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Alan Senitt: My friend and inspiration

Alan Senitt died 20 years ago on 9 July 2006 in Washington DC. He was 27 years old and at the age of 27 he had certainly lived a lot more than most. He’d led BBYO, chaired UJS, worked at BICOM and for Lords and MPs. He had immersed himself in coexistence work, Israel advocacy, student leadership and politics. He had stood for council. He had gone to America to work on a political campaign. He was forever on his way somewhere, forever moving towards the next thing but never too busy to show off the fact that had important people’s numbers saved in his contacts. Everyone who knew Alan had a version of his future in their head, usually because he kept telling us his plan for his own future but with some new refinement to it. Last I remember he had decided he was going to become the Minister for Sport. None of these plans felt unrealistic to those...

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A journey, not just a destination: why Jewish education matters more than ever

Ask any parent what worries them about their child's future, and the answer rarely starts with academic achievement - important though that is. Instead, it starts somewhere else: will they cope? Will they know who they are, when the workplace they're heading into is being remade by artificial intelligence, when graduate jobs are harder than ever to find, and when public life feels louder, angrier and more fractured by the day? And as Jewish parents there is an equally important and challenging layer: will our children feel safe and proud to be visibly Jewish in a climate where antisemitism is rising and the world can feel more hostile to us than at any point in recent memory? As Director of Jewish Life and Learning at JFS, the largest Jewish school in Europe and home to children from every part of our community, this is what occupies my thinking most days. There are certainly no easy answers. But one answer can...

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A mugshot of Peters (AKA "Clavicular") in 2026

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Will Israel really let a notorious social media influencer visit the country?

Six months ago Clavicular was singing along to Kanye West's "Heil Hitler" song at a club in Miami. Now he says he plans to go to Israel to 'kiss the wall'

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Our new system will help families struggling with challenges across multiple sectors

11 Jewish charities have come together to give people a single point of contact, building an infrastructure that works for those in trouble rather than providing further hurdles

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The partnership that could shape Israel’s future

The Upcoming Election Could Be a Turning Point – If We Are Ready for a Genuine Jewish-Arab Political Partnership

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The Senitt Family

Twenty Years On: Remembering Alan Senitt

In a world that too often rewards division, Alan believed in dialogue. In a time when people are encouraged to pick sides, Alan chose people.