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Israelis flee Ukraine over invasion uncertainty BY DAVID SAFFER
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Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid have advised Israeli nationals to leave Ukraine with ongoing uncertainty over an invasion by Russia. A reported 6,000 Israelis, including 2,000 students, have registered with the Israeli embassy in Ukraine for evacuation. According to reports Israel is preparing to evacuate some 200,000 Israeli citizens in Ukraine and members of the country’s Jewish community. Temporary housing will be organised on arrival in Israel. Over a dozen nations have taken the stance for citizens to leave Ukraine including Israelis amidst growing tensions in the region. World leaders including US President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Boris Johnson have held talks with President Vladimir Putin and still talk of a diplomatic solution but the political situation remains confused despite claims by Russia of troops retreating from the border. Russia have reacted to threats of sanctions whilst NATO is preparing for the worst. Bennett appealed to Israelis after Shabbat to leave Ukraine. The Foreign Office had already issued a ‘severe’ travel warning. Over 30 flights to Israel have taken place this week.
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“In the coming week, there will be 31 flights to Israel, all of them booked.” Foreign Minister Yair Lapid joined the call for evacuation. “There is a short window of opportunity to leave for Israel, I tell Israelis, return to Israel before the situation gets complicated,” he told a press conference.
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Lapid confirmed Israel would maintain neutrality due to large Jewish communities in both countries. “Part of our responsibility is to keep them safe and that requires caution,” he said. “Our stance is
that all options must be exhausted to avoid an armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine.” Lapid added, “Israel is not an active actor in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict and therefore acts cautiously. I spoke with the Russian Foreign Minister (Sergey) Lavrov following the request of US Secretary of State (Antony) Blinken, but this is no different than the involvement of other Western countries in this affair.” Israeli diplomatic staff are at the embassy available to Israelis who need them. Lapid acknowledged evacuation efforts were ongoing. He said, “There is a large Jewish community, one of the largest in the world, and we are in touch with them through the ambassador, his deputy and embassy staff. In the coming week, there will be 31 flights to Israel, all of them booked.” Lapid added that regular contact has taken place with airlines to bolster flights. Defence Minister Benny Gantz confirmed the IDF was prepared to evacuate Israelis. Bennett has held meetings with Lapid and ministry official to discuss concerns over a Russian invasion of Ukraine. It has been reported Israel will not sell the Iron Dome missile defence system to Kyiv as it would impact on its relationship with Russia.
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Police investigate Stamford Hill incidents Police are investigating CCTV footage that appears to show a man giving a Nazi salute to a woman pushing two babies in a pram in Stamford Hill. The man reportedly said, “We don’t want Jews here…heil Hitler.” The incident occurred on February 7th and was reported to Stamford Hill Shomrim. The Metropolitan Police confirmed a report of an antisemitic hate crime where a woman and her children were verbally abused by a man. There have been no arrests. “Enquiries are ongoing to identify those responsible, including analysis of CCTV footage,” they noted. Anyone with information should
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contact the police (Reference number: CAD 4603995/22). A Jewish man was a victim of a recent
violent burglary on St Ann’s Road, Stamford Hill on February 11th. The man reportedly had his phone stolen. CCTV footage shows the Jewish man being punched by a man wearing what appears to be a brown jacket and blue jeans. The incident was reported by Stamford Hill Shomrim. Anyone with information should contact the police (Reference number: CAD 3703 11/02/22) It was also reported that Hackney Police are looking to speak to a person named Mark Zahra regarding a burglary of a synagogue on Lampard Road that reportedly occurred last Saturday. (Reference number:
4604158/22) Other recent incidents in the area include youths reportedly smashing windows belonging to Jewish homes in north London. The incident is believed to have occurred on Gladesmore Road. (Reference number: CAD 6556 29/01/22). Gang members reportedly spat in the face of a five-year-old Jewish boy in Clapton Common, north London. The gang is believed to be associated with the Webb Estate who have been accused of harassing Jewish residents. (Reference number: CAD 4791 30/01/2022). The police can be contacted on 101 or Stamford Hill Shomrim on 0300 999 0123
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The UK Jewish community has recorded over 1,000 Covid-19 deaths since the start of the pandemic in 2020. Board of Deputies President Marie van der Zyl has spoken of a “sombre milestone” being reached whilst United Synagogue CEO Steven Wilson said a “heart-breaking milestone” had occurred. Working with Jewish community burial boards, regional communities and the small communities’ network 1,002 Jewish funerals had been carried out where the deceased contracted Covid-19 as of last Friday. “Every death is a tragedy and few if any of us have been untouched by this pandemic,” said Ms van der Zyl. “It is my earnest hope that we will be soon able to create a proper memorial to those who died. In future years, while we carry on with our lives, we must never forget those whom we lost in the worst health crisis of any of our lifetimes.” Wilson commented, “This is a heart-breaking milestone for the Jewish community and a sombre reminder of the devastation wrought by the virus over the last two years. As restrictions end and people return to shul this is an appropriate time to remember all those families who will have an empty chair at their Purim seudah and Seder table in the coming weeks. We hope and pray all those who have lost a loved one will be spared further suffering.” Wilson thanked the US Burial Society for its extraordinary work.
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“Colleagues have had to conduct hundreds more funerals during the pandemic, a figure tragically exacerbated by Covid-19, particularly in 2020,” he noted. “Despite these intense and unparalleled pressures, on our rabbis, chevra kadisha volunteers, gravediggers, administrative team and cemeteries staff, every single family was afforded time, care and attention. We thank them and colleagues in burial boards across the country for all that they have done.” The Board liaises with seven of the largest denominational burial boards to collate an indicator of deaths where Covid-19 was a factor. Burial boards aside from the US body includes The Adath Yisroel Burial Society, Federation of Synagogues Burial Society, Joint Jewish Burial Board, Spanish and Portuguese Sephardi Community. The Board receives reports from regional communities or has accounted for them through the largest denominational burial boards where they cover that particular community. The indicator enumerates how many funerals were carried out by burial societies and communities where COVID-19 appeared on the death certificate of the deceased. As such it covers deaths in hospitals and the wider community. When making comparisons of data, please note data separate to this indicator may not have similar parameters. Do not take successive figures as indicative of exact trends as smaller communities cannot report weekly. WHAT’S INSIDE THIS WEEK 04 News 12 Opinion 13 Games 14 Community 20 Features
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Pelosi confirms “ironclad” support for Israel BY DAVID SAFFER
US support for Israel is “ironclad” Speaker of the House of Representatives House Nancy Pelosi told the Knesset on Wednesday. The respected American politician was speaking during a diplomatic visit to Israel this week. Pelosi spoke about Iran’s nuclear threat during a powerful address. “The US remains ironclad in our support of Israel’s security and its regional stability,” she said. “We are together in the fight against terrorism posed by Iran, both in the region and also its nuclear development. The nuclear threat of Iran is a global one. Israel’s proximity to Iran is of concern to all of us.” “Our delegation brings the representation of the Congress’s bipartisan, bicameral commitment to an unbreakable bond between Israel and the United States built on mutual security, our economic interest and our common values, our commitment to democracy,” she added. Addressing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Pelosi praised Israel and backed the US government’s commitment to an “enduring two-state solution”. “I have long said that the greatest political achievement of the 20th century was the establishment of the State of Israel and I am very proud that America is Israel’s oldest ally,” she noted. “Our delegation is here to reaffirm America’s commitment to a just and enduring two-state solution, one that embraces, enhances stability and
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security for Israel, Palestinians and their neighbours.” Pelosi told Knesset Speaker Mickey Levy about a unique friendship based on democratic values and freedoms between the democratic nations. “The State of Israel recognises and values your uncompromising efforts to ensure its security and we could not have asked for a better friend than you,” he said. Levy thanked Pelosi for her support of Israel and took the opportunity to speak about the Iranian regime. “Iran is a terror state whose actions are aimed at wreaking havoc and destruction in every corner of the world,” he said. “We remember the firm support of the United States for Israel’s security throughout history. We are all here in the Knesset of
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Israel with a uniform message that Iran must not be allowed to develop nuclear capabilities.” Levy recalled last year’s US Capitol assault in his welcome address. “We shockingly watched together in the difficult images of masses violently storming the Capitol,” he said. “This was a warning sign to all liberal democracies of the real danger of fake news and conspiracy theories. If it happened in the United States, it can happen anywhere. The Knesset stands with you in the defence of democracy and the liberal values we all hold so dear to our hearts.” Levy welcomed the passing of a bill to fund the replenishment of interceptors for the Iron Dome Anti-Missile Defence System. US backing for the system, he said, was
“one of the greatest displays of support” by the American people and US House of Representatives. Levy introduced 100 school children from towns bordering the Gaza Strip to honour Pelosi. They are here “thanks to the Iron Dome Anti-Missile Defense System”, he said. Levy added, “You have chosen to support Israel’s right to defend its citizens, you have chosen to stand by the only democracy in the Middle East and you have chosen to assist Israel to save lives including the lives of every boy and girl who are with us in the plenum today.” President Isaac Herzog met with Pelosi and spoke about an unbreakable bond between Israel and the US. Israel’s Ambassador to the US, Michael Herzog, US Ambassador to Israel, Tom Nides and a number of Members of Congress joined the US delegation who met with Defence Minister Benny Gantz during various meetings. Gantz thanked Pelosi for the US’ commitment to Israel’s security. “We discussed security challenges, especially Iranian aggression and the need to maintain Israel’s regional security superiority because only when Israel is strong, can peace and stability be expanded in the region,” Gantz said in a statement. The US delegation was scheduled to meet Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and other Israeli leaders.
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Pope Francis met Board of Deputies representatives at the Vatican yesterday. After his opening remarks Pope Francis conversed with President Marie van der Zyl and chief executive Michael Wegier at his weekly general audience. Ms van de Zyl thanked the Pope for the developing relationship between Catholic and Jewish communities in recent decades and stressed its importance in the UK. She also thanked him for efforts towards Holocaust remembrance and speaking out against antisemitism. The Board’s chief presented the Pope with signed volume of the History of the Great Synagogue by renowned British Jewish historian, Cecil Roth. The Pope, speaking in English, thanked
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Ahmed jailed for 11 months over racial hatred BY ADAM MOSES
Tahra Ahmed has been sentenced to 11 months in prison after being found guilty of publishing written material in order to stir up racial hatred. Ahmed, 51, claimed victims of the Grenfell Tower fire were “burnt alive in a Jewish sacrifice” in The Times exposé. Seventy-one people died in the tragedy. Ahmed was found guilty of two counts of incitement to racial hatred following the five-day trial instigated after Campaign Against Antisemitism, CST and others reported the matter to police. During the trial Ahmed claimed she had coordinated volunteer work and ran workshops. She reportedly discussed her beliefs with some of the people she helped. Gideon Falter, CAA Chief Executive welcomed the news after pursuing justice for years. “We are vindicated by this strong sentence, which sends a very clear message to those who seek to stir up anti-Jewish racism through conspiracy theories,” he said. Falter added that Ahmed “sought to twist” the Grenfell Tower tragedy to fit her “venomous world view” where it seemed any evil could be attributed to Jews. “She used people’s suffering and anger in the aftermath of the Grenfell tragedy and tried to wield it as a weapon against Jews before an audience of tens of thousands on social media,” he noted. “We are
pleased that she will now go to prison for her wicked fabrications.” Falter continued, “As we have seen, her hatred has not only enabled her to abuse the Grenfell tragedy, but also to accuse Jews of being responsible for 9/11 and of supposedly exaggerating the Holocaust. As the prosecution observed, she used her position as an aid volunteer in the aftermath of Grenfell to ‘bait the mob’ against Jewish people, making her conduct particularly repulsive.” Judge Mark Dennis QC told Ahmed that stirring up racial hatred was “an abhorrent act”. Noting she had received a good education, he observed, “I have no doubt you knew full well what you were doing and it’s likely effect,” adding he had no reason to conclude she had any remorse. Judge Dennis read character statements from Ahmed’s family, stating it was “unfortunate” one claimed there seemed to be a “special rule for the Jewish people… one rule for them, another rule for us”. Days after the fire in June 2017, Ahmed, of Tottenham, linked Grenfell to an the antisemitic conspiracy based on the 9/11 terror attacks in New York. Posting a video on Facebook, Ahmed claimed Grenfell victims were “burnt alive in a Jewish sacrifice”. Ahmed believed her comments were “political” rather than “antisemitic” but
the jury disagreed, finding her guilty of number that has been perpetuated and incitement, following the Old Bailey trial the actual number has been revised down instigated by CAA. by experts,” she reportedly said. Ahmed Falter welcomed the jury convicting also said figures were “manipulated and Ahmed of “wicked fabrications”. exaggerated”. Met Detective Sergeant Ross Burrell said, Ahmed told the judge she believed Jews “Comments posted by Ahmed were grossly were responsible for 9/11, describing the offensive, abusive and insulting. Her com- terror attack as a “false flag” and “Mossad” ments showed a clear intent to stir up racial operation. hatred and such vile remarks will not be During testimony, Ahmed invoked fartolerated. Those who seek to deliberately right conspiracy theories including comdrive our communities apart by spreading ments about “Rothschild”, “ZioNazis”, “real such spite can expect to be brought to ac- Ashkenazis” and “Satanic Ashkenazis”. count. We’re here and The prosecution acready to help anyone Ahmed told the judge cused Ahmed of using the witness box as a “pulwho has been affected by someone else’s she believed Jews were pit for your views” and of prejudice, ignorance or responsible for 9/11, deliberately “whipping up the mob with her soviolence.” At the trial, prosecu- describing the terror cial media posts.” tor Hugh French said attack as a “false flag” Ahmed described the trial as a “witchhunt” and two posts by Ahmed were “virulently antise- and “Mossad” operation. claimed she was “unlawfully arrested, incarceratmitic” and “crossed the line as to what is acceptable in a liberal ed and tortured”. society”. Earlier in the case, Ahmed’s defence Ahmed conceded there were times when counsel was the same barrister who deshe failed to make a distinction between fended anti-Semite Alison Chabloz and particular Jews. neo-Nazi activist Jeremy Bedford-Turner, In social media posts, Ahmed has de- both sent to prison following prosecuscribed the Holocaust as “holohoax” but tions initiated by CAA. Ahmed replaced told the court she was not a Holocaust her counsel. denier. CAA are grateful to CST for providing “Unfortunately, six million Jews is a security for CAA personnel at the trial.
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Bennett hails “symbolic” state visit to Bahrain BY DAVID SAFFER
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has hailed a historic first-ever official state visit to Bahrain this week. Bennett met with the King of Bahrain, Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad al Khalifa at the Royal Palace in Manana on Tuesday. Bennett also met with Bahraini government officials during a “symbolic” visit following the signing of Abraham Accords agreement in 2020. Bennett expressed his appreciation to King Hamad and the Crown Prince for their leadership prior to and since the signing of the Accords. He also praised Bahrain’s commitment to interfaith tolerance and peaceful co-existence that laid the foundation for relations between the two countries. Meetings contributed to strengthening relations between both states and governments. They also presented an opportunity to enhance cooperation between the peoples of both nations in social, economic and security matters. The leaders discussed expanding strategic and security relations to address regional challenges, including nuclear threats, terrorist activity, religious extremism,
poverty, and social challenges. Additionally, the leaders discussed how civilian, economic, business and trade cooperation between the two countries can be strengthened to secure peace and create prosperity which benefits both peoples. Bahrain is a gateway for trade between the East and West. As such, both countries are cooperating to explore ways in which regional trade and investment opportunities can be further developed. The leaders agreed to expedite the negotiations on agreements for the protection of investments and the joint work on a tax treaty, which will provide the infrastructure for promoting secure commercial cooperation. The strengthening and encouragement of joint trade and investments and mutual visits of ministers and government officials was also agreed upon by the leaders. Joint economic committees will be established to enhance and expand civilian, economic and trade cooperation between the two countries. It was also agreed to deepen ties between the Israeli and Bahraini peoples through cultural exchange and educational and academic collaboration. The leaders called on young people from both countries to actively engage in peace-building to benefit
themselves and future generations. The leaders welcomed the building of a bilateral 10-year plan called “The Joint Warm Peace Strategy” that will serve as a roadmap for the development of relations and will be jointly led and reviewed by both Ministries of Foreign Affairs. The Joint Warm Peace Strategy will prioritise areas of mutual interest, including innovation ecosystems, food and water security, sustainable energy, healthcare, education, and trade and investment. As part of the Strategy, the Israeli and Bahraini governments will support programmes, such as student exchanges, that will strengthen bonds and foster dialogue and understanding between the countries’ young people. During the course of the engagements, Bennett formally invited the Crown Prince Salman to Israel. Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, “Your Majesty, it has been a huge honor to visit your wonderful Kingdom of Bahrain, and I admire your courage and your determination to build your country. I think we discussed many ways to build new bridges, and an architecture for a stronger and more stable region. And I’m looking forward to continuing this remarkable relationship.” The King of Bahrain, Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, “I consider it a historical day, to receive the prime minister of Israel. His visit to Bahrain will be a fruitful visit, a successful visit, because of his determination and leadership towards a joint, integrated effort for the best of the two peoples. I thank him for coming here.” Israeli and Bahraini delegations discussed the economy, innovation, tourism and technology. Bennett also visited the local Jewish community. “I come from Israel with a spirit of good will, of cooperation, of standing together amidst mutual challenges,” said Bennett on his arrival. “Our goal in this visit is to turn it from government-to-government, to people-to-people peace and to convert it from ceremonies to substance.” Israel’s leader added, “By fostering this relationship in hi-tech, trade, agriculture, technology and many other areas we can do great things together.” The Crown Prince, who is also Prime Minister called for a wider Middle East free from conflict based on mutual respect and security.
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Discussions included geographical advantages of Israel and Bahrain regarding moving goods between Asia and Europe. And in a packed agenda, delegations highlighted opportunities for Jewish and Muslim entrepreneurs and business owners. Bennett praised a bilateral research and development agreement between the nations. Technology Minister Orit Farkash-Hacohen signed for Israel, Industry Minister Zayed bin Rashid signed for the Bahraini side. The agreement will implement joint pilot programs in climate, advanced manufacturing and e-commerce. The deal offers potential for a gateway to the Gulf Cooperation Council with access to Saudi Arabia and regional markets. Young Israeli high-tech personnel will travel to Bahrain for meetings with businesspeople. Negotiations on an investment protection agreement will strengthen bilateral economic activity. Bennett met with US Fifth Fleet Commander VADM Brad Cooper in Bahrain where he praised cooperation between the IDF and US Armed Forces, and noted the Fleet maintaining regional stability. Israeli Ambassador to Bahrain Eitan Naeh, Jewish community president Abraham David Nonoo, former Bahraini Ambassador to the US Houda Nonoo and senior officials attended a gathering with the Bahraini Jewish community leaders. Bennett said the community served as a model for cooperation between Jews and Muslims in the Middle East and in Bahrain in particular. “I come from Israel with goodwill, with warm friendship between the two peoples, I’m sure you can be a remarkable bridge between Bahrain and Israel,” he told the Jewish community. Bennett prior to departure by an Israeli Prime Minister to the kingdom noted, “This is a moving event. The goal is to provide content and energy for peace between the two countries. In this tumultuous period, it is doubly important that from our region should come with a message of cooperation, goodwill, standing together in the face of threats and building bridges to peace.” Bennett and the Crown Prince officially met at the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow when al-Khalifa invited him for the state visit.
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Tottenham fans ignore Y-word appeal BY DAVID SAFFER
Tottenham Hotspur fans ignored pleas from the club to stop chanting the Y-word within minutes of a 2-0 home defeat to Wolves on Sunday in the Premier League. The chant was repeatedly heard inside the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium after a statement from the club last Thursday stating “it was time to move on” from fans using the Y-word and associating the term with the club. Action Against Discrimination chairman Jonathan Metliss was not surprised by the chanting but slammed the deplorable and unacceptable behaviour. “The more you tell someone not to do something the more they will do it, especially in Tottenham’s case where results continue to decline,” he lamented.” Metliss called on Tottenham to issue a fresh statement disassociating themselves from the chanting. He added, “More drastic action would be Tottenham players walking off the pitch with the support of the referee and sponsors withdrawing their custom as with West Ham following the recent furore over Kurt Zouma.” He continued, “Hopefully, the tide is turning and we will see the end of this noxious and odious chanting before too long. But would players ever leave the field, as AJAX players did in a game against Feyenoord? Tottenham has a big role to play which they should grasp. The sports press appears to be onside but AAD will continue its pressure as necessary and appropriate.” Chants from a large section of the crowd included “Thing I love most is being Y**” followed by “We’ll sing what we want” and a rendition of ‘Y** Army’.
Tottenham late last week attempted to move on from “Y-word” chants following a review of the much-publicised term among its fanbase. The club has launched a WhY Word online hub with dedicated content appearing in home matchday programmes from the Wolves clash. The club is asking fans to re-assess its use of the term. Tottenham are providing historical context as to why it can cause offence, particularly for younger members who the club’s research suggests are less aware of the word’s origins. “We are living in times of heightened awareness of cultural appropriation and sensitivities,” noted a club statement last Thursday. “It is therefore crucial to the values of our Club and our fans that we are even more mindful of the controversial nature of this term. “Our supporters’ use of the Y-word was initially taken as a positive step to deflect antisemitic abuse that they were subjected to at matches more than 40 years ago from opposition fans, who faced no sanctions for their actions. “As a club, we always strive to create a welcoming environment that embraces all our fans so that every one of our supporters can feel included in the matchday experience. It is clear the use of this term does not always make this possible, regardless of context and intention, and that there is a growing desire and acknowledgment from supporters that the Y-word should be used less or stop being used altogether. We recognise how these members of our fanbase feel and we also believe it is time to move on from associating this term with our club.” The club refrains from engaging social
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media handles or a bio that contains the Y-word and do not permit it being printed on shirts in any official retail outlets or used in any official club context. Tottenham is clear on its views regarding growing antisemitism in football. “Antisemitism remains a serious issue in football and more needs to be done to combat it,” the club said in a statement. “Antisemitic abuse must be given the same zero tolerance that other forms of discriminatory behaviour receive. It should not be left to a minority in football to address and lead on this.” The Board of Deputies and World Jewish Congress have asked Tottenham to address the use of the term by supporters. The Board welcomed Tottenham’s review and findings Amanda Bowman of the BoD said, “We share the club’s feeling of discomfort about its use by Spurs supporters, regardless of their motivation. We hope that their WhY Word hub will encourage fans to learn more about how it can cause offence so that in future the term will be consigned to the history books.” AAD applauded Tottenham’s statement and condemnation of anti-Semitism in football. “After years of campaigning against the use of this word as being both offensive and racist in itself and provoking and acting as a catalyst for anti-Semitic responses we are delighted to see our position has been vindicated and that the whole issue is being taken seriously,” commented Metliss. “These abhorrent chants will eventually be banned as being obscene and inciting and provoking racial hatred and anti-Semitic behaviour.”
He added, “The Tottenham statement is a commendable development, but it is only one stage in the process which, hopefully, will lead to the banning of the Y-word and any similar chant.” Kick It Out Antisemitism Ambassador Lord John Mann congratulated Tottenham. “Those who use the Y-word as a Spurs linked identifier on social media are overwhelmingly not Jewish, nor ever advocate any positives about Jewish life,” he noted. “There are more people using the Y-word identifier who repeat antisemitic tropes, than those who identify as being Jewish.” He added, “I trust other clubs will play their part in eradicating its use throughout football.” The adoption of the Y-word by fans in the late 1970s was a positive response to a lack of action taken by others around the issue. But the club has always recognised the Y-word being a complex issue and appropriateness of its use should regularly be assessed. A first stage of consultation with fans took place in 2019 with over 23,000 responses as 94% acknowleded the Y-word may be considered a racist term against a Jewish person. Following a pause due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Tottenham undertook a second phase of the consultation by an experienced moderator. Virtual supporter focus groups comprise a cross section of fans. Key findings included members of the fanbase feeling uncomfortable with the Y-word’s continued use at matches and supporters being prepared to defend their position on why they use the term.
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Australia bans Hamas
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Israel Minister of Tourism Yoel Razvozov has welcomed the government assisting the beleaguered industry due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The Ministry of Tourism has allocated NIS 25 million to provide guided tours for the general public and tens of thousands of daily free tours through websites of the Nature and Parks Authority. Various cities across the country are involved in the initiative. Over 1,800 tour guides have responded to the project. According to the Ministry, guides can still contact the authority. “After two challenging years for the tourPHOTO: WIKIMEDIA ism industry, we have a great opportunity Yoel Razvozov Tours will be offered in English, Russian, to help tour guides,” said Razvozov. “Take friends and family at no cost and enjoy French and Arabic. Hebrew-guided tours guided tours in cities and nature reserves.” are currently available. Ganit Peleg, Chair of the Israel Tour Israel has lowered measures in restauGuides Association has called on the pub- rants, cinemas, gyms and hotels due to a lic to tour the country with a licensed tour slowdown in cases of the Omicron variant. Masks are mandatory indoors including in guide. “The program allows tour guides to work schools, shops and medical buildings. after two years in which tourism was halted Hundreds of protesters in vehicles howby the corona pandemic,” he said. “Touring ever drove in convoy on the main highway is not only an experience but also a mitzvah from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem this week to protowards tour guides.” test against continuing measures. The ‘Freedom Convoy’ stopped at the Peleg is hopeful the initiative will prove Knesset successful so guides have employment. HALF PAGE ADVERT JAN 2020:Layout 1 09/01/2020 16:04 calling Page 1 for restrictions to be lifted.
Australia is to ban terrorist organisation Hamas in its entirety from April. Israeli politicians congratulated Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison for a “significant” decision. Far-right National Socialist Order, formerly known as Atomwaffen Division, will join a banned list that totals 28 in the country. Hamas’ military wing, Hamas’ Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, had been listed as a terrorist organisation since 2003. “The views of Hamas and the violent extremist groups listed today are deeply disturbing, and there is no place in Australia for such views,” said Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews on the announcement. “It’s vital that our laws target not only terrorist acts and terrorists, but also the organisations that plan, finance and carry out these acts,” she added. The ruling bans direct and indirect membership or support of Hamas, including financial backing. Support of Hamas carries up to 25 years in prison. “I welcome the news that Australia will list Hamas as a terrorist organisation in its entirety,” Prime Minister Naftali Bennett tweeted. Israeli’s leader thanked Morrison for following through on discussions regarding Hamas. “This is another important step in
the global fight against terrorism,” added Bennett. Foreign Minister Yair Lapid thanked Australian Ambassador to Israel Paul Griffiths for a “significant step” in Israel’s international effort to stop terrorist organisations. Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked noted on Twitter that “Australia had “once again chosen to be on the right side of history”. Australia has joined the UK, Israel, the United States, Canada, European Union and Jordan in proscribing Hamas in full. Home Secretary Priti Patel proscribed Hamas in its entirety last November. Banning Hamas, she noted at the time, sent a “very strong message” to individuals that thinks it’s okay to be a supporter of an organisation like that. “Hamas has significant terrorist capability, including access to extensive and sophisticated weaponry, as well as terrorist training facilities, and it has long been involved in significant terrorist violence,” Patel said. “This is an important step, especially for the Jewish community. If we tolerate extremism, it will erode the rock of security.” Prime Minister Naftali Bennett backed the decision, “Hamas is a terrorist organisation, simply put. The ‘political arm’ enables its military activity,” he noted. Lapid thanked Patel and the British Government for a “significant” decision.
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Herzog inaugurates Bedouin auditourium Gomes jailed over Lord Sugar and success of the city of Rahat, which is becoming prettier and safer.” President Isaac Herzog has participated in Sahiban said in his speech, “Rahat is a the inauguration of the first auditorium in major metropolis for Bedouin society and for all residents of the western Negev. Many the Bedouin city of Rahat. Herzog said studies show that that over 70,000 culture, art and residents detheatre create served a respectquality of life, able auditorium. local pride, and Deputy Interisocioeconomic or Security Mindevelopment. ister Yoav SegalWe are proud of ovitz, Mansour the auditorium Abbas, Mifal in Rahat, which Hapais Chairwill combine man Avigdor the worlds of the Yitzhaki and Raspirit from east hat Mayor Fayez President Isaac Herzog inaugurates an auditorium in Rahat to west.” Abu Sahiban attended the ceremony. Rahat’s mayor added that the venue sym“Bedouin society is an important and bolised inspiration, hope and coexistence. influential part of the history and heritAfter the inauguration, Herzog met memage of this area, and an important part of bers of the Jewish-Bedouin charity Desert Israeli society,” Herzog noted, adding that Stars which develops young Bedouin leadBedouin culture created a sense of family ers in the Negev. and community as a source of pride for The organisation was founded in 2013 by the country. Matan Yaffe and Dr Muhammad Al-Nabari. Following recent troubles in the area Herzog told participants, “Managing a Herzog called on state authorities, Israel big society, a state, is a complicated matter. Police, local municipality, religious leaders, Israel is a special country and it has many teachers and parents to help protect lives. communities. It is very important that Jew“Instead of sowing hatred and reaping ish society gets to know the story, structure chaos, we must sow hope and enjoy the and culture of Bedouin society. And it is fruits of partnership,” he said. also important that Bedouin society gets to Herzog concluded: “The auditorium is know the Jewish story and Jewish society. another layer in the story of the growth There is no other choice to succeed.” BY SIMCHA ABIR
antisemitic letters
BY ADAM MOSES
A man has been jailed after sending Lord Sugar abusive and antisemitic letters. Judge Timothy Walker sentenced Patrick Gomes, 70, to three years and six months for religiously-aggravated harassment at Chelmsford Crown Court. The pensioner, who signed one of the letters “the Jew hater”, was also given an indefinite restraining order from contacting Sugar. The court heard that Gomes sent three anti-Semitic letters to one of Sugar’s business premises in Loughton between October and December 2018. The letters included abusive, threatening and offensive language that was derogatory towards the Jewish faith. During a tirade of hate Gomes told Sugar he wanted ‘to murder all Jews in Britain’. Another letter warned Sugar of rounding up Jews ‘ready for deportation’ and paying a visit to ‘put your head in a hot oven. We call it baking Jewish bread.’ A victim impact statement said that Sugar following the incident was ‘shaken up’ and ‘looking over my shoulder’ in case someone attacked him or his family. Judge Walker said a handwritten letter from Gomes showed no apology towards Lord Sugar or remorse. He added that “society will not tolerate behaviour such as yours.” Following the sentence investigating officer PC Marc Arnold of Epping Forest’s Community Policing Team, said “At no point has
(Gomes) shown remorse for his actions and I’m glad that he’s now been made to answer for his crimes.” Sugar, host of The Apprentice TV show, had referred the Lord Sugar matter to police and thanked officers for “helping to shine a light” on unacceptable behaviour following the guilty verdict last December. Campaign Against Antisemitism praised his actions and the police at the time. “There must be zero tolerance for antisemitic crime but that can only happen when victims report incidents,” said a spokesman. “If racism against Jews is allowed to fester, the number of victims will only grow.” PC Arnold added, “Nobody should ever be subjected to this level of abuse or fear physical violence because of their faith. There is simply no excuse for any hate crime.” Gomes was arrested at his home in Leyton in 2019 after DNA and fingerprints were found on a letter. Police found additional discriminatory letters, and discovered Sugar’s address in Gomes’ address book. Gomes did not attend the trial and denied involvement throughout the case.
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We have friends OPINION PIECE BY ROBERT FESTENSTEIN
Whilst the shrill voices still linger following recent campaigns against various Jews in the UK and Israel, the support from those outside the Jewish Community has continued unabated. Whilst those Jews on the left or progressive side of politics were tying themselves in knots trying not to condemn Jeremy Corbyn or the Labour Party under his control, those non-Jewish supporters who could see the writing on the wall in letters of fire weighed in to support us. J.K. Rowling’s support in 2018 made a huge difference, not only in bringing to a wider audience the issues faced by the Jews at the hands of the Labour Party but also by stating this was a crisis which affected everyone, and not just the Jewish minority. So, whilst the Board of Deputies and the Zionist Federation are busy picking fights with Jews, our supporters are doing what the communal organisations should be doing, and that is calling out the lies constantly spread about Jews
and Israel. Some of those are reasonably well known, such as Col. Richard Kemp CBE. Colonel Kemp has been one of our strongest supporters and fearless in exposing the hatred so sadly evident in the UK today. Add in Rod Liddle (Sunday Times), Douglas Murray (Daily Telegraph) and it becomes clear that we have dedicated and committed friends. It is time that those who claim to represent the community look up from their screens and look around as to what is really going on. Last week the CST produced a report which stated the following: “CST obtained a description of the ethnic appearance of the offender or offenders
in 744 of the 2,255 antisemitic incidents reported during 2021. Of these, 297 (40%) were described as white – North European; 25 (3%) as white – South European; 86 (12%) as black; 116 (16%) as South Asian; seven (1%) as Southeast Asian; finally, 213 (28%) were described as Arab or North African”. Adding the black, Asian and Arab/North African figures together gives these groups overall as being responsible for 57% of those incidents where the ethnic appearance was reported. Taking into account that these groups represent no more than 15% of the overall population the numbers per thousand will be a multiple of those from the white population. For
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reasons which defy belief, the communal leaders have ignored this and instead have concentrated on either attacking Jews or Jewish groups they don’t like or naively claiming that the only risk is from the far right. Fortunately, our supporters are prepared to speak out and for this we should thank them. Profusely. It is hard enough to motivate those in the community to get involved sensibly in the fight against those who seek to harm us, let alone those outside. Yet, the input from Douglas Murray et al is so much more significant because they are not Jewish. They cannot be tainted with the claim that they have an axe to grind or some self-interested agenda they are following. For this support, they should be thanked and respected and this columnist is very happy to do just that. Thank you. Robert Festenstein is a practising solicitor and has been the principal of his Salford based firm for over 20 years. He has fought BDS motions to the Court of Appeal and is President of the Zionist Central Council in Manchester which serves to protect and defend the democratic State of Israel.
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Jasmine’s playing a tune for Norwood Kisharon join forces with Project Impact
Jasmine’s Norwood piano recital
Yavneh pupil Jasmine Harris is performing a series of three piano recitals to raise money for Norwood. The teen pianist has so far raised over £2000 and hopes to meet a £5000 target by the time of her third performance next month. Jasmine is inspired by Norwood’s support for her learning-disabled cousin Stephanie, who is cared for in their adult residential services in London. During lockdown Jasmine was forced to abandon her regular lessons with a piano teacher, she found it a positive distraction, playing for four hours a day and improving her level from Grade 4 to Grade 7, despite having to take a break from formal exams for a two year period. Having recently resumed piano lessons, she was looking for a new challenge and
wanted some performance experience. Jasmine regularly visits the public piano at St Pancras Station and exclusively plays classical music, but her parents suggested she might want to put on private piano recitals in the homes of her friends and family, whilst raising money for Norwood. The first of the recitals for Norwood she played in the communal lounge of her grandparents sheltered accommodation where some of the elderly residents met in person for the first time since the start of the pandemic. She performed her second recital in her uncle’s home last Sunday evening with her cousin Stephanie present to enjoy a programme of Chopin, Debussy and Beethoven. To donate: www.justgiving.com/ fundraising/jasminepiano
Kisharon attend a Project Impact workshop
Bar and bat mitzvah-aged students tried their hand at designing a house for people with learning difficulties for Kisharon. Kisharon strives to create a world where people with learning disabilities have the same opportunities as their mainstream peers and champion that everyone is unique. Lifts for those unable to use the stairs, an Alexa to take care of tasks round the house and hoists for bathing were ideas from 25 pupils from JFS, Immanuel College, Haberdashers’ Girls’ and Boys’ School and University College School in a breaking
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down barriers session run by social action group Project Impact. Kisharon’s Community Inclusion Coordinator, Rachel Ucko, ran the session at JW3 and shared with pupils how the Kisharon newly-renovated high tech house in Golders Green has been designed - now home to five women with learning disabilities. Pupils played charades with men supported by Kisharon and talked to them about their lives over Zoom. Covid-19 restrictions prevented the face to face meeting originally planned.
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Manchester King David Students bake cakes for GIFT
Members of The Nicky Alliance Community Centre in Manchester. Three wild cherry trees were planted. The trees were donated by the Queen’s Green Canopy, an initiative to mark Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
Pupils at Manchester’s King David School selling GIFT themed cupcakes for charity
A group of Year 12 King David School students in Manchester took on the task of organizing a bake sale of GIFT themed cupcakes at their school this week, selling to hundreds of their student peers. GIFT has been very much present in King David, as well as in other schools across Manchester, running educational programmes, focussed on altruism and chessed, and the students’ response taking on board what they had learned was heartwarming. As one of the students, Katie Freedman, said: “We are so proud to have had the opportunity to raise money for such an amazing charity. Our event has gone so well and we can’t wait to sell more cakes”. Sophie Woolfstein, who together with Aliza Noe runs the Manchester GIFT office, noted: “I was so inspired by the students, their
energy and enthusiasm were electric; they also put so much effort into every detail! It was incredible to see how much they enjoyed doing this tremendous act of giving.” GIFT’s mission is to inspire and enable lifelong giving, its vision is a community engaged, supported and empowered by the gift of giving. GIFT works across London, Manchester and Israel to develop a meaningful sense of responsibility for others, while simultaneously helping individuals and families in need. GIFT’s programmes are particularly aimed at young people to instill in our present and future community the values of doing good deeds and making a difference, providing them with tangible, meaningful opportunities to help and connect with others. To get involved, contact info@jgift.org
The stone setting for Rabbi Moshe Kupetz z’l was held last week at Phillips Park, Whitefield. Rabbi Kupetz z’l was much loved and respected in Manchester and in wider communities.
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Nicole Krauss wins the 2022 Wingate Prize Nicole Krauss’s first short story collection To Be A Man has won the 2022 Wingate Literary Prize. Spanning continents and written over a period 18 years, the ten unsettling stories shift between explorations of intimacy and the vast weight of history. Making their choice, the judges described the book as a staggering, powerful work, “original and beautifully written”. They praised the stories for cohering as a collection but also standing alone - all colliding with what it means to be Jewish. It was chosen from a short list which also included At Night’s End by Nir Baram, translated by Jessica Cohen; Letters to Camondo by Edmund de Waal; Judaism for the World by Arthur Green; The Ravine by Wendy Lower; The Last Interview by Eshkol Nevo, translated by Sondra Silverston, and Ethel Rosenberg by Anne Sebba. Now in its 45th year, the annual Wingate Literary prize, worth £4,000 and run in association with JW3, is awarded to the best book, fiction or non-fiction, to translate the idea of Jewishness to the general reader. This year’s judging panel comprised New Statesman political editor Stephen Bush; Senior Rabbi of the S&P UK Sephardi Community, Rabbi Joseph Dweck; award-winning novelist and short story writer M.J. Hyland and Women’s Prize longlisted author and journalist Jemma Wayne. Speaking about the panel’s choice of winner, Rabbi Joseph Dweck, chair of the judges, said: “In a short list of seven excellent books, Nicole Krauss’s To Be A Man is a collection of remarkable stories. It is a contemporary and beautiful piece of writing, which is original in its approach and cohesive as a collection.
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“In each story the themes emerged organically and we particularly admired the fact that the subject matter supported the literature rather than the literature being subordinate to it – a testament to Krauss’s special talent as a writer.” In response to receiving the prize, Nicole Krauss commented “I am so honored to receive the Wingate Prize this year, and to be in the excellent company of the other short-listed writers. I thank the judges for their faith in my work. “At a time when antisemitism is everywhere on the rise, a dedication to Jewish themes and a deep engagement with the question of what it means to be Jewish feels as important as ever.”
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Margaret Broome’s 104th birthday
The first world war was still being fought when Heathlands Village resident Margaret Broome was born, and WW1’s legendary ruthless fighter pilot, the Red Baron, was still wreaking havoc in the skies. She is also one few people to have lived through two global pandemics – Covid-19, and the Spanish flu of 1918. Margaret has lived at the Prestwich care home, run by social care charity The Fed, since 2017. Shortly before her 104th birthday celebrations on February 4th, The Fed’s Marketing and Communications Manager, Joyce Khan, caught up with her daughter, Cllr Karen Garrido, a Conservative Councillor for Worsley And Westwood Park ward and former Mayor of the City of Salford for 2016/17. Sadly this year, only-daughter Karen was not able to share the birthday celebrations planned by staff of the home to mark her mother’s momentous day as she was shielding after an operarion. But her husband Robin, vivisted in her place and show Margaret video footage of her pals from Worsley library’s Friday coffee mornings, toasting her health and sending good wishes. Joyce asked Karen how she explains her mother’s longevity:
“She’s never given up and she’s instilled that in me. She’d always say, ‘There’s no point in being in the back to get things changed.’” Despite her pluckiness Margaret grew up as the very protected youngest child of four siblings, watched over by her parents and three older brothers and was not allowed to go out to work. The family home was near Haltwhistle in Northumberland in the heart of the UK, situated “…right on Hadrian’s Wall.” Work attitudes for women changed when war broke out and Margaret was employed by Smith & Walters who produced paint for battleships, cannons, and military vehicles. She drove the articulated lorries delivering paint across country, travelling from Haltwhistle to Carlisle and down the then A6 over Shap - a busy route that was notoriously hazardous in poor weather conditions, often in winter becoming snow-bound and impassable - all the way to Preston docks Describing how her parents met, Karen explains that a prisoner of war camp was located just outside Haltwhistle, which her father, who was “…high up in the military”, was sent to inspect. Whilst in the area he attended a concert, and here first set eyes on her mum.
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Margaret and Director of Clinical Services, Karen Johnson, at the celebrations last week at Heathlands Village
“Mum was in the choir, and she had solos too. She was a big contralto and would sing in the halls in Newcastle. She sang all her life, even in the choir at Heathlands for a while too. My Dad was bowled over by Mum and when ‘the boys’ – her brothers - came to collect her, Dad asked my Uncle Jack who she was and he said, ‘That’s my sister, Margaret!’ and Dad said, ‘She’s lovely!’. “And then he met her again! He also had to go and inspect the paint at Smith & Walters and there she was in her overall with a scarf on her head – but he recognised her and invited her to the pictures. “He arrived all dressed up in uniform with spurs on the back of his boots looking very sophisticated. But then he fell over when his spurs got stuck in stair carpet in the cinema. He very embarrassed and Mum laughed her head off! “They had a great relationship; they were funny together and absolutely loved one another. I remember my father being sent to work in Africa for six months and when he came home, I was shipped off to my grandparents’ farm in Northumberland. I was perfectly happy about going off to see the ponies and other animals. It took me decades to twig that it was so that they could have special time together.” Margaret did not work once she married. After the war the couple moved to Manchester which was “a great culture shock after living in a small village where she knew everyone.” But she quickly made it her business to “get involved” and as Karen explains, “She took a voluntary position in family welfare, visiting homes immediately after a woman was sent from court to prison, to see what the family needed and if necessary, arranging places for the children to be looked after.” Later she joined the Women’s Royal
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Voluntary Service, and for a period used to take the sweets trolley round in a local care home. There Karen recalls meeting “a little old man who loved to talk about horses with Mum and persuaded us to put bets on for him as he couldn’t get out to the bookies himself. We’d never placed bets in our lives before! And he won every week without fail! “Mum also used to help my husband and I out in the business and would drive around in her mini with our Afghan hound, Edward, named after Edward Heath, looking like a woman on the front seat with other car drivers doing double-takes!” Karen describes, with evident admiration and affection, how utterly involved her mother was in her life, touchingly saying, “She gave me all that I’ve got and what I am. She couldn’t stand injustice and I can’t either and that’s come from her.” How though did a lady from a farm in Northumberland, with no connection to Judaism end up living in a Jewish care home? Karen recalls how as Mayor of City of Salford she visited Heathlands Village with her best friend and Mayoress, Beryl. “It was Remembrance Day in 2016, and we were looking round and I was so impressed I told Beryl that if she ever needed care she must make sure I came there!” Shortly afterwards Margaret had a fall which landed her in hospital and on discharge she moved straight into Heathlands. “I remember these two lovely residents, Zena and Myra, immediately taking her under their wing and involving her in everything. They sat her at their table and took her to shul where she went every week in a different hat lent to her by Zena!” Apart from Karen and her husband, Margaret also has two grandsons, Damian married to Lucy, and Simon married to Julie and their two boys -her great-grandchildren - Miles 12 and Toby 10.
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Roses are red, violets are blue. Royal Mail may leave you fuming, It’s true. BY JACQUELINE CURZON Now, if like myself you’re a person who likes to buy in bulk and appreciate savings, you may have been rather incensed to hear that the Royal Mail is going to introduce new barcoded stamps which will render any you may have collected over the years - displaying first or second class, or perhaps just some interesting stamps displaying a price - potentially worthless. I think it’s disingenuous for them to say that you may be allowed to exchange them on an unsecured basis before the regular stamps become invalid in January 2023. As somebody recently commented, the purchase of a stamp is like any other civil contract, and both parties are bound by the terms and conditions as they were at the time of purchase. Should the Royal Mail want to make a new for old exchange, it should make it secure such as by allowing exchange at the post office. It should not be an arbitrary decision made by a third-party. On the same tag I would like to applaud one of our stalwart retailers, John Lewis plc, who in days of old used to issue paper gift vouchers. Now having amassed a fairly sizable collection of these via gifts and tokens of appreciation over the years, I'm delighted to see these will be recognised in any John Lewis store, a fact verified only just this week when I had cause to go in for a quick purchase. As I have found out, and potentially many of you also, if you have a collection of plastic gift cards with pre-programmed expiry dates, this is nothing more than a customer con, a rip-off and a way to alienate customers. All the more so in these times of Covid and lockdowns, so when your gift card may have ‘expired’ you may have been rendered unable to shop, having had to isolate or had a Covid yourself and then you discover - hey ho - the ‘time limit’ is up, which effectively means that the store keeps your money and breaks the contract. I’ve always been an advocate that a gift card is in reality no different from a cash transaction and as such should not have any expiry attached to it. The biggest defaulter on this is a centre close to Watford where I have a lost many hundreds of pounds by either having been given very small gifts in electronic cards {which of course one would choose to accrue, rather than rush off to a not-so-local store to spend your £5 or £10}. Only you then turn up with £50 worth of electronic vouchers only to be told, sorry you’re out of time. So kol hakavod and well done to John Lewis plc, for sticking to principles. Boo to the not-so-loyal, Royal Mail. A mother saved her 3 year-old son after he fell through a manhole cover under their home, into a cesspit with 3000 gallons of sewage. Bertie Saul had fallen five feet into the pit, but turned on his back to stay afloat. His mother Christine (41) jumped into the pitch blackness after she heard Bertie
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rules of the EU, the very block which FM Nicola Sturgeon wants Scotland to rejoin. However in return for sanctioning two freeports, Johnson forced her to choose between a chance of economic recovery or toadying up to the Scottish Green Party who are not just increasingly Marxist in their outlook, but fiercely opposed to freeports and who may still be planning some sort of guerilla tactic to undermine the plan. In exchange for the £52 million in start-up funding to be provided by the UK government, Sturgeon ignored the Greens, agreeing to then provide significant tax relief whilst the Treasury is expected to offer enhanced tax allowances. Behind the resolution of the freeport political wrangling was Kate Forbes, the SNP finance secretary, who UK negotiators found more pragmatic than her junior colleague Ivan McKee. Following a year long power play over the SNPs original plans to call them Greenports, the new ventures will be called Green Freeports, without any deference nor association to her ‘green’ allies, who have referred to this as ‘green washing.’ It’s possibly just as well then that the Greens were not called the Scottish Brains, or they would accuse her of
screaming for help. The pair from Little Marlow, Buckinghamshire were rescued by passers-by. His mother said, ‘I go in the water with him at swimming and I think these (lessons) saved his life.’ Alexei Navalny could face another 10 years in prison on further charges whilst the world is distracted with the Ukrainian crisis. As Putins most vocal critic, he was jailed last February for 2 1/2 years on old fraud chargers, after surviving a near-fatal poisoning which he blamed on the Kremlin. In a hearing scheduled this week at the penal colony of Pokrov, 60 miles outside Moscow, the court plans to consider additional fraud and contempt of court charges. Navalny said his case was “so pathetic they’re afraid to hold it in Moscow.’ His wife Yulia wrote on Instagram, ‘.. you cowards and scoun- Bentley Continental designed by Peter Blake drels, I demand I’m allowed to attend my husband‘s trial. He’s an honest man ‘brain washing.’ and you are keeping him in prison because Nicola Williams, director of Fair Play for he’s not afraid of the government.’ Navalny Women, has said that the SNP proposals to also faces a further 6 months in prison allow people to legally change their gender for contempt of court during one of the under Nicola Sturgeons trans-reforms will previous hearings. If Putin was not so much open up a ‘clear loophole that will allow a coward himself he would permit fair, people from other parts of the UK to obtain transparent and public hearings into these legal change in gender under the Scottish alleged offences. And enough of the tag-on system, before then demanding new sentencing. We all see it for what it is! birth certificates in their home countries.’ Boris Johnson has found time amongst She said alarm bells should be ringing at dealing with his weary domestic woes and Westminster and suggested the proposals foreign gallivants to pay a visit to Scotland, might be unconstitutional as SNP ministers where of course he is not particularly were ‘acting well beyond their devolved popular. There is no doubt that the majority powers.’ The SNP is determined to drop the of Scots do appreciate the financial benefits requirement for medical diagnosis of gender dysphoria in order to obtain a gender of being part of the union. The PM said he recognition certificate. Worse - the period left behind a ‘golden opportunity’ for some in which someone must live in their ‘acof Scotland’s most depressed areas to stage quired gender’ would be cut from two years revivals by becoming freeports, where to only three months, additionally opening more generous taxation and business rates of the process for 16 and 17-year-olds. regimens could encourage entrepreneurs A doctor sacked from his job for refusing creating much-needed employment. This is an opportunity now only available thanks to acknowledge a transgender woman is taking his case to the High Court claiming to the UK being no longer subject to the
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those with ‘gender critical beliefs’ are being coerced and threatened. Dr David Mackereth (58) was dismissed in 2018 as a disability assessor for the DWP after refusing to renounce his Christian belief, that gender is determined biologically at birth. He told a manager he would not refer to a transgender woman as ‘she,’ adding that his faith meant he could not reasonably describe any 6 foot tall, bearded man as ‘madam.’ The following year the Reformed Baptist went to an unemployment tribunal in Birmingham, claiming he had been unfairly dismissed because of his Christian beliefs. He claimed the DWP‘s refusal to allow them to address the client by their biological sex breached his right to freedom of thought, conscience and right to practice his religion. However the tribunal judges sitting in October 2019 concluded religious belief is not protected by the Equality Act 2010, but was instead ‘mere opinion.’ The Christian Legal Centre supporting his challenge believe a recently landmark ruling in favour of Maya Forstater, who was sacked from her job at a think tank for saying people cannot change their biological sex, will help them overturn the tribunal ruling in the High Court next month. Forstater lost her case at tribunal but won a High Court appeal in 2019 when a judge found ‘gender-critical beliefs’ fell under the Equality Act, in part because they did not seek to destroy the rights of any trans-person. Dr Mackereth said, ‘the employment tribunal judgement from two years ago said … you have to believe in transgender ideology,’ and that is totalitarianism. A DWP spokesman said, ‘we cannot comment on ongoing legal proceedings.’ An energy supplier has apologised to 74 of its customers after their homes were accidentally issued Storm Arwen compensation cheques of more than £2.3 trillion. Compensation is been paid to tens of thousands of customers who were left without power when severe winds swept across the UK last year. Northern Powergrid confirmed 74 customers were sent compensation cheques of incorrect amounts. Haha! Should you be in possession of such a generous payment, do let us know if you are then the lucky bidder on the ‘pop art’ Bentley shown on the page, being sold at Bonhams on March 3rd. The car's cute design was the brainchild of Sir Peter Blake, who also designed the artwork for the Beatles Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club album cover (1967). He was commissioned to design the artwork for Bentley in 2016 and decades further on Sir Peter still showed incredible savoir faire in contemporary design. The vehicle was snapped up at a cost of £250,000, but could be yours for a sporty and probably eye-catching £500,000! Love Jacqueline x
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Michael heads adult education from holy land BY DAVID SAFFER
London School of Jewish Studies trains teachers across Jewish primary and secondary schools. Courses are attended by people across the Jewish community who value lifelong learning. Since Covid-19, LSJS have created a vibrant online learning community which consists of people across the world, including ex-pat Brits who live in America and Israel. There are different access points into teaching whether it’s for graduates wanting to be teachers, candidates looking for a career change, older people getting into teaching, teachers in schools who haven’t qualified or people that want to be Jewish Studies teachers. Michael Rainsbury is based in Israel as Head of Adult Education at LSJS and came through the training programme to be a teacher at King Solomon High School. Hailing from South Woodford, Michael, 35, is married to Dana with two children. Michael grew up with Bnei Akiva, thriving as a leader and Rosh of local branches and camps. His journey into teaching with LSJS and how his career has developed is illuminating. “When I finished university, it seemed logical to apply to work for Bnei Akiva where I was Education Worker and then National Director,” he recalled. “When I finished my time at BA, I did have other potential careers in mind but when I thought about teaching, it just seemed more of a natural fit. I really wanted to teach in my local community so applied for a job as a teacher at King Solomon High School (now Kantor King Solomon High School) via the LSJS Graduate Training Programme, it has since changed name to Schools Direct. “It was not a long process to join the year-long course, which I needed to pass in order to continue teaching, though there were also requirements in my second year. It involved teaching four days at school and one at LSJS where we studied teaching models, reflected on our teaching and learned theory. “I went on a teaching placement to a non-Jewish school where I observed the Religious Studies department. I was observed many times and received a personal mentor both within and outside of school to help me through the year. I also visited schools and observed lessons at the Jewish schools where my course
fellows were teaching.” He added, “I was in a group of seven people, there was a real diversity amongst the teachers on the course, which allowed for many enriching discussions. We had teachers from Yesodei HaTorah, Menorah Girls, JFS and King Solomon. And we all went to each others' schools to observe lessons, which was quite the culture shock in both ways. The ensuing discussions, on topics such as how Israel and the creation story are taught in the different schools, were always polite and respectful. I think this made a deep impact on all of us. “For me the most challenging part was the observations. Although I feel at home when I am educating, I felt that observations were like conducting an orchestra at a concert with an audience. Every part of the lesson had to run like clockwork, and I had to manage the room so that everyone was on top form!” So how would Michael evaluate his experience with LSJS? “I received a lot of personal attention from the staff at LSJS and this certainly impacted on my successfully completing the course, no doubt about it,” he observed. Michael is Head of Adult Education at LSJS responsible for running courses, events and tours that LSJS is famous for. He also works in the teacher training department, including running LSjS’ flagship Teach To Lead programme for outstanding teachers and the Jewish Studies conferences. Based on the transformative Teach First model, Teach to Lead takes the highest calibre graduates with a track record in Jewish leadership and a passion for Jewish values and learning for this most fundamental of roles. The programme is based around the School Direct fully paid training programme with students employed from day one in a Jewish school. In addition, it incorporates intensive leadership training and mentoring, giving opportunities to develop these skills at an accelerated rate. Participants will be exposed to examples of great leadership from our schools and from our wider community. They benefit from a variety of placements and exposure to teaching in Jewish schools abroad. They will have the option to fast track to a Masters’ degree as well as gaining their teaching qualification. It is LSJS’ hope that Jewish studies teachers from primary through to
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Michael Rainsbury, LSJS Head of Adult Education
… if you believe in what you're doing, and you have the talent to think on your feet and the confidence that you can impact young people's lives… secondary school education will inspire and challenge children showing them the relevance of their Jewish heritage to 21st century lives. The National Jewish Education Conference for Jewish Studies teachers in the Primary sector has recently celebrated its 11th annual conference with the theme of Heart and Soul. The third annual Secondary School conference is planned for May this year. The conferences equip teachers with new skills and knowledge that they can use to increase the impact of JS/Kodesh lessons. The conference is also an annual opportunity for over 200 teachers across the Jewish schools to network with colleagues, sharing ideas and discussing classroom strategies.” Michael works from Israel, which brings its challenges but also many opportunities. “It's certainly a new way of working,
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but I definitely feel as welcomed into the office as if I was going into it in Hendon every day,” he said. Looking back on his teaching journey to date, what tips does Michael have for anyone who wishes to go into teaching? “If you have the passion, do it,” he said. “The first year of teaching is very hard, there's no sugarcoating that but if you believe in what you're doing, and you have the talent to think on your feet and the confidence that you can impact young people's lives, then go for it. The difference between my first and second years was huge. And every day I appreciated the work I had done to get to where I was.” LSJS offers a range of training courses to get your career in teaching started. To find out more and details on bursaries please visit www.lsjs.ac.uk or call 0208 203 6427.
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Mrs Tova Yodaiken ע’’ה The news of the פטירהof Mrs Tova Yodaiken ( ע’’הdaughter of Reb Chaim Hillel and Mrs Estelle Gittleson ) ע’’הon י’’ח טבת sent shockwaves around the Manchester קהילהand beyond, causing much pain and sadness to everyone who crossed paths with this unique individual. Although unassuming by nature, her influence went far beyond those close to her and she impacted tremendously on anyone who knew her. She was a “real” and genuine person who displayed a true קירבת אלוקיםand authentic אהבת ישראל. Mrs Yodaiken had a strong inner נטיה towards דברים רוחניי םwhich expressed itself in many ways. She encouraged her husband to go back to learning after their chasuna although this meant moving to Gateshead without support from family and friends and having to compromise on living standards. She felt honoured to be able to host a weekly shiur from Horav Yisrael Rakow שליט’’אand often mentioned how much she loved the geshmaker קול תורהwhich reverberated throughout the house. She showed much חשיבותto her husband’s learning and would ensure that every siyum he made, was celebrated as a special occasion with its due importance and simcha. For a number of years, a minyan was held in the house on ליל שבתand ( מוצאי שבתaptly called “כי ביתי )” בית תפילה. The numerous תפילותdavened in the minyan, making her home into a מקום קדושה, brought her immense joy and satisfaction. From a side room, she would join in to the beautiful davening and listen intently to the דברי תורהdelivered there. Hearing duchening was the highlight of the year for her and she was so proud of the זכותshe had to have brought up her own minyan of כהנים. Mrs Yodaiken constantly pointed out the beauty of Hashem’s world and channelled her love for gardening, nature and areas of
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scenic beauty, into opportunities to bring out the נפלאות הבורא. For her, every flower, tree, animal and bird was another expression of the Divine Plan. She was seen cutting a fruit for a 3-year-old einikel and excitedly describing to him the intricate detail of its colour and design! Seeing Hashem all around her, blessed her with the clarity of mind that carried her through the trauma of her husband’s stroke that left him paralysed on his right side –she was strengthened with the knowledge that if הקב’’הgives a person a נסיון, He sends with it all the tools necessary to deal with it. It was this acute awareness of Hashem’s presence which was exemplified as she battled with her final illness. When she first received the dire diagnosis that she was stricken with advanced stages of the machla ל’’ע, and was told by doctors that she had only a short while to live, she accepted it with unbelievable אמונהand sat in her room singing with every fibre of her being, the song “Thank you Hashem”! This display of אמונהwas apparent throughout the entire period of her illness where each time she heard the “brutal” prognosis of the doctors, she accepted it calmly as Hashem’s will. Whenever she came home with a bottle of chemotherapy treatment she would exclaim to her family “are you not coming to see my bottle of Nissim?!” Even when she was in pain or discomfort she was never heard to complain about her situation. Mrs Yodaiken excelled in the מדהof הודאהand would constantly thank those that did even the smallest things for her, expending much time and thought into sending appropriate presents and into the accompanying beautifully written cards. She had a special passion for the מצוה of הכנסת אורחיםand if for whatever reason
she hadn’t managed to invite guests by Thursday night, even so, she would lay an extra setting, saying “hopefully a guest will still come and if not, this will be for אליהו ”הנביא. Anyone entering the threshold of her home was immediately enveloped by the inviting warmth from within. It’s no wonder that so many bochurim considered the Yodaiken household as their home-away-from-home! Whilst her guests would periodically send gifts thanking for her hospitality, she would send the guests presents thanking them for making the Shabbos table so special. She was blessed with an unusual ability to live in the present (widely called “Mindfulness”) experiencing every moment to its fullest. This was especially noticeable on Shabbos or Yom Tov which she savoured and cherished throughout the full מעת לעת. The Shabbos table was a time to connect with Hashem and she was particular that זמירותwere sung from start to finish without interruption as “we are singing to ”הקב’’ה. If the conversation at the table ever veered towards speaking about others, she immediately showed her displeasure. She often said over דברי חיזוקwhich she had seen or heard, and at times referred to her meticulous Sem notes which she treasured and quoted from, even many years later, with gusto and enthusiasm. She encouraged everyone to bench from a bencher ensuring greater כוונה. Besides for the gourmet meals she prepared, she would also prepare herself for the רוחניות of the Yomim Tovim by reading various books to appreciate the deeper meaning of every Yom Tov. Her rare ability to truly listen to others and feel their pain or joy, made her the best choice for many to turn to as a
sounding board or for practical advice and tips. During the shiva, lots of people expressed how they were touched by her warmth, care, and genuine interest in their welfare. This even included those who are usually ignored by the general public. Mrs Yodaiken had the capability to relate to people of all ages and backgrounds, a skill which she put into good use over the years whilst attending the SEED seminars and events and again during her latter years when she tenderly and caringly taught א בfor over a decade in Yocheved Segal Kindergarten. Countless children said how much they loved going to read with “Miss Tova”, (as she was fondly known) and couldn’t wait to be called in to her room. Within her large family too, her gift of being able to bring out the particular strengths and כוחותof each individual child, made every son feel like a !בן יחיד She was a person with a rare combination - gebensht with ( הצנע לכתdiscussion about herself or her achievements being non-existent) and shying away from the limelight, yet she exuded a magnetic aura which captivated all those she came into contact with. The non- Jewish nurse caring for her during her final illness summed this all up by saying- “when I come back down to this world again, I want to come back as a noble Jewish woman like Tova”- a true ,!קידוש ה On י’’ח טבת, she returned her precious נשמהto its Maker and a lifetime of striving to greater heights ended abruptly after sixty short but well-used years. May she be a מליצת יושרfor יבלח’’ט, her dear husband, her sons and daughters-inlaw, her admiring grandchildren, her many friends and for all those in the Manchester קהילהwho will sorely miss her and to whom she meant so much.
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Marinated Miso Cod
Another delicious recipe from Denise Phillips For more recipes and inspiration visit my website: www.jewishcookery.com
This is popular Japanese fish dish that never fails to please. Miso is a rich salty flavouring, typical of Japanese cuisine. There are many variations of miso but all are made from either rice, barley or soya beans. The ingredients are fermented and aged in wooden kegs, the darker miso may be aged up to 2 years. Now readily available at the kosher supermarkets, it is certainly worth putting on the shopping list for a new recipe with cod. Preparation Time: 10 minutes plus marinating Cooking Time: 11 minutes Serves: 4 Ingredients 4 cod fillets , approx. 150g each - skin on, pin boned ~ For the Marinade 2 tablespoons mirin 3 tablespoons sake 3 tablespoons miso paste 1 tablespoon caster sugar 1 clove garlic – peeled and finely chopped ~ 150g tenderstem broccoli ~ 2 tablespoons toasted sesame seeds Garnish: 1 lime cut into segments Method 1) Mix all the marinade ingredients together in a bowl. 2) Add the fish, cover with cling film and leave in the fridge for at least 1 hour or overnight. 3) Preheat the grill to its highest setting. 4) Grill the fish for 8 minutes. 5) Either steam or boil the tenderstem broccoli so that it is al dente. This will take about 2 minutes.
To serve the stylish way: Dust the plate with a dusting of Szechuan pepper/ regular black pepper. Place the broccoli in the centre of the plate, top with toasted sesame seeds and the cooked cod. Spoon over some miso juices. Garnish with segments of lime.
The taste of 2022 BY DENISE PHILLIPS
One of the new trendy flavours of 2022 is Miso. Miso is a fermented paste that is made by injecting a mixture of soybeans with a mould called koji that’s been cultivated from rice, barley, or soybeans. The resulting thick paste is deeply savoury, with toasty, salty-sweet richness and it forms the base of a lot of everyday Japanese cooking and now many new western style recipes too. In my view it is a delicious fusion of East meets West! Miso is low in fat (around 4g per 100g) but it is high in salt (5g per 100g) and sugar (22g per 100g, around the same as ketchup). Miso usually comes in a thick paste, sometimes uneven in texture, and can be thinned out with water, broth, oil or other ingredients to make dressings, glazes or sauces. There are different types of miso, the kosher varieties include miso barley, miso brown rice, miso white and miso Shiro. Miso barley is a dark miso made of soy and barley malt. It has a longer fermentation process than most white miso and has a strong barley aroma but is still mild and slightly sweet in flavour. White miso (Shiro Miso) is fermented for a shorter time and tends to be lower in salt than darker varieties. You can keep miso in an airtight container in the refrigerator indefinitely, though it may get darker or denser over time. It can also be stored in the freezer without affecting its texture or flavour.
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Use your miso in soups, broths, dressings and stews as well as marinate meat, poultry and other umami rich flavours such as mushrooms, spicy ingredients such as chillies. Add it to a salad dressing, mayonnaise, mash into potatoes and as a glaze on fish like salmon and cod and vegetables especially aubergine and roasted vegetables. You can even add to desserts, and it works well with chocolate and caramel flavours with pies, mousses, ice cream and brownies.
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Looking for answers? Send your question to Rabbi@RabbiSchochet.com A NUMBERS GAME Dear Rabbi The number of boys and girls born, are about the same, and I assume that this has always been so. In Genesis we find that our ancestors Abraham, Isaac and Jacob had several wives, but no woman had more than one husband. How then is it that the men could then find enough women to marry? Henry Dear Henry Good question! You may be right that the average of men and women on the planet are the same – men presently account for 50.25% of the population, but that does not translate to an even balance in every individual country or race. Hence in the United States there are approximately 4.8 million more females than males while in China males outnumber females by about 36 million. On that basis there would not have been a problem assuming there are more Jewish females than males back then. Interestingly enough that still seems to be the case today where arguably it is suggested there are 8-10 females for every male in the shidduch market. Hence, the term that has become known as the shidduch crisis.
A CONVERT WITH A JEWISH MOTHER? Dear Rabbi I recently attended a study class in Mishna and learnt in the Tractate Bikurim about converts, where the Mishna makes a
distinction between regular converts and converts with mothers of Jewish decent. If the mother is Jewish, how can the child be a convert? Joe Dear Joe The Mishna is discussing the prayers recited by those whose parents may not be Jewish, particularly with reference to using the term “our forefathers” (as in the opening of the Amidah). The question arises in regard to one who is a proper convert i.e. his mother is not Jewish and he himself therefore is a full convert. How can he refer to the forefathers Abraham, Isaac and Jacob as “our forefathers?” The question would also arise for one whose mother is Jewish though his father is not. To use the term, “our forefathers” would still be problematic. The Mishna however does not refer to the latter as a convert. I hope that clarifies. Study on!
MR. AND MRS. Dear Rabbi Why is it that on the wedding invitations I receive I always find on the Hebrew side, parents of the bride or groom, “Yechiel Greenpepper and his wife,” as if she were his chattel, and never “Belinda Greenpepper and her husband.” Better still, why not just list Yechiel and Belinda Greenpepper as one would expect? Dana Dear Dana Hey you got invited to the Greenpepper wedding, I didn’t. You take it up with them. I
Pirkei Avot He used to say: everything is given against a pledge, and a net is spread out over all the living; the store is open and the storekeeper allows credit, but the ledger is open and the hand writes, and whoever wishes to borrow may come and borrow; but the collectors go round regularly every day and exact dues from man, either with his consent or without his consent, and they have that on which they [can] rely [in their claims], seeing that the judgment is a righteous judgment, and everything is prepared for the banquet.
suspect Belinda was OK with it or the invitations would never have gone out. More to the point traditionally that’s just the way it was always done in the Hebrew though I am sure in the English you would have found both names listed. It has nothing to do with chattel and more to do with modesty I once spoke at a Bar Mitzvah where I committed the mortal sin of referring to both parents of the Bar Mitzvah by name. Apparently I was only supposed to refer to him by name – David and his wife. In other words she and I are not supposed to be on a first name basis. I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again: everyone is entitled to their individual customs, behavioural patterns and points of view, and if that’s the way it works in some circles then so be it. You can always choose to go to the wedding and say, Mazal Tov Yechiel and Mazal Tov to you wife. Then again, you will likely be on the other side of the mechitza and may not be allowed to speak to her altogether. Different strokes for different folks!
CAN INTERMARRIAGE SAVE THE WORLD? Dear Rabbi Can you please give me some advice as to what answer I can give to my mother in law who says she is happy that her two sons have “married out?” She says this fits with her philosophy that there is too much intolerance between religions and inter-marriage will lead to better harmony and understanding and will result in less conflict. Abe
Refua shleima to Yaakov ben Gutke and to Batya bat Chava This is one of the more scary Mishnayot in the whole of Pirkei Avot. Very often people go through life, thinking that all is well and sunny, that they can do what they want without any care in the world. This Mishnah reminds us vividly that this is definitely not the case. Hashem is always watching, and patiently waiting to see if mankind will repay Him for the tremendous goodness that he bestows upon him. If not, then the ‘shopkeepers credit’ will run out. As the same way in this world
Dear Abe If she thinks for a second that because her daughters-in-law are not Jewish this will then put paid to Anti Semitism then give her a quick lesson on the Holocaust. Moreover, if we were to take your mother in law’s reasoning to its logical conclusion then frankly, as we are the smallest of the religions, we ought to all consider converting
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people are entitled to claim their money back if it’s not paid on time, Hashem too has plenty of options to make good on His loans. Sometimes we see people suffering terribly, especially before death. However we must realise that often Hashem is clearing off any unpaid debts in the form of suffering allowing the person to go straight in to Gan Eden in the next world. May we all merit to go to Shamayim without the need for suffering first, Amen.
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to Christianity or Islam. That would then really ensure true harmony in the world and safeguard our future. Trust me when I tell you she is hurting and says these things more to pacify her own conscience. It may help her to fall asleep at night but it won’t stop the nightmares when she sees an entire Jewish lineage erased further down the line.
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Torah from Israel Ki Tissa: Returning to the Stage BY RABBI MOSHE TARAGIN
The circumstances were dire. Weeks after pledging allegiance to Hashem we debased ourselves, frolicking around a calf fashioned from gold. The crashing sounds at Sinai announced a bold new message: G-d had no face and wasn’t physical or visual. Sadly, we corrupted this powerful idea by bowing to a human-sculpted creature. Rightfully, Hashem planned to replace us with a new nation- more intrepid and better suited to represent Him in this world Moshe intercedes, heroically and desperately pleading for our survival. First, he reminds Hashem of the great founders of our people and of their historical covenant. They alone, took the great leap of faith, rising from the darkness of an ancient world cursed by savagery and muddled by religious confusion. The grandchildren of these visionaries deserve a second chance-and a third, and a fourth. Covenants are forever. They outlast betrayal and infidelity. While praying, Moshe asserts a second appeal on our behalf. More than four centuries had been invested a grand project of forming the nation of G-d. This nascent movement began to spread- from lone ideologues to an entire clan- and ultimately to an entire nation, three and a half million strong. Finally, after 2500 years of doubt, G-d was manifest in this world- through a community of humans which acknowledged Him. All this religious progress was now jeopardized. To eliminate that nation, after so much investment, would have reversed hundreds of years of religious innovation. The Egyptians would, G-d forbid, mock and sneer, snickering that Hashem was powerless to steward the Jews through the desert or to deliver them to their homeland. Why else would he annihilate his beloved people? Religious skeptics would shrink Hashem to “one amongst many” ancient deities. If the Jews perished in the desert, the presence of Hashem would take a “hit, and would retreat from this world. This tragedy is called a chilul Hashem, and could not be tolerated. Perhaps we didn’t deserve to be spared, but we are the people of G-d and our condition in this world directly reflects directly upon His presence. This terrible worry about a potential chilul Hashem carried the day, and ultimately, Hashem offered us repentance and reconciliation. As the chosen people, we bear enormous weight, and we wield mighty influence upon religious history. G-d spans all reality, but we hold the key to
His presence on this planet. Through our behavior we can augment or diminish that presence. Throughout history, we valiantly defended His presence even to the point of martyrdom. Swords and fire could not defeat our great faith, nor could aggression and hatred conquer the bold religious ideas we introduced to humanity. Of course, Judaism has no death wish and we prefer to sanctify His presence through life, rather than through blood. Through our religious lifestyles we model His will. We showcase the merit of a “godly” life of commandment, morality, conscience, family and community. During a long and dark period of history we abdicated the privilege of this “modeling”. For the past two thousand years we lived in a dreary tunnel of history. We were pushed aside to the margins of society, no longer inhabiting the front stage of history. Very few took notice of our “godly lifestyles”. We were depicted as historical castaways. When people did take notice of us, it was, typically, with rabid anger and venomous contempt. We had forfeited the opportunity to represent G-d through life, and were often called upon to represent him through death. History has shifted. We have returned to prominence and to historical relevance. Society has welcomed us back, offering us influence and opportunity. They haven’t been disappointed. We have spearheaded modernity, revolutionizing our world while spreading prosperity. We have driven the advance of science, reason, technology, culture, economics and philosophy. We have offered the world our best light and, in doing so, have represented Hashem well. But not always. This newfound prominence has come at a steep price. Sadly, many Jews in public roles, haven’t always risen to the occasion, and haven’t always acted as children of G-d. As a people it has yet to fully sink in: After centuries of living on the fringes of society we haven’t yet learned the consequences of living on the big stage. The world is once again paying attention to us, and we don’t always acquit ourselves well. We haven’t yet fully understood the connotations of the historical moment. Our moral failures tarnish the presence of Hashem. We may not bow to gold idols, but modern society provides plenty of idolatrous temptations which have entrapped us. We must do a better job educating consciousness of this new reality. We live in a different era, and we can’t enter positions of leadership or public influence without realizing that our
Not only have Jews been restored to the societal “stage”, but our national identity has been reconstituted in Israel. Blessed with a state and with a homeland personal conduct impacts the presence of hashem. In previous generations Jews were nervous about creating a “shander” (literally “shame” in Yiddish) or disgracing our people. Living in a fragile post- Holocaust world, we stood on shaky ground. We reasoned: better not rock the boat or cause shame and undue attention. Thankfully, our community is well beyond the “shander” syndrome. Today buoyant Jewish communities rightfully feel confident and relatively secure. We shouldn’t strive for moral behavior based on fear of “shander”. Firstly, acting with conscience and conviction is crucial even if no one is paying attention. However the world is paying attention we must represent Hashem more capably and more nobly that we often do. Something else has changed. Not only have Jews been restored to the societal “stage”, but our national identity has been reconstituted in Israel. Blessed with a state and with a homeland, we have crafted a democracy, a military superpower,
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and an bustling economy, winning us well-deserved international admiration. These accomplishments augment Hashem’s presence, as his ascendent people have bucked the odds and built a masterpiece. Having shifted into a world in which we glorify his name at a state level, we carry even greater responsibility to reinforce this message at an individual level. We can’t dream of national representation of G-d if we don’t reflect that message in our personal lives. One day all of humanity will gather in Jerusalem and herald G-d and His people. Let us not wait for that day. Through our conduct we are building that Jerusalem. We better not wreck that city with dishonesty or moral weakness. The writer is a rabbi at Yeshivat Har Etzion/Gush, a hesder yeshiva. He has smicha and a BA in computer science from Yeshiva University as well as a masters degree in English literature from the City University of New York.
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A Face-to-Face Relationship with G-d BY DR. YAEL ZIEGLER
One of Tanach’s most astonishing anthropomorphisms describes the way that Moshe communicates with G-d: “And G-d spoke to Moshe face-to-face, as a man speaks to his friend” (Shemot 33:11). This singular relationship is so seminal to Moshe’s life that it appears again at the end of the Torah in its encapsulation of Moshe’s uniqueness (Devarim 34:10). An electrifying description to be sure, but not one that lasts long. The thrill of this direct communication quickly fades when – just nine verses later – G-d restrains Moshe sharply, informing him that he cannot actually see the face of G-d, “for no person can see Me and live” (Shemot 33:20). The contradictions inherent in this mysterious passage cannot, perhaps, be fully reconciled; they seem designed to illustrate the tension inherent in any bid to attain closeness to G-d. The effects of Moshe’s “face-to-face” relationship with G-d emerge in the
following chapter, which features Moshe descending Har Sinai with a radiant face (Shemot 34:29). After forty days of “face-to-face” communication with G-d, Moshe’s face reflects the divine light. Israel responds to Moshe’s ethereal glow with fear. Nevertheless, Moshe does not yield to their fright; instead of veiling himself, he draws them closer for further instructions. Moshe only veils himself after he finishes instructing the people. Moshe’s role as conveyor of G-d’s words to the people is not a one-time occurrence. The passage tells us that Moshe always enters G-d’s presence unveiled. Moshe also remains barefaced when he conveys G-d’s commands to Israel, allowing the nation of Israel – perhaps even coercing them – to view his shining face, only replacing the veil once he has finished transmitting G-d’s instructions. The nation may shrink from Moshe’s numinous glow. But Moshe is a supreme educator. He wishes to share more than
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Sidra Summary Point to Consider: Why is the mitzvah to keep Shabbat restated specifically here? (see Rashi to 31:13)
2ND ALIYA (LEVI) – 31:18-33:11 1ST ALIYA (KOHEN) – SHEMOT 30:11-31:17
G-d instructs Moshe to take a census. Instead of counting people, each man over 20 will give a half shekel coin towards the construction of the Mishkan (Tabernacle); the census figure will be calculated based on the money collected. G-d instructs Moshe to make a copper washing basin (kiyor) for the Kohanim. Moshe is to make the anointing oil, containing select spices, to anoint Aharon, his sons, and the vessels of the Mishkan. G-d tells Moshe to make incense (ketoret) from specific spices, to be offered twice daily. G-d designates Betzalel to supervise the construction of the Mishkan and tells Moshe to again instruct the people about keeping Shabbat.
just knowledge; Moshe aims to share some of his experiences with the nation of Israel. Having savored the radiance – the light and the warmth – of being in the Divine presence, Moshe endeavors to transmit this Divine light to the nation, to allow them to sample a taste of his experience of speaking to G-d face-to-face. Moshe’s pedagogical skills are best seen in his influence upon Joshua, his devoted attendant. When Moshe concludes his face-to-face conversation with G-d, he returns to the camp, where he encounters Joshua, who has remained steadfast in the tent (Shemot 33:11). Joshua emerges as the most direct beneficiary of Moshe’s glow. Thus, the Gemara suggests that Moshe’s face shines like the sun, while Joshua’s is like the moon (Bava Batra 75a), which reflects the sun’s light. Closeness to G-d is both a great privilege and a grave responsibility. Having received G-d’s light, Moshe feels obligated to convey this experience to others
– to Joshua, to Israel – in the hope that they will also begin to radiate this light outward. The nation of Israel is not merely the beneficiary of Moshe’s overflow of G-d’s light. Remarkably, the entire nation experiences its own face-to-face interaction with G-d at Sinai (Devarim 5:4). Later passages indicate that Israel bears traces of G-d’s light; thus, they are tasked with the solemn duty of of acting as “a light unto the nations” (Isaiah 42:6; 49:6). This responsibility is especially important once Israel is situated in its land. There, the nation must shine G-d’s light outward, teaching the nations of G-d’s instructions, and sharing the joy of living amidst G-d’s light and warmth (Isaiah 60:1–3): “Rise up and shine, for your light has come and the glory of G-d shines upon you. For darkness covers the earth… but nations shall walk in your light!” Dr. Yael Ziegler is a lecturer in Bible at Herzog Academic College and at Matan Jerusalem. She is a member of the Mizrachi Speakers Bureau (www.mizrachi.org/ speakers).
“Take for yourself choice spices: five hundred shekel-weights of pure myrrh, fra- 6TH ALIYA (SHISHI) grant cinnamon… Of it you shall make oil of sacred anointment" – 34:10-26 (Shemot 30:23-25). G-d declares to Moshe that he is making a covenant with the people. After entering the Land of Israel, they must not follow the idolatrous ways of the Cana’anite nations. The mitzvah of coming to the Temple with an offering for the three festivals (Pesach, Shavuot and Succot) is restated, as well as the mitzvah to redeem a firstborn male child (pidyon ha’ben) and not to mix meat and milk.
According to Rashi, the narrative moves back in time, to the aftermath of the giving of the Torah. Moshe has been on Mount Sinai for 40 days. The people calculate that Moshe is late returning. Fearing that he is dead, they decide to make a new ‘G-d’. They fashion and worship a golden calf (see Rashi). G-d informs Moshe of events and threatens to wipe out the nation. Moshe pleads with G-d to relent, recalling His promises to the forefathers. G-d accepts his pleas. Moshe descends the mountain. When he sees the calf, he throws down and breaks the two stone Tablets of Testimony (luchot ha’edut). Moshe burns the calf and instructs the tribe of Levi to kill the sinners. He re-ascends the mountain to ask G-d to forgive the nation. G-d responds that He will no longer lead the people, but will send an angel instead to lead them through the desert.
3RD ALIYA (SHLISHI) – 33:12-16
Not prepared to accept G-d’s response, Moshe appeals to G-d to directly ‘accompany’ the nation and requests that Israel retain a special status, distinct from other nations. G-d agrees to both requests (Rashi).
4TH ALIYA (REVI’I) – 33:17-23
Moshe asks G-d to show him a vision of His divine majesty. G-d responds that no mortal can see a ‘full view’ and live, but He will show Moshe a glimpse of His presence.
5TH ALIYA (CHAMISHI) – 34:1-9
G-d instructs Moshe to carve a new set of Tablets, containing the same words as the first set. Moshe ascends Mount Sinai with the new Tablets, as commanded. G-d now appears to Moshe and teaches him the 13 Attributes of Mercy. Moshe appeals to G-d to bestow His full guidance and protection upon Israel.
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7TH ALIYA (SHEVI’I) – 34:27-35
Moshe descends with the new Tablets, his face radiating with light. He has to cover his face with a veil when speaking to the people.
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Taken from the Book of Kings, the haftarah records the heroic deeds of Eliyahu (Elijah) the Prophet, who stood up to the idolatrous King Achav (Ahab) and Queen Izevel (Jezabel). The conflict reached a climax when Eliyahu challenged the 450 prophets of Baal to bring offerings to their G-d. Eliyahu would make an offering to Hashem. The offering that would be consumed by fire would indicate the authentic deity. In full public view, G-d responded to Eliyahu’s prayers and sent down a fire to consume his offering, after which the people called out twice “Hashem – he is the G-d”.
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Parshat Ki Tissa: Golden Idols and Stone Tablets, What’s the Difference? BY GAVRIEL COHN
Hours before Moshe was to descend from Mount Sinai carrying the Tablets engraved with the Ten Commandments, the people waiting at the foot of the mountain began to panic. They thought Moshe had tarried, and scrambled in hysteria. They gathered against Aaron and demanded: “Make us a G-d that will go before us because this man Moshe who brought us up from the land of Egypt, we don’t know what has become of him.” Smelting their gold in a fire, they fashioned a molten calf. With ecstasy, they then proclaimed “This is your G-d, O Israel, who brought you out the land of Egypt!” In a frenzy, the people began bowing down to this metal calf, offering sacrifices to it, and feasting. The tragic idolatrous scene quickly degenerated into depravity. It was a scandalous sin. In his philosophical masterpiece, Rabbi Yehuda HaLevi, the great Spanish philosopher and poet, explains the people’s motives, yet in doing so he also draws a striking parallel of sorts between
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LIFTING UP YOUR VOICE
The title of the sidra is from a verb root that means “to lift up”. Translations of the phrase Ki Tissa in Ex. 30:11 mostly speak about raising oneself to be seen and counted in a census of the people. But when the Hebrew word comes in other places, especially the Psalms, it means lifting up one’s voice in song and praise. How we link the translations is this: a person who lifts up their voice is noticed as someone whose heart moves them to open their mouth in acknowledgment of G-d. However, it is not only the heart that can serve G-d but every part of one’s being. Rabbi Naftali Amsterdam once said to his mentor, Rabbi Yisrael Salanter, “If only I had the head of the Sha’agat Aryeh, the heart of the Yesod Shoresh HaAvodah and the character of Rav Yisrael Salanter, then I would be able to really serve HaShem!” Rabbi Salanter responded, “But what you have is precisely the head, the heart and the character that HaShem wants you to have!” That’s how you lift yourself up, by using wisely whatever G-d has given you…
ME OR MY PARENTS
The Torah readings at this time of year are
the Golden Calf and the stone Tablets that Moshe was about to bring down: “In those days every nation worshiped images... The masses would not accept any religious teaching unless it was accompanied with some image that they could focus their attention on. Israel was waiting for an object that Moshe had promised to bring down to them from G-d, something which they could see and focus on. The nation heard the Ten Commandments spoken. Moshe had ascended the mountain to bring down the engraved tablets and place them in the Ark. Indeed, the people were to receive some tangible item that they could focus on, the divinely engraved Tablets that would be a record of the covenant between G-d and Israel... The people waited devotedly and patiently for Moshe. However, they began to think that he would not return... Finally, one group, a minority, banded together to make a tangible object with which to focus their attention on, to have something physical in front of them when recounting G-d’s wonders... Their sin was to make an image without the sanction of G-d... They should have continued waiting...” (Sefer haKuzari, 1:97)
This group, a rabble within the Jewish People, simply desired a tangible object to aid them in worshipping G-d. Yet, as R’ Yehuda haLevi explains, they should have waited for the stone Tablets that Moshe was to give them. But were these stone Tablets really similar to the Golden Calf, just licensed by G-d? Perhaps the luchot could not be more different. The Golden Calf was an object of idolatry. It was ancient, primitive attempt to channel astral forces or to conjure some celestial, heavenly powers (see, for example, R’ Avraham ben haRambam and the Netziv). The scene the idol created was one of commotion and chaos, of noise and recklessness (“Joshua heard the sound of shouting in the camp... a sound of distress...”). The stone Tablets, on the other hand, were altogether different. This object, etched with the “finger of G-d,” contained “the words that G-d had spoken with you on the mountain from the midst of the fire.” Unlike the Golden Calf, these tablets of engraved laws were not meant to produce cacophony and uproar, but rather measured speech and discussion, and was , given to all (in an age where
preoccupied with sin. Their concern is whether I should be punished for my own sins or whether my parents’ sins should have an effect on me. You can make a good case for either opinion. If it is I who do wrong, why should my parents be considered guilty? On the other hand, if they are the ones who committed a sin, why should I have to pay for it? Does Judaism believe in individual responsibility – or does it wrap me up with my parents and say the guilt is combined? The teaching of Judaism seems to waver between the two views. Often it happens in religion that two opposing doctrines have to live with one another: an example is the principle of free will, concerning which Rabbi Akiva says, “All is foreseen, yet freedom is given”. The truth in relation to sin is that if my parents do wrong, I cannot escape the effects… but I have the capacity to outweigh what my parents have done if I determine to improve on them, and they are able to outweigh what I do if they give me a good example.
is your god?” or he was talking rationally, “How can this idol be real?” Rashbam and Nachmanides suggest that it wasn’t Aaron who was foolish but the people, who had not yet settled into proper belief but had been influenced by the heathen tribes they met in the wilderness.
literacy and the written word was often just the purview of a highly educated elite priest-class). These stone blocks carried letters, words and sentences, testimony of G-d’s speech, which could be read and learnt by all, analysed, studied, and passed on throughout the generations. It was written code of rules and ethics which was to form the bedrock of a functioning moral society. The Ark and all the fine vessels and impressive ornaments of the Sanctuary was simply meant to house these laws; the physical ornaments Judaism allows are simply structures to honour and show reverence to the divine laws and texts given to us. The Tablets were not some permitted image, a stone idol instead of a gold one. Unlike the Golden Calf, the luchot were not some object to use as the centre-piece of a cultic frenzy. Instead, they were the most Jewish of all objects, a timeless divine text to adhere to, teach, study, and live by. Gav works as an Account Executive in Public Relations. The views expressed here are entirely his own. Questions? gavcohn@ gmail.com
Rabbi Raymond Apple was for many years Australia’s highest profile rabbi and the leading spokesman on Judaism. After serving congregations in London, Rabbi Apple was chief minister of the Great Synagogue, Sydney, for 32 years. He also held many public roles, particularly in the fields of chaplaincy, interfaith dialogue and Freemasonry, and is the recipient of several national and civic honours. Now retired, he lives in Jerusalem and blogs at http://www.oztorah.com
THE GOLDEN CALF
When the people made a golden calf and Aaron said, “This is your god, O Israel” (Ex. 32:4), was he such a fool that he really believed what he told the Israelites? He was surely well aware that the golden calf had neither life nor will, and it wasn’t a golden calf that brought the people out of Egypt. Maybe what Aaron was doing was mocking the people: “This
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The Torah Path to Creating Your Ultimate Identity BY RABBI SHMUEL REICHMAN
When you look in the mirror, what do you see? Before judging whether or not you like what you see, first think about what you see. How do you see yourself? How do you identify yourself? Often, when we look at great people, we wonder, “were they always this way?”. When I was younger, I became fascinated by a simple question: How does a normal, regular person start to journey from “average” towards the extraordinary? How do we begin dreaming bigger and striving for a greater purpose in life? One of the most fundamental components, as simple as it sounds, is a single word: identity.
SELF-PERCEPTION
In our previous column, we discussed the power of perception. We all wear conceptual glasses that provide the lenses and paradigms through which we understand and experience the world around us. This includes our perception of Hashem, Torah, and mitzvos. However, there is an even more fundamental subject of our lenses and paradigms: our self; namely, the lens through which we perceive ourselves. Our identity is the way we perceive, define, and experience our “self.” So again, when you look in the mirror, what do you see? Who do you see? How do you think about yourself? Is the voice inside your head always giving you positive feedback and inspiring you to strive for your greatness? Or is there a negative voice that seems to always focus on what’s going wrong? The most important characteristic of our identity is its growing and adaptive nature; it is not static or set. Many people struggle with the same problems and the same internal battles for most of their lives because they have created a static identity. They have come to believe that “this is simply who I am.” Yet, the moment we realize that our identity can be molded and developed, that we are never static, we can fuel our growth and begin the journey of self-transformation.
DISCOVERING OR CREATING YOUR IDENTITY?
Let’s assume we’re at the point that we want to create a more empowering identity and positive self-perception. How do we begin? The first step is realizing that we aren’t supposed to “create” our identity, we’re supposed to discover it. As the Gemara in Niddah 30b explains, we each have the ability to achieve our own unique greatness. When we were born into this world, we were given the ability, and responsibility, to discover our unique potential and purpose, and work throughout our lives to
achieve our greatness. Rather than trying to artificially create ourselves, we need to spend time getting to know ourselves, our unique talents, what we are drawn to in life, and begin molding and developing ourselves into our true form. We need to resist the tendency and temptation to look around and try to achieve greatness by copying other people. Role models are important, but instead of trying to imitate them, we should be inspired by them to discover the unique greatness that we can find and develop in ourselves. Michelangelo was once asked: “How is it that you create such wondrous sculptures and works of art? How can something so innovative and ingenious emanate from mere mortal hands?” Without skipping a beat, Michelangelo responded: “Before I even begin my work, the sculpture is already complete within the marble block. My job is simply to discover it, and then chisel away the superfluous material.” What if we realized that, much like Michelangelo’s sculptures, we too are already perfectly formed beneath the surface. Our job in life isn’t to take a slab of stone and change it into something beautiful; our job is to discover who we truly are, who we already are, and to then “chisel away the superfluous material”, expressing our inner self. Growth isn’t about becoming great, it’s about becoming you; learning isn’t about discovery, it’s about self-discovery. You are a masterpiece covered with stone; your job in this world is to uncover and express yourself, your true self.
MOVING OUTSIDE OURSELVES
The first and most fundamental requirement for developing a strong identity is self-awareness. To become and achieve the extraordinary, we first need to understand who we are – our values, how we think, what drives us, how we work, etc. Each of us is unique; we see the world differently, think differently, learn differently, and grow differently. To optimally grow and learn, you first need to understand how you grow and learn best. This requires self-awareness – taking the time to get in touch with who you are and how you work. The best way to begin developing your self-awareness is to look at yourself from an outside perspective – by moving outside of yourself, you can get a clearer sense of who you truly are. Sit down in a room by yourself and try to get outside of your internal perspective, outside of your own head; try to look at yourself objectively, from the outside. By default, we live inside ourselves: we think, feel, and experience all of life internally. However, many people are stuck in that perspective, trapped inside of themselves, unable to move outside and see how they’re really doing. Genuine growth begins with genuine self-awareness – the ability to clearly see who we are, to honestly evaluate our strengths and weaknesses, and assess
our progress and shortcomings. It’s where we sit down, move outside of ourselves, and begin asking important questions, such as: Who have I become and what have I accomplished with my life? Where are I going in life? What drives me and why do I do what I do? What am I talented or skilled at? What value can I offer the people around me and what can I contribute to the world? Once we can move outside ourselves and take an objective external view, we can analyze and redirect; we can see where are and where we need to go in order to achieve our goals. Just like a GPS tells us where we are, where we need to go, and how to get there, self-awareness does the same. Once we become aware of who we are, where we need to go, and how we need to get there, we can move back inside of ourselves and begin the journey.
GROWTH MINDSET
Being an eved Hashem needs to be our absolute core identity. We need to view ourselves as someone who devotes our entire life towards Hashem, connecting to a higher purpose and truth. However, there are also subcategories of our identity, such as being a talmid chacham, a professional, or an entrepreneur. We also have many roles within our relationships, such as being a husband or wife, a sibling, a friend, and so on. As an essential component – or subcategory – of our identity, we need to have a growth-mindset, the unstoppable and unquenchable desire to grow, learn, and expand. This is the fundamental difference between humans and animals. Animals are created finished and complete. Animals don’t develop their mind, will, or character; they are what they are. The moment a sheep is born, it begins to walk; when a horse leaves the womb, it begins to gallop. An animal begins life complete, and it never changes or evolves. Angels as well are created complete and perfect, with no room to grow or improve. Humans are unique; we grow, adapt, and evolve through a lifelong journey of growth and self-development. This is why Esav was born hairy. As Chazal note, the word “Esav” shares a root with the word Asuy, meaning complete. From the moment he was born, Esav corrupted the ideal purpose of man, claiming to be perfect and fully formed. The true form of man is a grower, where we live with a growth-mindset and strive to become great. There is a tendency and allure to saying “I’m perfect the way I am. I don’t need to change.” Not only does this mindset inhibit growth, but it also contradicts our entire purpose in life. As human beings, our entire mission and purpose is to become perfect. The desire to act as though we are already perfect does have an element of truth to it though: at our very root, in the spiritual
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world, we are already perfect (Niddah 30b). However, as the Vilna Gaon explains, we were born into this world to achieve and actualize that perfection, to become and earn what we already are at root.
THE NATURE OF A GROWTH-MINDSET
The most important component of a growth-mindset is the belief that we can learn and accomplish anything. Nothing is impossible and nothing is unreachable. With the right mindset, effort, persistence, and the help of Hashem, we can do anything we set our minds to. The moment we adopt a growth mindset, an adaptability mentality, we can embrace any new challenge Hashem sends our way, because we now live with the realization that we can meet any obstacle and solve any problem. Even once we’ve adopted a growth mindset, will there still be uncertainty, struggle, and failure along the way? Certainly! But with a growth and adaptability mindset, we can embrace the challenges and uncertainty of life, and ride the difficult waves that Hashem sends our way. That’s not to say this is easy. It’s not. Figuring it out can be grueling and tiresome. But that’s the greatness of being human: we are uniquely able to embrace struggle and push through, growing each step of the way. When we fall in love with growth, when we learn to appreciate the journey of self-development, we not only find the energy and willpower to pursue our dreams and greatness, but we actually fall in love with the process itself. Of course, it takes time and it’s difficult. But when we realize that we can learn anything and become anything, we stop focusing on the reasons we should give up and we start striving after our greatness; we begin asking ourselves not whether something is possible, but whether it’s necessary. I love teaching my clients how to develop a “not-yet” mindset. When one of my clients tells me that they have a limitation, I immediately qualify their statement with a “not-yet,” helping them see their limitation as a temporary challenge instead of a permanent problem. If they tell me their relationship isn’t working, I’ll quickly add, “it’s not working yet.” If they tell me their company isn’t succeeding, I’ll add, “it’s not succeeding yet.” This completely transforms the way we view our problems and struggles. It turns everything into a momentary situation, so instead of viewing our problems as fixed realities, it trains us to view them as fixable and solvable. The “not-yet” mindset is the foundation of our growth-mindset. If you enjoyed this article and want more, then visit my website (ShmuelReichman. com) and learn more about Self-Mastery Academy, my online course. Join our vibrant community of hundreds of people striving to become their greatest selves.
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Ki Tissa Moshe is up the mountain receiving the Torah from Hashem, and learns about the Ketores, spices that were to be brought every day in the Mishkan, as well as the Kiyor - the large container of water for the Kohanim to use to wash their hands when arriving in the Mishkan to serve Hashem. When Moshe is about to come down the mountain with the Luchos he is saddened to see the Jewish people dancing around an Egel - golden calf. Sadly, there were groups among the Jewish People, who thought it wise to create an image to serve in place of Moshe. As good as their intentions may have been, the second of the ten commandments may never be transgressed. So, sadly the Luchos were broken, and the pieces were placed in the Aron. Now, the Jewish people are taught about some of the laws of the three main Chagim and the ban on mixing meat and milk. They journey of the Jewish People through the Midbar continues.
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oys,” Rabbi Friedman called out to Chaim’s class. It was the end of the school day, and the class were already packing up their bags and stacking their chairs ready to leave the classroom. “It says in Mishlei, ‘A tzadik falls and gets up seven times, while reshaim are tripped up by one misfortune.’ For homework, I want you to write up an example of this that you can think of from your life or from the Torah.” Chaim came home that day in a thoughtful mood. What example could he give from his life? Everyone gathered round the table for supper and after Ima had served, Chaim asked his family what they thought. “Well,” said Abba, “I find it hard erev Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur. Every year we promise Hashem we will do better and each year we again have to say sorry for all the things we have done wrong. But the point is that we do try again, harder than before to hopefully become better than before.” “I have one,” said Rivki,bouncing in her seat. “Sometimes I find it really hard to play with Ruchi. I try every day to play with her, but it is really hard as she sometimes says things that aren’t very friendly and then I have to walk away and play with someone else. I want to keep trying and hopefully one day we’ll be friends.”
“Wow,” said Ima. “What a lovely idea Rivki. For me I find it really hard to make meals for other mothers when they have babies. Because I work and look after all of you, I don’t seem to have the time to make food for new mothers. But I am going to keep trying to find the time because I think it is important, even though it’s hard. What
about you Chaim?” “Sometimes,” replied Chaim, “when things upset me, I get angry and I try so hard each time not to. I feel so bad when I shout, but it keeps happening again and again.” Ima came over to Chaim and gave him a hug. “The most important thing is trying
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again, just as your teacher said, a tzadik falls and gets up again,” said Abba. The next day in school, each boy in Chaim’s class stood up and told the class of his example. David spoke of the challenges of giving tzedakah, Ari spoke of difficulties in listening to his parents and Chaim spoke of his anger issues. “I am so proud of all of you boys,” said Rabbi Friedman after the last boy had finished. “I want you all to open your siddurim to the brochos before Shema.” When everyone had opened their books, Rabbi Friedman continued. ְ “In the first bracha, it says ‘ּובטּובֹו ְמ ַח ֵדׁש אשית ִ ’ ְבכָ ל־יֹום ָת ִמיד ַמעֲ ֵשה ְב ֵר- ‘and in His goodness renews every day, continually, the work of creation’. There are so many amazing ideas we can glean from these words about how Hashem continually creates our world. Thinking about it in terms of the mistakes that we make, these words can give us hope and comfort. Every moment the world is being recreated, we have another chance! Hashem is giving us the privilege of another chance to serve Hashem and to try again. So even if we make a mistake and get things wrong, as tzadikim do, we have an opportunity, even straight away, to try again to get it right.” Chaim felt much better after hearing this, he was going to keep trying to work on his anger, because that is what tzadikim do.
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Ki Tissa
In a nutshell Parshat Ki Tissa begins with the Torah’s commandment to count the Jewish people. The way this is done, in order to prevent a plague (through Ayin Hara) is by each person donating half a shekel towards the Korbanot. Another piece of furniture for the Mishkan- the Kiyor, for the Kohanim to wash their hands when coming in to serve. We are then taught about the Ketores spices – including the less-pleasant-smelling Chelbena, which teaches us to try to be inclusive when it comes to Mitzvot – involve your less affiliated friend and see that the overall “scent” then turns sweet. The appointment of Betzalel is repaeated and placed next to the Mitzva of keeping Shabbat – all to remind us that as holy as building the Mishkan or Beit Hamikdash is, it does not come in place of keeping Shabbat. Moshe is now ready to come down the mountain and is given two Luchos of stone. Downstairs, some of the Jewish people have become confused as to why Moshe
is delaying his return (they miscalculated by a couple of hours and got even more mixed up when the Satan showed an image of Moshe appearing to have died. And, sadly, only days after receiving the 10 commandments, the Jewish people transgressed the second one and created a god out of gold. (If they were confused, why were they to blame for their decision? Answer: we all have bad moods and times of confusion, but that is not the time to make decisions on our own…) Aaron collects the gold from the men and throws it into a fire and out comes a golden calf. To add fuel to the fire, the Jewish people ate, drank and were merry round the calf and this caused Hashem to seek to bring an end to the Jewish nation. But our beloved leader Moshe begged Hashem to forgive the Jews and, although 3000 Jewish people had to be put to death for their involvement in the plague, the rest of the Jewish nation achieved some level of forgiveness. When Moshe came down the mountain and saw the
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extent of the sin and the joy with which is was committed (another lesson, if one sometime stumbles, at least don’t go against the will of Hashem with joy), he smashed the Luchos. We are then taught the 13 Middot – manners in which Hashem interacts with mankind – see if you can find them in the Parsha and note the double expression “Hashem, Hashem” which teaches us that Hashem is still there for us even if sometime we stumble. The Jewish people are warned again against making covenants with the nations of the land of Israel, lest they remain there and serve as a bad influence on them. We are once again taught about the Yamim Tovim, the three festivals Pesach, Shavuot and Sukkot, and not to mix meat and milk. Finally when Moshe returned to the Jewish people after another 40 days, his face shone too brightly for the Jewish people to bear, and so he needed to cover his face with a veil/mask when he was in front of the people.
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Jarod Bowen opened the scoring for the fourth-placed Hammers. “The only people who will get us out of visitors, Youri Tielemans levelled from the In the battle to stay up Brentford picked this are the players,” Hodgson told BBC penalty spot before Ricardo Pereira con- up an important point at Crystal Palace MOTD. verted just before the hour prior to Daw- while Everton eased to an impressive 3-0 Among a number of attractive looking son’s late goal. win against Leeds United at Goodison Park. fixtures in the coming days Manchester PHOTO: DAVID SAFFER 16-goal Maccabi West HamLondon bossLions David Moyes told BBC Manager Frank Lampard was relieved City host Tottenham, Manchester United MOTD, “When you are not playing as well after an important victory against Marcelo travel to Leeds and West Ham entertain as you cangame, do, ”we dug in deep and keep Newcastle. must-win commented Galaxy play- Bielsa’s side. er-manager Luke Lewis. “We sat back and allowed Oakwood the ball, given the one-man advantage and looked to hit them on the counter attack with pace. “Both goals came down the right-hand side. 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