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Beyond Borehamwood: Where are British Jews moving to?

Let’s play Jewish geography for real – you might be surprised to hear some of the places where Jewish families are building new communities

By Eliana Jordan

6 min read

York was scene of a medieval pogrom, and was shunned by Jews for many years. But now it's home to a growing Liberal community

A new 14-page government report has brought together work across the UK to help combat antisemitism (Photo: Getty)

Nearly half of Britons believe the UK is ‘an unsafe place for Jewish people’

2 min read

Indomitable spirit: Limmud Ukraine 2025 (photo: Boris Bukhman)

Limmud Ukraine shows Jewish life is ‘unbreakable’

By Simon Rocker

1 min read

Dress rehearsal: A north London mother helps her child into a costume for Purim. (Photo: Nick Rosenoer)

Jewish London through an American lens

By Eliana Jordan

4 min read

Adrien Brody attends the 2025 Vanity Fair Oscar Party (Picture: Getty)

Jewish actors take top prizes at Oscars, as West Bank documentary also wins

3 min read

Going to shul is the best present you can give yourself

Siam Goorwich

By Siam Goorwich

Going to shul is the best present you can give yourself

3 min read

Jim, from Friday Night Dinner

Simon Rocker

By Simon Rocker

‘Shalom’? Or ‘Happy Jew Day’?

3 min read

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Keren David

Sometimes the dead bring the living together

This week I had two unexpectedly uplifting moments which revolved around cemeteries

3 min read

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December 11, 2024 08:58

Sometimes the dead bring the living together

Rabbi Joseph Dweck

By Rabbi Joseph Dweck

What does the ‘special relationship’ mean for us?

The UK and US both share the virtues of Aristotle’s friendship of the Good with Israel

3 min read

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October 30, 2024 11:31

Bust of Greek philosopher Aristotle (384 - 322 BC) (Getty Images)

Elisa Bray

The Talmud is very clear on Oasis ticket pricing

Jewish law and custom make plain that exploitative or unjust price inflation are both morally wrong

3 min read

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September 18, 2024 10:17

A new mural depicting Liam and Noel Gallagher of Oasis, created by Manchester street artist Pic.One.Art., on the side of the Sifters Record store in Manchester, after the band announced they are due to reunite (Getty Images)

Rabbi Jonathan Romain

By Rabbi Jonathan Romain

The times they are a-changin’ – except on Kol Nidre

While Judaism is firmly rooted in the past, new – and sometimes unexpected practices – are emerging

2 min read

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September 11, 2024 10:56

Customs are changing at Jewish lifecycle events (Photo: Getty Images)

Rabbi Benjy Morgan

By Rabbi Benjy Morgan

Jewish students are reaffirming their identity

It is our responsibility as a community to support them fully

2 min read

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August 23, 2024 09:10

Pro-Palestinian camp on the campus of School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London (Photo by BENJAMIN CREMEL/AFP via Getty Images)

Zoe Strimpel

By Zoe Strimpel

Gail’s will be just fine, despite the Walthamstow campaign

The bigger battles facing world Jewry, though, will take urgent courageous struggle to overcome

2 min read

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August 20, 2024 09:28

Gail's Bakery in Kentish Town

Hadley Freeman

By Hadley Freeman

Is this new novel too Jewish to be hailed for its brilliance?

Long Island Compromise is not just Jewish – it’s JEWISH

4 min read

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August 14, 2024 13:12

Taffy Brodesser-Akner, author of Long Island Compromise (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images)

Hen Mazzig

We must come out as Jewish every day and not be scared to show our pride

By embracing our identity with confidence, we honour the memory of those who came before us and lay a solid foundation for those who will come after us

3 min read

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August 7, 2024 11:22

BERLIN, GERMANY - APRIL 25: Participants wearing a kippah during a "wear a kippah" gathering to protest against anti-Semitism in front of the Jewish Community House on April 25, 2018 in Berlin, Germany. The Jewish community made a public appeal for Jews and non-Jews to attend the event and wear a kippah as a show of solidarity. The effort was sparked by a recent incident in Berlin in which a Syrian Palestinian man berated and struck with his belt a man wearing a kippah. The kippah-wearer was not Jewish, but an Israeli Arab who wore the kippah curious what reaction he might receive while walking in Berlin. In 2017 Germany reportedly recorded 1453 criminal offenses related to anti-Semitism, of which 94 percent were attributed to German citizens. (Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images)

Simon Rocker

By Simon Rocker

Carry on Shabbat: The normalisation of the eruv

Even those once implacably opposed to the idea now argue they don’t go far enough

3 min read

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August 1, 2024 06:54

Carry on Shabbat: The normalisation of the eruv

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