Fundraising target reached to save 8,000 pairs of disintegrating children’s shoes at Auschwitz BY JEWISH NEWS REPORTER Fresh from successfully raising money to preserve children’s shoes at Auschwitz, Eitan Neishlos is looking to the Gulf and education

 

THE DAILY EDITION Wednesday, March 1, 2023

Fundraising target reached to save 8,000 pairs of disintegrating children’s shoes at Auschwitz BY JEWISH NEWS REPORTER Fresh from successfully raising money to preserve children’s shoes at Auschwitz, Eitan Neishlos is looking to the Gulf and education

‘Brutal’ lessons of Holocaust exposed amid fears for crisis-hit Europe BY JN REPORTER

Far-right leader Smotrich: Palestinian town of Huwara should be ‘wiped out’ BY JOTAM CONFINO IN ISRAEL Hundreds of settlers carried out a pogrom in the Palestinian town of Huwara in the West Bank on Sunday in revenge for a Palestinian terror attack that killed two Israelis

Israelis donate £355,000 to victims of Jewish settler riot in Palestinian town BY JOTAM CONFINO IN ISRAEL   Hospital takes down Gaza art exhibition after complaints it upset Jewish patients BY LEE HARPIN

Chief Rabbi and Archbishop of Canterbury lament ‘vanishing of religion from public square’ BY JENNI FRAZER Ephraim Mirvis and Justin Welby take the stage for an interfaith conversation at JW3, chaired by Jonathan Freedland.

Albania creating a museum to honour citizens who rescued Jews BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG ‘Besa’ memorial, meaning ‘faith’ and ‘keeping a promise’, will celebrate the Albanian people, who as a nation, refused to hand over a single Jew to the Nazis

Oh my nosh! Reubens wins Jewish News kebab award BY LEE HARPIN Famous Baker Street deli beat tough competition to win coveted prize at this year’s prestigious British Kebab Awards event

London School of Jewish Studies makes a drama out of raising £550k BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG More than 400 guests watch performance of the ‘Trial of Solomon’ as 1,000 donors support lifelong Jewish learning

CST complain to Twitter over far-right organisation promoting antisemitism BY LEE HARPIN The communal charity reported the activity of the Patriotic Alternative online accounts, after their leader Mark Collett purchased a blue tick giving him official status on Twitter.

Study: Europe’s Jews are pro-EU and less attached to their home countries BY JEWISH NEWS REPORTER

19th Century London drinking fountain in honour of Jewish philanthropist restored BY JEWISH NEWS REPORTER Monument to Leonard Montefiore, who supported women’s emancipation in Victorian England, given new life by heritage trust

OPINION: We are safe from AI rabbis for now… and ChatGPT agrees Rabbi Daniel Epstein discusses the potential of artificial intelligence taking over rabbinical roles. Could it? “Unlikely” is the automated response.

JLM writes to Green Party leaders raising concerns around antisemitism BY LEE HARPIN Letter sent to co-leaders Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay points to social media conduct of elected councillor in Norwich, and the admission into party of councillor suspended or expelled from Labour

Jewish Military Association raises £150k in 36-hour crowdfunding appeal BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG Hundreds watch interview with Rachel Riley as charity vows to help research story of her grandfather’s military service

Finchley man finds evidence of Persian emperor while walking in Israel BY JEWISH NEWS REPORTER Eylon Levy, advisor to President Herzog, was passing through an ancient archaeological site when he found the slice of history

OPINION: Even Israel’s National Library isn’t safe from this toxic coalition BY JENNI FRAZER Judicial reform? More like judicial destruction, writes Jenni Frazer, as the chaos and cancel culture engulfing Israel threatens the sanctity of a national institution.

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