The State Archives in Israel have created a searchable database of the more than 380,000 pages of rare historical material
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Failure to renew a VAT exemption scheme for historic synagogues would hit community projects
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Relations between us and the most unkosher of beasts is the subject of a captivating new history
By Simon Rocker
The deputy PM will assess the planning application ahead of committee meeting next month
The Spitalfields Trust is calling on JC readers to share their family stories in connection with the 19th century shul
The author of the million-copy bestselling biography of the Holy City writes an exclusive essay about the carve-ups of the past
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A rigorous trawl through Venetian archives yields a work that begs for a lavish film adaptation
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Historian Sir Simon Schama speaks to the JC after his appearance in Book Week
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A previous letter written by Einstein featuring the famous equation sold for $1.2 million in 2021
The untold story of how François Genoud, a Swiss banker, executed a secret plan to eliminate Jews from the Middle East
The huge cache of videos, photos and text messages documents the atrocities unfolding in real time
By Eliana Jordan
A letter written by the physicist is up for auction with the proceeds going to Oxfam
By Richard Percival
The manuscript of Tikune Shabat sold for £71,250 at auction
Ex-JFS student Jono Namara has already racked up nearly 100,000 likes on TikTok
Former MP Eric Martlew noticed the broken pane in the old Carr’s biscuit factory two years ago then set out to raise £2,000 for its refurb
By Rosa Doherty
A trove of documents reveals how the city’s Jewish residents lived and worked alongside their Christian neighbours, mostly harmoniously, in the early 1200s