UK NEWS David Icke, who claims ‘Rothschilds planed virus’, addresses anti-lockdown demo BY JEWISH NEWS REPORTER Conspiracy theorist who also says the world is run by giant shape-shifting reptiles appeared on stage with Jeremy Corbyn’s brother.

 

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UK NEWS David Icke, who claims ‘Rothschilds planed virus’, addresses anti-lockdown demo BY JEWISH NEWS REPORTER Conspiracy theorist who also says the world is run by giant shape-shifting reptiles appeared on stage with Jeremy Corbyn’s brother.

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WORLD NEWS Vatican ‘urged Pope Pius XII not to protest Nazi deportation of Jews’ BY CNAAN LIPHSHIZ (JTA) Investigation by Brown University historian David I. Kertzer also claims the Vatican fought efforts to reunite Shoah orphans with their family.

ISRAEL NEWS El Al’s first scheduled flight to United Arab Emirates takes off on Monday BY JTA Flight LY971 (a nod to UAE’s international phone prefix of +971) set to leave Ben Gurion Airport bound for Abu Dhabi.

INTERVIEW Lord Sacks on cancel culture, Israel’s missed chances and Hamilton BY LAURA E. ADKINS (JTA) Former Chief Rabbi warns, ‘American Jewry is making a big, big mistake’, in major interview to mark the publication of his new book.

Father circumcises son with no mohels available because of pandemic BY JTA The couple decided not to wait any longer and Noam performed the circumcision, supervised by a local doctor and a community rabbi, according to Ynet.

LABOUR PAINS Legal crowdfunding appeal backed by JVL raises more than £22,000 BY MATHILDE FROT The appeal for donations says it was launched by a group of unnamed ‘Labour Party members who have been caught up in the absurdities of [its] disciplinary processes’

Queer-friendly, Yiddish-speaking, anarchist-run cafe to open in Glasgow BY JTA ‘We’re filling a gap and showing them that there is a Jewish space where you can be loudly queer and you’re welcome’

British-Israeli woman sues EasyJet over requests to give up her seat for men BY JTA Tel Aviv resident Melanie Wolfson is suing the budget airline for asking her to change seats on two separate flights because a Charedi Orthodox man would not sit next to a woman

Footage shows Uber passenger leaving car after learning his driver is Jewish BY JTA Video circulated online shows passenger hurling torrent of abuse, including the words ‘Jewish scumbag’

Police arrest two suspects over alleged assault of Jewish man in Paris lift BY JTA

Staggered starts, year capsules and new schedules among ‘immense’ school changes BY MATHILDE FROT Jewish schools outline their plans for the new term as government advises students in areas under local lockdown to wear face masks.

‘Emiratis are our extended family’ BY STEPHEN ORYSZCZUK Jon Medved, who has been making business trips to the UAE for 11 years and heads a major Israeli investment platform, speaks to Stephen Oryszczuk about landmark agreement

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