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Barmitzvah

Finally Jasper gets his barmitzvah party - at fifteen

Karen Skinazi sent out ‘save the dates’ for her son's big day three years running

4 min read

July 21, 2022 11:59

Finally Jasper gets his barmitzvah party - at fifteen

Antisemitism

Ben Platt wears Magen David to Met Gala in show of Jewish pride

The 'Parade' star attended the night - which controversially honoured Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld - with his Jewish co-star

2 min read

May 3, 2023 11:26

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 01: Ben Platt attends The 2023 Met Gala Celebrating "Karl Lagerfeld: A Line Of Beauty" at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 01, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)

Books

Book review: Amos Oz: The Legacy of a Writer in Israel and Beyond

The wizardry of Oz comes through in a book of essays about the writer who ‘led where rabbis fear to tread'

2 min read

May 5, 2023 10:33

Arad, ISRAEL: (FILES)-Israeli writer and peace activist Amos Oz posses 26 February 2007 at his home in Arad in southern Israel. Israeli writer Amos Oz has been awarded Spain's high-prestige Prince of Asturias award for literature, organisers said 27 June 2007. Oz was born in 1939 in Jerusalem. AFP PHOTO/RELI AVRAHAMI-ISRAEL OUT (Photo credit should read RELI AVRAHAMI/AFP via Getty Images)

Israeli Politics

Israelis cutting back on spending as cost of living crisis deepens

Eighty per cent of respondents tell poll they have had to give up one or more item of expenditure

2 min read

May 24, 2023 10:43

Israelis protest against the soaring housing prices in Tel Aviv and cost of living, on July 2, 2022. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** מחאה יוקר המחייה הפגנה מצב כלכלי תל אביב מחירי דיוק

Judaica

Ancient scrolls find new home in Jerusalem library

The National Library of Israel in Jerusalem is now home to the world’s largest collection of 'Kabbalistic Tree' scrolls

2 min read

June 15, 2023 11:42

Ancient scrolls find new home in Jerusalem library

Iran

Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah: 'Countries who normalise ties with Israel must be condemned'

The Iran-backed Lebanese terror leader said any normalisation deal was a 'very dangerous step'

2 min read

October 4, 2023 12:57

Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah: 'Countries who normalise ties with Israel must be condemned'

Music

Robbie Williams: 'I'm raising my kids Jewish and I'm grateful for the Jewish people'

The British pop icon returned to Israel for the first time in nearly a decade

1 min read

May 31, 2023 14:51

Israeli Singer Robbie Williams performs live in Tel Aviv, Israel, on June 1, 2023. Photo by Koko/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** ??? ??? ???? ????? ?? ???? ????? ???? ???????

Ukraine

Battle-scarred IDF hero on brave mercy mission

Pini Schwartzman heads to Ukraine to help refugees fleeing conflict

2 min read

March 31, 2022 09:18

Battle-scarred IDF hero on brave mercy mission

Holocaust

Huge £250k grant will let Holocaust survivors’ voices 'live on'

The Fed’s My Voice project has received just over £246,000 from the National Lottery Heritage Fund

1 min read

August 8, 2023 15:26

Huge £250k grant will let Holocaust survivors’ voices 'live on'

Television

Undone TV review: 'A somewhat off-putting blurring of animation and real life'

It only takes a few minutes of the first episode of Undone's second series to finally get to the happy ending we’d wanted and been waiting for, leaving the writers in a bit of a pickle; what next?

2 min read

May 6, 2022 15:02

Undone TV review: 'A somewhat off-putting blurring of animation and real life'

Antisemitism

Hate watchdog shortlists Kanye West for 'Antisemite of the Year' award

The rapper's fellow nominees include Mohamed Hadid and Neo-Nazi Jon Minadeo II

1 min read

November 30, 2022 14:29

Hate watchdog shortlists Kanye West for 'Antisemite of the Year' award

Obituary

Obituary: Alan Bilgora

Singer, reviewer and collector of recorded operatic legacy

2 min read

December 3, 2021 00:00

Southend

Coastal rabbi is back in the saddle for 350-mile 70th birthday cycling challenge

Southend and Westcliff minister Rabbi Geoffrey Hyman will be raising money for charities including Magen David Adom

1 min read

June 9, 2023 13:33

Coastal rabbi is back in the saddle for 350-mile 70th birthday cycling challenge

Spain

Madrid mayor offers to twin with Tel Aviv after Barcelona snub

José Luis Martínez-Almeida, the mayor of Madrid, offered to pick up the partnership from the Catalonian city

1 min read

February 10, 2023 11:35

MADRID, SPAIN - MAY 27: Madrid Mayor Jose Luis Martinez-Almeida attends Davis Cup by Rakuten Finals 2021 presentation at Casa de Correos on May 27, 2021 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images)

Holocaust Memorial Day

Scottish students get a lesson in Shoah survival

Manfred Goldberg shares his testimony with 450 Edinburgh University Jewish Society members and guests

1 min read

January 27, 2023 11:40

Scottish students get a lesson in Shoah survival

Family Matters

Jewish Family Centre gives ground-breaking support to siblings

The support consists of sessions of art therapy and baking lessons for primary-aged children

1 min read

August 9, 2023 12:12

Hands of children who manufacture the Christmas carrot. Creation

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