London shul to host its first ever services in French
London is to see its first synagogue services in French, in response to the huge influx of French Jews now living and working in the British capital. Following the part-time appointment of a French...
View ArticleTravel: Make some time for MARRAKECH
It’s a city that’s perfect for a relaxing five-day weekend or a longer stay if you want to see the Atlas mountains, as ‘Mr & Mrs O’ did. Stephen Oryszczuk tells all… Holiday review website...
View ArticleSpecial Report: Rolling out the blood-red carpet for the Iranian foreign...
With sanctions against his country lifted, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif arrived in London last week touted as part of the solution to – not the cause of – turmoil in the Middle East, writes...
View ArticleBarry Manilow returns to stage after emergency surgery
Barry Manilow this week showed no signs of ill effect after emergency oral surgery in Los Angeles following “complications” after an earlier procedure. The 72-year old singer-songwriter, famous for his...
View ArticleCommunity to join 80th anniversary celebration of ‘Battle of Cable Street’
Preparations are underway for a series of commemorations for the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street in London’s East End, when Jewish and Irish residents engaged in fierce fighting with...
View Article10 Israeli surgeons to visit UK in exchange of medical knowledge
A group of ten young Israeli surgeons are due to visit the UK next week to learn more from British experts in the latest exchange of medical knowledge, writes Stephen Oryszczuk The medics, who are all...
View ArticlePope Francis urged to open Vatican Archives for ‘Hitler’s Pope’
Pope Francis will be urged to open the Vatican Archives on Pope Pius XII next week, in a meeting with scholars and an interfaith delegation, writes Stephen Oryszczuk The meeting comes on the 77th...
View ArticleJewish students are online hit by posting their culinary craft on Instagram
Seven Jewish students at the University of Birmingham have emphatically answered their mother’s need to know that they’re eating well – by posting their dishes online writes Stephen Oryszczuk In doing...
View ArticleIsraeli aid workers fly to France to assist ‘forgotten’ refugees
Israeli psychologists and counsellors have flown into northern France to support refugees trying to get into the UK from camps in Calais and Dunkirk, writes Stephen Oryszczuk Volunteers from IsraAID,...
View ArticleIDF launch app to warn smartphone users of incoming rockets
The Israeli military has launched an app for mobile phones which tracks users’ location by GPS and tells those in the line-of-fire of incoming rockets, writes Stephen Oryszczuk The attack alert...
View ArticleTributes paid to celebrated pilot who helped interrogate senior Nazis, dies...
Holocaust education chiefs have paid tribute to the “remarkable” Royal Navy pilot who helped interrogate Heinrich Himmler and Hermann Goering after the liberation of Belsen, following his death at the...
View ArticleIsraeli Sephardi Chief Rabbi visit to UK will be “great honour”
The Senior Rabbi of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews’ Congregation has spoken of their “great honour” ahead of the UK visit of Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel in March, writes Stephen Oryszczuk Rabbi...
View ArticleIslamic TV channel apologises for ‘anti-Semitic’ lectures as Ofcom ponders...
An Islamic TV channel has apologised profusely for broadcasting “anti-Semitic” lectures last year, as British media watchdog Ofcom considers sanctions, writes Stephen Oryszczuk Peace TV Urdu was...
View ArticleConfusion over scrapped talk at Leeds University with Israeli speaker
An Israeli diplomat’s appearance at a Politics Society event at the University of Leeds has been cancelled in mysterious circumstances after pressure from Palestinian supporters on campus opposed the...
View ArticleDetails presented for Olympic honour to Munich massacre victims
A major ceremony will be conducted in the Olympic village days before the opening ceremony of the Olympics. Victims’ names will be read out in front of families, athletes and journalists.
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