Academic faces ‘daily threats’ from Hamas-supporting students;Airline crew ‘counselled’ after wearing Palestinian badges on board flight;OPINION: Kindertransport legacy: Confronting antisemitism in today’s world

 

THE DAILY EDITION Thursday, January 4, 2024

Press release for Kindertransport film replaces word ‘Jews’ with ‘central European children’ BY JEWISH NEWS REPORTER Media promoting Warner Bros release of One Life, in which Sir Anthony Hopkins stars as Sir Nicholas Winton, erases reference to the religion of the overwhelming majority of those saved from Nazi Europe.

Kindertransport survivor celebrates centenary birthday in Jerusalem BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG   Jewish community in Porto to produce a film about Lisbon massacre of 1506 BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG   Hezbollah leader promises retaliation against Israel for killing of Hamas chief in Beirut BY RON KAMPEAS (JTA)

Counselling magazine ‘deeply sorry’ for removing article about Jewish trauma BY RICHARD FERRER British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy dropped a piece by mental health expert about how Jews in Manchester are struggling to cope with the 7/10 massacre over backlash fears.

Two charged over fire at MP Mike Freer’s office BY LEE HARPIN In a statement the Metropolitan Police said they had ‘carefully assessed the evidence’ in relation to the December 24th incident ‘and we can confirm it is not being treated as a hate crime’

Survivors respond to Kindertransport memorial vandalism in Berlin BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG ‘The Trains to Life – Trains to Death’ memorial created by Frank Meisler commemorates the 10,000 Kindertransport Holocaust survivors and millions of children killed by the Nazis

OPINION: Kindertransport legacy: Confronting antisemitism in today’s world BY KAREN POLLOCK Some 85 years after Sir Nicholas Winton rescued 669 mostly Jewish children from Nazi persecution, the British government remains an unshakable ally of the Jewish community

Free mental health service launched to help people cope with the ongoing war BY CANDICE KRIEGER The online platform was established by a group of US and Israeli-based technology professionals

Airline crew ‘counselled’ after wearing Palestinian badges on board flight BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG Cabin crew member threatens to fight the Qantas passenger who complained of feeling ‘intimidated’

The company powering Israel’s Iron Dome is on a huge recruitment drive BY CANDICE KRIEGER Rafael has an order backlog of over $11billion and plans to take on 2,000 new people this year

Academic faces ‘daily threats’ from Hamas-supporting students BY JENNI FRAZER Israeli lecturer Dr Amira Halperin, assistant professor in media and communications, says: “There is no one to complain to.”