Jack Shamash
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Obituary: Michael Shamash
Inspirational campaigner and lecturer whose work had a major impact on the public perception of disability
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‘You have to expand your horizons to find love’
How can you find a Jewish partner to marry? More and more people are looking online for their 'beshert'.
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What do rabbis do for Christmas?
There are lots of kosher turkeys for sale, but will the rabbinate get to eat them? The JC investigates.
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So, how many kippot in your house?
Jack Shamash has counted up all his stray skull caps
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Making salt beef from scratch
Move over sourdough - there's a whole new haimish lockdown food project
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‘I want to be the voice of the Orthodox’
Eve Sacks has opened her home to unhappy members of the Charedi community.
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Beware of the evil eye, kein ayin hara, puh, puh, puh
'It was unthinkable that anyone in my family could have a baby without getting protection from the evil eye.'
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How a library gained from a billionaire's gift
A philanthropist is helping to spread the word about an historic collection of early Liberal literature
Don't let batmitzvah-envy get you into debt
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