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‘I am Jewish, not Israeli’, doesn’t cut it anymore. The diaspora’s voices count

This is the time to reaffirm our connection with Israel, not deny it

2 min read

March 23, 2023 15:12

Color image depicting a mid adult Jewish man in his 30s wearing a traditional Jewish skull cap (with star of David design). He is on a city street in central London.

Pesach prices

Sephardi Kashrut Authority publishes list of products that don't require Pesach certification

The list includes many everyday staples and the move is partly designed to help those struggling with living costs

1 min read

March 23, 2023 14:30

YARDLEY, PA - APRIL 2: A box of egg matzos with the kosher symbol are seen at McCaffrey's Passover Store April 2, 2004 in Yardley, Pennsylvania. The family owned McCaffrey's Supermarket was recently destroyed by fire, so to provide a service to their Jewish customers for Passover, the family created a Passover store at a local farmers market. (Photo by William Thomas Cain/Getty Images)

Romance

My crazy month of 28 blind dates in 28 days

The JC’s own matchmaker, Aimee Belchak, set out on a dating marathon for charity. What did she learn?

5 min read

March 23, 2023 14:21

My crazy month of 28 blind dates in 28 days

Obituary

Obituary: Chaim Topol

Israeli actor who took so many of us back to our east European roots with his portrayal of shtetl Jew Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof

5 min read

March 23, 2023 14:11

Books

Ukraine re-discovers its Jewish writers

How persecuted voices from the past are inspiring a new generation

5 min read

March 23, 2023 13:50

Dance

The high-flying ballerina following in a family tradition

Skylar Brandt is principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre - her grandfather made his name as a ballet dancer after migrating to Canada from Poland

5 min read

March 23, 2023 12:54

Skylar Brandt as Kitri in Don Quixote. Photo: Rosalie O’Connor.

Mental health

I beat anorexia and drugs and became a bestselling life coach

Jacqueline Hurst was an unhappy teenager with multiple problems, now she is ‘recovered’ and helps others turn their lives around

5 min read

March 23, 2023 12:47

I beat anorexia and drugs and became a bestselling life coach

Music

The music manager who turned down Jesus Christ Superstar on a lifetime of picking hits

Harvey Lisberg still rues the smash hits he let slip through his fingers

7 min read

March 23, 2023 12:45

The music manager who turned down Jesus Christ Superstar on a lifetime of picking hits

Pesach

Record demand for help from families struggling to meet the cost of Pesach

The United Synagogue's Chesed department will be providing food support to over 800 households

1 min read

March 23, 2023 12:39

Record demand for help from families struggling to meet the cost of Pesach

Charity

Marathon man honours stillborn daughter

Jeremy Rabinovitch is running in London to raise money for a stillborn and neonatal deaths charity

2 min read

March 23, 2023 11:08

Austria

Coalition deal with far-right Freedom Party is a ‘slap in the face for Austrian Jews’

Political observers believe the state arrangement could be replicated at national level in the general election next year

2 min read

March 23, 2023 11:05

This picture taken on January 28, 2018 in Sankt Poelten, Austria, shows lead candidate for the Freedom Party (FPOe) Udo Landbauer after his vote on the occasion of the Lower Austrian state election. Udo Landbauer, said on February 1, 2018 he was giving up all political functions including as a local deputy. Landbauer was at the centre of a scandal over song lyrics praising the Holocaust. / AFP PHOTO / APA / ROBERT JAEGER / Austria OUT (Photo credit should read ROBERT JAEGER/AFP via Getty Images)

Abraham Accords

Diaspora Jews urged to invest in Abraham Accord countries

They have a 'duty' to invest in countries who signed agreement, says philanthropist Bobby Rechnitz

2 min read

March 23, 2023 11:04

Diaspora Jews urged to invest in Abraham Accord countries

Judicial reform protests

Former Mossad chief warns of Netanyahu’s ‘major act of destruction’

Efraim Halevy believes that Israel’s PM has still not realised ‘what a grave situation we are in’

3 min read

March 23, 2023 11:03

JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - JANUARY 6: Ephraim Halevi, former head of the Israeli Mossad secret service and a recent advisor to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, makes a rare media appearence to the Foreign Press Association January 6, 2004 in Jerusalerm. Halevi said that in the last 2 years terror has become a strategic threat to the existence of Israel which has provoked a change of Israeli political thought and policy. (Photo by David Silverman/Getty Images)

Americans are baffled by Israeli democracy protests

Netanyahu’s proposals would make Israel more like America

2 min read

March 23, 2023 10:51

Americans are baffled by Israeli democracy protests

The point of no return is fast approaching for Bibi

Both sides in the bitter debate over judicial reform know the make or break moment in imminent

5 min read

March 23, 2023 10:46

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on February 19, 2023. Photo by Yoav Dudkevitch/POOL ***POOL PICTURE, EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES, PLEASE CREDIT THE PHOTOGRAPHER AS WRITTEN - YOAV DUDKEVITCH/POOL*** *** Local Caption *** ישיבת ממשלה ראש הממשלה נתניהו משרד קבינט מדבר שרים

Labour Party

Labour suspends councillor over Jew murder tweet

Ismail Bax, who represents the Preston’s Deepdale ward, used his Twitter account to re-post comments about the fatal shooting of seven people outside a synagogue in east Jerusalem

1 min read

March 23, 2023 10:43

Labour suspends councillor over Jew murder tweet

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