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VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY
United 14 August 2025 • 20 Av 5785 • Issue No.1432 •
@JewishNewsUK
Thousands of people took part in Sunday’s rally in Whitehall
Rabbis Charley Baginsky and Josh Levy are removed from the stage
Divided
Photo by Blake Ezra Photography
VOICE OF THE JEWISH NEWS It was supposed to be a day of solidarity for British Jews. Instead it will be remembered for how fractured and fearful our community has become since 7 October 2023. Sunday’s images are now seared into the memory. A 5,000-strong crowd outside Downing Street – an impressive turn out for a short-notice event in August – standing as one in calling for the release of hostages that have languished in Hamas terror tunnels for almost two years. And two mainstream rabbis being shouted down and removed from the stage. In front of cameras. In front of hostage families. In front of a community that prides itself pulling together when it counts. Two images. Worlds apart. The rabbis, Charley Baginsky and Josh Levy, may not have intended to provoke. But criticising Israel and speaking for Palestinian self-determination at a rally dedicated to the hostages was always likely to profoundly insult sections of the crowd. They surely knew that. That said, the pair had made it abundantly clear that they would only agree to address the event if they Continued on page 20