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Israel at 75: The nation where faith is both a state and a debate

Secularists, traditionalists, religious Zionists and strictly Orthodox Jews all vie to realise their vision for the country

6 min read

April 14, 2023 10:08

Israel at 75: The nation where faith is both a state and a debate

Jewish artists are needed more than ever in this weird age of AI

Much of modern culture is an illusion but great work is being made that makes you think, see and feel things somewhere deep

3 min read

April 14, 2023 10:01

Jewish artists are needed more than ever in this weird age of AI

Steven Spielberg

My mother was a fantasist. Schindler’s List helped me understand who she really was

Max Friedman, the son of two Holocaust survivors, was reluctant to see Steven Spielberg’s film when it came out in 1993. But when he did, it changed his life

4 min read

April 14, 2023 09:58

My mother was a fantasist. Schindler’s List helped me understand who she really was

Holocaust education

How the Yellow Candle Project keeps the flame burning for Shoah victims

Two German Jews, six decades apart in age, are among those remembered in Maccabi GB’s campaign

1 min read

April 14, 2023 09:56

How the Yellow Candle Project keeps the flame burning for Shoah victims

Yom Hashoah

Trudy Gold: ‘We all put our souls into teaching about the Shoah properly’

When Tanya met her mother… the last of a powerhouse generation of Holocaust educators

6 min read

April 14, 2023 09:55

Trudy Gold: ‘We all put our souls into teaching about the Shoah properly’

Sidrah

Parashah of the week: Shemini

“And the entire congregation drew close and stood in front of Hashem. And Moses said: ‘This is the [specific] matter that Hashem has commanded you to do, so that the Divine Presence will appear to you’” Leviticus 9:5-6

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April 14, 2023 09:44

Calendar

Shabbat times from April 14 to April 21

Shabbat times for the week

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April 14, 2023 09:37

Two lit shabbat candles in silver candlesticks

Music

‘Papa was a survivor. We knew nothing’: the story that inspired Jeannette Sorrell's music

Ahead of a special concert, baroque ensemble Apollo’s Fire conductor recalls how her father hid a secret from his family

6 min read

April 12, 2023 11:14

Apollo's Fire, Jeanette Sorrell. Photo by Roger Mastroianni

There is no ‘context’ to the murder of the Dees

The killers of Lucy, Maia and Rina are terrorists for whom the only good Jew is a dead Jew

1 min read

April 11, 2023 18:06

Mourners react during the funeral of British-Israeli sisters Rina and Maya Dee at the Kfar Etzion settlement cemetery in the occupied West Bank, on April 9, 2023. - On April 7, two British-Israeli sisters were killed, and their mother seriously wounded in a West Bank shooting attack, and Israel's army said it had launched a manhunt for the perpetrators. (Photo by Menahem KAHANA / AFP) (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images)

Terrorism

Rebbetzen Lucy Dee saves five lives with posthumous organ donation

The British-Israeli mother and her daughters died after Palestinian gunmen attacked their car

1 min read

April 11, 2023 18:01

Rebbetzen Lucy Dee saves five lives with posthumous organ donation

Obituary

Obituary: Baron Lawson of Blaby

‘Thatcherite revolutionary’ who served as the first Jewish chancellor since Benjamin Disraeli

5 min read

April 11, 2023 17:53

Refugees

We need a Jewish voice to support the less fortunate

My great-grandfather inspired me to embrace a Judaism that strives to relieve the suffering of both our own people and of others

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April 11, 2023 17:47

We need a Jewish voice to support the less fortunate

The Passion Play brings Christian antisemitism to Trafalgar Square

Stagings of Easter story in public places continue to normalise old themes of prejudice

3 min read

April 11, 2023 17:43

The Passion Play brings Christian antisemitism to Trafalgar Square

Benjamin Netanyahu

As security fears grow, Netanyahu reinstates Galant

The move marks a major climbdown for Israel's embattled prime minister

2 min read

April 11, 2023 17:24

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Galant, Newly appointed Israeli Minister of Immigrant Absorption hold a joint press conference at the Kneeset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on January 9, 2019. Photo by Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** יואב גלנט מסיבת עיתונאים ראש הממשלה בנימין נתניהו ביבי שר הביטחון

Only a democratic Israel can be a true safe haven for Jews

If the Jewish state allows its political system to be eroded until it slides into authoritarianism, it will affect communities throughout the diaspora, which rely on the country as a backstop

3 min read

April 11, 2023 17:19

Israelis protest against the Israeli government's planned judicial overhaul, utside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's residence in Jerusalem, on March 26, 2023. Photo by Yossi Zamir/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** הפגנה דמוקרטיה בית הנשיא ירושלים מהפכה משפטית מעון ראש הממשלה שמאל מעצר בעד נגד

Terrorism

‘An incredible mother’: friend reveals her admiration for murdered Lucy Dee

Tributes from Israel and Britain have flowed for West Bank terror attack victims

5 min read

April 11, 2023 17:00

‘An incredible mother’: friend reveals her admiration for murdered Lucy Dee

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