History

Don't remove statues of old tyrants - they teach us about the past-a, says Loyd Grossman

Tomato sauce expert and public intellectual hits out at attempts to 'erase history' by felling monuments to antisemites such as Edward I

By Felix Pope

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Don't remove statues of old tyrants - they teach us about the past-a, says Loyd Grossman

Russian President Vladimir Putin visits the National Space Centre construction site in Moscow on February 27, 2022. (Photo by Sergei GUNEYEV / SPUTNIK / AFP) (Photo by SERGEI GUNEYEV/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images)

Books

Book review: The Story of Russia - Russia’s story always excluded Jews

By Colin Shindler

1 min read

28th September 1936: British fascist politician Oswald Mosley (1896 - 1980) speaking at a rally in Leeds. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Antisemitism

From Mosley to Corbyn, the fight against the oldest hatred goes on

By Dave Rich

4 min read

History

Wiener’s exhibit offers snapshot of life before Shoah

By Georgia L Gilholy

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Poland

Book review: Józef Piłsudski: Founding Father of Modern Poland - Modern Poland’s forgotten founder

By Colin Shindler

2 min read

Technology

Travel in time back to Yom Kippur at the Great Synagogue of Aleppo - thanks to the modern miracle of virtual reality

By Jotam Confino

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Waddesdon Manor kitchen staff, Aylesbury. Byline John Nguyen/JNVisuals 18/08/2022

History

Waddesdon Manor - the Jewish Downton Abbey

By Jenni Frazer

10 min read

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New documentary unveils Wales' vibrant Jewish past despite uncertain future

The documentary delves into the country’s historic but dwindling Jewish communities

By Georgia L Gilholy

2 min read

September 28, 2022 12:10

New documentary unveils Wales' vibrant Jewish past despite uncertain future

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

By John Nathan

4 min read

September 22, 2022 14:17

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

But history always teaches us to be cautious about predicting the future so watch this space

By Jonathan Boyd

5 min read

September 22, 2022 14:16

Growth trend: UK Jewish success story goes on

Oldest evidence of opium use discovered at Israeli burial site

The area's Canaanite inhabitants believed the narcotic-filled vessels accompanied one's spirit to the afterlife

By Georgia L Gilholy

1 min read

September 21, 2022 17:54

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)

A very English house’s surprising Jewish links

Uncovering the history of a Kent manor house’s Jewish and Central European connections

By Abigail Green

1 min read

September 16, 2022 14:49

A very English house’s surprising Jewish links

Anglo-Jewry embraces a familiar King

While still in mourning, our community looks to a future in safe hands

By Jonathan Sacerdoti

6 min read

September 15, 2022 13:45

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

The 1945 letter claims that liberated Jews had ‘no conception of sanitation, hygiene, or decency’

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

September 13, 2022 16:00

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

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

Tidhar's blockbuster work shows us the thieves, the tramps, the prostitutes, the violence, filth and corruption underlying the good behind the Zionist dream

By Jenni Frazer

2 min read

September 13, 2022 10:40

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

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 10:39

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History

Don't remove statues of old tyrants - they teach us about the past-a, says Loyd Grossman

Book review: The Story of Russia - Russia’s story always excluded Jews

From Mosley to Corbyn, the fight against the oldest hatred goes on

Wiener’s exhibit offers snapshot of life before Shoah

Book review: Józef Piłsudski: Founding Father of Modern Poland - Modern Poland’s forgotten founder

Travel in time back to Yom Kippur at the Great Synagogue of Aleppo - thanks to the modern miracle of virtual reality

Waddesdon Manor - the Jewish Downton Abbey

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