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Report into former JLC chief is handed to police ...But panel can’t prove financial irregularities

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Police have been handed evidence from a year-long investigation into historic financial irregularities allegedly committed by the former chief executive of the Jewish Leadership Council, Jeremy Newmark – but the report fails to reach conclusions on key allegations against him. The panel was called into action, in concert with the Charity Commission, in March 2018, after a leaked document was published making startling allegations of financial impropriety against Newmark (pictured, right), who stood down as chief executive in 2013 citing reasons of ill-health.

Thousands of pounds were said to have been improperly spent by Newmark, including on holidays, car leases, and withdrawals of funds, all of which Newmark has robustly denied. The three-person panel engaged a firm of independent forensic accountants, Crowe UK LLP, to assist with the investigation. It is the unpublished, detailed, material in the Crowe report which has been passed to the police and whose specific charges are unknown. Nevertheless the report says that Crowe believed there to be “potentially questionable expenditure of £111,734”, which “would have warranted further follow up”. Unpublished details of the allegations have now been sent to fraud investigation police — but the published 23-page report raises more questions than answers.

For his part, Newmark, who was chief executive of the JLC for seven years until 2013, accepts that “some of the criticisms of me are valid”, but adds that he has been subject to “censorship, bullying, and gaslighting” leading up to the report’s release. He claims that the investigating panel – retired judge Dawn Freedman, Derek Zissman, a former vice-chair of the accountancy group KPMG, and Michael Scott, a lawyer with Charles Russell Speechlys – “have not been able to stand up the core issues against me that were published last year”, despite the expenditure of Jeremy Continued on Newmark page 3

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News / Labour antisemitism NEWS IN BRIEF

IRANIAN SCIENTIST ‘SMUGGLED’ TO UK

Details emerged this week of a daring effort by British, Israeli and American spies to smuggle an Iranian nuclear scientist out the country. An unnamed 47-year nuclear technician is now in the United States, having been extracted late last year in a joint effort between MI6, Mossad and the CIA, which took the scientist on a fraught 3,000-mile rescue mission through Turkey and finally via an inflatable boat to the UK. In details first reported by the Mail on Sunday, Israeli Mossad agents helped the technician out of Iran.

LORD BOURNE VISITS HOLOCAUST CENTRE Minister for Faith Lord Bourne visited the National Holocaust Centre and Museum in Newark to meet with survivors and see the memorial gardens as part of a tour to explore how best to support diverse communities. The minister was told how the Holocaust centre acted as a place of testimony learning. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local government has funded the digitising of ‘The Journey’ within the centre, following the story of a child who came to England on the Kindertransport.

Labour Party heavyweights clash over Berger ‘bullying’

Two senior Labour figures clashed this week over antisemitism in a shadow cabinet meeting when discussions turned to Luciana Berger and two aborted attempts to pass a motion of no-confidence in her, writes Adam Decker. Party chairman Ian Lavery and Deputy Leader Tom Watson confronted each other in the angry Tuesday meeting, a sign that Jeremy Corbyn’s top team are at odds over the party’s approach to the Liverpool Wavertree MP. Sources told the PoliticsHome news site that Lavery blasted Watson for the deputy leader’s public calls for Wavertree’s Constituency Labour Party (CLP) to be censured, with Watson refusing to be “shouted down”. Watson had been reacting to the no-confidence motions, brought by members angry that Berger has repeatedly condemned Labour and

Corbyn over antisemitism. Watson said the motions, now withdrawn, had been an attempt to “bully” Berger. Berger had earlier demanded that the Party release details regarding the number of complaints, investigations, suspensions and expulsions it had received and enacted for members alleged to have made antisemitic comments. Together with fellow Labour MPs such as Wes Streeting, John Mann and Ruth Smeeth, Berger handed a letter to Corbyn outlining her concerns. Lavery and Watson were reportedly joined in the “heated” debate by Shadow International Trade Secretary Barry Gardiner and Shadow Brexit Secretary Sir Keir Starmer, with Corbyn in the room. Meanwhile, Labour MP Catherine McKinnell this

Jeremy Corbyn alongside Tom Watson and Ian Lavery during the last election campaign

week attacked as “unacceptable” that party general secretary Jennie Formby or anyone else from the leadership failed to attend Monday’s parliamentary meeting to discuss antisemitism. The Newcastle upon Tyne North MP had put forward a motion to the parliamentary group last week as “far too many cases of antisemitism remain unsolved”. And MPs Luciana Berger, Ruth Smeeth, Wes Streeting, Dame Margaret Hodge, John Mann, Dame Louise Ellman and McKinnell have written to Jeremy Corbyn, accusing leadership of failing to comply with Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) antisemitism motion and calling for a vote on it at Shadow Cabinet on Tuesday. The MPs also want a reply

in writing to their letter, by yesterday, in which Corbyn will address “in full” the 11 issues raised in the PLP motion. The heated meeting, on Monday night, came hours after Formby revealed in an email to MPs that just 12 out of hundreds of cases of Labour antisemitism had led to the member being expelled. However, MPs at Monday’s meeting said there were “thousands” of outstanding cases, which had been omitted from the figures Formby released. Formby also said she had “seen hard evidence” of antisemitism in the Party under her watch. In the email, Formby said she has had “private meetings with individuals from several Jewish community organisations” to explore how to

implement the party’s code of conduct on antisemitism. This would include the adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of Jew-hate with all its examples. She wrote: “Following the NEC adoption of the IHRA definition and the 11 associated examples, I contacted the Board of Deputies, CST, Jewish Leadership Council and Jewish Labour Movement to ask whether they now felt able to re-engage with us to continue consultation on our Code of Conduct.” A Labour spokesperson said that no one from leadership attended Monday’s meeting owing to its nature, describing it as a “business meeting”. The spokesperson added Formby was not “running scared”.

BOARD BASH ‘DOUBLE-SPEAK’ Board of Deputies president Marie van der Zyl this week launched a scathing attack on John McDonnell, accusing him of “double-speak” and lacking “honesty and integrity” after the shadow chancellor appeared to support a suspended Labour activist.

Addressing the Labour Representation Committee (LRC) conference, he said Jackie Walker, who once said Jews financed the global slave trade, had faced “vile” abuse, and he could “understand why she is so angry”. McDonnell, the honorary chair of

the hard-left LRC, added he would “take up” her case with Jeremy Corbyn. Van der Zyl said: “The double-speak is clear. In condemning antisemitism in public but defending people like Jackie Walker in private, he has proven he has no integrity.”

Corbyn ‘hasn’t been robust’ A senior member of the shadow cabinet has said Labour must “go further and faster” in tackling antisemitism. Shadow Health Secretary Jon Ashworth was responding

to comments from ex-leader Tony Blair, who said current leader Jeremy Corbyn had not been “robust” enough in dealing with it. He also praised his colleague Luciana Berger,

who faced a motion of no confidence from her local party branch. He said: “How can we say it’s tolerable to have a certain level of antisemitism in the party?”

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JLC investigation / News

Newmark case goes to police Continued from page 1 “a huge amount of time and money”. One of the three central terms of reference, agreed with the Charity Commission, was “to consider if the JLC suffered a material loss in 2013”. But sources close to the current JLC leadership acknowledged that — because of poor record-keeping and documents missing — it might never be possible to draw such a conclusion. Simon Johnson, the current chief executive of the JLC, said that the whole panel investigation had been carried out in a spirit of transparency. This extended to an agreement to put Jeremy Newmark’s highly critical statement of response on the JLC’s website, together with the publication of the panel report. A statement accompanying the final report claimed anyone who had been criticised in the document had been given prior sight in order to provide feedback. Newmark claimed that prior to the report being finalised he had only been asked for feedback on part of the forensic accountant’s report – which itself has not Jonathan b e e n Goldstein

published. He was later shown only parts of the report under supervision. But Newmark said that he had been forced to re-write his 46-section statement of response on the night before publication, because the JLC deemed parts of it “defamatory” and likely to lead to the identification of the whistleblower who had triggered the whole chain of inquiry in the first place. Johnson, acknowledging that such allegations could be made against other charities, declared: “We recognise that in the modern world, all charities in receipt of funds from any donors have to be able to withstand the strongest light of scrutiny. “That is why we have published this report in full. We believe that we are taking steps that will allow those who might have lost confidence in the JLC, to see that their confidence is retained. We have worked hard in the last year to continue to deliver value to the community”. JLC chairman Jonathan Goldstein said: “The 2013 trustees were let down by Jeremy Newmark. In him they placed their trust in running the organisation. The panel has concluded there were deficiencies in the organisation’s processes in 2012 and 2013. We accept the finding of the panel as well as the recommendations – all of which we are implementing in full or have already implemented.” The JLC has taken steps to protect the identity of the whistleblower and Goldstein

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expressed “sincere gratitude” for the whistle- opportunities and risks faced by our comblower’s “bravery” and said they had performed munity. The JLC plays an integral part in “a great service to the charity and the wider ensuring the vibrancy and continuity of the UK Jewish community and the trustees can community”. The panel report expresses concern over now be fully focused on that crucial job.” He added that as the report noted, neither actions taken by the 2013 trustees, singling out lawyer James Libson and the JLC’s then treas- he nor anyone else at the JLC was advised to consider filing a report to the Charity Comurer, Nigel Layton, for criticism. The report points out that “a professionally mission “and, if they had, might have decided qualified trustee has a higher duty of skill and that the financial irregularities were not sufcare in matters relevant to that qualification ficiently material. In future, a notification to the Charity Commission in such circumthan other trustees”. Libson was “held out” by his company, stances would seem prudent”. With regard Mishcon de Reya, as a specialist in employ- to notifying the police at the time, he said, “the ment law, but he told the panel that he was not trustees did not think it would in the best interretained to provide the JLC with employment ests of the JLC”. A spokesperson for the Charity Commission law advice on either the whistleblower’s report, “or upon any consequent disciplinary action said: “We have received a copy of the final report against Jeremy Newmark and he did not do so.” of the independent But the panel also observes that “the actions review into the JLC of the 2013 trustees, following the receipt of the and are currently 2013 internal report [the whistleblower mate- considering its findings. rial]” were undertaken in good faith. “Our regulatory Nevertheless the report says that with hindsight “the trustees’ proper course of action compliance case would have been to open an internal inquiry into the charity into other bank accounts and all the years in remains active. “We are unable to which Jeremy Newmark had been CEO.” The 2013 chair of the JLC, Sir Mick Davis, comment any further said: “I am pleased that this process has now on the proceedcome to an end, allowing the trustees to ings at this Simon GAD_PropComm_1_JewishNews_128mm 165mm_Layout time.” 1 12/02/2019 12:58 Page 1 concentrate their time and skill on the xcore Johnson

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News / Diplomatic spat / Cemetery attacks

Hungary in ‘bizarre’ attack on Board Hungary’s top diplomat launched an “astonishing” attack on the Board of Deputies’ president this week, accusing her of “whitewashing” Labour’s antisemitism problems and having “not the slightest respect” for his country. The unusual accusations were revealed on Wednesday in correspondence made public by the Board after president Marie van der Zyl’s meeting with Deputy Secretary of State Vince Szalay-Bobrovniczky last Friday. The pair met to discuss concerns, including recent magazine front covers portraying Hungary’s Jewish community leader showering in cash. Van der Zyl raised “a number of long-standing concerns” including the use of antisemitic tropes in

Hungary’s Deputy Secretary of State Vince Szalay-Bobrovniczky

relation to the Hungarian-born Jewish philanthropist George Soros, whose democracy foundation has been a staunch critic of right-wing Hungarian premier Viktor Orban.

However, in a fiery and less-thandiplomatic response to the Board’s subsequent press release, the envoy accused the Board president of “not having the slightest respect for Hun-

gary” and of pushing “a simple lie”. The Board had initially said its meeting with the senior Hungarian official was “respectful and honest”, two weeks after registering the British Jewish community’s “profound disquiet” at the situation in the country. Van der Zyl challenged the Hungarian government’s remarks about Muslims and migrants, its “moves to downplay the role of historical Hungarian leaders in supporting the Holocaust”, the threatened closure of the Aurora Jewish community centre, and relations between the government and the Jewish community. In his letter, Szalay-Bobrovniczky Vince said: “I harshly reject your allegations of antisemitism against us, and especially against Prime Minister Orban. It is a shame for you and

a shame for the whole cause: a simple lie. The Jewish communities in UK and in Hungary would deserve more than your obviously politically motivated words. “It is misleading to say we had a respectful and honest conversation. You were everything but respectful and honest neither than the relativisation of the obviously antisemitic tendencies in the Labour Party is clearly dishonest and an unacceptable whitewashing of these politicians there.” Van der Zyl told him his letter was “astonishing” with his whitewashing accusation “particularly bizarre”. She said: “We stand by our representation, but, in the interests of fairness, we will publish your account to accurately convey your response to the concerns we raised.”

Cemetery is desecrated KARL MARX TOMB VANDALISED Police in Manchester have launched an investigation into the desecration of a Jewish cemetery last weekend, which is being treated as a “hate crime’. Vandals who smashed a Jewish grave have been branded a “a complete disgrace to humanity”, as community leaders condemned the attack. Shocking images show the smashed grave and

windows at a Jewish cemetery in Whitefield, Prestwich. A number of sinks were damaged and CCTV was stolen from one of the chapels. • Anyone with information is asked to call police on 0161 856 8172, quoting incident number 2282 of 09/02/2019, or the independent charity Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.

The tomb of Karl Marx at Highgate Cemetery has been severely vandalised. Parts of the marble plaque standing over the 19th century gravestone of the radical left-wing philosopher were chiselled off. There are no suspects. Ian Dungavell, the chief executive of the Friends of Highgate Cemetery Trust, con-

demned the attack as “an appalling thing to do” and a “particularly inarticulate form of political comment”, warning that the tomb would be permanently scarred, The Guardian reported. Dungavell said no other graves at the cemetery had been damaged in the attack. We think it was deliberately targeted against Karl Marx. It was not random,” he said.

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Chabloz case / Campus shame / News

Antisemite loses her appeal

Alison Chabloz was convicted last year

An antisemitic blogger who posted grossly offensive songs online calling Auschwitz a “theme park” and denying the Holocaust has lost the appeal against her conviction. Alison Chabloz, 55, claimed Anne Frank’s diary was faked and said lyrics such as “Auschwitz holy temple is a theme park just for fools,” were created out of love for the Jewish people. Chabloz said she wanted to free Jews “from this atrocity propaganda”. She was convicted of three counts of sending by a public communications network an offensive, indecent or menacing message or material after a trial at Westminster Magistrates’ Court last May. On Wednesday, judge Christopher Hehir

upheld the convictions and said: “She is a Holocaust denier. She is manifestly antisemitic and utterly obsessed with what she perceives to be the wrongdoing of the Jews and their disproportionate influence in politics, the media and banking in particular. She appears to us, quite simply, to have lost all sense of perspective.’ Referring to one of the songs, entitled I Like The Story As It Is – Satire’ the judge said: “It blames Jews for their suffering and brands them as thieves, liars and usurpers. That is woven into sickening Holocaust related references to shrunken heads, soap, lampshades and smoke coming from crematorium chimneys.” Gideon Falter, chairman of Campaign Against Antisemitism, said: “This is the first conviction in the UK over Holocaust denial on

Anger over hate shirt “We have suspended the club while we look into the matter. We do not tolerate antisemitism or any form of hate crime.” A university spokesperson said it was “deeply concerned” about the reports, adding that it had launched an investigation and will take disciplinary action against any student involved. A CST spokesperson called the incident “deeply troubling”.

A Coventry University sports society has been suspended after images circulated online of members wearing T-shirts marked with swastikas and the words “The Jews Deserved it”. Tochukwu Ajare, president of Coventry University Student Union (CUSU), said in a statement: “We understand these pictures were taken during a social event at a CUSU affiliated sports club.

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social media. Chabloz’s “actions defending the Nazis and claiming that the Holocaust was a fraud seek to defile” the sacrifice of those who fought in the Second World War. “This sentence sends a strong message that in Britain, Holocaust denial and antisemitic conspiracy theories will not be tolerated.” Chabloz, of Charlesworth, Glossop, Derbyshire, denied but was convicted of three counts of sending by a public communications network an offensive, indecent or menacing message or material. She was sentenced to 20 weeks imprisonment suspended for two years and banned from posting on social media for a year. Judge Hehir upheld the convictions on all three counts.

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Separately the three professors addressed a small Technion UK science lunch at Bank Leumi’s London headquarters, to discuss their most recent work. Technion UK’s chief executive, Alan Aziz, reported close co-operation with Imperial College, London. In particular, he said, help was being offered to Imperial’s Israel Society, which is leading a trip of 60 students to the country in March.

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News / Eurovision mania / Mars probe

Netta toys with Eurovision fans Israel’s Eurovision winner Netta Barzilai was special guest at last week’s Jewrovision contest for Jewish youth in Germany. Modelled on the Eurovision Song Contest, the event invites young Jewish performers aged to compete against each other with an overarching theme of Jewish heritage.

Participants from 25 Jewish communities in Germany performed covers of pop songs with their own lyrics and designed their costumes and choreography. This year’s event drew a record 1,500 participants and 3,500 guests. Meanwhile, rock star Jack White has been listed as a co-

writer of Netta’s winning song Toy — even though he wasn’t involved in its creation. Representatives from the Universal Music Group contacted the writers for White — former frontman for the White Stripes — asking about the similarities between the song and the White Stripes’ rock anthem Seven Nation Army.  Opinion, page 24

ANGER AT TV BOYCOTT POLL

Netta at last week’s Jewrovision Song Contest in Germany. Inset: Kobi Marimi will represent Israel in this year’s competition in Tel Aviv

Breakfast television show Good Morning Britain (GMB) has clarified its reasons for deleting a poll asking viewers whether Eurovision hosted in Israel should be boycotted, saying the issue could “not be effectively addressed” in that format. Marking 100 days until the competition is held, the ITV programme sent out a tweet, which has since been deleted, saying: “There are calls for Britain to boycott this year’s Eurovi-

sion Song Contest in Tel Aviv, over Israel’s human rights record. Do you agree?”, with options ‘Yes’ or ‘No’. Before its removal, more than 54,000 people had voted, with 58 percent saying ‘No’, compared to 42 percent voting ‘Yes’ to a boycott. A GMB spokesperson clarified why it deleted the poll, saying it “regularly invites viewers to respond to questions on subjects which are going to be debated the following day. On

reflection it was decided this multilayered issue could not be effectively addressed in a simple yes or no question/answer format and needed to reflect the complexity of the subject matter, which was thoroughly covered in the studio debate this morning”. The Israel Britain Alliance called the poll “preposterous”, while international lawyer Arsen Ostrovsky asked: “Do you also have such polls on boycotting the World Cup in Qatar?”

Singer sorry for slur An Icelandic singer who represented the country at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1997 has compared Jews to Nazis. Pall Oskar, known abroad as Paul Oscar, is calling on Iceland to pull out of the event in Israel. During a radio interview he said: “The reason why the rest of Europe has been virtually silent is that Jews have woven themselves into the fabric of Europe in a very sly way for a very long time. It is not at all hip and cool to be pro-Palestine in Britain,” he said. “The tragedy is that Jews learned nothing from the Holocaust. Instead, they

have taken up the exact same policy of their worst enemy.” Oskar later apologised in a Facebook for conflating Israel with the Jewish people. “I admit unreservedly that I put the Israeli government, the Israeli military and the Jewish people under the same hat,” he wrote. “I made judgments and generalisations about Jewish people.” Oskar said his criticism of Israel is still valid, however. “Israel’s government, Israel’s army and their governance, on the other hand, receive no discount,” he said. “The rest of the comment stands.”

Mars mission tribute The UK’s next mission to Mars is to be named after the British-Jewish chemist whose pioneering work led to the discovery of DNA. Astronaut Tim Peake unveiled the Mars rover last Thursday and announced it will be named after Rosalind Franklin, a British biophysicist and X-ray crystallographer who made vital discoveries in the molecular properties of DNA, RNA, viruses such as polio, tobacco, coal and graphite. Born in Notting Hill to Jewish parents in 1920, Franklin is best known for her work while at King’s Col-

lege London on the X-ray diffraction images of DNA. These led to the discovery of the DNA double helix for which James Watson, Francis Crick and Maurice Watkins shared the Nobel Prize in 1962. Franklin died of ovarian cancer four years earlier, aged 37. Franklin was chosen by a UK-led panel. Dr Sue Horne, the head space exploration at UK Space Agency, said: “It’s the obvious choice. She ticks all the boxes.”

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Shechita debate / Hopkins controversy / Photo apology / News

Anger at RSPCA call for kosher labelling Shechita UK has reacted angrily to a letter from animal welfare organisations to the Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs urging the introduction of labelling animals which undergo religious slaughter, writes Joe Millis. The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) and British Veterinary Association (BVA) wrote in part to Secretary of State Michael Gove: “Scientific evidence clearly indicates that slaughter without prestunning can cause unnecessary suffering. “Indeed, it is the UK Government’s stated position that they would prefer all animals to be stunned before slaughter.” The letter also demanded the introduction of method of slaughter labelling, saying: “Some animals that are intended for the markets serving religious communities do not reach the required standards demanded by these communities for a number of reasons ... labelling will enable consumers

Hopkins visit ‘regret’ One of Israel’s top aliyah executives “regrets” hosting controversial broadcaster Katie Hopkins in the Knesset, saying he “misjudged” the meeting. Former Apprentice contestant Hopkins, who caused outrage by referencing a ‘final solution’ for Muslims after the Manchester bombing, posted a picture on Twitter with the Jewish Agency for Israel’s Director of

Public Affairs and Communications, Yigal Palmor, in the Knesset. Following criticism on social media for meeting the “controversial” Hopkins, Palmor said: “I wasn’t completely aware of what she stands for.” He added: “I thought it would be much better if she heard from the authority on that subject of aliyah, and not from someone who might give damaging facts or information.”

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to fully understand the choice they are making when purchasing such products.” However, Shimon Cohen, campaign director of Shechita UK, accused the RSPCA and BVA of sounding like a “cracked record”. He said: “It is also worth noting that shechita is supported by an ample body of scientific evidence, something that both the RSPCA and the BVA refuse to acknowledge. Cohen questioned the belief that

mechanical stunning was “some kind of therapeutic process”. It was “aggressive… designed to speed up factories’ slaughter processes, with dubious welfare claims tagged on”. He added: “We would encourage all involved in the labelling debate to work with religious communities in a respectful manner, to ensure any labelling gives the consumer a full understanding of every stage of the slaughter process.”

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The Guardian has apologised for illustrating an article on the rise in antisemitism in the UK with a photo of Palestinians at the Gaza border. The piece by religion correspondent Harriet Sherwood detailed the rise in UK antisemitic incidents recorded by the Community

Security Trust. The photo was deleted and replaced by one of graffiti saying ‘Israhell’ next to a swastika on a wall in London. The Guardian apologised, while a Board of Deputies spokesperson said the use of the Gaza photo “provides disturbing insight into the newspaper”.

New ladies shul role The United Synagogue Council has approved the creation of a new executive position with a remit to support the active participation of women in community life and religious services. The new Women’s Officer role mirrors those already created in a number of member synagogues, whereby Women’s Officers act as a

point of contact, offering guidance in the women’s section of the shul. They tell wardens of women wishing to recite Kaddish or include a name for a misheberach for Cholim (prayer for the sick) and provide input and support in planning the ceremonial elements of a batmitzvah and simchat bat.

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Jewish News 14 February 2019

News / Israel route/ Bafta joy / Memorial event / Theatre news

Virgin verging on Israel Virgin Atlantic will fly between London Heathrow and Ben Gurion airport from September, with tickets sold from 25 February. The daily flights will operate on an Airbus A330-300, and will offer more than 180,000 seats each year in all classes. Shai Weiss, Virgin Atlantic chief executive, said: “This year marks the start of a new phase of growth for Virgin Atlantic as we work to achieve our ambition to become the most loved travel company. “Tel Aviv represents a fantastic opportunity for us – Israel’s economy is booming and, as one of the world’s leading tech hubs, we’re anticipating many business travellers and entrepreneurs flying between Tel Aviv and the UK.

“We also see a significant opportunity to increase competition in the US–Tel Aviv market, using the strength of our transAtlantic joint venture with Delta to offer customers from Tel Aviv a wide range of US destinations connecting through London Heathrow including New York and San Francisco. “I’m also thrilled to introduce this new destination to our leisure customers and I know it’s somewhere they’ll love to visit. Renowned for its cultural sites and with UNESCO-recognised architecture, Tel Aviv also boasts beautiful beaches, a buzzing artistic and nightlife

scene, incredible food and is a great base to explore the tourist destinations of the region, including the iconic historical city of Jerusalem, Nazareth, and the Dead Sea.” Israeli Tourism Minister Yariv Levin said: “The entry of one of the world’s leading airlines into Israel is another expression of confidence in the [country’s] tourism product. “The revolution we have implemented in the Ministry of Tourism in recent years is bearing fruit with record-breaking numbers of incoming tourism to Israel.” He added: “The new flights will be integrated with the marketing campaign in Europe, which highlights Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. “I am convinced that, with the entry of Virgin Atlantic into Israel, we will see continued growth in incoming tourism from the UK.”

RACHEL IS BAFTA’S FAVOURITE

Rachel Weisz picked up one of seven Baftas handed out to the film The Favourite, this year’s runaway success at the glitzy awards show. The Jewish star took home the gong for best supporting actress.

KENDLER EVENT ‘ELECTRIC’ Dame Maggie in Nazi role Organisers of an event held in memory of beloved Jewish educator Maureen Kendler had to change venue and move to a university to meet demand for tickets, after 250 people turned up on Sunday. The effervescent teacher and broadcaster, who taught at the London School of Jewish Studies (LSJS), passed away after a brief illness last February, leaving the Jewish community in shock.

The event, organised by LSJS, had to move to nearby Middlesex University to meet demand for tickets from the many students, friends and colleagues of Zendler, whose knowledge, enthusiasm and humour had such a lasting effect. LSJS dean Rabbi Dr Raphael Zarum said the sessions “were packed and the atmosphere was electric”.

Dame Maggie Smith is returning to the stage to star in a one-woman play about Joseph Goebbels’ secretary. The Oscar-winning actress will play Brunhilde Pomsel, who worked for the Nazi propaganda minister until his death. It will be the 84-yearold Downton Abbey star’s first time treading the boards in 12 years.

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News / Israel support / Shul fundraiser / Stamford Hill attack

6,000 calls for Green Sunday More than 6,000 calls have been made for JNF UK’s annual fundraising drive to support vulnerable Israeli communities on the Gaza border, writes Jack Mendel.

Some 40 volunteers aged 15 to 82 took part in the Jewish charity’s annual Green Sunday initiative, which hopes to collect £1million from supporters during

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a month-long campaign. In 2018 alone, around one thousand rockets and mortars were fired from Hamas-controlled Gaza, causing trauma for Israeli communities who live under “constant threat of terror”. Residents of nearby towns are forced to run for cover when sirens warn of incoming attacks, often with as little as 15 seconds to find cover, while houses and schools have to double-up as bomb shelters. The funds, which will go towards parks, playgrounds and respite facilities, as well as community centres and leadership programmes, were raised through a telethon on Sunday. Volunteers will continue ringing supporters to ask for funds up until midMarch. Yonatan Galon, CEO of JNF UK, said the Green Sunday initiative, which has been running for more than 30 years, operates “thanks to the generosity of our loyal supporters”.

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He added: “Over the past 10 years, JNF UK has invested more than £5million to projects supporting communities living near the border with the Gaza Strip. “For as long as these com-

munities need support, JNF UK will be there. “This Green Sunday, we call on the UK Jewish community to stand in solidarity with our brothers who are living under the constant

threat of terror.” The fundraising drive will continue until midMarch and lines are open for donations on 0800 901 333, or online at jnf.co.uk/ greensunday

SHUL BECOMES LIFE-SAVER AFTER RAPIDLY RAISING £54K A Hampstead synagogue raised a staggering £54,000 in less than three minutes for a lifesaving charity, writes James Martin. The Village Shul heard United Hatzalah head Eli Beer speaking on Shabbat about how the charity saves lives in Israel with a response rate of three minutes or less. And in a mirror image of the response times of charity’s ambucycles, the synagogue’s members raised enough money for two new vehicles. The Village Shul’s Rabbi, Yisroel Weisz said: “Someone came over to me and said, ‘Let’s do something – we need nine people at £3,000 each.’ Within moments, the community rallied together with a response time of just over two minutes. People dug deep and two ambucycles were donated.” One of the ambucycles was donated by a family with a celebration coming up, using the UK fundraising branch’s ‘My Mitzvah’ platform. Assaf Admoni, CEO of British Friends of

Life saver: Eli Beer of United Hatzalah

United Hatzalah of Israel said: “We are overwhelmed by the generosity of the community. This donation will save hundreds of lives.” United Hatzalah’s network of more than 5,000 volunteer medics help save lives each year across Israel with rapid medical treatment.

Volunteer ‘assaulted’ A Shomrim volunteer has been hospitalised after suffering facial injuries in an alleged assault in Stamford Hill on Tuesday evening, as the police investigate. Officers were called to Spring Hill at around 8.30pm on Tuesday to reports of a man, believed to be in his 20s, who had been assaulted. The volunteer was responding to an incident involving criminal damage to two vans, when he was “viciously assaulted”, according

to the neighbourhood watch group Shomrim. The group’s Chaim Hochhauser said the incident was the first attack against a volunteer since the group was set up in 2008. He said: “Out of nowhere, he punched him in his eye and ran off into the park. The family were quite upset. It’s the first time we have had an attack.” Police said no arrests have been made, but enquiries are ongoing and anyone with information is asked to call 101 with crime reference number Cad 7298 12/02/2019.

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Special Report / Communal campaign

Shuls warned of ‘elder abuse’ A “shocking” case of abuse of an older person that began in a synagogue environment has prompted Britain’s largest Jewish charity to write to every London shul warning of its “prevalence behind front doors”, writes Stephen Oryszczuk. Details cannot yet be reported because it is currently under criminal investigation, but the nature of the abuse has been described by Jewish Care as “one of the most severe our community support and social work team has ever seen”. It is understood to involve a family “befriending” an elderly couple in synagogue, beginning with meal invitations and ending, eventually, to the inappropriate transfer of property and funds once trust had been built. The charity’s chief executive, Daniel Carmel-Brown, is this week writing an open letter to all synagogues in the south-east to raise awareness of the issue of abuse of older people, outlining how Jewish Care is working with Jewish Women’s Aid and Action on Elder Abuse, and feels “compelled to raise awareness of this issue”. Jewish Care’s safeguarding chief Barbara Jacobson said this week that people must not think this is “something that only happens in care homes… The truth is its prevalence is behind front doors, right across the community, and the abusers are often closely

WHAT IS FINANCIAL ABUSE? Whereas newspapers focus on internet or phone scams targeting older people, Jewish Care said it had seen “a gradual increase in financial abuse from within families”. This often occurs when friends or family put pressure on older people to make financial decisions they wouldn’t otherwise make. Signs of financial abuse may include: a lack of money for necessities such as food, heating or clothes, despite an adequate income; an inability to explain what is happening to their income; unexplained withdrawals, or changes in patterns or withdrawals from bank accounts; reluctance from the person controlling funds to pay for things; and/or the disappearance of possessions or financial documents.

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psychological abuse, or neglect. The charity said it had been alerted to several instances whereby “the intent was not to abuse, but the effect was abusive”. One instance involved an elderly married Jewish couple. The husband had been locking his wife in the home when he went out to shop because she had dementia and a history of “wandering off ” when he was not there. His action was intended to protect her, but nevertheless constituted neglect. “[He] was struggling to care for her,” the charity said, after the couple’s daughter contacted them, concerned that her mother’s needs were not being met, reporting bad smells in the house and evidence of faeces on the floor. “Since contacting us we have been able to support the family. [The husband] was struggling to cope. His wife now lives in a care home where she receives the support and care she needs, and he visits regularly.” In another instance, an elderly Jewish lady asked her nephew to help her with her finances, but he became aggressive when she tried to talk to him and sacked her accountant, replacing them with one of his own choosing. She was left unable to ask about her own money, fearing he would become physically aggressive if she did. “It is difficult for society to accept that older

people experience abuse, just as 20 years ago there was reluctance to accept child abuse,” said Jacobson. “It is particularly difficult to accept that much elder abuse is perpetrated by family members. “The Jewish community is not exempt from this. Abuse of older people is happening across our community, just as it is across every other community.” Carmel-Brown said: “A member of the community taking in an older or vulnerable person can look like an act of pure kindness – a mitzvah – but there is a risk, and an increased one, if the older person doesn’t have family connections that what appears to be an act of kindness could be abuse.” In 2007 Action on Elder Abuse produced the UK Study of Abuse and Neglect, which found that one in every 24 older people suffered psychological abuse, and one in every 33 suffered neglect. However, Jewish Care said it had “seen a gradual increase in financial abuse” as well. Carmel-Brown added: “Most people in our community support older and vulnerable people for the right reasons and we do not want this great work to stop. “But some people have ulterior motives. They are often very skilled at covering these motives up, so what you see on the outside isn’t what goes on behind closed doors.” The shocking case that prompted this week’s campaign, he said, was “not the first case, nor sadly will it be the last, of abuse of older people in our community”.

HOW YOU CAN SEEK HELP If you are experiencing abuse of any kind by a partner or someone you are intimate with, Jewish Women’s Aid can help. Call in confidence on 0808 801 0500 Action on Elder Abuse provides specialist advice, information and support on all aspects of abuse of older people. Call in confidence on 080 8808 814 or email enquiries@elderabuse.org.uk Jewish Care’s helpline can also provide confidential information, advice and support. Call 020 8922 2222 or email helpline@jcare.org

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Shoah memorial will ‘harm’ popular park The planned Holocaust memorial outside Parliament was criticised over the weekend for its potentially “harmful” impact on a central London park. The memorial, which will also feature a learning centre, is planned for Victoria Tower Gardens on Millbank, alongside the Thames. A planning application for the memorial is now being considered by Westminster City Council. But The Royal Parks, a charity that looks after Victoria Tower Gardens, said it did not support the planning application “given the impact it will have on a popular public amenity space in an area of the capital with few public parks”. In a letter to the council’s planning team, the charity described the gardens as a “highly sensitive location in planning and heritage terms”. It said the small triangular green space is a Grade II registered park located next to Westminster Abbey and the Houses of Parliament – collectively designated as a World Heritage Site. The Holocaust memorial’s design features 23 large bronze fin structures that visitors can

walk among, leading up to the underground learning centre. The Royal Parks said it “strongly supports” the project’s principle, but believes its scale and design would have “harmful impacts” on the “character and function” of the park. “The structure will dominate the park and eclipse the existing listed memorials, which are important in their own right,” the letter added. Concern was expressed over the negative impact construction would have on the park’s biodiversity and its accessibility to the public. “The gardens are public open space and we would not wish to close such a large area, or the possibility of the entire park, to visitors for the three years of its construction,” The Royal Parks wrote. More than 11,000 people have signed an online petition on Change.org urging the government to reconsider the memorial’s location. A spokesman for Westminster City Council said: “The council can’t comment on outstanding applications.”

Shuker award HENDON SHUL for protecting ASKS MEMBERS religious rights FOR FUNDING Board of Deputies’ vice-president Edwin Shuker has been honoured with an award from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office for protecting religious freedom in Iraq, the country of his birth. Edwin Shuker was given Shuker a Certificate of Appreciation from Britain’s foreign policy mandarins on Wednesday in recognition of his behind-the-scenes support for those championing religious freedom in the country, which was once home to a large Jewish population. Born in Baghdad in 1955, Shuker and his family fled to the UK in 1971 amid rising religious and ethnic tensions encouraged by Saddam Hussein’s Arab Socialist Ba’ath Party, with dozens of Iraqi Jews executed on spurious charges. Shuker regularly travels back to Iraq, forging ties with political leaders and working to preserve Jewish sites.

Hendon United Synagogue has moved swiftly to reassure members after sending a letter requesting additional funds following a predicted £100,000 loss for 2018. The letter says the board has taken the “difficult decision” of adding a “security levy” of £25 to their bills to pay for more safeguarding from security professionals. According to the note, the synagogue’s finances were not on a “stable footing” when the new board took over last May and risked becoming “heavily loss making”. The letter goes on to say the shul expects to record a loss of £100,000 for 2018, despite “a number of actions to stabilise our financial situation”. Benjamin Pell, whose mother Rita is a member of the synagogue, said: “It’s completely unacceptable for this to have happened. The new board of managers were elected in May, so why is this the first time we’ve been notified?” However, Jonathan Goldberg, chair of the board, said: “The figure taken in isolation is misleading. The board of management has already put in place significant cost-cutting measures to ensure this deficit is substantially reduced.”

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Special Report / Jewish Schools Awards 2019

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Top teachers honoured at annual Jewish News-PaJeS school awards Awards 1 and 2: Promoting Excellence in Literacy in a Primary School and Promoting Excellence in Literacy in a Secondary School

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WINNER: Juliette Green, Sinai Jewish Primary School WINNER: Anna Joseph, JFS

All our educators celebrating at the Jewish News-PaJeS Jewish Schools Awards

Britain’s top educators took centre stage on Monday night at the fourth annual Jewish Schools Awards, writes Adam Decker. Eight awards and a lifetime achievement honour were presented during a glittering ceremony – a joint initiative between Jewish News and Partnerships for Jewish Schools (PaJeS) – at JW3. Juliette Green, of Sinai Jewish Primary School, and Anna Joseph, of JFS, opened proceedings with awards for promoting excellence in literacy. Yavneh College’s Dina Jacobson was honoured for facilitating student responsibility in a secondary school, while Ruth Finkel of North West London Jewish Day School picked up the award for chesed initiatives in a primary school. Winners received £5,000 for a project of their choice, with runners-up each getting £1,000. For the first time, two Manchester-based educators received honours. Cath Davies, of Broughton Jewish Cassel Fox Primary School, and Rabbi Jonathan Goodman, of The King David High School, Manchester, were both honoured for excellence in the Israel education category. Akiva School’s Nicole Craig and Suzanne Singer, of Mathilda MarksKennedy Jewish Primary School, were jointly named as winners of the outstanding practice in foundation stage award, with Denise Sloane, of JFS, picking up the award for outstanding arts initiative in a secondary school. Rabbi David Meyer, executive director of PaJeS, said: “This spectacular evening has helped to really recognise the efforts of all

of our teachers, who have put their hearts and souls into the education of our children.” A lifetime achievement award was presented to philanthropist and Master of Birkbeck, University of London, Professor David Latchman of the Maurice Wohl Charitable Foundation. Winners were selected by a panel of judges, including Kate Goldberg, chief executive of the Maurice Wohl Charitable Foundation, Naomi Greenwood, a founding governor of Immanuel College and former chair of the Jewish Teacher Training Partnership, Leonie Lewis, outgoing director of the Jewish Volunteering Network, and leading consultant paediatrician Dr Michael Markiewicz. Simon Johnson of the Jewish Leadership Council, who compered the awards, said: “Tonight’s awards recognise and celebrate the achievements of our finest educators. “It is a reflection of the standards of our teachers that there were 350 nominations and the judges found it harder than ever to select the finalists and the winners.” Jewish News editor Richard Ferrer said: “We were proud to partner with PaJeS to deliver this special night for our schools and the entire community. Our teachers are truly worth celebrating. This event shows what exciting times these are for Jewish education.” The event, attended by 200 people, was sponsored by Andrew Wolfson, of The Charles Wolfson Charitable Trust, who praised the “fantastic” event, and Marc Samuels, of The Emmes Foundation, who said he hoped for an even “bigger” evening next year with parents joining the celebrations.

For Anna Joseph, becoming a teacher was intensely personal. “Growing up, I saw my mum struggling with literacy, which in some ways disempowered her from a lot of jobs and made her struggle to understand the education system, how to pay for certain bills and so on. “Literacy skills develop a person and give them so many options, which has made me feel passionate about wanting to help students to do better,” she explains. Anna Joseph Now an English teacher and assistant head in charge of teaching and learning at JFS, Anna was recognised for her love of the subject, her constructive feedback and her ability to inspire pupils across the whole school. For Juliette Green, who leads the literary curriculum at Sinai Jewish Primary School, making literature come to life through a language rich culture is her central drive. “I like to bring everything to life,” says Juliette with a smile. “It’s about creating experiences – if we want to get our senses involved, we need to actually touch and see. One of my focuses is Juliette Green getting the children to use their high level vocabulary in the classroom. They have to use full sentences and the best vocabulary!” Passion is clearly in abundance when it comes to these two exceptional teachers. “I’ve had a hard work ethic since I was little,” adds Juliette. “It’s what drives me every morning to get up, skip into school and be the last one to leave. If it’s something you love, the minute you step into the classroom, you’ve got to embrace it even if that means that extra bit of work from home or with the children at school.” Anna agrees, and offers some advice to new teachers: “Show your pupils you’re going to run extra revision lessons and that you’ll take care when marking their exercise books to help them make progress.” With the prize money, Anna intends to buy visualisers for staff to enable live feeding on marking and for students to see their work up on screen, while Juliette wants to invest in a project to promote the love of reading and writing.

Awards 3 and 4: Facilitating Student Responsibility in a Secondary School and Chesed Initiatives in a Primary School WINNER: Dina Jacobson, Yavneh College WINNER: Ruth Finkel, North West London Jewish Day School Teaching runs in Ruth Finkel’s family – her father was a Cheder teacher and it’s something she feels very passionate about. Now a highly successful teaching assistant with an impressive record in furthering chesed initiatives at North West London Jewish Day School, Ruth encourages weekly donations and is eager to help whoever she can, both domestically and internationally. She explains how a clear set of principles guide her efforts. “Always try to be helpful, say good Ruth Finkel morning to everybody and be concerned about people,” she explains. “I like to explain to the children that it’s not just about money, but about volunteering and time – helping people in any way you can is chesed.” The chesed committee, Ruth explains, is about letting the children decide who they want to collect for. “The pupils pitch their ideas to their fellow committee members,” she says. “Once they decide on a charitable cause, they collect and count the tzedakah during playtime on Friday.” Yavneh College’s Dina Jacobson, who has been at the school since Dina Jacobson it opened, also comes from a family of educators. “Both my parents were teachers,” she laughs, before admitting she had been “adamant” she wasn’t going to become a teacher herself, but a job came up to teach Jewish studies at Yavneh, which she describes as “an amazing opportunity to be part of a new school”. As the coordinator of 6th form Jewish Studies, community volunteering is a key part of Dina’s role. A highly innovative staff member, she recently created the Give Back programme where Year 12 students give one hour a week to volunteer as a classroom helper in lessons, mentor younger students or work at Yavneh’s primary school. “I’ve noticed through the programme the students feel an immense sense of responsibility and see things from different perspectives. For the younger pupils it’s been invaluable in offering a different level of comfortability they might not have had otherwise.” With the prize money, Dina intends to invest in facilities and bursary money for her students, while Ruth plans to let the children decide, saying: “It’s their Chesed committee!”

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Jewish Schools Awards 2019 / Special Report Lifetime Achievement Award – Professor David Latchman

Awards 5 and 6: Israel Education in a Primary School and Israel Education in a Secondary School WINNER: Cath Davies, Broughton Jewish Cassel Fox Primary School, Salford WINNER: Rabbi Jonathan Goodman, The King David High School, Manchester Cath Davies, Year 4 teacher and Israel70 Coordinator at Broughton Jewish Cassel Fox Primary School, and Rabbi Jonathan Goodman of King David High School in Manchester, adamantly believe Israel education is crucial. “I believe our students should feel a connection with Israel and be passionate about its past and present, while recognising that Israel will be their future and connection with the Jewish people,” Rabbi Goodman explains. Rabbi Goodman’s modern, interactive teaching methods have made him an Cath Davies extremely popular and successful educator. His belief is that teaching should not take place only in the classroom. Each year, he runs a ‘Beat the Clock’ inter-secondary Jewish general knowledge programme, which he created using the latest technology. “Pupils across numerous Jewish schools learn a particular syllabus of Jewish general knowledge, including Israel,” he explains. “That learning is then contested once a year in a competition with other schools, including challenges throughout the day.” Jonathan For Cath, a teacher with more than 25 years’ experience, inspiring a love Goodman of Israel “starts from the children and what they’re interested in”. A highly commended project of hers was the creation of a pop-up book, called Food for Friendship and Family. “I asked the children to research where their families had come from. Each family at the school contributed recipes and their stories, with the children doing artwork based on this.” For Israel70, Cath also engaged regularly with Broughton Jewish’s twin school in Israel, enabling pupils to Facetime their counterparts, and ran numerous assemblies throughout the year. “My mum gave me some great advice,” she laughs. “She said: ‘Cath if you’re bored then your pupils will be twice as bored as you are!’ So I always try to think of something unusual and interesting, and keep shaking it up.” With the prize money, both teachers would like to invest in promoting Israel education within their schools.

Awards 7 and 8: Outstanding Practice in Foundation Stage and Outstanding Arts Initiative in a Secondary School

Relaxing on the sofas in JW3 after collecting his Lifetime Achievement Award, Professor David Latchman offers an insight into life as one of Britain’s most successful philanthropists and academics. “My wife says that I never waste a minute!” he laughs. “If there’s a 10-minute gap between something, I’m always reading or preparing something.” Time management is critical for the 63-year-old, who must balance his dual responsibilities as chairman of the Maurice Wohl Charitable Foundation and the Master of Birkbeck, University of London. “It’s entertaining for me to have both those things,” Professor David Latchman he explains. “I’m very committed to Birkbeck, which is about part-time education and older people going to university. And I’m very committed to my uncle’s legacy in the Foundation. “The two are nice in the sense that if you’re a bit frustrated with one you can get on with the other – so the two compliment themselves,” he smiles. For Professor Latchman, investing in Jewish education is intensely personal. The Foundation, now approaching its 55th birthday, was founded by his uncle and aunt, Maurice and Vivienne Wohl, who dedicated more than 40 years of their lives to supporting charitable causes across Israel and the UK. “I almost feel like a fraud, because I’m here really in the place of my late uncle and aunt. They had the vision more than 50 years ago to start the Foundation.” With a particular focus on the advancement of medical sciences, Jewish community welfare and Jewish education, the Foundation continues to donate generously through charitable grants. “In our Foundation we try, unlike many foundations, to carry on the traditions of the founders. My uncle and aunt were very involved in Jewish education, so we’ve supported yeshivot, shuls and even entire villages in Israel,” he explains. Humble, although clearly brimming with intelligence, Latchman is grateful for the tributes he received. “I hope we’ve made a real difference to Jewish education,” he says. “The best way to ensure our continuity is to invest in Jewish schools.”

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WINNERS: Nicole Craig, Akiva School and Suzanne Singer, Mathilda MarksKennedy Jewish Primary School WINNER: Denise Sloane, JFS Suzanne Singer, of Mathilda Marks-Kennedy Jewish Primary School, and Nicole Craig, of Akiva School, share a heartfelt passion for early years education. “The most important thing is to make our children love coming to school as a fun place to learn. They’re like little sponges, they love everything you do,” explains Nicole. Her Early Years setting showcases a successful, Nicole Craig Suzanne Singer integrated Jewish curriculum and she was highly commended for developing children as local, national and global citizens, by involvement with Mitzvah Day, Chinese New Year and watching a nativity play. “To be a great teacher you have to be very passionate and have an ability to discover the interests of the children,” Nicole explains. For 17 years, Suzanne has been inspiring pupils in Foundation Stage, with innovative practices including transforming her classroom into the world Denise Sloane of Frozen. Her expertise has been recognised and she is a moderator for the borough, assisting other schools with their Early Years programme. “In our school, the children vote on what to do in the role play area. It’s about finding out their interests and creating imaginary role plays that make learning fun,” Suzanne explains. Both teachers hope to buy new books, as well as developing the outdoor areas in their schools. As the subject lead for drama at JFS, Denise Sloane is known for her ‘legendary’ productions that are a highlight of the school calendar. “The students love participating, because it gives them a family feeling. I love teaching drama, not only for the creativity it brings out, but because it has a really strong moral vibe to it – students look out for each other.” She has also been praised for working with some of the more challenging students. “My guiding principle is that every student matters,” she explains. “Helping a challenging pupil turn a corner is the most wonderful feeling as an educator.” With the prize money, Denise would like to invest further in drama at JFS, possibly through another studio and more after-school activities.

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Pittsburgh synagogue accused pleads not guilty The man charged over the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre pleaded not guilty this week to hate crimes and dozens of other counts, but his new lawyer signalled he might be open to a plea deal. Robert Bowers, a truck driver who authorities say gunned down 11 people at the Tree of Life Synagogue, appeared in federal court with lawyer Judy Clarke, who expressed hope the case would be resolved without a trial. She is known for negotiating plea deals that helped some of the nation’s most infamous killers avoid death row, including

Unabomber Ted Kaczynski, Atlanta Olympics bomber Eric Rudolph and Arizona gunman Jared Lee Loughner, who killed six people and injured 13 others including US politician Gabrielle Gif-

fords. She also represented Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev who was sentenced to death. Prosecutors in Pittsburgh have previously indicated their intent to seek the death penalty against Bowers, but a final decision rests with the US attorney general. Asked if the government would consider a plea deal that spares Bowers a potential death sentence, US attorney Scott W Brady said: “The defendant is charged with crimes that carry the possible penalty of death. We are committed to seeking justice for the victims.”

ISRAEL RETALIATES Abbas to continue OVER GAZA ROCKET security link-ups Alert sirens sounded in southern Israel last Wednesday evening after a rocket fired from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip landed in the south of the country. Israel struck back at a Hamas military post in retaliation for the attack. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said no Israelis were

injured in the incident, which was the latest flare-up along the border in Gaza, where Palestinians have been protesting for months. Board of Deputies president Marie van der Zyl said: “I am deeply worried about the rockets fired at Israeli territory. Fortunately, there haven’t been any casualties so far.”

The Palestinian president has pledged to continue security co-ordination with Israel, despite recent US funding cuts to Palestinian security forces and years of impasse in the peace process. Mahmoud Abbas told a gathering of Palestinian and Israeli activists last Wednesday his govern-

ment has counter-terrorism agreements in place with nearly 100 countries, including Israel. He said the West Bank government has a “joint agreement to fight terrorism” with Israel, and “will not violate it” because if it does, “nothing will remain”.

WORLD NEWS IN BRIEF

Your weekly digest of stories from the international press VENEZUELA

Juan Guaido, recognised by 50 countries as Venezuela’s interim president, said he is working to “renew ties” with Israel. Guaido also said he is “confident” Israel will help his country by sending humanitarian aid, since Venezuela has sunk into poverty under its socialist president, Nicolas Maduro. [JTA]

UNITED STATES

An Orthodox rabbi is testifying in a Utah court case aginst his family’s former nanny, who is charged with five counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child and two counts of forcible sexual abuse of a child. Chabad emissary Rabbi Avroham Zippel, 27, said she abused him for about 10 years from the age of eight.

Jewish groups are divided on whether Egyptian President Abdel-Fatah al-Sisi is sincere in his multi-million-pound pledge to restore Jewish sites across the country. American Jewish officials said he had already poured millions into a synagogue renovation in Alexandria, but local groups said it was ‘propaganda’.

GERMANY

A Jewish group is to take part in the famed Cologne Carnival for the first time since Hitler banned its participation. The Kleines Kolner Klub (Small Cologne Club) has kept its initials following its rebranding as the Kolsch Kippa Klop, Cologne dialect for Cologne Kippa Head.

The word “Juden!” was spray-painted in yellow across the window of a Paris bagel shop. The vandalism was discovered on Saturday morning on a Bagelstein in the 4th district. Many Parisians tweeted their horror.

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To stop abuse you must recognise it Among the more shocking statistics when it comes to the abuse of older people is that one third never tell a soul. We like to think it couldn’t happen in the Jewish community, such are its strengths and values, but it can – and, as this week’s special report on the issue shows, it does. Nobody knows better than the elderly that they become more vulnerable with age. As a community, we know our job is to support them. What the latest shocking case of abuse shows is that our duties go beyond that. We also need to be on our guard against those who profess to support but, in fact, seek to extort, ignore, control or hurt. Financial abuse, which Jewish charities this week report as being on the rise, often starts at or close to home, with trusted family members or friends being asked, or offering, to help out. Most harbour no ill intentions but, sadly, this is not of everyone. Abuse can take many forms. Often the intent is not to abuse. We can all picture the elderly man struggling to look after his wife, unwilling to admit he can’t. We understand, but if he’s not looking after her, then it can also be abuse. And abusers, whether by design or chance, do not signpost their abuse, so knowing and reading the signs and symptoms can quite literally save a life. That is why this newspaper wholeheartedly supports the Jewish Care-Jewish Women’s Aid partnership and the planned workshops, due to start in mid-March, for community members who want to know how they can better identify concerns. They are a must-go. To put a stop to abuse, we must first be able to spot it for what it is. CONTACT DETAILS Publisher and Editor Richard Ferrer richardf@thejngroup.com

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DON’T PANIC OVER ANTISEMITISM I am responding to your depiction of this year’s spike in antisemitic attacks (Antisemitism hits record high for third year in succession, 7 February). Excluding the alarming inroads that antisemitism has made within the Labour Party, and the evident danger of Islamic extremism, which of course demands our utter attentiveness and countering, the bulk of these attacks, I assume, are casual, drunken verbal insults hurled towards unfortunate passers-by. It does not mandate increased defensive action or greater security measures and isolation. Rather, it is just a normal, relatively harmless, low-impact product of xenophobia that will perhaps always exist, at least within a certain stratum of British society.

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... BUT HOW SERIOUS IS LABOUR RESPONSE? One must question how hard Labour executives are actually attempting to treat the issue of antisemitism, as we have witnessed a large number of the party have become emboldened and outspoken in their views, and some might say fuelled by the likes of their leader Jeremy Corbyn, who some might say is an habitual offender. Should the actual dark scenario occur of a Labour government coming to power

led by Mr Corbyn, the phrase “just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you” might unfortunately have more than a modicum of truth about it. Hopefully, but unlikely prior to the next general election, many Labour MPs will split from the party to side with the Liberals or form a new party for the good of the many, not the few.

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We should be cautious of equating the antisemitism within our continent today with Jewish historical experience. Our forefathers were subjected to violence and bodily harm and lived under the whim of authorities that deemed them inferior and the legitimate, even just, subject of persecution. Today is very different. Despite these low-level attacks, we live under a government that treats us as equal citizens and in a society most of whose members are kind and tolerant, and where such violence is quelled by a fair and robust justice system. Never has it been so safe to live as a Jew and we should not forget that, despite reports, needed as they may be, of increased antisemitism.

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Congratulations on your annual Jewish Schools Awards. I was in the audience at JW3, the first time I have attended. It was inspiring to hear about the achievements of educators at Jewish schools

– many of whom are not Jewish themselves. Our teachers rarely get the credit they richly deserve. Well done for focusing the spotlight on them.

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Ban was an error I’d like to respond to Warren Grynberg being barred from the Righteous Muslims exhibition at Eton Road Mosque, held by Faith Matters to highlight the Albanian Muslims who saved a number of Jews. It distresses me that he was not allowed in to the exhibition, especially as he had family who passed away in the Holocaust. However, I truly believe it was an administrative error. I know a number of Jewish people who attended the event, many of whom are Zionists.

Members of Eton Road Mosque were called “Zionist stooges” for holding the event as Islamists objected to the involvement of Yad Vashem. To hold it was an act of bravery, given the abuse they received not just from Islamists but far-right elements of the Jewish community who attack interfaith work between Jews and Muslims. What happened was an act of administrative incompetence and not malice.

visiting it as a child. How sad that future generations may not be able to enjoy it in the same way. I hope your readers make their views known to the developers so that their plans are shelved.

Between one and three million people are currently locked up and suffering in concentration camps, their future in the balance. They are not allowed to perform circumcisions. Beards are strictly forbidden and, if seen, can be forcibly shaved off in the street. This is happening not to Jews, but to innocent Muslim Uighurs of west China. We, as the children of Holocaust survivors, know that the world did nothing to save our parents’ and grandparents’ generation from industrial slaughter. Now round-ups have been performed on an industrial scale. We cannot complain that nobody spoke for us, if we do not speak for them now.

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SYNAGOGUE WOES I was most upset to read in your paper last week that a vast 21-storey skyscraper could be built next to Bevis Marks Synagogue. It will be forever changed by having a massive modern edifice looming over it. I have spent a lot of time over the years at Bevis Marks and have happy memories of

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Women’s events more business than baking YAEL SIMON

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ENTREPRENEUR

he Jewish Women’s Business Network recenty launched at the London Stock Exchange. To say this launch represents a new era for Jewish businesswomen is far from an empty slogan. It was the culmination of a year of planning and effort, but it was also a response to a clear and urgent problem that has needed to be solved for many years. Like so many other Jewish businesswomen, when I started to forge my own career, I quickly became aware of two missing elements: there were no Jewish female mentors and there was no community of women like myself. Communal events aimed at women seemed restricted to challah baking, fundraising and educational experiences. I wanted to benefit from the same types of business networking environments available to men in our community, but those spaces and opportunities didn’t exist. At times it really felt like I was a community of one, with little choice but to forge my

own path in business and to make my own connections. Even the explosion of online networking was of limited help. Over 20 years, with much perseverance, I managed to find Jewish women who became my role models, sharing their strength and wisdom as I sought to fulfil my business potential and balance the responsibility of caring for a large family. But I couldn’t get one question out of my mind – why should it be so difficult to find role models, mentors and advisors who understand what it means to be a Jewish woman and a businesswoman? The more I thought about this, the more I realised what sort of impact a professional network for Jewish women could have. Last year I met Justine Zwerling, head of Primary Markets Israel at the London Stock Exchange Group – a formidable and respected industry leader in her own right. We quickly realised we had both been incubating similar ideas. Suddenly everything clicked. We decided to work together, determined to create a space for Jewish women, providing the opportunities we had struggled to find on our own. Justine and I found an invaluable ally in

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Diane Côté, chief risk officer of the London Stock Exchange and chair of the Women’s Inspired Network. Diane rapidly recognised that our vision was not to create a self-serving network, but rather a space for mentoring and empowerment. The rest, as they say, is history. The launch exceeded even our wildest expectations. Public and private industry leaders and women at every stage of their career in high-tech, law, medicine, finance and philanthropy converged on London from New York, Israel, Europe, South Africa and across the UK. The sheer levels of energy, ambition and passion in the room demonstrated beyond any doubt that Jewish women have been crying out for a network like this. The launch began

with a conference to highlight the dynamism and ingenuity of proud and entrepreneurial Jewish businesswomen, with business leaders sharing their expertise on important topicsm, including business strategy, life balance and philanthropy. The following morning, the balconies of the London Stock Exchange were packed with proud Jewish businesswomen, cheering as the launch of the network was announced at the opening of the market. This is only the beginning. What we have started at the Jewish Women’s Business Network will have a profound influence on how our community supports women of all ages to fulfil their potential in their chosen fields. It will ensure Jewish women can expect to have outstanding opportunities for meaningful and transactional relationships in their business lives. We know the next generation of Jewish businesswomen are looking to us and we take that responsibility very seriously. The Jewish Women’s Business Network signifies to this next generation that we are here for you; we will guide you, connect you and help you become the most effective and fulfilled person you can be. Above all, we promise you one thing – you will not be alone.

Reaction to child abuse is too frequently #notok YEHUDIS GOLDSOBEL FOUNDER, MIGDAL EMUNAH

e had a call from a classroom assistant working in a Jewish school. This individual was concerned they were untrained on the best practice response to a six-year-old student’s disclosure in a class setting. The pupil in question had drawn a family picture with great focus and detail on genitalia. The member of staff had not encountered this before and felt they had let the child down by not having the correct tools to respond as quickly as she would have liked. Instead, it was reported to their line manager and the child was not spoken to for almost three months. Three months to a child of six is a long time. Three months holding on to a heavy secret. Three months spending every hour using energy trying to understand what had happened. We worked with this staff member and the child’s parents to find the right approach and therapy. After a few sessions,

the child disclosed what an older cousin had done to them at a family party. We were then able to work with the cousin – also a child – and the family, to ensure this cycle of sexual abuse was stopped. Research by the NSPCC found that 80 percent of children did try to tell someone about abuse they were experiencing, but there was no satisfactory response or follow-up. We also know children will only try a few times before giving up; if they don’t succeed in finding someone, they will keep that secret for a very long time. The average is 22 years, before trying again. This is not acceptable. A common complaint from those who approach Migdal Emunah is their lack of expertise in this area and, by extension, the inappropriate responses that inevitably occur. This isn’t only coming from teachers. This is also coming from victims. They are saying that the people they trust just aren’t equipped to help them. We’ve been working hard to solve these two issues, and our support covers anything from deciding whether to report or working with statutory services. Our time spent

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sharing information and breaking down barriers ensures that every victim in our community gets the most appropriate response via collaborative work with other agencies and our new independent sexual violence advisor. Our goal is that anyone disclosing abuse has the best professional, independent and most of all seamless support. Migdal Emunah trains professionals and organisations because we know that disclosures can happen at any time, in any shape or form, and it is important we are able to catch them as they happen. Experience has taught me there is never one model for disclosures and this must be considered for each organisation. With the greatest appreciation to generous donors from the community, we

are now able to commit to training two additional independent sexual violence advisors, or ISVAs. Last week was the fourth annual Sexual Abuse & Sexual Violence Awareness Week. The purpose was to generate discussion about how sexual abuse and sexual violence is never okay, to empower victims and send a clear message that the UK collectively will be saying ‘It’s Not OK’. We, too, have been saying #itsnotok – #itsnotok to work with children and young people and not know how to respond and handle disclosures of abuse. • Migdal Emunah provides a support service for Jewish victims of sexual abuse and their families

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Days of kissing up to Labour are long gone JENNI FRAZER

ast week, as if she didn’t have enough on her plate, the MP Luciana Berger was gently exhorting people to observe Time To Talk Day, an initiative relating to mental health, her special interest. It struck me that “time to talk” might be a useful mantra for some of our community leaders — not least in the light of what has been happening to Ms Berger. For those who have been living in a cave over the past week or so, the extraordinarily courageous Liverpool MP — who is eight months pregnant with her second child — found herself facing two motions of no confidence from her local Wavertree constituency Labour Party. Among all the frothing and background complaints on social media and beyond, two things stood out for me: the responses of Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell and that of Labour’s General Secretary, Jennie Formby. McDonnell, briefly praised for agreeing that antisemitism had to be stamped out

— Jeremy Corbyn, of course, was nowhere to be seen or heard — suddenly showed his true colours by telling BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that effectively Berger had brought the resolutions on herself. If only, he opined, she would quash the rumours that she was seeking to leave Labour and start another party, all would be well. Meanwhile, Jennie “Antisemitismcan-never-be-completely-eliminated” Formby insisted that, contrary to a plea from Labour’s deputy leader, Tom Watson, there was no provision for suspending Wavertree CLP. In the end, the resolutions against Berger, and the emergency meeting called to debate them, were cancelled. The word went out from the leadership: nothing to see here, no antisemitism, move along. Presumably the word had also gone out from the leadership to tell Wavertree CLP that if it wanted to get rid of its stroppy, highprofile MP, this was neither the time nor the way to do it. I think we have some lessons to take away from this distasteful episode. First, thank heavens for Tom Watson, apparently one of the few normal people left at the top of

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FORGET THE SIDESHOW DISTRACTIONS. WE NEED TO BE SENDING A MESSAGE LOUD AND CLEAR – THAT WE WILL NO LONGER TOLERATE YOUR BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS OUR COMMUNITY the Labour Party, although one shudders to predict for how much longer. Second, lessons for our community. In the last three years, since the foul antisemitism stain emerged in Corbyn’s Labour Party, there were still opportunities for Labour and Jewish leaders to sit and talk. That Rubicon, however, has been well and truly crossed. Since April 2018, Labour has sat, metaphorically, on its hands and hoped the Jews would go away while it did nothing. But the days of the Jews kissing up to Labour — even supposing the need to keep channels open if Labour should form the next government — should be over. Having “secret” meetings with Jennie Formby, or a formerly suspended member of

the Welsh Assembly who wondered why Jews needed extra security, is not only pointless but counter-productive. As John McDonnell clearly indicated, this is always going to be our fault. So what is there to discuss? Here is something to discuss: a question of unity from the leadership of the Jewish community. The Corbynistas want nothing more than to exploit a split and some among us are giving them the opportunity tied up with a red ribbon. Forget sideshow distractions such as Neturei Karta and Jewish Voice for Labour. We need to be sending a message to Labour loud and clear – that we will not tolerate your behaviour to our community. And as for “time to talk” — we will decide.

Glaring lack of news about elderly abuse DANIEL CARMEL-BROWN CHIEF EXECUTIVE, JEWISH CARE

wenty years ago, there was a reluctance to accept the reality of child abuse. Much the same way, the abuse of older people is difficult for society to accept and talk about today. What makes it all the more difficult is that in most cases of elder abuse, the abusers are often close to the victim; partners, family members, neighbours and acquaintances – people who may be undertaking an unofficial caring role, without the badge or qualifications. And herein lies the danger. Because we are living longer, more people are choosing to live at home with paid-for support to help them with day-to-day tasks, such as dressing, washing, cooking and cleaning. Yet a few hours’ of support every week quickly adds up, costing hundreds if not thousands of pounds per month, growing as the person’s care needs increase. So it is not surprising that more and more people look to the informal and unregulated market of care.

Rather than an agency charging £18 per hour, they turn to a neighbour or a cleaner they know, who says they’ll charge half as much. It seems like a win-win, and sometimes is. But the strict regulation of care services exists for a reason. It is there to protect vulnerable people. Nothing can provide 100 percent protection against abuse, but regulation can dramatically reduce the likelihood of ill treatment or fraud, just as it can dramatically increase the quality of care. Staff members working for regulated care home providers are vetted, qualified, trained, support and monitored. Regulation means that, if there is a problem, it is more likely to be picked up at an early stage and acted upon swiftly. All this costs more than the neighbour, family friend or person who responded to the advert in the local paper, who may charge as little as £10 an hour cash-in-hand. But is the saving worth it? As a society, we worry about the vulnerability of those living in our care homes. However, care homes are regulated. It is harder to abuse an older person in a care home than it is behind the closed doors of a private home. As if the reality of the scale of elder abuse

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DENIAL, GUILT AND A TENDENCY TO BLAME OLDER PEOPLE PLAY A PART

isn’t difficult enough for us to comprehend, the lack of reporting and prosecutions is even more shocking. Abuse of older people is hugely under-reported. Nearly one third of victims told no one. Even more shocking is the fact that even when reported, more often than not the abuser is not successfully prosecuted and handed a criminal conviction. A huge study found that just 0.7 percent of cases in 2016-17 ended in criminal convictions, a lower proportion than for racially motivated crimes (10.3 percent), domestic abuse (3.8 percent) and hate crime (one percent). Those of us working in this area know it is still a struggle to get the topic of elder abuse accorded the status that cruelty to children has attained. Denial, guilt and a tendency to

blame the older people themselves all play a part. Raising awareness is the key to prevention. Knowing the signs will be vital if we are to intervene when abuse is happening. We need to support older people to make decisions about their care and support that provide them with the most protection. The more vulnerable they are, the higher the risk of abuse. Anyone who has dealings with the older generation – be they family, friends, neighbours or synagogue members – needs to be both scrupulous in their own behaviour and vigilant in observing and reporting that of other possible offenders. Over the past 20 years, understanding of young people at risk has increased. In turn, so, too, has early intervention programmes, reporting of concerns and support for victims. Our hope is that by raising awareness of the risks older people are facing, so, too, will understanding and access to support.  For more information about elder abuse, go to www.jewishcare.org/ elder abuse. To sign up for a free community information evening about elder abuse, visit www.jewish care.org/events

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Time for Eurovision hate squad to face the music RICHARD FERRER EDITOR, JEWISH NEWS

very year the Eurovision Song Contest sees political feuds and friendships exposed like a Bucks Fizz girl’s knickers. Balkan, Nordic and former Soviet states all brazenly bloc vote. Russia could turn up with Gary Glitter playing Leader Of The Gang on a balalaika and still pocket douze points from Belarus. A 2008 study by Dr Derek Gatherer, a man with clearly way too much time on his hands, found only six countries even pretend to be impartial. The voting might be better arranged than the music, but the benefits – bringing us all together by reminding us we’re far apart – outweigh the blocs. However, this year, with Israel hosting, the mood music has turned sinister, with the emphasis less on middle of the road songs than middle of the east politics.

Anti-Israel protests were held outside the BBC’s Song For Europe show last Friday. Peter Gabriel, Roger Waters and co have also gate-crashed the party, urging a boycott the event unless it’s moved. “Eurovision may be light entertainment,” they say. “But it is not exempt from human rights considerations.” You’d have to be a sociopath to side with Hamas in the Gaza Strip, so let’s give the baying mob the benefit of the doubt and take “human rights considerations” to mean Israel’s policies in the West Bank, where 400,000 settlers live on Palestinian territory, protected by an army that moved in after a defensive war against five Arab states. Fifty years on, Israeli society pays a heavy price for their continued presence and most Israelis know it. A 2017 poll showed only 37 percent support for settlers. So, good spot Roger. Israel does make and will continue making mistakes, what with it being slap bang in the middle of a really bad neighbourhood, hemmed in by angry Islamists who refuse to hold a song contest with it. Roger’s concern wouldn’t seem a few

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bricks short of a wall if he didn’t seem comfortably numb to the unrelenting absence of human rights across the rest of the Middle East – from Cairo to the Khyber Pass – and, indeed, in countries who’ve recently hosted Eurovision. Take 2004 hosts Turkey, which has occupied northern Cyprus for 25 years and killed 40,000 of its Kurdish citizens. President Erdogan rigged last year’s elections and put 160,000 political opponents behind bars. When’s Turkey Apartheid Week, Roger? Then there’s 2009 hosts Russia, where regional thug Vladimir Putin is rehanging the Iron Curtain by murdering his foes, including on British soil. It’s invaded Ukraine, hacked foreign elections and propped up Syria’s savage president, Bashar Assad. Reporters Without Borders puts it a lamentable 147th out of 168 countries for media freedom. Where’s your Russia boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign, Roger? Then there’s 2012 hosts Azerbaijan, with obscene LGBT persecution, arbitrary arrests and torture of civilians and ban on outside media. Freedom House rates the world’s most and least free countries, giving one point for most free and seven for least. Russia is 6.5;

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Azerbaijan 6.5; Turkey 5.5; Israel 2. Having an obsessive compulsive disorder over a two while not giving a monkey’s about every wicked 6.5 has empirically nothing to do with human rights and everything to do with wanting one country among all others to disappear. The hashtag hordes urging a Eurovision boycott hold a special place in their hard little hearts for the Jewish state. It is difficult not to think they target it to destroy it. And by difficult, I mean impossible. I was in Tel Aviv on the night of Netta Barzilai’s victory last May. The thousands who rejoiced until sunrise in the city’s Rabin Square didn’t show up simply to jump up and down to a silly song. Something deeper than dancing brought them to the square. They were there because when making its mind up, Europe rejected all the BDS BS about Israeli Jews – outnumbered 60 to one by Arabs in the Middle East – being a unique pain in the world’s backside. Europe had seen through the lie and voted against it. In May, when the hottest event in the arts calendar comes to town, Israelis will show the world the BDS that really defines them. Big hearts, diversity and sheer chutzpah. You can bet your last Euro on it.

YES, ISRAEL MAKES MISTAKES, WHAT WITH IT BEING HEMMED IN BY ANGRY ISLAMISTS WHO REFUSE TO HOLD A SONG CONTEST WITH IT

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Community / Scene & Be Seen

1A HAIRY ASSEMBLY

Six Year 8 pupils from Immanuel College and their teacher, Mrs Jacobs, have raised £2,000 by donating their hair to Zichron Menachem to make wigs for children in Israel suffering from cancer. The entire year group attended a special assembly, followed by a short film from the charity and the haircutting ceremony.

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Allegra Benitah, the baker behind the food blog Challah Mummy (pictured, left), and nutritionist Jenna Hope (right) led a challah plaiting and well-being workshop at Chai Cancer Care’s flagship centre in Hendon. The event raised more than £500 for the charity that is the Jewish community’s cancer support organisation and provides services for patients, their families and friends affected by a cancer diagnosis. “It was wonderful to show a fabulous group of ladies how to braid their own cinnamon star tear and share challah, which they could take home to enjoy with their families and friends on Shabbat,” said Benitah. “It’s an honour for me to support this fantastic organisation.”

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3 GRANDPARENTS’ DAY Grandparents of pupils at Wohl Ilford Jewish Primary popped into the school for a cup of tea with their grandchildren. As part of their Jewish Studies curriculum, the pupils had learnt about the importance of hachnasat orchim (hospitality) and organised the tea party, designing invitations, planning a menu, setting tables and decorating the classroom. “This was a wonderful child-led initiative,” said teacher Deborah Harris. “While learning about the importance of hachnasat orchim, the children also spent quality time with their grandparents, which was very special. We hope to organise similar events across the school in the future.”

4CHARITY’S ACE NIGHT Myisrael charity’s annual poker tournament raised more than £11,500 and drew in the crowds until late, with the final winner not announced until 1.30am. The winner Will Daws walked away with the top cash prize of £2,000. Pictured are Myisrael’s Hayley Sussman and Maryanne Taylor at the event.

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Scene & Be Seen / Community

5 MAYORAL VISIT 8 TIME CAPSULE

Barnet mayor, councillor Reuben Thompstone, visited Woodside Park Synagogue’s Day Centre to help celebrate its 38th anniversary. He was joined by children from the centre’s Yavneh Nursery and Jenny Kossew from the programme Joining Old And Young, which aims to foster relationships across generations.

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Holocaust survivor Eva Schloss MBE delivered a heart-wrenching account of the horrific atrocities endured by her family in Nazi Germany to more than 300 guests gathered at the Montcalm London Marble Arch for Jewish Child’s Day gala dinner. The event, attended by Israeli Ambassador Mark Regev, raised more than £220,000 to support the charity. “We were honoured and indeed privileged to have Eva Schloss address the crowd last night,” said Nicole Gordon executive director of Jewish Child’s Day. “She is a true inspiration and, at almost 90 years of age, a remarkable lady.”

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7 SPACE ODYSSEY

To celebrate 50 years of Neil Armstrong landing on the moon, children at the London Jewish Family Centre got to try on space goggles, astronaut helmets and space boots, made rockets and space art and solved space puzzles, as part of the interactive workshop Emily’s Adventures in Wonderland.

Noam Primary School pupils buried a time capsule in their new school building site in Burnt Oak with their teacher Philippa Gubbay. “The children were delighted to see how the new school building is emerging and developing and eagerly await its completion,” said headteacher Chaya Posen.

9 A BIG THANK YOU

Marie Joseph (pictured between Ivor Baddiel and Jewish Care chair Steven Lewis), aged 97 is one of the volunteers to have been recognised by Jewish Care at The Betty and Aubrey Lynes Annual Volunteer Awards hosted by Baddiel. “I would like to thank all those recognised for their contribution, and also extend a huge thank you to all those volunteers who choose every day of the year to give their time to Jewish Care,” said the charity’s chief executive, Daniel Carmel-Brown.

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New Year’s Honours recipients, survivors Taube Biber, Vera Schaufeld, Helen Aronson and Joanna Millan, visited Jewish Care members and volunteers for a celebratory tea. “The tea gives us an opportunity to celebrate the achievement of the members and survivors who have been awarded the honours at Holocaust Survivors’ Centre, where all of our members can feel secure and welcome by others who understand what they have experienced,” said centre manager Aviva Trup.

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Aish UK celebrates 25 years Around 600 people joined Aish UK to mark its 25th anniversary at a gala dinner at the Intercontinental Hotel on Park Lane. The evening, sponsored by Ilana and Martin Moshal, was an opportunity to celebrate Aish UK and pay tribute to Rabbi Moshe Mayerfeld and Rebbetzen Liat Mayerfeld for their 20-year contribution to British Jewry. The money raised on the night will fund communal work across the UK, including eight full-time Aish UK branches and educational programmes.

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JNF UK’s youth festival The week-long JNF UK Festival of Spoken Ivrit concluded with a performance by the renowned Tel Aviv-based Orna Porat Theatre company at Hendon’s Nancy Reuben Primary School. The group performed two plays at each school, chosen according to age and level of spoken Hebrew and in accordance with the school’s Hebrew curriculum. Israel’s UK Ambassador, Mark Regev, said: “Through programmes such as this, we connect young generations to the Hebrew language.”

Friends get the picture Around 500 art lovers flocked to The Dorchester for an auction on behalf of British Friends of the Art Museums of Israel (BFAMI). The event was in honour of installation artist and film-maker Isaac Julien, who was awarded a CBE in 2017 for services to art, and guests raised just under £450,000 for BFAMI. Guest of honour was the philanthropist Wendy Fisher.

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‘My parents were survivors, his grandfather was a Nazi’ Noemie Lopian, the daughter of two Holocaust survivors, and Derek Niemann, whose grandfather was an SS officer, have joined forces to warn students about extremism

oemie Lopian and Derek Niemann make an unlikely double act, writes Mathilde Frot. But the daughter of a survivor and the grandson of an SS officer guilty of crimes against humanity are bearing their difficult legacies together; they are travelling the country to share their stories with university students and deliver a warning on what can happen when politics veers towards extremes. On a recent evening at University College London, organised by the Union of Jewish Students, Lopian warned an auditorium: “Be aware of politics then, and be aware of politics today. “In 1928, Hitler was not taken seriously and he had a two percent vote. In 1932, his vote went up to 37 percent and in 1933 he came to power. “Don’t dismiss fringe politics. Politicians with extreme views mean what they say.” The duo were introduced by a mutual friend lecturing in Cambridge about a year ago, after Lopian left a Facebook comment on

an article Niemann had written for Jewish website Aish, asking to meet him. “She’s my stalker; that’s what Noemie says,” Niemann jokes, when telling Jewish News the story of how the two came to meet. He continues: “It was fate. I was giving a talk in a synagogue and Noemie was meeting up with me in Cambridge a few days later and she said ‘I’m in London so if you like I’ll come and see you.’ “We met there, and it was her idea to go around universities and give talks together. It was a fantastic idea.” Describing her first impressions of Niemann, Lopian says: “I came to hear what Derek had to say. I imagined it would be positive, Derek speaking at a synagogue. “I knew I had to feel comfortable with Derek’s words, but also – we are human beings – emotionally comfortable to say this together.

Left: Derek Niemann’s grandfather, SS officer Karl, who was convicted of crimes against humanity. Above: A young Noemie Lopian stands next to her mother in a family photograph

Noemie Lopian and Derek Niemann travel the country to impart their message

“It’s felt extremely comfortable, because not only do we respect and almost like what each of us says, but we come up at the end of our talks with a common message.” Lopian is the daughter of Ernst Israel Bornstein, whose Shoah memoir The Long Night recounts the horrific tale of survival through seven labour and concentration camps before he was liberated by American soldiers in 1945. Her French mother Renee was held at gunpoint by the Gestapo and imprisoned in Annemasse’s Prison du Pax until the town’s lord mayor Jean Deffaugt convinced the Nazis to release her and other young children. “My mum is French and has a home full of ornaments,” she says. ““The Long Night had a place on the shelf of its own.” But Renee did not open up about her experiences in Annemasse until relatively recently. “I didn’t know my mum’s story until about seven or eight years ago,” explains Lopian. “I always heard snippets, but I didn’t understand that she was arrested. My dad didn’t know my mum’s story because she thought his story was so much worse than hers.” She adds: “I am not angry with them. I think, on the contrary, at the age of 12 I would have been too young to handle it. I would be crazier than I am today. “You want to protect your kids from your own trauma. I think it’s quite common among kids of survivors. They are doing us a kindness.” Niemann was similarly late to his family’s dark past. Originally a nature writer, he wrote a book called A Nazi in the Family after finally pulling back the curtain on his family’s secret Nazi history at the age of 49. His father Karl was an SS officer, imprisoned for only three years after being convicted of

crimes against humanity for organising slave labour in concentration camps such as Auschwitz, Dachau, Buchenwald and Sachsenhausen. Niemann says he first began to unravel his family’s terrible secret following the death of his aunt, who had moved to Scotland after marrying a Scottish soldier and was joined by his father in the late 1950s. “They both hid what their families had done,” he says. “It was only after my aunt died that my dad told me he had lived in Berlin during the war.” About two years after his aunt’s death, Niemann asked his father for the address of his old house in Berlin. He wanted to take photographs during a trip he was due to take with his wife Sarah. “He gave me the name of the street and just for interest I googled it to see if there was anything historical. Up came a sheet and it said ‘SS Hauptsturmführer Karl Niemann crimes against humanity use of slave labour’.” Niemann’s grandparents stopped at Dachau while driving to the Alps, where they relocated towards the end of the war because it was seen at the time as the last Nazi stronghold. “My grandparents were looking at a crematorium and my grandma said ‘you know what they are doing there’. My grandfather denied knowledge of what was going on. That was to his wife,“ Niemann says with some difficulty. Niemann and Lopian found common experience in how they came to terms with their families’ past. “I came to see them with adult eyes,” says Lopian. “I can deal with it with a lot more compassion and understanding.” It’s this message this unlikely pairing are travelling the country to share.

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Lifestyle / Top Sci-Fi Movies

Jews in space! As Israel gets ready for its first moon mission, here’s our greatest Jewish space films to watch...

Deep Impact

Deep Impact (1998)

Classic annihilation movie from director Mimi Leder (who also directs the forthcoming Ruth Bader Ginsburg biopic, On The Basis Of Sex) and writers Bruce Joel Rubin and Michael Tolkin. A stargazing teenager inadvertently discovers a seven-mile wide comet hurtling at vast speed on a collision course with Earth – but when the authorities finally listen to him, it might already be too late. Members of the tribe Jon Favreau and Richard Schiff feature in a star cast of Elijah Wood, Robert Duvall, Téa Leoni and Morgan Freeman. Steven Spielberg served as an executive producer on the film, while it’s sweeping score is composed and directed by James Horner. Available to rent or buy on Amazon

Total Recall (1990)

Arnold “Terminator” Schwarzenegger stars in this futuristic action film about a construction worker who believes he has never been to Mars, but keeps having recurring dreams about the red planet. When he delves deeper into the issue, he discovers those experiences might actually be real after all – and that he was once a rebel hero on the planet. Actress Rachel Ticotin, whose father is Russian-Jewish, stars alongside him as his revolutionary sidekick, while Jerry Goldmith’s eerie score won the BMI Film Music Award. Available to rent or buy on Amazon

for the screen by Rod Serling, an American-Jewish writer also known for his quirky television series, The Twilight Zone, was produced by Arthur P Jacobs and picked up an Oscar nomination for Jerry Goldsmith’s film score. It starred Charlton Heston, who although not Jewish himself, had a tendency to portray Jewish characters, including Ben-Hur in the 1959 epic of the same name, and Moses in The Ten Commandments (1956). Available to rent or buy on Amazon

Planet of the Apes

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)

They came from outer space – or something along those lines, in this classic sci-fi tale from director Don Siegel and producer Walter Wanger that has also often been interpreted as a cautionary tale about Communism invading America during the 1950s. Alien plant spores fall from space and grow into large seed pods, each one containing a duplicate copy of any human that goes near one, including their physical characteristics, memories and personalities. A 1978 remake from director Philip Kaufman, starred

E.T. The Extra Terrestial (1982)

Whose heart can’t fail to be melted by this timeless tale of friendship between a young boy and a wide-eyed alien, who finds himself stranded on planet Earth and leans on the youngster to help him “phone home”? Produced and directed by Steven Spielberg, the concept was based on his own experience as a young child, when he created an imaginary friend following his parents’ divorce. It surpassed Star Wars to become the highest-grossing film of all time, a record it held until the release of Jurassic Park – also directed by Spielberg – in 1993. Available to rent or buy on Amazon A group of military scientists bravely embark on a quest to discover what is going on inside “The Shimmer”, a mysterious quarantined zone where landscapes and animals have mutated in ways previously thought impossible in this sci-fi horror film. Jewish actresses Natalie Portman and Jennifer Jason Leigh star alongside Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson and Oscar Isaac, in the Alex Garlanddirected flick. Available on Netflix

First Man (2018)

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Following the captivating true story of the first manned mission to the moon, First Man, which stars Ryan Gosling

Total Recall

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as Neil Armstrong and Claire Foy as his wife, was penned by AmericanJewish screenwriter Josh Singer and executive produced by Steven Spielberg. Justin Hurwitz’s stirring music received a Golden Globe for Best Original Score. Available on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-Ray, DVD and On Demand from 18 February

Annihilation (2018)

First Man

Planet of the Apes (1968) When an astronaut crew crash lands into a planet in the distant future, little did they think they would come across talking apes – or that they would be the dominant species over humans, who are mute and enslaved. The imaginary tale was adapted

Jewish cast members Jeff Goldblum and Leonard Nimoy. Available to rent or buy on Amazon

Annihilation

Leonard Nimoy, scored another success with Star Trek Beyond, which featured Jewish actor Anton Yelchin in one of his last films, alongside a stellar cast of Chris Pine and Simon Pegg in their respective roles as Captain James T Kirk and Scotty. Available to view on Netflix, alongside the original series

Independence Day (1996)

2012

2012 (2009)

In this epic sci-fi disaster film, which was one of 2009’s highest grossing films, the destruction of Earth is threatened with a series of extreme natural disasters. Jewish actress Amanda Peet stars as John Cusack’s former wife, as they battle against earthquakes, hurricanes and super tsunamis, to bring their family to safety. The all-star cast also features Chiwetel Ejiofor, Danny Glover and Woody Harrelson. Available on Netflix

Star Trek Beyond (2016)

Would you stand with arms wide open to an enormous mothership from outer space around one fourth the mass of the moon? Those who did swiftly discover ET is not on board and these aliens are far from friendly. In fact, they want to destroy the Earth, prompting the remaining humans to launch a counterattack. The cast includes Jeff Goldblum, Judd Hirsch, Harvey Fierstein and Brent Spiner (best known as Data in Star Trek: The Next Generation), alongside Will Smith in this action-packed romp from director Roland Emmerich. Available to rent or buy from Amazon

Producer JJ Abrams’ reboot Independence Day of the classic television series, which starred Star Trek Beyond members of the tribe William Shatner and

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Travel / Lifestyle

Kissimmee quick!

Sarah Rothberg explores the thrills and spills of Orlando, Florida, from handling rare reptiles to watching killer whales, riding hypercoasters – and even bumping into Harry Potter Above: Manta Coaster at SeaWorld. Left: Gatorland. Far left: Legoland’s Driving School. Below: Emperor penguin at SeaWorld. Below left: King Kong at Universal Studios.

ho would like to hold the snake?” was a question I never thought I’d be asked while on a family holiday to Orlando – or indeed see my mother enthusiastically respond to by raising her hand in the air. But here we were at Gatorland in Orlando, a baby gator on my lap, as I wondered what I had done. Luckily, we were just posing for a quick snap – so to speak – at the “alligator capital of the world”. Just 15 minutes from Walt Disney World, the 110-acre theme park and wildlife preserve was a highlight of our trip with a vast number of alligators and crocodiles, Lucy, a 300pound Galapagos tortoise and Dean, a 100-year-old, 500-pound Aldabra giant tortoise, both of them a huge hit with my three-year-old. We also met Chester, aka “The

Big Dog Eater,” who clearly had a troublesome youth, as well as two of the only 12 leucistic alligators known to exist in the world today. Feeling fearless after a morning of handling reptiles, my husband, son and I braved the brand new Stompin’ Gator Off-Road Adventure ride, strapped into a custom-made off-road monster vehicle ominously named “Swamp Ghost,” as hilarious tour guides drove us through rugged swampland full of alligators. If that’s not enough adrenaline for one day, you can also soar over the alligator breeding marsh on the “Screamin’ Gator Zip Line” launched from 65 feet to fly over 100 of the animals below with breath-taking views across the park. Our comfortable base during our two-week stay was a five-bedroom villa at the Paradise Palms Resort in Kissimmee, just a 20-minute drive from Disney World. We felt we were still close enough to the action, but with all the benefits of a house. The one-year-old and threeyear-old had a bedroom each, everyone had a bathroom and we even had a private pool, as well as access to the resort pool, with waterfall.

Continuing the wild theme, we had a day at SeaWorld, boasting some of Orlando’s biggest rollercoasters plus a host of animal encounters to entertain the less adventurous types – in short, something for everyone. My little ones were particularly taken by the five species of penguin at the Habitat of Antarctica exhibit, escaping the Florida heat to watch the animals waddle through the ice and snow, while at the One Ocean show we were treated to the spectacle of leaping and diving killer whales. For adrenaline junkies, there is hyper-coaster Mako, which propels riders 200 feet into the air at 73 miles an hour as it twists and turns, or Manta, the only flying coaster in Florida, allowing visitors to experience what it’s like to glide like a ray. Further entertainment was available at ICON Orlando 360, a shopping and dining complex on International Drive, and its star attraction, a 400-foot observation wheel, the tallest on the US East Coast. Entering our private air-conditioned capsule, we were greeted with glasses of champagne. The 25-minute ride was so smooth not even the oneyear-old was fazed as we enjoyed the

spectacular night-time views of the nearby theme parks before heading to the nearby Kosher Grill, one of two kosher restaurants in Orlando, and understandably busy for a Thursday night. Generous portions of burgers and chips, plus chicken nuggets for the kids filled our table, all washed down with a malt beer or two. Kosher food is also available at Disney World at all table-service and some quick-service restaurants with 24 hours’ notice, while Erin Mckenna’s Bakery NYC in Disney Springs sells mouth-watering kosher vegan and gluten-free treats. Legoland Orlando in Winter Haven, the second largest after the one in the UK and about an hour’s drive from Orlando, provides another great day out for the kids with Lego versions in its Miniland USA area of America’s most famous landmarks, from the Vegas Strip to the Hollywood sign. Other attractions include a safe safari among life-size Lego animals, or the

opportunity to get a driving licence at the Ford Driving School in Lego City. Heading out for a rare, child-free day, hubby and I were keen to tackle some of the area’s bigger coasters at Orlando’s famous Universal Studios, spread across two parks – the original Universal Studios and Universal’s Islands of Adventure – and are bursting with rides full of superheroes and silver-screen stars. Among a host of attractions, visitors can choose from web-slinging adventures with Spiderman to an up-close encounter with King Kong on Skull Island – or can even be transformed into a Minion for a trip around Gru’s laboratory! The attention to detail is second to none, and this is especially true at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Wander through the streets of Hogsmeade while Hogwarts Castle looms large above you, or take the Hogwarts Express to Diagon Alley avoiding the fire-breathing dragon sat atop Gringott’s Bank, and it really feels like you have crossed from Platform 9¾ into Harry’s world. It was a truly magical experience, very much like the rest of our trip to the world of Orlando.

SARAH’S TRAVEL TIPS Sarah visited SeaWorld Orlando using the SeaWorld Parks 3-Park Ticket, which offers 14 days unlimited entry to three parks – SeaWorld Orlando, Aquatica Orlando and Busch Gardens – for the price of two when guests book and visit before 31 December 2019. Tickets include free parking at all three parks. Prices start from £110 per adult and £106 per child. For more information, visit seaworldparks.co.uk. For more details about other attractions, visit Universal Studios Orlando (universalorlando.com), Legoland Florida (legoland.com/florida), ICON Orlando (iconorlando.com) and Gatorland (gatorland.com).

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PREPARATION TIME 35 MINS PLUS CHILLING TIME

COOKING TIME 1 HOUR 25 MINS

This shortcrust pastry pie filled with cardamom chocolate custard and baked oats is an unusual combination, but delicious and ideal for a cold day when something warming is required. For a shortcut, buy ready-made pastry or a pastry pie case.

For the pastry: 250g plain flour Pinch salt 110g unsalted butter / non-dairy margarine 1 egg 2 tablespoons caster sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla essence 1 egg yolk – to glaze pastry

1 If making your own pastry, combine all the pastry ingredients together in a food processor.

2 Pulse until combined. Remove, cover with cling film and leave to rest in the fridge for 20 minutes.

3 Lightly dust the work surface with flour, roll out the pastry to fit a 22cm deep pie dish, so there is a 2.5cm overhang.

beans and blind bake for 20 minutes.

6 Remove the baking beans and baking parchment, glaze the inside and sides of the pastry with beaten egg yolk. Return to the oven for a further five minutes.

7 While the oven is on, put the oats onto a baking tray and bake for 10 minutes

or until golden.

7 Put the eggs, golden syrup, sugar, rum, cinnamon, cardamom and vanilla essence into the

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METHOD

4 Using your thumb and forefinger, crimp the pie edge and chill for 30 minutes. 5 Preheat the oven to 200°C. Cover the pie with baking parchment, insert baking

Serves 8-10

For the filling: 200g jumbo oats 5 eggs 200g golden syrup 75g dark brown muscovado sugar 1 tablespoon rum 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom 1 teaspoon vanilla essence 150g dark chocolate – finely chopped

mixer and whisk until smooth.

8 Stir into the oats, and add the chocolate, and mix briefly. 9 Pour into the prepared pastry base. Bake immediately at the reduced temperature of 150°C for 50 minutes or until the middle is just set. Leave to cool completely before serving.

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BY RABBI ARIEL ABEL Tetzaveh introduces us to the Israelites the sevenbranched menorah and the priestly garments and adornments. The family of Aaron is instructed how to prepare for service in the sanctuary. Every aspect of the sanctuary is emulated in the home; there is a correlation between Divine service and domestic behaviour. For this reason, the timing given to light the Chanukah candle is, according to one opinion, the time at which lamps are lit for mundane use. The priestly garments reflect modest dress – for men too – in the trousers worn against the skin, and a loose fitting robe which arguably, Jews ought to wear as distinctive dress, not only Muslims; we are at source a Middle Eastern people. The hat worn by the priests may have mutated over time into the custom of Jews not to go bareheaded. A custom recorded in the Talmud is that

when at prayer, a Jew should not wear an unbelted one-piece garment when at prayer. This derives from the priestly belt. Other garments are said to reflect expected standards of behaviour, such as the bells which rang on the hem of the high priest’s cloak which warned others of his proximity; so we must not to creep up on people but gently warn of our approach. The apron was emblematic of the importance to guard oneself against illicit temptation of a sexual nature. The golden head-plate bore God’s name on the high priest’s forehead at all times during services. This pointed out the need to check one’s outward pose and posture against being highhanded and arrogant, by humbly remembering that we are all mortal creations of an immortal God.

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BY RABBI ZVI SOLOMONS Earlier this month, a mother became the first person in the UK to be found guilty of female genital mutilation (FGM). So, what does the Torah say about this? It tells us that when a baby boy is eight days old he must be circumcised, both as a reminder of the circumcision of Isaac, but also because we are commanded to. Nothing, however, is mentioned about girls. This created a strange situation in which a huge fuss was made over the initiation of baby boys into our religious group, but not so for girls. This has changed in recent times, with daughters having a zeved habat ceremony to ensure they are

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properly named before they are a month old. Circumcision physically marks the membership of our tribes and our relationship with God, by copying Abraham’s mark. Some say that it is on our sexual member to help to limit sexual desire – although I am reliably informed this alleged lessening of sensation is apocryphal. Circumcising women is another matter altogether. Most female circumcision involves complete excision of the clitoris, the most sensitive pleasure centre of a woman’s body, meaning her pleasure in sex is permanently and severely damaged.

FEMALE CIRCUMCISION IS UNNATURAL, CRUEL AND COUNTER TO THE LAWS OF GOD AS WELL AS MEDICALLY DANGEROUS

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Often this procedure is accompanied by infibulation, making the opening smaller and causing immense pain in intercourse and even when passing water. Halacha would indicate this is a disgusting violation of a woman. While the effect of male circumcision is limited, interfering with a woman in this way runs counter to her needs in life. Women’s sexual desire is recognised in the Talmud, and it is she who dictates how often and when her husband cohabits. This is the most sacred part of marriage, and she should gain pleasure from it. Female circumcision is utterly cruel, unnatural, and counter to the laws of God, as well as medically dangerous. We should support victims and help to stamp out this cruel practice.  Zvi Solomons serves the Jewish Community of Berkshire in Reading

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The Bible Says What? ‘Always keep a light burning’

Progressively Speaking Pray with your feet for Jewish Swab Week BY RABBI CHARLEY BAGINSKY

BY RABBI SYLVIA ROTHSCHILD This first mitzvah of the tabernacle is interesting for several reasons. It echoes the first words of God at creation, y’hi or, “let there be light”, and in a narrative dedicated to the clothing and behaviour of the priests, the command here is communal – the responsibility for an eternal light belongs to the people, not the priesthood. The lamp sits facing the ark curtain, prepared and lit by the priests each evening to burn through till the morning. In the parallel passage in Leviticus 24:2-4, the ner tamid clearly has several flames, and far from hanging over the ark as a modern ner tamid does, it is part of the sevenbranched menorah on the opposite wall to the ark. Indeed, during the temple period its other name was the ner ma’aravi, the western light. It is thought that

while all the lights burned through the night, only one was kept burning continually. Why does the Torah ask us to keep a small light burning continually, since clearly the function of lighting the sacred space is done by the other lights? And why must we repeatedly light more lights? We often say the ner tamid is a reminder of God’s continuing presence in our world, a small beacon of hope that stays with us as the pillar of fire guided us in the desert. Yet this is not enough. The echo of y’hi or reminds us that we too must play our role in the creation of our world. Every day we must tend to this work. The people must bring the prepared oil – this is our job and no one else’s.  Sylvia Rothschild has been a community rabbi in south London for 30 years

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It is perhaps what Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel would call “praying with our feet”. Now is one such opportunity during Jewish Swab Week. It is a chance to see if you could be a match for someone with blood cancer, where the only chance of saving their life could be a stem cell transplant from someone who is a matching tissue type. The last line on the website of the Sue Harris Trust, which is behind this initiative, reads: “It takes literally a few minutes to be swabbed,

and if you are a match, you would be giving someone potentially decades of life. How many chances do you get to do that?” It is a really powerful message that speaks to the heart of the Jewish value of pikkur nefesh, the command to prioritise life over everything else. The Torah repeatedly reminds us that human life is precious and a gift from God. Over the Chaggim we stand together and are reminded to choose life. In the Mishnah, the Rabbis tell us that anyone who saves one life, it is as though that person saves the whole world. We all know how one person can be another’s whole world. So this week, if you possibly can, go pray with your feet and offer the potential of life.  Rabbi Charley Baginsky is Liberal Judaism’s director of strategy and communications

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Echoes of the Soul - celebration of Julian Dawes’ latest album - music dialogue and presentation with Alexander Knapp and Julian Dawes, two great Jewish British musicians Sunday 23rd June 2019 at 19.30 Venue: Shomrei Hadath, 64 Burrard Road, NW6 1DD

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The ability to teach another Science subject, or Electronics, up to GCSE level would be an advantage.

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Head Master: Mr Gary Griffin BA (Soc) Hons Elstree Road, Bushey, Herts, WD23 4EB Tel: 020 8950 0604

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