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Chanukah

Site of York massacre to host first Chanukah ceremony

Around 150 Jews were killed at Clifford's Tower in 1190

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December 18, 2022 13:22

Site of York massacre to host first Chanukah ceremony

Calendar

Shabbat times from July 28 to August 4

Shabbat times for the week

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July 27, 2023 15:25

Two lit shabbat candles in silver candlesticks

Is The Big Lebowski’s Walter the greatest Jewish character?

The Coen brothers’ masterpiece was released 25 years ago — and its leading man is unique among Jewish characters on film

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April 20, 2023 09:00

Is The Big Lebowski’s Walter the greatest Jewish character?

This week's rocket barrage was part of Tehran's terrifying war games

The most crucial element of 'Operation Shield and Arrow' is ensuring that Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad don’t join forces under Iranian direction

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May 11, 2023 11:45

Rockets are fired from Gaza City towards Israel, on May 10, 2023. Israel's army and Gaza militants traded heavy cross-border fire on May 10, with 22 Palestinians killed over two days amid the worst escalation of violence to hit the coastal territory in months. (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS / AFP) (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS/AFP via Getty Images)

Farewell to whistleblowing mensch Daniel Ellsberg

Tributes idolise the man who leaked the Pentagon Papers - but attitudes now towards national security are radically different from those in 1971

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June 22, 2023 11:10

Farewell to whistleblowing mensch Daniel Ellsberg

Books

The Washington Post reporter who decided to novelise the Israel-Palestine conflict

Journalist Ruth Marks Eglash’s day job is writing about the Middle East. But when her Israeli children started asking about tensions in the region, she struggled to answer. So she turned to fiction

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June 15, 2023 15:58

28.10.2022 - Journalist and writer Ruth Eglash. Photo:Ariel Jerozolimski

Rabbi Leo Dee: Ordinary Palestinians silently thank Allah for the Jenin operation

Jenin has become a centre for terror - the IDF is wise and brave to enter and eliminate it

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July 5, 2023 08:26

Palestinian armed militants take up position during a confrontation with Israeli army in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin on July 3, 2023. The Israeli army said it had launched drone strikes in Jenin as part of an "extensive counterterrorism effort" that the Palestinian health ministry said killed four residents. (Photo by Jaafar ASHTIYEH / AFP) (Photo by JAAFAR ASHTIYEH/AFP via Getty Images)

Kosher

Airline sued by Kosher agency for marking products 'K' without certification

JetBlue added 'K' labels to food that had not been approved by Hescher authority

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June 28, 2022 11:37

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA - JULY 16: A JetBlue plane prepares to take off from the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on July 16, 2020 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. JetBlue Airways and American Airlines Group announced they will be creating an alliance between the two companies. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Sidrah

Parashah of the week: Ekev

“For the Lord your God is God supreme and Lord supreme, the great, the mighty and the awesome God” Deuteronomy 10.17

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August 17, 2022 16:00

Great Jewish thinker Robert D Kaplan saw the anarchy coming. So what makes him an optimist now?

The traveller, strategist and historian says there’s a new realism in the Middle East and the Americans having less prestige is encouraging the regional players to try to deal with their problems in their own right

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June 16, 2022 11:27