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Rosa Doherty

Rosa Doherty

Rosa Doherty is social affairs correspondent for the Jewish Chronicle

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Teenager faces fears to skydive from altitude of 10,000ft for charity

Abi Saltman undertook the challenge for Jewish Care's latest development in Redbridge

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Teenager faces fears to skydive from altitude of 10,000ft for charity

Famous Carlisle Magen David window saved after local campaign

Famous Carlisle Magen David window saved after local campaign

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US university president who helped to hire controversial pro-Palestine professor resigns

US university president who helped to hire controversial pro-Palestine professor resigns

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'Devoted' Jewish grandparents die in Liverpool flood tragedy

'Devoted' Jewish grandparents die in Liverpool flood tragedy

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Woman suffering from cancer needs Jewish stem cell donor to save her life

Former magistrate Louise Kaye, who is suffering from blood cancer, needs to find an Ashkenazi Jewish match

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August 24, 2023 13:30

Woman suffering from cancer needs Jewish stem cell donor to save her life

Bedfordshire celebrates its first grown-up’s bat mitzvah for almost two decades

Chiara Mitchell-Middleton, who had a Catholic upbringing, converted through Liberal Judaism

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August 24, 2023 12:41

Bedfordshire celebrates its first grown-up’s bat mitzvah for almost two decades

'Inspiring' new evidence shows how Jews thrived in York after antisemitic 1190 massacre

A trove of documents reveals how the city’s Jewish residents lived and worked alongside their Christian neighbours, mostly harmoniously, in the early 1200s

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August 22, 2023 17:08

'Inspiring' new evidence shows how Jews thrived in York after antisemitic 1190 massacre

Vanessa Feltz says she hates being single as she signs up for Celebs go Dating

The presenter announced her split from partner Ben Ofoedu earlier this year

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August 21, 2023 15:42

Vanessa Feltz says she hates being single as she signs up for Celebs go Dating

China recommends Israel for group travel

Travel between the countries stopped completely during the pandemic

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August 20, 2023 10:48

China recommends Israel for group travel

Israeli women take home gold and silver medals at windsurfing World Championships

It is the first time in a decade that Israel has won a windsurfing world title

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August 20, 2023 10:26

Israel's Shahar Tibi reacts after winning the iQfoiling race as part of the ninth day of the sailing world championships, in Scheveningen, on August 19, 2023. (Photo by Sem van der Wal / ANP / AFP) / Netherlands OUT (Photo by SEM VAN DER WAL/ANP/AFP via Getty Images)

Meet the millennial matchmaker who is helping her mates find a shul

Sonti Ramirez is launching a digital platform to help engage Jews to a synagogue

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August 17, 2023 13:24

Meet the millennial matchmaker who is helping her mates find a shul

Exhuming remains of 7,000 Sephardi Jews was ‘contravention of Jewish law'

Calls for a memorial to be built for those whose bodies were dug up from East End cemetery and reburied in unmarked mass graves

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August 17, 2023 11:40

Exhuming remains of 7,000 Sephardi Jews was ‘contravention of Jewish law'

Leonard Bernstein's children defend Bradley Cooper's 'nice big nose' in Maestro

The actor's fake nose has re-ignited the 'Jewface' debate after a new trailer was released

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August 16, 2023 16:08

Leonard Bernstein's children defend Bradley Cooper's 'nice big nose' in Maestro

London boy has first bar mitzvah held in Indian city for 34 years

Shem Kerem celebrated the 'phenomenal' occasion with his family and a local Jewish boy

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August 15, 2023 17:47

London boy has first bar mitzvah held in Indian city for 34 years

Jewish students at University of Nottingham to get kosher meals for the first time

Home-cooked meals will be prepared by university chefs in Chabad’s newly licensed kosher kitchen

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August 15, 2023 14:24

Jewish students at University of Nottingham to get kosher meals for the first time

Former Trump advisor blames Jews for their own deportations to Auschwitz

Christian nationalist Michael Flynn suggested mothers were complicit in handing over their young children to go on trains to Auschwitz

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August 15, 2023 12:51

BRUNSWICK, OH - APRIL 21: Michael Flynn, former U.S. National Security advisor to former President Trump, speaks at a campaign event for U.S. Senate candidate Josh Mandel on April 21, 2022 at Mapleside Farms in Brunswick, Ohio. Mandel, a former state treasurer, is running for senate against a crowded Republican field that includes Mike Gibbons, Jane Timken, Matt Dolan, Mark Pukita, Neil Patel and JD Vance, who was recently endorsed by former President Donald Trump. (Photo by Dustin Franz/Getty Images)

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