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Harvard opts for BDS — so take me out to the ball game for tefillin

United? The USA is as divided as ever with its most prestigious university's newspaper backing the boycott movement while a baseball star's father openly practises the Jewish custom

2 min read

May 6, 2022 15:03

Harvard opts for BDS — so take me out to the ball game for tefillin

Farewell to comic book genius Neal Adams, who fearlessly battled for justice

The superhero artist leaves behind an important legacy not only as a storyteller but also for his campaigning as a proud Jew

By Joel Meadows

2 min read

May 6, 2022 15:02

American DC comics book and commercial artist Neal Adams, UK, 15th June 1979. (Photo by Jones/Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Ice cream and politics don’t mix, campaigners tell Ben & Jerry’s owner

Protesters outside Unilever board meeting in London make clear their opposition to 'hypocritical' statements on foreign affairs and Israel

By David Rose

1 min read

May 5, 2022 14:18

Ice cream and politics don’t mix, campaigners tell Ben & Jerry’s owner

By Dominic Green

When it comes to the crunch... my matzah must come from Leeds

I didn’t want spelt matzah from Streit or Manischewitz..., I want the real thing - a stack of red Rakusen’s

5 min read

April 21, 2022 14:42

When it comes to the crunch... my matzah must come from Leeds

On her 80th birthday, a celebration of Barbra Streisand's glittering career in showbiz

From her first screen role in William Wyler’s 1968 film Funny Girl to her hilarious turn in 2004's Meet the Fockers, few can rival the success of this global icon, who grew up in a Jewish family in Brooklyn

By James Mottram

3 min read

April 21, 2022 13:03

HOLLYWOOD - MARCH 07: Singer/actress Barbra Streisand presents in the press room at the 82nd Annual Academy Awards held at Kodak Theatre on March 7, 2010 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

By Dominic Green

As her Grammys appearance showed, Doja is the 21st century's Tin Pan Alley cat

My teenage informants tell me that Doja Cat is a skilled crafter of the 'memeable hooks' which helped her “blow up” on TikTok. Her performance last Sunday, was, I’m told, a 'massive bop'

2 min read

April 7, 2022 12:16