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DNA tests for breast cancer gene mutation affecting Ashkenazi Jews can lead to unnecessary surgery

Around one in every 400 people in the general population carries a faulty BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene, but the risk factor for people of Ashkenazi Jewish descent is 10 times greater

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September 15, 2023 14:40

US actress Angelina Jolie arrives for the State Dinner in honor of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, at the White House in Washington, DC, on April 26, 2023. (Photo by Stefani Reynolds / AFP) (Photo by STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Police inquiry reveals Met officers made Holocaust joke in texts described as 'banter'

The officers also made rape threats and joked about domestic assault

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February 1, 2022 12:11

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Shabbat times from January 13 to January 20

Shabbat times for the week

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January 12, 2023 12:45

Shabbat times from January 13 to January 20

Torah

Exploring the biblical unconscious

One of the most innovative and influential modern commentators on the Bible has just published a book on Leviticus

3 min read

April 10, 2022 11:01

Schools

This is how we tackle antisemitism in the classroom

Over the past five years, Stand Up! has been working to counter hate against Muslims and Jews in schools

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October 9, 2022 12:03

This is how we tackle antisemitism in the classroom

Theatre

Dear England Review: They shoot, they score …it’s a winner for England

Joseph Fiennes is bang on target as England manager Gareth Southgate in James Graham's excellently pitched football crowd pleaser

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June 22, 2023 15:19

Dear England Review: They shoot, they score …it’s a winner for England

Chief Rabbi: Our community will adapt and thrive despite the challenges we all face

Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis' message to the community

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September 22, 2022 18:11

Chief Rabbi: Our community will adapt and thrive despite the challenges we all face

France

More Jews than ever want to leave France, says relative of Shoah survivor stabbed to death in her Paris flat

Speaking on a visit to Auschwitz, Keren Knoll, granddaughter of Mireille Knoll, said French Jews are scared of rising levels of antisemitism

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November 14, 2022 09:56

More Jews than ever want to leave France, says relative of Shoah survivor stabbed to death in her Paris flat

Science

Tiny 12,000-year-old flutes found in Galilee imitate predatory birds

The instruments, made from the wing bones of waterfowl, may have been used to hunt

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June 11, 2023 12:28

Tiny 12,000-year-old flutes found in Galilee imitate predatory birds

United Nations

UN marks first 'Nakba Day' as Israel urges countries to boycott

Nearly 50 nations shunned the ceremonies at the UN General Assembly

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May 16, 2023 09:19

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

Antisemitism

Man 'forced to change daily routine' after antisemitic abuse at Merseyside pub

A 68-year-old man was given a suspended sentence for racially and religiously aggravated harassment

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February 17, 2023 10:46

Man 'forced to change daily routine' after antisemitic abuse at Merseyside pub

Arts

Artists 'shocked' at JW3 job losses

But London centre says it remains committed to arts and cultural programming

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July 7, 2023 11:30

Hamas

End of latest Gaza fighting gives Israel new problems — and opportunities too

With Operation Shield and Arrow at an end, there are few signs that Iran's proxies are keen to lower tensions

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May 18, 2023 11:01

End of latest Gaza fighting gives Israel new problems — and opportunities too

Film

The Trouble With Kanye review: A thorough timeline of a rapper's descent

A new BBC documentary tackles the fall of a once-great rapper

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June 29, 2023 15:36

The Trouble With Kanye review: A thorough timeline of a rapper's descent

Film

Crimes of the Future Film review: A surgical shocker

Viggo Mortensen stars as Crash writer/director David Cronenberg returns to the body-horror genre, depicting a grisly future where surgery is the new sex

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September 8, 2022 10:03

Crimes of the Future Film review: A surgical shocker

Ben Gurion Airport

Protesters clash with police at Ben Gurion airport over Netanyahu's judicial reform plans

Police are trying to remove activists from Israel's main international airport

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July 3, 2023 16:12

Protesters clash with police at Ben Gurion airport over Netanyahu's judicial reform plans

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