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thejc.com | Daniel Ben-David
It states that police “must distinguish between legitimate protest and the unlawful activities of groups that are nothing more than hate gangs. Failing to do so will do grave damage to the Jewish community and Britain as a whole”. Furthermore, it claimed: “The location for what was supposed to be a pro-Palestinian march had no significance for its purported purpose.
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thejc.com | Daniel Ben-David
Born in Odesa in 1995, Katya lost her father when she was a young child, and her mother was an addict. “Our home was a place of chaos and neglect,” she said. “There was heavy drinking, violence, and other men constantly in and out of the house. My mother disappeared for hours at a time, doing what she needed to survive. Sometimes, we wouldn’t see her for days.
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thejc.com | Daniel Ben-David
Being interviewed shortly before Deaf Awareness Week, which runs until May 11, she says: “Honestly, for deaf people, there still exists many barriers to entering regular society. But trying to enter the Jewish community is even worse because we can’t access synagogue services or join in on celebrations. We have tried, but we really can’t. We don’t fit into the hearing Jewish community.
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1 week ago | 
thejc.com | Daniel Ben-David
But it is an issue that is far more common than most people think. According to the NHS, approximately one in seven couples may have difficulty conceiving. “Everyone knows infertility exists, but most don’t realise just how many people are affected by it,” Saul said.
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thejc.com | Daniel Ben-David
Louise Kermode, Jami’s director of community mental health services, said: “It is more important than ever for us to provide this specialist service to as many secondary-school-aged children as possible in our community, filling a vital gap between the growing numbers of young people struggling with their mental health and the lack of mental health services currently available to them.” Spencer Lewis, executive headteacher at Yavneh, said the implementation of the scheme will provide “a huge...
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1 week ago | 
thejc.com | Daniel Ben-David
Yavneh College has become the latest Jewish school to provide professional, one-to-one mental health support to its pupils under Jami’s Dangoor Children and Young Person’s Service.
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1 week ago | 
thejc.com | Daniel Ben-David
The eight men, who are being questioned and have not yet been charged, were arrested in Swindon, west London, Rochdale, Stockport and Manchester, with police carrying out searches in several properties linked to the group. The head of London’s Counter Terrorism Command, Commander Dominic Murphy, said police are exploring several lines of enquiry to establish a motive and to identify “whether there may be any further risk to the public linked to this matter”.
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thejc.com | Daniel Ben-David
Latifa Abouchakra has repeatedly expressed support for the Hamas atrocities of 7 Oct. On Friday, she joined anti Israel demo within the Jewish community of St. John’s Wood. Yellow ribbons “are examples of Jewish supremacy” and @BoardofDeputies is “Israeli based asset.” pic.twitter.com/QR8MdhRdrJ — James J.
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2 weeks ago | 
thejc.com | Daniel Ben-David
After rumours spread that Gal Gadot was filming in central London today, two anti-Israeli protesters went to demonstrate – but found themselves protesting her stunt double instead. The protest, promoted on Instagram and discussed in anti-Israel advocacy group messages, took place overlooking a canal in Camden, where a scene of The Runner was being filmed.
