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Katie Grant

Katie Grant

Katie Grant is acting news editor at The JC

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Heaton park synagogue attack

Two Manchester synagogue attack victims named

The victims’ families have been notified and are being supported, Greater Manchester Police said

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Melvin Cravitz, 66, died during the Yom Kippur terror attack

The UK's Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis (Photo: Getty)

Chief Rabbi’s ‘heart shattered’ by Manchester synagogue terror attack

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Rabbi Daniel Walker (third left, dressed in white), who leads Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation, stands among armed police officers as they talk with members of the Jewish community outside the shul following the terror attack on Yom Kippur (Photo: Getty)

‘Shocked but not surprised’: British Jews ‘saw synagogue terror attack coming’

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Greater Manchester Police chief constable Stephen Watson speaks to members of the media following the attack at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Crumpsall (Photo: Getty)

Synagogue security and worshippers praised for ‘immediate bravery’ in the face of Manchester attacker

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Karlie Kloss and Joshua Kushner name baby daughter after her Shoah survivor paternal great-grandmother Reichel

In keeping with Ashkenazi tradition, the couple have named their newborn in memory of a beloved relative who has passed away

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October 1, 2025 11:54

Joshua Kushner and Karlie Kloss (Photo: Getty)

Rowntree’s Fruit Pastilles lose kosher status, Kosher London Beth Din confirms

The confectioner’s entire vegan range is no longer approved as parev

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October 1, 2025 10:02

Households who keep kosher have been advised to discard any packages they have, or consider donating them to a food bank

Progressive Judaism: Two-state solution is ‘only sustainable path to peace’

The movement’s co-leaders reiterated their position after the UK Government officially recognised a Palestinian state

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September 22, 2025 09:04

The co-leaders of Progressive Judaism, Rabbi Josh Levy and Rabbi Charley Baginsky

New tree planted to commemorate Jewish man tortured to death after previous memorial felled in ‘act of hatred’

Donations poured in to replace the olive tree to commemorate murdered Frenchman Ilan Halimi

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September 4, 2025 12:16

Ilan Halimi was tortured to death in 2006 (Photo: Getty)

Ten further Orthodox Jewish charities named by regulator investigating cashed cheques worth £22m

Nursery, girls’ school and food poverty charity under investigation

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September 1, 2025 15:10

The Charity Commision is investigating 105 charities believed to have issued and cashed cheques to a value of £22 million

Booing the heads of Progressive Judaism off stage at hostage march was ‘disgraceful’, BoD says

Rabbi Josh Levy and Rabbi Charley Baginsky were greeted with loud jeers when they showed support for the idea of a Palestinian state

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August 11, 2025 10:13

Rabbis Levy and Baginsky were faced with shouts of 'Get off the stage!' at August's hostage rally from some individuals in the crowd

Jewish couple become ‘world’s oldest newlyweds’ with a combined age of 202

Marjorie Fiterman, 102, and Bernie Littman, 100, tied the knot on Sunday

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May 23, 2024 13:22

Marjorie Fiterman, 102, and Bernie Littman, 100, from Philadelphia, got married on Sunday at the residential home where they met (Photo: Sarah Sicherman)

Muslim website 5Pillars sanctioned over ‘Jews control porn’ podcast

Regulator takes action over interview with far-right activist

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May 22, 2024 13:07

5Pillars deputy editor Dilly Hussain interviews far-right activist Mark Collett for his podcast

Eden Golan’s shock progression to Eurovision final greeted with fury and delight

The Israeli singer performed against a backdrop of protests and death threats

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May 10, 2024 11:46

Eden Golan celebrates after qualifying for the Eurovision final on Thursday night (Photo: Getty)

Student wrongly named as Sydney stabbings attacker speaks of ‘distress and disappointment’

Twitter users with large followings amplified the false speculation posted online by an anti-Israel account

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April 15, 2024 11:20

Distressed: Benjamin Cohen was wrongly named by online trolls - and a major Australian TV network - as the man behind the Bondi Junction knife attack

‘The Nazis did not win!’ Lily Ebert becomes great-great-grandmother aged 100

The Shoah survivor and her family are celebrating five generations of Jewish life this week

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April 12, 2024 10:31

Lily Ebert pictured cradling the new addition to her family (Photos: Dov Forman)

Literary magazine editor quits after Israeli writer's essay removed from website

Jina Moore has resigned from Guernica magazine over the retraction

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April 8, 2024 11:08

Anti-Israel demonstrators march through the streets in Washington, DC (Photo: Getty)

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