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Elizabeth McCracken

Elizabeth McCracken wins this year’s Wingate Literary Prize

The annual prize is awarded to the best book ‘to translate the idea of Jewishness to the general reader’

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Elizabeth McCracken wins this year’s Wingate Literary Prize

A rally in February outside the BBC, calling out the corporation and other media for their silence over the rape and other sexual violence which was carried out by Hamas on October 7. The UN has just published a report providing evidence that Hamas committed sexual violence against women and girls on October 7 and continues to sexually abuse the women and girls still held captive in Gaza (Photo: Gaby Wine)

‘Silence’ of feminists after October 7 rapes condemned on eve of International Women’s Day

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A scene from 'Kindness: A Legacy of the Holocaust'

Schools ‘shamefully’ boycotting Holocaust education over Gaza

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Roald Dahl

Roald Dahl’s antisemitism is the subject of a new play at the Royal Court

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Singer tours Israel to lift spirits of soldiers and evacuees

Jason Feddy is performing 12 concerts in two weeks

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March 1, 2024 15:34

Musician Jason Feddy is performing 12 concerts in two weeks

Mia Janin’s father endorses new anti-bullying campaign starring Peter Andre

Mariano Janin will attend the first school-screening of composer Fabio D’Andrea’s powerful music video, highlighting the dangers of cyberbullying

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February 29, 2024 15:42

Mariano Janin is backing a new music video, starring Peter Andre, which highlights the grave dangers of cyberbullying

Who are the Jewish artists to watch at this year's Brits?

The electronic music duo were awarded the prize ahead of Saturday’s ceremony

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February 28, 2024 17:35

Jessie Ware

Global voices of women to unite on Shabbat for Israel

An online women’s prayer group will be holding its first in-person event

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February 28, 2024 15:44

Caroline Rigby (right) meeting (from left) Sara Radivan, Hanna Yaffe and Gila Ansell Brauner, other members of Global Women's Hallel, in Israel. Caroline was in Israel to discover more about her Jewish roots (Photo: Caroline Rigby)

Poet and playwright Bernard Kops dies peacefully aged 97

The Jewish Londonder wrote more than 40 plays for television, theatre and radio, several novels and poetry collections

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February 26, 2024 13:30

Bernard Kops

Jewish films to watch in 2024, from Shoshana to Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black

There’s a trove of Jewish films coming to cinemas this year

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February 22, 2024 10:39

Marisa Abela stars as Amy Winehouse and Lesley Manville plays her mother in the StudioCanal trailer for Back to Black

The Alyth choir that helps refugees to feel at home

The singing group was set up by the synagogue to help refugees adapt to life in the UK

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February 22, 2024 06:48

The Alyth Drop-in Choir, which is made up of refugees from diverse countries and backgrounds (Photo: Cheryl Brodie)

UK’s first inclusive playground opens in Barnet

Deborah Gundle and Nathalie Esfandi wanted to create a place where everybody could play

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February 21, 2024 14:51

UK's first inclusive playground is accessible to all ages (Photo: Kisharon Langdon)

UNRWA trolled after advertising a job on LinkedIn

Hundreds of site users took to the agency’s job post to pose queries such as ‘Is Hamas membership a pre-requirement?’

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February 21, 2024 14:16

Palestinians stand at the entrance of the UNRWA-run University College for Educational Science Ramallah city in the occupied West Bank on January 29, 2024. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres pleaded for continued support for UNRWA, the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, which is threatened by a fierce row over alleged staff involvement in Hamas's October 7 attack that started the war. (Photo by Jaafar ASHTIYEH / AFP) (Photo by JAAFAR ASHTIYEH/AFP via Getty Images)

Wife of Zone of Interest producer wears Israel-inspired ‘solidarity’ dress to Baftas

Author and economist Noreena Hertz collaborated with the Israeli designer Shai Shalom to create the gown

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February 19, 2024 16:04

Noreena Hertz on the red carpet at the 2024 BAFTAs wearing an Israeli designer's dress

The Israel solidarity dress that had the Baftas all sewn up

The story of the Jewish father of the atomic bomb swept the awards

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February 19, 2024 12:36

The Israel solidarity dress that had the Baftas all sewn up

Mike Freer: ‘My husband and family did not sign up for this abuse’

The Finchley and Golders Green MP reveals what tipped him into giving up his job

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February 13, 2024 14:43

Golders Green MP Mike Freer and the vandalism to his office (Photo: X/Twitter)

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