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This General Election has provoked the most interest and concern that I can ever recall from the Jewish community.

There is no getting around the fact that antisemitism will be a central election issue for many, if not most, in the Jewish community. Labour’s handling of antisemitism over the last few years has rightly come under intense scrutiny, and all indications are that many Jews will be voting according to their judgement of how Labour has performed on the issue.

It is an absolute travesty in this day and age, that antisemitism should be an issue which British Jews feel they need to take into account at the ballot box, often over and above their broader social and economic views, and for many, over their views of what is no doubt a major issue of the day: Brexit.

That being said, of course there are other issues which Jews, as Jews, will be considering in this election: whether that’s the parties’ positions on Israel, on Jewish schools, on fundamental Jewish freedoms like shechita or circumcision, or indeed on wider issues of concern to society, like welfare, immigration, climate change and hate crime against different groups. And of course, the Jewish community is equally concerned about the other great issues of the day. We want to play a full part in all aspects of society.

The Board of Deputies of British Jews has this week released its Jewish Manifesto which sets out what we understand to be the key concerns of the Jewish community. Of course, where there are two Jews, there are three opinions, and not every Jew will agree with every word written, but we hope that most Jews will agree with most of the points we have included.

We have sent the Jewish Manifesto to candidates contesting the election to inform them of our priorities. We have also made it widely available to the Jewish community, to empower the UK’s Jews to challenge and question candidates of all parties on their views.

We would encourage all members of the Jewish community to engage proactively in the election.

Reach out to candidates and ask them to support the Jewish Manifesto’s ‘Ten Commitments’, which you will find on the back cover of this newspaper.

Please consider attending local Jewish community hustings meetings, advertised on the inside back page of this newspaper, so that you can hear the candidates and probe their views.

Finally, and most importantly, please make sure that you are registered to vote, and that you use your vote. The deadline to register to vote is 11:59 this coming Tuesday 26 November. For those who have different possible addresses from which to register, including students, you may wish to consider which constituency is most likely to be affected by your vote, and register there. You can register to vote at www.gov.uk/register-to-vote.

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Church’s mea culpa Historic report urges Christians to ‘repent’ for antisemitism

A landmark Church of England report calling on Christians to “repent” for historic antisemitism and reset JewishChristian relations received a mixed reaction from Jewish leaders this week, writes Jack Mendel.

While Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis welcomed the report in the main, he simultaneously launched a blistering reproach of Anglican leaders for failing to disavow their institution with those who still seek to convert

The report, published today, urges Jews to Christianity. remorse over the role of Christians Mirvis’s “substantial misgivings” in centuries of antisemitism and were voiced in his ‘afterword’ in the calls on Christians to “repent” for once-in-a-generation report from past sins and challenge attitudes the Church’s influential Faith and that provided a “fertile seed-bed for Order Commission (FOC), titled God’s murderous antisemitism”, conUnfailing Word, which was approved by tributing to the Holocaust. the Mirvis’s friend Justin Welby, The document, the Archbishop of Canterbury Archbishop of Canterbury three years in and the Church’s most senior Justin Welby the making, also bishop.

addresses historical Christian persecution of Jews, antisemitism from Palestinian supporters, attitudes towards Israel, and evangelism, but does not cut Church ties to groups such as ‘Jews for Jesus.’

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Corbyn accused of lying over Labour antisemitism cases Jeremy Corbyn was accused of lying on national television this week, after claiming “every single case” of anti-Jewish racism in his party has been dealt with – despite “thousands” remaining unresolved, writes Jack Mendel.

The Labour leader came in for criticism during Tuesday night’s televised leaders’ debate, with Prime Minister Boris Johnson branding his handling of the antisemitism row a “complete failure of leadership”.

Corbyn responded, saying antisemitism was “an absolute evil and scourge within our society”, and insisted the party treated the issue “very, very seriously”.

“I have taken action in my party where anyone who has committed any antisemitic acts or made any antisemitic statements, they [were] either suspended or expelled from the party and investigated every single case.”

The National Secretary of the Jewish Labour Movement, Peter Mason, tweeted the clip of Corbyn making this claim, saying: “This is a lie.

There are at least 130 outstanding antisemitism cases, some dating back years, that still haven’t been dealt with. The party haven’t bothered to investigate the cases properly or make deci-

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sions. This is the tip of the iceberg. The 130 cases are just those before the NCC [National Constitutional Committee]. We have submitted

details to the EHRC [Equalities and Human Rights Commission] of thousands of cases left unresolved. Cases where grossly antisemitic

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behaviour was excused, and details of the worst political manipulation of a system by those running the Party.”

After Mason’s claim that Corbyn had lied, Labour’s Dawn Butler, who is Shadow Women and Equalities Secretary, responded on Sky News, saying: “I don’t know where anybody will be getting that information from because it’s confidential. That is within the processes of the Labour Party.

“What I do know is that the Labour Party has a strong, robust system for dealing with issues of any form of racism and any form of complaints.

“If Jeremy Corbyn has been informed by the general secretary that all the cases have been dealt with in some way – then absolutely he is right to say that is the case because I’m sure that’s what he’s been informed.”

Mason later accused the party of “hiding behind confidentiality”.

Labour is currently under investigation by the EHRC over claims of institutional antisemitism. It is expected to deliver its verdict as early as January – making it the second party to be probed by the watchdog after the British National Party.

ORTHODOX URGED TO REGISTER Orthodox Jewish representatives in Hackney are urging peers to register to vote, amid warnings that more than 2,000 religious Jews of voting age in north London still have not done so.

In an effort to boost registration, posters have been put up in English, Yiddish and Hebrew in communal centres such as Stamford Hill, with Thousands have not registered to vote reminders issued in synagogues and advice given on different options, such ister. On election day, they turn up at the polling station only to find out that they as proxy and postal voting.

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LABOUR HITS BACK AT PUBLIC FIGURES Labour has rejected the claim of 24 public figures who said they won’t vote for the party because its leader has “a long record of embracing antisemites as comrades” – saying “several” have been accused of ”antisemitism, Islamophobia and misogyny”.

John le Carré, Maajid Nawaz and Joanna Lumley are among those who signed a letter to the Guardian, which said: “To ignore [antisemitism] is to declare that anti-Jewish prejudice is a price worth paying for a Labour government.”

MARGOLYES GIVES BACKING TO CORBYN Miriam Margolyes has said Labour’s backing for the National Health Service is more important than antisemitism or Brexit.

At the launch of the new series of the BBC’s Call The Midwife, the Jewish actress said: “No party is perfect, but Corbyn is a man of principle. But Boris Johnson again and again has shown that he is not.”

She added: “I think antisemitism is throughout the English political system. I don’t think Labour have a monopoly on antisemitism.”

Backslap for saying Jews are ‘immoral’ Footage has emerged showing the Labour leader giving a pat on the back to a speaker who told a crowd that supporting Israel made Jews “immoral”, writes Mathilde Frot.

The video, taken during a Palestine Solidarity Campaign rally in 2008, was uncovered by website The Red Roar.

It shows Jeremy Corbyn standing behind Ismail Patel, chair of the campaign Friends of Al-Aqsa, while he made Jeremy Corbyn patted the speaker on the back

the comments and give him a pat on the back as he left the stage.

In the video, Patel can be heard telling the crowd: “We see the impact of Zionism on Palestinians, but it has had a devastating effect on the Jewish community itself – it has made them immoral in justice.

“How can you have a community that can celebrate 60 years of dispossession? How can you have a community that celebrates the killings of innocent Pal-

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“This is what Zionism has done to Judaic faith.”

Moments later, Patel said the group Jews for Justice [for Palestinians] and the ultra-orthodox anti-Zionist Neturei Karta had “gone above Zionism and seen Zionism for what it is”.

A spokesperson for the Jewish Labour Movement said: “A real lifelong antiracist would’ve said something to challenge those speakers spouting deeply antisemitic views. Instead he was a bystander – he watched and did nothing.”

A Labour spokesperson said: “Jeremy Corbyn has a long and principled record of solidarity with the Palestinian people and [supporting] peace and justice, with a secure Israel alongside a secure and viable Palestinian state.”

HARLOW HOPEFUL GRILLED Labour’s candidate for Harlow told an audience member to “think for yourself” after he asked if Jeremy Corbyn is “fit to keep our country safe and secure” in light of his views on Hamas and Hezbollah.

Laura McAlpine was joined by fellow candidates Charlotte Cane (Liberal Democrat) and Robert Halfon (Conservative) at an election hustings in Harlow on 18 November.

The audience member’s question referred to Corbyn’s

use of the phrase “our friends” to refer to members of the terror groups Hezbollah and Hamas during a meeting in parliament in 2009 before he became Labour leader.

Earlier this month, McAlpine defended chief campaigner Brett Hawksbee after he wrote about a “Jewish final solution,” despite one party official warning he had broken the IHRA definition “in almost every single way possible”.

Anti-Boris ‘solidarity’ A group of left-wing Jews descended on the prime minister’s west London constituency to help the Labour candidate unseat him.

Thirty people from Jews Against Boris went door-knocking on Sunday for Labour’s Ali Milani in Uxbridge and South Ruislip.

Milani needs a five percent swing to win after Johnson’s majority was halved in 2017.

Rivkah Brown, one of the canvassers, said: “Boris

Johnson has incited a hateful and divisive politics that endangers all marginalised people.

“That is why being part of a group of British Jews who show solidarity with other communities is so important at this election.”

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Tucking into falafel at Hendon Park Cafe, Conservative candidate Matthew Offord tells me his favourite Jewish food is “anything with chickpeas. I’m obsessed by hummus!”

It’s a rare moment of relaxation for the 50-year-old incumbent, who knows he is in the political fight of his career to retain his Hendon seat, after a narrow victory by 1,072 votes in 2017. Unlike his hummus, Offord is hoping his popularity won’t dip.

He is acutely aware that many former Labour voters now face a stark choice between Brexitbacking Tories and Remain-backing Lib Dems (Indeed, 62 percent of Barnet voted Remain).

Offord says this election will “hinge on antisemitism” for Jewish voters, not Brexit. “They understand a Corbyn government could happen if they vote Lib Dem. It simply comes down to this: vote Lib Dem, get Corbyn.

“The only indecision I see is people who have always voted Labour and don’t know whether to vote Lib Dem, Conservative or to abstain. Even if people voted Remain, they want Brexit to be sorted out and want to stop this stagnation.”

With “no regrets” over his Brexit position – backing both Boris Johnson and Theresa May’s deals – the MP since 2010 says voters on the doorstep are “uncomfortable” with the fact the Lib Dems “don’t respect democracy”

Matthew Offord, centre, and supporters go door-to-door as he battles to retain his seat

in wanting to scrap Brexit.

Before stopping for lunch, I join a canvassing session next to Hendon United Synagogue, where Offord hands out his newsletter, telling voters about his work getting Hezbollah banned, protecting funding for faith schools and Jewish burial rights.

He is “proud of the fact that my first question in Parliament was to Michael Gove over school security and the government has since funded that”. Offord adds that the Lib Dem policy on kosher meat “is to follow the EU and

to have the slaughter identified on products”.

He disagrees with the Lib Dem policy, citing regular “mis-stuns”.

The Labour hopeful in Hendon is David Pinto-Duschinsky, 45, the son of a Holocaust survivor, who says his family roots “massively influenced” him. A resident of Jeremy Corbyn’s constituency, who will vote for the Labour leader on 12 December, he was a former adviser to the home secretary, and the then Chancellor Alistair Darling during the financial crisis of 2008, before turning to politics.

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He says the country “desperately needs change and we desperately need a Labour government to bring that change”, adding: “It’s the most powerful vehicle for social change this country has ever seen.”

When asked why he wants Corbyn as prime minister – amid the row over handling of antisemitism in the party – he admits: “Labour has a problem. There’s no whitewash. We need to do more. It’s as simple as that and it breaks my heart to say that, but we do have a problem and we need to fix it.

“That’s why I welcome the EHRC’s [Equalities and Human Rights Commission] review and want make sure they leave no stone unturned.”

He adds: “I don’t want a politics where I have to choose, or any Jew needs to choose, between who we are and what we believe. I understand people have left, and I respect their decisions, but I don’t think that’s the right decision.

“I want to fight for a Labour Party that Jews can be proud to vote for. I don’t think leaving the party helps.”

Our coffee shop chat is suddenly interrupted by a member of the public, who asks: “You’re not Labour, are you? Around here?”

Pinto-Duschinsky says he has not had “a formal discussion” with the Lib Dems, but adds: “I obviously think it would be massively helpful if they stood down, because they can’t win here.

“At the last election, they got 3.8 percent of the

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Hendon’s doors vote. If you want a second referendum, the only way to deliver that is by voting Labour.”

He returns to talk about his Jewish upbringing, going to Reubens after Shabbat, and being welcomed into Finchley Progressive Synagogue.

“Having a daughter and watching how in our shul and community she’s been brought in, brought up and accepted, that sense of being embraced by a broader community is what being Jewish means.”

Meanwhile, despite her party registering under 2,000 votes at the last election in Hendon, Lib Dem candidate Clareine Enderby is chipper about her chances.

A former Labour member, who was the Lib Dem candidate for Finchley and Golders Green before Luciana Berger got the nod, she is deeply concerned about Brexit and the impact it might have on minorities.

Calling Berger “absolutely inspiring” and “incredibly brave”, Enderby tells me in a phone interview that the former Labour and Change UK MP “is a woman with the courage of her convictions”.

She adds: “She bravely stood on so many issues and she is hugely inspiring and good on the doorstep as well. I was very happy to stand aside for her.”

The former lawyer-turned-actress has limited experience with the Jewish community, but says Labour is “mired in antisem-

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itism”, while adding the Conservative Party is “subject to accusations of Islamophobia”.

She expresses concern about the “undercurrent of anti-foreigner talk; the hostility makes minority groups more nervous”, adding that it is “inexcusable that two parties can be led by two people who are presiding over such a culture of intolerance to minority groups”.

Enderby bats away fears that a vote for the Lib Dems could let Corbyn in, saying: “Jo Swinson has made it very clear we would not be letting Corbyn into Number 10.”

The Lib Dem hopeful also fights off claims that her party still has a lingering antisemitism problem, after being asked about the likes of David Ward and Jenny Tonge, who have since been kicked out over antisemitism claims.

“Those particular people you mentioned were forced out of the party. They were not tolerated.

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“I haven’t seen anything in the Lib Dems that would lead me to be worried about that – although isolated incidents have occurred in the past and they’ve been dealt with.”

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Shul’s concert tribute to May Hundreds of people crowded into Hampstead Garden Suburb Synagogue on Sunday for a concert tribute to Theresa May, writes Jenni Frazer.

The former prime minister herself stayed away, however,

saying it would be unfair to appear during the election campaign.

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The synagogue’s 20th annual chazanut concert featured both Jewish and secular music, and showcased two extraordinary talents: HGSS’s own cantor, Avrumi Freilich, and the Belz Chasid singing sensation from New York, Shulem Lemmer, making his first UK appearance.

He has just become the first strictly Orthodox singer to be signed to a major record label, Decca Gold.

Tributes were paid to Theresa May’s time in Downing Street

Among the array of musical offerings was the Rinah Ensemble and orchestra, conducted by Eliot Alderman. At

the concert, Israel’s ambassador to the UK, Mark Regev, paid tribute to his predecessor, Daniel Taub, who was

present, and thanked him for the help he had provided in the transition of the post.

Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis, with whom May had dined on the eve of taking up office in Downing Street, said: “Future events, particularly in the next month, will determine the well-being of Jews and Judaism in Great Britain.”

Regev thanked the chief rabbi for “his spiritual leadership in uneasy and uncertain times”.

Other guests included Mike Freer, the Conservative candidate for Finchley and Golders Green.

TORY CANDIDATES SUSPENDED The Conservatives have dropped two general election candidates over alleged antisemitic comments made several years ago.

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Candidates clash over ‘smear tactics’ A Labour candidate has dismissed her rival’s criticism of her handling of antisemitism claims as “smear tactics”.

Robert Largan, Conservative candidate for High Peak, has repeatedly challenged his rival Ruth George.

Last month, he accused her of recruiting as campaign co-ordinator a Labour activist and former ally of Alison Chabloz, who was jailed for sharing antisemitic material on social media – an allegation George strongly denies.

He tweeted this year: “The evidence mounts by the week that there is a very serious antisemitism problem with

Labour’s Ruth George

Ruth George MP at the centre of it.” George, who won the seat in 2017, alluded to Largan’s attacks in a Facebook comment, saying: “I am proud that we have so many Jewish members of High Peak Labour Party and we work together to tackle racism and discrimination both locally and nationally.”

to the Conservatives in 2015, made the comment during a debate on Gaza at the European Parliament. “Young men are going over from England where I come from – people of the Jewish faith who my grandchildren have grown up with as decent young men,” he said. “But have come back as extremists – as people that are brainwashed.”

“They will not listen to reason. There is something very peculiar and wrong going on in Israel,” he added, referencing “rabbis and politicians.”

Bashir told the Jewish Chronicle on Monday that he “deeply regrets the comments I made around brainwashing.”

“This was borne from a personal experience but it was completely wrong and I apologise unreservedly for it,” he added, reiterating his support for a two-state solution to the conflict.

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CALL FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE PLEDGE The Jewish Council for Racial Equality (JCORE) has called on parliamentary candidates to commit to social justice by pledging to champion six proposals.

They include allowing asylum seekers to work while their claims are assessed, reuniting refugee families and funding a resettlement programme for unaccompanied refugee children and young people in the United Kingdom.

JCORE also urged all political parties to have “clear and transparent procedures for dealing with all forms of racism, including antisemitism and Islamophobia”.

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Candidates vye for your vote Voters in the UK’s most Jewish areas will get a chance to ask their burning questions to parliamentary candidates vying for key seats over the coming weeks, writes Mathilde Frot.

Stanmore United Synagogue, Finchley Reform Synagogue and the Somali Bravanese Welfare Association are just some of the organisations giving candidates the chance to battle it out in dozens of election hustings.

The hustings have been organised by the Jewish Leadership Council (JLC), Board of Deputies and London Jewish Forum (LJF) in partnership with Jewish News.

LJF’s Andrew Gilbert said the election could prove “vital” for the community. “What is different this time is the number of seats in London, Essex and Hertfordshire that are considered marginal and could swing,” he said.

“Engagement is important.

The hustings are always well attended, but do remember: whether our friends who might be standing against each other will win and lose, we want to retain them all as friends,” he added.

Board chief executive Gillian Merron said: “We call on our communities to engage in every way they can. They are encouraged to attend these hustings to quiz the candidates; they should check out our general election Jewish Manifesto so they are informed on the issues.”

A JLC spokesperson said: “This is one of the most pivotal elections in recent history and these hustings will provide an opportunity for our community to engage and challenge those who wish to represent us in the next Parliament.”

In Manchester, candidates for Bury South, including

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Lucy Burke (Labour), Christian Wakeford (Conservative), Richard Kilpatrick (Liberal Democrats), and Ivan Lewis (Independent) will be joined next Thursday, 28 November by event chair JLC chief executive Simon Johnson at the Hilton Suite on Bury New Road from 7.30pm.

In Hendon, Clareine Enderby (Lib Dems), Matthew Offord (Conservative), David Pinto-Duschinsky (Labour) and Portia Vincent-Kirby (Green) are confirmed for a session at Edgware and Hendon Reform Synagogue from 7.30pm on 2 December with Rabbi Mark Goldsmith.

Meanwhile, candidates for Enfield Southgate – Bambos Charalambous (Labour), David Burrowes (Conservative), Parag Shah (Brexit Party), Rob Wilson (Lib Dem) and Luke Balnave (Green) will be at Cockfosters and N Southgate Synagogue on 2 December from 8pm.

A debate featuring Finchley & Golders Green candidates – Mike Freer (Conservative), Ross Houston (Labour) and Luciana Berger (Lib Dems) – will be held in association with Golders Green Parish Church and Interfaith Matters from

Candidates set to be grilled by voters in the coming weeks include (clockwise): Lucy Burke, Christian Wakeford, Richard Kilpatrick, Matthew Offord, Clareine Enderby and Ivan Lewis

8pm on 4 December.

Over in Harrow East, Bob Blackman (Conservative), Pamela Fitzpatrick (Labour) and Adam Bernard (Lib Dems) will give a short address and take questions from

audience members emailed in advance from 8pm on 5 December.

BBC and CBS News producer Martin Levene will moderate the discussion, while all proceeds from the event will

be donated to Harrow-based St Luke’s Hospice.  For more information visit www.thejlc.org/ hustings2019 or www. bod.org.uk/hustings2019

STUDENT SUSPENDED Welsh activist investigated Labour has suspended a student activist pictured in an election leaflet who was reported to the party last year over antisemitism claims, Jewish News understands.

Kierin Offlands, 21, appeared on the campaign leaflet alongside fellow activist Aisha Malik-Smith, but his photograph has since been removed from all online material. The leaflet, produced by

Labour Unions, a group of 12 trade unions affiliated to the party, was marked “Real change for young workers”.

Labour Against Antisemitism reported Offlands, who apologised yesterday, to the party. He received a warning in April last year, as first reported

by The Sun. A post shared from his Facebook described Israeli soldiers as “coward #ZioNazi stormtroopers”.

An activist for Plaid Cymru has expressed “deep regret” over social media comments she said “crossed the boundary into antisemitism”.

Sahar Al-Faifi’s membership to Plaid Cymru was suspended last Sunday as the party investigated the material dating back to 2012.

A party spokesperson said: “Plaid Cymru will not tolerate antisemitism, racism or

intolerance in any form. That includes the appalling abuse the individual has been subject to.”

In a statement, Al-Faifi, who is from Cardiff, said: “Several years ago, I made a handful of social media posts I regret deeply as they cross the boundary of criticism of Israel into antisemitism.”

She apologised for the posts, which she had deleted.

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Special Report / Mitzvah Day 2019

When one good turn deserves 25,000 more!

Thousands of volunteers came together on Sunday to plant trees, support food banks and perform good deeds during an annual Jewish-led day of social action, writes Mathilde Frot.

Mitzvah Day, the UK’s biggest faith-based day of social action, returned for the 11th year, with 25,000 volunteers and 500 organisations taking part across the country.

In one event, Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis visited a London mosque, joined by members of Brondesbury Park Synagogue and Hampstead’s Roslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, Mitzvah Day’s founder Laura Marks, its chief executive Georgina Bye and interfaith adviser Rabbi Jeff Berger.

The group planted apple and fig trees, basil and hyssop, vowing to meet again at the Al-Khoei Islamic Centre in Queen’s Park to harvest the produce. “In a very challenging world, by standing here together we are making a huge statement,” Rabbi Mirvis told the event.

“Being on this site, which used to be a synagogue, with our Muslim brothers and sisters on Mitzvah Day is charged with that symbolism of unity.

This is what the world should be like all the time.”

Dr Sheikh Ramzy, of the Oxford Islamic Information Centre, added: “If you look at every part of the world, there is war and hatred.

But by coming together and planting this seed of peace in this holy place, we can start to bring peace to our heart, our

families, our communities, our cities and around the globe.”

In Finchley, five rabbis, each representing a synagogue movement, took part in an emotional ceremony at the Somali Bravanese Welfare Association.

The community centre opened this year after its former premises were destroyed in an arson attack six years ago.

Jewish and Muslim youth planted bulbs at the centre to donate to a local care home, attaching labels with notes and pictures for residents.

Rabbis Danny Rich, David Mason, Miriam Berger, Rebecca Birk and Jeff Berger were hosted by the association’s Abu Bakar Ali and Asma Mohamed Ali, who led efforts to reopen a centre for the Somali Bravanese community.

“This was an amazing demonstration of how communities can support each other in adversity and open our doors to share positive moments together,” said Georgina Bye. “Planting bulbs at the centre and in pots to be donated to a local old age home, we look forward to returning to see them bloom and to continue this wonderful relationship,” she added.

A similar project took place at the Centre for Islamic Enlightening at the Hippodrome in Golders Green with the interfaith women’s group Nisa-Nashim.

Razi Zadeh, the centre’s manager, said: “It was a pleasure to work together with our Jewish friends and

neighbours on Mitzvah Day, in our local community, to do something nice for people in care homes.”

Meanwhile in Finchley Road, the JW3 hosted six faith communities to cook for homeless people staying

and turn old t-shirts into tote bags for charity.

Elsewhere in the country, the day saw a flurry of interfaith events in Leeds, tea parties and “collectathons” in Manchester, schoolchildren’s baking projects for elderly

Top: Children at Northwood and Pinner Liberal Synagogue’s cheder made dog toys out of old t-shirts

at the Pond Square Chapel Night Shelter in Highgate.”

Volunteers used produce from their fridges, gardens and cupboards to produce a meal in a nod to this year’s theme ‘Going Greener’, designed to encourage projects to help the environment.

The day at the JW3 in Hampstead also saw volunteers wrap presents for vulnerable children, register as potential stem cell donors

communities, blanket-knitting for the homeless in Newcastle and a beach clean-up on Walney Island and Maryport in Cumbria.

“In this political climate, when everything is so unclear, one thing we can be sure of is that our environmental climate needs our attention,” said Marks.

“By focusing on the environment for Mitzvah Day this year, something we share with all humanity and

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New Arab council calls for direct relations with Israel A new council comprising senior figures in the Arab world has called for more direct relations with Israelis while repudiating those calling for a boycott of Israeli goods, writes Stephen Oryszczuk.

At the culmination of a landmark two-day meeting in London, the 30-member Arab Council for Regional Integration issued a statement yesterday, urging increased dialogue.

Former Prime Minister Tony Blair praised the group, saying in a message: “The developing Arab-Israeli relationship can, should and must provide the critical underpinning” to peace negotiations, alongside US involvement.

“Integrating Israel in the region will benefit all parties and not only Israel,” said Blair, who acted as the Middle

Tony Blair sent a message of support to the Arab Council

East envoy for a ‘quartet’ comprising the UN, EU, US and Russia from 2007-15.

“Far from distancing peace, it will bring peace between Israel and the Palestinians, in my judgment, closer,” he said.

Someparticipants,including Sheikh Saleh Hamed, risked their lives to attend, according to Sukayna Mushaykhis, a Dubai-based Shi’ite Saudi

Church’s mea culpa Continued from page 1 “The enduring existence within the Anglican Church of a theological approach that is permissive of this behaviour does considerable damage to the relationship between our faiths,” said Mirvis. “Pursuing a new Christian-Jewish paradigm in this context is exceptionally challenging.”

Richard Sudworth, the Church’s national inter-religious affairs adviser, welcomed Mirvis’s “tough words” and said the Church “needs to hear the depth of feeling the Chief Rabbi is expressing. Any sense we target Jewish people must carry the weight of history.”

The Council of Christians and Jews said: “This comes at a sensitive time for the UK Jewish community with rising antisemitism in wider British culture. We welcome the prac-

tical emphasis of the report, which is pragmatic and hopeful with regard to future JewishChristian relations.”

The report acknowledges “the destructive nature and origins of Christian perceptions of the Jewish people” and reflects on “the attribution of collective guilt to the Jewish people for the death of Christ”.

This, the authors acknowledge, contributed to “fostering the acquiescence, if not positive support, of many Christians in actions that led to the Holocaust”, in wording that amounts to the Church’s most forthright mea culpa to date.

Drawing on rising levels of antisemitism, and referencing his 2016 Auschwitz-Birkenau visit, Welby said: “Too often in history, the Church has been responsible for and colluded in antisemitism.”

national who works as an anchor at the Arabic-language Al-Hurra TV channel.

Hamed, from Lebanon, told the closing of the conference: “We do not deny the rights of the Jews to have a country because they are a nation. They have their religion, language, culture, art and heritage”.

He urged Jews “to return to Lebanon, take back their

homes and live side by side with Muslims and Christians and all constituents of the Lebanese mosaic”, adding that Arab countries “should protect the citizens, their economic rights and their right to build their holy places, to pray, and to ensure their freedoms”.

Mushaykhis said Hamed “took a chance to participate even though his life may be in danger”.

The council comprises clerics, activists, journalists, diplomats and parliamentarians from countries including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, Syria, Sudan, Tunisia, Iraq and the Palestinian territories.

“These are not fringe players,” said James Sorene, of Middle East think tank BICOM. “They’re thought leaders in their societies.”

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AJEX parade / Shechita petition / Policeman guilty / News NEWS IN BRIEF

JEWISH HEADS UNITE AT PAJES SEMINAR Headteachers from Jewish schools nationwide came together for the Partnerships for Jewish Schools annual seminar at Hunton Park in Hertfordshire. Attendees gathered for the two-day conference to discuss challenges facing schools and listen to speeches from industry professionals. Jonathan Boyd, executive director of Jewish Policy Research, discussed the future of British Jewish life, and heads Rachel Fink of JFS and Yvonne Baron of Etz Chaim spoke of the impact of personal stories on leadership.

SHOAH FORUM TO INVOLVE 30 STATES The heads of state of more than 30 countries are set to attend the Fifth World Holocaust Forum at Yad Vashem. The presidents of Russia, France, Germany and Austria are among the world leaders set to meet in Jerusalem on 23 January, as Israel prepares to mark 75 years since the liberation of AuschwitzBirkenau. Israeli President Reuven Rivlin said the UK expects to send a representative for the forum, during which discussion will turn to fighting antisemitism worldwide.

2,000 salute community’s fallen The largest and most diverse attendance of Jewish community members in 20 years braced the cold November air on Sunday for the annual parade remembering Jews who died fighting for Britain, writes Stephen Oryszczuk.

The Remembrance Parade organised by the Association of Jewish ExServicemen and Women (AJEX) was this year jointly led by 12 serving Royal Marines in full ceremonial uniform, in turn were led by Lt Col Jason Durup.

Together with current Jewish servicemen and women and the Scots Guards, the Royal Marines from a London detachment were joined by AJEX patrons including this year’s lead patron Sir Malcolm Rifkind, former foreign secretary. Other AJEX patrons present included Lord Carlile, Lord Sterling, Lloyd Dorfman and

Current and former servicemen at the 85th annual parade in Whitehall

General Nugee, together with Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis and children from six Jewish schools. It was the first

year the members’ reunion was held before the parade, rather than after, the first that tickets were issued to par-

ticipants, and the first that the Board of Deputies’ president was invited to lay a wreath on the north side on the Cenotaph alongside Reviewing Officer Admiral Gardner.

“It was a huge success,” said AJEX chief executive Major Danny Yank.

“With well over 2,000 people this was the biggest parade in 20 years... Once a reunion for former soldiers, this is now a very popular and inclusive community event.”

Wales halts anti-shechita plan ‘PIZZA’ POLICEMAN GUILTY The Welsh Assembly this week ended a long-running petition to ban the non-stun slaughter of animals in Wales, citing “a lack of recent evidence”.

First raised in 2012, it had only 400 signatures until last week, when the Assembly’s Petitions Committee said it

would finally close it down, while pursuing a parallel petition for the mandatory installation of CCTV in all slaughterhouses.

In the past two weeks the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, the National Secular Society and

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A police sergeant who allegedly dangled a pepperoni pizza over the food of a Jewish officer has been found guilty of gross misconduct.

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Students disrupt talks by former IDF soldier Israeli hospitals. It ended in A retired Israeli soldier who 2018. helped thousands of SyrStandWithUs UK ians to receive medical tweeted videos of the treatment in Israel was chanting and said the met with noisy protests protesters “hijacked” at two British universiDror’s presentation, ties on Tuesday, writes adding: “Protesting help Stephen Oryszczuk. for Syria, sickening.”

Former Lieutenant Eyal Dror Michael Dickson, execuColonel Eyal Dror was hosted tive director, described proat King’s College London by the university’s Israel Society and co- testers as “a mob”.

Dror said: “My message to the UK hosted by Israel advocacy organisais one of co-operation across people tion StandWithUs. Dror set up the Israel Defense of all faiths for the benefit of people in Forces (IDF) humanitarian mission need – Christians, Muslims and Jews Operation Good Neighbour in the working side by side to deliver hope Golan Heights, bringing injured Syr- to a generation of Syrian civilians who ians over the border for treatment in were victims of a tragic, bloody war.

“This message has the power to combat prejudice.”

Raphael Wein from StandWithUs said it was a “disgrace” that protesters were “not willing to show support for such a worthy cause,” adding: “Dror’s message was that of shared humanity.”

Hours earlier, Dror spoke at the University of Warwick, where hundreds of students had signed a petition against his visit, saying: “In the same week that over 34 Palestinians have been massacred by the IDF, the university has chosen to allow a colonel from that same force to speak on campus.”

Warwick’s Students’ Union (SU) acknowledged “considerable unease” surrounding the talk and said its involvement was “limited to the pro-

Protesters at Warwick University during Lt Col Eyal Dror’s presentation

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The SU asked “all student societies, particularly those with political inter-

ests, to think carefully about who they invite on to campus, and to consider the potential impact this has on our diverse range of communities here at Warwick”.

PROFESSOR ACCUSED OF SHARING ‘ANTISEMITIC‫ה״ב‬CONSPIRACIES’ the antisemitic conspiracy that Jews control the media”. A Jewish student said she left the lecture “shaking with rage”.

Notes accompanying the lecture contain the quote: “Palestinians are entirely entitled to resist and oppose the occupation and theft of their homeland by any means they deem necessary.”

Following media coverage, Osuri emailed students, at one point saying: “It may be of interest to you that there is a group called Jewish Voice for Labour who argue that the claims of antisemitism against the Labour Party are orchestrated,” including a link to the group’s website.

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Celebrating mockery that has no mercy Tim Benson, Britain’s foremost authority on political cartoons, tells Beatrice Sayers about the power of the illustrator’s pen Few people can have enjoyed the past few years of political tumult quite as much as Britain’s cartoonists. Drawing under pressure for daily newspaper pages and websites, they’ve been producing witty, shrewd and sometimes venomous responses to the ongoing Brexit drama, and now they’re feeding with glee off the general election campaign.

The 2019 edition of Britain’s Best Political Cartoons is just out, and what a year it has been. A cartoon by Morten Morland in the Times shows Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell regretting the fact that Labour MP Luciana Berger had survived a no-confidence vote in her constituency (she left the party two weeks later); a cartoon by Andy Davey in the Daily Telegraph depicts Theresa May, who was clinging to office despite criticism from Tory MPs, as an Extinction Rebellion protester glued to No 10; and one

by Peter Schrank in the Sunday Business Post shows Boris Johnson, who was trying prorogue parliament, as Westminster’s demolition man.

The book is edited by Dr Tim Benson, owner of the Political Cartoon Gallery in

Putney, who says the current chaos in British politics is superb for cartoonists: “It inspires them to go on and do great things.”

Benson first became interested in political cartoons as a boy when he read the books of Vicky cartoons his parents kept in the loo. Vicky (Victor Weisz), born in Berlin in 1913 to Hungarian-Jewish parents, had come to Britain in 1935 and by the time war took hold had become a leading leftwing cartoonist, working for the News Chronicle, the Evening Standard and the Mirror, where he drew alongside the renowned Londoner Philip Zec, who was also Jewish.

Philip Zec, one of 11 children of a tailor from Odessa, waged his own personal war against Hitler from the offices of the Mirror.

He had applied to join the RAF but never received his call-up because key newspaper figures came under the schedule of reserved occupations.

Among his many memorable images is his VE day cartoon ‘Don’t Lose It Again’, showing an exhausted British soldier handing over a hard-won victory wreath. By the time it appeared, Zec had already taken his place on the Nazis’ blacklist, to be given

Some of the drawings in Britain’s Best Political Cartoons of 2019, and (inset below) a caricature of Tim Benson by Christian Adams of the Evening Standard

appropriate punishment after Germany had won the war. Also on the list was New Zealander David Low, who worked at the London Evening Standard.

Low had been creating newspaper cartons in London from 1919, producing work that brought both acclaim and notoriety. His 1937 strip titled ‘Hit and Muss’ (Hitler and Mussolini) led to complaints from German diplomats and was censored, but the cartoonist spent the war years creating illustrations that were concise and often prophetic.

A cartoon from 1938 shows Hitler dressed as Father Christmas collecting babies from across Europe and dropping them into his gift sack.

At his gallery in Putney, Benson, 60, sits beneath Zec’s original VE day cartoon, which he snapped up at auction in Eastbourne, and surrounded by hundreds of original news drawings.

Brought up in central London by parents who were members of the Western Synagogue in Crawford Place, he taught history before leaving to do a PhD on Low, and has spent the decades since feeding his passion.

“I think Jews are quite prominent in cartooning because they’re outsiders looking in,” he says. “They weren’t part of the establishment.”

He is used to the idea of political cartooning causing offence – some have called it a bloodsport – and says the only time he can be sure of getting publicity is when there are accusations that a drawing is racist, sexist or antisemitic.

“But if it’s published in a mainstream

national newspaper I will defend it,” Benson says. “It’s the intent that matters, especially if it’s a visual image.”

In the past couple of years the veteran Guardian cartoonist Steve Bell has had two cartoons rejected by his editor as antisemitic. As Benson puts it: “Steve Bell is a law unto himself, or tries to be.”

Twenty-eight entries are in the running for the 20th annual Political Cartoon of the Year award, which Benson organises and which take place next month (Dec). He recalls that the winning entry in 2003 was Dave Brown’s caricature of Ariel Sharon eating an infant.

In the cartoon, published the day before the Israeli general election, Sharon says: ‘What’s wrong… You never seen a politician kissing babies before?’

There was a furious front-page story in Ha’aretz and representations from Sharon’s solicitors that the cartoon alluded to the blood libel; Benson himself received hate mail (“I was getting petitions from Israeli schools,” he recalls). He doesn’t predict a winner this year but says: “I find the best ones are usually those you get in an instant.

There’s an immediacy to them.”

With Westminster politics in disarray, the country’s hard-working illustrators are on top form, ahead of their continental counterparts in draughtsmanship and with a flair and originality unseen in America. “We have the best artists here,” as Benson puts it.

Perhaps the next government could do with some of their good judgment and insight too.

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World News / West Bank ruling / Branko mourned / Library online

Israel settlements ‘no longer illegal’ Donald Trump’s US administration has declared that the White House no longer sees Jewish settlements in the West Bank as “illegal” under international law.

The announcement was made by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday, but within an hour of Pompeo’s statement the European Union said its position remained unchanged.

“After carefully studying all sides of the legal debate, the United States has concluded that the establishment of Israeli civilian settlements in the West Bank is not, per se, inconsistent with international law,” said Pompeo.

“Calling the establishment of civilian settlements inconsistent with international law hasn’t worked. It hasn’t advanced the cause of peace.”

He added: “The hard truth is that there will never be a judicial resolution to the conflict, and arguments about who is right and who is wrong as a matter of international law will not bring peace.”

The policy U-turn repudiates one of Barack Obama’s last presidential acts in not vetoing United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334, which called the settlements a “flagrant violation” of international law with “no legal validity”.

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While some British Jewish groups reacted with disappointment, saying the change of policy would not change the reality on the ground, others “welcomed” the change.

Paul Charney, chair of the Zionist Federation, said: “We view [Pompeo’s statement] as fair, true and just.

“Genuine attempts to define any justified Jewish presence in Judea and Samaria have all been ignored by the international community for far too long.”

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Schindler’s List producer dies Schindler’s List producer Branko Lustig has died, aged 87.

His death last Thursday at home in Croatia was announced by the Festival of Tolerance, a Jewish film festival held in Zagreb for the last 13 years, of which he was president.

Born to a Jewish family, Lustig was imprisoned in Auschwitz during the Holocaust.

Many family members were

killed by the Nazis, including his father and grandmother.

He began in the Yugoslavian film industry in the 1950s and worked as a production supervisor on the 1982 Hollywood film Sophie’s Choice. After moving to Los Angeles in the 1980s, he met Steven Spielberg, director of Schindler’s List, which won the Oscar for best picture in 1994.

“My number was 83317,”

Lustig said in a speech at the award ceremony. “I’m a Holocaust survivor. It’s a long way from Auschwitz to this stage.”

Lustig went on to recall the people he saw die who urged him to be a witness to their murder. “By helping Steven to make this movie, I hope I fulfil my obligation to the innocent victims of the Holocaust.”

Lustig went on to win another best picture Oscar for producing Ridley Scott’s 2000 film Gladiator.

GOOGLE TURNS BOOKS DIGITAL

Some 120,000 books from the collection of the National Library of Israel will go online in a collaboration between the library and Google. The “complex” process is under way and is expected to take about two years, the library said.

The books must be shipped in containers meeting strict climate-control and security requirements from the library in Jerusalem to Google’s digitisation centre in Germany. About 45 percent are in Hebrew, Yiddish and Ladino.

Yaron Deutscher, head of digital access for the library, said the Google Books collaboration was “a significant contribution to our work opening digital access to all books published in the first 450 years of Hebrew printing”.

MESSI ABOUT IN ISRAEL Argentina’s star player Lionel Messi avoids a tackle during his team’s 2-2 draw with Uruguay in a match in Tel Aviv this week.

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Pope’s warning / Grave arrests / Dutch fund / News briefs / World News

Pope warns of ‘rebirth’ of hatred against Jews Pope Francis has warned of a “rebirth” in antisemitism. Speaking at the Vatican, the Argentina-born pope improvised his comment at his weekly papal audience.

“I would like to make a separate note,” he said. “The Jewish people have suffered so much in history, they have been chased away, they, too, have been persecuted.”

He reviewed past Jewish persecutions but warned also about the “rebirth” of hate against the Jews. “In the last century we saw so many brutalities against the Jewish people, and we were all convinced that this was over,” the pope said. “But today the habit of persecuting the Jews,

Pope Francis with Riccardo Di Segni, Chief Rabbi of Rome

brothers and sisters, is here reborn. This is neither human nor Christian.”

He concluded: “The Jewish people are our brothers, and they should not be per-

Arrests after 80 graves desecrated in Denmark Two men have been arrested in connection with the vandalism of more than 80 gravestones at a Jewish cemetery in Denmark.

The men arrested by the East Jutland Police are suspected of vandalism and could also be charged under Denmark’s anti-racism laws, The LocalDenmark reported.

The suspects are aged 27 and 38, Associated Press reported. The older man is a member of a neo-Nazi group, according to the report.

The damage at the Ostre Kirkegard

Cemetery in the town of Randers, in western Denmark, was reported nearly two weeks ago, though it is not known when the vandalism took place.

Green paint was thrown on the headstones and did not form any words or symbols. Some headstones were overturned. Burials in the cemetery date back to the early 19th century.

Police spokesman Klaus Arboe Rasmussen said the motive was to target “a particular group of the population based on their religion”, according to the Associated Press.

One of the two arrested is a member of a neo-Nazi group

Shabbat Sha-long!

It’s a 32ft challah...

A kosher bakery in Australia is celebrating after baking – ahem, we mean breaking – the Guinness world record for the longest challah.

Grandma Moses Bakery, in partnership with the Jewish National Fund chapter in New South Wales, broke the record last week, according to an

excited Facebook post from the proud group. The record-setting challah, pictured, measured more than 32ft in length and required more than 150lb of dough and 10 hours to bake.

The previous record, set in Brooklyn, New York, in 2015, was a 20ft challah.

secuted. Understand?” The pope did not refer to any specific incident.

His comments were a part of his reflection on the biblical account of the expulsion of the Jewish people from Rome by Emperor Claudius in the first century.

Francis often recalls experiences with Jewish friends during his childhood in Buenos Aires. He sent a letter to the Argentine Jewish political organisation DAIA ahead of the 25th anniversary this month of the attack that killed 85 people at a Jewish centre in Buenos Aires. “Since the first day,” he wrote, “my heart has been with the relatives of the victims, Jews or Christians.”

£2M DUTCH FUND FOR CEMETERIES The Dutch government has allocated £2.14 million toward the maintenance and restoration of Jewish cemeteries in the Netherlands.

Culture Minister Ingrid van Engelshoven announced the funding last week in a letter to the lower house of the parliament.

Local Jews have trouble maintaining the graves because the community’s numbers never recovered after the Holocaust. Dutch Jews suffered the highest death rate of any Western European country occupied by the Nazis, in part because of local collaboration.

Fewer than 40,000 Jews survived in a population of some 140,000, and fewer still returned to the Netherlands. Today there are about 45,000 Jews living in the kingdom, including more than 5,000 Israelis, according to the organisation of Jewish Communities in the Netherlands, or NIK. Thus the small Dutch Jewish community is stretching its resources to maintain more communal property than it can handle.

“Jewish cemeteries are often the only remnant of Dutch-Jewish culture, which was largely destroyed in 1940-1945,” NIK said in a statement about the funding.

Especially “forgotten cemeteries or ones with an unusual character will be treated in the coming five years” with the new funding, NIK wrote.

The organisation said it was “deeply satisfied with the minister and the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science’s decision to address the issue” of neglected Jewish burial places.

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Your weekly digest of stories from the international press CANADA

A much-loved Jewish deli in Toronto is to close after 47 years in business. Yitz’s Delicatessen on Eglinton Avenue, one of Canada’s oldest streets, is known for its old-school smoked brisket, ox tongue, corned beef matzoh ball soup and steak and eggs.

It will close on 1 December.

USA

Newly unsealed court papers show that members of a far-right paramilitary group, known as The Base, were responsible for vandalising synagogues in Michigan and Wisconsin last September.

The FBI investigated the daubing of neo-Nazi slogans and insignia on synagogues.

Several young men who were arrested later told agents that their efforts were dubbed ‘Operation Kristallnacht’.

BELGIUM

A parade that this year featured a float with effigies of grinning Jews holding money with rats on their shoulders is facing removal of its UNESCO credentials. A vote is scheduled on the removal of the Aalst carnival, in the first time that a place or event has been put forth for delisting.

Aalst’s mayor and carnival organisers have cited freedom of expression and parody.

IRAN

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said he does not want to get rid of Jews. He told students: “The disappearance of the State of Israel does not mean the disappearance of the Jewish people; it means the disappearance of that imposed regime.” Khamenei calls for Israel’s destruction.

NEWS IN BRIEF

NETFLIX TO AMEND DEMJANJUK DOC

GREECE WILL ADOPT IHRA DEFINITION

Netflix is to amend a documentary series about alleged Nazi camp guard John Demjanjuk amid complaints from Poland.

The country’s prime minister wrote to the streaming giant about The Devil Next Door, a series which tells the story of a Ukrainian-American car worker who was accused of war crimes.

Mateusz Morawiecki insisted that Netflix change maps featured in the programme which located death camps inside modern-day Poland’s borders. He said they misrepresented Poland as being responsible for the camps when it was occupied by Germany during the Second World War. The Auschwitz Memorial Museum also complained to Netflix over the maps, accusing it of misplacing some of the camps.

Greece will adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism, its prime minister has revealed.

Kyriakos Mitsotakis made the announcement on Friday during a meeting at his office with David Saltiel, President of the Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece, and Dr Efstathios Lianos Liantis, the head of the Greek delegation to the IHRA, the Ekathimerini newspaper reported.

The prime minister assigned the country’s vice-president, Panagiotis Pikrammenos, oversight of the project as well as coordinating and supervising the integration of the IHRA definitions into domestic legislation and education.

Liantis is a founding member of the Holocaust Museum of Greece.

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Happy 90th birthday, Sir Ben!

Dear Ben y bi rt hd ay. latio ns an d ha pp M any co ng ratu to promote al l yo u’ve do ne Th an k yo u fo r lig io n. of ou r great re un de rs ta nding Rantzen Dame Esther presenter TV d an Journalist

I value example, and iration and an sp in d to an e ar ar rw u fo Yo oking im mensely. Lo ou r friendship n! io at co oper continui ng ou r esnet Dr François Gu t of at the Departmen y or ist H ish Jew n er od M nd in Reader ty College Lo on You’re an inspiration to us all. The stories of your Studies, Universi ish life will forever live on.

Jew d an w re Heb You’ve defied age

through strength of character. Mark Twain once said, ‘Age is a case of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.’

May you only know joy, peace and health for a life well lived with the best yet to come. Best wishes to you and your famil y on this famous day.

Paul Charney, Chairman of the Zionist

Growing up my family always referred to you with reverence. I’ve since seen the impact of your efforts up close. Your leadership and wise words have inspired me. Having worked with your son Maurice, I see hard work, leadership, a commitment to justice and personal nobility are family traits! I wish you continued strength, good health and happiness. Thank you for showing us how to make every day count. Biz hundert un tsvantsik!

nding you ou r R joins me in se Everyone at AJ birthday. May l ia on your spec s he is ing w t es m war th to be the lead have the streng to ue t. in us nt ca co lo u yo the Ho membrance of fig ure in the re an Michael Newm es of Jewish Refuge n tio cia of the Asso Chief executive

Mazal tov on your ver y special birthday! Elaine and I consider it one of the gre at pri vileges of our li ves to count you as a friend. You have been one of the heroes of our communit y, someone who came eyeball to eyeball with the angel of de ath and ye t became an angel of life. May your strength and stor y continue to inspire us all for many more ye ars to come.

Lord Jonathan Sacks Former Chief Rabbi Ben, happy birthday! Thank you for leading the way. With much love and respect.

Sir Trevor & Lady Daniela Pears Philanthropists Happy birthday, Ben. You’re an inspiration to me.

Once, at an HMD meeting, discussing the inclusion of other genocides, you said ‘remember to focus on the Holocaust since it ensures that we can also protect the lives of those not here and yet to come.’

Never a truer word said. It reflects an amazing man who has done so much for Holocaust education.

Enjoy your big day.

I salute you on your 90th birthday not only as a survivor but as someone who has been determined that it will never happen again and who knows that that can only be achieved by speaking to younger generations about their own sad experience.

Sir Malcolm Rifkind QC Former Foreign Secretary

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Ben. You are a true Happy birthday, Sir in the d many others with inspiration to me an beyond. Have a really and Jewish community ry best wishes.

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than Wittenbe rg, Senior Mas orti Rabbi

Happy birthday Sir Ben, you are a true inspiration. Have a great day.

Ivor Baddiel, TV and radio scriptwriter

I wish you the happiest of birthdays. It’s hard to believe that a gentleman with your sprightly demeanour, joie de vivre and prodigious energy can possibly have inhabited this planet for 90 years!

Vanessa Feltz, Presenter M azelt ov on you r 90 th an d no sto ppi ng yet (Pi rke Av ot 5:21). You rem ain an ins pirati on an d the me mb ers of Lib era l Jud aism sal ute you.

Danny Rich, Senior Lib eral Rabbi

I have huge admiration for your courage and warmth of heart. M azel Tov. Jona

Danny Stone MBE Chief executive of the Antisemitism Policy Trust

Fiyaz Mughal OBE Founder of anti-Muslim hate monitor Tell MAMA and director of Faith Matters

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Chazak, chazak , v’nitchazek – St rength!

Strength! And we ’re all strengthen ed! Happy 90th to ou r hero who embodies br avery, courage and resilience, wh ich strengthens us all.

Laura Janner-K lausner, Senior Re form Rabbi

Sir Ben, your decades of determination that the world should remember and learn the lessons of the Shoah is true heroism. But your courage is only part of a wealth of shining virtues, the brightest of which is your delight in humanity and your enduring belief in the power of humankind to do good. Your life is an example to me and all of us of the true meaning of triumph and simchah. Happy 90th.”

Robert Rinder, aka ITV’s ‘Judge Rinder’, Barrister and TV personality

ry special day, good wish for this ve y er ev u yo nd se we Sir Ben, thered a lifetime of you have no doubt ga As y. da th shing bir th 90 your all look forward to wi ur first 90 years, we yo g shes wi rin du st s be rie ry ve mo me ars. With y on your next 90 ye you a happy birthda on Reuben David and Sim hr Philant opists

It has been a rare privilege to know and work with you and I wish you the very best of health and happiness on this important milestone. May you continue to be an inspiration to me and the many others you touch with your incredible energy, positive outlook and commitment to remembering the past so that it informs our future. With heartfelt thanks for all the good you do.

Maurice Ostro OBE Philanthropist and vice-chair of the Council of Christians and Jews

Sir Ben, you are living testimony of the eternal survival of the Jewish people against all the odds. You have been an inspiration and a symbol of hope.

Bis hundert und zwanzig.

Baroness Ruth Deech, Bioethicist and Holocaust restitution campaigner

darkfound light in the ue Mensch. You on rry Ca s. ot ro Ben!! You’re a tr your Pabianice on ilt bu s g ay rin ness and alw tions and ensu to future genera ion at pir !

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Yo ur im po rt an ce to th e commun ity an d to Ho loc aust re me m bran ce is tremen do us . Yo ur dr ive an d in te gr th e path we al l fo ity laid llo w. My st ro ng es t im age of yo u re sp len de nt in yo is yo u ur Ol ym pic s Pa na m a hat, me da l w an d prou d UK re pr in ne r es en tative. By yo ur ac tio ns an d pe ali ty yo u sy m bo rs onlis e th e be st of Br ita in .

Lord Eric Pickle s UK Special Envoy for Post-Holocaust Issues

Sir Ben, you enjoy the rare distinction of being a legend in your own lifetime. You richly deserve your accolades. You’re a man not just of physical strength but of soul, campaigning tirelessly for Holocaust education and deepening understanding between the Jewish people, Poland and Germany. I admire you so much for your decency and principles. To me you are quite simply a Jewish hero. May you live to 120.

Jonathan Arkush Former president of the Board of Deputies Sir Ben, you were not only an outstanding international and Olympic weightlifter over several years, you are one of the country’s most inspirational figures. We are delighted to send our very best wishes as you celebrate 90 incredible years.

Zigi Shipper BEM, Holocaust survivor

On behalf of al l the children at the school gott a hearty , Class 2S wis Mazel Tov on h Sir Ben Hel his 90th birt resilience and fhd ay. Your stor success is an y of survival, inspiration. W and educatio e know that yo n are passions un of yours so fr primary scho om Europe’s la g people ol, Yom Huled rg es t Je et Same’ach - happy birthd wish ay!

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Trevor, Rose and all at Lake District Holocaust Project

Olivia Marks-Woldman Chief executive, Holocaust Memorial Day Trust

I would like to wish you all the best. What a wonderful man you are. Happy birthday, my friend!

Lord Jacob Rothschild

Birthday wishes to our dear friend Ben, from the land of Wordsworth, Ruskin, and the Windermere Boys and Girls.

Everyone at HMDT wishes you a very happy 90th. You were instrumental in establishing Holocaust Memorial Day and continue your commitment, challenging us to do more. Your efforts behind the scenes are an inspiration. At a recent St James’s Palace event I offered you my arm up a long flight of stairs, only for you to decline and race up them! I should have known better! Here’s to many more years of strength, determination and wisdom.

Angus Kinnear Chairman of British Weightlifting

best wish es Sir Ben, delighted to convey my very rating the celeb in e shar to for your birth day and e to the mad have you ion ribut cont y extraordinar Jewi sh communit y and UK socie ty.

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90th u a very happy Ben, wis hi ng yo he alth od go of ll fu a ye ar bi rthday and be an to so yo u co ntin ue and happiness l. al us inspiratio n to Russell Conn tative Jewish Represen President of the ter es ch an M ter Council of Grea

The Centre would like to wish Sir Ben, inspirational Holocaust survivor of Theresienstadt and Olympic weightlifter, a very happy 90th birthday.

It is a privilege for us to be able to showcase Frances Segelman’s bust of Sir Ben in our collection.

Henry Grunwald OBE QC Chair of the National Holocaust Centre UK

Si r Be n, yo u ar e a m an w ho se qu al it ie s of co urage, en du ra nc e an d comm it men t to a no ble caus e have in sp ire d a w ho le ge ne ratio n. Ou r co un tr y is in de bted to yo u an d I w ish yo u wel l on yo ur 90th bi rt hd ay.

Gordon Brown, Former prime m inister hope you have a turns, Ben, we Many Happy Re y deserve it. You inl y – you certa da th bir l fu er nd wo ation to us all. are a real inspir mon Lady Judy Solo Sir Harry and s ist op Philanthr

A ve ry ha ppy bi rt hd ay to a m an w ho ep itom ise th e st re ng th of s th e hum an sp ir it in overcom in g prejudice an d ad ve rs it y.

Lord David Pa nnick QC Ben, you continue to be an inspiration to all the young people that we work with. What an am azing Gentleman, we still ha ve much to learn fro m you.

Everyone at UJIA wis hes you a very happ y and healthy 90th Birthda y. Mazeltov.

Louise Jacobs, Chair of UJIA

Wishing you a wonderful and very happy 90th birthday

Happy Birthday and ad 120! On behalf of Jewish students in the UK I want to say how inspired we are by you and thank you for all your incredible work for the Jewish community. We wish you all the best, great health and a great year ahead.

It’s incredible what you have achieved. You’re an absolute hero to me. Through your work with us over 30 years I’ve seen your incredible strength of character. I’m still astounded when I think what you endured and what you’ve achieved. Your drive and resolve are unparalleled, as is your determination, warmth and kindness. Wishing you the very best on this most special day.

Dame Stephanie Shirley Philanthropist and Kindertransportee

Esther Offenberg President of the Union of Jewish Students

Karen Pollock MBE Chief executive of the Holocaust Educational Trust

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Happy 90th birthday, Sir Ben!

Ben, you are one of the true heroes of British Jewry. If it were not for your tireless work, commemoration of the Shoah in the UK would never have happened. We must all follow your lead and keep the flame of memory alive. I wish you many happy and healthy years ahead. May your 90th just be staging post to the next landmark.

I’m so proud to have got to know you and witness first-hand the hope and inspiration you give the world. Happy birthday to a national hero, with very many more to come.

Richard Ferrer, Editor, Jewish News

Alex Brummer, Daily Mail City Editor

My fa mily and I wi sh you a hearty ma zel tov on your 90th birthda y. A most wonder fu l ma n and an inspiration to us all – we love you Ben! Victor (Kushy) Gr eenberg one of the original ‘Bo ys’

You hav e s h own us how, over evil in you r li a nd h ow fe, go od you r hu ca n triu ma n spir generos mph it reach ity, show es o u t w ing us ho ith w to live Barones . s Julia N euberge r DBE Rabbi

We started off life so close together in Piotrkov Poland, born one day apart!

We have kept close with our families in England and enjoyed many happy events together. Now we add to that our 90th birthdays. We look forward to many more happy times together. We are so proud of all your achievements Ben. Happy birthday.

We wish the incredible Sir Ben a very Happy 90th Birthday. You became a champion weightlifter after the war but never allowed the weight of your tragic past affect your positive inspirational view of the future, enabling so many others to learn from you.

Sir Ben Helfgott celebrates his landmark 90th birthday on Friday

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Pauline and Harry Spiro BEM one of the original ‘Boys’

Happy Birthday Ben. You have reached a wonderful age with so much to show for it. Your achievements are legendary and your fruitful and active life has been an example to us all. I am so proud of you and everything you stand for. My family joins me in wishing you many happy, healthy and enjoyable years ahead surrounded by your beautiful family. With Love.

Mala Tribich MBE, Ben’s sister To a giant of a m an who I am hono ur ed to call my fri become my mento end and who has r. It is a privileg For me, one of the best parts e to chair the socie a joy working wi ty you founded th you over man and of being PM was the extraory years. Happy birthday.

With much love dinary people I got to meet, and thanks. whose stories moved, inspired Angela Cohen, Chair of the ’45 Ai d Society and amazed me. Ben, you were Simon Bentley one of those people. It was not Chair of Yad Vashem UK You have shared your experiences so others may know just your extraordinary tale of Foundation what took place more than 75 ye ars ago. Your testimony ingenuity and forbearance durand that of other sur vi vors will stand as evidence for ing the Holocaust that I found Few in their lifetime become icons. Sir those who deny the gre atest crime in histor y. We are so incredible. It was what you Ben, you have gone way beyond that grateful to you, applaud you, and extend our he artfelt chose to do with it, dedicating status, not just because of your remarkwishes to you on your 90th birthday. your life to ensuring future able life and his resilience, but also generations learn about and for your tireless dedication to promote From the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, remember the darkest chapter Holocaust remembrance and education.

Washington, DC of human history. I’ll never Happy birthday. forget visiting Yad Vashem Martin Berliner We send ou r wa together, standing in the Hall rm est best wish Chief executive of Maccabi GB es to Sir Ben on his of Names, where every victim, 90th birthday.

Your extra ordina ry dete including members of your own rm ination and ac sion the Chapca oc ul hieverf de me on w nt is s co th family, are commemorated. And nt kOn in ar n! ue to insp ire all wh , Sir Be ism and rem o work Happy Birthday to preserve the spirational activ in I was delighted when you agreed e, e ag th ur of me co mory and teach your for the benefit the laincy salutes history of the H to join my Holocaust Commisxt generation ne e v! th To g al in az at oloca ust. man ity. M able work educ sion, helping to ensure Britain the whole of hu d an ity un m Dr Toby Simps Jewish com has its own permanent and on Director of the W ey Belovski iener Holocaust Rabbi Dr Harv cy in la fitting memorial to all those ap Ch Li ish br ary University Jew who lost their lives. I know Rabbinic head of

Ben, you are a sp ecial man and it has been my privilege to know you for a long ti me. You are a fighter, brave an d intelligent, an d an example to everyone.

Gerald Ron son CBE Chair of the C ommunity Se curity Trust

On behalf of the staff, pupils, parents and governors, I send all good wishes to Sir Ben on his 90th birthday. Ben, you are an inspiration to thousands of people and we wish you many more years in good health to continue your incredible work.

Anthony Wolfson Headteacher of Nancy Reuben Primary School

th ye ar, brates his 90 As Si r Be n ce le Is ra el any ot he rs in I an d a great m stor y e bl his re m ar ka sa lu te hi m fo r d his an , al iv an d su rv of en du ra nc e g his in ar sh to t it m en lifel on g co m m im e pa ct it h ot he rs . Th expe rien ce s w be fe lt to w ill co ntin ue of his ef fo rts e. m co to s fo r m any ye ar v HE Mark Rege r in London do ssa ba Am l’s Israe

On your 90th birthda y, I wish you good hea lth, strength and determ tion in your service to inaHolocaust remembrance and education, and all the happiness that life can give you. You are an inspiring person, a champion of Polish-Britis true h-Jewish relations, and a great promoter of the history of Jews in Polan d. My fam ily and I rea lly value your friendship , and we in Poland are lucky to have you.

HE Arkady Rzegocki, Polish Ambassador to the UK

We’re proud of all our Olympians, but none more so than Sir Ben. His story is a true inspiration. To go to an Olympics is unimaginable for most, but to go from a concentration camp and the horrors of war to rebuilding your life in a new country is quite simply remarkable. His dedication to teaching the lessons of the Holocaust is so vitally important. We are all better off for hearing his story.

Sir Hugh Robertson, Chair of the British Olympic Association

Dear Ben, wishing you Mazal Tov on another remarkable milestone in your extraordinary story. Please God may you continue in good health to inspire everyone you come into contact with, supported of course by Arza and the rest of your wonderful family. Happy birthday!

Rabbi Nicky Liss Chair of the Rabbinical Council of the United Synagogue and Rabbi of Highgate Synagogue

David Cameron Former Prime Minister

I wish you a huge Mazel tov on your 90th, Ben. You are a true inspiration to all of us. Your positive attitude to life, strength and tenacity, ability to see good amidst evil, thank you for all you’ve done to support survivors and survival. May you enjoy many more happy healthy years with your family and keep enjoying the sports you love.

Baroness Ros Altmann CBE Former pensions and welfare minister

I just wanted to wish you an incredibly ha ppy 90th birthday. It was an honour to me et you in Parliament at the HET event in January – not necess arily a time for celebr ation, but now is most definitely a time for cakes, presents, loved ones and parties! I hop you’re having a fantas e tic time. Even though you’re not technically ‘one from the top’ in terms of Countdown numbers tiles, you’re one from the top for all of us.

Wishing you very good wishes from all my family on your 90th. May you be well and healthy for many years, to continue to inspire our ‘45 Aid Society with your valued guidance since the 50s. Ad Mea V’Esrim.(120).

Harry Olmer BEM , one of the original ‘Boys’

how hard you work, so I hope that on your birthday you rest, relax and reflect on your many achievements. They will endure long after all of us are gone.

Rachel Riley, Coundow n presenter

I wish you have a great 90th birthday and to make it even more special, I suggest for you to wear your 1958 bronze medal that you got from the Commonwealth Games. You have inspired me to try the best I can in life as you got through the whole Holocaust you made me think ‘If you can do that then surely I can accomplish what I need to do,’ so with your help I can live life how I want to.

Yoni, Year 6 pupil at Sacks Morasha Jewish Primary School

Happy birthday Ben, wishing you a very special day. It was fascinating to read your life story. A truly amazing man. Thank you for sharing with us all a story never to be forgotten.”

Sir Steve Redgrave, five-time Olympic gold medallist

ng we ro st so is rs ro or h e iv rv su to In some the willl at , you haven’t en B . ge ra u co r ei th can only marve ugh; you have borne witness, and only come thro kes greater courage still. that ta on, Author Howard Jacobs

Sir Ben has lived an extraordinary life. From surviving the horrors of the Shoah to building a new life in England as a teenager and to captaining the British Olympic weightlifting team, his story is truly inspiring. On his 90th birthday I thank Sir Ben for his ongoing, outstanding work with HMDT, ensuring lessons from one of history’s darkest chapters are never forgotten.

Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London

You are the most inspiring man I know. You are so brave; you risked your life for so many people. You achieved so much. Even after living in a cramped ghetto, where you were malnourished, worked hard and had to risk your life to play with non-Jewish children, you were so brave about the loss of your family. You still managed to compete in the Olympics, get a knighthood and go to university. Those are some impressive things. Thank you so much for inspiring and showing me that anyone can do anything.

From Adina,Year 6 pupil at Sacks Morasha Jewish Primary School

From all the children, we wish you a very Happ y Birthday! Congratula 90. It is a very big achie tions on reaching vement to become a we ightlifting champion an experiences. Through d a Sir after your good times and bad you stayed strong. You are and inspiration. We are a Mosaic model privileged to write thi s birthday message to you. We are adding a certificate to celebrat e your birthday. Mazel tov!

Mosaic Jewish Primary School Year 6

Dear Sir Ben, I wish you a very happy 90th. You are truly inspirational and I want to add my thanks to all those who appreciate the massive contribution you have made to public life. I hope you have many happy returns.

Tony Blair, Former prime minister

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Ben

Dear Sir Ben, best wishes on your 90th birthday. I send my warm congratulations to you on this significant milestone. As a Holocaust survivor you have worked so incredibly hard over decades to educate people about living in harmony and exercising mutual respect and understanding of one another. I admire your work and hope you can take the time to enjoy celebrating this special birthday with your family.

Theresa May, Former prime minister My very best wishes, Ben, as you celebrate your 90th. You’re a remarkable man, surviving the Holocaust to go on and become a champion weightlifter. You’ve shown incredible courage and commitment, promoting lessons of tolerance and understanding, including sharing your personal experiences to ensure this terrible tragedy is never forgotten.

Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland’s First Minister

The contribution of Sir Ben to humanity cannot be overestimated. Memory and commemoration of the Holocaust, the darkest time in all history, is a sacred duty because in all of the ways it is done we redeem our collective soul and allow all of mankind to once again walk with peace and love as our guiding templates. Ben has made it his mission that we do not falter and he together is blessing for us all.

Sir Mick Davis Former chair of Jewish Leadership Council and of the Prime Minister’s Holocaust Commission

Ephraim Mirvis, Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth

Happy Birthday to our community’s most cherished custodian of the mission to remember, understand and teach. Our debt of gratitude and admiration recognise your unique role in every initiative, organisation and institution which has carried this through. We are excited with what your irrepressible spirit, energy and vision will do in the future. With all our love.

Lady Nicola and Lord Jon Mendelsohn A hearty mazel-tov on this great milestone. Ben, you embody the triumph of the human spirit over unspeakable evil. Until 120!

Lord Michael Grade

and commitment to Holocaust memorial and education are unparalleled. May you and Ada be blessed 90 times over on this, your 90th birthday.

Laura Marks OBE Founder of Mitzvah Day and chair of the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust

We wish Sir Ben a very hap py birthday. We’ve worke d together in the British del egation to the Internati onal Holocaust Remembrance Alliance for many years, and you have been a great sup porter of our work in Holoc aus t learning. We hope you hav e a wonderful day.

From the Imperia l War Museums te am

Maureen Lipman CBE, Actress all. Despite everything he endured in Sir Ben is a hero. An inspiration to makes – an extraordinary the Holocaust, he has made – and still a great man. contribution to our country. What Ian Austin, former MP

BBYO would like to thank you for yo ur important contribution to the Jewish and broad er community.

You are a wonderf ul role model for ou r young people and have made su ch an important im pact on the world. Here’s to a joyous and well-d eserved 90th birthday celebration !

Kira Blumer, Di rector of BBYO UK and Ireland

happy From everyone here I wish you a very but ering suff able 90th . You endu red unimagin and lity vita ism, optim gth, your massive stren to us all. I above all humanity are an example you. have huge admiration for Many happy retu rns Sir Ben! ” Marie van der Zyl Board of Deputies’ president

hen Fry, Author and TV presenter

A very happy birthday to Sir Ben on behalf of the Sephardi community. Thank you for reminding and proving to the world that there is no arena of human achievement in which the Jewish people cannot excel. It is an honour to celebrate 90 years with you.

Many happy and healthy returns.

Rabbi Joseph Dweck Senior Rabbi of the S&P Sephardi Community

To an inspirational man who has devoted so much of his life to educating others and setting the finest example - lifting not just weights as an Olympian, but the hearts and minds of so many people who have heard and been touched by your amazing story. We wish you a happy and healthy 90th and a very hearty mazel tov on reaching another milestone!

From the children, staff and governors at North Cheshire Jewish Primary School

Dearest Ben, Maz eltov on your 90 th. Your voice ma have softened over y the years but your words and wisdom remain as strong as granite.

You inspire us with your courage and resolve to reach ou t in search of peace and reconcil iation. You are a gr eat humanitarian and devoted frien d.

Ruth-Anne Leng a, Programme dir ector at UCL Cent re for Holocaust Educ ation

Sir Ben, champion weightli champion for all who value fter and life, dignity and memory. I s human with admiration, respect and alute you Happy birthday! gratitude.

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During the course of your 90 years, you have been a victim of the lowest acts of human barbarity and been elevated to the soaring heights of national recognition. Your life is a case study in how to respond to evil, bringing light where there is darkness and hope where there is despair. You have been a tireless advocate for the memory of those who did not survive and in doing so you have made our community, our country and indeed our world a more moral place.

bitter teachi ng from the work you do ire a grandm st ad lo I I What a remarkable life Sir Ben has lived. the Holo caust. eared, e the lesson of pp nc sa rie di pe ho ex w It’s an honour to send warm birthday ily in Pola nd m fa r he ot d e. ted by m mother an greetings to him. May he enjoy many u do is apprecia so the work yo more birthdays and may we as a country lmer Lord Monroe Pa continue to honour him and his genHouse of Lords eration. His contribution to the Jewish Deputy Speaker, community and the UK has been profound – happy birthday Ben! Ben, your determination, intellect, strength Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury

Dear Ben, I hope you have a happy, happy birthday. Nobody could have done more than you to turn disaster into triumph. You are the pearl in our oyster.

Have a wonderful day, surrounded by all who love you best. With love and admiration.

Happy birthday to one of the world’s most inspirational people and a hero to many.

Neil Blair, Talent agent Many happy returns and thank you so much for everything you have achieved. The work you do now, and the memories you keep alive, are such a powerful reminder of how fragile peace is around the world and how hard we must all work to protect it. Your achievements have promoted an outward-looking, inclusive society and it is a privilege to join others in wishing you an excellent 90th birthday.

Jo Swinson Leader of the Liberal Democrats

h birthday to Sir Delig hted to wish a very happy 90t to prom ote essly tirel ed work Ben Helfgott who has campaig ned to has He . hate bat com and ance toler rema ins at the ensu re Holo caust com mem oration forefront of our effo rts to tackle the scou rge of antisemitism Boris Johnson, Prime minister

Ben is a giant of our community , an inspiration and many others to me . His resilience and commitmen educating the ne t to xt generation ab out the Shoah is people have done vital, few more in this rega rd. On behalf of I wish Ben a he the JLC arty mazeltov on his birthday.

Jonathan Goldst ein , Jewish Lead ership Council chair

Sue and I are delighted to send our fondest good wishes to Sir Ben on his milestone birthday. One of UK Jewry’s true heroes, Ben, with his indomitable spirit, wisdom, passion and ever-present smile, typifies what it is to be a proud Jew today. We send our love and best wishes. Happy birthday, Sir Ben. Sue and Leo Noé, Philanthropists

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Happy birthday ...from all of us!

There are very few people in the Jewish community whose birthday could attract the kind of response this newspaper had when we asked: “Would you like to sign Sir Ben Helfgott’s birthday card?” Just a glance at the names shows the level of respect.

From the world of politics: four past prime ministers, the current prime minister, Scotland’s first minister and the leader of the two other main political parties. From the world of arts and literature: two of this country’s most successful authors and an award-winning scriptwriter.

From the world of religion, the most influential leaders in England.

From the world of sport, the heads of the nation’s top sporting bodies.

From the world of entertainment, the biggest names from television and radio. From the world of philanthropy, some of the biggest givers in the land. From the community: three presidents of the Board of Deputies, the heads of every major communal organisation, several Jewish peers and, of course, most important of all: fellow survivors, Holocaust educators, and the next generation, who are still learning about what people such as Ben went through, in the hope that it won’t ever happen again.

There are very few people in the Jewish community – any community – whose birthday could attract the kind of response we had, because there are very few people alive today who lived through what he did, and who subsequently did so much good for so many people.

Ben turns 90 on Friday. May he live to 120.

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Corbyn’s first act as PM? “The British government, our first act in power having been to recognise the democratic state of Palestine in its ancient borders stretching from the River Jordan to the Mediterranean Sea, now publishes its policy on future relations with the Zionist Entity (“ZE”), this entity hitherto having been referred to by some as the State of Israel.

“The government regards the ZE as a racist endeavour, without legitimacy. It must cease to exist, if necessary through use of any means at our disposal.

“Any ZE or British passport

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We all know Labour under Mr Corbyn is anathema. We should consider, nonetheless, that having made the point for months with superb support from non-Jewish MPs and others, it might be time to ease up for the remaining weeks of the election campaign. Why? It is very far from being uppermost in the minds of the 99 percent of the electorate whose priorities are Leave or Remain, the NHS and the

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holders who are found to have served in the military forces of the ZE will be subject to criminal prosecution for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

“In the interests of combating hate speech, it will no longer be lawful, in either the public or the private domain, to express support for the ZE.” Fantasy? All of it? Some of it?

Think carefully about how you vote on 12 December if you are horrified by the prospect of a Corbyn-led government.

economy generally. Non-Jewish friends are horrified when I give them details, but are not as aware of the issue as are we. While it is headlines in the Jewish media, it has less coverage elsewhere.

We may not do ourselves great favour by being thought to obsess on one issue when so many others, which dictate the future of the UK, are in need of solution.

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I note that two of your letter writers last week on the subject of our general election live in Israel. How dare they interfere in our democracy?

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As a pro-Remain party, it makes sense for them to view the constituency of Finchley and Golders Green, which voted 69 percent Remain in the EU referendum as a strong target seat.

While this constituency has been a Labour/Conservative marginal during previous elections, voting loyalties are now a lot more volatile.

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Your article stated “about 52 percent of Jewish families in the UK have three or more children, compared with 31 percent of families nationwide who have more than two” (Jewish News, 7 November 2019).

Our country and our planet are seriously overpopulated, with essentials such as water, food and living space at a premium. Overpopulation is a major factor in climate change and the extinction of species, as well as in the pollution of air and water. The Biblical exhortation to “be fruitful and multiply” no longer applies. Surely religious and cultural considerations shouldn’t trump the environment.

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Two letters last week caught my eye, one applauding Luciana Berger for standing as a Lib Dem in Finchley and Golders Green, and another criticising her. If she defeats Mike Freer, a long-time friend to the community, Corbyn will be the winner. As such, Ms Berger’s choice of Finchley-Golders Green does her no credit.

I’m sure I’m not the only one questioning the motives of Luciana Berger contesting Finchley and Golders Green. Surely she wouldn’t play on her Jewish heritage on the assumption that we Jews are so partisan that we’d vote for someone purely based on their religion?

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What being British is all about, down to the letter JENNI FRAZER

being part of the national conversation, which applies right across the political and religious spectrum, left to right. The national conversation which says that inclusiveness and tolerance is good and prejudice and verbal and physical violence are unacceptable.

In this space, on too many occasions, I have been taken aback at some of the views voiced, all too frequently anonymously, about Jews. They are views which singularly fail to take into account the incredible contribution we have made, and continue to make. From our ranks we have produced brave servicemen and women — British

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like to think I’m a fairly loyal citizen who, on the whole, pretty much falls in with the civic norms of British society. These include: wearing a poppy during the run-up to Remembrance Day, observing the silence on the day itself.

Respect for one’s elders (though they are not necessarily one’s betters). Co-operating with the police, obeying the law, and enjoying some of the quintessential looniness of Britain: its passion for sport, even if the national teams don’t win very much, and we are always surprised when they do; generally agreeing that the Queen is a Good Thing, although the less that can be sa id about some other members of the royal family, probably the better; loving the offthe-wall innovation of our top comedians, writers and artists, and taking full advantage of British arts and sciences.

Above all, what I like about Britain is

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Jews who fought and still fight for this country. And that’s one of the reasons that I’m proud to wear a poppy.

Our immigrants — Jews who came to Britain on the Kindertransport, or as unlikely domestic servants on the eve of the war — hugely contributed to this society.

Our sons and daughters have become groundbreakers and pioneers in every walk of life, from engineers and scientists to law lords and politicians. We work in the arts, in the media, in education, in health. We have helped to make and shape Britain, from its human rights policies to its antiracism laws.

And yet… for some people, it’s not good enough. Last week, in the throes of yet another impassioned debate as to why Jews might not feel ready to vote for Jeremy Corbyn, I read one serpentine comment.

The person suggested that if Jews were really concerned with the good of the country, they would vote for Corbyn. The natural logic of this is that Jews who cannot bring themselves to do that, don’t want the

best for Britain. Leaving aside the bizarre deduction that only Corbyn and his cult know what is best for Britain, I found this comment frightening. Because if Jews can be held not to want the best for Britain, the next step is to regard us as inimical to our society. Dangerous and hateful ideology — and nowhere near the truth.

So how wonderful, then, to see last week’s letter in the Guardian from 24 wellknown people, ranging from writer John Le Carre to actor Joanna Lumley, declaring that they, too, can’t bring themselves to vote for Corbyn.

They wrote: “Antisemitism is central to a wider debate about the kind of country we want to be. To ignore it because Brexit looms larger is to declare that anti-Jewish prejudice is a price worth paying for a Labour government. Which other community’s concerns are disposable in this way?

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The Jews at the heart of this heinous story ALEX BRUMMER

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he evidence as to whether Prince Andrew was at pizza restaurant in Woking or, as alleged, at the nightclub Tramp in London, with an under-aged American claimant, remains a matter of dispute.

It is more than a little disappointing that the Queen’s second son has not managed to find better words of remorse for being caught up in the scandal involving the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

But anyone who has ever engaged with the prince, as I was able to when he was being wheeled out by his advisers and the Palace as Business Ambassador for Britain, will not be surprised by his lack of regret. He has an unshakeable self-confidence in his own abilities and judgement which leaves little room for self-doubt.

What members of the Jewish community feel about these much debated events is unknown. But I suspect they wish for them to

go away. Not because they would do anything but deplore Epstein’s appalling behaviour, his conviction and the events around his suicide. All of this falls way outside the moral and ethical underpinnings of Judaism. The uncomfortable feelings arise from the fact that so many of the characters involved – other than the prince and complainant Virginia Giuffre (nee Roberts) – are of Jewish background.

Indeed, the unconnected allegations against movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, which gave rise to the #MeToo movement fall into the same category. There is enough antisemitism around at present, particularly

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within the Labour Party, without adding new causes of disquiet.

Many of the dramatis personæ in this royal saga are Jewish. After the suicide of Epstein the hashtag #EpsteinMurder trended worldwide, thousands shared conspiracies on Twitter alleging Epstein had been a Mossad agent and his killing had been ordered by a “Jewish mafia”.

A distinguished Washington lawyer (who is an old friend), who also has the surname Epstein, received an email from an acquaintance. It announced he could no longer keep him on his phone directory as looking at the name made him feel sick.

Jeffrey Epstein’s close friend Ghislaine Maxwell, unhelpfully, is the daughter of the late and disgraced Robert Maxwell.

Among the other high profile characters in this series of events is distinguished American jurist Alan M. Dershowitz of the Harvard Law School who acted as Epstein’s lawyer.

Dershowitz has heroic status among America’s Jews for his robust legal defence against Holocaust deniers and support of Israel.

Dershowitz, too, has been the subject of allegations brought by Virginia Roberts which he has taken to the airwaves in Britain to strenuously disavow. He claims in court papers filed in the US to have been “falsely accused”. He does not deny his previous association with Epstein and acknowledged acting as his lawyer. Given Dershowitz’s formidable intellect and reputation, his account of events is hard to challenge. He has emphatically denied the claims.

The final heroic character for the media, in all of this, is the presenter Emily Maitlis for pursuing and helping to win the Newsnight interview at Buckingham Palace with the Duke of York. Maitlis rightly has been lauded for her calm and forensic interviewing skills.

If Maitlis, a committed supporter of World Jewish Relief, felt any personal concerns about having to explore the tawdry Epstein legacy, she showed none. Her integrity as an inquiring journalist came through clearly.

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Labour’s new cohort of noisy anti-Zionists LUKE AKEHURST

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s well as being mired in institutional antisemitism, Labour has a leader with a deep background of anti-Israel activity. The party took a sharply more radical position on boycotts at its annual conference.

But what’s going on in terms of Labour’s personnel and potential new MPs? Labour started the 2017 Parliament with 32 percent of its MPs signed up as supporters of Labour Friends of Israel (LFI), and 50 percent as supporters of Labour Friends of Palestine and the Middle East (LFPME).

Some MPs sign up to both campaigns for balance. Support for the Palestinian cause is far higher than core support for the Corbyn project (about 13 percent of Labour MPs) and extends deep into the historic mainstream of the Labour Party. LFI has lost 20 percent of the MPs it had in 2017 because they have moved to sit as independents or Liberal Democrats or retired.

These departures include some of the most prominent supporters of Israel in Parliament: the recent LFI chairs Joan Ryan and Louise Ellman, party deputy leader Tom Watson, Jewish MPs Luciana Berger and Ivan Lewis, and outspoken opponents of antisemitism Ian Austin and Mike Gapes.

Louise led efforts to get Hezbollah proscribed in its entirety and introduced legislation to tackle incitement in Palestinian schools. Joan launched the cross-party bill in support of the International Fund for IsraeliPalestinian Peace. Their departure leaves

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a huge gap. In contrast only 12 percent of LFPME’s supporters are leaving Parliament, though these include anti-Israel campaigner Chris Williamson. But the problem is also about the new intake.

Assume Labour gets the same parliamentary seats it won in 2017. Some 16 percent of the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) would be new. Of these, 58 percent are so clearly Corbynite that it is almost certain they would sign up to LFPME. In some cases their antiIsrael stance is radical.

Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Streatham) participated in the Viva Palestinia (a charity fronted by George Galloway) convoys to Gaza in 2009, and worked as Campaigns Officer of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC).

Apsana Begum (Poplar and Limehouse) has shared social media posts about Saudi Arabia’s “Zionist masters” and said a university was “offering scholarships to students for spreading Zionist propaganda”.

Zarah Sultana (Coventry South) has said she supports “violent resistance” by Palestinians and would “celebrate” the deaths of Tony

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Blair and Benjamin Nentanayu. She called Israel “a state created through ethnic cleansing, sustained through occupation, apartheid and war crimes” and said: “Those within the student movement who go to Zionist conferences should be ashamed. You’re advocating racist ideology.”

The dozen moderate candidates who would become MPs in this scenario include several who have been opponents of antisemitism, and at least three who have participated in delegations to, or previously signed pledges of support for Israel. But there isn’t an obvious next Louise Ellman or Joan Ryan.

Should Labour gain seats, 42 percent of its top target seats are being contested by candidates who are identifiably Corbynites.

For now, we know that as well as Labour’s policy and leadership having shifted radically against Israel, the PLP looks like being quantitatively a lot more hostile, and qualitatively a lot more problematic too, with many of the strongest Labour voices for Israel departing and being replaced by a new cohort of outspoken, radical anti-Zionists.

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1 SYMBOLIC UNITY

Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis visited a London mosque, joined by members of Brondesbury Park Synagogue and Hampstead’s Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, Mitzvah Day’s founder Laura Marks, its chief executive Georgina Bye and interfaith adviser Rabbi Jeff Berger. The group planted apple and fig trees, basil and hyssop, and vowed to meet again at the Al-Khoei Islamic Centre in Queen’s Park to reap the produce. “Being on this site, which used to be a synagogue, with our Muslim brothers and sisters on Mitzvah Day is charged with that symbolism of unity. This is what the world should be like all the time,” Rabbi Mirvis told attendees at the event.

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2 POSITIVE ACTION

Jewish and Muslim youth planted bulbs at the Somali Bravanese Welfare Association to donate to a local care home, attaching labels with notes and pictures for residents. The community centre opened earlier this year after its former premises were destroyed in an arson attack six years ago. “This was an amazing demonstration of how communities can support each other in adversity and open our doors to share positive moments together,” said Mitzvah Day chief executive Georgina Bye.

Jewish community centre JW3 hosted members of six faith communities to cook for homeless people staying at the Pond Square Chapel Night Shelter in Highgate. Volunteers used produce from their fridges, gardens and cupboards to produce a meal in a nod to this year’s theme of ‘Going Greener’, designed to encourage projects to help the environment.

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Danny Rich, Rabbi Emeritus of Kingston Liberal Synagogue, and Rabbi Rebecca Birk, of Finchley Progressive Synagogue (FPS), were joined by FPS members to tidy Highgate Cemetery in north London. The group of volunteers visited the cemetery, which opened in 1839, where they tended to historic headstones surrounded by overgrown grass and planted bulbs.

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Sixth-formers from Yavneh College joined a nationwide campaign to collect donations for charity GIFT. Pictured are Year 12 pupils volunteering outside Sainsbury’s in Edgware.

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Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis was joined by Barnet Mayor, Councillor Caroline Stock and more than 50 volunteers at Camp Simcha’s Mitzvah Day blood drive held with the Joely Bear Appeal at Edgware Blood Donor Centre. Many were first-time donors, including some families supported by Camp Simcha.

Pictured are Leigh Renak, of the Joely Bear Appeal, Stock and her consort Dr Richard Stock, Mirvis, and Camp Simcha’s Daniel Gillis.

7 ENGAGED TEENS

A group of Year 9 pupils prepared dinner for 100 homeless people during a cookathon at the Jewish Vegetarian Society in Golders Green. The teenagers prepared dinner for a Crisis shelter, and collected bags of winter clothes. Chayli Fehler, founder and director of the Jewish Volunteering Network’s Project ImpACT, said: “It is wonderful to see so many young volunteers giving their time and energy to do good for others. They want to be engaged and make a difference.”

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8 SOCIAL CAPITAL Jewish volunteers visited a church-run ware-

house near Brent Cross that supports 130 families each week. The group, joined by Rabbi David Mason, donated long-life milk, jam, pasta sauce and coffee to Colindale Foodbank. Organiser Zaki Cooper said: “It’s really important for us to establish good neighbourly relations with other faith groups. Social capital is one of the Jewish community’s treasures, and can be our greatest export.” Lisa Jeffrey from Colindale Foodbank said: “It was wonderful to get together and do something positive and practical. The basic humanity of feeding the hungry is common to both our religions.”

9 HOMELESS HELP

Members of Bushey United Synagogue prepared sandwiches for homeless or vulnerably-housed people supported by the Christian charity New Hope. The Watford-based organisation offers shelter, food, clothing and healthcare to those living locally, who are homeless or disadvantaged.

10 SWEET TREATS

Volunteers from Bushey Synagogue handdelivered cupcakes to residents of Jewish Care’s home, Anita Dorfman House. Pictured is Samuel Woolf, nine, offering a sweet treat to resident Gladys Daniels. On Sunday, a number of Jewish Care residents and community centre members were involved in many activities across synagogues, schools and nurseries in London and Brighton.

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Champagne truffles, ice cream rolls, mountains of sushi, feather light latkes and salt beef in Yorkshire puds. This is just a taste of what visitors were treated to on Sunday at Jewish News’ Big Event, which was a smorgasbord of deliciousness thanks to the culinary artistry of Chocim Chocolate, Roll Me Up, Litke Caterers and headline sponsor Toby Levy Celebration Catering.

Suffice it to say no one left hungry and those who came with the intention of finding original food, entertainment and venues for their future simchas were introduced to the talents of Beverley Bersch (Toby Levy), who had white-coated waiters circling the rooms with trays of falafels, coated courgettes and smoked salmon on toast.

Litke’s chef made generous amounts of fresh negiri and sashimi, while Kushan Marthelis of Chocim had everyone coming back for more of his artisan chocolate. To say there was something for everyone is an understatement as the show at The Village Hotel in Elstree covered the function gamut. Starting with invites, which are made by Kisharon (www.kisharon.org.uk), visitors could then move into the marquee provided by Sponsor W.A.Carr & Son before checking out the tunes of DJs such as The Spin Sisters (www.spin-sisters.co.uk) and Vibe London, where the man behind the decks was none other

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Jewish News presents... The Big Event 2019 / Scene & Be Seen than a Moriah school teacher. Daniel Benisty of The London Swing and Soul Band (www.thelondonswingband.co.uk) did a star turn with his trumpeter, and the singing waitresses from Jewish Encore (www.jewishencore.co.uk) were desperate to join in.

For the kids, Funtime Hire (www.funtimehire.co.uk) had set up Roll A Derby, several arcade classics and a face-painting table with the most talented and fastest floral artist.

The company also offers giant snow globes, skittle alleys and pool tables, but there’s only so much you can fit in a room.

With a doughnut wall by Honeypop alongside a popcorn machine, The Big Event was the closest thing to a fairground on Sunday.

Led Factory was proud to showcase its Media Wizard – an astonishing 4m x 2m of 4k HD vision, where every guest could have their ‘selfie’ displayed for other guests to see.

For the exhibitors, the day ended with lots of enquiries and those who ate too much free food signed up for a weight loss programme with Ace Lifestyle or a course with the Israeli Dance Institute (www.idi.org.uk).

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Francine Wolfisz speaks to author Frank Tallis, whose Jewish doctorturned-detective features in new BBC2 drama, Vienna Blood

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ake a brusque murder detective struggling with a perplexing case, add a young Freudian disciple obsessed with the workings of the criminal mind and the result is a rip-roaring, turn-of-the-century crime drama with Juergen Maurer as Oskar Reinhart, left, with Matthew Beard as Max Liebermann a Jewish twist. patients with psychological issues that That said, as a clinical psychologist create his lead Vienna Blood, were actually the more unsound. practising in north London, he always character. which began this week “Treatments available to psychologfelt “very much in touch with Jewish “The fact I wrote on BBC2, is based ical patients at that time were on the best-selling a crime novel is inciequivalent to medieval forms of novels by Frank Tallis dental,” explains Tallis, torture,” he reveals. “Psychoarevolving around young whose books have been nalysis was a very gentle and British-Jewish doctor Max translated into 14 languages. compassionate approach Liebermann (Matthew “What really interested Author Frank Tallis compared to the many other me was the psychology.

Beard), who is called interventions that involved If I have a criminal, I think in a detailed upon by Inspector Oskar Rheinhardt absurd treatments with no way about the criminal mind, whether (Juergen Maurer) to use his skills his actions are believable and why of the fledging science of psychoathe criminal would do something nalysis to help crack the case. like that.”

The three-part series, which As for where to set the action, the involves Sherlock screenwriter Steve issues, because I was effec61-year-old author enthuses that for Thompson and Romanian-Jewish tively having very intimate a crime thriller steeped in psychoanaldirector Robert Dornhelm, was filmed and deep conversations with ysis, “there was only one place it could entirely on location in Vienna and also Jewish patients” and became be – Freud’s Vienna”. stars Conleth Hill (Game of Thrones), more aware as a result to Like his main protagonist, Tallis Charlene McKenna (Peaky Blinders), issues faced by the commudescribes the father of psychoanalysis Amelia Bullmore (Gentleman Jack) nity, such as assimilation and antisemitism.

Above left: The pair team up to solve Of the latter, he says: murders. Above: Max and Amelia “Over the years, it became effect on a psychological condition.” more evident this isn’t an issue that While Liebermann employs this we are past. It’s a curiously persistent new science to cure patients of their and pernicious prejudice.” maladies, he also sees how psychoaIndeed, antisemitism is explored in nalysis can be used to catch the his novels and on screen, with Liebermann and his family coming up against criminal, simply by observing their behaviour or watching out for an racist slurs and insults. incriminating, Freudian slip.

So, too, do we see his preference “In fact, there are lots of similarifor psychoanalysis spurned by other ties between what a detective does medical professionals, who deem and what a psychoanalyst does,” it a crank science for its “Jewish enthuses Tallis. connections”.

“While one is looking for circum“Lots of things were said that were stantial evidence and physical very disparaging about psychoaclues, the other is trying to uncover nalysis, because it was Freud’s idea repressed memories and create a and as such, a ‘Jewish’ science, so Jessica De Gouw as English scientist Amelia Lydgate profile. Put the two together and the therefore fundamentally suspect and result is very fruitful.” unsound,” reveals Tallis. as a “hero”, alongside Gustav Mahler and Jessica De Gouw (Dracula).

But as the opening episode shows, and Woody Allen. In fact many of his Tallis published his first Lieber Vienna Blood continues on with a patient undergoing unnecesinfluences are Jewish, although Tallis mann novel, Mortal Mischief, in 2005 Monday, 9pm, on BBC Two and sary electric shock treatment, it was is himself not from a Jewish, but an and drew upon his many decades of is available on BBC iPlayer the mainstream methods of “curing” Italian Catholic background. experience as a clinical psychologist to

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MUSIC

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Mira Awad Internationally acclaimed singer Mira Awad makes a long-awaited return to West London Synagogue tonight (Thursday), three years on from her last concert inside the venue’s atmospheric Italian-Moorish sanctuary, and brings her unique fusion of Arabic traditions with Western harmonies.

For this one-off song and storytelling event, Awad – who represented Israel in the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest alongside Israeli musician Noa – will perform well-known classics, as well as her latest material. An Israeli citizen of Palestinian and Bulgarian descent, Awad is also an all-round artist, writer, actor and peace advocate. Mira Awad performs tonight, Thursday, 21 November, 7pm, at West London Synagogue, www.ticketsource.co.uk/eretz

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Chefs Heston Blumenthal, Carla Hall and Niklas Ekstedt will take on the roles of ‘Food Gods’ in Channel 4 and Netflix’s magical food competition, Crazy Delicious.

The new six-episode series, presented by comedian and foodie Jayde Adams, is an innovative food competition set on the world’s first edible set, which features blossom, chocolate soil and a drinkable babbling brook.

Each week, three inventive cooks will work magic with commonplace ingredients and present their dishes to the three celebrity judges.

Blumenthal says: “In Crazy Delicious, we’re asking for dishes that not only taste great, but are also visually spectacular, emotionally powerful and nostalgic, so it’s incredibly tough. I’ve spent my career trying to perfect these kinds of dishes and I know from experience that creativity and perfection do not always sit comfortably together. I was amazed at how ambitious some of the cooks were.” Crazy Delicious will air on Channel 4 from early 2020.

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The Irishman Harvey Keitel stars alongside Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci in The Irishman, Martin Scorsese’s epic saga of organised crime in post-war America, which airs on Netflix from next Wednesday.

Schindler’s List screenwriter Steven Zaillian brings to life one of the greatest unsolved

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mysteries in American history, the disappearance of legendary union boss Jimmy Hoffa (Pacino), as told through the eyes of Second World War veteran (De Niro), a hustler and hitman who worked alongside some of the most notorious figures of the 20th century.

Hoffa is best remembered for establishing the International Brotherhood of Teamsters into a powerful labour union, as well as his 1964 conviction for attempting to bribe a juror in a grand jury investigation and the controversial commutation of his sentence by Richard Nixon in 1971.

According to lore, Hoffa was also sympathetic to the Zionist cause and helped smuggle arms and supplies to the Jewish community in Palestine prior to the establishment of the state of Israel. The Irishman airs from Wednesday, 27 November on Netflix

The Human Comedy American-born artist Laura Lehman-Kochan has unveiled a new exhibition of her charcoal and pastel drawings at the Espacio Gallery in Bethnal Green Road.

Lehman-Kochan, who was educated at Goldsmiths and City and Guilds, and has exhibited previously at St Mary-le-Bow Church, Cheapside, and Lauderdale House, Highgate, explores human expression and psychology in her colourful and vibrant works, as well as the landscapes of Central Asia in an experimental style. The exhibition continues until Sunday, www.lauralehman.co.uk

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‘My grandfather helped save thousands of Jews’ Actress Helena Bonham Carter learns about her grandparents’ wartime stories in a new TV series

politician, also fought antisemitism as a volunteer air raid warden.

Bonham Carter said: “It’s a great family. And I’m proud now to be able to share it.

“We were given a chance to go and explore and ask the questions and hear what really hap-

Helena Bonham Carter has praised her “extraordinary” family, after learning that her grandfather helped thousands of French Jews escape the Holocaust.

Bonham Carter, 53, who is star- Grandfather Eduardo ring as Princess Margaret in The Crown, is one of four actors and actresses pened, exploring their grandparents’ wartime stories and then in My Grandparents’ War, a new series for have Helena’s father and his mother Channel 4, starting on Wednesday. extraorBonham Carter – who is of Jewish descent dinary suron her mother’s side – said she had become prises. The level of research, and the people “evangelical” about digging into her past that did the research were extraordinary in since appearing on the show, which comwhat they managed to dig up. memorates the 80th anniversary of the start “I was born too late and [my family] died of the Second World War. too soon, so for me it was like I met them Her maternal grandfather, Eduardo Propproperly, and had a conversation with them, per de Callejon was a Spanish diplomat who and I also want to carry on conversing with defied his government’s orders and helped my mum. I’m almost evangelical in saying that Jews escape the Holocaust during the Nazi it’s one of the most important things I’ve done. invasion of France. She also learnt that her I feel like every young person should go and English paternal grandmother, Lady Violet interview their grandparents.”

Bonham Carter, a mother of four and liberal In the programme, Bonham Carter inter-

Helena Bonham Carter discovers her family history in My Grandparents’ War views her grandmother, Bubbles. She said: “All the women in our family never really stop talking, and I’ve got hours of Bubbles, and she is in the documentary, but it should be part of the national curriculum.

“What also struck me is there is all this silence around trauma. It’s the time for people to speak and for us to find out.”

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TOWIE star and presenter Mark Wright discovered he has a long SpanishJewish lineage and that his nine-times great-grandfather was arrested and tortured during the Spanish Inquisition.

Another of his relatives was burnt at the stake for being Jewish.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has described himself as a ‘one-man melting pot’ after finding he has Jewish roots. His maternal greatgrandfather, Elias Avery Lowe, a paleographer, was a Russian-Jewish immigrant to the United States.

Actress Jessica Biel discovered her great-greatgrandparents were Hungarian Jews who immigrated to Chicago in 1888, while a DNA test proved she was eight percent Jewish.

Game of Thrones creator George R R Martin found out he was nearly a quarter Jewish – or 22.4 per cent Ashkenazi Jew according to his DNA results – which was a surprise given that he thought he only had Irish and Italian roots.

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Interviewing: Baroness Ros Altmann

Welcome to Jewish News’ new series of interviews – also available as a podcast at jewishnews.co.uk – with Jewish people who are changing the world. Leadership communications consultant Zaki Cooper invites them to choose books that have the most meaning to them and discuss their careers.

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aroness Ros Altmann of Tottenham is a leading authority on pensions and later life issues. She works in business, has been Pensions Minister in government and is a successful campaigner.

in this country more than others. In the Jewish religion, we tend to look after older members of the family. Society seems not to value older people in the same way it does young people.

Do you have a favourite book about older people?

The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83¼ You are famous for your work on Years Old encapsulates the beauty of pensions. Why is this important? old age. Just because people are older, Pensions is a vital issue for all Ros Altmann it doesn’t mean they haven’t got huge economies. We have an ageing population in the UK. I have always thought about amounts of energy and a contribution to make.

Just because you’re a particular age, it doesn’t pensions as about people. mean you should be pigeonholed as somebody sitting in a chair all day. Hendrik is very active and Are we as a society too youth-obsessed and in he has a great sense of humour and that’s part of danger of marginalising older people? the beauty of old age.

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You are spending a lot of time on Brexit. Why? You’re well-known for your campaigning work on behalf of the underdog, with Edmund Burke’s I believe Brexit is a real danger to our economy and our future prosperity. I also believe the writing an inspiration. Tell us more campaign to leave the EU was based on The most high-profile campaign misleading the country. People were I was leading was to restore told voting for Brexit would make pensions to 150,000 people them better off and it would who suddenly discovered be brilliant. They were never their whole life savings told of the risks, that it might had gone and that cause real harm to sections they had virtually of society. If we keep quiet, nothing to live off in which would be the easiest retirement. It was a thing to do, a terrible harm very tough campaign will be perpetrated on the against a government country. that did not want to admit it had done What does being Jewish mean anything wrong. What to you? drove me was the quote My Judaism drives me and has always attributed to Edmund Burke: driven my career, my choices and my “All it takes for evil to triumph Receiving her CBE from way of working. Every week I literally is for good men to do nothing.”

Prince Charles thank God for Shabbat. I work hard, but Shabbat is my day off. Jewish morals and You’re a fan of Adam Smith and his book, The ethics are really important. For me, they are the Wealth of Nations. Why? underpinning of civilised society.

He was the first of the really visionary economists who redefined the way people think about You also chose the book, The Right and the Good economics and society. It was a cross between – Halakha and Human Relations by philosophy and economics. If you Daniel Feldman. Why? have free trade and you specialise Why My motto as a member of the Lords in what you are good at and is ‘Ve’Assita Hayahsar V’Hatov’ – “you exchange what you are good at for ‘ should do what is right and what is what somebody else is good at, good”. Perhaps that’s why I found everybody will benefit. politics more difficult than I expected.

Telling the truth, being honest and not You worked in academia, then putting a stumbling block in the way of the city for 15 years before going the blind are so important as the basis freelance and were then appointed of a civilised society. a government minister in charge of pensions in 2015. Was this You’re described as a role model... a surprise?

I don’t like to think of myself as a I never thought I would end up role model and I do my best to make sure as a government minister. I was that whatever I do, whether in my public or a policy person, not a politics private life, is based on Jewish values and person. In the run-up to the principles. If what I do encourages more 2015 election, I was frightened young Jewish women to realise you can be Ed Miliband and the SNP might frum and part of the real world, you can be take over and ruin the country a mother and still have a good career, that economically. I agreed to join would be pleasing. the Conservative government if they were to win the election. It didn’t look like When you took your seat in the Lords, why they were going to win, but they did. Suddenly, I did you take Tottenham as your designation? was thrust into the world of politics and being the It was in honour of my wonderful father who Pensions Minister, which I never envisaged. passed away in his fifties. He was a refugee from the Nazis. My grandparents came over with Did you enjoy being a minister? nothing. They started a shop in Tottenham Hale.

It was an extraordinarily frustrating experience.

I loved going there. On weekday matches, we A lot of the things I wanted to do, I just couldn’t would walk over to White Hart Lane. Tottenham get on with. I was quite shocked by the way was very special to my father and to the family. politicians work – or don’t – together. If politics behaved in the way business behaves, we might Baroness Altmann’s top reads find countries run more successfully. Prime Minister David Cameron said to me: ‘Being prime • The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83¼ minister is not like any other job. If you are chief Years Old – Hendrik Groen executive of a business and someone is doing • Wealth of Nations – Adam Smith something you don’t like, and you sack them, • Writing and Speeches of Edmund Burke they are gone. If someone is doing something • The Right and the Good - Halakha and I don’t like as prime minister, and I sack them, Human Relations – Daniel Feldman they’ll be sitting behind me, waiting to stab me • Voices of Wisdom – Francine Klagsbrun in the back.’

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Orthodox Judaism

SEDRA Chayei Sarah

BY RABBI NAFTALI SCHIFF It’s fascinating that the parsha describing Sarah’s death and burial is called Chayei Sara, the life of Sarah. Her age is given in a rather peculiar manner: “100 years, 20 years and seven years.”

Rashi famously points out that at the ripe old age of 100, Sarah was as virtuous as a 20-year-old, with the innocent beauty of a seven-year-old. The verse concludes by repeating “the years of Sarah’s life” as if they were equal in their goodness.

George Bernard Shaw once quipped: “Youth is wasted on the young.” When young, we are full of vibrancy and passion; we believe we can change the world for the better. As we get older, we tend to run out of steam and just keep chugging along the path we set for ourselves years before.

But for Sarah, each day presented new challenges and opportunities and she approached each one with the vigour of a young woman. Abraham and Sarah were a dynamic couple, full of energy and devoted to the mission of changing the world.

All too often we meet people who would love to make a difference, but remain ensconced in their comfort zone. In the Shema, we say the words, “asher anochi metsavcha hayom... hayom al levavecha”. We are commanded that God’s words should be new and fresh, upon our hearts, today and every day. Each day is a new experience, one that can and must remain fresh so we can harness our innate excitement to maximise the power and potential that lies within each moment.

In that way, just like Abraham and Sarah, we can leave a legacy of a full life to build a brighter future.

◆ Rabbi Naftali Schiff is founder and chief executive of Jewish Futures

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REBBETZIN DINA GOLKER The number 24 is significant in Judaism for several reasons.

First, it is the total of the number of books comprising the Tanach.

There are five books of the Torah, eight of the Prophets and eleven of the Hagiographa.

The Talmudic sages regarded all the prophetical books, besides Isaiah, Jeremiah and Ezekiel, as a single unit, owing to their relative brevity. Ezra and Nehemiah were also regarded as one book, presumably because of their similarity of content.

Twenty-four was also the total number of the ‘priestly watches’, or groups of Kohanim, performing the Temple sacrificial service in ancient times.

Each group served for two weeks at a time, in a strictly rotational system.

This covered 48 weeks of the year, all the groups joining together for the remaining four weeks.

During their service periods, the members of each group had exclusive rights to enjoy the Mattnot Kehunah – the 24 portions of the sacrificial offerings to which the Kohanim were halachically entitled.

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The reasoning behind this is that it would be extremely unfair if those misled would stand condemned, while the individual ultimately responsible for their falling into sin were to escape punishment.

Case number three in Maimonides’ list is one who sees his son developing evil traits and refrains from rebuking him or setting him on the right path.

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BY SYLVIA ROTHSCHILD God’s will was communicated to the High Priest through the Urim and Thummim, the earliest recorded “voting device” and, generally in the Bible, leadership was not achieved by democratic decision, nor did God choose leaders without flaws. That said, the Bible does give us guidance about qualities in leaders, helping us to decide how to use our votes.

Jethro advises Moses: “Provide from the entire people able people who fear God, trustworthy and hating bribes…to be their rulers” (Exodus 18), and Moses tells Israel: “Take from every tribe men of wisdom, understanding and knowledge, and... make them rulers over you” (Deut 1:13).

The preference for anti-corruption candidates seems reasonable, but is it good for fear to play a key role in a leader’s personality – whether fearful or fearsome? Politicians are often accused of using fear as a distraction mechanism. In these examples we appear to see God, through the prophets, employing a similar tactic.

BY RABBI DANNY RICH

Hosea provides a picture of inappropriate government: “They have set up kings, but not from Me, made princes, and I knew it not; of their silver and gold have they made idols” and warns of the consequences.

This suggests flawed leaders will inevitably come to the fore, and that only sound knowledge can check this.

We also see the inevitability of corruption, which happens when people lose faith in leadership structures.

Even when God played a hands-on role, good and bad leaders came to the fore.

Today, we must distinguish between candidates, who, although made in the image of God, will inevitably be flawed. The Bible says active participation is an antidote to this inevitability: “When the wicked rise, people hide themselves away”.

It is our mission to challenge this mentality and install the best leaders.

Black Friday is an American invention, which always falls on the last Friday in November, the day after the American holiday of Thanksgiving.

Days of thankful celebration for the successful harvest were a custom of Native American peoples – a form of Succot – although since the end of the 18th century, Thanksgiving marked the creation of the modern American democratic constitution.

Black Friday may have originated in Philadelphia on the date retailers began to make a profit (accounts, therefore, moving from ‘red’ to ‘black’), although it has now become the busiest shopping day of the year in western, capitalist societies.

There is, of course, nothing in Judaism prohibiting an owner selling at a reduced price, but Black Friday is often associated with ‘loss leaders’ and hyperbolic claims that can lead to inappropriate purchasing, that at best may be wasteful and at worst may lead to cycles of debt.

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Judaism teaches that selling and buying, in common with all spheres of life, ought be guided by moral principles and propriety. Jewish business ethics is a particular school of thought, but both seller and buyer have obligations that pre-date the invention of modern capitalism and the possibility of online shopping.

The Book of Leviticus (25:14) declares: “If you sell to or buy from your neighbour, you shall not wrong one another”. From here arose the prohibition recorded by Maimonides that one must not cheat or deceive whether a seller or a buyer (Mishneh Torah Hilchot Mechirah 18:1), a sin

for which the individual Jew and the community confess on Yom Kippur.

Unlike in English law, which stresses caveat emptor (buyer beware), Jewish law places a duty on the seller about quantity and quality, including the pointing out of flaws.

The Holiness Code of Leviticus 19:36 demands: “…true scales, true weights, true dry and true liquid measures”.

Buyers too, however, are bound by a code, including for example the Mishnaic (Baba Metzia 4:10) teaching that: “One should not ask, ‘How much is this thing?’ if one has no intention of buying, since to do so raises false expectations and wastes the time of the seller.”

Black Friday is probably here to stay, but Judaism teaches that both seller and buyer have a duty to be careful and a responsibility to exercise action, in accord with the best moral principles Judaism lays down.  Danny Rich is Senior Rabbi of Liberal Judaism

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COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER 28 hours per week Salary £33,000 pro rata - Permanent Contract Based in North London Office Jewish Women’s Aid is the only charity in the UK dedicated to working with Jewish women and children affected by domestic abuse and sexual violence.

We run a holistic service offering casework, counselling, groupwork helpline and children’s therapy services, as well as school, campus, training and community awareness raising programmes.

JWA’s communications are key to informing our community, stakeholders and service users about what we do. We are seeking to recruit a creative, dynamic and experienced Communications Manager to take us to the next level and consolidate, expand and diversify our communications and content.

You will be wholeheartedly committed to the work and values of JWA, forward thinking, feminist and ambitious. You will have a good understanding of the Jewish community and its environment. Organised and systematic, you will have a track record of achieving targets, managing a team and establishing high quality processes for attracting and retaining stakeholders. You will be an excellent written and oral communicator with experience managing a press office function.

Please go to www.jwa.org.uk to download an application pack and form, or contact Suzi - Office Manager on info@jwa.org.uk or 020 8445 8060.

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JOB VACANCY Employment Adviser @ Work Avenue (part time 2 days)

We are looking for an Employment Adviser to provide information, advice and guidance to Work Avenue clients and help them into suitable and sustainable work.

For further information email emma@theworkavenue.org.uk or call 020 8371 3280

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Join Altermans Solicitors as a Consultant Over the last three years, six of us have joined Altermans as consultants – to work in property, company commercial, litigation, private client and family law. All of us have been partners elsewhere, and know the pain of running a team, hitting chargeable targets and driving revenue.

However, each of us knew deep down that what we wanted to do was find somewhere where we could work for our clients in a friendly and supportive environment.

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The firm is run by Gabriel Alterman, who is growing a business where lawyers can work on their own or build a small team that meets their needs. The firm is not a “virtual network”. We work together, talk together and respect each other’s expertise.

We share fees, reward each other for referrals, and have regular gatherings – both social and work – to make sure we’re on track.

If this sounds like a firm where you could find a niche and be at home, get in touch to arrange a chat and come and meet us.

There’s no management-speak; just lawyers working together.

You can contact Gabriel directly at gabriel@altermans.co.uk or by phone on 07794 085 617. Our website is at www.altermans.co.uk for more details of the firm.

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Jewish Women’s Aid is the only charity in the UK dedicated to working with Jewish women and children affected by domestic abuse and sexual violence.

We run a holistic service offering casework, counselling, groupwork helpline and children’s therapy services, as well as school, campus, training and community awareness raising programmes.

You will be wholeheartedly committed to the work and values of JWA, forward thinking, feminist and enthusiastic. You will have a good understanding of the Jewish community and the informal and formal educational it offers. Organised and systematic, you will have a track record of project management, rapid research and analysis, stakeholder engagement, achieving targets, and creating and developing sustainable and strategic programmes. You will be an excellent written and oral communicator.

For more information visit www.jwa.org.uk. To apply for the position, send a CV and covering letter to Suzi - Office Manager on info@jwa.org.uk or 020 8445 8060.

Closing date: 9th December at noon Interview date: 19th December This post and advertisement have been sponsored Registered charity number: 1047045

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HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT THE JEWISH COMMUNITY THIS GENERAL ELECTION? ENCOURAGE YOUR LOCAL CANDIDATES TO SUPPORT THE TEN COMMITMENTS: • WHEN CANDIDATES KNOCK ON YOUR DOOR • BY EMAILING OR PHONING THEIR OFFICES • AT HUSTINGS HAPPENING IN YOUR LOCAL AREA (Q&A)

HUSTINGS Hustings meetings are an opportunity to hear from the different candidates and parties.

They often take the form of a debate. They represent a fantastic opportunity to question your local candidates on the issues most important to you.

Hustings are being arranged for Jewish communities across the UK. We are aware of meetings happening in the following constituencies:

• BRENT NORTH • BURY SOUTH • CHEADLE • CHIPPING BARNET • CITIES OF LONDON AND WESTMINSTER • EAST RENFREWSHIRE • ENFIELD SOUTHGATE • FINCHLEY AND GOLDERS GREEN • HAMPSTEAD AND KILBURN • HARROW EAST

• HENDON • HERTSMERE • HORNSEY AND WOOD GREEN • HOVE • ILFORD NORTH • RUISLIP, NORTHWOOD AND PINNER • SOUTHPORT • WATFORD • WESTMINSTER NORTH

You can find further information about the hustings at www.bod.org.uk/hustings2019 Please let us know if you are organising a hustings meeting that has not been listed, and we will be very glad to promote it.

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THE TEN COMMITMENTS TO SUMMARISE THE COMMUNITY’S POSITIONS ON A NUMBER OF KEY POLICY AREAS, THE BOARD OF DEPUTIES OF BRITISH JEWS HAS DRAWN UP THE FOLLOWING COMMITMENTS. PLEASE ENCOURAGE YOUR LOCAL PARLIAMENTARY CANDIDATES TO SHARE THEIR SUPPORT FOR THESE TEN COMMITMENTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA WITH THE HASHTAG #TENCOMMITMENTS TWITTER: @BOARDOFDEPUTIES

WE WOULD ASK OUR PARLIAMENTARY FRIENDS TO:

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Oppose extremism and hate crime, including antisemitism, anti-Muslim hatred and other forms of hate. Adopt, promote and implement the full IHRA Definition of Antisemitism.

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Take account of the possible implications of Brexit for the Jewish community and other minority groups, including community cohesion, security and religious freedoms.

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Promote good relations, understanding and cooperation between all the UK’s communities.

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Affirm the importance of schools of religious character within the education system.

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Defend the right to a Jewish way of life, including kosher meat, religious clothing, circumcision, and flexible working to accommodate Shabbat and Holy Day observance.

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Support the provision of religiously and culturally sensitive youth and social care services.

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Support efforts to remember and understand the Holocaust and strive to prevent any future genocide.

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Promote peace projects that unite communities and resist boycotts that divide communities, advocating for a permanent and comprehensive solution to the IsraeliPalestinian conflict that results in a secure Israel alongside a viable Palestinian state.

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Promote a more just and sustainable future in the UK and abroad, supporting efforts to tackle poverty, climate change and human rights abuses.

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