#Stamford Hill

[dubmill]

New River Path, Woodberry Down, London; 4.11.2023

[the-garbanzo-annex-jr]

Suspects allegedly involved in an antisemitic assault in London, on Dec 7, 2023. Source: Shomrim (Stamford Hill)

A Jewish woman was brutally assaulted in London this week by two suspects who pummeled her with punches and kicks for over a minute, according to footage posted on social media by Shomrim of Stamford Hill, a Jewish organization that reports on antisemitism.

The attack, which occurred on Thursday evening in the Stamford Hill neighborhood, left the woman unconscious and only ended after two female suspects reportedly said that the woman was “dead” after kicking her while she was on the ground for over thirty seconds, according to Shomrim, which also serves as a neighborhood watch group.

Metropolitan Police are currently searching for the female suspects. No arrests have been made.

Information on the condition of the victim was not immediately available.

The Stamford Hill section of London is no stranger to antisemitic incidents. In October, days after Hamas’ Oct. 7 massacre across southern Israel, two Jewish primary schools in the area were vandalized and doused with red paint.

London’s Metropolitan Police said antisemitic attacks in the city have increased by 1,353 per cent following the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war on 7 October.

[persistentrain]

[infosisraelnews]

"Vous causez tous les problèmes du monde" : une femme a brandi un couteau et menacé les habitants d'un quartier juif de Londres

Un incident antisémite au cœur de la capitale britannique : une femme armée d’un couteau a menacé les passants aujourd’hui (jeudi) au cœur du quartier de Stamford Hill, l’un des quartiers juifs les plus grands et les plus peuplés de Grande-Bretagne. La femme a été enregistrée en train de crier à un homme à l’apparence ultra-orthodoxe : « Vous êtes responsable de tous les problèmes du monde. Vous…

[maypoleman1]

14th October

St Selevan’s Day

Harold Rex Interfectus Est; scene from the Bayeux Tapestry. Source: Wikipedia

Today is St Selevan’s Day, but unfortunately this saint almost certainly didn’t exist. His only claim to fame is to have caught two fish on the same single line on three consecutive occasions. It is thought this story was invented to explain two fish carvings on a bench-end at the chapel in St Levan, near Land’s End in Cornwall.

What definitely did take place on this day in 1066 was the momentous Battle of Hastings, which saw King Harold Godwinsson’s army decisively defeated by that of the invading Normans under Duke William. Although the resultant Norman Conquest forever altered the dynastic, political, linguistic and land ownership characteristics of England, it was no foregone conclusion. Harold’s army had already comprehensively defeated a Norwegian Viking army under King Harald Hardrada at Stamford Bridge in the north east. The English levies then made a forced march to meet William’s soldiers who had in the meantime landed at Pevensey Bay. The battle was lost when the English fell for a Norman feint and abandoned their advantageous position on Senlac Hill to pursue apparently fleeing Normans only to be cut down by William’s cavalry when the trap was sprung. In Anglo-Saxon martial tradition, Harold’s elite nobles, his housecarls, refused to desert him and they died to a man alongside their king. This was very valorous, but made the ultimate conquest much easier for William as all who may have resisted the Normans perished on the battlefield.

Although the English Witan made Harold’s heir, Edgar, king, he immediately abdicated in favour of William, who was crowned King William I on Christmas Day, bringing to an end what historians term “Anglo-Saxon England”.

[vaspider]

So that post about the London bus is largely misinformation. Before the route was introduced, the journey between Stamford Hill and Golders Green (the 2 biggest Orthodox communities in London, which are only about 7 miles apart as the crow flies) took roughly 90 mins on public transit. It's definitely true that visibly Jewish riders had ongoing concerns about being subjected to antisemitism when making the journey, as it required them to leave predominantly Jewish areas, however that was not the primary reason for wanting the bus route created. To quote this article, which is from Summer of 2023: “The strictly Orthodox Jewish community deserves direct transport and connectivity links. Lack of direct connectivity links acts as a barrier for families and communities." Sadiq Khan was not failing London Jews by helping to get this route created, he was listening to his constituents who had lobbied for a direct bus between two Orthodox Jewish communities for 16 years. That's a good thing!

Thank you! I'll take it down. I was reblogging from a trusted source, so I appreciate the additional info. :]

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all 2003 mcr links

photos

01/06/2003 salle lx rainbow montreal ca – junkedcamera.com

01/07/2003 horseshoe tavern toronto on – photos from leafangel55 on lj dead link saved by cathedral decay on tumblr (@cathedraldecay I can take you off if you want just say the word I know I didn't ask)

01/12/2003 fireside bowl chicago il – mychemicalromance.com 2003

01/25/2003 bottom of the hill sacramento ca – photos by danny ensele sacramentomusicarchive.com

02/05/2003 irving plaza nyc nc photos by justin borucki – mychemicalromance.com 2003

02/08/2003 palladium worcester ma – from punk-it.net

02/10/2003 kool haus toronto ca – junkedcamera.com

02/20/2003 mississippi nights st louis mo elizabeth gaines rotten photography

03/22/2003 sting rays birchhill oldbridge nj photos by ed auletta

04/24/2003 skate and surf fest grand arcade asbury park nj – idolize magazine

05/19/2003 the guvernment toronto on photos – allfalldown.org

05/23/2003 imusicast oakland ca jerryguzmanphotography on instagram

05/26/2003 troubadour west hollywood ca from burial plot on deviant art

07/25/2003 the downtown farmingdale ny – gaelen harlacher

08/18/2003 9:30 club washington dc – brokenvoices

08/26/2003 the phoenix concert theatre toronto ca – all fall down photography on flickr

10/29/2003 the axis boston ma – photos and bonus interview from punk-it.net

10/31/2003 club krome south amboy nj – drew guarini on twitter

gerard pic/interview 2003 – artsucks.com

mcr’s old website 2003

videos

spaceyraygun's youtube(quality original recordings of most 2002-2003 shows/interviews we have access to)

01/11/2003 fireside bowl chicago il – brad nolan videography

02/20/2003 mississippi nights st louis mo – brad nolan videography

02/21/2003 beaumont club kansas city mo – brad nolan videography

02/28/2003 boonton elks lodge boonton nj – user: random stuff

03/23/2003 club krome south amboy nj – douglas carl

05/14/2003 north star bar philadelphia pa – deadhoarse

05/23/2003 imusicast oakland ca – skyline studios – oakland

06/08/2003 bloomfield avenue cafe montclair nj – spaceyraygun

06/26/2003 the knitting factory nyc ny – luxlillian

07/26/2003 the chameleon club lancaster pa – spaceyraygun

08/18/2003 9:30 club washington dc – TEPMIHATOP_HvH

08/19/2003 trocadero theater philadelphia pa – spaceyraygun

10/23/2003 downtime nyc ny – spaceyraygun

10/31/2003 south amboy nj halloween show – user: MCR stuff and things

11/14/2003 university of connecticut-stamford stamford ct – user: random stuff

12/14/2003 irving plaza nyc ny – spaceyraygun

interviews

03/26/2003 gerard way interview wvau radio w/ dj rossstar – spaceyraygun

07/03/2003 seton hall's pirate radio 89.5 wsou interview south orange nj – spaceyraygun

07/11/2003 seton hall's pirate radio 89.5 wsou interview south orange nj – spaceyraygun

04/11/2003 gerard way interview whus 91.7 broken promises radio with spike – spaceyraygun

scans

11/2003 revolver from mcrhollywood.blogspot.com

07/2003 spin from mcrhollywood.blogspot.com 

05/2003 rock sound from mcrhollywood.blogspot.com

04/2003 alternative press from mcrhollywood.blogspot.com

flyers

theydrewblood.blogspot.com

2002 & 2004

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16 year old Jewish boy has been chased through the streets of London and pelted with STONES, in the latest antisemitic attack. The boy was targetted whilst walking to his local synagogue in the Jewish neighborhood of Stamford Hill.

[saltchipfishshop]

I’m on chatting terms with the lady in the laundromat, usually about crafts because I do my crochet in there sometimes while I’m waiting for my clothes to dry and today when I went in there she started asking me about shtreimels. Apparently she lives in Stamford Hill (very orthodox area) and she likes seeing the Haredi men wearing them on Shabbat. She was asking me where they get them from (no idea) and if they’re expensive (definitely), and I couldn’t quite tell if she was just curious or wanted to get one for herself?? Probably for the best that she’s unlikely to acquire one but the image of this hijabi woman walking around Stamford Hill in a shtreimel (on top of her hijab?) did tickle me.

most normal public interaction I’ve had about Jewishness in months, TBH. 100000% improvement on the lady who accosted me at a bus stop on Shavuot, said that she was a ‘Jewish person’ and then gave me the full force evangelising treatment about how Jesus is for Jews too.

[mariacallous]

It is, perhaps, no great surprise that the son of a talented cantor would grow up chanting prayers during Shabbat and holiday services. Or that Yair Keydar, 11, might perform Hebrew and Yiddish songs during concerts at various Jewish venues.

What could not have been anticipated, however, is that Keydar — known for his stirring renditions of “Oseh Shalom” and “Hashkiveinu” during services — would make his New York stage debut in an off-Broadway show called “Drag: The Musical.” The loud, fun, flashy production is about two rival drag queens who open competing clubs across the street from each other; the show opens and closes with voiceover messages from one of its producers, Liza Minnelli.

“It’s definitely super-different,” Keydar said, describing what it’s like to perform in what some might consider a risqué off-Broadway play after a lifetime in synagogues. “I mean, I’m dancing in a tutu in this show!”

Keydar’s somewhat unlikely journey into the world of musical theater began on the bimah. His Israeli-born parents met in the U.S., and a decade ago, his mother, Magda Fishman, became the cantor at Temple Beth El in Stamford, Connecticut. (His father, Zarin Keydar, is a global technical solution manager.) As soon as their young son could walk, he would run up to his mother during services and try to grab the microphone — a not-so-subtle foreshadowing of what was to come.

“The first time I remember singing in public, my mom did an interfaith event at a church, and wanted me to do a duet with her in front of about 500 people,” Keydar said in a recent interview.

Just how old was he at the time? “Three and a half,” he said.

In 2019, Fishman was hired by Rabbi David Steinhardt of the B’nai Torah Congregation in Boca Raton, the largest Conservative synagogue in South Florida. Steinhardt and I have been close friends since our Camp Ramah days in Palmer, Massachusetts in the 1960s. As a New Yorker who winters in Florida and often attends B’nai Torah, I was captivated by the cantor’s soaring vocals and vast, diverse repertoire of music.

At the same time, I began paying attention to the budding talent of her towheaded son. When the COVID-19 pandemic forced the suspension of in-person Shabbat services, I would watch Fishman and Keydar from their home on Zoom, singing their hearts out as if they were at Carnegie Hall.

It was clear something special going on with this prodigy, who was then just 7 years old.“In addition to his beautiful voice and sweetness, Yair has always been authentic, respectful, and kind,” Steinhardt said. “And he’s an extraordinary performer.”

After years of attending the Donna Klein Jewish Academy in Boca, Keydar added voice, acting and dance classes at the after-school Broadway Bound Academy. While originally focused on singing, “I started acting, and it just kept on going, and that’s when I realized I love it,” Keydar said.

In 2023, Fishman and Keydar came to Manhattan to perform in the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene’s “New York Sings Yiddish!,” a massive singalong in Central Park. The duo wowed the 4,000 in attendance that evening with what was possibly the most joyous version of “Chiribim, Chiribom” since it was first recorded by the legendary Cantor Moishe Oysher in 1931.

In May of this year, Keydar received rave reviews for his portrayal of Professor Harold Hill at the Broadway Bound Academy’s production of “The Music Man.” Having acquired a manager and agent in recent years, a life-changing phone call came in an unexpected location. “I was shopping with my dad at Walmart, and both my manager and agent wanted to talk with us,” Keydar said. “We went to the back of the store where they were restocking things, and they told me I had booked the role of Brendan in ‘Drag: The Musical.’ I wanted to scream it to everybody! It was such a surreal moment.”

It was also a vindication of Keydar’s commitment to performing. For years, he said, many of his schoolmates “didn’t get it.”

“Especially me as a boy doing dance in school instead of P.E., I’m not going to say I was bullied, but I got teased for it,” he said. “And I just feel like, I don’t bully people for playing football and soccer; you have your thing, and I like singing, dancing and acting. But my close friends, they get it.”

After several weeks of previews, “Drag” opened in October. Keydar alternates in the role of Brendan — a 10-year-old who finds himself drawn to the sparkly sunglasses and glittery outfits of the drag queens — with another young Jewish actor, Remi Tuckman.

In addition to fulfilling his theater dreams, Keydar is also excited about living, with his father, in Manhattan. “I love New York,” the newly minted Hell’s Kitchen resident, who is continuing his studies at a Florida virtual school, said. “It’s so much fun. It’s my first experience with city life.”

Keydar said that his “Drag” character resonates deeply with him. “It’s a powerful character, and it relates to me in many ways,” he said. “I think it encourages other kids to be who they are.”

Audiences and reviewers are loving the campy show, and Keydar has received extravagant praise. “Keydar sings like an angel,” Chip Deffaa of TheaterScene.net wrote. “He has only two numbers. But no one in the show earned greater applause than this young boy, now making his New York stage debut. Just a beautiful, unspoiled — and sweetly tender — performance. No attitude. No guile. Just singing from the heart.”

Rave reviews are wonderful — but what matters more to Keydar is the feedback from the well-known actors who are his co-stars. Brendan’s conservative, uptight dad is portrayed by Joey McIntyre, the actor/singer/songwriter who gained instant fame at age 12 when he joined the late-1980s boy band New Kids on the Block. “He’s lovely,” McIntyre, the father of three teenagers, told me about Keydar. “And I’m not just saying that. He’s incredibly talented and really funny. I admire his work ethic, and his joy for what he does. I’m very happy for him.”

Actor/singer/dancer Nick Adams, a Broadway mainstay since 2007, dazzles in the role of drag queen Alexis Gillmore, who is also Brendan’s uncle. “I see a lot of myself in him, especially in this role,” Adams said of Keydar. “Just wanting to perform at that age, and to explore theater. I’m very surprised at his presence on stage; he’s really in the moment with me. It’s a gift to work with him, I’m very thankful we have him, and I don’t want him to get too old!”  

Acclaim is coming from all corners. In honor of the hit movie “Wicked,” Keydar recorded a cover of a song from the musical, “The Wizard and I,” written by composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz (who also wrote the music for “Godspell,” “Pippin,” “Prince of Egypt” among others).

I thought that Schwartz might enjoy seeing how Keydar performed the song, so I sent him the YouTube link. The multiple Grammy, Oscar and Golden Globe winner loved the boy’s rendition, writing: “Yair is an extraordinary young talent with a beautiful voice, and a remarkably mature knowledge of how to use it.”

Back in Boca — where Keydar’s mom continues to work as a cantor — Steinhardt said that most B’nai Torah members are ecstatic over Keydar’s success, and at least two dozen have come to New York to see the show and kvell. “Our congregation is very proud of him,” he said. “His endearing personality has made him feel like the young son of so many people in our community.”

As for Keydar, he’s clear about his future. “This is my dream,” he said. “This is what I’ve been working towards. I can’t wait to continue and do more and see what’s next.”

“Drag: The Musical” has an open-ended run at Manhattan’s New World Stages (340 West 50th St.). Yair Keydar is currently scheduled to perform in the show until the end of March.

[sethshead]

Waiting for my gentile friends to find ways to argue that the girls weren’t really hurt, that they somehow provoked the violence against them, that it was a false flag attack, and that they won’t read The Jerusalem Post because it’s “hasbara propaganda”.

What my gentile friends don’t seem to realize is that they’re just saying the same thing every gentile generation does whenever Jews are targeted. They all think they’d be the one to hide us from the SS or Gestapo, but in reality they reflect every reason why so few actually did.

I can count on one finger the gentile friends whom I would trust to hide me, and they’d probably be looking for a place to hide themselves when the worst came.

[dubmill]

Stamford Hill, London; 21.11.2005

[nimrochan]

Reminders that attacking Jews thousands of miles away from Israel does in fact do nothing to help Gazans

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35 Sqn Sunderland doing a high speed low level flypast at the Durban air show. Stamford Hill Aerodrome, Durban

credit Doug Drodskie

@CcibChris via X

[sefaradweb]

Carteles antisemitas acompañan ataques contra niños judíos en Londres

🇪🇸 En Londres, se ha desatado una preocupante ola de antisemitismo que afecta principalmente a la comunidad judía en áreas como Hendon, un barrio con una gran población judía. Recientemente, se distribuyeron panfletos antisemitas que pedían una “zona libre de sionistas” y contenían mensajes amenazantes, como “Que los sionistas abandonen Gran Bretaña o sean masacrados”. Además, se han registrado ataques físicos y verbales contra niños judíos, como el ataque a un grupo de alumnas de Stamford Hill, donde una niña de 14 años resultó herida. Los estudiantes judíos han reportado intimidaciones y agresiones, como el lanzamiento de piedras y basura a sus autobuses. Estos incidentes se producen en un contexto de creciente violencia, exacerbada por los recientes ataques de Hamas a Israel en octubre de 2023, lo que ha llevado a un incremento en los delitos de odio antisemitas en el Reino Unido. El gobierno británico ha respondido con medidas para abordar este aumento, pero figuras como Isaac Zarfati, director de StandWithUs UK, han advertido que se deben tomar acciones decisivas para detener esta tendencia.

🇺🇸 In London, a disturbing wave of antisemitism is affecting the Jewish community, especially in areas like Hendon, a neighborhood with a large Jewish population. Recently, antisemitic leaflets were distributed calling for a "zone free of Zionists" and containing threatening messages such as "Zionists leave Britain or be massacred." In addition, physical and verbal attacks on Jewish children have been reported, such as an attack on a group of Stamford Hill schoolgirls, where a 14-year-old girl was injured. Jewish students have also faced intimidation and aggression, including stones and trash thrown at their buses. These incidents are happening in the context of rising violence fueled by Hamas attacks on Israel in October 2023, leading to a spike in antisemitic hate crimes in the UK. The British government has responded with measures to address this rise, but figures like Isaac Zarfati, CEO of StandWithUs UK, have warned that decisive action must be taken to curb this trend.

[antisemitism-eu]

The bus is set to connect Golders Green with Stamford Hill, two haredi neighborhoods, eliminating the need for passengers to change buses at Finsbury Park station, where harassment of Jews due to their appearance has been repeatedly reported.

According to London Metropolitan Police data, the number of antisemitic hate crime incidents in the city increased by 278.9% - with 2,068 offenses recorded in the 12 months to July, compared to the previous year.