March 23 1928:
With Pesach fast approaching the paper was full of advertisements for festival supplies. E Barnett & Co, kosher butchers and poulterers of Aldgate, east London, urged customers to “wander at leisure around our Passover Department” before making purchases from “a variety of tasty things”, including smoked tongues, ducklings and Warsaw worsht. Monnickendam’s (“the nicest by far!”) offered festive cakes and confectionery, among them “white sakers, rout cakes and white Victorian balls”.
March 26 1982:
School admissions were hitting the headlines 34 years ago when a secondary in Loughton, Essex, limited the number of places for Jewish children. The Davenant Foundation School decided to promote the cause of “Christian unity” by banning Jewish pupils from its September 1981 intake, according to the minutes of a governors’ meeting seen by the JC.
March 25 2011:
The eighth president of Israel, Moshe Katzav, was jailed for seven years after being found guilty of two counts of rape. Delivering their verdict, judges at Tel Aviv District Court said Katzav, who was head of state from 2000-2007, had “used his exalted position to commit his felonies”.