'Kill all Jews' threats to estate agency staff

A gang, shouting "we will kill all you Jews", smashed the windows of a Jewish estate agents in Edgware, witnesses claim.

They say that three burly men entered the Melvin Jacobs agency in Manor Park Crescent around Tuesday lunch-time, being joined shortly afterwards by a teenager and a woman. The antisemitic threats were directed at three staff members.

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Fowl play

Kedassia, the kashrut arm of the Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations, is to cut the cost of poultry by 50p a kilo in the four weeks before Pesach.

"We want to relieve the heavy financial burden on families," said UOHC executive co-ordinator Chanoch Kesselman. "The bills run up as families buy in more.

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Attack on Jewish-owned shop in Edgware

A gang has attacked the premises of a Jewish estate agent, shouting antisemitic obscenities and smashing windows of the Edgware business, witnesses reported.

Police have arrested one member of the gang, who are alleged to have shouted "we will kill all you Jews" at staff of the estate agent Melvin Jacobs, on Manor Park Crescent, around lunchtime today .

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Body found after search for missing Jewish man

A body has been found following a search for a missing Jewish man in north London.

Officers from Barnet police worked with volunteers from Shomrim and Community Security Trust after a 56-year-old from Edgware disappeared on Wednesday.

Shomrim named the man as Raphael Goldwyn after a body was discovered in a slip road in Bushey, Hertfordshire, on Thursday morning.

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New voice is on song at Edgware

Manchester-born Yossi Schwarz is to take up the post of chazan at Edgware Synagogue.

Mr Schwarz studied for two years at yeshiva in Israel and now lives in Edgware with his wife Miri and three children.

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Stanmore eruv ready

The Stanmore eruv has been completed and will be operational on Shabbat, "subject to the final regular check of the week" by the community's shomrim.

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