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A Jewish university chaplain who was forced into hiding over death threats has condemned the institution for not protecting him and his family. Rabbi Zecharia Deutsch, who spent three years working at Leeds University with his wife Nava, said they will be moving back to Israel. Rabbi Deutsch – an IDF reservist – claims to have suffered a shocking hate campaign after he returned from serving in the Israeli army for three months following the October 7 Hamas attack.

4 Iyar 5766 (IsraelNN.com) A Canadian federal court in Winnipeg yesterday rejected the petition of B'nai Brith and a Toronto teen to have the Canadian government recognize Jerusalem as being in Israel for the purposes of its passports. Canadian citizens born in the Israeli capital are currently issued passports listing either "Israel," without a city name, or "Jerusalem," without a country name. Shortly after the young man, Eliyahu Veffer, and B'nai Brith filed their petition, the state initiated a "recall" of Canadian passports that had been issued, in what officials called an "administrative error," listing Jerusalem as being in Israel....