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Tuesday, July 3, 2018
UK Jewish leader who publicly mourned Gazans fired from leading Israel teen tour
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA Reform movement youth leader in Britain who participated in a public Jewish mourning event for Palestinians in Gaza is removed as a leader of the youth group’s summer tour in Israel.
Nina Morris-Evans was dropped Monday as a leader for the tour of the movement’s youth wing, RSY-Netzer. The Movement for Reform Judaism said the move is “in the best interests of the participants,” the London-based Jewish News reports.
Her dismissal reversed a decision taken last month, when the group said that Morris-Evans would still lead a tour despite her participation in the mid-May Kaddish for Gaza event.
Several dozen young people gathered at the time outside London’s Parliament Square and recited the Jewish mourning prayer for Palestinians killed by Israeli forces during clashes on the border with Gaza as part of the so-called March of Return.
— JTA
The Times of Israel Community.