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We’ve come a long way since Fiddler! A history of UK Jews on stage and screen

Depiction of Jews has happily moved on from the crass stereotypes so common in the early 20th century

4 min read

We’ve come a long way since Fiddler! A history of UK Jews on stage and screen

Growth trend: UK Jewish success story goes on

The Jewish Chronicle

Growth trend: UK Jewish success story goes on

By Jonathan Boyd

5 min read

An employee at the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) holds one of the vessels that are believed to have contained opium in the 14th century BC, found at the Tel Yehud burial site and on display at the IAA offices in Jerusalem on September 20, 2022. - Israeli experts on September 20 said that they had uncovered the oldest known evidence of opium use, after discovering residue of the hallucinogenic drug in pottery dating from the 14th Century BC. A joint study by the Israel Antiquities Authority and Weizmann Institute of Science found evidence that opium was used in burial rituals in Canaan, a ancient territory that roughly encompasses modern day Israel and the Palestinian territories. (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP) (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images)

Oldest evidence of opium use discovered at Israeli burial site

By Georgia L Gilholy

1 min read

A very English house’s surprising Jewish links

A very English house’s surprising Jewish links

By Abigail Green

1 min read

Anglo-Jewry embraces a familiar King

Anglo-Jewry embraces a familiar King

By Jonathan Sacerdoti

6 min read

General Patton letter in which he refers to Jews as ‘sub-human’ goes on sale online

General Patton letter in which he refers to Jews as ‘sub-human’ goes on sale online

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

PORTRAIT OF PRIME MINISTER YITZHAK RABIN. פורטרט, ראש הממשלה יצחק רבין.

Book review: Maror - The bitter taste of Israel’s inky heart of darkness

By Jenni Frazer

2 min read

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David Aberbach

By David Aberbach

Salman Rushdie and the Jewish tradition of literary dissidents

Biblical prophets such as Jeremiah were persecuted and murdered for denouncing injustice and corrupt institutions

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September 13, 2022 09:39

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Obituary: Mikhail Gorbachev

SSR leader who aided exodus of Soviet Jews, restored diplomatic relations with Israel and oversaw the bloodless break up of the Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact

By Andrew Rosemarine

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September 8, 2022 13:52

Obituary: Mikhail Gorbachev

Steven Berkoff

By Steven Berkoff

The Catholic Church must apologise to Jews for its sins

As heartfelt public apologies are made for the crimes of slavery, it would be very welcome if the Catholic Church said sorry for the hideous atrocities perpetrated against the Jews

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September 8, 2022 11:28

Pope Francis arrives to lead his weekly general audience in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican on October 21, 2020. (Photo by VINCENZO PINTO / AFP) (Photo by VINCENZO PINTO/AFP via Getty Images)

Simon Schama: We can't forget England's bloody antisemitic history

Sir Simon spoke to the JC after DNA analysis revealed that the remains of at least 17 children and adults found in a Norwich well were Jews killed in medieval massacre

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September 8, 2022 11:25

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

Silence Theatre review: Witnesses silenced by the telling of their tales

Format of stage adaptation of Kavita Puri's Partition Voices, about the casual carving up of land on religious grounds on the subcontinent, sadly imposes a repetitive and predictable pall over the material

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September 8, 2022 10:00

Silence Theatre review: Witnesses silenced by the telling of their tales

The search for an alternative Zion

The Land of Israel was not the only place where idealists sought to found a new Jewish homeland

By Simon Rocker

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September 5, 2022 17:00

Reflection of a sunset by a lagoon inside the Amazon Rainforest Basin. The Amazon river basin comprises the countries of Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Suriname, Peru and Venezuela.

East End Jews in the 20th century: Brady clubs recalled in new exhibition

The exhibition features 100 images, as well as 30 oral testimonies on the Brady clubs

By Barry Toberman

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September 1, 2022 13:57

East End Jews in the 20th century: Brady clubs recalled in new exhibition

New head of Jewish museum in Vienna tells us to expect surprises

Austrian historian Barbara Staudinger, who is not Jewish, was the unanimous choice of a jury selected by the museum’s owner

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September 1, 2022 13:26

New head of Jewish museum in Vienna tells us to expect surprises

This Orthodox mum was the first woman to cycle round the world

A new musical features the incredible life of Annie Cohen Chopkovsky

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September 1, 2022 10:17

This Orthodox mum was the first woman to cycle round the world

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