Irreplaceable: those we mourned in 2022 BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG Community giants, precious Holocaust survivors and iconic entertainers were among those we lost in 2022.

 

THE DAILY EDITION Friday, December 30, 2022

Irreplaceable: those we mourned in 2022 BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG Community giants, precious Holocaust survivors and iconic entertainers were among those we lost in 2022.

Tributes to ‘towering’ former leader of Spanish and Portuguese Jewry in UK BY JENNI FRAZER   ‘An amazing legacy of service’: Nadhim Zahawi pays tribute to former Barnet Mayor Melvin Cohen BY JENNI FRAZER

Israeli ambassador to France resigns over new ‘extreme’ Israeli government BY JOTAM CONFINO IN ISRAEL Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets on Tel Aviv’s highway and outside Knesset, protesting expected LGBTQ discrimination

Revealed: The to-do list of Israel’s new government BY JOTAM CONFINO IN ISRAEL

Making history, Amir Ohana becomes first gay Knesset speaker BY JOTAM CONFINO IN ISRAEL Ohana promised to protect the rights of LGBTQ in his opening speech at the Knesset

Italian Jewish leaders condemn parliament president for honouring neo-fascist party BY DAVID I KLEIN (JTA)

Shtisel is back, but not as we know it BY BRIGIT GRANT The popular Israeli series is getting a Turkish transformation

Michael Aloni set to star in Hulu’s Holocaust drama BY BRIGIT GRANT

OPINION: Welcome back to an intense learning environment that’s nothing like school BY ROBIN MOSS Veteran Limmudnik Robin Moss reflects on the triumphant in-person return of the community’s beloved Limmud festival

‘The BBC does a lot of good work’ says Board of Deputies chief BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG   Chief Rabbi stresses need for young Jews to tackle climate change BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG

Judge Martyn Zeidman accepts offer to lead Rabbi Chaim Halpern probe BY JENNI FRAZER The Orthodox Hebrew Congregations announced an inquiry into allegations of improper sexual behaviour by Golders Green rabbi, which he strongly denies

Voice of the Jewish News: That was the momentous year that was BY VOICE OF THE JEWISH NEWS From the war in Ukraine and death of the Queen to the ascent and demise of a number of prime ministers (you can’t expect us to remember precisely how many), this was the year that was…

ENTERTAINMENT / 2022 was a big year for Jews in the arts BY ANDREW LAPIN (JTA)