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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

Got a question about aliyah? Ask a chatbot

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AliyahGPT enables users to ask any question about moving to Israel (Photo: Getty)

Israel tour leaders preparing for a previous trip (Photo: UJIA)

Israel Tours not going ahead if Foreign Office advice doesn’t change

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United Synagogue presidential contenders; (from left) Saul Taylor, Marc Meyer and Claire Lemer

Three vie to be next United Synagogue president

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The Axelrod-Harash Family at the Maccabi Fun Run

Thousands celebrate communal solidarity at Maccabi GB Fun Run

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I’m pleased the End of Life Bill didn’t exist when Mum had terminal cancer

It is time the government put more funding into palliative care

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June 23, 2025 19:13

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EXCLUSIVE: Brits evacuated from Israel in ‘biggest rescue operation’ since outbreak of war

The Birthright ship carried 1,800 young people to safety

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June 21, 2025 08:49

Evacuees from war-torn Israel being welcomed at Limassol Port in Cyprus (Photo: Taglit Birthright Israel)

Hampstead Shul appoints new rabbinic couple

Rabbi Akiva and Rebbetzin Batya Rosenblatt will be joining from Hadley Wood Jewish Community

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June 20, 2025 10:46

Hampstead Shul appoints new rabbinic couple

UJIA Israel tours delayed by Iran-Israel war

UJIA Israel Experience confirmed that new dates had been arranged for tours due to start on or before July 2

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June 20, 2025 09:52

UJIA Israel Experience has announced that some tours will definitely be delayed amidst the continuation of the Israel-Iran war (Photo Getty Images)

Community in grief and shock after much-loved rebbetzin passes away just days after husband

Miriam Plancey’s husband, Rabbi Alan Plancey, had died only five days earlier

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June 18, 2025 22:36

Community in grief and shock after much-loved rebbetzin passes away just days after husband

‘I feel like a mother to the soldiers who killed my son’

Iris Haim, the mother of former hostage, Yotam, who was killed after escaping captivity, was speaking in London

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June 18, 2025 16:30

‘I feel like a mother to the soldiers who killed my son’

Board urges community to ‘adopt’ one of remaining hostages

‘We need to tell the stories of those who have been held captive for more than 600 days’

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June 16, 2025 15:38

A weekly vigil for the hostages opposite Downing Street, organised by the Board of Deputies (Photo: Amanda Rose/@amandarosephoto)

‘After October 7, I feel that it’s my purpose to live in Israel’

On Sunday, one of the largest ever aliyah expos was held in London. The JC went along

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June 11, 2025 13:45

Maxine Elias at the Aliyah Day (Photo: Gaby Wine)

Deadline for BRCA-testing programme announced

Anyone with at least one Jewish grandparent is being urged to register by October 31

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June 11, 2025 13:35

The NHS Jewish BRCA Testing Programme consists of a simple saliva test (Photo: Getty)

Millennials take up the baton for Jewish Women’s Aid

The charity is launching its first ever young committee

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June 9, 2025 23:01

Young JWA chair Lucy Summerfield (Photo:Taka Ogawa)

Leading light of the Borehamwood community Rabbi Plancey dies

He ‘built up BES from a modest community to the thriving, large kehilla we are blessed with today’

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June 9, 2025 11:47

Rabbi Plancey, who has passed away, aged 83

Prime Minister says ‘Mazel Tov’ to Manchester’s award winners

Two hundred nominations were received for the Jewish Community Awards

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June 6, 2025 14:42

Volunteer Team of the Year - North West Friends of Israel Hostage Vigil Team presented by Eddie Edwards (Photo: JRC)

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