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Peter Rosengard

Talking to Strangers: Peter Rosengard’s week - A cautious tailor and an ungrateful wasp

Featuring a brush with the law, an inquisitive Swede... and an angry insect

By Peter Rosengard

3 min read

Wasp sitting on a glass - danger of swallowing a wasp in the summer

Concept of time to change with businessman and mask

Dan Zeff

What’s in a name? Quite a lot, I’ve now realised

3 min read

Every Jewish man needs a band of Jewish brothers in his life

Josh Glancy

Every Jewish man needs a band of Jewish brothers in his life

3 min read

Why Arsenal has a rabbi's son believing in Jesus

Rabbi Miriam Berger

By Rabbi Miriam Berger

Why Arsenal has a rabbi's son believing in Jesus

1 min read

Why we have launched the Jewish Faithworkers Branch of the GMB

Why we have launched the Jewish Faithworkers Branch of the GMB

2 min read

Cropped photo of stewardess holding teapot and paper cup stock photo

Angela Epstein

By Angela Epstein

Flying? Take my advice and avoid the cuppa

3 min read

Why can't London do proper Jewish delis?

Josh Kaplan

Why can't London do proper Jewish delis?

2 min read

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The Merseyside Jewish population has shrunk... but there's hope for the future

Survey suggests a community of around 2,000 a fall of 500 in a decade, although employment opportunities are bringing younger families to the area

By Barry Toberman

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July 28, 2022 15:30

The Merseyside Jewish population has shrunk... but there's hope for the future

Dominic Green

By Dominic Green

Americans have utterly ruined the bagel

Up in Montreal the Jews have stayed faithful to the old ways; bagels there are boiled before they're baked

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July 28, 2022 15:18

Americans have utterly ruined the bagel

Vernon Bogdanor

By Vernon Bogdanor

Half of all Jews now live in Israel and that is a source of strength

To predict our future, we must first understand our past, especially the huge changes since the founding of the Jewish state

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July 26, 2022 10:57

Street of Jerusalem Old City Alley made with hand curved stones. Israel, Middle East

Miriam Shaviv

By Miriam Shaviv

Rabbi Romain’s shechitah views risk calamity

Like those Jews who gave succour to Corbyn, his attack on the practice is a gift to its enemies

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July 25, 2022 14:31

Rabbi Romain’s shechitah views risk calamity

Josh Glancy

I never thought I’d marry ‘in’, but now my chupah awaits

It’s a relief to have found a partner I love and to be able to marry in the religion that is rooted so deep in my marrow

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July 7, 2022 15:08

Groom smashing the glass in a Jewish wedding, under the huppah

Zoe Strimpel

By Zoe Strimpel

Like many Jews, I always feel like an outsider

When I think back, there are many little signs that suggested that I never truly belonged

3 min read

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June 23, 2022 12:55

Cityscape image of Tel Aviv, Israel during sunset.

Miriam Marson

By Miriam Marson

Turning the page with a new siddur designed for people with disabilities

Judaism has, from its very beginnings, accepted that humans come with abilities and disabilities

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June 23, 2022 12:46

Turning the page with a new siddur designed for people with disabilities

James Inverne

By James Inverne

Is it right for a human actor to play a racoon?

Non-Jews taking Jewish roles isn’t a problem, so long as there’s equality of opportunity

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June 20, 2022 09:34

Is it right for a human actor to play a racoon?

Rosa Doherty

By Rosa Doherty

Why I’m not sending my kids to Jewish schools

All too often there is a culture of bullying and cliqueness that is worse than the mainstream

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June 16, 2022 11:34

Social issues in internet technology and social media in teenager mental health. Low self esteem young Asian teenager boy sitting alone crying with smartphone, feeling frustration, fear, pain, anxiety, abused as victim of cyberbullying.

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