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AJEX launches initiative aimed at younger generation

The first “AJEX NextGen” event is an online talk tomorrow with serving Lt Col Danny Yank

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D-Day veteran Mervyn Kersh with Lt Col Danny Yank at the 2025 AJEX Parade (photo: AJEX)

Etty Debourcieu in the art studio (photo: Chai Cancer Care)

The art of healing at Chai Cancer Care

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Hapoel Hyde Park celebrating the victory (photo: Georgia Rosenberg)

Leeds Uni Jsoc football team lifts its first ever trophy under the lights in London

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A screengrab from the video call of the first session of the course (photo: JSCN)

‘We will be each other’s resources, and I think that will be worth its weight in gold’

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Vegan US rabbi announces £7,000 grant for UK shuls who explore plant-based lifestyle

The Synagogue Vegan Challenge is open for applications from UK communities for the first time

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April 14, 2026 09:39

Rabbi Yanklowitz (photo: courtesy)

‘When I saw myself on TV, I realised there are no limits to what you can achieve’

Eight-year-old Ariel Owliaei beat tens of thousands of entrants to the final of a BBC storywriting competition

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April 10, 2026 15:26

Ariel at Windsor Castle for the Grand Final (photo: courtesy)

The rabbi who ran a half marathon in the Arctic

Rabbi Mendy Korer recently took on the challenge to fundraise for Chabad Islington’s communal Seder

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March 30, 2026 12:22

The rabbi who ran a half marathon in the Arctic

Jewish Deaf Association hosts special Seder for hard of hearing

The entire service was delivered in British Sign Language

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March 29, 2026 07:08

Miriam Solomon (aged 99) signed the Ma Nishtana (Photo: JDA)

Rabbis join other faith leaders in signing letter opposing refugee reforms

The letter criticises the government’s plans to change the rules for refugee family reunions

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March 27, 2026 13:02

Faith leaders and charity campaigners in Westminster, including Rabbi David Mason from HIAS+JCORE (centre) (Photo: HIAS+JCORE)

I-gnite goes on the road as it prepares Jewish sixth-formers for uni

Students learnt how to deal with antisemitism on campus and where to turn for support

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March 27, 2026 09:39

Charlotte Korchak speaking to students at a school in London (Photo: Danielle Manson)

The AI guru sharing his wisdom with rabbis, Jewish charities… and parking wardens

Craig Hartzel speaks to the JC about his business venture, which is helping charities to save time and boost donations

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March 26, 2026 11:40

Craig Hartzel (Photo: courtesy)

New photos reveal destruction inside Temple Israel shul after Michigan terror attack

The synagogue said it decided to release the images ‘to take back control of our narrative’

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March 20, 2026 15:39

Inside Temple Israel Synagogue after the attack (Image: Emily Elconin)

Newlywed Thai worker who came to Israel ‘with hope to make a good life’ killed by Iranian cluster bomb

Chaiwat Vallnil, 34, was from the Chaiyaphum Province in the north east of Thailand

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March 20, 2026 15:18

Tragic: Chaiwat Vallnil, 34

The guide dog in Israel turning sirens into smiles

Erez Barkai from Israel Guide Dog Centre spoke to the JC about how his dog Venus, who he describes as his ‘left hand’, has helped him and his neighbours during the war

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March 19, 2026 15:09

Erez with Venus in a bomb shelter

Russian suicide drone strikes Great Choral Synagogue in Odesa

Leaders of the charity Tikva, which runs the shul, vowed they would ‘rebuild, restock and continue’

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March 19, 2026 14:55

A still from the footage in the aftermath of the strike showing the Tikva offices ablaze

Senior Rabbi of Scotland welcomes rejection of assisted dying bill

69 MSPs voted no, 57 voted yes, with one abstention in an emotional debate

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March 18, 2026 17:17

Anti-assisted dying demonstrators gather outside as Scottish Parliament holds the final vote on the Assisted Dying Bill on March 17 in Edinburgh, Scotland (Photo: Getty Images)

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