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Gaby Wine

Gaby Wine

Gaby Wine is the JC's Community Editor and also enjoys writing features. You can contact her with community stories on gwine@thejc.com

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Israel in our Herts

Borehamwood leads calls for the release of hostages

The Chief Rabbi and Dr Sharone Lifschitz, daughter of hostage Oded Lifschitz, spoke at Sunday’s rally

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Posters of the 134 hostages still captive in Gaza were held aloft as over 1,000 people gathered in Borehamwood on Sunday to campaign for their release (Photo: E Jacobs Photography)

Nova festival site at Re'im, which the delegation of Progressive rabbis visited on their solidarity mission

‘It’s about showing up for Israel’ say rabbis

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The Women's Faith Forum held its inaugural parliamentary event, where it looked at the issue of gendered antisemitism and Islamophobia. Women attended from the Jewish, Muslim, Christian, Hindu and Sikh faiths

Womens interfaith work ‘more important than ever’

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Around 50 celebrities and communal representatives led the Blow For Hostages flagship event on Sunday afternoon. (middle row, left to right) organiser Marcel Knobil, Dayan Binstock, Nimco Ali, Maureen Vanessa Feltz and Rabbi Mendel Cohen (Photo: Jeremy Coleman)

Thousands blow shofars to call for the release of the hostages

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Grandmother avoided abduction on October 7 after she mentioned Messi

Ester Cunio, 90, is now hoping the world-famous footballing hero will help campaign for the release of her grandsons

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March 10, 2024 09:26

Ester Cunio, who narrowly avoided being abducted on October 7 after she brought up footballer Lionel Messi to the terrorists who broke into her home (Photo: Fuente Latina)

Israel to enter Eurovision after third song is approved

The country’s first two songs had been rejected after accusations of being “political”

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March 10, 2024 08:12

Israeli Eurovision entrant Eden Golan will be singing "Hurricane" at Eurovision in May after Israel's first two song submissions were rejected on the grounds of being "political" for referring to the massacre of October 7

Head of Kisharon Langdon: funding pressures ‘worst I have known’

The charity will hold a 36-hour fundraiser on Sunday and Monday

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March 8, 2024 15:32

Artist Jack, a pupil at Kisharon Wohl campus,Kisharon Noe School, a Loftus Learning Centre (Photo: Kisharon Langdon)

Foreign secretary spells out his five-point plan towards peace and a Palestinian state

David Cameron was speaking at the annual Jewish Care Topland Group business lunch

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March 5, 2024 08:36

Lord David Cameron and Lord Daniel Finkelstein at Jewish Care's Topland Group Business Lunch (Grainge Photography)

Survivor of Manchester Arena bombing: ‘Jewish terror victims are treated differently’

Ziv Mann-Wineberg was speaking at the No To Terror rally

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February 26, 2024 03:00

Manchester bombing survivor Ziv Mann-Wineberg addresses the crowd at the No To Terror rally

Jewish Care announces a change of chair

Marcus Sperber will be taking over from Jonathan Zenios in September

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February 22, 2024 07:11

Jewish Care chair-designate Marcus Sperber (left) with current Jewish Care chair Jonathan Zenios (Photo: Blake Ezra Photography Ltd.)

Jewish Care launches its first inclusive, dementia-friendly siddur

The prayer book has larger font, transliteration and colourful images

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February 21, 2024 11:27

Geoff and Gila (standing right) Hartnell, who have supported Jewish Care's inclusive siddur in memory of Geoff's father Isaac z'l. Also pictured are his aunts Rita and Lillian and Ilana Greenblatt, Jewish Care's culture and faith manager (standing, left) (Photo: Jewish Care)

Children – and parents – encouraged to clean up their speech

Seed and GIFT are running a project in 70 schools and organisations

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February 20, 2024 08:31

Rabbi Zeidman at Nancy Reuben as part of The Clean Speech Project (Photo: Seed/GIFT)

Trailblazing female rabbi presented with portrait

Rabbi Jackie Tabick was painted to mark almost 50 years since she graduated as the UK’s first female rabbi

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February 19, 2024 16:51

Rabbi Jackie Tabick and artist Monica Jaye, with the portrait presented to Rabbi Tabick to mark almost 50 years since her ordination (Photo: Mark Dalton)

‘Lockdown’ Havdalah marks its 200th service

The online ceremony attracts participants from Middlesex to India

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February 9, 2024 13:28

The Ark Synagogue in Pinner, Middlesex, has just celebrated its 200th Zoom Havdalah (Photo: Ruth Colin)

Rinder praises Jewish Care’s Go Purple Week

Hundreds of people are dressing in purple this week in honour of the health and social care charity

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February 8, 2024 17:14

100-year-old Joseph Saperia, a member of Michael Sobell Community Centre going purple with outreach coordinator Jojo (Photo: Jewish Care)

Hundreds gather outside offices of BBC to call out media’s silence on Hamas rapes

Spotlight thrown on the victims of October 7 and the 14 women and girls still held in captivity by terrorists in Gaza

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February 4, 2024 20:58

Women with bloodied trousers, fake bruises and bound by rope protest outside BBC's offices in Portland Place, February 4, 2024

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