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SPECIAL INVESTIGATION
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THE WEB
Jewish News Mr X
infiltrates the murky
depths of extreme
online anti-Semitism
AN UNDERCOVER investigation by
Jewish News this week sheds light on
the anti-Semitic lynch mob active online, and details the extraordinary ease
with which pro-Palestinian activists can
descend into a world of hate.
Our reporter, who created fake
anti-Israel internet profiles to gain access to secret groups, reveals how
anti-Semites connect with one another and feed off group members
anger, in a self-reinforcing spiral of
extremism.
Crucially, our investigation also outlines how the technology and algorithms underpinning social media tilt
and taint search results towards the
perceived political persuasion of the
user, showing how hate builds on hate.

Moreover, it reveals how savvy bloggers manipulate this technology, with a
correlation between the level of venom
and the likes/shares they receive.
Describing this murky and truly
frightening cyber Twilight Zone, Mr X
reveals the anti-Semites source of
news on Israel, the legal loopholes
they exploit and the use of memes
images edited to affect emotion or
ridicule.
Brace yourselves for a cold, hard look
at those no longer able or willing to
hear cold, hard facts about the Jewish
people and the democratic State of Israel and the mind-warping processes
that assist them.
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NEWS
Austrian vote
THE RIGHT-WING candidate in
Austrias presidential election
has conceded to his left-leaning
rival.
Austrian Freedom Party
leader Norbert Hofer acknowledged defeat to Alexander Van
der Bellen in a Facebook post in
which he also thanked his backers for their support.
European Jewish Congress
president Dr Moshe Kantor told
Jewish News: While we are
satisfied with the result, there is
little room to celebrate the high
level of support for someone
with such extremist views.
Turkey-Israel ties
TURKEYS PRESIDENT Recep
Tayyip Erdogan has approved
a new government, with a
prime minister seeking to
mend troubled ties with Israel.
Binali Yildirim, who is widely
considered to be Erdogans
mouthpiece, replaced antiIsrael premier Ahmet Davutoglu this week and said:
We will increase the number
of our friends, and decrease
the number of enemies.
Turkey and Israel have been
negotiating a diplomatic thaw.
RIOTERS DISCIPLINED
THE SCHOOL of Oriental and African Studies has

confirmed it has taken disciplinary action against a
small number of students following rioting during
an Israel Society event at Kings College earlier this
year, writes Justin Cohen.
Police were called to the Kings campus as around
20 anti-Israel protesters set off fire alarms, smashed
a window and hurled chairs as former Shin Bet chief
Ami Ayalon addressed an event that grabbed
national headlines in January. A senior figure in the
Israel Society also claims they were assaulted.
An investigation found that protesters crossed
a line and should be held accountable by a disciplinary committee. Jewish News revealed in March that
sanctions had been imposed on several individuals
and that students from other London universities
who were implicated in the disturbance were being
investigated.
Now a SOAS spokesperson has told Jewish News:
We have looked at the evidence provided by Kings
College. Some of the students were identified as
being from SOAS. As a result, we followed through
our disciplinary procedure, adding that disciplinary
procedures were confidential.
It comes two months after Kings College said
sanctions have been imposed by the disciplinary
committee as a result of the misconduct hearing.
These sanctions are a serious matter for all concerned but are confidential to the university and
individuals involved. We are therefore unable to provide more specific details, as we cannot comment on
individual cases.
Above: Protesters hold up a Palestinian flag. Right: Police at the event
The universitys disciplinary procedures include

a confidentiality clause but sanctions can mean anything from a warning to suspension and expulsion.
Action can also include a reprimand, payment for
damage, a fine payable to charity and community
service.
The Board of Deputies president and vice presi-
dent condemned the actions as violent and criminal, while the the Israeli Embassy said it was shocking and shameful, reflecting the fear that groups
centred around hatred of Israel harbour.
Following the incident, Kings College London
Action Palestine said they categorically condemn
any aggression that took place.
Picture: Grace Baker Photography
SNP Robertsons tour Proposed Labour code a good start
Kirsten Oswald and Angus Robertson, centre, with Jewish community leaders
Forty rebbetzens on The Rock

Rebbetzens from London, Newcastle, Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds
and Hong Kong travelled to Gibraltar on Valerie Mirvis' two day leadership
trip as part of her landmark Investing in Rebbetzens Series, developed in
conjunction with the Chief Rabbis Centre for Rabbinic Excellence. Valerie
Mirvis said: This groundbreaking, jam-packed trip was designed to teach
leadership skills in a fun, innovative and impactful way. The group is pictured outside Shaar Hashamayim Esnoga Grande (also known as the
Great Synagogue).
ANGUS ROBERTSON says he

is looking forward to visiting
Jewish institutions in north London after meeting community
leaders in Westminster.
Anti-Semitism and security
were at the forefront of discussions with the leader of the
Scottish National Party in the
House of Commons. Social
care, education, and religious
practise were also on the
agenda, alongside the Middle
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East peace process and the

campaign to delegitimise Israel,
which Robertson and East Renfrewshire MP Kirsten Oswald,
whose constituency contains
the largest Jewish community
in Scotland, rejected.
The delegation led by Jewish Leadership Council chair Sir
Mick Davis also featured the
Scottish Council of Jewish Communities Ephraim Borowski and
other Jewish representatives.
A PROPOSED code of conduct

presented by Jeremy Corbyn to
Labours ruling body has been
described as a reasonable starting point, writes Justin Cohen.
But the Jewish Labour Movement said it failed to address the
specific issues raised in recent
weeks, amid a string of revelations about comments made by
party members about Jews,
Zionists and Israel.
The code of conduct was presented to the national executive
committee by the party leader
last week as part of a package of
measures he had announced at
the height of the anti-Semitism
scandal, but was only published
yesterday.
Saying Labour would not tolerate racism in any form inside or
outside Labour, the text says:
The party welcomes all who
share our aims and values, and
encourages political debate and
campaigns around the vital issues,

policies and injustices of our time.
Any behaviour or use of language which targets or intimidates members of ethnic or
religious communities, or incites
racism, including anti-Semitism
and Islamophobia, or undermines Labours ability to campaign against any form of racism,
is unacceptable conduct...
Shami Chakrabarti, who is
leading Labours inquiry on antiSemitism in the party, raised the
possibility of altering the proposed code of conduct.
JLM chair Jeremy Newmark
said: Its a reasonable starting
point but stops short of addressing the specific themes ...that
have become prevalent in recent
weeks and months. We hope... it
will be toughened up and, combined with rule changes, will become a key part of the partys
toolkit in fighting anti-Semitism.
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Ponzi fraudsters who stole 78m

are jailed for a total of 20 years
THREE PONZI fraudsters who
blew the 78million they stole
from investors on Bentleys,
Porsches and yachts were jailed
for a total of 20 years this week.
Spencer Steinberg, 46, Michael
Strubel, 54, and Jolan Saunders,
40, claimed they had won a contract to supply electrical goods to
the Olympic Village ahead of the
2012 London Games.
They said Saunders Electrical
Wholesalers Limited (SEWL) also
supplied goods such as including trouser presses and kettles
to major hotel chains.
But SEWL was just a shabby
high street electrical retailer in
east London a one man and
a van operation.
Steinberg, of Lodge End,
Radlett, and Strubel, Princes
Park, Manor Royal, New Southgate, were both convicted of conspiracy to defraud and were jailed
for six years and nine months and
seven years respectively at Southwark Crown Court on Tuesday.
Saunders, of Almonds Avenue, Buckhurst Hill, Essex, admitted the same charge and
acting as a company director
while disqualified and was sentenced to seven years in jail.
Judge Michael Grieve QC told
them: Over the four years, a
total of about 78million was
Jolan Saunders
Michael Strubel
Spencer Steinberg
received fraudulently from some

91 investors in ever increasing
amounts. You did repeatedly,
and over time, extract from them
ever mounting funds that were
necessary to feed the fraud and
keep it afloat. Amongst smaller
investors were many who lost
more than they could afford.
The judge conceded that
not all investors had suffered
financially and said one had even
made a 2m profit, which helped
encourage others to invest.
It is in the nature of a Ponzi
scheme that there will be winners as well as losers when the
music stops.
Judge Grieve told Saunders:
You are a confidence trickster of
the very highest skill. The fraud
that was SEWL was your brainchild and it was you who was
able to convince almost everyone

that it was a business of tens of
millions.
Saunders was described as the
lynchpin of the operation by the
judge before he was sent down.
Judge Grieve told Strubel the
fraud financed his lavish lifestyle
of Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Bentleys, Rolls Royce and a yacht.
You fell or succumbed to the
wealthy lifestyle and the admiration from your peers you thought
a wealthy lifestyle would bring.
Strubel and Steinberg were
said to have gained 2.8m and
1.8m respectively, while no figure
was given for Saunders profits.
Victims were persuaded to
invest hundreds of thousands
over two months so SEWL could
meet urgent orders, then paid
seemingly sky-high returns.
Participants were asked if they

would roll over their investment
for another two months while
the trio used bogus accounts to
impress clients into parting with
their cash.
Two investors parted with 2m
after being shown fake company
invoices that showed they were
supplying the Olympic Village.
Others were fooled after
Saunders started using doctored
invoices from the Park Plaza
chain of hotels that suggested
they were a major supplier.
The trio were not investigated
until the scandal of US investor
and notorious fraudster Bernie
Madoff hit the headlines in 2008.
Prosecutor Sarah Forshaw QC
said the trio raked in 79.5m of
investor cash and lived the life
of Riley.
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Court hears LL Camps boss

silenced staff
A JURY HAS been told
that indecent images of
very young children were
found on the mobile
phone of a Jewish summer
camp owner and that his
co-owner asked witnesses
not to call police.
Tal Landsman, 26, was in
St Albans Crown Court this
week to hear testimony from
former LL Camps staff member Sandra Vicente.
She said she approached
Landsman
after
finding
images of naked three and
four-year-old girls on coowner Ben Lewiss phone.
The images, showing the
girls genitals, were allegedly
taken in the changing room.
Landsman, of Crambus
Court, Admiral Drive, Stevenage, continued running the
camp until Ofsted shut it
down in August.
The jury heard Vicente
explain that, after she raised
concerns with him, Landsman
sent her a message reading:
You need to promise me
that this will not be spoken
about at camp or to anyone.
Co-defendant Ben Lewis
was not in court, and prosecutor Ann Evans told the jury
to focus on Landsman, saying:
You may conclude that Tal
In court: Tal Landsman
was extremely reluctant to do

anything about the information she had provided. You
may think this is the height of
irresponsibility.
Jurors heard how Landsman said he would write a
report about what happened
and suggested to Vicente
that it might just be a phase
Ben was going through.
Evans told the seven men
and five women of the jury:
This trial is not concerned
with the guilt or innocence of
Mr Lewis, the focus of your
deliberations is Mr Landsman.
What is not in dispute is that
what was found on Mr Lewis
phone were indecent images
of very young children.
Landsman has pleaded not
guilty to a single charge of
cruelty to a child under the
age of 16 last year.
The case continues.
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JEWISH NEWS UNDERCOVER INVESTIGATION
Jewish News
Mr X goes
incognito into
the murky
depths of the
anti-Semitic
web and finds
a cesspit of
vile extremism
t wasnt long after I began to research the

forces that align against Israel that I realised
I needed to connect with those who stand
on the other side. Not merely as a curious visitor into one of the public groups, but rather
as a pro-Palestinian activist. I felt I would receive a more reliable picture of the arguments
taking place, along with the added bonus that
this would provide invitations to upcoming
events. Thus Mr X was created.
What I know now is that Facebook is truly
frightening. In some circles, normal news outlets, even ones that appear more hostile to Israel such as The Guardian or Independent, are
almost never quoted. Rather, a stream of obscure sites bring fodder for these groups.
Over one single 12-hour period, the following are the sites that provided Mr X with his
news.
Be warned, some of these sites may not be
safe for work.
Facebook groups outdo themselves in the
originality of their names. There are those like
Eliminate the Elite, Worldwide False Flags and
Zionist Israel a Threat to Mankind.
The threat to mankind group has 26,623
members. In the more rancid arena of secret
groups, the gloves come off and almost anything goes.
The written introduction to these groups always includes a disclaimer and a statement
proclaiming that all racist or anti-Semitic comments are unwelcome and will be deleted.
So nobody fools themselves into thinking
this is a minor fringe. Facebook is happy to
let you know how popular any specific term is
at that moment:
Highly-active Facebook pages such as Israel
is a War Criminal have more than 250,000
likes. Browsing the time stream regularly is a
horrifying and deeply disturbing influence. It
Virulent examples of the material appearing regularly on social media encouraging followers of the various groups to join the campaign against Israel
would have a profound effect on anyone.

There is no humour, no humanity. Very few of
the people involved are posting anything
about their personal lives at all. It is a cesspit
of vile and extreme political activism.
The anger and hatred that comes from those
responding to the posts is palpable. There is
no restraining hand, no moderating factor,
each poster trying to outdo the other in registering the level of their anger and the evilness
of the entity they hate.
It resembles a lynch mob from the Middle
Ages, its members winding each other up until
the entire group is burning with an anger that

is desperate for an outlet.
Another source of the drive towards extremism are memes [see above picture montage].
These are just a few seen in one 12-hour period. Despite their frequency, I have deliberately refrained from choosing the very graphic
images. It should be accepted that a vast
amount (probably more than 25 percent of all
images that are posted), are graphic images of
dead children that are intended to provoke
anger, disgust and a thirst for revenge.
For many years now, our internet experience
has been influenced by our own behaviour.

How much of what you see online is guided by
your own preferences is rarely fully understood.
Rarely are these tainted results more intensive than in the world of social media.
As the website builds a profile of what you
like and what you do not, it begins to form a
unique bubble around your online existence.
This is what Facebook has to say about its
search results: Your friends, interests and
other connections affect the order of your results. Which means when I search for Israel,
I receive groups that are inherently pro-Israeli,
RANCID ARENA WEBSITES THAT FUEL ISRAEL HATE...
english.palinfo.com
wakeupfromyourslumber.com
democracynow.org
mondoweiss.com
mintpressnews.com
us1.campaign-archive1.com
mediaroots.org
middleeastmonitor.org
craigmurray.org.uk
but when Mr X does, he sees a completely

different list.
Part of this picture has been obscured to
hide identity, but the results were not touched.
The search request was simply for groups concerning Israel.
This may be a useful algorithm, one that refines search results so that we are not endlessly
looking for something of interest, but the truly
disturbing element of the search results is that
they produce a list that is almost hermetically
sealed in one direction.
They give the appearance that the other side
doesnt exist.
As a user, the message comes across that almost everyone agrees with you. It is a cruel
trick played by the very instruments that were
lauded as tools of enlightenment.
The second cruel trick is also algorithm-dependent. The more likes a piece receives, the
higher up the page it will move. This means
that more people become exposed to extreme
articles than moderate ones.
electronicintifada.net
972mag.com
daysofpalestine.com
azvsas.blogspot.co.uk
palestinecampaign.org
whatreallyhappened.com
vidrebel.wordpress.com
themillenniumreport.com
stopwar.org.uk
This, in turn desensitises the reader and his

community will begin to like and share even
more extreme material.
Because of the way the algorithm works, this
is exactly what they will then receive. It is a spiral towards extremism.
The authors of blogs and outlandish news
sites are highly attuned to what works and what
does not. It cannot be long before they notice
a correlation between the level of venom they
spit out and the likes and shares they receive.
They must have learned long ago that a
moderate piece that tries to accommodate the
other opinion simply does not get passed
around at all.
How many of todays commentators are editing their articles with this in mind?
The final element in the drive towards extremism and anti-Semitism occurs when Mr X
leaves the social-media bubble.
In his virtual world, he is contained within a
unit where everyone thinks like him. He is given
no alternative message and even if he searches
awdnews.com
caabu.org
counterpunch.org
blacklistednews.com
redressonline.com
presstv.com
inspiretochangeworld.com
mycatbirdseat.com
maannews.com
for one the results are deliberately skewed to

consolidate and entrench what he already believes. Outside this bubble, he is confronted by
an entirely different scenario.
When he turns to mainstream media (MSM),
he finds nobody is talking about the so-called
hot topic of the day.
He doesnt think the Jews are the new Nazis,
he knows it to be true. He is convinced Zionists
are committing genocide and ethnic cleansing,
he has doubts about major world events such
as 9/11 and is suspicious that western forces
hide behind ISIS.
Yet on TV, and in the printed press, it is all
business as usual.
The question then arises; how can this be? If
everybody thinks like him, if everyone is talking about Israel, how is this focus not reflected
in the printed press or on the TV news?
Given that he knows Facebook is a free platform where everyone can speak his mind, he
can begin to believe in a deliberate conspiracy.
Are there controlling elements in MSM that
are hiding the truth of evil Israel from the public? Surely it must be the Zionists themselves.
As this occurs, social media becomes the
only forum to be trusted. Our user is cutting
himself off entirely from the influence of normal
society and becoming immersed into a tornado of extremist thought.
If one of his friends doesnt understand and
is still posting the propaganda of the enemy, it
is likely by this stage he will disassociate from him.
It would be wrong to underestimate the effect this is having.
The darker Israels actions come to seem, the
more intense the control must be to suppress
the news. The conspiracy becomes Jewish control. Yet as some Jews such as Blumenthal,
Pappe and Barkan are good guys, there is a
new controlling disease in town Zionism
and, in this way, anti-Zionism, become the new
anti-Semitism.
Same disease, slightly different method of
catching it.
In The Structure of Scientific Revolutions,
Kuhn describes a scientists desperate attempts
to maintain the integrity of a paradigm by
adding ever more outlandish new rules.
The absence of mainstream media reporting
of Israeli genocide is an anomaly that needs
to be addressed. Zionist media control has to
be true for the science to remain valid.
Thus anti-Semitic anti-Zionism becomes an
integral part of the science of opposing Israel.
Anti-Semitic anti-Zionism, therefore, becomes
a required part of the global vision.
This issue is not restricted to Israel. Corbyn,
Trump, Bernie Donald Sanders these are all
symptoms of a growing issue that is being fuelled relentlessly through social media.
Whole communities are being dragged into
the extremities, closing off their ears to the
middle ground.
Storm clouds are approaching and, not for
the first time, it is Jews that are among the first
to be targeted.
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JFS head resigns

THE MYSTERY surrounding the
headteachers role at JFS took
another turn this week when
the school announced it had
accepted Jonathan Millers
resignation but remained
tight-lipped about why he had
quit and the reason behind his
sudden leave of absence.
Miller, who spent 30 years
at the school, said he wanted
to explore other professional
opportunities in a letter sent
on his behalf to parents. The
school said it would celebrate his many successes.
In a second letter from
chairman of governors Steven
Woolf, it announced that
Debby Lipkin, consultant
headteacher during Millers
leave, will take on the role of
executive headteacher working alongside acting head
Simon Appleman.
Naz Shah to speak at synagogue

SUSPENDED LABOUR MP Naz
Shah is to speak at a synagogue
on Sunday her first public event
in the Jewish community since
revelations about comments she
made on Israel sparked widespread condemnation.
The Bradford West politician
apologised profusely after the
Guido blog revealed she shared
a post endorsing moving Israel
to America and suggesting the
transportation costs would be
worth it, at the height of the Gaza
conflict in 2014 before she
entered the House.
Following private meetings
with community leaders, she is
now set to address a public gathering of community members
from Leeds, Bradford and Harrogate at Beth Hamidrash Hagadol
synagogue in Leeds.
A spokesman for the Leeds
Suspended: Naz Shah
Jewish Representative Council,

which organised the event,
acknowledged that news of the
event had been met with a
range of opinions but insisted
it had not been a difficult decision
to invite the MP.
Shes apologised in Parliament and in private to leaders of
the Bradford and Leeds Jewish
communities, she said. Her
comments insulted the community locally and nationally. As a
local politician, its appropriate

she apologises directly. Many
people have questions to ask and
theres no reason they shouldnt
have the opportunity to do so. Its
much better this is done in this
forum rather than social media.
She has the courage to come
into the synagogue and it would
be wrong when there is so much
in common between Jewish and
Muslim communities to turn our
backs on someone who wishes to
apologise. Its not the Jewish way.
We hope something positive will
come from this and there will be
a greater temperance of language by her and others.
In a message carried by Jewish
News, Shah said: The language
I used was wrong. It is hurtful.
Whats important is the impact
these posts have had on other
people.
Corbyn opposed Jewish group Berger elected to JLM role

JEREMY CORBYN backed a
Labour factions motion to disaffiliate from the British branch
of an international left-wing
Zionist movement back in 1984,
it was alleged this week.
Old press cuttings were circulated online in which the Labour
leader is listed as chairing a
conference of the Labour Movement Conference on Palestine,
where he was reported to have
sponsored a motion to sever
ties to Poale Zion, the British

branch of Israels Labor Zionist
movement, 32 years ago.
In 2004, Poale Zion in Britain
rebranded itself as the Jewish
Labour Movement, as various
international factions splintered. The new groups mission
statement
refocused
on
Britains Jewish community.
Corbyn was on Tuesday
accused of trying to purge
the party of its Jewish links.
LUCIANA BERGER has been

elected as the first parliamentary chair of the Jewish
Labour Movement.
The Liverpool Wavertree
MP and shadow mental
health minister will chair the
organisations new parliamentary and political council the
main vehicle through which
parliamentarians will engage
with its work.
She said: I am excited to
be joining JLMs leadership

team as the movement prepares to mark its centenary of
affiliation to the Labour Party.
JLM has a key role to play
in strengthening what should
be a natural alliance between
the party and the Jewish
community.
Meanwhile, Ivor Caplin, the
former defence minister, is to
chair the groups south east
region.
Gabys flower power

wins Chelsea award
Gaby Lebetkin places the final flower in the crown of her award-winning
Iconic Queen Head entry at the Chelsea Flower Show this week. The
former JFS student won her company, Veevers Carter Flowers Ltd, a
gold award and a New Design Award.
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Nickys legacy is to encourage our involvement Malkis charity to host awards

POLITICAL DIGNITARIES gathered alongside generations of
people saved as a result of the actions of Sir Nicholas Winton to remember and celebrate his life.
Home Secretary Theresa
May, MP for Maidenhead,
where Sir Nicholas lived, joined
Czech and Slovak officials at the
Guildhall in London on what
would have been Sir Nicholas
107th birthday.
Known as Britains Schindler,
Sir Nicholas, who died last year
aged 106, helped 669 mostly
Jewish children flee Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia on the
Kindertransport just before the
Second World War broke out.
His bravery was only made
known to the public half a century
later, when his family happened
upon an old briefcase in the attic
Dame Esther Rantzen pays tribute to Sir Nicholas Winton
containing lists of children and

letters from their parents.
Survivors from Israel, America
and the Czech Republic attended
the service alongside descendants of some of those who have
since died, to commemorate the
life of a man to whom they say
they owe their lives.
Among the rescued children

to pay tribute was former Labour
MP Lord Dubs, who was six when
his mother put him on one of the
eight trains taking young people
to Britain. He said: He couldve
walked away but he didnt, and to
him many of us owe our lives.
Sir Nicholas, known affection-
ately as Nicky by his family, lived

a life full of love, laughter,
passion and commitment, his
daughter Barbara said.
Considering the families many
of the children went on to have,
Sir Nicholas relatives estimate
somewhere in the region of
7,000 people were able to live
because of what he did.
Dame Esther Rantzen, whose
1988 Thats Life! programme
brought Sir Nicholas story to
public attention, recreated the
moment he first met those he had
saved. Addressing those at the
memorial service, Dame Esther
again asked those who felt they
owed him their life stand up.
Sir Nicholas son Nick said: It
is his legacy to inspire and encourage all of us to be actively involved in our own communities.
A CHARITY set up in honour of

a Jewish girl killed in a terrorist
attack in Israel and inspired
by her profoundly disabled
younger sister has launched a
series of childrens awards
recognising acts of kindness,
courage and achievement.
The Malki Foundation,
named after Malki Roth, 15,
who was killed in the Sbarro
Jerusalem bombing in August
2001, made the announcement
this week, to mark the charitys
15-year anniversary.
Organisers say Malki was a
promising young musician and
dedicated to bringing happiness and practical support to
children with special needs,
including her severely disabled
younger sister Chaya, now 21.
The Malki Foundation
Awards [media sponsored by
Malki Roth and her sister Chaya
Jewish News] will celebrate

young people in the UK Jewish community who emulate
what Malki stood for, doing
something extra in their lives
to support and encourage others, to make the world a better place, said a spokesman.
In its search for the communitys gems, the Foundation
will look for children who have
made a difference to society.
More at malkifoundation.org
Muslim selfie star apologises for anti-Semitic tweets Convicted conman found dead
A MUSLIM WOMAN who
found online fame for
posting a selfie in front of
far-right protesters in
Belgium has apologised
to the Jewish community
after it emerged she had
sent anti-Semitic tweets.
Zakia Belkhiri, 22, was
lauded as heroic on
social media last week for
posting a photo of herself
in a headscarf in front of
an anti-Islam protest by
Vlaams Belang outside a

Muslim lifestyle exhibition.
Days later, it was revealed that in 2012 she
wrote: Hitler didnt kill all
the Jews, he left some. So
we know why he was
killing them. Two years
later, in 2014, she wrote:
F****** Jews. I hate them
so much.
On Saturday, Belkhiri
wrote: My opinion many
years ago was meant on
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Zakia Belkhiri stands in front of an anti-Muslim protest
the zionist back then, that

spread hate instead of
love so to all the other
jews peace be upon you!
Belkhiri added that she
thought all Jews supported the crimes of Israel
because Israel claims itself
to be the Jewish State.
One angry user posted
the photo of Belkhiri, replacing the anti-Islam protesters with concentration
camp prisoners.
A LONDON conman who

stole 2million from his family
has been found dead after appearing to commit suicide.
Robert Miller is believed to
have ended his life in a hotel
room, leaving letters to his
wife and children.
The conman from Hampstead Garden Suburb stole
funds from his wifes familys
pension trust, after her father
made him the agent to the
trust. His father in law, Mark
Spivack, who died in 2012,

supported Miller after he
spent six years in prison following a scandal in the 1990s,
which saw him convicted for
stealing 20million while director of a security firm.
After Spivacks death, the
fraudster engaged in his
scheme to trick his widow into
giving him millions.
A civil claim by the trustees
was heard at the Royal Courts
of Justice in April.
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Welby: Dont give anti-Semitism hospitality

JUSTIN WELBY, the Archbishop
of Canterbury, has condemned
rising anti-Semitism in Britain
as absolutely intolerable
and encouraged other faith
communities not to give it,
or other forms of racism, any
hospitality, writes Jenni Frazer.
The Archbishop was speaking at a Lambeth Palace reception for interfaith dialogue, this
year showcasing the work of the
Near Neighbours campaign.
Representatives of Christian,
Muslim, Sikh, Hindu, Zoroastrian and Buddhist communities, together with Jewish
community representatives led
by Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis,
joined Welby in a marquee in
the grounds of the archbishops
palace to celebrate the work
they have been doing through-
out the year.

Simmy Wahnon and Shir Dor,
two 17-year-old students from
Yavneh College in Borehamwood, made a presentation on
behalf of the Catalyst Young
Leadership Programme, of
which they are graduates.
They admitted that, as products of faith schools whose
ethos they admired, nevertheless there was a tendency to
look inwards. Up until joining
the Catalyst Programme, they
said: We did not have a single
non-Jewish friend.
Now Yavneh is supporting
them in setting up an interfaith
society based at the school,
and the pair who admitted
being nervous before meeting
Welby intend to continue
reaching out to other faith
Warning: Archbishop Justin Welby
communities.
Asked by Jewish News how
he would ask other faith communities to help in challenging
anti-Semitism, the archbishop
said: First, give it no hospitality. Hospitality is wonderful, but

not for anti-Semitism or other
forms of hatred.
Second, give considerable
hospitality and welcome to
Jewish communities. You may
disagree with them on certain
issues, you may have questions
to ask, but you start by earning
the right to disagree, by
showing your love, your concern, your welcome and your
hospitality.
Archbishop Welby who until
recently had believed he was
the son of a Jewish father
indicated that he was likely to
have more to say on the issue of
anti-Semitism in the coming
days. He spent time before the
reception in a private meeting
with Chief Rabbi Mirvis.
Third university breaks with NUS

ANOTHER UNIVERSITY has
voted to disaffiliate from the
National Union of Students,
weeks after the organisation
elected an anti-Zionist head.
Hull University students opted
to leave the NUS by 811 votes
to 476, in a decision marked by
low voter turnout (fewer than
one-in-10 voted).
Hull now joins Newcastle and

Lincoln in severing links with the
national body after considerable disquiet from thousands of
students led universities to consider their future association.
NUS president Malia Bouattia attacked Zionist-led media
and described Birmingham University as a Zionist outpost.
Ex-BBC boss: golf ban over Judaism

A FORMER BBC chairman claims
he was banned from Muirfield
Golf Club for being Jewish.
Lord Grade told The Telegraph golf is full of anti-Semitism and that he steers clear
of any clubs that have a reputation for being anti-Jewish.
Grade said he was at the East
Lothian club in the 1980s. However, when the ex-BBC boss in-
formed Muirfield of his home

club, Coombe Hill in Kingston
upon Thames, which is known
for having a predominantly
Jewish membership, the invite
was allegedly withdrawn.
When he asked ex-Scottish
TV boss Sir William Brown the
reason for the withdrawal, according to Grade the reply was:
You know why, Michael.
Gravestones smashed at Manchester cemetery New mayor signs anti-hate pledge

JEWISH GRAVES have been
vandalised in a sickening act of
anti-Semitism.
Officers were called after 14
headstones were knocked over
and smashed at Blackley Jewish
Cemetery in Charlestown, north
Manchester.
Police say the vandalism, discovered last Wednesday afternoon, was a deliberate and
targeted attack and will cause
alarm and distress in the local
One of the broken headstones
Jewish community.
Chief Superintendent Wasim
Chaudhry from Greater Manches-
ter Police said the incident had

been recorded as a hate crime,
and added: This is a sickening
act of anti-Semitism, which we are
taking very seriously. I cannot
begin to get into the mind of
someone who would commit
such an atrocity. All decent members of the public recognise that
a cemetery is supposed to be a
resting place for people who have
passed away; a place of sanctity
and dignity where families can
come and pay their respects.

So to have those graves desecrated in such a disgusting and
disrespectful way will no doubt
cause immeasurable anguish
to the families and loved ones
affected. We will do everything
we can to find out who is responsible and bring the full force of
the law down on them.
Police have stepped up patrols
and are appealing for anyone
with information to come forward.
SADIQ KHAN has joined mayors

from around the globe in signing
a pledge to tackle anti-Semitism.
Backed by more than 150
mayors from 30 European countries and the 300 from every US
state, the pledge is part of the
Mayors United against AntiSemitism initiative, originally developed by the American Jewish
Committee.
Khan, who was at the forefront
of condemning the scourge in
his own party during the election

campaign, said: Sadly, for many
Londoners, anti-Semitism is a
very present problem.
As a British Muslim, I am no
stranger to discrimination and
prejudice. Thats why, as mayor
for all Londoners, Im determined
to fight racism in all its forms and
will make challenging hate crime
a priority. I am proud to sign the
pledge and will encourage other
mayors to do the same.
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Lieberman named defence minister Auschwitz mug hid treasures

AVIGDOR LIEBERMAN became Israels new defence
minister this week, after his
small parliamentary bloc
struck a deal to join Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahus
fragile ruling coalition.
The leader of Yisrael Beitenu, which draws support
from Russian-speaking Israelis, replaces respected former chief of staff Moshe
Yaalon as Israels second
most powerful politician.
Resigning
last
week,
Yaalon said Israel had been
overrun by extremist and
dangerous elements, a warning echoed by Ehud Barak,
who said Israel was infected
by seeds of fascism.
Lieberman, a former foreign
mation about a police probe

into separate corruption allegations. He was found not guilty.
He is also adamantly opposed to a two-state solution,
having previously
suggested transferring Israels
Arabs out of the
country.
Yet
despite
Liebermans inclusion this week,
Netanyahu said:
I am committed
to promoting the
peace process. I
Moshe Yaalon says goodbye after Bibis government welcomed Avigdor Lieberman, inset am committed to
make every effort
to reach an agreeminister known for upsetting alleged that he made friends amlies, has been investigated for bassadors in return for them ment with the Palestinians.
corruption after colleagues al- passing him confidential infor Editorial comment, p16
A MUG discovered at Auschwitz

and on display at the infamous
death camp has been found to
contain hidden treasures.
Staff were conducting maintenance on the artefacts at
the Auschwitz Museum when
they discovered the humble
mug contained a false base
inside which a ring and necklace had been concealed,
wrapped in canvas.
The piece is one of 12,000
enamel kitchenware objects in
the museums collection.
Hanna Kubik from the
Auschwitz-Birkenau State Mu-
seum said: It was very well

hidden. However, due to the
passage of time, the materials
underwent gradual degradation, and the second bottom
separated from the mug.
Museum director Piotr Cywinski said: The hiding
of valuable items proves on
the one hand to the awareness
of the victims as to the robbery nature of the deportation
but, on the other hand, it
shows that the Jewish families
constantly had a ray of hope
that these items will be required for their existence.
Dachau survivor and US liberators emotional reunion

A JEWISH SURVIVOR of Dachau had an
emotional reunion with a US soldier who
was among the first troops to liberate the
concentration camp.
Ninety-year-old Marcel Levy incarcerated by the Nazis as a teenager met
Second World War veteran Sid Shafner,
94, recently in Israel.
Shafner is the last surviving member of
the platoon that he says was among the first
Allied troops to reach Dachau where at
least 28,000 died in April 1945.
He met Levy, an Israeli grandfather-
Reunited: Sid Shafner, left, and Marcel Levy
of-eleven who was the only member of his

family to survive the Shoah, at an Israeli
military base the first time the men had
seen one another in person since 1995.
Shafners kindness saw the orphaned
youngster securing a job as a dishwasher
a small gesture, which Levy says saved
his life.
In tearful scenes recorded for US TV, he
told his liberator: You know, everything
I have today is because of you. You saved
my life. Because you had the patience to
speak to me, to take to me.
The mug found in Auschwitz that contained a ring and necklace
Kids miss out on dads 10billion

THE FOUR children of a Russian-Jewish oligarch worth more
than $14.6billion [10.2billion]
had bad news last week: theyre
not getting a penny.
Mikhail Fridmans four kids,
the youngest of which is 10
years old, will have to earn their

own way, after he announced
that hed be giving his fortune
to good causes.
I am going to transfer all my
money to charity, confirmed
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EAST CARVE UP
One hundred years after the Sykes-Picot Agreement,

Stephen Oryszczuk assesses its ignominious legacy
W
hen Mark Sykes and Franois

Georges-Picot met in London and
took a pen to a map of the Middle
East 100 years ago this week, only one of
them had ever been there. It was, some say,
as if the two were playing a game of Risk.
Even if thats an analogy too far, analysts are
virtually unanimous that the subsequent SykesPicot Agreement between France and Britain
signed hastily in 1916 amid a world war illdefined a region, and consigned that region to
its ill fortunes for the next century.
Their lines are now falling apart, says Miri
Eisin, a former senior officer in Israels military intelligence now at the IDC in Herzliya. Eisin is one
of only a small handful of women ever to make
the rank of colonel in the IDF, and takes a hardnosed view when it comes to Israels security.
We all need to be on the same page: the
Middle East is going through enormous upheaval, she tells a UJIA delegation in Israels
north. Pointing to the map drawn by the Englishman and Frenchman, she says: The only
thing [about the Middle East] that will stay the
same 100 years later is a photo taken from
outer space, and even then, Palmyra is being
erased.
From Israels point of view, she says, the lines
drawn are colonial lines, lands conquered by
the British and the French in 1917-18... This is
our heritage, borders defined by somebody
outside, not by the peoples of the Middle
East.
At least Sykes knew the Middle East, she says
of the son of Orientalists who
spoke Arabic. Picot had
never been there.
They took a map of the Ottoman Empire

and divided it, before theyd even conquered
it, like they were playing a game of Risk.
Alongside the French and British portions,
Palestine the Holy Lands came under a supposedly international section, the line drawn
from Haifa (Acre/Akko) to Kirkuk, the heart of
the Kurdish area, which may soon declare itself
an independent state, and where Kurds are currently leading the fight against Islamic State.
One hundred years ago, this was a place, a
nation, a people, a language, a culture, with
Christians, Jews and Muslims, says Eisin, noting similarities with Israel.
But their mountainous homeland was divided between Syria, Turkey, Iraq and Iran. If I
was Kurdish, and wanted to make a statement, she says, Id declare Kurdistan this
year, 100 years after it was wiped off the map.
The Kurds existed in 1916, but they didnt really matter to the British and French.
The 1916 lines began unravelling from the
start, say some, with early Zionists behind the
first challenge. Last week, at a lesson-learning conference in Israel held by the Jerusalem
Center for Public Affairs (JCPA), Martin Kramer
of Shalem College argued that Zionism had
one aim in the early part of the 20th century:
to swap the Sykes-Picot Agreement for a British
protectorate in order to allow the Jewish project to flourish.
The Balfour Declaration was the first attempt to unravel Sykes-Picot, he says. Israel
would never have been born if Sykes-Picot had
remained [in-place]. Former Israeli ambassador Freddy Eytan says the region became one
of confrontation in part because of
the rivalry between
the US
and USSR, the control of natural resources, gas

and oil, the arms race, arms supplies and freedom of navigation in the Suez Canal which
all prompted a power battle. The centenary,
he says, is a reminder to avoid the naivet and
mistakes of the past.
Prof. Efraim Karsh of Kings College London
is even more scathing, and says the centenary
shouldnt even be commemorated. A celebration of Sykes-Picot is misconceived It had no
impact because it never came into existence.
Alan Baker, former deputy director-general of
Israels Ministry of Foreign Affairs, agrees it is a
curious, even sad centenary.
The whole character of the region is changing beyond all recognition. From Libya to Iraq,
authority has collapsed. People are reaching for
their older identities Sunni, Shiite, Kurdish,
even tribal. Sectarian groups, often Islamist,
have filled the power vacuum, spilling over borders and spreading violence.
Moreover, the problems of the peoples of
the region are so distinct from times past as to
be unrecognisable. Half of the Middle Easts
population today was born after 1990, after the
failure of the Israeli-Palestinian process, says
Eisin.
You have to put it in perspective. Their heritage isnt the 1948 battles [for the State of Israel], as mine is. The challenges arent about
recognising Israel, or the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but about jobs, housing, water and
getting married so their family will let
them leave home. Its a different
world.
No longer a game of Risk, then.
Above, The Sykes-Picot map; main, French

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EDITORIAL COMMENT AND READERS LETTERS
The loudest parting shot

Yaalon could have fired
PARTING SHOTS are often the
most accurate and deadly.
Remember Iain DuncanSmiths resignation letter in
March? The work and pensions
secretary and paid-up member
of the Tory inner-circle penned it
as David Cameron and George
Osborne pushed their latest
welfare cuts, this time targeting
the disabled. A compromise
too far, said IDS. Ouch.
Remember Baroness Warsis
words in 2014, as the highlyregarded Foreign Office Minister
quit Camerons government over
its lack of reaction to Israels
actions in Gaza? Morally indefensible, she said. Pow!
So it was last week in Israel,
when widely-respected Defence
Minister Moshe Yaalon resigned
his cabinet portfolio and seat in
the Knesset. The tough but pragmatic former IDF chief of staff
said extremist and dangerous
elements had taken over
Israel. Bullseye.
Addressing soldiers, he later
warned: Even after the battle or
the operation or the war, we
need to maintain our values and
remain human beings.
Everyone knew what he
meant. An IDF soldier who shot
an injured Palestinian man in the
head in March as he lay
untreated on the ground following an attack is being lauded as
a hero by many in Israel.
Netanyahu called the soldiers
family to express sympathy.
As defence minister, Yaalon
criticised the soldiers actions, as
did Israels most senior officers,
but was then himself castigated
for his insistence that the soldier
stand trial. Suddenly, it seemed
clear whose thoughts Netanyahu
valued the most.
Yaalons words on departure

last week were designed as a
wake-up call, but it is far from
clear whether his intended recipients heard it, or if they did
cared.
Those wondering what he
meant need only look at his
replacements. Israels new
defence minister now seems to
be Avigdor Lieberman, and
taking Yaalons Knesset seat is
American-born Yehuda Glick.
The latter came to prominence for leading religious Jews
up to a mosque complex on
Temple Mount, where an uneasy
status quo prohibits Jews from
praying. His forays, one of which
saw him arrested for breaking the
arm of a Muslim woman,
provoked the round of violence
which began in September.
Lieberman, meanwhile, is now
Israels second most powerful
politician. For those unfamiliar
with this Russian-speaking politician repeatedly investigated for
corruption, he has questioned
the loyalty of Israels Arab citizens
and called for the wholesale
transfer of Israeli Arabs from
large areas of the country.
These two, one suspects, may
represent the tip of Yaalons
dangerous extremist element.
Heavy hang his words. The
former chief of Israels elite
Sayeret Matkal commando unit,
he is no softie, having spent 40
years killing Israels enemies, so it
is remarkable that he now he
sees her enemies as within.
His warning of extremist and
dangerous elements having
taken over Israel should be as
loud as any parting shot this
former soldier ever fired.
Sadly, it is unlikely to be as
accurate or as deadly.
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WHAT A BEWILDERING WHAT A LOT OF OLD

ARRAY OF OPINIONS NONSENSE IT ALL IS
What has happened to Jewish News?! I
opened page two of the issue of 5 May
and there was a Brendan ONeill column
entitled Don't blame Corbyn for this
mess a bizarre defence of the Labour
leader in the wake of his partys antiSemitism scandal.
Brendan should have saved himself the
time (and the rest of us) by reading the
article by Deborah Lipstadt on page 4:
We know anti-Semitism when we see it.
If it looks anti-Semitic and if it sounds
anti-Semitic, its anti-Semitic!
Then on page 15 there was an article
by Jenni Frazer trying to somehow
compare the kindertransport with unaccompanied child migrants currently in
Europe.
But hold on, below her was an article
by Tim Farron, leader of the Liberal
Democrats, clearly feeling left out (as he
is in most things), declaring publicly that
his party wants to be part of the solution
to anti-Semitism as if he hadnt been
invited to contribute and wanted everyone to know he was available.
All anyone needed to do was to go
straight to page 16, where the pice de
resistance was editor Richard Ferrer
giving a superb analysis of Jeremy
Corbyn that couldnt have explained the
issue any clearer or more accurately.
Russell Ballen
By email
Left-wing activists have accused the

Greater Manchester Police Authority of
Islamophobia when participants on a
training exercise shouted Allahu Akbar!,
inferring they were Islamic extremists.
I have a solution for future exercises in
this vein. The terrorists should be dressed
as orthodox Jews who would shout
Muzeltov! This will make the antiSemites happy and will not offend the
Muslim community, the Christians and all
the other faiths in this culturally-diverse
land we now live in.
Jews will not be upset because we
know who the extremists are and realise
what a lot of old nonsense this all is.
Martin Greenberg
Redbridge
REFORM SHUL IS A
REVELATION TO ME
Allow me to thank Mr Sokolic [Jewish
News, 5 May], for the information he
Sketches & kvetches

By Paul Solomons www.daftoons.com
VISCERAL FEAR THAT

DRIVES ISLAMOPHOBIA
In his letter [Jewish News, 5 May], Gabriel
Webber fails to note the semantic difference between the respective meanings of
anti-Semitism and Islamophobia.
In the Concise Oxford Dictionary, antiSemitism is defined as hostility to or
prejudice against Jews while Islamophobia is defined as hatred or fear of
Islam or Muslims.
While no one in the West fears being
killed by Jewish terrorists, many are
apprehensive of such an attack from
Islamic extremists.
It is this visceral fear of terrorism that
drives Islamophobia rather than hostility
to or prejudice against Muslims.
Alan Miller
By email
How did your JW3 interview go

David? I hope you didnt swap
shirts at the end again!
provided about the differences between

Orthodox and non-Orthodox synagogues.
After reading it, I have looked into this
matter in more detail. I have now joined
a reform synagogue and feel much better
about my moral and spiritual Judaism.
If it was not for you, I would not have
taken such a step.
Laurence Garber
By email
LETS DEFINE WHAT

WERE TALKING ABOUT
Regarding your recent articles on the
differences between anti-Zionism and
anti-Semitism, lets try to agree on a few
definitions.
Zionism was a movement incorporating
Wilsonian self-determination following
the dissolution of the Ottoman Turkish
empire that ruled the Middle East for
about 430 years until World War One.
After the war, the League of Nations
gave Britain the mandate to restore the
indigenous Jewish population to the
Jewish national homeland where there
had been a Jewish presence since
Biblical times.
What do we mean by indigenous? As
a general rule, an indigenous population
means the people living in a country
before colonialism.
It is a group with a shared language,
religion, legal system, government, literature, holy sites and attachment to a
specific land.
In terms of Hebrews/Israelites/Jews,
this would mean the shared Hebrew
language, shared Jewish religion, shared
Jewish Law, shared 24 Biblical books,
agricultural laws that apply only inside
Israel, a monarchy based on the dynasty
of King David, shared holy sites such as
the Temple Mount, Cave of the Patriarchs
at Hebron, Royal Davids City
[Bethlehem], Sefas, Tiberia, etc.
An anti-Zionist denies the Jewish
nation the right to its ancestral homeland. An anti-Semite believes Jews
should be treated differently from all
other nationalities and religions, scattered among the nations, weak and
vulnerable.
Anti-Zionists include Jewish groups like
Naturei Karta and Satmar, who await the
messianic era, and Christian groups who
await the second coming.
Joseph Feld
By email
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OPINION:
RABBIALEX
MIRIAM
BERGER AND
MARKCARVER
MAIER
OPINION:
BRUMMER
& JAMES
No reason to reject peace

plan, wherever it is from
DOUBTLESS IF Israel and the Palestinians
were able to reach a peaceful accommodation, with the blessing of the international
community, Britains anti-Israel, anti-Semitic
fringe would condemn it. The deal would be
seen as an America/French imposed plot
designed to entrench a colonial past. So
deeply inculcated is the anti-Zionist narrative
on Britains left and in sections of the Labour
Party shifting attitudes, deep seated prejudices and ignorance will be impossible to
shift.
Efforts, for instance, to point out that Israel
is the most socially liberal society in the
Middle East, a polyglot nation where Arab
rights (most of the time) are respected fall on
deaf ears. It is a description which fails to
chime with a malign world view. Nor do they
really want to hear about human rights
abuses in Syria and Iran when they can focus
on alleged misdeeds by Israeli soldiers.
Never mind that in Israel it is possible for
chief of staff Yair Golan to speak on Yom
HaShoah of intolerance and fear mongering in Israeli society. And for military leaders
to conduct full inquiries into all alleged
misdeed by members of the IDF. The intolerance of the anti-Zionist left is that it closes its
ears to realities on the ground.
None of this is reason to dismiss peace
initiatives from wherever they may come. The
cool relations between Israel and the

Palestinians since the last talks broke down in
2014 has been far from civilised. Since
September 2015 Palestinian assailants have
killed 30 Israeli citizens and soldiers in more
than 300 attacks. More than 200 Palestinians,
mainly alleged attackers, have been killed by
Israeli security forces say the Palestinians.
Benjamin Netanyahu has been distinctly
cool to the President Hollande of Frances
effort to breathe some life back into the peace
process in the Middle East with a conference
of foreign ministers to be held in Paris.
The Israeli Prime Ministers office is
adamant that talks must be direct between
the parties Israel and the Palestinian Authority
and unconditional.
The surprise is that the US Secretary of
State John Kerry, who has been hands-off
since his last peace initiative, wants to be
there. It is not clear why France is so keen on
revitalising the peace process. But Prime
Minister Manuel Valls, who has been in Israel,
makes it clear that the status quo works
against the Israelis, Palestinians and peace.
He might add something else. The current
status quo does nothing to calm the anti-Israel
rhetoric in Britain and Europe which breeds
anti-Semitism in France and the UK and often
enters the Jihadist rhetoric. One can understand Jerusalems reluctance to become
involved. It fears a stitch up, especially as the

Palestinians are so enthusiastic about the
French approach.
In spite of Israeli scepticism the initiative is
gathering momentum. The return of the
Americans to the fray, the only intermediary
trusted in Jerusalem, must be regarded as
plus. Relations between Israel and the
Obama White House have been a low ebb as
a result of the Iranian nuclear deal.
The odds arent good but there is long
history of American presidents, unencumbered by the need to run for office again,
looking for a foreign policy coup in the last
months in office. They have the time, energy
and political incentive to secure a place in
history.
The prospect of Avigdor Liebermann joining the government as defence minister
might be seen as the death knell of constructive peace talks. Yet it is also worth remembering that the further right the
administration in Israel is perceived to be the
better chance it has of carrying the Knesset
and the Israel people with it.
It was, after all, Menachem Begin who delivered Israels peace with Egypt that has now
survived four decades and countless changes
in both countries. When it comes to IsraelPalestine one can never be optimistic. At least,
however, there is at last some movement.
Alex Brummer
City Editor
Daily Mail
The intolerance of the

anti-Zionist left is that
it closes its ears to
realities on the ground
Israel is an example the EU

should follow, not criticise
HARDLY A WEEK goes by in the European
Parliament without a group of MEPs organising another taxpayer-funded Israel bashing event. The evidence is clear to any
visitor by viewing the poster boards at the
entrance and scattered around the building, advertising MEP sponsored events on
issues such as Palestinian unity, boycotting
Israeli goods and the like.
The EU lives by the old saying of Dont
do as I do, but do as I say, specifically when
considering the episode shortly after
my own election in 2014. The European
Parliament was voting on re-cognition of
a Palestinian state, yet when, just before
the vote, I rose to highlight the European
Commissions reply to my own written question, which clearly stated that the EU has
no competency whatsoever to recognise
new countries (only nation states have that
privilege), I was widely booed and shouted
down by a chorus of very angry MEPs from
across the house, before the president
ignored my protest and proceeded with
the vote, regardless of the EUs own legal
ability.
The EU professes to support a lasting
Middle East peace settlement, yet Ive highlighted both EU funding of the PLO, which
pays salaries to murderers, as well as how EU
funding of illegal Palestinian buildings in Area
C, is in breach of the Oslo accords, acting as
an obstacle to peace and expunging any

pretence of the EU being an honest broker.
At the same time that EU member states
are putting up walls against friendly nations.
Without irony, the EU expresses concerns
about Israels security barrier, which has
saved hundreds of lives: Israeli and
Palestinian, Jewish, Muslim and Christian.
And then we hear little about the latest
European values study finding that eastern European countries are significantly
more hostile to Jews, or the joint threat we
bear from radical Islam. Have they learnt
nothing from centuries of European antiSemitism, culminating in the Shoah, or
indeed, their own despicable treatment of
Holocaust survivors returning home after the
Second World War? It appears not.
The sad truth is that its hard to escape the
conclusion as we have recently seen with
Labours anti-Semitism scandal that the
new, thinly-disguised face of European antiSemitism needs to be called out for what it
is. Where are the angry voices, motions,
demonstrations, and sanction calls against
occupied Northern Cyprus (which the EU is
seeking to recognise and adopt into the
union), or the myriad of repressive regimes
on our doorstep?
But the irony doesnt end there. Indeed,
far from it. We are often hear extolled both
the European Unions and European
Parliaments democratic virtues and values,

of how they profess to best represent the
interests of its 28 member states.
Yet its the very same institutions that
continue chastising Israel (and de facto,
Judaism), that are blinkered by their own
preformed opinions, from acknowledging
that the best example of a functioning
Middle Eastern democracy is Israel itself.
Rather than sympathising with Israels
opponents and neighbours, Id suggest the
protagonists would be better off spending
their time realising that Israel is the example
which they should aspire to be not the
enemy they seek to destroy.
Britain and Israel are, and always have
been, natural partners and allies. A European
foreign minister with a collective foreign
policy, as laid out in the Lisbon treaty, means
the EU dragging our own special relationship
in completely the wrong direction.
As a truly free and independent country,
the UK can properly return to further
strengthening our trade, security and
cultural ties, unhindered.
As my many Jewish friends would say:
Please God by me.
James Carver sits on the EP Foreign Affairs committee.
He is UKIPs Commonwealth spokesman and Friends of
Israel in UKIP Patron. See: www.jamescarver.org and
@JamesJimCarver
James Carver
UKIP MEP for the
West Midlands
The EU professes to support

a lasting Middle East
peace settlement, yet acts
as an obstacle to it
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OPINION:
RABBIRACHEL
MIRIAM BERGER
AND MARK
MAIER
OPINION:
LASRY ZAHAVI
& DR
BEVERLEY JACOBSON
Reasons and excuses for

Israels child poverty crisis
REPORT CARDS tend to stir up quite a lot of
excitement. For some, hard work and achievements are validated. For others, neglect and
poor performance are laid bare. Whatever the
case may be, explanations are usually needed
as grades alone rarely tell the full story.
So, as I looked out for Israels ranking in Unicefs
latest Fairness for Children report, I thought:
Someone has a lot of explaining to do.
According to the study, Israel has one of the
highest levels of socioeconomic disparity among
children from 41 EU and OECD developed countries. In fact, the child poverty rate in Israel, as a
percentage of the entire population, is higher
than places such as Turkey, Chile and Mexico.
What about education? Ranked by how far
behind the national average low-achieving children are allowed to fall, Israels educational
achievement gaps in reading, maths and science is yet again one of the worst. More than
twice as bad in comparison with just about all
other countries in the report.
Ive spent the past 15 years working in the nongovernmental sector addressing social issues,
such as poverty, sustainable development and
access to education and healthcare, with a focus
on childrens rights and fulfilling their potential.
But what does poverty look like? The obvious
examples Ive seen are in Africa, where babies
born to HIV positive mothers in the most barren
of huts are at the mercy of a non-existent healthcare system and are unlikely to thrive and survive
beyond age five. And in the far off corners of
South Americas rainforests, where entire villages

of vitamin A deficient children, at risk of going
blind, are struggling to cope at school on an
empty stomach, because a well-balanced and
nutritious meal is a luxury only few can afford.
Growing up in suburban Toronto, I would have
never imagined that dramatic cases could exist
at home. But acute poverty is often deeply hidden away, overshadowed by a backdrop of bright
lights and the modern miracles of a big, bustling
city. It was only in my teens that I discovered that
the prestigious and upscale downtown enclave
of Torontos Cabbagetown is side by side with
one of the most densely populated corners of
North America, Regents Park, where government subsidised sky scrapers house five to six
families of refugees within each single unit. In
London, a similar phenomenon exists in affluent
boroughs such as Kensington and Westminster.
So, what is really going on in Israel? The troubling figures reveal so much and at the same
time, so little. How do we unpack the data,
analyse and understand the indicators?
How do we make sense of it. And, more importantly, how do we respond?
My work with UJIA in the Galil has brought
me face to face with the poverty, disparity and
inaccessibility referenced in the Unicef report.
In Israels northern periphery, close to 45 percent
of children are living below the poverty line,
way above the already disturbing 27.5 percent
national average.
I often hear the argument that its the predica-
ment of the Arab and Charedi populations, which

are skewing the figures. Yet at a recent meeting
of UJIA volunteers in Tsfat, Professor Dan BenDavid, a leading voice on this issue, clarified that
even when demographic data of both constituents are removed from the equation, Israel
still ranks alarmingly in most categories.
As Ive learned over the years, there is no
shortage of reasons, explanations and even excuses, but from the perspective of the children,
none of these really matter.
We need to focus on the questions: what can
be done? And whats our role?
Non-governmental organisations, charities,
the private sector and the academic community need to work together with the government to tackle the issues at all levels.
Diaspora communities are having a major impact donations to UJIA fund projects across
the Galil, including early childhood centres,
after-school tutoring and building upgrades,
benefiting 15,000 young people every year.
Although the scale and scope of the work
needed can be daunting at times, Im still reassured by Prof Ben-Davids closing remarks to us
that Israel is not a sinking ship. We can still act
now and change the course and our future for
the better.
So, in five years, when the report cards come
out again, I hope we will see our collective hard
work and achievements validated by many
more Israeli children living a better life a life
we would want for our own children.
Rachel Lasry Zahavi

UJIAs Israel-based
programme manager
From the perspective of the

children, none of the reasons
matter. We need to focus
on what can be done
Four decades helping those with

learning disabilities live as equals
WHEN, ON the long Yom Kippur of 5775, my
eldest daughter Talya [pictured with Beverley,
right] was born having contracted a Group B
meningitis and septicaemia, she rallied against
all odds and pulled through with the help of
medical intervention, life support and Hashems
blessing. She did, however, suffer extensive damage to her brain, which left her with mild quadriplegic cerebral palsy, a severe visual impairment
and learning disabilities. Suddenly I found myself
catapulted into the unseen world of disability.
Forty years ago, when I was growing up,
derogatory terms such as retard, imbecile and
spastic were common. Considered a scourge
with no place in society, young children with disabilities were sent to live in long stay hospitals, or
were hidden from view. Inappropriate handling,
medication and therapies were applied in unsuccessful attempts to quell challenging behaviour.
Life for these individuals was bleak and short.
It was against this background I tried to reconcile my feelings for the innocent soul I had brought
into the world. For months, Talya screamed incessantly. I was told she would probably never interact
with me nor be able to do anything for herself. The
hopelessness was shattering. Fortunately though,
unlike 40 years ago, institutionalisation was no
longer in vogue and so I had the option to battle
on and, as a mother, one cannot ever give up.
Talya's early years passed in a blur therapy,
stimulation, frustration. Tentative attempts at
nursery and school settings, and the all-too-frequent rejections. Medical consultations, assessments and form filling. Navigating local council
bureaucracy. Advocating. Negotiating. Tribunals
and legal challenge. Each transition became a

fight for Talyas rights. It was a very draining and
lonely path. And in the background was a young
alienated family with subjugated needs.
With time, things improved. From unexpected
quarters, support emerged. Talya became more
manageable as her needs were better understood. It was at this point that I emerged from
the vortex and began to float. I had two desires
simmering. First, to reach out to those who were
drowning. Second, to educate every person who
averted his eyes, whispered or pointed fingers
when we drew near. It was these passions that
drew me to work at Kisharon.
My experience at Kisharon has completely
changed my perception of disability. I now know
that, with the right support, an individual with a

learning disability can take control of his or her life
and achieve just about anything. I have been giving back the hope that was shattered when Talya
was eight months and have begun to dream again.
I am on a mission to ensure that individuals with
learning disabilities have equal opportunities and
are able to develop their independence and live
meaningful and inclusive lives in the community.
My proudest moment yet was when Talya was
asked at her annual review in her final year of
school what she wanted for herself and she stood
up and said: I want to live independently and
have a job. I knew then that my job was done.
Three years on and Talya, now 21, has moved
into a Kisharon supported living flat in Golders
Green. It has been the hardest thing ever to let
go, but she is thriving. She is making contacts of
her own for the first time in her life and both embracing and being embraced by so many. She
has a busy life: attending Kisharons College; she
has a job polishing silver and is soon to start
work at Roundtree Real Estate; then there is
swimming, Slimming World, gym and piano lessons. My heart swells when I catch sight of her
going about her day in the community.
Whats next? As we move beyond this,
Kisharons celebratory 40th year, with the continued wonderful support of the community,
we will provide outstanding accessible special
educational facilities; we will unlock a supply of
accommodation to meet demand; Talya will
get a full-time job, as will all those with learning
disabilities who desire it. We will together remove every constraint and live as equals.
Dr Beverley
Jacobson
Chief Executive,
Kisharon
Life for those with learning

disabilities used to be bleak.
Im on a mission to ensure
they live meaningful lives
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OPINION:
RABBI MIRIAM BERGER AND MARK MAIER
JN OPINION
DOES MY
BUT LOOK BIG IN THIS?
One big issue, two opposing opinions...

LABOURS INQUIRY into anti-Semitism is just
what the doctor ordered. It is the cure for the
partys ills and will tackle the underlying
issues. With almost half-a-million members,
many new and young, it is not surprising that
a small minority harbour strident views, so
guidance is key.
Most members weve read about in recent
weeks of Parliament, councils or the ruling
executive slipped into anti-Semitic discourse
because they took their hostility to Israel and
Zionism to an offensive new level. Israel is not
above criticism nor should it be but to call
Hitler a Zionist, link Israel to ISIS or suggest
Israeli Jews be transported to the United
States is a step too far, to put it mildly.
The key question is: what is too far?
Where are the boundaries? Employees
sanctioned under a disciplinary policy that did
not spell out what was a disciplinary offence
would rightly feel hard done by.
The same goes for anti-Semitism. Its a
complex issue, linked to the ill-defined antiZionism, and there is no list of what can or
cant be said or compared.
What, for example, can be said about
Israels behaviour towards Palestinians?
Historians often equate a states actions to the
actions of past actors, but for Israel, a state
formed after a peoples attempted extermination, this is particularly sensitive.
A code of conduct will help, drawing red
lines if you will, establishing that context and
understanding (and timing, David Ward MP)
are vital for justifiable commentary. There are

already definitions of anti-Semitism in place,
such as that of the European Union
Monitoring Centre, which covers links to Israel
and Nazism.
The adoption of these or other guides, and
the express stipulation that comments adhere
to them, will put an end to all this nastiness
and restore the partys image in the eyes of
the Jewish community.
With highly-respected former Liberty director Shami Chakrabarti leading this muchneeded inquiry, and with Jewish academic
input, the futures bright, the futures tolerant.
BUT...
THATS ONLY if you live in a world of roses,
where moons have faces and princesses call
out for princes from castle turrets. Inquiry?
Please! Never will anything have been washed
so white. Therell be undercoats, overcoats
and duffel coats used to hide this hatred.
The carefully chosen independent panel
should see to that: Chakrabarti has thinlydisguised political ambitions of her own (so
wont alienate her voting proletariat with
something seen to let nasty Israel off the
hook) and the Jewish input is an academic
who thinks claims of anti-Semitism are blown
Weve even adapted an old Tory idea
out of all proportion.

You dont need to be Albert Einstein to
work out why theres so much Jew-baiting and
Israel-bashing going on in Labour these days.
Its because they elected a far-left leader who
calls Israel-hating psychopath terrorists
friends, and who spent much of his parliamentary career raising and promoting
Palestinian victimhood.
Inquiry into anti-Semitism? Something to
say youve done something? Save your time
and your column inches.
After 2,000 years practice, Jews tend to
make good sceptics, finely-honed to sense
even the faintest whiff of bull***t on a light
north London breeze. Sorry, but itll take more
than just guidelines to stem this flow.
Polls have already shown that hundreds of
thousands of British Muslims are likely to hold
anti-Semitic attitudes.
The Labour Party cant just bury its proPalestinian head behind bureaucracy. It must
do what Londons new mayor Sadiq Khan has
done: reach out, extend a hand, engage in
dialogue, win trust.
Then, sure, lets have that Middle East
discussion, air our respective grievances in a
grown-up way and learn from the other.
At that point, wed understand the partys
line, and it would understand ours.
Until then, Jeremy Corbyns Labour Party
may as well use this promised code of
conduct to plug the countless holes in the
Labour ship.
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To coincide with World Refugee Day
and the start of Refugee Week on
20 June, the Remembering Eleanor
Rathbone Group, in conjunction
with The Council for Assisting at-risk
Academics, are holding a
conference entitled Welcome to
Britain? Refugees Then and Now.
Held in memory of Rathbone, Dame
Helena Kennedy QC will be the
keynote speaker, and there will also
be a talk from Barbara Winton,
daughter of the late Sir Nicholas
Winton MBE. Tickets, which cost
20 and include refreshments and a
sandwich lunch, are available at:
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WJR & POLISH-JEWISH LIFE

Fifty guests of World Jewish Relief
heard Jonathan Ornstein, executive
director of the Jewish community
centre in Krakow (JCC Krakow) and
Robert Desmond, founder of Ride
For the Living, talk about Jewish
life in Poland today. At the event,
held at Edgware United
Synagogue, Ornstein said: The
Polish Jewish community, once only
seen as a place of loss and tragedy,
is being welcomed back into the
Jewish world with open arms,
largely thanks to the work and
support of World Jewish Relief, our
founder.
Youngsters walk 10k to come of age

Eighteen young people celebrating their bar and batmitzvahs this year took part in a 10k sponsored
walk to raise vital funds for Jewish Care. The first event of its kind, the walkers set off at Jewish Cares
Maurice and Vivienne Wohl Campus in Golders Green and finished via a stop at the Clore Manor Care
Home in Hendon at the newly-built Betty and Asher Loftus Centre in Friern Barnet.
WEEK IN
PICTURES
KESHERS TASTY CHOLENT

Twelve cholents featured in this
years Cholent Challenge at Kesher.
Participants made recipes from
around the world, with each telling
a story, such as Safta Floras Indian
hamin, which evoked memories of
Elan Mansurs familys travels from
Iraq to the subcontinent and the
Levinson familys Hungarian cholent.
Vegetarian cholents made a
particularly strong showing this year.
Rabbi Simon concluded the
community-building exercise with a
shiur on Halakhically Correct
Cholent: What you Need to Know.
A group of 20 JFS students toured

Bloomberg, learning about the different
departments and work space of the world
leading finance company built by Michael
Bloomberg, ex-mayor of New York City.
Ashley Blaker, the only Charedi Jew in

British comedy, provided the laughs in
his stand-up show, Ungefiltered to a sellout crowd at Kinloss, in support of Camp
Simcha.
Picture: Terry Mendoza
EMUNAH RAISES 2,200

Bournemouth Emunahs dinner
raised more than 2,200 for Israels
Neve Landy childrens home.
Attended by nearly 150 guests,
including Emunah director Deborah
Nathan, guests were shown an
emotional film describing the
charitys work in supporting children
with difficulties in Israel. Guest
performers the A-Sharp Trio made
a welcome return at the event.
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Southend and Westcliff Hebrew Congregation

hosted a tea to celebrate two centenarians
Trudie Riseman and Gertie Dennenberg. Sir
David Amess MP, was the special guest, and the
pair were presented with a 100th birthday
certificate by the SWHC president.
Flora Frank, together with her

husband Herbert, attended the
Queen's Royal Garden Party as
recipient of the British Empire
Medal, in recognition of services
to the Jewish community, which
has included her running 33
marathons for charity.
ORT UKS annual lunch, held at

Claridges and attended by 178 friends
and supporters, heard John Simpsons
stories from a 50-year career at the
BBC, while honouring long-time
supporter Lady Irene Hatter.
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Mannas soup walk raises 6k

Israel Relief Charity, Manna (Meir
Panim UK)s annual soup walk raised
6,000. Media sponsored by Jewish
News, 45 participants enjoyed a 10k
sponsored guided evening walk
through Jewish East End London.
Manna executive director
Gabriel Blauer said:
For the sixth year in
a row we managed to
attract new supporters to our cause who
have raised a nice
amount, which we will
send to Israel to our
two new after-school
clubs in Sderot.
Schools minister in Stamford Hill

Leaders of the
Jewish Community
Council
hosted a meeting with Schools
Minister
Nick
Gibbs, as a
result of ongoing issues with
Ofsted concerning Stamford Hill
schools.
The
minister also visited the New
Bies Yaakov Girl
schools.
phy
Pictures: RayaCottrell photogra
Chief rabbi meets

Langdon members
New Lodge 15 group

meets Judge Rinder
Genesis graduates dine out

More than 150 graduates
attended the Genesis
Programme formal graduation dinner at Od
Yosef Hai in Hendon. The
night of dining, music
and entertainment was
hosted by the director of
the Genesis Programme,
Rabbi Saul Kelly.
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Picture: Blake Ezra Pho
Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis addressed a

Langdon members meeting at Maccabi
House, Edgware, on their importance to
the Jewish community. Answering questions from members, he said: Ive faced
many difficult questions at meetings
around the country these were the nicest
Ive encountered.
Southgate Progressive Synagogues new group

Lodge 15 held its first event with special
guest Judge Rinder attended by 130 people.
Its next event will be on 14 June.
NGOs charity night of fun
Jews and Muslims birthday celebration
Local social club

The Nearly Golden
Oldies (NGO) raised
more than 2,500 for
Norwood, with a
musical charity night
at Allum Hall, in
Elstree. Nearly 300
guests attended the
event and were
treated to musical
theatre hits by
William Byrne and
the Brick Lane Music
Hall.
North-West London
Muslim-Jewish
friendship
group
Unity is celebrating
its first year anniversary with a series
of events this month,
including a tea for
Contact The Elderly,
a community walk
and talk, and a coffee
morning for Spread a
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Kisharon dinner raises 1m

A record 1,007,500 was raised at Kisharons
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21-year-old Talya Jacobson, whose mother is
charity CEO Dr Beverley Jacobson, decided to
make her maiden speech only that day. Rabbi
Lord Sacks was the speaker and Israeli
Ambassador Mark Regev made a lchayim.
Hosted by Patrice Klein and Stephen Greenman,
the event paid tribute to Kisharons visionary
founder Chava Lehman, now in her 85th year
and living in Jerusalem. Men supported by
Kisharon joined American rapper Nissim Black on
stage, and Kisharon chairman Philip Goldberg
announced a new flagship social enterprise
opening in the autumn.
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Students support Israel

University students who have supported Israel on
campus in the UK were last week honoured for
their political activism by new Israeli Ambassador
Mark Regev. The event, held last Thursday night
and hosted by pro-Israel group StandWithUs UK,
heard from former military intelligence officer
Colonel Miri Eisin, who spoke of recent
developments in the Middle East. Among the
students who received praise were Devora Khafi
from Singapore, who is studying international
relations in London, and Saul Yardley, a war
studies student at Kings College, London. What
a night! said organisers on Facebook. Thanks to
all who came and supported our work standing
with Israel in the UK.
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Team golf for Beit Halochem

The sight of a wheelchair-bound paraplegic playing his
beloved golf is a sight to behold and a view worth paying
for. Those were the thoughts of Beit Halochem supporters last
week, as they met at Hartsbourne Golf & Country Club to
raise funds in aid of the charity. Joining them was Israeli war
veteran Shlomo Ivgy, who was serving in the Golani Infantry
Brigade when, in October 1974, a colleagues stray bullet
penetrated his spinal cord while he was on a routine stretcher
run. As a group of 100 keen golfers raised 80,000K for two
special Para golfer machines, he praised the charity, telling
them: You think life is finished but it isnt. You get wounded,
but you feel there is something there for you, making your
dreams come true. Whatever you want is possible.
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Langdon dinner raises 500,000

Talk of food helped supporters of Jewish learning disability charity
Langdon raise almost 500,000, as the organisation warned of
highly challenging times amid government cuts. The event in
Wembley tarred special guest Michel Roux Jr, the double
Michelin-starred chef, who spoke to 540 guests about the need
to provide more employment opportunities for the learning
disabled. Too often people can be written off, he said.
Everyone has potential. Its just a matter of giving them that
chance. Langdon chairman Jonathan Joseph said: These are
highly challenging times for Langdon. The Care Act 2015 greatly
weakens statutory support for those at the mild to moderate end
of the disability scale, where we have historically been focused.
As we add support for more complex needs, we must adapt our
accommodation more radically, requiring greater investment.
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'I never knew

any of my songs
would be hits'
Paul Simon
wrote his
first song as
a teenager
Legendary singer-songwriter Paul

Simon tells Andy Welch about his
13th solo album and how he still
comes up with new material
aul Simon was just a teenager when he

released his first single. And since he and
school friend Art Garfunkel under the name
Tom & Jerry put out Hey, Schoolgirl, he has covered more musical ground than most artists who
have come and gone in the intervening 60 years.
The American Jewish musicians forthcoming
album continues that onward progression, and
carries his career, in which hes barely put a musical
foot wrong, well into its seventh decade.
Stranger To Stranger is his 13th album, on which
he fuses traditional folk with electronic beats,
African, Indian and South American rhythms, while
toying with the concept of microtonality the idea
music isnt formed of the 12 notes we recognise in
Western music, but 43 notes, separated by tiny
steps. It gives it a bit of an otherworldly feel, as if
recorded between awake and asleep.
Theres a five-year gap since his last album, So
Beautiful or So What, a pattern for previous
records too, which suggests Simon, 74, really
took his time recording it. He says thats some-
what deceiving, as he toured So Beautiful Or So

What for 18 months after its release, and finished
Stranger To Stranger more than six months ago.
Its not as long as people think, or how it may
look. My cycle is usually about three years, but this
was a little longer because it was more difficult
than the last couple have been. Why is that? It just
is, and I suspect it will be like that from now on, if
there is a now on, he remarks.
He explains that his past work makes it difficult for
him to write new songs. Essentially, when youve set
the bar as high as, say, Bridge Over Troubled Water,
its difficult to write new material that lives up to it.
And Ive written a lot of songs, he continues.
I do something and I think: I already did that, and
I dont want to repeat myself, or I start a rhythm and
it sounds like Cecilia, or Graceland or whatever.
Not that I am opposed to using elements from
old records, he adds. Its a nice way of keeping
a continuity of sound going through your music,
but other songs I've written provide obstacles.
He knows when it's time to make another record
Long ago, it must be, I have a photograph: Paul Simon with former collaborator Art Garfunkel
when he starts feeling anxious or depressed, he says.

Rather than succumbing to the emotion, he recognises it as a signal to get working. From there, it might
take him another six months to form a strong idea,
and only then does the record begin to take shape.
My ideas fall into two categories; ballads, or a
more rhythmic premise. Ballads will have lots of
chords and interesting phrases. The purest example
of my rhythmic songs are on Graceland, he says,
referencing his landmark 1986 album, for which
he teamed up with African musicians, including
Ladysmith Black Mambazo.
When Ive finished an album, I feel completely
done and I have no idea what to do next, adds the
New Jersey-born singer-songwriter. And thats
good, you dont want to finish a record thinking
about all the things you wished youd done, you
want to have an empty tank. If I felt like I had something else, I wouldve continued until I ran out.
I start from zero, which feels like not starting at
all, and I end when I cant do any more.
Among a wide range of musical instruments
used on Stranger To Stranger, from synthesisers
and cloud-chamber bowls, to little-known African
woodwind instruments and Peruvian drums, sits the
chromelodeon. The instrument was invented by
20th century composer Harry Partch, who devised
a system of 43 notes.
Partch said 12 notes in an octave was arbitrary
division, and there were really 43 notes. Which
I guess is arbitrary too, in a way, but thats the way
he saw it. In order to compose using those notes,
he had to invent something to play them, so he
made about 10 different instruments, Simon explains, adding that he has since bought his own
chromelodeon to use again.
Whats also striking about Stranger To Stranger
is the sense of space. While there are scores of different instruments on there, it never sounds as if
more than a few are playing at once.
Thats all part of the plan, says Simon, who
likes to take things away from his songs until theres
almost nothing left, to see how they stand up.
I might have something thats hampering
the enjoyability of a song, and in that case, take
it out and see what you have left, he explains.
Paul Simons new album, Stranger To Stranger
If you dont need to write something, or it doesnt

need to be there, take it out and leave it out.
He says the best example of that comes from
Simon & Garfunkel classic The Boxer, with its liela-lie refrain. Simon actually sang that as a placeholder and meant to write some lyrics in at a later
date, but couldnt think of anything that better
suited the song, so it stuck, eventually becoming
the most-loved thing about the song.
But I never knew how things were going to be
perceived, he admits. And I never knew what
was going to be a hit.
I didnt know Bridge Over Troubled Water was
going to be a hit. Im really proud of it, its really
good, but I thought it was too long, and just a
piano and voice... Who would have thought Graceland would be a hit? I could see it as a hit, but I
could see it as a flop, too. The main thing is
whether I think its interesting,Simon continues.
I didnt think 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover was
going to be a hit, just as I didnt know [1997
soundtrack to his disastrous musical] Songs From
The Capeman was going to be a flop, but it was a
huge flop. You dont go into these things thinking
about what comes after.
Paul Simon releases his new album Stranger To Stranger
on 3 June. He begins a UK tour on 3 November. For dates,
visit www.paulsimon.com
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DRAWING INSPIRATION
Francine Wolfisz tours the Ben Uri Gallerys 100 for 100 exhibition at Christies,
showcasing some of the most iconic artwork by 20th century Jewish artists
Ghetto Theatre, David Bomberg, 1920
Interrogation, George Grosz, 1938
hat started as a small gathering at

Gradels restaurant in Whitechapel
quickly transformed into a mighty champion for Jewish art. Now 100 years on, the Ben
Uri Gallery is celebrating its century-long story
with a stunning exhibition opening this week
at Christies South Kensington.
Spread over three rooms, 100 for 100: Ben Uri
Past Present and Future presents a rare opportunity
to enjoy a small portion of the 1,300-large collection owned by the St Johns Wood museum, which
is largely kept hidden from public view.
The exhibition starts at the very beginning, with
an intricate, circular design piece by founding artist
Lazar Berson, which was created to mark the very
first anniversary of the Jewish art society he had
established. Despite its humble beginnings, with
the help of fellow artist and jeweller Moshe Oved,
the society had grown to more than 100 members
by 1916.
As we continue through the exhibition, the walls
are filled with the spectacular works of these founding members, which reflect on issues of family,
Jewish traditions and migration. They include
Solomon Hart, notable for becoming the first
Jewish Royal Academician in 1840 and Solomon
J Solomon, who after a nearly-70 year gap became
the second and later on, president of Ben Uri.
Sarah MacDougall, Ben Uris head of collections,
explains that few Jewish artists received membership to established societies like the Royal Academy during this era.
There was no official rule as such, but this large
gap certainly suggests something. Thats why
a society like Ben Uri was very much needed to be
specifically Jewish.
Almost all of these early artworks show a tenderness, longing or return towards the respective
artists Jewish identity. Samuel Hirszenbergs
Sabbath Rest (1894) is an evocative depiction of
three generations poised to leave behind their lives
in Lodz for other shores. Alfred Wolmarks The Last
Days of Rabbi Ben Ezra (1905), one of the exhibitions star attractions, was completed by the artist
after he travelled to Poland to steep himself in the
old ways.
Simeon Solomon, a child prodigy who embraced
Christianity in later life, thinks back to the traditions
of his youth with The Rabbi (1893). His life ended
somewhat tragically after he was prosecuted for
homosexuality and spent his final days destitute in
a workhouse. Despite his obvious talent, his work
was supressed and Solomon was shunned by the
art world except for the Ben Uri society.
That was a brave act, given that Solomons work
was still supressed at that time. To champion him
despite this shows a very strong commitment to
art, explains MacDougall.
The story behind Lily Delissa Joseph is equally
intriguing. In her Self-Portrait with Candles (1906),
the artist presents herself as an Orthodox Jewish
woman, but she was also a very radical character
and staunch suffragette in fact she missed her
own private view because she was imprisoned in
Holloway at the time.
A section of the exhibition is dedicated to the socalled Jewish School of Paris, which includes Emmanuel Man-Katz, Chaim Soutine, Marc Chagall,
Moise Kisling, Sonia Delaunay and Jacques Lipchitz, as well as the Whitechapel Boys, which
includes Mark Gertler and David Bomberg among
their number.
The latter has two works on display: Racehorses
(1913), which shows his radical, forward-thinking
talent with his chalk and wash drawing of horses
that were called a waste of good wall space and
pigment by critics; and Ghetto Theatre (1920),
a much darker picture reflecting Bombergs state of
mind after he witnessed the horrors of the First
World War.
One of the most poignant exhibits on display is
Isaac Rosenbergs Self-Portrait in Steel Helmet
(1916), created on brown paper while the young
artist took cover in the trenches. Just two years
Rabbi and Rabbitzin, Mark Gertler, 1914
West Indian Waitresses, Eva Frankfurther, 1955
after sending his portrait to his family, Rosenberg

was killed in action.
The horrors of the Second World War are equally
reflected in works by the non-Jewish, degenerative artist, George Grosz, in his graphic Interrogation (1938), referencing the tortuous death of his
Jewish friend, anarchist Erich Mhsam and Emmanuel Levys Crucifixion (1942), a personal protest
against Jewish persecution in mainland Europe.
Similarly, Marc Chagalls Apocalypse en Lilas,
Capriccio (1945), uses the crucifixion of Christ as
a way of alluding to the Holocaust for the first time.
Moving into the post-war era, the exhibition
changes pace with an eclectic mix of artwork from
Hans Feibusch, Leon Kossoff, Frank Auerbach and
Eva Frankfurter.
As 100 for 100 heads towards its conclusion,
the displayed works reflect the change from Ben
Uris original focus on specifically Jewish artists to
a collection that now also includes the works of
artists from around the world.
MacDougall concludes: Its a wonderful showcase not only of the collection and the importance
of our Jewish history, but also the continuing themes
of identity and migration in the art of today.
100 for 100: Ben Uri Past Present and Future runs
until 9 June at Christies South Kensington, Old
Brompton Road. Details: www.christies.com/exhibitions
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THE TEN UTTERANCES

The Ten Commandments are the basis for a good society, says
Rabbi Lord Sacks, introducing the Weinstein Family Edition of the
Koren Sacks Shavuot Machzor, which also includes his commentary
hat the Israelites heard at Sinai has become known as the Ten Commandments. But this description raises
obvious problems. First, neither the Torah nor
Jewish tradition calls them the Ten Commandments. The Torah calls them aseret hadevarim
(Ex. 34: 28), and tradition terms them aseret
hadibrot, meaning the ten utterances. Second, there was much debate, especially between Maimonides and Nahmanides, as to
whether the first verse, I am the Lord your God
, is a command or a preface to the commands. Third, there are not ten commandments
in Judaism but 613. Why, then, these but not
those?
Light has been shed on all these issues by the
discovery, already mentioned, of ancient Near
Eastern suzerainty treaties, most of which share
certain features and forms. They begin with a
preamble stating who is initiating the covenant.
That is why the revelation opened with the
words: I am the Lord your God. Then comes
a historical review stating the background and
context of the covenant, in this case: who
brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the
slave-house.
Next come the stipulations, first in general
outline, then in specific detail. That is precisely
the relationship between the ten utterances
and the detailed commands set out in later
chapters and books of the Torah. The former are
the general outline, the latter, the details. So the
ten utterances are not commandments as
such but an articulation of basic principles. What
makes them special is that they are simple and
easy to memorise. That is because in Judaism,
law is not intended for judges alone. The
covenant at Sinai was made by God with an
entire people. Hence the need for a brief statement of basic principles that everyone could
remember and recite.
Usually they are portrayed as two sets of
five, the first dealing with relationships between us and God (including
honouring
our
parents since they, like God,
brought us into being), the
second with the relations
between us and our fellow
humans. However, it also
makes sense to see them as
three groups of three.
The first three No
other gods besides Me,
no graven images, and
no taking of Gods
name in vain are
about God, the author
and authority of the
laws. The first states
that Divine sovereignty transcends all
other loyalties (No
other gods besides
Me). The second
tells us that God is
a living force,
not an abstract power (No graven images). The

third states that sovereignty presupposes reverence (Do not take My name in vain).
The second three the Sabbath, honouring
parents, and the prohibition of murder are all
about the principle of the createdness of life.
Shabbat is the day dedicated to seeing God as
creator, and the universe as His creation. Honouring parents acknowledges our human createdness. Thou shall not murder restates the
central principle of the Noahide covenant that
murder is not just a crime against man but a sin
against God in whose image we are created.
So the fourth, fifth and sixth commands form the
basic jurisprudential principles of Jewish
life. They tell us to remember
where we came from if we seek
to know how to live.
The third three against
adultery, theft and bearing false witness establish the basic institutions
on which society depends.
Marriage
is sacred because it is
the human bond
closest in approximation to the covenant
between us and
God.
The prohibition
against theft establishes the integrity
of property, which
John Locke saw as
one of the bases of
a
free
society.
Tyrants abuse property rights. The prohibition of false
testimony is the precondition of justice. A just

society needs more than a structure of laws,
courts and enforcement agencies. It also needs
basic honesty on the part of us all. There is no
freedom without justice, and no justice without
each of us accepting individual and collective
responsibility for truth-telling
Finally comes the stand-alone prohibition
against envying your neighbors house, wife,
slave, maid, ox, donkey, or anything else
belonging to him or her.
This seems odd if we think of the ten words
as commands, but not if we think of them as the
basic principles of a free society.
The greatest challenge of any society is how to contain the
universal phenomenon of
envy: the desire to
have what belongs to
someone else. Rene
Girard, in Violence
and
the
Sacred, argued
that the primary
driver of human
violence
is
mimetic desire,
that is, the desire
to have what
someone else has,
which is ultimately
the desire to be
what someone else
is. Envy can lead to
breaking many of the
other commands: it can
move people to adultery,
theft, false testimony and
even murder. It led Cain to
murder Abel, made Abraham
and Isaac fear for their life because they were

married to beautiful women, and led Josephs
brothers to hate him and sell him into slavery.
It was envy of their neighbours that led the
Israelites often to imitate their religious practices and worship their gods.
So the prohibition of envy is not odd at all.
It is the most basic force undermining the social
harmony and order that are the aim of the Ten
Commandments as a whole. Not only though
do they forbid it; they also help us rise above it.
It is precisely the first three commands, reminding us of Gods presence in history and our
lives, and the second three, reminding us of our
createdness, that help us rise above envy.
We are here because God wanted us to be.
We have what God wanted us to have. Why
then should we seek what others have? If what
matters most in our lives is how we appear in
the eyes of God, why should we seek anything
else merely because someone else has it?
It is when we stop defining ourselves in relation to God and start defining ourselves in relation to other people that competition, strife,
covetousness and envy enter our minds, and
they lead only to unhappiness.
Thirty-three centuries after they were first
given, the Ten Commandments remain the simplest, shortest guide to the creation of a good
society.
Published by Koren Publishers Jerusalem, the

Weinstein Family Edition of the Koren Sacks Shavuot
Machzor is available online and in bookstores
(29.99 standard size, 18.99 compact size).
Rabbi Sacks will give a shiur to mark the launch
of the machzor on 7 June at 8pm in north-west
London. For details, visit https://billetto.co.uk/
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What does the
Torah say about...
for
Torah
Today
BY RABBI ARI
KAYSER
THE TORAH doesnt believe

in prisons. Yes, you read that
right. Thats not to say there
is no place for prison, but that
the ideal is rehabilitation, not
incarceration.
In fact, the only place we
find mention of prisons in the
Torah is in Egypt, when
Pharaoh locks up Joseph for a
crime he did not commit.
We seem to have lost our
moral compass in that we view
prison as the goal, not as an
unfortunate but necessary
means to correction.
The United States leads the
way and, according to the US
Bureau of Justice Statistics,
in 2013, almost seven million
Americans were either in
prison, on probation, or on
parole. That is 2.8 percent of
adults, or one in every 35 for
the US resident population.
And if we think in the UK
we are any better, a quick
look at reoffending rates, will
make us think again.
According to the Justice
Ministry, prison sentences of
less than 12 months have a
PRISON
REFORMS
59 percent reoffending rate,

one-to-four-year terms have
36 percent, four-to-10-years
are at 27 percent, and more
than 10 years have 18 percent.
This all seems rather shocking.
If the purpose of the prison
system is to discourage offenders and rehabilitate them,
we have two major questions
to ask: why is it not preventing those who commit crimes,
and why do we see such astronomical rates of reoffending?
In a culture in which we are
so used to locking people up
as an ends in and of itself, the
hot topic of prison reform is a
crucial one.
Can an ancient text such as
the Torah shed any significant
light to our approach to prison
sentencing and the life of an
inmate?
The concept of prison as an
end does not hold much
weight in the Torah, as the
goal is rehabilitation and reengagement with society.
A perfect example of this is
that when someone commits
a crime, his punishment is to
become a servant, and tend to
the needs of others.
Other than this being a precursor to the community service model, it serves to teach
Sedra:
Behar
BY RABBI ARIEL
ABEL
THIS WEEKS reading reminds us of our agricultural roots. Under Gods law, the land must
not be overworked, hence a Sabbatical year is
instructed for application in the Holy Land.
Until today, Jews keep these laws in Israel,
and have also observed parallel and linked
practices outside of the Holy Land.
The earliest Jewish communities in the New
World of Sephardic descent have continued to
farm the land in accordance with Torah principles of agriculture.
The law of freedom links the land to the
people by instituting a return of land to its
owners in the Jubilee year.
The Jubilee, or 50th year following seven
times seven-year agricultural cycles, is proclaimed by the blasting of a horn which returns
to full autonomy even the longest-serving
Hebrew servant.
The clarion call of freedom is so important
that if the local authorities cannot arrange for
the shofar to be blown, the command reverts
to each individual, so that the entire country
reverberates to the sound of freedom on that
Yom Kippur, twice a century.
us that crimes committed

are often out of desperation,
loneliness and a lack of understanding of the harmful
effects on others.
By re-educating the offender
to serve others, we are affectively teaching him the core
values of life, and essentially
freedom. He must learn that
true freedom has its boundaries. Freedom has its limitations. If not so, there would be
pandemonium. This is what we
instill in the offender.
Furthermore, in terms of
treatment of prisoners, the
Torah seeks to treat them in
high regard.
If the goal is rehabilitation,
we must re-educate the offender that he is a valued member of society, and not to
reinforce his identity as a
lowlife as he is likely to have
been told all his life.
As a modern society, we
have a long way to go in understanding how to fix the problem of our prison system.
If we begin to foster an atmosphere of caring within our
prison systems, we may find
our focus truly does shift from
incarceration, to successful rehabilitation.
Ari Kayser is a rabbi at Aish Schools
Apart from the land cultivation and personal

freedom, property sales are affected by the
Jubilee year, too.
In that year, all holdings of land return to the
previous owner. This way, tribal allocations
were preserved in the early part of the First
Temple era and sales of land at that time were
limited to a lease of years remaining up until
the next Jubilee year only.
Thus, the land cannot be sold beyond
reclaim, so as to protect the divine status of its
ultimate ownership.
The fourth link that the land makes with us
is with social welfare. If a landowner had to sell
his land through poverty, his nearest relative
should redeem what was sold, or return to
his holding by compensating the current
holder for the expected profit he would
expect to make in the years remaining before
the next Jubilee year.
The next link is with city planning. Only
open country which could be redeemed is
sold by a poor landowner. Arable land in
enclosed, city-dwelling areas was not subject
to redemption laws.
Care for the land moves us to care for others. The Torah instructs against Jews lending
to their brethren on interest or holding any
long-term debtor to any oppressive treatment.
Jews are furthermore obligated to relieve
the stress of other Jews who become subservient to citizens from another religion.
The ethical commands discussed in this
weeks reading culminate in the overarching
principle that as Jews we should place freedom from oppression or subservience to other
human beings as the highest spiritual value.
Ariel Abel is rabbi at Liverpool Old Hebrew
Congregation
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ITS BIBLICAL!
Everything you want to
know about your favourite
Torah characters... and
ones youve never heard of
BY REBBETZIN VICKI
BELOVSKI
THIS WEEK: Jephthah

BEST KNOWN for the disturbing story of his
daughter, Jephthahs life (Judges 11) reads like a
biblical soap opera.
Having been born from a questionable relationship, Jephthah as a young man is thrown out of the
house by his half-brothers and flees outside the
borders of the land of Israel.
He gathers a band of young men in similar situations and they hone their fighting skills to such an
extent that when the Jewish people are threatened
by the Ammonites, they cast around for a warrior to
lead them into battle and come up with Jephthah.
However, Jephthah (or, less tongue-twistingly in
Hebrew, Yiftach) was not so eager to come back,
observing that when he was under threat from his
brothers the Jewish people had not helped him, so
why should he help them now?
He agrees with the elders that, if God gives him
success in battle, he will become their leader.
The commentators note approvingly that
Jephthah recognises that success will come only
through Gods hand. For those who know the story,
this is a foreshadowing of disaster, highlighting
Jephthahs tendency to bargain to gain what he

wants. Jephthah tries some unsuccessful diplomacy with the king of Ammon before waging a successful battle campaign against him.
It is at this point the familiar story begins
Jephthah vows if he is successful in war, he will offer
as a sacrifice the first living thing that comes out of
his house to greet him on his return.
The rabbis comment here that Jephthah is numbered among those making inappropriate vows.
In his enthusiasm, he failed to consider the consequences if a non-kosher animal were the first thing
to greet him, let alone a family member.
Worse, when his only child, a daughter, dances
out, rejoicing in his victory, instead of seeking to
annul his vow, Jephthah stands on his pride and condemns her to her fate. (It is unlikely she was actually
sacrificed she probably became a hermit).
Jephthah and Pinchas, the high priest, are both
censured by the rabbis for refusing to approach
each other and resolve the situation.
The rabbinic commentators used this tragedy
to urge people to think before they speak, take
responsibility for their actions and be prepared to
humble themselves, rather than sacrifice anothers
wellbeing lessons as relevant today as they were
in the time of the Judges.
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the junior doctors contract dispute? IDEAL FOR KIDS
THE CHILDREN of the house help
their parents. Fathers, mothers, children build barricades. And groups of
workers walk about in the streets.
This song, Barikadn (Barricades), was
composed by Shmerke Kaczerginski,
a Yiddish writer and radical activist, describing a strike in Lodz in the 1920s.
Barikadn is not the only song of
its kind in the Yiddish repertoire
beginning in the late 19th century,
many Eastern European Jews became
involved in unions.
And where unions arose, strike
action followed. Within the trade union
movement, the strike was perhaps the
only vehicle for workers to wrest some
power in an unequal situation, gaining
better wages, safer working conditions
and the novel idea of days off.
Many of us with family from Eastern
Europe heard the stories of our ancestors struggles for workers rights.
And, it is important to say, many
Jews, including a good number of
rabbis, belong today to unions.
So there is a history of Jewish
support for unions and for strike action, which stems from the experience
of being working-class people in
rather powerless situations.
But a tailor on strike is different
from a doctor, and there have been
Halachic rulings on doctors and strikes
in particular, arising out of the 1983
doctors dispute in Israel.
Because there is an Halachic obligation to save lives, and striking risks
breaking the command to heal not

to stand idly by the blood of ones
neighbour, and pikuach nefesh, the
saving of lives the rabbis sent messages to the striking doctors telling
them that they could not strike.
There was some support given for
the idea of a limited strike that would
lead to arbitration, as long as it did not
interrupt services for those who might
be endangered by lack of available
doctors (and the doctors stated that
care would be provided when
needed), but that, as soon as there
was binding arbitration, they needed
to pursue their ends in that forum.
The right to strike for doctors was
curtailed the rights of other groups to
strike is generally recognised.
However, both parties had to agree
to arbitration and if the employer
refused the request, some strike action
might be permitted.
The problematic part of the piece
is how to compel the government to
meet their demands, or to agree to
binding arbitration.
If the government refuses, what
can doctors do to assert some control?
Perhaps as long as urgent medical situations are covered, there must be the
right for all workers to strike.
Better would be that, in all such situations, the law would insist on independent arbiters.
Ultimately, our doctors need to be
content, well recompensed and have
the same right to working hours conducive to doing a difficult job safely.
And that might require strikes.
Barbara Borts is a member of

Darlington Hebrew Congregation
MY JEWISH
HERO
AS I write, I am sitting at my
desk on my third week back
after maternity leave. Our 11month-old son is refusing to
take a bottle, he is waking up
every three hours or less
through the night for milk, and
our almost-four-year-old is trying to work out why she has to
have breakfast at nursery again.
Parenthood is a challenge
(especially if you work), but
I wouldnt trade it for the world.
And the truth is, even 10 years
ago, my husband and I probably wouldnt have had our children, had it not been for
pioneers such as Robert Winston, who between them have
been leading the world in IVF

research for the past 40 years.
I dont know if his Judaism
inspired Lord Winston in his
research and technological
developments, but with Jewish
life so focused on families, and
biblical women wailing through
their infertility, his work has certainly made a huge impact for
many in the Jewish community.
Lord Winston doesnt stop at
helping to solve infertility for
many. He continues to invest
in the wider scientific community, and to be a friendly,
approachable face introducing
us through his television work
to all sorts of ideas from effec-
MAZELTOV TO all the children who completed

their SATs in the past few weeks. They certainly
seem to have become much more stressful, difficult and controversial since I sat mine
12 years ago.
SATs in 2016, as far as I can gather, are a
nerve-wracking individual learning assessment
designed to reduce children to numbers that
can be used to judge their teachers and rank
everyone on the same narrow set of skills.
They have, for many, become symbolic of a particular strain in educational culture that is seen as
exclusionary to those with learning difficulties or
from a poor background, and is designed to
achieve a national assessment about a school rather
than in the interests of the actual individual children.
For the past year, I have been a movement
worker for LJY-Netzer an organisation that,
like schools, values education as a fundamental
part of our reason for existing.
However, unlike schools, we still have the freedom and capacity to approach this in a manner
that is unconstrained by formal structures.
Our informal, often peer-led, style emphasises education for a purpose and creativity in
learning. Most importantly of all, it is adapted to
groups and individuals whatever their
strengths and weakness.
The ultimate aim is to inspire and empower
our members to find their own paths.
In a funny way, the horror stories weve been
hearing about SATs from our members and
their parents makes me even prouder of LJYNetzers informal education.
I think the current furore around SATs clearly
shows the dangers of losing the values of inclusion, inspiration and creativity that underlie our
approach.
LJY-Netzer has developed a system to focus
on people achieving their potential, not some
uniform target. This is a lesson that many in
the educational establishment could learn from
Jewish youth movements.
Sam Alston is a movement worker for LJY-Netzer
This week, community educator

Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers
chooses the fertility pioneer
Professor Robert Winston
tive child-rearing to God in

creation.
He has also contributed to
our core communal institutions such as Limmud.
Clearly, Lord Winston is one

of my Jewish heroes for very
personal reasons. But he is
also an inspiration because he
demonstrates continually with
humility and humour what it
means to get on with living
well, as both a Jew and a
beloved part of British society.
He changes peoples lives,
but he also gets on with living
it well, teaching children
about science and tweeting
regularly.
He is no great unattainable
superhero but a man who,
through his hard work and
vision, has changed (and created) lives the world over.
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BACH TO NATURE
Alex Galbinski braves the wet Welsh weather and finds plenty to
explore and activities galore among the beauty of Snowdonia
he weekend was wonderful, but I have to

come clean. I overestimated the time we
would have to explore beautiful Snowdonia, I
underestimated the rain and I overlooked how
quickly a weekend with friends disappears.
But to backtrack having been offered the chance
to stay in a lovely home, one of 450 properties featured by Wales Cottage Holidays, I jumped at it; Id
been to Wales as a child and recalled it fondly.
Our home for the weekend was charmingly called
Pentre Bach (meaning little village in Welsh), a twobedroomed cottage and former granary
building near Capel Garmon on the
north coast of Wales. It is around
20 miles from Llandudno and
took just over four hours by
car from London.
Having travelled there
with two friends, I picked
up the keys and drove up
the narrow lane to the
detached property, datAlexs home for the weekend Pentre Bach, which means little village in Welsh
ing from around the 18th
century and built during the
plore, promising we would also remem- Tea Room. But speaking of exercise or even just
Industrial Revolution.
ber to feed the birds.
activity there is much to do in the vicinity and it is
Opening the door, we immeClose by, we found a traditional pub, Lle fitting that 2016 is Wales Year of Adventure.
diately fell in love. The kitchen was
Hari, attached to the Meadowsweet Hotel in
In better weather, the 80-acre Bodnant Garden,
all wood beams and the doors fea- All mod cons the Llanrwst, Conwy, which boasted a cosy feel in Tal-y-Cafn, Conwy, is a must-see. Now owned by
tured traditional thumb-latch han- kitchen at Pentre Bach and a real fire, around which we settled for a the National Trust, it is famous for its laburnum arch,
dles (but rest assured, it had all the
drink before going next door for dinner.
Italianate terraces, river, streams and waterfalls, and
mod cons too, including dishwasher and wi-fi).
I chose the sea bass with buttered new potatoes plants that are part of the National Collection, such
Tired from our journey, we were pepped up by with radish, spring onions, green beans and cour- as rhododendrons, azaleas and magnolias.
the tea and traditional Welsh cakes (pice ar y maen) gettes in a lemon butter sauce and didnt regret it.
Visitors can go on good walks starting from the
that had been left for us.
My friends had the pan-fried fillet of salmon served very door of Pentre Bach. They can also try climbing
While we ate, we spotted the bird table in the with butternut squash and spinach risotto and the the National Parks peaks, including Mount Snowgarden, along with a book in which visitors noted beer battered fish and chips with minted mushy peas don, which, at 3,560ft, can claim to be the highest
the varieties they had spotted.
and homemade tartare sauce.
mountain in Wales and England. There are various
Suitably fortified, we headed out again to exWe finished with sticky toffee pudding with vanilla routes up and down (including by bus or train, if
ice cream, chocolate and orange sponge cake preserving energy is a concern).
served with cream anglaise and chocolate sauce,
And its not just about the climbing the National
and an Irish coffee convinced as we were that we Park is also home to beautiful shores, wide beaches,
would walk off most of the calories the following day. rolling dunes, estuaries and pretty little harbours.
But it rained. And rained. Yes, it ensures the pasIn a farm field at nearby Betws Garmon is a
tures remain a beautiful green in these parts, but Neolithic burial chamber of historic importance with
when you leave London on the hottest day of the views over the Conwy Valley to Snowdonia, and
year, all set to go walking, it is a bit disappointing.
there is the World Heritage Site Conwy Castle, built
Instead, we wandered around the Bodnant Food for Edward I in just four years, between 1283-1287.
Centre, in the Conwy Valley, whose farm shop sells
At Llandudno, there is the renowned Great Orme
top-quality food and drinks sourced from the sur- Bronze Age copper mine, where visitors can take a
rounding Bodnant Estate and award-winning Welsh self-guided tour, learn how people turned ore into
(and other) suppliers. It has its own in-house bakery, metal and explore 3,500-year-old passages.
butcher and delicatessen and an on-site dairy.
There is lots more, if you are feeling more advenGiven our lack of exercise, we ate a light lunch of turous, including the longest zip-wire in the Northern
Welsh rarebit on honey-spelt bread at the Furnace Hemisphere at more than a mile, offering the chance
Alex Galbinski kitted out for the Welsh weather
to fly through the skies 500ft above a mountain lake

at up to 115mph, while enjoying stunning views over
Snowdonia and the North Wales coastline.
Cycling is a big deal, too, with tough climbs
apparently steeper than the Alps, but also plenty of
others suitable for weekend cyclists and family
groups, not forgetting the mountain biking.
Five miles from the cottage, in Dolgarrog, is the
new Surf Snowdonia splash park featuring a 300metre surf lagoon built on a derelict industrial site.
In the surrounding area, there are caves to explore
and slate caverns showing the life of a Victorian family at work. The less intrepid can take a steam train
and view the sights from a safe distance. There are
also museums and woollen mills, treetop adventures, watersports, fishing, riding, karting and more.
In Betws-y-Coed, a popular village surrounded by
natural beauty, including waterfalls, lakes and ancient
bridges, we caught the last rays of light with a short
post-dinner walk across the 1930s-built Sappers Suspension Bridge. Its swaying was quite enough adventure after a couple of glasses of wine, thank you.
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Alexs contacts...
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The new hot place in town is on the 23rd floor of the
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Next month, Italian restaurant Bernardis in
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The Dog House has a playful, relaxed look and feel,
decorated in
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dark greys and blues to
contrast with the light
and airy feel of the
upstairs restaurant. As
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seating around the
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that seats eight and a small outdoor courtyard, just in
time for summer. Both The Dog House and the
restaurant are dog friendly. Bernardis.co.uk
Yotam Ottolenghi at JW3

EARLIER THIS MONTH, a Jewish legend talked to a full
house at JW3. Neil Diamond? Nah. Barbra Streisand?
No, better. More than 270 of us, mainly women (with
more on the waiting list), turned up to hear a gentle,
modest and really quite funny Israeli talk about our
favourite subject Middle Eastern food.
Journalist Tim Samuels did a great job of interviewing
Yotam Ottolenghi. Samuels started off by making lots of
references to shakshuka, sumac and how Ottolenghi
has made cauliflower sexy. He asked whether the recipes
really needed so many ingredients.
Ottolenghi explained that as he now has three
business partners, each with their own remit, his role is
primarily that of recipe writer.
He employs a recipe maker who goes home, makes
the food for her family and then gives feedback. Cue
jealous oohs from the audience.
His current project is a book on cakes, with
one on simpler recipes also in the pipeline.
There was a lovely atmosphere and
much food talk. We wanted to know what
Ottolenghi makes for his kids and what
he likes to eat.
Restaurants not
kosher unless stated
Yotam Ottolenghi, right, with journalist Tim Samuels, wowed the audience with his charm
We laughed when we heard that his

addition of orange peel to an Irish stew
recipe didnt go down well and when
Samuels asked him if the reason that he
hasnt opened a restaurant in north-west
London is because he cant be doing
with the aggravation.
We glazed over when he was asked
for his opinion on Israeli politics and he
talked about a two-state solution. We
wanted to know what his own favourite
recipe was.
Questions from the crowd were
plentiful and sometimes personal.
Samuels summed him up succinctly:
A great cook, a lovely fella.
Both men in their blue jeans and black
shirts (planned?) were available and
amiable for book signing and photos.
The only downside to the evening was
that we all went home very hungry.
Angela Taylor
Housewifes Choice:
Barbecoa
ISNT IT A BIT MEATY FOR YOU? was the

universal cry when I, a long-time pescatarian,
said I was going to Jamie Olivers Barbecoa, a
US-style charcoal grill. But fish on a smoky open
flame what could be more heavenly?
POKE ME
First it was all about sushi, now its all about poke
(pronounce pokeay). Hot on the heels of Black Roe
opening to great acclaim in London, Ahi Poke is due
to open in Fitzrovia in June. Its a little place just
25 covers but is big on expertise as the team
behind it is responsible for Chez
Chow in Mayfair. Ahi Poke is
inspired by the poke bars of
LA and Hawaii.
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Shown to your seat, in our case a huge red

leather banquette facing St Pauls, youre
instantly excited by the sheer exuberance of the
place, so obviously confident in its craft. People
eat here with a real sense of fun and occasion
and its infectious.
On top of that, theres a cinematic spectacle of
London life on the other side of the cathedrallike, floor-to-ceiling glass walls. Where else
do you get to stare at St Pauls grandeur in
such comfort, under an amber moon,
watching the big red buses pass through
pools of lamp light on the Citys shiny wet
streets, while drinking a superb Chenin
blanc?
The food is pretty good, too. My halibut
arrives the King of Fish, as my favourite
Primrose Hill fishmonger always tell me.
And its huge, straight from the flames,
golden and delicious.
At the risk of sounding like Im on
Jamies payroll, I have to say the sides are
perfect too spinach, shredded Brussels sprouts
and exquisite carrots and pumpkin. Hubbys lamb
is beautifully tender and crisp on the outside.

Along comes a trio of home-made ice creams
and sorbet blackcurrant, vanilla and hazelnut.
The food is faultless and smartly served. Jamie
has really invested in the staff here, and theyre
bristling with energy. Soon it is midnight and we
havent left.
Actually, weve drunk more and soaked up the
atmosphere. Suddenly I think of something
Churchill said: Enough is as good as a feast,
so we leave Barbecoa reluctantly, very ready to
return.
Jamie Oliver says he loves to eat at Barbecoa
with his family, especially his parents as they love
the food and the view.
The things that makes Barbecoa special for
me is that its all about fire and getting great
flavours. I feel that its unique in London. The
view of St Pauls Cathedral and the fantastic food
combine to make it a very special place to eat.
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and Facebook group with almost 11,000
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The hunt was on last week for the best challah
in north London. More than 100 people sprang
forward with their recommendations.
It seems that some like it sweet, some like it
light, some like it heavy and everyone likes their
one that they buy every week.
Whether its Orli in Borehamwood, Daniels
in Temple Fortune, Hendon Bagel Bakery,

Yummies in Mill Hill or Karma Bread
in Hampstead, theres a personal favourite
for everyone.
Richard said: I guess theres a reason that
north-west London has such a wide selection

of choices when it comes to challah!
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Andrew
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FC Team face test
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THE JEWISH football season may be all but over, but there are
still two things left to fight for. Firstly, this weekend sees FC
Team B take on Redbridge B, knowing only a win will see them
secure runners-up spot in Division One. Redbridge will have
more than an eye on the second thing left to fight for the MGBSFL/Masters Invitational Cup against North London Raiders
Masters next weekend but also seem hell-bent on preventing
Team from attaining their top-two finish. Reflecting on being ordered to replay the game which they won following an appeal from Team, player-manager Sam Rank said: Our boys are
very fired up and want to show them that playing football
matches is how you win games. Let battle commence...
ANOTHER ONE bites the dust no, not reminiscing over a
Queen song, but reflecting on another Jewish football team
which has had to call it a day. The latest, in whats turning into a
long and disturbing list of footballing casualties, is Blizzard
Storm, a club who have been in existence for seven seasons,
the latter one spent in the Premier Division. Citing the same factors which have befallen many other clubs namely, a lack of
numbers and interest, one can only hope theyre the only team
the League loses this summer, but one wouldnt hold their
breath.
THE ISRAELI tennis scene really does seem to be in dire straits.
The one singles representative Dudi Sela was knocked out
in the first round, with two others failing to get out of the qualifiers and Shahar Peer ruled out through injury. Getting a player
into week two used to be deemed a success, getting one into
day two is now a minor miracle.
THE VOICE OF JEWISH SPORT
43
REDBRIDGE B player-manager
Sam Rank says hes confident his
side can win the MGBSFL/Masters
Invitational Cup when they take
on North London Raiders Masters
next weekend.
Ranks side beat Scrabble Masters 5-2 in Sundays semi-final,
thanks to goals from Dan Andrews, Daniel Bean, Alex Chernoff, Ben Chernoff and Craig
Sandford, and said: The boys will
be fired up for final and Im confident our fitness, technique and
passion will bring the trophy
home.
We wont take them lightly.
Theyve defeated a team who finished second/third in Division
One, and deserve a huge amount
of respect for their semi-final victory.
To get to any cup final is a
great achievement for the players.
The boys will be getting their suits
on for the occasion and we very
much hope we can bring silverware back to the club.
Raiders booked their place in
the final, thanks to a penalty
shoot-out win over SPEC, prevailing 8-7 after the score was tied at
2-2 after 90 minutes.
Adam Speck, Dave Lusman,
Richard Sacks, Richard Fogelman,
Gavin Sherman, James Cartmell,
Ashley Davidson and Dan
Hodes all converted from the
spot, before Brian Rubinstein
saved Dan Cohens effort, the only
miss from 16 attempts.
Player-manager Dan Levy said:
Im delighted with how we
played. We were strong as a defensive unit against quicker fitter
players and showed how good
technically we are when we were
going forward. We had the better
chances through the game but a
draw was a fair result. The two
teams were so close that it took 16
penalties to separate us!
Looking ahead to the final, he
said: I think it will be a very similar
Results & fixtures

DIV
Redbridge A P North London Raiders A P
NL Raiders A
Redbridge A
Oakwood A
Hendon Utd A
Harmen
FC Team A
London Lions A
Camden Park
Blizzard Storm
P
15
16
16
15
16
16
16
16
16
W
12
11
11
7
6
6
5
3
1
D
1
3
3
3
3
1
2
2
0
L
2
2
2
5
7
9
9
11
15
F
45
55
36
43
37
34
21
17
13
Dif
27
26
24
22
0
-11
-20
-29
-39
Pts
37
36
36
24
21
19
17
11
3
Dif
18
14
49
16
7
-3
-13
-5
-15
-39
-29
Pts
45
38
36
34
32
22
22
21
20
17
15
ONE
Brixton Old Boys 1 Oakwood B 5
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
20
19
20
20
20
20
20
W
13
12
11
9
9
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
13
13
F
44
49
82
58
46
44
43
44
36
30
26
TWO
North London Raiders C 0 Hendon Utd B 3
game to this
one, against a
faster younger
side. Weve
been beset by
injuries and
unavailability
all season, so
all being well
we will get a
strong team
out and put in a
good showing
like we did today.
In League action,
Oakwood B ended
their Division One season in thumping style with
a 5-1 win at Brixton Old Boys.
Josh Dickinson scored twice,
with Daniel Seligman, Rafi Bloom
and Toby Levy also on target.
Manager Jason Stein said: Im really happy to end the season on a
high with a thorough job.
Im proud of what we have
Redbridge celebrate their opener

(above), Raiders
goalkeeper
Brian Rubinstein
done this year, but

now the focus is how
to improve for next
year and how to become even better as a
team and a club.
Hendon United C
ended their Division Two
campaign with an excellent
3-0 win over Raiders C.
Gideon Barth scored twice,
with top scorer Ben Sluckis also on
target. Player-manager Adam
Glekin said: Its been a dreadful
second half to the season, but it
was nice to finish on a high.
Watch video highlights from
both cup semi-finals at www.jewishnews.co.uk
P
Scrabble
21
London Lions B 22
NL Raiders C
21
Real Hendon
22
Athletic Bilbaum 22
L'Equipe
22
Hendon Utd B
22
FC Team C
22
Faithfold C
22
Catford & Bromley 21
Temple Fortune 21
Boca Jewniors 22
W
19
18
11
11
10
10
9
7
6
6
2
2
D
0
2
3
2
3
2
4
5
6
6
3
2
L
2
2
7
9
9
10
9
10
10
9
16
18
F
87
89
48
58
69
59
43
37
47
32
23
13
Dif
61
68
11
13
23
3
0
-21
4
-9
-88
-65
Pts
57
56
36
35
33
32
31
26
24
24
9
8
INVITATIONAL CUP
Semi-Finals:
Redbridge B 5 Scrabble Masters 2
SPEC 2 NL Raiders 2
(Raiders won 8-7 on penalties)
(Final to be played on 5 June)
Sundays Fixtures:
Premier Division:
Hendon A vs NL Raiders A
Division One:
FC Team B vs Redbridge B
Division Two:
Catford vs NL Raiders C
Temple Fortune vs Scrabble
Yakov makes a splash Barmitzvah boys

run for refugees
Bibi hosts Israeli champs

Israeli Prime Minister Benajmin Netanyahu hosted Israeli Premier
Division champions Hapoel Beer Sheva, after they claimed their
first title in 40 years. Netanyahu had earlier tweeted: I congratulate the team for this immense achievement; Beer Sheva is now
not only the cyber capital, but also the soccer capital. Well done.
YAKOV
TOUMARKIN
won his third career
medal and Israels second at the European
Swimming Championships
in London.
The 24-year-old, who
won two bronze medals in
the 100m and 200m in
the European Championships in Hungary four
years ago, finished second in the 200m backstroke, recording a time
of 1:56.97. He said: Im
mainly exhausted, but Im
happy. I had hoped to
take a medal. I didnt
know what colour it would
be, but I certainly planned to
scale the podium. My result is
slightly slower than my personal record, but Im happy
that Im at such a good level
that I dont need to break my
record in order to reach the
podium. This gives me a lot of

strength and confidence
ahead of Rio and Im very
pleased.
Gal Nevos had claimed Israels first medal of the tournament, winning silver in the
200m individual medley final.
A THIRTEEN-year-old
raised more than
1,000 for World Jewish Relief when he
completed a halftriathlon for his barmitzvah.
Jamie Richardson
completed the challenge for the charitys
Refugee Emergency
Appeal, raising the
money for Syrian refugees in
memory of his grandma, who
was a Jewish refugee to England.
Jamie (pictured with friends
at the triathlon) said: It was an
amazing experience to train with
my best mate Aran for the last
few months and for us to complete the triathlon together with
all our friends and family there

to support us and cheer us on.
I love sport but this was a
challenge to do all three events
together. Having a barmitzvah is
a big milestone in my life and its
important to mark it and do
something special so you never
forget it, as well as remembering my grandmother and the
chance she was given.
44
BLIZZARD
WARNING!
Storm boss fears for

league as team folds
after seven seasons
BY ANDREW
SHERWOOD
FORMER BLIZZARD Storm manager
Simon Linden wants Jewish football officials to introduce plans which will help
prevent other clubs joining his in quitting
the league.
Linden was speaking after confirming his
Premier Division side had folded, saying: I
love being involved in the Jewish league and
its a great shame to see so many teams folding. I hope David Wolff and the committee can
come up with some good future plans to get
it back on track.
Sad to hear of Storms demise, Wolff said:
Its always disappointing to hear when a team
folds. However, hopeful there wont be more
to follow and that new teams could come into
the League over the summer, he said: I
havent heard of any others who will be folding
and believe there are others in the pipeline
looking to join the league. Hopefully, well see
a static position [number of teams next season],
if not slightly more than there are right now.
Storm finished their seventh season bottom
of the Premier Division, with Linden saying:
Happier times: Storm

players celebrate on
their way to earning
promotion; ex-manager
Simon Linden (top)
Israelis stutter as Sela suffers

first round French Open exit
ISRAELI INTEREST at this years
French Open rests with one doubles
player following Dudi Selas first
round exit.
The 31-year-old (pictured) was the
sole Israeli representative in the singles competition after Amir Weintraub and Julia Glushko were knocked
out in the qualifiers, while Shahar Peer
was ruled out through injury.
Sela, ranked 62 in the world, was up
against German qualifier Dustin
Brown, though fell to his sixth first
round defeat in eight appearances at
Roland Garros, in a match which was
spread over two days due to rain.
Winning the first set on a tiebreak, he
lost the second and third 6-4, 7-6, and
was then left serving against a break of
serve, with the fourth set tied at 1-1, be-
fore the weather intervened. Holding

serve on the resumption, he went on to
win the fourth set 6-4, but lost the fifth
and final one, 6-4.
Sela suffered a second defeat in two
days when he also crashed out of the
doubles tournament, though his compa-
triot, Jonathan Erlic, is still in Paris,

teaming up with GBs Colin Fleming
in the doubles tournament. He was
due on court late on Wednesday.
Elsewhere, Jewish interest saw Italian Camila Girogi through to the second round of the womens singles
competition, where she takes on
Frances Alize Lim.
However,
Argentine
Diego
Schwartzman followed Sela by exiting in the first round of the mens
competition, beaten by compatriot
Guido Pella in four sets. But like the
Israeli, he is also taking part in the doubles competition, teaming up with Russian Teymuraz Gabashvili.
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Im proud of what we achieved over the

years. Its been great fun, pushing ourselves
through the divisions and winning promotions,
while also reaching two cup semi-finals, even
if they both ended in defeat.
Explaining why they were forced to quit, he
said: Last season was extremely tough. It was
always going to be hard entering the Premier
Division without eight key players that gained
us promotion. But we continued, put together
a squad and gave it everything. Most teams
would have called it a day halfway through the
season, but we kept battling away every Sunday to keep the club running.
Staying in Jewish football, Linden will be
taking charge of Temple Fortune next season
and said: Im looking forward to managing
them. Nigel Kyte has a fantastic club its been
established over 40 years and I cant wait to
work with him, to take the club forward and
bring back the glory days.
PREMIER DIVISION BOTTOM THREE:
London Lions A
Camden Park
Blizzard Storm
P
16
16
16
W
5
3
1
D
2
2
0
L Pts
9 17
11 11
15 3

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