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Time is running out for one of the only Jewish death-row inmates in America

Jedidiah Isaac Murphy, an observant halachic Jew, is due to be put to death next month in a case described by an expert as 'legally warped'

10 min read

September 14, 2023 12:52

Time is running out for one of the only Jewish death-row inmates in America

TikTok

Meet the Orthodox women educating non-Jews through Tiktok

Jewish women are demystifying their faith by answering questions on their kosher lives

7 min read

June 7, 2023 16:36

Meet the Orthodox women educating non-Jews through Tiktok

Conservative Party

Liz Truss: My pledge to Britain's Jews

Exclusive: The Tory leadership contender promised that she would 'eradicate the scourge of antisemitism'

5 min read

August 11, 2022 11:09

Obituary

Obituary: Marlena Spieler

Food writer who embraced history, geography and the sensation of taste and smell

4 min read

August 31, 2023 11:14

Don’t judge those who struggle to say Kaddish

When my mother died I found the thought of it simply too much so I grieved in my own way

3 min read

October 6, 2022 14:43

Don’t judge those who struggle to say Kaddish

Film

Theater Camp review: Ben Platt stars in hilarious mockumentary

They may be predictable but this film is bursting with side-splitting one-liners

1 min read

August 24, 2023 16:09

Theater Camp review: Ben Platt stars in hilarious mockumentary

Jewish history

Urgent plea to save Jewish refugee's famous ‘Leaning Woman’ sculpture

Much controversy surrounded the work, which was described as a 'modern monstrosity' and 'an insult to women'

1 min read

July 4, 2023 13:28

Urgent plea to save Jewish refugee's famous ‘Leaning Woman’ sculpture

Benjamin Netanyahu

Netanyahu urged to ‘uphold democratic values’ by Biden in crunch meeting

The Israeli PM also said an ambitious US-backed deal to normalise relations with Saudi Arabia was possible

1 min read

September 20, 2023 16:51

US President Joe Biden shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as they meet on the sidelines of the 78th United Nations General Assembly in New York City on September 20, 2023. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

The family tragedy that haunts the Jewish creator of Bridgerton

Julia Quinn talks of her family heartbreak and why as a Jew she chooses to embrace diverse casting

5 min read

March 24, 2022 15:37

Lancamento do box "Quarteto Smythe-Smith" da escritora Julia Quinn, pela editora Arqueiro, na Livraria Cultura do Shopping Iguatemi, Brasília, DF. (07/03/17) Foto: Roberto Filho.

Schools

Eden primary headteacher reveals why she is 'calling it a day'

The increasing demands on educational leaders is one reason that Jo Sassienie has decided to retire

4 min read

July 23, 2023 11:06

Photo shoot with head teacher Jo Sasseinie who is retiring in a few weeks

UK-Israel relations

Kemi Badenoch lays wreath at Yad Vashem as UK-Israel trade deal push continues

The Trade Secretary is in Israel for a three-day visit ahead of the next round of trade negotiations

3 min read

March 6, 2023 13:45

Kemi Badenoch lays wreath at Yad Vashem as UK-Israel trade deal push continues

Schools

Jewish vice president of Meta reveals how her confidence was smashed by bigoted teacher at school

Nicola Mendelsohn tells podcast she felt her life could have been 'destroyed' by the discrimination she suffered at Manchester High School for Girls

2 min read

August 25, 2022 09:26

Books

Book review: The Literary Mafia: Jews, Publishing, and Postwar American Literature - No conspiracy, we’re just connected

Author has notion of meritocracy in his sights in unconventional perspective on a golden age for Jews in American literature

1 min read

November 17, 2022 14:49

Book review: The Literary Mafia: Jews, Publishing, and Postwar American Literature - No conspiracy, we’re just connected

USA

Pro-Palestinian activists face jail after beating up Jewish man in violent antisemitic attack

Joseph Borgen was punched, kicked, pepper-sprayed and beaten with crutches

1 min read

October 2, 2023 15:02

CEDARHURST, NEW YORK - MAY 27: Joseph Borgen, a recent victim of a hate crime, speaks during a rally denouncing anti-Semitic violence on May 27, 2021 in Cedarhurst, New York. A rally was held by various organizations and local Jewish community groups to support Borgen after a rise of violent anti-Semitic attacks in New York and across the U.S. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Religion

Assisted dying is about ending suffering and not shortening life, Rabbi Romain says

Speaking on 'Let's Talk: The JC Podcast', the Maidenhead Synagogue rabbi said there is 'nothing holy about agony'

1 min read

August 10, 2023 09:21

Assisted dying is about ending suffering and not shortening life, Rabbi Romain says

Calendar

Shabbat times from November 18 to November 25

Shabbat times for the week

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November 18, 2022 15:42

Shabbat times from November 18 to November 25

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