14+ hour, 42+ min ago   (860+ words) By the time the rabbi said Kaddish I was in pieces. I cried." Only 10 days beforehand, the massacre at Bondi Beach made headlines around the world. My trip would end in Sydney and I resolved to go to Bondi Beach…...

14+ hour, 42+ min ago   (477+ words) From Our Lips" is running for the second time throughout the UK Synagogues across the UK are being invited to take part in a celebration of Jewish liturgical music, launching at the end of the month. From Our Lips, organised…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (366+ words) Bayvel was recognised in the King's New Year Honours List for her pioneering work in optical fibre engineering, but the Jewish scientist remains reverent to her academic idols Polina Bayvel is well aware that she stands upon the shoulders of…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (98+ words) Try our weekly Jewish knowledge test contains material not in the Etgar Handbook 1) How old was Sarah when she gave birth to Isaac? 2) In what book of Torah does the story of Joseph appear? 3) Isaac is to Abraham as Solomon…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (433+ words) Music? Well let's put a moratorium on Bernstein and Sondheim and Hammerstein and Hart and Menuhin and Barenboim and Bette and Barbra" take down those Chagalls, Modigliani's and Soutine's" need I go on? We punch above our weight and give…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (593+ words) David Bennun talks to Steven J. Zipperstein about his new literary biography of the pre-eminent Jewish novelist Roth's reputation, always under fire, has been particularly scorched over his attitudes towards women. He has stood accused of exploitation and misogyny, and while…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (253+ words) The charity will open a fund under the management of UJIA Jewish Child's Day (JCD), the UK's primary grant-giving Jewish children's charity has announced that it will be closing its office in February and instead form a dedicated fund. Described…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (371+ words) And I will bring you to the Land, which I have raised My hand to give to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob; and I will give it to you for an inheritance: I am the Lord" Exodus 6:8 Rabbi Dr…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (92+ words) Shabbat times for the week Friday, January 16 (Tevet 27). Shabbat begins in London at 4.07; Bournemouth 4.13; Leeds 4.00; Manchester 4.06; Gateshead 3.57; Glasgow 4.03. Saturday, January 17 (Tevet), Torah portion: Va'era, Exodus 6:2 to 9:35. Haftarah: Ezekiel 28:25 to 29:21. Shabbat ends in London at 5.16; Bournemouth 5.29; Leeds 5.14; Manchester 5.20; Gateshead 5.16; Glasgow 5.20. Monday,…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (576+ words) Labour's stance on Palestine Peter Prinsley MP (Letters, January 9) shares the same delusion as his leader that their actions matter. His claim that Prime Minister Starmer's recognition of a State of Palestine was not a reward for Hamas terror is…...