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Holocaust survivors

Treasured ‘Teddy’ tells the story of Shoah survivor in Imperial War Museum exhibition

John Hajdu survived both Nazi and communist persecution – before coming to the UK with his beloved toy

By Alma Green

4 min read

John Hajdu MBE with Teddy (Photo: Rankin/Holocaust Memorial Day Trust)

By Gloria Tessler

What a teddy bear can mean to an endangered child

2 min read

Laurence and Lauren Shenker, who met at a Date on a Plate event (Photo: courtesy)

Jewish dating

‘I realised very quickly that my husband was the one’

By Minnie Peters

4 min read

The United Synagogue's Bushey New Cemetery

Burial

Exclusive: Burial society members ‘paying twice over to switch shuls’

By Jane Prinsley

9 min read

Watford

Local faith leaders pledge support to Jewish community at Watford vigil

By Alma Green

1 min read

Full house: Beis Medrash Elyon in Hendon

Charedi schools

London rabbis ban schools from opening next term unless they accept more pupils

By Simon Rocker

1 min read

HIAS+JCORE

Rabbis lead way in calling for an asylum policy which ‘welcomes the stranger’

By Alma Green

3 min read

Kisharon Langdon

Kisharon Langdon CEO shortlisted for top charity sector award

By Alma Green

1 min read

Deaf Shul

Barnet Shul becomes first Orthodox community to hold DeafShul service

By Dalia Zimmerman

1 min read

AJEX

101-year-old Normandy veteran honoured at House of Lords

By Ben Conway

2 min read

Social Care Reforms

Leah being supported by Kisharon Langdon (Photo: Blake Ezra)

PM’s social care reforms welcomed by Jewish charities

Andy Burnham made his announcement at a Jewish Care home

By Gaby Wine

3 min read

Jewish children ‘are showing anxiety about being taken hostage’Sagui’s concert from Kibbutz Nir Oz is a must-see

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Aish UK

How a Shabbat in Budapest became a rite of passage

Every year, Aish hosts hundreds of UK Jewish school-leavers in the Hungarian capital for a weekend of unapologetic Jewish pride

By Rabbi Naftali Schiff

2 min read

Outside Budapest's Kazinczy Street Synagogue (Photo: Norbert Muntean)

Abraham Events

‘We started an online community during Covid, and it’s still flourishing’

Abraham Events went onto Zoom during the pandemic. Today, it attracts people from all over the world

By Gita Conn

3 min read

Kisharon Langdon

We can only empower people when we can see them

The theme of Learning Disability Awareness Week was ‘Do you see me?’

By Richard Franklin

2 min read

Jewish Women's Aid

‘Sometimes, people need to be invited to show solidarity’

Jewish Women’s Aid have spearheaded a letter condemning antisemitism, which has been signed by around 80 organisations and leaders working to support women

By Sam Clifford

3 min read

Movement for Progressive Judaism

This moment requires confidence – but not uniformity

The co-leads of the Movement for Progressive Judaism argue that you don’t need to agree with everything someone believes to share a platform with them

By Rabbi Charley Baginsky and Rabbi Josh Levy

3 min read

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