Tributes to Klezmer star
Acclaimed klezmer pianist, composer and actor Leopold Kleinman-Kozłowski has died in Krakow at the age of 100.
Famed for his role as a music consultant in award winning movie Schindler’s List, in which...
Yom Ha’atzmaut: Jewish history under construction
Redemption comes in many varieties. Sometimes it is a rapid swell and sometimes a gentle flow. Sometimes history is overhauled in a heartbeat and...
Former MK Basel Ghattas begins prison sentence for smuggling phones
James Marlow
The former “Balad” Member of Knesset, Basel Ghattas began a prison sentence this week after accepting a plea deal in March. Ghattas, who...
Interfaith meal at Heathlands Village Succah
On Wednesday 16th October, the first night of Chol Hamoed Sukkot, The Fed played host to a special interfaith meal, organised by the Manchester...
Largest UK delegation participates in March of the Living commemoration
By David Saffer, reporting live from Poland
A 270-strong UK delegation marches from Auschwitz to Birkenau alongside 10,000 March of the Living participants from around...
Synagogues around Europe to be restored in heritage project
Disused synagogues in Merthyr Tydfil and Sunderland are among 19 buildings across Europe earmarked for restoration under a new heritage initiative.
Historian Simon Schama and...
UNESCO rules ancient Hebron site to be inscribed as Palestinian
By James Marlow
For the first time ever, the twenty-one-member World Heritage Committee inscribed the religious site, the Cvave of the Patriarchs and Hebron’s Old...
THE PRINCE OF WALES TO VISIT ISRAEL
The Prince of Wales will attend the World Holocaust Forum at the
invitation of Israeli President, Reuven Rivlin on 23 January 2020. Whilst in Israel,...
Jewish woman dies in US boat fire tragedy
A 40-year Jewish woman is among 25 victims of a horror boat fire off the Southern California coast earlier this week.
Search crews were looking...
Gaza Border Reopens After a Week By Adam Moses
The Erez border crossing between Israel and Gaza reopened on Monday.
The border was closed for a week, aside from humanitarian grounds, after protests increased...
