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said: “We’ve always argued that tackling its institutional crisis of antisemitism is a moral imperative for Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour Party – but this polling shows it should be a political priority for them too. “The fact more than half of those polled, and a third of Labour voters thought his handling of antiJewish racism made the leader of the Labour Party – the party which prizes its anti-fascist credentials – unfit to lead the country should make him and those around him pause for thought. Clearly our members are in tune with the majority of voters. Labour needs to take meaningful action now.” In a tape leaked to last weekend’s Sunday Times, Corbyn expressed concern that some evidence of antisemitism may have been “mislaid or ignored”. The figures come as the Jewish Leadership Council marked next week’s anniversary of communal leaders’ meeting Corbyn by releasing a video accusing him of not being “firm enough, fast enough, transparent enough, empathetic enough” in tackling racism. Echoing the ‘Enough is Enough’ banner under which thousands rallied in Parliament Square last year, it said: “You lead the British public to only one conclusion. When it comes to racism in your party, you simply don’t care enough.” In the ComRes poll, just 22 percent maintained the veteran MP has an ‘absolute determination’ to stamp out antisemitism from his party; 54 percent say the leader’s ‘failure to tackle antisemitism in Labour undermines his proud claim to be an anti-racist; and four times as many people say Labour is not doing enough to Continued on page 3

ISRAEL’S ACE OF HEARTS A team of researchers in Israel has produced the world’s first 3D print of a heart made with human tissue, hailing the feat “a major medical breakthrough”. The 3D print was realised by scientists at Tel Aviv University, who hope to one day create organs suitable for human transplant. “At this stage, our 3D heart is small, the size of a rabbit’s heart,” explained Professor Tal Dvir. “But larger human hearts require the same technology.”

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More than half of Britons believe Jeremy Corbyn’s handling of antisemitism in Labour shows he is unfit to be prime minister amid a major surge of voters saying the party has a major problem in its ranks. The staggering figure is revealed in a ComRes poll for Jewish News in a week when Labour was hit by yet more revelations over hate and moved to suspend several council candidates. A staggering 55 percent of those polled agreed that the Labour leader’s ‘failure to tackle antisemitism within his own party shows he is unfit’ for Downing Street – echoing the position overwhelmingly adopted by the Jewish Labour Movement (JLM) last week. Among them were close to a third of 2017 Labour voters and 15 percent of those currently planning to vote for the party. Just a fifth of the 1,047 respondents disagreed and a quarter didn’t know. While Labour has established a lead in the national polls overall, today’s survey paints a worsening picture for Corbyn when it comes to the ongoing antisemitism crisis. Half of British adults (51 percent) believe the party has a serious antisemitism problem – up from 34 percent when ComRes asked the question last July during the row over the definition of antisemitism that Labour initially refused to adopt with all its examples. Just 18 percent disagreed. Perhaps of greatest concern to Labour will be the rise in the numbers of its 2017 voters who believed the problem to be serious: 29 percent now compared to 16 percent last summer. That increase is almost entirely attributed to those voters who were ‘don’t knows’ when last asked. Jeremy JLM chair Mike Katz

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News / Israel praise/ Labour antisemitism

HUNT HAILS MODERN ISRAEL Jeremy Hunt (pictured) has celebrated Passover at Westminster Synagogue, describing Israel as “a huge achievement for all humanity”. The Foreign Secretary was warmly welcomed by Lord Leigh, the synagogue’s chair, and Marie van der Zyl, the president of the Board of Deputies. “It’s a great privilege to be here for Passover, a festival that celebrates freedom and liberation,” he said. “At Passover we look at the arc of history from ancient Egypt, to the Holocaust and the freedom of the modern State of Israel, a thriving democracy, and a huge achievement for all humanity.” He added: “As once again we face rising antisemitism, we must redouble our efforts to build mutual understanding, compassion and respect in our society, and honour the universal human right of Freedom of Religion or Belief for all. Chag sameach.” Hunt was given a tour of the synagogue by Rabbi Benji Stanley and was shown the synagogue’s collection of ancient Torah scrolls from Eastern Europe by Jeffrey Ohrenstein, chair of the Czech Scrolls Museum.

Burgon regrets his ‘Zionist enemies’ slur Labour’s Richard Burgon has expressed regret for saying “Zionism is the enemy of peace”, after a video of the comment was circulated online today. The shadow justice secretary denied making the comment during an interview with the BBC’s Andrew Neil last year. “I didn’t say that,” he told Neil. “It’s not my view.” Footage discovered by the investigative reporter Iggy Ostanin shows the Leeds East MP telling an audience: “The enemy of the Palestinian people is not the Jewish people.” He added: “The enemy of the Palestinian people are Zionists, and Zionism is the enemy of peace and the enemy of the Palestinian people.

“I make no apologies and I am proud to say not only wouldn’t I be a member of Labour Friends of Israel. I’ve never been a member of Labour Friends of Israel.” Following criticism, he told Jewish News: “When it was put to me in August 2016 that I had made these remarks I did not recall doing so and therefore asked for the full quotes to be provided to me, and asked when and where I had said it. “I received no reply, so I believed it was inaccurate to have claimed t h a t I had used that

phrase. It is now clear that I did and I regret doing so.” He added: “I recognise that such a phrase fails to distinguish between those seeking a peaceful solution in line with international law, and those, such as the current Israeli government, which is undermining efforts towards peace. “In the meeting, I was criticising Benjamin Netanyahu’s government and its aggressive expansionist policies. “As I believed then and believe now, when discussing the issue of Israel and Palestine, you must clearly distinguish between the actions of a particular Israeli government and Jewish people as a whole.” Several Jewish organisations condemned the comments. Jonathan Goldstein, chair of the Jewish Leadership Council, said: “With polling showing that the vast majority of British Jews identify as Zionist – supporting the Jewish people’s right to self-determination – your words are a slur on British Jews and others.” Amanda Bowman, vice-president of the Board of Deputies, called the comments “shameful”.

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The Labour Party has suspended at least half a dozen candidates for May’s local elections in recent days. Among them, Chesterfield borough council candidate Paul Knaggs, 52, a former army officer, is understood to have been suspended from the party following a report in The Times. The newspaper discovered an article apparently written by Knaggs last year, in which he claimed Jews and Muslims sought to “dominate our politics or undermine the workingclass struggle”. It said, addressing Jews and Muslims: “I respect your freedom to have a religion and even practise it. But I do not respect the fact that you want your religion to dominate our politics or undermine the working class struggle.” Knaggs defended the piece at the weekend, saying Islamophobia and antisemitism were “plagues” distracting attention away from the

working-class. Last week, a Labour source confirmed the party suspended three candidates for Torbay Council. But candidates Virginia Keyes, Jack Critchlow and Danni Passmore were not removed from the ballot as it is understood they were suspended after the 4 April deadline for registration. Keyes was suspended after Countdown’s Rachel Riley reportedly uncovered material from her social media, including a post she shared about a “New World Order of Zionist Jews”. Critchlow wrote in 2018 that general election voters will not “give a flying f**k about antisemitism” and suggested Labour MPs who “support this brutal Zionist Israeli government” be “suspended and required to justify their views”.

EHRC PROBE COULD TAKE YEARS Antisemitism is a “stain” on Labour that could take years to investigate, one of the party’s senior Jewish MPs has said. Louise Ellman (pictured) tured said the party needs to “root out” antisemitism now and that a possible investigation by the Equality and Human Rights Commission could take

years to complete. She told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “What a stain on the Labour Party that we are at that situation. I have confidence in the Commission, but if it goes ahead with its inquiry, it could take up to two years so we need action to root out antisemitism now. “It is clear that the leader of the Labour Party, having failed to deal with antisemitism within the party, now admits he knew about some of the problems.”

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Labour leader’s ‘concern over mislaid or ignored evidence’ Jeremy Corbyn privately expressed concern that evidence of antisemitism in Labour has been “mislaid or ignored”. The Labour leader made the comments during a secretly recorded meeting with MP Dame Margaret Hodge in February, The Sunday Times said. Corbyn was speaking as he outlined his intention to appoint former Cabinet minister Lord Falconer to review the party’s complaints process, the newspaper said. It quoted Corbyn saying: “The point of him (Falconer) is he will look at the speed of dealing with cases, the administration of them, and the collation of the evidence... “Because I was concerned evidence was either being mislaid, ignored or not used and that there had to be some better system.” He also said he received abuse: “I get a huge

Margaret Hodge met with the Labour leader

amount of abusive stuff, mostly, some of it’s quite threatening, you know, murder and stuff.” A Labour spokesman said: “This shows Jeremy Corbyn’s desire to make procedures as robust and efficient as possible and to rebuild trust with

the Jewish community. Referring to the recording, a Labour Party source said: “Before Jennie Formby became general secretary, we were alarmed that at times it seemed former compliance unit staffers were targeting Jewish activists not in breach of rules, while obstructing action on clear-cut cases of antisemitism.” It was also claimed a junior staff member suspected of blowing the whistle on the party’s handling of antisemitism was suspended – but The Sunday Times insisted it was not the same person who passed the paper a database showing hundreds of cases had yet to be resolved. A Labour source said: “This individual may have committed criminal offences, which the party takes extremely seriously.”

Khan follows Brown in joining JLM Sadiq Khan (pictured) has joined the Jewish Labour Movement (JLM) as an affiliate member and encouraged colleagues to do the same. The London mayor said his party “has been too slow at stamping out appalling

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a video earlier this month. Khan said: “I know it’s been an extremely difficult time for members of the JLM. “Like me, the vast majority of those within the party are devastated by how let down the Jewish community and Jewish

Labour members are feeling. “That’s why it’s so important we come together to do whatever we can to make Jewish people feel at home in our party once again.”

‘LABOUR SEEN AS SOFT ON RACISM’ Continued from page 1 tackle the issue as they believe they are. Over half (56) agreed the MP was ‘unwilling or unable to act decisively’ against antisemitism, with 17 percent disagreeing. Among 2017 Labour voters, there was a close to even split (37 to 33 percent) between those who agreed and disagreed, rising to 50 percent disagreeing among those still planning to support the party at the polls. When it comes to the suggestion Corbyn is ‘the target of a concerted smear campaign by his political opponents to try to discredit him over antisemitism, just over a quarter of all respondents agreed and 42 percent disagreed. Just 12 percent of those planning to back Labour say he is not the target of such a campaign. A Labour source said: “This looks like a set of leading questions that anyone would expect to produce a negative result.” Andrew Hawkins, chair of ComRes, said: “It is a stunning failure by Labour not to be powering ahead in the polls. “Being seen as soft on racism must account for a major part of Labour’s malaise given almost one in three of the party’s own voters at the last election believe its leader is not fit to be prime minister because of the issue.” A Labour Party spokesperson said: “The Labour Party is fully committed to the support, defence and celebration of the Jewish community and its organisations. We are taking action against antisemitism, standing in solidarity with Jewish communities, and rebuilding trust.”

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News / Chai benefit / Kosher Wimbledon

Fitness pro seeks to help Chai after cancer cured

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A sports enthusiast who recently overcame bowel cancer has organised a special football fundraiser for the charity that supported his family throughout his illness. Fitness professional Gideon Josephs, 41, from Borehamwood, said he was “hugely shocked” after what doctors initially thought might be appendicitis turned out to be stage 2 colon cancer. The father-of-three, who had not experienced any of the typical symptoms of the disease, had to endure multiple operations and chemotherapy before finally being given the all-clear. Now Gideon wants to show his appreciation to Chai Cancer Care, which provided therapy and counselling to his family over the last year. The L’Chaim Cup, at Queens School, Bushey on 16 June, will feature his team, Chai Kickers, against Arsenal Legends, which it is hoped will include former EastEnders star Sam Attwatter and expros Omer Riza and Joe Baker. All proceeds will go to Chai In Schools, which provides counsellors for children

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Gideon Josephs with his wife Nicole and children Nathan, Ben and Gaby

affected by cancer. Gideon, who is married to Nicole and is father to Nathan, 10 and twins Ben and Gaby, 8, recalled how he was asymptomatic up until travelling to Israel in September 2017. He said: “On my second day of visiting family, I started getting pains in my stomach. I never experienced pain like I had experienced on that day. It’s something I wouldn’t wish on anyone. “I was rushed to hospital in Ashkelon, where the doctors discovered I had appendicitis and an infection. But they

had an idea that there might be an underlying cause.” Once back in the UK, Gideon went to a specialist and underwent various tests, which finally revealed a bowel tumour underneath his appendix. In the months since his treatment, Gideon said: “I always tell people to be strong, be positive, get on with life and try and do as much as you can, because you never know what might happen round the corner.”  To donate on Gideon’s page, visit forchai.org/gideonjosephs

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Football racism / Police probe / Online action / News

Hammers stamp on racist chants INDEPENDENCE. DIGNITY. CHOICE.

West Ham have vowed to take immediate action against apparent supporters filmed engaging in antisemitic chants prior to Saturday’s match against Manchester United. A video circulating on social media showed the group chanting abuse about rivals Tottenham on a tram prior to the match at Old Trafford, which the Hammers lost 2-1. During the clip, chants heard included: “We’ll be running round Tottenham with our w***** hanging out, singing I’ve got a foreskin how about you, f****** Jew!” A West Ham club spokesman said: “We are disgusted by the video circulating on social media this evening. We are taking immediate action to try to identify the offenders, whose details we will be handing over to the police and will be banned for life from our London stadium

and from travelling with the club.” The incident came just two days after a group of Chelsea supporters were filmed singing an Islamophobic chant prior to their Europa League match against Slavia Prague. The West Ham statement continued: “West Ham United is unequivocal in its stance – there is no place for this kind of behaviour at our club. “We do not want people like this associated with West Ham. They are not welcome at our club, they are not welcome in civilised society.” Board of Deputies vice president Amanda Bowman welcomed the “swift and welcome statement from West Ham. Yesterday it was anti-Jewish hatred, but a small number of supporters seem to think it’s OK to chant disgusting racist slurs. It is not OK. More must be done to create a real culture change to stop this.”

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POLICE PROBE PUB HATE Police are investigating after patrons of a pub in Northern Ireland were filmed spewing vitriolic antisemitic abuse, with one man saying Adolf Hitler “didn’t kill enough Jews.” The clip, which was widely circulated online, was filmed inside a pub in Derry’s Bogside area by 62-year-old Jewish journalist Tuvia Tenenbom as part of a documentary on Brexit. Chief Inspector Gerard McLaughlin said: “Police have received a complaint in relation to a video on a social media site. Enquiries are ongoing into this incident.” After entering a pub and seeing Palestinian flags on display inside, Tenenbom asked drinkers at the bar why they supported Palestine. Answers included “because we hate the f***ing Jews” and “the Israelis are childmurdering scum.” A man in an orange hi-vis jacket said: “The only thing that Hitler didn’t do right. He didn’t kill enough f***ing Jews… Jews are the scourge

of the earth.” The comment prompted laughter from others present. Democratic Unionist Party leader Arlene Foster, who shared the video on Twitter, expressed her disgust. “The small Jewish community in Northern Ireland will always have my support and that of all right-thinking people,” she wrote.

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nose rubbing his hands and the words “Jew News” and “McDonalds sacked in Iran.” The Community Security Trust’s Mark Gardner said: “This is another example of how social media, internet searches and algorithms can cause the circulation of material that may be outright antisemitic, or simply bizarre.”

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News / Student awards / NUS president / Racist pamphlet / March of Living

Health and interfaith work recognised Innovative and hard-working Jewish students have been praised by their peers at the annual Union of Jewish Students (UJS) Awards in London. Among those tackling topical issues were two Leeds students: Louise Aron, who created the first peer-led mental health support initiative at a university, and Sara Felberg, who set up a donation point at Leeds Hillel to collect sanitary products to donate to charities fighting period poverty. An award for interfaith outreach was jointly won by Greta

Grossman and Isabelle Tarsh from Durham, Sally Patterson from Bristol and Lauren Keiles from Leeds. Students from Warwick and Imperial College were acknowledged for their Israel engagement work, while City University’s Ayelet BessoCowen, a trainee nurse, was recognised for “outstanding leadership by a young woman”. Fighting the corner for the Jewish LGBT+ community was Dominic Casoria at Lancaster and Emma Jacobs from Leeds, whose motion at UJS confer-

Union of Jewish Students awards winners

ence mandated the union to have a float at the upcoming London Pride parade. The Alan Senitt Outstanding contribution to Campus Life Award was scooped by Daniel Voignac of Imperial Israel Society while Jewish Society of

the Year went to Sheffield. A UJS spokesman said: “We received almost 100 nominations, and we were proud to see our campus leaders come together for this special evening to acknowledge the amazing work they have done.”

RACIST LETTER PROBED

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Hertfordshire Police are investigating after a four-page pamphlet referencing The Protocols of the Elders of Zion was reportedly posted through doors in Borehamwood. The letter, which has been reported to the Community Security Trust, comprised

Directors of Chelsea Football Club and a US football club based in Boston will take part in the ‘March of the Living’ event at Auschwitz-Birkenau. The owners of Chelsea and New England Revolution – Roman Abramovich and Robert Kraft – are both Jewish, and

handwritten and typed pages and contains references to virulently antisemitic conspiracy theories, such as The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, a New World Order and the Rothschild family. A police spokesperson said enquiries were ongoing.

support efforts within sport to combat discrimination. Chelsea director Eugene Tenenbaum said: “Paying our respects to the millions of Jews who lost their lives in the Holocaust... goes a long way in spreading the message of unity and tolerance.”

NEW NUS PRESIDENT ‘SUPPORTS BDS’ The new president of the National Union of Students has previously said she supports a boycott of Israel. Student leader Zamzam Ibrahim, 24, from Greater Manchester – who will take up her post in July – said she was “proud and humbled” to have been elected and vowed to fight racism. The NUS president-elect, whose Twitter bio bears a Palestinian flag, appears to have written on social media last year: “And we will continue shouting, Free Free Palestine!” Another message says: “That’s not the line. The only boycott I know is BDS [Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement].” Another sent from her account reads: “70 years of Bloodshed… 70 years of Displacement… The Freedom of Palestine is a student issue!” A post sent from her Facebook account last year, which urged universities to join the BDS movement, said: “Stop funding this illegal regime!

Zamzam Ibrahim, NUS

Join this campaign and take action in your institution!” A spokesperson for the Union of Jewish Students said: “We hope NUS president-elect Zamzam Ibrahim will continue NUS’ important work in creating a safe campus environment for Jewish students, which has been prioritised over the past two years. We look forward to seeing Zamzam deliver on her promise of combating antisemitism, which must include opposing the delegitimisation of Israel.” Ibrahim and NUS declined to comment when contacted.

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News / Landmark visit / Marathon man / Swimming move

Blind Israeli to run London marathon

Muslim leaders in landmark visit

The delegation at the Western Wall and, below, laying wreaths at Yad Vashem

A senior rabbi has welcomed a first-ofits-kind visit to Israel from seven senior British Muslim scholars on a trip that included Jerusalem, Yad Vashem and the Western Wall. The group travelled despite facing criticism at home beforehand. During the trip, organised by Journey2Jerusalem, the clergymen met senior Jewish and Christian religious leaders, as well as imams whose salaries are paid by the state, on a tour that included villages on the Gaza border. The delegation included some of the most influential Muslim leaders in the UK, including Imam Dr Musharraf Hussain al-Azhari, the chief executive of Karima Institute and former vice-chair of the Association of Muslim Schools. Imam Asim Hafiz, the first Muslim chaplain to the British armed forces; Shaykh Ghulam Rabbani, considered one of the world’s most eminent scholars, and Shaykh Mohammad Asrar, who heads the largest mosque in Leeds, also took part. They met the chief rabbi of Akko in northern Israel, who explained there was

no need for a legal limitation on noise from muezzin calling Muslims to prayer in Israel, unlike the UK, because noise levels are determined by local religious leaders in discussion and dialogue. The delegation also visited al-Aqsa Mosque, one of Islam’s holiest sites, where they prayed with large Muslim congregations, and then journeyed to the Palestinian Authority to meet leaders in Rawabi and Palestinians in East Jerusalem. Speaking to the Israeli current affairs channel i24 News, Hafiz said: “To come here and actually see that people are going about their daily lives, and people from the Jewish community do interact with the Muslim community here, the Arab community, is absolutely fascinating.” Rabbi David Rosen, the British-born AJC’s International Director of Interreligious Affairs, who is also adviser to the Israeli Chief Rabbinate, said he “thoroughly welcomed” the initiative. A second trip is being planned for September. “The more we can do to break down barriers and stereotypes, the better world

A blind Israeli runner will travel to London this month to join thousands taking part in the city’s world-famous marathon. Father of six Avi Solomon, 36, has not stopped running since losing his sight more than 17 years ago He hopes the 26.2 mile course from Blackheath to The Mall will be a stop on the route to the Paralympics in Tokyo next summer. “When I run, I feel like Avi Solomon there’s no end to the world. Everything is open,” Sol“It’s very much about omon told Jewish News while inspiring my children and that finalising his training. for me is an essential thing,” he “I feel, and can show others said. “I wish to inspire other via my running, that obstacles people especially if they have can become challenges if we any types of challenges.” only choose to see them that Solomon, who receives his way – it’s true for every one of support and training from us,” he said. professional coaches and volThe elite runner hopes unteers, runs up to 15 kilomto inspire his children and eters every morning despite anyone who may be tackling juggling several precarious challenges. jobs to sustain his family.

UK TAKES OVER AS PARA-SWIM HOST

we will live in,” he said, adding while senior Christian and Sikh leaders had visited Israel, it was extremely rare for senior British Muslim leaders to visit through auspices other than those of the Palestinian Authority.

London is to host the rearranged 2019 World ParaSwimming Championships, after Malaysia was stripped of the contest amid concerns Israeli athletes would be barred. The event will take place from 9-15 September at the London Aquatics Centre, which hosted swimming events at the London 2012 Paralympic Games. IPC President Andrew Parsons said: “I am sure athletes will be greatly excited to return to such an

iconic venue as the aquatics centre. When a host country excludes athletes from a particular nation for political reasons, we have absolutely no alternative.” Luke Akehurst, Director of We Believe in Israel, said: “It was disgraceful and a complete abuse of the values of the Olympic and Paralympic movement that Malaysia banned Israeli competitors. Grassroots pressure helped ensure there was an international outcry and Malaysia was stripped of its role as hosts.”

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‘People are now indifferent to the Shoah,’ warns Pickles Lord Eric Pickles has expressed fears we are entering a “sinister” age of indifference when it comes to Holocaust remembrance. The UK Special Envoy for Post-Holocaust Issues (pictured, inset) was speaking at the Association of Jewish Refugees’ two-day conference, Remembering & Rethinking: The International Forum on the Kindertransport at 80. Lord Pickles said that as the number of survivors declined, “we are going through a very strange time. I think we are entering into an age now of indifference”. He added: “We are used to dealing with Holocaust deniers, but I think the age of indifference offers a more putrefied world than Holocaust deniers.” He always imagined Holocaust deniers “as a 40-year-old man, living with his mum and who has never had a girlfriend – a very strange bunch”. However, he added: “What I am seeing now is something more sinister – total and unqualified indifference. People say, ‘So what if six million Jews were murdered by the Nazis? Who cares, it was so long ago. Stop being morbid, stop wallowing in ancient death.’”

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brance, Lord Pickles said that “unfortunately, though, history is often forgotten or rewritten”, attacking the Hungarian government of Viktor Orbán, which, he said was “minimising the country’s participation in the Holocaust and rehabilitating war criminals”, such as its wartime leader, Miklós Horthy. “Hungary was the first European country after the First World War to put in place legislation that restricted Jewish participation in higher education. Hungary passed racial laws like the Nazis in 1938 and 1939.” He said it was therefore essential the Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre was located next to Parliament in Victoria Tower Gardens, despite significant opposition by residents in the area, architects and organisations such as Royal Parks, a charity that looks after the gardens. “I can’t emphasise enough the importance of the location of the memorial. Its location is the whole point of it,” Lord Pickles said. James Brokenshire, the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whose father-in-law was rescued by Berlin-based MI6 agent Frank Foley, said the “Kindertransport has shaped us as a country. The UK took in nearly 10,000 predominantly Jewish children, from Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia and Poland”, adding: “It’s something we remain very proud of but equally, we can be proud of the incredible contributions of the Kinder to the life of this country.”

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He said: “[The Kindertransport] is also marked with deep sadness at every turn. It provokes painful questions. Why only children? What happened to the parents? What became of brothers, sisters, grandparents, aunts and uncles? Sadly, we know the Kinder were often the only surviving members of their family. It is a painful legacy – but one we must remember. “The Holocaust has had a monumental impact on our country’s history, our democracy and our values. Even today, it continues to shape us: from people like me with connections to survivors and refugees, to our society at large as we continue to stand up and challenge the scourge of antisemitism. That is why it is right we remember the Holocaust – and have a memorial here in Britain.” The Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre had to be, he said, “next to our Houses of Parliament, at the heart of our democracy, standing as an important reminder of parliament’s power to oppress – and its duty to protect”. The AJR conference, in the plush surroundings of Lancaster House next to Green Park, also heard from Ambassador Michaela Küchler, the German Foreign Office’s Special Representative for Relations with Jewish Organisations, and other speakers, including Syrian refugee Abdulazez Dukhan.

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An international speaker, whose TED Talk in 2015 is one of the site’s most viewed, she recently sent off her application to the Claims Conference for the German government’s compensation to Kindertransport children. Speaking to Jewish News, this week, she said: “I intend to donate my €2,500 wind-

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Security aid for Hindus The organisation charged with defending the Jewish community in the UK has trained more than 80 Hindu priests after two London temples were broken into. Professionals from the Community Security Trust (CST) responded to calls for help after Hindu worshippers grew fearful. There were 817,000 Hindus in the UK at the last census count, with 157 temples and seven Hindu schools, but two temple break-ins following the Hindu festival of Diwali left the community on edge. “The Hindu priests were really concerned, because their deities had been stolen, it was a deep sacrilege,” said Rabbi Natan Levy of Strengthening Faith Institu-

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tions, which was asked to assist. “They needed a professional approach to security that was sensitive to faith nuances. That’s CSTs strong suit. It was a perfect match.” CST professionals provided secu-

rity training in London, Coventry, Birmingham and Sandwell for more than 80 Hindu priests, trustees and community leaders. Deepak Naik, a consultant for the Hindu temples, said: “The Hindu community deeply appreciated CST sharing learning and their interest in preventing and reducing harm and damage. It was valued and appreciated.” The CST’s Mark Gardner said the organisation “has long helped Hindu temples, in addition to our work with churches and mosques,” helping them to “plan and implement a more secure environment for worshippers”.

Noisy triumph on BGT An Israeli performer earned four “yeses” on variety show Britain’s Got Talent last weekend, with a bizarre act making noises with his hands. Guy First came on stage and told judges he was from the Jewish state and that his act was “international”, which was warmly greeted by Simon Cowell. He performed his unusual act, which saw him use his clasped hands to produce a range of noises in tune to songs, including Eye Of The Tiger and Ghostbusters,

getting the crowd and the judges to their feet. Walliams declared it “one of my favourite things I’ve seen on Britain’s Got Talent,” adding: “It’s so stupid but so much fun.”

Chapper chosen SCHOOL SCORES Rabbi Alex Chapper is Borehamwood and Elstree Synagogue (BES)’s new senior rabbi, after members voted him to the top job at the country’s biggest shul. Chapper and his wife Eva joined BES in 2017. They succeed Rabbi Chaim Kanterovitz, who resigned suddenly in November.

Chapper said he wanted BES to be “a truly sevenday-a-week community with a broad range of educational, social and cultural activities”. Chapper added: “I’m passionate about innovation that inspires people to greater religious commitment and deeper knowledge”.

A Jewish primary school in Edgware has been rated “good” by Ofsted, having previously been deemed to “require improvement.” Inspectors, who visited Beit Shvidler Primary School in March, said that “across the school, pupils make strong progress”. They added: “Teaching develops their knowledge effectively and inspires them

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Synagogue backs a home from home for refugees Jenni Frazer talks to Cheryl Sklan about her inspiring weekly get-togethers

and then tells the circle what she has been doing in the past fortnight. The stories are often of visits to hospital or doctors, as the stress of adapting to a new country, with perhaps minimal language skills, and not knowing their citizenship status, tell on the women. On a recent rainy Tuesday, I joined Cheryl’s group. After two or three hours, sharing their stories, the women go away with small cash amounts to cover their travel costs – between £5 and £10. Cheryl, who rarely takes no for an answer, asked a local restaurant, Michael’s, if she could have some leftovers for the weekly meetings. Not only does Michael provide them, but the Israeli owner also often makes fresh food for the refugees – falafel, hummus, salads. The women bustle into the kitchen and help to set up the food, which they fall on once the formal talking is done. The week before my visit, Cheryl recorded the presence of a woman who arrived “with her adult daughter, Shakil, who is pregnant with her first child. The father has left her and she lives alone with her mother, who has just had her application action for asylum turned down. Neither mother or daughter have any income; both rely on charity. Shakil’s mum was married at 12 years old. Her face carries lines of immense pain”, she explains. “She has not had an easy life. The baby is due in May. They have been told they can’t carry on living in their one-bedroom flat once the baby arrives. “Shakil was an interpreter but has not worked for the past few months. She has had problems with her pregnancy. Both women are stressed, distressed and frantic. I worry about them and suggest they phone Barnet Refugees and see if they can refer them for help.” She continues: “Another woman turns up: Rose, from Uganda, wonders about a group of people dressed in fancy dress and behaving in a drunken manner on Clapham Common. Purim! We told them the story of Purim! “We ended up talking about the freedom in the UK to express ourselves. We ate, planned a KNM lunch and organised a group to go to the Nisa-Nashim conference on dialogue between Muslim and Jewish women.” What is remarkable about this group is that the women are both Muslim and Christian, but

Cheryl Sklan, right, pictured at her home with one of her guests

have no qualms – at least, none expressed – about participating in something under the auspices of a synagogue. Some go to other gatherings in chilly church halls, but what they like about Cheryl’s group, they say, is that it takes place in a home. For some, it is a reminder of homes they left; for others, it is a glimpse into a British lifestyle, and the Jewish part of that doesn’t seem to faze them at all. Today’s theme, however, is about language and, specifically, about how well people can speak English. Cheryl goes round the room and asks each woman to say how long she has lived in Britain and how well she speaks English. Generally the Iranian women have a poorer grasp of the language than those present from the Congo or Eritrea, and some, today, rely on long-term attendee, Toran, to translate for them. A rapid fireburst of Farsi later, the women are offering their stories. Sorilla is from Iran and has been in London for five years; two women are each called Fatima (“Fatima One and Fatima Two”

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ost people after a debilitating stroke would be concentrating hard on looking after themselves and recovering as best they can. But Cheryl Sklan, a busy professional – she was a social worker, a psychotherapist and a life coach – is not most people. She had a massive stroke 10 years ago. “I’d been very active, but when I started getting better, I realised I couldn’t just sit at home,” she explains. “I needed something to do.” For Cheryl, volunteering was the answer, but she didn’t particularly want to work with stroke survivors. She was casting around for something to do – “and watching an awful lot of daytime television” – when she had what might be called her Eureka moment. “I saw a TV programme in which a group of refugees were talking, and one man said he’d never been into a British home,” Cheryl recalls. That’s it, she thought. I’ll invite people into my home. It was not, she acknowledges, an immediately popular move with her friends and family; she was divorced and living on her own. But Cheryl thought she could provide support and help for people to understand British – and Jewish – culture. Three years ago, through Barnet Refugees, she welcomed 10 women into her house in Edgware. These days, her project has become a miniphenomenon: every week, between 18 and 20 women from all over London, asylum seekers and refugees, crowd into the home she now shares in Woodside Park with her daughter and her family. The Refugee Women’s Group operates under the aegis of Cheryl’s synagogue, Kol Nefesh Masorti (KNM), which, as a registered charity, administers the costs of the enterprise, which relies entirely on donations. The women are chiefly from Iran and Africa, and the project is so popular that the attendance is now split, with one week welcoming mostly Iranian women and the alternate week hosting women mainly from countries in Africa. Most of the women are in their 40s onwards. Every week follows a similar format: the women sit in a circle with Cheryl and some of her friends who are volunteers. Each woman identifies herself

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because their surnames both begin with the same letter); some tell of their struggles with English classes and others recount a determination to master English and thus British society. Cheryl sits and makes notes, often working out later who needs to be referred to specialist authorities that can offer much-needed legal and professional advice. She and her volunteers do not offer such advice: instead the group is a much-needed sounding board for the women, many of whom, after three years, are good friends. We hear stories of hospital visits and pending operations, of cheeky grandsons who translate for their grandmothers, of sheer puzzlement looking at unfamiliar ingredients in supermarkets, and of rare triumph from women who have got themselves through bureaucratic hoops and secured British citizenship. Josephine, a 95-year-old volunteer, suggests that if the English classes are not good, then there is little incentive for the women to keep attending. More useful has been the small intimate conversations she has been able to strike up with the women during the informal times when they are eating. They all nod, vigorously: they love Josephine and love to speak a little English with her. All too soon for the women, the session ends and they collect their small amounts of cash to cover their travel. Most have wide smiles, often just from the joy of getting out of cramped living quarters to share experiences with others in the same situation. It’s not a day spent with the authorities, but a day where they can let their hair down and be themselves.  Donations to support the Refugee Women’s Group at Cheryl Sklan’s home can be made through Kol Nefesh Masorti Synagogue, Rectory Lane, Edgware HA8 7LF, or email admin@kolnefesh.org.uk

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Israeli space team gears up for a new attempt at a lunar landing The Israeli team behind last week’s unsuccessful attempt to land an Israeli scientific research craft on the surface of the moon are lining up to make another attempt. Backers of SpaceIL, the private venture behind the Beresheet craft, said this week that they would fund Beresheet 2. SpaceIL chairman Morris Kahn, who provided most of the money, said he was backing a new effort “to complete the mission,” while in an exclusive interview with Jewish News, major donor Sylvan Adams said he would think about whether to rejoin the new mission.. “It was a bittersweet moment,” said Adams, after hearing Beresheet’s engine had failed to slow the craft on descent. “We need to understand what went wrong, then give it another go. If we’re successful, we’ll inspire children to study the subjects that took us there. We missed by very little.” South Africa-born Kahn said: “We are going to actually put a new spacecraft on the moon and we are going to complete the mission. My message for all the youngsters [is] if it doesn’t work at first, stand up, and complete it.”

Beresheet travelled more than 248,000 miles but “technical glitches” meant that it could not slow sufficiently on its lunar descent to make the planned landing, crashing instead into the moon’s surface at 300mph last Thursday. The world’s most famous astronauts, including Buzz Aldrin and Tim Peake, applauded Israel’s moon-landing effort, which was privately funded. Aldrin, the Apollo astronaut who was the second man to walk on the moon after Neil Armstrong, sent his condolences to the SpaceIL team “for what almost was,” adding: “Never lose hope. Your hard work, teamwork and innovation is inspiring to all.” British astronaut Peake, who finished a sixmonth stint at the International Space Station in 2016, said it was “disappointing” that Beresheet did not make it safely to the surface. However, he added: “Team SpaceIL have much to be proud of.” A successful moon landing would have made Israel only the fourth country to manage the feat, and Harel Locker, chairman of Israel Aerospace Industries, said the eight-year project had helped create Israel’s space industry.

A final selfie sent by Beresheet with the moon tantalisingly close

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WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE Beresheet, “Genesis” in Hebrew, symbolises many firsts—the first privately funded spacecraft to the Moon, the first Israeli ship to leave Earth’s orbit, the first daring attempt to land on the Moon for a relatively modest $100M budget. As the Mission Scientist, I joined SpaceIL in 2012. It was a dream started by Yariv Bash, Kfir Damari, and Yonatan

Weintraub, and without Morris Kahn, it would have never happened. I watched it grow, change, stumble, regain strength, launch to space, capture in lunar orbit — and crash. I learned some lessons. To borrow from a colleague, next to the book we can write about how to build a lunar lander, sits the encyclopedia we can fill on how not to do it. Could we do better? I believe so.

We built a spacecraft on a timeline and budget that compelled a slim testing programme and limited system redundancy. But I think we did some things remarkably well: we recruited incredible talent, brilliant engineers and scientists, men and women with exceptional capabilities and uncommon passions. We didn’t take no for an answer. We struck up partnerships with leading companies in Israel and abroad. And perhaps most importantly, we educated our youth and

excited a nation. People say that in space projects, like in life, the journey matters more than the result. Technologically, reaching the lunar surface is much harder than reaching lunar orbit. Still, after Thursday night, though we don’t have $100M worth of metal and silicon on the Moon, what we gained is a knowledge base of how to make a complete power system, navigation, control, communication hardware and software, an integrated landing system. And how to pack it all into a spacecraft that

weighs a thousand times less than Apollo without fuel. This was always going to be the real prize. Our calling is to land on the Moon, and to learn something new about this neighbouring world. We sought to measure the magnetic field of the Moon that is embedded in its crystal rocks, and to decipher its enigmatic origin. Prime Minister Netanyahu, and relentless benefactor and leader Morris Kahn have already recommitted to this goal. What we must do now is redouble our efforts, and

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Madonna is ‘rock solid’ for Eurovision The Israeli-Canadian tycoon funding Madonna’s forthcoming appearance at Eurovision in Tel Aviv has said she will be “rock solid” in the face of boycott calls Sylvan Adams, who spent $20 million to bring the Giro d’Italia, the world’s second biggest bike race, to Israel last year, told Jewish News that the A-lister “knows Israel” and won’t pay any attention to those urging her to reconsider. “I’d advise the boycotters to get a history lesson,” he said. “They call us colonialists, but the guy who built Jerusalem was a fellow by the name of King David. The homeland of the Jews has been so for 3,500 years.” Madonna would not cave in to pressure from the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, he said. “The haters are going to hate. They’re in their boiler-room, tweeting. They make a lot of noise. But Madonna will be rock solid. She’ll stand firm. She knows whatever they’re writing just isn’t true.” Adams, who is reported to have paid Madonna $1 million to perform two songs at the interval of the world’s biggest song contest next month, has form when it comes to what he calls “bringing the world to Israel” – not long after he made aliyah in 2015, he brought the renowned Giro d’Italia bike race to the country. He said it showed “Israel unfiltered, from Akko in the north to Eilat in the south… It was beamed to a billion people on TV, and I like to think of it as us having a billion first-time visitors to Israel”. Adams said he moved to Israel because it is “beautiful, tolerant and democratic”, adding: “I’m working on creating a very large endowment fund that will enable a constant flow of large sporting, cultural or scientific events emanating from Israel or coming to Israel, so we will be able to tell our story over and over again.” He said: “I believe in engaging with the world in a non-polemical fashion, just showing our true nature. Israel has a big

Above, Madonna at work and, below, Sylvan Adams

heart, with welcoming people. We’re open to the world. We’d like to be perceived not through the lens of the haters but as a normal Western country. ” Adams accompanied the Israeli national cycling team in Qatar in 2016 and said the delegation was accepted, which he sees as becoming “the norm” within the Muslim world. “I think sport is leading the way. It shows the public in these Muslim nations that their governments accept Israelis, so how bad can Israelis really be?” One reason he put millions into Israel’s moon quest was to inspire young Israelis to study science and technology He is passionate about seeing more students in Israel from under-represented sections of Israeli society, particularly Muslim women. “I made a substantial endowment to two permanent Rhodes scholarships in Israel and, last year, an Israeli Arab woman was one of our two recipients,” he says with pride. “It was the same this year, another Israeli Arab woman. It’s one way we as philanthropists can help.”

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Yoni Netanyahu’s last effects handed over Benjamin Netanyahu and his brother Iddo have been given a selection of their late sibling Yoni’s personal possessions by a fellow soldier. Yoni Netanyahu commanded the elite Israel Defence Forces unit that freed more than 100 hostages being held by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine at Entebbe Airport in Uganda in 1976. He was the only Israeli fatality. Yoni entrusted the items to Yosef Shemesh, with whom he served in the Armoured Corps 71st Battalion on the Golan Heights, but this week Yosef handed them to his two brothers in a moving ceremony at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem.

The items include Yoni’s commando knife, a Passover Haggadah Yoni read from and which he mentions in his letters, his personal jumpsuit, books he had given to Yosef, a unit shirt, as well as his sleeping bag, gloves and compass. “We recognise some of these items,” said the prime minister. “This commando knife was in the unit. We recognise Yoni’s books.” Iddo, who is a doctor as well as an author and playwright, said: “It is very moving after so many years to see these things.”

ARMY CHIEFS IN ISRAEL TALKS The head of the British Army landed in Israel this week to meet his counterpart and promote cooperation between the two countries. Chief of the General Staff Gen. Sir Nick Carter met Israel Defence Forces (IDF) Chief of the General Staff, Lt. Gen. Aviv Kohavi at the start of his visit. The IDF put details of the talks on its Twitter account and commented: “The cooperation between Israel and the UK is strong and it’s getting even stronger.” During a video, the two chiefs of staff are seen saluting alongside flags from the UK and Israel, before discussing the visit in Lt. Gen. Kohavi’s office. Israel’s ambassador to the UK, Mark Regev, also took to Twitter to herald the visit, saying: “Great

Sir Nick and Lt-Gen Kohavi

to see Ministry of Defence Chief of Defence Staff Gen Sir Nick Carter visiting Israel. This important security cooperation is making our nations stronger and our peoples safer.”

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‘No Palestinian state’ in Trump’s peace plan Donald Trump’s Middle East “deal of the century” does not include plans for a Palestinian state, according to reports in the Washington Post. The peace plan being cobbled together by White House adviser Jared Kushner, who is also Trump’s son-inlaw, is expected to offer improvements in the lives of Palestinians but won’t offer them an independent state. Anticipating the details of the plan, a range of former European poiticians, including David Miliband and Jack Straw, have called on the European Union not to support Trump’s deal if it does not include a Palestinian state. Outlines of the deal, for which Kushner has had no input from the Palestinian Authority, are expected to be unveiled soon. His friendship with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman means that it will probably secure Riyadh’s blessing. However, a letter signed by Miliband, Straw and 35 others, some of whom also served in senior positions at the UN, NATO and EU, called for a “just resolution” to the decades-long conflict. “Unfortunately, the current US administration has departed from long-

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SYRIA SPY’S BODY ‘TO RETURN’ HOME Hopes were raised this week that the body of super spy Eli Cohen may be on its way back to Israel. But the government refused to confirm Israeli media reports based on Syrian opposition sources Hopes grew that Cohen’s remains would finally be returned after Russia’s help in locating the body of missing Israeli soldier Zachary Baumel,

killed in the 1982 Lebanon war. Cohen was a legendary Mossad agent in Damascus in the early 1960s who rose to become an adviser to Syria’s defence minister. But with Russian help he was caught and hanged in Damascus in 1965. Last year, in a secret Mossad operation, agents retrieved Cohen’s wristwatch and presented it to his widow, Nadia.

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standing US policy and distanced itself from established international legal norms,” they wrote. “It has so far recognised only one side’s claims to Jerusalem and demonstrated a disturbing indifference to Israeli settlement expansion,” they said, adding that Trump had also cut Palestinian aid by hundreds of millions of dollars.

“A viable peace requires the creation of a Palestinian state alongside Israel on borders based on the pre-1967 lines with mutually agreed, minimal and equal land swaps; with Jerusalem as the capital for both states; with security arrangements that address legitimate concerns and respect the sovereignty of each side and with an agreed, fair solution to the question of Palestine refugees.”

The number of Arab students attending Israeli universities has almost doubled in less than 10 years, according to new figures, writes Ella Worehead. In 2018, there were 49,000 Arab students enrolled, almost twice the number studying in Israeli institutions in 2010, after educators and policy planners identified a growing attainment gap between secular and modern Orthodox

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BRAZIL LEADER CONDEMNED FOR SHOAH COMMENT Brazil’s new president Jair Bolsonaro (pictured) has been criticised for saying that the crimes of the Holocaust can be forgiven. “We can forgive, but we cannot forget,” Bolsonaro reportedly said at a meeting with evangelical pastors in Rio de Janeiro last Thursday. Bolsonaro, an ardently proIsrael Christian, visited Israel two weeks ago, where he had a private tour of Yad Vashem. His remarks drew a strong response from the museum, whose spokesman told Israeli media: “It is not the place of any person to determine whether the crimes of the Holocaust can be forgiven Yad Vashem has worked for the continuation of the memory and meaning for the Jewish people and for mankind as a whole.”

Rabbis’ ‘immense sadness’ after Notre Dame blaze Jewish leaders around the globe joined Israel’s president in expressing solidarity with France in the wake of the devastating fire which swept through Paris’s 850-year-old Notre Dame cathedral on Monday night. In a tweet accompanying a video of shocked crowds singing and praying near the site of the blaze, Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis wrote: “The horrifying Notre Dame fire may have caused untold physical damage but these Parisians are proof that there is no force in the world that can destroy the human spirit”. Chief Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt, who is president of the Conference of European Rabbis (CER), said: “Places of worship are a bridge between our past and future, symbolising the aspiration of man to reach new heights and spirituality.” He said the CER wished “solidarity, strength and hope”, particularly to the French Catholic community. Israel’s president Reuven Rivlin said that Notre Dame was “one of the most beautiful symbols of Paris and of France, and also one of its most

The iconic spire of Notre Dame collapses in the blaze

important cultural symbols...Our hearts are with the people of France and the legends of Notre Dame Paris, real and fictional, and we pray it will stand in eternity.” On Monday night, French president Emmanuel Macron visited the scene and said a national subscription to rebuild Notre Dame woud be launched. Donations have begun to pour in from around the world. Francis Kalifat, president of CRIF,

the umbrella body for French Jewish organisations, tweeted: “Terrible photos of the cathedral in flames. Our solidarity and thoughts go to France’s Catholic community. Immense sadness as we face this tragedy, which the nation is mourning”. The Board of Deputies also tweeted its support, saying: “Our thoughts with Parisians and all of France. The devastation of any place of worship is a tragedy”.

Art depicting Jews saved The façade above the main entrance to Notre Dame cathedral, which depicts Jews as they were seen by medieval Europe, appears to have survived the catastrophic blaze that ripped through France’s iconic structure. Below the two famous bell towers, on the cathedral’s West Façade, are carvings showing the Jewish parents of the Virgin Mary, Anne and Joachim. In several scenes, including their marriage, Jews are depicted wearing long robes and pointed hats, with a bimah and a Torah scroll also shown. There is also a statue of Synagoga, representing Judaism. Political scientist and author

Dr Yvette Alt Miller describes her as “ragged, defeated, her eyes are covered by a snake and her head is bowed. She holds a broken sceptre and tablets of Jewish law are slipping from her grasp. Under her feet lies a crown trodden into the dust”. Miller said the depiction was deliberate because “the Catholic Church wanted those entering Notre Dame to believe that Judaism was finished, downcast and humiliated”. On the saving of the façade from the fire, she said: “These irreplaceable artistic treasures depicting the history of Jews in France seem to be saved. They can teach us about Jewish history and fortitude in France and beyond.”

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If the Jewish Labour Movement’s overwhelming backing for a motion describing Jeremy Corbyn as unfit for Downing Street didn’t ring alarm bells at Labour HQ, then the findings of today’s Jewish News/ComRes poll must surely do so. That 55 percent of adults believe Corbyn’s handling of antisemitism in his party shows he is unfit for the highest office in the land is striking, as is the fact that there has been such a huge jump in the number of people acknowledging a ‘serious’ problem of racism in a party whose very roots are in anti-racism. Labour may be posting consistent leads in the polls as the Tories struggle with Brexit, but it’s now clear this ongoing row is taking its toll on the leader’s standing in the country he wants to lead. This deep into a Tory government experiencing its own existential crisis, however, Labour’s lead ought to be comfortably in the double digits. There must surely be some in the leadership wondering what their poll showing could be if they took the decisive, swift, uncompromising action that community leaders have repeatedly urged.

SEX EDUCATION PROTECTS OUR KIDS According to Brian Gordon (Jewish News, 11 April), an ‘unprecedented’ crisis facing Jewish schools is the introduction of sex and relationship education (SRE), with its emphasis on positive relationships and consent. Far from being a threat, SRE will protect our children ensuring that not only are different family models represented, but that children are aware of their agency, and the respect due to them and their bodies. This is vital in a world where pornographic and sometimes disturbing images are easily accessible, particularly online, where values of respect and partnership are rarely present. There will be no ‘promotion of lifestyles’, but students who don’t fit the heteronormative models they see around them (and experience

So much more than just a building Sketches & kvetches The Jewish people stand with France this week. The sight of such a national icon as Notre-Dame in flames is as devastating as the blaze itself. The emotional symbolism invested in such a building is far greater than the building itself, beautiful and historic though they both are. France will recover and the cathedral will be rebuilt, although treasures will be lost and the nation will feel cut to the core. As a people with a 3,500-year history, Jews know ideas are more permanent than the structures embodying them. As European Jewish leaders said, places of worship are “a bridge between our past and our present”, and “symbolise the aspiration of man to reach new heights”. Notre-Dame will be rebuilt and it will, once again, represent the nation to the world.

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disproportionately high levels of depression and suicide), will see that they too were created Betzelem Elohim; in God’s image. Cross-communal and Progressive Jewish schools already promote ageappropriate values of self-care, inclusion and sexual safety to their students, as do many Orthodox schools. They do so not just because it is the law, but because our values as a community are about caring for one another and creating loving homes. We should welcome the government’s attempt to address issues that ultimately can be destructive, sometimes life threateningly so, to our young people. Ignorance is not protection, and in some cases is hugely damaging. Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers The Movement for Reform Judaism

MY H-WORD FOR ROGER WATERS Simon von Someren in last week’s edition uses words such as overemotional, presumption and assertion when referring to Roger Water’s criticism of Israel (Jewish News, 11 April 2019). What Mr Waters said previously about the Gaza marches is exactly what he believes, and nothing will make him change his skewed mind. What never ceases to amaze me is he and his fellow travellers, such as the Stop the War Coalition, have never taken part in any large demonstration against a prominent Muslim country that has been waging

war on its own inhabitants for more than seven years, killing them in their thousands, far more than during the far longer period of the IsraelPalestine conflict. He never uses the S-word (Syria), the Aword (Assad), the I-word (Iran), or the H-word (Hezbollah). All should be held to account for their genocidal actions in the court of war crimes, boycotts, sanctions, and divestment. My word for him – and all those other one sided critics of Israel – is the other H word – Hypocrite.

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ISRAEL’S MOON AMBITIONS ARE FAR FROM FORGOTTEN Last week, Israel failed narrowly to land the Beresheet spacecraft on the moon. It would have become the fourth country in the world to achieve such a feat, although by orbiting the moon it did join an illustrious list of six other technologically-advanced nations. Dark Israeli humour was quick to follow, for example: With the craft almost certainly crash-landing and scattering into small pieces, Israel hadn’t landed on the moon once but thousands of times! While it’s tempting to view this as an heroic failure, it’s the mere attempt to carry out the mission that is so compelling. Israel takes pride in trying to achieve the seemingly impossible,

whether designing a bionic assistance system to allow paraplegics to walk or seeking a cure for Parkinson’s disease or developing a drip irrigation system or creating the pill cam. These accomplishments result from a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship as well as a belief that one must expand the frontiers of knowledge to serve mankind. They also reflect a spirit of determination and willingness to persevere. Hence Morris Kahn from SpaceIL, the private company behind the mission, has already announced plans to try again and place Israel’s flag on the moon. Few should doubt Israel will reach this milestone and we should salute its efforts.

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Way to go, Chelsea! I’m a Jewish News reader but not a soccer fan (yes, we do exist), but your account in last week’s issue of Chelsea FC throwing its weight behind a fundraiser for the new Holocaust Galleries at the Imperial War Museum was inspiring. It also raises the point that not all football is a hotbed of antisemitism despite the best efforts of certain elements of hooligan so-called fans, incidents involving some on a train on Saturday being merely the latest example.

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of hesitation, namely a failure to seize the opportunity, which was the unfortunate choice of many Jews who never left Egypt. Flour can create two realities, one steeped in purity and seizing the moment, the other in impurity and the failure to act in time. Pesach affords one the opportunity to change from a life of chametz to one of matza and achieve true redemption.

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EUROVISION AND THE RABBLE What a shame the Eurovision gathering, an event that brings simple enjoyment to millions of people across the world, should become a target for the antics of political opportunists because this year it is being held in Israel. We hear from the news this week that the comical and misguided Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) rabble have lost no time in charging up their tired

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Wanted: a greater voice for Israel’s Arab minority ALEX BRUMMER

CITY EDITOR OF THE DAILY MAIL

s voting drew to a close in the Israeli elections, ‘shared society’ groups anxiously reviewed the polling data. At the last elections in 2015, Netanyahu, in a blatantly divisive effort to make sure voters on the right did not sit on their hands, infamously warned that Israeli-Arabs were flocking to the polls in ‘droves’. The first ‘Arab List’, a unified ticket of Israeli-Arab parties and candidates, was designed to ensure maximum Arab representation in the Knesset. This election, which is set to make Netanyahu Israel’s longest-serving prime minister, was very different. Late in the day, the turnout among Israel’s 870,000 qualified Arab voters was still below 30 percent, the threshold required to make it to the Knesset. Only a rush to the polls in the final hours ensured Arabs would be properly represented. The numbers eventually receiving mandates fell from 13 last time to ten.

Any hopes Israel’s Arabs may have had of making a big impression on Israeli politics have been savaged by the past four years as the right has extended its grip on power and Arab citizens have come to feel marginalised. In the weeks before the election, representatives of the leading Arab parties reached out to ex-army chief-of-staff Benny Gantz’s centre right Blue & White party offering potential support. Gantz refused, apparently believing bringing the Arab parties under his flag would be a mistake – a signal that Gatz despite his centrist narrative was more to the right than anything else and that no major Israel-Jewish political movement is yet ready to embrace fully the country’s sizeable Arab minority. Netanyahu’s most recent term was marked by a sharp dichotomy. His budgets included the biggest support for the Arab sector in Israel’s history with a five-year $4.3bn package made in 2015. It was designed to be distributed via Arab mayors giving them power to improve their communities. The goal was not entirely altruistic. Netanyahu and Israel are proud of their status as

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ANY HOPES ISRAEL’S ARABS MAY HAVE HAD OF MAKING A BIG IMPRESSION ON ISRAELI POLITICS HAVE BEEN SAVAGED a member of the elite club of OECD developed countries. But maintaining that status requires closing the gap between the richest and poorest segments of Israeli society which includes the Bedouin. Economic aid has not been matched in terms of civil rights. The ‘Nation State Law’ and other actions are seen by Israeli-Arab activists and society as a direct affront to 20 percent of citizens of non-Jewish origin. In short, it is a community which in spite of paying a vital role in society, particularly in healthcare, feels its rights are under siege.

The overwhelming power of the right and centre right has left behind the Israel Labour Party and the parties of the left, including the Arab groupings. Everyone awaits the unknown ‘Trump plan’, which Israeli-Arabs fear will lessen their status further. One possibility to give a greater voice to the Arab minority and parties of the left is to form a joint Israel-Arab party bringing together the voices of the leftish Meretz and the Arab parties to provide a counterweight to the conservatives in future elections. A key objective of such a party would be to revoke the Nation State Law and put a focus on the Declaration of Independence, which guarantees the civil rights of Arab citizens. That may seem a long way off, but not if the corruption indictment sticks for Netanyahu and a new election is triggered. The message of Pesach is one of freedom and how the Israelites escaped the captivity of Egypt and regained their rights and eventually their homeland. It is a chance for Israel’s leaders to remember the liberal vision of their predecessors when it comes to the minorities in their midst.

We deserve to be told more about war crimes JON SILVERMAN

PROFESSOR OF MEDIA & CRIMINAL JUSTICE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE

wenty years ago, in April 1999, Jews sat down to their Pesach meal with an added cause to be thankful. Not only had the biblical Children of Israel been delivered safely from bondage in Egypt but a modern-day jury at the Old Bailey had just convicted a man of committing war crimes in the service of the Nazis. Anthony Sawoniuk, a rail ticket collector from Bermondsey, was found guilty of two specimen charges of murdering Jews in his home town of Domachevo in what is now Belarus. He died in prison in 2005 and remains the only person to be convicted during the UK’s extensive war crimes investigations. I had a sense of personal satisfaction at the jury’s verdict because, as the BBC Home Affairs Correspondent at the time, it was my report on TV News which persuaded the Attorney-General, John (later, Lord) Morris, to authorise charges. Morris told me that he was being urged

by Sawoniuk’s legal team to drop the case because he was suffering from a range of medical complaints. However, when the news report showed an apparently robust Sawoniuk lurching towards me with a threatening iron bar, the decision to charge suddenly became less contentious. I had been on Sawoniuk’s trail for over two years, travelling to Domachevo, close to the Polish border, to seek out witnesses, among them Fedor Zan, who took me to the spot in a forest where he saw Sawoniuk mow down 15 Jewish women with a sub-machine gun. Sawoniuk denied knowing Zan, but they were at school together. I also interviewed Alexander Baglay, who, as a 13-year-old, was made to watch as Sawoniuk ordered three Jews to strip by a freshly dug grave and then shot them. The Old Bailey jury later went to the scene, the first time a British jury had gone abroad in a criminal trial. On a freezing February morning, press, jury and judge stood in deep snow and felt ghosts of the Holocaust all around us. During his police interrogations, Sawoniuk lied repeatedly and in the courtroom he accused the witnesses of being part of a KGB inspired conspiracy, abetted by Scotland Yard.

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ON A FREEZING MORNING, JURY AND JUDGE STOOD IN THE SNOW WITH GHOSTS OF THE HOLOCAUST One of the key testimonies came from Ben Zion Blustein, the only surviving Jew from Domachevo, who travelled from Israel to confront a man who “became a master of power, a lord, and I was a Jew who had taken away from him all rights to live”. It was these words which the judge, Mr Justice Potts, quoted as he sentenced Sawoniuk to life imprisonment. Tempered with satisfaction at the conviction was – and remains – the frustration that there should have been more perpetrators called to account. Just before the jury returned its verdict against Sawoniuk, the Crown Prosecution Service released a briefing note which revealed, to my astonishment, that only

those who had been in a position of ‘command’ had been considered for prosecution, adding: “Responsibility is also an important factor in deciding on… culpability.” Pardon me? Where in the War Crimes Act does it state that? What about the Nuremberg precedent, that obeying orders is no defence? This condition, seemingly imposed arbitrarily, explains why other cases where the evidence was also strong were not taken to trial. The suspects were deemed mere ‘foot soldiers’ and not in command of anyone else. I do not argue that some of these people should have been prosecuted. Rather, this is an argument about a lack of transparency. The political battle to secure the passage of the War Crimes Act 1991 was one of the most bitterly-fought of recent times and over the course of some nine years, more than £11 million was spent investigating 376 suspects in England and Wales. Questions about the progress of investigations were asked periodically in Parliament. Yet only at the very end of that one single trial was the bombshell dropped about ‘command’ being a criterion for prosecution. Before the war crimes era passes into history, I would ask: do we not deserve to be told more?

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Even poor slaves in Egypt had doorposts RABBI RICHARD JACOBI & RABBI ROBYN ASHWORTH-STEEN

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uccot is normally the time when rabbis, cantors and Jewish communities turn to issues of housing, homelessness and the fragility of life near or below the poverty line. Yet, as we approach Pesach, we, along with other rabbis and cantors across the UK Jewish community, will focus on these issues. Pesach is the festival at which we celebrate our freedom after 430 years of living in Egypt, a stay that ended in bitter enslavement by the ancient Egyptians. Yet our Torah tells us the slaves on their last days in Egypt were still able to kill the paschal lamb and daub its blood on their doorposts. This implies that even in the darkest hours of their slavery, families had homes. How is it that in one of the richest countries

of the world in 2019, we tolerate discriminatory practices that deny large numbers of people their own homes? According to a 2017 survey by Shelter – a charity helping millions struggling with bad housing or homelessness – ‘No DSS’ policies (shorthand for no benefits) affect about one-third of housing applicants receiving housing benefit. This is hundreds of thousands of people. Another Shelter survey in 2017 found almost two-thirds of landlords claim they do not want renters on benefits. The ‘No DSS’ policies coincide with other forms of housing discrimination and disproportionately affect women and people with disabilities, as Shelter’s analysis suggests a high percentage of those receiving housing benefit are women, single parents or in receipt of disability benefits. This makes the private renting sector a form of Egypt for the most vulnerable. Like the prophets, and according to our Jewish tradition, we call out these discriminatory practices as unjust and antithetical to our Jewish values. Stop and think for a moment – people are

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sufficiently poor to qualify for these benefits, they are eligible for them and so are awarded them, but our ‘civilised society’ then says to them: “We will not house you, you are on your own.” One of us, along with our family, experienced the effects of these discriminatory policies first-hand, having volunteered with the charity, Refugees at Home, as hosts. In the past few months, the charity asked us to temporarily house people who had been living rough on the streets of Manchester. The local authority said it did not have a duty to house one young couple who had been sleeping outside the town hall, as they were not vulnerable enough. However, they could not find anywhere to live because so much private rented accommodation is unavailable to those on benefits. They had been let down and abandoned by a society of which they are a part, and which has a duty to care for them. We all have failed them. We are shocked by these discriminatory practices that force people just like us on to the streets. Tzelem: The Rabbinic Call for Social

and Economic Justice in the UK, a crosscommunal activist body, is partnering with Shelter, which is doing a great deal of work to fight discrimination caused by ‘No DSS’ policies by way of the Equality Act, litigating on behalf of clients who have been rejected, and challenging lenders’ discriminatory policies. We will campaign with Shelter to ensure these discriminatory polices are outlawed and made a thing of the past. If you are a landlord, we ask you do not use any letting agent that practices discrimination against the poorest people in our country. Instead, treat every prospective tenant on a case-by-case basis, regardless of salaried income or income through the benefit system. If you are a letting agent, and are issuing ‘ no DSS’ notices, what you are doing is immoral and should be stopped immediately. If you are affected by these discriminatory practices, we encourage you to ask your rabbi to bring your case to us at Tzelem, or to contact our partners at Shelter’s legal team directly. As our tradition teaches: “Do not oppress the stranger, for you were strangers in Egypt.”

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Opinion

Children must be heard at Pesach and all times SHELLEY MARSH

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF RESHET

s we prepare for Pesach and plan the seder to welcome family and friends, we will once again turn to the youngest member present to recite Ma Nishtana. Our tradition encourages the youngest to question. The seder is an educational opportunity, connecting inter-generational participation, emphasising to children they will be heard. The seder presents the opportunity to read about the four children – the wise, the wayward, the simple – exploring the different types of young people not listed in order of moral standing but rather intellectual capabilities, ending with the child who simply does not know how to ask. What we learn from this is we must not standardise our approach to dealing with these four young people. We cannot adopt a one-sizefits-all stance. This is true for each organisation’s implementation of its safeguarding policies and

procedures. The organisation’s values must be reflected through trustees, staff and volunteers, all of whom must have a clear understanding of how to protect those who are vulnerable. The strategies of listening, believing and taking action remain the same but to implement robust safeguarding, each communal organisation must adopt an approach that will engage with the individual and create safe spaces for people to talk and be heard. The Charity Commission, which regulates charities in England and Wales to ensure the public can support them with confidence, has prioritised safeguarding for the past three years, We cannot be complacent. It is more than having the correct policies in place; it is about developing a culture of care from the top down. The six main principles to safeguarding are empowerment, prevention, proportionality, protection, partnership and accountability. It is vital we learn, reflect and understand how to embed those principles in every community setting. People have to feel safe to speak out. In creating safe and secure spaces within our community, we must acknowledge child neglect,

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PEOPLE HAVE TO FEEL SAFE TO SPEAK OUT. WE MUST ACKNOWLEDGE ABUSE IS HAPPENING bullying, social isolation, suicide, drug misuse, domestic abuse are happening. Many have not previously been openly spoken about. As a community, we are addressing mental health. That is a tremendous leap forward and we know there is still more to be done. Safeguarding and mental health are inextricably linked through creating safe spaces and listening to those who need our support. Some who end up managing mental health issues say people needed someone simply to listen to the abuse they were struggling with prior to a mental

health crisis. At Pesach, we share collective memories, knowing we did not experience slavery in Egypt personally. We recite ‘in each and every generation b’chol dor v’dor’. We as a community must be aware, speak out and act. The Pesach story speaks of freedom but, as Rabbi Lord Sacks observed in an article written for The Huffington Post, the story of Pesach is not just about freedom but education. Moses spoke about education not freedom: “He fixed his vision not on the immediate but the distant future, and not on adults but children.” We must educate, train and build confidence, allowing people a safe place to speak and community members the confidence, skills and knowledge to report something they feel is of concern. Ma Nishtana? What is different? In this generation, safeguarding must remain high on our agenda. Kol Yisrael arevim zeh le’zeh, ‘all of Israel are responsible for each other’, is a core Jewish value. It is vital we recognise protecting all who are vulnerable from harm and neglect is everyone’s responsibility.

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Scene & Be Seen / Community

1 COASTAL CLEANING

A group of Aish UK volunteers picked up just under 20kg of litter from Brighton beach, where they spent a day cleaning up 100m of coastline. Volunteers worked with members of the Marine Conservation Society, the UKs leading marine charity, and took part in fact-finding activities run by the conservation society’s Kate Whitton. Rabbi Eli Birnbaum of Aish UK said: “Despite the assertion from a number of local residents that their iconic beach would be ‘spotless’, the sheer volume of litter we picked up across a relatively small area was staggering.”

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The Jewish community housing association jLiving has put up a mezuzah in its newly-refurbished Harmony Close in Golders Green. Pictured celebrating the completed renovations are jLiving chairman Adam Gamsu, councillor Tim Roberts, jLiving vice-chairman Benjamin Conway, councillor Alison Moore, Barnet Mayor cllr Reuben Thompstone, cllr John Marshall and Harmony Close Synagogue coordinator Aaron Weichselbaum.

3 UJIA TEES OFF

Seventy-two people took part in a golf tournament at The Grove in Hertfordshire, which hosted the 2016 British Masters, to help United Jewish Israel Appeal (UIJA) raise more than £27,000. Speaking after the event, UJIA committee member Max Kyte said: “The UJIA Young Professional Golf Day is always a very special event, connecting so many people to the organisation’s work in the UK and Israel, and raising muchneeded funds in the process.”

4FUNDS FOR EVIE

Junior doctor-turned comedian Adam Kay treated some 250 guests to stand-up during a charity comedy night at Stanmore Synagogue. The event raised £16,000 for Camp Simcha’s Evie’s Night Owls project, which provides night-time respite care to families with a seriously ill child. The project was set up in memory of Evie Bladon, from Mill Hill, who passed away in 2015. “We were thrilled to see so many people here, helping us to continue to raise money to provide nightrespite in Evie’s name,” said Evie’s father, Lee. Pictured is Kay, centre, with Lee and Sam Bladon, who founded Evie’s Night Owls.

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Community / Scene & Be Seen

5 CARING SEDER

Etz Chaim Primary School pupils shared a seder with members of Jewish Care’s Clore Manor care home ahead of Pesach. Etz Chaim assistant headteacher Sarah Osborne said: “It was a fabulous afternoon. We were so pleased the children had the opportunity to share the seder with Clore Manor residents. It was heartwarming to hear the room filled with singing from the children and residents.”

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GIFT has been preparing food collections and sessions in schools and communities across London, Manchester and Israel. Pictured are 11th Edgware cubs and 16th Edgware scouts at the GIFT warehouse where they helped the charity put together Pesach packs for families and care homes. To volunteer or donate, visit www.jgift.org or call 020 8457 4429.

7 PESACH TRADITION Children at East London and Essex Liberal Synagogue held a practice seder. Paul Bloomfield, headteacher of the shul’s religion school, said: ‘Pesach is packed full of tradition and customs, with a real sense of passing down our history to the next generation.” Ellie Lawson from Liberal Judaism’s youth group LJY-Netzer led the service.

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9 GIFT PACKS

MATZAH PREP

Children from Nagila Nursery prepared matzah with members of Jewish Care’s Edgware and Harrow Community Centre ahead of Pesach. Pictured is a pupil from the nursery with a centre member (the two centres are located within the same building).

IT WAS HEARTWARMING TO HEAR THE ROOM FILLED WITH SINGING FROM THE CHILDREN AND RESIDENTS

8DEMO SEDERIM

nedy Leigh Family Centre in Hendon, with Rabbi Stanley Coten leading the service. Coten said: “Norwood runs a series of demo sederim to enable the people we support to experience Pesach’s customs and practices and to inspire an appreciation and enthusiasm for the festival.” Pictured are Anthony Shaw, manager of Young Norwood, with Laurie, who lives at Norwood’s Carlton Avenue residence in Harrow.

Norwood welcomed more than 70 people for a mock seder held at the Ken-

10 PESACH PACKING Kisharon chief executive Richard Franklin (pictured) packed boxes of wine with people supported by the charity ahead of Pesach. The charity is selling special coasters, as well as bottles of wine and grape juice for seder tables, packaged by people with learning disabilities. Sales will raise funds for Kisharon and provide opportunities for those supported by the charity. Orders can be collected from Kisharon’s Skills for Employment Centre in Bell Lane in Hendon.

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Life

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‘If you convict 70 years on, are you still punishing the man who did the crime?’ Stephen Applebaum speaks to the director of a new film that explores the controversial trial of former SS guard Oskar Gröning

he subject of the Shoah was important to director Matthew Shoychet “as a Jew” – but he didn’t want to make a film just for Jews. Neither did he want to risk people saying they’d seen it all before. He asked himself: “How do we make it unique and a modern story?” The answer was Oskar Gröning who, in 2015, was put on trial in Luneburg, Germany, at the age of 93, as an accessory to the murder of 300,000 Hungarian Jews. Shoychet’s resulting documentary, The Accountant of Auschwitz, now available on DVD and digital platforms, is a fascinating insight into the controversial trial of the former Nazi. As the film notes, this was only possible because a decision made in the earlier case of John Demjanjuk, a former SS guard at Sobibor, which introduced the idea that someone who worked in a death camp could be tried for mass murder without personally having killed anyone. Although a technicality stopped the idea becoming legal precedent, there began a race against time to find former Nazis fit enough to stand trial. Ironically, Gröning stood out because

Eva Kor and Oskar Gröning, also pictured inset

of a chilling interview he had given to the BBC in 2005, to refute Holocaust deniers. “He kind of exposed himself,” says the Canadianborn director. “I don’t know if he still would have done the interview if he knew a few years down the road that would become one of the main reasons why investigators would track him down.” The charges against Gröning focused on a three-month period of high activity at Auschwitz, during which he occasionally worked as a guard on the ramp, as new arrivals were selected for the gas chamber. “So he wasn’t on trial because he counted the money, or the jewellery, or the gold teeth. He was a part of that conveyor belt of death.” The film includes moving interviews with survivor trial witnesses Bill Glied (who died soon after filming), Max Eisen, Eva Kor, and Hedy Bohm. The latter had sympathy for the frail old man, who shuffled into court using a walker, but lost it when he sat down, crossed his arms, and looked imperiously around the room. To her, he was still the same Nazi. Shoychet uses the trial as a hook on which to hang thought-provoking questions about complicity, guilt, responsibility, and the rights and wrongs of putting in the dock nonagenarian former Nazis. We also learn staggering facts, such as the distressing reality that only 124 out

of 800,000 SS officers left alive at the end of the war received sentences. Former Nazis filled the judiciary, particularly in West Germany, between 1945 and 1967, so there was little will to pursue other war criminals. “One of the benefits of the [Gröning] trial is that he spoke for the history books,” says Shoychet. “The fact it’s happening in Germany is very important, because there really was no justice in the 1950s and 60s. So they’re [the Germans] kind of setting it straight.” But the moral philosopher Peter Singer asks: “If you punish a man of 93, for something he did when he was 23, are you still punishing the person who did the crime?” Bohm thought so. Does Shoychet? “I don’t know if he was the same person. That’s her opinion. He asked God for forgiveness. He never said, ‘I’m sorry.’ And when he talked, he would use the language of the SS. “You’re thinking, ‘If I pulled out my star of David and my chai that I have on my necklace, does that man hate me?’ Was he washed up in the whole ideology at the time, but now it’s faded away because he’s lived a life, had children? It’s very mixed emotions.” Gröning was found guilty, and the precedent narrowly missed in the Demjanjuk trial written into law. A majority of the survivors did

not want Gröning (who died while appealing the verdict) to be imprisoned. For them it was enough he’d testified. In the film, American academic and lawyer Alan Dershowitz says he hopes sending a powerful message that there’s no statute of limitations on genocide could have an impact on people participating in it. “Do I think a 20-year-old ISIS fighter is going to see this trial and say, ‘Oh no, I’m going to stop, because when I’m 95 I might get caught’? I think that’s very optimistic,” says Shoychet. But “never again” should mean more than the hollow slogan another contributor claims it has become in the post-Holocaust world. Indeed, Gröning – raised in a nationalistic family and a member of the Hitler Youth – is a warning of where the Far Right rallies shown towards the end of the documentary can lead. “It’s a short section,” says Shoychet, “but it adds a twist to bring it to the modern context. We coined the phrase ‘never again’, but it means nothing. We show Rwanda, Darfur, Cambodia, Biafra, and then I show [people chanting] the ‘Jews will not replace us’ in Charlottesville. “In Newcastle, they’re saying ‘Heil Hitler’, and in Athens they’re saying, ‘Stop Islam’. So, is history really repeating itself?”  Signature Entertainment’s The Accountant of Auschwitz is available on DVD and Digital now

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Lifestyle / Travel

If it Mex you happy…!

Deborah Cicurel enjoys a relaxing stay at the Grand Velas Riviera Maya in Mexico, set between the Yucatan jungle and the Caribbean Sea

ands up if you’re spending hours on Pinterest looking at beaches and dreaming of a luxurious retreat with nothing to do but sunbathe, relax and be pampered? I admit doing the same, but more than found the solution with the five-star Grand Velas Riviera Maya in Mexico. Just 40 minutes from Cancun airport, this luxury all-inclusive resort is spread across a gargantuan 206-acre plot of Yucatan jungle and mangroves just beside the Caribbean Sea. The resort is split into three sections depending on your preferred holiday vibe: a family-friendly, tropical Zen Grand section, set in the Mayan jungle with glorious green views, the equally family-friendly Ambassador area with gorgeous beachfront suites (pictured) and the luxurious Grand Class part, which has dreamy family-friendly sea view suites and adult-only restaurant and pool areas. Throughout the resort, there are several pools, beaming staff members to whip up whatever you feel like drinking or eating, and best of all, 70 percent of the hotel’s enormous plot is natural, so you’re always close to a pristine beach, rows of neat palm trees or the lush, verdant jungle where you might spot monkeys, iguanas or deer.

The spacious, luxurious rooms are hard to tear yourselves away from, with heavenly beds, vast bathrooms with enormous tubs and all the luxurious extras you could conjure, from fresh flowers and a complimentary minibar to welcome bottles of tequila and surprise goodies on arrival. There are five fine dining options sure to delight gourmands, from the gourmet Mexican establishment, Frida, to the creative culinary adventure, Cocina de Autor, the first all-inclusive restaurant in the world to win an AAA Five Diamond Award. There are also three casual restaurants, five bars and three snack bars for when you’d like one course rather than a lavish feast. There’s even 24-hour in-suite dining! Needless to say, it can often be awkward as an observant Jewish tourist to explain our weird and wonderful way of doing things. But this is one place where you needn’t worry: Jewish guests are expertly catered for. Kosher meat is brought in from Playa del Carmen or Cancun, there’s a great selection of kosher wine and all the chefs understand the restrictions and quirks of keeping kosher. Alongside this, there’s also a deeply personalised and friendly service – when I went back to my room after dinner on Friday, there was a note in Hebrew wishing me a Shabbat Shalom, and

a bottle of kosher wine. Naturally, all this eating, drinking, tanning and lounging around can be taxing: one of the best places to de-stress is the 89,000 square foot spa, which offers Mexico-inspired treatments. One of these is a water ceremony, in which you enjoy a step-by-step journey through various water experiences, including a colour therapy steam room, sensation showers and a cold plunge pool, where you’re constantly given cucumbers, clay and hot or cold towels. Always on the hunt for a therapy to relieve my dry skin, I tried the organic kaab honey experience, which has a deep connection with the area, as the Mayans considered bees as a connection to the spiritual world. My skin had never felt as soft, and I felt so relaxed I could barely stagger to the all-day restaurant (again). It’s tempting to never leave the enormous hotel complex, with its wide array of luxurious facilities and everything from water sports to

exercise classes on offer activity-wise. There are clubs for teenagers and youngsters, with activities such as karaoke, mini golf and even dreamcatcher-making. I particularly enjoyed a paddle board yoga lesson, even if I did fall off my board more times than I care to remember. Also memorable was an evening cinema experience on the beach. The ever-attentive staff set up a giant inflatable cinema screen, with a constant supply of popcorn, sandwiches and wine. Heaven. Outside the resort, visitors can explore Chichén Itzá, the ancient Mayan ruins that represent one of the seven wonders of the world, and the Tulum Archaeological Site, one of the last cities built by this civilisation. The hotel can arrange tours to both sites, two hours and one hour away by car respectively – and it can even arrange tours to Chichen Itza, the ruins of Uxmal and the colonial city of Merida by private plane for unforgettable sightseeing in style.

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Orthodox Judaism

SEDRA Pesach 1st Day BY RABBI NAFTALI SCHIFF Families and friends gather around the seder table to retell an ancient story of slavery and liberation. Seder night is crucial to our national and religious identity and plays a major role in family traditions and Jewish continuity. However, participants of all ages – including youngsters – have heard it all before numerous times. How can we truly make this night different? The fact the Torah figuratively speaks of four sons, all with differing personalities, teaches us an important principle – one size does not fit all. This is hinted to in the verse instructing us to relate the story of the Exodus: “And you shall relate it to your son …” (Exodus, 13:8). Referring to the child in the singular is a hint each participant needs to be engaged in their own way. Seder night is also a time to speak. In fact, the word Pesach can be read as “Peh Sach”, a talking mouth. It presents a time to talk to one another in person. One of the major effects of slavery was that our forefathers were kept so busy they didn’t have time to think about anything other than their own immediate survival. This was all part of Pharoah’s plan to ensure compliance and forestall any chance of rebellion. In a world of instant online messaging, we can easily forget the art and importance of conversation. Seder night affords us time to discuss our values and listen to what people at varying ages and stages feel about their Jewish identity. Through engaging each individual around our table, a genuine connection can be built. An investment in seder night is time well spent.  Rabbi Naftali Schiff is founder and chief executive of Jewish Futures

What’s in a number?

This week, number...

Figuring out Jewish history

BY RABBI JEFF BERGER Chief Rabbi Mirivis in Parashat Shemini elegantly wrote that eight signifies the “bridge connecting humanity with the Divine”. Where number seven signified the natural world of creation and the perfection of humankind, and number nine represented the Almighty – because it fits perfectly in the world around it – the number eight serves as the bridge between them. In the Torah, we find many examples of the number eight. There were eight survivors in Noah’s Ark, who repopulated the world, the commandment of circumcision was performed on the eighth day after birth and newborn animals could only be brought as offerings from their eighth day of life onwards.

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Following the seven-day festival of Succot, there’s Shemini Atzeret. And after the seven-day festival of Pesach we’re commanded to count seven days multiplied by seven weeks and mark the 50th day (beginning of the eighth week) as Shavuot. According to the Chief Rabbi,

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the Divine presence rested on the Mishkan on the eighth day of its inauguration and the victory at Chanukah, which lasts eight days, was a form of Divine intervention that saved our Israelite ancestors. Some commentators, including the Kabbalistic Maharal of Prague (1520-1609), suggest that eight is the number above the natural order and, as such, it also represents the time of Messiah. Contemporary scholars suggest we live in a world of seven, where spirituality is hidden and impersonal, while the number eight serves as a catalyst for Divine revelation. Talmud Erakhin, quoting from Psalm 12:1, informs: ‘The harp of the temple had seven strings, but the harp of the Messiah will have eight.” May we be worthy of living in the Realm of eight!  Rabbi Jeff Berger is the founding rabbi of Rambam Sephardi Synagogue in Elstree/Borehamwood. He can be contacted at RabbiJeffLondon@gmail.com

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Progressive Judaism

Haggadah Says What? The new traditions of the seder plate BY RABBI DANNY RICH The traditional items on the seder plate – an egg, a shank bone, the karpas, charoset, maror and hazeret – all act as visual and gustatory symbols and reminders of the component parts of the Exodus story. They represent the bitterness and harshness of slavery, the saltiness of the tears of the oppressed, and the korban Pesach the priests would have offered in the Temple. In more modern times, Progressive Jews have used Passover as an apposite opportunity to infuse the seder with various themes, and sought to represent the diversity of their communities by making additions to the seder plate. Perhaps the most well-known of the new items on the seder plate is the orange, initiated in the 1980s by Professor Susannah Heschel, as a way of acknowledging the role of people who feel marginalised within the Jewish community. The orange is often accompanied

by Miriam’s Cup; a cup of water, a counterpart to Elijah’s Cup, that highlights Miriam’s role in delivering the Israelites from slavery and wandering in the wilderness. Additionally, the Fair Trade movement exists to promote economic partnerships based on equality, justice, and sustainable environmental practices. By including fairly-traded products in our seder, we are reminded that despite our own liberation from slavery, forced labour is still very much a modern issue. The seder is a good time to remember that not everyone has had the good fortune of escape from their own particular bondage, and that, ultimately, in the same way that we leave space at our seder table to welcome new guests so, too, can we make room on our seder plate for new concepts.  Rabbi Danny Rich is senior rabbi of Liberal Judaism

Progressively Speaking What is the significance of the Omer in today’s world? RABBI DEBBIE YOUNG-SOMERS Perhaps it is a cliché, but Pesach is our festival of freedom. Freedom from slavery, freedom to practice the rites and rituals of the tribe of Israel, freedom to walk towards our own future, held in our own hands. But freedom, unchecked, can become problematic. When every individual has unfettered freedoms that they use without consideration for anyone else at all, chaos, narcissism and in-fighting can be the result. This is why, in part, Pesach has become tethered to Shavuot, which comes seven weeks later, with the ritual of the counting of the Omer. Counting the Omer (first found in Leviticus, 23:15) was originally connected to the barley harvest; it ritually linked the community in Temple times to the farming season that led to Shavuot. This was when first fruits would have been offered and people would have gathered on mass at the Temple. But with the Temple gone, things

naturally began to take on new meanings beyond what was given in Torah. As Shavuot could no longer be a pilgrim festival where the bounty of the land was offered at the Temple, the rabbinic tradition connected it to the giving of Torah – a logical journey meaning we walk from the Exodus, and take seven weeks to arrive at Mount Sinai for the receiving of revelation. But we were freed from Egypt so we might be free to become responsible for our lives and for the gift of living and interpreting Torah in every generation. So Shavuot comes to represent our responsibilities.

And the Omer ties Pesach firmly to Shavuot. Freedom is not something that comes unfettered; it is tethered to our responsibilities. We cannot just be about ourselves, we have to take responsibility for one another and for the world around us. We count the days from Pesach to Shavuot to ritually remind us that we travel with our freedom, but it goes hand-in-hand with responsibility. We are stronger, and society is stronger, when we remember that freedom has to walk alongside responsibility. As we celebrate the festival of freedom, and many will make current enslavements and freedom struggles part of their sedarim, we begin a period of reflection in the Omer. If we can walk through the Omer remembering both our freedom and our responsibility, we might make the seder messages even more real.  Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers is community educator at the Movement for Reform Judaism

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DANCING WITH LOUISE Dear Louise I’ve recently had my second child and I’m finding it really hard to get back in shape and get my fitness levels up. I’m exhausted most of the time, but have dragged myself to yoga (the gym is not for me); however, I can’t seem to keep focused. If I’m being honest, I found it a little boring. I love dance and prefer to work out to music, but have been

told to work on my core strength now my daughter is three months old. Can you recommend a dance class focusing on core strength and toning ? Amanda Dear Amanda I can completely relate to the gym dread; I too find it hard to concentrate and work out to the best of my ability when there is no music playing for the moves to go along to. I would suggest giving ballet barre a go... ballet barre is huge in America and classes are becoming increasingly popular over here now, too. These classes are fantastic for dance and music lovers whose goal is to tone and sculpt. A good ballet barre class will provide an intense

for wholewheat matzah. Don’t graze on matzah – if you’re peckish reach for a piece of fruit or veg. 4. Avoid recipes with margarines and non-dairy whips. Substitute these with olive, hazelnut, walnut or grapeseed oils. 5. Prepare loads of vegetables for nibbling on or making salads. 6. Spiralise your vegetables and make a healthy alternative to spaghetti. 7. Stay hydrated – drink lots of water. Sometimes when you feel hungry, you are actually thirsty. 8. When it comes to meals, take one portion of food and don’t go back for seconds! 9. Use an omelette wrap as a healthy, lower calorie alternative to a matzah sandwich. 10. Stay active. Keep moving, walking, do a high intensity interval training (HIIT), go to the gym or a run. 11. And finally –relax! Sometimes a bit of rest and relaxation is exactly what our bodies need. We hope that you find this list useful but do not hesitate to contact us directly if you have any further questions. Wishing you a chag kasher v’sameach!

workout that will target both extrinsic (main muscles) and intrinsic (smaller hidden muscles) in a calm environment and you should see and feel the results almost instantaneously. It incorporates basic ballet barre movements with core toning exercises, and often teachers aim to work on individual goals and strengths. Our ballet barre classes attract a lovely group of women of all ages, shapes and sizes and are a real complement to other cardio workouts (Zumba/ running/ swimming etc..) especially as they provide a really good core workout. Let me know how you get on and if you manage to find a class near you. Mazal tov on the birth of your daughter!

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NANCYPrimary REUBEN PRIMARY SCHOOL Nancy Reuben School 48-51 Finchley Lane, Hendon NW4 1DJ

48 Finchley Lane, London, NW4 1DJ Head Teacher: Mr A Wolfson B. Ed (Hons); MA; M.Ed; NPQH Head of Kodesh: Rabbi J Conway

Nancy Reuben School is an Orthodox Jewishfor Independent Primary School is an Orthodox JewishPrimary Independent school in Hendon boys and school girls aged 2-11. ar the school has gone through a huge transformation with a new Leadership Team taking the Inclusion Leader rward to become a 'Good' Ofsted rated school. Required for September 2019 - Full Time

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We This areisseeking to appoint a an exciting and newly created Senior Leadership position Nancy Reuben Primary School is seeking an Inclusion Leader to enrich learning opportunities for

pupils and make a differencefrom to their lifeSeptember chances. The successful candidate will be an Key Stage our 2 Class Teacher 2018 outstanding practitioner with an excellent understanding of how children learn.

You will lead the Inclusion Team and be responsible for developing the strategic development of the school’s inclusion agenda for children with any additional need including gifted and talented, more able as well as SEND.

Initially to cover a maternity leave

This is a great opportunity for an energetic, dynamic and free-thinking teacher, who wants to make a significant and rapid impact. Successful candidates will be required to hold or will be supported to complete The National Award for SEN Coordination (NASENCO).

Part-time, although Full-Time would be considered

Due to the expansion of our early years we also require

piring and creative learning experiences for our children, be a fabulous team player, passionate EYFS Practitioner (Full Time / Term Time) t standards and outcomes for all pupils in your class. You must wholeheartedly support the Closing Date for applications: Wednesday 29th April 2019 mprovement agenda. Our ideal EYFS practitioner will be creative, highly-energetic, outstanding with children and dedicated to having fun. You will have excellent knowledge of the Early Years Foundation Stage Salary for the for right candidate and be is ablenegotiable to scaffold an environment child-led, play-based learning. You will join a dynamic team and work together to provide wonderful opportunities for children to explore and develop. Minimum qualifi is NVQ Level 3 in Childcare NQTs welcome tocation apply

Full Adverts, application forms and job descriptions available from www.nrps.co.uk/our-team/recruitment or by emailing recruitment@nrps.co.uk. If you would rd May 2018 12noon Closing Date: like to know more or23 arrange an informal visit, please email recruitment@nrps.co.uk All Salaries commensurate with 2018 experience Interviews: Afternoon of Friday 25th May For more information about the school, please see our website: www.nrps.co.uk

Communications and Content Manager The OCR is looking for a talented and creative Communications and Content Manager to join this fast-paced high-profile public office. The successful candidate will be responsible for the production and management of the digital and social media content, promoting the Chief Rabbi’s vision for the Jewish community. The role is suited to someone with an excellent understanding of the ever changing social media landscape and a skilled videographer. This is a full-time, permanent position based primarily at the OCR in North Finchley, but flexible working hours would be considered. Salary commensurate with experience.

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With the exciting news of our existing Deputy Head’s promotion to Headship, we are currently seeking to appoint a vibrant, creative, hardworking, positive and happy Assistant Headteacher who has a flexible attitude. You will take a central role in assisting the Headteacher, Deputy Headteacher and Governing Body to develop our school, in accordance with its shared values and our school development plans. You will be an experienced primary class teacher looking to develop as a leader of Teaching and Learning and a key member of our Senior Leadership Team.

Contract Term: Permanent Salary Range: £20,000 - £28,000 FTE (depending on experience) Sacks Morasha Jewish Primary School is seeking to appoint a friendly, professional and experienced School Administrator to support the Senior Leadership Team and teaching staff in the smooth running of the school. This is a rewarding opportunity for candidates who are looking to make a positive impact in a community school with Outstanding Pupil Behaviour (OFSTED) and are interested in becoming part of a happy, caring community of staff who put children at the heart of the learning process.

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• Be responsible for modelling good practice, developing relationships, supporting training and development and ensuring top-quality teaching to secure the smooth running of the school. • Collaborate to ensure that the school continues to offer a high quality, exciting, engaging, well-resourced, inclusive and well-matched curriculum for all children. • Be a model professional; setting an excellent example to teaching and support staff. • Will actively and demonstrably promote enrichment, entitlement and achievement through building and implementing agreed school policies.

All enquires and applications should be sent to hayley.gross@morashajps.org.uk by Monday 29th April. Interviews will take place on Tuesday 7th or Wednesday 8th May. Sacks Morasha Jewish Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS.

• Friendly, warm and passionate about creating a caring school environment? • Flexible, organised, efficient and able to meet deadlines? • Experienced in the use of all Microsoft Office programmes and school MIS Software – Scholarpack would be an advantage. • Able to work productively as part of a team with office, teaching & support Staff?

We can offer you:

• Excellent training and CPD to develop your skills/career. • A great staff team to work with. • Incredibly enthusiastic, well behaved & motivated students. • Support & guidance from a highly effective leadership team. • A commitment to supporting work/life balance.

Please email office.administrator@morashajps.org.uk for further information and to request an application pack. Sacks Morasha Jewish Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS.

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Jewish News and Malki have teamed up to offer two lucky readers a hamper filled with Malki Dead Sea products and luxury Belgian chocolates, worth £90 each! The Dead Sea is world famous for its mineral rich, therapeutic waters, with ancient royal fans ranging from the Queen of Sheba to Cleopatra. For centuries, thousands have visited to bathe in this unique place and enjoy the countless beauty benefits from the healing water. The waters of the Dead Sea are rich in health-giving minerals –

COMPETITION TERMS AND CONDITIONS: Two winners will receive a hamper of Malki Dead Sea products and Belgian chocolates worth £90. Prize is as stated, not transferable, not refundable and cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer or exchanged in whole or in part for cash. By supplying your email address, you agree to receive marketing information from the JN Media Group or any of its affiliates and carefully-selected third parties. The promotion excludes employees of Miroma and the promoter, their immediate families, their agents or anyone professionally connected to the relevant promotion. Proof of eligibility must be provided on request. For full Ts and Cs, see jewishnews.co.uk. Closing date: 2 May 2019

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Deafness separates people from people — Helen Keller

“

Why is this night different from all other nights? Because for the first time in years I’m going to be able to hear the service and join in the Seder. And it’s all thanks to JDA. They introduced me to this amazing piece of technology. It’s simple, portable and instantly I could hear more clearly. Now I can have proper conversations with my family. My best moment? When I hear my little Libby sing the Ma Nishtana. It may not be in tune, but I’ll love it anyway!

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