Peter Block News Today

The UK’s largest Jewish community organisation has called for an investigation into complaints of anti-Semitism at the National Education Union.

SIR – The senior figures in the NHS complaining about possible reductions in the level of service from Royal Mail (Letters, April 6) have merely drawn attention to their own organisation’s failings.

Schools and universities have been at the forefront of a campaign of victimisation, harassment, sackings and disciplinary measures directed at supressing the anger and outrage among children and teachers alike to the mass killings of the Palestinians.

Peter Block, a retired teacher from Barnet, branded the NEU a hostile environment for Jews after he was heckled for challenging an anti-Israel motion.

NEU members at conference vote in favour of motion criticised by Gillian Keegan as inappropriate

Delegates at the NEU’s annual conference spoke of ‘troubling developments’ around pupils wanting to express their solidarity with Palestine.

The education secretary warned the motion may cause ‘hurt’ for Jewish pupils and parents

The UK’s biggest education union is a “hostile environment” for Jews, a retired teacher claimed after he was heckled for challenging an anti-Israel motion.

Emory Heart & Vascular reached a significant historic milestone, performing a Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) procedure on its 5,000th patient at the end of last year. Emorys history with the innovative, minimally invasive procedure goes back all the way to 2007, when it became the first site in Georgia (and one of the first in the nation) to perform it.

In November, municipal bonds gained 6.35%, their best single month since August 1982. In January, munis posted a loss of 1.05%.