14 April 2023
• 22 Nisan 5783 • Issue 1310
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VOICE OF THE JEWISH NEWS Easter, Pesach, and Ramadan had coincided for 30 years. “Pesach and Easter are about redemption, about making the world a better place,” he said. “Fasting on Ramadan, I have learnt, generates empathy for those in need and is also about making the world a better place. “Making the world a better place is a good thing. All world religions believe that we have the power to differentiate between good and evil, so that we can choose to do good and, if we choose to do good, we can make the world a better place.” Continued on page 16
‘Our family of seven is now a family of four’
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“One bullet lodged in her brain stem, the other at the top of her spine. There was an operation, there was reason for hope. Alas, our family of seven is now a family of four.” Those were the calm yet heavy words of Rabbi Leo Dee from Radlett, speaking hours after his wife, Leah, succumbed to her injuries from a terrorist attack. Less than 48 hours earlier, he stood in the same place preparing to bury two of his young daughters, Maia and Rina, who were killed in the same attack. Faced with 22 bullets, some fired at close range, the two girls and their mother stood little chance. At the time of writing, the killer(s) have not been caught. Extraordinarily, Rabbi Dee, who made aliyah from Radlett with his family nine years ago, saw the bigger picture in his response to the unspeakable, noting that he was speaking on the first day that
Above: Lucy (left) died in hospital two days after the attack which killed her daughters Rina (centre) and Maia Dee. Main image: Lucy’s husband, Rabbi Leo Dee, embraces two of his three surviving children at their mother’s funeral