Category: Jewish
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Cross-communal Shabbat to highlight awareness of domestic abuse
Forty one synagogues have signed up to a Jewish Women’s Aid cross-communal Shabbat on 22–23 November to encourage open discussions about domestic abuse within the Jewish community. JWA is partnering with Manchester Jewish Representative… Continue Reading
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Finally, a solution to that lost receipt problem
We’ve all been there: queuing up in store to return a faulty item only to be told you can’t as you have lost the receipt. This is exactly what happened to Tash Grossman and became the lightbulb moment for her award-winning retail tech… Continue Reading
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Robbie Keane’s wife says family don’t feel safe in Ireland after threats over his Israel job
Robbie Keane’s wife says she fears for her family’s safety after her husband was targeted following his spell in charge of Israeli football club Maccabi Tel Aviv. Online abuse against Keane intensified this week after he was invited to… Continue Reading
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OPINION: Week in, week out, Jewish students fight for their place on campus; now universities must step up
I was elected campaigns officer of the Cambridge University Jewish Society almost a year ago, following a term as president. The elections came at the end of an incredibly turbulent time for our JSoc; after October 7th, we struggled to find… Continue Reading
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Board and Sub Committee Recruitment
We are the largest provider of sheltered housing to the Jewish community in the UK. We deliver services to around 550 properties; primarily sheltered housing with some other supported housing and general needs homes. As we look to the… Continue Reading
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Haredi’s find social service in lieu of draft
They feel they’ve found a place that balances their concerns about “secularization” in the IDF with a desire to participate and contribute to the country. The roles they fill are more readily accepted within the ultra-Orthodox community, as… Continue Reading
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Amid their return to kibbutzes ravaged by Hamas, 400 Israelis head to NYC for a brief respite
On a sleepy Tuesday evening on the Upper West Side, the basement of Reform synagogue Rodeph Sholom was brimming with noise, energy and approximately 400 Israelis. The congregation was hosting Thanks4Giving, a pre-Thanksgiving… Continue Reading
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Former NY Jewish Week staffer Miriam Reinharth, 69, dies after being hit by ambulance on Upper West Side
Miriam Reinharth, who organized community forums and literary events for the New York Jewish Week from 2007 to 2012, died Tuesday after being hit by an ambulance near West 96th Street on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. She was… Continue Reading
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Israel’s proposed wartime budget would slash benefits for new immigrants
Many immigrants to Israel would no longer be eligible to receive the financial stipends that have been a staple for new arrivals to the country under the terms of its proposed wartime budget for next year. The Israeli government… Continue Reading
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U of Michigan student president impeached after calling critics ‘Zionists’
The University of Michigan’s student body president entered office last semester on a campaign to shut down all “business as usual” — including funding student groups — until the school agreed to divest from Israel.