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Law

Alan Dershowitz: 'Prince Andrew should not have paid Virginia off'

The retired Harvard law professor speaks out for the first time since Giuffre lawsuit dropped

By Tom Gross

4 min read

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 29: Attorney Alan Dershowitz, a member of President Donald Trump's legal team, speaks to the press in the Senate Reception Room during the Senate impeachment trial at the U.S. Capitol on January 29, 2020 in Washington, DC. Wednesday begins the question-and-answer phase of the impeachment trial that will last up to 16 hours over the next two days. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Art

Official sculptor recalls long chats with royalty

By Nicole Lampert

3 min read

Photography

‘My dear old friend Charles will make a magnificent King'

By Paul Cainer

2 min read

British Jews have had good reason to feel safe under the Royal Family

By Howard Jacobson

British Jews have had good reason to feel safe under the Royal Family

9 min read

By Chana Hughes

The benefits of mourning our Queen

3 min read

Orthodox Judaism

Synagogue prayers reflect the Queen’s death and new King

By Ben Bloch

1 min read

LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 17: Queen Elizabeth II attends the Elizabeth line's official opening at Paddington Station on May 17, 2022 in London, England. (Photo by Andrew Matthews - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

By Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis

We give thanks for Her Majesty’s exemplary life

1 min read

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Charles III is the King of hearts

In 2019, the then Prince of Wales declared: 'The connection between the Crown and our Jewish community is something special and precious'

By Neil Martin

2 min read

September 16, 2022 13:49

Clarence House changed the mood in Israel

Israeli officials say a change in UK relations was immediately felt when the Queen, due to her age, began to travel abroad much less and the international face of the royal family became Prince Charles

By Anshel Pfeffer

5 min read

September 16, 2022 13:49

12th July 1967: General Chaim Herzog, the first military governor of the West Bank of Jordan, arriving at London Airport. (Photo by J. Wilds/Keystone/Getty Images)

Jewish stars remember a much-loved monarch with a 'mischievous' side

With the community and the country united in grief, Jewish stars of stage and screen spoke candidly to the JC about the monarch they loved

By Karen Glaser

5 min read

September 15, 2022 16:12

G4JEMT G4JEMT The Queen talks meets (from left) actress Maureen Lipman, Artistic Director of the Almeida Theatre Jonathan Kent and actor David Suchet during her visit to the Almeida Theatre in London, part of a tour by The Queen and the Duke to London's Theatreland.

By Jonathan Shalit

Encounters with royals bring cheer amid grief

Talent manager Jonathan Shalit recalls his numerous meetings with royals

3 min read

September 15, 2022 14:20

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, speaks to well-wishers on the Long walk at Windsor Castle on September 10, 2022. - King Charles III pledged to follow his mother's example of "lifelong service" in his inaugural address to Britain and the Commonwealth, after ascending to the throne following the death of Queen Elizabeth II on September 8. (Photo by Chris Jackson / POOL / AFP) (Photo by CHRIS JACKSON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Gold plates and black hats: When Buckingham Palace went kosher

How a crack team of Kosher caterers were flown in to prepare the banquet for the 1997 state visit by Israeli President Ezer Weizman

By Victoria Prever

3 min read

September 15, 2022 13:11

Queen Elizabeth II and the President of the United Mexican States, Felipe Calderon,(background R) toast during a State Banquet inside the Ballroom at Buckingham Palace in central London on March 30, 2009. The President of the United Mexican States and his wife, Senora Margarita Zavala, are on a four-day State visit to the United Kingdom. AFP PHOTO Johnny Green/PA ROTA POOL (Photo credit should read JOHNNY GREEN/AFP via Getty Images)

Anglo-Jewry embraces a familiar King

While still in mourning, our community looks to a future in safe hands

By Jonathan Sacerdoti

6 min read

September 15, 2022 12:45

The survivor, 92, who met three generations of royals

Manfred Goldberg has met the Queen, King Charles and Prince William

By Ben Bloch

3 min read

September 15, 2022 12:38

The survivor, 92, who met three generations of royals

'In our prayers today', Jewish leaders react to palace statement on HM Queen's health

A range of public figures from the Jewish community have offered their thoughts following Buckingham Palace's update on the Her Majesty the Queen's health

By Georgia L Gilholy

3 min read

September 8, 2022 13:45