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Rosa Doherty

Rosa Doherty

Rosa Doherty is social affairs correspondent for the Jewish Chronicle

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Trump video promises ‘unified Reich’ if re-elected in 2024

White House said campaign ad was ‘abhorrent and sickening’

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Former President Donald Trump speaks during an election night event at Mar-a-Lago on November 08, 2022 in Palm Beach, Florida (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

First UK female Orthodox communal rabbi to be ordained

First UK female Orthodox communal rabbi to be ordained

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The Embassy of Israel in London

Israeli delegation one of the best-behaved embassies on Congestion Charge shame list

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The Holocaust Memorial Day Trust is launching 80 Candles for 80 Years to mark the anniversary of the liberation of the extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau (Photo: HMDT)

Eighty candles project to mark 80 years since the liberation of Auschwitz

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Eurovision fan gets personal message from Eden Golan

Daniel Musikant was sat near the Israeli contestant and was incredibly ‘proud to watch her’

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May 15, 2024 16:07

Daniel Musikant (left) with Eurovision presenter Rylan (Photo: Daniel Musikant)

Bereaved Israelis and Palestinians unite for emotional Memorial Day ceremony

Grieving families called for a ‘different future’ for everybody in the region

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May 15, 2024 12:31

The online ceremonies were watched by tens of thousands of Israelis and Palestinians, as well as others across the globe (Photos: Combatants for Peace)

Hamas planned to set up a base in Turkey before October 7 according to secret papers

A document found at the home of the chief of staff to Hamas’s leader in Gaza reveals plans to ‘establish a security branch abroad’

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May 14, 2024 12:42

Yahya Sinwar (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS/AFP via Getty Images)

Virtual reality project will allow users to witness October 7 first hand

Its creators hope it will challenge those who deny the atrocities

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May 9, 2024 13:42

Survived to Tell - Be the Witness project uses VR to enable people to witness events of October 7 first hand (Photo: Stuart Mitchell)

Protesters disrupt Auschwitz March of the Living on Yom HaShoah

Activists went to Auschwitz and chanted “stop genocide” at people paying their respects to victims of the Holocaust

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May 7, 2024 11:12

Pro-Palestinian protester with a yellow badge similar to the yellow stars Nazis forced Jews to wear. (Photo:Omar Marques/Getty Images)

Vanessa Feltz to host weekend show on LBC, replacing Sangita Myska

Feltz to replace presenter as part of a ‘shake-up’ of the channel’s schedule

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May 1, 2024 15:48

Vanessa Feltz to host weekend show on LBC, replacing Sangita Myska

The singer using her voice to give back to WIZO UK

Lara Pines had to settle into Israeli society while dealing with the trauma of October 7

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May 1, 2024 13:32

Lara performing at WIZO's Commitment Dinner in London (Photo: Blake-Ezra Cole)

Jewish American novelist Paul Auster dies aged 77

The acclaimed writer was the son of two Jewish immigrants from Poland

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May 1, 2024 12:19

Paul Auster penned more than 30 titles and his work was translated into 40 languages (Photo: Getty Images)

Columbia University student demonstrators face expulsion for Hamilton Hall takeover

Anti-Israel activists forced their way into the academic building by smashing windows and breaking doors

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May 1, 2024 10:37

Student demonstrators vandalised the university building in their takeover effort, Columbia administrators said (Photo: Getty)

Sydney police: Four teens planned to attack Jewish people after church stabbing

Sydney Police allege a 15-year-old planed to ‘target the yahood’ days after a Christian bishop was stabbed

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April 30, 2024 12:58

Orthodox Christian Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel was stabbed at the altar of the Christ The Good Shepherd Church in western Sydney 15 April (Photo: Getty)

Anti-Israel Jewish group writes backwards Hebrew on seder plate for Gaza

Members of Jewish Voice for Peace drew widespread ridicule over their botched attempt at Hebrew

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April 30, 2024 12:23

JVP LA members at USC failed to notice the Hebrew on their Seder plate was back-to-front

Five teenagers arrested in connection with alleged attempt to kidnap Jewish man

Shomrim posted footage of the alleged kidnap in Stamford Hill online

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April 30, 2024 11:13

One of the suspects can be seen approaching a Charedi Jewish man in Stamford Hill (Photo: Shomrim)

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