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A history of Jewish jazz

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A history of Jewish jazz

“Music is the most beautiful language in the world,” proclaimed Weinberg’s gramophone shop in the 1920s. This formed the basis of one of their adverts in a Yiddish language newspaper once sold on the streets of Whitechapel. At the time, swinging dance bands were…

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Pray, love, remember

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Pray, love, remember

I hope readers will forgive me for subverting the words Ophelia speaks in her strangely lucid madness in Hamlet, for they are not all exhortations. But for me, "pray, love, remember" sums up this month’s season of shared remembrance and special anniversaries. As well as the…

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Tales of Amazing Animal Heroes

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Tales of Amazing Animal Heroes

It’s time to talk about the elephant in the room. Lizzie the elephant that is. The story of this helpful giant, who carted steel around Sheffield for use in World War I when all the horses were at war, is just one of many in Tales of Amazing Animal Heroes: Real Life Stories of Animal Bravery…

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Ayelet Gundar-Goshen: Between the Moon and the Desk

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Ayelet Gundar-Goshen: Between the Moon and the Desk

The first Israeli spacecraft reached the moon on 11 April 2019, shortly after the publication of the final results of the Israeli elections. The spacecraft was launched from Israel in February, in the presence of Prime Minister Benjamin…

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The Ukrainian president's Jewish jokes

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The Ukrainian president's Jewish jokes

The final episode of the first season of the Ukrainian hit TV series, Servant of the People (Sluga Narodu), finds president Vasilii Holoborodko – a history-teacher-turned-president – at a live talk show. He is about to reveal his prime minister’s corrupt behaviour. Holoborodko, who frequently…