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Alfred Dreyfus statue is now outside the Cour de cassation in Paris, where the Jewish army officer was finally exonerated in 1906. Photo Credit: Jewish Tours Paris
July 13, 2026, 12:57 pm
Alfred Dreyfus statue given permanent home in Paris
New memorial outside France’s highest court honours the Jewish officer whose wrongful conviction became a defining symbol of antisemitism
By Annabel Sinclair
July 10, 2026, 10:54 am
The denial and distortion of Ancient Jewish History
On a broad level, the very existence and authenticity of ancient Jewish history are now increasingly called into question.
By Keith Feldman
The Empire Windrush carrying Caribbean passengers to Britain in 1948, a journey that became a defining moment in modern British history.
June 21, 2026, 11:00 am
Hidden Holocaust link to Empire Windrush to be commemorated in new memorial project
Anchor recovery campaign will highlight Nazi deportation of 46 Norwegian Jews to Auschwitz
By Annabel Sinclair
LEO I, developed by J. Lyons & Co, became the world’s first computer used for business applications in 1951. Credit: LEO Computers Society
June 18, 2026, 10:05 am
The Jewish family behind Britain’s first computer
How the Lyons dynasty helped pioneer British computing and left a lasting mark on commerce and innovation
By Alex Brummer
Sign for Jews Row, a street in Wandsworth
June 17, 2026, 5:22 pm
It’s time to stop measuring our value to this country by our success stories
When we try so very hard to prove our value it can suggest that, deep down, despite our centuries of history, we still believe we are here on sufferance
By Daniel Sugarman
Hugo Max in his studio ahead of his upcoming Kosher Giraffes & Other Tails event at JW3. (Photo: Hugo Max)
June 4, 2026, 2:23 pm
From kosher giraffes to family history: Hugo Max comes to JW3
Artist and filmmaker will present films, music and stories inspired by Jewish identity and his family’s wartime past
By Annabel Sinclair
Photo credit: The Western Wall Heritage Foundation
June 3, 2026, 12:00 pm
We have the world’s greatest story — let’s tell it like it is
When Jews don't know their own story, other people tell it for them. The answer isn't better talking points, it's a generation that actually knows what it's part of.
By Noam Weissman
The Montefiore Centrepiece, commissioned to commemorate Sir Moses Montefiore’s role in securing the release of Jews imprisoned during the Damascus Affair of 1840. Credit: Montefiore Endowment
May 29, 2026, 1:54 pm
What the V&A’s Montefiore masterpieces reveal about Jewish history
Two historic silver treasures uncover stories of persecution, emancipation, colonial legacies and Jewish-Muslim friendship
By Michal Friedlander and Professor Abigail Green
The Vicious Circle exhibition. Photo Credit: National Holocaust Museum/Facebook
May 7, 2026, 3:36 pm
UK venues decline antisemitism exhibition shown across Europe
National Holocaust Museum display hosted in Brussels and Berlin has yet to secure a public British venue
By Annabel Sinclair
The Louvre in Paris. Photo: Annabel Sinclair
May 6, 2026, 5:01 pm
Tracing Jewish Paris, from Herzl to the Holocaust
An LSJS educational trip explored the French capital through synagogues, museums, Holocaust memory and modern Jewish life
By Annabel Sinclair
April 10, 2026, 12:06 pm
The latest chapter of Jewish history contains familiar themes
Jews contribute, Jews build, Jews help shape the societies around them and then, eventually, Jews are blamed for whatever that society ends up suffering from
By Leo Pearlman
Children who arrived on the Kindertransport
January 30, 2026, 12:57 pm
From Kindertransport to today: Why safe routes are central to atrocity prevention
Protecting people before violence escalates is not charity - it is a legal and moral duty rooted in history
By Jonathan Chern
The Open University campus, where course materials referring to “ancient Palestine” are set to be amended. (Photo: Open University)
January 13, 2026, 2:00 pm
Open University drops ‘ancient Palestine’ reference after complaint
Institution amends course material after warning terminology risked erasing Jewish history and harming Jewish students
By Annabel Sinclair
Josef Veselsky received an honorary degree from Trinity College Dublin in 2016. (Photo: Trinity College Dublin/Facebook)
January 6, 2026, 11:03 am
Holocaust survivor Josef Veselsky, Irish table tennis icon, dies aged 107
Resistance fighter who rebuilt Jewish life through sport, becoming Ireland’s oldest man and a national sporting figure
By Annabel Sinclair
Jasmina Griffoul presents archival photographs during a Limmud Festival session exploring the morally complex story of a Nazi occupation official who helped save a Jewish family.
January 2, 2026, 1:27 pm
Tracing a Nazi official who helped save a Jewish family
A Yiddish survivor testimony led two researchers to uncover a story of rescue, power and moral ambiguity
By Annabel Sinclair
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