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Rabbi Elyakim Schlesinger

Influential strictly Orthodox rabbi dies aged 104

Rabbi Elyakim Schlesinger was believed to be the oldest rosh yeshivah in the world

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Rabbi Elyakim Schlesinger (Photo: Wikipedia)

(l-r) John Danzig, Yonatan Eisenberg, Ethel Mendius, Rachel Salzano, Lesley Danzig, Jonathan Danzig, Howie Carson in the biblical garden at Edinburgh Hebrew Congregation (Photo:Fergus Craig)

Edinburgh community grows biblical garden for Tu Bishvat

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Birmingham JSoc Maccabi Selly Oak men's football team with Madrid Olami

Birmingham JSoc men’s football team beat Spanish counterparts in Madrid

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Karen Cravitz (left) with Emma Barnett (Photo: Blake Ezra)

Heaton Park terror victim remembered at Anne Frank Trust lunch

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Robert Kraft spends $15m on Super Bowl advert addressing antisemitism in the US

The Kraft Group CEO hopes to ignite conversations about Jew-hatred with the 30-second spot

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February 4, 2026 17:15

The Super Bowl is expected to attract well over 100 million viewers globally (Photo: Getty)

David Wolff, ever-present backbone of Jewish Sunday League football, passes away

Wolff served as the MGBSFL chairman for 56 years

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February 4, 2026 12:46

David Wolff, who will be much missed (Photo: MGBSFL/instagram)

Wigmore Hall concert brings together Jewish and German students

Pupils from JCoSS and The German School London sang at an event to mark Holocaust Memorial Day

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February 3, 2026 12:33

The Voices of Justice of Learning from the Righteous in London Wigmore Hall on 29 1 2026. Photos taken by Adam Soller Photography©

Edinburgh community celebrates Yiddish-inspired Burns Night

All denominations came together to celebrate the Scottish poet

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February 2, 2026 17:20

Benjamin Birns (Photo: Janet Mundy)

Basketball superstar Deni Avdija becomes first Israeli selected for NBA All-Star Game

The Portland Trail Blazers’ small forward finished ahead of legends like LeBron James in the fan ballot to cement his status as one of the top 24 players in the world today

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February 2, 2026 11:54

Deni Avdija of the Portland Trail Blazers warms up before the game against the New York Knicks at Moda Center on January 11, 2026 in Portland, Oregon (Getty Images)

Solihull steps up to provide fresh water source to Ugandan town

Chabad rabbi Yehuda Pink raised the money from his congregation within days

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January 29, 2026 17:26

Rabbi Yehuda Pink and Emmy Foulkes, the housing scheme manager at Birmingham Jewish Housing Association (Photo: Rabbi Yehuda Pink)

German and Jewish teenagers unite for poignant Holocaust Memorial Day concert

Music will be played alongside survivor testimony from the Nuremberg and Eichmann trials

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January 27, 2026 10:59

Students from JCoSS and students from The German School (Photo: Benji Rosenberg)

‘My country is my pride’: Israeli footballer Tai Abed ‘turns down millions’ to play for UAE national side

Abed, 21, is one of Israeli football’s biggest rising stars

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January 26, 2026 12:05

Instead of joining Al Jazira, Abed made the move to Spanish top-tier club Levante for a fee of around €200,000 (Photo: Levante)

Jewish football fans launch new Liverpool supporters club

The Reds boast a large Jewish fanbase, thanks partly to several Jewish players over the years

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January 23, 2026 16:08

(l-r) Jacob Elmkies, Danny Caro, Elisha Lobatto and Adam Shelley

‘If I can make people realise I’m telling the story of real people – my family – that’s what’s important’

As the number of Holocaust survivors and refugees is becoming fewer, it is left to their descendants to share their stories

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January 22, 2026 11:33

Hannah Goldstone with her grandfather, Martin Wertheim (Photo: courtesy)

Chess star Daniel Naroditsky had drugs in his system when he died, toxicology report finds

The chess player was found dead aged 29 last October

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January 21, 2026 15:54

Chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky (Photo: Charlotte Chess Centre)

Yarden Bibas shares painful third-birthday message to ‘beloved’ son Kfir

Slain hostage Kfir Bibas was taken captive when he was just nine months old, and his brother Ariel was four

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January 19, 2026 16:17

Kfir Bibas was abducted alongside his brother Ariel, four, and their mother Shiri, aged 32 (Photo: Family handout)

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