10 September 2021 Jewish News
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Editorial comment and letters
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CASTING OFF IS ADS IN JN BACK JUST THE START THE OCCUPATION Regarding the ceremony of taschlich, I don’t recall this at all when I grew up in the 1970s. Is it a tradition that was rediscovered and had a renaissance over the past 20 or 30 years or is it an American import? I enjoyed doing it this year in the warm sunshine. For those of us who enjoy the great outdoors, this is a wonderful ritual I am glad to have encountered in adulthood. But it’s only the beginning … now we have to make the effort not to make those mistakes all over again. Mike Harris, By email
Last week you ran an advert for investment in houses which are part of an Israeli settlement on occupied Palestinian land in the West Bank. These settlements steal livelihoods from Palestinians, stop the possibility of self-determination and freedom from Palestinians and further bury the Oslo peace accords – under which this land was to be returned to Palestinian control or negotiated for later. By running adverts for these settlements you endorse a shameful occupation. I hope you stop. Eben Marks, By email
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In bad company Wondrous Lily What moral universe does Nicola Sturgeon inhabit? Has she no shame in appointing Green Party co-leaders Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater as ministers in a co-operation pact with the SNP? The same Green Party that in 2015 condemned Israel’s claim to be a Jewish state, labelled Zionism as based on Jewish supremacy and called for Hamas to be removed from a list of terrorist groups? Sid Becker, By email
Congratulations to your writer Kari Colmans for her beautiful interview with Holocaust survivor Lily Ebert about her new book and social media work alongside her greatgrandson, Dov Forman. The internet may have many faults, but its great benefit is being able to share experiences around the world. Few stories or experiences are equal to dear Lily’s. May she quickly go from one million TikTok followers to 100 million. Saul Kempner, By email
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