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Picasso saved from Nazis fetches $45 million

Completed on the artist’s 58th birthday — Femme assise, robe bleue is a searing portrait of his mistress, Dora Maar.

'US not interested in us,' claims small community

The chair of the 85-member Staines Synagogue has complained that rather than offer encouragement, US head office has questioned its future

Film salute to Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner

The documentary focuses on people who are in their nineties and beyond.

Faces and Places - May 19 2017

Notable weddings, birthdays, barmitzvahs and batmitzvahs from the current issue of the JC

Trump’s popularity crashes among Israelis

Poll rating drops 23 percentage points in wake of chaos over planned trip to Israel

Muslim builds bridges by teaching at London cheder

Trump is eroding trust, say ex Israeli spy chiefs

The US President’s actions had raised concerns over “a point of trust” by sharing information with Russia

Bernstein exhibit has great appeal for museum

Husband facing jail over divorce lie

Moshe Charazi admitted two counts of perjury after negotiations for a religious divorce stalled

Behar-Bechukkotai

And if you shall say: ‘What shall we eat in the seventh year? Behold, we may not sow, nor gather in our increase’; then I will command My blessing upon you in the sixth year” Leviticus 25:20-21

Shabbat times from May 19 to May 26

Shabbat times for the coming week

Eva Hoffman's first play

A ceremony held to commemorate an atrocity in a Polish forest inspired Eva Hoffman's first drama.

Israel must change its message

Stop with the biblical comparisons and move on, writes Miriam Shaviv

Tory stumbling-block for new free schools

Schools will have to prove they are open to children of other religions or none

What do the manifestos mean?

The publication of the main parties' election manifestos this week leave so many questions

Letters, 18th May

Samantha Neumann, MS, CGC, Rona Hart, Bina Gardens, J D Norman, William Philpott, David Lederman, Dr Anthony Isaacs, Betty Bloom and Michael Wegier and Simon Johnson share their views with JC readers