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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

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

Portrait Fabian Wolff

Tanya Gold

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

3 min read

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.

How Jews can learn about their roots from hundreds of genealogists

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

Women’s learning is no longer lonely territory

Rebbetzin Lauren Levin

By Rebbetzin Lauren Levin

Women’s learning is no longer lonely territory

2 min read

Jewish Community and cricket drinks event

Howard Jacobson

By Howard Jacobson

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

5 min read

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

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

By Richard Percival

1 min read

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

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

By Tash Mosheim

1 min read

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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

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June 8, 2023 09:12

Programme Name: Story of the Jews - TX: n/a - Episode: n/a (No. 3) - Embargoed for publication until: n/a - Picture Shows: Berlin Holocaust Memorial Simon Schama - (C) Oxford Film and Television - Photographer: Tim Kirby

Polish city criticised after holding foam party on Jewish cemetery

The site is an important Charedi pilgrimage site and is estimated to have hundreds of dead bodies

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June 7, 2023 09:06

Polish city criticised after holding foam party on Jewish cemetery

London’s Jewish Museum to close indefinitely amid massive losses

The institution hopes to sell its current Camden home to fund move to more suitable location in central London

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June 1, 2023 11:00

London’s Jewish Museum to close indefinitely amid massive losses

Taking Notes: Welcome to my Eden and thank you to Ezra

On the happy occasion of my granddaughter's birth, I couldn't have been more grateful to this wonderful charity

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May 24, 2023 13:41

Taking Notes: Welcome to my Eden and thank you to Ezra

Furious heckling greets German minister at Jewish music contest

Claudia Roth was met with an onslaught of boos in Frankfurt

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May 24, 2023 11:48

BERLIN, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 22: Claudia Roth attends the "Roter Himmel" (Afire) premiere during the 73rd Berlinale International Film Festival Berlin at Berlinale Palast on February 22, 2023 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Gerald Matzka/Getty Images)

Special awards for multi-million-pound redevelopment of Jewish museum

The redevelopment of the Manchester Jewish Museum lasted two years

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May 22, 2023 15:34

Special awards for multi-million-pound redevelopment of Jewish museum

Ukrainian mayor pledges to safeguard iconic Jewish cemetery amid war

Ivan Pohorilyak, the Mayor of Perechyn, made the pledge to safeguard the site because 'Jewish history is our history'

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May 18, 2023 11:15

Ukrainian mayor pledges to safeguard iconic Jewish cemetery amid war

Rabbi Dr Jonathan Romain

By Rabbi Dr Jonathan Romain

Let’s play a quick game of Jewish ‘Sliding Doors’

There are so many historical moments when different choice would have changed the world

3 min read

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May 18, 2023 11:12

Let’s play a quick game of Jewish ‘Sliding Doors’

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