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Israel-diaspora relations

We have a religious duty to speak out against extremism in Israel

For the sake of our young, we should not remain silent when Jewish values are at stake

3 min read

August 25, 2023 11:27

Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich during a discussion and a vote at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on August 16, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

Germany

German airport staff ask rabbi to remove kippah, against official policy

Chabad Rabbi Yehudah Teichtal was asked to remove his skullcap by staff at Brandenburg airport

1 min read

August 25, 2023 10:54

German airport staff ask rabbi to remove kippah, against official policy

Fashion

How do you master wearing a blouse in the autumn months?

The name conjures primness but in A/W23 these garments are having a real moment

1 min read

August 25, 2023 10:48

How do you master wearing a blouse in the autumn months?

Jewish Comedy

Sophie Zucker: ‘You don't have to always cast me as the loud Jewish girl’

The Jewish comedian talks about playing Jewish characters and who's allowed to do Jewface

4 min read

August 25, 2023 10:46

Sophie Zucker: ‘You don't have to always cast me as the loud Jewish girl’

Beauty

How do people with glasses master make-up?

As a kid I got the ‘four eyes’ taunt, but funky frames and cool make-up mean I’m now happy in the specs squad

2 min read

August 25, 2023 10:25

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 26: Ali Wong attends the 2023 TIME100 Gala at Jazz at Lincoln Center on April 26, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for TIME)

Sidrah

Parashah of the week: Ki Tetzei

“When a man has taken a bride, he shall not go out with the army or be assigned to it for any purpose; he shall be exempt one year for the sake of his household, to give happiness to the woman he has married” Deuteronomy 24:5

1 min read

August 25, 2023 10:19

A torah (Hebrew scripture) reading. The "yod" - a hand-shaped silver pointer - is used by the reader to mark his or her place in the text.

Germany

German. Soldier. Jew review - Why on earth do Jews join the German army?

Absorbing investigation into a fascinating topic - even if its 30 minutes running time means it is short on penetrating psychological analysis

2 min read

August 25, 2023 10:17

2KG36D7 Hanover, Germany. 21st Nov, 2022. Michael Furst, Chairman of the Hanover Jewish Community, delivers a speech during an event for the ordination of rabbis by the Rabbinical Seminary of Berlin in the synagogue of the Hanover Jewish Community. Five rabbis and one Baal Tefilla, a prayer leader, are to receive their ceremonial ordination. According to the Office of the Federal President, this is the first Orthodox rabbinic ordination in Lower Saxony since the end of World War II. Credit: Michael Matthey/dpa/Alamy Live News

Calendar

Shabbat times from August 25 to September 1

Shabbat times for the week

1 min read

August 25, 2023 10:14

Two lit shabbat candles in silver candlesticks

Books

This Bird Has Flown review: An entertaining romance from a rock music world pro

Bangles singer Susanna Hoffs’ debut never fails to entertain even if her understanding of Britain seems solely shaped by Jilly Cooper and Richard Curtis

1 min read

August 25, 2023 10:06

The Bangles' Susanna Hoffs poses in the press room during the 2019 Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony at Barclays Center on March 29, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Angela Weiss / AFP) (Photo credit should read ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

Books

The Maverick review: The most well connected man in the Western world

There's plenty to admire in an unconventional biography of George Weidenfeld

2 min read

August 25, 2023 09:48

The Maverick review: The most well connected man in the Western world

Rosh Hashanah

How to make this year's Rosh Hashanah the best and easiest yet

Here are our tips for the perfect holiday feasts

2 min read

August 25, 2023 00:00

How to make this year's Rosh Hashanah the best and easiest yet

The European Court of Human Rights must now do the right thing

The ECHR must examine all the cases in which antisemite judge Bostjan Zupancic was involved in where the Jewish community had an interest

1 min read

August 24, 2023 21:38

A picture taken on November 27, 2013 shows the Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg. AFP PHOTO/FREDERICK FLORIN (Photo credit should read FREDERICK FLORIN/AFP via Getty Images)

Russia

Yevgeny Prigozhin, caterer turned warlord presumed dead had Jewish ancestry

The former leader of the Wagner group did not publicise his faith

1 min read

August 24, 2023 17:34

Businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin shows Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin his school lunch factory outside Saint Petersburg on September 20, 2010. - Kremlin-linked businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin has filed a lawsuit in an EU court to remove him from the bloc's sanctions list, his company said on December 15, 2020. The European Union in October sanctioned Prigozhin -- nicknamed "Putin's chef" because his company Concord has catered for the Kremlin -- accusing him of undermining peace in Libya by supporting the Wagner Group private military company. (Photo by Alexey DRUZHININ / SPUTNIK / AFP) (Photo by ALEXEY DRUZHININ/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images)

Film

The Blackening review: Playing the race card perfectly

Slasher comedy tackles the question: Why do black characters die before white characters in mainstream horror movies?

1 min read

August 24, 2023 17:11

The Blackening review: Playing the race card perfectly

Film

Theater Camp review: Ben Platt stars in hilarious mockumentary

They may be predictable but this film is bursting with side-splitting one-liners

1 min read

August 24, 2023 17:09

Theater Camp review: Ben Platt stars in hilarious mockumentary

Theatre

Next to Normal review: Great songs, shame about the writing

I cannot remember a show that was so annoyingly written yet so impressively performed as this production about the repercussions of a mother's manic depression

2 min read

August 24, 2023 16:59

Next to Normal review: Great songs, shame about the writing

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