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KEDOSHIM 5784 Where are the Romans? Rabbi Andrew Shaw Chief Executive, Mizrachi UK
It has been a custom of mine for a few years. My dear friend Gavin Ucko asked me a couple of years back to link my weekly Dvar Torah to the Eurovision Song Contest on the Shabbat of the final. So, the custom began, yet I was sure it was going to end this year. With the situation in Israel and antisemitism rising globally, I didn’t feel it would be appropriate to write a Dvar Torah linking to Eurovision this year. I need to focus my words on more weighty matters! However, as the week went on, I unfortunately could see the links for this year. I was saddened to see that the same hatred and bigotry that many Jews are being subjected to globally by the Islamist/far left alliance was being directed at Israel’s 20 year old Eurovision representative, Eden Golan. I saw that she had to stay in her room for personal safety! Sickening. It got worse when she came to the dress rehearsal, someone posted footage on our community WhatsApp group. Her song was drowned out with boos from the audience and you could hardly hear her. https://mailchi.mp/mizrachi/dvar-torah-for-parshat-pekudei-17971466
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