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.

 

THE DAILY EDITION Wednesday, August 2, 2023

Kisharon and Langdon merge to form new learning disability and autism community BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG Kisharon Langdon CEO Richard Franklin celebrates the beginning of “an exciting journey to make a positive impact on our community”

Twinning visit culminates in football match between Boreham Wood and Maccabi Shoham BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG   OPINION: Kisharon Langdon represents a brave new vision in learning disability and autism BY RICHARD FRANKLIN

West Bank terror attack leaves 6 wounded; Hamas welcomes ‘heroic shooting’ BY JOTAM CONFINO IN ISRAEL A 20-year-old Palestinian “opened fire in all directions” at a mall in the West Bank settlement of Ma’ale Adumim.

Right-wing Israeli TV channel boots pundit for calling to free Yitzhak Rabin’s assassin BY BEN SALES (JTA)

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.

Terror suspects arrested in India had photos of Mumbai Chabad centre, police say BY BEN SALES (JTA)

Jewish man shot by police after attempting attack on Memphis Jewish day school BY JACKIE HAJDENBERG (JTA) The suspect was a man in his 40s who tried to enter the school but was prevented from doing so due to a security system.

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

Jewish author makes the 2023 Booker Prize longlist BY JEWISH NEWS REPORTER Sarah Bernstein’s book about the rise of xenophobia is among 13 publications in line for a Booker Prize

Survey: Tel Aviv among the worst cities in the world for a ‘good night’s sleep’ BY JOTAM CONFINO IN ISRAEL Israeli resort city is only surpassed by Bogotá in Colombia, Santiago in Chile and Athens in Greece.

New report: Wave of pessimism about Israeli democracy from UK Jews as ties ‘may fray’ BY JEWISH NEWS REPORTER

OPINION: Mayor’s kosher school meals pledge has national, even international, ramifications BY ANDREW GILBERT The London Jewish Forum’s Andrew Gilbert on the background behind Sadiq Khan’s decision to subsidise kosher meals in Jewish state schools in response to the cost of living crisis.

Opinion: Behind the numbers of Tu b’Av, the Jewish festival of love BY DR JONATHAN BOYD With 28% of Israelis considering leaving the country, Dr Jonathan Boyd shares his thoughts about assimilation and Israel

Teenager in year-long Rubik’s Cubes fundraising challenge in memory of her uncle BY JEWISH NEWS REPORTER The 14-year-old is part-way through a year-long challenge that will see her create 198 flags of the world out of mini Rubik’s Cubes, in aid of the charity Brain Tumour Research.