In case you missed it…seven must-read stories from the past week!
An artist telling stories about Israel with make-up, a world record-breaking Israeli gymnast and Jews & Sikhs teaming up to help asylum seekers are among this week's top stories...
Relive the past week on jewishnews.co.uk with our top-seven must-read stories from the past seven days…
Scroll down to read our pick of this week’s stories, which included how an artist is presenting stories about Israel through make-up, Jews and Sikhs teaming up for an interfaith project to provide asylum seekers with food and clothes, the Israeli gymnast who broke a world record to win gold and how a census change may see number of UK Jews increase…
1) Making up the news: One artist’s mission to depict the Hamas fire kites –Artist Michal Henig presents stories about Israel through the power of make-up, not words
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2) Veteran Israeli peace campaigner Uri Avnery dies aged 94 – Former journalist and member of the Knesset who met PLO chairman Yasser Arafat in Beirut passes away in Tel Aviv
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3) Israeli gymnast breaks world record to win gold – Linoy Ashram produces best ever score of 20.65 points in the clubs event at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Challenge Cup in Belarus
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4) Jews and Sikhs unite to provide asylum seekers with food and clothes -Interfaith social action project at West London Synagogue sees two religious communities working together for vulnerable people
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5) Exclusive: Ethnicity option on next census could show 400,000 Jews in UK –Community leaders have expressed concerns over the move, proposed by the Office of National Statistics
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6) Rites of Passage: Jewish twins to star in C4 surrogacy show with Grayson Perry – Pair born through surrogacy will appear in documentary exploring their parents’ 10 year struggle to have children
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7) It’s come to pass! GCSE students excel at Jewish schools – Headteachers praise “wonderful” efforts of students, despite exams undergoing a tough new overhaul.
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