Israel comes to a standstill to mark Yom HaShoah and remember 6 million BY JEWISH NEWS REPORTER Pedestrians stood in place, buses stopped on busy streets and cars pulled over with drivers standing at the side with their heads bowed – to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day

THE DAILY EDITION Thursday, May 2, 2019

Israel comes to a standstill to mark Yom HaShoah and remember 6 million BY JEWISH NEWS REPORTER Pedestrians stood in place, buses stopped on busy streets and cars pulled over with drivers standing at the side with their heads bowed – to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day

OPINION: #WeRemember is our reply to Shoah apathy BY ROBERT SINGER   Holocaust survivor discovers identity of Catholic teenage saviour BY JENNI FRAZER   Progressively Speaking: What’s the meaning of Yom HaShoah today? BY LAURA JANNER-KLAUSNER

Official who told student to ‘be like Israel and cease to exist’ apologises BY JENNI FRAZER Incoming ethnic minority officer, Omar Chowdhury, says sorry and admits his remarks were ‘antisemitic’, saying he is “remorseful and deeply regrets his words and their impact’

BDS activists demonstrate against Israeli film showing at JW3 BY JACK MENDEL AND JOE MILLIS

Student group ‘reluctantly’ removes ‘genocide’ from Eurovision event title BY JACK MENDEL York University Student Union contacts the Stop The War Society over its ‘ highly inappropriate’ and ‘unacceptable’ language

Eurovision winner Netta Barzilai: boycotting is like ‘spreading darkness’ BY JEWISH NEWS REPORTER   Kiss my bass! Rocker Gene Simmons among stars bashing Eurovision boycott call   Good heavens! Madonna will perform Like A Prayer at Eurovision in Tel Aviv BY FRANCINE WOLFISZ

Charity watchdog finds ‘evidence of mismanagement’ at Chabad Lubavitch UK BY JEWISH NEWS REPORTER Commission closes inquiry into the Orthodox outreach group with almost £27m now accounted for – but no evidence of fraud or misappropriation was found in the charity’s assets

Running with purpose! Charities raise thousands during London Marathon 2019 BY JEWISH NEWS REPORTER

Labour cllr who shared ‘Israel supports Isis’ tweet wasn’t suspended BY JEWISH NEWS REPORTER Jewish News understands that Ayfer Orhan remains under investigation by the party, but Labour sources said she was not suspended by the Enfield Labour Group.

Corbyn: Some language in book I wrote foreword for was ‘absolutely deplorable’ BY JEWISH NEWS REPORTER Labour leader responds to revelations he penned the intro to a republished century-old book by JA Hobson about Imperialism, which was filled with antisemitic tropes

Foreign Secretary says Jeremy Corbyn has a ‘massive blind spot’ on antisemitism

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