Ukraine‘The only ones left’: Shabbat with the Jews of DonetskThe entire community of the eastern Ukraine city have either fled the country or are holed up in KyivBy Paul Cainer2 min read
BooksTwo Jewish authors lead colourful debates at book festivalJonathan Freedland discussed his best-selling book The Escape Artist and historian Simon Sebag Montefiore quizzed experts on Vladimir Putin's war at fifth annual Cliveden Literary FestivalBy Georgia L Gilholy1 min read
WarFrom the archive: The Yom Kippur War in Israel and the UKFrom the JC archive on October 12, 1973By Keren David1 min read
UkraineIn the shadow of Babyn Yar, Ukraine’s Jews return homeAt the start of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine in February, Kyiv's Central Synagogue was packed to the gunnels with human misery. Today, the shul is near-normal, as Kyiv bustles almost as busily as before the war startedBy John Sweeney 5 min read
UkraineJewish charities join forces to sell works by Ukrainian artists to raise money for war-torn countryWorks of art are being transported out of Ukraine to Poland by brave volunteers led by Alina Viatkina, 26, who fled her homeland after the Russian invasionBy Ben Bloch2 min read
BooksBook review: Clouds over Paris - the banal life of an occupierFascinating chronicle of the Nazi-occupied French capital shows how the most everyday issues seem more important than the biggest historical issues of the dayBy David Herman1 min read
BooksBook review: The People Immortal - A final war novel from a Russian masterA gripping chronicle of Soviet life in wartime and an indispensable companion piece to the author's other worksBy David Herman2 min read
Obituary: Muriel EngelmanHeroic war veteran who risked German capture to nurse her 'wonderful' American GI soldiersBy Peter Rapaport4 min read||September 1, 2022 09:52
Jack Absolute Flies Again Theatre review: Fruity fun as rivals take to the skiesWriting duo behind One Man, Two Guvnors have created another rollickingly good farceBy John Nathan2 min read||August 26, 2022 14:42
Israeli rescue expert builds vital Ukraine supplies ‘bridge’Moti Kahana, renowned for his operations in saving refugees in Syria and Afghanistan, has launched a humanitarian service to bring vital supplies in and out of Ukraine.By Jenni Frazer2 min read||August 25, 2022 11:51
How a young Jewish electronics expert helped win the WarThe information young Londoner Jack Nissenthall gathered on a daring mission in Nazi-occupied Normandy played a vital role in D-Day planningBy Georgia L Gilholy3 min read||August 19, 2022 11:09
Obituary: Bernard Maurice Levy - Belsen liberator who became one of the last surviving death camp liberators later established high street chain store High and MightyHe saw piles of the dead but also watched survivors grow strong again, as babies were born, barmitzvahs and marriages were celebrated and his people came back to lifeBy Howard Parker3 min read||August 5, 2022 14:50
‘Our president’s Jewish... So what?’ say the fighters for a modern UkraineSecurity expert Jonathan Spyer discovers the real reason why soldiers are serving on the Donbas battlefieldsBy Jonathan Spyer3 min read||June 16, 2022 09:49
While conflict in Donbas ramps up again, the mood in Ukraine's capital is grim yet defiantSuggestions that Ukraine should offer to cede territory in return for peace are greeted with scornBy Paul Cainer6 min read||June 9, 2022 11:18
Book review: Luck: A Personal Account of Fortune, Chance and Risk in Thirteen InvestigationsAuthor David Flusfeder explores his family's history in this fascinating study of fortuneBy David Conway2 min read||June 7, 2022 12:45
From Ukraine's Jewish post office chief, the stamp that shows we'll lick PutinThe sinking of a Russian warship has been immortalised in a stamp conceived by Ukraine’s Jewish postal chief, Igor SmelyanskyBy Paul Cainer3 min read||May 26, 2022 11:03
