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America

Hollywood's Jewish tough guy James Caan dies aged 82

Kid from New York who found fame in The Godfather, Rollerball and Misery

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July 7, 2022 21:58

American actor James Caan on the set of the film 'Rollerball', in which he plays the hero Jonathan E., UK, August 1974. (Photo by John Downing/Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Six miles from Downing Street, Jews greet Boris' resignation with relief, regret, and apathy

Golders Green residents today expressed a mix of emotions as the PM stepped down

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July 7, 2022 21:21

Six miles from Downing Street, Jews greet Boris' resignation with relief, regret, and apathy

Austria

Holocaust victims’ relatives confront the past in Vienna

Members of London’s Association of Jewish Refugees visited the Austrian capital last week to seek out names of relatives among those of more than 64,000 Austrian Jews murdered in the Holocaust and commemorated at city's the Wall of Names

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July 7, 2022 15:27

Holocaust victims’ relatives confront the past in Vienna

After the Abraham Accords, the next miracle: a Middle East NATO?

As Biden prepares to visit the region, a once-unthinkable defence pact between Israel and Arab states grows ever more likely

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July 7, 2022 15:20

After the Abraham Accords, the next miracle: a Middle East NATO?

USA

The inside story of carnage at a Jewish suburb's Fourth of July parade

The Maxwell Street Klezmer Band set a celebratory tone before Robert Crimo shattered the revelry by opening fire from a rooftop

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July 7, 2022 15:17

HIGHLAND PARK, IL - JULY 04: Law enforcement works the scene after a mass shooting at a Fourth of July parade on July 4, 2022 in Highland Park, Illinois. Reports indicate at least six people were killed and more than 20 injured in the shooting. (Photo by Jim Vondruska/Getty Images)

BDS

Chief Rabbi urges Methodist church to drop BDS ‘stance’

Rabbi Mirvis's intervention comes after the church affirmed its support for parts of the anti-Israel campaign

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July 7, 2022 15:14

LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 26: Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis speaks at a National Holocaust Memorial Day event at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre on January 26, 2017 in London, England. The commemorative event, attended by religious leaders, heard testimonies from survivors of the Holocaust, in which millions of predominantly Jewish people were killed. National Holocaust Day on February 27 marks the 72nd anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp by Soviet troops. (Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images)

Iran

Ex-CIA chief: Iran nukes could just be a bluff

Norman Roule, who worked for the US agency for 34 years, says Tehran may instead be using the mere threat as a 'diplomatic lever'

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July 7, 2022 15:13

Ex-CIA chief: Iran nukes could just be a bluff

Vegetarian recipe

Sweetcorn ribs with pilpelchuma

Libyan hot red garlic chilli sauce pipelchuma transforms simple sweetcorn

July 7, 2022 15:08

Cook time: 1 hour

I never thought I’d marry ‘in’, but now my chupah awaits

It’s a relief to have found a partner I love and to be able to marry in the religion that is rooted so deep in my marrow

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July 7, 2022 15:08

Groom smashing the glass in a Jewish wedding, under the huppah

Israeli Politics

Israel set to share tech bounty in latest stage of Middle East peace

The deputy foreign minister has revealed that the country’s next goal in the region is to build tech-based partnerships with Arab states

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July 7, 2022 14:56

Knesset Member Idan Roll attends the Education, Culture, and Sports Committee Yaacov Margi leads Education, Culture, and Sports Committee meeting in the Israeli parliament on July 15, 2019. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** ועדת החינוך של הכנסת יו"ר ועדת החינוך יעקב מרגי ועדת חינוך פעוטונים התעללות פיקוח עידן רול

Will Biden's trip to Israel mark the start of a bromance with Lapid?

The US administration is eager to help the new Prime Minister, who will have the unique windfall of hosting a president less than two weeks after taking office

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July 7, 2022 14:55

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND - JUNE 15: US president Joe Biden disembarks from Airforce One after arriving in Geneva, one day prior to the US - Russia summit on June 15, 2021 in Geneva, Switzerland. The meeting between US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin is scheduled in Geneva for Wednesday, June 16, 2021. (Photo by Martial Trezzini - Pool/Keystone via Getty Images)

Schools

Chasidic school is dodging LGBT lessons, says Ofsted

Watchdog's inspectors recently returned to the Wiznitz Cheder, which had received an inadequate rating in October of last year

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July 7, 2022 14:54

LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 19: Jewish men walk along the street in the Stamford Hill area of north London on January 19, 2011 in London, England. The residents of Stamford Hill are predominately Hasidic Jewish and only New York has a larger community of Hasidic Jews outside Israel. The area contains approximately 50 synagogues and many shops cater specifically for the needs of Orthodox Jews. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)

USA

Are Jews white? Inside US census wars

US officials are planning to add a new race to the census

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July 7, 2022 14:52

circa 1960: The Hollerith tabulator and sorter box, invented by Herman Hollerith and used in the 1890 United States census. It 'read' cards by passing them through electrical contacts. Closed circuits, which indicated hole positions, could then be selected and counted. His Tabulating Machine Company (1896) was a predecessor to the International Business Machines Corporation (IBM). (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Books

Book review: Janet Malcolm: The Last Interview and Other Conversations - A portrait of a very private woman

Author and journalist Janet Malcolm is an icon to young females - quite an achievement for a reserved type in what was and still is a tough, male-dominated trade

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July 7, 2022 14:41