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Gideon Falter and police officer exchange words at April 13 demo

April 30, 2024, 9:23 am

OPINION: Lessons learned from the Corbyn wars have hardened into a playbook

The art of Anglo-Jewish diplomacy should be about more than scoring partisan headlines and dunking on the tiresome Owen Jones. The loudest voices aren't always the wisest

By Josh Glancy

Left to right: Hannah Janulewicz – Rudi’s granddaughter; Michael Newman, AJR CEO, His Excellency Dr Robert Ondrejcsak, Slovak Ambassador Julia Sherwood,
Dr Bea Lewkowicz – Director, AJR Refugee Voices, Jonathan Freedland,
Dr Martin Korcok, Director, Holocaust Museum, Sered
Pic: Malcolm Miller.

April 16, 2024, 3:56 pm

80 years on: the men who escaped Auschwitz to warn the world

The Association of Jewish Refugees and Slovak Republic Embassy honour the courage and bravery of Alfred Wetzler and Rudi Vrba.

By Michelle Rosenberg

Michael Gove said in January he was 'minded' to withdraw an offer of funding made to IFN more than six months earlier

October 26, 2023, 12:15 pm

Government defeats attempt to remove Israel ‘carve-out’ from boycott ban

Legislation risked 'playing into the antisemitism' that has increased in the UK, warned Tory former cabinet minister Kit Malthouse

By Jewish News Reporter

Coming to the festival: Ania Buckstein and Dana Ivgy who star in The Other Widow, directed by Ma’ayan Rypp

October 21, 2023, 8:38 pm

‘We can’t be forced inside by terrorists’

With so many Israeli films in the UK Jewish Film Festival, its' Chief Executive is determined it will happen

By Brigit Grant

May 31, 2023, 3:50 pm

A word in your ear about our favourite Jewish podcasts

Candice Krieger pops on her headphones to connect with her favourite Jewish podcasters – some of which are racking up millions of followers

By Candice Krieger

45 AID 2023 Dinner survivors (pictured left to right) Jackie Young, Zdenka Husserl, Rachel Levy, Victor Greenberg, Mala Tribich and Harry Olmer, lit 6 memorial candles to represent the 6 million Jewish lives tragically lost during the Holocaust.
Photo John Rifkin

May 16, 2023, 4:56 pm

Holocaust survivors group holds its 78th reunion dinner

Zdenka Husserl, Rachel Levy, Jackie Young, Victor Greenberg, Mala Tribich and Harry Olmer lit six memorial candles at event for 45 Aid Society

By Jenni Frazer

March 22, 2023, 10:03 am

OPINION: Why does Holocaust testimony matter?

With denial and distortion on the rise, the words of the eye-witnesses have gained even more significance

By Dr Bea Lewkowicz AJR

March 1, 2023, 1:40 pm

Chief Rabbi and Archbishop of Canterbury lament ‘vanishing of religion from public square’

Ephraim Mirvis and Justin Welby take the stage for an interfaith conversation at JW3, chaired by Jonathan Freedland.

By Jenni Frazer

Jonathan Freedland signs copies of The Escape Artist, about Rudolf Vrbo

February 6, 2023, 8:41 pm

Jonathan Freedland up for global £30,000 literary award

Guardian journalist and thriller writer shortlisted for Rathbones Folio Prize for The Escape Artist, about Auschwitz escapee Walter Rosenberg, later known as Rudolf Vrba.

By Michelle Rosenberg

Israeli designate Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in conversation with right-wing Knesset member Itamar Ben Gvir during the swearing-in ceremony for the new Israeli parliament.

December 7, 2022, 10:11 am

OPINION: If you don’t think this is indefensible, what is?

Jewish News editor Richard Ferrer on a Jewish community divided between those prepared to call out racists and those determined to support anything in Israel’s name – including hatred.

By Richard Ferrer

November 21, 2022, 12:14 pm

OPINION: Caryl Churchill’s theatre award withdrawal is delicious karma

Jenni Frazer on the decision to withdraw a lifetime achievement award to the author of the "antisemitic" play Seven Jewish Children.

By Jenni Frazer

The characters join together for a a musical number 'It's the Jews That Did It'

October 12, 2022, 12:08 pm

OPINION: At last, a platform to tell our Jewish story

Jonathan Freedland's Jews. In Their Own Words shines a spotlight on the diversity within Anglo-Jewry, writes Hannah Rose

By Hannah Rose

October 7, 2022, 4:55 pm

‘A bit like shul on yomtov’: a visit to Jews. In Their Own Words. at the Royal Court

Jonathan Freedland's West End play gives the stage to 12 Jewish voices he interviewed about antisemitism

By Beatrice Sayers

September 29, 2022, 12:06 pm

‘An act of atonement by the Royal Court’: review of Jews. In Their Own Words.

Jonathan Freedland’s piece of documentary theatre – from an idea by Tracy-Ann Oberman – is imaginative and powerful

By Beatrice Sayers

Rudolf Vrba (1924–2006) being interviewed in November 1978 in Central Park, New York, by Claude Lanzmann (1925–2018) for the documentary Shoah (1985).

June 23, 2022, 11:37 am

‘Auschwitz escapee is a hero but also a prophet whose warnings were ignored’

Jonathan Freedland’s new book tells the intriguing tale of Rudolf Vrba, the first Jew to flee the death camp

By Nicole Lampert

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