Judaism

The strange crossover between the Jubilee and Shavuot

Bleary eyed revellers will meet Frummers this Sunday morning

By Josh Howie

3 min read

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June 1, 2022 14:08

LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 06: A portrait of Queen Elizabeth II is displayed on the large screen at Piccadilly Circus to mark the start of the Platinum Jubilee on February 6, 2022 in London, England. Today marks 70 years since Queen Elizabeth II acceded to the throne, following the death of her father, King George VI. She is the first British monarch to reign for seven decades. (Photo by Hollie Adams/Getty Images)

Chief Rabbi to join Royal Family at thanksgiving service at St Paul's cathedral

The service will include a number of the Queen’s favourite Bible readings, anthems, prayers and hymns

By Rosa Doherty

1 min read

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June 1, 2022 10:01

LONDON - FEBRUARY 1: Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis (L) delivers a speech at the Orthodox Jewish School Yavneh College on February 1, 2017 in London, England. (Photo by Toby Melville - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

By Sabrina Miller

The Torah protects a woman's right to abortion and its wrong for American Christians to pretend otherwise

Senator Marco Rubio regularly quotes the Old Testament in his tweets

2 min read

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May 19, 2022 12:46

TOPSHOT - Thousands of demonstrators march in support of Planned Parenthood and pro-choice as they protest a state decision that would effectively halt abortions by revoking the license of the last center in the state that performs the procedure, during a rally in St. Louis, Missouri, May 30, 2019. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

By Karen E H Skinazi

Leaving Marseille made me sad

When we decided to spend Pesach there, we hadn't realised quite how Jewish it is

4 min read

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May 9, 2022 14:17

By Dominic Green

Harvard opts for BDS — so take me out to the ball game for tefillin

United? The USA is as divided as ever with its most prestigious university's newspaper backing the boycott movement while a baseball star's father openly practises the Jewish custom

2 min read

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May 6, 2022 16:03

Harvard opts for BDS — so take me out to the ball game for tefillin

Chief Rabbi’s outrage over Russian minister saying ‘Hitler was Jewish’

Speaking to the JC in Krakow, Poland, Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis said: 'Can you get lower than that?'

By Jonathan Sacerdoti

3 min read

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May 5, 2022 15:22

Chief Rabbi’s outrage over Russian minister saying ‘Hitler was Jewish’

Louisa Clein's pilgrimage

Louisa Clein grew up in a village with no Jewish education but has come to find a home in Judaism as an adult

By Simon Rocker

3 min read

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April 29, 2022 10:08

By Dominic Green

When it comes to the crunch... my matzah must come from Leeds

I didn’t want spelt matzah from Streit or Manischewitz..., I want the real thing - a stack of red Rakusen’s

5 min read

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April 21, 2022 15:42

When it comes to the crunch... my matzah must come from Leeds

By Melanie Phillips

Ukraine shows how vital the nation is in defending freedom

The desperate battle of Ukrainians to protect their nation has shown up the false shibboleth of progressive politics that the nation-state is the source only of bad things like intolerance

3 min read

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April 21, 2022 10:07

The Liberty Bell in historic Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (PA)

Israeli baritone is to become Hamburg’s first liberal cantor since the Nazi era

‘Our president’s Jewish... So what?’ say the fighters for a modern Ukraine

European rabbinic body expands to help rabbis in the Middle East

How I became a virtual rabbi

While conflict in Donbas ramps up again, the mood in Ukraine's capital is grim yet defiant

Edmund de Waal addresses Jewish heritage in new collection of porcelain works

This year's Convention of European Rabbis was a deeply personal experience for me

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The strange crossover between the Jubilee and Shavuot

Chief Rabbi to join Royal Family at thanksgiving service at St Paul's cathedral

The Torah protects a woman's right to abortion and its wrong for American Christians to pretend otherwise

Leaving Marseille made me sad

Harvard opts for BDS — so take me out to the ball game for tefillin

Chief Rabbi’s outrage over Russian minister saying ‘Hitler was Jewish’

Louisa Clein's pilgrimage

When it comes to the crunch... my matzah must come from Leeds

Ukraine shows how vital the nation is in defending freedom