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Reflections: Between Purim and Pesach, the Exile and lessons to be learned

[caption id="attachment_3584" align="alignnone" width="300"] Megillat Esther[/caption] Reflections: Between Purim and Pesach, the Exile and lessons to be learned By Paul Mirbach Today is Purim. We celebrate, once again, the redemption of the Jews from genocide. Tragedy was averted by some quick t
On the Brussels terrorist attacks: Who will save Europe?

[caption id="attachment_3579" align="alignnone" width="300"] Who will save Europe?[/caption] On the Brussels terrorist attacks: Who will save Europe? By David Semple Seventy-six years ago Europe was on the edge of a precipice as Adolf Hitler and his primitive Nazi hordes defied the accepted inter
The enemy of my enemy: Europe’s Jews and the far right

[caption id="attachment_3571" align="alignnone" width="300"] Pegida demo, Dresden, 25 Jan 2015[/caption] The enemy of my enemy: Europe’s Jews and the far right By Jonathan Fenton-Harvey From the unprecedented success of the AfD (Alternative für Deutschland) in this month’s state elections in
Chief Rabbi joins British Jews for Auschwitz visit

[caption id="attachment_3562" align="alignnone" width="300"] Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis[/caption] Chief Rabbi joins British Jews for Auschwitz visit A group from UHC Shadwell Lane Synagogue in Leeds was joined by Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis on a solemn visit earlier this week to Auschwitz-Birken
Purim: Where is God in all this?

[caption id="attachment_3556" align="alignnone" width="300"] Queen Esther[/caption] Purim: Where is God in all this? Purim is a time of merriment. Celebrants are allowed to drink alcohol to the point where they are unable to differentiate between the phrases ‘Bless Mordecai’ and ‘Curse Haman
Israeli food bank launches charity credit card

[caption id="attachment_3551" align="alignnone" width="300"] Colel Chabad[/caption] Israeli food bank launches charity credit card Ahead of the Purim holiday, Israeli charitable organisation Colel Chabad has launched a special credit card that will be distributed to needy families. The card, cal
Netanyahu and the ‘knife intifada’: the unbearable lightness of responsibility

[caption id="attachment_3546" align="alignnone" width="300"] Israeli PM Binyamin Netanyahu[/caption] Netanyahu and the ‘knife intifada’: the unbearable lightness of responsibility Netanyahu has done nothing to prevent the current tide of terror attacks or to end the so-called knife intifada. I
Brits actively opposed to Israel are in the minority, reports show

[caption id="attachment_3541" align="alignnone" width="300"] David Cameron with Binyamin Netanyahu[/caption] Brits actively opposed to Israel are in the minority, reports show By Jonathan Fenton-Harvey Across the Western world, antipathy against the State of Israel appears to be widespread.
Three Israelis dead eleven wounded in Istanbul terror attack

[caption id="attachment_3537" align="alignnone" width="455"] Istanbul Terror Attack[/caption] Terror struck the central Taksim section of Istanbul on Saturday, on a street lined with foreign consulates. At least three Israelis were killed and 10 others were wounded in a terrorist attack shortly af
Australian Liberals’ youngest-ever senator James Paterson’s maiden moment

Australian Liberals’ youngest-ever senator James Paterson’s maiden moment The Liberal Party’s youngest-ever senator, James Paterson, wants to scrap the “unbalanced and skewed” national curriculum, move Australia’s Israeli embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and reintroduce the com

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