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Despite warnings, thousands of Orthodox Jews are going to Ukraine this week

Up to 30,000 Charedim are expected to defy Ukraine's chief rabbi and the Israeli PM to visit the city of Uman to worship, be cleansed of their sins - and dance to techno music

3 min read

September 15, 2023 11:16

Despite warnings, thousands of Orthodox Jews are going to Ukraine this week

Football

Chelsea FC create Jewish supporters group, following Arsenal and Watford

The club has become the third major football team to announce a Jewish support group for fans

2 min read

September 15, 2023 11:01

MADRID, SPAIN - APRIL 12: Enzo Fernandez of Chelsea in action during the UEFA Champions League quarterfinal first leg match between Real Madrid and Chelsea FC at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu on April 12, 2023 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Flor Tan Jun/Getty Images)

Beauty

The complex history of Jews, nose jobs and antisemitism

Jewish people changing their nose shape was linked to a desire to assimilate into wider society but now rising numbers are undergoing rhinoplasty for other reasons

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September 15, 2023 10:47

The complex history of Jews, nose jobs and antisemitism

Beauty

The plastic surgeon helping Jews love their noses

Dr Terry Dubrow, star of TV show Botched, says his experience of correcting mistakes always proves emotional for him and his patients

3 min read

September 15, 2023 10:20

The plastic surgeon helping Jews love their noses

Ukraine

Israelis on Uman pilgrimage arrested for drug offences

Seven Israeli men were arrested by police at the Moldovan border on their way to the Ukrainian pilgrimage site

2 min read

September 15, 2023 10:11

An armed police officer stays in guard as Hasidic Jewish pilgrims walk after pray at tomb of Rabbi Nachman for Rosh Hashana, the Jewish new year, in town of Uman, some 200km from Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on September 25, 2022. - Tens of thousands of Jewish pilgrims flock despite war to Ukrainian city of Uman for their annual pilgrimage to Rabbi Nachman from Breslov (1772-1810), founder of an ultra-Orthodox movement that settled in Uman in the early 1800s. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP) (Photo by SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images)

Theatre

God of Carnage review: Middle-class parents go to war

Art playwright Yasmina Reza's play centres on two couples on a spectacular collision course

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September 15, 2023 10:03

God of Carnage review: Middle-class parents go to war

Netflix

Painkiller review: This story has been told before

Netflix series telling the tale of how the opioid OxyContin wrought devastation upon America hits the wrong notes

2 min read

September 15, 2023 09:57

Painkiller. Matthew Broderick as Richard Sackler in episode 101 of Painkiller. Cr. Keri Anderson/Netflix © 2023

Leo Frank

The Israeli actor telling the tragic story of Leo Frank

Yuval Shwartsman will play the lead role in the musical 'Parade'

1 min read

September 14, 2023 18:00

The Israeli actor telling the tragic story of Leo Frank

Yom Kippur War

Yom Kippur War 50 years on: The midnight warning which came too late

Israeli forces were taken by surprise by the Syrian and Egyptian attacks but the IDF proved resilient and turned the tide

10 min read

September 14, 2023 17:48

SUEZ CANAL, EGYPT - OCTOBER 1973: Israeli army Southern Command General Ariel Sharon with Defense Minister Moshe Dayan during the Yom Kippur War in October 1973 on the western bank of the Suez Canal in Egypt. (Photo by Ministry of Defense via Getty Images)

Could the Holocaust have been prevented, along with WWII?

If Britain had rebuilt its armed forces after 1918 and used them to deter Hitler, maybe history would have been different

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September 14, 2023 17:10

Could the Holocaust have been prevented, along with WWII?

Coalition is undermining its own argument for reform

The JC Leader, 15 September 2023

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September 14, 2023 16:54

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs a cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on August 27, 2023. (Photo by Menahem KAHANA / AFP) (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images)

Yom Kippur War

How the Yom Kippur War unfolded 50 years ago

One of Israel's greatest tests came as Egypt and Syria launched a surprise attack on the Day of Atonement

2 min read

September 14, 2023 16:50

A Syrian military convoy destroyed by the Israeli army is abandoned on the Syrian front lines on the Golan Heights, two weeks after the beginning of the Yom Kippur War in October 1973. On October 06, 1973, on the Jewish holiday Yom Kippur, a two-pronged assault on Israel was launched: Egyptian forces stuck eastward across the Suez Canal and pushed Israelis back, while Syrians advanced from the north and had broken through the Israeli lines on the Golan Heights. (Photo by AFP / AFP) (Photo by AFP/AFP via Getty Images)

Rosh Hashanah

We asked a beekeeper how to get the best from your honey

As Rosh Hashanah approaches, beekeeper and recipe writer Amy Newsome shares how to have the sweetest new year

4 min read

September 14, 2023 16:41

Music

Six of the best versions of 'Avinu Malkeinu', from Barbara Streisand to Mogwai

Numerous artists have been inspired by the prayer's haunting melody to create their own recordings

2 min read

September 14, 2023 16:02

INDIO, CA - APRIL 12: Mogwai performs onstage during day 2 of the 2014 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club on April 12, 2014 in Indio, California. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images for Coachella)

Checkmate! Why I conceded to JC editor in our Israel debate

The only sensible response to someone coming up with an idea that challenges a settled, considered position you hold is to rethink it, not to get angry or try and change the subject

3 min read

September 14, 2023 15:38

Checkmate! Why I conceded to JC editor in our Israel debate

Rosh Hashanah food

Celebrating Rosh Hashanah Sephardi-style, with cow's brains and quince jam

Three JC food writers share how their families welcome in the new Jewish year

4 min read

September 14, 2023 15:33

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