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Father walks and writes to raise money for the charity caring for his son

Laurence Smith’s disabled son, Jeremy, has been living in a Norwood home since he was 18

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Laurence Smith and his son Jeremy, who is a resident of a Norwood care home (Photo: Laurence Smith)

'Exhilarating’ writing: Yael van der Wouden

Israeli-born author longlisted for Booker Prize

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Participants of Zichron Menachem's Summer Cut, who donated their hair to make wigs for children undergoing cancer treatment in Israel and the UK (Photos: Zichron Menachem)

Kids donate their hair to help young cancer patients

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Lawyers launch legal challenge against ICC decision on Netanyahu arrest warrant

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‘As an Israeli, I felt really unsafe in the creative industry’

Neta Gracewell is bringing ‘a dark feminist comedy’ to the Camden Fringe

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July 24, 2024 13:22

Rehearsals for Second Hand Problems, directed by Neta Gracewell, with Marcia Tucker (left) and Molly Cass O'Donnell

Activist from Gaza says Western pro-Palestine protesters give terrorists ‘good PR’

Hamza Howidy, 26, moved to Germany last August after being detained and beaten by the terror group

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July 23, 2024 11:39

Student demonstrators occupy the pro-Palestinian "Gaza Solidarity Encampment" at Columbia University in New York City (Photo: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Natalie Portman says her grandfather changed his name to sound less Jewish

The actor said the name change was ‘initially a survival mechanism’

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July 17, 2024 09:26

US-Israeli actress Natalie Portman arrives for the 81st annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills, California, on January 7, 2024. (Photo by Michael TRAN / AFP) (Photo by MICHAEL TRAN/AFP via Getty Images)

I’m one of those Jews Felicity Kendal thinks is wrong

The thought of being visibly Jewish in public today does worry me – and I am not alone

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July 17, 2024 08:34

Felicity Kendal (SOPA Images Limited/Alamy Live News)

Airbnb suspends Oxford host who refused to allow an Israeli woman to stay

The host said the woman could not rent her property because she ‘cannot condone the war’

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July 8, 2024 16:15

Airbnb suspends Oxford host who refused to allow an Israeli woman to stay

Artist makes Jewish history on the walls of JW3

Leon Fenster speaks to the JC about what inspired his eye-popping mural, which is being unveiled this week

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July 8, 2024 13:20

In Leon Fenster's mural, Queen Elizabeth I is depicted watching the trial of her Jewish doctor Rodrigo Lopez, who was found guilty of plotting to poison her (Photo: Leon Fenster)

The Israeli puppeteers working with children devastated by October 7

Ahead of their London shows, meet the troupe behind an uplifting puppet show

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July 4, 2024 11:33

The Israeli puppeteers working with children devastated by October 7

Jazz musician to raise funds for Jewish Women’s Aid

Joshua Jaswon will be performing in a concert in memory of close family friend and former JWA chair Frances Turner

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June 26, 2024 08:21

Saxophonist Joshua Jaswon will be playing a concert in memory of Frances Turner, a family friend and former chair of JWA (Photo: Krisztian Sipos)

Obituary: David Seidler

Writer whose personal story shaped his biggest film success

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June 24, 2024 17:13

WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA - FEBRUARY 27: Writer David Seidler arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar party hosted by Graydon Carter held at Sunset Tower on February 27, 2011 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Craig Barritt/Getty Images)

The morality of the war in Gaza is crystal clear, says philosopher-rabbi

Rabbi Shlomo Brody expresses horror over global reaction to Israel’s hostage rescue operation

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June 19, 2024 10:31

The morality of the war in Gaza is crystal clear, says philosopher-rabbi

Fat-shamed in life and death, this is the truth about Mama Cass

Mamas and Papas singer Cass Elliot suffered abuse over her weight – and she didn’t die choking on a ham sandwich, says her daughter

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June 18, 2024 18:41

Proud Mama: Cass Elliot with her daughter Owen Elliot-Kugell

Tony Awards 2024: Big winners Stereophonic and Merrily We Roll Along are Jewish

Daniel Radcliffe and Jeremy Strong were the other lead winners in the 77th awards ceremony

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June 18, 2024 16:38

Daniel Radcliffe at the 2024 Tony Awards (Photo by Bennett Raglin/Getty Images)

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