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A-level History textbook removes reference to Jewish ‘riches and money-lending’ as an explanation for pogroms

Oxford University Press consulted with Jewish experts after receiving complaints from communal body

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

The 2015 edition of the Oxford University Press History A-level textbook suggested Jewish wealth made the community a target during the Russian pogroms - a new addition has updated the assumption

19 Princelet Street, which has a synagogue in its back garden (Photo: Spitalfields Trust)

Can you help uncover the history of one of the East End’s long forgotten synagogues?

By Daniel Ben-David

4 min read

The jar, which has been at the museum for 35 years, has been dated to between 1130 and 1500 BC (Photo: Hecht Museum)

Boy accidentally smashes Israeli museum’s 3,500 year old jar

1 min read

Cramped but full of hope: step inside a Jewish flat from 1913

Cramped but full of hope: step inside a Jewish flat from 1913

By Jane Prinsley

3 min read

Mensches on the benches! Introducing Labour’s brace of brand-new Jewish MPs

By Lorin Bell-Cross

3 min read

Maya Angelou (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images for AWRT)

Rabbi Joseph Dweck

By Rabbi Joseph Dweck

Emotion is not a measure of truth and morality

3 min read

Lionel Nathan de Rothschild (1808 - 1879), Vanity Fair published in 1877. Caricature by Ape (Carlo Pellegrini). (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Keren David

History tells us our right to be heard is absolute

3 min read

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Rare English medieval siddur goes on display

The 12th-century prayerbook is on display in Bishop Auckland, Durham

By Simon Rocker

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June 24, 2024 09:26

Medieval siddur on display at the Faith Museum (Corpus Christi College, Oxford)

The less than holy king who erected Judaism’s most sacred monument

King Herod was no darling of the rabbis but he was responsible for the Western Wall

By Simon Rocker

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May 10, 2024 09:37

Blessing of the Cohanim at the Western Wall in Jerusalem over Pesach (Getty Images)

Rob Rinder

Like Moses, I wandered the desert with no phone signal – and my mind soared

How a trip to the Sahara made me think of the exodus

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May 1, 2024 09:42

Algeria Sahara Desert Photo From Drone

Race to save historic record of Jewish life threatened by Ukraine-Russia war

Unique Kyiv collection gathered by author of The Dybbuk is at risk from Russian missiles

By Simon Rocker

2 min read

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April 4, 2024 14:29

Race to save historic record of Jewish life threatened by Ukraine-Russia war

Why Merthyr Tydfil is rallying behind its once-abandoned synagogue

A grand old shul is being redeveloped as a cultural centre for the whole of this south Wales community

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March 28, 2024 11:29

The castle-like exterior of Merthyr Tydfil Synagogue

Hen Mazzig

We have to defeat the false ‘colonialism’ narrative about Israel

It is imperative to remind the world of the enduring bond between Jews and the land of Israel

3 min read

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February 20, 2024 16:23

An Israeli flag over the Western Wall in Jerusalem (Getty Images)

Jake Wallis Simons

By Jake Wallis Simons

I’m proud to ‘conflate’ Jews with Israel, let’s not deny our roots

A visit to the magnificent synagogue in Garnethill, Glasgow built by my ancestors in the latter half of the 19th century brought home the truth of how we have always longed for Zion

4 min read

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February 13, 2024 11:55

LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 26: A protestor wearing a flag of Israel marches against anti-Semitism on November 26, 2023 in London, England. The ongoing war between Israel and Hamas has sparked a wave of protests across Europe, and heightened concerns over anti-Semitism among Jewish communities. (Photo by Alishia Abodunde/Getty Images)

Leslie Turnberg

By Leslie Turnberg

Why has it taken until now to get a biography of one of Israel’s founding fathers?

There has been no biography of Pinchas Rutenberg until now yet this uncompromising figure had a key role in Israel’s history

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February 1, 2024 11:04

Why has it taken until now to get a biography of one of Israel’s founding fathers?

Stars and MPs back calls for ‘Jewish History Month’ amid rising antisemitism in UK

Is a ‘British Jewish History Month’ the best way to celebrate Anglo-Jewry?

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January 4, 2024 11:20

The giant menorah in Trafalgar Square marking Chanukah (Photo: Alamy)

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