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Sharon Berger 'doing well' after bone marrow transplant

By Anna Sheinman, May 10, 2013

Critically ill grandmother Sharon Berger has received a bone marrow transplant, in the culmination of a four month campaign to find her a donor.

Following the transplant on Thursday, her son Jonni Berger said “all is going well so far”.

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The adventure writer who tried to kill Hitler

By Jennifer Lipman, May 10, 2013

As a teenager he attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler. Seven decades later Henry Wermuth is busy writing adventure stories, but his own life has been far more dramatic than his fiction.

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Bob Dylan anti-bomb lyrics to be sold at London auction

By Jennifer Lipman, May 10, 2013

Bob Dylan "knew what he was doing" from the very start of his career, according to the man who played a key role in the singer's musical education.

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Find it hard to hear in the cinema? Forget deaf aids — try these glasses

By Zoe Winograd, May 10, 2013

An inventor has developed a system which will allow deaf people to enjoy visits to the cinema without having to watch special screenings for the hard-of-hearing.

Jack Ezra, 56, has built the prototype for glasses that would enable deaf film-goers to read sub-titles during any movie. The sub-titles, displayed on a separate screen, would be invisible to those not wearing the glasses.

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London exhibition to celebrate Amy Winehouse as family girl

By Jennifer Lipman, May 10, 2013

Previously unseen photographs of Amy Winehouse at her brother's barmitzvah, along with childhood treasures and examples of her distinctive outfits, are to form part of the first major exhibition celebrating the singer's work and highlighting her Jewish heritage.

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Drugsline charity relaunches

By Anna Sheinman, May 10, 2013

Drugsline, the UK’s only Jewish charity dedicated to helping substance abusers, has reopened thanks to a new partnership with Norwood.

The charity will be working in seven schools — including King Solomon High School in Ilford and Hasmonean High School — to teach pupils about addiction to drugs, alcohol and gambling.

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David Cameron to judge Anne Frank letter contest

By Sandy Rashty, May 9, 2013

Prime Minister David Cameron is to judge a competition launched by the Anne Frank Trust UK for young people to say how they would make Britain a better place.

The “Thirteen in 13” project will ask British teenagers to write a 250-word online letter to Mr Cameron, giving their ideas for improving the country.

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Kiddush required to offer helping hand for walkers

May 9, 2013

Tzedek, Gefiltefest, Jewish Social Action Forum and World Jewish Relief are asking central London synagogues to lay on special kiddushim next month.

The move is to allow Jewish activists to participate in the Walk for Change — an event, organised by the Enough Food For Everyone IF campaign, to raise awareness of world hunger.

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West End Israel boycott protest fails to close stores

By Marcus Dysch, May 9, 2013

Protesters were evicted from two busy stores in central London at the weekend after attempting to demonstrate against the sale of Israeli eco-friendly goods.

Members of the Palestine Place group claimed they “shut down” the Whole Foods store in Kensington and “occupied” the John Lewis store on Oxford Street.

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'Koran backs Jewish claims to Jerusalem,' Sheikh tells synagogue

By Simon Rocker, May 9, 2013

A Muslim preacher argued that the Koran backs Jewish claims to Jerusalem at a Jerusalem Day celebration in London this week.

Rome-based Sheikh Abdul Hadi Palazzi told an audience at Edgware Synagogue that he found it “intolerable” that “no one questions the rights of Catholics to St Peter’s, or of Muslims to Mecca, but so many question the rights of Jews to Jerusalem”.

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