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Rosa Doherty

Rosa Doherty

Rosa Doherty is social affairs correspondent for the Jewish Chronicle

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A real helicopter parent! Dad flies in to rescue kids from 'lawless' FZY camp

The conditions at the summer camp were described as like 'Lord of the Flies'

By Rosa Doherty

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A real helicopter parent! Dad flies in to rescue kids from 'lawless' FZY camp

The Golders Green rabbi departing after two decades serving the community

The Golders Green rabbi departing after two decades serving the community

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York welcomes first rabbi since 1290 expulsion

York welcomes first rabbi since 1290 expulsion

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5th November 1970: Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir (Golda Mabovich, 1898 - 1978) at a London Press Conference. (Photo by Harry Dempster/Express/Getty Images)

Declassified documents reveal Golda Meir was 'open' to Palestinian state

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Jewish matchmaker to bring lessons in love to Finchley

Netflix superstar will speak at event for young professionals

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July 19, 2023 17:21

Jewish matchmaker to bring lessons in love to Finchley

Two of Leeds' Orthodox synagogues could merge in new plans

Etz Chaim and Beth Hamedrash Hagadol Synagogues are in talks to create a new shul

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July 19, 2023 11:13

Two of Leeds' Orthodox synagogues could merge in new plans

'Brave' 43 Group founding member Jules Konopinski dies aged 93

The community hero fought against Oswald Mosley’s fascist mobs in the 1950s and 60s

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July 18, 2023 11:47

'Brave' 43 Group founding member Jules Konopinski dies aged 93

Corbynista mayor Jamie Driscoll quits Labour

Jamie Driscoll was blocked from standing for election in 2024 following a recent on-stage discussion with film director Ken Loach

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July 17, 2023 16:10

Corbynista mayor Jamie Driscoll quits Labour

Tel Aviv cafe evacuated after diners mistake cockroach for terror attack

A patron who spotted the insect screamed, leading fraught diners to rush from the premises

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May 30, 2023 14:49

Tel Aviv cafe evacuated after diners mistake cockroach for terror attack

Was Topol a secret Mossad agent?

Family of the Fiddler on the Roof star claim he was involved in secret missions all over the world

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April 14, 2023 11:36

Israeli actor Chaim Topol, 1967. (Photo by Larry Ellis/Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

We will never get a real apology from Corbyn

Even now, mainstream society doesn’t appreciate what Jewish people went through then

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April 4, 2023 15:25

We will never get a real apology from Corbyn

Why You People made me think more about Jewish motherhood

Watching Netflix's You People made me think about my role as a Jewish mother

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February 16, 2023 09:30

Why You People made me think more about Jewish motherhood

Sharing a post on Instagram isn’t very brave

All too often, users oppose antisemitism when it’s trendy but then spread hate about Israel

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November 10, 2022 18:07

Sharing a post on Instagram isn’t very brave

Rabbi, can I eat a pill made from my placenta?

I had my first child during lockdown – this time around has been a very different experience

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August 4, 2022 09:19

Young woman with abortion pill and glass of water indoors, closeup

Why I’m not sending my kids to Jewish schools

All too often there is a culture of bullying and cliqueness that is worse than the mainstream

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June 16, 2022 10:34

Social issues in internet technology and social media in teenager mental health. Low self esteem young Asian teenager boy sitting alone crying with smartphone, feeling frustration, fear, pain, anxiety, abused as victim of cyberbullying.

Chief Rabbi to join Royal Family at thanksgiving service at St Paul's cathedral

The service will include a number of the Queen’s favourite Bible readings, anthems, prayers and hymns

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June 1, 2022 09:01

LONDON - FEBRUARY 1: Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis (L) delivers a speech at the Orthodox Jewish School Yavneh College on February 1, 2017 in London, England. (Photo by Toby Melville - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

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