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The Merseyside Jewish population has shrunk... but there's hope for the future

Survey suggests a community of around 2,000 a fall of 500 in a decade, although employment opportunities are bringing younger families to the area

2 min read

July 28, 2022 15:30

The Merseyside Jewish population has shrunk... but there's hope for the future

Americans have utterly ruined the bagel

Up in Montreal the Jews have stayed faithful to the old ways; bagels there are boiled before they're baked

2 min read

July 28, 2022 15:18

Travel

My Jewish grand tour of Europe

Claire Calman's inter-railing with her husband

3 min read

July 28, 2022 14:45

Tourists couple on summer holidays visiting ancient stonebuilt archaeological church with arches in Italy

BBC

‘Exhausted’ Vanessa Feltz tells the JC why she is stepping down from her BBC roles

EXCLUSIVE: The star presenter is looking forward to catching up on lost sleep

2 min read

July 28, 2022 14:13

‘Exhausted’ Vanessa Feltz tells the JC why she is stepping down from her BBC roles

Jeremy Corbyn as Mayor of London, best idea ever

The former Labour leader is allegedly being urged to run for City Hall

2 min read

July 28, 2022 14:07

Jeremy Corbyn as Mayor of London, best idea ever

Memories of long evenings at the only gay bar in Jerusalem

The Shushan only lasted from 2003 to 2007 but it was a unique and wonderful place, where Israelis and Palestinians mixed

5 min read

July 28, 2022 13:40

Rainbow flag lighting over Tel Aviv city hall building for pride month

Critics of this act of communal myopia will not be silenced

Supporters of the proposed Holocaust memorial and ‘learning centre’ opposite the Houses of Parliament have been trying to stop those who oppose the plans from speaking out

3 min read

July 28, 2022 13:39

Critics of this act of communal myopia will not be silenced

Holocaust education

Jewish mathematician ‘too white to be diverse’ says academic

Izzy Posen said he felt that he 'wouldn’t be appreciated for the odds I’ve overcome, I wouldn’t be accepted as a Jew'

3 min read

July 28, 2022 13:25

Jewish mathematician ‘too white to be diverse’ says academic

Abuse

My soul-crushing research on abuse

American writer Elana Sztokman's new book is shocking - and important

6 min read

July 28, 2022 13:24

Labour Party

Flowers from Sir Keir for Labour’s oldest member, 105, who was at Cable Street

East Ender Beatty Orwell, Labour's oldest ever member, was on the frontlines fighting fascism at Cable Street in 1936 and has been a member for 68 years

3 min read

July 28, 2022 13:11

Flowers from Sir Keir for Labour’s oldest member, 105, who was at Cable Street

Jewish Comedy

‘I was funnier than Mel Brooks’

Stephen Applebaum meets a Hollywood veteran taking his new show to Edinburgh

6 min read

July 28, 2022 13:03

Jewish Care

Shock and anger as Jewish Care announces closure of its Brighton residential home

The charity says Hyman Fine House is not financially sustainable, given limited occupancy

3 min read

July 28, 2022 13:00

Shock and anger as Jewish Care announces closure of its Brighton residential home

Universities

Graduate sues uni after essay is failed because it didn’t blame Israel

Leeds University graduate Danielle Greyman claims her essay about crimes committed by Hamas against Palestinians was failed because it did not pin blame on the Jewish state

2 min read

July 28, 2022 12:53