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September 13, 2024, 11:51 am

Lincolnshire Jewish communities help dedicate memorial stone

Progressive group commemorate Jews who served and died in the RAF during the Second World War and pay homage to the medieval Jewish history of Lincoln

By Michelle Rosenberg

May 3, 2024, 10:40 am

Medals of heroic RAF officer reach £1,100 at auction

Flight Lieutenant Gerald Wilton's family fled the Nazis in Austria in 1938. He was a member of the exclusive caterpillar club, renown for using a parachute to escape a disabled aircraft

By Michelle Rosenberg

April 16, 2024, 7:02 pm

Lord Cameron says UK was ‘delighted’ to respond to American request to defend Israel

Speaking to peers the foreign secretary said 'we told our pilots they should shoot down any projectiles coming Israel’s way' during the attack by Iran

By Lee Harpin

Iranian missiles shot down by Israel's Iron Dome near the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem.

April 14, 2024, 8:31 am

RAF jets deployed to shoot down Iranian drones targeting Israel

Israeli spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said 99% of more than 300 drones, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles had been shot down outside the country’s borders with warplanes intercepting more than 10 cruise missiles.

By Jewish News Reporter

Shipping freight vessels in the Red Sea have come under attack from Houthi rebels (Indian Navy via AP)

January 19, 2024, 10:51 am

Shipping chiefs told UK ‘won’t stand by’ while Red Sea attacks continue

Vessels continue to be targeted by Iran-backed Houthi rebels along the vital Red Sea and Gulf of Aden trade routes.

By JN Reporter

June 7, 2023, 5:41 pm

SPECIAL REPORT: ‘After the Veteran Games, I feel I can achieve anything’

Ex-service personell reflects on a life-changing week in Israel at the Veteran Games

Alfred Huberman, picture: Michelle Huberman.

February 24, 2023, 11:44 am

Second World War RAF hero dies just short of 100th birthday

Alfred Huberman flew a remarkable 38 bomber missions for the RAF and was instrumental in securing the Bomber Command Association memorial in London's Green Park.

By Michelle Rosenberg

February 20, 2023, 5:50 pm

OPINION: A timely reminder of why we have a duty to care

This weekend offers a chance to remember and honour those who perished in conflict and to stand against antisemitism and hate, writes AJEX National Chairman, Dan Fox

By Dan Fox

Wes Streeting places wreath at the grave of Jewish RAF pilot Harry Jassby in a graveyard in Redbridge

November 11, 2022, 11:49 am

Streeting pays respects to Jewish World War 1 RAF pilot

Labour's shadow health secretary visited the grave of pilot Harry Jassby in Redbridge - who died aged just 20 in 1918 - to lay a wreath ahead of Remembrance Sunday

By Lee Harpin

August 24, 2022, 6:01 pm

Explaining the IDF’s moves to the world’s media – in a strong Scottish accent

Lt-Colonel Richard Hecht took up his role as the Israeli military's new international media spokesman just 24 hours before Operation Breaking Dawn against Islamic Jihad

By Jenni Frazer

As part of the 700th Anniversary celebrations of Dante’s death (1265–1321), Ai-Da Robot is exhibiting new art works at the Ashmolean Museum’s celebratory new exhibition Dante: The Invention of Celebrity, an exhibition exploring the influence of Dante over the ages. After recently making headlines following her detention by the Egyptian authorities, Ai-Da’s work directly reacts to Dante’s exploration of perception and power. in Oxford. Photo date: Thursday, February 3, 2022. Photo credit should read: Richard Gray/EMPICS Entertainment

February 7, 2022, 5:59 pm

RAF celebrates hidden Jewish and Indian heroes

The event was hosted by the Royal Air force Museum in Hendon in partnership with the British Indian Jewish Association.

By Sabrina Miller

Jews in the RAF included the Pogrel crew

June 12, 2020, 2:35 pm

Using lockdown to research and archive the Jewish heroes of the RAF

Archivist Cathie Hewitt has spent lockdown researching Jewish members of the RAF, having previously honoured those who fought in Bomber Command

By Stephen Oryszczuk

L-R: Bruce Buck, Chelsea Chairman, Armed Forces Chaplain Rabbi Reuben Livingstone, Lord John Mann, and two representatives from the RAF Museum at Stamford Bridge

December 6, 2019, 12:35 pm

RAF teams up with Chelsea to recount stories of Jewish war heroes

Inspirational stories of Jewish war heroes have been revealed for the first time, thanks to a new partnership between Chelsea Football Club and the RAF Museum

By Jack Mendel

The Boys at the 45 Aid Society Dinner. Credit: John Rifkin

May 7, 2019, 9:29 am

Shoah survivors reunited with RAF pilot 70 years after historic Prague rescue

16 surviving members of ‘The Boys’ were brought together with Norman Shepherd, the RAF serviceman who flew them to Britain in August 1945.

By Jewish News Reporter

January 10, 2019, 12:09 pm

New search for the Jewish dead of Bomber Command

No details about the religions of the 58,000 who lost their lives in the unit were recorded, so researchers are calling on Jewish families to detail stories of relatives they lost

By Jewish News Reporter

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