CROSSWORD 618

ACROSS 1 Has changed, so remains (3) 3 The women’s Zionist Organisation of USA (8) 10 Noah’s boat floated to avoid liquidation

ended up here (6) 11 Live, fast dancing show (8) 12 A decent fellow, a good guy (Yiddish - slang) (6) 13 Ugliness (Yiddish) (8) 14 Halachic divorse (Hebrew) (3) 15 Name of the Lubavitch movement (6) 18 Elisheba’s brother (Ex. 6:23) (7) 22 Zealot’s fortress overlooking The Dead Sea (6) 26 Not kosher, this son of Noah (3) 27 King of Israel, Solomon’s rival (1 Kings 1:5) (8) 28 Traditional Hasidic prayer room (Yiddish) (6) 29 Tribal family mentioned in Numbers 26:17 (8) 30 Meir David ******, American rabbi and founder of the JDL Jewish Defense League (1932-1990) (6) 31 Prophet - the last book of the Ketuvim (8) 32 Well-produced, it has to be refined (3) DOWN 2 A marriage broker (Hebrew/Yiddish) (8) 4 ****** ha-Dibrot - The Ten Commandments (Hebrew) (6) 5 Picasso, for instance, had unusual traits (6) 6 Marxist governing body in Russia also Vietnam (6) 7 An Israeli pioneer (Hebrew) (6) 8 The elite fighting force of The Haganah (7) 9 Dispute profits, always (7) 13 Famous Handel oratorio for which we’re still waiting (7) 16 Jacob and Bilhah’s son Gen. 30:6) 3) 17 A day (Hebrew) (3) 19 Jacob and Bilhah’s son who was ‘a hind let loose’ (Gen. 49:21) (8)

20 Vienna Zionist youth organisation founded by Nathan Birnbaum in 1882 (7)

21 Lebanese town in the Bekaa Valley famous for its Roman ruins (7) 23 The wandering Israelites’ Promised Land (6) 24 Ancient semitic god who demanded human sacrifice (6) 25 Moses and Aaron’s sister (6) 26 Israeli town - halfway between Tel Aviv and Haifa - past its own time? (6)