Islamic group sorry for branding synagogue a ‘place of non-believers’ BY ADAM DECKER EXCLUSIVE: Dawat-e-Islami, the movement buying Wembley United Synagogue, has “apologised profusely” after distributing offensive fundraising flyers.

 

THE DAILY EDITION Wednesday, February 1, 2023

Islamic group sorry for branding synagogue a ‘place of non-believers’ BY ADAM DECKER EXCLUSIVE: Dawat-e-Islami, the movement buying Wembley United Synagogue, has “apologised profusely” after distributing offensive fundraising flyers.

Labour MP sparks anger after branding Israeli government ‘fascist’ during PMQs BY LEE HARPIN Liverpool Riverside’s Kim Johnson also repeated claims in the Commons made by Amnesty International labelled Israel an ‘apartheid state’

Tory MP claims Labour politician’s ‘fascist’ Israel remarks breach antisemitism definition BY LEE HARPIN Stephen Crabb, CFI’s parliamentary chair, tells MPs ‘My understanding is that the use of language like “apartheid” and “fascist” isn’t just insensitive, it’s a breach of the IHRA definition of antisemitism’

Amazon Prime Video to air docuseries with never-before-heard Eichmann confessions BY JACKIE HAJDENBERG (JTA) “I didn’t even care about the Jews that I deported to Auschwitz. I didn’t care if they were alive or already dead,” Eichmann can be heard saying.

Antony Blinken quotes from Jewish prayer during crucial Israel visit BY GABE FRIEDMAN (JTA) Blinken, who is Jewish, noted that Friday’s terror attack near a synagogue in East Jerusalem came on International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

‘Labour values the relationship between UK and Israel’ Starmer spokesperson says BY LEE HARPIN Keir Starmer’s spokesperson tells lobby journalists Labour wants ‘strong relationship with Israel’ despite ‘specific issues of disagreement

Police drop investigation into sexual abuse claims against Rabbi Chaim Halpern BY JENNI FRAZER EXCLUSIVE: The Met has confirmed to Jewish News that an investigation, opened in December into allegations of sexual abuse by the Golders Green rabbi against a young woman, has been closed.

Couple arrested over death of young girl in Stamford Hill area BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG Hatzola and London Ambulance brigade called to Orthodox part of London in possible case of child neglect.

‘Words cannot explain how much MBE means to me’, says Lily Ebert Remarkable 99-year-old was recognised for her services to Holocaust education at Windsor Castle on Tuesday after being included in the New Year Honours list.

London School of Errors should give us all a break BY DEREK TAYLOR From ‘Christmas break’ to “Winter break’, JN historian Derek Taylor asks the London School of Economics why it’s reached the adaft decision to change academic term names

Amnesty International cite Israel’s ‘system of apartheid’ in terror attack response BY LEE HARPIN New campaign, launched days after Jerusalem synagogue attack, suggests ‘Israeli authorities must dismantle the system of apartheid which is causing so much suffering and bloodshed’

Jewish charities say poll showing managers’ reticence to hire over-50s rings true BY JEWISH NEWS REPORTER Resource and Work Avenue both acknowledged reluctance but said there were still opportunities, especially in today’s labour market

Bar and batmitzvah kids support local Christian congregation after church fire Kind offer from youngsters at the Liberal Jewish Synagogue in St John’s Wood came after St Mark’s church was gutted in blaze