For Jewish News March 2023 The Chief Rabbi, Sir Ephraim Mirvis, has praised the Archbishop of Canterbury as “one of our greatest friends, a friend of Jews and of Judaism”. Archbishop Welby, meanwhile, spoke about actions taken in Israel “about which I have heard both the Board of Deputies and the chief rabbi express concern”. […]
For the JC Feb 2023 “This book is magnetic. It has a power, it draws you in across the room, it resonates.” Sharon Liberman Mintz speaks with knowledge and affection of arguably the single most important piece of Judaica to come up for sale this century. Unseen in public for more than 40 years, the […]
For the JC January 2023 by Jenni Frazer Growing up in Cape Town in the late 60s, the future Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis was passionate about sports. One day his father, Rabbi Lionel Mirvis, took his three sons — Howard, Jonathan and the teen then known as Errol — to a friendly between a South […]
For the JC August 15 2022 The Israeli rescue contractor, Moti Kahana, renowned for his operations in saving refugees in Syria, Afghanistan and Ukraine, has now begun a humanitarian “bridge” service, bringing vital supplies in and out of Ukraine. Working with the American security company Constellis, Kahana’s NGO is based on the Romanian-Ukraine border and […]
A furious row has broken out between Shechita UK and rabbis from Reform Judaism after a report from the Assembly of Reform Rabbis and Cantors suggested that pre-stunning before kosher slaughter of animals had become acceptable. In a blistering response, Shechita UK’s director, Shimon Cohen, described the Reform report as “woefully ignorant”, a “potentially dangerous […]
For Jewish News July 15 2022 British Jews eager to make aliyah are “tearing their hair out” after being made to wait more than 18 months for their application to be processed, with one couple told there was “insufficient proof” of Jewish identity despite an endorsement from the London Beth Din. Alexander Menashe, whose wife’s […]
For the JC July 15 2022 Philanthropist Sir Lloyd Dorfman has condemned Jewish critics of the proposed Holocaust memorial next to Parliament as “appalling”, in an exclusive interview with the JC. A trustee of the Holocaust Memorial Foundation, he said: “I am passionate about this project. It’s very important. The opportunity to build a Holocaust […]
For Jewish News May 2022 Sixty-five British wounded, sick and injured Armed Forces veterans are heading to Israel at the end of May for this year’s Veteran Games, a week-long opportunity to compete against their Israeli counterparts who are often suffering from similar conditions. The Games, being held this year for only the second time, […]
For the JC May 2022 An Israeli doctor, who retired after 17 years in high-level roles with the World Health Organisation, is back in the front line in Ukraine’s war, and is now the Incident Manager for WHO Ukraine. As Dr Dorit Nitzan explained, she was formerly the Regional Health Emergencies Co-ordinator for WHO Europe. […]
For Jewish News May 2022 Last Shabbat the former Conservative politician Brooks Newmark found himself unexpectedly called to the Torah in Kyev, the Ukrainian capital, at the behest of the city’s chief rabbi, Moshe Azman. “My Hebrew’s not so good”, protested Newmark, but the forceful Rabbi Azman would not take no for an answer, and […]