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The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will warn pediatricians about a potentially lethal inflammatory syndrome that could be linked to coronavirus, CNN reported Wednesday, citing a CDC spokesman.

According to CNN, the multi-system syndrome was first reported by New York officials, and was diagnosed over the week in other states as well. The symptoms of the dangerous syndrome include persistentfever, inflammation, poor function in one or more organs and other shock-like symptoms.

Potential cases of the syndrome, unofficially named "Pediatric Multi-System Inflammatory Syndrome Potentially Associated with COVID-19" by an informal pediatrician panel reportedly organized by the Boston Children's Hospital, were also recorded in Israel.

According to Ynet, over the last several weeks, at least six children were hospitalized with symptoms seemingly resembling the Kawasaki disease, an illness that causes inflammation in blood vessels. While it is suspected that the young patients were suffering from the novel illness, some tested negative for the virus.

"Similar cases have been reported throughout the world," Ashkenazi continued. "We still do not have the tools to estimate which of the children are likely to suffer from this complication of the coronavirus. The awareness of Israel's pediatricians has been raised regarding the syndrome."

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo reportedly said on Tuesday the New York State Department of Health was investigating around a hundred possible cases of the syndrome in children. According to CNN, state data shows more than half of the cases are in children aged five-14, with the syndrome affecting teenagers as well.

"We lost three children, (a) five-year-old boy, seven-year-old boy and 18-year-old girl," Cuomo said on Tuesday. In Kentucky, two cases of the syndrome were reported, one being a 10-year-old now in critical condition. The second patient, a 16-year-old, is reportedly in satisfactory condition.

"The children who get sick with this can have cardiovascular collapse and require supportive measures to maintain their blood pressure, or respiratory collapse requiring breathing support with a mechanical ventilator," the state's health commissioner Dr. Steven Stack said.

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Youve probably heard of at least several authors of this new Politico piece, which I suspect but dont know for sure was submitted to (and rejected by) the New York Times after the paper retroactively redacted a column by Bret Stephens on the overrepresentation of Ashkenazi Jews in intellectual and creative fields. The article by Paresky et al. is a severe indictment of the Timess policies, which now include giving in to an outrage mob and changing a column (as well as removing genuine facts), without leaving a record of the changes. Truly, the New York Times under its relatively new management (wokemeister A. G. Sulzberger) is going down the tubesfast.

You probably know of Jon Haidt and Steve Pinker, whom Ive written about often, and have likely heard of Nadine Strossen (former head of the ACLU and now a Professor of Law Emerita at New York Law school) and of the first author, Pamela Paresky, who writes for Psychology Today and lectures at my own university. These are not slouches, and theyre rightfully pissed off. The only one I know here is Pinker, but it takes a lot to make him append his name to a piece like this. He musters and dispenses his anger carefully and infrequently.

Click on the screenshot below to read, and to weep at how far the New York Times has fallen. Truly, even the dubious 1619 Project pales before how they treated this column by Bret Stephens.

Heres the column, which has been changed with the redacted passages completely gone. Instead, theres a note at the top that says this:

Editors Note:

An earlier version of this Bret Stephens column quoted statistics from a 2005 paper that advanced a genetic hypothesis for the basis of intelligence among Ashkenazi Jews. After publication Mr. Stephens and his editors learned that one of the papers authors, who died in 2016, promoted racist views. Mr. Stephens was not endorsing the study or its authors views, but it was a mistake to cite it uncritically. The effect was to leave an impression with many readers that Mr. Stephens was arguing that Jews are genetically superior. That was not his intent. He went on instead to argue that culture and history are crucial factors in Jewish achievements and that, as he put it, At its best, the West can honor the principle of racial, religious and ethnic pluralism not as a grudging accommodation to strangers but as an affirmation of its own diverse identity. In that sense, what makes Jews special is that they arent. They are representational. We have removed reference to the study from the column.

Note that the sin of Stephenss column was not being racist or giving erroneous facts. Rather, he cited a paper uncritically when one of its authors had make racist statements. And Stephenss intentthe cultural hypothesiswas apparently already clear in the original paper. The apology here is not from Stephens, but from the paper to those readers outraged that Stephenss column would cite a paper partly written by an author who said racist things and dared imply that creative and intelligence of Ashkenazi Jews might have a genetic basis. (Saying something like that is, of course, verboten.) And you cant even check for yourself, for the paper has removed any reference to the study. (The link isnt in the Paresky et al. article either, but you can find the paper, published in the Journal of Biosocial Science, for free here.)

The original Stephens column cited a peer-reviewed study that advanced the hypothesis that Ashkenazi Jews had a complement of genes that led in part to their high achievement and intelligence. Stephens didnt accept the genetic explanation, and, in his column, apparently advanced an alternative cultural hypothesis. (I have no dog in this fight and have followed neither the data nor the controversy).

What happened is that social media discovered that one of the authors of the paper had expressed racist views. Stephens neither parroted them nor mentioned that, nor did he even allude to eugenics. But of course thats not good enough for social media: the fact that one author did express racist views discredits, in the mind of Outrage Culture, not just the original paper, but Stephenss column as well. Business Insider writes that Stephenss original column led to canceled subscriptions.

Paresky et al note that the appropriate response of the NYT would have been this:

. . . . to acknowledge the controversy, to publish one or more replies, and to allow Stephens and his critics to clarify the issues. Instead, the editors deleted parts of the columnnot because anything in it had been shown to be factually incorrect but because it had become controversial.

But the Times didnt follow that pathnot at all. Instead, they took it upon themselves to change what Stephens wrote. Thats censorship. (Note: the alterations are attributed to the papers editors wenot to Stephens.) To continue with Paresky et al.:

Instead, the editors deleted parts of the columnnot because anything in it had been shown to be factually incorrect but because it had become controversial.

Worse, the explanation for the deletions in theEditors Notewas not accurate about the edits the paper made after publication. The editors did not just remove reference to the study. They expurgated the articles original subtitle (which explicitly stated Its not about having higher IQs), two mentions of Jewish IQs, and a list of statistics about Jewish accomplishment: During the 20th century, [Ashkenazi Jews] made up about 3 percent of the U.S. population but won 27 percent of the U.S. Nobel science prizes and 25 percent of the ACM Turing awards. They account for more than half of world chess champions. These statistics about Jewish accomplishments were quoted directly from the study, but they originated in other studies. So, even if theTimeseditors wanted to disavow the paper Stephens referenced, the newspaper could have replaced the passage with quotes from the original sources.

The authors wind up listing three pernicious precedents for American journalism caused by the Timess handling of this piece. Rather than paraphrase them, Ill just quote from them:

First, while we cannot know what drove the editors decision, the outward appearance is that they surrendered to an outrage mob, in the process giving an imprimatur of legitimacy to the false and ad hominem attacks against Stephens. The Editors Note explains that Stephens was not endorsing the study or its authors views, and that it was not his intent to leave an impression with many readers that [he] was arguing that Jews are genetically superior. The combination of the explanation and the post-publication revision implied that such an impression was reasonable. It was not.

Unless theTimesreverses course, we can expect to see more such mobs, more retractions, and also preemptive rejections from editors fearful of having to make such retractions.

. . . Second, theTimesredacted a published essay based on concerns about retroactive moral pollution, not about accuracy. While it is true that an author of the paper Stephens mentioned, the late anthropologist Henry Harpending, made some deplorable racist remarks, that does not mean that every point in every paper he ever coauthored must be deemed radioactive. Facts and arguments must be evaluated on their content. Will theTimesand other newspapers now monitor the speech of scientists and scholars and censor articles that cite any of them who, years later, say something offensive? Will it crowdsource that job to Twitter and then redact its online editions whenever anyone quoted in theTimesis later canceled?

And finally:

Third, for theTimesto disappear passages of a published article into an inaccessible memory hole is an Orwellian act that, thanks to the newspapers actions, might now be seen as acceptable journalistic practice. It is all the worse when the editors published account of what they deleted is itself inaccurate. This does a disservice to readers, historians and journalists, who are left unable to determine for themselves what the controversy was about, and to Stephens, who is left unable to defend himself against readers worst suspicions.

In other words, what the paper did makes it look like Stephens somehow transgressed, and thus was given a spanking in words by the editor.

This is all part and parcel not only of the Timess increasing wokeness, evidenced in its 1619 Project, in its fairly blatant favoring of pro-Palestinian over pro-Jewish news (remember the long article about the stray bullet, implying that Israeli soldiers murdered a Palestinian medical aid worker?), and now in an unbelievable act of post facto censorship without letting us see what was censored.

The erasing or demonization of a person, or in this case a paper, because some of the views expressed by an author were racist, is classical behavior of the Control Left. First its Gandhi, then Galton, then Thomas Jefferson, and who will be next? And apparently we also need to remove facts that are indisputable because someone who had racist views expressed them! Should we redact the Declaration of Independence because Jefferson owned slaves?

Well, the Times is already trying to rewrite American history with the 1619 Project, which, unbelievably, got a Pulitzer Prize. Even those who like the Projectand its aims are admirableshould deplore its misrepresentation of fact and of history to accomplish an ideological end. (Sadly, some people, even here, will swallow the means of distortion if the ends are antiracist). But such misrepresentation could also be considered moral pollution, for its bending the truthand a paper like the New York Times cannot afford to bend the truth, or, in this case, expunge the truth. Thats truly Orwellian; remember what Winston Smith did for a living?

Its a pity that four distinguished authors had to correct the papers missteps in an article in Politico, rather than in the paper itself.

h/t: Muffy

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When 26 year-old Yehuda Blonder contracted COVID-19 at a Purim party, he knew it would be bad, he just didnt know how bad.

Blonder has familial dysautonomia (FD), a rare genetic disease with an increased incidence among Jews of Ashkenazi descent. It affects involuntary motion, leading to problems with breath control, blood pressure and the heart. Those affected cannot feel pain or temperature.

FD is one of a number of genetic diseases and mutations more likely to be found among Jewish populations, including Gaucher and cystic fibrosis. Experts cannot say for sure whether people who, like Blonder, have genetic diseases more prevalent among Jews are at a greater risk from the coronavirus.

Even so, many who have them are taking extra measures to ensure their safety during the outbreak.

Interviews with specialists for many of these so-called Jewish genetic diseases show that because of strict social distancing measures, many patients have come out of the Covid-19 outbreak unscathed.

Horacio Kaufmann, a doctor treating people with FD at NYU Langone Health, said two patients died during the Covid-19 epidemic but they were negative for the virus. A disease that causes recurring pneumonia was a worry for Kaufmann.

I dont want to give a sense of false safety, but so far it has not been as devastating as we thought it could have been, Kaufmann said.

The same is true for what Ari Zimran, senior physician at the Gaucher unit at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem, is seeing in his type 1 patients. This disease is the most common among Ashkenazi Jews. About one in about 850 are afflicted.

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Ari Zimran, senior physician at the Gaucher unit at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem, standing, center, with Gaucher unit team.

In a draft article on the relationship between Gaucher disease and Covid-19 accepted by the Internal Medicine Journal, Zimran and his team wrote they suspected increased levels of glycosphingolipids due to the disease promoted immune tolerance to the virus.

Zimran has a cohort of approximately 550 patients, including those from Australia. Of the few that contracted Covid-19, none needed to be ventilated.

A pregnant 24-year-old woman with Gaucher disease in the Hasidic New York community, one of the hardest hit areas by Covid-19, had two days of a mild flu like infection. She recently gave birth without any difficulties, Zimran said.

Jews of Iranian and Iraqi descent have developed their own hereditary diseases, including salt losing disorder multiple hormone deficiency and hereditary inclusion body myopathy (HIBM). HIBM causes progressive skeletal muscle weakness and confines those in advanced stages to wheelchairs.

For Daniel Darvish, co-founder of Advancement of Research for Myopathies in Encino, Calif., and a HIBM patient himself, Covid-19 has affected his professional and personal life more than the average person.

The laboratory he works out of has been converted to a Covid-19 testing center. Darvish is unable to work on finding a cure for his own disease. On top of that, the 52-year-old is in a wheelchair and his lung capacity is lower than normal, so hes been forced to quarantine at home for the last 10 weeks.

After a while it gets to affect your mood and affects almost everything in life, Darvish said.

Aggressive genetic screening, in part, has reduced the Jewish patient population with rare diseases. However, people arent getting tested for many of these genetic disorders because of concerns over Covid-19 transmission even with the availability of telehealth.

According to Harry Ostrer, a professor in the departments of pathology and pediatrics at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, about 1 in 40 Jewish people are carriers for a mutation on the gene BRCA 1 and 2 that increases the risk for breast, ovarian and prostate cancer.

Results for those who want to know their risk of developing cancer may be delayed. Elective procedures, such as mammograms and ultrasounds, which detect cancer early, arent occurring as frequently. Medical practices are also downsizing in the wake of Covid-19.

A number of people are falling through the cracks, Ostrer said.

Yehuda Blonder escaped that unhappy fate. He said he was exposed to the virus at a Purim party with 250 people March 9 and a week later at work on March 16. He got his results March 24: he was positive. On the tenth day after testing positive, he encountered breathing issues and needed to use an oxygen concentrator.

A few weeks later, his throat started hurting and his pediatrician put him on antibiotics as a precaution. It took six weeks for Blonder to fully recover. He said he learned his lesson.

Until other people say that youre not allowed to Im not listening to anyone and Im going to do my own thing, Blonder said he thought at the time. Unfortunately, that backfired a little bit.

Blonder is now fully recovered from COVID-19. Now, he and his family are taking all the necessary precautions to stay safe. Hes working from home and staying indoors as much as he can. An avid biker, he occasionally takes a ride around Prospect Park.

Im lucky, Blonder said. I still pray, I still do all the important stuff. Im still the same person before and after.

Hawkin Miller is a journalist in Los Angeles.

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TEL AVIV (JTA) In pop culture, Jews are most often depicted as affluent, assimilated and Ashkenazi. Larry David, Jerry Seinfeld and Mrs. Maisel have long informed the public perception of who Jews are and what they are like.

Recent popular shows like Unorthodox, One of Us and Shtisel have widened the lens slightly by including haredi Orthodox Jews in the picture, but they flatten the nuanced world of religious society into a powerful, backwards cabal.

Of course, we know that the Jewish world is far more diverse. Mizrahi Jews in Los Angeles and Israel, Ethiopian Jews escaping refugeehood and Kaifeng Jews battling Chinas draconian government are just as much a part of the Jewish story.

The coronavirus pandemic could have been an opportunity to revise this image. After all, the virus leaves us all vulnerable, and Jews the world over have had their practices and traditions interrupted. But instead of being the great equalizer, this pandemic has exacerbated deep-seated inequities in the world writ large, and in our Jewish world as well. Overcrowding and financial insecurity are considerable factors in the spread of coronavirus, which has stolen the lives of countless Hasidic Jews, 45% of whom are poor. Instead of being met with compassion and assistance, haredi Jews have been increasingly blamed for spreading this terrible disease, by anti-Semites and the mayor of New York City alike.

While the Mrs. Maisels work from home, sequestered in their comfortable places of residence, many Jews of color are risking their lives as essential workers both in America and Israel. Meanwhile, few even think to check in on the Jews in China to see if they are safe from the virus or government crackdowns on religion.

As someone who works for full inclusion of Mizrahi and LGBTQ Jews in Israeli society, I know firsthand how difficult it is to overcome our biases and work together. But as this crisis continues to devastate the most vulnerable, it is increasingly important to do so.

I often see Jewish social justice groups in America fighting for other minoritiesinstead of vulnerable Jewish communities a worthy endeavor, but one that sustains the mistaken perception that all Jews are past needing to be helped by others. I know that groups like Masbia and the Met Council have been doing important work providing for impoverished New Yorkers for years, often without the glamour commanded by some other Jewish organizations. But we all must do more.

As life begins its return normal, whenever that is, well have a chance to change our frame before the window of opportunity closes. When we can have galas again, instead of inviting non-Jewish minorities as ambassadors of diversity, Jewish organizations should recruit up-to-now marginalized members of the Jewish world. Instead of hiring evangelical black Christians as the keynote speakers for Jewish events about inclusion, when those events resume, black Jews should play a leading role. We must create spaces for more underrepresented Jewish people to speak, even if the message will not be as easy for some Jews to digest.

Our synagogues, publications, federations and other organizations are having countless panels via Zoom during this pandemic. The normal barriers to having diverse speakers, such as flights and travel accommodations, are no longer an issue. Now is the time to bring in underrepresented Jews to your community and build relationships with them.

The least stereotypical Jew is often the most vulnerable, in a pandemic or not. We have a chance right now to connect the Jewish world in ways that would dramatically increase equity within it. But if we dont put energy into closing this long-standing disconnect, it will only get worse during this time. The choice is ours.

Hen Mazzig is an Israeli writer, international speaker, commentator and marketing consultant from Tel Aviv.

The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the AJP or its publisher, the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona.

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What you cook in lockdown can depend heavily on time. Some people suddenly have to feed multiple hungry mouths several times a day. Others have hours to while away and need a task absorbing enough to take their minds off the people and places they miss. Whichever camp you fall into, there are recipes here for you.

Pea soupBettina Campolucci Bordi, a plant-based cookery writer, heats through 600g frozen peas with a little olive oil and a can of coconut milk, before blitzing until smooth. Divide between 2-3 bowls and serve with a dollop of yoghurt and fresh herbs.

Pitta pan toastieOllie Templeton, of Carousel, London. fills a pitta (any bread would work) with cheese, salad leaves and sriracha, then toasts it in a heavy-based pan, with another pan on top to flatten it.

Pasta with courgetteFelicity Cloakes courgette carbonara is a thing of beauty. If you like the combo, another option is this pasta nerano by Robin Gill, of The Dairy, London. Cook 400g spaghetti to al dente about eight minutes. Meanwhile, fry four medium courgettes sliced in rounds, in batches and in olive oil, until lightly browned. Saut three sliced garlic cloves, add in the cooked pasta with a ladleful of the pasta water, then the courgettes and mix vigorously. Add a handful of grated provolone cheese and fresh basil, and mix until fully melted.

Cornershop noodlesCarl Clarke, chef-founder of Chick n sours, London, says to boil a full kettle, and make an omelette with two seasoned eggs and some finely sliced spring onion, then slice into strips. Slice and fry on a high heat for a few minutes half an onion, a pepper (any colour) and a handful of button mushrooms. If you like, throw in some cubed tinned meat (Spam, ham, corned beef etc). Add 4cm sliced fresh ginger and four cloves of garlic, along with a handful of green leaves. Pour over 170ml boiling water and add half a packet of chicken-flavoured instant noodles, along with the packet seasoning, and cook until most of the water is absorbed. Add the omelette. In another bowl, mix together 1 tbsp curry powder, 3 tbsp soy sauce, 3 tbsp fish sauce, 1 tbsp rice wine or dry sherry, 1 tbsp sugar, 1 tbsp sesame oil and 2 tbsp cold water, and at the last moment, add to the noodles and stir. Garnish with sliced spring onion to serve.

Chicken noodle soupFood writer Molly Wizenberg, meanwhile, has this even simpler chicken noodle hack (serves two), using tinned soup, vermicelli, egg and parmesan.

Buckwheat noodle saladAs a post-home-schooling quick-fix for two, Nicholas Balfe of Salon, in Brixton, south London, says boil a full kettle then pour 1.5 litres into a saucepan on a high heat. Soft boil two eggs (six minutes set a timer). Meanwhile, dress very thinly sliced carrot (use a peeler) with a pinch of salt and 50ml each of sesame oil and rice wine vinegar, some sesame seeds and some nori seaweed, cut up finely. In another bowl, season cucumber half-moons with 50ml soy sauce and a teaspoon of sugar. When cooked, plunge the eggs into cold water, then peel. In the reserved hot water, cook 250g buckwheat (soba) noodles according to the packet instructions (two to three minutes), then drain and rinse briefly. Divide the noodles between two bowls and place clusters of carrots, cucumber and protein (it could be shredded roast chicken, smoked fish, cubed silken tofu or red beans, seasoned with salt, lime zest and juice). Top each bowl with a halved egg, fresh herbs and toasted nuts, and serve with kimchi, pickles, and/or hot sauce on the side.

Spicy vegan bao bunsThese pineapple-glazed treats from chef Denai Moore (@dees_table) are reason enough to keep a packet of ready-made bao buns in the freezer In a saucepan, mix 120ml pineapple juice, half a de-seeded scotch bonnet chilli (or a milder one if you prefer), two tablespoons each of coconut sugar and soy sauce, and two thinly sliced garlic cloves. Bring to the boil, then reduce for six to eight minutes until sticky and glossy. Meanwhile, slice 10 asparagus spears and 10 button mushrooms and fry in olive oil until caramelised and brown (four minutes) and season with a pinch of sea salt. Add the pineapple glaze, then remove from the heat, stirring to coat evenly. Microwave four frozen buns according to packet instructions, then fill with thinly sliced cucumber topped with the mushroom and the asparagus on top. Garnish with fresh herbs to serve.

Eggs kagianaAsimakis Chaniotis, the Michelin-starred executive chef of Pied Terre, London, says: grate three large tomatoes into a pan, over a medium heat. Stirring continuously, add in seven whisked eggs to form a thick paste. Season to taste with salt, pepper and oregano and pour into an overproof dish. Top with 200g crumbled feta and bake at 220C, until the cheese begins to caramelise. Serves 2-3.

Chickpeas with feta and red onionMix a drained tin of chickpeas in a large bowl with a sliced red onion, 100g of feta cheese, cubed, a handful of cherry tomatoes, some chopped black olives and fresh basil. Drizzle with olive oil and a teaspoon of sherry vinegar, and season to taste. Tom Kitchin serves this with roast hake portions, which you can easily do in the same 10 minutes (season then pan fry, skin side down, for a couple of minutes then place in a 180C oven for four minutes more).

Cheats chicken shawarmaAfter a long day, chefs Itamar Srulovich and Sarit Packer, of Honey and Co, London, often turn to this dish. Dice an onion and fry in a hot oily pan, add as much garlic and chilli as you want, dice a breast of chicken and toss it in, mixing until almost cooked. Then, they say, hit the spice rack: choose from baharat, Lebanese seven spice, ras el hanout, curry powder or a mix of cumin, paprika and a pinch of cinnamon with lots of black pepper. Serve with sliced tomato, flat breads and yoghurt.

GumboThe night I spent meticulously following Sara Roahens recipe (live-chatting colour swatches with her to check my roux was asdone as it should be) is etched in my brain as the foundational culinary experience. I measured, dredged, sweated. There were times when I hallucinated No wonder Matthew McConaughey pictures his father up in heaven in his pants, Miller Lite in hand, and a big pot of this southern wonder on the go. Read Roahens Gumbo Tales to get a taste

ChaminIsraeli chef Tomer Amedi, of Palomar in London, singles this dish out as his taste of home. It is slow-cooked on Friday night for the Sabbath. It sits [on a hot plate] all night long, thick and heavy, and by Saturday morning you are losing your mind because it smells so good, but you cant have any until its time, he says. Yotam Ottolenghis oxtail with everything stew takes its cue as much from chamin (or cholent, as the Ashkenazi Jews call it) as from a good old French cassoulet, and requires an oven simmer of 12 hours.

Roast porkThe Michelin-starred Andrew Wongs char siu involves a six-hour marinade and lengthy oven roast followed by a six-hour steep in sugar syrup. For his pork shoulder, meanwhile, Ottolenghi makes a marinade with Szechuan pepper with citrus and pomegranate molasses and leaves the joint in the oven all night. Jane Baxter, by contrast, uses fewer aromatics, instead drying the meat overnight to ensure perfect crackling.

Chocolate sourdoughIf you have spent the past six weeks of lockdown nursing a sourdough mother into bubbling life, take things up a notch and bake a chocolate-studded loaf. Sliced hot and slathered in mascarpone, it is enough to make anyone weep. There are several recipes online Jennine Walkers is simple; Shiao-Ping on The Fresh Loaf gives more complete instructions.

Gardenscape focacciaThe other viral iso-baking trend. Here, its not just the lengthy proving that racks up the hours, but the level of detail that goes into decorating them. You want a good basic recipe (Felicity Cloake or Rachel Roddy, say), a wealth of pretty veg and a good eye.

Pie artAs Lokokitchens Lauren Ko put it recently:Dont try this at home, kids. Or do because it will occupy you for approximately 469632154239 hours. Ko has mastered the art of the geometric pie, an edible cross between string art and high-stakes tiling. Other decorative pie accounts to ogle at include Thida Bevington, Julie Jones and Jo Harrington. To start, get a hold of some rhubarb and a protractor, and make Bevingtons pink herringbone number.

A Bake Off showstopperBaking will take as many hours as you can put in, really, as Kim-Joys two-tiered lavender lemon curd fox cake proves. The Spanische windtorte was one of 2015s technical challenges: it will see you spooning oversized meringues, shaping fondant violets replete with stamens and piping Swiss meringue borders on it. So much sugar to get lost in.

The 20-hour applesIn his 1999 reference tome, Desserts, the pastry chef and chocolatier, Pierre Herm, gives a recipe for the Melody cake which is almost 10 pages long. One of the cakes seven layers is comprised of wafer-thin apple slices slow-cooked in butter and sugar for 10 hours, then rested in the fridge for 10 more.

The Cronut Even Edd Kimbers fauxnut is an undertaking. I think if youre going to give this deep-fried, ganache-filled, laminated butter dough with champagne glaze a go, you really ought to try Dominique Ansels original recipe.

MufulettaThis only takes 10 minutes to prepare but its the overnight press in the fridge that makes it sing. You gouge out a boule of bread, then fill it up with layers of deli meat, cheese, salad and pickles. Put the lid, as it were, back on, wrap tight in clingfilm and foil, then weigh down with something mighty heavy. Just the kind of celebratory door-stopper you will need once were allowed to spend the day picnicking in the sun.

Cure some egg yolks (they make superbly savoury rice toppings) and make candied fruit. You can glac wedges of citron, slices of orange, halved and stoned stone fruit, stalk-on cherries, whole clementines or even a pineapple with its crown intact. To be sure, it is the very definition of non-essential cooking. But what with the wildly protracted escapist prep time, the glistening jewel-like hues and the luxe touch even the smallest sliver gives whatever you pop it on, making a batch of fruits confits truly is a kind of holiday. Arrange in old-school muffin cases under cellophane wrappers with little gold ties, and pretend its August in Aix-en-Provence.

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Israeli authorities consider a ban on an Evangelical channel in Israel on the grounds that it aims to convert Jews to Christianity.

Many Israelis and the worlds Evangelical communities have long been allies. Christian Zionists as they are often referred to believe that the return of Jews to the Holy Land and the creation of the state of Israel confirms a Biblical prophecy.

But now much to the surprise of some, an international Evangelical network, God TV, which recently gained approval from the Israeli broadcasting regulatory authority to launch its Hebrew-language channel, Shelanu, has run into trouble with the Zionist state.

The friction emerged after God TV CEO Ward Simpson suggested that the network, which broadcasts across more than 200 countries, could persuade some Jews to turn to Jesus, Jewish by birth, as their saviour. This led to an Israeli investigation into Shelanu over whether the channel violated the terms of its licence.

In Israel, where one of the aims of the Zionist state is to maintain a Jewish-majority population, proselytising has been problematic and Shelanus licence to broadcast in Israel restricts airing any missionary content, according to the Israeli media.

We wont allow any missionary channel to operate in the state of Israel, not at any time and not under any circumstances, said David Amsalem, Israels communication minister, who is also a member of the hardline Likud Party.

Amsalem further indicated that the ministry could shut down the network, which has signed a seven-year contract with Hot, the biggest Israeli cable television provider, controlling half of the countrys multichannel market.

Asher Biton, the chairman of the Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Council, which regulates broadcasting activities in Israel under the communication ministry, was also furious that the evangelical network never shared its strategy to carry out missionary content.

But for Simpson, it shouldnt come as a surprise as missionary work is a founding principle of his organisation.

This subject preaching about Jesus is a touchy one [in Israel]. We do understand that. We have to be sensitive to it, Simpson admitted.

But thats what we do. Thats what we are. We are Christians that we are called to go to all the world and preach the gospel. Thats what were trained to do, and thats what were doing, Simpson asserted.

Evangelicalisms Jewish Jesus

Jesus was born, lived and died as a Jew. Later in life, his teachings, which reached out to Gentiles, or non-Jews, to convert them, went against the essential Jewish doctrine of Jews as the chosen ones, and differed from mainstream Judaism.

Eventually, friction emerged between his disciples and other Jews, who wanted to follow the old way of Judaism, leading Jesus Jewish followers to found the first Christian church in the first century AD.

Simpson, who is an ardent supporter of Israel like many other Evangelicals, appears to use the fact of the origin of Jesus and his first followers to reach current Jewish communities in Israel to pull them into Christianitys Messianic message.

Our Messianic Jewish brothers and sisters dont convert. They continue to live the lives of Jews. They just believe Yeshua [Jesus] is the messiah, and they follow him, Simpson said.

But in a previous video, which was taken down from the networks website after the Israeli ministry announced the investigation against Shelanu, meaning ours in English, he also insisted that Jews desperately need Jesus message more than anything else.

In the Holy Land, Jews and Arabs are dying every day without Jesus. This cant continue, Simpson warned, rationalising God TVs broadcasting.

They watch secretly. They watch quietly, he said, referring to how Israeli Jews follow the channels content.

Men and women, who are sitting. Those are the same ones that spat the name of Jesus. When they are sitting, the holy spirit (inaudible) to their works, lives and hearts and begins to reveal Jesus the Messiah in their own tongue, Simpson recounted, referring to the fact that his channel is airing its content in Hebrew.

What a day of rejoicing that will be, an excited Simpson added.

A trust deficit?

But not many Jews appear to be as joyful at receiving Simpsons message.

Unfortunately, though, there are still some big, powerful people out there who cant let go of this evangelising, and that CEO who says hes going to bring the gospel here in Hebrew hes not the kind of guy Im friendly with at all, said Sondra Baras, the founder and Israel director of Christian Friends of Israeli Communities, which aims to support illegal Jewish settlements in the West Bank.

I want nothing to do with him, Baras declared, in a clear warning shot to Simpson.

But Simpsons group has already known the difficulties of preaching in a country which claims to be secularist but through a new law has explicitly specified the nature of Israel as the nation-state of Jewish people.

This has never been done before. We have tried to fly below the radar, not because we are ashamed or seeking to hide anything, but because the [Jewish] Orthodox community will do anything to keep the message of Yeshua out of this country. Please pray, wrote Ron Cantor,the God TV regional director, previously in a letter to the countrys Messianic Jewish community.

Despite God TVs plans, its Evangelical message has appeared to run into a wall, inflicting damage to relations between the two political allies.

Im trying to convince other Israelis that we can start to trust Christians once again, and that they do not have ulterior motives and, lo and behold, God TV is demonstrating that there are in fact very clear strong ulterior motives in their support for Israel, Rabbi Tuly Weisz, an American Orthodox rabbi, who emigrated to Israel, toldHaaretz,alleging that Evangelical backing of the Zionist state is based on the assertion that Jews could potentially convert to Christianity.

It is entirely damaging to everything I and others in the religious community, who love Christian Zionists, have been working toward. It sets us back 10 years, the Orthodox rabbi said.

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Glorifying the International Quds Day, initiated by the founder of the Islamic Republic Imam Khomeini in 1979, is an annual event held on the last Friday of Ramadan to express support for the Palestinians and oppose Zionism and Israel. Quds Day is a unique form of a wide-aware campaign against the Israeli occupation of Palestine.

The Muslims around the world pour into the streets each year to mark Quds Day, but this year due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, rallies will have a different shape and style. The marchers are to prove that they will never give up their struggle against the Zionist regime of Israel. The Muslims are resolved to prove that the anti-Zionism path is always full of people who never put the Palestinian cause aside.

A representative of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad Movement in Tehran Naser Abu Sharif, in an interview with the Mehr News Agency, underscored, "The International Quds Day is the day of taking giant strides on the right path. It proves that any other path is wrong and destructive. The right path is moving towards Quds. Imam Khomeini's correct understanding of the religion, as well as the current situation, caused him to initiate the Quds Day."

He further pointed to the internal crises with which the Zionist regime is struggling and said, "The Palestinian Arabs who are living in the occupied territories form over 40 percent of the territories' population. These residents include Muslims, Christians, and Druze people who have their own problems and tensions with the Zionist regime. There are also Jewish communities including Falasha and Haredim sects in the occupied territories. The Zionist regime has now turned into the greatest racist government worldwide as the far-right Zionist groups have been trying hard to broaden their control over the West Bank."

Abu Sharif highlighted the existing political differences among the Zionist factions and said, "The recent elections reflected the regime's unstable political, social, and ideological situation. The election showed that the regime is suffering from considerable religious, factional, and tribal differences. In addition to deep differences among the political parties, there are over 10 different tribal, ideological, and religious groups inside the Zionist regime.

"Possibly the mentioned internal differences and tensions do not leak out openly their consequences in social and political scenes, but when they are coupled with the central government's weakness and intensified political disputes, the problems will be more obvious. The internal disputes presage a very dangerous future for the regime as we are witnessing a big gap among key political parties and lack of reliable willful leadership in Tel Aviv. The mentioned deficits will bring a catastrophic fate for Israel," Abu Sharif stated.

He added, "The Zionist regime, in spite of all-out support provided by the hegemonic powers, is experiencing a decrease in a number of those who follow far-rightists; there are also weaker extremist movements and hate against others. The Zionist regime is not ready anymore to handle a situation of internal coexistence to later pave the ground for coexistence with the Palestinians. Accordingly, the Tel Aviv regime will face a huge deadlock in the future.

"Furthermore, the Zionists had to form a unity government without any form of solidarity. Vast political tensions that forced the Zionists to hold three rounds of elections (in less than a year) has now caused the Israeli political parties and lawmakers to choose Benyamin Netanyahu as the prime minister regardless of his scandalous cases," the representative of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad Movement added.

Abu Sharif said that now the illegal Zionist regime of Israel is 72-year old. However, he added, "The Zionists have not thus far been capable of forming a religion-oriented Jewish government. Their governments have been formed based on race and ethnicity which has been ruled by the Jews with the Western origin. The Zionists have regarded the Jews with Eastern origin as some tools to materialize their hegemonic plots."

"Regardless of the hegemonic powers' unsparing support for Israel and imposing pressure on the world nations to normalize relations with Tel Aviv and recognize the regime over the past decades, the Zionist regime has yet failed to gain international recognition. Israel is still an unstable shoddy building which may collapse in a jiffy," he underlined.

He pointed to widespread corruption among the political leaders in Israel, and said, "We witness a large number of ministers and prime ministers in Israel facing corruption charges. The corrupt Israeli officials have lost their standing and position among the Israelis but they are still chanting racism and Zionism slogans. The only reason that brings the Israelis to a common point is their fear of living in an insecure situation.

Abu Sharif criticized certain Arab nations for ignoring the Palestinian cause and said, "The establishments (certain Arab leaders) that are currently ruling over the Ummah (the Islamic nations) suppose that they will fail to govern their countries without the West's financial and political support. Therefore, such Arab countries see no choice for themselves but accepting the United States' orders and demands. Such Arab countries believe that normalization of relations with Israel is the only path towards pleasing the U.S.in turn, the US will slur over the whole crimes such Arab rulers have committed against their own people."

He added, "These pro-West regimes are nothing but some tools used by the Zionists. The regimes are currently utilizing the entire facilities, funds, and media, including the MBC news network and other outlets, to distract the regional nations from the most important issues of the Ummah."

Unfortunately, rulers in certain Arab countries imagine that the only way to preserve their power is turning back to their own people and seeking the hegemonic powers' assistance, he pointed out.

"Fortunately, the Islamic world nations are completely aware. The Zionists' plots may deceive some simple-minded people but can't derail the Ummah's general policy which is defending the Palestinian cause and the holy Quds," Abu Sharif concluded.

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The Nakba, Palestinians loss of their lands and homes, arguably began in the 1880s with the arrival of the first Zionist Jewish colonists, who evicted Palestinians fromland the colonists had purchased from absentee landlords.

The Nakba is an ongoing calamity that continues to define the Palestinian condition today. 1948 and 1967 are watershed dates of larger and more monumental losses of land and rights, and 1993, the Oslo year, is a watershed date of Palestinians loss of their right to retrieve their stolen homeland through the collaboration of what once was their liberation movement.

But Zionist Jewish colonisation of Palestine was a culmination of European Christian efforts to colonise Palestine since Napoleons invasion and defeat in Acre in 1799 at the hands of the Ottomans and their British allies.

Indeed, this European Christian colonisation of the country throughout much of the 19th century was the prelude to Zionist Jewish colonisation at the end of it.

While the Protestant Reformation was the first Christian European movement to call for Jews to be converted and return to Palestine, it was the British who began the plans for colonisation and Christianisation pioneered by the fanatical missionaries of the London Society for Promoting Christianity Amongst the Jews (founded in 1809), known popularly as the London Jews Society.

Anglican zealots sought to convert European Jews and encourage their emigration to Palestine, where they established a missionary network. In the 1820s, this society, sponsored by British politicians and lords, was led by Jewish converts who saw fit to send more Jewish converts to Palestine to proselytise the Jews.

Things changed measurably in the last two decades of the 19th century, as early Zionist Jewish immigration began from the Russian colonial settlement of Odessa

Soon, the British established the first foreign consulate in Jerusalem in 1838, and the Church of England established an Anglican Bishopric in the holy city in 1842.

The first bishop, Michael Solomon Alexander, was a German Jewish convert who had been a rabbi before his conversion. The British bought land and their consul set up several institutions to employ Jews in agriculture, among other things. The British colonists themselves also began to buy land and to dabble in agriculture.

By the 1850s, Palestines population was under 400,000 people, including about 8,000 Jews.Half were Palestinian Jews who had escaped the Spanish Inquisition in the 16th century; the other half were Messianic kabbalistic Jews, who came in the early decades of the 19th century from Russia in anticipation of the arrival of the Messiah.

The London Jews Society converted a few dozen, but rabbis fought back and excommunicated Jews who dealt with the missionaries. They appealed to European Jewish benefactors, the Rothschilds and Moses Montefiore, for help. The latter set up hospitals and bought land forpoor Jews, lest they convert to Protestantism.

The first major European war to inaugurate what we should call the colonial scramble for Palestine - namely, the Crimean War of 1853-1856 - was caused by European claims to protect Palestines Christians.The war was instigated by French and British concerns that Russia was planning to take over Palestine, especially with the large annual Russian Christian pilgrimage to Jerusalem for Easter.

Aside from the jealousy and concerns of Western European Christian powers about Russias real and imagined expansionism at the expense of a weakened Ottoman Empire, over which France and Britain had acquired huge influence, the sense that Palestine - including its holy Christian sites and Arab Christian population - should be a concern solely for Western Christian powers would come to threaten Russian interests.

The Russians were nervous about the advances in Protestant and Catholic institutions in Palestine, let alone the neglect and corruption of the Greek clergy in charge of Orthodox Palestinians since the 16th century,placed in power by the Ottomans following the death of the last Palestinian Patriarch Atallah in 1543.

In the run-up to the Crimean War, European Latin Catholics insisted on the restoration of their exclusive rights to Palestinian Christian holy places that were established under the Crusades, regained under the Mamluks in the 14th century, but lost to the Greek Orthodox churchupon the Ottomanconquest.

The Ottomans issued an edict that restored some of their privileges at the expense of the Orthodox in the Holy Sepulchre, the Church of the Nativity and Gethsemane. The Palestinian Orthodox -clergy and laity - were up in arms, as was Tsar Nicholas I. This became the casus belli for the Crimean War. With Russias defeat, the Latin Catholic and Protestant missionary invasion of Palestine accelerated manifold.

In the meantime, another fanatical missionary organisation, the Church Missionary Society, founded in 1799, arrived on the scene in 1851 to convert Palestinian Eastern Christians. The British zealots established schools, dispensaries and medical facilities to help gain converts, while being resisted by Eastern Christian churches across Palestine.

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In response to the missionaries, a French Jewish statesman established the Alliance Israelite Universelle schools in 1860 for Ottoman Jews. Agricultural endeavours aimed at the Jewish population were also established by a French Jewish philanthropist.

On the US front, American Protestant missionaries were dispatched in the 1820s to Palestine but decided to try their luck in Syria and left in the 1840s, assured that their British co-religionists would take care of the Palestinians.

But others followed, including dozens of Adams colonists, former Mormons who set up a settler-colony in Jaffa between 1866 and 1868 to prepare the land for the return of the Jews who would be converted before the Second Coming. Their efforts failed, but this was for the benefit of a new community of German Protestant colonists, known as the Templers, who arrived in Palestine in the 1860s and established a number of colonies countrywide, including on the Adams colony lands in Jaffa.

The German navy came to the shores of Palestine to defend them during the Russian-Ottoman War of 1877-78.The Templers wanted to turn Palestine into a Christian state and hoped it would be awarded to Germany after the war, but they were to be disappointed. They prospered until the British and, after them, the Jewish Zionists harassed them out of the country.

More Americans also came in 1881, like the Chicago fundamentalist family, the Spaffords, who established a colony in Jerusalem. They were joined by Swedish fundamentalists in the 1890s. They bought the palace of Rabah al-Husayni to set up their colony. Today it is the American Colony Hotel in Jerusalem.

European kings and queens visited the country and interceded on behalf of their missionaries, demanding more rights and privileges for them.But things changed measurably in the last two decades of the 19th century, as early Zionist Jewish immigration began from the Russian colonial settlement of Odessa, itself built on the ruins of the Ottoman town of Hacibey.

The London Jews Society was ecstatic that there were more Jews arriving whom it could convert. It set up in London the Jewish Refugees Aid Society to facilitate their immigration. Moses Friedlaender, a Jewish convert, was put in charge in Palestine. Land was purchased for the Jewish colonists southwest of Jerusalem, but as the Rothschilds were already founding Jewish colonies, most of Friedlaenders Jewish adherents joined the Zionist colonies in 1886.

Their colonial sponsors realised that the best possible scenario for European colonial settlement in Palestine was a Jewish settler-colony allied with Protestant fundamentalism

Despite thisfailure, the London Jews Society claimed to be forerunners of Jewish colonisation in the country, suggesting that Jewish philanthropists were provoked to jealousy and emulation. This is when the Jewish Lovers of Zion (Hovevei Zion) colonists from Odessa arrived and established the first Zionist colonies, beginning the Palestinian Nakba that has lasted up until today.

The zealotry of the British, German and US Protestant colonists in Palestine in the 19th century was the prelude to so many more calamities to hit the Palestinian people. Jewish fanatical Zionists would finish the job.

Todays American Evangelical fanatics who support the ongoing Zionist colonisation of the land are as antisemitic as their 19th-century predecessors. Yet, at the end of the 19th century,Protestant fanatics realised that Palestine could not be converted into a Protestant country as they were able to convert only about 700 Jews and 1000 Palestinian Eastern Christians by then.

Their colonial sponsors realised that the best possible scenario for European colonial settlement in Palestine was a Jewish settler-colony allied with Protestant fundamentalism. This is what Zionism was in the 19th century, and remainstoday.

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Bayit Yehudi leader Rafi Peretz signed a coalition agreement overnight Friday.Peretz will serve as minister of Jerusalem affairs and heritage, the post that was sought by two Likud ministers. Peretz will be responsible for religious Zionist education. Peretz will also join the Likud faction in the Knesset.The move to join Netanyahu came after Peretz abandoned the Yamina alliance of right-wing religious parties and decided to join the new government instead of heading to the opposition benches. Peretz decision to split from his party caused consternation amongst the party, although its leaders were somewhat reticent to strongly criticize him.Peretz told his colleagues that he disagreed with their decision not to enter the coalition and that in a time of emergency, it is essential to take part in a unity government.With Peretz, Netanyahu's coalition will have 73 MKs. The remaining five Yamina MKs will be in the opposition. Reports emerged that Peretz was trying to merge Bayit Yehudi into the Likud party which would then cover part of the religious partys sizeable debts, although senior party members and activists could not confirm this. Following Peretzs decision, Smotrich disparagingly tweeted a picture of a Mitsubishi car keys in reference to the ministerial cars that ministers are chauffeured in. He also wrote on Facebook that Netanyahu was humiliating Peretz and disrespecting the religious-Zionist community at the same time, by allegedly backtracking on his promise of the Jerusalem ministry he made earlier Thursday, saying that after having treated Yamina poorly during the coalition negotiations he could have repaired the damage by giving Peretz a senior ministerial position. But Netanyahu so completely disregards the religious-Zionist community that is making Rabbi Rafi crawl all night and continues to humiliate him with the offer of some fake ministry for nothing affairs, wrote the outgoing transportation minister. Eli Ben-Dahan, who served as a Bayit Yehudi MK from 2013 to the end of last government, strongly condemned Peretzs decision however, describing it as a the latest in a long line of broken promises. Public representatives need to act with honor and respect agreements and pledges they make, Rabbi Rafi has not honored what he has committed to, Ben Dahan told the Post. Technically Peretzs decision needs to be approved by the Bayit Yehudi central committee but there seems little chance he will convene it for this purpose. It is possible that central committee members will appeal any failure to gain its approval to first the party court and then beyond to the state courts, but such a process looks unlikely to be successful. Large numbers of central committee members have been furious with Peretz for months for refusing to allow a primary challenge to his leadership, refusing to allow primaries for the party list, and ejecting former MK Moti Yogev from the party list, amongst other perceived misdeeds. On Thursday evening, Bennett, Smotrich and Shaked held a press conference where they further castigated Netanyahu, especially over what they claimed was the removal of clauses in the Likuds coalition agreement with Blue and White to annex the settlements. Netanyahu promised time and again he would apply sovereignty over Judea and Samaria, it was the promise of the elections, but Gantz and Ashkenazi threatened Netanyahu and he capitulated and erased it from the foundational principles [of the coalition agreement], said Bennett. Bennett also attacked Netanyahu for what the failure to insist on reforms to the judicial system which Bennett and Yamina have strongly pushed.There was choice between Netanyahu and the right-wing bloc and Netanyahu chose Netanyahu, said the Yamina leader. The Likud flatly denied that the clause has been removed and said they would be going ahead with the annexation while Bennett would be sitting on the sidelines with Lapid, Liberman, and Yazbek.Gil Hoffman contributed to this report.

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Islamic Jihad Palestinian Resistance movement stressed on the 72nd anniversary of Nakba that the armed resistance is its first choice.

In a statement on the occasion, the movement said it will not bargain on the rights of Palestinian people at any expense.

The movement affirmed that the right to liberate entire Palestine, voicing categorical rejection to all attempts of division or annexation of the Palestinian territories by the Zionist occupation.

Entire Palestine from the sea to the river is one right. We wont be calm before the whole liberation. This is an ideology which we teach to our children.

Resistance with all its forms is a legitimate right for our people, the Islamic Jhad said, voicing determination to keep up the resistance.

Armed resistance is our first choice, and building our capabilities is the major priority despite hard conditions.

The movement, finally, called for unity between Palestinian Resistance factions, urging an end to all forms of so-called cooperation between the Palestinian Authority and the Zionist occupation.

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