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Get celeb-spotting with JW3’s glorious new mural that celebrates London’s Jewish past and present…

Tagged: JW3, Jewish art, Jewish artist, Jewish news, Jewish London, London art, London artist, London mural

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Reviews, Film & TV
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An extraordinary film of truth and reconciliation from director Daniela Volker that was highly deserving of this year's Yad Vashem Award for outstanding Holocaust-related documentary…

Tagged: Jewish film, film reviews, holocaust, World War Two, World War II, Second World War, Rudolf Höss

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Obituaries
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Danielle Goldstein
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Reviews, Theatre

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Reviews, Theatre
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Jack Klaff gets inside Franz Kafka and his creations and lives up to the adjective coined from his name…

Tagged: Franz Kafka, Jewish theatre, Jewish writer, theatre review

Danielle Goldstein
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Reviews, Film & TV
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Tagged: Jewish film, Holocaust education, World War Two, WWII, film review

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Interviews, Features
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Features, Books & Poetry
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Tagged: Jewish books, Jewish author, World War Two, world war II, WWII

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Tagged: Jewish books, Jewish author, Jewish literature, childrens books, National Library of Israel

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Interviews, Film & TV

Finding love amid the horror

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Interviews, Film & TV
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