HAMAOR MAGAZINE PESACH 5775

Ilford
a ANTI-SEMITISM PANEL DEBATE
Rabbi Chapper and Melvyn Weinberg organised a panel
debate on “Anti-Semitism in Britain Today” in response
to recent events in the UK, Europe and Israel. The panel
comprised of Mike Gapes MP for Ilford South, Lee Scott MP
for Ilford North, Borough Commander Chief Superintendent
Sue Williams and two senior representatives of the CST. The
evening drew an audience of a hundred people from across
the area and was chaired by Melvyn Weinberg of Ilford
Federation. Many attendees had an opportunity to discuss
incidents they had personally experienced and perceptions
of the level of threat to the Jewish community.
the panel members at Ilford
Large audience at Ilford panel event
Machzike Hadath
a SHABBATUK AT MACHZIKE HADATH
This momentous occasion was celebrated with a special programme consisting of high level chavrusa learning
followed by a masterful shiur delivered by Rabbi Pearlman on the topic of ‘Amira LeAkum’. Interspersed within this was
mincha and seudah shlishit where a full house enjoyed the more relaxed aspect of the programme, united in song and
entertained by a dvar Torah delivered by Rabbi Yitzchok Bodner.
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