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Bestselling Jewish food writer Marlena Spieler dies aged 74

The writer authored more than 70 cookbooks including one on macaroni cheese

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July 7, 2023 12:47

Bestselling Jewish food writer Marlena Spieler dies aged 74

Platinum Jubilee

Commonwealth Jewish Council celebrates the Queen's Platinum Jubilee

'The Queen has shown the way in gracious acceptance of things that change while standing steadfast by the things that should not'

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June 2, 2022 07:40

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip are met by Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi (1917 - 1984) and President Zail Singh (1916 - 1994) at Palam Airport, New Delhi, during a Commonwealth tour of India, 17th November 1983. (Photo by Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

travel

The gift of gratitude on a cruise

Nadine Matyas met an elderly couple on a family holiday who changed her outlook on life

5 min read

September 30, 2022 15:08

Germany

EU students launch 'unprecedented' legal action against Twitter

The European Union of Jewish students is claiming Twitter is failing to take responsibility for antisemitic content

3 min read

January 25, 2023 15:27

EU students launch 'unprecedented' legal action against Twitter

There’s one dog in Putin’s war that has not barked… yet

From the tsars to the Soviet communists, Russia’s rulers have exploited the world’s oldest hatred in times of crisis

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December 29, 2022 13:14

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends his New Year address to Russians in central Moscow on December 31, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Alexey NIKOLSKY (Photo credit should read ALEXEY NIKOLSKY/AFP/Getty Images)

Limmud 2022

Two-state solution is no longer viable, Palestinian activist tells Limmud

'One-state utopia' is more preferable option for young Palestinians

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December 27, 2022 11:16

Two-state solution is no longer viable, Palestinian activist tells Limmud

Itamar Ben-Gvir

Israeli cabinet approves plans for Ben-Gvir 'militia'

The cabinet also approved 1.5% budget cuts to all government ministries to fund the new force

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April 3, 2023 10:34

Israeli minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir arrives to a cabinet meeting, at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on April 2, 2023. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/POOL ***POOL PICTURE, EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES, PLEASE CREDIT THE PHOTOGRAPHER AS WRITTEN - OLIVIER FITOUSSI/POOL*** *** Local Caption *** ????? ????? ????? ?? ???? ??? ??????? ????? ????

Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg: Level of Jew-hate not seen since 'Germany in the 30s'

The director said that antisemitism is 'standing proud with hands on hips, like Hitler and Mussolini'

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March 6, 2023 11:36

Steven Spielberg: Level of Jew-hate not seen since 'Germany in the 30s'

Ukraine

Israel to cosponsor UN resolution condemning Russian invasion of Ukraine

Yair Lapid said Israel:'will be on the right side of history'

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February 28, 2022 16:39

2GNCCYG New York, USA. 24th Sep, 2021. Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier addresses the 76th General Debate of the UN General Assembly at United Nations (UN) Headquarters. The 76th General Debate of the UN General Assembly is taking place this week. Some 80 heads of state and government are taking part. Steinmeier is the first German President to address the UN General Assembly in almost 40 years. The first and so far only Federal President to appear before the UN body was President Carstens in 1983. Credit: Bernd von Jutrczenka/dpa/Alamy Live News

The Queen was a rock of stability and a champion of timeless values

Chief Rabbi Mirvis' message to the community on the passing of the Queen

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September 9, 2022 09:33

KING'S LYNN, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 05: Queen Elizabeth celebrates the start of the Platinum Jubilee during a reception in the Ballroom of Sandringham House on February 5, 2022 in King's Lynn, England. The Queen came to the throne 70 years ago this Sunday when, on February 6 1952, the ailing King George VI , who had lung cancer, died at Sandringham in the early hours. (Photo Joe Giddens - by WPA Pool/Getty Images)

American comedian Bob Saget found dead in hotel room

He was 65 years old

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January 10, 2022 14:37

US actor Bob Saget attends the "MacGruber" screening and premiere at the California Science Center on December 8, 2021 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Michael Tran / AFP) (Photo by MICHAEL TRAN/AFP via Getty Images)

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 14:20

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

Technology

A smart mikveh, digital baby bottles and a wedding app: this is Orthodox 2.0

These are just few of the innovations on display at a Charedi start-up event in London last week

2 min read

March 30, 2023 12:54

A smart mikveh, digital baby bottles and a wedding app: this is Orthodox 2.0

Jewish life

Today, 70 is the new 20 and the proof is all around you

While you were munching your museli this morning, I ran five kilometres so I dare you to make ageist assumptions about me and my white hair

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September 15, 2023 17:11

Today, 70 is the new 20 and the proof is all around you

Art

Anger as Tel Aviv museum to host event with auction house profiting from Nazi looted objects

The collection was owned by the late widow of a Nazi party member who took over control of Jewish businesses in 1930s Germany

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June 2, 2023 10:36

This photograph taken on May 8, 2023, shows an employee of Christie's auction house holding the "Sunrise Ruby" a rare Cartier ruby and diamond ring, which weighs in at 25.59 carats and is expected to fetch at least 14 million USD at the World of Heidi Horten sale in Geneva. - Christie's launch the sale of hundreds of jewels that belonged to Austrian billionaire Heidi Horten, whose German businessman husband made his fortune under the Nazis. The whole collection has an estimated value of more than $150 million. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP) (Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images)

Holocaust remembrance

Welsh Government minister apologises “unreservedly” for Holocaust Memorial Day gaffe

Julie Morgan MS issues full aplogy after sending vigil invitation for “gypsy, Roma and traveller“ victims, but no mention of Jews.

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January 19, 2023 16:40

YORK, ENGLAND - JANUARY 23: Leanne Woodhurst from York Minster begins to light some of the 600 candles set out on the floor of the Chapter House of York Minster in a Star of David as part of a commemoration for Holocaust Memorial Day at York Minster on January 23, 2020 in York, England. The ceremony in the Minster is part of events in the UK and internationally marking Holocaust Memorial Day on January 27. This year marks the 75th anniversary since the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in 1945 which was the largest Nazi death camp. The Holocaust genocide took place during World War II in Adolf Hitler's Nazi Germany where aided by its collaborators they systematically murdered some six million European Jews. (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)

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