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Josh Kaplan

Why can't London do proper Jewish delis?

Jewish fare in this country often tries to imitate our American cousins rather than forge its own way

2 min read

Why can't London do proper Jewish delis?

The Merseyside Jewish population has shrunk... but there's hope for the future

The Merseyside Jewish population has shrunk... but there's hope for the future

By Barry Toberman

2 min read

Americans have utterly ruined the bagel

Dominic Green

By Dominic Green

Americans have utterly ruined the bagel

2 min read

Street of Jerusalem Old City Alley made with hand curved stones. Israel, Middle East

Vernon Bogdanor

By Vernon Bogdanor

Half of all Jews now live in Israel and that is a source of strength

6 min read

Rabbi Romain’s shechitah views risk calamity

Miriam Shaviv

By Miriam Shaviv

Rabbi Romain’s shechitah views risk calamity

2 min read

Groom smashing the glass in a Jewish wedding, under the huppah

Josh Glancy

I never thought I’d marry ‘in’, but now my chupah awaits

3 min read

Cityscape image of Tel Aviv, Israel during sunset.

Zoe Strimpel

By Zoe Strimpel

Like many Jews, I always feel like an outsider

3 min read

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Miriam Marson

By Miriam Marson

Turning the page with a new siddur designed for people with disabilities

Judaism has, from its very beginnings, accepted that humans come with abilities and disabilities

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James Inverne

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Is it right for a human actor to play a racoon?

Non-Jews taking Jewish roles isn’t a problem, so long as there’s equality of opportunity

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Rosa Doherty

By Rosa Doherty

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

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Colin Shindler

By Colin Shindler

A watershed moment in how British Jews came to view Israel

The community was riven by disputes over Diaspora criticism of Israel after the Lebanon war, 40 years ago next month

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June 7, 2022 08:50

A watershed moment in how British Jews came to view Israel

Gavriel Cohn

By Gavriel Cohn

This year's Convention of European Rabbis was a deeply personal experience for me

Both my grandfather and my great grandfather were from Munich, where it was held

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June 3, 2022 12:44

This year's Convention of European Rabbis was a deeply personal experience for me

David Aaronovitch

By David Aaronovitch

Jews for Jesus leaflets always put me in an extremely bad mood

The evangelical movement, which singles out Jews rather than Muslims or Hindus for conversion, is just plain rude – I can’t help but think about the Spanish Inquisition

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June 1, 2022 14:02

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Josh Kaplan

Can you blame the Minneapolis Zoom sex couple?

I’ve sat through plenty of Bnei Mitzvahs and very rarely does anything interesting happen.

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May 31, 2022 15:21

Can you blame the Minneapolis Zoom sex couple?

Angela Epstein

By Angela Epstein

Do we celebrate Shabbat, Shavuot or Jubilee?

If street parties are ruled out, we will just have to come up with a more informal celebration

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May 30, 2022 11:45

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Yoni Birnbaum

By Yoni Birnbaum

Time to fully embrace the Strictly Orthodox

It’s wrong to think of Charedim as a separate category from the mainstream community

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May 27, 2022 13:54

Time to fully embrace the Strictly Orthodox

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