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September 22, 2008 15:21
1 min read

Is it more difficult to be Jewish in a recession? Do we have something to offer those whose hopes are fading fast because of economic circumstances?

Editor’s picks

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‘My animated Shoah movie tells truths that kids will understand’

Hand-drawn visions: a scene from The Most Precious of Cargoes. Director Michel Hazanavicius drew all of the characters in the film himself Photo: Ex Nihilo
02

How Henry VIII turned to rabbis to divorce wife No1

Marital issues: Jerry Rabow and his book
03

Like mother used to make

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Jews at UCL ‘terrorised’ by students amid demands of ‘Zionists off campus’

Jewish staff and students at UCL have detailed their experience on a campus which, they say, is overwhelmingly hostile to Israel. (Photo: Getty Images)
05

The Polish nurse, the Nazi officer and the Jews in the basement

Courage and faith: Sophie Nélisse (centre) as Irena Gut, the housekeeper for a Nazi officer

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