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So just how easy is it to make your own pickles?

Karen Glaser meets Jewish pickling experts as she goes on a very personal journey back to her fermenting childhood

5 min read

January 7, 2026 17:06

Vegetables for keeps: Karen Glaser, aged nine with her brother, Steven, and the writer's mother Jolanta Glaser's fermenting kitchen ledge with her pickled pears on the far left

tikkun olam

How a Mitford sister came to hear about tikkun olam

Reference to the Hebrew phrase in a TV series shows how widespread it has become

3 min read

January 11, 2026 12:54

Confidants: Nancy Mitford (played by Bessie Carter) in the series Outrageous with her Jewish friend Joss (Will Attenborough)

Iran

Israel ‘monitoring events’ after threat from Iran if US uses force to stop protest death toll

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledges support for ‘struggle for freedom’ as speculation mounts over American intervention

1 min read

January 11, 2026 17:01

Iranians protest against regime on streets of Tehran (Photo by MAHSA / Middle East Images / AFP via Getty Images)

Israel

The women healing the Jewish state

A new exhibition in Jerusalem honours those who have helped carry the nation in the wake of October 7. Shoshanna Keats reports

2 min read

January 8, 2026 13:06

Faces of courage: (Clockwise from left) Bazy Rubin, Sarit Zussman; Laly Derai; Sharon Laufer

Masa Yisraeli

It’s more urgent than ever to strengthen ties between Israeli and diaspora youth

The World Jewish-Zionist Youth Congress showed we can still build a sense of belonging

2 min read

January 12, 2026 08:29

Theatre

Woman in Mind review: Sheridan Smith sparkles in Alan Ayckbourn’s dark comedy ★★★★★

The actor will surely be in line for an umpteenth Olivier nomination for her quicksilver performance of Susan and her disintegrating mind

1 min read

January 11, 2026 21:11

Mad release: Sheridan Smith and Sule Rimi as Susan and Andy (Photo: Marc Brenner)

West Midlands Police chief must go – but it won’t stop the Muslim Brotherhood in Britain

Once Craig Guildford and his team go, they’ll simply be replaced by officials equally paralysed by fear of Islamophobia and blind to Islamist manipulation

5 min read

January 8, 2026 18:08

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