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Kindness is the rule when we mourn our dead

Jonathan Freedland reflects on the kindness of strangers and a religion with an 'AAA rating when it comes to grieving'

By Jonathan Freedland

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Kindness is the rule when we mourn our dead

Obituary: Michael Freedland

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The things I wish Corbyn’s people had heard

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Israel could now destroy young Jews' commitment to it

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For Bibi, the diaspora is mostly a relic of history

Does the Israeli PM care about us?

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June 15, 2018 08:37

For Bibi, the diaspora is mostly a relic of history

A lifetime of life writing

Jonathan Freedland interviews his dad, Michael about his latest biography of the survivor who became an Olympic weightlifter, Ben Helfgott

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May 3, 2018 12:38

A rushed day of dreams when Israel was born

If declarations are moments of national birth, Israel was a baby delivered in a hospital lift, says Jonathan Freedland as he ponders its 70th anniversary

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May 3, 2018 11:23

A rushed day of dreams when Israel was born

Israel must wake up and smell the coffee

It would cost Israel little to allow the people of the West Bank the basic freedom to trade and travel, rights all of us would regard as essential, writes Jonathan Freedland

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March 21, 2018 18:07

Israel must wake up and smell the coffee

Netanyahu’s appalling betrayal of Jewish values

The desire to be rid of these African newcomers has been mired in plain racism from the start, writes Jonathan Freedland.

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February 8, 2018 11:16

Netanyahu’s appalling betrayal of Jewish values

A barmitzvah is a life lesson — at whatever age

I’ve had barmitzvahs on my mind in 2017, whether hosting our own or acting as an unpaid Uber driver, ferrying Sam and his friends to or from someone else’s, writes Jonathan Freedland

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December 27, 2017 16:57

A barmitzvah is a life lesson — at whatever age

We are ambassadors for our community

It’s that feeling you get once a cab driver knows you’re Jewish and you feel obliged to give an extra-generous tip, lest they conclude that Jews are stingy.

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November 16, 2017 11:49

Rows about hate are bad for us all

I long for the day that Labour deals with this problem properly — for their sake and for ours

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October 3, 2017 09:55

The wedding dance of death

A fake Jewish wedding was staged in a Polish village recently. Jonathan Freedland says it is a macabre way of remembering the lost.

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August 24, 2017 10:43

Fake news can damage us all

What is real and what is fake? We will always have our own opinions, but are we destined never to agree on a common set of facts?

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July 13, 2017 10:04

Widening the lens of blame

On November 25, 1942, the New York Times reported that two million European Jews had been murdered. But — and this fact alone is incredible — this report only made it to page 10.

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June 2, 2017 08:33

Neither support nor collusion

Jonathan Freedland looks into the reasoning and motivations of those who claim Jewish leaders colluded with Hitler

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April 20, 2017 10:24