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Ancient Hebrew prayer book with links to famed German rabbi sells for 14 times it's estimate

The manuscript of Tikune Shabat sold for £71,250 at auction

By Richard Percival

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Ancient Hebrew prayer book with links to famed German rabbi sells for 14 times it's estimate

Cemeteries

The J-pop model using TikTok to share stories of unknown people buried in cemeteries

By Daniel Ben-David

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Famous Carlisle Magen David window saved after local campaign

By Rosa Doherty

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York

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

By Rosa Doherty

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New York

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

By Francine White

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circa 1955: Mathematical physicist Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955) delivers one of his recorded lectures. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

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Albert Einstein told other Jews that he didn't believe in Torah

By Richard Percival

1 min read

Second World War

Holocaust survivor and Army veteran receives surprise war medals on 100th birthday

By Gaby Wine

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Swiss museum launches probe over 'king of clowns' link with Hitler and Nazi's

The relationship between Grock and Hitler is being investigated by a Swiss museum

By JC Reporter

1 min read

June 23, 2023 15:14

Swiss museum launches probe over 'king of clowns' link with Hitler and Nazi's

Quest to discover the lost actress of Vilnius who is full of mystery

Diplomat Meryl Frank spent years tracing the wartime fate of her Lithuanian relative. But the truth was sitting on her bookshelf

By Jenni Frazer

6 min read

June 23, 2023 09:53

Quest to discover the lost actress of Vilnius who is full of mystery

By Dominic Green

Farewell to whistleblowing mensch Daniel Ellsberg

Tributes idolise the man who leaked the Pentagon Papers - but attitudes now towards national security are radically different from those in 1971

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June 22, 2023 12:10

Farewell to whistleblowing mensch Daniel Ellsberg

Swiss city under pressure to change name of square honouring Jew hater

Raiffeisenplatz in St Gallen was named after the 19th-century Raiffeisen co-operative movement in Germany, which was founded by a firebrand antisemite

By Rob Hyde

1 min read

June 8, 2023 12:34

St.Gallen's Raiffeisen Square to be renamed A committee has called for the name of Raiffeisen Square to be changed to "Recha-Sternbuch-Platz". The founder of the Raiffeisen movement had been anti-Semitic. A striking feature is the "city lounge" with its surface of red rubber granulate, designed by the artist Pipilotti Rist and the architect Carlos Martinez. Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen had been celebrated by Nazis on the 50th anniversary of his death. Not only bank buildings stand on the "Red Square", but also the St. Gallen Synagogue. The signatories of the letter include former St. Gallen Councillor of States Paul Rechsteiner, historians Hans Fässler and Stefan Keller, and Pipilotti Rist. It is now time to rename the square, they said in St. Gallen on Thursday, 25 May 2023.

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

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

Simon Schama: The forgotten Jewish hero who developed immunisation

In lockdown, the historian researched the history of humanity’s fight against disease and now he talks about his new book with the JC.

By Simon Rocker

6 min read

May 24, 2023 14:29

Simon Schama: The forgotten Jewish hero who developed immunisation

New 'Forgotten Exodus' project to shine a light on Jews expelled from 1960s Poland

The multimedia project, which is now looking for testimonies, seeks to raise awareness of a forgotten chapter of history and utilize it as a means to combat hatred and antisemitism today

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

May 19, 2023 10:26

New 'Forgotten Exodus' project to shine a light on Jews expelled from 1960s Poland

Revealed: Expert shares how Jihadists get the West to tell their story

Richard Landes argues in his new book that the Western media deploys a narrative pushed by violent Islamists

By Zoe Strimpel

5 min read

May 18, 2023 12:41

Armed Palestinian Hamas militants, holding up Islamic and Palestinian national flags, demonstrate in the former Jewish settlement of Dugit in the northern Gaza Strip 13 September 2005, one day after Israeli troops made their final exit from the territory, occupied since 1967. Palestinians were in control of the Gaza Strip for the first time in their history but deadly scenes of chaos and jubilation ensued after Israel closed the door on its four-decade occupation. AFP PHOTO/THOMAS COEX (Photo by Thomas COEX / AFP) (Photo by THOMAS COEX/AFP via Getty Images)

The Eleventh Plague: Jews and Pandemics from the Bible to Covid-19

A deep dive into a world of medieval superstition

By Robert Low

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May 12, 2023 13:45

The Eleventh Plague: Jews and Pandemics from the Bible to Covid-19

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Ancient Hebrew prayer book with links to famed German rabbi sells for 14 times it's estimate

The J-pop model using TikTok to share stories of unknown people buried in cemeteries

Famous Carlisle Magen David window saved after local campaign

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

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

Albert Einstein told other Jews that he didn't believe in Torah

Holocaust survivor and Army veteran receives surprise war medals on 100th birthday

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