It was very pleasant and humbling to go to the St John's Wood Synagogue last night for the launch of Martin Sugarman's book Fighting Back, reviewed here on Friday.
The community hall was packed with a good smatterring of old soldiers. Hearing about the exploits of Jewish servicemen reminded me how much the Jewish community have contributed since being allowed to return home here by Cromwell.
One speaker reminded us of the part played by Jewish Palestinians in the Middle East. Out of a population of 600,000 nearly 30,000 men joined the British armed forces. I suppose these days we in the Methodist Church would be dismissing them as Zionists, not realising how intrinsic some form of Zionism is to every expression of the Jewish faith.
Martin has done a superb job and congratulations are due to an impressive work that will do much to set the record straght. My thanks to the Association of Jewish Ex-Servicement (AJEX) for supporting such a suberb and memorable event.![]()
The community hall was packed with a good smatterring of old soldiers. Hearing about the exploits of Jewish servicemen reminded me how much the Jewish community have contributed since being allowed to return home here by Cromwell.
One speaker reminded us of the part played by Jewish Palestinians in the Middle East. Out of a population of 600,000 nearly 30,000 men joined the British armed forces. I suppose these days we in the Methodist Church would be dismissing them as Zionists, not realising how intrinsic some form of Zionism is to every expression of the Jewish faith.
Martin has done a superb job and congratulations are due to an impressive work that will do much to set the record straght. My thanks to the Association of Jewish Ex-Servicement (AJEX) for supporting such a suberb and memorable event.
