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Concern grows for missing Moishe The search for missing orthodox teenager Moishe Kleinerman continues BY ADAM MOSES
Shabbat marks 100 days since the 16-year-old from Modi’in Illit failed to return home. Police have struggled to make a make a breakthrough despite large scale searches of specific areas in the heart-wrenching case. News however broke on Tuesday of a suspect being arrested in connection with Moishe’s disappearance in April. A Jewish man in his 30s will reportedly attend a hearing to extend his Avraham Moshe (Moishe) Kleinerman detention at Jerusalem’s Magistrate’s Court. the investigation. Kikar H’Shabbat reported the Channel 14 News published a development but no further video of a suspect. details were allowed to be pubPolice are reportedly fearful for lished due to a one-month gag Moishe though not from terror order issued by an Israeli court activity. It is believed he did not requested by the police regarding cross Israel’s border.
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Israel U19 reach Euro final Israel U19 face England U19 in the European Championship final in Slovakia. Manager Ofir Haim described the match as David vs Goliath as the Three Lions will be favourites to lift the trophy having defeated the Israeli youngsters in the group phase. Israel have already made
history by reaching the final of a major tournament. Prior to this season the U17 team led by Yossi Benayoun finished third in the tournament. On a historic night for the squad, Israel stunned France 2-1 on Tuesday night to reach the finale courtesy of a Souleymane Toure own goal and El Yam Kancepolsky
It was reported yesterday that Police resumed searching an area near Meron. A police source reportedly told Kikar yesterday, “We haven’t yet cracked the question of ‘Where’s Moishe?’ The arrest and development in the investigation still haven’t led to finding him but we hope to find him within days.” The last time witnesses saw Moishe was on Mount Meron. Police have stated that Moishe’s disappearance was reported on April 2nd. To complicate matters there have been unsubstantiated reports that Moishe was seen at Kerestir, Hungary last month. Am Yisrael Chai Fund pledged NIS 50k for “concrete’ information to find Moishe. Ami
Magazine also pledged $10k along with two private $27.5k donations to aid the search. Public pressure and media interviews with Moishe’s parents resulted in police increasing the search of the Meron area for the Charedi teen but they have proved unsuccessful. Moishe’s mother Gitty has criticised police efforts. Modiin Illit commander, Deputy Superintendent Alon Kalfon, said there has been widespread searches including military units in springs, mikvaos, shuls and kivrei tzaddikim. A special investigative team has been formed at the Crime Investigation Unit. The public has been asked to daven for Avraham Moshe ben Gittel.
second half goal. Alan Virginius scored for the French but Israeli keeper Tomer Zarfati made a numTomer Zarfati ber of saves to secure the victory. Despite the task ahead Haim is looking forward to the challenge.
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Lapid ready to be 14th Prime Minister BY DAVID SAFFER
Yair Lapid is set to be installed as Israel’s 14th Prime Minister. The third and final vote to dissolve the Knesset last night was expected to pass prompting a fifth election in three years. The initial step towards a new leadership was a preliminary vote that passed 53-0 on Tuesday. The second step went through yesterday afternoon. Lapid will succeed Naftali Bennett, who held the post for 12 months. Bennett’s coalition was due to end at midnight. Only a surprise deal can save the present government. “What we need to do today is go back to the concept of Israeli unity, not let dark forces tear us apart from within” said Lapid, who will also remain Foreign Minister. Bennett will take up the position of alternate Prime Minister and heads Israel’s global Iran policy. One of the first duties for Lapid will be welcoming US President Joe Biden to Jerusalem next month. Bennett’s coalition and former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyau’s opposition have agreed on new elections to take place on October 25 or November 1. A proposed bill barring a person under indictment forming a government will not be part of the present Knesset. Netanyahu
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faces corruption charges but will not be stopped from becoming Prime Minister should he win the forthcoming election. Bennett, Yair Lapid and Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman appealed for support from opposition MKs for the NIS 150 billion Metro Bill not to be further stalled. “Israel is a modern country that lacks
a subway system like New York, Paris or London, and that is why we face perpetual traffic jams,” explained Bennett. “This is not a right or left issue. If the legislation is not passed now, it will be pushed off for many years and our children will pay the price. Whenever we’re stuck in traffic, Israelis will remember that some self-seeking politicians prevented them from taking the subway for dubious reasons.” Israel’s cabinet duly approved the ‘One Million’ plan to reduce private car travel and one million trips a day within a year. The programme will improve congestion on roads, the public transport system, eliminate incentives for owning a car and accelerate changes in the work place. Bennett and Transport Minister Merav Michaeli proposed the initiative. “The ‘One Million’ plan is a significant message to the Israeli public,” noted Bennett. Michaeli added, “We all feel the congestion on our roads. Today more than ever we understand that the solution goes further than public transport and using trains and buses, walking and cycling. The ‘One Million’ plan is great news for Israelis.” Michaeli added that partners understood the “magnitude of the problem” and had made an effort to ensure the programme was approved and implemented. Bennett called on ministers to complete
the dissolution of the Knesset at his cabinet meeting on Sunday. “This was an excellent government, which depended on a complex coalition,” he said. “There is here a group of people who knew how to put aside ideological differences, rise above and act for the State of Israel. “There are governments that last but which have few achievements, ours was a short-lived government with great achievements, a “together for the people” government that got things done. This was a term that will be remembered well and each one of us will have a share in it.” He added, “Together, we put hundreds of thousands of unemployed back to work, we restored the shattered deterrence that we inherited vis-a-vis Hamas, we provided the first quiet year in the lives for the children who live in Ashkelon, Sderot and Netivot. Together, led by the Finance Minister, we brought Israel from economic collapse to growth. We lowered the astronomic deficit to zero. Mainly, we proved that it is possible to work vigorously and honestly, together, for the citizens of Israel.” Bennett signalled the end of the coalition last week. “We fought like lions, down to the very last moment, until it simply became impossible,” Bennett told Channel 12 news.
Missing WWII Sefer Torah found BY JOSH ARONSON
A missing Torah scroll from World War Two has been discovered in Poland and returned to Israel. The astonishing story came about after information from a Polish tour guide regarding ancient Sifrei Torah being put up for sale by Polish nationals surfaced. Rabbi Yosef Lynn, a dean of Machon Yaakov Institute and founder of the Jewish Conference on Psychology, heard about the Torah scrolls from the tour guide and flew to a town in the Radom suburb, between Warsaw and Lublin, where there have been no Jews for many years. Rabbi Lynn inspected them and agreed with the occupants on a price. He returned to Israel to raise the money needed for their purchase. “I worked for three years to get the money, until one of my students heard about it and started an online “Gofundme” campaign,” Rabbi Lynn
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told Maariv newspaper. “Within a few days the money was raised.” Last month, after 80 years in the hands of Poles, the scrolls arrived in Israel. “One of the people who was privileged PHOTO: RABBI YOSEF LYNN to carry them in their arms is Rabbi Yosef Levkovich, a Holocaust survivor and a former Nazi hunter,” said Rabbi Lynn. In a social media post, he wrote, “Who believed that a Torah scroll that disappeared in the war would be held years later by a Holocaust survivor? Miracles do happen. Being part of a journey that lasted more than three years is a great privilege”. This article was first printed in Maariv Newspaper WHAT’S INSIDE THIS WEEK 04 News 12 Opinion 15 14 Games Community 16 20 Community Judaism 18 27 Feature Family Fun 26 30 Expert Advice
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Disgraced ZAKA founder dies Disgraced ZAKA founder Yehuda Meshi-Zahav passed away in Jerusalem yesterday. Once respected across Israeli communities he resigned over abuse allegations in a major scandal shortly after winning the Israel Prize ‘Lifetime Achievement’ award in March 2021. Meshi-Zahav, 62, returned Israel’s highest civilian honour. Zaka expressed “shock and astonishment”. Alleged crimes were reportedly known to the Charedi community who were accused of shielding him. Meshi-Zahav denied all charges, but stepped down over the exposé. Following a suicide attempt at his
Jerusalem apartment he was hospitalised until his death. Allegations by Haaretz led to a police investigation. The statute of limitations ran out on five of six cases. A sixth case was investigated. A police investigation over allegations in 2011 closed due to lack of evidence. Meshi-Zahav set up ZAKA in 1995 after attending a terror attack that killed 16 people in 1989.
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Glowing tributes have been paid to Marina Smith MBE who co-founded the UK National Holocaust Centre and Museum in Nottinghamshire, Beth Shalom. The Centre’s first Education Director, Marina launched the world renowned site in 1995 with sons, James and Stephen Smith, inspired by a family trip to Israel over a decade earlier. Marina, who received an MBE for services to Holocaust remembrance and education in 2005, passed away aged 87 after a short illness. Her legacy will benefit generations of youngsters in Holocaust education. Respected by global Jewish communities Marina encouraged children to talk with Shoah survivors. She set up a speakers’ programme of survivors at the centre and for talks around the UK. Holocaust Memorial Day Trust CEO Olivia Marks-Woldman led many tributes. “We are devastated to hear that Marina has passed away,” she said in a statement. “Originally known as Beth Shalom Holocaust Centre, it now houses the only national museum in the UK dedicated to teaching about, and learning lessons from, the Holocaust.” HMDT’s chief recalled how the centre came about. “Visiting it (Israel) in the late 1990s was
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a shock, here was the Jewish community's collective pain and recent history on display, sensitively understood and relayed by a Christian family, urging responsibility by all for human respect and tolerance,” Marks-Woldman said. “Marina was an immense force for good, she was driven by her deep Christian faith and the strong belief that the Holocaust is deeply meaningful and significant for everyone. Establishing more than a physical Centre, she formed close bonds with Holocaust survivors and has made a profound and positive impact on the lives of many thousands of people. “Marina, and the whole Smith family, have made a significant difference to the UK and the way we all learn about and commemorate the Holocaust. The impact of Marina's inspirational behaviour and deeds should not be under-estimated.” Marks-Woldman added that HMDT had many reasons to be indebted to Marina and her family. “We will continue to mourn the loss of Marina, whilst celebrating her rich and impactful life, and the legacy she has left behind,” she noted. Professor Yehuda Bauer, Yad Vashem, recalled visiting Beth Shalom and was impressed by its originality that was a combination of “past, present and possibly future”. He noted, “Marina was everywhere,
looking after amenities, food, content of the meetings, the survivors, and not only of the Holocaust, and the publications. The contacts developed, with both brothers, to this day, and Marina and Eddie were the anchors for their ships. I did not know Marina well, but what I experienced with her was a warm, almost cosy, atmosphere.” Born in Kolkata, India, 1934, Marina moved with her family to Ireland aged four. Attending Wesley College in Dublin, she went to England aged 14 and gained a Certificate in Religious Education from Westminster College, Oxford. Whilst Head of Religious Education at Spondon Park Grammar School in Derbyshire, she met Rev Eddie Smith of Ilkeston Methodist Chapel. Married in 1964, a decade later the family lived in Ollerton, a North Nottinghamshire mining town. In 1976, Marina became a full time Minister’s wife. Two years later they resigned and renovated ‘Beth Shalom’ - ‘House of Peace’, as a conference and retreat centre for people of all walks of Christian life. But everything changed after a family trip to Israel in 1981. Rev Smith recalled on the national centre’s website, “This was a turning point for us as a couple and a family. We enjoyed being in Israel, discovering some of our spiritual and theological roots in Judaism.
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“A decade later when the boys shared a desire to start a Holocaust Centre at Beth Shalom with Marina, she was enthusiastic to support them, knowing that they had important work to do. A few years later in 1995, the Beth Shalom Holocaust Centre was opened. Marina’s desire all along was that Beth Shalom should be a place of memory for the Holocaust survivors. As was always her principle, it should foremost be a place they could recognise as their own. A place to feel at home in.” The National Holocaust Centre is the birthplace of the Aegis Trust for genocide prevention. The Trust recalled on its website that as a former Religious Education teacher, Marina understood the importance of the Centre’s work in shaping the attitudes of future generations. “Its aim is to combat racism, antisemitism and the kind of discrimination that leads to the exclusion of ‘the other’,” they noted. “Her pedagogical knowledge and experience of teaching in the classroom were fundamental to the creation and implementation of a highly successful Holocaust education programme.” The Trust was commissioned to establish the Kigali Genocide Memorial following a visit to the Centre by Rwandan officials in 2002. Attending its opening in 2004 was one of Marina’s last engagements as a Director of the Centre. But ‘retirement’, The Trust recalled, was not a word in Marina’s lexicon. They wrote, “Every day, she would be hosting visiting survivor speakers, writing and responding to an endless flow of correspondence, and providing love, wisdom, prayer, hugs and afternoon tea to all comers. Her ability to understand, deeply connect with and care about people on an individual basis was legendary. Most people feel suspicion when they encounter pure goodness. They are unused to it and initially do not know how to react. However, to be touched and encompassed by Marina’s love is such a privilege,” The Trust recalled a touching tribute by Lady Amelie Jakobovits following a visit. The late Chief Rabbi’s wife offered a fitting epitaph. She wrote, “The Centre you and the men of your life have created is unique in its beauty and the depth of its teaching. For this, no one on Earth can thank you enough, only the A-lmighty can do so.” Marina is survived by her husband Eddie, sons Stephen and James, and seven grandchildren. The Smith family has invited pledges to honour Marina’s legacy at www.marinahsmithfoundation.org/
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Don’t “mess with Israel” warns Bennett attacks but Gantz called on companies and individual to take responsibility in protecting customers, assets and the security of the State of Israel. Gantz was also clear who led the threat. “The leader of global, conventional terrorism is Iran,” he said. “This is also true for “cyber terrorism”. “Iran threatens to damage global infrastructure, it aims to spread fear and it even attempts to influence democratic processes and governments. This was the case when Iran attempted to influence the U.S. presidential election, and this was also true, in many additional cases that Israel is aware of.” Gantz noted that Iran operates through proxies including Hezbollah regarding cyber. He observed, “Governments and democracies are tasked not only with defence but also with deterrence. We must charge a heavy price from those who attempt to harm us. This is how Israel operates. The cyber dimension is boundless, but it is not without traces. “Israel faces repeated attempted attacks, mainly by Iran, which challenges us in the cyber domain just as it does in the air, in the sea, and on land. It is important to emphasise that Israel knows the cyber systems and operation methods of its opponents.” Gantz explained that Israel had identified Iranian hacker groups operating against
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Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has warned Iran not to “mess with Israel”. Speaking at the annual cyber week at Tel Aviv University on Tuesday, Israel’s leader had a stark warning for Iran. “My attitude in general when it comes to our enemies, especially Iran, is that we do not work to create destruction and terror, this has never been our policy,” he said. “My policy is that if you mess with Israel, you will pay a price. You will not be able to harm Israel through proxies, Hezbollah or Hamas, thinking you can get away with it.” Bennett noted that it was possible nowadays to harm the ‘enemy’ through cyber warfare. “All you need is a few people and a keyboard,” he said. “In the end, cyber will become the most prominent area of combat in the future.” Bennett added, “I am quite surprised by the shortage, or relative shortage, of cyber tools used in the Ukraine war. At the geopolitical level, we see a lot of investment around the world in cyber attacks.” Israel’s leader spoke about recent cyber attacks on Israeli infrastructure. “At the end of the day, companies have a personal responsibility that they must take on,” he observed. “If our customers’ information is hacked, it’s the companies’ problem. At the national level, Israel’s cyber
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defence system works with companies to help them defend themselves. Just as there is nuclear deterrence, there will be cyber deterrence.” Defence Minister Benny Gantz spoke about the dangers of cyber attackers. “They know how to attack individuals, companies, organisations and state infrastructure,” he said. “Today, we face over a thousand attacks per year.” Israel has been successful in stopping
Israel and other countries around the world. “These new proxies are “terrorists with keyboards” yet they are just like any other terrorist,” he noted. We know who they are, we target them and those who direct them. They are in our sights as we speak and not just in the cyber space. Not a single attack on Israel’s citizens will go by silently.” Gantz added, “The responsibility for such attacks lies with the countries and terror groups that fund and guide them. There is a variety of possible responses to cyber-attacks in and outside of the cyber domain.” Israel’s defence establishment is constantly assessing human resources, training and missions. They will also examine the organisation and operation of the cyber domain in the coming years. “Israel must maintain and develop its cyber capabilities,” said Gantz. “It is essential for our security and Qualitative, Military and Technological Edge in the region. The State of Israel must continue to hold these capabilities, which are great value to our partners. “Iran is first a global challenge, then a regional challenge and only finally it is a threat to the State of Israel. The same goes for the cyber dimension. We work closely with our partners. Together we can prevent significant harm to the citizens of the region and the world. “Cyber will become increasingly central to Israel’s security.”
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Antisemitism has “no place” in football says Villiers BY DAVID SAFFER
Theresa Villiers has told MPs antisemitism has no place in football. The Chipping Barnet MP was speaking at a Westminster Hall debate last week when she called for clubs, The Premier League, Football Association and police to do more to stamp out antisemitism. Villiers has been a staunch campaigner over many years to tackle prejudice against the Jewish community. The Tory parliamentarian tabled the debate following a discussion with Action Against Discrimination chairman Jonathan Metliss who has highlighted the issue for many years. “Although much good work has been done to seek to drive racism out of football, it remains a problem in the game, as it does in wider society,” she explained. “I want to focus today on anti-Jewish racism. I feel that it does not get the attention it deserves and that the gravity of the harm that it causes is not fully recognised.” The former Northern Ireland and
Environment Secretary said other forms of racism were present in football and cited abuse of England players Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka on social media after the Euro 2020 final. Villiers listed recent antisemitic offences in the debate, including last year’s proposed Super League that prompted anti-Jewish hate on social media. Vitriol was directed at Chelsea, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur owners. “Vile tropes and stereotypes were deployed and Jews were accused of “ruining football”, she told MPs. Villers noted that antisemitism in football grounds included Nazi salutes and racist chants. This was often directed against Tottenham. “We need much more serious consequences for racism and antisemitism where it is displayed in football grounds," she explained. Villiers went on to note the example of Chelsea’s ‘Say No To Antisemitism’ campaign. The Stamford Bridge club were the first to
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adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s definition of antisemitism two years ago. The Premier League adopted the IHRA definition in December 2020. Other clubs have followed. The Football League and FA took up the mantle on Holocaust Memorial Day last year. While initiatives to root out antisemitism in football are welcomed more should be done, Villiers said. “The professional game needs to take this issue much more seriously than it does currently,” she added. “It needs to deploy far more resources to combating antisemitism, holding those responsible for it to account and making it clear to its supporters that antisemitism is wholly unacceptable.” Villiers noted that football match day programmes should help supporters understand antisemitism. “They need to be made aware of the hurt and harm caused by antisemitism,” she observed. “Urgent action is also needed to crack down on the online manifestation of football-related anti-Jewish racism. “The police need to take action when those offences are committed. They need to take antisemitic crime in the football arena much more seriously than they do at the moment, and there needs to be enforcement against this kind of behaviour online, as well.” Villiers added, “In July last year, the Government announced that football banning orders would be extended to cover racist attacks on footballers on social media,
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Turkey travel terror warning lowered BY ADAM MOSES
Israel’s National Security Council counter-terrorism division has lowered the travel warning for Istanbul. A week on from an imminent terror attack the NSC reduced the threat to Level 3 but the travel warning level will be monitored. Turkish and Israeli security services have worked together to thwart Iranian efforts to harm Israeli citizens in Istanbul. A number of Iranian terrorist cells operating under the Revolutionary Guards have been identified and arrests made. An intermediate threat recommendation to avoid non-essential travel to Turkey is now in place but the NSC recommends travel to Turkey is evaluated as Iranian efforts to carry out attacks is a concern. The NSC has stressed that no travel details or photos should be posted on social media to Turkey in real time. Family contact details in Israel should also not be shared, along with being alert, avoiding displaying Israeli indicators, discussing Israeli security and contact with strangers. Prime Minister Naftali Bennett thanked security forces in Israel and Turkey for their efforts in recent months especially the past few weeks to stop attacks. “Our actions were successful and safeguarded human life,” he said. “We are
gradually returning to routine but I call on Israelis to be alert.” Around 2,000 Israelis were believed to be in Turkey last week. Israeli security raised the alert to its highest after reports of a terror cell aiming to murder or kidnap Israeli tourists emerged. Media outlets in Israel gave accounts of Israelis being taken to the airport without belongings with Iranian operatives waiting in hotel rooms. Government officials advised cancellation to travel plans and the NSC told Israelis to leave Istanbul. Tourists in hotels were told not to open doors to room service and be aware of suspicious persons' in public areas. Bennett thanked Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for cooperating with Jerusalem "on all levels". Defence Minister Benny Gantz briefed the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee outlining different responses including potential targets to attack. Istanbul had an alert rating on the same level as Iran, Afghanistan and Burkina Faso. The NSC called on Israelis to avoid traveling to Turkey and destinations bordering Iran following high-profile deaths that Tehran blames on Israel. They also increased issued guidelines to Israeli tourists.
CAA concern over antisemitism at Goldsmiths BY LILLY JOSEPH
Campaign Against Antisemitism has voiced concern over Goldsmiths, University of London, adopting the International Definition of Antisemitism without “case studies” and the Jerusalem Declaration. CAA’s comments followed Goldsmiths announcing it would hold an “independent review” into antisemitism at the College in the aftermath of Professor David Hirsh allegedly being called a “far right white supremacist” by the then-Students’ Union President. The Students’ Union refused to investigate former President Sara Bafo despite university requests to do so. Bafo’s alleged tweet was said to have been a response to a tweet from Hirsh. CAA offered its stance on the furore. A spokesperson observed, “The examples contained within the International Definition are integral to it and the Jerusalem Declaration is a document that would wreck adoption of the International Definition even had it been adopted in full. Through this cynical manoeuvring, the University has shown itself to be intent on appearing to tackle antisemitism, whilst in fact doing nothing of value to protect its Jewish students and staff. We can see how these actions could well contribute to legal action against the University by students and staff in the future and we would
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be interested to hear from anyone who has suffered from antisemitism at Goldsmiths.” Frances Corner, Warden of Goldsmiths supported Hirsh over “unwarranted messages” about him on social media that were “utterly without foundation”. “These kinds of behaviours are completely unacceptable and will always be challenged,” she said. “As Warden I want to make it clear that this kind of conduct is not in line with the College’s values and that it brings harm to individuals as well as our good reputation as a place of learning.” Hirsh said it was the first time anybody in authority at Goldsmiths had “publicly supported” him. He noted, “The task of seriously addressing the antisemitic hostile environment at a place like Goldsmiths is formidable. Anything that might be done would, in the short term at least, be met by significant antisemitic opposition. One of the predictable effects of taking antisemitism seriously would be to increase the hostility of the environment for Jewish scholars and students. This is not a justification for inaction, it is a statement of the embeddedness of the problem.” Students concerned about campus antisemitism can telephone CAA on 0330 8220321 or email campus@antisemitism.org
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A 101-year-old Nazi camp guard at Sachsenhausen death camp has been jailed for five years by a German court. Josef Schutz denied involvement in mass killings but was found guilty on Tuesday of being an accessory to murder at Brandenburg’s Landgericht Neuruppin Court. Historians estimate 40,000 to 50,000 were killed at Sachsenhausen in Oranienburg, north of Berlin. Schutz denied involvement of crimes but prosecutors said he “knowingly and willingly” participated in the murders of 3,518 prisoners. Judge Udo Lechtermann said, “The court has come to the conclusion that, contrary to what you claim, you worked in the concentration camp as a guard for about three years. You willingly supported this mass extermination with your activity.” The case against Schutz was made by prosecutors using SS documents. Dr Efraim Zuroff, Chief Nazi Hunter at the Simon Wiesenthal Centre, described the trial on Podcast Against Antisemitism last March as “an important reminder of the terror of the camp”. Zuroff noted, “Every generation needs its own reminders and the passage of time in no way diminishes the guilt of the killers. What people have to remember is today they look
old and frail but when they committed these crimes they were young people full of energy and they devoted all their energy to murder innocent men, women and children simply because they were Jews or other enemies of the Reich.” Chief Rabbi Goldschmidt, Conference of European Rabbis President stated, “Murder is a crime that cannot be washed away by the passage of time. It is impossible to procure justice for his victims.” Over 200,000 people including Jews, Roma and Nazi opponents were detained at Sachsenhausen between 1936 and 1945. Thousands were murdered or died from forced labour before Soviet troops liberated the camp according to Sachsenhausen Memorial and Museum. Jewish prisoners who survived at Sachsenhausen by 1942 were sent to Auschwitz death camp. After the war, Schuetz was transferred to a prison camp in Russia before working as a farmer and locksmith in Germany. He was at liberty during the trial, which began last year. Schutz was tried under German legislation that anyone associated with a Nazi death camp can be prosecuted for accessory to murder. Due to his age it is uncertain Schutz will serve time but the verdict is essential for history. His lawyer is expected to appeal the verdict.
Cyber chief warning over attacks BY LEAH WAXLER
Gaby Portnoy, Director General of Israel National Cyber Directorate in his first public speech presented the new INCD project aimed to weaken cyber-attacks. Portnoy overviewed the INCD's new project, Cyber-Dome: An analogy to Israel's Iron-Dome at the annual Cyber Week event led by INCD and Tel-Aviv University Cyber Research Center. INCD data presented in the conference revealed 1,500 attacks were halted in the last year. Regarding attackers, Portnoy said, "There is no longer only one-type of an ideological official enemy. On the one hand, Iran has become our dominant rival in cyber, together with, Hezbollah and Hamas. We see them, we know how they work, and we are there. On the other hand, the spectrum also was stretched to attackers, attack groups, proxies, independent crime-organisations and private people". As for the new project, he observed, "The Cyber-Dome will elevate national cyber-security by implementing new mechanisms in the national cyber perimeter, reducing the harm from cyber-attacks at scale. It will also provide tools and services to elevate the protection of the national assets as a whole. The Dome is a new big-data, AI, overall approach
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to proactive-defense. It will synchronise nation-level real-time detection, analysis, and mitigation of threats.” Portnoy added, "We need to protect our national assets in the best possible way and make cybersecurity protocols we use for critical infrastructure available for more sectorial organisations - government and private.” The new director general warned, "You cannot fight cyber aggression alone. You have to have partners, at home, in your defense community, in the government, in the different sectors, in the academy, in the private sector and around the world.”
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Judge dismissed West Ham fans’ appeal BY ADAM MOSES
A judge has rejected an application to dismiss the case against two West Ham supporters charged with racially aggravated harassment of an orthodox man on a Ryanair flight last year. Lee Carey, 55, and Jak Bruce, 31, were arrested in connection with the disturbing incident on a flight to Eindhoven in November 2021. West Ham supporters were videoed chanting an antisemitic song apparently at a Chasidic passenger. Fans were travelling to a match between The Hammers and KRC Genk in Belgium. Campaign Against Antisemitism welcomed Judge Walker's decision to reject the application so the suspects can be heard. A spokesperson said, “This incident was not the first time a minority of West Ham supporters have engaged in grotesque antisemitic abuse.” Jonathan Metliss, Action Against Discrimination Chairman, noted, “AAD is delighted at this decision. Antisemitism of this nature is odious and unacceptable.
Having said that, the delay and time it takes to deal and address these issues is not good enough and should be expedited. The campaign to address and combat antisemitism is far from over but is at least gaining some traction.” Last month, the defendants attempted to get the case dismissed before Judge Loram at Chelmsford Crown Court, arguing the court lacked jurisdiction under the Civil Aviation Act. Jewish organisations and West Ham blasted the incident caught on camera. West Ham confirmed it had banned two supporters for life, although it is not known if those fans are the defendants in this case. Jewish organisations recently praised a ruling against a West Ham fan being banned from attending football matches for three years. Daniel Garner, 26, performed Nazi salutes to Austrian supporters during a Europa League game with Rapid Vienna
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Unilever will continue to sell Ben & Jerry’s ice cream in Israeli settlements. Franchisee Avi Zinger can produce the ice cream as he has for 35 years without issues. The Be’er Tuvia factory employs Israelis and Palestinians workers. Ben & Jerry’s drew global headlines when they announced last year it was to stop selling its products in ‘occupied’ territories. “It is a significant victory for ever yone who believes in coPHOTO: SHUTTERSTOCK operation and coexistence, and a resounding defeat for those who advocate discrimination and boycotts,” said Zinger who thanked factory workers, Knesset MKs, US states, Jewish organisations and activists for backing the fight. “Anti-Semitism will not prevail,” Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said. “Not even in ice cream. We will fight against de-legitimisation and the BDS boycott movement in every arena” he said. “The Ben & Jerry’s factory in Israel is a symbol of diversity and co-existence in Israeli society.”
at the London Stadium last September. Garner, who was also fined £166, pleaded guilty at Stratford Magistrates’ Court to one count of using threatening or abusive or insulting words or behaviour to cause harassment or alarm or distress. A CAA spokesperson said, "Nazi gestures and antisemitism have no place in the beautiful game. We we call on other clubs to emulate this example of best practice." Metliss noted, “Football authorities and the police have to crack down much harder if a serious deterrent is to be created.” Nosheen Hussain, Crown Prosecution Service, described Garner’s conduct as “insulting and inciteful”. Hammers fans have previously been documented singing antisemitic chants or engaging in antisemitic abuse. West Ham and the Premier League have adopted the International Definition of Antisemitism.
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10,000 athletes set for Maccabiah Games BY DAVID SAFFER
Ten thousand athletes are making final preparations for 21st Maccabiah Games in Israel next month. A capacity 30,000 crowd will attend the opening ceremony at Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem on July 14th. Israeli Olympic medalists Linoy Ashram and Artem Dolgopyat will light the ceremonial torch. Torches will be carried by Tokyo Olympic medalist Avishag Semberg, swimmer Anastasia Gorbenko, Paralympic swimmers Mark Maliar and Iyad Shalabi, and Jewish-American baseball player Ian Kinsler. The four yearly games are the biggest sporting event in Israel and second largest in the world. Israeli and Jewish athletes from all over the world will participate. A UK delegation is among from 60 countries competing in dozens of sports supported by staff, fans and tourists. Sports events will be held throughout the country under the title 'Israel Celebrates Sport'. Details were revealed at a launch event attended by Maccabi World Union chairman, Amir Peled, Maccabiah CEO, Eyal Tiberger, along with past and present athletes including former basketball legends Tal Brody, Miki Berkowitz and Doron Jamchi, gymnasts Alex Shatilov and Nikol Zelikman, Paralympic basketballer Asael Shabo and Ninja Israel champions Yuval Shemla,
Matan Bello, Adam Brotman, Tel Aviv sees the gymnastics and Amor Paz and Sol Bocian. cycling in the Velodrome, TibeWave surfing, climbing, 3X3 rias hosts the sprint triathlon. basketball, motocross and padNetball competitions, table tendle are new sports in a plethora nis, squash and youth baseball of events. And after 33 years the is in Raanana, Ramat Hasharon weightlifting contest will return takes in Tennis Masters comto the Maccabiah. petitions. Cricket is in Ashdod and Lod. Hadera hosts judo and This year the Maccabiah will host Paralympic Games in a karate, Ganei Tikva fencing, Nof variety of sports. There will also HaGalil youth football, Ramat be a ‘special needs’ category for Gan paddle competitions, Dalathletes. iat El Carmel badminton, Gezer For the first time the games Maccabiah 2017 opening ceremony Regional Council softball and PHOTO: MACCABI WORLD UNION will be broadcasted live globally Sharona equestrian events. through Pixellot allowing families to watch with the official Maccabiah song, “Carnival” The Maccabiah, in cooperation with the by Jordan (Jordi) Peleg and Ron Biton. Eden Netanya Municipality, offers a sports family loved ones compete. “The games are a unique sports celebra- Ben Zaken and The Next Star winner Tamir complex at Poleg Beach that includes activtion,” said Maccabiah Chairman, Arik Ze’evi. Greenberg will also perform. ities for children, performances and food "The Maccabiah has grown over the years, Events take place across Israel including from around the world. there is not a single Olympic village that can in Jerusalem, Haifa, Netanya, Raanana, HaThousands of runners from Israel and accommodate it all. around the world will participate in the dera, Ashdod and Lod. “The State of Israel is going to be our OlymJerusalem hosts many sports including fourth Maccabiah in Jerusalem Night Race pic village with competitions and events football, basketball, athletics, futsal, tennis, takes place on July 18th. all over the country. The Maccabiah is an hockey and weightlifting. Haifa welcomes Runners will take in historic sights of inseparable part of the Israeli community.” Youth Maccabiah for football, basketball, Israel’s capital city including the Knesset, The highlight of the opening ceremony tennis, futsal, volleyball and netball while Science Museum, Hebrew University, Rose will be the traditional delegation parade of Netanya accommodates Masters (35+) in Garden and Givat Ram Stadium accompabasketball, football, tennis and volleyball. athletes. nied by lighting and music. Beach competitions include volleyball, Israeli flag bearers will include social orThere will also be the first Super-Enduro ganisations and associations. A salute to basketball 3x3, surfing, ninja, climbing and obstacle course in the National Park, Ramat historical sports heroes from Israel is part football. Gan and an extreme motorcycle compeof the ceremony. Entertainment will be proRugby, swimming, water-polo and futsal tition in city centres using natural urban vided by singer-songwriter Hanan Ben-Ari masters competitions takes place at Wingate. routes.
IMF presents firefighting ATV After stabilising the injured, the paramedic will transport him on a stretcher in the front Israel Magen Fund has presented a fully of the ATV to the waiting ambulance.” equipped firefighting ATV to volunteers IMF founder David Rose added, “This in the Binyamin Security Division in the fully-equipped ATV has already had its West Bank. ‘baptism of fire’. This is what we intendThe ATV is the second in a series of four ed, to provide state-of-the-art tools so that these dedicated volunteers, working and will be positioned in the Shiloh area. Binyamin head Israel Ganz noted that around the clock in challenging terrain, with over 18,000 emergency calls a month can work at maximum efficiency and from terror and arson attacks, hiking, biking speed.” and car accidents, volunteers work round Rose committed to raising funds for the remaining two the clock. “Thanks to ATVs required to service the this second ATV volunteer Kfar Adumim firefighters and Ofra areand paramedas in the Binics can reach yamin area, any incident, but also volunteers with regardless of the terrain and body cameras save lives,” he and drones. said. “We have The ATV was huge probdonated by Dr. lems with fires Victoria and and arson in Yaacov Dolev, Barry Segal and David Rose present the ATV Paul Sarvadi the Binyamin region and these ATVs have from Texas. Vision for Israel founder, Barry Segal, already proven their worth in saving lives.” Binyamin Security Division volunteer representing the Sarvadi family at the cerYaacov Dolev demonstrated how they can emony, recalled how he had been driven from his home in the Jerusalem hills twice maximise the ATV’s capabilities. “We have adapted the ATV to not only by fire. fight fires, but also to rescue the wounded IMF supports Israel’s medical and secuin terrain that we cannot reach by ambu- rity sectors through transparent, direct and lance,” he said. “We call it ‘scoop and run’. communicative giving. BY LILY JOSEPH
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When do we get involved? OPINION PIECE BY ROBERT FESTENSTEIN
Traditionally we have been keen to maintain a low profile, only raising our communal heads where we are directly affected. Typically this has meant kashrut and brit milah, as well as scanning the recently deceased in order to avoid a post mortem. More recently as has been covered in this column there have been issues over education and in particular the apparent failure by some religious schools to provide a decent secular education. There are some Jewish groups who have got involved with wider ranging matters, such as climate change and refugees. Anyone who has any interest in women’s rights will have seen that these are increasingly under attack, particularly from many activists. Last year Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust told staff to use terms like ‘birthing parents’ and ‘human milk’ rather than referring to ‘mothers’ milk’. If there has been Jewish input on these issues, they have not been reported on widely. In addition, where Jewish
commentary also appears to be missing is in relation to gender change, or gender reassignment as it is more often described. So why should either of these be of any concern to us? It is to be hoped that the answer is self-evident. I am sure that shuls are going to be reluctant to re-name the ladies toilets, though this is perhaps the least of the problems arising from this issue. What is of significant concern is the apparent ease with which children (by which I mean those under 18) can start the process to change gender. The NHS guidance on gender dysphoria (those with issues over their gender identity) makes reference to a number of matters, including the phrase: ‘From the age of 16, teenagers who’ve been on
hormone blockers for at least 12 months may be given cross-gender hormones, also known as gender-affirming hormones’. It is clear from this that a child of 15 can take drugs to enhance this effect. This literally life changing treatment is available to a child who meets the criteria. What is of concern is that the Jewish community appears to be taking no interest in this. Children can obtain treatment to ultimately have a gender-change in their late teens or early twenties. I am no psychologist though it is well known that an individual goes through many phases as they grow, into their teens and twenties, and often a view held by someone at 16 can develop into a completely opposite one by 18 or 21.
Society is allowing life changing decisions to be made by people who are not only vulnerable, but arguably not really able to take that decision.
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In other words, society is allowing life changing decisions to be made by people who are not only vulnerable, but arguably not really able to take that decision. Where is the protection for these children? We have reached this position by stealth, so that the status of women is now under challenge and vulnerable children are making decisions which perhaps they should not be making. Whilst these are not specifically Jewish issues, they are manifestly issues which face everyone and that includes us. I am not suggesting that gender reassignment should be stopped, just that there should be greater scrutiny of what is being done in the name of health, particularly where our children are concerned. Similarly, where women’s rights are being infringed, we need to be getting involved. These issues are far too important for us to think they are not relevant to our community. Robert Festenstein is a practising solicitor and has been the principal of his Salford based firm for over 20 years. He has fought BDS motions to the Court of Appeal and is President of the Zionist Central Council in Manchester which serves to protect and defend the democratic State of Israel.
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Today we continue to talk about how SMEs’ owners can protect themselves from the negative consequences of stagflation- a period of low output, rising unemployment and high inflation. The relatively rare economic phenomenon is mainly triggered by supply shocks or sudden rises in commodity prices. While the whole world will feel the effect of rising fossil fuel prices, the UK economy will experience it more than other developed nations in the G7. As the result, IMF predicts the growth to half to 1.2% in 2023, from the previously expected 2.3% and the inflation can go as high as 9%. All these macroeconomic conditions undoubtedly will have an impact on regular businesses. Mainly due to the slow-down in investments, higher cost to produce and an increase in late payments by their b2b clients. The key to not just surviving, but striving during an economic downturn
like this is to increase productivity and see where the processes can be improved. This way your business might get out stronger after the crisis than it was before. Kolleno, as a London-based startup is specialising in automating cash collections and digitising the accounts receivable management for companies of all sizes and is fit for all industries. Kolleno is continuing to share tips on how to make your business stagflation-proof.
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The current stagflation is not usual. Even though the unemployment rates are rising there are more vacancies available than there are unemployed writes Bloomberg. This can be connected to the “great resignation” and the fact that the younger generations (Millenials and Gen Z) are favouring mental health and well-being over careers that involve long working hours. For businesses it comes at a cost- to recruit a quality workforce is now becoming more expensive or the job should be more rewarding. To become a lucrative employer the businesses have to think about how they can decrease dull and repetitive tasks. Employees being bored is the number one reason (34%) why employees quit according to the Korn Ferry poll of nearly 5,000 professionals. Manually chasing the invoices is not the most rewarding task to perform, so it is another reason to delegate it to digital tools. Additionally, your employees worked hard to make that sale and they might feel uncomfortable reaching out to their clients with payment reminders.
after making their hard-earned sales. Connect Kolleno accounts receivable integration to your accounting software (Xero, QuickBooks), ERP (NetSuite, Clio), and many other business tools, and put your credit control and cash collection on the auto-pilot. The smart algorithm will identify what actions need to be done today to speed up collections, suggest your tone of voice, and even messaging. You can tailor the collection strategy and put it on auto-pilot. No more lost or forgotten invoices, no more going through excel sheets and trying to find words when you reach out to clients. Kolleno is capable of doing all of it on your behalf. Kolleno clients are benefiting from an improvement in their cash flow as quickly as three months after subscribing. Take, for example, NES Security, a client of Kolleno providing high-quality Security solutions in London ranging from Alarms, and CCTV to home automation services. In the past 3 months, the company has achieved this results: • 40% reduction in overall overdue balance • 46% reduction in 91+ overdue balance • 83 days decrease in median days late • 103 less of overdue invoices
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Jewish charities have thanked participants of the Maccabi GB community fun run on Sunday. The initiative is the largest event in the Jewish community and a huge part of the UK Jewish fundraising calendar going back to 2007. The event has raised over £1.5million for Jewish charities since its first step 15 years
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ago. The main event saw 1K, 5K and 10K distance races with a plethora of charities represented. Competitors of all ages and racing skill took part. Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis addressed Team GB who are taking part in the forthcoming Maccabiah Games in Israel.
“Thank you for connecting to your Judaism and Israel through sport,”. Amongst the many charities were Norwood with 26 participants at the fun run. People the charity support include Melanie, Gillian and Baruch who ran the 1km, other supporters ran a combination of events including CEO Dr Beverley Jacobson who ran the 10km. Norwood also had people they support volunteering on a charity stand. Camp Simcha had 90 runners to help support families with seriously ill children, including a few who are directly helped by the charity themselves. A third of Camp Simcha’s runners had been recruited by Crohn’s and Colitis charity JDigest to support a collaborative project between the two, to help children and teens with Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Over 70 runners, many with personal experience of Chai Cancer Care’s support, took part and raised £10,000 (and counting!) making it a huge success again. Energetic Chai participants aged six to 80 dusted off running shoes to take part in the varying distances. Fun Run veterans, father and son duo Phil
and Daniel Singer took part in the 5k run. They said, “We chose Chai in memory of our mum and grandma who passed away from cancer in 1998. We wanted to raise money to help Chai support those using their services now.” First time Chai runners Jonathan and Caroline Holman took in the 10k event. Jonathan said, “It was our pleasure to support Chai. My closest friend died of pancreatic cancer a month ago and his family are receiving incredible bereavement support from your organisation. A close friend is having treatment for cancer and finding therapy sessions at Chai a fantastic boost to wellbeing.” Kisharon had 28 people across 12 families participating. It is an event many people, including Debbie and Eli, at Kisharon support. The trio helped raise funds through fundraising pages. Emma Nagli, fundraising manager, said, “It was wonderful to see Kisharon support workers walking and running alongside the Kisharon family. Seeing everyone happy and thriving was memorable.”
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AJEX marks 40 years since Falklands war
Bushey shul thanking their volunteers
AJEX held a special service at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire during National Armed Forces Week. Over 80 members marked Jewish service to the Crown ahead of Armed Forces Day last Shabbat. AJEX Standards were led by National Chairman S/Sgt Dan Fox and Rabbi Major Reuben Livingstone. The commemoration remembered Jews who served in the Falklands War and continue to serve. The ceremony highlighted Jewish paratrooper, Pte Jason Burt, 17, fatally shot by an Argentine sniper in the Battle of Mount Longdon. He was Britain’s second youngest fatality of the conflict. Fox said, “Pte Burt showed great courage in the battle by attending to an injured comrade hit by a landmine.” He added, “It was a great honour to remember Jason
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and 254 British personnel who were in the South Atlantic. Their commitment to our nation’s security and freedom will never be forgotten”. Memorials were laid by Fox, Major Danny Yank, Brig. Christopher Coles and JFS Combined Cadet Force. Fox noted, “Having cadets remembering highlights the importance of ensuring the AJEX legacy continues.” Fox was delighted senior officers attended. “The military community is an increasingly welcome place for everyone. This makes our army, air force and navy stronger, and country safer.” AJEX also marked 125 years since the first official annual Jewish religious service. Rev. Cohen obtained a sanction from the British Admiralty and War Office for Jewish men in 1897.
Hendon Adath’s historic new Sefer Torah
Minister for Refugees Lord Richard Harrington has hailed the response of Jewish and Israeli organisations around the world to the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, following Russia’s invasion in February 2022. Speaking at Magen David Adom UK’s annual Patrons’ Dinner he said, “Every border I’ve been to is full of Magen Davids”. The event, which took place on Sunday 26 June, saw MDA UK welcome 80 of its supporters to The Grove in Watford. Attendees heard from Lord Harrington, judge and broadcaster Rob Rinder and MDA paramedic Katya Korshenbaum, who helped treat patients at the field hospital Magen David Adom established in Ukraine. Lord Harrington, who shared that he undertook his role because he believes in the duty of British Jews to welcome refugees, revealed that 87,000 refugees have now arrived in the UK under the government’s Homes for Ukraine scheme. He told guests that he hoped the programme, which sees vetted Britons take refugees into their homes, “will be a model of resettling refugees for the future. For me, it’s setting up machinery that can be used for any tragedy which the world throws up.” He also praised MDA UK’s Chief Executive Daniel Burger for the charity’s role in Project Light, which helped to facilitate the rescue of dozens of Ukrainian orphans to the UK alongside Dnipro Kids, Sally Becker and Rob Rinder. In a moving address, Rob Rinder described Magen David Adom as “the most articulate expression of what Israel is and can be”, telling supporters that MDA is “a critical tool against anti-Jewish racism.” “What more poetry than an ambulance service that isn’t funded by the state but by international diaspora, knows no borders, blood or nationality but shares everything it
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has. Across all of the challenges into Palestine, into hostile territory. It does so because it believes in the fundamental mission of what Judaism has at its heart which is whatever we do chai - life - is at the centre. “MDA speaks to that better than any charity, better than any poetry, better than any example. That’s its enduring value,” he said. Rinder reported from the Ukrainian border as Magen David Adom – Israel’s only national blood and emergency service - provided medical training to locals and sent ambulances to help patients on the front lines. Daniel Burger, Chief Executive of Magen David Adom UK, said: “The Patrons’ Dinner provided a great opportunity for us to talk to some of our closest donors and supporters about how Magen David Adom is saving more lives. Not just in Israel, but in Ukraine and across the world.” The event raised over £100,000 and was the first in a series of events which will include an audience with Fauda’s Lior Raz and an exclusive reception hosted by Bloomberg.
Bayis Sheli Welcomes Mayor Hendon Adath Rov, Rabbi S Y Bixenspanner with his son Sofer Naftuli Bixenspanner
Hendon Adath Yisroel enjoyed an historic first when a Sefer Torah was presented to the Shul. The Sefer written by members was commissioned at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic when many members of the were hospitalised and in need of prayers. Funds were collected in 36 hours and an expert Sofer in Israel commenced writing the Sefer Torah. Celebrations started with a packed shul hall resounding to the Kol Torah as members undertook a communal learning of Masseches Taanis followed by Kabbat Shabbat led by Shliach Tzibbur, Rabbi Eli Segal, accompanied by the shul choir under direction of Alan Freedman. There was standing room only in the men’s and ladies’ sections of the shul. The final Osiyos were written in the home
of the Rov, Rabbi S Y Bixenspanner. Sofer for the day was the Rov’s son Reb Naftuli Bixenspanner. The Sefer Torah initially carried by Dr Heschil Lewin was taken through Hendon’s streets accompanied by members, friends and families to the shul. Singing was led by Shayale Glick. The new Sefer was met at the gates of the shul by existing Sifrei Torah and brought onto the premises by sons of the late Harold Smith, a victim of the pandemic. The Sefer was brought into shul by the Klein family. After a round of Hakofos, Rov and Rabbi Segal led prayers. A buffet reception took place in the evening. Celebrations ended with another Siyum of the Shul Omud Yomi shiur of Rabbi Y Royde who concluded Masseches Bovo Basra that day.
Opening of the new Young Adults’ Unit at Bayis Sheli
Mayor of Hackney Philip Glanville has opened the new Young Adults’ Unit at Bayis Sheli in Stamford Hill. Glanville paid tribute to the founders and community for creating the home. “What you have created is probably the best facility of its kind anywhere” he said. Glanvilee praised Chaya Spitz for securing building finance loans among others. Leah Stern, a founder trustee, paid tribute to Leo and Susan Noé then spoke movingly about her own challenges in finding the right care for her daughter. Shimon Cohen, Bayis Sheli trustee, welcomed guests who included the Rosh Hakohol Rabbi Binyomin Stern, chairman of the UOHC, and Shlome Sinitsky.
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Hovercraft champ Nathan Ash celebrates his barmitzvah at Shenley Synagogue on Shabbat. And the JCOSS pupil heads to his big day with interesting stories to tell guests as he is blazing a trail in the National Hovercraft Championships. Nathan is an active member at SUJC. He has been on a shul rota for Amin Z’mirot and Yigdal for a number of years but also finds time for one of his favourite hobbies. Earlier this month Nathan won the second round of the Junior Colts event held at Whittlebury Hall and finished runner up in the European Juniors category.
But the hovercraft world is not his only pastime as he plays electric guitar and follows Formula 1. The Shenley teen attends JCOSS with sister, Millie, where his favourite subjects are Geography, PE and languages. As for the hovercraft bug, that comes from his dad, Howard, with support from mum Justine. “Like dad, I love everything motorsport and we both compete in the hovercraft championships,” he said. “It’s great fun and I’ll soon be beating him!” Nathan’s grandparents are particularly looking forward to celebrate Nathan’s Barmitzvah this weekend.
Norwood lake challenge raises £120k
Norwood Italian Lakes challenge
Norwood’s Italian Lakes cycle challenge raised £120,000 for the charity. The four-day event attracted 34 intrepid challengers from a central base in Varese. Highlights for the group of experienced and first-time riders included a cycle around the shores of four well-known lakes and road cycling. The first day of the event took in Lake
Maggiore before Lake Como, taking in the spectacular views of historic Bellagio then Lake Lugano before briefly leaving Italy to cross the Swiss border. Among participants was Norwood CEOI Dr Beverley Jacobson who cycled in tandem with her daughter, Talya, who has quadriplegic cerebral palsy, a severe visual impairment, learning disabilities and epilepsy. Judith Harris also participated and raised over £7,300. Her daughter Stephanie, 29, has cerebral palsy and is supported by Norwood in adult services. Judith said, “As with all charities Norwood has been hugely hit financially during and post pandemic. Our daughter lives in a supported living service in Barnet, where she is fully supported and enjoys as much independence as possible.” Regarding the challenge, she added, “Another amazing adventure. It was a fantastic few days and a true cycling challenge worth waiting for. Thank you for the company, togetherness and memories.” First-time challenger Noam Handler added, “It was a fantastic experience from supporting such a great charity and making new friends to doing some brilliant cycling.”
Broughton Jewish Cassel Fox Primary School held its Annual Garden Party last Sunday afternoon. The party had many attractions and nosh in the school playground.
Smiles at the Broughton Jewish Primary School Garden party
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Introducing the Jteen Summer Camp Wellbeing Programme With the summer holidays approaching many teenagers will be planning a summer with their friends in one of the many sleepaway camps available. Summer camp is a time to have fun, relax with peers, take part in high octane activities and generally have a great time. Yet for some teenagers it is not quite so plain sailing. Jteen was founded just over a year ago and has quickly become a vital support for many teenagers dealing with any sort of emotional wellbeing challenge. Jteen runs various programmes for parents and in schools but its core services are its text line and more recently a phoneline has been introduced. Last summer the Jteen text line saw a huge increase in teenagers contacting the organisation for support with camp-related challenges. Taking advantage of Jteen’s anonymous text support service, teenagers shared worries ranging from general anxiety, homesickness and bullying to difficulties forming friendships. This year Jteen is launching a campaign to promote mental health and wellbeing in summer camps throughout the UK.
Ofsted praise Kisharon Nursery Ofsted has acknowledged Kisharon’s Tuffkid Nursery as “outstanding” for a third successive year. The pre-school nursery in Golders Green for mainstream children and those with special needs has an integrated approach to learning through play. Ofsted inspectors said the nursery had excellent education and nurturing to enable children to flourish. Nursery staff won praise for tailoring the environment and activities to ignite the children’s curiosity and challenge their abilities. The children’s emotional well-being was also commended. The Ofsted report said relationships with parents were exceptional and praised the response to Covid-19 when play resources were supplied to children and online sessions were run every day. “Impeccable” was how the report described children’s behaviour. Nursery Head Janice Marriott said, “We have regular access to and learn from some of the world-leading pedagogical practitioners in early years education.” Tuffkid was the first nursery in Barnet to win a gold Healthy Early Years London award for promoting good health and well-being last November. Tuffkid is accepting applications for 2023/24. www.tuffkidnursery.org.uk
Bringing together acknowledged experts in teen emotional health, Jteen is introducing a camp counsellor training programme with in-house training and a specially produced handbook. This will help camp leaders and counsellors to connect to their campers, ensure that they are aware of the emotional health warning signs, as well as empowering them with strategies and techniques to help their campers overcome the
various challenges and difficult situations. For the camps who join the programme, Jteen has also produced a camper wellbeing guide with expert professional input which will be sent out to all campers and their parents. It will contain effective tips and strategies on how to ensure that camp is the positive, life-enriching experience it is meant to be. Yaakov Barr, Clinical Supervisor, Therapist and Founder of Jteen, remarked that “Jteen is widely acknowledged as being a leading provider of emotional support for teenagers. We want to make their summer camp experience memorable for all the right reasons. The data we gather from our phone and text services enables us to react to issues and trends – like the spike in teens reaching out to us last summer. We know how much teenagers will benefit from this is innovative and proactive programme.” For more information or to join the programme please contact Jteen at admin@ jteensupport.org.
Barmitzvah boys get handy with GIFT & DIY expert to build a life of giving GIFT’s vision is a community engaged, supported & empowered by the gift of giving. A group of Barmtzvah boys in year 8 volunteered last week to be part of the GIFT mission. This most recent Barmitz- GIFT Barmitzvah boys vah programme taught a new skill set to 18 Bnei Mitzvah at GIFT’s London office. The boys learned some essential skills such as drilling, screwing in and hot gluing under the supervision of DIY expert Ben Cowan. Sensory boards decorated with buckles, zippers, handles and keys, thanks to our group’s new DIY skills, are to be given to Kisharon School students and GIFT recipient families with young children. As seen here, the young men were very engaged and spent time meticulously putting together each board. In addition to getting hands-on for a good cause, the Barmitzvah boys who attended the DIY workshop enjoyed each other’s company along with a great meal from Bagels Bar Grill House. Esther Zneimer, GIFT’s Bnei Mitzva Coordinator noted,
Our Bar Mitzvah ‘ Build a Gift’ event on Wednesday evening sold out. The boys were so creative and designed the boards so beautifully. We donated the boards to Kisharon and to special needs children of families supported by GIFT. We also had an interactive discussion about how we can give with all of our 5 senses and a delicious burger dinner was enjoyed by all.” 13 year old Zac Stross, from Hasmonean, who attended the session explained “It was a lot of fun and a great social. Everyone was very friendly, the food was good & the activity was cool. It was nice to think someone else will have fun from it. I’d definitely be up for doing this more regularly.” From learning a new skill to building a gift, Bnei Mitzvah experienced yet another impactful session of giving. By putting their skills in action, this activity proposed an enjoyable way to perform a charitable act. After feeling a strong sense of autonomy, the group was all the more inspired to Give It Forward to our community’s children in need.
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Mrs Freda Yoffey who has just celebrated her 100th birthday being introduced to the Chief Rabbi by Mr Phil Reed. Higher Prestwich Hebrew Congregation President.
Chief Rabbi with Freda Yoffey
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PaJes launch programmes PaJeS has marked its first term as an independent charity by launching two leadership programmes. The Jewish Schools Leadership Project is the largest delivered in the UK. It aims to develop and nurture future Jewish school leaders. In a unique partnership with the Ambition Institute, PaJeS has welcomed 65 participants from the Jewish schools’ community to one of five NPQ programmes, including 22 undertaking one in Headship. Ambition are delivering core aspects of the programme to cohorts from Jewish schools. PaJeS are providing a varied programme focussing on aspects of Jewish leadership relevant to each group. Last week marked the first of PaJeS in person sessions where three of the five NPQ cohorts met with peers. In parallel, PaJeS has launched a programme to support new Headteachers. Currently one third remain in post for less than three years. PaJeS’ support project will provide a bespoke support programme that includes one-to-one mentoring and coaching, as well as ‘New to Headship’ training sessions and discussion groups. Professor David Latchman, Wohl Legacy chairman, said, “Headteachers face considerable challenges as they endeavour to lead their schools. They play an essential role in our community.” Susy Stone, Heads’ programme for PaJeS, added, “Recruiting, developing and retaining high quality leaders is vital to ensure the best possible outcomes for our Jewish schools.” The importance of these programmes follows the release of the government’s White Paper, ‘Opportunity for all: strong schools with great teachers for your child’. Initiatives will ensure highly trained leaders are available in the future.
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Dear Rabbi I know this weekend is the 28th anniversary of the passing of the Lubavitcher Rebbe. I know he was admired by many and I understand why. But if he is no longer alive why do so many people continue to revere him as they do and why do they continue to always celebrate his life? Gilad Dear Gilad When the renowned Rabbi Yisroel Bal Shem Tov saw misfortune threatening the Jewish people it was his custom to go into a certain part of the forest to meditate. There he would light a fire, say a special prayer, and the miracle would be accomplished and the misfortune averted. Later, when his chief disciple, the Maggid of Mezritch had occasion, for the same reason, to intercede with heaven, he would go to the same place in the forest and say: “Dear G-d. I do not know how to light the fire, but I am still able to say the prayer and that must be enough,” and it was and the miracle would be accomplished. Still later, his disciple, Rabbi Moshe Leib Sasover, in order to save his people once more, would go into the forest and say, “I do not know how to light the fire. I do not know the prayer, but I know the place and this must be sufficient.” It was sufficient, and the miracle was accomplished. Then it fell to Rabbi Israel of Rizhin to overcome misfortune. Sitting in his armchair, his head in his hands, he spoke to G-d: “I am unable to light the fire, and I do not know the prayer, and I cannot even find the place in the
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forest. All I can do is tell the story, and this must be sufficient.” And it was. There are so many different lessons one can derive from this story, but for me the most glaring and obvious lesson is that different people have different ways to engage with their Judaism. They have distinct ways by which they identify, individual ways that they approach G-d. Some can light the fire. Their souls are aflame. They are full of passion and fervour for their Judaism. They approach everything with excitement and they indulge in a most ecstatic manner. Yet others may not be as deeply connected. They may not feel the full fervour of their souls being drawn to their supernal source above. But they pray. They still remain eminently attached. They may not be dancing on spiritual rooftops but their Judaism is still everything to them. Their people mean everything to them. There are those for whom the fire is certainly not discernible and even prayer is something of an alien concept. Maybe they endured suffering in some manifestation that led them to become sceptical, and embittered. But they know where to go. Every now and then they will surface at Synagogue however sporadically that might be. Finally there are those for whom the fire seems all but extinguished. Prayer is something other people do. They don’t even know where to go. All they have is a story to tell. A story about a parent or a grandparent whom they recall being Jewish. A grandmother who lit Shabbat candles, a mother who fried latkes. They remember their grandfather wrapped in a talit, their father
saying kaddish. They can tell the story but that’s all. It’s a story of yesteryear, in times of yore. This is the reality of the history of our people through the ages. We have transformed through the course of time from the fire of once upon a time to the mere story tellers that epitomise so many today. You’d think it was a lost cause. You’d think we ought to give up. But there was one man who rose to the challenge. One giant of a leader who committed himself to recognising that even those who but tell the story still have little embers burning within and that so long as there is a spark – and there is always a spark – there is the potential for even that person, for every person, to aspire to light the fire once more. And when the Rebbe committed himself to this mission, like the many greats before him, the miracle was once again accomplished. When the Brandenburg Gate, upon which Nazi flags were hanging, now has a public Menorah erected in front of it, is that not a miracle? When Uganda, home of Idi Amin, who famously held 106 Israeli hostages, now has a Chabad House, is that not a miracle? When the former Soviet Union persecuted millions of Jews, and today boasts more Chabad Houses, more schools and other suchlike institutions than all of Europe combined, is that not a miracle? To the Rebbe, those who light the fires and those who say the prayers and those who know where to go and those who tell the story – they are all part of the same people, the same family, the same history and the same destiny. The Rebbe also believed in the
intrinsic value of every human being who is “formed in the image of his/her Creator.” Thus, what one might typically perceive as character shortcomings, the Rebbe saw as opportunities to maximise potential. As he famously declared to a young man sharing a personal quandary: “I envy you! That G-d has given you this particular challenge means He also gave you unique strengths with which to overcome it. I don’t have such a challenge which suggests I don’t have that unique strength either.” It was precisely because of this deep-rooted belief in both the micro and macro dimensions of the world that the Rebbe broke radically with protocol. Unlike many Jewish communities and sects that assemble within their own enclave, the Rebbe dispersed his community sending out shluchim, a dozen or so at first, and then over the course of time, several thousand to literally every corner of the world. Ask yourself, where would the world be today without the Rebbe’s vision? Who would provide a Pesach Seder for twenty-five hundred Israeli backpackers in Kathmandu? Where would Jewish women have access to a mikvah in Saigon? How would Israeli war orphans celebrate their Bar Mitzvah each year in Israel? What would have become of the near three thousand children, victimized by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster? Is all that not a miracle? But here’s the greatest miracle of all. I have almost every newspaper clipping from twenty-eight years ago, when the Rebbe’s physical presence was removed from this world. Such was the impact of the Rebbe that practically every respectable newspaper throughout the world carried the news. They all shared two common themes. They reported
on the Rebbe’s sad passing whilst referencing his vast accomplishments. And they all questioned the viability of Chabad going forward. What they did not know is that true leaders are great not because they have power but because of their ability to empower others. Thus in these past twenty-eight years another 2000 Shluchim went out, hundreds more Chabad Houses and other centres etc. were opened. Is that not a miracle? And why does the Rebbe’s legacy continue to impact in ways unimaginable? Because when you limit yourself then your impact will always be limited. But when you are committed to the totality of the Jewish people – those who know the fire and those who pray and those who only know where to go and those who can but only tell the story – when your concern and your love is for each and every one, then the leadership continues no less, the demands continue no less, the impact continues no less. Demographers were predicting the demise of Chabad but it has gone from strength to strength because the legacy of true leaders is eternal as their life continues to inspire everlastingly. That’s certainly something to revere and to celebrate.
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Korach and the overbearing parent BY RABBANIT SHANI TARAGIN
Numerous explanations are offered to explain Korach’s motivations in starting a religious mutiny against Moshe and Aharon. Rashi (16:7) cites Midrash Tanchuma and teaches that Korach experienced a prophetic vision through which he saw that his descendants would include Shmuel HaNavi as well as numerous Levi’im who would later serve in the Beit HaMikdash. Korach said to himself, “Could it be that all this greatness will in the future emerge from me, and I will be silent?” Korach’s epiphany of his progeny’s greatness prompted him to take bold action and insist on serving as a kohen. Rav Simcha Bunim of Peshischa (Kol Simcha) explains that Korach wrongly assumed that the success of his future generations depended on his promotions, and that his influence as a leader was vital for his descendants to reach the spiritual heights that he foresaw them achieving. He did not sufficiently believe that his descendants were capable of reaching these accomplishments on
their own. His failed efforts proved that the achievements of his progeny did not depend on his position or bombastic demands. Independent of Korach’s actions, his descendants would aspire and invest to reach prophetic stature. This message is underscored primarily through his descendant, Shmuel HaNavi (based on Divrei HaYamim I 6:18–22). As his mother Chana prays and cries for a child, she asks Hashem for a “zera anashim” Shmuel I 1:11) – an average child, i.e. not too tall, nor too short, not too smart or too handsome (Yalkut Shimoni 247:78). Shmuel becomes an extraordinary child not because of his ancestry or great-grandfather’s quest for promotion, nor because he is born with supernatural talents. His mother educates and directs him appropriately as she brings him to the best ‘navi-training school’ at the time (i.e. Eli HaKohen in the Mishkan). Shmuel sees the negative influences around him (Eli’s own sons!) and chooses a path of righteousness and prophetic pursuits. He understands that proper parental prayer, education,
leadership and guidance is imperative to encourage greatness but it does not guarantee success; a child must be encouraged to choose greatness on his/her own. This message is underscored at the end of the parasha as well. To finally quell the aftermath of Korach’s rebellion, Hashem commands each tribal leader to inscribe his name upon a staff and place it before the aron kodesh. Only the staff of Aharon HaKohen, the leader of shevet Levi, blossoms and bears forth almonds as a sign of Divine selection of priesthood for generations to come. Aharon’s role is limited – he must inscribe his identity on his staff of leadership and properly position it before Hashem. He must then leave it overnight and await the results with the other leaders. The blossoms on the staff, representing his descendants, will bear fruit under Hashem’s supervision. The quality of the almond fruit, however, is dependent on the actions of his progeny (see Yirmiyahu 1:11-12). Children must be properly educated to make their own decisions that will determine the type of people they become.
Parents occasionally, like Korach, wrongly assuming that their children’s future depends solely upon the parents’ actions and influence, may exert excessive and overbearing control over their children. Parents indeed have a tremendous responsibility towards properly influencing their children and must invest in educating them with proper values while simultaneously recognizing that their children chart their own course and make their own decisions. The parents’ role in determining the child’s trajectory in life is significant, but limited. The story of Korach warns us not to resort to drastic measures in our efforts to influence our children, and to understand that even the children of a selfish man like Korach, are capable of blossoming into prophets. Rabbanit Shani Taragin is educational director of World Mizrachi and teaches at Matan and other educational institutions in Israel. She is a member of Mizrachi’s Speakers Bureau (www.mizrachi.org/ speakers).
Parshat Korach:
Not Losing Sight of the Situation BY GAVRIEL COHN
The fractious episodes that occurred throughout the Jewish People’s journey in the desert deal with many timeless religious and political issues, debates that persist to this day. The story of Korach’s rebellion tells of the tensions that exist between authority and equality, the individual and the collective, and whether we have to follow formal rules to serve G-d or not. Faith, religion, politics, and self-interest were all packaged together into a mutiny against Moshe’s leadership. Yet there is perhaps another aspect to this rebellion, one often overlooked that we could pick up from Moshe’s response to it. It was not just about challenging the leaders of the society, or its religious norms, but also that they had superficially and spectacularly misjudged their situation. The Torah is far lengthier in describing how the rebellion was quashed than in
the movement’s initial claims. The Torah details how fire pans were lit, “and the glory of the Lord appeared before the entire congregation.” Moshe then declared that “if the earth opens its mouth and swallows them and all that is theirs, everyone will know that these men have angered G-d.” The ground beneath the troubling tribes then suddenly split open. “They and all they possessed descended alive into the grave, the earth covered them up and they were lost to the assembly.” Later, “a divine fire came forth and consumed the two hundred and fifty men who had offered up the incense.” A plague then swept through the people. Aharon offered incense to dissipate the plague. Finally, G-d commanded Moshe to place the wooden staffs of all the chieftains in the Sanctuary. “Aharon’s staff for
the house of Levi blossomed, sprouted buds, and produced ripe almonds,” showing him to be worthy of his position. These were epic miracles, signs and wonders that quelled these challenges to Moshe’s leadership. They manifested to all that “G-d had sent Moshe.” It was almost a Jewish, desert version of the “ten plagues,” so-to-speak. Yet herein lies the issue with Korach’s rebellion. This was a generation that, despite its supreme greatness, based its beliefs on what it saw. They watched wonderous plagues rain down upon Egypt and witnessed the epic Divine Revelation at Sinai. In the wilderness, their spies surveyed well-fortified cities and strongmen, and so judged it unconquerable. Whatever this nation saw, was final (R’ Moshe Feinstein, Parshat Korach). As they
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journeyed in their desert encampments and gazed at the House of G-d in the centre of their mass of tents and tribes, they noticed the few families of Kohanim ministering in its holy precincts. Some then protested what they saw, such exclusivity and privilege. These dissenters had to be shown why serving in G-d’s Sanctuary was only limited to a small professional group: G-d’s fire and plague had to spread throughout the camp, and Moshe and Aharon’s selfless dedication had to be made manifestly clear to all. The Kohanim were not exploiting any privileges, but rather they were dedicated to allowing G-d’s Presence to dwell in the people’s midst, “bearing the burden of the Temple and safeguarding it’s charges.” Korach’s band of rebels failed to look deeper than their initial assumptions; so the truth then played out in a spectacular fashion in front of their eyes. Gav works as an Account Executive in Public Relations. The views expressed here are entirely his own. Questions? gavcohn@gmail.com
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Sidra Summary
“The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and their households, and all the people who were with Korach, and the entire wealth” (Bemidbar 16:32)
against Moshe, who is angered. He declares to G-d that he has received no personal gain from his leadership. The next morning, Korach and his assembly arrive with their incense offerings at the entrance to the Ohel Moed (Tent of Meeting), as does Aharon, accompanied by Moshe.
3RD ALIYA (SHLISHI) – 16:20-17:8
Datan and Aviram continue their tirade
G-d tells Moshe and Aharon to separate themselves from the rest of the nation, as G-d will immediately destroy Korach and all those people who have been drawn after him, including many of the Israelites (Rashi). Moshe and Aharon plead for mercy. G-d relents, telling Moshe to instruct the nation to distance themselves from Korach, Datan and Aviram in order to prove their allegiance to Moshe. Datan and Aviram remain defiant. Moshe announces that if Korach and his followers die a normal death, then he, Moshe, is not G-d’s rightful appointee. Yet if the ground swallows them up miraculously, then Moshe’s leadership is legitimate. As Moshe finishes speaking, the ground opens up, consuming Korach, some of his followers and all of their property. A fire then consumes Korach’s 250 men whom he had incited to join in the rebellion. Moshe commands Aharon’s son Elazar to gather up the copper fire pans of those who died in order to make them into a covering for the Mizbeach (Altar). The next day, the people complain to Moshe and Aharon for ‘causing’ so many deaths.
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Harmless questions – or are they? The Korach campaign reminds us of a current problem whereby one group denigrates another and says, “Yes, you say you stand for kashrut – but is your kashrut really kosher?”
1ST ALIYA (KOHEN) – BEMIDBAR 16:1-13
Korach, from the tribe of Levi, conspires with Datan, Aviram and On from the tribe of Reuven. They gather together 250 leading Israelites and challenge Moshe and Aharon’s rights to leadership. Moshe tells Korach and his assembly to prepare an incense offering in a fire-pan to bring the next morning. Aharon will do the same; whoever’s offering is received by G-d will indicate the rightful leadership. Moshe tries to dissuade the rebels. Datan and Aviram refuse to speak with Moshe, accusing him of “bringing the nation out of the land of Egypt in order to kill them in the desert”. Point to Consider: Why is Korach’s lineage only listed three generations back and not more? (see Rashi to 16:1)
2ND ALIYA (LEVI) – 16:14-19
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THE KORACH CONFLICT
Everybody knows that Korach is a bad man. Backed by some of the leaders of the people he stood up and challenged Moses. Though the Midrash suggests causes of the conflict, the Torah gives us very little information to go on. The sages find grounds for the controversy in differing attitudes to halachah. With these circumstances we see that Korach and company were out to embarrass Moses. They assure him of their loyalty to the commandments of tzitzit and mezuzah. “Yes, four-cornered garments need fringes including a thread of blue,” they say, “but what if the whole garment is blue?... Yes, a house needs mezuzot containing the name of G-d, but what if the whole building is full of books which contain the Divine name?”
THE NAME OF KORACH
Maybe the name of Korach should not be mentioned at all since the Talmud (Yoma 38b) says, “We do not mention the name of the wicked”, and there is a verse in Mishlei (10:7) which says, “The name of the wicked shall rot”. We know that there are thoughtful psalms written by the Sons of Korach, who must have abandoned the family’s wickedness… but Korach himself gives no indication of righteousness or repentance. The root of his name seems to be “k-r-ch”, which denotes baldness. The rabbis say that Korach caused a bald area between two sides amongst the people of Israel, and with this record how can we be doing the right thing to mention Korach or to name a sidra after him? The Lubavitcher Rebbe uses the name as an indication of what we should do, i.e. to bring unity between factions and join both sides of a quarrel in love and harmony.
TAKING & BETAKING
The sidra begins with the phrase “Vayikkach Korach”, “And Korach took”. What did Korach take? Was he a thief
4TH ALIYA (REVI’I) – 17:9-15
In response to the complaints, G-d threatens to wipe out the people. As a fatal plague breaks out, Moshe tells Aharon to place incense in a fire-pan to gain atonement for the complainers. Aharon does so, managing to stop the plague, but not before it kills 14,700 people.
5TH ALIYA (CHAMISHI) – 17:16-24
G-d tells Moshe to gather a staff from each tribe’s leader, with the name of the tribe written on the staff. Aharon’s name is to be written on the staff of Levi. The staffs are to be left in the Ohel Moed; whichever tribe’s staff miraculously blossoms is the rightful leader. The leaders do as instructed. The following morning Aharon’s staff has blossoms with a bud and almonds.
6TH ALIYA (SHISHI) – 17:25-18:20
G-d tells Moshe to preserve Aharon’s staff as a reminder that he was chosen, lest the people rebel in the future. G-d reiterates who makes a living from taking things that belong to other people? Probably not, so what did Korach take? Some say that the phrase means, “And Korach betook himself”. In that sense the text is being idiomatic, using a phrase that has a particular sense in the development of language. In English you can use the word take in many more senses than simply “to take” with the meaning of “to steal”. Examples are, “Take note… Take a note… Take yourself home… Take yourself off… He was taken with the idea… She was taken with the boy… They were all on the uptake…”.
DATAN & AVIRAM..
Korach’s henchmen were Datan, Aviram and On ben Pelet. How On ben Pelet extricated himself from the conspiracy, thanks to the advice of a sensible wife, has been discussed previously. Datan and Aviram, on the other hand, continued to give Moses a hard time, but apparently his reaction was without rancour. He asked them “to come up”, i.e. to appear before him and discuss the matter. They retorted, “We will not come up!” (Num. 16:12). Moses felt there was room for negotiation; Datan and Aviram refused to negotiate. This it was, says the Midrash, that sealed
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Aharon’s duties and the need for the Levi’im to assist him and the other Kohanim. The Kohanim have the privilege of eating certain parts of offerings and certain tithes. The laws of redeeming firstborn male children and bringing firstborn animals as offerings are stated.
7TH ALIYA (SHEVI’I) – 18:21-32
The ‘first tithe’ (ma’aser rishon) taken from crops is given to the Levi’im. They need to separate a portion of this tithe to give to the Kohanim.
HAFTARAH
From the Book of Shmuel, the haftarah describes the day on which Shmuel appoints Shaul as the first king of Israel. Shmuel rebukes the nation for demanding a king and emphasises that they still need to fear G-d and obey His commandments. The righteous Shmuel was descended from Korach and he, like Moshe, declares that he has never taken anything from the people. their fate. They sensed that they might give way – at least to some extent – if they sat and spoke with Moses. Fearing that they might end up making a compromise, and considering compromise a sign of weakness, they showed themselves to be mere mischief-makers, unable to contemplate a peaceful solution. As a result, they lost their place in history. Had they been more amenable, tradition would have praised their common sense. It would have said that everybody makes mistakes, and the mark of a person who is morally strong is the ability to say or at least imply, “I was wrong”. Overcoming your mistakes takes nerve, courage and humility, but Datan and Aviram were short of all three.
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Korach: Democracy and Religion Creatures of Rights of Creatures of Duty BY RABBI MOSHE TARAGIN
Korach was a cynical demagogue who launched a mutiny against Moshe. There was nothing holy about his intentions. The actual claims he lodged however, did carry legitimacy. He asserted equal rights for every individual member of society, foreshadowing the great arguments of modern democracy. “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, …. Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness”. These words, written in the Declaration of Independence in 1776, and carved into history, launched the great project of modern democracy. For the first time, governments preserved basic human rights, including the freedom of worship. No longer banned, Judaism flourished. Yet the culture which democracy has construed is often dissonant with deeply held religious values. Democracy and religion have a peculiar relationship: democracy gives, and it takes. Religious identity is built upon the values of commandment, commitment, mission, and mutual responsibility. At Sinai, we were charged with a comprehensive system of mitzvoth commands, which limit freedom of choice, but infuse our lives with higher meaning. Additionally, we model a life of meaning and commandment to the broader world. As a “kingdom of priests”, our mission is to showcase a G-dly life of devotion for all humanity. In addition, we bear mutual responsibility to one another. The doctrine of areivut asserts that that every Jew is morally and legally responsible for each other. Unless I assist others in their mitzvoth, I haven’t completely satisfied my own commandment. Mission, commandment, commitment, and mutual responsibility form a cornerstone of duty which is the foundation of religious life. In his 18th century moral guide known as “Mesilat yesharim”, Rav Moshe Chaim Luzzato, framed a haunting demand which defines Jewish identity. Every Jew must ask themselves “What are my duties in this world?”. Hashem created us a creatures of duty, and our call to duty provides us meaning, nobility, and loftiness. Sadly, in many modern democracies, we often view ourselves as creatures of rights rather than creatures of duty. How did we get here, and what are the dangers for religion?
DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Without law and without government, weaker members of society would be exploited by stronger members. Additionally, society at large would be vulnerable to foreign aggression. To establish strong government to preserve order and provide safety, individuals must voluntarily waive some of their freedoms. The willful relinquishing of personal freedom on behalf of common welfare is known as a social contract. We enter a mutual agreement with society, in which we deliver our rights in exchange for effective government. Though personal freedoms must be surrendered for this government, there are certain basic freedoms so central to human welfare, that they can never be relinquished. These sacred freedoms are inalienable – they can’t be alienated from a person, but must remain forever theirs. A person’s life, liberty and pursuit of personal happiness are so vital to human experience, that they cannot be suspended under any condition or in the context of any social contract. In short, democracy balances between which freedoms can be relinquished to governments, and which can never be surrendered. At its heart, democracy was never about preserving rights. Human rights were part of an internal calculus calibrating the boundaries of the social contract and which rights can and cannot be suspended. Democracy was never primarily about rights, but about something larger than the individual- the common good.
DEMANDING OUR RIGHTS
Something happened. Somehow modern democracies morphed into cultures obsessed with the pursuit of human rights. In the past, democracies stirred us to devotion to some larger common agenda. Sadly, today, democracies are often centred upon petty rivalling demands for rights and resources. Several factors contributed to this decline. Ideally, democracies work best when its citizens share a unifying narrative. When people are unified by a larger common project, they more naturally sense mutual responsibility to that joint endeavour. Immediately after the American Revolution, the young country viewed itself as a global experiment in democracy, or as the “city on the hill”. Likewise, in the 20th century the United States viewed itself as the defender of human liberty against the horrors of
Naziism and Communism. Unified by a common narrative, lives were defined by mission and collective responsibility. Modern society has lost much of that common narrative. Rapid urbanization relocated people from socially connected villages into cold and impersonal cities, making common narratives even more elusive. Fortunately, life in Israel does provide a common unifying narrative, and, by and large, citizens are patriotic about fulfilling their duties and obligations for the common good. At least in this respect, Israeli democracy is healthier than its Western counterparts, many of which have been emptied of a common story. Additionally, as society expanded, governments became bloated providers of a wide network of services and benefits. Once government becomes a supplier of benefits, people become consumers rather than partners. Politics has begun to resemble the market: no duties, only opportunities for profit.
RELIGIOUS DUTY OR PERSONAL RIGHTS
This cultural shift poses many dangers to modern democracy, but also to religious identity. We have become excessively fixated upon our rights and less upon our duties. We are preoccupied with what we should be receiving, and less attentive to what we should be contributing. We have become consumers and not producers. Religion and moral behaviour challenge us to act selflessly toward Hashem and altruistically toward others. A life pivoted on legal rights is self-centered and self-seeking. Absent a mindset of duty and selflessness, religion becomes hollow. Religion may still be vigilantly practiced, but religious identity becomes faint. Stout religious identity should be crafted upon Rav Moshe Luzzato’s mandate of human duties and less upon modern democracy’s obsession with rights. The Mesillat Yesharim and not the Declaration of Independence.
A CULTURE OF VICTIMHOOD
A second danger in our “culture of rights” is the appeal of collective and personal victimhood. In the modern competition for rights and benefits the best way to
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triumph is to insist that others recognize your past disadvantage. Any society or group, which, in the past has been most victimized, possess superior virtue and deserves a larger piece of the pie. The politicization of victimhood demands societal recognition of grievance and compensation for collective past suffering. Victimhood becomes a power play. The weaponizing of victimhood is ultimately responsible for the corrosive phenomenon of identity politics and the muddying swirl of intersectionality. Religion is also threatened by the culture of victimhood. Victimhood breeds hatred and resentment, rather than generosity and compassion. Victimhood paints the world in post Marxist darkness, as a world sharply divided between oppressors and victims. It encourages antagonism and confrontationalism rather than harmony and collaboration. It can divide internal communities just as it divides the body politic. It becomes a mindset which invades every communal setting and even our relationships. Nothing is more destructive to a marriage than victimhood. Additionally, victimhood enfeebles us rather than empowering us. At some point in their lives, everyone is victimized, either through human misconduct or by forces beyond our control. It is seductively easy to collapse into a state of lack of accountability and thereby release ourselves from responsibility. It is cathartic to convince ourselves that we aren’t culpable because, in the past, we have been the victim. Any releasing of responsibility is contagious, and will infect our general religious discipline. Once we begin to acquit ourselves of responsibility our religious discipline unravels. We fall down a slippery slope of self-exoneration. There is too much victimhood in our world, and it is suffocating religious aspiration. Every victim faces a choice: to fall into victimhood or to choose redeemed lives of responsibility. 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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Korach After last week, the stakes continue to be raised. This week, another mutiny, this time – a personal rebellion against Moshe. Theresa May had it rough, but nothing like Moshe Rabbenu and yet, we’ll soon see Moshe’s immense love for his people. Korach is the first cousin of Moshe and Aharon. He’s the wealthiest man in the nation and the lead singer of the Leviim. But that’s not enough. He’s jealous. He wins over his neighbours shevet Reuvain and he convinces 250 firstborns that Moshe stole their rights. They publicly challenge Moshe and make fun of Aharon. We’re a holy nation (true) so we don’t need leaders, we’re all great. We’re all equal, some are more equal than others… Because Korach didn’t want no leader, really he wanted to be the leader himself. “If you really think you can be Kohanim, then bring pans of Ketoret - to the Mishkan tomorrow. We will see if Hashem accepts your offerings, or will you be punished and die!?” For some crazy reason, the men said yes. They didn’t learn a lesson from Nadav and Avihu. Moshe tries to reason with the men, after Datan and Aviram, those old foes of his, won’t answer his calls. So he went to them and they are very rude. Hashem wants to destroy the whole nation, Moshe davens and Hashem accepts his prayers. Bright and early the next day, the 250 firstborns and Korach show up. I’m sure you aren’t surprised to hear that they were burnt alive as they offered their ketoret. Suddenly, the Earth splits open and swallows Datan and Aviram,
their families, tents and possessions. At the same time, a heavenly fire burns Korach and his 250 followers who stand at the entrance of the Mishkan with their pans of Ketoret. Korach is sucked into the hole, joining Datan and Aviram. The earth closes but the Bnei Yisroel can hear the victims. From the depths of Gehinom they finally understand the truth. In a song, they declare that Hashem is righteous and His judgement is correct and that Moshe and the Torah are emes, true. The people still aren’t happy. They complain that these 250 men who died were great tzadikim and Moshe knew that these men would die. Once again the Cloud of Glory appears, signifying the anger of Hashem. Hashem tells Moshe and Aharon that He’s ready to wipe out the nation for this complaint. Once again, Moshe and Aharon fall on their faces to pray for the nation. But this time they can’t say anything… Moshe sees the angel of death standing there, a plague starts very quickly, almost 15,000 die. Moshe quickly tells Aharon to use the ketoret! The holy smoke cannot be penetrated by the angel of death, Aharon stands between the people and death. It proves that Aharon should be the Kohen and that Ketoret doesn’t automatically kill. Hashem puts a final stop to the whinging and doubts. Hashem commands Moshe that the leader, nasi, of each tribe place a stick in the mikdash. In the morning, the staff engraved with Shevet Levi’s name has blossomed almonds!! G‑d commands that a terumah (small handful) from each crop of grain, wine and oil, as well as all firstborn sheep and cattle, and other specified gifts be given to the kohanim (priests).
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us? Liora had just entered the class room. She was closely followed by Miss Klein, who called for everyone to be seated. “As you know,” Miss Klein began. “At the end of each year, your school council representative gets chosen for the coming year. So everyone who would like to be chosen, will first need to give a speech to the whole class about why they should be on the school council. The class will then vote for their favourite choice.” Ruchi sat up excitedly. She had tons of ideas of how she would improve things at school if she was in the school council. For the rest of the day, Ruchi could barely concentrate on her lessons. Every few moments she wrote down another, in her opinion, excellent idea for improving the school. Ideas that were sure to make everyone in the class vote for her. She didn’t even have time to have her usual disparaging thoughts about Liora. The next two nights, Ruchi worked hard on creating a great speech; practising it with her older brother Yoni many times.
Finally, Thursday dawned and Ruchi went to school with great excitement. She was a hundred percent sure that she would soon be her class representative. Miss Klein called each girl who had prepared a speech to the front of the class one by one. Some girls focused on improving the school lunches, some focused on not having enough extracurricular activities and some even wanted more homework. Everyone was very clear about why they would be the best for the job. After everyone had said their speeches,
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Miss Klein handed out a slip of blank paper to each member of the class. “Please write down the girl you would like to see as your class representative,” said Miss Klain. “Make sure that you also write a second name as well in case there is no clear first winner.” A few minutes of quiet scribbling passed and then Miss Klein collected up the papers and went to her desk to count them. The tension in the air was palpable. Finally, Miss Klein stood up and announced, “we have a winner, girls. Your school council
representative will be Liora Kay.” Everyone in the class smiled and cheered. Everyone, that is, except for Ruchi. Ruchi was angry and annoyed. How dare they pick Liora. What made her better than everyone else? It should have been me. My ideas are much better than hers. They just chose her because she is popular. These and many other nasty thoughts were tumbling around Ruchi’s head. Suddenly, she realised her name was being mentioned. “And Ruchi,” continued Miss Klein, “will be Liora’s deputy as she came second in the votes. She will help Liora with ideas for the school council.” Ruchi couldn’t help smiling as everyone cheered. Her classmates were actually cheering for her, not just for Liora. Liora’s not so bad, Ruchi thought to herself. She did have some good ideas and it is helpful that everyone likes her because the rest of the school council will also like her and our ideas. Wow, Ruchi gasped quietly in realisation. I don’t dislike Liora anymore. Maybe I only thought all those mean things about her because I was jealous of her and wanted to be like her. Ruchi got up and made her way over to Liora and congratulated her. Liora smiled and hugged her. Maybe I like Liora after all, Ruchi smiled to herself.
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