30,000 people spread Mitzvah Day magic nationwide BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG AND COMMUNITY EDITOR Mitzvah Days were also held in 40 other countries, with 100 organisations and 15,000 volunteers involved.

 

THE DAILY EDITION Tuesday, November 22, 2022

New Parliamentary standards commissioner wants rabbis ‘properly regulated’ in wake of assault claims BY JENNI FRAZER Source tells Jewish News there is growing disquiet in Rabbi Chaim Halpern’s Golders Green community after fresh claims of sexual assault, with “congregants leaving and not attending on Shabbat”.

Manchester synagogue to hold its final Shabbat service after 70 years BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG

CST intelligence leads to arrest of men in New York over ‘threat to Jewish community’ BY JOTAM CONFINO IN ISRAEL The two suspects were in possession of an illegal Glock 17 handgun, a 30-round magazine, a Nazi armband and a ski mask.

Kanye West returns to Twitter with ‘Shalom’ and Elon Musk teases ADL BY RON KAMPEAS (JTA)

Pro-Corbyn Momentum group facing cash crisis BY LEE HARPIN New video put out by the group , accused of having a ‘problematic’ relationship with the Jewish community, includes a desperate plea for funds as Momentum activist admits our “very future is at risk”.

Action! Fauda star Lior Raz reveals UK air date for new series… with film to follow BY NICOLE LAMPERT The hit show about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and based on an undercover IDF unit, returns to Netflix in January.

Russian embassy in UK tweets Simpsons-style cartoon of Zelensky with big nose BY JN REPORTER Ukrainian leader is pictured with a big nose writing: “I will not fire missiles at Poland anymore” repeatedly on a blackboard.

CPS ‘explored all options’ before dropping charges against Palestine convoy duo BY LEE HARPIN Crown Prosecution Service responds to questions from KC Simon Myerson over decision to drop charges against men involved in hate convoy that drove down the Finchley Road.

Disgust over CPS decision to drop charges against all Palestine convoy suspects BY RICHARD FERRER   Zelensky to Irish students: Russia’s disinformation has ‘powerful’ impact on Israel BY JOTAM CONFINO IN ISRAEL   Terror suspect plotted to topple Government, court told BY JEWISH NEWS REPORTER

There’s no beer at the World Cup in Qatar, but there are kosher bagels BY DAVID I KLEIN (JTA) Despite a report claiming that Qatar banned the production of kosher food, the two rabbis behind the kosher catering programme say all is still going as planned.

Qatar reportedly backtracks on allowing kosher food and public Jewish prayer BY JOTAM CONFINO IN ISRAEL   England football fans’ group investigated over alleged ‘antisemitism’ BY LEE HARPIN   FIFA ignored request for antisemitism observers at World Cup BY LEE HARPIN

30,000 people spread Mitzvah Day magic nationwide BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG AND COMMUNITY EDITOR Mitzvah Days were also held in 40 other countries, with 100 organisations and 15,000 volunteers involved.

Veterans mark 101 years of Remembrance at Cenotaph BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG

PM vs PM: Netanyahu wins lawsuit against Ehud Olmert BY JOTAM CONFINO IN ISRAEL The incoming prime minister sued former prime minister Ehud Olmert for defamation after he called the Netanyahu family ‘mentally ill’.

‘This isn’t Iran’ – Ultra-Orthodox demand for gender segregation condemned BY JOTAM CONFINO IN ISRAEL   OPINION: Ben-Gvir’s appeal is based on security, not bigotry BY FLEUR HASSAN-NAHOUM   OPINION: Israel not alone in seeing far-right infect its values BY ALEX BRUMMER

OPINION: Caryl Churchill’s theatre award withdrawal is delicious karma BY JENNI FRAZER Jenni Frazer on the decision to withdraw a lifetime achievement award to the author of the “antisemitic” play Seven Jewish Children.

FOOD Kosher kebabs have the chance to be crowned king BY JEWISH NEWS REPORTER The deadline is fast approaching to nominate your favourite kosher kebab or shawarma restaurant for a prestigious award