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ACROSS

1 Synagogue’s evening prayer (Hebrew) (6)

4 Harold ********, Jewish Gold Medal winner at the 1924 Olympics (8)

9 Giving a name to a profession (7) 11 Israeli city in the heart of the southern Sharon Plain (7)

12 It’s a bit painful, naturally, if it’s broken (4)

13 Face, gloomy face (Yiddish) (5)

14 Child (Yiddish) (4)

17 Ulysses remake represented modernday exiles (6,7)

19 Male organ not subjected to the law of Brit Mila (13)

22 Knocks the best-sellers (4)

23 Cacophony from infant, school’s ending (Gen. 11:9) (5)

24 Elijah ben Solomon Zalman, the Vilna **** (1720-1797) (4)

27 Faulty hormone could throw some light (Hebrew) (7)

28 Pastry eaten by most rude lawyers (7)

29 They mean well - as divers perhaps? (8)

30 Kibbutz in the northwestern Negev near the Gaza Strip (6)

CLUES - DOWN

1 Father-in-law (Yiddish) (8)

2 WW1 general commemorated in the Bridge crossing to Jordan (7)

3 A goddess, one’s double (4)

5 Booker Prize-winning Welsh-Jewish novelist, author of ‘Madame Sousatzka’ (1923-2004) (7,6)

6 A crazy, upset, but distinctly original fellow (4)

7 Fusses about a WW2 US soldier’s movements (7)

8 Old Jewish spice, say, cook originally put in (6)

10 VIP, a ‘big shot’ (Yiddish - sarcastic) (7,6) 15 Kabbalah’s second element of the human soul (Hebrew) (5)

16 Destination for Muslim pilgrims - a hundred came, flying (5)

18 Shabbat hymn ‘Lord of The Universe’ (Hebrew) (4,4)

19 Peter *******. actor just refusing lead on All Saints’ Day (1921-2004) (7)

20 Demons of Jewish mythology (Hebrew) (7)

21 Jesse’s third son (1 Chron. 2:13) (6) 25 Love god, if upset, would be cross (4) 26 Centre of immorality, so it’s said (4)