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Ben Weich

Ben Weich

Ben Weich is a reporter for the JC.

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The Forward to stop print run after 121 years

The progressive publication said its next step will be 'making our brand more relevant to our readers and more connected to their lives', as it focuses on online editions

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The Forward to stop print run after 121 years

Martin Lewis storms out of synagogue over 'polemical' speech

Martin Lewis storms out of synagogue over 'polemical' speech

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Chelsea players speak out against antisemitism

Chelsea players speak out against antisemitism

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Chelsea faces potential disciplinary over antisemitic chanting

Chelsea faces potential disciplinary over antisemitic chanting

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Divers to search for bones of Holocaust victims in Budapest river

As many as 20,000 Jews were taken from the Budapest ghetto and executed on the banks of the Danube

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January 15, 2019 09:19

Divers to search for bones of Holocaust victims in Budapest river

Holocaust memoir rediscovered in car boot sale shortlisted for JQ-Wingate Prize

Now in its 42nd year, the £4,000 prize is awarded to works – both fiction or non-fiction – which 'translate the idea of Jewishness to the general reader'

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January 14, 2019 13:45

Holocaust memoir rediscovered in car boot sale shortlisted for JQ-Wingate Prize

Controversial motorway divided by a wall opens in West Bank

The parallel roads, dubbed an 'Apartheid Road' by opponents, will connect Palestinian traffic without requiring drivers to pass through checkpoints

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January 14, 2019 12:45

Controversial motorway divided by a wall opens in West Bank

Israeli pop star turns down Eurovision appearance over Shabbat

Although he is not religiously observant, the 25-year-old has in the past made a point of not working on the Sabbath

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January 14, 2019 09:12

Israeli pop star turns down Eurovision appearance over Shabbat

UK's largest teachers' union appears to back BDS

Jewish teacher Melanie Golding calls anti-Israel editorial in union's official magazine 'unnecessary and inappropriate'

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January 9, 2019 18:27

UK's largest teachers' union appears to back BDS

Yad Vashem 'disappointed' Golders Greeen mosque Shoah exhibit cancelled

Exhibition was to focus on Albanian Muslims’ efforts to save Jews but faced a backlash because of the Israeli institution's involvement

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January 8, 2019 16:11

Yad Vashem 'disappointed' Golders Greeen mosque Shoah exhibit cancelled

Nick Hewer 'will no longer vote Labour' after Rachel Riley suffers abuse

Co-star has been the target of abuse by far-left activists in recent months, which began when she shared a video condemning Jew-hate in football

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January 8, 2019 14:26

Nick Hewer 'will no longer vote Labour' after Rachel Riley suffers abuse

US Congress split over new anti-BDS legislation

Democrats have argued proposals to formally oppose boycotts of Israel and West Bank settlements distract from the government shutdown

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January 8, 2019 12:19

US Congress split over new anti-BDS legislation

Tottenham under pressure to clamp down on ‘Yid' nickname

The World Jewish Congress, Board of Deputies, CST and the Jewish Leadership Council have all called on Spurs to change its stance on the 'Y-word'

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January 7, 2019 17:33

Tottenham under pressure to clamp down on ‘Yid' nickname

Crystal Palace goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey denies making Nazi salute

'I waved and shouted at the person taking the picture to get on with it and at the same time put my hand over my mouth to make the sound carry'

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January 7, 2019 11:08

Crystal Palace goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey denies making Nazi salute

Israel strikes Hamas in Gaza after missiles launched

Earlier an Israeli military helicopter attacked two Hamas positions after a cluster of balloons and a drone-like glider were launched from Gaza

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January 7, 2019 09:02

Israel strikes Hamas in Gaza after missiles launched

Muslim Holocaust inter-faith event postponed

The event had faced calls of a boycottfrom a Muslim community news and opinion site who opposed the exhibition’s ties to Yad Vashem

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January 3, 2019 17:02

Muslim Holocaust inter-faith event postponed

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