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Rabbi Romain says he'll keep his shul doors open so needy can stay warm

Maidenhead rabbi offers the reassurance as the economic and energy crisis bites

By Georgia L Gilholy

2 min read

Rabbi Romain says he'll keep his shul doors open so needy can stay warm

Rabbis who quit Unite over antisemitism stance switch to new union

Rabbis who quit Unite over antisemitism stance switch to new union

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BAD JEWS PRODUCTION PHOTOS TAKEN AT THE ARTS THEATRE, ON 14TH JULY 2022 - LONDON

Bad Jews theatre review: A slow return for an excellent comedy

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Obituary: Leonie Lewis MBE

Obituary: Leonie Lewis MBE

By Nicky Goldman

4 min read

Old Truths and New Clichés book review: Essays by Isaac Bashevis Singer - The universal mamaloshen

Old Truths and New Clichés book review: Essays by Isaac Bashevis Singer - The universal mamaloshen

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Jewish drama students stage their own plays to combat hate

Jewish drama students stage their own plays to combat hate

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Meet the Jewish space engineer who helped bring us images taking us closer to moment of creation

Meet the Jewish space engineer who helped bring us images taking us closer to moment of creation

By Jonathan Sacerdoti

2 min read

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Book review: The Only Daughter by A.B. Yehoshua - Italian swansong of an Israeli Master

The final book by one of the last of that great generation of Israeli writers born in the 1930s is a wonderful farewell from a great literary master

By David Herman

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July 8, 2022 09:23

Grand canal on sunny day in Venice, Italy

The inside story of carnage at a Jewish suburb's Fourth of July parade

The Maxwell Street Klezmer Band set a celebratory tone before Robert Crimo shattered the revelry by opening fire from a rooftop

By Jonathan Sacerdoti

8 min read

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July 7, 2022 14:17

HIGHLAND PARK, IL - JULY 04: Law enforcement works the scene after a mass shooting at a Fourth of July parade on July 4, 2022 in Highland Park, Illinois. Reports indicate at least six people were killed and more than 20 injured in the shooting. (Photo by Jim Vondruska/Getty Images)

Are Jews white? Inside US census wars

US officials are planning to add a new race to the census

By Dominic Green

3 min read

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July 7, 2022 13:52

circa 1960: The Hollerith tabulator and sorter box, invented by Herman Hollerith and used in the 1890 United States census. It 'read' cards by passing them through electrical contacts. Closed circuits, which indicated hole positions, could then be selected and counted. His Tabulating Machine Company (1896) was a predecessor to the International Business Machines Corporation (IBM). (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The Jewish victims of the Highland Park shooting

The Jewish community in Highland Park is in mourning after a gunman fired at Independence Day event

By Jonathan Sacerdoti

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July 7, 2022 10:10

A still image from surveillance footage shows a person who police believe to be Robert (Bob) E. Crimo III, a person of interest in the mass shooting that took place at a Fourth of July parade route in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park, Illinois, U.S. dressed in women's clothing on July 4, 2022. (Highland Park Police Department)

David Baddiel

By David Baddiel

There's so much more to Jewish jokes that the 'mean Jew' stereotype

Other types of Jewish humour are available says David Baddiel

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June 30, 2022 10:39

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - JULY 25: Writer/Actor Larry David speaks onstage during the "Clear History" panel discussion at the HBO portion of the 2013 Summer Television Critics Association tour - Day 2 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on July 25, 2013 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

Rabbi Natasha Mann

By Rabbi Natasha Mann

In the wake of the Roe v. Wade decision, Jews need to remember our duty to the vulnerable

Already disadvantaged women will suffer the most from abortion bans

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June 29, 2022 11:07

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 17: A protester carries a sign as they attend the "Jewish Rally for Abortion Justice" rally at Union Square near the U.S. Capitol on May 17, 2022 in Washington, DC. The rally, hosted by the National Council of Jewish Women, is taking place more than two weeks since the leaked draft of the Supreme Court's potential decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

‘We must battle to protect kashrut and brit milah’ say European Jewish leaders

Too many states acted or are acting to ban ritual slaughter

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June 23, 2022 12:49

TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY BENOIT FAUCHET A man checks carcases of bovine animals after a Kosher ritual slaughter, in Haguenau, eastern France on July 21, 2016. / AFP / FREDERICK FLORIN (Photo credit should read FREDERICK FLORIN/AFP via Getty Images)

Kemi Badenoch

By Kemi Badenoch

UK’s faith minister: History can guide all of us to a better future

Kemi Badenoch MP travels to Rome and the Vatican, where she meets the Pope, Chief Rabbi Riccardo Di Segni and visits the Jewish Museum

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June 23, 2022 12:19

UK’s faith minister: History can guide all of us to a better future

Why mental health is an halachic issue

Rabbis may rule leniently on Jewish law when a person’s mental wellbeing is at stake

By Rabbi Yoni Rosensweig

4 min read

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June 17, 2022 12:11

Writing in notebook. Close-up.

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