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 Norman Lebrecht

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Be angry as you like with me, but don’t deny your inner Chasid

'From the outrage you’d think I defended someone driving 250 miles in a car full of Covid droplets, a sick wife and an impermeable sense of privilege'

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Be angry as you like with me, but don’t deny your inner Chasid

I consulted Talmud: I can go to Brighton

I consulted Talmud: I can go to Brighton

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A woman jogs past Buckingham Palace in central London on May 26, 2020, as lockdown measures are eased during the novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP) (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

I’ll skip the ‘unlimited exercise’ if you don’t mind, Boris

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I applaud those who came out and danced this Lag Ba’Omer

I applaud those who came out and danced this Lag Ba’Omer

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Where have our makers gone? (Apart from Alex)

If Covid had struck while Harold Wilson was prime minister, he would have simply called on a Jewish industrialist to help out. Shame on us - except Alex, 11, and his 3D printer

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May 14, 2020 11:48

Where have our makers gone? (Apart from Alex)

Sharing your JC is an infection risk — so make sure you buy a fresh one

Save the paper - and yourselves - by getting your own copies

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May 6, 2020 10:44

Sharing your JC is an infection risk — so make sure you buy a fresh one

These are testing times and our rabbis are not rising to the challenge

On coronavirus, our rabbinate did too little, too late

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May 1, 2020 14:55

These are testing times and our rabbis are not rising to the challenge

Yes Boris, there is indeed a war on. It is barmitzvah boys v batmitzvah girls

Norman Lebrecht praises the barmitzvah boys of today

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April 24, 2020 08:55

Yes Boris, there is indeed a war on. It is barmitzvah boys v batmitzvah girls

That undercooked bat in Wuhan did do us one service: no matzah ramble

All over the country, you can hear parents silently cheering

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April 17, 2020 16:34

That undercooked bat in Wuhan did do us one service: no matzah ramble

Rupert, don't miss this opportunity

Add the JC to your media empire and there will be a silver kiddush cup with your name engraved on it waiting for you

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April 17, 2020 16:12

Rupert, don't miss this opportunity

This locked-down Pesach, I will think of the shul that was always open to all

Norman Lebrecht remembers Reb Shmelke Pinter

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April 8, 2020 15:22

This locked-down Pesach, I will think of the shul that was always open to all

We are in the grip of the pandemic of shiurim

Never in the field of human isolation was so much Torah taught to so many, writes Norman Lebrecht

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April 3, 2020 10:52

We are in the grip of the pandemic of shiurim

No shul-going has hit my psyche hard

At the onset of lockdown, Norman Lebrecht worries about those Jews who come to synagogue to lose themselves

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March 26, 2020 12:56

No shul-going has hit my psyche hard

My worst case scenario? The cancellation of kiddush

Norman Lebrecht reflects on the history and theology of the Anglo-Jewish ritual, now suddenly suspended amid the pandemic

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March 19, 2020 11:58

My worst case scenario? The cancellation of kiddush

How George Eliot paved the way for Zionism

The 1876 novel Daniel Deronda was a bestseller in many languages - including Yiddish

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December 2, 2019 11:48

How George Eliot paved the way for Zionism

‘Take it from me. Dying is a full-time business. No time for a lap of honour’

Norman Lebrecht recalls the conversations with his friend, the distinguished theatre and opera director Jonathan Miller has died aged 85

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November 27, 2019 18:54

‘Take it from me. Dying is a full-time business. No time for a lap of honour’

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