Auschwitz connects note found in boy’s shoe with father’s briefcase BY JENNI FRAZER Extraordinary discovery by researchers establishes connection between case owned by Ludvik Steinberg and a shoe worn by Amos Steinberg, killed in 1944, containing a hidden message

 

THE DAILY EDITION Wednesday, September 30, 2020

Auschwitz connects note found in boy’s shoe with father’s briefcase BY JENNI FRAZER Extraordinary discovery by researchers establishes connection between case owned by Ludvik Steinberg and a shoe worn by Amos Steinberg, killed in 1944, containing a hidden message

Unis ‘defying’ calls to back IHRA with report showing only a fifth adopted it BY STEPHEN ORYSZCZUK Jewish students call for ‘a culture change’ after research reveals higher education institutions ignoring government calls to back international definition of antisemitism

OPINION: Unis risk becoming outliers in failing to deal with antisemitism BY JOHN MANN

ANALYSIS FREYDE SAYERS Freshers’ week upended by strict rules and awkward Zoom socials Freyde Sayers speaks to students about their experiences of university under the impact of Covid-19

Keir Starmer gives ‘wholehearted support’ for Westminster Holocaust memorial BY JEWISH NEWS REPORTER Labour leader meets with co-chairs of the UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation ahead of an inquiry by a planning inspector

Wheely good effort! Nine barmitzvah boys raise £12K with charity bike ride The boys, who all attended Kerem School, raised funds for Alzheimer’s Research, Camp Simcha, Diabetes UK, Grief Encounter and Myisrael

Letter supporting BAME groups signed by 50 communal organisations, 130 people BY TALI FRASER Jewish Council for Racial Equality’s initiative has backing of the Board, JLC and CST, as well as leaders from across the religious spectrum

President Trump refuses to denounce white supremacists during election debate BY TALI FRASER   18 Jewish groups call on Jordan to extradite terrorist behind 2001 bombing BY TALI FRASER

2,000 year-old mikvah discovered during excavation in Israel BY JENNI FRAZER The directors of the dig say the discovery changes what was previously known about Jewish life in Roman-ruled Palestine in the Second Temple period.

Interfaith charity marks succot with quilt of 700 squares made by refugees BY JENNI FRAZER Pieces of fabric woven together for the CCJ’s project, with its president Rabbi Wittenberg saying it brings the festival’s ‘central theme into a contemporary context’