referendum, this mainly middle-class, upper income constituency voted Remain overwhelmingly, despite MP Goldsmith being a strong Brexit advocate.

Now Goldsmith has caused a by-election by his passionate promise to oppose a third runway at Heathrow – the main shadow over living in the area is the roar of jets heading for the airport.

The Tories have decided not to oppose Goldsmith, even though he is running as an independent. Lib Dems, who held the seat for

several periods before Goldsmith’s election, believe he is vulnerable over Brexit and are pouring resources into the campaign of his opponent, Sarah Olney. She has been endorsed by the Greens, who have also stood aside despite Goldsmith’s environmental record.

The issues for the Jews of Richmond are very different. In spite of his Brexit views, very different from most of the community, Goldsmith is a personally popular figure who is very much at ease on his occasional visits to shul for civic events such as last shabbat’s remembrance services. He is proud of his Jewish heritage and the library of Hebraic volumes inherited from is uncle, the environmentalist Teddy Goldsmith.

The acceptable face of the Lib Dems, former MP Baroness Susan Kramer, was also present at the shul service.

Olney and the Lib Dems have an enormous problem. Richmond is also the former constituency of Baroness Jenny Tongue, perhaps the most poisonous figure at Westminster when it comes to the Israel and the Middle East. After numerous suspensions and reinstatements she quit the Lib Dems last month after hosting

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a widely-condemned meeting in the Lords at which Israel was compared to the terror group Isis and Jews were blamed for the Holocaust.

The malodorous impact of Tonge on the townspeople of Richmond goes back years and has contributed to negative attitudes towards Israel. A couple of years ago, pro-Palestinian activists persuaded Sam Walters, legendary figure behind Richmond’s pioneering Orange Tree theatre, to organise a debate on a shabbat morning on Israel’s occupation of the disputed territories. After some discussion

with the honorary officers and rabbi, services began a little earlier so I could attend the meeting and, if given the chance, try to state Israel’s case. It was a shocking event. Not so much from the participants in the debate, who included a revisionist Israeli academic ,but because of the attitude of the audience.

The largely white, older, upper middle-class audience launched into a series of accusations against the legitimacy of the Jewish state. My intervention was listened to without interruption but the Orange Tree had become a kangaroo court and it was Israel that was on trial while the rest of the Middle East was in flames. It was at this deeply-disturbing moment I recognised that years of Tonge, public meetings in churches, libraries and the like had helped to turn many neighbours into virulent anti-Zionists.

Lib Dems in Richmond are anathema to those of us in the constituency who identify with Israel. Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour is an equally toxic choice. Irrespective of Goldsmith’s views on Brexit, when it comes to the Jewish vote he is the only acceptable candidate.

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his year may well be defined as when British Jewry and its representative organisations fought an onslaught of antiSemitic attitudes and campaigns in Parliament, campuses and many public organisations with renewed vigour.

Prejudice and anti-Semitism are hardly new phenomena and I too had my share of battles in earlier parliaments. However, the number of new incidents and the co-ordination of anti-Semitic groups threatens national life and racial harmony.

To try to explain the how and why of antiSemitism is complicated because of its deep roots from centuries of inexplicable hate.

Author Hannah Arendt said the reason for this enmity was too irrational for any serious analysis and she used a joke to describe the limitations of this approach.

It went like this: “An anti-Semite claimed that the Jews had caused World War 1. The

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reply was : Yes the Jews and the bicyclists.

Why the bicyclists? asks the one. Why the Jews? asks the other.”

Currently, some people find it convenient to link their anti-Semitism with anti-Zionism and the state of Israel. When the Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, was challenged with evidence of this within his party he dodged the issue.

Hugo Rifkind writing in The Times remarked: “If he wants to shake off his extremism wing, (he) needs to stop wriggling and show humility”.

Extremism had found a convenient niche in Labour with the result that Corbyn was able

to exploit the dissatisfaction associated with the economic situation in a similar fashion to other political leaders such as Alexis Tsipras in Greece and Pablo Iglesian in Spain. These have captured populist support.

Corbyn and John McDonnell and the associated Momentum group are in the process of controlling constituency Labour parties, for example in Bristol, and making life difficult and tense for sitting MPs. Against this background, it is unlikely the attitude of the leadership towards anti-Semitism will change.

Another dangerous concern is Corbyn’s contempt for parliament illustrated by his response to the all-party home affairs select committee, which found he failed to provide “consistent leadership” in tackling anti-Semitism within the party.

Typically, Corbyn responded by saying the damning report was biased and disproportionate. For Corbyn to dismiss a select committee report will create a precedent if he chooses to dismiss other reports affecting the country should they not meet with his politics.

So what is the future for Labour? It will be a testing time for those of us remaining in the party because Corbyn’s divisive poli-

cies will prevent an electoral majority. Come 2020, the nation will be confronted by Corbyn and the hard Brexit line of Theresa May. It will be a tough call as the 48 percent who voted to remain in the EU seek revenge for the cynical referendum campaign which the prime minister approved of, even if she was not party to it. Also, I hear from colleagues that May will not risk losing Number 10 so a snap election is on the cards. A new left-of-centre grouping is likely.

Finally, returning to Jewish concerns, specifically the growth of anti-Semitism, it is essential we respond to any attacks or abuse as racism.

One of the lessons of the Stockholm international forum, the largest conference devoted to the issues of prejudice, recognised that we shall, as Jews, need to overcome prejudice by forming the widest possible alliances.

At that conference and since, I have urged Jews and other minorities need to work together to ensure we are not isolated in our response whenever the charge is anti-Semitic or anti-black. Just as the anti-Semitic oppositions have forged links, we should make it clear Jews do not stand alone. It would also have the clear advantage of minimising the wriggle room of Corbyn and others.

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British Jews calling for an end to Israel’s occupation ILANA LEDERMANN UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL

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oes the headline of this opinion piece offend you? If so, please do not automatically turn the page.

I write as a 20-year-old British Jewish student who couldn’t have had a more conscious upbringing learning about the state of Israel.

Many of my relatives live in Israel, descendants of pre-1948 olim. My close connection to the country is not just taught, but cultivated through frequent visits: holidays, family gatherings and Israel Tour.

However, as I grew older, I started to challenge an arguably simplistic outlook on the region. I questioned my father about his family’s experiences in 1930s’ Palestine.

It is my belief the need to understand the history of the conflict is indispensable to any future encounters with a country I knew only on face value. It is this journey that brought me to Yachad’s youth campaign,

Partners to Peace. I am one of 30 student campaigners from across the UK who are leaders in youth movements, synagogues, and on campus. The campaign is fundraising for the Bethlehem-based NGO the Holy Land Trust (HLT), which supports nonviolent Palestinian activism.

The importance of the trust should be understood in light of the protracted stalemate in the current peace process between the State of Israel and the Palestinian Authority. The optimism of the 1990s now feels in the very distant past, given the violence that has followed ever since.

A key emphasis for Sami Awad, the founder of the trust, is community action.

This principle is particularly important given the inescapable disillusionment felt towards politicians in this conflict.

I personally experienced this disappointment when speaking with representatives from the PLO’s ‘Committee for Interaction with Israeli Society’ (PCIIS) in Ramallah.

They often fell back on divisive language

such as ‘Settler Colonialism’ and, when asked about Hamas, instinctively answered that they were “an integral part of our people but with different ideas”, without admitting past acts of terrorism.

HLT’s forward-looking pragmatism of a future of understanding between two peoples is far removed from this.

The communal focus of HLT promotes a framework and environment for a solution to emerge among dozens of actors in this conflict, divided by regions, tribal ties and religious affiliation. It’s vital for liberal Zionists like myself to find Palestinian partners who back HLT’s principle of nonviolence. By supporting

this organisation, we can demonstrate our Zionism of moral and political responsibility, promoting a multi-ethnic, multi-religious, multi-lingual, Jewish and democratic state of Israel.

Seeking new political alignments may seem naïve to a despairing reality faced on both sides. However, if politicians continue to treat only the symptoms and not the disease, we will see no end to violence.

We are trying, with small gestures, to break the cycle of violence encouraged by military occupation and political deadlock, so that two states can live independently.  Ilana is a history student and attends Alyth Synagogue

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We catch up on what the Jewish answer to Snoop Dogg and Kanye West – real name Anna Georgette Gilford – has been up to on the latest X Factor show!

THE THEME: Boyband vs Girlband inspired choices from the cream of talented groups, including One Direction, Girls Aloud and The Beatles.

THE SONG: Keeping a careful watch on her Achilles tendon, our girl performed Jump

by Kriss Kross.

THE LOOK: Cool metallic jacket with red stripe, black jeans, red baseball cap and high-top trainers – and of course those trademark shades. We’re almost beginning to wonder what lurks beneath…

WHAT DID THE JUDGES THINK? Sharon said she can’t wait for Honey G’s album, while Nicole won this week’s prize for gushy judges. The former Pussycat Dolls singer told her: “North Weezy give it up for Honey Geezy. You didn’t shut it down, you brought the house down. ” THE SLIDESHOW: On hearing she was through to next week’s show, Honey G attempted to do a knee slide on stage.

Unfortunately her tight leather jeans provided too much friction and she instead just tumbled over, leaving the hapless rapper red-faced. Oh well, who cares – she’s through to week six!

GIVE US A CLOONEY: Who knew the North Weezy rapper has crossed paths with Amal Alamuddin, aka Mrs George Clooney?

Apparently the two attended Dr Challoner’s Girls’ High School in Little Chalfont, Buckinghamshire, at the same time.

THE VERDICT: The Honey G bashers were out in force again. Former Westlife star Brian McFadden jumped on the bandwagon to write: ‘When I Say honey you say... G... sus Christ!!!! what the f*** is that!!!!!’ But bookies have now slashed her odds to 7-1, making her third favourite to be crowned this year’s winner.

WHAT’S NEXT: It’s Disco week! Will she cause a case of Night Fever? Or will she leave the judges saying, That’s The Way I Like It? Stay tuned to find out…

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Muswell Hill Synagogue’s programme of events for ShabbatUK kicked off with a challah bake. Held in partnership with Kisharon, adults who are supported by the charity will spend ShabbatUK as guests of Rabbi David Mason and Rebbetzin Elisheva, whose son Netanel is a pupil at Kisharon School.

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Gerald Lebrett, Side by Side’s headteacher, said: “Our Challah Bake was the perfect opportunity for our pupils to get into the ShabbatUK spirit. We are extremely grateful for all the volunteers from the local community who came to help and put a smile on the face of our pupils.”

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The first Mitzvah Day Active event of 2016 took place on Sunday, as 15 young professionals danced with – and served drinks to – older and vulnerable people, including Holocaust survivors, at a special tea and dance.

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Members of Langdon’s Brady Club teamed up with GIFT to make Havdalah candles for charity. The afternoon workshop proved to be educational, creative and fun, with members learning more about the close of Shabbat ritual. One member said: “This is so fun. I’ve made one for my grandpa and one to give to someone who is in need.”

Young musician Emma Levy, 12, entertained residents with her piano playing at Jewish Blind & Disabled in Mill Hill, Reubens House in Finchley. Pupils at Kisharon Day School in Hendon (pictured). Emma, a student at The Archer Academy in East Finchley, will also donate some of her batmitzvah money to the charities.

Proud mum Jayne said: “Emma loves playing the piano. We couldn’t think of a better way to make her batmitzvah meaningful than by spending her free time in this special way.”

The rabbi of Kinloss Sephardi community, together with 11 members of the congregation, took the ultimate plunge to raise more than £10,000 to date for Camp Simcha.

Skydiving from 13,000ft to fundraise for the charity, which supports families coping with serious childhood illness, Rabbi Leibish Heller said: “Camp Simcha was amazing at bringing joy to my family at our time of challenge and I wanted to help give something back.”

SCHOOL’S 6 SPECIAL SECURITY BOOST Side by Side Special School has been named as one of three winning schools in the Together for Safer Schools competition. The school and integrated nursery, which is based in London and caters for the Jewish community, will share in the £20,000 for the installation of STANLEY Security products and services.

Your simcha announcements Cameron Miller celebrated his barmitzvah at Yavneh College, Borehamwood.

Emma Levy celebrated her batmitzvah at Borehamwood and Elstree Synagogue.

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Abigail Cohen celebrated her batmitzvah at Mill Hill United Synagogue.

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Ashley Meyer and Darren Robinson were married at Hatfield House.

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Dalya Levine celebrated her batmitzvah at Edgware United Synagogue.

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Schools tune up for special Shabbat

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ShabbatUK’s Schools concert took place at Lee Valley Athletic Centre on Tuesday.

Some 1,500 year 4 and 5 children from 20 Jewish primary schools came together to dance, celebrate and sing. The Chief Rabbi wished each school a huge “ShabbatUK shalom” with the children responding loudly with a “ShabbatUK shalom!” The concert was run by Rabbi Bazak of SEED and Rabbi Marc Levene, who also performed with a band.

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A great year for volunteers Organisations and individuals who dedicate their time to good causes were honoured at the Wohl JVN volunteering awards. Shortlisted nominees were in the audience at artsdepot in North Finchley as winners were announced across 10 categories including overseas volunteer, innovation, volunteer of the year and team of the year – plus the prestigious lifetime achievement in volunteering award which was handed to Alan Lazarus.

The night was compèred by Lord Daniel Finkelstein and media sponsored by Jewish News.

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Congratulations to all volunteers

nominated for the Wohl JVN Volunteering Awards THE MAURICE WOHL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR AWARD Winner: Marsha Gladstone nominated by the Yoni Jesner Foundation Runner Up: Stephen Hyman nominated by Jewish Visiting and The Jewish Museum Runner Up: Michelle Jacobs nominated by Camp Simcha

THE BRIDGING TRUST AWARD FOR INTERFAITH VOLUNTEERING Winner: Bonny Newman nominated by The Three Faiths Forum Runner Up: Sharman Berwald nominated by United Synagogue and Northwood Synagogue Runner Up: The Unity of Faiths Foundation (individual nomination)

THE CHILDREN’S AID COMMITTEE AWARD FOR YOUTH VOLUNTEERING Winner: Joseph Malinsky nominated by Jewish Care Runner Up: The Four Sons (individual nomination)

THE ROS PRESTON OBE AWARD FOR OVERSEAS AND INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEERING Winner: Artur Livshyts nominated by The Together Plan Runner Up: Werner Sulzgruber (individual nomination)

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THE GROVE AWARD FOR YOUNG ADULT LEADERSHIP IN VOLUNTEERING Winner: Eliezer Gilbert nominated by GIFT and Kisharon Runner Up: Ben Combe nominated by LJY-Netzer SPONSORED BYUp: THE WOHL CHARITABLE Runner YouthMAURICE for Youth Team nominated

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As we approach the second week of the 20th UK International Jewish Film Festival, plenty of films have already sold out. Here are a few you can still catch!

Jerusalem Foundation Gala: The 90 Minute War

A brilliant new tongue-incheek comedy that attempts to settle the Israeli-Palestinian conflict via a football match!

Winner, Best Actor (Moshe Ivgy & Norman Issa) – Haifa International Film Festival 2016.

SCREENING Curzon Mayfair Sat 12 Nov, 8.30pm + Drinks

In Search of Israeli Cuisine + Dinner In this mouthwatering film, chef Michael Solomonov travels the length and breadth of Israel, trying to find out whether there is such a thing as Israeli cuisine. Followed by dinner exploring the diverse and fresh flavours of Israel, as seen in the film.

SCREENINGS JW3 Hall Sun 13 Nov, 4pm + Dinner @ Zest JW3 Cinema Thu 17 Nov, 6.30pm

My Shortest Love The Kind Words A sweeping story Affair The third feature of French-Jewish director Karin Albou, who also stars, is a charming and frank drama about relationships, sex and starting over.

of familial love and betrayal that will make you laugh and cry simultaneously from celebrated Israeli filmmaker Shemi Zarhin.

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HOME Manchester Sat 12 Nov, 6.30pm

Ciné Lumière Sat 12 Nov, 8.50pm + Q&A with Karin Albou

Odeon South Woodford Sun 13 Nov 6pm Odeon Swiss Cottage Wed 16 Nov, 6.30pm

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From the Diary of Disturbing the a Wedding Peace Photographer Established ten years A journey into the dark recesses of the photographer’s mind.

Celebrated Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid’s new film explores the often ignored, more sinister aspects of falling in love and tying the knot.

ago, Combatants for Peace is a group of Israelis and Palestinians who have come together to fight for peace and co-existence in a nonviolent way. The film follows the stories of this remarkable organisation and some of its members.

Odeon Swiss Cottage Tue 15 Nov, 8.30 pm JW3 Cinema Sat 19 Nov, 6.45pm

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Personal Affairs A touching and gently comic family drama that centres on the lives of a Palestinian family in Nazareth and Ramallah.

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Everyman Hampstead Mon 14 Nov, 8.30pm

Odeon Swiss Cottage Tue 15 Nov, 6.30pm

Afterthought

Winner of three Israeli Academy Awards, this film tells the stories of two men – divided by age and aspirations but united by a disturbing sense of failure – which intermingle in this wry, absurdist and strikingly original film.

Louis Ferdinand Céline Louis-Ferdinand Céline, one of the greatest French writers of the 20th century, was both celebrated for his literary innovations and reviled for his virulent antisemitism and collaboration with the Nazi regime.Is it actually possible to separate the man and his values from his art?

Lamb

The first-ever Ethiopian film to be selected for the Cannes Film Festival, Lamb is the sweet tale of Ephraim, who, after the death of his mother, is sent to live with distant relatives.

His only source of solace is his beloved sheep.

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Everyman Hampstead Sun 13 Nov, 4pm JW3 Cinema Wed 16 Nov, 4pm

SCREENING Ciné Lumière Wed 16 Nov, 6.30pm + Q&A with actor Philip Desmeules

The Wedding Date

With just one month to go before her wedding date, Michal finds herself suddenly deserted by her fiancé, who has undergone an abrupt change of heart and called off the engagement.

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Curzon Mayfair Sat 19 Nov, 8.30pm

The Writer This gentle comedy is based on writer Sayed Kashua’s own life as an Arab Israeli who lives with his family in a secular neighbourhood in Jerusalem.

SCREENING JW3 Hall Sun 20 Nov, 4pm

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‘The human spoils of war’ Stephen Poliakoff tells Francine Wolfisz about his new Cold War drama, Close To The Enemy

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n the aftermath of the Second World War, an elite British Army unit was tasked with abducting hundreds of German scientists and businessmen who could help the Allies gain the advantage over their new enemy: Russia.

Some were literally forced from their beds and taken to Britain, where they were interrogated until they gave up their trade secrets – which included everything from jet engines, coal mining and plastics manufacturing to the secret formula of well-known perfumes. If they did not comply, they were interned.

“It was a grab on the human spoils of war,” explains Stephen Poliakoff, whose latest BBC2 drama was inspired by the secretive work of T-Force, as revealed in recently declassified government documents.

Close To The Enemy, written and directed by Poliakoff, revolves around Captain Callum Ferguson (played by Jim Sturgess), who has been tasked with turning German aviation scientist, Dieter Koehler (August Diehl) to work for the British.

As the plot unfolds, Ferguson finds himself up against Kathy Griffiths (Phoebe Fox), a tough, young woman working for the War Crimes Unit, whose mandate is to bring escaped war criminals to justice.

The stellar cast also includes Bates Motel actor Freddie Highmore, Charlotte Riley (Peaky Blinders), and Alfie Allen (Game of Thrones).

Of the seven-part drama, which begins tonight (Thursday), the 63-year-old writer says he wanted to show how the interests of national security were “pitted against justice and humanity” in the years following the war, but adds that not everything is as black and white as it first seems.

“I wanted it to be morally complex. I didn’t just want the Nazi hunter to be the good person and the soldier seizing the scientists to be the bad person,” he says.

Researching the work of T-Force, as well as that of the War Crimes Unit, Poliakoff, whose Russianborn father lost members of his family to the Holocaust, discovered some 4,000 Nazis were listed as suspects in the aftermath of 1945 – but that number was whittled down to just 150 in a matter of months, primarily because of a lack of resources and fears over encountering the Cold War. “So that’s an awful number of guilty people walking free, but the imperative was to get ahead in this new world,” he explains.

The tiny proportion of war criminals brought to justice can also be explained by the lack of co-ordination between various organisations tasked with finding former Nazis. Poliakoff describes the situation as “chaotic”.

“Much of the Nazi hunting was very ad hoc, and you hear about Jewish soldiers who went off and did it because they realised nobody else was going to.”

Most famously, German-Jewish refugee Hanns Alexander tracked down and arrested Rudolf Höss, the notorious commandant of Auschwitz.

Meanwhile, former Nazis were being grabbed by the Allies and having their former lives erased in return for their cooperation.

He continues: “The impetus was on getting people who could be of use to us and to not be too fussy about what they had done during the war. In America, they had their own secret programme, Operation Paperclip, in which they gave many former Nazis new biographies and fake jobs.

“The government publicly stated it would do no business with any ex-member of the Nazi party, but that of course would have counted out many of their top scientists, including Wernher von Braun, who created their rocket programme –and he wasn’t just a Nazi, but a member of the SS.”

Above: Jim Sturgess stars as Callum Ferguson in BBC2’s Close To The Enemy, a new drama by playwright Stephen Poliakoff, left, based on covert abductions of top German scientists Meanwhile the British acted in a similar fashion.

Nazi counter-intelligence officer Horst Kopkow was sheltered from the war crimes investigation by British intelligence – and they even faked his death in 1948, to help him escape prosecution.

“That story we know about, but there were probably many we don’t know about,” speculates Poliakoff, who was awarded a CBE in 2007.

While the armed forces concerned themselves with the coming Cold War, Britain was also left facing a more familiar enemy, in the form of the Blackshirts.

Poliakoff calls it “mind-boggling” that Oswald Moseley’s Union Movement came to prominence again, just months after the war had come to its

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conclusion. “It was a horrible disease, like eczema on the body of Britain and a terrible affront to people that it was here,” he says.

But it’s equally the human story beneath world events that Poliakoff tries to draw out in his drama, showing how the war affected surviving soldiers, many of whom experienced post-traumatic stress disorder, as well as those left behind on the home front.

Poliakoff can still recall seeing, as a child, the devastation in London years after the war had ended, while his parents, who lived in Kensington, experienced the events of the Blitz first-hand.

The award-winning writer, who has two children with wife and fellow screenwriter Sandy Welch, tells me: “The V2s were raining down within weeks of the end of the war. People lost homes, their loved ones and had witnessed horrific things. But they wanted to address the future and not concern themselves with the immediate past.

“Instead, they were left to battle on their own with their demons.”

 Close To The Enemy premieres on BBC 2 tonight, 10 November at 9pm

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Lifestyle / Art Spiegelman

When there are no words Art Spiegelman, the creator of Maus, talks to Fiona Leckerman about his love of graphic novels, his new show and why his most famous work will never be transformed into a film

Phillip Johnston with Art Spiegelman

“I made a promise then that I had to finish the book, but once it was done I promised never to do the Holocaust again and I have since tried to keep that promise.”

It is only recently that Spiegelman touched on the Holocaust again, but he is quick to assert: “I’m not a Holocaust expert – I just happen to have lived through parents who gave me a doctorate in it.”

Speaking about the effect of growing up with two parents who survived such atrocities, he reflects: “I think everybody is defined by their parents’ history.

“My father wasn’t willing to talk to me when I was a kid, but came forth when I was older. My mother had it leaking into conversations all the time without any context and obviously it affected me.

“I am a child of a survivor, but they can’t be allowed to define you, because they stop you from being human.”

As the conversation flows on, Spiegelman is keen to discuss the latest book he has been working on, a retrospective of his close friend, Jewish artist Si Lewen.

Explaining his work as a “remastered version of his original drawings”, Si Lewen’s Parade: An Artist Odyssey follows the life

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of Lewen, a refugee from Nazi Germany, who arrived in New York in 1935 and died recently at the age of 98.

“This is the first time I have returned to the topic of the Holocaust and it is for a number of complex reasons,” Spiegelman says. “After Maus, every offer that I could imagine came along to make a movie, but I never had any desire for that.”

Still, he concedes: “I am very grateful to Maus because it has allowed for my other follies, like Wordless! and beyond, which keeps me thinking, breathing and experimenting.”

Speaking of his latest show, which he describes as “intellectual vaudeville”, Spiegelman says: “It’s the most fantastic thing we have ever done and why we keep going out of our way to perform it.”

He adds: “I’ve never seen anything like it before. It’s a hybrid medium that doesn’t translate into anything else, a lecture about words and pictures and how they fight with each other and how they supplement each other and what happens when you remove one of those elements in a more and more visual culture.”

Wordless!, featuring Art Spiegel-

man and Phillip Johnston, takes place tomorrow, 11 November, at 7.30pm at the Barbican, Silk Street. Details: barbican.org.uk

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always feel like there is a giant mouse chasing me wherever I go,” admits Art Spiegelman, the Pulitzer Prizewinning cartoonist who is behind the renowned Holocaust memoir, Maus.

First published in 1980, Spiegelman’s work sparked controversy – and debate – by translating the events of the Second World War into a graphic novel, where Jews are famously depicted as mice and Nazis as cats.

The 68-year-old Swedish-born artist is making coffee when we speak about his touring show, Wordless! It is an exploration of graphic novels through history set to music by jazz composer Phillip Johnston, and arrives at the Barbican in London tomorrow (Friday).

Ahead of his trip to London, Spiegelman wants to know if the weather is cold enough to warrant taking a coat, admitting an overt part of his Jewish identity is his extreme anxiety, something he acquired from his incredibly anxious, Holocaust-survivor parents, who both feature in Maus.

Before his seminal work was published, The New Yorker recalls that he previewed it at a Holocaust conference to an audience of mostly retired Jews.

“One of them gets up and says: ‘Couldn’t you wait until we were dead to make fun of us?’ I felt like I was facing an audience of my fathers. I explained that although it’s a comic, it doesn’t mean that it’s funny and I’m not making fun of you.

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In his new show, Art Spiegelman brings his famous Holocaust work, Maus, to life and takes the audience on a tour of the first graphic novels

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Having a Rhine old time!

Mark Silver takes a luxury river cruise through Europe, uncovering a dark side of Jewish history, medieval castles and a plot to assassinate Hitler

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he tour guide took me by surprise.

Yet another story of Jews being persecuted? Surely not this time, I thought, as we stood in front of a chapel in the German town of Bacharach.

My wife and I were on a river cruise along the fabulous Rhine, where glorious medieval villages and towns are sprinkled within easy reach and leave you feeling as though you have just entered a film set.

Tales of Jews suffering during the Dark Ages were all too frequent, but I was not expecting more tales of woe as we gazed at the impressive chapel ruins.

Werner was a 16-year-old Christian who was murdered on this site back in 1287, explained the guide. No one had a clue who did it but – guess what? – the Jews were blamed.

It led to revenge killings across Europe, the victim becoming Saint Werner and the chapel constructed in his honour. Fortunately, the German king at the time, and later the Pope, did not believe the Jews were responsible and they were eventually exonerated.

It was another interesting story during a week of fascinating information amid stunning sites and, thanks to American holiday company Tauck, we were also pampered galore.

We woke up early for much of the sightseeing

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I have experienced several river cruises and this was the best so far. Organisation, service and food were exceptional. We were invited on to Tauck’s newest vessel, Grace, and it proved a most comfortable choice.

Cruises are all-inclusive, although the joke wore a bit thin on my birthday when the 10th person offered to ‘buy’ me a drink.

It was our second cruise along the Rhine and we were seeing a tiny piece of Holland, Germany, France and Switzerland, having boarded in Amsterdam and finishing in Basel.

If you want a lazy week doing little, then this is not the holiday for you. If you don’t mind those early starts to see a collection of gems,

such as medieval castles, houses from the 1500s, cathedrals from even earlier and treasures from Roman times, then look no further.

Amsterdam proved a great start. It was our first time in the Dutch capital and what a beautiful place it is to stroll around, with its many restaurants, cafés, museums and, of course, canals. We did wander along the famous Red Light District as curiosity got the better of us, and also popped into ‘sweet’ shops where chocolate bars with cannabis are readily (and legally) for sale.

There’s nothing wrong with browsing, but it brought a chuckle when the subject came up that night of how people had spent their day. Funnily enough, our dinner companions seemed to have found the same streets!

Not everybody went to see the Anne Frank House, but we were glad we did. These days, you need to book an online ticket to visit between 9am and 3.30pm. After that you join a long queue, but it was worth it as we heard the remarkable tale of how Anne and her family hid from the Nazis for more than two years. The museum is open every day except Yom Kippur and, even if you think you know the story, is a must-see when in Amsterdam.

The following day we were part of Tauck’s fine itinerary, involving a delightful canal ride followed by a visit to the Rijksmuseum, dedicated to arts and history.

Art galleries are not normally my thing, but both my wife, Liudmila, and I loved it as our guide showed the detail in some of Rembrandt’s finest work, including The Night Watch.

When you cruise with a top company, there is sometimes a very special treat in store. Here Tauck is every bit as good at surreal evenings as,

Mark and Liudmila at ease during their trip

the next day, we enjoyed a spectacular reception and dinner at Schloss Ehreshoven, a moated castle in Germany now housing a charitable foundation that cares for elderly Catholic ladies.

The venue is stunning and we were treated like royalty from the moment we left Tauck’s comfortable coaches to enjoy champagne and canapés before a memorable dinner, with live classical music throughout.

In between, a foundation chief gave us a quick tour which included a viewing of a portrait of his relative, Philipp von Boeselager, who was part of the German plot to assassinate Hitler but was never caught.

If I had to choose a favourite time from the week (not an easy task), it would be our afternoon in Riquewihr.

This village in the Alsace region is mindblowingly beautiful and that feeling of being on a film set was never truer than here – an appropriate feeling in some ways, given that Tauck goes that extra mile to make you feel like a star.

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Tour highlight: Aboard the Mt Pilatus cable car overlooking Lake Lucerne in Switzerland

Mark travelled on Tauck’s Romantic Rhine river cruise, which starts from £2,825 per person for eight days and includes all meals, onboard beverages throughout the day (including beer, wine and spirits), shore excursions, activities and entertainment, gratuities, port charges, airport transfers and more. For reservations and information, visit www.tauck.co.uk or call 0800 810 8020.

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Before you travel, check in with Dr Zuckerman Dr Jane Zuckerman from the Royal Free London Travel Health and Immunisation Clinic gives her travel health tips

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t’s never been so easy to travel the world, writes Deborah Cicurel. With the internet giving us unprecedented access to far-flung destinations, a quick glance at online booking companies or a call to a travel agent is often all we need to make our feelings of wanderlust a reality.

But we can often overlook the most important element when travelling: our health.

Dr Jane Zuckerman, consultant and clinical lead in travel medicine at the Royal Free London Travel Health and Immunisation Clinic, has practised travel medicine since 1995, helping more than 10,000 people a year to travel safely, and winning awards along the way, including the UK Hospital Doctor of the Year Award in 2001.

According to Zuckerman, it’s crucial to start thinking about protecting yourself medically months before you embark on your trip.

“Travel medicine is all about preventing illness in people who travel and the best way to guard against any tropical disease would be to seek travel health advice from a travel clinic at least four weeks before travelling,” she says.

“This way, a travel health practitioner can discuss the risk of the relevant tropical disease to which a traveller may be exposed.

“The ability to travel the world is no longer a luxury and the important considerations to take into account when travelling are the safety and security at the destination and to seek travel health advice to understand if there are any specific health risks for the planned itinerary.”

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One of the biggest misconceptions about travel medicine is that it’s really costly. However, Zuckerman says, there are several important travel vaccines that are available on the NHS, including diphtheria, polio and tetanus – a combined vaccine – as well as typhoid, cholera and hepatitis A, including when given as a combined typhoid or hepatitis B vaccine.

“These vaccines are usually free because they protect against diseases thought to represent the greatest risk to public health if they were brought into the country,” Zuckerman says. “Travel vaccines that are available privately include hepatitis B when not given as a combined hepatitis A vaccine, Japanese encephalitis, tickborne encephalitis, meningitis vaccines, rabies, tuberculosis (TB) and yellow fever.”

Another misconception is that travel vaccines can be uncomfortable, something Zuckerman handles regularly, using a number of ways to calm patients who are wary of needles.

“I sometimes see patients who are anxious, but cope with this by being very sympathetic, very gentle, doing certain things to prevent fainting or panic attacks, not rushing the appointment and by applying the art of subtle distraction when I give an injection,” she says.

“Despite several patients telling me, I never realised that I have a gentle touch until the time my mother – who always told me the truth – told me I could give her injections any time.

“I have developed a reputation for being able to help patients with needle phobia have vaccinations, both for travel and general vaccinations.

Having a good experience following vaccination is invaluable to people who have needle phobia and I hope to help make a difference in this way.”

But it’s not just needles that scare Zuckerman’s patients: many travellers can become concerned about the side effects of certain drugs, such as malaria tablets.

“They are an essential feature in the prevention of malaria,” Zuckerman says. “There are different malaria tablets that can be prescribed

and tailored to the specific needs of a traveller following a travel health risk assessment.

“I recommend a travel health practitioner discusses the choice of malaria tablets available, taking into consideration their itinerary and any underlying health conditions.”

However, taking malaria tablets is not all you have to do to protect yourself against the disease, warns Zuckerman.

“None of the malaria tablets provide 100 percent protection and so it is essential for travellers to use bite avoidance measures, such as wearing loose, long-sleeved clothing and using 50 percent DEET insect repellent in addition to taking malaria tablets to reduce the risk of getting malaria.,” she adds.

There are plenty of other challenges for the doctor, but Zuckerman says: “The most rewarding aspect of my job is enabling a person with underlying health problems to travel to their dream destination.”

But do we need to visit the doctor straight away if we have a tropical holiday planned, or is research possible from home? Zuckerman says there is plenty people can do to educate themselves before deciding on a final destination.

“There are several excellent websites, which are really user friendly and provide reliable information on vaccinations and travel health advice,” she says, recommending Fit for Travel (fitfortravel.nhs.uk), the Foreign Office Travel Advice (gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice) and the Royal Free London Travel Health & Immunisation Clinic (royalfreeprivatepatients.com/treatments-and-services/ travel-clinic).

So go ahead, book that dream trip, dust down your suitcase and invest in some new flip-flops. Just make sure you see Dr Zuckerman first.  Contact Dr Zuckerman via the Royal Free London Private Patients Unit on 020 7317 7751, rf.privateenquiries@ nhs.net or royalfree privatepatients.com

The British Friends of Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Centre seek to appoint a professional and experienced

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Mayanei Hayeshua is a medical centre in Israel . Our mission is “to provide the people of Israel with the highest professional level of medical care and caring, while upholding the principles of Jewish law and the sanctity and dignity of human life”.

The hospital has grown at a rapid rate in the last five years and now treats 250,000 patients a year from all over Israel. The British Friends, together with other Friends organisations in the USA and Canada, supports the work of the hospital with all monies raised used for named projects.

Our Executive Director will work with the Board of the British Friends of MHMC to develop awareness among UK communities, develop and cultivate potential donors and initiate fundraising activities. With strong communication skills, enthusiasm and commitment, the ED will ensure that the organisation makes its mark on the British Jewish community.

Excellent remuneration is offered for the right candidate.

Interviews will take place in London on 27/28 November 2016.

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Ask Dr Ellie Our resident GP Ellie Cannon answers your questions...

Q My son’s eczema never

seems to get better, despite the creams we use. Where are we going wrong?

I doubt you are going wrong, but it is important to realise eczema isn’t curable but waxes and wanes throughout childhood. That is tedious and distressing for both children and parents, but a good treatment regime can really make a huge difference.

For good control, your prescription should really look like a shopping list including a number of items. Firstly, emollients – these are creams that add muchneeded oil to the dryness of eczema.

There are a huge number to try, so if

you don’t like the first one prescribed, try another one. You should be using it at least four times a day: you cannot overdose on emollient, so apply it liberally.

Second, you need bath products – avoid all the scented usual ones and use a bath emollient, which is oil you add to the bath to make it moisturising. You can buy these without prescription as well as aqueous cream to use instead of soap.

Steroids are next: they calm down the eczema. They come in a variety of different potencies, and your doctor will recommend which strength is appropriate for your son. Parents are overly afraid of steroids, but they are far better for your skin than eczema is.

You should also consider an anti-histamine to break his itch-scratch cycle and remember to avoid all irritants such as sun creams and washing powders: you can find a list of safe ones on eczema.org.

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Q My mother has started to

lose her memory and has been assessed by the GP. The GP said it could be dementia, but maybe not Alzheimer’s – what does that mean?

Dementia means someone has memory loss, but there can be different causes.

Alzheimer’s is a type of dementia and in fact is the most common type, but 150,000 people in the UK have a dementia called vascular dementia.

This is when the thinking part of the brain is damaged through poor blood supply in much the same way as strokes or mini-strokes occur.

We would suspect this in someone who has had strokes previously or who has other risk factors for blood-vessel damage

Q There is a lot of pressure

in the Jewish community to have children early. Is there a perfect age medically?

Yes, there is probably too much pressure in my opinion and it is so important for both parents to be completely ready.

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such as high cholesterol or diabetes.

Vascular dementia is also more likely when the problem seems to progress in noticeable steps rather than gradually.

But you should remember there are also other causes of dementia such as Parkinson’s disease, as well as dementia from infections or injury.

Treatment for dementia differs according to the cause: people with vascular dementia will be put on the same medication that we use to prevent strokes, for example blood pressure control and statins, with the aim to reduce chances of further episodes.

Other dementias may also have specific drugs depending on the stage at diagnosis.

This is because often drugs are used only for early-stage disease.

The most important thing now is for your family to discuss and plan your mother's care with her and how you will manage going forward.

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and physically – and that is not always conferred simply by age. But of course that does play a part.

Your fertility actually starts to decline after 35 – the chance of conceiving at that age is half that of women in their early 20s. Then conception rates drop off dramatically after 40.

In a couple trying for a baby, 94 percent of women of 35 years of age would conceive after three years.

However, if the woman was already 38 years old, only 77 percent would conceive after the same period.

However, it is important to stress that a huge number of women who are aged over 40 do conceive naturally and have healthy normal pregnancies with healthy normal babies.

In 2014, for the first time there were more births recorded to women over the age of 35 than to women under 25, and year-on-year the fertility rate for the over-40s is rising.

It is also important to bear in mind that being pregnant when you are over the age of 40 does carry risks of illness for the mother and her baby, as well as a risk of miscarriage.

As with many things in life, it is a balance of pros and cons – yes there are medical reasons to have babies younger, but there are often social and psychological reasons for a woman to wait.

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Sedra: Lech Lecha, Torah For Today / Orthodox Judaism

SEDRA - Lech Lecha

Torah For Today What does the Torah say about: Sado-masochism and torture

RABBI JONNY ROODYN The backdrop to the Torah’s introduction to the first Jew and perhaps greatest revolutionary of all time is highly significant.

Abram is born to the generation that tried to build the Tower of Babel and was subsequently dispersed across the world.

Rav Shimshon Raphael Hirsch explains how this grandiose project relegated men to being less significant than bricks and gave rise to the notion that any value held sacred by the majority ought to be automatically revered by the individual.

Enter Abram with his first prophecy, defining the Jewish journey for all time. “Lech Lecha” (“Go for yourself, go your own way!” No person can ever say: “Well, I am as good and honest as everyone else around me, so that’s good enough”.

Lech Lecha is a call to teach us we are individually responsible to God for our personal conduct. Abram is therefore known as ha’ivri, (“from the other side”); on one side of the metaphorical river with all humanity on the other. He goes it alone.

The first call to the first Jew carries the secret of Jewish survival. Abram imbued his descendants with the courage to be a minority, to stand firm with our values and heritage.

In this week’s sedra, Abram willingly leaves his homeland, where his nationality and identity were formed, his birthplace where he had civic status and independence and his home, the private sphere where he had been looked after, to commit to teaching humanity about Monotheism, as a result of his conviction of his cause and inner awareness of his Creator.

 Rabbi Jonny Roodyn is the educational director of Jewish Futures Trust @rjroodyn

RABBI ARIEL ABEL In a double murder trial, British banker Rurik Jutting [pictured] pleaded not guilty on grounds of diminished responsibility to the sadistic sexual abuse and murder of two women. What does the Torah say about torturing victims to death?

Each Rosh Hashanah we recite the last words of a torture victim, Rabbi Amnon of Mainz, who so regretted having considered converting to Catholicism that he asked for his tongue to be cut out.

The local bishop amputated him, limb by limb. This horror raises the question whether sado-masochism is sinful, and whether one may be permitted to punish oneself physically for even appearing to

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COULD CAIN’S JEALOUSY SERVE AS MITIGATION FOR KILLING HIS BROTHER?

consider faithlessness. Perhaps the rabbi’s leadership position mitigated the usual prohibition on self-immolation.

But can crimes in Jewish law ever be mitigated by the circumstances? A midrash tells how a love tryst with a woman led Cain to kill Abel. Could jealousy, however deep, serve as a mitigating circumstance, putting Cain in a state of diminished responsibility? Or is this plain, cold-hearted and calculated murder?

Cain killed his brother apparently swiftly. By contrast, torture as an instrument of death first appears in the book of Joshua. Canaanite king Adoni Bezeq was known for cutting off his adversaries’ thumbs and toes cut off and having them forage under his table for scraps. Adoni certainly had a sado-masochistic personality disorder. On capturing him, Joshua showed no mercy and executed him.

Perhaps knowledge of sadistic disorders and the possibility they may mitigate horrific crimes was unknown to our ancestors. Nonetheless, there is no excuse for sexually causing harm to any person.

Even unintentional damage caused during normal spousal relations must

be financially compensated according to Jewish law.

Jutting has claimed he was abused during his youth and that his father killed himself. An educated person presumably of substantial financial means, he would have had access to the best help.

Torturing the victim is greater than the sin of murder itself. King Saul was right to ask his arms bearer to finish him before his enemies reached him; his death pains had already taken hold.

 Ariel Abel is rabbi of the Liverpool Old Hebrew Congregation

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Progressive Judaism / The Bible Says What?! / Progressively Speaking

The Bible Says What?!

Progressively Speaking

Rabbi Danny Rich launches a new column, taking a wry look at some of our most familiar religious texts

BY RABBI LEAH JORDAN

The Akedah (Binding) of Isaac: Genesis 22:1-19 On its literal reading, the Akedah – known often as the ‘sacrifice’ rather than the ‘binding’ of Isaac – is challenging for anyone of a Progressive mindset.

The narrative lends itself to the idea that God intends to witness Abraham sacrifice his son Isaac, having just expelled his other child, Ishmael, into the desert.

It is possible to have some sympathy for Abraham who, despite repeated demonstrations of loyalty to God, is once again asked to prove himself by passing another cruel and bizarre test.

But the most telling question is to ask who is really being tested in the story.

Despite the Christian portrayal of Isaac as a small boy, he is, in fact according to Jewish legend, a strapping teenager who is capable of carrying the wood on the fateful journey.

His father is an elderly man and the midrash paints a picture of him being physically incapable of binding Isaac,

Has anti-Israel sentiment reached boiling point on our campuses?

who is required to assist in his own restraint as he faces possible demise.

This apparent bravery of Isaac raises the challenge of how loyal must one be to one’s parents to fulfil the fifth of the Ten Commandments. The Akedah is about Isaac’s starring moment.

He is prepared to pay the price, but God relents and the ram enters the history of the Jewish people.

What can Progressive Jews learn from this story that sees God demanding Isaac’s death? We learn that sometimes we must say no to God – even when traditionally we’d be expected to obey.

As the Progressive Student Chaplain – visiting and supporting all 8,500 Jewish students in the UK and Ireland, regardless of their affiliation – anti-Israel sentiment on campus is something I think about regularly.

My role is to protect and include all Jewish students and never dismiss or diminish their concerns.

However, I also try to be a moderating, balancing voice on this issue, as I firmly believe the fear and panic that some of us non-students in the Jewish community feel over this question is hurting our youth.

First because, as Josh Nagli, the campaign director for the Union of

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Jewish Students (UJS) reminded us in his recent Jewish News blog post, we need to let our Jewish students speak for themselves.

Second, our own anxieties around how anti-Israel sentiment can be a mask for anti-Semitism actually blinds us to the vibrant Israel engagement and debate with Jews and nonJews happening on campus.

David Brown, executive director of UJS, recently wrote: “Just as we must never let our Judaism be defined by what we’re against, we cannot allow distressing but disparate incidents – or our reactions to them – cloud our view of the broader and better picture

THE FEARS AND PANIC WE FEEL OVER ANTI-ISRAEL SENTIMENT IS HURTING OUR YOUTH

for Jewish life on campus.”

There are and have been some high-profile concerns and flash points. It’s the duty of anyone supporting Jewish students or a loving and open world to denounce these incidents and to take serious steps to address the growing hatred among this minority and radical fringe. But whenever questions around Israel/Palestine are raised more generally, I and UJS and others see over and over again that students reject hate and embrace dialogue.

In the messy world of student politics and in the fraught conversations around Israel/Palestine and anti-Semitism on campus, dialogue, engagement and education is happening constantly and increasing.

Without diminishing real concerns, I wouldn’t want our fears to weaken that vibrant and flourishing reality for Jewish students.  Rabbi Leah Jordan is Liberal Judaism’s student chaplain

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Dear Sue My daughter has just had her first baby, Isabella, and my first grandchild. The hospital has told her Isabella is deaf. There is no deafness in our family, so I really find it difficult to believe. My daughter is refusing to talk about it all. What can I do?

Rosalind Dear Rosalind Firstly, mazeltov – and to baby Isabella, a big warm welcome to the world!

This is a joyful and also very difficult emotional time for all of your family. But there is help available. Our family services worker will listen to you. She is someone who independent and a care home would not be suitable. Are there any other options?

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Dear June My mum has had to go into a residential care home, unfortunately leaving my dad alone at home. Dad is hard of hearing and has mobility issues, which means he struggles with the stairs. He is still very

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MAXI ROSE TELECOMS SPECIALIST, RCUK See full profile on pages 32-33

Dear Maxi We have nine lines on a 24-month business contract and our bills have spiralled out of control. As part of our ‘special’ agreement with our current provider, we expected an account manager to manage our account to help us save

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Acclaimed chef Theo Randall has opened a casual Italian restaurant in the boutique Hotel Indigo in Kensington. Theo’s Simple Italian serves rustic Italian dishes that celebrate the best of casual dining. The 54-seat restaurant is open seven days a week for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Expect a great range of cicchetti, plus expertly-cooked pasta and a range of meaty/fishy dishes. Weekend brunch is £35 a head, including a glass of Prosecco. theossimpleitalian.co.uk

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Perfectly-chilled champagne and lemon and sumac non-alcoholic cocktails accompanied a

A restaurant specialising in crisps (yes, really!) is opening in Soho. Hipchips will be cooking crisps from five varieties of potato, all grown in the north of England, and serving them on a conveyor belt, together with special dips. Head chef Scott Davis has spent two years developing the concept in his kitchen. The sauces range from smoky cheese fondue to dessert options such as s’mores and chocolate.

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beautifully-presented and innovative range of canapés: zucchini rolls with crushed edamame and mint, duck latkes with blood-orange gel, beef carpaccio with truffle, a miniature steak sandwich with mustard mayonnaise and, my favourite, ‘fruit pastel’ skewers with lemon balm and violet fragments – an explosion of sweetness.

Fifty journalists and bloggers were seated at an on-trend long table (round tables are so last year), dressed with contemporary woven linen and artistically enhanced with blooms by resident Claridge’s florist McQueens.

Then we were walked through four ‘Acts’ of the most refined kosher cook-

ing: a light, soft sole with sauce vierge and basil; tender lamb with a hint of smokiness from blackened aubergine, nicely balanced with a creamy tahini; sea bass with Israeli couscous and lemon purée; and then, to finish, s’mores with banana purée and marshmallow.

The dream team behind Food Story comprises chef David Swann, formerly of Gordon Ramsay and the Fat Duck, and managing director Matt Rickard, formerly of the Mandarin Oriental.

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It’s common for restaurants to open up, become established, and then start offering takeaway. It’s unusual for things to happen the other way round – but that’s exactly the state of play at Pan-Asian restaurant Tootoomoo in Islington. Owner Philip McGuinness had the genius idea of shoving the kitchen downstairs in the basement and opening up the ground floor space into a cosy, quirky restaurant with rustic yet colourful décor and room enough for 24 covers.

It’s one of those “big, little” places – big personality, little restaurant; big flavours, little menu; big satisfaction, little bill. A range of £3 to £6.50 dishes includes yuzu

salmon maki, veggie potstickers (like a gyoza, but shaped like samosas and even more tasty), a delicious sweet and savoury seaweed salad with sesame dressing (standout dish for me), a classic duck and watermelon salad with cashews and hoisin, a stunning rendang curry with meltingly tender beef, and oh-so-moreish Singapore noodles with chicken. To quench your thirst, £7 fetches you a classic Caipirinha cocktail or the house special Tootoomojito, among others, plus there are spirits, beers and wine. Dessert is frozen yoghurt – it’s just the right finale to this type of feast,

and, if you’re feeling decadent, you can top it with Oreos or chocolate.

Tootoomoo is slowly expanding across north London, with branches in Crouch End, Whetstone and now Islington, plus a takeaway in Highgate.

The Whetstone branch has just doubled in size and can now seat around 80 in more space and comfort (and less noise!) than before, with the option for private hire for parties.

Takeaway is a big story at Tootoomoo and if you’re lucky enough to live in a relevant postcode, even the cocktails can be delivered to your door – in cute jam jars, no less!

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RAIDERS ROMP PAST PUZZLED SCRABBLE Raiders extended their lead at the top of the Masters Division One table to eight points thanks to a 9-4 win over Scrabble. Lee Cash scored four times, Tony Plaskow hit a hat-trick, with Dave Eden and James Cartmell also scoring.

Lions B moved three points clear at the top of Division Two with a 10-1 win over Marshside. Michael Abrahams scored five, Danny Schindler two, with Adam Brand, Danny Gordon and Craig Henry also on target.

LIONS HIT CUFFLEY FOR SIX IN THE CUP

Two goals each from Adam Burchell, Charlie Kasler and Austin Lipman saw London Lions beat Cuffley 6-2 to book their place in the next round of the Herts Centenary Trophy.

Manager Andy Landesberg said: “We were very professional and kept our standards high. We could have won by a greater margin but I was pleased with what we did. We move on to the next round of a cup we’d like to win again.”

Lance Stroll will make his F1 debut with Williams next year – and in doing so become the second-youngest ever driver in the sport.

The son of billionaire Lawrence Stroll, one of the world’s most successful entrepreneurs in the fashion industry, he began his karting career when he was eight-years-old, and has gone on to win the 2014 Italian Formula 4 Championship, 2015 Toyota Racing Series and 2016 European Formula 3 titles.

Becoming the first Canadian F1 driver since the 1997 World Champions Jacques Villeneuvre, he said: “I come from money and I’m not going to deny that, but I believe I earned my shot in F1 because I have won every championship that I have competed in.”

Fortune frustrate leaders L’Equipe dropped their first league points of their Division Two campaign as they played out a 3-3 draw with Temple Fortune.

Having won their previous five games, Andy Smith, Jon Kay and Mark Korn all scored for the leaders, but goals from Jordan Sharifia, Brett Stead and Aron Barnes earned Fortune a point. Fortune manager Simon Linden said: “You would think I would be satisfied with a point against the leaders, but we should have taken advantage against an under-strength L’Equipe team.

“We have now played the four teams I fancy to be pushing for promotion, we’re doing ok, but next month is crucial, it’s important we start winning – starting against Hertswood.”

Faithfold B failed to close the gap at the top as they blew a 4-0 lead to draw 4-4 at Mill Hill Dons. Richard Fogelman, together with Sam Garson, Louis Taylor and Jonathan Mararche put the Greens in control, but Sammy Hakimian, Zach Cohen, Adam Isaacs and Nick Phillips sealed the home side a thrilling draw.

Redbridge C sit in joint-second after they were held to a 1-1 draw by Raiders C, Jimmy Castle and Alex Elf scoring for their respective sides.

RC UK FC bounced back to winning ways with a 7-0 win over Boca

Jewniors. Jonti Aremband scored four times, with player-manager Avi Markiewicz hitting a hat-trick.

Real Hendon claimed their third win of the season, player-manager Chaim Gothold, Benni Slukis, Zvi Noe and Yomi Cohen scoring in a 4-1 win at FC Team B. Oakwood A and Raiders A dropped points in their pursuit of the top two in the Premier Division as they played out a 1-1 draw. Zak Collins scored for the O’s, with Alex Moss replying for the Raiders.

Woodford Wanderers claimed their first league win of the season, Craig Sandford scoring an 85th minute winner in their 1-0 win over SPEC. Maccabi London Lions B increased their lead at the top of the Division One table to five points, though were held to a 2-2 draw by bottom side Athletic Blibaum. Michael Kenley and Adam Abadi scored for the Lions, Rob Rodney and a last-gasp leveller from Sam Deaner sealed a point for Bilbaum.

Finchley City beat Hendon B 3-2, thanks to Daniel Polak’s double and Daniel Sinclair’s strike.

Aron Barnes scored for Temple Fortune

Arsenal’s debt to three ‘Jewish musketeers’

Bykanov skates his way to silver Israeli Vladislav Bykanov won silver at the World Cup Short Track Speed Skating championships, in Calgary, Canada.

Finishing second in the men’s 1,500m event, the Ukrainianborn 26-year-old became the first Israeli short track speed skater to take part at a Winter Olympics, in 2014.

If anyone’s in a position to write a book about Arsenal football club, it’s Alex Fynn - which is why his book Arsènal the making of a modern superclub is enjoying a ninth reprint.

Fynn, who Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger describes as a ‘football guru’, played AJY football with David Dein, Arsenal’s former vice-chairman, whom he describes as being one of the ‘three Jewish musketeers’ the Gunners owe a lot too. He says: “Arsenal owes three Jewish men a debt of gratitude.

Without Dein there would be no Wenger, without Anthony Spencer, a land agent, who found the site, there would possibly be no Emirates Stadium. The Emirates needed administration, finance and above all devotion to duty, which was exemplified by the late Danny Fiszman. They with Ken Friar, are the architects of the modern Arsenal.”

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DUTCH DRAW DENTS EUROPA HOPES

Maccabi Tel Aviv’s hopes of reaching the last 32 of the Europa League hang in the balance after they were held to a 0-0 draw against AZ Alkmaar in Tel Aviv.

Manager Shota Arveladze said: “We have to give credit to the boys, I saw how much we wanted to score but we couldn’t.”

Elsewhere, Israeli champions Hapoel Be’erSheva are also still in contention, despite losing 2-0 in the Czech Republic to Sparta Prague.

They have to realistically win their last two games – at home to Inter Milan and away to Southampton.

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Israeli tennis player Amir Weintraub has revealed how he has turned down bribes to throw matches in the past.

The 30-year-old said: “At the beginning, people come to you, week in, week out.

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“Players at a low level struggle to make a living in the sport. What you can earn from throwing a single match, you wouldn’t earn in a year as someone of my ranking.”

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Four suspected ISIS terrorists have been arrested in Albania for plotting to attack Israeli footballers ahead of their 2018 World Cup qualifier in the country on Saturday.

The plot was uncovered

by Israel’s counter-terrorism bureau, who have advised Israeli fans from travelling to Albania. The match, which was due to be played in Shkoder, will now take place closer to the capital Tirana, although Israeli officials wanted the game to be played at a neutral venue.

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Visit: www.jewishnews.co.uk for all the latest Jewish sporting news / Sport MACCABI GB SOUTHERN LEAGUE FOOTBALL PREMIER DIVISION

GOAL OF THE WEEK

Oakwood A 1 NL Raiders A 1 Woodford Wanderers 1 SPEC FC 0

Hendon United A Redbridge A Oakwood A NL Raiders A London Lions A Brady Maccabi FC Team A Woodford Camden Park SPEC FC

P 6 6 7 6 5 6 5 6 5 6

W 6 6 4 3 3 2 1 1 0 0

D 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0

L 0 0 1 2 2 3 3 4 5 6

JORDAN SHARIFIA (TEMPLE FORTUNE) Took a touch, set himself up and curled in a 30-yard screamer

F Dif Pts 24 15 18 22 15 18 19 13 14 25 15 10 10 -3 9 18 1 7 16 -10 4 9 -13 4 3 -11 0 3 -22 0

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SAVE OF THE WEEK

DAN KOSKY (FAITHFOLD A) Showed superb reflexes as he pulled off a double-point blank save, stopping it first and then pushing away the second

QUOTE OF THE WEEK JASON STEIN (OAKWOOD B) “It was more UFC than football…at times it was thuggery”

DIVISION ONE

Faithfold A 3 Oakwood B 3 Finchley City 3 Hendon United B 2 London Lions B 2 Athletic Bilbaum 2 P London Lions B 7 NL Raiders B 5 Redbridge B 4 Finchley City FC 5 Oakwood B 5 Scrabble 4 Hendon United B 6 Los Blancos 6 Faithfold A 5 Athletic Bilbaum 6 Brixton Old Boys 3

W 5 4 4 3 2 2 2 2 1 0 0

D 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0

L 0 1 0 2 2 1 4 4 3 5 3

SUNDAY’S FIXTURES:

F Dif Pts 26 16 17 20 9 12 13 9 12 14 1 9 14 3 7 8 1 7 16 1 6 11 -3 6 12 -9 4 5 -15 1 2 -13 0

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DIVISION TWO

FC Team B 1 Real Hendon 4 Mill Hill Dons 4 Faithfold B 4 RC UK FC 7 Boca Jewniors 0 Redbridge C 1 NL Raiders C 1 Temple Fortune 3 L’Equipe 3

Cyril Anekstein Cup First Round: Camden Park vs Brady Maccabi Faithfold B vs Scrabble FC Team A vs Maccabi London Lions B Finchley City vs FC Team B NL Raiders A vs Los Blancos RC UK FC vs Hendon United A Redbridge A vs Oakwood B Redbridge B vs Maccabi London Lions A

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13 Goals: Jonti Aremband (RC UK FC) Avi Markiewicz (RC UK FC) 10 Goals: Reiss Mogilner (Brady Maccabi) 9 Goals: Liron Mannie (NL Raiders A) 8 Goals: Zac Lewis (Hendon United A) Adam Ellis (Hendon United B) Joshua Bloom (London Lions B) Jordan Sharifia (Temple Fortune) 7 Goals: Jeff Gotch (Catford & Bromley) Max Martin (L’Equipe) Matt Stock (NL Raiders A) Nicky Woolf (NL Raiders B)

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W 10 9 9 9 7 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 2

D 3 6 5 4 4 7 5 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 3 6 6 6 5 4 3 6 4 5

L 3 2 1 2 4 5 5 4 9 8 7 8 7 7 7 7 4 8 6 6 6 6 10 10

F Dif Pts 31 16 33 30 9 33 39 18 32 29 13 31 23 8 25 34 4 25 27 10 23 17 1 23 26 -2 23 27 -3 23 21 -3 23 28 -5 23 28 2 22 26 -1 22 28 3 21 25 -2 21 20 -2 18 27 -6 18 29 5 17 23 -8 16 13 -5 15 19 -13 15 18 -15 13 17 -24 11

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MGBSFL Division Two – Jonti Aremband 4, Avi Markiewicz (both RC UK FC) Masters League Division One – Lee Cash 4, Tony Plaskow (both North London Raiders) Division Two – Michael Abrahams 5 (Maccabi London Lions B) Watford Friendly League U14 – Lucas Schreiber (Maccabi London Lions White) U13 – Dylan Phillip (Maccabi London Lions White) U12 – Zane Appleson-Fidler 5 (Maccabi London Lions White), Zac Gold 4 (Maccabi London Lions Green)

Herts Centenary Trophy: London Lions 6 Cuffley 2 London Lions Bushey Sports Club Belstone Standon & Puck Bovingdon Sandridge Rovers Letchworth Wormley Rovers Ware Sports Knebworth Hatfield Social Buntingford Town Chipperfield Evergreen Cuffley Sarratt

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P W D 11 11 0 10 8 1 9 7 2 12 7 1 12 7 0 10 6 1 12 5 3 11 5 2 12 5 2 12 4 2 11 3 2 11 3 1 12 2 2 11 2 2 9 1 1 11 0 2

L 0 1 0 4 5 3 4 4 5 6 6 7 8 7 7 9

F Dif Pts 45 35 33 33 22 25 28 16 23 34 5 22 39 9 21 15 7 19 27 10 18 19 0 17 28 -3 17 21 -5 14 22 -25 11 20 -11 10 29 -7 8 15 -20 8 17 -10 4 9 -23 2

MMFL BOND MANAGEMENT DIV 1 North London Raiders 9 Scrabble 4

NL Raiders London Lions A Chigwell Brady Maccabi A Scrabble HMH

P 5 4 3 4 6 4

WD 5 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0

L Dif Pts 0 15 15 1 2 7 1 3 6 2 -4 6 4 -11 4 4 -5 0

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Marshside 1 Maccabi London Lions B 9

London Lions B St John’s Wood Glenthorne Temple Fortune Marshside EDRS Stonegrove Brady Maccabi B Hendon Harriers

P 5 6 5 5 6 3 4 4

WD 5 0 4 0 3 0 3 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0

L Dif Pts 0 20 15 2 13 12 2 3 9 2 0 9 3 -12 7 1 3 4 4 -12 0 4 -15 0

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GARSTON VETS LEAGUE

Herts County Cup London Lions Garston 3 Knebworth 0

London Maccabi North Greenford Colney Heath Winchmore Hill Abbey F.C. Garston FC Deportivo Galicia Latymer Old Boys

MMFL BOND MANAGEMENT DIV 2

Watford Friendly League: U16 – Omonia 0 Maccabi London Lions White 3 White Division – Comets 4 Brady Maccabi Blue 2 U15 – Maccabi London Lions White 3 Bushey Rangers 1, Hinton & Finchley Revolutions 2 Maccabi London Lions Blue 2 White Division – Alexandra Park South 4 Brady Maccabi Black 1 Green Division – West Herts Stags 1 Brady Maccabi Blue 1 U14 – AC Finchley North 1 Maccabi London Lions White 1, Maccabi London Lions Blue 1 Cassiobury Rangers 0 League Cup Second Round – Hampstead Stags 9 Brady Maccabi Red 1 Green Division – Hamsptead Tigers 4 Brady Maccabi White 1 U13 – Maccabi London Lions White 6 St Albans City East 0, Hadleywood & Wingate 5 Maccabi London Lions Blue 0 Green Division – Hadley Wood and Wingate Herons 1 Brady Maccabi White 1 Yellow Division – Oakhill Tigers 5 Brady HGS 0 U12 – Maccabi London Lions White 11 Croxley Green Black 0, AC Finchley 2 Maccabi London Lions Blue 0, Maccabi London Lions Green 8 HMH Dynamo 1 Yellow Division – Brady Maccabi Red 5 Brady Maccabi White 2 Challenge Cup Second Round – Edgware Town 5 Brady Maccabi Blue 1 Purple Division – Hadley Wood and Wingate Eagles 2 NWLJ 2

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RESULTS

P 2 2 2 1 4 2 1 2

WDL 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2

Dif Pts 13 6 6 6 4 4 2 3 -7 3 -5 1 -5 0 -8 0

ISRAELI LIGAT HA’AL

P W D L F Dif Pts Hapoel Beer-Sheva 9 7 1 1 23 19 22 Mac Petach-Tikva 9 5 3 1 14 3 18 Maccabi Tel-Aviv 9 5 2 2 18 10 17 Maccabi Haifa 9 4 4 1 13 8 16 Beitar Jerusalem 9 3 5 1 13 1 14 Hap Kiryat Shmona 9 2 5 2 10 -1 11 Hapoel Kfar-Saba 9 3 2 4 9 -2 11 Bnei Sakhnin 9 3 2 4 8 -5 11 Hapoel Haifa 9 3 1 5 12 0 10 Hapoel Ra’anana 9 2 3 4 5 -3 9 Hapoel Tel-Aviv 9 2 3 4 8 -5 9 Ashdod 9 1 4 4 5 -4 7 Bnei Yehuda Tel-Aviv9 1 4 4 8 -7 7 Hapoel Ashkelon 9 1 3 5 5 -14 6 jewishnews.co.uk/category/sport/israeli/

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6 7 8 9

1 DOV OWEN

5 RICKY FOX

9 JONIT AREMBAND

2 LEE WARNER

6 EYAL SAMOVICH

10 SHAI DAVIDI

3 BARNABY POWELL

7 DAN ROSE

4 GAV KRIEGER

8 LEOR HAREL

REAL HENDON Donned the gloves with team having a shortage of goalkeepers and played excellently

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P Bognor Regis Town 16 Needham Market 17 Leiston 15 Havant & W’ville 15 Billericay Town 15 Dulwich Hamlet 18 Enfield Town 16 Tonbridge Angels 13 Kingstonian 18 Harlow Town 17 Wingate & Finchley 16 Worthing 17 Folkestone Invicta 17 Staines Town 17 AFC Sudbury 16 Lowestoft Town 18 Burgess Hill Town 14 Leatherhead 18 Merstham 15 Canvey Island 14 Harrow Borough 13 Hendon 15 Metropolitan Police 17 Grays Athletic 17

HAT-TRICK HEROES

Division One: Brixton Old Boys vs NL Raiders B Hendon United B vs Faithfold A

TEAM OF THE WEEK

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Bognor Regis Town 3 Wingate & Finchley 1 Wingate & Finchley 3 Merstham 2

18 Goals: Richard Fogelman (Faithfold B)

MGB(S)F/MASTERS WINGATE/LONDON LIONS

HERTFORDSHIRE SENIOR LEAGUE PREMIER DIVISION

RYMAN LEAGUE PREMIER DIVISION

Premier Division: Oakwood A vs Woodford Wanderers

Division Two: Catford & Bromley vs NL Raiders C L’Equipe vs Redbridge C Real Hendon vs Mill Hill Dons Temple Fortune vs Hertswood Vale

P W D L F Dif Pts L’Equipe 6 5 1 0 26 17 16 Catford & Bromley 6 4 1 1 25 17 13 Faithfold B 7 4 1 2 29 10 13 Redbridge C 6 4 1 1 16 9 13 Temple Fortune 7 3 3 1 19 1 12 RC UK FC 6 3 1 2 26 15 10 Real Hendon 5 3 0 2 11 0 9 NL Raiders C 7 2 1 4 19 5 7 Mill Hill Dons 7 2 1 4 14 -19 7 FC Team B 6 1 0 5 5 -16 3 Hertswood Vale 5 0 0 5 4 -13 0 Boca Jewniors 4 0 0 4 3 -26 0 jewishnews.co.uk/mgbsfl-two-table/

MGBFL GOALSCORERS

2016/2017 SEASON

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OAKWOOD A Raiders’ man of the match. Enjoyed a terrific battle with Liron Mannie down the Raiders’ right side

ATHLETIC BILBAUM Was commanding and colossal at the back, providing the axis for a strong defensive display

FINCHLEY CITY Put in a superb performance at the back, controlled Hendon’s attack for the 90 minutes

WOODFORD WANDERERS Part of a strong defence which helped side to both a first win and clean sheet of the season

NL RAIDERS C Was back in his preferred position and showed it by controlling the game as side held Redbridge to a point

OAKWOOD A Oakwood’s standout player, bossed proceedings for the ten men against the champions

RC UK FC Back after injury and showed how he’s been missed. Consistently broke up Boca’s play and claimed two assists

RC UK FC Scored four goals for the second time this season, and could have had even more FAITHFOLD A Didn’t stop running from start to finish, was a constant thorn to Oakwood throughout the game

11 ALEX ELF

NORTH LONDON RAIDERS C Was a class act as ever, scored a brilliantly taken goal in an all-round quality performance

PLAYER OF THE WEEK LEE WARNER Oakwood A

MANAGERS OF THE WEEK ELI GOTTLIEB & SAM DEANER Athletic Bilbaum

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10 November 2016

Sport / Football spat / Milch knock-out

You’ve gotta be soaking!

Faithfold accused of ‘thuggery’ after match fizzing with anger

By Andrew Sherwood andrews@thejngroup.com @JewishNewsUK

Faithfold A manager Rob Shooman has denied accusations that his side carried out “acts of thuggery’ and “premeditated violence” during their match against Oakwood B on Sunday – which ended with Shooman’s goalkeeper squirting Lucozade at O’s manager Jason Stein.

Stein claimed the Greens played the game to “let off some anger”, and had the contents of a bottle of the energy drink aimed at him after the full-time whistle of the 3-3 MGBSFL Division One clash.

However, Shooman refuted Stein’s allegations, saying: “I don’t understand his comments. Was he watching the same game as I was?

“There wasn’t one bad foul in the game. It was played at a fast pace, at least by us, maybe he couldn’t keep up. Mind you, he did look a little hot and bothered at the end of the match, maybe my goalkeeper was trying to cool him down. Very thoughtful of him I think.”

Claiming some of the football Faith-

fold played was more suited to the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Stein said: “I’m not sure where to begin. It was more UFC than football and unfortunately Faithfold came to fight, not play. After five minutes you could see that certain players came to let some anger off.

“At times it was thuggery. We lost Dan Ash to suspected ligament damage – the second opposition player who has been put out of football by Faithfold this season.

“After the game I tried to shake hands with their goalkeeper who promptly squirted Lucozade at me and shoved me.

The referee, who had an impossible job, at least booked him.”

“Faced with such levels of calculated and premeditated violence, my players had to stick up for themselves. Someone one day is going to be very seriously hurt by those UFC stars.”

The game itself saw Daniel Seligman, Jake Sorkin and James Abrams score for the O’s, with Stuart Haring, Craig Cole and Craig Edwards earning Faithfold a point.

Shooman added: “We gifted them their first two goals, the first was a really

Tony Milch ended the year in blockbusting fashion – with a fourth round KO as he made it 12 wins from 12 at York Hall on Saturday evening.

Up against Hungarian Ferenc Katona, the 35-year-old super-welterweight said he turned in his “strongest performance to date” as a quick-fire combination, ending with a strong right hand sent Katona to the canvas.

Milch said: “I thought it was my strongest performance to date, if not best. I just wanted to show that I can punch and box – and think I did.

“It was really satisfying because I wanted to show

I’ve got the power to get a knockout, people always said ‘Tony’s a good puncher, but where’s his punch’. To cap the year off – which has been a great one winning a title – with a win like that was brilliant.”

Looking ahead to 2017, he said: “Now I want to move up the rankings, push on to the next level and hopefully box on some bigger shows.

“I’ve proved myself at this level – 12 wins from 12 fights, I’ve proved that I want it, am really happy to still have the Star of David on my shorts and also want to continue promoting the Jewish community.”

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Dozen it look good for Milch!

Milch delivers his fourth round knockout blow

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bizarre own goal, the second was one of the softest of penalties and their third was a dubious one – whether the ball had crossed the line or not.

“It was a highly contested match, we were the better team with far more possession, but you have to hand it to Oakwood for trying to keep up with us.

“I can’t wait for the return [match] when we will hopefully have our full squad.”

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