Limmud 2023 asks: ‘Do Jews have a future in the UK?’....Cameron praised for improving UK’s response to Hamas hostage crisis...‘I like Hitler’ rapper Kanye West apologises to Jewish community

 

THE DAILY EDITION Wednesday, December 27, 2023

Limmud 2023 asks: ‘Do Jews have a future in the UK?’ BY LEE HARPIN Following the Oct 7th terror attack HIAS/JCORE director Rabbi David Mason, barrister Sarah Sackman, and Board of Deputies chief executive Michael Wegier discuss the impact of rising Jew-hate on UK Jewry

LIMMUD 2023 – a welcome gathering in a terrible year BY LEE HARPIN   Sitcom writer claims David Baddiel ‘breached IHRA antisemitism definition’ BY LEE HARPIN   Louise Ellman: Antisemitic anti-Zionism I suffered is now a challenge for us all BY BEATRICE SAYERS

Board president says interfaith relations ‘strained’ after 7 October BY LEE HARPIN Speaking at Limmud 2023 Marie van der Zyl says: ‘I think it’s something we have to keep working on to move forwards, particularly with the Muslim community’

West Midlands mayor heaps praise on the region’s ‘incredible’ community BY LEE HARPIN   Cameron praised for improving UK’s response to Hamas hostage crisis BY LEE HARPIN   IDF officer stages protest over Hebron film screening BY LEE HARPIN

Police probe suspected arson attack at Finchley and Golders Green MP’s office BY JEWISH NEWS REPORTER Officers were called to a fire at the north London constituency office at about 7pm on Christmas Eve, with the London Fire Brigade also on the scene.

Phil Rosenberg confirms he's standing to become Board president BY LEE HARPIN Brondesbury Park Synagogue deputy becomes first publicly to declare his candidacy for the Board of Deputies election next year

Len Blavatnik pulls donations from Harvard over failure to address antisemitism BY CANDICE KRIEGER The family foundation has given at least £212m to the university over the years, including about £150m to Harvard’s medical school

Guests at Kardashian Christmas party shine spotlight on call for hostage release BY SANDY RASHTY Kim Kardashian’s personal stylist Dani Levi wore a silver dog tag calling for the return of Israelis taken on October 7.

British-Israeli from Kibbutz Be’eri hoping for normality in 2024 following massacre Simon King, 59, relocated to Kibbutz Be’eri in 1984, where he lived with his wife, Zehavit King, 51, and his two sons aged 13 and 14, and worked as a landscape gardener.

‘I like Hitler’ rapper Kanye West apologises to Jewish community BY JEWISH NEWS REPORTER Racist West, 46, apologised more than a week after a video was released in which he was seen ranting about Jewish people.

Tech giant raises $15 m for Israelis impacted by the war BY CANDICE KRIEGER Thousands of Nvidia employees across the world donated helping to make it the largest raised in the computing company’s 30-year history

Intel invests $25 billion to build Israeli chip factory in country’s ‘largest investment ever’ BY CANDICE KRIEGER American tech giant employs close to 12,000 people in Israel as it plans to expand significantly in south of the country

Bookmobile spreads joy to displaced Israeli children, page by page BY JENNI FRAZER The National Library of Israel initiative will tour the country, visiting evacuees at 40 centres serving those moved from southern and northern border communities.