In case you missed it…seven must-read stories from the past week!
Miss Israel & Miss Iraq sharing the same magazine front cover, Lord Sugar's racism row, the launch of a direct London-Eilat flight and how the UK's Jewish community are growing three times as fast as the population 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 Miss Israel & Miss Iraq sharing the same magazine front page cover, Lord Sugar’s latest twitter trouble, news of the first direct London-Eilat flight and how the UK’s Jewish community is growing three times as fast as the population…
1) Miss Israel and Miss Iraq on front cover of Hebrew-language glossy magazine – Two beauty queens, Sarah Idan and Adar Gandelsman, pose together on the front of LaIsha lifestyle publication
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2) Woman with knife shouting ‘I want to kill all you Jews’ arrested in Stamford Hill – Police detain 47-year-old, who is expected to undergo a mental health assessment, on suspicion of a racially aggravated public order offence
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3) Wizz Air to launch only direct London-to-Eilat route in October – Low-cost airline announces new direct flight from Luton Airport to Israel’s southern-most city, which is set to start later this year
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4) Lord Sugar in racism storm after comparing Senegal World Cup team to beach vendors – Apprentice boss deletes Twitter post which he said he thought was ‘funny’, adding that it had been ‘misrepresented’
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5) UK’s Jewish community growing three times as fast as population – Latest JPR study reveals ‘Jewish demographic growth’ as births within the community increased by 25.4 percent
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6) Baroness Neuberger: Jews in the Labour Party should resign over anti-Semitism row – Crossbench peer and rabbi says the best way of tackling Labour’s anti-Semitism problem is to “stop them getting elected” as she urges Jews to quit
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7) OPINION: William will see the real Israel we know and love:
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