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There’s comfort in a catalogue of archivists
<p>A recent conference was an antidote to the feeling that Jews are being ignored and gaslit</p>
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'I had to tell the world about Russia's crimes' says UK's former woman in Kyiv
Dame Melinda Simmons said that her Jewish heritage meant she had to speak up when stationed in Ukraine
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Why I'm thinking of murderers this Rosh Hashanah
Happy (early) New Year to you all!
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New National Trust display to explore Jewish country homes and families
The Country Houses, Jewish Homes project will take place at Upton House and Gardens just outside Banbury
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Famous Carlisle Magen David window saved after local campaign
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
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Long before Jewface arguments, Jewish comedians were playing up to stereotypes
Julian Rose, an American comedian popularised the early form of Jewish caricature comedy
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Jewish jazz icon Sammy Davis Jr's diamond ring set to sell for £70k at auction
Davis Jr also wore the ring when he met US president Richard Nixon at the White House in 1973
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Ancient German synagogue may gain Unesco world heritage status
Erfurt’s historic Old Synagogue has had a chequered existence since it was last used as a house of worship 700 years ago
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'Inspiring' new evidence shows how Jews thrived in York after antisemitic 1190 massacre
A trove of documents reveals how the city’s Jewish residents lived and worked alongside their Christian neighbours, mostly harmoniously, in the early 1200s
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It is a testament to Spinoza that he still provokes controversy
The most important Jewish philospher in history remains the subject of a herem, or Jewish censure, imposed back in 1656
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Exhuming remains of 7,000 Sephardi Jews was ‘contravention of Jewish law'
Calls for a memorial to be built for those whose bodies were dug up from East End cemetery and reburied in unmarked mass graves
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Ruins of one of the world's oldest synagogues found in Russia
Archaeologists found traces of the synagogue’s foundations and walls, in addition to marble menorahs
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Extraordinary life of Olympic champion Agnes Keleti told at Jewish family history conference
The International Conference on Jewish Genealogy is taking place in London
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Why I’m so proud to be Jewish, in good times and bad
We’ve got a community so rich and deep and nourishing that, at its best, it makes you feel like you’re floating in an ocean of chicken soup
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Back to the Borscht Belt! Celebrating the golden era of Jewish vacationland in the Catskills
A new festival will recapture the heady days of Jewish vacationland in the Catskills
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When is a Jew not a Jew? When they are German and Gentile
Germans impersonating Jews is not common, but it is less rare than you think...
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