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‘My tidal wave of monstrous fury’: Simon Schama on tonight’s Holocaust documentary

The acclaimed historian discusses his feelings about antisemitism as his new BBC film about the Shoah airs at 9pm on BBC2

By Nicole Lampert

6 min read

Dark journey: Sir Simon Schama at Auschwitz during the filming of his new documentary Photo: BBC

World Jewish Relief is on a 'mission' to connect documents about Jewish refugees arriving in the UK between 1933 and 1946 with their descendants

World Jewish Relief

WJR on ‘mission’ to connect Jewish refugee history with descendants

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

A survivor is escorted out of the gates of Penig concentration camp (Image: US National Archives/Spaceship Earth)

So that we never forget: Rare colourised photos of death camp liberation revealed

2 min read

Archive material has revealed how the JC covered the liberation of Auschwitz

Holocaust Memorial Day

How the JC reported Auschwitz’s horror

1 min read

Marc Cave, director of National Holocaust Museum, poses in the museum's new international touring exhibition 'The Vicious Circle'. (Photo: David Parry)

National Holocaust Museum launches global exhibition exploring ‘Vicious Circle’ of Jewish hate

By Eliana Jordan

2 min read

Friends and relatives dance with newly arrived Jewish immigrants coming from France upon their arrival at the Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv on July 20, 2016. More than 200 French Jews were expected to immigrate to Israel aboard this aliyah (Immigration to Israel) flight, the largest of the summer from France. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP) (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Jewish and Proud

Short on New Year resolutions? I have one for you: be proud Jews

By Ben M Freeman

6 min read

Bear Grylls in California, 2022 (Photo: Getty Images)

Bear Grylls drops reference to Jesus’ mother as ‘Palestinian’ after condemnation

1 min read

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Angela Rayner steps in over plan to build skyscraper next to Bevis Marks shul

The deputy PM will assess the planning application ahead of committee meeting next month

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

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November 29, 2024 15:43

Labour's Angela Rayner speaks at a campaign event in London, June 29, 2024 (Credit: Alishia Abodunde/Getty Images)

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

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November 20, 2024 17:31

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

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

The Spitalfields Trust is calling on JC readers to share their family stories in connection with the 19th century shul

By Daniel Ben-David

4 min read

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September 25, 2024 14:31

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

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

The Bronze Age artefact has been at the Hecht Museum in Haifa for 35 years

1 min read

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August 29, 2024 09:30

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

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

A new Museum of the Home exhibit immerses visitors in the daily life of an East End Jewish family preparing for Shabbos

By Jane Prinsley

3 min read

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July 17, 2024 09:56

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

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

Meet the Jewish parliamentarians elected as part of the Starmer landslide

By Lorin Bell-Cross

3 min read

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July 11, 2024 16:51

Rabbi Joseph Dweck

By Rabbi Joseph Dweck

Emotion is not a measure of truth and morality

If we are to make wise decisions, we must beware of a tendency to move with our feelings

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July 10, 2024 09:52

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

Keren David

History tells us our right to be heard is absolute

Lionel de Rothschild refused to cave in to bigotry – and was able to take his seat as an MP

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June 27, 2024 09:10

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

Rare English medieval siddur goes on display

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

By Simon Rocker

1 min read

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June 24, 2024 10:26

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

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