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Who would we choose as our Jewish patron saints?
Jeremy Corbyn has called for extra bank holidays to commemorate the home nations' patron saints. But if we had a Jewish equivalent, who would they be?
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Why Orthodox synagogues should welcome gay couples
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How Moses looks in Islamic eyes
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