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Jewish jazz icon Sammy Davis Jr's diamond ring set to sell for £70k at auction

Davis Jr also wore the ring when he met US president Richard Nixon at the White House in 1973

By Richard Percival

1 min read

Jewish jazz icon Sammy Davis Jr's diamond ring set to sell for £70k at auction

Jewish history

Ancient German synagogue may gain Unesco world heritage status

By Rob Hyde

2 min read

York

'Inspiring' new evidence shows how Jews thrived in York after antisemitic 1190 massacre

By Rosa Doherty

2 min read

Circa 1660, Dutch philosopher Benedicto De Spinoza (1632 - 1677). (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

By Jonathan Israel

It is a testament to Spinoza that he still provokes controversy

5 min read

Sephardi Judaism

Exhuming remains of 7,000 Sephardi Jews was ‘contravention of Jewish law'

By Rosa Doherty

2 min read

Russia

Ruins of one of the world's oldest synagogues found in Russia

By Richard Percival

1 min read

Picture taken on January 8, 2023 shows Hungarian-Israeli retired Olympic and world champion artistic gymnast and coach Agnes Keleti posing for a picture as she prepares for her 102nd birthday in her flat in Budapest, Hungary. - Agnes Keleti, a survivor of the Holocaust, was born on January 9, 1921, immigrated to Israel in the 1950ies and returned to Hungary in 2015. During her career as a gymnast, she won 10 Olympic medals in Helsinki (1952) and in Melbourne (1956) and is considered to be the world's oldest living Olympic athlete. (Photo by Attila KISBENEDEK / AFP) (Photo by ATTILA KISBENEDEK/AFP via Getty Images)

Genealogy

Extraordinary life of Olympic champion Agnes Keleti told at Jewish family history conference

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

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Why I’m so proud to be Jewish, in good times and bad

We’ve got a community so rich and deep and nourishing that, at its best, it makes you feel like you’re floating in an ocean of chicken soup

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August 3, 2023 11:24

Close up image depicting the Jewish religious symbol of the star of David inside a synagogue. The star is in silhouette, while in the background stained glass windows are blurred out of focus. Horizontal colour image with copy space.

Back to the Borscht Belt! Celebrating the golden era of Jewish vacationland in the Catskills

A new festival will recapture the heady days of Jewish vacationland in the Catskills

By Francine White

7 min read

July 27, 2023 14:50

Back to the Borscht Belt! Celebrating the golden era of Jewish vacationland in the Catskills

By Tanya Gold

When is a Jew not a Jew? When they are German and Gentile

Germans impersonating Jews is not common, but it is less rare than you think...

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July 27, 2023 11:08

How Jews can learn about their roots from hundreds of genealogists

This year's annual International Conference on Jewish Genealogy will be held in the UK for the first time in over two decades

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

July 16, 2023 12:20

A modern Jewish American family celebrates Passover together. The youngest person at the seder, a little boy, is asking the Four Questions (Mah Nishtanah). These questions provide the impetus for telling why this night is different from all other nights.

By Rebbetzin Lauren Levin

Women’s learning is no longer lonely territory

Camaraderie, soulful debate, knowledge and the embrace of a truly supportive network are on offer at the upcoming Ma’aleh programme

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July 13, 2023 15:29

Women’s learning is no longer lonely territory

By Howard Jacobson

Jews playing cricket? Now you’re really creasing me up

Jokes aside, the sport, by its very nature, has plenty of appeal for Jews, as an exhibition at Lord's shows

5 min read

July 6, 2023 11:53

Jewish Community and cricket drinks event

Urgent plea to save Jewish refugee's famous ‘Leaning Woman’ sculpture

Much controversy surrounded the work, which was described as a 'modern monstrosity' and 'an insult to women'

By Richard Percival

1 min read

July 4, 2023 14:28

Urgent plea to save Jewish refugee's famous ‘Leaning Woman’ sculpture

150-year-old JC found in time capsule at Jewish museum synagogue

It was discovered stashed inside a wall three years ago. Now it has finally given up its secrets.

By Tash Mosheim

1 min read

June 12, 2023 10:52

150-year-old JC found in time capsule at Jewish museum synagogue

Closure of London's Jewish Museum ‘leaves Jews at risk of being stereotyped’

The UK's foremost historian joins dozens of other prominent figures in calling for a Westminster Holocaust Memorial to be combined with a new Jewish Museum

By Daniel Ben-David

3 min read

June 8, 2023 10:12

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Jewish history

Jewish jazz icon Sammy Davis Jr's diamond ring set to sell for £70k at auction

Ancient German synagogue may gain Unesco world heritage status

'Inspiring' new evidence shows how Jews thrived in York after antisemitic 1190 massacre

It is a testament to Spinoza that he still provokes controversy

Exhuming remains of 7,000 Sephardi Jews was ‘contravention of Jewish law'

Ruins of one of the world's oldest synagogues found in Russia

Extraordinary life of Olympic champion Agnes Keleti told at Jewish family history conference

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