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Keir and Victoria Starmer host moving Downing Street reception for Holocaust survivors

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Irish president rejects call for him to stay away from Holocaust memorial

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Holocaust Survivors’ Centre commemorates 80 years since liberation of Auschwitz

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JVN celebrates volunteers at record breaking award ceremony

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JLGB, Camp Simcha, Willesden Cemetery House of Life and GIFT volunteers recognised for outstanding achievement by Jewish Volunteering Network

Restoration begins at Victorian Jewish cemetery thanks to £190,000 grant

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Communal advice service to launch £450k fundraising campaign

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Emily Damari: ‘I’m the happiest person in the world’

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Emily Damari supporters rally in Golders Green after her release

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LSJS hosts 180 Jewish Studies teachers from across Europe

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Kemi Badenoch holds first meeting with communal chiefs since becoming leader

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Starmer offers personal thanks to Netanyahu for work securing release of Emily Damari

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Holocaust Memorial Bill clears parliament’s select committee stage

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Kfir, five-year old brother Ariel, mother Shiri, 33 and father Yarden 35, are among 33 hostages expected to be released during the first stage of the ceasefire

Labour MP on International Development Committee breaks ranks to criticise anti-Israel report

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Keir Starmer visits Auschwitz admitting, ‘Nothing could have prepared me’

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After touring the death camp with wife Victoria, PM says: ‘The truth that I have seen here today will stay with me’

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During his trial it emerged that Callum Parslow, 32, identified ‘the Jews’ as being behind attempts to crush white culture

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Incoming president’s vision offers a potential starting point for ending the Israel-Palestinian conflict contingent on new leadership, mutual commitment and regional cooperation

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Why Israel must pass new legislation to regulate the defense of soldiers persecuted abroad

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Musicians, instruments and the tunes they played were part of the camp infrastructure

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Bridget Phillipson told MPs previous legislation ‘showed shameful disregard for the welfare of Jewish students’

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HET stages moving Holocaust memorial event in Westminster

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Holocaust survivor Renee Salt and Education Secretary Bridget Philipson among the speakers

AJEX honours JFS cadets at annual awards ceremony

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Met confirms using legal powers to prevent Palestine protest gathering close to synagogue

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Decision over PSC-led January 18 protest was ‘taken based on a detailed consideration of the evidence, not any outside influence,’ says Met

Irish fury as President Higgins set to give Holocaust speech

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Rep Council and Chief Rabbi say president’s appearance “inappropriate” after his comments on Israel

King meets Holocaust survivors as he prepares for historic Auschwitz visit

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Charles met 94-year-old Manfred Goldberg during an event at Buckingham Palace on the day it was confirmed he would join other world leaders at the camp this month. 

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Young Jews in theatre subjected to ‘loyalty tests’ over Israel

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Ex-Tory minister says government should be ‘ashamed’ over failure to defend Palestinians

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Health and social care organisation received rare accreditation from the United Kingdom Volunteering Forum

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Lammy appears to rule out UK sanctions against Israel

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Foreign Secretary tells MPs ‘humanitarian access as important for hostages as it is for people of Gaza’

Jewish Volunteering Network awards to celebrate community heroes

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Fifty charities have nominated more than 100 inspiring individuals at largest ever ceremony, media partnered by Jewish News

Jewish Action for Mental Health raises £72,000 in fundraiser

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"The building has been razed to the ground. It's gone," a devastated Janis Fuhrman tells Jewish News following the destruction of Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center in Altadena, California – razed to the ground in the devastating LA wildfires. The historic community centre and beloved spiritual home to... Continue Reading

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