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🧵 On 6 December 1989 a man entered a mechanical engineering classroom at Montreal’s École Polytechnique with a semi automatic weapon. Separating women and men, he shot the women, screaming, “You are all feminists”
14 women were murdered. Today we remember their names and not his – at Montréal, Québec
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33 years ago tonight, 14 women went to bed thinking about their finals, future in STEM and the upcoming holiday season. They didn’t know that these dreams threatened a man’s sense of self worth and that they wouldn’t survive to see their goals and aspirations become a reality.
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The Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has illuminated Downing Street with the Israeli flag in a show of solidarity with Israel.
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The words you were searching for were: “I unreservedly condemn the terrorists in Hamas who killed innocent Israelis this morning and have taken Israeli citizens hostage. And I support the right of Israel to defend its citizens against such attacks.” Happy to help. – at West Bromwich, England
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How times have changed…
On 3 September 1189, Richard I was crowned King in Westminster Abbey. Jews were barred from attending, but in a spirit of heartfelt goodwill, some Jewish leaders arrived bearing gifts for the new king. They were informed that Jews were not welcome, whereupon Richard’s courtiers stripped and flogged them, and then flung them out of court.
A rumour spread that the King had given an order for all Jews to be attacked. While some Jews escaped, arsonists set fire to many Jewish homes, some Jews were forcibly converted, while others were given sanctuary in the Tower of London. Some thirty innocent Jews were senselessly murdered on the day of the Coronation, including Rabbi Jacob of Orléans, the most senior Rabbi in England at that time.
These tragic events stand in sharp contrast to our experience as Jews in 21st Century Britain.
His Majesty King Charles III has made it clear that he wants representatives of the Jewish community and other minority faith communities to be present for the coronation service. In addition, he has established an unprecedented opportunity, following the service itself, for faith leaders to be incorporated into the formal proceedings. I will be privileged, together with four other senior faith leaders, to greet the King with words of tribute and blessing. At every stage, the Palace has been sensitive to the requirements of halacha (Jewish Law) when considering how best to include us. With this in mind, in accordance with the laws of Shabbat, I will not be using a microphone.
This is in addition to The King and Queen’s gracious invitation to host Valerie and me at St James’ Palace over Shabbat, when we will cherish the extraordinary opportunity to light Shabbat candles, make kiddush, eat our specially catered Shabbat meals, sing zemirot and chant Havdalah within regal surroundings.
We are blessed to have a Monarch who holds a deep, personal conviction that there is great strength in the diversity of our country and who cherishes his warm relationship with British Jews.
In the Book of Ecclesiastes, we are taught that: ‘there is a time to weep and a time to laugh; a time to cry and a time to dance with joy’. Nearly a thousand years ago, the Coronation of a Monarch was a time to weep for the Jewish community, but today, thank God, it is a time for great celebration. As we enter this Carolean era, may our country be blessed to know many more moments of such celebration, and may God save the King!
Lisa Kent retweeted
The victims of last year’s Chanukah Oxford street attack have returned to the scene to celebrate Chanukah once again.
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'Like a prisoner': Man with learning disabilities 'locked up' in hospital for 35 years itv.com/news/2022-12-19/man-…
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Dear Teachers,
As some of you may know, if you have any students in your class who identify as Christian, they may ask to be excused from school to observe the Christian holiday of “Christmas,” more popularly referred to as Yom Christmas or Nittel.
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Lisa Kent retweeted
Careful with this. The children and grandchildren of refugees (I am one) are not guests here. They are under no higher duty than anyone else to hold certain political beliefs.
(As it happens being the descendant of a refugee has strongly conditioned my own outlook.)
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The statue of Sir Nicholas Winton at the Main Train Station in Prague this morning 💙💛
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Right. A thread on another ordinary person who did extraordinary things.
This is Robert Smallbones, career civil servant and diplomat, and his wife Inga.
Between November 1938 and the outbreak of WW2, they helped OVER FORTY THOUSAND Jews escape the Nazis and get to Britain. /1
ALT old couple, dressed in smart clothes. both look unassuming and like they could be anybodies' grandparents.
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FFS, Jewish Twitter.
Stop arguing about sodding goblins.
There are real issues to solve, such as whether it's bagel or baigel.
