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David Baddiel

My family story is strange but it does seem to resonate with Jews

Very few Jews grow up in what might be called a homogenously Jewish household

By David Baddiel

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David Baddiel with his mother, Sarah

Felicity Kendal (SOPA Images Limited/Alamy Live News)

Elisa Bray

I’m one of those Jews Felicity Kendal thinks is wrong

3 min read

(Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP) (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images)

Vicki Belovski

By Vicki Belovski

Men and women dancing separately is a blessing

3 min read

Pro-Palestinian supporters shout slogans and wave Palestinian flags during a demonstration in central London on January 6, 2024, calling for a ceasefire now in the war in Gaza. Thousands of civilians, both Palestinians and Israelis, have died since October 7, 2023, after Palestinian Hamas militants based in the Gaza Strip entered southern Israel in an unprecedented attack triggering a war declared by Israel on Hamas with retaliatory bombings on Gaza. (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP) (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS/AFP via Getty Images)

Daniel Finkelstein

By Daniel Finkelstein

Despite it all, modern Britain remains one of the best places for Jews to live in history

3 min read

Statue of Maimonides in Cordoba

Vicki Belovski

By Vicki Belovski

Torah teaches us to move from darkness to light

3 min read

Algeria Sahara Desert Photo From Drone

Rob Rinder

Like Moses, I wandered the desert with no phone signal – and my mind soared

3 min read

Josh Kaplan meets Josh Kaplan in 2017 (Photo credit: Josh Kaplan)

Josh Kaplan

Josh Kaplan? I am semi-stalking you

2 min read

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Oldest Jew in the world dies at 114

Pearl Berg was born in Indiana in 1909

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February 8, 2024 15:55

Oldest Jew in the world dies at 114

British Jews are ‘more attached to Israel’ than US counterparts

A shrinking percentage of UK Jewry identifies as Zionist

By Simon Rocker

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February 8, 2024 06:00

A pro-Israel march in London (Photo: Getty Images)

Simon Rocker

By Simon Rocker

Intermarriage increase stands out as community travels on twin tracks

A new JPR survey has found we’re getting marrying out more and getting less attached to Israel

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February 8, 2024 06:00

A ultra-Orthodox Jew walks past a synagogue in north London on October 13, 2023. The UK government announced Thursday Â£3 million ($3.7 million) of extra funding to help protect the Jewish community from anti-Semitic attacks, after a reported 400 percent spike in incidents since Hamas's weekend attacks in Israel. (Photo by Daniel LEAL / AFP) (Photo by DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images)

Steep rise in Jews marrying out as the number of Zionists drops says new survey

Those with the strongest attachment to Israel also have the strongest British identity, the Institute for Jewish Policy Research found

By Simon Rocker

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February 8, 2024 06:00

GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - OCTOBER 11: Members of the Jewish community in Glasgow gather in Buchanan Street where they held a vigil in memory of the those killed in Israel by Hamas militants, on October 11, 2023 in Glasgow, Scotland. More than 1,200 people were killed in Israel on Saturday when Hamas militants invaded from Gaza and attacked Israeli communities nearby, coupled with a barrage of rockets. The attack spurred an intense bombing campaign by Israel across the Gaza Strip, where hundreds have died, according to Palestinian authorities. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Howard Jacobson

By Howard Jacobson

Why are Jews uncomfortable in Australia? Two words: The left

October 7 has shown how Australia’s attitude towards us has changed

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February 1, 2024 10:43

Protesters show their support for Palestinians during a rally in front of the Opera House in Sydney on October 9, 2023. (Photo by Izhar KHAN / AFP)

Elisa Bray

‘What are you?’ they asked. ‘British or Jewish?’

The worst thing about marrying out is the awkward conversations that you cannot avoid

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January 25, 2024 15:01

‘What are you?’ they asked. ‘British or Jewish?’

By Dana Dorfman

How everyone can begin to heal our divided community

In my 30 years as a psychotherapist, I’ve never known so much polarisation within once-close relationships

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December 22, 2023 11:38

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David Baddiel

By David Baddiel

Frankly, it really is a miracle that we have survived for so long

This is a difficult and dangerous time for Jews but we are very good at something and that is survival

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December 21, 2023 14:51

Aerial view of the famous cable-stayed bridge of Sao Paulo city.

Rabbi Joseph Dweck

By Rabbi Joseph Dweck

Chanukah is symbolic of the light of wisdom

In our information age, facts are at our fingertips. But knowledge comes from studying truth

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December 14, 2023 14:07

Chanukah is symbolic of the light of wisdom

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