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Daily Mirror
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- Daily Mirror
British Rabbi whose wife and daughters were killed by Hamas finds love again
Brave British Rabbi Leo Dee, whose wife Lucy, and two daughters, Maia and Rina, were killed by Hamas gunmen in 2023 is to marry again after falling in love with Aliza The British Rabbi whose wife was killed by evil Hamas gunmen has found love and is getting married again. 'I'm going from grief to joy," he told the Mirror in an emotional interview. Leo Dee, was left devastated by the murder of his wife Lucy and their two daughters, Maia and Rina, who were shot dead in Israel on April 7 2023 - exactly six months before the horrific Hamas attacks which left 1,200 people dead and 250 taken hostage. Lucy's lungs, liver, kidney and heart were donated to save the lives of four other people. Her kidney saved the life of 39-year-old Palestinian carpenter Abu Radia. Now two and a half years later Rabbi Dee will wed Aliza later this month in front of friends and family. And he insisted his first wife would have fully approved of his new bride. He said: 'I feel that life has to go on. When terrible things happen it's possible to put them in the past and to live your life into the future. 'I feel like I don't have to be defined by my tragedy. I look at the positive in life and try to overcome the negative and try to make a disaster into something meaningful." He went on: 'Life rarely gives us answers wrapped in ribbon. It gives us moments. Quiet, painful, surprising moments. Lucy was perfect for me for our idyllic 25 years together – the ideal partner for a young man finding his way as a rabbinical student, exemplary as a mother of five, and the spiritual architect of our home. But tragedy rewrites a person. And the man I am today is not the man that I was. 'Aliza is perfect for the man I've become. She brings out the best in me – and she's the most optimistic person I know. Lucy taught me how to love, how to listen, how to give without overpowering. 'Maia taught me how to parent, how to believe in someone's potential. Rina taught me how to be a human – how to care for the planet, and even more, for people who don't think like you do. "And tragedy? Tragedy taught me how to see what matters. It stripped away the noise. It left behind only the meaningful: friends, family, purpose.' School teacher Lucy, 48, and her daughters Maia, 20, and Rina, 15, were shot dead while on holiday. The two men who carried out the attack were later killed by Israeli forces. The rabbi, from Radlett, Herts, who has two surviving daughters and a son - Keren, Tali and Yehuda - moved from London with his family to Efrat, near Bethlehem. He said he first decided to find a new partner last year. He said: 'I came back to an empty house a year ago. On the Shabbat just over a year ago, as I ate a meal myself, all my remaining three children were away over the Sabbath. I just burst into tears and I cried for half an hour. And at some point, I thought to myself. Why are you crying? 'When you feel pain, it comes as a blessing. I suddenly realised: I need to get remarried. I suddenly felt calm. The tears stopped.' He added: 'So how does someone get from heartbreak to happiness? I still don't know. I do know this: sometimes the first step isn't understanding. It's crying alone,, and listening for the still quiet voice that follows. "I'm going from grief to joy. I know Aliza is just perfect for me. I am not the same person I was when my family were murdered. I was determined from then on to look forward not back. This is the pinnacle. 'I am not one person anymore. I am a mosaic – pieces gathered from a 25-year marriage, from raising five children, from loss, and from healing."
Scotsman
an hour ago
- Scotsman
Bob Odenkirk visits Edinburgh restaurant on the Royal Mile
An American TV star known for his role in hit series Breaking Bad delighted locals when he visited an Edinburgh restaurant this week. Sign up to our daily newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Edinburgh News, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Actor Bob Odenkirk, who played Saul Goodman in the popular series before landing his own spin off show Better Call Saul, paid a visit to Piggs Wine and Tapas Bar on the Royal Mile on Monday, leaving staff and customers star-struck. Enjoying his time with friends at the Spanish restaurant, the award-winning actor was not noticed until halfway through his meal, but after he was spotted Odenkirk greeted the restaurant team and took pictures with them. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Sharing a picture on social media, the Piggs team said: 'Breaking bread with Saul… turns out the only thing criminal was how good the wine was.' Bob Odenkirk visited Piggs Wine and Tapas Bar on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh on Monday, August 18 | Piggs Wine and Tapas Bar Speaking to the Evening News, Piggs owner Daniel Campos said: 'I think it's probably one of the most famous people we've ever had in the restaurant. We didn't notice him at first because he had a hat on and he looked a bit different in person compared to when he was wearing a suit in the Better Call Saul series. 'We wanted him to enjoy his experience at Piggs and didn't want to disturb him during his meal. When he was finished he was very kind to the staff and let them take a selfie - he said he loved the food too. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad 'There was a couple of tables asking who it was and when we told them they got really excited.' Piggs Wine and Tapas Bar was opened in the Canongate in 2019 by Campos brothers, Daniel and Victor. Following the success of their restaurant the brothers opened a second venue in Bruntsfield last year. Daniel added: 'This has probably been the busiest festival we've had in six years that we've been here. I think every year it just gets busier and busier which is amazing, but we have a very good team here and great customers, so overall we're very happy.'
The National
2 hours ago
- The National
The Edinburgh Fringe show exploring being Irish in Scotland
Burke has brought her new show Mind How You Go to the festival to share her family's tale, featuring moving statues, nuns, and American cousins 'with beautiful teeth and magazine hair.' Directed by Gerda Stevenson, and with songs from Burke's album produced by Duke Special, the piece spans generations — from her great-grandfather's imprisonment for Irish independence to her Uncle Pat's return on the day Neil Armstrong landed on the moon. 'It's all about me and my family, and growing up in Ireland and my Catholic childhood,' Burke explains. 'And I suppose now, because I live in Scotland, looking back at that with a lens of being older and an immigrant. The themes in this piece are immigration, religion, independence - Irish independence - and Spike Island, a militant prison in Ireland and also about, you know, family. READ MORE: Emotional Fringe play tells powerful story of students lost in Lockerbie bombing "There's quite a lot of fun and comedy in it as there always is in families.' Bafta Scotland winner Stevenson agrees that the universality of those themes is key. 'We all come from somewhere, and so it's very much about all of that. It's also about music because Michelle is a wonderful singer and songwriter. The show is filled with those songs and the songs are built into the show and the storytelling. So, music, storytelling, history.' What makes Mind How You Go distinctive is the way it draws on real artefacts from Burke's life. 'All these objects that we have in the show, which are real from her life. And there's something about objects that have kind of sat there silently and witnessed things going on. There's something very eloquent about objects. And we all have them," Stevenson shared. Burke added: 'I do carry my granny's rosary beads and miraculous medals. I don't go to mass anymore and I'm a complete and utter hypocrite, but I do have them.' Music runs through the piece, with songs from Burke's new album co-written with Duke Special, Kathryn Williams, and others. 'One of the songs on the album is set — we've set a poem written by my great-grand uncle that he wrote while he was a prisoner on Spike Island. It does feel special to put music to something that was written by him over 100 years ago.' Creating a work for the Fringe also brings its own challenges — particularly the strict turnaround times in venues. 'You cannot go on longer than your slot, and you've got a 15 minute get in and get out,' Stevenson shared. 'So it has to be very simple, which it is, and brilliantly designed by Jessica Brettle. She's fantastic, and she's designed this very simple but beautiful set that we can hopefully put up in 15 minutes and start the show and then get it down in 15 minutes because the venue will not tolerate anything other than that.' The discipline of sticking to time has shaped the performance itself. 'I have to stick to the script. I find that really tricky because sometimes I could go off on a bit of a tangent," Burke laughs. READ MORE: I tried to go to 10 Fringe shows in one day. Here's what happened Stevenson adds: "This is the first show where we've actually had really quite a definite script because Michelle's a fantastic storyteller … and we can't do that on this because we have to finish within the hour..' Still, Stevenson sees the limits as creatively useful. 'Often you find that it's beneficial because you cut to the chase and it becomes a distillation which is sometimes more eloquent than something that's rambling a bit.' What audiences might take away As for what she hopes audiences will feel, Stevenson reflected: 'I wonder, will it make them think about stories within their own family? I hope that they'll think about people on journeys and moving, entering into another community. And I hope that they'll think about that with interest. I think when you meet somebody who's telling you their story, it's a privilege.' Burke sums it up with characteristic humour: 'Yeah, and I'm on the lookout for anyone who could prescribe me some horse tranquilizers so I can sleep.' With its mix of history, music, and deeply personal storytelling, Mind How You Go promises to be one of the Fringe's hidden gems — a work steeped in memory yet alive with song, humour, and the enduring pull of home. Mind How You Go is on at venue 186, Playground 1 at ZOO Playground, until August 24.
