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World leaders remember victims of the Holocaust

BY DAVID SAFFER

International Holocaust Remembrance Day commemoration services have taken place around the world this week.

Knesset Speaker Mickey Levy addresses the Bundestag’s plenum as part of an official ceremony today.

Levy is the first speaker to address the plenum and visited the Wannsee House 80 years after the Nazi regime coordinated the ‘Final Solution” to annihilate the Jewish people.

“Israel and Germany enjoy a unique relationship based on shared values, democratic beliefs, commitment to remember the Holocaust and protect the sanctity of Holocaust victims,” he said.

Levy met with German President Barbel Bas and briefed the Bundestag’s Committee on Foreign Affairs focusing on Israel’s concern with Iran’s nuclear aspirations.

After the Bundestag, Levy held talks with German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser and Dr. Felix Klein,

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Regarding Iran, Levy said, “On the week the world marks the Holocaust, we must take very seriously the voices coming out of Teheran calling for the destruction of the State of Israel and prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear capabilities. The

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powers negotiating with Iran must be aware of Iran’s deviousness and avoid stepping into a trap signing a toothless agreement lacking effective monitoring systems, which will not prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear capabilities.” He added, “Iran is a threat to Israel, the Middle East, Europe and the world.”

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Levy welcomed how the German government is fighting antisemitism.

Whilst poignant ceremonies took place Yad Vashem chairman Dani Dayan called on governments for free unrestricted research of Holocaust archives and to confront antisemitism forcibly.

“Opening the archives is so important,” he said. “We are in the last years where we have witnesses with us, numbers are dwindling.

But we sometimes forget that six million Jews were not able to give testimony so the documents are their testimony in letters, documents, cards and other things.

“We will do everything in our power to make sure historians can research the Holocaust without impositions.”

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“Yad Vashem has incredible treasures, we have the largest library but my intention is to put the Holocaust at the forefront of public, diplomatic and political opinion because there is a lot to learn from the Holocaust,” he noted.

Dayan tells dignitaries who visit Yad Vashem that the Holocaust shows the vital importance of an independent Jewish state.

He also addressed antisemitism and the Holocaust.

“We know from history what monstrous dimensions from antisemitism can grow,” he explained. “When you see antisemitism, confront it immediately, aggressively, decisively and with determination otherwise it

may grow to the dimensions it grew before.

If it happened once it can happen twice.

“Antisemitism should be confronted forcibly and immediately, that is a responsibility for all governments.”

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said that decades after Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp was liberated the world had an obligation to remember and deal with the Holocaust.

“This was a tragedy that is unparalleled in the annals of human history, the main obligation is cast on us, the Jewish people and the State of Israel,” he noted. “It is good that the world remembers. We as the government share the obligation to make certain that Yad Vashem continues to preserve the memory of the Holocaust in the country and the world.”

Prime Minister Boris Johnson met Holocaust survivor Manfred Goldberg yesterday.

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office together with the Embassy of Israel held a remembrance ceremony.

Guests included Israeli Ambassador Tzipi Hotovely, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, Lord Pickles, Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon and Auschwitz survivor Lily Ebert.

“We are at a critical moment of history and we must ensure the lessons of the past are told frequently so that the next generation understand where antisemitism leads,” said Ambassador Hotovely. “Jewish people are able to feel safer and more secure since the founding of the State of Israel; a homeland and a place of refuge. We are thankful to the British Government for their friendship and their solidarity in the fight against antisemitism.”

UK’s Foreign Secretary commented, “Remembering is not a passive act. It is an expression of fidelity to those who perished, and an act of duty to future generations.”

Truss noted that a new national Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre in London will open in 2025 and stand as a constant

27 JANUARY 2022 reminder of the relentless fight against hate and antisemitism.

She added that the British Government was committed to combatting antisemitism in all its forms.

Lord Pickles said that ‘never again’ must not become an “empty echo” of past good intentions.

“As a community, we will stand against ignorance and antisemitism, we will keep the remembrance flame shining bright against Holocaust distortion and denial,” he added.

The European Jewish Congress held its annual commemoration yesterday.

President Emmanuel Macron, European Commission President Ursula von Der Leyen, European Council President Charles Michel and newly elected European Parliament President Roberta Metsola attended.

The ceremony focussed on the Holocaust in France. A panel discussion with former Prime Minister of France Manuel Valls, philosopher Raphael Enthoven and writer Abnousse Shalmani was moderated by journalist Jean-Charles Banoun. Topics included the rise of antisemitism, Holocaust trivialisation, youth radicalisation and the spread of conspiracy theories, hatred and disinformation on social media.

World Jewish Congress’ seventh annual #WeRemember campaign ends today at Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.

Photographs of participants in the campaign will be showcased on a screen next to the infamous Auschwitz gate as a testament to the Jewish people’s survival.

WJC President Ronald S. Lauder said that through the campaign, WJC “combats antisemitism, as well as other pernicious forms of hatred and xenophobia”.

Global leaders, sports organisations, cultural figures, corporations and social media companies joined the initiative that incorporates landmarks worldwide including the Old City in Jerusalem, Reichstag in Berlin and European parliaments.

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Herzog receives INSS survey

BY SIMCHA ABIR

President Isaac Herzog has received the Strategic Survey for Israel 2022.

The Institute for National Security Studies report’s main findings were presented to the President by INSS director Manuel Trajtenberg and INSS senior fellows.

Also present was INSS Board of Directors chairman Sir Frank Lowy.

INSS scholars presented Herzog with the major security and diplomatic issues facing Israel in 2022, arising from the institute’s analysis. Among issues in the report was climate.

Following the presentation, Herzog said: “Your annual report identifies dangers and threats, but also points to opportunities and openings for hope.”

He added: “There is an emerging regional understanding that the future of the Middle East is a future of cooperation. In the face of the Iranian threat and its dangerous proxies in the region, we must cooperate with our friends. Not just for the sake of Israel’s citizens, but for all the inhabitants of the Middle East. This is a regional interest of the highest order.

“Israel’s security is tightly bound up with

its national resilience, in our ability to deal with the most profound disagreements, without giving up on our faith in ourselves.

We have the power to live together and act as one people. Bridging divides, including political ones, is perhaps the most important step for maintaining Israel’s security, stability, and prosperity.”

Herzog thanked INSS researchers for their efforts.

“The world is undergoing very dramatic changes,” he noted. “You are getting the nation’s leaders, public opinion and public opinion shapers to focus on core issues on which we must focus. And the past year proved just how much attention they require.”

The INSS report claimed that Iran is weeks away from achieving nuclear capability and developing military options to threaten Israel.

Proxies such as Hezbollah and Hamas would launch simultaneous attacks against Israel from different borders. Researchers identified major threats which include the Iranian nuclear program, Israel-Palestinian relations and internal divisions in Israeli society.

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Operation Dugo

BY ADAM MOSES

The Embassy of Israel is celebrating the life of Holocaust survivor David ‘Dugo’ Leitner by donating falafel meals to individuals experiencing homelessness in central London.

Operation Dugo is an annual initiative to honour Leitner’s story so others do not go hungry.

The Embassy have partnered with Sant’Egidio in the distribution of meals from Mayfair to Piccadilly.

The project is part of global events to mark International Holocaust Memorial Day today.

Director of Public Diplomacy at the Israeli Embassy, Efrat Perry, welcomed the link with Sant’Edigio in in a longstanding commitment to Holocaust education.

“Dugo’s tradition symbolises that he will never go hungry again,” explained Perry.

“There is no better way to share this uplifting message than to give warm meals to those who are in need of hope and sustenance.”

Leitner was 14 years old when he walked for three days alongside 60,000 Jews on a ‘death march’ from Auschwitz-Birkenau on 18th January 1945. What kept him alive, he has said, was the promise of his mother that, one day, he would make it to Israel.

Dugo settled in Israel and every year on January 18th he enjoys falafel in celebration of his life and freedom.

Ambassador Tzipi Hotovely noted, “Operation Dugo is such a meaningful initiative, one in which we can celebrate his defiant story as well as help to cultivate the memory of the Holocaust. Through this partnership we have carried Dugo’s story across central London in a tangible way offering hope to those who need it most.”

Representatives from the Israeli Embassy and Sant’Egidio helped distribute meals.

Sant’Egidio’s UK Coordinator, Emanuela Russo said, “Preserving the memory of

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the tragic events of the Holocaust is an important commitment for the Community of Sant’Egidio. We have been very happy to receive the generous falafel donation from the Embassy of Israel.”

Chloe Dunbobbin, Inter-Communal Officer at the Israeli Embassy, noted, “It was incredible to be a part of this initiative, which turned Dugo’s inspiring story of hope and resilience into impact on the ground. We heard stories of so many people we reached, across faiths and communities.”

Bennett launches Western Wall plan

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Israel’s cabinet has backed a five-year plan to encourage visits to the Western Wall.

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett presented the New NIS 110m initiative.

The Western Wall is visited by millions of visitors and tourists from around the world. As a holy site for the Jewish people it is amongst the most historical and archaeological sites. Between 2015-2020, the number of visitors to the Western Wall grew from 10 million to 12 million.

The Prime Minister’s Office will implement the plan.

“The Western Wall is one of the Jewish people’s holiest and most important sites,” said Bennett. “Millions of visitors from around the world visit it on an ongoing basis. The plan that the government has just approved will continue upgrading urgent infrastructures at the site and assist in encouraging masses of additional visitors.

Quietly and effectively, day after day, our

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government is working for the citizens of Israel.”

Objectives are to continue the momentum of development at the site, meet the needs of visits by school pupils, new immigrants and soldiers, develop educational plans, transportation and services in addition to finding new ways to make the Western Wall accessible via technological platforms.

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Hebrew University poll analyses European antisemtism Dachs added, “The perception of France as topping the list of antiseThe Hebrew University of Jerusalem mitic European nations did not sur‘European Forum’ has analysed Isprise me. For a long time, it’s been raeli perceptions of European antian open secret that France is rife with semitism for International Holocaust antisemitism, and not just among Remembrance Day. the far-right politicians and populaA survey of 1,000 Israeli Jews and tions. Since Israel’s Second Intifada Arabs considered whether antisemin 2000, French Jews have started to itism was behind EU policies and feel there may be no future for the criticism of Israel. younger generation in France and Just over half, 53%, of Jewish requite a few have emigrated to Israel spondents felt the situation for to maintain their Jewish identity.”

Jews in Europe had worsened, 25% Hebrew University Regarding future Israeli-European PHOTO: WIKIMEDIA noted it was the same. More relirelations, sociologist Prof. Gili Drori, gious respondents had a pessimistic antisemitism, most Jewish respondents noted, “This survey reveals the uraccepted a link. gency of studying the multidimensionality viewpoint.

Some 52% of Arab respondents viewed A similar number of Jewish respondents of Israeli-European relations. We see that matters the same. Just 20% noted an rejected the idea that EU policies were anti- alongside the very strong trade relations improvement. semitic or antisemitically-motivated while and formal agreements between Israel France (39%) and Poland (33%) were 40% said some are and aren’t. and Europe, Israelis observe the rise of the most antisemitic followed by Germany Professor Gisela Dachs, principal author antisemitism and the growing power of the (15%) in the poll. of the survey, said, “While the majority of political right in Europe with great alarm.”

The representative survey from the Israeli Germany topped religious Jews, France Israelis see a link between criticism of Isled the way with religious and traditional raeli and European policies and antisemi- adult population was conducted in faceJews, and Poland for the most secular Jews. tism, the respondents were much more nu- to-face interviews in respondents’ homes Among Arab respondents, Poland and Ger- anced than Israel’s politicians. Israelis who last October. many topped the poll. are familiar with Europe also know how to PORI Institute conducted fieldwork partJust under a third of Jews (27%) held a distinguish among the various countries ly funded by the Hanns-Seidel-Foundation direct link between criticism of Israel and and that is reflected here in the survey.” in Jerusalem.

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Herzog to make historic UAE trip President Isaac Herzog is to make a historic two day visit to the United Arab Emirates.

During the p re s i d e n t i a l trip Herzog will meet Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed Isaac Herzog bin Zayed Al Nahyan, senior government officials including Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and Foreign Affairs Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed and the Jewish community.

President Herzog and the First Lady Michal depart on Sunday and will visit Abu Dhabi and Dubai.

President Herzog, ahead of his departure said, “This important visit comes as the Israeli and Emirati nations are busy laying the foundations of a new shared future. I believe that our bold new partnership will transform the Middle East and inspire the whole region.

We are a peace-loving nation and together we will expand the historic circle of peace of the Abraham Accords and create a better, more tolerant, and safer world for our children.”

The President will open Israel’s national day at Expo 2020 Dubai during the whistle stop trip.

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CAA welcomes jail sentence for neo-Nazi

BY SIMCHA ABIR

Campaign Against Antisemitism has welcomed a Court of Appeal ruling to jail a neo-Nazi for two years after his sentence was deemed “unduly lenient”.

Ben John, 21, was convicted at Leicester Crown Court last August of possessing information likely to be useful for preparing an act of terror. The charge carried a maximum jail sentence of 15 years.

John, who had 67,788 documents containing National Socialist, white supremacist, antisemitic material and Satanic information, was handed the jail term last September suspended for two years plus a further year on licence, monitored by the probation service.

The former De Montfort University student was also given a five-year Serious Crime Prevention Order to stay in touch with police who would monitor his online activity and up to 30 days on a Healthy Identity Intervention programme.

Lincolnshire Police said John had become part of the Extreme Right Wing online and was studying Criminology with Psychology in Leicester when he was arrested.

However, Judge Timothy Spencer QC Spencer said John’s crime was an isolated incident by a “lonely individual” and “act of teenage folly”. Spencer added that John was “highly susceptible” to recruitment and was not of the view that harm was “likely to have been caused”.

John was instructed to return every four months to be tested on reading classic literature.

The Court of Appeal heard that John resumed his interest in far-right extremism within days of the original sentence.

Solicitor General, Alex Chalk QC, told the court, “He began liking Nazi posts online and other extremist activity five days after

promising the judge he had put it behind him.”

Chalk added that “some of the material accessed as recently as this month is very troubling.”

In handing down the judgement, Lord Justice Holroyde said the original judge’s intention to avoid having to jail John was “understandable”, but concluded that “there must be a sentence of immediate imprisonment.”

John was jailed for two years with a oneyear extended licence. He will be eligible for release after spending two thirds of his prison sentence.

“We know from hard experience that sometimes it takes time to get justice,” said a CAA spokesperson. “John has today finally received an appropriate custodial sentence.

The Attorney General was absolutely right to ask the Court of Appeal to review the pathetic original sentence. It was inexplicable that a man who collected nearly 70,000 neo-Nazi and terror-related documents could entirely avoid prison for crimes that carry a maximum jail term of fifteen years: Noting that John had left court with a “mere suspended sentence and some English homework”, CAA added, “The British public can sleep safer tonight knowing that the Court of Appeal has shown sense, rectified the alarming joke of a sentence originally handed down to Mr John, and jailed a dangerous individual.”

When John reported back to Judge Timothy Spencer QC on his reading efforts, the judge was encouraged by John’s efforts. However, in an interview with Scout News last month, John reportedly said he had not read the books.

CAA and other groups condemned the sentence as a dangerous joke, the Attorney General asked the Court of Appeal to review an “unduly lenient” sentence.

Florence commemorates Nazi victims

Stumbling Stones memorials in Florence

BY LEAH WAXLER

The Jewish community and Municipality of Florence have commemorated Italian Jews murdered by Nazis by installing 25 stumbling stones on city streets for Holocaust Remembrance Day today.

Fifty square-shaped memorials were placed on pavements in January 2019.

The stones remember Jews murdered in concentration camps but also casualties from Roma and Sinti communities,

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homosexuals and political dissidents.

This year there is also a tribute to German Expressionist artist Rudolf Levy (1875-44) who left his homeland in the 1930s after persecution seeking refuge in the Rapallo, Mallorca, New York then Ischia, near Naples.

In 1940, he went into hiding in Florence where he deported to a death camp in 1944.

Levy was trapped by the SS who pretended to be art agents. He was briefly imprisoned at Le Murate, then deported to Auschwitz.

His art survived him.

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Cyber security industry grows

BY LEAH WAXLER

The Israeli Cyber Security industry set new growth records in 2021.

Data processed by the Israel National Cyber Directorate (INCD) showed funds tripled to a record $8.8 billion in over 100 different deals. Additional records were set in cyber exports with 11 Israeli companies joining the billion-dollar (Unicorn) club.

According to data, four Israeli cyber security IPOs occurred. One out of three cyber security unicorns globally are an Israeli company.

Investment in Israel is on the increase relative to the rest of the world. 2021 featured over 40 acquisition deals of Israeli companies and foreign entities with an estimated worth of $3.5 billion.

Around 40% of private global investment in cyber security funding rounds are in Israel. And according to Israeli Export Institute data, cyber exports were $11 billion

in 2021.

Roi Yarom, INCD Director for Economy and Growth said, “The Israeli cyber industry wrapped up another record shattering year in which it showed that it was not only an economic growth engine in Israel of the highest order, but also a pillar of the global cyber security innovation ecosystem.”

The INCD maintains a safe and open cyberspace for Israel’s citizens and facilitates Israel’s growth and power base.

INCD prevents, detects and responds to cyber attacks on a national level. It adopts cybersecure technologies, publishes best practices, trains personnel and increases awareness.

The directorate supports advanced academic research and promotes the State of Israel as a world leader in cyber. It also designs national cyber strategy and policy in Israel and internationally, and advises Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and the Government of Israel.

BoD and CAA praise “gamechanging” conviction

BY ADAM MOSES

A man who made antisemitic phone calls to the Board of Deputies has been convicted of malicious communication and racially aggravated assault at Peterborough Crown Court.

Nicholas Nelson, 32, was charged under section 2 of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997.

The Board administrator received antisemitic calls in April and May 2020. Calls were triggered by a BoD statement about antisemitism in the Labour Party.

Nelson, who lives in Cambridgeshire, also sent antisemitic e-mails and messages to Oscar-nominated Jewish writer Lee Kern and hateful messages to communications strategist Joanne Bell.

Nelson was convicted after pleading guilty. Sentencing takes place in March.

The offence carries a maximum sentence of six months in prison and a fine.

The case followed a first-of-its-kind litigation by Campaign Against Antisemitism.

“Our new legal device to unmask internet trolls who hide behind anonymous e-mail addresses in order to abuse Jewish victims has borne fruit with today’s guilty plea,” said Stephen Silverman, CAA. “This game-changing precedent is the most significant development in the legal fight against online hate in years. We are grateful for the cooperation of the police and prosecutors in helping us to send a message of deterrence to would-be online abusers. We will continue to devise innovative legal mechanisms to protect the Jewish

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community and deliver justice to victims of antisemitism, including in ways previously thought impossible.”

BoD of Deputies President Marie van der Zyl welcomed the conviction.

“It is good to know that people who make malicious, racist comments cannot do so with impunity,” she said. “This man felt it was safe to hide behind anonymous phone calls to make vile comments to our staff.

Now he will face the full force of the law.”

Kern contacted CAA, which funded a case led by lawyer and Honorary CAA patron Mark Lewis.

Abusive communications came from accounts Nelson had worked hard to make anonymous. But the new legal initiative

by CAA and counsel identified Nelson for criminal proceedings to commence.

Kern said Nelson was a “malevolent racist” motivated by his love of Jeremy Corbyn and had engaged in an antisemitic campaign of harassment against him for a number of years.

Kern said, “Justice will now be served.

All those who think they can attack Jews anonymously and get away with it should pay heed. We have the motivation and commitment to come after you hard. And we succeed.”

Nelson had pleaded guilty to the same charge in 2018 after sending abusive messages to Labour MPs. The court gave Nelson a 20-week suspended sentence for 122 months and ordered to complete 160 hours unpaid work. New offences were committed during the period of the suspended sentence.

Jnetics looks to raise £500K 27 JANUARY 2022

BY DAVID SAFFER

Jnetics is holding its first matched funding campaign this month.

The UK’s only cross communal charity is dedicated to the prevention and management of Jewish Genetic Disorders.

The 36-hour ‘Give and Let Live’ Campaign, which runs this Sunday to Monday, aims to harness the networks of 150 ambassadors to reach the goal of raising £500,000. Thanks to generous donors money raised will be doubled ensuring every pound will have double the impact.

Jnetics CEO, Nicole Gordon, explained to the Jewish Weekly why the charity is running the campaign.

“We have achieved so much in the last 18 months, increasing the size of our testing panel from nine to 47 conditions to include Sephardi and Mizrachi as well as Ashkenazi,” she explained. “This hugely increases our profile within the community. Moving to a virtual screening platform offers bigger opportunities in terms of the numbers of people we can test and the geographic reach we can cover. However, as we have increased Jnetics relevance within the community this has put added pressure on the charity financially in addition to the devastation of our fundraising due to Covid-19.

We have ambitious targets for Jnetics during 2022 and in order to achieve this we need to raise the funds to continue our life saving work” Can you tell us about the match funding campaign and how will the funds be spent?

“The more the community give, the more young adults we will be able to test and the more lives we will save, it really is that simple,” Nicole said. “We have an army of nearly 150 Ambassadors who will reach out to their contacts for support during the campaign.

“The funds will be spent on screening young adults through schools, universities and the Jnetics Clinic which targets young couples. In addition, due to the pandemic we have a backlog of 800 young adults in schools who were unable to be screened due to the pandemic.

Every person screened costs £300, so we have to raise a substantial amount of money each year to meet our screening targets.”

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Jnetics has a team of five full time staff, however the charity continues its life saving work due to a pool of 300 volunteers, many of whom are scientifically and/or medically trained.

Nicole has been in the role nearly 18 months and cites fundraising as the biggest challenge due to Covid-19. An inaugural dinner was cancelled twice.

What other areas were impacted?

“Remote working to a degree has proved challenging, especially for me as I was new to the role so developing relationships with the team and managing remotely has been interesting,” she explained. “We also had to develop new ways of testing so that we could continue

our screening programmes. We moved to a totally virtual programme in universities, our Jnetics Clinic was hugely successful and will continue despite the end of the pandemic now being in sight.”

She added, “Schools have proved a huge challenge for the charity during this time, but I am pleased to say that we have recently restarted our schools programme.”

Nicole noted that during her tenure to date a highlight was a larger testing panel but also new fundraising channels with the launch of its first Jneticycle challenge and campus programme that enabled Jnetics to screen around 300 students at no cost to them across 60 educational centres. It is now firmly embedded in the diary annually.

As for surprises, she noted, “The biggest is how engaged the wider community

are and want to be with Jnetics. I have been blown away by the engagement and support in all our endeavours. We are hugely grateful.”

Recent times for charities have been difficult but now the pandemic is easing will this change?

“Some things will not change, in fact in many ways the pandemic offered us an opportunity to screen greater numbers of young Jewish adults across a greater geographic reach than ever before,” Nicole said. “As far as we are concerned the Jnetics clinic and the Jnetics on Campus university programme will remain virtual.”

She added, “Schools have proved a tremendous challenge, the closure for 18 months made it impossible to screen year 12 students. We now have hundreds of students to screen, which is one of the key drivers behind the matchfunding campaign.”

So, how do you think fundraising will look in the future?

“We have learnt a lot from the pandemic with regards to fundraising,” Nicole said.

“I’m not sure whether moving forward there will be a place for the classic fundraising dinners, they are so much more restrictive in terms of the outreach. The great thing about crowdfunding campaigns is that they can spread awareness across the community as well as raising funds.”

Zoom sessions have become the norm, have they opened new opportunities?

“Yes, now we can run online events and it doesn’t matter where in the world one is!” Nicole noted.

Now we are coming out of the pandemic will you move back to old ways of testing?

“No, certainly not through the Jnetics Clinic and through our Jnetics on Campus universities programme, the virtual offering is far more attractive,” Nicole explained. “The screening participants do not have to move off their sofa and Jnetics can screen greater numbers across a wider geographic reach than ever before. In schools we have found the virtual offering to be less effective and so we are back in schools with the insitu model.”

So, how do you see the future?

“Genomic medicine is advancing all the time so watch this space!” Nicole explained. “What I do know is that as a

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Yad Vashem welcomes UN Holocaust resolution

BY DAVID SAFFER

Yad Vashem, global diplomats and organisations fighting antisemitism have welcomed the adoption by the UN General Assembly of a resolution condemning Holocaust denial and distortion.

The resolution, co-sponsored by 114 nations, called on UN member states to develop educational programs and teach future generations about the lessons of the Holocaust to help prevent future acts of genocide. It also appealed to the UN and its agencies to continue implementing programs to counter Holocaust denial and mobilise society to provide truthful facts about the Holocaust.

Israel UN Ambassador Gilad Erdan and Germany’s Antje Leendertse backed the resolution and its significance as it came on the 80th anniversary of the Wannsee Conference where Nazi leaders coordinated plans for the ‘Final Solution” to exterminate the Jews.

Erdan, whose parents are holocaust survivors, told the assembly, “We now live in an era in which fiction is becoming fact and the Holocaust is becoming a distant memory. And as this happens following the greatest crime in human history, now comes the greatest cover-up in human history.”

Erdan added that the resolution preserves the memory of the six million victims and was a commitment to ensure that Holocaust distortion and denial “will be tolerated no more”.

Erdan invited five Holocaust survivors including Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla to be present at the assembly and called for action from social media platforms that spread a “pandemic of distortions and lies” about the Holocaust.

“As the number of survivors dwindles, the young generation is learning from social networks to doubt reality and believe in fraud,” he said. “The media giants can no longer remain complacent to the hate being spread on their platforms.”

“The General Assembly is sending a strong and unambiguous message against the denial or the distortion of these historical facts,” said Leendertse. “Ignoring historical facts increases the risk that they will be repeated.”

Following the vote, Israel’s President Isaac Herzog tweeted, “47 years ago, my father Chaim Herzog, Israel’s UN ambassador, ripped up an outrageous resolution equating Zionism with racism. Today, I am pleased to see the UN taking this step for historical truth. We must keep doing everything to fight the terrible scourge of Holocaust denial.”

The adoption of the resolution came a week before International Holocaust Remembrance Day today.

Yad Vashem chairman Dani Dayan said, “We must redouble our efforts to expand

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“Holocaust denial is not merely just a historically inaccurate statement, it has become a cornerstone of antisemitic incitement, white supremacy and other extremist movements.” and support unfettered and fact-based Holocaust research and education. Holocaust distortion is so dangerous because, quite plainly, it misrepresents essential facts of history in order to legitimise past and present misdeeds.” He added, “The Holocaust carries substantial relevance for many vital contemporary issues, denying and distorting the uniqueness and unprecedented aspects of events is not only detrimental to the memory of the Holocaust but to that of other atrocities and genocides as well.”

Israel and Germnay’s Forign Minister’s, Yair Lapid and Annalena Baerbock issued a joint statement.

They said, “We have a duty to all victims and survivors, never to forget. We take responsibility for preserving and protecting the historical facts of the Holocaust that led to the annihilation of a third of the Jewish people, alongside members of other minorities. The Holocaust will forever serve as a warning sign for everyone against the danger inherent in hatred, intolerance, racism and prejudice.” They added, “The adoption of this resolution by consensus clearly proves that Holocaust denial is a matter for which the international community stands united in agreement.”

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomed the resolution, said his spokesman, Stephane Dujarric.

“We can never let down our guard in the face of increasing attempts to deny, distort or minimise the Holocaust,” he said.

“We must also adapt and respond to new forms of antisemitism fuelled by ignorance or conspiracy theories, also circulating online.”

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said the UK was “proud” to co-sponsor the adopted resolution to combat Holocaust denial.

Noting on Twitter that it was “an historic UN resolution” brought forward by our Israeli and German friends, Truss added, “Together we continue to stand against antisemitism in all forms and reject any attempt to deny the facts of the Holocaust”.

The resolution sends “a strong message against the denial or the distortion of these historical facts”, the UN said. It is only the second time in UN history that an Israeli resolution has been adopted by the UN General Assembly.

US Ambassador to the UN, Linda Thomas-Greenfield noted that the resolution could not have come at a more important moment.

Recalling the recent terror attack at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas and Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburg a few years ago, she said, “We know that a pernicious rising tide of antisemitism has led to deadly violence in the U.S. and elsewhere around the globe. We must root out anti-Semitic hatred and the false narratives that go hand in hand in our communities, in our countries, and in our institutions.

This is why it is so important that we consistently remember and speak out against

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the hatred that spurred the Holocaust. We continue to say again and again, “never again, never again.””

The Anti-Defamation League tweeted, “We applaud the UNGA for passing this important resolution targeting Holocaust denial. It’s an important declaration against Holocaust denial & distortion.”

Eliot Minchenberg, UNESCO, said the resolution would “definitely give us more support, and maybe leverage, when it comes to engaging member states” in an effort to educate people on the Holocaust.

International March of the Living President Phyllis Greenberg Heideman and Chairman Dr Shmuel Rosenman in a joint statement said, “Passage of this historic resolution honours those Holocaust survivors gratefully still with us, dignifies those who senselessly perished and sends a clear message to the world that the Holocaust is history’s unforgettable fact.”

US Holocaust Memorial Museum director Sara J. Bloomfield said, “Violent antisemitism is on the rise. History shows us that mass communications and the propaganda they facilitate have the potential for good or ill. Social media can reach billions in seconds and enable communities of hate to develop. Hitler once said, ‘Propaganda is a truly terrible weapon in the hands of an expert.’ With social media, anyone can be an expert. The UN resolution is an important step, but addressing antisemitism will require efforts from governments, companies, organisations, and individuals worldwide, and we hope this resolution will spark further action.”

World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder commented, “Holocaust denial is not merely just a historically inaccurate statement, it has become a cornerstone of antisemitic incitement, white supremacy and other extremist movements,” he said.

WJC noted that Holocaust denial was a “grand conspiracy myth” that asked people to conclude that Holocaust survivors who provided witness statements were wrong, non-Jewish bystanders who testified were lying, historians were mistaken or misinterpreted the facts and perpetrators could only have testified under torture.

While the resolution was adopted, Iran “disassociated” itself from the resolution.

The resolution lists distortion or denial of the Holocaust as intentional efforts to excuse or minimise the impact of the Holocaust or its principal elements, including collaborators and allies of Nazi Germany, gross minimisation of the number of the victims of the Holocaust in contradiction to reliable sources, attempts to blame the Jews for causing their own genocide, statements that cast the Holocaust as a positive historical event and attempts to blur the responsibility for the establishment of concentration and death camps devised and operated by Nazi Germany by putting blame on other nations or ethnic groups.

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The Israeli government has approved a compensation plan for victims of the Mount Meron stampede tragedy at Lag B’Omer.

Each family of the 45 fatalities will receive NIS 500,000 ($158,000).

“These are very difficult humanitarian cases,” said Prime Minister Naftali Bennett. “The state is taking responsibility, even before the conclusions of the state commission of inquiry, which could yet take some time. The compensation will not bring back the 45 people who were killed there but will, at least, assist the families in getting through this very difficult period.”

The payment will help families struggling financially and may be deducted from a future legal settlement decided by the state

commission of inquiry.

Sadly, the panel’s chairperson, former Supreme Court Chief Justice Miriam Naor, died suddenly on Monday. It is not clear how this may affect the panel’s work.

The panel announced interim findings last November, recommendations will be implemented before Lag B’Omer at Meron in May. “We will allow it to be held in a safe manner,” said Bennett. “Those who go up to Mount Meron will not have to risk their lives.” He added. “The celebration will be different. We will allow it to be held in a safe manner. Those who go up to Mount Meron will not have to risk their lives. I rely on the Religious Services Minister and on the other ministers in this regard.”

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Police arrests after Texas shul attack Greater Manchester Police have arrested two more men in connection with the Texas synagogue terror attack carried out by Malik Faisal Akram earlier this month.

The men arrested in Manchester remain in custody for questioning.

In a statement, police said: “Officers from Counter Terrorism Policing North West are continuing with their investigation following the events in Texas, they are working closely with and are supporting US law enforcement.” The statement added, “We continue to work closely with colleagues from other forces. Communities defeat terrorism and the help and support we get from the public is a vital part of that.”

Counter Terror Policing North West arrested four men including two teenagers in South Manchester last week.

Akram had threatened congregants

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attending Shabbat services at Beth Israel Synagogue.

In a terrifying attack he held four hostages during an 11-hour stand off. Police shot Akram dead and noted he acted alone.

US President Joe Biden said the attack was an “act of terror”, the UK condemned it.

AAD and CAA praise Everton over 3-year fan ban

BY DAVID SAFFER

Action Against Discrimination and Campaign Against Antisemitism have commended Everton FC for issuing a three-year banning order against a supporter who made antisemitic slurs towards Tottenham Hotspur supporters during a Premier League match at Goodison Park last year.

Michael Campbell, of Aigburth Road, Liverpool, was reported to stewards and police following his actions at the match held on 7th November.

Merseyside Police and Everton conducted an investigation that resulted in Campbell’s arrest and subsequent charges. He then received the Football Banning Order for three years at South Sefton Magistrates Court in Bootle and ordered to pay a fine and court costs at a hearing last week.

“These are commendable developments

by Everton,” noted AAD chairman Jonathan Metliss.

A CAA spokesman added, “Banning fans who engage in anti-Jewish racism demonstrates that this kind of rhetoric will not be tolerated. Other clubs should heed Everton’s example.”

Detective Inspector Steven O’Neill, of Merseyside Police, said, “Hate crime in all its forms simply will not be tolerated and I hope this result sends a clear message that anyone found to commit hate crime offences anywhere on Merseyside will be brought to justice. Campbell will now have a criminal record and the consequences of this in the future could prove to be significant. The professional response of Everton Football Club stewards meant that he was quickly identified and arrested.” He added: “We know that the overwhelming majority of supporters attending matches are well behaved and would share our revulsion at

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these appalling chants. However, when the behaviour of fans is unacceptable we will always work with clubs to identify those people and put them before the courts.”

An Everton spokesperson commented, “Club officials and security staff have worked alongside Merseyside Police in their investigation which has concluded with an arrest and subsequent conviction.

“The Club strongly condemns any form of hate crime and has a zero-tolerance policy on all forms of discrimination. Any such behaviour has no place within our stadiums, our community or our game and we will act swiftly to deal with any reported instances of discrimination.”

AAD have also commented on last Sunday’s Premier League clash between Chelsea and Tottenham at Stamford Bridge when away fans at the Shed End chanted “Yid”, “Being a Yid” and “Yiddo”.

“This is a criminal offence in itself, as these terms are abusive to Jewish people generally,” commented Metliss. “This behaviour is sickening, upsetting and abhorrent and unbefitting a sports event. These evil chants should be banned as being obscene and inciting and provoking racial hatred and antisemitic behaviour.”

AAD has again written to Tottenham complaining about this behaviour and calls on the club, relevant football authorities and Metropolitan Police to stop this chanting.

The relevant Government policy unit has also been contacted.

AAD have reported some positive news in that Brentford FC have committed to stop ‘Y Word’ chanting when Tottenham visit Brentford in April.

In December 2020, the Premier League adopted the International Definition of Antisemitism.

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Declarer cashed the ace of spades at trick five then crossed to the dummy with a diamond to the king (West threw a club). Next he played the king and queen of spades throwing two clubs from hand. As the spades did not break, declarer played dummy’s club to his king. West took the ace and queen of clubs to set the contract.

There was no hurry to cash the queen of spades: instead, declarer needed to find out how the spades were breaking without releasing that card. So, after cashing the king of spades, declarer should have ruffed the eight of spades. This would have revealed that West had begun with 5:2:1:5 shape, increasing the odds that that the ace of clubs was with West. So declarer should then have played with the odds and cashed his remaining trump, discarding the six of diamonds from dummy and reducing everyone to four cards.

West would have had to keep two spades and the ace-queen of clubs.

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Survey shows positive swing Work Avenue’s annual survey on employment and business in the Jewish community has found a swing in positivity and prosperity since a survey 12 months ago.

They have also confirmed that home working is here to stay.

Work Avenue CEO David Arden hailed results as a “very encouraging step forward”.

Two thirds of people reported feeling positive or neutral about their work situation compared to last year at 27%. And over a third of people reported their financial position had improved, up from 10% last year.

The outlook for 2022 is strong with 58% of respondents feeling optimistic about their career or business, up from 36%, only 16% were pessimistic, down from 28%.

Arden said, “The results are a very encouraging step forward and reflect the prevailing mood within the jobs market in the country as a whole.”

Work Avenue is continuing to advertise a

record-breaking number of job vacancies.

But mental health worries are still something the community must tackle.

Despite positive trends, the number of people surveyed saying that job and business issues had negatively affected their mental health in the past 12 months remained at 51%.

All World Avenue employment and business advisors are mental health first aid trained so are well placed to support clients finding a new job, retraining for a new career or setting up a business.

The survey covered changing working patterns for the first time. Of those respondents currently in work, 37% are in an office full time. When asked which they preferred, respondents were split.

Work Avenue said that a very buoyant jobs market for job seekers had seen candidates negotiate hybrid terms mixing office and home work starting a new role.

Chigwell and Hainault community are hired!

Making fresh orange juice

The H.I.P.E team created the most fantastic Tu B’Shevat initiative on Monday which they named #ijuiced4jews. The event opened with an inspirational talk about gratitude and giving, in order to focus the students on the ideas of the day.

Afterwards, each girl was supplied with her own squeezer and bottle for a mass orange juicing session. Over 400 students worked hard to squeeze around 2000 oranges into bottles. Each student had an apron, gloves and personalised stickers to complete the look and add to the fun. Every

bottle filled by a student was added to the count for her year group.

There was a competition between the year groups as to who could make the most bottles of orange juice, which was won by Year 7.

The freshly squeezed orange juice bottles were then distributed by GIFT to families who would not otherwise have access to fruit for Tu B’Shevat.

There was a fabulous atmosphere in the hall, with the scent of hundreds of oranges heralding the arrival of spring!

Kisharon Jewish history walk raises £1,500 A London history walking tour has raised £1500 for Kisharon.

Participants heard how Jews rose from money lenders to merchant bankers.

Weaving through streets and back alleyways of the City, tour guide Ian Fagelson pointed out tucked away landmarks attesting to the Jewish community’s growing eminence and acceptance in the City over the past 1,000 years.

Tours accommodated over 60 walkers.

Funds will support children and adults with autism and a wide range of disabilities.

Ian Tate, Kisharon’s Challenge Events Manager thanked Fagelson who did not charge for his time.

“All donations go to Kisharon,” he said.

“Participants told us how much they enjoyed the walk, and luckily the weather was kind. Building on the success of this event we are planning more walking tours in the future.”

Kisharon’s next walking event is the London Bridges Walk on July 3rd.

Kisharon has a full programme of events for the year ahead with runs, cycle rides and other events catering for all levels of fitness.

Details: www.kisharon.org.uk

Ian Fagelson leads the Kisharon walking tour

Lord Alan Sugar has set members of Chigwell and Hainault United Synagogue a very special Apprentice challenge this weekend. He has challenged members of the community to match the £600,000 donation he and his family have made to the shul as part of a £1.2m project to raise vital funds for Chigwell and Hainault Synagogue.

Lord Sugar, a member of Chigwell and Hainault, and fellow community members have Lord Sugar appeared in a special film released ahead of this weekend’s fundraising challenge. The video sees two teams from the community competing to come up with novel fundraising ideas for the shul in order to match the Sugar family donation.

Lindsay Shure, Chair of Chigwell and

Hainault Synagogue, said: “We are delighted to share our very special fundraising video with the community and we’re very grateful to Lord Sugar for taking part and to him and his family for their extremely generous gift. But behind the entertaining film is a serious message: we have a huge amount to raise to transform our community for the coming decades and we need all our members to play their part. We have managed to secure a number of significant donations already and we’re asking the community to be as generous as they can this weekend.”

The film can be watched at: https://youtu. be/cqO-rgK-MsU

JWA services crucial for community Demand for Jewish Women’s Aid services remained constant throughout 2021.

Core services were provided for Jewish women and girls across Jewish communities despite the national lockdown. The organisation is continuing its mission to generate a more open discussion about abuse and build a culture that is supportive of and safe for women.

Domestic abuse and therapeutic support teams supported 546 women and girls throughout the year.

In September, JWA worked with 175 women, higher than any month. The professional staff team offered a range of services including counselling, children’s therapy, safety planning, risk reduction, emotional support, legal options, benefits and financial advice.

JWA’s Helpline and Web Chat services were utlilised whilst a team of qualified counsellors provided 2,890 counselling sessions to 126 women and girls to help empower them to make decisions.

Therapists delivered 392 one-to-one sessions to 31 children in mainly video sessions with some in-person meetings starting

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towards the end of 2021.

JWA supported 57 women and girls aged 14-30, many of whom were helped by the Specialist Young Women’s Advocate and specialist counsellor. This is an area of growth for JWA. The organisations McKenzie Friend programme accompanied 14 women to court for moral and practical support. The domestic abuse support team also helped women secure nine legal orders.

JWA created a Community Toolkit with educational resources freely available on its website. This formed part of JWA’s awareness raising Shabbat across dozens of communities in November.

JWA’s education team provided prevention education sessions to promote healthy relationships and help build a culture of consent.

Facilitators attended Jewish schools in London and Manchester in 132 age-appropriate workshops and assemblies, 521 university students and young professionals benefitted from 15 tailored sessions and JWA delivered 32 talks and training in synagogues and Jewish settings.

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Tuffkid goes sugar free Ethan’s GIFT of pampering products Kisharon’s Tuffkid Nursery has removed sugar from nursery meals and snacks to introduce healthy eating habits for children.

The nursery has a firm grounding in healthy lifestyles following Bronze, Silver and Gold awards from the Mayor of London’s Healthy Early Years London programme. The Nursery were the first to win a Gold award earlier this year in Barnet.

The decision to go sugar free was straight forward for Nursery Head Janice Marriott with oral health and childhood obesity at worrying levels.

Janice said, “We wanted to instil healthy eating habits at a young age, with the hope that promoting the change now would help the children make good nutritional choices throughout their lives.”

Parents were invited to get involved with the project, and with food a major part of the nursery’s daily routine, the change was significant. Biscuits and sweets were banned but parents were asked to rethink snacks and lunchtime treats children routinely took in to eat.

Staff reviewed ingredients of traditional recipe’s children enjoyed cooking. Children were encouraged not to bring in flavoured yoghurts or dried fruit, such as raisins which have a high sugar content.

Janice said, “At the beginning it was hard for some parents to accept that foods have hidden sugars. Fruit yoghurts have a high sugar content, but by looking at the ingredients, it became easy to identify. This year we decided to stop parents sending in drinks.

Even cartons of pure apple or orange juice have a high concentration of fruit sugar which is detrimental to teeth and overall health. Oral health sessions taught parents about tooth brushing and regular trips to the dentist and these messages were reinforced

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in the nursery’s weekly newsletter.”

Nursery staff talked to children about eating healthily in snack or break times and taught them to make healthy choices, like fresh fruit, vegetables and crackers.

“Through our promotion of healthy eating in tandem with plenty of physical activity we are helping the children to form the basis of a healthy lifestyle,” Janice noted.

Cooking and baking in the nursery have been transformed. Once there were iced biscuits to celebrate birthdays, now children mark the occasion with fruit or courgette muffins. A small amount of honey is added to challah dough in place of sugar. Children are offered milk or water to drink which they pour themselves.

Janice added, “This is a fun challenge for little ones and they really enjoy taking part.

On Fridays, all children take home a bottle of milk and this really encourages good habits”.

Work Avenue mental health focus Work Avenue put the focus on mental health this month with over 50 people attending a wellbeing online event.

The half day conference recognised the difficulties many people have with their mental health at this time of year. It coincided with communal initiatives such as Mental Health Shabbat. And it followed Work Avenue’s recent survey of the Jewish community where 51% of respondents said that job and business had negatively affected their mental health in 2021.

Work Avenue launched Wellbeing@Work

last year in response to the challenges of the pandemic.

Emma May, Director of Operations and Employment, said, “We recognise only too well the continuing importance of mental health and wellbeing in the workplace and this annual conference allows us to continue the dialogue.”

The event’s keynote speakers were life coach Elissa Benjamin, Rabbi Elchonon Feldman of the Jewish Counselling Service and Dr Laura David, founder of Smart About Health.

Ethan Seligmann with his incredible toiletry collection for GIFT service users

13 yr old Ethan Seligmann, from Edgware, is a young man with a purpose, strong values and a kind heart.

After consulting with parents, Ryan & Amanda, he brainstormed a way to add a different dimension to his Bar Mitzvah and took his celebration to the next level.

He selected GIFT through which to do his community charitable project as he was aware of GIFT’s work supporting the community and this was of prime importance to him.

After speaking with Esther Zneimer, GIFT’s Bnei Mitzvah Co-ordinator, Ethan proceeded to enlist the help of his family and friends and collect all sorts of personal care products in the month leading up to his Bar Mitzvah. The response was overwhelming and enabled him to personally pack many hundreds of items into toiletry parcels.

Marshall Hoffman, GIFT’s Warehouse

Manager welcomed Ethan to the Hub and his kind words also touched Ethan profoundly, making him realise the impact his gesture would have on the lives of the recipients of the support packages.

Ethan’s photo on the GIFT Hub ‘Wall of Fame’ will undoubtedly encourage Ethan’s peers to take on similar projects for their own Bar and Bat Mitzvah for the greater good of the wider Community.

Ethan’s mother Amanda remarked to Esther, ‘Marshal, your warehouse manager was so lovely and said some beautiful words to Ethan for all that he had done for the recipients. It really added to the whole experience and made us all feel extra good. Thank you for all your help! PG we will be in touch next year for my daughter’s batmitzvah!’

To sign up for your personalised GIFT Bnei Mitzva project, contact Esther Zneimer at Esther@jgift.org

As this week is International Holocaust Memorial Day, Manchester King David Primary School year 6 children have been having lessons on the Holocaust.

Ahead of International Holocaust Memorial Day on January 27, faith leaders gathered at Blackburn Cathedral to light candles & remember all the victims of genocide.

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Dalia Levine, Dean Cohen, Freddie Radivan and Amber Press holding the Yellow Star which European Jews had to wear in Nazi Occupied Countries.

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Jami’s ‘See Me’ campaign raises over £1.2 million Jami, the Jewish community’s mental health service, ran an online match-funded campaign on 23-24 January 2022 to raise vital funds to expand their services.

Over 36 hours, 250 fundraising teams raised £1.24m for Jami’s mental health services. Over 5000 donations, all of which were matched by generous new grants, demonstrated just how much the community recognises the impact of mental illness and the need to ensure professional support is available.

Laurie Rackind, Jami’s Chief Executive, said, “Since I started working at Jami, the challenge has been to get people to understand why mental health is important. For us to be able to raise in excess of one million pounds entirely from the community is hugely gratifying.

“Mental health problems are on the increase and as a community we need to get better at recognising when people are

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Year 6 Broughton Jewish Cassel Fox primary School boys with the Yellow Candles each with names of Holocaust victims and remembering survivors for Holocaust Memorial Day.

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If Music is the food of life, Play on…

BY JACQUELINE CURZON Now that I am out of hospital I am trying hard to rebuild myself, and add some nutrients to my recent scant diet. Meat was previously off the menu for me, but I am taken aback to see a recent report by Action on Salt, showing that the amount of salt in processed meats is now absolutely staggering. For a community such as ours where such meats are very much de rigeur at the Shabbat table, these facts should cause a fair degree of alarm.

Why so much salt? Well, meat naturally contains some sodium, however extra is added salt for preservation, controlling growth of bacteria, preventing spoilage as well as for improving flavour and texture. Take sausages as an example: Action on Salt conducted a survey back in 2017, showing that some sausages had a high salt Jacqueline Curzon content containing 2.3 g out of PHOTO: LARA MINSKY PHOTOGRAPHY 100g, whilst the lowest contained 0.75 g out of 100g, which highlights all senses of the word - first began life as a that sausages can be made with less singer with the group Popcorn Blizzard, a salt, so why are manufacturers adding so band who supported leading acts including much? Now my one occasional weakness The Who. His massive claim to fame was is cabanas, but the truth is I eat them so when he released his album Bat out of Hell, infrequently I can’t surely (?) be doing ultimately selling more than 14 million much disservice to myself. Oh, really?? 25% copies in the US alone. This fact is all the of processed chicken and beef products are more incredible for the 18 months that the dangerously high, with salt content now album sat untouched and unreleased by variously up to 7g per 100g. Researchers reluctant record companies. Meat Loaf, said Atlantic seawater contains 1g sodium with Jim Steinman, borrowed $35,000 to per 100g, which equates to 2.5g of salt per record the 7 song album, which was then 100g, and we wouldn’t drink sea water…. rated a flop on its release in October 1977.

It's well known that consuming too much None could believe his 10 minute track salt can increase our risk of high blood title would ever be a hit, and apparently all pressure, where many of us don’t even the record labels hated it, but the operatic think we consume a lot of salt. We could Loaf persevered as he firmly believed in it. always stick to chicken, beef, lamb and Britain was the first to positively rate the turkey and flavour them using herbs and spices. Just try to avoid ready mixed packets album, which has since spent 522 weeks in the UK’s official album charts - the of herbs, or jars of sauces and spices, equivalent of over 10 years - but once at its because these are notoriously high in peak, the Bat out of Hell album was selling sodium. You could otherwise just indulge 500,000 copies every week, globally (1978). in a hotch-potch mix, and make your own Looks like the heavyweight Meat Loaf got meatloaf instead. the last laugh at the end. Doubtless BoheThis leads me nicely to a recent obituary mian Rhapsody [Queen] will follow suit as of a musician called Meat Loaf which - perhaps displaying some lack of breadth of my one of the longest and best singles of all musical knowledge - I thought referred to time. Certainly it’s rated one of my top ten. a group rather than to an individual. Small Now covid is still omnipresent, as I wonder that the staff at the Daily Telegraph realised being tested every 48 hours whilst remarked shortly afterwards they had in hospital. A study undertaken by Imperial struggled to find their previously prepared College, London has shown that a majority obituary, because they didn’t know to look of people now infected with the omicron under ‘Loaf, Meat’ as opposed to ‘Meat, variant have previously had covid, indicating that omicron can evade prior immunity Loaf’ but here is a little background to the or vaccination. This is a blow to those man who brought this music cult to fame. of us who had either the alpha or delta Although I was barely a teenager at the variant and are additionally triple vaxxed. I time I had certainly heard the name, but suppose if there is any silver lining it might alas none of the details. 30 year old Marvin be that omicron is the mildest form of covid Lee Aday, a heavyweight rock singer - in

circulating, and hopefully very few will become seriously ill with it.

Small consolation though, if you have made travel or social plans.

News from up north now. Who remembers the iconic and beautiful Glasgow School of Art, the building designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh? Having sustained almost irreparable damage in a blaze back in 2014, it then suffered a terminal setback when amidst a £48 million restoration it went up in flames in 2018. The Scottish Fire Service has now suggested the second incident could be attributed to ‘wilful fire raising’ (arson) after a lone figure had been captured on CCTV watching fire crews attempt in vain to tackle the fire. {How has it taken 3.5 years to determine this information?} Such voyeuristic behaviour is widely acknowledged to be synonymous with those enjoying the fruit of their labours, be it arson or murder, but one must ask what pleasure anyone might realistically get from destroying our priceless national heritage! I would still advocate the Scottish government to invest in rebuilding the School of Art, for I know well modern rebuilds inevitably have zero character - I give an example here of the former Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama - now retitled Royal Scottish Conservatoire - which moved to its new {purpose built} building back in 1987, a joyless modern structure without any ambience or personality. Any who remember the RSAMD in St Georges Place, Glasgow, will certainly recall its unrivalled, beautiful architecture and unparalleled acoustics.

Those passing by Buchanan Street were often treated to a glorious free concert.

Now to some motor news. People at the wheel of self-driving cars will not be held legally liable for crashes or accidents under a legal blueprint produced by the Law Commission in a report published this week. The commission said drivers of automated cars should have immunity from offences such as dangerous driving, speeding or running red lights, if the vehicle was on self-drive mode. Under these laws the developer of the car would instead be responsible for accidents and could also face criminal prosecution and jail if they failed to disclose to the regulators any faults, designs or data that could’ve prevented such accidents. The motorist would however still become liable for the driving if there was an incident where the automated vehicle had passed responsibility back to the motorist in certain conditions, for example bad weather, and if the human driver did not respond, the car would have to be able to come to a stop automatically. One can predict more accidents on the car(d)s then.

I can’t just understand why, if you want to be in a car and not in charge of driving it with any responsibility, why wouldn't you simply take a taxi and let somebody else take that responsibility.

The very recent case of a stabbing in west London has shocked us to the core. Yasmin Chkaifi (43) a mother of two, was viciously and repeatedly stabbed by her former partner, just a few minutes from the safety of her home. The attack was brought to an end when a member of the public intervened by driving his car at the knifeman, trapping him fatally under the wheels of his car. As he was trapped, he begged for help, oblivious to the pain and suffering he had just inflicted on his former girlfriend. Naturally the police are considering prosecution for murder against the driver, but once again this would make a farce of justice. The family of the late Ms Chkaifi regard the driver as a hero, as would any person witnessing such an act of brutality. Let’s hope common sense prevails and the police focus their attention on more worthy ‘criminals.’

A media executive who was accused of lying about being disabled has won a £1.7 million payout after judge Anthony Metzer QC argued her social media posts ‘tended to paint a glossy picture of life.’

Natasha Palmer (34) suffered a brain injury after a drink-driver hit her car in 2014, but insurers for the other side accused her of fundamental dishonesty and exaggeration, citing her Instagram posts showing her on holiday, undertaking sporting challenges and attending concerts.

A post office in Ireland was subject to an unusual hold up, when two men went in to claim a third party’s pension. Quite rightly the clerk said the pension holder had to be present to be paid, but got the shock of her life when they duly returned with a rather lifeless man, jumper around his face and hat on head. Hosey’s post office, Carlow, expressed concern for the well being of the man seen firstly being dragged into the building before being propped up at the counter, at which point the two men did a runner. The dead man was named as Peader Doyle (66) a well liked member of his community. A post-mortem is to be conducted to establish cause and time of death.

And finally, a robot vacuum cleaner which escaped from its Travelodge hotel has been returned after a night on the run.

The automated cleaner failed to stop at the front door of the hotel in Orchard Park, Cambridge, and was not recovered till the following day. The assistant manager wrote ‘they normally sense the lip at the entrance of the doors and turn around, but this one decided to make a run for it.’ The device was safely returned after being discovered under a hedge. You couldn’t make it up!

Love Jacqueline x

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Free From Oreo Cheese cake This is an incredibly impressive ‘cheese cake’ without compromising on flavour and appearance. Oreo biscuits come all flavours and sizes. Do check if you want your cake to be ‘free from’ that you pick up the right packet.

Also soaking the cashew nuts in water is not essential; it just makes for a smoother consistency.

Another delicious recipe from Denise Phillips For more recipes and inspiration visit my website: www.jewishcookery.com

Preparation Time: 30 minutes plus 4 hours chilling Cooking Time: 1 hour Serves: 8-10 Ingredients Base 25 Oreo cookies or 150g Oreo cookie crumbs 2 tablespoons coconut oil Filling 75g raw cashews – soak in water for 4 hours or over night -then drain 1 tin 400g coconut milk (I used full fat coconut milk) 450g non-dairy cream cheese 1 400g container silken tofu 180g caster sugar or coconut sugar 3 tablespoons cornflour 110g non-dairy butter/ margarine 1 tablespoon vanilla essence 35g plain flour 10-12 Oreos roughly chopped for the filling 10-12 Oreos roughly chopped for the topping Method For the base 1. Place the whole Oreo biscuits into a food processor and pulse until they reach a coarse crumbly texture. Add the coconut oil and pulse for another second or two to combine.

2. Line and grease with a little vegetable oil a 22cm loose based cake tin using baking parchment paper.

3. Press the biscuit crumb base into the prepared cake tin. Distribute evenly across the base and up the sides. Set aside.

For the Filling 1. Place the raw cashews and the coconut milk in a food processor. Pulse the food processor for several seconds to break down the cashews until smooth and creamy.

2. Add the vegan cream cheese and tofu and pulse again until smooth and even more creamy.

3. Next add the sugar, cornflour, margarine, and vanilla. Pulse for several seconds, up to a minute until you have a nice smooth mixture.

4. Add the flour and stir to combine.

5. Add the 10-12 roughly chopped Oreos and give it one more stir to combine. Set aside.

6. Preheat the oven to 160C. 7. Pour the cheesecake filling into the prepared base and spread the 10-12 roughly chopped Oreos over the top.

8. Bake for 60 minutes and then turn the oven off and leave the cheesecake in the oven for another hour.

9. Remove from the oven and allow to cool before placing in the fridge. I recommend letting the cheesecake chill for at least four hours (or even a full day before) slicing and serving.

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Looking for answers? Send your question to Rabbi@RabbiSchochet.com WHY NO SECULAR STUDIES?

Dear Rabbi Why do Orthodox Jews not pursue a more thorough secular education so that they can be more informed, better providers for their families and properly equipped in the working world?

Frank Dear Frank Well, that’s a generalisation, if ever I’ve heard one. First, what makes you think Orthodox Jews don’t have a secular education?

I don’t know if you saw the recent viral video about the “Orthodox Jew” making Aliyah with his wife to Israel. He had a long white beard, long peyote, and a big black yarmulke. If you saw him, with your prejudicial generalisation, you would likely not think much of him. But his name is Dr. Gerald Wittenstein.

Most people hadn’t heard of him until now. He just retired from NASA, having served, for decades as CEO of International Space Systems, Inc. Speaking of long white beards, the name Robert Aumann, another “Orthodox Jew” also comes to mind. He gave a regular shiur in Israel which was very popular and attended by politicians, judges, lawyers etc. If you saw him, you would think much the same. Until you would find out that he was a Nobel Prize winner in 2005, for his work on conflict and cooperation through game theory analysis.

My father, mind you, was a very “Orthodox Jew” with a white beard who held several professorships and authored more than 30 books.

These are just three immediate

examples that come to mind. So, you really need to consider your question carefully. That some Orthodox Jews don’t pursue a secular education may be because of their traditional beliefs that some of it could corrupt their religious minds. They don’t see how Macbeth or the study of ancient Rome is going to do anything to enhance their lives.

They also have no immediate intention of pursuing careers which warrants that sort of study. Moreover, their Talmudic studies gives them sufficient intellectual stimuli to go on to study later in life if they so want.

I know several who never did secular studies but still went on to become successful accountants or apply their smarts in business acumen and become very successful in many other ways, because Talmudic studies covers so much logic, maths, and much else besides. Life isn’t a one size fits all.

GOING FOR GOLD – ON SHABBAT

Dear Rabbi I read recently about an Olympic contender, Hailey Kops, who is an Orthodox Jew, and will be competing in Beijing on Shabbat. It is permissible to skate on Shabbat?

Miranda Dear Miranda Because the blades are so thin, when one presses the skates against the ice enough pressure is exerted such that the ice melts directly under the blade. So ultimately one is skating on a thin layer of water which allows the skates to glide easier with less friction. Thus the primary

Pirkei Avot ,‫ ְׂשחֹוק ְו ַקּלּות ר ֹאׁש‬,...‫יבא‬ ָ ‫ַר ִּבי ֲע ִק‬ .‫ּתֹורה‬ ָ ‫ ְסיָ ג ַל‬,‫ ָמס ֶֹרת‬.‫ילין ְל ֶע ְר ָוה‬ ִ ִ‫ַמ ְרּג‬ ‫ ְסיָ ג‬,‫ נְ ָד ִרים‬.‫עׁשר‬ ֶ ‫ ְסיָ ג ָל‬,‫ַמ ַע ְׂשרֹות‬ :‫יקה‬ ָ ‫ ְׁש ִת‬,‫ ְסיָ ג ַל ָח ְכ ָמה‬.‫ַל ְּפ ִריׁשּות‬ Rabbi Akiva said: Merriment and frivolity accustom one to licentiousness; Tradition is a fence to the Torah; Tithes a fence to wealth, Vows a fence to abstinence; A fence to wisdom is silence.

We see in the words of the sages of old, wisdom still applicable to every man

concern here would be turning ice into water. That would be a Rabbinic prohibition but only applicable were the liquid to become clearly noticeable. That is why one can put ice-cubes into a liquid drink on Shabbat.

And why skating wouldn’t be an issue per se.

That notwithstanding, there is a broader concern here. Assuming everything else is adhered to (no carrying and other general violations of Shabbat) there is still the issue of doing a mundane activity that is not in the spirit of Shabbat. When the Torah instructs us to keep Shabbat it stresses, “To sanctify it.” This means to preserve the sanctity of Shabbat and not engage in activity that is not in keeping with such sanctity.

Jacob Steinmetz and Elie Kligman were both recruited recently into major league baseball teams. That’s huge for nice Jewish boys. But while Steinmetz said he will walk to the stadiums and play on Shabbat, Kligman said he will not play at all on Shabbat.

We get understandably excited when “one of ours” hits the big league or wins a medal. But while they might give us a sense of national or religious pride, they are not necessarily people we should look to emulate. To be sure, we are enjoined by the ancient Rabbis to always judge people favourably. By definition seek the good in them, and in this instance the allure of Olympic fame can be overwhelming and I will assume Hailey Kops sought some Rabbinic guidance.

I, for one, might take pride in an observant Jew going for gold, but I would nevertheless discourage

ambitious others from seeking to emulate that example. Again, I stress, to each their own and I am not judging, but being Jewish calls for all kinds of sacrifices and one must always aim higher.

IS THERE ALWAYS FIRE WHERE THERE’S SMOKE? Dear Rabbi In your reply to Gideon, you ended with the comment “where there’s smoke there’s fire.” In the instance referred to, this

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fence we can protect our spiritual safety and save ourselves from harm in the world to come.

Other sparks of genius are thrown out here; give 10% of your money to charity and you will be rich. The famous dvar Torah on the word ‫ – ונתנו‬you shall give – when talking about giving Tzedaka – it is a palindrome – a word that can be read backwards as well as forwards.

This teaches us that whatever money you donate will come back to you – in the next world.

We would do well to remember that

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“Where there’s smoke there’s fire, but not always.”

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Dedicated in memory of Tova bas Chayim Hillel Monis and Meir Shimon ben Avrohom Yakov woman and child alive today. The first Mishnah of Pirkei Avot which many people know off by heart, tells us to ‘make a fence around the Torah.’ The first rule of thumb is safety; as we learn in Ki Tetzei if you have a roof that people walk about on, put a fence on it.

In the simple yet deeply eloquent words of the great Rabbi Akiva, if you prevent frivolity, you can stop the slippery path to getting up to no good. We have already seen previously in Pirkei Avos that women can lead a man into the pits of Gehinom; by putting up our

comment might have been acceptable. Yet as a rule, whenever I hear someone use this in conversation I point out that this phrase should never be used for the simple reason that it isn’t true in all situations - and of course the gossips love to use it.

Leah

tachrichim – shrouds – have no pockets, the dead can’t take their money or possessions with them – only what they gave to charity will stand for them in the next world.

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Mishpatim: Freeing Slaves, Respecting Humans

BY RABBI MOSHE TARAGIN

A nation of former slaves stood beneath the mountain listening to the voice of Hashem.

Ten seminal commandments were engraved upon stony tablets, summarizing fundamental theological and moral values.

After the fireworks of Sinai subsided, the rest of the Torah was delivered. Before any rituals, ceremonies or prohibitions are described, civilian laws are outlined. The word of Hashem is meant to fashion an idyllic moral society governed by the rule of law. By listing the laws of torts, damages, contracts and litigation prior to any list of rituals, the Torah stresses the primacy of ethics in religious life. Justice and morality are the foundation of religious experience.

If the infrastructure is flimsy the entire structure will topple. Without morality and justice, religion cannot be sustained.

This extensive system of commercial laws and judiciary procedures is introduced with specific laws governing slaves. In particular, the opening section of Mishpatim highlights the various methods by which a slave can achieve freedom. Additionally, these verses describe the harsh penalty for those who opt into lifelong slavery. Ear piercing is meant to deter people voluntarily choosing permanent slave status. The halachot of the Torah are launched with the laws of liberating slaves.

Actually, according to the midrash, well before redemption even began, the Jews had already been instructed to emancipate their slaves. Bizarrely, Moshe’s initial announcement of redemption from Egypt was preceded by instructions about releasing slaves. Astonishingly, Jews who were themselves mired in Egyptian bondage, were now cautioned to release their own slaves.

As they didn’t own slaves, this directive wasn’t a legal mandate but an important educational message.

The Exodus from Egypt introduced bold new concepts to human consciousness. Hashem descended into His world, debunking ancient pagan myths, while introducing basic tenets of monotheism.

Additionally, by liberating us, Hashem reinforced ancient commitments to our forefathers, and selected us as his chosen nation.

Beyond theology and Jewish history, yetziat Mitzrayim also presented crucial social and political values to humanity. Chief among these values is a revulsion for human slavery. Every human being is created equally in the image of G-d and none should ever be enslaved by another. Slavery distorts the innate dignity of the human condition.

Not only does slavery vandalize the divine image in every man, but it also obstructs our service of G-d. if we are subject to

human authority, we cannot be completely dedicated in our subservience to Hashem.

Quoting this concern, the Talmud allows day labourers to prematurely withdraw from their contracts. Man is not meant to serve any human dictator or be unconditionally subject to any human boss.

Liberating millions of slaves from the tyranny of Egypt underscored the abhorrence of slavery. By instructing Jewish slaves to one day release their own slaves Hashem demonstrated His contempt of slavery.

Having learned, firsthand, the horrors of dehumanization and slavery, we were meant to stand for something different.

We were meant to teach the world about human nobility and dignity. By inserting the mitzvah of freeing slaves into the very onset of Mishpatim, the Torah broadly and loudly voices its disgust with this institution. It took humanity thousands of years, but, finally, Man realized that slavery is an abomination.

The Torah presents an ideal which would not materialize for centuries. A ancient world without advanced sources of energy and without machines was deeply dependent upon massive levels of manual labour. Without manual labour agriculture, transportation, construction, and other areas of life would stall. Furthermore, the ancient world struggled to produce enough food for its population and, often, the institution of slavery offered shelter and food to those unable to provide for themselves.

Additionally, the ideals of social equality and human dignity, had yet to enter human consciousness. In a world pivoted upon rigid social and political hierarchies, slavery wasn’t viewed as immoral. For a large part of history, humanity was stuck living with a backward and discriminatory institution.

This was not the will of Hashem.

Yet, recognizing that an evolving society would none the less, continue to practice slavery, the Torah provided guidelines.

These guidelines are not meant to validate slavery but to provide corrective rules to moderate the brutality of slavery. Slavery was never preferred, but if it were to occur, it must be regulated and moderated. The Torah provides slaves with multiple “exit strategies” and it all but abolishes multi-generational bondage. Female slaves, who are even more vulnerable, must be freed upon reaching puberty. Commenting upon the care and respect displayed to Jewish slaves, the Talmud issues a hyperbole: “an owner must treat his slave as a master.”

Though the conditions of non-Jewish slaves are more harsh, they too mustn’t be treated as mere chattel. Any major bodily harm or injury caused by the owner is legal cause for termination. Though the Torah doesn’t idealize slavery, it still provides guidelines to

Recently, the Jewish world has been rocked by scandal, and is currently struggling through a crisis of trust. partially civilize it.

Thankfully, the modern world has mostly abolished slavery. Technology has automated much of our labour and advanced agricultural methods have provided sufficient food to feed our planet. The advent of democracy underlined the value of personal freedom and of basic human rights.

The road to a slaveless society wasn’t always easy. Along the road to industrialization, we faced a challenge of creating humane conditions in newly founded factories. These horrors of factory conditions led, in part, to the emergence of Marxism which prophesied a working-class uprising against the wealthy. Modern capitalism learned to provide more civilized factory conditions and Marxism vanished from the historical stage.

Formal abolition of slavery hasn’t erased cultural barriers or even personal bigotry.

These will take more time to fade. Sadly, even in the modern world we still witness crimes of human trafficking, but this crime exists on the criminal margins of society which has thankfully abolished institutionalized slavery. Apparently, the message of releasing slaves no longer applies in our world. Or so it would seem...

We may not own actual slaves in the classic sense, but we still must avoid dehumanization of people who we sometimes-incorrectly– feel superior to. Sometimes we are disrespectful to people who perform subservient functions for us. In every society, people contract “out” services which they can’t or don’t want to perform on their own.

Those who provide “skilled services’ are generally admired and well respected. For example, we naturally respect doctors who heal us, financial managers who earn profit,

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and teachers who educate us. Regrettably, we don’t always offer the same respect to providers of more menial services. We often feel superior to them simply because they are unskilled and because their services are cheaper and more readily available. A taxi driver provides a service we can’t provide on our own: we either don’t possess our own automobile or are in transit and have no access to our automobile. Either way, we are paying for an unskilled service. It is easy to feel superior or even, G-d forbid, express our disrespect to people who are “serving” us not as slaves but as “providers”. We may not be treating someone as a slave, but we are ignoring the human dignity which Hashem endowed in this person.

At the shiva for my Rebbe, Rav Aharon Lichtenstein, I was struck watching the Palestinian maintenance workers of yeshiva sobbing with grief. They recalled that every erev Rosh Hashanah, Rav Lichtenstein would personally wish each of them a shanah tovah wish, also extending his best wishes to their wives and children. It was one of the many lessons I learned about respecting all of humanity.

Every mitzvah in the Torah possesses timeless application. Hashem instructed us to free slaves. In 2022 that mitzvah demands that we never treat “common” service providers with disrespect. Nobility of character is a product of how much respect we show others.

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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The Angels Among Us

BY RABBI STEWART WEISS

Our parasha of Mishpatim dramatically shows Judaism’s sensitive side: How we must be concerned and responsive to the needs of the poor, the widow, the orphan, the indentured servant, the disenfranchised of society – and even members of the animal kingdom!

But the parasha’s closing section, at first glance, seems to be of a completely different nature. It contains several mysterious episodes: First, Hashem says, “I am sending an Angel to protect you; respect him, for My name is in him.”

Moshe then sends “the youth of Israel” to bring offerings; the blood of their sacrifice is sprinkled over the people and Moshe boldly declares, “Hinei dam ha-Brit asher karat Hashem imachem” – “With this blood, the covenant is now sealed between you and G-d.”

Finally, Moshe, Aharon and the elders see a mystifying vision of Hashem in all His glory: Under His feet is a sapphire brick, whose essence is as pure and bright as Heaven.

What does this all mean?

To me, the message is as clear as day – do you not see it? Who are the Angels among us? Who are the youth of Israel who protect us, who embody the finest attributes of Hashem – Gevura, courage, and self-sacrifice, Mesirut Nefesh – whose blood is sprinkled on the nation at large?

These can be no other than the proud young men and women who wear the uniform of Tzahal, the Israel Defense Forces, who selflessly place their lives on the line every single day to defend Am Yisrael. The name of Hashem is in each and every one of these children, and it is in their merit, I am absolutely convinced, that we continue to frustrate the evil designs of millions

of our enemies who would destroy us, G-d forbid. In their z’chut the Yeshivot flourish, the tourists visit, the land blooms.

These angels in green, these green kids who trade their school bags for M-16s, are the single greatest source of pride in Klal Yisrael; they are among the most righteous Tzadikim of this generation.

Chazal comment that the sparkling blue brick under Hashem’s throne was there to remind Him of the pain and suffering that we endured in Egypt, when the cruel Egyptians would place Jewish babies in the wall when their parents’ quota of bricks was not fulfilled. Each time that G-d started to lose patience with Bnei Yisrael, due to our complaining or our failure to live up to His expectations, He would take out that shining sapphire brick and gaze at it. Remembering our self-sacrifice and our devotion to Him in past times, His attribute of Mercy would take hold and He

would be moved to forgive us.

So, in reality, the end of the parasha isn’t so very different in tone from the 53 mitzvot enumerated earlier. It continues the same essential theme: Be sensitive and appreciative of others, especially those who serve us and risk their very lives for us. Heroes like our precious chayalim, who battle daily against the terrorist danger and who devote the best years of their lives in defense of the People and the Land.

They are, without a doubt, the Heavenly bricks from which this great nation of ours is built.

Rabbi Stewart Weiss is director of the Ra’anana Jewish Outreach Center (jocmtv@netvision.net.il) and a member of the Mizrachi Speakers Bureau (www. mizrachi.org/speakers).

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Sidra Summary 3RD ALIYA (SHLISHI) – 22:4-26

The laws governing guardians and borrowers of objects are listed – the level of responsibility for losing or damaging the object varies according to the nature of the contract. Special emphasis is placed on not mistreating a widow or an orphan.

It is forbidden to take interest when lending money to the poor.

1ST ALIYA (KOHEN) – SHEMOT 21:1-19

The sidrah contains many mitzvot, of which a selection has been included here.

It starts with the laws of a Jewish servant.

He is to work for six years, after which he can go free. Alternatively, he can decide to stay on as a servant forever.

2ND ALIYA (LEVI) – 21:20-22:3

The penalties for physically injuring others are listed. An ox that gores a person to death is stoned. One may not dig pits in the public domain. Stealing an animal and then selling or slaughtering it incurs an extra penalty.

Point to Consider: Why is there no death penalty for a person who kills a thief in self-defence? (see Rashi to 22:1)

“If you see the donkey of your enemy crouching under its burden, would you refrain from helping him? – you shall surely help with him” (Shemot 23:5)

4TH ALIYA (REVI’I) – 22:26-23:5

The mitzvah of pidyon haben (redemption of the first born) is repeated. It is forbidden to eat an animal which died without shechita (kosher slaughter). One must not favour the destitute in court. A stray ox or donkey should be returned to its owner.

5TH ALIYA (CHAMISHI) – 23:6-19

A judge has to avoid showing favour or taking bribes. For six years the land is worked; in the seventh year (shemittah) it is prohibited to work the land. The three pilgrim festivals – Pesach, Shavuot and Succot – are listed. There is a mitzvah to bring one’s first fruits (bikurim) to the Temple. It is prohibited to cook meat and milk together.

6TH ALIYA (SHISHI) – 23:20-25

G-d says that He will send an angel to guide the nation in their conquest of the Land, helping them to destroy the host nations. They are warned not to emulate the idolatrous ways of those nations.

7TH ALIYA (SHEVI’I) – 23:26-24:18

The narrative now switches back to three days before the giving of the Torah (Rashi). Moshe builds 12 altars at the foot of Mount Sinai, one for each tribe, on which offerings are brought. Moshe sprinkles the blood of the offerings on the people, who famously proclaim “we will do and we will listen” (na’aseh

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ve’nishma). Moshe, Aharon, Nadav, Avihu and 70 elders see a very pure ‘vision’ of G-d. Moshe remains on Mount Sinai for 40 days and 40 nights.

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King Tsidkayahu had finally reached an agreement with the people to release their servants, as stipulated in the first aliyah of this week’s sidrah. However, the people quickly renege on the pact and recapture the freed servants. G-d tells the prophet Yirmiyahu (Jeremiah) that this terrible act of treachery will leave Judah vulnerable to the Babylonian invaders.

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Mishpatim: Dry Laws?!

BY GAVRIEL COHN

This week’s Torah portion contains 53 mitzvot, a whole slew of tort laws and rules governing our financial exchanges.

There passages are expressive perhaps of what Judaism is most famous for: its many detailed commandments.

The underpinnings of these extensive legal verses are perhaps best summarised by Rav Shimshon Raphael Hirsch, the great leader of Nineteenth Century German Jewish Orthodoxy. In one of his famous letters, published in 1836, he wrote that these laws demand us to: “Respect every human being as your equal. Respect him, his inner self as well as his outer garment – his body – and his life. Respect his property too, as a legal extension of his body. Respect his claim to property or services that you have to render to him, properly measured and counted, as well as his claim to compensation for harm done to his body or property… Never abuse the frailty of his body, mind, or heart, and never misuse your legal power over him.” (Elias, Nineteen Letters, pp.166-167) Thus, all of these laws ensure that we value every human being. This “demand

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RULES, RULINGS, RULERS

From the heights of the Decalogue, this week’s Torah reading brings us down to the practical details of life on earth.

Keeping the peace with our neighbours, living in harmony with the family, helping one another, handling quarrels – it’s all part of the social code that makes us a community.

The sidra begins (Ex. 21) with the rules about setting up a legal system with judges who are wise enough to be capable of keeping us from destroying one another.

The Jewish legal tradition expects the judges to be fluent in many languages and to understand the needs and nature of all the different human beings who make up the nation.

One of the Jewish principles is to be wary of gentile tribunals which were often biased and partisan, kowtowing to the rich and powerful, failing in respect for the little person and showing no responsibility to the Divine Chief Justice.

Note that in the Psalm for Tuesday (Psalm 82) G-d judges the judges.

NA’ASEH V’NISHMA

Informed of the laws ordained by G-d, the people say Na’aseh v’nishma (Ex. 24:7). The translation of these words is normally “We shall do and we shall hear”.

There is a Talmudic passage (Shabbat

for justice,” R’ Hirsch continues, “is based upon the equality of all men.”

Yet there is something strikingly absent in R’ Hirsch’s summary, a feature nevertheless prominent in the Torah’s presentation of these numerous, detailed laws that R’ Hirsch seems to leave out.

R’ Hirsch’s constant use of the imperative “respect” reads much like the Ten Commandments of last week’s Torah portion: “…You shall not murder. You shall not commit adultery. You shall not steal. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbour… You shall not be jealous of your neighbour…” (Shemot, 20) Like R’ Hirsch’s letter, these read as snappy commands – short, unexplained orders that we must follow. Arguably, however, the Torah only phrases them as such because these are the most baseline moral givens. There are no explanations necessary to instruct us not to steal from or kill our fellow man. The Ten Commandments are not some grand religious vision of how we are to behave; rather they are the most axiomatic principles that no person should ever break.

These are the most basic of obligations and are thus presented to us simply as such: “do not… you shall not…”

Yet in contrast to the Ten Commandments, however, in our Torah portion,

dealing with the intricacies of financial laws, the Torah peppers its lists of mitzvot with the most emotive of statements and with expansive, fully fleshed-out justifications: “…You shall not mistreat a stranger, nor shall you oppress him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt… You shall not oppress any widow or orphan. If you oppress him, [beware,] for if he cries out to Me, I will surely hear his cry... If you take your neighbour’s garment as security, until sunset you shall return it to him, for it is his only covering; it is his garment for his skin. With what shall he lie? And it shall be [that] if he cries out to Me, I will hear because I am gracious? ... You shall not oppress a stranger, for you know the feelings of the stranger, since you were strangers in the land of Egypt…” (Shemot, 21-23) The Torah is teaching us perhaps one of the most important lessons in human relationships, and revealing the wisdom of its legislation. The Ten Commandments, the most basic “don’ts” of mankind (stealing, murder, false testimony), should have no justifications and rationales; they indeed stand as the most elementary, unquestionable demands on us as human beings and we should never violate them or even question them. However, beyond that, entering into the complex

88a) which says that the Israelites were awarded a royal crown for each verb.

The logical question is why the words come in this order, doing before hearing.

An answer is that hearing implies understanding, and if G-d had to wait until a person understood the reason for every law it would take too long, and there would be no merit in fulfilling the law.

In addition, some laws are hard to understand and indeed the understanding of such laws is elusive. The great spiritual achievement is to fulfil the law first and pray that understanding will come.

honest and reliable and realise that other people have to be treated correctly and fairly.

KASHRUT & OTHER PEOPLE

One of the laws in the reading this week is that of kashrut. Keeping kosher seems to be a law that applies between man and G-d, so what is it doing in the midst of a section of laws between man and man?

In one sense, it is a theme that functions between a person and him- or herself. Keeping kosher is a mark of strength of character. You know what sort of person you are if you have the will and conscience to choose to eat kosher.

Another consideration is that though our food regimen comes from G-d, we have to be able to trust the human beings who administer it. If you can trust the shochet, the mashgi’ach and the retailer, you are not only assured that the food is religiously acceptable; you have also shown that you can have confidence in other people.

It goes without saying that the professionals who provide the food have to be

arena of societal living, regarding the laws regulating our business dealings, the Torah appeals to our emotions and to our past experience as slaves to fully elicit our emotions and affinity for the poor and vulnerable. The Torah wants us to perform these detailed laws not simply as snappy commands for us to follow (like the Ten Commandments or R’ Hirsch’s imperatives above), but as living, feeling human beings, sensitive to the pains of others and attuned to their plight. It wants us to fulfil its many laws with the full force of our humanity, the great depths of our moral personalities, as it intends by them to ensure that we are close to other people and intimately care for their welfare.

True, there are over fiftly intricate mitzvot in this Sedra. Yet we shouldn’t just perform them as legal rituals.

Inserting these emotive passages within this long list of laws teaches us that these mitzvot are not intended to be done mechanically, simply in order to discharge our legal obligations; rather their performance is meant to be powered by and filled with a deep empathy and affinity for those more vulnerable than us.

Gav works as an Account Executive in Public Relations. The views expressed here are entirely his own. Questions? gavcohn@ gmail.com

JEWISH CASES IN JEWISH COURTS

The opening verses of the sidra are the basis of the principle that Jews must accept the jurisdiction of a Jewish court (with exceptions such as criminal matters).

It is a mark of pride in the logic and justice of the Jewish legal system and an expression of Jewish identity and pride.

It ensures that problems are dealt with internally. In many places and at many times it also reflected the unreliability of the non-Jewish courts.

The rule applies to individuals and also to Jewish institutions including synagogues.

A synagogue that claims to follow Jewish tradition cannot pick and choose which traditions it will observe and honour, and if it refuses to accept a summons to a Jewish court its credibility is gravely undermined.

Yes, disputes involving synagogues have to do with their rabbis’ duties and terms of appointment and synagogue leaders have been heard to say that the rabbis on any Beth Din will automatically favour a rabbinical colleague and cannot be unbiased, though the fact is that when cases involving rabbis are heard by a Beth Din they will sometimes be decided against the rabbi.

What matters are the facts of the case and the principles of halachah, not

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professional bias or personal favouritism.

Further, there are principles of Jewish legal procedure that give both sides considerable discretion when it comes to selecting the judges who will hear the case, and there cannot be grounds for complaint that lay people are being imposed upon or their rights trodden on or brushed aside.

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

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We now have been given the Torah and its time to learn how to keep it! This week Sidra contains no less than 53 FIFTY THREE Mitzvot! Many of them are about the laws of how to be careful with other people’s feelings and possessions. Also, in the olden days, many people owned animals that could cause damage to things, so the laws of this are taught too. How about if you dig a pit and a donkey falls in to it? Or start a garden fire which burns your neighbour’s haystack? When do you need to pay and when not? What about lending money - can you lend someone 50p and ask for 55p back? No! That’s interest (very interesting!) And, if your friend asks you to look after her lawnmower, you need to make sure it stays safe and certainly if you borrow a man’s hairbrush (or private airplane) you need to make sure you are

super careful with it... There is so much Torah to learn...and many thousands of Torah students spend years learning these Mitzvot all day long... We are told not to cook, (eat or benefit from) milk and meat together, and how best to keep the Mitzvot around the Yamim Tovim. If someone stole in the olden days and had no money to pay back, we don’t send him to jail, we send him to a nice Jewish home as a slave where he is treated with respect and dignity and thereby recovers from his stealing habits...

At the end of the Sidra, Moshe goes up the mountain where he stays for 40 days and nights and learns all the Torah the Jewish people will ever learn! And he prepares to come down the mountain to give it to them, but wait few weeks for what happens in the end...

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adassa was poking her pen in the wood of her desk. It felt nice and relaxing just concentrating on making a scratch in the desk while listening to her teacher talk about life in medieval times. Before she knew it, she had made quite a large line in the desk. Hadassa felt a bit bad about it, but the desk had lots of other scratches from other students, so what did it matter?

Later that day during lunch hours, Hadassa and Liora went to the school library to get some new books to read. They lounged on the couch discussing all the homework they had to catch up on. Hadassa started picking at the couch covers, where the corner was coming away. She carried on pulling at it, bored with the conversation, making the hole even bigger.

“Why are you doing that?” said Liora.

“I don’t know,” mumbled Hadassa, “I guess I’m just bored.”

“Aren’t you causing damage to other people’s property by doing that?” asked Liora.

Hadassa frowned “Who cares if I pick it a bit more? It’s already broken. It doesn’t make a difference.”

The next lesson was kodesh and the topic was the sedrah of the week Mishpatim.

Miss Klein spoke about the many laws in the parsha, but Hadassa was only vaguely listening when Liora nudged her as Miss Klein spoke about damaging people’s property.

At the end of the lesson, Miss Klein made an announcement.

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“Now girls, please remember to pick up one of these hilchos shabbos booklets before you leave the classroom. Firstly, remember these belong to the school and will need to be returned at the end of the topic, so please keep them nice for other students to use. Secondly, I would like you to read the introduction by yourselves because tomorrow we will be having a quick quiz to see how much of the basics you know before we delve in.”

The class packed up their bags in excitement.

“I am going to study so hard. I really want to do well for Miss Klein,” said Hadassa excitedly.

Liora and Hadassa went to pick up a booklet each and left the room for

their next class.

Later that evening, after a delicious supper of salmon, noodles and green beans, Hadassa ran upstairs ready to study. She opened up her hilchos shabbos booklet and let out a gasp of horror. Someone had filled in all the letters of the first two pages of the introduction in black pen, making all the words unreadable! And someone had used a blue pen to doodle in the margins!

Hadassa put her head on her desk and moaned in frustration. How was she meant to learn now? She was never going to do well in the test if she couldn’t even read the words

of the booklet!

She hurried to the phone to see if she could catch Liora before it was too late to get some help from her.

When Liora picked up the phone, Hadassa started crying and telling Liora how frustrated she was. Hadassa spoke on and on to Liora wondering how someone could damage something that was not theirs and cause her such a problem.

Liora listened in silence, waiting patiently for the torrent of words to stop.

When Hadassa had finally run out of steam, Liora sighed patiently. “Hadassa, today in the library, you told me that it didn’t matter that you were picking at the couch and making the hole bigger because it was already broken and no-one would mind. These other girls who used the booklet before you, don’t you think they might have thought the same thing?”

Hadassa stopped sniffing and became very quiet.

“Liora,” said Hadassa in a very small voice.

“You are right. I do exactly what those girls did. I didn’t realise what a big mistake I was making assuming I could make the hole bigger on the couch with no thought about how it could affect other people or whether it was the right thing to do. I am so sorry. I am going to be much more careful in the future. And no more scratching at desks for me either.”

“That’s great,” said Liora cheerfully. “And I’ll read out the introduction to you now so that we can study for this test together.”

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In a nutshell The Jews have received the Torah and reached amazing levels of holiness, and now its time to teach how one should act as a good Jew and that not only are the ten commandments so crucial but how we treat our fellow’s money is also important, and of course, how we treat another person and act with care for their feelings is also so important.

The Sidra contains fifty-three Mitzvot in total, so it’s quite busy.

The sidra begins with the laws of the Jewish slave, who is sold in order to help him to repay a theft that he committed.

It contains the laws of animals, humans and their creations causing damage. A lot of these laws form the basis of how Halacha considers who is responsible for road traffic accidents for example. So although when hearing the Sidra you

come across scenarios that sound like they are a bit “last season”, what you are really hearing is principles that our wise Sages were able to apply to modern life.

The Parsha also contains the Mitzva of lending money to a friend in need.

What about if you are asked to take care of an item for someone, say a crystal vase, and it gets stolen? Or lost? Or broken? How about if you borrow your friend’s pen and lose it? All these laws are based in this week’s Sidra. One must be careful with how one treats Geirim – converts.

The laws of some of the Yomim Tovim – the Jewish festivals are also enumerated as are some of the Mitzvot that are to be kept when visiting the Beit Hamikdash.

Cooking meat and milk is also forbidden –

Word Wheel The goal of a word wheel puzzle is to create as many words possible with the letters in the word wheel.

Each word must contain at least three letters. You can only use each letter once and every word must have the letter in the centre of the wheel.

one of those Mitzvot that we don’t know the full reason for, but trust that if that is what Hashem has commanded, we keep to it no matter what.

The Rabbis extended this to chicken too. This is forbidden even if the cook has no intention of eating the mixture.

Hashem says that He will be bringing the Jewish people to the Holy Land, and that when they arrive, they should make certain not to learn from the idolatrous ways of the residents there.

The famous statement of “Naaseh Venishma” is expressed by the Jewish people towards the end of the Sidra, though some commentaries explain that this actually occurred prior to Matan Torah.

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Rashford winner sends United into Sixteen-goal Lions Champions league spots

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The race for Champions League places is wide open after Marcus Rashford scored an injury time winner for Manchester United against West Ham at Old Trafford.

RedsSAFFER sit in fourth spot in an intriguing BYThe DAVID Premier League battle with just four points separating United, West Reiss Mogilner scored sixHam, goals Tottenham as Maccabi Hotspur, Lions Arsenal and Wolves.

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Lions boss was lost for words at full time Tottenham a farfrom tougher task and such was the had display his team who wentevery downrespect to a 2-0todefeat at Chelsea who gave the opposition. remain in third place.

“I’m not really sure there’s anything to Hakim Ziyech home in the second say, we are happyfired to make it through to the half before Silva headed in a Mason next round Thiago of the cup, ” he commented.

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“The wasside outstanding and was a Theeffort Premier led early in theitsecond deserved win.Raiders ” half only for to equalise but struck two late goals to book a place in round three of the competition.

Hendon now turn their attentions to the league as they travel to Oakwood A for a crucial top of the table clash on Sunday (10am).

Daniel Kristall’s team stunned the league leaders last month when they won 2-0, a

BY DAVID SAFFER victory would move them to within a point Premier League of Hendon with afavourites match in Hendon hand. United Sports claimed a hard Elsewhere in the latestfought round2-1 of fivictory xtures, against Maccabi London Galaxy FC. 10-man North London made it a Rocky Spitzer struck both goals.

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Wolves are outsiders for a top-four spot but enjoyed a deserved 2-1 win against Brentford.

The game was halted for 25 minutes in the first half due to a clash of heads then a drone over the Brentford Community Stadium. When the game resumed Joao Moutinho opened the scoring before Ivan Toney equalised. Ruben Neves earned the points 12 minutes from time. Bees boss Thomas Frank was dismissed for a yellow card after the final whistle.

League leaders Manchester City’s run of 12 successive wins ended as Southampton held them to a 1-1 draw at St Mary’s 16-goal Maccabi London Lions Stadium.

Kyle Walker-Peters scored a superb seventh-minute only Galaxy for Aymeric must-win game,” opener commented player-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. Leigh crossed the first one into Cohen Oscar Wagner baggedUp a to Sharpshooter finish, before slotting home himself. brace, Jordan to first we go.” Nathan and Alex Moss also hitTh the e target.

Division Two title race also took Avi Goldberg the a HMH twist manager with league leaders praised Herstwood display.

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Laporte to level in the second half. Kevin De Bruyne, Rodri and Gabriel Jesus all struck woodwork for City but Saints deserved a share of the spoils.

City boss Pep Guardiola told Sky Sports: “The result was not good, but in terms of performance and the way we played, it was excellent.”

Liverpool have a game in hand on City and reduced the lead at the top to nine points after a 3-1 win at Crystal Palace.

Virgil van Dijk headed home before Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain doubled the lead. Odsonne Edouard hit back for the hosts only for Fabinho to slot in a penalty late on after a VAR check.

Reds boss Jurgen Klopp was delighted with the win in the absence of Sadio Mane, Mo Salah and Naby Keita at the African Nations Cup. He told Sky Sports: “It was a big three points for us. It is very important. We did it the hard way but we did it.”

Norwich City moved out of the relegation spots after a 3-0 win against 10-man Watford who slipped into the bottom three.

Josh Sargent struck twice including an acrobatic hooked opener off the underside of the crossbar.

Juraj Kucka made it three before Watford’s Emmanuel Dennis saw red with a second yellow card.

Norwich boss Dean Smith told BBC Sport:

“We are in a results business, we needed the result today and it certainly gives everyone a lift.”

Watford’s Claudio Ranieri told BBC Sport: “It is not possible to continue in this way because this way we go straight into the Championship. We have to react immediately.”

Managerless Everton are in a relegation scrap following a 1-0 defeat against Aston Villa at Goodison Park. Emiliano Buendia’s first half header moved Steven Gerrard’s side into midtable security.

Everton caretaker boss Duncan Ferguson told BBC MOTD: “We have got to get it right now, we are starting to slip down there so need to get a result very soon.”

Newcastle United picked up only a second win of the season with a hard fought against Leeds courtesy of a Jonjo Shelvey 75th minute free-kick at Elland Road.

Eddie Howe’s side had goalkeeper Martin Dubravka to thank for a point blank save from Dan James before Shelvey sealed a huge win to move the Geordies within a point of Norwich.

Howe told BBC Sport: “We hope to use it as a turning point in our season, we need to, we need more wins so fingers crossed.”

Leicester City and Brighton shared the DAVID SAFFER spoils at King Power Stadium.PHOTO: Substitute Danny Welbeck scored late on after Patson Daka had opened the scoring for the hosts.

“It was a proper old school performance, we battled and defended for the 90 minutes and took our chances. Experience proved Stoke four clear of Borussia Jewdinese London Athletico moved to within a win to bearethe winner. ” who thumped fourth-placed Brook Farm of Division Two league leaders Geez Park

Spitzer double keeps Hendon on track Rovers 5-0 at home. Prolific striker Reiss Mogilner scored four goals.

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