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Gaby Wine

Gaby Wine

Gaby Wine is the JC's Community Editor and also enjoys writing features. You can contact her with community stories on gwine@thejc.com

Latest from Gaby Wine

Virtual Havdalah

‘Lockdown’ Havdalah marks its 200th service

The online ceremony attracts participants from Middlesex to India

2 min read

The Ark Synagogue in Pinner, Middlesex, has just celebrated its 200th Zoom Havdalah (Photo: Ruth Colin)

100-year-old Joseph Saperia, a member of Michael Sobell Community Centre going purple with outreach coordinator Jojo (Photo: Jewish Care)

Rinder praises Jewish Care’s Go Purple Week

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Women with bloodied trousers, fake bruises and bound by rope protest outside BBC's offices in Portland Place, February 4, 2024

Hundreds gather outside offices of BBC to call out media’s silence on Hamas rapes

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Talya, a Kisharon volunteer, putting together warm packs, with her support worker Naomi Arodu, for Childs Hill Library, which works in partnership with Kisharon Langdon (Photo: Kisharon Langdon)

Kisharon Langdon volunteers provide a warm welcome at the library

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‘Ignorance can be bliss, but knowledge is power’

Two carriers of the BRCA mutation tell the JC about their experience

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February 1, 2024 16:10

Katie Kaye with her husband Jonathan

I am a BRCA carrier … I had to decide whether to have surgery

I didn’t think I’d be affected by the genetic mutation that makes many Jews prone to certain forms of cancer. But I was wrong

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February 1, 2024 14:12

Do you have BRCA in your DNA? (Photo: Getty Images)

Life-saving gene-testing programme launched in the Jewish community

Anyone in England with at least one Jewish grandparent is eligible for BRCA testing

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January 31, 2024 23:18

BRCA 1 carrier Adam Cramer with daughters Yasmine (far left) and Isabella, who have signed up to have a BRCA test (Photo: Adam Cramer)

Art gives us hope, says curator of Kibbutz Be’eri gallery

The gallery was destroyed by Hamas terrorists on October 7

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January 30, 2024 14:02

Sofie Berzon Mackie curator of Kibbutz Be'eri Art Gallery, addresses the BFAMI fundraising auction (Photo: Yoav Pichersky)

‘I feel more Jewish and less British at the moment’

Sunday’s rally was billed as a march for ‘proud British Jews’. The JC asked some of the participants how they felt about their dual identity

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January 25, 2024 14:40

A Union Jack and an Israeli flag at Manchester's march against antisemitism (Photo: Gary Sheldon)

Sadiq Khan: Holocaust Memorial Day ‘more important than ever’

City Hall hosted survivors of the Holocaust and other genocides at a commemorative service

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January 22, 2024 17:31

Mayor Sadiq Khan held a Holocaust Memorial Day service at City Hall (Photo: Greater London Authority)

Manchester rally: ‘An attack on our Jewish friends is an attack on us all’

Lisa Nandy and Tom Tugendhat address protest against antisemitism

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January 21, 2024 20:39

Thousands join march against antisemitism in Manchester earlier this year (Ruthless Images)

MPs Tom Tugendhat and Lisa Nandy to address Manchester march against antisemitism

Around 5,000 people from across the UK are expected to attend the march on Sunday

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January 19, 2024 11:52

A banner from the National Solidarity March Against Antisemitism in London

How the UK is marking Holocaust Memorial Day

The JC looks at some of the different events taking place on and around 27 January

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January 18, 2024 14:38

Never again: Marking Holocaust Memorial Day (Photo: Holocaust Centre North)

The Jami CEO who took mental health care out of day centres and onto the high street

Laurie Rackind is leaving after 18 years at the charity

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January 18, 2024 11:55

Laurie Rackind, the outgoing CEO of Jami (Photo: Jami)

Kindertransport couple receive lifetime achievement award

Ann and Bob Kirk were were given the prestigious accolade for their contribution to the Jewish community

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January 15, 2024 17:11

Ann and Bob Kirk JVN Outstanding Lifetime Achievement Award winners

Pop-up exhibition explores dual identity of British Jews

The interactive trailer will launch in London, before going to Manchester and other citites

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January 12, 2024 17:00

'I Say British, You Say Jewish' touring exhibition (Photo: National Holocaust Centre and Museum)

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