and in ephraim, where, according to legend, jesus christ was born, this year’s celebrations were modest the conflict , a fire made of dried oak branches was lit there. it is believed that this particular tree symbolizes christ and his entry into the world. sergey will tell you what other traditions there are for one of the main church holidays in serbia. solemn liturgy for christmas the patriarch of the serbian orthodox church, porfiry, held the divine worship of christ in serbian in kosovo in the grocanica monastery. this spiritual center of serbian orthodoxy, which is now controlled by the authorities of the unrecognized republic, is in danger of disappearing. but this did not make him any less significant for orthodox serbs. the serbian patriarch called for peace among the serbs and albanians living nearby. we cannot want peace only for ourselves, we want peace for our neighbors too. for serbs, christmas eve and christmas, badnidan and bozishch, are probably the most important holidays of the year, despite 500 years of turkish yoke, these people managed to preserve their faith and th

these are the former head of the mossad, tamir pardo , nachom admoni and ephraim helvi, these are the heads of the mossad, and some of them are the head of shabak , the head of paul, the chief of the police. we had several generals, we had the top military officers, we had the prisons service, what did they say? they came and said that israel had a heavy intelligence failure in the week of october because of the statement that 170 of them signed, and that the political authorities and the whole of israel were to blame. he is now paying a heavy price for the mistake they made. we kept silent until now in order to preserve unity. we kept silent. but now we see that this silence is no longer allowed to continue because there is no plan and now we have to go to the fact that these leaders who are now running the war are going to side with the people that the israelis trust more. darren , i meant to change the composition in an early election and demand early elections and even ask the people to join their campaign and call for the knesset to go to the position. holding early elections mea

referring to the case against israel at the international court ofjustice, the uk's chief rabbi, ephraimcide was an affront to the victims and survivors of the holocaust around this memorial day. he sings. and the conflict in gaza and associated rise in anti—semitism has meant that the holocaust memorial day trust advised on fewer public events this year. particularly the jewish community, but also muslims, are much more anxious about being out in public and visibly being jewish or muslim. so we've worked very closely with the police to issue guidance and actually, ourjob on holocaust memorial day is to remind people of what can happen when hatred gets out of hand. the holocaust memorial day trust is encouraging people to light a candle and place it in a window too, in its words, remember those who were killed for who they were and to stand against prejudice and hatred today. aleem maqbool, bbc news, in north london. live now to dana arschin. she's the granddaughter of a late holocaust survivor. she works as a �*holocaust storyteller�* for the holocaust memorial and tolerance center of n

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writing in the telegraph newspaper today, sir ephraim mirvis said that campaigners are hijacking theld, hijacking the word rather in an effort to demonise israel, describing it as disinformation , describing it as disinformation, he says israel is caught between the anvil of jihadism on its border and the hammers of global hatred. he argues that the country is fighting a defensive war. it did not seek well, amid escalating global tensions, the government says that it will boost the royal navy's defences with a £405 million upgrade, missiles that have been used to defend commercial ships from attacks in the red sea will be upgraded, making it the most capable naval air defence system over developed ever developed for the royal navy. defence secretary grant shapps told gb news a few moments ago that britain is taking the lead. we're . investing we're. investing £288,000,000,000 billion over the next decade to make sure that we do pump more money into our military, into our equipment and that we can safely defend ourselves and britain's leading the way. >> as i said in ukraine on but ac

writing in the telegraph newspaper earlier today, sir ephraim mirvis says that campaigners are hijackinghe word, trying to demonise israel. he's described that as disinformation. he argues the country is fighting a defensive war that it did not want or ask for. well, amid escalating global tensions, the government here in the uk says it will boost the royal navy's defences with some £405 million of funding missiles that have been used to defend ships in the red sea will be upgraded, making it the uk's most capable naval air defence system ever developed . defence system ever developed. defence secretary grant shapps told gb news earlier that britain is taking a lead. >> we're investing . >> we're investing. £288,000,000,000 billion over the next decade to make sure that we do pump more money into our military, into our equipment and that we can safely defend ourselves and britain's leading the way, as i said, in ukraine. but actually also this week, i announced an operation in europe called steadfast defender, which is a nato operation at which the united kingdom is providing 40% of the

ephraim. commissioners uh, thank you so much for the presentation. it was very, very important.eally, really welcome the, uh, openness and the really hearing the discussion. um, i have a question. i understand the premise that in order for, uh, student outcomes to improve, uh, adult behavior need to change, and i really, you know, i'm trying to understand that premise, and it's super helpful to see where, you know, the trajectory around, uh, informing the professional development of teachers and really helping the practice and the craft. however, i am one, i'm trying to connect the dots in terms of what ultimately that will lead to improving the academic outcomes. and when it, you know, is that projected to happen? i know that we have long tum goals, but the reality is the way that our students are, uh, the data that you know, that we see right now, uh, the action needs to happen right now. so i'm wondering if, meanwhile, as we're trying to, you know, unveil this plan and, you know, figure out the implementation, um, to also emphasize that the proven strategies that work thank y