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Jewish Syrian child refugee arrives in UK English-speaking boy hopes for new British home after fleeing war-torn country A Syrian child refugee with “Jewish heritage” has arrived at the UK Visas and Immigration office in Croydon, along with other unaccompanied children fleeing the war-torn region.

The unidentified English-speaking boy reportedly told social workers that his Judaism was “important” to him – prompting community calls for a recognised Jewish foster- carer to assist with his temporary and long-term placement.

Jewish News understands that West London Synagogue is taking a leading role in this urgent search.

Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner, senior rabbi of the Reform Movement, who has made numerous visits to the so-called Calais ‘jungle” in northern France from where many of the children have been transferred, told Jewish News: “When Jews look across at refugees in Europe, we see a reflection of ourselves. We’ve campaigned and stood up as one community willing to help. Now’s the time to act on our promise. Now that children are coming here from Calais, I know we’ll see

our shuls and homes open to helping refugees and to returning the care and sanctuary we ourselves received in Britain.”

Many of the children who have arrived in the UK have come here as a result of the successful “Dubs Amendment”, a landmark piece of legislation put forward by the former Kindertransport child refugee, Lord Dubs, now a Labour peer.

His amendment committed the government to accept at least 3,000 unaccompanied minors, particularly the most vulnerable, from camps in France, Italy and Greece. The French authorities began razing the Calais camp this week and it is understood at least 500 children may be eligible from Calais alone.

Lord Dubs greeted the initial arrival of some children as “a great start”. He said: “I’m delighted that, at long last, it has finally happened and children who qualify under the amendment are being brought to safety. We must remember there is much more to do and many more children who need protection, but this is a great start”.

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News / Labour in ‘crisis’, Walker’s appeal

Labour’s at ‘crisis point’ Labour’s relationship with the Jewish community is now in “real crisis”, a former shadow cabinet minister warned this week, following yet more allegations about the timing of the peerage given to former Liberty director Shami Chakrabarti.

Former shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt said questions about the timing of the honour for Baroness Chakrabarti, who led an inquiry into anti-Semitism within Labour, would add to “distrust” between Jews and the party.

The Telegraph said Jeremy Corbyn discussed with his team giving Chakrabarti a peerage in March amid claims that sources suggested she was aware her name was listed before agreeing to conduct the anti-Semitism inquiry.

A spokesman for Corbyn rejected the allegation, insisting that the offer of a peerage was made only after the publication of her report.

A spokesman for the Labour leader told the newspaper: “The offer of a

peerage was only made to Shami after her report was published as part of Cameron’s resignation honours.”

The newspaper reported that Chakrabarti’s name was added to a longlist of potential new peers before she was approached to conduct the investigation into anti-Semitism.

It said sources had suggested that the peer was told this prior to the announcement on 29 April that she would chair the independent inquiry.

Baroness Chakrabarti, now shadow attorney general, denies being made aware her name was on a longlist before Corbyn officially approached her in July.

Hunt said Baroness Chakrabarti’s report, which was published on 30 June, was a “missed opportunity” to deal with the issue of anti-Semitism.

He told BBC Radio 4’s Westminster Hour: “I don’t know the timeline on this, but what I do know is that the Labour Party’s relationship with the Jewish community is in real crisis and any hint of some kind of transactional deal with Shami and the leader’s office will only

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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn with Baroness Chakrabarti

(cause) further distrust.

“I can’t tell you how pained so many Labour MPs and Labour members are at the virus of anti-Semitism, which seems to be infecting the party and Shami had a real opportunity to deal with it and confront it and address it and that was a missed opportunity and we’re still reaping the consequences of it.”

He added: “We have a great history with the Jewish community in the UK and that is being put at risk.”

Corbyn has described anti-Semitism as “evil” and insisted Labour has taken “greater action” on the issue than any other party.

An inquiry by the cross-party Home Affairs Select Committee earlier this month said the Chakrabarti report was “clearly lacking in many areas” and

raised questions about the timing of her elevation to the Lords.

The MPs said Baroness Chakrabarti had not been “sufficiently open” about when she was offered the peerage and did not foresee that the timing of her elevation to the Lords alongside a report ‘absolving’ Mr Corbyn of responsibility for anti-Semitism “would undermine her efforts to address the issue”.

“It is equally concerning that Mr Corbyn did not consider the damaging impression likely to be created by this sequence of events,” the MPs said.

In his response to the committee, Corbyn said Baroness Chakrabarti was appointed to the Lords only after she had completed her “unprecedented” report on anti-Semitism in the Labour Party.

The Jewish Labour Movement has earned a place on the committee charged with implementing Shami Chakrabarti’s recommendations.

The national executive committee’s equalities subcommittee has responsibility for ensuring the participiation and representation of women, LGBT and other minority communities in the party.

It will also oversee the implementation of the reports from Chakrabarti and Baroness Royall.

A JLM spokesperson said: “Until now the NEC equalities sub-committee has lacked Jewish representation.

“Now that this key committee will be implementing the two reports on anti-Semitism and considering the Home Affairs Select Committee report, JLM is delighted to have successfully argued the case for permanent representation.”

Party figures came together for a rally against anti-Semitism and racism, organised by JLM, at last month’s conference in Liverpool.

Walker crowdfunds appeal A Labour activist suspended from the party over allegations of anti-Semitism is seeking to raise funds through crowd-sourcing to mount a legal action against the party’s general secretary Iain McNicol.

Jackie Walker – who was first suspended by the party last May and is Jewish – is aiming to raise £10,000 through the crowdjustice website.

In a statement posted on the website, she said the leaked details of the investigation – before she had even been informed of her suspension – amounted to a breach of data protection laws.

She said that the resulting publicity had resulted in a “widespread hate campaign”

Jackie Walker wants to raise £10,000

against her. “This case matters as my story is one of many where Labour members have found themselves in a similar position,” she said.

Walker, a member of the hard left Momentum group was subsequently re-instated by the party after being cleared of anti-Semitism before being suspended again.

Ex-diplomat’s top digital role The former British ambassador to Israel has been appointed to lead this country’s charge to maximise use of digital technology.

Matthew Gould , who was instrumental in driving the burgeoning tech relationship by setting up the UK-Israel tech hub, has moved to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, to become the government’s first Director General for Digital and Media.

He will help build a digital ecosystem where bright ideas can become successful companies, ensure the UK has world-class connectivity and reduce the number of people excluded from the digital economy.

He said: “Our economy is powered by

Matthew Gould is in charge of digital and media

innovation and we want Britain to be the safest place to do business and go online.

“I’m determined to tackle these challenges to help make the UK the best place in the world to start and grow a digital company.”

Gould also previously led the cabinet office’s cyber security unit.

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LFI peace project / Balfour protest / News

New coexistence fund

Lib Dem candidate resigns over Tonge

The chair of Labour Friends of Israel will travel to Washington next week to support a new fund for coexistence projects between Israelis and Palestinians, writes Justin Cohen.

The group launched a campaign in Parliament yesterday under the banner ‘For Israel, For Palestine, For Peace’ urging the UK government to support the creation of the International Fund for IsraeliPalestinian Peace, which it is hoped will distribute £150 million annually to support coexistence and reconciliation initiatives.

Money will come from the US – where a bill has already been introduced in Congress – as well as Europe, the Arab world and the private sector.

Conceived by the US-based Alliance for Middle East Peace, it is inspired by the International Fund for Ireland, which spent more than $1.2bn over 20 years building grassroots cooperation and support for peace in Northern Ireland.

The launch was addressed by Ian Lucas, former shadow Middle East minister, and Joel Braunold, executive director of the Alliance for Middle East Peace.

LFI director Jennifer Gerber said: “Projects that bring ordinary Israelis and Palestinians together are absolutely essential for a lasting peace in the Middle East, and we in Britain must do everything

A former Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate has quit the party over its handling of a complaint against Jenny Tonge.

Matthew Harris, who stood for the Hendon constituency in 2010, said the “final straw” not to renew came when the party refused to act against the peer for sharing an article referring to “Jewish power” and Labour.

“Our view is that an opinion can be controversial – and even offensive – but still fall short of being racist,” the party’s regional parties committee ruled. “Any desire not to offend also needs to be balanced against the right to criticise in the strongest terms the actions of... governments.”

Tonge, who sits as a crossbencher in the Lords after resigning the party whip in 2012, is still a member of the Lib Dems.

Harris wrote in a blog that the committee’s response “beggars belief”. He added: “Talk of ‘Jewish power’ has nothing at all to do with ‘the right to criticise in the strongest terms the actions of states and governments’. Any committee that does not under-

Labour Friends of Israel aims to promote coexistence between Israelis and Palestinians

we can to support them. Now, more than ever, it’s vital that the government supports the work on the ground that will lay the foundations for a two-state solution.”

Both LFI and Conservative Friends of Israel have repeatedly called for more of its aid funding to the Palestinians to be spent on coexistence projects.

Joan Ryan will become the first LFI chair to travel to a country other than Israel in her official capacity. She said: “My visit to Washington underlines the

importance LFI attaches to our campaign to persuade the UK government to back the establishment of the International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace and to increase our support for coexistence work.

“I shall be meeting with those who are campaigning for the creation of the fund in the US, hearing about the congressional efforts on behalf of it and finding out more about the US government’s support for people-to-people projects in IsraelPalestine.”

Applause for Shoah slur A panel at the House of Lords, chaired by controversial antiIsrael peeress Baroness Tonge, applauded a man for declaring, “If anyone’s antiSemitic, it’s the Israelis themselves,” at a launch event for the Balfour Apology Campaign on Tuesday.

Another man was applauded for suggesting the Holocaust had “justified Zionism” and that Jews were responsible.

The event took place under the auspices of the Palestinian Return Centre and was timed

to take place ahead of the 99th anniversary commemorations of the Balfour Declaration, on 2 November.

Among those on the panel were the Palestine Liberation Organisation’s diplomatic representative, Manuel Hassassian, Betty Hunter, honorary president of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, writer Karl Sabbagh, and the president of the Palestinian Return Centre, Majed al-Zeer.

Plans have been in place to “demand” an apology from Britain for the Balfour Decla-

ration since 2013, calling for the government to regret “its past colonial crimes in Palestine” and insisting that the Declaration “had no basis of legal authority”.

The renewal of the Balfour Apology Campaign is intended to coincide – and scupper – next year’s centenary celebrations, which are due to be marked jointly by Britain and Israel.

The UK government, under David Cameron, rejected any suggestion that any apology would be made.

LAST CALL FOR SURVIVORS An organisation that’s provided hundreds of UKbased Holocaust survivors with a total of £1.4million in financial aid is launching its last appeal.

Before the Six Point Foundation closes in March, it is making a last-gasp plea to help those who fled or suffered under the Nazis.

SPF assists Shoah victims with services to improve quality of life, including home adaptations, travel and temporary care and its work particularly helps those whose problems are a direct result of their experience.

One survivor was forced into hiding at a young age in damp conditions, which caused lung development issues. The foundation assisted them with a costly lung transplant abroad.

It made its first grants in 2012 following the

former Otto Schiff Housing Association expendable endowment to SFP. It has since helped hundreds of survivors and refugees.

A spokesperson told Jewish News: “Since 2012, SPF has been able to make more than 1,000 grants directly to Holocaust survivors and refugees in financial need, some of which have been truly life-changing. For our final few months we will be encouraging all UK survivors and refugees to be in contact with one of our partner agencies.

“We will rest easier if we fade away knowing that every survivor and refugee is very clear about where to turn should they ever need support.”

If you know a survivor or refugee who could benefit, call 020 3372 8882 or email info@sixpoint foundation.org.uk

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stand this lacks the intellectual rigour, nous and sensitivity to do its job properly.

“This committee demonstrates the sort of muddled thinking that sadly got the Liberal Democrats where they are today. They can, of course, do what they like. But they can do it without me.”

Harris resigned before Tonge provoked fresh anger with her reaction to the Home Affairs Select Committee report into anti-Semitism, incidents of which, she said, reflected “the disgust among the general public of the way the government of Israel treats Palestinians.”

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News / Interfaith succah / Essex school’s future

Mosque celebrates Succot A London mosque played host to a local synagogue’s succah throughout the festival in a historic first for the UK, writes Justin Cohen.

Congregants of Brondesbury Park shul and Al-Khoei Foundation mosque built the structure in the latter’s forecourt following an initiative from the Three Faiths Forum. It came after several London synagogues hosted meals in recent years for Muslims to break the Ramadan fast.

Yousif Al-Khoei, public affairs for the Foundation, told Jewish News: “We passionately believe in the power of goodness in people and try to break some of the barriers that exist. The Jewish community has hosted Muslim communities for iftar, so we thought we should do something similar. It emphasises the power of charity and of food in bringing people together.”

The open nature of the succah meant all visitors could see it. Muslim school pupils learnt about the festival during a visit, while Muslim and Jewish families mingled at a breakfast on Sunday.

Al-Khoei said the response had been “generally positive. This breakfast shows we have the support of the grassroots. All of our scriptures emphasise the power of good neighbourly relations. I don’t think this is bold as such but it’s certainly long overdue. We hope this kind of action will be normal in future”.

Rabbi Baruch Levin, of Brondesbury Park shul, described the experience as “absolutely magical” and thanked the “courageous” mosque.

Rabbi Baruch Levin outside the mosque with Yousif Al-Khoei

“A succah is the ultimate equaliser; it’s all about openness, recognising we all rely on divine protection and that life is too transient to spend time squabbling,” he said.

“Seeing our children running around the mosque feeling uninhibited and, in time, youngsters from the mosque coming to our synagogue will break down some of the psychological barriers between the next generation. I witnessed girls chatting and playing on the floor together and it was a fantastic sign; the next generation will be equipped with more effective tools than our generation to deal with interfaith relations.”

UCS pupil Max Friend was visiting a mosque for the first time. “With the news, you’re reading the negatives,” said the 15-year-old. “I can see we have a lot in common. I was talking to one boy about exams and he gave me tips on what to do.”

Mustafa Field, director of the Faiths Forum for London – who was joined at the breakfast

by Rabbi Natan Levy – said: “What looks like a simple project represents a pronounced willingness on the part of both communities to stand united. Food, people and a hut with no doors where everyone is invited is a great combination.”

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PA ARRESTS FOR VISITING SUCCAH The mayor of the West Bank city of Efrat called on the Palestinian Authority to release four Palestinians who were arrested after visiting his succah.

Oded Revivi, who is also the chief foreign envoy of the Yesha Council settlement body, issued a statement on Sunday, four days after the men joined several dozen other Palestinians living near Efrat in visiting the succah along with about 30 Jewish Israelis as part of a peace event.

The men were arrested the next day and reportedly continue to be held in jail.

“It is absurd that having coffee with Jews is considered a crime by the Palestinian Authority.

Initiatives that seek to foster cooperation and peace between people should be encouraged, not silenced,” he said.

According to The Jerusalem Post, Muhammad Taha, PA deputy governor of Bethlehem, said the incident was under investigation and the men will be held accountable under Palestinian law.

He said Palestinians “condemn” the visit and that “visiting settlers is completely unacceptable”.

Palestinians join Efrat mayor Oded Revivi

KKS future ‘under review’ North-east London’s only Jewish secondary school, Kantor King Solomon, has announced “a wide-ranging review” to discuss its future and Jewish education in the area – once the most densely populated Jewish community in Europe.

But in a strongly-worded statement to Jewish News, the co-chairs of the school governors, Dr Richard Burack and Mrs Stephani Sollosi, said that “in response to last week’s speculation we can certainly confirm that we have no plans to move the school”.

The co-chairs of the school, known as KKS, say they feel “a sharp sense of responsibility, not only for the

school as it currently exists, but for the future of secondary educational provision for the Jewish community across north-east London”.

The governors say they are “keeping all options open” and want to maintain “the very highest standards of Jewish education”. They made clear to Jewish News that “we will only be able to have substantive discussions about the future of our successful school when we have completed a thorough review process”.

The review, which is to be undertaken in association with PaJeS, the Partnership for Jewish Schools which is a division of the Jewish Leadership

Council. More than 34,000 Jewish children have been educated in 117 Jewish schools in Britain in the last 20 years, and regular reviews are held to monitor the growth of population and the needs of parents and children.

Recent questions about the future of KKS had suggested that the governors were considering moving the school, whose Jewish intake has dropped by a third, to a different location in north London.

But a source close to the governors told Jewish News this week that “a move is not the primary objective of the review. The review is designed to look at provisions for the students,

and their needs will be at the forefront of this inquiry”.

David Collins, director of Young People and Young Families for the United Synagogue, said: “As the foundation body, the US is working closely with the school and we fully support

the wide-ranging review. It will be invaluable in planning a bright future for the school and all of its stakeholders. Any speculation about a plan to relocate KKS is unfounded. This is just one of numerous options that may need to be considered.”

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News / Animal testing / Teaching tolerance

Uni rejects cruelty claims One of Israel’s top university’s has derided “ludicrous” allegations by a British Jewish student about animal abuses in one of its laboratories, writes Jack Mendel.

Rosie Leizrowice, 19, this week accused Tel Aviv University’s (TAU) Zoological Garden of “horrific” animal cruelty including starvation, overcrowding and keeping mice in “rotting in cages with dead family members” in effluence “up to six-inches deep”.

The Southampton university student, who was born in Israel and was volunteering at the garden with the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) Care for Endangered Animals Programme, took her claims to the organisation.

She told Jewish News: “The most shocking moment was when I found a box of about 50 newborn mice. The only food they had was lettuce, which isn’t sufficient for rodents, and they were left outside in 50 degree heat with no ventilation in an area with predatory birds.

“To me it seems the intention was for them to die in the sun, because there was no other possible outcome if I had not found them and moved them into shade.

“I saw negligence, like things not being cleaned, damage not being repaired, overpopulation allowed to happen – to the point where it seemed actively cruel.”

She added that staff members advised her to “not view the animals as living things” as it would “make the work easier”. She added: “After a few attempts at speaking to staff about

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my worries, it was very clear their beds changed at longer they weren’t willing to listen intervals – when the animals to me, so I contacted PETA. It enter a period of inactivity”. felt cowardly to see what was It added that “cleaning cages really going on and ignore it.” was precisely the task of the volHowever, Tel Aviv Univerunteer who complained that the sity summarily rejected her cages were allegedly not being “baseless” claims in a detailed cleaned” and rejected Leizro11-point response, saying her wice’s complaint about animals allegations arise from “disbeing left deliberately in the turbing ignorance” about its heat as “a blatant, baseless lie.” care methods.

It also addressed the comThe institution, which Concerns: Rosie Leizrowice plaint that animals were left to tests on animals for medical readie in the heat, saying that “anisons, says Leizrowice “harmed animals when mals in every cage have access to shade 24/7, and cleaning cages and mixed animals from dif- on excessively hot days, sprinklers are activated ferent groups and even different species – which to cool down the temperature. In addition, our caused aggressiveness and mutual injuries”. rodents live in the wild in Israel, most of them in It added that “when the caretaker in charge deserts, and are accustomed to heat, sometimes brought this to her attention, she disappeared even preferring high temperatures typical of and never came back”. their natural habitats”.

According to PETA’s formal complaint, A PETA spokesperson outlined “controverwhich was based on Leizrowice’s report, ani- sial” tests conducted at TAU, including ‘orthomals at the Zoological Research laboratory pedic injury experiments’, in which rats were were “left to suffer 100 degree-heat fahrenheit” subjected to injuries of the rotator cuff before while “unwanted adult animals were gassed to being killed, and their “shoulders were hardeath in large numbers” and adds that up to 30 vested,” claims TAU rejected. rodents are kept in space “no larger than a sheet It said: “[The Zoological Garden] operof typing paper”, while tiny cages contained up ates according to international guidelines for to 50 animals. “Cages throughout the facility are guarding the well-being of the animals in its filled with dirt and animal waste that accumu- care”, adding that, at the last inspection of the lates up to six inches deep”. facility by the National Council for Animal But TAU responded by saying “some cages Experimentation, in June, “no inadequacies in are washed daily, while others are cleaned and animal care” were found.

UJS welcomes report Liverpool football Jewish students have praised a “constructive” report into harassment, including anti-Semitic abuse.

The Union of Jewish Students (UJS) welcomed the release of the Universities UK Taskforce (UUK) for providing “productive and encouraging” recommendations to tackle anti-Semitism on campus.

The UUK publication examines “violence against women, harassment and hate crime”, and details the need for better reporting of anti-Semitism and stronger support by academic institutions for Jewish students to speak out.

It says that, although there have been a “relatively low number of reported incidents, Jewish community leaders

JERUSALEM AND TEL AVIV ‘BEST CITIES’ Tel Aviv and Jerusalem are among the 40 “best cities in the world,” says Condé Nast Traveller magazine. Tel Aviv, in 17th place, was called “one of the most vibrant cities”, while the holy city, ranking 28th, was praised for “cutting-edge” art and restaurant scene. [JTA]

Caged mice reportedly at TAU’s Zoological Garden

Jewish students face hostility

have raised concerns with UUK about anti-Semitism on campus”.

It identifies “ongoing issues and occasions where Jewish students feel hostility on campus” and acknowleges “there is a concern that students are not coming forward” to report hate, and that “universities do not always strike the right balance between ensuring freedom of speech and academic freedom and respect for Jewish students”.

The UJS said the report will “hopefully lay the foundations for a more tolerant and inclusive campus environment for all” and adds that, “on antiSemitism, the recommendations provided are productive and encouraging, and reflect the level of positive engagement between UUK and UJS”.

It says: “This includes the importance of robust reporting mechanisms and the provision of training for institutions to develop a better understanding of the broader ethnic and national dimension to Jewish identity.

“Tackling anti-Semitism is not limited to arguments of faith, and it is welcome that the report identifies that.”

The report cites the Community Security Trust’s Antisemitic Incidents Report 2015, claiming that out of the 924 anti-Semitic incidents for that year, the victims in 21 cases were related to the Jewish student community.

stars meet survivor

A top Premier League football clubs hosted a Holocaust survivor to educate its youngest stars.

Renee Salt spoke to Liverpool’s Football Academy squads about her traumatic experience during the Shoah.

The Polish-born educator addressed those from the under-14 squad through to the under-23 side, about the importance of Holocaust education.

Brought to the Academy by The Holocaust Educational Trust, she spoke of her harrowing experience under the Nazis before taking questions.

She was sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau and Bergen-Belsen, from where she

was liberated.

Liverpool under-23 defender Tom Brewitt said: “It is an honour for the lads to be able to listen to Renee’s story to understand the distressing experiences during the Holocaust.

“It is really important that we are all educated on what happened during this period and listening to Renee was a real privilege for everyone.”

HET chief executive Karen Pollock, who also led a discussion with the players in Kirkby, said: “Renee Salt’s incredible story will hopefully be something that will always stay with them as they embark on their careers, and an educational lesson they will never forget.”

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Jewish News 27 October 2016

News / Careers without college

We don’t need no higher education Our community has its share of high achievers, whose pathway to success is presumed to be via university. Nathan Seres meets four people who have high grades but chose a career over college Academically able, they opt out of missed lectures, messy student digs and mounting debt. Offered places at top universities, they dive headlong into the world of work, earning as much in a month as their peers cost their parents per term. They are rare, headstrong and hands-on. They are the academic overachievers who turned down higher education.

Popular wisdom suggests that no Jewish child would ever do that to their mothers but for today’s A-level students the road to riches must pass a toll booth charging £9,000 in annual tuition fees.

Careers not coursework: Oscar Miskin, Matthew Unerman, Abbie Bull and Mollie Hart Reid

Even before that increase, 21-year-olds were already emerging with an average debt of £30,000. So it is hardly surprising that some have spurned the cap and gown.

Matthew Unerman, 18, from Borehamwood, was always at the top of his class. However, after earning three As at A-level, the thought of university did not excite compared to applying for jobs in web design. “I received offers from UCL, LSE and Durham, but not going to university has helped me to understand the working world around me more,” he says.

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He continues: “Even though I was considering reapplying to university, having a gap year has shown me that university isn’t always the best option, as I have a stable job with room for promotion and plenty of money with no stress from school work.”

Unerman is still figuring out exactly the path he wants to take due to his decision to not go to university. He has a very positive outlook on life and believes hard work in the “real world” will ultimately help him to succeed.

Oscar Miskin, 18, from Radlett, received three Bs at A-level which earned him an offer from the University of Nottingham, but he went to work for a property-management company in Swiss Cottage instead, with a salary of £26,000 a year. “I can earn £1,000 a month in commission, and that would not even be part of my salary,” he says. “I would come out of university in three years and end up with the same job, but in debt. So why not start three years early and not be in debt?”

He has yet to talk to his parents about this.

It’s a conversation he is not looking forward to, because an offer like this would never have been open to them.

Molly Hart Reid, 19, from Bushey, is in a similar situation. The holder of a triple-distinction BTEC diploma in journalism, she doesn’t feel drawn to university, despite better grades than many who are.

“I had really good grades in my college course and my tutor practically insisted that I continue in education at university, but I refused,” she said. “I don’t feel I work well in a classroom.

I am a very hands-on person and think that working out there in the real world would help me excel as a person, and get me closer to where I want to be. So no, I haven’t chosen to go to university, and I don’t regret it.”

Reid, who is applying for jobs in PR, admits she misses her friends and feels “lonely”, but does not miss the idea of lectures and coursework, and feels confident in her decision, knowing university graduates are

not necessarily what employers want.

She shares similar views to Abbie Bull, 18, from Finchley, who achieved A, B, C at A-level, and could have gone to a top university, but decided to go travelling before getting a job. “I can’t just sit in the classroom,” she says.

“The world is my classroom. If someone has all the qualifications in the world but no worldly experience, what’s the point?

Common sense comes above academic achievements in my opinion.”

These four represent those who, with distinctions, merits and A-grades, know their own minds well enough to know university is not for them. They are challenging the assumption that sixth-formers with good grades automatically go to university.

They are clear that to thrive, land a good job and succeed in this world does not necessarily mean continuing in education beyond one’s teenage years – a stance seemingly at odds with established orthodoxy.

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Honour for Jewish war hero and camp survivor A Jewish hero of the wartime Special Operations Executive (SOE) is to be honoured in Brighton next month, writes Jenni Frazer.

Captain Edward Zeff, MBE, Croix de Guerre – to give him his full title – is one of four men born in the town who are to be honoured on 12 November with plaques at the Corn Exchange, recording their Second World War bravery.

Born in 1904, Zeff was the son of Simon and Hannah Zeff.

Simon, a second generation immigrant tailor, became chairman of the Brighton and Hove Jewish Board of Guardians, the precursor of the local branch of Jewish Care.

After leaving school, Zeff went to Paris, where his brother Abraham had set up a successful overseas branch of the family tailoring firm.

In 1930, Zeff married a French Jewish woman, Reine Sevilla. When France fell to the Nazis in 1940, Zeff returned to

Britain and joined the Royal Corps of Signals (RCS) the following year, but was soon headhunted by the French section of SOE. Given the name Eugene Zoltan to protect his family in France, he trained at the various SOE “schools” in stately homes around Britain.

In April 1942, Zeff arrived by submarine in Antibes, in Vichy France, to work as a wireless operator. He sent and received messages to and from England, helped escapers, and received arms and agents by parachute, narrowly avoiding capture several times. When it was clear he had become known to the Nazis, plans were made to bring him back to the UK via the Pyrenees, but his group were betrayed by a local mountain guide and he was arrested.

From March 1943, Zeff was tortured in Nazi jails, but never revealed any information about his work. In December 1943, he was deported to Mauthausen

Plaque: Edward Zeff

concentration camp in Austria, singled out for particularly brutal treatment as both a Jew and a British agent.

In the winter of 1944-45, he was sent to Melk labour camp, digging tunnels for making V2 rockets. With help from fellow prisoners, Zeff avoided execution. In the last days of the war, he was briefly sent back to Mauthausen, liberated

by US troops in May 1945.

He was awarded the military MBE and Croix de Guerre (with Silver Star). He died in June 1973 in Paris.

Hendon Reform’s final Shabbat ahead of vote It is the end of an era this Shabbat at Hendon Reform Synagogue as the congregation awaits the decision of Edgware and District Reform Synagogue members (EDRS) regarding a proposed merger of the two communities, writes Jenni Frazer.

Edgware’s vote is on Monday – a month after the 703 families that comprise Hendon’s congregation voted, with some sadness, to close Hendon Reform.

The synagogue has occupied its present site, in Danescroft Avenue, since 1949.

The building, which houses the synagogue itself, administration offices and an adjoining nursery, is on the site of former tennis courts in the leafy suburban street.

Rabbi Steven Katz, who grew up in the synagogue — his father, Rabbi Arthur Katz, was its founding minister — is sad but realistic about the proposed merger, should

Edgware agree.

He told Jewish News: “Only 10 percent of our congregation actually live in Hendon.

More of the community live closer to Edgware, or in Mill Hill”.

But the major problem, says the Hendon synagogue, is the increasing Orthodox presence in the neighbourhood.

“We are in the midst of an Orthodox area, and have no catchment area for adding new members”, acknowledged synagogue administrator Rosalind Bloom.

No plans are yet in place for the future of the Hendon site. However, it is anticipated that the synagogue will either go on sale or be auctioned, after consultations with Barnet Council.

Rabbi Katz said that he hoped to join the existing team of three rabbis at EDRS, should its members agree to the merger.

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SHABBAT UK’S GREAT CHALLAH BAKE OFF From London to Leicester and Cheltenham to Cardiff, more than 70 communal ‘challah make‘ events are set to take place for this year’s ShabbatUK. In Cardiff, 75 people will take part in three challah makes across the city, while Belfast’s first challah make will aim to attract around 20 people from the local community.

A spokesperson for the event, which takes place on 11 and 12 November, said: “ShabbatUK is about bringing all sides of the community together and challah does just that.

“These events are a great way of encouraging people across the country to embrace ShabbatUK and be part of what is going on, making it a truly nationwide event. It is also great to see so many of the smaller communities taking part this year.”

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Network launches in London to unite Jewish professionals An organisation founded seven years ago in California, to help young professionals start their businesses, launched in London this week.

JFE Network – or Jews for Entrepreneurship – was jointly founded in 2009 in San Francisco by Michal Tavrovsky and Jenny Belotserkovsky, as a way of bringing young Jewish professionals together.

JFE also attracts investors and mentors, and offers opportunities for both groups to meet each other.

The organisation has expanded to Israel and has become a focal point for job seekers and those working within the hi-tech industry.

Marketing businessman Simon Jacobs, who is based in Manchester, had been hoping to start something similar in the UK until he was contacted by JFE and asked to join their networking organisation.

“We have had at least 300 people register their interest,” Jacobs told Jewish News. “We we were showcasing three new hi-tech companies at our UK launch.”

The network has a business and a social side and it aims to hold events every month.

Tavrovsky said there had been many business success stories in the US and Israel and that she was “very excited” to be bringing JFE to the UK.  See jfenetwork.com

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News / Jewish News Meets... Karin Elharrar

The wheelchair warrior fighting for the disabled Karin Elharrar has some revolutionary ideas about special needs education in Israel and is not afraid to shout about them, as she tells Stephen Oryszczuk

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et rid of them. Get rid of Israel’s special needs schools. All of them.

And don’t build any new ones, no matter how good or how specialised. That’s the immediate and unapologetic answer from wheelchair-bound Israeli parliamentarian Karin Elharrar when asked what she’d do if she were Israeli prime minister for a day.

Why? Why would this champion of rights for the disabled want to rid Israel’s disabled children of their specialist support structure? Has this 38-year old lawyer-turned-politician with muscular dystrophy gone mad?

A meeting in London this month reveals she is far from it. Instead, Elharrar is on a

mission to revolutionise special needs education by integrating Israel’s less able children into the country’s mainstream school system.

It is an aim supported actively by the Malki Foundation, which helps families of Israeli children with special needs.

“There are 65,000 severely disabled children in Israel,” says Debbie Fishman, Malki’s head honcho. “They need to live with honour and dignity, not get shoved into an institution, which is what gets done in Israel a lot.”

Shoved into an institution? “They’re not units in a mainstream school, they’re separate institutions, in the corner of a city, off to one side,” Elharrar explains. “It’s out of sight, out of mind,” Fishman echoes.

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“Israel’s is an old way of thinking,” agrees Malki Foundation UK chief James Harari. “It’s a case of put them together, get them out of the way, in the middle of nowhere, and get on with your life.”

This all sounds very Karin Elharrar: Battling for those with special needs different from Britain’s “But when it comes to voting, to budgets, there more integrated society, are always other priorities.” Did Israel’s three but can institutions dedicated to meeting bronze medals in the Paralympics not help? the needs of disabled children be such a bad “The Olympics was a big festival in Israel, with thing? Headteachers of mainstream Israeli all-day broadcasts, but the Paralympics had an schools recommend them to parents “with hour, usually on an abandoned channel.” some reason,” Elharrar admits. “They say Cultural or not, the obstacles are well they’ll find all the therapists needed in one setting. But we can do it better another way, by known, they say. The quality of care, for which municipalities are partly responsible, “differs bringing the therapy to the general schools.” greatly between cities”. Special needs assisCurrently, the state pays NIS 1,500 per tants are demotivated by “lousy pay and lots of week for Israel’s disabled children to attend responsibility”. Parents “have to fight for what these institutions, but this is akin to “babysitthey need”. Mainstream school teachers say ting,” Harari says. In addition, the state pays they are “not trained” to teach children with for one session of therapy per week, plus carers special needs. Charities say co-ordination is and shuttle buses but, Fishman argues: “It’s “disorganised”. Problems abound. not enough. These are children who need one Yet there are isolated examples of good session per day, not one per week. They need practice. Aleh Negev, a special needs institution individual plans. That’s where we try to help.” in the south, pioneered a model in which free Why, if the state pays for the basic support dorms on-site entice mainstream students who needed, is it so important to integrate disabled then help out on campus, and in so doing mix and mainstream kids? Elharrar says research with disabled children. In the world of work, the shows integration is needed from an early Aroma coffee chain is to employ someone with age, four or five, “to lead the child to be more learning difficulties in every branch. independent, more able to integrate in labour, Could it change? Revolutions rarely but this isn’t happening,” and the effects are happen without a nudge. In Israel, that prod evidenced by those who emerge from the instiwill likely be traced back to Elharrar, who will tutions aged 21, unable to socialise or to work. go on campaigning as long as she’s able. “Inte“They’re just left, neglected. Most don’t gration is an understandable fear, but this is a have friends. We have this ‘not in my backsociety with a variety of people, in a variety of yard’ mentality in Israel. People are not even situations, and whatever we do, people with ashamed to admit it. They don’t want people disabilities are here to stay,” she says. “You with disabilities near, because the value of the can’t pretend forever they are not here.” neighbourhood would go down.”

Elharrar, once a lawyer who worked on disability cases and now Knesset Member for Yesh Atid, says she could walk until she was 20, so wasn’t cast off as others are. These days, she admits to being “the annoying one who always gives speeches on the same subject,” but that’s fine – it’s why she entered politics.

There have been small successes, too. She managed to push through a law before summer recess dictating that all Israeli firms should recruit a percentage of disabled staff, but says the government would not agree to incentives, and “political compromise” meant the penalty for non compliance was “only symbolic”.

Is this symptomatic of a poor Israeli attitude towards the disabled? “No one will tell you it’s not important,” she says with a diplomatic sigh.

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WORLD NEWS IN BRIEF

BIBI AIMS TO AMEND LAW ON B’TSELEM Israel’s prime minister has said he will act to amend the country’s national service law so young Israelis will no longer be able to serve at NGO group B’Tselem.

Saturday’s statement from Benjamin Netanyahu’s office came one day after the Israeli human rights organisation, as well as Americans for Peace Now, criticised Israel’s expansion in the West Bank and called for action against what they call the occupation of historic Palestinian lands.

UNESCO HEAD BACKS OFF FROM RESOLUTION The head of the United Nations cultural agency this week continued to distance herself from resolutions that deny Jewish ties to Jerusalem holy sites, as another agency committee prepares to vote on a similar measure. Irina Bokova, director general of UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, wrote to Israeli minister Naftali Bennett that she would work to counter historical inaccuracies. [JTA]

Your weekly digest of stories from the international press GERMANY

A policeman has died of injuries suffered in a shootout during a raid on the home of a neo-Nazi.

The shooter was a 49-year-old member of the Reichsburger, a fringe group that believes Hitler’s Reich still exists.

Donald Trump kisses his wife Melania, who defended him over the damning 2005 recording

255 rabbis trounce Trump More than 250 female rabbis from around the world have signed a letter condemning “hate speech” by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. “He has denigrated people by race, by nationality, by their gender and by their most intimate, personal challenges,” the message reads – two weeks before Americans vote on their next leader.

“His callous descriptions of uninvited physical contact and even sexual assault offend our understanding of appropriate relationships between human beings.”

The letter was timed to coincide with Simchat Torah, Rabbi Julie Schonfeld, executive vice president of the Conservative Rabbinical Assembly, wrote in an email in her personal capacity. Schonfeld penned the letter and worked with Rabbi Andrea Merow to organise it.

The note, which has 255 signatories, emphasised that the rabbis were “signing in their personal, individual capacity and not on behalf of any organisation with which they may be affiliated”.

Schonfeld, who delivered

an invocation at the Democratic National Convention in a private capacity, said the rabbis were inspired by a similar call that was signed by more than 1,000 female Christian clergy.

Following the release of a 2005 recording earlier this month in which Trump, pictured above with wife Melania, is heard bragging about groping and kissing women without their consent, a string of women has accused him of inappropriate sexual contact.

Trump flatly denies the allegations. [JTA]

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An Italian passenger was arrested after yelling anti-Semitic slurs and making the Nazi salute to a kippah-wearing Brazilian Jewish man at an airport in Rio de Janeiro. Fabrizio Trinchero was released on bail.

USA

A 2013 Hillary Clinton speech to the Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago, leaked this week by Wikileaks, warned that Jordan and Turkey “can’t possibly vet all those refugees so they don’t know if, you know, jihadists are coming in along with legitimate refugees”.

Supporters of presidental rival Donald Trump supporters have used the remarks to attack Clinton’s call for the US to admit 65,000 refugees per year – an increase on Barack Obama’s plan to let in 10,000.

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Nothing better symbolises ‘we’re all in this together’ than a succah. For the past week many of us have braved falling autumn temperatures to huddle with family and friends in temporary structures, recalling the time our ancestors endured in the wilderness after being freed from Egypt.

It seems particularly fitting that the festival of Succot brought Jewish and Muslim Londoners together for a historic breakfast at the Al-Khoei Foundation mosque in north-west London on Sunday.

This was a reminder of the commonality of family and food in both traditions and the shared challenges we face – not least the ongoing battle against hate crime. Amid rising Islamophobia and anti-Semitism, we are genuinely in this together.

Under the mosque’s succah roof, young people did what young people do, regardless where they’re from; playing, chatting, kicking a football or, in the case of older ones, discussing looming exams. They had the opportunity to see for themselves their many similarities.

As Rabbi Baruch Levin put it, it is with such initiatives that “the next generation will be equipped with more effective tools than our generation to deal with interfaith relations”.

We salute the Khoei Foundation, Brondesbury Park synagogue and the Three Faiths Forum for this much-needed Jewish-Muslim initiative.

The warmth with which this story has been received – shared 2,500 times by Jewish News Online readers – shows the huge appetite for interfaith work.

We look forward to the day this sort of project is so commonplace it is longer newsworthy.

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In reference to welfare to Palestinians, well-informed Palestinian friends of mine write regularly about how the Palestinian leadership is riddled with corruption,

which permeates many levels of Palestinian society. If the Palestinians can afford to buy bombs and rockets and to build tunnels, how come they are so poor?

And how do we distinguish between good and bad Palestinians?

Above all, what are those Palestinian leaders doing for their

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The parents and/ or grandparents of most Jews in the UK fall into this category.

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I have every sympathy for letter writer Kelvin Sheridan, who was told he could not take his guide dog Mia into his local kosher butcher shop (Jewish News 13 October).

The manager of the shop should be ashamed.

He ought to be aware that all types of assistance dogs are actually allowed by law into any premises where food is prepared, served or sold. This is due to the very high standard of training these special animals go through before they qualify.

Presumably the meat on display in the shop is on a covered counter which is higher than the height of the average guide dog. It begs the question in what way could it be affected by Kelvin’s dog Mia standing patiently beside him?

I would be willing to bet that Mia is probably cleaner and better behaved than some human customers!

Does the manager not understand the role of this dog in

its owner’s life? It is not any old mutt to be left anywhere.

Mia will be a vital and integral part of Kelvin’s life and should therefore be treated with the respect she deserves.

I challenge the shop manager to make a sincere and public apology and send a substantial donation to the Guide Dog Association.

We have just finished the days of repentance but it is not too late for the manager to reflect on his blind prejudice towards Kelvin and make amends for the coming year.

I was sad to read about the American rabbi who said sick/ disabled children are being “punished for their actions in a previous life”. He should be aware of our authentic rabbis’ teaching that if we are with such children or adults we should stand out of respect for them and recite a Berachah.

The Almighty has created “diverse beings” and “varies the forms of his creatures” to teach us we should not judge another person’s condition but ourselves. How would we cope and what can we ourselves learn?

These special people teach us humility and to appreciate even the little things of life.

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Shoah study helps us heed modern horrors OPINION: KAREN POLLOCK CHIEF EXECUTIVE, HOLOCAUST EDUCATIONAL TRUST

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oday, fewer people die as a result of war and violence than in any previous generation, but it certainly does not feel that way. I find myself grimly surprised these days if I open a newspaper to not read of another developing human tragedy abroad.

Syria is obviously at the front of public consciousness and working for the Holocaust Educational Trust people often ask whether I am desensitised to the stories of death and destruction coming out of Aleppo and elsewhere. Let me tell you – I’m not.

If anything the images of child victims of chlorine gas attacks are even more difficult to bear. In the face of the intractable civil war in Syria, of barrel bombs raining down on innocent civilians, and of the biggest humanitarian crisis since the Second World War how can we, a community who have experienced the most brutal of tragedies, fail to be moved.

Similarly, for students who visit AuschwitzBirkenau with us, or who learn about the Holocaust in school, there will be an understandable empathy towards modern-day horrors like those that have unfolded in Syria.

If you have visited the gas chambers, heard from a Holocaust survivor, or studied the squalid and vicious conditions of the ghettos then it is inevitable that you will feel a responsibility to take a moral stance and even want to take action. Indeed, we carry the knowledge of individuals like Sir Nicholas Winton, Oscar Schindler, Raoul Wallenberg, Major Frank Foley and others who provided a glimmer of humanity to people who had long had it stripped from their lives. They show us that we do not have to let atrocities pass us by. Something that applies to Governments not only individuals.

One of the benefits of Holocaust education is that it improves the emotional and critical intellect of young people so that they can better grapple with the big issues.

But does that mean everything should be compared to the Holocaust?

We will politely correct people who use the

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term ‘holocaust’ when referring to Assad’s heartless regime. Not because we do not sympathise with the plight of the 400,000 victims whose lives have been lost and the millions driven from their homes – it is, after all, an understandable emotional response – but because it strips away the unique factors that led to, and are driving, the current conflict.

On the other hand, when the President of the Philippines states “Hitler massacred three million Jews … there’s three million drug addicts. There are. I’d be happy to slaughter

them” this is simply unacceptable. Using the Holocaust to put rocket boosters under a violent political project and be happy to be a leader in the image of Adolf Hitler signifies a total personal moral vacuum. Holocaust language or imagery should not be taken lightly whatever point it is you are trying to make.

All of this means that as time goes by, the need to really educate people about the Holocaust becomes greater. Young people should know about the blood libel, the Protocols of the Elders of Zion and the ancient conspiracy theories – they threads that have never quite been cut and have taken on new forms in the 21st century. They should know about the Nuremburg Laws, Kristallnacht and the Final Solution.

They should know about the camps, the death marches and pogroms and the struggle to rebuild shattered lives.

By educating we create a generation who protect the memory of the Holocaust which is imperative in and of itself. But we also create a generation who are sensitive to the events unfolding today, an outcome we would be wise not to disregard.

We’re looking for 40,001 heroes this Mitzvah Day OPINION: LAURA MARKS FOUNDER AND CHAIR, MITZVAH DAY

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t’s hard to watch the news without seeing something that outrages our Jewish values, whether it’s Donald Trump boasting about sexual assault, people trying to stop child refugees seeking sanctuary here or the recent rise we’ve seen in racism and anti-Semitism.

In this post-Brexit world – when the papers are full of stories of mistrust, hatred and racial tension – Mitzvah Day is focused this year, more than ever, on making positive headlines, through projects that tackle the challenges of modern society, and which bring people together who might otherwise stay apart.

That’s why I’m so proud to be part of this newspaper’s Community Hero Award, which shines a light on the people this world needs more of. This award, along with our own Mitzvah Day Awards, seeks to show all the wonderful things people are doing to help others and build a better society. But what makes a community hero? We are looking for someone who has performed an extraordinary act of kindness over the past year, or a person who has

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spent a lifetime helping those less fortunate.

I can’t think of anyone more fitting of the word hero than last year’s winner, Rachel Morgan.

Despite suffering from hypermobility syndrome, which severely affects the body’s joints and pain pathways to the brain, Rachel raised thousands of pounds through physical feats, including 13 skydives.

Although Rachel sadly died before we could honour her, I was privileged to be able to present the award to her parents and family and celebrate the life of this truly incredible person.

The beauty of the Community Hero Award

is the nachas it brings to all those nominated, increasing the profile of their work and cause.

Last year, on these pages, we read about a young man who organises teas for Holocaust survivors; a woman who, when she was just 16, established the only charity in the UK dedicated to raising funds for research into a cure for Crohn’s disease and an elderly lady who, on moving into care, set up a weekly session to ensure the well-being of others.

One of the traits of a hero is often that they don’t realise it themselves and/or are reluctant to push themselves forward.

So if you know someone fitting of this honour, please do make sure to nominate them by emailing 200 words outlining their work to editorial@thejngroup.com by 7 November.

And call me greedy, but it’s just not one hero I want… it’s 40,000 of them.

This year’s Mitzvah Day takes place on and around Sunday 27 November.

What started off as a small, mainly Jewish, day confined to certain areas of the UK has now become Britain’s largest interfaith day of social action and spread all over this country, and to more than 20 others too.

We are expecting 40,000 volunteers of all

ages and faiths to take part in more than 2,000 global projects this year and we are focused on the together, the positive and the active.

While the benefit of the social action projects is very visible – whether through a repainted care home or a three-course meal delivered to a local shelter – it’s the longer-lasting, deeper, relationships being built that I’m most proud of.

It’s not often you see Jews, Muslims, Christians and people of all faiths and none working together at a grassroots level and of all generations – making real friendships and dispelling stereotypes we hold about the other.

For some, Mitzvah Day is the first time they really converse with someone of a different faith or race. For others, it’s a chance to build on relationships by doing something practical together. For more still, it provides the opportunity to show there is more binding people of faith together than that separating us.

Especially in these difficult times, when there is a heightened fear of the outsider, the need to build bridges and unite people has never been greater.

Our aim is to celebrate making a difference to local causes in joy and friendship. So, next month, be a hero and join us.  For more details email info@mitzvahday.org.uk

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Rabbi’s crude opinions had no place at a funeral ALEX BRUMMER CITY EDITOR, DAILY MAIL

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few days ago, I attended a retirement event at The Guardian for Michael White, one of the most amusing and well-informed political journalists of his generation. In the manner of old Fleet Street, we afterwards repaired to the pub, a fashionable hostelry on north London’s Caledonian Road.

It was there that I was tapped on the shoulder by a former colleague who happens to be Jewish. Believe it or not, The Guardian, from its earliest days in Manchester, has a long tradition of being supportive of the Jewish community and employing Jewish journalists and commentators.

The founding proprietor and editor, the legendary CP Scott, was a great friend and supporter of Chaim Weizmann. It has yet to have a Jewish editor, although this writer and more recently Ian Katz, editor of Newsnight, were candidates for that post. It may be possible that the current editor Katharine Viner might have some ancestry.

The colleague who had interrupted me

wanted to know if I was still directly involved in community leadership, having been, up until 2015, a vice president of the Board of Deputies. I was not, although I am proudly involved with Jewish News and chairman of the British arm of an Israeli non-governmental organisation, the Abraham Fund.

“Why do you ask?” I inquired. He wanted to relay to me a recent incident.

He had recently buried his father and mourned over a newly dug grave at Bushey Cemetery in Hertfordshire. It is a place, fortunately, he had not had many causes to visit. On the sombre, long distance walk from the grave to the prayer hall to say kaddish, the elderly, unidentified rabbi, engaged the mourner in conversation.

It was not quite the words of consolation and comfort the bereaved might have expected. Instead, the rabbi, having heard the bereaved worked for The Guardian, bluntly asked him: “How could you work for such an anti-Semitic organisation?”

The colleague was stunned and speechless. Instead of the correct conversation, which might have been about the deceased and his family and the healing of time, he had brought crude and deeply disrespectful views on his professional life to a very

personal event. Indeed, the journalist found the shadow of those words deeply alienating.

No one can be unaware of some of the harsh reporting on Israel and the Palestinian conflict that has appeared in the pages of The Guardian. The views of some of its writers, notably Seamus Milne, now communications overlord for Jeremy Corbyn, are highly offensive.

But his views have been well counterbalanced by leading commentator Jonathan Freedland and solid reporting from the region.

The paper may arguably have fanned the flames of the left-wing anti-colonialist narrative on the Middle East, but it is not rooted in anti-Semitism.

All of us who have worked at The Guardian have spoken out against excesses.

But if you believe in a free press, as an essen-

tial plank of democracy (as they do in Israel itself), one must accept that not everyone has the same unalloyed, positive view of everything Israel does.

My former colleague is not the only one who has suffered slings and arrows for where he works. I remember running into Lord Levy in 2007, during his own travails over cash for honours.

He began by criticising my paper, the Daily Mail, for what he regarded as malicious coverage. Greeting me warmly with a hug, he generously said he understood it was not my doing, but my parnassah, or livelihood.

In our professional lives, things happen.

My support for Brexit, for instance, put me at odds with family and friends. But rabbis and community leaders should have the wisdom not to allow such differences to intrude into Jewish ritual – especially at bereavement.

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Losing our successful Jewish school would be a travesty WES STREETING

LABOUR MP FOR ILFORD NORTH

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aith schools are an important – and growing –part of the educational landscape in Redbridge. The increasing diversity of our community has seen Hindu, Sikh and Muslim schools open alongside their longerstanding Christian and Jewish counterparts.

So it will be of concern to many Jewish parents in my constituency that the relocation of the Kantor King Solomon High School is being actively considered by its foundation body, the United Synagogue.

King Solomon was established in 1993 and spreads across an impressive campus in Barkingside, in no small part thanks to several generous benefactors, including its honorary life president, Lord (Alan) Sugar. The campus has recently extended to include a relocated Wohl Ilford Jewish Primary School on the same site

– about a 10 minute walk from our other Jewish primary school, Clore Tikva.

Since its creation, the school has enjoyed academic success, as well as counting among its alumni Waterloo Road actress Katie Griffiths, X Factor finalist Stacey Solomon and footballer Jack Payne. Although it has experienced some turbulence in its leadership, this hasn’t dented the ambition or success of its pupils. Under the leadership of its new dynamic head, Matthew Slater, this year’s GCSE results were the best the school has ever had: 77 percent of pupils gained grades between A* and C in English and maths. King Solomon’s A-levels were similarly impressive, with 75 percent of students achieving grades A* to C, placing the school in the top 25 percent of schools nationally.

Question marks about King Solomon’s future in Redbridge seem to arise as a result of two factors: a decline in the proportion of Jewish students in the school’s intake and a shortage of school places for Jewish pupils elsewhere in north London.

It is true that the Jewish community in

Redbridge is smaller than it was in previous decades, but the Jewish community in Redbridge and Chigwell is thriving nonetheless.

We see this through our two Jewish primary schools, our active Reform, Liberal and Orthodox synagogues and through Redbridge Jewish Community Centre, which has exciting and ambitious plans to expand its services into a wider Jewish campus in the heart of Redbridge. Jewish parents raising their families in Redbridge deserve the peace of mind to know that their children will be able to attend a successful Jewish secondary school at King Solomon for many years to come.

The school’s diverse intake should be seen as a strength. London is a diverse, international

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city. A diverse intake broadens horizons, enables understanding and promotes community cohesion. At King Solomon, this has not been at the expense of its Jewish ethos. This year, it saw an impressive 85 percent of pupils achieve grades A* to C in Jewish studies, no doubt owing to excellent teaching on the course, as well as a wide range of extracurricular opportunities.

The shortage of Jewish school places in north London does need to be addressed, and I welcome the news that there will be a review of Jewish education in north-east London.

It would be a travesty for Redbridge’s Jewish community if we were to lose such a successful Jewish secondary school from our own doorstep.

IT IS TRUE THE REDBRIDGE JEWISH COMMUNITY IS SMALLER THAN IT WAS IN PREVIOUS DECADES, BUT IT IS THRIVING NONETHELESS

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Canary Wharf Group hosted a series of buffet lunches for members of the local Jewish community, to celebrate Succot on the estate. The succah played host to three lunches for the festivities, which were sponsored by Canary Wharf Group, BGC Partners, the EY Jewish Network and an anonymous donor. Danny Seliger, of the Canary Wharf Group, said: “As part of Canary Wharf Group’s ongoing dedication to supporting the Jewish faith, we always look forward to celebrating the festivities on the estate.”

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British Emunah director Deborah Nathan addressed 35 women from Woodford Forest United Synagogue at an evening held at the South Woodford home of Pamela and Julian Rainsbury. Nathan said: “It was a wonderful evening and I was grateful for the opportunity to meet so many women from the local community.”

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Kisharon chief executive Dr Beverley Jacobson (centre) is pictured with comedian Mark Watson after she picked up the Charity Principal of the Year honour at the Charity Times Awards. She said: “When one has a strong board and dedicated staff doing outstanding work, an accolade like this comes by default. My gratitude and this award belongs to the Kisharon team.”

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The Stanmore and Edgware branch of British Friends of Israeli War Disabled brought a group of disabled Israeli ex-soldiers suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, together with family members, to London for a recuperative 10-day sightseeing and entertainment programme.

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A pupil from Side by Side Special School holds a letter from the Queen, which was sent to the children in response to letters they sent on the occasion of Her Majesty’s 90th birthday.

Twenty-one cyclists rode across Zambia for Norwood, raising £80,000 for the charity to date.

CHARITY 5 HASMO NEW TOY DRIVE

Hasmonean Girls School pupils Elinor Joseph and Penina Sora Hackenbroch organised a charity toy drive to raise money to buy new toys for sick children at Great Ormond Street Hospital. The 11-year-olds raised the money via bake sales, and also asked people to donate new toys instead of paying for the treats.

ISRAEL 6 JERSEY’S ADVOCATES Jersey Friends of Israel’s launch event attracted more than 100 islanders and was also attended by Chief Minister and newlyelected senator, Sarah Ferguson. A representative from the Israeli Embassy in London, the Israel Britain Alliance and Pimlico Friends of Israel were also at the event. Alan Ferguson, spokesman for JFI, said: “JFI will educate people about Israel’s history, distribute the facts about the challenges it faces and we will work with other groups across the British Isles to advocate for Israel.”

Your simcha announcements Riki Halperin and Marc Bronstein were married in Ashdod, Israel.

Simone Mervish and Oliver Hyman were married at Marble Arch Synagogue.

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Jonny Eppel celebrated his barmitzvah at Stanmore Synagogue.

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Josh Reback celebrated his barmitzvah at Bushey United Synagogue.

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Zak Sperber celebrated his barmitzvah at Hendon Shul.

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The second biennial GIFT gala dinner took place at the Grove Hotel in Chandlers Cross, raising more than ÂŁ350,000 for the education and welfare charity. Around 350 guests came to hear about its inspiring work, teaching thousands of young people every year about the joy and impact of volunteering to help people in need, and the practical programmes run by the organisation to give aid to more than 2,000 beneficiaries every week with food packages and direct assistance.

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Fiddler on the Roof star Chaim Topol sits down with Yael Brender to chat about his work with sick children and playing the lovable Tevye 4,000 times

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haim Topol hasn’t graced our screens since 1998, and for a good reason.

That was the year the muchlauded actor began his charitable work in his native Israel with Jordan River Village, of which he is now chairman, an overnight retreat for children with chronic and lifethreatening illnesses, disabilities and special needs.

The much-needed facility has helped more than 600 sick children since it opened in 2011.

“I’ve been dealing with children

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for 50 years,” says the actor. “They are a part of my life.”

In 1999, he enlisted the help of his close friend Professor Yakov Ramon, and together they reached out to Israeli doctors who specialise in helping children with debilitating illnesses. “It’s not enough just to want to do good,” Topol says. “You need to know how to do good. And the doctors knew how to do good. They directed us, told us what to do and we did what they asked us. Together, we built a village.”

Jordan River Village caters for children aged nine to 18, and has no religious limitations. “We treat Muslim, Christian, Arab, Jewish, Sikh and Palestinian children together, just as we do in our hospitals,” he says. “This is what we do in Israel.”

The village sits on 86 acres in the Lower Galilee on land donated by the state, and Topol, who recently turned 81, couldn’t be prouder of what it has have achieved. He spends two days

a week there, interacting with the children, singing and playing with them. When asked how it feels to see the children enjoying themselves he says simply, “I cry.”

And how does it feel to see his vision come alive? “I cry some more.”

He adds: “The children have a wonderful time. These are very sick children, suffering from very bad illnesses. They never get to leave home. It’s an opportunity for them to become more independent.

“They meet other children who are suffering from the same illnesses, so they are not lonely in their misery.

They share their experience, and they co-exist unbelievably well.”

One of the diseases the village caters to is an hereditary blood disorder called Thalassemia; 80 per cent of the sufferers are Arab.

“The first time we had a session for these children, we saw on the list that there were lots of Arab children, and the few Jewish children on

the list were from ultra-Orthodox families,” Topol says. “We thought, maybe we’d made a mistake.

“So we called them and said, ‘Listen, you are welcome to come, but you have to know that you will be with mostly Arab children.’

“And the children said to me, ‘Don’t worry, they are good friends of ours. We’ve met them in the hospital and we know who they are. They are friends’. That is life. We deal with humans. There is no religion, no politics – your origin doesn’t matter.”

Topol grew up in pre-state Palestine in a Jewish neighbourhood in Jaffa, then an Arab city. At age 17, he joined Kibbutz Geva so when he joined the IDF at age 18, he was in an army unit “full of kibbutzniks”.

As well as being commander of his IDF unit, he started acting and producing sketches that would later become the Oscar-nominated film Sallah Shabati.

After leaving the IDF, Topol started a satirical theatre called the Spring Onion. “Anyone who wanted to be in my theatre had to join my kibbutz,” he says. “But then one of my friends was killed in an accident, and we couldn’t continue without him. He was one of us. So I founded the Haifa Municipal Theatre.”

Topol recalls how he came to play Broadway’s favourite Jewish father more than 4,000 times. The US producers of Fiddler on the Roof saw Sallah Shabati and invited him to audition in 1967, not knowing he’d already played the role in Tel Aviv.

“They asked me to sing and I sang If I Were A Rich Man. Usually, after two minutes, they cut you off and say,

‘Don’t call us, we’ll call you’. But they asked for more and more songs and then they said, ‘How do you know all the stage positions and all the movements?’ They had no idea that Tevye and I were already old friends.”

In 1968, director Norman Jewison saw Topol on the stage in London’s West End and invited him to be in the 1971 adaptation. Only 34 at the time, Topol sat in the make-up chair for two hours every morning to be ‘aged’.

During a break from the show, Topol was “incredibly lucky” to star as James Bond’s wingman in the 1981 film For Your Eyes Only. It was “a joy”, he says, because Roger Moore was “so wonderful to work with”.

With more than 30 stage and screen credits, Topol was honoured with an Israel Lifetime Achievement Award in 2015. Ever humble, he accepted the award by saying, “Other people deserve it more.”

As for the future, Topol is too busy with the village to think about new roles in the next few years, but will he return to a familiar part?

“I will do Fiddler again when I am 85,” he teases. “How could anyone be sick of playing Tevye?”

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Making a drama out of a crisis Stephen Oryszczuk visits Western Galilee College to see how a unique student drama course is helping to transform attitudes to the Israel-Palestinian conflict

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young Muslim Arab woman and a Jewish mother from a religious right-wing settler background take the stage together, in front of a mixed Israeli audience. They’ve chosen to. Two years ago, neither would have been the other’s first-choice partner, and both could face recriminations. But they’ve been sharing each other’s space, perspectives, culture and grievances for two years now, and both feel they understand “the other” better, so decide to spread their learning through drama.

Theirs is one of several final-year projects, the culmination of a three-year study in Community and Educational Drama and Theatre at Western Galilee College in northern Israel.

British-born Peter Harris, who made aliyah in the 70s, heads the department and describes the programmes as “bubbles” and “safe spaces” in which the mixed students, aged 18 to 50, not only act together, but come to know one another and learn from each other.

With no stage, no lighting and no space to call their own, these small groups of 15 improvise in more ways than one.

“They interact closely from the start, acting together, touching, learning each other’s narratives,” he says. “In other academic classes, students don’t mix, they group together, Jews and Arabs, speaking Hebrew or Arabic. Ours

don’t do that.”

At first, they’re suspicious of one another.

“A typical 19-year-old Arab girl has never really been outside her village. They’re fearful of Jews.

They think Jews will harm them. Both see the other as a threat, but for our students, that’s only initially.”

About half of Harris’ annual cohort are Jewish – Ashkenazi and Sephardi, religious and non-religious – and half are Arab, be that Bedouin, Christian Arab, Muslim or Druze.

“It reflects the local population,” he says.

“It’s a real melting pot. Some come from outside the region, including Israelis fresh from the IDF. The only ones we don’t get are the strictlyOrthodox, because it’s a mixed-gender course.”

Among the difficulties are language, with Arab students’ Hebrew often basic, but beyond that, Harris says, many are “very naive, very limited culturally. They’ve only grown up in their own culture, so there’s a whole world of information they have to take in. There’s mutual trepidation, anxiety and fear arising from the conflict”.

It deals with itself, he says. “They’re working together, improvising, rubbing against each other, laughing together, bringing their own home narratives into the space.” They explore through stereotyping exercises and “sometimes choose conflict situations in a scene. They can bring their baggage on-stage because it’s a safe

space, and they’ve become friends.”

He cites a 30-year-old mother-of-three Bedouin student “covered head-to-toe” who gets up early to feed her kids then brings homemade food to the class. “They share everything: music, stories, language, expressions. They’re their own community.” His students mix “very naturally,” says Harris. “They take lunch together, spend evenings together, go out, have bonfires, cook grilled meat, they share all that.

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200 people listening to a lecture, there’s no connection being made.”

Soon they get down to nuances, discovering similarities. “They feel secure enough to put the conflict on the table. They realise there are certain things they won’t agree on, but that they can still live together,” he says.

“When we had the last war in Gaza, a Jewish student had her husband and daughter fighting, and Arab students were calling her up to check they were safe.”

Harris thinks it may even be a new model for “mutual accepting and understanding of what each side brings and feels,” adding: “They become part of each other’s creation, partners, regardless of political differences.

“It’s a new way of looking at things, and very satisfying. We consider ourselves a bubble of normalness, of humanity. Outside, people don’t come into one another’s proximities, don’t reach each other on a human level, because of inculcated fears we walk around with.”

He recalls the personal progress of a young Arab woman. “She didn’t utter a word for the first year, but yesterday, we were in a prison doing a project with violent male offenders.

They said: ‘Let’s do a scene where the woman shouts at the man.’ She jumps up and says: ‘If there’s shouting to be done, I’m doing it!’

“So, yes, theatre opens people up, allows them freedom to express themselves and take risks.”

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The Honey G Factor! / Lifestyle

The latest buzz about HONEY G! We catch up on what the Jewish answer to Snoop Dogg and Kanye West – real name Anna Georgette Gilford – has been up to on the latest X Factor show!

THE THEME: In the third week of the telly talent show, the contestants were put through their paces for Diva Week.

THE SONG: Honey G chose a catchy mash-up of Vanilla Ice’s Ice Ice Baby and Under Pressure by Queen.

THE LOOK: She donned her trademark baseball cap and shades, silky white tracksuit and a glittering dollar sign medallion.

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THE VERDICT: Honey G sailed through to next week’s round, but some in the audience booed and dismayed fans at home took to Twitter as favourite Relley C was sent home. @LewysHynes wrote: “What?! @Relley_C was amazing!!! How is Honey G still there… ” But there’s still support for the Harrow recruitment consultant, including from new celebrity pals. Cricketer Freddie Flintoff wrote: “Yesssssssss ...@The_Honey_G is through”.

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It’s San Fran-tastic!

Sharon Feinstein visits the Californian home of the Golden Gate Bridge, birthplace of hippies, beat writers and the tech revolution

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here’s a ‘power’ look in San Francisco – young professionals in black-rimmed Paul Smith glasses wearing sharp designer suits.

They’re the billionaire Apple, Uber, Google execs, the hot new designers and fashionistas at the cutting edge of ideas.

San Francisco has always been that special avant-garde place. If Rome is the city of grandeur and civilisation, Paris of boulevards and patisserie, San Francisco spawns ideas, movements and big change.

I’ve always dreamt of visiting because at times it lit up my life, a beacon where hippies had flowers in their hair, gay rights took off, beat writers congregated and big artists such as Richard Diebenkorn gave us breathtaking canvases.

The place to stay is at Clift on Geary Street, the oldest boutique hotel in the city, which Philippe Starck has turned it into a style haven.

There’s a real wow factor as you enter the surreal, dimly-lit lobby with its oversized

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Our room on the 14th floor, with its big windows and soft colours, was a peaceful haven in this energetic, vibrant city.

In San Francisco you walk, especially on warm evenings. It reminded me of Cape Town, with its hills and dips, never-ending views of the pounding ocean and even the strangeness of gazing out to ‘the Rock’, what was America’s most notorious penitentiary, Alcatraz, rather like looking out to Nelson Mandela’s prison, Robben Island.

We tramped through Chinatown to the financial district, one area leading into another like colourful scene changes, as we looked for Quince restaurant.

Every time we asked for directions, people looked envious and raved about it.

We realised why immediately. Quince envelops you with its artistic, calming atmosphere – the classy Top: The Golden Gate Bridge. Above: Sharon with her daughter above the Golden Gate. Left: Part of the Industries of California mural by Ralph Stackpole in the Coit Tower

chandelier, vases of exquisite flowers, dark sophisticated colours.

Here every detail is perfect.

As restaurants get brighter, louder and more crowded, Quince gives you space, comfort and the exceptional. The fish is so intensely fresh, vegetables so creamy and sweet and the wine pairing exciting.

The only other place that lived up to that, and increased my lifelong fascination with food, was Saison San Francisco, holder of two Michelin stars, where food really is “art”.

Between Saison and Quince, you find Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, Apple CEO Tim Cook and Hollywood stars hanging out.

But it all comes at a price.

Saison’s open kitchen is like a stage set, each course producing a rallying call, lights shining down on the intriguing dishes sent out, all 13 of them, checked for perfection by head waiter Scott. It’s a steel-and-brick setting, with wellgroomed waiters looking like Prada models, an easy atmosphere, and an air of exuberance. We never got bored or tired of the stream of dishes.

I also had the best bespoke cocktail of my trip, smokey and pungent, just hitting the spot.

We shopped on groovy Fillmore Street and spent hours in the spectacular San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (known simply as SFMOMA to natives). It’s probably the most wonderful gallery I’ve been in, even captivating my ever-distracted 20-something daughter.

We also enjoyed walking along the coast above our hotel so we could gaze out at the glittering Golden Gate Bridge, and went up Coit Tower, with its collection of colourful murals depicting the city’s history.

Over in Mission Street, Daniel Libeskind has created an outstanding place to visit in the shape of the Contemporary Jewish Museum, dedicated to L’Chaim - life. It’s a thought-provoking, intuitive place and a touching reflection of American-Jewish identity.

Libeskind said he wanted the design to serve as a homage to the past and survival of the Jewish tradition. “You discover the old and the new in a constant conversation with each other,” he said. “I think that is also part of the Jewish tradition. To do new, but always in conversation with an age-old history.”

Jews have lived in San Francisco from its early boom days, streaming in with the Gold Rush and today forming a community that is 200,000-strong.

Back at Clift, there was a jewel in the crown, the Redwood Room. Unbelievably beautiful, the bar is carved from a single redwood tree with a Murano glass top, art deco wall carvings and moving digital art images – a cave of beauty.

It’s everyone’s favourite bar in San Francisco and the light bites are superb.

What better way to say goodbye to this glittering city?

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Sharon booked into the Clift boutique hotel, San Francisco.

For more details and rates, visit clifthotel.com.

Foodie enthusiasts are encouraged to try Quince (quince restaurant.com) and Saison San Francisco (saisonsf.com).

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On the side COVENT GARDEN’S LATEST Could Covent Garden house any more restaurants?

Margot is the latest opening in this foodie haven. Seamless service, refined interiors, authentic Italian food and an extensive international wine list are promised. It’s large (104 covers), elegant and contemporary, with a palette of deep blues with copper accents. The tiramisu with chocolate heart and crumble is enough to tempt me! margotrestaurant.com

As the English well know, Italians understand how to savour life’s pleasures with far more zest and panache than we ever could. So as a devotee of Harry’s Bar in Venice, and friend of owner Arrigo Cipriani, it was with some trepidation that I went to Mayfair’s C London (formerly Cipriani). Could it ever match the legendary Harry’s Bar, compete with its luscious Bellinis and super-light bread rolls? Or indeed the inimitable service and Arrigo’s warm welcome?

Everyone has a personal favourite for fish and chips, but I must give a shout-out to my local in Mill Hill, Frydays – meaty, succulent fish, crispy matzo meal coating and fabulous fries (batter-coated or simply grilled). Portions are so huge we always have leftovers.

020 8959 4318 Fitzrovia favourite The Ninth, with celebrated chef Jun Tunaka at the helm, has been awarded a Michelin star. So-called because it is the ninth restaurant in which he has worked (although the first he has owned), The Ninth offers relaxed neighbourhood dining focused on French-Mediterranean sharing plates and arguably the best tarte tatin in London. theninthlondon.com

Happily, C London is very much its own place. It’s like being on a slick, art deco ocean liner in the 1930s. The setting is pale polished wood with chrome detail, frosted glass, Pullman lamps and eye-catching portholes with moving images of the sea. There’s a warm glow, with bustling waiters in starched white jackets and bow ties and, to top it all, there is an extensive, diverse menu.

The Sicilian waiter chose a smoky white wine from the slopes of Mount Etna for us, a great accompaniment to my tuna tartare, which came with a luscious little pie, and my compan-

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ion’s crisp puntarelle and anchovies. My succulent Dover sole was among the best I’ve had, grilled with herbs and lemon, nicely accompanied by a side of spinach.

And then the parade of desserts, just when you thought you were going to be oh so controlled. There’s an outrageously good zabaglione cake, and sensationally good meringues.

The prices are in the eye-watering category for sure, but this is the best address in London for a perfect Bellini, a classy setting and guaranteed good European food.

Moreover, judging by the stream of beautiful people, the power couples, French and Italian women in six-inch heels and McQueen attire and posh, pukka Englishmen, C London is one of the places to be.

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The best part was dessert, specifically the Nutella sourdough pizza doughnut– hot bread oozing lashings of warm, gooey Nutella – taking my guilt and cholesterol to another level.

A nicely curated wine list offers three types of red and white, plus one of rose, ranging from about £15 to £20 for a bottle and £5 for a glass.

Seven is a little slice of seventh heaven in Harrow.

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Seven, a slice of sourdough heaven, has recently opened in Harrow.

Entering the elegantly designed pizzeria, you feel you’ve taken a large step from the hustle and bustle of Station Road. Exposed brickwork, double-vaulted floor-to-ceiling glass windows and trendy artwork give the place NYC loft-style panache. It’s a great place to impress someone locally, or to take the family at the weekend and will give your taste buds a transatlantic extravaganza without denting your wallet.

The menu comprises a choice of seven pizzas, very reasonably priced, especially given the quality and size (£4.60 to £6.90). All come with a sourdough base – apparently the

healthier choice – made daily onsite. It is crunchy and crisp on the outside, spongey in the middle and adorned with artisan-looking toppings. The buffalo mozzarella tastes like the real deal, sourced direct from Italy. Seven’s wood-fired pizza oven heats up to 500ºC, meaning the pizzas are cooked in under a minute.

For those who can resist the carb temptation, there is a superfood salad with either lightly-smoked mackerel or peri-peri chicken, or a chicken Caesar salad. I had the former – a fresh, generous, healthy portion of spinach, beans, cucumber, seeds, quinoa and mackerel for the bargain price of £7.30. Clean and simple, no razzmatazz.

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Ask Dr Ellie Our resident GP Ellie Cannon answers your questions...

Q I had labyrinthitis last

winter, which was extremely debilitating. Is the condition likely to return?

Labyrinthitis is an infection on the inner part of the ear known as the labyrinth. The labyrinth is the part of the ear that controls balance, so when it is inflamed and infected, your balance is affected dramatically.

It causes people to suffer tremendous dizziness, where the room spins and often people have to hold on to firm objects just to walk across the room. It also makes people feel nauseated and sick, with relief only felt when you lie still.

The symptoms are very dramatic, worsened by the fact they can often come

on out of ‘nowhere’. It is caused by a viral infection so, usually, like any other virus, lasts two to three weeks which, as you say, is very debilitating.

Sometimes sufferers find the unsteadiness may persist for a month or two, but usually once it has cleared it has gone completely.

Very rarely in some people it never clears and symptoms sadly persist for years. There are medications a GP can prescribe for the condition that go some way to ease the dizziness: the response to these are varied. It is equally important to explore what else can help, such as time off work, rest and help at home.

Dizziness can be a dangerous symptom, for example when you are driving, or it can cause people to fall, so this needs to be considered. If in your case the symptoms have gone completely, there is no reason to think it will come back.

Q My nine-year-old gets a lot of tummy aches. Our GP thinks it’s just a phase and nothing to worry about, but could we be missing something serious?

Abdominal pain is a really common symptom in children and can be a result of any number of issues. Regular tummy aches are a well-recognised emotional symptom in children; rather than having a physical cause, they can be a way of a child expressing their anxiety and worry.

Many children go through phases of these emotional/physical symptoms causing symptoms such as tummy aches, difficulty sleeping or problems going to the toilet. So the first issue for you to address is

what that could be, whether it’s a school or family worry causing the tummy aches.

Rather than dismissing it as a phase, it is best to find out what is causing it and start talking about it. The second issue is what else could be going on.

Tummy aches could be the result of constipation, bladder infections, food intolerance or other bowel diseases such as Crohn’s. None of these are issues you want to miss so, at the very least, your child should have been examined and possibly sent for some investigations.

This is a hard balance. It is not fair to put a child through invasive tests they may not need, but likewise you don’t want to miss a serious diagnosis. Have a second chat with the GP and tell them what you’re worried about so you can be reassured properly. It may be worth agreeing a time with him or her when you will start investigations if the aches haven’t gone.

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You are right to say there are many women within the community affected by breast cancer. Having Jewish ancestry is recognised as a risk for breast cancer, along with many other factors. Screening in this country starts at 50, with women having mammograms every three years into their 70s.

Certain groups of higher risk women will be referred earlier for early screening: there are many criteria but, to simplify things, it involves having more than one close relative diagnosed or cases in women

younger than 40 in the family.

For Jewish women, because it is a risk factor in itself, they can be referred to specialist clinics for risk assessment with only one first or second degree relative diagnosed with the disease.

This does not mean you will necessarily have earlier screening, but rather a full risk assessment taking into account many factors – not just your heritage – to see how early screening should start for you. The other important issue as far as breast cancer is concerned is the BRCA gene.

Three mutations of the BRCA genes, which cause early-age and aggressive breast cancers, are found at higher rates within the Ashkenazi community. Therefore testing for BRCA may be an option for Jewish women even if you have no breast cancer in the family. If you are eligible, you can participate in breast cancer research at BRCA Protect. www.brcaprotect.org

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Sedra: Bereishit, It’s Biblical / Orthodox Judaism

SEDRA: - Bereishit

It’s Biblical

RABBI JONNY ROODYN Shabbat Bereishit is a time for new beginnings. We rewind our Sifrei Torah and start again, but this isn’t just an act of repetition and review. The familiar stories of Bereishit are read for us again not to remind us of historical events but to offer us a chance to delve deeper into the messages contained within.

The world today is very different from a year ago. Events are unfolding, social change abounding and the geopolitical reality is constantly shifting. The parshiot of Bereishit are not just stories, they are the method the creator of the universe chose to communicate the most important life lessons to us.

Rashi starts his commentary to the Torah with the famous question why does the Torah start with Bereishit? His answer is of tremendous relevance and importance as UNESCO attempts to deny our connection to our holy city. Rashi famously answers that should (or indeed, when) the nations of the world deny our right to the land of Israel, claiming we are a band of thieves, we can point to this parsha that establishes Hashem’s sovereignty and ability to give the land to who he wishes.

I have often wondered what help that will be; it’s not as if UNESCO will turn around and say ‘OK you’re right, the land is really yours’. I therefore think it’s fair to say this answer is for us.

As we start the Torah, whose narrative is in essence a journey towards the Promised Land, we reaffirm our commitment to the land of Israel. We declare with pride that the land of Israel was given to us, together with an awesome responsibility to build a model society and teach the world by example.

 Rabbi Roodyn is an educator at Aish London

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Who is the most beautiful human being ever to have lived? The rabbis have an interesting answer: Adam.

Next to him, Eve was apparently a mere gorilla. However next to Eve, the rest of humanity are mere chimps. This ambivalence marks the view of our great female ancestor in Jewish tradition.

This week we read of our common ancestors Adam and Eve. The Torah teaches us man and woman were created together and then goes on to describe how

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Eve was fashioned out of one of Adam’s ribs. However, the Midrash in Genesis Rabba 8:1 speaks of God creating a beast with two backs and then splitting it to make man and woman. Adam and Eve were made fully adult, aged about 20.That means they were in the full vigour of their lives.

However, they did not have the experience of someone of that age.

There is some dispute over which was wiser – the Midrash (Genesis Rabbah 18:1) teaches our Creator gave women more understanding than men, deriving it from the word the Torah uses for building (“va-yiven”) the woman from the rib.

According to some midrashim, the Almighty made two Eves, the first one entering the world bloody and wet like a newborn baby. Adam rejected her, perhaps because of her gory appearance, or perhaps (according to other midrashim) because she wanted to have complete equality with him.

Adam rejected her. Some say

she was returned to dust, some that she was the cause of the argument that resulted in the murder of Abel by Cain. Another theory says the first Eve lurks in the darker places of the earth as Lilith, the mother of all demons.

The two Eves idea comes from a verse in the Torah where Adam exclaims: “This one at last is bone of my bones.” (Genesis 2:23).

Eve is a prototype mother figure and is in some ways the first tragic figure in the Bible.

Eve is set up to fail with the test of the trees. Adam does not tell her what God said, but makes up additional rules which leave her open to serpentine exploitation.

She is punished more severely by having to take the animal part in giving birth, and on top of this has to watch her younger son murdered by her older one.

It is said that Eve, the mother of all life, is buried next to her husband Adam in the cave of Machpela in Hevron.

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Daisy Bogod joins the chorus of disgust at Donald Trump’s remarks about women

Donald Trump’s “lockerroom talk” was many things – disgusting, demeaning and dangerous are three words that spring to mind – but definitely not shocking. After all, he had already made comments about women, Mexicans and Muslims that would have seen him sacked from any job in seconds.

I cannot imagine a worse example for today’s youth than Trump, who goes against everything inclusive and egalitarian Judaism stands for.

What shocked me was the reaction of older white men on the right of American politics who previously supported him throughout his hideous catalogue of abuse.

Why did it take them this long to start getting angry about Trump? It’s obvious: they felt their wives and daughters had been insulted.

Should Jews celebrate ‘Challah-ween’?

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They objected on behalf of their (female) relations.

As a young woman, I can tell them all women, not only their daughters, have to put up with this every day.

Not letting women exist outside their relationship to men – always being thought of as a wife or a daughter rather than a person – is not the way to help.

 Daisy is a member of the Liberal Judaism staff team

There’s plenty of evidence to suggest Halloween is not a Jewish festival. Originally in May, the Christian festival of saints was moved in the ninth century to November, when harvests could provide food for pilgrims travelling to observe All Hallows.

Trick-or-treating evolved from a medieval European custom of door-todoor begging for ‘soul cakes’ in exchange for prayers for dead relatives.

Even seen as a modern secular occasion, the festival has aspects contrary to Jewish values. Its celebration of death and the occult contrasts with Jewish emphasis on ‘choosing life’ and Torah’s prohibition of witchcraft or sorcery.

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Handing out sweets at our front doors seems harmless (if perhaps not to dentists) until you remember the threat of ‘tricks’ unless ‘treats’ are provided.

Children too young to tell the difference between fantasy and reality can be easily scared by costumed revellers, even without the recent creepy-clown craze.

Halloween may not be ours to celebrate, but it can still offer inspiration. As Tishri has just reminded us, the Jewish calendar is full of our own festivals.

Imagine how enriched our Jewish lives could be if we poured into them the same energy and creativity that many people put into Halloween!

We have our own opportunity for dressing up and creating a little chaos at Purim; it’s never too early to start

INSTEAD OF CARVING PUMPKINS, WE CAN GET ARTISTIC WITH THE LIGHTS IN OUR WINDOWS AT CHANUKAH

thinking about costumes, so browse those Halloween shelves for ideas! Instead of carving pumpkins, we can get artistic with the lights in our windows at Chanukah.

Succot encourages us to decorate our temporary homes and welcome guests into them; Shavuot invites late-night festive get-togethers. Purim and Pesach offer the opportunity to present food gifts to strangers, but there’s no time limit on keeping a bowl of change by the door to donate to charity collectors.

By cooking with seasonal foods to reflect the changing year, we have chance to make each Shabbat meal a fresh delight.

Giving out sweets to callers can build friendly relationships with neighbours.

Beyond that, however, it might be easier to avoid feelings of missing out on Halloween when we truly celebrate our own festivals, investing them with love and creativity.  Eleanor is the community education consultant for Reform Judaism

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Dear Sue It’s that time of year when I make regular visits to synagogue, but am unable to understand the rabbi’s sermon or the announcements – despite wearing my hearing aids. Do you have any advice as I don’t want to feel left out of my community?

Judith Dear Judith Happy new year to you!

If you wear hearing aids, do you know that there is a loop programme installed on them – also known as a ‘T’ switch?

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Symptoms include a runny nose or congestion, increased breathing effort, cough, temperatures, wheezing (highpitched expiratory sound).

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into them by your hearing aid specialist.

Are you aware whether your synagogue has a special hearing loop in place?

If you use your aid’s personal loop, within a looped area, the rabbi’s voice will be fed directly into your aid.

You will hear far more clearly without any annoying surrounding noise and chatter to disturb you.

Many synagogues – United, Reform and Liberal – have loop systems, as do many cinemas, theatres, musems and shops.

Look for the logo of an ear with an arrow through it.

If you would like to know more regarding the loop, please contact the Jewish Deaf Association.

You can call us on 020 8446 0214 or email Hearing Connect on info@hearing connect.org.uk with asthma, which can manifest as chest tightness, nocturnal or exertional cough and the above.

Medication (inhalers) are required for this.

Other causes are rare: inhalation of a foreign body, allergic reaction or congenital heart disease (babies).

If your child has any of the features below, please seek medical advice: • struggling to breathe; abnormal chest movement • difficulty drinking, talking or crying • moaning, lethargic, irritable or floppy • Colour change • Breathing faster than 60 breaths per minute • Poor growth • High temperature • Not their usual self.

DOV NEWMARK ALIYAH ADVISER, NEFESH B’NEFESH See full profile on pages 30-31

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All their UK pensions (state or private) will follow them to Israel; and how they are structured will determine if they are taxed at source in the UK. It is worth taking professional advice if they are not sure. Your parents would be entitled to the full basket of government benefits, just like all olim receive when they make aliyah.

I would recommend that your parents meet with me to discuss their thoughts and help them plan accordingly.

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LIONS GO CLEAR AT TOP OF HERTS TABLE

London Lions made it tens win from ten as they won 4-1 at Chipperfield.

James Gershfield, Austin Lipman, Adam Burchell and Josh Kennet scored the goals, with boss Andy Landesberg (pictured) saying: “We didn’t have it all our way but have players fighting for places in a winning team.”

RAIDERS MAINTAIN PERFECT START

Raiders kept up their 100 percent winning start as goals from Gideon Gold and James Cartmell saw them beat Chigwell 2-0 in Division One of the Masters League.

Lions A beat Scrabble 3-0 thanks to a brace from Craig Pearl plus Hadley Silver’s strike, while in Division Two, Jason Rich, Justin Woolf and Gil Barel scored in Marshside’s 3-2 win over Brady Maccabi B.

Israeli Victoria Filanovsky celebrated her latest win at the weekend when she won bronze at an international Artistic Gymnastics event in Lithuania.

The 21-year-old, who finished behind Russian twins Dina and Arina Averina, most recently won silver in the clubs and bronze in the hoop, ball and ribbon discipline at the 2016 Grand Prix Final in Eilat, last month. Her highest world ranking to date is ninth, which she achieved last year.

Sam sends Redbridge joint top Redbridge A moved joint-top of the Premier Division table as they made it five wins from five thanks to a 4-2 win over Brady. Nathan Sollosi scored twice, with Sam Sollosi and Zack Neiman also on target.

Oakwood A were held to a 3-3 draw at FC Team A. Jonny Quinn, David Woolman and Rafi Stone scored for the O’s, though Mitch Young, James Korn and Bradley Cohen earned Team a point.

London Lions A won 4-2 at SPEC thanks to goals from Alex Rose, Sam Castle, Johnny Haik and Dom Cheniart.

London Lions B are clear at the top of Division One thanks to a 4-1 win over Los Blancos. Joshua Bloom scored twice, with Michael Kenley and Dom Feldman also on target.

Oakwood B claimed their first win of the season as goals from Sam Modlin, Daniel Seligman, Dan Ash and Jacob Richler Kleiman saw them beat Brixton 4-0.

The one fixture in Division Two also brought a first league defeat of the season for a Redbridge side, as the C team were beaten 1-0 by bottom-of-the-table FC Team B, Jamie Breslaw netting the game’s only goal.

In the first round of the Peter Morrison Trophy, Division Two side

Hertswood Vale claimed not only the upset of the day – but also their first win of the season as a 99th minute winner from co-manager Jack Shulman saw them win 2-1 at Division One Finchley Vale. Harry Graham had earlier found the target for them, converting a 60th minute penalty.

Another upset saw Division Two’s RC UK FC win 4-3 after extra time at Division One side Hendon B. Player-manager Avi Markiewicz scored a hat-trick, with Mordy Weiler also on target.

Game of the day was a ten-goal thriller, which eventually saw NL Raiders C beat Catford & Bromley 5-3 on penalties, after the sides drew 5-5 after 120 minutes. Ashley Davidson scored twice, with Alex Elf, Liam Stein and Alex Sherr also all on target. Stein, Rob Samuelson, Elf, Scott Waissel and Josh Daniels all converted from the spot.

Both Faithfold sides are also safely through, the A’s beat L’Equipe 3-2, thanks to Daniel Yossman’s double and Shai Davidi’s strike, while the B’s saw goals from Josh Barnett and Avi Garson see them to a 2-1 win over Boca Jewniors.

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Israelis historic ride in Qatar Team Cycling Academy made history by not only becoming the first Israeli Pro Team to compete at the UCI World Championships – but by doing it in an Arab country. The team’s veteran, Dan Craven, said: “Racing in Qatar as an Israeli team, was for me and my teammates, a message of peace.”

Hendon manager David Garbacz says his side will focus on winning the three Jewish trophies after they suffered a first round exit in the London Sunday Challenge Cup. Zac Lewis scored twice in their 5-2 defeat to Omonia, with Garbacz saying: “We were incredibly depleted, gave away a couple of cheap goals and left ourselves with too much to do.

“With a full team we could have and should have got through, but it wasn’t to be and we’re back to concentrate on the three Jewish trophies.”

SHOCK SACKING FOR MACCABI BOSS

Sam Sollosi scored for Redbridge A

Milch on a mission as he gets set for twelfth pro fight Light middleweight boxer Tony Milch says he’s aiming to show he’s a championship level fighter when he returns to the ring next weekend at York Hall.

Having won the International Challenge belt in his last fight, the 35-year-old takes on Norwich-born Duane Green in what will be his 12th professional bout – as he looks to maintain his 100 percent winning run.

He said: “I’m looking to show I am a championship level fighter, and will use the fight to demonstrate the skills I’ve been working on.”

Scheduled for six rounds, he said: “It’s a nontitle fight, but I will it treat it like one. Winning my first title has added to my confidence and I’ve been ticking over in the gym since last boxing in the summer. I’ve been raising the training as it gets closer to fight night, am sparring with

HENDON TO FOCUS ON JEWISH TROPHIES

Maccabi Tel Aviv have sacked their manager Erez Edelstein just five games into the new basketball season.

The club had won their first three domestic league games, but lost their first two EuroLeague matches.

A club statement said: “After a late night meeting between team owners, management and Erez Edelstein, it was decided to end Edelstein’s tenure as head coach due to inadequacy between the two sides.”

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Milch is looking for his 12th professional win

heavier fighters and increasing my strength and conditioning work.”

Looking forward to ‘a good fight’, he adds: “By putting on a good show, I hope 2017 will then bring bigger and exciting opportunities.”

Tickets for the 5 November fight can be bought via milch@live.co.uk or @TonyMilch on twitter.

The world famous Harlem Globetrotters completed their tour of Israel in Jerusalem at the weekend.

Performing in three other shows in Tel Aviv, Beersheba and Haifa, the trip was part of their world tour which is celebrating their 90th anniversary.

The exhibition basketball team which combines athleticism, theatre, and comedy, went 18 years without visiting Israel until their trip in 2008, though have made several visits since due to their popularity in the country.