After synagogue gunman’s death sentence, Pittsburgh’s Jews feel relief and gratitude BY RON KAMPEAS (JTA)..A war between Hezbollah and Israel ‘in Iran’s interests’..

 

THE DAILY EDITION Thursday, August 3, 2023

‘It’s like Lord of the Flies’: Children sent home from summer camps for vandalism BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG Youth movement FZY apologises for “issues which have given you as parents cause for concern” as disruptive participants asked to leave and several parents collect their children early

Community ‘deeply appreciative’ of mayor’s £3.50 kosher school meal pledge BY LEE HARPIN 25 Jewish stare-run primary schools in London to receive funding for £3.50 kosher lunches, Sadiq Khan confirms

‘Dishonest and deceitful’ rape suspect Nicholas Rossi can be extradited BY LAUREN GILMOUR (PA SCOTLAND) Nicholas Rossi is wanted by authorities in Utah for allegedly raping a woman in 2008. He also faces multiple complaints against him in Rhode Island for alleged domestic violence.

After synagogue gunman’s death sentence, Pittsburgh’s Jews feel relief and gratitude BY RON KAMPEAS (JTA) “The only thing positive about the sentencing of a criminal is that this long slog is over,” said Audrey Glickman, who hid in the synagogue on the day of the attack.

Pittsburgh synagogue shooter sentenced to death BY RON KAMPEAS (JTA)

Breathtaking unseen footage of Holocaust ‘miracle’ unveiled for first time BY JN REPORTER Three-minute footage shows Holocaust survivors, who were heading by train to Theresienstadt on 13 April 1945, after they were rescued by American troops.

Man whose house had Nazi flags, fridge magnets and Adolf Hitler portrait jailed BY JEWISH NEWS REPORTER Samuel Doyle also called for the killing of members of the LGBT+ community and the extermination of Jewish people in a range of online posts.

OPINION: Diplomatic cold war in a Berlin ice cream shop BY JENNI FRAZER While owner Avi Berg’s objection was not over Israeli ambassador Ron Prosor’s presence as an individual but rather what he represented, Jenni Frazer says it was a “missed opportunity on both sides”

A war between Hezbollah and Israel ‘in Iran’s interests’ BY JOTAM CONFINO IN ISRAEL Israeli security official tells Jewish News that Iran ordered Hezbollah to provoke Israel on its northern border, thereby pushing Tehran’s conflict with Israel far away from home

OPINION: Kisharon Langdon represents a brave new vision in learning disability and autism BY RICHARD FRANKLIN With the potential for 13.5% more of donor monies for frontline services, Kisharon Langdon CEO Richard Franklin writes about the largest communal merger in almost 30 years

Children’s literature comes of age with Ivor Baddiel’s bonkers new book BY CANDICE KRIEGER Everything that could possibly go wrong at a bar mitzvah does go wrong in the author’s madcap new novel.

Far-right lawmakers rage against IDF, demand West Bank annexation BY JOTAM CONFINO IN ISRAEL Defence Minister Gallant ‘knowingly endangers the lives of (West Bank) residents. I would prefer a different defense minister who will care for the settlers,’ claimed one far-right MK

Jewish groups condemn Trump’s comparison of indictment to Nazi persecution BY RON KAMPEAS (JTA) “The lawlessness of these persecutions of President Trump and his supporters is reminiscent of Nazi Germany in the 1930s,” Trump’s campaign said.

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ORTHODOX JUDAISM / Making Sense of the Sedra: Eikev BY LAURIE MAURER   PROGRESSIVE JUDAISM / Leap of Faith: leaving and learning BY RABBI MIRIAM BERGER