DC Comics brings out first Jewish character in 40 years Whistle: A New Gotham City Hero, which is released in September, features teenage social activist Willow Zimmerman and her telepathic dog Leibowitz

 

THE DAILY EDITION Thursday, July 29, 2021

Westminster Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre is approved BY LEE HARPIN Housing Minister Christopher Pincher gives the project the green light

OPINION: Holocaust Memorial by Parliament will be warning against hatred BY KAREN POLLOCK   OPINION: Westminster Holocaust Memorial will be reminder of past horrors BY LORD ERIC PICKLES AND ED BALLS

The faces of survival: Poignant portraits show life after the Holocaust BY FRANCINE WOLFISZ A new exhibition featuring the works of 13 photographers – including the Duchess of Cambridge and The Sun’s royal photographer Arthur Edwards – opens at the Imperial War Museum

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Fewer United Synagogue members likely to attend in-person services after covid BY JOSH SALISBURY Survey of 5,400 adults also suggests appetite for hybrid online and offline activities as 31 percent say they feel closer to communities than before pandemic

Jewish philanthropists donate £90,000 to Uyghur campaign BY JEWISH NEWS REPORTER   Young people lead way to raise nearly £6,000 for Jewish Women’s Aid BY JEWISH NEWS REPORTER

For first time since start of pandemic, Jewish Care reopens community centres Members at the Dennis Centre in Ilford and The Sam Beckman Centre based in Freirn Barnet’s Betty and Asher Loftus Centre, were among the first to have in-person activities

Prince Charles to write foreword for book by Shoah survivor and her great-grandson BY JEWISH NEWS REPORTER   Uncle saves life of girl, 2, by donating kidney BY JOSH SALISBURY

DC Comics brings out first Jewish character in 40 years Whistle: A New Gotham City Hero, which is released in September, features teenage social activist Willow Zimmerman and her telepathic dog Leibowitz

Sarah Michelle Gellar stars in Netflix show Masters of the Universe: Revelation   A fond farewell to a comedy rock star BY BRIGIT GRANT

JCORE and Manchester Zionist group fail in bids to get on Board of Deputies BY LEE HARPIN Concerns raised over the Jewish Council For Racial Equality’s stance on IHRA and ZCC’s alleged links to right-wing groups, as both failed to secure two-third of votes needed

Golders Green teenager among four killed in Ukraine plane crash BY MICHAEL DAVENTRY   Bristol Uni ‘refused to discuss’ David Miller probe in meeting with UJS and J-soc BY JACK MENDEL   Campaigners say Twitter ignored antisemitic tweets, including calls to ‘gas Jews’ BY JEWISH NEWS REPORTER

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