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JC Stays

Brown Brut Tel Aviv hotel review: Brutalist style with a twist

Brutalist style gets a modern makeover at Brown Brut with this new boutique hotel

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June 25, 2023 18:30

Brown Brut Tel Aviv hotel review: Brutalist style with a twist

Judicial reform protests

Anger as Hollywood billionaire Arnon Milchan begins Netanyahu corruption trial testimony from UK

Pro-democracy protestors greeted the Hollywood mogul and Sarah Netanyahu at her husband’s corruption trial

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June 25, 2023 13:17

Anger as Hollywood billionaire Arnon Milchan begins Netanyahu corruption trial testimony from UK

Benjamin Netanyahu

Opposition Israeli lawmakers call for urgent rethink on controversial judicial reforms bill

Israeli parliamentarians had a heated debate on Sunday in the Knesset

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June 25, 2023 12:22

Right-wing Israelis attend a rally in support of the government's planned judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv on March 30, 2023. Photo by Erik Marmor/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** ????? ?? ???? ?????? ??????? ????? ???? ?????? ???? ????

Sidrah

Parashah of the Week: Korach

"He should remove…the fire pans brought by those who sinned against their own souls, and hammer the pans into a cover for the altar" Numbers 17:2-3

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June 25, 2023 11:05

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.

IDF

Palestinian gunmen target IDF post in northern West Bank as terrorist violence worsens

The incident took place on Sunday morning, the IDF said

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June 25, 2023 10:28

Palestinian gunmen target IDF post in northern West Bank as terrorist violence worsens

Jewish Comedy

The stand-up undergoing another comic revinvention

Comedian Mark Maier’s new short film is inspired by Alan Bennett’s monologues and set in a synagogue. Meet a performer whose career has taken a few unexpected turns

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June 25, 2023 09:53

The stand-up undergoing another comic revinvention

We didn't share weapons research with Nazi Germany - so why have we let UK academics do so with Iran?

It must be hoped that Sunak’s inquiry looks at what needs to change to ensure that from now on, such activity stops.

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June 23, 2023 15:45

We didn't share weapons research with Nazi Germany - so why have we let UK academics do so with Iran?

Family history

Swiss museum launches probe over 'king of clowns' link with Hitler and Nazi's

The relationship between Grock and Hitler is being investigated by a Swiss museum

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June 23, 2023 15:14

Swiss museum launches probe over 'king of clowns' link with Hitler and Nazi's

Cricket

Lord's bowled over by MCC exhibition highlighting the Jewish contribution to cricket

Stephen Fry and the Chief Rabbi were among the speakers at exhibition's launch

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June 23, 2023 13:39

Jewish Community and cricket drinks event

Second World War

Finland government minister apologises for making Hitler joke

Vilhelm Junnila, from the far-right Finns Party, was only sworn-in to his new role on Tuesday

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June 23, 2023 12:22

Finland government minister apologises for making Hitler joke

JW3

Jewish pantomime to bring 'much-needed light' to JW3 audiences this Chanukah

Red Riding Hood and her bubbe are set to battle a 'big bad pig'

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June 23, 2023 11:55

Jewish pantomime to bring 'much-needed light' to JW3 audiences this Chanukah

Chabad

50,000 Charedim expected to visit Lubavitcher Rebbe's grave in New York

The seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe, who died 29 years ago, led the Chabad movement for 44 years

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June 23, 2023 10:44

50,000 Charedim expected to visit Lubavitcher Rebbe's grave in New York

The unknown heart condition that affects 1.5 million people in the UK

Heart valve disease is a common, serious, but treatable condition that affects over 1.5 million people in the UK.

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June 23, 2023 10:00

The unknown heart condition that affects 1.5 million people in the UK

Russia Ukraine War

Kherson’s rabbi soldiers on as his congregation drains away

Rocket fire is a daily feature of life in the Ukrainian city and now with the flooding Dnipro river adding to the hardship, 90 per cent of the Jewish population has left the city

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June 23, 2023 09:59

Kherson’s rabbi soldiers on as his congregation drains away

Family history

Quest to discover the lost actress of Vilnius who is full of mystery

Diplomat Meryl Frank spent years tracing the wartime fate of her Lithuanian relative. But the truth was sitting on her bookshelf

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June 23, 2023 09:53

Quest to discover the lost actress of Vilnius who is full of mystery

Our ‘rucksack’ of emotions

Embarking on a journey of self-discovery, I stumbled upon a captivating notion that our suppressed emotions possess the ability to magnetise circumstances and individuals into our lives.

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June 23, 2023 09:43

silhouette of a person sitting meditating on the rock on the coast at sunset

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