CROSSWORD 628

ACROSS 1 Followers of Moses realise it’s not quite right (10) 9 Stay firm - The Common Era has arrived (6) 10 London’s oldest Sephardic synagogue (5,5) 11 City reached by Lot in Gen. 19:23 (4) 12 Possible West Bank resident pays his debts, presumably (7) 15 Pets act most strangely (3-4) 16 Pray (Yiddish) (5) 17 In final Cambridge exam, avoid huge stumble (4) 18 Synagogue (Yiddish) (4) 19 Dangerous drink - methinks not writing fluid! (5) 21 ‘A large beer’, said King David’s wife (7) 22 Jonah’s father (2 Kings 14:25) (7) 24 Early fratricide one put in prison (4) 27 Second prayer recited during Maariv (Hebrew - ‘Eternal Love’) (6,4) 28 Mountains of fruit with no end of ouzo first (6) 29 Jewish-American bandleader of ‘Tijuana Brass’ fame (4,6)

DOWN 2 ‘Thou shalt not ****** the kid in a mother’s milk...’ (Ex. 23:19) (6) 3 Old Nisan should stop dribbling (4) 4 Restricted, as many companies are (7) 5 Car accessory associated by Kipling with Nineveh (4) 6 Jewish WW1 poet quickly penning “Jenny”? (7) 7 King of Judah, David’s son (2 Chron. 17:1 - variant spelling) (10) 8 Jewish-Hungarian conductor got girl so excited about Mahler’s Fifth (5,5) 12 Kabbalah’s ‘Side of Impurity’ (Hebrew) (5,5) 13 Female Israeli politician currently Minister of Justice (5,5) 14 French Bolero composer of the twist? (5) 15 Nine (Hebrew) (5) 19 Jewish commentary offered by doctor squeezing one skin eruption (Hebrew) (7) 20 In hospital, came across a Czech composer (7) 23 A female just for romantic intrigue (6) 25 One who judged Israel for twenty-two years (Judg. 10:3) (4) 26 TV show which may be difficult to grasp? (4)