Mitzvah miracle as 50,000 blue candles are lit for Israel;Thousands expected at ‘Bring Them Home’ solidarity rally;Hundred of British Jews to take part in Good Deeds weekend to spread light in the darkness

 

THE DAILY EDITION Friday, October 20, 2023

This Shabbat, let’s focus on the #lightinthedarkness

How a hospital clown helped Israeli victim breathe again BY BRIGIT GRANT More than 200 victims of the terror attacks are in Shaare Zedek Medical Centre in Jerusalem, where one of its resident ‘medical clowns’ this week performed a ‘miracle’

‘We just couldn’t delay when these families are coming out of such shock and pain’ BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG Immanuel College in Bushey launches emergency bursary fund for British-Israeli pupils

LIVE BLOG – ISRAEL AT WAR DAY 13 Foreign minister visiting three Arab states; demands to ban thinly-veiled pro-Hamas rallies in London cities

Hundred of British Jews to take part in Good Deeds weekend to spread light in the darkness BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG Jewish News partners with United Synagogue initiative to encourage acts of kindness

‘We simply had to get a grip’ – supplying civilians under fire in Ashkelon BY ITAY GROSS Itay Gross reports on the resolute efforts of a makeshift civilian volunteer centre just nine miles from Gaza

Sunak meets with Israeli families who lost loved ones in Hamas terror attack BY LEE HARPIN The UK prime minister has met with Israeli president Isaac Herzog in Tel Aviv, telling him ‘You have suffered something unspeakable, a barbaric act of terrorism’

Thousands expected at ‘Bring Them Home’ solidarity rally BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG Board of Deputies, Jewish Leadership Council and UJIA have all partnered for Sunday’s event in central London

CHARITY Outpouring of community solidarity for Israel following Hamas terror BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG Unprecedented social media engagement, volunteer soup kitchens, fundraising, care packages and campus briefings, Jewish News reports on how the Jewish community is standing proudly with Israel

‘We want to raise $100m for Israeli children affected by terror attacks’ BY CANDICE KRIEGER A group of Israeli entrepreneurs have established The Israeli Children’s Fund to support children who lost one of both parents during the terror attacks on 7 October

ORTHODOX JUDAISM Making sense of the Sedra: Bereishit BY RABBI RAFI GOODWIN The source of all conflicts

ORTHODOX JUDAISM Making sense of the Sedra: Noah BY RABBI ALEX CHAPPER Decency, humanity and peace must prevail

Mitzvah miracle as 50,000 blue candles are lit for Israel BY JN REPORTER Family education charity SEED who led initiative to show solidarity with Hamas terror victims, said many who collected candles felt encouraged to light their Shabbat candles for the first time

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