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Gavriel Cohn

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

Both my grandfather and my great grandfather were from Munich, where it was held

By Gavriel Cohn

3 min read

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

Vintage engraving of scene from the New Testament, Jesus speaking in the treasury. James Tissot

David Aaronovitch

By David Aaronovitch

Jews for Jesus leaflets always put me in an extremely bad mood

3 min read

Can you blame the Minneapolis Zoom sex couple?

Josh Kaplan

Can you blame the Minneapolis Zoom sex couple?

2 min read

Flat lay cottage cheese, bottle of milk, wheat, cereal bread, cheese, apples on white background. Happy Shavuot greeting card template.

Angela Epstein

By Angela Epstein

Do we celebrate Shabbat, Shavuot or Jubilee?

3 min read

Time to fully embrace the Strictly Orthodox

Yoni Birnbaum

By Yoni Birnbaum

Time to fully embrace the Strictly Orthodox

3 min read

Why we are launching a ‘rate my Beit Din’ site

Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll

By Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll

Why we are launching a ‘rate my Beit Din’ site

3 min read

Jetty used by visitors arriving by sea in Stanley, capital of the Falkland Islands.

Josh Glancy

My Jewdar is so good I even found one on the Falkland Islands

3 min read

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David Baddiel

By David Baddiel

Why do we not have our own version of Freitag Nacht Jews?

The answer lies in the longstanding misguided and racist assumption by TV commissioners that the only people who would be interested in a show about Jews would be other Jews

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May 12, 2022 12:01

Why do we not have our own version of Freitag Nacht Jews?

Angela Epstein

By Angela Epstein

Working from home is very good for the Jews

I miss office life as much as anyone else but when it comes to our calendar, WFH is a blessing

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April 28, 2022 10:19

laptop with screen video conference on kitchen counter with smart phone , note pad

The Yorkshire festival that proves Yiddish is trending

The sof-vokh for non-Charedi speakers will take place at Wortley Hall near Sheffield in June

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April 14, 2022 14:26

The Yorkshire festival that proves Yiddish is trending

I’m flying the flag for all Jews, says Grand National champion Sam Waley-Cohen

The jockey who stunned the country with victory at Aintree speaks to the JC

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April 14, 2022 11:03

LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - APRIL 09: Sam Waley-Cohen riding Noble Yeats win The Randox Grand National Handicap Steeple Chase at Aintree Racecourse on April 09, 2022 in Liverpool, England. (Photo by Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images)

Is this what a Jew looks like?

Can Shannon, a Liberal Jew from York, replace the stereotypical image most British people have of Jews - the black-hatted, bearded Strictly Orthodox men? A new book aims to try.

By Karen Glaser

9 min read

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April 7, 2022 11:49

Is this what a Jew looks like?

Josh Glancy

Keeping Jewish culture alive is about more than fighting hatred

The fact that 3/4 Jews believe that fighting antisemitism comprises the core of their identity is a depressing sign

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March 31, 2022 14:00

Saturday Sabbath Havdala ceremony at the end of Jewish Saturday

Angela Epstein

By Angela Epstein

We won't have Neighbours soon, but we will still have the Jewish cul-de-sac

G'day is supplanted by Good Shabbos as we have created our own kibbutz-style atmosphere

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March 29, 2022 14:31

Shot using a drone during the golden hour shows an upscale suburbs with gold course, lake, houses and roof tops

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