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Obituary

Obituary: Lord Young of Graffham

Thatcher favourite and entrepreneur moved by the ‘Jewish ethos of practical charity’

5 min read

December 22, 2022 13:30

Why Ben Gvir and Smotrich are modern-day Maccabees

The Maccabees were not apostles of peace and love, but violent religious zealots

3 min read

December 22, 2022 13:28

Israeli right wing Knesset member Itamar ben Gvir (L) and Bezalel Smotrich (R) are pictured during the swearing in ceremony of the new Israeli government at the Knesset (Israeli parliament) in Jerusalem, on November 15, 2022. - Israel swore in a new parliament today hours after a deadly attack, as veteran hawk Benjamin Netanyahu advances talks on forming what could be the country's most right-wing government ever. (Photo by Maya Alleruzzo / POOL / AFP) (Photo by MAYA ALLERUZZO/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

If the charges stick, SBF will be installed in the pantheon of Jewish American fraudsters

Where did Sam Bankman-Fried spend the first nights of Chanukah? In a Bahamian jail

2 min read

December 22, 2022 13:23

WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 08: CEO of FTX Sam Bankman-Fried testifies during a hearing before the House Financial Services Committee at Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill December 8, 2021 in Washington, DC. The committee held a hearing on "Digital Assets and the Future of Finance: Understanding the Challenges and Benefits of Financial Innovation in the United States." (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Ukraine

Israel offers to develop ‘Marshall Plan’ to help post-war Ukraine

Support could be offered to help rebuild health, water, agriculture, housing and education infrastructure

2 min read

December 22, 2022 13:20

Israel offers to develop ‘Marshall Plan’ to help post-war Ukraine

Even Likud MKs don’t know what lies in store for them with Bibi

The most senior are still waiting to hear from Netanyahu what post, if any, awaits them in his new government

4 min read

December 22, 2022 13:19

Likud leader MK Benjamin Netanyahu seen during a vote in the plenum session at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on December 20, 2022. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** כנסת מליאה הצבעה חברי כנסת חוק פקודת המשטרה בנימין נתניהו יו"ר הליכוד

Chanukah

Shoah survivors: Help kindle our hopes this Chanukah

As a Jewish Care’s Holocaust Survivors Centre holds a Chanukah appeal, survivors remember how their celebrations were brought to a halt by the Nazis - and their joy when they were able to resume

3 min read

December 22, 2022 13:18

Shoah survivors: Help kindle our hopes this Chanukah

Schools

How I turned JFS around and made it a top 10 school

David Moody has restored the fortunes of Britain’s oldest and largest Jewish school within a year of it being put in special measures

3 min read

December 22, 2022 13:16

How I turned JFS around and made it a top 10 school

Crime

Rabbi in sex abuse probe 'had no boundaries with vulnerable women'

Rabbi Chaim Halpern made women extremely uncomfortable, inquiry told

2 min read

December 22, 2022 13:01

Rabbi in sex abuse probe 'had no boundaries with vulnerable women'

All Creatures Great and Small Christmas special welcomes... Chanukah!

Much-loved television vet drama features storyline about the Jewish Festival of Lights

3 min read

December 22, 2022 12:45

All Creatures Great and Small Series 3: - Episode 7 (Xmas Special) Cast List: James Herriot (Nicholas Ralph) Helen Herriot (Rachel Shenton) Mrs Hall (Anna Madeley) Tristan Farnon (Callum Woodhouse) Siegfried Farnon (Samuel West)

Food

Next year in Jerusalem? Pret A Manger to launch Israeli outpost

The popular food chain has struck an agreement to launch in the Jewish state

1 min read

December 22, 2022 12:40

A woman walks past a branch of Pret A Manger in the High Sreet of Royal Tunbridge Wells, south west England on September 29, 2020. (Photo by Ben STANSALL / AFP) (Photo by BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty Images)

Schools

Full marks: JFS wins top ten place by cutting detentions

'Turnaround’ expert headmaster reveals how failing school became number six in Britain in just one year

1 min read

December 22, 2022 12:11

Full marks: JFS wins top ten place by cutting detentions

Theatre

Newsies Theatre review: Workers strike a thrilling note

Exhilarating dance routines light up topical tale of how street urchin newspaper vendors took on a press baron

1 min read

December 22, 2022 12:10

NEWSIES by Disney, , Director & Choreographer - MATT COLE, Set Design - MORGAN LARGE, Musical Supervision, Dance Arrangements & Musical Direction - NIGEL LILLEY, Lighting - MARK HENDERSON, Associate Choreographer - JANE MCMURTRIE, Rehearsals Images, Jerwood Space, London, Credit: Johan Persson

Calendar

Shabbat times from December 23 to December 30

Shabbat times for the week

1 min read

December 22, 2022 11:41

Shabbat times from December 23 to December 30

Sidrah

Parashah of the week: Mikketz

Pharaoh dreamed that he was standing by the Nile, and there came up out of the Nile seven sleek and fat cows, and they grazed in the reed grass. Then seven other cows, ugly and thin, came up out of the Nile after them” Genesis 41:-3

1 min read

December 22, 2022 11:32