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It’s probably easier to point out great lyricists who weren’t Jewish

From Irving Berlin down through to Neil Diamond, Bob Dylan and my own favourites, Dory Previn and Leonard Cohen, all have the same ethnicity. I’m exaggerating… please don’t write in.

Lanzmann’s Shoah was so well done many find it near-impossible to watch

Claude Lanzmann’s epic reshaped how the Holocaust is remembered. He built his film not on archives but on silence – the terrible absence left by the dead

What Have I Done? review: A highly entertaining autobiography by the oft-maligned ‘Blackadder’ writer

Jewish comedian and writer Ben Elton settles old scores in this frank account of his life in showbiz

Israeli actor Shira Haas cast in Netflix adaptation of Ira Levin’s The Boys from Brazil

The series, based on Levin’s 1976 novel, follows Holocaust survivor turned Nazi hunter Yakov Liebermann as he tracks down fugitive war criminals

How the Gaza coverage hard-wired anti-Israel into AI

Years of flawed, emotive reporting – especially from “high-reliability” outlets – have been baked into training data for large language models and the damage may be impossible to undo

Gustav Klimt portrait of Elisabeth Lederer sold for £180m at Sotheby’s

Oil painting of Austrian-Jewish society figure fetches near-record price at New York auction of Lauder billionaire collection

Britain should follow Germany and resume all arms exports to Israel

The weapons sale suspension was neither just nor justified. It’s high time to repair our relationship with an ally critical to our security – and potentially even more vital in missile defence

Pro-Palestine activists found guilty of harassing Labour MP have convictions overturned

The pair argued that their actions were protected under their right to free speech and expression

Sixties pop sensation sings praises of Jewish Care

Glenda Collins shared how she had been supported by the charity after struggling with her mental health

Stir the pot this Mitzvah Day with a warming batch of home made soup

If you’re looking for a way to help others a big broth could be the answer

Parashah of the week: Toldot

“He ate, he drank, he rose, he left. Esau spurned the birthright” Genesis 25:29-34

I’m a Zionist but my parents are not – and it really hurts

A Leeds parent tells of being the ‘black sheep’ in their family since the political schism widened after October 7

Roasted sweetcorn chatty chowder

Mark Mitzvah Day by sharing a batch of this delicious soup

Shabbat times from November 21 to November 28

Shabbat times for the week

Carrot soup with orange and star anise

Building bridges butternut squash and red lentil soup

Simple, warming and vegan – this hearty soup is a perfect for a crowd