A chronological archive of everything I’ve published…
LONDON — A Jewish undergraduate has launched an ambitious global TV service on YouTube. Oliver Anisfeld, a 21-year-old history student at London’s University College, has seen the fruits of his single-minded charm offensive to the great and the good over the last year. Despite scepticism from almost everyone he met, Anisfeld persisted – and this […]
Column for Jewish News issue Feb 26 2016 from Jenni Frazer They were the pictures that were a gift to columnists – me included – up and down the land: the images of the UKIP leader Nigel Farage, sporting his green “Go” tie, with his arm around the shoulders of the one-time Respect MP and […]
For the Times of Israel by Jenni Frazer February 15 2016 Britain’s Chief Rabbi, Ephraim Mirvis, has launched a groundbreaking qualification for Jewish women, the “Ma’ayan” course. Starting in September 2016, the prestigious course is planned to attract Jewish women who want to play a greater role as educators in their communities. A year in […]
Cambridge students for JN from Jenni Frazer February 16 2015 An initiative by Jewish students in Cambridge to hold a Middle East Peace Week has drawn support in advance of the annual Israel Apartheid Week. But two days into the week of talks, the university’s Arab Society, which had offered “support” rather than direct involvement, […]
By Jenni Frazer for Jewish News Feb 18 2016 Childlessness, if at all discussed in the Jewish community, is almost always approached from the woman’s point of view. But next week, at Jewish Book Week, Elliot Jager will look at what it means to be an Orthodox Jewish man who does not have children. Jager, […]
For the Times of Israel by Jenni Frazer posted Feb 18 2016 CALAIS — There is a “jungle” in France, and it is based in Calais. The jungle, a sprawling refugee camp on the northern French coast, houses the desperate of many nations – Afghanis, Kuwaiti Bedouin, Iraqis, Ethiopians and Eritreans, many Sudanese, and Syrians. […]
February 18, 2016 Claims have been made that there were Iranian Jewish refugees in the Calais jungle in the last six months – but nobody wants to talk about it, writes Jenni Frazer. Last week a group of Orthodox rabbis and imams visited the camp in a first-of-its-kind interfaith delegation. At least two of the […]
Column for Jewish News December 17 2015 by Jenni Frazer Today’s sermon, o best beloveds. is about protest and counter-protest – when to do it and when, frankly, you might as well not bother. On Sunday, a somewhat bizarre protest took place in New York. As far as I can gather – and it has […]
For the Times of Israel posted Feb 15 2016 LONDON — Britain’s Chief Rabbi, Ephraim Mirvis, has launched a groundbreaking qualification for Jewish women, the “Ma’ayan” course. Starting in September 2016, the prestigious course hopes to attract Jewish women who want to play a greater role as educators in their communities. A year in the […]
For the Times of Israel posted February 8 2016 LONDON — It’s Saturday night at Golders Green Synagogue in London and an audience wanders in, ready to be entertained. The headliner, it’s fair to say, is not impressed with the venue, since we are seated at the back of the shul behind weighty pillars, and […]