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Founded in December 1950, the Jewish Telegraph incorporating the Jewish Gazette which it acquired in February 1995, is still under the same independent family ownership, and is now Britain's only regional Jewish newspaper. The Jewish Telegraph circulates among a 50,000 Jewish population in the Greater Manchester, Fylde Coast, Southport and Midlands areas. Its separate Leeds edition is able to offe

r almost blanket coverage of the 20,000-strong Jewish communities of Yorkshire. The Liverpool edition reaches virtually every Jewish home in that city and surrounding areas. In Scotland, the Glasgow edition covers virtually all the 12,000 Jews north of the border.

09/01/2024

𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗟𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟬𝟬𝘁𝗵 𝗯𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗮𝘆

(05.01.2023)

Anyone reaching the age of 100 in the UK receives a card from the King — but not many receive a personal letter and flowers from the monarch.
Holocaust survivor Lily Ebert was “so touched” to receive a letter from King Charles on her 100th birthday which praised her “extraordinary strength of spirit, resilience, and courage”.
Hungary-born Lily met the King last January when she received an MBE at Windsor Castle for services to Holocaust education.
Lily first came to prominence around three years ago when her search for the family of the American soldier who liberated her from a death march in Germany went viral.
She had survived Auschwitz and Buchenwald before the death march from one of the Buchenwald subcamps in Altenburg.
She told the story, co-authored with great-grandson Dov Forman, in the book Lily’s Promise.
London-based Lily also received birthday messages from Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis, former Prime Minister Boris Johnson and television presenter Rachel Riley . . . but it was the King’s letter which gained the most attention.
She said: “I feel honoured by His Majesty the King's support for my work as a Holocaust survivor advocate for the wider Jewish and survivor communities.
"I was so touched to receive a birthday card and the personal letter from the King, along with the most beautiful bouquet of flowers.”
The full letter read: “Dear Lily, I particularly wanted to write a personal word on the very special occasion of your 100th birthday.
“The terrible suffering which you and your family endured can never be adequately described or acknowledged, but as a survivor of the horrors of those years, your life's work has been to remind our generation of the depths of depravity and evil to which humankind can descend, when reason, humanity and truth are abandoned.
“By continuing to remind the world of the unimaginable atrocities which you witnessed, you have lived your life positively, with true nobility and without hatred, in a way that is an example to us all.
“Your extraordinary strength of spirit, resilience and courage is admired more than I can possibly say.
“I do hope that you have a very happy day in the company of your family and friends, and this brings you countless thoughts and blessings on such a memorable anniversary.”
King Charles added in his own handwriting: “With very special and warmest wishes.”

08/01/2024

𝗖𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗔 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗽𝘂𝘁 𝗜𝘀𝗿𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀

(05.01.2023)

Christina Jones was imbued with a love for Jewish people and Israel from a young age.
In fact, one of her first memories is of her maternal grandfather telling her — aged four — to stand up for the Jews and “the nation of Israel”.
Therefore, it was no surprise the career path she has taken has involved the Jewish state.
Raised an Evangelical Baptist, Christina works for CAMERA-UK, which is the UK division of the American-based Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting and Analysis.
Like its American big brother, CAMERA-UK is dedicated to promoting fair, accurate and balanced coverage of Israel in the British media.
And never has it been needed more than during the current climate, where Israel is attacked from all sides — including the left and the right.
Her official title is communications assistant but, in reality, the 33-year-old’s remit involves much more.
For Scotland-born Christina monitors the Scottish media for antisemitism or anti-Zionism, and runs its UK campus division, as well as its Christian-Jewish relations’ department.
But does Christina ever feel, due to the daily outpouring of antisemitism and Israel-hatred, she fighting a losing battle?
“Yes and no, but, overall, I see glimmers of hope,” she said.
“There has been pushback from Jewish communities and individuals in trying to fight misinformation.
“It is about fighting the good fight and keep doing the work we are doing.
“People talk about collective punishment for the people of Gaza, but not about collective punishment of the Jews in the diaspora, who are held to account for the actions of the Israel government and the IDF.
“No other community is targeted like this and held responsible.”
Christina was raised in the Scottish town of Paisley, the daughter of Nancy and Andrew Jones, Canadians who moved there for work.
Her maternal grandparents, Eleanor and David Johnson, were also pro-Israel, with her grandfather regularly telling her stand up for the Jews.
And, when she first asked her father what her grandfather meant, he told her, “we will teach you when you get older”.
“We went on a pilgrimage to Israel when I was 14, and I feel in love with the land and the people,” Christina recalled.
“I made sense of what my parents and grandparents had told me.
“My grandfather was stationed in Italy during the Second World War and he heard stories about what was happening to the Jews, so he tried to educate my mother.”
And her maternal great-grandfather, Frederick Johnson, was a close friend of then-prime minister David Lloyd George, whose government issued the Balfour Declaration — which paved the way for a Jewish homeland — in 1917.
Christina believes, too, that her father’s side was Jewish.
Adopted, his birth surname was Lowe, whose surname she has found in Holocaust victims’ records.
“Dad’s birth family, at some point, suddenly became Seventh-Day Adventist Christians, who share many Jewish traditions,” she added.
Christina read archaeology and history at the University of Glasgow, and moved to Israel when she went to study for a Master’s in the same subject at Tel Aviv University.
Some Jews have previously expressed concerns about religious Christians’ support for Israel, believing that there is an ulterior motive and that they are commanded to proselytise.
Christina explained: “I understand concerns and, if somebody wants to understand my rational, I am more than happy to share it because there are Christians who genuinely want to stand up for Israel.
“Living and studying there was definitely an experience, and there were some struggles with language and cultural difference but, overall, I felt very welcome.
“Many of the people I met in Israel were intrigued as to why a non-Jew was there and willingly paying to study.
“I think they liked the fact that Israel has friends beyond the Jewish diaspora who want to support and help them.”
While studying in Tel Aviv, Christina became more involved in Israel advocacy.
On her return to the UK, she moved to London, where she worked at the Israel embassy for more than two years as the assistant for inter-communal affairs within its public diplomacy department.
But she moved back to Scotland in 2020, where she re-opened the Centre for Scotland and Israel Relations on behalf of the embassy.
Christina, who has worked for CAMERA-UK since November 2022, agreed when it was put to her that antisemitism and anti-Zionism seem more prominent in her native Scotland.
“England, for example, does not have sectarianism, which permeates into everyday life in Scotland,” she reasoned.
“Its nationalist identity means it sees itself as oppressed by the English, so as ‘the oppressed’, many Scots feel a natural affinity with the Palestinian ‘cause’.”

08/01/2024

𝗠𝗮𝗴𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝘂-𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘂𝗺𝗮 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗽𝘆

(05.01.2023)

The professional body for British psychotherapists has performed a remarkable U-turn after initially pulling an article by a psychologist from its magazine because it concerned trauma in the Manchester Jewish community after the October 7 Hamas massacre in Israel.
For the past 10 years, Dr Sandi Mann, a senior psychology lecturer at the University of Central Lancashire, in Preston, has penned the Workplace Matters column for the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy’s magazine, Counselling At Work.
On Wednesday, Dr Mann, of Salford, told the Jewish Telegraph: “I feel distressed and silenced.
“What I wrote about was so important and it seems that Jewish trauma has been invalidated.”
However, yesterday the BACP decided to run the piece on its website and include an apology in the magazine’s next edition.
In her piece, Dr Mann discussed the counselling challenges of working with a traumatised community in the UK, focusing particularly on how the Jewish community in Manchester is coping with the devastation of October 7.
The BACP initially explained “The trauma of war can have long-term consequences on mental health and well-being and can reach far beyond the immediate war zone.
“Since October 7 we’ve been contacted by BACP members with a variety of strongly-held viewpoints who wish to write or create content for us about this war and the impact it is having on themselves, others and on the work they do.
“We understand the depth of feeling on these issues, but as a membership body and a registered charity we have to navigate very carefully how we share our members’ perspectives in our journals or other content.”
A spokesman for BACP said: “We’re deeply sorry for not publishing this article and for the hurt that has caused.
“This was a last-minute decision taken over a concern around sensitivities relating to the topic. On reflection, this was the wrong decision.
“It’s really important that we continue to listen and learn when we make mistakes, so that we can do better for our members, their clients and the profession.
“We recognise the impact the situation in Israel and Gaza is having on communities in the UK. Racism, discrimination, threats and violence are unacceptable.
“Dr Mann’s article is a powerful insight into important work being carried out to support the Jewish community with trauma and deserves to be shared publicly.
“Trauma can have long-term consequences on mental health and wellbeing.
“As a registered charity and a membership body, our focus must be on our charitable objectives and on mental health and access to counselling and psychotherapy.
“We’ve contacted Dr Mann to apologise and have now published her article on our website. It will also feature in a future edition of BACP Workplace.”
Dr Mann told the Jewish Telegraph last night: “I am delighted that the BACP overturned their decision to cancel the article.
“Standing up for what we believe in is so important and this is a victory for common sense and inclusion.
“This also sends an important message that the culture of threats, discrimination and intimidation that the Jewish community faces within the UK will not be tolerated.”
She added her thanks to “the hundreds of people who emailed the BACP about this. I think they were taken aback by the hurt their initial cancellation caused the community.
“Together we are strong and, as a community, we must continue to fight injustice where we see it.”
In her article, Dr Mann also highlighted the work of Jewish Action for Mental Health, which set up an innovative group therapy model designed to help a community through collective trauma.
Dr Mann, who is also a JT columnist, explained before the U-turn that her column was removed at the last minute as BACP senior management apparently felt “unease” about it and were worried about potential “ramifications”.
“I don’t think this would be done to any other group of people and I have expressed that to BACP,” Dr Mann added.
“Because of the Hamas attacks, we have had Holocaust survivors, and the second and third generations, in Manchester triggered by it.
“We have had Mancunians in Israel who were there when it happened. There are Mancunians whose relatives were kidnapped or killed while serving in the IDF.
“That is why JAMH set up an innovative group therapy model designed to help a community through collective trauma.
“I wrote about it in the column, but have now been stopped from sharing that resource to other communities — including the Muslim one — because it happens to be a Jewish resource. It is so frustrating.
“Should I only write about such things in the Jewish press? If so, it marginalises us.
“I am not fighting BACP, I am fighting the culture which has led to its decision.”
“Jewish people are not getting to be heard because people are afraid to give them a platform. My issue is with wider society.
“We are increasingly living in a culture of fear, threats and intimidation towards Jews, but when this culture leads to the silencing of the Jewish voice, especially within the professional or academic context, then Jews risk being marginalised and othered.
“More must be done to ensure that our institutions are not afraid to give the Jewish community a platform.”
She added that she wrote a similar piece for the same magazine in 2017 following the impact of the Manchester Arena terrorist bomb on the wider community in Manchester. That article was not rejected.
A BACP spokesman said: “We are truly shocked and saddened by the horrific events in Israel and Gaza.
“Our thoughts are with all those affected by this, particularly families who have lost loved ones.
“We also recognise the impact the situation in Israel and Gaza is having on communities in the UK.
“Racism, discrimination, threats and violence are unacceptable.”

07/01/2024

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07/01/2024

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07/01/2024

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07/01/2024

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05/01/2024

𝗧𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗽𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗮𝘇𝗮

(05.01.2023)

Thousands of Israeli soldiers are being shifted out of the Gaza Strip, the military said this week.
It is the first significant withdrawal of troops since the war began.
The troop movement could signal that fighting is being scaled back in some areas of Gaza, particularly in the northern half where the military has said it is assuming operational control.
Israel has been under pressure from its chief ally, America, to begin to switch to lower-intensity fighting.
Word of the drawdown came ahead of another visit by Secretary of State Antony Blinken to the region and after the Biden administration bypassed Congress to approve an emergency weapons sale to Israel.
But fierce fighting continued in other areas of Gaza, especially the southern city of Khan Younis and central areas of the territory.
Israel has pledged to charge ahead until its war aims have been achieved, including dismantling Hamas, which has ruled Gaza for 16 years.
The military said that five brigades, or several thousand troops, were being taken out of Gaza in the coming weeks for training and rest.
In a briefing that first announced the troop withdrawal without specifying how many forces were leaving, army spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari did not say whether the decision meant Israel was launching a new phase of the war.
“The objectives of the war require prolonged fighting, and we are preparing accordingly,” he said. Israel has vowed to crush Hamas’ military and governing capabilities.

05/01/2024

𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁-𝘄𝗮𝗿 𝗚𝗮𝘇𝗮?

(05.01.2023)

Mystery yesterday surrounded reports that Tony Blair will take a mediator position in post-war Gaza.
Israeli media reported that the former British prime minister was being eyed by Israeli leaders as the man for the role.
It would mean mediating between Jerusalem and moderate Arab countries on post-war Gaza and a controversial Israeli aim of having other nations absorb residents of Gaza who leave the Strip.
Israeli TV reported that Blair arrived in Israel last week and met Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and war cabinet minister Benny Gantz.
The report said that if the plan materialised, Blair would be in charge of checking the option of countries receiving Gazan refugees.
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir welcomed the reports of Blair “heading a task force that will promote the emigration of Gaza residents to other countries around the world”.
He said: “This is a morally just step to take, first and foremost for Gaza border residents, and for all of Israel”.
He added that such initiatives are a “necessary component of the real solution to the 'day after’.”
However, Blair us said to have denied the reports.
“There never was any such discussions, and Blair would not discuss such a proposal,” a source close to the former PM said.

05/01/2024

𝗭𝗔𝗞𝗔 𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗰𝗵𝗮 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗻𝗼 𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹

(05.01.2023)

In his 32 years as a ZAKA volunteer, Simcha Greiniman has dealt with blown-up buses, restaurants, hotels and butchered synagogues.
But seeing hundreds of bodies at a rave laying in a field was the worst of all.
“You can’t ever train yourself to be ready for that,” he said. “We’d walk into a room full of blood and see no sign of shooting or bombing.
“There, Hamas terrorists didn’t use a gun to kill their victims, they used an axe to chop them into pieces.”
Since Hamas’ October 7 massacre of 1,200 people, 800 ZAKA volunteers have worked around the clock to recover the remains of the dead.
“I am there every day from 7am to 6pm to make sure that these families get the closure they need to properly mourn their loved ones,” said 47-year-old Simcha.
Founded in 1995, ZAKA deals with instances of unnatural death and works in close co-operation with emergency services and security forces.
More than 3,000 ZAKA volunteers are deployed across Israel, on call 24/7 to respond to terror attacks, accidents or natural disasters.
Simcha oversees groups in charge of conducting Chesed Shel Emes — honouring the dead by bringing bodies to burial, which is considered one of the greatest mitzvot in Judaism.
“In the Bible, there is a special need to make sure bodies get a proper burial and that no part — not even blood samples or small bones — are left behind,” he explained.
As part of ZAKA International, Simcha has volunteered both in Israel and overseas in scenarios ranging from natural disasters to accidents and terror attacks.
During the 9/11 terror attacks in New York, he sat at the airport for two weeks waiting to get approval from America to assist emergency teams on site.
“This time, it happened in our backyard,” he said.
He recalled one instance in which he entered a house and on the living room table found a birthday cake.
“A cake is supposed to be something happy,” he said. “But we didn’t come to eat cake, we came to take care of bodies.
“My eyes went looking for pictures of the family who lived in that house and who should have been celebrating,” he added.
Simcha described a very strong smell of burned flesh emanating from the house’s safe room. When he turned on his torch upon entering the pitch-dark room,
he found charred remains.
“Everything was connected, glued together,” he said. “At the top, there were three adult-sized skulls and at the bottom two small skulls attached.
“They were burned to death while hugging each other — it was extremely hard to take them apart.”
Later, he deduced that these were the skulls of two children, their parents and grandmother, who
all lived in the house.
“When we took out the bodies, we had to walk by that cake every single time,” Simcha recalled.
He told of another house which had been burned to the ground on October 7.
In one of the rooms, the ceiling had collapsed and cement was covering the floor.
“In the cement, I saw a lump,” he said. “Underneath, there was a dead child who was about five years old.
“In a separate room, I found the skull of another young child with the metal part of a hammer still attached to it. The wooden part of the hammer had burned away. Every house has a story.”
Collecting human remains from a house into which Hamas terrorists lobbed grenades could take up to 18 hours, especially if more than one person had hidden in the same room, Simcha explained.
Once collected, the body parts are sent to a special morgue for DNA testing.
“Nothing prepares you for it,” he said.
Simcha said that he had been shocked to hear people deny Hamas’ crimes against humanity, a phenomenon he chalked up to antisemtiism.
To raise awareness of the massacres, he spoke at United Nations headquarters in New York.
“I was the one who took out the bodies,” he said.
“I could not let anyone deny these crimes, especially as a volunteer for ZAKA, which the UN officially recognises.
“I came into houses and saw women naked from their stomach down leaning over their own beds, with their hands tied behind their backs and bleeding from different areas.
“If it had happened anywhere else in the world, humanity would be screaming for justice.
“I invite whoever denies what we have dealt with to come and let me personally walk them around the scenes, show them what happened and where it happened.”

05/01/2024

𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲, 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝘇𝗼𝗴 𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘆𝗮𝗵𝘂 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲

(05.01.2023)

As Hamas indiscriminately launched rockets at Israel on New Year’s Eve, President Isaac Herzog urged world leaders to help get back the 133 Israeli citizens who remain in captivity.
“As we enter 2024, I call on the entire family of nations to demand and work for their immediate, unconditional release,” he said in a New year message.
“Babies, the elderly, women, men, are being held in brutal captivity by Hamas, without vital medication or visitation from the Red Cross. “Their immediate release is at the core of our battle with Hamas terrorists in Gaza.
“May the light dispel the darkness, and may the New Year bring peace, hope and healing for all.”
The Red Cross has failed to provide medical care or visit the abducted civilians.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke out a week ago over the international body’s failure to provide life-saving medication to the hostages.
“I met with the Red Cross,” he said. “I handed them a box of medicine for some of the hostages.
“Some of them really need it. I told a representative to take this box to Rafah; she said no.
“It was a difficult conversation,” the prime minister said.
Elma Avraham, an 84-year-old hostage released during the ceasefire agreement in November, was left fighting for her life, hospital staff said, after the Red Cross refused to deliver medication to her.
“After being kidnapped for over 50 days, she was evacuated in critical condition,” Dr Tzachi Slutsky, the deputy director
of Soroka Medical Centre, recalled.
“It is evident that if Elma had not been transferred back at that time, her condition would have deteriorated.”

05/01/2024

𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟳 𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗘𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻’𝘀

(05.01.2023)

Israel is reportedly building a significant legal case against Hamas terrorists responsible for the October 7 massacre, similar to the charges heard in the trial of N**i Adolf Eichmann in the early 1960s.
This approach aims to establish the severe punishments that will be imposed on the surviving Hamas terrorists.
The Wall Street Journal revealed that investigators in the Israel Police and prosecution lawyers are compiling one of the most significant cases in Israel’s history against those who carried out the massacre on October 7.
According to the report, Israel is collecting numerous pieces of evidence, including testimonies of severe sexual assault, r**e, burning of children, and dismemberment — all perpetrated by Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists on that fateful Saturday.
Israeli authorities estimate that the construction of such a case will allow for the imposition of severe punishments on the surviving terrorists.
“The investigation by Israel is expected to yield a trial that will be the most significant in the country since the early 1960s when Israel captured, tried and hanged Adolf Eichmann for his central role in the Holocaust,” the article stated.
Eichmann was hanged by the State of Israel for his part in the Holocaust — he organised the transportation of Jews from all over occupied Europe to their final destinations at Auschwitz and other extermination camps.
After living in Germany under a false identity for several years after the war, Eichmann made his way to Argentina. He was arrested by Israeli secret service agents near Buenos Aires on May 11, 1960. Nine days later they smuggled him out of the country and took him to Israel.
Of those responsible for the October 7 massacre, former deputy attorney-general Roy Schondorf said: “Israel has never dealt with crimes and investigations on such a scale.
“This will be one of the most important trials to take place in Israel.”
According to the Wall Street Journal, Israel Police are examining the testimonies of around 50 people who were captured, footage obtained from their cameras, social media and security cameras from vehicles across southern Israel.
The challenge for the investigation is that the collection of forensic evidence was limited after October 7, while the Israeli military was engaged in combat.

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05/01/2024

𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿: 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗿𝘂𝗺 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝗗𝗦 𝗺𝗼𝗯

(05.01.2023)

Psychologist Dr Sandi Mann has demonstrated that it is possible to effect change when it comes to BDS or other attempts to marginalise Israel. As we report on Page One, her monthly column for the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy’s magazine, Counselling At Work was pulled at the last minute because it featured her work with those traumatised by the terror attack on Israelis by Hamas on October 7 last year. BACP seemingly considered it too much of a hot potato and apparently did not want to offend members “with a variety of strongly-held viewpoints who wish to write or create content for us about this war and the impact it is having on themselves . . . and others”.
For Dr Mann, this was unacceptable, and in a calm and rational way, voiced her objections to her treatment. To their credit, the BACP not only climbed down yesterday, but apologised to her, too.
The fact was that her article dealt with a serious subject that could presumably have been juxtaposed with any similar situation. It was not politically motivated and had been dropped purely because it related to Israel. Dr Mann had written in similar vein after the Manchester Arena bomb, which had not ruffled any feathers.
Every manifestation of BDS or attempt to marginalise Israel or erase its name should be fought vociferously. BDS is irrational as we have often pointed out. The hypocrites who so vigorously oppose Israel would do well to note that the technology used in their mobile phones and computers was most likely developed in Israel and many of the prescription drugs they take were probably the result of Israeli research. This leaves them with quite a conundrum.

05/01/2024

𝗦𝘂𝘀𝗵𝗶 𝗸𝗶𝗱𝗱𝘂𝘀𝗵 𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗿𝗺𝘆 𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗼 ‘𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲’ 𝗺𝘆 𝗯𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗮𝘆

(05.01.2024)

I celebrated my birthday on New Year’s Day. I say celebrated, although, in truth, I didn’t feel like doing much.
With everything that’s going on here in Israel right now, nothing could have been further from my mind.
Nevertheless, we used the occasion to have a quasi-birthday party with all the kids (and dogs) when we visited Orli on her base at the weekend.
Visiting your child when she’s “closing” (staying on base for Shabbat) is new to us.
Rafi drafted at the start of Covid so everything was turned on its head, as I’m sure you’ll recall.
Gatherings of any kind were out of the question and we didn’t get to see him apart from on those rare occasions when he was allowed home.
Lev, who’s now at the tail end of his service, has done Yomiyot; he’s stationed on a nearby base and comes home each evening.
Orli, on the other hand, is a different proposition entirely.
Now in the second month of her service in the Air Force, regular trips home are few and far between.
Owing to the war, basic training has been truncated so new recruits are ready to start their assigned jobs as soon as possible. Going home at weekends is too disruptive and time-consuming.
Instead, families are permitted to visit their children at the base on Saturday.
This is, of course, impossible for religious families, which seems a little unfair. However, those of us who can visit, do, even though the base itself is miles from anywhere; in the middle of the desert.
Last weekend was our second visit. The first was a bit of a disaster as we had no idea what to expect and were ill-prepared.
As we only took two chairs, some of us ended up sitting on the hard, unforgiving ground, using a large bin bag for protection from the rocks, stones, and weeds.
We also forgot to take fruit, much to Orli’s dismay — there’s never any on base, save for the odd hard banana, she told us.
With little or no opportunity to buy anything on base, Orli relies on us to bring her whatever she might need, or want, for the following week, or two.
To avoid repeating the same rookie mistakes, this time we prepared meticulously.
We all mucked in, picking up essentials wherever we could. Lev got her a few things from the shekem (army shop) on his base.
He has the freedom to go there whenever he likes, whereas Orli is only allowed to go to the shop on her base once a week, during which time they aren’t allowed to browse at leisure.
Instead, they have to line up in silence and wait for up to an hour for their turn. Even those who don’t intend to purchase anything have to line up with the others, they can’t hang around outside the shop, chatting, while they wait for their friends.
Consequently, shopping on base isn’t a pleasant or productive experience for newbies who are still in basic training.
Like most in her position, protein bars are a staple, as the food they get is somewhat lacking, both in quantity and nutrients.
I’m now an expert in the different varieties, their flavours, and how much protein and calories each contains.
Among other items to take with were elastic bands (soldiers use them to hold up their trousers just above the top of their boots), muscle tape and wipes.
Orli was precise about what she’d like for lunch, when she had the luxury of more than just a few minutes to eat, so that had to be carefully planned too.
Visiting times were 1.30-4.30pm, so a late lunch seemed the obvious choice.
Sushi was top of her list, along with fruit, particularly strawberries, a family favourite. The war, however, has made some of the produce here extremely expensive, and strawberries are no exception.
A dire shortage of workers —many have been called up while a lot of foreign workers have returned home — has meant that farmers are largely relying on volunteers to harvest their crops.
Nevertheless, we tried to accede to all her wishes, and a large punnet was procured and packed, much to her delight.
Finally, the ‘birthday’ cake. Evelyn Rose’s one-bowl chocolate cake, which, in her words, is, “much loved by small boys”, also happens to be one of Orli’s favourites.
I, too, am quite partial to a slice or two, so we settled on that. Lev did the honours — he even topped it with a creamy milk chocolate ganache and stuck a few Israeli flags in it, which went down a treat.
The journey to the base was uneventful (Saturday morning: no traffic), although taking the dogs was a bit of a squash. Once we’d packed all the picnic paraphernalia, there was little room left.
Having arrived an hour early to bagsy a good spot and set up, we had the good fortune to be offered one of the coveted picnic tables by a family whose visiting time was up just as we arrived.
They even left their tablecloth and disposable plates behind for us to use.
With plenty of time to spare, we set the food out across the large table, like a fabulous sushi kiddush. Then we waited for Orli to appear before tucking in.
When she finally arrived, the sight of her approaching the table in her uniform with a large M16 slung over her shoulder was one that will take time to get used to.
Her gun must remain with her at all times, even when she showers and sleeps.
And so, for a couple of hours, we were reunited with our precious girl who sat with us, gun across her lap, regaling us with tales of her service.
Obviously, the boys could relate to much of what she told us, but for me and Jeff, army life is completely alien.
All we could do was listen in awe to the stories as she told them in her own inimitable style.
No one was prepared to sing Happy Birthday to me when the cake was brought out, however.
“Too cringe,” they said. Nevertheless, the time we all spent together was wonderful.
It almost made up for the fact that I didn’t hear from Orli at all on my actual birthday as she was in the shetach (field) all week and didn’t have her phone.
But as the mantra, which all army parents live by goes, “no news is good news”, so her silence was a bonus, as far as I was concerned.

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