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Israel backs IAEA censuring Iran

Israel has welcomed the International Atomic Agency Board of Governors’ passing a resolution to censure Iran for noncompliance with inspections into uranium traces at three undeclared sites.

The statement added, “Iran’s nuclear advances are not only dangerous and illegal, they risk unravelling the deal that we have so carefully crafted together to restore the JCPoA. “It is essential that Iran does not resume these activities or commence any further work. Advances in this area would very quickly upset the balance of the deal we have finalised in Vienna.”

The statement “strongly” urged Iran to stop escalating its nuclear Continued on page 2

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett meets IAEA Director General Dr. Rafael Grossi

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IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi has told a meeting of the watchdog’s 35-nation board of governors’ that Iran had not provided “technically credible” explanations at sites named as Turquzabad, Varamin and Marivan.

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett hailed a “significant decision that exposes Iran’s true face” and was a “clear warning light”.

“The many countries that voted for the decision cooperated in order to block and prevent Iran from attaining nuclear weapons,” he said. “Today’s IAEA vote is a clear warning light to Iran. If Iran continues its activity, the leading countries must bring the matter back to the UN Security Council.”

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Defence Minister Benny Gantz backed the IAEA decision to censure Iran that contravened the Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.

“The IAEA took an important step in its decision to censure Iran following its noncompliance with inspections, and in response to nuclear activities in various sites spread across the country,” he said.

“Iran has demonstrated once again that it threatens both regional and global peace.”

Gantz called on the international community to take concrete steps.

“Every monitoring device that is turned off should be met with diplomatic and economic sanctions,” he said. “We must stand united and work closely together in

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facing Iranian regional and global aggression.”

The US, UK, France and Germany brought the resolution to the IAEA board.

The document had “profound” concerns that safeguards remained outstanding due to “insufficient substantive co-operation” by Iran.

Iran must urgently fulfil its legal obligations.

France, Germany and UK welcomed the decision. A UK government statement noted, “As a result of Iran’s nuclear activities in violation of the JCPOA for more than three years, its nuclear programme is now more advanced than at any point in the past. This is threatening international security and risks undermining the global nonproliferation regime.”

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Coalition loses West Bank settler bill

BY DAVID SAFFER

Israel’s coalition has lost a major vote in the Knesset to extend legal jurisdiction to 500,000 Jewish settlers in the West Bank.

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s under-fire government are expected to try pass the bill next week.

The bill failed by 58 votes to 52 following a heated debate on Monday night.

Temporary legislation followed the 1967 Six-Day War. It has to be re-approved every five years since then. The current deadline is the end of June.

Bennett hoped the bill would pass despite not having a Knesset majority. “We are continuing to build our country,” he said. “Some said we would not survive the first week of our coalition, but we’ve now marked the first year and it has been one of growth, low unemployment and security on our southern border. With G-d’s help we will survive this as well.”

“As always after we lose, we will return stronger and win in the next round,” Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said on Twitter.

Justice Minister Gideon Saar has reiterated that the bill is “fundamental legislation”.

Two members of the coalition, Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi of Meretz and Mazen Ghanaim of the United Arab List, voted against the bill. Three members of the UAL did not take part.

The bill failure has resulted in divided opinions throughout the week.

Yesha Council chairman David Elhayani blasted Netanyahu and his bloc for not backing the bill.“We’re talking about a bill that must be kept out of political bickering,” Elhayani reportedly said. “Ideology means little to Likud members.” He added, “I don’t see a way to convince Likud. They harm the settlements to advance their political interests and those of Netanyahu.”

Shai Alon, head of Beit El settlement, has called for the government to fall. “We disagree on saving this coalition that can’t function and fails to pass legislation every other day,” he reportedly said.

Religious Zionist Party MK Bezalel Smotrich also wants to bring down the coalition, form a right-wing government and then pass the bill.

Ra’am Party leader Mansour Abbasd described the coalition as a successful political experiment. “We formed a very special

government,” Abbas told a conference at Reichman University. “Our challenge is to bring stability to the political system and continue as part of the coalition.”

He added, “The government is special because it includes an Arab party alongside Zionist ones, because it is able to operate and reach agreements on all sectors of Israeli society including the Arabs, with parties on the left and on the right.”

The coalition is being severely tested and there is speculation how long the it can prevail. A recent Kan TV poll illustrates a stalemate between Bennett and opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu.

A pro-Netanyahu bloc would generate 60 seats, the current coalition 54 and Joint List has six seats.

Bennett’s coalition lost a bill proposed by Netanyahu’s opposition last night in its first hearing.

A number of coalition members backed legislation to raise the minimum wage from NIS 29.12 an hour to NIS 40. The bill passed with a majority of 23 votes.

Centre-left coalition parties Labour and Meretz defied Sa’ar appeals to back the coalition.

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programme and conclude a deal on the table.

Iran rejected the resolution before the vote and warned of repercussions. Russia and China voted against the document.

Bennett met Grossi earlier this week in Jerusalem and expressed concern over Iran’s nuclear aspirations and warned that Israel would act if necessary against Iran. “We maintain the freedom to act against Iran at all times, and as is necessary, with or without a resumption of the 2015 nuclear deal,” he said. “What we say, we back up with action.”

Israel has adopted a tougher strategy to counter the threat of Iran.

Bennett told the Knesset defence committee this week that Iran would no longer have immunity when it strikes the State of Israel or spreads terrorism through proxies.

“The past year has seen a strategic change in Israeli policy on Iran,” Bennett told the committee. “Israel is operating against the many tentacles of Iranian terror, not only as

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COVID-19 cases down globally

New COVID-19 cases and deaths globally have fallen except in the Middle East and Southeast Asia according to the latest weekly World Health Organisation pandemic report.

Cases rose in the Middle East surged 19% but just 1% in Southeast Asia. Deaths increased 7% in the Western Pacific and dropped elsewhere.

The UN health agency confirmed cases were just over three million and deaths around 7,600.

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus described the overall dip as “a very encouraging trend” compared to the high of January 2022 but was cautious as the world learns to live with the deadly virus.

While vaccines are available demand has fallen and 68 countries have not protected 40% of populations. “The perception that the pandemic is over is understandable, but misguided,” he said. “A new and even more dangerous variant could emerge at any time, and vast numbers of people remain unprotected.”

WHO pointed out that data is likely to be underestimated and dependent on individual countries’ testing strategies.

WHO’s emergency head Dr. Michael Ryan reported that cases in North Korea have worsened. North Korea has not accepted offers of aid including vaccines from WHO and not shared detailed information about the outbreak. it has done in past decades. The days of Iran having immunity when it strikes against Israel and spreads its terrorism via proxies, are gone. We are operating everywhere and all the time, and will continue to do so.”

He added, “In recent years Iran has crossed red lines, especially last April, months before this government came to power, when it began enriching uranium to 60% with no international response. Israel cannot and will not accept such a situation.”

Bennett claimed Iran continues to lie about its nuclear program on Tuesday.

Utilising files, allegedly stolen by Mossad, he observed, “Iran stole classified (IAEA) documents and used that information to systematically evade nuclear probes. How do we know? Because we got our hands on Iran’s deception plan a few years back.”

Hundreds of pages in Persian are marked with a stamp of Iran’s Intelligence Ministry including handwritten notes on documents by senior Iranian officials, Bennett added.

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CER visits Dachau and holds Olympics memorial

CER delegates at Dachau concentration camp

BY DAVID SAFFER

Over 400 rabbis attended the Conference of European Rabbis 32nd General Convention in Munich. Israel President Isaac Herzog, Chief Rabbis of Israel, Rabbi David Lau and Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef joined CER President Chief Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt at the three-day convention.

Delegates from 47 Jewish communities attended workshops, panels and rabbinic training sessions from world-class rabbis, politicians and educators. Topics included Support for Russian and Ukrainian Jewry, Combating Religious Discrimination, Shechita in Europe and Pandemics and War. A delegation visited Dachau concentration camp on the final day of a packed schedule that also included a memorial for 11 Israeli athletes murdered at the 1972 Munich Olympics.

Kaddish was recited at the old Olympic stadium.

The Chief Rabbi of Munich, Rabbi Shmuel Aharon Brodman, led the Dachau memorial service.

Chief Rabbi Goldschmidt said the delegation at the death camp was a testament to active Jewish life throughout Europe but the destruction of European Jewry must never be forgotten or overlooked.

“These past three days in Munich, with the hospitality of the Bavarian government, has been warm and welcoming,” he noted. “Our rabbis from across Europe are dedicated to allowing religious Jewish life to flourish, and with such expressions of support, we are only grateful and encouraged.”

Dr. Gabrielle Hammerman, Dachau site director, Dr. Charlotte Knobloch, a holocaust survivor and President of the Israelite Religious Community of Munich and Upper Bavaria, and Joachim Hermann, State of Bavaria Minister of Interior attended.

A special tribute during the convention was made to front-line Rabbis in the Russia-Ukraine crisis.

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Rabbi Michael Schudrich, Chief Rabbi of Poland, Rabbi Shlomo Bakst, Chief Rabbi of Odessa and Rabbi Pinchas Zaltzman of the Charedi community in Moldova participated.

Rabbi Schudrich and Rabbi Bakst held a special panel discussion on humanitarian efforts in Ukraine.

“Both said the Jewish community in Ukraine were proud of President Volodymyr Zelensky,” noted Rabbi Arnold Saunders, who was among UK delegates at the session.

“Rabbi Schudrich anticipated the war and made arrangements in advance. It was moving when he said Polish Jewry had been past victims but now were able to help people.”

Rabbi Bakst explained to delegates how Rabbi Schudrich had saved lives and gave an account of rescuing Jews.

Rabbi Saunders observed, “Both rabbis agreed that the hard work was just beginning to resettle refugees into Polish Jewish society.

They felt some Jews would go back, but it had to be practical. Virtually everyone who wanted to leave Ukraine had but others may in the future. There were many Jews in Ukraine but away from the fighting.”

Rabbi Saunders also attended a military chaplain meeting where the panel discussed arrangements for sedarim at Pesach for soldiers in Poland and kashrut provisions for other festivals and Shabbat.

Chief Rabbi Goldschmidt opened the convention and praised Rabbis and Rebbitzens in attendance for demonstrating leadership in “trying and terrible times” for Eastern Europe.

“Successful communities the world over are made, not by having physical buildings but by people and leaders working tirelessly for others,” he said.

Dr. Markus Soder, Minister-President of the Free State of Bavaria, welcomed delegates.

Soder spoke about Bavaria communities and how Jewish people had “renovated themselves after the dark days of the Holocaust”. He also called for more promotion of Jewish life in Bavaria.

Chief Rabbi David Lau leads a panel discussion

Nicola Beer, Vice-President of the European Parliament, addressed the convention on video-link.

A special envoy on combating religious discrimination including antisemitism, Beer said, that it was essential to “foster and protect” Jewish life in Europe.

Shimon Cohen, CER senior advisor and Shechita UK told delegates, “Since the Second World War, CER has taken the lead, filling a much-needed void of advocating for religious Jews, proclaiming and seeking to protect their rights and ensuring religious Jewish life is as much a priority as campaigning against antisemitism. Our active religious life is as important as memorials and statements against antisemitism. We have come a long way in this regard, allowing for Jewish communities to thrive in Europe, but we have more to do. We must educate people so that they are better informed of Jewish practices.”

Daniel Holtgen, CER representative on religious intolerance, spoke about how Europe was becoming a “growingly secular environment”. “The ignorance and ideology against religious freedom needs to be countered to allow for active Jewish life,” he said.

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Commission Coordinator on combating antisemitism and fostering Jewish life, backed Cohen’s statements.

“Education was key” to protecting religious practices in Europe, von Schnurbein noted.

Regarding Shechita, she said, “The Jewish people have always been deeply concerned about animal welfare, people need to be more aware of these issues in general.”

Ahmed Shaheed, UN Human Rights Office, explained that religious freedom was not just about belief, freedom but must also be about “ritual and practice”.

Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis attended the convention which had a theme ‘Rabbinical Leadership in times of Pandemic and War, Serving G-d and community in a new reality’.

Rabbi Avinoam Czitron of Childwall Synagogue in Liverpool won an accolade for organising a project for parents to bring children to shul.

CER has advocated religious rights of Jews in Europe, fought for legislative safeguards and advocated protection of Jewish observance for 66 years since its inception.

The Convention was supported by the Central Council of Jews in Germany, Bavarian Ministry for Education and Faith, and Jewish Life in Germany.

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Gantz and Modi celebrate 30 years diplomacy

Defence Minister Benny Gantz and Prime Minister Narendra Modi

BY DAVID SAFFER

Defence Minister Benny Gantz met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on an official visit last week.

The historic state trip celebrated 30 years diplomatic ties between Israel and India.

Ministers discussed global challenges, military and defence industrial cooperation, and R&D. Bilateral discussions covered Israel’s technological prowess and India’s production capabilities.

Gantz told Modi, “We have a great opportunity to build on our shared values in order to contribute to global stability.

“India is an industrial superpower and Israel is a technological superpower, cooperation between our countries will expand the capabilities of both countries to

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contend with developing challenges.”

Gantz added, “India and Israel share similar and common challenges, including border security and fighting terrorism.

By working together, we may increase our capabilities and ensure the security and economic interests of both countries.”

Gantz, who also met Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, honoured fallen soldiers at the National War Memorial in New Delhi.

Gantz was hosted by Singh after the ceremony.

Chief of Staff to Israel’s Minister of Defence, Maayan Israeli, Military Secretary Brig. Gen. Yaki Dolf, Director of Policy Dror Shalom, Head of International Defence, Yair Kulas, Defence Attache to India Col. Asaf Maller and Ambassador Naor Gilon were part of the Israeli delegation.

NJA affiliates with EJA

BY ADAM MOSES

National Jewish Assembly is affiliated with the European Jewish Association.

The EJA is the fastest growing Jewish network of communities in Europe. Based in Brussels, it builds meaningful contacts with key decision makers and opinion formers in the European Council, European Commission, European Parliament, among permanent representations and embassies.

Through its partner communities, the EJA operates at a bilateral level, with Parliamentary representatives across the EU and lobbies for and defends Jewish community interests. These include freedom of religion, fighting against bans on shechita, securing and safeguarding Jewish communities, schools, synagogues and mikvot.

It is heavily involved in the ongoing fight against antisemitism across Europe and stands up for Israel. It also creates political initiatives that run against the BDS movement and tackles anti-Zionism and anti-Israelism.

The EJA invites key decision makers to flagship conferences with Jewish leaders and takes delegations to Auschwitz and Babyn Yar to advance matters relating to antisemitism.

Gary Mond, NJA chairman said, “Its principal objectives of promoting Jewish community interests, supporting Israel and fighting antisemitism are identical to ours,

NJA chairman Gary Mond

and its record of a diverse and comprehensive range of activities in seeking to achieve these goals is highly admirable.”

According to the EJA’s 2021 Report of Activities, it has around 65 official partner organisations in 22 European countries.

The NJA is its first UK affiliate.

EJA chairman Rabbi Menachem Margolin said, “At long last there is a real dynamic force for good in the UK for Jews, one that together with the EJA represents the future of Jewry, not the past, and that we are certain will continue to grow from strength to strength.”

The NJA is open to anyone to join if they support its key principles of promoting and defending Jewish life, supporting Israel and fighting anti-Semitism.

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Biden postpones Israel visit US President Joe Biden has postponed his visit to Israel and Saudi Arabia until next month.

It had been reported Biden was making a trip to the Middle East later this month after a scheduled visit to Germany and Spain.

The White House has not officially confirmed the July dates.

Biden’s administration according to NBC News is aiming to plan a “broader trip to the Middle East” which will be welcomed by leaders.

“We are working on a trip to Israel and Saudi Arabia for a GCC+3 Summit,” a White House source reportedly said.

This could mean the Gulf Cooperation Council that includes Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates.

“We are working to confirm dates,” the source added. “When we have something to announce, we will.”

Biden confirmed he was visiting Saudi Arabia last week.

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Razvozov welcomes tourism optimism

BY LILLY JOSEPH

Israel Minister of Tourism Yoel Razvozov has welcomed increased optimism from entrepreneurs.

The Ministry has received 107 applications for grants to build and expand hotels.

Investors boosted by Israel’s incoming tourism industry want to develop existing buildings to hotels or restore them to their original purpose.

“This year, we broke the record for the number of grant requests for opening new hotels in Israel,” said Razvozov. “The Ministry continues to invest vast efforts in increasing incoming tourism traffic to Israel and shortening the amount of time it takes to build hotels. This will inject billions of shekels into the state coffers.

“As is well known the corona crisis interrupted the upward growth trend in incoming tourism, which culminated in record figures in 2019 of over 4.5 million tourists.”

Applications have reached 70 for building permits, 22 to restore buildings to hotel use and convert existing buildings into hotels, and 15 applications by companies in possession of a building permit.

This year’s grant budget is NIS 165 million. Deadline for applications was last month.

Razvozov noted the Ministry had focused on preserving the tourism infrastructure whilst assisting entrepreneurs to prepare

for a return of growth.

The tourism industry’s annual contribution to the economy prior to the pandemic was around NIS 40 billion.

The ministry continues to work to realise the potential of hotel investments, to increase the number of tourists and tourism revenue to the economy.

Razvozov has also developed trade to other countries.

An official two-day visit to Greece included a visit to the Etch Hayyim Synagogue of Yannis in Athens where he met Greek Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias and the leadership of Greek Jewry.

Rajvozov was greeted by Manos Alhanatis of the Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece.

Architect Fenia Gavriilidou guided ministers around the synagogue and the Holocaust memorial.

Delia Alhanati of the Athens Jewish community spoke about the importance of the visit, historic ties between Greece and Israel, and activities of the Greek community.

Rajvozov is the first Israeli Minister of Tourism to visit one of the two Jewish synagogues in Athens.

Minister of Tourism Yoel Razvozov

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He thanked Kikilias for support of the Jewish community in Greece and emphasised the importance of tourism to the countries.

Kikilias said his country had established the legislation to fight antisemitism.

“Greece does not forget the six million Jews who were exterminated by the Nazi regime, or the tens of thousands of Greek Jews who were also persecuted and died horrible deaths in Nazi concentration camps,” he noted. “Hate and discrimination have no place in our democracy.

And the Greek society is armed with all the necessary tools that will never allow us to forget, nor repeat, the deep darkness of the abominable history.”

Both Ministers welcomed relations between the two countries as it strengthened the tourism sector.

They also laid a wreath at the Holocaust memorial, visited the Acropolis and Agioi Theodoroi in Corinthia where they inaugurated the new Brown Hotel, which held the Greek-Israeli investment forum.

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New Jewish memorial in Prague

BY LILLY JOSEPH

Czech sculptor Jaroslav Rona is creating a new memorial from Jewish gravestones in Prague.

The memorial will be a shaped as a horizontal circular lens of 200 gravestones with fragments of Hebrew and Czech inscriptions.

Cobblestones have been part of paving for decades on Wenceslas Square. The memorial will be placed near the Jewish cemetery close to Zizkov Television Tower in Mahlerovy sady.

Dozens of paving stones made from Jewish headstones were found during redevelopment work in 2020. For many years it was believed the former communist regime raided synagogues and graveyards for building materials. The discovery confirmed suspicions.

Tragically names of the dead are unidentifiable as headstones have been broken

to form cobblestones. The death of one person is believed to be 1877 when Prague was part of the Habsburg empire, the most recent death is the 1970s. Stones appear to be from different cemeteries.

A memorandum signed by Prague and the Technical Administration of Roads saw the paving stones returned to the Jewish community.

The Jewish community of Prague has publicised the origin of the paving in the historic part of the city for many years.

Trip Advisor notes that Mahlerovy Sady is a “well kept park” in front of one of Prague’s most famous landmark structures. The site describes Zizkov TV Tower as a “stunning structure that is a must go destination” during a holiday.

They add that the garden and park area is “extremely popular” when the sun shines.

“From this vantage point both day or night you can take some awesome photos of the tower,” the site added.

New combat vehicles for IDF

Z-MAG from Israel Aerospace Industries

BY SIMCHA ABIR

Israel’s Ministry of Defence is to procure hundreds of combat vehicles from Israel Aerospace Industries for IDF special units.

Avi Dadon, Deputy Director General at the MoD, signed an order at a ceremony held at the IAI’s land division this week.

The purchase is part a 100 million NIS deal.

IAI will manufacture Z-MAG and ZD vehicles for IDF special forces missions in cooperation with Ido Cohen and The Armored Group.

The commando all-terrain vehicles can carry combat soldiers and equipment weighing 1.5-2.5 tons. Missions will include delivering supplies and evacuating wounded soldiers.

“The commando combat vehicle project is the best possible reflection of the MoD’s work,” said Dadon. “This is a significant procurement deal for strengthening the IDF

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Prayers for eminent rabbis

Hagaon HaRav Moshe Sternbuch

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BY LILLY JOSEPH

Prayers are being said for two eminent rabbis in Israel.

Hagaon HaRav Moshe Sternbuch, Raa’vad of the Eidah HaChareidis has been admitted to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem on Monday.

The esteemed 96-year-old gadol had been feeling unwell for a number of days and after treatment at home in Har Nof he was transferred to the hospital by ambulance.

Doctors at Hadassah have reportedly diagnosed that Rav Sternbuch requires a

pacemaker. The procedure will be carried out by a senior doctor.

HaRav Shternbuch despite his age continues to enjoy a full daily schedule answering halachic shailos and delivering shiurim at his yeshivah in Beit Shemesh.

HaGaon HaRav Tuvia Weiss, the Gaavad of the Eidah HaChareidis, was hospitalised after his condition worsened, also on Monday, at the same Jerusalem hospital.

HaRav Weiss, 96, has been ill for some time.

Yeshivos, kollelim and schools have been asked to daven for the refuah sheleimah of both rabbis. Moshe ben Devorah and Yitzchock Tuvia ben Rikel.

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special units’ force build-up. This agreement will enhance the export potential for these unique tools and technologies.”

IAI chief executive Boaz Levy said the ‘Negeva’ Project will equip the IDF with the most “advanced tactical ground vehicles in the world” as they had exceptional capabilities.

IAI’s land division is a key player in the development of advanced land solutions.

The production line is part of IAI’s ‘Elta’ Division that develops airborne radars, ISR, EW and communications systems.

“IAI’s wide range of capabilities in the fields of intelligence, AI, remote sensing and communications are integrated in these land vehicles and will provide significant added value to the operational capabilities in the field of combat mobility,” explained Levy.

The vehicles will be based on commercial elements to ensure reliability.

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Banned Neo-Nazi group founder jailed

BY LEAH WAXLER

Holocaust denier Alex Davies has been sentenced to eight and-a-half years at the Old Bailey for membership of banned neo-Nazi terrorist group, National Action.

Judge Mark Dennis QC handed down the sentence to Davies, of Swansea.

He said, “You are an intelligent and educated young man but you have held, over a period of many years, warped and shocking prejudices.”

Campaign Against Antisemitism described the ruling as a clear message that neo-Nazis are not welcome in Britain.

A CAA spokesperson said Davies was the epitome of a youth wasted, devoted to ignorance and malice.

The ban on NA, CAA noted, was the “first step, and convictions of its members are the second”.

“Firm custodial sentences such as these are the third,” CAA continued. “The message is clear, neo-Nazis have no place in British society.”

Davies, 27, was found guilty last month at Winchester Crown Court.

He set up NA in 2013 and remained a member between December 2016 and September 2017. The government banned NA following calls from CAA and other organisations.

Following the ban, Davies was involved in a “continuity” organisation called the Southern Activist Network, renamed NS131, to continue work of the banned group. NS131 was banned as an alias of NA. During the trial, Davies, explained his ideology. “If we were to take power, our aim is to have an overwhelmingly white Britain as it more or less has been for centuries,” he said. Asked if he would repatriate Jewish

families with British heritage dating back centuries, he reportedly replied, “Yes, that’s how repatriation would work.”

The court heard that Davies was photographed in 2016 performing a Nazi salute at Buchenwald concentration camp.

He said that he felt “badly” about the photograph.

Regarding the Holocaust, he reportedly said, “I do not believe there was a systematic extermination of Jews. I can’t be a national socialist if the Holocaust occurred, I cannot support an ideology that supports genocide. I have the same moral compass as anyone else, I believe murder is wrong and I cannot support something that engaged in systematic genocide of people because they are Jewish.”

Prosecutor Barnaby Jameson told the court that NA was banned after it “terrorised” towns including Liverpool,

Newcastle, York, Swansea and Darlington.

Members could be heard “screaming Nazi-era proclamations through megaphones”.

Jurors heard Davies described as probably the “biggest Nazi of the lot” as founder, galvaniser and recruiter of the banned group and a “terrorist hiding in plain sight”.

Davies is the 19th person convicted of NA membership, the first right-wing terror group banned since World War Two. He claimed NS131 was not a continuation of NA, as it had different aims and was “exercising his democratic rights”.

Davies co-founded NA with Ben Raymond of Swindon who was jailed for eight years with a further two years on extended licence last December. Offensive group literature called for “white jihad” and had designs praising Nazi Germany and SS death squads.

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BY LILLY JOSEPH

Israel and the United Arab Emirates have signed an historic free trade agreement.

Minister of Industry Orna Barbivay and Minister of Economy Abdalla Bin Touq Al Marri signed the deal in Dubai.

The accord with an Arab state will boost bilateral trade in goods and services between the countries. Israeli exports to the UAE are expected to surge. Regulation covers customs, government procurement, e-commerce and intellectual property rights.

Barbivay welcomed the landmark agreement and its strategic significance for economic relations with the UAE. “The agreement will break down obstacles and advance new economic opportunities and partnerships, that will serve as a basis for our shared path,” she said.

Barbivay praised the UAE Ministry for

professional negotiations and Al Marri for advancing an important achievement.

Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology Dr. Sultan bin Ahmed Al Jaber, said the UAE continues to improve its status as a regional center for trade, investments and industries.

“The trade agreement with Israel will create a new paradigm for the region,” he said, “The only way to build durable and sustainable economies in the complex world is together.”

Al Jaber added that the deal was “larger than business” and illustrated the importance of building significant partnerships.

“Our agreement can prove to countries and governments around the world that cooperation and dialogue are the best way to transform challenges to opportunities,” he noted.

UAE Minister for Foreign Trade Dr. Thani Al-Zeyoudi said diplomatic ties with Israel had seen a new era of trade and investment in our region.

“The agreement is expected to accelerate economic activities,” he noted. “It will create opportunities for research and development, new investments in agricultural technology, renewable energy and advanced technologies, areas of importance to both countries.”

He added, “We have proven what can be achieved when differences and arguments are put to the side. We are willing to rest on these foundations and to promote a new era of opportunities and Orna Barbivay

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entrepreneurship for our citizens, to base our relations on mutual respect, tolerance, open and honest discourse and thought and action. We have no doubt this agreement will lay the path to a new era of economic prosperity in our region.”

A joint committee will continually discuss trade barriers and requests from industry.

Since the establishment of the Abraham Accords, trade between the UAE and Israel reached $885m in 2021.

Exports of $317m were mostly diamonds, electrical and electronic equipment, transportation vehicles and oil. Imports of $306 million highlighted the same areas, jewellery, minerals and fuel.

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Hammers fan banned after Nazi salute

BY ADAM MOSES

Jewish organisations have welcomed a West Ham United 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 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 Campaign Against Antisemitism spokesperson said, “Another football match, another instance of Nazi salutes. We applaud West Ham and the criminal justice authorities for identifying, prosecuting and sanctioning the culprit. Nazi gestures and antisemitism have no place in the beautiful game, and we call on other clubs to emulate this example of

best practice, with fines and bans on all those responsible for injecting racism into sport.”

Jonathan Metliss, Action Against Discrimination chairman, noted, “I am delighted to see this conviction, although three years is hardly long enough for this kind of behaviour and is far too lenient. The football authorities and the police have to crack down much harder if a serious deterrent is to be created.”

Nosheen Hussain, of the Crown Prosecution Service, said, “Football fans from any country should never have to tolerate abusive behaviour.”

Hussain described Garner’s conduct as “insulting and inciteful”. He commented, “The prosecution case included CCTV footage which clearly showed Garner making offensive Nazi salutes toward Austrian fans.

The CPS will always aim to prosecute those who seek to cause harassment.”

Metliss is now awaiting the outcome of

a racial harassment charge against West Ham supporters who abused a Jewish man on a Ryanair flight to Belgium in November 2021.

Lee Carey, 55, and Jak Bruce, 31, have appeared on video link before Judge Loram QC at Chelmsford Crown Court. They were videoed allegedly chanting an antisemitic song at a Charedi passenger.

The defendants attempted to have the case dismissed earlier this month under the Civil Aviation Act. Hearings are scheduled before a possible trial in February 2023.

Jewish organisations and West Ham condemned the incident. The club has confirmed life bans for two supporters.

Hammers fans have previously been documented singing antisemitic chants or engaging in antisemitic abuse.

West Ham and the Premier League have adopted the IHRA Definition of Antisemitism.

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Rome’s Rabin Park updated The Embassy of Israel has donated a new playground area at Rome’s Rabin Park.

A message from Prime Minister Mario Draghi was read during the unveiling attended by Jewish community members.

The ceremony took place 100 years after Rabin’s birth.

Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio, Senate President Elisabetta Casellati, Rome Mayor Roberto Gualtieri and Israeli Ambassador to Italy Dror Eydar attended.

The playground area consists of a structure suitable for children up to 12 years old, which can also be used by disabled people. The attraction consists of towers, slides and zip line.

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Sompolinsky wins Prestigious Neuroscience Prize

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Dr Haim Sompolinksy of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem is the first Israeli to win the prestigious $500,000 Gruber Neuroscience prize.

Sompolinsky is among 2022 awardees for seminal contributions in computational and theoretical neuroscience.

As datasets have grown more complex these fields have played an increasingly important role in helping scientists unravel the mysteries of how the brain functions in health and disease.

The prize honours individuals whose groundbreaking work provides new models and tools that enable shifts in our understanding of the brain and will potentially have a profound impact on our lives.

The award will be presented to Sompolinsky, Columbia University’s Larry Abbott, MIT’s Emery Brown and Salk Institute for

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Biological Studies’ Terrence Sejnowski on November 13th at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience in California.

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machine learning to create theories, mathematical models, and tools that have greatly advanced how we study and understand the brain,” said Professor Joshua Sanes, a member of the selection advisory board.

Sompolinsky’s pioneering research provided a deep understanding of attractor-network models that describe the collective behaviour and informational processing of large, complex neural circuits in the brain. He has also described how the combination of neuronal excitation and inhibition lead to chaotic yet controllable patterns of activity in the brain.

Professor Asher Cohen, President of Hebrew University congratulated Sompolinsky. He said, “His insights have not only transformed how neuroscientists do their research but point to new ways of treating the diseased brain.”

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Ben Gurion’s House resumes Tanakh Circle Liberia to open

BY DAVID SAFFER

Ben Gurion’s House in Tel Aviv has resumed the Prime Minister’s Tanakh Circle.

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Deputy Religious Services Minister Matan Kahane hosted a special ‘circle meeting’ for the program.

The home of Israel’s first Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion has stood since 1930.

Begin Centre Deputy Director, General Ariel Morali, IDF Chief Rabbi Eyal Vered, Rabbi Avichai Katzin and a number of eminent professors were among dignitaries at the Ben Gurion’s house in Tel Aviv gathering. historic window would have been missed.”

During a tour, Bennett observed thouBennett added, “He (Begin) gave us a sands of historical books in the house. great gift and paid a very heavy personal “Once in 2,000 years there is an opportu- price. They mocked him, laughed at him nity to establish a Jewish state in the land of and treated him with contempt. He wept Israel,” he said. “Without the brave decision in his response speech. They laughed at and restraint of Menachem Begin not to re- him and for almost 30 years he was in the turn fire in the Altalena incident, the State opposition. It is not certain that he would of Israel would not have been established. have been Prime Minister at all. But with“The establishment of the Jewish state was out his decision there would not have been touch and go, if he (Begin) had done what a State of Israel.” those around him were telling him to do that Bennett welcomed the continuation of

the Tanakh Circle.

“The Tanakh is the foundation of our existence, the relevance of the Tanakh is unending,” he said. “Every Shabbat I teach my children various sections of the Tanakh. Every time we go over the same section we discover new angles.”

Bennett added, “We have just entered the 75th year of the State of Israel. All of us here intend that we will be here forever as a sovereign and united state.”

Ben Gurion House Director Nelly Markman described the residence as the “most fitting” place PHOTO: WIKIMEDIA for the Tanakh Circle.

“In the private home of David Ben-Gurion countless meetings of the historic Tanakh Circle were held with the participation of the religious and secular, people from east and west, passers-by and statesmen, people of letters and culture sitting around a table and learning Torah together,” she observed. “Now more than ever, the people of Israel need to follow in the path of the first Prime Minister, a path of which the lion’s share was paved in the time of the Tanakh.”

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Liberia is to open an official office in Jerusalem.

The West African nation has resolved to open a full embassy following the actions of the United States, Guatemala, Kosovo and Honduras in Israel’s capital.

An official delegation from Liberia submitted a formal letter to President Isaac Herzog and Deputy Foreign Minister Idan Roll this week.

Roll explained to the Liberian delegation the procedure in a meeting at his office. Liberian officials plan to submit full details by the end of July to ensure the move quickly takes place as soon as practical.

Liberia has also called for aid from Israel in agriculture, water management and tourism.

After the meeting, Roll said, “Liberia is a true friend of the State of Israel and opening an official Liberian office in Jerusalem, the capital of Israel, is good news for the relations between the two countries.”

He added, “Liberia is a loyal supporter of Israel at the United Nations and we are happy to deepen diplomatic ties with it.

We will continue to act so that as many countries as possible open their missions in Jerusalem, where they belong. Welcome, Liberia!”

Monrovia has supported Israel at the United Nations and the African Union in recent years.

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Promoting Ignorance OPINION PIECE

BY ROBERT FESTENSTEIN

In 1981 I went to the then Soviet Union and visited refuseniks.

These were Jews who had applied to leave the Soviet Union to be reunited with family members as permitted under the Soviet constitution. During the 1970s attitudes towards Israel by the Soviet Union hardened and although the applications to leave were lawful, often these were refused – hence ‘refuseniks’.

What made matters worse often was that those whose application was unsuccessful lost their jobs and were forced to find low paying work such as cleaners.

The Soviet Jewry campaign received worldwide support and as part of that campaign, volunteers like me went to Moscow, Leningrad (before it changed back to St Petersburg) and other cities and met with Jews who had lost their jobs and were struggling to envisage when they might be able to leave.

What humbled me about some of these people was their determination. Some were learning Ivrit even though that was illegal and all of them were sure that their

decision to try and leave was the right one.

These encounters were profoundly moving and so much more significant than being searched at the airport in Moscow.

There is no substitute for personal experience. However realistic a television programme, film, memorial or museum might be, there is nothing like seeing something at first hand. So when the Board of Deputies came to town – Manchester – last month it seemed an ideal opportunity to raise at their meeting the idea of a discussion about the Holocaust Memorial, a subject which will be familiar to followers of this column.

To my disappointment, though not my surprise, my request at the Board meeting that there should be a debate on the wisdom of a memorial, versus putting the money into trips for school children to visit Auschwitz was not received well. For reasons I cannot understand, the Board

leadership have no interest in any debate on the subject. Apparently the project will cost £100m, 80% of which will come from the Government and the balance from private donations. There is no guarantee that if the memorial does not go ahead the money will be available for something else, but surely there should be some discussion on this.

Last week the United Kingdom celebrated 70 years of the reign of Her Majesty the Queen. For many, the highlight was the meeting between Her Majesty and Paddington Bear. What was not mentioned by the press in their reporting of this event was the inspiration behind Britain’s most popular bear.

Paddington Bear was the creation of Michael Bond, who died in 2017 aged 91. He was a teenager during World War II and saw for himself Jewish refugee children arriving at the railway station at

However realistic a television programme, film, memorial or museum might be, there is nothing like seeing something at first hand.

Reading in Berkshire. It had a profound impact on him and in a 2014 interview with The Telegraph, three years before he passed away, Bond said the character of Paddington was inspired by the children he had seen.

“I remember their labels round their necks and then I remember going to the cinema and seeing on the newsreel that Hitler had moved into some new country and seeing footage of elderly people pushing prams with all their belongings in them. Refugees are the saddest sight, I still think that,” he said.

Personal experience counts for so much.

At the very least the largest representative body in British Jewry should allow those representatives to debate the options available and decide whether future generations will be able to visit the camps themselves or just read about in books or museums.

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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Study hard, do good, and, however difficult your life, you too can rise to the very top.

OPINION PIECE

BY ANDREW M ROSEMARINE

France’s new Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne, has just formed her first government.

She has described the Jewish Community as her own, and had a Jewish Father, the late Joseph Bornstein, an Auschwitz survivor. She is the fifth French Premier of Jewish parentage and France’s second woman PM. Some here in France describe her as “a French Margaret Thatcher” for her competence, tenacity and directness.

But she is on the left!

Mme Borne, in her first speech as Premier, dedicated her premiership to “school-girls everywhere,” encouraging them “to fulfil their dreams.” Young women of the world, take note!

French media have emphasized her being a woman PM, the daughter of a survivor of the concentration camps, and from a poor background. It was thanks to State support, that she was able to win a place in Napoleon’s elite Polytechnique college,

where she trained as a civil engineer.

She was interviewed last year by Radio Juif (a French Jewish Radio Station.) She said “France’s Jewish Community is mine.

It’s part of our Republic’s history. It has its own place in our Republic.” French Jewry’s leaders have welcomed her appointment.

Will she succeed? She prefers mastering her brief, to playing politics. She says “Running after photo opportunities, and blasting out punch lines, is not my thing.”

How different from another Prime Minister! Some say she has been a “Minister whose reforms turned the impossible into the possible.” She has little free time, but enjoys Opera, reading, and walking in the desert. Is that her Jewish genes speaking?

Mme Borne’s father, born in Antwerp into a Russian-Polish family, fled to France in 1940, after the Nazis seized Belgium. He was deported to Auschwitz and Buchenwald, after joining a Jewish resistance group, encouraging other Jews to join up. He received French nationality in 1950, and shortened his name to Borne.

He married a pharmacist from Normandy (whose father had tended General Rommel’s war wounds there.) Joseph worked in pharmacy too. He committed suicide, when Elisabeth was only 11. Born in 1961, it is likely that Elisabeth was named after our Queen.

France’s Chief Rabbi, Haim Korsia,was asked by me to comment on the new French Premier’s appointment. Rabbi

Mme Borne has proven that a French woman from the most tragic and poor background may rise to become Prime Minister. Young women of the world, take note!

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Haim, ever quick to joke, replied “You need a commentator on mishpachtology (the humorous Jewish pseudo-science of one’s origins.)” Make of that what you will!

Mme Borne has proven that a French woman from the most tragic and poor background may rise to become Prime Minister. Young women of the world, take note!

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Leadership in the Jewish community OPINION PIECE

BY GARY MOND

In its 5 May edition, the Jewish Weekly published an excellent article from Robert Festenstein headed “Time to speak out”.

In it, the author called for Jewish leaders to condemn the recent pieces in certain Jewish newspapers which referred to past tweets from James Marlow, the CEO of the National Jewish Assembly, of which I am the chairman.

Mr Festenstein is correct, because those articles represent journalism of the worst kind, having been produced in order to smear a new Jewish organisation which does not conform to the left-wing agenda of much of the current political firmament.

However, in referencing the issue to one of leadership, he has begun an important debate on which there is much more to say.

The key question, which is especially relevant to the Jewish community, is what constitutes effective leadership? Of course, this is a subjective matter, and readers may or may not agree with my views. It is nevertheless a very significant issue and one for which the optimal answers should dictate how leaders in the UK Jewish community ought to behave.

First, a strong leader needs to be certain

he or she is aware of the hopes and fears of the Jewish community as a whole. This can sometimes be difficult, as views differ on some subjects, but for my organisation, the National Jewish Assembly, selecting as we have the three key areas of protecting and celebrating Jewish life and traditions, supporting Israel and fighting antisemitism, it is more straightforward as the wishes of the Jewish community in these fields are for the most part well-known and united.

Second, the leader needs to identify objectives within the key issues, satisfy himself or herself that those objectives are shared by the vast majority in the community, and then fight hard for them by whatever means is possible, be it on social media, through working with other like-minded organisations or lobbying those in positions of influence.

Third, the leader needs to achieve as high a degree of unity as possible within the Jewish community. Every effort should be made to bring those who have hitherto been hostile to each other together, and where campaigns are chosen on which most agree, this should certainly be

possible. It is a huge mistake for a leader to campaign in any way and on any issue where there is a significant minority – or possibly even a majority – against the line that the leader is taking. Such a course of action causes discord and disharmony within our community, destroys trust and confidence in both the leader and the entity which he or she is leading, and worst of all makes it difficult for future campaigns to have much chance of success, as those unhappy with the earlier policy will not wish to participate. It is also highly divisive for a leader of any Jewish organisation to hurl insults at anyone other than the Jew-haters. This applies to insults levelled at those in our community and also those from overseas, including visiting democratically elected Israeli politicians.

Fourth, there are occasions when a leader should remain silent. I believe that Jewish leaders should not speak on issues which are not directly relevant to the Jewish community. Some may disagree, but I for one would argue that there is so much that needs to be done on our core issues and in so many areas, that working on other

The key question, which is especially relevant to the Jewish community, is what constitutes effective leadership?

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non-Jewish-specific issues constitutes a misallocation of resources. Good examples of this are climate change and refugee issues. They are of course absolutely vitally important matters, but they are just as important to the 99.5% of the British population that is not Jewish as they are to the 0.5% that is.

A further example of when to stay silent is if a major issue that is relevant to the Jewish community provokes substantial division. So what should a leader do in such a situation? One possibility is to hold a debate on the subject, giving plenty of opportunity for those on both sides to speak. This can only be good for our community and ought to be educational as well, perhaps helping those watching to make up their minds. Once the result is known, the leader should only pronounce a view if he or she believes that a very large majority of the community favour one course of action or the other. To do otherwise would lead to the sowing of division and strife.

In conclusion, I stress that the above are my personal views and others may not share them. Yet the fact that the issue of leadership is an important topic to discuss is undeniable.

Gary Mond is the Chairman of the National Jewish Assembly. The views expressed are his own.

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Perry’s Story…

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Seed’s Associate National Director, Rabbi Herman with Perry Dowell

I was brought up with a strong Jewish identity but we didn’t really keep anything. I didn’t know how to read Hebrew let alone know my way around a siddur.

Just after 9/11 my wife and I went to Israel for a wedding. We didn’t keep anything at that point. It was Rosh Hashanah and I went for a night out with a friend, coming back to the hotel room at 5 o’clock in the morning to a very unhappy wife who was pregnant with our second child and holding our crying 18-month old. She said “I think you need to go to shul in the morning and seek forgiveness!”

So I went to the shul in the hotel that day. I didn’t understand anything that was going on with the service - I didn’t know if I was picking up a siddur or a machzor, if it was upside down or the right way up! I was a bit embarrassed that I didn’t know anything, and I felt that I really should.

After we flew back to London (on Shabbat Shuva – probably not the best time to get on an aeroplane!) I decided to go to the Edgware United Synagogue for the first time, and soon after that I was lucky enough to be introduced to Rabbi Malcolm Herman by a close friend.

He mentioned that there was a Seed weekend a couple of weeks later, and my wife wanted to go. I agreed but said that I wouldn’t go to any shiurim or anything like that – I would just watch TV in the room.

Needless to say, the television wasn’t switched on once. All the rabbonim were so engaging and enthusiastic – I couldn’t help but be taken along for the ride. We spent Friday night dinner with Rabbi and Rebbetzen Silver, and when everyone else had gone to bed we were still sitting there talking. It was the most incredible experience.

For the next five years we went to every

Seed seminar we could – they were great fun and the kids loved them. I found Seed created such a brilliant, non-judgemental environment and we both loved listening to the talks and asking questions to the educators.

Not long after I met Rabbi Herman, he invited my wife and I to eat in their small pop-up Succah. It was just the four of us and I was a bit worried at first– I had never been in a Succah in my life! I remember how welcome and comfortable he made us feel and that he sang zemirot and gave divrei Torah. That experience made everything else after that seem much less intimidating and more manageable.

Rabbi Herman really took me under his wing and he soon set me up with a One2One learning partner. Rabbi Gershon Weingarten and I then learned together for five years, starting with things like basic Chumash and the structure of the

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siddur. If someone had told me at the start of that five years that I would have ended up learning gemara with a great rabbi, I would have thought they were mad.

The past 20 years have been an incredible journey – one that we would never have embarked on without Seed. They opened up that opportunity for me to learn, allowing someone like me, coming from a non-frum background, to start to consume and understand Yiddishkeit in manageable bite-size pieces. They were amazing at knowing exactly where I was on that path and pitching opportunities to learn and to grow at the right level and at the right time.

Without Seed I would never have completed a number of masechtas of gemara, or completed a siyum ha’shas mishnayos.

I daven from the amud on a regular basis and I’ve taught people who come to the Seed shul how to daven as well. I was the gabbai there for seven years and I’m now the chairman. My daughters have gone from being children participating in a Seed seminar to being madrichot at Seed seminars and going to sem, which makes us very proud - and I think makes the Seed rabbonim very proud as well.

If we hadn’t found Seed and gone down this path, I don’t think my family would be where they are today. Seed allows you to become the best person that you can be - I feel that I am an enhanced version of my previous self. I’m more tolerant and I have more patience with my family and others outside of my family. I have a thirst for learning that was ignited by Seed. It’s a journey that is never finished, and that’s what I love about it.

Perry’s is just one story amongst thousands. Thousands of Jewish people have journeyed with Seed to find the meaning and depth within Torah since the summer of 1979 when Rabbi Joey Grunfeld first gathered together a group of yeshiva students from Gateshead to teach professionals from the Birmingham Jewish community ‘one to one’ for two weeks.

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“What rotten luck: both diamond honours were wrong and East had the club length,” complained South.

“Luck had nothing to do with it,” said North. “You were on the right track when you exited with the spade at trick five, but it was too early. You should have cashed the ace and king of clubs beforehand. East can win, cash a club and exit with a diamond, but will then be endplayed when he takes your ten of diamonds with his jack.

Essentially, you gave East two opportunities to lead diamonds instead of just one.”

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Mitzvah Day appoints new CEO

The Nicky Alliance centre held a Queen’s Platinum Jubilee afternoon tea party with flag waving

Celebrating the Queen’s Jubilee at the Nicky Alliance Centre

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Laura Marks and Stuart Diamond

Stuart Diamond has been appointed CEO of Mitzvah Day. A former director of the Cape South African Jewish Board of Deputies and graduate of the Schusterman Leadership Program, Stuart immigrated to the UK from South Africa with his family in July 2021.

Since arriving he has been working both with Moishe House and the United Synagogue.

Before his role at the Board of Deputies, Stuart was the Mayoral Committee member for Cape Town. He is currently a governor of Alma Primary School in Friern Barnet and member of Woodside Park Synagogue.

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He said, “Service to community is my calling and tikkun olam and interfaith work are close to my heart. I am ready for the challenges and the opportunities that I see ahead of us.”

Mitzvah Day founder and chair Laura Marks said that when Stuart approached Mitzvah Day about the role they didn’t hesitate to “snap him up”.

She added, “Stuart’s extensive experience in interfaith relations, in work with government and in social action made him an ideal candidate. His can-do attitude and huge smile made him perfect. We can’t wait for Stuart to don his green t-shirt and to help us and our ‘volunteer army’ take Mitzvah Day to the next level”.

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EcoSynagogue climate partnership Jubilee GIFTS in the community

Adrian Frost with Andrea Passe

EcoSynagogue has announced a partnership with Climate Stewards.

Synagogues and Jewish communities can follow Britain’s churches and calculate carbon footprint using the 360°carbon tool.

Adrian Frost, Technical and Development Manager at Climate Stewards, visited the EcoSynagogue Rabbinic Team and Project Manager Andrea Passe to show them

how the tool works.

Andrea said: “The benefits in identifying and measuring our carbon footprint in such a straightforward way is a gift for our registered EcoSynagogues who are striving to make a difference in their worship spaces.”

Adrian added: “I have learned so much, not only about synagogues, but about the Jewish faith.”

GIFT Manchester’s volunteers at Beenstock Care Home, celebrating and decorating British themed cupcakes with the residents

GIFT celebrated the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee & Shavuot in style, sending volunteers to Manchester’s Beenstock Care Home to celebrate & decorate British themed cupcakes with the residents.

In GIFT London school sessions, JFS and King Solomon students made bunting and decorations for Jewish Care homes, which was very much appreciated; and hundreds of primary school children wrote good wishes and thanks to the Queen using GIFT Jubilee postcards.

Scones were added to the hundreds of Giving Kitchen meals prepared and given out in the community and over 35 young professionals participated in a GIFT packathon making up Jubilee themed recipe boxes for GIFT recipient families to bake

themselves at home.

Before Yom Tov, GIFT put on a celebratory evening for Batmitzva girls and their mothers, making flower boxes for GIFT families.

GIFT’s Bnei Mitzva Coordinator, Esther Zneimer noted, “It was a lovely opportunity for mothers and daughters to spend time together in a meaningful and giving capacity. The flower arrangements were beautiful and really enhanced the special Yom tov packages that went out to our recipients.”

In total over 500 volunteers were engaged, with over 1,000 benefitting.

GIFT wishes Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II a huge Mazel Tov on this momentous occasion and thanks the community for joining with GIFT fo make such a difference to so many.

The Sun shone on the tea party for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebration at Broughton Jewish Cassel Fox Primary School.

Broughton Jewish Primary School Queen’s Jubilee Afternoon Tea celebrations

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GIFT go beyond the label with inclusive fashion

Miriam Igbi and Tamara Sireling, GIFT Beyond the Label

GIFT hosted ‘Beyond the Label’, an inclusive fashion show to raise awareness of the need for all shapes, sizes and abilities to be represented in the fashion industry, as well as an opportunity for women to support other women in this female only show. More than 150 people came to show their support for the event, held at Kinloss Synagogue.

As part of their educational programming in schools, GIFT worked together with two Hasmonean 6th Formers: Adina Rosenstein and Shira Gabai, to develop the ‘Beyond the Label’ event.

GIFT works year round with Hasmonean Girls School in a Midrasha programme, encouraging the 6th Form students to come up with their own ideas to make a positive impact within the local community. Many of the ideas born in the GIFT sessions in schools are implemented by the students and the school; however, GIFT was directly

involved in the production of ‘Beyond the Label’ to enable it to be brought to a larger, community-wide audience.

When asked about the ‘Beyond the Label’ idea, Adina Rosenstein said: “Beyond the Label stands for seeing beyond the conventional physical standards of beauty; proving that confidence is the true beauty.”

17 models of all shapes and sizes took part, some of which came through disability charity Kisharon and others volunteering from within the community.

The clothes were generously supplied and fitted by: House of Lancry, Alona Karen Boutique, The Wardrobe, Keshet Couture, Fame, Bitz of Glitz and Accessory World.

Not only were clothes kindly donated, but DJ Danny Maccabi, A Cut Above hairstyling, Kayla Hollander hairstyling, Chaygit hair and makeup, Joy Ambalo hairstylist, Aviva Lewin makeup, Sarah Fields makeup, Rivka Gotlieb makeup, Odelia Monderer makeup and Chevy Harp photography all volunteered for the event, donating their time and skills to put on an excellent show.

Shira Gabai, co-creator of ‘Beyond the Label’ said: ‘We cannot believe that our idea has turned into something so powerful.’

Shira Joseph, High Schools, Student & Volunteer Manager at GIFT, said: “I’m so proud of Adina and Shira and how they have introduced such a powerful idea and message to the community through this project.

It’s been such a pleasure to work with them both and to see the generosity of the designers, shops and people who have given their time and talents for this amazing fashion show. GIFT love to facilitate thought-provoking and insightful ideas that have a positive impact on the community and this is a great example of that.”

Debbie Rosten, model from Kisharon spoke to the guests and said “Labels are for jars and clothes, not for people. Our aim in life is to look beyond the label and see the goodness from within. Labels are seen on the outside but it is important to think about what can’t be seen.”

Finchley scouts celebrate Jubilee The 20th Finchley Scout Group attended Trooping of the Colour in celebration of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

The 25-strong group received a police escort down the Mall to Horse Guards Parade.

Leaders organised Jubilee activity packs to keep children occupied before the start and to their delight they spotted Royalty in the carriages and watched the soldiers marching.

As the Trooping of the Colour went into the Mall the group walked down the Mall led by Police in a ‘once in a life time experience’.

Group Scout Leader Debra Morris said, “It was amazing day, the sun was shining, people were cheering and it was a very enjoyable and happy atmosphere. Our scout group were very privileged to be a part of the youth contingent.” She added, “The group were positioned by the entrance to Buckingham Palace and saw the Queen come out onto the balcony and the fly past.

It was spectacular. A cub was also privileged to receive a special badge from a Royal Constabulary Policeman making her day even more special.”

Later in the day, the group joined the Barnet Borough Scout District Jubilee Garden party for beavers, cubs and scout members.

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The 20th Finchley Scout Group at Buckingham Palace

The event included baking, a coconut shy, tight rope challenge, colouring stations a raffle, Town Crier competition and lighting of a Beacon.

The day ended with two members of the 20th Finchley group winning the competition after reciting a Jubilee inspired poem.

Wohl Ilford Jewish Primary School Celebrates Jubilee

Kisharon’s Jubilee message Kisharon’s street party for The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee was such a hit no-one wanted the celebrations to end.

The event with music and an afternoon tea took place for supported living tenants, staff and neighbours.

Montpelier Rise in Golders Green was closed off as trestle tables in the road were piled high.

Partygoers enjoyed a typical English fare including scones and Victoria sponge cake.

The party was a highlight of Kisharon’s Jubilee celebrations that included a Tuffkid Nursery tea when children enjoyed cucumber sandwiches, reputed to be the Queen’s favourite.

The children also created a card for the Queen using handprints sent to Buckingham Palace.

Kisharon’s adult opportunities, where another celebratory party took place, wished the Queen a ‘hearty Mazel Tov’ with a poster made from individual sparkling hand-made crowns.

Wohl Ilford Jewish Primary School looking the part for the Jubilee

Kisharon sent mazal tov wishes to The Queen on her Platinum Jubilee

Wohl Ilford Jewish Primary School celebrated the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in style!

Music played and the sun shone as ‘the Queen’ welcomed our families in to school waving from the balcony with her corgis.

Having spent the week writing poems and messages of congratulations to the Queen, and making crowns and bookmarks, our pupils spent Friday afternoon celebrating this once-in-a-lifetime event together. All year groups sang a song from

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one of the decades of the Queen’s reign, as well as the National Anthem.

They then tucked into a special picnic which included red, white and blue cupcakes.

Pupils then enjoyed playing a variety of games, made and run by our year six pupils including hook a duck and pin the crown on the queen.

Everyone left school with a souvenir key ring and memories of a wonderful afternoon celebrating this historic occasion.

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Tweens and teens step Kisharon up for Camp Simcha volunteering week Twenty-nine bar and bat mitzvah students completed an eight-mile walk for Camp Simcha, raising a joint total of over £10,000 to support the charity’s work with seriously ill children and their families.

The sponsored walk was part of the charity’s B’nei Mitzvah programme, which was launched in the past year and has included other volunteering activities such as packing toys for children who are ill in hospital, as well as Mishloach Manot for Purim.

Twenty-two of the children walked a circular route in North London, while seven did their walk in Norwich.

The North London walk made stops at the Whittington and Royal Free hospitals to deliver cuddly Camp Simcha monkeys for children on the wards.

Meanwhile the Norwich walk was organised by 12-year-old Ruth Carpenter, whose family was supported by the charity several years ago, after she was diagnosed with a Wilms’ Tumour, in her kidney.

Ruth, who has raised over £1,000 so far, said: “Camp Simcha helped me and my family a lot so now I’d like to help them and other sick children.”

She and her friends also delivered cuddly monkeys along the route to Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital for the oncology

Norwich Group delivering toys

clinic, as well as a branch of the East Anglian Children’s Hospice.

“At the hospice we were able to hand the monkeys to some children staying there, the other monkeys will be put on the beds to welcome children coming over the next few weeks,” said Ruth.

Ariella Keene, 12, from North London, who took part in the London walk and previous packing activities said it was a great way to complete her bat-mitzvah year, having celebrated her simcha in March.

She said: “I really enjoyed taking part in the Camp Simcha B’nei Mitzvah walk.

It was so special to be part of something meaningful and I loved when we dropped the monkeys off at the hospitals.”

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Kisharon has marked ‘volunteering week’ by thanking its many volunteers and highlighting some of the work they do on social media.

Hilary Castle has volunteered at Kisharon since 2014. Her arrival at the charity coincided with the family shoe repair business being sold.

“I wanted to do something more rewarding,” she explained. “The JVN sent me to the Kisharon Noé School, The Kisharon Wohl Campus, a Loftus Learning Centre, to see if I might like to volunteer there. One of the profoundly disabled boys saw me and his smile lit up my heart. That’s how I ended up at Kisharon.”

Hilary said that the best part of volunteering was watching the boy that smiled at her grow from a child to a man. She had also seen other children at different stages of their lives.

“It’s a very nice feeling,” Hilary observed.

“For me, the best part is getting to know children and adults with learning disabilities, and meeting people working for Kisharon.”

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Regarding what singles Kisharon out, Hilary cited the staff. She said, “All the staff are very dedicated to the cause and that it’s not just a job. It’s something I want to be part of.”

Hilary doesn’t think there is anything in particular in terms of skills and expertise she provides but her efforts are greatly appreciated by the charity.

“I am happy to do most things and get on with anything so long as I am being useful,” she said. “When asked I just get on with it. I don’t mind what I do whether its packing and unpacking boxes, helping with the honey at Rosh Hashanah or spending time with a person Kisharon support.”

So, what does Hilary get out of Kisharon?

She said, “It’s the feeling that I’m making a difference to Kisharon and helping the organisation go further. I am so grateful to everyone at Kisharon. I’m just a cog in a wheel but Kisharon are the ones who make it go around.”

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How to make your business stagflation*-proof?

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Strategies that work from Kolleno. Part 1

BY URI DEBSON

The last time you heard about stagflation was probably in your economics class, covering basic macro principles. But here we go again, the rare combination of rising unemployment and high inflation is looming above the UK economy.

However, this time it is a matter of not memorising what increases or not, but what can we do to protect small and medium-sized businesses? At Kolleno, the cloud-based cash management platform, we have prepared working tips on how to protect your business.

THE STATE OF THE ECONOMY RIGHT NOW

Recent numbers published by the Office of National Statistics show that consumer prices have increased by 7% in the past twelve months, mainly due to the rising energy prices. The last time inflation was higher than that was 30 years, back in 1992.

Furthermore, the UK GDP fell by 0.1% in March and the quarterly GDP of 0.8% didn’t meet the estimate of 1%.

All that macroeconomic data suggests that the economy is heading towards stagflation - a prolonged period of high inflation, low output and rising unemployment.

The last time major economies experienced it was in the 1970s. This is a relatively rare economic situation and the tricky part is due to the economic policy conflicts- what would stimulate the employment would speed up the rise in prices and vice versa.

Usually, stagflation occurs due to the supply shocks- a sudden rise in the commodity process.

Consumers already feel the strain on their real income and are tightening their belts. While consumers are postponing their non-essential purchases, the small business owners will feel a real hit due to the lower demand, higher cost of production materials, and disruption in the supply chain.

Martin McTague, the national chair for the Federation of Small Businesses has told FT that small business owners are scaling back their investments, expansion and take-home pay.

4 STRATEGIES TO PROTECT YOUR BUSINESS

1. Strengthen your cash flow.

Cash flow can be treated as a source of internal liquidity, especially during a time of crisis. Usually, when an unforeseen situation happens businesses can quickly apply for a business loan, however, the lending to the SMEs is at an all-time low according to fsb.org.uk, with 6 to 10 businesses affected by late payments.

To make your business recession-proof during unstable times it is essential to look within. Cash flow can be a source of internal liquidity. To speed up the cash conversion cycle it is important to monitor the invoices and send customers timely reminders, your hard-earned cash hits the bank account as fast as possible.

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Automating manual work and diverting your workforce’s attention to more value-added tasks is key, plus it reduces errors.

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The platform itself is powered by machine learning algorithms which can suggest strategies for faster collections, after connecting to your accounting software via API. The actions centre will tell you everything that has to be done today to speed up cash to your account but also suggest the best ton-of-voice and templates that only strengthen the customer relationships.

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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 • 28% less of overdue invoices The stagnation, recession or any other economic uncertainty is harmful to businesses if they are unprepared. Right now, is a great time to see which processes could be improved or even automated.

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ASK THE RABBI Looking for answers? Send your question to Rabbi@RabbiSchochet.com THE JOKE IS ON YOU Dear Rabbi, I was recently in attendance at a service in a synagogue where the Rabbi started his sermon with a whole repertoire of jokes.

Everyone laughed and seemed to love it but with five minutes spent on football humour and another five spent on his message, I was wondering if this is a new mode of diluted Rabbinate – “spiritual entertainers” or whether this is just something unique to this community. Also, there was definitely one “colourful” joke which made me wonder whether that is even appropriate for a Rabbi, let alone in a synagogue.

You often (effectively in my view) use humour to make your points in this column - so do you have an opinion on the matter?

Jackie Dear Jackie I would make a few observations here. First, humour is a powerful tool. The Talmud relates how certain Rabbis would begin their in-depth classes with some light anecdote, simply because it relaxes the mind of the listeners and thus enables the follow up to be more readily absorbed. Elsewhere, the Talmud relates how two jesters merited the World-toCome simply on account of the fact that they would sometimes encounter sad people or quarrelling individuals and they would use humour to calm the tensions and cheer them up.

More than twenty years ago I made national headlines (literally! London Times, ITV lunchtime news, The Mail, Telegraph etc.), because it was determined that I would tell occasional mother-inlaw jokes from the pulpit (usually

at an ufruf). Much as the media questioned the appropriateness of telling politically incorrect jokes (and this, in a day where it was still generally deemed acceptable). I took the opportunity to explain that the pulpit is not meant to be used for beating people’s consciences to a pulp (that’s what I have this column for). A Shabbat morning speech is a time for maximum impact in minimal time. If one wants to put a message across, it’ll be that much more readily absorbed if it includes some light anecdote and humour as well.

Now, spending half one’s sermon on humour is definitely not the real objective or best use of time, unless the Rabbi in question is aiming to follow your namesake (Jackie Mason – he also started as a Rabbi) from the pulpit to Broadway. Otherwise, it is a balancing act and one ought to never lose sight of who they are and what they represent.

HONOUR THY MOTHER – WHY? Dear Rabbi In the Ten Commandments on Shavuot we read about honouring parents. It made me think.

For one, why is that so important that it is in the Ten Commandments? Secondly, what if I just don’t get along with my mother?

And do I need to respect my husband’s parents too?

Katie Dear Katie A woman once came before the Lubavitcher Rebbe complaining about the fact that she and her mother had fallen out over money issues. The Rebbe looked to her sadly: “I just lost my

mother this year. Do you know how much money I would give to have my mother back with me, for even one day? And yet you allow for money to tear you apart!”

In the words of Shakespeare’s King Lear, “How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is to have a thankless child.”

Respecting parents, at a basic level, means acknowledging the reality of how they gave you life. They clothed you, fed you, educated you and raised you.

Whatever your resentments, you cannot and must not ever lose sight of that reality. You don’t have to love your Mom if you don’t want to, but regardless, you have to show her respect.

It’s the least you can do. (To be sure, there are sometimes extenuating circumstances, e.g. abuse, but that’s beyond the scope of this question).

It is in the Ten Commandments and immediately following the commandments of belief in G-d because they go hand-in-hand.

You could always find excuses to be upset with and “not get along” with G-d as well. But your continued existence is attributable to Him. If you are not going to respect your parents in spite of all they’ve done for you, then in all likelihood you won’t respect G-d either. Yes, one is as important in its own way, as the other.

Consider this: Your mother taught you religion: “You better pray this stain comes out of the carpet.” She taught you logic: “Because I said so, that’s why!”

She taught you wisdom: “When you get to my age you’ll understand.” And most of all, she taught you about justice: “One day you’ll have kids, and I hope they treat you as you treat me!”

As for the in-laws, the Talmud teaches the expanded legal scope of the mitzvah as derived from the Biblical text to include a subsidiary responsibility to honour other senior figures of authority, including one’s

in-laws, even though they are not your biological parents, hence not necessarily deserving of your gratitude. Then again, they did provide you with your spouse which I’m assuming is something you’re grateful for.

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Naso: A Brave New World

BY RABBI MOSHE TARAGIN

The drama of a nazir illustrates our delicate interface with the physical world which surrounds us. G-d crafted us as spiritual creatures- more angel than animal. Homo sapiens are meaning-seeking animals, something the physical world can never provide. In our pursuit of meaning, we must look beyond.

On the other hand, G-d fused our spirits to bodily frames and firmly planted us in a material world. The bodies which house our souls have physical needs and respond to physical experiences. These two “selves”- our bodies and our soulsthough fundamentally different, feel indistinguishable. They heavy influence one another: spirituality affects physical well-being, while medical health influences our spiritual state. We are crafted as “two” but experience life as “one”.

Throughout our history, our tradition offered differing approaches to help navigate these two spheres. Often, the physical world was dismissed or even vilified. Why indulge excessively in a reality which is merely a “passageway” to a more eternal and grander “palace”? Temporary pleasures of a fading world should be avoided or, at the very least, curtailed. Our eternal spirit will long outlast this transient world and its fleeting pleasantries.

Pleasure is not only transient, it is also dangerous. Uncontrolled, it can lure us to sin or condemn us to a life of moral decay.

Facing these perils, our best hope for virtue lies in minimizing our interactions with the material world and significantly curbing physical pleasure. As the famous dictum in Pirkei Avot encourages: “eat [meager] bread with salt, and sleep on the ground, [while] living a life of self-abnegation”. Though this phrase refers specifically to torah scholars, it reflects a more generic and minimalistic approach to physical pleasure.

Other approaches in our tradition were more “holistic”, promoting a healthy interaction with the physical world. Experiences which deepen human character, can also increase religious depth and resonance. The deeper our emotional well-being and the more “well-rounded” we become, the more sweeping our religious experience becomes. Though often they clash, in religion, breadth can often increase depth.

The gemara in Berachot (35) portrays the blessing recited upon food- birchat ha’nehenin- as a form of “hallel”. Hallel isn’t recited over empty experiences and certainly not upon toxic ones. Reciting ‘hallel’ before eating, implies inherent value in the experience of eating. Or, as the Yerushalmi Talmud (Kiddushin) claims: “each of us will be held accountable for

the worldly pleasures we didn’t fully appreciate” This warning doesn’t sanction a life of self-gratification or decadence.

Rather, it signals the value of aesthetic experiences and ratifies reasonable pleasure taken from G-d’s world.

We live in perpetual “tension” between these two poles. Too much indulgence and our soul withers. Too little interaction and our religious experience may become listless.

A nazir sits right at the boundary of this quandary. Distancing himself from wine and potential drunkenness, reflects a heightened religious sensitivity.

The gemara traces his bold decision to the tragedy of an unfaithful woman or a sotah. Horrified at the prospect of marital infidelity, the nazir forswears wine, preempting a potential slip into the world of desire and sensuality. Recoiling at the horror of moral recklessness, he takes refuge in a life of self- deprivation.

Heroically, he draws a line in the sand, which he dares not cross. A nazir chooses the monastery over the party life.

In a similar vein, a gemara in Ta’anit profiles a heroic nazir: an attractive man became enraptured by his own handsome image, reflected in a pool of water. Fearing vanity and obsession with his own physical beauty, he pledged to be a nazir, hoping that his lengthy and unkempt appearance would mask his natural beauty.

Worried about narcissistic conceit, he stepped away from the world of beauty.

He closed his Instagram account.

Though a nazir is heroic and sacred, he is also referred to as a sinner who must offer chatat sacrifice to atone for his sin. Elaborating upon the sin of this “holy man”, the Rambam criticizes a nazir for upsetting the delicate balance between engagement with our world and withdrawal from it. The Torah carefully monitors our interaction with this world by prohibiting certain experiences and allowing others. By unilaterally banning wine which the Torah allows (and even commands), a nazir overturns the Torah’s “policies of regulation”. By villainizing wine, he frames Judaism as a rejection of this world rather than a calibration.

His sin lies in misrepresenting religion as something it isn’t. Religion does not suffocate, it regulates. It does not stifle, but it ennobles. It does not withdraw, it engages. We can be both angelic and human at the same time. The ambiguity surrounding the nazir underscores just how essential this calibration of the physical world is to religious sensibility.

We currently stand at a very critical crossroad. We live in an era of unprecedented affluence and the convenience of life surpasses anything our ancestors could have imagined. Life offers more comfort and greater luxury than ever

before. The “bread and salt” of Pirkei Avot have been replaced by bagels and steak.

We do sleep on the ground- but only when we go glamping. I don’t think that was the original intention of Chazal.

Yet, despite this transformation, our religious “language” hasn’t changed.

The Ashkenazic world, in particular, has adopted a mussar-influenced “rejectionist” view of the world. That voice, however, was distilled close to two hundred years ago in a more spartan and physically austere world. The economic conditions of 19th and early 20th century Europe, were harsh, and invited a policy of “bread and salt”. If life in Europe was unforgiving, conditions in the newly settled Palestine were simply unbearable.

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Many returned to Europe. Many who didn’t, perished. It was a challenge just to survive.

In a world of meager resources, a doctrine of religious ascetism braced religious dedication. The world looked was bleak and we had every reason to turn away.

Well, our world has certainly changed!

Thankfully we now enjoy abundance and widespread prosperity. This voice of “deprivation” feels outdated and impractical. Continuing to parrot this message will only lead to religious schizophrenia.

It is easy to reverentially nod at these messages of deprivation, as we scurry off in our SUVs to shop in Walmart or as we order Amazon on a smartphone. It is easy to sloganize a life of “bread and salt”, as we travel on our way to our Pesach hotels.

This type of disconnect- between what we voice and how we behave- is a recipe for shallowness, artificiality, and emotionless religion. Thinking one way and living another creates a plastic experience.

We desperately need an updated voice.

We need to adjust our “frequency” and learn to live in a world of plenty. How can we enjoy this new world, with abstinence, dignity, and discipline? How can we protect our “spirit” when it is overwhelmed by material? How can we parlay this abundance into religious growth? Not every modern change is a demon. Unless we make it so.

The writer is a rabbi at Yeshivat Har Etzion/Gush, a hesder yeshiva. He has smicha and a BA in computer science from Yeshiva University as well as a masters degree in English literature from the City University of New York.

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The Nazir – A Holy Sinner

BY RABBI ZEV LEFF

The nazir who vows not to drink wine is elevated to a level of holiness similar to that of the Kohen Gadol. Like the Kohen Gadol, he is prohibited from defiling himself for the dead, even his closest relatives, and the Torah describes his hair, which he must let grow, as sanctified. Yet this very same nazir must bring a korban chatat – a sin offering – at the termination of his vow. The Gemara explains that this sacrifice is to atone for the sin of denying himself the pleasure of wine. Thus, the same vow which elevates him to a level of holiness also causes him to be adjudged a sinner. Why? “All that the Holy One, Blessed is He, created in His world, He created solely for His glory” (Pirkei Avot 6:11). Hashem created the world for man to utilize in His service, not to be retreated from.

Every aspect of creation can and must be utilized to aid one in understanding and

drawing closer to its Creator.

The Torah outlook on the physical world is diametrically opposed to the Christian viewpoint. Christianity teaches that the material world is inherently evil.

Any enjoyment of the pleasures of the physical world is permissible only as the lesser of two evils. The only sacrifice a gentile may bring is an olah, which is wholly consumed. The only kedushah (holiness) understood by the nations of the world is total negation of the material world. By contrast, our most exalted sacrifice is the shelamim (literally a perfect, harmonious offering) where only a small portion of the offering is burnt on the altar. Most of the offering is eaten by the one who brought the sacrifice and the Kohen who offered it.

The wine forbidden to the nazir can enhance our performance of various mitzvot and occasions of joy by helping us give expression to our innermost sentiments. When detached, however,

from mitzvot, and utilized as an end in itself, it degrades a person by robbing him of his most precious possession, his mind. Thus, one who “sees a sotah in her disgrace,” i.e., brought to shame from an abuse of wine, and who recognizes a similar weakness in himself, should vow to abstain from wine for a period of time to control his weakness.

Recognizing one’s weakness and choosing abstinence over abuse renders one holy. But lest the nazir lose sight of the ideal, the Torah reminds him that he is nevertheless a sinner. He has not yet achieved the goal of life of elevating the entire physical world. Were he on the ideal level, he would not have to abstain from wine, but would instead utilize it for spiritual growth. Thus, the same vow that renders him holy is also a compromise of the true ideal.

This explains why on Shavuot we are mandated to celebrate it not only spiritually but also physically by enjoying a

festive meal, since Torah is the ultimate bridge connecting the spiritual and physical worlds.

This is one of the distinctions of Eretz Yisrael. The Chatam Sofer explains that any pursuit that enables one to settle in Eretz Yisrael fulfills the mitzvah of yishuv Eretz Yisrael. Hence, in Eretz Yisrael all physical and material pursuits are elevated to mitzvah status and endowed with spirituality.

May we utilize the physical and material opportunities Hashem offers us in this world in His service and thereby merit the day when we all will be in Eretz Yisrael with the coming of Mashiach soon in our days.

Rabbi Zev Leff is the rabbi of Moshav Matityahu, and a renowned author, lecturer and educator. He is a member of the Mizrachi Speakers Bureau (www. mizrachi.org/speakers).

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Abstinence and Ascetism

BY GAVRIEL COHN

Throughout the ages, many cultures have had ascetics, pious individuals that withdraw from the material pleasures of this world and lead a more secluded, simple life. Ashrams and monasteries stood alone on soaring mountain peaks and in harsh deserts, keeping those that so desired isolated from the world. Some even turned to afflicting pain and suffering on their bodies.

These movements are of course understandable. We human beings are a unique hybrid, a curious composite of both body and soul. On the on hand, we possess a physical, almost animalistic side to us, but, on the other, we have an ethereal consciousness about us, a spiritual or intellectual side. Through fasting or flagellation, self-denial or deprivation, bands of ascetics and hermits over the centuries hoped to rise above their carnal selves, focusing solely on their higher, non-physical sides, almost flying away from this world.

Judaism, as well, may be said to have such a philosophy in the form of a Nazir: “A man or woman who sets himself apart

by making a Nazirite vow to abstain for the sake of G-d” is then not allowed to drink wine or beer, cut their hair, or come into contact with a corpse. A Nazir then, in the words of Chief Rabbi Hertz, could also be such an ascetic who “seeks austere modes of self-dedication.” Indeed, classically perhaps that is how a Nazir has been seen.

However, we could suggest (tentatively) an altogether different way of looking at things.

In truth, a Nazir is not like the priests, monks, and devotees of ascetism, trying to flee from this world through self-affliction, isolation, and deprivation. On the contrary, he is forbidden from having any

contact with the dead. Judaism values this concrete world, where man is given the power to live properly and in refinement, given the opportunity to create, act, and accomplish. For that reason, in Jewish Law, contact with the dead causes defilement (R’ Soloveitchik; R’ Hirsch). So, perhaps the vow of a Nazir is an attempt not to flee from this world, but instead to connect better with it.

Our Sages teach us that “envy, desire, and honour drive a man from the world.”

Overindulging in drinking and feasting, living in an alcoholic stupor, or obsessing with one’s appearance all make a person vulgar and distracted, too swamped in

Overindulging in drinking and feasting, living in an alcoholic stupor, or obsessing with one’s appearance all make a person vulgar and distracted, too swamped in physical preoccupations to live properly and healthily.

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physical preoccupations to live properly and healthily. Such fixations are a sure path to ruin, even in this world. A Nazir is not trying to escape from his physical side, but rather to pull away from those overpowering physical indulgences that instead should only be harnessed as means to live a full active life, and not as debilitating end-goals. “A man or woman who sets himself apart,” wishing to recalibrate one’s relationship with the physical offerings of this world, can resolve to undertake a period of abstinence, the perfect regime to help a person become more refined (based on the Ramban).

A Nazir is crowned as “holy to G-d” precisely because he begins to lead a better life in this world. Such a vow is not an attempt to flee from the world like running off into the mountains or desert, but rather it is a commitment to become liberated from the consuming pursuit of “envy, desire, and honour,” and through which coming to appreciate that “every moment on this earth is beautiful,” living a life of productivity and purpose (Pirkei Avot).

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Sidra Summary

“May God bless you and safeguard you. May God illuminate His countenance for you and be gracious to you. May God lift His countenance to you and grant you peace” (Bemidbar 6:24-26)

camp, in which the Mishkan was situated, by sending away anyone who is ritually impure. The nation complies. A person who steals and then takes an oath denying the crime, before eventually admitting to the theft, must bring an offering and add a fifth to the amount stolen when paying back the victim.

4TH ALIYA (REVI’I) – 5:11-7:1

1ST ALIYA (KOHEN) – BEMIDBAR 4:21-37

Last week’s sidra concluded with the detailing of the particular role of the descendants of Kehat, one of Levi’s three sons, in taking down, transporting and re-assembling parts of the Mishkan (Tabernacle). The Torah now details the same for the descendants of Levi’s other two sons, Gershon and Merari. A census is taken of each of these three families, counting men aged 30 to 50. The family of Kehat numbers 2,750.

2ND ALIYA (LEVI) – 4:38-49

The family of Gershon numbers 2,630. The family of Merari numbers 3,200.

3RD ALIYA (SHLISHI) – 5:1-10

The narrative switches back to the day that the Mishkan (Tabernacle) began to function (Rosh Chodesh Nissan), as first discussed in parashat Shemini (Rashi).

G-d tells Moshe to instruct the people to maintain the spiritual purity of the main

A married woman who secludes herself in a suspicious fashion with another man, and is warned by her husband not to seclude herself again but ignores the warning, is known as a Sotah. She brings a barley offering to the Temple, where a Kohen gives her water to drink. This miraculously proves her innocence or guilt. If she is guilty, the waters cause her (and the adulterer) to die.

If she is innocent, the water will cause her to become more fertile than before (Rashi).

Point to Consider: Why does the Sotah’s offering not have oil poured on it or frankincense put over it? (see Rashi to 5:15) A person can decide to take a vow to become a Nazir and abstain from wine and other produce of the vine. A Nazir is also prohibited from having a haircut and from coming into contact with a dead person, including a close relative.

The Torah details the procedure if a Nazir mistakenly comes into contact with a dead person in the middle of the Nazarite term. At the end of the Nazarite term (whose length can vary), the Nazir shaves his hair, brings unleavened bread offerings and three animal offerings. Aharon and his sons are commanded to bless the

nation with the priestly blessing (birkat kohanim).

the other 11 leaders, starting with Yisachar, Zevulun, Reuven and Shimon.

5TH ALIYA (CHAMISHI) – 7:1-41

6TH ALIYA (SHISHI) – 7:42-71

On Rosh Chodesh Nissan, the leaders of all of the tribes bring gifts of six wagons and twelve oxen to help the Levi’im transport the Mishkan. These leaders also take turns to bring voluntary offerings, which are sacrificed on the first 12 days of the Mishkan’s functioning. The leader of the tribe of Yehuda gives a silver bowl and a silver basin filled with fine flour and oil for a meal offering; a gold ladle filled with incense; a bull, a ram and a sheep as elevation offerings (olah); a goat as a sin offering (chatat) and two cattle, five rams, five goats and five sheep as peace offerings (shelamim).

The Torah lists the identical offerings of

The offerings of the leaders of Gad, Ephraim, Menashe, Binyamin and Dan are listed.

7TH ALIYA (SHEVI’I) – 7:72-89

The offerings of the leaders of Asher and Naftali are detailed. The total value of all the items offered is given at the end of the sidra.

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An angel of G-d appears to the wife of Manoach and tells her that she will bear a son who will be a Nazir and will help save Israel from the Pelishtim (Philistines). She names him Shimshon (Samson).

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FIFTEEN WORDS OF BLESSING

The Torah is full of thought-jewels.

This week’s reading is especially significant because it contains the precious jewel of the priestly blessing.

The Hebrew text of the blessing has 15 words, reminiscent of the 15 steps that led up to the main court of the sanctuary in Temple times and of the 15 Songs of Ascents (the “Shirei HaMa’alot”) which constitute one of the great sections of the Book of Psalms.

Since 15 is the numerical value of one of the Divine Names, G-d is heard behind and through each of the words of the “Birkat Kohanim”.

Beginning with security and

prosperity, the blessing moves to spiritual quality in the light of G-d’s countenance and concludes with shalom, peace, symbolising completeness.

When the blessing is pronounced, this last word tells us that the greatest boon is when everything is right and complete and in place.

THE OFFERING OF THE PRINCES

When the Tabernacle altar was dedicated, every tribal prince brought a distinctive offering.

Though the offerings were separate and independent, they metaphorically came together to form one overall manifestation of sanctity. Though every component needed the others, each one had its own quality.

In his introduction to Zera’im, the Rambam spoke of a man who built a large mansion which provided overall shade on a hot day but at the same time everyone had his own favourite wall or nook whose shade gave him protection

from the sun.

In its own way, this idea tells us something crucial about human beings: it assures us that everyone has his or her own blessing to bring to the community, but the community is strong because it has an overall identity and ethos.

HARD ON THE “BA’AL K’RI’AH”

The sidra this week is exceedingly long and it is hard on the “Ba’al K’ri’ah” (Torah reader), though the words are not nearly as difficult to read as Tazri’a/M’tzora in the middle of the Book of Vayikra.

The sidrot vary in length. Some are much shorter and are completed more quickly. Others take longer and if there happen to be two or three readings on a Shabbat morning it makes the reader’s task very onerous. The advantage of being a “ba’al k’ri’ah” is however that one gets to know the text well.

I had a teacher who wanted to illustrate a Hebrew grammatical

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phenomenon and chanted a whole sidra to the class until he got to the word he wanted. That teacher told us that each year he studied the weekly sidra through the eyes of a different commentator.

Sometimes he had a Rashi year, sometimes an Ibn Ezra year, sometimes a Sforno year. When he prepared the leining (the weekly reading) he looked not only at the words but the ideas.

Rabbi Raymond Apple was for many years Australia’s highest profile rabbi and the leading spokesman on Judaism. After serving congregations in London, Rabbi Apple was chief minister of the Great Synagogue, Sydney, for 32 years. He also held many public roles, particularly in the fields of chaplaincy, interfaith dialogue and Freemasonry, and is the recipient of several national and civic honours.

Now retired, he lives in Jerusalem and blogs at http://www.oztorah.com

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Roasted Red Pepper Corn Bread Corn bread is delicious with soups, as a snack or to serve with guacamole, vegetable chilli or part of your South American meal. It uses baking powder as its raising agent so it’s quick to prepare and enjoy. Will freeze too! They are also perfect with a cheese board or salad as part of a buffet.

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

Preparation Time: 25 minutes Cooking Time: 30 minutes Serves: 10 Ingredients 1 red pepper– cut in to quarters with seeds and white membrane removed 225g cornmeal/ polenta 300g plain flour 50g caster sugar 4 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper 1 teaspoons smoked paprika 100g grated mild cheddar 350ml milk 150ml sour cream 2 large eggs 150g frozen corn kernels, thawed

3. In a bowl, whisk together cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, cayenne pepper, paprika and grated cheddar.

4. In a separate medium bowl, whisk together milk, sour cream and eggs. Pour wet To serve: spreadable cheese ingredients into bowl with dry ingredients and whisk until completely combined. Stir in chopped peppers and corn.

Method 5. Transfer mixture into a 2 kg loaf tin lined with baking parchment paper or use a 1. Preheat the grill to its highest setting muffin tin lined with paper cases.

2. Place the red pepper on a baking tray and grill until the skins are completely charred. Place in a 6. Bake until skewer inserted into middle of the cornbread comes out clean, about 25 minutes or 15 minutes for small muffins. bowl, cover with cling film, and let sit until cooled, 7. Leave to cool on a wire rack for about 5 minutes.

5 to 10 minutes. Peel off the skins and roughly 8. Slice and spread with the spreadablecheese. chop the flesh.

Speedy Seudah Delights

BY DENISE PHILLIPS

One of the joys of Shabbat is dining with family and friends. For most of us this will mean Friday night dinner, but we should not forget about the Seuda Shelishit. This is the last meal of Shabbat and it is usually eaten before Mincha and Maariv (the afternoon and evening services). Traditional foods on the menu include bread or mezonot bread, fruit and fish.

The word ‘seudah’ itself derives from the verb saad meaning to sustain, or support (Genesis 18:5, Psalms 104:5). By inviting guests, bringing in the poor and the lonely, and sharing wisdom as well as food, the seudah is a way of doing good and as they say, those that eat together, stay together.

Because of the constraints of cooking on Shabbat, careful preparation is required in advance and the meal needs to be simple to prepare. I tend to focus on foods that do not wilt or shrivel, and dishes that are easy to serve and above all quick to make – as time is always of the essence.

• Kugels of all varieties – vegetables like carrots, courgettes, potato, savoury lokshen, broccoli, sweet potato, caramelised onion are all good combinations. Or make them sweet with apples, challah with raisins, noodles with cranberries and ‘milk’ or cream cheese.

• A side of marinated salmon – one of my new recipes involves curing the salmon with beetroot and it is just perfect to slice

up and enjoy with classic potato salad • More modern meal options include ‘Poke bowls’: salads that include cooked vegetables, eggs, noodles, smoked or fresh salmon, avocado, edamame beans, sesame seeds. You can place a group of ingredients in the centre of the table for people to help themselves.

Keep the dressing separate with a combination of extra virgin olive oil, sesame oil, soya sauce, mirin, chopped ginger and chili.

• Tacos with ready-made fillings are fun and family friendly. Fillings could include: black beans, guacamole, fish goujons, falafel, refried beans, roasted cauliflower, roasted butternut squash, lentils, baked tofu with tahini sauce, baked sweet potato wedges are tasty options.

• Coleslaw – the classic ‘Jewish salad’ but it can be made with numerous different ingredients. I like to add crispy noodles and make it with red, white and green cabbage. Use the chopper part of your mixers for a speedy salad!

• Savoury pastry tarts are ideal too. Caramelised onion tarte tatin – can be made quick when you use ready-made pastry!

• Vegetable muffins and savoury bread like corn bread are delicious with a cheese board or sharing board of dips and accompaniments.

Enjoy and Shabbat Shalom

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Nasso Last week we spoke about how the Mishkan was taken down and set up again. Remember how the Leviim were split into three groups?

Gershon, Kehos and Merari, each has their own stuff to move and Ahron’s son Isamer is the man in charge. We speak about that and then how the Leviim have so much more to do.

Not pure? You can’t be in the three camps (Klal Yisrael, Leviim and the Mishkan) you had to go outside till you were pure again. This is a holy people.

Stole something? You can’t replace it, you must return it. Sold it to the Chinese mafia? Have fun but get it back. He sold it to the Russians and now suspiciously no one knows what you’re talking about and oops, this thing has too many bullet holes in it, and that was one bullet too many, it’s dust? Pay for it with a 20% interest.

If a married lady’s husband thinks she has done some naughty stuff, she is given a chance to admit, if not she has to drink a special mix of water from the kiyor and earth form the mizbeach and verses of Hashem’s name. If she’s guilty she’ll explode, if not she will have many healthy children after that.

Then we have something very special. A person can take on a special promise to stay away from all wine, vinegar, grape juice and grape products. He should stay away from parties and even from

vineyards so he won’t accidentally consume grape products. He can’t cut his hair either. He shouldn’t care about how he looks and try to just have a good time. He spends a month thinking only holy thoughts and not caring about this world. It’s a very special thing but at the end he brings a few korbonot. One is a sin offering,because whilst it’s special to be a Nazir, G-d wants us to live in this world with all that that means and still be holy. He has his own malachim, angels.

If you went to shul on Shavuot, you probably heard the priestly blessing, birchas kohanim. This is where it comes from. Hashem reveals the words that Aharon and his sons should use to bless Bnei Yisroel: Yivorech’cha Hashem V’Yishm’recha “May Hashem Bless and Guard You!” Ya’er Hashem Panav Elecha V’yechunecha “May Hashem shine His face on you and may He let you find favour!”

Yisa Hashem Panav Elecha V’Yasem L’cha Shalom “May Hashem lift up His face to you and give you peace!”

The Kohanim lift their hands so that the two middle fingers are separated and the thumbs are spread, touching each other. We don’t look because the Shechinah in the times of the temple was openly revealed, it isn’t openly revealed now but we still don’t look.

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veryday is hard, thought Sarah as she stepped glumly through the school gate, very unwilling to start a new day.

It seems so easy for everyone else, Sarah thought as she sighed to herself. They could get through their school work in no time at all, some even doing their homework in the lesson itself! Not me, she thought sadly, I will always be behind, no matter how hard I try. Every word I write takes effort and it’s just too hard for me.

She joined her classmates in the Science lab ready for her first lesson of the day.

“Class, today we will be doing practical science experiments”, the teacher announced.

“Yes!” said Hadassa, who was perched on the stool next to Sarah.

“This is going to be great!”

Sarah just shrugged her shoulders.

She wasn’t interested in another lesson where she could feel bad about her writing skills.

The teacher started to demonstrate.

“Today, we will be testing out mixing different chemicals and materials. Please don’t try this at home as I have carefully selected items here that are safe to mix.

I would like you to note down the colours they produce, as in our next lesson we will be discussing why they change colours.”

Sarah started working on the experiments with Hadassa. At first, she was a bit sceptical that it would even work, but then materials started fizzing and changing colour in test tubes.

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“Wow, look at this!” She nudged Hadassa happily. “This is amazing!” Sarah felt like she was in her element.

After a while experimenting with the different chemicals and materials the teacher had provided, Sarah noticed that the class didn’t seem as loud as normal. She looked around and saw that Shani was sitting in the corner looking miserable. This was odd. Shani was usually the loudest, most enthusiastic participant in every lesson. In fact, she currently looked like Sarah felt most

days at school!

Feeling sorry for her, Sarah went over to Shani and sat down next to her. She looked at Shani’s report sheet; it was completely blank. On the desk, none of Shani’s chemicals and materials were mixed, they were just lying there forlornly in front of her.

“Are you ok?” Sarah asked Shani with concern.

Shani sniffled and replied, “I can’t do this work, I have red-green colour blindness and I can’t write up the report if I can’t see the results correctly!”

Sarah put her arm around her. “Gosh, you know, I also feel like that all the time because of my dyslexia.”

“You do? Me too! I didn’t know anyone felt the same way as me.” Shani smiled through her tears.

The teacher moved to the front of the class and announced, “After the experiments, you will need to write up a report of what you did and what your results were.”

“I’ll tell you what”, Sarah said with a sudden twinkle in her eye. “Let’s swap partners for today. I can help you with the colours and you can help me write up the results.”

“Thanks so much,’’ Shani grinned gratefully. “That’s a great idea. You have made me feel so much better.”

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Q: Why couldn’t the bike stand up?

A: It was too tired.

Q: Why did the scientist remove their doorbell?

A: They wanted to win the no-bell prize!

Q: What did the calculator say to the maths student?

A: You can count on me.

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1. What starts with a T, ends with a T, and has T in it?

3. Until I am measured I am not known, Yet how you miss me when I have flown.

What am I?

Q: Why did the golfer wear two pairs of trousers?

A: In case they got a hole in one.

2. You heard me before, yet you hear me again, Then I go, ’till you call me again. What am I?

3) Time 1. A teapot

2) An echo

1. What goes up must come down 2. No one to blame 3. Jumping to conclusions

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Kane was level with Boys 66 legend BobReiss Mogilner scored sixofgoals as Maccabi

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London Lions thumped Scrabble A in the England will byCup. their second round of be the encouraged Cyril Anekstein comeback in Germany who led up early in The Premier League side racked a 16-0 the second half from Jonas dewin with Daniel Green and Hofmann’s Michael Kenley flected 50th-minute strike.

Southboth bagging a hat-trick.

EdGareth Brafman, Dagate’s side withstood lot of pressure and vid Dinkin, and Adama Hassanali completdeserved share of the spoils from a clash ed the routa in a mismatch of a tie. where Jackscored Grealish was opening praised Lionssubstitute could have in the for his performance. minute of the clash but soon opened the England a half shock 1-0 defeat to scoring andsuffered led 9-0 by time.

Hungary in the opening Nations League The Division One team, though outgame. They hostaway group classed, battled to leaders the end.Italy at the weekend.

Lions boss was lost for words at full time Kane toldthe Channel “We kept going who and such was display4,from his team played ourrespect best football in the last half an gave every to the opposition. hour. to getsure the there’s goal and a shame “I’mGood not really anything to not to at thetoend.”

Heit added, say, wenick are it happy make through“At to1-0 the behind we of showed good character to get next round the cup, ” he commented. back into the gameSports and get result. are Hendon United rana out 3-1We victors playing against veryoutfi goodt Germany side. against League aOne North London We still have important matches but the Raiders.

World Cup willside be here know it.”

The Premier led before early inwe the second Southgate BBCto Sport he was pleased half only for told Raiders equalise but struck with late the reaction the Hungary two goals totobook a place defeat. in round “We’ve had some good results at Wemthree of the competition. bley but wenow wanted to come away from Hendon turn their attentions to the home and get a good he said.A for a league as they travelresult,” to Oakwood “It’s so top important we bounce crucial of the table clash on Sunday back from a disappointing (10am). result.”

Daniel Kristall’s team stunned the league Regarding Kane he they won 2-0, a leaders last month when commented, “The them fact to within a point victory would move heHendon has 50 goals be in hand. of with awill match the centre part of the Elsewhere in the latest round of fixtures, story but North his all-round 10-man London Galaxy made it a game, the way led three-way title he race in the only Division One the line, theday wayafter he defeating Oakwood B. clash of the competed, the Jamie Murray saw red early on but Galaxy way hewith pressed rallied goals from Josh Cohen and JafromLeigh the front cob to record an important 2-1 away for us today win. was excepGalaxy head Redbridge Jewish Care A in tional.

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deep, but you need a player that can come and link the game. He gives us so many options.”

England head towards the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar in November where they will meet Wales at the group stage after an emotionally charged play off final win against Ukraine in Cardiff last Sunday.

Welsh talisman Gareth Bales’ first half deflected free kick was the pivotal moment of the game. Andriy Yarmolenko was the unlucky player to head the ball into his own net.

Wales had goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey to thank for an astonishing display to keep Ukraine out. Time and again Hennessey pulled off saves to ensure the Welsh made the finals for the first time since 1958. Wales line up in Group B with England, United States and Iran.

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must-win game,” commented Galaxy player-manager Luke Lewis.

“We sat back and allowed Oakwood the ball, given the one-man advantage and looked to hit them on the counter attack with pace.

“Both goals came down the right-hand side. Leigh crossed the first one into Cohen to finish, before slotting home himself. Up to first we go.”

The Division Two title race also took a twist with league leaders Herstwood Vale going down to a 2-1 defeat at Temple Fortune.

Faithfold B have played a game more than Vale but moved level with a 5-3 win at North London Raiders Masters.

Jacob Kalms struck twice for Fortune who scored through leading scorer James Milletwith his 17th goal of the season.

The result was all the more remarkable as Temple were down to 11 players with ‘keeper Ben Rebuck dislocating a shoulder in the warm up.

“This was a fantastic win given the

Welsh stalwart Gareth Bale (above) and Harry Kane (left)

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and Wales old vs United amazingperformance, talent and a joy to watch. We’re a “ItEngland wasvsaIran proper school States is on November 21. Wales vs Iran small nation and it’s great to take everyone to a World and England vsand United defended States takes we battled forCup.” the 90 minutes place November 25. The final Aaron Ramsey told Sky Sports, “It’s ungames,our Wales vs England and Experience believable, little old Wales in a World Cup! and took chances. proved United States vs Iran, are on To get to three major tournaments, and top 29. ” it off with a World Cup is something else.” to be theNovember winner.

Wales captain Bale told For Wales manager Rob Page, the result Sky Sports, “The result the delighted greatest inFortune Welsh circumstances,” is said football history. It means boss Simon Linden. everything, what out, dreams “We had a number of players Reof, we’ve been buck got injured,are so Imade couldn’t have asked working it since any more from the players.towards We wish Ben aI speedy recovery. first came in here. Words describe how we “It was a proper can’t old school performance, feel atfor thethe moment.” we battled and defended 90 minutes Hennessey and took our chances.Wayne Experience proved to be the winner. It’stold a bigSky win,Sports, one we“It’s will That’s enjoy and we hope toincredible. build on it in 2019.the ” best game hadasina He added, “This win marks 50I’ve years a Welsh shirt.Kyte Gareth football club and will be one Nigel and is sothe dangerous everyone associated with club fromfrom day free-kicks, he’s an

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was an historic moment. He told Sky Sports, “I’mwill so proud one enjoy.”of the guys, they thoroughly deserved it. The one thing these were Vale boss Jacob Emanuel wasboys quick to missing was well a World Cup and now we’ve wish Rebuck following his injury. got there.

These the best supporters “First and mostare importantly, everyone in at world football, helped us from the first Vale would like they to wish the Fortune ‘keeper When you what guys do aminute. quick recovery, wesee hope to these see him back in training, I had fullastrust on the football pitch sooninasthem.” possible,” he The two greatest players of the generation said. will their last finals.commented, As appear for the in defeat, Emanuel leadhow Portugal Lionel “ItRonaldo doesn’t will matter big awhilst squad you Messiyou will captain Argentina. are have, can never accountAnd for both unavailin sparkling form.

Ronaldo ability or injury.

Only five of scored today’s twice team againstin Switzerland a 4-0 UEFA Nationsa played our recentin win over FC Team, League win, Messi struck all five against lack of togetherness and poor individual Estonia in a friendly in Pamplona, Spain.

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