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Jews live the longest - thanks to chicken soup and brandy

Jewish centenarians share the secret to a long a life after the census revealed that the proportion of 100-year-olds in the Jewish community is nearly three times higher than in the overall population

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Jews live the longest - thanks to chicken soup and brandy

Life as a Jewish magician on the rise: "I can do magic with anything I see"

Life as a Jewish magician on the rise: "I can do magic with anything I see"

By Tash Mosheim

1 min read

People visit the Jallianwala Bagh Martyrs' memorial on the occasion of 103rd anniversary of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in Amritsar on April 13, 2022. (Photo by NARINDER NANU / AFP) (Photo by NARINDER NANU/AFP via Getty Images)

Zoe Strimpel

By Zoe Strimpel

What if Jews started demanding apologies like the victims of empire?

3 min read

I'd like to hear your ideas

Alex Carlile

By Alex Carlile

We need old-fashioned family doctors like Dad

3 min read

LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 18: Britain's Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, leaves 10 Downing Street to attend Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons on January 18, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Josh Glancy

The Jewish century is over, the Indian century has just begun

3 min read

A group of Orthodox Jewish men wearing protective face masks and keeping a safe distance from each other, hold a noon prayer in a street in the coastal city of Tel Aviv, amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, on October 22, 2020. (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP) (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images)

Chana Hughes

By Chana Hughes

Some parts of Orthodoxy should be for men

3 min read

A family sits by the lit hanukiah while celebrating Hanukkah and celebrating tradition.

Angela Epstein

By Angela Epstein

Londoners should learn to say Good Shabbos

3 min read

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Miriam Shaviv

By Miriam Shaviv

I have non-Jewish friends but few Reform ones

Interfaith work with other communities is important but how well do we know other Jews?

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December 15, 2022 14:00

My Unorthodox Life: Season 1. Episode 5, Secular in the City. Pictured: Julia Haart c. Courtesy of Netflix © 2021

David Aaronovitch

By David Aaronovitch

Why do we mumble our prayers? They should be belted out

As a newcomer to Jewish celebrations and prayers, I know I’ve no right to be disappointed — but I just want prayers to raise the roof

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December 15, 2022 12:58

Two happy Jewish sisters looking and singing at a beautiful menorah candelabra glowing on the eight day of Hanukkah Jewish holiday.

Daniel Gross

By Daniel Gross

The Jewish banker who put his faith at the heart of his business

As a new biography reveals, Edmond Safra was not just one of the most brilliant bankers ever — he was driven by Judaism

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December 8, 2022 12:57

The Jewish banker who put his faith at the heart of his business

Alan Aziz

Why are there so many Jewish Nobel winners?

Fascinatingly, our association with scientific breakthroughs is a recent development

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December 8, 2022 12:52

Why are there so many Jewish Nobel winners?

Yoni Birnbaum

By Yoni Birnbaum

Remembering the rabbi who inspired my life

I was so fortunate to have been brought up under the remarkable Rabbi Hool at Kingsbury

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December 8, 2022 12:51

Remembering the rabbi who inspired my life

Claudia Mendoza

By Claudia Mendoza

Don’t believe the social media portrayal of visceral Israel-hate

Most people are either supportive of Israel or don’t have a view, but social media gives undue weight to the obsessives

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November 17, 2022 14:42

Don’t believe the social media portrayal of visceral Israel-hate

Jonathan Boyd

By Jonathan Boyd

Time to find out once more who we really are

So much has changed within our community — and beyond — since the last major survey

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November 17, 2022 14:38

Time to find out once more who we really are

The JC Leader

By The JC Leader

Mitzvah Day is about a set of Jewish values to live by

The JC Leader, 18 November 2022

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November 17, 2022 12:03

Mitzvah Day is about a set of Jewish values to live by

Harry Freedman

By Harry Freedman

It might not feel like it but the future is bright for Anglo-Jewry

In researching my book I was struck by the huge change there has been in our community — we are now proud and open

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November 10, 2022 00:00

Close up image depicting a rear view of two Jewish men sitting together inside a synagogue. They have their heads bowed in prayer and they are wearing the traditional Jewish skull cap - otherwise known as a kippah or yarmulke - on their heads. Horizontal color image with copy space.

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