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RedShield RESPONDING FAST UNDER FIRE In the space of 36 hours, 700 rockets were fired into Israel from Gaza. The first alerts were heard on Saturday 4th May, and Magen David Adom teams were ready to respond. MDA stations were fully staffed with employees and volunteers, ready to save lives.

Over the two days of terror, Magen David Adom provided medical care to 135 people who were injured. There were also many calls from people suffering from stress related symptoms in the affected areas.

Thanks to the medicycles on the streets of Israel, Magen David Adom’s response times are fast enough to get to any crisis quickly.

When terror strikes in Israel, we are certainly thankful for this.

In times of trouble, we realise why Magen David Adom is such a unique service. Your donations continually help to save lives and allow MDA’s medicycles to be first, fast and FREE. MDA UK’s Chief Executive, Daniel Burger

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THAT’S DEDICATION This year Magen David Adom UK donors dedicated in excess of £500,000 of vehicles, equipment and resources to Magen David Adom in Israel over the Pesach period.

This year is the seventieth anniversary of Magen David Adom UK. Across the country we have been organising events and activities to mark this special occasion. For seven decades now, the UK Jewish community has shown incredible support for MDA - Israel’s only national medical emergency service. It is this generosity that enables our colleagues in Israel to provide outstanding lifesaving services.

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As you will read in this edition of Red Shield, we have dedicated numerous vehicles already this year. A special mention must go to our Christian Friends, who are celebrating their 13th birthday this year. They have been responsible for providing four medicycles - and it is only June! It is these vehicles that enable our nationwide fleet of first-responders to arrive first, fast and FREE. Grassroots support is essential to our cause. It is with this in mind that we have recruited Steven Jaffe as our first ever Community Engagement Manager. Steven will be working his way around the country, dedicating his time to committees and communities. If you would like him to come and visit your synagogue, community centre or even church, please be in touch.

As far as I’m concerned, Magen David Adom UK is just seventy years young. We are out and about, doing more than we have ever done before. The first six months of 2019 have been great - and there are even more celebratory events to come in the second half of the year.

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THE DEDICATIONS: Sue Rubin and Phillippa Cohen formally opened the new Simulation Room in memory of their mother, Joy Cohen Z”L, at the Magen David Adom Jerusalem Station. The first of its kind in Israel, the facility allows paramedics and volunteers to train for any eventuality in lifelike circumstances. At the same time, fellow family member Daniel Rubin dedicated a medicycle in memory of his grandfather, Denis Rubin.

This was followed up with the dedication of a Mobile Intensive Care Unit and an ambulance, donated by the Carter family as gifts to their children and late mother.

Two very special dedications followed, firstly a medicycle was gifted by Annette and Stephen Lambert in celebration of their Golden Wedding Anniversary and the second a milestone

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dedication, being the 70th medicycle donated as part of Magen David Adom UK’s successful ’70 for 70’ campaign. The honour of this donation fell to Suzanne and Michael Zeitlin and Family.

The final medicycle dedication was a gift to the people of Israel from Jani Jacobson and Fiona Maynard in memory of their late father Sonny David on behalf of the Esther and Harry Grosberg Foundation.

Immediately after Pesach, Magen David Adom stalwart Norman Rosenbaum prsenteted the 12th ambulance he has fundraised for amongst his community in Cockfosters and New Southgate Synagogue. The dedication that took place at the Magen David Adom Blood Services in Tel Hashomer, was shared with the Lee and Hamilton families.

Finally, an ambulance was dedicated by family Anisfeld in memory of Gilda & Louis Forman.

This year Israel’s first ever Mothers’ Milk Bank is set to open in Magen David Adom’s Jerusalem Station. The Mother’s Milk Bank is an innovative and revolutionary project, one that will impact families across Israel for many generations to come.

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Revealed: UK Jews helped save 8,000 from Nazis New documents bring remarkable World War Two mission to light EXCLUSIVE

By Jenni Frazer jenni@jennifrazer.com @Jennifrazer

British Jews helped save an estimated 8,000 people from the Holocaust by supporting a secret scheme run by Polish diplomats, newly-discovered documents seen by Jewish News reveal.

The dramatic operation, which took place from 1941 to 1943, was spearheaded by Poland’s consul in Switzerland, Konstanty Rokicki, and his colleagues, and was known as the Ładoś Group – after the ambassador of the day, Aleksander Ładoś.

Ambassador Jakub Kumoch, Poland’s current envoy in Bern, has been researching the story of the Ładoś Group for two years.

The operation, said Dr Kumoch, meant “the Embassy of Poland turned into a centre for forgery of

Jews saved by the scheme, which was funded by British Jews

[Latin American] passports and confirmation of citizenships”.

It worked like this: passports were bought, half of them from the honorary consul of Paraguay in Switzerland, and the remainder from the honorary consuls of Honduras, Haiti and Peru. All but one of the honorary consuls, notes Dr Kumoch, were Swiss “and their respective governments did not know what they were doing”.

The documents were then worked on in the Polish legation and forged in the new identities of Jews who would use the passports — not to travel to those countries, but to register with the Nazi authorities and be interned as citizens of the third countries.

In this way, an estimated 8,000 Jews avoided deportation to concentration camps.

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Pregnant MP ‘bullied’ over Williamson letter referred to the National Constitutional Committee, which alone has the power to expel members. After a two-day uproar, Williamson’s suspension was reinstated.

The whip had automatically been restored, but has been removed again as a result of a fresh investigation launched, pending a further decision by the NEC. Watson reacted angrily after reports on Tuesday that the Lewisham West and Penge CLP chair John Clark had received a request for a no-confidence in Reeves, who has represented the constituency for two years.

Watson tweeted: “A small group of members are trying to bully another pregnant MP out of the party. This reprehensible behaviour cannot be tolerated. We will not accept bullying and threats in our ranks. The entire shadow cabinet will want to publicly condemn this too.”

Young Labour chair Miriam Mirwitch, who is Jewish, said MPs who are pregnant or on maternity leave “should be automatically reselected… It’s wrong when bosses sack workers who are pregnant or on maternity leave. The same applies to MPs”.

Shadow Health Secretary Jonathan Ashworth described Reeves as “an excellent MP”, adding: “Ludicrous no-confidence motion should be binned.”

The Jewish Labour Movement tweeted: “Thank you for standing with us. We will stand with you against the cranks, antisemites, antisemitism apolW W W . T H E E Y E W A R E H O U S E . C O . U K ogists, stalinists and all other bullies currently inhabiting our MONDAY-FRIDAY SUNDAY once great party.”

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Labour’s shadow cabinet has been urged to condemn the “bullying” of a pregnant party MP who called for the whip to be removed from Chris Williamson, writes Adam Decker.

Deputy leader Tom Watson challenged the shadow cabinet this week to condemn the “reprehensible” behaviour of the Constituency Labour Party in Lewisham West and Penge, after reports emerged of a no-confidence motion in Labour MP Ellie Reeves.

Days earlier, Reeves – who is 22 weeks pregnant – was one of 121 Labour MPs and peers to sign a statement criticising the party’s National Executive Committee for deciding to end Williamson’s suspension with a reprimand.

Many had wanted the Derby North MP – a staunch supporter of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn – to be expelled, but the case was not

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Labour MP Ellie Reeves and Chris Williamson, who was suspended again last Friday

Party source as saying: “No motion has been formally moved or tabled. And in any case, motions of no-confidence have no formal standing and do not result in trigger ballots. Any MP who is on parental leave will not undergo reselection processes until they return from leave.”

Reeves, along with deputy Labour leader Tom Watson – the only member of the shadow cabinet – and the other MPs and peers signed a letter demanding Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn withdraw the whip from Williamson.

They urged Corbyn to “show leadership” and overturn the initial decision to readmit the Derby North MP into the party with a formal warning, before he was suspended for a second time last Friday.

The letter, signed by Lord Levy, Ruth Smeeth, Dames Louise Ellman and Margaret Hodge and Lord Dubs, describes the decision as “inappropriate, offensive and reputationally damaging”, and claims the disciplinary process remains mired by the “appearance of political interference”.

“Ultimately, it is for Jeremy Corbyn to

decide whether Chris Williamson retains the Labour whip,” the letter read. “He must remove it immediately if we are to stand any hope of persuading anyone that the Labour Party is taking antisemitism seriously.”

Williamson was suspended in February, accused of a “pattern of behaviour” regarding antisemitism. Incidents included a video of him saying the party had been “too apologetic” over antisemitism complaints; he had called antisemitism allegations “proxy wars and bull***t”, and he attacked critics of an activist suspended for antisemitism.

He had also scheduled in Parliament a screening of a documentary about Jackie Walker, another suspended party activist.

Jon Lansman, the founder of Momentum, said Williamson had not shown “one iota of contrition” for his comments and accused Williamson of showing “contempt” for the panel’s ruling after he tweeted that he had received an “avalanche” of support from grassroots members.

HOME SECRETARY MEETS BIBI IN JERUSALEM Home Secretary Sajid Javid placed a note between the stones of Jerusalem’s Western Wall this week during a threeday visit to Israel and the West Bank.

Before meeting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and after a “deeply moving and emotional” visit to the national Holocaust memorial and museum at Yad Vashem, Javid toured Jerusalem and became the first UK cabinet minister to pray at the Al-Aqsa Mosque, Islam’s third holiest site.

He said: “Freedom of religion and belief is a non-negotiable right for all peoples, and the UK government is committed to tackling antiMuslim hatred, antisemitism, the persecution of Christians

Sajid Javid paid his respects at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem

and any other impediments to this right both in the UK and around the world.”

Javid and Netanyahu said they discussed security cooperation, and the Israeli prime

minister thanked the home secretary for banning Hezbollah in its entirety earlier this year.

Israeli Minister of Public Security and Strategic Affairs

Gilad Erdan tweeted that it was “a pleasure to host my dear friend” while Javid tweeted the UK and Israel “share an unbreakable bond”.

Erdan earlier said that the pair “agreed to establish joint working groups on combating online threats such as exploitation of children and terrorist incitement, and on facing the challenge of drones”.

Javid also met with Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh and UN Middle East envoy Nicoklay Mladenov, and reaffirmed that the UK “remains committed to making progress towards a two-state solution… with Jerusalem as a shared capital”.  Sajid Javid, page 20

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Jeremy Hunt this week accused the Labour leader of harbouring “deeply-held prejudices” towards Jews as his campaign to become the next prime minister gathered pace.

In a wide-ranging interview with Jewish News, the foreign secretary also spoke of the importance of the UK-Israel relationship and why stopping Iran getting the bomb will be his “number one priority in the Middle East” if he enters Downing Street later this month.

Hunt recalled a Holocaust Educational Trust visit to Auschwitz with Rabbi Barry Marcus in his second year as an MP as “the single most emotional day in my time in Parliament”.

He said: “When I went to Auschwitz, I rather complacently said to myself, ‘thank goodness we don’t have to worry about that kind of thing happening in the UK’, but now I find myself faced Jeremy Hunt has his eyes on Downing Street

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with the leader of the Labour Party who has opened the door to antisemitism in a way that is truly frightening.”

Asked if he concurred with former leadership contender Matt Hancock’s description of Jeremy Corbyn as an antisemite, he said: “He has turned a blind eye to antisemitism, and he has crossed the line from criticising Israel and its foreign policy – which everyone has a legitimate right to do – to criticising Jewish people. I think some of his comments, for example about Jewish people not understanding English irony, betray some deeplyheld prejudices which ought to worry people.”

Corbyn faced widespread condemnation last year after a video surfaced of him describing a group of British Zionists of lacking any “sense of irony” despite having lived in this country “for a very long time”. The Labour chief said he had not used the term as a “euphemism for Jewish people”.

If Hunt defeats the favourite Boris Johnson [[pictured, pictured, right right]] to the top job, he vows to fund security for Jewish communal buildings to at least the current levels, and offered an unequivocal “yes” when asked if he would protect the rights of Jews and Muslims to carry out religious slaughter.

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then Corbyn... back, despite strong opposition to the planned location. “You can never have too much to remind people of that simple message ‘never again’,” he said.

On bilateral relations with the Jewish state, he said: “The way I look at our relationship with Israel is that there are things we don’t agree with and we are very open about those. But, in the end, the big battle is going to be between open and closed societies, between societies that share our democratic values and those that don’t.

“In that respect, Israel is a beacon of light in the most troubled and dangerous region of the world. I think Britain’s role post-Brexit is to be the invisible chain linking the democracies of the world, making sure we stand together against the threats we jointly face.

“Israel is part of that invisible chain because of its commitment to democratic western values – and we should never forget that.”

Hunt said he “completely gets the importance of the symbolism” of moving an embassy to Jerusalem, as America did last year.

“All of these things is possible when you have a negotiated peace,” he said.

But asked if he would consider it before a deal between Israel and the Palestinians, he said only: “I think it has to happen in the context of what is the most likely thing that would allow a peace process to start and be concluded successfully.”

Hunt’s support was seen as crucial in Home Secretary Sajid Javid’s decision to finally outlaw Hezbollah in full, breaking with the EU in doing so. He has now pledged to “look very closely” at concerns – expressed in a Brexit paper by the Jewish Leadership Council and Board of Deputies – that some antisemitic terror groups proscribed under EU law but not in the UK could no longer be subject to sanctions if the UK doesn’t take action on leaving the EU. They include Hamas’ military

“That has been our number one priority for the Middle East for some time, and it will continue to be my number one priority as prime minister.”

With three weeks until the new Tory leader and prime minister is announced, Johnson continues to hold a big lead in the race for support among Conservative members. But a YouGov poll at the weekend suggested Hunt had overtaken his rival when it comes to who voters in general hope will succeed Theresa May. “How am I going do I beat Jeremy Corbyn?” he asked. “Look at what I’ve done in a week.

To win an election, we’ve got to appeal not to just the Conservative Party base, but to the whole country – and I am the person who can do that.

“The lesson in British politics is that once you deliver Brexit, the way you win an election is by appealing to the centre ground. I won my seat against the Liberal Democrats – it was one of the most marginal seats in the country – and that is the battle I’ve been fighting my whole life.”

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wing and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.

Speaking as Tehran announced it had enriched more uranium than permitted under the nuclear deal, the foreign secretary insisted: “We are trying to preserve a non-nuclear Iran. We are strong supporters of the deal because we think Israel and the Middle East is safer today than it would have been if Iran had gone ahead and developed a nuclear weapon.

“When that deal was signed, Iran was reported to be 18 months out from having its own nuclear weapon. As foreign secretary, I’ve made it very clear that if they don’t comply, there will, of course, be consequences.”

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METRO SORRY FOR PUBLISHING LETTER The Metro newspaper has issued an apology after printing an anonymous letter in Friday’s edition which accused Jewish people of “hating Palestinians”.

The apology came after it printed a letter stating: “What about the Jewish people’s hatred towards the Palestinians?” On Tuesday, a correction and apology appeared, stating: “We would like to apologise for any offence this caused. Metro does not endorse racial or religious bigotry of any kind.”

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British IDF icon mourned Ambassadors and military chiefs have paid their respects to a non-Jewish soldier from south London who set up Israel’s first paratrooper regiment, as he was buried at a church in Norfolk this week, writes Stephen Oryszczuk.

Israeli Ambassador Mark Regev, and former Chief of the General Staff Lord Richard Dannatt, made their way to St Andrews Church in South Lopham for the funeral of Tom Derek Bowden, who died earlier this month aged 98.

Bowden was described as “a hero of Israel” who lived “an extraordinary life”, which included fighting for Britain in the Second World War and getting injured in a cavalry charge in Syria alongside Moshe Dayan, Israel’s future military leader, who lost an eye in the same battle.

Despite not being Jewish or religious, Bowden went to fight for the new state of Israel in the 1948 War of Independence as one of 5,000 foreign fighters known by the Hebrew acronym ‘Machal’. He later commanded Israel’s first paratrooper regiment and wrote the Israel Defence Force’s first operations manual.

Accompanying Regev was Israel’s defence attaché lieutenant commander as well as current and former British soldiers and armed forces chaplain Rabbi Reuben Livingstone, who spoke at the service.

“Tom Derek Bowden was an extraordinary man who lived many lives in his 98 years,” said Livingstone. “He is nothing less than a hero for the state of Israel and the Jewish people

Israeli Ambassador Mark Regev with former soldiers at the funeral of Tom Bowden, pictured inset. Top right: Regev with Lord Richard Dannatt. Photos by Stan Kaye

for his fighting contribution to Machal and the IDF’s 7th Brigade and his establishment of the parachute school at Tel Nof.” Bowden enlisted with the British Army in 1938, aged 17. During the war, he was imprisoned in Bergen-Belsen for a month, where he saw the horrors of the Holocaust first-hand, and later said this played a role in his decision to fight for Israel.

He also had several Jewish friends while growing up in south London and developed an affinity for a community with whose music, dancing and traditions he had become familiar.

Although he was not religious, and had no in-depth understanding of Zionism, he was greatly influenced by the famously pro-Zionist Christian officer Orde Wingate, who taught

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Bowden fought some of the most ferocious battles of the Second World War, mainly in British Mandate Palestine. In 1942, he led a cavalry charge in Syria against the Vichy French. His men, wearing red cloaks, were armed with First World War rifles and sabres.

His leg was badly injured in battle, but six months later he was back on the battlefield, volunteering for a parachute brigade being recruited near the Suez Canal. His job was to drop flares ahead of parachute landings along the North African coast and in occupied Europe.

In 1944, parachuting into Arnhem, his leg was injured again and he was captured and taken to a prison camp hospital near Hanover. After

an escape and subsequent recapture, he was found to have diaries and letters from Jewish friends and girlfriends in Palestine.

When the SS officer who questioned him saw these papers, “he told me he would show me how the Germans treated Jews, and I was sent for a month to BergenBelsen”, where he piled corpses onto carts and tipped them into pits during a typhus outbreak. The experience made it an easy decision to go to Haifa in 1948 to enlist. Israelis called him Captain David Appel, because one of the only Hebrew words he knew was the word for ‘apple’.

After the War of Independence he founded the IDF Parachute School, wrote the manual of operations and helped lead the Tzanchanim – the Israeli Paratroopers brigade – which was crucial to Israel’s military victories in 1956 and 1967.

He met his wife Eva in Israel, but later returned to England, becoming a farmer in Norfolk. He was buried alongside Eva in Diss cemetery. “He married an Israeli and retained until the end a love of Israel and its people,” reflected Livingstone.

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Health prize for primary school Simon Marks Jewish Primary School has won a top health award supported by London Mayor Sadiq Khan, writes Mathilde Frot.

It was the only Jewish school to get a gold award at a ceremony at City Hall, attended by Deputy Mayor for Education and Childcare, Joanne McCartney.

The Healthy Schools London, which also offers bronze and silver awards, was launched in 2013 to encourage health and well-being among schoolchildren. To win the top award, schools must show they have made changes to engage and help pupils maintain a healthy weight, lifestyle and well-being.

Simon Marks introduced a number of measures to promote

health and well-being, including encouraging children to participate in physical activities during break times and introducing salad bars, juices and smoothies to the lunch menu.

Teacher Syed Gilani, who attended the ceremony with learning mentor Jackie Osborne, congratulated parents, pupils and staff for their efforts throughout the year. “We are the only school in Hackney to have achieved the gold award so it was an extremely proud moment,” he said.

Headteacher Gulcan Asdoyuran added: “We are thrilled to be the first school in Hackney to receive the award. To be recognised for our efforts is wonderful.

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“It has been wonderful to see all our children and staff enjoying our many initiatives.”

Other Jewish schools have received gold awards in pre-

vious years, including Beit Shvidler Primary School in Edgware in 2016 and Wolfson Hillel Primary School in Southgate in 2015.

Shuls ready for green Shabbat Synagogues are being asked to host a “green Shabbat” this weekend to tie in with the London Climate Action Week.

Participants can register with Eco Synagogue to spend Shabbat learning about climate change, cutting waste with a Green Kiddush, eliminating single-use plastics and reducing their carbon footprint. Several shuls are inviting speakers, hosting conversations or arranging screen-

ings of Sir David Attenborough’s Climate Change – The Facts.

Shuls can get help to conduct an ecoaudit, which signposts actions to make the synagogue more sustainable, such as by sourcing local food or switching energy supplier.

Yonatan Galon of JNF UK, said: “Green Shabbat is the perfect opportunity to think about the impact we can all have to protect the planet.”

UK JEWS HELPED WITH HOLOCAUST RESCUE Continued from page 1 About half of the passports, says Dr Kumoch, were “documents of Paraguay forged by Konstanty Rokicki”. He was Poland’s consul in Bern and was named earlier this year as Righteous Among The Nations by Yad Vashem in Jerusalem. However, since the work was also carried out by other diplo-

mats, including Ambassador Ładoś, Julius Kuhl and Stefan Ryniewicz, Rokicki’s cousin refused to accept the Yad Vashem honour until the contribution of the others was recognised.

The passports cost a great deal — between 500 and 700 Swiss francs, sometimes more. But the recent document, which shows the funding of the

operation primarily came from Jews in Britain (an estimated £220,000), has “astonished” Dr Kumoch. He says: “Previously we believed that the World Jewish Congress and government of Poland, together with [the strictlyOrthodox Jewish organisation] Agudath Yisrael, co-financed the operation. We now know channels were

opened in Washington and London so members of local Jewish communities could transfer money to their Swiss relatives — and then the latter could buy passports for members of their families in Nazi held territories”.

Rokicki died in a homeless shelter in 1958, His grave shows him as someone who rescued people in the Holocaust.

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Foul play / News briefs / News NEWS IN BRIEF

MAN SHOUTED ‘KILL JEWS’ IN HACKNEY A man has shouted “kill all Jews” at schoolchildren and then assaulted a Jewish man in Hackney, it is alleged. Police arrested a man on suspicion of attempted robbery and public order offence after the incident on Upper Clapton Road at around 5pm on Monday. The victim, in his 60s, claimed he was apprehended by a man who racially abused him and demanded money before assaulting him. Any witnesses to the incident have been asked to contact the police on 101 (reference CAD6037).

MAN CHARGED OVER KNIFE THREATS A 34-year-old man was due to appear in court yesterday after a Jewish man was allegedly threatened with a knife in broad daylight on Dunbridge Street in Tower Hamlets on Monday.

Rashid Ahmed, from Bethnal Green, was charged on Tuesday with a racially aggravated public order offence, possession of a knife/blade in a public place, and use threatening words and behaviour with intent.

Anti-Jewish trolls hijack kit launch Adidas UK told The Arsenal has condemned Guardian: “As part antisemitic trolls who of our partnership hijacked the football launch with Arsenal, club’s new kit launch, we have been made writes Jack Mendel. aware of the abuse of A social media inia Twitter personalitiative by Adidas, inviting sation mechanic crepeople to personalise ated to allow excited the kit with Twitter hanfans to get their name dles, backfired spectacuon the back of the larly when terms such as new jersey. @GasAllJewss appeared “Due to a small on the back of the north minority creating London team’s famous offensive versions of red and white shirts. this, we have immeThe manufacturer diately turned off the suspended its ‘Dare To functionality and the Create’ scheme, in which Twitter team will be people’s Twitter haninvestigating.” dles appeared on the Arsenal FC told new strips, alongside the The Arsenal kit was targeted online Jewish News: “We message “This is home. condemn the use of language of this nature, Welcome to the squad”.

Handles, including ‘GasAllJewss’ and which has no place in society. We work hard to ‘Innocent Hitler’ appeared, leading to Adidas encourage diversity and inclusion through our Arsenal for Everyone programme, launched UK sending out tweets greeting them.

Other offensive messages called for the in 2008, as a celebration of the diversity of death of black people, referenced the Hills- the Arsenal family. Arsenal strives to ensure borough tragedy and Madeleine McCann, the everyone associated with the club feels an equal sense of belonging.” young girl who went missing in 2007.

SCHOOL GETS LODGE FOR DRAMA THERAPY Philanthropists have donated a £4,000 learning lodge to Gesher School, a school for children with special educational needs in Willesden.

The new cabin will be used for drama therapy to enable children aged between five and 11 to have a safe space to express themselves.

It was donated by the UK branch of Lion of Judah, an international network of female philanthropists supported by the charity United Jewish Israel Appeal.

Lion of Judah UK chair Karen Goodkind said the group was “delighted” to make the

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Gesher co-founders Ali Durban and Sarah Sultman expressed their gratitude, saying: “The mental health and emotional well-being of children is a key focus at Gesher and drama therapy provides a critical foundation for this.”

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A UK publisher has scrapped the production of a book that critics say promotes antisemitic conspiracy theories. Penguin Random House UK announced it would no longer print Pedro Baños’ How They Rule the World: The 22 Secret Strategies of Global Power, after finding the original deals with the Rothschilds.

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News/ Tribute fundraiser / Housing appeal / Envoy walkabout NEWS IN BRIEF

‘COLLABORATE’ TO BEAT HATE CRIMES Hate crimes against faith and community organisations are best tackled collectively by all faiths and communities acting in concert, a new report advises. The briefing paper, titled ‘Hate Crime, Faith and Belonging’, was compiled by the Faith & Belief Forum and the Department of Psychosocial Studies at Birkbeck. It recommends responses to hate crimes should include “prosecuting offenders to show it is unacceptable” and “promoting messages of belonging in response to the crime’s exclusionary messages”. It recommends responses “should be collaborative”.

BRITISH EMUNAH’S CHIEF QUITS CHARITY British Emunah’s chief executive Lynda Dullop has left the organisation after three months due to health issues.Chair Rosalyn Liss this week paid tribute to her time at the organisation, saying: “We are sorry to see Lynda go and wish her well for the future.” The charity, which raises funds for at-risk and vulnerable children and families through 37 projects in Israel, said arrangements are being put in place.

10k run for ex-JFS pupil Friends of a former JFS pupil “with a heart of gold” who died aged 33 are to run 10km to raise money for 100 people to be screened for cardiac conditions in his memory.

Former business development manager Nick Stanley, from Chigwell, died last month after playing football at Kantor King Solomon School in Ilford.

Elliot Taylor, 29, his wife Danielle, 27, Joshua Gladstein, 29, his wife Sophie, 28, and Jeremy Shaw, 33, and his wife Lisa, 30, hope to raise more than £5,000 for the charity Cardiac Risk in the Young to host free cardiac screenings for 100 people aged between 14 and 35.

Nick Stanley with his group of friends

The group will take part in the Shoreditch 10K Adidas City Run next month and the Lee Valley VeloPark race at Stratford’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in August.

They have so far raised more than £2,700.

Gladstein, who was with Stanley just before he died, said: “Nick was a devoted and wonderful husband. He was an amazing guy, with a fantastic personality and a heart of gold.”

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SINGER SAYS SORRY TO RILEY AND OBERMAN everyone is going The lead singer to wind up with and frontman of someone on the the English rock left being physiband Reverend cally harmed”. and The Makers Wr i t i n g apologised to that he “can be Rachel Riley a d**khead on and Tracy Ann Sorry: Jon McClure Oberman following an ugly Twitter”, McClure admitted making “mean spirited” comTwitter spat.

Jon McClure apologised ments and retweeting “defamto both the Countdown pre- atory” material.

He wrote: “I’ve come to senter and the former EastEnders actor for “any hurt learn that much of what has or offence” caused by sev- been spread has been done by eral tweets about the pair, those with deeply-held antiwho have publicly called out semitic beliefs, which I wholly disown, and I truly regret my antisemitism on social media.

He also claimed their “con- part in lending them false stant outrage at everything and credibility.”

Housing group wins appeal A Jewish housing association celebrated a major Court of Appeal victory after a nonJewish family sought to challenge its practice of allocating social housing only to Jews.

The case concerned Agudas Israel Housing Association (AIHA), a charity based in Hackney that owns 470 prop-

erties across the borough and provides housing to members of the Orthodox Jewish community.

The appellant, a single nonJewish mother of four children, one of whom has severe autism, challenged AIHA’s practice of offering housing “only to members of the Orthodox Jewish

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All parties accepted AIHA’s arrangements amounted to “direct discrimination on the ground of religion”, but judges held it was lawful, because it was “a proportionate means of overcoming a disadvantage shared by the Orthodox Jewish community”.

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UK campaigners mark Stonewall anniversary Fifty years ago, clashes between police and protesters outside a gay bar in New York City’s Greenwich Village galvanised a generation, inspiring Pride parades around the world, writes Mathilde Frot.

“I always felt proud of them, and that they were heroes and not victims,” lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) campaigner Shaan Knan told Jewish News, referring to the patrons of the Stonewall Inn, who helped spark the modern gay rights movement.

Across the pond, British Jewish activists championed LGBT rights from the 1960s and 1970s to this day,

right through the AIDS outbreak of the late 1980s.

“During the AIDS crisis, a lot of Jews stepped up and have been taking care of people who were in a bad situation. Jews, no matter from which strand, have always been at the forefront,” Knan said.

Knan is the project manager of Rainbow Jews, an oral history project hosted by Liberal Judaism after a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund. It shines a spotlight on the lives of LGBT people in the Jewish community from the 1960s to today.

“Projects such as Rainbow Jews

have helped not just grow awareness, but also ensure recognition of people who have been involved,” he said.

Rabbi Elli Tikvah Sarah, of Brighton and Hove Progressive Synagogue, said the Jewish contribution to the movement has not been recognised. “We are a terribly insignificant minority, yet we have played a big role,” she said.

“There are amazing things going on in the Jewish world that’s offering leadership on global issues that people don’t recognise.”

Sarah became one of the first ‘out’ lesbians to be ordained in 1989.

“We’ve been part of a phenom-

Students in New York mark the 50th anniversary

enon,” she said. “Liberal Judaism were the first – the Quakers also at a similar time – we led the way on the campaign for same-sex marriage in the religious world.”

Jewish communities, particularly among Liberal Judaism congrega-

tions, made great strides, she said, but challenges still persist.

“There remains a lot to be done.

There’s transphobia, bullying in schools. We can’t be complacent at all.

You know, what they say, ‘the price of freedom is eternal vigilance’.”

Youth groups reach out after teen dies Five former and current Bnei Akiva leaders from the UK have offered to support students following the tragic death of a South African teen.

Adam Seef, who had grown up within the youth movement, was on a two-week programme with another organisation when he took his own

life, describing in a note left on his phone his struggles with adulthood, his identity and sexuality.

“He felt the pain was too deep to live with,” Adam’s family wrote on Facebook. “We are devastated and heartbroken by the untimely death of our son Adam while on a trip on Israel.

“If only Adam had shared his internal struggles, we would have accepted him for who he was. In his mind he felt that society would never accept him,” they added. “Adam was so loved and so accepted by all.

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Special Report / 100 years of UJS

The student century As the Union of Jewish Students approaches its 100th birthday, the vault doors have been flung open and Jewish News invited in. A particularly well-documented period was the late 1970s and early 1980s. Those active in student politics then would now be in their 50s and 60s. Among the nuggets we unearthed were the beginnings of Jewish student feminism, the birth of Limmud, the Oxford mansion left to students but sold off by Jewish leaders and the advent of computers – which students needed the United Synagogue to help them use BEGINNINGS OF JEWISH STUDENT FEMINISM

In September 1980, Danny Ries described how she, Sarah Shaps and Erica Burman tried to start the first Jewish feminist group at that year’s Union of Jewish Students (UJS) conference. “The amount of ridicule and even hostility was surprising at the mention of the word ‘feminism’, from the women as well as the men,” she wrote. “We began wondering how much these students actually thought about their roles as Jewish ‘women’ in UJS. Still, three was a beginning. Approaching individuals away from conference, the reactions and responses were miraculously changed.”

She described grappling with the new group’s identity and rules.

“For instance, should the emphasis be on the ‘Jewish’ or the ‘feminist’?

What about men – should they be allowed to participate? What about non-students? To help and advise us, Erica invited Elena Moses from the Cambridge Jewish Socialist Group, as well as Shushana Simons, who co-founded the Jewish Feminist Group. I can’t begin to explain the feelings of renewed hope and anticipation – as well as apprehen-

Above: Ben Rich, Joanna Maissel, Harvey Belovski, Alan Samuels and Laura Miller at Conference in 1988 Right: Jon Mendelsohn, Adam Rose, Stephen P. Kurer and Elliot Renton at Hayes conference centre

sion – when we heard that they, too, were faced with much hostility and scepticism when they started out.

The only thing to do is to grit your teeth and get on with it.”

The group launched at Hillel House with 20 participants, a mix of students, ex-students, wouldbe students and Jewish working women. “Opinions were shyly concealed at first, although remarkably similar,” Ries wrote. “By the end of the day, all hopes, worries and fears were forgotten – well, almost… We hadn’t decided what to do about the men/women invitees problem, the religious/secular bias, the student or non-student dilemma, nor had we set a date for the next seminar.”

Did it end there, with one meeting, or did someone continue it? Answers on a postcard.

BEGINNINGS OF LIMMUD

Alastair Falk, among the first Limmud coordinators, later led Britain’s Jewish education umbrella group Partnerships for Jewish Schools (PaJeS). Back in 1980, he wrote that British educators were planning something new.

In 1976, a group of students in America created a structure that totally changed the face of Jewish

Those were the days: Adam Rose, Elliot Renton, Sarah Miller and Stephen P. Kurer at a UJS event

education in the USA. Called Coalition for Alternatives in Jewish Education (CAJE), it has now grown to the extent that its recent conference in California was attended by 1,200 Jewish educators. Not only was there a large spread of ages, experience and geographical origins, it spanned virtually the entire religious spectrum, from Reconstructionist to Lubavitch.

Inspired by the success of CAJE, a group of teachers and individuals in England are planning a similar non-sectarian educational venture in December. Called Limmud, it will be a four-day practical forum where approximately 40 sessions will be on offer, from ‘new methods of teaching Hebrew’ to ‘television in the Jewish classroom’.”

Falk said: “Limmud can cater for the specific Jewish educational problems faced by students, since one of its unique features is its open session policy. Anyone can offer to give a session at Limmud. The only criterion is that it is practical.

“UJS conference gave its support to the creation of a practical, community-wide educational forum where ideas, methods and materials could be shared freely, and where the needs and problems of those at the grassroots were the prime concern. With the creation of Limmud, this has happened. We believe students in Britain must be involved in this new development.”

ONE FOR OXFORD’S JEWISH STUDENTS

Today, students at the University of Oxford have to pay up to £5,000 for 175 days’ food and lodgings at the more prestigious colleges. Yet

for Jewish students it needn’t have been so. Oxford academic Dr Felix Sieburg, who had fled the Nazis, passed away in the late 1970s, leaving his large Oxford home “for the accommodation of Jewish students in Oxford”.

What happened? An Oxford student at the time wrote that “Dr Sieburg’s home was never let to Jewish students, and some months ago the trustees sold the property without consulting either the local Jewish society or the Hillel Foundation”.

Freda Silver, who then headed the Oxford Jewish community, said she and others had “a clear conscience” and “do not recognise any legal or moral obligation” to provide accommodation to Jewish students in Oxford. To add insult to injury, Dr David Lewis, an Oxford don and Jewish community trustee, said the house was sold “because it was not bringing in any money”. No, if the likes of Dr Lewis weren’t letting it out to students, it wouldn’t be. The then UJS president sighed. “At a time of anti-Zionism on campus,” he wrote, “it is sad to have to fight for the rights of Jewish students within our own community.”

SO, YOU’RE A ZIONIST?

TOUGH SUMMER

MOVING WITH THE TIMES

Times appear to have changed. In 1981, student Mike Glass recalled his Israel Tour as “primarily concerned with seeing Israel in a different light, with the concentration on biblical connections in hotly-disputed territory… There were ninehour walks in 95 degree heat in the Judean desert requiring ropes and pegs and having to swim through about 12 stagnant pools on our way to the Dead Sea”.

While Salford is today the beating heart of the north-west’s Jewish community, in 1976-77 Salford University Students Union said Zionism was “a discriminatory, racist and unjust ideology which discriminates between Jew and non-Jew” and “like apartheid… The essence of racism is the mythical belief in race superiority. The South African racists, the Zionists and the fascists all share this belief. Each professes to be the Chosen People”.

At Salford University, Zionist meetings were banned and the Jewish Society was forbidden to set up a bookstall or distribute pro-Israel leaflets. UJS fieldworker Alan Elsner wrote that similar antiZionist motions were put forward at Lancaster, York and Essex. “At York, the Jewish society was summoned to a meeting of the union council and asked if it was Zionist,” he wrote. “The society replied it was. The union baulked at the prospect of banning Jewish Society meetings. Eventually... the union voted that the Jewish Society was not Zionist, even though the society continued to maintain it was!”

Our archive trawl uncovered the only known example of Jewish students needing the United Synagogue (US)’s help when it comes to technology. The UJS Report of 1989/90 noted that “the introduction of the new telephone system and computer/word processor has been a factor in the overall professionalisation of UJS, but there is still too much reliance on the US for guidance in using it”.

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World News / Shul fears / Mosque donation NEWS IN BRIEF

SINGER SET TO STEP DOWN AT WJC CHIEF The chief executive of the World Jewish Congress is to step down after six years. Robert Singer, who was born in Ukraine before moving to Israel aged 15, worked in the Israeli prime minister’s office for 12 years, and this week said he was returning to Israeli politics but leaving World Jewish Congress in a better shape. “The organisation functions as the preeminent diplomatic arm of world Jewry,” he said. “No leader stands beyond our reach, no door is left unopened for us.”

CANADA ADOPTS IHRA DEFINITION Canada will adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism.

Minister of Canadian Heritage and Multiculturalism Pablo Rodríguez made the announcement last Tuesday, saying the decision was part of the government’s antiracism strategy, the £35 million Foundation for Change: Canada’s Anti-Racism Strategy 2019–2022.

B’nai Brith Canada called the adoption “a step in the right direction”.

Shulgoers are evicted Armed guards dressed in balaclavas descended on a Krakow synagogue on Monday morning, turfing worshippers out onto the street and chaining the entrance.

Jews were left to pray outside the Chabad-run Izaak Synagogue, one of seven in the Polish city owned by the Jewish Religious Community of Krakow (Gmina), which is run by members of the same family.

Worshippers said the synagogue’s rent had been hiked by 1,000 percent, and that the dispute was currently subject to legal proceedings.

One resident said: “The sight of armed and masked guards blocking the entrance to the shul was deeply upsetting... A 90-year-old Holocaust survivor, Dov Landau, was in tears.

‘Deeply upsetting’ scenes at shul

He said it reminded him of the horrors he experienced 80 years ago.”

The dispute led to water and electricity to the synagogue being turned

off, prompting the shul’s Rabbi Eliezer Gurary to buy a generator.

In a message to Gmina president Tadeusz Jakubowicz, Poland’s Chief Rabbi Michael Schudrich chastised the family for using Jewish communal property “as private properties, only concerned with maximising profit”. He said: “The Izaak shul is fulfilling the responsibility of our Jewish community. This should be supported and applauded. Instead, the electricity was cut off, then the water was cut off [then] masked guards were posted to prevent Jews from attending the morning minyan.

“I call on the Gmina to fulfil the elemental responsibility of every Jewish community: open the doors of the shul and allow Jews to pray.”

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TEEN SHOT DEAD IN JERUSALEM AFTER THROWING FIRECRACKER Police in Jerusalem shot and killed a 19-year-old amid riots in the eastern neighbourhood of Isawiya.

Mohammed Abid launched a firecracker from short range at police during riots last Thursday, police told Israel Hayom. Officers fired back at him to neutralise a threat, police said. Abid was recently jailed by Israel for planning to carry out a shooting attack, the report said. He was released in recent weeks.

£500K RAISED FOR NZ MOSQUE Jewish groups around the world have donated more than £500,000 to the families of those killed in the Christchurch mosque attacks in New Zealand in March.

Organisations from the US, Australia and New Zealand pledged the sum this week after 52 people were killed in attacks on the Al Noor and Linwood mosques earlier this year.

Among the main fundraisers was the Jewish community of Pittsburgh, which was hit with its own tragedy last October, after a far-right gunman entered a shul and killed 11 people and injuring seven.

Stephen Goodman of the New Zealand Jewish Council said there was a very natural desire to set up the NZ Abrahamic fund to support

the country’s Islamic community.

“Our faith has a shared Abrahamic tradition, and Jews and Muslims have suffered persecution and racism historically, and today,” he said. “The Jewish community wanted the victims of the mosque attacks to know that we see them, we empathise with them, and we support them.”

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They don’t make ‘em like that any more Tom Derek Bowden, who died last month aged 98, would have raised an eyebrow if he had seen who attended his funeral in the sleepy village of South Lopham in Norfolk, which has a population of 370.

Mingling with locals, who for the large part had no idea about Bowden’s exploits, was the Israeli ambassador, the Israeli defence attaché, the Senior Jewish Chaplain to the British Armed Forces, and the former Chief of the General Staff Lord Dannatt, for several years Britain’s most senior soldier.

They all came to doff their hats to dear Tom. Words like ‘hero’ and ‘extraordinary’ are over-used, but more than appropriate here. By his early 20s, Tom had shunned the luxuries his wealthy family’s business bestowed, signed up to the British Army, led cavalry charges in Syria alongside Moshe Dayan, fought running battles in Palestine and volunteered to be parachuted into Germany, where he was captured, interrogated and sent to Bergen-Belsen to help clear corpses during a typhus outbreak.

Bowden was not Jewish, but after the Second World War he went to Haifa to help Jews form and defend their nascent State of Israel, because – as he said – Arabs “were going to kill the whole sodding lot of them! I’d seen enough annihilation.”

He fought for the IDF in the War of Independence in 1948, commanded Israel’s first paratrooper regiment and wrote the IDF’s first operations manual.

He married a Jewish woman, Eva, who had fled Germany after Kristallnacht, and returned to England where the couple established a pig farm. He never shouted about his wartime or post-war exploits, but was always proud of them.

That Israel and Britain’s most senior diplomatic and military figures should head out to a surprised South Lopham to pay their respects is testament to how much his efforts were appreciated.

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No hiding the awful truth I read with respect the letter by Samantha Langdon in last week’s issue of Jewish News, who feels that publicity about the work of Jewish Women’s Aid (JWA) need not be so explicit about revealing the sad and dreadful situations we must deal with every single day.

Unfortunately, as the article by Naomi Dickson spelt out so clearly, these situations are real and happening.

After 30 years of experience, we can assert that the only way to reach some women who are suffering in silence is to publicise informa-

Sketches & kvetches

Petition misses point A petition demanding Jeremy Hunt apologises for comments made about Jeremy Corbyn and antisemitism in his interview with Jewish News this week has attracted more than 12,000 backers in a day.

If the foreign secretary had been trying to imply Jeremy Corbyn is a modernday Hitler, as the petition wildly claims, his rhetoric would have been rightly considered hyperbole. But this was clearly not his intention.

Instead, Hunt sought to reflect concerns about Corbyn’s past record and the debacle that is his party’s handling of antisemitism. For the overwhelming majority of British Jews, the prospect of Corbyn becoming prime minister is a real fear that’s hard to overstate.

Whatever your view of how Hunt chose to reflect those concerns to Jewish News, it should not take away from this undeniable fact, or excuse the foul abuse he’s received for speaking out.

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tion about what we have learnt.

The work has shown how difficult it is for a woman to reveal what is happening to her in the privacy – as she would like it to be – of her own home, and in social and work situations where she would like to feel independent and secure.

When she realises she is not alone, that there others who suffer in silence and that JWA is there to help them, she feels emboldened to break that silence.

Thank you for the support and publicity you have given us over the years.

Judith Usiskin Honorary president Jewish Women’s Aid

REMEMBER BADAWI’S LEGACY I read Richard Ferrer’s article, which mentioned “the late, great Zaki Badawi”, a former UK Muslim leader whose “legacy lies in tatters”.

Mr Badawi, who dedicated his life to positive Muslim integration into British society, is indeed forgotten by younger generations of UK Muslims.

I knew him for almost 30 years as a friend. He introduced me to his Jewish allies

and co-commentators in the Three Faiths Forum: Sidney Sheldon and Sir Sigmund Sternberg, who were great men.

At Badawi’s memorial service in 2006, the former Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks spoke of him in glowing terms, and Prince Charles begged the audience not to let his legacy fade away.

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“Reminds me of the headliner at Glastonbury. You’re finished, you go off, you’re invited back for a bit, you go off again and all that’s left behind is a filthy mess!”

Jenny Tonge used a debate on antisemitism in the Lords to maintain she is in no way anti-Jewish. Fair enough. But I’d ask her why she would outrageously claim that the Israel medical team who went to help in Haiti harvested human

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NO EXCUSE FOR DEFENDING ‘YID’ Last week’s correspondent, Norman Brill, is so very right while Harry Nasich is so very wrong in his explanation of Tottenham’s use of the word Yid. I remember in the early 1950s, standing in the then boys enclosure, we would be hit by halfpennies aimed at Jew boys.

Decade later those young coin throwers started calling themselves ‘Yiddos’ and waving Israeli flags at White Hart Lane.

Unfortunately, the likes of your letter writer Harry Nasich have treated this very real history as a joke.

Some joke.

Jewish Spurs fans who think ‘Yiddo’ is an acceptable term need to learn about the true impact of antisemitism.

They should hold their heads in shame for encouraging such Jew-hate.

Malcolm Factor Enfield

Joyous to see fun run survivors I was delighted to see a picture of six Holocaust survivors taking part in the Community Fun Run on your front page last week. We must cherish every moment we have with these remarkable individuals. We’re accustomed to seeing survivors being interviewed. I never imagined I’d see them at the starting line of a fun run. It made my weekend!

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Profoundly moving trip to Israel worth the wait SAJID JAVID, MP HOME SECRETARY

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y interest in Israel long preceded my time in politics. The first time I heard the word ‘Israel’ as a child was when my father, a Muslim, strongly defended the locally controversial decision of my brother’s school to organise a trip there. Why not, he argued. They are a proud people and we can only benefit from more interaction, not less. My interest and admiration has been undimmed ever since – through business, government and life.

My wife Laura and I even made Israel our honeymoon destination some 20 years ago.

The UK’s security cooperation and trade with Israel is better than it’s ever been, and we remain leading aid and diplomatic partners to the Palestinian Authority.

So this was also a trip I’ve wanted to take for some time in my current capacity, but diplomatic trips have been difficult to squeeze in recently between regular crunch votes in Parliament and maintaining Home Office responsibilities.

It has been well worth the wait. I had the privilege of meeting with prime ministers and security leaders on both sides, the UN’s special coordinator for the Middle East peace process,

as well as some impressive venture capitalists trying to make a difference through tech.

But for me, the real focus and highlight was meeting with religious leaders from all of the major Abrahamic traditions and touring the deeply moving Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial.

This is a region draped in a rich tapestry of history, culture and religion. When you stroll through the ancient streets of Jerusalem’s Old City, visit the ancient church of Holy Sepulchre, or climb the rocky foothills of the West Bank city of Ramallah, it truly hits home why this region is such as special place, and the significance the sacred Holy Land holds to Jews, Christians and Muslims alike.

I was honoured to become the first UK minister to say a prayer at Al-Aqsa mosque next to the Dome of the Rock, and the first in two decades to visit the Western Wall.

These profound visits reaffirmed to me that we must continue to strive for a world of religious tolerance where people of all faiths are free to practise their beliefs without the fear of persecution.

The stakes for pluralism and the dangers of polarisation and extremism are clearly at the more acute end of the spectrum in this tiny, historic piece of land. Yet the UK and especially some parts of Europe are certainly somewhere

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I WAS HONOURED TO BE THE FIRST UK MINISTER IN TWO DECADES TO VISIT THE WESTERN WALL on that spectrum. Like many I’ve been deeply troubled by the rise in antisemitic incidents back home, with over 100 reported every single month this year. We opened our country and our homes to Jewish families and children fleeing the horrors of Nazi Germany all those years ago. I never would have imagined that in 2019, Jewish people would fear abuse and attack on our streets, or fear of cemeteries and synagogues being daubed with swastikas and vile racist epithet.

As both home secretary and communities secretary, I’ve been determined to safeguard our Jewish communities from this creeping antisemitism which not only fuels hate crime, but also extremism and even terrorism.

I have increased the funding provided for protective security at Jewish community sites to record levels – but it is shameful that

it is necessary that Jews need more protection than any other British citizen. I also took the decision to ban Hezbollah, in its entirety, as a terrorist organisation – a group whose primary goal remains the elimination of the state of Israel.

I unfortunately am all too aware that like our Jewish compatriots, British Muslims are facing rising hatred – both on the streets and online.

Both forms of hate are being perpetuated by extremists who are using the internet and social media to peddle their abhorrent views.

That’s why, as well as cracking down on social media companies, I have doubled the places of worship fund that helps mosques and other religious institutions with physical security, and funded new education initiatives to raise awareness of anti-Muslim hatred.

I believe we are the most successful multiracial democracy in the world, and we should be proud to be a peaceful home to many beliefs and faiths. But as we continue to play a constructive role in the world we have to hold ourselves to the highest of standards.

The challenges faced by our Israeli and Palestinian friends on the road to peace and tolerance are a reminder that we should treasure our hard-won religious freedoms.

And in these increasingly divisive times, we cannot afford to be complacent.

The mystery of the venues banning Jews JENNI FRAZER

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do love a good old “mystery surrounds” story, don’t you? It’s the kind of story newspapers pump out in the summer months, supposedly when keen eyes are off the ball and the official “silly season” begins — as though nothing serious could ever happen in the long, lazy, hot days, until we all go back to school.

Such a “mystery surrounds” story popped up this week in the unlikely person of Richard Zimler.

You might be forgiven for never having heard of Richard Zimler. He is an American novelist who lives in Portugal, and has made what I judge to be a fine living over the years, by producing a series of historical novels, a number of which are linked to the Sephardi Jewish experience. He’s also written several children’s books.

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country, anyway — was his 1996 The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon, notable in its day for being an unusual subject for fiction writers.

Five of his books have been nominated for the International Dublin Literary Award, which is worth a solid £90,000, although none has ever won.

Zimler’s latest offering is The Gospel According to Lazarus, published in April by the reputable Peter Owen Publishers.

Praised in The Guardian as “a miraculous page-turner”, the first “mystery surrounds” is quite why Zimler, by his own account, had to turn to “an old friend who is a part-time

book publicist” to set up events for him three months earlier.

Generally it is the case that publishing houses have their own press offices and publicists. But let us pass over that and come to the core of Zimler’s complaint.

On Sunday he told The Observer that in March his distressed friend had come to him and had been turned down by two cultural organisations which had previously shown interest in hosting Zimler.

Not because they didn’t like his book, apparently: instead, Zimler said his friend had reported as follows: “They asked me if you were Jewish, and the moment I said you were, they lost all interest,” he said. “They even stopped replying to my emails and returning my phone messages.”

Even worse, in his friend’s final conversations with the two rogue organisations: “They weren’t antisemitic themselves but they feared a backlash – protests by their members and others – if they extended an invitation to a Jewish writer.”

Well, where to start in this farrago of

bilge? Not only did The Observer publish this extraordinary claim, but it allowed Zimler to call his publicist friend “John” and to accede to “John’s” request not to identify the two purported cultural organisations.

Even Harriet Sherwood, the newspaper’s long-time religious affairs reporter, in writing a news account of Zimler’s allegations, failed to identify “John” or the two organisations.

Zimler’s outrage – written, we must remind ourselves, months after the publication of the book and of the alleged rejections — segues into an attack on BDS. All of which might be just about acceptable if there were any independent corroboration of Zimler’s claim – and, which is far more important, if there were any evidence of other Jewish writers being turned down for appearances at literary festivals – because they were Jewish.

I can just imagine the response of the likes of Howard Jacobson, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Sir Simon Schama, Linda Grant, etc, etc, if this were anywhere near the case.

As it is, Mystery Surrounds.

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In Labour, it’s who you know, not who you hate MIKE KATZ

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n today’s Labour Party, what counts is who you know, not who you hate.

That’s the only lesson that can be drawn from last Wednesday’s decision by the Labour Party to lift its suspension of Chris Williamson MP and readmit him to the party – only for him to have the whip withdrawn two days later for the second time.

Let’s not forget why Mr Williamson was suspended in the first place. This was the man who was happy to support and share platforms with people such as Jackie Walker and Marc Wadsworth whom the party – despite its woeful state – had kicked out for anti-Jewish racism.

This was the man who, when most other MPs were saying that the party was facing a real present crisis of antisemitism that needed swift and concerted action, told a meeting that the Party had been “too apologetic” over the issue.

This is a serial offender who shows no remorse or contrition whatsoever for his Jew-baiting. His initial readmission shows the Party leadership couldn’t care less for the Jewish community or its Jewish members.

Why was he let back in? Because the Labour Party disciplinary process has become so rotten that the chief determinant of whether you are let off is whether you are seen as politically sound; a fellow-traveller; a good comrade. Williamson is a major outrider for Jeremy Corbyn and the leadership; saying things he wants said but doesn’t want to say.

Speaking the truth, as they would see it, on the antisemitism ‘witch-hunt’.

And – as noted in reports – Labour told sitting MPs it will start its reselection process, presumably because there could be a snap election in the autumn. Williamson’s Derby North constituency is highly marginal, so the direction from on high was that it was time to get him back in the fold and campaigning.

Apparently a party that calls itself antiracist, that’s led by someone who calls himself a lifelong anti-racist, thinks it’s fine to ignore anti-Jewish racism if there’s an election to be won. How sad that it sells such noble principles and traditions so cheaply and so easily.

This demonstrates how right the Jewish Labour Movement (JLM) was to refer the party to the statutory watchdog, the Equalities and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), for

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institutional anti-Jewish racism. For it operates a system beyond repair. After all, one of the panel that made the decision was Huda Elmi, elected on the far-left slate to Labour’s ruling body, the National Executive Committee (NEC), last autumn. When the EHRC announced its decision, Ms Elmi said it should be abolished.

The chair of the disputes panel, Claudia Webbe, was meant to have heard the case earlier last week. It seems she realised that she would be outvoted and so pulled out at the last minute, meaning it had to be rescheduled, with a more politically amenable panel.

JLM will ask EHRC to use its statutory powers to access Ms Webbe’s WhatsApp

messages to get to the bottom of this sordid affair. But this is just another sorry staging post on the party’s downward spiral into moral turpitude.

Like the election of new Peterborough MP Lisa Forbes, a few weeks ago. Last summer, Ms Forbes signed a letter aimed at persuading the NEC not to adopt the internationally accepted International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism and endorsed some vile social media posts made by a local activist.

Whatever her true beliefs, she definitely understood the best way to virtue-signal and get ahead in today’s Labour Party is by being casually racist against Jews. So that’s what she did.

That’s why this problem is institutional, and that’s why it’s not just one of policy and process, but culture and leadership.

For as long as theparty continues to trot out its worn words about zero tolerance but fails to take any real action – action against friends and allies – it will show how little it cares about fixing the problem.

Zero tolerance of antisemitism? Not if Chris Williamson remains a Labour MP at the end of this sorry saga.

It’s a good thing Boris is compared to Trump BRIAN GORDON

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he choice between Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt for Conservative Party leadership is not difficult.

It has to be Boris.

Boris is closest to the position that makes sense on Brexit. Theresa May tried every method of securing a deal with the EU. Each time she presented it to Parliament, it failed.

Barring a miracle, a newly concocted deal that will satisfy both the Europeans and the majority of MPs would seem an impossibility, whoever takes control.

To fulfil the will of the people, I believe Boris is right. Britain must be ready to leave the EU without a deal after October and be positive about it. Further procrastination, coupled with speculation about a second referendum, is pointless.

Judging by the recent groundswell of support for the Brexit Party, another referendum could produce an even stronger pro-Leave result.

For those who value this country’s democracy, stopping Labour from winning the

next election is crucial. A communist-style government led by Jeremy Corbyn could spell disaster for Britain, with all the threats Labour’s antisemitism poses for us.

Boris would seem the most likely Conservative leader to beat Corbyn. Yes, he sometimes comes across as a bit of a joker. But his zany approach actually commends itself to many people, who are keen on someone a little different, with a populist perspective.

Jeremy Hunt, following on Theresa May – despite his wide ministerial experience – could be viewed as just more of the same.

With his right-wing, laissez-faire outlook, and flippent, off-the-cuff style, Boris has been

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compared with Donald Trump. I see that as a plus. Mr Trump has been outstanding in seeking to protect the Western world against terrorism, communism and other external threats.

A post-Brexit government, led by Mr Johnson, could well form the strongest, healthiest alliance with America on all fronts.

I am not sure Mr Hunt, with his residuary pro-EU leanings, would see things in quite the same way.

This newspaper ran an excellent analysis of the candidates last week. What came through was that they are more or less equal in support for Israel and outspoken opposition to antisemitism. So Jews have nothing fundamentally new to fear from either Boris or Jeremy in No 10.

Boris has at times shown a certain disdain for the “equalities” doctrines recently imposed on British society. Those doctrines have produced the ultra-secular directives from the Department for Education, currently undermining faith schools.

If Boris were able to loosen the strait-jacket of political correctness somewhat, this could ease the ability of public figures to pronounce

more confidently upon moral issues of right and wrong.

Boris was closely connected with the Jewish community during his period as London Mayor. In his visits to north and north-west London, he invariably exuded enthusiasm for Jewish housing and welfare amenities and Jewish schools.

He expressed pride in his part-Jewish ancestry and showed great respect in his meetings with rabbis and communal leaders. He was easy to talk to and ready to listen.

Although I am voting for Boris, I do consider Mr Hunt to be a capable and genuine politician.

But effective politics is about power and winning elections. Boris is more cut out to deliver this.

Above all, my message to Conservative MPs is this. After the result, please pull yourselves together, stop bickering among yourselves and unite behind the new prime minister.

If the charade of public wrangling over Brexit continues, our party will be doomed, whoever is in charge.

Let’s not forget what could be the horrific alternative.

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Community / Scene & Be Seen

1BAKING TOGETHER

Members of the community of all ages took part in Jewish Care’s Great Jewish Bake Day. Rachel, baker to the stars, joined Jewish Care’s Edgware and Harrow Community Centre members and children from Nagila Nursery, for an intergenerational cupcake decorating workshop. Trudie Orman, a member of the centre said: “The children were lovely.

I loved baking when I was younger.” Separately, Jewish News’ resident chef Denise Phillips and pupils from Hertsmere Jewish Primary School, pictured, joined residents at Anita Dorfman House in Stanmore to make flower biscuits to celebrate the arrival of summer.

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Seriously ill children and their families travelled to Telford and Daventry with Camp Simcha, with medical guidance.

More than 130 family members from London, Manchester, Norwich and Brighton enjoyed breakdancing workshops, cocktail and chocolate making, trips to safari and theme parks, escape rooms and a silent disco.

Camp Simcha chief executive Neville Goldschneider said: “There are so many wonderful moments, but I really notice seeing children coming into retreat, often looking frail and weak, and being transformed and excited through the energetic and devoted volunteers pumping action and happiness into them and creating the most special lifelong memories.”

The Association of Jewish Refugees (AJR) unveiled a commemorative plaque in honour of Belsize Square Synagogue to mark its 80th anniversary.

“Belsize Square Synagogue, founded 1939 by refugees from Germany and central Europe”, it reads. Guests at the ceremony included descendants of founder members of the synagogue and Camden Council’s leader Georgia Gould and Councillors Richard Cotton and Neil Nerva. Lee Taylor, chief executive officer of Belsize Square Synagogue, said: “We are honoured to be receiving a plaque as a permanent memorial, recognising our strong connection to the AJR and our contribution to Jewish refugees.”

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Primary and secondary schools from across London participated.

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Tenants from Jewish Blind and Disabled’s buildings in north-west London and Hertfordshire went for a day out on the banks of the Thames, hosted by the Milly Days charity. Joined by members of staff and volunteers, they enjoyed boat rides and relaxed by the pool. Pictured are Frances & Dick James Court tenant Adam and house manager Claire, with Lola. Milly Days are sponsored days at a riverside property in Buckinghamshire, and offer those living with difficulties, day in and day out, a chance to relax and recharge.

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CRICKET APPEAL

South African cricket legend Dr Ali Bacher and Sir Mick Davis, chief executive of the Conservative Party, pictured, addressed around 100 cricket fans at a breakfast organised by charity United Jewish Israel Appeal. They were joined by Bacher’s former South Africa teammate Mike Procter, regarded by some as South Africa’s greatest ever all-rounder. The sold out event, which coincided with the Cricket World Cup, raised money for The Equalizer programme, a project backed by UJIA that uses football to support vulnerable youth in Israel and promote coexistence.

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Immanuel College held its annual visual arts exhibition, showcasing work by GCSE and A-level art and photography students. The Sonia and Eli Gottlieb overall cup was awarded to Year 13 student Matthew Sasieni, pictured with his two clay sculptures.

Charlotte Morgan, in the same year, was runner-up, while Eliana Kastner won the overall GCSE art prize, with Sarah Root as runner-up. Meanwhile, in the GCSE photography category, Dinah Mandell was the overall winner, with Cydney Elmon as runner-up. Head of the visual arts department Alison Ardeman said: “It is so exciting to be part of this creative world. Every year, the visual arts exhibition is a wonderful event celebrating the pupils’ achievements and a fantastic opportunity to showcase these achievements to visitors, families and special guests.”

Emily Ben - Ze’ev, from the interactive workshops Emily’s Adventures in Wonderland, visited the London Jewish Family Centre, where she led a workshop on musical instruments from around the world. Children had hands-on session learning about different instruments including a didgeridoo, which is a natural wooden trumpet from Australia, and a range of African drums. Children tried on traditional garments and hats while playing their instruments.

9 GOLFING DAY

Nearly 100 golfers met up at Hartsbourne Country Club in warm and sunny weather, helping raised approximately £20,000 for charities Camp Simcha, Manna Meir Panim and Jewish Child’s Day. The day, organised by the Hebrew Order of David Charitable Trust, also featured a lunch, auction and prize-giving session.

10 DAME TALK

During an event at Chigwell and Hainault United Synagogue, Dame Louise Ellman, MP for Liverpool Riverside, spoke candidly about her experience of antisemitism, particularly in her constituency, where she has served for two decades.

She described her personal struggles as a Jewish MP and the floor was opened for a question and answer session.

Nearly £1,000 was raised by raffle, and the proceeds went to Merseyside Jewish Community Care and Ezra Umarpeh, which provides weekly kosher food and respite rooms in 16 hospitals around the country.

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Minister for Faith, Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth, visited the Jewish Museum’s exhibition, Jews, Money, Myth, on antisemitism.

He is pictured with museum director Abigail Morris, next to a 1933 edition of the Oxford English Dictionary, which betrayed racist attitudes towards the community common at the time.

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She’s the greatest

STAR! Ahead of Barbra Streisand’s highly-anticipated performance at British Summer Time Hyde Park, we celebrate five of her most heimische moments…

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HELLO, GORGEOUS! One of Streisand’s most memorable stage and screen roles saw her starring as the acclaimed American-Jewish comedienne, singer, stage and film actress, Fanny Brice. In 1964, 13 years after Brice’s death, a 22-year-old Babs appeared on Broadway in Funny Girl, a musical based on the highs and lows of her life, including her stormy relationship with entrepreneur and gambler Nick Arnstein. The musical score introduced two of Barbra’s signature songs – People and Don’t Rain On My Parade – as well as Second Hand Rose, with its Yiddish sprinkling of “Nu!” at the end. The criticallyacclaimed show opened in London in 1966, before a film adaptation two years later. Despite it being her first movie, Babs won the 1968 Academy Award for best actress, sharing it with Katharine Hepburn for The Lion In Winter – the only time there has ever been a tie at the Oscars for this category.

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OPPOSITES ATTRACT In the 1973 box office smash, The Way We Were, Barbra stars as curly-haired Kate Morosky, an outspoken Marxist Jew with strong political opinions, who falls in love with the handsome, blondehaired and very un-Jewish Hubbell Gardiner (played by Robert Redford). Despite their obvious

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MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM Sumptuous production of Shakespeare’s tale of flying fairies and moonlight revels, brought to life by BritishJewish director Nicholas Hytner and starring Gwendoline Christie (Game of Thrones) and Oliver Chris (Green Wing).

At Bridge Theatre, London until 31 August.

chemistry, the couple don’t last the distance and go their separate ways. The rousing theme tune, The Way We Were, composed by Marvin Hamlisch, gave Barbra her very first number one single in the US and sold more than two million copies. In 1998, the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

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STARS IN HER EYES Judy Garland played the main role in 1954, while more recently, Lady Gaga landed the part.

But when Barbra was picked for the third remake of A Star Is Born, in 1976, Esther, an aspiring singer with a career on the rise, who falls in love with Kris Kristofferson’s self-destructive rock star, became decidely more Jewish when the character’s last name was changed to Hoffman. The title track,

Evergreen, earned Barbra an Academy Award for best original song – making her the first woman to be honoured as a composer – alongside lyricist Paul Williams.

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Conflicting feelings about man versus machine fill the walls of this fascinating exhibition, which begins with the Jewish folk tale of the Golem.. The display includes a souvenir from Prague relating to Judah Loew ben Bezalel, said to have brought such a creature to life made from clay in the 1500s.

At The Barbican, until 26 August.

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American-Iraqi artist Rakowitz is known for his current Fourth Plinth commission in Trafalgar Square, The Invisible Enemy Should Not Exist. In his latest exhibition, his works grapple with the Six Day War and the destruction of Jewish texts during the Second World War. At Whitechapel Gallery, until 25 August.

TOYRAH STORY As the credits roll at the end of Yentl, one name dominates them all – no surprise, as Barbra directed, co-wrote, co-produced and starred in this epic shtetl-filled musical based on a short story by Isaac Bashevis Singer. Babs stars as Yentl, a nice Jewish girl who decides to live as a man so she can continue her Jewish learning after her father dies, alongside Mandy Patinkin as yeshiva student Avigdor and Amy Irving as Hadass, his fiancée. The most Jewish of all Barbra’s films, Yentl features plenty of shtreimels, shadchans, over-sized Talmudic tomes, – and baked apples “that taste good a little burnt”. The film’s songs, composed by Michel Legrand, include Barbra’s sweeping vocals on Papa, Can You Hear Me? and The Way He Makes Me Feel, and earned the film an Oscar for best original score.

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MOTHERLY LOVE Aside from singing, Barbra is also known for her comic shtick and in 2004 she was cast alongside Dustin Hoffman as the mother of Greg (played

by Ben Stiller) in Meet The Fockers. Playing Roz, a sex therapist for elderly couples, Iconic: Barbra Barbra proves Streisand the perfect foil to her straight-laced machutanim, CIA operative Jack Byrnes (Robert De Niro) and his wife, Dina (Blythe Danner), parents of Greg’s fiancee, Pam (Teri Polo). Thanks to Babs, there’s a bisl Yiddish that makes its way into the script, from her loud exclamations of oy, nischt gut to a lesson in how to pronounce the “ch” in l’chaim, “like you have popcorn stuck in your throat.” Barbra Streisand performs at British Summer Time Hyde Park on Sunday, 7 July.

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There’s still time to be florally inspired at the annual Royal Horticultural Show, as well as catch a talk from the likes of celebrity gardener Joe Swift, son of the late Keeping Up Appearances star and Jewish actor, Clive Swift.

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This much-anticipated folk horror film from AmericanJewish director Ari Aster, starring Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor and William Jackson Harper, follows a group of friends who travel to Sweden for a traditional festival, only to find themselves in the hands of a terrifying pagan cult.

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Countdown host Rachel Riley this week tied the knot with her former Strictly Come Dancing partner Pasha Kovalev. The maths maven, 33, who announced in May that she is expecting a baby, and her Russian beau, 39, posted a picture of the beaming pair on social media, with the caption, “Introducing the new Mr and Mrs Kovalev. We both said yes!” Records from Clark County, the area of Nevada that includes Las Vegas, show the pair wed last Friday.

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playtime at JW3’s outdoor Hampstead Beach, as well as a series of workshops and discussions led by parenting experts. Elsewhere, Tall Stories, founded by Olivia Jacobs and Toby Mitchell, returns to the Lyric Theatre with The Gruffalo, which turns 20 this year. Young and old will love this adaptation of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s classic tale of a brave mouse trying to escape a terrifying creature in the woods.

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IT WAS ALWAYS GOING TO BE A TOUGH GIG. Orthodox Jewish comic Ashley Blaker admitted it himself, when he Ashley Blaker, told the crowd: “All the men in this room are looking at me, seated, with thinking to themselves, ‘I could do better than him’.”

Imran Yusuf Prophet Sharing, featuring Blaker and co-comic Imran Yusuf, was a modern take on interfaith that busted some well-ingrained myths (the 72 virgins and the hole in the sheet).

Blaker went on first and quickly won over the audience, giving them the jokes they’d come for, but also some pretty thought-provoking stuff about Judaism’s more obscure rules.

For 40 minutes, he regaled the mostlyJewish audience with tales of his journey from secular Jewish TV producer and Liverpool FC supporter (a passion he shares with Yusuf) to being a black hat and tzitzit-wearing paid up member of Orthodoxy and father-of-six with no TV. He joked his obsessive compulsiveness allowed him to easily adapt to his now strict routine.

There were anti-Corbyn swipes and in-jokes about teachers from his secondary school, but Blaker wasn’t averse to sending up his coreligionists: “We make up 0.4 percent of the population, but we call everyone else ‘non-Jews’?! That really tells you everything you need to know about Jews!”

Then it was the turn of “unorthodox Muslim” Yusuf, whose family is Indian and came to the UK as refugees, having been kicked out of Uganda. He had the audience enthralled as he detailed his journey from a secular life to praying five times a day and reading the Koran.

Growing up in Hackney, all he knew about Jews was from his mother: they also follow Moses, and Muslims can eat their food. Aged six, he took a book entitled Islam from his school library (“and no one called Prevent,” he joked).

He spoke of visiting Jerusalem, even the Western Wall, before going on Umrah to Saudia Arabia (“like Hajj, but off-peak”). After visiting the Occupied Territories with the late comic Jeremy Hardy, Yusuf came back dejected but determined to try to bridge the divide, becoming involved in interfaith projects among Muslims and Jews. He became less judgemental. But he agrees mosques should be monitored – “I’d say every mosque should be put on surveillance – to make sure we don’t lose our shoes!”

Then the pair came on together, ad-libbing on subjects ranging from Boris Johnson to cricket using answers from questions previously posed to the audience. This was possibly the best part, and could have been longer. They thought on their feet and compared notes (Muslims don’t double park like Jews do, but Muslim aunties on planes are (Yiddish you need to know) apparently a liability).

We left with feeling good – we’d been united in laughter, but had also learned about both faiths.

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Lucy Daltroff is enchanted by Denmark’s autonomous islands and discovers Vikings, grass-roofed houses and fast-paced knitting…

OU CAN DRINK THE TAP WATER. In fact, it’s probably the best water in the world” assured my hotel brochure – and I was inclined to agree.

Here in the Faroe Islands, an archipelago of 18 stunningly beautiful islands situated in the Atlantic Gulf Stream between Scotland and Iceland, the water is indeed pure.

Combined with the austere beauty of depended on the ocean for sustenance, mainly this place, waterfalls, abundant bird life, the in the form of white fish and salmon. freshest food, brightly-painted houses with Barbara’s Fish House tucked away between turf roofs and fabulous Wi-Fi connections, the rocks and turf-roofed houses of Tinganes make for a striking place to spend a holiday. are a good place to sample it.

Apart from hearing a mention on the BBC Elsewhere, lamb is a common dish too, as shipping forecast, I didn’t really know much 80,000 sheep live here, all different breeds, about the Faroes before my visit. which nibble the vegetation to such an extent I certainly hadn’t realised they are a selfthat the landscape is almost devoid of trees. governing region of the Kingdom of Denmark It’s also quite common to see people – although unlike Denmark, they are not part quietly relaxing by knitting at a fast pace, of the EU – and despite being just an hour’s usually jumpers, as illustrated in the Danish flight from Edinburgh, people rarely think of drama, The Killing, where Sarah Lund was coming here for a long weekend. never seen without her trendy Faroese This relative anonymity may be short lived as they were recently dubbed, “the world’s favourite unspoiled island destination” by experts at National Geographic Traveller.

Tórshavn, the capital, is situated on the largest island of Streymoy and has a population of 20,000, so approximately two out of every five Faroes Islanders call it home.

Our guide, Ingigerð is showing us around Tórshavn. Her English is almost perfect, although the language here is Faroese, a Viking tongue, brought by the first settlers in AD800.

A hundred years later, on the precise stony promontory we are standing on, is where the Viking legislature first met. So this spot is the place of the second oldest parliament in the whole world. Ingigerð was even able to point Lucy in Torshavn, capital of the Faroe Islands out a Viking sundial engraved into the rock.

Even today, the area is the seat of the Faroese government and is called “Tinganes”, which means, “parliament point”.

Tórshavn’s city centre is small and easily accessible on foot, with shops, museums, bars and excellent eateries. The Faroese even have their own Michelin star restaurant, Koks, situated just outside the town, with fabulous views and booked up many months in advance.

In a land with 700 miles of coastline and only one village that is not on the coast, it’s no surprise that the islanders have always Brightly-painted houses in the village of Gjogv

THE WORLD’S SECOND OLDEST PARLIAMENT BEGAN ON THIS SPOT

sweater. These woollen products are for sale throughout the islands.

Worth a visit is the National Art Gallery displaying the work of local artists, as well as an intriguing room lined with glass and mirrors entitled, The Deep Blue, designed to express the depth and infinity of sky and ocean.

Just 15 minutes’ drive from the capital is Kirkjubøur. Here can be seen the ruins of Magnus Cathedral from around 1300, and Saint Olva’s Church from the 12th Century.

Next door is what’s thought to be the oldest wooden house still standing in Europe, built from Danish driftwood in the 11th century.

The most popular excursion is to catch a boat from Vestmanna on the west of Streymoy to explore the bird cliffs. Gunnar, our captain, took us on an exhilarating trip, skilfully guiding us between the rocks to see the nests and habitats of puffins, guillemots, fulmars, kittiwakes and oyster catchers.

Another way to get a true flavour of the Faroes is to visit one of the smaller, more isolated islands. We drove to Gamlurætt, caught the ferry to Sandoy and then went through choppy waters to Skúvoy where the ferryman helped us to jump out just at the right moment when the boat was level with the land.

Just 15 people live here and one of them, Tummas Frank Joensen, greeted us, and led the way to his comfortable home where he treated us to “heimablídni” (Faroese home dining), which included an utterly delicious soup made with white fish, peaches and cream.

A hike afterwards passed the grave of Sigmundur Brestisson (961–1005), a Faroese Viking chieftain, and the first Viking to be converted to Christianity.

Religion is an important part of Faroese life. The established church is EvangelicalLutheran, but there are also smaller Protestant groups, a few Catholics, Jehovah’s Witnesses and according to the 2011 census, 12 Jewish people too!

LUCY’S TRAVEL TIPS Lucy travelled to Stansted with National Express Coaches and flew to the Faroe islands with Atlantic Airways, which flies twice weekly from Edinburgh, May to January. Lucy stayed in Hotel 62°N, (62nhotel.fo), and Hotel Skalavik, (hotelskalavik. com). For more details, see visitfaroeislands.com

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Back to nature The Kedem Hote, situated in Tirat HaCarmel, Israel, has now opened to the public. Located on the slopes of the Carmel Forest, the tranquil spa resort hotel overlooks the Mediterranean Sea, with an emphasis on pampering and relaxation. Guests can enjoy a wide range of spa facilities, including a pool, dry and wet saunas and a Turkish hammam, alongside “body and soul workshops,” such as yoga, meditation and detox sessions.

The 4,000sqft, 61-room hotel also operates a restaurant, which offers a dairy menu, including fish. www.kedemhotel.com

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f you’re lucky enough to live in an area where fresh apricots are bountiful in the summer, be sure to take advantage of their fleeting season by churning up a batch of this ice cream. Don’t be put off by apricots that are übersoft, as plump and fragile as an overfilled water balloon, seemingly ready to burst at the slightest touch.

Those are the best-tasting fruits.

ICE CREAM

1. Slice open the apricots and remove the pits, then cut each apricot into sixths.

Place the apricot pieces with the water in a medium, nonreactive saucepan. Cover and cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until the apricots are tender, about eight minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in the sugar until dissolved.

Let cool to room temperature.

2. Once cooled, purée the apricots and any liquid in a blender or food processor until smooth. Taste a big spoonful; if there are any small fibres, press the mixture through a mesh strainer to remove them.

Stir in the cream, almond extract, and lemon juice.

MAKES ABOUT 1 QUART (1.7 PINTS)

INGREDIENTS 1 pound (450g) squishy-ripe fresh apricots

3. Chill the mixture thoroughly in the refrigerator, then freeze it in your ice cream maker according to the manufacturer’s instructions.

(10 to 15, depending on size) 1⁄2 cup (125ml) water 1⁄2 cup (100g) sugar 1 cup (250ml) heavy (double) cream 3 drops pure almond extract

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Torah For Today

SEDRA Korach

BY RABBI JONNY ROODYN This year has been full of leadership challenges in the UK, Israel and many other countries. In parshat Korach, the children of Israel experience their first challenge to Moses’ leadership with a failed coup d’état by Korach and his 250 men.

His rebellion starts with a populist slogan: ‘For the entire assembly, all of them, are holy… so why do you [Moses and Aaron] exalt yourselves over the congregation?’ (Bamidbar 16:3).

He appeals to the innate sense of justice and equality that has been the hallmark of the Jewish people and uses it to claim that Moses and Aaron had usurped the leadership and turned it into a family business. The irony was that superficial arguments about the greater good for the many not the few can often mask the selfish ambitions of a demagogue. Korach advocated replacing them with himself, with no claim to legitimacy other than his ability to whip the people into a frenzy. This approach is referred to by Rabbi Lord Sacks as the politics of the angry and “the belief that a strong leader can solve everything, and that is the road that leads to tyranny”.

The Mishnah in Pirkei Avot (5:17) brings Korach’s dispute with his band of men as a classic example of a machloket, disagreement not for the sake of Heaven. They discern Korach’s impure motives were the source of his downfall. From the Mishnah wording, it is evident Korach’s dispute was not just with Moses and Aaron, but was endemic within his party too, as is expected with someone who is motivated to lord over others. It is any wonder Korach and his band met such a dramatic downfall?

 Rabbi Jonny Roodyn is education director of Jewish Futures Trust

What does the Torah say about...

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BY RABBI ZVI SOLOMONS Jews have always had an ambivalent relationship with the ruling power.

We say a prayer for the Royal family on every Shabbat and holy day. This is in fulfilment of the saying in Pirkei Avot, that we should pray for the peace of the government of our country, for without them people would eat each other alive.

However, do we need to go any further than that?

What about funding the expensive lifestyles of everybody in the Royal family?

In recent weeks, concerns have been expressed over the refurbishment of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s residence, Frogmore Cottage, which is said to have cost taxpayers £2.4

million so far.

Are they entitled to do this? Spending all that cash when it could fund a doctor or two? Should we not be asking if this

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This matter is somewhat more complicated than that. In our tradition, a king is an absolute monarch.

Moses points out in parshat Korach this week that he has not abused his power by taking even a donkey from the children of Israel.

Kings are warned not to amass horses. They are, however, entitled to do some appropriation and certainly to live in some splendour – even princes live a more lavish life.

A renovation of a cottage is therefore not an abuse. Harry and Meghan are an asset, working hard as ambassadors and bringing business to our country.

Such expenditure is merely maintenance and restoration of a building, not a waste of money.  Zvi Solomons is rabbi of the Jewish Community of Berkshire in Reading, JCoB.org

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Progressively Speaking

The Bible Says What?

What does Judaism say about ranking people according to social status?

‘A person with a defect is excluded’

BY RABBI DEBBIE YOUNG-SOMERS Strolling through the concourse at the annual Maccabi Fun Run, I was blown away by the diversity of community organisations.

A lot of them exist to support those with special needs and disabilities. My family have come to know many of them over the years: from Norwood’s club ‘Unity’ - which my sister and I attended as kids - to Langdon, with whom my sister currently lives and is supported by.

These charities were not the only places we could be fully us and Jewish. My sister was also welcomed into broader Jewish life: leading with RSY Netzer, and singing in the choir.

So it is always a bit jarring to find the verses of Leviticus 21 excluding those in Aaron’s family from participating fully (or at all) in the Levite duties: “No man among the offspring of Aaron the priest who has a defect shall be qualified to offer the Eternal’s offering by fire”.

Some may be excluded because

BY RABBI DANNY RICH A magazine listing of persons considered most ‘socially significant’ placed Harper Beckham (pictured) – seven-year-old daughter of footballer David and fashion designer Victoria – higher than Harry and Meghan and a few places below the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.

In our community, Jews may be most familiar with the ranking of Cohen, Levi and Am Yisrael, which arises from Biblical accounts and, more relevantly, the Second Temple practice of who did what.

Cohanim are, in theory, direct descendants of the first High Priest, Aaron, and were a class of officials responsible for the sacrificial and confessional rites.

Levis were the rest of the apparent descendants of Levi, a son of Jacob, and they performed other duties in the Temple, particularly guarding, singing and schlapping. The overwhelming

of physical limitations; after all hefting a sacrificial cow about would probably be too much for many, but even small blemishes seemed to exclude Priests. Biblically, it may have been understood that such physical attributes were caused by sin.

Many mocked footballer Graham Hoddle in 1999 when he suggested disabilities were caused by sins in previous lives, but such theology isn’t absent in our own history.

This is one of those instances where I am delighted our practice as a community doesn’t reflect the text.

I don’t wish to see the rebuilding of a Temple life that limits participation from those who would give of themselves, and I’m proud of the community we do exist in that often does so much to empower, welcome and involve families like mine and individuals like my sister, and enables us all to contribute.

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numbers of Israelites, later Jews, were Amai Yisrael, that is not descended from the tribe of Levi, who were to support the system of Temple sacrifice and the roles of the Cohanim and Levi’im by bringing tithes and other gifts.

The destruction of the Second Temple in 70CE led to the demise of this tripartite ranking, except for some marriage restrictions and shul duties, which replaced the Temple as the centre of worship.

Progressive Judaism abolished all ranking systems still seen in some synagogues, whether in the order of aliyot (call-ups) to the

Torah, or the kind Harper has just triumphed in. Our Judaism arose from the milieu of the emancipation, the French Revolution and new democratic nation states.

Everyone is considered equal.

As for who I would list in my own personal Jewish rankings, near the top would be Rabban Gamliel I, who died in 52CE, but lived when the Second Temple and synagogues coexisted. It is said he requested to be buried in simple flaxen garments, perhaps because ostentatious funerals were common at the time, but too expensive for poor families who would flee on the death of a relative whose burial they would not afford.

From this story came the practice of the simple, unadorned Jewish coffin, fulfilling the idea that “whatever one’s rank in life, one is equal to all others in death”. Danny Rich is Liberal Judaism’s Senior Rabbi

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TANYA MANN RENNICK LIFE COACH

TANYA MANN RENNICK Dear Tanya I’ve been divorced for 10 years and am finding it difficult to attract a new partner. I get very nervous around potential suitors.

On the rare dates I’ve had, I struggle to find the right things to say; sometimes I think I even scare them off. I also worry that I’ve

Dear Jane You say you’ve let yourself go.

This needs to be addressed immediately because confidence allows you to thrive, not just survive!

Good health and attraction go hand in hand, so I’m guessing there’s work to be done in terms of fitness and diet; that’s mega important whatever your relationship status.

Commit right now to some simple first steps. For the next three days, drink two to three litres of water, take a brisk 30 minute walk outside every day, and eat only fresh food (nothing processed). If that feels good, don’t stop!

Book an appointment at the hair salon, check out the local gym/Zumba class/ personal trainer and clear your wardrobe of unattractive clothes. From now on, wear all your favourite things instead of saving them for a special occasion, so you feel great every day.

Perhaps you could try to stop focusing on the “end goal”.

Think about meeting men simply for friendship, rather than sizing them up as potential husband material.

Before you next go on a date, take plenty of time to relax. Consider the date as just another pleasurable experience, nothing more. Do not rapidly fire questions at your date or blurt out your entire life story. Keep your side of the conversation light and simple.

Good luck!

ERIC SALAMON CAREER ADVISER

RESOURCE THE JEWISH EMPLOYMENT ADVICE CENTRE Dear Eric I recently had an interview for a project manager role. I arrived and was shown to an office and given 30 minutes to prepare a 10-minute presentation on a particular topic. I then had to present to four people who also interviewed me.

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I was surprised and taken aback, assuming it was going to be just a one-to-one interview. I had not been told beforehand and I completely messed up.

Adam Dear Adam Before you attend an interview, you must make sure you establish as much as possible about the process, who will be interviewing you and if you need to do any specific preparation.

Unless it is absolutely clear, you should confirm what the format will be, who you will be meeting (name and position) so you can research them and if you need to prepare something ahead of the interview.

Clients fall into this trap even though the job advert gave contact details so further

information on the interview process could be obtained.

They failed to do so, believing it would be seen as a weakness.

But it’s quite the opposite; being proactive to ensure you have all the information available is a strength.

Do your research to find out what formats and processes the organisation typically uses.

Go online or use your own network.

At Resource, our networking team is often able to put clients in touch with others who have knowledge of particular sectors or actual experience of the organisation’s processes.

And, finally, always expect the unexpected!

Call us for more advice on 020 8346 4000, or visit our website: resource-centre.org

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• Successfully established the RCUK International Travel

TANYA MANN RENNICK Qualifications: • Expert speaker on Mindset and Emotional Resilience at the House of Lords and European Parliament. Author and contributor to Amazon bestseller Extraordinary Women.

• Helping men and women facing professional and personal challenges including relationship breakdown, poor life balance, career crossroads, post divorce/bereavement.

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

• Specialist in Israel travel, cruises and kosher holidays.

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

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

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

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

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

• Set up Dancing with Louise 10 years ago.

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Dayan – London Beth Din The Complementary & Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC) is seeking one lay and one registrant member for the CNHC Board.

Are you interested in setting standards in the public interest? CNHC is the independent regulatory body for complementary healthcare practitioners, established in 2008 with support and funding from the Department of Health. Our public register of over 6,200 qualified therapists provides confirmation that individuals have met UK standards for safe and competent practice.

The Board meets in London for a half-day four times a year.

We have vacancies for one lay and one registrant Board member.

There is no remuneration for attendance at Board meetings but travel costs are reimbursed.

More information and Application Packs are available here: Lay member www.cnhc.org.uk/cnhc-board-vacancy-lay-members Registrant member www.cnhc.org.uk/cnhc-board-vacancy-cnhc-registrants

£90,000 – £110,000 pa depending on experience The United Synagogue is looking for a full-time Dayan to join the internationallyrespected London Beth Din, under the leadership of the Rosh Beth Din, Dayan M. Gelley.

The Dayan will participate in all areas of work of the London Beth Din, which provides a full range of services to the United Synagogue and wider British Jewish Community, including Dinei Torah, Gittin, Kashrus, Shechita, Gerus and Birur Yahadus. You will welcome the opportunity to work in close collaboration with the Chief Rabbi, help guide and advise the United Synagogue Rabbinate and respond to She’ailos from our community at large.

This senior role calls for a Talmid Chacham of repute, with experience consistent with the highest standards expected of the London Beth Din. You will have an understanding of, and sympathetic approach to, the ethos of the United Synagogue an orthodox body open to all Jews regardless of their level of observance.

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate high-level knowledge in most, if not all, areas of Beth Din work and have had considerable experience in the field.

You will have good interpersonal skills, a sensitive and empathetic approach, strong verbal and written communication capabilities and an understanding of British culture and the British Jewish community. You will be capable of functioning as part of a team, whilst working unsupervised to the highest level of professional standards on often sensitive, confidential matters.

Deadline for applications is 19 July 2019.

Interviews will be held in London on 10 September 2019.

For more about CNHC,visit: www.cnhc.org.uk

Closing date for receipt of applications – Monday, 29 July, 2019

To view the job description and apply for this position, please go to our website www.theus.org.uk/vacancies

EVENT MANAGER

Nightingale Hammerson, London SW12/London N2 Salary c £40,000 pa

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Nightingale Hammerson is an award winning, CQC rated outstanding residential elderly care home in south London, providing person centred care to our 165 residents. In 2020 we will be opening a second home in NW London accommodating 116 residents in our new state of the art home following a £40M build project.

The LBS is looking for a Chief Executive to replace the incumbent who Chief Executive is making Aliyah. Reporting to the four Trustees, the Chief Executive is responsible the Board delivering shechita services efficiently and London Board forforShechita effectively, enabling a supply of high quality, affordable and halachically

We are seeking an Event Manger to work with our fundraising team to develop a portfolio of new events, maintain our existing annual appeal dinner, Literary Lunch and Golf Day, together with a series of challenge events. In addition, we are preparing for the launch of our new home and the supporting fundraising events leading up to its opening.

rigorous kosher meat and poultry to be provided by our licensees.

Substantial compensation package

The wide-ranging responsibilities of isthe Chief Executive include team LBS isyou looking to replace the incumbent who making With a proven track record in delivering successful events to a highThe standard, will for a Chief Executive leadership (currently 30 people), overseeing Reporting to the four Trustees, the Chief Executive is responsible for thecommercial contracts, be energetic and highly organised, with strong project managementAliyah. and communication skills. You will have a can do attitude and a tenacious approach, with the ability to work liaising with Rabbinical authorities, robust Board delivering shechita services efficiently and effectively, enablingand a supply of budget management. collaboratively and flexibly across a range of projects and events. high quality, affordable and halachically rigorouswithin kosherthe meat and poultry to be is increasingly important.

Communication industry and beyond provided by our licensees.

You will be working with a range of staff, volunteers and external partners to deliver our The ideal candidate will be well-versed in Orthodox Jewish customs and events portfolio. The Event Manager will be supported by, and have line management The wide-ranging responsibilities of the Chief team leadership have experience of practices, be Executive capable ofinclude working independently, responsibility for, an Events and Marketing Assistant.

(currently 30 people), overseeing commercial contracts, liaising with Rabbinical managing teams and delivering results under pressure, with excellent

authorities, and robust budget inter-personal management. Communication within the industry and attention to detail, and • Full details can be found in the job description on our vacancy page on our website skills, while displaying precision and beyond is increasingly important. https://nightingalehammerson.org/staff-vacancies

maintaining the highest professional standard and integrity at all times.

The successful candidate will be experienced in developing the scale of ideal projects to meet will be well-versed in Orthodox Jewish customs and practices, The candidate fundraising goals with experience gained in either the commercial or bevoluntary capable sector. of working independently, have experience of managing teams and

Closing date for receipt of applications – Monday, 22 July and apply for this position, professional standard and integrity at all times. please visit our website: www.shechita.org/vacancies.

Potential candidates wishing to have an initial confidential Closing date for receipt of applications – Monday, 22 July 2019. To view the job conversation are invited to contact our recruitment consultant description and apply for this position, please visit our website: Tony Vardy – tjvardy@gmail.com or 020 8449 3110. www.shechita.org/vacancies. Potential candidates wishing to have an initial

delivering results under pressure, with excellent inter-personal skills, while

We offer a generous staff benefits scheme, 25 days annual leave and a salary 2019.

To view the job description displaying precision and attention to detail, and maintaining the highest commensurate with your experience for the right candidate.

Please note this role is subject to an Enhanced DBS Check.

Closing date: 12th July 2019 Interview date: w/c 15th July 2019 – 22nd July 2019 Applications confidential conversation are invited to contact our recruitment consultant Tony To apply, send your CV and covering letter to hr@nightingalehammerson.org

Vardy – tjvardy@gmail.com or 020 8449 3110.

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Through the Archives We recently came across a series of old Magen David Adom UK photographs. It has been incredible looking back and seeing the support that we have received throughout the past 70 years from succeeding generations of donors.

BUILDING FOR LIFE To mark Magen David Adom UK’s 70th Anniversary, we are crowdfunding for an ambulance station in one of Israel’s fastest growing towns, Gan Yavne.

Only recently Gan Yavne was hit by a rocket.

This is testament to the need for ambulance stations in areas such as this, enabling Magen David Adom to react whenever danger strikes.

To date, we have raised in excess of £200,000 towards our target of £400,000.

The Gan Yavne Station will house four ambulances, a training facility and a bomb-proof shelter and will remain fully operative 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Magen David Adom UK is committed to building for life. For all of Israel’s citizens. Both now and long into the future. To join us in this lifesaving project, please call 020 8201 5900.

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On 5th May, a group of 12 people set off from London on Magen David Adom UK’s annual Legacy Mission to Israel, travelling from Jerusalem to Tiberias and Haifa, ending in Tel Aviv.

Each year, legacies to Magen David Adom UK are directly responsible for saving the lives of thousands of people in Israel. To find out more about leaving a legacy to Magen David Adom UK, please contact rachelcohen@mdauk.org

The group visited different museums and Magen David Adom stations and learnt about exciting initiatives such as the Simulation Room in the Magen David Adom Bloomberg Station.

In Tiberias, the group visited the helipad where one of the Magen David Adom emergency helicopters is based. Speaking with the pilot and navigator and appreciating their professionalism was a highlight of the mission.

The enthusiasm of staff and volunteers at the Magen David Adom Station (funded by Leonard Lass of the UK) in the Arab town of Sachnin was a pleasure to experience.

The group was fortunate enough to be in Israel over Yom Hazikaron and Yom Ha’atzmaut and attended a Remembrance Day service for fallen soldiers in Haifa, together with supporters of American Friends of Magen David Adom. A very moving and special experience for everyone.

This trip has been life-changing!

I don’t think I will ever forget it! What an incredible organisation.

Anita Regal I have supported MDA for the past fifty years and this trip confirmed my belief in the service.

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BLOOD CENTRE UPDATE Construction of The National Blood and Logistics Centre continues on target with an estimated completion date of early 2021.

This is the biggest capital project that Magen David Adom has ever undertaken. A lifesaving collaboration between Magen David Adom UK, American Friends of Magen David Adom and the Government of Israel.

To find out how you can get involved, please call us on 020 8201 5900 or email Daniel Burger at danielburger@mdauk.org

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