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What a flight! The refugee who remodelled Airfix dies

Ralph Ehrmann, who fled Hitler's Germany as a young boy, helped take firm from a small manufacturer to a giant in toy industry

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February 9, 2023 13:25

What a flight! The refugee who remodelled Airfix dies

Obituary

Obituary: Alicia Melamed Adams

Artist and survivor of the Holocaust who retained her belief in a loving world

4 min read

February 9, 2023 13:22

What Bibi plans for his next step is a mystery to all of Israel

With the vote looming on the PM's legal reforms, next week will provide the biggest test yet for both sides in the struggle for the future of Israeli democracy

4 min read

February 9, 2023 13:18

Thousands of Israeli protesters rally against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new government in the coastal city of Tel Aviv on February 04, 2023. Photo by Gili Yaari /Flash90 *** Local Caption *** הפגנה שינויי חקיקה כיכר הבימה פעילי שמאל שינויים במערכת המשפט דמוקרטיה דגל ישראל רפורמה משפטית מהפכה משפטית הפגנת שמאל

Israel Education

Talmud study leaves Charedi men three times more likely to be nearsighted

A new study found that Charedi men wear glasses at a much higher rate than the general population

1 min read

February 9, 2023 13:17

Grand Rabbi of Pinsk-Karlin (Hasidic dynasty) and his followers seen during a visit at the Rashbi gravesite in Meron, near Tzfat, September 22, 2022. Photo by David Cohen/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** ??? ?? ???? ????? ????? ????? ?????

Fauda

Why I'm not worried about being a balding Jew

When I feel sad about my hair-loss, I look to follicly challenged figures in halachic literature for inspiration

3 min read

February 9, 2023 13:06

Why I'm not worried about being a balding Jew

Whitehall must change its attitude to extremism

The JC Leader, 10 February 2023

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February 9, 2023 12:48

Whitehall must change its attitude to extremism

Koestler was a misogynist but he is still worth remembering

Largely forgotten, the novelist’s ‘Darkness at Noon’ ranks alongside ‘Animal Farm’ as a towering 20th-century political novel

5 min read

February 9, 2023 12:44

Koestler was a misogynist but he is still worth remembering

Here’s a test that might just save your life

The BRCA testing service could help you to dodge cancer as I was lucky enough to do

3 min read

February 9, 2023 12:40

Researchers from the Auragen laboratory prepare the sequencing of human genomes to better identify rare diseases, in Lyon, central-estern France, on February 23, 2022. - Nearly 8,000 rare diseases have been identified to date and they affect about three million people in France, the vast majority of whom are children. (Photo by JEAN-PHILIPPE KSIAZEK / AFP) (Photo by JEAN-PHILIPPE KSIAZEK/AFP via Getty Images)

Allies did not punish Nazi Germany enough

Hitler said getting rid of the Jews would lead to prosperity and the West fulfilled that promise

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February 9, 2023 12:34

Allies did not punish Nazi Germany enough

Turkey

Wife of Turkish Jewish leader found dead following earthquake

Fortuna Cenudioğlu's husband, Saul, remains missing amid Antakya ruins

1 min read

February 9, 2023 11:48

HATAY, TURKEY - FEBRUARY 07: People try to rescue their loved ones, believed to be trapped under collapsed building on February 07, 2023 in Iskenderun, Turkey. A 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit near Gaziantep, Turkey, in the early hours of Monday, followed by another 7.5-magnitude tremor just after midday. The quakes caused widespread destruction in southern Turkey and northern Syria and were felt in nearby countries. (Photo by Burak Kara/Getty Images)

The growing antisemitism among children needs urgently addressing

Despite the fall in antisemitic incidents this year, there is worrying data about the growing proportion of incidents involving minors

2 min read

February 9, 2023 11:27

Antisemitism

Soaring numbers of children violent to Jews, new CST report finds

Incidents of antisemitism fell overall by 27 per cent in 2022, mainly due to the lack of 'trigger event' in the Middle East

2 min read

February 9, 2023 11:27

Soaring numbers of children violent to Jews, new CST report finds

Media

Reuters journalist behind ‘terror puff piece’ faced earlier rebuke from her editor

Henriette Chacar was labelled 'outrageous' after she questioned the difference between Israeli civilians and combatants — but kept her job

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February 9, 2023 11:13

Reuters journalist behind ‘terror puff piece’ faced earlier rebuke from her editor

Turkey

IDF complete miraculous rescue of a 12-year-boy in Turkey earthquakes

Elsewhere distraught relatives tell of their trauma as search of family members goes on

3 min read

February 9, 2023 10:35

IDF complete miraculous rescue of a 12-year-boy in Turkey earthquakes

Hamas

Terrorist exalted as ‘holy warrior’ by new deputy leader of British Muslims

Newly elected MCB official Mohammed Kozbar praised Hamas founder Sheikh Ahmed Yassin as 'the master of the martyrs of resistance'

2 min read

February 9, 2023 10:32

Terrorist exalted as ‘holy warrior’ by new deputy leader of British Muslims

Westminster Holocaust memorial is a tragic betrayal of the dead

Backed by establishment toadies, the planned monument and learning centre is the wrong building in the wrong place with the wrong remit — and it is a desecration of the Shoah

3 min read

February 9, 2023 10:25

Westminster Holocaust memorial is a tragic betrayal of the dead

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