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Jenni Frazer
Two Generations
May 15, 2023, 3:39 pm
Homesharing scheme launched by Jewish social worker partners with Age UK
Two Generations has linked up with Hillingdon, Harrow and Brent boroughs to match elderly and young in a bid to tackle rising rents and isolation
By Jenni Frazer
MP Robert Jenrick (right), with the late Holocaust survivor Sir Ben Helfgott and his grandson Reuben at Victoria Gardens in Westminster in July 2021.
May 12, 2023, 5:42 pm
OPINION: It’s high time we sorted out this memorial muddle
"If ever this project comes to fruition, there will be no survivors left to see it," writes Jenni Frazer on London's proposed Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre
By Jenni Frazer
Protesters carry a banner portraying Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as pharoah, reading 'Let my people go,' in Tel Aviv. Credit: Tomer Appelbaum, Haaretz
April 12, 2023, 11:36 am
OPINION: A Pesach to remember, but it’s for all the wrong reasons
The only thing predictable about Israel these days is its total unpredictably, writes Jenni Frazer in Tel Aviv for Jewish News
By Jenni Frazer
Israeli President Isaac Herzog, Tel Aviv, March 13, 2023.(Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
March 30, 2023, 1:12 pm
OPINION: It may be the season for jokes, but this is ridiculous
Pardon me? It's President Herzog’s festive invitation to apply for pardons.
By Jenni Frazer
Haggad AI image
March 15, 2023, 7:05 pm
Meet Rabb.AI, your Passover commentator for the new intelligent Haggadah
Why is this night different from any other night? Because this year, two Israelis have created an artificial intelligence rabbi to help you navigate the seder
By Jenni Frazer
Chaim Topol in a scene from Fiddler on the Roof (Landmark Media)
March 13, 2023, 3:50 pm
OPINION: From Anatevka to Lineker, the new tradition of guilt by association
Jenni Frazer reflects on her interview with Topol 20 years ago and how in many ways since then our culture has evolved from one of action to perception.
By Jenni Frazer
Ken Loach
August 17, 2021, 2:56 pm
OPINION: Ken Loach’s role in enabling Labour antisemitism is there for us to discuss
Jenni Frazer says Labour's cleansing the swamp process might take a long time - but it's a necessary step to making it a respectable political party once more
By Jenni Frazer
August 5, 2021, 4:52 pm
OPINION: Week when media laziness reduced Jews to caricatures
It’s too easy for some in the media to reach for the nearest Holocaust trope or picture to illustrate anything these days, writes Jenni Frazer
By Jenni Frazer
The interim report noted how in May Palestinian and Islamic Jihad had launched 4,360 rockets into Israel.
May 13, 2021, 12:03 pm
OPINION: Killings are bad enough without a keyboard war
As Israel and Hamas exchange hostilities and civilians get caught in the crossfire, Jenni Frazer reflects on the outpouring of online hate and celebrities opining on the situation
By Jenni Frazer
March 4, 2021, 12:59 pm
OPINION: Real hate is more of a threat than TV drama
Following outrage over a segment on SNL, Jenni Frazer says we need to reserve our street cred for issues that matter, and not foam at the mouth for every perceived infraction.
By Jenni Frazer
A medical worker prepares a vaccine against the COVID-19 at a municipality vaccine center in Tel Aviv, Israel, Dec. 31, 2020. (Gideon Markowicz/JINI via Xinhua)
February 18, 2021, 12:23 pm
OPINION: Come for the vaccine, stay for the cholent
Jenni Frazer looks at Israel's ingenious way of getting Charedim to get the jab - by offering them a hot meal
By Jenni Frazer
Benjamin Netanyahu
December 15, 2020, 12:18 pm
OPINION: Countries falling over themselves to give peace a chance
As Israel signs more normalisation and peace agreements, Jenni Frazer looks ahead to who may be next...
By Jenni Frazer
Screenshot from the Guardian's website of Steve Bell's controversial cartoon. (Credit: The Guardian / https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2020/oct/29/steve-bell-labour-antisemitism-starmer-corbyn-cartoon)
November 17, 2020, 9:10 am
OPINION: Oh, it’s fine, we asked some Jews and they said it was okay
After a cartoon was published depicting Keir Starmer holding a platter with Jeremy Corbyn's head, Jenni Frazer picks apart the process that allowed it to be printed
By Jenni Frazer
Israelis protest against Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu outside Prime Minister Netanyahu's official residence in Jerusalem on August 01, 2020. Photo by: JINIPIX
August 11, 2020, 10:46 am
OPINION: It’s protest week in the Jewish Corral, once again
Jenni Frazer reflects on spats in Israel over reaction to the Beirut blast, and disagreements in the UK over who speaks for the community
By Jenni Frazer
Sir Keir Starmer (left) alongside former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn (centre)
July 13, 2020, 2:46 pm
OPINION: Labour’s tune is changing, even if some lyrics remain the same
With the Equality and Human Rights Commission's report into Labour antisemitism due shortly, Jenni Frazer looks at how the party is responding under Keir Starmer's leadership
By Jenni Frazer
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