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Year 6 Broughton Jewish Cassel Fox Primary school pupils selling Poppies to fellow pupils at breaktime

Matti, Gavriel and Mendy selling Poppies

PHOTO: LAWRENCE PURCELL

Fun times at Menorah

Menorah Foundation welcomed Emily Ben-Ze’ev from “Emily’s Adventures in Wonderland “ for a session for Black History month.

Pupils wore authentic African costumes and played a range of African instruments.

They saw a range of African artefacts and learnt about natural materials used to make instruments.

Having fun at Menorah

Sean climbs Mount Snowdon for Camp Simcha

Sean Young after completing his challenge Teenager Sean Young has raised over £3,000 for Camp Simcha by scaling the heights of Mount Snowdon.

The London schoolboy climbed one of Britain’s highest peaks as part of his barmitzvah celebrations.

His efforts for the charity will support UK families with seriously ill children.

Sean spent five and a half hours trekking to the top of Wales’ highest mountain that stands at 1,085 metres. It is the highest point in the British Isles outside of the Scottish Highlands.

Donations have flooded in to Sean’s online fundraising page after he completed the challenge alongside his father James, 51.

Explaining his motivation, Sean, who attends UCS in Hampstead, said: “I have had a wonderful childhood and want to raise money for children, who have not had it so easy. Camp Simcha does so much good, gives children support, some amazing adventures, summer camps and fulfils dreams.”

Sean’s older siblings have supported Camp Simcha at this milestone time but he is the first to have undertaken this challenge.

“The idea came about two months ago,” said James. “I’m Swiss so I like mountains. So, we looked up what the highest mountains in Britain are and came up with Mount Snowdon.”

Sean enjoys tennis, basketball, football and skiing but had never undertaken this kind of feat.

James said: “It was challenging on the way up but we were lucky to have blue skies, which made it enjoyable and a good way to spend time together raising money for Camp Simcha.”

The family, members of Brondesbury Park synagogue, have long been supporters of the charity.

“We have been connected for a long time,” said James, who works in real estate. “One of the reasons is that my nephew has muscular dystrophy and he and his family were supported by Camp Simcha and he went twice to camp in America.

“It’s a great charity and one that really makes a difference to children and their families.”

Details: www.justgiving.com/fundraising/ seanleviyoung

Dein entertains Central crowd

Former Arsenal and Football Association vice chairman David Dein addressed an audience of approximately 50 people at the Central Synagogue Hallam Street on Sunday.

Dein, author of “Calling the Shots”, was promoting his new book and talked about lessons to be learned from his career in the football world and football generally.

Jonathan Metliss posed questions on various topics including Dein’s achievements and regrets, football now and 1953 when he attended his first game, goal line technology and VAR, the impact on the changing room of a football manager, the current nature of ownership of Premier League clubs and the forthcoming World Cup in Qatar.

Dein answered questions from the floor and spoke about his charity that twins football clubs with their local prison. Rabbi

Jonathan Metliss and David Dein Barry Lerer made closing remarks and gave a vote of thanks.

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COMMUNITY 21 Professor delivers Chai memorial lecture

Professor Jonathan Ledermann delivered Chai’s 32nd annual Natalie Shipman Memorial Lecture.

Around 200 people tuned in to listen to the keynote speaker’s fascinating topic ‘How BRCA Gene Mutations are Spearheading Ovarian Cancer Treatment’.

Professor Ledermann has been involved with Chai from its early years. He explained that the two most important cancers associated with BRCA related risk are breast and ovarian. In the presence of a BRCA gene mutation, the risk increases substantially.

The esteemed professor noted that other cancers such as pancreatic or prostate are also more commonly associated with BRCA mutations. And he said that BRCA mutations are present in approximately 1 in 400 people, however among Ashkenazis, 1 in 40 (about 2%) have a BRCA mutation.

He explained: “BRCA mutations have really opened up a completely new area of ovarian cancer treatment. They’ve taught us a lot about the biology of ovarian cancer and

Natalie Shipman a”h are teaching us about how important it is to target DNA repair and how crucial that is in terms of getting on top of tumour growth.” The focus of the lecture was to describe how a class of drugs, called PARP inhibitors, have been developed to target ovarian tumours with a BRCA mutation. Studying the action of these drugs has greatly expanded knowledge about how to target tumour cells opening the way for newer therapies. There have been significant improvements in the treatment of women with BRCA mutations using PARP inhibitors. Knowledge about the biology of BRCA and PARP inhibitors has led to their use in some women without BRCA mutations. Some of these women also benefit from PARP inhibitor therapy, and these drugs are now commonly used in the treatment of ovarian cancer. Professor Ledermann presented encouraging results of clinical trials but emphasised that more research is needed to understand why PARP inhibitors work less well in some women.

He added that there was little doubt the introduction of PARP inhibitors has had a big impact on the lives of women with ovarian cancer.

The lecture was followed by a Q&A. Feedback has been positive.

Chai Chairman, Louise Hager gave an update on Chai during the past year.

She explained: “We are back and fully operational in all our centres which has given our clients tremendous pleasure. Continuing to provide support to all our clients via phone and zoom was a steep learning curve. One positive outcome is that clients can choose to join online from anywhere in the UK and abroad, allowing us to support many more people. In the past year alone, we have had just over 950 new clients needing to turn to Chai.”

Dr Adrian Tookman, Chairman of Chai’s Medical Advisory Panel, said it was wonderful to work with leaders in the field who can deliver lectures.

Professor Lederman is Professor of Medical Oncology, Clinical Director at UCL Cancer Institute.

Natalie, daughter of Susan Shipman, Chai’s founder president, helped inspire Chai’s inception over 30 years ago. She was diagnosed with cancer when she was two years old and passed away from a brain tumour just before her eighth birthday.

Memorial lecture: https://www.youtube. com/watch?v=Go-MrjlK0Rk&t=3s

Yeshiva & Sem Fair

The Yeshiva & Sem Fair

Over 200 students from schools across London attended this year’s Yeshiva and Sem Fair. Organised by Mizrachi UK, along with UJIA and Masa, the event was hosted at JFS and attracted over 200 sixth form students who were able to speak to staff and alumni from educational institutions and gap year programmes in Israel.

Midreshet Harova, Yeshivat HaKotel, Yeshivat Har Etzion, Midreshet Amit and Bnei Akiva UK’s Hachshara programme participated.

Prospective student Rivka Cohen said: “It has been so helpful to be able to speak with representatives from different seminaries in person, it has really helped me to compare all the different options and make a decision about where to spend my gap year.”

Sammy Gold, a parent of a year 13 student added: “I was able to connect with other parents and professionals and now feel more confident about sending my child to Yeshiva for the year.”

David Reuben, Mizrachi UK Head of Programming, commented, “Spending a year in Yeshiva or Seminary is a pivotal moment in a young person’s life and lays the foundation for their years in university and beyond.

“It is a privilege for Mizrachi UK to be able to support students in the community through this period.”

Executive Principal: Rabbi N. Wilson

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BEIS YAAKOV JEWISH HIGH SCHOOL ACADEMY

תונבל רפס תיב בקעי תיב

Headteachers: Mr B Myers (Quality of Education) Mrs T Reznick (Pastoral)

JOB VACANCIES

To inspire our students and enable them to maintain high standards in their learning and personal development, we are looking to appoint a dedicated and professional teacher to the following role:

Art Teacher - KS4 (P/T)

Start date: January 2023 Salary scale: Commensurate with experience

If you are:

• able to model the Beis Yaakov ethos • enthusiastic and passionate about teaching • experienced at teaching and delivering national curriculum subjects • hard-working and a good team player

We would love to hear from you.

We can offer you:

• A well-resourced school • Training and professional development • Good remuneration and terms

For a full job description and an application pack, please contact the school office on 0161 708 8220 or email vacancies@byjhs.org Closing date for applications: Monday, November 28, 2022

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all its children and we expect all stakeholders to share this commitment. All roles will be subject to an enhanced DBS Check.

The school is committed to equal opportunity.

Jesner Foundation’s partnership with GIFT

Marsha Gladstone with GIFT’s Michelle Barnett

GIFT has partnered with The Yoni Jesner Foundation.

Yoni’s mother Marsha Gladstone approached GIFT to partner the foundation that she set up.

Marsha strongly believes GIFT’s core values and mission of inspiring and enabling lifelong giving, were a perfect fit for the Yoni Jesner Awards Scheme. She was greatly impacted by how GIFT’s ethos aligned with her son Yoni’s purpose of social responsibility and giving.

As the awards are evolving GIFT’s involvement will encourage children to volunteer and acquire a deeper understanding of the value of actions through dynamic educational programmes.

Marsha explained: “Yoni knew from a young age that there wasn’t enough awareness about selfless giving. There is a bigger purpose of how to lead your life. This is more than simply the completion of volunteering hours; it’s about making giving part of people’s lives.”

GIFT will work this year with JLGB through its evolve system for young men and women to track volunteering hours.

GIFT plans to incorporate the values that Yoni embodied alongside volunteer work.

Michelle Barnett, GIFT founding director, is honoured to be working with the foundation and embracing Yoni’s passion and commitment to the community. She wants to inspire people to have a feeling of responsibility and understand the value of giving as it will keep Yoni’s memory alive.

GIFT and JLGB will be working with high schools on The Yoni Jesner Awards’ launch to Year 8 students over the next month. Details: volunteer@jgift.org

The Winter Ovos Uvonim programme of Fathers and Sons began on Motzei Shabbos Hasmonean boys attend Windsor Castle minyan

Hasmonean boys with Chief Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef at Windsor Castle Hasmonean High School for Boys was invited to help make a minyan for Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef, Chief Rabbi of Israel at Windsor Castle.

Some 40 of Hasmonean’s staff and students went behind the scenes to help make a minyan for esteemed guests of King Charles III. Rabbi Golker, Menahel of Hasmonean said: “It was a real privilege and wonderful experience for the boys to daven and hear shiurim from the Chief Rabbi and to be invited to a place of such significance and history.” Students from years 9 and 10 along with the sixth form leadership team were selected to take part.

The Geshmack of the Daf across the UK