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Labour accused of cover up over
failure to publish full Royall inquiry
Door left open to readmit members
expelled for anti-Semitism
New evidence could result
in at least two suspensions
JEREMY CORBYNS office last

night told Jewish News that specific
allegations against a small number
of individuals will be passed by
Baroness Royall to the Labour Partys
general secretary, in the wake of her
report into allegations of anti-Semitism at the Oxford Union Labour
Club [OULC].
The news came more than 24-hours
after the peer presented the findings
of her three-month investigation to the
National Executive Committe.
However, controversy erupted over the
partys failure to publish the report in full,
amid claims this gave the impression it was
in denial and had squandered a golden
opportunity.
Last night the party insisted its NEC
had taken the decision to safeguard specific individuals.
It is believed that claims against at
least two people were due to be passed to

Labours general secretary Iain McNicol last
night. If the party finds there is a case to answer,
regular procedures will be followed potentially including immediate suspensions.
Baroness Royall was tasked with investigating allegations at OULC after its
vice-chairman Alex Chalmers resigned in
disgust in February, claiming members
have some kind of problem with
Jews.
She submitted her full report to the
NEC, which only chose to publish the
summary and recommendations
leading to the chorus of disapproval.
There is, however, room for cautious optimism, with the party
agreeing to adopt 11 of the reports recommendations including training and support for those
in leadership positions.
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INQUIRY INTO LABOUR ANTI-SEMITISM
CHAKRABARTI: ILL REVIEW

WITHOUT FEAR OR FAVOUR
THE HUMAN rights campaigner leading
a Labour review into anti-Semitism has
insisted she will investigate without fear
or favour, despite revealing she joined
the party on the day she was appointed
to the role, writes Justin Cohen.
Former Liberty director Shami
Chakrabarti [left] was appointed two
weeks ago by Jeremy Corbyn at the
height of an anti-Semitism scandal, in
which time at least 20 members have
been suspended, including the one-time
London mayor Ken Livingstone, who suggested Hitler supported Zionism.
The probe will look at boundaries for
acceptable behaviour and language
and scope out the need for training programmes for members before she delivers her findings at the end of next
month, Chakrabarti said at the inquirys
formal launch in Parliament on Monday.
She repeatedly stressed her independence from any person or group.
Although her cross-party work at Liberty
had prevented her from joining the party
before, the campaigner said she has now
done so to ensure she had the full trust
of members whom she invited to submit
evidence.
And I do not think I am less independent for making absolutely clear that
I share the values of the Labour Party
constitution and will seek to promote
those values in any recommendations
and findings, she said.
I thought that was the most honest
thing to do to be clear that I was undertaking this because I do believe in the values of the Labour Party and want to see
them promoted, not just in the Labour
Party but in the world.
In a move welcomed by community
leaders, Baroness Jan Royall whose
report into allegations of intimidation
of Jewish students at the Oxford
University Labour Club was published on
Tuesday was announced as a second
vice-chair of the inquiry, alongside history
professor David Feldman.

Concerns had been expressed about
the latters role, in part because he is a
signatory to Independent Jewish Voices,
which released a statement describing
some allegations of anti-Semitism as
disingenuous. Saying he had distanced
himself from that statement, Chakrabarti
said: I am completely confident that he
approaches this inquiry with an open
mind, as do I.
But she was at pains to make clear the
final recommendations would be hers,
adding: It is my hope everyone in this
room will agree with my recommendations but, in the end, someone has to
take responsibility.
She firmly rejected suggestions that
the probe had been diluted by the
extension of its remit to include Islamophobia and other forms of racism.
There is no hiding from the fact the
trigger for this inquiry was concerns
about anti-Semitism. But anti-Semitism
being a form of racism, it would seem
odd to me to say the least not to look at
all forms of racism, including Islamophobia, she said.
Chakrabarti who said she intended
to seek evidence from Corbyn as part of
a process invited submissions from
members and supporters of Labour as
well as members of the Jewish and other
communities by 10 June. It was also confirmed that the leader would present a
new code of conduct to Labours NEC,
although she warned her remit meant
she could propose amendments to it.
Jeremy Newmark, chair of the Jewish
Labour Movement, had previously
stopped short of welcoming the inquiry.
But he said: I welcome this inquiry as a
heavyweight and serious attempt diagnose and deal with the problem of antiSemitism in the Labour Party.
Shami Chakrabarti and Baroness
Royall are serious and credible figures
who will undoubtedly run and rigorous
and robust process.

This is a meaningful opportunity for
our Labour Party to move forward and
set a gold standard for how a modern
political party deals with anti-Semitism.
I hope that we embrace it.
Labour Friends of Israels Joan Ryan
said: I welcome the news that Jan
Royall is to become a vice-chair of the
Chakrabarti inquiry. It is now obvious
that the virulently anti-Israel discourse
which exists among a minority within the
Labour Party cannot be separated from
the issue of anti-semitism.
I have made this clear in my discussions thus far with Shami Chakrabarti,
and LFI will be working to ensure this is
at the top of her agenda. We will judge
the success of this inquiry on its willingness to make the case that while there is
nothing illegitimate about criticising the
actions of the Israeli government, this
must not be allowed to cross the red line
into denying the Jewish peoples right to
self-determination and thus the existence
of the state of Israel.
She took a swipe at the Conservatives
for failing to set-up a similar inquiry into
complaints including from senior figures
such as ex-party chair Baroness Warsi
over the partys London mayoral campaign against Sadiq Khan.
Chakrabarti added: Im not qualified
to currently answer questions on the
Warsi Inquiry into allegations of Islamophobia in the Conservative Party. Is
there one? No, there isnt, she said. It
is for other parties to look at their own.
This inquiry and its findings intend to set
the kind of standard that all democratic
parties might seek to follow.
Asked if her decision to take up the
role was related to Corbyn being leader,
she said: I joined a Labour Party that has
Jeremy Corbyn as its leader. Further, I
joined the party on the day I accepted a
chalice that may or may not contain
water. That is all I want to say about that.
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New mayor of Hounslow apologies for equating Israel with Hitler

THE NEW mayor of Hounslow
who was elected on a promise to
diffuse community tensions
has apologised for a past comment on YouTube in which he appeared to equate the actions of
Israel with those of Adolf Hitler.
Councillor Nisar Malik, the
boroughs first Muslim mayor,
became the latest Labour politician to become embroiled in the
ongoing row over anti-Semitism
this week, only a year after he
was elected.
Malik, who runs a string of

halal counters at branches of supermarket Asda, said sorry after
being confronted with a past
comment in response to a 2012
video of a Jewish woman raising
concerns with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
We all should stand up and
voice out whenever there is injustice, whether its done by Hitler
or state of Israel to Palestinian,
he wrote. Please speak out now.
No more human rights in Gaza or
Westbank [sic].
This week, he said: I unreservedly apologise for any
offence I may have caused. The
opinion that I sought to convey
was that people should stand up
to any and all injustices; but
I recognise that I may have upset
people with my choice of words.
Last year, Malik told fellow
councillors: Theres a little bit of
work needed from both sides
[Muslims and non-Muslims] to
defuse the pressure, which comes
largely from misunderstanding.

He added: By mixing, talking
and engaging with each other,
I believe we can achieve that and
make this borough an even better place in which to live.
My message to all communities would be: Dont tolerate so
much you start tolerating intolerance. As Muslims, we tolerate
some things we shouldnt be tolerating, and other communities
tolerate things they shouldnt be
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New evidence from Royall inquiry could lead to suspensions

Continued from page 1
Royall told the Jewish Labour Movement of
her disappointment and frustration that the
main headline coming out of my inquiry is
that there is no institutional anti-Semitism in
the OULC, adding: That is true, but it is only
part of the story.
In a column, republished in this weeks Jewish News, she went on to claim that
in the OULC there is a cultural problem which
means that Jewish students do not always feel
welcome. Many students reported that,
should a Jewish student preface a remark as
a Jew, they are likely to face behaviour that
would not be acceptable for someone saying
as a woman or as an Afro-Caribbean.
She added: There is an environment in
which Jews cannot feel
safe to debate unless
their every remark is
prefaced by criticism of
the Israeli Government. This was, she
said, a double standard, as women or
Muslims are not expected to preface comments with criticism or
preconditions.
Royall, who
noted that antiSemitism at
OULC could
be used as a
factional political tool,
was clearly
disturbed
by the NECs
Above: Ken Livingstone. Inset: Alex Chalmers
decision not to disclose the full report, a decision widely derided by Jewish community
leaders and parliamentarians.
Labour MP Joan Ryan, chair of Labour
Friends of Israel, said: Were disappointed at
the NECs decision not to publish the report
in full It makes it difficult to judge the report
and opened the party to charges of a coverup. For the victims of anti-Semitism, justice
has not been seen to be done.
Board of Deputies president Jonathan
Arkush said: We are disappointed that the
full report has not been released, in apparent
contradiction to Baroness Royalls express
wishes. We note that the original Labour students investigation was also not released.
There seems to be a culture of suppressing
or delaying the release of reports on this crucial issue.
While the peer found no institutional antiSemitism within the OULC, she made a series of recommendations for both the Club
and the national party, which could be seen

as criticism of leader Jeremy Corbyns handling of recent cases. She recommended
Labour consider adopting rule changes that
will allow swifter action to deal with antiSemitism, in reference to complaints about
the partys tardy approach in some cases, but
erred against lifetime bans.
Royall, who was widely praised for gaining trust and confidence and conducting a
fair and balanced investigation, also suggested that Labour adopts a definition of
anti-Semitic discourse. She referred to the
Macpherson definition of racism, whereby an
incident is investigated if it is perceived as
anti-Semitic by the victim.
Simon Johnson, chief executive of the
Jewish Leadership Council, said he regarded
the exercise as incomplete until the release
of the full inquiry and revealed he was disappointed with the NECs decision to suppress it Organisations that do not publish
full reports tend to lose legitimacy in the eyes
of the general public.
A spokesperson for the Community Security Trust, which deals with anti-Semitism, said
Oxford victims complaints remain unanswered by the party, while the Jewish Labour
Movements Jeremy Newmark said the NECs
decision risks contributing to the existing
problem of denial within the party.
Royalls set of 11 recommendations, to be
adopted by the party, include training and
support for those in leadership positions, a
better reporting mechanism, a properly resourced procedure to investigate swiftly and
take appropriate action when allegations are
made, as well as on the vetting of candidates, social media guidelines and the
t.
Es
boundaries of acceptable discourse.

She said: Words like Zio and
tropes such as blood libel are obviously anti-Semitic, but there are
other words in which the context
in which they are used is critical, so
guidance is necessary. Her
thoughts will feed into the larger

inquiry by ex-Liberty director
Shami Chakrabarti.
A Labour spokesperson said:
The NEC agreed and accepted
the report. The recommendations have now been published.
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CHURCH MUST LEARN FROM JEWS

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THE VATICANS most senior official on

relations with Jewish communities has
insisted the Catholic Church must learn
from the centrality of the home and
Shabbat in Jewish life, saying the Sunday culture in Christianity is very weak.
The frank comments from Cardinal
Kurt Koch, president of the pontifical
commission for religious relations with
the Jews, came during an exclusive interview as he joined leading theologians from both faiths for a two-day
symposium on enhancing relations.
The most important thing we can
learn from the Jewish people is first of
all its a religion not of the synagogue
but of the home, the family, the cardinal told Jewish News.
Im convinced the survival of the
Jewish people is rooted in the family.
The Sunday culture in Christianity is very
weak. The survival of the Jewish people
in the tradition belongs also to this clear
tradition of Shabbat. Family and Shabbat
are two main challenges for Christianity.
He was one of 11 Catholics and Jews
from around the world meeting in Cambridge to mull the next decade of dialogue, four months after the release of a
landmark Vatican document that clearly
Jewish and Catholic theologians at the Cambridge symposium. Inset: foundation stone
opposed any attempts to convert Jews

and spoke of the need for Christians
to fight anti-Semitism. The document,
The Gifts and Calling of God Are Irrevocable, came half a century after what he
described as the epoch-changing Nostra Aetate, which overhauled relations
between the two faiths.
Pope Francis always says its impossible to be a Christian and to be antiSemitic. I hope this message is clear
above all in our church in ecumenical
relations and in society. Pope Francis is
not tired of saying this, Koch said.
Asked about how anti-Israel sentiment
all too often crosses the line into anti-
Semitism, he insisted there was a need

to distinguish between the people and
land of Israel and its policies.
Not every critic of the politics of the
state can be anti-Semitic because there
are many critics in Israel. On the other
side, we cannot distinguish and say we
have only a relationship with Jews as
individuals and not as a people and the
land.
He also reiterated the Popes wish to
finally open the Vatican archives related
to the Nazi era. We want transparency,
the 66-year-old said. But its a great work
with millions of documents and when
academics enter without any order they
cant work. Putting all these documents

in order is the challenge we have. But its
very clear for the Pope that we must
open these archives.
The cardinal expressed gratitude to
the Woolf Institute which he described
as a leader in the study of relations
between Jews, Muslims and Christians
for organising the symposium.
On Tuesday, the foundation stone for
the Institutes new building was unveiled
at a ceremony addressed by Lord Woolf,
who supported the initiative from its
inception in 1998.
Spread over three-and-a-half floors in
the grounds of Westminster College,
the venue will feature a purpose-built library, conference facilities, media centre
and research hub as well as accommodation for students. It is set to open next
summer at a cost of 10million.
Institute founder Ed Kessler, who
began negotiations on the project four
years ago, said: At the moment we

have researchers here and there, but to
have a research centre where everyones
working together will be fantastic.
To have students living in the same
place as staff helps announce to Cambridge and the world we are a permanent presence, not a passing fad. Lets be
honest, the issue is understanding relations between the religions is not going
to become less important.
He said the event had been a unique
chance not just for Catholics but for
Jews Orthodox and Reform to think
what does our relationship with Christianity mean. Its not just about the history
of anti-Semitism, but theres something
quite profound and were starting to
look at it.
He added: It will be very interesting if
we can come to a common accord about
tricky subjects. My fantasy would be that
in a certain number of years therell be a
Nostra Aetate 2 that might be signed up
by leading Jewish and Christian figures.
Argentinean Rabbi Abraham Skorka, a
close friend of the Pope, was among the
Jewish representatives.
One of the most important challenges of our time is interfaith dialogue,
he said. The best barrier we can build
up against fanaticism is to demonstrate
that the way of living is the way of dialogue. The Bible is a book of dialogue.
The pope applauds all those working for
dialogue and reconciliation.
Father and daughter to be elected synagogue chairs

LINDSAY SHURE and his daughter,
Lucy Jackson, are set to make history
on Sunday when they become the
first father and daughter in the United
Synagogue to be elected chairs of
their respective synagogues, writes
Jenni Frazer.
Shure is set to become chair of
Chigwell and Hainault Synagogue,
while Jackson, who has been vicechair for the past two years, is due to
become chair of Mill Hill Synagogue
that communitys first female chair.
I was very proud when I heard
about Lucy, Shure told Jewish News,
adding: I am proud of all my four
daughters. As for Jackson, she
smiles: Shul is in my blood.
Jackson, a mother of three, is
currently on maternity leave from her

post as head of communications for
the music therapy charity, NordoffRobbins.
I got involved with Mill Hill about
seven years ago because of my
experience in organising events my
career has been in charity and PR.
For the past two years, she has
served as vice-chair to one of the
biggest synagogues in the US Mill
Hill Synagogue has 1,800 adult
members and an estimated 1,200
children, and probably the largest
number of under 16s of any synagogue in the country,
We cant operate like a small shul
any more, says Jackson, whose
mantra is that shul isnt just about
Shabbat mornings.
Mill Hill, she says, endeavours
to offer something for everyone, with
a wide range of social and
educational programming aimed at
attracting people of all ages and
levels of observance.
I feel very privileged to do this
work, she says.
Over in north-east London, her
father, Shure, who works in IT and
is a psychodynamic counsellor, has
different challenges.
Chigwell and Hainault Synagogue
grew out of a merger of two communities and is this year marking its 40th
anniversary in its current building.
It has around 1,350 individual
members and its board is unusual in
that it includes four married couples,

serving the synagogue.
I always talked about the Chigwell
and Hainault family, says Shure, and
thats the way we work. We have loads
of bar and batmitzvahs at the moment, we are announcing the appointment of a new assistant rabbi, Rafi
Goodwin, and we have a lot of young
couples moving in to the area.
Both father and daughter were
thrilled about their new positions,
but laughed at the idea of a oneweek job swap. We are very different communities, said Shure, firmly.
But Jackson had the last word.
I like the idea of my father as chair so
I can call him up and run problems by
Double act: Lucy Jackson and her father, Lindsay Shure
him if I need to!
Walliams praise Call to rename Hendons memorial garden after Sir Nicky
for Tikvas talent
Comedy star David
Walliams was in conversation with Tania Bryer
at Tikva UKs annual
dinner in central London,
where 1.1m was raised
for Tikva Childrens
Home in Odessa.
Walliams said: Its
brilliant to see such an
overwhelming amount
of support for such a
wonderful charity.
BARNET COUNCILLORS are

proposing to rename Hendons
Holocaust garden in honour of
humanitarian Sir Nicholas Winton, who rescued hundreds of
Jewish children from Prague on
the eve of the Second World War.
London mayor Sadiq Khan and
his predecessor Boris Johnson
both backed the idea of renaming
a London street or landmark after
the humble hero, who died last
year, but planning laws meant
that individual boroughs were
best placed to enact change.
Barnet politicians took the initiative earlier this year, after being
approached by the Raoul Wallenberg Foundation. The idea will go
to a vote at the annual council
meeting on 24 May, following
agreement by the committee.
Sir Nicholas Winton
Renaming the Holocaust

Memorial Garden in Hendon Park
in Sir Nicholas Wintons honour
would seem a fitting tribute,
said Conservative councillor Dean
Cohen.
I was approached by the
Raoul Wallenberg Foundation,
whose mission is to develop edu-
cation programmes and public

awareness campaigns based on
the values of solidarity, civic
courage and the ethical cornerstones of the saviours of the
Holocaust, he said. Sir Nicholas
embodied these values and his
example should continue to be
recognised and remembered.
The president of the Raoul
Wallenberg Foundation, itself
named after a Swedish diplomat
who saved thousands of Jews,
earlier wrote to then-mayor Johnson outlining initiatives to commemorate Winton ahead of the
anniversary of his death in May.
Together with plans for a bust
or statue, Johnson was asked to
consider the idea of naming a
London street and/or public
place after Sir Nicholas Winton
as part of an initiative identifying

physical sites in Europe that gave
shelter to victims of Nazism.
Winton masterminded the
Kindertransport from Czechoslovakia in 1939 in which 669
mostly Jewish children were rescued by train across what was
soon to be occupied Europe.
A memorial service will take
place today at Londons Guildhall to celebrate Wintons life.
Among the 400 people
attending will be representatives from the Czech, Slovak
and UK governments, from the
German and Swedish embassies
in addition to 28 of the children Winton saved, including
Labour peer Lord Alfred Dubs,
Lady Milena Grenfell-Baines and
Rev John Fieldsend.
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Lewis briefs Corbyn
Ivan Lewis with Jeremy Corbyn
A JEWISH MP in Manchester has

met Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn to press the partys particular responsibility to tackle
anti-Semitism and has been told
to submit his ideas to an inquiry
on the issue.
Ivan Lewis, MP for Bury South,
said the meeting had been prearranged, and that he told Corbyn
that the anti-Semitism crisis had
already cost Labour council seats
in the north.
I made it clear that while the
vast majority of Labour members
are not anti-Semitic, there is a serious problem among a minority
which has to be tackled decisively,
Lewis said after the meeting.
Im hopeful action will follow.
Jewish News to bring Hyper Cacher hero to London

THE MUSLIM hero who saved Jewish
shoppers during the fatal terror attack
on a Paris kosher supermarket is to be
honoured in London by Jewish News
and Faith Matters.
Britains most-read Jewish newspaper and the Muslim interfaith organisation are teaming up to bring Lassana
Bathily to the UK for a four-day visit that
will include a City Hall reception hosted
by new London mayor Sadiq Khan, and
attended by politicians and community
leaders.
Mali-born Bathily was working at the
Hyper Cacher supermarket when fellow
Malian Amedy Coulibaly burst into the
store just hours before Shabbat.
Four people died in the assault last
January, but the number of victims could
have been far higher but for the bravery
of the 25-year-old, who guided shoppers into the safety of a cold store room.
After managing to escape, he was
held for an hour by police who mistook
him for a terrorist, before helping officers to make out the scene, playing
a role in helping bring the siege to an

end.
His visit will also include a public
event with JW3 on 29 May, at which he
will be interviewed by ITVs Lucy Manning, as well as a meeting with a group
of Muslim and Jewish women and tea at
the House of Lords.
The event will also hear from CST
communications director Mark Gardner,
who will discuss the security impact of
the attacks and the comparative situation for Jews in France and Britain.
Faith Matters director Fiyaz Mughal
said: Lassanas story is one of hope
triumphing over hate. It is a story of one
man who has overcome the odds and
whose belief in Islam means that he
sees no difference in people apart from
whether they do good or not.
This is the Islam he was brought up
with in Mali, yet he came across a fellow Malian on that fateful day whose
belief in the so called Islamic State led
him to kill Jewish shoppers.
Lassanas actions saved lives and
shows the struggle of true Islam, which

values pluralism against the strain of
extremism that is Daesh and which has
sought to represent itself as Islam. This
is why his message needs to be heard
and why Faith Matters have brought
him to the UK with Jewish News.
Justin Cohen, news editor of Jewish
News, said: While he shuns the title,
Lassana is a true hero whose selfless
actions were a shining light in the midst
of unimaginable evil and horror. In a
world where too often stories of strife
between faiths grab the headlines, his
story caught the imagination of media
around the world and sent out a muchneeded counter narrative.
It is partly to highlight stories of
cooperation that we launched our dedicated interfaith section online two years
ago and are delighted Sadiq Khans support will enable us to honour Lassana in
the heart of our proudly diverse city.
For tickets to the JW3 event go to
www.jw3.org.uk/event/paris-attacksfrance-uk-and-antisemitism
Lassana Bathily is embraced by a wellwisher outside the Hyper Cacher on the

first anniversary of the attack
New anti-Zionist NUS president faces mass exodus of universities

ANTI-ZIONIST student leader Malia
Bouattia faced an exodus of universities
this week as several high-profile institutions prepared to vote to leave the
National Union of Students.
With Cambridge and Warwick undergraduates voting this week, and Oxford
peers doing likewise at the end of May,
student unions across the country
reacted to requests to disaffiliate from
the national body.

At Durham, students triggered a referendum, to be held before the summer,
while at Warwick, students debated the
tense atmosphere created by comments from NUS president Bouattia and
local Labour councillor Aysegul Gurbuz.
Bouattia incurred the wrath of Jewish
societies across the country following
statements she made referring to the
Zionist-led media and her description

of the University of Birmingham as a
Zionist outpost.
There will now be votes to disaffiliate
from the NUS held at Worcester, Hull,
Leicester, Loughborough and Salford,
with petitions to do so currently promoted at Nottingham and Kings College, London. Students at Newcastle and
Lincoln have already voted to leave, while
at York, an earlier petition on NUS disaffiliation led to the issue being considered
in a formal policy review, with student
groups and societies being consulted.
A decision on whether we hold a referendum should be made in the next
week or two, said a spokeswoman.
The Union of Jewish Students said
Bouattia would have to change her tune
if there was to be any future working
relationship between the two.

I understand the anger displayed by
Jewish students following NUS Conference this year, said UJS campaign
manager Russell Langer.
Last week students at Exeter chose to
remain affiliated to the national body,
while at Leeds, where there is a large
Jewish student population, the student
union said it had no plans to disaffiliate.
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Heathrow terror plot targeted Israel arrivals

A
BRITISH
WOULD-BE
al-Qaeda terrorist plotted to
carry out a suicide attack at
Heathrow airport, targeting
passengers returning from
Israel and America.
Minh Quang Pham travelled
to Yemen in 2011 to train with
al-Qaeda with the intention of
carrying out an atrocity in his
home country, according to
The Sunday Times.
He was backed by the terror
groups leader, Anwar al-Awlaki,
who provided Pham, 33, with
5,000 and a clean laptop to
prepare the attack.
Al-Awlaki, who was killed in
a US drone strike in 2011, also
provided Vietnam-born Pham
with detailed information to
build a suicide bomb with the
intention of detonating it in the
arrivals hall at Heathrow, to
Above: an arrival hall at Heathrow.

Inset: Minh Quang Pham
coincide with arrivals from Ben

Gurion airport.
Pham, a Muslim convert from
New Cross in south London,
was arrested by UK police,
charged with five counts of terrorism and extradited to the
US. He pleaded guilty in January to the charges.

In a letter written to the judge
ahead of sentencing this week,
Pham admitted to being

naive and claimed he had no
serious intention to carry out
the attack. Rather, he only
agreed to his mission as it
would mean he could leave
Yemen. He wrote: I only
wanted to leave Yemen and had
to accept a foreign operation.
He went on: I was suffering
scabies since February 2011
and with no treatment it
had gotten worse by May/
June. I was also missing my
family and wanted a way out.
Accepting whatever they
wanted seemed to be appropriate for me.
The letter also renounces
all
extreme
ideology
Al-Qaedas action is damaging
the image of Islam and I further
do not believe they represent
true Islamic values.
Regev makes Board debut

ISRAELI AMBASSADOR Mark Regev has
told the Board of
Deputies that Israel
cannot make peace
with the Palestinians
until they recognise
the right of Jews to a
sovereign
state,
writes Joe Millis.
Regev (pictured), making his
first address to the Boards plenary on Sunday, said: While Israel has been celebrating its
68th birthday, there are people
marking Naqba Day what the
Palestinians and their supporters describe as the catastrophe
that was the creation of Israel.
The Australian-born envoy
noted, however, that the
Palestinians could have been
celebrating 68 years of independence, too.
The Zionist movement
embraced the partition in
1947, even though it

was not all that we
wanted. But what
was the response of
the Palestinian leadership? They said no.
And it wasnt the
first time. They rejected a two-state
solution in 1937,
when they said no to the Peel
Commission. They said no at
Camp David in 2000 and they
said no again in 2008.
This was because, Regev
said, they dont want to live
in peace with Israel or accept a
Jewish state in the Middle East
in any borders.
Asked why so many Holocaust survivors were living in
poverty in the Jewish state, he
said Israel had done a lot to
help the survivors. Of course,
we could do more, but we have
spent millions on the survivors.
Police search for hate incident victims More children taught in il egal schools Refugee letter overlooked Orthodox
THE VICTIMS of a tirade of
anti-Semitic abuse yelled from
a car in Stamford Hill have
been urged to make themselves known to police investigating the incident.
Hackney police responded
to reports of anti-Semitic
abuse in Stamford Hill, which
has a sizeable strictly-Orthodox Jewish community.
They were called to
Osbaldeston Road at 9.24pm
on 16 May following reports

of a group of males in a car allegedly shouting anti-Semitic
remarks to passers-by.
A
spokesperson
said:
Police attended and there
was no trace of the suspect
vehicle, which is described as
a Vauxhall Vectra. No arrests
have been made. Enquiries
are underway.
This incident is being
treated as a hate crime.
MANY MORE children are

hidden from authorities in unregistered religious schools
across the country than previously thought, Ofsted chief inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw
warned this week.
Inspectors have identified
100 suspected unregistered
schools across the UK since a
specialist team comprised of
seven inspectors was set up in
January to investigate the on-
going problem.
Wilshaws stark warning, set
out in a letter to the Education
Secretary Nicky Morgan,
comes after Hackney Council
said it is trying to tackle the
issue of unregistered Orthodox
Jewish schools operating in
Stamford Hilll.
A 200-student Charedi school
recently decided to remain
open despite a government closure order.
A LETTER FROM Christian and

Jewish clergy urging more
immediate help for child
refugees failed to carry the signature of any Orthodox rabbi,
writes Jenni Frazer. All 24 Jewish signatories were from the
Reform and Liberal movement.
Rabbi Janet Darley, of South
London Liberal Synagogue,
who helped get the Jewish signatories to the letter published
in The Times last week, said:
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Berger may quit Westminister to be mayor UJIA nose how to celebrate

SHADOW MINISTER for Mental Health
Luciana Berger could follow fellow
Labour MP Sadiq Khans example by
running for mayor of a major UK city.
Earlier this month, Khan beat Conservative candidate Zac Goldsmith to
become the new mayor of London, leaving Westminster politics.
For London-born Berger, who represents Liverpool Wavertree, the lure of
a city-wide remit is tempting.
Ive been flattered by people across
the Liverpool city region approaching
me, encouraging me to put my name forward as a candidate for the new position
of [Liverpool] metro mayor, she said.
This role is vitally important for the future success of the region. I will be consulting with family, friends and members
of my constituency Labour Party in the
coming days, before reaching a final
decision on whether to put my hat in the
ring for the position.
Shadow Health Minister Luciana Berger
She added: The would-be mayors

patch would include Halton, Knowsley,
Sefton, St Helens and Wirral, as well as
the city of Liverpool, and the position
would carry newly-devolved powers in

areas such as education, housing and
planning.
The city is known as a Labour stronghold, so the partys candidate would
stand a good chance of winning.
Fellow Labour MP Steve Rotheram, the
Liverpool-born son of a forklift truck
driver, may also run.
Elections for the new Liverpool mayor
will be held next May. Current mayor Joe
Anderson, who is involved in negotiating
a devolution deal to bring additional
powers to the area, is also understood
to be in the running to be Labours
candidate.
Berger is one of a growing number of
centrist Labour parliamentarians looking
at mayoral positions around the country,
with former Labour leadership candidate
and shadow home secretary Andy Burnham thought to be considering running
for mayor of Manchester.
UJIA WAS pleased

nity centres led the
to see more than
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paign.
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members of youth groups up
The combined effort raised
and down the country were 209,000, which Wegier
among the most enthusiastic said was an overwhelming renose wearers at barbeques and sponse.
other fundraising events, supA delegation of 55 Israeli
porting the charitys educa- teenagers gathered for a Big
tional projects in Israel.
BBQ in Radlett, 280 guests at a
I think the blue nose is here business breakfast heard from
to stay, said UJIA chief execu- Israels envoy Mark Regev and
tive Michael Wegier of the cam- 100 volunteers took to the
paign. People have really phones for a telethon.
taken it into their hearts.
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Government warned on British aid to terrorists Boxer Tyson Fury sorry for anti-Semitic YouTube video
THE GOVERNMENT is being
urged to stop turning a blind
eye to British aid being used to
pay salaries of Palestinian terrorists.
It follows Norways decision
to stop paying the Palestinian
Authority after the organisation
admitted that aid money was still
being used to pay salaries to
convicted murderers.
Michael McCann, a former
Labour MP who now fronts the
Zionist Federations Israel-Britain
Hamas terrorists surround a child
Alliance, called for the Department for International Development (DfID) to withhold the
25million it gives to Mahmoud

Abbas PA.
McCann, the former vice-chair
of Labour Friends of Israel, says
DfID is guilty of turning a blind
eye to UK taxpayers money being
used to incentivise murder.
The Board of Deputies backed
the campaign, saying: Until DfID
can be absolutely sure money is
going to the right people... we call
for the aid to be suspended.
Michael McCann column, p19
WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT champion Tyson Fury has apologised

for comments he made in an
hour-long video rant, saying he is
in no way a racist or bigot.
Fury, (pictured), 27,
caused controversy after
making homophobic,
sexist and anti-Semitic
remarks in the interview
uploaded online last
week, which
led to wide-
spread calls for him to be

banned from boxing.
I apologise to anyone who
may have taken offence at any
of my comments, Fury said in a
statement.
I said some things, which
may have hurt some people,
which as a Christian man is
not something I would ever
want to do.
I mean no harm or
disrespect to any-
one and I know more is expected

of me as an ambassador of
British boxing and I promise in
future to hold myself up to the
highest possible standard.
Anyone who knows me personally knows that I am in no way
a racist or bigot and I hope the
public accept this apology.
In his latest outburst, he
claimed that Zionist, Jewish
people own all the banks, all the
papers, all the TV stations.
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Israels 1,600-year-old Roman find
The find includes a statue of moon goddess Luna and a water vessel
A CHANCE discovery by two Israeli divers uncovered the countrys biggest find of underwater
Roman-era artefacts in three
decades, archaeologists said as
the priceless objects were
showcased for the first time.
The treasures were discovered by divers Ran Feinstein
and Ofer Raanan when they
happened on an ancient shipwreck close to the ancient port
of Caesarea.
Standing next to his diving
buddy, Raanan recounted the
moment the pair realised they
had come across something
special.
It took us a couple of seconds to understand what was
going on, he recalled. He said
they left the first sculpture on
the seabed when they found it,
but then when they discovered

a second one they realised it
might be significant and
brought it to the surface.
They later searched the area
and uncovered more ancient
artefacts. It was amazing, I
dive here every other weekend
and I never found anything like
that ever, he said.
The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) sent down its divers to
investigate further and recover
the precious Roman-era cargo,
which includes bronze statues,
lamps, jars, animal-shaped objects, anchors and thousands of
coins featuring images of
Roman emperors Constantine
and Licinius. Some of the objects date back to the fourth
century, while others are from
the first and second century.
Judge rules on 5m shuls dispute

AN AMERICAN judge said the
original intentions of North
Americas first Jewish settlers
guided his decision to award
ownership of the nations oldest
synagogue and its pair of ceremonial bells valued at more than
5million.
The ruling, made this week,
followed a bitter legal battle between the countrys oldest Jewish congregation and the
congregation that worships at its
oldest shul, the 250-year old
Touro Synagogue in Newport,
Rhode Island.
Lawyers for Shearith Israel in
New York City, which claimed
ownership of the synagogue, said
they were considering whether to
appeal the verdict, after U.S. District Judge Jack McConnell issued his 106-page findings.
The central issue here is the
Touro Synagogue in Rhode Island
legacy of some of the earliest

Jewish settlers in North America,
who desired to make Newport a
permanent haven for public Jewish worship, he said, following
the nine-day trial last year,
adding that the intention of the
community that established the
synagogue in 1763 guided his
decision.
After the onset of the Ameri-
France rejects Bibis criticism

PARIS HAS rejected a suggestion by Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu that France
is not impartial in supporting a
renewed peace initiative between Israelis and Palestinians.
Netanyahus snub was revealed as he briefed cabinet
ministers of his talks with French
Foreign Minister Jean-Marc
Ayrault ahead of a conference
aimed at reviving the moribund
peace process.
The Israeli PM noted Frances

support for a scandalous UNESCO resolution, adopted last
month, which condemned Israel
for its actions at Temple Mount in
the holy city, but failed to recognise Jewish links to the site.
It casts a shadow over the impartiality of the forum France is
trying to convene, said Netanyahu. The only way to advance true peace with the
Palestinians is via direct talks.
can War of Independence

(1775-83), most of Newports
Jewish residents left, many relocating to New York.
By the 1820s, there were no
Jews left in Newport, so Congregation Shearith Israel became Touros trustee, a role it
continued.
Years later, as Jewish families
slowly returned, Shearith sent
items back, including two ceremonial bells (rimonim), made by
renowned silversmith Myer
Myers and now valued at $7.4
million. In recent years, however,
Shearith sought to evict the
Newport congregation.
Lawyers for Touro said: The
effort to evict the Rhode Island
congregation has been thwarted
and an important piece of American and Jewish history has been
preserved.
Punch apology
A PENSIONER has taken out a
newspaper advert to apologise
to the Jewish boy he punched
when he was growing up.
Tom Caldwell, who was
raised in Toronto but whose
family were Protestants from
Northern Ireland, said he would
more regularly hit Catholics,
but hitting Howard Rosen has
always bugged him, because
he knew it was anti-Semitic.
Now, ex-boxer and grandfather-of-four Caldwell has decided
to lay the 65-year demon to rest
by apologising publicly, by placing
an advert in the Canadian Jewish
News, reading: To Howard
Rosen, sorry I punched you at
Runnymede Public School in the
early 1950s. Tom Caldwell.
Caldwell has no idea whether
Rosen is still alive, but said that
if he got in touch, the former assailant would offer to buy his
past victim lunch.
His bark is
worse than
his tweet
Israels Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu
along with his dog
Kaya took to Twitter to
answer users questions on the popular social media platform.
#AskNetanyahu quickly
became the days most
popular trending term
in the country.
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Clinton: I killed myself for Palestinian state

FORMER US President Bill Clinton has said I killed myself to
give the Palestinians a state, in
defence of his record as Middle
East peacemaker during his time
at the White House.
In a heated exchange with an
audience member, who shouted
out: What about Gaza? during
a campaigning event for his wife
Hillary on Friday, he said: I killed
myself to give the Palestinians a
state. I had a deal they turned
down that would have given
them all of Gaza, 96 to 97 percent
of the West Bank, compensating
land in Israel. You name it.
In defence of his wifes trackrecord in dealing with Israel and
the Palestinians, particularly her
role in agreeing a 2012 ceasefire,
Clinton added: She and the
Muslim Brotherhood president of
Egypt stopped the shooting war

between Israel and Hamas in
Gaza.
He also launched a scathing
attack on Hamas tactics in Gaza,
saying: Hamas is really smart.
When they decide to rocket
Israel, they insinuate themselves
in the hospitals, in the schools, in
the highly populous areas, and
they are smart. They try to put the
Israelis in a position of either not
defending themselves or killing
innocents. Theyre good at it.
Theres nobody whos blameless in the Middle East, but we
cannot really ever make a fundamental difference unless the
Israelis think we care whether
they live or die. If they do, we
have a chance to keep pushing
for peace.
Thats [Hillary Clintons] posi-
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No great shakes: Yitzhak Rabin, Bill Clinton and Yasser Arafat in 1993
tion. Not to agree with the

Israeli government on everything. Not to pretend innocents
dont die. Not to pretend that
more Palestinian children dont
die than Israeli children. But that
we cant get anything done unless they believe, when the chips
are down, if somebody comes
for them we will not let them be
wiped out and become part of
the dustbin of history.
Spielberg: no idea of Dahls views French Jews criticise Munich film

STEVEN SPIELBERG, who directed Munich and Schindlers
List, said he had no idea of
anything that was purportedly
assigned to Roald Dahl, when
asked about the authors antiSemitic views at the Cannes Film
Festival on Saturday.
Dahl was described as a blatant anti-Semite by AntiDefamation League director Ab
Foxman after his death in 1990.
Interviewed in New States-
man, in 1983, Dahl said: There

is a trait in the Jewish character
that does provoke animosity,
maybe its a kind of lack of generosity towards non-Jews.
I mean, theres always a reason why anti-anything crops up
anywhere. Even a stinker like
Hitler didnt just pick on them for
no reason.
Spielberg was at Cannes to
publicise his film, The BFG,
based on Dahls book.
THE REPRESENTATIVE body

of French Jewry has condemned the showing of a
film about the 1972 Munich
Olympics at the Cannes Film
Festival.
Conseil Reprsentatif des Institutions juives de France
(CRIF) wrote to the French culture minister, Audrey Azoulay,
protesting the emphasis of the
film Munich: A Palestinian
Story.
CRIF said the film script

states: Everything ended
when German security forces
stormed in, killing five Palestinians and 11 Israeli athletes.
The Israeli athletes had
been held hostage by Palestinian terrorists from the Black
September group.
CRIF
president
Roger
Cukierman claimed the films
script was a scandalous revision of historical facts.
United States
Brazil
A JEWISH WOMAN aged 113 is

now the oldest living American
after the death of a 116-year-old
on Friday. Goldie Michelson,
who lives in Massachusetts, was
born in Russia in 1902 but emigrated to the US when she was
two. I never thought Id live this
long, she said last year. I just
went on and on.
BRAZILS NEW president has appointed a supporter of the countrys large Jewish population
as his foreign minister, and has
put an Israeli-born economist
in charge of the central bank.
Michel Temer made the changes
after the impeachment of Dilma
Rousseff, who called Israels 2014
Gaza operation a massacre.
Netherlands
Belarus
AMSTERDAM CITY council is to

give the capitals Jewish community 10m to compensate for the
way it forced Holocaust survivors
to pay missed taxes on their
return from Nazi death camps.
Hundreds were sent bills and
fines for rent arrears when they
got back. The money will go to
unspecified community projects.
A RUSSIAN-LANGUAGE Limmud has been held in the

Belarusian capital of Minsk for
the first time. Among the speakers whose families hail from the
former Soviet state was former
Israeli general Uzi Dayan,
nephew of legendary commander Moshe. Organisers say
750 Jewish delegates attended.
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way of life. Our community simply wouldnt thrive the way it
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For Jami, the mental health service for the Jewish community,
relationships and family are incredibly valuable. Tanya Harris,
Head of Services at Jami, says:
We all need social capital, those informal support structures
that keep us grounded and connected with our local
communities. Family and friendships strengthen our sense
of connectedness and can reduce the risk factors associated
with mental illness such as unemployment, homelessness
and social isolation.
Jamis befriending and hospital visiting programmes couldnt
work without dedicated volunteers who want to spend time
helping people who are living with mental illness. And for
those who feel slightly detached from their own family or
community, Jami events such as Friday night dinners or
community seders can help people to re-integrate back into
society and their own communities.
Friendly Faces
Jami has a dedicated hospital visiting coordinator who
visits people who have been admitted to mental health
units and who coordinates volunteers who also visit
patients in hospital. Referrals come from ward staff, family,
friends, and from patients themselves. The coordinator or
volunteers then visit people in hospital or residential care,
offering them contact and an opportunity to chat openly.
Some patients nd that their own family or friends dont
or cant visit them while they are in hospital, and so their
hospital visitor is a vital link to the outside world and
offers huge amounts of support and comfort. Tanya says:
Visiting people when they are in hospital is vital. It reminds
people that the community still thinks about them. Having
a hospital visitor gives people a connection with the world
and reminds them that the community cares.
These visits are

food for my soul.
- Sam
Sam, patient
Sam is in his mid-40s. He
is currently a patient in a
mental health unit. His wife
visits a few times a week but
she works full time and has
to be at home for their young
family so she struggles to
visit Sam as often as she
would like. James is one of
Jamis hospital volunteers
and Sam approached him on the ward after another
Jewish patient pointed him out.
James visits Sam regularly and they spend time
chatting or playing cards. James brings with him a
copy of the Jewish News so Sam can catch up on
whats going on in the community and at Pesach he
took with a box of treats.
Sam describes these visits as Food for my soul.
I value the opportunity to speak to someone who
understands what Im going through and how it feels
to be on the ward.
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Carers play a huge role in supporting those affected by mental
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support those with disabilities for example with practical tasks
and personal care. However, in mental health terms carers are
anyone (friend or family) who emotionally supports someone
with a mental health problem. Jami was originally established
by carers so has always had a service which supports
and informs carers as well as direct service users. Some
carers are supported in groups while others are supported
individually. Tanya says Many carers give up income and
future employment prospects in order to care for someone
and far too many struggle bearing the emotional burden of
caring without knowing what support is available to them.
Knowing someone cares about you is so important when you
are experiencing a mental health problem but the carer needs
looking after too. Jamis carers support programme ensures
that carers can look after their own health effectively and
ensure that the carer is fully aware of all avenues of support
open to them.
Social Action
Being an active member of society is an important part of
recovering from mental illness. Taking steps to go out and
socialise can be hugely daunting but also incredibly rewarding.
Jami helps people to take these steps by encouraging
befriending. Befrienders are volunteers who help Jami service
users to rediscover old hobbies, take steps towards meeting
people and develop new connections.
Tanya says: The befriending relationship is so valuable and
key in helping people develop. The befriending programme
allows people who would otherwise be alone and isolated
to access their local communities with support from another
person. With the support of a befriender, people are able to
make use of social, cultural and educational facilities within
their local community. The pairs meet monthly or fortnightly for
coffee, cinema visits, window shopping, playing games or any
number of other excursions. These relationships play a vital
role in recovery from mental illness.
The changing nature of our community - how we interact and
form relationships - continues to evolve. Recognising the
ongoing need of connecting to others remains vital and central
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Rebecca is in her 30s and is

carer to her mother who has
long term mental health issues.
Rebecca struggles with the care
for her mother as she can be
verbally abusive and at times
will reject her and not let her in.
Rebeccas mother will not allow
any services to support her and
her GP is not supportive. Caring
for her mother has impacted on all areas of Rebeccas life.
Caring for her mother has had a huge impact on Rebeccas
self-esteem and condence and has affected how she
builds relationships and sustains them.
Rebecca comes to a weekly carers group at Jami, where,
for the rst time she said she feels that she is understood
and supported: Jami carers group is a safe place where you
Mark, befriender
Mark is in his 50s and is a Jami
Befriender, who says that As a
volunteer with Jami, it has made
me aware of the huge value
and impact that befriending
makes to vulnerable people in
society. It benets not only the
befriendees but gives those
offering support a great deal of
satisfaction.
can share, laugh and cry. The group supports Rebecca to

go to college and complete a course in health and beauty
to build her condence and independence in the future.
She has been linked to social work support and has been
helped with a grant to buy furniture for her at as she has
been sleeping on the oor. Rebecca said she nally feels
that she has the support to plan her future and to create a
home for herself.
Jami carers group is

a safe place where
you can share, laugh
and even cry.
- Rebecca
convenient time and venue and he often plays board

games, goes to galleries or even just has a walk in the park
followed by a coffee. The meetings usually last an hour but
may be extended by mutual agreement.
To support Mark, Jami have sent him on a Mental Health
First Aid course and offer him continued guidance for
his role.
Befrienders can come from all backgrounds, though in this

instance, Mark has suffered with depression himself since
his teens. Now he is in a stronger position, he wanted to
help people with their own mental health problems.
As a befriender I dont need to know the diagnosis or
background of the people I am partnered with, but I can act
as a friend sharing and making social contact.
Mark meets his befriendees once a fortnight at a mutually
- Mark
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EDITORIAL COMMENT AND READERS LETTERS
Letters to the Editor

Frustration over Royall
but there is progress
AFTER WEEKS of negative headlines about antiSemitism, this should
have been the week the
Labour Party decisively
grabbed the initiative and
finally got on top of the
issue.
Three months after the
resignation
of
Alex
Chalmers from the Oxford University Labour
Club, we expected to finally discover further details about evidence the
peer
had
garnered
through a thorough and
exhaustive process.
Fast forward 24-hours
and the NECs failure to
publish her report in full
simply heaped concern
upon concern adding
fresh questions to longstanding-ones.
Perhaps there was a
legal argument for not
naming names, but that
surely would not preclude
the publication of more
specifics on the very institution Royall was charged
with investigating.
Its little wonder that
community organisations
and Israel groups were
left expressing extreme
disappointment, suggesting this would add to
the impression of denial
about the scourge within
the party.
The words cover up
the worst possible charge
against an exhaustive inquiry were even mentioned.
If specific allegations
against individuals were
only passed to the partys
general secretary last
night, Labour must not

waver in following exactly
the same course of action
it has pursued in other
cases in recent weeks.
There must be no special
treatment concerning Oxford University.
What
makes
this
episode particularly frustrating is that it has overshadowed what was
actually published and
the steps forward taken at
the NEC meeting the
adoption by the partys
ruling body of 11 recommendations, including for
training and better reporting mechanisms.
No small matter.
By painting a picture of
a leading academic institution in Britain where
Jews have sometimes
been made to feel uncomfortable, it is clear
beyond doubt that there
is a serious problem.
The
addition
of
Baroness Royall to Shami
Chakrabartis wider inquiry should also be welcomed.
Some will be concerned about the potential impact on Ken
Livingstones case of Royalls suggestion that the
party door should not always be slammed shut
after disciplinary action.
But the peers suggestion that the probe looks
seriously at the McPherson approach to defining
racism, where the perception of the victim
counts, could be a significant and welcome intervention.
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WHY THE UK NEEDS

TO STAY IN THE EU
WE HAVE MORE THAT

UNITES THAN DIVIDES
Your columnist Alex Brummer was plain

wrong to say the European Union was originally conceived as an economic, not a security organisation [Jewish News, 28 April].
The Schuman Declaration in 1950 which
paved the way for the first supranational
European organisation the Coal and
Steel Community declared The solidarity in production thus established will
make it plain that any war between France
and Germany becomes not merely unthinkable, but materially impossible.
The integration fostered by the European
Union has helped to ensure 70 years of
peace in Europe. Hence the award to the
EU of the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize.
Alex absurdly suggests that the Eurozone
has created divisive forces every bit as
dangerous as the rise of fascism in the
1920s and 1930s.
If the euro was the disaster he suggests,
it would not be the second most popular
currency held by central banks in their international reserves.
To enter the euro, a country must
demonstrate both economic convergence
and two years of currency stability. The
problems of Greece cannot be blamed on
the Eurozone.
As Alex knows, Greeces convergence
criteria were massaged with the help of
Goldman Sachs and successive Greek governments have failed to keep the fiscal
deficit in order.
To blame the rise of right-wing movements in Hungary, France and Germany on
the Eurozone rather than on the increase
in Islamic fundamentalism is an unforgivable and dishonest attempt to scare Jewish
voters into voting for Brexit.
As confirmed by many economists and
security experts, the UK is better off and
safer in the European Union.
To leave the EU would be a leap into the
unknown in a world already beset by many
uncertainties growing Islamic fundamentalism, uncertainty in the Middle East, the
slowing of the Chinese economy and
Putins adventurism, to name but four.
The UK must remain in the EU and use its
seat at the council table to advance market
reform and national interests.
Jonathan Hoffman
By email
As an occasional letter writer to Jewish

News, I was honoured that one of the
newspapers most esteemed correspondents was driven to respond in a somewhat conciliatory way to my eloquent and
persuasive discourse in the 17 March edition of the newspaper.
I use the word conciliatory advisedly,
because obviously he disagreed with the
other tenets of my letter. Nevertheless, as
the saying goes, never look a gift horse in
the mouth.
Even though at times I differ strongly
with some of his strident utterings in many
previous issues, I do so in a non-inflammatory way.
I do not know Mr Stern but believe him
to be an honourable devout Jew. Because
of that, I hope he will agree some of the
hateful vitriol spewing from Orthodox rabbis, especially in Israel when referring to
non-Orthodox Jews, is beyond the pale
and dishonours the Judaism they espouse
to represent.
If Mr Stern lived nearer to London and
not so far north of the M25, I would gladly
meet him in a nice kosher restaurant (I
would pay if not too expensive) and discuss with respect, Jew to Jew, what we
have in common and not what is divisive
between us. Unfortunately we will probably never be able to agree on that.
Robert Dulin
Winchmore Hill
STATEHOOD DEMAND
IS JUST MEANINGLESS
Mike Fensters letter regarding the ArabIsrael conflict says that Peter Baum and
myself looking at the past will not bring
a solution to the conflict.
May I mention the quote that says we
write history with the ink of the past so
as to get a perspective?
The League of Nations awarded the
Sketches & kvetches

By Paul Solomons www.daftoons.com
IS UNICEF RIGHT IN ITS

VIEW ABOUT ISRAEL?
I read with incredulity the Unicef report on
child poverty in Israel [Jewish News, 21
April]. This is not the Israel I believe in and
supported over the years. Can the report
be true? If so, it is a sad indictment on the
State of Israel that these children are suffering in health and education far greater
than in other developed countries.
I have always believed that Israel and indeed the Jewish people hold that the relief of human suffering (particularly of
children) is one of the most important
tenets of our creed.
May I through your columns request a
statement from the Israeli embassy and/or
any other authorative body on this report?
I feel sure the Jewish people in the diaspora will do all they can to help to redress the plight of these poor children.
Gerald Myers
By email
All you have to do is

tell people how much
everyone is earning.
Arabs the whole of the Middle East except for Palestine, which was awarded to
Jews for the re-establishment of the Jewish homeland. During the Mandate, and
in contravention of its terms, the Arabs
took illegally all the territory east of the
river Jordan, some 80 percent of all of
Palestine.
It follows that the call so frequently
these days for the establishment of a
Palestinian state to satisfy the national
aspiration of Palestinians is essentially
meaningless, since two Palestinian states
(Jordan and Israel) already exist.
This means fundamentally the national
rights of both Arabs and Jews have been
realised. This is not to say the root of the
problem has been solved, as the Arabs
refuse to recognise Jewish rights to any
part of Palestine and this from a Jewish
perspective is unacceptable.
Uri Rabin
Essex
A WINDOW INTO THE

HISTORY OF ISRAEL
I have a considerable number of original
newspapers in my possession relating to
the history of the state of Israel from 1947
onwards.
These cover important events in Israels
history and I would be pleased to pass
them on, free of charge, to organisations
or schools who would find these to be of
interest.
For more information please contact me
on thevulkans@gmail.com
George Vulkan
By email
ROYAL VISIT WOULD

SEAL SHABBAT IDEA
Allow me to share with your readers my
poem about Jewish News Royal Shabbat
initiative, to mark Her Majestys 90th
birthday.
I agree that a Royal Shabbat is a fitting way
To celebrate the Queens landmark birthday.
In June, since together with the whole
monarchy
She is held in high esteem by the Jewish
community.
And by all accounts she feels the same
About us, so its such a shame.
That during her long reign, of all the countries visited,
One has so conspicuously been omitted.
I hope that the Royal advisers and Foreign
Office
Can between them now rectify this.
For that country is approaching the landmark time when
Her age will be the biblical three-score
years and ten.
Thankfully the Queen is a healthy nonagenarian
And next year we celebrate the centenary.
Of a pivotal moment in our history
The Balfour Declaration of 1917
So why not book a flight from Luton or
Gatwick
With Monarch Airlines and make that trip.
For I believe that it would mean
So much to us all if the Queen
At last goes to Israel.
J D Milaric
By email
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OPINION: JENNI FRAZER & BARONESS ROYALL
We remember who we are

...but its enough already
IVE SEEN them all, these past few weeks. Every
single type of Jew, from the Jew-ish who cant
tell the difference between the one with apple
and honey and the one where you dont eat,
the liberal secular ones who know what theyre
not keeping, and the AsaJews copyright
Howard Jacobson who have felt moved to
write to The Guardian to point out that they have
been smugly in opposition to Israel all along so
nobody need think that this present furore over
anti-Semitism has anything to do with THEM,
thank you very much.
My grandfathers, on both sides, were in tailoring, one rather richer than the other, but they
both subscribed to the school of heres a button, make me a suit. And I cant help but feel
part of a giant cut-out-and-keep sewing pattern
as the row about anti-Semitism in the Labour
Party and beyond has ebbed and flowed. Quick,
quick, the Daily Mail wants an observant Jew,
preferably right-wing, to talk about anti-Semitism. Here you are. But look, the Observer wants
a non-observant Jew from the Left to write about
it, too, and shes just as wounded. Allegedly.
Dont worry, we seem to be saying to the
wider public, who, I dare say are thoroughly sick
of reading about anti-Semitism and its concomitant partners of twisted history (copyright Livingstone, K) and esoteric discussions about whether
Israel should ever have been created.
Dont worry, because if there is an angle, or an
argument, or some utterly reprehensible point of

view, we Jews will provide the appropriate nonrole model.
Ya want self-hating? We got em. Ya want selfrighteous? We got those, too. We have comic
Jews and deeply unfunny Jews. We have Jews
who never had an original thought in their lives
not that this would ever prevent them expressing
these banalities. Basically, any kind of Jew who
will comply with your level of bias and/or prejudice, we can offer you, made-to-measure, bespoke fittings.
The only kind of Jew we dont seem to have
too many of are the ones who are currently quivering below the radar, wishing fervently that their
fellow Jews would just SHUT UP.
Because, frankly, there are only so many ways
in which we can talk about anti-Semitism before
people stop listening. I am not suggesting for a
minute that we row back on delivering important
and central messages about the Holocaust and
its lessons for future generations.
But I am getting really, really, fed up with finding any Jew with an arm or a leg ready to contribute his or her two shekels-worth about the
extraordinary existential-ness of his or her Jewish
condition, and how nothing really happened to
them in the school playground or at university or,
well, nothing, actually.
There are some genuinely vile examples of
hideous anti-Semitism out there and a shaken
Rhea Wolfson, about to stand for the Labour

NEC in place of the reviled Livingstone is discovering them to her cost. Most Jews do not
need to have avowed racists explain to them
what anti-Semitism is. Unfortunately we have a
keenly-developed sense of the issue, honed in
our collective folk memory over generations.
But, oh my paws and whiskers, the deluge of
teeth-gnashing, of mopping and mowing, of
weeping and wailing.
We could all, I think, learn a useful lesson from
the unrivalled joie de vivre of the survivors among
us, who are the ones who truly understand what
anti-Jewish racism means. A week or so ago, I
watched the molten energy of the 45 Aid Society
as it celebrated life at its 71st reunion event. If
you could have bottled what they had and sold
it on the market, youd be a millionaire.
A friend who is the son of a survivor is all too
aware of their determination to make the most
of what they have when so much was taken away
from them. With great affection, he said: They
always have a wonderful time. They could hold
that event in a field, and theyd be happy.
I think hes right. Being with the survivors is a
poignant and perfect antidote to the outpouring
of Me, Me, Me which has adorned screens and
newspapers in the past weeks. I am thrilled for
the Jews who have suddenly remembered who
they are, thanks to the likes of Livingstone et al.
But, dear Lord, enough already!
Jenni Frazer
We could all learn a

useful lesson from the
unrivalled joie de vivre of
the survivors among us
My inquiry can help fight

the virus of anti-Semitism
ANTI-SEMITISM IS abhorrent and the values of
our movement mean that it cannot and must
not be tolerated. That was the starting point for
my inquiry. Labour has a proud record of tolerance, anti-racism and standing up for minorities,
and our leader has been at the forefront of
many of the struggles for the dignity of all peoples. Sadly, however, there is now a feeling
among a growing part of the Jewish community
that they do not feel welcome in our party.
There is too often a culture of intolerance where
Jews are concerned and there are clear incidents of anti-Semitism.
For many years, Jews of all ages have strongly
supported Labour, sharing our values and vision
for society. I celebrate the fact that the Jewish
Labour Movement affiliated with the party as a
Socialist Society in 1920. The Union of Jewish
Students says it has an extremely positive relationship with Labour students, with many local
clubs being strong supporters of Jewish students. And the stories of great relationships
between members of the JLM and some MPs,
fostered at university, are legion. This makes the
situation at Oxford University Labour Club all
the more troubling.
I know that you will share my disappointment
and frustration that the main headline coming
out of my inquiry is that there is no institutional
anti-Semitism in Oxford University Labour Club.
That is true, but it is only part of the story.
I am clear that in the OULC there is a cultural
problem which means that Jewish students do
not always feel welcome. And we have to take
action to change this situation. Many students
reported that should a Jewish student preface

a remark as a Jew they are likely to face
ridicule and behaviour that would not be acceptable for someone saying as a woman
or as an Afro-Caribbean.
This should not be tolerated.
There is sometimes an environment in which
Jews cannot debate, or feel safe to do so, unless their every remark is prefaced by criticism
of the Israeli government. Yet no preconditions
are placed on women debating sexism. It is not
a prerequisite that Muslims condemn the atrocities of this or that government before they may
enter a debate on foreign policy. These double
standards are not acceptable.
On other occasions anti-Semitism is used as
a factional political tool and clearly this is inexcusable.
Our party must be a place where, despite robust discussion and vigorous disagreements,
Jews and people of all ethnic backgrounds feel
able to express their views.
I have made a series of recommendations
that can be taken forward immediately which include training and support for those in leadership positions, a better reporting mechanism, a
properly resourced procedure to investigate
swiftly and take appropriate action when allegations are made. These may seem bureaucratic
but I believe that this is critical if we are to raise
awareness, prevent incidents of anti-Semitism
and deal effectively with those that occur.
Some of the most important issues I considered I have left for the Chakrabarti review of
which I am proud to be vice chair. These include
the Macpherson Principle which puts victims at

the heart of the reporting process, the vetting
of candidates, the principles we should adopt
in terms of social media and the boundaries of
acceptable discourse. Words like Zio and
tropes such as blood libel are obviously antiSemitic, but there are other words in which the
context in which they are used is critical so guidance is necessary.
I hope that the adoption of my report and its
recommendations will be considered as the first
step in a process which we will carried through
with the Chakrabarti review. I will continue to be
guided by the principles of the 2009 London
Declaration, signed by the then Prime Minister,
Gordon Brown,
Parliamentarians shall expose, challenge
and isolate political actors who engage in hate
against Jews and target the state of Israel as a
Jewish collectivity. Parliamentarians should
speak out against anti-Semitism and discrimination directed against any minority, and guard
against equivocation, hesitation and justification in the face of expressions of hatred.
We should not rest until we can be confident
that Jews once more feel comfortable in all
parts of our party and movement.
The fight against the virus of anti-Semitism is
a matter for us all, and it is especially important
for people like me, a non-Jew, to identify, call
out and act upon any incidents of anti-Semitism
that we find, and not be afraid to do so.
This column was first published on the Jewish
Labour Movements website. See www.jlm.org.uk
Baroness Royall
There is too often a

culture of intolerance in
the party where Jews
are concerned
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OPINION:
RABBIBRIAN
MIRIAMGORDON
BERGER AND
MARK HAMDI
MAIER
OPINION:
& OMAR
If odious Ken is let back in,

the Labour Party is truly lost
IF THERE were a competition for the four most
despicable personalities in British politics a
rogues quartet my nominees would be Ken
Livingstone, George Galloway, Gerald Kaufman
and Jenny Tonge. All are vehemently anti-Israel.
One is even a self-hater.
The quartet members share another distinction, which I am sure would not cause them a moments loss of sleep. Under no circumstances
would I wish to meet any of them, debate or communicate with them in any way. Neither would I
accord any of them publicity or utter their names,
unless circumstances strongly warranted it.
It may therefore seem strange that I would be
devoting most of this article to Ken Livingstone.
Especially as this odious individual, a former GLC
leader, Labour MP and mayor of London, is now
a political has-been and a powerless non-entity.
Or is he? Thats precisely the problem. No matter how often Livingstone is defeated, investigated, suspended or publicly condemned from
all quarters for his bigotry, his terrorist friends and
venomous language, he has an uncanny knack of
bouncing back with continuous media attention.
Tersely speaking, he gets away with it.
Livingstones most recent outburst surpasses all
previous ones on the Red Ken scale of outrageousness. In endeavouring to mitigate the horrendous statement of the Bradford MP Naz Shah
that Israel should be dismantled and its Jews deported to America, Livingstone declared that in
1932 Hitler had advocated sending all the Jews
to Palestine. Therefore, he reasoned, Hitler was

supporting Zionism before he eventually went
mad and killed six million Jews.
Those extraordinary remarks were factually incorrect. Hitler was totally disinterested in the concept of a Jewish State per se. His implacable
hatred of Jews, and indeed Zionists, was documented years before in 1925 when he was in
prison and wrote the notorious Mein Kampf.
Any later idea of deporting Jews to Palestine
was, in Hitlers evil mind, a stepping-stone towards the ultimate aim of attacking and annihilating them there. Eventually, the invasion of
Palestine mercifully unsuccessful became part
of the Nazis longer-term Africa and Middle East
strategy. It almost certainly would have been the
sequel to a German invasion of Britain.
Not only could Livingstones statement be effectively construed as a piece of Holocaust revisionism, it was totally irrelevant. He was asked to
comment on what the Bradford MP had said
about Israel.
Entirely of his own volition, he introduced the
Hitler analogy. It was as if to insinuate (even
though he subsequently denounced Hitlers 1932
idea) that herding Jews around the world like cattle is a policy of repatriation which, uniquely reserved for Jews, might just have a grain of merit.
What were the deeper implications of the monstrous suggestion that Hitler was somehow in
sympathy with Zionists? One is the perverse
equation of Zionism with Nazism and the infer-
ence that the State of Israel was founded on Nazi

ideology towards the Arabs.
Another is the libel that Zionists i.e. Jews
were in some way a part of the Nazi apparatus,
positively collaborating with them to form a Jewish State. Even more sinister is the implication that
perhaps Hitler was really not quite so terrible after
all in his plans for the Jews and it was only his subsequent unbalance of mind that drove him and
the millions who supported him to pursue the
genocidal Final Solution.
Characteristically, Livingstone has refused to
apologise indeed the word sorry is outside his
political vocabulary.
Even Naz Shah apologised, though probably
only to try to save her parliamentary career. Livingstone arrogantly maintains the historical fact
of his statement, as if that would justify its relevance even if it were true.
He insists that Labours forthcoming investigation into his conduct will find that he is innocent
of any kind of racism, and thus worthy of readmission to the party.
The previous time Livingstone was expelled
from the Labour Party he was eventually allowed
back, but only because the party cynically realised
that, electorally speaking, at the time it needed
him more than he needed it.
If he is readmitted after this latest showdown,
it will give the final lie to any suggestion that Corbyn and his followers are opposed in any meaningful shape or form to racism and anti-Semitism.
Brian Gordon
Conservative councillor,
Barnet
A Nazi invasion of Palestine

would almost certainly
have been the sequel to a
German invasion of Britain
Why being anti-Semitic and

anti-Zionist is also un-Islamic
PERHAPS MORE important than what has been
said during the Labour Party anti-Semitism debacle, is that it has been said so publicly and shamelessly. MP Naz Shah didnt delete her Facebook
post about her Jewish solution. Ken Livingstone
didnt whisper something about Hitler being a
Zionist at a Labour Friends of Hezbollah meeting
(theres no such thing yet). He said it to a prominent Jewish broadcaster on the BBC.
Shah represents Bradford West, one of the most
Muslim constituencies in the UK. Livingstone was
an outsider to become London mayor until he
got some street cred by cosying up to the Muslim
Brotherhood. Shah and Livingstone are just examples of a tradition of politicians who see anti-Semitism as a legitimate campaigning tactic.
Israel was the biggest gift ever given to Arab
rulers it has always given them someone else to
blame. Very few things (except maybe a satirical
cartoon of a religious figure) can unite (the rough
end of) the Arab street like a burning Israeli flag.
Shah and Livingstone have just taken a leaf out of
the Arab ruler playbook and its worked. Its like
Nigel Farage saying something about HIV positive
foreigners, or Zac Goldsmith calling a liberal, proIsrael Muslim rival a radical. Its still a dog whistle,
even if it sounds like the call to prayer.
It wasnt always this way. Its tempting to slip into
talk of ancient hatreds that vaguely racist idea
that if youre not Anglo-Saxon, youve been at
each others throats for eternity. My Jewish friends
are always surprised at how much I know about
Passover. Its not because I watched The Prince of
Egypt its because Ive read the Quran. AntiSemitism is culturally (rather than theologically)
Muslim: Pesach is recounted more often and

with more emphasis than any other story in it.
Of all the exotically dressed imams, of all the
suited and booted self-proclaimed community
leaders our island produces, no one is talking
about the Quran and Zionism. If we want peace
in the Middle East (and middle England), we need
to de-tribalise the conflict. There are so many
pro-Palestinian Jews that an eyebrow is barely
raised when a Cohen talks about the plight of the
Palestinians why not have Ahmeds speak of the
necessity of Israel?
I know this sounds fantastical. The Muslim Council of Britain wouldnt even recognise Holocaust
Memorial Day; it would take a miracle for them to
recognise Israel. Do they even know that Prophet
Muhammad was married to a Jewish woman?
And yes, she was a victim of anti-Semitism. This
was Muhammads response: If they discriminate
against you again, tell them that your husband is
Muhammad, your father was the prophet Aaron
and your uncle was prophet Moses. So what is
there in that for them to be scornful towards you?
Maybe it would be easier if they just read the
Quran, if they have a spare minute between photo
ops at interfaith luncheons: O my people (the
Jews)! Enter the Holy Land, which God hath assigned unto you; And We said thereafter to the
Children of Israel, Dwell securely in the Promised
Land; And we said to the Children of Israel afterwards, scatter and live all over the world... and
when the end of the world is near we will gather
you again into the Promised Land.
This shouldnt be a shock to Muslims. Tawfik
Hamid, a terrorist-turned-scholar, has even writ-
ten a pamphlet called Why I Love Israel Based

on the Quran and a modern interpretation of the
Quran which has 2.2 million Facebook likes. His
is not as niche a voice as some British politicians
would have us believe.
Many Muslims know the story of Passover from
the Quran there is even a tradition of Muslims
fasting on Ashura (the Arabic name for Pesach). If
we all know that, Quranically, God gave the Children of Israel safe passage from Egypt, who did
they go to for safety? The PA? Or maybe Hamas?
The UN partition plan for the Holy Land in 1947
was not the only partition undertaken that year:
India was also divided, leading to the creation
of Pakistan. According to the UN, the creation of
Pakistan resulted in 14 million refugees.
Youd think that Naz Shah would focus on this,
given her and her constituents links to the Indian
subcontinent, but too many Muslims are addicted
to victimhood. They have been racialised by
politicians looking for cheap headlines and easy
block votes. The same people then turn around
and complain that they are being framed as the
other when they chose the frame.
Its time to embrace a diversity of theological
and political positions on Israel among the Muslim
community. The same people who fetishise
Naturei Karta members, should be just as interested in Muslim Zionists like Tawfik Hamid.
Instead of hating Jews, Muslims should be
learning from them. Britains Jews have achieved
the seemingly impossible: integration without
assimilation. British Muslims will never achieve the
same if they are happy being led by people like
Shah and Livingstone.
Omar Hamdi
Welsh-Egyptian comedian
and broadcaster
If we want peace we need

to de-tribalise the conflict.
Why not have the Ahmeds
speak of necessity of Israel?
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OPINION:
RABBIMICHAEL
MIRIAM BERGER
AND MARK MAIER
OPINION:
MCCANN
Lose your apathy and join

the fight against ignorance
SINCE THE start of February, Ive been charting a
course for the new kid on the Israel advocacy
block in our country, the Israel Britain Alliance
(IBA). We celebrate everything Israel.
Its vibrant democracy, its values and its innovation, much of which would be lost to our world if
the anti-Palestinian and anti-peace boycott,
divestment and sanctions movement got its way.
But why do we need another advocacy organisation arent there enough already?
We already have IBAs parent organisation
ZFUK, We Believe, Stand With US, and all the
Friends of Israel groups that have sprouted up all
over the country, and they each do sterling work.
And thats just a sample of the groups that make
a contribution to sensible debate about Israel in
Britain. Behind those, we have BICOM, the Board
of Deputies and the Jewish Leadership Council.
Why do we need IBA? Because we bring a different offer to the advocacy table, an offer that
compliments and connects Jewish, Christian and
secular supporters of Israel across our country.
With their help, IBA will prosecute the case for
Israel and our countrys successful relationship
with the only democracy in the Middle East.
But to be successful we need to conquer three
weaknesses that challenge every advocacy effort;
ignorance, hesitation and apathy.
William Gibbs McAdoo, the 46th United States
Secretary of the Treasury, said it is impossible to
defeat an ignorant person in an argument. He was

right, but you can help someone be less ignorant
and, in turn, combat the antipathy towards Israel.
Wilful ignorance is, of course, a different matter; you cant cure that but you can expose it.
He who hesitates is lost, is an expression pertinent to our cause. When should we act? I believe
we have to do more, increase our ambitions and
make our voices heard.
On 13 June, MPs will debate whether taxpayers should spend 0.7 percent of our wealth on
international aid. Its an issue that polarises opinions. Some people believe that Britain, as a rich
country, should help those who are less well off.
Others believe that charity begins at home.
But theres one issue we should agree on and
speak out about, that taxpayers cash should not
fund terrorism or incitement.
If London, Manchester, Newcastle or Glasgow
faced a terror threat and we discovered a government department was funding the perpetrators,
how long do you think it would take to stop it?
British aid in the disputed territories should be
no different and yet taxpayers cash does subsidise payments to terrorists and supports incitement. The Palestinian Authority pays convicted
terrorists salaries and supports incitement. The
evidence is now overwhelming and damning.
Even our opponents will answer the charge with
a Yes, but answer. The yes, but, followed by a
justification for violence.

The 13 June debate is an opportunity for your
voice to be heard in Parliament. You can but
dont have to offer an opinion on the validity,
or otherwise of the foreign aid budget. But you
can say that we expect a degree of consistency
in government policy.
You can say the threat of terror against Tel Aviv
or Jerusalem is equal to a threat of terror against
any British city, or Paris, Brussels or Boston.
The IBA doesnt underestimate the challenge
of finding peace in the Middle East. Some may
believe that weaning the PA off the support
mechanisms for terror present a way forward. The
problem with that thesis is that there is no evidence that this behaviour is being wound down.
The payments to criminals from the PA, via the
PLO, continue and on incitement, President
Abbas talks peace and then supports violence.
When peace does come, it will be based on
compromise. However, there can be no give-andtake on fundamentals.
Britains aid programme is compromising on
the fundamentals and thats why the policy must
change. You can make that change happen.
On apathy, heres my final test. If youve
just read this and do nothing, youve failed.
If youve gone to the IBA website, www.israel
britain.org.uk and signed up as a supporter, then
congratulations. Youve passed.
Michael McCann
Director,
Israel Britain Alliance
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should not be funding
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SOUTHEND RAISES 1,500

Southend and Westcliff Hebrew
Congregation held a Yom Hazikaron
and Yom Haatzmaut service that
was attended by nearly 200 people
from around the local community.
Southends Rabbi Binyamin Bar
led the service for Israels memorial
day, while children made
presentations and recited poems in
tribute, which was followed by
candle lighting to represent fallen
soldiers. The Yom Haatzmaut party
raised 1,500, with the proceeds
going to the British Friends of the
Israeli War Disabled.
Jewel in Tel Aviv Universitys crown

The London-based Tel Aviv University Trust marked the universitys diamond anniversary with a
champagne cocktail and charity auction at Christies to launch its student scholarship campaign.
Sponsored by the internationally renowned jewellers De Grisogono, TAU president professor Joseph
Klafter and the founder and creative director of De Grisogono, Fawaz Gruosi, greeted more than
250 guests and spoke during the 45-minute event programme.
WEEK IN
PICTURES
KENTON HOSTS MP
Kenton Synagogue held its annual
Yom Hazikaron and Yom HaAtzmaut
services. They were preceded by a
community meal and singing led by
Rabbi Yehuda Black, accompanied
at the piano by Philip Spiers.
Rochelle Goldberg, chair of the
Kenton for Israel Committee,
introduced Dr Julian Lewis, MP for
New Forest, who spoke about his
work as chair of the Defence Select
Committee, the value of NATO, the
Middle East conflicts and the
upcoming EU Referendum.
YISROEL EXTENDS WORK

Hendon United Synagogue has
announced that its assistant rabbi,
Yisroel Binstock, will extend his
communal work to four days a
week. The move follows a successful
first two years with the community.
Rebbetzen Leanne Binstock will also
be employed on a part-time basis
by Hendon US. Rabbi Binstock said:
Im delighted that our hard work
has been recognised and that we
are able to spend more time
helping to build an even more
engaged and vibrant community.
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Dr Matthew Offord MP unveiled the first

Mosaic of the Larches Community, a charity
which creates opportunities for people with
learning disabilities and autism.
Four runners raised nearly 2,000 for

Langdon when they took part in the
recent Tough Mudder race. Mike Alloun,
Lee Diggens, Michael Isaacs and Nick Fell
(not pictured) can still receive donations
via http://bit.ly/1R62Wli
Six-year-old Sinai Jewish Primary School

pupil Brady Hirsch won the overall
winners junior cup and victory shield at
the Watford Festival of Music Speech and
Drama for the second year running.
The Kindertransport special

interest group, part of the
Association of Jewish Refugees,
welcomed Dame Esther Rantzen
to its monthly lunch.
Nightingale Hammerson raised more than

17,000 at its 29th annual bridge event.
Pictured are Stephen and Tricia Arnold, who
won the trophy for the Friendly Duplicate.
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YOM HAATZMAUT
Pupils at
Mathilda Marks
Kennedy School
enjoyed
community
dancing in
the playground,
which
was led by
the Israeli
Dance Institute.
Woodford Liberal Synagogue members,

families and friends gathered for a family
service, which was followed by a special
Israeli Kiddush.
Children at
Bromley
Reform
cheder
enjoyed
hummus,
falafal, halva
and various
other Israeli
foods at
their Yom
Haatzmaut
celebration.
Children at Aleph NW Cheder (Bushey, Pinner &

Stanmore) learnt about and celebrated Yom
Haatzmaut at cheder on Sunday morning.
More than 120
people attended
a communal
Yom Hazikaron/
Yom Haatzmaut
Ceremony at
Lauderdale
Road
Synagogue for
the S&P
Sephardi
Community.
Alyth partnered
with the New
Israel Fund to
celebrate
Israels birthday
with a Mizrachi
themed
evening of
tastes, sounds
and
exploration
of heritage.
Pupils at Wohl Ilford Jewish Primary School

commemorated Yom Hazikaron with a
special assembly, during which a yahrtzeit
candle was lit, the memorial prayer was
recited and the Hatikvah sung.
JNF UK celebrated Yom Haatzmaut

in similar fashion to families in Israel
with a BBQ event.
Year 1 pupils at North West

London Jewish Day School
released balloons with birthday
messages for Israel.
JCoSS students Annie Berg, Sam Brenner,

Lia Avigdor, Joel Chaoman, Adam Robinson,
Lia Grant and Georgia Soning enjoyed Giant
Connect 4 as part of their celebrations.
Bnei Akivas annual Yom Hazikaron and Yom

Haatzmaut service and celebration at
Finchley Synagogue attracted 1,400 people.
Children from Toddlers Playgroup in

Edgware celebrated with blue and white
themed activities, made a healthy Israeli
salad, blue and white biscuits, decorated
a cake and sang Yom Huledet.
Sinai Youth
Movement
hosted
a Yom
Haatzmaut
BBQ, in
conjunction
with the
UJIA.
Jewish Cares Redbridge Jewish

Community Centre hosted a lively party
for around 300 people, which was
attended by Wes Streeting MP and the
Mayor of Redbridge, Barbara White.
Norwood staff donned blue

and white to celebrate Yom
HaAtzmaut.
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Dana International was the star act as more
than 700 revellers celebrated Israels Birthday at
the Zionist Federations Yom Haatzmaut
extravaganza, media sponsored by Jewish
News. The former Eurovision winner returned
to the country where she took the crown to
perform Diva, as well as other hits from
her career. The event, compred by LBCs
Nick Ferrari, also saw West End star Shimi
Goodman take the audience on a journey from
other Eurovision classics including Hallelujah,
accompanied by performers from the Israeli
Dance Institute. Mark Regev, celebrating his first
Yom Haatzmaut as ambassador in Israel, hailed
the countrys success story in building a first
world economy while offering help to those in
need following disasters around the world.
Ferrari said: Im so proud and honoured to
have received this invitation. I wouldnt have
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UJIA paints the country blue!

More than 2,500 blue noses helped UJIA paint the town blue
over Yom Haatzmaut, as the fundraising drive captured the
communitys imagination. The campaign, media sponsored by Jewish
News, saw celebrities and politicians join in the fun, raising money for
educational projects in some of Israels most deprived areas. I think the
blue nose is here to stay, said UJIA chief executive Michael Wegier.
People have really taken it into their hearts. The nationwide events
helped UJIA raise 209,000, with university students at Bristol, Warwick,
Durham and UCL holding an outdoor mangel. Israelis also got
involved, with a delegation of 55 visiting Israeli teenagers gathering for a
Big BBQ in Radlett. Israels new ambassador, Mark Regev, held court at
a business breakfast, while others took to the phones on Sunday. There
are people who are less fortunate than us, said telethon volunteer
Max Heller, 12. We have to speak up and raise money for them.
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Bournemouths Israel away day?

Britains Middle East minister wants to take his favourite football
team to Israel, to meet the countrys equivalent of Margaret
Thatcher. Tobias Ellwood said he would take Premier League
AFC Bournemouth to its twin town of Netanya, to meet Miriam
Feirberg, the Israeli towns mayor. There are two reasons why
you should go, he said, jokingly. First, its almost or is as
wonderful as Bournemouth. Second, it has the most wonderful
mayor, the equivalent of Margaret Thatcher in Israel! Ellwood
was speaking on Monday alongside new Israeli Ambassador
Mark Regev at a Yom Haatzmaut event in central London,
celebrating Israels independence. Regev said: We have gone
from being a stateless, homeless people to becoming sovereign
and independent again. Having been powerless in the face
of persecution and victims of violent attacks, we, the Jewish
people, now have the power to defend ourselves.
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Chana praises generous spirit

Supporters of a charity that helps couples facing infertility stepped up
to the occasion at a gala dinner at the Lancaster Hotel, where they
heard from the Chief Rabbi and other senior religious leaders. Bosses
at Chana, which funds infertility treatment, praised the wonderful
spirit of generosity among 520 guests, as social worker Carolyn Cohen
described her experiences with couples dealing with issues such as
cancer diagnoses, treatments to avoid an inherited genetic disorder
and ectopic pregnancies. Special guest BZ Weiss flew in from the
United States to share his own experiences, describing how it felt to join
in Jewish festivals while struggling with infertility. Other guests included
Dayans Ehrentrau and Gelley and the mayor and mayoress of Barnet,
along with many members of Chanas medical advisory panel.
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2 FEATURES
I went to school in
tzitzit and a kippah
and came home
to bacon and eggs
David Baddiel chats to Fiona Leckerman about
his new one-man show, billed as a massively
disrespectful celebration of his parents
avid Baddiel is feeling a little husky. Its the
morning after the night before, having just
opened his new one-man show, My Family:
Not the Sitcom and his voice is clearly a little
worse for wear.
That, he says, is down to numerous shocking
revelations that he makes about his family, that
require him to raise his voice in an impassioned
manner.
Im not an actor that can project from the
buttocks, explains the 51-year-old comedian.
And even though I know whats coming, when
I talk about my parents behaviour, this involves
me doing quite a lot of shouting.
My Family: Not the Sitcom, which has a sixweek run at the Menier Chocolate Factory, is
a show that celebrates Baddiels parents as complicated individuals.
First theres his mother, Sarah, a refugee who
escaped as a young child with her parents from
Nazi Germany.
Baddiel, the middle of three sons who grew up
in Dollis Hill, tells me Sarah was different to her
conservative parents, who kept stories about their
past close to their chests.

I only found out very late in my grandmas life
about her brother, who had died in the Warsaw
Ghetto, but my mother was the opposite; she was
very open.
By all accounts, she was also a wild, whirling,
golf and sex-obsessed woman, whose quirks
and penchants would otherwise have been forgotten in later years, by those who only knew her
as a synagogue volunteer.
She would have been over the moon having
a show about her. She loved being in the spotlight and basking in my reflective spotlight,
concedes Baddiel laughing, his voice croaky with
the exertion.
Of course, there are some bits she may have
preferred I leave out.
Surprisingly, that doesnt include his mothers
infidelity and indeed, Baddiel even reads out
extracts from emails written to her long-term
lover that are full of sex.

She was very keen to tell people about the
affair; she had no real boundaries and no sense of
shame, he explains. Although that led to all
sorts of discomfort, it is also kind of brilliant.
Two years ago, Sarah died unexpectedly from
pneumonia, aged 75. In the aftermath of dealing
with her passing, Baddiel conceived the idea for
the warts-and-all, yet affectionate show, which he
describes as a celebration of his parents.
When my mum died, a lot of people were
telling me how wonderful she was and I thought
they didnt really know her or what she was really
like. I felt the way we enshrine the dead and their
memory by talking in very hallow terms about
them is actually very negative. It flattens out the
memory of people.
Much of the show is also dedicated to his
Welsh-born father, Colin, 81, whose parents were
Russian immigrants settling in Swansea. For the
past eight years, Colin has suffered from Picks
Home and away: David Baddiel with brothers, Ivor and Dan, and parents, Colin and Sarah
disease, a form of dementia.

He was much less emotionally open than my
mum, but was very sweary and happy to make
graphic jokes about sex. He had a different kind
of taboo-breaking quality. Coupled together, it
has made me shameless with a very high tolerance
of obscenity. I think this is due to my parents.
He especially credits his father with encouraging his love for comedy.
My dad was a funny bloke. He told loads of
jokes, he was a big catchphrase man and a true
lad, much more a lad than I ever was. He liked
banter and at some level, thats all he is now.
Baddiel, who lives in north London with his partner, comedian Morwenna Banks, and their two
children, describes his family as a bank of absurd,
humiliating and comically ridiculous stories.
So far the reaction from relatives has been positive, partly due to the show being a love letter
to his parents.
It involves talking about things that most
people would think are negative, but it does so in
a very celebratory way. When people come out of
the show, they all have a very specific clear sense
of who my parents were. Im trying to make you
feel like you grew up with me.
Aside from family, Baddiel addresses his own
sense of Jewishness against the backdrop of
acknowledging himself as a staunch atheist as
well as the subject of anti-Semitism.
The latter is a topic that Baddiel is never afraid
to speak about, something he believes comes
from his fathers very blokey, muscular, up-for-afight nature.
He also revels in his Jewish upbringing as a type
of religious mish-mash and tells me: I was going
to school wearing tzitzit and a kippah and coming
home to bacon and eggs.
So there you have it, Baddiels personal life
laid bare on stage in the most affectionate, yet
comical way.
As he himself explains, the show takes the stuff
in my life that might seem very grim and turns it
in to comedy. Thats the alchemy.
Speaking of alchemy, Baddiel needs to find
a way to transform that huskiness. And with that,
he excuses himself to steam his voice ahead of
that nights performance.
My Family: Not the Sitcom runs at the Menier Chocolate
Factory until 25 June. Details: 020 7378 1713 or
www.menierchocolatefactory.com
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2 FEATURES
Snapshots of history
Francine Wolfisz previews a unique exhibition
showcasing three of the most celebrated Jewish
photographers of the 20th century Wolfgang
Suschitzky, Dorothy Bohm and Neil Libbert
AS HE WALKED ALONG Oxford Street in 1945,

photographer Wolfgang Suschitzky found himself
disturbed at the sight of an unusual exhibition.
War in Wax, read the sign in oversized lettering. Including the horrors of the German concentration camps, all in life-like and life-size
figures. The graphic array of exhibits, which included a peasant hanging from a tree, macabre
scenes from Buchenwald and a wagon packed to
capacity with doomed people, were curiously
juxtaposed with a childrens section displaying
figures of Cinderella and Snow White.
Suschitzkys resulting and rarely seen photograph [right] is a striking portrait of wartime London and forms one of the 60 works now taking
centre stage at the Ben Uri Gallery.
London, Paris, New York, 1930s-60s brings together, for the first time, three major Jewish photographers of the 20th century Suschitzky,
Dorothy Bohm and Neil Libbert and highlights
their response to arriving at their respective destinations for the first time.
For Suschitzky, who fled his native Vienna and arrived in London in 1935 before becoming an assistant cameraman to renowned documentary maker
Paul Rotha, the British capital comprised an intriguing mix of destitution and wealth for the socialist. It
is a subject captured in many of his works, including
his images of Charing Cross Road. These photographs are very personal and show what really inspired him, says curator Katy Barron of Suschitzky,
who is today aged 103 and lives in Maida Vale.
London was also a place that inspired Bohm,
whose work from the Swinging Sixties is currently
on display at the Jewish Museum, but it is her
rarely-seen Paris photographs that are the focus
London
of the exhibition at the Ben Uri Gallery. The 92year-old artist, who was born in East Prussia and
sent to England by her parents shortly before the
war, first visited the French capital in 1947. She returned to live there for a year in 1954.
Her series of photographs capture the dilapidation of Paris and the deprivation of her people in
the immediate aftermath of the Second World War.
Barron explains: Dorothys Paris is very personal. She doesnt photograph the clichd places
and indeed, she spent much time simply meandering through the streets with Avigdor Arikha, a
Romanian-Jewish artist who was at Auschwitz. In
this respect, these photographs were made with
no intention at all, but much freedom.
Photo-journalist Neil Libbert completes the
trio of artists on display at Ben Uri with his images of New York taken in the early 1960s. The
Salford-born photographer captures scenes
across all social divides, from the affluent Upper
East Side to the Harlem streets, including the
1964 race riots at close quarters. As with
Suschitzky and Bohm, much of the selection of
photographs by Libbert, now aged 78, have
rarely been exhibited in the UK before.
Libberts work says much about the history of
photography, reflects Barron. You go from these
images that are dramatic and have a social documentary feel to these transitory images of
strangers that are very simple, but graphic.
London, Paris, New York, 1930s-60s: Photographs
by Wolfgang Suschitzky, Dorothy Bohm and Neil
Libbert, runs from 20 May to 27 August at Ben Uri
Gallery and Museum, Boundary Road, London.
Details: 020 7604 3991 or www.benuri.org
Wolf Suschitzky, 'War in Wax,
Oxford Street, 1945'
Paris
Wolf Suschitzky, Milkman on the Charing

Cross Road, 1935
Dorothy Bohm, Paris, 1947
Neil Libbert, Lower East Side, 1964

Dorothy Bohm, Rue Tholoze, Montmartre, 1954'
Neil Libbert, 42nd Street, 1960
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Painting the town Green

On a whirlwind visit to the
fair city of Dublin, Jenni
Frazer finds an intriguing
mixture of attractions from
pastries to politics not to
mention the pubs and an
unusually helpful taxi driver
The Hapenny Bridge, named for the toll that was once exacted for crossing it, is one of Dublins best-known visitor attractions
ts usually from taxi drivers that you can

take the temperature of a place, and our
Dublin cabbie didnt disappoint.
Hired to take us from a secret, hole-in-thewall cocktail lounge to a top-class restaurant,
the cabbie revealed, with a flourish, that he had
once been a concierge at a city-centre hotel.
Thus, at no extra cost, he couldnt resist taking us the pretty way round and pointing out
Dublins oldest pub, the 11th-century Brazen
Head, as well as reminding us our destination
restaurant, Matt the Thresher, had been the one
chosen by Michelle Obama during the American presidential visit in 2011.
I may even have sat where Americas First
Lady sat. Who knows?
Dublin is the easiest and most hospitable of
cities for a short break and if Jewish travellers
are reminded of Jerusalem, that has a lot to do
with its small-town, homey feel and the endless,
artless inquiries from total strangers as to how
they can help you.
Our base for our all-too-quick two-night visit
to the Irish capital was the spectacular Merrion
Hotel. A member of the Leading Hotels of the
World group, it was created from four magnificent Georgian houses built in the 1760s, one of
which happens to have been the birthplace of
the Duke of Wellington.
The restoration of the houses was designed
to provide authentic laid-back luxury. And a
Georgian background still offers 21st-century
comforts, from the two-Michelin star Restaurant
Patrick Guilbaud, which is part of the hotel, to
the 18-metre infinity swimming pool at the
basement Tethra Spa, which also boasts a gym
and Espa treatments.
The Merrion is set in the heart of Georgian
Dublin and is often referred to as the citys best
address its round the corner from the National Gallery and Trinity College, home to the
ninth-century illuminated Book of Kells.
Oscar Wilde was born in this area and satirist
Jonathan Swift is buried up the road in the
churchyard of St Patricks Cathedral.
Even George Bernard Shaws birthplace,
Upper Synge Street, is not far away.
If a visit to the National Gallery seems a bit
daunting and perhaps time-consuming if
youre only on a short break then the Merrion
is the perfect answer.
In restoring the hotel, which opened in 1997,
the owners determined to decorate it with the
cream of 19th- and 20th-century Irish art.
Only the most informed of visitors are likely
Left, the elegant entrance to the Merrion Hotel shows its Georgian origins; above, all-round comfort is the keynote in the hotels cosy rooms and suites
to have heard of many of the Irish artists whose

work covers the public areas and some of the
best of the 123 rooms of the hotel, but the Merrion offers guests an informative audio tour, together with a 58-page book showcasing many
of the artworks. The paintings are often sent out
on loan to be shown elsewhere.
We were privileged to have an insiders view
in the form of a delightfully gossipy personal
tour from one of the National Gallery curators.
Twelve paintings by Roderic OConor, who
died in 1940, hang in the private dining room
of the Patrick Guilbaud restaurant.
OConor, it turns out, was not only a friend of
Gauguin, but was, so we learned, a direct descendant of the High Kings of Ireland.
Another picture that tells a story hangs in one
of the cosy dining rooms, complete with woodfuelled fire. It is a portrait of Eileen, daughter
of the artist Sir John Lavery.
The latters private life, so our guide informs
us, was thoroughly scandal-filled, with much
moving going on between wives and much
younger mistresses.
Jewish artist Stella Steyn is represented on
the Merrion walls too, and in fact anywhere
your eye looks is a pleasure.
Dont forget to venture out into the Merrion
knot gardens, at one end of which stands a

statue of the writer James Joyce.
Afternoon tea at the Merrion is a hallowed
tradition and parties book places for it weeks in
advance not least because the Merrion pastry
chef pays homage to the art around the hotel
by crafting gateaux reflecting some of the most
iconic pictures on display.
Venture out around the corner from the hotel
into nearby Molesworth Street and nestling
next to Sothebys youll find the Oliver Sears
Gallery, a contemporary fine-art gallery showcasing a variety of Irish and European artists.
Sears is probably the only Jewish art dealer
in Dublin and as the son of a Holocaust survivor
he is active on the Holocaust Educational Trust
of Ireland, lectures at Trinity College on the issues of the Holocaust and is due to do the
same at Dublin schools.
Among the most recent shows to adorn
Sears gallery was been a series of portraits of
men and women from Jerusalem, painted by
the Irish artist Colin Davidson, along with an exhibition of pictures by Irish-Jewish photographer Amelia Stein.
Though, like Jerusalem, Dublin is a walking
city and like Jerusalem will soon have a lightrail service one of the most enjoyable ways to
learn about the capital is to take one of the

hop-on, hop-off circular excursions run by
Dublin Bus Tours. They are conducted in various languages including the citys own special
style of English.
Its fair to say that no pub goes unmentioned
on the tour, and you really cant visit Dublin
without a nod to the Guinness Storehouse
brewery, one of the tours stops.
By contrast, this year marks the 100th anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising and politics
is never far from the surface of this cheerful,
hospitable city. Look carefully in the Merrion
and youll see a certificate of the Good Friday
Agreement, signed by the main players, from
Tony Blair to Sinn Feins Martin McGuinness.
Or you could wander out into Upper Merrion
Row and find a friendly taxi driver who will recommend the best pub in Dublin.
Its bound to be close.
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BY RABBI ARIEL
ABEL
KIM WEST was separated from

her newborn son shortly after
birth in the USA, following her
teenage pregnancy. Recently,
Kim was contacted by her
son. They fell in love, took
up an intimate relationship
and are now planning to
have a child together.
What does the Torah say
about this senario?
GSA genetic sexual attraction describes feelings of love
between closely-related blood
relatives.
The Book of Samuel reports a
GSA situation, when Amnon,
the son of David and royal
prince, fell sick with love for his
half-sister Tamar.
When jumped by Amnon,
Tamar begs her half-brother
not to rape her, claiming
that their father David
might be able to find a dispensation for them to be together
legitimately.
This was a one-sided attraction, ending in a crime.
But what about consensual

feelings? Are they conceivable
in the mindset of the Torah?
Maimonides comments that
it is not inconceivable that
brothers marry their sisters,
just as happened in Pharaonic
dynasties. However, this is not
part of the Divine plan.
Human beings should seek
a partner who is different and
negotiate a life together.
It is precisely the unknown
which is kosher grounds for nurturing a relationship, and not
the known.
Psychologists have responded critically to Kim
West and her desire to have
a child with her son, pointing
out that her urge to bond
sexually with him is the result
of wishing to compensate
for feelings of guilt, having
abandoned
him
years
earlier.
However, masking guilt,
anger and the need for reconciliation in the context of
therapy with a sexual manifestation of love, will only serve
to sow destructive seeds
later.
Critics may respond by
Sedra:
Emor
BY RABBI ZVI
SOLOMONS
THIS WEEK, we read the
passage in Leviticus that
deals with our Shabbat and
festivals.
Shabbat is our day of rest,
and the festivals are intended
as days of joy and rejoicing.
We are not supposed to
be sad on Shabbat. We are
commanded to be happy on
our festivals.
Being currently engaged
in counting the Omer, we
recognise the importance of
the chagim in our lives.
They have to be at the
right time of year, and this
year are later than usual,
owing to the leap year, which
keeps the lunar cycle in line
with the solar.
Shabbat differs from the festivals in an
essential manner. Shabbat happens every week
and can be kept track of very simply by counting to seven.
It is the simplest of all our holy days, and
the surest. There can be no dispute about
saying that this is merely

a new frontier in lesbian,
gay, bisexual, trans and queer,
which needs to be accepted.
However, there is clearly a
frontier here, which both Torah
and secular science agree is
harmful to cross.
Aside from the legal issue,
which is clearly forbidden
according to Torah, the curse
imposed by Torah on firstdegree liaisons is perfectly
understandable as self-fulfilling. Genetic aberrations and
infertility threaten offspring of
such unions.
In Judaism, the product
of such a liaison is a mamzer,
a child who, through no fault
of their own, is considered
a bastard and thereafter is
unable to marry into the
community.
We were created to unite
differences, even if it means
taking a chance and marrying
across divides in the human
race facing the natural challenges set for us by the
Almighty.
Ariel Abel is rabbi at Liverpools
Princes Road synagogue
when it arrives.
Shabbat, and its interval, were set permanently by God.
This is not so with festivals. They are proclaimed, and depend on an accurate mensuration of the calendar.
In ancient times, great care was taken to proclaim the New Moon at the correct time, and
witnesses of the sliver of new moon-silver in
the sky were cross-examined.
Indeed, the date of Shavuot was the subject
of dispute between us Rabbinites and the Sadducees and others.
The Torah says we start counting the Omer
from the day after the Sabbath,
with the rabbis understanding
that this means the second day
of Pesach. The Sadducees took
this as the day after Shabbat literally making Shavuot always
on a Sunday.
The essence of this (debatable) human agency in declaring
the dates of our festivals is
embedded in Chapter 24, verse
4: These are the festivals of the
Lord, called holy, those which
you shall call in their seasons.
For Shabbat, God took
responsibility for the arrangements.
For the chagim, our festivals,
we are given responsibility.
Even if we make mistakes and
our calendar is inaccurate or
we are a day or two out, merely
by declaring the calendar we create the
date of the festivals.
That is our big responsibility.
Zvi Solomons is rabbi of the Jewish community
of Berkshire. See www.JCoB.org
LEVENE
WITHIN OUR communities there is massive

untapped potential. A wealth of experience resides, often unrecognised and underutilised
from retired professionals, spouses, parents,
grandparents, men and women of all ages and
from all walks of life and backgrounds.
The collective perspectives and immense
years of wisdom that our communities possess
should be better utilised. This is something I
have been passionate about since I directed a
2012 research project for Tag, the Institute of
Jewish Social Values, on ageing enrichment.
My professional background for more than
10 years has been in human resources. Seeing
many people who still have so much to give
being forced to retire generated a passion to undertake some research into this area.
Since Jewish thought teaches us to value and
honour our elders, I had often asked myself why our
society appears to devalue the experience of older
generations and relegate mature people to a limited, and often isolating, peripheral role in society.
The work that I did sought to challenge this
incongruity. Directing the collation of Jewish
sources in this area helped to pioneer the first
paper which addressed ageing enrichment and the
Judaic contribution that can be realised.
This has already been shared internationally in
different academic forums, making a credible and

valuable motivating force for social change.
However, now our attention must be turned
to practical manifestations on a more local level:
our communities.
Judaism highlights continual learning, continual
giving and continual meaning as the three main
themes we should pay close attention to when
seeking to enrich the lives of our seniors.
Testing these ideas, through practical actionbased research projects, highlighted this further.
At the onset of this research, it was immediately
apparent the initiatives that helped older people
realise and expand their potential and share their
skills, creativity and experience with the younger
generation and across different cultures.
The launch of our mentoring experience, sought
to connect the knowledge and experience of our
seniors by providing personal insight, direction and
support to younger members of the community.
So my question, having spent longer within
communities as a rebbetzen, now goes a little
deeper. With communities getting older, we need
to ask ourselves if we are currently enriching the
lives of the older generation, allowing them to
meaningfully contribute in their own unique and
personal ways.
The talent pool is vast, the experience unending
and they are our communitys assets. But are we
all doing enough to recognise them?
Lisa Levene is assistant rebbetzen at Hampstead

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LONDONS JEWISH population is

171,000 more than two-thirds of
Jews in the UK. The mayor of London, therefore, means a great deal to
the Jewish community and we mean
a great deal to him or her. Sadiq
Khan was elected and knows full well
that he has to engage with the Jewish community.
Like everyone who lives in London,
Jews need solutions to Londons
challenges: crises with housing, the
difficulties with transport, strong job
creation and decent rates of pay,
good standards of education both
in Jewish faith schools and in the
hundreds of other schools that Jewish children attend.
We need London to be a cohesive
city, where people of many ethnicities
and faiths co-exist in safety and mutual respect, building the city together.
A number of synagogues, including
Alyth, demonstrated this breadth
of our concern for London by being
part of the London Citizens Mayoral
Assembly two weeks ago, where
6,000 Londoners of all faiths heard
the two election frontrunners Zac
Goldsmith and Khan address all of
these issues.
The religious faith and ethnicity
of the mayor does not matter, but his
deeds do. Khan, as an observant,
understands why faith communities
matter. He also understands that
Londons faith communities are
diverse within themselves.
He will need to make efforts to

understand the issues that matter to
those different sections of the Jewish
community and also the issues that
unite us.
He has attended Alyth to learn
about Pesach and also to be part of
the Iftar (Muslim fast breaking),
which we hosted here last year for
our Muslim neighbours.
He was also present at the Yom
HaShoah commemoration and this
was appreciated. As mayor, he will
speak for London in many places and
we need to know that he will speak
with us in mind, as well as the other
communities of London.
In the week following Yom Haatzmaut and the future, he will need to
recognise that Israel, in all its complexity, is integral to the Jewish identity of
the great majority of Jews in London.
We are not the only community
with another land deep in our hearts
- there are 200,000 Greek and Turkish
Cypriots in London and more than
120,000 Sikhs who are deeply connected to Kashmir and Punjab, to
name just two communities. Our
mayor needs to support our relationship with Israel.
Khan made a remarkable start to
being mayor for all Londoners by
choosing that his inauguration should
take place not at City Hall, but at
Southwark Cathedral. He invited
people from as many faiths of London as possible to be there, including
myself on behalf of Alyth Synagogue.
Now he must deliver on the meaning of the symbolism.
IN THE week
following
Yom
HaShoah, I found
myself reflecting on
my recent experience as a participant in the UK
delegation of March
of the Living.
Its an eyeopening experience
to walk through
Auschwitz, Belzec
and Majdanek with
Holocaust survivors
who have a personal connection to these sites,
where so many horrific atrocities were carried out
at the hands of the Nazis.
I found myself in awe of the survivors bravery
and strength in giving their harrowing eyewitness accounts of such tragic memories, a selfless
act to ensure that such human devastation never
happens again. Yet despite their troubled past,
they remained positive about the future of our
world, something I found inspiring.
As a proud Jewish woman living in todays
world, its hard to even comprehend the suffering
endured by the victims and survivors of the
Holocaust.
In order for us to create a safe and secure world
for tomorrows generation, the Holocaust must
not become a simple footnote at the end of a history book.
The actual march took place on Yom HaShoah,
comprising 11,000 people, who walked from
Aushwitz to Birkeanu.
It was a privilege to take part in such an event,
surrounded by different cultures, nationalities
and faiths, all coming together to remember the
Holocaust.
In my mind the march demonstrated that
violence can be eradicated, wiped away and
replaced by peace and humanity.
Mark Goldsmith is rabbi at Alyth Synagogue
Sophie Lipton is a Jeneration fieldworker
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WE YOUTH movement types
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make a difference. Even though
I believe all three, sometimes
its a hard sell.
However, when we look back
at the history of Zionist youth
movements, we see times when
they have truly been at the forefront of the Jewish people.
Mordechai Anielewiscz, aka
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At the time when Jewish life
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Mordechai Anielewiscz
werent sidelined,
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Anielewiscz
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armed resistance.
They were afraid
of disproportionate
retribution,
but he argued passionately and his
opinion prevailed,
and the Jewish
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In January 1943, when the
Nazis entered the ghetto for
more deportations, the first

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OB headquarters was gassed
and Anielewiszc died along with
around 100 comrades.
At that point, this amazing
young man was the leader of
the whole ghetto, as well as
OB. He provides an inspiration to this day.
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I had acupuncture recently for Bells palsy and have almost
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Serves
COOKING TIME
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2 tsp white wine vinegar
1 tablespoons pomegranate molasses
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2 tablespoons fresh oregano leaves
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SHERWOOD
Touching tribute
from champions
WOODFORD WANDERERS finally delivered what theyd promised to do for much of the season on Sunday morning, as they
were finally crowned champions having beaten FC Team B in
the Division One title decider. Just the one defeat from 20
games tells you pretty much all you need to know about their
dominance in the division, and assuming Team win their final
game of the season to secure runners-up spot, they would have
won by a six-point margin. While obviously a day for celebration, it was also one of reflection with chairman Alex Aviram,
speaking on behalf of the whole club, dedicating the win to
their former manager Paul Hyams, who lost his battle to cancer
last November. Their win was the most fitting of tributes.
SPEAKING OF fine wins, London Lions manager Andy Landesberg
said his side claimed their biggest ever cup win at the weekend.
Getting their hands on the Anagram Record Trophy for the first
time in their history, he said: This is the most significantknockout
cup the club has ever won. Few would argue with that.
IN THE SAME way we had to wait until the last day to (finally)
celebrate this years St Totteringhams Day, the climax to this
seasons Israeli football league season is also going down to the
final game. Hapoel Beersheva will clinch their first title in 40
years nearly as long as Spurs have had to wait to finish above
Arsenal if they beat Bnei Sakhnin this coming weekend, having
suffered their first defeat in nearly eight months last weekend.
Still in their own hands, another slip-up could though let in Maccabi Tel Aviv, who need to beat Maccabi Haifa and then cross
their fingers. While the odds may be against them, weve already witnessed far more dramatic and unlikely finales played
out in the past week alone...
THE VOICE OF JEWISH SPORT
43
OAKWOOD A moved
up into second place in
the Premier Division
thanks to a thumping 4-0
win over champions
Raiders A.
Dave Woolman scored
twice, with Sam Cantor
and Jonny Quinn also on
target. Os joint-manager
Daniel Kristall said: It
was a superb win against
the champions to finish
off a season of real
progress.
On another day, it really could have been a
bigger scoreline and it
was probably due to our
lack of games (two in the
last two months), that we
didnt really punish them
at times, especially in the
first half.
We finish the season
withthe bestJewish defence in
the country, conceding only 12
goals which is a great achievement.
If ithad not been for three00walkovers, twice against Harmen and once against Blizzard,
I feel wed have comfortably finished second on goal difference. I certainly feel we were the
second best side in the division
this season.
We willnow aim to use this
season as a platform for next
year as we seek to win silverware.
Raiders joint-manager Rob
Richman said: We made the
decision to fulfil the fixture despite only having eight first team
regulars, we were helped out by
a couple of players from our B
and C teams, while they were
were at full strength and keen to
set down a marker.
It wasnt much of a spectacle
and really not the greatest
game, but Oakwood had too
much quality in their side for our
Results & fixtures

DIV
Oakwood A 4 NL Raiders A 0
NL Raiders A
Oakwood A
Redbridge A
Hendon A
Harmen
FC Team A
London Lions A
Camden Park
Blizzard Storm
P
14
16
15
15
16
16
16
16
16
W
12
11
10
7
6
6
5
3
1
D
1
3
3
3
3
1
2
2
0
L
1
2
2
5
7
9
9
11
15
F
45
36
55
43
37
34
21
17
13
Dif
27
24
26
22
0
-11
-20
-29
-39
Pts
37
36
33
24
21
19
17
11
3
ONE
FC Team B 1 Woodford Wanderers 2
Woodford
SPEC FC
FC Team B
Brady Maccabi
Oakwood B
Redbridge B
Los Blancos
Real Sosobad
NL Raiders B
Brixton Old Boys
Faithfold B
P
20
20
19
20
19
19
20
20
20
19
20
W
13
12
11
9
8
6
5
5
5
5
4
D
6
2
3
7
5
4
7
6
5
2
3
L
1
6
5
4
6
9
8
9
10
12
13
F
44
49
82
58
41
44
43
44
36
29
26
Dif
29
14
49
16
3
-3
-13
-5
-15
-35
-29
Pts
45
38
36
34
29
22
22
21
20
17
15
TWO
Faithfold C 1 NL Raiders C 1
FC Team C 3 Boca Jewniors 1
Temple Fortune 1 London Lions B 8
Dave Woolman (main) scored twice for Oakwood A, while Craig Sandford (inset) was once more on target for Redbridge B in the cup
makeshift team to handle. Fair

play to them.
Maccabi London Lions B
ended their Division Two season
in emphatic style as they
thrashed Temple Fortune 8-1.
Jake Hyman scored half their
goals, with Daniel Fattal, Benji
Weinberger, Dom Feldman and
Guy Surkis all on target.
FC Team C moved a couple
of places up the table thanks to
a 3-1 win over Boca Jewniors.
James Cooper, Freddie Marks
and Dan Alfreds all finding the
back of the net.
In the MGBSFL/Masters Invitational Cup quarter-finals, Redbridge B booked their place in

the last four thanks to a penalty
shoot-out win over Los Blancos.
Craig Sandford and Brady
Gayer scored for them as the
sides played out a 2-2 draw, before they prevailed 3-1 on spot
kicks.
SPEC are also into the semis
thanks to a 5-2 win over LEquipe. Ashley Burns scored
twice, with Daniel Pike and
player-manager Ricky Lawrence
also on target.
Scrabble
London Lions B
NL Raiders C
Real Hendon
Athletic Bilbaum
LEquipe
Hendon B
FC Team C
Faithfold
Catford
Temple Fortune
Boca Jewniors
P
21
22
20
22
22
22
21
22
22
21
21
22
W
19
18
11
11
10
10
8
6
6
6
2
2
D
0
2
3
2
3
2
4
5
6
6
3
2
L
2
2
6
9
9
10
9
10
10
9
16
18
F
87
89
48
58
69
59
40
37
47
32
23
13
Dif
61
68
14
13
23
3
-3
-21
4
-9
-88
-65
Pts
57
56
36
35
33
32
28
26
24
24
9
8
INVITATIONAL CUP
Quarter-Finals:
SPEC 5 LEquipe 2
Redbridge B 2 Los Blancos 2
Semi-Final draw:
SPEC VS NL Raiders B Masters
(22 May, 10am at the Hive 3G)
Redbridge B VS Scrabble Masters
(24 May, 8pm at the Hive 3G TBC)
Sundays Fixtures:
Premier Division:
Redbridge A vs North London Raiders A
Division One:
Brixton Old Boys vs Oakwood B
Division Two:
North London Raiders C vs Hendon B
Milch set for first title fight Teddy tees

off in style
Double delight for Lions

Maccabi London Lions completed a League and Cup Masters
double after they beat St Johns Wood Tigers 3-1 in the Division Two Cup. Two goals from Danny Schindler, along with
Marc Morris strike saw them to the win.
UNBEATEN middleweight boxer

Tony Milch has announced he will
be taking part in his first title fight
in July.
The 34-year-old, whos won his
previous nine fights, takes on Matt
Butler for the Lonsdale Challenger
Light middleweight title at York
Hall on 30 July, prior to which will
be one final warm-up fight on 4
June, also taking place at the
world famous east London venue.
He said: Im really excited
about having the chance to fight
for a title, Ive been waiting a long time for
this to happen and I was buzzing when I
found out about it! If I could have chosen a
venue, York Hall, east London probably
would have been the one.
Milch is using next months four-round
contest to brush off the cobwebs, having
spent a while out of the ring, a rib injury prevented him from fighting in February, and is
hoping sparring with Lenny Dawes, whos
fighting for a European title fight will put
him in good stead.
With a new sponsor Red Dog Saloon

also on board, hes raring to go for a first
title, which will take place three years and
one day, to the day, from his first ever fight.
He said: Three years in the making, its
been worth all the hard work and training,
the broken hands, broken ribs, broken nose,
broken teeth, but its paying off now.
Lets get this title and then well see I
want more after that!
For ticket details, email: Milch1@live.co.uk
HARTSBOURNE
Country Club
hosted
their
fourth Junior
Open, attracting
42 juniors from
21
different
clubs throughout Hertfordshire.
Luke Wrathall,
from Redbourn
Golf Club won
the event, scoring a gross
score of 76, finishing
ahead of Jack Kelly
and Ellen Hume.
Hartsbournes junior
vice-captain
Teddy Vandermolen,
pictured with Harts-
bourne captain Gary

Joseph and lady captain Janine Berg, won
the Nett prize, while
the longest drive was
won by Hartsbournes
Joseph Gale.
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THIS ONES
FOR PAUL
BY ANDREW
SHERWOOD
WOODFORD WANDERERS celebrated
clinching the Division One title on Sunday morning and dedicated the win to
their late manager Paul Hyams.
Goals from Harrison Midda and James
Ryan saw them beat FC Team B 2-1 in the
title decider, and amid scenes of celebration, club chairman Alex Aviram dedicated
the title win to their former boss who lost
his battle against cancer last November.
He said: Id like to dedicate this win to
the loving memory of the late Paul Hyams
(pictured inset), aka five-foot. Our legendary ex-gaffer was a true Woodford
hero and his voice will forever be heard in
our changing room and on the sidelines.
Joint-manager Daryl Kay felt his side

are worthy champions, saying: Were
clearly the best team in the league, but I
think what separates us from the rest is
how relentless we are with our opponents. I havent seen any team match us
for work rate this season.
We made it clear at the start of the season that our target was to win the league
and I think the fact Jerome Marks (joint-
Lions claim biggest ever cup win

LONDON LIONS manager Andy Landesberg said the clubs Anagram
Record Trophy win at the weekend
was their biggest ever cup win.
The trophy, also known as the Capital Counties Trophy, is contested by
teams from across the region, with the
final drawing a large crowd at the
County Ground, in Letchworth.
Up against Essex Olympian League
side, Springfield, a stunning 30-yard
effort from former Arsenal U21 midfielder Austin Lipman, together with a
second half double from Max Kyte,
saw them claim a 3-1 win.
Landesberg said: This trophy is for
teams across the Home Counties and
is just one notch below the FA Vase, so
it really is the most significantknockout
cup the club has ever won.
The team all played very well today,
and this was a great way to end the
year and reward for a season of hard
work. Im really pleased for the club
and all the players.
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manager) and I have been with Woodford

from the start as players, helped us to build
a great team spirit where we were all
singing from the same hymn sheet.
Looking ahead to a return to the top
flight of Jewish football next season, he
said: It will be very hard, but if we sign
the right players and have the right attitude, hopefully we can make a name for
ourselves in the Premier Division.
Picture: Brad Davis
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