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Five members of the Mosaic singing group at the New West End shul, including composer in residence Benjamin Till (right). The group will be augmented by four extra singers for the Time concert

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By Keren David

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File cabinet full of foders. Storage, organization and administration concept. 3d illustration

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There’s comfort in a catalogue of archivists

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Dame Melinda Simmons, the UK's new ambassador to Poland

Russia Ukraine War

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LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 05: Robert Rinder attends the launch of Judge Rinder's new book "Rinder's Rules: Make the Law work for you!" at Daunt Books on October 5, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by Eamonn M. McCormack/Getty Images)

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Why I'm thinking of murderers this Rosh Hashanah

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Jewish history

New National Trust display to explore Jewish country homes and families

By Daniel Ben-David

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Famous Carlisle Magen David window saved after local campaign

Former MP Eric Martlew noticed the broken pane in the old Carr’s biscuit factory two years ago then set out to raise £2,000 for its refurb

By Rosa Doherty

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August 31, 2023 10:24

Famous Carlisle Magen David window saved after local campaign

Long before Jewface arguments, Jewish comedians were playing up to stereotypes

Julian Rose, an American comedian popularised the early form of Jewish caricature comedy

By Daniel Appleby

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August 30, 2023 14:33

Long before Jewface arguments, Jewish comedians were playing up to stereotypes

Jewish jazz icon Sammy Davis Jr's diamond ring set to sell for £70k at auction

Davis Jr also wore the ring when he met US president Richard Nixon at the White House in 1973

By Richard Percival

1 min read

August 23, 2023 14:10

Jewish jazz icon Sammy Davis Jr's diamond ring set to sell for £70k at auction

Ancient German synagogue may gain Unesco world heritage status

Erfurt’s historic Old Synagogue has had a chequered existence since it was last used as a house of worship 700 years ago

By Rob Hyde

2 min read

August 23, 2023 11:17

Ancient German synagogue may gain Unesco world heritage status

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

A trove of documents reveals how the city’s Jewish residents lived and worked alongside their Christian neighbours, mostly harmoniously, in the early 1200s

By Rosa Doherty

2 min read

August 22, 2023 16:08

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

By Jonathan Israel

It is a testament to Spinoza that he still provokes controversy

The most important Jewish philospher in history remains the subject of a herem, or Jewish censure, imposed back in 1656

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August 18, 2023 13:20

Circa 1660, Dutch philosopher Benedicto De Spinoza (1632 - 1677). (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Exhuming remains of 7,000 Sephardi Jews was ‘contravention of Jewish law'

Calls for a memorial to be built for those whose bodies were dug up from East End cemetery and reburied in unmarked mass graves

By Rosa Doherty

2 min read

August 17, 2023 10:40

Exhuming remains of 7,000 Sephardi Jews was ‘contravention of Jewish law'

Ruins of one of the world's oldest synagogues found in Russia

Archaeologists found traces of the synagogue’s foundations and walls, in addition to marble menorahs

By Richard Percival

1 min read

August 15, 2023 09:28

Ruins of one of the world's oldest synagogues found in Russia

Extraordinary life of Olympic champion Agnes Keleti told at Jewish family history conference

The International Conference on Jewish Genealogy is taking place in London

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

August 4, 2023 12:17

Picture taken on January 8, 2023 shows Hungarian-Israeli retired Olympic and world champion artistic gymnast and coach Agnes Keleti posing for a picture as she prepares for her 102nd birthday in her flat in Budapest, Hungary. - Agnes Keleti, a survivor of the Holocaust, was born on January 9, 1921, immigrated to Israel in the 1950ies and returned to Hungary in 2015. During her career as a gymnast, she won 10 Olympic medals in Helsinki (1952) and in Melbourne (1956) and is considered to be the world's oldest living Olympic athlete. (Photo by Attila KISBENEDEK / AFP) (Photo by ATTILA KISBENEDEK/AFP via Getty Images)

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Jewish history

Stars and MPs back calls for ‘Jewish History Month’ amid rising antisemitism in UK

Hymn to history: the London shul that’s singing its story with the JC’s help

Embracing Istanbul’s mysteries

There’s comfort in a catalogue of archivists

'I had to tell the world about Russia's crimes' says UK's former woman in Kyiv

Why I'm thinking of murderers this Rosh Hashanah

New National Trust display to explore Jewish country homes and families

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